Sunderland domestic violence charity backs ex-MP to become police commissioner - Sunderland Echo
28 May 2012, 2:53 am
A CHARITY on Wearside has come out in support for a candidate for the new role of Northumbria Police and Crime commissioner. Wearside Women in Need, a women’s refuge charity, is throwing its weight behind former Redcar MP Vera Baird’s election campaign ...

Douglas Heller, 57, Springfield Twp. commissioner and historian - Philadelphia Daily News
28 May 2012, 2:03 am
Douglas J. Heller was instrumental in developing ushistory.org, a website that hundreds of publications have turned to for details about Revolutionary War events. National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition regularly credited "Doug Heller from ...

Indian High commissioner discusses housing project for east - Sri Lanka Sunday Times
27 May 2012, 9:53 pm
The Indian High commissioner in Colombo Ashok K. Kantha during a visit to the eastern province has  discussed implementation of  a  Housing Project under which 4,000 houses are to be constructed in the region. The Indian High Commission said the ...

SEC commissioner Slive favors 4-team college football playoff, not plus-1 - CharlotteObserver.com
26 May 2012, 8:21 pm
HOOVER, Ala. - Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive is standing by a four-team playoff to settle college football's national championship, not a plus-one system. Pac-12 Conference commissioner Larry Scott told The Wall Street Journal ...

Lyons: Voters may forgive, but city commissioner won't forget - Herald Tribune
25 May 2012, 6:56 pm
A colleague who is no more cynical about politics than I suggested that a North Port city commissioner's unusually embarrassing DUI arrest may not be politically fatal. Sure, David Garofalo was married, and a different married woman was with him ...

RCMP commissioner slams case of misbehaving Alberta Mountie transferred to B.C. - Calgary Herald
24 May 2012, 8:09 pm
The actions of a senior Alberta Mountie who engaged in a pattern of inappropriate behaviour and sexual misconduct, as well as the punishment he received, represent a "sorry, sad and shameful set of facts," the RCMP commissioner has told ...

Saints’ Vilma Sues NFL commissioner Goodell for Defamation - Insurance Journal
22 May 2012, 11:43 am
Suspended New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma has filed a defamation lawsuit against NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. The suit in U.S. District Court in New Orleans claims Goodell has made false statements about Vilma while discussing ...

FDA commissioner Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg to Deliver Commencement Address at Albert Einstein College of Medicine - YAHOO!
21 May 2012, 3:47 pm
BRONX, N.Y., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., will deliver the keynote address at the 2012 commencement ceremony for Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva ...

Gambling commissioner, former state senator arrested for driving drunk - Des Moines Register
19 May 2012, 2:53 pm
Former Republican Senate Leader Jeff Lamberti was arrested last night on a charge of driving drunk. Lamberti, 49, was observed by Des Moines police driving along Interstate Highway 235 in Des Moines swerving onto the shoulder and weaving lane to ...

Price-Gouged Patients, Insurance commissioner … - YAHOO!
18 May 2012, 1:14 pm
LOS ANGELES, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Patients who have suffered skyrocketing health insurance rates joined with the leaders of Consumer Watchdog Campaign to turn in more than 800,000 voter signatures for a ballot initiative requiring health ...