THE view across the Brisbane River from the South Bank cultural precinct is a mess: a tangle of concrete roads masking a couple of heritage buildings at one end and, at the other, the grey institutional ugliness of the Queensland University of Technology

The slum is the focus of a looming showdown as municipal authorities and developers seek to raze it to the ground and replace it with office towers, luxury apartments and shopping malls.

Hoping to avert a future marked by recurring coastal floods and backcountry wildfires, state regulators are poised to roll out a plan to reverse climate change.

Prom night is a big night for many high schoolers, and one Columbiana County group is trying to help make that happen for less fortunate teens. Andretti Closes Andretti Ford in Newton Falls has closed its doors. A sign on the dealership window blames the

Cracked dams and buckled roads, collapsed buildings and toppled factories _ China has begun to tally its losses from an earthquake this week that killed thousands and left thousands more missing, with estimates ranging to over $20 billion. It remains unkn