BBC News - US & Canada

24 November 2010 Last updated at 23:01 ET

DeLay guilty of money laundering

A jury convicts Republican former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on charges of illegally funnelling corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002.

A US man whose wife died on a scuba honeymoon in Australia is deported after a guarantee he will not face the death penalty if re-tried in the US.

Fake troop death calls in Canada

The Canadian military is investigating fake calls to families of soldiers in Afghanistan saying their relative has died in combat, authorities say.
US to ban chemicals in 'fake pot'

The US government begins emergency action to ban five chemicals used to make synthetic marijuana, after reports it may cause harm.
Somalis guilty of US ship attack
9/11 dust deal deadline extended
UBS in $2bn Madoff fraud lawsuit
US spending up despite housing woes
Obama 'not thinking about Palin'
US airports avoid security delays
US warns of 'damaging' Wikileaks

News, analysis, graphics and explainers on what's at stake and why they matter

Brazil central bank head 'ousted'

Brazil's hawkish central bank head Henrique Meirelles is to be replaced local papers say, as data shows inflation on the rise.
ENI in $17bn Venezuela oil deal
FBI widens insider trading probe

Pulled apart

What furore over airport security says about the American soul
Killing the 'kill switch'?

Obama's 'power' to pull plug on internet under Congress scrutiny
Oil boom

North Dakota cashes in on US thirst for oil World News America
Life in harmony Watch

Bringing all faiths together through singing World News America
Korean conundrum

How will Obama react to new cross-border clash?
I'll take you, you and you

How many wives can a Canadian have? A court case will decide
Sex change

The incredible story of the Canadian boy raised as a girl