Annie Watsham said she remembered Joanna Lumley's Gurkha links A "mystery" Kent woman whose chance remark led Joanna Lumley to get involved with the Gurkha Justice campaign has finally met the actress. Annie Watsham, 51, of Cranbrook, near Tunbridge Wells, put ...Read More
Marvin Fong/The Plain DealerOhio State's defense -- on this play led by John Simon (54) and Thaddeus Gibson (90) -- kept the pressure on Tate Forcier and Michigan's offense throughout Saturday's game.ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Browsing through the report card ...Read More
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Buffalo Bills starting defensive tackle Marcus Stroud has been ruled out because of a knee injury, meaning the NFL's worst run defense could be without both starting defensive tackles against Jacksonville this weekend. Kyle Williams has missed ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-led U.S. Senate, having smashed through a Republican wall of opposition, confirmed on Thursday U.S. President Barack Obama's first and longest-stalled judicial nominee. On a vote of 59-39, the Senate approved Obama's bid to elevate U.S. District ...Read More
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval sided with five residents and one business ...Read More
There will be nights the young Kings will play like young Kings. They will look unsure of what to do on the floor and make mistakes.
Tuesday night at Arco Arena was one of those nights.
Learning when to force the issue ...Read More
Brian Thomas, 59, who has two daughters, killed his wife Christine, 57, in his sleep while they were on holiday in their camper van.
He “dreamed that an intruder had broken into their motor home”, tackled the intruder but instead strangled ...Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pollution typically declines during a recession. Not this time.
Despite a global economic slump, worldwide carbon dioxide pollution jumped 2 percent last year, most of the increase coming from China, according to a study published online Tuesday.
"The growth ...Read More
While apologies from the British and Australian prime ministers to the thousands of former British child migrants sent abroad (Report, 16 November) will be welcomed, there still remains an urgent need to uncover records relating to what actually happened to ...Read More
There is no question that the Fort Hood shootings were the product of evil and terror. It is incomprehensible that someone who is trained to save lives would act in a way that takes lives. From the Texas tower shootings in ...Read More
BALTIMORE (AP) - Reggie Holmes scored 23 points and Morgan State erased an 18-point second-half deficit to defeat Maryland-Baltimore County 72-57 on Sunday. UMBC led 42-24 with 17:15 left in the game, but the Bears (2-0), who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic ...Read More
(CNN) -- Three Americans, including two from the International Security Assistance Force, have been killed in Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said Saturday. It said one U.S. service member with the ISAF was killed by an improvised explosive device Friday in southern ...Read More
DJ AM's mother is picking up where her son left off in his legal fight against Learjet.?
?Andrea Gross has amended his $20 million lawsuit against the plane manufacturer, the pilots' estates and others by adding a wrongful death claim, Los ...Read More
CLEVELAND - A registered sex offender from Cleveland has pleaded not guilty to an alleged attack that prompted a search and the discovery of 11 bodies at his home.Fifty-year-old Anthony Sowell appeared in court Friday and entered not guilty pleas ...Read More
CLEVELAND (AP) - The registered sex offender suspected in the discovery of 11 bodies at hisCleveland home has pleaded not guilty to charges in an alleged attack that broke the case. Fifty-year-old Anthony Sowell appeared in court Friday and entered not ...Read More
The Phoenix Suns came into town with their flashy record, their rejuvenated point guard and their rekindled run-and-fun offense.
The Lakers didn't even care.
What was supposed to be a burner turned into a bore, the Lakers yawning and stretching in the ...Read More
(Updates with additional company information, beginning in the seventh paragraph.) NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Energy stocks, including Exxon Mobil and Chevron, led U.S. stocks lower Thursday as crude oil futures fell, although Wal-Mart rose after its third-quarter earnings came in above the ...Read More
BERLIN — The German man responsible for stabbing a pregnant Egyptian woman to death in a Dresden courtroom was found guilty on Wednesday and given a life sentence. The killing of the woman, Marwa al-Sherbini, a 31-year-old pharmacist, attracted worldwide attention ...Read More
VERNON, Conn. -The fight that led to the stabbing death of University of Connecticut football player Jasper Howard began when one of his teammates disrespected a woman at a school-sponsored dance, according to a police affidavit released Tuesday. The affidavit charges ...Read More
[+] EnlargeNBAP/NBAE/Getty ImagesAl Cervi (center) was an NBA scoring champ before coaching Syracuse to the 1955 title.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Al Cervi, a pro basketball star who coached the Syracuse Nationals to the 1955 NBA championship, has died in upstate New ...Read More
Japan hosts many US troops but is pulling out of the Afghanistan naval mission
Japan's Government has pledged $5bn (£3bn) in new aid to Afghanistan over the next five years.
The decision comes days before US President Barack Obama visits Tokyo.
Japan's ...Read More
