By MATT TOWERY Morris News Service I almost had this column finished. Then I hit delete.

Knowing that the best way to tempt the fates is to unflinchingly declare a truth, Sunday was a slow news day. Just not a lot going on, and we find ourselves a bit overdone looking for a single subject upon which to opine. Instead, a buffet of observations and questions:

WASHINGTON (AP) â A beaming President Barack Obama said Friday he was both honored and humbled to win the Nobel Peace Prize and would accept it as a "call to action" to work with other nations to solve the world's most pressing problems.Obama told reporters in the White House Rose Garden that he wasn't sure he had done enough ...

ATLANTA (AP) Former President Jimmy Carter will visit Syria, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza this week to promote constructive dialogue on the Israeli-Arab conflict, a spokeswoman for the Carter Center said Sunday.

CHICAGO (AP) President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday praised former Vice President Al Gore's ideas on the environment as one part of helping the nation's struggling economy recovery.

NEW YORK When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, the focus of his acceptance speech wasn't on what had been accomplished, but his hopes for what still needed to be done.

Sarah Rivers and her two daughters, Allison and Melanie, embarked on a one week trip to Paris, France and London, England before starting their two week cruise of the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Estonia, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway. In Paris, they loved the Louvre and d'Orsay museums and seeing the Mona Lisa, ...

Today is Sunday, Oct 12, the 286th day of 2008. There are 80 days left in the year.

Martin Luther King Jr. symbolizes the civil rights movement. His image is associated with the effort to guarantee equal rights for all people. The movement, though, is greater than the man.

Today is Thursday, Oct. 11, the 284th day of 2007. There are 81 days left in the year.