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Television industry 1hr ago

Time Warner Cable and CBS reach deal to restore network to 3m US homes

3 Sep 2013:
CBS blacked out across three cities since 2 August amid dispute over how much Time Warner would pay for programming
San Francisco 1hr 53min ago

San Francisco-Oakland bay bridge opens to traffic after years of delays

3 Sep 2013:
New eastern span of California bridge reopens to commuters, replacing structure that was damaged in 1989 earthquake
Amanda Knox 7hr 1min ago

Raffaele Sollecito speaks out ahead of Meredith Kercher murder retrial

3 Sep 2013: Amanda Knox's ex-boyfriend says his life is 'on hold' as he awaits retrial for murder of 21-year-old British student in 2007
Dennis Rodman 8hr 2min ago

Dennis Rodman back in North Korea

3 Sep 2013:
Basketball star makes return visit to see his 'friend', Kim Jong-un, amid attempts to have American Kenneth Bae freed
Syria 8hr 7min ago

Syria crisis: Vladimir Putin under growing pressure

3 Sep 2013:
Russian president to be urged at G20 summit to come closer to accepting that Bashar al-Assad has to stand aside
Bashar al-Assad 16hr 17min ago

Defiant Assad challenges west over chemical weapons evidence

2 Sep 2013: Bashar al-Assad warns military intervention in Syria could spark a 'regional war' and claims 'Middle East is a powder keg'
Wildfires 18hr 1min ago

California Rim Fire now 60% contained but full control may be weeks away

2 Sep 2013:
Firefighter spokeswoman says 'it's looking really good right now' as forecast rain aids struggle against massive blaze
Syria 18hr 15min ago

Syrian regime continues to redeploy forces away from US missile targets

2 Sep 2013: Syrian rebels despair at US failure to strike at Assad regime as tension mounts in Lebanon and Russian warship heads for Syria
John McCain 18hr 18min ago

John McCain: rejection of Syria strikes by Congress would be 'catastrophic'

2 Sep 2013:
Arizona senator and fellow Republican hawk Lindsey Graham meet president Barack Obama at the White House
Vodafone 19hr 17min ago

Vodafone pulls off one of biggest deals in corporate history with $130bn sale

2 Sep 2013: Proceeds from the Verizon Wireless sale to return to shareholders and UK investors, with cash injection for 4G
Swimming 19hr 21min ago

Diana Nyad arrives on Florida beach after record 110-mile swim from Cuba – video

2 Sep 2013: Video (29 sec)
The American long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad completes her non-stop, record 110-mile shark-cage-free swim from Cuba to Florida
Climate change 19hr 54min ago

Climate change likely to steer away Sandy-like superstorms, study says

2 Sep 2013: Scientists predict stronger storms but say changing air patterns will prevent them from hitting US east coast
British Army 20hr 13min ago

Six members of British army rugby team charged after New York bar brawl

2 Sep 2013:
Fijian soldiers with Royal Regiment of Scotland allegedly punched off-duty police officer after racist abuse

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US blogs

French intelligence: 'Massive use of chemical agents' in Syria - live updates

Follow live updates as President Barack Obama continues his efforts to persuade Congress that the US should take military action against Syria
America's new poodle: a memo to François Hollande

Stay, roll over and don't carp on about a 'special relationship' – how advice from the US president to his French ally might read
- France expected to replace UK as key US ally in Syria intervention
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US sport

The strange compulsion of college football

Diane Roberts: It's violent, atavistic and utterly retrograde. But I love it. Go Seminoles!
Robert Warzycha's Crew departure marks the end of an era for MLS

Graham Parker: Robert Warzycha fired after 18 years with Columbus Crew by new owner Anthony Precourt
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