'Merchant of death' Michael Sammon jailed for 30 years The Guardian | • One of gun smuggler's weapons killed 12-year-old | • Gang sold converted £43 flare pistols for £750 | Some of the passport guises of Michael Sammon, who was convicted of masterminding the illegal importation of hundreds of guns from Germany...
Search for missing kayaker continues off Anglesey coast The Guardian Open Platform | Helicopters, lifeboats and sniffer dogs were scouring the coast of Anglesey today for a missing kayaker last seen threading her way through offshore rocks. | The 53-year-old woman disappeared at Ynys Feurig, or Starvation Island, off the town of Rh...
Monster Madness: Jersey Devil The Examiner | Courtesy Syfy | The Jersey Devil as portrayed in Carny is a bloodthirsty beast. Literally, it thirsts for blood, and has a keen sense of smell that makes baiting the thing with bloody carcasses (or people) an effective method of drawing its attenti...
Coastal Maine: Etched in the heart Hartford Courant Reporting from Southport Island, Maine — | The Olson House is hard to find, but once you arrive, there is no mistaking it. We made a few wrong turns at first, my brother and his wife, my wife, Margie, and I. The four of us had had taken this da...
FTSE extends gains after rare US data surprise The Guardian | The FTSE 100 has extended gains in afternoon trading to be up more than 2% while the Dow Jones industrial average is also up sharply following stronger-than-expected US manufacturing data that has broken the recent chain of downbeat reports from America. | The Institute for Supply Management said its index of US factory activity rose to 56.3 in A...
William Hague: How on earth did he get in this mess? The Daily Telegraph William Hague's statement this week has failed to put an end to whispers about his sexuality. Damian Thompson, an Oxford contemporary, paints a revealing portrait of the Foreign Secretary's career. | William and Ffion Hague Photo: IAN JONES | Poor William Hague arrived at Oxford at the height of anti-Thatcher hysteria. All that anyone knew about hi...
