Employees could choose to swap existing public holidays for celebrations or holidays of other religions, an idea put forward as part of a review of holiday legislation.

Comment about "Man locks nurse in car boot " Phone Name Comment 0 Tuesday, 21st July 2009 - 13:48CET Man locks nurse in car boot Reuters A man who abducted a nurse in Scotland and left her tied up in the boot of her own car for 10 days was sentenced to at least eight years in jail.

COUPLES with children born out of wedlock will be offered new-style combined weddings and baptisms, the Church of England revealed yesterday.

Is the CIA being made a political football? July 16: The Washington Posta TMs David Ignatius and former CIA officer and Time.com columnist Bob Baer discuss whether the CIAa TMs failure to inform Congress about its hit squad program was a violation of the publica TMs right to know or just the latest example of how the agency is being used as a ...

Ford F-150 pickup trucks are shown in the reflection of the grill on a F-350 on a dealer lot in Sterling Heights, Mich., in this Aug.

Gov. Bill Ritter announcedthe four dates that state employees will be taking unpaid furloughs this year.

British Columbia is harmonizing its seven per cent provincial sales tax with the federal GST to create a single 12 per cent tax starting in mid-2010. The move will increase the cost of services of everything from haircuts to carpet cleaning that today include only the five per cent GST.

Phish is headed to the Coachella Valley for a three-day music festival all its own.

The North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles will start enforcing new rules on inspections next week.

Fifty Santas with big hearts and long white beards are arriving in Denver by bus, airplane and cars this Saturday, Sunday and Monday.