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19 May 2013 Last updated at 21:57 ET

Yahoo 'to buy Tumblr for $1.1bn'Yahoo sign outside its headquarters

Yahoo's board approves a deal to buy New York-based blogging service Tumblr for $1.1bn (£725m), US media reports say.


TV images of damage in Wellston, OklahomaDeadly tornadoes ravage Oklahoma

At least one person is reported dead and several others injured in a series of tornadoes that have torn through the US state of Oklahoma.

Nigel Wright. File photoCanada PM aide quits in expenses row

Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff, Nigel Wright, resigns over his role in a growing expenses scandal.

Mark Mardell, North America editor Article written by Mark Mardell Mark Mardell North America editor

America's Latino future

A growing Latino immigrant community means the future US will look more Hispanic, but what does that mean for the country itself?

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Katty Kay, BBC World News Article written by Katty Kay Katty Kay Presenter, BBC World News

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