Dubai's car sales could take a hit (Zawya)
One of the things that amazed me in my first few months in Dubai was how easy it was to borrow cash from the banks. Oddly enough, some people who had a good bank record would gripe about unwanted calls from telemarketers enticing them with very attractive loan packages.

Looking past Palin (The Middlesboro Daily)
"The past is the past," Gov. Sarah Palin declared at her first and only official press conference of the 2008 presidential campaign season, which, oddly enough, was held after the election. "It's behind us."

Football: UMass playing for pride in season-finale (Massachusetts Daily Collegian)
Coming into Saturday's game, the Massachusetts football team has only one reason to win this game, it's pride. Oddly enough, Hofstra, its opponent this Saturday, is nicknamed the Pride.

Mastroeni To Lead US Against Guatemala (Soccer365)
Most likely wearing the Captain’s armband Wednesday night, Pablo Mastroeni of the Colorado Rapids is ready to lead the young US side into battle on his home pitch. Oddly enough, Mastroeni’s last outing for the US was a crucial win at Guatemala on August 20.

Powe is making a comeback (Philly.com)
In a perfect world, hard-working Flyers center Darroll Powe would have been able to get lots of ice time when veteran Danny Briere twice went down with injuries in the season's first six weeks.

Chiefs Begin Tradition With Runner-Up Finish (The Tampa Tribune)
It's not easy establishing tradition at the state cross country meet when your school doesn't own much of a history there. But Chamberlain's boys might have laiddown a solid foundation for the future after their strong performance Saturday morning at Little Everglades Ranch.

How to travel on the cheap (Portsmouth Herald)
For a couple of retirees, travel in tough economic times is difficult. Travel is also an addiction that at least one of the Olsons readily admits to. So how to make numbers work and get our fix?

All-Area Softball Coach of the Year: Wolfe brings new mentality to Lady Wolves (The Gainesville Times)
Buford softball coach Tony Wolfe brings an interesting perspective to the field. The influence for his coaching style may be different than most people would think.

Cross Campus: 11.19.08 (Yale Daily News)
Darth Vader was spotted roaming Cross Campus in search of a long-lost love, according to multiple readers. He found her studying, sources say, around midnight Monday, leading to a light-saber fight broken up, oddly enough, by Batman, who they in turn choked.

Morningside rolls in playoff opener (Sioux City Journal)
There were plenty of stars, to be sure, in Morningside's 65-27 conquest of Baker (Kan.) in the opening round of the NAIA Football Championship Series Saturday at snowy Elwood Olsen Stadium.