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Industrial towns in the north east of England are identified as the places which may be least able to cope with deep cuts in public spending, BBC-commissioned research says.

President Obama called for an end to Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy in a lengthy and sharply populist speech.

The authorities in the United States and Mexico say Edgar Valdez Villarreal emerged as a leader of the Beltrán-Leyva drug gang.

President Obama and his party face a problem that stems from decisions he made when he took office.

Rahm Emanuel is Chicago born and bred, but he has never been seen as one of the city’s towering figures. And that, friends say, is a reason being mayor has been among his biggest ambitions.

Chicago has felt conflicting emotions since Mayor Richard M. Daley said he’d leave the office he has had since 1989.

Long thought extinct in central California, a rare fox subspecies has been found there—upping the species’ chances for long-term survival. California – Species – Biology – Recreation – Business

Contractors who worked for BP on the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon oil rig criticise the company’s report into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs is fined £20m by the UK’s financial watchdog, the BBC learns.

High doses of B vitamins may slow the rate of brain shrinkage in older people experiencing warning signs of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study says.