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Monday, November 20, 2006

This bland speech presents Brown with a new (Tire pressure gauge) dilemma

The Queen's speech is a day of symbol and image, so let's start with body language. The Queen herself sounded tired, slow and flat. She is an old lady and has every right not to fake enthusiasm for the tepid list of prissy resolutions she is required to read out.
Even for state Sen. Richard Alarc n - who for years has coped with term limits by hop-scotching among political jobs - this is a sudden turnaround. Alarc n, who grew up in the San Fernando Valley, served as deputy mayor for former Mayor Tom Bradley and six years on the City Council.
England will wait until Sunday morning to check on the progress of Steve Harmison after the pace spearhead tested his side strain in a nets session in Adelaide on Saturday.
Report: Mistakes led to kids' deaths BELLEVILLE, Ill. - More than four dozen Illinois children died during a seven-year span after state child-welfare workers made mistakes or ignored their own rules, according to a four-month investigation by the Belleville News-Democrat.