UK & USA Today Editoweb 28 May 2009

Weather blunder sparks £1m storm

Tourist chiefs at a seaside resort have accused the Met Office of losing the town £1 million because it got the weather forecast wrong on Bank Holiday Monday.

Two MPs step down over expenses row

Two more MPs have succumbed to intense pressure over their expenses by saying they will not seek re-election.

Six men remanded over mob murder

Six men have appeared in court in Northern Ireland charged with the murder of Kevin McDaid who was killed by a loyalist mob.

No royals at D-Day commemorations

Buckingham Palace has ruled out the Queen attending next week's official D-Day commemorations in France.

No royals at D-Day commemorations

Buckingham Palace has ruled out the Queen attending next week's official D-Day commemorations in France.

US, S. Korea put militaries on alert over N. Korea

The U.S. and South Korea put their military forces on high alert Thursday after North Korea renounced the truce keeping the peace between the two Koreas since 1953.

Relatives of slain Iraqis confront killer in court

With tears streaming down their faces, relatives of a murdered Iraqi family confronted the killer Thursday in an American courtroom and said he deserved to die, as the ex-soldier convicted of rape and murder apologized and said he will face "God's justice."

New York set to welcome Prince Harry

He's a 24-year-old Londoner whose grandmother offered to pay for his trip to New York.

Season's 1st tropical depression forms in Atlantic

National Hurricane Center forecasters in Miami say a tropical depression has formed off the mid-Atlantic coast, but it's not expected to threaten land.

Mom in fake abduction case used ex-colleague's ID

A woman said Thursday she gave her driver's license to a former co-worker who told her she needed it to fix office paperwork, and had no knowledge that the ex-colleague planned to fake her abduction and fly with her daughter to Florida.

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