BBC News | Americas | World EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.California couples- June 17, 2008 Celebration and criticism as same-sex weddings beginhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7458304.stm Overseas sales boost Adobe profit- June 17, 2008 US software firm Adobe reports a 41% jump in second-quarter profit thanks to international markets.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7458296.stm First California gay couples wed- June 17, 2008 Same-sex couples in California exchange vows following a court ruling legalising gay marriage in the state.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7457968.stm Dog's life less opulent as Trouble's $12m fortune is slashed- June 16, 2008 A New York judge cuts $10m from the $12m inheritance given by New York property tycoon Leona Helmsley to her pet dog.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7457700.stm Lehman Brothers posts $2.8bn loss- June 16, 2008 The US investment bank Lehman Brothers posts a loss of $2.8bn, the first since it went public in 1994.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7457565.stm Brazil's dismal show against Paraguay- June 16, 2008 "The Brazil performance against Paraguay was bitterly disappointing"http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/sport2/hi/football/7456332.stm Swing states- June 16, 2008 Pollster John Zogby identifies key US poll battlegroundshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7449629.stm Street-sweeping truck sucks dog away from owner in Bronx- June 16, 2008 A street-sweeping truck sucks up a dog in New York, leaving its horrified owner holding nothing but the lead.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7456051.stm Why US looks to UK cities- June 13, 2008 Why the US looks to British cities for urban solutionshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7452723.stm Canada's residential school pain- June 11, 2008 Canada's government is apologising to aboriginals forced into former residential schools, but the damage done is far from healed, the BBC's Sarah Shenker writes.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/americas/7438079.stm |