Church kickbacks alleged (Norwalk Advocate) Four buyers for the New

Church kickbacks alleged (Norwalk Advocate)
Four buyers for the New York Archdiocese stole more than $2 million over an eight-year period by taking kickbacks and inflating the price of school lunches and other products, from Communion wine to cleaning supplies, a federal indictment charged yesterday.

Letters to the editor (The Villager)
To The Editor: Re How s the park doin ? Awful. It needs a renovation (talking point, by Ed Koch, Dec. 28) and Wheelchair user may sue; wants to go amphibious in the fountain (news article, Dec. 28):

Virtually Democratic (Foreign Policy Magazine)
A year ago, Hamas used its presence on the Internet solely to market violent resistance. Its online posts usually contained a call to arms or graphic photographs of Israeli soldiers holding Palestinians at gunpoint.

Japan producers up spending on top-end steel-report (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
TOKYO, Jan 4 (Reuters) - Japan's top four steel makers will invest about 600 billion yen ($5.2 billion) over four years to boost production of high-end sheet steel used in automobiles and ships, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun reported.