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Britain’s welfare system is ‘bust’ and faces its most radical overhaul for 60 years to undo Labour’s legacy of benefit dependency, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has declared. The former Tory leader vowed to end the scandal that means welfare claimants are no better off – and sometimes poorer – if they come off the dole to take jobs paying up to £15,000 a year. He also signalled that benefit payments to the middle classes were likely to be pared back in favour of income tax cuts – and the state pension age might have to rise more...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy Sunday for the 29 miners who died in a coal mine explosion earlier this month. The service, announced today by West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin, will be held in Beckley, W.Va., and will include prayers, musical performances, tributes to the miners, and remarks from Mr. Manchin and other dignitaries. Vice President Joe Biden will join the president to participate in the service, according to a White House news release issued today. The service will be held at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center, at 200 Armory Drive in Beckley, at 3:30 p.m....

The complexity of modern mobile phones is leaving users frustrated and angry, research suggests.Some 61% of those interviewed in the UK and US said setting up a new handset is as challenging as moving bank accounts. Compiled by mobile firm Mformation, the survey found 85% of users reporting they were frustrated by the difficulty of getting a new phone up and working. Of the 4,000 people questioned, 95% said they would try more new services if phones were easier to set up. Web browsingMformation spokesman Matthew Bancroft said users were frustrated by having to call an operator or look online...

Get what you want this Mother's Day. Twist the ex's arm REBECCA ECKLER From Tuesday's Globe and Mail May 6, 2008 at 9:05 AM EDT On behalf of my four-year-old, who has a Yahoo account in her name, I recently sent an e-mail to her father, who lives in Alberta. "Hi Daddy," I typed, as my daughter was fast asleep. "Mommy has been talking about Mother's Day. I only have 143 pennies in my piggy bank. She's the best mommy ever. She's been pretty exhausted. I'd like to get her something nice. Can you help? Love you." It was a...

WHEREAS, Preston County provides the citizens of Morgantown, Monongalia County with the crystal clear waters of Decker’s Creek and the Cheat River--and cool mountain breezes for their free use; and, WHEREAS, Preston County’s majestic mountains provide the citizens of Morgantown, Monongalia County with shade from the rising sun--greatly reducing their air conditioning bills in the summer! And, those same mountains selflessly absorb dangerous and cancer causing Global Warming UV rays; and, WHEREAS, Preston County provides the citizens of Morgantown, Monongalia County with access to I-68 and the shortcut through the Cumberland mountains to all points east; and, WHEREAS, Preston County...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 65 percent of consumers are spending more time with a computer than with their significant other, according to new independent research commissioned by support.com. Conducted by independent research firm Kelton Research, the "Cyber Stress" study confirmed consumers' growing relationship with technology in their everyday lives. In fact, more than 8 out of 10 Americans (84%) say they are more dependent on their home computer now than they were just three years ago(1). Like any relationship, the test comes not when things are going well but when times are tough. And unfortunately in the...

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AUGUSTA - A majority of the Legislature's Taxation Committee wants to shelve overhaul of the state sales tax for this year, even though several studies indicate Maine is losing tens of millions of dollars in Internet sales because the state has not joined an interstate agreement on collection of sales taxes. "I think if we still didn't have the working waterfront, LD 2 [property tax relief] and the personal property tax [on business equipment] I think we would deal with it this year," Sen. Joe Perry, D-Bangor, said Friday. "We just have too much to do." Perry also said he...

Translation from Hebrew to English by me: The office of Chairman of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat, has contacted lately leaders of the Fatah movement and the Palestinian security apparatus, telling them they should instruct their activists to volunteer their family members, to serve as a "human shield" to the chairman. The Authority intends of supplying Yasser a permanent "guard" of women and children from these familes to obstruct any tries by Israel to harm him. Since last week, when Israel decided that Arafat is to be removed, daily visits have been occuring to his Mukata in Ramallah by groups...