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The question voters will need to answer Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:25PMTelegraph View Mr Brown is anxious to avoid an election based on his record because it is so hard to defend.
ExlService 4Q Results, 2010 Guidance Top Estimates Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:25PMExlService shares hit 21-month high as 4Q results, year sales guidance top expectations Business - Marketing and Advertising - Salesmanship - Sports - Consulting
UK's Brown paves way for election with budget date Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:24PMBritain's economic recovery remains fragile, Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Wednesday, as he paved the way for a national election by announcing the government's budget would be published in two weeks.
GOP candidates take platform in Washington Co. Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:23PMA Republican candidate forum, sponsored by the Republican Party committee, was held on Monday at the Washington County Event Center. Republican committeeman Mark Hillman was the moderator for the event.
Jeb Bush's son doesn't expect dad to run in 2012 Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:21PMFlorida Gov. Jeb Bush's oldest son says he doesn't expect his dad to run for president in 2012.
Johnson exits Kentucky Senate race Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:21PMLocal 6 has received the following news release regarding Bill Johnson's decision to exit the Kentucky Senate race.
In the Pits: Carl Edwards' deliberate nudge paints NASCAR into disciplinary corner Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:20PMCHARLOTTE, N.C. — The boys sure backed NASCAR into a corner on this one. Determined to give drivers more leeway this season when it came to policing each other on the track, NASCAR opened the year with a relaxed “boys, have at it” attitude.
ExlService 4Q results, 2010 guidance top estimates Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:19PMExlService shares hit 21-month high as 4Q results, year sales guidance top expectations
Jeb Bush's son doesn't think 2012 will be his father's time to run for president Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:18PMRALEIGH, N.C. - Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's oldest son says he doesn't expect his dad to run for president in 2012. George P. Bush made the comments Wednesday at state Republican Party headquarters in Raleigh while in North Carolina on business.
City targets derelict properties Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:18PMThe City of Winnipeg has vowed to get tough with the owners of vacant and derelict properties.
Climate's a hot issue in Arkansas Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:15AM In climate politics, Arkansas emerges as a ground zero as Lincoln attempts to hold her seat.
McConnell raises heat on Blue Dogs Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:14AMGOP leader leans on conservative Democrats in the drive to block health reform.
On the record Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:14AMProgressive Conservative MLA Claude Williams took the Liberals to task in question period on Tuesday for the Atcon crisis and the taxpayer's money that is on the hook. But Business New Brunswick Minister Victor Boudreau defended the loan guarantees to the Miramichi-based company:
Advocate speaks volumes for the people Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:13AMBethany Thorne-Dykstra has already chosen the words she wants written on her gravestone.
Cameron attacks health board reshuffle Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:13AMTHE UPHEAVAL of Welsh health boards was a “waste” of government funds, according to Conservative leader David Cameron.
Sign up for live Camberley mosque meeting report Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:13AMGET Surrey and the Camberley News & Mail will be providing live updates on the crucial Camberley mosque decision on Wednesday night.
Twin threat to Tory campaign Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:13AMA CONTROVERSIAL funding row, plus a Conwy councillor’s decision to break away from the Conservative party, surrounded David Cameron’s visit to Llandudno.
Big biz in pu$h to KO health fix Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:13AMWASHINGTON -- Big-business groups are launching a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to try to snuff out President Obama's last-ditch health-care push, arguing it will raise their bottom line and kill jobs. The campaign, by the US Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers, could spend $10 million for...
World journal Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:13AMOntario's Special Investigations Unit has identified the man involved in a confrontation that saw an Ontario police officer shot and killed as Fred Preston, 70, of Burk's Falls.
Different takes on coping with change Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:12AMBEIJING - In recent weeks on Chinese movie screens there has been a confrontation: Oscar-winning Avatar from the United States pitched against the home-grown Confucius . Both have single-word titles and huge productions in common but - independent of their artistic evaluation - the films are entirely different and offer telling projections of different societies.
Ex-referees boss urges FIFA to scrap experiment with extra officials Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:46PMZURICH: FIFA’s former director of referees has urged football’s rule-making body to scrap experiments with extra officials when they hold their annual meeting on Saturday.
A world of hurt for romeos Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:45PMMales happily abandon survival instincts to show-off when around attractive females, Queensland researchers find.
Ont. Liberal party 'reckless, failed:' Hudak Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:41PMOntario needs the Progressive Conservatives to clean up after a 'reckless, failed' Liberal government, Opposition Leader Tim Hudak said Saturday as he fired up the Tory troops for the 2011 election.
Party faithful cheer as Hudak promises to return Ontario to prosperity Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:30PMCalling Dalton McGuinty a failure, Tory leader Tim Hudak promised Saturday to reform the Ontario government and restore the province to its pre-eminent place as the economic engine of Canada — if he becomes premier.
How Gordon Brown tried to 'ambush' David Cameron's visit to Afghanistan Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:24PMAccused of using a much-publicised visit to Afghanistan this weekend to deflect attention from his "disingenuous" evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Gordon Brown is apparently keen to ensure that David Cameron does not benefit from his own military contacts.
Big Law Fights Back On Gitmo Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:21PMThe intensifying flap over Justice Department lawyers who have advocated for Guantanamo Bay detainees is spilling over to Big Law, where some firm leaders are fighting back against the criticism.
Conservatives boosted by latest opinion polls Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:20PMThe Conservative Party has reversed a slide in ratings, two new opinion polls to be published Sunday showed, although both still pointed to an inconclusive election outcome.
It's official: infatuated males are just show-offs Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:18PMMales abandon their survival instincts to take more risks when around attractive females, Queensland researchers find.
Lord Ashcroft plans to be media mogul Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:14PMLORD ASHCROFT, the billionaire Tory donor, will quit frontline politics after the general election and plans to reinvent himself as a media tycoon.
Girls search for the perfect, and affordable, prom gown Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:14PMAUBURN -- The frenzy of a room full of mothers and teenage girls and every-colored prom dresses paused when Sara Wetzel came out from a fitting room in what could only be described as a princess gown.
Former UK Labour Party leader Michael Foot dies Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:40AMThe British government says former Labour Party leader Michael Foot has died. He was 96.
District 27 U.S. Representative Primary: Willie Vaden Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:40AMWhen Willie Vaden first ran against Solomon Ortiz for the District 27 U.S. Representative seat in 2004, he was one of the few that believed the longtime Democrat could be unseated. But after three unsuccessful campaigns, Vaden feels the political climate is shifting, as evidenced by the recent "Tea Party" movement and the fact he now faces three opponents in the Republican Primary March 2.
Randolph County Sales Tax Going Up Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:39AMVoters in Randolph County on Tuesday decided the countys sales tax will increase by a quarter-cent to help fund the capital needs of Randolph Community College.
Michael Green Share Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:39AMI WAS disappointed to hear that Stadco would be leaving Coventry with the loss of 165 jobs.
Turning air blue at the White House Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:39AMCONSERVATIVE election contender Alan Wright has had a political meeting in the White House.
Loosey Goosey Saudi Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:38AMSaudi Arabia dips a toe into modernity, even as it questions whether Israel is taking a step back.
Poll: Merkel's party slips in German election race Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:38AMSupport for Chancellor Angela Merkel's party is slipping before an election in Germany's most populous state, a poll said Wednesday — highlighting growing prospects that the vote could curb
Councillors rubber stamp lowest council tax rise for 13 years Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:37AMTHE lowest council tax increase in Coventry for 13 years has been rubber stamped by city councillors. Council tax rises by 2.33 per cent from April, meaning the overwhelming majority of households in Coventry face paying no more than an extra 50p a week.
Hutchison concedes GOP gubernatorial primary to Perry Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:37AMSen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has conceded the Republican gubernatorial primary to Gov. Rick Perry, putting Perry in position to face off with Democrat and former Houston mayor Bill White for the top seat in Texas.
Former UK Labour Party leader Michael Foot dies Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:36AMMichael Foot, a bookish intellectual and anti-nuclear campaigner who led Britain's Labour Party to a disastrous defeat in 1983, died Wednesday morning, officials said. He was 96.
Lesbian kiss closes school dorm Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:15AMA girls' boarding school outside Durban has closed down a dormitory after accusing 27 residents of being lesbians.
question of the week Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:14AMLONDON - British economic growth in the final quarter of 2009 was revised upward slightly on Friday, assuaging fears that a second estimate on the data would reveal that the country hadn't exited recession after all.
Jonathan Demme's Neil Young Film Comes to Theaters, DVD Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:13AMThe Silence of the Lambs / Rachel Getting Married director Jonathan Demme is an old hand at filming Neil Young , filming live shows, and filming Neil Young live shows. Demme previously directed Young's 2006 concert film Heart of Gold , as well as the non-Neil concert docs Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads) and Storefront Hitchcock (Robyn Hitchcock). He also got TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe to ...
question of the week Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:13AMWASHINGTON - In an extraordinary daylong televised debate, President Barack Obama and Republicans clashed over his plan to overhaul U.S. health care. In the end, there was little reason to hope for a compromise on an issue that could shape Obama's legacy.
Kadhafi call for jihad unacceptable: UN official Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:12AMGENEVA (AFP) - The United Nations and European Union rallied behind Switzerland on Friday after Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's call for jihad against the country, with a top UN official branding the move unacceptable.
All hail 'Queen Yu-na,' Olympic skating champion Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:12AMKim Yu-na couldn't catch her breath. Perfectly fitting after the figure skating champion left the fans, the competition, the entire Olympics gasping at her brilliance.
American dream may be slipping away, Senate hopeful tells Lincoln Day crowd Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:11AMSPRINGFIELD - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rob Portman spent some time discussing national issues such as health care and the national debt Thursday night, Feb.
China insider sees revolution brewing Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:11AMBEIJING: China's top expert on social unrest has warned that hardline security policies are taking the country to the brink of ''revolutionary turmoil''.
After Lives: a guide to heaven, hell and purgatory, By John Casey Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:11AMThe after-life is a pretty well-explored destination, both in the sense that, if most of the world's great faiths are to be believed, all of us end up there, and in that it has been the subject of some of the most enduring works of literature known to humankind. Related Stories The Armies, By Evelio Rosero 13 Things That Don't Make Sense, By Michael Brooks Cairo Swan Song, By Mekkawi Said, trans ...
Obama challenges Republicans on health care Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 6:09AMPresident Obama threw down the gauntlet to Republicans after an extraordinary and often testy 6 1/2-hour bipartisan health care summit Thursday, outlining areas of common ground but vowing to press ahead without Republicans within "a month or six weeks" if...