The Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation faced additional fallout Tuesday from its decision to restore funding to Planned Parenthood as a top official resigned and details emerged about the contentious internal discussions that led to the controversy . Read full article > >

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Komen vice president resigns as details emerge on Planned Parenthood debate

The Arab League is to suspend Syria from its meetings and impose other sanctions over its failure to end a government crackdown on protesters.

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Credit Suisse announces plans to cut another 1,500 jobs from its global workforce of 50,700 after reporting disappointing results.

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Credit Suisse to cut 1,500 jobs

Inside a forgotten apartment building off Eddy Road, Tom Hennessy is hunting ghosts. He has come to this once-stately, long-abandoned structure to sift for the beauty inside the mess, to reap something salvageable from its old bones. Fine wood. Intricate moulding. Antique fixtures. Whatever it might have left to give. Read full article > >

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From Cleveland’s dilapidated buildings, salvage workers unearth treasures

The United Nations Security Council has agreed to withdraw about 3,000 troops and police from its mission in Haiti.

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For those of you wondering what NBC was doing when it put its new ’60s-set drama “Playboy Club” into the intense Monday-at-10 competition, we have an answer! The season’s first cancellation. NBC has bounced the bunnies from its Monday slate because the network thinks it can do better with anchor Brian Williams. Read full article > >

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Although the new phone is virtually indistinguishable from its predecessor on the outside, the company says the iPhone 4S is packed with better technical innards, including a more advanced camera.

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Apple Introduces a New iPhone, With a Personal Assistant

The computer giant Apple Inc. agreed Wednesday to remove an application called the “The 3rd Intifada” from its popular App Store for iPads and iPhones.

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Fifa President Sepp Blatter is denying there is a crisis at the organisation despite concerns from its sponsors.

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Labour must learn “deep lessons” from its defeat in Scotland and English local election results, leader Ed Miliband says.

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The GOP is beginning to back away from its proposal to overhaul Medicare, but it may be too late to save the seat of the former “Craigslist congressman,” Chris Lee. The Republican candidate in suburban Buffalo, Jane L. Corwin, was expected to be a…

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A team that has learned from its mistakes had better learn fast against Tampa Bay.

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A team that has learned from its mistakes had better learn fast against Tampa Bay.

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Time for Caps to cram

A bald eagle, described as a “big softie” by its carers, goes missing from its home in Perthshire.

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As Persian Gulf monarchs forcibly suppress street protests in the kingdom of Bahrain, the Obama adminstration has responded mostly with mild or muted objections — a sharp contrast from its demands for new governments in the republics of Egypt and Libya.

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White House appears reluctant to take hard line with Arab monarchies