USA: A watch collector spotted a rare Swiss timepiece in a Phoenix second-hand store, bought it on sale for $5.99 (€5.27) and then sold it for $35,000 (€30,700).

An Arizona sheriff has announced plans to deploy an armed volunteer posse to protect students in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting.

POLICE arrested a 29-year-old woman after she reportedly told emergency operators she did not want her children any longer.