Firm settles charges over gift abuse (Los Angeles Times)
Jefferies, which spent lavishly on Fidelity traders, agrees to pay nearly $10 million.

Families find that working together is really work (NorthJersey.com)
MINNEAPOLIS -- Like many married couples who work together, Minneapolis TV personalities Frank Vascellaro, 44, and Amelia Santaniello, 41, have to grab any opportunity they can to catch up on their shared home life.

Bladen's natives far different from other tribes in the state (Bladen Journal)
It's unfortunate John Lawson never spent much time among the Indians of the Cape Fear Valley. Had he done so, we would have a better picture today of Bladen's earliest settlers.

Analysis: Israeli-PA cease-fire is fragile (UPI)
JERUSALEM, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The cease-fire in and around the Gaza Strip has been holding, more or less, but remains extremely fragile as low-intensity hostilities continue.