MPs don’t even need receipts for expenses under £250 because their word has always been trusted. But following revelations about how the murky system of allowances works - and how easy it is to exploit - will they have to come clean? Julian Glover reportsThis article appeared in the Guardian on Friday February […]
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Foreclosures on Staten Island in January jumped 184 percent from December to January, the highest increase in the city, according to a published report.In a report in today’s New York Post, Ashleigh Rose Clark of the Web site PropertyShark.com tells the paper that Staten Island’s yearly foreclosure rate is the most alarming, as it was […]
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By Dominic LauLONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s top share index gained early on Friday as gains in energy shares and defensive stock Vodafone eclipsed falls in banks on concerns over the U.S. economy sparked by Federal Reserve comments.At 0857 GMT, the FTSE 100 was up 0.24 percent at 5,980.2, after losing 1.8 percent on Thursday. The […]
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I’m not surprised the Washington-based indie rock duo Georgie James is performing on Late Night With Conan O’Brien tonight.But it still feels pretty weird to type it.I interviewed them for Baltimore Unsigned more than a year ago, before their first album Places came out.I thought Places was one of the best albums of 2007, and […]
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It wasn’t that long ago that Hearsay trundled off to rehab — way before it was cool. Way before Jeff “Prescription is the Word” Conaway and Amy “Hiccup” Whine-whine-whinehouse. But aside from the occasional lapse every other Friday and twice on Saturdays, not to mention every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and every third and a […]
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The crew from "Kent Hrbek Outdoors" was in the Twins clubhouse Monday, interviewing Justin Morneau for a segment that will run on the television show in April.After the interview, Hrbek and Morneau were headed out to do some bass fishing.Watching the two Twins first basemen — past and present — talk to each other was […]
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Say your daddy is rich. Say you’re smart. How should you spend his money and your life? Bill Buckley, who died yesterday at age 82, answered that question well.After a year in the CIA and other short stops, Buckley in 1955 used $100,000 from his father to start National Review, which was important in many […]
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he Liberals are talking their way out of their political quagmire in Afghanistan. They are joining the Conservatives in extending our military mission there.The Liberal-Tory consensus comes amid increasing divisions among NATO allies as well as in the emerging power centres of post-election Pakistan over what do about the endless Afghan war.The Liberals are now […]
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Maureen Marsteller says her baby’s first words were a spot-on impression of Myron Cope.She and her husband, Dan, always listened to Cope’s radio show at dinner. Their first-born son, Doug, did, too. At 8 months old, he didn’t have much choice.Anyway, the sign-off each night was always the same: “This is Myron Cope … on […]
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allDAY is the official TODAY blog, your virtual window to Studio 1A and the people who make America’s favorite morning show come alive. Whether it’s exchanging views with the anchors and contributors or going behind the scenes with the producers, editors, camera people and more, we’ll bring you the buzz here at 30 Rock, […]
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