Around the Big12 Conference (USA Today)

Around the Big12 Conference

Celebratory gunfire down, but still a concern (Memorial Examiner)

Ideally, the holidays are times of peace, comfort and joy. In many areas of Houston, however, sounds of gunfire ring out into the night on Christmas and New Years Eve, making the holidays everything but comforting.

Some green thoughts from the East Coast (The Peterborough Examiner)

The holiday season has come to an end for yet another year and we turn our attention to everything 2009 has to offer. Hopefully good [...]

Covered bridge project marks 2008 in history (Pepperell Free Press)

PEPPERELL -- The year 2009 may well be a reflection of the fiscal downturn that began in 2008, creating what town administrator Robert Hanson described as a "holding pattern.

Denouement of 2008 elections MILLS ANOINTED (The Ghanaian Chronicle)

SEQUESTERED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS WITH HIS CLOSEST MEMBERS of his inner chamber, Professor Fiifi Atta Mills hunkered down to receive counsel from Cardinal Turkson and other respected men of God, as the sweet smell of victory wafted in the air.