Newly elected Richmond Councilman Jeff Ritterman talks with a constituent during a program held at the city’s RichmondWORKS program. As a heart doctor, it’s probably only natural that Jeff Ritterman has his fingers on the pulse of the community ...

New Zealand defeating Australia in the rugby league world cup final was as much of an upset as England losing a One Day International in Bangalore was a certainty but what odds would have been available on the Premier League's top five failing to ...

Zambia's main opposition candidate was ahead Friday in early presidential election results in this southern African nation, but his lead was slowly narrowing. The first results from Thursday's race to replace President Levy Mwanawasa, who died in ...

Shares in spreadbetting firm Worldspreads rise 6.8 percent as it says first-half profits doubled, adding it is confident of exceeding full-year targets, prompting Collins Stewart to repeat a 'buy' stance and 125 pence target price for the stock ...

Rupiah Banda, a 71-year-old former diplomat who served as vice-president to Mr Mwanawasa, heads the governing Movement For Multi-Party Democracy. In his final campaign address he promised to stick to the late president's policy of modernising the ...

Shares in Ferrexpo plunge over 20 percent after the company announces the resignation of its chief executive and warns that full year sales will be between 5 and 10 percent lower than it had been expecting. "The major bad news is the CEO resigning ...

Shares in Impregilo are among the main gainers in Milan after a newspaper report says Libya could take a 3-4 percent stake in the Italian building company in the first half of next year. Libyans are not listed among shareholders with 2 percent or ...

America's highways are paved with temptations. But a truck stop in Shrewsbury is offering redemption. Tucked behind Dianna's restaurant across from Flynn's Truck Plaza on Route 20, a mobile chapel - a tiny church in a semitrailer - hosts Sunday ...

On Aug. 2, online sports gamblers wagered $7 million on a tennis match in Poland. Stunningly, the money favored 87 th -ranked Martin Vassallo Argüello, even after the Argentine lost the first set. Suspicious that the fix was in, the Internet ...

German engineering workers participated in a fifth day of rolling strikes on November 5 in pursuit of a pay increase. The one-day strikes began on November 1 and were called by the IG Metall trade union. Tens of thousands of workers have been ...