A British student who stole sensitive information from Facebook's internal network was sentenced to eight months in prison Friday in what prosecutors described as the most serious case of social

Retail sales in Britain rose nearly 1 percent in January, official figures showed Friday, confounding market expectations of a decrease and easing fears that the country would fall back into

News Corp. chief executive Rupert Murdoch on Friday warned staff at his scandal-hit British tabloid The Sun that he won't protect reporters found to have broken the law, but pledged unstinting