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The sight of Sarah Teather in her constituency office in Willesden, north west London, challenges any notion that all MPs lead privileged and glamorous lives. The MP in charge of Liberal Democrat housing policy is sitting, almost buried amid papers and clutter, in a dingy store room-cum-office.
Michigan may cut subsidies that keep Amtrak running along two of its three passenger rail lines in the state, both of which connect with Chicago. The state is paying Amtrak $7.3 million a year to offer roundtrip daily service linking Grand Rapids to Chicago and Port Huron to Chicago.
Improvements in the Canadian and U.S. economies are likely to come in "fits and starts" over the second half of this year, analysts say -- with Finance Minister Jim Flaherty acknowledging as much Friday warning unemployment levels will continue to deteriorate well into next year
After a record-low year for wildfires in 2008 and nearly no such fires during May this year, the number of wildfires in Arkansas is running about average through the first half of 2009. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)
ROGERS — The five seat-belt citations issued by Rogers police on Wednesday were a little bit high compared to an average day, but a more normal one driver was ticketed for not wearing a seat belt Thursday. There were also two warnings each day. (Benton County Daily Record)
Manufacturing in the U.S. shrank in June at the slowest pace in 10 months, another sign the worst of the recession may be over. The Institute for Supply Management's factory index rose to 44.8, the highest level since August, from 42.8 in May, according to the Tempe, Ariz., group.
Why the Briton is tipped to build on his Wimbledon semi-final loss
Stuart Broad's meteoric rise has led to the fast bowler being compared with England allrounder and Ashes 2005 hero Andrew Flintoff.
There is little doubt that Mitchell Johnson has assumed Glenn McGrath's mantle as leader of Australia's pace attack.
Pakistan's fast bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Abdur Rauf sparkled on their debuts but it was Sri Lanka who walked off with the advantage on day one of the first Test in Galle.
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