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BLACK JACK PERSHING
Just before World War I, there were a number of terrorist attacks on the United States forces in the Philippines by Muslim extremists. So General Pershing, who was in command of the garrison, was put in charge.

NEW POLICE POWERS
Police will be given tough new powers, including the right to arrest anyone committing an offence and to take fingerprints in the street.

OVER-ZEALOUS COUNCIL
London's Newham council has been criticised by the High Court after prosecuting a motorist for putting 'for sale' signs in his car windows.

DADSPLACE SITE SHUTDOWN
A North East website which has upset Labour politicians has become the target for a criminal investigation by Northumbria Police.

US COP QUITS UK FORCE
A Texan patrol officer who became the first foreigner to join the British police is to resign after three years because he says policing is too dangerous here compared with America.

GOLDEN HANDSHAKES
Black male prospective teachers should be offered "golden handshakes" in a bid to persuade them to take a job in the classroom.

NUCLEAR WASTE
Nuclear waste from overseas power stations has been sealed in concrete and buried in several miles of trenches in breach of official government policy.

LASER EYE SURGERY
High street chain Boots contacted patients who had laser eye surgery at a clinic amid fears the equipment used could be faulty.

GOLD MEDAL MADNESS
The British performance in Athens 2004 was a triumph, whereas the performance in Sydney 2000 was a disaster.

MICROSOFT XP SERVICE PACK 2
The growing threat of hackers and viruses has prompted Microsoft to roll out a billion-dollar upgrade of its Windows computer operating system to strengthen security.

CENSORSHIP
Censorship laws in the UK mean that any media product which is published or broadcast can be inspected.

MINISTRY OF PORN
The government fired 19 civil servants and disciplined more than 200 in a crackdown on viewing Internet porn at work.

CATALOGUE OF ERRORS
Derby City Council has been forced to rewrite a 615-page environmental statement supporting its own planning application for the Connecting Derby project.

LITIGATION CULTURE
David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, is under growing pressure to combat the "litigation culture" that threatens the outdoor spirit of Britain's youth.

CRIME WAVE
The row over Britain's asylum policies took a new twist when Britain's most senior police officer claimed mass immigration has created a whole new range of crimes.

SPAM
Internet providers in Britain are getting tougher with those websites that use spam to drum up business.

CAR SAFETY
The 28 million cars in Britain could be using the same huge advances in safety now used in Formula One racing cars for as little as £70 extra.

CAR INSURANCE
Up to 5,000 Norwich Union policyholders are having their cars fitted with a "black box" which tracks every completed journey they make.

SLEEPWALKING INTO A SURVEILLANCE SOCIETY
Britain's information watchdog gives warning that the country risk because of government plans for identity cards and a population register.

LAW SOCIETY GRAVY TRAIN HITS THE BUFFERS AT FULL SPEED
According to Terrorist Acts passed by Parliament serious damage to property is a terrorist act.

PLEASE FORM AN ORDERLY QUEUE....
Queuing, the great British sickness, is just as time-consuming as you had always suspected.

DO PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO BE TOLD....?
On a packet of Sunmaid raisins: "Why not try tossing over your favourite breakfast cereal?"

TRAVELLERS
Emergency powers will help villages in Derbyshire to take action against travellers, setting up illegal camps.

COMMUTING
In an attempt to cut down the number of cars travelling in the county with just one occupant, Derbyshire companies will get cash help if they take steps to change the way their staff travel to work.

MICKLEOVER COUNTRY PARK
When people moved into a new luxury housing development in Derby they were not concerned that roads and pavements were unfinished.

I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF BEING TOLD WHAT I CAN'T DO WITH MY CAR
The great residents' parking racket, which has now expanded into virtually every little town in the country

PATRIOTISM
It is worth reflecting on the wisdom of a man who matters when one sees the witless parade of faux-patriots clogging up the highways of this land trailing their flags of St George.

MUGGERS OF INVENTION
It's the ultimate sickener: a boffin toils away in his garden shed to come up with a world-beating gizmo, then the big boys steal it and make a mint.

TERRY LLOYD
Reporter Terry Lloyd, who was killed while working for ITV News in Iraq, had every T-shirt going.

THE BEST RESIGNATION LETTER EVER
Actual letter of resignation from an employee at Zantex Computers, USA, to her boss, who apparently resigned very soon afterwards!

TAXPAYERS MONEY
Ministers may have squandered £300 million on an unnecessarily advanced police radio system.

PROSTITUTION
Police are planning to launch undercover crackdowns on street prostitutes every six weeks in Derby, after the success of a large-scale operation.

THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS ACCOUNT
The Post Office Savings Account book has closed, after a long and happy life in which it introduced millions of children to Prudence.

SHED BURGLARS
Police are hunting a pair of burglars who like to give sheds a spring clean.

THE SASSER WORM
More than a million computers around the world have been infected by the "Sasser" computer worm or one of its variants, according to some estimates.

BINGE DRINKING
David Blunkett has warned that pubs and clubs which allow persistent binge drinking face overnight closure under tough new anti-social behaviour laws.

THE 'TONY MARTIN' LAW
A proposal to give householders greater rights to forcibly tackle burglars has been blocked by the government.

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