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Serena Williams on Steubenville victim-blaming remarks: They were...

By Martin Pengelly, The Guardian World No 1 says of interview in Rolling Stone: ‘What was written – what I supposedly said – is insensitive and hurtful’ Serena Williams has issued a statement in...

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Wall Street Journal says Egypt needs a Pinochet

The Chilean dictator presided over the torture and murder of thousands, yet still the free-market right revers his name On Friday, the Wall Street Journal published an editorial entitled “After the...

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How much money from NFL’s pink merchandise actually goes to cancer research?

It has been reported that only a small proportion of funds raised during “A Crucial Catch”, the league’s month-long campaign to support breast cancer research through the sale of pink merchandise and...

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Obama: Washington ‘has to change’ after shutdown and debt ceiling crisis

Barack Obama used his weekly address on Saturday to repeat his appeal for greater co-operation between political parties in Washington DC, in the aftermath of the government shutdown and national debt...

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Harrisburg, Pa., newspaper retracts 1863 criticism of Gettysburg Address

Martin Pengelly, theguardian.com As celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address begin around the US, a Pennsylvania newspaper has issued a retraction of its predecessor’s criticism...

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Obama acknowledges ‘rough’ start for ACA in weekly address; Republican calls...

On Saturday, for the first time since October 26, Barack Obama’s weekly address acknowledged the continuing controversy over the rollout of his signature healthcare reform, the Affordable Care Act. In...

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Storms have killed 16 in the US and temperatures are set to reach lows not...

GUARDIAN NEWS SERVICE Martin Pengelly, The Observer New York state was facing nearly two feet of snow this weekend after storms in the north-eastern US on Friday claimed the lives of at least 16...

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Authorities find Dallas homeless man thought to be Ebola victim contact

Authorities in Dallas said on Sunday they had located a homeless man who may have had contact with Thomas Duncan, the only Ebola patient to have received a diagnosis in the US. A few hours after...

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Nurse Kaci Hickox: GOP governors exploited Ebola panic for political gain

Kaci Hickox, the nurse who found herself in the middle of a political storm when she was quarantined on her return from west Africa despite testing negative for Ebola, has launched a blistering attack...

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Eric Holder in Paris: US is at war with ‘lone wolf’ terrorists

Eric Holder echoes sentiment that extremists ‘corrupt the Islamic faith’ to justify violence. US plans conference on anti-extremism on 18 February As a million people gathered in Paris to march and...

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Real estate heir Robert Durst — subject of HBO’s ‘The Jinx’— arrested in New...

It was reported on Sunday that the real estate heir Robert Durst had been arrested in New Orleans. Durst was arrested late on Saturday night on an out-of-state extradition warrant, according to NBC...

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Hillary Clinton praises Elizabeth Warren for fighting Wall Street’s...

Hillary Clinton has used the publication of Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world to praise Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts senator who many on the American left...

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Rand Paul says the US shouldn’t topple secular dictators — and that ‘radical...

The Kentucky senator also asks Republicans to help him take party’s message to ‘rich, poor, black, white, brown’ as he campaigns for 2016 presidential nomination Related: Chris Christie and Jeb Bush...

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Citing Koch brothers, Bernie Sanders calls for ‘political revolution’ against...

Heralding what he called “the most unusual political career in the US Senate”, the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Sunday called for “a political revolution” against “the...

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Prince releases tribute song for Baltimore: ‘Are we gonna see another bloody...

The musician shared the track a day before he was due to play at the Rally4Peace concert, which will also be streamed live on Jay Z’s Tidal Prince on Saturday released “Baltimore,” the song he recorded...

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Paul Ryan says Amtrak spending cuts not to blame in Philadelphia crash

Congressman says question should not be part of conversation day after officials order train company to install new safety system Related: Congress votes to cut Amtrak’s funding hours after fatal train...

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Mitt Romney looking for two women in his binders to beat Hillary in 2016

On the day Hillary Clinton formally launched her presidential campaign with a rally on Roosevelt Island in New York City, and gave a speech laden with promises and appeals on women’s rights and other...

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Rick Perry condemns Charleston shooting after ‘accident’ remark

Republican presidential candidate calls the shooting ‘an absolute heinous hate crime’ as spokesman says Perry meant to say ‘incident’ not ‘accident’ Related: Rick Perry calls Charleston church shooting...

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Lindsey Graham: GOP must reject ‘demagogue’ Donald Trump or party will...

South Carolina senator calls the business mogul a ‘wrecking ball’ and warns if Republicans don’t challenge views on immigration they deserve to lose The Republican party must reject Donald Trump’s...

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Conservative hypocrisy: Donald Trump isn’t the only one who has a problem...

Donald Trump was at the heart of another controversy on Saturday, after the RedState conservative activist Erick Erickson banned him from his event in Atlanta over comments about Fox News anchor Megyn...

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