World | USA
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Sunday May 19
Probe into Connecticut train crash giving way to clean-up
Fractured section of rail is of substantial interest to investigators
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Sunday May 19
Up to 60 injured after car drives into US parade
3 of the worst injured were flown by helicopter to area hospitals
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Sunday May 19
US lottery winner scoops $590.5m jackpot
Winning ticket sold in Florida, competition website said
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Saturday May 18
Jay Carney, the White House spokesman who enjoys the hot seat
Carney has fully embraced the sort of semantic jujitsu that might have made his reporter self choleric
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Saturday May 18
College student, intruder killed in New York
Shooting at private house only steps from Long Island university campus
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Saturday May 18
60 hurt in US train collision
3 critically injured, services shut
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Friday May 17
Outgoing IRS head to testify at first hearing
Three US congressional probes of scandal-plagued revenue service under way
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Friday May 17
Suspect wrote note before capture
Calls victims “collateral damage” for US action
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Friday May 17
Suspect arrested in parade shooting
Was identified in surveillance video
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Thursday May 16
Bangladesh manufacturers to reopen garment factories
Worker protests has forced three-day shutdown
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Thursday May 16
Obama takes charge amid Benghazi scandal
US president sacks head of Internal Revenue Service over cover-up claims
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Thursday May 16
Planet-hunting days may be numbered
Kepler telescope broken, potentially jeopardising the search for other worlds
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Thursday May 16
Stem cells: Breakthrough in cloned human embryos
Expert brands work a ‘landmark’ in development that could help beat diseases
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Wednesday May 15
Man dribbling football to Brazil killed by car
Swanson had set out on the trek to promote the One World Futbol Project
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Wednesday May 15
US Navy launches drone from aircraft carrier
US Navy makes aviation history by catapulting an unmanned drone off an aircraft carrier for the first time, testing a long-range, stealthy, bat-winged X-47B plane, that represents a jump forward in drone technology
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Wednesday May 15
FBI to probe police beating after man dies
Several witnesses have come forward to say deputies ruthlessly beat Silva with batons on the head
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Wednesday May 15
US soldier in sexual assault prevention office accused of abuse
Back-to-back army and air force cases highlight problem drawing increased scrutiny from an outraged Congress
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Wednesday May 15
Trio of troubles threatens Obama’s second term
Multiple controversies demoralising allies and emboldening foes
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Wednesday May 15
US attorney-general defends AP phone subpoena
Eric Holder says seizure of records was justified as part of probe into ‘grave national security leak’
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Tuesday May 14
Mother’s Day shooting suspect identified in New Orleans
Gunman captured by surveillance camera, according to police
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Tuesday May 14
Saudi man with pressure cooker arrested in Detroit
Hussain Al Khawahir held on allegations of lying to customs agents
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Tuesday May 14
First music video filmed in space by astronaut Chris Hadfield
Spaceman tweets and sings as he orbits Earth
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Tuesday May 14
Abortion doctor guilty in three babies’ deaths
The jury will return on May 21 to hear evidence on whether Gosnell should get the death penalty
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Tuesday May 14
Bloomberg editor apologizes for information access
Journalists at Bloomberg News had been able to see when clients last accessed their Bloomberg information terminals and what broad categories of functions they used
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Tuesday May 14
Three-man space crew returns safely to Earth
The three astronauts smiled as they chatted with space agency officials and doctors who were checking their condition
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Thai Red Shirts mark crackdown anniversary
Roads blocked as those loyal to Thaksin mass at intersection
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Top cop in Facebook matchmaking mess
Unidentified people open false Facebook accounts in his name to solicit marriage proposals
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Karachi voters back at polls
Turnout initially assessed at more than 40 per cent
