Once the hot flushes and mood swings are over, women can look forward to a testosterone-fuelled, liberated phase of life, says Margaret Jennings.

A man, thought to be a black teenager, has been shot dead by a police officer in the same city where the killing of Michael Brown sparked protests.

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US President George Bush promised the US government will pay most of the costs of rebuilding the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast in one of the largest reconstruction projects the world has ever seen.