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Russia tests a new long-range missile which sources say is designed to penetrate Nato's missile defence shield.

Thousands of people in Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire, cheer on a 16-year-old boy with one leg as he runs with the torch.

A 22-year-old man admits causing the death of a six-year-old Wakefield boy who was hit by a car last summer.

Yosemite National Park officers came to a campsite to investigate disorderly conduct and a traffic offense and ordered everybody to sit at a table and show their hands. One lady refused to be patted down and then was threatened with being Tasered, and that was unreasonable under the circumstances. She was targeted only because she was with others who might be suspects. United States v. Mazzetti, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69922 (E.D. Cal. May 17, 2012)*:

Based on the record before the Court, including the primary concern for the personal freedom of individuals who are suspected of having done nothing more than to have committed, and completed, a misdemeanor, the rangers had the right and duty to approach the group and question its individual members regarding possible criminal activity. However, they lacked the right to conduct an investigatory stop, i.e, restrain the liberty, of Defendant. They did restrain her. The restraints violated protections afforded her under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The Court does not discount nor denigrate the reasonableness and sincerity of Ranger Bellino's belief that the restraints on Defendant's freedom were necessary to ensure safety of himself and his fellow rangers dealing with members of a group which outnumbered the Rangers. The Court respects such concerns. History has shown that law enforcement personnel are regularly exposed to wholly unexpected, and all too often deadly, threats. However, our Constitution demands that such concerns be balanced against citizens' rights to be free of unreasonable seizure of their persons. Thus, law enforcement may not take action to restrain the personal liberties of individuals based on purely theoretical safety concerns. Here, when Ranger Bellino arrived, nothing suggested to him that any member of the group had engaged in any serious crime or threat to public safety or posed an ongoing threat to Ranger Bellino or anyone else. There was no justification for using the threat of force to compel Defendant's continued presence.

MOSCOW (AP) -- Iran and six world powers sought elusive common ground Monday in talks meant to reduce tensions over Tehran's nuclear activities that both sides see as crucial to their interests but which are stalled by reluctance to commit to each other's demands....

Dean Obeidallah says the candidates would like to sell themselves as super heroes for the economy. The truth is not that simple, and voters know it

The jury in former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' corruption trial enters its fourth day of deliberations Wednesday.

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) -- On a recent evening on Baku's seaside promenade, throbbing Euro-dance music blared out from an open-air concert as families strolled by. Cafes serving fragrant skewered meat served throngs of locals and foreigners....

Roma (or Gypsy) communities in Western Europe often face similar levels of discrimination as their counterparts in the east, the EU and UN say.

A Pakistani doctor is sentenced to at least 30 years in jail for a false vaccination programme which helped the US find and kill Osama Bin Laden.

The Speaker intervened to ask the prime minister to withdraw a reference to Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls as a "muttering idiot".

Ethan A. Huff | Fukushima is essentially a grounded nuclear weapon that every second of every day is waging war against Planet Earth.

An ill-tempered clash at prime minister's questions has made plain the widely contrasting positions of the government and the opposition on workers' rights.

Shafilea Ahmed drank bleach on a trip to Pakistan after her mother told her she would not return to the UK, a court hears.

A sex attacker is told he shows "contempt and arrogance" towards women as he is given an indeterminate sentence after being convicted of five rapes.

Historically, America has a special set of values.

During a debate hosted by Google, the search giant says that automatic porn filters are a mistake.

Paul Joseph Watson | Orlando International Airport considering replacing federal screeners with private security.

Alexander Higgins | Facebook: Muppet for the masses.

Prime Minister David Cameron is rebuked for unparliamentary language after calling shadow chancellor Ed Balls a "muttering idiot".