UK & USA Today Editoweb 19 May 2009

Police chief condemns demo training

Police officers do not receive enough training to deal with events such as the G20 demonstration, the man in charge of policing the protest has said.

Dealer convicted of bin dump murder

A drug dealer and his lover have been convicted of killing a 17-year-old who was bludgeoned to death while acting as a minder for a criminal gang.

Expenses row: Speaker Martin quits

Michael Martin has told the Commons he will relinquish the office of Speaker on Sunday June 21 in a move expected to pave the way for a radical reform of parliament.

Expenses row: Speaker Martin quits

Michael Martin has told the Commons he will relinquish the office of Speaker on Sunday June 21 in a move expected to pave the way for a radical reform of parliament.

MPs' pay will be regulated, vows PM

The House of Commons can no longer operate as a "gentlemen's club" and must move to a system of outside regulation, Gordon Brown has said.

Commons Speaker Michael Martin Resigns

Making the announcement at the start of the Parliamentary session, Mr Martin said he was resigning "in order that unity can be maintained" in the Commons.

Police: Man arrested in LA killing of rapper

Up-and-coming rapper Dolla was killed in a shooting at an upscale shopping mall, and a man was arrested for investigation of murder, police said Tuesday.

Lincoln historian David Herbert Donald dies

David Herbert Donald, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the Civil War and American South whose expertise on Abraham Lincoln brought him a wide general audience and reverence from his peers, has died. He was 88.

Calif. voters decide slate of budget propositions

Election Day returned to California for the 12th time in just seven years Tuesday with voters focused on a complex slate of budget measures intended to fill a widening state deficit.

Longtime fugitive mom released from Mich. prison

A California mother of three who spent decades evading the law after escaping from a Michigan prison was freed Tuesday after serving a little more than a year in prison following her recapture.

Study finds decline of honeybee colonies slowing

Federal officials say the decline of honeybee colonies may have slowed slightly but warn that mysterious ailments are still affecting the insects.

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