Not All Suffering From This Gnarly Market

from the NY Times Skaters Jump In as Foreclosures Drain the Pool Jim Wilson/The New York Times A group of friends skating the pool of a foreclosed home this month in Fresno, Calif. Skaters are coming to places like Fresno from as far as Germany and Australia. More...

Horribly Tragic

from the BBC Three children lose mother after late-night bottle attack Celebration ends in death when glass shatters and slashes 27-year-old’s neck Andy Russell The Observer, Sunday 28 December 2008 Article history A young mother of three children under the age...

¡Los Bastardos!

from AFP via Breitbart via Drudge Organizers strip Mexican beauty queen of title after drug bust Laura Zuniga, the Mexican beauty queen jailed after she was picked up with an alleged drug cartel leader and heavily armed men, has been stripped of one of her titles,...

Big Art In Big India

from the Washington Post New Delhi Reclaims Public Space Via Art Festival Stirs Debate on Growth, Ecology By Rama Lakshmi Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, December 21, 2008; Page A23  NEW DELHI, Dec. 20 — For the past 10 days, residents...