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...Awards (NBA) ceremony - in which the National Book Foundation will present four $10,000 prizes to an author in each category: fiction, nonfiction, poetry and young people's literature. Judges - who are writers nominated by past NBA winners, finalists and judges and then selected by the foundation's board - hold deliberations independently of board and staff members. Winners are only announced that night, giving the awards ceremony a bit of the old Oscars surprise...
...summit on climate change in Poznan, Poland. The summit is a victim of awkward timing - Obama has been elected, but representatives from President George W. Bush's Administration will still be in charge - thus the real focus will be on next year's summit, in Copenhagen, when Obama will hold the reins and the world will face its self-imposed deadline to pass a new Kyoto Protocol. Green activists hope that Obama's plans for a national carbon cap will help break the logjam that has kept global climate talks largely frozen for years, including the debate over whether...
...times that are looking increasingly difficult for tourism. They plan to open other major resorts in Morocco, Zanzibar and South Africa in the coming year or so, although a deal with MGM Mirage to launch a major new casino project on the Las Vegas Strip is being put on hold at least until the credit squeeze eases up. "It's been quite challenging," Kerzner says. "We continue to do reasonable business but there's no question the marketplace has taken...
...Reid is in a particularly tough spot, and he knows the chances of his bill passing are slim to none. Though the Dems will hold at least 57 seats in the next Congress (Alaska, Minnesota and Georgia are still undecided), the Nevada Senator currently doesn't enjoy much of an edge at all. In fact, since Obama resigned his seat on Sunday and Delaware Senator Joe Biden, the Vice President-elect, is unlikely to come to the Hill for votes, reaching the filibuster-proof 60-vote barrier is tougher than ever...
...everyone believes the situation is so dire or that the Democrats' efforts are so pure. Some observers speculate that GM, the weakest of the Big Three, can likely hold out until January. Still others say that even if GM doesn't make it, the fallout might not be all bad for the Democrats, who can blame the GOP for inaction without having to put more taxpayer money on the line. "If there's a bankruptcy between now and then, the spin would be that the Republicans let it happen," says Greg Valliere, chief political strategist at the Stanford Financial Group...