UK & USA Today Editoweb 11 May 2009

Brown issues expenses apology

Gordon Brown has apologised on behalf of MPs of all parties over the expenses row as further revelations engulf the Tories.

Early release of MPs' claims rejected

Commons authorities have rejected calls for an immediate release of MPs' expenses receipts as the furore dogging all parties rumbles on.

MPs' expenses may be released early

The Commons authorities are to try to bring forward the publication of MPs' expenses receipts from the planned date of mid-July.

Baby orphaned after river tragedy

A baby girl has been left orphaned after her parents died trying to rescue their dogs from a fast flowing river.

Calendar Girls are baring all again

The widow of the man who inspired The Calendar Girls has struggled to contain her emotion as she launched a new nude charity calendar to mark the 10th anniversary.

Tories 'flipped property to claim'

Speaker Michael Martin has proposed "serious change" to the system of MPs' allowances after a large section of David Cameron's Conservative shadow cabinet team was dragged into the row.

US replaces general in Afghanistan as war worsens

The Pentagon replaced its top general in Afghanistan Monday as President Barack Obama tries to turn around a stalemated war. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he asked for the resignation of Gen. David McKiernan. Gates said new leadership is needed as the Obama administration launches its strategy in the seven-year-old campaign.

Lawyers: Ex-soldier deserves death for crimes

Federal prosecutors say a former soldier convicted of raping and murdering an Iraqi teenager and killing her family deserves a death sentence because the crimes were so heinous.

NJ bank robbery ring leader gets 117 years

A New Jersey man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for his role in a string of bank robberies that led to the death of an FBI agent in 2007.

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