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President Obama nominated a director for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But he won't be confirmed by the Senate before the bureau formally opens this week. And he may not be confirmed at all.

The most worrisome aspect of the latest data is an animated map from the CDC that shows how obesity rates have climbed since 1985. In the mid-'90s, all the states were various shades of blue, meaning none had an obesity rate greater than 19 percent. By 2010, not a single state was blue anymore.

The move would open the door for President Obama to officially repeal the military's 18-year "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

She also disputes his account of her crying during one meeting. "I don't remember coming to the vice president tearfully about anything in the entire eight years that I knew him," Rice tells Reuters.

Commentator Miles Hoffman invites an eclectic group of long-gone composers to Thanksgiving dinner.

The drumbeat started Wednesday afternoon. This morning, there are more stories about the strong suggestions from Democrats and Republicans that the congressman — who's admitted to lewd and lascivious behavior and then lying about it — should go.

An advocacy group came up with a shopping guide for consumers concerned about pesticide residues in produce. The group's "Dirty Dozen" is headlined by apples, celery and strawberries. The fruits and vegetables lowest in pesticides were led by onions, sweet corn and pineapples.

The stones are from a location 160 miles away, so the question remains, "How'd they get there?"

The American Dialect Society has put out its annual call for help in deciding what word it should bestow with the honor. Would a phrase coined for celebrities' fake humility — "humble brag" — be a good choice?

The Foreign Ministry said Assistant Secretary of State Tom Malinowski "is unwelcome." Malinowski met with the Shiite opposition in the island nation that hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.