UK & USA Today Editoweb 16 March 2010

Chubby cleared of car park assault
Blue comic Roy "Chubby" Brown was today cleared of hitting a 21-year-old woman in the face during a foul-mouthed row in a supermarket car park.

Mother's joy as kidnap son is freed
The mother of a five-year-old British boy freed by kidnappers in Pakistan has spoken of her relief and the joy of hearing his voice once more.

Brown rejects EU criticism
Gordon Brown has rejected criticism from the EU Commission that the UK is not doing enough to tackle its spiralling deficit.

Beckham 'positive' after surgery
David Beckham has said he is "feeling positive" after undergoing surgery on his Achilles tendon.

PM Defends Deficit Plan Ahead Of EU Warning
Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling have defended their plans for reducing the UK's budget deficit after being warned they risk being unambitious.

Dems defend House health care strategy
Democrats defended plans to push massive health care legislation through the House without a direct vote and Republicans assailed the strategy Tuesday, as both parties fenced ferociously over the health overhaul end game.

Army drops bayonets, busts abs in training revamp
New soldiers are grunting through the kind of stretches and twists found in "ab blaster" classes at suburban gyms as the Army revamps its basic training regimen for the first time in three decades.

Volunteers along Red River in flood-fighting mode
Volunteers in North Dakota were in flood-fighting mode again Tuesday filling sandbags while contractors constructed clay levees along the fast-rising Red River to help protect nearby homes from the murky waters.

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