Huckabee Says He Won't Run For President

The former Arkansas governor has chosen to stick with a lucrative career as a TV and radio personality. "All the factors say go, but my heart says no," Huckabee, the winner of the 2008 Iowa caucuses, said on his Fox News Channel show.

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UK energy market reform plans must be more ambitious | Tim Yeo (Guardian)

Ministers are tinkering at the margins of the electricity market instead of bringing forward the radical reforms that are needed The UK is at a critical juncture in the way it uses energy. More than £100bn of investment is needed by 2020 to replace our ageing power stations, cut carbon emissions, upgrade the grid and create new incentives to make this happen. Government proposals for electricity market reform were published for consultation in December and the cross-party Committee on Climate Change has looked at the plans in detail. This Monday we publish our verdict. The proposals are a start, but the the government still has a long way to go. We fear that the plans will fail to attract the necessary investment in the electricity sector by 2020 and we will miss this opportunity to put the UK at the forefront of a worldwide revolution in low-carbon energy ? one that could bring considerable competitive advantages. We have already seen a drop in investment for clean energy in the UK as the industry holds its breath waiting for greater clarity from the coalition. After coming fifth in the world ranking for clean energy investment in 2009, ...Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories Stories, RSS and RSS Feed via Feedzilla.

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IMF Chief Faces Sex-Assault Charges

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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn was pulled off a Paris-bound plane in New York City on Saturday and subsequently arrested in connection with the violent sexual assault of a New York hotel maid.

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Video: Face the Nation, 05.15.11 (cbsnews)

Harry Smith spoke with Speaker of the House John Boehner on his opinion of President Obama's handling with the nation's deficit, on cleaning up the housing market, how the budget deficit effects job creation, and how Osama bin Laden's death will change the war in Afghanistan; Also, a behind the scenes look at the CBS News town hall with President Obama. Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories News, RSS and RSS Feed via Feedzilla.

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Ireland Steels Itself For A Visit From The Queen

Queen Elizabeth pays a state visit to the Republic of Ireland this week. The four-day trip is the first by a British Monarch in 100 years. Relations between the two nations have been tense since the Republic's 1921 independence and partition from the north and the decades of intermittent violence. Liane Hansen speaks with Irish journalist Conor O'Clery about the Queen's visit.

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More lawmakers want photos of bin Laden's body released

Two U.S. lawmakers joined the call Thursday for the release of photos of Osama bin Laden's body, after seeing the images themselves.

"These are very graphic, gruesome pictures," said Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colorado. But seeing them "gave me a sense of finality and closure."

Members of Senate and House committees that deal with intelligence and military matters have been invited to see the photos. Some of his colleagues had declined the offer, Lamborn said. He did not name those lawmakers.

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Meghan McCain To Glenn Beck: 'Shut Up About My Body'

The conservative broadcaster thought it was funny to pretend he was vomiting as he watched her public service ad about skin cancer. Thanks for calling attention to the issue, McCain tells Beck, but fat jokes and vomit gags are just stupid.

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