The Trinity Housing Association is to be asked to return £835,000 of public funds that it used to buy a house and grounds from the County Down developer Ken Campbell.
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Trinity asked to return £835,000
“In a second term,” Mitt Romney darkly warned in a speech to the National Rifle Association last month, President Obama “would be unrestrained by the demands of reelection.” But Romney was cagey about what, exactly, that would mean: His only specific prediction was that Obama would “remake” the Supreme Court. So it was helpful when, at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner a week ago, the president opened up about the “secret agenda” he has planned. “In my first term,” he joked, “we ended the war in Iraq; in my second term, I will win the war on Christmas. . . . In my first term, we passed health-care reform; in my second term, I guess I’ll pass it again.” Read full article > >
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If Obama wins, what would he do in a second term?
Yes, the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is decadent and depraved. It is elitist and shallow, smug and insidery, a three-day orgy of corporate preening and celebrity suck-up so far removed from its earnest D.C. journalism roots as to be completely meaningless. Read full article > >
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White House Correspondents’ weekend: You can’t fight it, so just go with the flow (photos)
Los Angeles Lakers forward Metta World Peace has been suspended for seven games without pay over an elbow blow he delivered to the head of an opposing player, the National Basketball Association said Tuesday.
The British Olympic Association believes it will lose its court battle with World Anti-Doping Agency, BBC Sport understands.
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BOA expects defeat on drugs rule
Wayne LaPierre, the executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, criticized the news media’s focus on the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin.
As he works to energize the conservative base ahead of the general election, Mitt Romney came to the annual gathering of the National Rifle Association seeking support from a powerful group that has not always embraced him.
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The Caucus: Romney Warns Gun Lobby of a Second Obama Term
The British Olympic Association chairman Colin Moynihan says it ‘just takes one idiot’ to ruin a London 2012 event.
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‘Idiots’ can ruin 2012 – Moynihan
Five years after ruling against the wearing of headscarves by female football players, the sport’s world governing body FIFA has taken initial steps to lift the hijab ban. In March 2012, the International Football Association Board (FIFA’s rule-making arm), voted unanimously to allow the testing of specially designed head coverings for the next four months.
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Storm in a Headscarf: FIFA was Wrong to Ban Hijabs in Soccer
Doctors will vote on industrial action in May, if talks over planned changes to their pensions do not resume, the British Medical Association says.
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Doctors plan May pensions ballot
Bankruptcy lawyers have a frightening message for America: They’re seeing the telltale signs of a student loan debt bubble that is placing increased financial pressure on families struggling with their children’s mounting debt. According to a recent survey by the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys , more than 80 percent of bankruptcy lawyers have seen a substantial increase in the number of clients seeking relief from student loans in recent years. Read full article > >
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Student loans seen as potential ‘next debt bomb’ for U.S. economy
Well, so much for that: Louis C.K. has abruptly pulled out of the annual Washington dinner of the Radio & Television Correspondents’ Association, where he was scheduled to perform on June 8. Why? His rep told a CNN reporter Friday, apparently without elaboration, that the comic “just didn’t want to do it anymore.” But by dropping out, he may have sidestepped a fledgling controversy over his gig. Fox News host Greta Van Susteren blogged Thursday that she would urge journalists to boycott the dinner because of C.K.’s “filthy language about women,” and Sarah Palin in particular. Read full article > >
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Louis C.K. bails on Washington media dinner
More than a million council workers will see their pay frozen for a third year, the Local Government Association confirms.
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Council staff pay freeze extended
Gordon Taylor, head of the Professional Footballers’ Association, calls Fabio Capello’s criticism of the FA’s decision to oust John Terry as England captain “bizarre and disappointing”.
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Capello actions dismay PFA chief
The Association of British Insurers estimates that up to 200,000 flood-prone homes could face insurance problems next year.
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200,000 homes ‘at flooding risk’
White House Correspondents’ weekend: You can’t fight it, so just go with the flow (photos)
Monday, April 30th, 2012Storm in a Headscarf: FIFA was Wrong to Ban Hijabs in Soccer
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