Lindsay Lohan’s lawyer insisted today that the 24-year-old actress did not drink or take drugs during her 90-day stint at the Betty Ford rehabilitation centre.

Police want Lindsay Lohan charged with battery over her skirmish with a Betty Ford Centre rehab technician.

Yani Tseng has won the first women's golf Major of the year, winning the Kraft Nabisco Championship as overnight leader Karen Stupples faded over the final round in California.

Sydney Chaplin, second son of Charlie Chaplin and himself a Tony-winning actor has died at 82.

Former President George Bush Snr was in good spirits as he gave a speech last night, a day after being overcome by the sweltering desert heat and staying overnight at a Southern California hospital.

SIDNEY Sheldon, an Oscar-winning Hollywood screenwriter who went on to become one of the world’s most prolific novelists, died in California on Tuesday at the age of 89, a publicist said.

Six days of national mourning for former US President Gerald Ford has begun with military honours and a simple family prayer service at his parish church.

US president George Bush hailed Gerald Ford for his administration's honour. Ford's former opponent, ex-president Jimmy Carter, called him "a man of highest integrity". Nancy Reagan praised his dedication to the country.

Calmer winds helped crews fighting a massive wildfire today that killed four firefighters and critically injured a fifth, while investigators searched for the arsonist who set the blaze roaring through the canyons of Southern California.

Former US President Gerald Ford underwent an angioplasty procedure at the Mayo Clinic, his spokeswoman said today.

Former US President Ford has been admitted to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for testing and evaluation.

Former Olympic champion Audley Harrison’s career is in tatters after an emphatic defeat by American heavyweight Dominick Guinn sounded the death knell to his faded world title ambitions.

Former US president Gerald Ford could be released as soon as tomorrow after responding well to treatment for the pneumonia that put him in hospital over the weekend.

Gerald Ford, the oldest living former US president, was undergoing treatment for pneumonia, his chief of staff said. He was said to be doing well.