UK & USA Today Editoweb 7 June 2009

Sadiq Khan made transport minister

Tooting MP Sadiq Khan has been promoted to Minister of State for Transport in the Government reshuffle, it emerged today.

Woman's body dumped in wheelie bin

A murder investigation is under way after a woman's body was found dumped in a wheelie bin outside a suburban house.

PM rallies support ahead of results

A defiant Gordon Brown has vowed that he would not "walk away" as Labour was braced for another savaging at the polls which could finally seal his political fate.

15-year-old faces kidnap bid charge

A 15-year-old boy has been charged with attempted kidnapping after a man was shot at a pub, police said.

Jack Tweed enjoys 'night of mayhem'

The widower of reality television star Jade Goody is celebrating his 22nd birthday with a "beach party".

Carradine family takes action on probe, photos

David Carradine's family members, dissatisfied with Thai investigators and "profoundly disturbed" by the publication of a forensics photo in a Bangkok tabloid, are seeking help from the FBI and an independent pathologist and have threatened legal action against any media outlet that reprints images of the actor in death.

Ex-US Rep. Jefferson faces federal bribery charges

Former U.S. Rep. William Jefferson faces several obstacles to being acquitted of bribery, racketeering and other federal charges — and topping the list is explaining the $90,000 cash stashed in his freezer.

Fla. death row inmate sues to get victims' Chevy

A Florida death row inmate is suing to get a vintage Chevy pickup owned by the couple he is convicted of killing.

Alabama escaped convicts caught in North Dakota

A nearly 14-hour standoff on a ranch in North Dakota ended Saturday with the arrest of two men who escaped from a rural Alabama prison more than 1,200 miles away, a federal law enforcement official said.

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