A judge dismissed the sexual assault case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn today but put the order on hold for the accuser and her lawyer to ask that a special prosecutor should be appointed.

Smiling faintly as he walked out of court, former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest after prosecutors acknowledged serious questions about the credibility of the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault.

Rapper Lil Wayne today got a temporary reprieve from jail – for dental surgery.