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Meeting Minutes (The Meridian Star) Meeting: Meridian City Council. Nov. 18, 2008. Downtown Hotels: Meridian Mayor John Robert Smith provided a presentation to the council highlighting the benefits of choosing to go ahead with the proposal to renovate the Threefoot building into a hotel. What's On: Night & Day Weekend (Toronto Star) Here are some of the events in the city this weekend. For more entertainment listings, be sure to check out our Weekday Planner, Stage, Clubs and Galleries listings. Nation's capital in flux (BBC News) Matt Frei, presenter of BBC World News America, watches as Washington prepares for a new president. Voters report "No" on Prop 8 supporters violate polling place rules (The Desert Sun) There have been reports of people approaching voters or putting up signs close to polling places today about Prop. 8, the same-sex marriage issue. At the La Quinta Senior Center, police were called when campaigners started handing out literature and refused to leave, a center spokeswoman said. N. Texas volunteers canvass in New Mexico for Obama in last-minute campaign effort (Dallas Morning News) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The disabled mother of four. The aspiring comedian. The 88-year-old veteran. And the openly gay Katrina evacuee. A Journalist's Take On 'An Ordinary Day' In Iraq (NPR) Iranian-American journalist Farnaz Fassihi was stationed in the Middle East from 2002 until 2006, where she covered the Iraq war and the daily struggles of the Iraqi people. She recounts her experiences in her memoir, Waiting for an Ordinary Day .
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