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Police find Testa's missing holiday decoration (Palm Beach Daily News)
After a more than two-week hiatus, the stolen Testa's candy-cane man is home, and Testa family members want to know how he spent his holiday vacation. Helen Suzman, Anti-Apartheid Leader, Dies at 91 (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
Ms. Suzman for many years offered a lonely voice for change among South Africas white minority. 5 Guilty Pleasures (The Telegraph)
Check your food guilt at the door. My five favorite dishes are on the decadent side. Don't get me wrong. I love lean dishes; in fact, I like steamed broccoli. I relish a simple broth bubbling with minced ginger, wilted pea shoots and shiitake mushrooms. And a just-picked organic apple rings my bell. From the woman with the longest showbiz legs to a gunslinger who parted the Red Sea, the late and great of 2008 (Daily Mail)
It was a year that saw Hollywood and the fashion business mourn some of its greatest names. GLENYS ROBERTS salutes those who passed away in 2008. Career change: Editorturnedmedic (Daily Telegraph)
Many of us dream of dropping everything and starting our career afresh. Few have the opportunity - or the courage - to do so. Four professionals who have taken the plunge explain their dramatic reinventions. Gadgets: Password organizer holds 200 entries (Miami Herald)
Passwords might help to keep your information private, but losing track of them can be agonizing. Atek Inc. rides to the rescue with its Logio Secure Password Organizer. Gadgets: Password organizer holds 200 entries (The State)
Passwords might help to keep your information private, but losing track of them can be agonizing. Atek Inc. rides to the rescue with its Logio Secure Password Organizer. This credit card-sized device is only an eighth of an inch thick. It uses battery power to store and display your passwords and other login information. Of course, to access that information, you'll need a master passcode. But ... Marge Miley/Milestones: Car ferries once operated through the winter (Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter)
Yes, Virginia, car ferries did cross Lake Michigan the year-round, winter and summer, spring and fall, two times each day, noon and midnight, for nearly a century. 'We like our Venuses young' (Guardian Unlimited)
When Annie Leibovitz's picture of child star Miley Cyrus appeared in Vanity Fair her tween fans - and their parents - went ballistic. The naked back, the satin sheet, the damp hair ... how dare the innocent heroine of the hit series Hannah Montana look so provocative? The cosmopolitan city that simply refuses to stand still (icWales)
It may seem a thoroughly modern talking point, but Cardiffians have been commenting on the rapid changes taking place in the city since at least the 1860s. In his new book, local author Brian Lee provides a fascinating insight into just how much the capital has progressed
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