UK & USA Today Editoweb 17 July 2009

Suicide vest bomb plotter jailed

A former public schoolboy has been jailed for plotting to blow people up with a suicide vest and home-made explosives.

Briton, 82, completes 100 modes of transport challenge

An 82-year-old Briton was celebrating Friday after completing his bid to travel on 100 different types of transport within a year.

Exec dinner: Yentob claimed £1,600

The BBC's creative director Alan Yentob charged the licence fee payer nearly £1,600 for an "executive Christmas dinner".

Royal officer convicted of £3m scam

A former Royal Protection Command officer is facing up to 10 years in jail for a £3 million spread-betting and property scam.

Manslaughter probe over Madonna gig

French prosecutors have opened a manslaughter investigation after a stage roof for a weekend concert by Madonna collapsed and killed two people including a British worker

Stretched British Airways to raise £600 mln

Troubled airline British Airways said on Friday that it was raising about 600 million pounds to improve its cash pile.

Suicide blasts at Jakarta Ritz, Marriott kill 8

Suicide bombers posing as guests attacked American luxury hotels in Indonesia's capital and set off a pair of blasts Friday that killed eight people and wounded more than 50, authorities said.

EPA plan for Missouri lead waste worries residents

For generations, people in Leadwood have lived near huge piles of dangerous, lead-contaminated mining waste. Now the EPA has decided the answer to the problem is to pile on more lead-tainted earth.

AP INVESTIGATION: 'Frugal' SC gov flew in style

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford shed his fiscal conservatism on several taxpayer-funded international trips, including a South American jaunt that included time with his mistress, choosing expensive first-class or business-class seats while his aides sat in coach.

2 injured in explosion at Chicago factory

Officials say an explosion at a Chicago biodiesel manufacturing plant that injured two workers was caused by a chemical reaction.

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