You've got to feel bad for Anthony "Showtime" Pettis. After defeating Ben Henderson at the last WEC event ever (WEC 53) and becoming the WEC Lightweight Champion, he now finds himself fighting in the first fight of the night. Why is that so bad? Because

Over 1,200 Lib Dem paid-up party members are registered with LibDemVoice.org. Some 570 responded to the latest survey, which was conducted between 31st January and 4th February. Please note: we make no claims that the survey is fully representative of th

Montreal-based promotion Instinct MMA has signed former UFC top contender and ex-Strikeforce champion Renato (Babalu) Sobral to take on local fighter Steve (The Boss) Bosse at its fourth event in May. Bosse, a former hockey enforcer currently on a seven-

TAVARES — Lake government leaders want to level the playing field for local companies that want to do businesses with the county. County commissioners plan to change the bidding process, giving local vendors a leg up when competing with companies from ot

THE family of a man who died following an assault outside a pub must wait to find out what caused his death. A post-mortem examination carried out on David Heath, aged 46, yesterday proved inconclusive. Mr Heath, of Uttoxeter Road, Longton, died at the U

7 February 2012 Last updated at 11:31 ET A 46-year-old man has died three weeks after being assaulted outside a pub in Stoke-on-Trent. David Heath, of Uttoxeter Road, Longton, had been in hospital since the incident, but died on Sunday. He was found with

A 46-YEAR-OLD man has died after an assault outside a pub last month. David Heath, of Uttoxeter Road, Longton, died at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire on Sunday following the incident on Friday, January 13. INCIDENT: Police investigating t

Europe’s biggest engineering society The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and IBM have today launched a unique professional development scheme to benchmark standards in the IT industry and provide a guarantee to businesses of the professio

From an original field of 46, the statewide sandwich competition linked to the Feb.- 1:10 pm A Lafayette woman who admitted to nearly smothering her 3-year-old son to protect him from "aliens"...- 3:14 pm Locally, some committees for candidates specific

It’s strange how this selective amnesia thing works. The official Opposition has been agitating over recent weeks about when the government will publish the promised consultation on a Statutory Register of Lobbyists. You’d think they had always been in f

SLIGO LADIES played their first game in the Ulster Rosie Stewart Cup against Enniskillen, a Senior AIL side.The game began with Sligo kicking to Enniskillen who ran at Sligo from the off. It was a shakey first 10mins for both sides, which resulted in the

Attorneys in the case of Stocking Strangler Carlton Gary await more extensive DNA testing on evidence from a 1977 rape in which Gary was implicated. Gary, convicted of three of Columbus seven stocking stranglings, was in December 2009 hours away from exe

ONE FC today announced the signing of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Strikeforce veteran Renato Sobral, whose debut fight will take place on March 31, 2012, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. That show will be a cross promotion with DREAM, which

The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit district has brought back Erin McGrath as its chief financial officer at an annual salary of $180,000. McGrath had worked in the same position with the agency in 2008 and 2009 and left to spend time with her family. She

Proposed changes to the operation of parliamentary privilege are to be set out in a Green Paper before the end of the parliamentary session, the Government has announced. The consultation document will be published alongside a draft Bill on parliamentary

A simple pine sculpture pedestal by Isamu Noguchi, estimated to sell for $3,000 to $5,000, fetched $320,500 at a sale last night at a boutique auction house in Chicago. Crazy. “It’s what can happen,” says Richard Wright, founder of the eponymous Wright a

Witnesses who lie to MPs while giving evidence to parliamentary committees may face criminal charges, the government has indicated. Speaking in the House of Commons on Thursday morning, the deputy leader of the House David Heath acknowledged there were "

We've all seen or heard of the late swing, the cheap-shot inside-leg kick that just happens to catch the sweet spot of a fighter and everything else. Over the years, the sport of mixed-martial arts has endured their fair share of low blows; for some reas

12 December 2011 Last updated at 08:36 ET Droppings from the starlings contaminate the animal feed causing health problems for the cows A farmer from the Somerset Levels has said roosting starlings are costing his business up to ÂŁ40,000 a year. He fears