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US lawmakers vote to cut almost $4bn (£2.7bn) in aid to the government of Afghanistan after allegations of corruption.

Despite high levels of formaldehyde, some government trailers used after Hurricane Katrina are getting a second life with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Pressure rose on Solicitor General Elena Kagan at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing to defend her decisions on abortion and gays in the military.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp has pulled the plug on a new generation of smartphones less than three months after the company unveiled the devices in an attempt to catch-up with Apple and Google in the fast-growing mobile market.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp has pulled the plug on a new generation of smartphones less than three months after the company unveiled the devices in an attempt to catch-up with Apple and Google in the fast-growing mobile market.

Rough seas churned up by Hurricane Alex are pushing oil onto cleaned Louisiana beaches that hadn’t seen oil since mid-May. Louisiana – Hurricane Alex – Meteorology – Hurricanes – Earth Sciences

A team of astronomers says it holds bragging rights to releasing the first ever direct picture of an alien planet around a sunlike star. Extrasolar planet – Astronomy – Solar System – Planet – Gemini Observatory

Hurricane Alex pushed “the worst oil we’ve seen yet” onto Louisiana beaches and shut down Gulf-spill cleanup operations. Hurricane Alex – Louisiana – Meteorology – Oil spill – Hurricanes

The government program that gives life-sustaining drugs to people with H.I.V. or AIDS who cannot afford them has seen its waiting list rise sharply.