Some of the more light hearted stories from around the world.

Investigators are looking into whether embattled New Jersey Governor Chris Christie misused about $2m (€1.5m) in Superstorm Sandy relief funds for an ad campaign that put him in the spotlight in an election year, a politician has said.

For New Jersey governor Chris Christie, the road to the White House in 2016 has suddenly become a little bumpy — but it’s not closed.

New Jersey governor Chris Christie yesterday apologised to his constituents and said he was “embarrassed and humiliated” by his staff but had no idea his aides may have closed highway lanes to exact political retribution.

Next February, the first cold-weather outdoor Super Bowl will take place in New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium.

President Obama has declared a "major disaster" in New York and Long Island after superstorm Sandy swept across the east coast of America, killing at least 16 people.

A US teenager heading to a Sweet 16 party was killed after he stuck his head out of the emergency hatch of a double-decker bus and hit the underside of a highway overpass in New Jersey, police said.

ALMOST all major newspapers in the US were celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden on their websites ahead of going to press.

Lawyers for one of the two US University students accused of secretly webcasting the sex life of a fellow freshman who later committed suicide said their client is innocent.

A UNIVERSITY student jumped to his death from a bridge after a recording of him having a sexual encounter with a man was broadcast online.

A US teenager committed suicide a day after two classmates secretly recorded him having sex with a man and broadcast it over the internet, it has emerged.

Hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger said the moments after both engines of US Airways Flight 1549 lost power were the worst of his life.

Salvage crews have hoisted a US Airways jetliner from the Hudson River and onto a barge days after its pilot made a split-second decision to attempt a water landing to avoid a “catastrophic” crash over populated areas.

A male Beyonce Knowles fan has been arrested in Connecticut for reckless driving after alleging he was on his way to a romantic liaison with the married R&B superstar.

A wily young coyote led dozens of police on foot and in a helicopter on a chase through New York’s Central Park, at one point leaping over an eight-foot fence before finally being captured.

Reports from New York are saying three people have been arrested with a van of explosives.