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Socialized (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
I recently posted my Brief List of 53 Twitter Rules, guidelines for how I choose to use Twitter. I got a great response, and one person commented they liked Twitter "because there weren't rules." There are all kinds of rules, formal and informal, from a multitude of sources, that we ...
KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
I've been getting a lot of questions about Kansas State's bowl hopes this week. Here is one of them: Could K-State get a bowl bid with six wins? The answer: No, at this point the Wildcats need seven wins to become bowl eligible. That may confuse some, because the general NCAA rule states that a team with six wins and a .500 record can be invited to a bowl. But in order to...
The Brad Blog (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
In 2008, election integrity advocates in Tennessee won a hard and long-fought victory as the state legislature finally passed, on a bi-partisan basis, the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act (TVCA) requiring the state's wholly unverifiable touch-screen voting machines to be replaced with precinct-based optical-scan paper balloting in time for the crucial 2010 general election. But in November...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
HARRISBURG - An appeals court has ruled that state police botched an eastern Pennsylvania prostitution investigation in which troopers gave an informant money to pay for sex four times at a massage parlor, along with a total of $180 for the man's trouble.
The Telecom (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
MEPs and EU governments have agreed a new set of rule designed to encourage innovation and investment in the telecoms industry. The package clarifies the position regarding the right of ISPs to restrict a customer’s internet access if they are believed to be illegally downloading content. The rules state that the decision to restrict a [...]
The Age (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Victorian drivers will need to buckle up and brace themselves for strict new road laws to be enforced from Monday.Tough new restrictions on the use of mobile phones while driving will be among a raft of changes to the state's road laws.Children aged under seven will be required to use booster seats or child restraints and those under four will not be allowed to sit in a car's front passenger...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
• Fans to find out how much clubs pay agents next month • Football League have released details since 2004-05 Fans of Premier League teams will next month discover for the first time how much their clubs have been paying agents. Under new Football Association rules, records will be made publicly available detailing all fees received by agents from clubs throughout the leagues. An...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
UPDATE 1-Tennis-Wickmayer banned for doping rule break - reportThu Nov 5, 2009 9:19pm GMT | | Share| [] [] (adds WADA statement)Fellow Belgian Xavier Malisse has also been suspended for a year for a different doping offence according to the report on the website (www.vtv.be).World number 18 Wickmayer was suspended by the Flemish Doping Tribunal (VDT) after falling foul of the "whereabouts rule"...
illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
from the Dold for Congress campaign Winnetka, IL – Today the Campaign Manager to Robert Dold – Republican candidate for Illinois’ 10th Congressional District – is calling on State Representative Beth Coulson to abandon her unlawful request to use state...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
News: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Advts: | | | - Thiruvananthapuram ‘Doctors bound by State panel rules’ Staff Reporter MCI has no role in registration or its renewal, says TCMCDoctors asked to renew registration before December 31Thiruvananthapuram: The Travancore Cochin Medical Council (TCMC) has made it clear that all medical practitioners in the State are bound by the rules...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
... published in August 1962 to mark the achievement of our political independence sets out several rules for the use and display of the national flag. One of those rules states: ’The National Flag should not be flown after sunset, except inside a building. However, on important ceremonial occasions the Flag may be displayed in the open after sunset when it should be floodlit if...
Super Media Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Fla. Coach Urban Meyer received a hefty fine for speakin out to reporters about what was his opinion of a horrible call by the referees. Meyer had to pay a $30,000 fine for speaking out against the refs to the media. It is an SEC rule the Meyer realized he shouldn’t have broke but caught swept [...] This post was written by the Super Media Blog Fla. Coach Meyer: Fine
Liberadio(!) (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
All good news from a ruling last week that rejected a plea for the court to step in and “compel” Secretary of State Tre Hargett and State Election Coordinator Mark Goins to implement the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act, a.k.a. the paper ballot bill (which they have been fighting hard against, for some reason). While the court [...]
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Virginia Supreme Court upheld permits for construction of a multistate power line Thursday, rejecting a claim by the project's opponents that state regulators ceded too much authority to the federal government. The court unanimously ruled that the State... United States Supreme Court - Federal government of the United States - United States - Supreme Court...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
HARRISBURG, Pa. - An appeals court has ruled that state cops botched a prostitution sting by repeatedly giving an informant cash to pay for "a smorgasbord" of sex...
