England thump South Africa in 2nd ODI

"Stuart Broad returned a career-best five for 23 to help England thrash South Africa by 10 wickets in the second ODI at Nottingham on Tuesday. The visitors thus went 2-0 down in the five-match series after collapsing to 83 all out in 23 overs, their second lowest total in a...

GOP Stunned By Loss in Mississippi

"In a major blow to national Republicans, a Mississippi congressional seat that once voted for President Bush by a twenty-five point margin elected a Democrat on Tuesday. Prentiss County Chancery Clerk Travis Childers beat out Republican candidate Greg Davis, the mayor of...

Young inventor perfects drug and explosives scanning technology

Rockhampton local Trent Pohlmann is one of the most accomplished scientists in Queensland boasting a Bachelor of Science degree, a First Class Honours degree in Applied Science majoring in Chemistry and this year has accepted an Australian Postgraduate Award to complete a...

Floods swamp farmland and roads

"Flooding has caused more problems for farmers and drivers in southern Derbyshire, England. There are warnings in place on the River Trent between  Yoxall, Burton-on-trent, Staffordshire and Clay Mills, and at  Cavendish Bridge, Shardlow, Derby. Farmland near...

Sri Lanks Tops Ireland: World Cup Super 8

UPDATE: Ireland must now bow out of World Cup contention..."Ireland's World Cup came to a sorry end as Sri Lanka thrashed them by eight wickets with 40 overs to spare in their Super 8 clash in Grenada. The Irish were bowled out for 77, mainly thanks to Farveez Maharoof (4-25)...

What Trent Lott Brings to the Party

"The election of the once disgraced politician as the number two Senate Republican may mean that the G.O.P. has no intention of getting along too well with the new party in power. To some observers, the choice of Trent Lott as the new number two Republican in the Senate may...