Gordon Brown plans tax and fuel boost for families

A UK cabonet minister has revealed that Labour is planning a series of measures in the fall to ease the burden of the economic downturn on British families. Some of those measures include tax cuts and a reduction in fuel duty."GORDON Brown will take emergency action to ease...

1 Inmate Dead in Texas Prison Riot

This is the second federal prison riot in Texas recently."One inmate was killed and 15 others were hospitalized after a riot at a federal prison in South Texas early Friday.How the inmate died is still being investigated, said Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Deborah...

More students to receive grants

"More students from poorer families in England are to receive full grants for university living costs. Students whose families earn less than £25,000 a year will get a full grant - up from the present level of £18,000. Those in families earning up to £60,000 a year will...

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