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Experts are predicting Edvard Munch's masterpiece The Scream could fetch more than $80m (£50m) at auction in New York in May.

Three men and a woman appear in court charged with the murder of a man found stabbed and burned in an industrial bin in Southampton.

New banking venture NBNK submits a fresh bid proposal to buy 632 Lloyds bank branches, putting it back in competition with the Co-operative Group.

A group of children and parents set up camp at a mountaineering centre to protest at plans to close a dry ski-slope.

The council for Germany's Roma (Gypsies) wants a Swiss magazine banned for using an image of a Roma boy pointing a gun on its cover.

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — After an extraordinary public campaign to make an arrest in the shooting of an unarmed black teen, a Florida prosecutor came back with a murder charge in the case that has galvanized the nation for weeks.

But prosecutors face steep hurdles to win a second-degree murder ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- Most states are doing a poor job tracking whether their tax breaks for businesses are actually spurring job growth, including some that have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into corporate incentive programs even while grappling with record deficits, according to a new report....

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- After years of failed attempts to repeal the death penalty, Connecticut lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have passed legislation that abolishes the punishment for all future cases....

HARTFORD, Conn. — After years of failed attempts to repeal the death penalty, Connecticut lawmakers in both the House and the Senate have passed legislation that abolishes the punishment for all future cases.

As expected, members of the House voted 86-62 in favor of the bill after a floor debate ...

Peter Stringfellow, a long-term Conservative supporter, is backing the UK Independence Party candidate in a forthcoming Westminster Council by-election, the party says.

Launch your own lucky dip for the big race at Aintree

On 3 May, 10 cities will hold referendums on whether to have a directly-elected mayor and across England, Yes and No supporters are pressing their case.

Pinstickers' guide to the Grand National runners at Aintree

Andy Farrell will not join Stuart Lancaster's England coaching team and will remain at Premiership side Saracens instead.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Want a peek inside the Democratic playbook as the presidential race shifts fully into general election mode? Just listen to Joe Biden....

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Want a peek inside the Democratic playbook as the presidential race shifts fully into general election mode? Just listen to Joe Biden....

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- Want a peek inside the Democratic playbook as the presidential race shifts fully into general election mode? Just listen to Joe Biden....

Uefa President Michel Platini accuses "bandits and crooks" of hiking up hotel prices ahead of the Euro 2012 football championships.

A 42-year-old man is remanded in custody charged with the murder of Coleraine pensioner Norman Moffatt.