If soccer agents had powerful lobbyists working for them in the halls of government, you can be fairly confident they would be asking for a generous stimulus package right around now. Just as fears of an enduring economic slump can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy in the real world, as consumers “feel poor” and [...]
The scam e-mails are being linked to the timing of the tax return deadline Tens of thousands of fraudulent e-mails have been sent out ahead of Sunday’s tax return deadline, officials say.Recipients are told they are due a tax refund and asked to [...]
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AP - The Obama administration on Sunday endorsed spending an additional $100 billion to attack painfully high unemployment as it prepared to send Congress a $3.8 trillion budget that would provide billions more to pull the country out of the Great Recession while increasing taxes on the wealthy and imposing a spending freeze on many [...]
Terry Morgan: much of Crossrail’s work is an ‘all-or-nothing proposition’ For Terry Morgan, mining is in the blood. Growing up in the valleys of South Wales, he remembers his grandfather, a coal miner, returning home with “black dust around his eyes” from working in the [...]
AP - A 22-year-old Virginia woman who said she once thought her only talent was singing is the nation’s newest Miss America, emerging from a field of 53 contestants picked for their beauty, compassion and interview savvy.[Read more...]
AP - The government’s response to the financial meltdown has made it more likely the United States will face a deeper crisis in the future, an independent watchdog at the Treasury Department warned.[Read more...]
The 2008 film Twilight, which was released on DVD in Britain last April, was based on the series of vampire romance novels of the same name by the American author Stephanie Myers Sales of sci-fi and fantasy have grown by almost 20 per cent in the past [...]
The UN describes previous food aid efforts as “quick and dirty” The UN is to begin a major programme of food distribution in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, almost three weeks after the deadly earthquake.Sixteen sites have been set up across the city with [...]
Live video - Murray v Federer By Piers Newbery Roger Federer beat Andy Murray in three sets at the Australian Open to win his 16th Grand Slam title [...]
Early Iraq results: PM battling secular challenger
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More quakes hit Chile as new president takes over
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Strong Aftershocks Rattle Chile
Pinera sworn in as new quake hits
Pelosi says Dems near deal on health care bill
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Law bars Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi from elections
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Contractors ‘divert Somalia aid’
Apology for women raped by father
Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early
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Iran attacks US over AfghanistanObama pushing on health care end game
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Inmate reoffending ‘costs £10bn’
Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan
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US attacks East Jerusalem plans
Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California
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Troop bomb training ‘inadequate’
Massacres Shake Uneasy Nigeria
Biden urges Israel to take risks for peace
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US eyes chance for Mid-East peace