He was booed and heckled during the first live show of his American stand-up tour - but Charlie Sheen received a standing ovation for the second date... more
A sleeping seven-year-old girl is shot dead when an officer’s gun went off while Detroit police were looking for a suspect in a teenager’s murder... more
Global efforts to improve airline security after the failed Detroit Christmas Day bombing send shares in London scanning firm Smiths Group to a 16-month high... more
Wide receiver Brandon Stokley caught a deflected pass and ran for an 87-yard touchdown with seconds to play as the Denver Broncos beat the Cincinnati Bengals 12-7 in the NFL... more
Gunmen in a green minivan opened fire on a group of teenagers waiting at a bus stop near a Detroit school, wounding four boys and three girls aged from 14 to 17. A 16-year-old boy and a girl aged 17 are in a critical condition. Five of the teenagers had just left classes at summer school when they were shot yesterday afternoon. Detroit public schools police chief Roderick Grimes said two gunmen "asked for a person by name" before opening fire. ... more
There's a pleasing irony in Eminem emerging from his Detroit stockade with a No 1 album, Relapse, the same week that the US's biggest motor manufacturer collapses. What's bad for GM is good for rap... more
Transport: Carmaker Ford have posted the worst annual loss in its 105-year history, but insisted it did not need to turn to the US government for funds... more
Engineering: The US House of Representatives has approved bailout plans for General Motors and Chrysler that include tough conditions on restructuring in return for taxpayer help... more
A bailout by American taxpayers of Detroit's crippled carmakers looked ever more likely as key politicians voice their approval of a £23 billion aid request... more
Engineering Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn has warned that the company's second-half profit will probably fall to "zero" as the global motor industry crisis intensifies... more
Engineering: Struggling Detroit automaker Chrysler has stepped up pressure for its own bailout, with a plea to Congress to sign off a $25 billion (£13.51 billion) loan package... more
She has always had an impressive set of vocal cords. But on this particular night, Aretha Franklin's spaghetti straps were the real stars. Somehow, in defiance of gravity, physics and probability, the two thin black cords managed to keep the singer's frock at a decent level on her generous frame... more
Casting Don Johnson, best remembered as smoothie detective Sonny Crockett in Miami Vice, as Nathan Detroit in spiv musical Guys And Dolls was always going to be a high-risk gamble.
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Jack White joins his old Detroit mucker Brendan Benson on stage at the Brixton Academy, tuneful Parisians Phoenix play the Astoria and the New York Dolls will be whipping up a storm.... more
Amp Fiddler has decades of serious musical experience and an accomplished new album to his name. His stage skills are guaranteed to be just as impressive when he plays Scala on Tuesday night... 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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