Target’s Australia stores are removing Grand Theft Auto V from the shelves after more than 40,000 people signed an online petition saying the video game encourages players to murder women for entertainment.

At least 89 people have been killed by a massive tornado that brought devastation to a city in the US state of Missouri.

A massive storm system has spawned tornados along a broad swathe of the US Midwest, with one city in Missouri hit with such force that dozens of cars were overturned and entire neighbourhoods razed to the ground, leaving only a forest of splintered tree trunks behind.

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will make the most important speech of her life tonight amid controversy surrounding her selection.

Country star Dolly Parton has been forced to pull out of an upcoming appearance at the SXSW festival in Texas after suffering continuing back problems caused by her large breasts.

The man accused of scheming to plunder bodies for parts used in thousands of tissue transplants in the US and Canada is poised to plead guilty.

Brad Pitt and George Clooney poked fun at embattled US politician Larry Craig by shooting a skit for Julia Roberts' recent American Cinematheque tribute gala.

Pop star Prince's second wife, Manuela Testolini Nelson, has filed for divorce in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

A LEADING sportswear company is urging parents in Ireland to dispose of a bracelet that has been linked with the death of a young child in the US.

A child died from lead poisoning in America after apparently swallowing a link from a Reebok charm bracelet.

The headquarters supervisor of the FBI’s international terrorism section told a court today that he spent about 20 seconds discussing the case of Zacarias Moussaoui before the September 11 2001 terror attacks.

Hurricane Wilma weakened slightly as it roared toward Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula and southern Florida today, leaving at least 12 people dead in its wake and forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands in coastal areas from Honduras to the Florida Keys.

Cher has signed on as honorary chairperson for Habitat For Humanity's Raise The Roof program, designed to build homes for the needy.

TEAM USA’s Rachel Lynch celebrated her father’s retirement as Chief of Police in Wisconsin

THREE men yesterday agreed to surrender to the United States on charges of conspiring to trade drugs for anti-aircraft missiles they allegedly wanted to sell to the al-Qaida terrorists.