A passenger on a flight to Detroit prompts a security scare, two days after a failed attack on the same route triggers a review.
President Obama orders a review of air security after a man known to US intelligence is charged with trying to blow up a plane.
The father of a Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a transatlantic jet had warned US officials about his son's views.
Knut Haugland - the last of six Norwegian crew who crossed the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947 - died aged 92.
A severe winter storm in the Midwestern US that has seen record amounts of snow fall is set to continue, forecasts say.
A Nigerian is charged with attempting to destroy a passenger jet arriving in the US by detonating a bomb on board.
Actor Charlie Sheen spent much of Christmas Day in a cell after being accused of domestic violence, police say.
A fire on board a Greek cargo ship off the coast of Venezuela kills nine members of the crew and injures five.
Manny Pacquiao says he will take Floyd Mayweather Jr to court following comments over a blood-testing dispute.
A fire aboard an airliner coming in to land in Detroit from Amsterdam was a failed bomb attack, US officials say.
Several states declare emergencies as at least 19 people die amid huge winter snowstorms buffeting central US.
The US military says a video, issued by the Taliban, of a captive soldier in Afghanistan is an affront to his family.
The Taliban releases a video showing a US soldier Bowe Robert Bergdahl, captured in Afghanistan almost six months ago.
The heads of bailed-out US mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may each be paid up to $6m (£3.7m) for 2009.
US President Barack Obama welcomes his healthcare bill's success in the Senate, saying it paves the way for "real" reform.
At least 40 passengers were killed when a bus crashed down a mountainside in the Andes of southern Peru.
Disgraced US financier Bernard Madoff is being treated for hypertension and dizziness, a US prison official says.
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At least 18 people die as a huge winter snowstorm blankets central US, causing chaos on the roads and grounding flights.
A US man is reunited with his nine-year-old son after a custody battle with Brazilian relatives that drew in US politicians.
