Babies who grow rapidly in the first three months of life may be more likely to develop asthma as children, say researchers.

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‘Early growth’ linked to asthma

A cargo ship which ran aground off the coast of New Zealand three months ago breaks in in two, spilling containers and other debris into the sea.

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Stricken NZ cargo ship breaks up

LONDON – A judge sentenced two white men to at least 14 years in prison on Wednesday for killing a black teenager 18 years ago, a case that exposed racism in Scotland Yard and prompted discussions about race relations in Britain. Gary Dobson, 36, and David Norris, 35, were sentenced to at least 15 years and two months and 14 years and three months in prison respectively for the murder. Read full article > >

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2 men sentenced in race-based 1993 murder in Britain

NEW YORK — While lawmakers in Washington debated the debt ceiling and consumer confidence dropped, more homeowners in the U.S. were having a harder time making their mortgage payments. The rate that mortgage holders were late with their payments by 60 days or more rose in the June-to-September period for the first time since the last three months of 2009, according to TransUnion. Read full article > >

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Late mortgage payments rise in 3rd qtr for first time since 2009; may show start of new trend

A ticketholder from the UK has won a £101m Euromillions jackpot, Camelot says, three months after a couple from Scotland won a record £161m.

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A ticketholder from the UK has won a £101m Euromillions jackpot, Camelot says, three months after a couple from Scotland won a record £161m.

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GENEVA — Swiss banking group UBS said Tuesday it expects credit gains and bond sales to help it record a modest profit in the third quarter, despite a $2.3 billion rogue trading loss. Only last month, Switzerland’s biggest bank warned that it might be forced to report an overall loss for the three months ending in September in light of unauthorized trading from London-based trader Kweku Adoboli. The 31-year-old was arrested Sept. 15 and has been charged with fraud and false accounting. Read full article > >

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UBS expects Q3 profit despite $2.3 billion rogue trading loss

Yemen’s President Saleh returns from Saudi Arabia three months after surviving an assassination attempt, calling for a truce amid fresh fighting.

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Yemen’s Saleh in surprise return

While the president will not directly confront the Republican nominee until 2012, his advisers believe that the next three months are critical to reversing his downward trajectory.

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Joplin, Mo., has raced to regain its footing since a tornado killed 160 people and displaced thousands more three months ago.

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In Tornado-Ravaged Town, School Year Starts on Time

Over the objections of Saudi Arabia, OPEC decided on Wednesday to maintain its crude oil output levels and meet again within three months to discuss a possible production increase.

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OPEC Keeps Lid on Oil Production Targets

KAFR EL-MESELHA, EGYPT — The main road in this dusty town on the Nile River Delta no longer bears the name of its most famous son. Hosni Mubarak Road is now simply Road No. 16. Gone too are the once ubiquitous mosaics and framed photos of the ousted Egyptian president. While millions of Egyptians celebrated Mubarak’s downfall three months ago as the rebirth of a nation, the mood in this village 45 miles north of Cairo was markedly subdued . Many here warned at the time that the revolutionaries were reckless enthusiasts without a morning-after plan. Mubarak, they argued, had kept the nation safe for three decades, and he deserved a dignified exit. Read full article > >

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Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker III has proposed delaying the hiring of police officers, firefighters and corrections officers after a gloomy housing market led to a deeper-than-expected drop in tax collections. Prompted by a $5.4 million shortfall, the proposal would postpone by at least two or three months the hiring of 165 police officers, 60 firefighters and 32 corrections officers, officials said. Baker (D), who took office in December, is also seeking to scale back snow removal contracts and to eliminate funding for a popular tree- and flower-planting event. Read full article > >

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In Pr. George’s, budget shortfall could delay hiring for police, firefighters

Rail passengers made almost 5% more journeys in the first three months of this year compared with the snow-hit January-March 2010 period.

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More journeys for rail passengers

Fewer people were declared insolvent in England and Wales in the first three months of the year, although experts predict a future rise.

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