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Health Minister Ivan Lewis has issued a public apology after bombarding an aide with suggestive text messages.

Ah, Craigslist. That online Mecca of all things bartered and traded – tickets, bikes, furniture, jobs, apartment leases. And don’t forget dates. Unlike traditional online dating sites like match.com or eHarmony, where you pimp yourself out through a descriptive profile, craigslist personals tend to be focused more on experiences. Who wants to grab coffee this morning? Who wants to go on a hike? Who wants a lunch date to see if we’re compatible? And don’t forget the ever popular, Who wants boot

Wheelchair-bound Smith still setting records September 8th, 2008 The SJA has just accepted the membership application of PAUL SMITH, the first wheelchair-bound sports photographer to cover the FA Cup final. Here is his story Paul Smith had always been extremely active. Serving in the Royal Navy, he played football, hockey, squash, cricket and rugby, he ran for the Navy in the inter-services cross-country race, as well as running marathons, and he even held the record for racing to the Top of

Microsoft is giving away a free month of search ads to both new and current customers. The free ads can be placed on any of Microsoft's Live services including Messenger, Hotmail and the MSN search engine. The reason for this action is to make brands/businesses/agencies realise that MSN can deliver better results than competitors like Google. MSN may deliver quality results but the quantity is definitely still with Google. Is this a strategic way forward for MSN or just a desperate attempt

Britain’s Missing Top Model Finalist Sophie Morgan is backing a Community Channel Campaign – Helping others can help U - to encourage more disabled people to volunteer as well as celebrating the ability everyone has to contribute time, skills and expertise to help others. Community Channel will be dedicating a week of programmes to celebrate Helping others can help U, with programmes featuring a range of organisations and well known personalities including: Richard Attenborough, Bill Nighy and

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The Hits Keep On Coming The latest USA Today/Gallup poll shows a very significant swing of voters away from Obama and to McCain. Does it mean more than just a post convention bounce? Not yet. This is much too soon. But this has got to be causing fits in the Obama campaign. WASHINGTON — The Republican National Convention has given John McCain and his party a significant boost, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken over the weekend shows, as running mate Sarah Palin helps close an “enthusiasm gap” that

One will become Orange Austria from September 22 (Austria) September 8th, 2008 9:46 am One, the Austrian mobile operator, will be renamed to Orange Austria from 22 September 2008. One had launched an announcement campaign for the name change a few days back, but hadn’t revealed the final name change date. With coming of the name change, One will also become the the fifth largest mobile operator in the world. The 2 million One subscribers will be informed about the change in the name and al

There’s some stuff that I’ve been wanting to mention, but not worth writing an entire blog about. So enjoy this little round-up of stuff on my mind. Remember the plastic bag ban? In case you forgot, here’s the story so far. In June of 2007, Councilmembers Nancy Nadel and Jean Quan introduced an ordinance (PDF) banning plastic bags in Oakland. I was opposed to the plastic bag ban for a number of reasons. The Council did not agree with my objections, and passed the ban, but implementation o

Polls have come to dominate the media's horse race coverage of political campaigns. Pundits and reporters constantly use them to tell us who's hot and who's not -- but skip over the fact that plummeting response rates and variables like undecided voters and margins of error often render these polls useless as anything other than lightweight diversions on par with horoscopes and political betting lines. Below you'll find a slew of polling, astrological, and betting information that will hopeful