Post Picks: Our Gift to You edition

I am the number one football coach: Mourinho
Jose Mourinho said on Thursday he deserved to be named coach of the year and not Spain's World Cup winning coach Vicente del Bosque. The ever immodest 47-year-old Real Madrid coach told the 'Gazzetta dello sport' that he firmly believed he had achieved more in 2010 when he was in charge of Inter Milan than the Spanish handler, who delivered Spain their first world title when they beat the Netherlands 1-0 in July's final. "Me, I've made my choice. 11 months work, 57 matches played, three titles i...

NHL: Pittsburgh 3, Washington 2 (SO)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Sidney Crosby's points streak reached 23 games Thursday before Pascal Dupuis scored the game-winner in a shootout, lifting Pittsburgh past Washington 3-2. Dupuis put a shot over the glove of Michal Neuvirth in the seventh round after Marc-Andre Fleury had stopped a shot from Mike Green. Crosby opened the scoring 3:21 into the game with his 29th goal of the year and he assisted on a score by Chris Kunitz early in the third that gave the Penguins a 2-1 lead. Mike Knubl...

Caps Postgame - 3-2 shootout loss to Penguins
Round 1 goes to the Penguins. This game felt a little too familiar. The Caps couldn’t handle power-play prosperity early and found themselves in a tight game that ended in a shootout loss. That makes three overtime or shootout losses in the last six home games at Verizon Center. Washington began the year 5-0 in overtime or shootout games and has now dropped five of its last six in extra time. Read the major details in our game story here. You come into any game hoping to stop Penguins star...

Inter look to Leonardo to launch renaissance
Leonardo on Friday crossed the great San Siro divide, the former AC Milan coach being named as the successor to Rafael Benitez as boss of Inter Milan. The appointment makes him a unique commodity as the first person to have coached both Milan giants. Long on personality, short on managerial experience, Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo was appointed AC Milan manager in May 2009, as successor to Chelsea-bound Carlo Ancelotti still lacking the required managerial badges. He imposed a characteristic at...

Christmas weather: Rain on the coasts, possible snow elsewhere
Stay cozy Canada. The east and west coasts are facing wet weather this Christmas while parts of Ontario, Quebec and the Prairies could see snow. Several parts of eastern and central Newfoundland are currently under storm surge warning, which could end up bringing 20 to 30 mm of rain in areas that have already dealt with close to 100 mm in the last several days. Parts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia were pummeled earlier in the week with Heavy Rains and high winds, causing power outages and floo...

Fire leaves 1 senior dead, 100 homeless
ESQUIMALT, British Columbia, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- About 100 Canadian seniors were Homeless Christmas Day after a fire in their apartment complex took one man's life, authorities said. News 1130 reported fire investigators were in Esquimalt on Vancouver Island in British Columbia trying to determine what caused the deadly Christmas Eve blaze. The Victoria Times Colonist reported two people saw smoke coming from a neighbor's apartment, forced their way into the unit and pulled out an elderly man. "He ...

SI.com: Larry Brown's not-so-surprising move; Poinsettia Bowl tonight
Shocked by Larry Brown’s decision to leave the Charlotte Bobcats? Well, maybe you shouldn’t have been. According to SI.com’s Ian Thomsen, Brown’s dissatisfaction with the organization had been brewing for months, and it was only a matter of time before the botched deal with Erick Dampier and the departure of Raymond Felton was too much for Brown. Sources say that Brown walked away from the Bobcats with an $8 million severance and will likely look for another coaching gig ...

Christmas.
Merry Christmas! …it’s even snowing here, with predictions of some serious accumulation. But what I want to know is what did you get your pet(s) for Christmas. Our kitties are stoned on premium catnip after a treat way beyond their usual dry food. After all, animals need Christmas too. The Blue Jays came down for peanuts, while the woodpecker enjoyed his snack, with the Cardinals circling, and The Hawk hoping a fatty nut eater would linger a little too long. Enjoy this magical day...

Dutch detain 12 Somalis on terror suspicions
The Dutch public prosecutor says 12 Somalis have been detained in the port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of Terrorist-related activities. The men were seized Friday on a tip from the intelligence services that they were planning a Terrorist Attack shortly in the Netherlands. There was no immediate information on the intended target. Police searched a Call Center, four houses and two motel rooms in the Rotterdam area, prosecutors said in a statement Saturday. No weapons or explosives were found....

Underwear bomb attempt: U.S. responds with yearlong overhaul of air security
"We really needed to work around the world," Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told the Free Press last week. Within 10 days of the Christmas Day 2009 attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit, Napolitano dispatched top federal officials to help coordinate security standards worldwide. First on the agenda: Improve communication among intelligence organizations so people on watch lists and no-fly lists ar...

Bickering warriors in coalition of unwilling
Mistrust, indecision and hostility undermined Australia's alliance with the Dutch and Americans in what was supposed to be a united front against the Taliban and in restoring stability to Afghanistan, writes Tom Hyland. We squabbled with our allies, yet in public we talked of close co-operation. We frustrated the Americans with unfulfilled promises. Our politicians big-noted in public, but dithered in private. Our bamboozled Bureaucrats tried to make sense of the details. All along, the public ...

Dutch detain 12 Somalis on terror suspicions
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch public prosecutor says 12 Somalis have been detained in the port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of Terrorist-related activities. The men were seized Friday on a tip from the intelligence services that they were planning a Terrorist Attack shortly in the Netherlands. There was no immediate information on the intended target. Police searched a Call Center, four houses and two motel rooms in the Rotterdam area, prosecutors said in a statement Saturday. No weapons or...

Dutch arrest 12 thought to be ready to launch terror attack
Dutch authorities have arrested 12 men of Somali origin they believe were about to carry out a Terrorist Attack, authorities said Saturday. The country's intelligence service provided information that led to the arrests in Rotterdam, Public Prosecution Service spokesman Wim de Bruin told CNN. No weapons or explosives were found and there has been no increase in the Netherlands' Terror Alert level, he said. The suspects are in police custody. "The attack was said to be imminent so ...

Propaganda Alert! Dutch police detain 12 Somali immigrants for planning terror attack 'relatively soon'
Dutch police arrest 12 Somalis planning an attack ‘relatively soon’(whatever the hell that means) Twelve Somali men have been detained in Rotterdam on suspicion of Terrorist-related activities, the Dutch public prosecutor said. The men, aged 19 to 48, were seized on Friday following a tip from the intelligence services that they were planning a Terrorist Attack shortly in the Netherlands. There was no immediate information on the alleged intended target. European police often step up sec...

Dutch police arrest Somalis over terrorism plot
Dutch police have arrested 12 Somalis suspected of plotting a Terrorist Attack in the Netherlands, Dutch prosecutors said on Saturday. Twelve men aged between 19 and 48 were arrested late on Friday after a message was received from the Dutch intelligence and security service AIVD, the prosecutors said in a statement. "The (AIVD) message reports that a number of Somalis wanted to make a Terrorist Attack in the Netherlands in the short term," the prosecutors said. A telephone shop and...

Dutch terror probe: Somalis held
Twelve Somalis have been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of involvement in Terrorism. The men were arrested in the port city of Rotterdam, Dutch prosecutors said. In a statement, prosecutors said the 12 were aged between 19 and 48, Reuters news agency reported....

Dutch Detain 12 Somalis In Terror Raid
The Dutch public prosecutor says 12 Somalis have been detained in the port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of Terrorist-related activities. The men were seized Friday on a tip from the intelligence services that they were planning a Terrorist Attack shortly in the Netherlands. There was no immediate information on the intended target. Police searched a Call Center, four houses and two motel rooms in the Rotterdam area, prosecutors said in a statement Saturday. No weapons or explosives were found....

Twelve held over alleged terror plot
TWELVE Somali men have been detained in Rotterdam on suspicion of Terrorist- related activities. The men, aged 19 to 48, were seized on Friday following a tip from intelligence services that they were planning a Terrorist Attack shortly in the Netherlands. No details of the alleged intended target were given when the arrests were announced y ADVERTISEMENT esterday. Six of the Somalis live in Rotterdam, five have no permanent residence and one man comes from Denmark. There have been growing c...

Dutch Arrest 12 Muslim Terrorists About To Carry Out Attack
A Rotterdam pawn shop and Internet cafe searched by police investigating 12 men suspected of planning violent attacks. (CNN) — Dutch authorities have arrested 12 Muslim men of Somali origin they believe were about to carry out a Terrorist Attack, authorities said Saturday. The country’s intelligence service provided information that led to the arrests in Rotterdam, Public Prosecution Service spokesman Wim de Bruin told CNN. No weapons or explosives were found, he said. The suspects...

Dutch arrest 12 Somalis on suspicions of terrorist attack preparations
Stumble This! Dutch police have arrested 12 Somali men in the key port city of Rotterdam on suspicion of preparing a Terrorist Attack, the public prosecutor said Saturday. The men, aged 19 to 48, were detained Friday on a tip from the intelligence services that they were planning an attack shortly in the Netherlands. There was no immediate information on the alleged target, but Rotterdam is Europe's biggest port and a hub of maritime commerce, with huge Oil and gas storage facilities and dozens...

Ford back in U.S. minivan market with European car
Ford Motor Co., returning to the U.S. minivan market after at least a four-year absence, will count on a compact people mover it developed in Europe to drive sales to the Children of the American Baby Boom generation. Ford, debuting the C-Max at next month's Detroit auto show, is hoping to lure young families with fuel economy it says is the best of any minivan and a price starting below $27,220. The United States will add 11 million new households in the next decade, helping boost minivan sal...

Holland: 12 Muslims Arrested for Plotting Imminent Jihadi terror Attack
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas And the Jihad seethes. Amsterdam — Dutch police arrested 12 Somalis on Christmas Eve on suspicion of plotting an imminent Terrorist Attack in the Netherlands. The alleged plot was uncovered in a country seen as a potential target for Militants over its former Military role with NATO foces in Afghanistan and due to the growing influence of an anti-Muslim party at home. Twelve men aged between 19 and 48 were arrested late on Friday after a messag...

Dutch arrest dozen in terror investigation
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Dec. 25 (UPI) -- Dutch officials Saturday said they staved off an alleged Terrorist Attack with the arrests of 12 suspects in Rotterdam. The arrests involved a dozen male suspects of Somali origin, a spokesman for the Public Prosecution Service said. "The attack was said to be imminent so the national police started an investigation which led to the arrest of 12 Somalis later on Friday in Rotterdam," spokesman Wim de Bruin told CNN. "We are not sure about what the target ...

Dutch police arrest Somalis over terrorism plot
Amsterdam | Sat Dec 25, 2010 6:07pm EST Amsterdam (Reuters) - Dutch police arrested 12 Somalis on Christmas Eve on suspicion of plotting an imminent Terrorist Attack in the Netherlands. The alleged plot was uncovered in a country seen as a potential target for Militants over its former Military role with NATO forces in Afghanistan and due to the growing influence of an anti-Muslim party at home. Twelve men aged between 19 and 48 were arrested late on Friday after a message was received from t...

Dutch police arrest Somalis over terrorism plot
Amsterdam | Sat Dec 25, 2010 6:07pm EST Amsterdam (Reuters) - Dutch police arrested 12 Somalis on Christmas Eve on suspicion of plotting an imminent Terrorist Attack in the Netherlands. The alleged plot was uncovered in a country seen as a potential target for Militants over its former Military role with NATO forces in Afghanistan and due to the growing influence of an anti-Muslim party at home. Twelve men aged between 19 and 48 were arrested late on Friday after a message was received from t...