One week before the official start of winter, much of the nation is mired in a bitter cold snap. Arctic air has found its way into Southern California, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas, with snow hitting those areas. Plunging temperatures and heavy snow has also blanketed the Pacific Northwest. And in the upper Midwest and the Plains, much of the region is facing temperatures well below zero, reports Early Show

Or her editor sucks: Heck, an Obama staffer is on tape offering the furious Blago no more than “appreciation” for giving the seat to Obama’s preferred candidate. Um, no . . . unless you’ve heard parts of the tapes that we haven’t Kirsten. I wouldn’t make such a big deal about it, except that considering the topic, it’s pretty lame.

And his personal selection of his 25 least sucky posts. Go congratulate him. Also, Parisian nude models strike over pay. Please show your support. 2000-year-old Greek celestial computer reconstructed.

Berliners are sharing their city with thousands of wild boars—and citizens are split on how to treat the porkers, the Wall Street Journal reports. Some prefer a more aggressive approach: Don’t feed them corn, says one licensed urban boar hunter, “feed them lead.” But others are shocked by what some call boar “murderers,” preferring to peacefully coexist. As for the boars themselves, they’re generally peaceful, attracted to Berlin’s wooded and

A pair of gay penguins thrown out of their zoo colony for repeatedly stealing eggs have been given some of their own to look after following a protest by animal rights groups. Last month the birds were segregated after they were caught placing stones at the feet of parents before waddling away with their eggs. But angry visitors to Polar Land in Harbin, northern China, complained it wasn’t fair to

The Illinois legislature has decided to let Blago use his Golden Thing. Related: When you’re done reading the Blagojevich complaint, with its attendant insights into Illinois politics, spare a thought for New York — where Caroline Kennedy wants a sit-down with Governor David Paterson, with the aim of claiming Hillary Clinton’s soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat. Is there anything wrong with that picture? Well, let’s imagine for a moment that it’s not

Being a Democrat scandal guide. Related: Mr Tamm did not like John Ashcroft. He did not like rendition. In fact, if you plow through the Newsweek article, you’ll find that Mr. Tamm did not much care for the War on Terror at all. So he decided to undermine it. A media, willing to aid and abet Al Qaeda, seized on the story, badly mischaracterized what the NSA was doing, and

Is that a Panzer division, or are you just happy to see me? Jules Crittenden.

From J.G. Thayer at Commentary: This is, in a way, reminiscent of the 2002 Senate race in New Jersey. In the waning days of September, it became clear that the Democratic nominee, Robert Torricelli, was going down in the flames of a campaign finance scandal. Unfortunately, it was past the deadline for changes in the ballot, so the Democrats were pretty much stuck with him. Or maybe not. The Democrats

By now you’ve probably heard that Madonna will pay Guy Ritchie $75 million as part of their divorce settlement, which makes hers the most expensive English accent ever acquired and him the best-paid personal trainer, but my friend Bruce Majors has to pile on the schadenfreude and point out this video of the Material Girl prefiguring the rest of her career by falling on her ass in Brazil. I like