| Wings unhappy with defensive effort
The last game (4-2 loss in Nashville Tuesday), that first 10 minutes is a pretty good indication of how loose we've been playing in our end. So we got to clean things up defensively," defenseman Chris Chelios said. "We got enough firepower, we've scored enough goals. We got to keep that goals-against down, give our goalie a chance to make some saves and give ourselves a chance to win the games." The Red Wings will try to snap a four-game winless streak (0-3-1) tonight at home against Columbus, and without another top-three defenseman. Already missing Niklas Kronwall with a sprained clavicle, now Brian Rafalski is out a strained groin. General manager Ken Holland said neither Rafalski nor Kronwall is likely to play during the road trip to Dallas (Sunday) and Colorado (Monday).
Just how super will Tuesday be for the Miss-Lou?
NATCHEZ — As Super Tuesday approaches, the line between the red and the blue will become more and more well defined, and as early as Tuesday night America could have clear contenders for the race for the presidency. Every vote counts? University of Mississippi's Director of the John C. Stennis Institute of Government, Marty Wiseman, said depending on Tuesday's outcome, Mississippi may or may not play an important role in the primary election. .
Cameron accused of reviving war on single parents
Cameron accused of reviving war on single parents · Campaigners speak out on Tory plans to cut benefits
· Conservatives win support of leading welfare adviser Will Woodward, chief political correspondentWednesday January 9, 2008 Guardian Child poverty campaigners last night accused David Cameron of reviving the Tories' war on single parents after the Conservative leader unveiled plans to demand community work from the long-term jobless. Ministers also attacked the opposition plans - which include a clampdown on incapacity benefit claims as well as punitive measures for people who refuse job offers - but mainly on cost grounds, arguing that the Tories could not deliver the changes and fulfil their commitment to spending £3bn from savings on ending the married couples' tax penalty.
India hopeful on nuclear deal despite adamant left
There is fresh spine in the government in taking on the communists," said political analyst Mahesh Rangarajan. "The government knows this is the last chance for the deal." But Patil's optimism was swiftly rejected by a senior leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI(M), which has threatened to bring down the government if the deal goes through. Communists say the pact, which will give India access to U.S. nuclear fuel and equipment, infringes on India's sovereignty and undermines its security. But they have allowed the government to continue talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over the deal. "There is no change in our position," the CPI(M)'s Sitaram Yechury told a news conference. "Our position is what it was -- that is: do not proceed to operationalize the deal.
US elections 2004
For supporters of John Kerry, who have seen allegations about the Democratic candidate's military record sap his campaign, it must have seemed like a case of just deserts.
The president, George Bush, was last week looking vulnerable on the same grounds after CBS's flagship current affairs show, 60 Minutes, broadcast a report claiming he had been suspended from pilot duties for failing to meet the required standards. It was also claimed that a commanding officer had been put under pressure to "sugar coat" Mr Bush's performance reviews.
But while CBS stands by its story, allegations have now surfaced that 60 Minutes based a large part of the report on forged documents.
Although what one man - even a presidential candidate - did more than 30 years ago can seem rather trivial, the US election is being fought between a self-declared "war president" and a man who, in stump speeches, claims he would defend his country as president in the way he had defended it as a young man.
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