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Top of Statue of Liberty to reopen - July 5, 2008

THE top of the Statue of Liberty may soon reopen to the public for the first time since the 911 terrorist attacks.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/uk/Top-of-Statue-of-Liberty.4259410.jp

Baby airlifted 150 miles, but mother told 'take the bus' - July 5, 2008

A TEENAGE mother forced to give birth more than a hundred miles from home was handed 50 to catch the bus while her baby was airlifted to a hospital in Aberdeen.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/uk/Baby-airlifted-150-miles-but.4259164.jp

Biofuels 'push up food prices' - July 5, 2008

BIOFUELS have forced up world food prices by 75 per cent, according to a leaked report from the World Bank.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/uk/Biofuels-39push-up-food-prices39.4259147.jp

Warning after child abuser goes disappears - July 5, 2008

A NOTORIOUS and dangerous paedophile has gone missing less than two months after being freed early from a ten-year prison sentence.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/uk/Warning-after--child-abuser.4259184.jp

Emmerdale star Clive Hornby dies - July 5, 2008

CLIVE Hornby Emmerdale's Jack Sugden has died at the age of 63, it was announced yesterday.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/uk/Emmerdale-star-Clive-Hornby-dies.4259168.jp

Stabbed to death 'for two games consoles' - July 5, 2008

THE victims of a double murder might have died for the sake of two handheld games consoles, police said last night.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/uk/Stabbed-to-death-39for-two.4259183.jp

Boy, 17, was tied to tree and set alight - July 5, 2008

A 17-YEAR-OLD boy died after being tied to a tree, made to drink petrol and then set on fire, detectives said yesterday.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/uk/Boy-17-was-tied-to.4259173.jp

A plain vanilla guide to financial jargon - July 5, 2008

THIS week the term credit crunch was added to the Oxford English Dictionary, defined as "a severe shortage of money or credit". Other odd financial phrases include:
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/uk/A-plain-vanilla-guide-to.4259140.jp

Brazilian banker to be extradited - July 5, 2008

BRAZIL'S most wanted white-collar criminal will be extradited from Monaco to face charges over one of the country's biggest bank frauds ever, the justice ministry said
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/uk/Brazilian-banker-to-be-extradited.4259152.jp

Boy, 11, treated after vodka binge - July 5, 2008

AN 11-YEAR-OLD boy had to be revived in hospital after drinking almost a bottle of vodka.
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/uk/Boy-11-treated-after-vodka.4259137.jp