Talking trash wasn't enough. The Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers decided to trade punches. Less than an hour before Sunday's game, Browns running back William Green and Steelers linebacker Joey Porter


Nell'andata degli ottavi di Champions molte occasioni per i rossoneri, ma nemmeno un gol. E ora tocca a Roma e Inter


Creative Force of VH-1âs Reality Shows Leaves, but Not in Reality

Michael Hirschorn is leaving VH-1 to form his own production company, which will develop shows initially for that channel and others owned by MTV Networks.


LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Three albums are poised to enter  the Billboard 200 next week with opening weeks of more than  100,000 copies.


DOJ Says Two Convicted for Porn Spam Operation

Two men were convicted in Arizona on charges of money laundering and transportation of obscene materials, in connection with running a pornographic spamming business.


Bhutto killed by impact of bomb, not bullets: Scotland Yard

British detectives said Friday that Benazir Bhutto was killed by the force of a suicide bomb and not gunfire, backing the Pakistani government's controversial account of how the opposition leader died.


Al termine di una bella partita i partenopei battono i torinesi 3 a 1Inesistenti le due massime punizioni date agli azzurri                                          La Juventus cade al San Paolo Rigori al Napoli, arbitro sotto accusa                                                                                A fine partita colpito da un oggetto alla testa un operatore Sky


For nearly three decades, Chinese peasants have left their villages for crowded dormitories and sweaty assembly lines, churning out goods for world markets. Now, China is turning the tables.


Lo scrive l'agenzia Market News International


Roma, 14:35 - SCHERMA, DOPING: CIARI SCRIVE LETTERA A PETRUCCI

Marco Ciari, schermitore positivo alla cannabis ad un controllo antidoping, ha scritto una lettera d...


'Alexander' Big, Bold of Epic Proportions

In many ways, director Oliver Stone's "Alexander" is an epic like they used to make 'em: big, bold, undeniably cinematic and crammed with star power.


Will it be a matter of "one-and-done" for Alan Greenspan & Co. at its Sept. 21 policy meeting? Since a quarter-point rate hike at the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on that date seems a fait accompli


Amburgo. ''Quando un pilota che ha vinto tutto come Schumacher, si rende conto che puo' rischiare la vita in un incidente causato da guasti meccanici e non da un suo errore come avvenuto a Monza, potrebbe pensare che sia arrivato il momento di smettere''.


Micron rival to pay fine for price-fixing

Micron Technologies says it still does not expect to pay any fines or face criminal charges after a European competitor agreed this past week to price fixing charges.


Putin agrees to become Medvedev's prime minister

The Russian president's announcement Monday was no surprise, but analysts had also expected him to bolster the relatively weakpremiership.


In the latest battle between the music industry and computer users, Lawyers from the Australianâs recording industry were launching a trial Monday against the popular P2P software network Kazaa.


Brand-name prescription drug prices edged up by half a percent in the third quarter, more slowly than earlier in 2004 or during the corresponding period last year, AARP said Monday.


BAE denies secret arms payments to Saudi prince

British defence firm BAE denied news reports on Thursday that it had secretly paid a Saudi Arabian prince hundreds of millions of pounds in connection with Britain's biggest weapons deal.


UK Can't Hold Terror Suspects Indefinitely

British Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, takes the arm of Home Secretary David Blunkett, with his seeing eye dog, Sadie, in Sheffield, England, in this Thursday, Dec. 9 2004, file photo.


A service to commemorate victims of the Asian tsunami is being held at London's Westminster Cathedral.


Judge gives Hollinger's Radler 29 month sentence

A U.S. judge on Monday gave a 29-month prison sentence to David Radler, one-time president of media giant Hollinger International Inc, whose trial testimony helped convict former press baron Conrad Black.


Foreign medics sentenced to die in Libya HIV case

A Libyan court sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death on Tuesday for deliberately infecting hundreds of children with the HIV virus that causes AIDS.


SAN DIEGO  - Brash Entertainment is  developing a video game based on the upcoming movie "Space  Chimps," from Vanguard Animation and Starz Media.


The nation's first law aimed at curtailing junk e-mail earned a mixed report card after a year on the books as few spammers faced legal action and recent surveys showed that spam makes up an even larger proportion of online messages. -washingtonpost.com


With almost half the votes counted in Afghanistan's election Wednesday, Karzai looked set to win a clear victory with 61.4 percent of the votes already under his belt.


Bank Fraud Charges Made Against Lou Pearlman

Boy-band guru Lou Pearlman was arrested in Indonesia last month and taken back to the U.S. this past Tuesday. He was escorted by authorities from Los Angeles to Orlando, where he will be facing charges of defrauding a bank out of $20 million dollars. I...


Iraqi PM heads to Iran seeking "no interference"

Iraq's prime minister will deliver a   blunt message to fellow Shi'ite Islamist leaders in Iran on   Tuesday that they should not interfere in Iraqi affairs.


Roma, 20:59 - Calcio, Palermo: con la Lazio sicuro il rientro di Biava

In vista della sfida di domenica prossima contro la Lazio all'Olimpico, il Palermo recupera un uomo ...


Bear Stearns may become takeover target amid unrest

Bear Stearns Cos Inc's  management shake-up could make the investment bank a takeover target, but the possibility of more write-downs and chance of legal entanglements from the subprime mortgage crisis could sideline suitors for now, analysts said on Tuesday.


Analisi dello studio Santini per Repubblica. Simulazione sulle buste paga di gennaio: ecco come funzionano le nuove aliquote                                           Tasse, chi guadagna e chi no Favorite le fasce piÃ¹ alte                                                                                di LUISA GRION


Exceptional solar activity produces Northern Lights further south than usual

In Sodankyla in the heart of Finnish Lapland, a rare display of a Northern Lights formation known as "the crown" or "corona" was seen early on Monday morning.


Times Company in Group Investing in Blog Publisher

Automattic, the commercial arm of the WordPress blog platform, has received $29.5 million in financing from four companies, including The New York Times Company.


Shares rallied after the government said that employers added more jobs and that wage increases slowed last month.


Vice President Cheney told Justice Department officials that he disagreed with their objections to a secret surveillance program during a high-level White House meeting in March 2004, a former senior Justice official told senators yesterday.


The Williams team breathed a sigh of relief after Juan Pablo Montoya's victory in the Brazilian Grand Prix. The team finished fourth in the constructors standings but technical director Sam Michael was full of praise for the Colombian's performance.


The US dollar has continued its record-breaking slide and has tumbled to a new low against the euro.


Fired-up US union leader lambasts Bush at British workers' conference

The leader of the main US firefighters' union rallied behind Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry ahead of November elections, saying it was the right time for George W. Bush to be voted out.


Istat, solo da novembre a dicembre aumenti del 18,3%


For job stimulus, Boston mulls direct investments

Boston officials are considering plans to invest city funds directly into biotechnology companies, part of a broader effort to stimulate the hot industry within city limits and create jobs.


Social software Twitter, Facebook called on for higher purpose

Google.org project InSTEDD launches Thursday and aims to help communities around the world use Web and communications technology like Twitter to warn people of outbreaks like Avian flu or disasters like Hurricane Katrina.


Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the final session of the World Economic Forum on Sunday that he wants an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal and a pact on climate change by the end of 2008.


Mike Lowell, who can become a free agent after the season, has been more reliable than any other player on the Red Sox.


By Tim Stanley World Staff Writer  Gateways to make inviting markers for downtown, officials say.


Mongolian embassy worker's son on rape charges in London

The son of a Mongolian embassy employee appeared before a central London court Thursday charged with the rape of a 16-year-old schoolgirl.


Tie Domi calls time on fight-filled career

Toronto Maple Leafs enforcer Tie Domi   announced his retirement on Tuesday, bringing an end to 16   fight-filled seasons in the league.


The Reviews Are In: Movie Critics Noticed

Let's review movie reviews. Millions read them. Actors covet nice ones. Studios scour them for positive nuggets to cram into advertising blurbs.


UK High Street sales saw their best performance in January for three years, according to a leading industry survey.


More manpower sought for Calif. wildfires

Fire officials pleaded for additional manpower to battle a 15,400-acre wildfire near the California-Mexico border, while a new fire ignited near expensive canyon homes in Los Angeles.


Greek Olympic 200 meters champion Costas  Kenteris, the focus of an Olympic doping scandal, withdrew from  the Athens Games on Wednesday "out of a sense of  responsibility."


Mozilla Trots Out Nearly Final Thunderbird E-Mailer

com. The Mozilla Foundation Wednesday debuted a release candidate edition of its first standalone e-mail client, the open-source, for-free Thunderbird.


WWF backs UAE's push for greener cleaner future

Global conservation group WWF on Wednesday backed the oil-rich United Arab Emirates' plan to build the world's first zero-carbon emissions city and a futuristic solar-powered electricity plant.


Photo Gallery: Surprising Sea Animals Discovered in 2006

See some of the biggest, weirdest, deepest, and "hottest" discoveries made this year by the Census of Marine Life ocean survey.


Citrix preaches 'second mover advantage' over VMware

Far enough behind to succeed Analysis Pop quiz. Youâre a $7bn software company that has all the sex appeal of a shy potato. What do you do?â¦


DJ avanza di 24 punti base, Nasdaq-100 sale di 2,75 punti


Councils are providing better services than ever before according to the Audit Commission.


Atlanta's Michael Vick and Morten Andersen both set NFL records but it's all for naught as the Dallas Cowboys notch a 38-28 win over the Falcons on Saturday night.


The New Jersey Nets have acquired five-time NBA All-Star guard/forward Vince Carter from the Toronto Raptors in exchange for center Alonzo Mourning, center/forward Aaron Williams, forward Eric Williams and two first round draft picks, Nets President Rod


O.J. Simpson among those on California tax shame list

O.J. Simpson and singer Dionne Warwick are among California's worst tax debtors, according to the state tax collection agency's latest naming and shaming of the top offenders.


NATO chief urges action on Afghan civilian deaths

NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer urged alliance countries to take action to lower civilian casualties from fighting in Afghanistan on Friday, saying such incidents could undermine the mission.


The torture of detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and the treatment of those held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, dealt a blow to the United States' credibility as the world's leader on human rights and the fight against terrorism, a human rights group said Thursday.


YouTube, CNN aim to 'revolutionize' presidential debate process

Blog: Co-sponsored debates, to be held in July and September, invite YouTube users to submit "creative" questions for candidates to answer.


Dog Who Longed for Puppies Nurses Kittens

EDWARDSBURG, Mich. - A Shih Tzu who, her owners say, longed for years to give birth - even to the point of going into false labor several times - finally is getting a chance to nurse some little ones: two stray kittens.


Pressure mounts for Japan defense minister to quit

Pressure mounted on Japan's defense minister to resign for remarks that appeared to accept the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when a ruling coalition partner said he should "decide his own course", a phrase that is often code for urging a politician to quit.


A Luxury Condo by Arty Architects From the Fringe

Arenât the architects of Asymptote a bit too avant-garde for a luxury condo building in the West Village?


Projects Modest Hiring Pace During First Quarter

St. Louis area employers expect to hire at a moderate pace during the first quarter of 2005, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.


Call for new pensions based on career earnings

Business & money: Reforms don't go far enough, say actuaries, as closure of final-salary schemes causes concern


London, Dec 7 : The BBC today said it would cut about 2,900 jobs, more than 10 per cent of its workforce, as part of "transformation" of the world's biggest public broadcaster aimed at saving 320 million pounds a year.


Swedes Ponder Whether Killer Can Be a Doctor

A prestigious medical school was tipped off that one of its students had been a Nazi sympathizer, released on parole after being convicted in 2000 of a murder.


CBS News on Thursday is expected to fire the executive producer of Katie Couric's struggling "CBS Evening News" broadcast and appoint former CNN and MSNBC president Rick Kaplan to the job.


Arts, Briefly: Rolling Stones Comment on Drug Use by Others

A couple of Rolling Stones had a few words of counsel for todayâs drug-prone young musicians, Reuters reported.


Bush Vs. Kerry: Tackling the Threat of Nuclear War

Thirteen years after the end of the Cold War the two main candidates for the U.S. presidency agree that the threat of nuclear attack has never been greater.


IBM hits back against over-timers with pay cut

'These people' get what they deserve IBM's technical support grunts may have won the battle for overtime pay, but the company has cooked a major catch to its peace agreement.â¦


U.S. stocks may test record highs next week as muted oil prices take center stage. But the September jobs report on Friday could keep traders cautious and upend a rally.


Astronaut candidates taste of zero gravity

com. NASA's newest astronaut candidates experienced their first taste of zero gravity and are now preparing to make their first jet flights without the company of instructors.


Abnormal Pap Smears Common in Women with Lupus

NEW YORK  - Women with systemic lupus  erythematosus (SLE) are more likely to have an abnormal Pap  test result than other women, according to a new report. This  is important because abnormal smears can be associated with  cervical cancer.


Pentagon seeks urgent funding for massive bunker busting bomb

Citing an "urgent operational need," the Pentagon has asked Congress for funds to modify B-2 stealth bombers to deliver an experimental 30,000 pound, satellite-guided bunker busting bomb, officials said Wednesday.


Bush snubs Annan during Washington visit

WASHINGTON - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan was pressed Thursday to do more in Iraq, while at the same time he was being snubbed by the US president.


Andy Murray is hopeful that his wrist injury will have improved enough for him to play at Wimbledon.


HK chief says Legislative Council election fair and open

Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa said Monday that the election for the Special Administrative Region's third-term Legislative Council was conducted in a fair and square and open manner.


The Gulf find could jack up profits for oil rig equipment manufacturers.


African Union to press Darfur peace talks: envoy

The African Union's envoy to Sudan said he would continue to negotiate with parties which did not sign a peace deal this year aimed at ending the conflict in the troubled region of Darfur.


Medicare premiums will rise 17.4 percent next year, or $11.60 a month, the largest dollar increase in the program's 40-year history, the US Health and Human Services Department said Friday.


All-Star Also-Rans Hoping for a Reprieve

If Commissioner David Stern puts Carmelo Anthony on the All-Star team, he will have to defy the very image of basketball without brawls he was trying to protect and the one his coaches upheld.


In Writers Strike, Signs of Internal Discontent Over Tactics

Some writers wonder whether the guildâs militant tactics are actually doing more damage than good.


Hurricane Ivan triggers US Gulf evacutions

Hurricane Ivan has roared into the Gulf of Mexico, spurring evacuations along the US coast and shutting down some oil production after ripping off roofs and downing trees and power lines when it grazed western Cuba.


Intel bumps up the speed of fastest Centrino

Intel added a faster Pentium M processor speed-grade to its Centrino chip-set bundle for laptops onn Wednesday (Oct. 20). The Pentium M 765 runs at 2.1-GHz, packs 2-Mbytes of level 2 cache, and uses Intel's


Grand Theft Auto publisher tries to cool 'hot coffee' lawsuit

Better latte than never Take-Two Interactive, the publisher of the controversial Grand Theft Auto series of games may be close to settling a long running legal battle with a New York granny who attempted to sue the company after it emerged one of those games contained adult content.â¦


Aryans battle 'Cultural Marxism' Those among you who feel that Conservapedia - the "conservative encyclopedia you can trust" dedicated to countering liberal bias - is not sufficiently tough on Marxist-Leninist dogma are directed forthwith to Metapedia, the "alternative encyclopedia dedicated to the pro-European cultural struggle".â¦


PeopleSoft board of directors might not be supporting it, but almost 60% of the shareholders have given their support to the Oracleâs bid to take over PeopleSoft.


Anne Heche and her estranged husband, Coleman Laffoon, say they're happy with the outcome of a custody hearing over their 5-year-old son, Homer.


Japan holds huge quake drill with U.S. military

Japan held a huge earthquake disaster   drill in Tokyo on Friday with a U.S. navy ship transporting   evacuees and helicopters carrying relief supplies.


Russia's president endorsed the sale of a majority stake in Siberian oil fields held by Yukos, the besieged Russian oil conglomerate, and said the purchase had followed the law.


Wall Street was set to rally on Wednesday as forecast-beating results from tech bellwether Intel Corp  boosted the outlook for chip makers, while U.S. trade data will set direction for the dollar.


Oracle to Lay Off 5,000 After PeopleSoft Takeover

One week after completing its contentious takeover of PeopleSoft, Oracle began sending layoff notices to some of the 11,700 employees working at its former rival.


The server maker plans to announce it's upgraded its low-end servers with faster 1.5GHz UltraSparc IIIi processors.


Sharon rebuffs rebellious Likud members to seek coalition with Labor

JERUSALEM, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon insisted Wednesday evening that he would not accept the automatic disqualification of parties or personalities, with whomhe wished to conduct coalition negotiations, local newspaper ...


Puerto La Cruz, 09:16 - CALCIO, COPPA AMERICA: BRASILE RISCHIA DI PERDERE FRED

Il Brasile rischia di perdere Fred per tutta la Coppa America. L'attaccante del Lione si è fa...


Shakhtar Donetsk coach Mircea Lucescu has warned Celtic they will be facing a better teenager than Wayne Rooney in the Champions League on Wednesday.


DealBook Blog: Shareholders Reject Cablevision Deal

The defeat of the Dolan familyâs $10.6 billion bid leaves Cablevision to continue as a stand-alone public company.


This Shakespeare season is a feast of strange and novel productions in unusual spaces from city parks to the tiny back rooms of bookstores.


Republican Mike Huckabee said the government should stay out of disputes over the Confederate flag in South Carolina.


LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif. - Firefighters, worried about the possible return of hot, dry Santa Ana winds, fought three separate wildfires Wednesday that crept through national forests and toward towns.  No houses were immediately threatened, however.


Veteran financier Carl Icahn said he and a group of investors are willing to buy Mylan Laboratories Inc. for $20 per share, according to a Friday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Former US Ryder Cup captain Tom Kite believes the Presidents Cup is ruining the biennial match between Europe and the United States.


Taiwan's president says he wants talks with China to reduce military tension and misunderstanding.


Nell'incidente perse la vita una giovane ricercatrice


Hungary PM Set for Victory Over Citizenship Vote

Hungary's new prime minister looked to have scored a major victory on Sunday when the opposition failed to garner enough votes to pass a referendum giving citizenship to millions of Hungarians abroad.


The power went off across Bahrain on Monday because of a technical fault, slowing business, hitting US Navy operations and leaving people without air conditioning in the heat and humidity of the Persian Gulf.


Indonesian smokers puff over cigarette curbs

In the stairwell of an office complex in the Indonesian capital, office workers nonchalantly puff away in front of a "No smoking" sign.


Rio Ferdinand saw his return to Manchester United colours overshadowed by defensive colleague Mikael Silvestre who powered home the goals that beat Liverpool 2-1 at Old Trafford.


UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Security Council approved a resolution Saturday threatening oil sanctions against Sudan unless the government acts to rein in Arab militias accused of violence in the Darfur region that the United States has called genocide...


Microsoft Corp.  founder Bill  Gates said on Tuesday the company's Windows Vista operating  system had been incredibly well received.


German workers take on private equity "locust"

NORDHAUSEN, Germany  - Workers at the Bike Systems GmbH bicycle factory in the eastern German town of Nordhausen feel betrayed by their U.S.-based private equity employer and have occupied the building since July 5 in protest.


Canadian pedophile suspect Christopher Neil has denied charges that he molested underage children in Thailand, police said on Saturday, a day after a global manhunt ended with his arrest in a dusty Thai town.


Harry Potter author JK Rowling says her third child, a daughter born on Sunday, will be named Mackenzie.


Analysts are alarmed at a perceived discrepancy in the figures in iPhone sales figures.


'Mutants' Wins Guardian First Book Award

"Mutants," a non-fiction work that casts a sympathetic eye on genetics and physical deformity, has won the Guardian's First Book award, the first science book to claim the prize.


Students have been warned to apply early for loans to avoid having to wait weeks for payment.


Oscar winner Anna Paquin  is set to star opposite Aidan Quinn in the HBO movie "Bury My  Heart at Wounded Knee," which chronicles how American Indians  were displaced as the U.S. expanded west during the latter half  of the 19th century.


Greek police investigating the murder of five men on a hunting trip believe a lone gunman was responsible.


Britain's OFT confirms price-fixing probe into airline sector

Britain's Office of Fair Trading has said it was investigating &quot;alleged price coordination&quot; related to the imposition of fuel surcharges within the airline sector and that it had visited British Airways as part of the probe.


Hurricane Ivan has gotten stronger once again, and is back to a category five storm. Ivan's sustained winds are at 160 miles-per-hour, as it leaves behind a deadly trail in the Caribbean and heads toward Cuba.


Two British tour operators report eight deaths from Asian quake

Two British tour operators, MyTravel and First Choice, reported a total of eight deaths among their clients from the tidal waves which devastated Asian beach resorts.


VATICANO - Messaggio del Santo Padre Benedetto XVI per la Giornata Missionaria Mondiale 2007: "Tutte le Chiese per tutto il mondo" CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Pubblichiamo di seguito il testo del Messaggio del Santo Padre Benedetto XVI per la 81Âª Giornata Missionaria Mondiale, che questÂanno si celebra domenica 21 ottobre sul tema: "Tutte le Chiese per tutto il mondo". ...


N.Y. Times journalist fatally shot in Baghdad

NEW YORK -- Khalid W. Hassan, a reporter and interpreter in the Baghdad bureau of The New York Times , was shot and killed yesterday. He was the second Iraqi employee of The Times to be killed during the war.


AA flight diverted to NY in "misunderstanding"

An American Airlines flight was diverted to New York early on Thursday after the crew reported a suspicious passenger in what the FBI said was a misunderstanding.


Former premier likens Australia PM Howard to Hitler

A comparison of Australian Prime  Minister John Howard's nationalism to that of Nazism prompted  outrage on Thursday, with one top minister calling the former  leader who said it an "unguided missile."


Democrats Protest Anti-Kerry Ads at Bush's Ranch

A former US senator who lost both legs and an arm in combat in Vietnam went to President Bush's Texas ranch Wednesday to deliver a letter defending Democratic Party presidential candidate John Kerry.


Administrator re-admits 1bn of Parmalat claims

Mr Bondi's decision comes as banks enter the last hectic stretch of negotiations before a judge in Parma decides next week whether the banks' or Mr Bondi's views on creditor claims should prevail.


Pilot who flew Tommy Lee to concert charged

A pilot faced reckless flying and other charges for landing a helicopter on a public street to pick up rocker Tommy Lee and take him to a concert, prosecutors said.


Almost 1,000 people have been killed and many more are missing after very bad storms in the Philippines. And more bad weather is on the way, with Typhoon Nanmadol already making it difficult for rescuers to help people left homeless by earlier storms.


GOLF: EUAN'S TITLE BID IS SUNK AT THE LAST

SCOT Euan Little's chase for a bumper pay packet ended in a soggy mess after a dramatic finale to golf's Dunhill Championship in South Africa.


PGA Event: Turning Stone Resort Championship. Site: Atunyote Golf Club (7,315 yards, par 72) in Verona, N.Y. Schedule: Today-Sunday. Purse: $6 million. TV: Golf Channel (today-Sunday, 3-6 p.m., 9 p.m.-midnight). Last week: Tiger Woods won the Tour Championship by eight shots.


Enticing detainees with movies and fast food, interrogators at Guantanamo Bay have developed relationships that produce vital information in the campaign against terrorism, the prison camp's top intelligence official said.


The details of the economic slump have changed since the â92 presidential race, but the main story line remains much the same.


FBI: No terror groups in cell phone case

The FBI said Monday it had no information to indicate that the three Texas men arrested with about 1,000 cell phones in their van had any direct connection to known terrorist groups.


Silverstone's hopes of returning to the Formula One calendar next year have been shattered. F1 tycoon Bernie Ecclestone has ruled out a British GP at Silverstone next year.


A ceasefire between Israel and militants in Gaza took hold on Sunday and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised restraint in response to early Palestinian truce violations.


US officials have denied claims that Saddam Hussein and senior members of his regime are on hunger strike at a secret detention location.


At least four people were injured, news reports said, but no damage was immediately reported. A quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit western Japan shortly after 7pm (2000 AEST), followed five hours


Loss Costs Brazil Top Cup Qualifying Spot

Ecuador upset Brazil 1-0 Wednesday to send the World Cup champions to their first loss in qualifying for the 2006 tournament, and it cost them the top spot in South America.


High Blood Pressure Rising Among Children

The rate of health-threatening high blood pressure has started rising among America's children for the first time in decades, researchers reported today, a trend long feared by experts worried about the consequences of the obesity epidemic.


Rob Cohen has started shooting the third installment of "The Mummy" films starring Brendan Fraser in a desert valley north of Beijing.


U.S. officials split over troop surge in Iraq: paper

As President George W. Bush weighs options for changing course in Iraq, his administration is split over the concept of sending in more troops, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.


Serbia's war crimes prosecutor said Monday his office is investigating a mass grave containing up to 750 bodies as part of an inquiry into killings of civilians in eastern Bosnia at the start of the 1992-95 war.


Su una collina periferica frequentata da coppiette


The U.N. chief said Monday the deadly security situation in Iraq was making it difficult to expand the world body's role in the chaotic nation.


The department store operator announced yesterday it terminated Cohen's contract, citing "strategic differences over the future direction of the business.


Ottawa rents plane so Canadians can leave Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST - The federal government is hiring a plane to help Canadians leave Ivory Coast. Those who want to leave the country will be flown from Abidjan to Accra, Ghana, this week.


Prima intervista in Tv da operazione del luglio scorso


Muslim Miss England blasts Blair for over 'stereotypes' of Islam

The first Muslim to be voted Miss England has hit out at Prime Minister Tony Blair, accusing him of fuelling hostility towards Islam following last year's London bombings.


Israel frees scores of Palestinian prisoners

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Israel  - Israel released more than 250 Palestinian prisoners on Friday as part of a U.S.-backed deal to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas Islamists took over the Gaza Strip last month.


Segretario dei Ds invia lettera a presidenti Camere


U.S. Sen. Johnson in Hospital After Possible Stroke

U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, a South Dakota Democrat, was hospitalized Wednesday after suffering a possible stroke, Johnson's office said.


Former Dot-Com Commerce One Eyes Closure

Commerce One Inc., an Internet software maker valued at $20 billion at the peak of dot-com mania, is poised to go out of business as a pauper.


Palestinian militants offer Israel limited truce

Palestinian militant groups offered Israel to stop firing rockets into the Jewish state in exchange for a cessation of all attacks on the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, an official said on Thursday.


The US dollar fell yesterday against all the major currencies on international exchange markets except the Canada dollar. The Euro climbed to $1.3074 against US dollar, breaking a new record.


New York Philharmonic names new music director

The New York Philharmonic on Wednesday ended several years of speculation by naming its next music director -- 40-year-old Alan Gilbert, whose parents have both played in the orchestra.


Poll shows Kerry keeps comfortable lead in California

A poll issued Friday showed that US Democratic challenge John Kerry keeps a comfortable lead over President Bush in California just four days ahead of the US presidential election.


Kim References Softened in N.Korea; Experts Ask Why

North Korea seems to be softening its  hitherto rigid personality cult around leader Kim Jong-il,  experts on the reclusive communist state said Thursday --  although they were still unsure why the changes had been made.


Mars Orbiter Photographs Rover From Space

A spacecraft orbiting Mars photographed one of NASA's rovers and its tracks on the surface, the space agency said Monday.


A volcano erupted in a remote area of Iceland on Monday, setting off tremors across the area and prompting officials to warn pilots to avoid flying through gasses being emitted by the blast.


Consumer goods maker Colgate-Palmolive  Co. CL.N said on Tuesday it would cut about 12 percent of its  37,000-person work force and close one-third of its factories  worldwide as part of a four-year restructuring.


A US-brokered ceasefire halted fighting in western Afghanistan yesterday, ending five days of bloodshed that heightened anxieties in the run-up to October's presidential election.


DARLINGTON, SC Â· Seldom has rain been so welcomed by race drivers as the drizzle that washed out qualifying Friday for Sunday's Southern 500.


Blast at Iraq Shrine Kills Al-Sistani Aide

A boy cries as he holds as photograph of Shiite cleric Mohammed Sadiq al-Sadr in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City Wednesday Dec. 15 2004, during activities marking the anniversary of his death in 1999.


Royal Mail rejects claims that two million mailed items will not reach customers in time for Christmas.


LOS ANGELES - Janet Leigh's most famous scene was so terrifying it put her off showers for the rest of her life. Leigh, who died Sunday, insisted she always took baths after seeing the finished cut of Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," in which her character was slashed to death in a motel shower in what may be the silver screen's most memorable murder...


Ex agente del Kgb accusa anche oligarca Berezovski


Greg Maddux pitched six solid innings in his home debut for the Dodgers, and Los Angeles pushed its winning streak to 11 games by rallying past the Colorado Rockies 4-2 Tuesday night.


NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 27: The Centre brought into effect key changes to its patent law on Monday to cover a range of products from drugs and chemicals to mobile phone and computer software, in line with commitments to WTO.


Charles Taylor appears at war crimes trial court in The Hague after demand for more senior lawyer is rejected.


Television: Theyâre Not Asking, âChristina Who?â

Christina Applegate, a showbiz veteran, emerges as one of the few bright lights in a TV season marked by uncertainty.


Well, It Turns Out That Lonelygirl Really WasnÂt

After months of intrigue, the identities of Web video star lonelygirl15 and her producers have been revealed.


Per sopravvenuta mancanza delle esigenze cautelari


A suspected Islamic militant accused of involvement in two failed assassination attempts on Pakistan's president was arrested near a remote northwestern village Sunday, a security official said.


Betty Hutton, Film Star of â40s and â50s, Dies at 86

Betty Hutton was a singer and actress celebrated as a âblonde bombshellâ of Hollywood musicals and comedies in the 1940s and 50s.


The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto a mine safety bill, saying the new regulations proposed by Democrats would interfere with legislation President Bush signed in 2006.


Police: Idaho Teen Is Tied Up and Scalped

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly tied up and scalped with a 4-inch knife in what police say may have been an act of revenge by another woman.


Firefox Threatens IE in the Browser Market  Mozilla is starting to pose a threat to Microsoft's Internet Explorer after years of being the darling of a strange mix of AOL enthusiasts and techies. This week Mozilla released the preview of FireFox 1.0, and with more web surfers becoming browser savvy, a ...


A Venerable Newsweekly Changes Its Stripes

Richard Stengel, the new managing editor of Time, wants more essays, news analysis and brand-name journalists for the magazine, and a sharper point of view.


Deutsche Telekom shareholder lawsuit to start in April: report

A lawsuit by more than 10,000 shareholders against German telecommunications operator Deutsche Telekom is to begin in April, the Financial Times Deutschland said Friday.


Update: Vonage gets partial remand in Verizon case

(InfoWorld) - Vonage is downplaying an appeals court decision affirming an earlier verdict of patent infringement on two patents owned by Verizon Communications. The decision, made Wednesday, calls for the U.S. District Court in Virginia to retry the infringement judgment on a third patent. It also vacated the original $58 million in damages and 5.5 percent royalty imposed in the original judgment. The lower court will reconsider the size of the damage award and Vonage expects it to be reduced, said Charlie Sahner, a Vonage spokesman. In addition, Vonage expects a return soon of part of the cash it put up as bond after the ruling was made, he said. The decision comes a day after Vonage lost anotherÂ high-profile patent infringement case brought by Sprint-Nextel. The jury in that case awarded Sprint $69.5 million in damages. Vonage vowed to appeal that decision too. Vonage has already deployed technology so that it doesn't require the two patents upheld in theÂ Verizon case, it said. That means that if the lower court upholds the decision to require Vonage to pay royalties for using the patents, the company will only have to do so related to the period of time before the workaround was implemented, Sahner said. The company maintains that it did not infringe on the remaining Verizon patent in question and plans to defend itself against any new damages judgments. That technology applies to less than 10 percent of Vonage's network, and the company has already completed development of a workaround should the court decide that Vonage infringes on the patent, Sahner said. Vonage is the largest independent VoIP provider in the United States. While it continues to assure customers that the service remains reliable throughout the legal wranglings, the company has seen a decline in new customers. In its second quarter this year, Vonage added 57,000 customer lines, compared with 256,000 in the same quarter in the previous year. Still, Sahner emphasized that the future is bright for Vonage. The company has the cash to pay for the Sprint case, if it fails in appeal, Sahner said. "Vonage is here to stay," he said. "We want to be an alternative to the entrenched phone company and think it's important to have an alternative." This story was updated on September 26, 2007


A protest march cut a solemn swath through Fifth Avenue in a rebuke to the police for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man in Queens on his wedding day last month.


Suspense gripped Serbia on Thursday, a day before the unveiling of a U.N. proposal for Kosovo's future, a historic plan that officials say will map out a road to conditional nationhood for the bitterly contested province.


Verizon Wireless Censors Abortion Rights Text Alerts

The decision was based on a company policy that denies short codes for what it deems controversial issues.


USDA Selects zNose(R) for Quality Control of Fish Ponds Announces Electronic Sensor Technology

Electronic Sensor Technology (EST) (OTCBB:ESNR), a leading provider of innovative homeland security and environmental solutions, announces the receipt of an order from the USDA for EST's zNose(R) equipment to be used to test fish ponds for traces of algae.


Microsoft set to ship Virtual Server 2005

Microsoft Corp. next month will release Virtual Server 2005, its first foray into server virtualization and a key element of the broad management platform the company is creating for Windows.


A bus and truck collided head-on in north-eastern Brazil, killing 19 people and injuring 31 others, police say. The accident happened late on Sunday near Canguaretama, some 62


India's Congress Wins Polls in Key Industrial State

India's ruling Congress party won power in a giant state on Saturday, a victory that would boost the fortunes of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi's party


Icahn Offers $5.4 Billion for Mylan, Drug Maker

The billionaire financier Carl Icahn offered to buy the generic drug maker Mylan Laboratories to force the company to drop its acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals.


Several explosions engulfed a chemical plant in flames Wednesday in an industrial section of Kansas City, forcing a broad evacuation as a towering cloud of black smoke rose over the skyline.


Already reeling from Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's no-holds-barred probe, insurers can now look forward to dozens of additional investigators from their state regulator giving their books a once over.


Shares in The Boeing Co. hit a one-year high Wednesday on news that the aircraft builder has received an order to build 18 777-300 ER (extended range) airplanes for Singapore Airlines, with the airline also


At the end of the day, Jack Bauer's job was clear.


Supermodel Elle MacPherson has broken up with her rock star boyfriend Bryan Adams because he   was seen out on a date with James Bond actress Caterina Murino.


How to Stop Junk E-Mail: Charge for the Stamp

We can now glimpse what had once seemed unattainable: stopping the exorbitant flow of spam at its very source.


Da Napolitano a Elettra tutte le facce di oggi

Il presidente della Repubblica chiede piÃ¹ lavoro legale al Sud. La figlia della Rossellini testimonial di bellezza


Chinese find shipwreck laden with Ming porcelain

Chinese archaeologists have found an ancient sunken ship in the South China Sea laden with Ming Dynasty porcelain, the Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.


The buzz over Apple Computer's next iPod music player has reached a fevered pitch after one web site posted details and a mock up drawing of the new device, which stores


NBA schedule out; Shaq-Kobe on Christmas

Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant will spend another Christmas together.


E.U. data protection chief questions passenger records plan

Europe's top data protection official, European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx, criticized plans to create a European equivalent of the PNR (passenger name records) gathered by U.S. authorities, questioning the plan's necessity and proportionality.


Salute: obesita', bisturi 'taglia-grasso' per 3 mila italiani nel ...

Lei e' casalinga, 35 anni, sposata e con figli. Lui e' impiegato, 40 anni, ha moglie e figli. Entrambi abitano nel Sud, con tenore di vita e cultura medio-bassi. E' l'identikit degli italiani obesi che, dopo


A sea-going robotic glider that harvests heat energy from the oceans is tested by US scientists.


Australia says claim troops in covert actions in Iraq "incorrect"

A report claiming that specially trained Australian soldiers are taking part in US-led covert jobs in Iraq, including kidnapping, was "factually incorrect and misleading," the government said.


Army officer court-martial tests free speech

A U.S. Army officer, whose public refusal to go fight in Iraq made him a champion of the anti-war movement, faces a court-martial next week when a military panel could determine the limits of free-speech rights for officers.


A Colorado congresswoman called Monday for an investigation into allegations that Iraqi war veterans near the end of their duty were given a choice between re-enlisting or being sent back to Iraq.


E.W. Scripps Earnings Decline on Ad Weakness

Fourth-quarter profit fell 8 percent on declining advertising sales at the companyâs newspapers and television stations.


JP Morgan's iPhone Nano report is rubbish

So says JP Morgan Yesterday's report from JPMorgan that Apple is building some sort of slimline iPhone? It's been discredited. By JPMorgan.â¦


At least 30 killed as suspected car bombs rock Egypt's Red Sea coast

Suspected car bombs ripped through a hotel and two beachside tourist sites on the Red Sea coast of Egypt's Sinai desert, killing at least 30 people, most of them Israelis.


Cisco switch products target small business

Cisco Systems is aggressively targeting small and midsize businesses with a set of Ethernet switching products designed to greatly reduce the cost and complexity of operating a network.


Blake out of Las Vegas Open after ATP confusion

The ATP has reversed its decision to award James Blake a quarter-final berth at the Las Vegas Open, after bending a rule to allow him through.


Il Sole 24 Ore anticipa bozza di decreto legislativo


Democratic candidates and McCain lead on climate

The top Democratic presidential candidates and Republican John McCain are leading on the issue of energy security and climate change, a new environmental report said on Tuesday.


Spain narrowly beat England in a disappointing friendly international, which was a long way from being friendly. Asier del Hornoâs ninth minute header separated the sides, while Raul missed a penalty for


Saudis, Expatriates Dread Bushâs Second Term

JEDDAH/RIYADH, 4 November 2004 - Citizens and residents of Saudi Arabia dreaded the news of George W. Bush emerging winner in the US presidential election, as they watched the results unfolding from Tuesday night through yesterday.


Ben Gordon scored 15 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter and the Chicago Bulls beat the Portland Trail Blazers 88-86 Saturday night, winning on the road for the second night in a row.


White House expected to block aide from testifying

The attorney for a former White House aide told Congress on Saturday he expects the Bush administration to try to block the aide from testifying on last year's firings of U.S. prosecutors, as the White House and Congress appeared headed for a court battle.


'We have one of the most powerful gaming companies the day it comes out [of bankruptcy]. There's no way we could have done that without the "B" word.


Bruno Junqueira may not end up winning the 2004 Champ Car World Series title. But he might look back on the Surfers Paradise weekend as the point where he came of age as a complete driver.


Sri Lanka's navy destroys two Tamil Tiger boats and kills at least 12 off the north-eastern coast, defence officials say.


phpwsBB is a native bulletin board module for the phpWebSite content manage system, version 0.9.3-4 or later.  It features thread monitoring and administration, including marking threads sticky, locking threads, and forking messages off to new threads.  For some reason I had made use of PHPWS_File::makeDir(), even though it doesn't exist in phpWebSite 0.9.3-3, just >= 0.9.3-4.  I didn't notice because the bug only makes itself known on fresh installs, not updates, where I didn't call that function, simply because I forgot to update the mkdir() call.  Anyway I'm now making full use of PHPWS_File::makeDir() and changed the system requirement to reflect this.  I've also pulled the 0.9.6 release to avoid further confusion.  http://phpwsbb.sourceforge.net


So, if Catwoman and the Olsen twins ever get invited to the Bush   White House, the trio and the President have a surefire conversation   topic: Remember when we all got dissed by moviegoers?


Via libera Ue acquisizione di alcune attivita' europee


Israeli PM Ariel Sharon and opposition leader Shimon Peres have agreed a compromise deal which paves the way for a new coalition government.


Frist expected to get medical board fine

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist will probably be fined and have to make up for failing to do continuing medical education that Tennessee requires of doctors with active licenses.


Cadillac unveils a coupe version of its CTS at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show.


EILAT, Israel Thousands of Israelis trudged through the Taba border post on Friday, returning home, like shocked refugees, from a Sinai bloodied by three terrorist bombings of three tourist hotels on Thursday night.


Senegalese voters await the first official results, as  President Wade's supporters claim a strong lead.


Bin Laden Accuses Bush of Deceiving Americans

Osama bin Laden accused President Bush of  deceiving the American people and said the Sept. 11 attacks  would not have been so severe if the president had been alert.


Juve in fuga, Roma ko Il Milan risolve dal dischetto

Roma, 19 settembre 2004 - La Juve vince 2-0 in casa con l'Atalanta ed Ã¨ l'unica squadra a punteggio pieno in classifica dopo la seconda giornata. I bianconeri, con Del Piero in panchina, vanno in gol con Trezeguet che segna una doppietta al 14' al 58'.


Top seed Lleyton Hewitt will take on Jiri Novak in the semi-finals of the Japan Open after sealing a 7-5 6-1 victory over Cyril Saulnier.


Damiano: competitivita' non deve essere a scapito lavoratori


Attesa per decisioni Bush e Bernanke su crisi mutui


Genesis: This week over Utah, Hollywood helicopter stunt pilots will try to snag a returning spacecraft carrying solar particles. By Michael Stroh.


Last Jew in Afghanistan marks Yom Kippur alone

Zebulon Simentov, the last Jew in Afghanistan, is once again marking the Jewish holy day of fasting in solitude, in a deserted synagogue in the capital of a devoutly Islamic nation.


Ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co.  on  Thursday posted lower quarterly profit, hurt by a higher tax  rate.


Jobless claims fall, wholesale inventories rise

The number of Americans submitting   new claims for jobless aid dropped 9,000 last week, while   stockpiles of wholesale durable goods rose for the 35th   straight month, government data released on Thursday showed.


US Forces Step Up Pressure on Falluja, Ramadi

Ten people were killed in fighting between US Marines and rebels in Iraq's western city of Ramadi, local hospital officials said on Tuesday.


Europe Clears Pay TV Deal, Creating Rival to BSkyB

The European Commission approved a joint venture that would group two Hollywood movie studios with a video-on-demand company to compete with Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB company.


A Turkish airliner is reportedly hijacked in Greek airspace.


Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has embarked on one of the more ambitious fundraising efforts, with a goal of raising $15 million by the end of March and amassing more than $75 million before 2008.


Bucs owner ups stake in soccer powerhouse

LONDON Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer has added to his Manchester United holdings for the third straight day, continuing to fuel speculation of a takeover bid.


Blair asked Cherie to say 'I do' while she scrubbed the loo

Former prime minister Tony Blair proposed to his now wife Cherie while she was cleaning the toilet during a holiday in Italy, according to a new television documentary.


These are suggestions from landscape professionals of software for garden design.


The HDTV technology company is moving a key part of its future in house.


E.U. welcomes moves to reduce U.S. control of ICANN

The European Commission welcomed moves in the U.S. to free ICANN, the Internet domain name manager, from its historic ties to the U.S. government on Monday.


Some 26,000 more people applied for university courses in the UK this year than in 2007, a rise of 6.7%.


Paedophile trio locked up on chat room evidence

Unprecedented convictions Three paedophiles who used internet chat rooms to plot to kidnap and rape two sisters were jailed for a total of 27 years at Southern Crown Court on Monday.â¦


Put a keyboard in your pocket, $29.99 shipped

Amazon is selling the folding Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard, which works with most PDAs and smartphones, for just $29.99 shipped. Regular price: $149.99.


Web radio firms cry foul over DRM proposal

Cap offer comes with anti-piracy strings Internet radio broadcasters have claimed that a last-minute record company deal offered to them is a ruse to force them to use digital rights management (DRM) technology.â¦


Presidente acquista quantitativo azioni pari a 10 mln euro


Britain to examine bin Laden video tape: Downing Street

Britain will examine a video message from Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden threatening the United States with fresh attacks, Prime Minister Tony Blair's office said.


Germany on top of the world after playoff victory

ST. JAMES, Barbados  - Germany, in sizzling form on the final day, won the World Cup for the second time with a gripping playoff victory over Scotland at Sandy Lane Resort's Country Club Course on Sunday.


Samsung to spend $1 bln to upgrade chip lines

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. , the world's biggest maker of memory chips, said on Monday it would invest 938.8 billion won ($1.01 billion) to upgrade its memory chip production lines.


Milano, 16:07 - CALCIO, TERMINATI I FUNERALI DI FACCHETTI

Sono appena terminati i funerali di Giacinto Facchetti nella Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio. La funzione,...


Palermo, 20:59 - CALCIO, PALERMO-INTER VERSO IL TUTTO ESAURITO

Biglietti a ruba per Palermo-Inter di domenica al Barbera. Sono 9 mila i tagliandi venduti a quattro...


New York City Fire Dept. Disciplines 3 Officers After Blaze

Three officers were relieved of their commands today as the city continued its investigation into the deadly fire at the former Deutsche Bank building.


Working on code today, may be limited updates.


Athletes who won China its highest-ever Olympics gold medal tally were greeted like heroes when they returned Tuesday, with flag-waving fans cheering wildly at the airport.


Ukraine's Prime Minister Challenges Presidential Re-Run Results

Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, who had his earlier election win annulled, is contesting the latest results of the weekend presidential re-run in Ukraine.


Hurricane Ivan has strengthened to a Category 5 storm after battering the island of Jamaica with heavy rain and strong winds, killing 11 people.


SocGen was warned about rogue trader last year

Exchange officials warned Societe Generale about Jerome Kerviel's deals late last year, a Paris prosecutor said, piling pressure on the French bank to explain how his rogue trades were not uncovered earlier.


Investors bid up shares of LED maker on rumors of buyout by lighting giant.


Unlimited browser plan? Not exactly... A Calgary man who mistakenly believed that a $10 "unlimited mobile browser plan" would enable him to surf the internet with impunity, "downloading high-definition movies and other bandwidth-hungry applications", was slapped with an $85,000 bill for his trouble.â¦


Vodafone Group Plc won 5.4 million more  customers over the key Christmas trading quarter, topping  forecasts, and the mobile phone giant reiterated its full-year  forecasts on Wednesday.


Najaf (Iraq), 21 agosto 2004 - Malgrado l'avvenuta consegna delle chiavi del mausoleo dell'Imam Ali ai rappresentanti del grande ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, massima autoritÃ  spirituale della comunitÃ  sciita irachena, a Najaf i miliziani di Moqtada al-Sadr


Apple is set to unveil a special edition black iPod in collaboration with U2, according to a report on Forbes.com. "Sources close to the group say the U2 edition of the popular digital music player will come


E-Commerce Report: Like Shopping? Social Networking? Try Social Shopping

A new category of e-commerce called Âsocial shoppingÂ tries to combine two online favorites: shopping and social networking.


Just two days after it was yelled out in a University of Florida lecture hall at a John Kerry event, "Don't tase me, bro!" has mushroomed in our pop-culture lexicon. The phrase is the 10th most-searched term on Google Wednesday, according to Google Trends, and a YouTube video of the event is the top viral video of the day, according to London's Unruly Media.


Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT) is likely to release a major upgrade to its enterprise operating system in the next two weeks, according to news reports. The software is expected to fully support the Linux 2.6 kernel for the first time.


Pensions just a dream for China's aging villagers

SHENYANG VILLAGE, China  - Xie Huilan, 66, has worked all of her adult life and has never given a thought to retirement.


Paula Radcliffe is to have another medical check-up as a row brews over the marathon's scheduling.


Nel 2006 saliti a quota 145.548 mln, +2,1% rispetto al 2005


Internet: Fondatori Google, Obiettivo Diffondere a Tutti ...

Bologna, 8 ott. (Adnkronos) - ''La missione di Google e' dare la possibilita' a milioni di persone sparse in tutto il mondo di ricevere e ricercare le informazioni''. Parola di Sergey Brin e Lawrence Page, gli


White House Opposes Democratic Plan for Medicare Price Freeze

The Bush administration came out today in opposition to Democratic proposals to hold down the scheduled 17 percent increase in Medicare premiums next year, saying that


Facebook Software Maker Slide Gets $50 Million In Funding

TechWeb - Company founders point to the rising valuations of start-ups riding fast-growing Facebook's wave of popularity.


Torino, 17:23 - CALCIO, JUVENTUS: LAVORO DIFFERENZIATO PER CAMORANESI

Doppia seduta di allenamento per la Juve a malta.  Rispetto alla mattinata, in cui aveva lavorato in...


Considering a career change? Take this simple test to find your true talent and matching colleges. Start your future today.


The Royal Navy needs an extra Â£1bn to keep up with future foreign policy demands, according to the officer at its head.


NEW DELHI The chief executives of Microsoft and Intel are visiting India this week, underscoring the country's importance as a source of skilled software workers and a growing local market.


Sri Lanka helicopter gunships fire rockets at rebels

Sri Lankan helicopter gunships rocketed Tamil Tiger rebels in the island's far northeast on Tuesday, the military said, but there was no word on casualties.


Firms are evacuated and an industrial estate closed after a  gas leak in Swansea.


Rupert Murdoch made clear that he would not accept a sale proposal that would keep The Wall Street Journal out of his editorial control.


Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton canceled her first presidential campaign visit to New Hampshire this weekend because of the illness of her husband's stepfather, who died Wednesday.


A spate of mishaps in Russia's navy has   exposed the gap between the Kremlin's ambition of restoring   lost military might and the reality of temperamental equipment   and badly paid crews.


Virginia Tech just couldn't seem to get going. There were turnovers. There were botched plays. There were missed opportunities.


The trial of a man accused of murdering York backpacker Caroline Stuttle begins in Australia.


Rap artist Ol' Dirty Bastard, whose demented rhymes and wild lifestyle made him one of the most colourful characters in hip hop, has died in a recording studio.


Elisabeth Hasselbeck says she and Rosie O'Donnell aren't on the best of terms nearly one month after their on-air dustup on "The View."


RAIDERS NOTEBOOK As usual, no local TV for Sunday's home opener

The Raiders' 2004 home opener failed to sell out by Thursday's 1 pm deadline and Sunday's game against Buffalo will not be televised locally, marking the 44th time since 1995 -- the year the Raiders returned to Oakland from Los Angeles -- that a regular


'Dream Team' Out of Gold Race After Loss to Argentina

The US men's basketball team was beaten by Argentina Friday, denying it an Olympic gold medal for the first time since 1992 when NBA players started competing.


Users are finding lots of inventive ways to lose precious files, say data recovery experts.


The Trades Union Congress launches an attack on fat-cat pensions, accusing directors of fuelling a two-class pension system.


Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez rounds on opponents for alleging fraud in a referendum he seems to have won.


Giscard, 'Mozart of politics', takes Academy seat

In an elegant ceremony in Paris, Mr Giscard d'Estaing took his place in seat number 16, vacant since the death of L opold S dar Senghor, the Senegalese poet and president.


For Women Worried About Fertility, Egg Bank Is a New Option

For single women who want children, egg freezing may be a reproductive insurance policy.


Rafael Nadal lost to fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3) in the quarterfinals Friday, leaving the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters without its top two players.


Eight resolutions your skin will appreciate in the New Year.


The Compaq nc6400 notebook connects to the Internet via a Cingular Wireless' cell phone tower. Photos: Notebook connects with cell phone tower


Agencies Get Good Marks on Bush's Performance Scorecard

As the Bush administration nears an end, the president's key policy lieutenants are mustering data to show that many federal agencies are meeting the goals for improved performance laid out by the White House seven years ago. Alan C. Kessler, a partner in a Philadelphia law firm, has been elected...


Fashion Wire Daily - Some designers chop, change and rearrange each season. Others are like film directors, whose careers are in a sense one extended movie covering all sorts of subjects. Tomas Maier, creative director of Bottega Veneta, is possibly fashion's best example of the latter.


Washington case done; will NCAA act on MSU next?

A Mississippi State official said Wednesday that with the University of Washington's NCAA infractions case now over, a resolution might be coming soon for MSU.


Cisco buys another social-networking firm

(InfoWorld) - Cisco Systems is continuing to buy its way into social networking, acquiring some assets of the company that operates Tribe.net while letting the site remain independent. Cisco announced Monday it has bought selected assets of Utah Street Networks, a seven-person San Francisco company founded in 2003. It did not acquire Tribe.net, a social-networking site that has been overshadowed by the success of big names such as Friendster, Facebook, and News Corp.'s MySpace. Cisco did not reveal the terms of the deal, which has already been completed, in a statement Monday. With the purchase, Cisco gets a proprietary software infrastructure that Utah Street has used to create and maintain online communities on Tribe.net. The dominant networking vendor will integrate that software into its Cisco Media Solutions Group (CMSG), and certain Utah Street employees will join that team to continue software development, according to Cisco. Cisco started moving into content infrastructure last year with the formation of the CMSG, which made its first acquisition last monthÂ when it bought social-networking software company Five Across. On Monday, Cisco announced that acquisition had been completed. The San Jose, Calif., company sees social networking as a key part of the way media companies and other enterprises will approach their customers. On Tribe.net, users can set up personal profiles, join interest groups, post blog entries and pictures, and review local businesses, among other things. Versions of the site exist for dozens of U.S. cities.


If there were such a book, it would say, instead of Don't Panic: No need for anyone to suffer. Twitter is not a mail list or a chat room. No one has an investment in anyone else's manners. If what someone says causes you too much angst, just unfollow. It's a single click.  Got other advice for Twitter newbies? Post a comment.


The Chicago White Sox traded outfield slugger Carlos Lee to the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Scott Podsednik , reliever Luis Vizcaino , and a player to be named in a deal announced yesterday at baseball's winter meetings in Anaheim, Calif.


Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger refused to panic after his side were pegged back to a 1-1 draw by Panathinaikos in the Champions League.


Dance Review | Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company : Tracing Evolution of Works and a Style

In âMorphosesâ and âMesmerics,â the lifts and reclines looked occasionally like gimmicks and more often like choreographic tools.


Pfizer Celebrex Trial Stopped After Heart Attacks

Pfizer Inc. on Friday said patients  taking its blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex in a long-term  cancer-prevention trial had more than twice the number of fatal  or non-fatal heart attacks as those taking a placebo.


NFL Wrap: Patriots Win Record 19th Straight

Tom Brady threw a pair of touchdown passes as the New England Patriots set a National Football League record for consecutive wins by downing the winless Miami Dolphins 24-10 in Foxboro on Sunday.


Allawi declares 60-day state of emergency

Iraqâs interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi declared on Sunday a state of emergency across Iraq for sixty days after a wave of violence killed more than 50 people in the past two days.


China's SMIC licenses 45nm process technology from IBM

Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), China's largest chip maker, has signed a deal to license a 45-nanometer (nm) manufacturing process from IBM, the company said Wednesday.The licensing agreement gives SMIC rights to use IBM's 45nm bulk CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) process technology, the Chinese chip maker said in a statement. That number refers to the average size of the smallest features that can be created on a chip, and smaller is generally considered better.The 45nm process licensed by SMIC will allow the company to produce sophisticated communication chips, such as 3G (third-generation) mobile chip sets, as well as chips for graphics and consumer applications, the statement said.At present, 45nm technology is the most advanced process available for commercial semiconductor production, and chip makers are just starting to use the technology. Terms of the deal, which helps SMIC keep pace with the 45nm efforts of rival contract chip makers, were not disclosed.


No big insurer losses seen from wildfires

Wildfires raging through Southern California should not cause major losses to home insurers such as Allstate Corp, Nationwide and State Farm, according to a report by Goldman Sachs analyst Thomas Cholnoky on Tuesday.


Britain sends troop reinforcements to Afghanistan

Sixty soldiers from Britain's Royal Irish Regiment are to leave this week for southern Afghanistan, where they will join other British troop reinforcements, the army has said.


Suspected East Timor mass graves to be excavated

Suspected mass graves of East Timorese  killed during the bloodiest crackdown of Indonesian rule are to  be excavated by Australian forensic experts to try and identify  hundreds of people slain by Jakarta's security forces.


The advance bookings are no great shakes, but there's enough buzz.


A former U.S. commander at the jail that held Saddam Hussein was found not guilty Friday of aiding the enemy by loaning an unmonitored cell phone to an inmate, but a military judge convicted him on three lesser charges, including unauthorized possession of classified documents.


Johnson to Yankees Has a Life of Its Own

There is new life in their trade talks with Arizona for Randy Johnson, the left-hander who has not budged from his desire to be traded to the Yankees.


Sneakers equipped with GPS means you'll never lose a loved one again. Provided he keeps his shoes on. By the Associated Press.


At last, good news about the stun-gun maker.


Tyra Banks marks a modeling milestone next week, and is donning a decade-old bikini to celebrate the special anniversary.


GENEVA Oct 21, 2004 - Humanity's reliance on fossil fuels, the spread of cities, the destruction of natural habitats for farmland and over-exploitation of the oceans are destroying Earth's ability to sustain life, the environmental group WWF warned in a


'Jurassic Park' dino had feathers: study

The velociraptor, the fierce scaly-skinned dinosaur made popular by the film "Jurassic Park," actually had feathers, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.


Pepsi Bottling Group Inc  said on Tuesday that quarterly net profit fell, hurt by charges related to restructuring, the disposing of some vending machines and the absence of a year-ago gain.


Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Kenya's rival politicians Monday that a power-sharing solution to a bloody political crisis would enhance the country's relationship with the United States.


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iSkoot Inc., a provider of software that enable Skype and other Internet calling platforms to run on cell phones, has raised $7 million in venture capital funding from a group of investors led by Charles River Ventures.


Bush Won't Rule Out Action Against Iran Over Nukes

President Bush said on Monday he  would not rule out military action against Iran if that country  was not more forthcoming about its suspected nuclear weapons  program.


Michigan lawmaker to take over at helm of House Intelligence Committee

A former Fortune 500 business executive has been tapped to become the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, replacing outgoing chairman Porter Goss, House Republicans announced.


Bulgaria and Russia signed a deal Friday to build the 10 billion euros (14.7 billion dollars) South Stream pipeline to carry Russian gas to Europe, giving Moscow an even greater say on European energy supplies.


Group says "fake" fur on coat at Macy's is real

An animal rights group on Friday  accused Macy's of selling a coat with a real animal fur collar  even though it was advertised as fake fur.


Russian police to visit Britain in poison spy case

Russian detectives are to be allowed to come to Britain as part of their investigation into the radiation poisoning death of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, according to The Observer newspaper.


Chile Court Lifts Pinochet Immunity in Rights Case

Chile's Supreme Court stripped former dictator Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution on Thursday in one notorious human rights case, raising hopes of victims


Soft Drink Company Takes The Cooking Out Of Thanksgiving

If you want the taste of Thanksgiving without the cooking and without the calories, a Seattle soft drink maker may have the answer.


Ukraine Hopes for Winner in New Presidential Vote

Ukrainians look poised to elect a  Western-leaning liberal as president on Sunday, overturning the  result of a rigged poll last month that pitched the ex-Soviet  state into turmoil.


Lo annuncia Pietro Negra, fondatore della griffe italiana


An explosion at a sugar refinery injured dozens of people Thursday evening, but no deaths were immediately reported, authorities said.


Malware installed by fake MySpace navigation bars has infected several thousand PCs, according to the SANS Institute.


Race to bury dead amid disease fears in India as death toll keeps ...

NAGAPATTINAM, India: Relief workers raced Wednesday to bury decaying corpses amid fears of disease as the death toll in India from towering tidal waves that crashed into shorelines climbed above 9,000 and kept rising.


Delta's customer service chief latest exec to leave

ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines Inc.'s customer service chief is leaving, the latest in a string of executive departures at the financially troubled carrier.


Heavy fighting erupted in Mogadishu after about 100 insurgents attacked Somali interim government troops and their Ethiopian allies at a base inside the former defense headquarters on Tuesday, a witness said.


Porstmouth - Sol Campbell's first goal in 16 months gave champions Arsenal a much-needed 1-0 Premier League win away to Portsmouth here on Sunday.


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Aperte le iscrizioni per partecipare alla gara podistica organizzata da Linus. Appuntamento a Milano il primo ottobre


Colt Brennan has rewritten the NCAA record book with his arm. He used his legs against UNLV. Playing on a sore right ankle, Brennan ran for three touchdowns and threw for two more to lead 24th-ranked Hawaii to an easy 49-14 victory over UNLV on Saturday night.


Tiger's' caddie: Woods will return to top of his game

A swing change, not romance, caused Tiger Woods to drop to No. 3 in the world rankings. That's the opinion of Woods' caddie, Steve Williams, who predicts a revival next year.


Radio Problems Ground Many Flights in California

Air traffic controllers lost radio  contact with aircraft flying high-altitude routes in the  western United States on Tuesday, disrupting thousands of  flights heading in and out of southern California, authorities  said.


Heather Locklear and Blair Underwood run through the crowd at Los Angeles International Airport, seeking a woman who has mysteriously gone missing.


Christmas has come early for Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards. The couple are expecting their second child, due in June, People magazine reports. Their first, daughter Sam Sheen, was born in March.


The U.S. trade deficit hit a fifth  straight annual record in 2006, driven by a record oil import  bill and a flood of goods from China, a government report  showed on Tuesday.


Bits: Spectrum Auction: Now Comes the Action-Packed Bonus Round

The Federal Communications Commission said that, starting Wednesday, new rules will apply that will encourage more bidding and hasten the auctionâs end.


Metabolix, Inc. To Conduct a Webcast of Its Fourth Quarter 2006 Financial Results

Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBLX), announced today that it will be  releasing its fourth quarter 2006 financial results after the market  close on Wednesday, March 7, 2007. The full text of the release will  also be available on the Company's website at www.metabolix.com.


Roma, 18:30 - CALCIO, LAZIO: 8-0 NEL TEST CON L'AURORA PITIGLIANO

Test infrasettimanale per la Lazio, che in vista della gara di domenica a Livorno ha affrontato i di...


US Concerned About Venezuela Human Rights

The State Department expressed "grave concern" Monday about a proposal that would make Venezuelan political activists subject to charges of treason if they receive domestic or foreign funding.


Greg Maddux moved into a tie for 10th with Steve Carlton on the career victories list with No. 329 and the Los Angeles Dodgers snapped the San Francisco Giants' five-game winning streak with a 14-7 victory Saturday night.


Mobile Broadband-Enabled Consumer Electronics Will Reach 50 Million By 2012

By Anonymous  No sooner has the market for consumer electronics devices incorporating Wi-Fi begun to gain real traction than another, based on high-speed connections via 3G cellular technologies or mobile WiMAX, is starting to take shape.


DATA VIEW: Australian 2Q Data Points To Faster Growth

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian data released Monday confirmed a story of reaccelerating economic growth in the second quarter as company profits surged while inventories


IBM's longtime head of research retiring

Paul Horn, who has led IBM Corp.'s research division for 11 years, is retiring and being replaced by an executive who had been overseeing IBM's strategies on technical standards and intellectual property.


An alleged kidnapper featured on "America's Most Wanted" turned himself in to U.S. authorities and was deported to the United States, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico said Friday.


NT Wright: Anglican Report is 'Fireproofing the House'

Top theologian on Lambeth Commission talks about what happened behind the scenes, whether the report should have been tougher, and why it's critical of some conservative bishops.


Iran: Draft resolution by EU ''major three'' - politically ...

Iran regards the draft resolution proposed by the three major European states - Germany, Britain and France - on Tehran's nuclear programs as politically motivated, the spokesman for the Iranian delegation to the meeting of the International Atomic Energy


US Plans Would Defer Roan Plateau Drilling

The US Bureau of Land Management said on Friday its preferred plan for the rim of the Roan Plateau in western Colorado is to defer oil and natural gas drilling until 80 percent of anticipated wells are drilled below the rim.


Two second-half penalties from Benni McCarthy are enough to hand Blackburn victory at local rivals Bolton.


Braves play under protest, saying phone snafu was ruse

ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Braves played Game 2 of their NL playoff series against Houston under protest. The protest was announced following a long delay in the seventh inning Thursday, with Houston starter Roy


CME beefs up CBOT merger terms for second time

The battle for the No. 2 U.S. futures exchange rages on, with Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings Inc.  on Thursday beefing up terms of its offer for CBOT Holdings Inc.  for the second time in a month.


The British actor Ian McShane opens next week as the patriarch Max in Harold Pinterâs âHomecoming,â a man-monster of diminishing powers and, of course, many vulgarities.


Intel: It's early for mobile quad-core chips

Intel Monday officially launched Penryn-based dual-core processors for notebooks, but also indicated that users expecting quad-core mobile processors may have to wait until issues surrounding power consumption are resolved.The company's Core 2 Duo processors will be delivered to laptops based on the Centrino mobile platform. Manufactured using the 45-nanometer process, the new CPUs (central processing units) will provide laptops with better performance and improved battery life, said Mooly Eden, vice president and general manager, Intel Mobile Platforms Group.Intel's dual-core processors are good enough for notebooks at present as they perform required tasks and do not strain battery life, Eden said. Quad-core processors have power-consumption issues and are not ideal for laptops yet, Eden said.Although Eden did not talk about Intel's mobile quad-core processor road map, he said notebooks in the near future will continue to see energy-efficient dual-core processors. Quad-core processors may first make their way to the high-end gaming and workstation notebooks that require heavy processing power, Eden said.To preserve battery life, the Penryn-based Core 2 Duo processors have an advanced power management state called Deep Power Down Technology, which reduces a processor's power when not functional.While cutting down on power usage, Penryn processors jump to higher clock rates and feature cache and design improvements that boost the processors' performance compared with earlier 65-nm processors, Intel has said. The improved processors deliver better video performance with the help of instruction sets designed to process graphics and high-definition video tasks.Penryn processors feature smaller transistors and cut down on electricity leaks, according to Intel. The processors use high-k metal-gate transistors, which make the processors faster and less leaky compared with earlier processors that have silicon gates.The improved Centrino mobile platform, called Santa Rosa Refresh, will feature the Intel Mobile 965 processor and support for 802.11n wireless networking. An upgrade to the platform code-named Montevina is already being planned by Intel, and is due out in the second half of 2008. The Montevina platform will include Echo Peak, a mini-card that integrates WiMax and Wi-Fi wireless technology on one chip.The new Core 2 Duo processors -- the T8100, T8300, T9300 and T9500 -- feature clock speeds between 2.10Ghz and 2.6Ghz, with 3M bytes to 6M bytes of shared L2 cache. Prices for the chips range from US$209 for the T8100 chip to $530 for the T9500 chip.Intel also introduced the Core 2 Extreme X9000 processor, which runs at 2.8GHz, includes 6M bytes of shared L2 cache and is priced at $851.No vendors made announcements of systems including the new processors at the time of press.Intel also added Penryn-based server and desktop processors on Monday.It released Core 2 Quad quad-core desktop processors with clock speeds of 2.5GHz to 2.83GHz and prices ranging from $266 to $530. Intel also released four dual-core desktop processors, including the Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 processor, which runs at 3.16GHz, includes 6M bytes of L2 cache and is priced at $266.Intel will ship three new Xeon quad-core processors, with clock speeds ranging from 2.5Ghz to 2.83GHz and shared L2 cache from 6M bytes to 12M bytes, with prices from $266 to $530. The company's new dual-core Xeon E3110 processor, which runs at 3GHz and includes 6M bytes of shared L2 cache, is priced at $188.


Premier, ma occorre prudenza perche' sono stime preliminari


Five people are killed and 30 others injured in two bomb explosions in the Iraqi capital, police say.


non delusi perche' deluso e' chi coltiva aspettative


Britain to stay engaged in Afghanistan for 'decades'

Britain will need to stay involved in Afghanistan for "decades" to help restore stability, London's ambassador in Kabul said.


Beijing airport hits back at "second worst" rating

Olympic Games host Beijing has hit back  at a report on Forbes Magazine's Web site that rated its  airport the second worst in the world in terms of delayed  flights.


Skype Trojan wiretap plan leaks onto the net

We have ways of hearing you talk German cops are pushing ahead with controversial plans, yet to be legally approved, to develop "remote forensic software" - in other words, a law enforcement Trojan.â¦


Tiger Woods stood at the third tee, soaking wet from a sudden downpour and frustrated by bogeys on the first two holes of his own tournament.


Eye injections curb macular degeneration

Monthly eye injections of the drug Lucentis can dramatically improve sight in people with the "wet" form of macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the elderly, two studies showed on Wednesday.


It was Europe's worst terror attack in more than 15 years -- bombs made of dynamite and nails that ripped through four packed Madrid commuter trains, killing 191 people.Comment


Flips, scams blamed in California housing decline

CORONA, Calif  - Bhaviesh and Varsha Shah bought their dream home in a new development east of Los Angeles two years ago, planted flowers around an emerald lawn and picked out wicker furniture for sitting outside on cool afternoons.


An Iranian man is stoned to death for adultery as the same fate hangs over his alleged lover.


MCI Inc. Thursday reported a loss of $3.4 billion during its third quarter, reflecting its recent decision to write down the value of its telecommunications network. -The Washington Post


Dreamgirls is a poor musical, and a barely watchable film.


Pakistan says won't let foreign troops on its soil

Pakistan will not allow any country to conduct military operations on its territory, officials said on Monday, rejecting a report that said the United States was considering authorizing its forces to act in Pakistan.


Iran's transparency deal with IAEA seen as flawed

Iran's deal with United Nations  inspectors to resolve questions about its nuclear program will  fall short of dispelling suspicions about clandestine efforts  to build nuclear weapons, diplomats say.


If an idea being kicked around in an I.B.M. lab is correct, electronic devices could potentially hold 10 to 100 times more data in the same amount of space.


Bush Raises Questions About CBS Documents

President Bush questioned the authenticity of documents aired by CBS News that said he received special treatment during his Vietnam-era service in the National Guard, according to a Bush interview published on Saturday.


Virtualised SAN and NAS bid for your storage grid


Eight more U.S. soldiers have been killed in five previously unreported attacks in different areas of Iraq over the past four days, the U.S. military said on Saturday.


Students at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine learn that diet and culture shape health in East Harlem.


Going after spammers rather than focusing merely on developing antispam technology is an important step, John Movina, spokesperson for the Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email, said.


U.S. seeks 7 years in prison for Qwest's CEO

(InfoWorld) - Prosecutors are recommending that former Qwest Communications International chief Joseph Nacchio serve more than seven years in prison for insider trading during the telecommunications boom. Nacchio, who was CEO of Qwest from 1997 to 2002, would serve 87 months plus three years' probation, and pay as much as $19 million in fines, under the recommendation filed Friday by federal attorneys. He wasÂ convicted in federal courtÂ in April of 19 counts of insider trading involving $52 million in stock sales. He was cleared on 23 other insider-trading counts. Following the prosecutors' sentence recommendation to Judge Edward Nottingham of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, in Denver, Nacchio's lawyers on Friday asked for a reduction in the recommended sentence. They cited good works by Nacchio and the possible effect of a long sentence for Nacchio on the health of two of his family members. In their filing, the government's attorneys said Nacchio deserved a sentence at the high end of the scale because of brazen lies to investors, the size of his ill-gotten gains, and other factors. He faces a maximum possible sentence of 10 years in prison and a $1 million fine for each count, plus a forfeiture of assets. Qwest is a regional incumbent telecommunications provider that serves several states in the West and Midwest. Nacchio resigned in 2002 amid concerns from shareholders about his $27 million annual compensation package. In 2005, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged him and other Qwest executives with fraud, saying they misrepresented one-time sales of network capacity as recurring revenue in order to boost the company's stock price. Nacchio unloaded his own stock while predicting strong growth, all the while knowing about problems with Qwest's performance, the government charged.


A new trial on corruption charges against former Premier Silvio Berlusconi opened Tuesday, just as the opposition leader is seeking to capitalize on weaknesses in the governing coalition to get back into power.


Parma all'esordio del nuovo tecnico batte Besiktas 3-2 e passa ai ...

ROMA, (16 dic. 2004) - Parma batte Besiktas 3-2 e si qualifica ai 16/esimi di finale Coppa Uefa. In gol Okan Buker, Gilardino, Cardone, Degano e Turner. Turchi subito in gol al 6' con Okan Bukur. Pareggia Gilardino al 17 con un bellissimo esterno destro.


Brinkmanship in Sri Lanka as killings escalate

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels have ignored Colombo's warnings not to test its patience, with both sides now engaged in a dangerous game of brinkmanship, officials and diplomats said.


Fresno Co. Officials Balk at Parlier's Plan: Supervisors Say the City Needs to Scale Back Its Proposed Growth Limits.

By Marc Benjamin, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Jan. 31--Fresno County supervisors slowed a plan Tuesday to expand Parlier's future city boundaries, saying the city did not do enough to protect sensitive agricultural areas.


Volkswagen Profit Surges More Than 50 Percent

Operating profit at Volkswagen rose more than 50 percent in the third quarter, thanks to resurgent earnings at its core VW brand.


Chico Teixeiraâs languid, libidinous âAliceâs Houseâ is the best argument against marriage and motherhood to appear in many a year.


Tehran Mosque Blaze Kills 59, Injures 200

Fifty-nine people died and more than 200  were injured on Monday when a faulty electrical heater started  a blaze in a Tehran mosque crowded with worshippers for a major  Shi'ite Muslim festival, Iranian state media reported.


An escapee from Northern Ireland's Maze prison is arrested at a border patrol in the US, officials say.


U.S. resupplies Lebanon army, gov't open to talks

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - The United States and Arab allies sent military aid to Lebanon on Friday and the Lebanese army deployed extra troops to a Palestinian camp where it has been battling Islamist militants this week.


The Time Warner Inc. chairman and CEO and his legal eagles are said to be close to a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department that would settle the dual


Lecco: pazienti uccisi, la Procura indaga su 15 morti sospette

LECCO - La Procura della Repubblica di Lecco sta indagando su una quindicina di decessi avvenuti all'ospedale "Alessandro Manzoni" della citta' lombarda dove ha lavorato l'infermiera Sonya Caleffi, la donna che ha confessato l'uccisione di 5 pazienti.


US software and computer server maker Sun Microsystems reports a reduction in first quarter losses.


Parmalat, Cragnotti entra nellâinchiesta

- Citato piÃ¹ volte per la vicenda Eurolat, la societÃ  che nel 1999 passÃ² da Cirio a Parmalat, Sergio Cragnotti entra ora da indagato nellâinchiesta della Procura di Parma sul crac del colosso che fu di Calisto Tanzi.


Dow Chemicalâs stock price took a tumble after BBC World issued a bogus report that the firm accepted full responsibility for the Bhopal, India, chemical disaster and would pay $12 billion in compensation.


The Rating Says PG, but Is That Guidance Enough?

How do parents decide what entertainment is appropriate for their children in the age of videocassettes, DVD's, computer games and cable television?


Falcons not cruising at 4-0; they're working

Jim Mora thought his team deserved a little something special. His Atlanta Falcons, with a thorough 27-10 pounding of the Carolina Panthers, had just extended their record to 4-0 for the first time since 1986.


MUNICH  - Her movie career did not amount to much, but Madonna will hope for better luck behind the camera when her directing debut makes its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival in February.


Mr. Know-It-All: Smuggling Pirated DVDs, Skirting Spam Filters, Buying Unlocked Cellphones

Mr. Know-It-All tells how to get through customs (or not) with DVDs, send e-mails that make it past spam filters and whether or not to buy unlocked cellphones on eBay.


About a quarter of the people diagnosed HIV positive so far this year are women and children. The Aids Epidemiology Group at Otago University says of the 108 HIV positive cases to the end of September, 23 were women and four were children.


Whatâs That Catchy Tune? A Song for Car Insurance Makes the Charts

âFrom Where You Are,â a song written for an Allstate commercial, is the first jingle in years to make the charts.


Shares of Google Inc., the Internet search engine that first sold stock to the public in August, surged 15 percent after profit more than doubled, and the company said online advertising sales show no signs of slowing.


Mancano risposte del governo su rinnovo del contratto


Britney Spears visits an LA police station to be photographed and fingerprinted ahead of her hit-and-run court case.


NBCâs Board to Name Zucker as Chief Executive

The selection would complete a spectacular rise for a young executive who headed the âToday Showâ at 26.


SocGen reels from record $7 billion rogue trader fraud

The biggest rogue trader scandal in history hit Societe Generale on Thursday as the French bank accused a junior employee of a fraud costing $7 billion.


'Berlusconi usa toni padronali, ma e' simpatico'


In so many ways, Tiger Woods closed his season Sunday looking like the man who dominated golf in 1999 and 2000 with 17 wins on the PGA Tour.


Poker Pros, Now in TV's Glare, Rarely Pass Up a Game

Although pitiless when they play a game of Texas Hold 'Em, Doyle Brunson, T. J. Cloutier and Gus Hansen are friends, as friendly as professional card players get.


Catania, 22:57 - CALCIO, CATANIA-INTER; BALDINI: BISOGNA ACCETTARE ERRORI

L'allenatore del catania, Silvio Baldini, accoglie con fair play l'errore del guardalinee che ha con...


EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - Tom Brady and the New England Patriots need to get over their meltdown in Miami, or the road back to the Super Bowl could get a lot longer.


Approval for Sale of Russian Oil Giant Yukos to State

The Russian Competition Institution has approved the sale of Baykal Finans Group, which had purchased Yuganskneftgaz, the main oil production of Yukos, to state company Rosneft.


Aamir Khan's movies are always looked forward to, in India as well as overseas. And Lagaan has given a further impetus to his career.


Wal-Mart expands generics program faster

ORLANDO, Florida  - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will expand a program offering generic drugs for $4 per prescription throughout Florida on Friday, and may bring the program to other U.S. states before the end of the year, the retailer said on Thursday.


French TGV train hits truck, one dead, 25 injured

A French high speed train hit a truck on Wednesday, killing the vehicle's driver and injuring 25 passengers, officials said.


After a rough couple of years of embarrassing and serious hacker attacks hitting the Windows-using world, Microsoft Corp. struck back in August with the security-minded upgrade it dubbed Service Pack 2.


US Airways Group Inc. has warned a bankruptcy court that it is considering whether to freeze or terminate two pension plans covering nearly 25,000 participants, The Wall Street Journal reports.


Ambush Kills 50 Iraq Soldiers Execution Style

In the deadliest ambush of the insurgency, guerrillas dressed as policemen killed about 50 freshly trained Iraqi soldiers in remote eastern Iraq as the unarmed soldiers


More Research Needed on Alternative Therapies -Study

More research is needed to show that alternative therapies such as acupuncture and herbal supplements work and this may mean changing laws that protect the industry, a committee of experts said on Wednesday.


Much Hype in Playerâs Treatment, Doctors Say

For all the images of athletes running and jumping in 2007, the sight of Kevin Everett merely walking was one of the most newsworthy.


Bush, Kerry on Issue of National Security

Three times a week, The Associated Press picks an issue and asks Republican President Bush and Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry a question about it. Today's question and responses:


Flatley returns to Wallaby team for England match

Morgan Turinui will start as centre and Elton Flatley returns as fly half for Australia's rugby match against England at Twickenham on Saturday as coach Eddie Jones rearranges his side to deal with injuries.


By Linda Thomson Deseret Morning News  Third District Judge Robin Reese on Wednesday denied a request by defense attorneys to admit any evidence regarding any sexual activity that a 14-year-old slaying victim might have engaged in.  Dan L.


Il lavoro nero sottrae al fisco tra i 6,2 e i 12,4 miliardi


Taylor gives shorthanded Mercury a boost

Penny Taylor scored 13 of her season-high 30 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Mercury to a 90-85 victory over the Houston Comets yesterday in Phoenix.


The New York Times and the Washington Post lead with Ukraine's Supreme Court decision to invalidate the results of the disputed presidential election.


A public war between a president and his intelligence arm is never good news. But with the war against the insurgency in Iraq at


Starting rotation might get a makeover for next round

LOS ANGELES -The outcome of Sunday night's Game 4 against the Los Angeles Dodgers had little bearing on the Cardinals' thinking about their NLCS starting rotation.


Japanese financial authorities crack down on Citibank

TOKYO  - Japanese financial authorities announced Friday they would shut down Citibank's private banking business in the country after finding "severe legal violations" in its operations.


CBS Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer Leslie Moonves to Participate in the Bear Stearns 20th Annual Media Conference

NEW YORK, Feb. 28  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CBS Corporation  today announced that Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a question and answer session as the keynote luncheon speaker at the Bear Stearns 20th Annual Media Conference on Monday, March 5, 2007.


UK banks have welcomed the Chancellor's plans to protect people's savings, in the light of Northern Rock.


Lebanon camp battle kills 20 militants: source

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Twenty Islamist militants and two Lebanese soldiers were killed in a battle on Sunday near a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, a security source said.


Genova, 16:19 - CALCIO, GENOA; GASPERINI AL LICEO: FUTURO CALCIO VOSTRE MANI

Il tecnico del Genoa Giampiero Gasperini questa mattina ha fatto visita agli studenti del liceo clas...


Oil prices dipped below $46 on Tuesday, making a third day of falls as a more optimistic Iraq export picture unwound some of the supply worries that have lifted the market to historic levels.


Siemens wins 330 million pound power plant contract in Southampton

German engineering giant Siemens says it has won a contract worth 330 million pounds to build a combined-cycle power plant near Southampton.


A quota 110,3, il dato e' superiore alle attese


BAGHDAD, October 20 (Online): Kidnappers seized the British-Iraqi head of an international charity group in Baghdad on Tuesday and later she was shown sitting anxiously and alone in a video broadcast by an Arabic television station.


MORTSEL, BELGIUM -- Belgium's Agfa-Gevaert, one of the best-known names in camera film, said yesterday that it is quitting the industry because of the booming popularity of digital cameras.


Controversial film does not say Israel killed POWs

An Israeli film that sparked a diplomatic row with Egypt suggests an Israeli army pursuit of retreating Egyptians in the 1967 war was unnecessary but does not say Israeli troops may have killed prisoners.


Conservative Sen. Larry Craig got support from an unexpected source on Monday. The American Civil Liberties Union filed a brief in court saying the lawmaker's bathroom bust was likely unconstitutional.


Philippine military verifying reports of rebel leader's death

The Philippine military is verifying reports that Abu Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom group leader Khadaffy Janjalani was killed in an aerial assault in the southern Philippines, a local television reported Monday.


Calls to restrict doctors' access to drugs rejected

The Government has stopped short of endorsing two of the main recommendations of the Shipman Inquiry to restrict doctors' access to controlled drugs.


A public inquiry into plans to upgrade a power line between the Highlands and Central Scotland is to begin.


Boston routs Colorado in World Series opener

The Boston Red Sox battered the Colorado Rockies 13-1 in Game One of the World Series on Wednesday, snapping the National League champions' 10-game winning streak with a record-setting scoring spree.


Bettis ran for 129 yards and the Steelers' blitzing defence created havoc Sunday, setting up a 19-14 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals that kept the NFL's longest winning streak growing.


SANTIAGO, Chile  - Hecklers angry at the government shouted over the sound of choirs at the funeral on Tuesday of Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean dictator whose repressive rule from 1973 to 1990 made him infamous around the world for human rights abuses.


Icelandair has bought a small stake of 8.4% in easyJet. Hannes Smarason, chairman of Icelandair announced last week that his company would expand.


The Sunni Muslim-ruled Gulf state of Bahrain appoints its first Shia Muslim deputy prime minister.


Danish police said Tuesday they have arrested several people suspected of plotting to kill one of the 12 cartoonists behind the Prophet Muhammad drawings that sparked an uproar in the Muslim world two years ago.