New trailer outfitted to help in emergency (Park Hills Daily Journal)

St. Francois County is a little better prepared for the next county-wide emergency. A trailer stocked with supplies to help people with special needs is almost ready to be put into use.

Europe begins to feel gas pipeline pinch (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)

Thermometers are plunging across Europe, and so is the pressure in the natural-gas pipelines connecting the continent with its key supplier, Russia.

Russia gas disruption spreads to Czechs (Tiscali)

KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukraine and Russia blamed each other for disrupting gas flows to Europe Sunday and the reductions in supplies caused by their dispute spread to the Czech Republic and Turkey.

Europe begins to feel gas pipeline pinch (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Russia-Ukraine gas war has left some downstream nations with only a mild shortfall, but has incited debate on how to secure energy reserves amid regional instability.

A look back at 2008 (Harlem Valley Times)

2008 may be a year to go down in national history, just as 1929 is a year remembered for the notorious stock market crash that sent both the nation and the world into a decade long economic depression.