UK & USA Today Editoweb 8 march 2009

Posthumous honour for brave soldier

An army bomb disposal expert killed in Afghanistan has become one of the UK's most decorated soldiers.

Royals arrive in Chile to talk environment

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrived in Chile Sunday for a three-country Latin American tour set to focus on conservation efforts and military ties.

Politicians Unite To Condemn NI Shootings

including Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams - have united to condemn the killing of two soldiers in Northern Ireland.

Real IRA Group 'Claims Army Barracks Attack'

A dissident republican group has said it carried out the shooting at an army barracks in Northern Ireland, it has been claimed.

Scargill's strike claims 'nonsense'

The authors of a new book on the miners strike hit back at claims by former NUM leader Arthur Scargill that a negotiated settlement to the bitter dispute was agreed with the Tory Government, saying he was talking "nonsense."

Former USF football player lost at sea is mourned

A week after two NFL players and two of their friends sailed into the Gulf of Mexico on a fishing trip that turned disastrous, family, friends and the lone survivor paid tribute to one of the missing men.

Ohio school gets 700 applicants for janitorial job

Evidence of the slumping economy is stacking up at an Ohio school which has nearly 700 applications for one open janitorial job.

Ex-Calif. bookkeeper accused of embezzling $10M

A former bookkeeper embezzled $9.9 million, forcing her company to make layoffs as she bought 400 pairs of shoes that she kept in a room-sized closet decorated with a crystal chandelier and a plasma television, authorities claim.

Mourners pay tribute to radio legend Paul Harvey

The son of radio legend Paul Harvey used his father's words for the eulogy Saturday at a public funeral service in Chicago, the city from which he launched his national news and commentary show.

LA woman reported missing week before body found

Police say a Los Angeles woman whose body was found in the trunk of her car had been reported missing a week earlier.

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