| Tourists get unexpected breakfast buffet with Obama at the White House |
| Filed under: Stories, United States, NewsPerhaps you read about the tourist couple who recently were ushered into a White House breakfast buffet with President and Michelle Obama even though they did not have an invitation All Harvey and Paula Darde (more) |
| Teacher hit with a £9,000 bill after bank error |
| A TEACHER has been landed with an unexpected bill of almost £9,000 just before Christmas by a bank that admitted it took money from the wrong account for six years (more) |
| Sir Sandy Crombie hits out in RBS bonuses row |
| SIR Sandy Crombie, retiring chief executive of Standard Life and a director at Royal Bank of Scotland, has described Treasury plans to cap bonuses at RBS as 'troubling" (more) |
| In Aspen speech, Ritter defends his roadless position |
| ASPEN Gov Bill Ritter in Aspen Thursday night defended his position on roadless lands, which has been under fire from environmentalists Ritter said his administration believes it is best to make 'carve outs' in roadless areas so there can be ve (more) |
| Eight Money Saving Tips for Your Next Road Trip |
| With the economy still on uncertain ground and the weakness of the dollar making foreign travel increasingly expensive, many Americans will be looking for affordable travel alternatives within the United States For families on a budget, few vacation (more) |
| Glenwood immigration reform rally draws large crowd |
| GLENWOOD SPRINGS A crowd of more than 200, both Latino and Anglo, stood together on a cold December evening in Sayre Park Friday night for a common cause furthering immigration reform efforts The rally and candlelight vigil, sponsored by th (more) |
| After climber deaths, Oregon faces beacon question |
| PORTLAND, Ore When a rescue team came on Luke Gullberg's body at the top of a Mount Hood glacier and tried to figure out what had become of his climbing partners, they looked up at a forbidding rise of ice and snow They saw no sign of Katie Nol (more) |
| Improved Life Insurance Cover |
| Axa has enhanced its critical illness plan by reducing premiums and improving definitions Enhancements include low grade prostate cancer cover, enhanced children's cover and premium reductions where Axa is unable to cover certain individuals for can (more) |
| Bad weather cancels women's World Cup downhill |
| VAL D'ISERE, France Lindsey Vonn's quest for a third consecutive downhill victory has been put on hold after bad weather forced organizers to cancel Saturday's World Cup race The race on the Oreiller Killy course was rescheduled twice before bei (more) |
| Anger over bonuses spreads to shareholders |
| ONE in five of Britain's blue chip companies suffered a shareholder broadside this year amid growing discontent over boardroom pay, it emerged yesterday (more) |
| Daily gear deals - $30 laptop backpack, $10 wireless laser presenter and mo |
| Filed under: Gadling's Daily Deal
Here are the hottest gear deals for today, Saturday December 19th 2009 Remember, these deals are often valid for just one day, so act fast before they are gone If you are ordering any of these items for Christmas, (more) |
| Airline chairman in hot water for 840 pound luggage load |
| Filed under: Asia, Thailand, Airlines, AirportsWhen the chairman of Thai Airways arrived at Tokyo's Narita airport, he did so with his wife, and 30 pieces of luggage His official luggage allowance is just 132 pounds, so the 840 pounds of stuff he wa (more) |
| Aspen winter air service a 'powerful selling message' |
| ASPEN Don't look for signs of a recession at the Aspen Pitkin County Airport The three airlines serving the airport bump up their winter season service this weekend; the result is the most seats coming into Aspen since the banner winter of 19 (more) |
| Gauging the Odds (and the Costs) in Health Screening |
| A report on breast cancer screening highlights an issue of health care reform: how to judge the value of tests in saving a life (more) |
| Statue used to strike Berlusconi now a popular souvenir in Italy |
| Filed under: Europe, ItalyAn incident in which Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was injured by a man wielding a statue has proven profitable for souvenir sellers in Italy
According to Yahoo News, vendors say they've noticed a sharp uptick (more) |
| Insure pets against Christmas mishaps |
| Owners have forsaken pet insurance in the recession, but with decorations, turkey bones and mistletoe around, it could come in handy for Christmas (more) |
| More on the Lenado saga |
| Dear Editor:In response to James Wingers' letter in the Aspen Daily News regarding parking for snowmobiles in Lenado:My deepest intention is to support the creation of a consensual process, whereby all options for snowmobile access and parking are (more) |
| How insurers still escape paying out |
| Edward Gibbs' fire damage claim was dismissed by Aviva Can anything level the playing field between policyholders and insurers? (more) |
| Aspen gets into the holiday spirit |
| ASPEN Aspen is getting into the Christmas spirit by staging an organized effort to spread holiday cheer for the next 12 days The 12 Days of Aspen begins Sunday and runs until Dec 31, ending with a blow out on New Year's Eve in Wagner Park, comp (more) |
| Aspen sticks with $96 lift ticket |
| ASPEN The Aspen Skiing Co will charge the same amount for a single day lift ticket this season as it did last winter, the company announced Saturday The Skico raised the walk up window rate for a single day ticket to $96 Saturday, up from from (more) |
| Take a tour of the known Universe |
| Filed under: Arts and Culture, History, LearningEver ponder your place in the Universe? Asked the question 'What's out there?' Then this video is definitely for you It was created for the Hayden Planetarium, located in New York City, and shows the e (more) |
| Barclays headhunts rival banker |
| INVESTMENT management firm Barclays Wealth has strengthened its offering in Scotland by luring a private banker from rival firm Adam & Company to join its Glasgow office (more) |
| Negotiating to 60 Votes, Compromise by Compromise |
| To get the 60 votes needed to pass their bill, Democrats scrapped the idea of a government run public insurance plan (more) |
| Papua New Guinea: Land of 800 languages |
| Filed under: Arts and Culture, Asia, Australia
In the above map, conceived by Swedish linguist Mikael Parkvall, each country's area is proportional to the number of languages it has produced The map, which appears in Parkvall's fascinating book Li (more) |
| Photo of the Day (12.19.2009) |
| Filed under: Photos, United Arab, Photo of the Day, Middle East
Despite the recent news from Dubai stating its property and building crisis, the city is alive and well, and visitors like our faithful photographer jrodmanjr continue to have inspiring (more) |
| Bill Jamieson: Don't dare mention 'relationship banking' |
| LAST week I was a guest at an intimate informal lunch with senior Clydesdale Bank executives for a round table discussion Heavy hitters from the business community, financial (more) |
| Mercer's Little Alaska Problem |
| A suit seeking $2 8 billion in damages from Mercer, the human resources consultant, could have longer consequences for actuarial firms (more) |
| Manager robbed at knifepoint at Basalt 7-Eleven |
| BASALT The manager of the Basalt 7 Eleven store escaped injury while being robbed at knifepoint early Saturday, police said The robber wasn't apprehended but police have his image from the store's surveillance system and are searching for hi (more) |
| Wisconsin Drivers Fume Over Increased Car Insurance Premiums |
| Wisconsin drivers are more than a little upset about the auto insurance mandates included in this year's state budget bill (more) |
| Deal 'a merger not a rescue' says Noble boss |
| BEN Thomson, the chairman of Edinburgh investment bank Noble Group, yesterday hailed the terms of the deal with London based brokerage firm Execution as 'a proper merger&# (more) |
| Democrats Clinch Deal for Deciding Vote on Health Bill |
| Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska agreed to back the bill, and Democrats said they were on track to pass it by Christmas despite fierce Republican opposition (more) |
| When Industries Care About Their Customers |
| When Industries (more) |
| How to avoid paying out for burst pipes |
| Last December and January saw more claims for damage caused by 'escape of water' than for either fire or theft Don't miss our checklist (more) |
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| The New Perils of Pauline |
| Has the health care bill been so abused by the various politicians who've held its fate in their hands that it's time to put it out of its misery? (more) |
| Aegon enjoys rapid returns from £25m match with British Tennis |
| LIFE insurer Aegon has made faster progress than expected in its drive to become a household name on the back of its multi million pound sponsorship of British Tennis (more) |
| It's Crunch Time on Health Care |
| To the Editor: (more) |
| Crested Butte appeals Forest Service decision |
| CRESTED BUTTE, Colo Crested Butte Mountain Resort is appealing a U S Forest Service decision rejecting its expansion plan, even before the plan went through an environmental analysis The resort filed its appeal Friday The Forest Service has 3 (more) |
| RBS as stocking filler? |
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| Senator Reports Progress in Talks on Health Bill |
| Senator Ben Nelson said that he and Democratic leaders had made 'real progress' in negotiations on abortion, but there was no final agreement (more) |
| Compromising on 2 Issues, Obama Gets Partial Wins |
| From Copenhagen to Capitol Hill, the president determined the outer limits of what he could accomplish on climate change and health care and decided that was enough, for now (more) |
| A missed opportunity |
| Dear Editor:Dec 16 insertion from what I actually submitted to the Mining Aspen for Ideas Program: 'The Magnificent 4 Campaign is a several years year round promotional advertising program using four simultaneous spokespersons representing differ (more) |
| From Russia with love - and a 969 per cent profit |
| THE investment trusts that comprise the closed ended top ten are drawn primarily from the same sectors that dominate the top unit trusts (more) |
| Rosemary Gallagher: Barclays may complain, but public want action on fat-ca |
| BATTLING over bonuses between bankers and the UK government is shaping up to be one of the biggest arguments of next year (more) |
| New law demands that some Amtrak passengers be locked in boxes |
| Filed under: North America, United States, TransportationBack in September, Tom wrote about an upcoming Senate vote which planned to allow passengers to carry guns on Amtrak trains The whole idea meant that Amtrak would need to install gun safes on (more) |
| People: Hotel puts out welcome mat for RBS chief |
| IN AMONG all the shareholder meetings and talk of bankers' bonuses, it's nice to see Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester is still getting out and abo (more) |
| Tony Vagneur: Saddle Sore |
| It's all relative, but it is safe to say it's been a tad cold lately Not cold enough to suit my inherent craving for the chill, but it'll do The official Colorado record low, 61 below zero, was recorded at Maybell in 1985 Aspen claims 42 bel (more) |
| Louisiana Has Much at Stake in Health Care Debate |
| Because of the unique way it delivers health care to the poor, the outcome of the debate could drastically alter the state's system (more) |
| Politics worrying Carbondale developer |
| CARBONDALE Now that the planned Village at Crystal River commercial center has a favorable recommendation from Carbondale's planning commission, the developer is looking for some assurance that politics won't get in the way of final approvals fo (more) |
| Thousands trapped in Channel Tunnel |
| Filed under: Europe, Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Transportation, NewsMore than two thousand passengers were trapped in the Channel Tunnel last night when unusually cold weather in northern France made four Eurostar trains break down at the same (more) |
| Basalt girls prevail against Grand Valley |
| BASALT Guard Jamie Matherly joked that the Basalt girls basketball team just likes to keep things interesting Mission Accomplished Again The Longhorns erased a seven point halftime deficit after outscoring visiting Grand Valley, 10 4, in the (more) |
| End to the Abstinence-Only Fantasy |
| Democratic leaders must see that an amendment to the health care reform bill that would revive a $50 million program for abstinence only sex education is stricken (more) |
| Canadian wins Saslong downhill; Miller 9th |
| VAL GARDENA, Italy Manuel Osborne Paradis of Canada won a World Cup downhill on the Saslong course on Saturday, while Bode Miller battled a sore ankle and headwinds to finish ninth Osborne Paradis covered the 2 14 mile run in 2 minutes, 1 27 (more) |
| Marks provides important service |
| Dear Editor:Litigation has been filed in Aspen regarding the issue of the public right to examine anonymous digital ballot images This issue, of national importance, offers an important improvement to voting rights introduced by computerized voti (more) |
| Why the Senate Should Vote Yes on Health Care |
| A missed chance at reform in 1993 led to 16 years of exploding health care costs and rising numbers of uninsured Congress can't let that happen again (more) |
| 14 Denver-area banks robbed in 1 week |
| DENVER Fourteen Denver area banks have been robbed in a week, and investigators say the bad economy may be worsening the typical holiday surge Four banks were robbed on Friday No one was injured in any of the robberies and no arrests have been m (more) |
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