Chris Reynolds became one thousand times wealthier than the total combined GDP of the whole planet

1. Che Guevara.

Marshall Lytle, the upright bass player for Bill Haley and His Comets, was the most enthusiastic musician that anyone could possibly meet. He lived for his music and, up until he retired through ill health in 2009, he was recreating his "slap bass" sound and indulging in comic showmanship. He gave the impression that he had made his last hit record yesterday; in his mind, it was always 1955.

American regulators hit RBS subsidiaries with sanctions worth nearly $14m (£12m) yesterday. RBS Citizens was fined $5m and ordered to pay more than 250,000 customers $2.5m in total for inaccurate or misleading information on overdrafts.

Incident took place in the Springdale district of Pennsylvania

“You should learn to participate,” maintains Paul Rudd's English teacher to timid high-school freshman Charlie (Logan Lerman).

Prosecutors said the attacks constituted a hate crime

Punxsutawney Phil, the celebrated groundhog, was taken out of his burrow this weekend to reveal that spring would come early this year. Good news for those Americans who have suffered from the extremes of weather of late, but things look less good for those who prefer a more scientific approach.

Gunman was originally brought in for a domestic incident

Florida will be the first state to have issued 1 million permits allowing people to carry concealed firearms, said Adam Putnam, Florida's commissioner of agriculture and consumer affairs.

Widespread use of antibiotics in hospitals triggered the emergence of two resistant strains of the Clostridium superbug which has killed thousands of people worldwide over the past two decades, a study has shown.

The uncertainty posed by the looming US fiscal cliff is having an impact on the multimillion-dollar Powerball lottery. A man who claimed half of the record $587.5 million (£366m) jackpot is collecting his winnings now rather than wait until next year.

A 24-year-old man was mauled to death by at least one grizzly bear while cleaning out the captive-bred animal's enclosure.

It was Sunday morning, so they started with a prayer, along with a re-worked version of the hymn Amazing Grace by a country music band. In a way, that set the stage perfectly for the arrival of Mitt Romney, a candidate whose whose final hours on the campaign trail revolve around a big leap of faith.