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Your message to the troops

If you want to remember U.S. troops on the front lines this holiday season - time is running out. The U.S. Postal Service says today's the last day to send holiday letters and packages to military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. You have another week to send holiday mail to other U.S. military locations, overseas. So, [...]

The 30 Second Pitch Job Summit

While the President, ecnomists and business leaders are figuring out what to do to create jobs, we're doing our own "job summit" every Thursday in the CNN NewsRoom. Today we featured three laid-off job seekers and we'll have their pitches posted here soon. Jean Senat is expecting his first child in a few weeks and has been [...]

Levs Links Thursday, Dec. 3

I'm covering a bunch of different topics today, and getting you links where you can learn more. For starters: Time has this list of "Top 10 Apologies," from Tiger Woods to President Obama to Mel Gibson. Plus, Plato and Henry IV. What do you think? What have people suddenly started caring about - a lot - [...]

Your Biggest Apology

Tiger Woods is just the latest in a long line of celebrities, politicians and others who have come forward and made public apologies for their “transgressions.” We want to know about your biggest apology. What did you have to apologize about? And if you had to do it again, would you? Post your comments and Heidi [...]

Strippers & Divorce: What's The Link?*

*Besides the obvious, I mean! Both were fodder for Tuesday's "What The...?" file:

Trees For Troops

It's a story that combines two things we're passionate about in the CNN NewsRoom-celebrating the spirit of the season and helping our troops. Today we're highlighting Trees for Troops, a national effort to make sure military families who want one get a Christmas tree. The charity's goal is to deliver 15,000 trees this year to military families [...]

Army Veteran Sues McDonald's

The Clemmons/Clemency Controversy

The manhunt ended yesterday, with a police officer's fatal bullets. But the controversy over Maurice Clemmons' rap sheet outlives him. He'd been sentenced to 100+ years in prison for a crime spree in the late '80s. So by all rights, Clemmons should've been behind bars Sunday - when he allegedly ambushed and killed four Seattle-area [...]

Decision: Afghanistan

Last night, the President outlined his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan. The President plans to send another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, but he also says he'll start a troop withdrawal by the summer of 2011. We want you to share your views on the President’s new war strategy. Post your comments and [...]

Weighing in on Afghanistan

The President announced his plan for moving forward in Afghanistan and now we want to hear from you. Leave us a comment, tell us what you thought about the speech and the new strategy. Also check out our iReport assignment: More Troops in Afghanistan? Then watch for your comments on the air in the CNN Newsroom, 11am [...]