Friday, 12/26/08
NEWS:
A Community Christmas
Lebanon -- Ernie Schori grew up in Switzerland and, following a national tradition, used to buy the first round of drinks for friends each year on his birthday. See full story
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NEWS:
U.S. Readies to Hand Over Baghdad Base
Baghdad -- A year ago, Forward Operating Base Callahan in northern Baghdad was one of the key U.S. military nerve centers in the battered capital. Hundreds of soldiers slept in crowded rooms. Humvees zipped in and out the gate around the clock to keep a vast network of inner-city outposts humming. See full story
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SPORTS:
West Is Best
There's only so much Erik Olson could take of the upper Midwest. See full story
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CLOSE-UP:
Yuletide Movies
Last weekend, I was so exhausted from rounds of shoveling that in between all I could muster was to lie on the couch and watch Christmas shows on television. See full story
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EDITORIAL:
Interrogation Techniques Hewing to the Rule of Law
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President-elect Barack Obama spoke forcefully on the campaign trail of the need to ban torture by U.S. interrogators. He criticized the Bush administration's reliance on secret interrogation programs and secret prisons and repeatedly embraced the notion that all U.S. personnel -- including CIA agents -- must use only those interrogation techniques outlined in the U.S. Army Field Manual, which hews to the Geneva Conventions and domestic prohibitions against torture. Military officials also say that the field manual gives interrogators the necessary tools to extract reliable information from even seemingly intractable witnesses. See full story
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For complete story, see today's Valley News
NEWS: Brief Outages in Sharon, Enfield
Two weeks to the day after a devastating ice storm hit New Hampshire and Vermont, homes throughout both states were without power again yesterday.
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NEWS: Vt.'s Year-Round Farmers Markets Nearly Double to 11 Since Last Year
Montpelier -- Snow's piling up in Vermont, but farmers are still selling their produce. This winter, they have more venues.
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NEWS: Pope Calls For Global ‘Solidarity'
Vatican City -- Pope Benedict XVI urged a world confronting a financial crisis, conflict, and increasing poverty not to lose hope at Christmas, but to join in “authentic solidarity” to prevent global ruin.
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