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Hurricane Irene rips through Bahamas

25.08.11
Hurricane Irene roared across the Bahamas, knocking down trees and destroying homes on its way to the eastern United States... more

Charlie Sheen pelted with garbage

17.08.11
Charlie Sheen was pelted with garbage during a concert over the weekend and received a poor reception from 'fans'... more

Obama hits campaign trail

16.08.11
Barack Obama today launched his election fightback after a fall in his approval ratings during the US debt crisis... more

A new trick for the underdog to learn: snarling sweetly

25.02.11
Grappling with Chicago's budget deficit, will brusque new mayor Rahm Emanuel take on the public sector unions?... more

Here comes the sun... Huge solar flare could show us the northern lights but jam the satnav

17.02.11
The biggest solar eruption for four years is set to light up Britain's skies in the next 48 hours... more

They have their own way of doing things in Chicago

28.01.11
View from America: Efforts to block the President's former chief of staff from becoming mayor of Chicago have had a Kafkaesque quality ... more

CDs of the week: Sufjan Stevens, Belle and Sebastian and Magnetic Man

08.10.10
Detroit singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens is showing no diminution of ambition and Belle and Sebastian are back with their first album in four years... more

There are some reasons to be cheerful

16.09.10
City Comment: Worries about what might happen on the investment scene make quite a list... more

The Runaways - the girl band who put sex in rock

27.08.10
A new film about prototype punk group The Runaways reminds us that concerns about the sexualisation of pop go back a long way... more

That 70s sound influencing female solo singers

20.08.10
Melodies! Pianos! Emoting! A new wave of artists is seeking inspiration in the golden age of female songwriters... more

Restaurant gets bomb threat for World Cup lion burgers

23.06.10
An Arizona restaurant has been sent a bomb threat for serving lion burgers to mark the World Cup... more

Deadly tornadoes leave trail of destruction across US Midwest

07.06.10
At least seven people are killed as tornadoes and thunderstorms sweep across the Midwest, leaving small towns looking like a “war zone... more

Online sessions are the latest music revolution

17.05.10
Record labels are abandoning traditional ways to sell music and embracing the world of online sessions.... more

The Met's latest crime-buster - a Wii of Justice

17.02.10
In precincts around the capital, the Metropolitan Police is testing a new way of dealing with crime: It's a crime reporting console, a Wii of Justice if you will... more

City Spy: Too late! Peter Mandelson lashes out at Kraft boss Irene Rosenfeld

12.02.10
Hell hath no fury like a business secretary scorned. Lord Mandelson’s rage at Kraft’s apparent volte face over the closure of a Cadbury factory is something to behold... more

City Spy: Awards time for fruit and nut cases

20.01.10
At the great Pick ’n’ Mix counter that passes for proud British business these days, such is the alacrity with which our brands fall to the foreign shopper, it’s time to hand out some awards... more

G4S snaps up Nuclear Security Services Corporation

04.01.10
Security group G4S is buying American company Nuclear Security Services Corporation for $22 million... more

Tiger Woods romps to Illinois victory

14.09.09
Tiger Woods cruised to a comfortable eight-shot victory in the BMW Championship in Illinois to move to the top of top of the FedEx Cup standings... more

Obamas in tourist trip to abbey

09.06.09
They may be America's First Family but Michelle Obama with children in tow did what all tourists do when in London - they visited Westminster Abbey... more

Ex-governor indicted for trying to sell Obama seat

03.04.09
Prosecutors have indicted the former Illinois governor who allegedly tried to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat... more

Fall Out Boy go through motions of emo

09.03.09
Blame it on the credit crunch, but there was something distinctly low-budget about Fall Out Boy’s Friday night set at the O2.... more

'Race card' accusation over Obama successor

31.12.08
The "Senate seat for sale" scandal took a new twist after the Illinois governor, facing federal corruption charges and impeachment proceedings, was accused of "playing the race card"... more

The president’s key men and women wait for call to office

05.11.08
Barack Obama lost no time in planning the key appointments that will shape his presidency... more

Obama: I'm off to see my sick grandmother

21.10.08
Barack Obama announced he was taking a break from the campaign trail to attend to his sick grandmother... more

The accounting rules that have turned a crisis into a disaster

24.09.08
When they come to write the history of these times, it will be interesting to see how much blame gets pinned at the door of fair-value accounting... more

All Together Now: Loved-up Paul and Nancy share the burden as they arrive home

13.08.08
He may have millions in the bank, but Paul McCartney isn't above carrying his own luggage. And with his smiling girlfriend Nancy Shevell by his side to help share the burden he looked happier than ever as he arrived at Heathrow Airport today.... more

Macca and new love Nancy get their kicks on Route 66

06.08.08
Sir Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell have stepped their romance up a gear with a road trip across America.... more

Corn cost up on new flood fears

18.06.08
Food companies face further price pressure after a Mississippi River levee broke, flooding Illinois cropland... more

From hero to zero: Matt Damon is re-Bourne as a moustachioed geek in new movie

08.05.08
Matt Damon's female fans are in for a shock when they see his latest film role - playing a geeky business executive. Far from his action man role as Jason Bourne in the Bourne trilogy, Matt is unrecognisable as business executive-turned-FBI whistleblower Mark Whitacre in upcoming thriller The Informant ... more


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