03-Nov-2005  (yacht cruise)

• 'IN MY OPINION / TOM SORENSEN: My home state left up a creek (The Charlotte Observer)
You know the party the Minnesota Vikings threw earlier this month, the one that reportedly featured strippers flown across state lines and dropped onto two cruise boats occupied by players?
• 'Gay and Lesbian conference set for Vilnius (Baltic Times)
VILNIUS - A conference between the International Lesbian and Gay Association?s European region will be held in Vilnius in 2007, association officials decided at a conference in Paris last weekend.
• 'World's most expensive cruises 2005 (MSNBC)
Bill Gates and Paul Allen did it together. So did Queen Beatrice of Holland and Enrique Iglesias . And in 2004, almost 11 million people worldwide did the same thing. Many did it two or three--or more--times.
• 'Walters deems Cruise, Hatcher 'Fascinating' (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Tom Cruise, Teri Hatcher and Kanye West are among the names on Barbara Walters' list of the 10 most fascinating people of 2005. The list also includes Lance Armstrong, Michael Jackson's lawyer Tom Mesereau and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, ABC announced Monday.
• 'Jackson opens up about breakup with Kevin Federline; Slipknot fan causes jail lockdown. (MTV Music Television)
Shar Jackson opens up about her breakup with ex-boyfriend Kevin Federline (now Mr. Britney Spears ) in the December issue of Sister 2 Sister magazine.
• 'Breezing along in Golden Bay (The New Zealand Herald)
Marahau on a still morning in early summer is crisp and blue. The sea is like glass as it creeps in over golden yellow sand flats.
• 'DAILY EXPRESS NEWS (Sabah Daily Express)
Kota Kinabalu : Super yacht Georgia, a 48.5m world cruising performance cutter, has arrived for a week's holiday to Sabah, the second super yacht to travel through Sabah waters in three months.
• 'R&B star convicted of evading taxes (The Indianapolis Star)
R&B singer Ronald Isley was convicted of multiple counts of tax evasion Monday and could face up to 26 years in prison when he is sentenced. A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Isley, 64, of five counts of tax evasion and one count of willful failure to file a tax return, Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas D. Coker said in a statement.