Somali pirates get $3.3 million ransom, free 36 hostages – Kansas City Star
As a Spanish warship looked on, a $3.3 million ransom was delivered by boat Tuesday and Somali pirates freed a Spanish trawler and its 36 crew members. Spain’s prime minister did little to deny paying off the hijackers – one reason the lucrative
Which North Shore event will get the biggest waves before 21 December – Surfers Village
Roar Industries Ultimate SUP even Surfing Australia opens their new Watercooled Surfboards sales & di 25th anniversary Quiksilver Eddie UK Surf Awards go off, name the b Rusty’s Jay Davies goes surfabout Electric presents film and
F1 2009 Review – G4 TV
Formula One racing is a very popular sport in the rest of the world, though it has yet to catch fire here in the States. Will F1 2009 change that, and make it accessible to the Western mainstream, or serve to further alienate the people who just don
Breakingviews.com: This Poison Pill Aids Investors – New York Times
Poison pills, or provisions to thwart takeovers, usually benefit management rather than shareholders. Mead Johnson Nutrition s desire to enact anti-takeover provisions may be an exception. Mead, a maker of baby formula, should make a tasty target
Nahhas expresses reservations over plans to privatize telecom – TMCnet
BEIRUT, Nov 18, 2009 (The Daily Star – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — Newly appointed Telecom Minister Charbel Nahhas on Tuesday clearly voiced his rejection of the government’s bold privatization program when he explicitly
Butler star Gordon Hayward may clean up at Northwestern – Chicago Tribune
Shurna and Hayward are both 6 feet 8 inches, so they figure to spend some time checking one another. Both teams are also 1-0, but the teams’ outlooks from Shurna, Luka Mirkovic and Jeremy Nash, Butler has a formula it honed last season.
Higher education booming amid recession, lawmakers told – Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One facet of the state’s economy is booming in the midst of the economic recession: higher education, legislators learned Tuesday. A record number of students are enrolled in state colleges and universities this fall, Higher
EU: FIA Intl. Court of Appeal rulings – Motorsport.com
FIA International Court of Appeal Ruling Confirms Judicial Decisions. Munich, 17 November 2009.The FIA International Court of Appeal has recently confimed the decisions taken by the Stewards and the Organising Committee of Formula BMW Europe in
MLS commissioner Don Garber says Red Bulls headed in right direction – Bridgeton News
Chuck Myers/MCT MLS commissioner Don Garber, left, presented the championship trophy to the Houston Dynamos. Garber said the Red Bulls are headed in the right direction. Red Bulls fans might not have any faith in management producing a winning team
