Ravern Johnson had 15 points and Jarvis Varnado added 11 rebounds and seven blocks to lead Mississippi State to a 77-55 victory over Centenary on Saturday.
The Bulldogs (1-0) advance to 9-2 in season openers under head coach Rick Stansbury.
Mississippi State has beaten Centenary in all six meetings, the last coming in 1999, by an average of 20.8 points.
Centenary (0-1) hit 7-of-13 3-pointers in the second …
SIEGFRIED by Wagner will be screened live in HD at Theatr Mwldan,Cardigan, via a satellite from New York on Saturday at 4pm.
Starring Bryn Terfel in his first-ever performances of the thirdopera in Wagner's Der Ring des …
SAN DIEGO - Jake Peavy is putting together an impressive Cy Young resume. Peavy lowered his major league-leading ERA to 2.39, struck out 10 to take over the big league lead and pitched the San Diego Padres to a 5-1 win over the last-place San Francisco Giants on Sunday.
Kevin Kouzmanoff had three hits and an RBI for the Padres, who maintained their 1 1/2-game lead in the NL wild-card race. They went into the day trailing first-place Arizona by two games in the NL West. San Diego swept the Giants, winning its eighth straight against San Francisco.
Peavy's 18 wins are the most in the NL and a personal best. He allowed four hits in 7 1-3 innings and won for the ninth time in …
President Dmitry Medvedev has introduced legislation intended to make it easier for human rights groups and other nongovernmental organizations to operate in Russia.
Medvedev said the legislation sent to parliament Wednesday would decrease the number of documents NGOs would be required to provide and ease the registration process.
The changes would soften a law passed three years ago …
BILLERICAY: A philanthropic group is celebrating after collectingmore than Pounds 250 during a charity tin shake in the town centre.
Members of the Rotary Club of Billericay received Pounds 251.47from generous shoppers during a collection in the High Street onFebruary …
Par ticipation in Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg's transportation-incentive program has increased by about 40 percent since the program's May 2006 inception.
More than 100 employees at the Hampden Township-based Navy base use the program, which provides commuter-bus service through a partnership with Capital Area Transit. Twenty-six riders have joined since May 2008. The program …
Indonesia will soon raise fuel prices by up to 30 percent to avoid a budget blowout amid the soaring cost of oil on the global market, the government said Monday.
The decision to cut subsidies that keep gasoline, diesel fuel and kerosene affordable to the country's millions of poor risks nationwide demonstrations and political opposition from parties jockeying for position ahead of elections next year.
The government last raised prices in 2005, defying protests and winning praise from international donors. To cushion the blow, it provided direct cash payments to the poor _ a policy it is sure to repeat this time around.
President Susilo Bambang …
