A number of Tracey Emin's neon signs are spreading a message of love on billboards in Time Square.

Airbus says it will not use lithium-ion batteries in its forthcoming A350 plane because of problems that have grounded rival Boeing's 787 Dreamliner.

Thousands of people disembark from a stricken US cruise ship that was towed into port in Mobile, Alabama, after a fire knocked out power for days.

A month-old piglet from Florida, born without the use of his back legs, is now sporting a custom-built wheelchair to get around.

An ex-mayor of San Diego agrees to repay millions of dollars she stole from her late husband's charity to fuel a gambling addiction, prosecutors say.

A stranded cruise ship with more than 4,000 people aboard is within sight of the US coast four days after an engine fire knocked out the vessel's power.

Police identify the charred body found in a mountain cabin after a gun fight as a fugitive former Los Angeles police officer accused of a murder spree.

Republican senators say they will delay a vote to confirm former Senator Chuck Hagel's nomination for secretary of defence, saying questions remain.

Oscar-winning visual effects pioneer Petro Vlahos - who pioneered blue and green-screen techniques used by thousands of movies - dies aged 96.

US billionaire Warren Buffett's investment firm Berkshire Hathaway is to buy food giant Heinz in a $28bn deal, the biggest to date in the food industry.

A city financial officer in small Illinois city has been sentenced to almost 20 years in prison for stealing $53m (£34m) over two decades.

American Airlines and US Airways are planning to form one of the world's biggest airlines, according to media and newswire sources.

The city of Chicago names its first public enemy number one since Al Capone - a drug cartel leader who lives in a mountain hideaway in Mexico.

A man carjacked at gunpoint by a murderous former Los Angeles policeman describes coming face to face with America's most wanted man.

US carmaker General Motors says its fourth quarter earnings rose despite $700m of losses at its European operations.

Use of the morning-after pill in the US is on the rise, a trend driven largely by wider use among younger women, a major government study finds.

Actress Nicole Kidman refused to use an offensive racial epithet in a film when requested to do so by its director, her British co-star reveals.

A Good Day to Die Hard, the latest instalment in Bruce Willis's action franchise, receives a largely frosty response from critics as it reaches cinemas in the UK and US.

A couple taken hostage by former Los Angeles policeman Christopher Dorner who is accused of murder, have spoken out about what happened.

Three people are arrested in the US and accused of a conspiring to smuggle endangered black rhinoceros horns to China, prosecutors say.