Johnson signs on to lend his magic to Dodgers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Magic Johnson is about to learn $2 billion only buys you so much. Now he’ll need to bring the Los Angeles Dodgers the same success he brought the Lakers. News that Johnson and his partners agreed…
Canadiens fire general manager Pierre Gauthier
MONTREAL (AP) — The Canadiens fired general manager Pierre Gauthier after a dismal season and split with Montreal great Bob Gainey on Thursday, insisting such play will not be tolerated by a franchise long part of hockey history. “We need…
Beautiful endangered plants
My friends at Care2 sent me this disturbing article by Katie Waldeck It’s not just polar bears and tigers that are threatened by endangerment. Indeed, there are a number of fascinating, beautiful, and odd plants that are on the brink…
Exercises to Treat Back Pain
By Matt Fitzgerald, Experience Life Shortly after Jon Boyle, 23, competed in his first triathlon in 2005, he developed pain in his lower back and right shoulder. It bothered him most when he ran, but also while riding his…
Some UK gas stations shut after fuel panic-buying
LONDON (AP) — Government warnings that motorists should stock up at the pump ahead of a threatened strike by British fuel tanker drivers prompted scattered outbreaks of panic buying Thursday. Gasoline sales have surged more than 80 percent, jerry cans…
Saxon Investment Club announces the 2012 Grand Prize winners
With prize money totaling USD $4,500 to be won, and after more than six months of intense competition, 50 keen students, teachers, parents and VIPs attended the Saxon Investment Competition awards held at George Town Library on March 23rd as…
Analysis: Pope, Castros talked past each other
HAVANA (AP) — The spiritual leader of the world’s Roman Catholics and the brothers who have carried Cuba along an increasingly solitary Communist path mixed warm smiles with the hard language of their respective camps during Pope Benedict XVI’s three-day…
Florida shooter’s race a complicated matter
WASHINGTON (AP) — At first, the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager at the hands of a white neighbourhood watch volunteer was playing out like many previous tragedies that cut short the lives of young black men. Soon however,…
Immigration
Lamar Smith, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is currently presiding over a hearing on new guidelines for immigration detention in the USA that were issued last month and are now beginning to go into effect. If you think…
The Editor Speaks: CCA warning letter
We received a letter from the Cayman Contractors Association (CCA) concerning issues they have with the government’s deal with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to build the cruise berthing facility. It is an excellent letter and it was addressed to…
