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CRISSY PASCUAL / Union-Tribune
The Salvation Army served its 25th annual free Thanksgiving dinner yesterday at Golden Hall in downtown San Diego. Morning rain may have deterred some from attending, but 800 pounds of turkey and 500 pounds of stuffing were ready to serve.
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Troops hit militants holed up in Mumbai
Forces storm Jewish center; hostages freed from hotel
By Ramola Talwar Badam
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MUMBAI, India – Masked Indian commandos dropped from helicopters today onto the roof of a Jewish center in Mumbai where suspected Muslim militants were holed up, possibly with hostages, as sharpshooters kept up a steady stream of fire at the five-story building.
Over-indebted to credit
Many now forced to find ways to break free of spending habits
By Jenifer Goodwin
STAFF WRITER
Matt Sauer, a young, single mortgage broker, planned to get rich quick after graduating from college. By age 28, he owned properties in Pacific Beach, Las Vegas and Florida. Matt Sauer, a young, single mortgage broker, planned to get rich quick after graduating from college. By age 28, he owned properties in Pacific Beach, Las Vegas and Florida.
These days, bottom line can't afford wasted food
By Christopher Leonard
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Experts in the food industry are thinking a lot about trash these days. Food waste has been a chronic problem for restaurants and grocery stores – with millions of tons being lost along the way as crops are hauled hundreds of miles, stored for weeks in refrigerators and prepared on hectic restaurant assembly lines.
Iraq ratifies pact, sets end of 2011 for U.S. to leave
By Alissa J. Rubin and Campbell Robertson
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
BAGHDAD – With a substantial majority, the Iraqi parliament yesterday ratified a sweeping security agreement that sets the course for an end to the U.S. role in the war and marks the beginning of a new relationship between the countries.
