Looking for full-time employment feels like Kafka's Trial (Evening Standard)

Sam Bordiss, aged 24, writes: "As a sob story it doesn't rank alongside people in their thirties and forties who are among the thousands losing their jobs.

Greg Lalas: The first annual U.S. soccer fan's almanac for 2009 (Sports Illustrated)

One of my New Year's resolutions was to shed some of my soccer geekiness. No more whole Saturdays spent watching the English Premier League in the morning, Spain's La Liga in the afternoon, MLS at night. No more work e-mails ignored in favor of reading the du Nord blog. No more surfing YouTube for videos of goals interred in my memory.

EFFINGHAM EVENTS (Savannah Morning News)

Blood Drive

Massone allays Livi finance fears (BBC News)

Livingston chairman Angelo Massone insists that banking problems have been resolved and that all staff will be paid by Tuesday.

Psychics see good things for Ballard (Ballard News-Tribune)

In years past, those suffering from a lonely-heart or physical illness may have consulted a psychic for a peak into their future for a hopeful sign. The psychic in turn consulted a large crystal ball, a numerology chart, a deck of tarot cards, and personal intuition in hopes of finding that sign.