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A bank manager who fraudulently claimed £35,100 in benefits is given a suspended jail sentence, and her former partner is sent to prison.

LONDON (AP) -- A British codebreaker had complained of friction at the country's overseas spy agency before his naked and decomposing body was found inside a padlocked sports bag, his family told an inquest Monday....

CHICAGO (AP) -- A gift of balloons. That, prosecutors contend, is what sent singer Jennifer Hudson's then brother-in-law into such a jealous rage that he shot dead her mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew in a horrific act of vindictiveness in the home where the Hollywood star grew up....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister on Monday scrambled to contain the damage from Egypt's decision to cut off natural gas exports, dismissing the matter as a mere "business dispute" as he tried to prevent a full-fledged diplomatic crisis....

Iran has been forced to disconnect key oil facilities after suffering a malware attack on Sunday, say reports.

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea promised Monday to reduce South Korea's conservative government "to ashes" in less than four minutes, in an unusually specific escalation of recent threats aimed at its southern rival....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber attacked U.S. and Afghan forces at a checkpoint Wednesday in eastern Afghanistan, killing 21 people, including three U.S. soldiers, U.S. and Afghan officials said....

The trial of a man accused of murdering his wife, who disappeared in Moray in 1998, gets under way.

Owen Coyle says Bolton have suffered a 'freak season in terms of injuries' as he prepares to give a debut to 18-year-old Josh Vela.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A spring nor'easter packing soaking rain and high winds churned up the Northeast on Monday morning, unleashing a burst of winter and up to a foot of snow in higher elevations inland, closing some schools and sparking concerns of power outages.

"It's unusual, but not unheard of," ...

Tory MP Nadine Dorries describes David Cameron and George Osborne as "two arrogant posh boys" with "no passion to want to understand the lives of others".

Shells and gunfire from Syrian security forces have killed 33 people in the city of Hama, activists say, as the EU imposes a new round of sanctions.

The inquest has begun into the death of an MI6 officer whose body was found padlocked inside a large bag, with the coroner saying intelligence agents could give evidence anonymously.

The gap between male and female life expectancy is closing and men could catch up by 2030, according to an adviser for the Office for National Statistics.

Julian Zelizer says Obama, Romney run the risk that their words may make it impossible for them to be effective if elected

Tanker drivers, teachers, Tube drivers - 2012 has been dominated by the threat of key workers striking. But who's the "keyest"?

North Korea said Monday that it would soon initiate "special actions" aimed at destroying the South Korean president and his government.

24 hours of news photos: 23 April 2012

A man who has been accused of halting the University Boat Race by swimming in the River Thames appears in court.

A dog who has twice saved the life of her owner when she suffered a seizure is in the running for an award.