A Washington state social worker who died of cancer this year shocked charities with $11m in donations.
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A police officer in Pennsylvania brings a standoff to a close with his rendition of White Christmas.
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They would cost less, but such savings have a price of their own. Caroline Wyatt on the human cost of privatised warfare. (Picture: US troops on patrol in Afghanistan. Credit: Reuters)
Richard Overton, who credited God, whisky and cigars for his long life, has died in Texas.
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The US president's unannounced visit to troops in Iraq surprised, delighted and irked.
Read moreThe US president and first lady make an unannounced Christmas visit to US service personnel.
Read moreThe US president thanked US troops and said other countries should share the burden in the region.
For the past two months, two men have been racing nearly 1,000 miles (1,600km) across a frigid void.
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The 85-year-old liberal Supreme Court judge had surgery to remove cancerous nodules from a lung.
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The eight-year-old Guatemalan boy died days after being detained with his father for illegal entry.
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