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No last words as Washington sniper executed

The families of the ten victims of John Allen Muhammad came to Greensville to watch lethal injection being administered

Supermarkets prepare for Christmas price war

Analysts say that falling food price inflation will give supermarkets a ‘war chest’ to allow them to cut back their prices

DNA of the innocent 'to be held for 6 years'

Samples were to be kept for 12 years but the Government to retreat after ruling in European Court of Human Rights

Business news  

Reed Elsevier boss resigns after eight months

Ian Smith, who joined the publisher from Taylor Woodrow in March, has quit by 'mutual agreement' with immediate effect

Cautious Sainsbury's reveals19% profit rise

Shrinking food inflation will hit the UK's third largest supermarket after reporting a 5.7% increase in like-for-like sales

National Express to raise £360m in rights issue

Debt-laden transport group vows to fight any Government attempt to wrest control of its remaining rail franchises

Sport News  

Hackett dives in over Ngog penalty row

General manager of match officials’ board has convened a meeting to discuss ways of stopping simulation by players

• Cascarino: don’t let the culprits go to ground

• Torres to miss three more weeks

England XI well beaten by South Africa A

Alastair Cook top scores with just 22 as touring side lose Twenty20 match by four wickets after posting meagre total of 89

School reunion on the cards for Doran-Jones

Gloucester player and former Wellington College team-mate James Haskell could play in the same England pack against Argentina

Comment  

You created the job. You should do it

David Miliband is wrong to think it's better to be in loyal opposition than to be EU high representative

• Daniel Finkelstein

Charming to pillory disabled Brown

No one deserves the vindictiveness being directed towards an accident-prone Prime Minister

• Melanie Reid

Violent video games won’t corrupt

Just like comic books before it, Modern Warfare 2 is besieged by ignorant screams for censorship

• Rob Fahey

Life and Style  

6 reasons not to give gifts this Christmas

Giving costly Christmas presents to all your friends and family is a pernicious practice and I'd like to ban it

Why Marc Jacobs did a Louis Vuitton dog carrier

The designer discusses Louis Vuitton dog carriers, why he loves Victoria Beckham, and when he’ll be tying the knot

Luella’s fashion business unravels

The young British designer has become the latest fashion casualty of the recession despite adulation and celebrity fans

Arts & Entertainment  

The 20 must-see Christmas shows

From mad-cap pantos to ballet and hip-hop dance spectacles, these are the treats you should not miss

Two stars for Just Jack at Shepherds Bush Empire

Pleasant and eager to please, but with no sense of stagecraft, the bulk of the performance was simply bland

Bad Boys: tenors play lovers; basses play villains

Bryn Terfel is now far more than a singer. He’s a national institution, at least in the land of his fathers