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A first alcohol profile of the Scottish Borders estimates more than £30m-a-year is spent dealing with drink-related issues.

The UK government's policy of forcing people to apply for benefits and jobs online is criticised by Citizens Advice Scotland.

A musical duo from Bristol are making a film about their lives as converts to Islam called the Hip Hop Hijabis.

How do Indian students view UK visa charges?

Cloak and dagger needed to glimpse Italy's Alpine mega-tunnel

Police identify the charred body found in a mountain cabin after a police gun fight as a fugitive former Los Angeles police officer accused of murder.

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Warren made her debut at the Senate Banking Committee hearing, where a simple question stumped federal regulators. She asked Securities and Exchange Commission regulators when was the last time they took a big bank to trial.

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Money flooding in from outside groups contributed to 33 percent more political TV ads in 2012 than 2008. The ads pounded away at voters' eyeballs and ears in just a few targeted cities in battleground states.

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Dorner is suspected of going on a killing spree that led to a multi-state manhunt. The remains were identified using dental records.

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The cost of renting a home in England and Wales fell in January for the third month in a row, but remained higher than a year earlier, a survey suggests.

Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas says he is stunned by Gareth Bale's free-kick technique after the winger's double against Lyon.

Republican senators delay a vote to confirm former Senator Chuck Hagel's nomination as secretary of defense, saying questions remain.

The potential Democratic Party contest between 89-year-old Sen. Frank Lautenberg and 43-year-old Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker had been shaping up to be a generational battle royale. Alas, it won't happen now that Lautenberg has announced that he won't run for re-election in 2014.

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A Vatican spokesman denied that had anything to do with Benedict XVI's decision to step down. But the revelation came just two days after the spokesman said the pope underwent a secret operation late last year to replace the battery for a pacemaker.

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Ramiro Gomez Jr. is an artist — and nanny — who places cardboard paintings of domestic workers in affluent Los Angeles neighborhoods. Some people see him as an activist, but Gomez shies away from that label; he just hopes his project will help to humanize immigrant workers.

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Lautenberg had already been challenged by the younger and very popular Newark Mayor Cory Booker. In a statement, Lautenberg said he still had a lot of work to do in his remaining two years.

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