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A murderer who cut off his dying victim's ear and shouted "can you hear me now" is jailed for life.

What does the web make of Facebook's redesign?

Manchester City footballer Carlos Tevez is arrested in Cheshire on suspicion of driving while disqualified, the BBC understands.

Brazilian football star Bruno Fernandes is jailed for 22 years for ordering the murder of a former girlfriend whose body was never found.

Internet users will see a "significant improvement" in broadband speed with confirmation of a multi-million pound investment across west Wales and the valleys.

China urges both Koreas and their allies to remain calm, after Pyongyang said it had torn up all peace deals with Seoul and threatened nuclear strikes.

Hundreds of thousands of phone calls to the new police non-emergency 101 number are going unanswered, figures from forces in England and Wales suggest.

Children who are good at maths at the age of 10 are earning more than other similar children by the time they are 30, a study has found.

Facebook has unveiled a redesign of its News Feed, but any social network knows that drastic changes come with risks. Just look at Friendster, a site that fizzled after changes to the interface and a subsequent exodus made it less valuable to users.

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Economists expect to hear that there were about 160,000 jobs added to payrolls in February. The jobless rate likely stayed near 7.9 percent. Slow job growth and stubbornly high unemployment likely continued.

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Negotiations to free 21 Filipino peacekeepers held hostage by Syrian rebels are continuing, despite earlier hopes the group would be released by Friday morning, the Philippines says.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has hit yet another all-time high -- and the world is following suit. Global shares are at their highest level since June of 2008, thanks to strong market performance in France, Germany, the U.K., and Japan.

The BBC's Economics Correspondent Andrew Walker joins Marketplace Morning Report host Jeremy Hobson to take stock of markets around the world.

Robots confused about what they encounter in the world of humans can now go online to get help from a web-based 'brain'.

Who is tech? It's a question we're asking all this week as we explore the role of women in the tech industry.

Jessica Lawrence is the director of NY Tech Meet Up, which brings together techies on a regular basis to share ideas and network. Lawrence joined Marketplace Tech host David Brancaccio to discuss the tech community in New York and whether or not the tech world is a boy's club.

Actor Mark Rylance is set to play Thomas Cromwell in the BBC Two version of Hilary Mantel's award-winning novels Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies.

A man who head-butted a 10-year-old leukaemia patient after his car was hit is jailed for two years.

Hopes that Star Wars actors Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill will reprise their roles on screen are raised by the saga's creator George Lucas.

Former scientologist Jenna Miscavage Hill speaks to Today presenter James Naughtie.

A 16-year-old girl who was attacked on rush-hour bus in Birmingham died from a single stab wound to the chest, post-mortem tests reveal.

Sir Alex Ferguson promises Wayne Rooney will be at Manchester United next season, after reports he was to be sold.