No. 7 Utah beats No. 4 Alabama 31-17 in Sugar Bowl - Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- While confetti rained down from the Louisiana Superdome roof, jubilant Utah players and coaches held aloft the Sugar Bowl trophy and proclaimed themselves the No. 1 team in the land. Under the current system, that's more of a ...

For the sake of Israel, the attack on Gaza must stop - In the News
Liberal Democrat foreign affairs spokesman Ed Davey writes on the Israeli-Hamas conflict on inthenews.co.uk . - - - - - - - - - - A true friend is someone who's prepared to tell you when you're wrong or you've made a mistake – even when they know ...

It might sound appealing, but this is populist poison - Guardian Unlimited
The ideological gap just yawned yet wider as David Cameron sprang into the New Year with tigerish ferocity. The longer Labour is in power, he said, the worse it gets - for the economy, national debt, crime, education, welfare dependency, the health ...

Freddie Roach Not Impressed With Fedor's Striking - Fightticker.com
In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Freddie Roach, one of the world's most sought-after boxing trainers, stated that he is not impressed by current WAMMA Heavyweight champion and FightTicker.com's # 1 ranked Heavyweight Fedor Emelianenko's ...

US will emerge as undisputed top dog in 2009 - Daily Telegraph
Central banks will do whatever it takes to combat debt deflation. Even Frankfurt will join the rush to print money, buying every form of debt from mortgages to corporate bonds. The Fed will follow the Bank of Japan in propping up stock markets ...

Who Carries the Burden of Peace? - Huffingtonpost.com
"y Hamas launch missiles not peace?" complained the Israeli Consulate in New York during a December 30th press conference held on the microblogging site Twitter . Meanwhile, during that fourth day of Israeli air strikes against the Gaza Strip, the ...

Gaza: the rights and wrongs (Economist) - OpEdNews.com
THE scale and ferocity of the onslaught on Gaza have been shocking, and the television images of civilian suffering wrench the heart. But however deplorable, Israel’s resort to military means to silence the rockets of Hamas should have been no ...

Planeside, The Lookies rock Dragonfly Club - Patriot-News
New York's Planeside blends punk ferocity with a good old rock 'n' roll sound. So far the threesome has released two EP's and two full length albums. Their sound is sure to compliment The Lookies ' hardcore rock quite nicely Saturday night at the ...

Now that's what I call a river dance - Daily Mail
It’s the kind of scene that most anglers, wearied from hours sitting on the bank with barely a nibble to show for it, can only dream about. This is a 'superswarm' of silver carp, caused by the hum of a fishing boat's electric motor. The carp react ...

Utes Shock No. 4 Tide - Tampa Bay Online
NEW ORLEANS - Utah is the best of the BCS busters. Brian Johnson threw for 336 yards and three touchdowns, and the No. 7 Utes upset fourth-ranked Alabama 31-17 in the Sugar Bowl on Friday night to finish 13-0. With the victory, Utah became the first ...