James Ward and Laura Robson reach the main draw at the Australian Open after coming through qualifying.

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GB duo through to Australian Open

As Tropical Storm Irene passed through New York, the BBC’s Laura Trevelyan witnessed the storm surge at Battery Park.

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VIDEO: Waters rise and fall in NYC harbour

Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Elena Baltacha are in action on day four at Wimbledon, while British teenager Laura Robson takes on fifth seed Maria Sharapova.

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Live – Wimbledon day four

Oh no he didn’t. MSNBC pundit Ed Schultz called conservative talk-show host Laura Ingraham a “right-wing slut” on his radio program Wednesday, prompting cries of outrage and a one-week suspension from his show. Schultz took issue with Ingraham for…

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Schultz Suspended for Sexist Slur

Former President George W. Bush has opened up about his reaction to bin Laden’s death. “I was eating a souffl

Plan B, Tinie Tempah and Laura Marling are amongst the complete line-up announced for this year’s festival.

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Full Glastonbury line-up unveiled

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is running for president. (Photo by Laura Segall/Getty Images)Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty made a mistake last night. He admitted the obvious.

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The game of announcing for president

Wind power comes under scrutiny with startling results in Laura Israel’s absorbing documentary “Windfall.”

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Ann Hornaday reviews ‘Windfall’

The BBC’s Laura Tobin explains the weather systems causing floods in many parts of the world including Australia and Brazil.

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Why are there so many floods?

A Manhattan judge on Tuesday revoked the $5 million bail for Annette Bongiorno, Bernie Madoff’s trusted secretary who is accused of pocketing $14.5 million in her boss’s massive Ponzi scheme. Federal judge Laura Taylor Swain said Bongiorno has an…

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Judge Revokes Madoff Secretary’s Bail

To the executives who have read it, Natalie Portman’s comedy script is just like Superbad, except it focuses on women. It may not sound like her, but the actress is now dabbling in writing. She and her college friend Laura Moses have spent the last few…

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Natalie Portman Shopping Bawdy Comedy

US actress Laura Dern and her parents, Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, become the first family to be honoured together on Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame.

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Walk of Fame star for Dern family

The former first lady of the United States, Laura Bush, has said that women’s rights in Afghanistan should not be sacrificed in any reconciliation with the Taliban.

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Laura Bush on women under Taliban

Two-time Grammy winner Ben Harper is filing for divorce from his wife, the actress Laura Dern. Citing irreconcilable differences, he is also asking the judge to deny Dern any sort of financial support and wants legal and physical custody of their two…

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Ben Harper to Divorce Laura Dern

The man in charge of the development of an Islamic Centre near Ground Zero, defends the plans to the BBC’s Laura Trevelyan.

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NYC Islamic centre developer speaks