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Police warn they will take action against people making threats to Scottish FA panel members who handed out punishments to Rangers.

After trying to tax Illinois to governmental solvency and economic dynamism, Pat Quinn, a Democrat who has been governor since 2009, now says "our rendezvous with reality has arrived."

Police investigating the deaths of a mother and daughter in an arson attack in Dungannon say they want to identify two men seen in the area.

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has spoken in support of Arab VIPS visiting al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.

Plans to send warning letters to suspected illegal file-sharers have been put off until at least 2014, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport confirms.

Great Britain's men's and women's football teams will face Brazil and Sweden respectively in Olympic warm-up games at Middlesbrough.

LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- In a historic ruling, an international court convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor on Thursday of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity for supporting notoriously brutal rebels in neighboring Sierra Leone in return for blood diamonds....

RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteorites for more than 20 years, so he knew he'd found something special in the Sierra foothills along the path of a flaming fireball that shook parts of Northern California and Nevada with a sonic boom over the weekend....

A woman who was seen on CCTV kicking a boy in the head after he was fatally stabbed in a Tube station is jailed for 12 years for the killing.

Chemists devise a means to coat cotton fabrics with durable "super-hydrophobic" layers that repel water and stains alike.

Science fiction publisher Tor UK decides to drop anti-piracy restrictions from its electronic books.

At least six people are killed in bomb attacks on newspaper offices in two Nigerian cities, witnesses say.

Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor is convicted of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war at his trial in The Hague.

RENO, Nev. — Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteorites for more than 20 years, so he knew he'd found something special in the Sierra foothills along the path of a flaming fireball that shook parts of Northern California and Nevada with a sonic boom over the weekend.

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A woman who needed major surgery after she was shot by her estranged husband in a Newport hair salon last year donates £1,000 to a hospital.

Game giant Nintendo reports its first annual net loss of 43.2bn yen ($533m; £329m) as sales of its Wii games console disappoint and a strong yen hits exports

Car giants Volkswagen, Chrysler and Fiat all report strong rises in first-quarter profits as the global car market recovers.

The final list of candidates in Egypt's first post-Mubarak presidential election is published, with 13 candidates allowed to stand.

Children's minister Tim Loughton warns that parents are helping their children dodge Facebook age limits to set up accounts.

Analysis of the bodily fluids of dead spy Gareth Williams reveal no known poison, excess alcohol or party drugs were found in his system.