UK & USA Today Editoweb 8 December 2009

100th Soldier Killed In Afghanistan Named

The 100th British soldier to be killed in Afghanistan this year has been named as Lance Corporal Adam Drane.

British Town Is First Twinned With Disney World

One is home to Mickey Mouse, the other is known as the hometown of model Melinda Messenger - but Swindon and Disney World Florida have become officially linked.

Kidnap Terror Of Family In Unpaid Bill Row

A builder abducted a woman and her two-year-old daughter at gunpoint from their luxury home and kept them captive for more than 18 hours in a row over an unpaid bill.

No agreement over swine flu jabs

The Government and GPs have failed to reach an agreement on the next stage of the swine flu vaccination programme, it has been announced.

New Obama plans: 'spend our way out' of downturn

President Barack Obama outlined new multibillion-dollar stimulus and jobs proposals Tuesday, saying the nation must continue to "spend our way out of this recession" until more Americans are back at work.

Ohio executes inmate with 1-drug lethal injection

Ohio executed a killer Tuesday by performing the nation's first lethal injection using a single drug, a supposedly less painful method than previous executions that required three drugs.

Mo. teen pleads not guilty to killing neighbor, 9

A 15-year-old Missouri girl pleaded not guilty Tuesday to killing a 9-year-old neighbor girl whom authorities say was slain because the teen wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone.

SC first lady: I wouldn't have stood with governor

Even if her straying husband had asked her to, South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she wouldn't have stood with Gov. Mark Sanford when he faced cameras to tell the world about his affair with an Argentine woman.

SC first lady: I wouldn't have stood with governor

Even if her straying husband had asked her to, South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford says she wouldn't have stood with Gov. Mark Sanford when he faced cameras to tell the world about his affair with an Argentine woman.

Gas line explodes at Ill. factory; debris kills 1

A gas line exploded Monday at a technology plant in northern Illinois, sending aloft debris that killed a man at a nearby highway rest area.

Police find body of Wi. man wanted in 4 homicides

Police on Monday found the body of a man wanted in two double homicides in Wisconsin in the car of one of his victims, a coroner said.

US plan for wild horse round-up faces opposition

A government plan to round up and relocate thousands of wild horses in the West faces opposition from advocates who say the proposal is inhumane and unnecessary.

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