Catcher Brian Schneider and outfielder Ryan Church

Catcher Brian Schneider and outfielder Ryan Church were traded to the Mets by the Nationals for outfielder Lastings Milledge. Schneider is regarded as one of the best defensive catchers in the game. Church hit .272 with 15 homers and 70 RBI last season. Milledge hit .272 with seven homers and 29 RBI in 184 at-bats in 2007.

Swiss chard

Despite all the holiday gaiety, December still has the bite of late autumn. Here in the Northeast, landscapes take on a barren silhouette as daylight hours dwindle with each page turn of the calendar. It's a time for sharp flavors. Swiss chard is one of them.

Hot blooded lyrics

We are just Caribbean, hot blooded motherf---ers (laughs). Me painting a picture, that's what they get. You can't go to a club and not have a fifteen minute.

Adverb

The Tampa area is now being served by an office of Zeta Interactive, a digital marketing agency formed from Thursday's acquisition of Adverb Media by Zustek Corp.

Willie Horton saga

Michael Dukakis lost his bid for the White House in small part because he stumbled in his response to the Willie Horton saga. Horton was a convicted killer who, out of prison on a weekend pass in 1987, tortured and raped a Maryland woman. Dukakis' failure to exhibit due and swift outrage helped elect the first President Bush.