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Time is running out for Blu ray format

Although the format has had an impressive year, downloading or streaming films from the internet is expected to take over

US jobless data raises spectre of Depression

Economists on both sides of the Atlantic were startled by severity of slump in employment and manufacturing figures

Obama gives mixed message on intelligence plans

President-elect sends out conflicting signals about how far he will break with President Bush’s counter-terrorism policies

Palm Pre takes its competitors by the roots

Palm launched its bid to come back from the dead with new smartphone and operating system to rival iPhone and Blackberry

Travolta in emotional memorial service for son

John Travolta planted a kiss on a giant photograph of his son Jett during a service attended by 100 relatives and friends

Scandal-hit governor Blagojevich impeached

Rod Blagojevich, arrested for allegedly trying to sell Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, now faces trial by the state Senate

Error sees Anne Hathaway named Golden Globe winner

A glitch on the official website announced the winner of the best actress category three days before the ceremony

Israel accused of shelling safe house in Gaza

The United Nations says scores of Palestinians were evacuated into a house in Gaza suburbs - only for 30 to be killed in attack 24 hours later

Colombian drug baron assassinated in hospital

Leonidas Vargas Vargas, known as "El Viejo", was shot dead by a masked gunmen as he lay in a hospital bed in Madrid

Video fuels riots over killing of unarmed man

The New Year's Day death of Oscar Grant led to violent protests - now they are stepping up in the wake of internet coverage

Israel 'shelled safe house full of children'

The UN has cited witnesses who claim troops evacuated 110 Palestinians into a house - then attacked the site and killed 30

UN calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

The US cast a rare abstention as the 15 member council voted 14-0 for the ceasefire resolution, drafted by Britain

Slumdog Millionaire scoops US film awards

The Oscar hopes of Danny Boyle's coming-of-age Indian romance increased after the British film won five Critic's Choice awards

Barack Obama ice cream? Yes! Pecan

President-elect merchandising industry goes into overdrive

Hollywood wakes up to the British breakfast

The fry-up is fast becoming this year’s fashionable culinary trend in Los Angeles, defying US food safety regulations

Have the divorce, I want my kidney back

A New York surgeon who donated his kidney to his wife is now demanding she return it or pay him $1.5 million in the divorce

Big government back as Obama pledges US lead

President-elect sets out the case for an economic policy that heralds a return of big-spending government intervention

America: free-market pioneers

The arrival of Barack Obama has opened a new era of big government - a spending spree already facing opposition

Obama launches $60bn a year health care plan

More than 46m Americans are without health insurance and the US ranks last among 19 industrialised nations in health care

Obama - we must spend our way out of recession

President-elect declares that only unprecedented and urgent government spending can prevent a long and deep crisis