Next up is the most significant change with Windows Phone 7.8, and Redmond's sole kudo: the ability to re-size Live Tiles.

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This is because they're either structured as sole proprietorships, partnerships, S-Corps or LLCs.

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In the case of South Carolina's 1st District, that meant that the largely African-American neighborhood of North Charleston was added to the neighboring district of James Clyburn, the state's sole Democratic congressional representative, who won re-election in 2012, virtually unchallenged.

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"Grades at GCSE, A-Level or their equivalent are always hugely important, but they're never the sole criterion, " she said.

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And so we're being treated to the absurdity of conservative activist groups such as Americans for Prosperity -- whose sole purpose is to argue for cuts in government spending -- complaining about the practical effects of those very cuts on which they insisted.

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