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Mystery "special guest" scheduled to appear at rally in Iowa leads to anticipation of a Trump/Palin alliance

Senior judges concluded that insufficient safeguards are in place to protect journalistic sources and documents being seized by police at UK ports but reject claims by David Miranda that he was wrongfully held under the terror law

In pics: Woman shares home with 1,100 rescue felines

Interview: Libertarian Party candidate, former border-state Governor of New Mexico and marijuana industry executive, believes he is the voice of reason America needs

Benjamin Golden says dashcam footage of violent incident was filmed without his permission and cost him his job

Cheryl Boone Isaacs promises change as she tries to head off calls for a boycott of next month's Academy Awards ceremony over all-white shortlists

Linda Perry said singer had not contributed enough to Til It Happens to You to warrant a writing credit - but now says she was not in the room when the song was written

Guitarist, who wrote or co-wrote some of the bands most famous songs – including Hotel California and Take It Easy – died in New York from complications arising from rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and pneumonia

A mother's Facebook tale of how Ishmael Gilbert helped shopper count out coins is shared more than 22,000 times

The Republican front-runner suffered an apparent mix-up between "Two Corinthians" and "Second Corinthians" as he addressed Christian students

Full recording of the civil rights leader's 1964 Nobel Peace Prize lecture has been made available for the first time

Singer propelled to international stardom wth American Pie released on bail after officers called to his home in early hours of the morning

While MPs debated banning him from Britain, Donald Trump outlined some of his policies at an evangelical Christian university in Virginia

Scholastic pulls A Birthday Cake for George Washington after backlash over "false impressions" of slavery

Local reports suggest three contractors were seized by a Shia militia - one of a number loyal to Iran

Calls are growing for an Oscars boycott after, for the second year running, black actors were overlooked in the main categories

Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York, has announced a new plan for the Central Park carriage horses, after two years of wrangling

Russia and Saudia Arabia are the traditional world oil suppliers but the demand is changing, new energy is being found - swinging the major markets, but who are they?