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Mark Ronson hits charts with Runaway Funk

Mark Ronson has produced tracks for Amy Winehouse, Christina Aguilera, Lily Allen, Estelle, and many others. Now, he’s hitting the charts with his

USA

Sony's "The Interview" pulls in $31 million despite cyber threats

Sony’s North Korea parody, “ The Interview” has earned more than $31 million (26 million euros)from online, cable and telecoms sales since its

USA

Army facility in Texas is put into lockdown during gun attack

A gunman has shot dead one person before killing himself in an incident at an Army facility in El Paso Texas. The shootings took place in a veterans’

Mexico

Obama pledges help to Mexico president to fight drug cartels

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has praised Obama’s move to protect immigrants from deportation as he began his visit to Washington on Tuesday

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USA

No peace, love and understanding between Obama and new Republican majority

USA

Facebook's Zuckerberg announces New Year's resolution - read books

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has gone public again with his New Year’s resolution. He says he aims to read a book every two weeks for the the next 12

USA

Markets plunge over Greek uncertainty and oil prices plummet as gloom deepens

Political uncertainty about Greece and will it or won’t it stay in the eurozone following elections later this month, along with plummeting oil

USA

New York mayor hits back at funeral snub by NYPD officers

New York’s City Mayor has described police officers who turned their backs to him during funerals of two slain colleagues as “disrespectful.”

USA

Jury selection begins in Boston bombing trial

Jury selection has begun in the trial of Boston marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, accused of killing three people and injuring 260 others

USA

Sunshine and love Florida lifts statewide ban on same- sex marriage

Florida becomes the 36th US state to allow same sex marriage with the county of Miami-Dade leading the way. The ruling came after a judge lifted her

Sport

Two US ski hopefuls die in Austrian avalanche

Team USA ski hopefuls Ronnie Berlack and Bryce Astle have died in an avalanche in the Austrian Alps while skiing close to their base near Soelden

USA

Why the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is expected to be so difficult

USA

Boston Marathon bombing trial: Jury selection begins

The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man accused of the Boston Marathon bombing, begins today, (Monday January 5), starting with jury selection

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Secretly shoot your marriage proposal in the Big Apple

‘I’m like a spy,’ says self-appointed engagement photographer Vlad Leto. For the past few years, the 30-year old Russian has been secretly taking

USA

Boston Marathon bomber trial begins with jury selection

Jury selection begins on Monday (Jan.5)in the trial of the man accused of carrying out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Twenty-one-year-old Dzhokar

USA

New York police snub mayor at funeral of slain officer Wenjian Liu

A sea of blue uniforms filled the streets of New York in honour of Wenjian Liu, the second of two police officers murdered last month. As with the

North Korea

North Korea rejects 'hostile' US sanctions

North Korea has slammed the decision of the US to impose fresh sanctions against them, labeling Washington’s policies as ‘hostile’ and ‘repressive’

Sport

Gerrard confirms stateside move

A move stateside has been confirmed by Steven Gerrard after he announced on Friday he was leaving Anfield at the end of the season. “It will be

USA

Seven-year old sole survivor of small plane crash in US

A seven-year-old girl has emerged as the only survivor of a plane crash which killed her family in the US state of Kentucky. The girl, who is yet to

USA

US slaps extra sanctions on North Korea in response to Sony hack

US President Barack Obama has authorised additional sanctions against North Korea in what he said was the first US response to the cyber attack on