Dover, South East, England News

Murder charge tossed against Del. shooting suspect
DOVER, Del. AP -- The murder case against a man charged in a shooting two years ago at Delaware State University that left one student dead and another injured will be dismissed because prosecutors withheld key evidence, a judge ruled Tuesday....

Knife attack man given life term
A man who repeatedly stabbed a young father after a night out in Dover is sent to jail.

NH boy finds, returns backpack with $8K in cash
A 10-year-old boy picking up litter in Alton, N.H., found a backpack stuffed with more than $8,000 cash. Arie Johnston, of Dover, was helping his grandmother with her town's annual roadside cleanup when he spotted the burned backpack Saturday. He told Foster's Daily Democrat his first thought was that someone had killed someone for the money.

NH boy finds, returns backpack with $8K in cash
A 10-year-old boy picking up litter in Alton, N.H., found a backpack stuffed with more than $8,000 cash. Arie Johnston, of Dover, was helping his grandmother with her town's annual roadside cleanup when he spotted the...

NH boy finds $8,160 stuffed in charred backpack
A 10-year-old boy picking up litter in New Hampshire found a charred backpack stuffed with more than $8,000 in cash. Arie Johnston of Dover was helping his grandmother with her town's annual roadside cleanup when he...

Channel Tunnel marks 15th anniversary in black AP
AP - After three years of sweat and toil, Philippe Cozette tunneled into history one wintry day in 1990, using a compressed air drill to power through the last chunk of chalk marl separating undersea tubes extending from the shores of Calais in France to the white cliffs of Dover in England.

Dover to pull plug on drinking ban idea
Call it the back deck drinking ban. On the agenda today at Dover's town meeting is a proposal to ban drinking on private property that is in view of a school, playground, or park. Under the measure, Dover Police could confiscate alcohol, issue a $200 fine, and arrest drinkers who defy the law.

Magna Entertainment withdraws Preakness Stakes track from proposed sale
DOVER, Del. - Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore and Magna Entertainment Corp.'s other horse racing assets in Maryland are off the auction block, at least for now. In a filing submitted late Friday in...

Police investigate fatal overdoses
New Hampshire police say methadone could be linked to the possible drug overdoses of two roommates, whose bodies were found in different locations in Dover this week.

DuPont 1Q profit falls, cuts outlook
DOVER, Del. AP -- Chemical maker DuPont Co. reported a 59 percent drop in first-quarter profit Tuesday, citing a severe decline in global industrial demand....