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The world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will take place in New Zealand on 28 November, it is announced.

"Teen Mom" Amber Portwood is sentenced to five years in prison after refusing to complete a drug rehab program.

Cops say an Iowa man is charged with murdering his pregnant wife reportedly to hide a love affair.

A rare letter written by Napoleon Bonaparte in English will go to the auction block in France on Sunday.

A new identification system for the internet is enabled, allowing for trillions of new unique internet addresses to be made.

YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi said Wednesday her activities on a recent trip to Thailand gave no cause for anyone to be unhappy, dismissing speculation her high-profile visit annoyed the government....

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Decisive victories for ballot proposals cutting retirement benefits for government workers in two of the largest cities in the U.S. emboldened advocates seeking to curb pensions in state capitols and city halls across the nation....

Agriculture Minister Riad Hijab is named as new prime minister of Syria by President Bashar al-Assad.

STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) -- A California city that has the second-highest foreclosure rate in the nation is preparing for a possible bankruptcy filing if officials are unable to broker a deal with the city's creditors....

The TV remote control inventor and other sad losses

BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Commission is proposing a system of centralized banking regulations it says will ensure that taxpayers won't have to bail out collapsing banks....

HONOLULU (AP) -- Filtering the sun's light to a miniscule fraction of its true power allowed sky-gazers over the world to watch a silhouetted Venus travel across Earth's closest star, an extremely rare spectacle that served as a reminder of how tiny our planet really is....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea's young leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday made his second speech at a major public event since taking power in December, addressing a children's rally aimed at winning a new generation's support....

BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- A guard held hostage at a South Carolina high security prison was rescued early Wednesday after a standoff of more than 6 hours, a corrections department spokesman said....

Nigerian security forces shoot dead 16 suspected Boko Haram militants in fierce gunfight in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, officials say.

The new head of Argentina's state-controlled energy firm, YPF, says it needs to spend $7bn (£4.5bn) a year for the next five years to boost output.

VIENNA (AP) -- Israel is accusing Iran of working secretly on nuclear weapons under a strategy of "deception, defiance and concealment."...

Jedward have taken part in the Olympic torch relay, carrying the flame during its trip to Ireland.

TOKYO (AP) -- A Japanese shoe designer has become a pop diva's favorite by taking geisha and making it Gaga....

Volokh Conspiracy: Police Searching for Bank Robber Stop All Cars at Intersection, Handcuff Drivers, Search Cars by Eugene Volokh:

So reports ABC News:

Police in Aurora, Colo., searching for suspected bank robbers stopped every car at an intersection, handcuffed all the adults and searched the cars, one of which they believed was carrying the suspect.

Police said they had received what they called a “reliable” tip that the culprit in an armed robbery at a Wells Fargo bank committed earlier was stopped at the red light.

“We didn’t have a description, didn’t know race or gender or anything, so a split-second decision was made to stop all the cars at that intersection, and search for the armed robber,” Aurora police Officer Frank Fania told ABC News….

“Split-second decision”--code word for “we should get at least qualified immunity because of the hard decisions we have to make in the field protecting the public from bad people.” Good point. What about the 15 people handcuffed for up to 90 minutes who did nothing wrong? They had no description, just a place, so everybody in the place gets handcuffed. Good that they caught the right guy, but a heavy handed nonetheless.