The mother of a teenage boy who was buried when a sand cave collapsed on a beach in California has thanked bystanders and emergency responders who came to his rescue.

Michael Lohan was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery on a blocked artery yesterday.

A US jury recommended that cigarette maker Philip Morris USA should pay $13.8m (€9.7m) in punitive damages to the daughter of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer.

Two-time Major winner Sandy Lyle has expressed his desire to captain the European Ryder Cup team in 2010.

Nicolas Cage had the shock of his life in the early hours of Monday morning - when he awoke to find a man prowling around his California property.

The privately-funded Irish rom-com 'Speed Dating' collected the Audience Award at the European Independent Film Festival in Paris.

US actor Daniel Baldwin has pleaded not guilty to felony charges that he illegally took a car in California.

The American teenage soap opera The OC has been cancelled.

The OC: The Complete Second Season (Warner) could be described as a soap opera for teens, with its heady mixture of bruised relationships and egos, flawed characters and jealous rivalry among a group of families and friends in Newport Beach in Orange County.

Morris Hatalsky fired a five-under-par 66 to catch Tom Purtzer for the lead at the Toshiba Senior Classic in California.

Former basketball star Dennis Rodman has been released from custody after being arrested for allegedly being drunk in public.

A Los Angeles judge has slashed a record-breaking $28bn (€27.3bn) award to a former smoker to $28m (€27.3m), saying the jury’s decision on punitive damages was excessive.