18-Oct-2005  (yacht cruise)

• 'Vikings? cruise allegedly turns into lewd sex party (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
MINNEAPOLIS ? Minnesota Vikings players are being investigated in connection with a lake cruise that turned into a wild sex party last week on Lake Minnetonka.
• 'Casino yacht back in hands of owners (The Royal Gazette)
Customs officials were last night ordered off a 196-foot luxury yacht they had raided earlier in the day after a lawyer obtained a Supreme Court injunction to have the officials removed.
• 'The outdoor isle Divers and donkeys find haven on western Caribbean desert isle of Bonaire (San Francisco Chronicle)
Kralendijk, Bonaire -- Years ago, I told a friend I was going on vacation to the Caribbean.
• 'Port Tenants To Challenge Developments (Tampa Bay Online News)
TAMPA - -- The contentious issue of how Port of Tampa land should be used may get an unscheduled public airing today when a maritime industry group is expected to challenge three projects and express dissatisfaction with how the port's staff conducts business.
• 'Questions rise about N.C. lottery access (The Charlotte Observer)
The state is investigating whether an adviser to the House Speaker lobbied for a major lottery company without being registered to do so.
• 'Readers share their tales of workplace champs ? and chumps (Seattle Times)
Bosses. We love them, we hate them ... but mostly we hate them. At least that's the story from our readers, whose tales of awful bosses...
• 'Mercedes R-class: It's a great... thing (CNN Money)
'Land yacht' is such an ugly term. It brings to mind the pointy-fendered Kojak-mobiles of the 1970s with swimming pool-sized hoods. But it really is the best term I can think of to describe the new Mercedes-Benz R-class.