Source: cbc.ca
The Canadian Labour Congress elected a new president for the first time in 15 years at its convention in Montreal on Thursday.
Hassan Yussuff defeated incumbent Ken Georgetti by 40 votes — 2,318 compared with 2,278 for Georgetti.
There were 29 spoiled ballots in the hotly contested election.
Georgetti, who was born in Trail, B.C., was first elected in 1999 and went on to become the labour group’s longest-serving president.
Source: washingtonpost.com
Citing a “sea of bloated mid-level copy,” Associated Press Managing Editor for U.S. News Brian Carovillano last week instructed fellow editors at the wire service to limit most “daily, bylined digest stories” to a length of between 300 and 500 words. Top stories from each state, Carovillano directed, should hit the 500 to 700-word range, and the “top global stories” may exceed 700 words but must still be “tightly written and edited.”