Newcastle Knights bounced back from a savaging last outing to hammer the Canterbury Bulldogs 44-8 in Australia's National Rugby League on Sunday. The Knights, coached by seven-time NRL champion mentor Wayne Bennett, posted their first win in three games with seven tries to see off last season's grand finalists Canterbury in Newcastle. Only the previous week the Knights capitulated 44-14 to the Raiders in Canberra and have climbed to fourth on the competition standings headed by the South Sydney Rabbitohs after 10 rounds.

Americans by the droves plunked down their cash Saturday for a chance at fulfilling a feverish dream: winning an estimated $600 million Powerball lottery jackpot. The winning numbers -- 10, 13, 14, 22, 52 and a Powerball of 11 - were drawn just before 11:00 pm eastern time (0300 GMT Sunday) but contest organizers did not immediately declare if there had been a winner. If there is no winner, the jackpot could rise to close to $1 billion by the next scheduled draw on Wednesday.

When Dexter the cocker spaniel tore a ligament in his hind leg a few weeks ago, he didn't suffer in silence. Instead, his owner wrote a blog post. "The vet told me my dog needed surgery, and I thought, 'You know, there's got to be something else'," said Carol Bryant, who writes a "canine-centric online magazine" called A Fidose of Reality. Responding to her blog entries, readers told Bryant that Dexter didn't have to go under the knife. He had options, like laser therapy and a leg brace he'll be wearing for the next six months.

When Dexter the cocker spaniel tore a ligament in his hind leg a few weeks ago, he didn't suffer in silence. Instead, his owner wrote a blog post. "The vet told me my dog needed surgery, and I thought, 'You know, there's got to be something else'," said Carol Bryant, who writes a "canine-centric online magazine" called A Fidose of Reality. Responding to her blog entries, readers told Bryant that Dexter didn't have to go under the knife. He had options, like laser therapy and a leg brace he'll be wearing for the next six months.