Rapper 50 Cent settled his lawsuit against an engineering firm over repairs and renovations to a Connecticut mansion he bought from Mike Tyson, it was confirmed today.

Three people were arrested after a 15-year-old American girl missing for a year was found locked in a hidden room in a house in Connecticut, US authorities said today.

Police investigating the year-long disappearance of a 15-year-old American girl said they found her yesterday, pale but alive, locked in a hidden room in a home in Connecticut owned by an acquaintance of her parents.