Jackson blasts Eminem's music video on radio show

Michael Jackson called a radio station to express his anger at Eminem's controversial new video, which mocks child abuse allegations against him.


Limassol, 20:31 - CALCIO, UNGHERIA-SLOVACCHIA 1-1 IN AMICHEVOLE

Ungheria e Slovacchia hanno pareggiato 1-1 (0-0) in un'amichevole giocata a Limassol (Cipro). Ungher...


Germany imposes a 12-euro levy on the first of many victims to come.


The Brazilian government and a United Nations agency team up to help the country reap more financial rewards from its "creative industries".


Microsoft Establishes Group to Push Interoperability

Microsoft, along with 24 other vendors, has formed a group that will hold technical meetings and joint testing sessions in an effort to foster improved interoperability between their products.


Los Angeles - Legendary singer James Brown has been released from hospital following successful prostate cancer surgery. The 71-year-old singer, known as the Godfather of Soul, was reportedly released from Midtown Urology Surgical Centre in Atlanta.


Saab profits rise in second quarter, order bookings fall

Swedish aviation and defence group Saab said Friday its second-quarter profit soared by 45 percent, exceeding analysts' expectations, owing to strong sales despite a plunge in orders.


FASLANE, Scotland -- The Canadian navy has begun assembling two formal boards of inquiry in Scotland that will look into the deadly fire aboard the HMCS Chicoutimi that killed one submariner, left two others in hospital and crippled the vessel's operating


This Anurag Kashyap's film is stirring some serious controversy just as the theme of his movie.


In the race to build a national defense against chemical and biological weapons, Annapolis-based PharmAthene is putting its money on an unlikely horse.


Arson Suspected in Ohio Fire, Killing 10

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A suspected arson fire raced through an apartment complex in suburban Columbus on Sunday, killing 10 people who lived in the same apartment and forcing others to jump from third-story windows to escape.    At least 53 people were left homeless by the blaze in Prairie Township, which destroyed the building's roof and third floor, melted siding and left its wooden skeleton exposed...


Si trova in stato di custodia cautelare, scontri a Islamabad


Gordon Helps Indiana Salvage Trying Week

Eric Gordon scores 28 points and breaks Indiana's freshman scoring record Saturday night, leading the 13th-ranked Hoosiers to an 80-61 win over No. 10 Michigan State.


Deadliest attacks on Iraqi security forces since Saddam fell

BAGHDAD, Nov 7  - The execution of 21 Iraqi policemen after gunmen stormed police stations on Sunday is the latest in a string of bloody attacks on the country`s fledgling security forces.


Sudanese officials said Tuesday that they felt vindicated by a U.N. investigation that found that atrocities in Sudan's western Darfur region did not amount to genocide. But they disagreed with the United Nations' call to prosecute Sudanese government and military officials for crimes against humanity.


Jeter Enjoying Himself in Fun Time of Season

Derek Jeter used Wednesday's game as practice for his Mr. October routine. Jeter, who went 3 for 4, is getting an early start on his heroics.


David Blunkett's criticisms of his Cabinet colleagues stemmed from "an element of personal arrogance", says deputy PM John Prescott.


WTC agency won't move into Freedom Tower

The chairman of the agency that owned the World Trade Center on Monday defended his decision not to ask employees to move into the proposed Freedom Tower at ground zero because of the two attacks on the twin towers.


Viacom Formally Protests Super Bowl Fine

LOS ANGELES  The corporate parent of CBS has officially registered its displeasure with the $550,000 FCC fine for Janet Jackson's bare right breast at the Super Bowl.


Genetic link to Preeclampsia, a serious complication of pregnancy

When a particular combination of proteins is expressed by a mother and her developing fetus, the risk of developing preeclampsia increases, according to a study by Hiby and colleagues in the Oct 18 issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine.


Canada may sue UK over stricken submarine

The Canadian government has not ruled out suing the Ministry of Defence over the purchase of four second-hand submarines. Bill Graham, Canda's defence minister, spoke out after a fire crippled HMCS Chicoutimi and claimed the life of one its crew.


More Aftershocks as Japan Aids Quake Victims

Japan resumed rescue efforts at first light on Monday as aftershocks rattled the area where the country's deadliest earthquake in nine years killed at least 23


Company continues to reduce its stake in Lenovo, now holds 9.7 percent of shares.


Kellogg appoints Jenness CEO after Gutierrez resigns to join ...

DETROIT Kellogg has appointed James Jenness as chairman and chief executive, following the resignation of Carlos Gutierrez. The cereal maker's board of directors elected the 58-year-old Jenness during a special meeting.


Regulators Give Blessings to Google, Doubleclick Deal

Google's $3.1 billion acquisition represents no threat to competition in the online advertising arena, FTC regulators say.


Hoping Democracy Can Replace a Palestinian Icon

The post-Arafat era will be the latest test of a quintessentially American article of faith: that elections provide legitimacy even to the frailest institutions.


ROMA - Ha 45 milioni di anni. E, da allora, Ã¨ imprigionata all'interno di un'ambra. Arriva in Italia un fossile che racchiude un'ape in volo cosÃ¬ perfetta e inalterata da conservare del polline sulle zampe.


Cerberus gets Bernhard to advise on Chrysler bid

Buyout firm Cerberus Capital Management LP  has hired Chrysler's former chief operating officer to advise it on a possible bid for the U.S. carmaker, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.


Democrats pair war funding plan with US projects

WASHINGTON -- Democrats seeking votes for their Iraq-withdrawal plan have stuffed a war funding bill with billions of dollars for homeland security, healthcare, farms, New Orleans levees, home heating, and other causes.


Slovakia have condemned Wales to their heaviest home defeat for over 40 years with a 5-1 Euro 2008 qualifying win in Cardiff.


When Penn Manor High School technology teacher Shawn Canady asked for volunteers to create interactive-learning games for first- graders, three of his students stood up.  When the task was completed hundreds of hours later, only one student was left standing: senior Rob Drummond.


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Israel-Palestinian summit postponed amid discord

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday called off a summit with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, seeking commitments Israel will release frozen Palestinian funds and take other steps.


Thomson Corp.'s proposed $17 billion acquisition of Reuters Group PLC should receive regulatory clearance early in the second quarter of 2008, both companies said in a statement on Monday.


Friends hit out as McCanns renew Madeleine search

Kate and Gerry McCann, who are formal suspects over the disappearance of their daughter in Portugal, have launched a new publicity campaign in Europe to help the search for the girl.


A 40,000-tonne coal ship is finally refloated after more than three weeks stranded on an Australian beach.


Privacy concerns stemming from online shopping rose in 2007, a new study finds, as the loss or theft of credit card information and other personal data soared to unprecedented levels.


Atomic Activity in North Korea Raises U.S. Concerns

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell today confirmed that the U.S. was concerned after receiving intelligence reports indicating preparations for a nuclear test.


PepsiCo Inc, the world's No. 2 soft drink company, said on Thursday quarterly profit rose due to tax benefits and strong earnings at its key Frito-Lay snack and North American beverage units.


As security concerns change many of Westminster's ancient rituals, MPs have voted to take another step into the 21st Century -- this time with courtesy, not safety, to the fore.


The Eagles don't have much experience coming back after a bad loss under coach Andy Reid. Their only noteworthy losses seem to come in the NFC Championship Game.


Explosion in Hamas Man's Home in Gaza Kills 4

An explosion tore through the home of a senior Hamas leader in Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding him and about a dozen other Palestinians, medics said.


si e 26 no il parere sfavorevole alla nomina di Rocco Buttiglione come vicepresidente della Commissione europea con l'attribuzione del portafoglio Giustizia, LibertÃ  e Sicurezza. No anche alla porposta di un cambio di portafoglio.


Attorney General Nominee Hit for Prisoner Policy

U.S. attorney general nominee  Alberto Gonzales faced blistering criticism on Thursday for his  role in shaping administration policies blamed for contributing  to the torture of terror suspects, which Democrats said had put  Americans at greater risk.


Resta l'emergenza in Veneto, arriva la neve anche in Liguria


South African ruling party slams US for promoting AIDS drug in ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa The ruling party in South Africa is launching a blistering attack on US health officials, claiming Africans were treated like "guinea pigs" when they were sent an AIDS drug.


The countryâs banking regulator is planning to find out how UBS racked up $10 billion in write-downs related to the subprime lending problems in the United States. âWe have to look how the situation got so farâ into a loss, a spokesman for the Federal Banking Commission, Alain Bichsel, said. âItâs our job.â On Dec. 10, UBS announced the largest subprime write-downs by any European bank and said it would raise $16.8 billion to improve its financial strength. Mr. Bichsel said that the bankâs response to the losses was âvery goodâ and that UBS would not face an âinvestigation in the legal sense.â There is no evidence of any wrongdoing by UBS, Europeâs largest bank by assets, he added. A spokesman for UBS, Serge Steiner, declined to comment.


Pitcairn men get jail terms for underage sex

Four Pitcairn Island men have been sentenced by a British court to prison terms ranging from two to six years for raping underage girls on the remote South Pacific island, a British official says.


A ferocious battle to control South Africa's Gold Fields company looks certain after its management last night rejected an $8bn (Â£4.


An explosion caused by a short-circuit in the lobby of the Marriott hotel in the Pakistani capital Thursday injured at least six people, including two foreigners, authorities said.


The EU imposes a record 992m euro fine on four lift and escalator firms it found operated a price-fixing cartel.


New procedure to grow human eggs: report

Two British clinics are pioneering a procedure that will allow human eggs to be grown in the laboratory from ovarian tissue samples, a newspaper said Saturday.


Jack Klugman has tied the knot, at the ripe old age of 85.  The Odd Couple and Quincy star married his partner of 20 years, Peggy Crosby, at the Little Brown Church in Studio City, Calif., his manager Sid Craig confirmed to PEOPLE.  The church wher...


As a Cease-Fire Draws Near, Israel Seeks an Edge

Analysis: Having failed to deliver a knockout blow in Lebanon, Israeli forces pummel Hizballah in the hope of creating a perception of victory


Scott Peterson faces life in prison or death

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. Scott Peterson now faces life in prison or death by lethal injection. A California jury has convicted him of first-degree murder for killing his pregnant wife and dumping her body in the San Francisco Bay.


Swiss-based banking giant UBS AG has agreed to buy Charles Schwab Corp.'s capital markets unit for $265 million in cash, making UBS a leading


China's Bid to Tame Economy Begins a Real Estate Bust

SHENZHEN, China -- Sweating in the bright afternoon sun, the men and women stand on the sides of the roads like homeless people clutching wrinkled cardboard signs. Waving the boards, the real estate agents call out to cars zooming by.


At 10th anniversary, a far poorer Palestinian Authority

JERICHO, WEST BANK - When the doors of the Intercontinental Hotel opened here four summers ago, rooms were sold out and the managers had to turn people away.


By Altus, Celeste  ROUND ROCK, TX: Dell Computer said this week that it reached out directly to customers in last week's massive battery recall, the largest in the history of the consumer electronics industry, according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).


Climate change claims flawed, says study

A team of scientists has condemned claims of climate catastrophe as "fatally flawed" in a report released today. The study appears on the same day that 300 climate scientists warn that winter temperatures


The Philadelphia Phillies couldn't make it two extra-inning wins in a row. Yadier Molina singled home the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning, giving the St. Louis Cardinals a 2-1 victory Wednesday night that stopped Philadelphia's six-game winning streak and dropped the Phillies 2 1/2 games back of the NL East-leading New York Mets.


British team in Pakistan for Bhutto killing probe

A team of British police arrived in Pakistan on Friday to join an investigation into the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.


Up, down and away: NASA's 'Weightless Wonder' makes final flight

HOUSTON -- The NASA turbojet notoriously known as the "vomit comet" for its use in training astronauts for weightlessness made its final flight Friday.


India ; India-EU summit was ``very successful``: Manmohan

India News, New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh returned home early today after attending the India-EU summit at The Hauge. He was received by Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Prithviraj Chauhan at the Palam Technical Area.


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Country lags behind in saving 'children from deprivation'

The country representative of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Morten Giersing, sought cooperation Thursday from the rich of the society for the wellbeing of the children.


Bengals save their pride _ and season _ in one night

Now that they've won their first Monday night game in a dozen years, are the Cincinnati Bengals capable of something even more unexpected?


Pentagon Backs Bigger Military Death Benefits

The Pentagon unveiled a plan on  Tuesday to nearly double to about $500,000 the cash payments  for families of U.S. forces killed in combat, responding to  demands from the U.S. Congress to improve benefits for troops  in Iraq and Afghanistan.


A 16-year-old boy is stabbed to death during a fight between two gangs in south-east London.


DiCaprio film may hurt diamond demand: analysts

"Blood Diamond," the Warner Bros.  thriller that hits movie theaters on Friday, could spark public  concern about illicit "conflict diamonds" and hurt demand  during the key holiday shopping season, analysts said on  Monday.


Kodak's Annual Meeting Set For May 9 in Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) announced today that its 2007 Annual  Meeting of Shareholders will take place on Wednesday, May 9, 2007. The  meeting will begin at 10 a.m. Pacific time (1 p.m. Eastern time) at the  Morris J.


IBM agreement fuels nation's foreign growth

Lenovo Group's takeover of IBM's personal computer business is a giant step in a multibillion-dollar foreign expansion by China, which is buying auto, television and telecommunications companies abroad.


Usa a comunita' internazionale, inviare un messaggio forte


Telstra Chief Switkowski Quits, to Leave in 2005

Ziggy Switkowski quit as chief executive of Telstra Corp., Australia's largest phone company, ending a five-year tenure where he presided over a 42 percent slide in the share price and


David Beckham's commute from Los Angeles to London could have career-threatening effects on his health, according to experts.


A $280bn government lawsuit against the largest cigarette manufacturers in the United States begins on Tuesday with both sides confident of victory.


Burmese Leader Promises Progress on Reforms

Burma's prime minister has said the country will proceed with democratic reforms, but gave no indication of when opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be freed from house arrest.


A few miscalculations can wreck a lifetime of saving and investing.


Sony Corp. and Bertelsmann AG have refiled a request for EU regulators to clear a 2004 deal merging their music units, the European Commission said Thursday.


President Bush on Monday tried to soothe Muslims' outrage over Pope Benedict XVI's remarks about Islam.


Paula Radcliffe is set to run in the 10,000 metres at the 2005 World Championships.


Turkey won't yield to EU pressure on Cyprus trade issue

Setting deadlines for the opening of Turkish ports and airports to traffic from Cyprus will not help solve the issue, Turkish officials said on Tuesday.Comment


Athletics: For Greeks, hurdles offer redemption after heroes' fall

ATHENS In her semifinal, Fani Halkia had run the fastest women's 400-meter hurdles in Olympic history. After the final on Wednesday night she ran what might have been the slowest victory lap.


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Damion James scored 12 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in the second half, and No. 11 Texas held off No. 3 Kansas 72-69 in yet another thrilling matchup in a rivalry that has quickly escalated into one of the best in the Big 12.


A man whose family forged statues and paintings and then passed them off as priceless pieces of art to museums including the Art Institute of Chicago received a two-year suspended sentence Monday.


MORE than 100 people were hospitalised with smoke inhalation after a major fire today during the premiere of a horror film at a movie complex in an Istanbul shopping mall.


Sudan reverses its decision to expel Oxfam and Save the Children's local heads, accused of political meddling.


Restaurateur's shares shoot up on news of increased profitability.


UN: Chaos in Darfur; Law and Order Collapsing

Despite peace deals, Sudan's Darfur region is lapsing into chaos, with rebels attacking police and the government ignoring brutal tribesmen they once armed, according to a U.N. report on Monday.


Ten Israeli Casualties in Gaza -Military Sources

A Palestinian bomb attack caused 10 casualties at an Israeli army post along the Gaza Strip-Egypt border on Sunday, military sources said.


Colombian right-wing paramilitary commander Salvatore Mancuso testifies before a special tribunal.


Roma, 14:33 - CALCIO, JUVE; COBOLLI GIGLI: NIENTE SVOLTA CON PETRUCCI

Giovanni Cobolli Gigli, presidente della Juventus, conferma che potrebbe incontrare Petrucci e Rossi...


Smokers and businesses in Italy threaten to defy a ban on smoking in public places  coming into effect on Monday.


In the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, Ferrari drivers finished first and second for the eighth time this season. Yet neither Rubens Barrichello nor Michael Schumacher


Graphic Designer Fired After Heckling Bush

A man who heckled President Bush at a political rally was fired from his job at an advertising and design company for offending a client who provided tickets to the event.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - American and Iraqi troops clashed with insurgents north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing two militants and injuring three Iraqi National Guards, the US military said.


The Chinese government has created a "climate of fear" in Hong Kong designed to skew the result of this Sunday's election, a human rights group says.


Shortstop Omar Vizquel to Play for Giants

Free agent shortstop Omar Vizquel has agreed to terms with the San Francisco Giants, the team announced Sunday.


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Lesson of Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund: slow, steady path to profit

What's a simple old-fashioned bond investor to do? Yields remain stubbornly skimpy everywhere you look in the market for interest-bearing securities. The going rate on 10-year Treasury notes, at a bit more than 4.5 percent, languishes far below its average of 6.3 percent over the past 20 years.


European stocks mainly fall, London hit by hedge fund rumour

European stock markets mostly fell on Tuesday, with London financial shares hit by vague market rumours that a large hedge fund had run into trouble, dealers said.


Liverpool Advances in European Champions

Liverpool, Internazionale of Milan, AS Monaco and Deportivo de La Coruna advanced Tuesday night to the first round of the European Champions League.


Palestinian militants infiltrate Gaza Strip outpost, kill three ...

Palestinian gunmen infiltrated a fog-shrouded Israeli army post at dawn Thursday and killed three Israeli soldiers in a fierce gunbattle before two of the attackers were shot dead, the army said.


A confessed serial killer set to become the first inmate executed in New England in 40 years urged a federal judge Friday to dismiss efforts by the inmate's father and a civil liberties group to spare his life.


The Russian president continues his visit to China, amid frustration over failure to agree a new oil pipeline.


Kiev - 1 dicembre 2004 -- Da stamane e' riunito il Parlamento ucraino che deve esaminare una mozione di sfiducia contro il governo di Viktor Yanukovich, che apra la strada alle nuove elezioni presidenziali.


Still no stack Seven months after purchasing Sleepycat Software, Oracle has updated the newest member of its embedded database family.â¦


WASHINGTON President Bush yesterday signed an executive order lifting sanctions against Libya, rewarding the country for agreeing to dismantle its weapons programs.


Viacom slaps Google with $1B YouTube lawsuit

(InfoWorld) - ViacomÂ has sued Google, alleging copyright infringement from video-sharing site YouTube and seeking $1 billion in damages. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, follows a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) requestÂ Viacom sent to Google last monthÂ related to the unauthorized posting of Viacom videos to YouTube. At the time,Â Viacom demanded that GoogleÂ remove more than 100,000 of its clipsÂ from YouTube, which Google acquired last year for $1.65 billion. Google said it would comply with the request. In escalating its battle with YouTube with this lawsuit, Viacom reiterates that YouTube has allowed and benefitted from "massive intentional" copyright violations of Viacom videos. In addition to $1 billion inÂ damages, Viacom is asking the court for an injunction barring Google and YouTube from continuing the alleged infringement, Viacom said Tuesday in a statement. Google stands ready to fight the allegations and is confident that "YouTube has respected the legal rights of copyright holders," a Google spokesman said via e-mail. "We will certainly not let this suit become a distraction to the continuing growth and strong performance of YouTube and its ability to attract more users, more traffic, and build a stronger community," he wrote. Almost 160,000 Viacom video clips have been uploaded to YouTube without permission and have been viewed over 1.5 billion times, Viacom alleges. "YouTube is a significant, for-profit organization that has built a lucrative business out of exploiting the devotion of fans to others' creative works in order to enrich itself and its corporate parent Google," Viacom charged in the statement. Google and YouTube illegally profit from the traffic that the unauthorized videos draw to their sites by selling advertising, according to Viacom, which added that YouTube has been lax in its attempts to stop its users from uploading copyrighted videos without permission. Viacom decided to sue Google after negotiations and other measures failed to halt the alleged copyright infringement in YouTube, Viacom said. Viacom is a media conglomerate whose properties include MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Comedy Central, and Paramount Pictures. The case is unlikely to result in a total shutdown of YouTube because legitimate uses of the site exist beyond the potentially illegal activities Viacom is objecting to, said Sheldon Klein, an attorney specializing in intellectual-property matters and a partner at Arent Fox LLP in Washington, D.C. However, Google may find itself liable to the infringement claims if Viacom proves that Google and YouTube didn't do all that was possible to prevent users from uploading copyrighted videos without permission, especially after being served with the DMCA notice last month, Klein said. Specifically, if YouTube and Google haven't implemented available technology that would allow them to do a better job of filtering out infringing videos, Viacom could have a legitimate argument in saying they're not trying hard enough, he said. A check of YouTube at noon Eastern time showed multiple instances of Viacom-owned videos, including clips from Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and from Nickelodeon's "SpongeBob SquarePants." One of the "SpongeBob" clips found, for example, has been on YouTube since Feb. 5 of this year, while one of "The Daily Show" clips was uploaded in October of last year. Google executives have said the company is developing technology to address the issue of infringing downloads on YouTube and have promised to deliver it in the near future. Google didn't immediately provide an explanation of what, if any, filtering and detection technology exists in YouTube today. In the meantime, competitorsÂ such asÂ News Corp.'s MySpace, which also lets users upload videos to its site, have licensed third-party systems for detecting infringing videos. There are a number of companies that make this type of software, including Audible Magic, the one chosen by MySpace.


Google enlists Ingram Micro to advance enterprise push

Ingram Micro will sell the Google Search Appliance and Google Mini to the education and government sectors, as well as to small and midsize businesses.


There is room for American workers'  wages to grow and reason to expect it, Federal Reserve Chairman  Ben Bernanke Thursday told congressional critics who said pay  wasn't keeping pace with profits.


If a new method works, scientists could derive embryonic stem cells -- without destroying embryos -- from more than 3,000 cells discarded annually at fertility clinics. In Bodyhack.


Tropical Storm Kiko strengthened off Mexico's Pacific coastline and forecasters warned that the storm's outer bands could kick up strong waves, winds and rains on land.


Post 9/11, Islam flourishes among blacks

Islam is growing fast among African Americans, who are undeterred by increased scrutiny of Muslims in the United States since the September 11 attacks, according to imams and experts.


Bolivian President Evo Morales says a failure to combat global warming has caused floods which killed 40.


Florida Candidate Calls for Bipartisanship

The nation's leaders need to put aside partisan labels to help Florida recover from the devastation of three major hurricanes during the past month, Democratic Senate candidate Betty Castor said Saturday.


Blog Reaction: Microsoftâs Bid for Yahoo

It was a matter of minutes before news of Microsoftâs bid  jumped from front pages to the vibrant world of technology blogs.  Hereâs some of the more interesting thoughts so far.


ADV: $175,000 Mortgage for Under $730/Month

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Catania, 19:47 - Calcio, Catania: Cardinale parte dalla panchina

Il Catania cerca conferme domani a Modena, alla ripresa del campionato. Recuperati Paschetta e Vugri...


Roma, 13:32 - CALCIO, MATARRESE: TOTTI? NON NE VOGLIO PIU' PARLARE

Antonio Matarrese non vuole parlare della vicenda Totti dopo le <a href="http://www.kataweb.it/sport...


PHOENIX, Ariz. (Sports Network) - The Arizona Diamondbacks  have signed shortstop Craig Counsell, who has played for two  World Series championship teams.


NEW YORK -- The Big East Conference and ESPN agreed Tuesday to a pair of six-year deals to extend coverage of football and men's and women's basketball through 2013.


London's avant-garde Shunt theater company is forging an uneasy alliance with the National Theater.


Police arrest pair under anti-terror laws

Two men were arrested in Bristol under anti-terror laws after the discovery of a suspicious substance in a flat, police said Friday.


Procreazione assistita, i magistrati sardi di fatto hanno creato un precedenteMolte le dichiarazioni delle diverse forze politiche per riaprire il dibattito parlamentare                                          Legge 40, "SÃ¬ alla diagnosi preimpianto" Tribunale Cagliari dÃ  ragione a una donna                                                                                Aveva chiesto l'esame perchÃ¨ talassemica. "Ora bisogna rivedere le norme"


We want players to fess up if they've taken steroids. We want the truth, for a change.


Alitalia, il vero problema e' il numero di sindacati


Marion Barry, the former Washington mayor infamous for being caught smoking crack on an FBI videotape, staged another political comeback Tuesday, ousting an incumbent city councilwoman.


Amazon offers discount to A9 search users

SAN FRANCISCO--Online retailer Amazon.com is offering a 1.57 percent shopping discount to registered users of its new A9 Web search service as a way to increase A9 use and promote sales on Amazon, the company's Web site showed on Friday.


Iran says will not halt uranium enrichment

Iran will not agree to suspend uranium enrichment as demanded by the U.N. Security Council, which has given Tehran until February 21 to halt sensitive atomic work, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.


Roma, 21:06 - CALCIO, MAZZOLENI: MATTEI MI RACCOMANDO' LA LAZIO

Calciopoli a 'Striscia la Notizia'. A parlare, in un'intervista che andrà in onda giovedÃ¬, &e...


Attorney With Riverhead Law Firm Serves at Co-Election Law Attorney for Suffolk County

By Henry E. Powderly II  On Election Day, Lisa A. Azzato was looking out for her votes, and everyone else's.   The attorney with the Riverhead law firm of Twomey, Latham, Shea, Kelly, Dubin & Quartararo served as co-election law attorney for Suffolk County.


Putin arms threat may steal headlines at G8 summit

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - Group of Eight leaders seeking to focus on climate change and Africa at their summit this week may find it hard not to be distracted by the Russian bear glowering in the room.


Many Make Mistakes with Asthma Medication

MONDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDayNews) -- Many children with asthma and their parents may be incorrectly assessing asthma inhaler medication levels, says a study in the October issue of Chest.


Nokia enhances free-to-download satnav app

Software 'streamlined' Nokia has updated its free satnav application, Nokia Maps, rolling in a range of tweaks designed, the Finnish phone giant claimed, to "streamline" the user experience. It's also integrating the software into its Ovi online portal.â¦


Paulson wastes no time pushing China on yuan

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged China on Thursday to make its currency more flexible as a prelude to a freely floating exchange rate in the medium term.


Destruction, Rain Hamper Asia Tsunami Aid Effort

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. Navy helicopters,  unable to land in flooded, tsunami-ravaged Indonesian villages,  dropped aid on Sunday to desperate crowds clamoring for the  life-saving parcels.


Jetsâ Answers Are Familiar Refrain After Latest Loss

The familiar refrain â turnovers, interceptions and mistakes in crucial situations â was the diary of the Jets downfall on Sunday.


FOR many people, more so those who believe that unfettered-capitalism is the way forward for the world, the latest listing of billionaires (millionaires excluded, and we speak here in US dollars


The dollar traded near its highest level  in two months against the euro on Thursday as investors bet  interest rate rises in the United States would bolster the U.S.  currency's yield appeal in the future.


A stronger-than-forecast 132,000 jobs were created in November, according to a government report on Friday that implied the U.S. economy had more underlying resilience than previously thought.


Image gallery: Ultraportables through the years

From the "luggable" Apple IIc and Commodore SX-64 to today's Asus Eee PC, portable computers have gotten ever smaller and sleeker. Here are some favorites from days past.


Carolina, Long Way From 1-7, Has Playoffs on Its Mind

The Panthers took advantage of the Rams' ailing offense, intercepting the backup quarterback Chris Chandler six times and moving a step closer to a postseason berth.


Palestinian Administration Condemns Attacks in Tel Aviv

The Palestinian administration condemned the bombing that killed at least four people in Tel Aviv earlier today. The Palestinian People Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the attack.


Typhoon bears down on Japanese Grand Prix

SUZUKA (Japan) - Michael Schumacher led the wet Friday practice for the Japanese Grand Prix with teams casting a wary eye to the skies with a typhoon approaching.


Golf Course Dropped From Plans: Company Decides to Scale Back Project to Residential Development

By Jerry F. Rutledge, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Feb. 22--Developers have decided to scale back a major development on Phenix City's southside and eliminate its most prominent feature -- a public golf course.


ThinWire is an LGPL open source framework that allows you to build responsive, expressive and interactive Web applications without the complexities found with other methods. By Joshua Gertzen, Ted C. Howard. 0813


Ministers say services for dying children in England will be transformed by the first-ever palliative care strategy.


Tom Fitzgerald wasn't waiting for the hockey jobs hot line to ring. Quite the contrary. He enjoyed his work as a NESN commentator during Bruins broadcasts. Ditto for his role as assistant coach at UMass-Lowell.


Drunken Bees Create Buzz on Drunken Humans

Oct. 25, 2004 -- Drunken worker bees may not produce much honey, but their behavior under the influence may help researchers understand the effects of alcohol in humans, according to new research.


ABINGTON - The playing conditions may have been wet, but Abington was determined to control its destiny in its quest for the South Shore League title against Norwell last night.


Farmington - Fiji's Vijay Singh followed up an opening-round 64 with a four-under-par 68 on Friday to retain the lead at 12-under-par at the $4,2-million (about R27-million) PGA event.


WHO urges speedy development of bird flu vaccine

The World Health Organisation says international drug companies and governments must speed up production of bird flu vaccines or risk a pandemic which could kill thousands of people.


Rosecrest Village Opens in the Heart of Herriman's Prestigious Rosecrest Development, Offering 390 Unique, Reasonably Priced Townhomes and Single-Family Homes

The Sorenson Group of Real Estate Companies today announced the opening  of Rosecrest Village, 390 townhomes and clustered single-family  dwellings located in the heart of the prestigious Rosecrest development  on Salt Lake Valley's southwest bench.


Oil prices scrambled back over $50 a  barrel Tuesday, kept on edge by a prolonged production outage  in the Gulf of Mexico at a time when major exporters are  already pumping nearly full tilt.


Cape Town - It is not only obese men in developed countries who fall prey to heart disease due to stress. Nowadays, even women and children run the risk of dying from heart failure or a stroke.


Businessman Gets 7 Years for Bribing Legislator

Louisville businessman Vernon L. Jackson was sentenced yesterday to seven years and three months in federal prison for bribing Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) with more than $400,000 and company stock to promote his Kentucky firm's high-tech business ventures.


Atlanta Thrashers forward Dany Heatley agreed to contract terms Wednesday with Bern in Switzerland to play with the club during the NHL lockout.


U.S., Iraqi forces clash with insurgents

U.S. and Iraqi forces fought militiamen early Sunday in Diwaniyah, a southern city under the growing influence of the Mahdi Army loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.


Postseasons Are Empty for Small-Market Fans

This is a difficult time of year in most baseball-loving American cities. But it feels especially gloomy in places like Kansas City, Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.


Iraqi Leaders Reach Accord On Prisoners, Ex-Baathists

BAGHDAD, Aug. 26 -- Iraq's top five political leaders announced an agreement Sunday night to release thousands of prisoners being held without charge and to reform the law that has kept thousands of members of Saddam Hussein's political party out of government jobs.


Doctors clear Majerus to return to college coaching

Rick Majerus' new basketball coaching job comes with a doctor's permission slip. Given the OK to return to the high-stress, late-night, eat-on-the-run profession he loves, Majerus took


F.B.I. Seizes Air Ambulance Companyâs Files

Investigators have seized records from Air Evac Lifeteam as part of an investigation into possible health care fraud.


Belkin builds download 'speedometer' into next-gen Wi-Fi box

Accessory specialist Belkin will this month connect consumers with the latest incarnation of its shiny black N1 802.11n Wi-Fi router - a slimline system with a built-in download speedometer.â¦


Calcio, Lippi: ''Voglio una nazionale con spirito olimpico''

''Vorrei una nazionale con lo spirito olimpico''. E' questo l'auspicio di Marcello Lippi, commissario tecnico della nazionale, nel primo giorno di preparazione alle due gare di qualificazione mondiale contro Norvegia e Moldova.


U.N. suspends Moroccan contingent in Ivory Coast

The United Nations said on Saturday it had suspended a Moroccan military contingent from its peacekeeping mission in Ivory Coast while it investigated allegations of widespread sexual abuse.


Water Questions Haunt Planned Development

TO THE EDITOR:           Thank you for your coverage of the residents' discontent over the development of a 159-home community on the Hawk Valley Golf Course property owned by Jim Fricke.           Of particular concern to us is the future adequacy of the water supply.


Lawyers are to sum up in a long-running trial of two Canadian Sikhs accused of bombing an Air India jet in 1985.


The crew of a Union Pacific freight train probably was asleep when it collided with another train in Texas two years ago, releasing a plume of chlorine gas that killed three people, the National Transportation Safety Board reported Thursday.


West Ham boss Alan Pardew will consider whether to hand Argentina internationals Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano their first starts in Thursday's UEFA Cup first round match with Palermo.


Proud France Inaugurates World's Highest Bridge

President Jacques Chirac inaugurated the world's highest bridge Tuesday, a creation taller than the Eiffel Tower, longer then the Champs Elysees and designed to end a traffic bottleneck in southern France.


Torino, 17:05 - CALCIO, JUVENTUS: HAI LA MAGLIA BIANCONERA? ENTRI GRATIS

Continua l'operazione-tifosi della Juve: per l'incontro casalingo con il Modena di sabato, il club r...


Symantec, McAfee hope raising virus-definition fees will move users to suites.


John McCain locked up the Republican presidential nomination after a yearlong slog. Now the hard work begins.


Yahoo Seeks Dismissal of Human Rights Lawsuit

Did Yahoo break U.S. law by supplying confidential information about dissidents that led to their imprisonment and torture by the Chinese government? On Monday, the Internet giant asked a federal judge in Oakland, California to dismiss a lawsuit that claims it did.


BAA confirms plans to cut jobs at its UK airports but says security and customer service jobs will not be affected.


Research into stinky feet, a study on the sound of fingernails on a blackboard and a device that repels teen-agers with an annoying high-pitched hum on Thursday won IgNobel prizes -- the humorous counterpart to this week's Nobel prizes.


Bali breakthrough launches climate talks

NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - Nearly 200 nations agreed at U.N.-led talks in Bali on Saturday to launch negotiations on a new pact to fight global warming after a reversal by the United States allowed a breakthrough.


Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is paying a visit to the Indian-administered Kashmir region, left here for Jammu Thursday morning for a one-day visit.


"Hateful" anti-gay law must go: Indian govt agency

A British colonial era law in India   that criminalizes homosexuality is "not acceptable" and   scrapping it is "fundamental" to the fight against AIDS, the   country's top official leading efforts to end the disease said.


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Negotiators patch together a tentative agreement to give the communist country "energy aid" in exchange for abandoning nuclear weapons development. By the Associated Press.


Clinical trials of an experimental vaccine developed to protect women against a virus that causes cervical cancer have yielded promising results, according to reports.


California teenager Sam Querrey defeated Belgium's Christophe Rochus 6-2, 6-4 in the first round of the Pacific Life Open on Saturday.


Confused older patients die sooner: study

Understanding doctors' orders can be a matter of life or death for senior citizens: those who had trouble comprehending their physicians died sooner than their more savvy peers, U.S. researchers said on Monday.


The governors of Illinois and Wisconsin on Monday launched the first state-sponsored program to help residents buy cheaper prescription drugs from both Europe and Canada — despite federal laws banning prescription drug importation.


Kemira buys Canadian paper chemicals company

Finnish chemicals group Kemira on Friday announced the acquisition of Canadian paper chemicals company E.QU.I.P International, increasing Kemira's turnover by 13 million Canadian dollars, or 8 million euros.


Poland's parliament voted to dissolve itself Friday, forcing an election that the government had sought to end persistent political turbulence. President Lech Kaczynski set the vote for Oct. 21, two years ahead of schedule.


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American Teen Allyson Felix Grabs 200 Meter Silver

Jamaican speedster Veronica Campbell  earned the Caribbean nation their first Olympic gold medal of  the 2004 Games when she won the 200 meters Wednesday in a  searing 22.05 seconds.


Damon Albarn dives into Monkey: Journey to the West, composing music and even creating a crazy custom instrument called the "klaxophone."


With Olie Kolzig injured, Brent Johnson has a chance to prove himself by leading the struggling Capitals back into the playoff picture.


Truck bomber kills 23 Iraqi army recruits

A suicide truck bomber killed 23 new Iraqi army recruits when he rammed into their vehicle south of Baghdad on Sunday, police said, a day after a huge truck bomb killed 150 people in the north of the country.


Jeffrey W. Greenberg resigned Monday as chairman and chief executive of Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. insurance brokerage, the company said, in a move that appeared aimed at positioning


Home Depot Profit Rises on Services, Pros

Home improvement retailing leader Home  Depot Inc. HD.N on Tuesday reported a 15 percent rise in  third-quarter profit, topping estimates, aided by sales in its  installed and professional businesses.


Milano, 12:27 - CALCIO, MILAN; RONALDO: SONO QUI PER SFIDA

Affollatissima prima conferenza stampa al Milan per Ronaldo. Le sue prime parole da rossonero sono s...


Teaching Life Lessons on the Basketball Court

Samuel L. Jackson plays the real-life coach of a high school basketball team in this solid, unsurprising sports drama.


Sudan says AU peacekeepers must leave Darfur by 30 September, as its steps up its offensive against rebels.


Vaccines without refrigeration possible, says Cambridge ...

21/10/2004 - A new technology that could revolutionise vaccine delivery by eliminating the need for refrigeration has been given UK government funding in a project to deliver immunisations to the developing world.


Sport: Russian steel magnate Alisher Usmanov purchases 14.58% stake in the club for Â£75m.


Don't agitate after Pakistan poll, warns Musharraf

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf  issued a warning to opposition parties to accept the result of  Monday's election and not resort to agitation if it goes  against them, while guaranteeing it will be free and fair.


Television: Iâve Been in That Club, Just Not in Real Life

A Web site created by MTV promises users a virtual visit to the clubs of the Lower East Side. Is it a chance to party or some kind of sell-out?


Airbus to cut 5,000 jobs, contractors 5,000: sources

PARIS/MUNICH  - Airbus plans to cut 5,000 jobs and axe another 5,000 filled by contractors, bringing total job cuts in its plants to 10,000 while limiting the impact on its own workforce, industry sources said on Tuesday.


Nomo aiming for MLB return after signing Royals deal

Japanese pitcher Hideo Nomo is bidding to  return to Major League Baseball after a three-year absence by  signing a minor-league deal with the Kansas City Royals.


I rossoneri non approfittano del ko della Juventus, Montella ...

Milan e Roma pareggiano 1-1 al termine di una gara ricca di emozioni. I rossoneri passano in vantaggio al 6â con Shevchenko e dominano per tutto il primo tempo sprecando troppe occasioni; nella ripresa la


Coe outlines London bid for 2012 Olympics

London revealed its detailed plans for hosting the 2012 Olympic Games today with bid chief Sebastian Coe promising they would be a "games for the next generation".


Are You Breaking Up? A Cellphone Original Comedy Is Calling

The cartoon ÂLilÂ Bush,Â which pokes fun at the Bush administration and subjects like creationism and the Iraq war, made its debut on AmpÂd cellphones on Sept. 1.


SPAIN:  Rock Stars Collect 600,000 Signatures for Fair Trade with Africa

MADRID, Sep 25  (IPS) - Several popular Spanish rock groups helped collect  600,000 signatures and delivered them to the government Tuesday  in support of an international campaign calling for the Spanish  government to modify its trade policy towards Africa and  eliminate restrictions on imports from that region.


'Wenger sparked tunnel bust-up with "cheat" jibe'

The fracas involving Arsenal and ManYoo players in the Old Trafford tunnel after Sundayâs match was sparked by Arsene Wenger labelling Ruud van Nistelrooy "a cheat", according to reports.


A gas explosion at a coal mine in the northern Chinese province of Shanxi killed 28 miners and five rescuers, the government said on Friday, in the latest in a grim series of similar disasters.


Wal-Mart Says October US Sales Rise Within 2% to 4% Forecast

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said US sales at stores open at least a year are rising within its forecast after four months of disappointing results.


'Maria Grazia Lagana' ha chiarito i fatti a sua conoscenza'


Yesterday, the company increased its Asian-Pacific market share with the purchase of Tech Pacific.


SpaceShipOne completes first flight in $10M prize pursuit

SpaceShipOne, the Paul Allen-backed venture that's attempting to take paying passengers into suborbital space for the first time, has completed the first leg of its effort to win a $10 million prize.


Investigators still unclear about plane crashâs cause

As federal investigators continued to collect data about the crash of a commuter plane that killed 13 people, they emphasized yesterday they had yet to find a place to focus their inquiry.


Inquiry fails to find reason for failure of Beagle 2 Mars mission

Any one of a number of technical malfunctions might have caused the loss of Beagle 2, the ill-fated British space probe that vanished while attempting to land on Mars, an investigation found.


Bush salta visita a Trastevere per motivi di sicurezza                                                                                di MARIO CALABRESI


IBM (Quote, Chart) is donating software for speech-enabled applications to the open source community, a move supported by more than 20 speech vendors and platform companies, including communications systems player Avaya (Quote, Chart).


US jets strike insurgent meetings in Fallujah

US troops took dead aim at an al Qaeda members in Iraq, launching attacks on the city of Fallujah -- while the capital coped with two more car bomb attacks.


Major bond insurer MBIA posts its biggest ever loss for a three month period last quarter.


Beyond solar system, planets that look familiar

The universe looked a little more familiar and friendlier on Tuesday. The roll call of planets beyond the solar system swelled significantly with the announcement of a trio of newly discovered worlds much


Zimbabwe's Mugagbe wants two-year rule extension

Veteran Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, who is due to step down in 2008 after a 28-year rule, has endorsed the idea of his presidency being extended by another two years.


A major power outage stranded thousands of rush-hour commuters Thursday between New York and Washington, stopping trains inside sweltering tunnels and forcing many passengers to get out and walk.


Suspense grows over XM-Sirius antitrust review

U.S. government antitrust lawyers  have spent nearly 10 months so far investigating Sirius  Satellite Radio Inc's  plan to acquire rival XM  Satellite Radio Holdings Inc , despite company hopes  that the deal would be approved by the end of 2007.


PALESTINIAN leader Yasser Arafat today issued an urgent call for the immediate release of two French journalists taken hostage in Iraq.


MuleSource readies open source SOA governance

Branching out in the SOA space, MuleSource will introduce Tuesday its Mule Galaxy software, an open source SOA governance platform with an integrated registry and repository.The company also will refresh its Mule open source ESB (enterprise service bus) and offer Mule Saturn, a lightweight BAM (business activity monitoring) tool that works with the ESB.Mule Galaxy 1.0 stores and manages SOA artifacts and provides governance and lifecycle management. MuleSource is positioning Galaxy, Mule, and Saturn as products that make SOA infrastructure software more accessible to enterprises. The Community edition of Galaxy is available now, and a fully tested enterprise edition is due in the second quarter of this year."Basically, [Galaxy] makes services? available through kind of a subscription, like an RSS feed, and it allows you to define [service levels]," Dave Rosenberg, MuleSource CEO, said.Working with Mule software or as a stand-alone component in an SOA infrastructure, Galaxy features a RESTful Atom Pub interface to simplify integration with frameworks such as Apache CXF and Windows Communication Foundation, MuleSource said. Support for artifact types is provided for Mule configuration, WSDL (Web Service Definition Language), policies, and custom artifacts. Enterprises can set their own policies.Governance, MuleSource said, will become increasingly important as the number of in-use services grows. Galaxy increases reuse and lowers application development costs, improves collaboration, and enables centralized control of policies and management, the company said.A Mule ESB user, while not planning to adopt Galaxy, nonetheless applauded its release."I think that's a great idea because the fact that it's open source allows a lot more transparency into what the code is doing and how it is doing it," said the user, Eugene Ciurana, director of systems infrastructure at LeapFrog Enterprises, makers of LeapFrog educational toys. LeapFrog has no plans to use Galaxy because its transactional systems do not leverage its Mule software.In the ESB space, MuleSouce is offering Mule 1.5 Enterprise Edition, a subscription-only enterprise packaging of the company's ESB integration platform. "This is the first time that we're splitting the community and enterprise versions," Rosenberg said.Mule's ESB moves and manages data between disparate systems. It supports multiple transport protocols, including Java Message Service, MQ Series, FTP, and HTTP. The ESB, MuleSource said, can process as many as 30 million messages per minute."We have higher performance at this point, we believe, than anybody," Rosenberg said. The enterprise-level product features remote diagnostics, patch management, and provisioning via the MuleHQ tool as well as support for BPEL and streaming of very large files. Remote diagnostics capabilities allow MuleSource support personnel to assess a system.Nested routers in the ESB decouple service implementations from service interfaces. Multiple models are supported to manage runtime behavior, including SEDA (staged event-driven architecture), pipeline, and streaming.LeapFrog has based its integrations on Mule."It?s the backbone for all the integration for all the Web platforms that LeapFrog has," said Ciurana. "LeapFrog is planning to do over 10 different Web sites and Web applications, and the Mule ESB ties all of them together across different environments and different countries, and it also ties [to] our third-party service providers," Ciurana said.Saturn, meanwhile, can track transactions that go through Mule. It works with Version 1.5 of the enterprise ESB. Saturn is a BAM tool for business processes and workflow. It complements SOA infrastructure by providing detailed logging and reporting on transactions.To provide visibility into transaction flows, developers and operations staff can drill down on transaction details and set message-level breakpoints for deep log analytics, according to MuleSource.Other features of Saturn include process visualization, root-cause analysis, and reporting on service-level agreements.Other companies, such as Iona, also have offered open source ESB technology. The open source ESB market, Rosenberg said, has made ESB more accessible by lowering the barrier to entry.LeapFrog has found that, even though it must pay for support for open source software, it still saves money on it compared to commercial software. The company last year spent almost $400,000 in open source subscriptions, but this figure would have risen to $1.6 million if commercial licenses were required, he said.Support for open source software also is superior to support on commercial software, Ciurana said. "That's the only way these guys can make money. They tend to be more customer oriented," he said.Mule 1.5 Enterprise and the beta version of Saturn are available Tuesday. Mule 1.5 prices start at $7,000 per year. Galaxy 1.0 Community, the untested version, will be offered Tuesday at no cost. The supported Galaxy 1.0 Enterprise product expected in the second quarter will feature subscription support, but no price has been set yet.


IAEA: No major damage to quake-hit plant

There was no significant damage to a nuclear plant in northern Japan shuttered since last summer after it was hit by a strong earthquake, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Friday.


Arabs call UNSC emergency session on West Asia crisis

The Arabs called an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to consider the situation arising out of major offensive launched by Israel in the Gaza strip.


New mollusk species found in Philippines

A French-led marine expedition team believes it has discovered thousands of new species of mollusks and crustaceans around a Philippine island, officials and scientists said Monday.


Verizon Communications Inc.'s third-quarter profit held steady at about $1.80 billion as declining revenues from traditional phone services at the nation's biggest telephone company were offset by another blockbuster quarter for Verizon Wireless, which added a record 1.7 million subscribers.


Courtney Paris had 24 points and 17 rebounds and Leah Rush scored 15 points Tuesday night as No. 3 Oklahoma beat No. 21 UCLA 77-68.


Japanese mobile phone company DoCoMo is in talks to buy 3G handsets from Motorola, the world's second largest handset maker.


Tv: Hunziker-Greggio nuova coppia di 'Striscia'

Saranno Michelle Hunziker e Ezio Greggio la nuova coppia di 'Striscia la notizia', in onda su Canale 5 dal prossimo 27 settembre. ''Sono entusiasta -racconta Michelle Hunziker a 'Tv Sorrisi e Canzoni' -Non vedo l'ora di cominciare.


Thailand's military rulers said Thursday they had chosen a prime minister for an interim government to be installed in a few days, but would not confirm that it was the front-running candidate, a former army commander.


Welcome, Gen. David Petraeus, to this special meeting of the Senate travel club.


Mark Philippoussis has suffered his 13th first round loss of the year at the Japan Open in Tokyo. Inside the top 10 in the world rankings at the start of the year after an impressive 2003 season that included


A team led by local developer Stephen R. Karp is expected to sign an agreement today to purchase Fan Pier, elbowing out Lennar Corp. , a Miami-based national home builder that last week missed making a down payment for the property.


LA JOLLA, California  - Lindsay Davenport swept aside Germany's Julia Goerges 6-1 6-2 in the first of Monday's reverse singles matches to put the United States 2-1 up in their Fed Cup world group first round tie.


Magistrati abbandonano l'aula a intervento Alfonso Papa


Weekend Protest to Support Jailed Saudi Blogger

Activists are calling for a vigil to draw attention to Saudi Arabian blogger Fouad Al-Farhan, imprisoned since December.


Bush Vows to Consider Iraq Group Proposals

President Bush said today his administration will "seriously consider every recommendation" the Iraq Study Group made in its report this week.


Dame Tanni Grey Thompson, Britain's greatest Paralympian, is expected to announce her retirement on Wednesday.


On the plains of the Somme, two children, one English and one French, will perform a simple ceremony on Monday to honour the dead of the Great War.


A Queens Garden Gives New Meaning to 'Green'

Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens has broken ground for a $12 million renovation featuring geothermal energy and recycled rainwater.


Suppose that the pessimistic forecasts of global warming are accurate. Suppose that the planet's temperature rises according to the high-end scenario of the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and that we experience the economic and social impacts (like hunger, malaria and coastal flooding) projected by the much-publicized Stern Review sponsored by the British government. [...].


Il presidente della Roma scarica l'attaccante barese: "Sinceramente non so se lo terrÃ² ancora: costa un sacco di soldi e non ha reso come dovrebbe. Non Ã¨ comunque un problema finanziario, ma caratteriale".


La consorte del presidente ieri sera e' stata investita


Directed-energy weapons keep on truckin'

The defense sector is busy with work on solid-state lasers that could shoot artillery shells out of the sky.


And probably for good reason, when it comes to housing.


The mayor says San Francisco plans to rapidly expand its free wireless Internet access program and will soon make free computers available at housing projects and community centers.


A. O. Scott's picks for the best films of 2004 include "Million Dollar Baby," "Moolaade," "Tarnation," "Goodbye Dragon Inn" and "The Incredibles."


Fed raises its key rate to 2%, traders expect another hike

In a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee Wednesday, the policy makers fulfilled the expectations of the analysts announcing a quarter-point rise in its target for the Federal funds Rate, bringing it 2% from 1.75%, the highest level since November


"Abbiamo un margine di riserva del 20%, bacini pieni"


NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) -- Carson Palmer's inability to get rid of the ball cost the Cincinnati Bengals dearly against the Tennessee Titans.


For the Green Bay Packers, the constant pressure of battling the Minnesota Vikings for the NFC North crown took its toll. However, Friday's narrow division


Experimental artist Yoko Ono brings her live performance to London for a sold-out show this month but is keeping the exact theme under wraps.


Mortars kill 15 in Baghdad after deadly truck bomb

Mortar bombs killed 15 people in a Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad on Sunday in fresh violence after a truck bomb killed 135 people in a Shi'ite area in the worst single bombing since the U.S.-led 2003 invasion.


England Edges Toward Victory Against South Africa

England ended the fourth day of the opening cricket Test against South Africa requiring another 49 runs to post a national record of eight straight victories.


It's an unlikely marriage of the sacred and the profane: a decade-old grilled cheese sandwich bearing the purported image of the Virgin Mary, sold to a gambling house that wants to tour the petrified snack around the country for charity.


World oil demand will rise faster than expected to 2012 while production lags, leading to a supply crunch, the International Energy Agency said on Monday.


Kevin Federline, aka K-Fed and Mr. Britney Spears, is more than just a rapper, dancer and famous father. He's also a fashion model.


A woman and her brother have been charged with murder in the death of the woman's 11-year-old stepson, whose body was found floating in the Flint River 22 years ago, the state attorney general's office said Thursday.


Premiers present 'reasonable and responsible' counter-offer on ...

OTTAWA - Canada's premiers and territorial leaders have laid down a demand that Ottawa commit to permanently funding 25 per cent of the cost of health care in the country.


UPDATE 4-Mylan says committed to King deal despite Icahn

Mylan Laboratories Inc. (MYL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a maker of generic drugs, and King Pharmaceutical (KG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday reaffirmed their commitment


S.Korea Boosts North Security After DMZ Fence Cut

South Korea is stepping up security along the Demilitarized Zone frontier with North Korea after a night patrol found a hole cut in the border fence, the South Korean Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.


An official says the fire inspector who failed to detect flammable soundproofing foam blamed for a deadly Rhode Island nightclub fire in 2003 has retired.


A member of the Senate said that a diabetes expert tipped GlaxoSmithKline to the publication of safety questions about Avandia.


If Oracle (Quote, Chart) is buying, PeopleSoft's Dave Duffield isn't selling -- at least not at these prices. The founder and new CEO of the Pleasanton, Calif.


Reports: Intel planning chip plant in China

Intel already operates assembly and test plants in China, but it could be ready to start actually making chips there.


Inco Ltd.  on Tuesday urged  shareholders to reject a C$19.35-billion ($17.4 billion)  all-cash offer from Brazilian firm Companhia Vale do Rio Doce.  (VALE5.SA) , and said it still backed a friendly offer  from U.S.-based Phelps Dodge Corp. .


Car Bomb Kills 13 at Iraq Police Academy -- Police

HILLA, Iraq  - A suicide car bomb attack on a  police academy in Hilla, a town 60 miles south of Baghdad,  killed at least 13 people and wounded 25 on Wednesday, local  police and hospital officials said.


BAGHDAD -- For the second time in as many days in his trial, Saddam Hussein was ordered out of a courtroom yesterday. The move sparked an eruption from the other defendants.


Many Yahoo shareholders are waiting for a higher bid than that offered by Microsoft, but analysts say it is increasingly unlikely.


Japanese automaker Honda's US subsidiary said it would begin manufacturing a new sport-utility vehicle under the Acura brand at its Ohio assembly plant starting in 2006.


Take a look behind the scenes at Ugobe, maker of a robot named Pleo. Could this dinosaur device win your affection?Photos: The birthplace of Pleo


Dan Cloutier stopped 27 shots, Alexander Frolov scored twice and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Sunday night. Frolov's second goal, with 1:16 remaining, gave the Kings an insurance goal. It turned out they needed it because the Ducks' Todd Marchant scored with 38 seconds left.


Attorney Agress to Plead Guilty to Leaking BALCO Testimony

A Colorado lawyer who admitted in court papers that he leaked secret grand jury documents in a federal steroids probe to reporters made an initial court appearance Thursday on obstruction of justice charges.


Nordic exchange OMX recommends Borse Dubai bid

The board of Nordic and Baltic stock exchange operator OMX on Wednesday advised shareholders to accept a bid from Emirates-based Borse Dubai and a subsequent planned acquisition by Nasdaq.


L.A. judge lifts hold on Anna Nicole Smith funeral

A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday lifted an order that kept Anna Nicole Smith's body from being buried, saying that enough DNA required for a legal battle over her infant daughter was obtained during Smith's autopsy.


JERUSALEM -- A top Palestinian security leader who is a relative of Yasser Arafat escaped injury yesterday when a booby-trapped car exploded near his convoy in Gaza City, security officials said.


GROZNY, Russia -- Kremlin favorite Maj. Gen. Alu Alkhanov is the clear front-runner in election results for the presidency of the war-torn Russian republic of Chechnya.


North lavishes praise on Kim, no word on test

While the world frets over whether North Korea will conduct a nuclear test, the reclusive state's media on Sunday ignored the topic, focusing instead on ecstatic praise of their leader on the anniversary of his rise to power.


The sequel to one of the most lauded computer games ever, Half-Life 2, is to go on sale in mid-November.


Hanging with Chad was a winning experience for the Chicago Bears.


Lynda Carter Reactivating Superpower Role

Former Wonder Woman Lynda Carter is going to be a superhero teacher.


A $198m deal with the Ivorian government after a toxic waste incident will not stop a group action case, say lawyers.


Nel weekend 94 convogli in piu', ma possibili rallentamenti


Screening: Co-Pays Seen as a Deterrent to Getting Mammograms

Twelve dollars may not seem like a high medical cost, but it is enough to deter many women from getting a mammogram, a new study finds.


Czech govt faces tough debate on U.S. radar base

The Czech government may face a tough task to push through parliament a plan to allow the United States to build a radar base as a part of its planned missile defense, comments by political parties showed on Wednesday.


Asian Markets Ease Higher After Rate Cut

The Federal Reserveâs surprise rate cut stemmed a fall in the Asian markets Wednesday but heightened fears of recession. Stocks in Europe were down slightly.


Dr Rowan Williams remains under pressure to resign despite efforts to clarify his Sharia law comments.


N.H.L. Executive Takes Over New Mets Network

The N.H.L.'s No. 2 executive left to become the president of the Mets' new regional sports network, which will start carrying games in 2006.


Google Wins Internet Content License in China

Google has approval to provide Internet content in China, potentially allowing it to offer news in the world's second-largest Internet market.


Medicare Payments for Elderly to Rise 17 Percent

Older Americans will have to pay  about 17 percent more next year for their government-run health  insurance, U.S. officials announced on Friday.


ABC News 3 US Marines Killed in Fallujah Battle

A man argues with a US and Iraqi soldiers as he waits to be allowed to enter Fallujah on the city limits Thursday, Dec. 23, 2004 as first of the town's 300,000 residents who fled last month's US lead offensive started returning.


Two gunmen crashed a girl's 15th birthday party early Sunday morning, shooting two teenagers to death and injuring another in a back yard crowded with revelers, police said. One suspect was in custody.


Alcuni analisti prevedevano un aumento dell'11,4%


(InfoWorld) - And then there were none. Two weeks ago, these pages noted the dwindling number of dedicated SOA registry vendors, amid rapid consolidation in the SOA space. BEA had acquired Flashline, which left Infravio as one of the few registry vendors standing. Then, a week ago, Infravio too was snapped up by webMethods for an undisclosed amount. In the deal, webMethods will gain Infravioâs X-Registry Platform, an advanced registry/repository that emphasizes policy lifecycle management. The capabilities of X-Registry, which also help IT govern the development and runtime interaction of services, should be highly useful to webMethods as it moves more aggressively into the crowded SOA arena. Consolidation among SOA software providers has been rampant. In January, Mercury bought Systinet. A lesser-known player in the same space, Flashline, was purchased by BEA last month. The remaining pure-play of note is LogicLibrary, whose Logidex registry/repository emphasizes governance of software development assets. So is it âgame overâ for smaller SOA players? Not by a long shot, according to Miko Matsumura, vice president of technology standards at Infravio. Matsumura believes the industry is only in the âthird or fourth inningâ of the SOA game. âThe âplayersâ in this one will be pretty good-sized, so these acquisitions are really players getting suited up for the big game,â he said.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.


Fayed said royals wanted "get rid of" Diana

Luxury storeowner Mohamed al-Fayed said on Monday the death of Princess Diana and his son Dodi in a 1997 Paris car crash was murder and accused the British royal family of wanting to "get rid" of Diana.


Marsh & McLennan Cos. shares were whipsawed on Friday amid conflicting reports that a change in the insurance broker's top management was imminent.


It's the time of year to reflect on the good security choices you've made over the year, the defense-in-depth strategy that you've decided to follow, and plan for your response to future threats and virus outbreaks.


Roddick, Myskina Advance at Australian Open

Andy Roddick served 22 aces and hit 41 winners — including a passing shot played between his legs — and beat Austria's Jurgen Melzer 6-2, 6-2, 7-5 Saturday to advance to the fourth round of the Australian Open.


Sudan's southern rebels are unhappy that too many Muslim countries have been asked to send peacekeepers, a UN source says.


Mediation efforts are under way to defuse rising tension between rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah.


Travellers warned after new Sri Lanka violence

The foreign ministry has tightened up its advice to travellers in north and east Sri Lanka after at least six people were killed in the troubled area.


A Fierce Defender of the Hawk: Campaign to Protect Habitat Has Made Her an Enemy to Some.

By Blair Anthony Robertson, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 18--Judith Lamare has made plenty of enemies as the brains behind Friends of the Swainson's Hawk, a tiny and seemingly benign nonprofit organization based in Sacramento.


Jordan's Abdullah: Iraq not ready for Jan. election

King Abdullah of Jordan, one of the United States key allies in the Middle East, has come out strongly against holding elections in Iraq in January.


PHILADELPHIA -- Chase Utley hit an RBI single off Billy Wagner in the ninth inning and the Philadelphia Phillies completed a huge sweep of the first-place New York Mets by rallying for an 11-10 victory Thursday in one of the wildest games of the season.


Moldova asks OSCE for help in fighting trade in humans.

Moldova's law enforcers have asked the OSCE for assistance in struggle against trade in humans.


Man takes old iPhone box, builds film camera

Boxing clever Most iPhone owners probably just chucked the handset's box in the bin seconds after leaving the shop. Not designer Scot Hampton - instead, he turned Apple's packaging into a 35mm film camera.â¦


Vicino Baquba, un uomo, sua moglie, suo figlio e una vicina


450 Are Laid Off at AOL's Va. Headquarters in Restructuring

About 450 workers at the Dulles headquarters of AOL received pink slips yesterday as the company continues moving away from its roots as a provider of dial-up Internet access.


NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Ticker) -- Trying to reach the postseason, the Denver Broncos are stumbling down the stretch. The Broncos have lost three of their last four games heading into their Christmas Day matchup against the Tennessee Titans.


What happens when a Rudy Giuliani campaign event, Ron Paul spoilers and anti-abortion protesters collide? Not a press conference, that's for sure.


US ex-presidents pay respects to Lady Bird Johnson, the late wife of ex-President Lyndon B Johnson.


Al-Qaida may be hiding messages in computer files, Mounties warn

OTTAWA (CP) - The RCMP has warned its investigators to be on the lookout for cleverly disguised messages embedded by al-Qaida in digital files police seize from terror suspects.


IBM Reassures Workers After Milestone China Deal

During an IBM employee meeting here Wednesday, a worker got up and asked a question that perhaps only 10 years ago would have been unthinkable: If he wanted


The United States and European Union called a temporary time-out on Thursday in a cross-Atlantic dispute over government support for aviation rivals Boeing  and Airbus .


John Ruskin, a British art critic and author, said this about books: "All books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hour, and the books of all time."


Torrential rain caused havoc at the China Open as American Taylor Dent and Noam Okun of Israel were the only players to reach the second round on Tuesday.


BRAMBLES' decision to overhaul its troubled Chep pallet business has paid off in spades by doubling second-half profit. Brambles posted an after-tax result of $168 million for the June half, up from $82 million for the same period last year.


London shares close higher as Alliance Boots approach lifts retailers

Leading shares ended a volatile session higher Friday as confirmation of a bid for drug retailer Alliance Boots underpinned M&A hopes in the high street and added to a cautiously optimistic start on Wall Street, dealers said.


The dollar rose broadly on Monday as  markets braced for a Federal Reserve policy meeting this week  that is widely expected to end with a higher federal funds  rate, making the dollar a more attractive currency.


Virginia couple donate millions for diabetes

ANN ARBOR, Mich. The founder of an information technology company in Virginia and his diabetic wife are giving 44 (m) million dollars to the University of Michigan for creation of a Type one diabetes research center.


NEW YORK (CNN/Money ) - In recent weeks, analysts and pundits have filled the air with speculation that Sony would be forced to delay its entry in the handheld gaming market.


Study: Low-fat tops low-carb for keeping pounds off

Dieters who want to keep from regaining the pounds they so painstakingly lost would do best to eat low-fat diets rather than curb carbs, new research suggests.


Soviet air travel — the phrase evokes stomach-churning journeys on rattling aircraft, surly service and rubber sandwiches. But since the Soviet Union collapsed, Russia has endeavored to overhaul the industry's sorrowful image. Those efforts now face a new challenge after last week's crashes of two airliners, apparently brought down by terrorists.


Team Hopeful in Its Effort to Recreate Primal Life

Scientists believe that they have reconstructed the pivotal event that created the one-celled organism from which all animals and plants are descended.


Otellini to Succeed Barrett As Intel CEO

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Paul Otellini, a 30-year Intel Corp. veteran who oversaw the launch of the Pentium processor in the 1990s, will replace chief executive Craig Barrett when he steps down to become chairman


NZ Telecom 1Q Net Likely Up But Competition Hurt Mkt Shr

WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--Telecom Corp. of New Zealand (TEL.NZ) is expected to post higher net profit for the fiscal first quarter thanks to reduced interest costs, but operating earnings


Little Britain stars Matt Lucas and David Walliams appear in an episode of Neighbours as Lou and Andy.


NEW YORK, 19 September 2004 - With a successive series of hurricanes ravaging the Caribbean and the southeast United States, US lawmakers and environmentalists met this week to examine if these climate changes are due, in part, to greenhouse-gas


The Beatles' Indian guru cremated on Ganges

ALLAHABAD, India  - The embalmed body of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the Indian mystic and Beatles' guru who helped bring transcendental meditation to the West, was cremated on Monday on a huge pyre of sandalwood by India's holiest river.


Both Democratic nominee John Kerry and US President George W Bush have campaigned in two key marginal states that could decide the result of the presidential election, just over a fortnight away.


PeopleSoft Relents, Agrees to Oracle Bid

PeopleSoft Inc. on Monday agreed to a  sweetened $10.3 billion buyout by rival software maker Oracle  Corp., relenting after a bitter, 18-month takeover saga marked  by personal insults, courtroom battles and the ouster of  PeopleSoft's chief executive.


The Natural Resources Ministry on Friday gave Yukos a three-month stay of execution. The company has three months to rectify tax payments at its core production unit, Yuganskneftegaz, or face losing key production licenses.


Bush Campaign Lawyer Quits Over Ties to Ads Group

A top lawyer for President Bush's re-election campaign resigned on Wednesday after disclosing he provided legal advice to a group that accuses Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry of lying about his Vietnam War record.


Climate talks edge towards compromise deal

Europeans push for explicit 25-40% carbon cuts by 2020, but US resists


Iran reaches preliminary nuke deal with EU

Asked to freeze enrichment, Iran says its atomic plants geared solely to electricity generation, but it will never give up its right to develop such technology entirely.


At a time when some U.S. troops in Iraq are complaining they have to scrounge for equipment, six Ohio-based reservists have been  court-martialed for taking Army vehicles abandoned in Kuwait by other units so they could carry out their own  mission to Iraq.


Wild winter storm dumps snow, ice on U.S. northeast

A winter storm roared into the northeastern United States on Wednesday, dumping a mixture of snow, ice, sleet and rain that forced widespread school closures and caused transportation havoc.


The Supreme Court refused Monday to reinstate a Florida law passed to keep a severely brain-damaged woman hooked to a feeding tube, clearing the way for it to be removed.


Ultime codate della perturbazione. Allerta al sud

ANCONA, 26 SETTEMBRE 2004 - Stanno ancora smaltendo una gran mole di arretrato i vigili dei fuoco dei vari distaccamenti delle Marche, soprattutto nelle province di Ancona e Pesaro, dopo l'ondata di maltempo che ha colpito con trombe d'aria tutta la


Justice watch: keeping an eye on the law

Forced labor in the US, background checks for guns, and Turkey's human rights record.


Kazaa heads to court for file-swap trial

Industry eyes are turning toward Oz as more than 50 lawyers begin waging a courtroom battle over Kazaa, the peer-to-peer technology owned by Australia-based Sharman Networks that touts some 60 million users worldwide.


Endangered sea turtles found dead in Bangladesh

At least 20 endangered turtles have been found dead along the coast of southeastern Bangladesh, an official said Thursday.


Tom Brady arrives at Gillette Stadium before the sun comes up.


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Bush to sign India nuclear deal into law on Monday

President George W. Bush will sign into law on Monday a civil nuclear cooperation deal that allows the United States to sell nuclear technology to India, the White House said.


The main U.S. base in Afghanistan fell silent Tuesday at the moment the first hijacked jetliner struck the World Trade Center. Soldiers bowed their heads in prayer.


Designing a Structure to Stand the Test of Time ; in Association With Publicjobswales.Co.UK

By MICHELLE RUSHTON  WHAT does a career in structural engineering involve?   Structural engineering is an important branch of civil engineering in the construction sector.


Italy president in crisis talks after Prodi quits

Italy's president held crisis talks on Thursday to determine whether Romano Prodi, who resigned after losing a Senate vote, has enough support to be reappointed prime minister or must be replaced.


European powers to offer Iran incentives as last chance to drop ...

VIENNA, Austria Diplomats say Britain, France and Germany are giving Iran one more chance to halt disputed nuclear activities. Officials say top diplomats will offer Tehran nuclear fuel and economic incentives


Thais turn to DNA to help in search for the missing

Identifying human remains found in the disaster zone grows trickier.


If Tennessee beats Alabama on Saturday at Knoxville, Tenn., Phillip Fulmer is apt to be sued again. This time Crimson Tide fans may slap the Volunteers coach with an antitrust lawsuit, as Fulmer is monopolizing


The nascent petroleum division of natural gas giant Gazprom will bid for the crown jewels of the battered Yukos oil empire, its chief said yesterday -- a move that could put the heart of the company jailed billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky created in Kremlin-friendly hands.


W. F. Ganong, 83, Expert in Brainâs Control of Body, Dies

Mr. Ganong was one of the first scientists to trace how the brain controls important internal functions of the body.


Chechnya Holds Elections in Shadow of Terrorist Strike

Description: There's a presidential election Sunday in Chechnya to replace the man who was assassinated earlier this year. The election has been overshadowed by the twin airplane crashes in Russia, which are now attributed to Chechen terrorists.


Milano, 19:09 - CALCIOPOLI, LEGA CALCIO SI COSTITUISCE PARTE CIVILE

La Lega Calcio si costituirà parte civile nel processo di Calciopoli che si aprirà a N...


Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is too much like the original.

We all have that friend, I guess. The one we love regardless of the fact that they embarrass not only themselves with by-the-minute regularity but everyone within a 15-foot radius.


Eyetech (EYET:Nasdaq - news - research) did not open for trading Friday because a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee is meeting to review the small New York-based biotech's experimental eye disease drug.


Gucci Group said Wednesday that is has replaced Giacomo Santucci as chief executive of the Gucci Brand.


Israel sends Middle East a message with Syrian airstrike

Analysts say Israel may now believe it can attack Iran's nuclear facilities without reprisal.


Stocks Open Flat; Pressure on Drugmakers

US stocks opened flat on Friday, with higher oil prices and shares of drugmakers weighing on Wall Street after Thursday's late-session rally.


US Begins Investigation of Vaccine Supplier

The Justice Department has started an investigation of the Chiron Corporation, whose British factory where flu vaccine was being manufactured was shut down last week, depriving the United


Treviso, 22:15 - BASKET, NELL'ANTICIPO DI SERIE A CANTU' SBANCA TREVISO

La Tisettanta Cantu' ha vinto a Treviso con la Benetton 79-78 nell'anticipo della sesta giornata del...


Movie Review | 'Manufactured Landscapes': Industrial Chinaâs Ravaging of Nature, Made Disturbingly Sublime

âManufactured Landscapesâ is an absorbing if unsettling documentary about the work of the Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky.


Pak-India close to accord on pre-missile test information

ISLAMABAD Dec 28 : Pakistan and India have moved closer to finalizing a draft agreement on providing advance information to each other about missile tests, said a joint statement issued at the end of two-day foreign secretary-level talks in Islamabad on


GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Al Harris spent Sunday's Bears-Packers game defending David Terrell. Afterward, the Green Bay cornerback did the same for a Bears game plan that included one pass to Terrell, who had a team-high 126 yards receiving last week.


Feds footing the bill for municipal broadband?

Blog: Some towns are using public safety grants for law enforcement wireless networks to cover their initial costs for building a broadband infrastructure.


Milosevic opens his defense case, starting second half of his ...

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic opened his long-delayed defense at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Tuesday, describing the battles of his Serbian people as self defense against internal rebellions and external attacks by Islamic warriors.


Apple on Wednesday introduced the iTunes WiFi Music Store, which will allow iPod Touch users to purchase and download songs directly to the device, as well as special features that appear when near a Starbucks.


Mid-Atlantic Factory Growth Slows in Nov.

Output growth at U.S. Mid-Atlantic  factories eased in November but still suggested the  manufacturing sector was operating at a healthy clip.


Networks of low-res cameras and sensors could monitor urban environments for diverse data -- traffic flow, pollutants, structural integrity -- online. By the Associated Press.


US Congress negotiators agree on the text of a landmark nuclear deal with India before it goes to vote.


In Pictures: Most Spectacular Sights in Google Sky

Want to boldly go all over the universe? With views of 100 million stars and 200 million galaxies, Google Sky lets you be a virtual space traveler with just a few clicks of a mouse. Here are some amazing images that are literally out of this world.


The next 12 months look like they are going to be a lot of fun if you are a geek or gadget fan.


Breast Cancer Diagnosis May Not Affect Job

NEW YORK  - Contrary to some beliefs, women  who return to work after being diagnosed with breast cancer are  not typically demoted or otherwise discriminated against in the  workplace, new study findings show.


Wanna know how to rate a data warehouse appliance?

A handy list of rules One of the major discussion points at Bloor Research's recent conference on "Data Warehousing: the rise of the appliance" was a discussion of the rules (though they might equally be regarded as reference points rather than rules) that might apply to data warehouse appliances as opposed to enterprise data warehouses.â¦


Panel calls for anti-child obesity effort

Schools, food makers, government agencies and families themselves must work together to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity, a panel of scientists said Thursday.


Merger may heat up fight for wireless customers

The $35 billion merger of Sprint and Nextel announced Wednesday may make consumers jittery about rising prices in a consolidating industry, but experts say the remaining players will still wage a tough fight for every customer.


Exercise sharply cuts older men's death rate: study

Older men who were classified as "highly fit" died at half the rate of those who were not fit in a major long-term study, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.


Blog: The Lede: The Astronaut Soap Opera

Lisa Nowak's lawyers want the judge to suppress her statements to police and everything they found in her car. And they want to get rid of the ankle bracelet.


Haiti Storm Death Toll Could Reach 2,000

GONAIVES, Haiti Sept. 23, 2004 - Workers dug new mass graves for corpses that still littered this flood-ravaged city Thursday as the death toll from Tropical Storm Jeanne rose to more than 1,070 and residents


Disperso un giovane di 28 anni, unico presente nell'edificio


Crescita dello 0,61%, Nikkei sale dello 0,68%


Yahoo to Close PayDirect Online Payments Service

Yahoo Inc. in November will close PayDirect, its online payments service that aimed to compete with eBay Inc.'s PayPal, the company said on Friday.


Tour bus crashes in Arkansas, killing at least 15

A bus carrying Chicago-area tourists to a Mississippi casino crashed and overturned early Saturday, killing at least 15 people, state police said.


Updated 'Confessions' Returns Usher to No. 1

A spiffed up version of Usher's "Confessions" and new releases by country mainstay George Strait and rock acts Good Charlotte and Korn took over the top four slots on the U.S. pop albums chart, according to sales data issued Wednesday.


After the resignation of the head of England's testing agency, the BBC's Mike Baker asks what's wrong with exams.


Infineon Grosses $185M in 1Q Net Profits

Infineon Technologies AG's first-quarter net profits quadrupled thanks to one-time license income, but the chipmaking giant warned Monday that revenues in the second quarter would slow down.


Police Investigate What May Be BTK Package

A package of items believed tied to the BTK serial killings was found Tuesday in a Wichita park, police said. A resident found the package — wrapped in plastic and held together by a rubber band — then contacted local television station KAKE-TV. The station subsequently called police.


Fueled by fierce fighting in Fallujah and insurgents' counterattacks elsewhere in Iraq, the U.S. military death toll for November is approaching the highest for any month of the war.


Somalian New President Pledges To Restore Security

Somalia's new president Abdullahi Yusuf is calling for outside help to restore security to the war-torn Horn of Africa country, which has been without a central government for 13 years.


Army Won't Pay 15 Pct of Halliburton Bill

The U.S. Army will withhold payment  on 15 percent of future invoices of Halliburton Co.'s HAl.N  logistics deal in Iraq due to an ongoing billing dispute, the  company and the U.S. military said on Tuesday.


Allergy Sufferers Keen to Try Alternative Therapy

BOSTON  - In a survey of allergy and asthma  patients seen at a private allergy practice in the US, 62  percent expressed an interest in also being treated with  complementary and alternative medicine, such as acupuncture or  vitamin therapy.


Calcio, Inter; Mancini: tra noi e la Juve non ci sono 15 punti

Il tecnico dell'Inter Mancini compie 40 anni sabato prossimo, ed Ã¨ logico che si aspetti un regalo dai suoi giocatori per la gara con la Juve: "In effetti sarebbe un bel regalo di compleanno - ha detto - ma Ã¨ evidente che rispetto al Werder quella con


Israeli troops kill four Palestinian militants in Gaza, two of whom slipped across a security fence into Israel.


Amid the furor involving pain drugs, it may be of interest to ponder the theoretical problem of the Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) prematurely deciding to ban a drug whose benefits outweigh its risks.


Explosive traces discovered in second downed Russian plane

Investigators have discovered traces of the explosive Hexogen in the wreckage of the second plane downed this week in Russia, ITAR-TASS news agency reported.


Two drugs provide good results in preliminary trials.


Tibco to open source, upgrade AJAX toolkit

Company says the software lets developers create and deploy AJAX applications that look and feel like desktop GUIs.


Internet telephony provider Skype Technologies has released a final version of its peer-to-peer (define) VoIP (define) software for Wi-Fi-enabled Pocket PC devices.


Tecnici aumentano di un punto la possibile riduzione


Teachers could get more powers to remove unruly pupils from classes, suggests Education Secretary Ruth Kelly.


A plane crashes into a filling station, starting a major fire, near  Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil.


Jim Carrey's movie 'Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events' has debuted at the top of the box office, after raking in $30.2 million over the weekend.


Welcome home to Springfield, Vermont,  Homer and Marge Simpson.


Six former Enron and Merrill Lynch executives were accused Tuesday of disguising a $7 million loan as a sale of energy-producing barges to "help Enron out of a jam" and artificially boost its revenue.


Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) and Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD) have taken a much-needed step that should make patients' lives easier even as it improves the companies' results.


McDonald's investors yesterday shrugged off the resignation of Charlie Bell as chief executive, deciding the fast food giant's turnround would continue under its new leadership team, sending the shares ahead.


While we go about our days, an amazing 34 million or so miles away our pair of Mars Rovers are still going about their days, although theirs are 45 minutes longer and are called "sols.


Republican Mike Huckabee on Saturday denounced political attack ads, saying people aren't looking for a president whose campaign is based on what's wrong with someone else.


A liberal advocacy group plans to spend $8.5 million in a drive to make sure President Bush's public approval doesn't improve as his days in the White House come to an end.


The British journalist Jeremy Paxman leads the reader on an entertaining tour through Europeâs royalty, without being terribly new or revealing.


BP, BHP Evacuate Crews From Trinidad Rigs; Ivan Nears

BP Plc, Europe's largest oil company, said it evacuated 500 non-essential workers from offshore rigs near Trinidad and Tobago as Hurricane Ivan approached the Caribbean country.


Gaping Reminders of Aging and Crumbling Pipes

Though there is no master tally of sinkholes, there is consensus that things are getting worse.


An Iranian-American telecommunications entrepreneur took off Monday on a Russian rocket bound for the international space station, achieving her dream of becoming the the world's first female space tourist.


Grizzlies find Lakers perfect cure for 0-4 start

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - After four opening losses, the Memphis Grizzlies were reeling and irritable. The intensity and fastbreak offense that led them to a franchise-record 50 wins and first playoff appearance last season were missing.


After injuring his left knee making an impressive leaping catch in the ninth inning that likely saved the New York Mets win, Carlos Beltran couldn't bend it. But he still had his sense of humor.


Meningitis vaccine in demand at colleges

As move-in day for freshmen approached, Linda Echols took stock of health supplies at Swarthmore College and thought she had plenty of the latest meningitis vaccine.


U.S. Prisons in Iraq Are Nearing Capacity

Major U.S.-run detention facilities in Iraq are nearly full, with the number of suspected insurgents in custody at the highest level since March, according to detention officials.


What are Blogs, and Why Your Business Should Use One  A few weeks ago I was involved in a very strange conversation with some pretty bright people. One publishes a widely circulated industry magazine, another was an industry consultant, and the last was the CEO of a major corporation in the ...


An overweight woman's chances of getting pregnant steadily falls as her weight increases, research finds.


KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - He's known as the "Secret Santa," a white-haired man in a red flannel shirt who gives no name or explanation as he stuffs $100 or more into a stranger's hand.


The energized voters that candidates see on the campaign trail


China seeks rapid development into basketball power

You can see it from the east side of Tiananmen Square, not far from the site where the student protestor stood resolutely in front of the advancing tank in the infamous photograph from 1989


CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Purdue Pharma LP has agreed to pay $10 million to West Virginia to settle a lawsuit that accused the company of dishonestly marketing the painkiller OxyContin, sources close to the negotiations said Friday.


Slovenia heads EU as Balkan neighbors begin to stir

The Christian Science Monitor - This tiny verdant patch of Europe has been a star pupil among new European Union states. Now, after three years of diligent study, Slovenia took over the EU presidency on Jan. 1, the first central European state entrusted with such a job.


McCain, Giuliani post fundraising totals

The race for presidential cash in its infancy, Sen. John McCain reported Wednesday he had collected $1.7 million in his campaign's first few weeks while Republican rival Rudy Giuliani's early take was $1.4 million.


Manchester - Ruud van Nistelrooy's reward for the four-goal display that got Manchester United's Champions League campaign back on track was a suggestion from his manager that the Dutchman now deserved to be bracketed alongside Europe's all-time greats.


Mets starter Pedro Martinez, who hasn't pitched in the major leagues since Sept. 27 last year after tearing his rotator cuff, might pitch Monday.


Romanians Vote with Eye on EU, Poverty and Graft

Romanians, angered by poverty and corruption, started voting on Sunday in a closely contested election to decide who will lead the Balkan country through two years of hard European Union-dictated reforms.


Ofcom fills Local Loop Unbundling loophole

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


Japanese videogame maker Nintendo Co Ltd said on Wednesday it would cut the price of its handheld videogame console Game Boy Advance SP by 21.


Kerry Visits N.Y. to Accuse G.O.P. in Negative Attacks

John Kerry picked the city of the G.O.P. Convention, to urge the party to abandon "fear and smear" attacks.


Ciampi: diritto alla salute esprime uguaglianza

Il diritto alla salute Ã¨ espressione del diritto all'uguaglianza, per questo motivo il sistema nazionale sanitario va tutelato e difeso. Lo ha dichiarato il presidente della Repubblica Carlo Azeglio Ciampi