A new 20-year plan targets house building, infrastructure and jobs growth as priorities in Essex.

A new 20-year plan targets house building, infrastructure and jobs growth as priorities in Suffolk.

A new 20-year plan targets house building, infrastructure and jobs growth as priorities in Norfolk.

NPR.org , May 8, 2008 · In a year when the race for president has become one of the most memorable in history, and when an unusually large number of Senate races — perhaps 10 — have the potential to be nail-biters, you can understand if the battles for the House are a bit under-appreciated.

A new 20-year plan targets house building as a priority in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.

May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Bertelsmann AG 's Random House unit, the world's biggest book publisher, is likely to be managed by an executive from outside the book business after Peter Olson , the present chief executive officer, announces in the next few weeks that he's stepping down, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with Bertelsmann.

WASHINGTON -- Former Republican Rep. Bob Barr is expected to announce that he's running for president as a Libertarian. His candidacy would be a wild card in the White House race that many believe would hurt Republican Sen. John McCain.

The Bush administration filed its latest response in the ongoing dispute over missing White House e-mails, insisting that it already has preserved backup tapes containing the e-mails in question. But plaintiffs say the response only highlights the inadequacies of the existing archives and the need for further steps to recover missing information. Read More...

May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's opposition-controlled upper house rejected a road spending bill backed by Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda , the latest example of political gridlock that has marked his term.

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The White House said it will continue to work with lawmakers on legislation tackling the housing crisis, but reiterated its opposition to the bill passed last week by the House of Representatives.