Hughes, 34, will miss Dowie's influence and has enjoyed playing under his former Northern Ireland team-mate.

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It was a trip of lifetime for the 2007 All Star as he travelled throughout Down Under with his Derry and Glenullin team-mate Gerard O'Kane and a couple of other lads from his club.

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Their Ryder Cup team-mate Padraig Harrington is third on seven under.

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Stuart Broad appears to be the bowler most under pressure for his place after his Nottinghamshire team-mate Ryan Sidebottom was brought into the squad.

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There should be a debut for McAteer's Sunderland team-mate Tommy Butler, the young midfielder drafted in from the Under-21 squad on Monday.

BBC: McAteer making sense of it all

Schumacher's replacement as Juan Pablo Montoya's team-mate next year is nevertheless said by sources to be "under careful review", with Italian Giancarlo Fisichella high on the list.

BBC: Williams pledge to keep Ralf

The DCCC chairman added that Gephardt is handling the running-mate sweepstakes in the same way that most people would who are under consideration.

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But it was poor defending for County's opening goal as Mignolet and team-mate Kieran Richardson collided as they tried to clear Westcarr's cross under pressure from Hughes.

BBC: Simon Mignolet fails to deal with Craig Westcarr's cross

Leicester's Gerry Taggart is also back from the wilderness following his exclusion under McMenemy for disciplinary reasons, but is excused along with his Leicester team-mate Neil Lennon because of the Worthington Cup Final, which is just four days after the friendly.

BBC: McIlroy rings the changes

Like many vice presidential candidates in the past -- such as Republican Dan Quayle, under President Bush's father in 1988 and 1992, and Al Gore, President Clinton's running mate in 1992 and 1996 -- Cheney will be charged with drawing important distinctions with the opposition.

CNN: Playing to the base

Another poll released Thursday by Quinnipiac University showed Obama leading Romney in New Jersey, even under the hypothetical scenario that popular Republican Gov. Chris Christie was on the GOP ticket as Romney's running mate.

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