Stocks rallied Tuesday after the Federal Reserve cut a key short-term interest rate by a half-percentage point, reassuring investors that it was taking aggressive action amid the credit and mortgage market meltdown.


Former champion Morrison makes winning return to ring

Former world heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison stopped John Castle in the second round on Thursday to make a winning return to the ring 11 years after being forced out of boxing because of a positive HIV test.


Germany Promises Israel to Combat Anti-Semitism

The German president, citing his country's historic responsibility for the Holocaust, told Israel on Wednesday Germany would always support a secure Jewish state and combat anti-Semitism he said still existed at home.


Act quickly over terror laws, QC tells Clarke

The government must act quickly to announce what it will do to end the detention of 12 foreign terrorist suspects if it is to avoid an embarrassing defeat at the European court of human rights, a leading human rights QC said yesterday.


Udine, 18:42 - CALCIO, GALLIANI: SO CHE INTER E' A CACCIA DI RONALDINHO

Ai microfoni di Sky Sport l'amministratore delegato del Milan Adriano Galliani conferma che le voci ...


Pain meds may worsen symptoms of enlarged prostate

Common painkillers like  ibuprofen and naproxen may act as a double-edged sword when it  comes to men's prostate function, according to a report in the  Harvard Men's Health Watch.


EBay results meet forecasts as auctions accelerate

EBay Inc.  on Wednesday posted a 50 percent rise in net profit on strength in its core auction and payments businesses, but left its 2007 outlook unchanged, defying Wall Street's hopes for a boost.


Roma, 19:15 - CALCIO, AMATO: IN STADI NON A NORMA SI GIOCA A PORTE CHIUSE

"Non si gioca in presenza del pubblico negli stadi non a norma". E' la prima misura annunciata dal M...


Russia suspends participation in key arms pact

Russia suspended its participation in a key pact limiting military forces in Europe on Saturday, amid deteriorating relations with the West on a range of fronts.


PROFESSOR PETER UCKO ; Maverick Archaeologist Who Oversaw a Revolution in the Structure and Outlook of His Profession

By Neal Ascherson  Peter Ucko was the most influential archaeologist of his time. Almost single-handed, he brought about a revolution which irrevocably changed the whole structure and outlook of international archaeology.


SUNLINE always had great timing on the track - an attribute she hasn't lost as a broodmare. The greatest racemare of them all produced her first foal yesterday, a filly born at New Zealand's famous Cambridge Stud, south of Auckland.


Iran, Venezuela in "axis of unity" against U.S

ASSALOUYEH, Iran  - The presidents of Iran and Venezuela launched construction of a joint petrochemical plant on Monday, strengthening an "axis of unity" between two oil-rich nations staunchly opposed to the United States.


June 11, 1644: The Barometer Gets Its First Practical Airing

Evangelista Torricelli, a protege of Galileo, demonstrates his new invention. It will have a profound impact on the world of science.


Northrop Grumman Profit Rises on Tech Sales

The company said second-quarter profit rose 7 percent, to $460 million, helped by higher information technology sales and an insurance gain at its shipbuilding unit.


Sharks Taken Down In Box-Office 'Grudge' Match

An elite squadron of marionettes tried, but failed. A high-school football team coached by Billy Bob Thornton also gave it a shot, but came up short.


Ways of ensuring parents know about games suitable for children are to be considered by the games industry.


Lithuania's traditional parties teamed up Sunday in a bid to prevent a Russian-born tycoon from winning more support in a second round of parliamentary elections.


Frutto dibattito in Cdm prima della stesura del testo stesso


Doctors Behind Bars: Treating Pain Is Now Risky Business

Dr. Frank Fisher's ordeal lingers as a cautionary tale of what can happen to doctors who treat pain aggressively.


The European Union's data protection watchdog urged governments on Tuesday not to sacrifice personal rights in their talks with the U.S. on the transfer of air passenger data.


eBay pirates plead guilty to selling $6m software for pennies

Jail-time beckons Two Americans pleaded guilty today to selling $6m worth of counterfeit software over eBay.â¦


The fatal rail crash in Cumbria is "incredibly similar" to the 2002 Potters Bar tragedy in Hertfordshire, it is claimed.


Former Steelers offensive lineman Justin Strzelczyk led state troopers on a 40-mile chase on the New York State Thruway in Herkimer, NY, before dying in a fiery, head-on collision with a tanker truck carrying corrosive acid Thursday.


Shares of Marriott International Inc.  MAR.N fell 3 percent before the bell on Tuesday after the  largest U.S. hotel operator reported higher fourth-quarter  profit but forecast full-year earnings below average analyst  estimates.


Sport: Tottenham striker's agent suggests time is running out for move to bigger club


Junqueira Wins Australian Champ Car Race

Brazil's Bruno Junqueira leads Canada's Paul Tracy through a chicane during practice for the Lexmark Indy 300 on Australia's Gold Coast, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2004.


Social Security Underestimates Future Life Spans, Critics Say

Many population experts say that Americans' life expectancy will increase rapidly in the 21st century, making the program's financial problems even worse.


All of a Sudden, the Neighborhood Looks a Lot Friendlier

These are hopeful times for those who like to think the prospects of life elsewhere are good.


EADS Co-Chief Exec Hertrich to Step Down

The co-chief executive of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co., Rainer Hertrich, will leave his position in 2005 when his contract expires, a company spokesman said Sunday.


Comment is free: Geoffrey Wheatcroft: We may have been naive, but I don't regret my CND days. Fifty years on, where are our heirs?


Gunmen kill 8 police at Baghdad checkpoint

Insurgents stormed an Iraqi police checkpoint near Baghdad airport on Saturday, killing eight policemen in a bold challenge to a U.S.-backed security crackdown in the capital aimed at halting violence.


Militants Threaten to Kill US, UK Hostages in Iraq

Insurgents threatened on Saturday to cut the throats of two Americans and a Briton seized in Baghdad, and launched a suicide car bomb attack on Iraqi security forces in Kirkuk that killed at least 23 people.


Britons scare over 'erosion' of Christian holiday

Carol services banned, religious references carefully excised from cards: to read the press this year, you could be forgiven for thinking the politically correct brigade are set on taking the Christian out of Christmas.


AOL will keep delivering security patches for the current version of Netscape until Feb. 1, 2008, after which it will no longer provide active support for any version of the software.


I have a dream, Augustus Williams said to himself 31 years ago as his son was about to be born. His dream, that son Danny would one day become heavyweight champion of the world


NB premier intervenes personally to try and head off looming ...

FREDERICTON (CP) - Premier Bernard Lord will intervene personally to try and head off a looming strike in New Brunswick hospitals that could mushroom into a general strike.


The producer of a documentary in which Michael Jackson said he let children sleep in his bed has asked a judge to deny a request for him to testify at Jackson's child molestation trial.


The Republicans will have one sure Hollywood star for their convention — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — along with performers to keep the country music fans happy. But they'll be hard-pressed to match the Democratic convention's appeal to young voters led by Ben Affleck.


Cisco systems announced on Thursday that it has finalized a definitive agreement to acquire privately held BCN Systems. Cisco had been an investor in the Santa Clara, Calif.


Andy Murray thrashes Alessio Di Mauro in straight sets to reach the third round of the US Open.


Saudi defends Gulf Arab atom plans, criticizes Iran

Saudi Arabia said on Monday Iran's nuclear program was an extra burden for the Middle East, but Gulf Arab allies had the right to their own atomic ambitions.


Nintendo Co. Ltd. raised its 2004  shipment target for its DS handheld video game device by 40  percent to 2.8 million units on Thursday after many stores in  Japan and the United States sold out in the first week of  sales.


Israel's state watchdog blames the authorities for failing to protect civilians in the 2006 war in Lebanon.


Britain is awash with fake cigarettes which present a much greater health risk than normal ones, the government said yesterday. Announcing a campaign aimed at persuading smokers to shun cheap, smuggled cigarettes


Gawker Media adds a new science fiction blog to its staple of online media properties.


Movie Review | 'Closing Escrow': Adventures in Real Estate

Despite their quirks, the three real estate agents and their clients â three couples in search of a dream home â featured in âClosing Escrowâ are improbably endearing.


Real Madrid striker Ronaldo makes a televised plea for the release of a fellow Brazilian kidnapped in Iraq.


Former Polish president and Nobel laureate Lech Walesa said Sunday he has published on the Internet about 500 pages of files kept on him by the communist-era secret police in order to disprove allegations he collaborated with them in the 1980s.


Is a break in the NHL impasse about to happen? We hear that the NHLPA soon will produce a PR-oriented "improved" version of its original not-a-chance-it'll-be-accepted year-old CBA offer.


Oscar De La Hoya is an underdog for the first time in his career and he doesn't seem quite sure what to make of it. ``I know in my mind this is the one,'' said the Golden Boy.


Uganda's rebels want Khartoum to join stalled peace talks as part of conditions to resume the negotiations.


Researchers have discovered a  genetic mutation that causes an aggressive form of childhood  leukemia and said on Thursday it may mean that drugs being  developed for Alzheimer's disease could also provide a better  treatment for the cancer.


Elizabeth Smart's Father Wants Plea Deal

The father of Elizabeth Smart says the family wants a quick resolution to the kidnapping and sexual assault charges against the girl's alleged abductor, Brian David Mitchell — even if that means a plea deal.


Yukos warned yesterday it could declare bankruptcy within months following fresh tax claims that could leave Russia's biggest oil company facing an astronomical bill of $17 billion (R104 billion).


ROMANIA:   Powerless in the New Cold War

BUCHAREST, Feb 8 (IPS) - With new Cold War rhetoric emerging all around,  Romania and Bulgaria are more uncertain than ever about their  foreign policy.


Residents of a south Wales town march through the streets to stop sex offenders being placed in a nearby open jail.


Sharon Says Incitement to Oppose Disengagement Plan Must End

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said opponents of his proposal to evacuate settlements in the Gaza Strip and West Bank must stop inciting the military and security forces to reject the withdrawal plan.


o they are finally here: the Republican delegates with their rep ties and the protesters, bearing angry signs and a grudge. Over the next few days, passions, no doubt, will run hotter than August


The US should reduce troop presence in Iraq so as not to appear an "occupying force", a key report says.


Dozens of pint-size girls took to the South Lawn on Wednesday to play in the White House's first softball T-ball game, with President Bush rooting them on from the bleachers.


Bill Could Halt New York Carriage Horses

NEW YORK -- The carriage horses at Central Park are one of this city's most iconic sights, along with the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, the street-side artists and the hot dog vendors. But now one city council member from Queens is trying to send the horses the way of the...


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The director of the National Hurricane Center went on leave Monday, government officials said, four days after many of the center's employees called for his removal because of his comments about an aging weather satellite.


Health Tip: Don't Use a Hot Tub During Pregnancy

(HealthDay News) - While a hot bath may sound like a great way to soothe aching muscles during pregnancy, becoming overheated in a hot bath or a hot tub poses risks for a developing fetus, the American Pregnancy Association says.


Londra, 13:31 - CALCIO, MANCHESTER UTD; FERGUSON: BECKHAM NON E' GRANDE CAMPIONE

Restano tesi i rapporti tra Alex Ferguson, allenatore del Manchster United e David Beckham, suo ex g...


PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua  - Hurricane Felix ripped into Central America on Tuesday, trashing a port on Nicaragua's Caribbean coast and threatening dangerous mudslides in Honduras and Guatemala.


Iraq town digs for bodies after bomb kills 150

Iraqi police and residents using heavy machinery and small shovels searched for bodies in the ruins of a market in northern Iraq on Sunday after a huge truck bomb killed 150 people.


Pakistan's Musharraf plays down Al-Qaeda threat

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf dismissed fears Tuesday that his nuclear-armed country could slip into Al-Qaeda's hands, saying there was a "zero percent chance" of a takeover by Islamic extremists.


Feed your inner bear to find the best buys.


By Daily Press, Victorville, Calif.  Dec. 12--BAKER -- Two bodies were found inside the trunk of a car that had burned about 20 miles north of Baker.


Bonanni, in molti non vedo senso di responsabilita'


Hastert plans to announce reforms, not resignation

The top Republican in the U.S. House, battling calls for his resignation over a Capitol Hill sex scandal, called a news conference on Thursday to again say he will not step down, senior party aides said.


Kremlin Choice Appears to Win in Chechnya

GROZNY, Russia - The Russian government's choice for president of war-ravaged Chechnya appeared to be the victor Sunday in an election tainted by charges of fraud and shadowed by last week's terrorist destruction of two airliners.    Little more than two hours after polls closed, acting Chechen president Sergei Abramov said preliminary results showed Maj...


Barcellona, 20:01 - CALCIO, BARCELLONA: VAN BRONCKHORST RINNOVA FINO AL 2008

Il difensore del Barcellona, Giovanni Van Bronckhorst ha prolungato suo contratto con il club catala...


Kidd skipping night practices, irking Nets

Jason Kidd is refusing to attend night sessions during the New Jersey Nets' two-a-day practices at training camp, and he doesn't care if the team fines him for it.


For the first time in more than 25 years, William Hill bookmakers believe the chances of a white Christmas in Britain are odds-on.


Iraq protests against shelling by Turkey

Iraq's Foreign Ministry on Saturday accused Turkey of "intensively shelling" northern Iraq this week, adding it had handed the Turkish envoy in Baghdad a protest letter.


Braff, brother aspire to "Saint" hood at Fox

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


Mobile robots aren't science fiction any more

In the past couple of years, robots have started to move around and work independently. Just don't expect them to look, walk and talk like C3PO in the Star Wars movies -- rolling and beeping like R2D2 is more like it.


Nokia joins Secure Digital industry group

Nokia on Tuesday said it has joined an industry group working on technical and specification standards for Secure Digital memory card applications.


EU to seek partial freeze in Turkey talks: source

The European Commission decided on Wednesday to recommend a partial suspension of Turkey's negotiations to join the European Union after it failed to open its ports to EU member Cyprus, EU sources said.


New York: Lleyton Hewitt is getting frustrated meeting Roger Federer in the major events. For the third time in four Grand Slams this year, the Swiss got the better of Hewitt.


Rebel group wants Darfur region under international protection

A main rebel group in Darfur has called for the war-torn region of west Sudan to be placed under international protection, in a letter to British Prime Minister Tony Blair, a copy of which was faxed to AFP.


Parigi, 23:01 - CALCIO, FRANCIA: LIONE-MARSIGLIA 1-1

Finisce 1-1 il big match della 28/a giornata di Ligue 1 tra Lione e Marsiglia. Lione in vantaggio co...


Children used as shields in Pakistan mosque: govt

Women and children were being used as human shields by militants besieged in a mosque in Islamabad, the Pakistan government said on Thursday as security forces ratcheted up pressure on hundreds inside to surrender.


The country should have been better prepared for the summer floods in England, an independent review will say.


Ron Kind, a Democratic representative from Wisconsin dairyland, is making a name for himself as a crusader for big changes in farm policy.


U.S. industrial output grew strongly last month while producer prices fell at the sharpest rate in 1-1/2 years amid tumbling energy prices, according to reports suggesting healthy, noninflationary growth.


A European Union probe fueled by concerns over how long Google stores user information has widened to include all Internet search engines.


CONVICTIONS against six men on charges of sex abuse against women and girls on remote Pitcairn Island over nearly 40 years were "the tip of the iceberg", public prosecutor Simon Moore said yesterday.


China's industrial output growth slowed in November to register the second straight month of decline in the expansion rate, according to statistics released by the government Thursday.


Londra, 19:57 - CALCIO, EUROPEI 2008: INGHILTERRA-ISRAELE 3-0

L'Inghilterra ha battuto Israele 3-0 a Londra in un incontro valido per il Gruppo E delle qualificaz...


Apparent tornadoes killed at least 13 people in Alabama on Thursday, including eight at a high school where students were trapped under a collapsed roof, state officials said. State Emergency Management Agency spokeswoman Yasamie Richardson said eight fatalities "are in relation to the high school but whether they are all students or some students and teachers we're not sure."


Harley reaches tentative pact with strikers

Harley-Davidson Corp.  said on Friday it had reached a tentative agreement to end a strike by 2,800 workers at its largest plant.


President Bush on Wednesday named White House domestic policy adviser Margaret Spellings to be the nation's eighth education secretary. "The issue of education is close to my heart and on this vital issue there's no one I trust more than Margaret Spellings," Bush told her.


Schwarzenegger Signs California Anti-Spyware Bill

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an anti-spyware bill on Tuesday banning unauthorized installation of deceptive software that hides in personal computers and secretly monitors user activity.


Apple Recalls Flaming 15-inch PowerBook G4 Battery

The affected batteries could overheat, posing a fire hazard. Apple received four reports of these batteries overheating. No injuries have been reported.


The UN calls for war crime suspects in Darfur - described  as "hell on earth" - to be tried at The Hague.


Congress can halt Iraq war, experts tell lawmakers

The U.S. Congress has the power to end the war in Iraq, a former Bush administration attorney and other high-powered legal experts told a Senate hearing on Tuesday.


Mark Thatcher, the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, was arrested and charged Wednesday with helping to finance a foiled coup attempt in oil rich Equatorial Guinea.


Recording artist Julieta Venegas, left, receives the Artist of the Year Award from Lenny Kravitz, right, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004, at the 2004 MTV Latin Video Music Awards in Miami Beach, Fla.


I futures sul greggio si attestano a 58,67 dollari al barile


Lisbona, 20:23 - CALCIO, ITALIA-PORTOGALLO: SCOLARI CHIAMA CRISTIANO RONALDO

Il commissario tecnico del Portogallo, Felipe Scolari, ha chiamato 19 giocatori per l'amichevole di ...


Dubai, 19:05 - CALCIO, MILAN; CAFU: RONALDO STA BENE, DIDA RESTA N. 1

Dal ritiro rossonero di Dubai il brasiliano Marcos Cafu parla di due connazionali in difficolt&agrav...


Fred Thompson leads 2008 Republicans in poll

Fred Thompson, an actor and former  senator who has not formally entered the 2008 White House race,  leads Republican presidential contenders for the first time,  according to a Rasmussen poll released on Tuesday.


Greg Blache is perhaps the most likely assistant to be lured away from the Redskins, especially after his masterly job with the defensive line.


Irish coach not thrilled with defense in victory

Notre Dame had one of its best offensive games of the past two seasons. Coach Muffet McGraw still wasn't completely happy. She was pleased to see six players score in double figures for the 10th-ranked Irish


ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.  - Miss Alabama Deidre Downs,  an aspiring medical student, won the Miss America contest on  Saturday and said she would work to regain public respect for  the event.


Brown should tone down Litvinenko diplomacy: Russian ambassador

Prime minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown should tone down the government's approach in its diplomatic row with Russia over the poisoning of former spy Alexander Litvinenko, Russia's ambassador to London said in an interview published Wednesday.


US claims 'no fault' in 2003 killing of reporters in Iraq: Reporters Without Borders

The US Army has acknowledged "no fault or negligence" in the April 2003 attack on a Baghdad hotel that killed two reporters, a rights group said, even though the military knew that hundreds of journalists were based there.


Taking a visit into the storm drainage tunnels underneath Sin City reveals a community of vagabonds and artists.Photos: Las Vegas tunnels


World News, All true Muslims were saddened and angered on Tuesday after they heard the unconfirmed news reports saying that Margaret Hassan had been killed in Iraq.


At Least 84 Killed in Clashes With Thai Police in Muslim South

Thai security forces have begun large-scale detentions in the predominately-Muslim south of the country following a clash with demonstrators Monday that left more than 80 protesters dead.


Wenger warns Edu he has to sign new deal; no plans to re-sign ...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has told Brazilian midfielder Edu he has to sign a new contract before January if he wants to remain with the soccer club.


Catania, 19:35 - CALCIO, CATANIA: EDUSEI E SPINESI TITOLARI CON L'UDINESE

Formazione solo parzialmente rimaneggiata per il Catania in vista della gara di coppa Italia con l'U...


Major German parties suffer loss in parliamentary elections in two ...

Germany's major parties Sunday saw their popularity decline in local parliament elections in the two eastern states of Sachsen and Brandenburg.


US and South Korean officials are still trying to determine the cause of a huge cloud that appeared over North Korea last week. On Sunday South Korean media reported seeing satellilte


Novelist Salman Rushdie to join faculty at US university

British author Salman Rushdie will join the faculty at Atlanta's Emory University next year and will donate his archive to the school's library, it was announced.


Reggie White, one of gridiron's legendary players who in a career spanning 15 years was chosen to play in 13 consecutive Pro Bowls, died yesterday morning apparently from a massive heart attack at his home in Huntersville, North Carolina, only seven days


New York City Is Quiet Despite Increased Security

Police kept the heart of the city Â and the country's busiest railway station Â under tight guard for the convention opening.


Chelsea, Arsenal appeal League Cup red cards

Arsenal and Chelsea have lodged appeals against the red cards handed out to Emmanuel Adebayor and Mikel John Obi during Sunday's League Cup final, the Football Association (FA) confirmed Monday.


Whether it was returning Andy Roddick's serve, feathering numerous drop shots or appearing unflappable as a fan sprinted onto the court and invaded his personal space in


Afghans Vow to Kill UN Hostages if Demands Not Met

A Taliban splinter group holding three  U.N. workers hostage demanded a response from the Afghan  government and United Nations to its conditions on Tuesday,  saying it would kill them if they were not met.


Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY:NYSE - news - research) reported a sharply lower profit in the third-quarter as generic competition continued to eat away at drug sales and the company ratcheted up spending on research and development of new drugs.


Japan Says China Apologizes Over Sub Intrusion

China has admitted that its submarine  intruded into Japanese waters last week and apologized over the  incident, Japan's top government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda told  a news conference Tuesday.


Suicide attack kills 38 in Pakistan mosque

CHARSADDA, Pakistan  - At least 38 people were killed on Friday in a suicide bombing at a northwest Pakistan mosque, where a former interior minister was offering Muslim Eid festival prayers with worshippers, officials said.


There's no stat for smiles, but Connecticut had plenty to go around Thursday night. The 11th-ranked Huskies were a regular fun bunch, cruising to a 123-71 win over instate rival Quinnipiac.


SEC Reverses, Lets Disney Omit Shareholder Proposal

Securities and Exchange Commission staff, reversing an earlier recommendation, said Walt Disney Co. doesn't have to include on its proxy ballot a proposal allowing investors to nominate candidates to the company's board.


Group Passes on Addressing Global Warming

Although faced with fresh evidence of global warming, the United States and other members the Arctic Council on Wednesday failed to make any recommendations to combat a problem most scientists say is causing sea ice to melt and temperatures to rise.


Sharapova a big hit at WTA Championships

Men yelled encouragement and whistled at her. One tossed a long-stem red rose on the court. Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova was a big hit playing for the first time in the season-ending WTA Championships.


Three Britons were kidnapped from their house in the plush Mansur district of Baghdad, an interior ministry spokesman said.


A Master of Motion Learns Lessons of Inspired Immobility

Over the years, as Mikhail Baryshnikov repeatedly read and saw the plays, he developed an intense appreciation of what he calls âBeckettâs genius.â


A zoo out there: Wolves, ostriches and eagles populate ...

In heavily symbolic television spots, President Bush's campaign uses prowling wolves to suggest that the country under Sen. John Kerry would be vulnerable to terrorists.


Helicopter crashes in Sierra Leone, 20 feared dead

A helicopter ferrying passengers between Sierra Leone's capital Freetown and Lungi international airport crashed on Sunday and at least 20 people were believed to have died, foreign diplomats said.


A Hertfordshire doctor who  admitted forging blood test results has been sentenced to nine months in jail.


Follow a group of mongooses in Uganda as they try to fend off some hungry marabou storks that are set on giving new meaning to the phrase "baby food."


Can the other Special One inspire England to victory? Find out with Sean Ingle.


U2 Take New Album to the Streets of New York

Irish rockstar Bono brought traffic to  a standstill at the heart of New York on Monday, blasting out  songs from U2's latest album as the band cruised down Broadway  on a flatbed truck.


BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.  - "Sideways," a critically  acclaimed tale of two men looking for love in California's wine  country, led Golden Globe nominations on Monday with seven, one  more than closest rival, "The Aviator," a biography of young  Howard Hughes conquering Hollywood.


It's the fastest-growing economy in Europe, in the fifth year of a boom that has seen gross domestic product climb by over a third since 1999.


Livorno, 16:42 - Calcio, Livorno-Inter: Toldo blocca invasore solitario

Un tifoso ha invaso il campo al 33' st di Livorno-Inter. E' arrivato fino a tre quarti di campo, poi...


Ukraine Leader Agrees to Sack Election Commission

Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma  said on Tuesday he had agreed with the opposition to sack the  central election commission and support election law reform,  but there was no agreement on dismissing the government.


Beef from Safeway may have had salmonella: USDA

The Agriculture Department said fresh ground beef products contaminated with multi-drug resistant Salmonella may have been ground and later sold at Safeway Inc stores in five states.


Bargain: PC World flogging itself for Â£30

Jump online and bag yourself a computer superstore It seems PC World management have had enough of Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) raps and investigations that say they can't fix computers, and have decided to jump ship before the going gets any tougher.â¦


"Hungry" Nike sees 53 pct sales growth over 5 yrs

BEAVERTON, Oregon  - Nike Inc. Chief Executive Mark Parker said on Tuesday worldwide revenue could rise 53 percent to $23 billion within five years, as it tries to foster more loyalty among customers to its iconic brand.


L'annuale appuntamento del 21 settembre con il Peace dayStudenti da quasi 200 paesi hanno aderito a una raccolta di firme                                            Quasi centomila firme di giovani per la giornata mondiale della pace


Dpef. Arriva la "benedizione" del commissario Ue Almunia. Secco no ai tagli fiscali senza l'accordo in sede Ecofin. Secondo il commissario Ue agli affari monetari ed economici, Joaquin Almunia, il Dpef italiano "Ã¨ un documento realistico".


U.S. blue chips ended slightly lower on Wednesday after crude oil climbed above $44 a barrel, renewing fears that high energy costs would cut into corporate profits.


Premium rate watchdog launches 'Am I being ripped off?' text line

Probably PhonepayPlus, the daftly-named regulator formerly known as Icstis, has set itself the tall task of rebuilding trust in the premium rate industry. A new text service for consumers will check whether a top rate line is dodgy or not.â¦


Robbery suspect caught on camera phone in Nashville

Police had a mugshot of a robbery suspect before he was arrested. Thanks to a camera phone, they even had a picture of his getaway vehicle.


Conoco Expects Production Rose in Quarter

ConocoPhillips said on that its worldwide production of hydrocarbons probably rose in the final three months of 2007 from the third quarter, and oil and natural gas prices were also higher.


Sun may rise, after all, on faulty space probe

Scientists are hopeful they can retrieve particles of solar wind from a capsule that crashed in the desert last week. By Peter N. Spotts | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.


The OECD is increasing its forecast for European economic growth in 2006, as recovery is well under way.


ITJungle.com: Is PHP the Systems i's Next RPG?

A new article on the ITJungle.com website asks if Zend's support of PHP on IBM's System i machines could be the "next RPG", replacing the current language as the language of choice.   For years, the System i platform and its followers have marched through the wilderness of development languages, seeking a suitable replacement for the aging RPG, whose benefits aren't a good fit for a Web world. Now, some platform advocates see the server-side scripting language PHP stepping into that role.   The bulk of the article is an interview between Alex Woodie (of ITJungle.com) and Duncan Kenzie, president of Excel Systems. They cover topics like:   Duncan's first perceptions of PHP why he decided it would be a good language to go with how it works in their WebSmart software differences between Java and PHP impacts the ease of the shift for RPG programmers to PHP


McDonaldâs Ending Promotion on Jackets of Childrenâs Report Cards

McDonaldâs has decided to stop sponsoring Happy Meals as rewards for children with good grades and attendance records in elementary schools in Seminole County, Fla.


Stocks cut gains on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said it was not the central bank's job to bail out lenders and investors and offered no clear clues about the outlook for interest rates.


New wireless Internet service set to leave its Asian niche

Later this year an unfamiliar radiowave will blanket five US cities when a new wireless Internet service backed by some of the biggest technology groups in the world begins its advance from a niche in Asia to the rest of the world.


Four men guilty of botched 2005 London bomb plot

Four men were convicted on Monday of plotting to bomb London's transport system on July 21, 2005 in a botched attempt to replicate Islamist suicide bombings that had killed 52 people two weeks earlier.


US May Have Had Warning Signs Of Flu Vaccine Problem

Federal regulators reportedly found manufacturing problems at Chiron's flu-vaccine plant in England last year similar to those that led British authorities to shut down the facility last week.


Serbia says it won't trade Kosovo for EU or NATO

Serbia will never surrender Kosovo to the breakaway province's ethnic Albanian majority or trade its territory for European Union or NATO membership, Serb leaders said on Tuesday.


Serena Williams looked so ill she could  barley lift her racket at times as she suffered a 7-6, 6-2  defeat to Russian qualifier Alina Jidkova in the second round  of the Linz Open WTA tournament Wednesday.


Braves Eliminate Defending Champ Marlins

The Florida Marlins won't be repeating as World Series champions. Florida was eliminated from postseason contention Sunday, losing to the Atlanta Braves 6-3 as John Thomson held the Marlins to one run in seven innings.


The company's CEO says an aircraft to compete with the 7E7 Dreamliner could be offered by the end of the year. Airbus SAS plans to challenge Boeing Co.


The two rebel groups fighting in Sudan's Darfur region have been accused by Chad of stalling the peace process. Disagreements within the two groups had made it very difficult for the government


U.S. chef Schulson is all in favor of salt

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Michael Schulson, a U.S. chef and television personality, honed his culinary skills at a young age watching his grandmother in the kitchen and is all in favor of using salt to bring the flavors out of food.


Ford Motor Co  said on Friday it was recalling about 474,000 Escape and Mazda Tribute sport utility vehicles globally because the accelerator cable may prevent the engine from returning to the idle position, which could increase stopping distance and result in a crash.


Arts & entertainment: The Gibbons twins hated each other, took up arson and wound up in Broadmoor. Perfect stuff for opera, says librettist April de Angelis.


A-level results show more students passing and boys closing the achievement gap with girls.


HP Helps Philippine National Bank Retool for Global Banking

HP (NYSE:HPQ)(Nasdaq:HPQ) today announced that the Philippine National Bank (PNB) is leveraging HP's Core Banking Hardware infrastructure and systems management as it transforms its global IT banking environment over the next three years.


Net profit growth is keeping investors from worrying about Gillette's free cash flow.


Pele's '58 World Cup Final Shirt Goes Under Hammer

The shirt worn by 17-year-old Pele when  he scored two goals for Brazil in the 1958 World Cup final  against Sweden is set to raise up to 100,000 pounds ($180,000)  when it is sold at auction next week.


US forces continue air, ground assault in Fallujah; clashes with ...

US forces battled insurgents around the rebel stronghold of Fallujah on Sunday after two American soldiers died when their helicopters crashed south of Baghdad.


Supermodel Klum Dishes Pearls of Wisdom, Saucy Pix

When supermodel Heidi Klum decided to write a book, she didn't want it to be just a picture book. She wanted to offer some words of wisdom.


Change of mind sends Wannstedt back to Pitt

He was Pitt's first choice all along, so the Panthers were more than willing to give Dave Wannstedt a second chance. That's why athletic director Jeff Long wasn't discouraged when Wannstedt, the former Dolphins


Report: Better hurricane research needed

Hurricanes cost taxpayers billions of dollars, but the government has not invested enough money in understanding them, according to a federal report released Friday that calls for more coordinated research.


Malware: Quality drops but quantity rises

(InfoWorld) - They just don't make malware like they used to. Or at least like they did earlier this year. Even low-quality malware, however, is taxing the resources of security companies, since it is being detected in ever-higher numbers. Over the last six months, the technical creativity of malware has fallen along with the ability to cause massive damage, such as that created by the MyDoom and Sasser worms of years past, wrote Alexander Gostev, senior virus analyst for Kaspersky Lab, in a recent report. Gostev's lab intermittently sees highly technical malware, but most is "the same unending stream of Trojans, viruses and worms," he wrote. In many cases, hackers simply take existing malware and create variants, by tweaking the older code to evade antivirus software. At times, the process is simple trial and error. Malware writers use online scanners such as Virustotal , which check to see if their new code will be detected by antivirus software, said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer for F-Secure. If the code is detectable, they can make a slight modification and run it through the scanner again. "I'd like to tell you that we're winning this war," Hypponen said. "But frankly, I'm not so sure. We need new kinds of solutions." Because much of the code is not new, it tends to remain effective for shorter periods of time before antivirus companies detect it. Still, the time it takes to identify and create a signature for a new virus, which can range from a few minutes to a few hours, is often long enough for hackers to infect computers. "Antivirus companies are working at the limits of their capabilities in terms of speed," Gostev wrote. To be sure, some malicious hackers are doing creative work. This year saw some sophisticated phishing attacks, and virus writers have been branching into relatively new areas like instant messaging and social networking sites, noted Christopher Boyd, security research manager for FaceTime Communications. But the trend overall, he said, has been "quantity over quality." Kaspersky Lab in Moscow is on the front lines of the battle. Its analysts added 2,000 signatures to their database in January 2005. Last month they added 10,000 signatures -- a five-fold increase, said Stanislav Shevchenko, head of the lab. The virus analysts work 12-hours shifts, pulling up screen after screen of rolling lines of code. Automated tools analyze some pieces of malware, but human analysis is still needed for others. A good analyst should process an average piece of malware within 5 minutes, Shevchenko said. But some of the rarer, more creative code is harder to crack. Polymorphic viruses -- ones that can change their byte sequences to throw off antivirus software -- can take up to a week to analyze, Shevchenko said. The signatures are added to a database used by Kaspersky's antivirus engine, which is licensed by other security vendors such as Juniper Networks, ClearSwift , and F-Secure. The increase in the volume of malicious code can be attributed in part to the impunity enjoyed by malware writers, said Eugene Kaspersky, head of antivirus research. Despite efforts by law enforcement agencies to strengthen international cooperation, most malware writers are never punished. "It's quite safe for them," Kaspersky said. "If they are clever enough, there is almost no risk for them at the moment." The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor to the country's KGB intelligence agency, frequently ask Kaspersky Lab for information, said Kaspersky spokesman Timur Tsoriev. The FSB, however, approaches Kaspersky less these days since the agency has bolstered its in-house expertise, Kaspersky said. Kaspersky said his lab focuses less on finding the root of criminal activity than protecting the company's customers. But the burden of rising online criminal activity directly impacts security companies, he said. "If there is no help from the police and if they don't reduce the number of criminals, I'm afraid the detection for all antivirus products will go down," Kaspersky said.


Katrina victims sue U.S. over failed floodwalls

Victims of some of the worst  flooding after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans sued the  federal government on Thursday charging negligence in the  construction and maintenance of floodwalls on the 17th Street  Canal.


War Of The Worms: Windows Worms Dominate The 2004 Virus Charts

Sophos, a world leader in protecting businesses against viruses and spam, has released a report revealing the hardest hitting viruses of 2004.


An MP says people plagued by anti-social behaviour should be able to bypass the police and go to the courts.


Spitzer Probe May Give Push to National Insurance Regulation

The creation of a US insurance regulator is gaining support in Congress and among consumer groups after New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer disclosed his probe of improper sales practices.


AMERICA/REPUBBLICA DOMINICANA - La Chiesa Cattolica suggerisce di ÂmoltiplicareÂ le farmacie popolari per rispondere alle carenze di medicinali Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - La Chiesa Cattolica ha chiesto allo Stato una risposta rapida e urgente al problema della carenza di medicinali nel paese e suggerisce di ÂmoltiplicareÂ le farmacie popolari. Considerando la questione Âdi vita o di mo...


Exercise alone unlikely to prevent obesity

NEW YORK  - Simply increasing physical activity levels alone is unlikely to reduce body weight in young children, and therefore will probably not prevent obesity, although it may set the stage for a healthier lifestyle, the results of a study conducted in Scotland suggest.


Northeast Iowa farmers have said for years it was only a matter of time before soybean rust was found in the United States. Time's up.


Wanted Islamist to face trial over Mubarak assassination bid

The alleged mastermind of an assassination plot against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is in Egyptian custody and will be put on trial, a cabinet minister revealed.


Golfer Thatcher Leads at Reno-Tahoe Open

Mark Calcavecchia briefly took the lead Friday before a double bogey left him one stroke behind leader Roland Thatcher after the first round of the rain-delayed Reno-Tahoe Open.


BC lowers provincial sales tax to 7 per cent

The BC government has decided to reduce the provincial sales tax by one-half of a percentage point. Starting Thursday, the provincial tax rate will fall to 7 per cent from 7.5 per cent.


Parents are urged to take better control after children as young as four are caught house-breaking.


THE HAGUE, Netherlands - 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.    Milosevic, charged with genocide and crimes against humanity in the Balkans, portrayed the Serbs as victims rather than aggressors: victims of a plan supported by the United States and Europe to break up Yugoslavia, of an attempt to wipe out Croatia's Serb minority, and of a Saudi-financed plot to create an Islamic state in Bosnia...


ANALYSIS-Suspected Islamist killing tests Dutch tolerance

The killing of a filmmaker critical of Islam puts new strains on Dutch traditions of tolerance and will fuel demands for tougher treatment of immigrants, analysts and commentators said on Wednesday.


Retailers Tap High Tech To Aid Customers

Encouraged by consumer's willingness to use self-checkout scanners, stores are testing new innovations to add service and cut costs. -The Washington Post


Sony likely to cut PS3 price again: Capcom

SANTA MONICA, California  - Sony Corp. is likely  to cut its PlayStation 3 price again by year-end following this  week's $100 cut, a senior executive at Japanese game software  maker Capcom Co. Ltd. said.


"It seems pretty stupid.   You're huffing chemicals.


United Acquires Argentine Niell On a 1-Year Loan

D.C. United has acquired 5-foot-4, 145-pound forward Franco Niell, 24, on a one-year loan from Argentinos Juniors, a first-division club in Buenos Aires.


Oil futures prices advanced to a new high Monday as a strike began in Africa's largest exporter of crude, exacerbating global supply concerns at a time of strong demand and reduced output in the hurricane-ravaged Gulf of Mexico.    Worries about Russian oil supplies also persist as oil giant Yukos, already struggling to repay a multibillion-dollar back-tax bill, got hit Monday with $1.34 billion in fines...


China Says 2 of Its Companies Played a Role in Poisonings

Chinese regulators acknowledged for the first time that two Chinese companies had âengaged in some misconductâ in the way they labeled and sold a poisonous ingredient.


BOSASSO, Somalia  - Gunmen kidnapped two Spanish aid workers with the medical charity Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) in the north Somalia region of Puntland on Wednesday, their driver and a local official said.


Cell phone concerto may be music to your ears

It's one musical performance where your cell phone can -- and should -- ring.


Lori Chalupny gave the United States the fast start it was looking for in a 1-0 victory over Nigeria yesterday, a win that put the top-ranked Americans into the Women's World Cup quarterfinals.


Sudan's Darfur on the road to anarchy, UN warns

Sudan's blood-soaked Darfur region could be headed toward disaster with warlords on the loose and the government no longer in full control of its forces, the United Nations' top Sudan official warned.


Commerce Dept. Reports Slower Economic Growth in 4th Quarter

Economic growth slowed in the final quarter of 2004 to levels not seen in two years, the Commerce Department said yesterday, capping a nonetheless expansive 12 months for the American economy.


LG Electronics produces world's largest plasma display panel

South Korea's LG Electronics said it had embarked on production of the world's largest plasma display panel (PDP) flat television screen.


Travel Bug: Can Airports Calm the Nerves?

Air travelers can now visit medical clinics, nail salons and spas while waiting out delays.


She was the embodiment of godliness, but newly published letters show a struggle with  doubt that was all too human


Pep, Longtime Featherweight Champion, Dies

Willie Pep was one of boxingÂs pre-eminent figures and a longtime featherweight champion remembered most for his four title bouts against Sandy Saddler.


The Arab news network Al-Jazeera on Wednesday broadcast footage of British hostage Kenneth Bigley pleading to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to work for his release.


Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko were to be the guests of honour at a dinner with Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday, at the end of a three-day visit to Britain.


Elvis Presley sbarcherÃ  in borsa, titolo sale del 6000% in un ...

Elvis Presley sbarcherÃ  in borsa, un titolo sale di piÃ¹ del 6000% in un giorno. Un'altra leggenda legata al mito del famoso cantante? No, tutto vero. Lisa Marie Presley ha venduto l'85% di Elvis Presley


Lieber isn't perfect, but he's a perfect fit

Jon Lieber is not all the way back from his Tommy John surgery of August 2002. His return to full strength is still months away. "I still don't feel 100%," Lieber said.


Masochism may be a regular condition of Cubs fandom, but even so, no player in the recent history of the team has broken more hearts than Kerry Wood.


It Takes a Rule Breaker to Create Dance for Rebels

Bill T. Jonesâs choreography for the Broadway musical âSpring Awakeningâ is a perfect fit for a choreographer concerned with storytelling, the power of gesture and sexual identity.


CORRECTED: Starbucks opens first coffee shop in Russia

(Corrects size definition in para 6 to show that order was  for a grande, or medium cappuccino)


East Timor's Prime Minister, Jose  Ramos-Horta, said on Sunday he expected a new U.N. mission to  arrive in a month, a move aimed at shoring up security in the  fledgling nation torn by violence three months ago.


A German orchestra will play Beethoven and Brahms in Tehran in a rare visit by a European ensemble amid tension between Iran and the West.


EMPLOYEES will have to work longer, save harder or pay higher taxes to plug a Â£57billion-a-year hole in pension funds. The Pensions Commission, set up by the Government to look into how


Venezia, 19:37 - SCHERMA, CDM FIORETTO: CASSARA' SCONFITTO IN FINALE A VENEZIA

Sconfitta in finale per Andrea Cassarà nella trentunesinesima edizione della "Coppa Citt&agra...


Whatever party wins the next general election will have to either cut spending or raise taxes, says the CBI, which wants the former.


Tanzanian Islands Could Submerge Due to Global Glacier Melting - Minister

Excerpt from report by Mwinyi Sadallah entitled "Unguja and Pemba islands threatened with..." published by Tanzanian newspaper The Guardian website on 6 June  Zanzibar government has cautioned that the islands of Unguja and Pemba are likely to be submerged due to global glacier melting.


Seeking divine intervention a few days before the sentence against him is announced in the 1993 bomb blasts case, actor Sanjay Dutt on Sunday performed a four-hour long 'Ganesh Yagna' at the Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai.


WPP's WPP.L $1.31 billion acquisition  of U.S.-based Grey Global takes it to the top of the  advertising sector and puts the spotlight on France's Havas  EURC.PA, which failed in its bid and may now become a  takeover target itself.


Two 'Private Fuzzies,' Diverted on Their Way to War

FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq An explosion in the distance broke the silence in tent MC-01 just after 9 a.m.


Japan's foreign minister asks Israel to stop selling arms to its Asian rivals during talks in Jerusalem.


Europe's proposed satellite-navigation system is in danger of running into further delays and cost overruns.


Republican convention organizers have crafted a stage lineup aimed at showing a diverse party, giving a spotlight to Education Secretary Rod Paige, who is black; Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, an Asian American; and minority musical groups.


Off the Stripper Pole and Into the Movies

She no longer dances naked, but the first-time screenwriter Diablo Cody is still exposing herself.


LOUISVILLE, Ky., (Sports Network) - Larry O'Bannon netted 25 points to lead No. 13 Louisville over North Carolina A&T, 85-51, at Freedom Hall.


China, US aluminum giants buy into Rio Tinto

Chinese aluminium giant Chinalco said Friday it and US peer Alcoa have bought a 12-percent stake in Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto, setting up a possible takeover tussle with rival BHP Billiton.


THEY sized each other up, as people tend to do when discussing millions and millions of dollars. Pedro MartÃnez was already hurting from the desultory negotiations with the Red Sox.


Four Central Asian nations on Saturday formally approved Russia's membership to their economic bloc, providing Moscow the opportunity to restore its influence in the strategic, energy-rich region.


NOAA uses Web 2.0 Mashups for portal project

NOAA is leading a project to let natural resources professionals find data that isn't accessible to search engines.


Google's popular video-sharing site is now a Coke dealer.


Lebanonâs army today moved into a besieged refugee camp in northern Lebanon where a group of militants have been hiding.


SEATTLE -- Microsoft Corp.'s $6 billion acquisition of online advertising group aQuantive Inc. has cleared an antitrust regulatory hurdle, the companies said Friday.


Dark, Leafy Greens Help Shield Eyes from Cataracts

New research provides further evidence that substances in kale, spinach and other green vegetables help protect aging eyes from cataracts.


Pirates nab Michael Moore's yet-to-be released doc

Blog: Michael Moore's new film, Sicko, scheduled for release on June 29, has been pirated and is widely available for free download on the Web.


Colombia Offers Meeting on Venezuela Dispute

By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, Colombia  - Colombian President AlvaroUribe offered on Saturday to meet his Venezuelan counterpart,Hugo Chavez, to defuse a widening diplomatic dispute over thecapture of a top Colombian rebel in Venezuela.


British PM calls for radical world reforms to reflect rise of Asia

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called Monday for the radical reform of world institutions to help meet the new challenges of the 21st century, and take more account of the rise of Asia.


Scambiato a 1,3047 dollari e a 135,65 yen


"Ritengo esaurito il mio ruolo alla guida della Nazionale"


Israel blocks Palestinian PM from returning to Gaza

Israel prevented Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh returning to Gaza from a trip abroad on Thursday to stop him bringing in money donated by Muslim states.


Nuclear Agency: Air Defenses Impractical

Federal regulators plunged into an energy and national security controversy yesterday by ruling that the nation's 103 nuclear power plants do not need to protect themselves from potential attacks by terrorists using airplanes.


Hundreds Held in Russian School; 8 Killed

Attackers wrapped in suicide-bomb belts raided a school in a region bordering Chechnya, seizing up to 400 hostages â-ncluding scores of students welcoming the


ASIA/CINA - ÂLÂAmore Ã¨ lÂanima della MissioneÂ: per la parrocchia di Xi Liu Lin della diocesi di Tai Yuan ogni domenica Ã¨ la ÂGiornata MissionariaÂ Tai Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - Quasi ogni domenica puÃ² essere considerata una Giornata Missionaria speciale per la parrocchia di Xi Liu Lin dellÂarcidiocesi di Tai Yuan, nella provincia di Shan Xi in Cina continentale. I gruppi di evangelizzazione della ...


Declaring that personal security is as important as national security, a judge Wednesday blocked the government from conducting secret, unchallengeable searches of Internet and telephone records as part of its fight against terrorism.


E' accaduto ad Andria, l'uomo si impossessava della pensione


Siglato durante visita del presidente Ciampi in Cina


Mojave, Calif.âYears from now, when future historians write about the democratization of space, don't be surprised if this dusty, scrappy little town comes to be known as the 21st-century equivalent of Kitty Hawk.


After weeks of charge and countercharge in the presidential campaign, comedian Jon Stewart tried Tuesday to get to the bottom of the debate over Democrat John Kerry's military service in Vietnam.


Rod Stewart, Ron Wood Revive Faces in Hollywood

It was just like old days -- except  for the absence of booze and cigarettes -- as former Faces  members Rod Stewart, Ron Wood and Ian McLagan reunited in a  rare on-stage performance during Stewart's concert at the  Hollywood Bowl on Monday.


The World Food Programme is starting to airlift almost 100 more tons of food a day to Sudan's troubled Darfur region.


Automakers hold out hope for U.S. economy

As the Detroit auto show opens on Sunday, major global automakers are set to unwrap glittering new vehicles that span the gamut of styles from the gas-hogging fast to the gas-free green.


Massive deaths and damage in Asia after strong quake, huge waves ...

Yhousands of people are reported dead around southern Asia, most by massive waves that smashed coastlines around the region after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake in Indonesia on Sunday morning, followed by reports of a strong aftershock felt in the


Iraqis, U.S. dispute deadly raid in new friction

Iraqi and U.S. officials disputed each others' accounts of an overnight raid and air strike on Friday that killed up to 20 people in a new sign of friction over allegations of American troops killing civilians.


China move on textile exports gets cautious response

The US and the European Union responded cautiously yesterday to China's surprise undertaking to impose duties on some textile exports, a step it said was designed to ensure a "smooth


com. The Washington-bound Expos were busy Tuesday, agreeing to terms with third baseman Vinny Castilla on a two-year, $6.2 million deal, and Cristian Guzman on a four-year deal.


AP: Colombian Rebel at Center of Dispute

Rodrigo Granda, with his graying hair, wire-rim spectacles and fondness for cardigans, looks more the part of a mild-mannered professor than of a Colombian rebel suspected of jetting around Latin America to negotiate drug deals and procure huge weapons shipments.


Genova, 20:04 - CALCIO, GENOA: ANCORA A PARTE MILANETTO E ROSSI

Il Genoa si è allenato in vista della gara contro la Juventus, in programma venerdÃ¬ sera al "...


Singapore's Leading Media Firms to Merge

Singapore's largest media publisher and the city-state's biggest free-to-air broadcaster will take stakes in each others' operations, the two companies said Friday, four years after the industry was deregulated to boost competition.


Stocks fell on Monday, extending last week's losses, as investors worried that signs of rising inflation and weakness in holiday shopping dimmed prospects for economic growth and corporate profits.


Budapest, 18:55 - CALCIO, SI AGGRAVANO LE CONDIZIONI DI PUSKAS

Il vecchio grande ex campione ungherese, Ferenc Puskas, ammalato da tempo, sta peggio. Ricoverato da...


Barry Bonds gave his home fans what they had been waiting nearly a month to see: the historic shot that finally moved him past the Babe.


Bush Camp Trying to Portray Kerry as Liberal

President Bush goes to his third debate with Democrat John Kerry this week looking to accuse Kerry of shifting positions for political purposes and portray him as an out-of-the-mainstream Massachusetts liberal, top Bush aides said.


US and 7 Countries Weigh New Findings on Arctic Climate

The United States and the seven other countries with Arctic territory today expressed concern about profound changes in the Arctic climate and said they would consider new scientific findings


Halo 2, the stunning Xbox video game nearly three years in the making, goes on sale at midnight tonight, with Microsoft pulling out the stops to herald its launch as a pop culture event.


U.S. Commander in Iraq Sees Long Commitment

Gen. David H. Petraeus warned today that U.S. troops face a long road ahead, and left open the possibility that even more soldiers would be called to serve here. Gen. David H. Petraeus warned today that U.S. troops face a long road ahead, and left open the possibility that even more soldiers would be needed.


Baseball Roundup: Thomas Fuels Blue Jays in a Victory

Frank Thomas homered twice to raise his total to 503 and pull to one behind Eddie Murray for 20th place as the Toronto Blue Jays sent Johan Santana to a rare second-half loss, beating the visiting Minnesota Twins, 6-4, last night.


Germania: Adsl a 3,99 euro/mese con Congster di T-Online

Congster, nuovo marchio di T-Online International, divisione di Deutsche Telekom (Germania), ideato per lÂ´internet a basso costo si presenta sul mercato con unÂ´ offerta molto competitiva: un abbonamento ADSL a soli 3,99 euro al mese.


Athletic shoe and apparel maker Reebok  International Ltd. RBK.N on Thursday posted  better-than-expected quarterly earnings on an acquisition and  the weak dollar, sending its shares up more than 3 percent.


The energy regulator says it will "go after" gas companies who fail to pass falling prices on to customers.


Genova, 11:28 - CALCIO, GENOA; PASTORELLO: NOI E NAPOLI MERITIAMO LA A

Il vicepresidente del Genoa, Giambattista Pastorello, è deluso per il k.o. della sua squadra ...


The Baltimore Sun Rob Kasper Column: Moving a Computer is Enough to Wire Up Even Calmest Person

By Rob Kasper, The Baltimore Sun  Dec. 9--Over the weekend we moved our home computer.   I thought this would be easier than moving furniture, say lugging a sofa bed up a flight of stairs.   Now I am not so sure.


John G. Roberts Jr., now the chief justice of the United States, suggested Harriet Miers to President Bush as a possible Supreme Court justice, according to a new book on the Bush presidency.


BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - Colin Montgomerie quieted an American crowd and boosted holder Europe's victory hopes with a 2-and-1 triumph over US stars Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson to open the 35th Ryder Cup.


Parmalat executives are back in spotlight

MILAN Ten months after the collapse of Parmalat, the Italian dairy and food giant, a preliminary hearing was held here on Tuesday to determine whether to indict 29 people and three companies in one of the country's biggest financial scandals.


Taliban militants stormed the office of an Afghan relief organization early Sunday, killing three workers and wounding four police officers in a pre-dawn shootout that highlighted the country's continuing lack of stability, officials said.


Mantova, 23:30 - VOLLEY, A2 MASCHILE: MANTOVA VINCE ANTICIPO

Nell'anticipo della quinta giornata del campionato di serie A2 maschile di pallavolo, Raccorderie


One of Italy's top cycling officials says doping allegations against Ivan Basso are unsupportable.


Stock markets around the world fell today over lingering fears over a tight credit market, with sharp declines in Asia and Europe and modest losses on Wall Street.


Yuschenko urges Ukrainians to vote "as conscience tells"

Presidential candidate Viktor Yuschenko urges Ukrainians to come to polling stations on October 31 and to vote "as conscience tells." "Everyone should come to vote," he said during a crowded rally outside the ...


Nigeria, Sudan Vow to Halt Polio Spread in Africa

Nigeria, which accounts for nearly three  quarters of polio cases worldwide, is determined to halt the  spread of the crippling disease by immunizing all its children,  its health minister declared on Thursday.


MLB wants to make sure fans get the real deal

Deloitte & Touche accountant Cory Boss spent Game 3 of the World Series, collecting a couple dozen balls used in the game, four bases, a commemorative home plate and pitching rubber used for the first pitch, and both the Red Sox and Cardinals line-up cards signed by the team managers.


Retail Stores Feel the Pinch of Cargo Caught in Transit Limbo

Retailers gearing up for their annual sales push are being forced to wait - thanks to a backup of cargo ships, railroads and truck lines.


The former rebel leader who was set to become Kosovo's new prime minister on Friday was recently interviewed by U.N. war crimes investigators, raising fears among some western officials that he could be indicted for his role in the 1998-99 war in former Yugoslavia.


Denmark's new princess christened in private ceremony

The Danish royal family and members of Europe's royal houses gathered in Copenhagen on Sunday for the christening of Princess Isabella, second child to Crown Prince Frederik and Australian-born Princess Mary.


After the failure of his lawyers to stave off questioning by an investigative judge, General Augusto Pinochet, Chile's dictator from 1973 to 1990, was officially interrogated on Saturday about his involvement in an effort by six South American military


BUCHAREST, Romania -- Victor Piturca has been re-appointed to the job of Romania national coach four years after being fired, a Federation official said Wednesday in Bucharest.


Great players do not almost lose to the Laura Granvilles of the women's tour in the first round of the US Open in their first real bow after having won a Wimbledon championship for the ages.


Milano, 17:43 - CALCIO, INTER: COPPA ITALIA, CESAR IN DUBBIO

Si è svolta in mattinata la seduta di allenamento dei nerazzurri al centro sportivo "Angelo M...


A Stable Life, Despite Persistent Dizziness

Living with dizziness is anything but fun. It can throw oneâs whole life out of kilter, literally and figuratively.


Robert Gates is sworn in as US defence secretary of defence in a private event at the White House.


Intervista dell'ex presidente Telecom a Financial Times


The US president is due to host talks between the Pakistani and Afghan leaders to try to ease tensions.


Nomisma Energia: 2,5-3 centesimi sovrapprezzo nostri listini


Video website YouTube should proactively check if videos infringe copyright, a rights group says.


Despite having the best record out West, the Phoenix Suns needed a spark and it arrive Thursday afternoon in the form of Shaquille O'Neal.


Bernanke cautions on raising GSE loan limit

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned Congress on Thursday that raising the ceiling on the size of loans mortgage finance enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can buy could undermine market discipline.


A Â£55m investment in a new radio system for the Welsh Ambulance Service is announced.


Also: Searching passengers' faces for subtle cues to terror. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Male Circumcision No Aid to Women in Study

A number of studies showing that circumcision among men reduces their risk of infection from the AIDS virus has raised the hope that the procedure would also benefit their female sexual partners.


Comcast Adds Bridges TV Channel ; Channel to Get Many New Viewers in Michigan

By ASSOCIATED PRESS  Bridges TV, a 24-hour English-language Muslim television channel based in Orchard Park, has gained hundreds of thousands of new potential viewers after Comcast Corp. added the channel to its basic digital package in Michigan, the two companies announced Tuesday.


JPMorgan to Buy Stake in Highbridge Fund

JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) plans to buy a majority stake in the hedge fund Highbridge Capital Management, the companies said on Monday, a sign that Wall Street is seeking a bigger role in the rapidly growing hedge-fund industry.


PayPal (Nasdaq: PYPL) says it has recovered from the software glitches that disrupted the online payment service starting Friday, October 8th.


Tasse giu' appena possibile.Deficit sotto 3% nel 2006


U.S. market regulators are looking  into gifts of Super Bowl tickets, private jet rides, wine and  expensive golf outings by brokerage firms to mutual fund  executives, officials said on Tuesday.


Tokyo's Nikkei share average gained 0.94 percent in shortened trade on Thursday, with carmakers supported by a weaker yen, while banks extended recent gains as investors cheered progress in their handling of bad loans.


Tape of Bigley Decapitation Posted on Web

A videotape of the beheading of British hostage Kenneth Bigley appeared Sunday on an Islamist Web site, showing the civil engineer pleading that he wanted "to live a simple life" moments before he was ...


Mayor Anthony A. Williams isn't giving up on Major League Baseball in Washington, saying Thursday that District of Columbia officials are working hard behind the scenes to get an acceptable deal done by the Dec.


Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote, Robert Adler, has died.


BAGHDAD -- Browsing the shelves of a cosmetics store in the Karrada shopping district, Zahra Khalid felt giddy at the sight of Alberto shampoo and Miss Rose eye shadow, blusher and powder.


Parigi, 11:53 - CALCIO, FRANCIA: RIBEY GIOCATORE DELL'ANNO PER FRANCE FOOTBALL

Franck Ribery (Bayern Monaco) è stato eletto miglior giocatoe francese del 2007 dal magazine ...


Livorno, 20:47 - CALCIO, MESSINA; CAVASIN: LA CLASSIFICA MI PREOCCUPA

Dopo la sconfitta per 2-1 a Livorno il tecnico del Messina Cavasin è molto amareggiato. "Mi p...


Papers continue to debate the reasons for the bloody outcome of the school siege in North Ossetia


U.S. boosts security amid British copy cat concerns

The United States is ramping up transportation security, including more air marshals on flights to Britain, amid concern an attack in Scotland could spawn copy cats, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Sunday.


Dati dell'Agenzia delle entrate tra il '98 e il 2004


Iran Won't Halt Nuclear Program, May Suspend UN Inspections

Iranian President Mohammad Khatami vowed to continue the country's uranium-enrichment program and threatened to suspend United Nations nuclear inspections as the US pushes for economic sanctions against Iran.


Five Britons due in court in connection with 'Iraq-style' plot

Five men charged with terrorism offences by police in connection with an investigation into an alleged "Iraq-style" plot to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier are due to appear in court.


RIM Launches BlackBerry with Revamped Keyboard

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) (RIMM.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , which popularized wireless e-mailing with its thumb-operated BlackBerry


The trial of 14 men arrested in March on charges of attempting to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea has entered its second week.


Double world champion Fernando Alonso of Spain won the European Grand Prix on Sunday.


High-Profile Attacks Put Crime On Political Radar in S. Africa

JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 2 -- A series of attacks on prominent South Africans, including entertainers, business leaders and a renowned historian, has pushed a contentious, racially charged debate over crime to the center of the country's political agenda as lawmakers begin their new parliamentary year in...


Alleanza impossibile.Un successo e' antidoto a larghe intese


U.S. Soldiers Fight Iraq Enlistment Extensions

Eight U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq  and Kuwait filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging the U.S.  military's "stop loss" policy, which forces them to serve  beyond their enlistment contracts.


Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho purred with delight as a solitary second-half goal by Arjen Robben helped the Blues leapfrog Arsenal at the top of the Premiership table.


The DVD player, which experienced phenomenal adoption rates the past few years, is settling into maturity. Market research firm IDC forecasts a drop in revenue for the DVD player chip market from 2004 through 2008.


Britain set to lose F1 grand prix, says Stewart

The British Grand Prix is set to be dropped from the 2005 Formula One calendar, former champion Jackie Stewart said on Thursday. "At the moment it seems that the calendar is not


A suspected murderer who is thought to have killed again remained on bail despite breaching a condition.


British tabloid The Mail on Sunday gives away three million copies of Prince's new album, Planet Earth.


India's economy to grow 6.0 to 6.5 percent: finance minister

Indian Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said growth may slow to between 6.0 and 6.5 percent this fiscal year due to patchy monsoon rains and high global oil prices.


Bridge: Once Upon a Time in Verona, With a Fistful of Diamonds

Bridge at the top level is best studied by reading the annual world championship book. The latest edition, about the tournament in Verona, Italy, in June 2006, is available from Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies (1-800-274-2221).


Heavy metal band targeted in shooting was slated to play in Flint

A band targeted by a gunman at a packed nightclub in Ohio was scheduled to play in Michigan on Thursday. A gunman charged onstage Wednesday night in Columbus and opened fire on Damageplan


Delta Air Lines on Tuesday slashed pay for most workers, and pilots agreed to contract changes that should prevent a wave of pilot retirements from pushing it into bankruptcy protection.


STRASBOURG A backlash against an Italian commissioner with conservative social views steered the European Union into crisis Wednesday when JosÃ© Manuel Barroso was forced to delay the vote on the new European Commission.


Kaka and Andrea Pirlo both scored in the last eight minutes to rally AC Milan to a 2-1 victory at rainy Parma on Saturday and move it within a point of Serie A leader Juventus.


It's got a beat you can fly to: Logan Radio

WBOS was already taken. So they're settling for Logan Radio. That's the name of a "virtual radio station" being launched this month at Logan International Airport.


Home values surge, but costs outpace incomes

Soaring U.S. home values in the first five years of this decade have left homeowners feeling flush, but housings costs also have risen sharply, cutting into stagnant incomes, Census Bureau data show.


A "potentially viable explosive device" is made safe after a  suspicious vehicle is found in central London.


Mourinho, Ranieri and Larsson make winning starts for new clubs

Jose Mourinho started out his latest Champions League campaign as he finished the last one - a winner - as his new club Chelsea thrashed French strugglers Paris Saint Germain 3-0 in their opening clash of the tournament.


Bill Clinton draws adoring crowds in Philadelphia and Miami as he pumps up Sen. John Kerry. By ADAM C. SMITH and TAMARA LUSH. PHILADELPHIA - Love him or hate him, Bill Clinton always manages to work a little dramatic magic.


Clinton, Obama Supporters Say Nomination Fight May Hurt Party

Bloomberg - Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Supporters of Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama say they are concerned that the protracted Democratic presidential nomination fight over delegates may hurt the party's chance to win in November.


Caity Matter scored 15 of her 28 points in less than 5 minutes, and No. 5 Ohio State beat woeful Michigan 84-56 Tuesday night.


Sony's apparently gotten the message: Some of its new MP3 player models will feature direct support for MP3 in addition to its proprietary ATRAC format.


Smart, Wilson taking 'Flight' with indie drama

Amy Smart and Patrick  Wilson are taking off for "Life in Flight," an indie drama that  will shoot next month in Manhattan.


Oslo, 21:03 - CALCIO, EUROPEI 2008: NORVEGIA-UNGHERIA 4-0

La Norvegia ha battuto l'Ungheria 4-0 (1-0) in un incontro valido per il gruppo C delle qualificazio...


State Farm halts new insurance in Mississippi

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. said it will stop writing new homeowner and commercial insurance in Mississippi following a legal battle over damage claims there from 2005's Hurricane Katrina.


U.S. insurers on Monday predicted that  Hurricane Charley could be the most costly U.S. storm since  Andrew in 1992, with Florida officials initially estimating  economic losses at $15 billion.


Iran's foreign minister defends the right to pursue nuclear technology for peaceful aims in a speech at the UN.


U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice cautioned the U.N. nuclear watchdog group Wednesday not to interfere with international diplomacy over Iran's alleged weapons program.


Global Warming Enlarging San Francisco Bay, Scientists Say

By Julie Sevrens Lyons, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  SJ-0524-Global-warming-enlarging-San-Francisco-Bay-scientists-say   Global warming enlarging San Francisco Bay, scientists say   Julie Sevrens Lyons  San Jose Mercury News, Calif.


Column: The Manning's can be proud of sons

Olivia Manning said it wasn't as bad as she thought it might be.


Rockefeller Calls Republican Spy Agency Plan a `Severe Mistake'

Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia, the senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said a proposal for overhauling US intelligence agencies by the panel's Republican chairman is a ``severe mistake.


Donetsk, 14:41 - CALCIO, PARMA: ACQUISTATO LUCARELLI DALLO SHAKTHAR

Adesso è ufficiale. Il bomber azzurro Cristiano Lucarelli torna a giocare in Italia. Infatti ...


Livorno, 19:11 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: DOPPIO ALLENAMENTO

Due allenamenti per il Livorno a Tirrenia in vista della gara di domenica al "Ferraris" con il Genoa...


Putin attacks US in fierce defence of Yukos takeover

VLADIMIR PUTIN, the Russian President, yesterday poured scorn on the US legal system when he defended the takeover of Yuganskneftegaz, the Yukos oil production


The province's residents blame their region's relative serenity for their lack of aid money and large development projects.


TONY BLAIR has been given a warning this week: an amber, rather than a red, light. The row over the redeployment of the Black Watch matters, though less in the short term in Iraq than in the long term for


Ukraine prepares to elect a president in a repeat ballot called after mass protests against vote-rigging.


A teenager has died in hospital after an attack in a west London park.


Carla del Ponte, the UN's top prosecutor for war crimes at The Hague, is to give her final press conference.


Do surveillance cameras detect criminals, or deter crime?

Prices for video surveillance gear have dropped and will continue to do so, and capabilities such as motion detection and analysis are proliferating. But a camera can only record and perhaps deter; it doesn't stop a problem in progress. Will surveillance cameras ever be much more than mere security-theater props?


The Fed's Open Market Committee nudged federal funds interest rates up a quarter point to 2 percent. Cisco lost $1.31 to $18.44, after issuing results that met profit expectations but missed sales forecasts.


Gelsenkirchen, 13:04 - CALCIO, SCHALKE 04: TRATTA CESSIONE LINCOLN CON GALATASARAY

Lo Schalke 04 sta trattando la cessione del fantasista brasiliano Lincoln al Galatasaray. Lo ha conf...


(InfoWorld) - Software AG on Thursday plans to announce its Active Governance Framework (AGF), which features a policy editor for SOA. With AGF, developers can edit and enforce business and technical policies. Alerts are sent to business users when an application conflicts with an established policy. The policy editor plugs into the CentraSite SOA registry and repository, which keeps track of SOA artifacts, including Web services. CentraSite was developed by both Software AG and Fujitsu. "What's great about the pluggable architecture is that first of all, we can very, very quickly enhance the product without going through major release cycles," said Matt Durham, vice president of market development at Software AG. Through the policy editor, developers can take ad hoc or proprietary policies, such as policy written in a Word document, and copy and enforce them. An example of a business policy that could be enforced would be a policy on who is allowed to fly at a certain class. A technical policy could involve, for example, making one service usage contingent on another service. Wiki-based collaboration capabilities are featured in AGF. Also part of AGF is the ability to synchronize with policies managed within third-party tools such as a tool for security. Advanced federation in AGF allow for cross-registry communication and is based on the UDDI standard. The AGF plugin is slated to be available in the second quarter of this year. CentraSite is part of the Software AG crossvision SOA suite, but users do not need to purchase the whole suite.


Boeing exec says orders might level off in 2008

The chief of Boeing Co's  commercial plane unit said on Friday that orders might level off in 2008, but the company is hopeful U.S. airlines are ready to start buying new aircraft.


Bonus book excerpt: The caregivers who work with combat amputees face their own emotional challenges--and rise to the occasion


California's anti-car fortnight causes concern

As does HP's new snowballing habit. Ew Letters Take a deep breath in. Breathe out and congratulate yourself. You have made it to Friday, and are soon to be rewarded with a weekend (unless you work on Saturdays or something).â¦


The US government will wait until next year to argue its case before the World Trade Organization over European aid to aircraft maker Airbus, a US trade official said.


Product Review - The EmperorLinux Wasp CF-19

If you need a battle-ready rugged notebook that runs Linux, the EmperorLinux Wasp CF-19 may be for you. read more


The first maps detailing the right to roam on privately-owned land are being published on Sunday.


French philosopher Jacques Derrida, the founder of the "deconstruction theory", dies at the age of 74.


New York, NY (Sports Network) - Indianapolis will take on Atlanta in the 2005 American Bowl in Japan, the league announced Friday.


Former President Clinton tearfully escorted a flag-draped casket Saturday carrying former Gov. Ann Richards into the state Capitol, where she will spend the next two days lying in state before her funeral and burial.


Rick DiPietro was too busy stopping shots to count them.


Airbus to slash 10,000 jobs under crisis plan

European jet maker Airbus revealed plans on Wednesday to axe 10,000 jobs, nearly a fifth of its workforce, as part of a radical cost-cutting scheme to lift the company out of a financial crisis.


Apple Inc. may bid for the rights to a wireless spectrum auctioned by the Federal Communications Commission, a risky but intriguing move that would help carry the consumer electronics company into the telecommunications realm.


'Il governo non puo' intervenire ma segue molto da vicino'


Hungarian Weightlifter Stripped of Silver

Hungarian weightlifter Ferenc Gyurkovics was stripped of his silver medal and kicked out of the Olympics on Saturday for using steroids. Puerto Rican wrestler Mabel Fonseca was also expelled for a positive drug test.


Today on the presidential campaign trail

Senior Giuliani campaign staffers forgo paychecks ... Arizona Gov. Napolitano to endorse Obama ... Obama, Clinton in fierce competition for South Carolina's black voters


If I were the Czar of all Sports . . . The incomparable Sean McDonough would be the voice of the Red Sox, the Patriots, the Celtics, and the Bruins. (He can't have Boston University hockey, however. That belongs to Bernie Corbett.)


US Forces Kill 22 Insurgents in Afghanistan

The US military in Afghanistan says US-led coalition forces have killed at least 22 insurgents, including several Arabs, during a clash in southern Zabul province.


Ottawa changing rules to curb drug patent 'evergreening'

OTTAWA (CP) - Admitting that drug patent regulations are unclear and subject to abuse, Ottawa is returning the rules governing competition between brand-name and generic drug makers.


Britney Spears Reportedly Marries in California

Ooops! Pop star Britney Spears did it again and got married for the second time this year -- this time to dancer Kevin Federline in a private ceremony in Studio City, California, "Access Hollywood" reported on Sunday.


BRIDGEPORT, Conn., July 4 -- A woman who had chased her rolling minivan down a steep hill and jumped in before it sank into a pond died Wednesday along with two children, authorities said. A third child was in critical condition.


Mauresmo Is Dominant as She Coasts Again at the Open

he United States Open's second-seeded player is showing that she might finally be ready for a turn at the top. With all the gears of her game clicking today, AmÃ©lie Mauresmo of France turned in her most dominating performance so far.


It has the technology to land men on the moon and send probes into the darkest reaches of space. But Nasa's newest project has more in common with school science lessons than Star Wars.


War, child labor, Gore in documentary spotlight

Movies about the war in  Iraq and forced child labor in South America have earned top  honors from the International Documentary Association.


Tokyo's Nikkei stock average fell 1.21  percent by the close on Wednesday as investors took a breather  from the market's recent rises and sold shares of gainers  including tech issues, such as Canon Inc.


Patients With Early Parkinson's  Exhibit Sleepiness, Hallucinations

WEDNESDAY, July 11 (HealthDay News) -- Factors such as gender, age and overall health may help predict which people with early Parkinson's disease will experience hallucinations, sleepiness or swelling, a new study says.


Joss Stone pays price for Brits train crash

'Ludicrous American drawl' hits album sales Joss Stone is apparently paying the price for her sensational appearance at this year's Brits, at which she adopted an inexplicable US accent and alienated just about everyone in the UK.â¦


Prince Charles Tries to Undo Memo's Damage

The tempest over Prince Charles' views on upward mobility was all a misunderstanding, the heir to the throne said Monday, insisting he had not said that people should "know their place" — and by implication, trim their ambitions to match their social rank.


Care for people with dementia must be more co-ordinated with better access to specialist services, a watchdog says.


Cisco gives Apple more time for iPhone response

(InfoWorld) - Cisco Systems has given Apple a further extension on the deadline to respond to its lawsuit concerning the iPhone name, the company said late Thursday. Apple wasÂ hit with a trademark infringement lawsuitÂ from Cisco Systems the day after itÂ unveiled a new cell phoneÂ under the name iPhone at January's Macworld Expo in San Francisco. Cisco says its Linksys division owns the trademark on "iPhone" and filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court for Northern California seeking an injunction against Apple using the name. On Thursday evening Cisco said it had agreed to a request from Apple for more time. "Cisco has agreed to give Apple an extension until Wednesday, Feb. 21," the company said in a brief statement. "Cisco is fully committed to using the extra time to reach a mutually beneficial resolution." When Cisco sued Apple on Jan. 10 it revealed that the two companies had been talking about the iPhone name for about two years and were close to a deal on Jan. 8, which was the day before Macworld Expo. When Apple CEO Steve Jobs went ahead on Jan. 9 and announced the phone he did so before an agreement between the two companies had been reached and that pushed Cisco to file its lawsuit. AÂ previous extension was granted AppleÂ by Cisco on Feb. 1 at which time Cisco said it wanted an agreement on "trademark use and interoperability." Those words lend credibility to earlier media reports that Cisco might back-down over the trademark issue if the iPhone were made compatible with its networking gear. Just how serious Apple views the issue or how close the current talks are to a deal is unknown. A few days after being hit with the lawsuit Natalie Kerris, Apple's Director of music public relations, told IDG's Macworld that the company thought the lawsuit is "silly." Linksys launched its iPhoneÂ in late December, just as buzz was building about the possibility of a cell phone and music player combo from Apple coming at Macworld. The Linksys iPhone is a cordless telephone with base station that attaches to the Internet. It means calls can be made from the handset over Skype without the need for a personal computer. Apple's iPhone is a GSM cell phone married with an iPod that runs on Apple's Mac OSX operating system. The phone is due to be released in the U.S. in the middle of this year through a deal with Cingular Wireless. Models for international markets are due out sometime after the U.S. launch.


The ground-level reality of show-business magic is the ability to spin a spellbinding yarn anytime, anywhere. Elaine Stritch has it at her fingertips.


By B.C. Manion, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Jun. 2--Mowing the lawn and puttering in your garden don't seem all that dangerous, but thousands of people go to the emergency room every year because of injuries in their yard.


A former UBS PaineWebber employee was sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday for planting a computer "logic bomb" on company networks and betting its stock would go down.


Legal expert joins open-source screening firm

Open Source Initiative general counsel Larry Rosen is now an advisor to Black Duck Software.


Gruner + Jahr USA Sues Agent Over Circulation Data

Magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr USA on Wednesday said it was suing an independent circulation agent for providing faulty subscription data that could cause several of its titles to fall short of their guarantees to advertisers.


Secondo il "Nouvel observateur" la coppia si sarebbe recata davanti a un giudicePer "Lci" i due hanno depositato la richiesta di divorzio singolarmente                                          Sarkozy e Cecilia dal giudice Iniziata la pratica di separazione


Ice cores reveal historic heights of CO2

Very long icicles Deep ice cores from Antarctica reveal there is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today than at any time in the last 800,000 years.â¦


Auckland, 10:58 - TENNIS, ATP AUCKLAND: FERRERO E KOHLSCHREIBER IN FINALE

Si giocherà tra il tedesco Phillip  Kohlschreiber e lo spagnolo Juan Carlos Ferrero la finale...


The final could be the last ice hockey played in North America for a while, with NHL owners threatening to lock out players if a new Collective Bargaining Agreement is not in place by the time the existing labor deal expires on September 15.


Big Losers, but Can Viewers Keep the Pace?

Some find the contestantsâ drastic weigh loss on âThe Biggest Loser,â the NBC reality series, undermining for its viewers also trying to lose pounds.


[Health India]: Washington, Dec 14 : A new research published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health suggests that men put on weight and cut down on exercise when they remarry.


Open-Fireworks in store as Agassi takes on Federer

Andre Agassi, darling of the New York crowd, meets world number one Roger Federer in a mouthwatering quarter-final at the US Open on Wednesday as the year's final grand slam bursts into life.


Taxpayers should pay new health premium, not employers, McGuinty says

TORONTO (CP) - Ordinary individual taxpayers are the ones who should pay the province's controversial new health premium, not employers, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Monday.


Gunmen killed an Iraqi intelligence officer in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, one of several deadly shootings targeting security forces on Sunday.


A New Jersey private investment firm said yesterday it bought Domain Home, the upscale Norwood furniture chain, and plans on opening as many as 15 new stores in the coming years.


There's a reason why rival television executives not-so-fondly refer to Fox's "American Idol" as the "death star." The talent show, which attracted more than 32 million viewers for each of its audition episodes last week, eclipsed everything in prime-time TV last week and was particularly cruel for the shows unlucky enough to air at the same time, Nielsen Media Research said on Tuesday.


Michael Andretti will race at Indy again

Michael Andretti's strong run in the Indianapolis 500 last year just increased his desire to win the big race. He wants to take a shot at it again.


Reports of a tentative deal with Europe over Iran's nuclear programme are given a cautious welcome.


This photo provided the University of Chicago shows Ian Desai on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2004, at the school in Chicago. Desai, of Brooklyn, NY, a graduate of the University of Chicago, was one of 32 American students chosen as Rhodes Scholars for 2005.


Massachusetts dentist and musician Lorenzo Lepore had an aha moment after a school band teacher asked how to make a sick student's wind instrument safe to issue to another student. Just sterilize it the same way you do other instruments, Lepore said. When the teacher replied that the school...


Interfaccia impiantata nella corteccia motoria


A huge underground lake is  found in Sudan's arid Darfur region, scientists say, which could help end the conflict.


Palestinian Prisoner Dispute Deferred for Summit

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators  hammering out terms for a peace summit agreed on Sunday to  postpone resolving a dispute on releasing Palestinian prisoners  that had clouded hope of a breakthrough.


Leggermente feriti macchinista, capotreno e viaggiatrice


Just another day in the life of France's first official gay family

Lesbian parents Carla and Marie-Laure have just made French legal history by winning the right to raise their three young children, yet despite the flood of media attention life goes on as usual for the family.


Which funds are buying Wall Street's most wanted?


Health Secretary Alan Johnson calls for fluoride to be added to England's water supplies as a key means of tackling tooth decay.


Israeli police confront worshipers at Al-Aqsa

Israeli police forces entered the area around Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem and fired stun grenades at stone-throwing Palestinian worshippers in clashes at the end of Friday prayers.


One in ten could suffer with SP2 problems

One in ten desktops will have problems with the Microsoft Service Pack 2 (SP2) update for Windows XP, claims an integration consultancy.


President George W. Bush on Monday will seek $245 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan while boosting other military spending and curbing domestic programs, setting the stage for a big battle with Democrats over funding priorities.


Cosi' presidente circoscrizione dopo fatti di ieri al Trullo


Plan to Dismantle CIA Gets Cool Reception

A key Republican's proposal to break up the CIA and rearrange the Pentagon's spy agencies under a national intelligence director met immediate and broad resistance Monday. A top Senate Democrat called it a "severe mistake" and the agency's former director said it showed a "dangerous misunderstanding of the business of intelligence."


Parks Canada relieved union dropped plan for general strike

EDMONTON (CP) - Parks Canada managers are breathing a sigh of relief after threats by unionized employees to pull all workers off the job during the busy long weekend failed to materialize.


Pechino, 11:59 - OLIMPIADI 2008, PER INTERPOL PRIMARIO OBIETTIVO AL QAEDA

Le Olimpiadi del prossimo anno a Pechino sono state qualificate dall'Iterpol come potenziale obietti...


NEW YORK -- David Ferrer kept up his surprising run at the U.S. Open, reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal by defeating Juan Ignacio Chela 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 on a quiet Thursday at Flushing Meadows.


Lo sparo durante un inseguimento nel Napoletano


Flat-panels to kill off rear-projection TV sales by 2011

Blog: A new study by the IDC group sees rear-projection TV sales dropping to near zero by 2011.


Horse racing champion Barbaro was euthanized Monday morning, co-owner Roy Jackson said


Ue, meno poteri al commissario Buttiglione

"AssumerÃ² personalmente il coordinamento nelle aree dei diritti fondamentali e della non discriminazione". Con questa mediazione il presidente designato della Commissione Ue JosÃ¨ Manuel Duaro Barroso, tenta di disinnescare la mina Buttiglione.


Prime Minister Tony Blair today urged the government of Sudan to adopt a five-point plan designed to help end the slaughter in Darfur and ease the humanitarian crisis there.


World Should Hold Darfur Rebels Accountable -UN

The world should hold Darfur rebels accountable for breaking their promises to end violence in the region of western Sudan, the UN envoy to Khartoum said on Thursday.


Independent Space Station Task Force Releases Final Report

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Space Station Independent Safety Task Force's final report is now available online. The report was released simultaneously Tuesday to Congress, NASA and the public.


Airbus, GE dispute could delay A350 plane: paper

An escalating dispute between Airbus and  jet-engine supplier General Electric Co  could delay  deliveries of the European airplane maker's A350 extra wide  body jet, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday.


MIT Works to Power Computers With Spinach

"Eat your spinach," Mom used to say. "It will make your muscles grow, power your laptop and recharge your cell phone... " OK. So nobody's Mom said those last two things. But researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say they have used spinach to harness a plant's ability to convert sunlight into energy for the first time, creating a device that may one day power laptops, mobile phones and more.


Thanks to the degenerate minds behind the Nintendo Wii, young gamers are being transformed into murderous, ravening beasts. Commentary by Lore Sjöberg.


Giornata convulsa a Strasburgo e trepidante attesa a Bruxelles per il voto del Parlamento Europeo sulla fiducia alla Commissione Barroso. JosÃ© Manuel Durao Barroso presidente designato cerca ancora con le


Juve e Roma, partenza da leoni Prima amara per il Bologna

BRESCIA-JUVE Bell'esordio per la Juve di Capello a Brescia. Al 34' 1-0 di Nedved che gira in rete il calcio d'angolo di Del Piero. Quattro minuti dopo bella azione confezionata da Del Piero e Nedved, che trova


STARKE, Fla. - An 18-year-old volunteer firefighter was arrested on charges of setting seven rural fires that burned 13 acres and an abandoned trailer home, officials said Friday.


A French technician was shot dead in the Saudi city of Jeddah yesterday, in the latest attack intended to drive away western investors and destabilise the world's biggest oil-producing country.


US drug giant Johnson & Johnson added to concerns over drug safety yesterday by announcing that its arthritis drug Remicade would have its labelling revised to reflect a higher risk of blood cancer for patients.


Unions for Caledonian MacBrayne staff demand Scotland's ferry services remain in public hands.


Two key terror network members captured in Iraq

Two men the US says are key figures in Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's terrorist network are in US custody following a sweep of Ramadi, Iraq, US military sources revealed in a statement Saturday.


Statements by CBS News President, Rather

Statement by CBS News President Andrew Heyward and Dan Rather about the authenticity of documents used to support a "60 Minutes" story that questioned President Bush's Vietnam War-era National Guard service:


Bonds Hoping for 700th Homer in Milwaukee

Barry Bonds always prefers to reach his milestones at home. With the San Francisco Giants on the road for the next three games, hitting his 700th homer in the city where Hank Aaron began his pursuit of the career home run record would be almost as special.


Messina, 19:10 - CALCIO, MESSINA: RIGANO' E' TORNATO IN GRUPPO

Messina di nuovo al lavoro in vista della gara con la Sampdoria. Oltre a Zanchi, reduce dalle tre gi...


British, Danish troops seize Iraqi militants

More than 1,000 British and Danish troops stormed a suburb of the Iraqi city of Basra and arrested five militia leaders accused of carrying out attacks on the forces, a spokesman said.


eBay Agrees to Limit Racial Slurs on Auction Site

Internet auction house eBay Inc. said on Wednesday it would limit the use of racial slurs after U.S. city officials complained the offensive terms were being used to advertise lawn jockeys and other antiques.


Fleischer Handles Questioning in the Usual Fashion

It's been almost four years since Ari Fleischer stepped down from the podium, but he has lost nothing off the old curveball.