IN the end there was such a love-in, it felt wrong to have forced the two sides in the Ryder Cup to play each other at all.

An explosion in an eastern Kentucky coal mine killed five miners while one other miner was able to get out alive, state Governor Ernie Fletcher said today.

Pamela Anderson has lost her bid to get the bust of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) founder Colonel Harland Sanders removed from the state Capitol building.

Washington lobbyist Haley Barbour unseated Mississippi Democratic Governor Ronnie Musgrove as the Republicans consolidated party gains in elections in the United States.