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McCain names Alaskan governor, Sarah Palin, as his running mate
REPUBLICAN presidential hopeful John McCain will name the youngest and first female governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, as his running mate today, US media reported.
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Zoom collapse: Scramble for flights as passengers left stranded
TRAVELLERS left stranded by the collapse of budget airline Zoom today told how they were forced to pay thousands of pounds for alternative flights, or cancel their dream holid
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Obama claims the Democratic presidential nomination
BARACK OBAMA claimed the Democratic presidential nomination, moving onward in his quest to become the first black US president and asking Americans to join him in saying "
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Scottish Power increases gas prices by 34%
SCOTTISH Power today announced it was increasing gas prices by an average 34% and electricity prices by 9%.
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Exit stage left ? Fringe chief Morgan steps down after ticket fiasco
THE Edinburgh Fringe was left leaderless yesterday at a critical time after its director, Jon Morgan, suddenly stepped down after a tumultuous summer.
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Jailed: Drink-driver who caused girl's death
A DRINK-driver who caused the death of a teenage girl when his car hit a wall was today jailed for more than three years.
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Cameron taunts PM, saying: I'll be in Glenrothes, will you?
DAVID Cameron has declared he will be campaigning in the Glenrothes by-election ? and has challenged Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, to do the same.
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Give Scots families better mortgage deals than the English, says SNP
BANKS should treat Scottish customers more favourably than their English counterparts because the housing market in Scotland is more resilient, the SNP housing minister ha
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Gaddafi's son criticises 'very greedy' Lockerbie families
THE son of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has accused relatives of the Lockerbie victims of being "very greedy" for seeking compensation.
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Holyrood will listen to hero Hoy's call for sports boost
THE Scottish Government has promised to listen to Olympic hero Chris Hoy's concerns about the lack of high-level training facilities for future generations of athletes in
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If you are born and raised in Calton you can expect to die at 54
GROWING up in Calton, a deprived pocket in the east end of Glasgow, Steven Francis Hewitt never knew of bad habits. For him, the culture of pubs, takeaway food and palls of ci
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'Sporting chance' of saving £50m painting
THE National Galleries of Scotland have a "sporting chance" of raising enough money to save a £50 million Titian painting for the nation, the galleries chairman insist
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Clinton takes Democrats by storm with simple message: Obama is ready ? back him
BILL Clinton turned from villain to hero in the space of 20 minutes at the Democratic national convention in Denver. That was the time it took to deliver a no-holds-barred en
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Stop talking about Salmond so much, Labour would-be leaders urged
THE three candidates vying for the Scottish Labour leadership were urged to stop talking about the SNP leader last night.
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Moment bank robbers shot dead by police shown to jury
DRAMATIC footage of the exact moment police marksmen shot dead two members of a prolific bank-raid gang was shown to a jury yesterday.
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Scots scientists find way to make superbugs blow themselves up
SCOTTISH scientists have discovered a chink in the armour of bacteria, which could help win the battle against hospital superbugs and other debilitating conditions.
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Russian warning on Nato warships
RUSSIA has issued a stark warning over what it says is a build-up of Nato ships in the Black Sea, as tensions rise to their highest level since the outbreak of hostilities
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Drunk driver jailed for killing teenage passenger in crash
A DRINK driver was jailed for six years today after killing a teenage passenger when he crashed into a tree.
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Show must go on but Fringe's main players push for change
'IT felt a bit like herding cats," ex-Fringe director Paul Gudgin once recalled. "You don't really direct the Fringe, you just cling on to it and hope to be th
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New schools closure hit-list is smaller but no less important
IT was the news that parents had been dreading for almost a year ? the council had come up with a new school closure hit-list. This time round though there were only three sch
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