NEW YORK Oct. 4, 2004 - US stocks are seen sharply higher at the open Monday as investors remain upbeat about the outlook for economic and corporate profit growth.


D.C. Thrift Says Buyer Wants to Pay Less

Independence Federal Savings Bank said its would-be merger partner, New York's Carver Bancorp Inc., has breached the deal and is trying to buy Independence for less money than it agreed to in March.


Long before the curtain was raised in Birmingham on a play called âBehzti,â it was known that several elements of the production could cause offense to some members of the audience.


Fidel Castro defied America for nearly half a century, resisting U.S. attempts to topple him while wielding almost absolute control over the communist state he built just 90 miles south of Florida. He resigned as president Tuesday, two years after falling ill and temporarily ceding power.


Bee Products Fight Tumors in Mice, Study Shows

NEW YORK  - Honeybees could be keeping a  cornucopia of anti-cancer compounds in their hives, early  research in mice suggests.


A Craig Bellamy header ensured that Newcastle claimed top spot in UEFA Cup Group D with a battling draw against Sporting Lisbon at St James' Park.


London, England (Sports Network) - Troubled Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu has admitted he tested positive for cocaine. The Romanian international declined a second test, apparently in an attempt to escape a more severe punishment.


Rell underwent surgery yesterday after doctors found the cancer ...

The 58-year-old Brookfield resident had a mammogram, which led to the detection of a cancerous lump in her breast. At about noon on Monday, she had a mastectomy and reconstructive breast surgery at Danbury Hospital.


The FTC has taken legal action in an effort to shut down Seismic Entertainment Productions and SmartBot.Net -- two companies that have become notorious as distributors of spyware.


Hamas pressure on Fatah mounts in Gaza battles

Hamas Islamist fighters and forces loyal to Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas battled on Wednesday for control of the Gaza Strip in an escalating Palestinian supremacy struggle he described as "madness".


E-Commerce Report: As Domestic Sales Slow, Travel Sites Go Global

Online travel agencies like Travelocity and Expedia are looking overseas as growth in domestic bookings has slowed.


Portuguese president moves to dissolve parliament

Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio began moves Tuesday to dissolve parliament and call an election after deciding Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes could no longer continue in the job.


Vitamin E said to protect seniors from common cold: study

A daily dose of Vitamin E may be able to help the elderly ward off the common cold, a study said.


Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Randy Moss was in the starting lineup during Sunday's 20-3 victory over the Tennessee Titans despite having a hamstring injury, but the All-Pro was removed from the game after the team's


State Department official applies to visit Syria

WASHINGTON -- A senior State Department official has applied for a visa to travel to Syria to address the problems of Iraqi refugees, further eroding the Bush administration's previous position of not engaging in direct talks with Damascus.


Nigeria - Esplode oleodotto, numerosi morti

Nei pressi della capitale economica della Nigeria, Lagos; secondo i giornali locali i morti potrebbero essere da 15 a 50. La polizia ipotizza che lâesplosione sia stata causata da ladri che cercavano di


Los Angeles - US software behemoth Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled a new technological assault that will bring music, movies and television into consumers' living rooms via their home computers.


Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Lopez and Gwen Stefani are among the stylish stars on People magazine's list of best dressed   women of 2007.


Sicko Watch: Vital signs good despite file sharing

Blog: Exact dollar figures won't arrive until next Monday but 'Sicko' appears unscathed by file sharing. Another film, 'Evan Almighty,' shows up at Google Video's UK site.


Flintoff century steers England to 251 for seven

Andrew Flintoff struck 104 to guide England to a defendable 251 for seven in the Champions Trophy Group D decider with Sri Lanka at the Rose Bowl, Southampton on Saturday.


Rwanda Leader Says 'The War Is Already On'

Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Thursday renewed the invasion threat that ignited Central Africa's deadliest conflict, the 1998-2002 Congo war, saying


A woman is arrested in connection with the death of a seven year-old girl in Devon.


Clinton insists momentum shifting to her in Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton insisted on Tuesday the momentum is shifting to her in Iowa and rival Barack Obama fought back against Clinton's claims that he lacks experience.


US Secretary of State Colin Powell resigned Monday. Powell, who made the United States' ultimately unsuccessful bid to persuade the UN Security Council to invade Iraq, will


New spec uses Web services to manage remote data center ...

Microsoft, Sun and a trio of other leading hardware vendors today published the WS-Management specification, which spells out how data centers can use Web services


Revenue growth of 8% stronger than expected

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Boeing Co.'s third-quarter earnings rose 78 percent on higher sales of communications equipment to the US military and better commercial aircraft profits.


Nuove Br, Cinzia Banelli: organizzazione a compartimenti

Seconda udienza dell'incidente probatorio di Cinzia Banelli, la pentita delle nuove br, in collegamento con l'aula bunker di Rebibbia dal carcere di Sollicciano di Firenze. Interrogata dai Pm Pietro Saviotti


A Haircut, With an Affair and Highlights of Support

In the Beirut beauty salon where most of âCaramelâ takes place, women of various shapes, sizes, ages and backgrounds gather to bond and gossip.


A military cargo plane carrying three senators and a House member was forced to take evasive maneuvers and dispatch flares to avoid ground fire after taking off from Baghdad on Thursday night.


India's candidate to be UN secretary-general, Shashi Tharoor, is "disappointed" after pulling out of the race.


Indonesia's former dictator Suharto's condition appeared to be worsening, with renewed bleeding in his stomach, doctors said Tuesday.


Mohammad Yousuf's century sets Pakistan on course for a 25-run victory over South Africa to level the series.


A marine reserve is to be created off the island of Arran to protect bio-diversity, according to the Scottish government.


Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer go into Friday's French Open semi-finals as heavy favourites.


Five people are injured, one seriously, in a multi-vehicle accident on the outskirts of Belfast.


Societa' specializzata in mutui ad alto rischio insolvenza


Mibtel +0,11%, All Stars +0,22%, stabili le altre europee


Intel Corp. is betting on a big expansion of "ultra-mobile" computing, an idea that depends on people being willing to tote around a portable device beyond their ubiquitous cell phones.


CBS News is asking dozens of its affiliates to take a leap of faith in the morning.


Rodriguez to Announce Today If He Will Stay in Texas 23 Race

Democrat Ciro D. Rodriguez, a former representative of TexasÃ¢ÂÂ 28th Congressional District, has scheduled a press conference today in San Antonio at 3 p.m. local time (4 p.m. eastern) to announce whether he will proceed with his planned campaign for the unusual Nov. 7 primary in the redrawn 23rd District.


U.S. army medic denies desertion in Iraq case

A U.S. Army medic on trial  for refusing to return to Iraq with his unit pleaded guilty on  Tuesday to going absent without leave and missing his  deployment but denied charges of full desertion.


Freel suffers contusion during Reds' win

Center fielder Ryan Freel was taken off the field on a stretcher after colliding with a teammate and tests came back normal Monday during the Cincinnati Reds' 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.


La maggioranza resta compatta e non ricorre alla fiducia


La lettera, la terza, e' arrivata questa mattina


Huckabee looks to reshuffle presidential race

After spending months  buried near the bottom of a crowded 2008 Republican White House  pack, Mike Huckabee finally sees signs of life for his  bare-bones campaign.


A Danish man released from Guantanamo Bay in Cuba says he wants to join Muslim Chechens in their fight against Russia.


Prosecutors rest case in Coast Guard case

Prosecutors rested their rape and assault case against a U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet Thursday after a fourth woman testified about a series of sexual encounters in her dorm room.


UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says the devastation in Indonesia's Aceh province is the worst he has ever seen.


Clinton 'doing just fine,' says heart surgeon

Former President Clinton was alert and talking on Tuesday, a day after undergoing a heart operation to bypass four severely clogged arteries.


Tesco self-service tills suffer from an apparent "security loophole", consumer group Which? says.


Asian stocks hit 2-week low on economy fears

Asian stocks slumped to a two-week low on Monday, extending a poor start in 2008, after weak U.S. jobs data heightened fears of recession in the region's top export market, while bond prices rose as investors sought safety.


DevShed: The Switch Statement and Arrays

DevShed continues their series looking at some of the fundamentals of working with PHP in this new tutorial posted today. It looks at one of the flow control statements the language has to offer and a very useful data structure - the switch statement and arrays.   In our last exciting adventure (back in early November), we braved crocodiles, ravenous editors, most of the PHP statements, and beginning loops. In this edition we'll cover the final statement, the Switch, and discuss arrays. So sit back, order your R2D2 robot to bring you a cold, frosty Jolt Cola, and let's get cracking.   They start with a simple example of a switch statement (to echo out strings) and follow it with a detailed description of the different sorts of arrays - numeric indexed, associative and multidimensional versions.


Trolltech, Huawei join mobile Linux group

InfoWorld - The LiMo Foundation has added some members to its ranks as competition among new mobile Linux platforms heats up.


U.N. workers searched by land and air Tuesday for eight Sudanese aid workers missing in rebel-controlled territory in the western Darfur region, officials said Tuesday.


Comment is free: Marina Hyde: Finally, untrammelled by oversight, No 10's former residents are free to cash in on their name - like any other celebrity couple


The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to provide on-site protections and increased monitoring of contamination at Los Alamos National Laboratory.


THE Boston Red Sox have made history. Now they would like to make the World Series. With a hobbled Curt Schilling giving up just one run in seven gutsy innings, the Red Sox beat the New York Yankees 4-2 yesterday


Smiling and confident, two Russians and an American prepared for their first mission in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft - breaking the nearly 30-year tradition of having at least one crewman with previous experience in piloting the capsule.


Are online gaming champions the rock stars of the 21st century? Fifty million Koreans canÂt be wrong.


Deutsche Boerse aims to play role in sector-wide consolidation

German stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse, hapless suitor of pan-European rival Euronext, has not buried its ambitions of taking part in the consolidation of the stock market sector, chief Reto Francioni said on Thursday.


British supermarkets guilty of price-fixing: government watchdog

The British competition watchdog accused British supermarkets and dairies on Thursday of colluding to fix prices, resulting in customers being overcharged 270 million pounds (386 million euros, 542 million dollars) for dairy products.


Smaller trade gap signals stronger growth

The trade deficit shrank much more than expected in April, raising hopes for stronger economic growth as the weakening dollar helped trim imports and boost exports to a record.


Israel Kills Two Hamas Militants After Renewed Threat

Israeli air strikes killed two Hamas militants in Gaza on Thursday just after the Islamic group renewed its threats to continue rocket attacks against Israelis despite a massive army offensive aimed at stopping them.


Mibtel +1,41% e SP Mib +1,39%, bene le europee


Giants Coach Tom Coughlin announced that rookie quarterback Eli Manning will start ahead of two-time M.V.P. Kurt Warner in Thursday's preseason game against Carolina.


Offerman Pleads Not Guilty in Bat Attack

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Former major league All-Star Jose Offerman pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he attacked a pitcher and catcher with his bat during a minor league game.


Amazon to add MP3 store to international sites

Amazon.com will start selling MP3 music files through its international Web sites this year, the company said Sunday. But details of the company's plans to expand its digital music service remain scarce.


Rubens Barrichello was undoubtedly the man with the biggest smile in the Monza paddock on Sunday evening as he basked in the glory of his Italian GP win, his first of the season.


Five days after making the putt that won the Ryder Cup, Colin Montgomerie looked set to miss the cut at a European PGA tour event.


A section of the M25 which was closed after a fatal crash may have to be resurfaced before it can be re-opened.


Compromise Deal Rejected - New EC Faces Veto

A compromise deal to save the next European Commission was today rejected by European parliament leaders who want an anti-gay member of the new team axed.


Germany's Angela Merkel tells a security conference the world is determined to stop Iran getting nuclear weapons.


Npower unveils plans to build the first new coal-fired power station in the UK for two decades.


Retired General Brings Military Expertise to  Firm's Contract Unit

HNTB Cos.  has recruited retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey, the former commander of the U.S. Southern Command, to serve as non-executive chairman of its federal government operation in Washington.


Bode Miller matched Phil Mahreâs U.S. record of 27 World Cup victories by winning the Lauberhorn downhill for the second year in a row.


Rafforzare rapporti con organismi internazionali e Ue


PeopleSoft board rejects takeover bid by Oracle

PLEASANTON, California - PeopleSoft Inc.'s board yesterday rejected Oracle Corp.'s $9.2 billion takeover bid, continuing its resistance after the company's own shareholders tendered more than 60 percent of their stock to Oracle.


CORRECTED: Israeli Drone Kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza Strike

An Israeli drone fired a missile early on  Friday morning, killing two Palestinian militants a day after  Israeli troops killed nine Palestinians in the southern Gaza  Strip, witnesses said.


P&G presses for OK on sex patch for women

Procter & Gamble will try today to persuade a federal advisory panel to recommend approval of the first drug, a testosterone patch worn on the abdomen, to increase a woman's sex drive.


France Calls for Fresh Start in Relations with U.S.

France wants a fresh start in relations with the United States and both sides have much to contribute to a renewed transatlantic partnership, Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said in comments published Monday.


MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti economic commentator Nina Kulikova) - On December 22 state-owned Rosneft purchased 100% of Baikal Finance Group, the mystery bidder that purchased a 76.6% stake in Yuganskneftgaz at auction.


New Malaria vaccine could save many lives

The Manhica Health Research Centre in Mozambique has high hopes that a new malaria vaccine could save many lives in future. This comes after the centre, one of the smaller health research centres in the world


Once-cursed Gulag river now Siberian lifeline

MARKHAYANOVA, Russia  - The Kolyma used to be a river of death for prisoners in some of the harshest camps of Josef Stalin's Gulag empire. Now the camps are long gone, but so too is the activity of a once-bustling Soviet Arctic outpost.


Climate is big issue for U.S. hunters, anglers

CULEBRA CREEK, Colo  - As the snow melts from the towering peaks in the distance, Culebra Creek runs fast and the trout are biting. But Van Beecham, a fourth generation fishing guide, is uneasy.


A report is expected to say a radical new approach is needed if drug laws are to work in the UK.


An IBM study expects viruses to crawl into cars and cell phones. Also:  Research finds more people banking online and the trend growing.... The Medicare budget swells past expectations.... and more.


Anna Nicole Smith, the pneumatic blonde whose life played out as an extraordinary tabloid tale — Playboy centerfold, jeans model, bride of an octogenarian oil tycoon, reality-show subject, tragic mother — died Thursday after collapsing at a hotel. She was 39.


British hostage reportedly still alive in Iraq

The waiting and wondering continued Sunday about the fate of British hostage, Kenneth Bigley, although one Muslim activist says he is still alive.


The Houston Astros apologized to the Cardinals on Monday, saying they erred a day earlier by showing a replay of St. Louis reliever Julian Tavarez's tantrum on the stadium scoreboard.


Report: Automaker to offer satellite radio in more car and truck models, begin factory installation. NEW YORK  - Ford Motor Co.


1. Rapper Snoop Dogg attended practice Tuesday with No. 1 USC as a guest wide receiver. The Trojans were delighted by the star's presence, as were a group of pee-wee football players watching practice that day.


Torino: procura, indagate sei aziende Grana Padano doc

TORINO - Sei aziende che producono il Grana Padano doc sono state iscritte nel registro degli indagati della Procura di Torino. Il magistrato indaga per il reato di vendita di sostanze alimentari non genuine. Sotto la lente degli inquirenti il lisozima, ...


Il regista calabrese qualche rammarico ce lâha, ma non insiste con la polemica: Â«Non volevo vincere, mi importava solo che si capisse che il mio Ã¨ un film per il grande pubblicoÂ». Sospirato ritorno. Non


New York Knicks guard Stephon Marbury was asked yesterday if his club had done anything special to try to keep Raptors guard Vince Carter in check.


Annan getting support from many UN members

UNITED NATIONS Dozens of countries are lining up to support UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan (KOH'-fee AN'-nan) after Senator Norm Coleman called for Annan's resignation.


Rumsfeld in Charm Offensive in 'Old Europe'

NICE, France  - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  sought to build bridges with "old Europe" on Thursday, fondly  recalling a vacation on the French Riviera and extolling the  enduring importance of transatlantic ties.


Bill Clinton Legacy Seen As Key Battleground

How Democrats define the former president's record may affect whether they choose Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama as their candidate.


Richard Branson's Virgin Digital went live today offering some 1,000,000 tracks - This being 250,000 more than iTunes. In March Branson said he will be adding digital music to his Virgin brand at the time


Former Enron pension plan participants to finally receive benefits

Over 17,000 former Enron or Enron-affiliated workers, who had money tied to four pension plans when the company collapsed in 2001 amidst revelations of accounting fraud, will receive their benefit payments.


Milano, 19:43 - Calcio, la Lega pensa di produrre da sola il calcio in tv

La Lega sta valutando l'ipotesi in futuro di produrre le partite di campionato e cederle poi alle tv...


Virgin enters online music selling business

In spite of the reports in media that selling music online is not as profitable a deal, as it looks like, there is no shortage of the new entrants.


Girlfriend survived because she was late for dinner

Sitting on the pavement outside the Hilton Hotel beside the wreckage of her BMW, Oriana Waimann, 31, described how her penchant for tardiness had probably saved her life.


PALE, Bosnia  - NATO launched a dawn raid on a house of a Bosnian Serb suspected of helping top war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic and seized some material for further investigation, its spokesman in Bosnia said on Saturday.


Healthy Wisconsin residents most likely won't get flu shots this year, after a surprise announcement by British health officials Tuesday halved the United States' flu vaccine supply.


Sony Ericsson setting up R&D center in India

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications A.B. is setting up a research and development (R&D) unit for mobile phones in Chennai in south India.


Bush backs Iraq PM, says no U.S. "graceful exit"

President Bush strongly backed Iraq's prime minister on Thursday, saying Iraqi forces would be prepared more quickly to take over security and that Washington was not looking for a "graceful exit".


Like any 12-year-old, a sex-tech columnist can stumble across porn when she's not looking for it. In Sex Drive Daily.


Swedes Guard Christmas Goat From Vandals

By MATTIAS KAREN STOCKHOLM, Sweden - For 40 years it has been torched, vandalized, had its legs cut off and even been run over by a car.


The Dell Axim X50 series of PDAs, which features the Axim 50 and Axim 50v, are Dell's fall release PDAs and contenders for the holiday shopping season.


A former Coca-Cola secretary convicted of conspiring to steal trade secrets from the world's largest beverage maker was sentenced Wednesday to 8 years in federal prison


Responding to McCain, Bush Plans Legal Action on Ads

President Bush on Thursday sought to ease differences with ally Sen. John McCain by promising to take legal action to stop a wave of ads by outside groups, including those attacking the war record of Bush's presidential election rival John Kerry.


Cisco Systems Inc. , the largest maker of communications gear to direct traffic over the Internet, on Tuesday said quarterly earnings rose, benefiting from higher sales in advanced technologies and the impact of a year-earlier accounting change.


The most accident-prone roads in Britain are revealed in a new survey.


Pete Kendall exhibited veteran experience last week, and not only on the practice field. The Archbishop Williams and Boston College product played it close to the vest every time he was asked how it felt to get back into the playoffs for only the second time in his nine-year NFL career. He would smile, shake his head, and not say ...


Caccia all'uomo tra Napoli e provincia dopo il ritrovamentonella notte dei cadaveri di tre giovani del clan Di Lauro                                                  Controlli e posti di blocco dopo la strage a Casavatore                                                                                Sono stati "arrestati" e ammanettati dai killer che, poi,li hanno giustiziati in mezzo alla strada. Nessuno ha visto


Sector Spotlight: Media and Entertainment

The week in review from our media and entertainment editor.


Fourth-quarter rally earns Grizzlies 117-109 victory over Celtics

Rallying just in time, the Memphis Grizzlies erased a double-digit deficit and sent the Boston Celtics home with a three-loss road trip.


GOP, Democrats Seek to Pull Campaign Ads

When a Republican-funded group of Vietnam veterans sought to run a blistering television ad accusing John Kerry of lying about his decorated war record, Democrats quickly fired off a letter to broadcasters imploring them not to air the "inflammatory, outrageous lie."


The European judge deciding whether to suspend the European Union's landmark antitrust ruling against Microsoft Corp. pushed the EU to justify its sweeping order — questioning Friday whether the move would rein in the U.S. software giant or raise costs for others.


Experts warn crystal meth problem spreading east

VANCOUVER - Addictions research experts say the wave of crystal methamphetamine production that is plaguing the streets of Vancouver is moving east.


Cisco, Microsoft step up small-business push

The two tech giants bring corporate-level customer management software to mom-and-pop shops.


Rest house to battleground: Spain's terrorist revelations

Just over eight months after multiple bombings on crowded commuter trains in Madrid killed 191 people, the trial of one of the accused has led to the first conviction relating to the March 11 attacks.


Libya's Kadhafi appeals for release of British hostage in Iraq

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi appealed for the liberation of Kenneth Bigley, the British engineer being held hostage in Iraq, official media said.


President passes out ice and federal aid in Florida

FORT PIERCE, FLA. - President Bush on Wednesday helped distribute bottled water, bags of ice, food and $2 billion in federal aid to hurricane-battered residents of this vital electoral state.


ISLAMIC extremists set off bombs and battled with police in the Saudi capital Riyadh yesterday, leaving nine militants and one bystander dead and causing oil prices to jump as the insurgents signalled they would keep up attacks despite the kingdom's


Major tours set to announce drug testing policy

The U.S. PGA Tour, the Royal & Ancient and other leading golf organizations are expected to outline a comprehensive anti-doping policy for the sport on Thursday.


BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Iraqi police said Sunday that 49 bodies of soldiers from the new Iraqi army were found south of Baqouba. Gen. Walid al-Azzawi, commander of the Diyala provincial police, said the bodies were


Executive Shake-Up Unveiled at CBS, Paramount TV

In a major shake-up of its West  Coast programing operations, media giant Viacom Inc. on Tuesday  promoted several CBS executives to new roles at the broadcaster  and a newly merged television studio.


A flight from Russia to Egypt is delayed for hours as passengers are convinced they are at risk of a terrorist attack.


Sammy Sosa was fined $87,400 -- one day's salary -- for arriving late to the Cubs' regular-season finale at Wrigley Field and leaving the game early.


The lumbering, low-tech observation balloon, first used on Civil War battlefields, is making a comeback in Iraq. But this time around it's packed with zoom-lens video cameras and thermal imagers.


Cingular Wireless, which yesterday finalized its purchase of AT&T Wireless, said the company will be governed from four regional centers -- one of them in Redmond -- by a combination of its executives and those from AT&T Wireless.


Strike hiatus prompts US writers to go it alone

Forget Warner Brothers, Universal and Disney. Say goodnight and good luck to CBS, NBC and Fox. The Hollywood studio model is about to be turned upside down.


Police name the teenage girl who died when she was swept away in a swollen river while on a training expedition on Dartmoor.


The SPL calls on ministers to consider a review of the 27-year ban on alcohol in Scottish football grounds.


Heritage Malta launches cart ruts project

The enigma surrounding the origin of the cart ruts, scattered across the island, may be close to a solution as Heritage Malta yesterday launched a project aimed at documenting and understanding the ...


The buyer of the main asset of embattled Russian oil firm Yukos is reportedly sold to state-owned Rosneft.


Cincinnati, 11:22 - TENNIS, IL WTA DI CINCINNATI ALLA CHAKVETADZE

Battendo in finale la giapponese Akiko Morigami, la russa Anna Chakvetadze ha vinto il torneo Wta di...


Bridge: At the Tournament Table, Learning by Doing

Williams College in Williamstown, Mass., gives an annual gift of sorts to its students.


Muslim clerics warn against using verses from the Koran "for entertainment." In Gear Factor.


Smoking Ban Clears the Air, but It Befogs Italians' Mood

Smokers and restaurant owners in Italy were fuming in a rather different way on Monday after a tough new law that bans smoking in public places - one of the strictest in Europe - went into effect.


Atlas Rocket Lofts Spy Satellite for U.S.

An Atlas 3 rocket lifted off into space early Thursday carrying a secret military payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, the agency that oversees the nation's constellation of spy satellites.


Calcavecchia triumphs by one shot at Tampa Bay

Mark Calcavecchia, boosted by three birdies in four holes after the turn, held his nerve to clinch his 13th PGA Tour title by one shot at the Tampa Bay Championship in Palm Harbor on Sunday.


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Torino, 22:39 - CALCIO, SERIE A: NEL POSTICIPO TORINO-PARMA 1-1

Nel posticipo della 1/a giornata del campionato di serie A, Torino e Parma hanno pareggiato 1 a 1 in...


UN Security Council to hold crucial poll on Annan successor

The Security Council was to hold a fourth straw poll on the next UN leader which will determine whether the front-runner, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon, seen here in September 2006, has the backing ...Comment


At least seven people have been killed in a bomb blast in central Kabul - the second deadly explosion in Afghanistan over the weekend.


Miss New Jersey can keep her crown despite photos that show her acting "not in a ladylike manner."


E per intercettazioni illegali 5 anni carcere e multe


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European shares nudged higher on Monday with technology stocks such as mobile phone giant Nokia and consumer electronics firm Philips rebounding after a poor start to 2005.


James scored 17 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter to help Cleveland overcome a 19-point deficit and added four in overtime as the Cavaliers ended the Phoenix Suns' four-game winning streak with a 114-109 victory.


The United Nations remembers the 22 people lost in the 19 August 2003 bombing of its Baghdad offices.


LOS ANGELES - Katey Sagal, television's symbol of the crass housewife in her role as Peg Bundy on "Married ... With Children," has married again...


Washington - US intelligence has concluded "with high confidence" that Osama Bin Laden made the message on a website in which he called on his fighters to strike Gulf oil supplies and warned Saudi leaders of an uprising, a US intelligence official said on


Iran Agrees to Suspend Uranium Enrichment

Iran notified the U.N. nuclear watchdog in writing Sunday that it would suspend uranium enrichment and related activities to dispel suspicions that it was trying to build nuclear arms.


The public believes that wind farms are a clean source of energy for the future, a survey suggests.


Former French finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn is the EU's candidate to head the International Monetary Fund.


Dubai, 17:18 - CALCIO, TORNEO DI DUBAI: STOCCARDA BATTE AJAX ED ARRIVA 3Â°

Nella finale per il terzo e quarto posto del torneo di Dubai, lo Stoccarda ha battuto 1-0


Gates: Vista Key to New Era of Multimedia Computing

Microsoft execs take the stage in glitzy New York launch, say Vista ushers in the next generation of technology.


France is set to elect a new National Assembly, with a big win predicted for President Nicolas Sarkozy's party.


Fed's Lacker: Risk inflation to become entrenched

Richmond Federal Reserve Bank   President Jeffrey Lacker said on Wednesday there is a risk of   inflation becoming entrenched and that an unfolding economic   slowdown might not be enough to bring inflation down quickly.


by our Internet desk, 6 September 2004. Flags are flying at half-mast in Russia as the nation mourns last Friday's massacre at a school in Beslan.


Health summit to discuss worldwide flu threat

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


British embassy officals say they have suspended all services in the Indonesian capital after a bomb threat.


Manning waves off punt team, then hello to mark

Any snapshot that defines Peyton Manning's career will include the Indianapolis Colt flapping his arms, pointing fingers or directing traffic in what he calls getting busy at the line of scrimmage.


NASA would get $16.4 billion next year under a bill a Senate committee approved Tuesday, reversing a decision by House lawmakers to cut the space agency's budget below this year's levels.


Fifteen actors from the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy are suing New Line Cinema for breach of contract, claiming they're still owed a percentage of an estimated $100 million in profits from the sales of movie merchandise, their attorney said Wednesday.


U.S. requires better head protection in auto crashes

The U.S. government on Wednesday effectively ordered auto manufacturers to install the most advanced head and side air bags in new vehicles starting in 2009 by demanding more protection for drivers and passengers in side-impact crashes.


Shots Fired at Saudi Expatriate Compound

An attacker armed with a machine gun  fired at an expatriate housing compound in eastern Riyadh on  Friday night but caused no injuries or damage, a Saudi security  official said Sunday.


Madrid, 15:12 - CALCIO, REAL MADRID: CICINHO OPERATO DOMANI

Il laterale del Real Madrid Cicinho sarà operato domani pomeriggio presso l'ospedale Ruber In...


When Histrionics Undermine the Music and the Pianist

Another reason classical music is not reaching more young people: not because of how it sounds, but because of how it looks.


NEW YORK - Roger Federer became the first man since 1988 to win three Grand Slam tournaments in a year, thoroughly outclassing Lleyton Hewitt 6-0, 7-6 (3), 6-0 on Sunday to add the US Open title to those he took at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.


Coupons in Hand, Shoppers Welcome Markdowns

America's merchants, shocked by a mediocre post-Thanksgiving weekend, are rushing to mark down their merchandise - way before the majority of holiday shoppers have even seen it.


Turning a Critical Lens on Television News

A former producer at "20/20" mimics Michael Moore in his aims but not his showmanship in this messy broadside against network news divisions.


US Captain Reyna Left Out of World Cup Squad

US captain Claudio Reyna, who has been suffering with a thigh injury, was missing from Bruce Arena's 23-man squad named Friday for this month's World Cup qualifiers against El Salvador and Panama.


Yellow pages publisher R.H. Donnelley Corp.  reported a  rise in quarterly revenue.


Bahamians patched roofs shredded by Hurricane Frances as they prepared to face Hurricane Jeanne, which made an elaborate loop in the Atlantic and headed Thursday toward the island chain it threatened just last week.


Access to affordable health care is the top domestic concern among Americans and a majority say the U.S. government should guarantee health insurance to every American, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released on Thursday.


It was nearly 10 years ago that Disney CEO Michael Eisner began to seriously contemplate his own mortality. He'd just survived emergency bypass surgery, and he was worried: if something happened to him, who could possibly run Disney?


The US military planes unleashed cannon and howitzer fire early Sunday on positions held by militants loyal to radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the besieged sacred city of Najaf.


Ron Artest asks the public to "move on," as reports that an additional player was involved in the melee reach local authorities.


Email pen concept does away with keyboards

Note to self... A designer has put pen to paper and created a concept fountain pen that allows users to write and send emails directly from a sheet of A4.â¦


Iraq would seek extended U.N. mandate if necessary

Iraq would seek an extension of the U.N. mandate authorizing U.S.-led forces on its soil if it cannot reach a bilateral deal with the United States by the end of the year, an Iraqi official said on Tuesday.


Md. Senate Panel Relents on Medical Malpractice Reform

A Senate commission studying Maryland's medical malpractice crisis gave some ground yesterday on legal changes sought by Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. (R) and endorsed the creation of a state fund that would subsidize doctors' insurance costs for the next four years.


It could be five years before Iraqi forces can guarantee security and allow US-led coalition troops to wind down their role, a leading think tank said Tuesday.


Running Extra Mile Sets Humans Apart in Primates' World

If walking upright first set early human ancestors apart from their ape cousins, it may have been their eventual ability to run long distances with a springing step over the African savanna


Operazione rientra nelle attivita' di trading del gruppo


Kurt Busch held off Robby Gordon in a stirring last-lap duel Saturday to win the Busch Series Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen International.


A charity says UK children have less chance of improving their social standing than those in any other country.


Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday it has found a new security flaw with its Windows XP operating system and warned that an attacker could infiltrate other computers by persuading their owners to open a specialized graphics file.


China lures Amazon.com, other online e-commerce giants

Going store-to-store hunting for bargains holds no appeal for Wang Qin, a busy securities industry employee who says he would rather spend his time and energy on work.


U.S. Rejects Guantanamo Detainee Torture Claims

The International Committee of the  Red Cross has accused the U.S. military of using tactics  "tantamount to torture" on prisoners at the U.S. Naval base at  Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a claim the Pentagon flatly rejected.


Iran Denies It Harbored Qaeda Agent After Sept. 11

A suspected al Qaeda explosives expert  detained in Pakistan was in Iran before Sept. 11, 2001, but  Iran on Sunday denied Pakistani assertions he fled to Iran  after the suicide attacks in the United States.


For more than a month it has been public knowledge that Kansas was considering moving next season's home football game against Oklahoma to Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium.


Royal Bank Hires Stymiest From TSX in Executive Shakeup

Royal Bank of Canada Chief Executive Officer Gordon Nixon replaced three senior bankers and hired the head of the Toronto Stock Exchange, overhauling senior management at Canada's largest bank after a slump in the US eroded profit.


Firenze, 13:32 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: CORVINO DIFENDE GIOCATORI DA CRITICHE

Pantaleo Corvino, direttore sportivo della Fiorentina, difende la squadra dalle critiche avanzate da...


Mississippi State wins again without Roberts

On Friday night in Birmingham, Ala., the 12th-ranked Bulldogs struggled offensively in their second game without preseason All-America Lawrence Roberts, a 55-48 victory over Birmingham-Southern in the quarterfinals of the Coaches vs.


(ANSA) - 28 AGO - Il segretario di stato Colin Powell ha annullato la sua visita in Atene per la chiusura dei Giochi, 'a causa di pressanti impegni a Washington'. Manifestazioni contro l'arrivo di Powell si


Ford Motor Co. posted its fourth consecutive month of weaker U.S. sales with a 7 percent drop in September results on Friday, and the automaker doubled its incentives on some models to kick-start sales this month.


Florida High Court Rules Against 'Terri's Law'

Description: The Florida Supreme Court rules unanimously to strike down "Terri's Law." The legislation gave Florida's governor the power to ignore court rulings regarding treatment of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo, the subject of a conflict between her


ASU Beats UCLA on Walter's Six TD Passes

Overall, Andrew Walter has had better games. His performance in the fourth quarter against UCLA, however, was as good as it gets. The senior threw for 415 yards and six touchdowns, two in a late rally, to lead No. 21 Arizona State to a 48-42 victory over the Bruins on Saturday.


We may be looking for life in space the wrong way, say scientists. Look for alien spaceprobes rather than radio beacons, they say.


A key Iraqi Sunni ally of the US, who met President George W Bush last week, is killed in a bomb attack.


53 arrested as police swoop at dawn to end Naples's Mafia war

ITALIAN police yesterday launched a series of dawn raids in Naples in an attempt to end a vicious Mafia war that has claimed more than 20 lives in the past month.


Parigi. Non ha utilizzato lo spazio aereo di Israele, ma bensi' quello libanese, il volo messo a disposizione dall'Eliseo per trasferire a Parigi il presidente dell'Autorita' nazionale palestinese Yasser Arafat.


Manchester City have fined midfielder Joey Barton six weeks wages following an incident at the clubs christmas party. The 22-year-old poked a cigar in the eye of team-mate Jamie Tandy after he apparently tried to set his shirt on fire.


Vitoria, 22:41 - BASKET, EUROLEGA: ROMA TRAVOLTA DAL TAU VITORIA

Nella terza giornata del gruppo D della Top 16 di Eurolega, la Lottomatica Roma è stata sconf...


Consumers gloomiest since Katrina aftermath

Consumer confidence weakened for a third month in October to its lowest since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina as gasoline costs rose and the housing slump worsened.


Fan Spends $25K Hoping for Bonds HR Ball

LOS ANGELES - Spending nearly $25,000 for baseball tickets seemed like a worthy investment to Michael Mahan, considering the 700th home run ball crushed by Barry Bonds will likely fetch a much higher price.    But it appears Bonds will reach that historic milestone in the coming days so Mahan, a lifelong Los Angeles Dodger fan, has been selling most of those tickets in the right-field pavilion at Dodger Stadium...


Record producer Phil Spector was indicted Monday on a murder charge in the shooting death of 40-year-old B-movie actress Lana Clarkson at his mansion in February 2003.


VERITAS extends its reach, support and solution sets with Volante

Sydney, Australia, October 19, 2004 âVERITAS Software, the leading provider of enterprise storage software, has signed an Elite Partnership agreement with leading Australian owned IT Company, Volante.


Huge pileup on Montreal highway kills one person and injures six others

MONTREAL (CP) - Flames shot several metres into the sky as a major pileup involving several semi-trailers killed one person Thursday, injured six others and caused traffic chaos on a busy highway.


A minute's silence is to be held at Nottingham Forest's ground on Wednesday night to honour Brian Clough. Forest are playing their first match since their former manager died aged 69 from stomach cancer in hospital in Derby on Monday morning.


Foreign Experts Race to Identify Dead in Thailand

Foreign forensic experts joined the desperate race to identify Thailand's tsunami victims as the death toll and the number of missing mounted on Thursday.


Palermo, 17:34 - CALCIO, PALERMO; CAVANI: POSSIAMO PUNTARE A ZONA CHAMPIONS

Il Palermo torna a puntare a un piazzamento in zona Champions. Ne è convinto l'attaccante uru...


In a sharp rebuke of a new administration policy, the House moved Thursday to block the Labor Department from carrying out overtime rules that critics argued could deprive millions of workers of their overtime pay.


The Overview: President Moves 14 Held in Secret to GuantÃ¡namo

The announcement was the first time President Bush had acknowledged the existence of secret C.I.A. prisons abroad.


Milano, 14:55 - ATLETICA, CROSS: CINQUEMULINI, VINCE ERITREO TADESE

L'eritreo Zersenay Tadese ha vinto la 76/a edizione della Cinquemulini, classica internazionale di c...


JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming  - The weak housing market could topple the country into a full-blown recession and the Federal Reserve should slash interest rates aggressively, one of the country's most prominent economists warned on Saturday.


Injured man wins damages for sex overdrive

A devout Christian who said an accident at work boosted his libido and wrecked his marriage as he turned to prostitutes and pornography was awarded more than 3 million pounds in damages on Tuesday.


Retired U.S. General Attacks Kerry Over Bin Laden

The former commander of U.S. forces  in Iraq and Afghanistan on Tuesday disputed Democratic  presidential candidate John Kerry's charge that the Bush  administration let Osama bin Laden escape Afghanistan in 2001.


Texas man executed for abduction-slaying

A San Antonio man with a previous conviction for manslaughter was executed Thursday for the abduction, rape and fatal stabbing of a woman more than 12 years ago.


La piccola iscritta a prima elementare nel Pesarese


Google Changes Cookie Policy But Privacy Effect is Small

Google shortens cookie expiration to two years, but regular users won't see privacy benefits.


AIDS activists in Africa worry reports may cause governments to ...

KAMPALA, Uganda Doctors and AIDS activists in Africa are worried that news reports about an aids drug may prompt some governments to ban the medication.


A temporary consulate is being set up in Dungannon to offer support to Lithuanians affected by  hate crime.


Iraqi PM Pledges No Attack on Najaf Shrine

Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi pledged  on Friday there would be no attack on Najaf's Imam Ali Mosque  and urged Moqtada al-Sadr and his militia at the shrine to  grasp an "olive branch" for peace.


IAC/InterActiveCorp  said on  Wednesday that company executive Jim Safka would become chief  executive of its Ask.com search unit, its latest executive  shift ahead of a major restructuring.


Investools Headquarters Moving; Symbol to Change

Salt Lake-based Investools Inc. said Friday it will move its corporate headquarters to New York City and change its ticker symbol because it has completed its merger with thinkorswim Group Inc.


Sri Lanka president calls for talks to avert all-out civil war

Sri Lanka has offered fresh talks with Tamil Tigers to avert a return to all-out civil war as the top guerrilla leader wrote off the Norwegian-backed peace process.


People in Venezuela are set to take part in a presidential poll which incumbent Hugo Chavez is expected to win.


Car Bomb Kills Venezuela Top Prosecutor - Gov't

By Patrick Markey CARACAS, Venezuela  - A car bomb killed a topVenezuelan state prosecutor investigating opponents ofPresident Hugo Chavez who were accused of backing a 2002 coupagainst the left-wing leader, authorities said on Friday.


At least 10 current and former detainees at Guantanamo Bay have lodged allegations of abuse similar to the incidents described by FBI agents in newly released documents.


Wall Street is heading for another  volatile week, but the bulls could get a further reprieve if  calm brought on by the Federal Reserve's liquidity injections  and a surprise cut in its discount rate lasts.


Scientists map enormous impact craters hidden under the Antarctic ice sheet using satellite technology.


Rock 'n' roll pioneer Ike Turner, whose musical achievements were largely overshadowed by the notoriety he received after his former wife and recording partner Tina Turner said he had abused her, won his first Grammy Award since 1972 on Sunday.


SunTrust reportedly will close 60 branches after merger

SunTrust Banks (NYSE: STI) will close about 60 branches after the completion of its acquisition of Memphis, Tenn.-based National Commerce Financial Corp.


PSP 'rubbish'? Nintendo think so. (PSP, DS)

At least, according to Nintendo President Satoru Iwata it isn't. Whilst talking to journalists in Japan the boss let his feelings loose concerning Sony's foray into the handheld market, stating that the PSP would simply alienate possible new gamers rather


Local sheriff's deputies and US Drug Enforcement Administration agents disagreed when they converged on Diane Monson's house in Oroville, Calif.


KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza  - Unidentified gunmen shot dead a judge from the governing Palestinian movement Hamas near his courthouse in Gaza on Wednesday, increasing fears of civil war.


Agip si impegna a ridurre di 6 centesimi prezzo 'fai da te'


Linux Foundation: OOXML is Too Long to Be a Standard

In the wake of curious surges in the memberships of national standards bodies, as well as the ISO, prior to upcoming votes to recommend or approve the adoption of Microsoft's Office Open XML as an international standard, the Linux Foundation today pleaded with voters worldwide (both old and new) to listen to reason before making their decisions.


Brain researchers have a new argument against executing teenagers: they are not yet wired for adult decision making.


SIR Richard Branson did not disappoint with his stunts yesterday, flying into Sydney to promote his international airline Virgin Atlantic.


Wall Street stocks retreated again on Wednesday after Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) forecast that the US economy would fall into a recession this year, compounding investor concerns about the near-term outlook for equities.


CNET's Senior Editor for Digital Audio, Donald Bell, interview Yu Nishibori regarding his futuristic Tenori-On electronic music instrument, produced by Yamaha.


Humans May Double the Risk of Heat Waves

Human activity has at least doubled the risk of heat waves like the one in 2003 that killed thousands in Europe, researchers conclude in a study being published today in the scientific journal Nature.


Pakistan test fires long-range ballistic missile

Pakistan test-fired a nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface ballistic missile with a range of 2,000 km (1,250 miles) on Friday, a military official said.


Hamas urges Egypt to open Gaza border to pilgrims

RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Hamas Islamists called on Egypt on Saturday to open its shuttered border crossing with the Gaza Strip to let more than 2,000 Palestinians return to their Gaza homes from the annual haj pilgrimage in Mecca.


Fifty years later, the man who first stood on the roof of the world lamented how Mount Everest had changed since his historic summit.


UN Committee: Al-Qaeda Sanctions Ineffective

A United Nations Security Council committee has found that sanctions imposed against al-Qaeda and the former Taliban have had little impact on the groups' operations.


The United States declared on Thursday genocide has occurred in Sudan's Darfur region and blamed the Khartoum government and Arab militias for the crisis that has driven more than a million people from their homes.


At Live Earth, a planetwide series of concerts, the highest ranks of the pop aristocracy will use their fame to persuade a global audience that climate change is not only an urgent problem but one they can help solve.


Another teenager from Hawaii is turning pro. Tadd Fujikawa, the 16-year-old kid who became the youngest player in more than 50 years to make the cut on the PGA Tour, said Thursday he was giving up his amateur status and would make his pro debut in three weeks at the Reno-Tahoe Open.


The decision clears the way for the media company to complete its plans to go private by year's end.


More than 130,000 people rally outside the Israeli parliament against plans to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.


New York, 10:14 - BASKET, NBA: NEW YORK BATTE UTAH

Risultati delle gare del campionato disputate nella notte (in maiuscolo le squadre in casa).


Bus with baseball team crashes in Atlanta, 6 dead

At least six people were killed and 29 injured on Friday when a bus carrying a U.S. university baseball team fell off an overpass onto a freeway, a police spokesman in Atlanta said.


U.S. home prices, consumer confidence fall sharply

U.S. consumer confidence fell more sharply than expected in September while the pace of existing home sales slowed in August, according to reports on Tuesday, supporting the view the Federal Reserve would soon cut benchmark interest rates again.


Italy Ready to Pull Troops From Iraq on Government Request, Jazeera Says

Frattini s comments contradict statements made by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who said Tuesday the Italian government won t withdraw troops from Iraq following threats of attack by an armed group that ...


IBM agrees on partial pension settlement

In a decision that eventually may affect millions of workers, IBM says it will pay $320 million to settle part of a pension plan lawsuit.


Merrill Jumps Despite Mortgage-Related Writedowns

Stock jumps despite revelation of $5.5B mortgage-related writedowns.


Matt Morris went from longtime ace of the St. Louis Cardinals' pitching staff to the middle of their rotation in the first round of the playoffs.


Asafa Powell hoping for good 2007 debut in Belgrade

Men's world 100 meters record holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica wants to clock under 10 seconds in his 2007 debut on Tuesday after recovering from a knee injury in April.


Justice Department investigators have absolved former Arizona Rep. Jim Kolbe of wrongdoing in his relationships with House pages, Kolbe says.


The number of nights spent by Italian tourists in Hungary reached the 600,000 mark last year, state tourism development agency Hungarian Tourism Rt reported, adding that Hungary as a tourist destination has not ...


Peyton Manning and Tony Dungy got their first real taste of being a champion — from an invitation to the White House to the all-night parties to the requisite morning-show interviews.


roundup Plus: More colleges get cheap online music...Glitches hit some EarthLink-hosted sites...More money for fuel cells...Linux release features Windows support.


Appuntamento con la vetrina mondiale delle provocazioni


San Remo, 15:58 - CALCIO, C2/A: MUSELLA NUOVO ALLENATORE DELLA SANREMESE

Gaetano Musella, 46 anni, è il nuovo allenatore della Sanremese (C2/A), che ha già gui...


Toshiba Starts Premium Corporate Laptops

Toshiba launched a new line of laptops on Monday which are more secure, sturdier and easier to connect, in an attempt to lure business customers by retaining the latest technology longer for itself.


Water levels in areas worst-hit by flooding are falling but may take three days to clear, firefighters say.


The Vatican says it has found the long missing sarcophagus of the first century saint, but that shouldn't be taken as gospel - at least not yet


Car Bomb Kills at Least 10 at Iraq Academy

BAGHDAD, Iraq Sept. 4, 2004 - A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb Saturday outside a police academy in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk as hundreds of trainees and civilians were leaving for the day, killing at least 10 people, authorities said.


After three days of delay, of squelch and mud, of lift and clean and occasionally of hit and hope, the World Match Play title will be contested today by Ernie Els and Lee Westwood, two of the most easygoing golfers this side of whatever is on the other


Difensori contestano prove.Genitori Alberto in carcere


Prime time alla Rai, bene Annozero di Santoro e La7


Phillies pick up Garcia at winter meetings

The Philadelphia Phillies have acquired starting pitcher Freddy Garcia from the Chicago White Sox in the first major deal of the winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Florida on Wednesday.


(WebMD) It sounds a little like science fiction, but researchers in the Netherlands report they were able to preserve fertility in a 29-year-old cervical cancer patient by removing her ovary prior to treatment and placing it inside her upper arm.


Jordan's king says three civil wars loom

The Middle East is on the verge of three civil wars -- in Iraq, Israel and Lebanon -- unless strong action is taken urgently by the international community, Jordan's King Abdullah warned on Sunday.


Hong Kong court dismisses appeal for newspaper search warrant

A Hong Kong court has dismissed an anti-graft body's appeal to restore a search warrant for a newspaper after a swoop that sparked an outcry about press freedoms in the city.


Shares of OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OSIP.O: Quote, Profile, Research) jumped 13 percent in pre-market trade on Monday after the company's experimental drug was shown to prolong the lives of patients with cancer of the pancreas.


Cuba denies interfering in Panama's internal affairs

Cuban ambassador to Panama Carlos Zamora has rejected Panama's charges that Havana had interfered inits internal affairs. On arrival in Havana on Wednesday night, Zamora said


(CBS) With nine films released in the past three years, Nicole Kidman is one of busiest and most critically acclaimed actresses in Hollywood.


Negoziazioni riprenderanno giovedi' 25 ottobre


The New Yorker has made the first political endorsement in its 80-year history, backing Sen. John Kerry in next week's presidential election.


Former Indian Prime  Minister PV Narasimha Rao is cremated in his home state, prompting seven days of mourning.


Look, ma, no PC/Mac iPhone hackers have released a tool that allows owners of firmware 1.1.1 iPhones and iPod Touches to open up their devices to third-party apps - all without the need for a host Mac or PC.â¦


Real estate billionaire Leona Helmsley  left $12 million in her will for her dog Trouble but cut out  two of her four grandchildren entirely.


France's Chirac makes historic Libya trip

French President Jacques Chirac, arriving Wednesday in Libya for the first visit there by a French head of state in more than half a century, said that turbulent times


L'inchiesta. L'immobiliarista Ricucci ricorda il tentativo di scalata di due anni faSecondo la sua deposizione, anche Romano Prodi lo cercÃ² in quel periodo                                            "CosÃ¬ assaltai il Corriere della Sera con la benedizione di Berlusconi"                                                                                di GIUSEPPE D'AVANZO


Suspicion of Kremlin's tack in Politkovskaya murder case

The Russian journalist's colleagues and other critics welcomed the police's arrest of 10 suspects Monday, but worry that the government's assessment is politically colored.


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Cleveland Cavaliers activated Dajuan Wagner off the injured list Monday for a second time this season. Wagner missed five games with an inflamed right arch after earlier sitting out seven games because of a sprained right ankle.


Happy Trails Mohawk Lakes Cross-Country Ski Trail

There's nothing like the grandeur of the snow-capped Rockies to take away the winter blues.   This popular ski and snowshoe trail near Breckenridge will get skiers quickly and safely up to those high and mighty peaks.   TO GET THERE: Drive U.S. Highway 24 west to Colorado Highway 9.


In Auburn Hills, Michigan, a leg injury and an overtime loss to the Detroit Pistons ruined Vince Carter's debut for New Jersey.


TV: ISOLA DEI FAMOSI 2, FINALE TUTTA AL MASCHILE

ROMA - Finale tutta al maschile per la seconda edizione de 'L'Isola dei famosi', il reality dei record di ascolto in onda dal 24 settembre su Raidue. A disputarsi la palma di miglior naufrago, infatti, sono


Kansas City Raises Offer for Mexico's TMM to $661 Mln

Kansas City Southern, the US railroad, raised its offer for Grupo TMM SA to as much as $661 million to win control of Mexico's biggest rail network.


Cliff Richard follows 'The Young Ones' onto Internet

Veteran pop star Cliff Richard is to follow younger acts such as Radiohead by letting fans decide the price of his new album over the Internet, his website announced Tuesday.


NEW YORK - Geico doesn't mind you Googling Geico, but when you do, it wants Google to tell you about Geico, not Allstate or AIG.


Six years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the war on terror is coming to the big screen in a wave of films that examine severe U.S. tactics, troubled homecomings for U.S. veterans and the conflicts faced by troops hurled into urban warfare in Iraq.


PHILADELPHIA - Professional competitive eater Joey Chestnut devoured a record 182 chicken wings Friday to win his second consecutive Wing Bowl, a gut-busting annual event that draws thousands of revelers to the city's sports complex in the pre-dawn hours.


Payrolls shrank in August for the first time in four years, the Labor Department reported on Friday, prompting calls for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates before credit market turmoil drags the economy into recession.


Health Care for Responders To 9/11 Remains Piecemeal

NEW YORK -- As President Bush gives his State of the Union speech Monday, there will be one man in the audience who plans to sit quietly and watch, his very presence a form of protest.


Editor's note: Our scouts roll back the tape on Week 5 in the NFL:

Michael Vick continues to look very uncomfortable in the West Coast offense. He is not natural in his movements and is trying to be the "perfect" quarterback.


Roma, 16:07 - CALCIO, DONADONI: CASSANO NON CONVOCATO PERCHE' NON AL TOP

Roberto Donadoni ha chiarito i motivi che hanno portato alla mancata convocazione in nazionale di Ca...


Bits: Spectrum Auction: Bidders Spurn Frequencies Linked to Public Safety

After four rounds of the auction, only one bid has emerged for the block of frequencies meant to combine national wireless voice and data service with communications for public safety agencies.


Forget Mom and Apple Pie, It's All You-Know-Who

This dispassionate British documentary contemplates how evangelical Christianity has moved steadily from the margins of politics into Congress and the White House.


Did you know you can buy just one share of stock -- or even less -- at a time?


Muslim Pilgrims Elated at Safety as Haj Winds Down

MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Muslim pilgrims performed  final rites of the haj on Saturday, with many praising its  safety following fears of stampedes or al Qaeda strikes.


At Least 4 Dead in L.A. Commuter Train Crash

At least four people were killed  and up to 30 were critically injured when two commuter trains  collided near downtown Los Angeles early on Wednesday morning,  emergency authorities said.


Barclays, the UK banking giant, is being sued for around $150m by HSH Nordbank over losses the German regional bank alleges it made by investing in sophisticated bonds.


Liberal Democrat campaings chief Ed Davey says the party is ready for a general election next month.


Spurs destroy Arsenal to reach League Cup final

Juande Ramos could have been forgiven for basking in the spotlight after Tottenham routed Arsenal to reach the League Cup final.


Cable Broadband to Lose Out Against Telcos -Survey

Europeans will get their broadband  Internet connections mainly through upgraded phone networks by  2010, while cable television operators will see their market  share decline to 15 percent, according to a survey.


Update 11: Crude Oil Prices Climb Above $48 a Barrel

Crude futures climbed above $48 a barrel Thursday as market fears of sabotage against the Iraqi oil infrastructure outweighed assurances from Baghdad that exports would increase in coming days.


Patent applications to be peer reviewed?

UKPO considers Gowers recommendations The UK Patent Office is considering how it might implement some of the recommendations of the Gowers Review of intellectual property law in the UK. One of the suggestions Gowers made in the report was that the patent authorities should evaluate how peer review might improve the patent checking process.â¦


Esce l'ad Jim Donald, deleghe operative tornano a Schultz


Ex-Monster counsel pleads guilty in options case

A former general counsel at Monster Worldwide Inc.  pleaded guilty on Thursday to criminal charges related to stock options backdating.


Heralded Lady Vols' Freshman Has Surgery

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Heralded Tennessee freshman Candace Parker underwent knee surgery and could miss the upcoming women's college basketball season.


N.C. State Stuns No. 8 Georgia Tech 76-68

Ilian Evtimov led a balanced attack with 17 points, including a clutch late 3-pointer, and North Carolina State beat No. 8 Georgia Tech 76-68 on Sunday night to snap a four-game losing streak.


French luxury goods giant LVMH buys Les Echos from FT group

French luxury products group LVMH said on Monday it had bought French financial newspaper Les Echos from Britain's Pearson, owner of the Financial Times, and had agreed to sell rival title La Tribune.


Four people, including Hewlett-Packard's former chairwoman, Patricia Dunn, will be charged by California's attorney general for their role in the recent corporate spying scandal.


Text messaging traffic set to double by 2010-survey

Text messages sent to and from mobile  phones will more than double over the next five years to 2.3  trillion messages sent by 2010, a survey said on Tuesday.


Kate Middleton vendera' borse per la catena di negozi Jigsaw


BERLIN * German police have charged the leader of a far-right political party with inciting racial hatred after he recommended Adolf Hitler's former deputy for the Nobel peace prize. via The Peninsula


Hong Kong postpones property trust offering

HONG KONG A 67-year-old public housing tenant Sunday forced the Hong Kong government and three of the world's largest financial institutions to postpone indefinitely a $2.73 billion real estate offering.


(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:


California Attorney General Bill  Lockyer said his office has enough evidence to obtain  indictments of people within Hewlett-Packard Co.  and of  hired contractors, after the company disclosed questionable  tactics in a boardroom leak investigation.


U.N. rights monitors accuse Sudan of bombing Darfur

U.N. human rights monitors on Friday   accused Sudan's army of bombing villages in North Darfur,   killing and injuring civilians, and forcing hundreds of people   to flee their homes.


Israeli police tonight detained nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu at a checkpoint as he tried to travel to the West Bank town of Bethlehem to attend midnight Mass in the traditional birthplace of Christ.


ROSTOCK, Germany  - Tens of thousands of anti-globalization protesters converge on the Baltic port of Rostock on Saturday to voice their distaste for the policies of the world's leading industrial countries.


Don't flirt with diets, marry a new lifestyle

Judy Dodd paid just $3.99 for a "Fat-Begone" ring that supposedly would help her lose weight. It came with instructions: Limit food intake and get more exercise.


Madrid, 14:06 - CALCIO, VILLARREAL: STOP DI 7 MESI PER NIHAT, STAGIONE FINITA

Stagione finita per Nihat Kahveci: l'attaccante turco del Villarreal si è rotto i legamenti d...


Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Inc. reported Friday that it purchased 3.5 million shares of Cyberonics Inc., taking a 14.9 percent stake in the Houston-based medical device maker, and expressed an interest in combining the two companies.


Sure he was baited and berated by many in the hall, but the Iranian leader's Columbia appearance was a national media event that gives a major boost to his domestic political game


Electrolux AB, the world's biggest maker of household appliances, said Wednesday it will close a manufacturing plant in France, eliminating 240 jobs.


Zinc, Iron Supplementation Better Individually than Combined for Infants

Scientists compared the effects of combined iron and zinc supplementation in infants with the effects of iron and zinc as single micronutrients on growth, psychomotor development and incidence of infectious ...


First Russian space tourist to fly in 2009

A Russian spacecraft will deliver the  first Russian space tourist to the International Space Station  (ISS) in 2009, the head of the national space agency Roskosmos  said on Friday.


Once again, the Seattle Seahawks won with their dominant defense. This time, they ended an NFL record streak. Matt Hasselbeck threw for 254 yards with two touchdowns, Shaun Alexander scored three TDs and Seattle's


In 1776, British forces occupied New York City during the American Revolution. In 1789, the U.S. Department of Foreign Affairs was renamed the Department of State.


UN court gives landmark genocide ruling over Bosnian war

The International Court of Justice is delivering a landmark ruling Monday on whether Serbia masterminded genocide in Bosnia during the 1992-95 war.Comment


In its ongoing battle with rival Intel, AMD announced the latest round of desktop CPU price cuts today. Check out this and other original content on CNET's blog network.


Toshiba says HD DVD "has not lost" despite Warner move

Toshiba Corp insisted on Sunday that  its HD DVD high-definition video format is far from dead  despite being dealt a major setback by Warner Bros studio's  decision to exclusively back Sony Corp's rival Blu-ray  technology.


Tony Blair's keynote speech to the Labour party conference in Brighton was twice interrupted today. The first interruption came from a lone protester against the war in Iraq, while the second was from pro-hunt demonstrators.


Starbucks customers unlikely to balk at price hike

U.S. consumers aren't going to balk   at paying an extra nickel for their daily cup of Starbucks   coffee despite high gas prices and other pressures on their   wallets, analysts said on Friday.


In 1956, two years before breaking the NHL color barrier with the Boston Bruins, Willie O'Ree gave professional baseball a try in Waycross, Ga., more than 4 hours south of Atlanta.


President Bush and House Democrats traded angry words over whether to grant immunity to telecommunications companies provided private data without warrants after 9/11.


US tries to prevent panic over BSE scare

Consumer groups and the beef industry in the United States were yesterday attempting to avert any public panic over food supplies after officials at the Department of Agriculture revealed


Letta, componenti autorithy fissati a 5 in carica per 7 anni


Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric met former boss Harry Redknapp today to publicly clarify the transfer policy at Fratton Park. Redknapp stood down last week after weeks of uncertainty over his future at the Barclays Premiership club.


It will be a daytime gabfest with Barbara, Rosie — and Hillary.


Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas changes the election law, which could boost his Fatah party against Hamas.


Web Tool Said to Offer Way Past the Government Censor

The new software would be used to circumvent restrictive countries who censor access to Western news sites, blogs and other sites.


Fire forces Australian miners into shelters

A total of 54 miners were sheltering in  emergency chambers underground after a fire broke out at an  Australian gold mine on Wednesday.


U.S. military charges Australian Guantanamo detainee

The U.S military has charged Australia's only Guantanamo Bay detainee with providing material support for terrorism, and legal proceedings will begin in about a month, the Pentagon said on Thursday.


Padres general manager Kevin Towers called Expos general manager Omar Minaya on Thursday afternoon and told him he needed a shortstop because Khalil Greene had broken his


NEW YORK - Optimism that the embattled technology sector was due for a recovery sent stocks modestly higher Monday despite a new revenue warning from semiconductor company Broadcom Inc.    While Broadcom, which makes chips for television set-top boxes and other electronics, said high inventories resulted in delayed shipments, investors were encouraged as it said future quarters looked brighter...


Senate Scales Down Proposed Guest-Worker Program

The Senate slashed the size of a proposed guest-worker program for foreign laborers yesterday, dealing the first real blow to a fragile overhaul of the nation's immigration laws since it reached the Senate floor this week.


Sudan says not breaching UN agreements in Darfur

Sudan said on Wednesday it had not violated any international law or agreements by moving camps for people who fled their homes in traumatised Darfur, and did not rule out repeating the move.


It's official: IBM sells PC unit to Chinese company

IBM (IBM) said Tuesday that it would sell its PC business to Lenovo, China's No. 1 PC maker, in a $1.75 billion deal that marks the end of an era.


Sport: Third Test: Erratic West Indies battle back in the final session of the day. Over-by-over report from Tom Lutz.


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Kosovo Serbs set two border crossings ablaze to protest against Kosovo's independence declaration.


Sudan, UN migration agency sign pact on displaced people

The Sudanese government signed an agreement with the UN migration agency yesterday to ensure that more than 1million people displaced by violence in the western region of Darfur can voluntarily return home - but cannot be forced to do so.


Northern Rock exits keep building society savings buoyant

Britain's building societies attracted a  third month of record deposits in November, indicating savers  continue to pull cash from ailing bank Northern Rock .


Supreme Court Limits Pay Discrimination Suits

A divided Supreme Court today ruled that workers may not sue their employers for unequal pay because of discrimination that may have occurred years earlier.


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Item girl Malaika moves on, signs lead role in EMI

Malaika Arora, who is seen in an item song in Anees Bazmi's recently released Welcome, is finally doing a full-length leading role in Suniel Shetty's production EMI.


Merkel, Pelosi say world should unite on climate

Climate change is a global problem that  requires unity and "multilateral" agreements if it is to be  defeated, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. House of  Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Tuesday


A video released by Muslim militants on Friday showed them beheading British hostage Kenneth Bigley, a Reuters witness said. File TV grab taken from a videotape broadcast on Qatar-based satellite news channel


Man Says He Saw Counselors Before Slaying

A business owner told detectives investigating the mysterious murders of two camp counselors on a remote beach that he saw them more than 24 hours after they failed to show up for work at a youth camp.


Oil prices pause for breath after two-day rout

London - Oil prices edged lower on Friday after a two-day rout that saw the value of crude drop 12 percent amid easing fears over a northern winter supply shortage, traders said.


Islamabad: As Pervez Musharraf completed five years of his rule, Pakistan today "successfully" testfired its "indigenously built" intermediate range ballistic missile 'Hatf-V' capable of carrying nuclear warheads with a strike range of 1500 km, that could


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Distinct differences in the brain activity of paedophiles have been found using scanners, scientists say.


3 Fugitive Muslim Militants Suspected in Jakarta Attack

Investigators said Friday that they believed the deadly bombing of the Australian Embassy was carried out by suicide attackers who had eluded a manhunt after fellow militants were captured during raids in July and August.


Westerners abducted in Iraq; 8 U.S. troops killed

Gunmen in police uniforms kidnapped a group of Westerners from a government building in Baghdad on Tuesday and eight U.S. soldiers were reported killed, making May the deadliest month this year for the U.S. military.


Newspaper Endorsements for 2004 Campaign

Newspaper endorsements for President Bush, a Republican, or Sen. John Kerry, a Democrat, in the 2004 presidential campaign:


GE sees nuclear projects in Europe, China: report

General Electric Co.  sees opportunities in nuclear investments in Europe and China, but a nuclear boom in the United States would require some form of carbon emission pricing, GE's Chief Executive said.


Iraqis clash with demonstrators against the election in their homeland outside a Manchester polling station.


Freescale Wins 200 Mln Euro Siemens Supply Deal

Freescale Semiconductor Inc. has won  a long-term contract worth more than 200 million euros ($246  million) to supply car components to Siemens, the companies  said on Monday.


West Indies win toss, England to bat first

West Indies won the toss and put England in to bat in the ICC Champions Trophy final at The Oval on Saturday. England - Marcus Trescothick, Vikram Solanki, Michael Vaughan (captain


Straw Speaks Out over Russian School Siege

Foreign Secretary Jack Straw today expressed sympathy with parents and children in the Russian school siege saying âtheir suffering is our sufferingâ.


The first woman space tourist, US citizen Anousheh Ansari, blasts off on a Russian Soyuz rocket.


Execution halted over injection concerns

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the pending execution of a Virginia man convicted of beating a co-worker to death in 2001 for drug money.


CHICAGO _ Even as cities and states show progress in ridding the skies of smog, the federal government declared Thursday that much of the nation's air is too dirty to breathe safely.  New rules proposed by the U.S.


The new film by the Teja-Nitin duo lacks punch.


Hard Right Stays on Convention Sidelines

Moviemaker Michael Moore is the "anti-Christ." Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter is a selfish hedonist. Cultural wars need fighters from here to Oklahoma.


North Korea has recalled its ambassador to a Southeast Asian country that served as a conduit for a recent mass defection of its citizens to capitalist South Korea, according to media reports.


TUNCELI, Turkey  - Kurdish rebels killed 17 Turkish soldiers and wounded 16 others in an ambush on Sunday, prompting Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to call crisis talks to consider a military strike against rebel bases in Iraq.


Postmaster shows lot of love in Fidelity

Among thousands of Valentine's Day mailings that have gravitated to this place over the years for the postmark so fitting for the holiday, a widow's loving plea instantly grabbed Peggy Ruyle's heartstrings.


Premier League leader Chelsea kept winning with a 4-1 victory over Fulham on Saturday while Arsenal recorded its first league victory in three weeks by rallying past Tottenham 5-4.


LOS ANGELES  - The threat of Super Bowl  Sunday falls upon the box office this weekend.


To understand the quest to build ever faster and more powerful computers, it's helpful to understand the problems that hold them back from getting faster in the first place.  While chips themselves are getting faster all the time, faster is a relative term.


Troy Brown remembers the days when the Patriots were far from perfect.


Mourinho fumes after penalty denied at Villa

Furious Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho branded referee Rob Styles' decision to deny his team a penalty on Saturday as "ridiculous" after their 0-0 draw at Aston Villa.


By Fredrick J. Johnson  By Fredrick J. Johnson  THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL  Cox Communications will raise rates next month for some of its digital cable and high speed Internet services but plans to maintain the current rates for basic and expanded cable service.


In what regulators are calling a first, the government has asked for a court order to shut down a spyware operation.


Iran says wants to stay within nuclear rules

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marked the 28th anniversary of Iran's revolution on Sunday pledging to pursue the country's nuclear program but announcing no new atomic work that would have riled the West.


Democratic hopefuls reach out to hispanics

Democratic presidential candidates say they are reaching out to Hispanics — a group that could play a key role in Iowa's caucuses.


Petrov strikes four as high-flying Wolfsburg forge clear

Bulgarian striker Martin Petrov scored all four of VfL Wolfsburg's goals as the surprise Bundesliga leaders completed a thrilling 4-3 comeback win against FSV Mainz on Saturday.


The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to allow workers and retirees to find out from a federal agency just how severe the shortfalls are in their companies' pension plans.


Al-Qaida video messages of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahri can now be downloaded to cell phones, the terror network announced as part of its attempts to extend its influence.


O. J. Simpson Arrested and Charged With Felonies

O. J. Simpson was charged with six felonies in connection with a reported armed robbery of sports memorabilia in a Las Vegas hotel room, police said.


France Extradites to Bulgaria Suspect in Drug Baron Assassination

France on Friday extradited to Bulgaria Vasil Kachikov, a Bulgarian national suspected of complicity in the assassination of one of his country's underworld bosses in Amsterdam about a year ago.


Children still drawn into war in Sudan: UN

Children are still being  abducted, killed, raped and pressed into warfare as soldiers by  armed groups in Sudan -- including the country's army --  despite peace deals in the south and west, the United Nations  reported on Tuesday.


Marsh & McLennan forecast slashed, stock slides

Shares of insurance brokerage Marsh & McLennan Cos. continued their slide Monday as analysts said the firmâs suspension of âcontingency commissionâ arrangements would sharply cut earnings.


Tenn.'s Retreat On Medicaid  Points to Struggle

They staged a die-in here Wednesday night -- to mourn the demise of one of the nation's most innovative health insurance programs for the working poor and to dramatize what advocates say will be the human toll of a bitter government decision.


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October 21, 2004 -- KABUL - Interim leader Hamid Karzai remained on course to win Afghanistan's first direct presidential election as the vote count passed the halfway mark yesterday.


Screening relatives of middle-aged people who suffer heart attacks would save lives, say experts.


The battle to set the standard for next-generation digital recording media took another twist on Thursday with the announcement that Walt Disney would launch titles on the Blu-ray Disc format promoted by Sony and Matsushita.


Children at risk of sex offending need more help in a bid to reverse the rising number of sex crimes committed by youngsters, experts say.


The U.S. military denied reports on   Saturday that Iraq plans to dig a giant ring of trenches around   the city of Baghdad.


FDA Says It Was Not Told of Possibility of Vaccine Shortage

British and American regulators continued their inspection of a contaminated vaccine factory in Liverpool as the health agencies for both countries sought on Saturday


Group of Cities, Counties Sues Microsoft

A group of California cities and counties on Friday filed a class action lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. , saying the world's largest software maker overcharged them for software.


Sweden is to move the northern town of Kiruna to prevent it sinking into a hole left by iron ore mines.


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If you had any doubts about Sun Microsystems? commitment to open source, it?s time to set them aside. Sun put its money where its mouth is Wednesday, with the announcement that it would buy open source database vendor MySQL for a whopping $1 billion. If the price tag set tongues wagging, however, it was no more tantalizing than the question that immediately sprung to the minds of IT managers everywhere: Now that Sun owns MySQL, what on earth does it plan to do with it?Sun has toyed with the idea of a database offering of its own for at least two years. But in a market where basic relational database functionality is increasingly considered a commodity, competing successfully is no mean feat, even when playing the open source card.Certainly, Sun isn?t the first to try it. In 2001, leading Linux vendor Red Hat launched its own branded version of the open source PostgreSQL database, only to scrap the project a year later after deciding that servicing and supporting a database was not its core competency. Similarly, Computer Associates opened the source of the Ingres database in hopes of becoming a one-stop shop for customers in need of an enterprise application stack, but had little luck winning market share away from the likes of IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle. CA spun Ingres off into its own company in 2005, where it continues to nurture a small installed base.In his blog announcing the MySQL acquisition Wednesday, Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz remains characteristically effusive. ?Until now, no platform vendor has assembled all the core elements of a completely open source operating system for the Internet,? he wrote. ?No company has been able to deliver a comprehensive alternative to the leading proprietary OS.?Yet CA?s and Red Hat?s experiences seem to discredit the idea that a stem-to-stern platform offering from a single vendor is what customers really want. Not to mention the fact that Sun already offers enterprise support for PostgreSQL, a competing open source database that is widely perceived as being technologically superior to MySQL. Schwartz reaffirmed Sun?s commitment to PostgreSQL in a conference call Wednesday, causing some analysts to speculate whether the MySQL acquisition was anything more than a billion-dollar PR stunt.But there may be method to Sun?s madness. The considerable goodwill that MySQL has cultivated among enterprise customers could have benefits for Sun that technology alone never could.?I think the answer is simple: ubiquity,? says Andy Astor, CEO of EnterpriseDB, which markets a high-performance, commercial database product based on PostgreSQL. ?[Sun is] a big company; to move their needle, they need to see millions of potential users, which MySQL provides.?According to MySQL?s own estimates, there are already some 11 million active installations of the MySQL database worldwide. What?s more, MySQL is virtually the de facto standard relational database for rapid application development, particularly for the Web. In future, as these fledgling sites mature and their needs broaden, they will become natural customers for Sun?s enterprise support offerings.Sun?s new role as steward of MySQL is sure to ruffle feathers in the software industry, as well -- particularly at Oracle, which, with its recent acquisitions, increasingly competes with Sun in the enterprise application platform arena. In 2005, Oracle bought Innobase, makers of a plug-in component that adds advanced features to MySQL, in what was widely perceived as a competitive swipe at the open source upstart.For his part, MySQL CEO M?rten Mickos has repeatedly denied that his company?s aim is to displace high-end databases such as Oracle?s. And that?s only appropriate; for those customers who demand Oracle?s most advanced features, no other product will do. But Mickos? protestations verge on false modesty. On the low end, MySQL is an absolute pandemic, and it?s already making headway into the mid-tier territory traditionally owned by the likes of Microsoft. That trend is only likely to accelerate with Sun?s backing.What is unclear, however, is whether Sun will take any steps to alter MySQL?s license terms. Licensing and project governance have played key roles in MySQL?s success, and as a result, MySQL?s license policy is somewhat more restrictive than the one that Sun has used for the rest of its software portfolio.Although all MySQL code is available under the GNU GPL (General Public License), the product is developed primarily by full-time employees of MySQL. Furthermore, the MySQL company requests that community developers sign over copyright to their code contributions to the company before those changes become part of the main MySQL code base. This allows the company to offer a separate, commercial version of its database for enterprise customers who don?t want to be bound by the terms of the GPL. Initially, this license structure was used mainly to allow companies to embed the MySQL database into their own products, but the MySQL company was criticized last year for making it more difficult for non-paying customers to download the enterprise version of the database.By comparison, Sun has been freer with its own code, foregoing separate, commercial versions of its products in favor of a subscription-based enterprise support scheme. PostgreSQL is arguably even more free; it is governed in a much more distributed, community-based fashion than MySQL, and its permissive license even allows proprietary derivatives, such as EnterpriseDB.Ironically, however, MySQL?s stringent intellectual property policy may be precisely what makes it so appealing to Sun. Red Hat Database and Sun?s own version of PostgreSQL were merely different retoolings of an existing open source software product, one that customers could just as easily download from elsewhere. To the enterprise IT community at large, however, there?s really only one MySQL -- and from now on, that name will be indelibly associated with Sun. Remember, for all Sun?s talk about open source, this is a company that banks so heavily on its trademarks that it had its stock ticker symbol changed to JAVA.Ah, but there?s the rub. Sun open-sourced the Java platform in 2006, and while the move has been widely hailed by developers, not everyone in the business community was as thrilled with the idea of Sun giving away its crown jewels. As former Sun vice president Larry Singer put it, ?We [at Sun] were spending all of our time and attention ? on things that were important from an intellectual standpoint, important from an innovative standpoint, [but it was] hard to understand how they were going to drive revenue for the company.?So far, MySQL has built a solid business selling open source database software. Whether Sun has the strategic acumen to take that success to the next level, however, remains to be seen. But stay tuned; after all, $1 billion gives Sun a hell of an incentive.


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Actor Robert Blake's murder trial was delayed by two weeks on Monday to allow his lawyer more time to prepare his case after a computer containing vital defense documents was stolen from the attorney's home.


U.S. and Iraqi forces detained Iraq's deputy health minister on Thursday, a senior member of a radical Shi'ite political group, in the first major sign that a security crackdown in Baghdad was under way.


US feedlots and packers could import Canadian cattle within months now that new US rules aimed at guarding against mad cow disease are up for approval, Canadian Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell said on Saturday.


Italy's Serie A resumes after a suspension but four matches are played behind closed doors.


T-Mobile Says Hacker Penetrated Computer Network

A California man faces felony  charges of hacking into cell phone company T-Mobile's computer  network to steal hundreds of names and social security numbers,  according to court documents released on Wednesday.


A security expert has found programming errors in Oracle 11g that left security vulnerabilities.


Sven: 'It's three strikers or Wright-Phillips'

Sven-Goran Eriksson says that he will select either the three-pronged strikeforce or Shaun Wright-Phillips on Wednesday night, but not both.


'Persepolis' tells the story of an Iranian girl caught between two warring cultures.


On a busy day for corporate earnings, European equity markets moved higher by mid-morning on Wednesday, helped by strength in the support services and software sectors and overnight gains on Wall Street and in Asia.


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Nov. 8 issue - Wilbur Ross isn't Superman, but there's no doubt he's Wall Street's Man of Steel. Ross, a veteran bankruptcy player, made a deal last week to sell his International Steel Group at $42 a share


A German woman thought she had been robbed by sedative-toting thieves when she returned to her car to find 380 euros ($470) missing and her dog vomiting, only to discover the pet had eaten the cash, police said on Thursday.


Demonstrators from Germany's large Turkish community protest in Berlin outside a summit on integration.


Michael Jackson's Lawyers Want Prosecutor Removed

Michael Jackson's lawyers have gone  to court to have a California district attorney removed from  prosecuting the pop star on child molestation charges, court  papers showed on Tuesday.


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Martha Stewart may be heading to jail, but the company that oversees her stable of books, magazines and television shows is staying loyal.


Ice and Snow Wallop the Midwest and the Plains

A snowstorm shut thousands of schools and left more than two million homes and businesses without power.


Ugliest scene staged in Pistons vs Pacers game

The Auburn Hill Stadium, home court of NBA's defending champs, the Detroit Pistons, has been turned into a battle field with flying cups and plastic bottles.


UPDATE 2-Huntsman latest chemical company to plan IPO

Huntsman, which calls itself the world's largest privately held chemical company, on Monday announced an initial public offering and said it will use the proceeds to reduce debt.


80-Year-Old Farmhouse Accidentally Razed

CUMMING, Ga. - Three generations of James Wheeler's family were sheltered by a farmhouse built by his grandfather about 80 years ago...


Ten Things to Do Before This Article Is Finished

Once the province of bird-watchers, mountain climbers and sufferers of obsessive-compulsive disorder, the life list has become widely popular with the harried masses, equal parts motivational self-help and escapist fantasy.


Arafat working on release of British hostage, CNN producer

GAZA CITY - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat has offered to help secure the release of a British hostage being held in Iraq and demanded that Palestinian militants release a CNN producer kidnapped in Gaza, officials say.


Uganda says it will start deploying its soldiers as part of a peace force in Somalia within the next two weeks.


NBC Looks for Olympic Success to Bolster New Shows

If an athlete's true test is improving each time on the field, television network NBC is due for laurels when the Athens Olympics end on Sunday, but its greater challenge will be launching new shows like "Joey" in coming weeks.


Sunny skies on Monday helped road crews deal with the remnants of a blustery snowstorm that blacked out thousands of homes and businesses and was blamed for at least 22 traffic deaths in the upper Midwest.


Gen. Vij's visit enhanced mutual trust: China

Beijing, Dec. 29 (PTI): China today said the just-concluded visit by General NC Vij, the first by an Indian Army Chief to the Communist nation in over a decade, has enabled the militaries of the two Asian


Examines laws on destruction of DNA and fingerprint records A review will examine procedures for retaining the forensic data of those accused of sexual or violent offences in Scotland.â¦


New York, 13:07 - Basket, Nba: Lakers senza Divac per tre mesi

I Los Angeles Lakers dovranno fare a meno di Vlade Divac per tre mesi. Il pivot serbo-montenegrino, ...


Afghanistan's security forces supported by NATO-led troops will "very soon" launch an operation to clear the southern Afghan town overrun and controlled by Taliban militants, an Afghan official said Saturday.


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Oracle and Hyperion: is it really a strategic fit?

Fusion, migration and competition This is a blastingly good deal for Hyperion shareholders. Hyperion's share price went up from $43 to $52 overnight, so shareholders gained 20 per cent. Since Godfrey Sullivan became CEO in 2004 he has done an excellent job of putting in place a first class management team and this is the opportunity to cash in. But what about Oracle shareholders?â¦


La nuova Opel Speedster Turbo farÃ  il suo debutto al prossimo Salone dell'Automobile di Ginevra (dal 6 al 16 marzo). La roadster con motore centrale viene spinta dalla nota unitÃ  da 200cv 2 litri Ecotec


Heavy snow shuts airports, causes disruption in Britain

Airline passengers bore the brunt of unusually heavy snow in England and Wales Thursday, which forced the temporary closure of runways at several airports and caused disruption on roads and rails.


Employers, Not Family, Drive Area Immigration

What would the United States look like under the Senate immigration bill? Possibly a lot like Washington.


Canadian observer labels Ukraine elections grotesquely fraudulent

EDMONTON (CP) - Canadians sent to observe elections in Ukraine saw campaign tents fire-bombed and heard of voters being roughed-up while trying to cast ballots, says the Edmonton lawyer who headed up a monitoring project.


Should investors connect with this troubled telecom?


CORRECTED: Britain has signals Ethiopia hostages "are okay"

British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, responding to reports a group of European hostages kidnapped in Ethiopia by Afar separatists rebels were in Eritrea, said she had received signals the group was "okay".


Jose Contreras pitches eight strong innings and Jim ThomeÃÂ goes 4-for-4 with his 39th homerÃÂ as a revamped White Sox lineup carries Chicago to an 8-1 win over Boston.


Today, NBC and News Corp.'s internet video site, Hulu, has launched its private beta with almost a hundred different movies and TV series.


NASA delays shuttle launch until at least Friday

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA further delayed   the launch of the space shuttle Atlantis until at least Friday,   a NASA official said on Wednesday.


Hong Kong court rejects appeal over Internet piracy case

A Hong Kong court has rejected an appeal by a man who had been jailed in what was the world's first prison sentence for distributing movie files over the popular online BitTorrent Internet network.


The introduction of children to the genre was probably inevitable. But the networks seem to understand that they are in dicey ethical territory.


Gabe: The mood in the office this morning is somewhat tense. We all spent the weekend playing FFXII and we came back today completely divided regarding its quality. I have to admit that after putting in nearly fifteen hours over the past two days I"m prepared to call it the best FF game I"ve ever played. I know that"s at odds with what I said on Friday but it"s the truth. Tycho and Robert are actually playing together and they"re at about the five hour mark. They came in this morning saying the game was trash and I can"t blame them. They"re knee deep in what I"d describe as the tutorial phase of the game. If you played Kingdom Hearts II you"ll remember that"s a game that doesn"t actually start until nearly eight hours in. I don"t mean like you don"t start having fun until then, I mean you literally don"t even see the title screen until you"ve dicked around with Roxas for eight fucking hours. FFXII felt the same way to me. It"s extremely slow to start but now I"m having a hard time putting the controller down.