Hamburg is Germany's port of rock n' roll (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

HAMBURG, Germany -- Hamburg is a business city going back to medieval times and right through to the present with its world-class harbor and bustling downtown filled with the companies that power Germany's media and other industries. ...

Places to party on New Year's Eve (Contra Costa Times)

Revel without a pause at events all around the Bay Area on New Year's Eve Year in review: A look back in slide shows | 9 ways to ring in '09

Camphor trunks have Chinese ancestry (New Orleans Times-Picayune)

The design style of trunks and other Chinese furnishings can reveal their origins

Antarctic cruise ship runs aground (Sun-Sentinel)

A cruise ship carrying 122 people is taking on water after running aground in the Antarctic on Thursday but is in no danger of sinking, the Argentine navy said.

Cruises: the trials of disembarkation (Daily Telegraph)

The worst thing about cruising is getting off your ship at the end of the voyage says Jane Archer.