MPs have warned deputy prime minister John Prescott not to strip funding from weak and needy areas that cannot cope with his department's bureaucratic spending rules. [12 March 2003]

As many as two-thirds of projects set up using SRB3 funding in Rotherham could fold due to a lack of long term financial planning [12 March 2003]

Whitehall officials have been attacked for their 'apathy' towards a £1bn deal with Europe that could bring about a step change in Yorkshire's economy. [12 March 2003]

"PENTAGON THREATENS TO KILL INDEPENDENT REPORTERS IN IRAQ" [Daypop Top 40]

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New York Times article about brightly colored, toy-like, packaged dinners for kids. "The new products are a mix of adult-pleasing convenience and child-pleasing shock value ... a hamburger meal with a patty shaped like a house and cookies that look like bricks... a line of jellies for dinner rolls in flavors like watermelon, sour apple and banana... hot pink and electric blue margarine... neon-colored salad dressings with names like Purple Pizzazzz and Outrageous Orange.... blue fries, which can be dipped in the purple, orange, pink and teal ketchups..."LinkDiscuss(Thanks, Scott!)
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I need one! Check it out at ThinkGeek. [via GrillBoy]

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The 'e-Government Metadata Standard', now in draft version 2, could impact on sector information requirements. [VoluntaryNews]

Sage Line 100 and QuickBook news; PS Financials targets charities. [VoluntaryNews]