William E. Kovacic, a member of the commission since January 2006, is the leading candidate to succeed Ms. Majoras, according to the people, who were briefed on her resignation plan but were not authorized to discuss it publicly.
The sides will then take several weeks to present written briefs, meaning a decision is not likely before November, Richie Garcia, Frank Pulli, Terry Tata, Eric Gregg and Joe West are among the 22 umpires who lost their jobs after a mass resignation plan failed.
When Charney refused to accept the terms of the resignation plan, the board moved to fire him as CEO, the WSJ reported.
When Anthony Artuso heard the news of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation plans on Monday, what else could he do but order up a batch of pope cookies.
A spokesman for the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, who has staked his own reputation on the peace effort, described Mr. Olmert's resignation plans on Wednesday as an "internal affair".
— ROBERT MACKEY Speaking after the pope announced his resignation plans on Monday, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, told reporters, "I just always admired him as a scholar, as a priest, as a holy man — and now my admiration for him is even higher because of his humility".
The New York Times reported that Jones's resignation – planned for next year – was accelerated because of indiscreet comments by Jones in Bob Woodward's book, Obama's Wars, published last month that details the internal debate in the White House over sending an extra 30,000 US troops to Afghanistan.
✒Full marks to ITV newshound Lucy Manning, who, after making her name by doorstepping BBC execs to get answers about the Savile fallout and their resignation plans, was compelled to do the same to her own boss, Peter Fincham, when the network reprimanded the This Morning team.
The Clinton administration was not warned about Prime Minister Ehud Barak's resignation plans, leaving the Middle East mediators here scrambling to figure out what kind of role, if any, they might have in trying to forge a last-minute accord between Mr. Barak and the Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat.
Victory speeches and resignation statements planned for the early hours were hurriedly postponed.
Mr Murphy said he would tender his resignation alongside a plan to reform the party.
