Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong hit two parked cars after a night of partying in Aspen, Colorado, but agreed to let his long-time girlfriend take the blame to avoid national attention, police reports show.

Animal rights supporters have urged an art museum in the US to call off an upcoming exhibit featuring three tortoises with iPads mounted on their backs.

An upmarket hairstylist has been charged with stealing actor Kevin Costner’s laptop computer, which had private photos of his wedding.

THE ashes of the US writer Hunter S Thompson are to be fired from a tower the height of the Statue of Liberty in a ceremony at his Colorado home today befitting his eccentric and controversial life.