Alexander Cockburn: US healthcare reform could have been better, but Obama has learned partisanship

A man has been arrested on the Isle of Wight following the murder of his fiancée in Norfolk

Academics say public should support Unite to prevent a 'race to the bottom' in working conditions

The Mole: David Cameron's election campaign isn't working: will it now?

Since Barack Obama’s healthcare bill became law, Democrats have faced vandalism and death threats

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The former KGB agent safeguards the papers’ future and sets up a foundation to support them

McLaren driver posts fastest time in Australian GP practice and then gets pulled over by police

The consortium hopes to have the money to buy out the Glazers in place by the end of the season

Expectant father Noel Gallagher played his first post-Oasis gig last night

Carla Bruni and Nicolas Sarkozy’s father hope the president will not seek re-election in 2012

My Fair Lady writer Emma Thompson confirms that An Education star will take lead role

The rapper has been refused a visa after Buddhists were infuriated by the song Sexy Bitch

Harry Markopolos spent a decade trying to make the world see that Bernie Madoff was an epic fraudster

But fans unhappy with potential choice of Resident Evil director Paul WS Anderson

Microsoft chief blesses a lawsuit against a Google ally while a web guru attacks ‘Disneyfied’, litigious Apple

Video: George Bush was caught wiping his hand on Bill Clinton’s shirt after glad-handing a Haitian