A US federal jury convicted a 66-year-old Sacramento man for mailing more than 100 anthrax hoax letters last year.

Twenty-four people were injured, three of them seriously, when when a carnival ride carrying mostly children collapsed at an annual fair early today.

SCOTT PETERSON’S one-time mistress Amber Frey testified yesterday that her first blind date with him culminated in a hotel room tryst, revealing the first details of an affair the government says led Peterson to murder his pregnant wife.

Seventeen fire-fighters have quit their jobs because a female colleague discussed her pornography career while at work in the fire station.

Actor Robert Conrad who starred in TV’s The Wild Wild West was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after a head-on crash with another car, the California Highway Patrol said.

Family and friends of Washington intern Chandra Levy were today mourning her loss and celebrating her life at a memorial service in California.

Congressman Gary Condit has acknowledged he had a five-month relationship with missing US government intern Chandra Levy.

US congressman Gary Condit is emerging from a self-imposed media blackout following Chandra Levy’s disappearance, trying to revive his political career and clarify his relationship with the missing former Government intern.

A congressman who had an affair with missing intern Chandra Levy before she disappeared has been questioned by police for a fourth time, it emerged today.

Police are analysing items removed from a US Congressman's apartment for clues about the disappearance of a former federal intern.