Digging into 2,500 years of history (The Chilliwack Progress)
Archeologists have been working since June and have uncovered some interesting facts about the early life in the Chehalis territory.

Life Settlements Top $12 Billion in Record Year (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Life settlement-backed securities have seen tremendous growth in the past 12 months. The life settlement market expanded in 2006 to approximately $12 billion. While this number is still a fraction of what some predict will be the size in 10 years, it still represents a significant increase over the prior year.

Matriarch of longtime Texas family taught of life, history (Austin American-Statesman)
Myrtle Hornsby Callan, the oldest living member of the Hornsby family, died Thursday morning at her home in Austin. She was 105.