A high-powered local ownership group says its $300 million plan to renovate KeyArena could convince the NBA to keep the Sonics in Seattle. Now all they have to do is convince state lawmakers to approve the idea before they adjourn next week.

A total triumph and an utter defeat

The Greens also got what they wanted when Mr Swinney announced an extra £4 million for bus operators to help keep fares down and encourage greater use of public transport.This was enough to persuade the two Green MSPs to abstain on the Budget – the vital, last piece in the jigsaw, giving the SNP the numbers necessary to get the package through.These final concessions came on top of earlier moves to get the Tories and Greens on board, including an extra £10 million for an additional 300 police officers and £4 million more to fight climate change.The Tories were derided by Labour and Liberal Democrat MSPs for helping the SNP.Tavish Scott, the Liberal Democrats' finance spokesman, described the settlement as a "Nat-Con" budget. He labelled Mr Salmond's threat to resign if the Budget had not been passed as "a landmark strop".Iain Gray, for Labour, said the Budget deal was nothing more than a "tartan Tory tango", and he also derided Mr Salmond's threats to quit."The unedifying pantomime of a First Minister threatening resignation from behind the safety of deals already done is an act of vacuous bravado which sums up his government's approach to this whole process," he saidBut Annabel Goldie, the Scottish Tory leader, was delighted with her party's achievements.

Officials Threaten to Block Tanker Funds

Tiahrt told Bloomberg News late Wednesday that there is a possibility that Congress will block funding for the program.

This comes after members of Connecticut's congressional delegation formally requested a briefing with the Air Force over the tanker contract.

Had Boeing won the deal, as expect. Pratt & Whitney would have built the engines for the 600 tankers and Hamilton Sundstrand would have worked on the electrical systems. Both companies are based in Connecticut.

In a letter sent to Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne Wednesday, the lawmakers expressed concern that the award did not consider the U.S. jobs that would be affected. They also said the Air Force did not take into account the subsidies from European governments to its aerospace industry, which puts the U.S. contractors at a disadvantage.

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That shit is gonna be hell for them. It's never fun to lose a family member, especially a young man who was doing positive things.

I can't imagine not only what his family feels like, but his teammates as well. I don't know how they are going to play a game on Sunday. .

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I like Barack Obama's message it is time for change. The republican party has been running the white house for the last eight years. At one point i did like clinton however i feel she's more on the attack instead of the issues. Barack Obama stay frim and discuss change and whats his plans you didn't see obama crying when he was losing unlike clinton.

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