Fighting indiscipline - Teacher tells stories of success through sports
Increasingly, local educators are encountering major challenges as it relates to maintaining discipline within the learning environment, and getting their young charges to conform to...

49 killed in Buffalo plane crash
CLARENCE, New York (AP):A sputtering commuter plane slammed into a suburban Buffalo home in a fiery explosion that killed all 48 people on-board and one person on the ground, authorities said.

Strong winds wreak havoc across the US
NEW YORK (AP):Wild winds with gusts topping 65mph (10kph) blew from the Great Lakes to the East Coast on Thursday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers, disrupting travel and killing at least five people.

Alleged King killer makes his defence
Sheldon Pusey, the 25-year-old man accused of killing 64-year-old Ambassador Peter King, made his defence from the witness box yesterday.