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Gay rights 3hr 13min ago

San Francisco judge delays final gay marriage decision

13 Aug 2010: Extra week intended to give opponents of same-sex unions chance to appeal to higher court
New York 4hr 25min ago

New York officials sue Christie's to regain British architect's drawings

12 Aug 2010: City takes out legal action over ownership of Jacob Wrey Mould's landmark designs found in a skip 50 years ago
United States 4hr 42min ago

Man arrested in Atlanta after five die in string of stabbings

12 Aug 2010: Police seize unnamed suspect at airport in connection with 20 attacks across three American states
BP 6hr 8min ago

BP to pay $50m fine for safety violations after Texas City explosion

12 Aug 2010: Watchdog imposes its largest-ever penalty on oil giant for failing to protect workers following refinery disaster in 2005
United States 7hr 35min ago

Ground Zero mosque plans 'fuelling anti-Muslim protests across US'

12 Aug 2010: Religious leaders warn of Islamophobia surge with hate speech and opposition to new Islamic centres across America
United States 8hr 4min ago

Pea sprouts after taking root in man's lung

12 Aug 2010: Doctors had feared the worst when Ron Sveden arrived at the hospital with a collapsed lung and pneumonia
General Motors 8hr 20min ago

GM boss quits after firm makes biggest quarterly profit for six years

12 Aug 2010: GM chief executive Ed Whitacre to step down after carmaker records profit of $1.3bn
Hugh Laurie 10hr 48min ago

Hugh Laurie becomes highest-paid actor in US television drama

12 Aug 2010:
House star earns £225,000 for each episode of hit medical series, now the most watched drama in the world
Air transport 11hr 12min ago

Steven Slater 'rude' on JetBlue flight, passengers say

12 Aug 2010: JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater instigated incident that led to him sliding down emergency chute, claim two passengers
Iraq 12hr 56min ago

Iraq tries to play down general's remarks over US withdrawal

12 Aug 2010: Prime minister visits military officials after Lt Gen Babakir Zebari called on Barack Obama to keep troops in the country
United States 13hr 58min ago

'Bonnie and Clyde' fugitives' trail appears to go cold

12 Aug 2010: John McCluskey and Casslyn Welch continue to evade capture as search ranges from Arkansas to south-west Canada
Osama bin Laden 20hr ago

Bin Laden's cook sentenced to 14 years in jail

12 Aug 2010: Ibrahim al-Qosi, who admitted helping Osama bin Laden avoid capture, expected to serve two years after plea deal

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US blogs

California gay marriage ban to remain until 18 August, judge rules

Richard Adams: Gay and lesbian couples in California put marriage plans on hold as Proposition 8 judge keeps ban in place until 18 August
Newspaper wants to hire 34 reporters

Did that headline make you blink? It isn't a spoof. The New York-based Newsday has announced that it has openings for 34 reporters over the coming six months
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US sport

Why the Eagles supporters dared to boo Santa

Barry Glendenning: Philadelphia fans took it on themselves to dish out an instant verdict in 1968 and they are still living with the consequences
Antonio Pettigrew obituary

Champion US sprinter shamed by admissions of drug-taking
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Comment

Power and appeasement

Jim Sleeper: Paul Kennedy articulates an alternative to the Kagans' neocon war on terror, but they all underestimate popular change
A war on drugs? No, this is a war on the Mexican people

Luis Hernández Navarro: 29,000 dead, human rights leaders murdered, the constitution violated – the price of President Calderón's popularity bid
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US economy

Japan plays down yen's 15-year high against the US dollar

Japan refuses to say whether it will intervene in currency markets
How the US economy is being 'Japanised'

Chris Payne: Federal Reserve policy is taking a worrying turn towards monetarism. This can only result in an American 'lost decade'
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Ground Zero mosque plans 'fuelling anti-Muslim protests across US'
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Zedonk, zebra and donkey hybrid, born in US

A donkey has given birth to a zedonk at Chestatee wildlife preserve in Georgia, after mating with a zebra