Some of the more unususal stories from around the world.

ENGLAND: A TV journalist has been described as being as “cool as a cucumber” for carrying on without flinching when he was the victim of a snowball attack while live on a news channel.

Two major roads in central Los Angeles have been closed amid a massive fire nearby.

Thousands of people rallied in cities across the US including Los Angeles and New York to passionately but peacefully protest over a grand jury’s decision not to indict a white police officer who killed a black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri.

One pilot died and another was seriously injured after a rocket belonging to billionaire Richard Branson’s space tourism venture crashed during a test flight, US authorities said.

One pilot has died and another has suffered “major injury” after Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo crashed during a test flight, Californian authorities said.

CAR COMEBACK

The widow of the man who was driving a Porsche sports car that crashed and killed Fast & Furious actor Paul Walker is suing the car maker.

Investigators do not yet know what caused a tractor-trailer to veer across a motorway reservation and slam into a bus, killing 10 people, the California Highway Patrol has said.

Ten people have been killed in a fiery crash involving a school bus in northern California.

Crash investigators have determined that the Porsche carrying ‘Fast & Furious’ star Paul Walker was travelling at approximately 90mph when it lost control on a California street and smashed into a light pole, killing the actor and his friend.

A woman who was driving while wearing Google’s new computer-in-glasses device has been cleared of wrongdoing by a court in California.

Seventies heart-throb David Cassidy has been arrested in southern California on suspicion of drink-driving.

The Porsche carrying Fast & Furious star Paul Walker may have been speeding at 100mph or more before it crashed, killing both the actor and his friend who was driving, according to a coroner’s report.

Investigators have found no evidence that the Porsche carrying actor Paul Walker had mechanical problems before it crashed, killing the Fast & Furious star.

Kim Kardashian has been cited for speeding after police spotted the reality star apparently being chased by paparazzi on a Los Angeles freeway, the California Highway Patrol said.

An early adopter of Google’s Internet-connected glasses plans to fight a fine for wearing the device while driving in California.

Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian have been reunited after his DUI arrest.

Veteran actor Dick Van Dyke has survived a car fire, apparently unscathed, on a Los Angeles motorway.

A young girl who was on board a US plane that crash landed died yesterday, as it was confirmed that one of the two Chinese teenagers killed in the disaster was hit by a fire engine.

A nine-year-old girl crawled out of a 200ft California canyon and walked two miles in desert darkness to find help after surviving a horrific car crash.

At least eight people are dead and 38 people injured after a tour bus collided with two other vehicles in the mountains of Southern California early today.

We think you all have to agree that the actor Jason London didn't look his best after his arrest arising from a bar brawl in Arizona.

Miley Cyrus has unleashed an attack on a photographer who died after taking pictures of Justin Bieber's car.

Sammi Kane Kraft, whose baseball skills earned her the role of a youth league pitcher in the 2005 remake of The Bad News Bears, has been killed in a car crash in Los Angeles car crash.

Teenage heart-throb singer Justin Bieber has been given a speeding ticket in Los Angeles after he said he was being chased by at least one other vehicle.

Crowds gathered along San Francisco's waterfront and the bay was crowded with pleasure boats, tugs and other vessels as the city celebrated the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge.

One person was found dead and another alive in two cars that plunged 200 feet off a windy mountain road in Southern California.

A stolen car has been recovered 36 years later in the US.

AUTHORITIES say David Beckham was behind the wheel of a car that rear-ended another vehicle on a Southern California freeway.

A CALIFORNIA high-school student visiting the Golden Gate Bridge on a field trip climbed over a railing, jumped — possibly on a dare by fellow classmates — and somehow survived the 220-foot plunge into San Francisco Bay that kills dozens of people each year.

A school caretaker was in custody today, accused of shooting dead the highly-regarded head of a Northern California primary school.

MEL GIBSON has escaped uninjured after crashing into a Malibu hillside, the California Highway Patrol has said.

Film star Mel Gibson crashed his Maserati sports car into a hillside, police confirmed today.

US prosecutors have charged 'American Pie' actor Chris Klein with drunken driving.

US AUTHORITIES said actor Chris Klein was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after he was spotted weaving across lanes on a Southern California highway.

US authorities said actor Chris Klein was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after he was spotted weaving across lanes on a Southern California highway.

A powerful earthquake swayed buildings from Los Angeles to Tijuana, killing two people in Mexico, blacking out cities and forcing the evacuation of hospitals.

A strong earthquake south of the US-Mexico border swayed high-rise buildings in Los Angeles and San Diego and was felt across Southern California and Arizona.

Toyota has cast doubt on an American man’s claim that his Prius sped out of control reaching 94mph.

BEFORE he called the emergency services, James Sikes says he reached down with his hand to loosen the “stuck” accelerator on his 2008 Toyota Prius, his other hand on the steering wheel. The pedal didn’t move.

A California Highway Patrol helped stop a runaway Toyota Prius after the car's accelerator became stuck at high speed.

Relatives of a family killed in a high-speed crash that highlighted safety flaws of Toyotas and led to the recalls of millions of vehicles have sued the world’s largest car maker, according to a lawsuit filed today.

Toyota is to replace accelerator pedals on four million vehicles in the United States after fears they could catch on floor mats and cause an accident.