US VP-elect Joe Biden meets Kuwaiti premier (AFP via Yahoo! News) US vice president-elect Joe Biden met Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah during his first visit to the emirate on Thursday, the official KUNA news agency said.

Red Sox land John Smoltz, Rocco Baldelli, Brad Penny in flurry of moves (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) John Smoltz was traded to Atlanta in 1987 from Detroit for Doyle Alexander, and he remained with the Braves through 2008.