Gillett paid $275m for the team and the Bell Centre arena in 2001, but is understood to have sealed a $575m sale to representatives of the Molson brewing family. Full Article at Football.co.uk
Even Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver admitted it doesn't come close to closing a deficit that might now be as large as $3.9 billion. The Buffalo News slams legislators, calling them "timid" and the "kings" of denial. Full Article at New York Daily News
A bankruptcy judge will be asked next week to approve the sale of the original Bob's Steak & Chop House to a company owned by a longtime customer. Full Article at Dallas Morning News Business
I have some questions for Paul Gardner, attorney for the world's most famous uninvited guests. Full Article at Politics Daily
A fight is brewing over whether the city of Great Falls should repeal an ordinance banning smoking within 20 feet of a building entrance, window or air vent. Full Article at Great Falls Tribune
"Christmas Day in the Morning" by Pearl S. Buck, illustrated by Mark Buehner, HarperCollins, 40 pages Read aloud: 4 and older Read yourself: 7 and older Library: William H. Aitkin Memorial Library, 111 N. Howard Ave. , Croswell Library Director:... Full Article at The Port Huron Times Herald
I grew up in the Detroit area from the '50s through the '80s, where three generations of my family worked for the same auto company in the same plant. All three retired from the plant, each having almost 40 years seniority. Full Article at Las Vegas Review-Journal | LVRJ.com
Ready to Rumble Dec 2 2009 Billy Sloan MADE FOR MEN Ali sat quietly as he held the telephone to his ear, listening intently to the words of advice he was being given by his trainer. Full Article at The Daily Record
‘People aren’t buying the line that government can’t tell them how it functions." That’s how Rowland Thompson explains a state task force recommendation that the Legislature create an office of open records and open meetings. Full Article at The Columbian
So good that Gonzaga coach Mark Few throws out the names of former NCAA Division I scoring champions Adam Morrison and Stephen Curry in describing Thompson’s scoring ability. Full Article at The Olympian