Director apologises to Downton Abbey star

BRITISH theatre director Peter Hall has apologised for disrupting a star of Downton Abbey during the opening night of a West End stage show. Laura Carmichael, who plays Lady Edith Crawley in the hit costume drama, was performing the final speech...

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Republicans plan gun range election party

ALABAMA Republicans plan to hold their election night party at a gun range, where participants can shoot a few rounds as returns come in. The state Republican Party is inviting supporters to the Hoover Tactical Firearms for a "victory party"....

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Romney says voting is the 'one job left'

REPUBLICAN presidential candidate Mitt Romney is urging Americans to vote as he kicks off his last and longest day of campaigning before Tuesday's election. Mr Romney opened Monday by rallying more than 1000 people at an airport rally in Sanford,...

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Brits held over stab death of soldier

THREE British tourists in Cyprus have been remanded in police custody in connection with the killing of a teenage British soldier during a disco row in the holiday resort of Ayia Napa. David Lee Collins, 19, from Manchester, was stabbed to death...

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NSW fire stations to close to save costs

THE NSW fire service will push ahead with its plan to temporarily close some fire stations as a means of reining in excessive overtime costs. Fire and Rescue NSW Commissioner Greg Mullins says the plan will kick in immediately after the firefighters...

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US stocks mostly lower on election eve

US stocks have opened mostly lower on the eve of the presidential vote, with President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney locked neck-and-neck in the race for the White House. "The US equity markets are moving to the downside...

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Obama favoured in Kenyan village

AT Barack Obama's ancestral village in Kenya, witch doctor John Dimo has tossed some shells, bones and other items to determine who will win the US election. After throwing the objects like so many dice outside his hut in Kogelo village, Dimo,...

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Mining slowdown to spark Cup day rate cut

THE Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to change the cash rate on Melbourne Cup day for a seventh consecutive year. Twelve of the 15 economists surveyed by AAP said the RBA board will decide to cut its interest rate by a quarter of...

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