Friday - January 2, 2009 - It's Going to Be a Bad New Year for the Taliban Hiding in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Bartering Is Big Again, NFL Playoffs!

World famous Cheeca Lodge up in Islamorada, Florida Keys, totaled by fire. Room guests forced to find lodgings elsewhere in the Keys.

NCAA Bowl Game Scores and Schedule for Remaining Games

Orlando Magic win 8th out of last 9 games

NBA Scores, Schedules and Standings

Governors push $1 trillion stimulus package for states

22 year old cerebral palsy patient left on bus overnight

Manufacturing Orders at 60 Year Low




Afghanistan and Pakistan to take mainstage in the War on Terrorism in 2009


20,000 new US Troops ready to augment 12,500 NATO troops in Afghanistan


Manning vs. Rivers: Two Indomitable Quarterbacks Square Off

NFL Storylines for this weekend's four play off games (2 Saturday, 2 Sunday)

NFL Playoff Schedules for This Weekend

Vanity Fair: An Oral History of the Bush White House

12 Things to Look Forward to in 2009





Craigslist bartering exploding this year

North Carolina police looking for armed father who took two children from home after killing his ex-wife and two other people

Greek ship fights off heavily armed Somali pirates with high pressure water water jets

Burned Bangkok nightclub lacked fire exits, fire extinguishers, emergency lights, while its windows had bars

Roland Burris, the man appointed to Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, once drew heavy criticism for his decision to seek the death penalty for a defendant despite evidence supporting his innocence.

9 American Muslims kicked off Air Tran flight over misconstrued remarks

Ford's December sales show sharp drop; no turnaround imminent in January

Republicans vow to filibuster any attempt to seat Al Franken in the US Senate

Iraqi suicide bomber kills 24 pro-government tribal leaders meeting on reconciliation

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Israeli troops prepare for possible ground invasion, 7th day of fighting ensues
Israel's big secretive nuclear plant where its nukes are stored is now within range of newer Hamas missiles

After a quarter century, Sri Lankan troops take back the capital city of the Tamil Tigers separatists

Suspected U.S. drone fires missiles in Pakistan

US Treasury report pats itself and others on the back: says Massive rescue efforts by the US government and central bank in recent months helped avert a "financial collapse"

Layoffs at Microsoft? Seems to be nothing more than rumors from one website, Fudzilla

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An entertainer for Carnival Cruise Lines falls overboard before other horrified employees

4 arrested in N. California gang rape of lesbian
Here's a video which appeared on this blog when the rape was reported (scroll down)

A smoking ban in one Colorado city led to a dramatic drop in heart attack hospitalizations within 3 years, a sign of just how serious a health threat secondhand smoke is, government researchers said Wednesday.

Toyota working on a secret solar powered car

A classic Bugatti car, which gathered dust in a Tyneside garage for almost 50 years, may fetch up to £3m ($4.35m) when it goes under the hammer.

NYT's Herbert on Bush's failures: "Add Up the Damage"