UK manufacturing output bounced back in March, figures show, but overall industrial output fell due to a drop in oil and gas production.

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Manufacturing output up in March

Detectives say the death of a woman whose body was found at a disused factory in Glasgow is being treated as suspicious.

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Body of woman found at factory

Reports from the US say the would-be suicide attacker in a foiled “underwear bomb” plot was in fact a double agent.

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VIDEO: Underwear bomber ‘was double agent’

Long queues for passport control checks at UK airports are a fact of life but are still an “unacceptable” part of travel, Stansted Airport bosses say.

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Long airport wait ‘unacceptable’

A man and a boy appear in court in connection with the theft of Chinese artefacts worth up to £40m from a Cambridge museum.

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Art theft haul worth ‘up to £40m’

Research suggests President Obama’s mixed-race heritage can still be a powerful factor in economically distressed regions with high proportions of white working-class residents.

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4 Years Later, Race Is Still Issue for Some Voters

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday pulled a $5,000 solicitation for a magician to motivate employees at a leadership training event, weeks after a mind reader hired by the General Services Administration became an embarrassing symbol of a Las Vegas spending scandal. Read full article > >

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NOAA pulls ad for magician to motivate employees at leadership event

It is unlikely that the death of a British spy found at his home in 2010 — his naked body padlocked inside a large red carrying bag stowed in the bathtub — will ever be satisfactorily explained, coroner Fiona Wilcox said Wednesday.

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Coroner mystified by dead spy in bag

On strong U.S. manufacturing report.

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Dow Reaches 4-Year High

The day I found out that I was terminally ill, it was misty, just barely raining, appropriately gray and damp. I was 51 years old. My life was normal — wonderful, in fact. My mother and I, both in our raincoats, both carrying umbrellas, were walking down a city sidewalk miles from home when my cellphone rang. It was my oncologist calling to give me test results; she knew I’d want them before a medical appointment the next day. She told me gently. I hung up. Read full article > >

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Terminal breast cancer leads woman to pick palliative care, not aggressive therapy

Representative Paul D. Ryan, the Republican Party’s de facto head of economic policy, may be one of its most important figures outside of Mitt Romney.

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The Ticket: Paul Ryan’s Kinetic Rise in G.O.P.

Swiss drugmaker Novartis reports a sharp fall in profits, due in part to manufacturing problems at a US plant and to currency moves.

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Novartis sees profit fall sharply

The nonpartisan government accountability group Cause of Action has asked the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget to perform a government-wide audit to determine whether agencies are abiding by whistleblower protection laws. Read full article > >

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Nonprofit seeks information about protections for whistleblowers

In presidential politics, should the grading be on a curve? Specifically, assessing President Obama , is it correct to judge his policies on the merits, or in the broader context of legislative realities and the elephant-in-the-room fact of the looming election? Read full article > >

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On the ‘Buffett Rule,’ should Obama get an A for effort?

Chinese artefacts worth almost £2m that were stolen from a University of Durham museum are recovered by police.

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Stolen museum treasures recovered