BLACK FRIDAY COUNTDOWN. Retailer Fears.

NYC MACY 85th PARADE. New Balloons

ARIZONA PLANE CRASH. Six Dead.

MASSIVE TRAVEL. Long Weekend.

HOLIDAY MARATHON. Free Run.

After a group of peaceful protesters were pepper-sprayed at close range at the University of California at Davis, one person in the crowd could be heard chanting, "Who do you serve? Who do you protect?"

Now, days after that campus police officer was captured on an amateur video spraying an orange mist onto a row of about 20 seated students, this appears to be a good opportunity to consider the following. How and why is it that there have been an alarming increase of shooting incidents? What are those individuals we pay to protect us doing? What can be done to prevent future incidents?

The "Fair Wages for New Yorkers" Act, which was introduced into the City Council at the behest of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, would require developers that receive heavy taxpayer subsidies to pay their employees a "living wage."

"That "living wage," as defined by our bill, is a modest sum. What we are asking for is that employees at heavily subsidized projects earn $10 an hour with benefits, or $11.50 an hour without, as defined by federal law.

Following months of endless protests calling for his resignation, President Ali Abdullah Saleh has now traveled to Saudi Arabia and signed an agreement to transfer his powers to his vice president, which could begin an end to Mr. Saleh’s 33-year rule.

SECURITY & FOREIGN POLICY. GOP DEBATE.

NYC COUNCIL Considers. Living Wage Bill.

SEX ABUSE @ PENN STATE. Case Grows.

ROMNEY GAINS. Thune Endorsement.

BRONX BUSTED. Jennifer Lopez.

HOLIDAY TRAVEL USA Begins.

It will be up to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to decide where Saif al-Islam Qadhafi, son of the former Libyan leader, will stand trial to face charges for crimes against humanity, the court’s Prosecutor said today as he arrived in Tripoli for talks with national authorities.

The visit by Luis Moreno-Ocampo and Deputy Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda comes just days after the arrest in Libya of Mr. Qadhafi and amid unconfirmed reports of the capture of former intelligence chief Abdullah Al Sanousi, who is also wanted by the Court.

UN human rights chief welcomes the opening of the genocide trial of three former senior Khmer Rouge leaders in Cambodia, while stressing the need for vigilance to ensure that victims’ rights are respected.

Opening statements are scheduled today from the prosecution and defence in the trial of former foreign minister Ieng Sary, former so-called Brother Number Two Nuon Chea, and former head of State Khieu Samphan on charges including genocide, crimes against humanity and torture.