| Sniper cracks 50-goal mark on way to hat trick: `Everything just went ...
WASHINGTON–Alexander Ovechkin's slump is over. After scoring one goal in his previous eight games, Ovechkin had a hat trick in the Washington's six-goal first period and finished with five points in the Capitals' 10-2 win over the Boston Bruins last night. Ovechkin hadn't scored in seven consecutive games before notching a goal in Saturday's 3-2 loss to Toronto. He broke loose against the Bruins with three goals and two assists to spark Washington, which jumped out to a 6-0 lead on the way to a season-high 10 goals. "Today, everything just went to the net," Ovechkin said. "You are going to score (in) lots of games, and some you (won't). I always tell myself not to think about goals and to just play how I can." Ovechkin's three goals gave him a league-leading 52, matching his career high, and made him the first player in the NHL to reach 50 goals this season.
Strategic issues exposed
Under the terms of this treaty, in accordance with which Egypt regained sovereignty over Sinai, Egypt is not allowed to post more than 750 soldiers along its border with Palestine and Israel. As Mohamed Hassanein Heikal pointed out in a recent interview on Al-Jazeera, Egypt's sovereignty over the peninsula is incomplete. But more practically, as Haaretz of 25 January observed, "a few hundred Egyptian policemen had little chance of preventing thousands from crossing over, even by using force as they tried to do." It is curiously ironic that Tel Aviv insists that Egypt control its border with Gaza yet continues to reject Egyptian demands to amend the treaty to permit for a larger security force along the border. Western military experts have estimated that Egypt would need to station at least 3,000 troops in Arish and Rafah, along with appropriate air, naval and artillery support, in order to adequately protect the border.
Inside Entrepreneurship: Angel investment clubs abound
LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS are especially blessed because Western Washington is home to a large number of active angel investment clubs. These clubs are formed by wealthy individuals who are committed to investing in early-stage companies that can grow quickly, advance promising technologies and bring new jobs to the region. From an entrepreneur's perspective, presenting to angel clubs can speed the fundraising process, plus introduce entrepreneurs to a broader network of professional advisers, executives and possibly new customers. Presenting to angel clubs does not guarantee funding. Entrepreneurs who are most likely to receive funding accept advice provided by knowledgeable coaches or take a few extra months to improve their company's positioning before investing the time and money to solicit angel investors.
Man gets 22 months in drug case
A third member of a Fort Frances family accused of running a drug distribution operation with the Hells Angels is going to jail.
Superior Court Justice Helen Pierce sentenced 35-year-old Dion Godbout on Tuesday to 22 months in jail.
He was one of more than two dozen people arrested, including drug ring boss and Thunder Bay Hells Angel member Mario Minier, in January 2006 after a police investigation dubbed Project Husky.
Godbout‘s mother Janet Godbout was sentenced in April to five years in jail, while his brother Julian Godbout received 22 months in June.
Sister Crystal Godbout, along with Nicholas Bruyere, is on trial this week in Superior Court.
Before his trial began in the fall, Dion Godbout pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic cocaine and participating in the activities of a criminal organization.
The armchair revolutionary
The book about Jesus is a new reading of the Gospels, out in time for Christmas, in which Eagleton asks the question, 'Was Christ a revolutionary?' and answers it mostly in the affirmative. It is a typical Eagleton stocking-filler: short, iconoclastic, fiercely clever; it places Jesus on the fringe of Palestinian insurgents against Rome, in the political wing of the anti-imperialist Zealots. The essay takes Eagleton back to his earliest intellectual outings at Cambridge in the Sixties, where he made a name for himself contributing to a curious Marxist Christian magazine called Slant. It is also the latest offensive in his argument with what he likes to call 'smug, liberal, rationalist' opinion, of which his ongoing war of words with Amis is the most visible engagement. .
The hidden costs of checking in with Ryanair
Budget airlines have cunning methods for boosting income while still appearing to be cheap. Passengers have to pay for the privilege of checking in baggage - indeed, they have to pay to check themselves in if they want to do it face-to-face at the airport. Only those who check in online and travel light escape penalties. Ryanair has gone further. It appears to penalise passengers who don't check in online, even when the facility is unavailable. .
New blow for Wendy Alexander as key aide quits
Wendy Alexander, Scottish Labour's embattled leader, has suffered another blow after it emerged a top aide is to quit. Although Labour officials were last night stressing Tony McElroy had been planning his departure for a while, the timing could hardly be worse for the party's leader. .
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