Best cms for small news website?

hello,
i am building a small news site mainly using fireworks and dreamweaver. it will be loosly based on this layout: www.telegraph.co.uk
i was just wondering if anyone has any experience with content management systems and if so, what one would suggest i use for small news project?
after a bit of research i am leaning towards wordpress but then one came up called modx which is suppossed to be really easy to to use?
any thoughts?
many thanks.

CMSs come small & large. The right one for your project depends on several factors:
a) your coding skills
b) what type of server-side programming and databases you can use
c) projected size of site
d) feature requirements
e) budget
COMMERCIAL
Cushy CMS (free & paid)
No PHP or databases required.
http://www.cushycms.com
Perch (one time fee per site)
PHP & MySql required
http://grabaperch.com/
Media Carbon (formerly called "Content Seed")
No databases required
Available in ASP or PHP "Seeds"
http://mediacarbon.com/
WebAssist Power CMS Builder for DW
PHP & MySql required
http://www.webassist.com/dreamweaver-extensions/powercms-builder/
Adobe Business Catalyst (subscription includes CMS & hosting)
http://www.businesscatalyst.com/
OPEN SOURCE (free)
Concrete 5
PHP & MySql required
http://www.concrete5.org/
e107 CMS
PHP & MySql required
http://e107.org/
Get Simple CMS -
PHP, no database required.
http://get-simple.info/
WordPress
PHP & MySql required
http://wordpress.org
Joomla!
PHP & MySql required
http://joomla.com
Drupal
PHP & MySql required
http://drupal.com
Drupal vs Joomla vs WordPress -- which is better?
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219685/Site_builder_shootout_D rupal_vs._Joomla_vs._WordPress
Nancy O.

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