One of the leading Democratic lawmakers on housing policy and the Obama administration’s own housing agency criticized as too stringent an administration proposal that would push home buyers to come up with sizable down payments.

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Housing officials criticize 20% down-payment proposal

More than 170 companies – including the leading supermarkets – sign up to the “responsibility deal” to encourage healthier lifestyles.

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More groups ‘reject health deal’

Menorah and Hurricane Fly are among the leading contenders for the Champion Hurdle on day one of the 2011 Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday.

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Stage set for Cheltenham Festival

Lady Gaga and Rihanna are among the early winners as the Grammy Awards honour leading musicians from the worlds of pop, rock, rap and beyond.

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Grammy Awards honour music stars

US researchers have found a clue to one of the leading causes of blindness, which they hope could eventually lead to a cure.

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Blindness cause clue discovered

If you want to work your way into the American aristocracy, it’s still possible-just don’t go to some mediocre college like Columbia or MIT. New research from a professor at Northwestern University says the leading law firms, investment banks, and…

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Columbia, MIT Not Elite Enough?

Eliot Spitzer may soon need another leading lady: CNN executives are rumored to be considering replacing columnist Kathleen Parker, the conservative half of the network’s prime-time show ‘Parker Spitzer,’ because they are unhappy with the debate. “We…

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CNN May Dump Kathleen Parker

President Obama on Wednesday was scheduled to meet with William Daley, the former commerce secretary in the Clinton administration who has emerged as the leading contender for White House chief of staff.

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The Caucus: Bill Daley Visits White House

The FA, R&A and seven other leading governing bodies for sport agree to reinvest at least 30% of their domestic TV revenues in grassroots projects.

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Top sports make grassroots pledge

Richard Dawkins, the leading British atheist, has penned a tribute to his fellow comrade against godliness, Christopher Hitchens, calling the unrelenting essayist his hero for 2010. Hitchens, who is fighting a public battle against throat cancer, is…

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Dawkins: Hitchens Is My Hero

Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) has been the leading Senate Republican urging the upper chamber of Congress to ratify the New START arms control treaty with Russia. However, the Republican obstructionism that has become so routine throughout the past two years of President Obama’s tenure is standing in the way. Sen. read more

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Former National Security Advisor on START: "Partisan" GOP Don’t Want to Give Obama "A Foreign Policy Victory"

In part 1, we showed that the University of East Anglia climate “email scandal” was nothing but a colossal waste of time that proved only the hysterical idiocy of fossil-fuel-financed climate skepticism. Continuing to be amply funded by their fossil-fuel benefactors, the leading climate “skeptic” front groups weren’t ready to give up. Not surprising given the degree to which their views are given such media prominence. read more

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The Real ClimateGate: Why the IPCC Stands Stronger Than Ever (Part 2)

Screening smokers and ex-smokers with high-tech CT scans has been shown for the first time to significantly cut deaths from lung cancer, the leading cancer killer, federal health officials said Thursday.

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CT scans of smokers cut lung cancer deaths