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/ 15 September 2008
Sarah Palin’s road from mayor of a small Alaskan town to John McCain’s running mate is littered with casualties, writes Ed Pilkington.
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/ 7 September 2008
Oprah Winfrey, America’s favourite daytime TV star, has refused to have Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as a guest on her talk show
To a large degree the success of Obama’s presidential run so far has been built on his skills as a speechmaker, writes Ed Pilkington.
New census projections that predict that groups that are now labelled minorities will form the greater part of the country’s population by 2042.
Coney Island, the quaintly rotting amusement park frequented by millions of New Yorkers every summer, has acquired a new attraction.
Osama bin Laden’s former driver has pleaded not guilty in a case that could determine the future of scores of terrorism cases in the United States.
The tentacle-like growth of clandestine advertising in American TV shows in the form of product placement has taken another controversial step.
A small fishing town in Massachusetts is coming to terms with the news that 17 teenage girls at the local high school are pregnant.
Martina Navratilova has been surrounded for years by adoring fans, whether at Wimbledon, Roland Garros or Flushing Meadows.
It was the first city in the United States to ban trans-fats from food outlets. Now New York has set another US first — from Monday, larger food chains such as McDonald’s, Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks must display the calories of their products on menus.