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Andrew Lewis writes: I'll have to throw in a protest over Julie Bishop's award as s-xiest female politician (yesterday, item 1). While she seems to have the physical attributes, for mine she can't escape the private school, Miss Goody Two Shoes, school captain, never had an impure thought prissiness.
Special election would cost San Marcos much more than estimated North County Times
SAN MARCOS -- A special election to fill the City Council seat vacated when Jim Desmond was elected mayor in November will cost 250,000 to 275,000, the County Registrar of Voters said Monday.
Why border issue could be barrier to split The Scotsman
THE idea of Border check points on every road from the Solway Firth to Berwick-on-Tweed will appal many Scots, but that is the picture which unionists paint of life in an independent Scotland.
How would we fare alone on a world stage? The Scotsman
FOR 300 years, Scotland has operated on the world stage as a part of the United Kingdom. Wars and campaigns, triumphs and disasters have been shared equally with Scotland's Union partners.
Gunmen drag Hamas judge from car and kill him The Scotsman
GUNMEN in Gaza yesterday dragged a senior Hamas military leader out of a taxi and executed him, heightening fears of civil war between the Islamic movement and president Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group.
Cost fears as Eastern European immigrants get homes on arrival The Scotsman
THOUSANDS of eastern European immigrants have won the right to emergency council housing as soon they arrive in the Capital despite concerns about the potential cost.
The golden goodbye guys The Scotsman
MORE than half a million pounds is to be paid as "golden goodbyes" to Lothian councillors standing down at next year's elections.
Can oil and gas fuel an independent Scotland's economy? The Scotsman
IT WAS the soundbite that defined a political epoch. "It's Scotland's oil" was a powerful and potent political slogan that gave the organisation that coined it, the Scottish National Party, a powerful weapon in the battle for independence.
'One thinks of the Ripper but this is unprecedented' The Scotsman
THE Suffolk serial killer is murdering people at a rate "unprecedented" in British criminal history, a senior police officer said.
Film Listings San Francisco Bay Guardian
Film listings are edited by Cheryl Eddy. Reviewers are Robert Avila, Kimberly Chun, Michelle Devereaux, Susan Gerhard, Max Goldberg, Dennis Harvey, Johnny Ray Huston, Jonathan L. Knapp, Laurie Koh, Lynn Rapoport, Jason Shamai, and Chuck Stephens. The film intern is Sara Schieron.
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