SPB News for Monday

Gitmo prisoners headed to Illinois

3000 new jobs promised at transfer facility for dozens of detainees.

Palin's Father: She Left Hawaii Because Asians Made Her Uncomfortable — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Did Sarah Palin leave Hawaii because there were too many Asians? In the New Yorker review of “Going Rogue,” Sam Tanenhaus writes that Palin's father suggested as much to the reporters who wrote “Sarah From Alaska.”

Gordon Brown snubbed by soldiers' 'curtain' protest Gordon Brown was snubbed by badly injured Afghan veterans when they closed curtains round their beds during a hospital visit and refused to speak to him. More than half the soldiers being treated at the Selly Oak hospital ward in Birmingham either asked for the curtains to be closed or deliberately avoided the prime minister, according to several of those present.

Goldman Sachs bankers on course for $19bn pay and bonuses --Remuneration after bumper year looks set to spark controversy Goldman Sachs will ignite a storm of controversy in the new year when it reveals that its bankers are on course to collect pay and bonuses worth $19bn (£11.4bn), despite 2009 being the worst year for the US economy in 30 years. The news comes as banks in Britain find themselves in the firing line after it emerged that 5,000 bankers stand to collect more than £1m each, sparking criticism from ministers who accused financiers of being out of touch as millions are thrown out of work amid recession.

This week's poll had asked:

Concern over Dubai's debt problems has driven down US shares amid signs of a recovery in the main European markets. Could this reignite the financial turmoil? There was a tie. Readers answered yes and no. This week's poll is now up.