Writer Hortense Calisher dies at 97Source: msnbc.com
Hortense Calisher, a prize-winning writer known for her dense, unskimmable prose in such works of fiction as "False Entry" and "In Greenwich There Are Many Gravelled Walks," has died at the age of 97.
Overboard: Woman Lost at SeaSource: ABC News
Excerpt: The U.S. Coast Guard and Mexican authorities are searching for an American woman who went missing on a cruise ship near Cancun, Mexico. Jennifer Seitz, 36, may have gone overboard.
Glitzy Greenwich Feels Hedge Fund PainSource: Reuters
As many hedge funds suffer big losses and anxious investors yank out their money, the town synonymous with the riches of their recent glory is now hurting.
Oct. 13, 1884: Greenwich Resolves Subprime Longitude CrisisSource: Wired News
An international convention in 1884 selected the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England, as the longitude of the Prime Meridian.
1884: Geographers and astronomers adopt Greenwich as the Prime Meridian, the international standard for zero degrees longitude.
Fallout On Main Street Part 1 Source: American News Project Videos
People all across the country are suffering the fallout from Wall Street's financial H-Bomb.
Muslim call to adopt Mecca timeSource: BBC News
Muslim scientists and clerics have called for the adoption of Mecca time to replace GMT, arguing that the Saudi city is the true centre of the Earth.
Mecca is the direction all Muslims face when they perform their daily prayers.
Blaze ravages historic Cutty SarkSource: BBC News
A fire which swept through the famous 19th Century ship Cutty Sark may have been started deliberately, police say. The vessel, which was undergoing a £25m restoration, is kept in a dry dock at Greenwich in south-east London.
Obama Campaign Raises $750,000 in GreenwichSource: CNET News.com
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama picked up at least $750,000 for his Democratic presidential campaign from two fundraisers in this wealthy town over the weekend.

The Cutty Sark was built in 1869 and is today the last surviving tea clipper in the world. Kept in dry dock at Greenwich in south-east London since 1954, it is now preserved as a museum ship and has become a popular tourist attraction.
Greenwich's Outrageous FortunesSource: The Latest From VanityFair.com
In Greenwich, Connecticut, a recent invasion of Wall Street hedge-fund managers has raised the bar for architectural ego trips. An exclusive Vanity Fair report from McMansion central...

Sonny Greenwich becomes a Member of the Order of Canada for his exceptional contribution to Canada and Canadians in the area of Performing Arts/Music.