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BBC The acting director of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the US attorney in Arizona are resigning over a botched operation to track the flow of guns to Mexico. The ATF's Kenneth Melson had recently faced pressure by Congress to resign. Operation Fast and...

BBC The US government has wasted $30bn (£18bn) in contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last decade, according to a bi-partisan spending commission. The commission on wartime contracting blamed an over-reliance on contractors, poor planning and fraud for the waste. It had evidence...

BBC Fugitive Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi is ready to begin talks to transfer power, his spokesman has said. Moussa Ibrahim reportedly said the toppled leader's son Saadi would lead the talks. The rebels say they will not negotiate until he surrenders. Meanwhile, desperately-needed...

BBC Country music legend Glen Campbell, known for hits like Rhinestone Cowboy and Gentle On My Mind, lives in Malibu with his wife Kim. Their home in the hills overlooking the Pacific is close to the singer's local golf course, where he plays every day. After almost 30 years of...

Discovery News The earthquake that ratted the Northeast U.S. this week is already being attributed to an imaginary celestial interloper called Nibiru. To paraphrase Mark Twain, there are crazy ideas, **** crazy ideas, . . . and soothsayers. If you have never heard of Nibiru here's the...

BBC A convoy of Libyan rebels has rolled into Tripoli past celebrating crowds after a day of heavy fighting in and around the capital. They appeared to meet little resistance and civilians emerged to cheer them, waving flags and firing celebratory shots as they passed in their pick-ups...

BBC A year on, Chile miners' future hopes are unfulfilled When the 33 miners who were trapped underground in Chile last year were finally rescued, great things were predicted for them. They would be rich, films would be made about them, journalists would pay fortunes for their...

BBC The US state of Virginia is set to execute a convicted murderer and rapist with a lethal injection, despite objections from the drug manufacturer. Jerry Jackson is scheduled to die on Thursday night for the murder of 88-year-old Ruth Phillips. A shortage of drugs used in past US...

BBC A US senator is demanding answers to an allegation that America's top financial regulator has destroyed thousands of preliminary investigation records. Senator Charles Grassley has written to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to query the claims by an internal whistleblower...

BBC An estate agent in Sweden is offering a house with the remains of a medieval resident included in the price. The property, built in 1750 in Visby, on the Baltic Sea island of Gotland, has a tomb and skeleton in the cellar. The starting price for the three-bedroomed house, where the...

BBC News A "potentially catastrophic" bomb plot hatched by an expelled high school student has been foiled by police in the US city of Tampa, Florida. Police said Jared Cano, 17, planned to lay a device at Freedom High School in north Tampa and detonate it as students began the new school...

BBC Five tobacco companies have sued the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over a new law that would force them to place graphic health warnings on their cigarette packets. The firms argue the plan violates their constitutional right to free speech, as it requires firms to promote the...

BBC A cold blast from the Antarctic has brought snow to parts of New Zealand for the first time in almost 40 years. Wellington airport was forced to close and - according to local media - access to Christchurch's quake-damaged red zone has been blocked. More snowfalls are expected and...

BBC More than 1,000 people have joined a protest in Mexico City against the government's strategy in the fight against drug gangs. Carrying banners and pictures of dead relatives, the activists marched in silence to the presidential palace to demand peace. The protest was led by the...

BBC The Palestinian Authority says it will present its application for international recognition of statehood to the UN next month. President Mahmoud Abbas will submit the application when he is in New York for the 66th General Assembly, due to open on 20 September. The PA has said it...

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BBC The US military lost contact with an unmanned hypersonic test aircraft shortly after its launch, defence officials have said. The Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle 2 (HTV-2) - capable of reaching any target in the world in less than an hour - began a test flight from atop a rocket on...

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BBC Eight Republican presidential candidates are offering a mix of tax cut proposals and attacks on President Barack Obama at a debate in Iowa. The candidates are jockeying for position in the nomination race, mainly against front-runner Mitt Romney. Michele Bachmann and Tim Pawlenty...

AP ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Mexico border town mayor and congressional candidate Martin Resendiz was drunk when he signed nine contracts with a California company that is now suing the city for $1 million, according to a deposition in the case. "The day I signed, I had way too much to drink...