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Man who cared for famed old tree dies at 103

PORTLAND | Frank Knight's decades-long battle to save New England's tallest elm served as an inspiring tale of devotion, so it is fitting that he will be laid to rest in a coffin made from the tree he made ...

There is a "compelling" case for a system of road charging, according to a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the RAC.

Parents in England are to be given more financial control over support for their children with special educational needs.

CADEREYTA, Mexico (AP) -- Authorities struggled Monday to identify 49 bodies without heads, hands or feet to gain clues into the latest in a series of massacres from an escalating war between Mexico's two dominant drug cartels, with increasing evidence that innocents are being pulled into the bloodbath along with gang rivals....

Scientists plan to deliver a coffin to Downing Street on Tuesday to protest about "the death of British science".

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday congratulated Mitt Romney on securing the Republican presidential nomination, a gesture coupled with a new line of attack on the GOP challenger that portrays his economic record while governor of Massachusetts as a failure....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama tried Monday to tarnish Mitt Romney as a corporate titan who got rich by cutting rather than creating jobs, opening a new effort to undercut the Republican's claims that his background of business success is just what America needs in a time of deep economic uncertainty....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama tried Monday to tarnish Mitt Romney as a corporate titan who got rich by cutting rather than creating jobs, opening a new effort to undercut the Republican's claims that his background of business success is just what America needs in a time of deep economic uncertainty....

Why securing finance can be tough for tech start-ups

A bomb is found on a plane at St Angelo airport near Enniskillen in County Fermanagh.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida A&M University's prestigious marching band, scarred by the hazing death of one of its drum majors, won't be taking the field for at least another year....

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida A&M University's prestigious marching band, scarred by the hazing death of one of its drum majors, won't be taking the field for at least another year....

England manager Roy Hodgson praises Gary Neville, claiming his role as a media pundit played a big part in his joining the coaching staff.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Diane Millich's ex-husband was never arrested for any of the more than 100 times he slapped, kicked or punched her before showing up at her Colorado workplace and firing a 9 mm pistol, wounding the co-worker who pushed her out of the way....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Diane Millich's ex-husband was never arrested for any of the more than 100 times he slapped, kicked or punched her before showing up at her Colorado workplace and firing a 9 mm pistol, wounding the co-worker who pushed her out of the way....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Diane Millich's ex-husband was never arrested for any of the more than 100 times he slapped, kicked or punched her before showing up at her Colorado workplace and firing a 9 mm pistol, wounding the co-worker who pushed her out of the way....

Ratings agency Moody's cuts the credit ratings on 26 Italian banks, including Italy's largest lenders Unicredit and Intesa Sanpaolo.

Striker Robin van Persie joins up with the Dutch squad having yet to make a final decision on his Arsenal future.

HASTINGS, Minn. (AP) -- A Minnesota grand jury has indicted a national right-to-die group and several members for their actions in the 2007 suicide of a suburban Minneapolis woman, prosecutors announced Monday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Speaking softly, nervously and in detail, Brian McNamee testified about the life-changing moment when, he said, he first gave Roger Clemens a "booty shot" of steroids....