Unison said 95% of members, which include administrative and nursing staff, had already voted in favour of taking strike action and 98% voted in favour of industrial action short of strike action, in a ballot last month.

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Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, both appearing on the ballot for the first time, fell well short.

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In California, where his petition drive fell well short, his campaign is considering new ways to try to get on the ballot -- keeping the information close to the vest lest Democrats try to thwart him.

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Unite said it was beginning the legal process to ballot its 450 paramedics and other ambulance staff members for strike action or industrial action short of a strike.

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