A tropical storm threatening to grow into a hurricane is heading towards America’s Gulf Coast.

If ‘Embarrassing Your Son’ were an Olympic event, Ike Lochte would win gold.

The 'X Factor' finalists are set to duet with their mentors at this weekend's final.

TODAY is a big day in Washington DC, with a momentous collision of giants set to unfold on a golf course in the American capital. Except we’re not talking about Congressional Country Club and the 111th US Open.

KENNETH FEINBERG, the independent administrator running the $20 billion (€16bn) fund set up by BP to compensate victims, yesterday said he would make sure that “every eligible, legitimate claim is paid and paid quickly”.

'The X Factor' hopefuls Kandy Rain "dressed sexy" to win over Simon Cowell.

X Factor judges are set for an 80s revival – as an octogenarian tries to impress them.

A prosecutor in the murder retrial of Phil Spector portrayed the producer as a musical genius who repeatedly threatened women with guns and could become “very sinister, very violent and very deadly” when he was drunk.

THE players earn nothing from the Ryder Cup but they sure get paid a hell of a lot of attention.

The death toll from hurricane Ike rose to 30 in eight states today as the storm slogged across the mid-US leaving a trail of flooding and destruction.

Rescue crews in the US searched neighbourhoods inundated by Hurricane Ike’s storm surge early this morning, racing against time to save those who spent a second harrowing night trapped amid flattened houses, strewn debris and downed power lines.

Howling ashore with 110 mph winds, Hurricane Ike ravaged the Texas coast today, flooding thousands of homes and businesses, shattering windows in Houston’s skyscrapers and knocking out power to millions of people.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama asked his supporters today to help with recovery from Hurricane Ike and cancelled his plans to crack jokes on the TV comedy show Saturday Night Live in the aftermath of the storm.

Hurricane Ike ravaged south-east Texas early today, battering the coast with driving rain and ferocious wind gusts as residents who decided too late they should have heeded calls to evacuate made futile calls for rescue.

Hurricane Ike roared south of Cuba's densely populated capital of fragile ageing buildings after tearing across the island nation, ravaging homes, killing at least four people and forcing 1.2 million to evacuate.

Hurricane Ike roared down Cuba’s spine and towards the island’s densely populated capital of fragile historic buildings after ravaging homes, forcing 1.2 million people to evacuate and killing at least four.

Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba today, blowing buildings to rubble and sending waves surging over homes.

Hurricane Ike roared on to Cuba today after destroying houses and crops on low-lying islands and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed more than 300 people.

“Extremely dangerous” Hurricane Ike grew to fierce Category 4 strength today as it roared on an uncertain path that forced millions from the Caribbean to Florida, and Louisiana to Mexico, to wonder where it would eventually strike.

Hurricane Ike barrelled toward the Turks and Caicos as a powerful Category 3 storm today, prompting an exodus of tourists and residents from the normally idyllic Atlantic island chain.

The widow of late star Ike Turner has begged his first wife Tina to forgive him.

Tina Turner is refusing to comment on the passing of her ex-husband Ike Turner - simply choosing to acknowledge his death in a brief statement.

Record producer Phil Spector, who is awaiting trial for murder, is suing his financial agent Micheline Blaine, claiming she stole thousands of dollars from his bank accounts.

Students are to receive trauma counselling after the deportation of their classmate from a Co Monaghan school, it emerged today.

Soul great Ike Turner is on the hunt for thieves who stole the guitar Jimi Hendrix (pictured) used to play when he was a backing musician in his band.

LEGENDARY record producer Phil Spector, charged with murder in the death of an actress at his hilltop mansion, told his chauffeur that night that he thought he had “killed somebody”, according to a police report.

A long lost musical collaboration between Mick Jagger and John Lennon has been unearthed more than a quarter of a century after it was recorded, it emerged today.