New Posts to BBC News - US & Canada on Dec 24, 2013:
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1) Santa's helper shot giving out toys
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25512594#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A Santa's helper delivering toys in the US city of Washington is shot in the back with a pellet gun but vows to carry before being treated in hospital.
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2) 'Obamacare' help offered amid rush
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25512543#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The US government offers help to anyone who missed the latest - 24 December - deadline to enrol for President Obama's health insurance scheme.
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3) Astronauts repair space station pump
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25512534#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Two US astronauts successfully repair a critical cooling system pump at the International Space Station, during a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk.
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4) Storms cut power in US and Canada
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25499753#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Hundreds of thousands of households in Canada and the northern US face Christmas without electricity after Sunday's ice storm.
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5) VIDEO: 'We have no power, no heat, no water'
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25511795#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
The BBC's Lucy Hockings reports on the conditions in Quebec where, like many other households in Canada and the northern US, she is facing a Christmas without electricity.
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6) VIDEO: Man dressed as Santa shot in back
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25512261#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
A man dressed as Santa Claus is recovering after being shot in the back with a pellet gun in Washington DC as he was giving out gifts.
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7) Twitter's Dorsey to join Disney
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25505874#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Walt Disney has named Twitter founder Jack Dorsey as an independent board director.
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8) VIDEO: Famous Harlem choir stages a comeback
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25456906#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Reviving a world class choir from New York's tough neighbourhood
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