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Economic downturn, budget woes top news in 2008 (The Inquirer and Mirror)

Editor’s Note: As each year winds to a close, The Inquirer and Mirror chooses the top news stories and newsmakers that impacted the lives of those who call Nantucket home, be it year-round or only for a brief time.

The £4billion Airfix Kit: Behind-the-scenes at Britain's biggest warships (Daily Mail)

It may look like the ultimate boy's toy but this scale model - pictured here for the first time - represents the future of the Royal Navy.

Once his solace, sea stings Fumo (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

Politician, banker, lawyer, shopaholic. Vincent J. Fumo is all of these. But it turns out that perhaps his chief obsession is for all things nautical. Time to embark on a tour of Fumoworld, Sea World edition.

Society of the Four Arts exhibit gives silversmiths proper place in history (Palm Beach Daily News)

In 1808, Thomas Fletcher wrote his brother, James, about his decision to open his own business. Going it alone required "more tenacity and boldness than I possessed," he wrote.

BC's Noisy New German Ferries (in News) (The Tyee)

Louder than previous models, they rattle some coastal residents' homes.