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A not-so-noble Nobel laureate (The Age) Carleton Gajdusek, a virologist who was the co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Prize in medicine for his work on the mysterious epidemics now known as prion diseases, has died in a hotel room in Tromso, Norway. us.rd.yahoo.com
Bye bye Love Street . . . (The Herald) It is the football match in danger of getting lost amid a sea of sentimentality and a mountain of memories. us.rd.yahoo.com
Budget cruises: The best new year deals (Daily Telegraph) Cruising can represent excellent value in hard times. Tim Jepson looks at what's new this year and highlights some of the great deals available. us.rd.yahoo.com
Breaking down the barriers (Morning Star) IN IT TOGETHER: A footballer with learning disabilities waits his turn to play, while a player who has had an epileptic fit recovers slowly on the touchline. PIC: Football's Hidden Story/Peter Dench. us.rd.yahoo.com
Interview: Brede Hangeland tells Dominic Fifield about why he loves Fulham so much (Guardian Unlimited) Brede Hangeland strode out of the makeshift Santa's grotto, swerved away from the man-sized badger wearing a Father Christmas hat and sidestepped a choir of Fulham youth team players as they ploughed their way through Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in a corridor under the main stand at Craven Cottage. It had taken almost a year for the Norwegian to appear perplexed by life in the Premier ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Town makes most of winter (Canoe Travel) The weather outside was frightful, the fire inside delightful. us.rd.yahoo.com
Might Migrating Birds Have Infected The Svalbard Arctic Fox With Parasites? (Medical News Today) .Kristin Wear Prestrud comes from Sætre in Hurum, and graduated from the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science in 1999. After working for some five years at the veterinary school, primarily in the small animal clinic, she has for the last four years been employed as a Research Fellow at the Section of Arctic veterinary Medicine, The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science in Tromso. us.rd.yahoo.com
What teams are shopping for in January sales (Times Online) Arsenal The kitty £20m Spending Jan 2008 £0.2m What they need Arsène Wenger says he is to break with habit and sign an established star. With Theo Walcott and Tomas Rosicky injured, and the departed Alex Hleb still missed, his likeliest target is an attacker Linked with David Villa (Valencia), Xabi Alonso (Liverpool), Andrei Arshavin (Zenit), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Steve Finnan ... us.rd.yahoo.com
Let's look through the transfer window (Independent) ARSENAL us.rd.yahoo.com
Jets look overseas for inspiration (Goulburn Post) NEWCASTLE JETS have missed out on their priority recruiting target for next year's Asian Champions League - Norwegian international Steffen Iversen - but remain on the lookout for two new imports as they seek to put their horrendous domestic season behind them and rise to the challenge of the continental stage. us.rd.yahoo.com
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