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/ 13 September 2009
Kim Clijsters reached the US Open final after beating an enraged Serena Williams 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday in a contest that disintegrated into chaos.
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/ 13 September 2009
Forty years ago, the first two computers on the Arpanet, the military network that was the precursor to the internet, exchanged login information.
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/ 12 September 2009
Photographer manages to avoid financial and personal meltdown by renegotiating a -million loan with a Manhattan firm.
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/ 12 September 2009
As we pause to remember those who died on September 11 2001, we should also remember that much work still needs to be done to address the fallout.
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/ 11 September 2009
A US Coast Guard training exercise set off a security scare on Friday as the US marked the eighth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
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/ 11 September 2009
Bagpipes and drums sounded across Ground Zero on Friday in New York as the city commemorated the eighth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
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/ 11 September 2009
President Barack Obama on Friday will lead tributes to the people killed on September 11 2001 on the eighth anniversary of the devastating attacks.
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/ 11 September 2009
After 10 days of clear weather, rain and winds swept through Flushing Meadows on Thursday, tossing the US Open’s final weekend into disarray.
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/ 11 September 2009
Wall Street never cut a deal that good again: the whole of Manhattan purchased from the original Indian inhabitants for .
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/ 11 September 2009
Eight years after the September 11 attacks, al-Qaeda remains a tenacious enemy, but Americans are growing weary of the fight against terror.
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/ 10 September 2009
President Barack Obama’s top climate change negotiator on Thursday said international talks to cut carbon emissions were ”difficult”.
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/ 10 September 2009
Roger Federer will play Novak Djokovic in the US Open semifinals on Saturday.
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/ 10 September 2009
Barack Obama tried to put his presidency back on course on Wednesday night with a rare fighting speech to Congress on his healthcare plan.
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/ 9 September 2009
The US said on Wednesday Iran was nearing the ability to make atom bombs by stockpiling enriched uranium.
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/ 9 September 2009
President Barack Obama takes on the bitter healthcare reform debate on Wednesday with a high-stakes speech to the US Congress.
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/ 8 September 2009
A thousand demonstrators gathered at North Carolina’s capitol to support United States President Barack Obama’s proposals for universal healthcare.
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/ 7 September 2009
Pius Henry fears his government will kill him, that the US won’t live up to an obligation to people from islands where it conducted nuclear tests.
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/ 7 September 2009
Moose-lovers and Obama supporters are unlikely to be reaching for their wallets, but admirers of Sarah Palin can now snap up their fantasy soirée.
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/ 6 September 2009
It is a graphic image of the realities of war: the fatally wounded young marine lying crumpled in the mud, his vulnerable face turned to the camera.
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/ 4 September 2009
The pace of US job losses hit a one-year low last month but the unemployment rate jumped to a 26-year high of 9,7%, the government said on Friday.
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/ 4 September 2009
Britain and the US on Friday defended their strategy in Afghanistan amid mounting criticism over the rising death toll from war-weary voters.
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/ 4 September 2009
The US believes WTO members must work hard to fill in the remaining gaps to clinch a Doha deal, the top US trade official said on Friday.
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/ 3 September 2009
Barack Obama will next week launch a fightback against escalating troubles, heralding a battle which could write the fate of his administration.
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/ 3 September 2009
All eyes were on two of the most famous pairs of knees in tennis on Wednesday as Rafael Nadal and Venus Williams were back doing what they do best.
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/ 3 September 2009
SA has overturned a decision not to support class action for apartheid reparations from eight US-based companies, it was reported on Thursday.
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/ 2 September 2009
The United States has some of the industrial world’s worst rates of infant mortality, teenage pregnancy and child poverty.
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/ 1 September 2009
US online auction giant eBay will announce on Tuesday a plan to sell its web communication service Skype to an investment group.
Wildfires killed two firefighters and turned hills around Los Angeles into fiery orange infernos, threatening thousands of homes.
Hurricane Jimena blew into a dangerous Category 4 storm off Mexico’s Pacific Coast on Tuesday, the US National Hurricane Centre said.
Roger Federer will take aim at a sixth straight US Open title on Monday, playing a first-round match against an 18-year-old American wildcard.
New fuel regulations will force carmakers to produce vehicles that get an average of 11.5kpl — more than required by the cash-for-clunkers programme
Senator Edward Kennedy, the liberal champion of the US Senate who carried on the political legacy of his slain brothers.