Midfield duo are at the centre of England’s problems

Hannah Ali   Frank Lampard: for the chop?There are many factors to the on-going woes of the once great England soccer squad. Some people say that poor team selection is at the heart of why they are not winners anymore.   Others claim that intense news media...

NFL Week 5 Highlights and Scores

" The Giants are showing no signs of a letdown following their Super Bowl season. The defending champions improved to 4-and-0 with a 44-6 thrashing of visiting Seattle. It's the team's best start since 1990, when they went 13-and-3 and won the NFL title. Eli Manning threw...

Japanese Elephant Better at Math than American Students

Yup, it's true. It really is true."The elephant's memory is legendary, but in a large, gray surprise to science, the mighty Asian elephant turns out to have a distinct flair for math as well Under carefully controlled experimental conditions — essentially...

AP Georgia proposes cease fire in S Ossetia

" Georgia's President Mikhail Saakashvili proposed Saturday to declare a cease fire in the breakaway province of South Ossetia. Saakashvili, speaking at a news conference Saturday, also proposed that the warring parties be separated. Georgia's Security...

Beijing puts on a show for the world

"China commandeered the world stage Friday, celebrating its first-time role as Olympic host with a stunning display of pageantry and pyrotechnics to open a Summer Games unrivaled for its mix of problems and promise. China welcomed scores of world leaders to an opening...

Bombings kill 43 in Baghdad, Kirkuk

Gunmen ambushed Shiite pilgrims in the a Sunni town south of Baghdad Monday. The pilgrims were marching to a major shrine there for a religious holiday.The area is a former stronghold of Al Qaeda in Iraq and was touted as one of the success stories of the US military surge,...