UK & USA Today Editoweb 13 May 2009

MP Hope to return £41k in expenses

Health minister Phil Hope has announced he is handing back £41,709 in taxpayer-funded expenses, in the on-going expenses debacle.

Two-year-old boy dies at fairground

A two-year-old boy has been killed in a tragic funfair accident.

Minister to repay £41,709 expenses

Health minister Phil Hope has promised to hand back £41,709 he claimed in taxpayer-funded expenses as the total repaid by MPs caught up in the expenses scandal topped £100,000.

Man held over decades-old murders

Police have arrested a man in connection with two unsolved double murders going back more than 20 years.

Births to unwed moms rising, N. Europe beats US

The percentage of births to unmarried women in the United States has been rising sharply, but it's way behind Northern European countries, a new U.S. report on births shows.

Green groups want OH college pres. off coal board

Environmentalists are intensifying their calls for Ohio State University President E. Gordon Gee (GHEE) to step down from the board of a Richmond, Va.-based coal mining company in advance of the company's shareholder meeting Tuesday.

Driver charged in fatal Calif. casino bus crash

A prosecutor in Northern California has filed vehicular manslaughter charges against the driver of a bus that crashed and killed 11 people.

Weather delays containment of SoCal wildfire

A new round of dry, windy weather could cause a week's delay in full containment of the Santa Barbara wildfire that destroyed dozens of homes, firefighters said Wednesday.

East St. Louis mayor defends late-night clubs

The mayor of this town in trouble isn't ready to give up a potentially lush revenue source: nightclubs that stay open until the wee hours.

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