• Jim Fitzpatrick said that he remained convinced that Mr Livingstone would back down and swing behind official party candidate Frank Dobson - despite keeping the party guessing for more than a week.

    BBC: You are in: UK Politics

  • So I'm afraid at any moment my grandmother could just swing down from heaven with a switch.

    NPR: Anthony Hamilton: 'Ain't Nobody Worryin'

  • The coming rain should swing down like a blade while the storm takes him high and sets him right by shaking him apart.

    NEWYORKER: Wasps

  • After all, the differences between the two candidates are in many ways relatively small: whoever can bring down the most swing voters will win.

    ECONOMIST: The duck-hunting season begins

  • Warren White of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, and his colleagues were the first to find that sea-surface temperatures across the globe swing up and down in a 10-to 12-year period that lags behind the solar cycle by two to three years.

    ECONOMIST: The earth��s climate

  • Kennedy proved the key swing vote in striking down the Louisville and Seattle plans.

    CNN: Divided court rejects school diversity plans

  • One day after school Maritza cornered Oscar behind the swing set and laid down the law, It's either her or me!

    NPR: Diaz's First Novel Details a 'Wondrous Life'

  • And Chinese stocks all through the steel industry, from iron ore to finished goods, which were built up in the expectation of a bigger stimulus package than has yet materialised, are now being run down, amplifying the downward price swing.

    ECONOMIST: Iron ore

  • Yes, the Pong Indie Developer Challenge is in full swing, and Atari has pared down some 90-odd submissions to mere 15.

    ENGADGET: 15 indie developers re-imagine Pong for iOS, hope to win Atari contract

  • Considering that Democratic registration is down 825, 708 in the eight key swing states, and independent registration up 254, 310, independents ought to be ripe for the GOP in 2012.

    WSJ: Newt Gingrich Threatens GOP's Chance to Nab Independents

  • One possibility is that the jet streams that normally hit the west coast straight on will instead swing up into Alaska and dive down the coast, bringing along cold arctic winds with it.

    CNN: La Nina spawns extreme weather

  • The more laid-back of the two lodges, aptly named Safari Lodge, consists of thatched-roof cottages nestled down in the African landscape, some accessed only by swing bridges.

    FORBES: Connect

  • President Obama is justifiably afraid to alienate swing voters in the presidential debates by doubling down on discredited global warming claims, but global warming alarmism is indeed the pink elephant in the room every time Obama is forced to defend his suppression of affordable conventional energy.

    FORBES: Obama Unites Global Warming Alarmists, Skeptics In Presidential Debates

  • Photos of an early version of the modern playground swing have been released in a bid to track down the oldest working models.

    BBC: Wicksteed Park releases archive photos for appeal

  • McIlroy aims to get back in the swing -- and respond to the gauntlet thrown down by Woods at the Houston Open, where he could return to the No. 1 ranking with victory.

    CNN: McIlroy happy to be chasing Tiger

  • But the good news for Obama is that these independents are swing voters, and their preferences are not locked down yet, which makes the four upcoming debates critical for this narrow but decisive sliver of the electorate.

    NPR: Candidates Vie For Female Voters' Attention

  • As the pitch came in, he pulled the bat down, angled it parallel to the ground, and took a level swing a swing very different from the homer-seeking, flailing uppercut that has become standard among current players, who have produced the highest strikeout numbers in baseball history.

    NEWYORKER: Artful Dodgers

  • Zhirkov, back in full swing after a brief spell with his head bandaged, then surged down the left and forced a shot that was well kept out by Jaaskelainen.

    BBC: Chelsea 1-0 Bolton

  • Down at the docks in Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe, cranes swing into action, unloading "Edith" - the world's biggest container ship, which has just come into the port.

    BBC: Dutch show growing annoyance with EU

  • Depending on how the elections swing in November, the rules may not even make it that far before being shot down.

    FORBES: New CAFE Rules Anger Just About Everyone

  • As Julius Genachowski winds down his five-year term as Chairman of the FCC, rumors of his successor are in full swing.

    ENGADGET

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