Hazell's defence counsel Lord Carlile said the change of plea was to spare Tia's family further anguish.

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In fact, thanks to technology, the pleas to spare some change for those in need now stretches on all year - with many of the requests coming from friends and family.

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Walking home from the movie theater years ago with quarters jingling in her purse, Wendy Covington always carried spare change in case she needed to use the pay phone.

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Those deemed to have spare rooms will get less benefit - a change dubbed the "bedroom tax" by the UK government's political opponents.

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If the government program is unlikely to help consumers, it is putting a little spare change in the pockets of the companies that won the storage contracts.

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Mr Field also said the police feared that the housing benefit change would encourage landlords to make up the difference by letting out their spare room to grow cannabis.

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That's a nice bit of spare change for the chancellor, especially one whose government wants to "make work pay".

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Soon enough, this fast and beautiful smartphone is going to find a new life in a drawer that holds my spare change, sunglasses, checkbook and various receipts.

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Low emissions, the use of alternative fuels or a mileage of 50 miles to the gallon or better will keep you from looking for that spare change under the floor mats.

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