Wisconsin Tea Party Activists Weigh In on State Employee Protests, Discover Measures to Recall Lacking Democratic Senators Some Wisconsin doctors threw their help behind teachers protesting the Republican governor's efforts to strip unions of their bargaining powers, declaring they'd compose sick notes for teachers to skip work to demonstrate. The union protesters have been picketing the state capitol in Madison for five days, angered by Gov. Scott Walker's proposed bill, which has the backing from the Republican controlled state Senate. The Madison College ...

The beginning of the World Cup in South Africa next June kicks-off a festival of football on the pitch, but there are a wealth of issues for the host country to tackle off the field too. Up to half-a-million fans are expected to visit for the tournament and a string of sparkling new stadiums and hotels have sprung up to accommodate them. But that influx of supporters also brings with it a danger of an explosion in the sex trade ...