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Finance ministers in Copenhagen agree to increase the size of the eurozone's rescue funds to 800bn euros ($1.1tn; £667bn).

An MI6 officer whose body was found in a bag in central London may have been killed by someone "specialising in the dark arts of the secret services", a court hears.

A 45-year-old man is jailed for life for a catalogue of assaults and rapes on women over a 20-year period.

Newly released private letters by author Ernest Hemingway disclose his heartache over an accident involving his cat.

Human error did not appear to be to blame for the North Sea gas leak, oil company Total says.

Seen the news today? It's all about what happens. But what about what didn't happen, asks Michael Blastland.

A performing arts school co-founded by Sir Paul McCartney purchases a building where John Lennon attended art college.

Like cement freshly poured from a Ready-Mix truck, temporary taxes have a habit of becoming as hard as a sidewalk.

A woman is seriously burned when petrol ignited in the kitchen of her York home as she was pouring it into a jug.

Ohio distinguishes between “light” and “strong” odor of marijuana to determine whether smell is enough to search the trunk. Here, it was “strong.” State v. Ivery, 2012 Ohio 1270, 2012 Ohio App. LEXIS 1120 (11th Dist. March 26, 2012):

[*P25] However, the Ohio Supreme Court has also held that"[t]he odor of burnt marijuana in the passenger compartment of a vehicle does not, standing alone, establish probable cause for a warrantless search of the trunk of the vehicle." State v. Farris, 109 Ohio St.3d 519, 2006 Ohio 3255, 849 N.E.2d 985, ¶ 52 (where the officer detected only a "light" odor of marijuana and no contraband was found in the passenger compartment of the vehicle, a search of the trunk was improper).

[*P26] We hold that the search in this case falls under the automobile exception and that Shum did have probable cause to extend the search to include the vehicle's trunk. Many courts have found cases with similar circumstances to be distinguishable from Farris, such that a search into the trunk of the vehicle is proper under the automobile exception. ...

[*P27] In the present case, Shum testified that he smelled a "very strong" odor of marijuana upon approaching the car. In addition, after searching the interior of the car, he saw what he described as little "bits of marijuana." Upon speaking with Ivery, Shum was also informed that Ivery had been smoking marijuana that day. When considering all of these factors together, this case is distinguishable from Farris, and Shum had sufficient probable cause to search the trunk of the vehicle in addition to the interior.

Twenty-seven-year-old Cinthya Herrera gets her astronomy career off to a flying start by producing the first science paper to come out of the Alma radio telescope.

First Minister Carwyn Jones says Wales will miss out on major infrastructure projects unless his government has the power to borrow money.

You can't even casually surf the Internet on any given day without numerous reminders of just how radical President Obama is.

The UN and Arab League envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, expects the government to implement his peace plan immediately, his spokesman says.

Man City striker Sergio Aguero is out of Saturday's visit of Sunderland with a "stupid" foot injury, says boss Roberto Mancini.

A woman in York has been taken to hospital with 40% burns after setting fire to herself while decanting petrol from one container to another in her kitchen.

Al Wasl coach Diego Maradona calls opposition fans "cowards" after allegedly being involved in a confrontation after a game.

A drone strike took place early Friday in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region of North Waziristan near the border with Afghanistan, a Pakistani military official said.

Nine Afghan police officers are shot dead by a colleague in the eastern Paktika province, Afghan police sources have said, blaming the Taliban for the killings.

Obama's problem is not that missile defense is too complicated but that if people knew Obama's intentions of "flexibly" caving on missile defenses, they might think twice about giving him a second term.