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Biden bids to quell storm over campaign trail kiss

The New York Post ran a gallery of photographs of Biden’s "most touchy-feely moments," embracing and kissing women at public events over the years

Murdoch concedes in the fight for Newsday

Rupert Murdoch has abandoned his -million attempt to buy Newsday in an about-turn likely to relieve campaigners pressing for diversity in United States media ownership. Murdoch’s…

Lame-duck Bush back in the limelight

It has been a busy week for United States President George Bush. He has shuttled across the country, faced a barrage of questions from a hounding press pack and made some tough…

Marilyn Monroe sex film to be kept private

A 15-minute film of Marilyn Monroe engaging in oral sex with an unidentified man will be kept from public view by a New York businessman who has bought it for ,5-million, the…

New York’s smokers still fuming, five years after ban

Five years after New York became one of the first major world cities to ban smoking in public places, nearly a quarter of a million people have kicked the habit and…

New York Governor Spitzer quits over sex scandal

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned from office on Wednesday, succumbing to threats of impeachment and mounting media pressure over his involvement in a career-ending…

NY Governer Spitzer under pressure to quit over sex case

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer faces pressure to resign on Tuesday as well as questions about whether he will be prosecuted for any crime after a report linked him to a…

Time running out for the making of a black president

For Barack Obama it was a daring move: hold a rally last week in the heart of New York, the fortress home of his rival, Senator Hillary Clinton. It seemed to pay off. As he…

Sorry, I quit, says US senator arrested in toilet

It all came to an end under a clear blue Idaho sky, in the harsh gaze of a dozen TV cameras. Senator Larry Craig, who started the week as a revered stalwart of the conservative…