Baseball: Windsor Locks displays power (Journal Inquirer)
ELLINGTON — The Windsor Locks High baseball team got all the offense it needed in the first inning on Monday. Windsor Locks scored five runs in the first, highlighted by home runs from Tim Quagliaroli and David Balboni as it defeated Ellington 6-3 in North Central Connecticut Conference play.

Drugs offender keeps £4.5m after 30 barristers refuse to take case (Times Online)
A convicted drugs offender has escaped a confiscation order for up to £4.5 million of his assets because legal aid barristers would not take on the case for the fixed fee of £175.25 a day.

Fingers crossed, arts festival group to break ground (The Virginian-Pilot)
NORFOLK The Virginia Arts Festival will host a groundbreaking ceremony for its new $3.5 million headquarters on Bank Street at 11 a.m. today. The event is just ceremonial because the City Council has yet to approve the project. andquot;We wanted to do the groundbreaking during the festival be ...

Lands' End Announces Winners of the 2008 'Teachers Light the Way' Contest (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
What makes a great teacher? According to the almost 5,000 essay entries in the 2008 Lands' End "Teachers Light the Way" contest, a great teacher has an impact that goes far beyond the classroom.

You've got one year, ministers tell Gordon Brown (Times Online)
Gordon Brown will have a year to show that he can turn around Labour's fortunes after its drubbing in last week's elections, senior ministers said yesterday.