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Young Pennsylvania voters take a shine to Obama (The Star)
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is attracting record numbers of young voters -- but will a demographic known for low turnout vote in enough numbers to defeat Hillary Clinton in the graying state of Pennsylvania?
2008-04-20 07:08:44 -
Melbourne property gulf grows wider (The Age)
Weekend auction results across the city post huge divergence in outcomes.
2008-04-20 07:10:47 -
Bank of England to Detail Swap Plan for Easing Credit (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)
April 20 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of England tomorrow will release its plan to swap government bonds for mortgage-backed securities in an effort to ease credit costs and help British homeowners, Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said.
2008-04-20 07:28:42 -
FM’s address to SNP Spring Conference (SNP)
"Delegates, 'the SNP are on a very dangerous tack at the moment.' "We are 'trying to build up a situation in Scotland where the services are manifestly better than south of the Border.'
2008-04-20 07:40:16 -
Earnings onslaught offers reality check (The Globe and Mail)
LONDON (Reuters) - Remarkably resilient morale among euro zone investors and businesses will face a reality check this week as first-quarter earnings reports from the non-financial sector get into full swing.
2008-04-20 07:40:49 -
Health focus (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
DIABETES SUPPORT | Michigan City A diabetes support group meets from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. April 21 at Saint Anthony Memorial, suite 106, 301 W. Homer St. Speakers discuss topics to help attendees learn about and live with diabetes.
2008-04-20 07:45:33 -
Earnings onslaught offers reality check (Interactive Investor)
Sun 20 Apr, 2008 14:28
2008-04-20 07:51:54 -
Count confirms Coal City population growth (Morris Daily Herald)
COAL CITY - The village is growing. Now it has the stats to prove it. “Which means a lot of different things have to happen,” Mayor Neal Nelson said of the burgeoning population, which has grown by an estimated 140 households since the last U.S. Census in 2000.
2008-04-20 07:54:36 -
Maierhofer fills vacancy on Seneca High Board (Morris Daily Herald)
SENECA - Rob Maierhofer of rural Seneca was sworn in Wednesday as a member of the Seneca Township High School Board.
2008-04-20 07:55:17 -
Bank of England to unveil mortgage plan: minister (Straits Times)
LONDON - THE Bank of England will announce a plan to swap government bonds for commercial banks' mortgage debt, Britain's Finance Minister Alistair Darling said on Sunday.
2008-04-20 02:20:18 -
In Uniform: Promoting patriotism (SouthtownStar)
Army Lt. Col. David Sears is the 46-year-old commander of the Chicago Recruiting Battalion based out of Great Lakes. This is the second of a two-part interview with Sears.
2008-04-20 02:22:25 -
Credit crisis stalls hotels (The News & Observer)
Downtown Raleigh needs more hotels to attract conventions, but construction is delayed as lenders raise borrowing costs and ask developers to pay more money up front.
2008-04-20 02:34:46 -
Write essay, win a house (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Frustrated as her house languished on the market for three summers, J.J. Rodgers is trying a new sales tactic: giving the two-story home away in an essay contest.
2008-04-20 02:36:21 -
Advertisement starts (Tiscali)
LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England will unveil on Monday a plan to swap government bonds for commercial banks’ mortgage debt in an effort to unblock the home loan market and ease the effects of the credit crunch on consumers.
2008-04-20 02:48:37 -
Bank to inject billions into system (Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
The Bank of England is set to inject billions of pounds into the financial system in a bid to ease the crisis in the mortgage market, Chancellor Alistair Darling said.
2008-04-20 02:55:43