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 US seeks to uphold voting rights The US justice department will ask a court to compel Texas to seek federal approval for any change to its voting laws, the attorney general says. Read More »Weiner admits more online liaisons New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner admits trading racy messages with three other woman since leaving Congress in 2011 over a similar scandal. Read More »Amazon reports second quarter loss Online retail giant Amazon has reported it lost $7m (£4.56m) in the second quarter of the year despite huge sales of $15.7bn. Read More »Halliburton to plead guilty on spill Halliburton has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence relating to the oil spill in the Gulf Of Mexico in 2010. Read More »Strike out: Why baseball fever skipped the UK Why is Britain, despite inventing "Bass-Ball", so terrible at it? Read More »Zimmerman 'got away with murder' A juror in the trial of a Florida neighbourhood watchman who killed an unarmed black teenager comes forward to say he will have to answer to God. Read More »Zynga sees sharp fall in players Farmville games giant owner Zynga has reported a sharp fall in both players and revenues since last year. Read More »US sentence for 'Queen of Pacific' The woman who allegedly once was at the top of the Mexican drugs trade is sentenced by a US court to 70 months in prison for trafficking cocaine. Read More »Squirrel with plague shuts US park Parts of a national forest in California have been evacuated and closed down after a squirrel there was found to be infected with the plague. Read More »US payouts for sterilisation victims The US state of North Carolina adopts a budget that includes $10m (£6.5m) to compensate victims of its forced-sterilisation programme. Read More »US doctor 'killed wife by cyanide' A US neuroscientist is charged with killing his wife by lacing with cyanide an energy drink he said would help her conceive their second child. Read More »Simpsons producer to donate fortune Sam Simon will give his fortune to animal and homeless charities after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. Read More »Vandalism shuts Lincoln Memorial Washington DC's Lincoln Memorial is closed to visitors temporarily after it was vandalised early on Friday morning, the US Park Police say. Read More »Defence sums up Bradley Manning case The defence lawyer for the US soldier who leaked reams of secret documents to Wikileaks is to present closing arguments in his court martial. Read More »IMF sees US economy improving slowly The US economy is improving slowly, the IMF says, but still faces "powerful headwinds". Read More »Life in jail for Ohio abductor The Ohio man accused of raping and holding three women captive for about a decade is sentenced to life in prison without parole, under a plea deal. Read More » | ||||
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