South Africa overwhelms Wales 43-17 in first test under new coach

South Africa scored four tries Saturday to beat Wales 43-17 in the first test with a flawless kicking display from Butch James.

The Springbok flyhalf scored 23 points at Free State Stadium with four conversions and five penalties in an expansive display of rugby in new coach Peter de Villiers's first test.

De Villiers made 10 changes from the team which won the World Cup.

South Africa scored a single try through fullback Conrad Jantjes in the first half and added three more in the second half through center Jean de Villiers, No. 8 Pierre Spies and veteran fullback Percy Montgomery.

Wales got tries from fullback Jamie Roberts late in …

Cubs turn on the power Lee passes Banks with two homers in rare offensive show

cubs 14, marlins 3

Timely hitting has been the Cubs' albatross all season.

Perhaps the pressure of trying to stay in the playoff hunt was thereason.

With that pressure deflated, the Cubs exploded Sunday with theirsecond-highest scoring total of the season against their nemeses fromthe 2003 National League Championship Series, the Florida Marlins.The Cubs' 14-3 victory in front of 38,763 at Wrigley Field preventeda sweep in the three-game series and capped off a celebratoryatmosphere on the day Ryne Sandberg's No. 23 was retired and DerrekLee passed Ernie Banks for the most home runs in one season by a Cubsfirst baseman.

We didn't want to get swept," said …

Contracting Community Highlights

This issue's feature article highlights the career development initiatives undertaken by the Picatinny Center for Contracting and Commerce (PC3) at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ. The article is a collaborative effort by four Army Contracting and Acquisition Career Program (CP-14) interns at Picatinny, and it presents detailed information on the formation and processes of the organizations that have been established to augment career development in the PC3. The three self-directed groups described in the article are the Procuring Contracting Officers' (PCOs') Roundtable, New Associates Development Group (NADG) and Associates Development Group (ADG). These groups' goals are to leverage a more …

Former NFL official Jack Reader dies

Jack Reader, who spent nearly 50 years in NFL officiating and worked two Super Bowls, has died. He was 82.

He died of cancer in Hingham, Mass., on Nov. 10, a day before his birthday, the NFL said Tuesday.

Reader was the back judge in the first and third Super Bowls. He was a referee and back judge in the AFL and NFL from 1960-74 before joining the …

ReneSola returns to profitability in first quarter

Chinese solar wafer maker ReneSola said Monday that it returned to profitability in the first quarter on the back of record solar product shipments.

ReneSola said it had net income of $11.8 million, or 7 cents per share, for the quarter ended March 31, after a net loss of $30 million, or 22 cents per share, in the year-ago period.

Revenue nearly doubled to $207 million in the quarter …

Party barge flips over in Texas, injuring two

AUSTIN, Texas - A double-decker party barge capsized when dozensof passengers moved to one side of the boat as it approached Texas'only nude beach.

Sixty people on the boat were rescued Sunday from Lake Travis,including two with minor injuries, authorities said.

The accident happened during Splash Day, a …

Summary Box: Treasury yields rise on jobs news

RATES UP: News of a drop in first-time unemployment claims helped lift Treasury yields.

GOING LONG: The Treasury sold $13 billion in 30-year bonds, …