TAB TABERNER, the chief executive of Polyhedron, is set to net around pounds 1m from the sale of his stake in the machine tool maker after the company agreed a pounds 33m bid from American Tool Companies of the US.

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Do men have any use for female hormones, known as oestrogens? Yes, say scientists - the tiny amount produced naturally keeps them fertile. This could also shed new light on fears over 'environmental oestrogen'. Charles Arthur investigates.

All the Days and Nights and So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell, Harvill, pounds 10.99 and pounds 8.99 respectively

America Online, the world's largest Internet service provider, has become a victim of its own success. The company, flooded by overdemand, has agreed to refund millions of subscribers unhappy in recent weeks at their inability to log on when they want to.

Paul Evans made his big-city marathon breakthrough in Chicago yesterday, winning in a personal best time of 2hr 08min 51sec, writes Mike Rowbottom.

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Public hearings begin in Illinois today into how a mass murderer who was jailed for life for the killings of eight student nurses in 1966 was allowed to lead a life of sex and drugs while behind bars - and make a film about it.

Naseem Khan meets the cast of Ken Campbell Presents

Hugh Bateson assesses a boxer whose thirst for a quick victory fired McClelland's passion for fighting

Chicago (AP) - Three years after US agents caught him breaking a horse's leg, a stable hand has admitted killing show horses for money and agreed to testify against other defendants.

A YEAR ago it was Baby Jessica. Now America is transfixed by Baby Richard - another protracted and convoluted adoption custody case which has caused uproar in Chicago, anxiety among adoptive parents across the country, and an astounding clash between the Governor of Illinois and his state's Supreme Court.

Sir: I am from Chicago. I have lived in London for 14 years. I grew up under Mayor Richard J. Daley (the man who gave John Kennedy the presidency of the United States) and Chicago machine politics.

Voters turned out to decide the fate of the powerful Congressman Dan Rostenkowski, whose primary re-election effort is clouded by a federal investigation of his finances, Reuter reports from Chicago. Voter turnout in the city, which contains much of Rostenkowski's hotly contested fifth district, was estimated at 41 per cent.