Crews have cleaned up most of the 10,000 gallons of crude oil that sprayed on to Los Angeles streets after a high-pressure pipe burst.

About 50,000 gallons of crude oil has spilled on to the streets in California after a pipe ruptured.

The Cork city councillor whose dramatic high-speed pursuit led to the capture and eventual jailing of a notorious Dublin-based house break-in gang has launched a Neighbourhood Watch- style text service.

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Several stars have paid tribute to 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' actor James Avery after he passed away.

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Kim Kardashian wants to run for mayor.

A 63-YEAR-OLD American man with a hernia plunged a six-inch butter knife into his abdomen to try to fix the problem, and later put a lit cigarette in the wound, according to police.

Two mummified babies found this year in a steamer trunk from the 1930s were the children of a nurse who died 16 years ago – but the way they died may never be known.

IT BEGAN as one of the worst NFL games anybody in the 80,000-strong crowd is likely to have seen, but ended with a thrilling finish and the possible emergence of a new star.

A Co Kildare man was cleared of IRA membership by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today.

The Special Criminal Court has reserved judgment in the trial of a Co Kildare man accused of membership of an unlawful organisation.

A court has heard how a Kildare man who pleaded not guilty to membership of an illegal organisation made a number of statements attesting to his membership of the IRA while in garda custody.

Gardaí who arrested and questioned a Kildare man over his membership of the IRA have denied engaging in a "series of improprieties" during his detention.

A Co Kildare man arrested during a garda investigation into the manufacture and movement of explosive devices by dissident republicans pleaded not guilty to membershi[p of an illegal organisation at the Special Criminal Court today.

INSIDE a nondescript two-story building next to a busy freeway in a neighbourhood far removed from Hollywood is where Lindsay Lohan will likely spend several weeks from today.

A WHOLE bunch of space is offered at Villa Elena — a four-bed semi-d, with older style rear and side extensions, for a sub-€300,000 price guide.

Michael Jackson took centre stage for the final time today at a funeral service at which friends and family were given the opportunity to grieve in private.

A GROWING wildfire in the mountains above Los Angeles surged north yesterday, forcing more evacuations and threatening some 10,000 homes.

A wildfire in the mountains above Los Angeles has surged in every direction, going in a single day from a modest threat to a danger to some 10,000 homes.

Michael Jackson will not be buried on what would have been his 51st birthday as originally planned, a spokesman for his family confirmed today.

Kildare man charged with IRA membership was freed on bail by the Special Criminal Court today.

A Kildare man was tonight brought before the Special Criminal Court and charged with membership of the IRA.

Several more bodies remain in the wreckage of a crashed commuter train, in addition to the 18 confirmed deaths already announced, a Los Angeles County coroner’s official said today.

Paris Hilton has landed back in trouble with the law - for driving badly.

A 30-year-old man and a minor have been arrested in connection with the murder of a father of two in west Belfast.

Two more people were arrested in the North tonight in connection with the murder of a father of two who was beaten to death as he lay in bed with his heavily pregnant wife.

The Minister for Health Mary Harney will hold talks with a US government minister during a fact-finding visit in the US this week, it emerged tonight.

THE New England Patriots arrived in Arizona on Sunday for Super Bowl 42, seeking one final victory over the New York Giants to complete a historic undefeated championship season.

Actor Kiefer Sutherland was released from jail today after serving 48 days on a drink-driving charge.

Kiefer Sutherland is to be released from jail on Monday after serving 48 days on a drink-driving charge.

A 17-year-old American girl died just hours after her health insurance company reversed an earlier decision and said it would pay for a liver transplant.

Actor Kiefer Sutherland was sentenced to 48 days in a US jail after being arrested for drunken driving for the second time in three years.

Lionel Richie has come up with the perfect baby gift for his pregnant daughter Nicole - a new home.

THE sight of a proud Namibian rugby player with tears in his eyes as he faced his national flag and sang his national anthem before representing his country at the World Cup was a lot more inspiring than the sight of the Irish team facing a cartoon flag while singing along to a karaoke tune.

Gardaí have seized over €20,000 worth of heroin in Carlow town.

Nicole Richie and boyfriend Joel Madden are currently house hunting in Los Angeles - just three months after the pair began dating.

Nicole Richie, star of The Simple Life, was today arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, authorities said.

An American family of six have been rescued after spending 17 days stranded in their motor home in heavy snow.

A man dubbed the “dreadlocks bandit” because of his hairstyle was jailed for 1,210 years in California and given 22 consecutive life terms for a string of bank robberies he committed after being released from prison for an earlier hold-up spree.

Authorities are trying to determine why a gunman fatally shot two Wal-Mart employees gathering shopping trolleys in the car park of one of the retail stores in suburban Phoenix, USA.

A suicidal man parked his off-road vehicle on a California railway line, setting off a crash between two commuter trains that killed at least 11 people in America’s worst train accident in nearly six years.

A motorist was being questioned by police tonight after two commuter trains collided in Los Angeles, killing nine and injuring more than 100 passengers.

Two commuter trains collided and derailed in a Los Angeles suburb today, killing at least four people and injuring dozens of others.