California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, sought medical attention for a rapid heartbeat, but was back to work today after being cleared by doctors who concluded his heart was functioning normally, his office said.

Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger has yet to decide on whether he'll run for re-election as Governor of California - because he's too busy sorting out the state's problems.

Shortly before he was elected as California governor, action hero Arnold Schwarzenegger gave a speech to supporters, holding aloft a broom and promising to “clean house”.

ACTION hero turned politician Arnold Schwarzenegger has told how he suffered what “would now be called child abuse” at the hands of his father.

Action hero turned politician Arnold Schwarzenegger has told how he suffered what “would now be called child abuse” at the hands of his father.

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s lawyer asked a judge in Los Angeles to throw out a libel lawsuit filed by a Hollywood stuntwoman who alleged the California governor groped her on film sets when he was an actor.

Two months after taking office Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is using his star power – and risking his considerable reservoir of goodwill – to persuade California voters to approve loans worth $15bn (€12bn) to ease the state’s budget crisis.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as the 38th governor of California, completing a meteoric rise from bodybuilder and action hero to leader of the most populated US state in a historic recall election.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in today as the 38th governor of California.

THE hot Santa Ana wind that has been driving California’s most destructive wildfires in history was giving way to cooler, more humid conditions yesterday, but that did little to tame the blazing tide as crews fought to save more homes.

Tens of thousands of people fled mountain communities in southern California as frantic residents raced to avoid the state’s deadliest wildfires in more than a decade.

Ash fell on the beach like snow as California’s deadliest outbreak of fires in more than a decade destroyed more than 1,100 homes, killed at least 15 people and consumed land from south of the Mexican border to the suburbs north of Los Angeles.

Wildfires merged into walls of flame stretching across miles in parts of Southern California, leaving 13 people dead, burning 650 homes and frustrating overmatched firefighters who worked relentlessly against fierce winds.

POWERFUL Santa Ana winds kicked up before dawn yesterday, driving a ferocious firestorm that had already burned at least 200 homes onto a path toward more neighbourhoods.

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

Former South African leader Nelson Mandela were among the first people to congratulate Arnold Schwarzenegger on his election as governor of California, the movie star said.

Movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger stormed to victory in California’s Governorship race today and promised: “I will not disappoint you.”

Movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger stormed to victory in the race to become governor of California, according to exit polls released today.

Californians were voting for their next Governor tonight, with Arnold Schwarzenegger hoping his campaign would not be derailed by sex claims.

MOVIE star Arnold Schwarzenegger was clinging to his lead last night in the California Governorship race despite a string of lurid sex claims in recent days.

Arnold Schwarzenegger says he senses “an unbelievable momentum,” in his bid to become Governor of California despite new allegations of sexual harassment and signs of a tightening race.

CALIFORNIA Governor Gray Davis charged into the final stage of the state’s wild recall battle yesterday energised by charges of sexism and Nazi sympathies against Arnold Schwarzenegger, his chief rival.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER has begun damage limitation apologising for "bad behaviour" towards women and claiming not to remember ever expressing admiration for Adolf Hitler.

Hours after being forced to apologise following fresh allegations that he groped women, California governorship candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger was confronted with claims that he had once spoken of his admiration for Adolf Hitler.

ARNOLD Schwarzenegger last night denied groping women but admitted: “I have behaved badly sometimes”.

Six women, including a British TV presenter, claim Arnold Schwarzenegger groped them on film sets and in other settings over the last three decades, a newspaper claimed today.

HOLLYWOOD superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger is in his strongest position yet in his bid to become the next Governor of California, a poll has revealed.

Embattled California governor Gray Davis challenged Arnold Schwarzenegger in vain to a debate “right here, right now”, accusing the Terminator star of distorting his record.

A US federal appeals court today reinstated California’s recall election for state governor, rejecting an earlier court’s decision to put it off for months.

California appeal court judges are expected to rule today on whether the recall election for state governor can proceed next month.

A US appeals court threw California’s October 7 election into turmoil by postponing the vote, citing the US Supreme Court’s decision in the 2000 presidential election in ruling that punch-card ballots could lead to some votes not being counted.

A US appeals court today postponed California’s October 7 election, ruling that the poll cannot proceed because some votes would be cast using outdated punch-card ballot machines.

A 25-YEAR-OLD interview in which Arnold Schwarzenegger boasts of orgies and drug taking has come back to haunt the actor has he runs for California governor.

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s wild past threatened to derail his political ambitions today after a 25-year-old interview in which he boasted of orgies and drug taking came back to haunt him.

A brief entry in one of millions of documents stored at the Austrian State Archives has revealed that Arnold Schwarzenegger’s father was a volunteer member of the Sturmabteilung, or SA – the notorious Nazi storm troopers also known as brown shirts.

Bookmakers have made Arnold Schwarzenegger a slim favourite to win the California governor election.

THE campaign to recall Governor Gray Davis steamed toward an October 7 vote after a federal judge rejected a delay over punch-card voting, while the leading Republican candidate, Arnold Schwarzenegger, outlined his economic plan.

Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is running as a Republican candidate for governor of California, has hired billionaire Warren Buffett – a Democrat – as his senior financial and economic adviser.

In a display that looked more like a Las Vegas lottery game, election officials held a drawing to determine where Terminator star Arnold Schwarzenegger and nearly 200 other candidates seeking to replace California’s governor will appear on the October 7 recall ballot.

ARNOLD Schwarzenegger will face ‘real bullets’ in his campaign to become California’s governor as rivals prepare to use allegations of sleaze to undermine his popularity.

What began as yet another political novelty has evolved into a spectacle remarkable even by Californian standards.

DECLARING his intention to run against incumbent Gray Davis for the office of governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger said he wasn’t afraid of attacks sure to come from Democrats and conservative Republicans alike.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has delayed a decision on whether to run for governor of California until he has finished promoting his new film Terminator 3.