Stuart Bonar's blog (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Plymouth councillors vote today on whether they should sell off CityBus. Right now, the council owns 100 per cent of the profitable bus company. In the Herald, the Conservative council leader Vivien Pengelly has said that there is "no valid reason" to vote against the sale. "No valid reason" to oppose her policy... I think that qualifies as arrogance; it certainly...
Fijilive (Free subscription) | 28/11/2009
Third year journalism student and Papua New Guinea television news presenter Antonnia Singut has won the Miss Internet prize sponsored by Fijilive at the South Pacific Pageant in Suva.The 22-year-old hauled the most number of votes online, polling a total of 15.56 percent of votes to edge host, Miss Fiji, Merewalesi Nailatikau who settled for second place with a total of 15.26...
Sify (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Call it his commitment to democracy, a 60-year-old man walked 25 long km to vote in the Jharkhand assembly elections.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
The following are the latest figures, at the time of going to press, on the number of votes each party and presidential candidate have so far received of the total votes counted and verified by the Electoral Commission of Namibia.
Tony Phyrillas (Free subscription) | yesterday
Anne E. Lazarus of Philadelphia won the fourth open seat on the Pennsylvania Superior Court, according to a recount conducted in all 67 Pennsylvania counties. Lazarus was also the winner on Nov. 3, but one of the losing candidates refused to waive his right to a recount based on the vote margin, triggering the costly recount. The final cost of the recount will not be known until all counties...
The Conservative Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
I was going through the poll results so far and saw a large number of votes for “Carrie Underwood, Change, CNN Heroes”, so of course I had to check it out. Being a Carrie fan, I’m always up for a good live performance. I just finished watching, and let me tell you, this is truly [...]
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... , NBC's Luke Russert , NPR's Andrea Seabrook and The Hill 's Erica Wisniewski . The top three vote-getters will be elected to a two-year term and the person with the highest number of votes chairs the 2011 committee. Active members can vote in the Senate Radio-TV Gallery from 9am to 5pm on December 9th and 10th. Check out the cands' statements after the jump... continued...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | yesterday
By a tally of 12-5 , the Cook County Board voted to override President Todd Stroger's veto of the half-percent tax rollback approved last month and promptly vetoed by Stroger. According to Peraica , the meeting was an hour and a half late in starting. The Board was able to take advantage of a new law that cut the number of votes required to override a veto from 14 to 11. The Trib has...
Fit Males (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Lloyd Daniels leaving the X Factor studio last night after being eliminated from the show for polling the least number of votes
Miss Wagstaff Presents... (Free subscription) | yesterday
The winner of the race to succeed Rhodri Morgan as leader of Labour in Wales and first minister in the Welsh assembly will be announced later. The result will be announced at about 1730 GMT at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay. Eligible to vote are Welsh Labour party members, affiliated groups such as trade unions, and its MPs, AMs and MEP. The candidates are all AMs, with Carwyn Jones...
Lake Minnetonka Liberty (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
Article II – The Executive Branch Note Section 1 – The President The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows: Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors,...
AFL-CIO Weblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... insurance option as a part of health care reform . Martin’s artwork received the highest number of votes by visitors to the POP website for the Public Choice award from among six finalists. The finalists ( click here to see all) were selected by a panel of judges, including AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Arlene Holt Baker . The judges also selected Martin’s piece as...
The Sun (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
LLOYD Daniels was kicked out of X Factor after receiving the lowest number of votes
ProLifeBlogs (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Awards . From Dec. 7 to Dec. 20, voters will choose their favorite blog in each category. Most votes in a category wins. Total number of votes across categories will win "Best Overall Pro-Life Blogger." Individual blogs may be eligible for more than one category; however, individual voters cannot put a single blog down in multiple categories. Best News and Reporting...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
NEW YORK, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cohen & Steers Select Utility Fund, Inc. (NYSE: UTF) announced today that at the special meeting of stockholders on November 27, 2009, an insufficient number of votes were submitted to approve the merger with Cohen & Steers REIT & Utility Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: RTU). UTF will continue to operate as a separate company.
