Hampson Industries' full-year pretax profit more than halved, but came in slightly ahead of market expectations, and the British aero engineer said it was in advanced talks on selling its non-core assets... more
Stranded foreigners living near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant told of their fear today as they desperately tried to find a way to leave the region... more
Ice clings to trees in Chicago along Lake Michigan, while more than 100 drivers who were trapped in their cars for up to 12 hours in minus 11C temperatures were rescued in Indiana... more
Jason, Bill, Shane and Greg, all teetering uneasily on the brink of middle age, have been coming to the annual Red Bud motocross championships in Michigan... more
Detroit singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens is showing no diminution of ambition and Belle and Sebastian are back with their first album in four years... more
As the first leader of a major political party to be living, and raising a child, out of wedlock, Ed Miliband is pilloried by some on the old-style Right for his "unorthodox" lifestyle. That choice of word - precisely wrong - betrays a longing for the world to be other than it is, as if just saying it would make it true.... more
The British No 1 faces top seed Sharapova in the quarter-finals of the WTA Cellular South Cup in Memphis after an easy win over Valerie Tetreault... more
In precincts around the capital, the Metropolitan Police is testing a new way of dealing with crime: It's a crime reporting console, a Wii of Justice if you will... more
A-list stars and A-grade films have distinguished this year’s Venice festival. Lee Marshall looks at who is in the running for the big prize tomorrow... more
Capitalism: A Love Story is classic Michael Moore — at times annoyingly simplistic, but also galvanising in its ability to stir shocked laughter and indignation... more
Tiger Woods won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational for the seventh time in his career and promised to "celebrate quickly" before beginning his bid for a fifth US PGA Championship later this week... more
Facing the greatest crisis they have ever experienced, American newspaper editors have cancelled their annual convention for the first time since the Second World War... more
A man who dressed as The Joker as he tried to steal Batman memorabilia has been arrested. Spencer Taylor was wearing a purple suit and 'Joker' make-up at the time of his arrest.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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