Upcoming legislative session will deal with tough spending decisions (Colorado Springs Gazette)

DENVER • The state Legislature's 67th General Assembly begins Wednesday, and the question atop every list is, what are we going to do for money?

Madison Year-End Round Up (The Source)

By Marianne Sullivan Source Senior Staff Writer For Madison, 2008 was a year of surprising and shocking announcements, a year of twists and turns that brought a score of changes and new faces. Some might say the surprises and changes actually began in early November 2007 when voters elected a new first selectman, a Democrat, who brought changes with him into the new year. And although the ...

NOTEWORTHY DEATHS (NWAnews.com)

S. Africa anti-apartheid campaigner JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — South African anti-apartheid campaigner Helen Suzman died in Johannesburg, the ruling African National Congress party said. She was 91. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)

Intellectual Property (Mondaq)

Canadian Website Operator Seeks Copyright Ruling. The owner of a popular BitTorrent indexing website has applied to the British Columbia Supreme Court, seeking an Order that his website located at {Isohunt.com} does not infringe Canadian copyright law.

Six degrees of separation – from Bernard Madoff to Kevin Bacon (Independent)

The actor Kevin Bacon and his wife, Kyra Sedgwick, have become the latest celebrities to admit they are victims of Bernard Madoff, the Wall Street swindler.