Factory activity in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region slumped in September to its lowest level in more than a year, a survey showed on Thursday, spurring fears the economy's summer soft patch could extend into the fall.


Blog: Company kicks off its Search Suggest feature, designed to save users time by offering search suggestions on which they can click.


PC superstore refuses to take sack in hand

Says bag is 'incompatible with Mac laptops' Walking lopsided when carrying a laptop from A to B on important business trips is one of the modern-day perils many IT professional bods face.â¦


It has been confirmed by the US Military that seven soldiers from Fort Hood were killed this morning in a helicopter crash. The UH-60 Black Hawk crashed just south of Waco in heavy fog.


A man being held in connection with the failed attack on Glasgow airport studied in Belfast.


Former tech CEO dies in Panama plane crash

Former president and CEO of what was once the world's largest group e-mail provider, dies in crash with daughter.


Patterns: In the Upper Great Plains, Lower Mortality Rates

Minnesotans and residents of the other Upper Great Plains states have some of the lowest mortality rates in the country.


Andy Murray knows his return of serve will be severely tested by Ivo Karlovic in Sunday's San Jose final.


NYMEX crude kept close to record  highs near $54 early on Tuesday as global oil supplies remained  hounded by disruptions, magnifying concerns over U.S. heating  oil stocks ahead of the winter, traders said.


High-risk patients still in need of flu vaccine

Jan Ullmer can laugh about the shortage of flu vaccine, but she'd feel better if she could get a flu shot. The 64-year-old Marion-area woman had quadruple heart bypass surgery in 2002 and has


Giustizia. Oggi sciopero generale dei magistrati

Uniti nel giorno della protesta contro la riforma dell'ordinamento giudiziario. A distanza di 14 anni, magistrati e avvocati penalisti oggi tornano ad incrociare le braccia contro le nuove norme scritte dalla Cdl.


The administrators of Leeds United persuade chairman Ken Bates to raise his offer to creditors to 8p in the pound.


Three tied for lead at Southern Farm Bureau Classic

John Senden carded a pair of eagles, Harrison Frazar shot a 31 on the front nine and Glen Day recorded seven birdies to finish Thursday's first round of the


Annika Sorenstam, Karrie Webb and Se Ri Pak are out of their so-called slumps and winning majors again. Michelle Wie feels she's on the brink of winning her first tournament. The Women's British Open begins Thursday at wind-swept Royal Lytham with a field featuring this season's three major winners holding a combined total of 22.


Milano, 17:55 - CALCIO, SERIE A: INTER-LIVORNO 2-0

Nel primo anticipo della 23/a giornata del campionato di serie A, l'Inter ha battuto il Livorno 2-0 ...


Paladin Oil & Gas is a fully owned subsidiary of Paladin Resources plc, an independent oil and gas company listed on the London Stock Exchange.


New spy scandal comes as major blow to Israel, AIPAC

WASHINGTON: Washington was rocked late last week by allegations that a Pentagon policy analyst on Iran, Laurence A. Franklin, had passed classified information to Israel through the American


Namibia Looks to Estonia for E-Governance

High-tech Estonia's experiences in using information technology in public governance will soon reach Africa as the Baltic nation has been invited to help Namibia develop its e-governance system, officials said ...


Barkley humbled by induction into Hall of Fame

Charles Barkley, so often outspoken   throughout his career, humbly accepted his induction into the   Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday.


Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday he was "appalled" by the violence that has engulfed Kenya after its presidential election.


Fans fork out $3,400 to chat with Jackson in Japan

Excited fans got the chance to meet Michael Jackson in Tokyo on Thursday -- but only those who could afford to pay 400,000 yen ($3,400) for the privilege.


Polls are due to open in an election which the government hopes will bring a return to devolution


Three die in raids on Islamist cells: Turkish police

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey  - A police officer and two militants were killed in fighting during raids on suspected radical Islamist cells in southeast Turkey, police sources said on Thursday.


Blog: The American Medical Association says it's not yet ready to hang the "addiction" tag on excessive video game play


Dell 'committed' to AMD despite consumer kit shift to retail

Intel-only Inspirons online for now, almost With almost mud-like clarity, Dell has explained the way it's balancing the availability of AMD-based computers between its online, phone and retail sales channels. But one thing it wants us to be certain about is that it remains committed to AMD product lines.â¦


White House Sounds Out Europeans on Iran

The Bush administration will talk with European allies later this week about possible economic incentives to Iran if it agrees to suspend the enrichment of uranium, a key step in the production of nuclear weapons, U.S. officials said Tuesday.


ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A bankruptcy judge gave US Airways Group Inc...


Voting begins in Indonesian presidential run-off poll

JAKARTA : Voting began on Monday in Indonesia in a run-off vote to select the country's next president, officials in the remote eastern province of Papua said.


US Ambassador Praises Consulate Security

Islamic militants who shot their way into the heavily fortified US Consulate, killing five employees, clearly had studied how cars entered the compound, the US ambassador said Tuesday, praising actions that stopped the assault but acknowledging room for


Pakistan urges debate on demilitarising Kashmir

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf called on Monday for debate over the possibility of removing arms and troops from regions of Kashmir as part of efforts to resolve more than 50 years of dispute with India.


American gymnast Paul Hamm will keep his  Olympic all-round gold medal after the Lausanne-based Court of  Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected an appeal from South  Korea's Yang Tae-young.


US President George W Bush is expected to defend his Middle East policy at the UN General Assembly.


Gemstar-TV Guide Announces Online Acquisitions Including TVShowsOnDVD.Com; TV-Now.Com; FansofRealityTV.Com

Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. (NASDAQ: GMST), a leading media,  entertainment and technology company, announced today that it has  recently acquired several television-focused Websites; TVShowsOnDVD.com,  TV-now.com, and FansofRealityTV.com,  as well as certain assets of eVoke TV, Inc.


Caesars Palace bets on winning Wembley formula

The glitz and glamour of Las Vegas is being brought to north-west London with plans for a Â£335m hotel, gambling and leisure complex to be built next to the new Wembley stadium.


Users Welcome Consolidation of Major Wireless Carriers

DECEMBER 20, 2004  - Last week's merger deal between Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. continues a consolidation trend among wireless carriers that could help lower prices and bolster


It looks like the edition of Bill Clinton's memoirs in American bookstores. It is in English, has a glossy cover with the same photo of the tanned, smiling former president


If the home-furnishings retailer can't get things right by the holidays, look out below.


France asks US to see Syrian driver over fate of hostages

France has asked the United States to give it access "as soon as possible" to the freed Syrian driver of two French reporters being held hostage in Iraq, Foreign Minister Michel Barnier revealed.


Sharon invites opposition to join coalition

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has reached out to his opposition rival with an invitation to enter discussion on forming a new coalition government.


Pinochet's Millions Came from Savvy Investing-Son

Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet became a multi-millionaire because he saved, made good investments and his friends gave him money, one of his sons said on Tuesday.


Situazioni critiche solo su A1 a Firenze e sulla A9


Detroit Pistons coach Larry Brown was fined $15,000 by the NBA yesterday for verbal abuse of an official, a day after he had to be restrained during a postgame argument with referee Anthony Jordan.


Hundreds of firefighters contained a huge blaze at a fireworks factory Thursday, a day after it broke out, setting off at least one explosion as powerful as an earthquake. One firefighter was killed and at least 20 homes were destroyed.


R.E.M. Not Feeling Sunny for New 'Around the Sun'

When R.E.M. went into the studio last year to record its 15th album, the influential rock band didn't set out to make political statements or tributes to Sept. 11 victims, but a recent first listen to "Around the Sun" revealed that is exactly what they did.


Intel signs up vendors for Classmate PC in India

(InfoWorld) - Intel has tied with three large Indian PC vendors to assemble the Classmate PC, a PC specially designed for schools. The three vendors -- HCL Infosystems, Wipro, and Zenith ComputersÂ -- will start shipping the product to Indian schools next month. The Classmate PCÂ will be sold only to schools, and not through retail channels to consumers, John McClure, Intel's director for marketing in South Asia said on Monday. The Classmate PC has been specially designed to work in a networked classroom environment, and comes with software and features that give the teacher in the classroom control over the dissemination of content to students' PCs, he said. The Classmate PC, for example, does not have a hard disk. Instead it contains up to 2GB of NAND flash memory. Most of the content will reside on the teacher's PC, McClure said. Intel's manufacturering partners, such as HCL, Wipro, and Zenith, will team with content providers, education services providers, and system integrators to deploy the Classmate PCs in schools. The PC, which can run both Linux and Windows operating systems, is powered by a 900MHz Intel Celeron mobile processor, and comes with Wi-Fi and Ethernet connectivity, Intel said. It has a 7-inch LCD (liquid crystal display) screen, and an option of 256MB or 512MB of RAM, Intel said. The device weighs less than 1.45 kg and comes with a six-cell lithium-ion battery promising three to four hours use, the company said. The introduction of the Classmate PC follows pilots of the product by Intel in some schools in the country. The price of the product with the control software will be 18,000 Indian Rupees ($450), with the education software and Wi-Fi connectivity available at extra cost. That is a high price by Indian standards, prompting Intel to target the device in the first phase at private schools, rather than government-run schools that typically run on shoe-string budgets. While well-funded private schools may deploy the computers across the school, at some other private schools, it is more likely that the school will introduce the PCs initially in one class, such as the science class, according to McClure. In another rollout scenario, schools may deploy a few in each class, and assign each PC to a group of students, he said. Intel expects some of its partners to offer schools the option to pay for the PCs on a monthly fee per student, McClure said. The Classmate PC is also being rolled out in Nigeria and Brazil, McClure said. Intel plans to introduce new models of the Classmate PC by the end of this year or early next year, targeted at higher education and professional schools like nursing schools, he said. These models may have some modifications in features, including large hard disk drives, to suit the usage models envisaged, McClure said. Intel is not targeting the Classmate PCs at government-run schools in India, both because of their cost, and also because most of these schools are still behind in technology adoption. For these schools, Intel is donating about 10,000 PCs over the next three to five years, and is also training teachers on the use of computers. A number of Intel programs, including one called the Community PC, which offers a shared PC to local communities, aim to bridge the digital divide for this segment of the population, McClure said. Intel announced earlier this month that it hasÂ joined the One Laptop Per ChildÂ (OLPC) initiative. The nonprofit project aims to equip children in developing countries with specially designed low-cost notebooks powered by chips from Intel's rival Advanced Micro DevicesÂ (AMD). In India, however, the OLPC is a nonstarter, with the Indian government deciding not to adopt it because it does not provide for control by teachers, among other reasons.


PHOENIX, Arizona -- Baseball's stars could face more tests for drugs such as steroids next season after giving their lawyers the green light to reach an agreement with owners over a tougher anti-doping regime.


Ingersoll Net Jumps on Sale of Bobcat Unit

The manufacturerâs fourth-quarter profit jumped to $2.5 billion due to a large gain on the sale of its Bobcat machinery division, but results fell short of Wall Street forecasts.


Bush: i responsabili saranno portati davanti alla giustizia


An orbiting spacecraft has sent back new evidence for the presence of water on Mars. Scientists long have debated whether water flowed on the red planet, with evidence increasing in recent years. The presence of water would raise the possibility of at least primitive life forms existing there.


Azienda, consultare elenco treni per limitare disagi


Tra Pozzuoli e Agnano ma anche in zone centrali citta'


Glasgow, 20:46 - CALCIO, SCOZIA: DOPO 35 ANNI IL FALKIRK BATTE I RANGERS

Campionato scozese: dopo 35 anni i Rangers hanno subito la loro prima sconfitta a opera del Falkirk,...


Ferdinand desperate to help England reach Euro 2008

Rio Ferdinand is desperate to help England reach Euro 2008 to avoid the shameful prospect of having his club boss, Scotsman Sir Alex Ferguson laughing at his misfortune.


"Piano Teacher" author Jelinek wins Nobel prize

Austria's Elfriede Jelinek has won the Nobel Prize for Literature for controversial novels and plays in which she attacks violence against women, explores sexuality and political extremism in Europe.


Google Offers to Run Site Search Engines

SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. is offering to run the search engines of small Web sites for as little as $100 per year, marking the company's latest attempt to make more money off technology that already steers much of the Internet's traffic.


Agassi advances to final of Stockholm Open

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Ticker) - Top seed Andre Agassi advanced to the final of the Stockholm Open on Saturday. Seeking his second title of the year, Agassi edged No.


J.C. Penney November same-store sales up 1.4 pct

J.C. Penney Co Inc.  said on Thursday its November sales at department stores open at least a year rose a less-than-expected 1.4 percent, but it stood by its earnings forecast for the fourth quarter.


La CdL voleva proporlo per presidenza Regione Campania


US reinforcements sent to northern Iraqi city amid ongoing ...

US forces have dispatched troopsfrom the battleground around Iraq's rebellion bastion of Fallujahto the northern city of Mosul, which has partially fallen intohands of insurgents, the US military said on Saturday.


Paintsâ Mysteries Challenge Protectors of Modern Art

At the Getty Institute, conservators work to preserve art constructed out of an ever-expanding array of synthetic products.


Terror strike fears as two airliners crash

EMERGENCY workers searched through heaps of twisted metal yesterday in a bid to find out what caused two airliners to crash almost simultaneously, killing all 89 people aboard and raising fears of a terrorist double strike.


Europe's software patent war ignites again

Patent debate may be taken out of hands of elected politicians under new measure, Parliament groups say.


Ukraine Seeks to Control Yushchenko Probe

Ukraine's outgoing government sought Monday to control the inquiry into the poisoning of presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko, with officials close to the government taking charge of both investigations into who tried to harm or kill the leader of the "Orange Revolution."


Reports say Liverpool are close to agreeing a Â£450m deal to allow a Dubai-based consortium to take control of the club.


com. Intel on Wednesday added a faster Pentium M processor to its Centrino chip-set bundle for laptops. The Pentium M 765 runs at 2.1GHz, packs 2MB of Level 2 cache, and uses Intel's power-saving technologies to extend battery life, said Intel.


Mahesh Bhupathi believes he and Leander Paes will have no trouble putting their off-the-court differences behind them at August's Olympic Games and says they can win a medal for India.


Lo annuncia sindaco di Roma Veltroni: era persona speciale


Prescription drug importer to halt operation

A Tulsa company that sold imported prescription drugs from Canada bowed to legal pressure from the Food and Drug Administration yesterday and agreed to permanently halt the practice.


Cooking With Goss The new CIA chief's shakeups are bad news.

What to make of Porter Goss and the turmoil at the Central Intelligence Agency? Slate's Jack Shafer has run down the press leaks and the bureaucratic back-biting.


A man accused of running down five family members, killing a 2-year-old girl, in a McDonald's parking lot last May pleaded not guilty Tuesday.


Working by Eavesdropping on DNA Doing Its Work

Pacific Bioscienceâs sequencer lets the DNA chain grow continuously and records a movie of flashing lights.


Test of Missile Defense System Delayed Again

The Pentagon's last hope of flight-testing critical new elements of an antimissile system, before activating the system this autumn, appeared to vanish with the disclosure that the next flight test has been postponed.


Yankees 6, Blue Jays 1: Yankees Break Out Late Against Jays

Alex Rodriguez hit a go-ahead double in the seventh inning as the Yankees won their fifth straight game and trimmed Bostonâs A.L. East lead to seven games.


Migros, Switzerland's largest retail chain and the country's largest employer, has appointed company veteran Herbert Bolliger as its new boss.


After Stumbling, Facebook Finds a Working Eraser

Facebook.com, stung last week by the wrath of members who want to sever their relationships, tripped again when it tried to let them do so.


By ZEINA KARAM Saturday, December 02, 2006 Thousands of Hezbollah supporters set up camp in the heart of Beirut on Saturday, starting an open-ended sit-in with a carnival atmosphere intended to pressure the ...Comment


Dow rallies to all-time high as oil prices fall

The Dow Jones industrial average  (.DJI) finished at an all-time closing high on Tuesday,  surpassing the previous record set in 2000, as investors bet  that sliding crude oil prices will stimulate consumer spending  and lift corporate profits even as the economy slows.


Biocycle's Mission Captured in a Subtitle

By Goldstein, Nora  EDITORIAL  WHEN Compost Science was founded in 1960, the magazine title was simply that, Compost Science.


Non c'e' prova del sesso tra Gregoraci e ex portavoce Fini


Martha Stewart Reports to Jail to Begin Sentence

ALDERSON, W.Va.  - Trendsetter Martha Stewart  arrived at a minimum-security prison known as "Camp Cupcake"  under cover of early morning darkness on Friday to serve a  five-month sentence for lying about a stock sale.


(CBS/AP) The stepfather of the boy who accused Michael Jackson of molestation testified Thursday that he asked for payment for the family's participation in a video interview intended to restore Jackson's reputation.


Centrino to connect with all Wi-Fi standards

Intel on Thursday announced a component that's compatible with all Wi-Fi standards, which will let the chipmaker reach the full audience of individuals who want to wirelessly connect to local area networks.


Fast legs, Velcro hands, and a leap factor not seen since the Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.


Third British-based man pleads guilty to using internet to spread extremist propaganda.


The Los Angeles Angels beat the Seattle Mariners 9-5 on Thursday to close in on their third American League West title in four years.


Hungary political crisis deepens after local elections

The political crisis gripping Hungary deepened as Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany fended off mounting calls to resign following weekend local elections largely won by the conservative opposition.


IT firm Softbank aims to enter Japan's mobile sector as 3G grows

Japanese Internet firm Softbank said it aims to enter the mobile phone industry supplying third-generation (3G) services as more customers embrace the advanced technology.


The German media company Bertelsmann agreed today to sell its music publishing business to a French competitor, Vivendi.


The Jupitermedia Corporation, an Internet research company that also sells photos and art, agreed to pay $23 million for Mediabistro.com.


The fire ravaging two markets in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta  continues to rage for the third day, officials say.


Cagliari, 19:43 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: BALLARDINI FIDUCIOSO, ORA SERVE CONTINUITA'

Dopo il ribaltone nei minuti di recupero della partita col Napoli, che è coinciso con la sua ...


Fire at famed Weimar library destroys 30,000 priceless volumes

WEIMAR - An overnight fire at the famed Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar may have destroyed 30,000 irreplaceable volumes dating back to the Renaissance, officials in Germany said Friday.


FDA antidepressant warning shouldn't hurt overall sales, say ...

BOSTON (CBS.MW) - Despite a new ruling by federal regulators requiring all antidepressants to carry ominous warnings the drugs could make youngsters suicidal, some analysts Friday predicted physicians will still prescribe the drugs for kids, albeit more


Napoli, 17:58 - CALCIO, NAPOLI: HAMSIK E LAVEZZI SALTANO IL LIVORNO

Seduta di rifinitura per il Napoli in vista della sfida di Coppa Italia contro il Livorno in program...


Inflation to ebb but risks remain: Bernanke

The economy is set to grow at a sluggish pace in coming months but there are risks that elevated levels of inflation excluding food and energy may not recede, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday.


U.S. auto sales are expected to have dropped in May as a weak housing market and higher gas prices sapped demand, analysts said this week.


The much-anticipated Shiite list of candidates for the forthcoming elections in Iraq was presented todayâin partial anonymity and peculiar secrecy.


Four goals. But can Chelsea really win all four trophies?

Now that Chelsea have added Newcastle United to the list of clubs that they have given what for lately, what price Jose Mourinho covering the Russian-funded aristocrats of west London in glittering glory to the tune of four trophies?


Could integrating antivirus software into Windows be the key to solving Microsoft's security woes or could the technology create more problems than it solves?


Tiscali swallows Pipex broadband and voice

Bridesmaid scores usher Tiscali will cough Â£210m to buy Pipex's broadband and voice businesses later today, according to reports.â¦


A man is being detained on suspicion of murder after a policeman died investigating a "domestic incident" in north-west London.


IRVING, Texas -- Vinny Testaverde tuned out the boos and threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Patrick Crayton with 30 seconds left to help the Dallas Cowboys beat the Washington Redskins, 13-10, yesterday.


A young Cuban girl at the heart of an international custody battle was beaten and abused by her mother, who also threatened to kill herself with a knife, the girl's older half brother told a judge Tuesday.


NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has found an unusual pattern of cracking on a rock it discovered inside a Martian crater -- evidence, perhaps, that water may once have soaked parts of the crater bed, researchers said yesterday.


Maurizio Fondriest, ex grande corridore e campione del mondo nel 1988, commenta a Datasport il trionfo di Paolo Bettini, per la terza volta consecutiva vincitore della Coppa del Mondo. âHa vinto sicuramente il piÃ¹ forte.


Got a Pocket PC? Then you, too, can control your PowerBook from anywhere on the globe. You travel, it stays. Just make sure you've got someone at home who can reboot. Leander Kahney reports from San Francisco.


[World News] New Delhi, Sep 11 : Visiting Nepalese Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba Saturday had a date with India's former prime ministers.


One Palestinian militant is killed as a column of Israeli tanks pushes into a refugee camp in northern Gaza.


As fuel use rises, China eyes alternatives

BEIJING -- When the opening lyrics of ''Dark Side of the Moon" floated through the air at a Beijing bar on a recent evening, patrons sang along to the Pink Floyd classic. ''Breathe, breathe in the air," they chanted in chorus. They seemed oblivious to the irony, in a city that is fast becoming one of the world's most polluted.


Genova, 16:20 - CALCIO, SAMP; FLACHI: MI SPIACE PER LA MIA FAMIGLIA

Il giocatore della Sampdoria, Francesco Flachi, trovato positivo alla cocaina al controllo antidopin...


Boffin says Astronomical Unit should be binned

Fails to allow for shrinky sun, spiralling Earth An astronomer based in Canada has published a paper arguing that distances within the solar system should no longer be measured using Astronomical Units (AU), which is currently standard practice.â¦


Fourth blast hits Kathmandu in less than a week

A bomb exploded at a government health centre in the heart of the Nepali capital on Tuesday, causing property damage but no injuries, an witnesses and police said, the fourth explosion in the city in less than a week.


enator Pat Roberts, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, has done the country a real service by producing a Republican-sponsored proposal to reform the intelligence community that goes well beyond the other ideas offered so far.


Floods displace more than 30,000 in east Sri Lanka

Monsoon flooding has forced more than 30,000 people in eastern Sri Lanka from their homes, with many taking refuge in temporary shelters like huts, schools and mosques, officials said on Thursday.


Life begins at 100? Experts question age frontiers

NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - Medical breakthroughs hold   out the prospect of living longer and healthier lives, with   current life span norms set to be turned on their head, an   expert on anti-ageing said on Friday.


Two new variants of the Cabir cell phone worm have the ability to spread much more quickly than earlier versions, antivirus experts say.


Yemenis are voting in elections seen as a test of government commitment to reform.


House Rejects Senate Spy Agency Overhaul

The House of Representatives on  Thursday rejected a Senate-passed spy agency overhaul clearing  the way for passage of a Republican-written measure that  critics said includes controversial provisions that could snarl  the bill in congressional wrangling.


Vladimir Putin and the Pope spent 25 minutes in private talks Italy's Prime Minister, Romano Prodi, is expected to finalise a major energy deal with Russia at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.Comment


Iraq Militants Behead Turk, Iraqi -Jazeera TV

An Islamic militant group said it had beheaded a Turkish contractor and his Iraqi translator in Iraq for working with U.S. forces there, Al Jazeera television reported on Monday.


Messina, 17:55 - CALCIO, MESSINA; CAVASIN: AYROLDI? MA I RIGORI C'ERANO

"Ayroldi puÃ² aver sbagliato qualcosa, ma non è successo niente, abbiamo giocato a calcio". Al...


Pakistan announces it will close four Afghan refugee camps in its border provinces by the end of August.


BEIJING, Dec. 24 -- FDA has recommended on Thursday that doctors and users are cautious to use the controversial painkillers -- Pfizer Inc.


OECD raises economic forecast for region and lowers United States.


(ANSA) - ROMA, 31 OTT - Nuovo battibecco tra Cassano e Del Neri nell'intervallo della gara con il Cagliari. Per questo il tecnico ha deciso di sostituire il barese. Chiaro il quadro della ricostruzione, che


U.S. bomb kills 3 British soldiers in Afghanistan

Three British soldiers were killed by a bomb dropped by U.S. aircraft supporting them in a battle against Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the British military said on Friday.


Seeks to slash up to 7,000 jobs over next 18 months

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Delta Air Lines, attempting to avert bankruptcy, said Wednesday it aims to cut $5 billion in annual costs by slashing nearly 12 percent of its work force, dropping Dallas-Fort Worth as a hub, and trimming its fleet of planes.


Microsoft, HP plan joint investment, closer ties

Microsoft Corp.  and  Hewlett-Packard Co.  have agreed to invest jointly at  least $300 million over three years and work more closely  together to win over large business customers.


Israel says to lift Lebanon embargo on Thursday

Israel said on Wednesday it would lift   an eight-week-old air and sea blockade of Lebanon at 11 a.m. ET   on Thursday, handing over control to international forces.


Around 300 held in hostage drama at southern Russian school

Around 300 people, including many children, were facing a harrowing night in captivity Wednesday after they were taken hostage by extremists wearing belts laden with explosives at a southern Russian school near war-torn Chechnya.


Jets: Wide receivers enjoy a coming-out party

Jets coach Herman Edwards wanted to see more from his wide receivers against the Dolphins last night than he got the first time his team met Miami this season.


Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck a defiant tone as he spoke to giant crowds marking the 29th anniversary of the Islamic revolution Monday, vowing never to slow down nuclear development and announcing plans for more rocket launches in Iran's space program.


Federer trounces Hewitt to take Masters title

The 23-year-old Swiss dominated the final tournament of the season just as he dominated most of 2004, winning his second straight Masters Cup and breaking the record of 12 straight finals victories shared by Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe.


Ukraine's president says his prime minister was wrong to suggest Kiev is not ready to join Nato.


Lately, I have been asked if there is anything really good playing at the movies. Now I have something to rave about -- a film called "Hero.


Chelsea reach the Champions League knockout phase despite defeat against Werder Bremen in Germany.


India's mobile phone users surpass land line base

The number of mobile phone subscribers in India last month swept past the country's fixed-line telephone base in a growth trajectory that is second only in speed and magnitude to that of neighbouring China.


Vincono Arezzo, Ascoli, Genoa, Catania, Catanzaro, Modena ...

Il Torino perde l'occasione di riportarsi, almeno momentaneamente, in vetta alla classifica di serie B. Il Piacenza centra infatti il colpaccio al Delle Alpi, grazie a un gol di Pepe al 17' della ripresa.


21 ott 15:29 Siniscalco: "La nostra volonta' politica e' tenere ...

LUSSEMBURGO - Il ministro dell'Economia Domenico Siniscalco, in un incontro con la stampa a Lussemburgo, ha detto che la volonta' del governo italiano e' mantenere il rapporto deficit/Pil sotto il 3%. La stima dell'Ue parla di un deficit intorno al 3


Monday mysteries: What were people watching instead of the Grammys? What will Kobe Bryant say on Michael Jackson's witness stand?


At least 23 passengers killed in Honduran bus shooting

Unknown men assailed a public bus in northern Honduras on Thursday, killing at least 23 passengers, the Honduran La Prensa newspaper reported on its Web site.


The company's development of a commercial operating system for robots could spur the growth of the robotics industry.


Copter Crash in Afghanistan Kills 8 U.S. Troops

SHAH JOY, Afghanistan. Feb. 18 -- A U.S. helicopter suffered a "sudden, unexplained loss of power" and crashed Sunday in southeastern Afghanistan, killing eight American troops, the military said. Fourteen people on board survived.


With Month to Go, Kerry on Offense Against Bush

With one month to go in a tightening  White House race, an invigorated Democratic Sen. John Kerry  stepped up his attacks on President Bush's economic record on  Sunday and raised new questions about whether the White House  misled the country into war in Iraq.


Israeli troops kill 7 Palestinians in Gaza clashes

Israeli troops killed three Palestinian gunmen and four civilians during a raid into the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Thursday, witnesses and hospital officials said.


Yet another patent infringement lawsuit targets Apple, this time regarding the allowance feature that lets users send monthly store credit to others.


Spain May Lose Formula One Races After Racist Taunting

Spain could lose both its Formula One races following the racist taunting of driver Lewis Hamilton by spectators.


US Bond Market Begs to Differ with Fed Optimism

The Federal Reserve may be fairly confident the economy's soft patch is fading away, but the bond market is stubbornly betting the central bank is off the mark.


Monster.com took 5 days to disclose data theft

Monster.com waited five days to tell its users about a security breach that resulted in the theft of confidential information from some 1.3 million job seekers, a company executive told Reuters on Thursday.


Switzerland rejects post office and citizenship issues

Dashing the chance for almost 200,000 youngsters to get citizenship easily, voters in Switzerland yesterday rejected two government proposals to loosen tough naturalization rules.


ASEAN tensions rise following Australia's refusal to sign non ...

ELEANOR HALL: Tensions are rising ahead of an historic ASEAN leaders summit to be held in Laos next week. Australian diplomats are trying to overcome an 11th hour hurdle that could block John Howard's ambition


Siemens to Modernize Romania's Biggest Substation for 47 Million Euros

Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution recently signed a 47 million euro contract for the rehabilitation and modernization of Bucharest South, the country's biggest substation.


Musharraf Says Victory in War on Terrorism Requires New Tactics

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf said not enough is being done to win the war on terrorism, and that an ``iron curtain'' could descend between the US and other western nations and the Islamic world.


For the first time since the Madrid train bombings, blurred images taken by closed-circuit television were published Tuesday, showing three explosions and people fleeing in panic during the first seconds of the deadly March 11 attack.


The number two in the North Korean leadership, Kim Yong Nam, has left for China to meet President Hu Jintao and other leaders. The dispute over North Korea's nuclear programme is likely to figure high on the agenda at the talks.


Brady manages to keep wit after crushing hit

FOXBOROUGH -- Sure, the foundation of the Patriots' once-impressive 17-point lead was showing cracks, but there was the thick-as-cement confidence that Tom Brady would hold things together against the Seattle Seahawks yesterday at Gillette Stadium.


ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY A father of a victim of Sunday's quake-triggered tidal wave cries before a mass burial in Tamil Tiger rebel-held Mullativu, eastern Sri Lanka, December 28, 2004.


Desktop search player Blinkx unveiled the latest version of its contextual search product today, adding features that allow a user to initiate a search by dropping a file into a folder.


In a day, Percival falls for Tigers, the town

Percival became the Tigers' new closer Wednesday when he signed a two-year, $12-million contract. He made one of the fastest free-agent decisions in recent memory, arriving in town Monday evening


Coming soon to the Supreme Court: a rare appearance by a black lawyer. More than a year has passed since a black lawyer in private practice stood at the lectern in the elegant courtroom and spoke the traditional opening line, "Mr. Chief Justice and may it please the court."


The plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West's mother before she died said his practice has been hard hit by bad publicity following her death.


Strategica l'integrazione con grande gruppo internazionale


Clooney, Witherspoon set for Toronto film debuts

Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon and George Clooney were set to parade up the red carpets on Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival, setting the stage for a weekend of star-filled, gala premieres.


Space Station Crew's Forced Diet Is Over

The two International Space Station crew members were forced to cut back rations by 5 to 10 percent last week while waiting for a Russian cargo ship to resupply them with food.


A filmmaker who was behind documentaries that bashed Rupert Murdoch and Wal-Mart is now focusing on Rudy Giuliani, creating an "online viral video campaign" about the presidential candidate timed to coincide with the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attack.


Marlins rookie Sanchez pitches no-hitter

In this year of sensational rookies, Florida's Anibal Sanchez came up with the greatest performance yet — a no-hitter in his 13th career start.


S.Africa's currency falls despite riches

South Africa is sitting on gold, platinum and other minerals that are selling at record prices on world markets, yet its economy is, quite literally, underpowered.


The Detroit Tigers traded lefty Mike Maroth to the pitching-desperate St. Louis Cardinals on Friday in a deal between last year's World Series opponents.


LONDON: Oil's record-breaking rally has taken US crude over $US52 a barrel, fuelled by the impact of Hurricane Ivan on US winter inventories.


"Non mandate via i cristiani che emigrano per la loro fede"


E' stato richiesto da Nato, Gates vuole revisione "caveat"


Gunfire disrupts Arafat mourning ceremony

Gunmen stormed into a mourning tent for Yasser Arafat in Gaza City Sunday night shortly after the arrival of the new leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization


U.S. to blast satellite after space shuttle leaves

The United States will have the chance to shoot down a disabled U.S. spy satellite from next Wednesday, after the space shuttle Atlantis ends its current mission, a U.S. general said on Friday.


Prime Minister Tony Blair has promised soldiers of the Black Watch they would be home for Christmas after their Iraq tour of duty - with ministers poised to agree a US request for them to replace American troops.


New civil orders could be used to restrict the activities of people suspected of planning terrorist acts, David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, said yesterday.


FVG, Molise e Toscana i migliori, peggiori Lazio e Campania


Intel 'Bloomfield' to intro 1,366-pin socket?

HyperThreading back too Intel will next year begin shipping processors with a 1,366 pins, it has been claimed. The interface will use the same land grid array (LGA) as the chip giant's current LGA775 process, but with almost twice as many pins.â¦


Peirsol Waits for Win; Phelps Golden Again

ATHENS, Greece - On a night Americans dominated at the Olympic pool, Aaron Peirsol's disputed victory in the 200-meter backstroke was the most memorable - and convoluted. First, he was disqualified for making an illegal turn...


Microsoft debuts beta version of Desktop Search tool

Microsoft today launched a beta version of its desktop search tool. This tool is ment to find documents, e-mail and other files stored on your own HDD.


Roma, 18:44 - CALCIO, AZZURRI: TONI A PARTE, DONADONI PROVA DIFESA

Luca Toni ha svolta solo una parte della seduta con i compagni di squadra. L'attaccante azzurro si &...


Disputes cloud international gathering on Iraq's future

Countries taking part in a conference on Iraq differ on how to assist the nation but strongly support the interim government's


Quarterly profit for the period rose to $2.85 billion as the investment bank realized gains from takeover advice and the sale of its holdings in an energy company.


Britain seen backing US request on troops

An appeal by US commanders for British troops to bolster American forces near Baghdad has sparked angry protests here, but Defense Secretary


ROCKLIN, Calif., June 11  /PRNewswire/ -- Wildlands, Inc. is pleased to announce approval of the first vernal pool preservation bank in Tehama County. The 631-acre Blackburn Vernal Pool Conservation Bank will permanently preserve habitat of endangered and threatened vernal pool species.


A man convicted of murdering schoolteacher Jane Longhurst is jailed for a minimum of 26 years.


Nanotubes Detect Damage in Fibre-Reinforced Composites

By Anonymous  TWO UNIVERSITY of Delaware researchers have discovered a way to detect damage within advanced fibre composite materials by using a network of carbon nanotubes.


Inferiore a previsioni analisti che si aspettavano 63,5 mld


Jillian Searle knew she could not hold on to both her children during Sunday's tsunami - and had to let go of one of them.


Heart risk factors vary in affect in arthritis

NEW YORK  - In rheumatoid arthritic patients, some traditional risk factors impart a greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease, while others confer a lower risk, compared with those without rheumatoid arthritis, according to a report in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.


Iran Nuclear Talks End with No Agreement

Talks between Iran and three European Union heavyweights ended on Saturday without an agreement on Tehran's nuclear program, a source close to the negotiations said.


Why you shouldn't care about the yield curve.


Evangelicals in Kenya want to radically alter one of the world's most important exhibits of fossils recording the ascent of man from primates. By Lakshmi Sandhana.


Braves prevail, but Astros battle to the last pitch

HOUSTON -- It should come as no surprise that two teams which refused to fade away when they were on the verge of falling out of the regular-season race would not go quietly in the playoffs, either.


Belgian captain Bart Goor was suspended Wednesday for five matches after spitting at an opponent during the World Cup qualifier against Spain earlier this month, a penalty which could mark the end of his international career.


A two-metre shark has been caught in a river in southern Iraq more than 200 km (160 miles) from the sea.


Ukraine's top court suspends publication of the election result until it considers the opposition's complaint.


Iraq Group Takes 2 French Citizens Hostage

An Iraqi militant group has kidnapped two French citizens and is demanding the French government end a ban on Muslim headscarves to free them, Arabic television station Al Jazeera said Saturday.


A provision of the Patriot Act that requires people who are formally contacted by the FBI for information to keep it a secret is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.


Chancellor Alistair Darling tells Labour's conference that lessons would be learned by the problems faced by Northern Rock bank.


Azienda 'troppo rigida' e in difficolta',perdite anche 2007


Prosco.net will feature an archive of filings and other information related to the company's many legal battles over Linux.


Sao Paulo, Brazil - Nobody was able to stop Michael Schumacher in 2004 as he raced to his fifth straight Formula One championship and seventh overall.


Hundreds of mourners paid their final respects Tuesday to a college student killed when police fired pepper-spray pellets into a raucous crowd after the Boston Red Sox won the American League pennant.


One out of three American adults has hypertension. What you need to know


MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee accused rival Mitt Romney on Saturday of switching positions on President George W. Bush's troop build-up in Iraq in a potentially crucial debate in New Hampshire.


British police investigate collapse of money transfer company

British police are investigating the circumstances around which a money-transfer company used by members of the Bangladeshi community in London collapsed, a spokeswoman confirmed Monday.


The government had wanted to use the immigration question to ...

The Bush administration is backing off plans to require hospitals to ask emergency-room patients their immigration status, after hospitals and advocates for immigrants protested.


Blair aides investigated for obstructing probe: report

Aides of Prime Minister Tony Blair and Labour Party officials are under investigation for obstructing the "cash-for-honours" probe, The Times reported.


Yahoo Acquisition of BlueLithium May Help Close Analytics Gap

It's very clear now that one of Yahoo's principal goals in this latest reorganization, led by once-and-future CEO Jerry Yang and newly elevated President Susan Decker, is to distinguish itself from Google rather than catch up to it.


Nervous Rangers fluff their lines as Euro dream dies

RANGERS saved their worst for last at Ibrox last night as their UEFA Cup ambitions, burning so bright just a fortnight ago, were thwarted in desperate circumstances.


The Pittsburg-based generic drugmaker said the Food and Drug Administration has approved its metoprolol tartrate and hydrochlorothiazide tablets, which will compete with the Loppressor HCT tablets made by the Switzerland-based Novartis.


Arsene Wenger feels that Arsenal's run of poor form is a result of playing too many games. The Gunners boss saw his side crash to their second defeat of the season at Anfield yesterday, where Arsenal were


The Huygens probe is ejected by its mothership and should hit Saturn's largest moon in three weeks' time.


Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator arranged a meeting with the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency for Friday


U.S. expects N.Korea to shut reactor in 3 weeks

The United States expects North Korea to shut down the reactor at the heart of its nuclear arms program probably within three weeks, top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said on Saturday.


Shaquille O'Neal missed the Miami Heat's preseason game against the Orlando Magic on Friday because of a tight left hamstring.


More than a thousand Palestinian pilgrims, including members of the militant Hamas group, were put in camps in the northern Sinai on Sunday until a dispute over how they will return to the Gaza Strip is resolved.


N.Korea shows no compromise at nuclear talks: envoys

Negotiators saw no compromise in bruising six-party nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea on Tuesday and urged Pyongyang to come to the table with a realistic offer -- and a festive spirit.


Respect MP George Galloway said he was subjected to a sectarian attack at Glasgow Airport.


Study: One in Three Kids is Victim of Cyberbullying

By S.L. Wykes, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 27--Teenager Austin Stewart did something a friend didn't like and the next thing she knew "a non-stop flood of hurtfulness" was posted about her on Facebook and other Web message areas.


Making robots that interact with people emotionally is the goal of a European  project led by British scientists.


Neurburgring, 20:00 - F1, 'AUTOSPORT': STEPNEY MANDO' A COUGHLAN DISEGNI F2007

Il progettista della McLaren Mike Coughlan avrebbe ricevuto dall'ex tecnico ferrarista Nigel Stepney...


Cinquantadue anni, un curriculum senza pecche: sarÃ  sospesa dall'ospedalee rischia un risarcimento danni colossale. Intanto l'assiste uno psicologo                                            Firenze, la biologa che ha sbagliato "Sono a pezzi, non mi spiego quell'errore"                                                                                di FRANCA SELVATICI


US presidency hinges on undecided voters

Eight months, three debates, hundreds of speeches and hundreds of thousands of television ads after it all began, the US presidential race may hinge simply on which side gets out the vote tomorrow.


Q&A With Young Gun Behind Hummer's Eco-Friendlier HX

The HX is a smaller, eco-friendlier Hummer General Motors hopes the kids will love. We talk to the guy who designed it to learn where his generation will take the auto industry.


Online movie download site CinemaNow Inc. will revive its 2-year-old effort to sell music videos, hoping to fill a demand for content to be viewed on portable devices by increasing its inventory.


Tony Blair's closest aides had "severe doubts" over the invasion of Iraq, say the diaries of Alastair Campbell.


Every year the Internal Revenue Service announces the top 12 tax scams. This tax season, topping the latest Dirty Dozen are fraudulent schemes connected with the one-time telephone excise tax refund available to most taxpayers.


Maoists tightened their grip on Kathmandu yesterday when two powerful bombs were detonated and a policeman seriously wounded by suspected guerrillas who have blockaded Nepal's capital for a third day.


Flu vaccine not reaching all who need it most

RALEIGH - More than half of the people at risk for flu shots aren't getting them, federal health officials have found. Overall, about 75 percent of the nation's flu vaccine does go to high-priority populations


Protesters, police clash as German G8 summit nears

ROSTOCK, Germany  - Protesters and police clashed in the northern German port city of Rostock on Monday on a third day of demonstrations against the Group of Eight (G8) summit that will take place nearby later in the week.


Patriots are leaders in high-tech field, too

In August, 1.2 million users visited the Patriots' website, www.patriots.com. Chances are, those who returned to the team's Internet home this week noticed only minor cosmetic changes, not the complete overhaul that has been done behind the scenes over the past seven months.


Beirut Protests Over U.S. Plan to Freeze Assets

Lebanon protested to the United States  on Saturday over a proposal to freeze the assets of senior  officials to put pressure on Syria to withdraw its troops from  Lebanon and crack down on terrorism.


Jonathan Cheechoo scored twice in the third period and the San Jose Sharks beat the St. Louis Blues 4-1 Thursday night to move into a tie atop the Pacific Division heading into the All-Star break.


Thousands Uprooted by Clashes in East Congo - UN

Thousands of civilians have fled their homes after clashes in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Friday, although it was unclear who was behind the violence.


Sequels to Shrek, Spider-Man and Harry Potter help propel US box office takings to a new summer record.


A new effort is being made to get teenagers in England learning "1066 and all that", developing a sense of chronology.


Russian privatisation officials set a starting price of nearly $2bn for next month's auction of a stake in oil giant Lukoil.


LG.Philips says investigated by S.Korea, Japan, U.S.

South Korean flat screen maker LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd.   on Monday said it was being investigated by fair trade watchdogs from Korea and Japan and had received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice.


U.S. medic gets 8 months jail for Iraq desertion

WUERZBURG, Germany  - A U.S. army medic who fled his base and refused to return to Iraq with his unit was sentenced on Tuesday to eight months in prison for desertion.


Siniscalco: Â«Finita la stagione dei condoniÂ»

stagione dei condoni fiscali Ã¨ finita. Ne ho parlato anche oggi alle 13 con Berlusconi ed Ã¨ una opinione comuneÂ». Lo ha dichiarato il ministro dell'Economia Domenico Siniscalco, entrando all'Abi dove partecipa ad una colazione coi banchieri.


Raggiunto -34, e' il livello piu' basso mai raggiunto


As the government awaits definitive results in a possible second case of mad cow disease, federal officials are charting new ground in dealing with a jittery public.


Agricultural workers exposed to high levels of pesticides have a raised risk of brain tumours, research suggests.


Reeling Merck Offers Officers a Bonus Deal

With its stock plunging, drug giant Merck has adopted a plan that could give top executives big bonuses if the company is taken over.


Si' a ricorso Bruxelles, viola libera circolazione capitali


Misano, 14:51 - MOTO, S.MARINO MOTOGP: VINCE DUCATI-STONER, 4/O MELANDRI

Casey Stoner, l'australiano della Ducati dominatore della stagione, ha vinto il Gran Premio di San M...


'Con misure tempestive potra' essere controllata'


CBS Corp.  and Viacom Inc.   Chairman Sumner Redstone have settled a lawsuit with  his son, according to the online edition of the Wall Street  Journal on Sunday.


Companies, government agencies, schools and other institutions are spending more to protect ever-increasing volumes of personal data such as credit card and Social Security numbers with more sophisticated firewalls and encryption, but the investment often is too little, too late.


Afghan insecurity disrupts vital aid: U.N.

Rising insecurity in Afghanistan has disrupted the delivery of vital aid to about one million people, the U.N. World Food Program said on Saturday.


U.S. team identifies possible Parkinson's trigger

A glitch in the way cells clear damaged proteins could be the trigger for the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, researchers said in a finding that could lead to new treatments for the incurable condition.


Iraq's interim government could be within days of reaching what a US official calls a "breakthrough" deal to end fighting for control of Sadr City, a Shiite slum on the eastern outskirts of Baghdad.


Five dead in California fires and mass evacuation

Towering wildfires burned out of control across Southern California for a third day on Tuesday as 500,000 people fled the San Diego area, and firefighters made a desperate stand to save a mountain town ringed by flames.


U.S. stock futures slipped on Wednesday  with investors focusing on Intel Corp's job cuts announcement  and a change in top management at car maker Ford Motor Co.


Torino, 12:01 - CALCIO, JUVE: MERCOLEDI' LA RIPRESA

La Juve riprenderÃ  gli allenamenti mercoledÃ¬. Dopo la trasferta di Cagliari, Capello ha deciso di da...


India's main stock index, the Sensex, bursts through the 15,000 mark to a record on optimism about growth.


Milano, 20:20 - TENNIS, MILANO: BRACCIALI SCONFITTO DA STEPANEK

Nel secondo incontro pomeridiano del torneo di Milano, l'italiano Daniele Bracciali ha ben figurato,...


White House Sees 2005 Economic Growth Slowing to 3.5%

US economic growth will slow to 3.5 percent in 2005 from 3.9 percent this year, generating average monthly gains in payrolls of about 175,000 jobs, according to President George W. Bush's administration.


Rapper suspected in Vibe show stabbing surrenders in Santa Monica

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - The rapper Young Buck who police accused of stabbing a man during a brawl at the Vibe Awards turned himself in and was released after posting bail, authorities said.


The US director of intelligence says eavesdropping helped foil a bomb attack by suspected Islamists in Germany.


Violent storms in France subside, but not before 9 people killed

PARIS  - Storm warnings in France were lifted Thursday after two days of violent rain that killed nine people who ignored bans on swimming at hard-hit Mediterranean beaches, the Interior Ministry said.


British Home Secretary David Blunkett was expected Sunday to reveal proposals for strict anti-terror measures, the BBC reported. The proposals were said to include anti-terror


Mike Sillinger scores twice in regulation and add another goal in a shootout, leading the Islanders to a 5-4 victory over the Flames in Calgary on Friday night.


Coalition holds off efforts to take rebel-run cities

US surgical strikes continue, but no major move is expected before November.


Pianist Leon Fleisher, actor Steve Martin, singers Diana Ross and Brian Wilson and film director Martin Scorsese will share the 30th annual honors of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in December.


A vehicle specially adapted for a family's severely disabled son has been stolen from a house in Dunmurry.


The former Olympic sprint champion Marion Jones filed a defamation suit yesterday against Victor Conte Jr., the founder of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, charging that he had made false


A collection of genes involved in early development may help explain why black babies are more at risk of sudden infant death syndrome than other US groups, researchers said on Thursday.


S.Korea welcomes North's invitation of IAEA team

South Korea welcomed on Sunday the  North's invitation for a visit by a United Nations nuclear  watchdog delegation, which could be a first step in Pyongyang's  nuclear disarmament.


Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked a $32 billion package of tax breaks for renewable energy that would have been financed mostly by new taxes on major oil companies.


Signs of a new spring offensive by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan have begun to emerge, but NATO commanders are still short more than 1,000 combat troops, despite repeated requests to allied nations, the top commander said Friday.


The Atlanta Falcons released four-time Pro Bowl tight end Alge Crumpler and six other players Friday in the first step of a major rebuilding job in the post-Michael Vick era.


The home theater sets are the first to include integrated DVRs. In Gear Factor.


The manager is an afterthought, buried under the avalanche of publicity generated by his courageous, gimpy pitcher; his charming, devastating designated hitter; his forthright, charismatic, long-haired center fielder. Every day this march to the World Series has produced a new story or a new hero. There's Manny Ramirez, finally hitting a home run. There's Pedro Martinez, spinning ...


Bush Seeks 'Common Voice' Over North Korea

SANTIAGO, Chile  - President Bush urged Asian  allies at a Pacific Rim summit on Saturday to provide a "common  voice" and exert pressure on North Korea to return to stalled  talks on its nuclear weapons program.


Health officials in North America and Europe sought passenger lists Wednesday for two trans-Atlantic airline flights in their effort to find about 80 people who sat near a man infected with a dangerous drug-resistant form of tuberculosis.


WORKING as a remote health nurse in the far-flung post of Nhulunbuy, at the top of the Northern Territory, Patricia Hansen has spent most of the past decade educating aboriginal communities about malnutrition, vaccinations, lice, and the other health


Update to SecureCore firewall aims to prevent programs from executing malicious commands.


Police: Surrender of rapper being discussed

People in the Nashville rap community rallied around Young Buck yesterday, while Santa Monica, Calif., detectives seeking him in connection with a stabbing were negotiating with an attorney for his surrender.


Rispetto al gennaio del 2006, lo comunica l'Istat


HP Touts Software to Slow Computer Worms

Engineers at Hewlett-Packard Co. are working on "virus-throttling" software that they say could slow the spread of Internet-borne viruses and worms.


Alaska, US send Exxon $92 million bill for Valdez

U.S. and Alaskan authorities  on Thursday demanded $92.2 million from Exxon Mobil  for  environmental damages linked to the 1989 Exxon Valdez incident.


The Game was charged Monday with making a criminal threat and possessing a firearm in a school zone, authorities said.


Original cast recordings from this season's hit musicals range from the traditional ("Curtains") to the revolutionary ("Spring Awakenings") to the fluffy ("Legally Blonde").


The contract driller has hit a dry patch in the oil patch.


Reggio Calabria, 16:13 - CALCIO, REGGINA; MAZZARRI: IL CAGLIARI E' UNA SQUADRA FORTE

Walter Mazzarri mette in guardia la sua squadra e l'ambiente sui richi che la Reggina corre nell'ant...


Md. school to hand out Blackberry devices

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The University of Maryland business school plans to give Blackberry wireless devices to all full-time MBA students this fall, an effort to make students technologically savvy and aware


Liz Claiborne posts lower quarterly profit

Apparel retailer Liz Claiborne Inc.   posted lower quarterly profit on Wednesday after  charges for restructuring.


There's nothing like the stretch run in baseball. We've got unbelievable races for the AL West and the NL wild card going on.


WASHINGTON - Record global oil prices should have little long-term impact on the US recovery, nor should it even spark a new round of inflation, says Alan Greenspan, the US Federal Reserve chairman.


Nine are shot dead in a Rio de Janeiro shantytown, as police battle drugs gangs and militia groups.


Top Hamas leader killed in Israeli missile strike

GAZA: A senior leader of Hamas's military wing was killed in an Israeli missile strike on his car in the Gaza Strip on Sunday.


Medicines watchdogs are reviewing safety data for an entire class of drugs taken by millions of patients with arthritis and severe pain after the worldwide withdrawal of Merck's Vioxx last week.


NATO-led force to probe Afghan detainee abuse report

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force for Afghanistan (ISAF) has began an investigation into a report that says U.S. and Afghan soldiers were involved in abusing a suspect, the military said.


Zimbabwe opposition defiant after mass arrests, killing

Zimbabwe's opposition movement vowed to push on Monday with its drive to topple veteran President Robert Mugabe despite the arrest of its top leaders and the use of deadly force to crush a mass rally.


Top-end 533MHz FSB part appears in Tokyo shops


Referendum on evacuation plan not on agenda: Sharon

Jerusalem, Sept. 15 (PTI): Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, has brushed aside suggestions for a national referendum on the Gaza evacuation plan, saying "it is not on the agenda" as the schedule set for


CHICAGO - A tour bus travelling from Chicago to a casino in Mississippi crashed Saturday morning, killing 15 people. There were 31 passengers on the bus when it suddenly swerved and overturned early Saturday


Microsoft, Amazon file phishing, spamming lawsuits

SEPTEMBER 28, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc. today said they have filed one joint and several separate lawsuits against companies and individuals accusing them of trying to defraud


Rebels âexecuteâ 49 Iraqi troops and kill US diplomat

A group of soldiers in civilian clothes heading for home leave were ambushed and killed north of Bagdad. This thwarts the efforts of the local government to restore order.


New research suggests that a long life is no accident. So what are  the secrets of the world's centenarians?


London Mideast conference a positive initiative: French minister

France Thursday expressed support for a planned conference on the Middle East to be held early next year in London, Foreign Minister Michel Barnier saying it is vital to help the Palestinian Authority to ...


New minister of health pledges to energetically solve problems in health care

New Minister of Health Gundars Berzins (People's Party) pledges to vigorously bring order to the health care sector, setting work on a human resources development program and normalizing the financial system as ...


Jock Soto, the retired ballet star, is a teacher, caterer, son, companion, activist and focus of a documentary.


Islamabad, Oct 28 (UNI) A powerful explosion blamed on a short circuit hit the Marriott Hotel near the Pakistan President's house here, injuring at least seven people, including two foreigners.


Russian officials remain baffled after examining the black boxes from Tuesday's mystery double air crash.


The UK loses five times more money to VAT cheats than any other EU country, a report claims.


Whiff of grapeshot from Venus ends French uprising

Sport: Venus Williams takes her fourth Wimbledon singles title, beating Marion Bartoli 6-4 6-1.


Obesity Gets Part of Blame for Care Costs

More than a quarter of growth in health care spending over the past 15 years is due to obesity, and experts say prevention is key to control soaring costs.


Brescia, 19:29 - CALCIO, ROMA: DAL BRESCIA IN PRESTITO MARTINEZ

Il Brescia ha ceduto in prestito alla Roma il difensore Gilberto Martinez, 27 anni. (Nic. Api)</i...


Asylum Seekers Treated Poorly, U.S. Panel Says

Thousands who come to the U.S. saying they are seeking refuge from persecution are treated like criminals while their claims are evaluated, a bipartisan commission found.


Some 90 million viewers tuning into Super Bowl XLI were served up commercials featuring an accidental kiss, a lonely dog and a questionable hairstyle by advertisers looking to cash in on the year's biggest TV event.


Banks seen funding "SuperSIV" have doubts: report

Some banks expected to contribute to a fund to bail out troubled securitized investment vehicles (SIVs) are losing interest as they doubt the fund's ability to provide a solution to the credit crunch, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.


Casini: se alleati da soli, anche Udc andra' da solo


"It seemed to go on forever," Larry Brown said yesterday morning. "It seemed like it was some terrible part of a movie you were being forced to watch, frame by frame by frame.


Scads of music services are making a power play for your digital dollars. We shine a light into the murk and pick out the gems. By Mathew Honan from Wired Test.


Mozilla FireFox Preview Reachs 1 Million Download Mark

The Mozilla Foundation announced yesterday there have been over one million downloads of Firefox Preview Release in less than 100 hours, after being made available on the Internet last Tuesday.


IBM and several of the world's leading scientific and philanthropic groups this week launched a project that would put millions of PCs to work on research problems ranging from Alzheimer's to disaster forecasting.


SKOPJE, Macedonia (BBC News) - Macedonian pop star Tose Proeski, a hugely popular singer in the Balkans, has died in a car crash in Croatia.  Proeski sang for Macedonia in the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest and won many awards in former Yugoslavia. Police said the 26-year-old's car was in a collision with a lorry on a motorway near the eastern Croatian town of Nova Gradiska.  In the Macedonian capital Skopje people wept in the streets. A day of national mourning will be held on Wednesday.  Local radio stations started playing Proeski's songs back-to-back.


Jermaine O'Neal practiced with Indiana on Monday for the first time since being suspended for fighting with Detroit fans during the Pacers-Pistons brawl on Nov. 19.


A suicide bomber killed at least 10   people and wounded another 25 inside a Shi'ite mosque in   Baghdad on Friday, police said, two days after security forces   launched a crackdown against al Qaeda in the capital.


Jailed Foxy Brown asks for release for ear problem

Rapper Foxy Brown, serving a year-long  prison term stemming from an assault charge, has asked a New  York judge for early release to treat an ear condition she  fears could threaten her hearing.


Arthur Miller is still in the thrall of Marilyn Monroe


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Former soccer great Diego Maradona can leave an Argentine psychiatric clinic where he was being held against his will for drug addiction, a judge ruled on Monday.


Iceland Offers Shelter to Fugitive Chess Player

Fugitive chess master Bobby Fischer has been offered a new home in Iceland, where he won a classic victory in 1972, but it is unclear whether he will be able to make the move from his detention in Japan.


Costanzo: 'Il suo ruolo e' stato 'ridistribuito''


Madrid, 16:09 - CALCIO, CANNAVARO: CRITICHE? IL PALLONE D'ORO E' A CASA MIA

Fabio Cannavaro, pallone d'oro 2006, risponde cosÃ¬ alle critiche, soprattutto da Barcellona, che lo ...


Graham Admits Sending THG Syringe to USADA

Trevor Graham, the coach of Olympic 100  meters champion Justin Gatlin, admitted on Monday he had been  the unidentified coach who sent a syringe of the designer  steroid THG (tetrahydrogestrinone) to the United States  Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).


Aggredito nel suo appartamento da una spasimante gelosaLo aveva visto uscire dal Billionaire con un'altra donna                                            Porto Cervo, Coco aggredito Una ex tenta di accoltellarlo


An ape that lived 13 million years ago in what is now Spain may have been the last common ancestor of all apes, including chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans and humans, Spanish researchers say.


Japan Tobacco Inc. has agreed to acquire Britain's Gallaher Group PLC for $18.79 billion (2.2 trillion yen) in the largest-ever corporate acquisition by a Japanese company, a business daily reported Friday.


UK to Send Troops Into US-Controlled Area of Iraq

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's government, risking criticism from lawmakers in the ruling Labour Party, said it will redeploy 850 troops now in southern Iraq to a region controlled by US forces.


The NFL injury epidemic didn't pause this weekend, with Rich Gannon breaking a vertebra in his neck that will sideline him for eight weeks, and Rex Grossman and Charlie Garner out for the season.


Blondie does `Desperately Seeking Susan'

Post-punk stars Blondie are lending their songs to a West End musical based on the Madonna movie "Desperately Seeking Susan," its producers announced Tuesday.


General manager Terry Donahue signed a four-year contract extension with the San Francisco 49ers on Tuesday.


KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghanistan's first-ever direct presidential election began Saturday, with people across this ethnically diverse land casting the first ballots in an improbable experiment with democracy.    After 25 years of near constant war - and under a Taliban threat of ruinous violence - voters descended on bombed-out schools, blue-domed mosques, and bullet-pocked hospitals to choose their leader for the first time in their history...


Canada Looks for Ways to Fix Its Health Care System

Esther Pacione needs a family doctor. At age 56 she is afflicted with severe ataxia, a neurological condition that causes her acute pain, choking and loss of consciousness.


Kennedy Chooses Obama, Spurning Bill Clinton Plea

Senator Edward M. Kennedyâs endorsement of Barack Obama pits leading members of the nationâs most prominent Democratic families against one another.


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At least 13 people die in Nigeria when gunmen attack police stations and a hotel in Port Harcourt.


Jackson Accuser's Family Offered a House - Stepdad

SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - The stepfather of the boy who accused Michael Jackson of sex abuse testified on Thursday that Jackson's associates offered the family a house and college funds to help fix the singer's damaged reputation.


DNA map of elephants to net Africa's ivory poachers

Scientists say a DNA map of Africa's elephant herds will help combat the illegal trade in ivory. The map is a genetic profile of elephant groupings across the continent, from the dense forests of western and central Africa to the vast eastern savanna.


Serena Williams has her sights set on  regaining the world number one ranking after staging a  miraculous comeback to beat Lindsay Davenport 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 in  the Australian Open final Saturday.


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Rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen enters rehab

Rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen said  on Thursday he would enter rehab "to work on myself," a move  that appears to rule out a reunion by his troubled band when it  is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next week.


Sometimes metrics are employed to create an impression that may be inaccurate or incomplete.  Typical marketing favorites include horsepower in automobiles, watts per channel of stereo equipment, and, more recently, megapixels for digital cameras.


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A cross-party committee of MPs and peers had recommended the government reconsider plans to limit slot machines that offer million-pound prizes to casinos of 5,000 sq metres or more.


Milano, 17:41 - CALCIO, MILAN; ROSSONERI FISCHIATI DAI TIFOSI

La sconfitta interna del Milan contro l'Empoli non è davvero piaciuta ai tifosi rossoneri che...


Linksys sends corporate WLAN standard home

Punts 802.11a kit at gamers, multi-room music streamers


Study: Vitamin D Is No Magic Bullet for Cancer

Vitamin D provides many benefits for the human body, but helping cure cancer doesn't appear to be one of them, a study from the National Cancer Institute concludes.


Mandalay Entertainment has optioned film rights to "The Hookup Handbook: A Single Girl's Guide to Living It Up," which is scheduled to be published in March.


Worried  CIA Officers Buy Legal Insurance

CIA counterterrorism officers have signed up in growing numbers for a government-reimbursed, private insurance plan that would pay their civil judgments and legal expenses if they are sued or charged with criminal wrongdoing, according to current and former intelligence officials and others with...


Personal Health: Preserving a Fundamental Sense: Balance

Trying to avoid vertigo, falls and other hazards of lost equilibrium.


Understanding Economic Data: Producer Price Index

Basic knowledge can help you comprehend releases of economic data.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Security forces discovered three beheaded bodies Wednesday on a road north of Baghdad, and a car bomb exploded in a town south of the capital, killing two people amid a surge of violence that has left more than 200 dead in the past four days.    The three bodies were found without documents near Dijiel, about 25 miles north of Baghdad, said Col...


Beleaguered Russian oil giant Yukos on Monday faces a court-imposed deadline to pay a multi-billion dollar tax bill. Yukos has been ordered to pay $3.


Egypt Cleric: Hostages Shouldn't Be Killed

An influential Sunni Muslim cleric who once condoned attacks on U.S. civilians in Iraq has issued a religious edict saying it is permissible under Islam to kidnap in wartime — but not to kill the hostages.


'Clean coal' start-up GreatPoint Energy raises $100 million

GreatPoint brings in chemical and energy conglomerates to finance construction of plants that convert coal to natural gas.


Lilly Debuts Clinical Drug Trial Web Site

INDIANAPOLIS - Eli Lilly & Co. debuted a Web site Wednesday for clinical trial data on its prescription drugs, including Prozac and its new antidepressant, Cymbalta.


Presidential election frontrunner Mahmud Abbas said on Sunday that the Palestinians can only achieve independence through peaceful means and not with the use of weapons.


PeopleSoft Moves Ahead, Unveiling Major IBM Alliance

Joint work with IBM is part of strategy to deliver apps that let customers use Web services to build adaptable service-oriented architectures.


U.S. stocks were slightly higher on  Tuesday, with lower oil prices helping support markets, but  Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N dragged on the Dow following a report  of a possible $24 billion takeover of cardiovascular device  maker Guidant Corp. GDT.N.


Companies selling stock to the  American public would be allowed to talk much more freely about  it, and even advertise, under a proposal given preliminary  approval on Tuesday by federal regulators.


In a push to regain some of its lost luster, Sun Microsystems (SUNW:Nasdaq - news - research) will take the wraps off Solaris 10, an updated version of its operating system, at an event in San Jose, Calif.


2 unrepentant about selling Katrina gift

A church that wanted to do something special for Hurricane Katrina victims gave a $75,000 house, free and clear, to a couple who said they were left homeless by the storm. But the couple turned around and sold the place without ever moving in, and went back to New Orleans.


Bergamo, 17:13 - CALCIO, ATALANTA: NUOVO SOPRALLUOGO PER APRIRE STADIO

Nuovo sopralluogo allo stadio Comunale di Bergamo per trovare la strada che riapre le porte al pubbl...


China has launched the first backbone network of the next-generation Internet, CERNET2, breaking the US monopoly and allowing the Communist giant to dramatically narrow its gap with world leaders, officials and experts said on Monday.


Woody Allen's 'love letter to Barcelona'

US filmmaker Woody Allen has said that the film he plans to start shooting next week in this north-eastern Spanish city will be a "love letter to Barcelona", news agency EFE said.


Troops, insurgents clash at edges of Fallujah

US troops pounded Fallujah with airstrikes and tank fire Sunday, and the Iraqi government appealed to residents to expel "foreign terrorists" to prevent an all-out attack.


The U.N. climate panel agreed its starkest warning yet on Thursday that human activities are causing global warming that may bring more droughts, heatwaves and rising seas, delegates said.


One of the two Blackburn Rovers Football Club fans charged with public disorder for racially abusing Dwight Yorke has been handed a five-year ban.


Arsonists Destroy Jewish Center in Paris

Arsonists destroyed a Jewish community center in eastern Paris in a pre-dawn attack Sunday and left behind anti-Semitic graffiti, police said.


Mavericks' Streak Comes to a Screeching Halt

The NBA's top team, riding a 17-game winning streak and gunning for 70 wins, runs into a brick wall Monday night in Oakland as the Warriors dismantle the Mavericks, 117-100, to snap the NBA's seventh-longest winning streak ever.


There's still no official prognosis but it appears the Jets might not have to find out what life is like without All-Pro center Kevin Mawae, perhaps their second most vital offensive cog behind quarterback Chad Pennington.


Dog Wiggles Paw Free to Shoot Florida Man

PENSACOLA, Fla. - A man who tried to shoot seven puppies was shot himself when one of the dogs put its paw on the revolver's trigger...


Clinton, McCain leads shrink in New Hampshire: poll

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain hold shrinking leads in New Hampshire three days before the state's presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.


Gadget toilet made for modern kings and queens

SINGAPORE, Feb 7 (Reuters Life!) - Think you deserve a throne? A U.S. plumbing firm has created a luxury toilet equipped with laptop computer and flat-screen TV which it plans to give away in an online sweepstake.


HP says gets multi-year contract from Army

- Hewlett-Packard Co. HPQ.N on Tuesday said it   received a 10-year contract from the U.S. Army to provide   personal computers and other computer peripherals.


From the archives: Bhutto takes the helm in Pakistan.

In December 1988, Pakistan inagurated its first freely elected head of government in more than a decade.


U.S. uploads anti-drug videos to YouTube

The Bush administration is taking its fight against illegal drugs to YouTube, the trendy Internet video service that already features clips of wacky, drug-induced behavior and step-by-step instructions for growing marijuana plants.


For 10 minutes, the crowd booed and whistled. American Paul Hamm waited to start. A week's worth of controversy in gymnastics boiled over into the crowd last night during an evening in which


Internet Use Said to Cut Into TV Viewing and Socializing

The average Internet user in the U.S. spends three hours a day online, with much of that time devoted to work and more than half of it to communications.


Albert Ondrish Sr. [letters, Aug. 21] repeated the old lie that war protesters were somehow responsible for our defeat in Vietnam.


Lettera congiunta di Fim, Fiom e Uilm a Prodi e Bersani


Tokyo Stocks Fall; Dollar Up Against Yen

Tokyo stocks fell Thursday morning, dragged down by profit taking and losses by Japanese automakers. The dollar was trading higher against the Japanese yen.


NEW DELHI: The frog that was picked up by the princess but refused to let her kiss him - this was how this newspaper had summed up PV Narasimha Raoâs affair with greatness, way back in 1996.


Pakistan and India agree to double the number of passenger flights between the two countries every week.


MacBook Air not only laptop getting touchy-feely

Gestures are all the rage these days and a new Synaptics touchpad means that Windows-based laptops should also start responding to a host of touch commands.


Study finds low-dose Pharma drug best after transplant

Small doses of Astellas Pharma Inc's Prograf did a better job at preventing rejection of a transplanted kidney than varying doses of other drugs including a low dose of Wyeth's Rapamune, researchers said on Wednesday.


Mad Math: Bending Time With 'Primer' Director

Shane Carruth, the director of "Primer," compares his film about engineers who build a time machine to his favorite branch of math.


Cicchitto: cominciata fase 2 che precede collasso finale


Arsenal manager Wenger dismisses Real link

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger reconfirmed his commitment to the English premier league club on Friday, saying that he would sign a new contract before the end ofthe year.


Afghan President Makes Rare Campaign Trip

Afghan President Hamid Karzai made only his second successful campaign stop outside the safety of the capital on Tuesday, telling a crowd of 10,000 people that historic elections this weekend will deliver them from a quarter-century of war.


Sony unveils new Blu-ray recorders to fight HD DVD

Sony Corp  said it will launch four models of new Blu-ray high-definition optical disc recorders in November in Japan, as its format battle with the HD DVD camp heats up.


BEC early results: Traian Basescu , 51.75 percent, Adrian Nastase, 48.25 percent

According to the early election results in Romania released on Monday by the Central Election Bureau (BEC), centrist opposition leader Traian Basescu, candidate for the National Liberal Party-Democratic Party ...


It was HBO's night at yesterday's 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. The network's "The Sopranos" won the Emmy for best drama for the first time in its awards-packed six-year run and marked the first time


Israel's Labor chief: Party eager to join Sharon

The head of Israel's opposition Labor Party signaled Thursday that his party is not only willing but eager to join a unity government with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon because it backs his plan to pull out of Gaza and parts of


Mount St. Helens' 'Fin' May Be Splitting

The stone "fin" on the new lava lobe inside the crater at Mount St. Helens seems to be starting to split.


For the Sons of John Thompson, Coaching Basketball Is a Birthright

The two sons of Hall of Fame Coach John Thompson Jr. face each other for the first time as head coaches on Saturday as the Hoyas take on Ball State at the Verizon Center.


Per tensione in Venezuela ed eventualita' taglio produzione


With Yankees Slain, 'Miracle' Sox Eye Bigger Demon

"Miracle Workers." So proclaimed The Boston Globe on Thursday after the Red Sox -- baseball's perennial also-rans -- finally brought down the "Evil Empire," taking a giant step toward their first World Series title in 86 years by ousting the New York Yankees in dramatic fashion.


Lamy, Zoellick to discuss Boeing-Airbus row next week

The top trade officials from the United States and the European Union will discuss a row over state subsidies accorded US aircraft manufacturer Boeing and European rival Airbus at a meeting here October 18, a European Commission spokeswoman said.


South, West Â candidates make final push

Sen. John McCain barnstormed through a skeptical South on Saturday, campaigning for a Super Tuesday knockout in the Republican presidential race. Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton worked the West on the final weekend before primaries and caucuses in more than 20 states.


Dollar Softer Against Euro But Above Lows

The dollar was weaker against the euro  on Tuesday but above record lows reached after remarks by  European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet suggested the  ECB was unlikely to intervene to stem the euro's rise.


Even for a company that's mastered the art of product-launch hoopla, Apple Inc. appears to have pulled out all the stops to propel iPhone hysteria into the stratosphere.


Doctors rush to Arafat's bedside, veteran leader in 'critical ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank : Doctors were rushed to the bedside of ailing Yasser Arafat at his West Bank headquarters as a top official said the 75-year-old Palestinian leader was in a critical condition.


For many coaches, their last home game after 41 years on the job would be an emotionally charged event that becomes bigger than the game.


An overwhelming majority of voters say they never changed their minds about whether they would support President Bush or Democratic candidate John Kerry, a poll found.


Anti-gay artist Sizzla jailed for profanity

Sizzla, the Jamaican dancehall reggae star accused of promoting violence against gay people, has been jailed in his home country for using profanity during a Christmas concert.


Blighty might have astronauts in future, says UK gov

They will ride into space astride flying pigs The UK government is to reconsider the idea of British astronauts, after deciding 22 years ago that there would be none.â¦


China warns Taiwan against provoking conflict

Tension has been simmering since Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's re-election in March. Chen said. sides set up a "buffer zone" to avoid accidental military conflict.


Cisco will pay approximately $200 million in cash and options. The acquisition of P-Cube is subject to various standard closing conditions and is expected to close in the first quarter of Cisco's fiscal year 2005.


Pension Agency Is About to Get a Rescue Plan

The Bush administration hopes its rescue plan will save the federal pension insurance program from a costly bailout.


Wary U.S. Olympians Will Bring Food to China

The U.S. Olympic Committee has tried to figure out how to avoid the danger of tainted food at the Summer Games.


Jonathan Schwartz looks to an open-source future, while Scott McNealy shows off the upcoming "Niagara" chip.


Messaggio sul web: non partecipate a governo dell'Iraq


Business looms large but politics creep into agenda as Chirac visits China

Business opportunities in one of the world's fastest-growing economies dominated the agenda as French President Jacques Chirac continued his visit to China, but sensitive political issues also edged their way onto the program.


Lamenting London's double-deckers Up-to-date buses supplant symbol

LONDON -- On a sweltering August afternoon, George Watson wedged himself, his briefcase, his sports jacket, and his raincoat into a narrow seat aboard the profoundly un-air-conditioned No. 38 bus, as it resumed its rumble down High Holborn, in London's bustling city center.


Satellite Radio Safe from Indecency Limits for Now

Radio shock jock Howard Stern can  rest easy that he won't face federal decency standards when he  moves to satellite radio, at least for now.


He's a freckle-faced royal rascal who has led a life of privilege. But Britain's Prince Harry is also an army officer - and he could soon be heading to Iraq to face the reality of combat.Comment


Sudanese employee of Doctors Without Borders killed in Darfur

A local employee of aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF - Doctors Without Borders) was killed last week in an attack by government troops in Sudan's Darfur region, MSF said, further highlighting the risks faced by humanitarian workers there.


Porsche wants to cut jobs, extend working hours

Porsche, the German maker of luxury sports cars, wants to extend working hours and cut jobs, its chairman said in a newspaper interview at a time when other car makers in Germany are also drastically reducing their workforce in an attempt to drive down costs.


Attaching victory to a string of defeats, a jury yesterday agreed with World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein's claim that the planes that struck the Twin Towers represented two separate, insurable events.


Iran Expects OPEC to Leave Quotas Steady

OPEC ministers will concentrate on quota compliance rather than cutting official production ceilings to combat falling oil prices when they meet in Cairo this week, Iran's oil minister was quoted as saying on Monday.


By huge margins, voters favor restrictions on marriage. Gay-rights activists are promising court challenges. Alison Wood holds her daughter, Hanna Wood-Krusell, 5, as she votes in Rockport, Mass.


An Audience-Friendly Theatrical Town, Chicago Is

The flow of audiences and artists between Chicagoâs established theaters and the up-and-comers has been instrumental in maintaining its stature as the countryâs most vibrant dramatic capital after New York.


The family of a man who was stabbed to death outside his home have spoken for the first time.


Voters Excited Over â08 Race; Tired of It, Too

Voters say the 2008 presidential campaign had become way too intense, way too soon.


Serena and Venus Williams were picked Wednesday to play for the United States in the Fed Cup semifinals against Russia on July 14-15.


Alex Rodriguez's ground-rule double tied the game and Hideki Matsui's line-drive sacrifice fly scored the winning run in a rollicking, 7-6, 12-inning victory over the Twins.


North Korea Urges Refugees to Return to 'Warm Home'

North Korea appealed to refugees who have sought asylum in the South to return to the impoverished state, avoiding for once labeling them "human scum" and saying a warm home awaits them.


Emmy-winning actor Jack Warden dead at 85

Jack Warden, an Emmy-winning and Academy Award-nominated actor who played gruff cops, coaches and soldiers in a career that spanned five decades, has died. He was 85.


Stocks tumbled on Friday, with the Nasdaq down more than 3 percent, as data showing weak job growth in December heightened fears of a U.S. recession.


A move to bring more Sunnis back into the government gave the U.S. something to brag about, but already is running into trouble


Brazilian faces second retrial over nun's killing

A man who admitted killing the renowned rainforest campaigner Dorothy Stang is facing a second retrial after his conviction was quashed


Bollywood's "serial kisser" says to kiss no more

There will be no more kissing scenes  by Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi -- famous for locking lips  with almost all his female co-stars, earning him the popular  tag of "serial kisser."


Cronaca. A Napoli la guerra per il controllo della droga provoca ...

Uccisi con un colpo di pistola alla testa e abbandonati in un'auto ai margini del quartiere Scampia. A Napoli la guerra di camorra non si ferma: in gioco c'Ã¨ il controllo del traffico di droga. Le vittime


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Iraqi police needs disbanding, report says

Iraq's Interior Ministry is regarded as "sectarian" and "dysfunctional" and the National Police should be "disbanded and reorganized," according to an independent report obtained by CNN.


England call uncapped winger Topsy Ojo into the squad for Saturday's game against South Africa.


Family members clutching roses and bearing photos of the relatives they lost on Sept. 11 fell silent early Saturday to mark the third anniversary of the World Trade Center attack.


Cardiologists Question the Risks in Using Drug-Coated Stents

Some cardiologists suggest drug-coated stents carry a higher risk of potentially fatal blood clots than older, bare-metal stents.


Iraqi PM calls regional meeting for March 10

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki invited neighboring countries and world powers on Wednesday to a March 10 meeting in Baghdad, saying he hoped it would help bring reconciliation and support for his government.


WASHINGTON -- Hiring perked up in August as employers added 128,000 jobs, pulling down the unemployment rate to 4.7 percent, sending a Labor Day message that the economic expansion still has staying power.


Update: Rise in VML attacks prompt Code Yellow

(InfoWorld) - The SANS Internet Storm Center on Friday raised its threat level to yellow after observing an increase in the number of Internet-based attempts to exploit a zero-day vulnerability discovered earlier in the week. Dozens of Web sites are exploiting the vector markup language and the number is growing, said Ed Skoudis, a SANS incident handler. The vulnerability, discovered Monday by Sunbelt Software, is also being exploited by an unknown volume of e-mail, he said. The VML exploit, which allows the remote execution of code, is worrisome to security experts because the only action required for infection is viewing a malicious Web site using Internet Explorer or viewing a specially formatted HTML e-mail with Outlook. So far, there are no reports of trusted Web sites trying to exploit the vulnerability. "We're anticipating that somebody is going to pop a trusted site and then we'll have a big problem," said Skoudis. "We went to yellow so people will do work-arounds." Microsoft said earlier this week it was aware of the problem and planned to issue a patch next month during its regularly scheduled update, "or sooner if necessary." Among the work-arounds is a patch being made available by the Zeroday Emergency Response Team (ZERT). The group also offers a Web page to test whether a machine has successfully been patched. Other temporary remedies include unregistering vgx.dll, the dll file that is targeted in attacks, or simply not using Internet Explorer and Outlook. Scott Deacon, a program manager with Microsoft's Security Response Center, said on the company's Web site that attacks remain limited. "Thereâs been some confusion about that, that somehow attacks are dramatic and widespread," Deacon wrote. "Weâre just not seeing that from our data, and our Microsoft Security Response Alliance partners arenât seeing that at all either." Microsoft cannot vouch for the quality of third-party fixes, and users should always install Microsoft updates as soon as they become available, Deacon added. But other groups also warned that the VML vulnerability was becoming a bigger target. Websense Security Labs said it has monitored attacks that include Trojan backdoors and code that is designed to steal information from end-user machines. Several Web sites are publishing example code, making it easier for others to pull off an attack, Websense said on its Web site.


Rams QB Bulger Injured Against San Francisco

Quarterback Marc Bulger of the St. Louis Rams left Sunday's game against San Francisco with a right shoulder injury.


The broadest measure of the country's trade and investment flows registered a record deficit of $164.7 billion in the third quarter, the Commerce Department said Thursday.


CTK (Cell ToolKit) is a C/C++ toolkit library for multi-core programming on the Cell/B.E. http://ctk-dev.sourceforge.net/   We're pleased to announce the release of CTK Version 0.73, a minor bug-fix release of the CTK v0.7X.  What's new since 0.72:  * Fixed configure scripts.  Now the configure handles "--host" and "--build" options properly (hopefully).  It also takes care of the value of CHOST variable.  * Fixed compilation errors in C++ headers  * Fixed compilation errors against Cell SDK 3.0  CTK Version 0.73 includes:  * Basic SPE execution control (SPE context, SPE thread and thread group)  * Inter-processor element Sync primitives (e.g., mutex, semaphore, barrier, synchronized queue and etc.)  * Light-weight SPE overlay task control which facilitates SPE-centric programming (SPE tasks can execute other SPE tasks, spawn another task, yield processor resource to other tasks and etc.)  * DMA helper routines (multi-buffering, unaligned DMA transfer support, 2D DMA transfer helper and etc.)  * C++ SPE function object templates (SPE programs can be written and invoked as if they were just simple local routines)  * PS3 Frame-buffer support utility, and  * Many types of sample programs which can be compiled on various Cell/B.E. development environment (e.g. IBM Cell SDK 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, Toshiba Cell SDK and etc.)


UPDATE 3-US airlines agree to cut flights at Chicago's O'Hare

US airlines have agreed to limit flights into Chicago's O'Hare International Airport at peak periods to stem record delays that have slowed aviation nationwide, federal officials said on Wednesday.


No one expected the Toronto Raptors to be 3-0. Not Vince Carter and not their fans. Carter scored 25 points, including a tiebreaking three-pointer with 4.8 seconds left, to help the Raptors get off to their


Napoli, 22:33 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; REJA: DIMISSIONI? TUTTE BALLE

Edy Reja non ha alcuna intenzione di lasciare il Napoli. "Le mie dimissioni? Sono tutte balle", ha d...


Carter out at least two games with Achilles' injury)

TORONTO Toronto Raptors guard Vince Carter will miss at least two games because of a strained left Achilles' tendon. Carter was injured in the second half in last night's 90-to-86 overtime loss at Detroit.


Turkey day travel popular, but not cheap

Despite higher gasoline prices, airfare and hotel rates, more people will travel over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house for Thanksgiving this year.


Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks to reporters after casting his ballot at the Likud party meeting in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday Dec.9, 2004.


MANCHESTER, England -- Malcolm Glazer's hopes of gaining control of Manchester United have suffered a blow with reports that bankers JP Morgan have withdrawn support for his takeover bid.


Major economic powers agreed Sunday to write off more than $31 billion in debt for Iraq in a deal that boosted U.S. efforts to help put the Iraqi economy back on its feet.


EPA to Regulate Nanoproducts Sold As Germ-Killing

The Environmental Protection Agency has decided to regulate a large class of consumer items made with microscopic "nanoparticles" of silver, part of a new but increasingly widespread technology that may pose unanticipated environmental risks, a government official said yesterday.


Scientists have shown that tiny changes to modern flu viruses could render them as deadly as the 1918 strain which killed millions.


The Pennon Group, parent company of South West Water, announces a rise in profits of more than 18%.


Start-Up targets Yahoo, Google with personal Web page tools

Pageflakes Ltd. has created a directory of 10,000 so-called widgets to help users create personalized home pages, as it moves to battle Yahoo and Google in the market.


Kelly Holmes targets a second gold medal in Saturday's 1500m final.