In 1977, the legislature for the State of Wyoming took a novel step. For the first time in a very long while, it created a new business entity. The goal was to create a business entity for small businesses that provided the protection of a corporation without much for the record keeping. Up to that time, there really wasnt any such beast. As an aside, this new entity would bring in needed revenues in the form of filing fees to Wyoming, but it was a small price to pay for most small business. With the signature of the then governor, the limited liability company came into existence.

There’s much more to them than nostalgia, writes Maria Fitzpatrick.

Bee Wilson on the pleasures of cabbage.

A meal for six in an hour for less than 35. By Annie Nichols.

When it’s good, Giaconda’s very, very good, says Zoe Williams. And when it’s bad well, let’s not go there

Nothing beats the blues better than an old-fashioned steamed pudding, and this week’s recipe from Delia Smith has the added bonus of a rich but simply made sauce.

Tessa Boase on a smart idea for getting seafood into schools.

Adrian Tierney-Jones visits The Bricklayer’s Arms, Putney, London SW15.

The shabby-chic decor evokes the subcontinent - less Empress of India than hippy trail, finds Jasper Gerard.

I beg to differ. I know of a young man who graduated from law school in the mid-nineties with a high GPA, fluency in Mandarin Chinese, and experience as a Summer Associate in the Beijing office of a major international law firm. He had caught the Asia bug and returned so fast that his diploma had to be mailed to him across the Pacific. Around the turn of the millennium he returned to the US to test out the theory that you cant go home again. With only a few months of effort he was able to land a premium position as a delivery driver for Pizza Hut, making a full dollar an hour above minimum wage (plus tips!).

Your computer consultant might be partially right when they say WEP will protect your network. It will protect your network from casual snooping but that is about it. Last year the FBI was able to crack a WEP protected network in less than 3 minutes with tools widely available on the internet. Since then its been downhill for WEP.

The letter confirming, as reported by the prestigious International Currency Review ‘in writing that “the U.S. Department of the Treasury, with the full working knowledge of the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Dr Ben Bernanke et al [had] completed the necessary internal joint/compliance documentation, to release the $4.5 trillion directly to AmeriTrust Groupe, Inc. [ATG]” to enable ATG “to meet our corporate commitments in a timely manner”.

England make two changes to their side for their final warm-up match ahead of Saturday’s $20m match against the Stanford Super Stars.

Ferrari threaten to review their participation in Formula One if plans to introduce a standard engine for all teams go ahead from 2010.

Crewe Alexandra fail in their bid to get the red card shown to Billy Jones in the 2-0 defeat at Tranmere Rovers rescinded.

York City will have to make changes up front for Tuesday’s FA Cup fourth qualifying round replay at Mansfield.

After Wanta”s release from a Wisconsin jail in 2005, he was instructed in a 2003 memorandum opinion by Federal Judge Gerald Bruce Lee of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, to try and return the $27.5 trillion to U.S. coffers according to President Reagan”s instructions.

With a secured poor credit loan, you can get amounts ranging between 5000 to 75000 depending upon your requirement as well as the collateral value. Being a secured loan, it offers a longer repayment period of around 3 to 25 years. However, you may select the amount and repayment term according to your convenience and capability to repay. The interest rate is relatively low as it is being offered to poor credit holders and also because it is a secured loan.

The sister of Jennifer Hudson has pleaded for the return of her missing son after the Oscarawardwinning actress’s mother and brother were shot dead at their Chicago home.

Q: Why does Tzipi Livni need a coalition to govern anyway?

Tzipi Livni the leader of Israel’s ruling party has announced she will take the country into early elections after attempts at building a new coalition fell apart.

Josef Fritzl is reported to be facing a new manslaughter charge and could be jailed for life according to prosecutors investigating the rape and incest suspect.

The funeral of Gayle Williams murdered last week by the Taliban has been held in Kabul amid tight security.

Lee Jane Mettam was killed by police in New Zealand holding a man hostage.

Princes William and Harry drove into the port city bearing their grandmother’s name after an eightday motorcycle trek across South Africa.

Senior Republicans believe that John McCain is doomed to a landslide defeat which will hand Barack Obama more political power than any president in a generation.

The legal system is ready and waiting; always able to accommodate those people suffering financial misfortune, who are willing to take the risk, at the appropriate price.

John McCain has read the riot act to members of his campaign staff making clear that they must fight to the end in the presidential election.

The Soviet Union’s most famous economist was arguably Nikolai Kondratiev who theorised that capitalist economies followed “grand super cycles” of boom and bust every 60 years or so.

A Briton working in Afghanistan for logistical firm DHL has been shot dead in the capital Kabul. A crossfire between rival gangs has been blamed.

China’s President Hu Jintao has called for more coordinated and concerted efforts between countries to help counter the effects of the global financial meltdown.

Two Germans and as many as three Afghans were shot dead today outside the office of the worldwide shipping firm DHL in the centre of Kabul.

Man in custody. Police still hunting for young nephew of the singer and Oscarwinning actress.

The family of a Christian aid worker killed in Afghanistan have spoken of their anger over the killing.

A woman in Japan has been arrested after she murdered her virtual husband in a computer game.

There is no way they should get away with this. My time is written down with my signatureI have proof. And my fellow employees will back me up; they know I worked 16 hours straight.

Asking your lawyer for advice before creating a living will for yourself or your loved one can assure you of a better preparation for the possibility of being incapacitated. A lawyer can also lucidly discuss the effectiveness of a living will against a health care power of attorney. It may cost you more money but its worth it if it ensures that you and your family of having more freedom and protection in the event that you become incapacitated or seriously ill.

This was nothing less than the biggest bank heist in the history of humanity. No less than $742.5 billion of funds — admittedly raised for what we consider to be thoroughly evil New Underworld Order purposes — was misappropriated. Wanta, a servant of the US Presidency, was engaged in the fund-raising and speaks German when telephoned. This is the language of the high-level Illuminati. However Wanta is a technical operative, working, or so he always assumed, for the President of the United States.