Obama 'murder plot' in headlines

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Many of Wednesday's newspapers focus on the arrest of four suspects over an alleged plot to kill Barack Obama.

"Obama and the case of the rednecks with rifles", the Guardian calls it. "The raw details seemed to suggest a conspiracy in the making."

The Times says "the idea that white supremacists could be plotting to kill a black presidential candidate will not seem far-fetched to America".

Mary Dejevsky, writing in the Independent, says racism, in the form of "the divide between black and white", is an "invidious fact" in American life.

Choo fetish

The smiling face of double Olympic gold medal winner Rebecca Adlington appears on several front pages.

In the Daily Mirror she is clutching a pair of gold designer shoes - or "Swimmy Choos" - as the paper puts it.

Having received several pairs as a reward for her triumphs, her mum Kay said: "The two things she loves most in life are shoes and swimming."

The Daily Mail said Rebecca looked "stunned" at the "heroine's welcome" she got in her home town of Mansfield.

High altitude drama

The "terror" of passengers aboard a Ryanair flight that lost pressure at 26,000ft is covered by most papers.

The Daily Express says brave travellers "fought to breathe and grappled frantically with oxygen masks".

But the Daily Mail is extremely critical of Ryanair for "offering not a word of reassurance" to those on board.

That seems odd, it says, when they are "all too happy to subject passengers to recorded announcements advertising scratchcards and duty free bargains".

Spin-off show

The Sun claims to have tracked down disgraced pop star Gary Glitter.

"You can run but you cant hide," its front page screams, appearing to show Glitter wearing "a bizarre ginger wig" in an effort to disguise himself.

Finally, the Daily Star leads with its latest exclusive claim from the world of Big Brother.

Housemate and chef Rex Newmark will star with "all of his wacky family" in a fly-on-the-wall show based in his restaurant, the paper says.