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Fourth of July: Independence Day celebrated with fireworks marking 236 years of freedom
Americans celebrated 236 years of independence in spectacular style on Wednesday with dazzling displays of fireworks held across the country. Though many of the festivities...
Clayton Osbon, JetBlue bomb pilot, cleared for insanity reasons
Clayton Osbon, the US pilot who screamed about a bomb on a flight and had to be restrained by passengers was found not guilty...
4th of July: Independence Day celebrations amid warnings of extreme weather
Millions of Americans are set to celebrate the Fourth of July with as much fervor and as many fireworks as the weather will allow. Picnics...
ObamaCare healthcare reform law is constitutional, rules US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court has ruled that President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform (ObamaCare) act is constitutional. The court upheld a core requirement known as...
ObamaCare reform bill faces Supreme Court judgement
Barack Obama’s wide-ranging healthcare reform bill, which is seen as a key achievement of his presidency, is facing its moment of judgement in the...
Colorado Springs wildfire: more than 32,000 evacuated as Waldo Canyon under threat
More than 32,000 people in Colorado Springs, US, were forced to flee their homes as a raging wildfire threatening the city doubled in size...
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales banned in US
A US court has banned sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the country while it decides on the firm's patent dispute with...
Dock collapses into Gun Lake during Eric and Maegan Walber wedding party photoshoot
When Eric and Maegan Walber fell into the water during their wedding photoshoot on a dock at the Bay Pinte Inn, Eric Walber swam...
Jerry Sandusky in jail: fellow inmates taunted him with Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall lyrics
Fellow inmates locked up alongside Jerry Sandusky reportedly taunted him by singing “Hey, teacher, leave those kids alone” - a line from Pink Floyd's...
Arizona immigration clause upheld by US Supreme Court
Part of a tough Arizona immigration law giving police powers to check the immigration status of people stopped and arrested has been upheld by...
Mugly wins 2012 World’s Ugliest Dog contest
Mugly, an 8-year-old Chinese Crested with a short snout, beady eyes and a large number of unkempt white whiskers, has won the rather unflattering...
Daniel Shak sues ex-wife Beth Shak for a portion of her luxury shoe collection
Daniel Shak, a wealthy New York hedge fund manager, has filed a lawsuit against his ex-wife Beth Shak for a portion of her luxury...
Barack Obama erased his white girlfriends from his past to burnish his credentials as a black leader, claims David Maraniss
Australian Genevieve Cook first met Barack Obama in 1983 in the kitchen of a mutual friend’s New York flat. In those days most Americans, even...
Woman super glued to a toilet seat at a Kentucky Walmart restroom
A woman had to be rescued from a Kentucky Walmart restroom last week after found super glued to a toilet seat. Stuck for at least...
George Washington’s constitution sold for $10M at Christie’s auction
George Washington's personal copy of the US constitution has sold for almost $10 million, Christie's auction house says. The book, with the first US president's...
Jerry Sandusky found guilty and sentenced to 442 years in prison
Jerry Sandusky has been found guilty of sexually abusing young boys while he was an assistant coach of the Penn State football team. Jerry Sandusky,...
Travis Weaver becomes Jerry Sandusky’s first accuser to step publicly
Travis Weaver became the first alleged Jerry Sandusky victim to reveal himself to the public, saying in an interview that he was sexually abused...
Matt Sandusky to testify he was abused as a child by Jerry Sandusky
Matt Sandusky, the adopted son of Jerry Sandusky, has dramatically accused the former Penn State coach of abuse as a jury deliberates over scores...
Lone star tick causes meat allergy in adults
Hundreds of people in the U.S. have mysteriously developed meat allergy over the last few months. And this rash of meat allergies, currently sweeping the...
Yasser Lopez survives after a spear was shot through his brain
Yasser Lopez, a teenager from Florida, has miraculously survived after a spear was shot through his brain, doctors say. Yasser Lopez, 16, is recovering after...
Cambridge Massachusetts proposes sugary drinks ban similar to New York
Taking a cue from New York City's proposed ban on sugary drinks, Cambridge, Massachusetts, is looking to pass a similar crackdown to combat obesity...
The women of Watergate scandal that helped Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein to topple Richard Nixon
Since 1972, the public attention on Watergate scandal has been centered on all the president’s men, but the story is not without its fair share of...
Rodney King, 1991 LA riots figure, found dead in his swimming pool aged 47
Rodney King, the figure at the centre of the Los Angeles riots in 1991, has been found dead in a swimming pool, according to...
Kolcraft Contours Options strollers recalled after three children get their fingers chopped in US
Three children in the United States have accidentally chopped off a fingertip after because of a fault with their stroller and two adults have...
Bride sings ballad to her groom as walking down the aisle
A bride thought belting out a cheesy love ballad as she walked down the aisle was a better way to describe her feelings. In a...
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