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Happy Days star Tom Bosley dies, aged 83

20 Oct 2010: Actor best-known for role as Howard Cunningham in 1970s television series had been suffering from lung cancer
US military 4hr 8min ago

US military accepts openly gay recruits

20 Oct 2010: 'Don't ask, don't tell' policy suffers another blow, but activists still warn applicants not to reveal sexuality
United States 4hr 49min ago

Court sends air steward who jumped plane for drugs treatment

19 Oct 2010: The steward who swore at passengers then jumped down the emergency chute could face three years in jail
Richard Adams's blog 5hr 43min ago

Christine O'Donnell's church and state gaffe makes voters laugh

19 Oct 2010:
Widener Law School audience derided O'Donnell for asking: 'Where in the constitution is the separation of church and state?'
Television 7hr 10min ago

Actor Tom Bosley dies at 83

19 Oct 2010: Happy Days co-star died of heart failure at a hospital near his home in Palm Springs, Florida
Business 8hr 18min ago

Playboy bunnies return to Mayfair

19 Oct 2010: Almost 30 years since Hugh Hefner's Playboy empire dramatically quit London, the bunnies are returning to Mayfair
EMI 8hr 54min ago

Guy Hands accuses friend of betraying him over EMI deal, court hears

19 Oct 2010: In a New York today, Guy Hands, of Terra Firma, accused his former friend and business colleague of betraying him over his multibillion pound takeover of EMI
BP 10hr 29min ago

BP to link pay to safety after Gulf spill

19 Oct 2010:
The oil group, still reeling from the worst spill in US history, is to make safety the sole basis for judging performance in the fourth quarter
Inside the Tea Party 13hr 19min ago

Tea Party Express loses momentum in rural Nevada

19 Oct 2010: Between the start of the hunting season and the success of the area's goldmines, the town of Elko failed to rise to the occasion
Goldman Sachs 14hr 6min ago

Goldman Sachs quarterly profits slump

19 Oct 2010: Profits down 43% from a year earlier as revenue in the bank's bond, currency and commodities trading division fell sharply
Mexico 17hr ago

Mexican security forces seize 105 tonnes of cannabis

19 Oct 2010: Video (37 sec)
With an estimated street value of £215m, Tijuana haul is believed to be one of the biggest in recent years
Sarah Palin 19hr 7min ago

Sarah Palin kicks off Tea Party tour

19 Oct 2010: Video (2min 27sec)
Former governor of Alaska speaks at 'super rally' in Nevada

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Christine O'Donnell's church and state gaffe makes voters laugh

Widener Law School audience derided O'Donnell for asking: 'Where in the constitution is the separation of church and state?'
Sarah Palin kicks off Tea Party tour

Video (2min 27sec)
Former governor of Alaska speaks at 'super rally' in Nevada
Amy Kremer takes her Tea Party Express from coast to coast

Ed Pilkington meets the woman looking to shake up the midterm elections as she embarks on a nationwide tour
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US blogs

A courage forged in flame

Lloyd Marcus: My father, a pastor and former firefighter, is a hero to me. But even if it divides us, I have to confront his blind faith in Obama
McKinney and the manacled Mormon, a sad tale of old Fleet Street

There is much to laugh at in the Errol Morris documentary on Joyce McKinney, but I was unhappy afterwards
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US sport

Indianapolis Colts overcome mistakes to edge Washington Redskins

The Indianapolis Colts maintained a share of the lead in AFC South with a 27-24 win over the Washington Redskins
NFL Talkboard: Week six

Paolo Bandini: Have your say on all the week's big stories in the NFL, plus take part in our Pick Six predictions game
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Comment

To choose austerity is to bet it all on the confidence fairy

Joseph Stiglitz: The mystical belief is that a smaller deficit will lead to an investment boom. What Britain really needs now is another stimulus
America can carry this deficit

David A Levy and Srinivas Thiruvadanthai: Panic among policymakers about the high level of government debt is misplaced. The real economic menace is budget-slashing
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US economy

Yes, it's one law for felons, another for homebuyers

Bethany McLean: When faulty repossession is heaped on the scandal of 11m Americans at risk of homelessness, it's time for politicians to act
Citigroup claims its home repossession process is 'sound'

'Robo-signers' foreclosure scandal overshadows third successive quarterly profit for Citigroup
- Wall Street to announce bumper profits
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Tomasky Talk: US midterms 2010: Pennsylvania

Michael Tomasky looks at the midterm races in a state that, with seven Democrat incumbents under fire, could turn Republican at every level