News Headlines - 09 January 2015

▽Five Dead, Including Gunman, in Paris Supermarket Hostage Siege: Security Source

Five people were killed, including the gunman, and four were left critically wounded after a hostage drama in eastern Paris ended with a police assault on Friday.

▽Charlie Hebdo: Mark Zuckerberg pledges Facebook will protect free speech - CSMonitor.com

Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook note that he is "committed" to building a social network where people can speak freely without fear of violence. In 2010, a Pakistani lawyer attempted to have Mr. Zuckerberg put to death over drawings of Muhammad that appeared on the site.

▽US jobless rate falls to 5.6% in best year since 1999 | Daily Mail Online

The US unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent in December, the lowest level in six and a half years, as the country capped its best year for job creation since 1999.

▽Trader famous for ￡200,000 bar bill found guilty of ￡5m fraud | The Guardian

Alex Hope, the former Wembley stadium catering manager who reinvented himself as a day-trading currency markets expert, has been found guilty of defrauding investors out of ￡5m to help fund a lavish lifestyle.

▽Driverless cars not trusted by half of Brits, says new survey - Market Business News

Nearly half of all Brits (48%) said they would be unwilling to travel as a passenger in a driverless car, i.e. an autonomous vehicle with no human steering it, according to new research from price comparison and switching service firm uSwitch.com.