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Knives come out for Obama's 'preening' social secretary
The President is under pressure to sack Desiree Rogers, after she was blamed for letting in White House gatecrashers.
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US employers cut only 11,000 jobs in November
Friday, 4 December 2009
American employers cut only 11,000 jobs during November, official figures revealed today, the smallest number of redundancies since the US economic recession began at the end of 2007.
Marriage held up by tweeting groom
Friday, 4 December 2009
A groom has created a viral storm after he interrupted his wedding to update his Facebook and Twitter accounts from the altar.
New York senate rejects same-sex marriage bill
Friday, 4 December 2009
Opponents of gay marriage were celebrating yesterday after New York State's senate rejected a bill that would have allowed same-sex marriage, saying it was a huge victory that could influence votes elsewhere.
Daughter slams GM over chief's dismissal
Thursday, 3 December 2009
A woman claiming to be the daughter of former General Motors chief executive Fritz Henderson launched an expletive-laden attack on his dismissal on Facebook.
Argentine leaders throw chairs at each other
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Argentine politicians pushed, punched and threw chairs at each other during a raucous session to choose the president of a northern province's lower house.
It was Bush's war. Now it's Obama's. And the heat is on
Thursday, 3 December 2009
The military audience's applause after the President's speech had barely died away before the flak began to fly
Peru's 'human fat killers' were invented to cover up deaths
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Police may have concocted story to divert attention from unlawful killings
How an American hero crashed to earth
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Tiger Woods has finally given some substance to the flood of rumours provoked by his car crash.
Obama's pledge: they'll be home in three years
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
Strict conditions attached as President dispatches more troops to Afghanistan
Fourth hung jury for godfather's son in mafia trial
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
A US judge declared a mistrial at the racketeering trial of John "Junior" Gotti after a New York jury failed to reach a verdict against the son of the notorious Gambino crime family mob boss - the case's fourth hung jury in five years.
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