Sony introduces two impressive virtual worlds that let PS3 owners hang out and be creative. Chris Kohler reports from the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.


Asians emerge as swing voters in White House race

Asians have become a critical swing voter bloc in the US presidential election race, with rival parties courting them ahead of another intense White House contest.


The new forecast will reflect the drag from the housing slump and a slightly lower-than-expected unemployment rate.


A married man who killed his teenage lover and hid her body has been jailed for 18 years.


Russia says U.N. Iran draft meets main concerns: Ifax

Russia's foreign minister said on Tuesday a new draft U.N. Security Council resolution on Iran over its nuclear program largely met Moscow's concerns and could become the basis of a consensus decision.


Astros Beat Reds 5-2 for 12th Straight Win

Roger Clemens got his 326th win to tie Eddie Plank for 11th on the career list, and the Houston Astros hit four first-inning home runs to beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-2 Wednesday and tie a team record with their 12th straight win.


Jittery yanks warn of Jihadist internet threat

It could happen when you least expect it An internet "Jihadist" has posted a message to an Internet chat room that suggests people who are angry about the US prison camp in Guantanamo Bay should retaliate with cyber-security attacks on its stock market and banking web sites in the run up to Christmas.â¦


The Northern Ireland peace process has reached a crucial point as two key "make or break" meetings take place today. A Sinn FÃ©in delegation led by party President Gerry Adams has an unprecedented meeting with PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde.


`The Bachelor,' new fiancee go to Hawaii

Returning to Hawaii with his new fiancee, "The Bachelor" Andy Baldwin said keeping his engagement to Tessa Horst a secret for two months was excruciating.


Blog: Measure calls for the most sweeping changes to U.S. patent system in decades, but its path forward could be jeopardized by lingering reservations from other sectors, including venture capitalists and biotech.


Iraqi tribal chiefs in the Sunni Triangle say they have 20,000 men ready to take the fight to al-Qaeda.


POLITICS:  U.S. and France Begin a Great Game in Africa

PARIS, Aug 11  (IPS) - France and the United States have begun a new race  to compete for favours with  undemocratic regimes in Africa. The  competition is growing particularly in the oil-  rich North and  West Africa.


US ; Mount St. Helens ashfall advisory issued

US News, VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Mount St. Helens yesterday blew off its largest plume of steam and ash so far since it stirred to life late last month, prompting federal scientists to issue an ashfall advisory


The Arsenal manager says he is happy with Jens Lehmann and Manuel Almunia and will not even enforce his right to recall Stuart Taylor from Leicester.


Abu Ghraib abuse hearing starts in Germany

Lawyers for a key suspect in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal failed to persuade a US military judge yesterday to bar evidence gained from the defendant's computer, which the defense argued may have been improperly obtained by investigators.


US may help to ease cost of Boeing terror insurance

Boeing soon may be eligible to buy US terrorism insurance at below-market rates, adding fuel to a debate with Europe over aircraft-maker subsidies.


TRW Automotive Holdings  is  thinking about making a bid for the automotive engineering unit  of Germany's Siemens, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday,  citing three people involved in the bidding process.


Firenze, 19:36 - CALCIO, COPPA ITALIA: 2-1 ALLA FIORENTINA, LAZIO IN SEMIFINALE

La Lazio si è qualificata per le semifinali di Coppa Italia battendo 2-1 (1-1) la Fiorentina ...


Internal audits sent to the director of the Iraq oil-for-food program uncovered extensive mismanagement of multimillion-dollar deals with contractors and fraudulent paperwork by its employees, according to copies of some of the reports obtained by The Associated Press.


Hurricane Frances spared NASA's depleted shuttle fleet but ripped away siding from a towering landmark Kennedy Space Center facility, exposing the critical enclosure to the


Nature is pretty good at solving engineering problems, so designers are increasingly turning to biomimetics to improve their products and ideas. By Rowan Hooper.


Mali's traditional healers unlock herbal cures

Bourama Soumaoro's pharmacy looks much like any other, packets of pills in glass cabinets and jars of powder to fight everything from toothache to dysentery.


Torino, 13:12 - Calcio, Juventus: Ibrahimovic nominato giocatore del mese

Si Ã¨ perfettamente inserito negli schemi di Fabio Capello fin dalla prima partita ed Ã¨ diventato uno...


The chief executive and chairman of the world's biggest broker of insurance stepped down after his company was accused of cheating customers.


An investigation has been opened into crowd trouble at Chelsea's League Cup match with West Ham at Stamford Bridge.


Woman Who Lost Father in Iraq Loses Spouse

A woman whose father died in Iraq last year suffered another tragedy when her husband was killed in a helicopter crash in Baghdad last week.


Hungarian central bank cuts key interest rate by half a point

The Hungarian central bank reduced its key interest rate by half a percentage point to 9.0 percent, saying inflation was falling but warning of a high public deficit that threatens Hungary's chances of adopting the euro by 2010.


we all but raced to the TiVo to set it on "record." (Not that we ever miss. anyway, but this would be one worth keeping.


Bryan Cranston, who  played the patriarch on the Fox comedy "Malcolm in the Middle,"  is set to play Lucifer in ABC Family's "Fallen."


Lo stilista non ha gradito osservazioni della giornalista


Analysis: Bombing is a reminder that calm is artificial

Exactly four years ago, a few days before Yom Kippur, then deputy chief of general staff Maj.-Gen. Moshe Ya'alon appeared before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.


Second Rotation will find a life for your old gadgets on eBay

Blog: Now comes a site for people who want to sell old electronics gear online but don't want to become eBay Power Sellers.


The United States has condemned the appointment of Lieutenant-General Soe Win as Burma's new Prime Minister. Washington has accused him of orchestrating an attack last year on opposition leader


NEW YORK - Another drop in oil prices sent stocks higher to start the holiday-shortened week Tuesday, even as good news from Wal-Mart and Circuit City failed to boost retail shares.    Investors rallied around falling oil prices as a sign that the summer's run on crude oil futures was over, boosting the chances for an autumn rally in stocks...


Fallujah residents flee to avoid expected attack on militants

Abu Ghraib, Iraq -- As truck driver Hamid Taleb Shal al-Zubavi and his wife drove their pregnant daughter to a midwife in Fallujah several weeks ago, the family came under fire from snipers.


Scientists have discovered a poppy that does not produce addictive drugs - and are using it to make safer painkillers. Poppies are used to make the pharmaceuticals morphine and codeine, which act as painkillers


Pius Ncube, a strident critic of Robert Mugabe's rule, is accused of an affair with a secretary in a lawsuit that his lawyers described as politically motivated.


HP to stop using Intel Itanium chip: WSJ

New York, September 27: Printer and PC maker Hewlett-Packard Co will stop offering desktop workstations based on Intel Corp's Itanium microprocessor, The Wall Street Journal reported on its online edition.


South Africa urges Zimbabwe to respect citizens' rights after an opposition leader appears in court with injuries.


Tuesday morning's Macworld keynote address, delivered as always by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, is a blitzkrieg of data, figures and statistics. Here's a helpful wrap-up that offers just the facts, as stated by Jobs himself during his speech kicking off the event in San Francisco.


Lo ha detto l'amministratore delegato Vincenzo Novari


UEFA will enforce a new anti-doping  program at all levels in and out of competition, a meeting of  the European soccer body's executive committee decided  Thursday.


On Basketball: Trying to Corner the Market on the Best Players

Some say that money in the shoe business is ruining basketball, yet it is important to remember that along with the vices come virtues.


Thirty-three people were missing after a ship heading from Madagascar to the Comoros Islands sank in the Indian Ocean this weekend in bad weather, an official said Monday.


Continental, American cut business prices

Need proof? At a time when US airlines are struggling mightily with few successes in raising fares, carriers like Continental and American are making it cheaper to fly to Latin America.


Plans to create the world's largest game park are being finalised in Botswana in southern Africa.


Claudio Moroni e Gianmarco Onorato seguivano progetto Cri


Immigrants brought prosperity to New Bedford. They manned its lucrative whaling fleet, ran its textile mills and provided the muscle for the fishing boats that leave here daily for the Atlantic.


Weather Window May Allow Launch of Atlantis

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  -- After more than a week of storm delays, NASA may be getting its best shot weather-wise for launching space shuttle Atlantis, officials said Monday.  There was only a 20 percent chance that weather would prohibit the shuttle from blasting off at 12:28 p.m.


The wife of one of three construction workers taken hostage in Iraq pleaded for her husband's freedom, saying their 13-year-old daughter "misses her father very much."


New players proposal could be last chance

-- Any hope of saving the NHL season hinges on whether the next proposal by the players' association stirs serious negotiating.


The family of a British female aid worker in Iraq said on Tuesday that they believed 59-year-old Margaret Hassan was probably dead.


EU split on China arms ban, but 'tide turning' toward life

THE HAGUE  - The European Union remains split over lifting the 15-year-old arms embargo on China, but "the tide is turning" and the bloc appears set to end the ban sooner or later, diplomats said.


Timor gangs promise mayhem on East Timor's streets

With names like "Cold Blooded Killers", "Provoke me and I'll Smash You" and "Beaten Black and Blue", East Timor's youth gangs promise mayhem on streets which not so long ago offered hope.


The first warning sign came when a sharp-eyed worker sorting pills noticed that the odd blue flecks dotting the finished drug capsules matched the paint on the factory doors.


Zook to replace Turner as Illini head coach

Former Florida coach Ron Zook will be named Tuesday as Illinois' 22nd head football coach, sources told The Associated Press Monday.


Madrid, 10:50 - CALCIO, MARCA: CAPELLO VUOLE BUONUSCITA PER LASCIARE REAL

Secondo quanto scrive il quotidiano sportivo spagnolo 'Marca', Fabio Capello potrebbe dimettersi dal...


The overtures towards friendship between India and Pakistan are being echoed in the Hindi film industry with top Bollywood stars rejecting movies that bash the neighbour.


British Home Secretary David Blunkett resigned Wednesday over allegations that he abused his power to help his ex-lover's nanny get a visa.


Bird flu spreads in the Indian state of West Bengal, as authorities battle to cull birds and control the outbreak.


NHL sets example for FIFA with video technology

Two moments in World Cup history are guaranteed to start arguments between soccer fans -- Geoff Hurst's winning goal for England in 1966 and Diego Maradona's "Hand of God" strike for Argentina 20 years later.


Zagabria, 14:13 - SCI, CDM: MATT VINCE SLALOM, QUARTO ROCCA

L'austriaco Mario Matt ha vinto lo slalom di Zagabria, valido per la coppa del Mondo maschile di sci...


Oil Slips on Forecasts of U.S. Stock Build

Oil prices eased on Wednesday ahead of  weekly U.S. inventory data that is expected to show the first  build in distillate fuel supplies for 10 weeks.


Impossibile scaricare immondizia,Soru convoca amministratori


In his first two weeks in office, the city's new mayor announced changes to his staff, readied a budget proposal, attended a handful of news conferences — and laughed it up on the "Late Show with David Letterman."


Typhoon strikes Vietnam, toll at 76 in Philippines

Typhoon Xangsane barreled into central Vietnam, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee and cutting electricity and many telephone lines after killing scores of people in the Philippines.


Wall St rebounds as Bernanke calms nerves

Stocks rose on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments that the economy was poised to grow moderately reassured investors, a day after the Dow's worst slide since the September 11 attacks.


Motorbike suicide bombing hits Pakistan as al Qaeda raises profile in tribal belt

Intelligence reports find that al Qaeda may be using the region to launch more sophisticated terror attacks.


An outbreak of E. coli bacteria has sickened at least 11 people in New Jersey over the past two weeks, officials said.


China defends food exports amid health scares

China defended the quality of its exports on Wednesday amid a spate of health scares over Chinese-made food and drugs, saying the problem was limited.


Sudan said Wednesday that peace negotiations held in Nigeria to find a settlement in war-torn Darfur in west Sudan have collapsed.


Sprint-Nextel merger widens gap to mobile's 'have nots'

Now that wireless is officially a land of giants, what happens to all the Lilliputians? With Sprint and Nextel announcing their merger Wednesday â- $35 billion deal


A man who throttled a trainee rabbi and dismembered his body is told he will spend his whole life in jail.


Web search leader Google Inc. said on  Friday that it would participate in an upcoming wireless  spectrum auction if the U.S. Federal Communications Commission  added a key condition.


Indianapolis - The Toledo Mud Hens got another fine unexpected pitching performance against the Indianapolis Indians last night, but couldn't get the offense to match it as they fell 2-1 in 12 innings.


An anti-al-Qaida Sunni group announced Saturday it was temporarily withdrawing from its alliance with the American military in protest of an airstrike that it said killed three of its members.


Second Briton arrested in prostitute murder case

Police arrested a second man on Tuesday  on suspicion of murdering five prostitutes in one of Britain's  most dramatic suspected serial killings.


Smaller, more efficient memory could double chip performance for gamers and multimedia use by 2008.


Hundreds of thousands march against Bush, war

As Republicans began converging on the city to renominate a wartime president, the largest protest ever at a political convention


Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce admits his position is becoming increasingly precarious after a third successive defeat.


Milano, 11:23 - CALCIO, MESSINA; FRANZA: MATERAZZI GRAN PROVOCATORE

MILANO - E' polemica aperta tra il Messina e Marco Materazzi. Pietro Franza, presidente de...


Whatever the reasons John Kerry and the Democrats lost the race for the White House, lack of money wasn't one.


Motorsport.com. Tony George, president and CEO of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indy Racing League warned there might be changes to the venerable Month of May in 2005 and today those alterations became official.


French President Jacques Chirac's views on the EU arms embargo against China have been a focus of a visit there as he cultivates new business opportunities.


Osama bin Laden called for Iraqi insurgents to unite and avoid divisive "extremism," speaking in an audiotape aired Monday and apparently intended to win over Sunnis opposed to al-Qaida's branch in Iraq.


When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets President Pervez Musharraf at the General's suite at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York, much will hinge on how the two men get along.


It's one of those footnotes that maintains great shelf life. It was the 2003 draft, the first with Jack Del Rio as Jacksonville's head coach, and what unfolded in the first round provided a key ingredient to this team's makeup.


Best Software is planning to introduce this month a new version of Accpac CRM, a hosted software application that it acquired last year from Computer Associates (NYSE: CA).


Washington says it will now push for tougher sanctions against Iran over its nuclear activities.


India's efforts to eradicate polio nationwide have hit a hurdle in eastern Bihar state where poor, conservative communities are refusing to have their children immunized because they don't trust the medicine or its distributors.


Iraq's insurgency spread to a relatively calm area near the Syrian border yesterday when a suicide car bomber killed at least 16 people at an Iraqi National Guard centre.


A man facing execution in Texas for driving the car a murderer escaped in has his sentence commuted to life.


If Patriot Keith Traylor ever gets hazy on just how long he's been playing in the NFL, all he has to do is turn to fellow nose tackle Vince Wilfork, who is always eager to remind him of his veteran status.


A new generation of rechargeable lithium batteries could reduce global warming, a leading expert says.


Report: Antipiracy coalition of big media, tech on the way

An impressive coalition of media companies on Thursday will release a list of guidelines for protecting copyrights online, according to The Journal.


NASA has delayed the third and final test flight of an unmanned, hypersonic aircraft attempting to fly at 10 times the speed of sound.


ST. LOUIS - Rain or shine, the St. Louis Cardinals' big bats always seem to come through in the end. Albert Pujols led off the eighth inning with a tiebreaking home run, Scott Rolen followed with his second


Elusive Manatee Found Dead; Had Fled Rescuers for Miles

By AP Wire Service  MEMPHIS, Tenn.  -- A manatee that traveled 720 miles up the Mississippi River and eluded his would-be rescuers was found dead Monday on the banks of a lake, police said.    Police spokesman Sgt.


Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho got the draw he wished for as the English front-runners were drawn against Barcelona in the first knockout round of the Champions League.


Judge clears way for start of Jackson trial by rejecting motion ...

A judge denied two defense motions to dismiss the Michael Jackson child molestation case and also rejected their bid to delay the trial, keeping alive a Jan. 31 trial date.


Wing commander David Penman, who has died aged 85, was the pilot of one of only five Lancaster bombers to return from a daring low-level daylight raid on Augsburg, an operation which earned its leader a ...


Bin Laden tape most politically sophisticated yet

WASHINGTON: In his latest videotaped message, Osama Bin Laden has tried to portray himself as a âstatesmanâ of the Muslim world, said Bruce Hoffman, terrorism expert at the US think tank RAND Corp, in an interview with The Christian Science Monitor on


Lisa Simpson, the spiky-haired U.S. cartoon character, may just be the spark that revives an ancient language and fuels a tiny political movement at the tip of the southwest English coast.


Slipstream: Awaiting the Day When Everyone Writes Software

Too many software programs are ugly: inelegant, unreliable and not very useful. Software that satisfies and delights is as rare as a phoenix.


A New York il greggio quotato 62 dollari al barile


Study: Merck's Arcoxia Appears Safe Medium Term

Drug firm Merck & Co. will present data this week showing that an experimental arthritis drug, Arcoxia, a treatment in the same class as its recently withdrawn Vioxx, showed no significant


A Defense Department analyst and a former engineer for Boeing Co. were accused Monday in separate spy cases with helping deliver military secrets to the Chinese government, the Justice Department said.


Plane Crash Kills at Least 8 in Missouri

Rescuers scoured a woods on Wednesday for five missing passengers from a commuter jet affiliated with American Airlines that crashed on approach to an airport in northeast Missouri, killing eight.


Mexico City starts grope-free buses for women

Mexico City has started a women-only bus service to protect female passengers from groping and verbal abuse common on the city's packed public transportation system.


Annan Urges Action to End 'Hell on Earth' in Darfur

U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan called for immediate action on Wednesday to end what he termed a near hell on earth in Sudan's western Darfur region.


The US defence secretary is under attack over machine-signed letters to the families of US soldiers killed in action.


Athletics: Eight-year ban given to Collins for 'pattern of doping'

Michelle Collins, who won the world athletics indoor 200 metres for the United States last year, was yesterday suspended for eight years despite the fact that she has never tested positive or admitted doping violations.


â¢ United States of America became the 19th country to play one-day international cricket. Interestingly, only two players, Leon Romero and Jignesh Desai, out of the 11 who played in this match, were born in USA.


A verdict of accidental death is returned on a teenager who fell to her death from the back of an ambulance.


Yahoo! yesterday became the latest big name to make its presence felt in the burgeoning market for online music. The internet portal agreed a $160m (Â£89m) deal to acquire Musicmatch, a San Diego-based firm


Il Capo dello Stato su caso Visco e annuncio Berlusconi


(CBS) The moment I heard about former President Bill Clinton's sudden need for heart bypass surgery I started having palpitations in my own heart.


Weak Dollar Fuels China's Buying Spree Of U.S. Firms

SHANGHAI -- From his posh office in a coastal city in eastern China, millionaire Zhou Jiaru oversees more than 100 workers at an auto parts refurbishing factory he purchased in a struggling manufacturing town on the other side of the world.


Iran and the United States are set to hold their first bilateral talks in almost three decades to discuss Iraq.


Apologetic South Korean hostages return home

ANYANG, South Korea  - Nineteen South Korean Christian volunteers held hostage by the Taliban in Afghanistan for six weeks returned home to an uncomfortable welcome on Sunday, thanking their government for saving them from death.


Pattaya, 16:06 - TENNIS, WTA PATTAYA: SANTANGELO AL 3/O TURNO

La tennista italiana Mara Santangelo ha superato il secondo turno del torneo Wta di Pattaya. L'azzur...


The celebrity watch at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am took place everywhere but the top of the leaderboard Thursday.


Pop stars rock climate change gigs around the world

Dozens of pop stars rocked big crowds at Live Earth concerts around the world on Saturday to persuade fans and governments to go green.


Arsenal, Facing Rosenborg in Europe, Loses Gilberto

Arsenal midfielder Gilberto Silva will miss the team's second Champions League group game against Norwegian champion Rosenborg on Wednesday with a back injury, ruling him out for at least a month.


It was the year of Marcaine, "Tessie," and the pink hats. The year of Doc Morgan and the cadaver, Pedro and his Mini-Me (Nelson de la Rosa), and Damon's Disciples.


Vijay Singh win more than 10 million US dollars in one season

Singh ended the five-year reign of Tiger Woods as world number one in September, defeating Woods in a man-to-man duel for the Deutche Bank Championship title to confirm his supremacy.


Israel: Ultra-Orthodox Group Launches "Kosher Internet"

Text of report by web version of Israeli newspaper Ma'ariv on 22 May  The kosher Internet has been launched.


Blast kills Sri Lankan government minister

An explosion on Tuesday hit the convoy of Sri Lanka's Nation Building Minister, D.M. Dassanayake, wounding him on the road between the capital, Colombo, and the international airport.


Study: Charter Students Test Results Mixed

Compared with peers in traditional public schools, fourth-graders in charter schools do as well in reading but worse in math, a pilot government study says.


Centinaia di persone alle porte della cittadina in provincia di Avellinoper protestare contro il decreto del commissariato straordinario Bertolaso                                            Rifiuti, presidio ad Ariano Irpino contro la riapertura della discarica                                                                                A Rione Cardito, sulla Statale 90 delle Puglie, continuano ad affluire manifestantiI compattatori sono in marcia e dovrebbero arrivare nel primo pomeriggio


Iran fuel rations spark anger, pump stations burn

Angry Iranians torched pump stations and hurled abuse at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government after the world's fourth-largest oil exporter said it was imposing fuel rationing on Wednesday.


President Museveni Mourns Greek Orthodox Patriarch

President Yoweri Museveni yesterday joined the Orthodox community to mourn the death of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa.


E' russa, ha 15 anni e gia' 40 negozi con il suo nome


Monaco di Baviera, 14:46 - CALCIO, BAYERN: LICENZIATO MAGATH

Secondo il quotidiano tedesco Bild, il Bayern Monaco ha licenziato il proprio allenatore Felix Magat...


In what could be a major defeat for Ralph Nader, a judge has issued a temporary order that keeps the independent presidential candidate off the Florida ballot.


The escape of a notorious jail-breaker has led to calls to overhaul Belgium's prison system.


Social networking website MySpace is to allow unsigned bands to sell their music as downloads.


Connexion by Boeing, the only real-time, high-speed connectivity service available to commercial airline passengers and iPass, which operates the world's largest Wi-Fi roaming network with over 11,000 active hotspots in 33 countries, complement each other


New data shows a vaccine against the virus that causes cervical cancer partially blocks infection by 10 strains of the virus on top of the four types the vaccine targets.


Bomber kills 20 including police chief in Iraq city

A suicide bomber killed 20 people including the police chief of the Iraqi city of Baquba on Monday in a mosque compound where local Shi'ite and Sunni Arab factions were holding reconciliation talks.


Ignacio Cirac can send information from point A to point B without it touching anything in between.


Annan asks how world can allow "horror" in Sudan

Outgoing U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan will ask on Friday how the international community can allow the "horror" in Sudan's Darfur region to continue and say there is more than enough blame to shared all around.


The Koebel brothers are expected to plead guilty to one charge in the Walkerton tainted water disaster. TORONTO -- The two brothers charged in the deadly Walkerton water disaster will likely plead guilty to


FDA issues new warning on misuse of J&J pain patch

U.S. health officials on Friday issued a second warning about reports of deaths and dangerous side effects in patients who used Johnson & Johnson's Duragesic pain-killing skin patch or generic versions.


Mostra di Venezia Meryl a spasso col diavolo

Oggi è la volta de Il diavolo veste Prada con la Streep e una piccola partecipazione di Valentino. Kenneth Branagh porta in scena Il flauto magico di Mozart. Il programma


A man claiming to be Paresh Barua, commander-in-chief of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom, on Friday offered to hold talks with the government, but made it clear that he will not compromise on the issue of sovereignty of Assam.


Dale Earnhardt Jr. will have two 8s on his new car. NASCAR's most popular driver will be in the No. 88 Chevrolet when he moves to Hendrick Motorsports next season, the team announced Wednesday.


Milano, 12:11 - CICLISMO, GIRO POLONIA: LAMPRE CON BENNATI E BALLAN

Saranno Daniele Bennati ed Alessandro Ballan i leader della Lampre-Fondital al Giro di Polonia al vi...


Annan meets Odinga, Kenya clashes kill 10

NAIVASHA, Kenya  - Ethnic clashes killed at least 10 people in Kenya's Rift Valley on Sunday as former U.N. chief Kofi Annan met opposition leader Raila Odinga to try to resolve a month-long crisis that has claimed 750 lives.


Eritrea denies seizing tourists, blames Ethiopia

Eritrea dismissed as "baseless  fabrication" accusations by an Ethiopian official that Eritrean  forces had kidnapped a group of British tourists in a remote  area of Ethiopia.


The dreaded BANG! came from deep within the F-16's lone engine, shaking the warplane as it made passes over an Arizona bombing range last December. Then came the alarming loss of thrust.


Police following up on fatal road accident find victim's spouse dead at home


Bush to meet lawmakers, open to options on economy

President George W. Bush was open to options on a package to stem troubles in the U.S. economy that have sent global financial markets plummeting, the White House said on Tuesday.


Hamburg Forum Sees Criticism of Russian President

Human rights advocates and the German media used the international forum of the St.


Israelis Kill 5 Palestinians; Sharon Under Pressure

Israeli troops killed five Palestinian  militants in gun battles Monday as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  sought to dampen rising pressure for a referendum on his plan  to withdraw from occupied Gaza.


Microsoft has lost on all key points in its competition dispute with the European Commission - but what is the impact of the ruling?


ATHENS -- Star sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou were suspended yesterday from the Greek Olympic team for missing drug tests, but their fate was left in the hands of the International Olympic Committee.


American Sports Being Exported to New Fans in the Old World

A crowd of American sports leagues are racing to widen international appeal and revenue by playing more games abroad and expanding foreign marketing.


Study Links Mobile Phones, Benign Tumors

A new Swedish study suggests that people who use a mobile phone for at least 10 years might increase their risk of developing a rare benign tumor along a nerve on the side of the head where they hold the phone.


Just days into his campaign, Barack Obama is pulling in the crowds. But even political rock stars donât always hit the right note.


Top-seeded Russian Elena Dementieva rallied Sunday to take a three-set win over Russian Elena Bovina in the final at the inaugural Gaz de France Stars.


Software Tackles Digital Photo Proliferation

Now that digital cameras have overtaken film cameras in sales, users are beginning to encounter a familiar problem -- what to do with the bulging image files and folders filling up computer hard drives?


FIA chief Max Mosley says Formula One teams must improve to catch up Ferrari.


Good news: late relative was lottery winner. Bad news: cash going to charity

For relatives of the late Gail German, it could best be described as a bitter-sweet moment.


New research from Web analytics firm WebSideStory said usage of Microsoft's dominant Internet Explorer (IE) has dropped slightly.


Make the most of your tax-deductible expenses.


DHAKA, Aug 21: Fourteen people were killed and more than 200 others wounded in a series of bomb attacks on a rally of the Awami League here on Saturday afternoon.


AP Poll: Stable Iraq Tops Voter Priorities

As President Bush mulls what to do after winning re-election, voters say his first priority should be resolving the situation in Iraq, where the fighting is growing more intense. They also want Bush to cut the deficit, which ballooned under his watch, rather than pushing for more tax cuts, according to an Associated Press poll taken right after the election.


XM Satellite in $650 Million Deal with Pro Baseball

XM Satellite Radio on Wednesday said  it signed a $650 million deal to broadcast Major League  Baseball games for 11 years, countering a rival's moves to sign  up high-profile programing that will lure listeners to the new  medium.


At least 15 people are feared killed in southern Greece, on the deadliest day of wildfires this year.


UK Net Entrepreneurs to Run Web Startup Soflow

Two British entrepreneurs who founded online dating service Udate.com and sold it last year to media mogul Barry Diller's InterActive Corp  for $150 million, have resurfaced to run a professionals-networking Web start-up.


Per leader industria nucleare carnet ordini a 33,5 miliardi


Sen. George Allen attempted to steer his campaign away from accusations of racial insensitivity Monday night with a two-minute, statewide television ad touting the need to focus on "the real issues," such as support for U.S. troops in Iraq.


Petrol bombs are thrown during a disturbance in north Belfast involving two groups, police say.


The Democratic Unionist Party's executive has given its unanimous approval to leader Ian Paisley as he enters the final stage of talks aimed at restoring devolution to Northern Ireland.


Amare Stoudemire scored 30 points and the Phoenix Suns won their 11th straight game, beating the Orlando Magic 103-89 on Monday night.


The prime minister of Poland told his Parliament yesterday that he would begin reducing the number of Polish troops in Iraq in January, another blow to the US-led coalition that has lost nearly a third of its ...


Rob Allen's Blog: Zend_Filter_Input / Zend_Validate Messages

Rob Allen has been working with the Zend_Filter component of the Zend Framework and has discovered a few things:   The basic usage of Zend_Filter_Input is [a simple call to Zend_Filter_Input with the filter types and data to filter]. The problem is that the message you get out isn't always written as you would like. Consider the output if the body record is empty. The text isn't exactly what I would want to display to a user. To change it you pass in a messages parameter to the $validators array.   There's a long list of these "messages parameters" and Rob includes them in the post - things like NOT_ALNUM, CHECKSUM, QUOTED_STRING, INVALID_DASH and UNDECIPHERABLE_TLD (37 of them in all).


Report suggests police will make decision by end of January on whether party figures should face prosecution for concealed donations


US researchers have found that people who pay for whole-body X-ray scans in the hope of finding tumors at their earliest stages may be raising their overall risk of cancer, reported China Radio International Tuesday.


Sharpton plans march to protest shooting

NEW YORK — Civil rights activist Al Sharpton and other community leaders planned a silent march down Fifth Avenue Saturday to protest the police shooting that killed an unarmed man and wounded two friends on his wedding day.


HTC launches Microsoft-based iPhone rival

InfoWorld - High Tech Computer (HTC) announced the HTC Touch, a Microsoft Windows Mobile 6 Professional OS device designed with one-touch screen features giving users instant access to e-mails, contacts, and appointments.


Hello? I'm calling via the interweb! Nah, it's rubbish Internet-gentile mobile operator 3 finally released full details of its new Skype handset at an event in London today. Early adopters can expect free calls, but no guarantees of reliability.â¦


Kentucky Derby Doubles Purse to $2 Million

Churchill Downs has doubled the purse  for the Kentucky Derby to a record $2 million, track officials  said on Tuesday.


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On October 13th, two days after the official Vote for Change finale in Washington, DC, Bruce Springsteen will bring the tour to his home state of New Jersey.


Amburgo, 11:20 - CALCIO, BAYERN MONACO: BECKENBAUER CANDIDA SCHUSTER PER PANCHINA

Bernd Schuster, attuale tecnico del Getafe, è uno dei tecnici che piace al presidente del Bay...


Two weeks after the election, Washington state still doesn't have a new governor. And voters are weathering the suspense the way Seattle residents shrug off the rain.


(InfoWorld) - The European Court of First Instance will give its long-awaited verdict in Microsoft's antitrust appeal on Sept. 17, people involved in the matter said Tuesday. It is by far the biggest antitrust case ever referred to the European Union's second highest court. The outcome of the appeal, which will have taken more than three years, will influence the future shape of the software industry and be a reference point for future antitrust cases, especially those in the fast-changing world of information technology. The European CommissionÂ ruled in 2004Â that Microsoft had abused the dominant position of its Windows OS to muscle in on other sectors of the software market. By bundling Windows Media Player, its audio and video playing software, into Windows, Microsoft competed unfairly against rivals such as Real Networks and Apple, the Commission ruled. And by failing to share technical information about how to interoperate with Windows PCs, Microsoft managed to steal a march in the market for low-end server operating systems. Microsoft appealedÂ both threads of that ruling, and in April last year the court held a three-day hearing at which the Commission and Microsoft, together with their respective software industry allies, tried to convince the judges of their arguments. There are four possible outcomes of September's decision, two of which are clear cut but unlikely, and the other two mixed and more probable. First clear-cut but unlikely outcome: the court sides with the Commission on both parts of the case -- media player and server interoperability. It deems Microsoft an obstacle to innovation in the software industry and orders the immediate break-up of the company, effectively appropriating the Windows operating system and making it a public utility. Second clear cut but unlikely outcome: the court sides with Microsoft on both counts. It declares that the break-neck speed of change in the IT industry is defined by a string of monopolies and that one monopoly is inevitably overtaken by another in time. Therefore, regulators should not apply antitrust laws too strictly, and should allow dominant operators such as Microsoft to use all means to prolong and expand their dominance of a market. More likely, the court will give a mixed ruling. It may side with the Commission on interoperability but uphold Microsoft's appeal of the bundling ruling. Microsoft is ordered to release all interoperability information to rivals immediately. The result would be growth of Microsoft's largest direct rivals, at its expense, and a flattening of the software market as we know it today, with Microsoft brought slightly more into line with the likes of Sun Microsystems, Oracle, and IBM. It would also open up Microsoft Office to open source software rivals, who until now have been marginalized in the lucrative desktop application market. However, Microsoft would no longer need to sell a second version of Windows with the Media Player stripped out, which it has been forced to do in Europe today, and it would most probably bundle more and more features with Windows in future, to the likely detriment of any halfway successful innovation from a software developer such as Google. In a nutshell, this outcome would restore fair competition in the software markets that existed in the 20th century but it would do nothing to impede Microsoft from muscling in on new markets that have already started to emerge this century. Alternatively, Microsoft could lose the bundling argument but win on the interoperability side. The Court orders Microsoft to set up a separate company to sell a completely unbundled version of Windows, a turbo-charged "edition N," if you like (the name for its version of Windows without Media Player). This separate entity would be free to compete with the fully bundled version, and free to strike partnerships with any other software developer. However, Microsoft could still withhold information about Windows from rivals to handicap them in some markets, such as the low-end server operating system market. This would allow Microsoft to dominate the traditional, office-based computing environment, at the expense of rivals such as Sun Microsystems, IBM, and Oracle. Put simply, this outcome would secure Microsoft in all the fat, but mature markets connected to the office environment, but would limit its ability to fend off challenges in new fields linked to the Internet. The third of these outcomes is the likeliest, according to lawyers following the case, although none would be quoted predicting the court's decision. Â


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Euro Slips on Calls for Asian Flexibility

The euro fell on Tuesday after more  European officials called for Asian economies, particularly  China, to take on a bigger share of the dollar's weakness and  let their currencies rise.


Howling Over Federal Plan to Expand Wolf Killing

Federal wildlife officials allow expanding killing of ânon-essentialâ gray wolves in the northern Rockies.


Israel said on Wednesday it would lift   an eight-week-old air and sea blockade against Lebanon on   Thursday, handing over control to international forces.


AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Le autoritÃ  sanitarie nazionali realizzeranno a El Salvador una campagna di prevenzione dellÂAids San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - PartirÃ  il prossimo 27 giugno, a El Salvador, una campagna di prevenzione per ridurre il numero di persone contagiate dal virus di Immunodeficienza umana (Hiv) nel paese. Rodrigo SimÃ¡n, responsabile del Programma Nazio...


55 whales, 25 dolphins die after becoming beached on Australian island

HOBART, Australia  - A total of 80 whales and dolphins died after swimming on to a beach on a southern Australian island where rescue teams Monday were desperately trying to prevent others from becoming stranded, a government official said.


Microsoft trounces pro-ODF forces in state battles over open document formats

Bills seeking to mandate the use of open document formats were introduced in various states this year. But heavy lobbying by Microsoft has helped to squelch or water down all of the proposals.


Dan Rather's remaining months spent on-air as leader of CBS News may be to ensure that his 42-year career there isn't defined by the network's report on President Bush's National Guard service.


Demonstrators take to the streets in Guinea in protest at President Lansana Conte's choice of prime minister.


LOS ANGELES  â Robert A. Iger, chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, received a compensation package in the 2007 fiscal year valued by the company at $27.7 million, according to an analysis of documents filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Verona, 16:25 - CALCIO, CHIEVO: I CONVOCATI PER LIVORNO

Sono 19 i giocatori convocati dal tecnico del Chievo, Luigi Del Neri, per la gara di domenica con il...


With Rumsfeld gone, Rice target of war anger

Condoleezza Rice's appearance Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee was downright tame compared with the reception she got last month, when she sat before the same committee to explain President Bush's "way forward" in Iraq.


TWO WEB SITES: A probe by the Connecticut attorney general centers on two nearly identical Best Buy Web sites — the one available to the public, the other only to employees — that featured varying prices on some merchandise.


US and EU trade war to flare up again as Airbus takes on Boeing

ROBERT ZOELLICK, the United States Trade representative, suggested last night that talks to settle the EU-US trade dispute surrounding subsidies paid to Boeing and


18 Charged in Drug Ring That Sold to Students

An associate of the Lucchese organized crime family operated an illegal multistate prescription drug ring that employed members of the Bloods street gang, the Bonanno


Carlos Moya and Gaston Gaudio were left waiting on the sidelines as rain returned to halt play at the Masters Cup for a third day on Wednesday.


No, of course not, Ave Maria is not a Roman Catholic town, its builders say. Why would you think such a thing?


Lance Berkman hit a three-run homer off Dustin Hermanson in the ninth inning, and the visiting Houston Astros rallied from a late three-run deficit for a 7-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants last night.


More than $53M taken in Northern Ireland robbery

BELFAST - The robbers who pulled off Northern Ireland's biggest bank robbery dressed as police officers to get into the home of a banker, taking his wife hostage.


Despite the hoopla, most identity theft occurs offline. Also: Amazon uses video and GPS to create virtual tours of city businesses.... Rumors of SBC's bid to buy AT & #038;T & hellip;.  Plan to scan Arabic to preserve culture and aid intelligence & hellip;. and more.


GCSE coursework will be scrapped for most academic subjects following a report by exam watchdogs.


The Kiwis lead the Kangaroos 12-8 at halftime in their tri-series test at Loftus Road in London. Brent Webb opened the scoring with a try for the Kiwis but Australia came back with a converted try to Luke Rooney.


"Friendly fire" kills Canadian soldier in Afghanistan

One Canadian soldier was killed by   friendly fire and several were wounded on Monday during a major   offensive to crush a resurgent Taliban in southern Afghanistan.


Las Vegas Under Siege by Zombies and a Mutant

The third installment in the video-game-derived series of films is not exactly dull but never interesting either.


Google accused by UK group over privacy practices

Web search leader Google Inc.'s   commitment to consumer privacy came under fire from  Privacy International, a British activist group that has  previously singled out Google for criticism.


âThe Forgottenâ Not Forgotten at Box Office

The thriller starring Julianne Moore takes the top seat at the box office this weekend. Regardless of lukewarm reviews, Julianne Mooreâs thriller, âThe Forgottenâ, scared audiences this weekend, earning $22 million.


The widow of Luciano Pavarotti speaks out at the Italian media's "unseemly" gossip about his will.


Domani Rutelli presenta le iniziative a Berlino


It was a good year for you. But do some homework before asking for a raise.


Accuser in Montclair Rape Case Consented to Sex, Sources Say

Prosecutors suddenly dropped charges against two Montclair High School football players charged with raping a schoolmate because they concluded that the sex was not forced or violent but


Afghanistan welcomes U.S. troop "mini-surge"

Afghanistan gave a welcome on Thursday to U.S. plans to send an extra 3,000 troops to fight the Taliban insurgency, but Washington's move highlights divisions between Western allies over how much to commit to the country.


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Jury selection has begun in the case against US basketball star Kobe Bryant, who is accused of raping a teenager at a ski resort in Colorado.


Electronic Arts on Thursday said it  is developing six games for Nintendo's (7974.OS) upcoming Wii  video game console, whose selling point is a motion-detecting  controller that allows players to simulate swinging a bat, golf  club or sword.


Palestinians Vote in Litmus Test Local Poll

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians voted on  Thursday in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in  nearly three decades, a dress rehearsal for a presidential  ballot next month to choose Yasser Arafat's successor.


Dentists have been carrying out botox treatment despite not being properly qualified, cosmetic surgeons say.


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Redstone: No plans to take CBS, Viacom private: CNBC

Sumner Redstone, executive chairman of media companies CBS Corp.  and Viacom Inc. , said in a television interview on Wednesday he has no plans to take the companies private, dispelling Wall Street speculation.


Iraq Prison Abuse Soldier Was 'Following Orders'

FT. HOOD, Texas  - U.S. soldier Charles Graner,  who has come to symbolize the Iraq prison abuse scandal, is  expected to argue that he was following orders from superiors  when his trial opens on Friday.


Buoyed by another Federal Reserve interest-rate cut and by Microsoftâs $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, the broad stock market rose last week.


New Mustek pocket camcorders shoot video, fight Megatron

Both gadgets sport 3X optical zooms, swiveling LCD screens, and can function as a camcorder, a digital camera, a voice recorder, a Webcam, and an MP3 player. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


The Church of England has published a series of prayers aimed at helping Britons cope with the post-holiday Monday blues as they trudge back into work following the long break.


The investment arm of Dubai's government confirms it is in exclusive talks about a takeover of Liverpool FC.


Israel Presses Offensive in Northern Gaza

BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip - Israeli tanks and bulldozers pulled back from this Palestinian town Thursday, after tearing up roads, flattening strawberry greenhouses and knocking down walls of dozens of houses in what residents said was the most devastating raid in four years of fighting.    The two-day foray into Beit Lahiya was part of a major Israeli military offensive in the northern Gaza Strip, now in its third week...


The government's immigration policy is to blame for unemployment among junior doctors, academics warn.


Sharon Approves 1,000 Settlement Homes in W.Bank

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  has approved building tenders for 1,000 new homes in Jewish  settlements in the West Bank frozen earlier to avoid upsetting  the United States, political sources said on Thursday.


Russian and US crew members begin their return to Earth, leaving two men on the International Space station.


Musharraf memoir could be used in Pearl murder appeal

The lawyer of an Islamist militant   sentenced to hang in Pakistan for his role in the murder of   U.S. reporter Daniel Pearl said on Tuesday he would use   President Pervez Musharraf's memoir to support an appeal.


GAUHATI, India -- A string of bombings and gun attacks on crowded markets, a railroad station, and other sites killed 44 people and left dozens wounded in two northeastern India states plagued by separatist groups, police said.


A Life on the Ocean Wave . . . Florida-Style

By ROBERT LIEBMAN FLORIDA seems to be a state of two halves. The Sunshine State's 250-mile-long east coast borders the cold and relatively rough waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and the similarly extensive western coast is caressed by the calmer waters of the Gulf of Mexico.


With the Pill, Years of Cancer Protection

British researchers found that women taking the birth control pill for 15 years halved their chances of developing ovarian cancer, even decades after they stop taking it.


Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Two-time Boston Marathon champion John Kelley died Wednesday night at the age of 97. Kelley, who is famous for running the race a record 61 times, died at a Cape Cod nursing home.


Ken Burns Back in PBS Ring with Johnson Project

During the 15 years since "The Civil War" ignited his career, filmmaker Ken Burns has tended to focus on well-known, unassailable American figures in his much-praised television documentaries.


South Korean Lab Says Uranium Test Repeated 3 Times

South Korean government scientists conducted unsanctioned uranium enrichment tests three times in 2000 but they were repeated procedures of a single experiment, a spokesman at the state-run atomic research center said on Sunday.


Unshaken by its legal problems in the United States, online video leader YouTube will attempt to extend its cultural reach and increase its moneymaking opportunities by programming new channels in nine other countries.


IRAQ: KOFI ANNAN, ''ILLEGALE LA GUERRA DECISA DAGLI USA''

(ASCA-AFP) - Londra, 16 set - Il segretario generale delle Nazioni Unite, Kofi Annan, ha affermato in un'intervista diffusa stanotte dalla radio BBC, che la decisione americana di invadere l'Iraq nel 2003 e' stata ''illegale''.


Roma, 18:11 - CALCIO, SICUREZZA STADI: TASK FORCE AFFIDATA A PANCALLI

Sarà l'ex commissario della Figc, Luca Pancalli il responsabile della task force sulla questi...


Hours after his death, Whiteâs memorabilia draws big interest

Demand for Reggie White memorabilia started perking up almost as soon as the news of the former Green Bay Packers starâs death broke on ESPN.


Analysis / Danny Rubinstein - A new departure in the conflict

The abduction of Israeli journalist Riad Ali in Gaza yesterday is an extraordinary event, apparently the first of its kind in the history of the conflict in the territories.


Tottenham Hotspur slumped to their sixth defeat on the spin at Villa Park, deservedly undone by a fine display of penalty-box pyrotechnics from Nolberto Solano, whose goal


EU opens talks with Turkey on 2 new areas

The European Union opened negotiations  with Turkey on two more reform areas on Wednesday as part of  Ankara's bid to join the bloc.


Broadway Costume Sale Draws Halloween Hordes

New Yorkers lined up around the block  on Tuesday to get their hands on cowboy hats, velvet capes,  Roman armor and pirate outfits that were among thousands of  Broadway costumes in a pre-Halloween clearance sale.


BMW to roll out hydrogen-powered 7 Series

BMW will roll out the world's first   hydrogen-burning car in serial production early next year, the   German premium automaker said on Tuesday, eager to put its   stamp on cars with green credentials.


Il conteggio dei voti per le elezioni presidenziali di sabato in Afghanistan non comincerÃ  oggi ed Ã¨ stato rinviato, poichÃ¨ le autoritÃ  aspettano le istruzioni su cosa fare, dopo le denunce di brogli fatte da alcuni candidati.


Jose Mourinho said Chelsea played the âperfect gameâ after they romped to an impressive 3-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain in their opening Group H Champions League game in the Parc des Princes tonight.


Take the first step on the road to proper asset allocation.


Japan hands whale militants to Australia

A Japanese whaling ship late Thursday handed over to an Australian customs vessel two anti-whaling activists who climbed aboard two days earlier, an official from Japan's Fisheries Agency said.


US federal prosecutors and Food and Drug Administration officials are investigating a firm that allegedly sold an unapproved copy of the anti-wrinkle drug Botox which paralysed four people.


The Sri Lanka army said it had mounted   a fresh attack on Tamil Tiger rebels in the north of the island   on Saturday and overrun several bunkers but lost 11 men and had   53 wounded.


Roberts leads Commerce Bank Championship

Loren Roberts and Eduardo Romero have been seeing their names next to each other a lot lately on leaderboards, and it's not just for alphabetical reasons.


Two Small SUVs Earn Good Rating In Crash Tests

The Insurance Institute For Highway Safety has released new side-impact crash test results for small sport utility vehicles. The 2005 Honda CRV earned a good rating along with the 2005 Ford Escape.


Health Tip: Steroids Are Dangerous When Misused

(HealthDay News) -- Steroids are an effective medication when properly prescribed by a physician to treat conditions like anemia or hormonal imbalances. But according to the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), steroids should never prescribed by a doctor to aid in building muscle tone.


MANCHESTER: The White House on Friday declined to say whether Israel should guarantee that ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat can return to the Palestinian territories after receiving medical treatment in Paris.


Rowan Atkinson shines in English black comedy

"Keeping Mum" takes the  position that a family in crisis does not need a Dr.


Sidney Crosby registers his third shootout goal in four games as Pittsburgh earns a 5-4 win Tuesday against Ottawa.


Record number Japanese over 100 years old in 2004

The number of Japanese who have lived 100 years or more surged to a record-high 23,038 in 2004 in the world's longest-living country, the government said Tuesday.


THE World Trade Organisations (WTO) has told the US to dump its ban on offshore Internet gambling. Currently the US does not allow its citizens to place bets in those nasty foreign online casinos and the tiny


Latest Mozilla releases fix 10 security flaws

At least three critical vulnerabilities are among those fixed by the most recent versions of Mozilla, Firefox and Thunderbird.


Gossage tells steroid cheaters to come clean

Baseball's newest Hall of Famer, hard-throwing relief ace Rich "Goose" Gossage, said on Wednesday that players who had used steroids should admit it and that records set by users should not be allowed to stand.


Hollinger Inc., the scandal-plagued parent of newspaper publisher Hollinger International Inc., Tuesday said it increased the number of independent directors on its board to five from three.


Rain, clouds could mar shuttle Discovery launch

The US space shuttle Discovery's planned launch on Tuesday could be delayed due to rain and cloudy conditions, NASA said on Monday.


Gotuit debuts SceneMaker, a tool that lets users cut, tag and share portions of clips from popular video sharing sites. Next time you send a video to friends, you can just show them the good parts. In Monkey Bites.


Israel fights Fatah militants in West Bank city

NABLUS, West Bank  - An Israeli raid into a West Bank city dominated by Fatah gunmen drew accusations from Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad that Israel was trying to undermine his new government shorn of Hamas Islamists.


Roma, 20:01 - CICLISMO, ALEXANDER EFIMIKIN FIRMA CON LA QUICK STEP

Il ciclista russo Alexander Efimkin, fratello gemello di Vladimir - attualmente secondo alla Vuelta ...


MEMPHIS, Tennessee  - Venus Williams continued her comeback from injury by reaching the Memphis International quarter-finals with a 6-4 6-4 win over 16-year-old Dane Caroline Wozniacki on Tuesday.


China to build world's tallest TV tower :

Beijing, Nov 15 : China will start construction of a television tower that is claimed to be the world's tallest, in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province next month, a media report said today.


Stocks ended barely higher  on Tuesday  as oil prices rose and investors tried to anticipate the  economic fallout from Hurricane Ivan as it moved through the  Gulf of Mexico toward a possible landfall in the United States.


The little diagnostic test kit maker that could.


UN inspectors start verifying whether North Korea has really shut down its nuclear reactor at Yongbyon.


ALDERSON - Starting Oct. 8, Martha Stewart will begin serving her five-month sentence for lying to federal investigators here, in the Alderson Federal Prison Camp.


HP Woes Set to Deepen As Ex-Boss Fiorina Prepares to Dish the Dirt

By Stephen Foley in New York  Hewlett-Packard, the computer manufacturer at the centre of a corporate spying scandal, is bracing itself for still more episodes of the extraordinary soap opera that has captivated Silicon Valley and threatens to tear the company's board apart.


Travel: Rail fare increases last year a full percentage point up on previous year.


In four years at Harvard, Clifton Dawson hasn't had many chances to showcase his talents.


Pakistan's national assembly is due to debate whether President Musharraf should step down as army leader.


MySQL readies beta of enterprise open source database

MySQL at the end of January is expected to release a beta version of its MySQL 5.0 open source database, which is to feature enterprise-level functionality such as stored procedures and triggers, according to a company representative.


Marathon cuts oil, gas output before Hurricane Ivan

Marathon Oil Corp., the fourth- largest US oil producer, evacuated about 40 workers from platforms in the Gulf of Mexico and cut production as Hurricane Ivan entered the region.


Calcio. Di Canio trascina la Lazio, Lecce agguantato sul 3-3

E' l'Udinese la terza forza del campionato. Una nuova conferma da Bergamo dove i bianconeri superano con il minimo sforzo l'Atalanta. Gol e spettacolo all'Olimpico. La Lazio trascinata da Di Canio riacciuffa il pareggio.


A US army officer who refused orders to deploy to Iraq pleads not guilty as his court martial begins.


In Walks This Avatar, With a Thick Papery Thing . . .

Que Publishing held an online party in Second Life recently to fete the release of "Second Life: A Guide to Your Virtual World" -- 416 pages on navigating that user-generated community in which residents buy virtual property, go to virtual work, deal with virtual family members and do all of the ...


Author sues `Knocked Up' director Apatow

A Canadian author has sued NBC Universal and director Judd Apatow claiming they ripped off the premise of the hit movie "Knocked Up" from her book of the same name.


Mindloop Blog: Htmlpurifier and the CodeIgniter framework

From the Mindloop blog today, there's a quick new tutorial on getting HtmlPurifier to work happily with the CodeIgniter framework.   HtmlPurifier is a standards-compliant HTML filter library written in PHP. HTML Purifier will not only remove all malicious code (better known as XSS) with a thoroughly audited, secure yet permissive whitelist, it will also make sure your documents are standards compliant. [...] Although Codeigniter comes with it's own XSS filtering method, I prefer the use of the HtmlPurifier.   Installation is simple, involving only a four step process (including the download) and using it is just as easy. It's (basically) just a matter of loading the library and calling the purify method to output the corrected HTML.


Rapper Nas emerges from drama with label debut

NEW YORK (Billboard) - When Nas and Jay-Z set aside their feud and joined forces last October, it was a great moment for hip-hop, but an even greater moment for Nas. Having been Columbia's staple rap artist for more than a decade, the acclaimed yet commercially unreliable MC seemed poised to reap the benefits of Def Jam's hip-hop savvy.


Mississippi judge who defended use of word "nigger" is confirmed to federal appeals court.


A search team finds the remains of two of the four French climbers who went missing in Nepal last October.


Fighting Subsides as Delegation Tours Eastern Congo

There appears to be a lull in the fighting Monday as top regional officials and a delegation from Congo's capital tour parts of eastern Congo destroyed by recent fighting.


MAXJet files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

MAXJet Airways Inc , an all-business class airline, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from creditors after canceling all flights earlier this week, according to court documents.


'Made in China' labels to multiply as textile quotas end

Beijing (dpa) - China is certain to be one of the major beneficiaries of the end of the international quota system for textiles and clothing next year, but it hopes to limit the impact of the change on global markets.


HOUSTON - Executives of Continental Airlines Inc. on Tuesday reported a $16 million third-quarter loss, which includes $22 million in special charges related to retirement of leased MD-80 aircraft.


Il gip ha disposto una misura meno afflittiva del carcere


Firenze, 10:30 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA-ROMA; QUESTORE: BENE LAVORO FORZE ORDINE

Francesco Tagliente, questore di Firenze, è "soddisfatto e orgoglioso" del lavoro svolto ieri...


More than any other studio, Warner Bros. makes big bets on star vehicles and event films that spare no expense. This holiday season is no exception.


Pescara, 20:16 - CALCIO, PESCARA: NIENTE MANTOVA PER VICENTINI

Allenamento mattutino per il Pescara in vista della gara di sabato a Mantova: il tecnico Ballardini ...


Berlusconi Optimistic Pope Will Recover Quickly

Pope John Paul spent a second  night in hospital after emergency treatment for breathing  problems but Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he  was optimistic he would recover quickly.


That Distinctive Voice, Linking Then With Now

Mr. Fogerty's voice was a visionary backwoods howl through his set of songs from Creedence Clearwater Revival to the present at the Beacon Theater on Sunday.


Iraq Halts Oil Exports from Main Southern Pipeline

Authorities have halted oil export flows from the main pipeline in southern Iraq after intelligence showed a rebel militia could strike infrastructure, an oil official said on Saturday.


Australia's conservative prime minister slammed Barack Obama on Sunday over his opposition to the Iraq war, a day after the first-term U.S. senator announced his intention to run for the White House in 2008.


Anti-Obesity Pill Might Fight Drug Abuse

A pill that helps you lose weight and quit smoking? That was amazing enough to capture headlines last week. But scientists say the experimental drug might be even more versatile, providing a new tool to help people stop abusing drugs and alcohol, too.


U.S. Urges Fairness in Pakistani Election

With just 18 days until a pivotal election, the United States is pressing Pakistan to help end the intimidation of candidates and voters by intelligence officers and local government officials, which could discredit the election's outcome and provoke new instability, according to U.S. and Pakista...


Astronomers discuss possible moon return

The moon has very little atmosphere, and lots of dust. Those are some of the things being considered this week at the home of the Hubble Space Telescope, where astronomers are discussing the opportunities offered by NASA's plan to return to the moon, including the possibility of a telescope on the lunar surface.


A weekly roundup of the buzz from the Sunday talk shows

Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, surging in the polls for the GOP presidential nomination, faced criticism by two rivals yesterday.


Honda CR-V SUV Gets Top Rating in Side Crash Test

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.'s 2005 model CR-V  compact sport utility vehicle has earned the top safety rating  in side impact crash tests, a U.S. research group linked to the  insurance industry said on Friday.


Howard Leads on Eve of Australian Election

With polls favoring conservative Prime Minister John Howard as Australia's election campaign entered its final day Friday, the incumbent said his rival


Clinton Recovering After Quadruple HeartBypass

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton was  recovering on Monday after successful quadruple heart bypass  surgery at a New York hospital, and his doctors said he would  have risked a "substantial" heart attack without the operation.


Troppe difficolta' ad imparare a suonare la chitarra


Bloodlines bites Half-Life 2's release date

The second game to use the Source engine will be released on the same day as the first one--November 16. Since last fall, the release date of Half-Life 2 was put on hold because its Source engine had been compromised by hackers.


Ozzy Osbourne offers â¤100,000 reward for family jewels

England, Nov 24 - Rock star Ozzy Osbourne and wife Sharon Osbourne have offered a â¤100,000 reward to anyone who catches the thieves â-ho Ozzy fought, but could not prevent from getting away â - stole â¤2 million worth of jewels from their


Batman Protest Spotlights Palace Security

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens will today closely scrutinise the report into yesterdayâs embarrassing security breach at Buckingham Palace.


Oil epic starring Daniel Day-Lewis and the Coens' No Country For Old Men each up for eight awards


Advertising: The Campaign Is Clean, the Stunts Fairly Dirty

Unilever is hoping to get some college students dirty as part of its marketing campaign for Axe Shower Gel.


Paris Hilton was doing well after spending her first night of her probation sentence in solitary confinement at a Los Angeles County jail, her lawyer said Monday.


The effects of behavior modification programs designed to encourage physical activity last for at least three months after completion of such programs, says a new report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).


A patch program fixing more than 20 flaws in OS X has been released by Apple.


Images from Athens where workers have been using cranes to move sculptures from the Acropolis to a new museum.


About a hundred times a day, from anywhere in the world, a phone call comes in that sounds something like this: I think I've got a terrorist suspect here, can you check it out?


Giovane romena e un connazionale uccisi a colpi di pistola


Billy Donovan swallowed a gulp of water and then his pride. He apologized Thursday to the Orlando Magic, his family and the Florida Gators for changing his mind about joining the NBA coaching ranks. Instead, he'll rejoin Florida with a new six-year contract worth $3.5 million per year.


Sir Alex Ferguson will hand 18-year-old striker Wayne Rooney his Manchester United debut against Fenerbahce in the Champions League on Tuesday.


Roma, 20:04 - CALCIO, SERIE B: LA 1/A DI RITORNO SI RECUPERA IL 17 APRILE

L'assemblea della Lega calcio riunitasi oggi informalmente all'hotel Hilton di fiumicino, ha deciso ...


NFL Pass-Interference Crackwon Draws Fire

Darren Sharper is upset about the NFL's crackdown on pass interference.


Compagnia svizzera paghera' 2,65 miliardi di euro


A US embassy vehicle is caught in a blast that claims three lives in Beirut, Lebanese TV reports say.


Business & money: Standard & Poor's, which has faced strong criticism for its role in the US sub-prime crisis, has announced the resignation of its president.


WASHINGTON -- Colin L. Powell, the former secretary of state, cast doubt yesterday on the feasibility of a plan to send tens of thousands more US troops to Iraq, and Senator Edward M. Kennedy and other Democrats vowed to oppose the idea.


US presidential hopeful hails 'enduring friendship' with Britain, Europe

US Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani hailed the "enduring friendship" between the United States and Britain Wednesday, while also welcoming new more pro-US leaders in France and Germany.


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Former PM Benazir Bhutto has given President Musharraf 48 hours to seal a power-sharing deal, Pakistani media say.


Best Buy Co Inc. BBY.N on Tuesday   said its quarterly profit rose 22 percent, boosted by new store   openings and sales of high-priced electronics, like flat-panel   televisions.


Only in Barnstable can a graduation of volleyball players deemed ``big" by their coach be brushed aside with forthright assurance. Only in Barnstable are hordes of underclassmen not just ready, but eager, to assume vital positions. Only in Barnstable could the West meet the East in volleyball, as it will Saturday when renowned Beverly Hills (Calif.) High faces off against ...


The playoffs are here! No, not the major league playoffs. I'm talking about the ones we care about: fantasy playoffs. For leagues that operate with a playoff format, the next few weeks will determine a champion.


Former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker criticises TV talent shows, saying the winners never have "good voices".


Updated safety standards for laptop batteries should be in place within the next 12 months, a working group says.


Brangelina will start looking at orphanages over Easter, and are said to have set their sights on adopting a little girl.


Art Review | 'Jeff Wall': Eyes Wide Open, With Stories to Tell

Jeff Wallâs photography mines a welter of traditions and is favored by both critics and the market.


Two Britons injured in football-related violence in Hungary are said to be in serious but stable condition. Clashes broke out in Budapest between fans of the local team, Ferencvaros, and supporters of London


Parma, 19:00 - CALCIO, PARMA PRENDE IN PRESTITO CORRADI E MARIGA

Doppio colpo di mercato per il Parma. La società emiliana ha preso in prestito dal Manchester...


Authorities issued a safety alert Thursday after a Valentine's Day lollipop was found with a blade-like piece of metal in it, and the store chain that sold it pulled similar items from its shelves nationwide.


M.T.A. Spent $15 Million on Officers' Overtime

A third of the M.T.A.'s police officers were paid more than $100,000 last year, and some officers doubled and even tripled their base salaries by working overtime.


Microsoft looks to new games, online gaming service to boost sales.


Marana Hopes to Buy Sewage Plant for Water

By Erica Meltzer, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 4--Effluent has become so valuable that Marana wants to buy a Pima  County sewage treatment plant just to have access to the water it will  generate.


Integrien finds problems, reduces troubleshooting

(InfoWorld) - Integrien this weekÂ will unveil capabilities in its flagship systems management software thatÂ it says will enable IT staffs to more quickly diagnose the cause of application performance problems and reduce post-mortem troubleshooting. Alive 5.5, which starts at about $100,000, includes new features for better predicting application performance problems across distributed networks, the company says. The software compares "Problem Fingerprints," or known issues with popular applications such as SAP, against anomalous events in real time to more quickly diagnose slow response time or other application problems. In some cases, the known fix to the problem would also be stored in the fingerprints library, which would speed problem resolution as well as diagnosis, the company says. "We have enhanced the product to spot predictive patterns and alert IT managers as a problem slowly starts to happen," says Kevin Strehlo, vice president of marketing. He says Integrien also updated the software to provide more fine-tuned thresholds. Because it learns normal behavior, Strehlo explains, Alive 5.5 can detect abnormal behavior and reduce the number of false alerts IT managers receive. This version also features an AJAX-based display of "actionable" information within Alive's dashboard view. Alive 5.5 runs on a centralized server, and using open APIs, collects monitoring data from Web and application servers as well as databases. The software discovers the path an application takes across the infrastructure to deliver IT services, and then determines a baseline of normal behavior to alert users when any components don't perform up to normal standards. Integrien, which competes with the likes of BMC, Netuitive and HP with its Mercury Interactive acquisition, also updated the product with 72 SAP-specific metrics to speed problem detection and added support for applications based on Oracle Application Server and Oracle eBusiness Suite.


A university offers discounts to students who pay the full Â£9,000 for their degree course in advance.


Abducted CNN Producer Released From Gaza

JERUSALEM - A producer for CNN who was abducted in Gaza City was released on Tuesday, his father said.    The father of Riad Ali told a group of reporters outside his home that his son had been released...


Serve sforzo corale perchÃ© il Sud resti centrale

LECCE - Per porre le Â«premesseÂ» alla ripresa serve Â«uno sforzo corale: un clima di piena fiducia e collaborazione tra le imprese, il sistema creditizio e le istituzioniÂ». Il governatore della Banca dâItalia


Dems turn Iowa backers into caucus goers

Mary Beth Dolecki walked briskly toward the home of Joyce and Lee Davidson, ice crunching beneath her feet. Dolecki's mission: to persuade the couple to attend their local precinct caucus Jan. 3 and vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton.


2 key officials quit in CIA shake-up amid new leadership

The resignations of two more senior CIA officials yesterday fueled debate in the intelligence community over whether the agency is tumbling


Subaru Shifting Direction With DDB, Garfinkel

In 1980, a young copywriter at Levine, Schmidt, Huntley & Beaver wrote a Subaru dealer postcard that declared if the U.S. Mail used the rugged little cars, "this postcard would have arrived sooner."


A bomb inside a minibus in central Baghdad killed four people on Monday, witnesses said.


St George Bank, Australia's fifth-largest, says annual net profit rose 18 per cent to A$717 million ($782 million) on stronger housing and business lending and it forecasts double-digit


Moxi maker cuts staff by half, loses CEO

The DVR maker also makes some significant shifts in strategy, saying it will focus on fewer platforms.


Ukraine compromise ideas rejected, firm warnings on separatism

Ukraine's central government moved firmly to quash talk of separatism in the Russian-speaking east of the country, but the nation remained deadlocked over disputed presidential elections as compromise proposals failed to gain any apparent traction.


U.S. expects struggle at World Cup semis

U.S. coach Greg Ryan is bracing for Brazil. He knows the semifinal will be rough, smoothed a bit by the artistry of Marta, the game's best female player.


By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press  Video: Discovery Docks With Space Station   One astronaut will come home; another prepares to stay for six months.   CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.


The party vibe established at MTV's Video Music Awards continued long after the last moon-man trophy was presented.


Palestinian officials said Yasser Arafat remained in stable but critical condition in a coma on Friday and denied reports he's on life support.


Red wines from Sardinia and south-west France contain more longevity-boosting chemicals, a study concludes.


For Google Apps, 2008 may be the year it realizes less is not more

It's just 10 months old, but Google Apps may be in for a life lesson in 2008. If so, it's likely to involve the dangers of running with big dogs such as Microsoft Office when one is just a pup ... and a pup destined to grow into more of a chihuahua-type hound, at that.


Biologists halt efforts to coax 2 whales

Marine biologists planned to spray two lost, injured whales with fire hoses Friday in an attempt to evoke a reaction that would force the pair to head back to salt water.


Scientists have identified a gene that is strongly associated with an increased risk of childhood asthma.


Shares in Manchester United have risen more than 4 percent after US financier Malcolm Glazer told the world's richest soccer club he was planning an 800 million pound takeover offer.


Tens of thousands protest Israeli withdrawal plan

Tens of thousands of people gathered in downtown Jerusalem on Sunday to protest Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw from Gaza and parts of the West Bank by the middle of next year.


European solidarity on trade conspicuous by its absence

Trade, apart from peace and prosperity, is always held up as the great EU success story. If only the EU could get its act together in other areas, such as foreign affairs, it would be a global power, the argument runs.


New Defense Department documents describe a variety of abuse against Iraqi prisoners by members of a number of units within the 1st Marine Division.


Fra 17 settembre e 13 dicembre rassegne, mostre e convegni


Power company Progress Energy Inc. lowered its 2004 earnings outlook Friday because damage from Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan limits the amount of tax credits the company can claim for its synthetic fuel production.


By JUAN A. LOZANO HOUSTON - Two astronauts floated outside the international space station Wednesday to help fold up a solar wing and bring to life a rotating joint that will allow a new pair of solar arrays to track the sun.


NEW YORK -- The brokerage Merrill Lynch announced Tuesday that it plans to acquire the mortgage business of Cleveland-based National City Corp. for $1.3 billion.


Boss Iain Dowie admitted his relief after Crystal Palace grabbed their first Premiership win of the season. Dowie also singled out Andy Johnson for special praise after the striker scored to set Palace on their way to a 2-0 win over London rivals Fulham.


This yearâs Academy Award nominations are being announced this morning. The list will be posted here.


Liza Minnelli's aide sues her for forcing him for sex!:

[Hollywood News]: New York, Nov 11 : Liza Minnelli has landed herself in a controversial legal suit as her former assistant has accused her of beating him in drunken rages and forcing him to have sex with her against his will.


NPD group has reported that American retail sales of Activision's popular Guitar Hero music simulator franchise have put it among the top-selling game franchises of all time, earning over $1 billion in 26 months.


British Quartet Stuns U.S. in Sprint Relay

Britain took a shock gold in the men's  Olympic 4x100 meters relay Saturday, pipping favorite the  United States by one hundredth of a second.


Israeli soldiers kill two Hamas militants in a gun battle in the Gaza Strip, Hamas officials say.


Powell urges Sunni representation in new Iraqi government

WASHINGTON  - US Secretary of State Colin Powell urged that Sunni Muslims be fairly represented in a new Iraqi government despite threats by many Sunnis to boycott elections expected to produce a big win for the Shiite majority.


Brandon Inge's 10th-inning double off Joe Nathan pushes Detroit past Minnesota, 4-3, on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep.


La salma sara' rimpatriata, probabilmente, domenica prossima


Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez shadowed his political foil President Bush on a tour of Western Hemisphere countries, stopping Monday in Jamaica to meet with the island nation's first female prime minister.


Hu Takes Full Power in China as He Gains Control of Military

China's president, Hu Jintao, replaced Jiang Zemin as the country's military chief to complete the first orderly transfer of power in Communist Party history.


British Troops Join Anti-Rebel Raids Near Baghdad

British troops raided the country villas of some of Saddam Hussein's old guard on Thursday as they joined a US and Iraqi offensive against Sunni Muslim insurgents south of Baghdad.


Perrigo buys Israelâs Agis for $818 million

Perrigo Co., the US pharmaceutical manufacturer, said Monday it agreed to buy Israel-based Agis Industries for $818 million. Under the terms, shareholders for Agis will get 0.8011 shares of Perrigo stock and


US scientists fear a surge in activity at the Mount St Helens volcano in Washington state might be a sign it is on the verge of erupting.


Bush, Kerry continue to dispute Iraq policy at campaign stops

TAMPA - President Bush and Democratic challenger Sen. John Kerry returned to the campaign trail yesterday and resumed the intense dispute over the Iraq war and homeland security that dominated the first presidential debate Thursday night.


WORLD No.1 Roger Federer won his 20th match in a row over a top-10 opponent, beating Lleyton Hewitt for the fifth consecutive time to book a semi-final spot at the ATP Masters Cup.


Bank of America, Wachovia profits nearly wiped out

Bank of America Corp  and Wachovia Corp , the second- and fourth-largest U.S. banks, said on Tuesday quarterly profits were nearly wiped out by more than $10 billion of credit losses and write-downs.


Police confirm they are searching a number of houses in connection with an attack on Glasgow Airport.


Two nearly simultaneous bomb blasts have killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens more in the central Pakistan city of Multan.


Powerful Pacific storm wallops California

LOS ANGELES - Rain drenched Southern California again Tuesday, chasing residents from homes in a flood-prone areas and leaving highways littered with wrecks or making them impassable because of mud and water or slides.


Blair enters hospital for "routine" heart operation

LONDON : British Prime Minister Tony Blair was admitted to hospital for minor surgery to treat an irregular heartbeat, London police said.


Red Sox to retain team leader Varitek for four years

BOSTON - Catcher Jason Varitek is staying in Boston, the latest prize in a flurry of free-agent deals by the Red Sox since Pedro Martinez left town.


All-Russian US Open Final a Tough Sell for US Television

So it will be that hottie Maria Sharapova grunting her way to a second...no? Got beat? Then it's that tempestuous nude-posing Marilyn Manson-look-alike Anastasia Myskina gunning for a second...no? Elena Dementieva?


Celebrities grab fashion spotlight from new talent

Celebrities no longer grace just the  front rows at fashion shows but are moving backstage as  designers, making it difficult for new talent to get noticed,  experts say.


Wellington, 11:02 - ALPINISMO: E' MORTO HILLARY, PRIMO UOMO SULL'EVEREST

Il mondo dell'alpinismo piange oggi la morte all'età di 88 anni del neozelandese Sir Edmund H...


Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg,  famed for the soaring vocals and elegant instrumentation of  tunes such as "Longer" and "A Love Like This," died on Sunday,  three years after being diagnosed with advanced prostate  cancer. He was 56.


Intel intros fast FSB dual, quad-core CPUs

Competitively priced, too Intel has followed the launch of its first mobile Core 2 Extreme processor with a handful of desktop CPUs that support the chip giant's 1333MHz frontside bus upgrade.â¦


AT&T House Calls Are No Scam: Company Employing Door-to-Door Pitch to Win Back Customers

By Betty Lin-Fisher, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Feb. 18--Last week, my husband called me at work in the late afternoon to tell me that someone had just come to our door in the bitter cold, saying he was there to "win back" our local telephone service to AT&T.


Polish lawmakers expect to discuss in the next few days a U.S. request to set up part of a planned missile defense system in Poland, the prime minister said Tuesday.


INDONESIAN police have arrested another four men over the September carbombing of the Australian Embassy amid suggestions the bomb mastermind - and most wanted â-r


Actor Tom Sizemore Fails Drug Test with Fake Penis

Actor Tom Sizemore has been jailed  for violating his probation by failing a drug test after he was  caught trying to use a prosthetic penis to fake the results, a  Los Angeles County prosecutor said on Friday.


Despite embracing Michigan as the heart of his bid to revive his campaign, Republican Mitt Romney was greeted by an anemic crowd Friday as he began his final push for votes in the crucial primary.


Goaltender Jean-Sebastien Giguere has decided to stay with the Anaheim Ducks, perhaps passing up more money on the open market to sign a 4-year, $24 million contract with the Stanley Cup champions.


Oprah Winfrey getting her own TV network

Oprah Winfrey is getting her own TV network. OWN Â for Oprah Winfrey Network Â will debut next year in nearly 70 million homes with cable and satellite, part of a deal announced Tuesday with Discovery Communications. It will replace the Discovery Health network.


Alexandre Vinokourov's Astana team withdraw from the Tour de France after he tests positive for blood doping.


Court Rejects Movie, Music Makers' Piracy Claims

A federal appeals court on Thursday delivered a stinging blow to the anti-piracy efforts of major movie studios and music companies, ruling that several online file-sharing software companies are not liable for ...


Burma's leader calls for national unity, as the country marks 60 years since the end of British colonial rule.


Open-Source Community Skeptical About Microsoft's Sender ID License

Ziff Davis - Sender ID's license is making it impossible for open-source programmers to use it in their e-mail applications.


In the coming months and the coming baseball season, there are a number of questions seeking answers.


Bush in Saudi to court ally on Mideast peace

President George W. Bush arrived on his first trip to Saudi Arabia on Monday, hoping to convince the Arab powerbroker to lend support to Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking and help contain Iran.


Roma, 11:21 - CALCIO, FIGC: IN CORSO COLLOQUIO BORRELLI-MINISTRO MELANDRI

Il capo dell'Ufficio indagini della Figc, Francesco Saverio Borrelli, è a colloquio con Giova...


ORG to enlighten music industry on DRM's limitations

Readying a white paper The Open Rights Group (ORG) is developing a new paper to inform the music industry about the technical suitability of Digital Rights Management (DRM) as an aid to enforcing copyright.â¦


Suicide car bomber kills 7 security officers at checkpoint in ...

Rebels stepped up attacks on Iraq's fledgling security forces, killing seven police and guardsmen Monday in a suicide bombing at a checkpoint hours after storming a police station north of the capital.


EMI set to cut up to 2,000 jobs: reports

Music company EMI, home to Robbie Williams and Coldplay, will cut up to 2,000 jobs as part of a restructuring being planned by its private equity boss Guy Hands, Sunday newspapers reported.


Ashlee Simpson Blames Her Band After 'SNL' Gaffe

Ashlee Simpson appeared on "Saturday Night Live" Saturday night, but apparently she wasn't "live" enough. Simpson was on the NBC comedy show to perform two of her songs.


China evacuated 320,000 people from the east coast as Typhoon Aere hit the mainland Wednesday, after a mudslide buried a family of four in northern Taiwan pushing the regional death toll to 16.


Former Enron employee testifies about cover-up to Merrill Lynch ...

NEW YORK, September 22  - A witness in the first Enron criminal trial, and a former executive at the company, testified today that she believed that the Enron executives now on trial were involved in an effort to hide an illicit deal


ROME, November 3 (Champions League) - Vincenzo Montella's injury-time equaliser forced Bayer Leverkusen to settle for a share of the points on Wednesday in Group B of the Champions League but the Eternal City club are virtually eliminated if not yet


Bulgaria pressed Wednesday for the repatriation of five of its nurses and a Palestinian doctor jailed in Libya after their death sentences were commuted to life in prison.


Air Products to Double Capacity at St. Louis Plant

By The Philadelphia Inquirer  Dec. 7--Air Products & Chemicals of Allentown said today it will double manufacturing capacity at a membrane-production plant in St. Louis by mid-2007.


Sharks defeated at U.N. wildlife trade talks

A United Nations forum on endangered species rejected bids on Friday to put in place controls on the multi-million dollar trade in two types of sharks, highly prized for their meat and fins.


MADRID - Just when they thought things would change for the better, Real Madrid slipped back into the mire of possibly a disastrous Spanish Primera Liga season.


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Books of The Times: The EmpireÂs Sun Has Set, but James Bond Is Forever

In this entertaining and very funny new book, Simon Winder gives us a rollicking tour through Bondland.


Merck's Debt Rating Lowered by S&P on Vioxx Risks

Merck & Co., the second-largest US drugmaker, lost its AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor's because of revenue losses and potential liabilities from the company's September recall of the Vioxx painkiller.


Sven-Goran Eriksson praised David Beckham after England's 3-0 win against Ukraine.


WASHINGTON -- Oil prices fell sharply yesterday after the US government reported US inventories of crude rose 3.4 million barrels last week, surprising many traders and analysts who had expected to see supplies shrink due to lingering output problems in


An explosion in a street in Istanbul injured at least three people Sunday, police said, amid heightened tension in Turkey over attacks by separatist Kurdish rebels.


Rebel cleric killed in assault on Pakistan mosque: official

Pakistani security forces killed on Tuesday rebel cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi during an assault on his mosque complex, an interior ministry official told Reuters.


Software company Adobe issued a updated version of Acrobat for the Windows and the Macintosh OS X platforms this week, fixing three security holes that could be used to compromise a user's system.


Nepal will form a new interim government that will include communist rebels, who have waged a decade-long insurgency that has killed 13,000 people in this Himalayan nation, the elusive rebel leader said Friday after meeting with the prime minister.


Japanese troops will spend extra year in Iraq

TOKYO - Japan's cabinet decided Thursday to extend the country's deployment of non-combat troops in Iraq by one more year.


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You'd better hope your computer doesn't break down today. There's a good bet nobody will be around to fix it. That's because every self-respecting geek with $10 and a pulse will be queuing


$2 M Housing Bond a Go: South Miami's Community Redevelopment Agency Received a Boost From County Commissioners Who Approved a Plan to Improve a Blighted Neighborhood

By Jasmine Kripalani, The Miami Herald  Sep. 17--County commissioners gave the go-ahead Tuesday for a $2.73 million bond to help build a mixed-use affordable-housing project in South Miami and extend the city's Community Redevelopment Agency until 2020.


England-Spain match sparks racism row, government protests

Racist chanting aimed at black England players at a football friendly international in Spain sparked an angry reaction at the highest levels of both governments and calls for an inquiry by the game's governing bodies.


Dell Begins Selling Sony TVs on Web Site

By MATT SLAGLE  DALLAS - Dell Inc. began selling flat-panel televisions from rival electronics manufacturer Sony Corp. on Wednesday and said it would soon offer products from a variety of companies as it tweaks its consumer business strategy.


Libya HIV case nurses say not guilty of defamation

Five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor, sentenced to death for infecting Libyan children with HIV, on Sunday pleaded not guilty to charges they defamed two Libyans by accusing them of torture, lawyers said.


Mutu forces Chelsea on to back foot with appeal

Disgraced Romanian international striker Adrian Mutu lodged an appeal against his sacking by Premiership leaders Chelsea for taking cocaine.


The drama of Kobe Bryant and the woman who accused him of rape in a little Colorado mountain town 14 months ago has moved to new terrain.


Moscow admit to finding explosives on both Russian jets

The FSB (Russia's security service and ex KGB) have confirmed that explosives have been located on the second crashed Russian jet.


N. Korea urged to disable nuclear programs

Talks on disarming North Korea aim to lay out a roadmap for disabling the country's nuclear programs, the U.S. envoy said on Friday, conceding there was not yet agreement on even defining the term.


Zimbabwe unveils new notes as it battles hyper-inflation

Zimbabwe's central bank introduced two new bank notes on Thursday as it battles a four figure rate of inflation that is rapidly eroding the value of the local currency.


Panasonic's Enormous 150-Inch Plasma TV Dwarfs Competitors

Panasonic steps out for CES keynote presentation in a big way, unveiling a 150-inch display it calls the Life Screen.


Some sun may guard against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

NEW YORK  - Recreational sun exposure could help prevent a type of blood cancer involving the lymph nodes called non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), according to pooled data from 10 studies.


Israeli ministers discuss British boycott threats

Israeli groups are planning to launch a counter-boycott of Britain in response to a series of boycotts proposed by British unions and associations.


Former Governor Romney Opens 2008 Presidential Bid

Bloomberg - Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney today became the first of the leading Republican hopefuls to make official his bid for the 2008 presidential nomination, defining himself as an outsider capable of transforming the government.


Ex commercialista di Cipriani in carcere per intercettazioni


The sporting goods retailer trims its quarterly loss and maintains its outlook.


The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission pushed ahead on Wednesday with reforms of the  $7.5-trillion mutual fund industry amid scandals that have  shaken fund investors' confidence.


Opposition Warning on Howard Terror Plan

Australiaâs prime minister has said another terror attack in Southeast Asia was âa near inevitabilityâ and promised to pump millions of dollars into combating the threat if he retains office in October elections, including basing counter-terrorism


Financial markets, global economy top IMF meetings agenda: Rato

The financial markets, which are recovering from recent severe turmoil, and the world economy will be a major focus of this weekend's meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, IMF chief Rodrigo Rato said Thursday.


FDA approves drug for early breast cancer

The Food and Drug Administration agreed Friday to allow a drug currently used against advanced breast cancer to be prescribed to prevent the disease from recurring in women who have been treated for early forms of the disease.


Experts Hail Birth of Baby to Ex-Cancer Patient

Medical experts Friday hailed the birth of the first baby born to a woman after an ovarian tissue transplant as a highly significant achievement that could help thousands of cancer patients become mothers.