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Chicago 1hr 4min ago

Chicago park shooting was carried out with assault-style rifle – police

21 Sep 2013:
Back of the Yards shooting wounded 13 people, including a three-year-old boy who is reported to be in critical condition
Co-operative Group 1hr 22min ago

Co-op forced to consider hedge fund plan

21 Sep 2013: American investors' plan would end mutual's part in ownership as bank sets up independent committee to look at proposal
Brazil 2hr 55min ago

Brazilian rancher jailed for murder of American nun Dorothy Stang

21 Sep 2013: Prosecutors claimed Vitalmiro Bastos de Moura and another rancher hired gunmen to kill veteran rainforest campaigner
Pinterest 3hr ago

Pinterest introduces advertising in the form of 'promoted pins'

21 Sep 2013: Users will start to see paid-for pins on search results and subject pages
Nuclear weapons 3hr 54min ago

US nearly detonated atomic bomb over North Carolina – secret document

21 Sep 2013:
Exclusive: Journalist uses Freedom of Information Act to disclose 1961 accident in which one switch averted catastrophe
Coal 3hr 56min ago

EPA outlines first steps to limit US coal plant pollution

21 Sep 2013: Proposal to tackle emissions from the power sector will require new plants to be about 40% cleaner than current coal plants
US politics 4hr 41min ago

Republicans block science laureate vote over climate change stance fear

21 Sep 2013:
Conservative lobbyist told Congress members the new science ambassador would echo Obama on greenhouse gas regulations
David Petraeus 4hr 43min ago

Academics join CUNY David Petraeus protests as NYPD arrests six students

21 Sep 2013:
YouTube video appears to show demonstrator against appointment of general and CIA chief being punched repeatedly
Chicago 5hr 43min ago

Chicago shooting: 13 wounded in late-night attack

21 Sep 2013:
A three-year-old boy and two other minors among 13 people wounded in a late-night attack in a southwest Chicago park
Gun crime 6hr 10min ago

Escape from the navy yard: 'We realised we had to get out of the building'

20 Sep 2013:
Bertillia Lavern gives detailed account of attack from inside the compound – where one of her friends was shot in the head
Pop and rock 7hr 13min ago

Queen to perform with Fun's Nate Ruess at iHeartRadio festival

20 Sep 2013: Band seen rehearsing Somebody to Love with Brian May and Roger Taylor ahead of music festival in Las Vegas
Broadway 8hr 16min ago

Orlando Bloom's Romeo draws mixed reviews on Broadway

20 Sep 2013: No love at first sight for US critics as David Leveaux's Romeo and Juliet, also starring Condola Rashād, opens in New York
Chicago 9hr 9min ago

Chicago: three-year-old among 11 people shot in park - video

20 Sep 2013: Video (1min 16sec)
Police and ambulances arrive at a park in Chicago where 11 people, including a three-year-old child, were shot

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US blogs

AllThingsD split from News Corp's Dow Jones confirmed

Key players responsible for technology news site to sever links with company
USA Today to insert copies in city dailies

Publisher aims to boost sales with Project Butterfly
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US sport

Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte to retire at end of season

Forty-one-year-old will pitch against San Francisco Giants on Sunday and in Houston next week as Yankees seek postseason place
MLS Week 30: Reviews and previews

Graham Parker: LA Galaxy and new leaders Seattle Sounders clash; Chivas oust controversial president Jose David; FC Dallas trying to stay in touch at New York Red Bulls
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