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As many as 6,600 graves at Arlington National Cemetery were mislabelled or unmarked because of incompetence among managers, a US senator says.

Arizona says it will appeal against a federal court's decision to block parts of an anti-immigration law hours before it came into effect.

Jarod Newlove, the second of two US servicemen who went missing in Afghanistan last week, is found dead, officials say.

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declares a fiscal state of emergency, putting pressure on lawmakers to pass a budget.

A federal judge in Arizona blocks key parts of the state's strict new immigration law, hours before it takes effect.

Amateur video captures footage of a mother bear saving her cub from a fishing net in Anchorage, Alaska.

Meet New York's improvisational film makers who have been performing scenes from cult films in public places.

US talk show The View interviews US President Barack Obama, the first sitting US president to appear on any daytime chat show.

How New Mexico's approach to immigration differs to Arizona

Canadian archaeologists locate the wreck of HMS Investigator, a British ship abandoned in the Arctic in the 19th Century.

Lawsuit filed in San Francisco district court after firms resurrected deleted browser cookies.

US aircraft giant Boeing reports a sharp drop in profits between April and June amid falling plane deliveries.

Glass negatives bought for just $45 (£34) have been proven to be the work of iconic photographer Ansel Adams and are now worth $200m, it is claimed.

ConocoPhillips, the US's third-largest oil firm, says it will sell its entire 20% stake in Russian oil giant Lukoil.

Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble becomes the 11th big firm to sign an Olympics sponsorship deal covering London 2012.

Oil from BP's damaged Gulf of Mexico well has cleared from the sea surface faster than expected, scientists say, 100 days after the disaster began.

Is the US-Mexico border really plagued by violence?

A Puerto Rican drug dealer's story

A 24-year-old beautician has been arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle night-vision rifle scopes from the US to Russia.

Condoleezza Rice and Aretha Franklin performed together at a concert in Philadelphia.