David Wood

Agence France-Presse and the news websites Huffington Post and Politico each won their first Pulitzer Prizes Monday as the prestigious journalism awards highlighted global issues and online reporting.

Agence France-Presse, the online news site Huffington Post and the Washington politics website Politico each won their first Pulitzer Prizes in awards announced Monday.

Private security officers removing deportees from the UK showed "a shamefully unprofessional and derogatory attitude", which undermined confidence that serious incidents would be dealt with effectively, the chief inspector of prisons said in a study published on Tuesday.

European Union to investigate whether Google manipulates search results to stifle competition. European regulators are tackling a puzzle that could shift the balance of power on the Internet: Is Google stifling competition by juicing its search results to favor its services over its rivals?

European Union to investigate whether Google manipulates search results to stifle competition. European regulators are tackling a puzzle that could shift the balance of power on the Internet: Is Google stifling competition by juicing its search results to favor its services over its rivals?

Wood, Valentine lead Palm Beach Atlantic over Stetson 61-55. David Wood scored 14 points and Dante Valentine added 13 to lead Palm Beach Atlantic to a 61-55 win over Stetson on Friday night.

WHO official: Faster, more vaccine production needed for next flu pandemic. The vaccine used to contain the recent swine flu pandemic was effective, but health authorities will need to ramp up the speed and volume of production during the next global outbreak, a World Health Organization official said Monday.

UN refugee agency examining claims that British authorities mistreated Iraqi asylum seekers. The U.N. refugee agency said Friday it is investigating claims by Iraqi asylum seekers that they were mistreated by British officials before being deported back to Iraq.

London rejected allegations Friday from the UN refugee agency that Iraqis deported this week to Baghdad might have been mistreated, and insisted it had the right to send them back.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European industry bodies urged European Union regulators on Wednesday to prevent unfair competition and excessive pricing of iron ore, saying it could hamper economic recovery in Europe.

A disabled weightlifter who has won five gold medals for Britain is facing deportation back to Nigeria, the UK Border Agency said Monday.

Senior minister Peter Mandelson said Wednesday that the government would examine the legality of the drug mephedrone "very speedily, very carefully," following the death of two teenagers who it is believed had taken the substance.

Senior minister Peter Mandelson said Wednesday that the government would examine the legality of the drug mephedrone "very speedily, very carefully," following the death of two teenagers who it is believed had taken the substance.

Senior minister Peter Mandelson said Wednesday that the government would examine the legality of the drug mephedrone "very speedily, very carefully," following the death of two teenagers who had taken the substance.

Calls mounted Wednesday for the banning of legal drug mephedrone following the death of two teenagers who had taken the substance.

A drug addict was on Thursday jailed for 18 months for allowing a three-year-old child to smoke a lit cigarette.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google, the Internet search group, defended its scanning and publishing of millions of books online on Monday by saying the project was making finding information on the Web more democratic.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google, the Internet search group, defended its scanning and publishing of millions of books online on Monday by saying the project was making finding information on the Web more democratic.

Devices don't work, tax breaks don't apply, state charges. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has charged a southern California businessman with violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act (DTPA). According to the state?s enforcement action, the defendant?s do-it-yourself manuals on installing water-to-fuel devices in vehicles do not reduce fuel costs, increase gas mileage or enhance engine performance.