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American veteran Fred Couples and compatriot Jason Dufner lead the Masters with Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood one shot back after an absorbing second round at Augusta.

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An Aberdeen charity shop sells a rare first edition of a novel by Jules Verne for almost £1,000.

The most senior cleric in the Roman Catholic Church in Britain says Christians should "proudly" wear a cross every day of their lives.

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Coup leaders in Mali agree to stand down in exchange for amnesty and the dropping of sanctions, in a deal with regional bloc Ecowas.

Rising utility bills push the annual cost of owning and running a home in Scotland to a 10-year high, new research suggests.

Teachers' conferences are to hear claims that academies are a form of back-door privatisation.

A New Jersey man is making a quick recovery after accidentally shooting a 4-inch (10cm) nail into his heart.

Social networking websites are being used to threaten and make false allegations against teachers, according to a teachers' union.

British gold medallist Sally Gunnell OBE has given her stamp of approval to a new design issued by Royal Mail.

Yemen's President Hadi dismisses two army chiefs who were close to his predeccessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh, according to official media.

Five people are arrested in southern China after a teenager sold his kidney so he could buy an iPhone and iPad computer, state media say.

The holder of one of three winning tickets in a record $656m (£413m) prize is looking forward to retirement, a Kansas lottery official says.

Alan Pardew praises 'electric' striker Papiss Cisse after Newcastle's 2-0 win over Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium.

The man who runs a California school offering courses on growing marijuana says he will give up the project days after US federal agents raided it.

Officials in Tunisia say two bloggers have been jailed for seven years after posting cartoons of a naked Prophet Muhammad on the internet.

A US Navy F-18 jet crashes into an apartment building in a residential area of the town of Virginia Beach, causing a fire but few reports of injuries.

A tourist cruise boat gets stuck against Westminster Bridge in central London after a strong tide pushes it away from its dock.