UK & USA Today Editoweb 13 June 2009

Swine flu cases rise above 1,000

The number of swine flu cases in the UK has risen above the 1,000 mark.

Man in court over wife's murder

An unemployed chef whose wife was found dumped in a wheelie bin is to appear in court charged with her murder.

Lady Thatcher 'in very good spirits'

Baroness Thatcher is in "good spirits" in hospital where she is being treated after breaking her arm in a fall, her son has said.

Nick Faldo 'delighted' by knighthood

Nick Faldo said he is "delighted" and "humbled" after becoming only the second professional British golfer to be knighted.

Baroness Thatcher In 'Good Spirits' After Fall

The former Conservative prime minister is being treated at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, west London.

Tehran tense after disputed election results

Anti-riot police guarded the offices overseeing Iran's disputed elections Saturday with the count pointing to a landslide victory by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad while his opponent denounced the results as "treason" and threatened a challenge.

NASA scrubs Saturday morning space shuttle launch

A potentially dangerous hydrogen gas leak cropped up during the fueling of space shuttle Endeavour on Saturday and forced NASA to postpone the launch by at least four days.

'Rockefeller' convicted of kidnapping daughter

A German man who called himself Clark Rockefeller and spun fantastic stories about himself during three decades in the United States was convicted Friday of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter and sentenced to four to five years in prison.

DC Holocaust museum reopens after fatal shooting

Liz Johnson showed up Friday to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum with 12 Girl Scouts in tow. None of them was alive when the Holocaust took place, but they were determined that a fatal shooting at the museum two days earlier wouldn't keep them from supporting its mission.

Appeals court says no to George W. Bush deposition

A Texas appeals court on Friday overturned a ruling that would have put former President George W. Bush under oath in a dispute involving his presidential library.

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