05-Nov-2005  (yacht cruise)

• 'Repse sells property to cover debts (Baltic Times)
RIGA - Defense Minister and leader of the center-right New Party Einars Repse announced that, in respect of his political career, he would sell his properties to clear his debts.
• '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.
• 'Grand Strand Scoreboard (Myrtle Beach Online)
McDonald's Classic - Mike Clardy 300-765, Stu Peterson 278-750, Terry Decker 268-747, Bob Morton 256-715, James Dean 280-689, Chris McFee 673, Robbie Woods 268-672, Shane Allsbrook 667, Kevin Kennedy 665, Eric Grainger 659, Rod Snyder 658, Alan Freeman 653, Todd Baker 258-649, Steve Reed 265-648, Joyce Freeman 255-646, Gordon Nettles 634, Brandon Huston 633, Rob Robinson 630, Rob Turer 630,
• '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.
• '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.
• 'Tenth blast rocks Pae St. (Baltic Times)
TALLINN ? The city government ruled on Nov. 4 to increase a reward for information leading to the person responsible for a series of bomb attacks in Pae St.. The bounty will be boosted to one million kroons (64,000 euros), and paid out on the basis of security-police letter confirming the supplied information, spokespeople for the city government told the Baltic News Service.
• 'Fidelity dwarf says he's in demand (CNN Money)
A dwarf who worked a March 2003 bachelor party thrown for ex-Fidelity Investments trader Thomas Bruderman said Thursday that one of the clients who hired him for that event wants to hire him again, this time for a party in the Bahamas this very weekend.
• 'Minister: no secret prisons in Lithuania (Baltic Times)
VILNIUS - Vice-Minister of Justice Gintaras Svedas ensured the public that there were no prisons in Lithuania where the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency keeps and interrogates members of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda.