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Movers and Shakers of '08 (Jewish Ledger)
Once again, as the year comes to a close, it is time for us to honor our "Movers and Shakers" - people in the Connecticut Jewish community who turned up a lot in the pages of the Jewish Ledger and who made a difference through their hard work, generosity or commitment to the community over the past year.
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Following his footsteps Following his footsteps (Bellevue Reporter)
James H. Keeffe III is like a lot of men. He plans to follow in his father’s footsteps.
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$500K bail for Hickory Hills woman (SouthtownStar)
Bail was set at $500,000 Wednesday for a Hickory Hills woman accused of fatally shooting her husband while he slept in the couple’s bed.
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G'day for the grape (Chicago Sun-Times)
BAROSSA, Australia -- "If you drink too early in the day, you're a drunkard. But if you combine it with food, you're a gourmet." This explains the box of crackers Ralf Hadzic is toting as we tour Australia's premier wine region, the Barossa.
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A taste for travel and a piranha salad (Financial Times)
Criss-crossing time zones, living out of a suitcase and eating unfamiliar food such as pot-roast bear meat (Russia) or piranha salad (Brazil) can play havoc with fitness and diet regimes.
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Stephen Moss on the monks of Heiligenkreuz and their bestselling Gregorian chant music (Guardian Unlimited)
It's five in the morning, and I'm crossing the courtyard of Stift Heiligenkreuz, a Cistercian monastery in the Austrian woods that dates back to 1133. I've had a brief night's sleep in a spartan cell. Mass is at 5.15, lasts for two hours, and is attended by 40 monks, three pilgrims and me. We will be back for a further three services. I have not come to Heiligenkreuz because of a sudden ...
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Sheboygan man writes of Holocaust nightmare (Sheboygan Press)
Torn between wanting to forget his Holocaust experience and wanting others to always remember, Robert Matzner is telling his story.
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The Net-Zero Gas Tax (The Weekly Standard via Yahoo! News)
Americans have a deep and understandable aversion to gasoline taxes. In a culture more single-mindedly devoted to individual freedom than any other, tampering with access to the open road is met with visceral opposition. That's why earnest efforts to alter American driving habits take the form of regulation of the auto companies--the better to hide the hand of government and protect politicians ...
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UF law student overcomes disability (Independent Florida Alligator)
Rafal Strzalkowski, a Polish immigrant student graduating from the UF Levin College of Law, has been living with cerebral palsy since he was diagnosed at age 1.
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Signposts: Cruise provides look at Alaska's Last Frontier (Inside Bay Area)
Also, Napa Valley gears up for annual mustard festival and New York City sees boost in tourism but not at usual rate.
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