Report: UK Home Secretary to quit

Jun. 2, 2009

British media are reporting that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is quitting her post following the scandal over lawmakers' expenses. The BBC and Sky News reported Tuesday that Smith will resign, but did not say when or specify sources. Smith has been criticized...

Home secretary says movies were a mistake

LONDON, March 29 (UPI) -- British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says she mistakenly used her official expense budget to pay for adult-only movies channeled to her home television.

Straw: Smith acted properly in leak case

LONDON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- British Justice Secretary Jack Straw says Home Secretary Jacqui Smith doesn't need to apologize for not intervening in the arrest of a member of Parliament.

British kids start drinking by age 13

LONDON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- A British official said she is concerned about a report that the majority of teenagers start drinking by the time they turn 13.

British police protest over pay

LONDON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- As thousands of British police officers protested a delayed pay raise Wednesday, a union announced it has asked for a review of the home secretary's decision.

Brown overhauls British Cabinet

LONDON, June 28 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Thursday announced his new Labor Cabinet in London, including the first female home secretary.

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Sex tape spliced into graduation video

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler

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