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BBC All nine people injured in Friday's Empire State Building shooting were hurt as a result of police fire, New York's police chief has confirmed. During the incident, which was captured by surveillance cameras, police officers shot dead a gunman who had just killed a former work...

BBC Two US government employees have been shot and wounded in a vehicle south of Mexico City, officials say. Their armoured US embassy four-wheel drive came under fire on a main road near the city of Cuernavaca, police said, quoted by Mexican media. One was said to have been hit in the...

ABC The private equity firm founded by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney made use of arcane techniques in several of its Cayman Islands-based funds to avoid U.S. taxes, according to a trove of Bain Capital's private audit and finance records made public on the website Gawker...

Yahoo News A group of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents filed a lawsuit against their own agency Thursday, arguing that the Obama administration is not letting them fully identify and deport illegal immigrants. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano says her department...

BBC The US middle class is in a "lost decade" as its share of the country's income has been surpassed by affluent earners, a new report says. The Pew Research Center found that 62% of middle class Americans reported they were being forced to reduce spending. And 43% expect their...

GMA Casey Anthony's one-year probation sentence for check fraud ends this week, giving her the freedom to go wherever she pleases. "As of Friday, Aug. 24 at 12 a.m., nobody will be able to tell her where to be," Anthony's attorney Charles Greene told ABCNews.com. "She's complied with...

BBC The death of a US man who allegedly shot himself in a police car after being searched twice and handcuffed was a suicide, according to an autopsy. Three medical examiners signed the state crime laboratory report on the death of Chavis Carter, 21. Police say he concealed a gun and...

BBC US President Barack Obama has said the use of chemical weapons by Syria would be a "red line" that would change his thinking on intervention in the crisis. He said he had "at this point not ordered military engagement". But he added: "There would be enormous consequences if we...

Whether you agree or disagree with child pageants ... there is a serious point in this argument. Custody at Risk After 'Toddlers & Tiaras' Star Wears Controversial Outfit | ABC News Blogs - Yahoo!

Is this guy from the same planet as us !!! BBC A row has erupted in the US after a congressman said women's bodies were naturally able to prevent pregnancy in the case of "legitimate rape". Todd Akin, who is also running as Republican candidate for the Senate, made the comments in a...

BBC The trial of a US army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting spree at an army base has been suspended while a court decides whether his beard should be removed. Major Nidal Hasan's lawyers say the beard is an expression of his Muslim faith, but army regulations state...

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Not that I am for the death penalty, but I often wonder, when this subject keeps coming to light, why don't the prisons use what vets use when we have to have a pet euthanised? :confused: BBC News - The search for a humane way to kill

BBC A US ship has fired on a boat off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, US officials say. The USNS Rappahannock fired on a vessel after it ignored warnings and rapidly approached the ship, the US Navy says. There is no confirmation of casualties although AP news agency reported one...

BBC Children who increase the number of hours of weekly television they watch between the ages of two and four years old risk larger waistlines by age 10. A Canadian study found that every extra weekly hour watched could add half a millimetre to their waist circumference and reduce muscle...

BBC US athletes at the forthcoming London Olympics will wear stylish uniforms designed in the US - but made in China. The news prompted a rare outbreak of bipartisan agreement, with Republican and Democratic leaders highly critical of the US Olympic Committee. "I think the Olympic...

The Lookout Scranton mayor slashes pay for all city workers—including police and firefighters—to minimum wage Cash-strapped Scranton, Pa., has slashed pay for all city employees—including police and firefighters—to minimum wage, sparking furor among unions that now say they plan to sue...

Conor Skelding - The Lookout Every summer it seems like a different kind of out-of-control weather pattern decides to strike. In the past month alone, we've experienced deadly Colorado wildfires, early-season heat waves and a wind-whipping hurricane, convincing formerly dubious Americans that...

BBC The United States has given Afghanistan the status of "major non-Nato ally". The designation, which includes countries such as Australia, Egypt and Israel, gives preferential access to US arms exports and defence co-operation. The announcement was made by US Secretary of State...

BBC Mammoth Lakes becomes second bankrupt Californian town The ski resort town of Mammoth Lakes has voted to become the second California local government to file for bankruptcy. The town of 8,000 in the Sierra Nevada mountains is facing a bill of $43m (£28m) for a botched development...