Christie has 53 percent support among likely voters, while Corzine trails with 41 percent. A similar June 10 survey had Christie on top 50 to 40 percent, and an earlier poll had him with a 45 to 38 percent advantage.

By a 99-45 vote, the House of Bishops on Monday approved a resolution saying they "affirm the value of 'listening to the experience of homosexual persons,' as called for by the Lambeth Conferences of 1978, 1988, and 1998."

Obama is scheduled to speak about community colleges at Macomb Community College in Warren late afternoon. He will propose spending for community colleges such as $9 billion for grants and $500 million for online higher education programs, according to reports.

Abbas conspired with the Israeli authorities to assassinate Arafat, who died in November 2004, Farouq Qaddoumi, the secretary general of the Fatah's central committee, claimed at a news conference in Amman on Sunday.

While Hutchison will officially announce her bid in August, her campaign has shifted to 'Kay for Governor' and her fundraising has been amended to reflect her entrance into the race.

Enough of Delkus and Finfrock and that final bit of pain they like to inflict in their nightly weathercasts. Heat index, indeed. Torment at 10. It's like saying, "You may be in agony, but it's worse that you think." Also

Call Gov. Rick Perry's border cam program a learning experience or worthy experiment. But don't call it a success or spend millions more trying to stop illegal immigrants with a handful of remote cameras and intermittent citizen monitors. The $2

Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has been hired to teach a political science course this fall at Texas Tech. Like his tenure in Washington, this new job - lecturing on "Contemporary Issues in the Executive Branch" - is generating controversy.

JOHN Kingman is no mean man of parts. For just £143,000 a year he is a top civil servant, banking overseer, investment management guru, taxpayer guardian and, not least, Madam

WHEN my husband first tried to propose to me, he got it very, very wrong. He started his speech as we were walking across Shoprite car park. "Let me stop you right there,&

HAVE you pledged your children's investments as security for a business loan? The caravan in Argyll? Family heirlooms lying round the home?

WHY should Scotland be celebrating Bastille Day? The short answer to that is: because the French love you. They always have and they always will.

IT WAS no coincidence that at the very moment last week when Alex Salmond made his worst gaffe since becoming First Minister, his spin doctor in chief was away sunning himself

MINISTERS have been warned not to rush into a politically motivated sale of taxpayers' £65 billion shareholding in Lloyds Banking Group and the Royal Bank of Scotland ah

MORTGAGE lenders are cashing in on a resurgence in buyer demand by hiking their margins on loans to an all-time high, it has been claimed.

THE SNP last night denied that its campaign to win Glasgow North East was in meltdown as the party started the process of trying to find a new candidate.

SCOTTISH Enterprise is poised to take on outside help as part of efforts to save hundreds of whisky industry jobs.

ANTI-WAR campaigners were refused access to Downing Street to deliver a letter calling for troops to be pulled out of Afghanistan.

Beirut- Foreign interference in the formation of the Lebanese government specially by Syria remains a huge concern for the majority of the Lebanese , but yesterday Syrian President Bashar Assad ha

Beirut - Despite losing the election 57 to 71 ( MPs in the parliament) the opposition does not seem to accept defeat. Youth and Sports Minister Talal Arslan who won his seat by default said Monday that there are "two