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Robbo blog (BBC News)

The Tees Mouth believes Big Phil Scolari is turning into the Tinkerman

New year, new look: How to design on a dime (The Southampton Press & The East Hampton Press)

Times might not be as tough on the East End as they are in the rest of the country but that doesn’t mean that design budgets aren’t affected by the economy.

Salt Lake company offers Web rentals as alternative to hotels (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Capistrano Beach, Calif. » The beach-house rental seemed cozy and quaint at first glance. Though it wasn't fancy, the two-bedroom house on a private beach almost halfway between San Diego and Los Angeles offered a family everything it might need for a weeklong stay.

Inside the bizarre world of £30bn pyramid schemester Bernie Madoff (Daily Mail)

The bizarre, obsessive behaviour of Bernard Madoff - the man at the centre of the biggest alleged corporate fraud in history - has been revealed by his London office manager.

Local manufacturing woes likely to spread to other sectors (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Plain Dealer File Workers at KraftMaid install drawers into custom built cabinets. The Middlefield company dropped 400 workers last year. Andrea Levy/Photo illustration Economic Forecast 2009 The new year brings more gloomy forecasts but also fresh hope. Through Jan. 4,...