Ford working with advisers on Jaguar, Land Rover

Ford Motor Co.  said on Tuesday it was working with financial advisers on the best options for its European luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover.


Even with tempting promotions, don't charge more to your credit card than you can afford.


Their Hockey East trip last night began with a snowstorm in Amherst and ended with an avalanche in Chestnut Hill.


Date.Com Celebrates Its 10th Year Anniversary With Over 10,000,000 Registered Members This Valentine's Day, 2007

Date.com, one of the leading online dating sites in the world, announces  its 10th Year Anniversary today, Valentine's Day. Exactly ten years go  to the day, Date.com was launched offering visitors a free  online dating trial and since then, thousands of singles have found  love.


Michael Moore Abandons Oscar Hopes for a Higher Goal

Academy Award winning film maker, Michael Moore, announced on Monday that he chose to not submit his film, Fahrenheit 9/11, for an Oscar nomination in the documentary category.


Super Tuesday results could take a while

Super Tuesday may be a de facto national primary, but the outcome might not be as clear Â or as timely Â as results in most November elections.


Add these seven items in your diet; Keep heart disease at bay

Here is an interesting way to keep heart disease at bay. Australian researchers have found that a daily meal of seven ingredients including wine and chocolate could cut heart disease by 76 per cent.


WHO Unveils Global Effort to Fight Smoking

One billion people may die of tobacco-related illness this century, almost all of them in developing countries, the World Health Organization warned yesterday as it rolled out an unprecedented global campaign to limit the spread of smoking.


Doctor Says Avandia Maker Intimidated Him

A prominent doctor who sounded an early alarm about a widely used diabetes drug testified yesterday that he was intimidated by the manufacturer when he raised concerns about the drug's safety.


EU stalls over lifting China arms embargo

China urged the European Union yesterday to end "political discrimination" and resume its arms trade, but failed to secure a clear commitment on the timing of such a move.


A message board argues the racial descent of Beyond Good and Evil's Jade. Game designers likely made her racially ambiguous so more players could identify with her. In Game|Life.


Consumer spending rebounded in September while manufacturing activity expanded in October, though at a slower pace than the previous month, providing further evidence of continued but moderating economic growth on the eve of the presidential election.


BURBANK, CALIF: The Walt Disney Co. will back the high-definition Blu-ray disc developed by Sony over a competing HD DVD format, setting in place a high-stakes battle between Hollywoodâs leading studios with only one format likely to survive.


Malaysia: Holiday island bears the brunt

At least 42 people, including many elderly, children and tourists, were killed in Malaysia and many more were missing from the worst-hit area on the holiday resort island of Penang, rescue officials said.


Slaying the 'Enoughasaurus' And Embracing Frugality

With so much bad economic news coming out almost daily, you may be feeling overwhelmed. You may feel there's nothing you can do to prevent your own household from crumbling financially.


Writers' strike deal could come within week: report

Hollywood's striking writers have made a key breakthrough in contract talks with film and television studios, leading to what could be a deal between the two parties by the end of next week, The New York Times reported on Saturday.


The British government condemned racist taunts by fans in Spain aimed at black players on England's team during an exhibition game, and FIFA, soccer's governing body, ordered an investigation yesterday.


L'inganno di Berlusconi e il Paese impoverito

LâUnitÃ  oggi Ã¨ nelle principali piazze dâItalia, accanto a milioni di lavoratori mobilitati contro il governo. Un numero speciale, distribuito gratuitamente e preparato naturalmente prima dello sciopero dei poligrafici.


Two American scientists -- one of whom graduated from Fairfax High School -- awakened early yesterday to learn they will share a Nobel Prize for their discovery of a gene-regulating mechanism inside cells, an advance that in just eight years has revolutionized genetics and led to several...


White House: Guard Never Disciplined Bush

WASHINGTON - President Bush never was disciplined while serving in the Texas Air National Guard, never failed a physical and never asked his father or family friends for help to get him into the guard during the Vietnam War, the White House said Wednesday.    The White House answers came in response to a dozen questions submitted by The Associated Press in light of new records detailing Bush's Guard service and allegations that have surfaced this election season...


A CAR bomb exploded next to an Iraqi police station just outside Baghdad's Green Zone today, killing six Iraqi policemen and wounding another 10 in the second attack in two days targeting local security forces in the capital, an Iraqi security official


By Mark Ferenchik, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Dec. 19--Woodland Meadows owners have two more months to board up the vacant apartment complex before Columbus seeks a court's permission to tear it down.   Judge Harland H.


Shares of large drug makers fell on  Thursday after a top U.S. cardiologist questioned the safety of  new arthritis drugs and the performance of U.S. regulators in  monitoring drug safety.


Hackers KO Panama's National Assembly website

US ne'er-do-wells suspected The website of Panama's National Assembly has been out of action since 9 January after hackers briefly posted the US flag there.â¦


Dannon Recognized As Dairy Foods Magazine's Processor of the Year

The Dannon Company, Inc. today was named 2006 Processor of the Year by Dairy  Foods, the leading trade publication for the U.S. dairy industry.


Turkey's EU accession talks are set to slow down further as a row over trade with Cyprus blocks progress.


Accused mob boss John "Junior" Gotti   eluded conviction for a third time -- matching his late   father's record -- when a federal judge on Wednesday declared a   mistrial after jurors were deadlocked.


Merkel stands firm in EU stand-off with Poland

Poland formally told its European  Union partners it could not accept a reformed voting system  enshrined in the defunct EU constitution, raising the prospect  of a crisis at a crucial summit later this week.


Clark County residents take great pride in two magnificent mountains that actually are not our possessions. Mount St. Helens rises to 8,363 feet in elevation (it was 9,677 prior to the 1980 eruption) in remote northwestern Skamania County.


Are Syria and Iran behind Hizbullah's latest gambit to bring down the Lebanese government?


Link By Link: Crossing Out, for Emphasis

In Internet culture, the strike-through has already taken on an ironic function, a witty way of simultaneously commenting on your prose as you create it.


I faced near death experiences in Dhoom 2: Hrithik

You saw him rock in Krrish and now be ready to watch him set the screen on fire once again in this yearÂs most exciting film Dhoom 2.


Boston Red Sox Ticket Prices Up 7 Percent

The World Series champion Boston Red Sox raised their ticket prices by an average of 7 percent for next year, with the price of field boxes increasing by $10 to $85.


Dow Jones submits plan for editorial independence: WSJ

Dow Jones & Co.  delivered a proposal to safeguard its editorial independence to News Corp.  on Friday, the first step in a negotiation about a possible News Corp. takeover, according to the online edition of the Wall Street Journal.


Roma, 13:01 - CALCIO, MORTO POLIZIOTTO; PETRUCCI: PROROGA COMMISSARIAMENTO FIGC

La Figc sarà ancora retta dal commissario straordinario Pancalli. Lo ha annunciato il preside...


Movie Review | 'The Lives of Others': A Fugue for Good German Men

âThe Lives of Othersâ is a supremely intelligent, unfailingly honest look at a shadowy period in recent German history.


Corpo trovato in laguna a Venezia, domani l'autopsia


Ezra Poundâs words on usury, or ultra-high-interest lending and borrowing, come to mind when considering  the subprime problems that face this great nation.


The US State Department says Secretary Colin Powell has canceled a trip to Athens to attend the Olympics closing ceremony because of urgent business in Washington.


Simmering Trade Disputes Will Greet Bush in Canada

Canadians remember two things about Ronald Reagan's trip to Quebec City in 1985: his rendition of "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and the announcement


WASHINGTON - President Bush attended a prayer service remembering the Sept. 11 attacks and paid silent tribute at the White House on Saturday to mark the third anniversary of the day that transformed his presidency...


Messaggio del Presidente alla vigilia del 'Giorno del ricordo'"Avvenimenti che vanno spiegati alle nuove generazioni"                                          Ciampi: "Sulle foibe basta rancori Ã¨ il momento di ricordi ragionati"                                                                                Berlusconi: "Onoriamo le vittime e le loro sofferenze"


French President Jacques Chirac, who fell out with Britain over the Iraq war, says his country's relations with London are equally as important as its ties to Germany.


Australian police charge Indian doctor with supporting terrorism

Australian police said Saturday they have charged an Indian doctor, allegedly connected to failed car bombings in Britain, with supporting terrorism.


Spanish fans fined for racist chants against Eto'o

Spain's Anti-Violence Commission has fined two soccer fans $7,900 and banned them from entering sporting grounds for five months for making monkey chants against Barcelona's striker Samuel Eto'o during a recent match.


Samsung puts aside $100m for antitrust fines

Samsung Electronics, the worldâs second-largest memory-chip maker, said on Thursday it would make a $100m provision against possible fines in an ongoing US antitrust investigation.


Bailey welcomes Azeri to the Breeders' Cup Classic

Jerry Bailey greeted the shift of the champion mare Azeri to the $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic as a double shot of good news.


French striker Thierry Henry has split with his wife of four years, his lawyers said in a statement released late on Sunday.


Admittedly, this is not Michigan vs. Ohio State. It's not Notre Dame/USC. Nor is it Harvard/Yale.


Oil Extends Its Retreat from Record Highs

Oil extended its retreat from record  highs on Thursday, taking two-day losses to 6 percent after an  unexpectedly large rise in U.S. crude inventories spurred  speculative funds to take profits.


More than 400 Filipinos dead as new storm nears

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The death toll from landslides and flash floods in the eastern Philippines reached 412 Wednesday, as emergency officials warned of a new storm system approaching.


When Sean O'Keefe was sworn in as NASA (news - web sites) administrator Dec. 21, 2001, at the top of his agenda was to bring fiscal discipline to a space agency that had recently allowed a $5 billion surprise


Burt Rutan, Scaled Composite's team leader, waves while being introduced in St. Louis, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004. Rutan designed SpaceShipOne, the rocket plane financed by billionaire Paul Allen that won the


Water bills will depend on the size of customer homes under a new billing system from Thames Water.


Specialist movie awards ceremonies are held in Los Angeles ahead of the 79th Academy Awards on Sunday.


Market falls after 2-day rise; financials down

Stocks dropped on Friday, with the Dow and S&P down 1 percent, as investors locked in profits after two days of sharp gains, with financial and defensive sectors among those leading declines.


Pope Benedict is due to visit Austria, where he will join Jewish leaders to pay tribute to victims of the Nazis.


A last-minute federal court battle over caucus rules demonstrates just how important a tight three-way Democratic presidential contest in Nevada has become in the battle for momentum headed into Super Tuesday's votes.


Before stepping into the cockpit of a commercial jetliner for the first time, pilots have racked up hundreds of hours in the air, usually at the controls of small planes.


Bill Clinton, once dubbed the nation's first "black president," is the focus of a book chronicling nearly 100 black Americans' thoughts on the 42nd president.


The Paris Club of creditor nations will  agree Wednesday to freeze debt repayments of countries hit by  the Asian tsunami, French Finance Minister Herve Gaymard said.


Top executives will be the first to use Microsoft DRM technology when Mathias Thurman rolls it out. So what could go wrong? Best not to find out.


The Consumer Price Index fell 0.1 percent in July, taking its first drop in eight months, as gas prices declined despite the soaring cost of crude oil.


Genova, 22:43 - CALCIO, SERIE B: NELL'ANTICIPO GENOA-JUVENTUS 1-1

Nell'anticipo della 14/a giornata del campionato di serie B, Genoa e Juventus hanno pareggiato 1-1. ...


New Jobless Claims Increase; Import Prices Jump Higher

In another report, import prices excluding petroleum posted the largest increase in 10 months, a possible early warning on inflation from the weaker dollar.


Sudan's government is preparing a major offensive in Darfur, says the head of the African observer team.


It doesn't take large wads of cash to make large wads of cash investing in stocks.


UAW strikes GM as talks fail to produce a deal

More than 73,000 General Motors Corp workers walked off the job on Monday after marathon contract talks between the United Auto Workers union and GM stalled and the union called the first national strike since 1970 against the top U.S. automaker.


Lindsay Lohan and the case of the missing handbag is closed.


Bill Parcells still thinks Vinny Testaverde gives the Dallas Cowboys the best chance to win, so he's keeping the 41-year-old as his starting quarterback.


EU Chief to Make Airbus-Boeing Announcement

The European Union's trade chief Peter Mandelson was expected to announce a breakthrough Tuesday after intensive talks with the United States to resolve a standoff over subsidies to Boeing Co. and Airbus SA, an EU official said.


The majority of homes out there couldn't be rebuilt via insurance.


Bush Back in Florida to See Hurricane Damage

President Bush got a look at damage from Hurricane Frances on Wednesday and doled out food and water to Florida residents in his fourth visit in a month to a state vital to his re-election hopes.


A man is killed in violence in Egypt, as the first round voting for the upper chamber of parliament gets underway.


President Hugo Chavez' deputy welcomes a call by the American administration for improved ties with Venezuela.


With a running time as long as its title, 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford' strives for epic status. Once in a while, it succeeds.


Bridget finds love, but Renee is single:

[Hollywood News]: London, Nov 14 : Although the character, Bridget Jones, may have found true love after tottering on "the Edge of Reason", actress Renee Zellweger, who gained weight to play Bridget, is out of love.


At least two people die and several others are reported missing as tropical storm Meari hits south-western Japan.


Insurers seek to calm fears that they face huge losses after an earthquake and giant waves killed at least 23,000 people in southern Asia.


Constellation Brands Offers $1.3 Billion for Mondavi

Constellation Brands Inc., the world's largest winemaker, offered $1.3 billion in cash to acquire Robert Mondavi Corp., maker of lower-price Woodbridge wines.


Thousands march in Jerusalem against plans to remove settlers in Gaza, amid a worsening war of words.


AP: US Officials Knew of AIDS Drug Risks

The government's research on using an AIDS drug to protect African babies was so flawed that health officials had to use blood tests after the fact to confirm patients got the medicine.


La telefonata di Stasi, poi la visita e il conforto della madre della ragazzaE' la prima volta dopo i funerali di Chiara che Alberto e i Poggi s'incontrano                                          Quell'incontro sulla tomba "Lo sappiamo, sei innocente"                                                                                dal nostro inviato PAOLO BERIZZI


Udine, 19:37 - CALCIO, UDINESE; IL COMUNE: LO STADIO LO SISTEMIAMO NOI

Evidentemente preoccupato dopo che il presidente friulano Pozzo ha detto oggi di pensare di andare a...


A pair of cable series  -- Showtime's "Dexter" and VH1's "I Love New York 2" -- ended  their seasons in a big way this week.


Cyprus says will get tough if EU accepts Turkish offer

Cyprus said on Friday it would adopt a tougher stance to Turkey's EU membership negotiations if its EU partners accepted a last-ditch offer from Ankara to avert partial suspension of talks.


The governor of Ukraine's Kharkiv region called on both candidates to bow out of the Dec.


Port Blair, Dec.31. (PTI): Navy ships and Indian Air Force helicopters continued to make sorties carrying relief materials and evacuating people to the Tsunami-hit islands in Andaman and Nicobar which were jolted by moderate quakes this morning.


U.S. political dynasties self-perpetuating: study

In a political landscape populated by Bushes, Kennedys and Clintons, the children and kinfolk of longtime U.S. politicians do indeed have a better shot at winning elective office, but not necessarily at holding on or moving up, experts say.


China Says Mental Illness Becomes Major Problem

Mental illness has become a major public health problem in China as the country modernizes and family traditions fade, Xinhua news agency said Tuesday.


Just kidding. You know I'm no longer stupid enough to go against David Moyes' battling men. They keep winning their games by the odd goal and, for all you know, they might just 1-0 their way to the title.


The United Nations refugee agency rebukes Malta for its treatment of asylum seekers.


A "very damning" report by the Defense Department's inspector general depicts a Pentagon that purposely manipulated intelligence in an effort to link Saddam Hussein to al-Qaeda in the runup to the U.S. invasion of Iraq


Study: Spammers use e-mail ID to gain legitimacy

With few junk e-mail filters supporting a protocol for verifying the source address of digital messages, spammers have adopted it themselves as a way to appear more legitimate, stated a report released on Wednesday.


Margaret Hassan shown pleading for her life

October 22 2004 2000CET - Another video on the TV station Al-Jazeera showed Margaret Hassan, the aid worker kidnapped, pleading and crying.


Dow Jones quarterly profit falls, hurt by charges

Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  reported a 27 percent drop in quarterly profit on Thursday, hurt by lower ad sales at The Wall Street Journal and higher stock-based compensation expenses after its share price surged following News Corp.'s  bid for the company.


Likelihood of Burst Appendix Tied to Insurance

Insurance, not race, seems to play a role in the risk of developing a burst appendix, a new study shows.


On Sunday, the Raiders' defense made the Kansas City Chiefs look like, well, the Kansas City Chiefs. The offense ranked second in the league in total yards per game certainly played that role at the Coliseum


G.M. to Show a Vehicle That Drives by Itself

Within a decade, General Motors thinks it will have the ultimate solution to the growing problem of distracted drivers: a car that can do the driving itself.


Falling production and refinery problems dents BP's second-quarter earnings, which dipped 1% to $6.09bn.


Gonorrhea linked to higher prostate cancer risk

NEW YORK  - Men with a history of the   sexually transmitted disease gonorrhea may face a higher risk   of prostate cancer, a study suggests.


Volo in ritardo: i diritti dall'assistenza al rimborso

Chi resta per ore seduto in aeroporto ad aspettare e poi decide di non partire piÃ¹, puÃ² chiedere la restituzione del costo del biglietto: lo stabilisce la Carta dei diritti dei passeggeri


Sony PSP to cost surprising 20,790 yen, hit shelves Dec. 12

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said Wednesday it will release its PlayStation Portable game console in Japan on Dec. 12 at a price of 20,790 yen, surprising many who had expected it to cost far more.


Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has set Jan. 7 as the launch date for an open-source search project that eventually hopes to challenge Google and other established players.The Wikia Search project has assembled the basic technologies for a search engine, including a search application, search algorithm and Web crawler. The project will allow technology enthusiasts to help filter sites and rank search results, using a community model akin to that of Wikipedia.The idea is to challenge the established players by offering a search service that is more transparent to end users, meaning they can see how search results are arrived at. Wales has described Yahoo and Google as opaque services that don't explain how results are arrived at.Wales has started to invite a handful of people to test an early version of the search platform, which will be publicly launched on Jan. 7, he wrote in an email to the Wikia mailing list Monday.The search tool will take time to evolve, and the initial service won't match the capabilities of the leading search engines. Contributors will have to develop the search platform over time, in a similar way that Wikipedia took time to get enough entries to be useful.The search project is part of Wales' for-profit company, Wikia Inc., which offers a software platform that anyone can use to build wikis. In a similar way, the Wikia Project will allow other people to build their own search engines.Wikia Inc. was started in 2004 and has received investment money from Amazon.com and Bessemer Venture Partners.


The landmark law reshaped public education, but it's flawed. Here's how to make it better


Addetti alla pulizia stroncati dall'anidride carbonica


Jets' Pennington out 2-4 weeks with shoulder strain

SPORTS NETWORK - New York Jets quarterback Chad Pennington suffered a rotator cuff injury during Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills and is expected to miss the next two to four weeks.


Prominent evangelical leaders who spent the summer hoping Fred Thompson would emerge as their favored Republican presidential contender are having doubts as he begins his long-teased campaign.


Free utility condenses Windows Vista from 15GB  to 1.4GB

Think Windows Vista is bloated? Dino Nuhagic does. A Croatian college student, Nuhagic created a utility that installs a stripped-down version of the OS -- in some cases one-tenth the size of the full-fledged version sold by Microsoft.


Art Review | Broad Contemporary Art Museum: Rounding Up the Usual Suspects

The works at the Broad Contemporary Art Museum are intended to reflect Eli Broadâs penchant for collecting in depth. But the accumulation reads foremost as a display of pricey trophies.


October 22, 2004 -- ALBANY - The multibillion-dollar health-care program that helps fund everything from medical colleges to insurance for poor children may run a shortfall by the end of the state fiscal year, Comptroller Alan Hevesi warned yesterday.


Bush speech will seek to calm fears over economy

President George W. Bush will use his final State of the Union address on Monday to try to reassure nervous Americans about his economic rescue plan and chart a course to stay relevant in his last year in power.


Bulgaria with Two More Consulates in the US

Politics: 29 January 2005, Saturday. Another two Bulgarian consulates will be opened in the US in 2005, it appeared on Saturday.


Tim Duncan had 30 points and 11 rebounds, Manu GinÃ³bili made a layup with 36.5 seconds left, and the visiting San Antonio Spurs rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit to beat the Miami Heat, 90-89, Thursday night.


Russia denies Iran deal on nuclear plant

Iran said on Thursday it had agreed a timetable with Russia for the start-up of the Islamic state's first nuclear power plant, but an official in Moscow said negotiations with Tehran were still under way.


Could Space Signal Be Alien Contact? - Magazine

An unexplained radio signal from deep space could -- just might be -- contact from an alien civilization, New Scientist magazine reported on Thursday.


More than 100 people die in flash floods in India's north-eastern state of Assam in recent days.


McClaren calls for calm as his moment arrives in Tallinn

Sport: England manager refuses to contemplate getting the boot as he targets crucial win against Estonia.


TOKYO Mizuho Financial Group, the world's second-largest bank by assets, on Monday raised its profit forecast by a third on expectations that the cost of bad-loan disposals would fall, compensating for a decline in revenue.


After 12 years as the golden boy of American boxing, Oscar De La Hoya suddenly looks like a man who is haunted by the possibility of a career-ending defeat against Bernard Hopkins tonight.


Singapore's Unemployment Rate Falls in Q3

Singapore's unemployment rate fell in the third quarter of 2004 as job creation increased in tandem with the city-state's strong economic growth, the government said Monday.


GCC states look forward to reforms, says Hamad

MANAMA âThe Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states are continuing their gradual development approach, which emanates from their will to have further reforms that the people of the region are looking forward to, in order to strengthen relations in âour


WINNIPEG -- Internet pharmacists plan to call on Canada's health minister to change federal law to allow them to directly fill US prescriptions.


Investigators Suspect Terror Behind Russian Crashes

Russia's security services said on  Friday they had found traces of explosives among the wreckage  of one of two Russian planes which crashed within moments of  each other, calling it a terrorist attack.


Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to Cuba to visit his convalescing friend and ally Fidel Castro, spending six hours with the 80-year-old leader he considers a guiding light for the Latin American left.


Insurgents Routed in Falluja; Smaller Bands Still Resist

In house after house, searches have turned up large caches of weaponry, like artillery shells and mortar rounds, along with electronics for making bombs and mujahedeen literature.


Study Links Animal Bacteria to Crohn's Disease

A bacterium that causes intestinal illness in cattle and sheep could also be responsible for Crohn's disease, researchers said on Friday.


SME too HP's press office has taken a break from fending off journalists wanting to know why their phone records haven't been pretexted to trumpet some new small and medium enterprise (SME) storage kit.â¦


Bourg en Bresse, 18:16 - CICLISMO, TOUR: BOONEN VINCE SESTA TAPPA

Il belga Tom Boonen (Quickstep) ha vinto la sesta tappa del Tour de France, da Semur en Auxois a Bou...


STOP RADAR, CANCELLATI 77 VOLI IN SCALI MILANESI

MILANO - Il nuovo blocco del traffico, causa radar, ha provocato una serie di cancellazioni e dirottamenti dei voli attestati negli scali milanesi di Linate e Malpensa. Alle 15:00 era arrivato a 77 il numero


Iran has made a last minute request to operate dozens of centrifuges, despite their plan to halt to all uranium enrichment activities.


After four days on the fire lines, they are hot, exhausted, dirty, thirsty and spread too way too thin for their own comfort.


Courting the anti-war constituency, Democratic presidential rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama both voted against legislation that pays for the Iraq war but lacks a timeline for troop withdrawal.


E conferma D'Arrigo alla guida della Guardia di Finanza


E' il massimo dal 2001, aumento mensile dello 0,4%


Most Errors in Pediatric Chemo Make It to Patients

TUESDAY, May 29 (HealthDay News) -- The vast majority of potentially harmful errors in chemotherapy for children with cancer do find their way to these young patients, a new study finds.  And they are more often caused by dispensing or administration mistakes than by prescribing mix-ups, the researchers found.


My, Those Tourists Are Thin. No, They're Marathoners.

Two days before the New York City Marathon, Midtown Manhattan was flooded with leaner-than-usual tourists.


Electric Motorcycle Is Both Eco-Friendly and Sexy

Oregon-based specialty vehicle manufacturer Brammo introduces a wild new ride with a carbon-fiber chassis, a top speed of 50 mph and zero emissions.


MPAA Starts Filing Lawsuits Against Movie Traders

The Motion Picture Association of America said Tuesday that the agency had begun to file suits against suspected file traders. The MPAA did not disclose how many suits had been filed.


Frattini conferma allarme, Italia non esente da fenomeno


New York, 10:35 - HOCKEY GHIACCIO, RISULTATI NHL

Risultati delle gare del campionato americano di hockey ghiaccio (NHL) disputate nella notte Washing...


RMC Group, the world's largest maker of ready-mixed concrete, today accepted a Â£2.3bn takeover bid from Mexico's Cemex, the world's third-largest cement maker.


NEW YORK: A regulatory setback for Procter & Gamble's patch to boost women's sex drive has enhanced investor interest in another therapy for female sexual dysfunction being developed by Vivus, the company's chief executive said.


German miners stunned by end of subsidies

KAMP-LINTFORT, Germany  - A tidy German town that has long flourished above its underground treasure of subsidized coal is struggling to cope with the shock after the government decided last week to shut down the mine.


Korean Park ahead as storms hit U.S. Open again

SOUTHERN PINES, North Carolina  - South Korean teenager Park In-Bee led the way on level-par on Friday when the U.S. Women's Open was suspended for the day because of thunderstorms.


US Air Reaches Giveback Deal with Pilots

Bankrupt US Airways Group Inc.  UAIRQ.OB reached a tentative agreement on Friday with  negotiators for its pilots union on $300 million in annual  concessions.


Pakistan set to delay election after Bhutto death

Pakistan is expected to set a new date for elections on Wednesday after the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto sparked bloodshed and rage against President Pervez Musharraf's government.


Amp'd ramps up content with Jack Black, others

NEW YORK  - Amp'd Mobile has announced  development deals with actor/musician Jack Black, "24"  executive producer Howard Gordon and others to produce original  content for the mobile entertainment carrier in 2007.


Metsâ Hitters Go Back to School, Where Johnson Is Parent and Teacher

Named as the hitting coach Friday to replace the fired Rick Down, Howard Johnson is responsible for jump-starting an offense that has underachieved over the past six weeks.


Italians looking after the ancient Roman town of Herculaneum have declared war on pigeons.


Automakers Challenge CA CO 2 Regulation in Court

As expected, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers has joined a group of automobile dealers in Californiaâs Central Valley to file suit against Californiaâs new regulation of CO 2 emissions.


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Poll Indicates Bush, Kerry Deadlocked Again

A new poll suggests that the race has once again settled into a virtual tie. In the days after the Republican National Convention, a poll by the Pew Research Center found Bush ahead of Sen. John Kerry 52 percent


Social networking site offers profiles to search engines and gives users chance to opt out.


Dalle 16 potranno transitare tutti gli automezzi


Kerry Aims to Counter Impact of Criticism

WASHINGTON - The Democratic Party launched a costly round of ads Friday to buttress John Kerry's credentials to be commander in chief as the White House accused the Massachusetts senator of "losing his cool" over attacks on his war record.   "John Kerry is a fighter and he doesn't tolerate lies from others," shot back spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter...


The US anti-doping agency banned the sprinter Jerome Young for life yesterday after the world 400-metre champion's second positive test for an illegal steroid.


Cosenza, 20:39 - CALCIO, C2: IL RENDE NON SI RITIRA MA CAMBIA PROPRIETA'

In seguito a presunti torti arbitrali, il presidente del Rende, Franco Chiappetta, aveva annunciato ...


Children are as likely to inherit eczema from their fathers as they are from their mothers, research suggests.


Il complesso architettonico ospitera' boutique di lusso


Iraq Wants New Bids to Develop Oil Field

CALGARY, Alberta  - Iraq's oil ministry has called  for new bids to develop an oil field in the war-torn country, a  major setback for the Canadian company that appeared to have  won the contract, a top executive with the firm said on Friday.


Italy faces strike day against tax cuts 'for rich'

ROME: Italy's factories, trains, banks and planes will come to a standstill for hours today as unions stage a general strike to protest at plans for tax cuts they say will help the rich and cost the public ...


Idei Gives Up Sony Title BRIEFLY BUSINESS ASIA By Bloomberg

Sony said that its former chief executive, Nobuyuki Idei, will step down as chief corporate adviser at the company this week.


KUALA LAMPUR Malaysia's former deputy premier, Anwar Ibrahim, relished his first full day of freedom Friday after six years in jail, with banana fritters for breakfast and a trip to town to pick up a new passport.


Olmert approves stepped-up attacks on Hamas

Israel's prime minister on Wednesday   ordered the army to expand an offensive against the ruling   Palestinian movement Hamas after its armed wing fired a missile   from Gaza into a major Israeli city for the first time.


HIV infection on rise in all regions: U.N. report

HIV infection is rising in every region of the world and most worryingly in countries like Uganda and Thailand, which had been heralded as success stories in the fight against AIDS, the United Nations said on Tuesday.


Collisions between comets may be kicking up copious amounts of dust observed around a dead star.


Web site posts collection of U.S. military records

Just in time for Memorial Day in the U.S., Ancestry.com has posted what it calls the largest collection of U.S. military records available and searchable online.


Bonds' 756th Homer Ball Fetches $752, 467

Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run ball was auctioned Saturday for $752,467, well more than the estimates by memorabilia experts.


NFL's Vick says guilty in dogfighting case

Atlanta Falcons' quarterback Michael Vick admitted guilt on Friday in a dogfighting case that threatens the career of one of the brightest stars in U.S. football.


Six French aid workers sentenced to 8 years hard labor in Chad for trying to kidnap 103 children arrived on Friday in France where they are due to serve their sentences in jail.


Okay I've been writing about OPML reading lists here for years. I'm now on my second implementation, so maybe this time I'll get it right.  But there's something cool that happens when (hypothetically) the entire installed base of podcatchers supports OPML reading lists. All of a sudden the subscription problem goes poof! Ask anyone who's worked on a RSS reader, for that matter, ask anyone who's used one, what a PITA it is to subscribe to a feed. All those little buttons, or copying and pasting, and looking at urls, and trying to figure out whether you want this format or that format. It's a miracle anyone actually subscribes to feeds it's so damned complicated. Before you blame anyone, it's not actually anyone's fault. It's a result of the market not being a monopoly. The only way to solve the problem is if everyone uses the same web app to manage subscriptions. And we know that's not going to happen any time soon. Or, if every reader supports OPML reading lists. Now that might actually happen, even though it's not very likely. But podcasting, that's a whole other story. According to many people there's only one podcatcher, iTunes. So that's simplified the problem. For example, look at this page of NY Times podcasts, and how they handle it.   See the Subscribe button? Nice. Except for one thing. It really should say "Subscribe in iTunes" because that's what it does. And it works, because in many people's minds, iTunes is the only way to subscribe to a podcast. And it could stay that simple if Apple would do one thing, offer the option of publishing the OPML automatically to a publicly accessible web address, so the user could continue to use Apple's server to handle subscriptions, even if they're using a different podcatcher (for example one that runs on a Nokia N800). It would be the mark of a truly great company if they did that. Maybe they are that great. Otheriwse at some point we're going to ask the NY TImes to change their page. And they may not be too happy about that. Wouldn't blame them if they were. Moral of the story: If we can centralize the subscription process, and move it out of one reader or another, and get the readers to all support subscription to reading lists, the awful ugly issue will go away for users. It's one of the oldest tradeoffs in the tech business, to make it simple for users, the vendors have to give up some power.


Women Are Making Inroads in Video Game Industry

Jennifer Canada knew she was entering a boy's club when she enrolled in Southern Methodist University's Guildhall school of video game making. There's one woman besides Canada; the other 98 students were all guys. She jokes the ratio may be great for dating, but she sometimes got lonely.


Trasmessi gli episodi in replica della seconda stagione


The Voice of Harry Potter Can Keep a Secret

After spending eight years creating more than 200 voices for all the characters in the âHarry Potterâ books, Jim Dale really believes that readers â and listeners â should discover the end for themselves.


Roxanne Miser with sons Joseph, left, and Isaac walk past 56,000 orange dots that hang from the Community Action Food Bank building in Provo Tuesday. The dots represent the number of people living in poverty in Utah County.


U.S. officials are expected to call on Iran to stop arming and funding Shi'ite militias when Iranian and American diplomats hold rare talks in Baghdad on Monday to discuss how to curb sectarian violence in Iraq.


Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban honeymoon begins

Australia's hottest celebrity couple, Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, jetted out of Sydney on Monday, likely bound for a secluded honeymoon getaway on the golden sands of the South Pacific.


Tech Stocks at 7-Month High as Oil Drops

The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite  stock index rose to a 7-month high on Thursday as crude oil  prices tumbled, alleviating worry that high energy costs will  erode corporate profits.


The European Court of Human Rights has overturned French court rulings and prevented a single lesbian woman from adopting a child. Will this pave the way for similar challenges elsewhere?


TV rights wrangle threatens India v Australia coverage

A major wrangle over TV rights for Indian cricket is threatening to mar the build-up to a mouth-watering home test series against Australia next month.


A jury on Tuesday recommended a man be put to death for the random mutilation killings of a musician and his family during a bloody crime spree that left four others dead.


Palestinian killed in car blast as Israeli forces take control of ...

A car exploded Wednesday in the occupied West Bank, killing the Palestinian driver. The car exploded about 200 metres from an Israeli occupation military checkpoint, not far from the nortern West Bank village of Baqa al Sharqia.


A suicide bomber blew himself up among soldiers and civilians celebrating Iraq's national Army Day holiday in central Baghdad on Sunday, killing nine people in the latest in an upsurge of suicide attacks.


The Greatest Generation Learns About Great Safe Sex

In New York, a message just in time for Valentine's Day: Older folks are friskier than ever, and itâs never too late to learn about safe sex.


Latest worm attack prompts call for increased antivirus vigilance

Online security experts urge computer users to update their systems' antivirus measures, after a wave of attacks by the Zafi.d worm that have swamped thousands of e-mail servers.


California braces for second round of storms

Californians braced for another round of fierce winter weather on Saturday, a day after strong winds, heavy rains and snow prompted evacuations and left more than 1 million homes without electricity.


La maison in cerca di un socio per quotazione in borsa


Tuesday marks a milestone for John Kerry, when the man who has often been at his best while giving a formal speech delivers the last one planned for his presidential campaign.


Stessi personaggi e protagonisti, successiva serie a Palermo


HPCA rules out 'Passion' and 'Fahrenheit' out of Golden Globes ...

[Hollywood News]: Washington, Nov 10 : Although Mel Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" and Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 were the most- discussed films of 2004, and earned their fair share of applauses as well as criticisms, the Hollywood Foreign Press


Two German journalists are shot dead by unidentified attackers in northern Afghanistan, Afghan police say.


Irish vote on razor's edge as polling starts

Irish voters headed for the polls on Thursday in an election so close that Prime Minister Bertie Ahern may have to lure a major left-leaning opponent onto his side if he is to stay in power.


The producer of "The World According to  Bush" has taken legal action against Google for distributing  the film for free, becoming the latest media company to seek  compensation for lost business on the Internet.


All users will soon have access to Yahoo's drastically redesigned e-mail service.


In the beginning the base line of water law in


Brazilian Senate president hurt in copter crash

BRASILIA, Brazil  - The president of Brazil's Senate, Renan Calheiros, was slightly hurt when the helicopter in which he was traveling crashed in northeast Brazil on Saturday, a congressional spokesman said.


"Sunshine," "Departed" win top Writers Guild awards

Road comedy "Little Miss Sunshine" and crime thriller "The Departed" won top film awards from the Writers Guild of America on Sunday, setting up a showdown between the two movies at the Oscars in two weeks.


Perrigo to buy drug company Agis Industries for about $818 million

Drug and nutritional products maker Perrigo Co. is buying pharmaceutical company Agis Industries Ltd. for about $818 million as part of its effort to expand into the generic prescription drug market.


Supporters of fox hunting from Wales travel to Westminster for a rally as MPs prepare to vote on a ban.


The two governments are hoping to respond to queries tabled by the DUP and Sinn Fein over the British-Irish proposals on restoring devolution by Friday.


Tax agent details impact of bonuses at Black trial

A U.S. government agent who analyzed  the tax returns of Conrad Black's former company testified on  Wednesday that the firm would have had nearly $24 million more  in income over two years if money had not been diverted by the  former media baron and his associates.


Pat Finucane's family will not take part in any inquiry into his murder under the terms set out in legislation.


Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today headed for Geneva on way back home wrapping up a 'highly successful' visit to Britain and the US.


Questions unresolved over missing explosives

The fate of up to 377 tons of high-grade explosives missing from an Iraqi depot remained unresolved a week after it became a hot issue in the presidential election.


Ex-Pakistan premier goes back into exile

President Gen. Pervez Musharraf ordered police commandos to the airport Monday and sent a bitter rival packing just hours after he returned from exile in hopes of making a political comeback and opposing the military leader.


Ties with Pakistan a high priority: Armitage

ISLAMABAD: The US government would not only maintain continuity in its policy towards Islamabad but also strive to enhance bilateral relations in economic, commercial, defence and security spheres, US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage assured the


When Rams coach Mike Martz said he didn't want to sound arrogant, you had a pretty good idea he wasn't going to toss any verbal bouquets at the Atlanta Falcons' defense.


The filmmaker Tyler Perry says he has a message of healing; others say he glorifies racial stereotypes.


LOS ANGELES  - Constance Zimmer, Christina Chang, RonReaco Lee and Justina Machado have been tapped to co-star in NBC's multicamera comedy pilot "The Man of Your Dreams."


Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf will give up his post of army chief if he is re-elected president and will be sworn in for a new term as a civilian, his lawyer told the Supreme Court on Tuesday.


Afghan president announces new cabinet list

Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday evening announced the much-awaited new cabinet line-up, replacing some of the influential warlords in the interim government with new faces.


Murray to play Wimbledon without a coach

Britiah teenager Andy Murray will play at Wimbledon without a coach after admitting he had yet to find the right man for the job.


With Wii and DS, Nintendo Has 2 Hit Game Devices

While shoppers are still lining up to buy Nintendoâs Wii, its older portable sibling, the Nintendo DS, is the best-selling game machine in the United States.


Montecarlo, 19:50 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS: KAKA' MIGLIOR GIOCATORE SCORSA EDIZIONE

Kakà è stato premiato come miglior giocatore della scorsa edizione della Champions Lea...


Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - DemoMobile provides advance look at gadgets on the go

What might your mobile future look like? Sitting at the airport, you pull out a laptop or personal digital assistant and watch TV, delivered through Wi-Fi. Perhaps you'll grab an MP3 player instead, but rather than listen to downloaded tunes, you check out Internet radio. Or maybe you'll just make a call but thanks to the headset into which you are speaking, the person at the other end can make out your voice and not the blur of jet engines taking off at the same time.Each scenario is already possible, as evidenced last week in La Jolla, Calif., during the sixth annual DemoMobile conference. The gathering is a showcase for promising wireless technologies targeted at people on the go. Three dozen companies participated, many start-ups, representing more than $142 million in cumulative venture funding.Consider the scope: Luxembourg's Skype Technologies demonstrated free software that lets consumers make voice calls over a Wi-Fi-capable Pocket PC.Handmark of Kansas City, Mo., showed off Pocket Express, a wireless information service for smart phones. If a phone has "location-based" capabilities, Handmark can provide listings of nearby restaurants or theaters, and map the fastest route to that spot.Xora in Mountain View, Calif., lets companies track the whereabouts of mobile employees via its GPS TimeTrack offering. And EverNote in Sunnyvale, Calif., has software that lets someone organize notes on a PC, then synchronize them with portable devices.OurPictures unveiled the OurPictures Mobile service. With a single click, consumers can send photos taken with a camera phone to designated PCs, TVs, printers or a local photo processor. And games publisher Sorrent showed off a new way to punch in your vote: its Bush vs. Kerry Boxing cell phone game. The results of every Bush/Kerry rumble on every portable phone are scored on a pugilist poll posted at Sorrent's site; as of Wednesday, Kerry was out-pointing Bush by about 2,350 votes. Other would-be knockouts:•Couch computing. The $800, 2.3-pound wireless Pepper Pad 2 from Pepper Computer in Lexington, Mass., lets you browse the Web, do e-mail, play videos and games and more. Due in January, it has an 8.4-inch display, Bluetooth, an SD card slot and 20 GB hard drive. It also has a directional game pad and small lighted qwerty keypad that is split so that half flanks the left side of the screen and half, the right.•Making a motion. Synaptics is behind the track-wheel on Apple's iPods and the touchpads on several notebook PCs. The new MobileTouch platform is Synaptics' foray into cell phones. You'll be able to scribble on the screen or scroll by using your fingers to lightly make small gestures across a keypad (or other interface), just as you do with a touchpad. I was wowed even more by technology out of Oulu, Finland, where F-Origin originated a "motion control solution" called Iris. Consumers using a phone or computer with F-Origin's software will be able to control the orientation of the screen by merely tilting and moving the device. What you see on the display corresponds to the angle in which you rotate the gizmo. F-Origin takes advantage of gravity sensors.•That's (mobile) entertainment. ViewSonic's new Wireless Media Gateway and Wireless Media Adapter ($799 packaged together, and coming later in the year) represent the company's move into wireless networking. The product line is designed to deliver digital videos, music and pictures to any monitor or TV in the house, at better-than-DVD quality. The company says it can stream video to a single TV at up to 10 megabits per second or two different streams at 5 megabits. You can also print from the gateway devices and take advantage of 80 or 120 GB storage capacities.Watching TV on a handheld is the idea behind WiFi-TV from OnAir Entertainment in Sunnyvale, Calif. OnAir is working with hot-spot providers to deliver TV or video-on-demand at public places. Consumers can access an interactive programming guide and pause live TV. OnAir is conducting a free trial at the Austin airport, though the company expects people to eventually pay about $5 for a day pass.Meanwhile, another Silicon Valley start-up, AudioFeast, is focusing on Internet radio for portable music players. Its virtual broadcasting network delivers refreshed content from A & E, BBC Radio, NPR and Sporting News Radio, among others. You download software onto your computer, then choose the channels you want to sync with a compatible MP3 player. A one-year AudioFeast subscription costs $50. Contact my phone. Is there anything more tedious than entering hundreds of phone numbers into a phone? Palo Alto, Calif.-based Vazu has come up with a suite of services that lets you automatically transmit selected contacts, as well as such Web data as driving directions or movie schedules, to a phone. Vazu's Internet Explorer plug-in places a small "V" icon next to a phone number on a Web page. When you click on the icon, the contact name and number are sent to your phone. What's more, users of Outlook, Outlook Express, Apple Mail and Linux Evolution can dispatch contacts via Vazu to their phone's address book. Lose a phone? Vazu can serve as a backup to your data. •Now hear this. Logitech, Plantronics and Aliph submitted headsets for a Sound Off challenge voted on by conference attendees. The winner was Aliph's Jawbone, based on military-grade technology. To prove that this funky-looking $150 "adaptive" headset can suppress background noises while keeping a caller's voice audible, Aliph conducted a crowd-pleasing experiment. First a caller had a noisy blender behind him. When Jawbone's technology was applied, the person could be heard clearly, not the blender. Aliph successfully repeated the exercise with a boombox. The coup de grâce: The caller could be heard over a weed whacker. It is made possible by a sensor that feels vibrations on your cheek. Jawbone works with phones from Motorola, Nokia and Sony Ericsson.•Mobile marketing. Intrigued by the Armani, Gap or Toyota ads in the September issue of Jane? Snap a picture and e-mail images to the magazine. You'll get back text messages with tailored promotional offers. It's part of a promotion based on technology from conference demonstrator Mobot.The Waltham, Mass., company was but one demonstrator to give a hint where mobile marketing is heading. MediaTile of Scotts Valley, Calif., delivers point-of-sale digital signs. Digimarc in Tualatin, Ore., places invisible digital watermarks into banner ads. When a consumer takes a picture of, say, a movie ad, they might see a trailer on the phone or directions to the nearest theater. Another demonstrator, DRM Labs of Dallas, uses text messages to send digital coupons called Voupons. For these schemes to pan out, consumers must "opt-in; privacy must be respected."This is just the tip of the iceberg for many of the companies exhibiting at DemoMobile. Indeed, I expect to explore some of these technologies in future coverage. After all, what could be more mobile than the pace of change?E-mail ebaig@usatoday.com


There's no sign Jay-Z is racing to the rescue of a rap groupie facing criminal charges for allegedly dousing R&B master R. Kelly with pepper spray during the singers' Madison Square Garden show.


Google on Thursday confirmed a long-rumored deal that will bundle some of its software on Dell Inc.'s personal computers, providing the online search engine leader with another potentially potent weapon in its fierce rivalry with Microsoft Corp.


Pinal County, Ariz., was the fastest-growing housing market in the nation last year, according to a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau Wednesday.


Raid in Baghdad's Sadr City kills 5, nabs 7

Backed by U.S.-led coalition advisers, Iraqi security forces battled insurgents early Tuesday in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood, the U.S. military said.


U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher  market open on Wednesday, boosted by Intel Corp.'s  better-than-expected earnings, but the direction of oil prices  after a key inventory report at midmornnig may dictate whether  stocks can hold that upward momentum.


The unusual continues for the head-shaking Seattle Seahawks.


Pechino, 11:50 - CALCIO, FRANCIA: PAPIN IN LIZZA PER ALLENARE NAZIONALE CINESE

L'ex centravanti francese del Milan Jean-Pierre Papin potrebbe allenare la nazionale di calcio della...


Ants May Help Us Adjust to Global Warming

A U.S.-led team of international biologists says some ants have adjusted well to urban warming and may help other species adapt to such climate change.


US FCC Frees Internet Phone Calls From State Rules

The US Federal Communications Commissioners freed Internet-based calling from some state rules that govern traditional telephone carriers to encourage providers such as AT&T Corp.


The vast stock of older buildings presents a much bigger opportunity to cut down on energy consumption and carbon emissions.


Window Snyder, formerly of Microsoft, now heads up security at Mozilla, the company best known for its open-source Firefox Web browser.


Once relegated to a back shelf in the electronics store, external units will soon don brushed aluminum cases, decorator colors and glowing lights.


By MATT SEDENSKY HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Fans of Anna Nicole Smith aren't making pilgrimages to the place where she spent her final days. They're not leaving flowers. They're not gathering in crowds to express their grief.


Even with a 12-game winning streak, a regular-season Missouri Valley Conference championship and the best ranking in school history, Southern Illinois is still hungry.


Bombing and Clashes Leave Iraqi and US Dead

BAGHDAD, Dec 13 (MASNET & News Agencies) - At least seven to 13 people were killed in a Baghdad bombing after a bloody weekend which saw nine US troops killed, signaling that coalition forces remain beset by a fierce insurgency on the first anniversary


Indonesia's Health Ministry on Wednesday declared as dead more than 70,000 people previously listed as missing, significantly raising its estimate for the death toll from last month's tsunami.


Iraqi cleric demands cease-fire in Lebanon

Iraq's top Shiite cleric Sunday demanded an immediate cease-fire in Lebanon, warning the Muslim world will "not forgive" nations that stand in the way of stopping the fighting.


Philippines hopes to turn silk and pineapple into fashion

A charitable foundation in the Philippines hopes to turn a combination of silk and pineapple fiber into a fashion brand name to grab the world's attention.


The lavish apartment is, says Kirk Henckels - who finds the super-rich their homes in Manhattan - "definitely the best of the best".


Spiega il dg Baldini: "La Roma vuole tenerlo, ma la trattativa per il rinnovo Ã¨ complicata. I nuovi faticano? Pagano piÃ¹ di tutti i cambi di allenatore". ROMA, 25 ottobre 2004 - "Confermo che Cassano non


Somewhere between misery and mediocrity reside the Cleveland Browns. Ten years after Art Modell's midnight run to Baltimore and six years since the franchise was readmitted to Club NFL, Browns fans are still looking for a reason to wear their Dawg Pound masks other than to cover their tears of shame.


Wall Street advanced sharply Tuesday, as the Federal Reserve opened a two-day meeting at which it is expected to cut interest rates again to revitalize the economy.


Currency fluctuations have worked out great so far, so why not hope for some more?


TechWeb - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer subtly raises the intellectual-property issue again.


France to cut budget deficit to below 3.0 percent of GDP in 2005: Raffarin

Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin said that France's budget deficit would be reined in next year to below three percent of output, in an interview with the French newspaper Le Figaro to be published Friday.


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InfoSpace, Fast deepen mobile collaboration

(InfoWorld) - Fast Search & TransferÂ and InfoSpaceÂ have expanded the scope of a years-long collaboration in mobile search, aiming to improve the technology they offer to carriers and end users. The companies have developed a hosted search service they will offer to carriers, which in turn can offer it under their own brand, Fast Search and InfoSpace announced Monday. In recent years, Fast Search and InfoSpace have provided mobile search engines to carriers -- individually and jointly -- but this new service represents a deeper partnership that goes beyond joint licensing and marketing. It involves ongoing research and development as the vendors seek to edge out competitors in mobile search functionality. They will focus on improvements to the search index, development of a mobile ad platform, expansion of their existing filtering and recommendation capabilities, and refinement of "zero term" search, in which content is pushed out to users based on their preferences and profiles and without requiring a keyword query, said Michael Brady, Fast Search's senior director of mobile business development. Since 2001, Fast Search has focused on the enterprise search market, but it is convinced consumer mobile search is worth pursuing because it is expected to grow significantly in users and advertising revenue in the coming years, Brady said. InfoSpace specializes in mobile content delivery and search. Industry analyst Iain Gillott of iGR said carriers feel more comfortable with "white-label" deals because they like to maintain as much control as possible over subscribers. Having GoogleÂ or YahooÂ pushing ads directly to their customers terrifies them, Gillott said. A big challenge mobile search providers will face is getting users comfortable with search on their cell phones. "Search isn't the first thing that jumps to mind when you open up your phone," Gillott said. Fast Search and InfoSpace will need to work with carriers to make their search engine visible and easily accessible on handsets, he said. The mobile search ad market is so small and new that Jupiter Research considered it almost nonexistent until the end of 2006, although the market research company plans to issue a forecast for it this year, analyst Julie Ask said. There is no clear market leader at this very early stage of the game. The main ad-related challenge for mobile search providers will be to gain a big enough audience for their inventories of ads, Ask said. Then comes the issue of relevance. "If I am online and type 'Bruce Springsteen' into Google, I receive 2.75 million listings. This is useless on a mobile device. They need to assume that I have intentions that are different on a mobile device than on my PC," Ask said. For example, if a user enters the name of a recording artist such as Springsteen, the mobile search engine should assume the user may be looking for ringtones, wallpaper photos, or concert tickets, Ask wrote.


Clinton Gets Hearty Campaign 'Welcome Back'

Former U.S. President Bill  Clinton, just seven weeks after heart surgery, received a  rousing welcome back to the campaign trail on Monday at a rally  to rev up core Democratic support before next week's election.


Afghan Militant Group Threatens Executions

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, talks with US Gen. James L. Jones, left, in the presence of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, NATO senior civilian representative for Afghanistan, Hikmet Cetin, center


Express plans $26 billion hostile bid for Caremark: NY Times

Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Inc.  is planning to make a $26 billion hostile bid on Monday for rival Caremark RX , the New York Times reported on its Web site, citing people briefed on the company's plan.


UBS plans to shrink its investment bank arm after huge losses linked to the US sub-prime loans crisis.


Roma, 16:39 - CALCIO, FIGC; ZOFF: PANCALLI E RIVA POSSONO FARE BENE

Anche Dino Zoff commenta la nomina dei nuovi vertici della Figc. ''Non conosco Luca Pancalli (nuovo ...


France Races Against Clock in Iraq Hostage Crisis

France scrambled to secure the freedom of two French journalists kidnapped by Iraqi militants who gave Paris until Monday evening to drop its controversial ban on Muslim headscarves in schools.


Under Ridge, Color Alerts and Mixed Security Reviews

As the man who oversaw the creation of the largest federal agency in a half-century, Tom Ridge exits the Department of Homeland Security with a


Dems appeal for Americans to help the hungry

Growing numbers of Americans were hungry this Thanksgiving, and the nation should do more to help them enjoy its bounty, the Democrats said Saturday in their weekly radio address.


A US District Court judge has sent the Federal Election Commission back to work on a passel of rules it wrote to put the 2002 campaign-finance law into effect.


Japan's PM Abe tells coalition he will resign: TV

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has told executives of his ruling coalition he intends to resign, broadcaster TBS said on Wednesday.


Brewers reliever Seth McClung is suspended for three games and Manager Ned Yost for one after hitting St. Louis' Albert Pujols.


Four Palestinians Killed in Violence After Arafat Dies

Israeli soldiers killed four Palestinians  in violent confrontations that erupted following the death of  Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in a French hospital on  Thursday, Palestinians medics said.


HITACHI Data Systems is pushing visualisation as a key selling point of its new TagmaStore line, marketing the release as masking the "management complexity" of multiple storage systems.


On the eve of a landmark summit at which EU leaders will decide on opening membership talks with Turkey, the final elements of a compromise package on the terms for the negotiations was emerging.


Clooney and Alba top singles dating poll

Oscar winning actor George Clooney and "Fantastic Four" star Jessica Alba have   topped a poll conducted by Yahoo in the US to find the stars whom single people would most like to date.


Indice Nikkei a -1,17%, euro si rafforza su dollaro e yen


U.S. to File Complaint on Airbus Subsidies

U.S. trade authorities said Wednesday they will file a complaint against the European Union to the World Trade Organization, contesting what they regard as billions of dollars in unfair subsidies provided to aircraft company Airbus by European governments.


The astronauts aboard the international space station got their broken oxygen generator running after three tries Friday, but the machine shut down again after barely an hour of operation.


A little over a year ago, Kathy Stangl received a devastating prognosis: Doctors told her she had only a few months to live.


Second-seeded Hewitt beats top junior player

PARIS -- Gael Monfils of France reached the quarterfinals in his first ATP tournament three weeks ago. Lleyton Hewitt made sure he did not duplicate the feat at the Paris Masters.


US Stocks Rise, Led by Technology Shares; Dell Advances

US stocks rose, led by technology shares after Dell Inc.'s chief executive officer said demand at the world's No. 1 personal-computer maker is ``healthy.


Health Care Workers Union Lashes Out at Sutter for Lockout

Health Care Workers Union, SEIU 250, lashed out Sutter Health for locking out 7,000 caregivers at thirteen Sutter Health facilities Thursday.


ROHNE, Germany -- Underneath the marshy ground here is a huge deposit of cheap brown coal -- manna for a nearby power plant that is among the biggest emitters of global warming gases in Europe. The presence of the fuel may mean that this village and its 680 residents have to go, moved out by the...


Watney moves one clear at wet and windy Greensboro

American Nick Watney overcame gusting winds and intermittent rain to hold the early lead in the Greensboro Classic second round in North Carolina on Friday.


Three die in Colombia anti-drug helicopter crash

BOGOTA, Colombia  - Three Colombian police   officers were killed when their helicopter crashed as it   escorted airplanes fumigating fields of illegal coca leaves   used to make cocaine, authorities said on Friday.


N.Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament steps

North Korea agreed to take steps toward nuclear disarmament under a groundbreaking deal struck on Tuesday that will bring the impoverished communist state some $300 million in aid.


Come ogni anno, Milano Ã¨ Smau, una delle principali manifestazioni a livello mondiale nei settori ICT ed Elettronica di Consumo. Giunta alla 41Â° edizione, in corso di svolgimento presso la Fiera Campionaria


A car bomb blasted near a US military convoy in the Iraqi city of Mosul on Friday, wounding at least 10 civilians, Qatar-based al-Jazeera television reported.


Depression more damaging than some chronic illnesses

Depression is more damaging to everyday health than chronic diseases such as angina, arthritis, asthma and diabetes, researchers said on Friday.


GONAIVES (Haiti) - More than 600 people died in Haiti after flooding and mudslides triggered by tropical storm Jeanne. Aid workers said half of Gonaives, a northern coastal city of more than 100,000, was still


Meet the anti-war movement's newest folk hero: 69-year-old Rosemarie Jackowski, whose arrest during an anti-war protest has made her a cause celebre.


The DUP will give the government an ultimatum next week to make a decision on a return to power-sharing.


Sound, not Johnny Cash, responsible Scientists have proposed a new mechanism to explain the so-called ring of fire that is visible around the sun during a full solar eclipse.â¦


Green Bay wide receiver Robert Ferguson remained hospitalized Monday night as he recovers from the vicious clothesline hit by Jacksonville safety Donovin Darius.


Fred Thompson, who is weighing a Republican presidential bid as a social conservative, "has no recollection" of performing lobbying work in 1991 for a family planning group that was seeking to relax an abortion counseling rule, a spokesman said Friday.


En Pointe Initiates Off-Shore Business Process Outsourcing Services Campaign

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- En Pointe Technologies, Inc. , a leading national provider of business-to-business information technology products, services and solutions, today announced it has launched its campaign to market business process outsourcing services.


As the War Debate Heats Up,  Stagnant Air Is in the Forecast

He lamented, in his own way, that he is unloved these days and reflected on the "war fatigue" that has gripped his country. He looked forward to the day, not so long from now, when he will retire to his Texas ranch and tell himself that he did the right thing.


Bush, Kerry Address 20 Issues of the Day

It's not all attack ads and stomping opponents from the stump. Since the start of the fall campaign, President Bush and Democrat John Kerry have answered questions from The Associated Press three times a week, on the issues.


Blog: A team has just unveiled a sprawling 3D digital simulation of the ancient city as it appeared at the height of its development as the capital of the Roman Empire.


Palestinian girl, 8, killed in Gaza; Israelis injured in mortar ...

Israeli troops on Thursday shot and killed an eight-year-old Palestinian girl who was on her way to school in a Gaza Strip refugee camp.


The Catholic Church is to discuss the use of condoms to fight the spread of HIV, perhaps signalling a shift in policy.


Sheâs nearly a century old, a grandmother and the subject of a new movie. But the woman who tried to save Anne Frank is filled with regrets.


Afghansâ rocky road to historic elections

KALAKAN, Afghanistan There were toothless old men, turbaned and gray-bearded, and young men not yet old enough to shave. There were mullahs and mujahedeen, and the presidential candidate's 3-year-old son.


Torino, 15:04 - CALCIO, JUVE; BOJINOV: BATTERE TREVISO PER DIMENTICARE BRESCIA

Valeri Bojinov è tornato sul ko della Juve con il Brescia: ''E' andato tutto storto - ha dett...


The death Tuesday of the president of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, leaves a vacuum in Arab leadership that will not be replaced quickly or easily.


Security vendors question accuracy of AV tests

Everybody needs the best possible antivirus software, right? Sure, but try and get vendors to agree on how to test the contenders. Representatives of several of the big AV firms met recently to try their hand at developing a testing spec, but it's no simple task.


UAW strikes GM as talks fail to produce a deal

More than 73,000 General Motors Corp   workers walked off the job on Monday after marathon  contract talks between the United Auto Workers union and GM  stalled and the union called the first national strike since  1970 against the top U.S. automaker.


Police may have killed a suspected top al Qaida operative today in a four-hour gun battle at a house in southern Pakistan that also led to the arrest of two other men.


Da qui andra' a Efeso dove celebrera' messa


Russian, US astronauts leave ISS on maintenance mission

The Russian-US crew of the International Space Station (ISS) went on a five-hour space walk overnight to carry out maintenance work, Russian space officials said on Saturday, quoted by ITAR-TASS news agency.


Roma, 23:02 - CALCIO, LAZIO; ZAURI A LO MONACO: SPRONI I SUOI A VINCERE

Dura replica del capitano della Lazio, Luciano Zauri,  all'amministratore delegato del Catania Pietr...


Dow Jones Says It Will Consider Options for Sale

Shares of Dow Jones were up today after the family that controls the company announced it would consider selling the company.


Hurrican Jeanne has pervented world number one golfer Vijay Singh from attending this week's WGC tournament in Ireland. Vijay Singh has withdrawn from this week's WGC-American


Some Voices That Might Carry for a While

In 2007, a number of opera singers gave observers hope for a fuller-throated future, and others proved that size does not matter in the face of real artistry.


Defence Secretary Robert Gates hints that the US could withdraw thousands more troops from Iraq during 2008.


Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi warned Sunday that time was almost up for a peace agreement that could prevent a bloody, decisive battle in Fallujah, the western city


Phishers spoofed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's (FDIC) Web site again Thursday and using bogus e-mails, tried to entice consumers to sign up for non-existent service that tracks


Wesley Snipes to Go on Trial in Tax Case

From 1999 to 2004, the actor Wesley Snipes earned $38 million appearing in more than half a dozen movies, including two sequels to his popular vampire thriller âBlade.â The taxes he paid in the same period? Zero. But unlike other celebrities who find t...


Arrestato ieri a Salerno e' ora nel carcere di Regina Coeli


Kerry sees an omen and reflected glory in Red Sox triumph

America toasted its most romantic baseball team yesterday when the Boston Red Sox won the sport's top prize, bringing a cry of delight from Senator John Kerry, the Democratic presidential


With the Red Sox off as they prepare to begin the AL Championship Series Tuesday, the Patriots get a Sunday to themselves for a change.


UNITED NATIONS: UN employees were preparing to issue a vote of no-confidence against Kofi Annana on Friday, officials said. The union first raised the issue in April, calling for a formal probe into the behaviour


Telecast rights: Zee files writ petition in SC

Zee TV today filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court seeking quashing of BCCI's decision to set aside the cricket telecast rights given to it.


Mexican group Cemex makes a Â£2.3bn ($4.1bn) offer for UK-based RMC, the world's biggest supplier of ready-mixed concrete.


Si Ã¨ aperto il dibattimento per il sequestro del piccolo Tommaso OnofriAssente Mario Alessi, il muratore siciliano ritenuto colpevole del rapimento                                            Parma, iniziato il processo per l'omicidio di Tommy


Television's "Dr. Phil" McGraw said Britney Spears was released from a hospital Saturday but still needs psychological help, the syndicated programs "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider" reported in a press release.


Investigators have unearthed a mass grave in northern Iraq containing hundreds of bodies of women and children believed killed in the 1980s.


Robot's Camera Opens Up Panoramic Shots to Close Scrutiny

By David Templeton, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Jan. 31--Digital cameras produce photographs electronically with high  resolution. Most people already know that.


Bernhard Langer and Hal Sutton stressed the importance of playing this year's 135th Ryder Cup in the 'right spirit' when the US captain met Langer and his 12-man European team at Detroit's Metro Airport on their arrival from London on Monday evening.


Blair briefing Middle East peace Quartet

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair makes his first appearance as Mideast envoy Thursday, with international diplomats gathering to discuss ways to breath life into long-stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.


Day After Christmas Sees Lots of Returns

You don't need a lefse maker? Or that reindeer sweater? Well, get in line at the return counter. And on the day after Christmas, plan on staying there awhile.


Dopo quasi 100 controlli eseguiti nel biennio 2006-2007


Standard & Poor's on Thursday said it may cut its ratings on Blockbuster Inc.(BBI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) deeper into junk, citing the company's offer to buy competitor Hollywood Entertainment Corp.


Tens of thousands of General Motors workers across Europe were set to stop working on Tuesday in a sign of solidarity with their German colleagues, who face massive job cuts.


Titans snatch last-gasp victory with record kick

Rob Bironas broke an NFL record and Houston hearts when he kicked his eighth field goal of the game in the dying seconds to give the Tennessee Titans a dramatic 38-36 victory on Sunday.


GDF-Suez merger delayed after unions win court ruling

The proposed merger of French energy group Suez and state-owned Gaz de France faced a delay of at least several months after an appeals court ruling in favour of trade unions.


Tommy Hilfiger Corp. -- whose once-hot preppy clothing business has cooled -- is trying to rekindle growth by buying luxury brand Karl Lagerfeld.


Nel 1980 tocco' l'equivalente di 102-110 dlr al barile


Republicans Seem Likely to Retain US Congress

Though polls show many Americans are unhappy with the direction of the nation, they seem likely in the Nov. 2 elections to keep Republicans in control of the US Congress.


Charles Clarke apologises for the personal attack he made earlier this month on Gordon Brown.


US war planes batter Iraqi badlands amid fears of full-scale ...

NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq, Nov 6  - US war planes struck suspected rebel targets in Iraq's flashpoint cities of Fallujah and Ramadi over 24 hours, the military said Saturday, as the threat of all-out action loomed.


LNR Property Shares May Rise on Cerberus Purchase Agreement

Shares in LNR Property Corp., the real estate development company spun off from Lennar Corp., may rise after the company agreed to be bought by a group led by Cerberus Capital Management LP for $3.


A teenager who stabbed and battered to death a 14-year-old boy is sentenced to life in jail.


A United Nations peacekeeper who was among a small group of reinforcements sent to Darfur was shot to death at his residence — the world body's first casualty since its long-negotiated arrival in the troubled region, officials said Saturday.


Fruits May Protect Children from Leukemia

NEW YORK  - U.S. investigators have found  that children who ate oranges and bananas or drank orange juice  most days of the week before age 2 were significantly less  likely than other children to be diagnosed with leukemia before  age 14.


After a long-disputed battle with Apotex, a U.S. judge sided with the New York-based pharmaceutical company.


Nanotechnology Companies Planning to Sell Shares

Nurtured by billions of dollars in government grants and venture investments, nanotechnology companies are getting ready to go public.


Kendrick Perkins stifled a big smile when asked if he enjoyed serving as the Celtics' unofficial enforcer. The second-year big man clearly likes to mix it up inside, but he knows better than to take pride publicly in the pair of recent ejections. The latest came Tuesday night in Milwaukee when the officials assessed Perkins with a Flagrant Foul/Type 2 ...


The head of England's school tests watchdog says an international "glass ceiling" in results can be broken.


University locked down after students shot

Police in Dover searched a locked down campus Friday for a man suspected in the shooting of two Delaware State University students, the school said.


Russia marks Soviet red banner day amid security alert

Police took control of central Moscow as government sanctioned soldiers marched across Red Square while Communists held up separate rallies under red banners, against a backdrop of fear of attacks from rebels in separatist Chechnya.


Buffalo, NY (Sports Network) - The Buffalo Sabres have agreed to terms with 2003 first round draft choice Thomas Vanek on a three year entry-level contract.


Kerry Pledges to Lower Health Care Costs

Democrat John Kerry said Thursday he would cut health care costs that have soared the past four years during the Bush administration while millions have lost their health insurance. Bush "hasn't even tried" to lower the costs, Kerry said in an interview with The Associated Press.


A man carrying a fake gun and wearing dark camouflage paint on his face was being sought on Thursday for attempting to break into billionaire Warren Buffett's home in Omaha, Nebraska, police said.


For Clinton and McCain, a New Hampshire revival

Results in the Granite State mean frontrunners in both parties will continue to duke it out for the nomination.


President Bush handed out hugs to residents who survived killer tornadoes that ripped through Alabama and Georgia and offered encouraging words Saturday at Enterprise High School where students grieved the loss of eight classmates.


Toshiba has unveiled the world's first hard disk drive (HDD) based on perpendicular recording, setting new benchmarks for data density by boosting the capacity of a single 1.8-inch hard-disk platter to 40 gigabytes.


Japanese hostage probably killed in Iraq

A body found in Iraq is probably that of Japanese hostage Shosei Koda, taken captive by an Islamic militant group in Iraq, according to information obtained by the Japanese government.


Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has been challenged to justify "dramatic" cuts which will shut diplomatic posts around the world.


By Mark Davis, Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Sep. 10--Calvin Hassel almost left his partner behind with the first strokes of the final canoe race of the year.


NHL veteran Jim McKenzie thought about accepting a salary cap during the last lockout 10 years ago.


The government rejects a leaked report which allegedly says Kenya's former president stole millions of dollars.


Il caso dell'interruzione terapeutica della gravidanza conclusa con l'intervento della poliziaSecondo il Guardasigilli Luigi Scotti "manca una ricostruzione univoca dei fatti"                                          Aborto a Napoli, il ministro ordina un supplemento di indagini "Discordanze nella ricostruzione dei fatti"                                                                                Livia Turco: "La procedura seguita dai medici Ã¨ conforme alla legge"


ST. LOUIS - Cujo was a frisky 7-year-old when he sneaked out of his owners' south St. Louis yard in July 2000. Now, thinner and grayer and with a tale that would be fascinating if only he could tell it, the golden retriever is back with the Barczewski family.


I reati ipotizzati dai pm della capitale sono aggiotaggio,insider trading e ostacolo all'attivitÃ  degli organi di vigilanza                                            Unipol-Bnl, indagati a Roma Fazio, Caltagirone, Coppola, Ricucci e Statuto                                                                                Le iscrizioni, un atto dovuto, per le attivitÃ  del "contropatto"


Plot lines from recent books are written by a cast of hundreds, even thousands, of often anonymous contributors who congregate online to write, collaborate, read, analyze and edit each other's words in crowdsourced fiction and nonfiction.


Teacher Turns Laundry Into Learning Time

It used to bug Georgina Smith every time she drove by the Clean Rite Center laundromat in one of Brooklyn's tougher neighborhoods. She'd look inside and see children — lots of them — sitting around, playing video games or watching TV.


Spain Arrests 18 Suspects in Pedophilia Sting

Spanish police have smashed a pedophile ring with the arrest of 18 people accused of sexually abusing children and distributing the images via the Internet, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.


For the first time ever, scientists are taking an incredible journey to the dawn of the universe


eBay Exec Arrested in India For Sex Tape Listing

Officials at San Jose, Calif.-based eBay (Quote, Chart) expressed outrage after the head of its Indian operations was arrested over the weekend for a pornographic video file listed on its site.


Election officials are beefing up security and taking other precautions at many of the nation's 200,000 polling places amid continuing concern that al-Qaida terrorists are intent on disrupting the U.S. political process.


A public memorial service for naturalist Steve Irwin will be held at Australia Zoo next Wednesday, his widow says.


Verizon Wireless customers can now watch television in the palms of their hands. The second-largest U.S. mobile phone carrier launched the nation's first commercial mobile TV service in 20 states on Thursday.


The championship game of the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam was canceled Saturday after a family member of Arizona State senior forward Aubree Johnson died while in St. Thomas to watch her play.


MOSCOW, Russia -- President Vladimir Putin says Russia's armed forces will soon have access to advanced nuclear missile systems unlike those held by other countries.


BBC News website readers have been sending in their pictures of the severe weather in parts of America and Canada


VATICANO - Papa Benedetto XVI allÂAngelus invita a recitare il Rosario Âper le intenzioni del Papa, per la missione della Chiesa e per la pace nel mondoÂ e ricorda che ottobre Ã¨ il mese missionario. LÂappello per la pace in Iraq Castel Gandolfo (Agenzia Fides) - NellÂultimo Angelus recitato dal Palazzo Apostolico di Castel Gandolfo prima di fare rientro in Vaticano, domenica 1Â° ottobre Papa Benedetto XVI ha ricordato la festa di Santa Teresa del Bambino GesÃ¹, e lÂinizio del ...


SocGen chairman's fate in balance as board meets

The board of Societe Generale met on Wednesday to decide the fate of its chairman after rogue trading losses as fellow French bank BNP Paribas ducked questions on whether it would bid for its wounded rival.


Quarter of Bulgarians Ignorant of Internet-Report

Over three quarters of Bulgarians have never used the Internet, and 23 percent do not know what the word means, a survey published in daily newspaper Sega said on Thursday. Citing data from polling agency Alpha Research, Sega said 77 percent of the EU candidate country's eight million people had never been on line.


REGION: EU and Iran fail to reach nuclear deal

VIENNA: France, Britain and Germany failed to reach a deal with Iran on Wednesday under which Tehran would scrap its uranium enrichment programme in exchange for nuclear power technology, but the two sides agreed to meet again.


Leftist Chavez ally leads in Ecuador vote

QUITO, Ecuador  - Ecuador's leftist Rafael Correa, an ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, appeared close to victory in Sunday's presidential run-off election after exit polls and unofficial counts showed he had surged ahead of his banana magnate rival.


Hollywood actors says they won't attend the Golden Globe Awards next weekend, in solidarity with striking writers.


"SmackDown" TV show under fire in Indonesia

SmackDown, a popular U.S. professional  wrestling television show, should be taken off air in  Indonesia, a cabinet minister says after speculation a boy may  have been killed by children mimicking the fight moves.


Pechino, 09:43 - OLIMPIADI, PECHINO: INCENDIO IN PALESTRA GARE PING PONG

Un incendio divampato questa mattina ha danneggiato la palestra costruita nell'Università di ...


Pistoia, 14:05 - BASKET, LEGADUE: BENCASTER A PISTOIA

Pistoia (Legadue) ha ingaggiato il play Alessandro Bencaster, 27 anni, nelle ultime due stagioni all...


Thirty three people are now known to have died in the building which collapsed in Alexandria, Egypt.


Venture Capital Checks In To Habbo Hotel

Yesterday I stopped by Habbo Hotel USA, where nearly 4,000 "habbos" had checked into cartoon-like rooms to partake in a virtual party. I wanted to see for myself what sorts of Internet companies are pulling in big bucks from venture capitalists these days.


The pharma raises cash ahead of an FDA hearing.


Thatcher to face questions over Equatorial Guinea coup

Mark Thatcher is likely to face questions in a South African court over allegations he funded an aborted military coup in Equatorial Guinea.


The Norwegian military blacklists Siemens, saying the company overcharged it between 2000 and 2005.


Turkish aircraft attack Kurdish positions in Iraq: Turkish army

Turkish aircraft carried out a fresh attack on positions of the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq on Saturday, the Turkish army said on its website.


Interstate Bakeries files for bankruptcy

NEW YORK, September 22  - Interstate Bakeries Corporation (IBC.NYS), the maker of Wonder Bread and Hostess Twinkies, has reportedly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.


Parents can now check surgery survival rates at every specialist children's heart centre in the UK online.


Foreign students in Britain to be schooled in queuing

Foreign students visiting Britain are to be educated in the etiquette of queuing for buses, after local users complained about them not observing the conventions of standing in line.


The Law Lords rule that UK human rights laws apply to an Iraqi civilian who died in British custody in Iraq.


Jamie Lynn Spears pregnancy poses parental dilemma

Jamie Lynn Spears wasn't the only one who was "shocked and scared" when the popular television star realized she was pregnant at age 16.


'Nostro partito puo' essere ovunque per cambiare il Paese'


Asia Tsunami Toll Tops 21,000; Rush to Find Bodies

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka  - The death toll in a tsunami  that slammed into coasts from India to Indonesia topped 21,000  on Monday as rescuers scoured the sea for missing tourists and  soldiers raced to recover bodies amid growing fears of disease.


Some homeowners learn from their mistakes. Others don't.


In 12 romeni violentarono due donne, catturato dopo tre anni


The top candidates in Kenya's presidential election hold final rallies in Nairobi before Thursday's vote.


Comedian Cyril Fletcher, a regular on TV and radio shows such as That's Life and Does the Team Think?, dies at 91.


Bulgaria's Govt Sees 5% GDP Growth, 3.6% Inflation Next Year

Bulgaria's next year draft budget envisions economic growth of between 5% and 5.5%, 3.6% annual inflation and a fiscal deficit of 0.5% of the GDP, Finance Minister Milen Velchev said Wednesday.


Heart Scanner Stirs New Hope and a Debate

A new method of diagnosing heart disease takes only seconds to conduct, but critics say the technique is ripe for overuse.


Quebec election campaign to revisit separation

The question of whether Canada will remain one country will hang in the balance again as the mainly French-speaking province of Quebec heads into an election campaign this week.


Woodgate class shuts out Anelka and Bolton

Jonathan Woodgate's calming influence helped Middlesbrough claim their first clean sheet of the season in a goalless draw with Bolton here.


Yao Ming scored 30 points, grabbed eight rebounds and dished out six assists and the Houston Rockets won for the fourth time in six games without Tracy McGrady, beating the New York Knicks 103-91 on Saturday night.


After falling on the landing of his vault, Paul Hamm put on two of the most spectacular routines of his career to win Olympic gold, the first ever by a U.S. man.


It'd Be Easier if SpongeBob Were Hawking Broccoli

Food marketed to children is being criticized as high in fat and sugar.


NFL: Manning Inspires Colts Rout, Cowboys Triumph

Peyton Manning threw six touchdown passes, setting an NFL record with his fifth straight game with at least four TD tosses, as the Indianapolis Colts hammered the Lions 41-9 in Thanksgiving Day play in Detroit.


Iraqi police dead, Qaeda claims kidnapping

Iraqi police found the bodies of 14 policemen on Friday, all shot in the head, hours after an al Qaeda-linked group showed pictures of 18 men it said were seized to avenge the alleged rape of a woman last month.


U.S. government says war objector abandoned unit

FORT LEWIS, Wash  - The U.S. government began its case against an Army officer being court-martialed for refusing to fight in Iraq by accusing him on Tuesday of making "disgraceful" statements and abandoning his unit.


NASA, recovering from the four hurricanes that halted work at its Florida spaceport, said on Friday it has set a launch target in May, 2005, for the first


Nordic consumer regulators and Apple Computer Inc. moved closer to solving a dispute over iTunes music downloads in their first face-to-face meeting this week, the leader of the Nordic effort said Wednesday.


Burlington County's share of the more than 340,000 doses of flu vaccine that will be sent to New Jersey by the end of the year will be distributed to private physicians throughout the county, health officials said.


Chinese state-owned Sinosteel Corp. has signed a strategic cooperation memorandum with JPMorgan Securities (Asia, Pacific) Ltd. Corp. to help it explore opportunities in the mining and smelting sector, Xinhua Net reported on Sunday.


UK plans 'real-time' no-fly lists plus fingerprint ID for air travel

'No finger, no fly' to commence at Heathrow As has been illustrated all too frequently in the past, they don't tell immigration ministers anything - and, if what he had to say this week at the official unveiling of Heathrow's biometric trial is anything to go by, current incumbent Liam Byrne is no exception. Quoted here in the Telegraph, Byrne observes that he does not see the Heathrow system as being a "stand-alone scheme", and that the Government wanted to see it used as part of efforts to control immigration and to check the identity of people coming to this country.â¦


Nigeria's ruling party says it will replace all of its election candidates accused of corruption by the anti-graft agency.


The crowd packed every pew, every doorway and nearly every foot of floor space inside the little chapel to hear from John Edwards, and it seemed like the perfect place for the former senator and one-time presidential candidate to address his faithful.


The Future of the Internet, Eleven Years Ago

It seems hard to imagine, but the Internet was still a wild frontier just a decade ago.  But at a leading industry conference of the time a group of seers offered some remarkably prescient predictions of what was to come.


U.S.: Suspect Site in Iran Shows Nuclear Bomb Goal

A senior U.S. official said on Thursday  that satellite photos of a suspected nuclear site in Iran  demonstrated its intention to develop atomic weapons, an  allegation Tehran dismissed as "a new lie."


Lebanese army helicopters stepped up raids Friday on al-Qaida-inspired Islamic militants barricaded in a Palestinian refugee camp in the country's north after five soldiers were killed, a senior military official said.


Eurozone economy ends first half of 2007 on strong footing

The 13 nations that share Europe's single currency are ending the first half of the year at a brisk economic pace despite the strong euro, soaring oil prices and rising interest rates, official data showed Friday.


NEW YORK, May 30 -- The American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday that it is suing Jeppesen Dataplan, claiming the subsidiary of Boeing secretly flew three of the CIA's terrorism suspects overseas, where they were tortured.


Tokyo Stocks Open Higher, Exporters Lead

The Nikkei average opened 0.69 percent  higher on Wednesday as gains on Wall Street eased uncertainty  ahead of the Nov. 2 U.S. presidential election, prompting  buying of Toyota Motor Corp. and other exporters.


Athletics: Steroid cheat thwarts Kiwi Valerie Adams

The disqualification of women's Olympic shot-put champion Irina Korzhanenko came too late for New Zealand's Valerie Adams.


'Filthiest' Hotel Ranking Kicks Up Dirt in Virginia Beach

By Richard Quinn, The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Va.  Feb. 18--VIRGINIA BEACH -- It's impossible to know if the Tropicana Resort Hotel really is the dirtiest hotel in the country. But a popular Web site says it is, and now the owners are fighting a public relations nightmare.


South Africa two wickets away from victory

South Africa moved within two wickets of victory despite stubborn resistance from the England tail on the fifth day of the third Test at Newlands.


BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - European Ryder Cup  debutant Paul Casey has defended his decision to sack his  caddie five days before the start of the biggest team event in  the sport.


Iraq cabinet okays law to end foreign firms' immunity

Iraq's cabinet approved a draft law on Tuesday that would end the immunity from prosecution of foreign security contractors by scrapping a decree that Iraqis have complained amounts to a "license to kill".


Don Sciortino sostiene che 'il corpo e' il tempio di Dio'


South Korea's Roh in Russia for N.Korea talks, energy

South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun launched a four-day visit to Moscow aimed at boosting Russia's role in curbing North Korea's nuclear weapons drive and getting greater access to Russian energy riches.


For 5 Minutes, Just Water and Few Signs of an Island

The highest natural point in the Maldives is no more than five feet above sea level, so low that water from the tsunami rushed over nearly every inch of this nation.


A Daunting Composition, Approached With Daring

Grand Valley State University New Music Ensemble has issued a new recording of  Steve Reichâs signature works, âMusic for 18 Musicians.â


Medical "brain drain" hindering AIDS battle

The biggest challenge in the global fight against AIDS is no longer money for drug research and treatment but the lack of local health services in nations worst-hit by the disease, the World Bank said on Monday.


Israel's Teddy Kollek inspires son Amos's film

Amos Kollek said his difficult  relationship with his famous father Teddy Kollek, an important  figure in Israeli history and long-time mayor of Jerusalem, was  the inspiration for his film "Restless."


New York attorney general subpoenaed Facebook over user safety

New York State Attorney General Andrew  Cuomo said on Monday his office is investigating Facebook,  accusing the popular social networking website of not keeping  young users safe from sexual predators and not responding to  user complaints.


Nel negozio cult iniziative all'insegna della passione


The Archbishop of York backs an appeal fund for farmers who lost crops and livestock in the deluge.


Team bosses will discuss their plans to cut costs in F1 including a proposal to cut testing to just ten days during the season for all teams.


The cost of making mobile phone calls in Europe is set to fall after lawmakers backed plans to cap roaming fees.


E' un uomo di 67 anni, viene interrogato dal magistrato


Kerry saddened at death of 'Superman' Christopher Reeve

Democratic presidential candidate Senator John Kerry hailed actor Christopher Reeve "America's hero," and vowed to keep up the campaign for stem cell research championed by the man known best as "Superman."


Canadian inventor Dmitry Gorodnichy has developed a new method of computer input: the Nouse (from "nose as mouse"). Similar to a standard mouse, the Nouse directs the computer cursor and gives left button and right button commands.


Nintendo Retracts One Million Wiis Promise, Outsells PS3 Anyway

In a press release this morning, Nintendo issued a correction to a statement made the day before, asking readers to disregard just one sentence. That sentence, however, may have been the critical one: a promise that one million Wii game consoles would be available in the US before the end of this year.