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Local councils in Wales could face a big shake-up under a major review into the way public services are run.

A government minister says the UK is investigating discharges by chemical tankers after hundreds of birds washed up dead along the south coast.

The Office of Fair Trading accuses GlaxoSmithKline of paying rivals to delay the release of generic versions of one of its drugs.

A major police operation is under way in the Boston area following the killing of a police officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

US technology giants Google and Microsoft, which compete in software and search engines, both report rising profits.

The scene around Boston Friday was chaotic. Police were going house to house in Watertown as they searched for "suspect No. 2" in the bombings. "Suspect No. 1," known as "black hat," was said to be dead. People across the area were told to shelter in place.

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Ticker symbol DNKN picked up a percent and a bit today. Analysts will tell you it was because business at Dunkin' Donuts is pretty good.

I, however, would like to think it's because Wall Street knows a good deed when it sees it.

In the middle of the insanity in Boston today came this news: That Dunkin' Donuts outlets would stay open despite the lockdown order to make sure police and first responders would be taken care of.

Make all the jokes you like about cops and donuts, but you gotta be thankful for 'em today.

A tense night of police activity just days after the Boston Marathon bombings has caused police to converge on a neighborhood outside Boston where they say there were explosives. The chaos in Watertown, about 10 miles west of Boston, occurred just hours after a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer was shot and killed on campus. It was unclear if the outbursts of violence were related

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A sat-nav mix up leaves a coach load of school pupils almost 80 miles from home after a trip to Paris.

The FBI releases photos of two suspects it wants to identify as part of the investigation into Monday's Boston marathon bombings.

In his latest BBC Sport column, Lewis Hamilton talks about strategic racing and his car collection, as well as answering your questions

Jack Richmond was a young father when his leg was crushed in a work accident. Though in denial at first that it would need to be amputated, he quickly realized he could share his experience to help other amputees, as he tells his daughter, Reagan, on a visit to StoryCorps.

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A divide that began under President Hugo Chavez has grown deeper in the weeks since his death. "The country is simply split in two," says one Venezuelan, in the wake of violent protests after the disputed presidential election that Chavez's hand-picked heir won by a slim margin.

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Jack Richmond was a young father when his leg was crushed in a work accident. Though in denial at first that it would need to be amputated, he quickly realized he could share his experience to help other amputees, as he tells his daughter, Reagan, on a visit to StoryCorps.

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Lawmakers are considering a measure that would offer legal protection to groups that trap, sterilize and return feral cats to their colonies. But wildlife groups and some homeowners say the cats are a threat to public health — and to other animals.

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Lawmakers are considering a measure that would offer legal protection to groups that trap, sterilize and return feral cats to their colonies. But wildlife groups and some homeowners say the cats are a threat to public health — and to other animals.

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A 34-year-old man is killed in a shooting in north London.

A support worker who suffered sexual harassment at work is awarded £12,293 by an industrial tribunal.

Former Olympic 200m champion Shawn Crawford is banned for two years for failing to comply with testing.