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Marah @ Jammin' Java (DCist): All by myself, almost: Marah's Dave Bielanko soldiers on with a "folk-trio" version of his band. Double-aught eight hasn’t been particularly easy on any of us, but Dave Bielanko — frontman of Marah, the Brooklyn-by-way-of-North Philly true believers who were praying at the Stations of The Boss back when The Hold Steady were in, well, Lifter Puller — has had a particularly rough ...

A windfall of leaves (Greensboro News & Record): If you’ve been outside for even a minute, you’ve seen them: piles of fading yellows, oranges and reds lying there like unclaimed treasure. The economy might be stumbling, our 401(k)s hemorrhaging, but one thing can’t be denied: We’ve got a bumper crop of leaves. Last year, the city’s leaf pickup trucks waited and waited on leaves to fall, and even after they got rolling, they still found ...

Heavy rain causes flooding (Ravalli Republic): The downpour that soaked the Bitterroot Valley Wednesday night with close to 3 inches of rain left some stream culverts battered Thursday and forced several road closures, the Ravalli County Road Department reported.

Apache Women, Keepers Of The Way (BellaOnline): Apache women were safe-keepers of the traditions, legends, heritage of the People.

Offer input on harbor plan (Scituate Mariner): Harbormaster Mark Patterson is hoping for a lot of input before creating a document that will guide his oversight of the harbor.

Caroll: Coal (not Kohl's) for Christmas (Summit Daily News): With anemic sales expected, one must look hard for the bright spots

Sierra Leone: SLAJ Election the Good, the Bad and the Ugly (AllAfrica.com): The November 29 2008 Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) election will be an epoch-making event in the life of the association.

Spin Cycle: Jane Austen and hot prairies (Inside Bay Area): Fluffing and folding the news

London News and Reviews (Evening Standard): Deep in a valley, sacred to Diana, Queen of hunters, within an arch carved by Nature in imitation of the vaults of men, flowed a limpid spring, babbling into a wide pool.

Inaugural Cleveland Comedy Festival going for laughs (The Cleveland Plain Dealer): Thomas Ondrey/The Plain Dealer PREVIEW Cleveland Comedy Festival When and where: Showcases 8 and 10 p.m. tonight and Saturday at the Hermit Club, 1629 Dodge Court ($12); a premier stand-up comedy special taped live at 7 p.m. Sunday at the...