Oil and water: westing is continuing on BP’s new well cap in the Gulf of Mexico. Photograph: BP/Reuters A standoff between BP and the US government over the handling of the stricken Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico continued with a sharp exchange of words over the best way to keep... 

Brad Keselowski was cool, calm and collected Friday morning as he talked about the flashpoint of the moment in NASCAR racing – his last-lap encounter with Carl Edwards last week at Gateway International Raceway. On Wednesday, NASCAR issued penalties to both drivers in wake of the accident that saw Edwards... 

AP 2007 Zsa Zsa Gabor, shown here in this AP file photo, was hospitalized late Saturday, July 17, in Los Angeles for broken bones. LOS ANGELES — Zsa Zsa Gabor’s publicist says the 93-year-old actress has been rushed to a hospital after falling out of bed and breaking several bones. John Blanchette... 

Dickon Stainer, managing director of Decca, signing the recording contract with the nuns. Photograph: Chris O’Donovan/PA A group of Benedictine nuns who live in complete seclusion in the South of France are set to become divas of pop after signing a deal with Universal Music, the leading... 

Soldiers detonate an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty The Commons defence select committee today agreed to widen its inquiry into the war in Afghanistan. The move came in the wake of allegations of a cover-up of civilian deaths highlighted in leaked...