FIRST Lady Michelle Obama has topped a new poll purporting to show how warmly Americans regard their leaders, beating even her husband President Barack Obama.

A BIBLE camp counsellor and a boy scout leader were among 125 people arrested across the US in an internet child pornography case in which subscribers purchased photos and videos of children engaged in sex acts with adults, federal authorities have announced.

A man in Newark, New Jersey, was today sentenced to two years’ probation for shining a laser pointer into the cockpit of a plane as it approached an airport, temporarily hampering its pilots’ vision.

A SUSPECTED British arms dealer who authorities believe was selling a shoulder-fired missile to a Muslim terrorist bent on shooting down an airliner was arraigned on federal charges yesterday.