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Obama gains 2 superdelegates, cutting into Clinton's lead (U.S., 39 articles)
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Sen. Barack Obama raised more than $40 million in March, his campaign said Thursday, estimated to be double the haul of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as the money race continues to escalate. Depending on what happens in the April 22nd Pennsylvania primary, May 6th - the day that voters in North Carolina and Indiana go to the polls - could be a pivotal day in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. The campaign stop is particularly special, Jacobs said, because North Dakota is not a state with a primary; its candidate decision is determined by the caucus. Both Democrats portrayed themselves as labor's best friend as they campaigned in Pennsylvania, where 830,000 union voters are expected to have a strong say in the state's April 22 primary. Men favor Obama over Clinton and Edwards in the new poll by double-digit margins, while women divide about evenly between Clinton (36 percent) and Obama (32 percent). Four months and 42 states after the opening Iowa caucuses, the primary in North Carolina on May 6 now looms as a pivotal final showdown between Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Exclusive: FAA ignored Southwest Airlines violations, federal watchdog says (U.S., 11 articles)
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The people whispering to Mr. Foushee were Federal Aviation Administration inspectors who said their investigations of airlines were stifled by supervisors who were cozy with the carriers. The whistleblowers who exposed maintenance and inspection problems at Southwest Airlines told Congress their jobs were threatened and their reports of noncompliance were ignored for years. The FAA last month took the rare step of ordering the audit of maintenance records at all domestic carriers following reports of missed safety inspections at Dallas-based Southwest.
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Obama Commemorates King Assassination in Indiana (U.S., 26 articles)
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In an example of how this campaign has challenged traditional notions of race and politics, the only candidates who made the pilgrimage to the Lorraine Motel were Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain. On the 40th anniversary of his assassination, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was remembered Friday in the city where he died as a man who came to Memphis " to lead us to a better way. Presidential candidates, civil rights leaders, labor activists and thousands of citizens were coming together to honor King for his devotion to racial equality and economic justice.
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SKorea begins slaughtering chickens after outbreak of deadly strain of bird flu (U.S., 13 articles)
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SEOUL, South Korea - Quarantine workers have destroyed more than 100,000 chickens in South Korea following the first outbreak of a deadly strain of bird flu in the country in more than a year, an official said Friday. JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 24 The World Health Organization might soon convene an expert panel to decide whether an unprecedented human outbreak of bird flu in Indonesia should trigger a higher global alert for a possible pandemic, health officials said Wednesday. Federal officials announced plans yesterday to sharply increase testing of wild birds to try to detect the arrival of the deadly avian flu in the United States as early as possible and stanch any outbreaks of disease.
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McCain returns $3m in checks as he considers public funding (U.S., 17 articles)
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On a rainy morning in front of the Lorraine Motel where Martin Luther King Jr, was assassinated in 1968, McCain spoke to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. McCain made the disclosure after the head of the Secret Service , Mark Sullivan, took the unusual step of discussing McCain's lack of government security at an open meeting Thursday with members of the House Appropriations Committee. McCain's campaign, in letters to contributors, is asking supporters to write new checks to a special fund created to help the Arizona senator pay legal and accounting expenses related to compliance with the public funding system.
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Post Politics Hour (U.S., 9 articles)
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Washington Post national political reporter Michael Shear was online Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 11 a.m. ET to discuss the latest news in politics. Get the latest campaign news live on s The Trail, or subscribe to the daily Post Politics Podcast. Senate Measure Stokes Feud Over Outsourcing Work to Private Sector (Post, Oct. 3) Archive: transcripts
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Smithsonian Termed 'Endangered'; Board's Structure Questioned (U.S., 16 articles)
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The federal investigation into the tribal art collection of Smithsonian Secretary Lawrence M. Small started with a telephone call in November 2000 to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service saying that published pictures of the artifacts showed feathers from endangered species. The Smithsonian says the contract requires commercial filmmakers who want to make extensive use of the institution's collections to reach an agreement with Showtime. A federal board ordered the Smithsonian Institution yesterday to reinstate a whistle-blower who was fired in retaliation for reporting that ranking officials of the National Air and Space Museum had misused the institution's world-class aeronautical restoration facility in Maryland for personal projects.
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B.C. introduces carbon cap-and-trade legislation (U.S., 8 articles)
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Italy will achieve its greenhouse gas-cutting targets under the Kyoto protocol by buying carbon credits from Russia, under a deal announced on Friday that could cost the government billions of euros. BANGKOK, Thailand - Climate negotiators agreed Saturday on an ambitious agenda for talks they hope will lead to a global warming pact, overcoming a dispute between Japan and developing countries on how to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The schedule came after five days of marathon talks in Bangkok and requires negotiators to settle contentious issues, including how countries will cut emissions and how rich countries will help the poor adapt to climate change.
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Myrtle Beach: Greens for Less Green (U.S., 5 articles)
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Two golf publications, Golf for Women and Golf Digest, recently polled more than 4,500 male and female readers to learn about their attitudes toward golf and the opposite sex. The results, published in the March/April issue of Golf for Women and available online at http com/, are hardly earthshaking. A former University of Maryland basketball player, Abood taught and coached at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School before becoming a PGA and LPGA teaching professional.
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Naomi Campbell arrested at Heathrow's T5 after tantrum over lost luggage (U.S., 10 articles)
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LONDON Naomi Campbell was released on bail Friday after being arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer during a dispute over luggage at Heathrow Airport. The British supermodel was released just after midnight pending further inquiries and must report to police again in late May, London Metropolitan Police confirmed. British model Naomi Campbell, shown during Berlin Fashion Week this January, was arrested at Heathrow Airport after a fuss over missing baggage.
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Fed Clears Way for Bear Stearns Deal (U.S., 8 articles)
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The chief executive of Bear Stearns accused traders yesterday of bringing down his securities firm by spreading unfounded rumours designed to induce a panic that led to a run on the group. In a controversial move, the Fed last month backed a $29 billion lifeline as part of JP Morgan's takeover of troubled Bear Stearns, the nation's fifth-largest investment house, which was on the brink of bankruptcy. WASHINGTON - New York Federal Reserve Bank president Timothy Geithner said capital markets are still "substantially impaired" and policy makers and financial industry leaders must "act forcefully" to stem the crisis.
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Critics Mobilize to Stop Fenty From Taking Control of Schools (U.S., 8 articles)
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D.C. Deputy Mayor for Education Victor A. Reinoso said yesterday that his office will begin an extensive probe of the school district's budget if the D.C. Council gives a mayoral takeover of education final approval. The D.C. Council will take an initial vote today on whether to give Mayor Adrian M. Fenty control of the District's public school system, after fighting off a council candidate's last-minute attempt to postpone the vote yesterday. Lisa Comfort Bradford, who is running for the Ward 4 council seat in a special election May 1, requested a temporary injunction against the council vote in D.C. Superior Court.
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Bengals WR Henry out of jail (U.S., 5 articles)
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CINCINNATI- Former Bengal Chris Henry was released from jail Friday, spending an extra night there because no one was available to provide a court-ordered monitoring device. According to a complaint filed with authorities, Henry was identified by Gregory Meyer and a witness who claimed Henry punched Meyer in the face Monday night, causing " visible injury. Noting Henry's previous arrests involving drugs, guns, and alcohol, the judge called Henry " a one-man crime wave.
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The Baltimore Sun Executive Profiles - (U.S., 5 articles)
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Last week's Middle East summit meeting in Annapolis was major front-page news in The Sun, which offered significant coverage for much of the week. First, finding a path to peace in the Middle East is vitally important to the stability of not just that region, but the United States and the rest of the world. The Sun's Nov. 28 lead news article by David Nitkin and David Wood also noted that President Bush acknowledged that failure to make progress in talks during the coming months could lead to more bloodshed and violence.
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Bonner's deal goes south, but he doesn't (U.S., 9 articles)
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Falco led Bonner through the foyer and up the marble staircase toward the den at the end of the second-story hallway. The Falcos were blessed with the 90210 ZIP Code even if their home of 15 years would be considered a million-dollar tear-down in today's real estate market, where McMansions ruled. The Falcos had risen through the L.A. political machine, beginning with a win as a Los Angeles County supervisor who operated with a big budget and little press scrutiny.
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Letters To The Editor (U.S., 6 articles)
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RECORD RENT March 27, 2008 - Donald Trump is asking for a new record rent of $200,000 a month for one of his unsold Park Avenue penthouses. The 10-room duplex condominium at Trump Park Avenue, which is also for... more LAKE IT OR LEAVE IT March 20, 2008 - Society couple George and Carol McFadden have just sold their sprawling Southampton mansion on exclusive Lake Agawam. After searching for more than a year, including showing up at numerous... more SUTTON IMPACT March 6, 2008 - The suburbs might be getting a little too quiet for Kenneth Cole.
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Saskatchewan MP apologizes for anti-gay slur (U.S., 4 articles)
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REGINA - Hearing his campaign workers making booze-fuelled fools of themselves on a now infamous home video, Grant Devine had only one reaction. Devine, who is referred to as "da boss" on the tape, was leader of the Saskatchewan Progressive Conservatives in 1991, when the video was made. Now Devine is one of many across Saskatchewan left to digest what this dated glimpse behind closed doors means for the province's conservatives.
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School Examinations, Maryland, Florida Department of Education - (U.S., 7 articles)
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The dynamics surrounding school violence in the city are changing, with attacks spurred by the growth of organized gangs - combined with a systemwide reshaping of high schools that's forced rival territorial groups to share buildings. The report, issued by America's Promise Alliance, found that about half of the students served by public school systems in the nation's largest cities receive diplomas. Students in suburban and rural public high schools were more likely to graduate than their counterparts in urban public high schools, the researchers said.
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Novitzky Details Steroids Probe (U.S., 6 articles)
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Jeff Novitzky dangled hints about sports figures touched by the federal government's investigation of performance-enhancing drugs in sports, but at the direction of prosecutors, identified none. Thomas, the first figure connected to the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative case to go to trial, shouted at the jury after being found guilty of three counts of perjury and a count of obstruction of justice. Former cyclist Tammy Thomas was convicted Friday of lying to a grand jury investigating a steroid distribution ring that has implicated some of the biggest stars in baseball, football and track.
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Patients turn web for online consultations :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Health News (U.S., 5 articles)
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Patient care will suffer when junior doctors' hours are cut to conform with the European Working Time Directive, a leading medic has warned. From August 2009, a junior will not be able to work more than 48 hours a week, compared with the current limit of 56. Twice a week, Stephen Inns sees patients with high blood pressure at his office in a medical practice in southern England.
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FIA to hold Mosley crisis meeting (U.S., 5 articles)
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Mosley dismissed the former world champion driver as "a certified half-wit" last year, after Stewart criticised his handling of the Formula One spying scandal. The 222 people who will decide Max Mosley's fate are from the member nations of the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Not every country sends a representative to the annual gatherings at the FIA's imposing headquarters in the Place de la Concorde in Paris - and some send more than one, depending on the number of clubs in each country.
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Delays, Low Fines Weaken FCC Attack on Indecency (U.S., 4 articles)
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WASHINGTON - In an unusual move, the Justice Department sued Fox Broadcasting Co. and another broadcaster Friday to collect $56,000 in fines for the broadcast of a raunchy reality show in 2003 that included scenes from bachelor and bachelorette parties. The issue has come to a head because the high court is taking up broadcast indecency for the first time in 30 years. The case, FCC v. Fox Television Stations, concerns two Fox programs that violated the FCC's indecency rules by airing profanities.
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Scant benefit found in home defibrillators - (U.S., 5 articles)
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So few people in the study were stricken at home, and CPR by spouses in the comparison group was so good, that the 7,000-person study wound up being be too small to prove that a defibrillator can improve survival. "There's no downside" to having a home defibrillator, said study leader Dr. Gust Bardy of the Seattle Institute for Cardiac Research. Arguments to expand access to defibrillators "have an emotional quality" not justified by cost and success rates, said Dr. David Callans of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Rezko lawyer rips key witness' testimony :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Tony Rezko (U.S., 4 articles)
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Duffy pounded for hours at the notion that decades of drugs had fried Levine's brain and destroyed his memory. Rezko is charged with scheming with Levine to squeeze kickbacks out of money management firms seeking to invest assets of the $40 billion state fund that pays the pensions of thousands of retired school teachers. The suit was filed in Suffolk Superior Court this week by an unnamed plaintiff who was 8 years old when the alleged abuse began between 1980 and 1985.
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Luqman Arnold builds stake in struggling Swiss bank UBS (U.S., 8 articles)
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UBS, the beleaguered Swiss bank, has come under renewed pressure for a break-up and overhaul of its board as rebel shareholder Luqman Arnold began meeting Swiss shareholders and media this morning to rally support for his cause. BEGIN: Comment Teaser Module Mr Arnold attacked UBS's system of corporate governance which had led to "an extraordinary concentration of responsibility - and we would say accountability - in the hands of the chairman's office". UBS should appoint Sergio Marchionne as its interim chairman, pending the search for a more appropriate successor to Marcel Ospel, the former executive leading an activist campaign against the Swiss bank suggested on Friday.
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Lil Jon Launches Wine Company (U.S., 4 articles)
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The star real name Jonathan Smith started producing a small selection of beverages for parties but the drinks were so popular, he decided to launch the business properly. The description matched, but to his surprise, the Chateau Haut-Surget hadn't received 90 points, but 86, a score given to "very good wine with special qualities but not" outstanding " ones. Although far from achieving the per-block saturation rate of, say, Starbucks, wine bars are enjoying an urban boomlet that has surprised even some of their proprietors.
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Rock Testifies in Pellicano Trial (U.S., 7 articles)
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LOS ANGELES - Chris Rock testified Friday that he hired indicted Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano to investigate a model who demanded money after claiming she was carrying his baby and later accused him of sexual assault. Pellicano and four other co-defendants have pleaded not guilty to using wiretaps and other tactics to dig up dirt to help clients in legal and other disputes. Rock testified in California's Federal court on Friday morning in Pellicano's ongoing wiretapping trial, where he was quizzed about his links to the private detective.
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New York Post (U.S., 7 articles)
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March 29, 2008 ALBANY County District Attorney David Soares' eyeball glazer of a re port on the Spitzer administration's apparent effort to off a political enemy concludes that the former governor probably told a couple of untruths. As for the impact a Democratic governor might have - one way or the other - on the career of an ambitious young Democratic prosecutor... well, that goes without saying. Nobody's denying that the State Police was deeply involved in the Dirty Tricks Scandal - but nobody seems even remotely interested in the implications of that.
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Kerry seeks $10b to help homeowners refinance (U.S., 6 articles)
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WASHINGTON - Republicans and business-friendly Democrats yesterday scuttled a plan to give people threatened with losing their homes more leverage in winning favorable loan terms from lenders in bankruptcy courts. The Senate killed the plan, 58 to 36, on the first full day of debate on a bill designed to boost the slumping housing market. By a 76-2 vote, senators approved a plan by George Voinovich and Debbie Stabenow to allow money-losing companies to use already accumulated tax credits to help offset new investments in plants and equipment.
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Surging Huckabee Takes Lead in Iowa Over Romney (U.S., 6 articles)
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The Southern Baptist minister also took a swipe at GOP rival Mitt Romney when asked about the former Massachusetts governor's opposition to abortion. The same percentage, 24 percent, highlighted the war in Iraq, and nearly as many, 21 percent, singled out terrorism and national security. Ten percent or more cited five other issues: the economy, health care, abortion, taxes, and morals and family values.
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Religious and Political Icons Join Thousands Mourning Falwell in Va. (U.S., 6 articles)
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The Baptist minister who brought fundamental Christianity into the mainstream of American life, transforming the nation's politics and culture, was eulogized as a man of warmth, faith and principle. Nearly 10,000 mourners began arriving as early as 3:30 a.m. After the sanctuary filled, people were directed to overflow seating at Liberty University's football stadium and basketball arena, where images of the funeral were beamed in. Lynchburg schools closed early, the small airport juggled an influx of private jets, and 300 Lynchburg police officers and city workers helped manage the crowds.
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Authorities remove girls from polygamist sect's Texas compound (U.S., 6 articles)
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Authorities in the US state of Texas have removed 52 girls from the ranch of the polygamist sect led by Warren Jeffs as part of a child abuse investigation. A total of 52 girls, ages 6 months to 17 years, were bused away on Friday to be interviewed, but only 18 were immediately taken into state custody, said Texas Child Protective Services spokeswoman Marleigh Meisner. Ms. Meisner said CPS was looking for foster homes for the girls, most of whom have rarely been outside the insular world of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
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THIS PROSECUTION IS THE BEST DEFENSE (U.S., 5 articles)
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April 1, 2008 TRENT BENEFIELD suffers from a mental affliction known to erase the memories of unemployed, young men who have big lawsuits pending against large governmental bodies. Testimony from two men hit by police gunfire on the night of Nov. 25, 2006, turned a spotlight on just why undercover cops were at Club Kalua in the first place. In the eyes of the law, Benefield and Guzman's character has no bearing on whether what cops did that night was criminally reckless.
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ABC News: Tornado Alley, Ark., Ripped by Giant Twister (U.S., 5 articles)
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Strong winds and possible tornadoes roared across southern Mississippi on Friday, shredding roofs and slamming trees and power poles into homes and businesses. At least one minor injury was reported in Vicksburg, Mississippi, when winds from a possible tornado knocked a 4-foot-diameter oak tree onto a mobile home, the National Weather Service said. In Arkansas, one person was reported dead in a traffic accident, and there was a report of a missing woman in Pulaski County.
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Can eco-towns stop the sprawling suburbs? (U.S., 5 articles)
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What's more, after the wrong turn of the New Towns and edge estates of the postwar years, the eco-towns herald a return to the purity of the Garden City template. The Leeds City Region (LCR), which incorporates 11 towns and cities in West, South and North Yorkshire, has made the list. The new environmentally-friendly towns - low-energy, carbon-neutral developments built from recycled materials - will be the first new towns since the 1960s.
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Duke of Edinburgh in hospital as chest infection makes him miss charity event (U.S., 5 articles)
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The Duke of Edinburgh has spent the past two nights in hospital with a chest infection after picking up a cold earlier in the week. A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said that the Duke, 86, had cancelled his attendance at a dinner in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support in Windsor last night but engagements next week remain in place. Prince Philip did not attend a thanksgiving service for Sir Edmund Hillary, the man who first climbed Everest, on Wednesday because he had been taken ill with a cold.
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GSA Chief Scrutinized For Deal With Friend (U.S., 5 articles)
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The chief of the U.S. General Services Administration attempted to give a no-bid contract to a company founded and operated by a longtime friend, sidestepping federal laws and regulations, according to interviews and documents obtained by The Washington Post. In an interview Wednesday, Doan said she believed she was following proper procedures to hire the best firm available to quickly produce a report on diversity practices. The new Federal Acquisition Service combines the Federal Technology Service and the Federal Supply Service, which together handle about $56 billion in annual sales.
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Environmental Issues, University of Maryland Medical Center, Harry S Truman - (U.S., 5 articles)
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Spring dance The South County Senior Center, 27 Stepneys Lane, Edgewater, will hold a Spring Fling dance from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. today. Safe driving course AARP will offer a Safe Driving Course from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow and Friday at the South County Senior Center, 27 Stepneys Lane, Edgewater. Korean health fair Pascal Senior Center, 125 Dorsey Road, Glen Burnie / Health care displays in Korean and English with information on affordable health insurance options, cancer and smoking 1 p.m.4 - p.m. May 3 410-222-4415.
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Panel recommends no raises for Baltimore Co. union employees - (U.S., 5 articles)
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Despite an expected decline in revenue from a sagging real estate market, Baltimore County can afford pay increases for its workers, according to a fact-finder who recommended 3 percent pay raises for employees of two unions in negotiations with the county. Smith has said the county cannot afford to give across-the-board raises to any employees, a stance disputed by the Teachers Association of Baltimore County, which held a rally and staged job actions this week in protest. Fact-finder Robert T. Simmelkjaer wrote in a March 20 report that " the county's financial situation is not so dire as to require a wage freeze.
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FOXNEWS.COM HOME > YOUR WORLD W/ NEIL CAVUTO (U.S., 5 articles)
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NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: In the meantime, my next guest, who is in charge of securing that border, says he's going to keep moving ahead with the fence , Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. We agree that there are some places where fencing makes sense, about 10 percent of the border in the metropolitan areas - Watch the video of Neil's interview with Michael Chertoff. This past week, more than a few companies have come to learn this the hard way.
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Obama's church: 'Enough is enough' (U.S., 5 articles)
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Leaders of Obama's church, Trinity United Church of Christ, meanwhile, asked reporters for respect, saying threats and a media onslaught are disrupting worship at the South Side church. That was the message Thursday at Barack Obama's hometown church, Trinity United Church of Christ, which has been at the center of a political fire storm over incendiary sermons by its former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. The National Council of Churches' general secretary, the Rev. Michael Kinnamon, and United Church of Christ general minister and president John H. Thomas also spoke.
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Shannon Matthews: mother and sister of Craig Meehan arrested (U.S., 4 articles)
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The sister and mother of Craig Meehan have been arrested by police investigating her abduction, Times Online has learnt. Amanda Hyett was arrested by West Yorkshire police on suspicion of assisting an offender, while Alice Meehan was being questioned on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice. Shannon went missing in Dewsbury on February 19 and was discovered in the base of a bed at an address in Batley Carr, just one mile from her home, after a 24-day police search.
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Pa. couple sues Google over house pix (U.S., 4 articles)
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PITTSBURGH- A western Pennsylvania couple sued Google Inc., saying pictures of their home that appear on the Web site's "Street View" feature violated their privacy, devalued their property and caused them mental suffering. Aaron and Christine Boring bought the home in Franklin Park, a Pittsburgh suburb, in October 2006 for a " considerable sum of money according to their 10-page lawsuit filed Wednesday in Allegheny County Common Pleas Court. The suit targets the Mountain View, Calif., company over images on its Web site, which allows users to find street-level photos by clicking on a map.
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Facebook users getting movie clips, R.E.M. preview :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Entertainment (U.S., 4 articles)
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MySpace's membership has ballooned from 20 million people in 2005 to 225 million today, an average annual growth rate of 513 percent. Lookery, an ad network specializing in social media, offers display ads on MySpace, Facebook, and Bebo for only 13 cents per thousand times the ad is served (CPM Yahoo's average CPM is estimated at $13. Video ads on MySpace reportedly fetch just $25 per thousand showings; CBS charges $50 on affiliated sites, NBC as much as $75.
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Gordon Brown may face revolt by MPs over 10p income tax band (U.S., 4 articles)
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Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling ruled out a U-turn over the abolition of the 10p tax band yesterday, as the Prime Minister flew home from the Nato summit in Bucharest to increasing backbench tensions. Mr Brown went straight to a "progressive governance" summit at a Hertfordshire hotel where he will urge international leaders today to do everything to restart the world trade talks as a way of boosting economic confidence. The Times has learnt that some MPs were stunned yesterday to receive text messages from the whips asking whether their support could be counted on for the passage of the Finance Bill, which implements the Budget in legislative form.
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As IRS Scales Back Outsourcing, Union Remains Skeptical (U.S., 4 articles)
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The iPod my BGE rebate will buy can't compare to chariot races and lion-bait Christians, but it might keep me chipper until the election. His time at the IRS has been shaped, to a large degree, by the agency's quest to upgrade its technology, especially tax-processing and record-keeping systems. Grant is part of the government's giant procurement machine, one of hundreds of federal officials who spent $417 billion last year on services and products consulting, computers, concrete purchased from global firms and local companies.
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Md.'s rate on tax arrears is a crime - (U.S., 4 articles)
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When Karen and Scott Hainline pay their annual excise tax bills, they usually add a little something to their check for the town of Milton. On a line for voluntary contributions for the public schools, the couple, who have three children in the Milton schools, typically give $10. Tax dodgers are draining the exchequer of more than $1bn a year, according to an official report that urged Revenue & Customs to use data-screening techniques to track down offenders.
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Health Insurance's New Wave And the Man Behind the Plans (U.S., 4 articles)
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Ulman and county health officer Peter L. Beilenson announced the program in October, noting the lack of action on the federal and state levels. Their idea is to combine greater use of existing programs with added services supplied by the Chase Brexton Clinic in Columbia and other health agencies to reduce the use of expensive emergency rooms for regular medical care. Under the dental plan, participants will pay up to 65 percent of the $2.8 million in annual program costs through monthly fees.
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Arrests in 'head on beach' case (U.S., 4 articles)
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The woman whose severed head and hands were found on a beach in Angus was a migrant worker, police have confirmed. Plans to film a sequel to the cult 1970s movie The Wicker Man have been halted due to "financing problems", the local council has confirmed. Businesses in an Edinburgh street which has been closed for tram works say the disruption has cut their takings by up to 60%.
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Weatherford sixth-grader wins Texas Geographic Bee (U.S., 4 articles)
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The other finalists were Russ Allton of Dallas, Adam Camac of Katy, Hunter Hampton of Keller, Justin Otor of Texarkana, Timesh Patel of The Woodlands, Annie Salinas of San Antonio and Deepak Subramanian of Austin Two Dallas men are accused of ramming a van into an ATM in Lewisville in an attempt to steal it and the cash inside, Lewisville police said. By DEBORAH FLECK / The Dallas Morning News dfleck Student geography whizzes across Texas will test their skills Friday in the state National Geographic Bee.
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Energy and Resource Industries, Maryland, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. - (U.S., 4 articles)
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The Maryland Senate voted down a major piece of Gov. Martin O'Malley's environmental agenda yesterday amid a squabble among Democrats over how much money should be dedicated to rate relief for consumers coping with rising utility bills. Lawmakers say the initiative could generate about $140 million every year through fees on industry, which will have to buy pollution credits through auctions beginning this year, but some estimates put the figure much higher. The legislation had failed Tuesday as lawmakers and the administration sought disparate ways to spend a new pool of money from a greenhouse-gas reduction initiative.
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