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Ronnie Biggs released from prison

Justice Secretary Jack Straw has granted Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs "compassionate release" from his prison sentence.

Cyber attack takes Twitter offline

Twitter users have been unable to log in for several hours after the social networking site became the victim of a cyber attack.

Robber Biggs granted prison release

Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has been granted release from his prison sentence on compassionate grounds.

Thousands turn out for funeral of last WWI trench soldier

Thousands of people paid their respects Thursday at the funeral of Harry Patch, the last soldier to fight in the trenches of Europe in World War I, who died at the age of 111.

"Great Train Robber" Ronnie Biggs released

"Great Train Robber" Ronnie Biggs has been released from prison on compassionate grounds, Justice Secretary Jack Straw said on Thursday.

Senate poised to make history with Sotomayor vote

Republican Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio said he'd break with his party to support Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor Thursday, as the Senate pressed toward a history-making vote to confirm her as the first Hispanic justice over the grave objections of most GOP senators.

Victim's mother: Va. Gov. to pardon 'Norfolk 4'

The mother of a teenager killed in 1997 said Thursday that Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will grant conditional pardons to four former sailors who confessed and were convicted for the crime.

Washington Post apologizes for Clinton joke

Two Washington Post journalists are apologizing and their satirical online video series has been canceled following criticism of a joke they told about Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Ex-Edwards mistress at court amid campaign probe

The former mistress of John Edwards spent much of the day in a federal courthouse in Raleigh where a grand jury was meeting Thursday, at a time when federal investigators are examining the two-time presidential candidate's finances.

Rapid tests often wrong about swine flu

The government's first study of how well rapid tests diagnose swine flu finds they're wrong at least half the time.

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