One driven middle-aged Englishwoman wants to "hike, hike, hike, " which she does, for 12 hours on one particular day, marching a knee-bruised, branch-lashed young guide off his feet.

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The Republicans, who can muster enough votes to block the governor's budget, refuse to consider tax increases unless they are accompanied by a root-and-branch overhaul of state finances and a mass sell-off of state assets.

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But as yet there is no smoking gun - a protein involved in regulating brain function, say - that may have caused our ape-like ancestors to branch off from chimps.

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Andrew Thomas, chairman of the Ashton-under-Lyne branch of the Manchester City Supporters Club, described the kick-off time of this year's final as "crackers".

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Apparently Bank of America had sent out a warning about Kunkin and one alert branch employee tipped off the cops when the Hungarian-passport-bearing customer walked in.

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The Varnish, brainchild of LA nightlife impresario Cedd Moses and renowned bartenders Eric Alperin and Sasha Petraske, both from Little Branch in New York, has been the go-to spot for cocktail enthusiasts, foodies and off-duty bartenders since it opened in 2009.

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