UK & USA Today Editoweb 5 january 2009

Detox products 'don't work'

For many people the start of January heralds a detox, but a collection of scientists has now claimed the process is "meaningless".

Thatcher's economic guru dies at 82

Professor Sir Alan Walters, the former economics adviser to ex-PM Margaret Thatcher whose controversial role led to the resignation of chancellor Nigel Lawson, has died at the age of 82.

Trench Warfare With The Taliban

The Ministry of Defence has released first details of the large-scale operation over Christmas that cost five British soldiers' lives.

FTSE up 0.3 percent at midday

Britain's leading share index gained 0.2 percent by midday on Monday, extending last week's strong run, with Vodafone in demand, and oils firmer.

'Bad Leadership' Breaks Wedgwood

A former executive at Wedgwood has blamed the failure of the 250-year-old company on bad management.

8 dead, 1 hurt after chopper crashes in La. marsh

Authorities planned to search a southern Louisiana marsh by boat Monday for clues that might determine the cause of a helicopter crash that killed eight people bound for an offshore oil platform.

Kids alone for days, parents dead in locked room

A couple who hadn't been seen since New Year's Eve have been found dead inside their locked bedroom with their crying 9-month-old daughter in an apparent murder-suicide. Three older children had been left out on their own.

Man charged with manslaughter in NY crane collapse

The contractor that raised the crane that toppled in midtown Manhattan last year and killed seven people was charged Monday with manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide for failing to stabilize it, prosecutors said.

Fire deaths confirmed at Texas homeless shelter

Fire tore through a small-town homeless shelter early Monday, partially collapsing the building and killing five men, the founder of the shelter said.

Sheriff: Man arrested in Ohio mother's slaying

A 22-year-old man was arrested in the shooting death of a woman whose 4-year son was abducted and left unharmed at a highway rest area, authorities said Monday.

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