Hundreds of people holding signs and waving American flags cheered wildly to honour the pilot who safely landed a US Airways jet in New York’s Hudson River.

Social workers are interviewing children who live at an evangelist group's headquarters after FBI agents and police raided the compound in a child porn probe.

The Memphis home of the King of Rock ’n’ Roll was named a US national historic landmark today.

An Taisce today joined a fight to protect the building known as “Ireland’s Alamo”.

Julia Robert’s ex Jason Patric is to appear in new movie The Alamo after receiving critical acclaim for his latest role as a tough cop in drama Narc.

A Texas cowboy has ended an eight month pilgrimage by riding his horse into New York’s Ground Zero to honour the victims of September 11.

Mark Viduka has today been belittled by Real Madrid coach Vicente del Bosque which must surely bring an end to the speculation surrounding a summer move to Spain.

President Bush was among the first people to congratulate Tiger Woods after he had achieved golfing history last night.