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Faculty and students criticise university after student newspaper reports on attendance study performed without consent of students
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Activists request time to prepare for protests before grand jury decides whether to indict officer Darren Wilson in shooting death of teenager Michael Brown
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David Kalac charged with murder of girlfriend Amber Lynn Coplin. Pictures of her naked corpse were alleged to have been uploaded to the 4chan messageboard
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The much-hyped continuation of the blockbuster series has been given its official name as filming comes to a close
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Blake Benthall, 26, arrested after allegedly resurrected drugs and contraband goods market after original incarnation was shut down by the FBI last year
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Air strikes on little-known group alleged to be al-Qaida affiliate raise questions about expansion of US air war in Syria and Iraq
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McConaughey’s new role as Newton Knight will explore the life of Newton Knight, leader of an outlaw band of Confedrate deserters who rejected slavery and secession, writes Andrew Pulver
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Distant cousins of Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing, who died aged 22 resisting Pickett’s Charge, to attend ceremony in Washington next week
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US drugmaker had wanted to use acquisition of AstraZeneca to shift tax base to Britain, a move known as tax inversion
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The former Skins star is the latest lead in a film beset by problems and delayed for 17 years
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Philadelphia police and the FBI announce the rescue of kidnapping victim Carlesha Freeland-Gaither in Jessup, Maryland. The 22-year-old, who was abducted at night in Pennsylvania, has injuries and is in hospital. Her abductor, 37-year-old Delven Barnes, is currently being held on attempted murder charges, relating to a separate case in Virginia, and will soon be charged with crimes committed in Philadelphia
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Campaign groups say fugitive LRA commander has sought refuge in Kafia Kingi enclave between Sudan and South Sudan
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But where are the figures to back up his positive claims?
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Editor says it's a chance for her to be a human being rather than a celebrity
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Mitch McConnell, who is poised to become the next Senate majority leader, says his first priority is to get the Senate 'back to normal'
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Mitch McConnell, who is poised to become the next Senate majority leader, says his first priority is to get the Senate 'back to normal'
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Republican leader challenges president to compromise with Congress after Democrats’ bruising defeat while Obama concedes electorate sent clear message
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Senator Jeanne Shaheen’s re-election was a bright spot for Democrats in the midterms, but it might not have been so if she faced a different candidate, reports Jon Swaine
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Young Americans accounted for 13% of the electorate on Tuesday, down from 19% in the presidential election two years ago
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Supporters hail result as boost to campaigns in other states from California to Massachusetts, as chief sponsor of bill compares victory to end of gay-marriage ban
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Voters have approved measures on the minimum wage, marijuana, sentencing reform, gun control and fracking, and also decided on abortion policy
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South Carolina candidate defeats two challengers to become only the fifth black US senator and the first in the south since the 19th century
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Congressmamn Grimm trounces Domenic Recchia in New York, despite being indicted in April on 20 federal charges including fraud and perjury
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However the numbers are sliced and diced, the result was a GOP landslide, but how far this wave will actually carry the Republicans remains unknown
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From the first Haitian-American elected to Congress to the youngest-ever state legislator, the 2014 midterms produced some notable election precedents
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Todd Harris, a Republican strategist from liberal San Francisco, tells the story of the 30-second TV spot that boosted the new senator from Iowa
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‘This is ugly,’ says Democrat party strategist, as Republicans sweep to control of Senate
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Mitch McConnell’s decisive victory in Kentucky sets ball rolling for Republicans in dismal election night for Democrats
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Loss comes as a heavy blow to Democrats as Republican Thom Tillis defies opinion polls to win Senate race against incumbent candidate
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Former national guard lieutenant colonel who served in Iraq vowed to bring conservative midwest values to the capital in end to bitterly contested race
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Mitch McConnell gets the thumbs down, cracks appear in Jay Nixon’s campaign, and Andrew Cuomo’s girlfriend is caught giving her husband a little too much support
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Largest non-partisan voter protection coalition in the US received more than 12,000 calls to its hotline from people struggling to cast their ballot amid slew of new voter-ID laws
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Republicans triumph in key states with notable successes for Scott Walker in Wisconsin and Larry Hogan in Maryland
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The US President Barack Obama is caught on amateur video dancing to an impromptu performance by a cappella group Brotherly Love
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Ian Black: The Syrian president is the beneficiary of a muddled campaign that leaves him free to strike against his own enemies
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Editorial: The president faces a hostile legislature, and working with it will not be easy. But the world cannot afford for him to drift into lethargy. He must pick up the pieces and lead
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The Republican senate will mean go-slow on domestic policy, so the president’s best chance of a lasting impact is overseas
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Republicans successfully tamed their Tea Party fringe and ran against Obama, but some Democrats are ruing caution, negativity and misjudged campaign themes
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Diane Abbott: The actor says she is open to a political career. My advice: invest in smart shoes, train Brad Pitt in the doe-eyed look – and shun the internet
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Editorial: The new surveillance chief says he wants to talk about privacy. Good. But he seems more interested in pointing fingers at the tech giants than reconsidering GCHQ’s own role
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Scheme for UK, US, Italy and Turkey to train recruits has been beset with problems, but a standoff over money is main hurdle
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The polls say the GOP will take the Senate, but their path to win a few difficult races could last for weeks after election day
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Observer editorial: The US president deserves far more credit for his reforms than he is presently being given
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Nick Cohen: Nay-sayers are all too quick to decry scientific findings if they don’t agree with their own cracked views
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Angela Davis: Those who resist are treated like terrorists – as in Ferguson this year, and as I and other black activists were in the 60s and 70s
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Trevor Williams: The US has stopped printing money, and both countries seem likely soon to be back in step with modest, gradual interest rate rises
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Tarikuwa Lemma: I was taken from my home in Ethiopia by a corrupt adoption agency. When I returned, I felt Ethiopian, but they saw me as an American
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The Republicans appear set to win a majority in the Senate, giving them control of both houses. We examine how this has happened, and what the implications are for US politics
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A small group of wreckage hunters purports to have found a bit of Earhart’s Lockheed Electra aircraft. It’s a good story, but critics of the find are more vocal than ever
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Gary Younge: When Kansas starts rejecting the Republican agenda, you know it’s a party in long-term decline
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US president praises health workers battling Ebola in the worst affected West Africa nations
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US-led forces strike Islamic State (Isis) targets in the besieged Syrian town of Kobani on Tuesday
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A horse that fell into a swimming pool in Phoenix, Arizona, is rescued by firefighters
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Residents in the rural region of Puna on Hawaii's Big Island are warned to evacuate their homes as lava from the erupting Kilauea volcano creeps forward
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Mayor Bill de Blasio reassures New Yorkers that they are at low risk of catching Ebola after a doctor tested positive for the disease
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Two priests stage a tap-dancing duel in front of a crowd at the Pontifical North American College in Rome
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A funeral is held in Jerusalem for a three-month-old baby killed in what Israel police described as a terrorist attack
The Democrats may not recover from this massacre