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15 November 2014 Last updated at 00:13

House passes Keystone pipeline bill

The US House of Representatives passes a bill to approve the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, and it will now go to a vote in the Senate.

Coal boss indicted in mine disaster

Donald Blankenship, the former chief executive of Massey Energy, is indicted for his role in a 2010 West Virginia coal mine explosion - the US's worst coal disaster in 40 years.

No jail over Canada 'assault' photo

A young Canadian man who admitted taking a photo of an alleged sexual assault, after which the woman killed herself, avoids jail time.

Obama defends immigration pledge

President Barack Obama defends plans to use executive powers to reform the US immigration system, saying Congress has had ample opportunity to act.
Bomb suspect faces Paris extradition

A Canadian academic accused of a deadly 1980 bombing outside a synagogue in Paris is due to arrive in France on Saturday after losing an extradition battle.
Hagel unveils nuclear arms reform
Virgin America shares surge on debut
First Elvis recording to be sold
Microsoft leapfrogs Exxon in value
White House security lapses detailed
Drones 'patrol US-Mexico border'
Amazon and Hachette settle dispute
Inquiry into WTC window rig collapse
Obama 'confident' of Myanmar change

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Immigration reform battle is about to get ugly

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S&P gives Twitter debt 'junk' status

US ratings agency Standard & Poor's gives social media giant Twitter's debt "junk" status, which is three notches below investment grade.
Oil price falls below $80 a barrel

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Mystery of the man-eating snakes What were the "dragons" that took eight children from a Bornean village?

Amazing Great Barrier Reef photos A unique visual record is released of Australia's epic coral reef

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Don't look down Watch

The perils of washing windows on a skyscraper
Un-Fortunate choice

Did a Vietnam War protest song dishonour US troops?

Features & Analysis

Cut down

The art of the deadly political abbreviation
Food fight

90-year-old vows to feed homeless despite arrest threat
Internet's 'Obamacare'

The tweet that has net neutrality activists howling
Renaissance man

Satya Nadella steers Microsoft away from irrelevance
Secrets revealed

Mormons speak out on underwear, vigilantes and their own planet
Loyal warlords

Warcraft is 10 years old - but are its days numbered?
All guns blazing

Making good money out of some very bad divorces