• It's not just the plan conservatives are unhappy with, but how it was first unveiled as well -- out of the blue at Tuesday's town-hall debate during which Republicans were instead hoping McCain would present a spirited attack on what they view as Obama's overly liberal positions.

    CNN: McCain faces conservative backlash over mortgage plan

  • Highlights of this year's BBC Proms - which feature two months of music at London's Royal Albert Hall - have included a Wallace and Gromit prom and the event's first Brazilian orchestra, who flew in from Sao Paulo.

    BBC: Last Night of Proms in 3D cinemas

  • In the courtyard, the stone St Patrick's cross replicates the worn original in the Rock of Cashel's 15th-century Hall of the Vicars Choral, which was built to house the cathedral's male choristers.

    BBC: Who was the real St Patrick?

  • Polling stations will be situated at the Sea Cadet Hall in Tromode (district one -Garden City), St Andrew's Church Hall, Glencrutchery Road (district two - Somerset), All Saints Church Hall, Alexander Drive (districts three and four - Albany and Ballabrooie) and Trinity Methodist Church Hall, Rosemount (district five - Eastfield).

    BBC: A man walks into a polling station

  • During World War II, Lambeth Palace's Great Hall - which housed much of the library's early collection - took a direct hit from an incendiary bomb.

    BBC: The curious tale of the stolen books

  • Walk another 20 yards and you will see rubble from the derelict Maerdy Workingmen's Hall - built with funds raised by miners - which is in the process of being demolished.

    BBC: 'Little Moscow' remembers strike

  • Which is why the Ohio General Assembly authorized that a stretch of State Route 2 in Lorain County -- David Hall's home county -- be named, now and forever, to honor him.

    CNN: In Ohio, signs of soldiers' sacrifice

  • When you're done, hop on the bus for the Scandal Tour, which takes travelers to the sites of several infamous events in American history, including the Watergate break-in, Gary Hart's tryst with Donna Rice, and Ollie North and Fawn Hall's document-shredding party.

    CNN: Travel - Brave crowds, be part of history during inaugural week

  • Though the only audience Kirshner says he's concerned with is inside the convention hall--he's quick to point out he's employed by the DNC, rather than a broadcast network--he's optimistic about this year's television ratings given all of the interest that the primary race garnered.

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  • In order to see how he was shaping up in his attempt to accurately bring Robinson's skills to life, Boseman would watch a split-screen of his own practices next to some of Robinson's Hall of Fame footage -- so he could see "how bad I was" compared to Robinson.

    CNN: Stars of '42' talk Jackie Robinson's legacy

  • Mr Graham said there were also plans to build a 100-seat cinema, modelled on Shrewsbury's Old Market Hall, and a 400-seat theatre.

    BBC: Wellington Clifton cinema restoration plans

  • In the penultimate game of the Magic extravganza, the opening try came when Burrow's cross-field kick found Hall in the corner.

    BBC: Catalans Dragons 16-36 Leeds

  • The one in the Troll-King's hall (famous for its musical bits) and the whole business of turning Peer into a troll are hard to fathom.

    WSJ: "Peer" Pressure | Peer Gynt | San Francisco Symphony Orchestra | By David Littlejohn

  • Eight new works have been commissioned to celebrate the return of the Southbank Centre's fully-restored Royal Festival Hall organ which made its debut there in 1954.

    BBC: Entertainment & Arts

  • The Wall Street banker-turned-lingerie queen rented nothing less than New York's famed Carnegie Hall, plus a whole 85-piece orchestra, so she could regale 2, 500 of her dearest friends and family -- including dad, Manila construction tycoon Felipe Cruz -- with compositions by Schumann and Rachmaninov.

    CNN: ASIANOW - Asiaweek

  • Before facing questions from a crowd of more than 30, 000, the 82-year-old Buffett toured the meeting's 200, 000-square-foot exhibit hall.

    NPR: What's Happening At Buffett's Annual Meeting

  • About a fifth of Britain's private-sector employees work for heavily indebted companies owned by private-equity firms, notes Christopher Hall, a lawyer who sits on the EHYA's insolvency-reform committee.

    ECONOMIST: European bankruptcy laws

  • Syracuse rallied from a 10-point deficit in the last five minutes, but Elashier Hall's attempt at a game-tying 3-pointer with three seconds left went off the right side of the rim with three seconds left.

    WSJ: Creighton hangs on to defeat Syracuse 61-56

  • Organizers converted the convention center's massive, bare-bones exhibit hall into a slightly less bare-bones ballroom.

    CNN: Obamas party with 30,000 close friends

  • An investigation was launched but, in the meantime, the pair also killed Hall's half-brother, Donald, in Cumbria.

    BBC: The biggest cases of Scotland's smallest police force

  • And Leeds City Council has taken Savile's name off an inscription on a wall commemorating high-profile citizens at the city's Civic Hall.

    BBC: Sir Jimmy Savile

  • Seton Hall's long-term objective, Felt said, is to build its season-ticket base.

    WSJ: Seton Hall vs. Syracuse: An Open Hall With an Orange Twist

  • But although you know they will both do the same thing and bang it up the middle, it's a good opportunity for Turner-Hall.

    BBC: Jeremy Guscott column

  • Just days after the sequel to Hilary Mantel's Booker Prize-winning novel Wolf Hall was announced, the author has revealed plans for a third instalment.

    BBC: Hilary Mantel reveals plans for Wolf Hall trilogy

  • This year's competition - which also saw Jerry Hall, Lisa Riley and Fern Britton take part - regularly beat ITV rival The X Factor in the ratings.

    BBC: Strictly Come Dancing: Louis Smith lifts the trophy

  • Aside from Hall's hat-trick, stand-off Danny Washbrook was superb in both attack and defence and his contribution to the win was equally decisive for the home side.

    BBC: Hull 40-14 Castleford

  • Mantel's Booker Prize-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies chart the rise and fall of Thomas Cromwell, a powerful minister in the court of Henry VIII.

    BBC: Hilary Mantel

  • The review of the report is under way with a public process meeting at the council's civic hall before an all-day select committee style hearing on 21 November.

    BBC: Twin Sails bridge

  • Craig Hall's kick-off flew out on the full and Evans pounced on Deacon's grubber kick to put the first points on the board after only 78 seconds and, two minutes later, Jeffries sliced through Hull's defence and fed Newton on his inside shoulder.

    BBC: Bradford 42-14 Hull

  • Last week, Mr. Bronfman joined the Emerson String Quartet at New York's Carnegie Hall for an all-Brahms program, and this week he partners with Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic at Avery Fisher Hall in four performances of the composer's Piano Concerto No. 1.

    WSJ: The Importance of Second Chances | Yefim Bronfman | Cultural Conversation by David Mermelstein

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