Michigan

Outcome more difficult to predict than it has been for years but Florida televised debate likely to settle the jitters.

Republican challenger just one point down on President Barack Obama with female voters in 12 swing states.

Little Nemo was a comic strip character created by American cartoonist Winsor McCay.

Heath officials issue warnings to medical clinics to alert patients who may have received contaminated steroid injections.

Art experiment produces gold when bacteria is exposed to toxic chemical.

New study suggests some women are genetically prone to feel pressure to be thin.

While smoking is a strong risk factor, heavy drinking found to cause oxidative damage to pancreas.

Investor focus switches to US fiscal cliff as more better value in European stocks for the fist time in more than a 18 months.

New owls called the Camiguin Hawk-owl and the Cebu Hawk-owl because of their distinctive singing.

As most vitamins contain pork gelatin, the pharmacist decided to make halal vitamins for Muslims.

University of Michigan scientists develop a compound that prevents retina damage caused by diabetic retinopathy.

Seth Mitchell was never destined to become the great American heavyweight hope. Throughout his childhood he dreamed of being a basketball player, before seemingly finding his true calling when taking up American Football as a freshman at High School.

Bulgarian government releases CCTV footage showing a long haired man wearing a baseball cap and plaid shorts.

Bomber kills eight including himself and injures dozens in attack on tourist bus full of young Israelis in Burgas.

Cougar, or the mountain lions of the Americas, have shown a significant increase in their population in the past 20 years, overturning the declining trend of over 100 years, a new study reveals.

University of South Carolina say the T-shirt can charge mobile phones faster than other methods.

State Department hacks al-Qaida website in Yemen, changing messages about killing Americans into pro-American propaganda.

Hacktivist collective video urge opponents of controversial cybersecurity bill Cispa to kill legislation.

BMJ Tobacco Control calls for blanket adoption of World Health Organisation measures to save thousands after gloomy research results.

Michigan woman Christine Bolden's twins, Alexander and Nicholas, were delivered by means of Caesarean section.

The Stooges have been popular in creating punk and grunge music and they had great influence on other recording artists in the late 70s and 80s.

Former beauty queen arrested with half-empty bottle of champagne in car after seen weaving through traffic.

World's best-preserved baby mammoth body goes on show in Hong Kong shopping mall.

The discovery of a frozen woolly mammoth in a Siberian cliff has revealed insight into details about the extinct animal's eye colour and hair.

The discovery of well-preserved baby woolly mammoth fossil suggests that early humans could have killed the mammoths.

Mega Millions jackpot prize has reached $540 million with a $389 million cash pay-out for the winner.

Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum set sights on biggest day of Republican presidential nomination campaign.

BP still faces several settlement cases from the affected parties in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill such as the US government, Gulf states and drilling partners.

Longer Republican primary season goes on, the stronger President Obama will be in the autumn.

Astronomers working from NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory have discovered what they believe is the fastest blowing wind, coming from a stellar black hole.