25 November 2009: Holiday By The Morning News — 25 Nov 2009 Gold and mineral trading fuels war in Congo; nothing works, and a new report makes the U.N. look complicit. Tribune investigation says many autism treatments "amount to uncontrolled experiments on vulnerable children." Painful sleep becomes new Swedish trend; modernized nail beds are this year's hot gift. The cougar trend, as measured by a recent "cougar convention" in Los Angeles, would appear to be thankfully dying. When Hollywood needs deserts or a Middle Eastern sheen, Morocco hears the call. Subways perform as perfect sets when psychologists need rolling laboratories. Surprising conservationists, species are being saved by power-line corridors. Fascinating account of how fin whales get such big mouths, and why they eat in the manner of parachutes. As the tornado drifted toward us, I reached out the window to latch the bullet-proof glass. Dispatch from a pro storm chaser. Hunters cash in on food-obsessed urbanites; TMN's Nicole Pasulka learns how to hunt turkey. Thanksgiving emergency hotlines. Don't forget: America's first Thanksgiving feast was a French meal. Basic Thanksgiving Q&A; basic Thanksgiving grace; basic family quiz; Leslie Harpold's basic Thanksgiving dinner. Mesoamerican baseball and other ancient sports that deserve a comeback (though perhaps not all the raping bits). Thanksgiving video: Paula Deen gets hit in the face by a ham.
