SCOTLAND: A mascot from the first Commonwealth Games held in Scotland almost half a century ago has been uncovered.

Eccentric linked to three killings made admission in HBO show.

BEDTIME is 8pm, you tell your child. 

A US judge yesterday denied a motion by lawyers representing Sean Dunne seeking to question Nama CEO Brendan McDonagh in an ongoing Connecticut bankruptcy case.

Bill Callahan plays the Olympia in Dublin next month. When the American played a smaller venue, The Academy, a few years ago, it was packed, as was Whelan’s a few years before that, when Callahan made his last appearance under his alias, Smog.

Michael Douglas' son must stay in jail until at least 2018, a court has ruled.

It’s not only toxic — it’s driven by a right-wing billionaire who profits more from flipping land than drilling for gas. Is energy’s latest boon just another scam founded on hot air? Jeff Goodell reports

HSBC Holdings Plc has amended its settlement with investors in an Irish fund who lost their money in Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme after its original offer was rejected by a US judge in September.

The Bush administration says a proposal by Iran for nuclear negotiations falls short of UN demands that it cease uranium enrichment as the US began plotting unspecified “next moves” with other governments.

WHAT should have been a five-minute cable car ride turned into a nearly 12-hour ordeal for dozens of people who had be rescued yesterday after two cars lost power over New York's East River.

What should have been a routine ride across New York’s East River became an hours-long ordeal after what US authorities described as a power failure left two cable cars carrying almost 70 people dangling hundreds of feet in the air.

Dozens of people in two cable cars are hanging hundreds of feet above New York’s East River today, hours after the system lost power because of a mechanical problem.

Computer giant Apple is being sued by an American man who claims iPods can cause hearing loss.

A 16,200-acre wildfire burned out of control early today in the hills and canyons along Los Angeles’ northwestern edge, despite the efforts of thousands of firefighters who held out hope that the weather was on their side.

They have lost their youth, but gained enough wealth to buy the company of many young consorts.

A renewed rise in oil prices stifled a rally on Wall Street today, leaving stocks mixed and investors worrying that costs will climb further despite Saudi Arabia’s vow to boost production.

Caroline O’Doherty warns Micheál Martin’s real battle might be after the ban.

A bad jobs report today halted Wall Street’s 2004 rally, sending stocks sharply lower as investors cashed in profits from the market’s recent advance.

Encouraged by news that the manufacturing sector has begun its recovery and that consumers are spending solidly, investors sent stocks surging higher today, propelling the Dow Jones up more than 260 points for its best day in five months.

The multi-million pound heavyweight showdown between world champion Lennox Lewis and challenger Mike Tyson could be staged in South Africa, a promoter said today.

The Lennox Lewis body-clock is having to make some necessary adjustments to the geographical and commercial demands of becoming the biggest boxing missionary in Africa since Muhammad Ali.

American television's demands are likely to hold the key to Lennox Lewis' African adventure.