A female doctor gunned down by an ex-colleague ousted from a New York City hospital was not his intended target, authorities have said.

Former NY Met Dwight Gooden has denied his former baseball compadre Darryl Strawberry’s accusation that he is “a complete junkie-addict ,” claiming his former Met team-mate is taking it personally that Gooden couldn’t make a scheduled public appearance with Strawberry last week.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of an Irishman accused of torturing his roommate’s cat, after it emerged he left the US and returned home.

A couple and their eight-year-old daughter have been found dead in an apparent murder-suicide at a luxury apartment building in New Jersey.

FKA Twigs reckons she’s really a traditional girl at heart. The 27-year-old singer claimed that she’s looking to settle down with a husband and kids and has no ambitions to be part of the world of fellow star TAYLOR SWIFT and her “squad”.

Never mind these bandwagon-jumping Johnny-come-latelys at Red Bull and New York City, true Big Apple sawker fans get behind the revived New York Cosmos and Pele’s old club have made this week’s box-office signing.

Mariah Carey has reportedly slammed production staff for leaking a recording of her vocals from her performance at the switching on of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lights.

FIFA is facing the prospect of losing two of its biggest sponsors after airline Emirates decided not to renew its contract and electronics giant Sony also considering ending its links with the world governing body.

It is almost too cliched to seem possible; the manager of the American national side spending his free time driving a VW camper van driving from beach to beach, looking for the perfect surf spot.

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"That was his world. That's what he would have wanted."

Brittany Murphy's last film is being released in cinemas.

When Cian and Polly McCourt moved from Ireland to the US, little did they suspect that the arrival of the newest Big Apple of their eye would get more views than a hit Broadway performance.

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin have welcomed a baby girl.

Reese Witherspoon turned down 'Legally Blonde 3'.

Lindsay Lohan is a "troubled human", according to 'Scary Movie 5' director David Zucker.

Lindsay Lohan won't face charges for allegedly punching a psychic in a New York nightclub.

Chris Brown became enraged when Drake's song played in a club.

IN Claxton, Georgia, USA, the annual rattlesnake roundup is being transformed into a “rattlesnake and wildlife festival”.

Katie Holmes is rumoured to be dating again.

Liv Tyler meditates to deal with attention deficit disorder (ADD).

Kim Kardashian and Beyoncé Knowles "barely" speak to each other.

Leonardo DiCaprio is to strip off for his new film Wolf Of Wall Street, according to reports.

Mourners have come out in force in New York to pay their respects - to a car.

A man who filed sexual battery charges against John Travolta has filed papers to dismiss the case.

Nearly every media outlet in the world had an opinion on Bobby Sands, the hunger strikes, the situation in the North and the British response. And most media were not on the side of Margaret Thatcher, writes Ryle Dwyer

Tom Cruise has splashed out $5,000 renting an ice skating rink for his daughter.

Emma Watson, the British actress who plays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series, has denied reports that she was bullied out of Brown University in Rhode Island, US.

HUNDREDS of videos inciting violence, including some linked to the suspected al-Qaida mastermind of the cargo plane terror plot, were removed from YouTube yesterday.

Michael Jackson will be buried on his birthday.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are reportedly set to move to New York.

Actress Evan Rachel Wood has stopped playing coy about her rumoured romance with 'E.R.' star Shane West and finally confirmed they are an item.

Rihanna will make her acting debut in new movie 'Personal Protection' later this year.

ACTOR Sean Penn has withdrawn his petition to separate from his wife of 13 years.

Actor Sean Penn has withdrawn his petition to separate from his wife of 13 years.

Michael Jackson's spokesperson has slammed reports that the pop superstar is battling skin cancer, insisting the singer is "in the best of health".

Tom Cruise will never trade his life as a Hollywood superstar for a career in politics - because he wouldn't be very good at it.

Singing sensation Susan Boyle has scored an interview with the biggest name in daytime television, according to US reports.

Hindu scholars have joined Catholics around the world by condemning the filmmakers of 'Da Vinci Code' prequel 'Angels & Demons' for "playing with the sentiments of the faithful for mercantile greed".

Cynthia Nixon has ruled out the idea of turning 'Sex and the City' into a Broadway musical, fearing the excitement of seeing the four main stars together on stage would be too much for fans.

Rihanna will face her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown in court when his criminal threats case goes to trial, according to US reports.

Madonna and Guy Ritchie are "getting along better than ever" since their divorce, thanks to an impassioned plea from the singer's daughter Lourdes, according to reports.

Guests at Fergie and Josh Duhamel's wedding on Saturday 10 were reportedly subjected to tough airport-style security searches - to ensure they couldn't sneak cameras into the ceremony

Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has defended the controversial sex scenes in her new movie 'The Reader'.

A NEW YORK newspaper stole the Empire State Building in a bid to expose a loophole in the city’s legal system.

Tom Cruise and leading retail website Amazon have blasted claims the actor was behind a decision to stop selling a controversial book about the Church of Scientology.