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POLICE are responding to a THIRD suspected attack in the Vauxhall area of south London. It comes just minutes after London Bridge was struck by a van and knife assault. And armed cops stormed nearby Borough Market moments later. A tweet from the Metropolitan Police said: “Officers are now responding to an incident in the Vauxhall area.”

A second rig unrelated to the Deepwater Horizon spill has been leaking oil into the Gulf of Mexico since late April, according to reports that appear to show a clearly visible slick at the second location. The slick from the Ocean Saratoga rig appears to be several miles long off the coast of Louisiana, according to satellite images visible from space and posted on the website of Skytruth.org, a group that monitors environmental issues. The company that operates the rig has been working to plug the leak, which Skytruth reported on May 15, according to local news reports.

IN THE MILITARY U.S. Army court-martials captain for mercy killing Medic 'spazzed out' over suspected Iraqi terrorist with mortal head wound -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: March 30, 2005 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2005 WorldNetDaily.com As brain-injured Terri Schiavo enters her 13th day of starvation in Florida after nearly a decade-long court dispute over her fate, a U.S. Army captain is being court-martialed in Wiesbaden, Germany, and facing 20 years for the mercy killing of a suspected Iraqi terrorist under battlefield conditions. The tank commander, Capt. Rogelio Maynulet of Chicago, is being tried on a charge of assault with intent to commit murder...

N.C man in Clinton probe pleads guilty to unrelated charges the associated press Tuesday, March 8, 2005 NEW YORK An Asheville, N.C., businessman involved in the investigation of alleged fund-raising violations during Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign pleaded guilty Tuesday to unrelated charges, prosecutors said. Peter F. Paul, 56, of Asheville, N.C., admitted committing securities fraud in an appearance before U.S. District Judge Leonard D. Wexler in Central Islip, on Long Island. The charge stemmed from Paul's role in manipulating the price of Stan Lee Media common stock, including transactions in which Paul secretly borrowed money using the stock...