The sights of this wild frontier will stay with you long after you've left

A two-year-old boy visiting Pittsburgh zoo was killed yesterday when he fell off a railing that his mother had put him on top of to view a pack of African painted dogs.

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The sights of this wild frontier will stay with you long after you've left, writes Sara Benson

Britain has failed to raise a team for the Youth America's Cup. As the deadline for entries closed on 31 October, all three attempts, one of which planned to race under the Ben Ainslie Racing banner.

Britain has failed to raise a team for the Youth America’s Cup. As the deadline for entries closed on 31 October, all three attempts, one of which planned to race under the Ben Ainslie Racing banner.

They don't have the big names, a Triple Crown winner or a $200m [£124m]-plus slugger. But for the second time in three years the San Francisco Giants rule baseball, clinically completing a four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers to win one of the most lopsided World Series in recent years late on Sunday night.

They don't have the big names, a Triple Crown winner or a $200m-plus slugger. But for the second time in three years the San Francisco Giants rule baseball, clinically completing a four game sweep of the Detroit Tigers to win one of the most lopsided World Series in recent years.

Dick McBride was a poet of the Beat Generation who acted as a literary bridge between the United States and Britain, bringing the writings and spirit of the Beats to this country. In books and in performances of his own works and those of fellow writers, he sought to broaden awareness of the poets who had made such an impact on American writing.

You may know Lana Wachowski as one half of the sibling directorial team behind The Matrix trilogy and the upcoming Cloud Atlas starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. What you might not know, is that Wachowski is also well-regarded for her bravery in speaking openly about her experiences growing up transgender.

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