Waves nine feet high from Hurricane Irene were pounding the shores of North Carolina today as the entire US eastern seaboard was put on disaster alert... more
President Barack Obama celebrates his 50th birthday just days after reaching a deal with Republicans to avert a catastrophic government debt default... more
Englishman has triumphed twice in his last four starts and has not been beaten over 72 holes of strokeplay since he tied for 11th at the Masters in April
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British defence group QinetiQ has won a contract worth almost $2 billion to provide engineering services for Nasa at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida... more
American biologist who breathed life into a bacterium using genes assembled in the laboratory defended himself against accusations he was 'playing God'... more
Prosecutors in America have moved to seize four mosques and a Manhattan skyscraper owned by a Muslim group suspected of being controlled by Iran... more
The Washington sniper was executed as relatives of his victims watched the man who brought terror to the city in a three-week shooting campaign take his final breath... more
Golf: Tiger Woods overcame a course record-equalling performance by Hunter Mahan to win the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club in Maryland... more
Three men who conspired to plunder corpses and sell body parts, including the corpse of British broadcaster Alistair Cooke, have been jailed in America... more
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