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Romney's own party now calls him a socialist

03.06.11
The Republicans have a new contender - but his one-time views on healthcare could cost him the ticket... more

Smart bomb cancer therapy has first test

11.02.11
Pioneering cancer therapy that targets tumours with a 'stealth smart bomb' has been tested on a patient for the first time... more

Truth, justice and the American frame-up in Conviction

14.01.11
The story of Tony Goldwyn’s film, Conviction, is based on truth.... more

Cancer timebomb will take away my voice, says Roger Daltrey

13.01.11
The Who singer Roger Daltrey has admitted his voice “could go bang at any time” after having surgery on a pre-cancerous growth in his throat... more

Hilary Swank struggles to put on weight

30.11.10
Hilary Swank struggled to gain weight for her new movie Conviction... more

Welcome to the witching hour

19.11.10
What’s slow, bleak and full of ghouls? Witch house, the latest dance genre — and Salem, the high priests of the sound, are about to scare the living daylights out of us... more

Meet the spend-shifters

08.11.10
A new book highlights a brand of pragmatism fuelling the cashless economy, finds Philip Delves Broughton... more

National Grid gets Cadbury man Andrew Bonfield as new finance boss

04.10.10
National Grid appoints former Cadbury executive Andrew Bonfield as its new finance director... more

America’s east coast goes on full Hurricane Earl alert

03.09.10
East coast of America braces itself for the arrival of Hurricane Earl with five declared states of emergency... more

Patricia Neal, Oscar winner and ex-wife of Roald Dahl, dies at 84

09.08.10
Tributes are paid to Patricia Neal, the Oscar-winning actress who compared her life to a Greek tragedy... more

California judge throws out ban on gay weddings

05.08.10
Thousands of gay couples celebrate across America after a judge overturns a ban on same-sex marriages in California... more

The Crucible warms up Open Air Theatre

03.06.10
The Crucible may be set in 1692 in rural Massachusetts but it has an unmistakable contemporary relevance.... more

Election-winning lessons from another Brown

12.04.10
Web social networking could be a trump card for politicians. Philip Delves Broughton explains how it works.... more

Vote for Edward Kennedy's Senate seat is threat to health reforms

19.01.10
Voters in Massachusetts go to the polls in a special election to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Edward Kennedy’s death last August... more

Goldman forced to reveal details of trading huddles

27.08.09
Goldman Sachs today faced demands to hand over details about its weekly “huddles” between its research analysts and traders ... more

WORLD: Found alive - the baby cut from her mother's womb

30.07.09
A baby who was cut from her mother's womb has been found alive... more

Mood captured in Un Ballo in Maschera

22.07.09
Martin Lloyd‑Evans's OHP production of Un Ballo in Maschera catches some of the opera's hallucinatory intensity. ... more

Passion Pit are drowning in a sea of synths

02.07.09
Poor old Passion Pit. They came to Heaven the much-hyped makers of cerebral electronica; they leave it cursing a hellish sound.... more

Those who lie down with Hoggs

13.05.09
The revelations about MPs' expenses - Tories, in particular - has left a string of City folk looking red-faced... ... more

Tattoo alert for diabetics

13.02.09
A tattoo for diabetics that changes colour depending on their glucose levels has been unveiled by scientists... more

Tributes to Updike, American literature's national treasure

28.01.09
John Updike is remembered as one of the "greatest generation" of American novelists... more

Madoff associate skips hearing

21.01.09
An associate of alleged Ponzi scheme mastermind Bernard Madoff has failed to appear at a hearing with Massachusetts securities regulators... more

US jobless total leaps to highest for 14 years

07.11.08
The dreadful state of the American economy was laid bare for Barack Obama as official figures showed unemployment has rocketed to its highest for 14 years... more

US tests will to lend states cash

07.10.08
Credit crunch: The state of Massachusetts plans to sell £430 million in short-term notes as part of an effort to revive bond sales that have hobbled states and cities for a month... more

BoA bid to settle debt sale dust-up

05.09.08
Finance: Bank of America says it wants to settle state and federal regulatory probes into how it marketed auction-rate securities... more

The four faces of Rockefeller

13.08.08
Police are piecing together the many names and faces of the man accused of kidnapping his seven-year-old daughter during a supervised visit... more

Peerless trio

19.11.07
The Beaux Arts Trio remain peerless in its dignified, elegant approach to the great canon of music for piano, violin and cello.... more

CDs of the week

29.06.07
This week's new CD releases include the Chemical Brothers, Crowded House, rapper K'Naan and the sweet but knowing voice of Sonya Kitchell.... more

Big kids as powerless parents

24.10.06
Little Children is Todd Field's follow-up to the Oscar-nominated indie-drama In The Bedroom and features "adults" who are stunted children, trapped in bodies they barely understand. ... more


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