UK & USA Today Editoweb 21 June 2009

Would-be Speakers hit with expenses allegations

The MPs vying to succeed Michael Martin as Speaker face fresh disclosures about their expenses.

Top Gear's Stig is finally unveiled

Michael Schumacher revealed himself as Top Gear's mysterious test driver the Stig.

Dog walker killed as cows stampede

A dog walker has died after being trampled on by a herd of cattle.

PM seeks release of other captives

Gordon Brown sent his condolences to the families of the two dead British hostages as he called on their killers to release the remaining three captives "immediately".

Dead British hostages identified

The dead British hostages handed over to authorities in Iraq have been identified as Jason Creswell and Jason Swindlehurst.

NM police looking for suspects in Denny's killing

Police on Sunday were searching for at least two more suspects they believe killed a teenage worker during a robbery at a packed Denny's and committed 10 more armed robberies in Albuquerque this past year.

Road cleaned by neo-Nazis may be named for rabbi

Two Adopt-a-Highway signs on a Missouri road acknowledge a neo-Nazi group's participation in the state's litter prevention program.

NOW elects Maryland woman its next president

The National Organization for Women has elected a 56-year-old Maryland woman as its next president in a close win over a rival who had been endorsed by the group's current president.

NYT editor: We had to keep mum on Afghan abduction

Please substitute the following for V4656, slugged NYT Reporter-Afghan Abduction, which moved at 1:29 p.m. Eastern time. The new version CORRECTS pronunciation of Rohde. The New York Times says the name is pronounced ROHD, not ROH'-dee. Make all copy conform.)

Ground zero in timber wars shows signs of peace

On a steep slope of the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest, a crew of young men with chain saws and hardhats worked their way through an old neglected clearcut, cutting brush and young trees and piling the remains to be burned later.

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