• Shadow housing minister Grant Shapps said his party would scrap Hips - home information packs - if they won the next election.

    BBC: At-a-glance: Tory conference

  • Labour say the legislation will make it harder for ordinary people to seek justice because of a decision to scrap no-win, no-fee cases.

    BBC: Legal Aid and Sentencing Bill part two

  • The man standing trial - 39-year-old scrap dealer David Morris - is accused of the brutal murders after he advances toward Mandy Power were spurned.

    BBC: A family 'loved and cherished'

  • The drivers tried to downplay the confrontation after arriving in the desert this week, but it's been hard to avoid, with video of the scrap-and-dash being shown all over in promos for the race and replays.

    NPR: Edwards Ends Long Drought At Phoenix

  • So it was that in 1968 Labour's Michael Foot - who wanted to scrap the Lords altogether - united with the then Tory Enoch Powell - who wanted it to stay just as it was - and led a coalition which defeated change.

    BBC: Lords reform simple? Never

  • To bolster his contrarian argument, he points out that an officially appointed committee of experts has just recommended that his state scrap the fee-for-service model of reimbursement, which many economists believe is at the heart of America's health-inflation problem.

    ECONOMIST: Health reform

  • Although they have branched out into other occupations, their distinctive trades, as in Europe, include scrap-metal dealing, car repair and fortune-telling.

    ECONOMIST: Gypsies in America

  • FirstGroup said it was "disappointed" with the decision to scrap the multi-billion-pound contract.

    BBC: UK

  • Scrap the mind-numbingly complex, loophole-filled, savings-averse code, advises the editor-in-chief of this magazine, in favor of one elegant, clear rate.

    FORBES: A Kinder, Gentler Flat Tax

  • Michael Gove is about to perform a screeching U-turn on his plan to scrap GCSEs - an exam he has repeatedly described as discredited and lacking credibility with employers.

    BBC: Michael Gove on exams: U-turn or tweak?

  • Longtime Forbes columnist Jerry Flint, meanwhile, thinks Toyota and other carmakers should scrap their electronic drive-by-wire systems.

    FORBES: Wednesday Briefing: Toyota Hearings Continue, Wellpoint CEO to Testify

  • The advertisers however want to scrap the "pay-per-play" system altogether and instead pay actors a flat rate for all their ad work.

    BBC: Strikers attract star support

  • Proposals to scrap the qualifications - which have now been dropped - would have added to growing differences with the Welsh system.

    BBC: GCSE re-grades: WJEC fears repeat in Wales

  • The typical at-home trader is still more like Jack Scheib, a 63-year-old scrap metal broker in Dallas who took up serious options trading three years ago, and who I was set to feature in a story about retirees who are trading.

    FORBES: More Women Are Trading - Here's Why

  • Japanese electric-furnace steelmakers, who complain of scrap-metal shortages, are being forced to cut production.

    ECONOMIST: The rising price of cardboard

  • So why not raise the quota--or better yet--scrap it altogether?

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

  • The new measures - which will include a halt to scrap being sold for cash - come ahead of a bill tabled by Richard Ottaway MP which is making its way through parliament.

    BBC: Stolen plaque broken into pieces

  • While the lumbering relics of the computing past are torn up for scrap--or, if they're lucky, stashed away in a museum--games such as Pac Man or Galaga are endlessly recycled for use in online services, such as X-Box Live, or on mobile phones and handheld devices.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • One of his first, and most unpopular, acts was to scrap the much-loved but decrepit fleet of Routemaster double-decker buses, dating from the 1950s.

    CNN: London mayoral election: Battle of the buses

  • Indeed, the action pounds so thick and fast, it's a relief when hard-working composer John Powell grants us a brief reprieve for a brutal hand-to-hand scrap scored only to thumps, bumps and grunts.

    CNN: Review: 'Bourne' a thrill-a-minute powerhouse

  • He occasionally traded his "breadwinner"--the cart used to haul cans from the trash dump to the scrap dealer--for alcohol.

    FORBES: Creative Giving

  • For instance, one way to pay for bringing the uninsured into the health-care system (a noble Democratic priority) is to scrap a distorting tax-deduction that veils the true cost of health insurance, a policy espoused by John McCain last year.

    ECONOMIST: A difficult summer for the White House

  • The truth is that the DoD is suggesting that they sell non-nuclear and non-radioactive scrap metal into the scrap metal chain.

    FORBES: Does The DoD Want To Kill Us All With Radioactive Nuclear Scrap Metal? No, No Not Really

  • And they threatened to scrap the entire campaign -- like they did for the 2004-2005 season, which was also due to labor strife -- if a deal couldn't be reached in January.

    CNN: After long labor standoff, NHL players finally back on ice

  • Among Johnson's pledges was to scrap the accordion-like bendy buses and replace them with a British-built Routemaster, which appeared on the streets this year.

    CNN: London mayoral election: Battle of the buses

  • The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats pledged to scrap control orders - introduced to monitor the movements and communications of suspected terrorists - and replace them with a suitable alternative.

    BBC: Terrorism Prevention Bill part one

  • With one exception: since the review's publication there has been simmering rage over a plan to scrap 80 Harrier jump-jets and Ark Royal, an aircraft-carrier, and to keep the RAF's Tornado fleet.

    ECONOMIST: Why scrapping the Harrier aircraft looks like a mistake

  • Even as one lot of American diplomats shot down the extension of the BWC, others were busy reiterating their country's determination to scrap the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) treaty, a cornerstone of international arms-control for the past 30 years.

    ECONOMIST: A running feud

  • Mittal figured he could cut his raw-material costs in half by buying direct-reduced iron rather than scrap.

    FORBES: Carnegie would be jealous

  • Ofsted has recently announced plans - that are currently out for consultation -, to introduce no-notice inspections for all schools and to scrap the "satisfactory" rating and replace it with "requires improvement".

    BBC: Heads attack chief inspector's 'bully boy tactics'

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