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Two women are killed after bears escape from their enclosures at a park in northern Japan - people are being told to stay indoors.

Five things the supermarket giant got wrong

The pilot of a coastguard helicopter in Shetland is suspended after dropping in on a butcher in Orkney to pick up meat.

LONDON (AP) -- Make way for the torch. (But the flame will come later.)...

An officer lawfully in a house shining a flashlight into a bedroom saw a shiny object on a night stand. Suspecting it was a gun, he retrieved it. The gun was in plain view. United States v. Simmons, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54190 (S.D. N.Y. April 16, 2012).

Failing to object to a search as it takes place is implied consent. United States v. Simmons, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54360 (E.D. Mo. April 4, 2012).* [Note: Can’t agree with this because most people are afraid or unwilling to speak at the time of a search. They are submitting to authority, and the police know it.]

The tipster here was a suspicious person, and the officer getting it clearly did not trust the tipster and called a supervisor for advice after getting the tip a second time. In total, the tipster was could not be relied upon for reasonable suspicion. United States v. Melendez, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53663 (S.D. Fla. March 30, 2012).*

30ft-tall girl wakes up to start three-day event

North Wales Police are the only Welsh force to see an overall rise in crime over the past year with burglaries up 22%.

One in five students at new £18,000 private London college are from state schools, show figures for the first intake.

Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon urges the firm behind the latest power cut at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary "to get its act together".

Three teenagers are detained for life for the murder of a 15-year-old boy who was stabbed to death at a central London Tube station.

Influential guitarist Bert Weedon, who inspired musicians such as Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney and Brian May, dies aged 91.

Bill Ng withdraws his bid to buy Rangers because he believes the bidding process has become "untenable".

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has called for British drivers to boycott the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's game between Arsenal and Chelsea in the Premier League.

Chancellor George Osborne is under pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to provide more loans to help economies in trouble.

KOMODO ISLAND, Indonesia (AP) -- Coral gardens that were among Asia's most spectacular, teeming with colorful sea life just a few months ago, have been transformed into desolate gray moonscapes by illegal fishermen who use explosives or cyanide to kill or stun their prey....

UK retail sales volumes jumped 1.8% in March compared with the previous month, official figures show, the biggest rise in more than a year.

CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptians voted for a second day Sunday in a presidential runoff pitting Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister against a conservative Islamist, with a sense of gloom hanging over many at the polls over the choice and the prospect that the ruling military will still hold most power even after their nominal handover of authority to civilians by July 1....

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

Romance, requited or not, can be a costly proposition. The Secret Service, guardians of the president, and the Army, guardians of the rest of us, are still trying to tally the dimensions of the carnal carnage at Cartagena.

The General Services Administration (GSA) is still counting what the agency ...

Police received a child welfare call, and responded to defendant’s residence. He consented to an entry to check on the welfare of the children, and a gun and marijuana were found in plain view. The officers could look anywhere children might be found, so the walk through was within the limits of consent. United States v. McArthur, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52269 (S.D. W.Va. April 13, 2012).*

Defendant consented to a search of his car for drugs, but he did not consent to seizure and then search of his cell phone. He objected, and the government, which had the burden of proof, offered no response, so the cell phone is suppressed. United States v. Smith, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54331 (S.D. Ohio April 18, 2012).

On a remand from the Sixth Circuit, “Defendant's Motion to Suppress Physical Evidence can be disposed of on the grounds that either the Detectives had consent to conduct a search or that the Detectives could conduct a protective sweep.” United States v. Spicer, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 54306 (S.D. Ohio April 16, 2012).*