Obama’s health secretary resigns
Craig TaylorUS Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius resigns following problems with the launch of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law. BBC News – US & Canada
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Mass stabbing at US high school
Twenty-two people are wounded in a mass stabbing attack at a Pennsylvanian high school, as a teenager is charged with attempted homicide. BBC News – US & Canada
Liberals head for Quebec victory
Quebec’s Liberal Party is set to form a majority provincial government, routing the Canadian province’s main separatist party. BBC News – US & Canada
Hollywood great Rooney dies at 93
Mickey Rooney, the American child actor who became the world’s top box-office star in the late 1930s, has died at the age of 93, US police say. BBC News – US & Canada
Fort Hood gunman had ‘leave dispute’
A soldier who killed three men at a US Army base had an argument over a leave request shortly before the shooting, reports say. BBC News – US & Canada
‘Argument’ clue to Fort Hood attack
The US Army says there is a “strong possibility” a gunman who killed three people at a base in Texas was involved in a row before the shooting. BBC News – US & Canada