US TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem is under increasing pressure to officially discipline Tiger Woods over the sex scandal that’s rocked golf.

THE rape of Jaycee Dugard by convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido began within a month of her abduction at age 11, extended through her childhood and involved not only Phillip Garrido, but also his wife, Nancy, according to charges filed by El Dorado County prosecutors.

A dossier of failures by authorities during Jaycee Lee Dugard’s 18-year ordeal at the hands of her captors continued to emerge today.

A couple accused of snatching an 11-year-old child and keeping her imprisoned for 18 years today pleaded not guilty to dozens of charges including kidnap, rape and false imprisonment.

Police missed an opportunity to free Jaycee Lee Dugard in 2006 when they were called to the home where she was allegedly held for 18 years but failed to find her, a spokesman said tonight.

A woman walked into a police station 18 years after she was kidnapped, having had two children by the man who snatched her as an 11-year-old girl, police said today.

A huge emerald weighing almost half a tonne is at the centre of a legal battle between six people who each claim they own it.

Lindsay Lohan agreed to serve one day behind bars after pleading guilty to drunken driving and cocaine charges. But that is hard time compared to what fellow bad girl Nicole Richie served for driving under the influence.

Jailed US heiress Paris Hilton will give her first television interview the day after she is released from jail, it has been announced.

Paris Hilton, with her hands locked behind her back in a pair of steel handcuffs, has arrived at the courtroom in central Los Angeles in the back of a Sheriff's car.

Heiress Paris Hilton will take part in her court hearing today via telephone, a showbiz website reported.

Heiress Paris Hilton will go back to court today to find out whether she will be allowed to serve the remainder of her prison sentence wearing a tag at home.

A frantic pregnant woman told an emergency service operator she had been hit and was in pain shortly before actor Ryan O’Neal was arrested for alleged assault and firing a weapon in a row with his son.

Mel Gibson said today he is not a bigot and he apologised to “everyone in the Jewish community or the vitriolic and harmful words” he used when he was arrested for investigation of drunken driving.

Enron founder Kenneth Lay, who was convicted of helping perpetuate one of the most sprawling business frauds in US history, died yesterday in Aspen, Colorado.

Child welfare officials and a sheriff’s deputy visited the home of Britney Spears yesterday but declined to say whether they were investigating the pop princess.

Actress Lindsay Lohan and two others were taken to hospital after the Herbie: Fully Loaded star’s Mercedes-Benz convertible collided with a van in West Hollywood.

A man who allegedly walked into Jennifer Aniston’s home and said he was looking for the actress was arrested for investigation of trespassing, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported.

A judge today agreed to allow television cameras at pre-trial hearings for a woman accused of stalking actress Catherine Zeta-Jones – except for when witnesses are testifying.

Investigators who searched Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch seized computers, legal documents, videotapes, and a note and letter found on the singer’s bedroom nightstand, according to newly-released court documents in Los Angeles.

Powerful winds drove two ferocious firestorms that had already burned more than 200 homes into dozens more houses in California today.

Detectives will not be ready to present a case against legendary record producer Phil Spector at his scheduled court date next week, nearly six months after an actress was shot dead in his mansion.

OKLAHOMA City police have defended the actions of two white officers caught on video hitting a black suspect more than 25 times with their nightsticks.

Oklahoma City police have defended the actions of two white officers caught on video hitting a black suspect more than 25 times with their nightsticks.