06/06/11 Great weather, great racing were the order of the day at "The 2011 WesTrac Manjimup 15000 MX Spectacular" which was run at the Cosy Creek MX track just outside Manjimup on the Foundation Day long weekend. In my various previews to the event I stated that if Jay Marmont was successful he would become the first rider ever to win the event three times. That was based on info...
06/06/11 Fox Sports rugby expert Greg Clark previews round 17 of Super Rugby, including the local derby between Western Force and the Reds.
06/01/11 The following are some snippets from the most recent issue of the International Forecaster. For the full 36 page issue, please see subscription information below.
06/01/11 Washington Post 218 Senior Legion pitcher Cody Gardner sends a pitch to the plate Monday, May 30, against House Springs at Rotary Recreational Complex - Ronsick Field. Gardner was the winning pitcher in Washington's 9-4 victory.
06/01/11 DONNA CASSATA Associated Press WASHINGTON The House postponed a vote on a resolution demanding an end to U.S. involvement in Libya amid fears that Democrats and Republicans would unite in backing the measure and hand President Barack Obama an embarrassing foreign policy defeat. The GOP leadership had scheduled a vote Wednesday on the resolution by Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, that "directs the ...
06/01/11 ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. - Heavy smoke from the Pains Bay wildfire is continuing to cause air pollution problems all across the east.
05/18/11 PORT Adelaide's Daniel Motlop fears the battle against racism championed in the AFL is being lost in lower leagues such as the SANFL.
05/15/11 West Coast have defied the odds to end a four-year Western Derby hoodoo through a solid 33-point result over Fremantle at Patersons Stadium on Sunday evening.
05/15/11 The Eagles ended end a four-year Western Derby hoodoo in a 96-63 win over Fremantle at Patersons Stadium.
05/14/11 Water from the inflated Mississippi River gushed through a floodgate Saturday for the first time in nearly four decades and headed toward thousands of homes and farmland in the Cajun countryside, threatening to slowly submerge the land under wa read more
05/12/11 Obama watched Bin Laden die on live video as shoot-out beamed to White House By Ian Drury , David Williams and Sam Greenhill Obama watched assault on compound housing Bin Laden in real time Compound was yards from Pakistan's 'Sandhurst' military academy DNA tests 99.9 per cent certain man killed WAS Bin Laden U.S. embassies on alert over Al Qaeda reprisal attacks Obama and George W. Bush both ...
05/12/11 ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. -- The Pains Bay wildfire has gotten bigger while officials continue to try to find out what caused it.
05/12/11 With everything going on in the world today, we thought it a good time to catch up with the views of longtime friend Richard Maybury, a low-key but highly respected author, lecturer and analyst.
05/12/11 The Daily World TUMWATER -- Elma's Todd Jackson and Aberdeen's Marisa Levao posted noteworthy victories in Tumwater High School's Shaner Invitational track meet Friday. Establishing two records, although one might not count, Jackson paced the field in the boys 3,200. Levao won the girls discus in...
05/03/11 WASHINGTON - For years, the agonizing search for Osama bin Laden kept coming up empty. Then last July, Pakistanis working for the Central Intelligence Agency drove up behind a white Suzuki navigating the bustling streets near Peshawar, Pakistan, and wrote down the car's license plate.
05/03/11 Osama bin Laden's wife rushed at the US commando who cornered the al-Qaeda leader on an upper floor of his Pakistan compound and she was shot in the leg before bin Laden was killed, according to an account released today by the White House.
05/03/11 Just last week, Obama found himself in the demeaning position of releasing his birth certificate to try to prove to doubters that he is legally qualified to hold his office. On Saturday night, he joked about his low poll numbers.
05/03/11 As Navy SEAL Team 6 closed in on its prey -- Osama bin Laden -- they likely entered the battle armed with the best weapons and technology available to soldiers anywhere in the world, military experts told ABC News.
05/03/11 NEW YORK (AP) - Joyous at the release of a decade's frustration, Americans streamed to the site of the World Trade Center, the gates of the White House and smaller but no less jubilant gatherings across the nation to celebrate the death of Osama bin Laden - cheering, waving flags and belting the national anthem.
04/25/11 Judge Susan Nelson of the U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minn., granted the request of the players for an injunction that forces NFL teams to continue football operations. The NFL will appeal the ruling, which Giants defensive lineman Osi Umenyiora (right) called "a win for the players and for the fans that want to see a full NFL season in 2011." |