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Nuclear physicist Dr Adlene Hicheur, arrested in France after allegedly plotting to carry out al-Qaeda terrorist attacks, had previously worked at a British scientific research laboratory, it can be disclosed. Dr Hicheur, 32, worked at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Didcot, Oxfordshire, four years ago where he was carrying out research into nuclear physics. It is understood that MI5 and the Metropolitan Police have been in contact with the French secret service - the Central Directorate of Interior Intelligence - and are trying to establish whether there are any UK links to the terror plot. The scientist was arrested with...

HOUSTON-A Harris County man who shot an intruder in his home said pulling the trigger is the most difficult decision anyone can make. “It’s a weird feeling,” Jorge Guzman said as he walked through his bullet-riddled home on Lima Drive. “I don’t care who it is or who they think they are, when you’re in that position, it’s totally different.” The break-in occurred in the early morning hours last Monday. Only Guzman and his uncle were home at the time. The chilling encounter was captured in a call to 911. “Please, they’re breaking the windows,” Guzman told a dispatcher. Guzman,...

A judge has released a 17-year-old Vernal girl from jail after ruling she did not commit a crime when she allegedly paid a man to beat her in an attempt to end her late-term pregnancy. The release, which came after the girl’s mother obtained a second opinion on her daughter’s no contest plea, has incensed some lawmakers who argue the ruling skirts laws governing legal abortions in Utah. “The judge is absolutely stretching,” said Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman. “There’s no way the judge believes the Utah Legislature left open this loophole. I guarantee it will be closed this next session.”...

What do leftist documentary maker Robert Greenwald, Little Green Footballs blogger Charles Johnson, and Daily Beast contributor Max Blumenthal have in common? They all peddled malicious, false quotes attributed to Rush Limbaugh and are unrepentant about furthering false information regarding the talk show host.

Greensboro, NC -- Greensboro police say an 80-year-old man is not facing charges after he shot and killed a break-in suspect early Wednesday morning. Charles Haithcock called 911 immediately following the shooting of 19-year-old Michael L. Medley who he says broke into his home. Haithcock: “A man broke in on me and pulled a gun. i shot him and he’s laying out in the yard.” 911 Operator: “Is he breathing?” Haithcock: “I don’t know. he broke in the window. He pulled the air conditioning out in the living room. And I heard something and he come back to the bedroom....