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The obesity problem in the US may be much worse than previously thought, according to researchers.

Our regular column covering the passing of significant - but lesser-reported - people of the past month.

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One in five clubs in the English Football League is in "poor financial health", according to a survey by administrators Begbies Traynor.

Fire crews in Moscow tackle a spectacular fire that engulfed the top of a skyscraper still under construction.

Sir Alex Ferguson says victory over Blackburn was typical of his side as they went five points clear at the top of the Premier League.

Royal Bank of Canada, one of the country's largest banks, is accused of "multi-hundred million dollar" fraud over derivatives trading by a US regulator.

The UK's first keyhole surgery operation using 3D cameras has taken place at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.

Masked protesters tore down a police fence and hurled rocks during a demonstration outside the British embassy in Buenos Aires.

Six people were rescued after a house collapsed following a gas explosion.

Seven people die as a gunman opens fire at Oikos University, a Christian college in Oakland, California, police say.

Cardiff Blues are criticised for "inexcusable" decision to sack Gavin Henson over an in-flight incident, but other commentators say move was inevitable.

Education Secretary Michael Gove sends a letter to examinations regulator Ofqual in which he says universities should create a new set of A-levels.

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A charity says it is concerned about the rise in the arrests of prostitutes in east London ahead of the 2012 Olympics which is making sex workers "vulnerable to crime".

A 43-year-old former student is arrested after seven people are shot dead at a private college in Oakland, California, police say.

A Dutch company is launching a vehicle which can be driven on land, or flown in the air.

Benjamin Arellano Felix, one of the world's most powerful cartel bosses in the 1990s, is sentenced to 25 years in prison by a US judge.