101 gadgets that changed the world (Independent) 1. Abacus, AD190...more...generation wired (The Malay Mail--The Paper that Cares) The average young Asian spends three hours instant messaging a day, one and half hours on emails and 1.4 hours participating in various online community activities....more... Candidates vie for municipal posts in Chester County (Daily Local News) QUESTION: What would you do as a Borough Council person to improve communication between public agencies and with the public? ...more... BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE (St Louis Commerce Magazine) By Bill Beggs Jr. Most of us see the heavy equipment building and rebuilding interchanges, bridges and highways from Alton to Arnold, from O?Fallon to O?Fallon. Construction cranes are a part of the everyday skyline in downtown St. Louis, Clayton and numerous other spots throughout St. Louis County....more... Brown feels heat as Libdems and Tories seek answer to West Lothian question (The Scotsman) IT WAS always the unfinished business of devolution. Yesterday it returned to haunt Gordon Brown. First posed by Tam Dalyell 30 years ago, the West Lothian Question was left unanswered when Labour created the Scottish Parliament in 1999....more... The most influential US conservatives: 81-100 (Daily Telegraph) The 100 most influential US conservatives: 100-81...more... Letters to the Editor (Berkeley Daily Planet) In Richard Brenneman?s Oct. 23 article entitled ?Density Bonuses, Liquor Licenses on Planning Agenda,? it suggested that the joint density bonus subcommittee was only comprised of members of the Planning Commission and the Zoning Adjustments Board....more... Steel calls for new moves to encourage earlier abortions (Guardian Unlimited) Lord Steel, the architect of the law that legalised abortion, today called for measures to make it simpler for terminations to be carried out "as early as possible"....more... Steel urges abortion law changes (Guardian Unlimited) Architect of 1967 act calls for new moves to encourage earlier terminations....more... |