Penske Racing 2008 organizational changes announced (Motorsport.com) MOORESVILLE, N.C. (November 28, 2007) -- Saying goodbye to one of its longtime leaders and fortifying itself for the future, Penske Racing announced several key organizational changes for the 2008 NASCAR season on Wednesday....more...Tea at 2 helped her deal with hardships (The Florida Times-Union) Like most people, Bessie Fitzgerald is asleep at 2 a.m. That wasn't always the case....more... It's Yellowstone times eleven (Scotland on Sunday) It will be 11.5 times the size of Yellowstone Park and protect one of the most ecologically sensitive areas of the world....more... From tricycle driver to chief mate (Inquirer) BEFORE REACHING THE PEAK of his career as a seafarer, this hard-working man from Hagonoy, Bulacan fondly remembers the good old days, when he used his older brother?s dilapidated tricycle for meager earnings to finance his studies....more... Astros continue to make a difference (Houston Astros) Astros continue to make a difference...more... American pilots fly home to visit valley parents (Kern Valley Sun) Army pilots Daniel and Tracy Gates have been married for less than a year, but for the past six months they have been half a world apart as Tracy has been stationed in Baghdad while Daniel remains at his home base of Fort Polk, La. They felt incredibly lucky this past week, as they were able to get a short leave and visit with each other in Daniel?s home town in the Kern Valley....more... At a Glance: Regional News of Note (Arroyo Grande Times Press Recorder) Albertsons unveiled its ?Premium Fresh and Healthy? concept store in a ?grand reopening? Wednesday in Arroyo Grande....more... Too fat to work (Times Online Sunday) Almost two thousand people who are too fat to work have been paid a total of £4.4 million in benefit, it emerged last night. Other payments went to fifty sufferers of acne and ten incapacitated by leprosy....more... Tough incapacity test to cut 20,000 claims (Times Online) Ministers attempted to get their welfare reform programme back on track yesterday after it emerged that billions of pounds are being paid out in incapacity benefit to people suffering stress, fatigue and even acne....more... |