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DWP spent £6,299 on one chairTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 2:52AMThe Department for Work and Pensions spent £3m on chairs between 2007 and today, the most expensive of which cost £6,299 alone. Figures published today by the department reveal that in 2007 an "EMOVE2-65 Motorised Office Chair 65" was bought at a cost of £6,299.

Chambersburg: Labor Day crowd rallies for changeTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 2:37AMMore than 200 people gathered Monday on Memorial Square for a rally sponsored by the South Central PA Tea Party. Orators called for a change in the state and federal governments as well as a change in local government, local media and the local electorate.

Behind the scenes of ABC's 'Detroit 1-8-7'Tuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 2:33AMWhile the Motor City will sparkle with Hollywood glitz and glam at tonight's "Detroit 1-8-7" premiere party at the MGM Grand Detroit, the behind-the-scenes action has been anything but flashy.

Small fish fuels big environmental feudTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 2:17AMREEDVILLE — Like the whaling city of New Bedford, the Chesapeake Bay fishing village of Reedville prospered from the sea — not from the leviathans celebrated by Melville but a small, oily fish whose pungent scent envelops the stately Victorians lining Main Street.

Voters to decide on longer supervisor’s termTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 1:49AMChester Chester voters will decide in November whether to extend the town supervisor’s term from two years to four.

Feeling itchy? It could be bedbugsSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 7:05AMBedbug infestations in New York have raised national media attention to the pests, which feed off people’s blood and excruciate people with their bites. But large cities have experienced concerning levels of bed bug cases. And there are signs that the scourge may be beginning to come into Stark County.

Comments from Dispatch Poll participantsSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 6:33AMThe Daily Briefing The Dispatch’s public affairs team sates the appetites of political junkies with bite-sized portions of the news and what's behind it.

Save Our Youth seeks new office spaceSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 6:28AMThe Save Our Youth Task Force is looking for a new home.

Powell: Best pension system reform: Get rid of itSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 5:18AMFor years Connecticut state government has been funding itself by raiding the state employee pension fund, an abuse that worsened by $315 million in the last two years as the Rell administration and General Assembly could not bring themselves to cut spending to match the decline in tax revenue.