Up to 60 people were injured when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.

Four years after a scandal with his mistress derailed his political career, ex-Republican governor Mark Sanford once again holds a political office, winning back his old congressional South Carolina seat after a race in which he battled his past.

As the cooler weather set in around the northern states of the US this month, the question arose once again: why oh why does the baseball season extend into October?

AMERICAN talk show star David Letterman apologised on the air to his wife who he said had been “horribly hurt” by his admission he had sexual affairs with staff members.

THE man who would replace South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford if he resigned over his affair with a woman in Argentina said yesterday he wasn’t calling for the governor’s resignation, and would try to help him through the next year.

A TOP South Carolina Republican leader says philandering South Carolina governor Mark Sanford should resign and practise the philosophy he’s preached of holding GOP leaders accountable.

The political future of a state governor who visited his mistress in Argentina after indicating he was off hiking in the US hung in the balance today.

The governor of South Carolina, a rumoured 2012 presidential contender, has tearfully confessed to having an affair with a woman in Argentina, dealing the latest blow to a struggling Republican Party.

SOUTH Carolina Governor Mark Sanford returned to the US yesterday from a secret private trip to Argentina, ending days of speculation over his whereabouts and raising questions about his judgment.

Hogmaneigh, winner of the Portland Handicap last weekend, will break from stall 27 in Saturday’s John Smith’s Ayr Gold Cup.

Linda Perratt hopes to fulfil her life-long dream by winning the John Smith’s Ayr Gold Cup next month.

Appalachian Trail may return to the scene of his latest triumph in the search of a first Group success.

Blue Bajan staked an early claim for top jumping honours next winter by showing a terrific turn of foot to win the totepool Swinton Handicap Hurdle at Haydock.

Jamie Spencer brought his red-hot form to Doncaster and posted a classy victory aboard Michael Stoute’s Floristry in the six-furlong Coral Trophy.

Irish raider Confuchias got up close home to deny Appalachian Trail in the opening race on John Smith’s Northumberland Plate day at Newcastle.

Appalachian Trail will attempt to justify an entry in next month’s totesport Ayr Gold Cup when he runs over six furlongs for the first time in his 32-race career at Newmarket on Saturday.

Kevin Ryan’s Uhoomagoo will go to post for his 99th career start in Saturday’s totesport International at Ascot.

Trainer Eoghan O’Neill has been one of the biggest success stories of this season and he can continue in his rich vein of form at Salisbury tomorrow.

Ageing screen icons Paul Newman and Robert Redford have confirmed they are determined to reunite in a screen version of Bill Bryson's novel A Walk in the Woods.