Week in Review (The Cincinnati Enquirer)

With the distraction of the holidays past, Greater Cincinnatians have begun settling back into the normal January routine - facing up to several bleak winter months ahead, hoping the region's college sports teams can generate a little warmth and fearfully opening up the credit card and utility bills that supplant Christmas cards in mailboxes.

The top ten signings of 2008 cost a credit crunch busting £221.8m but Sportsmail asks - were they all worth it? (Daily Mail)

If 2008 has been the year of the credit crunch and economic instability, the shock waves haven't rocked football just yet.

The top ten signings of 2008 cost £221.8m - but were they all worth it? (Daily Mail)

If 2008 has been the year of the credit crunch and economic instability, the shock waves haven't rocked the football world just yet, as Sportsmail examines the 10 most expensive buys of 2008.

The top ten signings of 2008 cost £221.8m - but were they all worth it? (Daily Mail)

If 2008 has been the year of the credit crunch and economic instability, the shock waves haven't rocked the football world just yet, as Sportsmail examines the best ten buys of 2008.

Colin Freeman: The moment my Somali kidnap hell began (Daily Telegraph)

In the end we were snared by the very people we'd paid to keep us safe writes Telegraph journalist Colin Freeman.