Security officials are searching a vehicle near the White House after firefighters dealt with a fire.

New York City police have arrested actor, film producer and comedian Alec Baldwin for riding a bike the wrong way down a street and acting belligerently toward the arresting officers.

Alec Baldwin has been arrested for riding a bike the wrong way on the street and acting belligerently towards arresting officers, police in New York said.

HOLLYWOOD star Brad Pitt chartered an entire train for his family to travel to Scotland, where he is shooting scenes for a new zombie movie.

FLAG-DRAPED coffins and anti-war chants competed with pomp and circumstance yesterday at the inauguration of President George W Bush along the snow-dusted, barricaded streets of Washington.