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02/09/2009 20:19

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Longest marriage ends - Strike threat among Cadbury's staff - Banks would get around bonus cap: London mayor.



Longest marriage ends

One half of Britain's longest married couple has died at the age of 101.

Strike threat among Cadbury's staff

Chocolate giant Cadbury's is facing the threat of strikes after workers called for a ballot on industrial action in a row over pay.

Banks would get around bonus cap: London mayor

London Mayor Boris Johnson spoke out Wednesday against mandatory caps on bankers' bonuses, arguing that banks would simply find another way of rewarding their traders.

Sixth arrest in £40m robbery probe

A sixth person has been arrested in connection with Britain's biggest jewellery robbery.

Lorry Murder: CCTV Of Stacey's Final Moments

Police have released CCTV images of nine-year-old Stacey Lawrence and her mother's partner, Darren Walker, buying dinner at a motorway service station.

Fire official: Big LA forest fire human caused

Firefighters made more progress Wednesday against a giant wildfire that has ravaged a national forest north of Los Angeles as investigators searched for information about how the fire started.

Hartford mayor arrested again; 3 others charged

Mayor Eddie Perez on Wednesday surrendered to state police for the second time this year to face corruption charges, this time on allegations he and a former state lawmaker took part in a crooked parking lot deal.

Lawyer: Calif. kidnapper's wife misses children

The lawyer for the wife of accused kidnapper and rapist Phillip Garrido says his client misses the children her husband allegedly fathered with his victim, and says she saw them all as a family.

Evacuation holdouts defy danger to protect homes

Mike Tarzian didn't even bother watering down his roof of his Tujunga home. He closed all the windows, leaned a ladder against the house for firefighters and stuck a case of water in the fridge.

3rd man arrested in shooting death of Texas doctor

Authorities have arrested a third suspect in the death of a prominent Houston physician who was shot several times as he arrived at his sprawling countryside ranch with his family.

Freed reporters say they were dragged into NKorea

Two American television reporters imprisoned in North Korea for months say communist soldiers "violently dragged" them back when they returned to Chinese soil after briefly crossing into the reclusive country.

Lawyer: NY wrong-way driver to be exhumed, tested

The body of a woman who killed herself and seven other people by driving a minivan the wrong way on a parkway and crashing into an SUV will be exhumed for testing in an attempt to counter findings that she was drunk, a family lawyer said Tuesday.

Twitter opens a door to Iowa operating room

From anesthesia to the recovery room, 70-year-old Monna Cleary's children followed her surgery — 140 characters or less at a time.

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