Despite efforts to implant a cease-fire, Syrian authorities said on Monday that attackers had fired anti-tank rockets at the office of the Central Bank in Damascus.
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Attackers Fire Rockets at Syrian Central Bank
The U.S. government’s push to reduce spending on contracts has left it fending off the most challenges in 16 years from unsuccessful bidders. Contractors filed 2,353 protest-related cases during the last fiscal year with the Government Accountability Office, which arbitrates contract disputes. Read full article > >
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As U.S. government contracts dwindle, losers protest more
The gap between male and female life expectancy is closing and men could catch up by 2030, according to an adviser for the Office for National Statistics.
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Men set to live as long as women
UK unemployment has fallen by 35,000 to 2.65 million, the first fall since last spring, according to the Office for National Statistics.
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UK unemployment falls by 35,000
In ABC’s mirthless new Wednesday night comedy, “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23,” a young woman named June (Dreama Walker) moves to the big city for a job at a big investment bank only to find the place in full-blown Madoff mayhem. Her first day turns out to be her last as the firm’s honcho is led away in handcuffs while employees loot the office. Read full article > >
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‘Don’t Trust the B—- in Apt. 23’: Don’t watch her, either.
The hacking group Anonymous is alleged to have disrupted access to the Home Office website, apparently as a protest against government policies.
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Hackers ‘target Home Office site’
No worries, Kerry Washington fans, you did not miss a chance to meet the actress when she was filming her new ABC series based on the life of D.C. crisis-management ninja Judy Smith — because “Scandal” did not film here in D.C. Those scenes from Thursday night’s episode where Washington conducted tense, fast-talking conversations in front of the White House and Jefferson Memorial? Fake backdrops , it seems. Real-life Lafayette Park doesn’t have balustrades or marble steps as seen on TV, and that Tidal Basin scene? Well, something was wrong there, just can’t put our finger on it. The D.C. Film Office said the show did not bring production to Washington that they know of; ABC publicists did not get back to us for comment. D.C.’s had a mixed track record with Hollywood lately. NBC’s “The Firm” brought its cameras and stars here for some real on-location shooting last fall — but the show was quickly canceled. We’ll see if HBO’s forthcoming “Veep,” which spent a day or so filming in D.C. (but more of its time in Baltimore), fares better. Read full article > >
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‘Scandal,’ indeed! D.C. drama used fake backdrops of Washington
The Office of Fair Trading asks the Competition Commission to open an investigation into the UK’s private healthcare market.
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Healthcare market faces inquiry
The General Services Administration probably got the memo, just much too late. The subject of the Sept. 21 directive from Jack Lew, then-director of the Office of Management and Budget: “Eliminating Excess Conference Spending and Promoting Efficiency in Government.” Read full article > >
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GSA got the memo, but it was too late
A scheme to help migrants forced to leave relationships as a result of domestic violence is being made permanent, the Home Office says.
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Domestic violence scheme extended
Former US Vice-President Dick Cheney is recovering well following heart transplant surgery in Virginia, his office says.
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Former vice president Dick Cheney , who has suffered five heart attacks since his late 30s, underwent a heart transplant Saturday after more than 20 months on a transplant list, according to his office. Read full article > >
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Former Vice President Cheney has heart transplant
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, 71, was recovering Saturday evening after undergoing heart transplant surgery, his office said. He had been on the transplant list for more than 20 months, his office said.
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Cheney gets heart transplant
On Sept. 5, 2001, at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., the political career of state Sen. Barack Obama received a huge lift. If not for that odd moment, he might not be where he is now, in the Oval Office, heading into a difficult reelection campaign in which his prospects nonetheless appear slightly more favorable week by week. What happened that day in the land of Lincoln was a matter of luck and chance. His future was pulled out of Old Abe’s stovepipe hat. Read full article > >
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The luck that propelled President Obama’s rise
‘Scandal,’ indeed! D.C. drama used fake backdrops of Washington
Friday, April 6th, 2012
