UK & USA Today Editoweb 24 March 2010

Darling unveils budget 'for recovery'

Chancellor Alistair Darling Budget has unveiled a Budget he said would secure economic recovery and tackle borrowing.

We've got your wife, husband told

A post office owner has described how his wife was murdered by an armed intruder as he worked in his shop downstairs, police have said.

Budget sets up election battlelines

Alistair Darling has drawn up the battlelines for the general election with a highly political Budget which squeezed the better off while offering help to new homebuyers, the elderly and the young unemployed.

Asthma victim's parents criticise council

The parents of a boy who died after an asthma attack at school have criticised the council.

Decision 'shortly' on Russian bid for British newspapers

Independent News and Media (INM) will announce "very shortly" whether two ailing British newspapers will be sold to former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev, it said Wednesday.

New search for missing chef Claudia

Detectives investigating the disappearance of chef Claudia Lawrence are today searching an area near the university where she worked, police said.

Obama signs order on abortion in health care bill

With little fanfare, President Barack Obama signed an executive order Wednesday designed to ensure that no federal money can be used for elective abortions under the nation's new health care legislation.

NJ gov off to a strong start; some say too strong

There's not a lot that's small about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. He is a big man with a big personality and a big problem — namely, closing a nearly $11 billion deficit in a state whose residents carry the biggest property-tax burden in the country.

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