Editoweb UK USA 22 june 2009

Bercow wins majority of votes in Speaker ballot

Tory MP John Bercow has won the most votes in the first and second rounds of voting for a new House of Commons Speaker.

English Premiership sells Setanta rights to ESPN

The English Premier League has awarded the rights to 46 of its live games next season to US-based broadcaster ESPN, after they were forfeited by troubled Irish channel Setanta, it said.

Bercow and Young's Speaker showdown

The race to become Commons Speaker became a two horse contest between Tories John Bercow and Sir George Young.

John Bercow Leads Race To Be Next Speaker

MPs Twitter what they think about the candidates and who they think will win He gained 221 votes, 42 more than in the first round, and Sir George Young won 174, up 62.

Miner Anglo American rejects Xstrata merger bid

London-based mining group Anglo American rejected a merger bid by its Swiss rival Xstrata on Monday, snubbing a move that could have forged the two into one of the world's biggest miners.

Obama signs anti-smoking bill, cites own struggle

President Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he got hooked on as a teenager as he signed the nation's strongest-ever anti-smoking bill Monday and praised it for providing critically needed protections for kids.

Craigslist suspect pleads not guilty to killing masseuse

A former Boston medical student pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he lured a masseuse he met through Craigslist to a Boston hotel, then bound her, beat her and shot her to death with a gun authorities say he later stashed in a hollowed-out medical textbook.

Big US study will test vitamin D, fish oil

Two of the most popular and promising dietary supplements — vitamin D and fish oil — will be tested in a large, government-sponsored study to see whether either nutrient can lower a healthy person's risk of getting cancer, heart disease or having a stroke.

Ind. man pleads guilty to abducting, killing son

An Indiana man has pleaded guilty to abducting his two young sons at knifepoint and killing one of them just days after his wife told him she wanted a divorce.

Blogger arraigned on Conn. lawmaker-threat charge

A New Jersey blogger accused of encouraging violence against Connecticut legislators told authorities he hoped nobody would "go off the deep end and do something terrible," but he added, "you never can tell," according to a police report released Monday.

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