LAST-SECOND THOUGHTS (The Buffalo News)Love it or hate it, New Year's Eve is upon us. If you've put off making plans, it's not too late to give 2006 the welcome it deserves.
Shoebox or gingerbread house? (Sydney Morning Herald)The cure for our epidemic of architectural flab doesn't have to be chilly, pitiless minimalism. -

ROBINSON HAPPY AT WEST BROM (Sporting Life)Paul Robinson has given West Brom a boost ahead of Saturday's daunting clash at Liverpool by insisting he wants to stay with the Baggies for the remainder of his career.

2006 PC World Innovations Awards (PC World via Yahoo! News)Innovation is everywhere: In sleek industrial design (Apple's iPod Nano), in unique technologies that enable new capabilities (Kodak's dual-lens EasyShare V570), and in products that bring the cost of high-end technologies down from the stratosphere (Sony's Handycam HDR-HC1 high-definition camcorder). Innovative products and services do it […]