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 Canada man wins double lottery prize A man wins a 31m Canadian dollar ($30m; £19m) lottery jackpot after buying two identical tickets. Read More »Afghan attacks soldier to plead guilty A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in two rampages last year will plead guilty to avoid the death penalty, his lawyers say. Read More »10 reasons why so many people are moving to Texas Ten reasons why so many people are moving to Texas Read More »Bloomberg letters 'contained ricin' Two threatening letters are sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, with initial tests suggesting they contain the deadly poison ricin, say police. Read More »VIDEO: Breaking baseball's colour line How a North Dakota baseball team broke racial barriers Read More »Two different tales of women earners Rise in number of US women as main breadwinners hides divide Read More »Bon Jovi waives concert fee in Spain US rock star Jon Bon Jovi says he will perform in Madrid for no fee, after realising many fans in crisis-hit Spain could not otherwise afford to attend. Read More »China to buy US pork firm for $4.7bn US pork producer Smithfield Foods agrees to be bought by China's Shuanghui International for $4.7bn (£3.1bn) in cash. Read More »VIDEO: Festival winner shows America's 'pimples' Fruitvale Station, a movie based on the fatal shooting of a young Californian, is being touted as an awards season contender after winning film festival honours. Read More »VIDEO: Drone 'kills Pakistan Taliban chief' A senior Pakistani Taliban leader has been killed in a suspected US drone strike in the north-west of the country, Taliban sources told the BBC Read More »US GDP growth revised down slightly The US economy grew at an annualised rate of 2.4% in the first three months of the year, new figures from the Commerce Department show. Read More »Liberace film watched by 2.4 million The premiere of TV film Behind the Candelabra, starring Michael Douglas as Liberace, is viewed by 2.4 million people in the US. Read More »Underground Warhol dispute settled US band The Velvet Underground settle a legal dispute with the Andy Warhol Foundation over rights to their famous Warhol-designed album cover. Read More »Obama to name Republican to lead FBI US President Barack Obama plans to name a former justice department official under President George W Bush as the next FBI director, US media report. Read More »Second arrest in Toronto drug affair A second man is arrested in the death of a man linked to a video purported to show Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine. Read More »Saudi envoy death plotter sentenced An Iranian-American man who admitted to plotting the assassination of the Saudi ambassador to the US is sentenced to 25 years in prison. Read More »Karate skydive record attempt Skydiving and karate-chopping aren't often combined - but this world record attempt has to be seen to be believed! Read More » | ||||
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