Americas
Barack who? I just don't believe it... new
Leonard Doyle: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen will forever be known as the woman who hung up on the most sought-after man in America.
Inside Americas
Now the Crunch hits the Ivy League new
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Stephen Foley: America's Ivy League universities are in a financial tangle after bets in the markets turned sour.
Half-brother boosts Obama's standing in China new
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Chinese people were delighted by the election of Barack Obama to the highest office in the US, but the world is only now being introduced to the President-elect's family connections in China.
End of the high life
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Stephen Foley: Corporate America, humbled by taxpayer bailouts, is ditching the company jet.
37 down, 215 to go: Franken edges to victory in recount
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Comedian in epic struggle for Minnesota senate seat
After 30 years' exile, Polanski challenges US rape charge
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Film director claims new evidence proves he was the victim of 'judicial misconduct'
Andrew Keen: In defense of sleazy lobbyists
Thursday, 4 December 2008
I really like what Tina Brown is doing at The Daily Beast. There's no hint of the crowd at the Beast - it's all Tina's sensibility, her wit and judgment. So I'm thrilled to now be contributing to the new website. My first piece, published today, is a defense of (sleazy) lobbyists - surely the loneliest and most misunderstood people in America today.
Zoo’s $42m plan turns into great white elephant
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Guy Adams: A 23-year-old elephant called Billy, with friends in the highest circles of Hollywood, is at the centre of a bitter custody battle in Los Angeles.
Newspaper steals Empire State building
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
A New York newspaper stole the Empire State Building in an attempt to expose a legal loophole.
Polanski seeks dismissal of child sex charge
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Lawyers for Roman Polanski, a fugitive for 30 years in a notorious sex case involving a 13-year-old girl, filed a request in Los Angeles to dismiss the charge against him because of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct.
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