UK & USA Today Editoweb 30 september 2009

Humanist funeral for TV chef Floyd

Family and friends have celebrated the eventful life of TV chef Keith Floyd at a humanist funeral - but his celebrity peers were more notable by their absence.

Big banks sign up to G20 pay pledges

Five of the biggest banks have promised to abide by internationally agreed curbs on bonuses, the British government said on Wednesday.

Boy, two, feared among tsunami dead

A two-year-old British boy is feared dead after a devastating tsunami, triggered by a massive earthquake, tore through islands in the south Pacific Ocean.

Web Pervert Teacher Jailed For Four Years

A science teacher has been jailed after posing as a teenage girl on the internet to groom a 13-year-old for sex.

Young girl banned from selling granny on eBay

A 10-year-old girl has been barred from trying to sell her granny on eBay, who she complained was "cuddly" but "annoying," the auction website said Wednesday.

Small plane crashes in eastern Indiana field

A small, single-engine plane crashed into an open field in eastern Indiana on Wednesday after the pilot became unresponsive and the plane started to speed up and slow down at dangerous speeds, officials said.

Search on for Tenn. baby snatched by fake agent

Police searched Wednesday for a newborn whose mother said he was snatched from her home by a woman posing as an immigration agent who threatened to arrest her, then attacked her with a knife.

American arrested in Japan for snatching own kids

An American father was arrested in Japan after snatching his children from his ex-wife, who had taken the kids to her native country without telling him.

LA County beaches reopen following tsunami fears

Lifeguards have given the all-clear for visitors to return to Los Angeles County beaches following a magnitude-8 earthquake in the Pacific Ocean near Samoa that prompted a tsunami advisory.

CDC: Drug deaths outpace crashes in more states

Drug-related deaths outnumber those from motor vehicle accidents in a growing number of states, according to new government data that highlight a shift in the top cause of deaths after disease and illness.

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