Tropical Storm Hanna sped toward the Carolinas today, promising to deliver gusty winds and heavy rain during a dash up America’s Eastern Seaboard that could wash out the weekend for millions of people.

Tropical Storm Hanna roared past the edge of the Bahamas today before a possible hurricane hit on the Carolinas, leaving behind at least 137 dead in Haiti.

A hurricane watch has been posted in North and South Carolina ahead of Tropical Storm Hanna, which is now passing near the Bahamas.

A TEENAGER accused of robbing a student of two new PlayStation 3s on the day the game consoles were launched was shot dead by police who had been sent to arrest him.

Vince Vaughn has hit out at his reputation as a former hellraiser, insisting he was never the badboy the media branded him.

Hurricane Ophelia picked up strength as it closed in on North Carolina today, but many in the storm's path had shrugged off the threat of wind and flooding rain and ignored pleas to evacuate.

Hurricane Ophelia was downgraded to a tropical storm again today as the indecisive weather system moved slowly off the Atlantic coast, its outer bands of rain not quite reaching land.

Hurricane Ophelia lingered in the Atlantic early today but meteorologists said the storm could take a sharp turn toward the Carolinas, where a hurricane-watch was in effect.

A movie based on American rappers Outkast is reportedly in trouble, because of a spiralling budget and the diva behaviour of stars Andre 3000 and Big Boi.

A 17-year-old high school student faces 30 days in prison after he was arrested for swearing at a teacher.

A COURT has brought down the curtain on the stranger-than-fiction saga of battling beauty queens, allegations of topless photos and a judge intent on protecting “a significant part of Americana.”