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From NBC's Domenico MontanaroPatrick Gaspard will be named Director of the Office of Political Affairs, or political director, the Obama transition team announced this afternoon. Also Jackie Norris will become Michelle Obama's chief of staff. Other announcements: Catherine M. Russell as chief of staff to Jill Biden; Cynthia Hogan as counsel to the vice President; and ...

The broadcaster said "Blackadder Rides Again" would feature the first in-depth conference with actor Rowan Atkinson, who played Edmund Blackadder and his descendants in the show's four series between 1983 and 1989. Other stars from the historical comedy taking part in the behind-the-scenes characteristic include Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson and Tony Robinson, who played Blackadder's long-suffering sidekick Baldrick. ...

A note from all of us at First Read: For the Thanksgiving holiday, we are suspending our peep of day note (including First Thoughts) for next week. Don't fret overmuch much, though. We will still be doing updates as usual throughout the sunlight on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

"There has been a change in his legalized status," reported the spokesman for the Welsh rock band, adding that his parents had been granted a court order to that effect. Edwards disappeared in February, 1995, when the 27-year-old musician's car was found abandoned near the Severn Bridge linking England and Wales. Despite alleged sightings of the guitarist since his disappearance, ...

From NBC's Domenico MontanaroTim Geithner was officially named Treasury Secretary by President-elect Obama's change team. Several other members of the Obama White House household team were also named. Included in that list is Larry Summers, the controversial former Harvard president but also a highly respected economic mind, ...