UK & USA Today Editoweb 29 October 2009

Paedophile gang ringleaders jailed

Two "vile" paedophiles who molested the young children of family friends and shared "appalling" images of child abuse with fellow perverts have been jailed for life.

FTSE closes higher on U.S. GDP data

Better-than-expected economic growth from the United States and gains in banks and miners pushed the leading share index 1.1 percent higher on Thursday.

Post strike could escalate - union

The mail dispute remains deadlocked as a fresh wave of strikes caused more disruption to the post - and there was a further threat of longer walkouts next month.

Football star jailed over attack

A Premier League footballer has been jailed for 18 months for groping a young woman in a nightclub and then breaking her nose after she spurned his "disgusting" advances.

Brown backs Blair for first EU president

Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Thursday backed his predecessor Tony Blair as an "excellent candidate" to become the first EU president.

Pelosi: New health care bill is 'historic moment'

After months of struggle, House Democrats rolled out sweeping legislation Thursday to extend health care coverage to millions who lack it and create a new option of government-run insurance. A vote is likely next week on the plan largely tailored to President Barack Obama's liking.

2 men shot in legs outside LA synagogue

A gunman shot and wounded two men in the parking garage of a North Hollywood synagogue early Thursday and Jewish schools and temples alerted in case the attack wasn't isolated.

Construction to begin on King memorial in DC

Construction can finally begin on the long-delayed Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial slated for the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Storm dumps snow on Rockies, plains, more forecast

A slow-moving autumn storm showed no signs of letting up in Colorado and the western Plains on Thursday, blanketing areas already buried with as much as 3 feet, closing schools and businesses and delaying flights.

Traffic lighter as Bridge closure enters 2nd day

Engineers desperately tried to repair and fortify the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Thursday after a 5,000-pound piece of steel plummeted onto the span during rush hour this week.

Report: States set low bar for student achievement

Many states set achievement standards so low that they can say their students are reading and doing math at their grade level when they haven't truly mastered the subjects, the Education Department asserted Thursday.

Getting enough sleep? They aren't in West Virginia

Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness.

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