FOREX VIEW: Dollar Breaks Seven-Month Range Vs Euro

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--After seven months of bumping around within a range, it appears as if the dollar may finally be on its way somewhere - down.


E' accaduto stamani a Firenze, probabile assideramento


A Spanish team investigates a site where giant hyenas, giraffes, zebras and sabretoothed cats lived side by side 1.8 million years ago.


Clinton Portis, who said after Sunday's loss in Cleveland that the Browns seemed to know the Redskins' plays, is taking another tack this week: He's not talking.


Potrebbe nascere colosso da 187 miliardi di dollari


NEW YORK - A Swedish-Lebanese national was charged in New York yesterday with helping to set up a terrorist training camp in rural Oregon and websites showing how to assemble bombs and prepare poisons. The suspect, Oussama Abdullah Kassir, 41, was extradited earlier yesterday from the Czech Republic to New York, where he faces federal charges of multiple counts of ...


Allstate Corp., the second largest US home and auto insurer, warned Wednesday its third-quarter profits will fall well short of expectations due to more than $1 billion in hurricane-related payouts.


Amazon to Take Searches on Web to a New Depth

Amazon.com, the e-commerce giant, plans to take aim at the Internet search king Google with an advanced technology that the company says will take searches beyond


Ireland's Latest Tiger: Dublin Fashion Week

Fashion Wire Daily - Yasmin Velloza or Yana K don't exactly sound very Irish, and they are not. But they and other more prosaic Gaelic names starred in this week's Dublin Fashion Week, the premiere style forum in Europe's most dynamic economy.


In this World Series, a tale of the ragtag coming together

Much of America cheers on the Red Sox as the team tries to end its drought of championships.


Carabinieri, esecuzione di chiaro stampo mafioso


2,500-Year-Old Pomegranate Found in Greece

ATHENS, Greece - A scientific dig has uncovered four pomegranates believed to be 2,500 years old preserved inside a woven basket nestled in a bronze vessel, a Greek archaeologist said Friday.


Magnitude 7.3 quake jolts Aleutian Islands

An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 jolted Alaska's Aleutian Islands in the northern Pacific on Wednesday, Japan's weather agency said, triggering a tsunami advisory for Hawaii.


By H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY. Back when Bill Parcells was coaching deep into the playoffs, you knew what he would do if he went into the fourth quarter with a 10-point lead.


Anonymous Benoit Wikipedia Editor Reveals Self -- Sort Of

The police will surely want to interview wrote a Wikipedia entry about the death of Nancy Benoit -- 13 hours before her body was discovered.


Why the Pentagon ended up with a shortage of armored vehicles for U.S. soldiers in Iraq


More clinical trials are needed to look into the benefits of complementary therapies for cancer patients, a leading scientist said.


Joshua Lederberg, 82, a Nobel Winner, Dies

Dr. Lederberg was one of the 20th centuryâs leading scientists, whose work in bacterial genetics had vast medical implications and led to his receiving a Nobel Prize.


A Nevada judge dropped the Tennessee Titans as a defendant in a lawsuit brought by a strip club employee paralyzed in a triple shooting following a melee involving suspended player Adam "Pacman" Jones.


Impennata di vendite, ma timori per risultati di fine anno


The Tv Watch: Smile and Smile and Still Be a Villain

On âDamages,â a new FX series that begins tonight, Glenn Close plays Patty Hewes, one of the most formidable trial lawyers in New York City.


Florida judge rejects Anna Nicole paternity fight

A Florida judge on Wednesday rejected a bid by a former boyfriend of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith to have a Florida court decide a paternity fight over Smith's 5-month-old baby daughter, Dannielynn, a court official said.


Europe's first centre dedicated to fighting human trafficking is due to be opened in Sheffield.


Challenging Rest of the World With a New Order

The election will show if the president's foreign policy has been persuasive at home. It has clearly divided America's friends.


"The fecal DNA test was better than the Hemoccult II, the current standard non-invasive screening test," Dr. Imperiale was quoted as saying by Reuters Health.


Vibo Valentia, 18:14 - CALCIO, U21; CASIRAGHI: VEDREMO ALL'OPERA IL FUTURO DEL PALLONE

A Vibo Valentia, nell'amichevole contro il Lussemburgo in programma domani allo stadio "Luigi Razza"...


Samoa quake generated tsunami, warning center says

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of   up to 7.0 near the remote Samoa islands group in the South   Pacific had generated a tsunami, the Pacific Tsunami Warning   Center said on Thursday.


Cardinals manager Tony La Russa expects to return for a 13th season with St. Louis, and may commit to the team before it selects a new general manager.


Oil Surges After US Reports Supplies Fell More Than Expected

Crude-oil futures surged almost $2 a barrel, the biggest increase in two months, after the Energy Department reported that US oil supplies declined more than expected.


Medical device maker Medtronic Inc   on Tuesday said quarterly earnings fell on charges  related to the acquisition of Kyphon.


Two Palestinian men are shot and wounded on the border with Gaza despite a ceasefire in the area.


NAPOLI: LITIGANO PER MOTIVI DI VIABILITA', 19ENNE INVESTITO E ...

Un diverbio per motivi di viabilitÃ  Ã¨ costato la vita a un giovane di 19 anni, Antonio Guerriero, che Ã¨ stato travolto ed ucciso da una Mercedes guidata da un uomo di 51 anni, che adesso Ã¨ accusato di omicidio volontario e omissione di soccorso.


Acquistate azioni sul mercato tra il 3 e il 9 gennaio


'A Chorus Line' to Come Back to Broadway

"A Chorus Line," the legendary Michael Bennett musical, will kick again on Broadway.


Con la nascita di la Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana Spa Ã¨ ufficialmente partito il processo di privatizzazione della Rai. Il via allâiter Ã¨ stato dato con la firma dellâatto di fusione per incorporazione


NKorea agrees to end all nuclear work by end-2007: US

North Korea has agreed to make a full declaration of all its nuclear programmes and to disable them by the end of the year, the chief United States negotiator said on Sunday.


Skimpy Speedos, a telecast shortened by one hour, and even the virtual elimination of all electric-fiddle playing in hot pants couldn't save Miss America from getting pink-slipped by ABC.


Global warming is real. We did it. Now it's time to talk about repairs. By David Wolman from Wired magazine.


(InfoWorld) - Wikimedia Foundation's English-language site was accessible in China again on Friday, although its simplified Chinese-language site remained blocked. China censors Internet content that it finds objectionable, usually political material that relating to Taiwan or Tibetan independence, the Falun Gong cult, and occasionally pornography. Although the Web sites of most Western news outlets are available, the British Broadcasting Corp.'s news site remains a noteworthy exception. The English Wikipedia site has been available for various periods over the last three years, and has kept a record of those periods on its site. "Wikipedia is such a popular Web site that almost every foreigner who visits China may try to visit Wikipedia pages. I believe someone at [the Ministry of Information Industry] or another government ministry realized what bad PR a Wikipedia block produces," said Jeremy Goldkorn, editor of Danwei.org, a Beijing-based media and Internet site. "Once they had figured out the elegant solution of keeping the Chinese version blocked, and filtering out English Wikipedia pages about Tibet and other 'sensitive' subjects, they were happy to let us access the rest of Wikipedia," Goldkorn said. While English Wikipedia was unblocked, Yahoo Flickr photo service remained accessible from China. However, most photos on the site were blocked and could not be viewed by Chinese users.


Nashville sax player Boots Randolph dead at 80

NASHVILLE, Tennessee  - Renowned saxophonist Boots Randolph died on Tuesday (July 3) after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage June 25, according to publicist and family friend Betty Hofer.


DNA tests ordered for all Thai tsunami victims

Thai authorities, faced with the daunting task of identifying some 5,300 people killed when the tsunami hit, ordered DNA tests on all the dead, including those already buried.


Voter ID Laws Are Set to Face a Crucial Test

The Supreme Court will hear arguments that an Indiana law prevented voters from having their ballots counted.


Intel gears up to deliver movie download service

UK service starts Monday Intel is teaming up with a new digital download portal firm, Coolroom.com, to release downloads of Hollywood films at the same time as their UK DVD release.â¦


Gunfire erupts in Mogadishu as peacekeepers land

Insurgents unleashed two attacks against the Somali government and its foreign allies in Mogadishu on Tuesday, just hours after Ugandan peacekeepers assigned to tame the anarchic city landed.


Putin Says Terrorists in Iraq Hope Attacks Will Oust Bush

President Vladimir V. Putin said Monday that international terrorists in Iraq hoped their attacks would unseat President Bush in the election next month, and that such an outcome


The iPhone's popularity and the smooth integration of BellSouth bolstered the company's Q3.


Facing Rivals From Spain, E.On May End Bid for Endesa

The German energy giant E.On said it might abandon a yearlong effort to take over the utility company Endesa of Spain.


Britons would vote overwhelmingly for Kerry in US election: poll

British voters would turf President George W. Bush out of office in favour of John Kerry by an overwhelming majority if the November 2 US election was being held in their country, a poll said.


Activists send underwear to Burmese embassies

Pro-democracy activists have resorted to sending female underwear to Burmese embassies, in a bid to hit the superstitious military regime 'where they will feel it.'


Bring Down the House (and Again) All Right!

They called it âA Night of Healing,â but that certainly doesnât capture the rapid-fire energy of the show.


Sometimes called the Keeper of the Silks or the Colors Man, Louis Olah is in charge of the jockeysâ wardrobes at the Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga tracks.


Blackwater guards offered immunity deals: report

U.S. State Department investigators looking into the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad last month offered immunity deals to Blackwater security guards, The New York Times reported on Monday.


Give the e-mail spammer a life-time of internet pop-up messages

This may be a calumny on Leesburg, Virginia, but somehow it doesn't sound like the sort of place we would associate with a liberal judiciary.


NHL talks break off, lockout all but certain

The NHL and the players association appeared headed toward a lockout when talks broke off Thursday after the union's first new proposal in nearly a year.


Winemaker Tests Marriage of Wine and Song

Plants like being talked to, right? Well, Spanish researchers want to know if yeast used to age sherry grows better with music loosely based on its own DNA.


We predict good times for Linux, Windows XP, and green vendors, challenges for social nets and mobile technologies, and some surprises in the new year.


Torino, 20:53 - CALCIO, TORINO: IN RITIRO DAL 12 LUGLIO A MALLES

Il Torino ha annunciato le date del ritiro pre campionato. La squadra granata inizierà la pre...


The Federal Reserve is preparing to meet to decide whether US interest rates should be cut from 5.25%.


Kerry chides Europeans on Iraq; would call summit

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry chided US allies in Europe for failing to live up to their obligations in Iraq and said he would call a summit to muster more foreign troop support.


THE Group of 20 finance chiefs agreed yesterday that "abrupt changes" in foreign exchange rates and oil prices were unwelcome but showed no appetite for intervention to strengthen the US currency.


Taliban, Korean negotiators resume talks on hostages

GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Taliban and South Korean negotiators on Tuesday resumed talks on the fate of the remaining 19 Korean hostages held by the militant group in Afghanistan, provincial officials said.


Ostrava, 17:29 - TENNIS, COPPA DAVIS: SLOVACCHIA-USA 1-3

Gli Stati Uniti hanno battuto 3-1 la Slovacchia nel primo turno del Gruppo Mondiale di Coppa Davis. ...


Italian budget airline Volare files for bankruptcy as rivals Ryanair and Easyjet increase their flights to Italy.


Unions seek assurances on jobs in the event of a Barclays' takeover of Dutch bank ABN Amro.


Everton has confirmed it has received an improved bid for Wayne Rooney, understood to be worth Â£25 million (A$63.7 million). Newcastle has also been chasing the England striker, but is yet to counter the offer.


EU Cuts 2005 Fish Quotas to Save Depleted Species

The EU ordered minor cuts in 2005 national fish catches Wednesday, rejecting proposals to shut fishing grounds in favor of more limits on the time trawlers can hunt for depleted species like cod.


Tendulkar triumphs on familiar territory

Sachin Tendulkar returned in style to the Headingley ground where he was Yorkshire's first overseas player as he set up India's 38-run win against England under the Duckworth/Lewis method in the fifth one-day international here Sunday.


Feriti nel conflitto a fuoco quattro poliziotti israeliani


Attack on Iran 'not on agenda,' Rice says

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said a U.S. attack on Iran ''is simply not on the agenda,'' despite the United States' continued criticism of Iran's human rights record and suspected nuclear weapons ...


Royal Mail loses "critical" Â£8m contract to collect second class mail from online retailer Amazon.


FaÃ¯za GuÃ¨ne's first novel challenges the conventional wisdom that the housing projects of Paris are only dangerous, crime-infested wastelands.


HOW DOES MONTGOMERIE RANK AMONG THE GREATS?

Scotland's Colin Montgomerie sank the winning putt at the 35th Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills in Detroit to ensure the trophy remained in European hands and maintain his unbeaten record in singles matches in the competition.


To Settle Suit, Maker Agrees to Withdraw Growth Drug

A drug to spur growth in extremely short children will be removed from the market to settle patent infringement charges.


Previsione superiore al +1,4% indicato dal Governo


BA plane forced to land at Amsterdam airport

A British Airways flight from Berlin to London has made an unscheduled landing at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport as a security precaution, the airline says.


com. The Angels ended their relationship with left fielder Jose Guillen on Friday when they packed him off to the Washington DC franchise in exchange for outfielder Juan Rivera and shortstop Maicer Izturis.


Carlos Delgado met with the New York Mets in Puerto Rico for a second time yesterday, a three-hour session that included the team's ownership and the first baseman's agent, David Sloane . Delgado plans to meet today with Texas Rangers owner Tom Hicks and general manager John Hart . He also is being courted by Florida and Baltimore, although the ...


SEPANG: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim left on a Malaysia Airlines flight at 11.50pm last night to undergo treatment in Munich for his spinal condition.


A court is to decide the future of a "sacred" bullock, due to be slaughtered after testing positive for TB.


AT Pounds 135,000 for a 90-minute journey, it will be beyond the reach of all but the very rich. But those who can afford a ticket will enjoy a truly out-ofthis world experience.


DES MOINES, Dec. 28 -- Less than a week before voting begins, former senator John Edwards and Sen. Barack Obama are engaged in an increasingly pointed duel over which man is the true messenger of "change" in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination -- with both drawing heavily from Bill...


Parma, 20:52 - CALCIO, PARMA; DI CARLO: E' STATA LA VITTORIA DEL GRUPPO

Sereno il tecnico del Parma Domenico Di Carlo dopo il successo di misura sul Livorno. "Questa &egrav...


Well, are you? Most of us are certifiably weird about it.


Alzheimer's in the Living Room: How One Family Rallies to Cope

For the caregivers of patients, life is an act of stoic devotion that most families embrace as the antithesis of a nursing home.


Fannie Mae Agrees to forfeit $7.5 Million to DOJ

Fannie Mae has agreed to forfeit some $7.5 million in an accord with the Justice Department, which had accused the mortgage giant of accepting money it knew had been lost by a federal agency in a fraud scheme.


Washington: EarthLink Inc. and Yahoo Inc. have said they would begin tests of a new anti-spam technology that encodes digital signatures into customers' e-mail as a way to separate legitimate messages from unwanted spam.


LeBron James scored 27 points and assisted on Lucious Harris's clinching 3-pointer with 6 seconds left as the first-place Cleveland Cavaliers won their eighth straight at home, 103-97, over the New Jersey Nets last night.


Ukrainian Protesters Vow to âStay Until the Endâ

Standing in the snow, sneaker-clad Pavlo Vasiv, a veterinary student from western Ukraine, prepared Wednesday evening to pop into his makeshift tarpaulin tent for a nap.


Venezuela's tax authorities order Coca Cola a 48 hours closure of its plants for allegedly not follow tax rules.


Deutsche Post chief to quit amid tax-dodge probe

Klaus Zumwinkel will resign as chief  executive of German mail and logistics group Deutsche Post, the  company said on Friday, as a tax-dodging probe threatened to  ensnare more rich Germans.


Indian army foils Kashmir assassination plot

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir said Wednesday they had foiled a plot by Islamic militants to assassinate the region's top official.


Canada to require self-extinguishing smokes

In an effort to reduce house fires, Canada will soon require cigarettes to be designed to go out when left unattended. Canadian health minister Ujjal Dosanjh introduced new rules


China's Hu rejects 'colonial' tag on South Africa visit

Chinese President Hu Jintao has refuted any suggestion that Beijing was developing a neo-colonialist relationship with Africa in its drive to gain access to the continent's natural resources.


Iraqi PM Extends Emergency Laws for Elections

Iraq's U.S.-backed government said on  Thursday it was extending emergency powers equivalent to  martial law for a further 30 days to try to safeguard Jan. 30  elections under threat from deadly attacks by insurgents.


Freed Guantanamo detainee's lawyers trade barbs with Australian authorities

Lawyers for an Australian freed from Guantanamo Bay said they would seek compensation from police for allegedly tipping off the media about their client's address in Sydney.


Aveva cominciato a 18 anni la carriera di assicuratore


U.S. may look to private sector to fund ATC system

The U.S. government may look to financial institutions and other investors to help finance the multibillion-dollar modernization of the air traffic system, a senior Bush administration official said on Thursday.


Wiesbaden, 10:21 - CALCIO, IFFHS: SIVIGLIA IN TESTA, IN CALO MILAN, ROMA E INTER

Milan fuori dal podio nella classifica stilata dall'Iffhs, l'Istituto mondiale di storia e statistic...


Gearing Up for a Return to Hubble ; Former Central Illinois Resident Prepares for Mission

By Scott Richardson  BLOOMINGTON - Scott Altman was 10 years old and growing up in Central Illinois when he looked at the moon and realized someone was walking on its surface.   His imagination was fired. He turned his gaze even deeper into space.


Spurs (4-4-2):- Robinson; Pamarot, King (Capt.), Gardner, Edman; Ricketts (sub Mendes, 46), Carrick, Brown, Ziegler; Kanoute (sub Keane, 82), Defoe.


Prison officers are set for fresh talks with the justice secretary following their surprise walkout over pay.


The emergence of modern humans may be tied to the evolution of running, a new study suggests, a new study suggests.


Microsoft trained 200,000 teachers in India

Microsoft has trained 200,000 teachers in India on the use of computers, ahead of its original target to train 80,000 teachers in the country during the five-year period ending December this year, it said.The company introduced the program, called project Shiksha, in 2003 with the objective of raising the computer literacy of Indian teachers and students in government-run schools. The 200,000 teachers trained so far have in turn trained about 10 million students, a spokeswoman for Microsoft India said on Monday.The moves by Microsoft to offer free or subsidized software in India have however come in for criticism from the Free Software Foundation, which compared Microsoft's philanthropy to that of a cigarette manufacturer handing out free samples of cigarettes to students.The communist-run state of Kerala in south India is actively promoting open-source software in schools, but most other states and the federal government are beneficiaries of Microsoft's programs.Microsoft works with state governments to help teachers use its technology in school administrations and also to include it in their curriculum and teaching methods, she said. While the state governments provide the classrooms, Microsoft provides the hardware and software, and a team of trainers for the teachers.Although the company has reached its training target, it's not stopping the program yet. It did not say how many more teachers and students it plans to cover under the program, though.The company has introduced low-cost, starter editions of its Vista operating system, as well as local language versions of its Office suite to target both the academic and e-governance markets.


TAMPA, Fla., (Sports Network) - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers  Wednesday signed quarterback Jason Garrett and claimed wide  receiver Adrian Madise off waivers from the Denver Broncos.


A series of bombings damaged five churches in the capital early Saturday, and mortars later struck near a hospital and a hotel used by foreign news organizations and diplomats, Iraqi officials said.


News.com Extra: EU considers 'anti-terrorist' Web censorship

Plus: Golden nano-artwork unveiled. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


By TOM CARLIN  DOPE growers were busted when police on guard at a fatal fireworks blaze got a whiff of their illegal crop.   The cops sniffed out the cannabis factory while on duty at the fireworks warehouse where two firefighters died in a huge explosion last Sunday.


Bomb rocks market in violence-plagued southern Thailand

A powerful bomb went off in Thailand's Muslim-dominated deep south and seriously injured 20 people on Thursday morning, when the Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrived in the violence-troubled region.


Rumors on Rather's Successor Already Flying

With Dan Rather announcing on Tuesday that he plans to step down as anchor of "CBS Evening News" after 24 years, speculation about his replacement has kicked into high gear.


Music Review | Paul McCartney: Back in the U.S.A.: Paul McCartney Plays a "Secret" Show

âI love you, Paul,â someone shouted, halfway through Paul McCartneyâs âsecretâ set at the Highline Ballroom on Wednesday night. Well, more than one: A lot of people were shouting that. They couldnât help themselves.


China urges more talks on Iran, not sanctions

China's U.N. ambassador said on Tuesday that diplomacy on Iran's nuclear program should run its course before any consideration of additional Security Council sanctions to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions.


Debate provides Bush and Kerry with fresh salvos

TAMPA -- Senator John F. Kerry and President Bush emerged from their first debate with new ammunition in the presidential race, each returning to the campaign trail yesterday with a message honed to seize on the other's perceived failures during one of


Woods looks on target for return to winning ways in 2005

TIGER Woods hinted that his victory at the Target World Challenge on Sunday was a sign that his old self may be set for a return in 2005.


Update 3: Economic Powers Vow Aid for Poor Nations

Rich nations pledged an agreement soon on forgiving the debt burden weighing on poor nations in Africa, Latin America and Asia but remained divided on reducing billions of dollars of Iraqi debt.


LONDON/NEW YORK  - U.S. manufacturer Honeywell  International Inc. HON.N on Monday bid $1.5 billion in cash  for Britain's Novar Plc NVR.L in an effort to bolster its  security business and raise 2005 earnings, which are forecast  to be at the low end of analysts' estimates.


LONDON: If your city's increasing traffic leaves you with nothing but a headache, here is a 'godsend vehicle' that promises to make life easier.


Officials find E. coli concerns in inspections

U.S. officials searching for the   source of an E. coli outbreak that may have killed three people   said on Friday they had found "situations of concern" at farms   and food processing plants in California but cleared spinach   grown elsewhere in the country.


Here! Films has made one of  its heftiest acquisitions to date, nabbing all North American  rights to writer/director Ash Christian's coming-of-age comedy  "Fat Girls."


Teenagers of all faiths remember Holocaust

A warmth which encompassed every faith community in Liverpool yesterday embraced elderly survivors of the Holocaust and victims' relatives at a memorial concert in the city


New York Musical Theatre Festival Seeking Scripts

Playbill - The New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF), a three-week celebration highlighting the next generation of musicals and the varied community of writers and artists working in musical theatre today, will begin accepting submissions for its 2005 season Jan. 10.


US stocks rose sharply on Tuesday, amid a broad-based rally that included a rebound in the battered financial sector.


December 21 - Spanish Short Course Nationals Close European Fall Season; Villaecija and Lorente Star

VALENCIA, ESP, December 21. Just after the European championships wrapped up in Vienna, several countries including Spain, have held their short course championships, both giving their elite athletes another ...


To hear Mitt Romney tell it, Republican Mike Huckabee shares more with Democrat Bill Clinton than a hometown in Hope, Ark., and a stint as Arkansas governor.


Everest conqueror Hillary makes last journey

Saffron-robed Buddhist monks, Nepali Sherpas and grey-bearded mountaineers paid homage on Tuesday to Sir Edmund Hillary, the man who conquered Everest, as thousands gathered in New Zealand to watch his state funeral.


Bone Graft Formed In Shoulder Blade Helps Reconstruct Jaw

NEW YORK AUG 26, 2004  - German researchers have successfully transplanted a mandibular bone graft that was grown in a man's own latissimus dorsi muscle.


Saudi Clerics Point Militants Toward Iraq

Fundamentalist Islamic leaders in Saudi Arabia are telling militants intent on fighting "infidels" to join the insurgency in Iraq instead of taking up Osama bin Laden's call to oust the Saudi royal family at home, say Saudi dissidents who monitor theological edicts coming out of the kingdom.


Willie Pep, a hall-of-fame boxer and one of the best fighters of the 20th century, has died at the age of 84.


The first full day of a state emergency is in place in Georgia after police broke up opposition protests.


Cost Is No Object When It Comes to Your Pet

Looking for a growth industry? Look no further than pet products and services.


Ingram Micro, a worldwide distributor of computer products, will acquire Tech Pacific for $493 million in cash, including debt. Ingram expects the deal to close by the end of 2004 and expects it to be accretive


3 Convicted in Failed 2005 London Bombing Plot

LONDON, July 9--Three men were convicted Monday of conspiring to bomb London's public transit system on July 21, 2005 in a failed attempt to duplicate a suicide attack two weeks earlier that killed 52 bus and train passengers.


Dodgers Agree to Tentative Deal With Perez

Odalis Perez agreed to re-sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, tentatively coming to terms on a $24 million, three-year contract.


Nine get bail in alleged celebrity steroid ring

ALBANY, New York  - Nine people pleaded innocent on Monday to charges related to a suspected steroid ring accused of distributing anti-aging treatments to celebrities and muscle-building drugs to pro athletes.


Dream of free Biafra revives in southeast Nigeria

Down a dark, narrow alley in  the heart of West Africa's biggest market, sheltered in his  tiny wooden stall, a trader draws out a wad of crisp bank notes  printed with the words "One Biafran Pound."


Claims About Capture of Top Hussein Aide Are Disputed

Iraqi officials said Sunday that they had captured a man believed to be Izzat Ibrahim, the most wanted member of Saddam's Hussein's inner circle


Firenze, 16:09 - CALCIO, PRANDELLI: VIERI PRESTO CANDIDATO IN NAZIONALE

Il tecnico della Fiorentina Cesare Prandelli, a Repubblica Tv, parla delle prospettive della Fiorent...


Roma, 12:17 - CICLISMO, DI LUCA: NIENTE TOUR, VADO IN VACANZA

Il vincitore del Giro d'Italia, Danilo Di Luca, intervenuto a 'Radio Anch'io lo sport' su Radiouno, ...


Newcastle boss Rob Andrew insists Jonny Wilkinson will be ready to lead England in the Six Nations.


Roger Clemens was rejuvenated during the season while pitching his way to an unprecedented seventh Cy Young Award.


Nuclear impasse top of agenda as NKorea's No. 2 meets China's leaders

North Korea's second ranking leader was scheduled to meet with China's two most powerful men as Beijing persisted in its efforts to revive stalled talks on the nuclear standoff.


BOSTON -- Fidelity Investments and several brokerages that handle the mutual fund giant's trading have received subpoenas from regulators seeking information about gift-giving practices in the mutual fund industry, according to a published report Tuesday.


A ban on the manufacture and possession of military-style assault weapons came to an end in the United States with a bitter dispute between political rivals and a debate over its effectiveness.


Top judge to head Diana coroner's inquest

The nation's leading woman judge has been approached to preside over the coroner's inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and her lover Dodi Al-Fayed.


West Ham's Ferdinand in court on assault charge

West Ham United defender Anton Ferdinand has appeared in court charged with assault and violent disorder.


Got a Great Price on Your Flight? You Still Have a Lot of Work to Do

By RICHARD P. CARPENTER  By Richard P. Carpenter   The Boston Globe correspondent   YOU GOT A GOOD deal on your flight, a mere $180 round trip.


US launches own probe into Siemens slush fund scandal

The US Department of Justice has launched its own investigation into the allegations of widespread bribery and embezzlement at Siemens, already being probed by the German authorities.


North Korea must seize the chance at talks: Seoul

North Korea must seize the opportunity presented by six-country talks next week to agree to initial steps on dismantling its nuclear weapons program, the South's new foreign minister said on Wednesday.


Three undersea cables seen fixed by weekend

Repairs on two out of three broken  undersea cables providing data services to parts of the Middle  East and Asia should be completed by Sunday, while the third  should be fixed by Saturday, cable operators said.


KARBALA, Iraq -- Posted at the door of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's office recently, a flier denounced the arrest of his followers. Up and down the barricaded street, soldiers and policemen loyal to his Shiite rivals stood sentry, some in tan armored personnel carriers, questioning anyone they...


P&G Posts Higher Profit, Affirms Outlook

Procter & Gamble Co. PG.N on  Wednesday said quarterly profit rose 14 percent, boosted by  demand for products like Head & Shoulders shampoo and Olay  beauty products, and a gain from the recent sale of its juice  business.


CRICKET: South Africa sacks cricket coach

South Africa's United Cricket Board today sacked national coach Eric Simons, weeks ahead of the two-Test tour of India beginning November 10.


Qualcomm Inc.  shares jumped more than 4 percent on Tuesday after China said it may grant a license for a next-generation cellphone network that would boost royalties to the wireless technology and chip supplier.


FCC Reviews 'Desperate Housewives' Football Promo

The Federal Communications  Commission on Wednesday reviewed complaints about ABC's steamy  "Desperate Housewives" promotion before "Monday Night Football"  and while the agency's chairman expressed disappointment, it  was not clear whether government would tackle the network.


Tax Cuts Still Cornerstone of Bush Economic Plan

President Bush's speech on Thursday to the Republican convention offers him a chance to seize the initiative in an economic debate that polls show is being won by his Democratic rival, John Kerry.


On Wednesday during a presentation at the Foreign Correspondents Club held in Tokyo, Nintendo Co. Ltd. President Satoru Iwata revealed some interesting bits of information regarding the company's stance towards


Defending champion Roger Federer beats Tomas Berdych in the fourth round of the Australian Open.


Risparmio al sistema elettrico di 645,2 mln chilowattora


Piu' di 4mila in Campania, i dipendenti sono oltre 55mila


Distanza tra vita cittadini e mondo politico


By PAUL ORTIZ Y PINO For the Journal  For those of us who don't live along the Unser corridor, things sure seem to have been getting done, very quietly.


There's yet another disappointment from organic foods' best-known ne'er-do-well.


Ukraine Government Holds Meeting Without PM

Ukraine's government, prevented from  meeting at its headquarters by protesters denouncing Prime  Minister Viktor Yanukovich, held a session elsewhere on  Wednesday but without the premier.


The father of "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino has filed a $10 million libel suit against the publisher of a book about his daughter, alleging that it contains "false, exaggerated, sensational, intentional and malicious untruths."


ANTHON, Iowa - Home and business owners in this northwest Iowa town of 650 people were a little shocked at the Christmas gift they got from retired farmer Richard Hamann and his wife, Donna.  The Hamanns doled out $25,000 to pay the town's electricity bills - all due on Dec. 25.


Sondaggio Eurobarometro, i piu' ottimisti sono gli svedesi


Intel, AMD jostled for market share in 2006

Win some, lose some AMD lost market share to arch-rival Intel in 2006, but the smaller chip-maker nonetheless managed to make small gains in the desktop and laptop segments, the latest figures from market watcher Mercury Research reveal.â¦


Sales of personal computers increased faster in the fourth quarter of last year than expected, driven by lower prices and the move by Dell to sell through retail stores.


Global shares slip again but yen surge pauses

Shares slipped again on Friday on markets still raw from a global sell-off, but the yen's surge paused as the dollar took heart from healthy U.S. factory data.


France asks Chad to send kidnap convicts home

N'DJAMENA  - France asked Chad on Thursday to send home six French aid workers sentenced to eight years' hard labor for trying to kidnap 103 children.


Milano, 14:57 - CALCIO, COPPA ITALIA: UNA GIORNATA A NATALI DELL'ATALANTA

Il giudice sportivo, in merito alle gare di andata dei quarti di finale di Coppa Italia, ha squalifi...


Pleas from owners of club in deadly fire

The owners of a nightclub where a 2003 fire killed 100 people will plead no contest to involuntary manslaughter charges, and only one will have to serve prison time, their lawyer said Wednesday. Victims' relatives were outraged.


Lamps, birthday candles, mouse traps  and flip-flops. Such is the stuff that binds the modern  American family to the global economy, author Sara Bongiorni  discovers during a year of boycotting anything made in China.


Alcoa and China's Chinalco are "monitoring developments" after mining giant BHP Billiton's bid for Rio Tinto.


NASCAR lifted its ban on liquor ads Wednesday, opening the door for teams to be sponsored by distilled spirits. "We felt the time was right," NASCAR president Mike Helton said.


Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said its quarterly profit climbed as revenue rose 12 percent, but its shares fell as investors failed to account for the effect


Ericsson reveals sharp profit fall, 1,000 job cuts

Swedish telecom infrastructure group Ericsson, hit hard by a slowdown in the telecom sector, announced on Friday a 17-percent fall in 2007 net profit and the shedding of 1,000 jobs in Sweden.


Eli Manning's inexperience was exposed in his latest pre-season game as the New York Giants went down 17-10 to local rivals the Jets.


Twelve years and counting for Myanmar's Suu Kyi

Australia slapped financial sanctions on Myanmar's generals and their families on Wednesday as supporters of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi marked her 12 years in captivity with protests in 12 cities across the world.


(InfoWorld) - Yahoo is making APIs available for external developers so that they can build tools and applications for its new Panama search advertising platform. The APIs, available under the Yahoo Search Marketing Commercial API Program, are available to anyone but are designed primarily for Yahoo search advertisers, ad agencies, search marketing consultants, and commercial application developers, Yahoo said Monday. Yahoo wants these companies to develop complementary tools and applications that will enhance their use and their clients' use of Panama for tasks like designing, deploying, tracking, managing, and refining search marketing campaigns. Yahoo has high hopes that Panama will help boost revenue from search engine advertising, a market dominated by rival Google. Yahoo maintains that Panama significantly improves on its ability to match ads to search queries and is convinced that this improved targeting will increase the number of times users click on its search engine pay-per-click ads. While ad-serving enhancements are certainly important for Yahoo to improve its position against Google, Panama doesn't directly address the other big component of search wars: user popularity. Google still draws significantly more users to its search engines than Yahoo does, so Google's ads are seen by more people and as such are more likely to get clicked on. For example, in April, U.S. users ran almost half of all queries through Google's search engines, while Yahoo processed almost 27 percent, according to comScore Networks. In total numbers, this means that Google had 3.6 billion queries on its search engines and Yahoo had 2 billion. Thus, in addition to improving its ad system, Yahoo needs to cut that popularity gap if it wants to significantly raise its search ad revenue. Different levels of access to the Panama APIs exist, both free and fee-based. More details are on the program's Web site.


A major investigation is under way into the sexual abuse of as many as 20 girls in Oldham, some as young as 12.


Giants take 1st place in West from Padres

Jason Schmidt won for the first time in more than six weeks, and the San Francisco Giants took over first place in the NL West with a 4-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.


Int'l observers' audit backs Venezuelan referendum results

An audit by the international observers supported the official results of the recall referendum on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Cesar Gaviria, the secretary general of


Maybe it's the gooey brownie calling your name. Or the hot pepperoni pizza dripping with cheese. Whatever food has you salivating, here are some simple ways to help cope with cravings:


InfoWorld - Hewlett-Packard Co. is sticking with processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) in a new family of blade PCs designed to compete with offerings from IBM Corp.


Astronauts from Europe and other nations could fly early to the space station to make ready new laboratories.


Sony Corp., the Japanese electronics and entertainment giant. said Thursday that its profit jumped 61.6 percent in the latest quarter on improved profitability in its mobile phone joint venture and gains in its movie business, led by "Spider-Man 2."


OAKVILLE, Ontario  - Briton Justin Rose believes  he may have to step up his commitments in the United States to  fulfil his ambition of becoming a major winner.


Few Glitches Reported in Early Fla. Voting

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Voters began casting ballots Monday in Florida, encountering long lines at the polls and a few ballot box glitches four years after the 2000 presidential election fiasco...


Actor John Hurt laughs as he holds his Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE, presented to him by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, in London, Thursday Dec.


Survey: People skills valued over those for IT

Microsoft-commissioned survey of execs finds ability to communicate with co-workers is regarded as more important than tech skills.


Kremlin candidate favourite as Chechnya votes amid violence

GROZNY, Russia : A Kremlin-backed career police officer was set to be crowned leader of Chechnya in a vote that Moscow hopes will show progress towards peace in the embattled republic but that was nonetheless punctuated by violence.


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Branca and Berbatov help Leverkusen crush Bayern

Two goals each from Brazilian forward Branca and Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov gave Bayer Leverkusen a decisive 4-1 victory over Bayern Munich on Saturday.


Ofcom fills Local Loop Unbundling loophole

One regulator to rule us all Punters who get their phone and internet services from an unbundled provider will now get the same protection from regulators as those on BT lines.â¦


Older Investors More Jittery as U.S. Markets Disappoint

Older investors are facing tough economic realities as a result of the disappointing United States stock market this year.


The growth of the euro-zone economy slowed in the final quarter of 2004 as Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Greece each experienced a contraction in output, European Union data showed Tuesday.


States May Ban Abortion if Roe Overturned

Thirty states are poised to make abortion illegal within a year if the Supreme Court reversed its 1973 ruling establishing a woman's legal right to an abortion, an advocacy group said Tuesday.


Merrill bankers at centre of first Enron criminal trial

The first criminal trial stemming from the 2001 collapse of Enron began yesterday with the swearing in of a jury. The trial is expected to focus on the role the investment


Telecommunications companies have repeatedly cut off FBI access to wiretaps of alleged terrorists and criminal suspects because the bureau did not pay its phone bills, according to the results of an audit released yesterday.


Lazard Is Near a Public Offer, Executives Say

Bruce Wasserstein, who runs Lazard, the private investment bank, is developing a plan to take the company public, according to executives.


U.S. wants to leave Iraq "with honor", Cheney says

Vice President Dick Cheney said on Wednesday the United States wants to finish its mission in Iraq and "return with honor", despite the war's growing unpopularity at home and doubts among U.S. allies.


Roma, 16:56 - CALCIO, RIUNIONE PRESIDENTI DI LEGA: PRESENTE ANCHE PANCALLI

C'è anche il commissario straordinario della Figc Luca Pancalli a Fiumicino, dove è in...


By George Chamberlin , Daily Transcript Financial Correspondent. Investors once again shrugged off volatility in the oil patch Friday and pushed stock prices modestly higher.


Police battle Kenyan protesters for second day

Kenyan police clashed with opposition protesters on Thursday in a second day of demonstrations against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election in which police have already killed three.


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3-D Maps From Commercial Satellites Guide G.I.'s in Iraq's Deadliest Urban Mazes

The Army has been using a new weapon that combines software with imagery beamed from satellites to make missions somewhat less unpredictable.


Maestra di Firenze avrebbe limitato creativita' alunno


Microsoft plug-in lets Photoshop read and write HD Photo images, and some camera hardware companies are building in support, too.


Typhoon Aere is reported to be on a collision course towards Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, after pelting the northern portion of the island with high winds and rain.


Toy manufacturer guides lower, but still has something to offer.


ATI annuncia nuova tecnologia "HyperMemory"

Con il comunicato stampa che trovate qui sotto, ATI ha annunciato "HyperMemory" una tecnologia che grazie a particolari algoritmi consente un veloce scambio di dati tra la scheda grafica e la memoria ram di sistema.


Gene variant may raise lung cancer risk from radon

NEW YORK  - Gene variants that lead to   decreased amounts of an enzyme known as GSTM1 may raise the   risk of lung cancer related to radon exposure, new research   suggests. The gene variants also seem to increase the   cancer-causing effect of secondhand smoke.


When Sgt. Jose Bermudez returned from Iraq early this year, he came home to a new baby and a troubled marriage.


D.Telekom to buy SunCom Wireless for $1.6 bln

Deutsche Telekom  said on Monday its mobile phone division T-Mobile USA had agreed to buy SunCom Wireless for about $1.6 billion.


The EU establishes a new multi-billion-euro agency to fund the brightest new ideas in science.


Indonesia orders security clampdown after terror attack warnings

JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities on Thursday ordered a nationwide security crackdown after several foreign governments warned that terrorists were preparing to launch attacks against Western targets ahead of Christmas.


The United Auto Workers union and General Motors Corp agreed to a new contract on Wednesday, ending a two-day nationwide strike by 73,000 workers with a groundbreaking deal that includes a health-care trust fund.


A controversial new report into MySpace alleges that its founders came from companies involved with spam, spyware and adware.


Turkey's prime minister on Friday laid out a policy vision for the next five years that focuses on pursuing European Union membership and defending the state's secular and democratic principles.


NASA Orders Repair to Shuttle, Extending Mission

The crew will now spend 13 days in space.  HOUSTON  -- Astronauts will try to fix a thermal blanket that peeled back during Atlantis' launch, extending the space shuttle's mission to 13 days from 11, NASA managers said Monday.


Peyton Manning will gladly trade in those worn out playoff questions for some new ones. For the first time in his pro career, Manning will enter the postseason without hearing the comparisons to Hall of Fame quarterbacks like Dan Marino, Dan Fouts and Fran Tarkenton, who never won a Super Bowl.


Synchronica offers mail without pushing Software companies are rushing to supply iPhone users with the functionality that Apple forgot to include. Undaunted by their inability to install software on the handset they have adopted a variety of approaches to making their software work without a client on the device.â¦


Livorno, 10:47 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: CRISTIANO LUCARELLI ALLO SHAKTAR

Cristiano Lucarelli lascia il Livorno. L'attaccante ha firmato un contratto di tre anni a 4 milioni ...


Roma, 14:50 - CALCIO, GENOA-SAMP; PREZIOSI: SIA SOLO UNA PARTITA

Il derby di domani a Genova deve essere solo una partita di calcio. E' l'appello lanciato dal presid...


Colin Montgomerie walked off the 18th green in a tie for the lead with Tiger Woods at the Target World Challenge, and someone told him the tournament was in his hands.


The Austin Prep girls' hockey team erased a one-goal deficit and skated off with a 2-1 win over nonleague foe Boston Latin at Matthews Arena last night.


Mac Attack! An enterprise PC shop switches to Apple

Over the next 60 days, Auto Warehousing Co. will begin systematically pulling the plug on all Windows-based PCs in its cavernous auto processing shop and power up Macs to execute virtually all of its revenue-producing operations.


Former Mayor Wellington Webb formally announced his candidacy Thursday to become chairman of the Democratic National Committee.


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The world's richest soccer club Manchester United says it has received a takeover approach from an unnamed suitor, sending its shares higher and fanning speculation that


Search for water gets harder in Southwest

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona  - Like many towns in this part of the arid U.S. Southwest, Flagstaff faces a never-ending challenge in its search for water, and it is getting harder.


Eating Fruits & Vegetables Won't Lower Cancer Risk

If you thought eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables would lower your risk of developing cancer, think again. Researchers from Harvard have released data from what can only be described as a very controversial study.


Iraqi Kidnappers Demand Release of Militant Indonesian Cleric

Kidnappers holding two Indonesian women hostages in Iraq are demanding the release of a militant cleric accused of leading a terrorist group in Southeast Asia.


Mixing of the votes cast for the first-Afghan presidential elections began in parts of the country this morning, a spokesman of the Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) said Thursday evening.


Segway scooters recalled for falling hazard

All of the Segway electric scooters   sold to consumers since the product began shipping to the   public in 2002 are being recalled because the devices can   unexpectedly cause riders to fall, the company said on   Thursday.


Two 16-year-old students from London arrested in West Africa allegedly carrying cocaine worth Â£300,000 are "provisionally charged".


Fire Chief's Firing Backed by Panel In Minneapolis

MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 28 -- A city panel recommended Tuesday that officials fire Bonnie Bleskachek, the nation's first openly lesbian big-city fire chief, in the wake of firefighter lawsuits accusing her of harassment and discrimination.


In New York, An Explosion  Forces Stifled Fears Back  To the Surface

NEW YORK, July 19 -- On most days  in this city, the line that separates the Whens from  the Ifs -- those who think another act of terrorism here is a certitude, and those who do not -- is pretty hard to spot. After nearly six incident-free years, New Yorkers tend to choose a side on the fear div...


Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah told the crowd that the militant group had more than 20,000 rockets, and made clear that it would not disarm, despite the requirements of a United Nations cease-fire accord.


Wash. Judge Nixes Pregnant Woman's Divorce

A judge has refused to grant a divorce to a pregnant woman trying to leave her husband two years after he was jailed for beating her, ruling instead that she must wait until the child is born.


A bomb exploded Sunday in a hotel in the town of Denia in southeast Spain, news reports said. There was no immediate word on casualties.


Daniel Boone, whose Calvert Social Investment Equity Fund outperformed the Standard & Poor's 500 Index for the past five years, buys shares only of US companies with policies that benefit employees and the environment.


An unfinished book by JRR Tolkien has been completed by his son and is to be published next year.


Delta Democrat Times. It is estimated by the American Cancer Society that more than 45 percent of Americans are smokers, which should make for an interesting public hearing tonight - and


Race against time for survivors as tsunami death toll tops 125,000

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The death toll in Asia's tsunami disaster ticked relentlessly upward to top 125,000 as clocks ticked down to a desolate new year in countries struggling to get food and water to millions facing starvation and disease.


Ironic as it was, I airshipped by body to Spain, and let my palate, feast on the dictums and dishes of our conqueror's table.


U.S.: Airman in Kyrgyzstan acted properl

A U.S. serviceman who fatally shot a Kyrgyz truck driver had been threatened with a knife and responded as his training required, the U.S. air base said Friday.


A giorni l'appuntamento al quale ci sara' anche Trenitalia


Egypt invites the Palestinian group Hamas to attend talks in Cairo "promptly" on resolving the border crisis.


Rumsfeld admits there may not be Saddam-Al-Qaeda link

United States Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld, has admitted that he has not seen any âstrong, hard evidenceâ linking former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein with Al-Qaeda.


Russian President Vladimir Putin announces a radical overhaul of state bodies in response to recent attacks.


After a hefty cut in interest rates and the dollar's plunge to new record lows against a surging euro, investors will closely watch data for clues on how seriously problems in credit markets are affecting the real economy.


Kenya poll violence death-toll hits 486: report

The total death toll from post-election violence in Kenya has reached 486, more than 100 higher than previous estimates, according to a government committee cited on local media.


Study Says Glucosamine No Arthritis Help

VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - Glucosamine, a  popular food supplement used by arthritis sufferers to prevent  painful flare-ups, has no long-term benefit, Canadian  researchers said on Wednesday.


Shilpa walks the ramp for Tarun Tahiliani

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty walked the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week   (WIFW) ramp for Tarun Tahiliani's collection "From Kutch to Kenya" and left the audience spellbound.


"My name is Meredith Vieira, and welcome to 'The View,'" said Rosie O'Donnell, introducing herself — as if that were necessary — on the ABC women's chat show Tuesday.


Give it a wash, good as new NetScout Systems wants to purchase Network General for $205m, the company said today. The takeover will be the third time the once-leading packet monitoring firm has changed hands, 10 years after McAfeee purchased Network General for $1.1bn.â¦


Prezzi aumentati fino a 1,249 euro al litro


The first case to originate in the Irish Republic of the human form of mad cow disease is confirmed.


Stock Futures Up Slightly Before Job Data

U.S. stock futures pointed to a  slightly higher open on Friday, with volume light as investors  await monthly jobs figures for clues into the health of the  U.S. economy.


Congo rebels attack government forces in east

Fighters loyal to a dissident general attacked army positions in eastern Congo with heavy weapons and small arms on Saturday, said the government and the United Nations.


An inspired Inspiron? Review With the advent of Intel's Core 2 Duo processors we're at last beginning to see the kind of power and portability that was being claimed, somewhat optimistically, back in the early days of notebook computing. Not one to miss out, Dell has rolled out its Core 2 Duo based Inspiron 6400...â¦


General Motors Corp., the world's largest automaker, will sign an agreement this week to sell its money-losing locomotive unit to two private U.S. equity groups, sources familiar with the negotiations said on Tuesday.


People in the News: More kudos for the Jude-O, Law that is

Because the general public can't be trusted to choose a Hollywood babe over which to drool, People magazine issues its annual "Sexiest Man Alive" issue/edict.


the Rascals singing a â60s fave, âItâsa Beautiful Morningâ â-elga Brewer could relate. That round yellow Vioxx pill


US airline Continental signs a partnership agreement with its main union as it seeks to keep costs under control.


Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders are birth defects and lifelong disabilities that can be prevented by simply not drinking while pregnant.


Chinese face risks abroad as clout grows: report

Chinese nationals face increasing security risks overseas due to the country's growing global presence, a senior official was quoted as saying on Thursday.


FDA panel backs Aventis long-acting meningitis vaccine -

The panel voted unanimously that Menactra is safe and effective for use in patients aged 11 to 55 years. The new meningitis vaccine could prevent the often fatal disease from infecting the highest risk group


Suicide bombers kill 25, wound 70, in Pakistan

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan  - Two suicide bombers struck near the heart of the Pakistani military on Tuesday, killing 25 people and wounding 70, many of them security agency staff traveling to work through the city of Rawalpindi.


WORCESTER -- Finally, the title is theirs alone. After two previous trips to the state final resulted in a cochampionship and a loss, the Stoneham boys' soccer team finally won the Division 3 title outright with a 2-1 win victory over Bromfield last night at Worcester State College.


plui writes "An all IPv6 backbone was launched this weekend in China. 'CERNET2 is the biggest next-generation Internet network in operation in the world and connects 25 universities in 20 cities.


Kobe Bryant took a moment to ponder the persistent questioning, and the words came tumbling out.


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Between 6,000 and 10,000 people are dying from disease and violence each month in Sudan's Darfur region as heavy rains and a marauding militia hinder U.N. efforts to respond to one of Africa's worst humanitarian crises, according to a survey of mortality rates by the United Nations' World Health Organization.


Bush Campaign Trail Stops at White House

WASHINGTON - Enmeshed in his re-election campaign, President Bush rarely spends a full day at the White House. But even when he does, presidential politics and campaign pitches remain close at hand...


The A-level examination company which awarded Prince Harry aB grade for art at Eton said last night that it had no plans to reopen its investigation of his marks after a former teacher's claim that she had written most of his coursework for him.


Dara Zeehandelaar: Mathematics, Vegas-Style

M ath teacher Dara Zeehandelaar was working on her Ph.D. in astrophysics at the University of Maryland when she took a hiatus to teach. "Everybody has their thing," she says. "My thing is public education."


Double-digit California home price drop seen

California faces a double-digit fall in housing prices over the next year and a half, a major builder, a lender and the state treasurer said on Monday in a discussion of how long the subprime mortgage crisis would drag on the Golden State.


Troy Tulowitzki is giving the Colorado Rockies some energy. Tulowitzki started Colorado's comeback with a two-run homer, then singled home the winning run to cap a three-run rally in the ninth inning Thursday that led the Rockies over the Houston Astros 7-6.


Some champions make the toughest challenge look easy. Count American Tyson Gay and Russian Yelena Isinbayeva among them.


White House panel pushes on veteran care

Leaders of a presidential commission on Wednesday implored Congress to quickly pass measures providing lifetime treatment to Iraq war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.


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Grammer, Wife Have Son Via Surrogate Mom

"Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer and his wife, former Playboy model Camille Donatacci, are the parents of a boy born Saturday through a surrogate mother.


Israel and the Palestinians opened on Monday their most serious peace talks in seven years, urged by U.S. President George W. Bush to reach a deal within a year despite heavy public skepticism.


Trinidad court denies bail for JFK plot suspects

A Trinidad court denied bail on Monday for three suspects in an alleged plot to blow up New York's JFK International Airport and a local prosecutor said they may face life imprisonment.


McCain Leads Clinton, Gore in 2008 Match-Ups

Rasmussen Reports - Arizona Senator John McCain (R) continues to lead Senator Hillary Clinton (D) and former Vice-President Al Gore (D) in the latest Rasmussen Reports Election 2008 poll.


U.S. to Israel: will assess Iran sanctions at yr-end

The United States told Israel it plans to tighten economic sanctions on Iran and assess their impact at year-end, a top Israeli official said on Saturday in comments that appeared to play down military options for now.


Oil Company to Pay $200 Million in Toxic Dumping in Ivory Coast

Trafigura, a company that had been accused of illegally dumping petrochemical waste, said the payment was not an admission of fault.


LOS ANGELES Just as the trailers for "The Forgotten" show creepy images of people being sucked into the atmosphere, the movie sucked people into theaters over the weekend.


The four key sponsors of the Middle East peace process strongly back a US-led November summit.


Goldman Sachs says to cut 5 percent of workforce

U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs plans to sack about 5 percent of its global workforce in coming months after its annual staff evaluation, a company spokesman said on Friday.


BlackBerry handhelds have been called addictive, invasive, wonderful — and now, a threat to French state secrets.


More than 16,300 species of animals and plants are on the verge of disappearing from the planet, with nearly 200 more species approaching extinction within the last year, according to the World Conservation Union's 2007 Red List of Threatened Species.


Car to driver: Please replace my fuel pump

Imagine your car warning you of an icy   road ahead, reading aloud the text messages arriving on your   phone and sending you an e-mail that your fuel pump needs   replacing soon.


Five people were confirmed dead and another three were missing on Saturday as wild storms continued to lash Australia's east coast, smashing boats, flooding roads and cutting power to 200,000 homes.


DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 1 -- U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan said Friday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had promised to enforce an arms embargo on Hezbollah under a U.N. resolution that halted Israel's war with the Lebanese Shiite militia.


Recently discovered TV footage of The Beatles from 1964 is to be broadcast on a US award show.


Some of the world's best ever football players play a match for Nelson Mandela's 89th birthday.


Banker sought in $400 mln fraud caught after 5 years

The five-year getaway of a banker whose U.S. fund lost $400 million when he bet against the Internet stockmarket bubble in the late 1990s ended on Friday when he was caught in Austria, police said on Monday.


Supreme Court upholds ruling against Visa

The US Supreme Court, as expected, let stand a ruling against Visa and MasterCard for anti-competitive practices on Monday, handing a victory to their arch-rival American Express.


In Japan, cellphone novels have not only infiltrated the mainstream but have come to dominate it.


Roma, 15:17 - PALLANUOTO, QUALIFICAZIONE OLIMPICA: ITALIA-OLANDA 10-4

La nazionale italiana di pallanuoto maschile ha battuto 10-4 l'Olanda a Bratislava nella seconda gio...


A Less Traditional Take on Inaugural Festivities

Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — With the war in Iraq steadily claiming American lives and the world in mourning over the tsunami disaster, planners of the 55th presidential inauguration face an awkward challenge: how to throw the traditional four-day celebration without appearing to have too much fun.


A third man  appears in court charged with killing a 91-year-old widow at her Ayrshire home last September.


Four pulled from Philippines rubble after ten days

Rescuers in the Philippines today pulled at least four survivors from a building that collapsed in mudslides ten days ago. The four survived by drinking "any kind of liquid that


Bob Geldof would consider becoming a peer after topping a poll for nominations to the House of Lords.


The Diana Memorial Fund and Franklin Mint reach an out-of-court settlement in their long-running legal dispute.


There are many dancers who are happy enough to be in the corps de ballet. But a certain poignancy must resonate for those who have achieved so much to get so far, and then no further.


Court Rules Protestors Can't Be Searched

Fears of a terrorist attack are not sufficient reason for authorities to search people at a protest, a federal appeals court has ruled, saying Sept. 11 "cannot be the day liberty perished."


Microsoft v Google Times Online's verdict

Bill Gates may be the world's most generous philanthropist, but the technical teams under his charge may well experience the uncharitable side of his nature today.


Growth Slowed Drastically in 4th Quarter

The U.S. economy expanded by a weak 0.6 percent in the latest indication of a substantial economic slowdown.


The Suffolk farm site were bird flu was found continued to export cooked meat after the outbreak was confirmed.


NEW YORK - Traditional phone systems may be going the way of the Pony Express. Voice-over-Internet Protocol, technology that allows users to make and receive phone calls using the Internet, is giving the old circuit-switched system a run for its money.


STMicroelectronics Teams With iBiquity to Develop Optimized HD Radio Receiver SoC

GENEVA, Dec. 14  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- STMicroelectronics , a leader in technologies for digital radio, has announced an agreement with iBiquity Digital Corporation, the developer and licensor of HD Radio(TM) technology, to develop a base-band receiver for HD Radio broadcasting.


The transitional government in Somalia signs an agreement in Jeddah aimed at uniting clans, but Islamists reject it.


Suicide car bomber kills at least 13 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD: A suicide car bomber killed at least 13 people in an attack on a police checkpoint in Baghdad last night, after US air strikes around rebel-held Falluja that killed scores.


OGGI SU INTERNET/ITALIA - Come cittadini e come cattolici siamo indignati e addolorati. Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Come cittadini e come cattolici siamo indignati per quanto avvenuto e siamo addolorati per Benedetto XVI, a cui ci sentiamo ancora piÃ¹ legati, riconoscendo in lui il difensore - in forza della sua fede - della ragione e della l...


The Christmas console war: round one to Xbox?

Battle for the wrapping paper begins In the run-up to the Christmas season, Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo will all be eagerly analysing sales figures in an attempt to declare their own console champion of champions. Microsoft has already made the first move and declared that it's in the best position to win the race to that place under the tree.â¦


An Air Mauritania passenger jet is hijacked after taking off from the capital, Nouakchott, officials say.


Left-wing Farc rebels kidnap six tourists on Colombia's Pacific coast, authorities in the country say.


The Washington Post\\'s ongoing investigation of the state of medical care and facilities at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the overall military and VA health care systems.


LONDRA - Non Ã¨ di Margaret Hassan corpo trovato a Falluja

Il cadavere mutilato della donna occidentale trovato il mese scorso a Falluja non Ã¨ dell'operatrice umanitaria Margaret Hassan (nella foto). Lo ha rivelato il ministero degli Esteri britannico che comunque


THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats and Republicans in Wisconsin.


A teacher who was upset because she didn't get her preferred classroom assignment left more than a dozen scribbled threats at her elementary school and a suspicious device in a student's desk, authorities said.


Nepalese rebels set off bombs in capital

Kathmandu - Nepalese rebels shot a policeman and set off two bombs in Kathmandu on Friday while keeping up a blockade that has isolated the capital since midweek to press demands for the release of rebels held by the government.


Fifa boss Sepp Blatter joins the criticism of David Beckham's deliberate booking.


NAIROBI, Kenya -- Kenya's ruling party and opposition have agreed to form a joint government in an effort to end weeks of bloodshed that have engulfed the country since the disputed presidential election, an opposition lawmaker said Friday.


As Usual, Itâs Controversy Sprinkled With Baseball

Mike Mussina and Carl Pavano met in private Friday to smooth their differences, but the fate of Steve Swindal, the teamâs general partner, remained in question.


June output, capacity use up more than expected

Output at U.S. factories, mines and  utilities rose by a bigger-than-expected 0.8 percent in June  and capacity use also topped expectations, a report showed on  Monday in a sign that a hot economy could weigh on an  inflation-wary Federal Reserve.


Airlines Told to Turn Over Passenger Data

WASHINGTON - Everyone who took a commercial flight within the United States in June will have travel information turned over to the government so it can test a new system for identifying potential terrorists, federal officials announced Tuesday.    The Transportation Security Administration unveiled details for its previously announced "Secure Flight" program, its second attempt at finding a better way to screen passengers without infringing on privacy...


Ventura, Dodgers simply too tough for D-Backs

LOS ANGELES - The 98-pound weakling tried to kick a little sand in the face of the muscle-bound bullies atop the National League West here on Tuesday night.


Bush to discuss Kremlin moves with Putin

While in Russia, President Bush will "speak frankly but privately" with Russian President Vladimir Putin about recent Kremlin moves to restrict political and economic freedom, Bush's national security adviser said Monday.


Iran says U.S. hinders nuclear compromise

Iran accused the United States on Sunday of pushing Europe away from a possible compromise on Tehran's disputed nuclear program.


Dell has belatedly joined its competitors in offering own-design blade servers with the launch in Paris on Monday afternoon of the PowerEdge 1855.


SBC, the second-biggest US phone company, plans to cut more than 10,000 jobs, or about 6% of its workforce, by the end of next year.


Mtv premia i video dell'anno ma a trionfare Ã¨ il nude-look

Sorpresa: il look femminile meno sexy, nel galÃ  degli Mtv Video Awards che si Ã¨ celebrato ieri sera a Miami, Ã¨ quello di Jennifer Lopez. E giÃ  questo lascia intendere che nella cerimonia di assegnazione


Heavy seas have forced an Irish naval  vessel to limp back to port after it was sent to help a  crippled Canadian submarine drifting off the coast of Scotland,  Ireland's defense forces said on Wednesday.


In an Internet posting, a Chechen warlord with a $10 million bounty on his head has apparently claimed responsibility for the Beslan school siege


Medical journals tackle biased reporting of results

Editors of the world's leading medical journals said yesterday that drug companies should disclose more information about studies of new medicines.


Incoming! Fans brace for latest `Halo 3'

Can "Halo" hero Master Chief blast his way past "Spider-Man 3" too?


Done Deals Finally Start to Appear at Sundance

After a slow weekend, the Sundance Film Festivalâs flock of film buyers finally began seeing movies they could take to the multiplexes.


British spies across the Balkans are being moved after they were publicly identified in a number of media reports planted by disgruntled local intelligence services.


Novita' non cambiano sostanza dell'intervento preannunciato


A review of nine studies suggested that atenolol, a beta-blocker which slows heart activity, was no better than dummy pills in reducing death from heart disease or heart attacks although it did reduce stroke.


Zapatero testifies at Madrid bombing inquiry

At a parliamentary inquiry investigating the train bombings, the Socialist prime minister said that - oeIslamic terrorism holds sole responsibility - for the attacks and revealed that the investigation never ...


More than 100 firefighters bring a major fire at a four-storey building in Belfast city centre under control.


U.S. oil futures set a new record $47.01 a barrel on Wednesday after a new threat against Iraq's oil sector by rebel Shi'ite militia.  U.S. crude traded up 26 cents to set a new high in the 21-year history of the New York Mercantile Exchange contract.


Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Hollywood's last major independent, is set to accept a Sony offer worth $5bn.


Panasonic announces its second dSLR, the 10MP DMC-L10, which is slated to hit stores this October.


Bush Tells Troops 'Much More Will Be Asked of You'

President Bush told U.S. troops on  Tuesday that "much more will be asked of you" in Iraq and  elsewhere as three days of ceremonies marking his inauguration  got off to a somber beginning.


Pope Benedict, pursuing a journey of fence-mending with Islam and Turkey, on Wednesday pays tribute to one of Christianity's most revered sites before heading to Istanbul, city at the crossroads of Europe and Asia.


NY Offers Bagels and Tax Breaks to Win Movies

New York is striking back with better  bagels and tax breaks in its fight to keep motion picture  production in the Big Apple and stem the flight of the industry  to cheaper destinations like Canada.


L'attrice ha parlato del suo impegno con l'Unifem


Viareggio, 17:21 - CALCIO, TORNEO DI VIAREGGIO: ROMA KO, VINCE IL GENOA

Battendo in finale la Roma 2-1 il Genoa ha vinto la 59esima edizione della Coppa Carnevale, il Torne...


Ivory Coast accuses French troops of killing 30 unarmed civilians to avenge the death of nine French peacekeepers.


Roma, 18:43 - CALCIO, ROMA: DIFFICILE RECUPERO DI PANUCCI PER LA JUVE

E' Panucci l'unico dubbio di Spalletti per la sfida con la Juventus: il difensore della Roma si &egr...


Briefly: .Mac customers suffer e-mail glitches

roundup Plus: IBM launches business research group...Verbatim to make discs with HP labeling feature...SWsoft teams with Acronis to boost virtual servers...Dell, Topspin tout InfiniBand clusters.


Allen Hansard did not want to be one of 500 Supermen at this year's DragonCon parade. Determined to stand out among hundreds of sorcerers, intergalactic soldiers, superheroes and other sci-fi characters, Hansard spent weeks on his Hawkman costume. The gold helmet alone took him three months, and the gray wings cost $1,000 at a costume shop.


Modena, 20:41 - CALCIO, MODENA: ESAMI ESCLUDONO LESIONI MUSCOLARI PER BRUNO

Allenameno mattutino per il Modena, con il tecnico Mutti che ha fatto svolgere un lavoro atletico al...


Goldman Profit Rises; Revenue Disappoints

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. on Thursday  said fourth-quarter profit rose 23 percent on strong  fixed-income and commodities trading results and investment  banking gains, but shares fell as revenue missed expectations.


Simona Torretta and Simona Pari, the two Italian aid workers who were welcomed by cheering crowds in Rome last week after being released by their Iraqi kidnappers, have announced their intention of returning to Iraq.


24 ore di stop per sollecitare nuova politica per il settore


Fewer Estonians hired directly by Finnish companies

Finnish companies have been hiring fewer Estonian workers directly after Estonia became a member of the European Union.


Allan Houston started for the first time since March 26 and Tim Thomas scored 8 of his season-high 20 points in the final 3 minutes 43 seconds.


West African leaders refuse to recognise Togo's new leadership and threaten to impose sanctions.


Questo Â«ErosÂ» Ã¨ un pÃ² serioso, ma almeno torna Antonioni

Un tempo non lontano, i film a episodi erano vanto e lustro della commedia allâitaliana: come dimenticare i Mostri di Risi, o piccoli gioielli come il mitico Â«DentoneÂ» di Sordi? Da qualche tempo, la struttura


Time Warner sets up $500m legal war chest

Time Warner has set aside a $500m (Â£272m) war chest to cover regulatory and legal action over accounting practices at its America Online division.


Reggio Calabria, 18:00 - CALCIO, REGGINA; ULIVIERI: BUONA VITTORIA, ATTENTI E DETERMINATI

Renzo Ulivieri è soddisfatto per la vittoria della Reggina che grazie al successo contro il C...


E' uscito in serata dalla Questura. Gli Ã¨ stata notificatauna richiesta di obbligo di firma e di dimora                                                  Daki liberato a Milano "Resto, si deve sapere la veritÃ "


An inquest is due to be opened into the death of the former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko.


The drug company's experimental treatment for Alzheimer's  failed to prove effective in a big clinical trial. The stock  closed Tuesday at $45.85 on the New York Stock Exchange before  falling 10 percent in after-hours trading following release of  the trial results.


A top aide to Viktor Yushchenko, confident the Western-leaning reformer will be inaugurated as president within days, said Wednesday that Yushchenko next week will begin a push to bring the country into the European Union.


Apple plays with fire, courts iPhone gift card lawsuits

Apple's recent decision to forbid the use of Apple Store gift cards for iPhone sales may expose the company to class action lawsuits or state-led investigations. Is this anti-iPhone locking action one step too far for the company?


Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards, the vice presidential candidate, will meet Tuesday at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland for their only debate before the Nov. 2 election.


Stocks inch up as tech offsets energy sell-off

U.S. stocks edged higher on Monday as   gains in technology shares such as Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O   outweighed a sell-off in shares of energy and metals companies   following a pullback in commodity prices.


Chief prosecutor of war crimes to retire

The chief prosecutor of the U.N. war crimes tribunal confirmed Tuesday she will retire in September, frustrated that two of the three men most responsible for the mayhem in the Balkans during Yugoslavia's demise could end up going free.


U.S. to help cleanse Agent Orage hotspot

The U.S. government will give Vietnam $400,000 toward cleaning up a former U.S. military base contaminated by Agent Orange, its biggest step yet toward resolving one of the most contentious legacies of the Vietnam War, the U.S. ambassador said Friday.


Energizer Holdings, Inc. To Webcast Presentation at Consumer Analyst Group of New York Conference February 22, 2007

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 15  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Energizer Holdings, Inc.'s  Chief Executive Officer, Ward Klein, will make a presentation, Thursday, February 22, 2007, at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York Conference. Mr. Klein will speak at 4:40 p.m. Central Standard Time.


General David Petraeus believes his Iraq strategy is slowly making progress. But as Joe Klein reports from Baghdad, convincing a skeptical congress is another story


New Cookbook Celebrates Cellblock Cuisine

SPOKANE, Wash. - Talk about your Iron Chefs. Proving that the steel bars of the Washington State Penitentiary are no barrier to fine dining, inmates at the Walla Walla prison have just produced "The Convict Cookbook," which includes recipes that can actually be made inside a cell without a stove.


A strong earthquake shook western Japan on Sunday, injuring at least two people, news reports said. There were no immediate reports of damage.


Microsoft Won't Appeal European Antitrust Ruling

Microsoft Corp. has decided not to appeal last month's appeal ruling against it from the Court of First Instance (CFI) and has finally agreed to comply with the European Commission's 2004 antitrust ruling that sparked the company's appeal.


Champion jockey Kieren Fallon has denied any wrongdoing after being arrested over allegations of involvement in a massive race fixing scam.


Attaccate nei giorni scorsi anche postazioni dell'esercito


KANSAS CITY, Missouri Interstate Bakeries, the largest wholesale bakery in the United States, whose products include Hostess Twinkies and Wonder Bread, filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, a casualty of a changing American diet that has reduced


Gene Tweaking Turns Couch Potato Mice Into Racers

Altering a single gene turned ordinary mice into marathon racers that could run for hours and eat huge amounts of food without getting fat, a team of researchers reported on Monday.


Update 1: Source: Film Industry Suing Computer Users

Taking a cue from recording companies, Hollywood movie studios are preparing to file copyright infringement lawsuits against computer users they say are illegally distributing movies online, a source familiar with the studios' plans said Wednesday.


A knife-wielding man has killed one person and critically injured five others in a series of apparently random morning rush-hour attacks across north London just days before Christmas, police say.


Il garante sottolinea l'illegittimitÃ  degli emendamenti del ddl Bersani che mettono a rischio la tutela dei dati personali dei lavoratori raccolti dalle imprese                                          Privacy, Pizzetti scrive a Prodi "Norme in contrasto con diritto europeo"                                                                                "La giusta esigenza di semplificazione per le imprese dovrebbe essere perseguita senza compromettere i diritti fondamentali dei cittadini"


Two doctors believe they have the cure for wrinkles - infra-red light therapy.


Dow Jones segna +0,24%, SP 500 +0,22% e Nasdaq +0,45%


Two pillars of Swiss nationhood are being tested Sunday — citizenship and the post office.


District Resorts to Court To Enforce Inoculations

Education officials in the District said Friday that they would refer the cases of 434 students who lack proof of immunization to the city's Family Court, where the children's parents and guardians could be charged with child neglect.


UN: Lessons of Holocaust Lost in Rwanda, Bosnia

If the world had listened to  horrors of the Holocaust, perhaps mass murder in Cambodia,  Bosnia and Rwanda could have been prevented, speakers told the  first-ever U.N. General Assembly session on the Holocaust of  World War II.


Three projects in the west of Scotland will share Â£30m of government cash, it is announced.


Long Reviled, Merit Pay Gains Among Teachers

Minnesotaâs $86 million teacher professionalization and merit pay initiative got a lift last week when teachers voted overwhelmingly to expand it in Minneapolis.


Nigerian Rebels to Widen Conflict, Target Agip

Nigerian rebels fighting government troops in the southern Port Harcourt area are poised to launch an uprising across the entire oil-producing delta region to force political reforms or gain sovereignty, a rebel leader said on Sunday.


NEW YORK -- The first holiday shopping weekend of the year may have started with a bang, but it ended with a whimper, evidence from two groups that track sales showed yesterday.


Lorenzo Bromell was placed on injured reserve by the New York Giants on Thursday, joining the team's growing list of defensive linemen whose season has been ended by injury.


Barry Bonds won his record seventh NL MVP award in a walk.


SYDNEY, Australia -- Australian stocks are trading at a fresh record Thursday, defying a negative lead on Wall Street. Market heavyweight News Corp, leading airline Qantas and the top four banks are all higher.


Brady says he will be fit for Super Bowl

New England Patriots quarterback Tom  Brady said he will be ready to face the New York Giants in the  Super Bowl on Sunday after a week of speculation about his  fitness.


Succede a Lelio Scaletti che ha compiuto 80 anni


Glen Johnson knows what it's like to put his fate in the hands of boxing judges and have decisions go against him. Glen Johnson wins a tightly contested fight with Antonio Tarver.


Morrocan-born Badrane Lachab places a candle at the makeshift shrine for ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in front of the Percy Military Teaching hospital in Clamart outside Paris Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004.


Hurricane Electric Offers Support to Web SIG

Hurricane Electric, a leading Internet Backbone and Colocation Provider, announced today that it is sponsoring a new Silicon Valley based technology users group called Web SIG.  Web SIG is a new Internet centric users group that focuses on the latest web technology, design, and trends.


Greenspan says better banking rules benefit economy

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday that better management of banking risk and new rules on capital hold the promise of a stronger banking system contributing more to economic growth.


Factory Orders Dip for 1st Time in 4 Months

Orders placed with US factories fell for the first time in four months, the Commerce Department said Monday, with demand dropping sharply for commercial airplanes and parts.


ER docs give whites narcotics more often

Emergency room doctors are prescribing strong narcotics more often to patients who complain of pain, but minorities are less likely to get them than whites, a new study finds. Even for the severe pain of kidney stones, minorities were prescribed narcotics such as oxycodone and morphine less frequently than whites.


Moneta unica passa di mano a 1,3368 dlr e 162,68 yen


Abbas, hosting Rice, hints at new government

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, bolstered by a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, said on Wednesday he might dissolve the Hamas-led government and unity talks with the group were dead.


Gunmen in police uniforms and driving vehicles used by security forces kidnapped five Britons from an Iraqi Finance Ministry office Tuesday, and a senior Iraqi official said the radical Shiite Mahdi Army militia was suspected.


Bombs kill scores in Iraq as voting nears

Car bombers struck crowds in Najaf and Karbala in Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 61 people and wounding about 120 in the two holy Shiite cities only days into Iraq's six-week election campaign.


Annan Warns U.S., Britain, Iraq Against Falluja Raid

Secretary-General Kofi Annan has  warned the United States, Britain and Iraq that an assault on  Falluja risked further alienating the Iraqi people and  undermining planned January elections.


Ukrainian president sends troops to Kiev

The president summoned thousands of troops to Ukraine's capital Saturday, but forces loyal to the nation's prime minister stopped them outside Kiev, escalating the two leaders' ongoing power struggle.


Cisco Systems and Microsoft have announced a collaborative effort designed to bridge a divide between their emerging network access-control architectures.


The humble domestic cat has its origins in the Middle East, according to a genetic study in Science journal.


Russian railway chief says Chinese firm will pay for Yukos oil deliveries

MOSCOW  - The head of Russia's state-owned railway network said Thursday that a Chinese oil company will cover the embattled Yukos oil company's rail transport bills for October, the Interfax news agency reported.


Airbus restructuring clouded by political concern

Airbus management began to outline a giant restructuring plan to employees following problems with its A380 superjumbo jet amid signs of political concern about the consequences of a major overhaul.


USDA's Veneman Sees Canada Cattle Trade Resuming

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann  Veneman on Tuesday said she did not foresee a scenario that  would stop imports of Canadian cattle resuming on March 7 as  planned.


Nicolas Massu was fined $1,000 at the U.S. Open on Friday for throwing his racket during a loss to Sargis Sargsian in which the double Olympic gold medalist forfeited the opening game of the fifth set.


Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie househunting in Europe

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are looking for a house in Europe so that their four children and future offspring can have a "broad vision of the world," the actor said in a interview published Sunday.


ICE urges CBOT members to vote against CME deal

IntercontinentalExchange Inc.  on Thursday urged CBOT Holdings Inc.  shareholders and members to reject the proposed sale of the company to Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc. .


Hunt for hundreds killed in Philippine typhoon

DARAGA, Philippines  - Distraught survivors searched piles of bodies for the faces of their loved ones in the central Philippines on Saturday after landslides triggered by Typhoon Durian left hundreds dead.


Ultra-competitive Bevan Docherty rated himself a golden chance in the Olympic men's triathlon last night - but he had a satisfied smile as he fingered the silver round his neck shortly after the finish.


Suri Cruise has already made her first Academy Awards appearance.


The Pudding: Eavesdropping to sell you stuff

The start-up, launching at DemoFall 07, will analyze phone conversations in order to provide contextual ads.


FBI May Have to Scrap New Computer Program

The FBI said on Thursday it may have  to scrap a new $170 million computer program designed to allow  agents to share information instantly and fix a main problem  identified after the Sept. 11 attacks.


Katie Couric began her first night as anchor of the "CBS Evening News" on Tuesday by standing in front of a video board displaying a fast-moving rundown of stories ranging from the Taliban to Suri Cruise.


Friends of Tony Randall, many of whom have graced the Great White Way numerous times, filled the Majestic Theatre to pay tribute to the actor and Broadway producer, who died last May.


Actor Manivannan talks about working with Rajnikanth in Sivaji.


The credit card boom will help African economies grow faster, economists say, and may curb corruption by reducing use of untraceable cash.


ASIA/CAMBOGIA - Oltre 3.000 fedeli alla celebrazione di chiusura dellÂAnno giubilare per i 450 anni della Chiesa cattolica in Cambogia; la Benedizione Apostolica del Papa ed il Messaggio del Card. Dias Kompong Cham (Agenzia Fides) - Oltre 3.000 fedeli cattolici venuti da tutto il paese, si sono ritrovati al centro della Cambogia domenica 3 dicembre, per celebrare nella gioia la chiusura delle celebrazioni giubilari che hanno commemorato i 450 anni ...


Police in York shoot a man who claims to be carrying an explosive device in a rucksack.


Experts argue that preparations against avian flu have to continue, even if the virusâs failure to mutate into a pandemic strain has given the world more time.


NEW YORK - The Boston Red Sox are to send hobbled star Curt Schilling to the mound Tuesday night against the New York Yankees, whose 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven AL championship series is down to 3-2 after back-to-back marathon games. But rain in the forecast could make for another long night of delays or earn both teams some much needed rest...


Tax time has come and gone, but it's always a good time boost your retirement savings.


La decisione del giudice Magi dettata "da motivi di opportunitÃ ". La Corte costituzionaledovrÃ  esprimersi sul conflitto di attribuzioni tra governo e magistrati                                          Milano, sospeso processo Abu Omar in attesa che si pronunci la Consulta                                                                                Il dibattimento riprenderÃ  a fine ottobre


Mathematicians Offer Help in Terror Fight

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - A small group of thinking men and women convened at Rutgers University last month to consider how order theory - a branch of abstract mathematics that deals with hierarchical relationships - could be applied to the war on terror...


Boston Scientific Considers Spinning Off Division

The stent maker predicts it could raise at least $1 billion by spinning off a portion of the company to the public.


Accord proves elusive at North Korea talks

Envoys to the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear arms program ended their fourth day of talks without agreement on Sunday, getting bogged down on Pyongyang's demands for compensation should it disarm.


Nations pledge cash, aid for Asia quake victims

Countries around the globe have stepped forward with pledges of cash and assistance to the victims of the southern Asian earthquake and tsunami disaster.


The Swiss bank UBS named a Morgan Stanley executive, Jerker M. Johansson, as the new head of its investment banking unit.


Sony Considers MP3 Support to Silence iPod Fans

Consumer electronics giant Sony Corp. said on Thursday it is mulling a major strategic shift to make digital music devices that play MP3 song files.


Friends and admirers of Luciano Pavarotti joined in a chorus of grief as the world paid homage to the thrilling voice and exuberant personality of the great Italian tenor who died Thursday.


Review: `Ocean's' sequel plays same hand

The third roll of the dice for George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and their merry band of casino crooks is an almost certain winner for its makers, a break-even deal at best for audiences.


First lady to undergo pinched nerve surgery

First lady Laura Bush will undergo outpatient surgery on Saturday to treat pinched nerves in her neck that prevented her from accompanying President George W. Bush to Australia, her spokeswoman said.


Redstone 'delighted' after year of takeovers

Conversant with convergence Redstone, the long-time loss-making fixed-line telecoms firm,has morphed into a new age IT and telephony hybrid with a positive bank balance after a year of financial restructuring and acquisitions.â¦


Dollar Stabilizes on Comments from Europe

The dollar held steady against the euro on Tuesday, finding support after a wave of warnings from European officials expressing concerns over the euro's rapid ascent against the U.S. currency.


Arsenal snap up Croatia striker Da Silva

Sport: Gunners move to fill void left by Thierry Henry.


Battered Russian oil major YUKOS  YUKO.RTS said on Friday that Russian state oil firm Rosneft's  assumption of control over key unit Yuganskneftegaz was  tantamount to an "illegal seizure" of its asset.


FALLUJAH, Iraq -- Two Marines were killed and three others wounded when they came under fire during house-clearing operations in Fallujah, the US military said Friday.


Hollenbach Sees Chance For Turnover Turnabout

AÃÂ key question surrounding the Terrapins' season will be answered when Sam Hollenbach leads his team into what promises to be a hostile environment against the No. 5 Mountaineers.


Workplace smoking bans help smokers cut back, says study

Employees in workplaces with no smoking restrictions smoke almost five more cigarettes daily than those whose workplaces completely ban smoking, says a study by the University of Toronto's Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU).


Philippines will never default on debts, Arroyo vows

MANILA : Philippine President Gloria Arroyo vowed the country will never default on its debt repayments, as she found herself embroiled in a public row with key economic advisers following her declaration that Manila was in a "fiscal crisis".


US forces grab control of part of rebels' stronghold

FALLUJAH, Iraq -- After two days of street-to-street fighting, the US-led assault on Fallujah had wrested at least a third of the city from insurgents Tuesday, capturing the mayor's office, two mosques, a commercial center and other major objectives in


Some 700 American soldiers rolled into Baqouba, shifted out of Baghdad to help carry the security campaign against sectarian violence to a nearby volatile province where Sunni Arab insurgents fled ahead of the crackdown in the capital.


Braff, brother aspire to "Saint" hood at Fox

Two actors from NBC's  Thursday comedy block, "Scrubs" star Zach Braff and "The  Office" alumnus David Denman, are uniting for a drama pilot at  Fox.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Militants pounded central Baghdad on Sunday with one of their most intense mortar barrages ever, targeting the Green Zone and destroying a U.S. vehicle along a major street...


Stocks fell on Thursday as rising bond yields fueled concern about higher borrowing costs, offsetting earlier optimism about a $20 billion buyout of Hilton Hotels Corp.


Are you a Focker? If so, Universal Studios Orlando theme park just might give you and your whole Focker family a free vacation.


Mexico Captures 'Legend of Drug Trafficking' to U.S.

Mexico has captured a drug lord  accused of handling half of the illegal drugs smuggled across  the border into the United States and who had a $2 million  price tag on his head, the government said on Monday.


Oil prices remain around the $82-a-barrel mark, over fears a storm may develop in the Gulf of Mexico.


An end to moderation: German employees demand their share of economic boom

The German economy, Europe's biggest, is currently running up one record after another.


The company cited growth in its global business, supply chain and freight unit, as well as modest growth in its U.S. package business despite a sluggish economy.


Manchester City survive a second-half onslaught to draw 0-0 with Liverpool.


Dow Jones +0,58%, Nasdaq +0,25% Euro in rialzo a 1,3046 dlr


Pioneering Estonian harpsichordist Imbi Tarum and ten of her current and previous students will perform all the 24 preludes and fugues from Book II of J S Bach's Well-tempered Clavier, 29 and 30 January 2005, ...


BASRA, Iraq - An explosion occurred Saturday outside a former Saddam Hussein-era palace that houses a U.S. consular office and a British base, killing at least one person and wounding two others, police and witnesses said...


Lo ha riferito il ministro Interno Giuliano Amato


US President George W. Bush says Democratic challenger John Kerry flunked "the credibility test" in. their testy second debate, but Kerry charges


Wales' plucky resistance is ended by two second-half goals in a compelling friendly at White Hart Lane.


Australia's government says it is spending up to $450m on cruise missiles to boost its air force.


Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott announces he is to stand down as an MP at the next general election.


Four die, 14 hurt in Mass. building fire

A fire ripped through a building housing apartments and a community center where people were preparing for a Portuguese religious feast Wednesday night, killing four and injuring 14, authorities said.


The egg industry has agreed to permanently drop "Animal Care Certified" logos on egg cartons, after state officials and animal rights groups said consumers were being misled.


Some Gene Research Just Isn't Worth the Money

No one can dispute addiction's high cost. But is genetic research the best way to reduce it? Probably not.