The eurozone really has only days to avoid collapse  —  In virtually all the debates about the eurozone I have been engaged in, someone usually makes the point that it is only when things get bad enough, the politicians finally act - eurobond, debt monetisation, quantitative easing, whatever.

Teen tweeter won't apologize to Sam Brownback  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas teenager who wrote a disparaging tweet about Gov. Sam Brownback said Sunday that she is rejecting her high school principal's demand for a written apology.  —  Emma Sullivan, 18, of the Kansas City suburb of Fairway …

Secret Fed Loans Gave U.S. Banks Undisclosed $13B  —  The Federal Reserve and the big banks fought for more than two years to keep details of the largest bailout in U.S. history a secret.  Now, the rest of the world can see what it was missing.  —  The Fed didn't tell anyone which banks …

Christian worker loses her job after being ‘targeted’ by Islamic extremists  —  A Christian worker has launched a landmark legal action after she lost her job when she blew the whistle on what she says was a campaign of “race hate” by fundmentalist Muslims.  —  Nohad Halaoui is claiming …

Things to Tax  —  The supercommittee was a superdud — and we should be glad.  Nonetheless, at some point we'll have to rein in budget deficits.  And when we do, here's a thought: How about making increased revenue an important part of the deal?  —  And I don't just mean a return to Clinton-era tax rates.

Canada to pull out of Kyoto Protocol next month … Date: Sun.  —  Canada will announce next month that it will formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, CTV News has learned.  —  The Harper government has tentatively planned an announcement for a few days before Christmas, CTV's Roger Smith reported Sunday evening.

Help Wanted: In Unexpected Twist, Some Skilled Jobs Go Begging  —  DENVER—Ferrie Bailey's job should be easy: hiring workers amid the worst stretch of unemployment since the Depression.  —  A recruiter for Union Pacific Corp., she has openings to fill, the kind that sometimes seem to have all but vanished …

Pakistanis burn Obama effigy and US flag  —  Video for this article is not available as your browser either does not support JavaScript and/or Flash Player 9+ or they are currently disabled in your browser settings.  —  Hundreds of enraged Pakistanis have taken to the streets across the country …

Romney calls on Obama to block $600B in defense cuts  —  Mitt Romney on Sunday called for President Obama to halt the $600 billion in automatic cuts aimed at the Defense department as a consequence of the failed debt supercommittee.  —  “I'm calling on the president to say no way for those cuts …

Obama's toughest critic: Obama  —  President Barack Obama has plenty of critics — Republicans, liberals, the media — but the person hardest on the president, his administration and the Democratic Party is, at times, Barack Obama.  —  Obama has admitted that he's “screwed up,” is “frustrated” …

Nato braces for Pakistan airstrike reprisals  —  Concerns the ISI intelligence agency could use its suspected influence over insurgent groups to launch reprisal attacks  —  Nato forces in Afghanistan are bracing for possible reprisals from Pakistani-backed insurgents following …

In the Republican race, it's Romney, Huntsman or bust  —  Yesterday, 11 National Post contributors named their preferred Republican nominee in less than 250 words.  —  Being more indecisive and longer-winded, I needed 24 extra hours and 500 more words.  —  I'm looking for two chief things in a candidate for 2012: