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Paul Thomas: I'll take boring over US loony extremes
Biggest economy wouldn't default over politics, would it?
Peter Bills: Answer to Obama's election prayer
The president they've got is no great shakes, but Americans could find it hard to vote for the alternatives.
Inside Money: LED lights on a debt ceiling
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Obama's dead! Fox's Twitter hacked
Hackers broke into Fox's Twitter account, posting updates saying President Barack Obama had been assassinated.
Ian Birrell: Support the failed war on drugs? You must be stoned
Self-defeating policies will cost more lives unless leaders show some nerve.
Paul Thomas: Scandal a hotter topic than boring drugs war
Misbehaving politician part of trivia captivating Washington at expense of more important issues.
Washington duo help heal nuclear rift
Two former high-ranking United States officials who helped to restore the American relationship with New Zealand have been honoured today.
Catapult protest misses target
A group of artists found themselves unable to lob a pillow from a catapult in a symbolic protest against the Urewera police raids today.
Bin Laden never stopped dreaming of 'another Sept 11'
Osama bin Laden was, it appears, still involved in the conception and planning of major al Qaeda operations.
'Crown prince of terror' missing after bin Laden raid
Osama bin Laden's youngest son and close confidant is reportedly missing after the raid in Pakistan last week which killed his father.
Hillary Clinton cut out of Osama raid history
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's presence in the White House situation room has been removed from history in a Jewish publication.