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The latest stories from the US & Canada section of the BBC News web site.
The music world pays tribute to singer Whitney Houston, who has died at the age of 48, as the Grammy Awards take place in Los Angeles.
Frontrunner Mitt Romney sees off a strong challenge from outsider Ron Paul to win the Republican primary caucuses in Maine, say party officials.
US President Barack Obama says insurers - and not religious institutions - will provide contraception to women free of charge, amid a row with religious leaders.
Hackers claim responsibility for disabling the CIA website in an announcement on a Twitter feed under the banner of the Anonymous collective.
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is to try and woo sceptical conservatives, days after poll wins for rival Rick Santorum.
Ann Pettway, the US woman who stole a newborn baby from a New York City hospital in 1987 and raised her as her own, admits kidnapping.
Work to correct a quotation on the new Martin Luther King memorial in Washington DC will end up "scarring it for life", the architect warns.
A 22-year-old Uzbek man admits at a federal court in Birmingham, Alabama plotting to kill US President Barack Obama.
A man with "violent tendencies" convicted of stalking Madonna is recaptured a week after escaping from a psychiatric hospital, police say.
Animal rights group Peta calls for TV and film safety rules to be tightened after two horses were put down during filming for HBO racing drama Luck.
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