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BBC News Dec 22 A spontaneous musical concert at a California shopping mall ended with the entire complex being evacuated after some 5,000 people turned up to sing. The incident happened at the Roseville Galleria shopping mall, which is reported to have started shaking due to the volume...

BBC News Dec 22 A nine-year-old boy from California has become the youngest-ever chess master in the US. Samuel Sevian, from Santa Clara, was awarded the title by the US Chess Federation following a match in San Francisco. The body gave him a rating of 2,201. A rating of 2,200 qualifies...

Sky News Dec 21 Execution numbers in the US penitentiary system have dropped by 12%, claims a new report According to the Death Penalty Information Centre, the number of people being executed fell over the last year, while those sentenced to die in the US is at its lowest since 1976...

Sky News Dec 21 An explosive device has been found on an underground train in Rome and experts are investigating whether it was an attempted Christmas season terror attack It is thought the parcel bomb was found inside an empty carriage during a stop in Rebibbia, on the outskirts of the...

CLEVELAND, Tenn. (CNN/WTVC) - At the holidays, many people give toys and gifts to help the needy. But some Tennesseeans are using tattoos to make sure kids have presents under the tree this year. A Cleveland, Tenn. tattoo artist is collecting for Toys for Tots, while offering up ink. It's...

BBC News Dec 21 Toyota has agreed to pay a record fine in the US of $32.4m (£20.8m) over its handling of millions of car recalls. This is the second big fine the world's largest carmaker will pay to US authorities, after agreeing a $16.4m penalty in April. The carmaker said it was...

BBC New Dec 21 Julian Assange has told the BBC that he is fighting a Swedish extradition warrant because he believes "no natural justice" would occur in Sweden. Mr Assange was speaking in an interview for the Today programme, at the mansion in East Anglia where he is staying under strict...

BBC News Dec 19 The north of Sudan will reinforce its Islamic laws if the south secedes as a result of next month's referendum, President Omar al-Bashir has said. Mr Bashir said the constitution would then be changed, making Islam the only religion, Sharia the only law and Arabic the only...

BBC News Dec 19 The UN Security Council is holding an emergency session to discuss escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula. Russia, which requested the talks, says it wants the UN to send a "restraining signal" to both North and South Korea. The South insists that, weather...

sky News Dec 19 Six opposition politicians have been taken to hospital after a brawl broke out in the Ukrainian parliament After a fight involving fists and flying chairs, MPs from the pro-presidential Party of Regions forced opposition members out of the parliament hall. Deputies...

BBC News Dec 19 'Grim sleeper killings': LA Police seek women in photos Los Angeles detectives investigating the alleged "grim sleeper" serial killer have said they expect to hear from up to 1,000 women after publicising photos found in his house. Police have released images of 160...

(AOL Dec. 17) -- Finally, someone is benefiting from the invasive TSA body searches: A Grammy-winning children's music artist, who after a four-decade career groping for a hit has written a song about the Transportation Security Administration that's touched a nerve -- among other body parts...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A controversial measure providing a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children was dealt a death blow in the Senate on Saturday by Republicans who said it would reward illegal activity. The so-called "Dream Act" passed the...

BBC news 19 December 2010 Last updated at 04:46 ET Suicide attacks have targeted Afghan military bases in two cities, leaving 13 members of the security forces dead, along with at least five assailants. In the northern city of Kunduz, suicide bombers stormed an army recruitment centre...

BBC News Dec 18 Venezuela has reiterated its opposition to the man likely to become the next US ambassador to the country. The row over diplomat Larry Palmer dates back to August, when he angered Caracas with critical remarks he made about the government. The US State Department says...

BBC News Dec 18 Bank of America has stopped handling payments for whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, joining several other major financial institutions. It said it acted because "Wikileaks may be engaged in activities that are... inconsistent with our internal policies for processing...

BBC News Dec 18 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has rejected a call for UN troops to leave Ivory Coast as tensions escalate after last month's presidential election. Incumbent Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo had earlier demanded that all foreign peacekeepers leave the country. His...

BBC News Dec 18 Russia says it is seriously concerned that tensions between North and South Korea will escalate further. Pyongyang is threatening to retaliate if the South goes ahead with planned military exercises on an island near the two countries' disputed sea border. Last month...

Someone mentioned recently that there used to be a "continuous" story here on E.O. How about another? :D On a moonless, foggy night, near the swamp, Bubba sat in his favourite chair wide eyed, he had just finished watching ...............

Sky News Dec 18 The estate of a billionaire investor in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme has agreed to forfeit $7.2bn to victims of the fraud The estate of a billionaire investor in Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme has agreed to forfeit $7.2bn to victims of the fraud. The money from...