Nancy Mullane became the first reporter to enter death row in San Quentin prison, where Scott Peterson awaits the death penalty. She told Matt Lauer he has been moved to a more 'prisoner-friendly' wing of death row, where he has his own cell and is allowed up to five hours a day outside exercising or shooting hoops.

'Photobombing' - or ruining someone's picture - has fast become an internet favourite and it's not only humans getting in on the action, but animals too.

A wild, high-speed pursuit of bank robbers across Southern California has come to an end with the capture of two men, who had hurled cash out the window of their vehicle during the chase. Police began chasing a black Volvo SUV carrying four suspects, believed to have carried out an armed robbery at a Bank of America in Santa Clarita around 10 a.m. on Wednesday.

A motorcyclist is lucky to be alive after slamming into a slow moving trailer at high speed and acrobatically flying off his bike before crashing with a shudder onto the road.

The hole in the heart of the Karakum Desert was created in 1971 when a drilling rig used by Soviet geologists collapsed. The team decided to burn off poisonous gases inside the crater but the fire, which they believed would be out within days, is still going. Visitors stand at the edge of the hole in Derweze, Turkmenistan, to watch the flames.

Titled Barkley's New Boots: A lesson in interpretive dance, the blonde dog is captured both humorously and gracefully coming to terms with his new snow shoes while insisting on keeping at least one paw off the floor. Fuelled by what appear to be carrots thrown from behind the camera, the dog happily stretches and taps his legs like a ballerina while making his way to the thrown treats.

The saucy behind-the-scenes vintage shots were used by Gil Elvgren to create colorful artworks, which came to define what was sexy during the mid-20th century. But as the finished pieces show, the U.S. painter used his artistic license to render the 'idealised' woman, slimming the models' frame, adding more makeup, removing clothes, and livening up their facial expressions.

Inventive super mum Emily Finch, 34, of Portland, Oregon, bikes around 20 miles a day round her native Williamsport, carrying all of her brood aged two to 11. Emily's bike is modelled on a traditional Dutch 'cargo bike' known as a bakfiets, created by fixing extra wheels and buckets for cargo to a traditional bicycle design.

Organizers of the Democratic National Convention have said sorry for using an image of Soviet-era Russian warships as a backdrop for a tribute to veterans at last week's party gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina. The vessels were shown on a large screen behind 50 veterans who stood on the stage on September 6th during a presentation by retired Admiral John Nathman.

Covered in desert dust and with a beaming smile for the camera (left), Raffaele Sollecito looks like a man who has had the weight of the world lifted off his shoulders. The ex-boyfriend of Amanda Knox attended Burning Man earlier this month ahead of a punishing schedule of television promotions for his new book in New York which lifts the lid on his relationship with American student Amanda Knox (pictured bottom right) and their acquittal for the murder of Meredith Kercher last year.

Aimee Copeland's courage and sheer happiness showed no sign of wavering today as she spoke to Good Morning America - which aired footage of her doing pushups - telling them this is the 'better version' of her. When the 24-year-old was asked if she is still the same person as she was before the flesh eating bacteria, despite having her hands, leg and feet amputated, she said: 'Absolutely, this is the better version of me.

Treds Tire and Wheel shop in San Antonio, Texas, might look like your average mechanics. But on closer inspection, it is everything but average. Speaking about their repair shop with a twist, manager Andrea Rodriguez, who is only 19, told ABC: 'I'm a strong believer that women can do things that men can do. I have four brothers so I was raised with that mentality. I can do things that my brothers could do.

San Francisco newlyweds Stephani Nguyen and Jeremy Ueno came up with an inspired plan to adapt the relentlessly catchy song for their big day.

Trainers Chris and Heidi Powell (above) have been praising their 20-year-old nanny Kaitlyn McGrath (inset) after she helped save their son Cash from the carjacker outside their home in Mesa, Arizona. Because their car had OnStar and the iPad that the thief took had a locator app, both the car and the suspect were recovered by police within a half hour.

The obscure film segments, which giving a never seen before glimpse of the Edwardian age, were painstakingly restored by workers at the National Media Museum in Bradford. The scenes, screened at the Science Museum, ranged from roughly 5 to 40 seconds and showed a parrot, a London street scene, and three smiling children sitting around a table covered with a burgundy cloth batting at a goldfish bowl with large sunflowers.

Miraculously, the comatose victim, a 38-year-old new father known only as Johnny, survived being run over by the train in Stockholm, Sweden. On Saturday night at 3.30am, the thief can be seen following a clearly drunk Johnny off a train and attempting to rifle through his pockets as he takes a rest on a platform bench before Johnny walks away and falls onto the track, knocking himself unconscious.

The awe-inspiring photos taken by Californian Bob Cranston include a close encounter with a rare giant jellyfish that is twice the size of a fully grown man and a shimmering image of a five-foot-long jumbo Humboldt squid. His collection also includes stunning pictures of an inquisitive northern elephant seal bull - which grows up to 14 feet in length - and the extremely rare southern right whale.

Microsoft has unveiled its vision for its future game consoles - but instead of watching the action through a typical computer monitor or TV, your walls come alive with the action. The technology will use Microsoft's Kinect sensor - which currently lets you control games by waving your hands at the television - to map out your room and your location within it, before a range of video projectors overlay a full and immersive 3D world over your surroundings.

Spectators are heard screaming as a man is caught, thrown from a three metre high 'pyramid' ramp and then attacked again on the ground by the charging beast (pictured). Struggling to escape the bull, he is then pounced on once more and then tossed again. Onlookers in the bullring, in the town of Monovar, are then seen distracting the bull so others can carry him out for medical help. Doctors say the man's condition is 'serious but stable'.

Children as young as 11 took their first steps to becoming successful duck hunters over the weekend by taking part in a youth Waterfowl opener at the Minnesota National Wildlife Refuge. Among them were Trevor Lenzen, 13, and Nelson Brothers, 11, who proudly displayed their prize hunted ducks after a successful day's work.