Microprocessor giants settle with Patriot Scientific

Patriot Scientific and TPL Group, co-holders of the Moore Microprocessor Patent Portfolio [MMPP], announced today that they have settled their suit for patent infringement with JVC, NEC Electronics, Panasonic, and Toshiba.The suit revolved around clocking technology used in most microprocessors since 1994 and attributed to Chuck Moore.The details of the settlement were not revealed, but the patent holders said the settlement includes the licensing of the technology to the defendants [above].After some initial wrangling between Patriot Scientific and TPL back in 2005, both companies joined forces to file suit against microprocessor companies using the technology. The list of companies using MMPP includes every major chip manufacturer in high tech and in consumer electronics."Patriot bought the IP and started looking at everybody?s chips and discovered, lo and behold, almost everybody is using this particular technology," said Nathan Brookwood, principal at Insight 64.Patriot is what is known in the industry as a patent troll, added Brookwood, mainly because it did not create the patent but rather bought the patent and then went out, trolling, to discover who might be in violation of it.Previously, Patriot and TLP settled with AMD, Intel, and Fujitsu among others.Few companies, if any, remain to settle with Patriot and TPL.In a far more significant suit among microprocessor giants, plaintiff AMD's suit for anti-competitive business practices against Intel is currently in the discovery stage with an agreed-upon trial date set for April, 2009.In discovery, the defendant must produce any and all information, including electronically created documents, such as emails, that the court considers relevant to the case.According to a news story in InfoWorld on March 12, 2007 Intel admitted that some "internal e-mails that may be important to the case were missing as a result of errors."Recent court rulings have not looked favorably on companies that cannot produce relevant e-mails.In Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, the judge instructed the jury that it was legitimate to presume that the information Warburg could not provide due to lost backup tapes and e-mails was probably damaging to the company's case. Zubulake was awarded $20 million.Started in 2005, the cast has been slowly dragging its way through the courts.As reported back then in InfoWorld, AMD accused Intel of monopolistic practices in the PC market by coercing customers to use its products rather than AMD's.Among the illegal practices cited by AMD against Intel were a variety of tactics to limit AMD's growth in the market by paying retailers and system OEMs not to sell or build systems with AMD chips.Earlier this year, the European Commission notified Intel that based on its monitoring of Intel?s business practices, the EC believes Intel was in violation of European Union monopoly law.If Intel loses the case, said Brookwood, it would of course have to cease the practices that AMD alleges are over the top for a company with the market share the size of Intel's.More damaging, however, could be the court dollar award if AMD is able to prove it has been economically damaged to the tune of X billions of dollars by Intel practices.AMD also claims that consumers have been damaged for billions of dollars over the past decade. If AMD wins, a class action lawsuit could also be in the offing.


NASA has abandoned plans to resume flying the space shuttle next March because of the impact of four hurricanes on space agency centers and work schedules.


Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday the country is not providing enough mental health services for active duty troops and veterans. He proposed spending hundreds of million dollars more each year for better care.


British hospitals are banning neckties, long sleeves and jewelry for doctors — and their traditional white coats — in an effort to stop the spread of deadly hospital-borne infections, according to new rules published Monday.


Palestinian Abbas Calls Israel 'The Zionist Enemy'

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called  Israel "the Zionist enemy" Tuesday, unprecedented language for  the relative moderate who is expected to succeed Yasser Arafat.


Indonesia says 2 dead and 11 injured in quake

Two people died and 11 were injured in an 8.4 magnitude earthquake which struck Indonesia's Sumatra region on Wednesday, triggering tsunami warnings in the Indian Ocean, an Indonesian government official said.


Source: Arrest made in fires that burned Maryland subdivision

A security guard who worked at a development where a series of fires burned several homes has been arrested and charged in the case, a source close to the investigation said Thursday.


BRUSSELS The World Trade Organization is expected to approve on Friday the imposition of trade sanctions worth $150 million on the United States by the European Union, Japan, Canada and others after a legal issue was resolved Thursday.


Emeryville's Chiron Corp. said Thursday that it will delay shipments until early October of its flu vaccine, Fluvirin, after the company identified a small number of lots that do not meet product sterility specifications.


Dow Chemical Co. on Thursday cemented Wall Street concerns that strong third-quarter earnings might tough to maintain as the industry raises prices to combat soaring raw-material and energy costs.


Among the cultural attractions recommended by city tourism officials for Republican National Convention delegates are the popular Museum of Modern Art, the iconic Guggenheim museum and the stately Whitney.


Historic sex bias case against Wal-Mart advances

A federal appeals court gave the green light for the largest sex discrimination case in US history to proceed against giant retailer Wal-Mart Stores.


Wheaton River, free of takeover threat, to use up to US$500M on ...

TORONTO (CP) - Freed from the threat of a takeover by the world's largest silver producer, Wheaton River Minerals Ltd. will continue to grow by acquiring gold mines around the world, the company's chairman


Pm, incidente probatorio per ascoltare figli della Cicioni


Trust Digital Inc., a McLean software company, is getting a new chief executive and $3.1 million in new investments as it tries to expand its business making security software for wireless devices. -The Washington Post


Using a creature as hideous as any big-screen sci-fi monster, scientists have produced a one-minute horror movie starring a menacing, spidery virus swooping in on a hapless blob of bacteria.


Vienna, 17:41 - TENNIS, COPPA DAVIS: AUSTRIA-USA 0-1

Gli Stati Uniti sono in vantaggio 1-0 in Austria dopo il primo singolare della sfida valida per il p...


Hornets snap 11-game losing streak, top Warriors 98-89

The Hornets' injury epidemic gave diminutive Dan Dickau a chance to show he could play in the NBA. His latest performance made him a crowd favorite among New Orleans' victory-starved fans.


The estranged wife of Los Angeles Dodgers coach Don Mattingly is arrested and charged with public intoxication and disorderly conduct.


Bangladesh Women Soccer Tourney Threatened

The organizers of Bangladesh's first women's soccer tournament promised to keep playing despite protests by a Muslim group that called the event "indecent and against Islamic norms".


South American leaders sign Ayacucho Declaration

One day after creating the South American Community of Nations (CSN), a continent wide political-economic bloc, the leaders of South America on Thursday signed the Ayacucho Declaration


SARAJEVO, November 29 (FENA) - A delegation of German...

A delegation of German businesspersons, representatives of small and medium companies, arrived in a visit to the BiH Foreign Trade Chamber today.


The US cancels military assistance to Thailand in response to last week's military coup.


Duro intervento del sottosegretario Letta: "Disagi agli utenti e alla trattativa per la privatizzazione"Contrasti tra i ministri di Economia e Trasporti sull'ipotesi di vendere l'intera quota della compagnia                                          Alitalia, il governo: "Ieri fatti molto gravi" Tensione tra Bianchi e Padoa-Schioppa                                                                                Prosegue la protesta degli assistenti di volo. Convocati martedÃ¬ sindacati e aziendaConti in rosso: nel 2006 persi 626 milioni di euro. Probabile un intervento di ricapitalizzazione


Voter turnout among the young still lags

Ah, youth, that fickle force in politics. Young people bring energy, passion, creativity and technical wizardry to the presidential campaign — everything, it seems, except impact on Election Day.


STRAFFAN, Ireland -- Our lads have got their private jets, their sumptuous homes, their seven and eight figures socked away in the bank, and, with this group anyway, their 17 majors. What they do not have, for the third straight time, is possession of the Ryder Cup.


Fashion moment with designer Ben de Lisi

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Sketching glamorous frocks for a new collection, casting models for a catwalk show and starring in a popular reality television series are all part of a day's work for American-born designer Ben de Lisi.


Kelly Liljeblad, a dog owner and marathoner, tests five sets of hands free leashes on 20- to 30-minute runs around the Boulder Reservoir with her Labradors.


UN Warns of Possible Epidemics in Quake-Hit Asia

The United Nations warned on Monday of  epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia  can cope after more than 15,500 people were killed and hundreds  of thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami.


To Be Young Again, and in a Shrunken Suit

There may be no stronger emotional current running through menâs fashion now than that offered by Tim Hamilton: personal nostalgia, a longing for what men wore as boys.


Senate supporters of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage said Monday they intend to press for passage in the new Congress, brushing aside mixed signals from the White House on the issue's importance at the start of President Bush's second term.


(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The low-cost antibiotic Co-trimoxazole reduced mortality rates of HIV-positive children in Africa by nearly 50 percent, according to a new study in The Lancet.


The US will continue to stop personnel appearing at UK inquests into "friendly fire" deaths, a report claims.


Jaric leads the way with 23 points, eight assists and seven rebounds and all five starters score in double figures. By Ken Peters.


Jump-Start on Slow Trek to Treatment for a Disease

The search for new treatments can be tricky when the disease is fearsome but nearly forgotten because its victims are poor and obscure.


Mancino: auspico un ripensamento da parte dei magistrati


As the pressure intensifies on American Marion Jones over her alleged drug taking in the lead-up to and during the Sydney Olympics, the IOC has assured her that she will not be stripped of her five medals.


The newspaper publisher John Fairfax Holdings is making an effort to become harder to swallow.


FOXBOROUGH -- When the Patriots lined up for their second 2-point conversion attempt of the season yesterday, quarterback Tom Brady was confident.


CHUCK NEEDLES FEDS OVER FLU-VACCINE SHORTAGE

October 11, 2004 -- Sen. Chuck Schumer yesterday blamed political "ideology" for the nation's dire shortage of flu vaccine, calling on the federal government to decrease its reliance on private drugmakers


Talks on Paramount Pictures Chief Hit Snag--Report

Talks between Viacom Inc.  executives and the man they hoped to install as the new head of  Paramount Pictures have hit a snag over the terms of his exit  from the talent management company he now owns, the Los Angeles  Times reported on Tuesday.


WTO mediators urge "painful" compromise in talks

Diplomats in charge of world trade talks challenged countries on Tuesday to abandon long-held positions and make "very painful" compromises on farm and industrial goods to salvage a deal.


Iran's Missiles Can Now Hit Europe, Ex-Official Says

Iran has increased the range of its missiles to 1,250 miles, a senior Iranian official was quoted as saying on Tuesday, putting parts of Europe within reach for the first time.


Wall Street rallies for second straight day

Stocks rallied for a second day on Wednesday as investors bet the Federal Reserve's aggressive rate cut would help prevent an economic slowdown.


Martha Stewart has been exercising, reading and making friends in prison, but the food at the minimum-security prison camp in West Virginia is "terrible," the domestic diva's daughter said Friday.


Prudential drops bid for S.Korean assest managing firm

A consortium led by British insurer Prudential PLC has dropped its bid for a major South Korean state asset managing company.


One of my favorite pieces of philosophy came from an old-school coach who had no use for self-congratulatory demonstrations such as today's "Hey-look-at-me" touchdown celebrations.


Derick Rethans' Blog: More goodies in the eZ Components

As mentioned by Derick Rethans on his blog today, there's some new versions of several (five) of the components in the next version of the eZ Components framework:   In the just released alpha versions you can find new features, such as better support for OpenID, a Database backend for OpenID authentication, a validating method for e-mail addresses, SMTP authentication support for DIGEST-MD5, CRAM-MD5, NTLM and LOGIN and encoding support for e-mail headers.   He also mentions other goodies like tree structure handling and functionality to support WebDav connections. Check out their roadmap to get a better idea of what's to come.


Search for Thai Tsunami Dead Narrows to Hard Hit Areas

Teams searching for bodies in tsunami-devastated Thailand zeroed in on the hardest hit areas on Monday, as Thai and Japanese navy ships scoured the seas for more dead.


Nine Muslim men arrested in Australia's biggest counter-terror raids are facing court in Sydney.


Video Shows Militants Killing Iraqi from Italy, Turk

Islamic militants distributed a video in Iraq on Monday showing the killings of two men who identified themselves as an Italian of Iraqi origin and a Turk.


Syria begins withdrawing troops from around Beirut

Hundreds of Syrian soldiers stationed in the hills near Lebanon's capital began dismantling their bases Tuesday in an effort to appease a UN Security Council demand that all 20,000 Syrian troops leave the country.


A girl is in a critical condition hospital after being stabbed in south-east London.


Sean "Diddy" Combs name challenged in British court

A London-based record producer launched  his bid on Thursday to force U.S. rapper and hip-hop music  producer Sean "Diddy" Combs to change his alias or stop using  the hugely popular MySpace and YouTube Internet sites.


In her last days, Marjorie Clarke Driver longed for a quiet bath in her own tub. But she never made it home.


Video-game chain GameStop Corp.'s second-quarter earnings rose on strong sales.


Elvis Presley's backing singer Solomon King, who sang with him in The Jordanaires, dies in the US aged 73


The drug toremifene, used to treat breast cancer in women, has been found to also reduce the incidence of prostate cancer in men at risk for the disease.


The Â£40m Children's Hospital for Wales looks set finally to be completed under a new funding arrangement.


Microsoft Giving Away Developer Software

Microsoft is giving students free access to its most sophisticated tools for writing software and making media-rich Web sites.


Passing thoughts on Yankees-Red Sox series

The Red Sox beat the Yankees at Yankee Stadium in a season-deciding game. The Red Sox beat the Yankees at Yankee Stadium in a season-deciding game and it wasn't even close.


Candidates Hopscotch Through Battleground States in Final Bid

Nursing their vocal chords and trying to keep up their energy levels, President Bush and Senator John Kerry sprinted through several battleground states on the eve of Election Day, even though


InfoWorld - HP is announcing on Monday SOA governance software and services aimed at helping companies accelerate SOA adoption while reducing risks.


tennis' grandest title -- the 17-year-old Sharapova fell in the third round of the US Open to Mary Pierce 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Maria Sharapova wore a black ribbon in honor of the many victims in Russia.


Negotiations for a trade agreement between the U.S. and Australia are raising a ruckus among Aussie digital rights activists. At issue is a plan to enact a law there modeled on the controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act. By Patrick Gray.


The European Space Agency signs the industrial contract to build a spacecraft to send to the planet Mercury in 2013.


Talks between Tehran and the EU on Iran's nuclear programme will take place on Saturday, the EU says.


Thousands Registered to Vote in 2 States-Report

About 46,000 people are registered to  vote in two states, New York and Florida, a violation of both  states' laws that could affect the outcome of the November  presidential election, according to an investigation by the  Daily News.


Global stock markets fall again following Wall Street's lead on worries about the state of some of the banks.


EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey  - Some of the world's biggest pop stars from the Red Hot Chili Peppers to Madonna and The Police played Live Earth concerts worldwide on Saturday to urge fans and governments to fight global warming.


BAGHDAD, Jan. 14 -- American and Iraqi troops have killed 60 Sunni insurgents and captured nearly 200 during a week-long offensive in northern Iraq against al-Qaeda in Iraq fighters, U.S. military officials said Monday.


Israel kills seven militants in Gaza raid

Israeli troops and armor crossed into the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing seven Palestinian militants, including six from the Islamist Hamas group that controls the coastal territory.


BAGHDAD -- A barrage of mortar fire yesterday ended a brief period of relative calm in Baghdad, killing at least one civilian and wounding more than a dozen, while insurgents continued a ruthlessly efficient campaign against Iraqi police forces and politicians cooperating with the US mission in Iraq.


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Singer Cat Stevens Denied U.S. Entry, Flight Diverted

The former pop singer Cat Stevens,  now known as Yusuf Islam, was denied entry to the United States  and his flight from London was diverted to Maine, after his  name turned up on a watch list, a U.S. transportation security  official said.


Start by Getting in Touch With Your Inner Supermodel

A casting pro suggests a few new career moves for Hilary Swank, who needs to stop being just one of the guys.


Militants launch attack in Kashmir ahead of Indian PMâs visit

SRINAGAR - Militants early Wednesday launched an attack near a stadium in Kashmir where Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is due to address a rally later, police said.


Mr. Softy may be eyeing the mass-market mouse maker.


Kerry to Attack Bush Troop Withdrawal Plan

Democrat John Kerry on Wednesday planned to attack Present George W. Bush's plan to withdraw 70,000 American troops from Europe and Asia as a threat to national security that could blunt the war on terror, campaign ...


D-Rays use sac flies to beat Rangers 5-3

Rocco Baldelli and Ben Zobrist hit consecutive sacrifice flies in the seventh inning, helping the Tampa Bay Devil Rays beat the Texas Rangers 5-3 Tuesday night.


Democrats craft Iraq troop withdrawal deadline

Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives have tentatively settled on a timetable and conditions for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, which they hope to attach to a $100 billion Iraq war spending bill, senior lawmakers said on Wednesday.


US says Iran racing to beat uranium deadline

Iran is racing to produce large amounts of a uranium compound that can be used to make nuclear weapons before a deadline next week to halt all uranium-purification work, US officials said Friday.


Israel could remove dozens of settlements: Peres

Israel could remove dozens of Jewish settlements from the occupied West Bank, Vice Premier Shimon Peres said on Saturday.


Westbrook Looks to Make Up for Lost Time

Brian Westbrook knows how Eagles teammate Terrell Owens feels. Owens will miss the rest of the regular season and the NFC playoffs while recovering from ankle surgery. He could return if Philadelphia makes it to the Super Bowl.


Andruw Jones hit another big homer at Petco Park and had three RBIs, and Buddy Carlyle pitched eight strong innings against his former team as the Atlanta Braves beat the San Diego Padres 7-4 on Friday night.


Ken Caminiti, the 1996 National League MVP who later admitted using steroids during his major league career, died Sunday. He was 41.


Nyon, 12:51 - CALCIO, ALBANIA: CT BARIC SQUALIFICATO PER 3 TURNI

La Uefa ha squalificato per tre giornate il ct della nazionale albanese Otto Baric. Il tecnico 75enn...


Vendors know their route for the holidays: the mass market.


The economy's recovery may be a little shaky, but you wouldn't know it from looking at this year's Forbes 400. In this, Forbes' 23rd annual ranking of the 400 richest people in America, the combined net worth


MAN to make Scania bid "more attractive":  WSJ

Germany's MAN AG is planning a more   attractive bid to win over resistant shareholders of Swedish   truckmaker Scania SCVb.ST, the Wall Street Journal on Friday   quoted MAN Chief Executive Hakan Samuelsson as saying.


Tehran: Iran failed last night to give a definitive answer to an EU demand it freeze sensitive nuclear activities or face referral to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions, a diplomat familiar with the talks said.


Russian security officials are concerned two female suicide bombers who downed two planes last week arrived in Moscow with two other women from Chechnya.


Resurgent Cincinnati halts Baltimore's win streak

NEW YORK, Nov 30 Reuters) - Carson Palmer connected with T.J. Houshmandzadeh for the home team's only touchdown of the game as the Cincinnati Bengals beat Baltimore 13-7 on Thursday to prevent the Ravens from becoming the first team to reach the playoffs.


President Bush's disclosure of previously secret CIA prisons overseas and his unapologetic defense of hardball tactics in the war on terrorism may rub salt in a diplomatic wound his administration had hoped to heal.


A judge decides Stephen Griffiths, who stalked and murdered is ex-girlfriend, should spent at least 15 years in jail.


Delay in Cutting Umbilical Cord May Help Preemies

NEW YORK  - A slight delay in cutting the umbilical cord of a preterm infant may reduce the need for blood transfusions and prevent brain hemorrhage, according to a new report in.


An artist charges Â£35,000 for his unusual artwork featuring the remains of a fox and hare killed on the road.


Venezuela Eyes Land for Agrarian Reforms

Government officials escorted by troops and police descended on a privately owned cattle ranch Saturday to determine whether some lands may be turned over to poor farmers as part of an agrarian reform.


Sun announced Tuesday that it is buying Innotek, maker of VirtualBox, virtualization software that may have more value for software developers than datacenter administrators.Steve Wilson, vice president of Sun's nascent xVM virtualization line, called the purchase a "huge deal" for xVM and "even Sun as a whole," on his official blog Tuesday. Terms of the deal to buy the German company, expected to close in Sun's fiscal third quarter, were not disclosed."VirtualBox is software designed to allow users to run multiple operating systems on top of whatever OS they currently have installed," he wrote. "Whether you choose Windows, Mac, Linux, or Solaris as your default desktop of choice, VirtualBox will ride on top of it and allow you to 'host' any arbitrary collection of operating system instances. Software developers everywhere are starting to discover this way of operating, and these desktop virtualization solutions are quickly becoming part of the common developer toolkit.""While there are other applications that provide this capability, VirtualBox is free, open source, and supports a wide range of operating systems," Wilson added. The software has been downloaded more than 4 million times since it was released roughly one year ago, according to Sun.VirtualBox may sound similar to Sun's own xVM Server, but the two products are targeted at different markets, Wilson said. xVM Server, announced in November, is a hypervisor that installs on top of the hardware. "It's a purpose-built software appliance with functionality to enable server consolidation and dynamic IT. ... This is datacenter grade virtualization," he said.In comparison, VirtualBox is "a software developer's dream," he said. "You can easily set up multiple virtual machines to develop and test your multitier or cross platform applications -- all on a single box. ... Where xVM Server is competitive with something like VMware ESX Server, VirtualBox is more like VMware Workstation/Fusion or Parallels Desktop."The product will continue to be free, and for strategic reasons, according to Wilson. "The developers that build applications have a huge amount of influence on how they're deployed. We believe that developers using VirtualBox can help guide their friends in the data center towards xVM Server as the preferred deployment engine," he said.Sun may also look to align VirtualBox with its other developer-oriented assets, such as NetBeans and Glassfish, he said."Having a virtual lab story -- assuming it works and developers and QA like it -- is good for a developer-friendly company like Sun," said Michael Coté, an analyst with Redmonk. "But I'm not familiar with VirtualBox, so I don't know if it in particular is good or bad."Programmers who aren't using virtualization now ought to start, Coté said. "You'd have to be one of those self-flagellation types to not want virtual labs in your developer tool-chains," he said. "Maintaining a bunch of physical machines is tedious. If I'm a developer and I have to write software that runs on four different platforms, spread out over however many different versions of Windows, Linux distros, OS X, et cetera, all of those machines add up. And then creating 'fresh installs' of them for testing gets worse."


Sinking Ship Near Alaska Leaks Oil, Six Missing, Guard Says

Six people who disappeared two days ago when a helicopter trying to rescue them crashed into Alaskan waters are still unaccounted for, a spokesman for the US Coast Guard said.


Private equity firms eyeing Chrysler: report

At least four private equity groups have been in preliminary talks with DaimlerChrysler AG  about buying Chrysler, the Financial Times reported on Friday on its website.


Iraq makes an official protest to Turkey, accusing it of shelling Kurdish areas in northern Iraq.


Malcolm Glazer scores own goal in Manchester United takeover bid

Manchester United fans were celebrating following reports that Glazer's bankers, JP Morgan, have withdrawn their support for his takeover bid.


ISLAMABAD: President Musharraf's loyalist Shaukat Aziz was on Friday elected as Pakistan's PM in a national assembly vote boycotted by the opposition in protest of the Speaker' decision not to permit their jailed candidate Javed Hashmi to take part in the


Lettere di minacce al magistrato che indaga l'assassino per un precedente delittoDal carcere l'imputato rilascia dichiarazioni farneticanti: "Non Ã¨ successo niente"                                            Omicidio a Sanremo, proiettile al pm E Delfino dal carcere: "Maria non Ã¨ morta"                                                                                Vertice in Prefettura. Il ministero potrebbe decidere di concedere la scorta al giudice


The Ministry of Defence is to compensate a woman who says she developed cancer from hugging her dockyard worker father.


Si chiude l'infuocata polemica dopo l'annuncio del cambio al vertice del teatro romanoIl conduttore: "Non c'Ã¨ stato mai complotto o scippo. Ma faccio teatro dal '65"                                            Costanzo rinuncia al Brancaccio "A Gigi Proietti auguro il meglio"


Hundreds of stranded passengers awaited flights out of Reno-Tahoe International Airport on Sunday, a day after a snowstorm and an equipment malfunction forced dozens of flights to be canceled or delayed.


The Federal Trade Commission, seeking its first civil penalties against a telemarketer for violating the federal do-not-call list, has sued a Las Vegas firm, saying it called more than 300,000 numbers on the registry to sell time-share properties. -The Washington Post


John McCain and Barack Obama are struggling to win over their party's most loyal voters, and no presidential candidate has a firm hold on what may be the campaign's chief issue, the economy. With the first presidential contests now history, voters appear to be telling the candidates: You still need some polishing.


News: Warmer Weather, Human Disturbances Interact to Change Forests

While a rapidly changing climate may alter the composition of northern Wisconsin's forests, disturbances such as logging also will play a critical role in how these sylvan ecosystems change over time.


Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, rebuked his deputy, Ehud Olmert, yesterday for demanding a more extensive withdrawal from the West Bank than is envisaged under the disengagement plan.


A coroner tells the murder trial of music producer Phil Spector that  actress Lana Clarkson's death was homicide.


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An Italian judge temporarily suspended on  Monday the trial of U.S. and Italian spies charged with  kidnapping a terrorism suspect in Milan and then flying him to  Egypt, where he says he tortured.


Studies showing benefits of pill doubted

Federal officials backed away Wednesady from the findings of two major studies on birth control pills, saying the research was flawed and that a new analysis shows there is no evidence oral contraceptives cut the risk of heart disease.


Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - The Chicago White Sox Wednesday signed veteran righthander Orlando Hernandez to a two-year, $8 million contract.


Growth in U.S. consumer electronics sales is likely to slow in 2008 but still come in at 6.1 percent, fueled by strong demand for products like televisions and personal audio devices, an industry trade group said on Monday.


Greece's culture minister has angered architects and conservationists by clearing the way for the demolition of a landmark art deco building to improve the view from the new Acropolis museum.


Satellite, cable fight for U.S. customers in stores

Cable and satellite television  providers will fight for upscale subscribers on a new  battlefront this holiday season: The local electronics shop.


Shiu Sin-Por, Longtime Adviser to Beijing VOICES

"A lot of people were very anxious and expected a lot of things to happen to Hong Kong or to themselves. And - surprise - nothing happened. But big things happened across the border which affect Hong Kong, which we underestimated before and after 1997.


IOC inspection committee begin London visit

London's progress in delivering the 2012 Olympic Games came under the microscope on Tuesday as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) arrived for a three-day inspection visit.


Police launch an investigation after a 26-year-old collapses at a Swansea club and dies in hospital.


Sudan jails 10 after crackdown on protests

Sudanese courts have jailed at least   10 demonstrators arrested by the state security forces who used   teargas and sticks to break up a protest against price hikes on   basic goods.


Sprint to lay off several thousand workers: report

Wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp   plans to lay off several thousand employees, the Wall  Street Journal reported on Monday.


Union Claims Alcan to Cut 2,200 European Jobs

Alcan Inc. is planning to cut 2,200 jobs in Europe, a French union said on Wednesday, but the aluminum producer denied a decision had been taken on job cuts.


US officials met twice last week with North Korean officials in New York to tell them the US was ready to resume nuclear negotiations and wanted to resolve the issue diplomatically, State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said.


Belarussian police beat and arrested dozens of protesters at rallies held in Minsk this week to challenge the results of a referendum allowing President Alexander Lukashenko to extend his rule, prompting two opposition parties on Thursday to call off


The Attorney General is to review cases in which paediatrician David Southall gave evidence.


Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. plans to raise the annual fees it charges the almost 3,200 companies that list their shares on the electronic marketplace.


Envoy sees no progress yet in N.Korea talks

The top U.S. negotiator in bruising nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea said on Tuesday no progress had been made and urged Pyongyang to come to the table with a realistic offer -- and a festive spirit.


Bird flu transmitted between humans in Thailand

A 26-year-old Thai woman who died of acute pneumonia on 20 September was a âprobableâ case of human-to-human transmission of the H5N1 bird flu virus, the Thai Ministry of Public Health confirmed on Tuesday.


GlaxoSmithKline buys Domantis for 230 million pounds

Pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to buy antibody therapy developer Domantis for 230 million pounds.


Maine weighs lobbyist text message rules

Wary of lobbyists calling signals from the sidelines, Maine is taking steps to ban text messages and e-mails to lawmakers in session as it becomes the latest state to address the ever-expanding use of electronic communications in statehouses.


Turn yourself into a diamond: tips on having a good life

A think tank of British scientists has come up with a new way of quickening the intellect -- a brain-taxing spin on the old formula of 100 things to do before you die.


A view shows Gaza from an Israeli guard tower at the border area of the Gaza strip and the Jewish settelment of Nissanit. Photo: AFP.


You, Me and Dupree isn't really a comedy, says Richard Schickel. It's just playing one at the multiplex


The prestigious French political science university Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice chose as the stage for advancing the healing process between the United States and France is considered by some the "Oxford of France" — and produces many of the country's diplomats and public servants.


Terror leader Osama bin Laden will release a new Internet message that focuses on Iraq and an al-Qaeda linked insurgent group


DiCaprio vs. DiCaprio at Critics Choice Awards

LOS ANGELES  - Leonardo DiCaprio will face off against Leonardo DiCaprio at the 12th annual Critics Choice Awards, which will be handed out January 12.


"1408" downplays gore for less predictable chills

Any film that uses the  Carpenters' pop hit "We've Only Just Begun" for scares instead  of sentimentality must be credited with a quirky sense of  humor. The presence of John Cusack in the cast -- actually,  he's almost the entire cast -- confirms the movie's hip,  humorous approach to the horror genre.


Concord, NC (Sports Network) - Veteran Mark Martin (45) became the latest Nextel Cup driver to announce his future retirement plans.


NASA head will leave successor with much to resolve

The space program Sean O'Keefe is leaving behind - probably before the second anniversary of the shuttle accident that will define his tenure - is far different from the agency he stepped into three years ago.


Quartet backs EU funding mechanism for Palestinians

The diplomatic quartet on Middle East peace endorsed a European Union proposal for a temporary mechanism to funnel aid to the Palestinians, bypassing the Hamas-led government.


Ford U.S. Sales Up 1 Percent in December

Ford Motor Co. F.N on Tuesday posted  a 1 percent increase in U.S. vehicle sales for December.


FDA downplays long-term impact of animal cloning

Meat and milk products of offspring from the 600 cloned animals in the United States most likely have not entered the nation's food supply, an official with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday, as the agency downplayed the long-term impact of cloning.


Nearing parole, Putin foe faces new charges

MOSCOW -- New money-laundering and embezzlement charges filed yesterday against Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky make it unlikely the prominent political enemy of President Vladimir V. Putin will be released from prison before Russia's 2008 presidential election.


Chilean street to be named after Pinochet

Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is to have a street, square or public space named after him in the district where he lived during his 1973-1990 rule.


Ferite due persone in un ufficio di Wokingham


Pennsylvania shuts services amid budget impasse

Pennsylvania idled some 25,000 state workers and shut down non-critical services early on Monday after Republican lawmakers and Democratic Governor Ed Rendell failed to agree on measures he set as a precondition for signing a budget for the new fiscal year.


After Arafat, hope - and a job for Europe

BERLIN I never met Yasser Arafat, because I never wanted to meet him. Despite several invitations, I have always preferred to spend my time in places where people exchange ideas that go beyond ideology, where


Ancient YucatÃ¡n Soils Point to Maya Market, and Market Economy

New findings are some of the first strong evidence that the ancient Maya civilization had a market economy similar in some respects to societies today.


Guidera' la Fondazione Teatro del capoluogo pontino


Mystery over Kadhafi's private weekend in Spain

Mystery and confusion surrounded a private trip Moamer Kadhafi is making to Spain's southern Andalucia region this weekend, ahead of an official visit to Madrid.


Astronaut Leroy Chiao and Cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:06 pm EDT Wednesday, right on time.


Potterâs Popularity Holds Up in First-Day Sales

The final book in the Harry Potter series sold a record 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours on sale in the U.S.


On jet-subsidy talks, US and EU differ on goals

Negotiators from the United States and European Union, under pressure from US presidential campaign rhetoric, were due to meet on Thursday in Brussels to debate Boeing's allegations that Europe lavishes unfair subsidies on Airbus.


Grandi applausi della platea per il leader dell'Ulivo"La nostra Ã¨ una squadra ora e lo sarÃ  anche dopo il voto"                                                  Prodi al congresso dei Ds "Quando siamo uniti vinciamo"


Security is tight as protesters gather in the Philippine capital for the president's annual state of the nation speech.


Audi's Le Mans win gives diesel street cred

Blog: Diesel engine racecars claim first and second place at legendary French endurance race.


By Susan Schrock, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Feb. 27--ARLINGTON -- Less than a year after its first attempt, the city is seeking a developer to bring new life to the former site of the dilapidated and crime-ridden High Oak Terrace Apartments in north Arlington.


Senate Scrutinizing U.S. Intelligence on Iran

The U.S. Senate is tightening its  scrutiny of intelligence reports on Iran, North Korea, China  and other potential trouble spots in hopes of avoiding the  intelligence lapses that led to the 2003 invasion of Iraq,  congressional officials said on Sunday.


Monty Seals Record Ryder Cup Triumph for Europe

Rampant Europe retained the Ryder Cup after dominating the last-day singles matches on Sunday to beat the United States by a record 18-1/2 points to 9-1/2.


London shares close higher; oils gain on record crude price

UK blue chips recovered from morning losses to close higher, with oil heavyweights gaining on record crude prices, and Wall Street edging higher, but still seeking direction ahead of the Federal Reserve's meeting on Tuesday.


J&J Says Arthritis Drug May Hike Blood Cancer Risk

Johnson & Johnson is warning doctors  that patients taking its rheumatoid arthritis drug Remicade may  have a higher risk of lymphoma, a blood cancer, the company  said on Friday.


September 11 suspect gets Guantanamo hearing

U.S. military officials have held initial hearings for three terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, including the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks on the United States, the Pentagon said on Monday.


Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has pledged to put his Football Association misconduct charge behind him and keep his side's title challenge on track at Portsmouth on Sunday.


Blitz di un gruppo armati forse legati al-Qaida


"Simpsons" DVD stays No. 1 on sales chart

"The Simpsons Movie"  ruled the national sales chart for a second week, while "Rush  Hour 3" and "The Kingdom" bowed at No. 2 and No. 3,  respectively, according to Nielsen VideoScan data issued  Thursday.


Soldiers from the Iraqi National Guard show off mortars after militia members delivered sacks of the rounds to Iraqi security forces in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Oct. 11, 2004.


ITT Awarded FAA Contract For Air-Traffic Control System

ITT yesterday won a federal contract worth up to $1.8 billion to build the foundation of the nation's next-generation air-traffic control system, a network that officials say will mitigate chronic flight delays, improve safety and reduce pollution.


SLIGO, Ireland - As Denis Lafleur prepared to return to Canada later today, his heart went out to the family of his fallen comrade, who did not survive last week's fire on their submarine, as well as his fellow crew still at sea.


Federer Aiming to Deny Hewitt His Third Masters Cup Crown

World number one Roger Federer will try  to deny Lleyton Hewitt his third Masters Cup title in Sunday's  final.


Parigi, 14:21 - CALCIO, FRANCIA; COUPET: NON RIESCO A PERDONARE DOMENECH

Sono passati ormai cinque mesi dal Mondiale tedesco, ma al portiere francese Gregory Coupet brucia a...


The delinquency rate for mortgage borrowers spiked higher in the second quarter and the number of homes entering the foreclosure process hit a record high, according to a report released Thursday.


U.S. confident troop cuts won't hurt Iraq security

Cuts in U.S. troop levels in Iraq will not derail recent security gains, but the Iraqi government must move quicker to take advantage of the falls in violence, a senior U.S. general said on Sunday.


What a difference a week makes. Two debates. Two games. Two wins. The Yankees sure are looking tough. A week ago the Boston Red Sox looked like world beaters, or at least Yankee-beaters.


Security researchers studying the latest Internet crime trends have discovered a new Eastern European website that uses a large botnet to infect vulnerable PCs. The operators of the botnet and website charge clients for each successful PC infection.


A suicide bomber drives a vehicle laden with explosives into a police station near Tikrit, killing at least 12.


As the popularity of stomach surgery has skyrocketed among obese adults, a growing number of doctors are asking, "Why not children, too?"


Business View: HBOS's lazy rivals leave the way wide open for ...

If James Crosby, chief executive of HBOS, has any lingering doubts about the decision to drop plans to bid for Abbey National and instead go for organic growth, then he should take heart from the following story.


Napoli, 14:24 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; CARD. SEPE: NO A FORZE CHE SOFFOCANO CITTA'

Anche l'arcivescovo di Napoil, cardinal Crescenzo Sepe, lancia un messaggio al pubblico napoletano d...


Panthers place center on injured reserve

The Carolina Panthers placed center Justin Hartwig on injured reserve Friday, ending his disappointing season.


Google-hating Aussie watchdog smacked by confused judge

Sponsored-links attack 'incomprehensible' After accusing Google of misleading web users with its money-making sponsored links, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has been accused of saying things that don't make sense.â¦


Macromedia Introduces Publishing Tool for EBay

A special version of Macromedia's Contribute Web publishing desktop application is designed to automate and simplify the creation and modification of EBay Stores.


Bush author says White House applying pressure over book

Writer Kitty Kelley has accused the White House of putting pressure on her and the US media over the new biography on the family of President George W. Bush


At least seven people have died and one  was missing after going below ground to illegally work in a  derelict Siberian tungsten mine, Interfax news agency reported  on Sunday.


U.S. Tries to Rebound From Loss in Athens

Greetings from the Olympic men's basketball tournament, where America is tied for last place with Angola, Australia, New Zealand, China and the defending world champions from Serbia-Montenegro.


Five die as two small planes collide and break up over California, sending debris crashing on car dealerships.


Staph Strain Infects More Healthy People

TRENTON, N.J. - Flesh-eating bacteria cases, fatal pneumonia and life-threatening heart infections suddenly are popping up around the country, striking healthy people and stunning their doctors...


A court Thursday handed out a prison sentence to a man accused of involvement to the 1998 murder of a liberal Russian lawmaker but set another convict free.


Advertiser sues Don Imus for unscripted comments

A book publisher that bought an ad on Don Imus's radio show is suing the shock jock and his former bosses at CBS Radio for more than $4 million, saying Imus insulted the book he was paid to promote.


If the recent outbreak of the E. coli infection traced to fresh spinach has left you worried about what's on your plate, breathe a little easier: Despite the recent high-profile problem, food-borne illness has been steadily declining in the United States.


Cisco began a $100 million campaign Thursday to increase its public image and make the brand a household name. Among the changes is a new logo, as well as a new slogan focusing on what is called the "Human Network."


A hospital van dropped off a paraplegic man on Skid Row, allegedly leaving him crawling in the street with nothing more than a soiled gown and a broken colostomy bag, police said.


"Batman" film technician dies in accident

A special effects technician involved in the filming of the new Batman movie has died in a car accident, the film's producers said on Tuesday.


A leading investigator in the assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister was wounded by a roadside bomb that killed four other people Tuesday. Lt. Col. Samir Shehade, deputy head of the intelligence department in the national police force, was hospitalized in stable condition in the southern port of Sidon.


Afghan President Hamid Karzai pardons a 14-year-old boy caught  on his way to kill a provincial governor.


A revised plan on the final status of Kosovo is unlikely to overcome Russian objections at the UN, France says.


Sprint expected to undercut rivals' call plans

No. 3 U.S. mobile service provider  Sprint Nextel Corp  is expected to offer flat-rate calling  plans at up to a 40 percent discount to its rivals, hurtling  the industry into a price war, analysts said on Wednesday.


Huckabee Wins Iowa's Republican Caucuses

DES MOINES, Jan. 3 -- Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee rode a wave of evangelical fervor to victory over Mitt Romney in Iowa's Republican caucus Thursday, an outcome that hardly seemed possible two months ago.


China Says Its Seafood Is Now Safer and Better

In an unusual public acknowledgment, Chinese officials said that pollution and water-quality problems had become the biggest challenges facing Chinaâs fish farming.


'Hearts broken,' Ledger family remembers

Heath Ledger's family remembered the actor as "the most amazing old soul in a young man's body." In a separate tribute, his sister said she could hardly breathe as she tried to write about "my little brother."


Safin survives first-round scare in Moscow

Top seed Marat Safin survived a first-round scare before prevailing over his doubles partner Max Mirnyi 6-7 7-6 7-6 in the Kremlin Cup on Monday.


US sends air passenger-data draft agreement to EU

The United States has sent to the European Union a draft agreement on the transfer of airline passenger data after negotiations to avert a showdown that could have paralyzed transatlantic traffic.


Hundreds of sets of points are to be checked after the Cumbria rail crash, Network Rail says.


CRAWFORD, Texas  - President George W. Bush condemned the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto on Thursday, and the United States urged Islamabad to proceed with elections planned for January 8.


85 jobs to go with closure of Belfast brewery

A brewery in west Belfast which produces Bass beer is to close in January with the loss of up to 85 jobs. It will bring to an end 107 years of brewing at Ulster Brewery on Glen Road.


Ten dead, several still missing after French apartment blast

Ten people were killed, 14 were injured and several were missing after an explosion in an apartment block in Mulhouse, eastern France, which was believed to have been due to a gas leak, rescue services said.


Marcus Gronholm was back in his element on the first day of Rally Australia, holding a 21-second lead over Sebastien Loeb after a day on the gravel roads of Rally Australia, the final round of the 2004 World Rally Championship.


The bodies of two people who died in a helicopter crash in North Yorkshire are due to be removed from the wreckage.


Long-Term Capital's Loss in Tax Case May Help IRS Hinder Abuses

Long-Term Capital Management LP, whose failure in 1998 forced a bailout by Wall Street's biggest investment banks, has to pay $56 million in tax and penalties after a judge said the hedge fund claimed an improper deduction.


Lampard desperate for Mourinho to stay at Chelsea

Frank Lampard admits he would hate to see Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho forced out of Stamford Bridge.


On October 6, 2004, President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma held a working ...

On October 6, 2004, President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma held a working meeting with Minister of Ukraine for Family, Children and Youth Valentyna Dovzhenko.


Torino, 14:34 - CALCIO, IAQUINTA: JUVE IL TOP, SONO PRONTO A SFIDA

Vincenzo Iaquinta è pronto alla nuova avventura in maglia Juve. ''Essere in una societ&agrave...


FDA ORDERS STRONG WARNINGS ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS USED BY CHILDREN

Federal regulators say they've reached a balance in treating depressed kids with antidepressants that can also be dangerous. The Food and Drug Administration is now requiring all antidepressants to carry its strongest safety alert.


remained unknown, as did that of two Italian women aid workers seized earlier this month. The blast was in front of a restaurant and a court house on the east bank of the Tigris which flows through the capital.


Columbia professor Richard Axel, CC '67, is the recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the Nobel Assembly announced yesterday.


A SECOND dope test on a blood sample taken from the horse of Irish Olympic show jumping gold medallist Cian O'Connor has tested positive for banned substances.


Mosca, 18:30 - CALCIO, CSKA MOSCA-AMBURGO: AGGREDITI TIFOSI TEDESCHI

Un gruppo di tifosi dell'Amburgo è stato aggredito a Mosca a poche ore dalla sfida di Champio...


William Makepeace Thackerayâs seminal 1848 novel, âVanity Fair,â was filmed in the silent era, in 1932 with Myrna Loy, and in 1935 with Miriam Hopkins.


Darren Gough will miss the last three one-dayers against Pakistan, with Durham's Graham Onions coming in.


A booming illegal gun trade in Haiti has increased the number of high-powered weapons on Jamaica's streets, contributing to the island's spiraling homicide rate, the national security minister said.


Free-Market Mischief in Hot Spots of Disaster

The thesis of a new book by Naomi Klein is that unconstrained free-market policies go hand in hand with undemocratic political policies.


Ladies and gentleman, we're currently cruising at a speed of 70MPH... In the true spirit of healthy competition, LG Electronics has launched a rival to Pioneer's in-car SatNav entertainment device. The LG LAN9600R has a seven-inch touchscreen DVD monitor, MP3 player and CD tuner with European street-level navigation and integrated Bluetooth hands-free calling.â¦


How USA is Helping Tsunami & Earthquake Victims

A magnitude 9.0 earthquake on December 26, off the west coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered massive tsunamis that affected several countries throughout South and Southeast Asia, as well as Somalia, Tanzania, and Kenya in East Africa.


LOSANTVILLE, Ind. - A cat found half-frozen in a water trough is recovering, but may lose his tail.  Melissa Jones said she found the cat Tuesday when she stepped onto her porch for a cigarette. His tail and hind legs were stuck in about three inches of ice.


Bush Sworn in for 2nd Term, Vows Push for Freedom

President Bush pledged to work to  heal a country divided by the Iraq war and vowed to advance  freedom against "rulers of outlaw regimes" as he was sworn in  for a second term on Thursday.


Rangers Reliever Francisco Suspended for Season

NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Texas Rangers relief pitcher Frank Francisco was suspended for the rest of the 2004 season Friday by Major League Baseball after tossing a chair into the stands and hitting two fans in the head earlier this week.


Societe Generale files a legal complaint against the trader accused of fraud which led to huge losses at the bank.


New infrared observations of the disks of dust and rock around young stars reveal that many planets apparently form in an environment more violent and chaotic over a longer period of


Palestinians Vote in Gaza Municipal Elections

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip voted in  their first municipal elections under Israeli occupation on  Thursday in a test of grassroots support for President Mahmoud  Abbas and rival Islamist groups.


Felix, downgraded to tropical depression status early Wednesday, was rapidly weakening as it crossed the mountains of Central America less than a day after making landfall as a fierce Category 5 hurricane. The once-powerful storm could produce heavy rains for the region, forecasters said.


Resignation will ease the pain of Merck investors

WHAT a pill Vioxx turned out to be for Merck. Between 50 cents and 60 cents a share were lopped off expected earnings this year after the US pharmaceutical giant gave up defending its painkiller in public


Milano, 13:22 - CICLISMO, CUNEGO: ESORDIO STAGIONALE NEL TROFEO LAIGUEGLIA

Damiano Cunego farà il suo debutto stagionale al 45mo Trofeo Laigueglia, in calendario sabato...


Tony Blair's government was left staggering months from a general election last night after the prime minister's hard-hitting ally, David Blunkett, resigned as home secretary.


We gathered at Staples Center on Wednesday not to celebrate a blooming Lakers-Clippers rivalry -- Los Angeles has jumped that gun before -- but to take the measure of two very different teams.


Chicago, Illinois- Sitting in their hotel room, Barack Obama's wife Michelle asked daughter Sasha, "Are we going to Washington?


Susan Sontag, a leading intellectual and activist of the past half century who introduced the concept of "camp" to mainstream culture and also influenced the way many thought about art, illness and photography, died Tuesday.


OPEC to make first oil output cut since 2004

DUBAI/ABUJA  - OPEC will take one million barrels of oil a day off oversupplied world markets as soon as possible with its first output cut in more than two years, OPEC officials said on Thursday, sending oil prices back above $60.


Arrestato il Br Jerome Cruciani Un filo rosso con Marco Galesi

ROMA, 24 NOVEMBRE 2004 - La Digos della capitale ed il Ros dei carabinieri hanno arrestato un ex appartenente ai Nuclei comunisti combattenti, Jerome Cruciani, la scorsa notte a Roma, con l'accusa di banda armata e rapina.


Roche's acne drug Accutane and its  generic versions will face tighter prescription controls to  prevent harm to unborn children, U.S. health regulators said on  Tuesday.


A venerable cooking magazine creates a book that is encyclopedic yet enticing


Global Economy Hot As U.S. Stays Warm, Europe Speeds Up      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - When the U.S. began slowing last year some analysts began hoping for a trade-off.


Should the Queen say sorry to the Germans for bombings?

GERMANYâS biggest-selling newspaper yesterday kicked off a politically embarrassing campaign to persuade the Queen to apologise for British wartime bombing before next weekâs state visit to Berlin.


Churches, schools, and families in Warroad, Minn., go to unusual lengths to help smooth the transition from military to civilian life.


The government should not lower the conditions under which it would launch a nuclear strike, MPs say.


Steam, Magma Building in Mount St. Helens

VANCOUVER, Wash.  - Magma continued to push up  into Washington state's Mount St. Helens on Tuesday, pushing up  the lava crust and creating a boiling lake in the volcano's  crater, a government scientist said.


The BBC has learnt of serious incidents at a major Welsh hospital, with worries about patient safety.


A 15m boat, which is believed to have caught fire and sunk, is a hazard for boaties off Coromandel's Moturoa Island.   The boat sank early yesterday morning and two masts are sticking out of the water.   It's lying 100m offshore west of Moturua in about six metres of water.


Conrad Black Found Guilty in Fraud Trial

The former press tycoon Conrad M. Black was found guilty by a Chicago jury of three counts of mail fraud and one count of obstruction of justice. He could face up to 35 years in prison.


The Associated Press-Ipsos poll on the 2008 presidential race was conducted Feb. 7-10, 2008, and is based on telephone interviews with a nationally representative random sample of 1,029 adults from all states. The sample included 520 people who identified themselves as Democratic or who lean toward the Democratic Party, and 357 people who identified themselves as Republican or who lean toward the Republican Party.


War-battered Congo conducts historic vote

Millions of Congolese voted in the country's first multiparty election in four decades Sunday, the culmination of years of postwar transition that many pray will herald stability for the tumultuous central Africa region that Congo anchors.


U.S. mergers hit new record, but lag Europe

Merger volume hit a record $1.57  trillion in the United States in 2007, according to research  firm Thomson Financial, despite a sharp decline in dealmaking  at mid-year when credit markets tightened and mergers became  more costly to finance.


Wi-Fi Alliance(R) Begins Testing Next-Generation Wi-Fi Gear

AUSTIN, Texas, June 25  /PRNewswire/ -- Interoperability certification for high-performance Wi-Fi gear is now underway.


Sides bicker instead of negotiate in NHL labor fight

An NHL executive accused the players' association of conducting "a charade" and said the union has no interest in working out a new labor deal before a lockout would be imposed in three weeks.


FDA approves cloned meat, milk: newspaper

A U.S. Food and Drug Administration  report finds that meat and milk from cloned animals is, for the  most part, safe to eat, the Washington Post reported on  Tuesday.


The zombie flick "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" opened at No. 1 at the North American box office this weekend, taking in $23.7 million. Milla Jovovich returns as Alice in the film which is based on the video game of the same name. The new thriller ...


A security van guard receives a head injury during a robbery in north Belfast, according to police.


Oracle Buys PeopleSoft for $10.3 Billion

PeopleSoft Inc. on Monday agreed  to a sweetened $10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker  Oracle Corp., relenting after a 18-month takeover saga that  included the ouster of PeopleSoft's chief executive.


Oscar-nominated movie scores push boundaries

What is a "traditional  score," and why are they saying such terrible things about it?


Rodman Eyes Comeback, Works Out With Nuggets

Dennis Rodman's attempt at a comeback took another step yesterday when he participated in an informal workout in Denver with the Nuggets.


Curt Schilling was missing his overpowering stuff. Brian McCann and the Braves sure took advantage of it. McCann homered and drove in four runs off Schilling, who endured his first strikeout-free start since 1993 in Atlanta's 9-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Monday night.


Pulitzer Inc. says it's considering sale

ST. LOUIS - Pulitzer Inc. said Sunday that company officials are considering selling the newspaper publisher to boost shareholder value.


Pakistani opposition decry Musharraf election bid

Several hundred Pakistan opposition activists gathered outside the Supreme Court on Friday to denounce President Pervez Musharraf's bid to win another term in an October 6 election.


ASPEN, Colo. - Cheech and Chong may have joked about marijuana in their movies, but the comedians say they didn't touch the stuff when the cameras were rolling.


A man convicted of killing three people, eating the flesh of his youngest victim, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison.


Far-reaching plans to close about one-fifth of the North Sea to trawlermen were abruptly dropped last night, as the European Commission caved in to pressure from a group of countries, including Britain.


Torino, 18:56 - CALCIO, JUVENTUS: PROBLEMI AL POLPACCIO PER GIANNICHEDDA

Ha ripreso a lavorare David Trezeguet, che nel corso dell'allenamento odierno della Juventus  ha svo...


Music industry wins court ruling against song-swappers

UK record companies today fired the opening salvo in their legal battle with music fans who illegally share tracks on the internet, winning a court order to obtain the names and addresses of 28 people alleged to have given away tens of thousands of tracks


The artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres undoubtedly would have considered it a huge victory that he is the official representative of the United States at the 52nd Venice Biennale.


Home run record holder Barry Bonds, the biggest name in baseball, will leave the San Francisco Giants at the end of this season, the player and team said on Friday.


LIVERPOOL'S new signing Antonio Nunez today made a terrible start to his English Premier League soccer career after suffering suspected knee ligament damage in his first training session.


Iran has increasingly turned to Russia to replace its aging U.S. and European-made airliners, a response to U.S. sanctions that affect the country's aviation industry, the official IRNA news agency reported Monday.


Most industries have some not-so-rosy practices.


Patrick Patterson scored 20 points and grabbed eight rebounds as the Wildcats knocked off No. 3 Tennessee 72-66 on Tuesday night.


Frank Lojewski still hears the eerie whistle of that German bomb heading toward the US Army post occupied by his buddies. In split seconds, he learned the deadly cost of the gruesome battle in which he was involved.


Brent Geiberger started with consecutive birdies and never wavered -- not when he topped a fairway metal on No. 13 and not when he faced a knee-knocker for par on the next hole.


HAVANA Cuba freed two more dissidents on Tuesday, including its most prominent jailed critic, RaÃºl Rivero, who had spent 18 months behind bars.


The Motley Fool - Next-generation cell phones were supposed to be huge for enterprise applications, with their quasi-PC functionality. Well, it looks like the wireless gurus were wrong. The killer app for wireless is gaming, at least on a global basis.


Afghan group threatens to kill foreign hostages

KABUL - An Islamist group that claims responsibility for kidnapping three foreigners in Afghanistan said on Friday it would execute the hostages unless authorities called off their massive manhunt for the kidnappers.


Delitti Biagi-D'Antona, Banelli: anche la Lioce nei commandos

I commandos che parteciparono agli agguati a Marco Biagi e Massimo D'Antona erano composti dalle cinque alle sette persone. Tra queste Nadia Desdemona Lioce, Roberto Morandi e Laura Proietti. Lo ha detto Cinzia


Muralitharan strikes back as New Zealand overtake Sri Lanka

Stephen Fleming and Daniel Vettori carried New Zealand to a 52-run first-innings lead over Sri Lanka here as Muttiah Muralitharan plundered wickets around them on the second day of the first cricket Test.


Alice's Restaurant: 'Slow Food' Advocate Leaves Edible Mark 'Slow Food' Advocate Leaves Her Distinct Mark on State Eats

By James TempleMEDIANEWS  One summer night in the early 1980s, Alice Waters, the iconic founder of Chez Panisse, asked her head chef to prepare anchovies just trawled from Monterey Bay.


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The Dow Jones industrial average ended slightly lower while the Nasdaq composite index inched higher yesterday as investors waited for hints from the Federal Reserve about the pace of interest-rate increases.


The BBC cancels plans for Planet Relief, an awareness-raising TV special, following a debate on impartiality.


Woman Testifies on Alleged Saddam Attack

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A 56-year-old Kurdish-American woman told of seeing people sickened and dying during an alleged chemical attack carried out by Saddam Hussein's forces, as the genocide trial of the ex-president resumed Monday after nearly a three-week break.


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Kuchma to leave post tainted by corruption

A decade ago Leonid D. Kuchma, the former manager of a rocket factory, ran for president of Ukraine and, in the process of winning, won applause


Aetna to End Payment for a Drug in Colonoscopies

Aetna is the latest insurer to clamp down on the use of a powerful anesthetic during an increasingly common form of colon cancer screening.


Lisbona, 12:09 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS: BENFICA SENZA RUI COSTA A GLASCOW

Con molta probabilità Manuel Rui Costa, ex Fiorentina e Milan ora centrocampista del Benfica,...


New Fighting in Eastern Congo, Rwanda Withdraws Threat

Fighting between rival army factions ended days of relative calm in eastern Congo on Sunday, while Rwanda withdrew a threat to send troops into the country.


An alleged Islamic radical accused of killing Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh will be tried on terrorism charges, prosecutors said Friday.


The UN nuclear watchdog says South Korea's illegal nuclear tests were on a bigger scale than declared.


More knee surgery for Miami QB Culpepper

Daunte Culpepper underwent arthroscopic knee surgery Thursday to remove a piece of cartilage that has hampered his recovery from reconstructive surgery a year ago.


Glen Sather, the Rangers' president and general manager, addressed one of the team's glaring weaknesses, signing unrestricted free-agent goaltender Kevin Weekes.


Martinez makes history as Mets beat Reds

The first pitch left Pedro Martinez's fingertips and reached the catcher's mitt at an unimpressive 82 mph. The next one clocked in at 82. Then, 83 mph.


Laurence Maroney had a 50-yard touchdown run and finished with 145 yards rushing, and freshman Justin Valentine had three short TDs to lead No.


The UN says Israeli troops are out of Lebanon, except for a small contingent in a divided border town.


Money more important than looks in a man

Women regard healthy finances as more important than good looks in a man, according to a survey on Friday.


Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro and midfielder Mauro Camoranesi have been ruled out of Wednesday's crunch Group Five World Cup qualifier at home to Belarus.


âThe iPhone is the best phone you can buyâ

âThe iPhone makes me mad,â proclaims Peter Svesson (AP Technology Writer). âNot, mind you, at the iPhone itself, but mad at cell-phone manufacturers who have saddled us for years with interfaces that lure us into labyrinths of menus.â Unlike cell phones with buttons that âcan mean âBackâ on one screen, âCancelâ on another, [and] âExitâ on a third,â iPhone âhas one button on its face. It always does the same thing: takes you to the top menu, where icons representing all functions of the phoneâmusic player, Internet browser and moreâare laid out in a clear manner. Wham, youâre out of the labyrinth.â That, Svensson laments, is âthe way it always should have been done.â


BEIJING, Dec. 15 -- Formula One team BAR is for sale, but the only accepted buyers are a joint venture between engine partners Honda and current majority owners British American Tobacco.


Could a Spray Stop the Spread of Flu, TB, SARS?

Simply inhaling a saltwater spray  could help prevent the spread of diseases including flu and  tuberculosis, U.S. and German researchers reported on Monday.


Bush Has Slight Edge Over Kerry in New Poll

President Bush, who is getting higher marks for his handling of the war on terrorism, holds a slight lead over Democratic challenger John Kerry, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Thursday.


The computer, dubbed Balance, comes loaded with the Linspire operating system and the OpenOffice.org office suite, the companies said.


Exercising without losing weight increases death risk

.Exercise only is not enough to reduce the death risk associated with being obese, a study of over 116,000 female nurses has revealed.


Blackburn Hold Birmingham In Six-Goal Thriller

Blackburn came from 3-1 down to draw 3-3 with Birmingham in an action-packed clash at Ewood Park. Blackburn moved ahead after just seven minutes when Matt Jansen fired home after Paul Dickov had dummied Steven Reidâs cross.


Holiday Shoppers Keep Buying During Fire

MENTOR, Ohio - An electrical fire that filled a department store with thick smoke didn't deter holiday shoppers, and firefighters had to block the doors to keep customers from coming in, authorities said.


Putin punishes outspoken top economic adviser

Have the news stories that matter most sent to your inbox daily. Russian President Vladimir Putin stripped his top economic adviser an outspoken critic who has accused the Kremlin of trying to muzzle voices of ...


TUESDAY, Dec. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Postmenopausal women who engage in more vigorous physical activity seem to have a lower risk of breast cancer.


Chad's Deby urges EU force to take up positions

Chad's President Idriss Deby urged the  European Union on Thursday to send a peacekeeping force to his  country as quickly as possible.


Paolo hypothesizes a much-needed tool in a post yesterday, and a follow-up today.


Conferenza di Tokyo: Â«Servono piÃ¹ soldi per la ricostruzione ...

Mentre la situazione in Iraq si fa sempre piÃ¹ sanguinosa e si allargano i fronti interni di combattimento, stamani si apre a Tokyo la quarta conferenza dei paesi donatori per lâIraq. Si tratta di un momento


Simon Jones won his fitness race and was included in England's line-up for the second Test against South Africa at Kingsmead. The Glamorgan fast bowler caused concern among the tourists' ranks after contracting


US Open Tennis: Henin-Hardenne falls to Petrova and blunders

NEW YORK The rivalry match at the United States Open fizzled, but the mismatch sizzled. After Lindsay Davenport defeated Venus Williams, 7-5, 6-4, in a match that was ho-hum until the last game, Nadia Petrova


A Stodgy Style, but BellSouth Starts to Loosen Its Top Button

BellSouth's approach to business has been stable, disciplined, anything but flashy. But now the company is slowly shedding its conservative approach.


Khara Smith scored 24 points and pulled down 17 rebounds to lead No. 17 DePaul to a 74-66 victory over South Florida on Sunday.


El Salvador Prison Battle Kills 31 Inmates

Rival groups of inmates battled  with guns, grenades and machetes at a prison in El Salvador on  Wednesday, killing at least 31 prisoners.


Sports Briefing | TV Sports: ESPN Announces Reilly Deal

ESPN announced yesterday the signing of Rick Reilly, whose contract with Sports Illustrated expires at the end of November, to write the back-page column in ESPN the Magazine and to deliver essays on âSportsCenterâ during its golf coverage.Reilly said he succumbed to ESPN after rejecting offers 5 and 10 years ago. âThe money was ridiculous,â he said in a news media conference call. âThis is an itch Iâve always wanted to scratch, to take my voice to a different place.â Despite being on TV regularly with one-minute commentaries, he said ESPN wanted him for his column. âBelieve me, with this nose, I know whatâs best for me,â he said.


Court opens files on Pritzker family's billions

The Pritzker family lost a bid to keep the division of its $15 billion fortune secret Thursday, when the Illinois Appellate Court reversed an order sealing the family's court files.


AT&T Inc. said Wednesday it received a five-year, $1 billion global networking contract from General Motors Corp. to help the world's largest automaker boost productivity.


Striking Hollywood writers said Friday they had decided not to picket the Golden Globe Awards because organizers of Sunday's event changed it from an exclusive NBC broadcast to an event open to all media.


LUXEMBOURG -- EU governments agreed to cut the cost of using mobile phones abroad Thursday, paving the way for a cap on roaming fees later this summer.


Colombian Army Finds Rebel Arms Stockpile

Army Maj. Arnulfo Sanchez had been trudging with his troops through the jungle for more than a month when he glimpsed the outline of wooden huts concealed amid the undergrowth.


Foreign Secretary David Miliband says he has published an early draft of the infamous Iraq weapons dossier.


New legislation could increase taxes on publicly traded private equity firms and hedge funds, a move that could dampen interest in the Blackstone Group.


Roma, 14:53 - CALCIO, OLIMPICO: MEGA CARTELLONE PUBBLICITARIO ESTERNO

Lo Stadio Olimpico di Roma come mega cartellone pubblicitario. Si tratta di 6.000 metri quadri a dis...


Materiali corposi mischiati a sete, sui colori della notte


More than a dozen people implored the Maricopa County Board of Health on Monday to stop spraying Valley neighborhoods in its effort to stem the spread of West Nile virus.


HSBC interested in KEB, contacted Lone Star: paper

HSBC Holdings Plc  has contacted  Lone Star  about buying Korea Exchange Bank (KEB)  (004940.KS) from the U.S. private equity fund, the U.K.'s Daily  Telegraph reported on Tuesday.


Phil Mickelson was five shots out of the lead and in dire need of a birdie. Then came an 11 on one hole, a tee shot into the Pacific Ocean on another, and a surprisingly early departure Saturday from the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.


Google and Intel are leading a consortium of companies in an effort to reduce the amount of power wasted by personal computers.


Oil Price Dive Deepens as Supplies Swell

Oil prices slid to 7-week lows on  Tuesday as growing signs of ample supply eased concerns over  fuel stocks for the northern winter.


The US worker is still the world's most productive but workers in East Asia are catching up fast.


London-based BT Group PLC said Monday it will strengthen its presence in North America and Asia by buying Infonet Services Corp., an international managed voice and data network services provider, for $965 million.


AOL to Sell Secure ID Tags to Fight Hackers

America Online will begin offering to sell members a security device and service that has been used to safeguard business computer networks, the world's largest Internet service provider said on Monday.


Sony blames the trend towards flat screen televisions for the loss of 300 jobs in south Wales.


L'uomo, 47 anni, lascia la moglie e una figlia quindicenne                                          Vicenza, esplosione in fabbrica operaio muore in una cisterna


Crosby inspires Penguins to outdoor victory

ORCHARD PARK, New York  - The Pittsburgh Penguins opened the New Year with a 2-1 shootout victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday in the first outdoor NHL game played in the United States.


Matt Ryan completes two touchdown passes in the final minutes to rally No. 2 Boston College to a 14-10 victory over No. 8 Virginia Tech and keeps the Eagles unbeaten.


In this final section I'll present some MIDI-specific troubleshooting tips, along with a brief description of the setup here at StudioDave, a few closing remarks, and of course some links to the Linux music-maker du jour.


Billionaire UK investor Joseph Lewis spends $860m buying a 7% stake in struggling US bank Bear Stearns.


The European Parliament has called the EU to open membership talks with Turkey "without undue delay," and told Ankara to carry out more democratic reforms.


US sportswear giant Nike ventured further into the British football market on Tuesday after agreeing to buy rival Umbro, maker of the England soccer strip, for 582 million dollars (408 million euros).


NFL ROUNDUP Eagles' Kalu Will Be Out for the Year

Philadelphia Eagles defensive end ND Kalu will miss the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee at yesterday's practice.


Golf Channel anchor suspended for remark

Golf Channel suspended anchor Kelly Tilghman for two weeks on Wednesday for saying last week that young players who wanted to challenge Tiger Woods should "lynch him in a back alley."


Three Palestinians, Israeli soldier killed in violence

Three Palestinians, including an 8-year-old girl, were killed in separate clashes with the Israeli army Thursday, and an Israeli soldier was killed when Palestinians shelled a Gaza Strip settlement.


Russian Buddhists trudge through snow to see Dalai Lama

Hundreds of Buddhists in southern Russia marched through snow to see and hear the Dalai Lama as he continued a long-awaited visit to the country in spite of Chinese protests.


Google stock falls as share lockups expire

SAN FRANCISCO: Shares of Google Inc fell as much as 6.5 per cent overnight, as selling restrictions were lifted on 39 million shares held by employees and early investors in the newly public web search company.


Siebel to acquire edocs for $115 million

Siebel Systems has agreed to acquire edocs, a maker of e-billing and customer self-service applications, for $115 million, Siebel said Friday.


Spurred on by a large, green ogre, buoyed by a school of wise-cracking fish and with a podgy superhero helping its cause, DreamWorks Animation yesterday saw its share price rise by 41% on its first day of trading.


Benazir Bhutto's husband rearrested over murder

The husband of a former Pakistani prime minister, Asif Ali Zardari, accused the country's government of running scared yesterday after he was rearrested only a month after his release on bail


Network Rail says it let down passengers when engineering work overran causing disruption over the New Year.


Researchers using high-speed video say a species of hummingbird "chirps" by using its tail feathers, not its throat.


Dal 28 novembre al Nuovo di Milano 'Notting Hill'


Microsoft has filed nine new lawsuits against those it says are responsible for spam, including a Web-hosting company that caters to people who send unsolicited e-mail, the software giant said Thursday.


Sri Lankan Tamil rebels leave for Europe to seek donor aid ...

The Sri Lankan Tamil Tiger rebels departed Wednesday in Colombo for Europe vowing to press for international donor aid blockade for the war-torn country.


Attacks kill 30 in Iraq, mourners gunned down

More than 30 people died in a string of attacks on Monday in and around Baghdad as militants kept up pressure on a U.S-backed crackdown aimed at improving security in the capital.


China says speculation imperils yuan reforms

BEIJING, NOVEMBER 29: Chinaâs central bank slammed speculators in the foreign exchange market on Monday, saying those pouring money into the yuan currency in search of profits could undermine efforts to make it more flexible.


Democrats on a roll in battle for Congress

Democrats enter the fall campaign   with a clear edge in the high-stakes fight for control of the   U.S. Congress, riding a wave of momentum that has them   positioned to retake the U.S. House of Representatives and make   significant gains in the Senate.


Matt Stairs homered and drove in four runs, Dustin McGowan pitched seven scoreless innings and the Toronto Blue Jays wrapped up a 10-game road trip with a 10-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday.


Montgomery, Gaines cases to be heard in 2005

LAUSANNE - The cases of alleged drug abuse by world 100m record holder Tim Montgomery and veteran American sprinter Chryste Gaines will be held in June and July 2005, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said.


GM hopes Silverado ads capture truck niche

DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. is hoping a new flag-waving anthem by John Mellencamp combined with iconic American imagery will help the redesigned Chevrolet Silverado become the country's number one pickup. The ad campaign, which begins Friday, is part of an escalating battle over a lucrative but shrinking segment.


Microsoft said Monday that it donated $1.7 million to support rebuilding of the Gulf Coast, with the money  being awarded to non-profit partners in Louisiana and Texas.


Whatever Ian Poulter wears in the future and however he has his hair, nothing can now detract from what he is capable of as a golfer.


Kerry can do a better job leading our country

When deciding whether an incumbent president deserves a second term, it's instructive to consider the question Ronald Reagan asked voters on the way to defeating Jimmy Carter.


Berlino, 16:08 - CALCIO, CLASSIFICA IFFHS: SIVIGLIA MIGLIOR CLUB DEL MONDO

E' stata stipulata la nuova classifica dell' Iffhs (Istituto internazionale di storia e statistica d...


Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan said Friday Kenya's political rivals were progressing on a deal to end weeks of postelection bloodshed but no power-sharing agreement had been reached


Podcast: Some truth behind identity theft

Robert Vamosi talks with data loss expert Dan Geer about identity theft.


Uncovered Hemingway story to be auctioned

A newly discovered story by the 20th century literary giant Ernest Hemingway will be auctioned at Christie's in New York in December, with the proviso that it not be published -- at least for now.


Intel rolls back outlook; widespread weakness feared

No. 1 chipmaker Intel (INTC) on Thursday dramatically lowered its revenue estimates for the current quarter, a sign that the tech industry's rebound may be slowing.


CLEVELAND -- Terry Robiskie was named interim head coach for the Cleveland Browns after Butch Davis resigned Tuesday, NewsChannel5 reported.


Conferenza stampa dell'operatore umanitario di EmergencyStrada attacca il governo: "Non si Ã¨ occupato dell'interprete  ucciso"                                            Roma, Hanefi racconta la prigionia "Sono stato un capro espiatorio"


Army responsible for many Philippine killings: UN

Extra-judicial killings in the Philippines are distressingly high and the military appeared to be responsible for a number of them, a United Nations investigator said on Wednesday.


Atene, 14:25 - Basket, Grecia: molotov contro bus Larissa

Una molotov Ã¨ stata lanciata nella notte tra venerdÃ¬ e sabato contro il bus che aveva trasportato ad...


Â£800M PLEDGED FOR VIRGIN BOSS'S SPACE TRIPS

MORE than Â£800million has been pledged to Sir Richard Branson's space travel adventure - - years before the ship has even been built.


Pakistani security forces and militants clashed on Sunday in fighting that killed at least nine people in the mountains near the Afghan border where al-Qaida-linked fighters are believed to be hiding, military officials said.


(InfoWorld) - McAfee's board of directors on Monday named former EMC executive Dave DeWalt as the security software company's CEO and president. DeWalt, 42, takes the helm of a company tainted byÂ allegations surrounding backdating of stock options by former executives. DeWalt, a 20-year veteran of the technology industry, most recently was executive vice president and president of customer operations for EMC. David Fuller, McAfee's interim president and CEO, will leave that job April 1, the day before DeWalt takes over. Fuller will stay as an advisor to help with the transition and will remain on the board. DeWalt is also expected to be appointed to the board. Fuller stepped in as interim chief in October 2006 following the resignation of George Samenuk as chairman and CEO and Kevin Weiss as president. They left following allegations that they were involved in improperly backdating stock options to McAfee executives. Last week, former McAfee legal counsel Kent Roberts was arraigned on federal fraud charges in relation to his role in the backdating scandal. He pleaded not guilty before a federal judge in San Francisco. Â


Russia upbeat but wants changes on Iraq UN measure

Russia praised a European draft U.N. resolution imposing sanctions on Iran's nuclear materials but objected to a travel ban and wanted to ease a freeze on financial assets on Tehran officials.


Letters to the Editor: Poor odds for super-casinos

TESSA JOWELL should visit Atlantic City, New Jersey, the former equivalent of Blackpool, if she thinks casinos will regenerate run down resorts and provide jobs for the locals (News, last week).


A review is ordered into premium rate phone lines used by the BBC after errors are revealed.


By Orla Swift, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 11--Whether you're a fan of the Beatles, Raleigh-born actress Evan Rachel Wood or Broadway visionary Julie Taymor, you're probably at wits' end waiting for the release of "Across the Universe," the new Beatles film project.


Apple Announces New Mac OS X Server Leopard Features

The groundbreaking new features of Mac OS X Server version 10.5 Leopard announced at WWDC 2007 make it even easier for customers to set up and manage. Offering the most significant improvement to the server operating system since Mac OS X Server was launched, it introduces such new features as a wiki server, making it easy to connect groups over a shared intranet; Podcast Producer, the ideal way to automatically produce and publish podcasts to iTunes or a blog; and Spotlight Server to quickly find content stored on other servers. Leopard Server also includes the new iCal Server, based on the CalDAV open standard that works with Leopardâs new iCal application. Mac OS X Leopard Server is scheduled to ship in October.


Advertisers meld into the gameplay by adding content. From their perspective, it's a win-win situation. By John Gaudiosi.


Analysis weighs benefits, risks of Actos

The widely used diabetes pill Actos appears to lower a patient's chances of death, heart attack or stroke, unlike its beleaguered chief rival Avandia, a new analysis shows. However, it also carries an increased risk of nonfatal heart failure, the analysis showed, confirming earlier studies.


Firenze, 14:01 - CALCIO, MACALLI: NELLA LEGA DI C MAI ILLECITI

E' polemnic il presidente della Lega Calcio di serie C, Mario MAcalli: "Di illeciti nella mia Lega n...


27 Years After It Was Awarded, a Pulitzer Prize Is Acknowledged

For one Pulitzer Prize recipient this year, the process of receiving the award took an enormous effort.


EU should set no more conditions for Turkey's entry talks: FM

The European Union (EU) should not link any more conditions to starting accession negotiations with Turkey, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Wednesday.


RAMALLAH/GAZA  - Palestinian security forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah opened fired on a Hamas rally in the West Bank on Friday and firefights between the rival groups erupted in Gaza, raising fears of civil war.


A gripping game between Arsenal and Chelsea ends with the honours finishing even at Highbury.


US military policewoman faces court-martial for Abu Ghraib scandal

A US military policewoman photographed holding a naked Iraqi prisoner by a leash at the Abu Ghrabi prison will face a court martial in January on 19 charges, the US Army said Monday.


Burkett insists 'jury still out' on CBS documents

Bill Burkett, who gave CBS News the alleged documents about President Bush's National Guard service, insists "the jury is still out" on whether those documents are authentic.


Turkish PM Cheered Upon Return After Deal

Thousands of cheering supporters showered Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with ticker tape Saturday as he returned to Ankara from a European summit, vowing


Wal-Mart announces $10 billion share repurchase

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is launching a new share repurchase plan in which it will buy back $10 billion of company shares. The plan replaces a previous plan in which the company was buying back $7 billion worth of shares.


New ODNR Director is Eager, Says Funding is Top Challenge

By JIM MORRIS  COLUMBUS -- Sean Logan has been in his new job for a little more than a month and has already made some decisions that will affect outdoor recreation in Ohio.   With the election of a new governor comes new Cabinet-level leadership.


'National Treasure' tops N American box office

Nicolas Cage's 'National Treasure' dug up more riches than its Hollywood competition at the North American box office, beating out three animated flicks to take over first place , according to preliminary figures released on Sunday.


The British government said on Tuesday it was extending guarantee arrangements for Northern Rock  to cover some unsubordinated wholesale obligations of the stricken bank, whether existing now or in the future.


The 69-year-old husband of a woman who stabbed her lover's wife to death tells a jury of their marital problems.


Iraqis walk among buildings damaged by an air strike in Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004. The Iraqi government Sunday declared a state of emergency for 60 days throughout the country except for Kurdish


Stock markets powered ahead while government bonds suffered yesterday as financial markets around the world signalled relief at the emerging clarity, and the result, of the US presidential election.


La moneta unica scambiata a 158,25 sullo yen


Intel To Take Over HP's Itanium Chip Team

Intel is taking over the team of 300 designers who work on Itanium chips for use in HP servers. An official announcement from the companies is expected Thursday, according to a person familiar with the plans.


Strong earthquake rattles Greece - Update

"Unlike the majority of earthquakes in Greece this one occurred deep under land"  A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale shook many parts of Greece on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, seismologists at the Athens Geodynamic Institute ... via Earth Times


Dell hires Solectron's Cannon to head new division

Dell Inc.  has hired  Solectron Corp.  Chief Executive Michael Cannon to the  newly created position of president of global operations, as  the No. 2 personal computer maker seeks to retake market share  from Hewlett-Packard Co.


Pirelli e Sintonia hanno chiuso a 4,16 miliardi


Reitano, non sono mai stato escluso, nessuna polemica


Lycos Anti-Spam Attack More Powerful than Intended

ZDNet UK reports that Lycos Europe's in-your-face anti-spam promotion may have been more effective than it intended. Ostensibly designed to slow but not take down spam servers, the "Make Love Not Spam" distributed


Frena crescita europea, Italia fanalino di coda con lo 0,2%


Red Sox pitcher cancels plans to appear with Bush

There were some disappointed Red Sox fans at President Bushâs rallies Friday in New Hampshire. Sox pitcher Curt Schilling was to have appeared with Bush at two events, but he canceled.


Frayed Nerves and Aftershocks Create Panic in Southern Asia

Three aftershocks ultimately led to officials in India issuing what amounted to a false alarm.


Islamabad calls for reciprocal flexibility: Dispute resolution

ISLAMABAD, Dec 23: Pakistan emphasized on Thursday that New Delhi and Islamabad must demonstrate flexibility and statesmanship to move towards dispute resolution.


North Korea's No. 2 leader met with a Syrian delegation in Pyongyang on Saturday, the North's media reported, amid suspicions of a secret nuclear connection between the two countries.


Apple Earnings Up, but Stock Falls on Outlook

Apple beat Wall Street expectations with its earnings report, but shares of its stock fell more than 11 percent in after-hours trading as investors fretted over its future.


A woman accused of stabbing to death her son is found hanged in her prison cell.


Turkey to open port, airport to Cyprus traffic: EU

Turkey has offered to open a port and an airport to traffic from Cyprus in a last-minute bid to avert a partial suspension of its European Union membership talks, EU President Finland said on Thursday.


Mystery illness is parainfluenza virus, Hong Kong

A mystery illness which has affected 32 people at Caritas Medical Centre, Hong Kong, has been identified as being cause by a parainfluenza virus.


Gay Lutheran pastor removed over partner

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America said Thursday it is removing from the clergy a gay minister who announced he has a partner.


Wakefield says he'll start the first game of World Series

(Boston-AP, Oct. 21, 2004) _ Whether the Saint Louis Cardinals or Houston Astros play Boston in the first game of the World Series, they'll be dealing with a knuckleball.


Iraqi Leaders Allow Controversial Baathist Law to Take Effect

BAGHDAD, Feb. 3 -- Controversial legislation that had been promoted as a way to return former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party to government became law Sunday, Iraq's presidency council said, despite objections by Iraq's highest-ranking Sunni Arab government official.


Two independent teams of astronomers are reporting that they might be zeroing in on the time that bright galaxies began to light up the primordial universe.


Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says full security will be impossible for the elections, in the wake of more bombings.


Pope Benedict is sorry Muslims   were offended by a speech that provoked fury in the Islamic   world and led to calls for the leader of the Catholic church to   apologize personally, the Vatican said on Saturday.


Ask Eileen Harrington, associate director of the FTC's consumer protection bureau, questions about spam and consumer fraud on the Internet.


Japanâs main opposition party pressed for a general election after Prime Minister Shinzo Abeâs government became embroiled in a fresh round of scandals.


Nexen restoring Gulf Mexico production after hurricane-linked ...

CALGARY (CP) - Nexen Inc. is restoring its deep-water oil production in the Gulf of Mexico after hurricane Ivan blew through and caused no significant damage to the Calgary-based firm's oil rigs.


Johnny Pesky turns 88 today. Yes, he plans to be at the ballpark tonight. Did you expect anything different?


Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry called today for Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign and urged President George Bush to appoint an independent group to recommend reforms after a report faulted all levels of the military for abuse at


Despite President Bush's threatened veto, the nation's capital may get its long sought congressional voting power


Who or what is to blame when a once-powerful society collapses?


NAKURU, Kenya  - Ethnic fighting killed at least 12 people in Kenya's Rift Valley and uprooted thousands more on Friday, undermining hopes of an end to weeks of unrest.


iPhone Provides a Peek at the Mobile Future, Study Says

Mobile Internet Devices will surf, play music and video, take calls and pictures--and more.


Jack O'Brien wasn't sure his heart was in the Lynn English boys' basketball job, so neither is he.


National Oilwell Varco to buy Grant Prideco

Oil and gas service company National Oilwell Varco Inc  said on Monday it would buy peer Grant Prideco Inc  for about $7.37 billion in the latest link-up in the sector that has been bolstered by record oil prices.


Carmine Grimaldi era noto alle forze dell'ordine


New Hitachi drive represents a giant leap forward in  notebook storage.


and then crashed out of it with a sextuple-bogey 11. The nightmare came on the infamous 536-yard 17th at Valderrama where


The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a class-action lawsuit against Philip Morris USA, a unit of Altria Group Inc., should not be decided in federal court, handing a defeat to the tobacco company.


Security is tight in New York for the opening day of the US Republican Party convention, where delegates will back President George Bush for a new term.


SAN DIEGO (Sports Network) - The San Diego Padres avoided  salary arbitration with outfielder Dave Roberts on Wednesday,  agreeing to a one-year, $1.35 million contract.


A video grab image on an Islamist internet site shows American hostage Eugene Armstrong prior to his execution September 20, 2004.


Microsoft fixes date for desktop search tool

com October 22, 2004, 1:56 PM PT. This fourth priority's main focus has been enterprise directories as organizations spawn projects around identity infrastructure.


Ahmed al-Maktoum becomes the first Olympic medallist from the UAE with gold in the men's double shooting trap.


Tony Parker scored 15 points, and the San Antonio Spurs had a 39-34 halftime lead over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night as they tried to sweep their way to a fourth NBA title. Again holding LeBron James in check, the Spurs were 24 minutes from adding to the titles they won in 1999, 2003 and '05.


After Much Doubt and Pain, a U.S.C. Star Feels at Home

Before he flourished this season for the Trojans, the 18-year-old receiver Camille Jarrett needed nightly pep talks from his mother to overcome his homesickness.


Our Father, Who Art in India, Poland or ...

Berlin (IANS) Many foreign hands are blessing congregations in Germany. As fewer and fewer German men and women take on work in the nation s churches, pastoral duties are falling on foreign priests - some of ...


Hostage in wire cage renews his plea to Blair

A British hostage in Iraq has again appealed to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to help free him. The videotape aired on Wednesday left his family relieved