Cynthia Mary Roberson is an unemployed mother who police say led her sons, aged 12 and 14, and their friends to commit at least 20 armed robberies and assaults, including the beating of a teenage boy who had nothing more than an orange lollipop.

US Police have arrested a woman they accuse of leading an armed robbery gang involving her 12- and 14-year-old sons.

R&B queen Beyonce Knowles struggled with depression for two years when her former group Destiny's Child went through a series of line-up changes - because everyone blamed her for the band's troubles.

Two former members of Destiny's Child have settled their legal cases against the group's current members, its manager and Sony Music.