USA: New Orleans police are investigating an armed robbery in which the assailant walked away with only 35 cents. Two men, aged 33 and 29, were robbed by a man armed with a semi-automatic gun in the city’s Carrollton area.

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says she thinks Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama regrets not making Hillary Clinton his running mate.

Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin defended nearly 200 million US dollars in federal pet projects she sought as Alaska governor this year as her ticket mate John McCain insisted she had never requested them.

Five people were killed when a small plane crashed near Ketchikan in Alaska, US authorities said.

A sightseeing plane with a pilot and four cruise ship passengers on board crashed into steep mountainous terrain in south-east Alaska, killing everyone on board, the US Coast Guard said.