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Even as Congress' deficit-reduction supercommittee ran into a dead end this week, the resulting mandatory spending cuts were immediately targeted by interest groups and sympathetic lawmakers. No interest group stands to lose more than the defense industry.

The tabloids — with names such as Cellmates, Jailbirds, Just Busted — show mug shots of those arrested every week in different cities around the country. In Little Rock, Ark., The Slammer sells some 7,000 copies a week. But law enforcement says it doesn't help solve crimes — and others call it voyeuristic and exploitative.

An Arizona museum has opened an exhibit on Native American bolo ties, featuring many ties made by jewelers and history of the official neckware of three states.

On Wednesday, Mitt Romney campaigned in Iowa for the fifth time this year, raising his flag a bit higher in the state that begins the presidential nominating process with its caucuses on Jan. 3. He also defended a controversial campaign ad running in another early-voting state, New Hampshire.

Google said other organizations were better suited to take the technology forward.

A special commission in Bahrain has found security forces used acts amounting to torture against protesters during an anti-government uprising earlier this year. But questions remain over what the government — which requested the report — will do with the findings.

The NFL's traditional Thanksgiving Day games have football fans excited. If the day has a theme, it could be "grudge match." The Dallas Cowboys have a shot at repairing their pride injured in 1993; Green Bay and Detroit's game has echoes of 1962; and in the final game, two brothers will coach opposing teams for the first time in NFL history.

Imran Khan, who led Pakistan to its only World Cup Championship in 1992, aspires to be the country's prime minister. He's been in politics for years with limited success, but is now drawing big crowds.

Feel like Christmas music is on early this year? Here's why: ratings are through the roof.

In Egypt, intense clashes between protesters and security forces overnight raised the death toll from recent violence to at least 40. But both sides appear to be observing a truce this morning, as the country prepares for elections next week. Tens of thousands of Egyptians have been protesting since last Friday, demanding the ruling military council step aside — something the council rejected Thursday.