Condo repair case settled without residents paying price (The Capital)

Some Heritage Harbour residents said their refusal to sign a contract with a Maryland government agency - an agreement that would have forced them to retrofit their condos for wheelchairs - ended up being a better decision than any legal advice they had received.

Obese win right to two-for-one airline seats (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Canada's highest court has upheld a ruling that obese and disabled people have the right to two seats for the price of one on domestic flights.

Health calendar (Honolulu Advertiser)

"SAFE & SWEET TREATS," cooking class in observance of National Diabetes Month, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 20, Castle Medical Center, Wellness Center Auditorium; registration, 263-5400, www.castlemed.org.

Briefly in Tompkins (The Ithaca Journal)

The New York-Penn Blood Service, the blood collection headquarters for Tompkins County, reports an acute blood shortage in our region.

Cheers and Jeers: Visit to hospital is difficult (The Fayetteville Observer)

The jeer: Jeers to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. My father was in the hospital for a few days, and it was awful for my mother to go visit him. The parking garage is a nightmare. No help for the handicapped! No help for the elderly who cannot walk very far.