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Sole winner nets record US jackpot
(Headline News )
A ticket holder in Florida has won the largest Powerball jackpot in US history- more than $590m (£388m)- lottery officials say. [1]

Serena powers to Italian Open win
(Headline News )
World number one Serena Williams beats Victoria Azarenka to win the Italian Open and her fourth consecutive tournament. [2]

Malcolm X grandson suspects remanded
(Headline News )
Two men suspected of killing Malcolm Shabazz- the grandson of US political activist Malcolm X- are remanded in custody in Mexico. [3]

Tom Ripley and a talent for evil
(Headline News )
The talented Mr Ripley- and the meaning of evil [4]

In pictures: Things come apart
(Headline News )
Todd McLellans photographs of disassembled objects [5]

VIDEO: Tornadoes tear through US states
(Headline News )
Storm-chasers have captured footage showing tornadoes touching down in both Texas and Kansas. [6]

Lennon guitar sells for $408,000
(Headline News )
A guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison of the Beatles in 1967 fetches $408-000 (£269-000) at auction in New York. [7]

Car hits crowd at Virginia parade
(Headline News )
Up to 60 people were injured when a car ploughed into a crowd during a parade in the US state of Virginia- officials say. [8]

Russia reveals CIA chiefs identity
(Headline News )
Russia publicly names the man it believes to be the US intelligence chief in Moscow- a breach of diplomatic protocol. [9]

US student dies in home invasion
(Headline News )
A university student dies after being fatally shot as a masked gunman bursts into her home in an apparent attempted robbery in New York state. [10]

Lawyer denies OJ Simpsons claims
(Headline News )
OJ Simpsons former lawyer rebuts claims by his former client he botched his defence in an armed robbery case. [11]

The Ice Age giants of North America
(Headline News )
Scientists unlock the secrets of Ice Age beasts [12]

Dozens injured in US train crash
(Headline News )
About 60 people have been injured- five critically- after a head-on- rush-hour collision between two commuter trains near New York- officials say. [13]

American The Office clocks out
(Headline News )
How US version of The Office reflected on America - and UK [14]

Tweets of the week: IRS, Beyonces baby and Bea Arthur
(Headline News )
Congress- Beyonces baby and Toronto mayor in 140 characters [15]

VIDEO: One Direction announce world tour
(Headline News )
X Factor boyband One Direction have announced a 2014 worldwide stadium tour. [16]

VIDEO: Hadfield hit Earth like a car crash
(Headline News )
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has been talking about his experiences on the International Space Station in his first public appearance since returning to Earth. [17]

VIDEO: Syria conflict: Obama under pressure
(Headline News )
President Obama is coming under pressure to intervene in Syria by members of Congress [18]

Thein Sein set for landmark US visit
(Headline News )
Burmas President Thein Sein heads to the US to meet President Obama - in the first US state visit by Burmese leader since 1966. [19]

Bob Dylan joins US Arts Academy
(Headline News )
US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan is made an honorary member of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Letters. [20]

PR for Benghazi
(Headline News )
White House turns to investigation to handle Benghazi fallout [21]

Hatchet hitchhiker murder charge
(Headline News )
A US hitchhiker whose descriptions of using a hatchet to stop an attacker became an internet sensation is charged with murder. [22]

Toronto Mayor faces drug video claim
(Headline News )
A Canadian paper says it has seen a video that appears to show Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine- but cannot verify its authenticity. [23]

Tax agency mistakes not political
(Headline News )
The head of the US tax authority and a top treasury investigator deny the extra scrutiny given to conservative groups was motivated by political bias. [24]

Murder in Mayfield
(Headline News )
The woman who caught a killer- helped by the BBCs Tom Mangold [25]

NY busts cigarette smuggling ring
(Headline News )
New York officials say they have busted a multi-million dollar cigarette smuggling ring- alleging three of the 16 accused had links to terrorists. [26]

US condemns Japan sex slave remarks
(Headline News )
The US condemns recent remarks by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto justifying Japans war-time use of sex slaves as outrageous and offensive. [27]

Vanessa Winships evocative US photos
(Headline News )
Award-winning photos of Americas lives and landscape [28]

Princely handling of Harry mania
(Headline News )
Princes US trip played to his strengths- says BBCs Peter Hunt [29]

Moscows retro spy scandal
(Headline News )
Moscows retro spy scandal shows old tricks still in vogue [30]

How real is The Great Gatsbys playboy island?
(Headline News )
How real was the Long Island decadence of the Great Gatsby? [31]

My life as a plus-size model
(Headline News )
How I made it as a plus-size model [32]

VIDEO: Diseases become art under a microscope
(Headline News )
The strange beauty of infections under the microscope [33]

VIDEO: US and Iranian wrestlers rumble in NYC
(Headline News )
The United Nations have played host to a different group of power players when champion wrestlers from the US- Russian and Iran visited its headquarters in New York. [34]

VIDEO: OJ Simpson testifies in Nevada court
(Headline News )
Former football star and actor OJ Simpson is testifying at a Nevada court hearing on his request for a new trial in an armed robbery case. [35]

VIDEO: Obama pledges tough response on IRS
(Headline News )
The White House has promised new safeguards after it emerged that Internal Revenue Service (IRS) staff singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny. [36]

VIDEO: First US drone launch from carrier
(Headline News )
The US Navy successfully launched an unmanned drone from the deck of an aircraft carrier for the first time on Tuesday- in what officials called a breakthrough for robotic aviation. [37]

VIDEO: Storm-damaged rollercoaster removed
(Headline News )
A rollercoaster which was destroyed by fierce super storm Sandy- has now been removed from the New Jersey coast. [38]

VIDEO: What tsunami debris is washing up in Canada now?
(Headline News )
Debris from the Japan tsunami in 2011 is washing up in Canada. The BBC spoke to volunteers cleaning up the shoreline on Vancouver Island [39]

AUDIO: Can BP survive compensation payouts?
(Headline News )
The financial recovery of BP from the disaster of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is being put in jeopardy by the amounts of compensation being paid out to businesses in the Gulf of Mexico region. [40]

VIDEO: Storm chaser captures Texas tornado
(Headline News )
A tornado has ripped through a town in the US state of Texas- resulting in six deaths- officials say. [41]

Causes of Texas plant blast mooted
(Headline News )
Investigators searching for clues to last months deadly blast at a Texas fertiliser plant identify three possible causes- including arson. [42]

Victims blinks convict US killer
(Headline News )
A US man is convicted of murder on the evidence of his paralysed victim- who identified him by blinking as he lay dying in hospital. [43]

Boston suspects note in boat
(Headline News )
The Boston bombing suspect wrote a message in a boat where he hid- describing victims of the attack as collateral damage- US media report. [44]

Error allowed terrorists on planes
(Headline News )
Terrorists on witness protection were able to board flights because their new identities were not updated on the US no-fly list- a watchdog finds. [45]

Obama seeks to defuse controversies
(Headline News )
President Obama calls for beefed-up embassy security and names a new head of the federal tax agency- as he seeks to steady an administration buffeted by recent political storms. [46]

Deadly tornado strikes Texas town
(Headline News )
A tornado rips through the town of Granbury in the US state of Texas- causing six deaths and destroying or damaging dozens of homes. [47]

Art auction record shattered
(Headline News )
A contemporary art sale at Christies in New York makes $495 million (£325m)- the highest total in auction history. [48]

Nasa buys into quantum computer
(Headline News )
A $15m computer that uses quantum physics effects to boost its speed is to be installed at a Nasa facility. [49]

Ontario liquor workers may strike
(Headline News )
A threatened strike by liquor shop workers in the Canadian province of Ontario has drinkers scrambling to find other sources of alcohol. [50]

Arrests in Mothers Day attack
(Headline News )
Police in the US city of New Orleans arrest two brothers over the shooting at a Mothers Day parade that injured 20- including two children. [51]

Space life too good not to share
(Headline News )
Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield says he could not resist sharing his life in space on social media- in his first public appearance since landing. [52]

Prince and PM promote UK on US visit
(Headline News )
Prince Harry and Prime Minister David Cameron visit Manhattan on a London bus to promote the UK as a place to study- visit and do business. [53]

Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy
(Headline News )
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie undergoes a preventative double mastectomy after doctors told her she had an 87% risk of getting breast cancer. [54]

FBI to investigate tax targeting
(Headline News )
The FBI has launched an inquiry into reports the US tax collection agency targeted conservative groups for extra scrutiny- the attorney general says. [55]

Russia to expel US CIA agent
(Headline News )
Russia says it will expel a US diplomat arrested with a series of disguises for allegedly trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer as a spy. [56]

Viewpoints: Elections in Pakistan
(Headline News )
What does Pakistans new government mean for the US? [57]

Rockefeller Foundation turns 100
(Headline News )
The philanthropic Rockefeller Foundation turns 100 [58]

Kerry seeks solution to melting Arctic
(Headline News )
US top diplomat dives into debate over melting Arctic [59]

Jolie effect on breast cancer?
(Headline News )
Will more women now go for breast screening? [60]

VIDEO: Artist dazzles with light-and-sound installations
(Headline News )
Artist dazzles with large light-and-sound installations [61]

Holder: AP leak was very serious
(Headline News )
US Attorney General Eric Holder says the leak that prompted the seizure of the Associated Press news agencys phone records put the US at risk. [62]

Emergency chief: Detroit insolvent
(Headline News )
The US city of Detroit is clearly insolvent- emergency manager Kevyn Orr says in his first review of the citys finances. [63]

Bank of England criticises Bloomberg
(Headline News )
The Bank of England calls the data snooping activities at financial news agency Bloomberg reprehensible and says it will liaise with other central banks. [64]

Justin Bieber concert takings stolen
(Headline News )
Thieves in South Africa steal some of the takings from a Justin Bieber concert after breaking into a football stadium. [65]

VIDEO: Ono: The world is getting to be one
(Headline News )
Yoko Ono says that making dance music is something which makes her feel both healthy and happy. [66]

VIDEO: Singapore opens US death inquiry
(Headline News )
Singapore has opened a coroners inquiry into the death of a US engineer whose parents believe he was killed over a China-linked project related to sensitive technology. [67]

VIDEO: Abortion doctor guilty of murders
(Headline News )
A Philadelphia doctor has been convicted of the first-degree murders of three babies delivered and killed with scissors in late-term abortions. [68]

VIDEO: UK and US to boost Syrian opposition
(Headline News )
The US and the UK say they will work to strengthen the moderate opposition in Syria and create a transitional body to replace President Bashar al-Assad. [69]

VIDEO: Film star Lollobrigida jewellery auction
(Headline News )
Jewellery belonging to iconic film star Gina Lollobrigida is to be auctioned in Geneva on Tuesday. [70]

VIDEO: Harry steps up to the plate on US trip
(Headline News )
Prince Harry has had a go at baseball as part of his trip to the US [71]

VIDEO: Cameron visits Boston bombing memorial
(Headline News )
David Cameron has paid his respects to the victims of last months marathon bombings- which killed three- and injured more than 260 people. [72]

VIDEO: Angelina Jolie has double mastectomy
(Headline News )
Hollywood actor Angelina Jolie has explained why she chose to undergo a double mastectomy to reduce her chances of getting breast cancer. [73]

Astronauts return from ISS mission
(Headline News )
A three-man International Space Station crew headed by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield returns to Earth after five months in space. [74]

Obama: IRS actions outrageous
(Headline News )
President Barack Obama says US tax collection agencys targeting of conservative groups for extra scrutiny before an election are outrageous. [75]

Suspect named in US parade attack
(Headline News )
A teenager is suspected in the shooting of 19 people at a New Orleans Mothers Day parade on Sunday- police say. [76]

US abortion doctor guilty of murders
(Headline News )
A Philadelphia doctor is convicted of the first-degree murders of three babies born alive and killed with scissors in illegal- late term abortions. [77]

Canada ferry crash navigator guilty
(Headline News )
A navigation officer is found guilty of criminal negligence in the presumed deaths of two people in a 2006 ferry accident off Canadas Pacific coast. [78]

US shale shifts global power balance
(Headline News )
A sharp rise in shale oil reserves is set to turn the US into a net exporter of oil- hitting demand for supplies from the Middle East- a report says. [79]

Sony investor urges company break-up
(Headline News )
US hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb says Sony should spin off up to 20% of its entertainment business and shore up its struggling electronics arm. [80]

Barbara Walters to retire in 2014
(Headline News )
Veteran US broadcaster Barbara Walters is set to announce on her show- The View- she will retire next year. [81]

Bloomberg fixes snooping mistake
(Headline News )
Bloomberg says it has corrected a mistake in its newsgathering policy that allowed reporters to monitor the activities of clients on its terminals- including Goldman Sachs. [82]

Around Planet Earth in 1,500 tweets
(Headline News )
Canadian astronaut Hadfields tweets from Earths orbit [83]

Rat meat and Chinese food safety
(Headline News )
A storm over food safety - Chinese style [84]

VIDEO: Writing Bibles 788,000 words by hand
(Headline News )
Why this man spent years writing Bibles 788-000 words by hand [85]

US retail sales inch up in April
(Headline News )
US retail sales rose unexpectedly in April- after falling back in the previous month. [86]

European shrub threatens US frogs
(Headline News )
A European shrub is disrupting ecosystems in the US Midwest and threatening amphibian populations- say US researchers. [87]

VIDEO: Harry starts off US Warrior Games
(Headline News )
Prince Harry has started the first event of the Warrior Games for injured service personnel- being held in Colorado- US. [88]

Small firms chase US federal dollars
(Headline News )
How to get a share of $500bn US government spending [89]

Nasas job is not to titillate
(Headline News )
Will the space station ever justify its existence? [90]

The endless Syria conundrum
(Headline News )
Cameron and Obama struggling to come up with answers [91]

Harry starts off US Warrior Games
(Headline News )
Prince Harry starts the first event of the Warrior Games for injured service personnel- being held in Colorado. [92]

Bodies found after US stand-off
(Headline News )
US police discover two bodies after ending a 37-hour stand-off with a man who held three people captive in a house in New Jersey. [93]

Shooting at US Mothers Day parade
(Headline News )
Nineteen people have been shot and injured during a Mothers Day parade in the US city of New Orleans- police say. [94]

VIDEO: Astronauts Bowie cover farewell
(Headline News )
Canadian commander Chris Hadfield has shared with the world his cover version of David Bowies Space Oddity- which he recorded on the International Space Station. [95]

VIDEO: Creeping ice destroys Canadian homes
(Headline News )
Several homes have been destroyed and many damaged in the Canadian province of Manitoba after ice from a nearby lake was pushed up onto land by the wind. [96]

Are all paedophiles created equal?
(Headline News )
Do children belong on adult sex offender registries? [97]

Prince Harry wants UK Warrior Games
(Headline News )
Prince Harry has said he hopes to bring Americas Warrior Games for injured servicemen and women to the UK. [98]

VIDEO: Prince Harry wants UK Warrior Games
(Headline News )
Prince Harry has said he hopes to bring Americas Warrior Games for injured servicemen and women to the UK. [99]

VIDEO: Dispute over Amanda Berry rescue
(Headline News )
Charles Ramsey- the neighbour who helped rescue Amanda Berry- has rejected claims that another neighbour was the one who kicked the door in. [100]

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