And, although St Helens' loss could easily prove Bradford's gain in 2011, Potter makes it clear that he still has unfinished business with Saints this Saturday night at Old Trafford.

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It just makes me really worried when I see how far he still has to go.

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Still, it makes the very idea of a president mixing with the people he is elected to serve seem like a well-intentioned but ultimately bittersweet illusion.

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Sure, in a nod to environmentalists, this spring Obama said he'd support coal-to-liquid subsidies only if the fuel could be created with 20% lower carbon dioxide emissions than petroleum-based fuels. (The greens complain that coal-based fuel and the process that makes it produce twice as much carbon dioxide as conventional fuel.) But he still voted for Tester's amendment, which included the 20% emissions requirement, but wasn't fully supported by the Democratic leadership.

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The Premier League advocates a break, but says the current schedule makes it impracticalManchester City boss Eriksson pushed for a winter break when he was England manager - and is still in favour.

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