I'm not pinning all my hopes on First Minister's Questions - oh no I'm not - but tune in to Today on Radio 4 at 8.30am or thereabouts to hear the First Minister facing up to 2013, happy or otherwise.

BBC: Today, tomorrow and Today.

Oh, I'm sorry -- that's okay, I'll call on you next.

WHITEHOUSE: "White House to Main Street" Town Hall: Elyria, OH

What I want to do is give some of these young people a chance to ask a couple of questions, but I'm not sure I've got any volunteers so I'm going to have to turn around -- oh, look. (Laughter.) This is a serious bunch here, I can tell.

WHITEHOUSE: President Obama's call to the International Space Station

And I'm like, 'Andrew, I'm having a C-section at the moment, ' and he says, 'Oh, don't worry, we can get it opened by the end of the month.

WSJ: A Homegrown Fashion Mogul

So I think that this - that's - when I'm sitting with a patient and talking to them who may say, oh, I've seen that Hollywood heart attack where somebody just clutches their chest and they die - that seems like a good way to go.

NPR: Confronting Misconceptions About Cancer Prevention

Earlier, the U.S. military said coalition forces reported that an OH-58 Kiowa Warrior helicopter made a hard landing about 6:20 p.m. local time after it came into contact with wires.

CNN: At least 9 killed by suicide car bomb in Iraq

Like I said, there are days in which -- my guess is it will happen again this week -- where you pick up that newspaper or you turn on your computer at 4:30 a.m. in the morning while your coffee is still brewing and you groan and, oh, God, what -- you know, great, this is going -- and then you get on your BlackBerry.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing