Robbie Savage’s hip-thrusting performance on Strictly Come Dancing did not breach guidelines, the BBC Trust rules.

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Savage dance complaints dismissed

Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa rules out cancelling the weekend’s grand prix despite violent protests.

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At a time when the Securities and Exchange Commission is under pressure to enforce existing rules and write new ones , it has been busy giving companies permission to ignore the law. Companies that bump against legal restrictions — brokerages, stock exchanges, life insurance companies, and mutual fund managers, for example — routinely argue that no harm would come from cutting them slack. Read full article > >

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Frequent SEC exemptions let companies skirt rules

In reaching the Virginia AAA baseball championship last season, South County hit 56 home runs, a staggering total for a high school team that played 29 games. The Lorton team — and just about every other team in the country — likely will launch far fewer balls over the fence this season, now that the National Federation of State High School Associations has mandated use of bats with less pop than the old ones , a switch that some hitters liken to basketball players trying to shoot a ball through a narrower hoop. Read full article > >

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High school baseball players, teams adjust to new ‘BBCOR’ bats with less pop

World wide web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee says plans to increase internet monitoring should be blocked, without a strong watchdog and rules on storing data.

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Berners-Lee: Drop ‘snooping’ plan

The venerated AP Stylebook has just announced that it will now accept “it is hoped” as a definition for “hopefully,” in addition to the traditional “in a hopeful manner.” The historic Tweet: Read full article > >

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A Cairo court rules that Hazem Abu Ismail, a leading member of the conservative Salafist movement, is eligible to stand in Egypt’s May presidential election,

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The public interest in publishing a risk assessment of the NHS overhaul in England is “very high, if not exceptional”, a tribunal rules.

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Since audio recordings of last week’s health-care arguments before the Supreme Court were released, the performance of Solicitor General Donald Verrilli has been criticized. But factors such as the number of times a lawyer is interrupted or hesitates while arguing in our nation’s highest court are not a sound basis for judging the “ Worst Week in Washington ” — or even for guessing how the court will ultimately rule. Those who understand the challenges of Supreme Court argument — people who have argued before the court — have not criticized Verrilli’s performance. It is instructive to look closely at some rules of this particular game. Read full article > >

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The flawed case against Donald Verrilli

The rules on fuel tanker drivers’ hours on the road are temporarily relaxed to help the transport of supplies to filling stations.

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The Environmental Protection Agency issued the first-ever limits on greenhouse gas emissions from new power plants Tuesday, but stopped short of imposing any restrictions on the nation’s existing coal-fired fleet. Read full article > >

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EPA imposes first greenhouse gas limits on new power plants

The budget plan scheduled to reach the House floor Wednesday envisions a partial federal employee hiring freeze under which only one replacement could be hired for every three employees who leave. The measure, which cleared the House Budget Committee last week, seeks a 10 percent reduction in the federal workforce by attrition through 2015. “The reforms called for in this budget aim to slow the federal government’s unsustainable growth and reflect the growing frustration of workers across the country at the privileged rules enjoyed by government employees,” said a description released when the plan was first introduced. Read full article > >

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Why countries can’t agree rules to keep space safe

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Old foes still wary of space code

Cross-party talks on reforming the rules on political party funding are to start soon, Liberal Democrat Danny Alexander says.

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Talks ‘soon’ on political funding

Since the 2010 health-care bill became law two years ago Friday, it has launched fundamental changes to Medicaid, Medicare and the private health-insurance system relied on by millions of Americans. Its most transformative — and controversial — provisions are not set to take effect until 2014, but a complex web of new rules has already extended coverage and expanded benefits across the country. Read full article > >

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Health-care changes may not all disappear even if justices overturn the law