Ludlow made 237-6 (Will Sparrow 62, Ryan Lockley 53), and Jack Edwards then took three wickets as Bomere were bowled out for 172 (Ian Gillespie 50).

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Geoff Edwards, Jack Narz and William Shatner were all supposedly under consideration.

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Davies has slipped down the Wales midfield pecking order due to emergence of Aaron Ramsey, David Edwards, Jack Collison, Joe Ledley and Andy King.

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And even losing nominees for the office, from Lloyd Bentsen to Jack Kemp to Joe Lieberman to John Edwards and Sarah Palin, have had a lasting impact.

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Meantime, Newmark and his bosses, Jack Roush and John Henry, have re-signed top driver Carl Edwards, whose contract was set to expire at the end of the year.

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Vice-presidential nominees most often carry their home state, but a handful in recent history haven't, among them Democrats John Edwards of North Carolina in 2004 and Lloyd Bentsen of Texas in 1988, and Republican Jack Kemp of New York in 1996.

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