A few hours are left until the start of the Louis Vuitton Trophy in Nice, the inaugural event of the World Sailing Teams Association. Four matches are scheduled for the opening day, on two yachts, GBR-75, loaned from Team Origin, and FRA-93, loaned from FRA-93. The wind tomorrow is expected to blow up to 15 knots in the morning before increasing to 25 knots or more in the afternoon. That might put...
Luke Jennings succumbs to Dennis Wheatley's devilish charms In 1966, a young editor named Giles Gordon joined Hutchinson and was handed the latest Dennis Wheatley manuscript. Some streak of devilry made Gordon remove the title page and send it to the publishing house's most intolerant reader. "The book is terribly hackneyed," came the reply, to Gordon's delight. "Above all, [the author]...
PHOTO: (click photo to enlarge) Kim Kraemer was featured in a newspaper business page story by Mike McCraken, "Woman mechanic fits in well," Gazette-Times, Mar. 12, 1980, p. 13. The newspaper photo caption reads, "Kim Kraemer has been an apprentice auto mechanic at a local auto dealership since the fall, but she's been tinkering with mechanical things since she was a child." It...
As Kurt Opsahl of the Electronic Frontier Foundation described on Wednesday , the U.S. government’s “Stellar Wind” electronic surveillance program was exposed by government officials and private individuals troubled by what they saw as overreaching. But leaks revealing official misbehavior are nothing new; they also played a part in the politics leading up to the American Revolution....
For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have reported the use of a radiolabeled antibody to deliver targeted doses of radiation, followed by a stem cell transplant, to successfully treat a group of leukemia and pre-leukemia patients for whom there previously had been no other curative treatment options.
This is the twenty-first post in an ongoing series as we file Missouri Sunshine Law (RSMo 610) requests and investigate the non-renewal of the contract of University of Central Missouri President Aaron Podolefsky. Links to previous coverage are below the fold. BG and MB Your Friday news dump from the office of Missouri Governor Jay Nixon. Yep, that Marvin "Bunky" Wright was appointed to...
The most dangerous team in the state began this season with new faces in glamour positions while its best player — a pint-sized tough guy — walked around the practice field in street clothes. At that time, its head coach laughed at the thought that he might be a sadist for enjoying being around these guys so much. Then two games in, this team goes to Hutchinson and gets the blue...
Washington’s best political satire site is without a doubt, Red County , a pitch-perfect, Colbert-esque parody of the angry, deluded, self-denial that tends to fill the right-wing blogs. And it doesn’t get any better than their frenetic mock analysis of the King County Executive race: The general election result that shattered any hope of Republican resurgence in the state was the King...
As reports of the Fort Hood shooting began to pour in yesterday, numerous news outlets neglected to mention that the shooter is a Muslim. Either the potential import of this fact was completely lost on these journalists, or they omitted the shooter's Muslim affiliations out of a concern for political correctness. CBS and NBC both omitted the shooter's faith in their East Coast feeds last night, as...
The emphasis on Rio Ferdinand's troubled form faded last Tuesday when United looked even more vulnerable without him during the 3-3 draw with CSKA Moscow. It seems that he will be missing again with back trouble just when solidity at the heart of the defence will be critical. The visitors must find others to check Didier Drogba, who has verged on the uncontainable for Chelsea this season, scoring...
Here's a hint, feckless cowards, perfidious liars: Islam. And why is an unindicted coconspirator in a federal terrorism funding trial with umbilical cords still attached to the Muslim Brotherhood -- whose stated purpose is to accomplish what the Muslim devil executed today -- being treated as anything other than enemies of humanity? As long as America's "leaders" continue to obfuscate and...
By Martin Hutchinson Contributing Editor Money Morning Back in May I recommended that readers should buy shares in Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) on the grounds that the U.S. carmaker would gain... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy. Money moves markets. But Money Morning lets you move first.
Photo: Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress Fort Hood Gunman Who Killed 12, Wounded 30 Survived Gunbattle -- ABC News Suspected Gunman, Identified as Major Nidal Malik Hasan, Survived Gun Battle Twelve people have been killed and 30 wounded in a shooting spree at a Texas military post in a murderous rampage that officials believe was carried out by an Army psychiatrist who...
Abraham Rabinovich AN official Taliban publication warns Australia that it will have to assimilate into a dominant Asia or face the prospect of being overpowered and forced to take population overspill from Asia. The choice is spelled out in the latest issue of the online Taliban monthly magazine, Al Sumud (Steadfastness), whose lead article offers a sweeping view of a post-war order in which a Taliban-ruled...
Read our exclusive interview with acoustic soul / pop singer / songwriter Eric Hutchinson as takes a break from his tour to sit down with Riveting Riffs Magazine. You can go to the lead item on our front page, www.rivetingriffs.com or check out the direct link to the full interview http://www.rivetingriffs.com/eric_hutchinson.htm
Acoustic Soul artist Eric Hutchinson's Doo Wop / Soul influenced pop tunes ignited a party at the Plaza Media Club his fans danced all night long to tunes such as "Rock & Roll," "You Don't Have To Believe Me," and "You've Got You." Read the review on the front page of Riveting Riffs Magazine, www.rivetingriffs.com Hutchinson has been touring for the past three months in support of his current album...