As the shine comes off his halo the real work of governing will grow harder.

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"It's a long ways off and I'm focused on governing well, " O'Malley said of presidential talk during an interview.

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Mr. Armstrong denied to Ms. Winfrey the accusation that he paid off the Union Cycliste Internationale, the sport's international governing body, to get out of a positive test at the 2001 Tour de Suisse.

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However, Sheffield central MP Caborn conceded the campaign may not even get off the ground if a major decision by football's world governing body Fifa goes against England.

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