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Gary Hooper destroyed Raith Rovers single-handedly as Celtic cruised into the Scottish League Cup quarter-finals with a 4-1 win at Parkhead on Tuesday.

Chairmen of rival clubs arrived for a meeting regarding the future of financially stricken Glasgow giants Rangers on Friday insisting it would not be the end of Scottish football if they were demoted to the Third Division.

Rangers were dramatically kicked out of next season's Scottish Premier League after rival clubs voted overwhelmingly to exclude the ailing Glasgow giants, it was confirmed Wednesday.

California Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani has publicly announced she is gay. California Assemblywoman Cathleen Galgiani has publicly announced she is gay. The 47-year-old Galgiani discussed her sexual orientation for the first time on Tuesday with the Stockton Record. In the wide-ranging interview, the Democrat from Livingston told the paper that she wanted to come out to be a role model for young gay people being bullied. ?It sickens me that young people would think about taking their lives because of who they are,? Galgiani said. Galgiani's spokesman confirmed the report to the Sacramento Bee. She added that she wasn't aware that she was gay until after she was elected to represent her district in 2006. Galgiani joins the seven-member Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Caucus, which includes Democrats Assembly Speaker John A. Perez, Senator Christine Kehoe, Senator Mark Leno, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, Assemblywoman Toni Atkins, Assemblyman Richard S. Gordon and Assemblyman Ricard

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The Texas prison system on Thursday abolished the time-honored tradition of offering an opulent last meal to condemned inmates before their executions, saying they would get standard prison fare instead.

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The Texas prison system on Thursday abolished the time-honored tradition of offering an opulent last meal to condemned inmates before their executions, saying they would get standard prison fare instead.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - More than 100 central California gang members accused of using violence and dealing drugs have been arrested in a major crackdown, authorities said on Wednesday.

MONTCLAIR, New Jersey (Reuters) - New Jersey, home to more industrial waste clean-up sites than any other state, is poised to become an exemplar of solar power usage -- though not everyone is happy about it.

A British soldier has died of wounds sustained in Afghanistan nearly a year ago, the Ministry of Defence here said Saturday.

Disgraced former MP Jim Devine, convicted for fiddling his expenses, was formally declared bankrupt on Wednesday.

A court has jailed a former MP for one year and convicted a second of fiddling his expenses, in the latest prosecutions of parliamentarians following an allowances scandal.

A court on Thursday jailed a lawmaker for one year and convicted a second of fiddling his expenses, in the latest prosecutions of parliamentarians following an allowances scandal.

Animal rehab centers still at work after BP oil spill, dozens of animals being treated. A baby sea turtle escaped from the jaws of a shark, only to get stuck in oil spilled from BP's well in the Gulf of Mexico. A young dolphin apparently was attacked by his mother, then swam into oil.

Upstate NY woman, 29, convicted of assault with stiletto heel during fight inside moving car. A 29-year-old woman has been convicted of trying to kick out another woman's eye with her stiletto heel during a fight in a moving car after a night of bar-hopping in Buffalo, N.Y.

WWII-era plane loses power, crash lands in NY; pilot in hospital with possible internal damage. A World War II military-style airplane has crash landed in upstate New York, and the pilot is injured.

The court rejected an appeal by David Chaytor, Elliot Morley and Jim Devine, who argued that their cases should be heard by Parliament, not the courts.

Paralyzed Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand back in rehab after bout with high fever. Paralyzed Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand has been transferred to a rehabilitation center after being hospitalized with a high fever.

Federal appeals court won't intervene in Montana residents' environmental suit against BNSF. A federal appeals court has decided it won't block a lawsuit filed by 152 Livingston residents who want BNSF Railway Co. to pay for the cleanup of toxic chemicals from a contaminated rail yard.

A list of public housing authorities nationwide flagged as troubled by the federal government.

A list of public housing authorities nationwide flagged as troubled by the federal government.