Alan Yuhas writes, live blogs and copy-edits for the Guardian US. You can follow him on Twitter @alanyuhas
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Medal of Honor to be awarded to Gettsyburg hero 151 years after American civil warDistant cousins of Lieutenant Alonzo Cushing, who died aged 22 resisting Pickett’s Charge, to attend ceremony in Washington next week -
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Obama concedes voters sent Democrats message in midterms - as it happenedLive coverage of analysis and reaction to the Republican’s stunning landslide midterm election victory -
Midterms 2014: voters race to polls in final hours as experts make final predictionsRepublicans need just six seats to win a majority in the Senate. Can they do it? Follow all the day’s developments in our politics live blog -
Has Amelia Earhart's plane finally been found? Not so fastA 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 -
Antares rocket on ISS resupply mission explodes seconds after launchPrivate unmanned craft carrying supplies for International Space Station crashes and burns on Virginia launchpad
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George RR Martin: 'Drogon could never beat Smaug in a fight'Alan Yuhas: The Games of Thrones author gave an exuberant talk in New York about The World of Ice and Fire – including whether his dragon would beat Tolkien’s Smaug in a fight
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Midnight in the garden of Goodell and evil: why the NFL never learns