In pictures: Pauper burials on the rise in US as economy fails

Paupers grave in Illinois, US

Pic of the Day: floating US-Mexico border fence

US border patrol
Standard & Poor's downgrades US credit rating

Will investors ignore S&P’s US credit downgrade?

News Sat 6 Aug 2011, AT 13:37

First reaction: ‘Outrage’ at credit downgrade, but it is possible that the markets will not care

American Civil War slaves

The bloody war millions of Americans prefer to forget

Alexander Cockburn Thu 21 Apr 2011, AT 09:32

Was the Civil War worth it? Might slavery have died out anyway, as it did in Brazil?

Tornadoes hit US - in pictures

In pictures: Lethal storms have hit nine states in America's south, killing 45 and injuring hundreds

Unseen 9/11 footage of twin towers burning

Video Mon 7 Mar 2011, AT 16:35

Previously unreleased New York Police footage of the World Trade Centre burning and collapsing

baidu china

US urged to block China's most-visited website

News Tue 1 Mar 2011, AT 09:38

Business digest: New report accuses search engine Baidu of helping sell counterfeit goods

syringe cosmetic surgery

Buttock injection death exposes US underworld

News Thu 10 Feb 2011, AT 11:10

Claudia Aderotimi is the latest victim of a flourishing cosmetic surgery black market

currency notes

US tries to recruit Brazil in ‘currency war’ on China

News Tue 8 Feb 2011, AT 11:22

Business digest: US Treasury Secretary commiserates Brazil on problems caused by other economies’ ‘undervalued currencies’

Car Fire Ashley Turton

Double blow for Obama as aide’s wife dies in fire

News Tue 11 Jan 2011, AT 15:03

Mystery as White House aide's wife is found dead in BMW after garage blaze

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