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Parental leave is no holiday Hockey
Mr Hockey repeated Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's comment that men are able to get full replacement pay while on holidays while women could not get replacement pay when they left to have babies."I think that's really unfair," Mr Hockey told the National Press Club on Wednesday.Asked to justify the analogy by a female journalist, who pointed out that women receive replacement ...
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Sandovals HR Lifts Giants Past Nationals 4-2
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Winger Ioane Faces Fitness Race for First Lions Test
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Malaysia FA Police to Investigate Match-Fixing Claims
(Reuters) - Claims of match-fixing in a Malaysian league fixture will be investigated by the country's Football Association (FAM) and sports minister on Thursday, local media reported, with the police urged to protect players from bookmakers. The second tier Malaysian Premier League match between Kuala Lumpur and Sime Darby was under suspicion, local daily The Star reported. The ...
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Royals end skid with 7-3 win over Astros
Mike Moustakas tied it with an RBI single before George Kottaras walked with the bases-loaded to drive in the go-ahead run in a four-run eighth inning, and the Kansas City Royals rallied for a 7-3 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night to end a four-game skid.The Royals trailed 3-0 and couldn't get much going offensively until the seventh when they cut the lead to one on RBI singles ...
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Twins notes Deduno to make start vs. Tigers
ATLANTA - When Kyle Gibson is called up to the Twins, "you want him to be here and stay here" permanently, Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "And right now, he's not quite there." That's why the former first-round draft pick, along with Rochester ...
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Spurs blow late lead beat Grizzlies 93-89 in OT
San Antonio Spurs' Tony Parker (9), of France, goes up for a shot against the Memphis Grizzlies defense during the first half in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals NBA basketball playoff series, Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric ...
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Baseball study kicks off with public meeting
BELPRE - The first phase of a two-phase feasibility study on bringing baseball to the Mid-Ohio Valley was off and running this week, with the first day culminating in a public forum in Belpre. About a dozen people attended the public question and answer session Tuesday evening at the Belpre City Building. Tom Rooney, president of Rooney Sports and Entertainment Group, and David Stone of AECOM, ...
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Baburao Yadav fifth cricketer arrested in alleged fixing case
Baburao Yadav has become the fifth cricketer to be arrested, by the Delhi Police, in connection with the alleged spot-fixing in the IPL. Yadav was produced in court in Delhi on Tuesday afternoon along with Rajasthan Royals' Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, ...
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Trout Hits for Cycle Drives in 5 Angels Rout Ms
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Joe Hockey defends Howard government tax cuts after reports say they contributed to structural deficit
Australia Opposition Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey has defended the personal income tax cuts delivered by the former Coalition government, which were today cited in two official reports for contributing to an ongoing "structural" deficit in the budget.The federal Treasury and the newly established independent Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) have released fresh estimates of the ...
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PM considers imposing more betting restrictions
Prime Minister Julia Gillard indicated the federal government was moving closer to imposing restrictions on sports broadcasts. She said the Labor caucus had already been presented with a motion drafted by backbench MP Stephen Jones, and the matter was set down for future discussion. "We've just finished a public consultation period for the form of the code to deal with all of ...
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AFLs Bulldogs close to winning McCartney
Western Bulldogs coach Brendan McCartney predicts wins will start coming for his AFL club quicker than outside observers or possibly even his own players expect.McCartney says the Dogs, who have won just one of their past 19 games - against Brisbane in round one - and lost to Gold Coast on Saturday, are frustrated and disappointed.But he says some injuries to key players and a relatively tough ...
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Rennie tweaks Chiefs for Crusaders clash
Chiefs coach Dave Rennie has made two changes to the team which beat the Hurricanes 17-12 last week for Friday's Super Rugby match against the ...
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Aust change strategy for Fast5 netball
Australia have made the move to a separate coaching staff as they target wresting the Fast5 netball title from New Zealand in November.The squad will be coached by former West Coast Fever and South Africa coach Jane Searle, with Adelaide Thunderbirds coach Jane Woodlands-Thompson as her assistant.The pair will have a specialist Fast5 squad with them in Auckland.Searle takes over from Australian ...
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Spurs Fend Off Rallying Grizzlies in Game Two Overtime
(Reuters) - San Antonio squandered a big lead in the fourth quarter and had Tim Duncan to thank for settling their nerves in overtime as the Spurs ground out a 93-89 win over the Memphis Grizzlies and took a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals on Tuesday. Up by 14 in the fourth, the Spurs failed to score in the last four minutes of regulation and were pushed to overtime by the ...
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Sharks hold off Kings even up Western semis
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Brent Burns helped San Jose jump off to a fast start with his second goal of the postseason and the Sharks tied their second-round series against Los Angeles at two games with a 2-1 victory over the Kings in Game 4 on Tuesday night. Logan Couture followed up his overtime game-winner in Game 3 with his fifth power-play goal of the playoffs to add to the lead and ...
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Game 4 Sharks 2 Kings 1 Sharks Tie Up N.H.L. Series With Kings
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Descalsos Slam Wainwrights Arm Carry Cards
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Cheruiyot expecting first child aims to return in 2014
Kenyan athlete Vivian Cheruiyot sits next to her Sportswoman of the Year award as she talks to the media at the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards in central London February 6, 2012. REUTERS/Paul ...
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Hockey wont support gay marriage
Senior Liberal Joe Hockey expects his party room to re-examine a conscience vote on the difficult question of gay marriage after the September election. But he says he would not personally back a change to the laws. Mr Hockey described the issue of same-sex marriage as "very, very difficult" when asked if he would back a push to allow Liberal MPs a conscience vote in parliament. ...
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Wallaby Ioane in doubt for Lions opener
Wallabies winger Digby Ioane is in doubt for the start of the British and Irish Lions Test series after undergoing a knee operation on Wednesday morning. Ioane had arthroscopic surgery in Brisbane to clean up articular cartilage on his troublesome left knee after flying back from the Queensland Reds' two-match tour of South Africa. The Reds believed the operation would only rule the ...
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League star Ben Teo denies assault claim
South Sydney representative forward Ben Te'o has rejected claims he allegedly assaulted a woman in Brisbane. Details of the woman's assault claims are set be aired on the Nine Network on Wednesday night. Two other NRL footballers are expected to be named in the TV report, but it is believed they were not directly involved in the incident. The NRL's integrity unit will ...
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Tate re-signs with NRLs Cowboys
Queensland Origin flyer Brent Tate has re-signed with North Queensland for another season, adding to speculation about fellow veteran Matt Bowen's future at the NRL club. The 31-year-old Tate - who has played 42 games since linking with the club at the end of 2010 - joins a long list of recent Cowboys re-signings. Among them are co-captains Johnathan Thurston and Matthew Scott, Test and ...
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Guido West Deer HS had storied baseball past
Deer Lakes was trying to make the WPIAL baseball finals for the first time in school history, but the Lancers were blanked by Quaker Valley, 4-0, on ...
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Michigan's poor battle through recession
Michigan is struggling through the tail end of the global recession, unemployment is up, salaries have been cut, the state government is confronted with reduced tax revenue and increased welfare costs while Michigan’s most vulnerable residents, the low to lower middle class income earners, fall through an already over-burdened social net.
One of the social organisations on the frontline of these socio-economic trends is the Food Bank Council of Michigan, a group funded partly by government, but predominantly through donations of food and money by the public. According to the group’s website, the vast majority, over 90%, of financial donations go towards the purchase and distribution of food, with the remainder taken up by administrative costs. Read more
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