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Authorities in the US city of Tulsa launch a manhunt after a series of shootings which police say may have been racially motivated.
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The US painter Thomas Kinkade, best known for his pictures of idyllic landscapes, has died at the age of 54, his family say.
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American veteran Fred Couples and compatriot Jason Dufner lead the Masters with Rory McIlroy and Lee Westwood one shot back after an absorbing second round at Augusta.
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A US Navy F-18 jet crashes into an apartment building in a residential area of the town of Virginia Beach, causing a fire but few reports of injuries.
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CambodiaAn American immigrant who can never 'go home'
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A New Jersey man is making a quick recovery after accidentally shooting a 4-inch (10cm) nail into his heart.
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A New Jersey man is making a quick recovery after accidentally shooting a 4-inch (10cm) nail into his heart.
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The man who runs a California school offering courses on growing marijuana says he will give up the project days after US federal agents raided it.
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The US economy added 120,000 jobs during March, lower than estimates suggested, while the unemployment rate fell slightly to 8.2%.
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A US Navy jet has crashed into a low rise apartment complex in the American state of Virginia. One Eyewitness helped to rescue a pilot found at the scene.
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A US Navy F-18 jet has crashed in what appears to be a residential area near Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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The US economy adds just 120,000 jobs during March, considerably lower than estimates suggested, with the unemployment rate staying broadly level.
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A documentary about bullying wins a battle to have the film's rating lowered, after reaching a compromise with the US film classification board.
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RussiaMoscow condemns the US jail sentence for arms dealer Viktor Bout as "political" and says his case will be a priority in relations with Washington.
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A town billed as the smallest in the US has been bought at auction for $900,000 (£568,504).
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A US Marine sergeant faces dismissal for posting criticisms of President Obama on his Facebook page.
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India, 
PakistanThe US welcomes Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to India on Sunday, calling it "very constructive".
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JapanThe US Coast Guard uses cannon to sink a crewless Japanese ship that had drifted to Alaska after being washed away by the 2011 tsunami.
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JapanThe US Coast Guard has used cannon to fire on and sink a crewless Japanese ship that drifted to Alaska after the 2011 tsunami.
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MexicoA US judge sentences a Mexican cartel leader to life in prison for the murder of three people linked to the US consulate in Ciudad Juarez in 2010.
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Is it possible to rebrand the controversial US beef product?
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Arms dealer Viktor Bout, dubbed the "merchant of death", has been sentenced to 25 years in jail by a US judge.
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VietnamA town advertised as the smallest in the US, current population one, is sold at auction to two Vietnamese men for $900,000 (£569,000).
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US President Barack Obama says women should be allowed to join Augusta National, the all-male golf club that hosts the Masters tournament, the White House says.
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US activist group Invisible Children releases a sequel to its video highlighting the activities of LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony.
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Shares in JJB Sports rise 10% after announcing a £30m investment package, which will see US retailer Dick's Sporting Goods take a stake in the firm.
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US author Harper Lee says she is "deeply honoured" that President Obama has recorded an introduction to the 1962 film of her novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
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BurmaThe US is to further ease sanctions against Burma after historic by-elections saw a landslide win for pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party.
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Asian shares decline after fresh fears over the health of the US and European economies result in a global sell-off.
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A US man who claims half-ownership of Facebook will not be able to question the firm's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, at this stage in a lawsuit, a judge rules.
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BurmaThe United States has announced that it will ease some sanctions against Burma.
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Inside US desert base that trains pilots to fly unmanned planes
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PakistanDespite a huge bounty on his head, the man who the US blames for masterminding the 2008 attacks on Mumbai, has appeared in public in Pakistan.
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Mexico extradites one of the country's biggest drug lords, Jesus Zambada, to the US to face charges.
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The US has formally sent to trial five suspected al-Qaeda militants believed to have planned the 9/11 terror attacks.
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FranceNew tests are ordered on the body of French academic Richard Descoings, whose naked body was found in a New York hotel.
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The US formally sends to trial five suspected al-Qaeda militants, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of planning the 9/11 terror attacks.
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US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney rebuts President Obama's attack on Republicans, in a speech to the media the day after three primary wins.
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FranceThe head of one of France's most prestigious academic institutions has been found dead in the nude in a New York hotel room, police say.
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PakistanThe founder of Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba describes a $10m (£6.2m) US bounty on his head as "ridiculous and misguided".
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Mitt Romney tightens his grip on the Republican nomination with three primary wins, but his main challenger Rick Santorum vows to fight on.
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US customs officials have seized 16 luxury cars which had been stolen and were being smuggled out of the country on cargo ships.
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US sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett, renowned for her politically-charged artwork, dies at the age of 96.
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SyriaThe US ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, says the Security Council must respond urgently and seriously if Syria fails to honour a ceasefire deadline.
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United KingdomA series of website adverts by US clothing chain American Apparel is banned by a UK watchdog for showing "gratuitous nudity".
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An 80-year-old US woman with little flying experience has staged an emergency landing in Wisconsin after her pilot husband collapsed and died.
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At least six tornadoes carve a trail of devastation in the US state of Texas, injuring several people, wrecking homes and grounding flights.
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An 80-year-old US woman with little flying experience successfully lands a plane after her husband suffers a fatal heart attack at the controls.
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AustraliaSome 200 US Marines, the first contingent of up to 2,500 to be deployed in northern Australia, arrive in Darwin as the two sides deepen defence ties.
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ChinaChina is now the world's largest market for food and grocery retail, surpassing the US, a study showed.
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India, PakistanThe US has offered a $10m (£6.2m) bounty for Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the founder of Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, which is linked to the 2008 Mumbai attacks in India.
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A truck trailer park has been devastated after a tornado touched down in Dallas County in Texas.
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The US central bank is concerned that the gains in employment recently will dissipate if growth does not pick up.
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US Open champion Rory McIlroy is drawn with Angel Cabrera and Bubba Watson for the opening two rounds of the Masters.
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US activist group Invisible Children is to release a sequel to its video highlighting the activities of Joseph Kony.
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ArubaThe Australian yacht struck by a huge wave during the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race injuring the sailors onboard has docked at the Port of Oakland.
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A 43-year-old former student is arrested after seven people are shot dead at a private college in Oakland, California, police say.
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PakistanThe US offers a $10m bounty for Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the founder of Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba - blamed for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
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Hollywood star Robert Redford is to produce a documentary about Watergate, more than 30 years after he appeared in a film about the US political scandal.
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Oakland police chief Howard Jordan has said the first officers to enter the Californian college where a gunman killed seven people found students and teachers hiding behind desks in locked rooms.
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United KingdomTwo British crew members injured during the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race have safely arrived in California following a dramatic rescue.
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A senior US government official resigns after it emerges her agency spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a training conference near Las Vegas.
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US President Barack Obama warns that a rejection of his healthcare reform by the US Supreme Court would amount to "judicial activism".
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Canada, MexicoCombating drugs and reducing trade barriers dominate a one-day summit between the leaders of the US, Canada and Mexico at the White House.
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The obesity problem in the US may be much worse than previously thought, according to researchers.
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RussiaWhen WNBA stars met a wealthy former Russian spy
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CanadaRoyal Bank of Canada, one of the country's largest banks, is accused of "multi-hundred million dollar" fraud over derivatives trading by a US regulator.
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Benjamin Arellano Felix, one of the world's most powerful cartel bosses in the 1990s, is sentenced to 25 years in prison by a US judge.
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A collector who bought a £3 batch of paintings in a US garage sale finds what is believed to be an original Andy Warhol sketch worth more than £1m among them.
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The US National Archives releases millions of records from the 1940 census, providing a snapshot of American lives on the eve of major social change.
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Violence broke out as fans in the US celebrated the University of Kentucky's win over arch rivals Louisville in their NCAA Final Four men's basketball match-up.
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More than 2,000 mourners pay tribute to pioneering US banjo musician Earl Scruggs on Sunday at his public funeral in Nashville.
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Two British sailors, among four injured during a round the world yacht race, are transferred off the vessel in the Pacific by the US Coast Guard.
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Action movie Hunger Games remains at the top of the US box office for the second week following its record-breaking debut.
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Taylor Swift wins entertainer of the year for the second year running at the Academy of Country Music Awards.
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AustraliaAustralia plans to make it easier for US construction workers to move to Australia by changing assessment rules.
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Former Italy football international Giorgio Chinaglia, who played for Lazio and New York Cosmos, dies aged 65 at his home in Florida.
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The search is on in the US for the winners of the world's biggest ever lottery jackpot - $640m (£400m).
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The search is on for the winners of the £400m US lottery jackpot.
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The search is on in the US for the winners of the world's biggest lottery jackpot - $640m (£400m) - with three tickets announced as sharing the prize.
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At least one ticket - bought in Maryland - is a winner in the $640m (£400m) Mega Millions lottery, officials say, after the biggest jackpot in history.
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At least one ticket - bought in Maryland - is a winner in the $640m (£400m) Mega Millions lottery, officials say, after the biggest jackpot in history.
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IranBarack Obama approves fresh sanctions on foreign banks still involved in the trading of Iranian oil, saying there are enough alternative supplies.
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Americans gripped by lottery fever ahead of the record draw with the jackpot of more than $500million have been buying tickets around the country.
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A shop selling equipment to grow cannabis at home opens its first US East Coast outlet in Washington DC, just a few miles from the White House.
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Visa, Mastercard and Discover warn that details of credit card holders' personal information could be at risk after a security breach.
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MexicoUS car giant Ford announces a $1.3bn investment in its plant in the Mexican town of Hermosillo, creating 1,000 jobs.
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A US Republican at the forefront of efforts to cut government spending becomes the latest big endorsement for presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
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One crimefighter confronted another in this video of a traffic incident. A man was pulled over dressed as Batman in Montgomery County, Maryland.
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United KingdomBritons are losing confidence in the UK's extradition arrangements with the US and big changes are needed to restore public faith, MPs say.
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The prize in a US lottery has reached $540m (£340m) and organisers say this is the biggest lottery jackpot in history.
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US oil giant Exxon Mobil loses its crown as the world's biggest listed producer of oil to PetroChina, figures suggest.
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Iraq, SyriaArab League states call for the immediate implementation of a plan to end a year of violence in Syria as Syria's president says he backs the plan.
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The leader of the Michigan-based Hutaree militia, David Stone, and his son, plead guilty to illegally possessing a machine gun.
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Lottery fever has swept the United States, where the Mega Millions jackpot has reached an all-time record of $500m (£314m).
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The US economy grew at an annualised rate of 3% in the fourth quarter of 2011, government figures have confirmed.
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Will Ferrell is to make a follow-up to 2004 comic film Anchorman, the star has confirmed on US television.
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United KingdomAn American teenager has begun a double life sentence for the murders of two British tourists in Florida last April.
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United KingdomAn American teenager is found guilty of the first degree murder of two British tourists in Florida.
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CubaPope Benedict XVI criticises the 50-year-old US trade embargo on Cuba and calls for greater rights as he ends his visit to the island.
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