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Massachusetts 41min ago

Harvard students evacuated from four campus sites following bomb threat - video

16 Dec 2013: Video (1min 19sec)
Police evacuated four sites on Harvard University campus on Monday, following unconfirmed reports of explosives. Cambridge police are investigating
NSA 46min ago

NSA phone surveillance program likely unconstitutional, federal judge rules

16 Dec 2013: Collection of US phone metadata 'likely' in breach of fourth amendment as judge describes scope of programe as 'Orwellian'
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 1hr ago

EPA reels as climate-change expert awaits sentencing for $1m CIA fraud

16 Dec 2013: • John Beale pretended to be CIA agent for a decade
• Republicans round on agency chief Gina McCarthy
Film 1hr 38min ago

Joan Fontaine death leaves Hollywood mourning second star in as many days

16 Dec 2013: Fontaine, who died aged 96 only hours after Peter O'Toole, was the prototype 'Hitchcock blonde' – attractive, malleable, neurotic
Detroit 2hr 1min ago

Detroit bankruptcy: appeals court can immediately consider pension decision

16 Dec 2013: Judge, who determined pensions can be cut, says attorneys against the city manager can appeal to a higher court
Harvard University 2hr 23min ago

Harvard evacuates students after reports of bomb threat

16 Dec 2013: No reported explosions and no explosives detected but university makes evacuations 'out of an abundance of caution'
Republicans 2hr 26min ago

Senate Democrats look for help from Republicans to move budget deal

16 Dec 2013: Vote scheduled for Tuesday could be tight amid signs that relations are frayed between two parties over terms of the bill
College football 3hr 14min ago

Jameis Winston's Heisman win dogged by fallout from sexual assault case

16 Dec 2013:
College football: FSU quarterback says 'I knew I did nothing wrong' as press reaction suggests continued focus on case in build-up to BCS National Championship Game
Guantánamo Bay 4hr 43min ago

Two Guantánamo prisoners transferred to Saudi Arabia

16 Dec 2013: Saad Muhammad Husayn Qahtani, 35, and Hamood Abdulla Hamood, 48, transferred 'to the custody of their own government'
Gun crime 5hr 35min ago

New Jersey carjacking in Short Hills mall parking lot leaves one dead

16 Dec 2013: Authorities are searching for two suspects in the shooting death of man and alleged escape in his silver 2012 Range Rover
Detroit bankruptcy 5hr 42min ago

Detroit considers alternative plans to save museum's artworks from auction

16 Dec 2013: • Collection to be appraised by Christie's auction house
• Managers are weighing art 'rental' or soliciting philanthropists
Ukraine 9hr 33min ago

John McCain addresses Ukrainian protesters in Kiev – video

16 Dec 2013: Video (1min 20sec)
US Republican senator John McCain addresses crowds in Independence Square in Kiev on Sunday, encouraging the crowds to continue their peaceful protest
Greenslade 9hr 47min ago

Angelina Jolie may testify in News Corp phone hacking case

16 Dec 2013:
Actor could be witness in stunt double's legal action

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US news

NSA officials consider Edward Snowden amnesty in return for documents

Key official tells CBS 'it's worth having a conversation' though State Department and other key figures oppose deal
Colorado high school gunman shot two students before killing himself

• At least one student injured after gunman opened fire at school
• Governor condemns 'all-too familiar, unspeakable horror'
Republicans eye immigration reform after budget deal exposes party rift

• House speaker signals major break from conservative wing
• Break could be strategy to make immigration push in new year
All today's US news

US blogs

NSA files – should Edward Snowden be given amnesty?

• NSA officials considering amnesty for Snowden
• Panel delivers US surveillance recommendations – reports
• UK: MPs quiz home secretary on spying
• New to the NSA revelations? Catch up here
• What do the NSA files mean for you ?
Angelina Jolie may testify in News Corp phone hacking case

Actor could be witness in stunt double's legal action
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US sport

Amir Khan growing in confidence that Floyd Mayweather fight is likely

Amir Khan's possible fight against Floyd Mayweather could be held in in May and Khan said: 'It's the fight I've always been after'
US Eagles No8 Cam Dolan signs for Northampton Saints

Life University No8 signed by English Aviva Premiership team as injury replacement after impressing against Maori All Blacks, Georgia and Russia
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Comment

For a real-life Hunger Games, look no further than your local bank

The dystopian fantasy starring Jennifer Lawrence is a lot like real life – if you're a high-street bank employee
So what if the pope were a Marxist?

Priyamvada Gopal: By querying the the absolute autonomy of the marketplace, Pope Francis is hardly making a radical critique. But such 'red scares' have long history
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US economy

Detroit bankruptcy: appeals court can immediately consider pension decision

Judge, who determined pensions can be cut, says attorneys against the city manager can appeal to a higher court
Why the Federal Reserve must taper quantitative easing before Christmas

Larry Elliott: Wall Street still uses QE to play global markets, but recovery – and risks – are calling time on this questionable experiment
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Newtown anniversary: 'these tragedies must end', says Obama - video

The US president Barack Obama marks the one-year anniversary of the Newtown school massacre by calling for gun control reform