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Moore wins Republican nod for Senate seat after defeating Trump-backed candidate

Edit Irish Independent 27 Sep 2017
In an upset likely to rock the Republican establishment, Mr Moore clinched victory over Senator Luther Strange to take the GOP nomination for the seat previously held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Mr Moore will face Democrat Doug Jones in a December 12 election ... Mr Moore was twice elected chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and twice removed from those duties....

Donald Trump deletes tweets supporting Senate nominee after he loses election race

Edit Yahoo Daily News 27 Sep 2017
Mr Trump endorsed Mr Strange in the race and tweeted support for him on multiple occasions. As polls showed Mr Strange in danger of losing, the president visited Alabama to campaign at a rally attended by more than 7,000 people. Mr Moore, propelled by evangelical voters, ......

Parents participate in Junior Cotillion

Edit The Polk County Standard Journal 27 Sep 2017
Serving as advisors are Mr ... Joey Arnold, Mr ... Ben Ball, Mr ... Clint Jones, Mr ... Tony Lundy, Mr ... Andrew Robinson, Mr ... Andrew Roper, Mr ... Carson Tanner, and Mr ... Braren, Amanda Scoggins, Shae Wagoner, Beverly Benefield, Mr....

Trump deletes tweets after backing Alabama primary loser

Edit BBC News 27 Sep 2017
Getting back in favour with Mr Moore's supporters shouldn't be too hard for Mr Trump, given there were few who seemed to believe his heart was in the Strange endorsement ... Early on Wednesday, Mr Trump changed his tune to congratulate Mr Moore on his victory ... Mr Moore rode a wave of support in the Republican primary from the same grassroots conservative movement that helped elect Mr Trump....

It's official: RI County losing its administrator

Edit Dispatch Argus 27 Sep 2017
In a letter dated Tuesday and addressed to county board chairman Ken�"Moose" Maranda and vice chairman Richard Brunk, Mr ... Mr ... In his letter, Mr ... "Taking care of the county was, and still is, a priority," Mr ... Mr ... "Everything related to next year's budget is done, including the risk-management plan, the five-year capital-improvement plan, and the Exelon negotiations," Mr Ross said. Mr ... Mr ... Mr. Maranda said Mr ... Mr ... (Mr....

Argento jewellery boss denies claims by sacked manager

Edit Belfast Telegraph 27 Sep 2017
Mr Ferguson was employed as project and business development manager at Argento Contemporary Jewellery on August 8 2016, when he was assigned four projects ... Tim Warnock, representing Argento, told the hearing that although Mr Boyle owned the reservoir site, there was a house on the land owned by make-up artist Paddy McGurgan that had a right of way for access ... Mr Boyle said....

Trump-backed candidate defeated in bid to win Republican nod for Senate seat

Edit This is Money 27 Sep 2017
In an upset likely to rock the Republican establishment, Mr Moore clinched victory over Senator Luther Strange to take the nomination for the seat previously held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Mr Moore will face Democrat Doug Jones in a December 12 election ... Mr Moore was twice elected chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and twice removed from those duties....

Scottish Labour MSPs embroiled in row over leadership 'plot'

Edit BBC News 27 Sep 2017
Ms Dugdale quit in August, with her deputy Mr Rowley subsequently revealing that he was only given ten minutes notice of the move ... However, Mr Rowley has faced accusations of being involved in a plot to replace Ms Dugdale with Mr Leonard - who like Mr Rowley is on the left of the party ... Mr Rowley was unaware he was being recorded, but the Scottish Sun quoted him as saying ... A spokesman for Mr Leonard's campaign team said....

Sinn Féin has no bullying problem, TD insists

Edit The Irish Times 27 Sep 2017
“There are some people who went into the role of elected representatives and found it was much more difficult that they originally thought,” Mr Ó Brion said ... Mr O’Broin said there were clear procedures in the party that had been used effectively by others to raise concerns ... Mr Martin strongly criticised comments attributed to Mr Ó Broin about the killing of Tom Oliver, who was murdered in 1991 by the IRA....

Ousted BPCC president Ashok Choudhury breaks down before media

Edit The Hindu 27 Sep 2017
“Though I welcome the party decision but I don’t deserve the way I was insulted by being removed from the party post… I wanted an honourable exit… I’ll certainly go and meet our party top leadership to explain my position”, Mr Choudhury told media persons ... Mr Choudhury’s tenure of four years as State party chief had also been completed ... Mr Choudhury targeted party general secretary and in-charge of Bihar affairs, C.P....

Leadership rivals clash as Labour risks being ‘branch office’

Edit Scotsman 27 Sep 2017
Mr Sarwar's comments follow reports that unions could “stitch up” the contest by signing up thousands of members through its political levy to back Mr Leonard, who is considered to be closest to UK leader Jeremy Corbyn and whose supporters control a key committee that will police the ballot ... Speaking at a hustings event at the Labour conference in Brighton, Mr Sarwar said he would be ready to stand up to Mr Corbyn as leader....

IHC bench admits petition against Khawaja Asif

Edit Dawn 27 Sep 2017
The bench sought para-wise comments from Mr Asif, and adjourned the hearing for four weeks ... During the hearing, Mr Dar’s counsel adopted before the court that being federal minister is a fulltime job, but Mr Asif was also working at a foreign company, which is against the sanctity of his oath. He added that Mr Asif did not declare his job and salary in the nomination papers he filed to contest the NA-110 constituency....

Magical manuscript

Edit Independent online (SA) 27 Sep 2017
Wynand Louw’s Mr Humperdinck books are magical, boyish hijinks with a good mix of tragedy and adventure, much like the Harry Potter books ... ■ Wynand Louw, of Table View, recently released his second Mr Humperdinck book ... “It has been around since Mr Humperdinck’s Wonderful Whatsit won the MER prize for the best children’s book of 2005.” ... Mr Humperdinck’s Mysterious Manuscript ... And yet, Mr Louw said, he found it difficult to write “funny”....
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