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The Lanesborough, Oetker Collection - A Leading Hotel of The World
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What's around The Lanesborough, Oetker Collection - A Leading Hotel of The World
- In London City Centre
- Hyde Park - 2 min walk
- Green Park - 3 min walk
- Harrods - 11 min walk
- Buckingham Palace - 11 min walk
- Hyde Park Corner - 1 min walk
- Sloane Street - 8 min walk
- Apsley House - 2 min walk
Getting around
- London (LHR-Heathrow) - 35 min drive
- London (LGW-Gatwick) - 81 min drive
- London (LCY-London City) - 41 min drive
- London Victoria Rail Station - 12 min walk
- London Charing Cross Station - 27 min walk
- London Paddington Station - 10 min drive
- Hyde Park Corner Underground Station - 2 min walk
- Knightsbridge Underground Station - 7 min walk
- Green Park Underground Station - 11 min walk
At a glance
Key facts
Hotel size
- This hotel has 93 rooms
- This hotel is arranged over 4 floors
- Check-in time 3:00 PM-midnight
- Check-out time is noon
- Express check-out
Required at check-in
- Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
- Government-issued photo ID required
- Minimum check-in age is 18
Travelling with others
- No cribs (infant beds)
- Babysitting/childcare *
- Pets stay free
- Specific rooms only, restrictions apply *
- Free WiFi in public areas
- Free WiFi in rooms
- Valet parking *
Payment types at the property
- Cash
Other information
- Smoke-free property
In the hotel
- English breakfast daily (surcharge)
- 2 bars/lounges
- Restaurant
- 24-hour room service
- Indoor pool 1
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Health club
- Steam room
- Sauna
- Conference space
- Meeting rooms
- 24-hour front desk
- Concierge services
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Hair salon
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Luggage storage
- Wedding services
- Porter
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Year Built – 1991
- Lift
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
- Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
- Wheelchair-accessible parking
- Arabic
- Bulgarian
- Chinese
- English
- Filipino
- French
- Georgian
- German
- Greek
- Hindi
- Italian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Slovenian
- Spanish
- Turkish
In the room
- Air conditioning
- Minibar
- Turndown service
- Premium bedding
- Designer toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Flat-screen TV
- Pay movies
- Premium TV channels
- Tablet computer
- Desk
- Free newspaper
- Free WiFi
- Free local calls
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- In-room safe
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
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Special features
Lanesborough Club & Spa has 5 treatment rooms including rooms for couples. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, sports massages, and Swedish massages. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy, Ayurvedic, and reflexology. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a spa tub, a steam room, and Turkish bath/hammam.
The spa is open daily. Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa.
DiningCéleste - This fine-dining restaurant specializes in British cuisine and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner.
The Library Bar - This bar specializes in British cuisine and serves light fare only. Open daily.
The Garden Room - This cocktail bar overlooks the garden. Open daily.
Awards and affiliations
- The Lanesborough, Oetker Collection - A Leading Hotel of The World is listed in the 2016 Condé Nast Traveler Hot List and the 2018 Travel + Leisure 500.
- The property is a member of the Leading Hotels of the World.
The Lanesborough, Oetker Collection - A Leading Hotel of The World's small print
Also known as
- Lanesborough Oetker Collection Hotel London
- The Lanesborough an Oetker Collection Hotel
- The Lanesborough Oetker Collection A Leading Hotel of The World
- Lanesborough Oetker Collection Hotel
- Lanesborough London
- Lanesborough
- St Regis London
- London St Regis
- The Lanesborough London, England
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
For details on pet restrictions and to request pet-friendly rooms, contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation.
Guests under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa.
Long-term renters welcome.Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property. The policies listed are provided by the property.
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments and can be made by contacting the property before arrival at the number on the booking confirmation.
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
Optional extras
Early check-in can be arranged for an extra charge (subject to availability, amount varies)
Late check-out can be arranged for an extra charge (subject to availability, amount varies)
Self parking costs GBP 60 per night
Valet parking costs GBP 60 per night
Rollaway beds are available for GBP 85.0 per night
English breakfast is offered for an extra charge of GBP 38 per person (approximately)
Babysitting/childcare is available for an extra charge
We have included all charges provided to us by this property. However, charges can vary, for example, based on length of stay or the unit you book.
Recent reviews
Exceptional 9.8 From 52 reviews
Clearly a 10 at all levels. As always ...
One of the best hotels in London. We took advantage of everything they had to offer. Visited the spa everyday, in-room breakfast was amazing (especially the truffle eggs), the concierge service recommend and arranged 2 of the finest restaurants in the city and spent the evening in the bar for cocktails. While we didn't see them, staff said the royal family Ian usually in there a time least once a week. Wonderful hotel.
The best in London, without question, in my experience. The staff are welcoming in this hotel with less than 100 rooms. Great spa , Michelin starred restaurant, and The Library may be the best cocktail bar in Europe.
An absolutely beautiful city hotel with lovely rooms and outstanding service and amenities. The most comfortable bed ANYWHERE I've stayed in Europe -- and a beautiful, quiet room in spite of the central location -- such a relief! Delicious food, fun bar downstairs, wonderful service and recommendations, terrific concierge. Everything was even better than expected, and I'm a tough critic. There was a misunderstanding about our reservation, and they went absolutely above and beyond to ensure that we were more than happy with the resolution. Truly an outstanding hotel with dedicated staff at every level and a sincere commitment to excellence and guests!
Simply one of the best hotels on the planet!
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"Why pay a fishing guide? I know how to fish!" Often the question on many people's mind and please understand, I take absolutely no offence to this sentiment whatsoever! For many anglers the thought of sharing any of their time (and money!) with a guide in Assynt is a ridiculous idea, no matter how 'good' they might be. To explore and discover for yourself is exactly what I have done for over three-quarters of my life and you know what?… It was (and still is) absolutely brilliant!
But I am lucky. I am SO lucky! To have grown up here with a father who was a great supporter of my earliest fishing exploits and to have enjoyed seemingly endless summers wandering the hills and glens of Assynt, sometimes with a friend, often alone and always happy. 'Lucky' does not begin to express my gratitude for finding myself in this place, having lived the life I have had. I have had the enviable luxury of time, lots and lots of time!
< A somewhat shell-shocked young S. Yates Esq. with a rather splendid Sea Trout, back in the days when there were enough to keep the occasional good-sized one for the pan!
A Half Day to get you started and an insight into some of options to explore further. Or a Full Day to really begin to perfect those methods, discuss Assynt's full potential and maybe even combine two or even three different types of fishing into the day. I can guarantee that you will get a lot from our time together.

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Marathon, Half Marathon, & 5KJanuary 13, 2018
Time: 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Price: $30-$100
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Phone: 478-923-6600
The races are hosted by the Museum of Aviation Foundation and the three races are run on Robins Air Force Base next to the Museum of Aviation. Registration is in the Century of Flight hangar. Runners of every race receive a participation medal!
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I said in my first blog on Freddie Gray, days after Mosby sensationally announced her charges, that she was setting up the false expectation that a crime was committed and that convictions would follow. She showed only the weakest of evidence in her probable cause statement, and it got worse over time. When the autopsy report revealed that she could not prove her case, the Sun said nothing. NOTHING. It had been moralizing and pronouncing legal judgments all over the place (see below), but went silent when the autopsy report made clear that an accident had occurred. The editors never delved into, never elucidated for its readers, the difference between civil and criminal standards of conduct, but instead helped perpetuate the false belief that they were one and the same. All it wanted after the autopsy report was leaked was for the trials to stay in Baltimore, where it was most likely that citizens would also confuse the issues. Take a quote from a citizen in the same edition as the editorial: "The city gave the family all that money. They practically said [Porter] was guilty. How can the jury not find him guilty?" And nearly every other quote from Baltimore citizens expressed surprise at the failure to convict.
Wouldn't it have been refreshing had the editors said, "Our bad. We trusted that Mosby had the evidence, that she knew what she was doing, and we were wrong. Instead they wrote two pusillanimous editorials after the verdict defending themselves.
December 18, 2015
Page Croyder is mad as hell
She's the former prosecutor who has taken to writing about her former office and its overreaching prosecution of the six Baltimore cops who in the neighborhood when Freddie Gray died in police custody. Here's her latest:
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- aNanyMouse said...
You may want to read a debate about this Gray/ Porter stuff, between David Simon (author of The Wire) and reader M. Gatelly, at http://davidsimon.com/aint-no-justice-its-just-us/#comments .
- December 19, 2015 at 11:40 AM
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It's almost time for college move-in day. These top tips for moving into a dorm can help the process go more smoothly. For five years Hubby and I have traveled to help our daughters move-into a college dorm. Here are a few things that the colleges didn't tell us.
Expect crowded parking at the dorms.
On college move-in day parking around the dorm is going to be packed. One of the top tips for move-in day is to pick your arrival time before traveling to the school. Crowds seem to be thinnest very early, very late and around lunchtime.
Don't arrive on college move-in day.
A lesser known tip to to arrive on an alternate day. Sometimes arrangements can be made to arrive a day ahead of the official date. Failing that, the next day is less crowded.
Bring hand trucks or a cart.
You'll be able to work faster and more efficiently with a cart. It seems obvious but I wish someone had given us this tip the first time we moved our daughter in. Carts and hand trucks makes college move-in day go much faster.
Bring straps or tie downs for the hand trucks or cart.
We also missed this obvious tip the first time through. It's very disheartening to see everything fall off of the hand trucks after its loaded. Trust me on this.
Opt for a pizza perfect move.
Have your student put the word out to round up 2-3 helpers. Offer to buy pizza for anyone who helps your student lug stuff to the dorm on college move-in day. This is one of the best tips we've found yet. You may be surprised at how quickly the moving goes.
Allow extra time.
This is one of the big tips that we learned. Don't be in a hurry to travel back home. No matter how much time you allow for college move-in day it is never enough.
Bring strapping tape and scissors.
These are lifesavers. You may not need them but when you do, you really do. Tuck them into a purse or backpack so you can get to them easily. Bags rip. Boxes need to be secured. Suitcase tags get caught. This is one of the college move-in day tips that the schools should always suggest.
Be patient.
Thousands of other parents are sending their kids off to college. Move-in day will be the last time they see the students for awhile. Have extra patience for parents who are saying goodbye. It helps the day go more smoothly.
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To address these essential questions, the book invites the reader to contemplate the origins of their ideas on love, their ideas of what constitutes the "perfect" mate, their ideas of their own personal "type" and, most important, their ideas of themselves, including their own capacity to love and be loved.
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Want to make Salvadoran pupusas de queso? Here's my recipe, plus a recipe for curtido to go with them!
What you need:
1 lb. whole milk mozzarella cheese, softened (directions below)
(Optional: For Pupusas de Frijol con Queso, you'll also need 1/2 cup frijoles molidos de seda)
For the masa/dough:
3 cups MASECA
2 1/2 cups water (add more if needed to obtain a dough that is moist but that you can form with your hands)
a little less than 1/2 tsp. salt
1. To soften the cheese, place it in a warm water bath while it is still in the plastic packaging. After about 10 minutes, drain the water and open the package. Knead the cheese by hand until soft. (For Pupusas de Frijol con Queso, add the frijoles molidos to the cheese now.) This will be your pupusa filling. Set the mixture aside.
5. In a large bowl sprinkle salt over MASECA and then pour in water. Mix by hand until combined. It's best to work the masa for several minutes and then let it rest.
6. To form pupusas, take a large handful of masa, (slightly bigger than a golf ball), and pat it into a tortilla. Cup your hand so the tortilla forms a bowl-like shape. In the hollow, place a large pinch of the pupusa filling. Close your hand gently to fold the sides up around the filling and form the ball again. Pat out into a thick tortilla shape and then place on a hot griddle, comal or non-stick frying pan. (No oil is needed!) Flip to cook on each side. Serve with salsa and curtido.
Note: Mozzarella cheese is what is most easily available in the United States and what many Salvadorans in the United States use. If you have an international market near you, check to see if you can find "Queso Especial Para Pupusas" or "Quesillo Especial Salvadoreño."
Salvadoran Curtido
* 1/2 head of cabbage chopped fine
* 1/2 cup grated carrot
* 2 green onions, minced
* 1/2 white onion sliced thin
* 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
* Salt to taste
* Dried oregano to taste
Bring a pot of water to a boil. Remove from heat and put the cabbage and carrot into the water. Let sit for 5 minutes and then drain. (A little water remaining is fine.) Add the other ingredients. Adjust apple cider vinegar to your tastes. If you find it too strong, add a little warm water. Best to let the flavors combine for a couple hours at room temperature, but can be served right away. You can be creative with this – try sliced radishes or sliced green peppers in the curtido, too. If you like it spicy try crushed red pepper flakes, jalapeños or other chiles, although these aren't usually found in traditional curtido.
Curtido is always eaten with pupusas. Most people pour salsa over the curtido.


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Vous Lé Vous (Hasselt)
The Place
Vous lé Vous is a Bed & Breakfast and Restaurant in Wimmertingen, near Hasselt. Established in a nice old farmhouse, the place has a certain comforting and rustic charm.
We booked an arrangement formula including two nights in the beautiful Vanilla suite, two dinners and two breakfasts. The Vanilla suite is lovely decorated and fully equipped with a rain shower, bubble bath and terrace.
The place is run by Giovani Oosters and his wife Annelies Santens.
Giovani cooks creative, light and fresh and learnt the cooking tricks in restaurants like "Hof van Cleve". He is also organizing cooking workshops and catering activities.
The Food
We stayed two nights and enjoyed two different menus. Unfortunately I don't have any notes on the menus any more, but we remember them as balanced, creative and light – without taking too many risks. Here are some pictures from their website:
Menus come for 55 euro for 4 courses (with 7 appetizers), 65 euro for 5 courses and 75 euro for 6 courses. In our formula (2 nights, 2 diners, and 2 x breakfast) they were even cheaper.
The Wines
The wines were good and sommelier was really friendly and helpful.
The "Belgian Taste Buds" Experience
We enjoyed a great weekend at Vous lé Vous and thought the price quality ratio was very good: we paid only 270 euro for the whole package (2 nights in the suite, 2 dinners, and 2 x breakfast).
Belgian Taste Buds:
– Food Buds 7/10
– Wine Pairing Buds 7/10
– Price/Quality Buds 9/10
– Experience Buds 8/10
Vous lé Vous
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Hastings Net Huts, East Sussex Print
This image of the Hastings Net Huts, as seen by night, represent a set of landmark seafront structures in the East Sussex seaside town of Hastings. The huts have been awarded Grade II listed status by English Heritage because of their importance. Located in The Stade near Rock-a-Nore Road.
English Heritage said they were a rare example of "buildings intrinsic to the British coastal fishing industry".
The huts originate from the 16th Century but have been rebuilt a number of times.They were first used to house nets for catching mackerel and herring.
Unframed, limited edition giclée print on heavy weight Hahnemühle fine art paper - the finest paper available for giclée printing in terms of archival qualities and print fidelity. Each print is signed by the artist, embossed and numbered as part of a strictly limited edition of 100.
Size: H50 x W70cm (19 ¾ x 27 ½ ")


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What is a Honeypot?
A honeypot is a computer security mechanism set to detect, deflect, or, in some manner, counteract attempts at unauthorized use of information systems. Generally, a honeypot consists of a computer, data, or a network site that appears to be part of a network, but is actually isolated and monitored, and which seems to contain information or a resource of value to attackers. This is similar to the police baiting a criminal and then conducting undercover surveillance.
Honeypots can be classified based on their deployment (use/action) and based on their level of involvement. Based on deployment, honeypots may be classified as:
- production honeypots
- research honeypots
Production honeypots are easy to use, capture only limited information, and are used primarily by companies or corporations. Production honeypots are placed inside the production network with other production servers by an organization to improve their overall state of security. Normally, production honeypots are low-interaction honeypots, which are easier to deploy. They give less information about the attacks or attackers than research honeypots.
Research honeypots are run to gather information about the motives and tactics of the Blackhat community targeting different networks. These honeypots do not add direct value to a specific organization; instead, they are used to research the threats that organizations face and to learn how to better protect against those threats. Research honeypots are complex to deploy and maintain, capture extensive information, and are used primarily by research, military, or government organizations.
Based on design criteria, honeypots can be classified as:
- pure honeypots
- high-interaction honeypots
- low-interaction honeypots
Pure honeypots are full-fledged production systems. The activities of the attacker are monitored by using a casual tap that has been installed on the honeypot's link to the network. No other software needs to be installed. Even though a pure honeypot is useful, stealthiness of the defense mechanisms can be ensured by a more controlled mechanism.
High-interaction honeypots imitate the activities of the production systems that host a variety of services and, therefore, an attacker may be allowed a lot of services to waste his time. By employing virtual machines, multiple honeypots can be hosted on a single physical machine. Therefore, even if the honeypot is compromised, it can be restored more quickly. In general, high-interaction honeypots provide more security by being difficult to detect, but they are expensive to maintain. If virtual machines are not available, one physical computer must be maintained for each honeypot, which can be exorbitantly expensive.
Low-interaction honeypots simulate only the services frequently requested by attackers. Since they consume relatively few resources, multiple virtual machines can easily be hosted on one physical system, the virtual systems have a short response time, and less code is required, reducing the complexity of the virtual system's security.


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Washington (CNN) - If the new requirement that no-fly lists be checked by airlines every two hours had been in place, Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad would have been stopped before boarding a plane, Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday.
Pressed by lawmakers at a Senate hearing, Holder said the requirement for airlines to check no-fly lists every two hours instead of 24 hours likely could have prompted authorities at the airport to apprehend Shahzad sooner.
Shahzad was arrested late Monday at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport after boarding a flight bound for Dubai, United Arab Emirates. His final destination was Pakistan.
The Emirates plane had pulled away from the gate but was ordered back by customs officials. Shahzad was taken into custody.
Holder reiterated his statement to reporters Tuesday that he personally was "never worried" Shahzad would manage to escape, but acknowledged not everything went right.
Washington (CNN) - The 59th annual National Day of Prayer was held Thursday against a backdrop of controversy and growing doubts about the future of the event, which a federal judge recently declared unconstitutional.
President Truman signed a bill establishing an official National Day of Prayer in 1952, but U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb in Wisconsin ruled April 15 that the law violates the ban on government-backed religion.
The Justice Department is appealing the case on behalf of the White House. An injunction against the National Day of Prayer will not take effect until all government appeals have been exhausted.
Several events to mark the day were scheduled Thursday across Washington, including services at the Pentagon, the Cannon House Office Building and on the steps of the Capitol.
Updated: 2:14 p.m.
President Obama has met in recent days with four leading candidates for the Supreme Court. (PHOTO CREDIT: Getty Images)
Washington (CNN) - CNN has reported President Barack Obama has personally met with four leading candidates for the upcoming Supreme Court vacancy. The president is expected to announce his nominee in coming days.
Here are summaries of the four people believed to be finalists for the seat held by retiring Justice John Paul Stevens, and a list of arguments for and against their nominations:
Washington (CNNMoney.com) - As the Senate continues to debate the Wall Street reform over these next few weeks, there is one issue that threatens to derail final passage: Consumer protection.
Democrats and Republicans have been arguing about consumer protection for months without making any compromise. And it's the one area that, so far, neither side has shown any willingness to bend on.
While political divisions have taken a back seat in many parts of the Wall Street reform bill, they've been front and center on the issue of creating a new agency to monitor consumer protection.
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Washington (CNN) - Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland, a battle-tested campaigner hailing from a critical bellwether state, is warning congressional Democrats that they risk blowback in November if they attempt to pass immigration reform and climate change legislation ahead of the midterm vote.
"I think we need to proceed with some awareness of the potential political consequences of the actions that are undertaken here in Washington," Strickland said Thursday in a sit-down with CNN reporters and producers.
The governor, facing a difficult re-election campaign against Republican John Kasich, is in the nation's capital for a series of meetings and fundraisers. Strickland served six terms in the House, representing coal-rich portions of eastern Ohio, before winning the governorship in 2006.
Though he expressed general support for climate legislation and said "it will eventually happen," he questioned whether the Obama administration should make it a priority this year.
"When I say the climate change issue could be a problem, it's the timing and it's the specific nature of the legislation," he said.
Washington (CNN) – Rep. Joe Sestak unveiled what may be his final salvo against Sen. Arlen Specter, tying him to former President George W. Bush and former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin Thursday in a new television ad meant to appeal to Democratic primary voters.
The commercial comes less than two weeks before Pennsylvania Democrats choose their nominee for the Senate. Recent polls show that Sestak, who has been trailing in the polls, is now within striking distance of Specter, a Republican who switched his party affiliation to Democrat last year.
In the 30-second spot, Bush is seen calling Specter an "ally" and says that "he is the right man for the United States Senate." Specter's own words are used against him twice, with footage of him saying "my change in party will enable me to be re-elected," touting his 2009 party switch.
The ad also hits Specter over an issue that looms large for voters in the upcoming 2010 midterm elections: high unemployment numbers. "Arlen Specter switched parties to save one job: his, not yours," an announcer is heard saying at the close of the ad.
London, England (CNN) – As Britons head to the polls Thursday in what is clearly a historic election, comparisons to the 2008 U.S. presidential race are everywhere: from intense voter interest, to candidate debates and references to telegenic politicians.
But no comparison may be more unexpected than that made on the front page of The Sun, a Fleet Street newspaper, which borrowed the iconic Barack Obama "Hope" campaign poster to endorse Conservative David Cameron. Cameron's image graces the newspaper with the message, "Our Only Hope" and underscores the strange bedfellow relationship that has developed between Cameron and President Obama.
(View the full image of The Sun's front page after the jump)
Cameron and Obama are hardly ideological soul mates, as Obama's Democratic Party is by and large liberal, while Cameron's Tory party is conservative. But the two men have more in common than you might think. Cameron is relying on strategic advice from two well-known American political consultants, Anita Dunn and Bill Knapp. Dunn and Knapp were key advisors to Obama during his successful presidential bid and Dunn went on to work as the White House communications director for a period of time before returning to the private sector.
And British commentators have repeatedly compared Cameron's campaign style to that of Obama. On the final day of campaigning, Cameron dragged the media to a fish and chips restaurant in Scotland where he promptly purchased 26 meals for his campaign staff and the media. Virtually every commentator called the move distinctly Obama-like.
Washington (CNN) - Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman are working to resurrect long-planned climate change legislation that got knocked off track last month after Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham abandoned plans to participate.
Two Senate sources familiar with the plans confirm that Kerry, D-Massachusetts, and Lieberman, I-Connecticut, will likely hold a press conference next week to announce their bill. But Kerry told CNN Thursday that the details of when to unveil it are still being worked out.
One of the sources said that Kerry continued to hold meetings with colleagues, business and environmental leaders and others even after original plans for a bipartisan bill with Graham crumbled.
"We have a bill and we want people to see it," said the source.
Looming large over this legislation is the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The broad measure is expected to include proposals to expand both on- and offshore oil drilling.
Sources familiar with the senators' plans say Kerry and Lieberman intend to keep those proposals in their bill, but they understand safety regulations and standards will and should be scrutinized and added to their legislation in the wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida has vowed to filibuster any legislation that includes an expansion of offshore drilling.
New York (CNNMoney.com) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday the central bank is working to increase oversight of financial institutions, even as Congress debates a package of Wall Street reforms.
In a speech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Bernanke said he "supports" ongoing efforts in Congress to reform financial regulation. But he added that the Fed is already taking steps to tighten up oversight of the banking system.
"While these legislative steps are necessary, we are not waiting to implement improvements that can be accomplished within our existing authority," he said.
"Now we are working with banks to ensure they improve their risk-measurement and risk management as well as strengthen their liquidity and capital levels while also providing the credit that households and businesses need," the Fed chairman added.
Bernanke said any reform package should give regulators the power to break up financial institutions that could threaten the economy if they fail.
(CNN) - The Salt Lake Tribune, the city's largest newspaper, is urging Utah Republican delegates to send Sen. Bob Bennett "back to Washington."
The three-term senator is fighting for his political life as he battles for re-election this year. His predicament: because the Utah GOP uses a convention to help determine its nominee, Bennett might not even make it to a June primary. To advance to that primary, Bennett needs to win at least 40 percent of the vote of the 3,500 delegates attending the Utah GOP convention this Saturday. A primary will be avoided if any candidate secures 60 percent of the delegates' vote.
Two polls released earlier this week indicate that 50 percent of Utah voters see Sen. Bob Bennett in a favorable light, and that nearly four in ten likely Republican primary voters say they back Bennnet. But the senator doesn't fare as well in two other recent surveys of Republican convention delegates.