The Bard's co-writer
A new edition of William Shakespeare's complete works will name Christopher Marlowe as co-author of three plays, shedding new light on the links between the two great playwrights. Marlowe will be listed as co-author of the three Henry VI plays in the New Oxford Shakespeare.
Carbon milestone
The World Meteorological Organisation says heat-trapping gases in Earth's atmosphere are growing faster than before, surging permanently beyond a troubling milestone. The United Nations agency says global carbon dioxide levels, which first reached 400 parts per million last year, are likely to stay above that symbolic 400 milestone all year and for generations to come.
Murder of book dealer
A man has been convicted of murdering a historian and book dealer by stabbing him to death in his own home. Michael Danaher, who weighs 158kg, killed Adrian Greenwood in April after going to steal his £50,000 108-year-old first edition copy of Kenneth Grahame's classic the Wind In The Willows.
Mum and daughter real troopers
A veteran state trooper and her rookie daughter have become the first mother and daughter to serve in uniform with the New York State Police. Trooper Meagan Hartmann graduated from the State Police Academy, joining her mother Bethany Lamphere. They work at separate stations 95km apart in central New York.
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