Lawmakers push for wholly elected British House of Lords
Lawmakers in the House of Commons voted 337 224 to elect all members of the upper chamber, stripping hereditary peers and dukes. A draft bill is not due before October, with a long path of hurdles including further Commons votes and Lords scrutiny. House would aim for 80 percent elected, 20 percent appointed, five year terms.
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House of Commons
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U.S. Senate
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Japan
Brazil
Lesotho
Menzies Campbell
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Labour
British Commonwealth of Ireland
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Church of England
Tony Blair
Treasury
Gordon Brown
Blair
Labour Party
Two men charged with trafficking in dead bodies at UCLA
Los Angeles County prosecutors charged Henry Reid, 57, and Ernest Nelson, 49, in a cadaver trafficking scheme tied to UCLA medical school. Reid allegedly funneled donated bodies to a middleman for sale. Nelson allegedly profited, selling cadavers to medical research firms. Both held on $1 million bail.
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Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office
University of California, Los Angeles’ Medical School
Henry Reid
Ernest Nelson
Johnson & Johnson
Neilson
UCLA
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Nelson
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California Department of Health Services
North Preliminary Spelling Bee March 9 in Avon
Forty three spellers from eight Lorain County schools compete in the North Preliminary Bee at Avon Heritage North Elementary School starting 7 p.m. Registration at 6:30 p.m. Bruce Van Dyke of WEOL to pronounce. judges from ESC of Lorain County. Top sixteen advance to March 16 finals in Elyria. Public invited to attend.
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Chronicle Telegram
Lorain County
Avon Heritage North
Bee
Educational Service Center
Bruce van Dyke
WEOL
Jim Hartline
ESC
Chronicle-Telegram
Scripps Howard
Washington, D.C
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Clearview
General Johnnie
Cassie Gray
Is Ai Hall
Kristina
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Robert Rojas
Amber Fontanez
Lorain Longfello
Kristen Hess
Lorain Longfellow
Mariah Thacker
Michael Taylor
Rachel Bertrand Avon
Lake Collins Avon
Elizabeth Hackett
Jacob Fumie Avon
Camille Greer Avon
Alexander Radanovich
St. Anthony of Padua
Annie LaFleur
Tyler Vanderhoof
Christian Ellis
St. Peter
Allison Zaleski
Carolyn Barck
Vermilion
Avon Heritage Lay
Mateka
Veronica Rodriguez
Kristyn Clearview
Drew Lawrence
Avon
Jenna Proudfit
Brittany Laughlin
Julian Rodriguez
Tyler Brown
Kaitlyn Hail
Lorain Lonefelle
Dimitri Harris
Andrew Zheng Avon
Paul Juhasz
Lorain Lonefelles
Lauryn Gillis
Matthew Kordeleski
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Ashley Terry Vermilion
Marco Garcia Lorain
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