Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy finally upon us (Toronto Star)
Here's a look back at all that transpired while fans waited for the Guns N' Roses album, Chinese Democracy.

Axl gets his 'Chinese Democracy' (The News & Observer)
In the 14 years "Chinese Democracy" has been in the works, it has become a music business punchline similar to "Christmas is coming, too." It's been a mystery for so long, the actual release feels anticlimactic.

How billions failed to fix UK's car industry (CNN)
The historic days when Britain was frequently troubled by marauding, ransom-seeking Scandinavian invaders resulted in a rueful proverb "Once you have paid the Dane-geld you'll never get rid of the Dane." It is a proverb which should be noted by governments thinking of bailing out troubled automobile companies.

Adam Graham: The wait is over: Guns N' Roses album comes out Sunday (Detroit News)
Sunday's release of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" brings to a close more than a decade of fits and starts, missed release dates and epic drama worthy of a Greek tragedy.

Dispatches From The Edge: Latin America, the Crisis, and Mr. Monroe (Berkeley Daily Planet)
When the Mexican dictator Porfiero Diaz said the great tragedy of Mexico was that it was so far from God and so near to the United States, the comment summed up the long and tortured relationship between the Colossus of the North and Latin America.