Ozzy Osbourne set fire to his kitchen while cooking a bacon sandwich.

Lindsay Lohan has been blasted for changing rehab facility at the last minute.

A man calmly drew a gun and fired at the tube station entrance to the Pentagon complex, shooting two police officers before being fatally wounded.

Canadian authorities intensified the manhunt for the millionaire reality TV star accused of murdering a former swimsuit model and stuffing her naked, mutilated body in a suitcase.

A four-year-old girl died after she climbed into a washing machine and her little brother switched it on.

US presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain differed on abortion today, with Mr McCain saying a baby’s human rights begin “at conception,” while Mr Obama restated his support for legal abortion.

Pope Benedict, who generally wears a white skull cap known as a “zuchetto,” was given a Mickey Mouse cap with ears yesterday.

For the big three credit rating agencies, growing criticism this past week that their ratings systems are flawed must have sounded like a familiar refrain.

Snoop Dogg has cut ties from more than half of his entourage in a bid to avoid trouble from the law in 2008.

Sandra Bullock has reportedly signed up for shooting lessons after standing by helpless as a fan tried to run over her husband.

Sandra Bullock has filed a request for a restraining order against the fan who tried to kill her husband last month.

The American teenage soap opera The OC has been cancelled.

Snoop Doggy Dog was booked on Monday on one felony count possession of a deadly weapon filed after security officers at an Orange County, California airport found a collapsible baton in his carry-on luggage.

Arnold Schwarzenegger has urged a Republican politician to step out of the race for Congress after one of his campaign trail officials sent out an ill-advised letter to Latino voters.

A 15-year-old American girl who vanished from her bedroom nine months ago was found alive walking down a street with a drifter who had once done work at the family’s home.

MOMENTS after a factory worker was charged with murdering five-year-old Samantha Runnion, the lead prosecutor provided a stern assessment of the suspect's future if he is convicted.

The parents of a five-year-old girl who was kidnapped and murdered are to be asked if they want the prosecution to seek the death penalty for the man accused of the crime.