The New York Times bluntly reported on what's likely driving some businesses in the Northeast and West to break with cap-and-trade skeptics like the Chamber and sing the bill's praises.

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And Ashcroft should know after a playing career that also included spells as a striker with Preston, twice, Wigan and West Bromwich Albion and which led to him earning an England under-21 cap.

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Nash won his first West Indies cap against Bermuda in Toronto in August, and has played five matches for them, all in 50-over-a-side internationals.

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The 57-cap international joins Wales captain Craig Bellamy on the doubtful list for Wales' summer games, while West Ham defender Danny Gabbidon is a long-term absentee.

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