Investigators have met the brother of the Las Vegas gunman while friends and relatives of the 58 killed and other concert-goers returned to the scene to reclaim shoes, phones and bags left behind in the panic as they fled.

Paris Hilton will serve a year of probation under the terms of a plea deal worked out with prosecutors following her arrest on drug charges in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas police are defending Paris Hilton’s quick release from jail after her August 27 arrest on suspicion of cocaine possession, saying they wanted to avoid disruptions in the jail’s operations.

Bidders from around the world bought up Michael Jackson memorabilia worth nearly $1m (€808,150) at an auction which began on the anniversary of his death.

Pop star Britney Spears married a childhood friend in a Las Vegas ceremony – a joke that went too far, according to reports today.