GUINEA: Scientists have discovered a group of booze-loving apes who may hold the key to why humans enjoy drinking alcohol. 

A (not so) learned sage once altered the expression “it’s better late than never” by including the addendum “but never late is better”. 

SCOTLAND: Tailbacks were caused on a motorway yesterday “due to a dog taking control of a tractor”.

A doctor subject to a Medical Council inquiry was “always going to prayer” and “used his religion not to behave properly”, a colleague said.

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation Richard Bruton has departed on a five-day trade and investment mission to the United States.

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Long before Edward Snowden leaked documents showing that the government was collecting every American’s phone records, Marcy Wheeler knew something fishy was going on.

Mastodon tooth found in donation box

Ice cool crew call 99 as Lolly Roger capsizes

A MAN suspected of killing seven people in a bloody rampage in Michigan ended a hostage standoff with police by shooting himself in the head, Grand Rapids Police Chief Kevin Belk said.

A man believed to have shot dead seven people in Michigan killed himself today during a stand-off with police.

A winter storm has killed at least 11 people in the central US, with heavy snow and howling wind making roads hazardous and leaving thousands of homes and businesses without electricity.

AT FIRST glance, 2007 was the year that sport was beset by scandal, controversy and pain. Again.

RICKY HATTON’S trainer Billy Graham has delivered a withering riposte to Floyd Mayweather’s brash proclamations of all-time greatness, insisting the unbeaten Grand Rapids man is no Muhammad Ali — neither inside nor outside the ring.

Ben Carpenter sits in his motorised wheelchair which became entangled with the front grille of this truck in Michigan.

Moving quietly and solemnly through the moonlight, mourners in Michigan waited for a chance to file past the casket of Gerald Ford, welcoming home the 38th US president for a final time.

Six days of national mourning for former US President Gerald Ford, starting this afternoon with a private service for his family, will include a day of silence on Wall Street, with the major stock markets closed.

George Bush has declared Tuesday a national day of mourning for former US president Gerald Ford, asking people to gather in places of worship to honour his memory and ordering non-essential government departments to close.

Gerald Ford, the oldest living former US president, began his 93rd birthday today with a note of praise and best wishes from the White House.

A FAMILY mounted a vigil for weeks at the hospital bedside of a young woman they thought was their daughter, before they realised that they were the victims of a mistaken identity blunder.

Whitney Cerak and Laura VanRyn looked remarkably alike, both attractive young women with blonde hair, similar facial features and the same build and height.

Steven Berkoff has played a nemesis to stars ranging from Eddie Murphy to Sylvester Stallone.