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Telegraph Jan 8 A cat litter manufacturer is suing a rival for running TV advertisements in which clever and chatty cats reject its product in favour of the competitor's, stating in court papers: "Cats do not talk". Church & Dwight has filed a lawsuit in a New York court against Clorox...

Telegraph Jan 8 Leading Right-wing organisations in the United States have pulled out of a major conservative conference because of the participation of a gay Republican group, exposing a schism among conservatives over the direction of the movement. At least half a dozen groups have...

New York Times Jan 7 The State Department has issued warnings to hundreds of foreign government employees, human rights activists and business people named in yet-to-be published leaked diplomatic cables -- and has even moved some sources to safer locations. Obama administration officials...

AP jan 7 Thousands of dead turtle doves, many of which had a "strange" blue stain inside their beaks, have crashed from the sky in Italy. They're the latest in a puzzling spate of birds, fish and other animals dying under mysterious circumstances around the world. Residents of Faenza...

British Government makes a decisive decision The UK, like the US, is struggling with unemployment, the nations debt, and now apparently poisonous eggs ... BBC News - Dioxin scare: German feed fat 'contains 77 times limit' but thank goodness the British Government sorted out this huge...

BBC New Jan 7 A parcel that ignited at a Washington DC postal building on Friday was similar to two sent to Maryland state offices the day before, officials say. No-one was reported injured in the incident. The building was evacuated. Police earlier said two parcels sent to Maryland...

BBC News Jan 7 An Icelandic MP who once worked with Wikileaks says US officials have subpoenaed her personal details from the social networking website Twitter. Birgitta Jonsdottir says the US Department of Justice also asked Twitter for all of her tweets since November 2009. She says...

BBC News Jan 7 A team of divers have said they have discovered the remains of the USS Revenge, a ship commanded by the US Navy's famed Oliver Hazard Perry that wrecked near Rhode Island in 1811. Mr Perry is known for having later defeated the British in a battle near Ohio during a conflict...

BBC News Central American leaf-cutter ants "retire" from their cutting role when they grow old, switching to carrying when their jaws blunt with age. Leaf-cutter ants start their lives with razor-like jaws, or mandibles, to cut through the leaves they harvest. But as these "wear...

Drunk driver: I am escorting my lonely goat on a date, officer Astonished police who stopped a car for drink driving found a h***y goat in the passenger seat being taken on a date by his farmer owner. The 54-year-old driver - who was three times over the drink drive limit - claimed his...

The Telegraph Jan 7 Paul Hogan, star of ‘Crocodile Dundee’ is planning to sue the Australian government for over £50 million for damaging his reputation in a tax investigation. Australian actor Mr Hogan, 71, rose to world fame after he appeared in the 1986 film Crocodile Dundee, which...

The Telegraph Jan 7 An academic paper arguing that people may be able to see into the future is to be published by a respected journal, prompting anger among some American scientists. The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology plans to print "Feeling The Future", by Professor Daryl...

The Telegraph Jan 7 A decommissioned US Navy ship has been scuttled in the Cayman Islands to create an underwater attraction for scuba divers. The 251-foot long, five-deck military submarine rescue ship, the USS Kittiwake, was scuttled off the north end of Seven Mile Beach and settled on...

PHOENIX (Reuters) – A planned Obama administration clampdown on Mexico border gun dealers which would require them to report multiple assault rifle sales has been delayed by the White House amid stiff opposition from the powerful gun lobby. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and...

BBC News Jan 7 BREAKING NEWS:US unemployment fell from 9.8% to 9.4% in December, its biggest one-month fall since 1998 More on this story as it comes in

BBC News Dec 6 The terrorist threat level specific to major UK transport hubs has been raised from substantial to severe, the BBC understands. The move includes airports and London railway terminals, although there is no suggestion of any intelligence of an imminent attack. The threat...

England won the final Ashes Test in Sydney by an innings and 83 runs to wrap up the series 3-1 and secure their first win down under in 24 years. The Aussies began the last day in a hopeless position at 213-7, 151 runs behind, but Peter Siddle and Steve Smith kept England's champagne on...

OMAHA (Reuters) – Classes were canceled on Thursday at Millard South High where a suspended student shot and mortally wounded assistant principal Vicki Kaspar before fleeing and killing himself Wednesday. Robert Butler Jr., a 17-year-old senior who transferred to the Omaha school this fall...

NEW YORK (AFP) – A US federal judge dismissed a lawsuit alleging the wildly successful Harry Potter books were plagiarized from a story from a little-known British author. The suit filed in New York against the publisher of the J.K. Rowling books had argued the stories were inspired by Adrian...

BBC News Jan 6 Drunk US house breaker calls the police for help A man who broke into a house, got drunk and could not get out again called police for help, officers say. Police in Delaware state then arrested the man, who had drunk five bottles of spirits while staying in the...