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Cost of Madeleine hunt revealed

It has been revealed British police have spent nearly three quarters of a million pounds looking for Madeleine McCann.

Jackson's mum to raise his children

A judge has ruled that Michael Jackson's mother should raise the King of Pop's children.

Pay rises for MPs' expenses chiefs

The official who ran the House of Commons fees office which administered the discredited MPs' expenses system was awarded a pay rise worth around 8% last year, it emerged.

BBC Presenter Guilty Of Pole Attack At Pub

Midlands Today reporter Ashley Blake swung a 3ft-long patio umbrella pole above his head and then struck 17-year-old Greg Jones in the face.

Revealed: The Police Bill For Madeleine Hunt

The child disappeared aged three from a holiday resort in Portugal in May 2007 and Leicestershire officers became involved as the home force of her parents Kate and Gerry.

Murder probe into car body find

Police have launched a murder investigation after a teenage girl was found dead in a car stopped by police.

Administration: Clunker deals could end by Friday

The government's wildly popular "cash for clunkers" program, offering $4,500 rebates to customers who trade in gas guzzlers, is likely to end Friday if the Senate doesn't approve $2 billion more for it, the White House says.

Sun Records star Billy Lee Riley dies at 75

Billy Lee Riley, a rambunctious performer who helped develop the Sun Records sound as a studio musician for other headliners, has died. He was 75.

Dozens of Gitmo cases referred to US prosecutors

Dozens of Guantanamo Bay detainee cases have been referred to federal prosecutors for possible criminal trials in the nation's capital, Virginia and New York City, officials told The Associated Press on Monday as a second strategy for trying the detainees emerged within the Obama administration.

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