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BBC - News: VIDEO: Jail for bride who stole for wedding

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:55:25 -0600

A bride who stole up to £200,000 from her boss to fund her wedding, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison. 30-year-old Kirsty Lane admitted defrauding the company she worked for.

BBC - News: New window into earliest Universe

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:54:32 -0600

Researchers suggest a way to get a look at the Universe in its infancy, thanks to a quirk of light from those early days caused by dark matter.

BBC - News: Carr 'morally wrong' on tax - PM

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:51:39 -0600

Prime Minister David Cameron says the legal but aggressive tax avoidance scheme reportedly used by comedian Jimmy Carr is "not morally right".

BBC - News: VIDEO: Centenary of the birth of Alan Turing

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:45:47 -0600

This week sees the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing, a man regarded as one of the most influential mathematicians of the 20th Century.

CNN - Top Stories: Opinion: China overtaking U.S. in space?

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:39:40 -0600

Joan Johnson-Freese says the danger for the U.S. is in ceding space exploration and leadership to China because it lacks patience

BBC - News: VIDEO: Cameron denies 1930s-style slump

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:39:28 -0600

David Cameron has denied the UK is in a 1930s-style slump, but said more will done to get the economy moving.

BBC - News: FA is fined for fans' behaviour

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:36:38 -0600

The Football Association is fined 5,000 euros by Uefa for England fans' attempted pitch invasion in the Euro 2012 win over Sweden.

BBC - News: US acts to cut borrowing costs

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:29:13 -0600

The US central bank extends its programme of swapping short-term bonds for longer-term ones to bring down the long-term cost of borrowing.

BBC - News: So You Think claims Ascot victory

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:27:59 -0600

Odds-on favourite So You Think powers past the Queen's Carlton House to win the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot.

BBC - News: DRD discriminated in job process

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:26:37 -0600

The Department of Regional Development loses a high-profile religious discrimination case at an industrial tribunal, which found evidence by Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy "implausible and lacking credibility".

BBC - News: Obama seals Fast and Furious file

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:25:35 -0600

President Obama takes the rare step of claiming executive privilege to withhold documents sought by lawmakers probing a botched sting operation.

BBC - News: Syria 'truce' to evacuate Homs

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:21:09 -0600

The Red Cross says the Syrian government and rebel fighters have agreed a temporary truce to allow civilians to be evacuated from the city of Homs.

BBC - News: Windows Phone 8 system announced

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:19:56 -0600

Microsoft details new features it will include in the next version of its smartphone operating system.

CNN - Top Stories: Sen. Reid: 'That's a clown question, bro'

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:19:11 -0600

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid doesn't answer a question posed to him by a reporter about the DREAM Act.

CNN - Top Stories: How a deaf firefighter succeeds

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:11:25 -0600

A Connecticut firefighter doesn't let his handicap stop him from pursuing his dream job.

BBC - News: De Rossi excited by Gerrard clash

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:11:24 -0600

Italy midfielder Daniele De Rossi is looking forward to facing "idol" Steven Gerrard in Sunday's quarter-final with England.

CNN - Top Stories: Obama: 'Executive privilege' shields Fast and Furious docs

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:09:55 -0600

A House committee began considering a contempt measure against Attorney General Eric Holder today even though President Obama asserted executive privilege over documents sought by the panel.

BBC - News: Turkey hits Kurdish sites in Iraq

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:04:14 -0600

The Turkish military said it has carried out strikes on Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq, a day after 18 people died in fighting in south-east Turkey.

CNN - Top Stories: Kids develop app to fight bullying

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:04:07 -0600

Anti-bullying app designed by kids could become a standard for schools in Connecticut.

BBC - News: Cameron denies 1930s-style slump

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:01:07 -0600

David Cameron rejects claims by cabinet colleague Vince Cable that the UK is in a 1930s style slump, in an interview with the BBC's Nick Robinson.