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Fertility treatments 'no benefit'
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 11:11pm GMT
Two commonly used treatments for fertility problems do not work, an Aberdeen University study shows.
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Mom: Walkie-talkie picks up trashy trucker talk
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 11:11pm GMT
A West Virginia mother is seeking the recall of a popular walkie-talkie after her 3-year-old's toy apparently intercepted a conversation ...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Fishing industry fuel help plea
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 11:03pm GMT
Fishing leaders renew calls for help from the Scottish Government to alleviate the impact of fuel prices.
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Families with children from China embracing Games
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 11:00pm GMT
For 11-year-old Nicole Stevens, the Olympics in Beijing are more than a showcase of the world's best athletes. They're a portal ...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
UK scouts hurt in Canada accident
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 10:43pm GMT
A tour bus carrying young British passengers is involved in a road crash in Eastern Ontario, Canada.
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Detroit mayor jailed after bond violation
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 10:32pm GMT
A federal judge ordered Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail Thursday for violating the terms of his bond in his perjury case, a decision ...
Demographic landscape shifts across United States
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 10:17pm GMT
White populations have fallen in more than 50% of counties since 2000, making minorities the majority in more communities.
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Irish League referees to strike
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 9:55pm GMT
Irish League referees could strike over a £50 pay increase on the opening day of the JJB Sports Premiership.
BBC News Player | World
Italian car designer killed
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 9:38pm GMT
Andrea Pininfarina, head of a world-famous Italian car design group, has been killed in a road accident.
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Md. mayor wants probe into home raid
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 9:24pm GMT
The mayor of a small town outside Washington says he's asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate a county police raid ...
At least 9 killed in Ariz. SUV rollover
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 8:47pm GMT
A sport-utility vehicle packed with suspected illegal immigrants flipped over on a rural highway southwest of Phoenix, killing ...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Conker canker puts world championships under threat
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 8:44pm GMT
The World Conker Championship could be in jeopardy because of a virus attacking horse chestnut trees.
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Texas says EPA denies request to use less ethanol in gasoline
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 8:36pm GMT
The Environmental Protection Agency has denied a request from Texas to cut the federal ethanol mandate in half for a year in ...
Lawyer: Post-Katrina caretaker arrested
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 8:27pm GMT
A lawyer for a Texas woman accused of kidnapping five children she helped care for after Hurricane Katrina says she has been ...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Medal hope Gavin out of Olympics
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 8:09pm GMT
British gold medal prospect Frankie Gavin is out of the Olympic Games because of problems making his weight.
NZ police bring in TV's Cracker to solve burglary case
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 8:09pm GMT
A wanted poster featuring Robbie Coltrane is being used by New Zealand police to try to catch a teenage burglar.
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Anthrax widow: Feds need to settle suit
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 7:56pm GMT
Victims of the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks said Thursday they are satisfied with the investigation's outcome that pinned the ...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Train fire closes major station
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 7:46pm GMT
Passengers are led out of Birmingham New Street railway station after reports of a fire in a train.
Teenager shot dead in supermarket
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 7:43pm GMT
An 18-year-old shot dead in a supermarket was an innocent bystander caught in the line of fire, police say.
Chelsea make £19.7m Robinho bid
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 7:33pm GMT
Chelsea make a £19.7m bid for Real Madrid's Brazilian striker Robinho, BBC Sport understands.
Gay ties like marriage - Williams
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 6:56pm GMT
Private letters reveal the Archbishop of Canterbury believed faithful gay sexual relationships were "comparable to marriage"
'Drugs general' man found guilty
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 6:36pm GMT
A Nottinghamshire businessman dubbed a "drugs general" is found guilty of running a major drugs network.
Surgery damaged by patient's car
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 6:20pm GMT
A surgery with 18,500 patients has structural checks after being damaged and left without power after being hit by a car.
New era begins well for England
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 6:12pm GMT
England close 145 behind on 49-1 having bowled out South Africa for 194 on Kevin Pietersen's first day as captain in the final Test.
Few facts
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 5:55pm GMT
Steve Kingstone reads police files on Madeleine McCann
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Hurricane forecasters expect an active season
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 5:50pm GMT
The Atlantic hurricane season will be more active than forecasters first predicted, with up to 10 hurricanes expected to form, ...
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President Bush arrives in Beijing
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 5:38pm GMT
George Bush has arrived in China, the first US president to attend an Olympic games on foreign soil.
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Coney Island sideshow features Gitmo theme
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 5:25pm GMT
Guantanamo waterboarding as a Coney Island sideshow that's what one political-minded artist has created on the Brooklyn seashore.
Lawyer calls suit against Osteen's wife 'extortion'
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 5:16pm GMT
She's the wife of a renowned evangelical pastor and one of the leaders of a Houston megachurch, but Victoria Osteen is being ...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Madeleine case 'lead' played down
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 5:03pm GMT
Police play down an intelligence report suggesting Madeleine McCann was snatched by a paedophile ring.
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Probes of Ga. woman with 5 dead spouses continue
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 4:52pm GMT
Authorities in two states say they're still looking into the deaths of men with ties to a 76-year-old Georgia grandmother who ...
Police seek identity of mysterious 'Rockefeller'
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 4:47pm GMT
A man in Connecticut says he is convinced the mysterious man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter in Boston was a German ...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Robert Peston
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 4:41pm GMT
Chancellor dodges the stamp duty question
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Kashmir protests as tensions rise
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 4:41pm GMT
In Indian-administered Kashmir, tensions have escalated, as demonstrations continued.
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
In the spotlight
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 4:34pm GMT
Tibet protesters back in UK after China arrest
Six jailed after laundering £15m
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 4:16pm GMT
Six businessmen are jailed for laundering more than £15m stolen from NatWest bank.
Israeli settlers attack UK envoys
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 4:10pm GMT
A car carrying visiting UK diplomats is attacked by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank town of Hebron.
BBC News Player | World
Anthrax victim's widow speaks out
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 4:03pm GMT
The widow of US anthrax victim Robert Stevens has called for US government compensation for her husband's death.
Musharraf faces impeachment bid
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 3:22pm GMT
Pakistan's ruling coalition parties say they intend to oust President Pervez Musharraf from power.
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Prison donor ban 'discrimination'
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 3:20pm GMT
The National Blood Service is accused of "succumbing to an outdated stereotype" by not allowing prisoners to give blood.
BBC News Player | World
US embassy attacks remembered
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 3:07pm GMT
Kenya and Tanzania have marked the 10th anniversary of deadly bomb attacks on their US embassies.
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Parliament piazza plan scrapped
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 3:00pm GMT
London's mayor is accused of backtracking on green promises after he shelves plans for pedestrianisation of Parliament Square.
BA bosses in price-fixing charge
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 2:52pm GMT
Four current and former British Airways executives may face jail if convicted of fixing the price of fuel surcharges.
Man jailed over two train attacks
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 2:49pm GMT
A man who caused nearly £18,000 worth of damage to two trains with a stolen safety hammer is jailed for nine months.
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'D.C. Madam' mom: Don't release suicide photos
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 2:44pm GMT
The mother of the so-called "D.C. Madam" wants to stop the release of police photos taken after her daughter's suicide in Florida.
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Options 'kept open' on stamp duty
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 2:37pm GMT
The Treasury is looking at "a number of options" on stamp duty and says it is "wrong" to suggest payment delays are proposed.
BBC News Player | World
Ibrahim faces sex charges
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 1:19pm GMT
Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim appeared in court to face charges of sodomy, which he denies.
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Bad spelling 'should be accepted'
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 1:05pm GMT
Common spelling mistakes should be accepted as 'variant spellings', a lecturer has said.
MMR dilemma
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 12:49pm GMT
One woman recalls how measles left her in a coma
Drink-drive death total drops 18%
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 12:37pm GMT
The number of people killed by drink-driving falls by almost a fifth, government statistics reveal.
Boy, 10, died 'playing on lorry'
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 11:45am GMT
A coroner issues a warning after a young boy fell from the back of a moving lorry on a busy road while playing with friends.
Poor roads 'increasing punctures'
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 11:22am GMT
Poor road surfaces are leading to an increasing number of punctures, says the RAC.
Bank holds UK interest rate at 5%
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 11:21am GMT
The Bank of England keeps its key interest rate at 5% as it weighs up the slowing economy with inflation worries.
In pictures
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 11:04am GMT
Hailstones the size of marbles...storms hit England
House prices 'fell 1.7% in July'
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 10:23am GMT
The Halifax says house prices fell 1.7% in July, with the average property price now 8.8% lower than at the same point last year.
1908 Olympics
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 10:03am GMT
When bicycle polo and tug-of-war were the thing
Papers pondering Brown's future
Posted:
August
7th
, 2008, 5:09am GMT
Speculation about the future of Prime Minister Gordon Brown continues in Thursday's newspapers.
Midweek quiz: Britain from above
Posted:
August
6th
, 2008, 1:08pm GMT
How well do you know the UK? Test yourself, using birds-eye photographs which offer an aerial perspective.
Tear jerker
Posted:
August
6th
, 2008, 12:45pm GMT
Johnny Cash, Bambi's mum - 80 more things that make men cry
Can aliens watch Doctor Who?
Posted:
August
6th
, 2008, 12:21pm GMT
A TV company and a social networking site are broadcasting into space. But can aliens already see our TV?
RAF Tornado jet overshoots runway
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 5:25pm GMT
An RAF Tornado crash lands at Newcastle Airport after apparently colliding with a bird.
Ex-police chief guilty of incest
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 5:09pm GMT
A former police superintendent is jailed for 10 years for raping his daughter.
Government 'may defer' stamp duty
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 5:08pm GMT
The Treasury is considering allowing home buyers to postpone stamp duty payments, the BBC understands.
Action urged after M-way death
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 5:08pm GMT
A coroner vows to lobby government to reduce the number of road deaths caused by sleeping disorders.
Two planes in airport collision
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 5:01pm GMT
Two aircraft are involved in what has been described as a minor wing tip collision at Manchester Airport.
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Tropical Storm Edouard makes landfall near Galveston, Texas
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 4:59pm GMT
Tropical Storm Edouard hit land this morning just east of Galveston, Texas, soaking streets and residents but failing to deliver ...
Anthrax investigation turns to victims' families
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 4:58pm GMT
Authorities investigating the 2001 anthrax attacks will begin meeting with victims' families Wednesday to discuss the case, family ...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Body of missing pensioner found
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 4:53pm GMT
The body of missing Belfast pensioner Tony Crickard is found by search volunteers in County Kerry.
MPs 'should not employ children'
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 4:46pm GMT
MPs would not be able to employ their children using taxpayers' money, under plans announced by the government.
BBC News Player | World
Russia mourns Solzhenitsyn
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 4:45pm GMT
Russians have been paying their last respects to writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn who died on Sunday.
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Q&A: What to do about toxic toys
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 4:34pm GMT
USA TODAY asked experts how parents can avoid hormone-like chemicals in children's products.
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Moores will not rein in Pietersen
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 4:27pm GMT
England coach Peter Moores says he will not attempt to curb new captain Kevin Pietersen's flamboyance with the bat.
Floods after river bursts banks
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 4:24pm GMT
Around 20 homes are flooded and a road is closed after a river bursts its banks following heavy rainfall.
USATODAY.com Nation - Top Stories
Nearly 300,000 powerless as severe storms batter Midwest
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 4:21pm GMT
Some 288,000 homes and businesses in Illinois and Indiana still have no power at midday Tuesday after severe thunderstorms pummeled ...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Man charged with assaulting MLA
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 4:11pm GMT
A man, 21, appears in court charged with assaulting a Sinn Fein MLA and another party member.
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O.J. co-defendant asks for separate trial
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 4:10pm GMT
O.J. Simpson's last remaining co-defendant in the armed robbery and kidnapping case is making a final appeal to the Nevada Supreme ...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Petrol prices 'transparency' call
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 4:03pm GMT
Petrol prices are falling but not fast enough, says the AA in response to oil prices hitting a three-month low.
True blue blood: Boris Johnson discovers a link to royalty
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 4:01pm GMT
Mayor of London Boris Johnson can claim some - distant - links to the British Royal Family, the BBC has discovered.
Live updates: Rangers' Champions League qualifier in Kaunus
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 3:56pm GMT
Rangers play the second leg of their second round Champions League qualifying tie with FBK Kaunas.
Father's appeal in fatal stabbing
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 3:54pm GMT
The father of a man police are hunting in connection with a fatal stabbing appeals for his son to hand himself in.
Payment holiday
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 3:48pm GMT
Will home buyers get a break from stamp duty?
Police taser gun use is revealed
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 3:45pm GMT
The use of Taser guns by police is increasing as more officers are given authority to use them.
Northern Rock cash boost attacked
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 3:42pm GMT
Opposition parties criticise the government's decision to give Northern Rock £3bn more in cash as a serious risk to taxpayers.
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Gotti Jr. indicted for murder conspiracy
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 3:41pm GMT
A law enforcement official says John A. "Junior" Gotti has been arrested on a murder conspiracy charge.
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
'Knives stash' near Climate Camp
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 3:31pm GMT
Police say they have recovered "a stash of knives and weapons" from woodland near the Climate Camp in Kent.
USATODAY.com Nation - Top Stories
Panel: Stop prostate screenings in seniors
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 3:17pm GMT
Doctors should stop routine prostate cancer screening of men over 75 because there is more evidence of harm than benefit, a federal ...
BBC News Player | World
Bin Laden driver trial jury out
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 2:57pm GMT
A US military jury is considering its verdict in the trial of Osama Bin Laden's alleged driver at Guantanamo Bay.
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Laughter threatens woman's health
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 2:57pm GMT
A student who faces being paralysed if she laughs is running a campaign to raise awareness of the condition.
The tough old boot that spent a century in a tree
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 2:38pm GMT
A Victorian boot found stuck up a tree at Blenheim Palace leaves historians wondering where it came from.
Death crash firefighter in court
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 2:21pm GMT
A firefighter appears in court after a motorist is killed after being hit by a fire engine responding to a 999 call.
The McCann files
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 2:15pm GMT
Sifting through 30,000 pages of police evidence
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Thieves skim credit card data at fuel pumps
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 1:54pm GMT
Customers and police agencies across the USA are dealing with another pain at the pump thieves who install hard-to-detect electronic ...
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Rooney set to miss season opener
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 1:50pm GMT
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is expected to miss the start of the season because of a virus.
Police files give McCanns 'hope'
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 1:49pm GMT
Kate and Gerry McCann "draw strength" from the lack of evidence in police files that Madeleine is dead, says their spokesman.
Knight 'confident' on Sats result
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 1:43pm GMT
Despite the problems with this year's Sats tests, the schools minister says the final results can withstand scrutiny.
A right result?
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 1:40pm GMT
Students from across Scotland tell their exam stories
Briton opposes Indian rapist bail
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 1:37pm GMT
An Indian guest house owner who raped a British woman is bailed months after being jailed for life.
BBC News Player | World
China confident of safe Olympics
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 1:09pm GMT
Chinese officials say security has been tightened at all Olympic venues ahead of the Games' opening ceremony.
BBC News | UK | UK Edition
Why Midori?
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 12:50pm GMT
Microsoft's new operating system research project is mysteriously named "Midori". But why?
Woman hid dead baby in car boot
Posted:
August
5th
, 2008, 12:00pm GMT
A woman who admitted hiding the body of her dead son in the boot of her car was trying to hide an affair with a colleague.
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