1. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/opinion/s unday/dowd-is-rice- cooked.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss &_r=0 “Our Rice is Better Than Your Rice” by Maureen Dowd

2. http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/1 0/19/3058224/try-this-fcat-phase-out- practice.html “Try this FCAT Phase-Out Practice Test” by Shannon Burns

3. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/17 /opinion/goodbye-to-my-twinkie- days.html “Goodbye to my Twinkie Days” by Bich Minh Nguyen

7. Brooke Clarkin tries to salvage some personal items from her mother's home in Staten Island, New York, Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. Her mother's home was not only flooded to the ceiling, but was swept off its foundation and was carried to the other side of the street. The National Guard and federal emergency management officials will deliver 1 million meals and bottled water to New York areas hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

8. As temperatures begin to drop, people wait in line to fill containers with gas at a Shell gasoline filling station Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, in Keyport, N.J. In parts of New York and New Jersey, drivers lined up Thursday for hours at gas stations that were struggling to stay supplied. The power outages and flooding caused by Superstorm Sandy have forced many gas stations to close and disrupted the flow of fuel from refineries to those stations that are open. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

9. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/20/sports/eline-oidvin-a- runner-with-limited-sight-finds-her- marathon.html?src=recg&_r=0 “Indirect Path to Finish for Disabled Runner” by Andrew Lehren