A Virginia company has come up with a new way to help smokers quit: a vaccine. The Washington Post says the vaccine, which is in its final stages of testing, works by blocking nicotine from the brain.

Booze and turkey are the hallmarks of Thanksgiving in many households across the country. So I guess it was only a matter of time before someone tried to combine the two. In today’s paper the New York Post profiles the vodka-soaked turkey served up at a Manhattan bar.

Does binge eating qualify as a psychiatric disorder? That’s the question being mulled over by a group of experts writes the LA Times this morning. More than 7.3 million Americans fall into the category of binge eaters and there is a push for the American Psychiatric Association to recognize the condition as a mental disorder.

Sometimes frozen is better. A new study has found that eating frozen rather than fresh salmon is healthier for the environment. The Oregonian reports that the energy it takes to keep a fish alive while it is shipped around the world for consumption has a greater impact than flash-freezing and shipping it later via a more sustainable method.

Wealthy nations are investing billions in Ethiopian farms because of the country’s good farmland. The Washington Post reports that Ethiopia is quickly becoming the hot spot for “land leasing, by which relatively rich countries and investment firms are securing 40-to-99-year contracts to farm vast tracts of land.”

According to the Denver Post, either you’re obsessed with FarmVille or you’ve never heard of it.  The paper says the Facebook application that simulates farm life has 22 million Americans “playing the field” every day.

If you have a technophile in your life, you’ll want to take a look at the excellent gadget gift buying guide in today’s San Jose Mercury News. The paper breaks down your choices in categories like smartphones, video games and computers.

Text messaging may be good for your health. The Boston Globe writes about a research experiment in which participants were asked to wear sun screen for six weeks. Half were texted reminders every morning along with the day’s weather; the others were left to their own devices. Those who received texts were 20 percent more likely to wear sunscreen than those who didn’t.

After Oprah’s announcement last week that she’ll end her talk show in 2011, the Chicago Sun-Times asks what will happen to all the people whose careers she helped launch. The paper prints a list of their predictions and says Gayle King will likely keep her job as “BFF.”

There’s trouble brewing at Wikipedia says the Wall Street Journal. The site is now the fifth biggest on the Internet. It’s grown based on the efforts of volunteer editors. But the Journal says unprecedented numbers of those volunteers are quitting.

Here’s hoping she really did get it insured. Jennifer Lopez’s famous behind made headlines this morning when she fell on it during a performance at last night’s American Music Awards. The New York Daily News says Lopez reacted like a pro and continued her routine without “missing a beat.” BONUS: Watch video

Keep Calm and Carry On - that was a British government campaign during World War II. Now it’s been revitalized as a slogan for life in 2009 says the New York Times says the slogan is being printed on everything from t-shirts to posters to candy.

There’s a question in the Wall Street Journal this morning that I never thought I’d ponder: Does Tom DeLay use spray tan? The Journal has a great look at the makeup artists who create fake muscles and bronze skin for contestants on “Dancing with the Stars.” Each season the show uses more than six gallons of tanner.

A local church is offering tattoos at the altar as a way to reconnect with its young congregation says the Seattle Times. Officials say the unorthodox method on passes on “the same story of Jesus as always, it’s just finding different ways to tell it.”

Adam Lambert may have earned his fame as a contestant on the family-friendly “American Idol,” but last night at the American Music Awards the singer made it clear he was not shy about stirring the pot. The LA Times says ABC started receiving complaints minutes after Lambert’s performance, which included kissing and simulating oral sex with a male dancer. BONUS: Watch the video

I want to start today with an important story from the front page of the New York Times. It’s about our deficit spending catching up with us. When you spend money you don’t have, there’s only one thing that can happen: the cost of paying back your loan increases. The Times says with ultra-low interest rates coming to an end, we’re on our way to a $700 billion a year mortgage by 2019. That’s up from $ 200 billion now.

There’s a push across the country to create a uniform bar exam that would make it easier for prospective lawyers to transport their scores from state to state. USA Today says the change could be good for consumers: “The out-of-pocket expenses would be less when a case involves multiple states.”

Sometimes frozen is better. A new study has found that eating frozen rather than fresh salmon is healthier for the environment. The Oregonian reports that the energy it takes to keep a fish alive while it is shipped around the world for consumption has a greater impact than flash-freezing and shipping it later via a more sustainable method.

There’s a question in the Wall Street Journal this morning that I never thought I’d ponder: Does Tom DeLay use spray tan? The Journal has a great look at the makeup artists who create fake muscles and bronze skin for contestants on “Dancing with the Stars.” Each season the show uses more than six gallons of tanner.

Adam Lambert may have earned his fame as a contestant on the family-friendly “American Idol,” but last night at the American Music Awards the singer made it clear he was not shy about stirring the pot. The LA Times says ABC started receiving complaints minutes after Lambert’s performance, which included kissing and simulating oral sex with a male dancer. BONUS: Watch the video

Thought your kids were spending their time in day care eating healthy snacks and learning how to interact with each other? Think again says the San Francisco Chronicle. A new study has found that preschoolers who attend home day cares spend at least two hours a day watching TV.