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University Challenge Winners Disqualified - Jack Tweed accused of stab threat - University team stripped of title.



University Challenge Winners Disqualified

The Oxbridge eggheads who won University Challenge have been disqualified for fielding a 'ringer' contestant.

Jack Tweed accused of stab threat

The husband of dying Jade Goody threatened to stab a taxi driver who asked for the fare in advance, a court heard.

University team stripped of title

The Oxford University team which won this year's series of University Challenge has been disqualified after fielding an ineligible contestant, the BBC said.

HSBC funds call drags Footsie down

Banking giant HSBC led the FTSE 100 Index to another 'meltdown Monday' as London's leading shares nose-dived to a six-year low.

PM looks for united front with Obama

Prime Minister Gordon Brown was flying to America for a meeting with Barack Obama at which he hopes to secure the US President's agreement on international action to tackle the global economic downturn.

2 girls killed when car flips into canal in Fla.

Police in Florida say two young girls died when the car they were riding in flipped off the Florida Turnpike and into a canal.

Farrakhan: Followers must continue `Obama energy'

From a three-hour keynote address by Minister Louis Farrakhan to $10 T-shirts, mentions of President Barack Obama were everywhere at the Nation of Islam's annual convention in a Chicago suburb.

ND family says US journalist is detained in Iran

A U.S. journalist has been arrested in Iran, and her father said Sunday she told him in a brief phone call she was detained after buying a bottle of wine.

LA County tries for cuss-free week

Pay no attention to that eerie silence in the nation's most populous county this week; it will simply be the sound of 10 million people not cussing.

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