A FRENCHMAN was shot dead in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah early yesterday in a killing that mirrored recent attacks by al-Qaeda militants trying to destabilise the world's largest oil exporter.


M's Hernandez shuts down Athletics again

Felix Hernandez ended the first half of his season the same way he started it: with a dominating performance against the Oakland Athletics.


Rookieâs Debut Delights Family and Scares Giants

Pressed into emergency service before the Giants thought he was ready, cornerback Geoff Pope may be the least likely participant remaining in the N.F.L. playoffs.


Presidente Napolitano ricevera' poi Bertinotti


'Saltimbanco' incanta l'Italia Quando Il circo fa spettacolo

Roma, 7 ottobre 2004 - Debutto capitolino di 'Saltimbanco', lo spettacolo del 'Cirque de Soleil' che ha giÃ  incantato il pubblico milanese nella scorsa primavera, ma giÃ  Ã¨ stata annunciata una settimana di repliche, fino al 31 ottobre, per la grande


U.S. 135, Puerto Rico 91: Anthony Leads U.S. to an Olympic Bid

The United States clinched a berth in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, thanks to Carmelo Anthonyâs 16 third quarter points.


Sprint, Samsung bet on WiMax high-speed technology

Sprint Nextel Corp , which recently  said it would spend up to $5 billion on a mobile high-speed  wireless standard by 2010, said it had awarded the New York  WiMax market to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. .


Police at Tennis Center Crack Down on Ticket Scalping

At the U.S. Open on Monday and Tuesday at least seven undercover police officers issued summonses to tourists and tennis fans who tried to sell their spare tickets.


England bowlers Sajid Mahmood and Simon Jones are among are set to feature in an upcoming Bollywood film about cricket.


Sacrificing freedom for equality in France's schools

As students in this high-rise slum on the northern edge of Paris enter their grim high school each morning, they pass a battered steel sign reading "LycÃ©e Suger: LibertÃ© - EgalitÃ© - FraternitÃ©.


Another probable case of West Nile found

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Friday announced another probable human case of West Nile Virus in the state. A 19-year old individual from Johnson County was hospitalized with a probable


Baseball: The odds show, better team doesn't always win Series

Frederick Mosteller is a lifelong Red Sox fan. This is impressive on its face, particularly considering that his life began in 1916 and that he has survived almost nine decades with no memory of his team's last World Series victory.


InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems is still around. But what about the four men who gave it life? InfoWorld went on the hunt for Sun's founding fathers: Andy Bechtolsheim, Vinod Khosla, Bill Joy, and Scott McNealy. Here's what we found.


Bush: Economic stimulus package to be "robust"

President George W. Bush insisted on Wednesday that the economic stimulus package he is working on with Congress will be robust enough to help the U.S. economy.


U.S. to free last four British Guantanamo detainees

Have the news stories that matter most sent to your inbox daily. The last four Britons held at Guantanamo Bay will be released within weeks and turned over to British authorities, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw ...


Coup leaders in Thailand say the country's stock exchange and banks will be closed on Wednesday.


'Crystal Jelly Double Dong' off the menu Greenpeace Netherlands has issued a statement warning sex toy lovers not to shove the "Spectra Gel Anal Plug" or the "Crystal Jelly Double Dong" where the sun don't shine, according to an eye-watering report on Expatica.â¦


Mylan raising nearly $1 billion in offerings

Generic drug maker Mylan Laboratories Inc.  said on Friday it is raising at least about $993.6 million in a public offering of notes and common shares, with proceeds intended for global operations and potential acquisitions.


Oltre meta' della platea televisiva ha visto suoi programmi


White House saw only tactics causing severe, lasting pain as torture, Justice official testifies.


Florida voters to begin casting early ballots

Election Day is still two weeks away, but voters across Florida have the option Monday of beginning to cast their ballots early in this pivotal battleground state.


Direzione del S. Filippo Neri a Roma chiude sale operatorie


Cavaliers move up to No. 6 in football polls

Entering a road contest on Saturday against defending ACC champion Florida State, the Cavaliers are ranked in the top 10 in the country in seven different categories.


Health care was the topic of the day Saturday, but Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards made sure New Hampshire voters gave him another chance to say he was wrong as a senator to authorize the use of force in Iraq.


Hewlett-Packard has announced the next iteration in its Compaq X gaming PC line, which uses the new 3.8-GHz Pentium 4 570. The launch of Intel's new chip was expected, the last entrant in Intel's single-core processor line.


Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly (D) often reminds residents that they have two representatives: their elected supervisor and himself, the only board member who runs at large.


New research challenges the notion that young Americans are the most self-absorbed.


Abu Dhabi National Energy Co   will buy Canada's Primewest Energy Trust (PWI_u.TO)  for C$5 billion in cash, Primewest said on Monday, as the  state-controlled firm makes good on plans to turn its new  Canadian unit into a major oil producer.


U.S. actor Joel Grey won't be giving last-minute advice to the cast of the new production of "Cabaret" opening in Berlin next week, even though he's in the German capital for the premiere and to show his work as a photographer.


An Airbus A380 super jumbo performs its demonstration flight at the 46th International Paris Air Show at Le Bouget airport, north of Paris, in this June 16, 2005 file photo.Comment


Tennis: Clijsters eases into semi-finals

HASSELT, Belgium : Former world number one Kim Clijsters eased into the semi-finals of the 170,00-dollar WTA event as the Belgian continued her return from a five-month injury absence.


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Yahoo Messenger deepens social networking features

InfoWorld - Yahoo, disconcertingly unable toÂ develop a popular social networking site, will try to accentuate the social networking capabilities of Yahoo Messenger when it releases on Tuesday a beta upgrade of this widely used instant messaging service.


Rebate payment from Intel makes all the difference in margin increase.


About two-thirds of households would fail an energy efficiency test, according to Scottish Gas.


Hertfordshire Police discipline 100 senior officers, other ranks and civilian staff for distributing a "racist"  e-mail.


Chancellor Gordon Brown confirms his baby son James Fraser has been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis.


Con nuova asta a 14 giorni, richieste per 62,150 miliardi


Artest Expresses Regret Over Brawl with Detroit Fans

Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest  has admitted that he regrets charging into the stands to fight  Detroit Pistons fans last Friday, sparking an ugly brawl that  led to his suspension for the rest of the season.


GlobeSt.com UPDATE: HK Cancels IPO for Retail REIT

HONG KONG-The government here has cancelled the $2.7-billion initial public offering for Link REIT, which would have privatized 180 retail malls and car parks on public housing estates through a quoted REIT.


Amberes, 14:05 - CALCIO, CINESE FANGZHOU AL MANCHESTER UTD DA GENNAIO

Dong Fangzhou, definito da piÃ¹ parti il miglior talento cinese di sempre, vestirà la maglia d...


African force in Darfur far too small, UN envoy says

LONDON, Aug 18  -- The United Nations' top envoy in Sudan said an African peacekeeping force deploying in Darfur was too small to carry out its mission in the vast, devastated Sudanese region, in comments published Wednesday in the Financial Times ...


The company sees its future in helping businesses migrate their IT systems to more flexible, SOA-enabled infrastructures; more details about the strategy are expected next month.


Cheney Once Pushed to Lift Iran Sanctions

WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney, who has called Iran "the world's leading exporter of terror," pushed to lift U.S. trade sanctions against Tehran while chairman of Halliburton Co...


L'attore, star di Brokeback Mountain, aveva 29 anni


Michigan comes a step closer to moving its primary election forward, as states jostle to be first in the calendar.


National Grid Transco agreed one of the largest cash deals in recent corporate history yesterday with the sale of four of its eight gas distribution networks for Â£5.


Tony Blair and Condoleezza Rice will discuss possible sanctions against Iran when they meet at Chequers.


Matt Leinart made a strong pitch for the Heisman Trophy, and Southern California overcame a sluggish start to move within one win of a perfect regular season.


Sudan's former foes in crisis talks to rescue deal

The two sides in Sudan's national coalition meet on Thursday to try to salvage their fragile peace deal after disenchanted former southern rebels walked out of the government.


4th-Qtr Economic Growth Slows, Inflation Up

The U.S. economy grew at a weaker-than-expected 3.1 percent annual pace in the final quarter last year, its slowest since the beginning of 2003 as the country's trade performance deteriorated and inflation picked up, a government report on Friday showed.


Taking a form of HRT can sharply increase the risk of a blood clot for some women, research suggests.


Bangladesh Opposition Stages Fourth Strike in a Week, AFP Says

Bangladesh's opposition supporters staged their fourth strike within a week in the capital, Dhaka, in protest at an attack on a political rally that killed 20 people, Agence France-Presse reported from the city.


HK leaders back return of anti-subversion Bill

HONG KONG - Fresh from election success, the leader of a pro-government party in Hong Kong said yesterday the time was ripe to revisit a Beijing-mandated anti-subversion Bill put on hold after half a million protesters poured into the streets to oppose it


Nikkei segna +0,55%. Cambi: euro debole sul dollaro


Brain scans could help predict whether people will develop schizophrenia, research suggests.


A man held his editor brother at gunpoint for a time at a newspaper office in Richmond on Wednesday and was being sought in the shooting death of a woman, authorities and another editor said.


Pietersen predicts England one-day cricket breakthrough

Kevin Pietersen believes England are on the verge of becoming a force in one-day cricket after going 2-1 up in their seven-match series against India.


An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale hit western Japan on Tuesday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The 8:29 am (2329 GMT) quake measured 4 on the Japanese


ROD LAVER, the last of only two men to win tennis' calender year Grand Slam, believes Roger Federer can become the first modern-day player to emulate his rare feat.


Sania Mirza of India scored a big victory before a home crowd Friday, beating eighth-seeded Maria Kirilenko of Russia 6-4, 7-6 (4) at the Hyderabad Open to reach her first WTA Tour final.


Londram 13:50, 13:49 - CALCIO, INGHILTERRA: GIOCATORE ACCOLTELLATO IN NIGHTCLUB

Ronnie Wallwork, 29 anni, centrocampista in prestito dal West Browmich al Barnsley, è ricover...


The Premiership: Everton leapfrog Arsenal to go second. Now Chelsea can really rub it in. Merseyside is swinging to the rhythm of the Blues.


Pakistan allows Bhutto back but warns of prosecution

Musharraf government says exiled former prime minister will have to face corruption allegations.


Chris Paul has 21 points and 10 assists, outplaying Steve Nash while lifting New Orleans to a 101-98 victory over the Phoenix Suns.


Wildfires Wane as Bush Visits California

EL CAJON, Calif., Oct. 25 -- Continued weakening of the seasonal Santa Ana winds allowed firefighters to step up their battle against devastating wildfires Thursday, though thousands of homes remained under threat from advancing flames and the death toll rose with the discovery of six bodies.


Merck & Co Inc. Thursday pulled its  arthritis drug Vioxx off the market because it increases the  risk of heart attack and stroke, a move that sent its shares  plunging, erasing $25 billion of its market value.


Update 1: Heating Costs for Natural Gas to Jump

As if $2 a gallon gasoline hasn't been bad enough, people now should be bracing for sharply higher heating bills this winter whether they use oil or natural gas to warm their homes.


CHARLOTTE, NC | A successful integration with FleetBoston Financial Corp. and declining business in mortgages has led Bank of America Corp.


Gators, Zook look to break 18-year drought in Tallahassee

Florida coach Ron Zook has one final chance to do something even Steve Spurrier couldn't do as Top Gator -- win at Florida State.


Microsoft Corp. will start selling a cheaper model of the Xbox 360 video game machine in Japan to woo gamers there, the U.S. software maker said Monday.


At least 10 current and former detainees at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detailed abuses similar to those described by FBI agents, The Washington Post reports on its Web site.


Liquor sellers hit MADD's ties to supporters of wine measure

The Massachusetts chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, which has adopted a neutral position in the debate over allowing more food stores to sell wine, lists as sponsors two of the supermarket chains leading the fight for the wine measure.


PHOENIX - Call him Citizen McCain. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., spent Thursday in Phoenix Municipal Court awaiting possible jury duty and fielding questions from other potential jurors.


Scarso successo pero' per la sua prima apparizione in Usa


NFL is getting a little too hot for its audience

The network didn't mean to offend you. (...Sunday nights on ABC, 9 pm Eastern, 8 o'clock Central.). It understands that what it did was unsuitable for many viewers (This week on a sizzling new Housewives, Edie


Russian officials said Friday they detected traces of a high explosive in the wreckage of one of two crashed jetliners, branding it the work of terrorists, while an Islamic


Cingular Buyout of AT&T Wireless Wins Approval

Description: The Justice Department clears the way for Cingular Wireless to acquire AT&T Wireless. The deal, worth an estimated $41 billion, would make Cingular the nation's largest wireless phone company.


Facing rising costs and resurgent competition from rivals like Mercedes, BMW announced its first significant layoffs in at least a decade.


BAGHDAD -- US forces launched a new offensive yesterday against insurgents in an area south of the capital dubbed the "triangle of death," while militants ambushed an elite Iraqi police unit in a Baghdad neighbourhood known for its loyalty to ousted


Piu' dell'80% generato dai servizi e dal commercio


''E' solo un'ipocrisia pensare a isole felici''


La proposta, partita del direttorio delle comunicazioni sociali, Ã¨ stata approvata e pubblicata dalla Conferenza episcopale italiana (Cei). In 200 pagine, 8 capitoli, 203 paragrafi, con supporti multimediali


BP profits down less than expected as output falls

BP Plc posted a 1 percent drop in quarterly post-tax profit to $6.087 billion as production fell and refinery outages prevented the oil giant from taking full advantage of near-record refining margins.


Hollywood star Liam Neeson has pleaded with politicians in Belfast to save one of the city's oldest theatres.


Star Horse From Europe Is Euthanized After Classic

George Washington, considered one of the top horses in Europe, sustained a fractured right front leg during the running of the Breedersâ Cup Classic on Saturday and had to be euthanized.


Staff at  General Motors are to hold protests across Europe at the company's plans to cut 12,000 jobs.


Hobbled Perkins gets a break from practice

What a difference a week makes. Eight days ago, the Celtics showed up for practice, but there were too many injuries and not enough bodies to go around. Two days of unproductive workouts begat dreadful losses to the Bobcats and Knicks.


Armed Robbers Steal 4 Masterworks in Zurich

The total worth of the paintings by van Gogh, Monet, Degas and CÃ©zanne is estimated at $163 million.


New Century Financial Corp. , the largest independent U.S. subprime lender, said on Monday that its lenders plan to halt financing, in a development that could push the company closer to bankruptcy.


The latest information on phishing indicates that fraudsters are increasingly using malicious software to direct users to their deceptive sites.


Instant Nostalgia? Letâs Go to the Videotape

The videocassette in film: an unsettling innovation, a romanticized artifact, an LP in an MP3 world.


Kremlin rules out public inquiry on Beslan

LONDON President Vladimir Putin of Russia has ruled out a public inquiry into the Beslan school siege and snarled at those who think he should do business with Chechen militants, two British newspapers said Tuesday.


The Film Producers Guild of India, which represents over 95% of the industry, is presenting EM2 Â the Entertainment, Media and Marketing Seminar on the 3rd September 2004 at the Hyatt Regency, Mumbai.


Hitachi cuts 10 percent of U.S. work force

The company axes 400 jobs, joining other hard drive makers in eliminating staff.


Grant Hill scored 17 points and had nine rebounds, and Steve Francis nearly posted a triple-double in the Orlando Magic's 94-84 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night.


Londra, 11:44 - CALCIO, INGHILTERRA; TOTTI: CAPELLO E' L'UOMO GIUSTO

Fabio Capello è l'uomo giusto per l'Inghilterra. Lo dice anche Francesco Totti. "Fabio &egrav...


An inaugural journey to the Arctic floor

Blog: NASA, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution send robots where no man (or bot) has ever been.


There are holes aplenty in this national-security 'Breach.'


Branson sets sights on UK's Virgin Radio: paper

British entrepreneur Richard Branson and  former ITV commercial television chief Charles Allen could  launch a takeover of SMG's Virgin Radio, the Observer newspaper  said on Sunday without citing sources.


The individual corporation canât go it alone. If there is a theme of this yearâs C.E.S., it is cooperation.


Japan's emperor criticises media ahead of birthday

Japan's Emperor Akihito, who celebrates his 74th birthday on Sunday, has criticised media reports for misinterpreting his comments about the crown prince and princess.


NFL Players Union Files Carter Grievance

The NFL Players Association filed a special master proceeding against the Dallas Cowboys on Monday on behalf of quarterback Quincy Carter, saying he was released by the team "for reasons not permitted by the current NFL collective bargaining agreement."


Sara Lee Coffee & Tea said Wednesday it was raising its retail coffee prices to keep pace with 14 percent hikes by other major roasters as global bean supply next year shifts from surplus to deficit.


Miller again the hero as Celtic down Danes

Kenny Miller reinforced his reputation as a hero for Celtic after scoring from the penalty spot to secure a 1-0 Champions League victory at home to Copenhagen in Group F.


Patrick Stuebing and his sister and lover Susan Karolewski hope to overturn Germany's law against incest.


Cisco agrees to buy call center vendor Latigent

(InfoWorld) - Cisco Systems has agreed to buy Latigent, a vendor of call center reporting tools, and plans to integrate Latigent's products with itsÂ unified customer contact center systems. The integrated products will help businesses better manage voice, Web, e-mail and video interactions with their customers, Cisco said Thursday. Barely one in three businesses with multichannel customer contact centers have a clear idea of how they are doing, according to a report published by Ventana ResearchÂ in January. Targeted business intelligence tools like Latigent's BlueVue, Hardmetrics' CCPM or others from Informiam and Merced Systems are designed to provide that information. Call-center operators use the BlueVue reporting tool to filter and search call details generated by Cisco's Intelligent Contact Management software. It can be used to generate either real-time or historical reports, allowing call-center operators to identify which calls queued for excessive periods, or took too long to resolve. The Chicago company's tools also work with Cisco's IP Contact Center and with systems from Avaya. Latigent's CEO Chris Crosby and Chief Technology Officer Jason Kolb will join Cisco after the acquisition closes, Cisco said. It expects to close the acquisition -- its 123rd -- by the end of October, and will fold Latigent into its Customer Contact business unit. The companies did not the disclose the deal's value.


Proofpoint launches virtual security beta

(InfoWorld) - Proofpoint Inc. launched a beta version of security software for systems using virtualization technology from VM Ware Inc., the company said Monday. The product -- Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway for VMware -- is aimed at the increasing number of enterprises using VMware to reduce the amount of hardware in their data centers, said Andres Kohn, Proofpoint's vice president of product management. The final version should be available by the end of the year. VMware makes virtualization software that allows multiple copies of an operating system to run on a machine's hardware, using more of its data-processing capability. It allows enterprises to run fewer servers and benefit from lower energy and maintenance costs. Proofpoint's says its product is the first virtual security appliance for e-mail. The software provides antispam and antivirus protection plus data privacy and intellectual property protection features. "It's still very early in the virtual appliance space," Kohn said. "We want to give our customers the flexibility." The product uses the same code base as the software that runs on Proofpoint's hardware security appliances, said Keith Crosley, director of corporate communications. Proofpoint's Messaging Security Gateway for VMware acts like a hardware appliance, but runs on VMware infrastructure. The software can be downloaded to a VMware image running on a machine, Kohn said. It will run on x86 desktops or servers running VMware's Player, Workstation, Server or ESX Server. Proofpoint has different pricing based on what functions are included and how many mailboxes an organization is using. Users can run unlimited images on an unlimited number of servers. Proofpoint gave a sample cost for a one-year license of US$10,000 for 250 users, which would include spam and virus detection, zero-hour virus detection and content compliance functions. The beta is available for download onÂ Proofpoint's Web site . Â


READING, Pa. - A motorist's bail was revoked when police said he had the daring to show up drunk to his preliminary hearing on drunken driving charges...


European regulators testified here yesterday that before settlement talks with Microsoft Corp. broke down last spring, the company had agreed to anti-trust sanctions that it now says would cause irreparable


ATHENS, Greece - By the end of the Olympic basketball tournament's first week, the shock of the United States' opening-game loss to Puerto Rico was wearing off.


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N.Y. Atty General Announces Drug-Price Web Site

New York Attorney General Eliot  Spitzer on Tuesday said his office has created an interactive  Web site to help New Yorkers comparison shop for prescription  drugs, following a statewide survey showing widely varying  prices at pharmacies.


Assasination Attempt on Serbian President

A statement given by the Serbian Presidency, said the attempt was foiled and Tadic was saved. Tadic was attacked while he was in his car in Belgrade last night when his car was hit repeatedly by a black car.


Romanian authorities were responsible for the deportation and killing of more than 350,000 Jews during World War II, a new study shows.


Indian State Eyes Faster Internet Project

In a bid to give a big push to e-governance, an Indian state on Monday cleared a plan that will help its officials move Internet data thousand times faster than now.


Investigators on three continents worked to fill in the full, frightening picture Friday of a plot to blow U.S. jetliners out of the Atlantic skies, tracking the money trail and seizing more alleged conspirators in the teeming towns of eastern Pakistan.


Israeli PM Ariel Sharon reportedly decides to lift a ban on diplomatic contact with the Palestinians.


For the second night in a row, the Nats' bats fall silent as Los Angeles' Derek Lowe throws seven scoreless innings for a 5-0 Dodgers win.


Rights groups urge Pakistan to suspend Islamic laws

Pakistani rights activists called on   the government on Sunday to suspend Islamic laws on rape and   adultery until controversy over them is settled.


Rice rejects lowering bar for Iran talks

"I don't know what partial suspension would look like, and it doesn't seem to me to be a very wise course."  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice maintained a firm line Sunday against efforts to soften conditions for Iran to enter talks over its disputed nuclear program, dismissing as "chatter" discussions among U.S. ... via Kentucky.com


Tech Whiz Aims to Boost Third World Care

Vikram Kumar is hardly your typical tech chief executive. He shares a two-bedroom apartment with a sister and a nephew and gets around town by bicycle or in a 20-year-old Mercedes Benz. The 28-year-old MIT graduate works days as a pathology resident at Brigham and Women's Hospital across the Charles River in Boston and only turns his energies at night to his business: improving rural health care in the developing world with handheld computer technology.


New service lets consumers access an all-in-one mailbox from anywhere using a phone or the Internet.


The writersâ strike forced hosts like Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to improvise more than most viewers probably know.


Spanish municipality orders White Christmas - by decree

Spain's southern municipality of Lepe has ordered a 'White Christmas' by "decree" as it has not snowed in the area for half a century.


A Paris appeals court on Tuesday upheld the acquittals of three photographers accused of invasion of privacy after they took pictures of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed at the scene of their deadly crash.


Pakistan steps up security; blast toll 16

Police in the Pakistani capital  stepped up security on Wednesday, as the death toll rose to 16  from a suicide attack outside a court where the country's  suspended chief justice had been due to speak.


Global warming in the Arctic is happening now, warns the most comprehensive scientific report to date. The reports concludes that the northern ice cap is warming at twice the global rate and that this will lead to serious consequences for the planet.


Tax bill could imperil Blackstone IPO plan

Senate legislation would force Blackstone Group LP to pay taxes as a corporation instead of as a partnership after 2012, a move that may threaten the buyout firm's initial public offering this month.


India's struggling Pathan upbeat ahead of cricket World Cup

Indian paceman Irfan Pathan on Thursday brushed aside concerns over his form and fitness, saying he was confident of delivering at next month's World Cup in the Caribbean.


Turin Winter Games Organizers Sign Peace Deal

A political row over the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics has been solved with a power-sharing agreement between Italy's right-wing government and the left-wing head of the local committee, organizers said Thursday.


US, France Entrenched in Iraq Debt Battle

Differences between France and the  United States over how much of Iraq's debt to cancel hardened  on Saturday as the two attended a meeting aimed at promoting  international harmony.


When the violent video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas hits stores on Tuesday, its sales could eclipse Hollywood's most successful films, even as it draws the ire of critics.


A Calm, but Confusing, First Day of School

In dozens of schools across the city, New York City's nearly 1.1 million public school students returned for the opening of a new school year.


UNDP denies firing employee over N.Korea criticism

The U.N. Development Program, in a growing dispute with Washington over its North Korean operations, denied on Friday it fired an employee for trying to expose the agency's alleged wrongdoing in Pyongyang.


With one day to go before New Hampshire's primary, the Clinton campaign has accused Obama's camp of violating political communication laws.


Former NFL defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield pleaded guilty Friday to lying to investigators in the BALCO steroids case, making him the first football player charged in the long-running federal investigation.


Bush's Lead Over Kerry Narrows in Latest Time Poll

President Bush led Democratic nominee John Kerry by 6 percentage points in a TIME Magazine poll released on Friday, compared with an 11-point lead in a similar poll two weeks ago.


Leaked memos link spammers to ISP Savvis

Internal e-mail messages from Savvis Communications Corp. have surfaced on the Internet that show that the St. Louis-based ISP (Internet service provider) catered to online e-mail marketing companies it suspected of sending out unsolicited commercial ("spam") e-mail, even using "subversive business methods" to help spammers stay online after their Internet address was blacklisted.


Sabotage Brings Iraq North Oil System to a Halt

Sabotage has paralyzed oil operations  in Iraq's north, forcing a suspension in refining while export  flows remain idle, oil officials said on Monday.


U.N. delays Kosovo talks to accommodate Serbs

PRISTINA, Serbia  - The United Nations has agreed to a Serbian request to delay final talks on the fate of breakaway Kosovo province by just over one week to give Belgrade time to appoint delegates, a U.N. mediator said on Friday.


Library use is far more prevalent among people who have broadband Internet connections, according to a new study.


Political rivals of Ukranian opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko are dismissing doctors' claims that he was poisoned, saying the reports are part of last minute campaigning.


Next flu pandemic could kill up to 7 million people, WHO expert ...

The world is closer to the next flu pandemic "than we have ever been before" and it may kill two million to seven million people, a World Health Organization expert said Thursday.


A command centre for a joint US-Iraqi offensive to restore security in Baghdad is ready to go into operation.


The wife of UK soldier Matty Hull killed by "friendly-fire" says watching the cockpit video  was "immensely sad".


The Piano's Hot: Bebe Neuwirth Sings in Concert in West Palm Beach

Playbill - Tony Award-winner Bebe Neuwirth, who spent the summer heating up Off-Broadway in the Kurt Weill musical experience called Here Lies Jenny, warms up to West Palm Beach, Florida, Dec. 29 for a concert with orchestra.


Some Like It Hot, Some Like It Painted in Words

Arthur Miller's disguised take on Marilyn Monroe at the Goodman Theater is not clouded by prurience, but it does not provide much in the way of illumination either.


A new wide-field sky survey known as SuperWasp discovers two planets orbiting far-distant stars.


Races Seek Techniques To Prevent Fatalities

Sudden death in long-distance running is a problem that race organizers said they feared and that they had worked hard to try to prevent.


Three is the magic number for Playboy magazine's March issue.


What do you give the guy who is all but guaranteed to be the next president of Russia? How about an evening of Deep Purple?.


Manette anche al nonno della vittima s'indaga su due suicidi


Oil rose on Thursday after OPEC officials said the producer group will cut output by 1 million barrels per day as soon as possible to prop up prices.


A former British assistant to Salvador Dali is convicted of doctoring one of the surrealist's paintings.


Il capo dello Stato ha reso omaggio al Milite ignotoAi Fori imperiali la sfilata di quasi settemila militari                                          Via alla parata del 2 giugno Abbraccio tra Speciale e il successore                                                                                Tra i vertici delle forze armate presenti anche il generale sostituito ieri con D'Arrigo


Slow-Motion Miracle: One Boy's Journey Out of Autism's Grasp

An 8-year-old boy's continuing journey to break free of the grip of autism reflects a struggle that more than 150,000 American children have faced in the past decade.


Business at the UK's financial services firms is falling at its fastest rate in almost 17 years, warns the CBI.


Britain misses official growth target for 2004

Britain's economy expanded at a faster than expected rate towards the end of 2004, official figures showed, but growth for the year as a whole just missed government targets at 3.1 percent.


As summer winds down, public health officials are keeping track of the potentially deadly West Nile virus. So far, Ingham County has been spared from human cases of the virus, and officials want to keep it that way.


Mike Huckabee is reported the Republican winner in Iowa's caucuses, the start of the 2008 US presidential race.


NEW YORK - The World Economic Forum looks at countries' competitiveness through both ends of the economist's telescope--the macro end and the micro one.


ATHENS - Fireworks exploded, dancers streamed around a giant tree, and the crowd roared 'Hellas, Hellas' as the 12th Paralympic Games opened with a party of thudding drums, lights and flowing costumes on Friday.


Three of Asia's largest steel mills agree to pay Brazilian miner Vale 65% more for iron ore this year.


Strong Quake, Aftershocks Hit Japan; 3 Dead

An earthquake with a preliminary  magnitude of 6.8 and several aftershocks rocked northern Japan  on Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring more  than 250 while knocking out power and phone services, media  said.


A strong earthquake shook parts of Cuba, Jamaica and the Cayman Islands on Sunday, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.


Milano, 10:41 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS: MORTO TIFOSO CELTIC PER INVESTIMENTO

La scorsa notte, dopo le 23 in via Santa Sofia a Milano, è morto un tifoso del Celtic Glasgow...


Palermo, 15:50 - CALCIO, PALERMO: DA LUNEDI' COLANTUONO NUOVO ALLENATORE

L'annuncio ufficiale arriverà solo settimana prossima, ma pare tutto fatto per Colantuono al ...


(InfoWorld) - Unified communications (UC) vendors continue to pile on new products as UC begins to include more high-tech categories in its feature set. This week, CommuniGate Systems announced its latest version of Pronto, one of the first RIA (rich Internet application) UC client solutions. Unlike other UC client interfaces, Pronto is an Internet-based application built on Adobe Flex using Adobe Flash Player 9 as the client delivery mechanism. "Using Adobe sets CommuniGate apart because it is based in Flash, an enterprise-caliber rich solution," said Chris Swenson, director of software analysis at the NPD Group. Currently, most solutions are fat clients that must be downloaded and run as a client/server application. While Pronto is lightweight and can be piped in through the browser, it faces the same challenges as other RIAs in that users will not have access offline. However, the problem is being whittled away, said Swenson. as witnessed by Google Gears and Adobe Air, formerly known as Adobe Apollo, two solutions that promise to offer offline capabilities for online applications. UC is becoming an "imperial" category, said Swenson, as it begins to accommodate more and more technologies. "From sales data, we can see that in terms of dollar volume growth, unified communications as a category won't stop anytime soon," said Swenson. Swenson's designation of "imperial" is a reference to economics as the "imperial science" because it takes in all other social sciences. Among the new features included in Pronto version 1.2 are click-to-call capability from Pronto contacts, and the ability to merge and view simultaneously multiple calendars. "If you are using a sales group calendar, a company calendar, and a personal calendar, you can merge them visually just by pressing Merge," said John Doyle, vice president of business development at CommuniGate Systems. Other features included are a new IM indicator, browser integration, and IM roster management. Doyle also hinted at future versions, saying that if Adobe launched a suite of desktop productivity applications, as the Web keeps buzzing about, users would be able to merge those solutions with Pronto's Flex- and Flash-based UC capabilities. The Pronto IM client uses the open source protocol, the calendar is compatible with Microsoft Outlook, and the VoIP messaging and management component is SIP-based and will work with SIP-based carriers. The client also includes a built-in audio and video player, an RSS feed, and a photo editor. Pricing starts at $89 for 25 users.


Merseyside Police is probing 35 police officers who were allegedly found with offensive email on their computers.


No charges in 'cash for honours' inquiry

The BBC understands that no-one is to face charges after the 16-month cash-for-honours investigation.


James Sorenson, Medical Device Pioneer, Is Dead at 86

Mr. Sorenson overcame a learning disability and built a fortune in innovative medical devices and real estate.


It's too late for this year's flu season, but a Canadian drug company yesterday said it has agreed to provide influenza vaccines to Henry Schein Inc.


A group of 29 people, thought to be North Koreans,  enter a South Korean school in Beijing.


New Service From Amazon Offers Downloadable Films

The move is the first major effort by Amazon to sell downloadable entertainment to compete with an array of other online video retailers.


Robert Redford encourages film-makers to "speak their minds" at the opening of this year's Sundance Film Festival.


Bin Laden says U.S. vulnerable in new video

DUBAI/WASHINGTON  - Osama bin Laden said in a new video marking the sixth anniversary of al Qaeda's September 11 attacks that the United States was vulnerable despite its military and economic power, but he made no specific threats.


Couple who wanted baby sue over having twins

A lesbian couple in Australia are suing their doctor after they had twin girls from an in vitro fertilisation (IVF) procedure when they only wanted one child.


A political give-and-take to form a coalition is expected now that election results show no Iraqi group won the votes needed to form a new government on its own, lawmakers said Sunday.


US, France Discuss UN Resolution on Lebanon

The United States and France are weighing a UN Security Council resolution seeking to curb Syrian influence in Lebanon, whose pro-Syrian president wants to stay beyond


Prostate Cancer Saved My Life. Let Me Explain.

What do Washington artist Abbey Griffin, Sen. Ted Kennedy and I have in common?


In late afternoon trading in New York, the euro was trading above $1.42 amid fresh evidence of losses in the mortgage industry.


Game Theory: Talking the Talk and Compiling the Clues

Dusk is more concerned with story than game play and it has a bad habit of leading the player around by the nose.


This factory juggling a lot of balls at once

The calls come in every year, right before the NFL's conference championship games, and when they do, Peg Price tries not to laugh.


McCain seeks to overcome war frustration

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain said Wednesday he's out to win the hearts and minds of voters on the Iraq war.


Iraq Group Sets Ransom, Deadline for French Release

A statement posted on a Web site  purportedly by an Iraqi group which said it was holding two  French hostages set a $5 million ransom on Monday and a 48-hour  deadline for its demands to be met.


CORRECTED: Emmy voters snub serial killer, teen athletes

(Corrects reference to "Six Feet Under" character played by Michael C. Hall in 3rd paragraph)


In retrospect, Apple should have made a disclaimer before the iPhone went on sale Friday at 6pm: If you want an iPhone, don't go to an AT&T store. Hoping to avoid massive crowds, many iPhone buyers ventured to smaller AT&T stores, like the one in Asburn, Virginia. But it turns out the real stock was located at Apple's own stores, and standing in line was not a requirement.


The Sacramento Bee, Calif., Daniel Weintraub Column: Chalk This One Up As Justice for Taxpayers

By Daniel Weintraub, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Dec. 10--REVENGE IS SWEET -- in this case, for Californians who want a simpler way to file their tax returns.


Putin appoints new government chief of staff

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin stepped up Kremlin control over Russia's regions Monday and called for moves to improve security in the north Caucasus as he appointed a new government chief of staff after the Beslan school hostage tragedy.


L'ex imama rapito nel 2003 a Milano. "Finalmente giustizia"Per il sequestro sotto accusa ex vertici Sismi, 26 agenti Cia, un sottufficiale del Ros                                          Le lacrime della moglie "Porta i segni delle torture"                                                                                di ALBERTO CUSTODERO


Minarets blown up at Iraq Shi'ite shrine

Suspected al Qaeda militants blew up two minarets of a revered Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Wednesday, targeting a shrine bombed last year in an attack that unleashed a wave of sectarian killing.


Songwriter Ben Weisman, who helped compose almost 60 songs for Elvis Presley, dies at the age of 85.


The Copenhagen Stock Exchange said Monday it had signed a letter of intent with Nordic bourse operator OMX to merge its operations, bringing the concept of an integrated pan-Nordic and Baltic securities market ...


Snickers bar with that circular saw? Life Savers with that laser printer? Mr. Goodbar with that batting glove?


The Internet was abuzz Friday over a series of racy photos linked to an "American Idol" contestant. The pictures, posted on several Web sites, included one with four women posing topless at the beach, their hands covering their breasts, and others with a woman engaged in a sex act.


Annan Urged to Report Sudan Deaths Daily

Leaders representing over 100 million Christians, Muslims and Jews urged Secretary-General Kofi Annan to report the number of deaths and rapes in Sudan's Darfur region daily to highlight what they say is genocide.


ANALYSIS-Saudi blasts show militants undefeated

Two audacious suicide bombs near key Saudi security targets make the kingdom's declarations that they have defeated al Qaeda militants sound hollow.


Foolish Book Review: Revolt in the Boardroom

Exploring the upheaval in Corporate America and why CEOs have become an endangered species.


Philips to buy U.S. Respironics for $5.1 billion

Dutch Philips Electronics   said on Friday it is to buy U.S. medical  products company Respironics for 3.6 billion euros ($5.17  billion) or $66 per share to strengthen its healthcare  business.


President Bush will begin his second term with a Cabinet shake-up that will replace his top advisers. RON EDMONDS/The Associated Press - President Bush meets with his Cabinet on


"Free hugs and haircuts for Tom Cruise & Steven Spielberg" read one sign outside Savior Hair as a few giggling hairdressers tried to lure the actor and director into the salon.


A typical night for Tan White at Mississippi State led to a rare upset of Louisiana Tech. White scored 28 points to lead the Bulldogs to a 72-55 upset of the 21st-ranked Lady Techsters on Tuesday night.


Private equity firm Hicks Muse Tate & Furst says it has acquired a majority shareholding in iconic shoe brand Jimmy Choo for 101 million pounds.


Manoj Bajpai plays the lead in a movie about prisoners of war.


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BEA to Oracle: We're not opposed to a reasonable offer

BEA has told Oracle that it would, in fact, entertain an acquisition offer -- just not the one Oracle has proposed.


Louisiana's 2nd District is currently represented by Democrat William J. Jefferson. Immediately before him, the district was long held by two people from one of Louisiana's famous political families. Which family held the seat for nearly 50 years before Jefferson was elected?  Long Edwards Boggs Landrieu


Cingular Wireless marked the completion of its $41 billion takeover of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. by immediately expanding unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling between the two networks. Subscribers of the original Cingular and AT&T Wireless who have had plans that gave them unlimited calls to fellow subscribers now also get free unlimited calls to subscribers of the other carrier. Cingular is now ...


A military panel has recommended a general discharge for an Iraq war veteran who wore his uniform during a war protest and later responded with an obscenity to a superior who told him he might have violated military rules.


Le Lecciso a 'Striscia' per una settimana

Da domani, lunedÃ¬ 6 dicembre, Loredana e Raffaella Lecciso diventeranno a sorpresa Veline di âStriscia la Notiziaâ, prendendo il posto della mora Lucia e della biondissima Vera. Le sorelle piÃ¹ chiacchierate


U.S. Medicare to Test Out Paying for Flu Drugs

Medicare will test the idea of paying for antiviral drugs for some patients who catch influenza, the U.S. government's health insurance plan for the elderly said on Friday.


Punta a investire 15 mld dollari in banche europee e Usa


Osteoporosis Drug Evista Approved  to Cut Risk of Breast Cancer

FRIDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- The Eli Lilly drug Evista (raloxifene) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reduce the risk of invasive breast cancer among postmenopausal at high risk for the disease and among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.


Si gonfiano gli stipendi pregressi, si alza professionalita'


Switzerland's Endress+Hauser (International) Holding AG, a global supplier of process control systems, has migrated all its business applications from SAP AG to a mainframe running the open-source Linux operating system.


Commentary: ...But A Harsh Diagnosis For Europe

BusinessWeek Online - During his 13-year stint as the head of the International Monetary Fund, Michel Camdessus perfected the art of dressing down the world's budget-busters and fiscal profligates. Now it is the turn of Camdessus' native land, France, to come in for an earful of criticism. Charged by the French government five months ago to look into why France can't boost its economic growth rate, Camdessus delivered a withering critique of Gallic business as usual when he unveiled his report on Oct. 19. ...


New health rules have pie-eaters steaming

One of Britain's quirkiest events, the World Pie Eating Championship, has fallen foul of the healthy eating lobby, with organisers changing the rules and even including a vegetarian option.


Marine testifies against ex-squad leader

The leader of a squad of Marines that killed 24 Iraqis in Haditha told two soldiers a week before the assault if they were ever hit by a roadside bomb they should kill everyone in the area, a former squad member testified Friday.


Napoli, 14:26 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; ASSESSORE: ENTRO TRE ANNI NUOVO STADIO

Un nuovo stadio a Napoli da costruire nel giro di tre anni. E' il progetto che domani il Comune di N...


Stocks: Wall St. rally slows despite drop in oil prices

NEW YORK Profit-taking after Wall Street's nine-session rally left stocks narrowly mixed on Monday even as oil prices continued their downward trend.


A crocodile attacked a man and a woman yesterday as they slept in a tent in northern Australia. The 4.2m crocodile first attacked the man near a beach in north Queensland.


50 dead, hundreds missing in Pakistan dam burst

At least 50 people were killed and hundreds missing in Pakistan after a dam burst and swept whole villages into the sea, officials said, as the death toll from a week of record rains hit 112.


Feds delay stock-options rule for 6 months

NORWALK, Conn. - Accounting rulemakers, pressed by both businesses and regulators, on Wednesday decided to give public companies six more months to adopt a new standard for deducting from profits the value of stock options.


Yukos Files for Bankruptcy in U.S. Court

Embattled Russian oil giant Yukos made a last-ditch legal bid Wednesday to halt the looming auction of its core production unit after filing for bankruptcy protection in a U.S. court.


A photography exhibitions in London documents what online identities gamers create for themselves.


More bomb attacks hit northern Spanish resorts

Two bombs exploded in coastal towns in northern Spain injuring four people after a local paper received a warning in the name of the Basque separatist organisation ETA.


France says SocGen in crisis, pressure on chairman

France's economy minister said Societe Generale, reeling from losses blamed on a rogue trader, is a bank in crisis and may need to ditch its chairman.


An Italian court throws out a case against a US soldier charged with killing an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq.


Groups campaigning against the eradication of landmines must not rest until all countries ratify the Mine Ban Treaty, President Mwai Kibaki said yesterday.


Sarkozy poised for landslide parliamentary win

French conservatives were headed for a  parliamentary landslide after a first round legislative  election on Sunday, bolstering President Nicolas Sarkozy's  plans to implement wide-ranging reforms.


Green bunny's creator says medium is not the message

Mutant rabbits, robotic bats and petri-dish bacteria sound more like the objects of science fiction than art but contemporary artist Eduardo Kac says audiences should not fixate on the technology behind his works.


Racing: Bago's triumph restores French pride and his bruised ...

This was meant to be the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe of easy plunder, the 83rd running of the great race which had caught the home defenders asleep at the ramparts.


BOBIGNY, FRANCE - Three Sikh students who wore turbans to school will face a disciplinary hearing sometime in the next 15 days, a French court ruled Friday.


DNA map of elephants to net Africa's ivory poachers

Scientists say a DNA map of Africa's elephant herds will help combat the illegal trade in ivory. The map is a genetic profile of elephant groupings across the continent, from the dense forests of western and central Africa to the vast eastern savanna.


A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence says.


Revamped AOL News Site Hits Performance Bump

AOL's significant upgrade of AOL News launched today, but some new features had to be turned off so that the site could handle a heavy flow of users.


Pakistan gives US forces location of Al-Qaeda plot suspect

Pakistan has informed US-led coalition forces that an Al-Qaeda kingpin linked to an alleged plot to blow up airliners is based in eastern Afghanistan, security officials said.


Oil prices continued to fall on Thursday after an unexpectedly large increase in crude stocks in the US. A barrel of US light crude was down 96 cents to $51.


Mortgage Applications Fall Last Week-MBA

New applications for U.S. home loans  fell last week as 30-year mortgage rates reached their highest  levels in a month, an industry group said on Wednesday.


Audible Magic has anti-piracy technology

The maker of software to thwart unauthorized online file-sharing has obtained technology that can scan video files and block computer users from making copies.


Roma, 11:43 - CICLISMO, BASSO: HO AMMESSO TARDI LE MIE COLPE

Il campione di ciclismo Ivan Basso, intervistato questa mattina ai microfoni di RTL 102.5, ha parlat...


Milano, 14:03 - CALCIO, MILAN; INZAGHI: MIO PALLONE D'ORO E' SERATA ATENE

"Pallone d'Oro? Non mi preoccupa non averlo vinto, il mio Pallone d'Oro è la serata di Atene,...


Kolkata: South African skipper Graeme Smith suffered an injury to his left foot in a minor accident near the team hotel here today.


Chart-topper Ludacris gets hands on "Claus"

LOS ANGELES  - Rapper Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, who has the No. 1 album in the country, has joined Vince Vaughn in the cast of the Christmas comedy "Fred Claus."


Presidente Rafiction indagato a Napoli per corruzione


As Bush signs energy bill, new issues come to the fore

Expect a political debate over how to regulate carbon-dioxide emissions come January, analysts say.


Peyton Manning made plays. Mistake-prone Rex Grossman didn't. Just the way this Super Bowl figured to turn out.


Victims in Wildfireâs Path Say, âWhy Me?â

Fires raged across Southern California, burning some houses to the ground and sparing others.


India And Pakistan Talks Enter Final Round

India and Pakistan are trying to resolve differences over a bus service between the capitals of divided Kashmir in a final round of talks, but prospects of a breakthrough appear slim.


Minnesota woman suspected of stealing flu shots she gave at school

MINNEAPOLIS A woman who allegedly sold flu shots at a Minnesota college, then fled when her credentials were questioned, remains in jail.


Italian composer Morricone to get honorary Oscar

Italian movie composer Ennio Morricone, famed for his work on such "spaghetti westerns" as "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and "A Fistful of Dollars," will receive an honorary Oscar during the Academy Awards ceremony next February, organizers said on Wednesday.


Signs of shaky economies in France and Germany have sharpened worries about Europe's less-than-robust recovery — and underscored the struggle to shake up regulation-clogged economies in countries that use the euro.


Waiting almost over in Pakistan's Bhutto heartland

GARHI KHUDA BAKSH, Pakistan  - The waiting is almost over for Ghulam Nabi, a 70-year-old Pakistani villager who regards Benazir Bhutto as a daughter.


Sudan's Beshir calls for peace during rare visit to Darfur

Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir launched a call for peace on Saturday during a rare visit to war-torn Darfur intended to show Khartoum's desire to develop the arid desert region.


Cypress Gardens Opens For Preview In Advance Of Grand Opening

After a $45 million makeover the attraction opened Friday for the first of several previews after being closed for 19 months. The park officially opens to the public on December 9th.


The foreman of the jury in Phil Spector's murder trial said Tuesday that the panel is at an impasse, and the judge told lawyers he was considering allowing the panel to consider a lesser charge.


$11m Aims to Foster a New Digital 'Fifth Estate'

By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Boston Globe  May 24--The future of journalism is in your hands.   That was the message yesterday as the John S. and James L.


The Supreme Court declined Monday to consider another issue related to the rights of terrorism suspects — rejecting without comment an appeal by Ali Saleh Kahlab al-Marri, one of three people who have been held in America as enemy combatants without traditional legal rights.


Several people are injured in an explosion at a cafe in Turkey's third largest city, Izmir, police say.


Web auctions, the new jackpot for middle Americans

Al Losey, a corporate trainer at a  Detroit auto parts maker, lost his job six weeks ago in what  could be another down-and-out story from a hard luck corner of  the American economy.


Bush admits CIA held terrorism suspects outside U.S

President George W. Bush   acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that some foreign   terrorism suspects have been held by the CIA outside the United   States.


Sony Throws in the Towel on Connect  Music Store

Sony's three-year effort to beat Apple's iTunes Music Store is over.


The New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers spent yesterday trying to put the finishing touches on the megadeal that would move all-stars Randy Johnson, Shawn Green and Javier Vazquez.


Bologna, 19:24 - CALCIO, BOLOGNA; CECCONI: CON L'ALBINOLEFFE SARA' DURISSIMA

Il tecnico del Bologna Cecconi sa bene chei plaoff sono tragfuardo difficile per i suoi, a patto che...


Inky upside to murky mess The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) doesn't want to be left out of the Big Dig into HP's spy operations. The agency has broadened its probe of the company, asking for records tied to the resignation of board member Tom Perkins and documents related to HP's already infamous mole hunt.â¦


Police investigating the murder of an elderly woman in Hampshire release a fourth arrested man.


Two students were shot and wounded early on Friday on the Delaware State University campus and police were hunting for a gunman, the university said.


iTunes Plus Brings Higher Quality DRM-free Tracks to the iTunes Store

Apple today launched iTunes Plus. The new option for iTunes customers features DRM-free music tracks that offer â for just $1.29 per song â high-quality 256 kbps AAC encoding for audio quality indistinguishable from the original recordings. iTunes Plus debuts with singles and albums from EMIâs digital catalog of outstanding recordings from artists such as Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra, Joss Stone, Pink Floyd, John Coltrane, and Paul McCartney, a dozen of whose classic albums are now available on iTunes for the first time.


Seven Danish people are acquitted of supporting terrorism after selling T-shirts to help fund militant groups.


NORTON -- Truisms that resonated yesterday from a day of golf that could only make a true ball-striker smile:


Prodi prepares for confidence vote this week

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, who resigned over a foreign policy defeat last week only to be reappointed a few days later, will fight for his government's survival as he faces a confidence vote this week.


HARRISONBURG, Va. -- Alvin Banks ran for three touchdowns and caught one of three scoring passes from Justin Rascati last night as James Madison scored the first 52 points in a 52-14 victory over Northeastern.


Johnson Slips Past Gordon to Win Martinsville

Jimmie Johnson sneaked by Jeff Gordon with 44 laps to go Sunday and held on to win at Martinsville Speedway for his series-high seventh victory of the year.


Milano, 21:29 - Calcio, Inter: Kily Gonzalez verso il recupero

In vista della trasferta di Reggio Calabria, il tecnico dell'Inter Roberto Mancini si trova di front...


Giants, Patriots win to set up Super Bowl clash

The New England Patriots will face one more challenge in their bid for a perfect season: a Super Bowl meeting with the surprising New York Giants.


CHEMICAL, paint and explosives manufacturer Orica tripled its net profit in 2003-04, booking a bottom-line result of $327.8 million and forecasting further growth on the back of strong demand from the mining sector.


Vigilia ad Ariano Irpino, appelli a senso di responsabilita'


Tappa di 182 km da Marsiglia a Montpellier, caratterizzata dal vento forteRasmussen mantiene la maglia gialla, importanti indicazioni per la classifica                                            Prima storica vittoria di un africano Hunter brucia Cancellara al traguardo                                                                                di LUIGI PANELLA


Senza la preghiera non c'e' speranza ma solo illusione


Starring on one of TV's hottest series is an actor's dream, and Isaiah Washington fought hard to keep his role as Dr. Preston Burke on "Grey's Anatomy."


Australian Telstra Details Share Buyback

Telecommunications giant Telstra Corp. on Monday revealed details of a 750 million Australian dollar (US$532 million) share buyback that is part of a three-year plan to increase the value of its stock.


While most experts appear to agree that electronic voting has real problems, few argue that they could completely undermine the November election.


MOSCOW - A female suicide bomber set off a shrapnel-filled explosive device outside a busy Moscow subway station on Tuesday night, officials said, killing 10 people and injuring more than 50.


ATHENS -- During yesterday's celebration of the assumption of the Virgin Mary, the Greek orthodox clergy had a stern reminder for the organizers of the Olympic Games: No matter what the advertisements and speeches say about Greece's modern, Western orientation, this country is still the domain of its decidedly traditional, ubiquitous state-sanctioned religion. Speaking over the Byzantine chants of a ...


Roma, 23:25 - CALCIO, ROMA; MANCINI: GIUSTA MIA AMMONIZIONE

''L'ammonizione che mi son preso è giusta''. Amantino Mancini ha rivisto alla moviola a Contr...


Palestinian Security Unit to Be Dismantled

A top Palestinian official said Saturday he would dismantle an elite security unit accused of abuse and corruption in a first step toward overhauling the tangled network of Palestinian security forces.


The parents of a 15-year-old boy who died while attending a boot camp for troubled teens have filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the facility.


Indian PM Singh to sign several pacts on SAfrica visit

India and South Africa will sign agreements on railways, education and science and technology to boost bilateral ties during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's four-day visit beginning Saturday.


Inside Michael Moore's Head(phones) The anti-Bush provocateur also ...

When all is said and done, Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" may end up best remembered for a profound silence -- the seven minutes President Bush remained, after learning that the country was under attack, in front of a Florida elementary school class


Three people are killed on the A38 in Devon shortly after reports of a vehicle driving the wrong way.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen kidnapped a Lebanese-American businessman and militants released a tape yesterday showing the beheading of an Iraqi officer as a warning to those who deal with "the infidel" Americans.


Valencia midfielder Miguel Angel Angulo has done a mysterious u-turn on an expected move to Premiership giants Arsenal and re-signed a four-year deal with his Spanish club.


Padre del giovane indagato chiedeva fosse seguita da Pg


Thirty-three miners were killed and 24 injured in an explosion at a coal mine in North China's Shanxi Province on Thursday. Miner Zhang Jiulin managed a lucky escape from a pit


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L'avvocato marsalese Giacomo Frazzitta, portavoce dei genitori della piccola Denise, scomparsa nel nulla l'1 di settembre mentre giocava sulla strada di fronte casa a Mazara del Vallo (TP), ha dichiarato ieri l'esigenza del silenzio stampa.


Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney compared himself favorably to two of his Republican White House rivals on Monday yet made no mention of a third, underscoring his strategy for next week's Florida primary.


âI Love New Yorkâ Campaign, 30 Years Old, Gets Web Push

The âI Love New Yorkâ campaign has finally moved into the digital world.


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Wall Street stocks broke a three-day winning streak on Thursday when Ben Bernanke, the US Federal Reserve chairman, gave a downbeat outlook on the risks to the US economy amid heightened tensions in credit markets.


Ford and G.M. Expect January Sales Drops

The automakers pulled back from deliveries to rental-car agencies to focus on more profitable transactions at dealerships.


HONG KONG (CBS.MW) -- Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell said Friday it has pushed back its annual shareholders meeting and may delay its 2004 financial report if it needs to restate more of its proven oil and gas reserves.


ATHENS, Greece - Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis was stripped of his bronze medal Sunday for a doping offense, another embarrassment for the host nation.    It was the first medal to be stripped from an athlete in Athens because of doping...


Size Matters: Lengthy films to dominate in 2007

It looks like the era of shorter films has had its day. 2007 is going


Geneva - The World Health Organisation on Tuesday confirmed that it was examining a "probable" first full case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu in Thailand.


In the science of sexual attraction, size matters

Size matters in the science of sexual attraction -- especially if you are a fish.


Israeli Cabinet Passes Gaza Bill Before Key Vote

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's cabinet passed a bill on the nuts and bolts of pulling out of occupied Gaza Sunday, a day before he seeks approval from Israel's parliament for his withdrawal plan.


Lebanon gives rebels last chance to yield

Militant Islamic groups threaten widespread bloodshed if army tries to seize camp by force.


Amid hopeful talk of the future, Rep. Charles Taylor and Russia's ambassador to the United States welcomed 20 Russian college students to western North Carolina to study business.


Catch up with last month's SRI developments.


Medical device maker Medtronic Inc.  said on Friday it has begun warning doctors about some faulty  batteries installed in a line of its implantable heart  defibrillators.


Libyan court to sit on HIV medics trial on June 20: Bulgaria

A Libyan court will hear an appeal next week by five Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death on charges of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the HIV virus, a Bulgarian official said on Friday.


Al Viminale incontro tra Amato, Lanzillotta ed enti locali


This year was the first that I have actually participated in the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout, which was Thursday.


C'Ã¨ la firma degli anarchico-insurrezionalisti

Roma, 11 dicembre 2004 - Un pacco bomba, simile a quello recapitato ieri al Sappe, sindacato di polizia penitenziaria, Ã¨ stato scoperto questa mattina nella sede dell'Associazione Nazionale Carabinieri, in via Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, in Prati, a Roma


Gunmen have seized two Egyptians from their Baghdad office, the third in a new series of audacious operations to kidnap foreigners in the Iraqi capital this month.


She calls herself Ireland's "Princess Diana" and has endured an excruciating love-hate relationship with the press. But Sinead O'Connor, Ireland's misunderstood singer turned priest, has finally snapped after a joke about head lice.


Nyon, 11:23 - CALCIO, EUROPEI 2007: UEFA SCEGLIERA' SEDE IL 18 APRILE 2007

La Uefa sceglierà il 18 aprile 2007 la sede degli Europei 2012. La decisione verrà pre...


Chinese Seized, Iraq to Tighten Poll Security

Insurgents in Iraq threatened on  Tuesday to kill eight Chinese hostages, as officials said they  would close land borders and restrict traffic across the  country in a bid to thwart attacks during next week's election.


When the Food and Drug Administration raised concerns last week about the pain reliever Celebrex, Walgreen's pharmacist Gary Vachon recommended that people turn to naproxen, sold over the counter as Aleve.


New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg leaves Republican Party

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced Tuesday that he would leave the Republican Party, in a maneuver seen as possible preparation for launching an independent presidential bid in 2008.


What's a Zuda? Major publisher leaps into the world of webcomics

DC Comics, home to Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, leaps for the first time into the world of webcomics. What took so long?


The FCC's auction of rights to a huge chunk of radio airwaves invites new players to the telecom game. If Google bids big, it could mean open wireless access for all


French appeals court confirms acquittal of Diana photographers

A French appeals court acquitted three photographers of charges they broke privacy laws by photographing Princess Diana on the night of her fatal accident in Paris in 1997.


UK property prices fell for a second month in a row in December, the Nationwide building society says.


White's Death Latest Tragedy for Packers

Reggie White's unexpected death is the latest tragedy to touch the Green Bay Packers.


Bradley sophomore center Patrick O'Bryant has signed with an agent after entering the NBA draft and won't return to the school he led to the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament.


Milano, 28 ott. (Adnkronos Multimedia) Dopo Francia, Germania e Regno Unito, iTunes di Apple sbarca nel Bel Paese. L'iTunes Music Store permettera' agli appassionati dell'Ipod di acquistare le canzoni e gli


SBC Communications (NYSE: SBC) is jumping on the voice over Internet (VoIP) bandwagon with the launch of service in selected markets and a proposed nationwide rollout designed to help the company keep pace with the competition.


David Soul Defends BBC's 'Offensive' Springer Opera

The Opera" has vehemently defended the decision by the BBC to broadcast the production on television amid angry protests about its profanity-laden libretto.


Londra, 18:54 - CALCIO, COPPA D'AFRICA: COSTA D'AVORIO CONVOCA DROGBA ROTTO

Nonostante sia fermo per un'operazione al ginocchio, Didier Drogba è stato convocato dalla Co...


Soldier Loses Claim That Army Tricked Him

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the military can ship an Arkansas soldier back to the front lines in Iraq this weekend, despite the serviceman's objections that the military forced him to extend his tour after tricking him into believing he was enlisting for just one year.


Developing World Needs to Cut Heart Disease--WHO

Developing countries, especially in  Asia, must promote healthy lifestyles from childhood to halt  rising obesity and heart disease rates, medical experts said on  Thursday.


Police begin a search at the scene of the rail crash in which two people died on an unmanned crossing.


Cassazione conferma condanna del proprietario di 2 animali


According to a new research study by the non-profit Pew Internet and American Life Project, so-called Instant Messaging (IM) is what's really hot when it comes to electronic communication now.


American education thriving ... in Qatar

Five US universities have opened satellite campuses in the Mideast state.


Conservatives Take Back Seat at Republican Convention

The U.S. Republican Party is presenting a moderate image at its national convention but conservatives who dominate the party say they are happy to stay in the background, confident that President Bush will take care of their interests if he wins the election.


PETROLIO: SINISCALCO, NON CREDO AI GRUPPI DI STUDIO

Courmayeur, 21 ago. (Adnkronos) - ''Non ho visto Marzano da settimane. Risolvere i problemi con i gruppi di studio non e' la mia strategia, comunque sono disponibilissimo a parlare con lui''. Cosi', a margine


Russian abuses apparatus in sex doll rafting race

Disqualification shame for aquatic Romeo A participant in the annual Sex Dolls Rafting Tournament near St Petersburg was disqualified in shame for "sexual abuse of apparatus", Mosnews reports.â¦


GM, U.S. Post extend deal to test fuel cell mail vans

General Motors Corp.  said on  Wednesday it extended an agreement with the United States  Postal Service to test fuel cell vehicles for mail delivery.


Kenya's president and its main opposition leader met Thursday for the first time since the disputed Dec. 27 presidential vote, shaking hands and promising to work for peace after a spasm of postelection violence left hundreds dead.


Constant care from zookeepers couldn't save baby elephant at Calgary Zoo

CALGARY (CP) - The power of a mother's love - or lack of it - became achingly clear Wednesday when the Calgary Zoo announced the death of a baby elephant that had captured human hearts after being rejected by its mother.


Bolton manager Sam Allardyce says he is planning to sue the BBC after allegations of bung-taking on Panorama.


Global temperatures could rise by as much as 11 degrees Celsius, a major climate prediction project suggests.


Noguchi Wins Olympic Marathon as Radcliffe Drops Out

Mizuki Noguchi won the women's marathon at the Athens Games, holding off world champion Catherine Ndereba of Kenya to earn Japan the title for the second straight Olympics.


Johnson & Johnson Profit Up on Drug Sales

Diversified health-care company Johnson & Johnson  on Tuesday said its quarterly profit rose on higher sales of prescription drugs and medical devices.


Gunmen rampage through Baghdad district, kill 30: police

Gunmen rampaged through a Sunni enclave in a mainly Shi'ite district of Baghdad on Friday, killing up to 30 people and setting mosques and homes ablaze, police said, in a sharp escalation of sectarian violence.


Oil and gas exploration firm Tullow Oil agrees to buy rival Hardman Resources for 1.47 billion Australian dollars.


Without question, open source is one of the most important forces in enterprise IT. Apache is still the reigning champion of Web server software.


Young people are to be offered a much broader range of contraception in a bid to cut the high teenage pregnancy rate.


AT&T announced yesterday that it posted a 41 percent increase in third-quarter profit, buoyed by record wireless revenue and savings from $140 billion in acquisitions.


â30 Days of Nightâ is a series of gory set pieces that seems to have been edited with a meat ax.


Lebanon vote delayed as mediator sees "closed door"

Lebanon's presidential election has been postponed from Monday to February 11, the parliament speaker said on Sunday, announcing the 13th delay of a vote blocked by the country's political crisis.


The UN mission says it needs extra troops to continue to maintain order in Ivory Coast which has seen renewed fighting between rival factions.


BP 4Q Earnings Slip 22 Percent to $2.88B

LONDON -- BP PLC said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit dropped 22 percent to a two-year low, driven down by the declining price of oil and increased safety spending after a series of high-profile mishaps including a deadly refinery blast in Texas and an oil spill in Alaska. The oil company also...


Hasselbeck returns to practice, expects to start for Seahawks

Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck returned to practice and is expected to play Sunday against Buffalo. Hasselbeck had acupuncture treatments for a deep bruise just above his knee.


On PHPBuilder.com today, there's a new tutorial spotlighting the use of the cURL library with PHP:   cURL is one of the most powerful PHP extensions. It stands for Client URL, and allows you to communicate with other servers using a wide range of protocols. Perhaps that sounds fairly uninteresting, but give it some more thought.    As food for thought, they give a few examples of the use of this handy library - a script to look up the meaning of a word, how to access password protected pages, getting the information about a file from a remote server, posting to a remote script, and FTPing a file to a remote server. This flexible library allows all of these without making things overly complex and unmanageable.   You can check out the full list of features for the extension on this page of the PHP manual.


Gary Speed has rejected claims by Newcastle manager Graeme Souness that Bolton employ bully-boy tactics. Souness was seething after the defeat at the Reebok Stadium and accused Sam Allardyce's side of "in your face football".


Hide and Seek, starring Robert De Niro, heads the  North American box office after taking $22m (Â£11.7m).


Aussie stars at odds with coach over attitude

Leading Socceroo players are at odds with coach Graham Arnold's claims that some of them don't have their heart in being at the Asian Cup.


Vincent Gruppuso, 67, Seller of Pudding Snacks, Dies

Mr. Gruppuso was the founder of Kozy Shack Enterprises, a company in Hicksville, Long Island, that sells millions of four-ounce cups of pudding, particularly rice pudding.


A Roman Catholic priest is found not guilty of committing gross indecency with a seven-year-old girl.


Closest governor's race: It's Governor-elect Gregoire, but Rossi ...

Democrat Christine Gregoire, the three-term state attorney general who fought America's tobacco industry, Internet porn and schoolyard bullying, becomes Washington's governor-elect on Thursday, by a scant 129 votes out of more than 2.8 million cast.


ASIA/INDIA - LÂassociazione dei laici indiani rielegge il presidente e professa la sua fedeltÃ  a Benedetto XVI News Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - Essere laici cattolici impegnati nel sociale, in un paese dove la comunitÃ  cristiana Ã¨ una esigua minoranza e si fronteggia il fondamentalismo indÃ¹: la ÂAll India Catholic UnionÂ (Aicu), associazione laicale cattolica nat...


Roma, 12:43 - CALCIO, COPPA ITALIA: ARBITRI RITORNO OTTAVI

Questo il programma e gli arbitri delle gare di ritorno degli ottavi di finale di Coppa Italia, in p...


It will be the highest grossing film for Nair in North America, surpassing the $14 million gross of her


Fifty people are held in a crackdown on crime in Burundi, as the president calls for the execution of armed criminals.


New England's first major winter storm of 2008 snarled the Monday morning commute with heavy snow and closed hundreds of schools.


U.N. Approves Security for Staff in Iraq

The U.N. Security Council on Thursday approved new arrangements proposed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to protect an expanded U.N. staff in Iraq.


A massive legion of Democratic faithful packed several square blocks downtown Monday as former president Bill Clinton made a late and long-awaited


Hutchison paying US$630mil for CIR Italyâs 3G stake

HONG KONG: Hutchison Whampoa Ltd said yesterday it paid 469.55 million euros (US$631.5mil) to buy a 1.6% stake in its Italian 3G mobile phone venture and to repay a loan from CIR unit Cirtel.


Sorenstam stays on top after 5th LPGA title

BROKEN ARROW, Oklahoma, United States of America -- World number one Annika Sorenstam of Sweden captured her fifth LPGA title of the season, firing a one-under par 70 here Sunday to win the 54-hole Hammons Hotel Classic by four strokes.


Cable tries to shed bad-service reputation

Even though U.S. cable companies have had success in winning customers with all-in-one packages of video, Internet and phone services, they still struggle with a reputation for poor customer service.


Smell Test May Predict Alzheimer's - US Study

A simple scratch and sniff test may help doctors identify patients with Alzheimer's disease, researchers said on Monday. They found that patients with early Alzheimer's disease may be


Hail Damages Shuttle; Launch is Pushed Back: A Storm With Golf-Ball-Sized Hail Damaged Shuttle Atlantis and NASA Delayed Its Launch for at Least a Month

By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Feb. 28--Dramatizing the fragility of the soon-to-be-retired space shuttle, NASA managers on Tuesday ordered Atlantis removed from the launch pad and rolled back to its hangar after a hail storm punched thousands of shallow gouges into the craft.


Americans unable to find a silver lining

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. - The United States Ryder Cup team is "bleeding but not dead," according to its captain. "We'll get back up, we'll fight again," Hal Sutton said late Sunday.


Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed bin Hammam says he is strongly opposed to the Premier League playing games abroad.


A Randomized Trial of a Single Dose of Oral Dexamethasone for Mild ...

Candice L. Bjornson, MD, Terry P. Klassen, MD, Janielee Williamson, RN, Rollin Brant, Ph.D., Craig Mitton, Ph.D., Amy Plint, MD, Blake Bulloch, MD, Lisa Evered, MD, David W. Johnson, MD, for the Pediatric Emergency Research Canada Network.


Tonight's debate between Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards is generally considered a performance by understudies.


DALLAS Blockbuster, the largest US movie-rental chain, said Tuesday that it would introduce a hostile bid for Hollywood Entertainment next month if the rival's directors would not negotiate a deal.


LIVE: Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band, REM, Bright Eyes ...

A key battleground state in the upcoming Presidential election, Michigan was the focus on Sunday for a series of Vote For Change concerts at various locales, with artists ranging from Jurassic


Bryan Robson has done the managerial equivalent of swimming the channel in landing a Premiership job after three years out of the top flight.


Tony Blair calls for Labour to "stay the course" as he addresses the party's national policy forum in London.


Sudan orchestrated Darfur crimes, U.N. mission says

A U.N. human rights mission accused Sudan's government on Monday of orchestrating and taking part in gross violations in Darfur and called for urgent international action to protect civilians there.


Rove Testifies in Probe of Leak of CIA Worker's Name

Karl Rove, President Bush's chief political adviser, testified yesterday before a federal grand jury investigating whether administration officials last year illegally disclosed the identity of covert CIA employee Valerie Plame.


Microsoft seeks the help of those who besiege their operating systems at the world's largest hacker conference.


Yahoo! has purchased the privately held Stata Labs in an apparent attempt to beef up its online e-mail service. Stata Labs, based in San Mateo, California, developed Bloomba, a popular e-mail client that made


Accused mastermind of Madrid bombs denies involvement

Youssef Belhadj, accused of masterminding the Madrid train bombings and suspected of claiming the attack in the name of al Qaeda, denied involvement on Friday and said he had no links to the militant group.


Nearly a half a billion years ago, tiny horseshoe crabs crept along the shorelines much like today's larger versions do, new fossil evidence suggests.


CHANDLER, Ariz. - For 17-year-old Zak DeOssie, the summer of 2001 was Fantasy Island. He was a ball boy in training camp for the Patriots, and coach Bill Belichick needed a football. Actually, he needed someone to throw a football.


British Prime Minister Tony Blair described Yasser Arafat as an icon of the Palestinian movement, as he offered condolences on Arafat's death Thursday.


Rival Ulster Defence Association prisoners are separated after a disturbance in a County Antrim jail.


U.S. suffers first death in new armored truck

The U.S. military has suffered a first fatality in one of a new fleet of heavily armored vehicles designed to protect soldiers from roadside bombs, the military said on Tuesday.


I am not an Irish Friend of Israel. Official. Indeed, I am so unfit for that title that those bestowing membership to the group don't reply to my letters.


US TV embarks on fight against indecency crackdown

U.S. television broadcasters Fox and CBS Corp. this week argued that a Federal Communications Commission crackdown on fleeting TV profanity and nudity was unconstitutional and a big change in how the agency handled similar cases.


A local nomad has confessed to selling explosives that may have been used in the Sinai attacks, Egyptian police say. Security forces say the suspect is claiming his buyers said the material was intended for smuggling into the Palestinian territories.


Makybe Diva: first mare to win Australia's biggest race twice? ...

Last year's winner and 5-2 favorite Makybe Diva on Tuesday became the first mare in the 144-year history of the Melbourne Cup to win Australia's most famous horse race twice.


A postponed "60 Minutes" report about whether Iraq had nuclear capabilities has quickly become CBS's most famous shelved story since the 1995 tobacco piece made famous in the movie "The Insider."


Nokia Corp. introduced Skype Internet-calling software for its N800 Wi-Fi tablet on Wednesday, providing another alternative to using a cell phone, while a debate in the U.S. over what networks such devices may be able to use in the future heated up.


As hard as it was for Viktor Yushchenko to win the presidency of Ukraine, it might look like a cakewalk compared with the high-wire act he now faces.


Time-filling, not compulsive playing 3GSM Puzzles and card games are the most popular mobile phone games as users fill in time waiting for a bus or sitting on the tube, according to new research.â¦


Titans' Brown Ready for George Comparisons

Chris Brown has resigned himself to the thought that comparisons to Eddie George will never end. That's OK with the Tennessee Titans' new starting running back.


House G.O.P. Leader Hails Ethics Panel's Rebuke of His Accuser

Tom DeLay of Texas claimed vindication today after it was disclosed that one of his accusers had been found to have stretched the facts.


Pakistan's government and pro-Taleban tribal militants sign a peace deal aimed at ending years of unrest.


China Raises Interest Rates for First Time in 9 Years

China's central bank jolted global financial markets by raising its benchmark interest rates for the first time in nine years to cool the world's fastest-growing major economy.


Oil prices continued falling on Thursday after an unexpectedly large rise in US crude inventories spurred profit-taking from record highs.


William D. Modell, Seller of Sporting Goods, Is Dead at 86.

Mr. Modell joined Modellâs Sporting Goods, a 118-year-old family-owned business, at the end of World War II and became chairman in 1985.


Le Lab, an internal Web site at Altadis, Europeâs tobacco giant, is meant to be part social networking site, part data resource, part virtual pep rally.


"High Fidelity" musical fails to match book, movie

Nick Hornby's best-selling novel "High  Fidelity," whose characters concocted endless quirky top-five  lists, has been made into a Broadway musical that critics rate  among the top five that should never have been made.


A grinning Mike Piazza emerged from the visitors' dugout at Shea Stadium on Tuesday and paused. He put his index finger to his lips and motioned downward with his hands.


Amazon to Sell Comcast High Speed Internet

Comcast said Monday that it would offer its high-speed Internet service through Amazon, and provide a $100 gift certificate for the retailer to those who sign up through the partnership.


A single molecule may be partly to blame for nicotine's addictive allure, a finding that researchers say could lead to potential therapies to help millions of smokers quit a life-threatening habit.


Germany's Bernhard Langer celebrates his victory over Fiji's Vijay Singh in the 1st round of the World Match Play tournament at Wentworth Golf club in Virginia Water, England Friday Oct. 15, 2004.


Abortion in the Philippines: a national secret

Minda is a masseuse with a difference. Her caress is used to abort fetuses.


Giuliani health plan seeks individual coverage: WSJ

Republican presidential candidate Rudolph Giuliani is preparing to lay out a health-care plan that would mark a significant change in how health insurance is paid for in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Wednesday.


"Idol" threat continues as Fox tops Wednesday

Fox and "American Idol"  continued their rampage through primetime Wednesday, logging  another nightly win in all the major demographics.


AFRICA/CONGO RD - Presentato il calendario del secondo turno delle elezioni congolesi. Le Nazioni Unite invitano i candidati alla Presidenza a mettersi dÂaccordo per impedire nuove violenze Kinshasa (Agenzia Fides)- La Commissione Elettorale Indipendente ha pubblicato il calendario del secondo turno delle elezioni presidenziali e provinciali nella Repubblica Democratica del Congo. La Commissione ha stabilito anche la scadenza della camp...


Anche governo Blair attento per paura effetti su dipendenti


50 percent support president; 41 percent support senator

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- President Bush has maintained his post-convention bounce and even grown his support to a nine-point lead over Democratic rival John Kerry, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll released Friday.


Boomer bulge brings rich but untilled field

On the face of it,  Hollywood is getting more mature. This year's Academy Awards  race for best actress includes three performers -- Helen  Mirren, Judi Dench and Meryl Streep -- at the top of their  game. Refusing to rest on his laurels, Peter O'Toole is back  with "Venus," which brought him his eighth best actor  nomination. And at 76, Clint Eastwood directed not one but two  of the best-received films of 2006.


Bulgarian Left Youths Call for Political Overhaul

Politics: 2 October 2004, Saturday. Finding the Lost Idea is the motto under which the European Left Youth Alternative (ELMA) held its seventh national conference in Sofia.


T chugs Red Bulls with Ralph Fiennes and Mary-Kate Olsen at the Sundance Film Festival...


Fish kills spear-fishing diver off Florida

A Florida diver shot a large grouper with a spear gun then apparently drowned when the fish sped into a hole, entangling the man in the line attached to the spear, investigators said on Monday.


Lessons learned in deadly 2003 fire may have saved lives in ...

Lessons learned in a deadly 2003 high-rise fire may have saved lives this week when a fire broke out on the 29th floor of a downtown skyscraper, fire officials said Tuesday.


More Awareness Needed of Toddlers' Risk for Scalds

Despite repeated recommendations to cook on the back burners of the stove and to turn pot handles toward the back, many parents still fail to recognize their child's potential risk for burns and scalds, new study findings suggest.


The US treasury secretary is in Beijing for critical talks with China on trade, exchange rates and data piracy.


D.J. Augustin scored 24 points and No. 4 Texas survived its toughest home game this season with a 66-56 victory over Oral Roberts on Tuesday night.


By Li Fangchao  An eight-year geological survey revealed that there is enough underground water to support the country's strategic development plan to construct energy bases in the Ordos Basin in Northwest China, geologists said.


By Eddie Barnes Political Editor ALEX Salmond has called on Westminster to resurrect plans for a revolutionary low-emission power station in Scotland.


Republicans selected a state delegate Tuesday to replace U.S. Rep. Edward L. Schrock on the November ballot, a day after he dropped out of his race for re-election amid claims that he is gay.


Quirinale. Ciampi oggi sara' dimesso, martedi' torna al lavoro

Il Presidente della Repubblica, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, si Ã¨ sottoposto ieri mattina all'impianto di un pacemaker. L'intervento, informa una nota del Quirinale, Ã¨ avvenuto in anestesia locale. Il Presidente Ã¨ stato operato alla clinica Pio XI di Roma.


Welsh starlet Catherine Zeta-Jones is looking for damages again - this time from an American strip club. The actress is upset that the The Spice House in Reno, Nevada used her picture on its website and has sued.


Baseball's young guns take their place in the rotation


Bright colors, sparkle to light up Oscar red carpet

Hollywood stars and the designers who dress them grabbed Oscar's spotlight on Wednesday in a fashion preview featuring vivid colors and the sparkling jewelry expected to wow fans on the Academy Awards' red carpet.


Hospitals in Jakarta crowded with flood victims

Hospitals in the Indonesian capital were overwhelmed on Tuesday with hundreds of flood victims suffering from water-borne diseases after the city's worst flooding in five years.


Photography - Classic images by a Swedish pioneer in photography , on view through October 17, 2004.


BOCA RATON, Fla., Feb. 22 -- The tabloid newspaper building targeted in the fatal anthrax mailings in 2001 reopened Thursday -- with newsrooms still marked by Sun and Globe signs and file drawers bearing labels such as "JFK Jr."


Smith spares United's blushes at Blackburn

Striker Alan Smith fired an equaliser in the fourth minute of stoppage time as Manchester United snatched a dramatic 1-1 Premier League draw at Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.


Sammy Sosa will be taking aim at American League pitchers and the short left-field wall at Camden Yards this summer.


Wash. teen arrested in parents' slayings

An 18-year-old boy who had been ordered to move out of his family's home is accused of killing his parents, dumping their bodies into a scoop loader, then heading off to school, according to court documents.


Frances to cost $3 billion to $10 billion

LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Hurricane Frances, the second hurricane to hit Florida in a month, will cost insurers between $3 billion and $10 billion, according to the most recent estimates from the industry's leading catastrophe modeling firms.


The handset maker is acquiring Enpocket, which provides cell phone marketing technology and services.


Sugary soft drinks may raise risk of diabetes

US rates of diabetes have soared alongside soft drink consumption, and scientists said Tuesday the spikes in blood sugar and insulin levels triggered by the sugary drinks may be at least partly to blame.


Mika Hakkinen, the 1998 and 1999 Formula One world champion, tested a Mercedes DTM touring car on Wednesday amid speculation that he could make a racing comeback in the German series.


Existing home sales fell 8 percent in September

Sales of previously owned homes fell 8.0 percent in September to a record low 5.04 million unit pace amid troubles in the subprime mortgage and credit markets, the National Association of Realtors said on Wednesday.


A terminally ill woman's religious fast unto death in northern India causes controversy.


(CBS/AP) President Bush tapped former NYPD commissioner Bernard Kerik as his choice to head the Department of Homeland Security Friday, as former Wisconsin Gov.


At Least 2,000 Flee as California Fires Spread

MALIBU, Calif., Oct. 21 -- Nearly a dozen wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds spread across Southern California on Sunday, killing one person near the Mexican border and destroyingseveral homes and a church in celebrity-laden Malibu.


French ex-PM Dominique de Villepin faces judges again in an inquiry that pits him against President Sarkozy.


Microsoft forces Messenger upgrade for 'security' reasons

InfoWorld - Microsoft is forcing Windows Live and MSN Messenger users to upgrade to the newest version due to a security update included in that release, according to a posting on a Microsoft blog.


Radical cleric Hamza appears before court

Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, detained in Britain following a US request for extradition, was remanded in custody until next month by a court in London.


Japan stands firm on N.Korea aid ahead of talks

Japan stood by its refusal to give aid to North Korea on Tuesday unless Pyongyang settles a feud over Japanese kidnapped decades ago, adding a new twist to this week's talks on ending the North's nuclear arms program.


Binding Is Threatened in New Comedy, 'The Book Club Play', Premiering in MD

Playbill - A newcomer in an established book club threatens the group's bond in the world premiere of the comedy, The Book Club Play, beginning Feb. 6 at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, MD.


Pfizer's Lipitor Lowers Heart Risk for Diabetics, Lancet Says

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Pfizer Inc.'s Lipitor cholesterol reducer, the world's top-selling drug, cut heart attacks and strokes by more than a third for diabetics who didn't start out with high levels of so-called bad cholesterol, the British medical ...


Honeybees have been vanishing at an alarming rate from 24 American states, threatening crops.


Domani spettacolo rievocativo con materiale rarissimo


Austria's Jelinek Wins 2004 Nobel Literature Prize

Austrian novelist and playwright Elfriede Jelinek won the Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday, the Swedish Academy said.


Virus could affect Van de Velde's Carnoustie chances

VERSAILLES, France  - Frenchman Jean Van de Velde's hopes of a return to Carnoustie to play this year's British Open have been hit by a mystery virus.


Woods Surges Into Share of First-Round Lead

NORTON, Massachusetts  - World number one Tiger  Woods continued to build on a run of recent good form to share  the first round lead with rookie Ryan Palmer at the Deutsche  Bank Championship on Friday.


BAGHDAD, Iraq -- In Iraq, US warplanes, tanks and artillery repeatedly hit at Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terror network Saturday. The US military said the strikes in Fallujah targeted two buildings where militants were allegedly meeting.


Ann Taylor Forecasts 4th-Quarter EPS Loss

AnnTaylor Stores Corp. ANN.N on  Friday forecast a fourth-quarter net loss, including charges,  of between 14 and 18 cents per share.


Attesa su dati crescita ordinativi a fabbriche Usa


This musical romance, a classic Bollywood production, is a fable of partition and tolerance about a Pakistani herione and her Indian hero.


Generous Spurs hand Arsenal early Christmas gift

Arsenal's bid to reclaim the Premier League title passed a significant milestone on Saturday when a derby win over Tottenham ensured Arsene Wenger's men will spend Christmas on top of the table.


Madrid, 23:21 - BASKET, EUROPEI: SLOVENIA-GERMANIA 77-47

La Slovenia ha battuto la Germania 77-47 nella gara che ha chiuso la seconda giornata del gruppo F d...


Qaeda's Zawahri Appears in New Tape on Al Jazeera

Ayman al-Zawahri, the number two figure  in al Qaeda, appeared in a new videotape aired on Al Jazeera on  Thursday, ridiculing U.S. forces which he said were "hiding in  their trenches" in Afghanistan.


The deal would create a new wireless telecommunications giant with 39 million customers.-The Washington Post


Filmmaker wins award at audiovisual festival in France

Documentary filmmaker Peter Kosminsky has come under the spotlight at the International Festival of Audiovisual Programs in France, where he has been awarded a EuroFipa of honor for his work.


Mormon Church Disciplines Author for Book

A retired Mormon educator who wrote a book questioning whether the founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints misrepresented his authority as a prophet was suspended from the church Sunday.


Olsen Strikes Twice, United's Streak at 6

Ben Olsen scores twice in the first half Saturday to vault D.C. United to a 4-0 victory over FC DallasÃÂ for its sixth straight league victory to pull even with New EnglandÃÂ atop the Eastern Conference.