Topless Coffee Shop Idea Stirs Debate (KMGH 7 Denver) A proposed topless coffee shop may receive a dressing down from some residents of a rural Maine town.

Fed: Economic Pain Won't Subside Right Away (KSBW Salinas) Federal Reserve officials say the economy could continue to suffer for some time despite unconventional tools to fight the crisis.

Want to get away? (Beloit Daily News) Stateline Area travel agent Jeanne Fischer knows first-hand that cheaper hotel rates likely will greet travelers in 2009. She has traveled most of last week and spent New Year's Eve in Amarillo, Texas, in a hotel with vacancies.