The Home Office draws up contingency plans to cope with a possible large increase in immigration from Greece if the euro collapses.

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UK plans for EU immigration rise

Money lending firm Wonga is criticised by the Office of Fair Trading for using aggressive and misleading debt collection methods.

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Wonga misled debtors, says OFT

The Home Office disputes claims that 1,600 police officers will be lost in Wales due to spending cuts.

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War of words over police job cuts

Authorities have arrested a suspect in the case of an alleged police impersonator who is believed to have killed two motorists in Mississippi, the Tunica County Sherriff's Office said.

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Arrest made in Miss. highway killings

On a gorgeous spring Thursday, kids on class trips were all over the Capitol grounds, many in matching T-shirts, posing for pictures on the granite steps. They were having a great time learning history and about how government works. If they had crossed Independence Avenue and squeezed into a Cannon House Office Building hearing room, they also would have witnessed how government is not supposed to work. Read full article > >

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Federal Diary: House subcommittee looks into Homeland Security corruption

UK unemployment fell by 45,000 to 2.63 million in the three months to March, according to the Office for National Statistics.

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UK unemployment falls by 45,000

New government-wide restrictions on federal travel and meetings are the inevitable fallout from the General Services Administration scandal involving an excessive Las Vegas conference. Jeffrey D. Zients, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, sent a memo to government officials Friday saying, “Each agency shall spend at least 30 percent less on travel expenses covered by this memorandum than in FY 2010.” Read full article > >

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It was another bad day at the office for Tiger Woods as he shot a two-over-par 74 in his opening round at the Players Championship Thursday.

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Tiger: I shot myself in the foot

The National Audit Office says the government’s flagship Regional Jobs Fund must offer better value for taxpayers’ money.

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Jobs fund ‘costs £200K per post’

An American expert in violent self-defence has been stopped from entering the UK after the Home Office said his presence was against the “public good”.

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UK ban for US self-defence expert

Thomas Kinkade , the “Painter of Light” whose collectible works were beloved by fans and bemoaned by critics, died of an accidental overdose of alcohol and prescription tranquilizers, officials confirmed to the Associated Press. A combination of Valium and alcohol was the cause of the painter’s April 6 death , the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office said Tuesday. Read full article > >

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Thomas Kinkade’s death ruled an accidental overdose

A demand for suspended payments apparently sparked the attack on the office of Prime Minister Abdel Rahim el-Keeb, who reportedly was not present at the time.

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Libyan Militiamen Attack Premier’s Office in Tripoli

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law a bill banning abortion providers like Planned Parenthood from receiving money through the state, her office said in a statement.

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It was an accident, the kind of split-second disaster played out in corporate lunch rooms around noon every day. I reached into the fridge to grab my cubby of leftovers from amongst the other tubs and containers, and out fell somebody else’s. The yellow Tupperware tumbled off its perch, conked into a shelf and flipped to land on the floor – face down, lid off, pasta strewn. Lunch? Served. Even if you subscribe to the 5-second rule , it surely does not apply to linguine and seasoned chicken chunks. Mop-sop-scoop? Wait – with hands? Ick. Container? Better. There could be no delusions of pretend-it-never-happened. Mess disposed, evidenced tidied, floor sanitized, I washed the mystery person’s container, warmed my waiting pasta and beanballs, then returned to my desk to type a note to my coworkers. Subject line: “Sorry about your lunch.” My soy creamer, yogurt cups and entire meals have fallen to fridge phantoms. I like to believe it’s an accident, or maybe desperation, especially back in those jobs when the only spare food for miles came from a testy vending machine. Whether it's filched or spilled, food that’s missing when we expect it always leaves us righteously hungry, sadder but wiser to know we really can’t expect more. “If you had the yellow Tupperware container with a pasta dish inside, I apologize,” I wrote to our staff listserv. “It fell out when I pulled my lunch from the fridge, the lid came off and it splattered on the floor. It’s cleaned up and the container is washed. Happy to buy your lunch, just stop by my desk.” What followed was swift proof that we’ve suffered quietly through too much break room abuse. “How often do our lunches or sodas go missing and we never know why?” one colleague wrote to the entire staff. “What a stand-up thing to do.” “Like button,” came another response. Still another: “I

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It was an accident, the kind of split-second disaster played out in corporate lunch rooms around noon every day. I reached into the fridge to grab my cubby of leftovers from amongst the other tubs and containers, and out fell somebody else’s. The yellow Tupperware tumbled off its perch, conked into a shelf and flipped to land on the floor – face down, lid off, pasta strewn. Lunch? Served. Even if you subscribe to the 5-second rule , it surely does not apply to linguine and seasoned chicken chunks. Mop-sop-scoop? Wait – with hands? Ick. Container? Better. There could be no delusions of pretend-it-never-happened. Mess disposed, evidenced tidied, floor sanitized, I washed the mystery person’s container, warmed my waiting pasta and beanballs, then returned to my desk to type a note to my coworkers. Subject line: “Sorry about your lunch.” My soy creamer, yogurt cups and entire meals have fallen to fridge phantoms. I like to believe it’s an accident, or maybe desperation, especially back in those jobs when the only spare food for miles came from a testy vending machine. Whether it's filched or spilled, food that’s missing when we expect it always leaves us righteously hungry, sadder but wiser to know we really can’t expect more. “If you had the yellow Tupperware container with a pasta dish inside, I apologize,” I wrote to our staff listserv. “It fell out when I pulled my lunch from the fridge, the lid came off and it splattered on the floor. It’s cleaned up and the container is washed. Happy to buy your lunch, just stop by my desk.” What followed was swift proof that we’ve suffered quietly through too much break room abuse. “How often do our lunches or sodas go missing and we never know why?” one colleague wrote to the entire staff. “What a stand-up thing to do.” “Like button,” came another response. Still another: “I

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