Drake Anthony studies chemistry, physics and mathematics at Southern Illinois University and, in his spare time, he makes lasers.

Republican candidate Mitt Romney was under pressure to produce a strong performance in the early hours of this morning at his first face-to-face debate with President Barack Obama, amid signs Romney may be gaining some ground in the race for the White House.

CELEBRATING the exploits of frontierswoman Martha Jane Canary, Doris Day sang, “Take me back to the Black Hills, the Black Hills of Dakota”, in the 1950s film Calamity Jane.

A man already in a US prison and with a long history of sex crimes has admitted killing nine people in cold cases dating back at least 30 years.