Troops Await Decision on US Back-Up Plea

British soldiers are waiting today to learn if they will be ordered to relieve US troops in Iraq. US military commanders have asked their British allies for help outside their normal areas of operation.


Bush Defends Iraq War Despite Report Finding No Illicit Arms

President Bush conceded today that Iraq did not have the banned weapons he had warned of, but insisted that "we were right to take action."


SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Seventy-year-old Homer Fink spent eight hours sitting next to a supermarket Halloween display to get a flu shot that he wasn't able to get at five other places...


Opponents accuse Kremlin of election "farce"

Opponents of Russian President Vladimir  Putin's chosen successor Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday his  refusal to hold television debates ahead of a March 2 election  showed the ballot was a farce.


Roma, 15:24 - CALCIO, ROMA: LIPPI IN VISITA A TRIGORIA

L'ex ct azzurro Marcello Lippi è stato in visita questa mattina a Trigoria. Lippi ha seguito ...


Sharon to hold tense meeting with Jewish settlers ahead of planned ...

After more than a year of avoiding Jewish settlers, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has decided to directly confront his former supporters in a meeting about his contentious plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank.


NEW YORK - The Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees open the American League Championship Series Tuesday night, a rematch of New York's seven-game victory last year. Curt Schilling (21-6) will start for Boston against Mike Mussina (12-9)...


Judge rules for Microsoft in Alcatel-Lucent suit

A U.S. federal judge dismissed  Alcatel-Lucent's  patent claim against Microsoft  Corp.  over technology that converts speech into text,  the two companies said on Friday.


Myanmar junta extends Suu Kyi detention by a year

Myanmar's military junta has extended opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest by another year, a government source said on Friday.


Iran & enriching: What the controversy is about

LONDON, Nov 25 (IranMania) - Enrichment, at the heart of the storm surrounding Iran's nuclear programme, takes low-grade uranium and refines it, turning it into a material that can power civilian reactors -- or an atomic explosion.


Packers Sign Former Giants Defensive End

Unable to develop a pass-rusher opposite Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, the Green Bay Packers signed former New York Giants defensive end Kenny Holmes on Wednesday.


A container ship which was grounded off the picturesque southern English coast six months ago was refloated on Monday, officials said.


Olmert spurns bid to reconsider Jerusalem dig

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has spurned a call to consider halting excavation work near Jerusalem's most sensitive shrine, which has angered Muslims and threatened a Gaza ceasefire deal.


The funeral of a Scottish backpacker who was murdered in New Zealand is due to be held in Orkney.


Mohammad Yousuf hits an unbeaten century to steer Pakistan to a seven-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the fourth one-day international.


The Genesis probe, which left Earth in 2001 to gather particles blown off the Sun, returns its samples on Wednesday.


Life in a Cage: Baby Sleeps, Mom Cooks, Dad Bats

For three years, Angels outfielder Reggie Willits, his wife Amber and their son have lived in an indoor batting cage.


Bene Ibm e Yahoo! dopo trimestrale, cede Motorola


Short-term T-bill rates mixed in auction

WASHINGTON -- Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills were mixed in yesterday's auction, with the rates on six-month bills increasing while the rates on three-month bills fell to the lowest level since mid-June.


Top Taliban commander killed in Afghanistan

A senior Taliban military leader has been killed in southern Uruzgan province, Afghan top security official confirmed Sunday. "Mullah Abdul Ghafar along with his two colleagues


Georgia School Board in Court Over Evolution Flap

Lawyers for a Georgia school district  and a group of parents clashed on Monday over the  constitutionality of placing stickers that challenge the theory  of evolution on textbooks.


FDA Seeks Rule for Farms to Increase Eggs Safety

For the first time, the federal government has proposed placing responsibility for preventing food-borne illness on farmers rather than on consumers.


Senate Democrats Ready to Change Approach on Iraq War Deadlines

Senate Democrats are revising their major war legislation to attract votes to pass and potentially launch a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq by yearÃ¢ÂÂs end.


Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry accused President Bush of not being the leader he says he is and blamed his lack of leadership for the "two wars" the senator says America is embroiled in.


A man described as the Taliban's new top field commander has vowed to liberate Afghanistan from "American slavery," a pro-Taliban cleric said Saturday.


Too few troops deployed in Darfur: U.N.'s Ban

The situation is deteriorating in the western Sudanese region of Darfur and an existing peacekeeping force is too small to deal with it, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.


Mars Rover Finds Mysterious Rocks and More Signs of Water

Both rovers, the Spirit and the Opportunity, have more than doubled their intended lifetimes of three months.


Scientists believe that a gut hormone could explain why high protein diets can aid weight loss.


Alcan said to be moving toward friendly deal

Alcan Inc.  , which is fighting a hostile $28.8 billion bid from U.S. rival Alcoa Inc. , is closer to arranging a friendly deal involving Rio Tinto Plc   and is expected to make an announcement this week, according to sources familiar with the situation.


Loeb relieved to clinch title in Corsica

World rally champion Sebastien Loeb says he is relieved to have secured the title in Corsica on Sunday, sparing him a nervous wait for his first crown.


Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi  arrived in Kabul on Sunday to meet Afghan President Hamid  Karzai and Italian troops, Afghan officials said.


Britain Hunts for Suspects in Failed Bombs

Several experts and officials said that the technology behind two thwarted car bombings in central London seemed to be amateurish.


India willing to consider Pak proposal on Kashmir dispute

NEW DELHI - India said on urday it was prepared to consider Pakistanâs recent proposal to settle the decades-old Kashmir dispute.


Former US president Jimmy Carter expressed fears that there could be vote cheating in battleground states in the US election on November 2.


According to Al-Yaum newspaper (December 12, 2006), a recent study by the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry estimated at 153,000 the total number of the employed workers in the operating petrochemicals manufacturing companies in the Arabian Gulf States.


In Sweden, Itâs Global Warming vs. Big Heavy Cars

As concern about global warming ripples across Sweden, the average citizenâs relationship with comfortable â and highly polluting â cars is becoming strained.


WASHINGTON -- Mayor Tony Williams said Thursday he's optimistic the city can meet its deadline for a baseball deal. Williams said his team is working to pull together private financing to show Council Chair Linda Cropp that he's serious.


AUSTRALIA As the Oct. 9 election nears, polls show the rivals - the coalition led by Prime Minister John Howard, and Mark Latham's Labor party â-eck-and-neck.


The proud grandfather of tennis star Andrew Murray followed the teenager's US Open victory point-by-point on the internet.


Tories vote chef Oliver hero after pickle over pies

Conservative Party delegates on Wednesday overwhelmingly backed a motion calling Jamie Oliver a national hero as gaffe-prone politician Boris Johnson fumbled his way out of a spat with the celebrity chef.


Elezioni presidenziali in Ucraina e Uruguay

08.04: Aperti da stamane i seggi per le elezioni presidenziali in Ucraina. Favorito, per la successione al presidente uscente Leonid Kuchma, il primo ministro Viktor Yanukovich, che gode anche dell'appoggio di Putin.


Stadium deal means Convention Center expansion

An expanded Indiana Convention Center has the prospect of giving a bigger boost to the Indianapolis economy than a new stadium for the Colts, city officials said Sunday.


com. The US Supreme Court's decision Tuesday to jump into the controversy surrounding Ten Commandments displays on government property likely will have an impact on two cases in Tennessee.


World Smartest Woman Denies She is on the Dole in Bulgaria

Lifestyle: 14 November 2004, Sunday. The Bulgarian woman, who made headlines after being pronounced the world's cleverest by the country's Mensa office, denied reports she has spent two years without a job in ...


A vehicle was trying to slow down Princess Diana's car - before it crashed - so paparazzi could get pictures, a court hears.


Refugees from Ugandan War Say World Forgets Them

LALOGI CAMP, Northern Uganda  - Natalia Lariang  survives on handouts in one of scores of refugee camps dotted  across northern Uganda, praying for an end to one of the  world's most brutal civil wars.


Malaysians take last tests before blast off into space

The two candidates to become Malaysia's first man in space underwent final exams on Tuesday before one is selected to blast off on October 10 to the International Space Station (ISS).


US-bound British jet returns to London after US refuses to admit passenger

A New York-bound British Airways plane was forced to change course over the Atlantic and head back to London after US authorities said they would not allow one of its passengers to land, the airline said.


Chinese court upholds death sentence against businessman accused of defrauding investors in would-be ant-breeding scheme


Italian president reviews new Prodi coalition pact

Italy's president began a new round of talks on Friday to see whether Romano Prodi can stay on as prime minister and guarantee a stable center-left government to end the country's political crisis.


With the holiday season now behind us, the nation is awash in gift cards, as stores sold many more in 2007 than they did the year prior.


Three UN workers kidnapped in Kabul are probably not being held by Islamic militants, the Afghan authorities say.


The flu vaccine shortage has US companies bracing for a surge in costly sick days and lost productivity. The closure earlier this month of Chiron Corp.


Considering a career change? Take this simple test to find your true talent and matching colleges. Start your future today.


Strike to go ahead despite arrest of Nigeria's union leader

Some misunderstanding led to the brief detention of the leader of the Nigerian umbrella workers' union, the country's security agency insisted on Saturday, as union officials vowed


Canadian police arrest 73 in organized crime sweep

Canadian police arrested more than 70 people on Wednesday in raids targeting what officials said was a "traditional Italian" organized crime gang that had infiltrated Montreal's Pierre Trudeau International Airport.


Jury Told New York Lawyer Chose to Aid Terror Message

A U.S. criminal defense lawyer could  have blocked an imprisoned Islamic cleric from stirring his  followers to renew terror attacks in Egypt, but instead she  chose to be a messenger in the plot, a federal prosecutor said  on Monday.


JOHANNESBURG, May 29 -- Nigeria's new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, pledged in his inaugural address Tuesday to work urgently to quell rising violence in the volatile Niger Delta, a major source of oil exports to the United States.


By Rachel Tuinstra, Seattle Times  Jun. 16--As a Peace Corps volunteer digging latrines in the West African nation of Mali, James Burke began thinking about computers and how they could help the world.   He decided that when he got home, he wanted to be a teacher.


Clay Aiken just got another dose of the runner-up blues.


South Korea and Japan on Friday agreed to conclude negotiations to sign a free trade deal by the end of 2005. President Roh Moo-hyun and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi came up with


'Non contro ma stimolo al governo, centristi cercano scuse'


2 Fast-Food Concerns Report Earnings; Shares Drop

The hamburger chain Wendyâs International said that fourth-quarter earnings more than quadrupled from a year ago, but it fell short of Wall Street expectations.


France's President Nicolas Sarkozy suggests new taxes on internet and mobile phone use to fund advert-free TV.


Mars rovers hunker down to weather space sandstorms

After three years on Mars, NASA rovers built for a three-month mission face their toughest foe: Martian sandstorms blocking the sunlight that charges their batteries.


Two setbacks, one win for Wal-Mart in wage suits

State appellate courts in Missouri and New Mexico on Tuesday upheld decisions to grant class-action status to lawsuits alleging Wal-Mart Stores Inc. deprived hourly workers of wages, requiring them to work "off the clock" before or after shifts.


Asset management company Federated Investors Inc. on Thursday said it will buy Alliance Capital Management Holding LP's cash management business.


LOS ANGELES  - "The Jane Pauley Show,"  starring the veteran newswoman in her daytime chatfest debut,  got off to a respectable start Monday.


Il giudice, combattere contro denigrazione magistrati


Rudy Giuliani expects a plum endorsement this week from one of California's leading Republicans, former Gov. Pete Wilson.


Officials at O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt, the Fairfield-based company that armors Humvees for soldiers in Iraq, says it is willing and able to boost production.


Oil prices have fallen in recent weeks from record highs, relieving the anxieties of consumers and economists alike. However, OPEC recently signaled that it's not ready for the price of black


Air Canada praises Lapierre's call to liberalize international ...

TORONTO (CP) - Air Canada's top executive gave a big thumbs-up Friday to a federal review of Canada's airline policies, particularly Ottawa's apparent willingness to liberalize international airline travel.


A consortium led by RBS outlines its proposed offer for ABN Amro to rival the agreed offer from Barclays Bank.


The third installment of the "Blade" series is a choppy, forgetful, suspense-free romp that substitutes campy humor for chills.


Shipyards Up The Pressure On Spanish Govt As Strike Looms

A strike and growing unrest at Spain's shipyards pose the first major test of industrial relations for Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who has promised to fight the dockworkers' corner and save ...


Moore Books Deal to Publish Soldiers' Letters

NEW YORK  - "Fahrenheit 9/11" director  Michael Moore has signed a deal with Simon & Schuster to  publish a collection of letters sent to him by U.S. troops  stationed in Iraq.


At least one soldier and "many" Tamil Tiger rebels were killed Saturday in heavy fighting between the two sides in northern Sri Lanka, the defence ministry said.


Non e' trauma se non si fa, italiani chiedono di governare


GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - Drug-coated heart stents deliver benefits that outweigh any risks of blood clots when used as directed, a U.S. advisory panel said on Thursday.


Microsoft's Media Center Still Falls Short

Microsoft's Media Center edition of Windows XP has to rank as one of the company's bigger disappointments in a while.-The Washington Post


ACE rocked by major insurance controversy

Bermuda-based insurance giant ACE Limited was yesterday implicated in damning allegations against the insurance industry from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer after he launched a lawsuit


President Bush and Sen. John Kerry squared off Thursday night in their first debate, both saying they are the strongest candidates to lead the nation in the War on Terror.


A new poll suggests people around the world prefer US Democratic challenger John Kerry to President Bush.


'Cure' a 4-Letter Word for Cancer Doctors

At a time when more people are cured of cancer than ever before, fewer doctors seem willing to say so.    They call the cancer undetectable, or in remission...


ARAHUAY, Peru -- Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the One Laptop Per Child project six months ago.


Tennis: Davenport Fit After Bout of Bronchitis

World number one Lindsay Davenport  will be fit for the Australian Open which starts on Monday  despite pulling out of the warm-up event with a bout of  bronchitis.


Dissident soldiers advance on government positions in eastern DR Congo following renewed fighting.


UN nuclear watchdog leaves open question of N. Korean involvement with Libya

VIENNA, Austria  - The UN nuclear watchdog agency failed Monday to make a judgment on the origin of some technology for Libya's weapons program, a finding that diplomats said kept concern alive of North Korean involvement.


Police in southern India arrest a doctor couple over allegations that they let their teenage son perform surgery.


Get ready for a new TV network - Total Honesty Sports

No more post game blather on-air talent like 'Anchordude' and 'Sideline Blondie'


Ukrainian presidential rivals clash in televised debate before run ...

Ukraine's two rivals for the presidency clashed in a much-anticipated televised debate Monday, with opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko accusing his rival of trying to steal the November run-off election that was later annulled


Microsoft Licenses ActiveSync For Motorola, PalmOne Smart Phones

Microsoft has licensed its ActiveSync technology to OEM partners Motorola and PalmOne to enable a new class of non-Windows smart phones to wirelessly synchronize with Exchange Server 2003.


A study says Russian men risk death by drinking aftershave and cleaning agents with high levels of alcohol.


Editorial: Ridge deserves credit for keeping homeland safe

Protecting the American homeland has become a full-time job and Tom Ridge did it well, if not perfectly. Homeland Security Secretary Ridge announced Tuesday he is returning to private life, marking the departure


'We'll bleed you dry', pledges Bank of Scotland

An online offer you can refuse Thanks very much this chilly Friday to reader "souleh" for drawing our attention to a once-in-a-lifetime loan offer from the Bank of Scotland, currently wowing punters down at fish4:â¦


Sri Lanka accused of ethnic cleansing of Tamils

Armed Sri Lankan police today packed hundreds of ethnic minority Tamils into buses and drove them from the country's capital to war-torn northern and eastern districts - an effort, say police, to clear the city of "terrorists".


Dow Jones sale di 54 punti base,quello sul Nasdaq di 12,25


As Tom Brady prepares for his third Super Bowl and Ben Roethlisberger heads home, Big Ben's playoff struggles only accentuate how remarkable Brady's 8-0 postseason record is.


Two dead after helicopters crash in Iraq

Two US military transport helicopters have crashed near Baghdad, killing two US soldiers and wounding two others. "The incident occurred at around 8:25pm (local time) in south-western Baghdad," US military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Will Hutton said.


Bush Faces Challenges with New Republican Congress

The 109th Congress convenes on  Tuesday with Republicans flexing more political muscle. Yet it  is unclear how far they can, or in some cases want to, push  President Bush's ambitious second-term agenda.


Sharon courts allies after voting setback

JERUSALEMâPrime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel, described by aides as more angry than embarrassed over parliament's symbolic repudiation of his term-opening speech, moved yesterday to renew discussions with opposition parties aimed at expanding his


Russia to try Litvinenko suspect if guilty: Ifax

Russia will try the chief suspect in the  murder of Alexander Litvinenko if Britain supplies sufficient  evidence of his guilt, Interfax news agency quoted Russia's  chief prosecutor as saying on Friday.


Nike Profit Up 10%, Pushed by Overseas Sales

Nike, the worldâs largest maker of athletic footwear and apparel, said Wednesday that its quarterly net profit jumped 10 percent, helped by strong international demand.


A record number of original works by Banksy are expected to fetch up to Â£300,000 in total at a London sale.


Diabetes Raises Mortality After Coronary Bypass

NEW YORK  - People with type 2 diabetes  have a higher likelihood of dying shortly after undergoing  coronary artery bypass graft surgery, even when a number of  risk factors are taken into account, new study results  indicate.


North Korea has threatened to suspend family reunions with the rival South unless Seoul gives it food aid as agreed, casting a pall over high-level reconciliation talks between the divided Koreas, a news report said Friday.


Health officials in high gear to secure more flu vaccine

Federal health officials scrambled yesterday to secure more flu shots as lines of seniors and others most vulnerable to the illness grew at the few San Diego County retail sites offering the scarce vaccine.


BOSTON - In the giddiness of the Red Sox clubhouse last night, Pedro Martinez couldn't resist a jab at all the New Yorkers who had serenaded him last week.


Stoccarda, 13:15 - CICLISMO, MONDIALI: ORGANIZZATORI PORTANO BETTINI IN TRIBUNALE

Il Comune di Stoccarda e gli organizzatori del mondiale di ciclismo si sono rivolti al tribunale per...


Societa' e' obbligata a rilevare 80% di Italenergia


An assembly member  discovers tissue samples from her daughter, who was stillborn 16 years ago, are being held in a  hospital.


Death rates from many cancers in Ireland are higher than in the rest of Europe, a cross-border report finds.


China has patented a drug based on traditional Chinese medicine that can sterilize male rats to reduce the population of verminous grain-gobbling rodents, state media said.


Thousands of peasants marched more than 200 miles to New Delhi demanding land reform.


Kenyan police shoot and kill what they say were 12 criminals - including three members of an outlawed sect.


Copyrighted videos still on YouTube after lawsuit

Stephen Colbert is gone, but Jon  Stewart is still on. "South Park" is out, but "Adult Swim" is  still in.


National Grid Transco to sell British gas networks for 5.8 billion pounds

National Grid Transco, the Britain-based deliverer of energy, announced it has agreed to sell four of its gas distribution networks to consortia in cash deals worth 5.8 billion pounds (8.6 billion euros, 10.4 billion dollars).


Sharon Revives Ties with Abbas, Officials Meet

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lifted a  ban on contacts with the Palestinians after new leader Mahmoud  Abbas ordered Gaza security forces to halt attacks on Israelis,  and officials from both sides met within hours.


Oil prices broke above $100 a barrel for the first time on Thursday after a U.S. government report showed a steep slide in crude inventories in the world's biggest energy consumer.


The replacement of a thin plastic resin insulating layer, or polyolefin, with a new and undisclosed heat resistance layer, could prevent future incidents of lithium-ion batteries spontaneously catching fire. From the battery producing arm of Matsushita, Panasonic's parent company, which claims it's now ready to begin producing batteries with the new insulator.


It might be possible to make a pill that prevents the brain damage that marks Alzheimer's disease, US researchers have said. Scientists said they had designed a drug that, at least in test tubes, stops the


Lockheed Martin Corp.  has beaten L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.  to win a $1.07 billion 10-year contract for training of Air Force special operations forces and search and rescue crews.


Foreign tourists touched by Thai generosity after tsunami disaster

BANGKOK : Western tourists who survived giant waves that struck Thailand's shores at the weekend have been astounded by the generosity of locals grappling with their own massive destruction and loss of life.


Siberian mine blast kills 13, injures 23

Thirteen miners died in an explosion in a coal mine in Siberia Thursday morning, and at least 23 among 90 rescued from the mine were injured.


Maurice Wilkins, DNA Pioneer, Dies at 88

Maurice Wilkins, 88, a Nobel Prize winner whose role in discovering the double helix structure of DNA has been overshadowed by more-celebrated colleagues for the past half-century, died Oct. 5 in a London hospital.


China unveils curbs on foreign news distribution

China announced rules on Sunday   requiring foreign media to seek approval from its state news   agency to distribute news, pictures and graphics domestically,   and warned against reports that "endanger national security."


Hosted business software provider NetSuite hopes to raise $75 million in an initial public offering.


IBM's India lab develops disaster management tool

(InfoWorld) - IBMâs India Research Laboratory has developed the Resiliency Maturity Index (RMI), a framework that quantitatively assesses the ability of an organization to recover from a variety of disasters such as floods, power outages, software glitches, epidemics, and terrorist attacks. The software tool, which IBM has used to assess the ability of its own global services delivery operations in India and Brazil to withstand disasters, also assists in telling organizations where they can best spend more money to improve their ability to cope with disasters, Guruduth Banavar, associate director at the Bangalore center of IBM India Research Laboratory, said Thursday. IBMâs services business will offer to its customers services around the RMI framework that will help them assess and plan their resiliency to disasters, Banavar said. The framework developed by IBM is generic so that it can be used across a variety of organizations in a variety of industries with little customization, he added. Besides a score that indicates the organization's overall resiliency to disaster, the model breaks the score down at different levels of the organization, from an individual score for each business unit, to a score for each component or sub-component in a business unit, Banavar said. Components could include the network, email system, or even the transportation system. The RMI framework brings out the interactions between these components and their influence on the organization's overall resiliency, Banavar added. The tool is expected to be useful for companies outsourcing work, as they can now use the RMI tool to assess the resiliency of the service providers they outsource to, Banavar said. Companies outsourcing work typically worry about the ability of their suppliers to withstand with and recover from threats or disaster. Service providers can in turn use the RMI tool to assess and improve their ability to cope with disasters, he added. Despite the best efforts of organizations to create business continuity and disaster recovery plans, few will have considered the impact of say a widespread disease that would affect human resources, Banavar said. IBM is working with the Information Technology Services Qualification Center (ITsqc) at the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to incorporate parts of the RMI assessment framework into an industry standard. The eSCM-SP (eSourcing Capability Model for Service Providers) model, developed jointly by ITsqc and industry, is a "best-practices" model that is used to evaluate IT service providers along a number of dimensions, including their ability to withstand various threats or disaster. IBMâs RMI team has been interacting with Carnegie Mellon to understand how the RMI or parts of it can be useful within eSCM-SP. IBM researchers have also developed a "Skills Planning" model for optimal allocation of skills and job roles across an organization's multiple sites, to minimize the impact of a disaster at any one site. This model takes into account various operational aspects, including critical workloads, skill levels, mobile workers, multi-skilled workers, cross-training, operations in shifts, wage costs, and multi-location communication or management overheads, IBM said.


Il prezzo di vendita potrebbe essere intorno ai 900 milioni


They found Conrad Black guilty of fraud. Now they want his money

Prosecutors look to seize up to Â£50m of assets from the disgraced media baron after his conviction.


Honduran capital braces for deluge from Felix

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras  - Heavy rains from Hurricane Felix soaked the hill country of Honduras on Wednesday, threatening dangerous flooding and mudslides as it approached the capital Tegucigalpa after killing four people in neighboring Nicaragua.


Israel launched airstrikes against militants firing rockets from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and vowed to maintain the siege of the territory until its Hamas rulers halt attacks


THE ISSUE: While the race for the presidency is now a virtual dead-heat between President Bush and Democrat John Kerry, on Election Day it could turn into a landslide.


Hurricane Ivan Rages, Prompting Evacuations in Florida

urricane Ivan, hovering southeast of Jamaica, raged into a Category 5 storm this morning as its winds whipped up to 160 miles per hour, and skittish officials in storm weary southern Florida began evacuating some people from the Keys.


Univ. of Calif. Reaches Settlement with Lehman

The University of California said it  settled a class action suit brought against Lehman Brothers for  $225.5 million to compensate it for the investment bank's sale  of securities in bankrupt energy trader Enron Corp. .


LAKE LOUISE -- Both Bode and Picabo did it here first. Now Lindsey Kidlow can add her name to the list of American skiers who claimed their first World Cup downhill victories on the slopes of the Canadian Rockies.


For the Worst of Us, the Diagnosis May Be 'Evil'

What to call the worst criminals? A few forensic scientists have taken to thinking of them as not merely disturbed but evil.


British health officials said Friday that their American counterparts were informed in mid-September that problems at a drug-manufacturing plant in northwest


Australia will hold a general election on Oct 9 with John Howard, the prime minister, seeking an unprecedented fourth term in office.


IAEA says has understanding on N. Korea reactor shutdown

The U.N. nuclear watchdog and North  Korea have an understanding on how to monitor the shutdown and  sealing of the North's nuclear reactor, but the closure date  was up to the six-party talks, a U.N. official said on  Saturday.


StreamBase’s Stonebraker touts streaming apps

InfoWorld - Mike Stonebraker has had a well-traveled career in IT, specifically in the area of data management. He was the main architect of the Ingres relational database, the Postgres object-relational database, and the Mariposa federated data system. He was founder and CTO of the Ingres, Illustra, and Cohera corporations as well as CTO at Informix and Required Technology. His latest project is StreamBase Systems, where he is founder and CTO. StreamBase is attempting to ride what it believes will be a great wave of need for high-speed streams-based data applications. Stonebraker recently met with InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill in Pacific Grove, Calif., to discuss StreamBase and recent goings-on with Stonebraker's previous projects. Stonebraker also provided his views on the open source phenomenon and Oracle's acquisition of PeopleSoft.


Roma, 13:14 - VOLLEY, COPPA DEL MONDO: AZZURRE IN PARTENZA PER GIAPPONE

La nazionale azzurra femminile parte questa sera da Fiumicino alla volta del Giappone, dove da vener...


Laszlo Kovacs, one of  Hollywood's most influential and respected directors of  photography, died Saturday night in his sleep. He was 74.


Cuban leader Fidel Castro said the worst   is over and he is recovering well from intestinal surgery one   month ago despite losing 41 lbs (18.6 kg), a statement   published on Tuesday said.


Warner urges broader Democratic strategy

Mark Warner, a potential 2008 presidential candidate, voiced growing concern Tuesday with his party's electoral strategy, arguing that Democrats' willingness to write off sections of the country could make it nearly impossible to win the White House.


New rules take effect in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta,  banning people from keeping domestic birds.


N.Korea Says US Blocking New Nuclear Talks

North Korea blamed the United States on Monday for blocking six-country talks on scrapping its nuclear programs, denying it had stalled the talks itself to await the outcome of the US presidential election.


Bush and Kerry Trade Barbs Over Security

Democrat John Kerry sought to undercut President Bush on national security Saturday by charging that he was trying to scare voters with talk of terrorism. Bush portrayed his opponent as indecisive and suffering from "election amnesia" with conflicting stands on Iraq.


Canon unveils new professional digital camera

Canon Inc. unveiled a new digital camera  for professional photographers on Thursday in a bid to hold on  to its No. 1 position in the camera industry and spur demand  for its wide lineup of advanced lenses.


Stephen King in trattative con produttore J.J. Abrams


Gulf Coast: 2 killed as Category 4 storm spawns tornadoes

Hurricane Ivan and its 135-mph winds churned toward this historic port city with frightening intensity Wednesday as the storm began its assault on the Gulf


French power group EdF has awarded the first big contracts for a new nuclear power plant to Altsom and Bouygues.


Physicist found guilty in high treason, imprisoned for 14 years

KRASNOYARSK, November 24 (Itar-Tass) - The Krasnoyarsk territorial court on Wednesday found guilty in high treason physicist Valentin Danilov and sentenced him to 14 years in a tough regime colony.


Deutsche Bank, Thomas Weisel settle research charges

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Deutsche Bank (DB) and Thomas Weisel Partners settled a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into alleged conflicts of interest over the firms' research and investment banking activities.


Nicosia, 20:00 - CALCIO, UDINESE: A CAGLIARI IPOTESI PEPE NEL TRIDENTE

Allenamento giornalieri dell'Udinese in vista della gara di Cagliari. Tutti a disposizione ed ipotiz...


Fish in Mother's Diet Benefits Child, Study Finds

A large study has found that children of women who ate little fish during pregnancy had lower IQs and more behavioral and social problems than youngsters whose mothers ate plenty of seafood, a finding that challenges the U.S. government's standard advice to limit seafood while pregnant.


BC's Lee was a little late getting started

College football is big business, but there is still room for players such as Boston College fullback Everett Lee.


Editorials on intelligence reform legislation

More than three years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and after months of intense lobbying and political battling over how to avoid future attacks, the nation is now, finally, poised to overhaul its intelligence agencies.


Bombs kill 133 in Baghdad, gunmen storm ministry

Up to six car bombs killed 133 people in a Shi'ite militia stronghold in Baghdad on Thursday, in one of most devastating such attacks since the U.S. invasion.


Study: 27 of 56 bowl teams graduate less than half their players

ORLANDO, Fla. A new study shows 27 of the 56 schools with bowl-bound football teams graduated less than half their players. The study by the Institute of Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of


To many observers, there is plenty of entertainment value in the $2 million suit that Walt Disney investors have filed against the company's board for allegedly rubberstamping the severance package of the company's former president, Michael Ovitz.


Al primo posto i colossi privati Lukoil e Yukos


News Corp in talks to take MySpace to China: WSJ

News Corp.'s (NWSa.N) MySpace.com is  in talks to bring the social-networking site to China with  Boston technology trade publisher International Data Group's  Chinese venture arm and former China Netcom Group Corp.  (0906.HK) Chief Executive Edward Tian, the Wall Street Journal  reported on its Web site on Friday.


Gunmen Steal Food from Haiti Flood Victims

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - Gunmen raided homes and  stole food from Haitians outside aid distribution centers as  U.N. troops struggled on Friday to maintain order in the chaos  left by floods in which 2,000 people may have died.


The Supreme Court on Monday questioned whether state medical marijuana laws might be abused by people who arenât really sick as it debated whether the federal government can


Laos confirms first human death from H5N1 bird flu

Laos on Thursday announced its first confirmed human death from the H5N1 bird flu strain, a 15-year-old girl, days after reporting that the virus was believed to have killed an adult woman.


Wellpoint CFO ousted, violated code of conduct

Wellpoint Inc.  on Thursday ousted its chief financial officer, David Colby, after an external investigation revealed that he violated the health insurer's code of conduct.


Despite getting bad reviews from critics, the revamped horror flick, 'Exorcist: The Beginning,' was the top movie this week, grossing a total of 18.


The gadget-as-accessory craze continues as phone manufacturers whet the appetites of consumers with stylish product releases on a seemingly weekly basis. AT&T's Cingular Wireless is no exception. The company unwrapped two jewels yesterday: the new ruby-colored BlackBerry Pearl and the crimson Treo 680.


WAIT a minute! Just because the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees does not mean the "Curse of the Bambino" has ended.


Intel hopes to help build Internet of the Future

Intel's Chief Technology Officer, Pat Gelsinger, implied that the Internet needs upgrading, and his company is ready to assist.


Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton have welcomed their second child, a girl, in London, the actress' representative told a magazine.


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New Orleans touts Chinese homes, goods for recovery

Desperate New Orleans-area officials touted Chinese-made homes and building supplies on Tuesday as a way to speed up the slow recovery of their storm-stricken city.


A place where online gamers can hang out after the game

The millions who play Internet-based adventure games like World of Warcraft don't just log on to fight orcs and demons. The games also help them hang out with old friends and meet new ones. They're social networking services - Facebook with broadswords.


A mere trickle of voters showed up at polling stations in Uzbekistan's capital yesterday in an election from which all opposition groups are barred.


House Republicans Change Rules to Protect DeLay

Republicans in the US House of Representatives changed their rules so that Majority Leader Tom DeLay could stay in power if he's indicted by a Texas grand jury.


The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor is to present evidence of alleged war crimes in Darfur.


Investigation into SocGen fraud stepped up

French investigators have stepped up efforts to find out how a self-effacing dealer at Societe Generale ran up a $7 billion loss that hoodwinked his employers, saying he was not on the run and would soon face questioning.


PeopleSoft Inc. Monday raised its forecast for the just-ended quarter, helped by an increased average selling price and strong performances in North America and Europe.


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Microsoft makes Net security move by acquiring Giant

In a move to quell rising consumer frustrations, Microsoft on Thursday announced it has acquired Giant Company Software, maker of well-reviewed but little-used anti-spyware software, for an undisclosed sum.


Chinese artists capitalize on avant-garde boom

DAFEN, China  - It only takes two days for Chen Quan to crank out a reproduction of a Yue Minjun.


Brochures may falsely link cancer, abortions

In several states, women considering abortion are given government-issued brochures warning that the procedure could increase their chance of developing breast cancer, despite scientific findings to the contrary.


Jets, Chargers Tied at AFC Wild-Card Half

The New York Jets were tied with the Chargers 7-7 at halftime of the AFC wild-card playoff game Saturday in San Diego. After a scoreless first quarter, the Chargers got on the board first with a 26-yard completion from Drew Brees to Keenan McCardell. The Jets answered late in the second quarter as Anthony Becht waltzed into the end zone after a 13-yard pass from Chad Pennington.


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The advertising agency honcho and pop culture vulture John Jay blogs about Japanese youth culture.


Movie Review | 'A Good Year': Stopping to Smell the VintnerÂs Bouquet

"A Good Year," an innocuous, feel-good movie that reunites Russell Crowe with the director Ridley Scott, is a three-P movie: pleasant, pretty and predictable. One might add piddling.


Controversial US Overtime Rules Take Effect

New overtime rules have taken effect in the United States that the government says will strengthen workers' rights, but opponents say will significantly reduce workers' pay.


Arsene Wenger has admitted he may consider re-signing Emmanuel Petit on a short-term basis to help revive Arsenalâs title campaign.


White Roses, Candles Bring in Solemn New Year

PATONG BEACH, Thailand  - People held candles and  white roses on the tsunami-hit island of Phuket, tearfully  embracing as they grieved, in a poignant symbol of the mood  which darkened New Year celebrations across the globe.


While Others Struggle, Norwegian Newspaper Publisher Thrives on the Web

Schibsted, which owns the biggest-selling tabloid in Norway, is now the biggest player on the Internet in Norway and neighboring Sweden.


Bertie Ahern, Ireland's longest serving prime minister, appeared on course to win a third term and extend his 10-year hold on power after preliminary results yesterday showed his Fianna Fail party held onto much of its traditional vote in Thursday's general election.


U.S. Bancorp , the sixth-largest U.S. bank, said on Tuesday fourth-quarter profit fell 21 percent, hurt by losses from loans and money market mutual funds, and a legal settlement.


Mixing Wine and Beer on the NASCAR Circuit

Race fans are now the new target of vineyards and wineries. A.J. Foyt is disgusted but Jeff Gordon has his own label.


Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche Holding AG said Friday that the European Union's executive body had approved its cancer drug Avastin.


Militants threaten to behead Japanese hostage in 48 hours unless ...

A militant Islamic website showed a video Tuesday of what it claimed was a Japanese hostage, and threatened to behead him within 48 hours unless Japan pulls out its troops from Iraq, the Associated Press reported.


Bank of New Zealand has frozen all accounts held in the name of Access Brokerage, which was yesterday placed in liquidation after a client fund shortfall of around $5 million was discovered.


teen abducted, murdered after 'texto' affair

PARIS, France, Oct 24  - A kidnap drama that resulted in a 43-year-old man murdering his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend before committing suicide on the weekend has deeply shocked France.


Wenger welcomes United probe on Old Trafford food fight

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger welcomed the news that Manchester United had launched an investigation into the tunnel fracas after Sunday's bad-tempered contest.


Mickelson holds off Woods to triumph by two shots

NORTON, Massachusetts  - Phil Mickelson survived a double-bogey at the 12th hole and a late challenge by world number one Tiger Woods to win the Deutsche Bank Championship by two shots on Monday.


Cricket: Australia build winning lead in first Test

BANGALORE, India : Australia established a commanding 432-run lead over India on the fourth morning of the first Test here despite losing three quick wickets.


The epic spoof "Meet the Spartans" narrowly conquered "Rambo" to nab the top spot in the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.


Per il 2005 previsto un mercato stabile in Europa


AFGHANISTAN - Razzo contro scuola prima della visita di Karzai

Un razzo Ã¨ stato lanciato contro una scuola a Gardez, nell'Afghanistan sudorientale, poco prima della visita del presidente Hamid Karzai ad una scuola. Il razzo Ã¨ esploso ad un solo chilometro dall'edificio


Premier contestato a Ravenna da militanti centrodestra


Red Hat acquista software per server da Netscape

Red Hat ha acquistato da Aol Time Warner alcuni software a livello server prodotti da Netscape, societÃ  che in precedenza era stata acquistata dalla stessa Aol. Red Hat ha acquistato da Aol Time Warner alcuni


Get ready for No. 1 vs. No. 2. Memphis survived its closest game of the season to remain the lone unbeaten and a unanimous No. 1 in The Associated Press' college basketball poll Monday.


Thousands of workers who lost their pensions when firms went bust are expected to be given more financial help.


Denyce Graves Will Sing Carmen in Chicago

Denyce Graves will sing Carmen to open the Lyric Opera of Chicago's 2005-6 season, which also will include new productions of Puccini's "Manon Lescaut," Tippett's "The Midsummer Marriage," Verdi's "Rigoletto" and Gluck's "Orfeo ed Euridice."


QUINCY  It's the Year of the Pig, a lucky year for having children.   With that in mind,  the 19th annual Quincy Lunar New Year Festival will include a program that promotes childhood literacy.


Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc  said on Friday it will replace its embattled chief executive, Michael Cherkasky, following a year of disappointing results and indicated it would evaluate its insurance brokerage and other businesses.


Rudy Giuliani, the front-runner in national polls for the Republican presidential nomination, will skip a critical early test of political strength in Iowa this summer, bypassing a GOP straw poll, his campaign said Wednesday.


The co-chairman of the state Transportation Committee, which will hold hearings this month on problems with the Big Dig, said Gov.


Weekly newsmagazine Newsweek on  Tuesday named Jon Meacham as editor, replacing outgoing editor  Mark Whitaker, who joins corporate parent Washington Post Co..  as an executive in its online operations.


TADWORTH, England -- Ryder Cup star Darren Clarke failed to qualify for a major championship for the first time in 10 years when he did not earn one of nine spots available Monday in a European qualifier for the U.S. Open.


Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson has told Arsenal they got away with "murder" for their part in the infamous match at Old Trafford last season.


Alcatel-Lucent sees loss, uncertain 2008

Telecommunication equipment titan Alcatel-Lucent sees global economic woes causing it uncertainty in 2008 after the newly merged company survived a choppy 2007, reporting a fourth-quarter loss Friday and scrapping its dividend for last year.


Protesting at what they insist is France's role in their nation's genocide, Rwandans from all walks of life have united in fury at calls last week by a French judge for their President Paul Kagame to be arrested.


FDA Tried to Block Vioxx Results-Lawmaker

U.S. Food and Drug Administration  officials pressured an agency safety official to keep quiet or  water down his findings that the now-withdrawn arthritis drug  Vioxx was dangerous to the heart, a leading Senate Republican  charged on Thursday.


ABC News American, 3 Others Kidnapped in Iraq

Security guards look over posters promoting the upcoming Iraqi national elections in Baghdad, Iraq Monday, Nov. 1, 2004. Voter registration for the January balloting officially began Monday.


Schwarzenegger turns on charm during Seaside appearance

With a year under his belt, the governor of California said Monday he loves hard work, he's richer than the special interests, he loves his wife and his pet peeves include state legislators who are always trying to "jam" him.


Gunmen abduct two Italian aid workers in Gaza

Gunmen abducted two Italians working for the International Committee of the Red Cross in southern Gaza on Tuesday, the latest in a spate of kidnappings of foreigners in the Palestinian coastal strip.


The company will pay a $1 million criminal fine for lying to the government about a patent deal on its blood-thinning drug Plavix.


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Il pari casalingo contro il Bari frena la rincorsa del Mantova alla vetta. ''Abbiamo perso un'occasi...


A lieutenant of Iraq's most feared insurgent leader, Abu Musab Zarqawi, was captured this week, the country's national security minister said Thursday.


EPA Detects No Problems in Air After Chemical Fire

By Bill Graham, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Jun. 25--Explosions and a fire Sunday at a chemical plant in Richmond left no air pollution problems that could harm residents or firefighters, a spokesman for the Environmental Protection Agency said today.


Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in yesterday's auction to the highest levels in more than three years.


Radio One Agrees to Acquire the Intellectual Property of WMOJ-FM in Cincinnati; Move Will Enhance Company's New Station Launch

Radio One, Inc. ("Radio One" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ROIAK and ROIA) announced today that it has agreed to acquire the intellectual property of radio station WMOJ-FM ("MOJO"), located in Cincinnati, Ohio, from Susquehanna Radio Corp., for $5.0 million in cash.


A new website is being launched in an attempt to strengthen patient choice.


Russia Arrests 2 in Deadly School Seizure

Authorities have detained two residents of the southern province of Ingushetia on suspicion of being linked to terrorists who held more than 1,000 people hostage in a school in September, officials said Thursday.


Argentine midfielder Javier Mascherano is given special dispensation to join Liverpool from West Ham.


Clamoroso, Croce rossa italiana diventa SpA

La Croce Rossa Italiana diventa una societÃ  per azioni. Confermate quindi quelle che fino a ieri erano solo voci, anche se clamorose, anticipate nelle scorse settimane dal nostro settimanale. Sul sito del


Blair explores Mideast peace options in Egypt

British Prime Minister Tony Blair explored options for Middle East peace in Egypt on Saturday as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for early elections to break a deadlock between rival factions.


'Ludicrous' Theories Cited in Peterson Murder Trial

Accused murderer Scott Peterson's lawyer urged a jury on Tuesday to disregard "ludicrous" theories from prosecutors who could not provide solid evidence or a clear motive after five months of trial.


Chechen leader Basayev killed on eve of G8 summit

Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev,   Russia's most wanted man, was killed on Monday, handing a huge   boost to President Vladimir Putin as he prepared to host a   Group of Eight summit.


U.S. Immigration Officials Go on Courtesy Offensive

Complaints from international travelers  to the United States about hostile treatment by immigration  officials have prompted them to clean up their act, the  official in charge of border controls said Monday.


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- An explosion ripped through a Shiite Muslim mosque in the eastern Pakistani city of Sialkot during Friday prayers, killing several people and injuring dozens of others, wire reports say.


Gatwick reduced to anarchy by 'computer glitch'

Airport clocks failed to go back on schedule A "computer glitch" at Gatwick airport which lead to the clocks not going back on Sunday morning led to travel "chaos" as "arrivals and departures were advertised an hour late", provoking nonplussed passengers to besiege check-in desks.â¦


HOUSTON -- A US bankruptcy judge has issued a temporary restraining order to halt the planned auction of Russian oil company Yukos' main oil-producing subsidiary, Yuganskneftegaz, Reuters reports.


Talks to SEC Computer maker Dell told the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) late last week that it has nearly completed its internal accounts probe.â¦


Lewis Hamilton is fastest in first practice for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.


Space station astronauts abandon solar panel repair

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station abandoned troubleshooting efforts on a jammed solar panel on Wednesday, leaving it half extended, and went forward with the next steps in their mission to rewire the outpost's electrical system.


A hefty acquisition expands the health-care REIT's U.S. presence.


"Unsafe" U.S. beef may have been sold in Japan

U.S. beef that does not meet Japanese  safety regulations has been imported into the country and some  may have been already sold to consumers, the Japanese  government said on late on Saturday.


George W. Bush wraps up his first official visit to an "old friend" later this morning in Halifax. The US President and Prime Minister Paul Martin will fly to Atlantic Canada this morning, where Bush will give a 30-minute speech to Canadians.


Conn. City Uses Scanners to Nab Criminals

This city is among the first in the nation to use infrared scanners that read license plates on moving and parked cars, giving officials immediate access to a database of police and tax records in their hunt for criminals and tax delinquents.


Ukraine's presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko is having tests in Austria into his mystery illness.


As six NBA championship trophies covered with his fingerprints gleamed behind him in a trophy case, Scottie Pippen slumped his lean 6-7 frame over a Berto Center podium Tuesday and bade farewell to his playing days.


Holocaust Lessons Meet Muslim Rebuff in France

"Filthy Jew!" schoolchildren howl at a classmate. "Jews only want money and power," they tell their teachers. "Death to the Jews" graffiti appear on school walls outside Paris and other French cities.


Charges in Mich. fire that killed horses

Authorities have arrested and charged a man in a string of arsons, including one that killed 18 horses in their barn at a Port Huron-area farm.


Further education colleges are warned they need to prevent Islamic extremists recruiting among students.


Digging for Data ; Computer Forensics Lab Will Operate Out of Storage Rooms at the Sheriff's Department

By KATE WILLSON Journal Staff Writer  Some criminal cases have proceeded without critical evidence in recent years because state and federal computer forensic analysts operating in New Mexico have too many cases to examine every computer, cell phone and fax machine brought in for evidence.


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MILANO - Chiusura in calo per Piazza Affari. L'ultimo indice Mibtel della giornata ha fatto registrare una flessione dello 0,33%. In ribasso anche il Numtel, l'indice dei titoli tecnologici, che ha fatto segnare un calo dello 0,72%.


For Hollywood reporter Rebecca Winters Keegan, hating Paris doesn't feel nearly as good as she thought it would


Site News: Popular Posts for the Week of 02.01.2008

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It's Take Two for Apple on Enterprise Storage with Xsan 2

Apple today announced a major upgrade to Xsan, its enterprise-class storage area network (SAN) file system for Mac OS X. Xsan 2 represents the first upgrade since the original product was released in 2005.


Tyson Foods says cost-cutting efforts on track

Tyson Foods Inc. TSN.N, the largest   U.S. meat company, said on Wednesday its $200 million   cost-cutting efforts are proceeding on schedule as the company   works to return to profitability.


THE CRUELTIES OF GLOBAL WARMING ; Those Who Cause the Fewest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Suffer the Most As the Climate Changes. But Those Responsible for the Most Damage Refuse to Pay Up. By Daniel Howden ++ The Planet in Peril

By Daniel Howden  Peru's glaciers are melting. High in the Andes, freak hailstorms and cold snaps are freezing llamas to death. In the north of Kenya, unprecedented droughts have driven herdsmen into deadly battles for the few water holes.


No. 19 Louisville Tops Morehead St. 104-40

Francisco Garcia scored 18 of his career-high 29 points in the first half as No. 19 Louisville beat Morehead State 104-40 on Monday night.


River Cleanup Reaches New Phase: Pequabuck Focus Evolving From Regulatory To Grass-Roots Action

By Ken Byron, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Sep. 5--The Pequabuck River is a waterway that is slowly coming back from the dead.   Fouled by factory waste and poorly treated effluent from municipal sewage plants, the river became one of the most polluted in the state.


Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin chats with the leader of the Cult of Mac and gets nowhere. Why not?


With a star-packed movie filmed in Louisiana opening nationally on Friday, the state's film industry


Aston Villa up to fifth after 1-0 beating of Spurs

Nolberto Solano's inspired overhead shot fired Aston Villa to fifth in the Premier League in a 1-0 beating of Tottenham on Monday leaving Spurs just two points above the relegation zone.


PeopleSoft finally gave in yesterday and accepted a $10.3bn (Â£5.4bn) takeover proposal from its larger rival Oracle, ending a pursuit that has lasted 18 months and has been marked by bitter personal insults and a series of courtroom battles.


Hamilton Cycling Team Told He Failed Tests

REGENSDORF, Switzerland - Olympic time-trial champion Tyler Hamilton declared his innocence Tuesday after his pro cycling team said he's being investigated for possible blood doping and could be stripped of his gold medal.    Hamilton said he would "fight this until I don't have a euro left in my pocket."   Tests at the Athens Olympics on Aug...


Billups Signs 5 - Year Deal With Pistons

The Detroit Pistons retained the face and point guard of their franchise, one year after losing a leader in free agency.


D.O.J. says Microsoft to modify Vista over complaint

U.S. antitrust authorities confirmed on Tuesday they reached an accord with Microsoft Corp. requiring the company to modify its Vista operating system in response to complaints its desktop search function puts Google Inc.  and other potential competitors at a disadvantage.


Taiwan Denies Wrongdoing in Ex-US Diplomat Meetings

Premier Yu Shyi-kun said on Friday that Taiwan intelligence officers had held secret dealings with a former senior US diplomat but denied that the government had committed any wrongdoing.


Henry David Thoreau might have recognized a kindred spirit in Susan Loucks. Or at least commended her determination to "live deliberately."


OLPC Seeks Educational Games for XO Laptop

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Project is asking software coders to develop free, open-source educational computer games for the XO laptop, continuing its push toward a September launch date.


Japan's history divide comes home in textbook row

When Japanese soldiers gave out grenades to residents of Okinawa toward the end World War Two, Kiku Nakayama says she and her friends knew what they were for.


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Artist evokes eastern Germany's Soviet army era with found artifacts

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the departure of Soviet troops from what used to be East Germany, a German artist has mounted a major exhibit using Red Army detritus unearthed from long-abandoned barracks, hangars and warehouses.


Annan pledges to cooperate in oil-for-food probe

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, making his first trip to Washington since members of Congress called for his resignation over allegations of fraud in


Experts in a field can benefit from an outsiderâs perspective.


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Nokia signs deals worth two billion euros with Chinese firms

Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker has signed two contracts worth over two billion euros (2.54 billion dollars) with Chinese companies China Mobile and PTAC.


ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Teemu Selanne returned to the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks on Monday after missing the first half of the season while contemplating retirement. The unrestricted free agent signed a one-year deal and then practiced with the team before it departs Tuesday for an eight-game,...


Rally driver Colin McRae is believed to have died along with three others in a Scottish helicopter crash.


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Toronto Blue Jays Team Report - October 2

(Sports Network) - The Toronto Blue Jays are playing for pride today, as they battle the New York Yankees in the middle test of a season-ending three-game series at SkyDome.


Tokyo's Nikkei fell 1.66 percent by  midday on Monday, extending losses into a third day as another  surge in oil prices deepened worries about the global economic  impact and knocked down exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp.


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Redskins RB Portis disputes that he owes money for his No. 26

Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis is disputing a claim that he owes money to a former teammate in exchange for a jersey number.


Scientists find that male chimpanzees will embark on crop raiding for fruit to attract a mate.


Genova, 22:22 - CALCIO, SERIE A: GENOA-FIORENTINA 0-0 NEL POSTICIPO

Genoa e Fiorentina hanno pareggiato 0-0 nel posticipo della nona giornata di serie A. (Nic. Api)<...


Struggling Sosa Dropped to Sixth in Order

Struggling Sammy Sosa was dropped to No. 6 in the Chicago Cubs' batting order Saturday, the first time he's hit that low in more than 10 years. Booed frequently at Wrigley Field recently, Sosa was batting just .254 before Saturday's game with Florida.


Republican Senate candidate Richard Mountjoy acknowledged that his campaign biography wrongly said he had served aboard the battleship Missouri during the Korean War, a newspaper reported Friday.


Global stocks slide deepens in Europe, volatility soars

Steep losses in global stock markets  accelerated in Asia and Europe on Wednesday as Wall St recorded  its biggest drop since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the  United States and as volatility measures skyrocketed.


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Lockheed Martin Corp. LMT.N, the No.  1 U.S. defense contractor, posted a 41 percent rise in  quarterly profit on Tuesday, beating Wall Street forecasts, on  strong demand for its combat aircraft and information  technology services.


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The Russian oil giant Yukos said on Friday that management was putting together an emergency plan to continue running the company for a few months, even after the auction of its prize asset next month.


UN Commemorates Nazi Death Camp Liberation

The U.N. General Assembly commemorated the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps with a special session Monday, and survivor Elie Wiesel and world leaders confronted a question that has long haunted the United Nations: whether the world body has the will to stop future genocide.


Mike Tindall is ruled out of the rest of the Six Nations while David Strettle, Lewis Moody and Tom Rees will all miss England's match against Italy.


Iran military plane crashes, 37 killed: state TV

An Iranian military aircraft crashed at a Tehran airport on Monday, killing at least 37 people, state-run television reported, the latest in a string of aviation disasters to hit the Islamic Republic.


Drake University is the most remarkable story in college basketball, a team picked to finish ninth in the Missouri Valley Conference that instead leads the league at 19-1.


Venezuela halts oil supplies to Exxon Mobil

Venezuela on Tuesday suspended oil exports to Exxon Mobil Corp, escalating the country's fight with the U.S. oil giant over compensation for a heavy crude project nationalized by socialist President Hugo Chavez.


US consumer spending up 0.2 per cent in November, modest increase

US consumers kept a closer eye on their wallets as they moved into the holiday shopping season, boosting their spending by a modest 0.2 per cent in November.


Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro went into surgery Sunday to determine the extent of "life-threatening injuries" after the colt broke three bones above and below his right rear ankle at the start of the Preakness Stakes.


Ministero Economia: interesse per 'due diligence'


Volunteer dentists tackle the teeth of carnies

Downwind from the cotton candy, the caramel apples and the deep-fried Oreos, carnival worker Robert Weaver stepped into a mobile dentist's office on the state-fair midway


Russian officials accused terrorists Friday after the wreckage of one of two crashed jetliners revealed traces of an explosive used in earlier attacks blamed on Chechen rebels


Saudi businessman killed, relative of bin Laden

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a brother-in-law of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a raid on his home in Madagascar, his brother said on Wednesday.


Lawmakers Agree on $388 Bln Spending Bill

U.S. lawmakers struck a deal late on  Friday on a $388 billion package of government funding for the  current fiscal year after days of battling over foreign aid,  nuclear waste, milk subsidies and overtime.


German critics mock wrinkled rockers on tour trail

"Last night Sting did a big leap for the cut-off hit, and he makes the same move tonight but he gets the footwork just a little bit wrong and doesn't quite achieve lift-off. The mighty Sting looks like a petulant pansy instead of the god of rock."  The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, Genesis, the Who, the Police and Black Sabbath are among the acts appearing this summer in arenas between the Black Forest and the Baltic, in Europe's richest nation with a wealth ... via The Globe and Mail


SCHERTZ, Tex. The night wind pushes Don Larsen's green robe against his lanky frame. A circle of torches lights his face. "The old gods are standing near!" calls a retired Army intelligence officer. "To watch the turning of the year!" replies the wife of a soldier wounded in Iraq. "What night is this?" calls a former fighter pilot. ...


After 2-Week Delay, Atlantis Lifts Off Toward Space Station

By MARTIN MERZER and PHIL LONG, MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.


EU condemns pre-election violence in Kenya

MOLO, Kenya  - The European Union's chief election monitor in Kenya on Friday condemned clashes that have killed hundreds and displaced thousands in the run-up to a December 27 presidential and parliamentary election.


Bankruptcy Filing May Delay Pornography on Cellphones

Ampâd Mobileâs filing for protection from bankruptcy may delay the introduction of sex-oriented programming on cellphones.


Timber Industry Embracing Geospatial Technology Tools

By Gillette, Becky  When Robby Toombs, regional manager for Resource Management Service, LLC (RMS), goes out into the field visiting a tract of land in the more than 300,000 acres under the firm's control, he has an incredible amount of information - literally - at his fingertips.


Moment of decisionâ hascome for N. Ireland peace: Blair

LEEDS CASTLE (England) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair said yesterday Northern Ireland had reached the âmoment of decisionâ in which its leaders must show the will to end years of deadlock and secure a lasting peace.


Cleveland's James named NBA East player of week

LeBron James's feat in becoming the youngest player in National Basketball Association history to record a triple-double earned Cleveland's young star his third Eastern Conference player of the week award.


Boxing heavy weight as Klitschko and Williams weigh in

The heavyweight boxing title match between Vitali Klitschko and Danny Williams will be the biggest heavyweight fight ever. Biggest, that is, as measured by the scale.


SPYWARE COMPANY executive Sanford Wallace and his two companies, Seismic Entertainment Productions and SmartBot.Net will be the first to have the dubious honour of being charged by the FTC.


Argentine Teen Kills Three in School Shooting

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - A 15-year-old schoolboyarmed with a pistol killed three fellow Argentine students andwounded six on Tuesday in a school shooting that shocked acountry unaccustomed to such violence.


Google Loses Gmail Trademark Case in Germany

Google can't use the Gmail name in Germany because doing so would infringe on someone else's trademark.


On Iraq and North Korea, Two Interpretations of Diplomacy and ...

Not quite halfway into the debate on Thursday night, answering a question about the lessons of Iraq, President Bush repeated a line he uses so often on the campaign


Heat desperate to avoid record run of defeats

Two years ago, the Miami Heat were NBA champions but now Pat Riley's team are close to the worst run in the franchise's 20-year history.


Warner Beats Out Manning As Giants Starter

Eli Manning remains the New York Giants' quarterback of the future. For now, the job belongs to Kurt Warner.


Ted Ginn Jr. pulls in a touchdown pass from Troy Smith to give Ohio State a 14-7 lead right before the half and the No. 1 Buckeyes never look back as they clobber No. 2 Texas, 24-7.


Microsoft said yesterday that its fiscal first-quarter profit rose 23 percent on brisk sales of the new Halo 3 video game, Windows and Office.


Riduzione pressione fiscale fondamentale per imprese


The health secretary, Alan Johnson, yesterday chose the eve of a bank holiday weekend to announce the closure of a series of maternity units across the Greater Manchester area.


Director Taylor Hackford has made one good movie (1982's "An Officer and a Gentleman") and a lot of bad ones (recently, "The Devil's Advocate," "Proof of Life").


Houston, we have a winner: Allen's group claims X Prize

MOJAVE, Calif. - A $20 million, private investment in manned space flight earned a $10 million return yesterday when a stubby, white rocket captured the X Prize by soaring to the edge of space for the second time in less than a week.


The company that makes the UK's best-selling malt whisky is being put up for sale by its family owners.


It's easy, really -- just sync your Mac to Steve Jobs Time. In Cult of Mac.


Summary Box: No Taxes for Social Security

NO HIKE: President Bush ruled out raising taxes to finance an overhaul of Social Security to help the system survive an impending wave of retiring baby boomers.


US space shuttle Atlantis touches down in California, after bad weather prevents a Florida landing.


A mysterious figure who calls himself the Bishop is sending letter bombs to companies in the Midwest. They've only been threats so far, but police are fearful that might change


Sprint, Nextel could make deal this week

Sprint and Nextel Communications could announce a $35 billion merger this week in a deal that would forge a third goliath in the quickly consolidating wireless industry.  The union would complete Sprint's transformation from perennial also-ran in the troubled long-distance business.


US officials are cautious at reports that North Korea is ready to rejoin talks on its nuclear weapons programme.


Turkish army kills 20 Kurd militants in clashes

CIZRE, Turkey  - Turkish troops killed 20 Kurdish guerrillas on Sunday in a major operation against separatist rebels in eastern Turkey, army sources said.


Amy Winehouse has been nominated for the villain of the year.


EU, U.S. in Contact with Hamas, Group Leader Says

The United States and the European Union are in contact with Palestinian militant group Hamas despite having listed it as a terrorist organization, a Hamas leader said in an interview broadcast on Monday.


A MAN who conned money out of "innocent civilians" to feed his gambling habit was yesterday refused bail.   Martin Daniel Magee, from Lurgan, Co Armagh, has been charged with seven counts of obtaining property by deception.


The EU is to appeal against a World Trade Organisation ruling that its sugar subsidies breach world trade rules.


The US Army is seeking 500 Arabs and Kurds for a special mission.Those who sign up will be shipped off to villages with names like Tikrit and Fallujah, where they'll don dishdashas and head scarves and live in ...Comment


Tech Stocks Tumble After Chip Makers Warn

U.S. stocks fell on Thursday, hit by a  sharp drop in technology shares following a slew of sales  warnings from semiconductor makers, and as oil prices rose  nearly $1 a barrel.


After attacks, foreign doctors face new scrutiny in Britain

Several arrested in connection with this week's failed car bombings were recruited from abroad by the National Health Service.


Napster is offering pre-pay cards for buying tracks, opening up its online store to under-18s in the UK.


The Texas Rangers survive a shaky ninth to beat the Baltimore Orioles, 3-2, on Friday night and snap a four-game losing streak.


Chip Ambres singled home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, and the New York Mets beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 Sunday to take three of four in a series between division leaders.


Foreign troops to complete mission in Iraq before withdrawal, US ...

A senior US official said here on Monday that the coalition troops will not withdraw from Iraq until their mission is completed. "The mission is to provide a peaceful and


The White House on Sunday marked the death of former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet by calling his rule a "difficult period" and commending the country for establishing a free society.


The Green Bay Packers only led for two seconds Sunday, and that was enough to keep their stranglehold over the Detroit Lions, who haven't won in Wisconsin since 1991.


Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks he's found a way to pin down rowdy protesters at the Republican National Convention  by offering them a powder-blue button that labels them "Peaceful Political Activists." ...


Parigi, 21:54 - TENNIS, WTA PARIGI: AVANTI MAURESMO E PETROVA

Risultati del secondo turno del torneo Wta di Parigi (cemento, montepremi di 460mila euro).


A mortar slammed into a home in Somalia's restive capital early Monday, killing a father and his 6-year-old son as they slept and wounding four people, witnesses said.


The first minister is to announce that the Scottish Executive will be rebranded as the Scottish Government.


Neve in Costa Azzurra, traffico bloccato tra Italia-Francia


Roma, 18:23 - Calcio, Mazzone: Totti e tifosi come moglie e marito

''Francesco Totti Ã¨ una vera bandiera della Roma, che va difesa''. L'appello Ã¨ di Carletto Mazzone c...


Berlino, 15:26 - CALCIO, GERMANIA: LA BUNDESLIGA NON CAMBIA NOME

Il massimo campionato tedesco, la Bundesliga, manterrà anche per la prossima stagione la stes...


Mantova, 18:05 - CALCIO, JUVE; DESCHAMPS: E' MANCATO TUTTO

Una giornata no. La Juve spiega cosÃ¬ il ko per 3-1 con il Brescia. Deschamps: ''Troppe cose negative...


Gunbattles rage in tense Gaza, five dead

Gunbattles raged between Hamas loyalists and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's forces in Gaza City on Tuesday, killing at least three people and reviving fears the strip could slip into civil war.


The most pervasive problem in running IT is not a specific technology issue at all. Itâs dealing with bad vendors. Even if you have been able to reduce your IT operation down to a pure open source environment on the software side, hardware still must be purchased through commercial channels. In the post-boom IT age, the power has supposedly shifted from vendor to buyer, but IT managers continue to be manipulated by vendors who donât always act in the customerâs best interest. To keep vendors in line, IT managers need to stay on the ball â and punish bad behavior when it occurs by finding new suppliers.


Court rules for Philip Morris on damage award

A closely divided Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a $79.5 million punitive damages award won by the widow of a longtime smoker against Philip Morris.


Sri Lanka have cancelled their cricket tour of New Zealand following the tsunami disaster that ravaged their country.


A series of surprising findings about some of the most widely accepted assumptions in medicine has renewed debate about how aggressively doctors use drugs to prevent and treat some of the nation's leading health problems.


A bone-chilling Arctic cold wave with temperatures as low as 38 below zero shut down schools for thousands of youngsters Monday, halted some Amtrak service and put car batteries on the disabled list from the northern Plains across the Great Lakes


Scientists: Hobbit wasn't a modern human

Scientists, wringing their hands over the identity of the famed "hobbit" fossil, have found a new clue in the wrist.


Thailand May Have Human-to-Human Bird Flu Transmission

Health officials in Thailand say a woman who died from the bird flu virus last week may have caught it from her daughter. Twenty-nine people have died in Thailand and Vietnam since the outbreak was detected in January.


Health summit to discuss worldwide flu threat

WASHINGTON - The World Health Organization is about to hold a summit to prepare for what it says it the growing threat of a flu pandemic.


Three times a week, The Associated Press picks an issue and asks President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry a question about it. Today's question and responses:


Christopher Reeve, Actor in `Superman' Movies, Dies at Age 52

Christopher Reeve, the ``Superman'' actor who was paralyzed in a fall from a horse nine years ago, died yesterday of heart failure.


Con la testa in sacchetto plastica e' morto per soffocamento


Producing a 100-percent solid state drive is a gamble for Samsung, but the benefits include power savings and stability.


Bills' Everett shows further improvement

Kevin Everett is showing some movement in both hands and greater strength in his leg muscles, further positive signs for the Buffalo Bills tight end following a life-threatening spinal-cord injury.


Torino, 15:41 - CALCIO, JUVE; DEL PIERO: RESTIAMO CONCENTRATI

Sul suo sito Internet, il capitano della Juventus Alessandro Del Piero parla della partita di ieri d...


Microsoft beats Google to Facebook stake

Microsoft Corp  beat out Google  Inc  on Wednesday in a battle to invest in socializing  Web site Facebook, agreeing to pay $240 million for a 1.6  percent stake in the Web phenomenon.


Music Sites Ask, 'Why Buy If You Can Rent?'

ong before Sir Richard Branson dreamed of becoming the latest billionaire with a reality TV show, before he started his cellphone company, his airline and his record label, he sold music from


Leading European banks may have to pay out as much as Â£70bn as the global credit crunch continues to bite.


Woman, Child Die as Kazakh Diplomat's Car Crashes in Bulgaria

A car carrying a Kazakh diplomat and his family crashed near Sofia killing a woman and a child, a report said Saturday.


Carlos Beltran hit a two-run homer and Brandon Backe pitched six solid innings in his postseason debut as the Houston Astros got their 19th straight home win, 8-5 over Atlanta yesterday for a 2-1 lead in their NL Divisional Playoffs series.


There are no more big holidays looming over the horizon. Whew... Glad that's over!!  "cheesecake" PS: If I could be Emperor of the Universe for five minutes I'd outlaw all holidays in November, December and January and would declare that everybody should be nice to everyone all the time, no matter what season it is!


Selma Blair is NBC's choice for "Kath & Kim"

Following a lengthy  search, NBC has zeroed in on Selma Blair to star opposite Molly  Shannon in the high-profile comedy pilot "Kath and Kim."


The education nominee first impressed President Bush in the late ' ...

Margaret Spellings, who was nominated Wednesday as secretary of education, arrived from Texas four years ago as a divorced single mother and member of President Bush's inner circle.


A car bomb exploded in a residential area of the Syrian capital on Tuesday, killing one man and injuring two, witnesses said.


Reports: Russia calls for more diplomacy

Russian news agencies quote Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying that Moscow does not rule out new measures against Iran over its nuclear program but that he is calling for more diplomacy.


La maggior parte di richieste dai Comuni dell'hinterland


EDS to cut up to 20,000 jobs over two years

Electronic Data Systems plans to cut 15,000 to 20,000 jobs over the next two years, as the struggling technology services giant tries to slash costs and regain its footing.


Welcome back, Potter: $12 mil for midnight "Phoenix"

LOS ANGELES  - In his fifth film outing, Harry Potter continues to cast a box-office spell.


US Researcher Says Finds Atlantis Off Cyprus

A US researcher on Sunday claimed he had found the lost civilization of Atlantis in the watery deep off Cyprus -- adding his theory to a mystery which has baffled explorers for centuries.


Arafat's funeral is to be held Friday in Cairo. He will be buried at his West Bank headquarters.


Retireesâ Health Costs Loom Over U.A.W. Talks

The generous health benefits paid by automakers will be a crucial sticking point in pivotal union negotiations.


The New York Philharmonic has chosen a native son — 40-year-old Alan Gilbert — to become its music director. He will lead an ensemble that includes his mother.


Drop in crude futures a trend, say analysts

Crude futures prices fell yesterday, briefly sinking below $49 US a barrel, as the US supply of oil grows and traders said institutional investors shifted their capital from commodities to equities.


Dozens of militants killed in Afghan south

Dozens of militants were killed in southern and eastern Afghanistan overnight in clashes with U.S.-led foreign troops and Afghan forces, officials said on Saturday.


The Senate's Democratic leader said Sunday that Republicans "would rue the day" if they try to make it harder for Democrats to stall judicial nominees who could not get a vote last year.


EU Takes Over Bosnia Peacekeeping from NATO

The European Union has formally taken over peacekeeping duties in Bosnia-Herzegovina from NATO. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and NATO head Jaap de Hoop


French, Americans would back strike on Iran - poll

Most French and Americans would   support military action against Iran as a last resort if other   means fail to stop it acquiring nuclear weapons, a major   transatlantic opinion survey showed on Wednesday.


In a move aimed at helping the company "focus on initiatives that enhance its top performing locations," CompUSA announced Wednesday it would close 126 of its 229 stores as part of a restructuring plan.


Russia Has 'Derailed' Its Reforms, Bush States

PRAGUE, June 5 -- President Bush declared Tuesday that Russia has "derailed" democratic reforms and that the United States would continue to press it on this issue. The remarks, his most pointed public comments about civil liberties in Russia, came at a time of heightened tensions with Moscow.


The first flight will be pushed well into the fall because of delays in completing assembly of the first plane and in finalizing flight-control software, a company executive said.


Death toll in Asian quake disaster passes 144,000

The number of people killed in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that hit Indian Ocean shorelines a week ago passed 144,000.


Menaced by al-Qaeda, peacekeeping forces become neighborly with Lebanon's powerful Shi'a group


Borders' executive VP for emerging business and technology and chief strategy officer has resigned; position has been eliminated.


How touching it was to see George Steinbrenner and New York Yankees hearts go out to the Devil Rays during Hurricane Frances. The Empire, ever sensitive, made a mighty wind.


Incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes an early lead after polls close in Brazil's presidential race.


A drunk Chinese man who tried to give a   panda a hug at Beijing Zoo found himself biting it in self   defense after his clumsy attempt at affection was savagely   rejected, local media reported on Thursday.


Ukraine PM on Verge of Victory, Rival Cries Foul

Ukraine's prime minister was on the verge  of victory in a presidential election on Monday but his liberal  rival accused the authorities of mass fraud and told thousands  of supporters to stay on the streets in protest.


Far Fewer Jobs Were Added in November Than Forecast

The economy added 112,000 payroll jobs in November, far fewer than the month before and not enough to keep up with average increases in the adult population.


Yokohama, 15:55 - CALCIO, MILAN MONDIALE: KAKA' DEVOLVE PREMIO IN BENEFICENZA

Kakà ha deciso di devolvere a Fondazione Milan e al progetto dell'Holy Family Hospital di Na...


Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Thursday he was personally offended by the provocative messages two of his campaign bloggers wrote criticizing the Catholic Church, but he's not going to fire them.


Khan class sets up a showdown with Cuban champion

ITâS not often you get to say that you were there when a star was born. But anyone gathered in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall last night will forever be able to make that boast.


Wal-Mart Is Reassigning Its Environmental Chief

Andrew Ruben, who built unusual alliances between the retailer and environmental groups, is leaving the job for a new assignment overseeing merchandise.


Gottlieb Uncommitted to Condo-Retail Project

By Ihosvani Rodriguez, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 8--HOLLYWOOD -- Former City Commissioner and state Rep. Ken Gottlieb announced Wednesday he's stepping away from a condo-retail project he planned to build on city-owned land in a blighted neighborhood.


ROME  - The Italian cinema industry is up in arms after recent comments from director Quentin Tarantino, who called the current state of the film industry "depressing."


Disney has officially  moved the launch date for its massively mutliplayer online game  "Pirates of the Caribbean Online" from summer to fall.


Fiat third-quarter net loss rises, operating loss is slashed

Troubled Italian automaker Fiat Auto reported an 11 percent increase in third quarter sales to 4.5 billion euros (5.7 billion dollars) compared with the same period last year and cut its operating loss 18 percent to 270 million euros.


New ultrasound may help spot breast cancers

A new type of ultrasound was highly effective at determining whether lumps in the female breast were cancerous or harmless, U.S. researchers who conducted a small study said on Monday.


Rona, 20:24 - CALCIO, LAZIO; PAPADOPULO: CONTENTO CHE NON SIA PARTITO NESSUNO

''Se sono preoccupato del fatto che non Ã¨ arrivato nessuno? Io sono contento che siano rimasti tutti...


VIEW: Palestineâs war of generations âMkhaimar Abusada

Peace requires Israeli concessions, not just compromises from the Palestinians. Israel must freeze settlement activity in the West Bank and stop constructing its barrier on Palestinian territory, free Palestinian


Actor Erik Anthony Aude is greeted by his mother, Sherry Aude, on his arrival at Los Angeles International Airport, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004.


OAKLAND - The Seattle Mariners won't get to the postseason this year, but they're being covered as if they're already there.


Europe's food and drink industry could face new regulations if it does not try harder to tackle obesity.


Texas Executes Killer for Prison Slaying

A condemned killer was executed Tuesday night for the fatal prison beating of a convicted child molester.


US Seeks Strategy with Japan for New N.Korea Talks

Secretary of State Colin Powell said on  Sunday there was still time to resolve a nuclear crisis with  North Korea through six-party talks despite Pyongyang's refusal  to resume the negotiations.


Gatlin guns down 100m rivals as Radcliffe and Devers crash

ATHENS: Athletics got the boost it sorely needed here on Sunday as Americaâs Justin Gatlin became the youngest winner of the 100 metres Olympic title here on Sunday in decades and in one of the greatest finals of all time.


London court jails 'cyber-jihadis' for online terror

Three "cyber-jihadis" who used the Internet to urge Muslims to wage holy war on non-believers were jailed for between six-and-a-half and 10 years Thursday in the first case of its kind in Britain.


Payrolls rise just 112,000 in November. Intel spurs the chip sector with a strong revenue guidance boost. IBM may want to sell its PC business.


Gibraltar's hopes of joining Uefa as a member will be decided at the organisation's Congress in January.


EarthLink Packages Internet, Phone Services

By Bridget Carey, The Miami Herald  Sep. 13--Hoping to lure BellSouth customers, EarthLink is entering the South Florida Internet and phone service market this month.


Emilio Butragueno backs Michael Owen to emulate Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrid.


Ex-Partner at Milberg Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy

The guilty plea is the latest blow to a powerhouse firm that once dominated the landscape for class-action securities lawsuits.


There is a split that receives less attention than cultural divides, but is every bit as acute: the chasm between do-it-yourself America and do-it-for-me America.


US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Tuesday he is certain North Korea had a secret uranium enrichment programme but stopped short of saying whether it still exists.


Ukraine's presidential candidates are debating live on TV - just days before the re-run of the contested ballot.


Research firm: Weaker voice will hold back WiMax

InfoWorld - The GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) family of technologies will continue to dominate the mobile infrastructure business over the next five years, a research company said Wednesday.


Democrat Declared Winner in Wash. State Gov. Race

Democrat Christine Gregoire was officially named Washington's governor-elect on Thursday, 58 days and two recounts after the closest election in the state's history.


Lebanon PM Resigns, Says Will Not Head New Govt

Lebanon's Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri  resigned Wednesday, declining to form a new government that  will face international pressure over Syria's interference in  Lebanese affairs.


North Korea State Symphony to play in Britain: report

The North Korea State Symphony Orchestra is to play two concerts in Britain, including one in the city where the country's football team was based at the 1966 World Cup, The Guardian said Saturday.


A 63-year-old man has a lucky escape after being rescued from the base of cliffs at Ballycastle.


The World Series is headed there after two Red Sox victories at Fenway Park in Boston. And, while many Sox fans are convinced that the series won't be returning for games six and seven next weekend, here are a couple of facts to remember:


Gateway Shifts Retail Strategy, Moves into Micro Center

Gateway's relationship with Micro Center is "very exciting," said Bob Davidson, senior vice president of retail at Gateway.


Riot police fired rubber bullets and tear gas Thursday at demonstrators violently protesting two days of near-constant power outages in Bangladesh's capital, witnesses said.


South Korea announced Wednesday that a 30-year-old expert in artificial intelligence will be the country's first person in space when he flies on a Russian Soyuz capsule to the International Space Station early next year.


the bloodiest attacks inside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, an attack claimed by America's top enemy in Iraq. suicide bombings inside what is supposed to be the safest place in Iraq.


APEC meeting targets trade, anti-corruption and sustainable ...

A meeting of top level officials from the 21 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) began here Sunday to finalize agreements on trade, anti-corruption, sustainable development and security.


The Starship Dimensions website puts all your favorite sci-fi vehicles into perspective. In Table of Malcontents.


Psychotic Mice May Aid Study of Disease - Report

Psychotic mice that flee their littermates may offer insights into diseases such as schizophrenia, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.


Arafat doctors 'told to delay' brain death tests

Crucial tests to establish whether Yasser Arafat is brain dead have not been carried out by a Paris hospital, a French newspaper reported yesterday, leading to claims that


The journalist who revealed prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib says US special forces are operating inside Iran.


Catres (Francia), 17:30 - CICLISMO, TOUR: TAPPA A BOONEN, RASMUSSEN RESTA IN GIALLO

Il belga Tom Boonen (Quick Step) ha vinto in volata la dodicesima tappa del Tour de France, la Montp...


WEDNESDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDayNews) -- Using a genetically engineered virus to deliver two proteins into the brains of laboratory rats prevented the progressive degeneration of nerve cells that cause Parkinson's disease.


Iran's Larijani meets IAEA chief as sanctions loom

Iran's chief negotiator met the top U.N. nuclear monitor on Friday ahead of talks with the European Union in what could be a last chance to end a dispute over Tehran's atomic ambitions and avert tougher U.N. sanctions.


NEW YORK - Passwords alone won't be enough to get onto America Online under a new, optional log-on service that makes AOL the first major U.S. online business to offer customers a second layer of security...


Glazer's bid for Manchester United not over yet

Malcolm Glazer's bid for Manchester United isn't over, despite being turned away by the British soccer club's board of directors over concerns that his proposed buyout requires too much debt.


Elena Delle Donne, considered the top womenâs basketball prospect in the 2008 recruiting class, has committed to Connecticut, her father said.


It seemed that John Smoltz would have at least been somewhat excited about the fact that he had finished his 57th game of the season on Tuesday night.


Iraqi Minister Sought in Assassination Attempt

BAGHDAD, June 26 -- Iraqi law enforcement officials stretched a dragnet over the Green Zone and other parts of the capital Tuesday, seeking to arrest the country's culture minister in connection with an attempted political assassination two years ago in which three people were killed, Iraqi...


Javier Saviola insists he is happy to return to Barcelona during the transfer window.


No need to risk sea, Indian fishermen hit the road

Indian fishermen still anxious about returning to the sea after the killer Indian Ocean tsunami have a safer alternative -- hit the road.


FCUK Lends Logo to Gangster Film's Designer Drugs

French Connection is giving "designer drugs" a whole new meaning.


President Robert Mugabe said he would pray for Zimbabwean Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube, an outspoken government critic accused of having an affair.


The Food and Drug Administration remains on the defensive. The agency got grilled on Capitol Hill for the second day in a row about the health risks of several popular prescription drugs.


Blood-booster helps critically ill patients: study

Juicing up the body's blood supply with the Johnson & Johnson drug Procrit can reduce the risk of death in critically ill trauma patients by nearly 60 percent, researchers reported on Wednesday.


Gordon Cooper, 77, one of the seven original US astronauts, who made the nation's first manned spaceflights and became known as possessors of "The Right Stuff," died yesterday at his home in Ventura, Calif.


McGrath rocks England with double strike as Aussies take charge

Glenn McGrath has hit back at his ageist critics with two wickets in two balls to have England on the rack after the second day of the first Ashes Test at the Gabba.


AFRICA/ANGOLA - Conclusa la visita in Angola di S.E il Cardinale Ivan Dias, Prefetto della Congregazione per lÂEvangelizzazione dei Popoli. ÂÃ stata unÂoccasione per dimostrare i buoni rapporti tra Stato e Chiesa e la vicinanza spirituale della comunitÃ  cattolica locale al Santo PadreÂ dice una fonte della Chiesa Luanda (Agenzia Fides)- ÂLa visita del Cardinale Dias in Angola Ã¨ stata seguita con attenzione dalla stampa e dalla televisione locale: si tratta di un segno della vicinanza della Chiesa al popolo dellÂAngolaÂ dice allÂAgenzia Fides una fonte della C...


LONDON, England -- Britain has launched a rescue operation to recover the crew of a Canadian submarine after a fire on board the vessel, the UK Ministry of Defense has said.


Soldi e gioie della vittima a parenti assassino


An explosion in the Pakistani city of Multan has wounded a judge and at least four other people, police say.


The Food and Drug Administration is advising women who recently received mammograms at Ecumed Health Group in Hialeah, Fla., to seek another screening or an independent review of past film to ensure breast cancer warnings weren't missed.


Per il ministro dello Sviluppo economico "il problema del grupponon Ã¨ industriale. Mancano capitali solidi, stabili e strategici"                                          Bersani contro lo spezzatino Telecom "No a vendite e disarticolazioni"


Groups Target Foreign Ships Entering Great Lakes

DETROIT _ The legal battle over biologically tainted ballast water from ocean-going ships escalated Thursday as eight environmental groups acted against foreign shippers under the national Clean Water Act.


Powell to Lead US Delegation to Asian Tsunami Region

President Bush, criticized for his slow reaction to the Asian tsunami disaster, said on Thursday he would send a delegation led by Secretary of State Colin Powell


E-Plus Mobilfunk and Alcatel-Lucent Sign Major Network Outsourcing Agreement

PARIS, February 27  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and E-Plus announced today that the world's leading network integrator will be managing several network business divisions of Germany's third-largest mobile communications provider, E-Plus Mobilfunk.


Harris, Miami Upend No. 19 Florida 72-65

Anthony Harris scored 18 of his career-high 23 points in the second half to help Miami upset No. 19 Florida 72-65 Saturday and give first-year coach Frank Haith his biggest victory.