#1 — BBC | Gunman Raoul Moat kills himself
Fugitive gunman Raoul Moat has killed himself after a six-hour stand-off with armed officers, police have confirmed.
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#2 — BBC | US considered spy swap before arrest of Russian agents
The US considered the possibility of a spy swap with Moscow more than two weeks before it arrested 10 Russian agents, US officials said.
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#3 — CNN | Advances in fighting oil leak could come this weekend
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — A dual-pronged effort to stop the oil gushing from BP’s runaway well in the Gulf of Mexico shows promise for this weekend, the head of the government’s response team said Friday.
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#4 — CNN | Arizona sheriff under investigation for alleged abuse of power
Phoenix, Arizona (CNN) — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio calls himself “America’s toughest sheriff.” He is famous for creating a tent city jail in the Arizona desert; for providing pink underwear for inmates; for bragging that he spends more to feed his dog than a prisoner in his jail.
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#5 — Fox | Nevada Senate Candidate Angle to Rally GOP Against Reid
HENDERSON, Nev. — U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle on Friday denounced Majority Leader Harry Reid as a “desperate man” who was distorting her conservative record while ignoring a state that leads the nation in joblessness, foreclosures and bankruptcies.
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#6 — Fox | Cops to probe more than 30 cold cases for possible LA serial killer connection
LOS ANGELES
Investigators are re-examining more than 30 cold case files to see if they can be tied to a suspect in the “Grim Sleeper” killings, the police chief said Friday.
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#7 — NY Times | South Africa Braces for New Attacks on Immigrants
JOHANNESBURG — The World Cup ends Sunday, and South Africa, like some cartoon figure with an angel above one shoulder and the devil atop the other, will revel in its successful hosting of the tournament while bracing for possible violence aimed at the impoverished immigrants in its midst.
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#8 — DM | ‘I’ll end health ‘n’ safety farce’: PM vows to cure Labour neurosis
Britain’s health and safety ‘neurosis’ will end as Labour regulations are torn up, David Cameron reveals today.
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#9 — Independent | Coalition marks permanent political change, says Clegg
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg insisted today that the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition Government was not a “one-off accident” but marked a permanent change in British politics.
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#10 — Independent | Attack on tribal elders leaves 102 dead in Pakistan
Two suicide bombers – at least one on a motorbike – killed over a hundred people in north-west Pakistan where tribal elders had gathered to meet political representatives of the government. Officials said at least 102 people were killed and 80 more were wounded.
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