The Archbishop of Canterbury has written to churches across the world asking them to stop using harsh words against gay people.


Detectives investigating a serial killer look at new evidence which may link him to a murder in 1981.


Republicans Pack Punch. Democrats Take It.

The question has been tossed around since Vice President Dick Cheney, in apparently unscripted remarks, suggested last week that electing the Democratic ticket in November would invite a devastating terrorist attack.


Britain downgrades security alert status

The British government downgraded its terror threat level from critical to severe on Monday, saying intelligence suggested that an attack was not imminent.


The FBI probes 14 firms embroiled in the sub-prime mortgage crisis as it cracks down on improper lending.


Bearcats' Guidugli expects to start in bowl game

Cincinnati, OH (Sports Network) - Cincinnati starting quarterback Gino Guidugli expects to start despite a broken hand when the Bearcats play Marshall in next Thursday's Fort Worth Bowl.


Film italiano a basso costo ammesso alla sezione Panorama


in Paris as the relieved government basks in a national wave of joy at their safe release. military airport outside the capital on Wednesday one day after they were freed by Iraqi militants.


Kerry Vows Zealous U.S. Terror Hunt, Recalls Vietnam

Democratic presidential nominee and Vietnam War veteran John Kerry tried to burnish his national security credentials on Saturday by vowing to hunt down terrorists with the same energy he used to pursue the Viet Cong.


Padoa-Schioppa: Risolta emergenza, risanamento va completato


Intel's mobile chip for gamers coming soon

(InfoWorld) - A mobile version of Intel's Core 2 Extreme chip will hit the market during the third quarter in high-end gaming notebooks equipped with Nvidia's SLI graphics system. "You're going to see an extreme version of Merom on the notebook with Nvidia SLI in the third quarter," said Sean Maloney, executive vice president and general manager of Intel's sales and marketing group, during an interview. Merom is the code name forÂ Intel's current line of mobile chips. Maloney announced the upcoming chip during a keynote presentation at the Computex exhibition, which started today in Taipei. "It's going to be for a hardcore gamer who values performance over anything and my suspicion is that you're going to see them in 17-inch [notebooks] and above, but we'll see," Maloney said. "At the Santa Rosa launch, there were 21-inch notebooks introduced." Combined with Nvidia's SLI technology, which uses two graphics chips instead of one, notebooks based on the chip are intended to replace high-end desktops used by gamers. This is the first time that Intel has developed a high-end mobile chip for gamers. Previously, the company's products for this market where designed for desktops, although that didn't stop Asustek Computer from shoehorning a Core 2 Extreme desktop chip intoÂ its C90 notebook, which was unveiled at Computex. "The notebook business is getting to be a big, big, big business and it's splitting out into multiple segments," Maloney said. Next year, Intel plans to offer mobile chips that often even more performance for gamers. At the Intel Developer Forum held in Beijing during April, the company revealed plans for a quad-core mobile chip to be released next year for gamers. That chip will be based on Penryn, a family of 45-nanometer chips that Intel plans to release later this year. Â


Court rejects piracy claims against P2P file-sharing networks

NEW YORK, August 20 (New Ratings)  A federal appeals court in the US has declared that the online file-sharing software companies are not liable to copyright infringement charges.


IBM Offers Software to Avert Public Health Crises

IBM on Monday will unveil  software it developed in coordination with U.S. health agencies  and private hospitals that makes it easier for health care  workers to exchange clinical data in a medical crisis.


Turkish Media Report Attack by Kurdish Rebels

ANKARA, Turkey  -- Separatist Kurdish rebels attacked a military unit near Turkey's border with Iraq and Iran on Sunday, killing at least nine Turkish soldiers, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.


AOL said yesterday that its chief financial officer, Stephen Swad, plans to leave the firm for a position at a private-equity firm.


Texas grand jury indicts several in PAC investigation

Three political associates of House Republican leader Tom DeLay and eight companies were indicted Tuesday in an alleged scheme to make illegal campaign contributions through a political action committee associated with the Texas Republican.


Rio de Janeiro, 13:25 - CALCIO, BRASILE: I 22 CONVOCATI PER LA COPPA AMERICA

Il portiere della Roma, Doni, e il difensore dell'Inter, Maicon, sono i due 'italiani' che il ct del...


US military reports first casualties in Fallujah offensive

Two Marines were killed early Monday in Fallujah, the US military said, making them the first casualties in the American-led offensive to retake the insurgent-held city.


In the 13 years since Oakmont Country Club last hosted a U.S. Open, more than 5,000 trees have been removed while retaining its difficulty level.


One of seven young people arrested over the gun killing of 11-year-old Rhys Jones is released on bail.


Oil prices rise, but more declines expected

Oil prices bounced higher yesterday following two days of sharp declines that came on the heels of rising inventories of crude in the United States and a move by China to cool its economy.


Family helps doctors trace pancreatic cancer gene

A gene that helps cells keep their  shape also causes pancreatic cancer when mutated and it might  provide clues to what causes the lethal disease and how it  spreads so fast, researchers said on Monday.


Symantec: Attackers exploiting new RealPlayer flaw

InfoWorld - SymantecÂ is warning users of the RealPlayer media software to be extra careful while surfing the Web.


Sprite Goes Mobile for Teenagers Cellphone Promotion is Intended to Set Up Social Networking

By Louise Story  Coca-Cola is hoping its new cellphone-centric Web site for social networking, Sprite Yard, will become the MySpace of the cellphone world.


Samsung on Friday announced plans to develop its own online music store, which would join a growing number of Windows Media-based services that have struggled to compete with Apple's iTunes. The store would complement a new line of MP3 players from the electronics maker.


By James Hannah  MARTINSVILLE  --  Tucked away in the den of his 127-year-old farmhouse, Ed Winkle huddles over his computer.   The screen's soft glow lights up his eyeglasses, reflecting messages about tractors, corn hybrids and crop insurance.


Greenspan Not Worried About Energy Prices

WASHINGTON - This year's surge in energy prices is likely to have far less of an impact on the economy than the oil shocks of the 1970s, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday.    Greenspan predicted that the global economy will adjust to the recent surge in prices, which has seen oil topping $50 per barrel, by boosting energy exploration and production and by increasing fuel efficiency...


Enraged bee bursts Taiwanese woman's breast implant

Swarm in a B cup A Taiwanese woman was sporting a brand spanking new breast implant this week after her previous joy bag was punctured in a freak bee stinging incident.â¦


Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - Family tree research can be addictive fun

Family tree research can be addictive fun. With my long-lost relative's assistance, help from closer kin and the latest version of Family Tree Maker software, I've been identifying the branches of a Baig family tree.


Cabrera holds off Tiger to win U.S. Open

Unlikely champion. Familiar scenario. Angel Cabrera hit all the right shots to hold off Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk by a stroke on a Sunday of survival at the U.S. Open, shooting a 1-under-par 69 at brutal Oakmont and giving Argentina its first major championship in 40 years.


A man's testicles might be a source of stem cells to help him fight serious diseases, US scientists have shown.


Microsoft Seeks Stay of European Commission Antitrust Penalty

Microsoft and the European Commission faced off in open court on Thursday for the first time in their five-year legal battle over antitrust concerns.


President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry have stepped up the attacks on each other ahead of their big debate. Mr Bush saying Kerry changed positions so often he could debate himself.


A Livorno s'impone 2-1, la Roma pareggia ad Ascoli


Andaman boy found alive after 10 days in a tree itches for cricket

A teenage boy who clung to a tree for 10 days in India's Andaman islands after the tsunamis struck was recovering and declared the thing he missed most was cricket.


A retired hospital administrator and instructor, she has spent the past few months getting seniors up to speed on the federal program's discount drugs cards, available this and next year before


The difficult game with prep-school roots is gaining a small bounce outside the East Coast.


Sindacati di base riducono anche durata da 24 a 4 ore


President Chirac bows out of French politics

French President Jacques Chirac poses after giving an evening message to the nation, broadcast on radio and television, from the Elysee palace.Comment


Dolly Parton, below, citing a back injury, has postponed a United States tour that was to have begun on Feb. 28 in Minneapolis. An announcement said the concerts, promoting her âBackwoods Barbieâ album, to be released on Feb. 26 on Dolly Records, would be rescheduled for late April and May. ... A show arrives: âShrek the Musical,â so far starring Sutton Foster, Christopher Sieber and Kecia Lewis-Evans, is to begin previews on Nov. 8 at the Broadway Theater with an opening on Dec. 14. The title ogre and Donkey have yet to be cast. ... And a show leaves: âThe Farnsworth Invention,â which opened on Dec. 3, will end its run on March 2. It will have played 34 previews and 104 regular performances. ... Julia McKenzie, 67, will be the new Miss Marple, succeeding Geraldine McEwan, who said last month that she was leaving âMarple,â the British crime series. Ms. McKenzie will be the seventh actress to portray this character, created by Agatha Christie, the BBC reported.


Manchester, 12:59 - CALCIO, MANCHESTER; FERGUSON: LA PENSIONE PUO' ATTENDERE

Sir Alex Ferguson non ha nessuna intenzione di andare in pensione. Il 65enne tecnico del Manchester ...


These are not the best days in political life, on either side of the border that divides North America. Canadian politics is in an advanced state of drift, the Prime Minister and premiers posturing over competing


A former British Rail safety chief has called for a complete review of automatic half barriers of the type involved in the Berkshire train disaster.


Russia Blames Terrorism for Downed Plane

MOSCOW Aug. 28, 2004 - The discovery of traces of explosives in the wreckage of one of two airliners that crashed almost simultaneously this week have confirmed a widely suspected terrorist connection and


Raging Calif. fires burn scores of homes

Wildfires blown by fierce desert winds Monday reduced scores of Southern California homes to ashes, forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee and laid a hellish, spidery pattern of luminous orange over the drought-stricken region.


Calcio: Juve-Milan, tensione davanti allo stadio

TORINO - Tensione questa sera davanti allo stadio Delle Alpi di Torino prima dell'inizio del big match tra Juventus e Milan. Un gruppo di tifosi bianconeri, circa un centinaio di persone, hanno lanciato petardi e oggetti contro la polizia.


As one of the world's largest defence fairs starts in London, protesters target the conference venue.


Striking Screenwriters Dismiss New Proposals

The screenwriters called the proposals from producers a âa massive rollback,â and called on their members to continue their walkout.


Nintendo said to profit on Wii production

Consoles costs under $160 to manufacture? Nintendo may well be making so much profit on its Wii console it can well afford to replace broken Remote straps. According to a Japanese publication's assessment of the machine's innards, the console costs the videogames company less than $160 to assemble.â¦


LONDON: British government and Prince Charles are locked in an unprecedented, public war of words over the rights and virtues of meritocracy vs aristocracy in the aspirational 21st century, sparking a right royal class war of republican proportions.


SYDNEY, Australia -- George Gregan gave Australian rugby a boost when he confirmed his availability for next month's Wallaby tour to Europe.


When Both Parents Suffer Dementia, Children Suspect It Is Also in Their Future

Having just one parent with Alzheimerâs disease triples the risk; when both parents are affected, the amount of extra risk is not certain.


(ANSA)-PARIGI, 28 AGO - Laetitia Casta sara' dal 9 settembre Ondine, protagonista al teatro Antoine-Simone-Berriau di Parigi dell'omonima piece di Jean Giraudoux. Sara' la prima esperienza sul palco per la


Mercato dellâauto: atteso un rallentamento nel 2005

Nel 2004 verranno immatricolate sul mercato italiano 2.250.000 autovetture. Si tratta di un volume sostanzialmente analogo a quello registrato nel 2003, che conferma l'Italia al quinto posto tra i maggiori mercati mondiali.


ANAHEIM, Calif. Dec 13, 2004 - Carlos Lee was traded from the Chicago White Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday for outfielder Scott Podsednik, reliever Luis Vizcaino and a player to be named.


Pioneering comedian Charlie Williams, who found fame on hit 1970s TV show The Comedians, dies aged 78.


European stocks drift into pre-Christmas slumber

European stocks were in lacklustre form in early trading with little news to tempt investors into the markets in the run-up to Christmas.


A filter made from carbon nanotubes is fine enough to remove the tiny polio virus from water.


Afghan President Hamid Karzai names cabinet packed with new and ...

Hamid Karzai named a new cabinet on Thursday, sacking the country's prominent defence minister and removing other warlords from top spots in a major reshuffle weeks after he was sworn in as the nation's first democratically elected president.


Separate Blasts in Turkey Wound 11 People

A train in southeastern Turkey derailed on Sunday after hitting a land mine placed by suspected Kurdish separatists, while a separate mine blast wounded 10 soldiers, security officials said.


Bush Adviser Rice Tops Forbes List of 100 Most Powerful Women

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Condoleezza Rice, national security adviser to US President George W. Bush, topped the list in a first ever ranking of the world's most powerful women compiled by Forbes, the magazine reported on its Web site.


Internet access may be cut for people who illegally download music and videos  under government proposals.


Moody's upgrades JC Penney's debt ratings

Moody's Investors Service on Friday upgraded JC Penney Co. Inc.'s (JCP.N: Quote, Profile, Research) debt ratings to just one step below investment-grade status, citing factors


Illini Hope To Reinvigorate Football Program With Zook

_ Illinois confirmed Tuesday it is turning to Ron Zook to reinvigorate its struggling football program. The school scheduled an afternoon news conference to introduce the former Florida


Paul Casey beat Ryder Cup team-mate Colin Montgomerie 6&5 in the World Match Play semi-finals at Wentworth.


China vows tougher penalties, up to life in prison, for Internet ...

Chinese makers and distributors of pornographic materials sent through the Internet, cellphones and other communication devices will face penalties as severe as life imprisonment under new rules that take effect Monday.


Viktor Zubkov, scelto ieri da Putin come primo ministro, sostituirÃ  il titolare dell'EconomiaFedelissimo del presidente, non esclude di candidarsi alla corsa per il Cremlino                                            Russia, la rivoluzione del neo premier "Nel governo cambiamenti inevitabili"


The number of broadband connections in the US has jumped by 38% in a year, according to official figures.


Frustration With Charities and U.N. Grows in Congo

Many Congolese want the U.N. to intervene more forcefully and fight beside the Congolese Army against rebel forces.


Ex-Merrill banker pleads guilty to insider trading

A former junior-level investment  banker at Merrill Lynch & Co.  pleaded guilty on Friday  to insider trading after providing tips about upcoming mergers  as part of a scheme that generated millions of dollars of  profit.


We launched our new Web site yesterday--what do you think?


Contenders for the Labour deputy leadership are joined by Gordon Brown at a hustings meeting in Cardiff.


After Label Setbacks, Womack Returns to Roots

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - After a three-year break between  albums, Lee Ann Womack is back with a new set that has Music  Row buzzing.


'Staggering' death rates in Uganda camps

The relief organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres finds 'staggering' death rates in Uganda's camps.


BAGHDAD, Nov 2 - A car bomb exploded Tuesday in the busy commercial district of Azamiyah in northern Baghdad, causing casualties, the Interior Ministry said.


Square Feet: Shopping Centers Begin to Feel Ripples of Housingâs Ills

As problems in the subprime mortgage industry sends ripples through the economy, shopping centers are being caught in the credit squeeze.


Il 38% e' stato assunto stabilmente dopo i primi due mesi


Bolton's El-Hadji Diouf has been banned for three matches with immediate effect by the Football Association after admitting a charge of improper conduct.


Laure Manaudou of France bettered her own world record in the 400-meter freestyle Sunday for her fourth gold medal at the European Swimming Championships.


Electronic Data Systems Corp. and Microsoft Corp. were blamed by the United Kingdom's pension and benefits agency for a computer crash that snarled payments across Britain.


Cricket Coach Not Murdered, Jamaican Police Say

Reversing course, police said today that Bob Woolmer, a Pakistani cricket coach, died of natural causes in March.


A mortar round hits the roof of the US embassy in Baghdad, slightly injuring two emplyees,  a spokesman says.


Torino, 12:26 - CALCIO, TORINO; CAIRO: RESTIAMO COI PIEDI PER TERRA

Il presidente del Torino Urbano Cairo rivela l'obiettivo dei granata nella prossima stagione. ''Iniz...


Romania PM, Bucharest Mayor Battle for Presidency

Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and popular Bucharest Mayor Traian Basescu faced off in a tough presidential election on Sunday seen as key for the Balkan country's European Union accession path.


France tells Europe to pull its weight on defense

French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged  European Union nations on Monday to accept a greater share of  defense spending to cope with escalating global threats.


Ciara's 'Goodies' Won't Budge from No. 1

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - As her album debut, "Goodies"  (Sho'nuff/Music Line/LaFace), hits stores this week, Ciara  remains nestled into the top slot of the Billboard Hot 100.


Patrick Vieira believes Arsenal are better placed than ever before to achieve Champions League success - and insisted they would not be muscled out of their stride at home or abroad.


In summing up the Athens Games, the first order of business is to extend a big "sorry" to the Greeks. Nothing blew up and nothing collapsed, and nothing less has been accomplished than the


Thousands of new products will be unveiled over the next few days in Las Vegas.


SINGER Madonna made a midnight pilgrimage to a Jerusalem cemetery early yesterday, holding a mystical candlelit ceremony at the grave of a Jewish sage.


NASA Tracks Three Space Bursts, Says Stellar Explosions Imminent

Three powerful bursts of energy from different regions of space could presage spectacular explosions of huge stars, astronomers just announced.


France: more Iran talks needed, sanctions flawed

French President Jacques Chirac said on   Monday talks with Iran on its nuclear ambitions should be   pursued since U.N. sanctions have never worked well, a fresh   hint of EU misgivings over Washington's calls for punishing   Tehran.


Giustizia: Ciampi rinvia la riforma alle Camere

Il presidente della Repubblica Carlo Azeglio Ciampi ha chiesto alle Camere una nuova deliberazione sulla riforma della Giustizia. Tra i motivi del rinvio due errori materiali, l'insufficiente copertura finanziaria


Oracle introduces clinical trial data collection tool

(InfoWorld) - Oracle Corp. unveiled a new interface to its electronic data capture software as part of the database and applications vendor's bid to gain more presence in the life sciences market. Released Tuesday, Remote Data Capture Onsite runs on top of version 4.5.1 of Oracle's Remote Data Capture software. The new tool is aimed at staff whose main task is gathering patient data for use in clinical trials. The Onsite interface presents patients' case report forms as icons and indicates the current status of the data they contain including whether the information has been verified or approved. The idea is to make it easier for staff to find and enter patient data quickly. This capability is particularly important when patients involved in clinical trials come into medical facilities for unscheduled visits and clinical staff need to do on-the-spot data collection. Remote Data Capture Onsite includes a discrepancy management module designed to handle any issues relating to discrepancies between existing information and new data about a patient. As Oracle continues toÂ bring its disparate applications together under its Fusion project, the vendor has said publicly it's keen to integrate the clinical trial management software it acquired when it purchased Siebel with its own academic research applications. The first release of Oracle CRM OnDemand Release 10, formerly Siebel OnDemand hosted CRM (customer relationship management) software, which debuted in April included particular enhancements aimed at users in the life sciences community. Â


Alle passerelle una voglia di eleganza formale non ingessata


Hitting It Off, Thanks to Algorithms of Love

As online matchmakers compete for customers using algorithms in the search for love, the battle has intrigued academic researchers who study the mating game.


Blue Gene gets to its roots at Japan lab

IBM sells its fourth supercomputer--to tackle the protein-folding challenge that inspired the computer in the first place.


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com. It was Willie Randolph's pedigree and his willingness to form a partnership with Omar Minaya that led the Mets general manager to choose him as the club's new manager late Wednesday night.


Australian Aborigines label government crackdown a land grab

Aborigines on Tuesday said the government was trying to steal their land under the guise of responding to a crisis that Prime Minister John Howard has labelled Australia's own Hurricane Katrina.


com September 8, 2004, 5:28 AM PT. With the economy slowly turning up, upgrading hardware has been on businesses radar in the past 12 months as their number two priority.


Il pilota morto sul colpo, aereo era un monoposto


A former British National Party member pleads guilty in court to charges of possessing explosive materials.


Putin calls for elimination of elections for key posts

Portraying it as a means of combating terrorism, Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday outlined a plan to eliminate popular elections of governors and individual


A deal has been worked out to save the British and French Grand Prix races for 2005. ``We believe agreement was reached that removes any obvious obstacle for the British and French GPs to take place,'' McLaren team principal Ron Dennis said.


Fuelled by strong sales of Windows and Linux systems, the worldwide server market grew to $11.5 billion during the second quarter of 2004, according to numbers released Friday by industry research company IDC.


Tom Cruise apologises to Brooke Shields for attacking her use of anti-depressants, the actress says on US TV.


Some call it "Wiihabilitation." Nintendo's Wii video game system, whose popularity already extends beyond the teen gaming set, is fast becoming a craze in rehab therapy for patients recovering from strokes, broken bones, surgery and even combat injuries.


A10 Networks Wins Info Security Products Guide 'Hot Companies' Award

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 31  /PRNewswire/ -- A10 Networks(R) today announced that it won Info Security Products Guide's "Hot Companies" award for 2007.


The Mumbai Test turned into a chaotic freak show yesterday, with those reported dead springing back to life, Australia collapsing for 93 runs and India pulling off a remarkable dead rubber victory despite Michael Clarke taking 6-9 mid-afternoon.


Vina del Mar, 09:54 - TENNIS, ATP VINA DEL MAR: FOGNINI AI QUARTI CONTRO VENTURA

Fabio Fognini si è qualificato per i quarti di finale del torneo Atp di Vina del Mar (montepr...


Omani authorities evacuate coastal areas as an unusually powerful cyclone bears down on the Gulf sultanate.


Report: Abandoned Children Suffered Abuse

Three of the seven American children abandoned at a Nigerian orphanage had suffered years of abuse, including broken bones and beatings with extension cords, before they were adopted by the woman who left them in Africa, a newspaper reported Sunday.


Long queues for fuel as Nepalese rebels ban continues

KATHMANDU: Hundreds of people queued up outside petrol stations in Nepalâs capital on Friday fearing fuel shortages after Maoist rebels called for a ban on vehicles entering the city.


THE pounds 370m sale of AOL's UK internet access business to Carphone Warehouse in December has helped lift profits at US media giant Time Warner.


BAE Systems, Abu Dhabi mull aerospace business

BAE Systems  and Abu Dhabi  government-owned Mubadala Development Company are in talks to  develop an aerospace business in the UAE, the regional head of  the British defense company said on Sunday.


3 Giants Create New Online Music Service

Three major recording companies have agreed to make their music available to be shared and sold over a new online file-swapping service that aims to lure music fans away from rival


Nokia starts tests of Wi-Fi Internet mobile calls

Nokia (NOK1V.HE), the world's largest  cellphone maker, has started its first tests of a technology  that allows users to roam seamlessly between phone networks and  local wireless hotspots such as Wi-Fi.


Rai e intercettazioni le risposte di Gentiloni

Le domande dei telespettatori al ministro delle Telecomunicazioni ospite a Repubblica Radio&Tv


When Tom Cruise says, "Show me the money," people listen.


First Court Hearing Set in Parmalat Case

Prosecutors in the Parmalat fraud case were in court Tuesday to convince a judge to order trials for 29 people, ranging from the dairy giant's founder to former company financial officers and accountants.


Singer and songwriter Gwen Stefani,  whose 2004 album "Love. Angel. Music. Baby." proved to be a  breakout solo hit, is pregnant with her second child with  husband Gavin Rossdale, according to several news reports on  Tuesday.


THE ball that broke Shane Warne's thumb, ruling him out of the fourth Test in India and possibly the New Zealand series, made a distinctive 'd'oh!


Gathering marking birth centenary of Deng Xiaoping held in Beijing

China's top leaders and representatives from all walks of life gather at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing August 22, 2004 to commemorate the birth centenary of late leader Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of China's reform and opening-up drive.


Beagle Is Top Hound at Westminster Dog Show

On Monday, a nearly 3-year-old, 15-inch-tall beagle named Uno took one small step toward the coveted title for his breed by winning the hound group, the first beagle to do so since 1939.


NEW YORK  - Older adults with a bright outlook on the future may live longer than those who take a dimmer view, a study out Monday suggests.


Amazon Unit Challenges Google, Other Search Sites

A9.com is walking a fine line between working with Google and competing against it. By Thomas Claburn. Following an April test, A9.


The Kansas school board, long ridiculed for its resistance to teaching evolution, prepared Tuesday to repeal rules backed by social conservatives and switch to science guidelines that embrace Charles Darwin's mainstream theories.


Female Sharks Can Reproduce Alone, Researchers Find

A team of American and Irish researchers have discovered that some female sharks can reproduce without having sex, the first time that scientists have found the unusual capacity in such an ancient vertebrate species.


Porto beats former coach Mourinho to reach final 16

Defending champion Porto moved into the second round of the Champions League on Benni McCarthy's 85th-minute goal for a 2-1 victory over Chelsea on Tuesday, ending the unbeaten streak of former coach Jose Mourinho.


Two offshore semi-submersible drilling rigs were found in the Gulf of Mexico with no apparent damage Thursday after they went missing in the wake of Hurricane Ivan.


Roma, 20:46 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: IL CALENDARIO DEL MILAN

Questo il calendario delle partite del Milan, inserito nel gruppo D, nella fase a gironi della Champ...


p2pnet.net News:- A business in Ireland found it had unknowingly racked up nearly $15,000 in calls. Other modem users found they had charges for calls to the South Pacific.


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L'Udinese non si ferma, punti d'oro per Genoa e Livorno


SEC: Scheme Targeted L.A. Black Community

The Los Angeles area's black community was the chief victim of a Ponzi scheme that took at least $8 million from investors, the Securities and Exchange Commission alleged Thursday as it shut down two companies it said were involved.


The U.S. military extended by four weeks  its investigation into FBI allegations that prisoners were  tortured at the Guantanamo detention camp and said on Tuesday  it needed more time to question witnesses in several countries.


Emanuele Filiberto, "riconosciamo responsabilita'"


The Earl and Countess of Wessex's son is undergoing "routine tests" in hospital after falling ill.


AOL service looks rushed, unready, and will underachieve

B+ for effort Comment To say that AOL has rushed out its new film download service is an understatement. The terms of services just simply haven't been written yet (blank on the website) and it doesn't make clear that the films can only be downloaded in the US, but that's the case, and there has been little thought on pricing.â¦


UK Regulator Calls Shell Misconduct `Unprecedented'

UK regulators said Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Europe's second-largest oil company, was guilty of ``unprecedented misconduct'' in overstating reserves that led to fines of $151.


KANSAS CITY, Mo. - On Friday, Missouri's oldest full-time state employee will celebrate her 90th birthday. Virginia Arn figures she has 10 years to go before it's time to retire. "This job has been heaven," Arn said. "I love the people. I have a lot of fun with them.


Symantec sells off Veritas' hopes and dreams

Precise set free for a fee Five years and thousands of broken dreams ago, Veritas ate application performance management software maker Precise for $609m. And now Symantec is offloading the pricey baggage.â¦


New Ethanol Process Offers Lower Costs, Environmental Benefits

Purdue Research Foundation has licensed a technology to Bio Processing Technology Inc. for the development of a new environmentally friendly method to produce ethanol that also costs less than current methods.


Frank Dobson, the former health secretary, issued the government with a stern warning yesterday that its gambling bill would be "bad for the country, bad for families, and bad for the Labour party.


With a little less than two weeks left before the US presidential elections, public polls are in high gear. Republican President George W. Bush seems to be in the lead against Democratic rival Senator John F. Kerry according to the latest polls.


In a flash, DC baseball deal is near collapse

The news was stunning as it came out on Wednesday morning. After two years of the city selling itself to baseball, after all that time spent on finally landing a baseball team in the District for the first


Wal-Mart Stores "underweight," target price reduced

NEW YORK, December 3  - Analyst Wayne Hood of Prudential Financial maintains his "underweight" rating on Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated (WMT.


"Team America," a political satire about a special American police force that goes around the world saving everyone from terrorism, stars dozens of 22-inch puppets.


(InfoWorld) - Green ITÂ is something of a chameleon that appeals to different users on different levels. From a 10,000-foot perspective, it's hard to knock the benefits of energy efficiency, recycling and vendors working side by side with users to promote the green agenda. However, many users are finding it difficult to adopt a technology that is not characterized by a wide selection of physical products that they can buy and implement in their IT infrastructures today. In the absence of a mature green IT market, users such as PMI Mortgage Insurance and Cooper Communities are cobbling together green strategies that are saving them money without negatively impacting IT performance. Many of these strategies are based on internal development efforts, while a limited number are taking shape with vendor input. For now, it seems, going green mostly means going it alone, which leaves a big vacuum for vendors to fill with their emerging green IT marketing plans. Greenwashing? Greg Schulz, founder and senior analyst at The StorageIO Group, a Stillwater, Minn.-based market research firm, takes a dim view of incipient green IT efforts, accusing vendors of "greenwashing" the market. "There's money in the green story," he asserts. "If you can make your story sell by making it sound green and appealing to that feel-good green aspect of the market, you're going to get money out of it." Using storage as an example, Schulz cites Hewlett-Packard's June unveiling of its Adaptive Infrastructure offerings, which are described in a press release that starts out saying, "HP today introduced 'green' storage technology that can cut storage array power and cooling costs in data center by 50 percent." HP's new offering includes thin provisioning and performance enhancements for the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array family, tape drives based on the Linear Tape Open 4 standard, new DAT 160 tapes for small and medium-size businesses, and the first HP StorageWorks tape product developed exclusively for HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosures. Schulz says the press release's focus on green is misleading because data is being moved from disk to tape, or to another tier without optimizing the products to consume less power. According to him, it's simply a shift to another technology, but it's touted as part of HP's green initiative. Schulz acknowledges that virtualization can help reduce the number of servers, but he wonders if consolidating servers is really a shell game with no net benefits. "Here's the catch," he says. "If I go to 10 servers down to one, have I saved on power? Maybe. But does that server that I consolidate down to consume any more power than the other ones? It should, but is the ratio 10-to-1, 5-to-1, or 2-to-1?" The bottom line rules Â At this early stage in the green IT game, it's hard to make definitive statements, because strategies are still being formulated by vendors and users. This is highlighted by the results of a May 2007 Forrester survey of 124 IT managers and procurement professionals in North America and Europe. The report, entitledÂ Tapping Buyers' Growing Interest in Green IT, notes that while 85% of respondents said that environmental factors are important in planning IT operations, only one quarter said they have written green criteria into their companies' purchasing processes. In the end, of course, it all boils down to the bottom line. As one survey respondent declared, "We would do green because itÂ makes business sense,Â not because it's green. It would have to show cost savings." The report's author, Christopher Mines, notes: "We heard two reasons why green matters: efficiency and corporate responsibility. Most IT decision-makers told us that a green purchase would only happen in the context of cost reduction. These are hard-headed, ROI-driven business decisions." Follow the vendor As usual, the vendors are driving the initiative. Gordon Graylish, vice president of Intel's sales and marketing group for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, says that manufacturers have made significant progress in energy-saving products while the user community is still playing catch-up. David Boone, operations and planning manager at the Denver Health and Hospital Authority, says he is just learning about green IT for the first time. "I think it's a good concept," he says. "There are some things that can be done to reduce energy consumption, but I think when you look at the computer world, I just don't know if it's feasible at this point in time." While he isn't using new technology to attain his green goals, Stanley M. Pachura, senior vice president, corporate systems, at Walnut Creek, Calif.-based PMI Mortgage Insurance, says he believes he's more in tune with conservation than many. To him, green IT means efficiency in power consumption and reductions in pollution -- both in terms of emissions and hardware waste. He says that through his primary vendors,Â IBMÂ and Sun Microsystems, he is seeing products that also allow him to implement an infrastructure that uses less energy. "I'm thinking in terms of server consolidation technology that's allowing us to just run less physical hardware," Pachura says. "And second, desktop virtualization is allowing us to promote work-at-home-type environments, so we're not only decreasing the amount of real estate that we're heating, cooling and supporting, but also allowing people to work at home, which reduces commuting and emissions." According to Pachura, PMI has successfully deployed more than 215 virtual servers utilizing EMC'sÂ VMware. software. PMI's technology rollout includes the replacement of 140 existing physical hosts as well as the introduction of 75 new virtual environments directly on only 13 IBM x3850 servers (eight 3-GHz processors, 32GB of memory). The systems supported include both production and preproduction transactional systems, database servers, and file and print servers. Pachura says he believes that IBM's recently announced Project Big Green, which is designed to make both IBM's and its customers' IT infrastructures more energy efficient, is a sincere effort, because IBM probably runs more data centers than anyone else in the world, so energy savings and ecological support would be logical goals. He also says that green programs being implemented by vendors are important because they drive innovation not only in their own data centers, but in those of their customers as well. Despite the "hard-headed" bottom-line-oriented approach to green IT described by the Forrester report, there is a higher calling here for some converts, who feel there is a moral obligation as well -- and this moral obligation doesn't exclude financial concerns but operates in conjunction with them. This is the stance of Pat Samples, vice president of information systems at Rogers, Ark.-based Cooper Communities, who also says he is saving money by being green. "I think there is a moral compunction," he says. "We are doing things in our personal lives, and things to reduce paper products and recycle. All those sorts of things really need to carry over to the systems side of IT." Toward that goal, his company is reducing power consumption and recycling hardware with the help of Access Recycling in Springdale, Ark., which either tears the equipment apart or repurposes it. Samples says his company is saving money via green IT in a couple of ways. "First of all, new equipment is more power-efficient," he says. "In some places, we're retiring two and three servers. So electrical consumption is going to go down, and we're going to save money on licensing costs because we'll have one server doing the job of two or three." Cooper Communities, which is a land development company, has received awards for its environmental programs. The kudos include an environmental stewardship award from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, and the Stockton Award from the Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society. In addition, The Nature Conservancy has established the Cooper Family Conservation Award, which is presented annually to a business that makes outstanding contributions to conservation in Arkansas. The company's primary vendors are Dell Inc., HP and Cisco Systems Inc., and even though his green strategies have been developed internally and independently of those vendors, Samples says he still believes that the overall vendor community is slowly moving toward a greener IT orientation. "I think it's something the major IT vendors are starting to address," he states. "I don't think they're where they need to be yet. As far as I know, servers are not meeting green IT initiatives. Desktops are certainly getting there, but I don't think that server and network infrastructures have been addressed the same way." Boone says his hospital can save some energy by turning off PCs that are only used during the day and lights that are not serving any purpose. But when it comes to technology, he says, "if it needs power, you're going to use that power to get the job done." Whether or not vendors are repackaging their existing products and calling them green is a matter for debate. In the mean time, PMI Mortgage's Pachura seems to sum up the attitude of many users when he says, "I think that what's really not [product] repackaging is the vendors working with their customers to deploy green technology. We're actually seeing activities from the vendors where they're willing to come out and help understand how you can have a more ecology-friendly implementation."


Talks on Nuke Fusion Plant End Without Decision

VIENNA/BRUSSELS  - Talks on where to build the  world's first nuclear fusion reactor ended indecisively on  Tuesday, while the European Union toned down threats to site  the plant in France.


Bavaria to build Maglev train line in Germany

Bavarian officials have come up with the funds to build a magnetic levitation train and have signed industrial accords to get work started, the southern German regional government said Tuesday.


Maricopa County is passing up 6,000 extra doses of flu vaccine, despite a waiting list of 24,000 residents wanting a shot because they are at risk for complications from the virus.


Two British tourists killed in Spanish bus crash

Two British tourists were killed in a bus crash in Spain's Canary Islands, police and emergency services said.


Carlyle group bids $5.5 bln for Taiwan's ASE

NEW YORK/TAIPEI  - A private equity consortium led by The Carlyle Group plans a $5.5 billion bid for the world's top chip packaging firm, Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. (ASE), Taiwan-based ASE said on Friday.


Robert Altman, acclaimed Hollywood director of Nashville and Gosford Park, dies in a Los Angeles hospital.


Controversial Dutch filmmaker shot dead in Amsterdam

Theo Van Gogh was fatally shot outside a city government office today. The shooter was arrested after exchanging gunfire with police.


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Frustrated Saudi youth take a shine to YouTube

Illegal stunts in cars, joyriding,  bullying and political dissent -- video-sharing Web site  YouTube has taken off in Saudi Arabia.


Life & style: It's expensive - but is it good quality? Linda Grant discovers that high prices are no guarantee


IRAN said today it was still committed to suspending parts of its sensitive nuclear program and alarm over its last-minute uranium conversion activities was merely US "propaganda".


London moves to cash in on contemporary art boom

A top London gallery owner and   international auctioneers on Wednesday announced plans to cash   in on the booming contemporary art market ahead of an annual   fair that attracts hundreds of collectors to the city.


An intense lobbying battle has erupted over a new air route to China that could provide the winning airline with a boost in revenue as the industry slowly emerges from its sharpest downturn in history.


Qorie asks France for report on Arafatâs death

ABU DIS, West Bank - Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorie has formally requested that France publish the medical records of Yasser Arafat following his death last week, Qorie said on Tuesday.


German police are investigating a Spanish theater troupe under obscenity laws after displays of graphic sex and bestiality in a controversial play called "XXX," authorities said on Friday.


Five killed in suicide car bombing, three taken hostage in Iraq

Violence raged on in Iraq on Friday, with five Iraqis killed in a suicide car bombing in Baghdad and three more Turkish drivers reportedly kidnapped.


President Bush won a second term after Democrat John Kerry conceded Wednesday morning, ending a tense battle over the outcome of the election in Ohio and becoming the first two-term Republican since Ronald Reagan.


Williams Stakes Political Career On Baseball

Mayor Anthony A. Williams' political career may depend on whether his plan to bring a Major League Baseball team to the nation's capital is approved in the next two weeks, he said Sunday during a national television interview.


Riprendono le consultazioni Berlusconi: 'Voto o in piazza'

Dopo la pausa domenicale i maggiori partiti salgono al Colle. Il Cavaliere: 'Se non si va alle urne in milioni a Roma'. Veltroni: 'Un anno per le riforme'


World No. 1 and top seed Roger Federer won his first-round match Tuesday in the Thailand Open in Bangkok. Defending champion Taylor Dent of the United States also won, scoring


London - Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was on Monday placed under house arrest on human rights charges after a judge in Santiago ruled he was mentally fit to stand trial.


Reno couple blame Net for child neglect; bloggers blame couple

Blog: This week in Nevada, a new case for social workers and little tolerance for parents accused of abuse.


But not necessarily for the reason you think.


Formula One promoter Bernie Ecclestone on Monday lost a High Court battle with three big banks for control of Formula One Holdings, part of the complex web of companies through


Tiny Specks of Misery, Both Vile and Useful

Itâs easy to hate viruses for their freeloading ways, but they have also repaid us in ways we are just beginning to tally.


Smoking cigarettes causes the same changes to the brain as using drugs like cocaine, a study suggests.


Iran leader signals flexibility on women

Iran's supreme leader has signaled a willingness to reinterpret Islamic law more favorably to women's rights — but not by following Western conventions, state media and his official Web site reported Thursday.


Iraqi PM blames US for 'great negligence' in ambush of Iraqi ...

Iraq's interim prime minister yesterday blamed the US-led coalition for "great negligence" in the ambush that killed about 50 American-trained soldiers, and warned of an escalation of terrorist attacks.


Tom Brady plans to use his playoff experience to motivate his teammates in the coming days. The Patriots start the playoffs with a home game against Indianapolis, the New York Jets, or San Diego Jan. 16 at 4:30 p.m.


A minibus carrying railway workers crashes down a motorway embankment injuring nine people.


Vista Thunderdome: Two dozen games enter. How many leave?  In Game|Life.


Who Should Tell History: The Tribes or the Museums?

Two shows of Incan and American Indian art in Chicago reveal the prehistoric past in their objects regardless of who speaks for them.


The company finally gives up on the now-obsolete product that made it famous, and will shut its remaining film plants.


A top Democratic fundraiser wanted as a fugitive in California turned himself in Friday to face a grand theft charge.


Wi-Fi overseer to debut QoS standard 8 Sept

Ten products to sport Wi-Fi Multimedia brand next week


Computer giant Microsoft has launched a pilot scheme to replace counterfeit versions of Windows XP with legal ones. The first-time initiative is restricted to the UK and to users with pre-installed copies


AIDS-ravaged Mozambique to recruit African doctors

Mozambique hopes to recruit 8,000 doctors from other African nations to improve a health-care system battered by one of the continent's worst AIDS epidemics, the country's health minister said on Monday.


TSUNAMI IMPACT:  Delaying Debt May Not be Enough

LONDON, Jan 6 (IPS) - World leaders need to cancel debts of poor tsunami-   hit countries rather than just freeze them for now, leading  campaigners  say.


Volunteers are battling to save whales and dolphins who have beached themselves off the coast of Australia. More than a hundred of them have already died after getting stuck on beaches off Tasmania over the weekend.


As far as Washington is concerned, the negotiations with Major League Baseball are essentially done. Now it's a matter of waiting for a 33-year drought to end.


A legal titan throws his hat in the governor's ring

The candidacy of New York AG Eliot Spitzer may help Democrats reclaim the seat from Republicans.


For nearly two years Jane Bissell struggled to get out of bed in the morning. Gripped by terrible headaches and fatigue, the Whangaparaoa woman thought it was the after-effects of chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer.


A report by the National Petroleum Council, billed as a comprehensive analysis of the worldâs energy challenge, sees a 50 percent rise in energy demand over the next 25 years.


Bush camp paints Kerry as terrorists' champion

US President George W. Bush and his allies are increasingly warning voters that Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry is undermining the war on terrorism and US-led efforts in Iraq.


Cruise's Scientology stirs ire in Berlin

Two hot-button issues in Germany — the Nazi era and Scientology — are being pushed simultaneously by a new film in which Tom Cruise plays the country's most-famous anti-Hitler plotter, sparking controversy in Berlin.


Clinton to Campaign with Kerry in Pennsylvania

WATERLOO, Iowa  - Former President Bill Clinton,  who is recovering from heart bypass surgery, will campaign with  Democratic Sen. John Kerry next week in the critical  battleground state of Pennsylvania.


Singh on an unimaginable ride toward riches and glory

The mayor wanted a picture with him. The owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars wanted a word with him. Civic leaders simply wanted to shake his hand.


U.S. Health Officials Urge Flu Vaccine Rationing

British authorities shut down one of two makers of the flu vaccine used in the U.S., prompting a call Tuesday for healthy Americans to delay or forgo getting a flu shot to give priority to people who are at ...


US team searches Iwo Jima for photographer's remains

TOKYO -- A US search team on Iwo Jima is slashing its way through thick, thorny brush to find a cave where the Marine combat photographer who filmed the iconic World War II flag-raising is believed to have been killed by machine-gun fire.


Disconnected PDAs are dead, according to RIM

International wireless solutions manufacturer Research in Motion (RIM) believes the days of disconnected PDAs are gone. The BlackBerry-maker said that users' information is changing too rapidly for disconnected


Bush thinks Clinton will win Democratic nomination

President George W. Bush believes  Democrat Hillary Clinton will win her party's presidential  nomination but that the Republican nominee will beat her in the  November 2008 election, a new book said.


U.S. forces opened fire from helicopters during an overnight clash with Shi'ite militants in western Baghdad, killing at least 13 people, police said on Friday.


Niche groups use Web to gain ear of '08 contenders

How did the Asian Pacific Americans for Progress - no colossus in US politics - land a conference call with the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards?


Russia asks for extradition from Prague of Russian man who allegedly tried to hijack plane

Russia has requested the extradition from the Czech Republic of a Russian man who allegedly claimed to have been carrying a bomb on an Aeroflot passenger plane, forcing the airliner to land in Prague in ...Comment


Baghdad Bomb, Baqubah Shooting Kill 59, Ministry Says

At least 47 people were killed when a car bomb exploded near a police station in the central district of Baghdad, and a shooting in Baqubah left 12 dead, the Health Ministry said by telephone from the Iraqi capital.


Another strong earthquake rocks northern Japan

A strong earthquake shook the ground of northern Japan Wednesday, following a string of quakes and aftershocks that started over the weekend and killed 31 people.


Inter e Juventus: emozioni, gol e pareggio

Un altro pareggio. L'Inter recupera due gol ma non riesce a battere la Juventus al Meazza e la vittoria, per i nerazzurri, sembra stregata. Dopo un primo tempo finito 0-0, con le due squadre a studiarsi e


Firefox's share of the US browser market grew by more than a third in the last month. Firefox's share of the US browser market grew by more than a third in the last month, a Web metrics firm said Monday.


The planet's temperature has climbed to levels not seen in thousands of years, warming that has begun to affect plants and animals, researchers report in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.


Broadcom damages against Qualcomm may be cut

The hit on Qualcomm from a patent suit it lost to rival Broadcom may be slashed because of an unrelated ruling that came down in August.In May, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California found that Qualcomm infringed three Broadcom patents and awarded Broadcom $19.6 million. The judge in that case, James Selna, said he would double the damages to more than $39 million because the jury found the infringement was wilful. The damage award isn't final because other issues in the case are still pending.On Monday, Selna tentatively overturned the double award because of a new standard for proving wilful infringement, said Broadcom attorney David Rosmann. Broadcom can either accept the $19.6 million in direct damages or pursue a new trial in which it would try to prove Qualcomm acted deliberately, he said. Judge Selna ruled any new trial would look at the whole case over again, he said.Broadcom hasn't decided which path to take, but its priority in the case is getting an injunction to stop Qualcomm from making, using or selling the chips, Rosmann said."The issue of the injunction is far more important to Broadcom than the damages," Rosmann said. "We're hoping to move forward on the injunction as quickly as possible."In August, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upped the ante for patent owners that want to earn higher damages -- they can be as much as tripled -- by proving someone knew they were infringing a patent and did so anyway, according to patent attorney Smith Brittingham of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner."You have to show more comprehension of the situation than you would have had to in the past," Brittingham said. The Federal Circuit ruling, on a suit against hard-drive vendor Seagate Technology, automatically changed the standard in all federal courts, he said. The ruling could change other pending cases, he said.The new standard probably won't discourage patent suits among competitors like the Broadcom-Qualcomm dispute, but it may make litigation less attractive for patent-holding companies in the business of suing, Brittingham said."It's consistent with the view that ... maybe patent infringement cases have gotten too easy to win and have created an unnecessary drag on business," he said.Judge Selna asked Broadcom for a decision by the end of this week, Rosmann said. Qualcomm declined to comment on the substance of the case.The suit is one of several between Qualcomm and Broadcom, who are battling over the market for mobile-phone chips.


Britain Wants to Unveil Wide Smoking Ban - Report

The British government is to announce plans to ban smoking in nearly all pubs, cafes and restaurants in England when it unveils a long-awaited policy paper on public health on Tuesday, the BBC reported.


Lebanese opposition supporters sleep in tents in Beirut, after a mass rally calling for the government to stand down.


Calcio: accordo raggiunto per i diritti tv tra Roma e Sky

ROMA - Accordo raggiunto tra Roma e Sky per i diritti televisivi della stagione calcistica 2005/2006 e 2006/2007. Nelle casse della societa' giallorossa entreranno complessivamente 102 milioni di euro. Secondo


Yushchenko to Come to NATO for Summit with Bush

New Ukrainian President Viktor  Yushchenko will come to NATO headquarters for a summit with  President Bush and alliance leaders on Feb. 22, a NATO source  said on Wednesday.


Suicide bomb kills eight in Algeria: residents

LAKHDARIA, Algeria  - A suicide bomber detonated explosives at an Algerian military barracks on Wednesday, killing himself and about eight other people in the restive Kabylie region east of Algiers, residents said.


Sprint-Nextel deal also could pack extra: Nextel Partners

A marriage of Nextel Communications and Sprint could mean significant change for Kirkland-based Nextel Partners as well. Sprint and Nextel Communications are reportedly close to a deal that would create the third-largest US wireless carrier.


Lawsuits halt makers of replacement printer cartridges.


On any given Saturday, the Southeastern Conference comes up with ways to entertain its fans, exhibiting competition at its best -- and worst -- and making the argument that it is the best conference in college football.


The Air Line Pilots Association says the pilots' negotiating committee met with management Sunday, a week after talks broke down.


While the credit squeeze is keeping private-equity firms from making big commercial real estate plays, it may soon create an opening for buyers less reliant on borrowed cash.


Blow a Fuse, Computer Chip, and Heal Thyself

Semiconductor chips that can manage a good bit of their own upkeep are moving closer to reality.


Skies clear, but dust poses new threat Giant dust storms that have pinned the Mars rovers down for the last six weeks are beginning to lift, allowing the two explorers to restart their slow crawl over the red planet's surface.â¦


Book Excerpt: 'Limitations' by Scott Turow

Scott Turow's new legal thriller, 'Limitations,' centers around a high-profile case involving a sexual assault that in later chapters will reawaken a judge's long-suppressed guilt over his role in a similar incident decades earlier.


Continental Tire Bowl: (25) Boston College 37 North Carolina 24

CHARLOTTE, NC Boston College rallied in the fourth quarter to beat North Carolina 37-to-24 in the Continental Tire Bowl at Charlotte.


Tony Blair has arrived at Liverpool Cathedral for a memorial service for murdered hostage Kenneth Bigley. The prime minister had made a number of telephone calls to the family of the civil engineer during the 62-year-old's captivity in Iraq.


Three weeks and nine hours into a new year of "American Idol," the song remains the same. Just bigger, louder and nearly impossible to get out of your head. More than ever, "American Idol" is in heavy rotation in the cultural psyche.


US Ryder Cup player Fred Funk surged to the top of the leaderboard in the Southern Farm Bureau Classic, shooting an 8-under 64 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead over Steve Pate and Chris Couch.


Turkey's stock market closes at a record high on hopes the EU will soon invite Ankara to start entry talks.


SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today introduced the all-new iPod(R) nano with a new aluminum body, an incredible 24 hours of battery life and more than twice the music capacity for the same price as the previous generation.


Eidur Gudjohnsen declared Jose Mourinho was spreading his winning mentality through Chelsea as the Blues prepared to face their manager's former club, holders Porto, in the Champions League tonight.


LABOR has pledged to fast-track the introduction of armed pilotless spy planes to thwart terror attacks on Australian oil and gas fields in an effort to trump John Howard's plan to trial the aircraft over the lucrative North West Shelf.


BAGHDAD -- Iraq's prime minister was misunderstood when he said the Americans could leave "any time they want" an aide said Sunday, as politicians moved to end a pair of boycotts that are holding up work on crucial political reforms sought by Washington.


Really? : The Claim: Microwave Ovens Kill Bacteria in Food

Many people rely on the microwave oven to make their food safe to eat, but is it enough?


Simul-Chief: Nissan Executive May Run Renault, Too

Carlos Ghosn may be handed management control of both Nissan Motor and Renault, giving him the first dual-chief role in the auto industry.


Bush gains momentum over Kerry in Florida: poll

US President George W. Bush gained momentum in Florida and appears to have a slight lead over Democrat John Kerry, according to a poll out which nonetheless suggests the race is too close to call.


Investors seek safety, bidding metal's price up

Gold prices rose Monday to their highest levels in 16 years as investors bought the precious metal as a safeguard against the weak dollar, high oil prices and the uncertaintysurrounding the US.


BitTorrent file-swapping networks face crisis

BitTorrent "hubs" that publish lists of movies, TV shows and other free downloads suddenly went dark this weekend, in a major victory for Hollywood that highlights vulnerabilities in technology behind the world's busiest peer-to-peer network.


After months of preparation and promotion, after all the words written about Katie Couric's new job as "CBS Evening News" anchor, she'd like nothing more now than to just sit down and report the news. That will finally happen on Sept. 5, when Couric tells the day's top story from the set in a rebuilt newsroom on Manhattan's West Side.


A supervisor of the South Korean nuclear experiment in 2000 said Sunday the enrichment level of the questioned uranium amounts to just 10 percent, far below than the bomb-grade level of 90 percent.


Russian prosecutors are to file new charges against jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, his lawyers say.


Inail, 'Sempre alti costi sociali, 45,4 mld in un anno'


Negato a Claro consenso accedere a documenti riservati


Tennessee quarterback Steve McNair missed a second straight start Monday night and his fifth this season because of his bruised sternum.


Si voti a maggio, appello per il si' ai quattro quesiti


Josh Carter snapped out of a two-game funk by being more aggressive, and help his teammates in the process. Carter scored 24 points, Antanas Kavaliauskas added 19 and No. 13 Texas A&M beat Fordham 84-61 Tuesday night.


Red Sox tie series at three games apiece

(New York-AP) Oct. 20, 2004 - For the second straight year, the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox will go to a seventh game, a winner-take-all battle for the American League pennant.


After United boss Sir Alex Ferguson made allegations of 'thuggery' against Thierry Henry on Friday, Arsenal vice- chairman David Dein held fresh talks with United chief executive David Gill yesterday.


Lebanese anti-Syrian parliamentarian Walid Eido was killed on Wednesday, with at least nine other people, when a bomb ripped through his car in western Beirut, security sources said.


Economy - Wednesday      (Investor's Business Daily)

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Londra, 12:11 - Rugby, Inghilterra: Wilkinson rischia di saltare esordio Sei Nazioni

L'Inghilterra rischia di dover rinunciare a Jonny Wilkinson nell'esordio del torneo Sei Nazioni di r...


Republican Mitt Romney retorted to questions about his faith by surging rival Mike Huckabee on Wednesday, declaring that "attacking someone's religion is really going too far."


Unfrozen Yukos assets to aid Russian opposition: former chief

The Yukos-related assets in Swiss bank accounts, unfrozen last week by Swiss authorities, will be used in part to support Russian opposition groups, a former Yukos director, Leonid Nevzlin, said.


Wintel, take 2? Companies partner on digital home

Intel and Microsoft teamed up to create and tackle the PC world. Next up: the digital-entertainment world. The two companies will announce on Thursday a joint marketing campaign for television, print, cinema


Luis Garcia set to sign for Liverpool say Barcelona

Liverpool are set to sign striker Luis Garcia from Barcelona for nine million euros subject to a medical.


Red Hat Unveils JBoss Black Tie for Java Coding

Red Hat revealed a new JBoss project aimed at displacing BEA's Tuxedo transaction-monitoring engine.


SUSAN TOMPOR: Greenspan puts baby boomers on notice: Save more

We can only hope that everyone takes good old Uncle Alan's words on retirement to heart. It's time to listen up, march into the human resources department on Monday and start putting another $20 or $40 a week aside for retirement.


Letters I ordered ProLiant servers, but all I got was this lousy fan


US Airways said yesterday that several hundred employees responded to its call to volunteer at its troubled Philadelphia operations this holiday weekend as the airline braces for another heavy travel period.


Conrad Black's secretary comes to his defense

Conrad Black's long-time secretary  testified on Thursday that the former media kingpin did not  even look inside a number of boxes she had packed and he later  removed from their Canadian office in what prosecutors have  depicted as a move by Black to hide important evidence.


The UCLA Bruins trudged off the Coliseum field following a 66-19 loss to Southern California last year with a feeling they'll always remember. And Bruins center Robert Chai believes that's a good thing.


An ex-Marine at the center of a probe into whether Camp Pendleton troops killed between five and 10 unarmed captives during a battle in Iraq is a hero who faced vicious enemies, his lawyer said Friday.


If You Like the Safari Browser for the iPhone, Youâll Love Opera Mini for Cellphones

Taking a page â albeit a tinier one â from the iPhoneâs design is a new test version of the Opera Mini browser for cellphones.


Il bollettino di dicembre continua a prospettare rischi inflazionisticiBuone le previsioni per l'Italia, che darÃ  un contributo al risanamento dell'E12                                          Bce, possibili nuovi rialzi dei tassi Per l'Italia disavanzo sotto il 3% nel 2007                                                                                L'Istat conferma i dati sui prezzi: inflazione +1,8% a novembre


The young John Kerry showed it testifying about Vietnam. Today, he should draw on what he learned then. As a young Vietnam veteran, John Kerry testified before Congress 33 years ago about the insanity of continuing


Van Der Beek playing ABC "Football" rookie

Former "Dawson's Creek"  star James Van Der Beek has joined ABC's drama pilot "Football  Wives," which revolves around women whose lives are transformed  when they marry NFL superstars.


Wikipedia 'to make universities obsolete'

Look out, Old Guard - it's the Khmer Rouge in nappies


Just as the Enron scandal triggered an overhaul of corporate accounting practices, the nation's prescription drug crisis may prompt a sweeping revamp of


The board of embattled Northern Rock PLC faced shareholders Tuesday amid growing speculation that Britain's biggest casualty of the global credit crisis will be nationalized.


Rebel Attacks Kill 12 Iraqis; GI's Injured

Insurgents launched strikes on Saturday at United States and Iraqi outposts across Iraq, killing at least a dozen Iraqi police officers and national guardsmen


Vancouver Island Treaty Includes Almost $500 Million, 24,000 Hectares

By DIRK MEISSNER  VICTORIA (CP) - Five Vancouver Island First Nations gathered to initial a treaty Saturday worth almost $500 million that includes more than 24,000 hectares of land, some of it bordering majestic Pacific Rim Park near Tofino.


The shortage of flu vaccine has left older people and public health officials scrambling to find shots. But the limited supply could mean that more people at high risk will get the vaccine this year.


So much for holiday cheer. Hollywood's cynicism is breeding a whole new genre of anti-holiday holiday movies.


MLS to start reserve league in new Adidas deal

Major League Soccer plans to start a reserve league for developmental players, part of its 10-year sponsorship deal with Adidas that is the latest battleground between the Germany-based sportswear manufacturer and its US rival Nike Inc.


The U.S. trade deficit narrowed more  than expected in September as a rise in exports to  unprecedented levels offset the impact of record-high prices  for imported oil, a government report showed on Wednesday.


Hurricane Ivan slammed ashore today with winds of 130 mph, packing a powerful punch of waves and rain that threatened to swamp communities from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle.


The last outbreak to affect Midland farmers was foot-and-mouth disease in March 2001.   Nearly 230,000 animals were slaughtered in the region - the second highest number in Britain.


Ballack off the mark to give Chelsea the perfect start

Michael Ballack opened his goal-scoring account for Chelsea as his side began their bid for Champions League glory with a 2-0 win against Werder Bremen.


Biden Unwraps His Bid for â08 With an Oops!

In an era of meticulous political choreography, the staging of the kickoff for Joseph R. Biden Jr.âs presidential candidacy could hardly have gone worse.


Regis Philbin will have heart bypass surgery this week, he announced Monday on his show, "Live With Regis and Kelly."


Bernanke: pressioni inflazionistiche in attenuazione


Nello storico negozio di New York vendite in rialzo del 31%


Two high-ranking officials from the EU and the UN - one British, the other Irish - are told to leave Afghanistan.


Pyongyang makes no mention of a missed deadline to disclose its nuclear activities in its New Year editorial.


In a Feb. 10 story about Florida's 64-61 victory over Kentucky in men's basketball, The Associated Press erroneously reported Florida's record in the Southeastern Conference. It's 10-0, not 16-0.


Five Iraqis were killed on Saturday in a car bomb attack in Khan al-Nus area between the two Shiite holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, chief of police in Najaf said.


The safety of Merck's (MRK:NYSE - news - research) Vioxx has been questioned again with the posting of an internal Food and Drug Administration study on the agency's website.


Mercury Prize winners Klaxons top NME magazine's poll to find the best album and single of the year.


Thirty-nine missing after Ukraine coal mine explosion

Thirty-nine miners are missing after an   explosion at a Ukrainian coal mine on Tuesday, officials said.


Some Dire Talk From Yukos Lifts Oil Prices

OSCOW, Sept. 2- World oil prices rose on Thursday after Russia's largest oil producer, Yukos, said a court ruling "paralyzes'' the company's operations.


GMAC to get $1 bln from GM, cites subprime pressure

General Motors Acceptance Corp., the  former finance arm of General Motors Corp. , on Tuesday  said it would receive another $1 billion from GM and warned it  would be hit by pressure from a weakening market for U.S.  mortgages.


Quarterback Returns to State Where He Fell From Glory

Rhett Bomar, who was dismissed from the University of Oklahoma football team for receiving extra compensation from a private business, is rebuilding his reputation at Division 1-AA Sam Houston State.


Taking control from the start, she cruised to a 2-3/4-length victory over Society Selection in yesterday's Grade I Beldame Stakes at Belmont Park.


Kapler First to Bolt World Series Champs

Gabe Kapler became the first player to leave the World Series champion Boston Red Sox, agreeing to a one-year contract with the Yomiuri Giants in Tokyo.


American soldiers are arrested for murder of a wounded Iraqi ...

At least four Iraqi police officers were killed and 16 American soldiers were wounded Saturday in a string of insurgent attacks across central and northern Iraq, military officials said.


NEW YORK  - The antidepressant venlafaxine  (Effexor) appears to be effective in treating postmenopausal  hot flashes in otherwise healthy women, according to a report  in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology.


Discovered in a refugee camp, feisty Grandma Hamida has gained fame in Afghanistan, but not riches - despite a role in 'The Kite Runner.'


Roma, 17:35 - CALCIO, SERIE C2: RISULTATI E CLASSIFICHE

Risultati e classifiche della 24/a giornata, 7/a di ritorno, del campionato di serie C2.


By SILVER WILKIE  AT LAST, we are seeing a glimmer of hope for our spring salmon runs, which have been getting thinner and thinner on the ground for decades.  The premier rivers, the Tweed, Tay, Spey and Dee, all had excellent runs.


A Fin Too Far:  A Guide to Freshwater Fishing

Unlike hunting, I was not raised fishing. My family owned a set of hand-me-down rods from someone who might have fished at one point. The rods themselves are classics, but in hopeless condition. By todays standards, they are antiques. The body of the rod I prefer to use is laminated wood, and the guides are rusted and have a tendency to grab the line. At one point they may have been proud shining brass. The reel was a mess, and for the longest time the whole rig sat inside my parents shed. Fishing was something we did on weekends, in stocked ponds, for fish that never knew better. One day when helping my father clean things up, I stumbled across the old rod which no-one had used in a decade and got a crazy idea: I was going to take up fishing.


Doctor touts use of experimental therapy

If Dr. Barth Green had his way, there would be no space program. His idea of a moon-shot is curing paralysis, and while he's at it, poverty.


eBay Sex Video Shock Horror Splits India

It was a private act of two hormone-charged teenagers that lasted two minutes and 37 seconds on digital video. But offered for sale on the Internet, the fuzzy images of the 17-year-old girl having oral sex


Bankrupt Interstate Bakeries Corp., maker of Hostess Twinkies and Wonder Bread, received court approval Thursday for financing that will allow it to keep paying employees and vendors while it seeks to reorganize.


Scotts may be a boring stock in an unloved industry, but it could be worth a further look.


The US economy grew more slowly in the second quarter than previously stated, as it struggled under an increasing trade deficit and a slowdown in consumer spending, the Commerce Department said Friday.


US actor Roy Scheider, best known for playing the police chief in the first two Jaws movies, dies at the age of 75.


Car Bomb Explodes at Green Zone Checkpoint

A suicide car bomber struck a checkpoint at Baghdad's Green Zone early Tuesday, the second attack in two days at the district that houses Iraq's interim government and the U.S. Embassy, officials said.


Skype adds new features to business-oriented service

Enterprise clients now offered greater central control and IT management, plus optional tools and services.


Bene anche load factor, attivita' cargo e tasso riempimento


Hewlett Review Is Said to Detail Deeper Spying

A review is said to cite illicit surveillance including an attempt to plant message-tracing software on a journalistÂs computer.


Campaigns Aim to Lower Debate Expectations

CRAWFORD, Texas - It's a classic pre-debate dance, maybe as important as the matchup itself: lower expectations for your candidate's performance and jab the other guy while you're at it. While President Bush and Democrat John Kerry remained secluded half a country apart on Sunday in preparation for their prime-time showdown Thursday, representatives for each side employed their own double-barreled debate strategy...


N.F.L. Roundup: Eagles and Patriots Cruise

Donovan McNabb threw for 381 yards and 4 touchdowns, Kevin Curtis had 221 yards receiving and three scores and the host Philadelphia Eagles routed the Lions, 56-21.


As more Republicans defect on Iraq, the White House presses its counter offensive to shore up support


Athens closes 2004 Olympic Summer Games with pride and relief

ATHENS (CP) - With pride and relief, Athens bid farewell to its guests from 201 countries at the close of the 2004 Olympic Games on Sunday.


Rangers Rebound Against (Who Else?) Montreal

The Montreal Canadiens yet again brought out the best in the Rangers as New York snapped its five-game losing streak with a win on Saturday.


Immigrazione. Rimpatriati con il ponte aereo circa 500 clandestini

Per fronteggiare l'assalto dei clandestini l'Italia ha deciso di schierare anche l'Aeronautica Militare. Ieri due Hercules C130 della 46/esima brigata aerea di Pisa sono atterrati a Lampedusa per affiancare


Firenze, 17:48 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; LIVERANI: IN COPPA OBIETTIVO E' LA FINALE

Lazio-Fiorentina non sarà una partita uguale alle altre per Fabio Liverani. L'attuale regista...


Confidence in the 2012 Olympics is "ebbing away" amid rows about funding, the Liberal Democrats say.


Mostly, these lists give me an excuse to remind readers of good and great films that they may have missed.  But in some respects, the actual list is the least of it.


The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Thursday that Iran failed to meet a February 21 deadline to suspend uranium enrichment, prompting major powers to call a meeting next week to start writing a new Iran sanctions resolution.


PeopleSoft aims to keep worker morale high

com September 13, 2004, 8:58 AM PT. This fourth priority's main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half.


"Doors" singer Astbury hangs up leather pants

British rock singer Ian Astbury has  quit the Doors revival band formed by two of the legendary  group's members, and will resurrect his old combo the Cult, he  said on Thursday.


The record finish capped a four-month rally driven by corporate buyouts, strong profits and stock buybacks.


New Orleans, 11:59 - BASKET, STERN: PROGETTO NBA IN EUROPA ENTRO 10 ANNI

''Stiamo valutando in maniera approfondita la creazione di nuove squadre in Europa entro 10 anni''. ...


com. One day after signing a right-handed hitter with two 45-home runs seasons on his resume, the Mariners could be on the verge of signing the current Major League home run champion.


Japan risks damaging China relations with Lee visa

The decision, which prompted an immediate protest from Beijing, was the latest sign that Japan is hardening its diplomatic stance towards China.


Rural telephone companies must allow carriers such as Verizon Communications to use local lines to connect Internet-based calls, U.S. regulators said yesterday.


The pound reversed earlier gains which came after a much stronger-than-expected Halifax house price survey Tuesday raised hopes that the UK housing market downturn may not be as severe as previously thought.


By Cornell Christensen  Factory Butte has been enjoyed by photographers, adventuresome motorcyclists, ATV riders and windshield gazers from U-24 for decades -- and Bureau of Land Management's new rules for off- highway vehicle use will keep it that way.


Shock jock Howard Stern is leaving commercial broadcasting and will move his syndicated program to Sirius Satellite Radio Jan. 1, 2006.


There's a new bar on the right-field roof and seats on the left-field wall. In center field, Jimmy Buffet sang "Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitude" on the hallowed ground that once was off-limits to concerts.


US Air Pilots to Vote on Pay-Cut Proposal

Bankrupt US Airways took a crucial  step toward securing $300 million in concessions from its  pilots union late on Tuesday when leaders of the labor group  said they would forward a plan to cut wages and benefits to all  pilots for a vote.


GM, Struggling in Europe, Sets Big Job Cuts

Europe has been a cold place for American carmakers these last few years. On Thursday, the General Motors Corporation made clear just how cold, announcing it


com September 19, 2004, 3:00 PM PT. This fourth priority's main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half.


U.S. producer prices shot up 1.7 percent last month, the biggest gain in nearly 15 years and well above expectations, as energy costs skyrocketed and food prices surged, a government report showed on Tuesday.


Latham's grey vote pitch draws mixed response

Labor leader Mark Latham's plans for older Australians has received a mixed reaction from interest groups. At Labor's campaign launch yesterday, he promised to pay for the hospital costs of all Australians


June 28, 2007: "In the aftermath of the election, there was a clear message conveyed by the American people. They simply oppose the direction we've taken in Iraq."


An Online Game, Made in U.S., Seizes the Globe

World of Warcraft has become the first truly global video-game hit since Pac-Man in the early Â80Âs.


Colpa di un broker, il danno si aggiunge alla crisi subprime


Economic worries grow among voters: poll

Voters are growing increasingly  concerned about a recession, and the malaise is filtering into  their views on the presidential election, according to a  Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.


How's this for a recruiting slogan? Join the Army, Buy a House. Faced with the challenge of expanding the U.S. Army in wartime, the military is testing an incentive program that pays enlistees up to $40,000 toward a home or a startup business after their commitment. The Army Advantage Fund program is being tested here and four other areas Â Montgomery, Ala., Cleveland, Seattle and San Antonio Â for the next six to nine months.


Madrid, 11:15 - CALCIO, MARCA: MILAN SU DIEGO LOPEZ

Il Milan ha trovato in Diego Lopez il possibile sostituto di Nelson Dida. Lo rivela il quotidiano 'M...


WASHINGTON -- America's trade deficit posted a dramatic decline in October, falling to the lowest level in 14 months as the price of crude oil plunged by a record amount.


Sharon eases conditions to restart peace talks

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has indicated he is dropping a demand that Palestinians crack down on militant groups before he will resume peace talks.


Villa out to ruin Chelsea's Christmas spirit

Chelsea have been warned by Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill that his side are out to do the double over them on Wednesday and dent their English Premier League title hopes.


Maria Sharapova is delighted after beating Justine Henin-Hardenne to win the US Open title.


The scandal at Marsh & McLennan Cos.  may have floored Wall Street, but some executives who had defected to a rival insurance broker said the legal storm was long overdue.


Liberty Media Posts Higher Profit on QVC

Liberty Media Corp. on Tuesday posted  an eight-fold gain in quarterly net profit following the  purchase of a majority stake in shopping network QVC and a  large gain on the sale of assets.


eBay exec arrested for allowing sex video auction

Avnish Bajaj, the head of a popular Indian auction website owned by eBay was arrested yesterday for allowing the sale of a video showing a school girl involved in oral sex.


Judge orders Oracle's lawsuit againt SAP to mediation

A U.S. district court judge has ordered that Oracle's lawsuit against SAP and its TomorrowNow subsidiary be sent to mediation, according to a court document posted on www.tnlawsuit.com, a Web site SAP set up for the case.SAP spokesman Andy Kendzie declined to comment in much detail Thursday about Judge Martin J. Jenkins' ruling, which occurred after a case management conference on Tuesday, according to the document."Our preference had always been that we explored mediation," Kendzie said.Oracle filed suit against SAP and TomorrowNow last year, charging that TomorrowNow employees illegally downloaded data from a secure Oracle support Web site, and used it to court Oracle's customers. The initial complaint alleges that "corporate theft on a grand scale" had occurred.SAP has said TomorrowNow was authorized to download materials from Oracle's Web site on behalf of TomorrowNow's customers, but also acknowledged "some inappropriate downloads of fixes and support documents occurred at TomorrowNow." SAP has asserted that this information remained in TomorrowNow's systems and that SAP itself did not gain access to Oracle's intellectual property.TomorrowNow provides third-party support for Oracle's PeopleSoft, Siebel, and J.D. Edwards software products.Oracle could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.


Cerimonie a palermo e a Milano per ricordare il generale ucciso dalla mafiaIl figlio Nando: "Mio padre ha amato tantissimo Palermo e questa regione"                                          Napolitano nell'anniversario di Dalla Chiesa "Contro la mafia si mobiliti la societÃ  civile"                                                                                Per il procuratore nazionale antimafia Grasso, "occorre attenuare i benefici per i mafiosi"


Lebanese, Israeli armies swap fire on border

Lebanese army troops fired on Israeli forces as they scoured a border area for explosives on Wednesday, Israel's Army Radio reported.


A charity is asking British tourists to think carefully before bringing animal souvenirs back from holiday.


: A bomb blast in Kathmandu caused slight damage to a bank today during a strike called by Maoist rebels that shut down much of Nepal as soldiers killed 12 guerrillas in gunbattles across the kingdom.


The stars are bathed in warmth at 'Birth'

Nicole Kidman's new movie, Birth, has given life to a good deal of controversy, but the star was all smiles at the film's premiere Tuesday night.


L.A. mayor names black fire chief amid race furor

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, trying to extinguish a furor over charges of racism and sexism in the city's fire department, on Monday named a black officer as interim fire chief.


Decision on uniform in few months: Musharraf

NEW YORK: President General Pervez Musharraf has said that he will take decision about military uniform in few months. "I have not yet made any decision and will take a decision in a few months time.


Court fines comedian over ChÃ¡vez's daughter

CARACAS -- Comedian Laureano Marquez has poked fun at politicians for decades without getting into trouble with the law, so he didn't think twice about writing a tongue-in-cheek newspaper editorial based on a dialogue between President Hugo Chávez and his 9-year-old daughter.


World oil prices are continuing to scale record heights, rising on concerns over disruptions to supply from strike-hit producers Nigeria and Norway.


By Robin Roger, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 17--When Verizon tried to sell cable television service to Paul Smith, he told them Bright House Networks had offered him the same service for $39.95 a month. They offered him a package for $32.50.


Independent trustee to protect United Airlines pension plans

WASHINGTON  United Airlines agreed to appoint an independent trustee to protect the interests of participants and beneficiaries of the carrier's pension plans, the Labor Department said yesterday.


Two men arrested in connection with the failed bomb attacks in London and Glasgow are released.


CME deal to buy CBOT gets antitrust approval

U.S. antitrust authorities approved plans by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.  on Monday to acquire CBOT Holdings Inc. , saying the proposed combination of the two largest U.S. futures markets probably would not hurt competition.


Eepy Birds rock Maker Faire Austin, fire ants attack

If there's one thing people love, it's watching the Eepy Birds guys put on their Diet Coke and Mentos fountain show.


I-70 in Colorado closed after rock slide

A stretch of Interstate 70 in western Colorado was closed indefinitely Thursday after what officials called a "very severe" rock slide, forcing motorists to take a detour of more than 200 miles.


Two games and five innings had wiped out more than a month's worth of miracles. At least in the court of public opinion.


The Kremlin attacks the UK's decision to expel four Russian diplomats as "groundless, inappropriate, unjustified".


A major maker of influenza vaccines for the United States market said it has found that some of its new supplies are contaminated, delaying release of some 50 million doses, the New York Times reported Friday.


Upscale department store chain  Nordstrom Inc. JWN.N said on Thursday quarterly earnings rose  62 percent as it controlled inventory and reduced expenses, but  the results fell short of Wall Street's expectations.


Barry Bonds isn't sure about his future or thinking about breaking Hank Aaron's home run record. Swarmed by cameras, microphones and a horde of reporters, an affable Bonds sat in the dugout and discussed various topics ranging from his ability to tune out fans to his fondness for Philly cheesesteaks.


Alaska Weather Stymies Oil Spill Cleanup

With 24-foot seas and 50-knot winds continuing to pound the Aleutian island where a soybean freighter cracked in half, officials Saturday could take only a few small steps toward cleaning up the massive oil spill left behind.


Channel 4 is accused of misleading viewers in its factual series Born Survivor, starring Bear Grylls.


Japan's "team Abe" faces leadership test on reform

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has made two things clear during his first week in office -- growth is the key to fiscal reform, and his office will be the center of decision-making.


On Monday, I.T. services company Capgemini announced a new partnership designed to make Google Apps a more viable option for large enterprises. The partnership between the Paris-based consulting, technology, and outsourcing-services firm and the world's leading search engine could have implications for Microsoft and its Office suite.


FCC Resumes Testing of Internet-by-Airwave Devices

Federal regulators will try again to test prototypes for transmitting high-speed internet service over unused television airwaves. The devices will be tested in laboratory and real-world conditions.


Airbus and Boeing Must Avoid WTO Case, France's Sarkozy Says

The European Union and the US must resolve differences over government aid to aircraft makers Airbus SAS and Boeing Co. and avoid taking the dispute to the World Trade Organization, French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said.


Global stocks rebound after sharp losses

Investors set aside wide-ranging concerns about the future on Tuesday to send stocks higher after a few sessions of hefty losses and to boost demand for higher-yielding currencies.


Samoa captain Brian Lima is banned for three weeks for a dangerous tackle on Jonny Wilkinson.


E-mail security company FrontBridge Technologies Inc. has bought MessageRite Inc. of Irvine, California, a maker of technology for archiving e-mail and instant messages, FrontBridge said Monday.


We Love Them. We Hate Them. We Take Them.

The relationships we all have with those little pieces of matter, our pills, are becoming ridiculously tangled.


MOSUL, Iraq  - U.S. forces have launched air  strikes on Iraq's third largest city of Mosul, targeting  insurgents who have attacked police stations and fought fierce  street battles this week, the U.S. military said on Friday.


Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Nov. 13-19.


Berkshire quarterly operating profit up 56 pct

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway  Inc. (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N) on Thursday said fourth-quarter  operating profit surged 56 percent, helped by gains in  insurance operations a year after it paid out billions in  hurricane claims.


At least 4,000 refugees flee from Sudan to Chad after attacks on Darfur villages, according to the UN.


ADV: $150,000 Mortgage for Under $690/Month

Mortgage rates are at record lows. Save $1000s on your mortgage payment. Free quotes.


If love were an arms race, the wooer would now have the floral equivalent of a ballistic missile: a six-foot rose from Ecuador.


Soddisfazione dell'Anci, serve riflessione generale


Translation Error Found in NY Terror Sting Case

U.S. prosecutors have found a possible  translation error in a key piece of evidence against two  leaders of an upstate New York mosque accused of supporting  terrorism, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.


Kidnappers Seize a Relief Official Working in Iraq

The British-Iraqi director of CARE International in Iraq was kidnapped Tuesday as she drove to her office, the latest in a string of Westerners


Iran suspends uranium enrichment to avoid sanctions

A claim by Iran that it has suspended uranium enrichment appears to open a three-month window for a compromise over what it insists is its peaceful atomic energy programme.


For a growing number of people and businesses, Britney's saga is about money: Every time she sinks to new lows, cash flows. And these days, no one is above the fray.


Tokyo Edge: Asia Focuses on High Definition Everywhere

But Sony's LocationFree TV and other devices show there can still be stumbling blocks to a total HD experience.


Rep. Nancy Pelosi stuffs cotton in her ears when she takes her grandkids to a rock concert. She's so petite that a policeman once lifted her out of her shoes during an evacuation of the Capitol. She's a chocoholic with a great giggle.


Feb. 24 Shooting Involved Trainee: Horry Police Name Two Officers From Deerfield Incident

By Lisa Fleisher, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Mar. 10--After nearly two weeks of silence, Horry County police on Friday released the names of two officers involved in a shooting in the Deerfield community.


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Drop that cup: 'Caffeine addiction' joins the list

A single cup of coffee a day can produce "caffeine addiction," according to a study from Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, which has declared caffeine the most "behaviorally active drug" on the planet.


Ontario government unveils list of junk foods to be banned in schools

TORONTO (CP) - The Ontario government is banning pop, potato chips and other calorie-laden junk foods from elementary school vending machines in a bid to improve the physical fitness of the province's schoolchildren.


Toll in China's coal mine explosion reaches 129

Beijing, Oct 27 (PTI) The death toll in the coal mine tragedy in central China's Henan Province has reached 129 but chances of finding the 19 missing miners alive are very slim, the state media reported today.


European Union leaders reach agreement on a new treaty for the bloc after two days of tough talks in Brussels.


Coastal SC Recovers After Tropical Storm

Stinging rain and howling winds lashed South Carolina after a second powerful storm hit the state in a month, though residents apparently weathered it well.


Food for Thought, or Why You Might Skip That Steak

Anders Thomas Jensen's film about the cannibal business is neither high flying enough for the art house nor low down enough for the cult-video shelf.


Pope Benedict XVI visits Wadowice, the Polish town where his predecessor John Paul II grew up.


Paper: Suspects targeted Mohammed cartoonist

Danish authorities have arrested several people who allegedly were plotting a "terror-related assassination."


Russian officials say there are grounds to bar opposition activist Mikhail Kasyanov from the presidential race.


Almost 800,000 May Need Food in Indonesia

Nearly 800,000 people will need some form of food assistance in Indonesia's Aceh province as it recovers from the devastating Dec. 26 tsunami, the head of the U.N.'s food aid agency in the region said Monday.


Gymnastics: Russia Chief Blasts 'Judging Mafia'

Russia's gymnastics chief Leonid Arkayev  has added his voice to a chorus of public opinion calling for  major reforms in his sport, saying Olympic gymnasts are  powerless against what he called "judging mafia."


Norway conference aims for 2008 cluster bomb ban

Norway hosts a 40-nation meeting this week to bolster support for a ban on cluster bombs which campaigners blame for killing and maiming thousands of civilians, many of them children.


Final preparations are under way for Tsunami Relief Cardiff, the UK's biggest charity gig since Live Aid.


Lebanon braced on Wednesday for a bitter power struggle after the assassination of an anti-Syrian Christian cabinet minister which his allies blamed on Syria.


Dutch Police Say BA Plane Bomb Threat Was Hoax

Dutch police gave the "all-clear" on Thursday after a British Airways flight from Berlin to London landed at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport due to a bomb threat, the third against a European airliner this week.


Within hours of the announcement that antivirus maker Symantec (SYMC:Nasdaq - news - research) and software storage vendor Veritas (VRTS:Nasdaq - news - research) would merge, skeptical investors shaved about a billion dollars off the value of the all


MUMBAI, Nov. 5. - Even if they had won, which they nearly did, they would have had a dig at the track. But losing made the vehemence even more.


Maliki says Iraq secure for expanded U.N. role

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met ministers from world powers and neighboring countries on Saturday after telling the U.N. Secretary General he could guarantee security for a broader U.N. role in Iraq.


"Birth" should have been good. It had all the elements: Spooky scenario, seamless direction, stellar cast. We were ready for it to be good; we wanted it to be good.


A look back at the telltale signs of one company's meteoric rise.


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Il gruppo paghera' 6,75 dlr per azione, dividendo deludente


Keeping Patientsâ Details Private, Even From Kin

Critics say a law designed to keep medical information confidential is being overzealously applied.