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BRITAIN
If you'd like to tour London's Parliament [except during summer recess], you need to arrange it through a British citizen, who can request a tour for your group from his/her member of Parliament. The tours are conducted by senior pages, mostly retired... -
Two Republicans vie for shot at challenging Aronberg for state Senate seat
South Florida Sun-SentinelIs shooting squirrels a qualification for the state Senate? Or are diatribes about gays and minorities the campaign themes that will help a candidate unseat veteran Sen. Dave Aronberg, D-Greenacres? A pair of Republicans will clash in the August...Tags: Interior Policy, Local Elections, Executive Branch, Boynton Beach, Personal Weapon Control
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Former journalist challenges Patterson for state seat
State Rep. Pat Patterson wasn't one of the lucky ones who held onto his seat this year because of a lack of opposition. A former Orlando Sentinel reporter stepped forward on the last day to qualify. Barry Flynn, 62, recently left his job as an...Tags: Local Authority, University of Central Florida, Ben Johnson, Lower House, Barack Obama
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Shucet says there wasn't enough consensus-building
Former Transportation Commissioner Philip Shucet has been working on Hampton Roads transportation problems for more than 14 years, as a private engineering consultant and as the leader of the Virginia Department of Transportation. In Monday's Daily...Tags: Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), National Government, Barack Obama, Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel
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Russian Duma quadruples funding for major political parties; nothing for liberal opposition
The Associated PressRussia's lower house of parliament on Saturday passed a measure quadrupling government funding for major political parties. This will bring tens of millions of dollars into the coffers of the dominant United Russia party, but leave liberal opposition...Tags: Parties and Movements, Garry Kasparov, US Elections, Government, Political Candidates
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Road congestion
Voters (and drivers) who want some action when the General Assembly's special transportation session reconvenes this week had better let their delegates and senators know they want leadership now, not political trench-digging and sloganeering for 2009....Tags: Economic Policy, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia), National Government, Government Health Care, State Budgets
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Thousands Weather Rain, Thunderstorms To Watch Soccer Match
Almost 4,000 fans weathered rain and thunderstorms Tuesday to catch the New England Revolution play in New Britain, Berlin's town council voted to create a new agency and Bristol's city council approved a new contract through 2011 with the police union....Tags: Economic Policy, Society, Minnesota Twins, Lower House, Environmental Pollution
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Employers use law to hold back benefits
The Associated PressDying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer. "He was obsessed with dotting every 'i' and crossing every 't,'" Melissa Amschwand-Bellinger...Tags: Death and Dying, Local Authority, Insurance, Trials, Judges
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Entertainment and politics: Hand in hand for decades
The Associated PressWASHINGTON — Moving from celebrity to senator isn't exactly an untraveled path. But that doesn't mean comedian Al Franken, who is vying for a Senate seat in Minnesota, will coast to Capitol Hill on a wide, smooth road. Franken, a Democrat, best-...Tags: John Hall, Local Elections, Richard Nixon, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Avalanches and Landslides
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Ways to achieve energy independence
By Ron Klein Each July 4th, we gather with family and friends to celebrate the patriotism and courage of the earliest Americans as they declared their independence. This year, we have an obligation to stand together behind a new declaration — a...Tags: Renewable Energy, Alternative Energy, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Energy KD, Prices
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