News - Powered by Yahoo NewsFormer WVU football coach Bill Stewart dead at 5
Former West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart, who was hailed as Rich Rodriguez's successor but wound up leaving the school in a messy split, died Monday of what athletic department officials said was an apparent heart attack. He was 59.
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House Defense Bill?s Contracting Provision Irks White Hous
In threatening a veto of the defense authorization bill the House passed on Friday, the White House mentioned a host of budgetary reasons, but it also cited a little-noticed provision on agency contracting to small businesses.
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Energy bill to boost clean powe
The government will publish its long-awaited draft energy bill later, designed to encourage major investment in nuclear and renewable energy.
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Bill Mann's Canada: Canadian Pacific proxy fight a turning poin
The stockholder showdown at Canadian Pacific Railway?s annual meeting, which led to the ouster of the railroad?s top two execs, marked an important turning point in the way Canadian corporate board members are likely to deal with impatient stockholders, especially the major ones.
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Bill Maher calls Mormonism a ?cult
Talk show host Bill Maher, a major financial supporter of President Obama ?s reelection, referred to Mormonism as a ?cult? on Monday. Mitt Romney ?s only foreign policy experience, Maher quipped via Twitter, was ?trying to brow-beat Frenchmen into joining his cult? ? a reference to the former Massachusetts governor?s time as a Mormon missionary in France. Read full article >>
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Corruption bill in upper hous
India's controversial anti-corruption Lokpal bill is introduced in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament.
Mon, 21 May 2012 00:40:28 -0700 -
Minn. House passes bonding bill 99-3
The bill would borrow $496 million for projects including college building upgrades, flood prevention and improvements to the Capitol. The measure is now up for debate in the State Senate.
Mon, 21 May 2012 22:31:58 -0700 -
Brewer veto of volunteerism bill shocks yout
Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill that would have required the state to commend students who serve the community.
Mon, 21 May 2012 01:06:49 -0700 -
Third-party campaign disclosure bill passes Senat
The Senate has passed an amended version of a bill would require so-called third-party groups to disclose when and how much they spend on political campaigns.
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Bill to ban "Zannie" passe
A bill to ban the drug, "Zannie", is now awaiting approval by Governor Bobby Jindal.
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