Daschle to join Obama Cabinet (The Argus Leader)
Former Sen. Tom Daschle has been chosen to head the Department of Health and Human Services, likely making him the first South Dakotan selected to serve in a presidential Cabinet.

"Classic" Rink Opens on Riley Street (East Aurora Advertiser)
"If you build it, they will come," said Ray Kinsella in "Field of Dreams." In East Aurora the expression might be changed just a little to read, "If the community builds it, surrounds it with boards, puts a couple of inches of water on it, chills the water into ice, lets the Zamboni manicure that ice into a glass-like surface, then they will skate." And skate they did on a perfect late autumn ...

Barnes & Noble.com Announces Top Toys, Games & Puzzles Picks (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
NEW YORK----This holiday season, Barnes & Noble.com , a wholly owned subsidiary of Barnes & Noble, Inc. , the world’s largest bookseller, has an extensive collection of educational toys, games and puzzles for everyone on your holiday list.

Hooker documentary aired (Martinsville Bulletin)
Former workers at Hooker Furniture Corp.’s casegoods plant in Martinsville still have a high regard for the company and its management, despite losing their jobs when the plant closed last year, a documentary reveals.

The lay of the land (Business Standard India)
The solution lies in a new generation of ‘land bank corporations’ in the public domain.