Eliot Spitzer, who at his inauguration in January promised to rid Albany of its political bickering, gridlock and status quo, has instead become a prime player in the capitol's dysfunction. He said Spitzer's decision was "recognition that we were prepared to stop any effort to allow such an ill-conceived and wrong-headed plan to go forward. Bruno has long pegged next year's elections on a strategy of keeping a Republican check and balance on a government otherwise fully controlled by Democrats.

These included a thoroughbred horse, 131 pairs of nylon stockings - a rare commodity at a time of rationing and austerity - and 500 tins of pineapple. They will be joined by some 2,000 people, including more than 30 family members, and their grandson, Prince William, will deliver a reading. Other couples who married on the same day, along with choristers from the royal wedding, will be among those at the service. She told a friend the piece of hand-spun lace was "indelicate", mistaking the...

Article continues Brennan, who in 2005 became one of the youngest competitors at the Badminton Horse Trials, spent several years training and riding in Gloucestershire alongside some of the biggest names in British equestrianism, including the Olympic gold medallist Mark Phillips and his wife Sandy; Nick Burton, a five-time Olympian, and Breisner. Article continues Brennan, who in 2005 became one of the youngest competitors at the Badminton Horse Trials, spent several years training and...

By Tom Hoffarth Staff writer Whoever decides next to take on the challenge of assigning a roster number to a single Southern California sports person through the years -- nailing down the one whose identity it helped create, had the greatest credentials or just happened to be lucky enough no one else of importance did those digits -- needs to know going in there are some occupational hazards. It was a daunting task, and it lived up to that warning, but creatomg an all-time numerical roster...

EU farm aid squandered on golf clubs - Accountancy Age AccountancyAge.com. Golf clubs, horse studs and railroad companies are recipients of 3. EU farm aid squandered on golf clubs - Accountancy Age AccountancyAge.com. EU farm subsidies to golf courses, horse-breeding businesses and railroad companies are among the inadvertent result of reforms to EU s Common Agricultural Policy, designed to modernise the trading bloc's agricultural support policy, highlighted in an official audit of the...