UK & USA Today Editoweb 9 May 2009

Police shooting victim 'depressed'

Fears that his ailing wife might have to placed in a nursing home may have triggered behaviour in Mervyn Tussler that led to him being shot dead by police, it has emerged.

Policeman is charged with murder

A policeman has been charged with murdering his police constable girlfriend.

Eight new swine flu cases confirmed

Eight new cases of swine flu in England have been confirmed by the Department of Health.

PM 'badly hurt' by expenses scandal

Gordon Brown's standing has been badly damaged by the slew of explosive revelations over his ministers' expenses, according to a new poll.

Tributes paid to killed soldiers

Tributes have been paid to four British soldiers who died on one of the bloodiest days for UK forces in Afghanistan.

Body found near where Ga. prof's Jeep was located

Authorities say they have found a body in an area where they are looking for a University of Georgia professor accused of killing three people.

Rescue shuttle at launch pad for Hubble trip

In what's expected to be the last time ever, both of NASA's shuttle launch pads are occupied. Atlantis is on one, primed for a flight this coming week to the Hubble Space Telescope. Endeavour sits on the other a mile away for a mission no one wants.

Costly Superfund dredging set for Hudson River

People look funny at David Mathis when he takes a dip off his dock in the Hudson River. Health officials have long warned people not to eat fish caught from this slow-flowing stretch south of the Adirondacks and swimming here is unthinkable to many.

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