10:19 a.m. Gov. Henry to be installed as chair of oil group (The Joplin Globe)
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry is in New Mexico this week, where he will be installed as the new chairman of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission.

Animated robot 'WALL-E' among this week's DVD releases (SouthtownStar)
The following are available on DVD today:

Sony Adds Slacker Personal Radio to BRAVIA Internet Video Link Service (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Sony today introduced Slacker Personal Radio and Howcast Media as the latest Sony® BRAVIA® Internet Video Link content providers.

Detectives need $100K diamond to put theft case on ice (Gloucester Daily Times)
A 7.5-carat diamond estimated to be worth $100,000 is at the center of a legal battle between investigators, who say it was stolen from a Gloucester woman, and a Newton jewelry dealer who bought the gem and has so far refused to give it up.

Vicki and Joe Price paint Iowa City blue (The Iowa City Press-Citizen)
As mentioned in the review of Vicki Price’s CD below, her already-potent musical gifts have expanded by leaps and bounds since she boldly stepped out of her personal squirrel cage (i.e. the ol’ 9-to-5 grind) and threw herself full time into the blues.

Shoot high-def video with high-end JVC camcorder, $399 (CNET)
Too good to be true? Quite possibly. The JVC Everio GZ-HD5US has a list price of $1,199.

Tom Brady Teams Up With OLPC (PC World)
Injured quarterback is buying 1,500 low-cost computers and will send them overseas.

America's Happiest Car Buyers (Forbes)
Sellers of these brands provide the best shopping experience to car buyers.

Economic Report: U.S. consumer prices fall by the most since at least 1947 (Market Watch)
U.S. consumer prices plunge by the steepest amount since records were tabulated in 1947, the Labor Department reports.

NYC holiday windows: traditional to abstract (AP via Yahoo! News)
Scenes ranging from the far-out and funky to those of Christmases past are taking shape in the windows of Manhattan's department stores as the holiday shopping season gets under way.