In the hours after Benjamin Mufti’s death, the news spread among friends and family like a sad game of telephone. The landlord called the ex-girlfriend, who called friends, who called other friends, who tried in vain to reach Mufti’s mother before a detective did. And at the end of each call, the reaction was the same: First, shock that the vibrant 35-year-old D.C. man was dead, then disbelief that the fatal blow came from nothing more than an errant tree branch . Read full article > >

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Falling branch kills Benjamin Mufti of NW; tree wasn’t ‘an imminent hazard’

Shows her reaction to daughter’s remains being found.

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Former President George W. Bush has opened up about his reaction to bin Laden’s death. “I was eating a souffl

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Osama Bin Laden’s death in one word

Cyclists, architect Mike Taylor, and triple Olympic gold medallist Sir Chris Hoy have given their reaction to the velodrome, the first venue to be completed for the 2012 London Olympics.

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VIDEO: Trying out the 2012 velodrome

Sure, a more civil political debate would be nice, but what about gun laws? “Today, the amazing thing about the reaction to the Giffords shooting is that virtually all the discussion about how to prevent a recurrence has been focusing on improving the…

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Will Shooting Prompt Gun-Control Review?

As The New York Times publishes the first in a series of articles based on secret American diplomatic cables, The Lede blog is following the reaction in the U.S. and abroad.

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The Lede: Reaction to the Release of U.S. Diplomatic Cables

The creator of the teenage drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer is pissed off. Joss Whedon emailed E! his reaction to the news that he will not be a part of the movie revival of the show. “This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off…

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New Buffy Flick Ticks Off Whedon

People in Barnsley give their reaction to Lord Young’s comments that Britons “had never had it so good”.

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The BBC’s Louise Hubball visits some students at Paignton Community and Sports College in Devon to gauge their reaction to the government’s plans to raise university tuition fees in England

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‘I’ll have to work longer and harder’

ESPN will market a new brand, espnW, to female sports fans, and the reaction has not been universally upbeat.

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ESPN Slowly Introducing Online Brand for Women

Students from the University of Birmingham have given their reaction to proposals to remove the cap on tuition fees.

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Students’ views on unlimited fees