Driven to new kinds of venture

Driven to new kinds of venture
For someone who says he achieved his lifetime ambitions eight years ago at the age of 37, Sir Tom Hunter still gives the strong impression of being a driven man.

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 06, 2006 19:01 MECCA TIME, 16:01 GMT
There are no main images. Every day, Sophia Sarja cries, prays and wonders if her son will come home. It has been two years since she last saw Artur. One morning he left as usual to go to the local market.

Sands pushes for Bethlehem casino
To state board, firm vows big spending to make 'a lot of money.' | The battle to operate a Lehigh Valley casino heated up here Wednesday as Sands BethWorks promised to spend $600 million on the first phase of its project more than its Allentown competitor would spend on its entire site.

Cuba prepares for life without Castro
By Paul Nussbaum Havana The Philadelphia Inquirer USA Infosearch: Jos F. S nchez Analyst Bureau Chief Cuba Research Dept. La Nueva Cuba December 6, 2006

Copper theft tops $200K
Copper theft is becoming a daily occurrence in the South County. On Tuesday, a man was arrested after be broke into a PG&E building in French Camp near the fire station and stripped copper from wiring.

Poker
In 1875 a writer for the New York Times was forced to the conclusion that the national game is not baseball, but poker. Rich and poor, high and low, good and bad, male and female yield to the fascinations of Poker, another observer wrote in 1889.