Crime and Courts

• From our courts

• Police Briefs

Features

• O.L. Slaton team headed to competition

• You need to know

• Seminar designed to help couples save marriage open to all faiths

• Get a taste of Christmas in Ransom Canyon

• Community briefs

• Things to do

Sports

• Duvall scores career-high 17 points to lead LCU past Wayland Baptist

• Texans trying to stay in playoff hunt

• Cousins leads Kentucky to easy win

• Sports rail

• Saints stay perfect with 38-17 win over Patriots

• Sports briefly

• Terry's last-second shot gives Mavs win

• Queens halt dominance at LCU's hands

• Who should win this year's Heisman? Help A-J voter decide

• Plainview girls pay visit to Cooper

• High School Football Playoffs

• Notre Dame fires Weis after 6-6 season

• Pelini: Huskers in title game one year late

• Woods withdraws from event

• Cowboys depending on Big D heading into December stretch

Business

• Government increases pressure on mortgage firms

• Edible cottonseed could feed millions

• Online retailers rev up deals to keep up momentum

• Business in Brief

Local News

• Getting ready for winter blast

• Charities count on army of volunteers

• Sheriff's race already starts heating up

• Boys Ranch benefits from Goodfellows

National News

• Senate in debate over healthcare legislation

• Obama faces tough job selling Afghan policy

• Across The Nation

• Suspect in officer killings eludes law in Seattle

• Laid-off workers face expiration of their health insurance benefits

Obituaries

• Death Notices

• Helena Emma Strickland

• Leland L. "Lee" Tatham

• Doris Dudley Urey

• Jean Carroll

• Ruth Carolyn Carroll

• Bob J. Danner

• Bill Hall

• Robert "Don" McLeod

• Fannie E. Pillow

• Lecie Elizabeth Pippin Rhoades

• Daniel Sanchez

State News

• Texas & Region

• Snow brings traffic woes to parts of far West Texas

Editorials

• Your views

• From our story comments

• Quick opinion

World News

• Iranian enrichment plans won't happen, experts say

• Around the World

• Worries abound that Dubai ignoring its debt woes

Religion

• Faith briefs