MIKE CARNEY describes his birthplace as the ‘’most beautiful place on earth’’.

A freak October storm knocked out power to more than 3.1 million homes and businesses across north-east America, with close to 2ft of snow falling in some areas.

A SNOWSTORM with a ferocity more familiar in February than October hit the US northeast over the weekend, knocking out power to 2.7 million people, snarling air and highway travel and dumping more than 2 feet of snow in a few spots as it slowly moved north out of New England.

HARD to imagine Lar Corbett or John Mullane coming out with that one and, indeed, neither did. The pithy statement was, rather, the summation of one of the players from a team known as the Wild Geese as they left the field following a game on Saturday.

A GROUP of students inspired by the life and death of Phoebe Prince has set up a group to fight bullying — and they hope to spread the message across the United States and beyond.

AN AMERICAN left a fortune in her will to set up a public library in Ireland in memory of a Kerry teacher almost 40 years ago, State files reveal.

An American left a fortune in her will to set up a public library in Ireland in memory of a Kerry teacher almost 40 years ago, State files reveal.

A 90-YEAR-OLD former Blasket islander, who has spent most of his life in the US, has announced a €1,000 bursary for Kerry Gaeltacht students.

EXTRA American visitors are expected to visit the Dingle Peninsula next year, arising from the presence of a marketing group from the area at a recent trade show in Springfield, Massachusetts.

A Jordanian who was responsible for slaughtering two US soldiers last month was fatally wounded in a clash with security forces, a senior Iraqi official said today.

A senior Iraqi military official today said the bodies of two missing US soldiers had been discovered on a street near the town where they went missing.

The US military today said it had intensified its search for two missing soldiers, with more than 8,000 Iraqi and US troops combing the volatile area south of Baghdad where the men were attacked.

A brain-damaged 11-year-old girl who was nearly removed from life support after allegedly being viciously beaten by her adoptive mother and stepfather has been moved to a rehabilitation centre.

A 12-year-old American boy will appear in court today charged with murdering and raping a toddler.

50 Cent has pleaded not guilty to an assault charge stemming from an alleged altercation at a concert earlier this year.

Police had to break up a shoving match at a club after rapper 50 Cent and his entourage jumped from the stage during a surprise appearance and scuffled in the audience.

Police had to break up a shoving match at a club after rapper 50 Cent and his entourage jumped from the stage during a surprise appearance and scuffled in the audience.

About 3,000 demonstrators marched through central Paris today to protest against the US-led occupation of Iraq and call for peace between Israelis and Palestinians, police said.

Nervous investors sent stocks plummeting on Wall Street’s first trading day since last week’s terrorist attacks.