Holiday gift picks (Toronto Star)

Wondering which video game  to get your teenager? Which box set  to get your dad? Wonder no more: Star critics reveal the choice contents of their own shopping bags.

Is Apple scared of RIM? (CNET)

Now that the BlackBerry Storm has hit store shelves, should Apple be concerned? The timing of the iPhone 2.2 software update's release seems to indicate that it already is.

Canadians' lead levels drop sharply (Toronto Star)

Lead levels in most Canadians have dropped dramatically but federal officials have no idea if the toxic metal is in young children.

Catastrophe averted? (The New Statesman)

The leaders of the rich countries went to Washington to save the world from sliding into deep recession. We asked key politicians, commentators and economists whether they succeeded and what we should expect, and hope for, in the coming weeks

Calendar: Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008 (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

SPECIAL EVENTS Three Rivers Art Festival Columbia Street, Covington, Juried art festival with more than 150 artists selling work in all media, an Arts Alive! stage with demonstrations, children's performance stage, food, music, student art competition, art activities for children...