Court rules against man wrongly imprisoned

A deadline is a deadline is a deadline, the Supreme Court said Wednesday in refusing to allow a man wrongly imprisoned for more than eight years to sue the police officers who arrested him.


Target to the blogosphere: youâre irrelevant.


Comcast Corp. tried to break into the entertainment business as a star. But it's looking as if its best role for now may be a cameo.


Barghouti to Seek Palestinian Presidency

Jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti will seek the presidency of the Palestinian Authority, a top official in the ruling Fatah movement said Thursday.


His role has diminished and so have his numbers, but Jets receiver Wayne Chrebet is happy.


Your workout at the gym isn't going to be any less painful. But the world's leading commercial provider of exercise equipment might at least help make the session on a stair-climber or treadmill more entertaining.


Throng gathers in Beirut to pressure government

Hundreds of thousands of protesters thronged central Beirut on Sunday ahead of a rally called by the Hezbollah-led opposition, escalating their campaign to oust Lebanon's Western-backed government.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Saturday they will begin handing weapons over to Iraqi police next week in a major step toward ending weeks of fighting with American soldiers in Baghdad's Sadr City district.    Meanwhile, there were reports that British hostage Kenneth Bigley tried to escape before he was beheaded...


London: NRI business tycoon Lakshmi N Mittal, who is set to control the world's largest steelmaker, has emerged as the richest man in Britain.


Powell to Lead U.S. Delegation to Asian Tsunami Region

CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush, criticized for  his slow reaction to the Asian tsunami disaster, said on  Thursday he would send a delegation led by Secretary of State  Colin Powell to the region on Sunday to assess the need for  U.S. assistance.


Allocate your cash effectively and you can earn more than 5%.


Facebook modified its help pages to tell people that if they wanted to remove their accounts entirely, they can direct the company by e-mail to have it done.


The head of the United Nations nuclear agency is in Seoul, South Korea, to discuss the country's past unauthorized nuclear experiments.


England star striker Wayne Rooney hands Everton transfer request

England striker Wayne Rooney on Friday handed in a transfer request at Everton, the club said. The Merseyside team has turned down three bids this week for the 18-year-old -two from Newcastle and one from Manchester United.


The legal battle between UK phone manufacturer Sendo and Microsoft has been settled, the companies announced on Monday morning. Sendo had been suing Microsoft for the alleged theft of trade secrets, fraud


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Kaplan's decision due on brawl-related suspensions

Arbitrator Roger Kaplan said he will issue a ruling "in the next couple of days" on an appeal of the brawl-related suspensions given to four members of the Indiana Pacers. The case is almost certain to move to federal court if Kaplan rules in favor of the players and orders reductions in the suspensions handed down by NBA commissioner David ...


No safe haven: Diet sodas linked with health risks

Sodas -- even diet ones -- may be linked with increased risk factors for heart disease and diabetes, U.S. researchers said on Monday.


French teenager Tatiana Golovin became the first player to reach the semi-finals of the Stuttgart Grand Prix when she defeated Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands 6-1 6-2 on Friday.


Sterling Commerce bolsters supply chain lineup

Sterling Supply Chain Visibility is designed to monitor business-to-business transactions and notify staff of events that require attention, such as a shipping delay that could cause an inventory shortage.


The New York Yankees, the most celebrated franchise in United States sport who boast a payroll of more than $A255 million, have gone down 22-0 to the Cleveland Indians in New York.


Google's chief legal officer slapped with SEC fines

Google's chief legal officer was fined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Thursday over accounting issues arising from when he was chief financial officer (CFO) at former company.


U.S.-led air strike kills seven Afghan children

At least seven children were killed in a U.S.-led coalition air strike on a religious school in Afghanistan, the coalition said on Monday, amid rising anger over civilian deaths from foreign military operations.


Suicide raid kills, wounds several in Afghan south

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - A suicide attack killed and wounded several people in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar on Tuesday, in what is seen as part of the start of a spring offensive by Taliban guerrillas.


Two Palestinian gunmen infiltrate Israel from Gaza, gunbattle ...

Two armed Palestinians infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip early Monday, sparking a fierce gunbattle with troops in the area, the military said.


BAGHDAD Insurgents drove a car bomb up to the Ministry of Education headquarters in northwestern Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least six people in a powerful blast and wounding dozens more, an Iraqi official said.


Books of the Times: Rival Hunters on the Run in a Cat-and-Mouse Game

Thomas Perry is known for good reason as a careful, incisive writer of psychological crime stories.


Troops surrounding a radical mosque in Islamabad deny entry to politicians seeking to broker a negotiated deal.


Peter Jackson says he will not be "bending over backwards" to make his new movie King Kong politically correct. "You always have to look at films in the context of the years they were made, and to put modern


Study: 1 in 25 youths asked for sex pics

Four percent of American youths online have been asked to send a sexually explicit photo of themselves over the Internet, researchers say in a new study.


The Atlanta Falcons say Mike Smith is everything they want in a head coach, no matter that he's never been one before.


Ryan Ludwick homers off Jorge de la Rosa leading off the 14th inning, giving St. Louis a 7-6 victory over Kansas City.


Goosen wins in Match Play; matches suspended by darkness

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - US Open champion Retief Goosen was the only winner on a rainy opening day of the World Match Play Championship on Thursday, beating Jeff Maggert by a record 12 and 11.


Livingston suffers scary injury in Clipper NBA win

Corey Maggette scored 25 points and Cuttino Mobley added 16 as the Los Angeles Clippers survived an frightening injury to guard Shaun Livingston in a 100-93 win over Charlotte.


Inspired by 'Lolita,' NY Teen Publishes First Novel

At just 18, Amanda Marquit has quite a  resume -- child ballet star, accomplished on the piano and  electric guitar and she's just published her first novel, "Shut  the Door," a story of teen sex and parental neglect.


South Korea plans to place a satellite into orbit next year from its own space center — the first time the country launches a rocket into space from its territory, an official said Friday.


Car Bomb Near Shi'ite Mosque Kills 13 in Baghdad

Militants detonated a car bomb near a  Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad on Friday, the Muslim holy day,  intensifying efforts to drive a wedge between Iraq's religious  communities ahead of elections nine days away.


UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary General Kofi Annan pledged yesterday to get to the bottom of any wrongdoing by the United Nations in the Iraq oil-for-food scandal.


UAE's Etisalat is granted third mobile license in Egypt

A United Arab Emirates-Egyptian partnership was granted the third mobile telephone network license in Egypt, officials said.


Karzai Sworn in as Afghanistan President

Hamid Karzai was sworn in as  Afghanistan's first popularly elected president on Tuesday at a  ceremony attended by two of the men most responsible for easing  him into power.


"National Treasure" shines at crowded box office

Nicolas Cage unearthed the No. 1 spot at the North American box office on Sunday with "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," which earned more than the combined totals of four other high-powered newcomers.


IBM taps partners to bolster speech applications

InfoWorld - Speech-enabled applications have been around for some time, but they have never reached the level of adoption that proponents of the technology have predicted over the years. IBM is out to change all of that.


Former Wal-Mart exec accuses CEO of ethics breach

A fired Wal-Mart Stores Inc.   marketing executive has accused the retailer's chief  executive of violating its ethics policy by accepting discounts  on yachts, diamonds and personal gifts from vendors and others  eager to work with the company.


Photo finish or super snapper? Review The Optio M30 is a mid-level 7.1-megapixel compact digital camera, unveiled by Pentax at the beginning of this year and now finally available to buy. It features a 3x zoom lens, a 2.5in display and a maximum sensitivity of ISO 3200.â¦


Oil Demand, the Climate and the Energy Ladder

Jeroen van der Veer, Royal Dutch Shellâs chief executive, offers his views on the energy challenge facing the world and the challenge posed by global warming.


Sun Microsystems has quietly begun seeking official open-source status for a new software license that likely will be used to govern its Solaris operating system.


By KATHERINE CALOS  JetBlue Airways and Midwest Airlines topped Consumer Reports' latest reader survey ratings of 18 airlines.  US Airways and America West Airlines were among the lowest- scoring airlines.


NBC chief says rumors of early departure untrue

NBC Universal's chief executive on  Friday said rumors of his early departure were untrue and  created by rival media company Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.


Fines, Jail Used to Enforce Flu Shot Rules

LANSING, Mich. - Thinking of trying to wheedle a flu shot from your doctor even though you're not at high-risk for flu complications? Forget about it in Michigan...


Violence Changes Rituals of Death in Iraq

Jassim al-Kinani, a 34-year-old car mechanic, did all he could to follow Shiite Muslim traditions when his brother and three cousins were slain. But like so much in Iraq, the rituals of death have been knocked awry by violence.


Stocks Up, Shrug Off Sluggish Retail Sales

NEW YORK - Stocks inched higher Thursday as investors shrugged off sluggish retail sales, a disappointing reading on worker productivity and a surge in oil prices.    In morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 16.90, or 0.2 percent, at 10,185.36...


The US Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it has set up a national registry to follow women of childbearing age who are prescribed the acne drug Accutane


Australia captain Ricky Ponting apologises after being fined for dissent.


Draft Medicare plan to cover implantable defibrillators

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today proposed to expand coverage of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), a move expected to save thousands of lives a year.


Asian stocks dive anew on U.S. recession fears

Asian stocks tumbled anew on Friday after the latest salvo of sour signals about the U.S. economy pummeled Wall Street, sending the benchmark S&P 500 sprawling 3 percent lower to a 15-month nadir.


French diplomats prepare to leave Rwanda after ties cut

French diplomats and their families have hurriedly packed their belongings and prepared to leave Rwanda after the government severed relations with France in a major diplomatic row.


'Ulteriore dimostrazione da incidente linea Milano-Piacenza'


Bob Marley's ex-manager convicted on drug charge

A former best friend and  one-time manager of Reggae superstar Bob Marley was convicted  on marijuana charges at the end of a seven-day trial late on  Monday.


Floodwaters lingered in coastal towns, debris ranging from household knickknacks to entire boats littered the streets and a missing 12-foot alligator named Chuckie hindered cleanup efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan.


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The war on terror is undermining Morocco's human rights progress, a US lobby group says.


England coach Peter Moores insisted that all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will not be risked in Monday's one-day international against India if he is not fully fit.


Inuit living in Canada can finally have their say on the web as their native tongue is offered online.


Welsh starlet Catherine Zeta-Jones is looking for damages again - this time from an American strip club. The actress is upset that the The Spice House in Reno, Nevada used her picture on its website and has sued.


Arts & entertainment: The classic albums that deserve to burn - as chosen by Franz Ferdinand, the Flaming Lips, Cornershop, Peter Hook and many more.


Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman was booed yesterday (Sep 8) by filmgoers at the premiere of her new film. And to add insult to injury Nicoleâs co-star in the movie Birth, screen icon Lauren Bacall, described the 37-year-old as a mere âbeginnerâ.


The toy maker reports lower fourth-quarter sales, but earnings still climb higher.


Un 'obiettivo prioritario' che 'si puo' fare e presto'


BEIJING, Dec. 31 -- Russia's Industry and Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko has said that the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) could be offered a 20 percent stake in a state-owned Russian company


UN seeks Afghan backing from key ministers

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sought increased backing on Sunday for efforts to impose peace and order in Afghanistan from representatives of key countries involved there.


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - He couldn't beat 'em, so Edgar Renteria figured he'd join 'em. The All-star shortstop has decided to leave the St.


Pigeon keepers charged in falcon cruelty case

Eleven pigeon enthusiasts have been charged with beating, shooting dead and suffocating dozens of hawks and falcons in a bid to protect their pigeons during flying competitions, prosecutors said on Thursday.


Freed Guantanamo Bay prisoners fly back to Britain

The last Britons held at the US jail for terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba were flying home after a long ordeal that included almost two years of solitary confinement for some of them.


Scientist at Work | Carla Pugh: Building Organs Even the Prudish Can Handle

Dr. Carla Pugh builds anatomical models to help medical students learn to perform exams that might make them uncomfortable.


Sri Lanka restrict Pakistan after Samaraweera's hundred

Sri Lanka fought back with seven wickets in the last two sessions to restrict Pakistan's first innings lead on the second day of the first Test.


Rio de Janeiro, 09:49 - CALCIO, BRASILE: PRIMO GOL DI AMOROSO CON IL CORINTHIANS

Primo gol con la maglia del Corinthians per Marcio Amoroso. L'ex attaccante del Milan è andat...


CHICAGO -- Four people are on life support suspected of having botulism. All are said to have received Botox injections for cosmetic purposes at the Advanced Integrated Medical Center in Oakland Park Florida the week before.


At least 10 Tanzanians killed by tidal waves

At least 10 Tanzanians have been killed by tidal waves that hit Africa's east coast after the massive earthquake in southern Asia, a senior police officer said here on Tuesday.


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


'Non piu' maggioranza Paese, ma non in crisi costituzionale'


The new Silicon Valley: A dog-eat-dog world

May I buy your beloved pet dog, just so I can take him around back and shoot him? That's how the chief executive of PeopleSoft, Craig Conway, described Oracle's hostile bid for his company


ComingSoon.net has an exclusive featurette on the many costumes created for the puppets in Trey Parker's and Matt Stone's Team America: World Police, opening in theaters today.


Lawyers for former Enron Corp. chief executive Jeffrey K. Skilling yesterday urged a federal judge to transfer his blockbuster fraud trial out of Houston, citing a toxic atmosphere in which


People who use internet networking sites are being warned that they could be at risk of identity theft.


Milano, 16:54 - CALCIO, COPPA ITALIA PRIMAVERA: 3-2 AL MILAN, INTER IN FINALE

L'Inter si è qualificata alla semifinale della Coppa Italia Primavera. Dopo l'1-1 della gara ...


Sweeping plans to reform the US spy network run into trouble after key Republicans in Congress object to the bill.


Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez promises major changes to the squad to close the gap on Man Utd and Chelsea in the Premiership.


Two US Marines were killed in or near Baghdad yesterday, the US military said today. The two were from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and died in Baghdad province, around the


Woman Claims She Found Blade in McMuffin

BRADENTON, Fla. - A woman claims she found a razor blade in her McDonald's breakfast sandwich early Wednesday, and authorities interviewed people involved.


I ran has two months to prove that it has nothing to hide about its nuclear programs. Last weekend, the governing board of the International Atomic Energy Agency passed a resolution calling for an immediate


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Quarterbacks Dan Marino and Steve Young and wide receiver Michael Irvin are among nine first-time nominees for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.


L'Occidente e' sordo a Dio e incapace di dialogare


The prosecutor investigating a missed doping test that led Greece's two top sprinters to drop out of the Athens Olympics decided Tuesday to again postpone a decision on whether to charge them.


By Bryce Baschuk, The Washington Times  Feb. 5--Steve Woda knows what it's like to get burned buying products  online.   In 1999, he bought a hand-held computer on EBay, or so he thought.


Shanghai says winning fight to stay above water

Shanghai's gradual descent into the sea eased last year to its slowest pace since 2000, reflecting massive engineering efforts to keep the city above water.


Lives of luxury look ridiculous in "Lipstick"

With the premiere of  "Lipstick Jungle," it seems safe to say that if someone is  going to have a TV hit centered on female friends in the  cutthroat business world, it isn't going to be this season.


Former HP Chairman to surrender on Thursday

Former Hewlett-Packard Co.  Chairman Patricia Dunn is due to surrender to authorities on Thursday afternoon on felony charges for spying on reporters and company directors, the California attorney general's office said.


RNC Creates Web Sites to Criticize Kerry

Republicans have one message for followers of many faiths: Sen. John Kerry is wrong.


Roma, 12:30 - CALCIO, SERIE B: GIANNOCCARO ARBITRA MANTOVA-GENOA

Sono state designate le terne arbitrali per dirigere le partite della 20/a giornata di ritorno del c...


Economix: The Choice: A Longer Life or More Stuff

The most authoritative report on the cost of health insurance came out Tuesday, and itÂs sure to cause some new outrage.


Democrat John Edwards said it was a mistake to believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, as he paused a Midwest campaign swing to make the round of Sunday's talk shows.


Shiite Leader Opposes Delay in Iraq's Vote

Iraq's most powerful Shiite cleric is opposing a drive by prominent Sunni and Kurdish political factions to delay elections scheduled for Jan. 30, an aide to the cleric and Shiite leaders said Saturday.


In a crackdown on militant clerics, Iraqi forces backed by US troops have raided a major Sunni Muslim mosque in Baghdad. At least three people were killed and 40 arrested.


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Top-seeded Maria Sharapova defeated Mara Santangelo of Italy 6-2, 6-2 Friday to advance to the semifinals of the DFS Classic grass-court tournament.


Between 1999 and 2000, the researchers asked questions of 132 patients with lung cancer and 187 patients requiring minor surgery at the same hospital in northwest Spain.


HOLLYWOOD -- The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced that Mel Gibson's worldwide hit "The Passion of the Christ" will be eligible for a best foreign-language film Golden Globe nomination, not best motion picture.


France Dispatches More Troops to Ivory Coast

France has ordered more troops to Ivory Coast to protect French citizens after nine French soldiers and a U.S. aid worker were killed in a government bombing raid and Ivory Coast troops fired on French forces.


Philip Morris Eases Discounts, Ups Prices

Philip Morris, a unit of Altria Group Inc. (MO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , told wholesalers on Thursday it would reduce its "off-invoice" discounts to $5.50 a carton from $6.50, a move that


Senators Renew Debate on Immigration Bill

Senators discussed the the overhaul of immigration laws on talk shows today after President Bush used his weekly radio address to urge members of both parties to support the bill.


Iranâs Saei adds Athens gold to Sydney bronze

TEHRAN (MNA) - Sydney bronze medalist Hadi Saei from Iran won the coveted gold of -68kg taekwondo tournament of 2004 Athens Olympic Games Friday.


It looks like the social-networking world has moved on from Google's yet-to-launch developer initiative, but top engineers and partners say give it time.


Scientists plan stem cell cure for blindness

British scientists plan to use stem cells to cure a common form of blindness, with the first patients receiving test treatment in five years.


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LOS CABOS, Mexico  - A more powerful Hurricane   John roared toward one of Mexico's most exclusive beach resorts   on Friday, forcing hundreds of foreign tourists to flee ahead   of howling winds, angry seas and lashing rain.


A convicted murderer goes missing after failing to return to prison following a work placement in the city.


As Opening Day approaches, the Nationals' new stadium is beginning to look like the distinctly Washington creation architects envisioned back in March 2006.


Officials yesterday sought international help to rebuild villages ravaged by back-to-back storms that left 566 persons dead and 546 missing in mostly poor northern agricultural regions.


Homes Still at Risk on Sixth Day of Fires

While life began returning to normal in parts of Southern California today, more than 20,000 homes are still at risk from several large blazes.


Intent on becoming a  major player in the gaming industry, Disney Interactive on  Thursday used the E3 Media & Business Summit in Santa Monica,  California, to unveil a slate of games aimed at the family  audience and traditional gamers and also announced DGamer, a  connected community for the Nintendo DS.


All three exit polls tracking Sunday's presidential rematch in Ukraine projected opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko as the winner by a large margin over Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych.


Cheney 'appalled' by Kerry's 'lack of respect' for Iraqi leader

US Vice President Richard Cheney said he was apalled by what he described as the "lack of respect" shown by Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry to the interim leader of Iraq Iyad Allawi.


Avra' effetto su economia reale nel 2008 soprattutto in Usa


Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Hurting U.S. Terror Fight

The war in Iraq has become the primary recruitment vehicle for violent Islamic extremists, motivating a new generation of potential terrorists around the world whose numbers are increasing faster than the United States and its allies are eliminating the threat, U.S. intelligence analysts have...


Report: Multiple Problems Contributed To NJ Kids' Deaths

The New Jersey child advocate said a new report detailing the deaths of a dozen children in the state should give political leaders the desire to "fix this system once and for all.


10/25/04- A world champion Russian figure skater is recovering after she was dropped on the ice by her partner during a performance.


Segnalate irregolarita' in quattro sezioni con un esposto


Boston Red Sox Team Report - September 17

(Sports Network) - The fiercest rivalry in all of sports resumes this evening when the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox start a crucial three-game series at Yankee Stadium.


A new chapter in Los Angeles Lakers history unfolds tonight. Shaquille O'Neal, arguably the NBA's most dominating player, is gone.


Syrian border may be problem for Lebanon

The brown sedan kicks up dirt as it speeds along the small trail and crosses the border from Syria with no security forces in sight — another reminder how hard it will be for Lebanon to keep weapons from being smuggled to rearm Hezbollah.


Business briefs - BHP Billiton forms Japanese joint venture

Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton was forming a joint venture with Japanese steel maker JFE that would underpin iron ore sales worth $3.


French Bank Offers Details of $7 Billion Loss

SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale said that a trader stole computer codes, falsified documents and employed other methods to cover his tracks.


Argentina takes basketball gold, US settles for bronze

ATHENS--Argentina was crowned Olympic men's basketball king Saturday night as it eased to a 84-69 victory over Italy in the gold medal game at Olympic Indoor Hall.


"Primo giudizio postivo" da parte segreterie coordinamento


Milano, 12:28 - BASKET, CANTU': MARZORATI TORNA IN CAMPO A 54 ANNI, E' RECORD

Cucciago (CO), 8 ott. - Pierluigi Marzorati era già un grandissimo dello sport italiano, ora ...


HILLIARD, Ohio (Ticker) - Finishing eighth in the IndyRacing League points standings this past year was enough for Vitor Meira to receive a contract extension.


Kuwait Firm Says Its Truckers Held in Iraq Freed

A Kuwaiti company with seven truck drivers held captive in Iraq said Wednesday that they have been freed by their captors. "We just got custody of the drivers," Rana Abu Zaineh, a spokeswoman


Rookie Noah Lowry won his sixth straight decision and remained unbeaten in 13 major league starts to lead the San Francisco Giants to a 5-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Wednesday.


Argentina Completes Dream Team's Downfall

ATHENS, Greece - Bronze is the best the American men can do in basketball, and the reason is simple: A hastily assembled assortment of NBA stars couldn't beat a better team - Argentina. Manu Ginobili scored 29 points to lead his nation to another victory over the country that used to dominate the sport, an 89-81 win in the Olympic semifinals Friday night...


Bush, Kerry Both Seen Pressed to Curb Drug Prices

The pharmaceutical industry is  expected to face pressure to curb rising prescription-drug  costs no matter which candidate wins next week's U.S.  presidential election.


Gli artisti non sono preoccupati dal p2p

Secondo un nuovo ed autorevole sondaggio di Pew Internet e American Life Project, il peer to peer (ovvero il file-sharing, lo scambio di file su internet) non preoccupa piÃ¹ di tanto gli artisti, che anzi in questo modo sarebbero riusciti a farsi


'PlaysForSure' logo being replaced with 'Certified for Vista'

Without much explanation, Microsoft's PlaysForSure Web page, which had once been the meeting ground for its portable media tech partners, now bears a statement to users that the logo is being dropped.


Tra le richieste, la scarcerazione di detenuti


Middlesbrough suffer their first defeat in Europe this season and will have to wait to secure their Uefa Cup knockout spot.


Toll Bros sees Q1 home building rev down 19 pct

Luxury home builder Toll Brothers Inc.   on Thursday said it expects to report a 19-percent drop  in home-building revenue.


Sri Lanka says rebels kill 10 people in south

Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels shot dead at least 10 people in southern Sri Lanka, the military said on Friday, two days after 27 people were killed in a bus ambush in a nearby town.


Gilead gets marketing approval for one of its drug candidates.


President Names Ex-GOP Leader As Key Adviser

President Bush yesterday tapped veteran GOP strategist and lobbyist Edward W. Gillespie as White House counselor, adding another Washington insider to a key position in his administration as it continues to battle with Congress over Iraq, the Justice Department and immigration.


Oil-For-Food Audits Uncover Mismanagement

More than 50 internal U.N. audits of the Iraq oil-for-food program flesh out a picture of widespread mismanagement of the program, adding a new dimension to a scandal that has shaken the United Nations.


Wenger future at Arsenal in the balance: chairman

Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood has said he is hopeful that Arsene Wenger will stay on with the club as coach, but admitted that his future hung in the balance.


Hasselbeck shakes off the rust to down the Packers

Matt Hasselbeck returned from injury to toss three touchdown passes and lead the Seattle Seahawks to a 34-24 comeback win over the Green Bay Packers on a snowy evening in the Pacific Northwest on Monday.


Liverpool can cope without Gerrard, says Benitez

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez said on Friday he has plenty of midfield cover to make up for the loss of injured captain Steven Gerrard.


British Muslims live in 'police state': released terror suspect

British Muslims live in a "police state", one of two men released by police after being held in connection with an investigation into an alleged "Iraq-style" kidnapping and beheading plot, said in an interview with the BBC.


AS Roma needs success against Inter after disastrous start to ...

After sliding out of contention in the Champions League and opening its Serie A campaign with two defeats in four games, AS Roma and its new coach, Luigi Del Neri, desperately need points against archrival Inter Milan at Stadio Olimpico Sunday


DNR Says Deer Threaten Beach: Agency Proposes Season for Bow Hunters to Thin Herd in Assateague State Park

By Candus Thomson, The Baltimore Sun  Sep. 12--Assateague State Park, famous for its wild ponies, is being overrun by another small, hoofed animal that is eating the plants that hold back beach erosion: sika deer.


Leeds have been warned by a consortium bidding to buy the club that its Â£25m takeover offer is the only realistic way they can keep Elland Road.


NFL player's body found in Louisiana lake: report

Louisiana officials pulled the body of New England Patriots' defensive end Marquise Hill out of Lake Pontchartrain north of New Orleans on Monday, one day after he fell from a jet ski into the water, the New Orleans Times-Picayune newspaper reported.


Hamas militants fired a rocket into an Israeli border village, wounding two young sisters as they played outside their home. The attack followed Israel airstrikes against Gaza militants and threats of an "all-front" war on the Islamic group.


Senate Republicans blocked a plan on Wednesday to give U.S. troops in Iraq more home leave, defeating a proposal widely seen as the Democrats' best near-term chance to change President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy.


Health care expert warns consumers to be wary of imported drugs

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Alabama's Medicaid officials have looked into it and many have done it, but a new government report from the Health and Human Services Task Force on Importation warns that importing cheap


After about an hour of trekking, I made it to the bridge at the center of the maze, all the while keeping to the map. Except when I didn't.


A key gauge of future U.S. economic  growth snapped a five-month losing streak and edged up 0.2  percent in November, a private research firm said on Monday.


The Chinese martial arts epic Hero, starring Jet Li, takes top spot at the box office in the US and Canada.


Offering Big Spaces, Amsterdam Avenue Is Catching More Retailersâ Eyes

Amsterdam Avenue is no longer a homely cousin of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, the strong retail corridors on Manhattanâs Upper West Side.


Iran-EU3 talks to resume Nov 5 as deadline looms

Nuclear talks between the EU and Iran will resume in Paris on Nov. 5 with Tehran facing a looming deadline to agree to freeze uranium enrichment or face referral to the UN Security Council, diplomats said on Thursday.


Liverpool go fifth in the Premiership with a 2-1 win at Norwich.


Biotech companies race for drought-tolerant crops

JOHNSTON, Iowa - Outside the headquarters of Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc, the pavement is iced over and workers arriving for the day are bundled up against the cold.


Ukrainian prosecutors reopened their investigation into allegations Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned after doctors who treated the opposition leader confirmed he had been slipped the toxic chemical dioxin, as Yushchenko returned home Sunday to campaign for this month's presidential run-off vote.


English, Irish, Scots: Theyâre All One, Genes Suggest

Geneticists who have tested DNA throughout the British Isles are struck by the overall genetic similarities.


Rescuers in Pakistan struggle to bring aid to more than one million people hit by deadly storms.


Click Fraud Looms As Search-Enging Threat

Like thousands of other merchants, Tammy Harrison thought she had struck gold when hordes visited her Web site by clicking on the small Internet ads she purchased from the world's most popular online search engines. It cost Harrison as much as $20 for each click, but the potential new business seemed to justify the expense. Harrison's delight dimmed, though, when she realized the people clicking on her ads weren't really interested in her products.


Federal offices unite under a common logo

The federal government is trying to create a new image for itself. At present Swiss government offices all have their own logos and graphic styles.


Movie Review: In ÂMaterial Girls,Â Those Daffy Duff Sisters Play Rich, Daffy ... Sisters

An incompetent spin on the poor-little-rich-girl story, the film involves a lot of wardrobe changes and product placements, and a smidgen of intrigue and some chaste romance.


A complicated system involving three unbeaten teams vying for the two spots in the Bowl Championship Series national title game in the Orange Bowl Jan. 4


Search for Skiers Suspended in Utah Avalanche

Search teams failed on Saturday  to find as many as five off-trail skiers believed trapped under  30 feet (nine meter) of snow by a massive avalanche near Park  City, Utah.


Institute for Policy Innovation's Bartlett Cleland says FCC has it partly right and partly wrong when it comes to fostering video competition.


But even Jedi mind tricks can't levitate the stock.


13 Reported Killed as Israel Raids Palestinian Refugee Camp

Israeli forces launched a raid into a Gaza Strip refugee camp today to curtail Palestinian mortar fire on a nearby Jewish settlement, an Israeli army


A warning from Intel sets stocks tumbling

Chip stocks fell across the globe on Friday after Intel, the market leader, slashed its forecasts for revenue and profit margin for the third quarter, citing unexpectedly weak demand.


The looming political battle over  how to reform the tangled U.S. income tax code could get ugly.  But one option, a tax aimed at boosting savings, holds promise.


Scotland caretaker-manager Tommy Burns insists the supporters who called for the Scottish Football Association hierarchy to resign during the friendly defeat by Sweden had every right to do so.


Justice minister asks appeal court to review Steven Truscott case

OTTAWA (CP) - Steven Truscott's 45-year battle to clear his name took a big step closer to resolution Thursday as the federal justice minister asked the Ontario Court of Appeal to review the case.


HAVANA - Cuban Central Bank president Francisco Soberon said he is committed to ensuring the convertible peso remains on par with the US dollar in the wake of his country's currency replacing dollars as legal tender.


Liriano KO'd for season in Twins' loss to A's

The Minnesota Twins will have to make their playoff push without Francisco Liriano.


Mexico's Cemex agreed on Monday to buy Britain's RMC Group for 2.3 billion pounds ($4.2 billion) to double revenues at the world's No.


Schilling beats pain to put Red Sox on top

CURT SCHILLING woke up early on Sunday morning unable to walk. He ended the day as the winning pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, who beat the St Louis Cardinals 6-2 to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven World Series.


Torino, 17:29 - CALCIO, JUVE; COBOLLI: PECCATO SE TARDELLI SE NE VA

"Prendo atto delle dichiarazioni di Marco Tardelli, che ha espresso le intenzioni di dare le dimissi...


Broadcom probe looks at ex-CEO's behavior: report

Federal officials investigating stock-options backdating at Broadcom Corp. are looking into allegations that former Chief Executive Henry Nicholas III used hard drugs and hired prostitutes, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.


HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe's biggest bank, agreed to buy a 51 percent stake in Korea Exchange Bank for $6.3 billion as it attempts to boost its presence in the fast-growing Asian market.


PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - Vera Zvonareva and Jennifer Capriati both needed to win their quarterfinal match at the $585,000 Advanta Championships to keep alive hopes of a berth for the WTA Tour Championships.


European equities fall as Asian markets rattle

European equities fell on Thursday after Asian stock markets were rattled by comments about the prospect of a Chinese economic slowdown from Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chief.


Rooney cashes in as Villa lose their spark and discipline

Sport: Premier League: Rooney scored a brace as United made the most of Villa's poor defending.


Â«Sulla Costituzione Ue decida il popoloÂ»

ROMA - La ratifica del Trattato costituzionale europeo non dovrÃ  determinare âuna riduzione delle garanzie relative ai diritti dellâuomo e alle libertÃ  fondamentali previste dalla Costituzione italianaâ.


Blast in Kandahar Wounds at Least Three Afghans

A huge explosion rocked the southern Afghanistan city of Kandahar on Wednesday and at least three Afghan soldiers were wounded, the city's police chief said.


Officials ask public to stay aware of West Nile

Kane County health officials again this week warned residents against forgetting about West Nile virus as the number of virus-carrying mosquitoes appears to be on the rise.


The United States yesterday vetoed an Arab-backed United Nations resolution demanding an end to military operations in the northern Gaza Strip and the withdrawal of Israeli forces.


Google's quarterly profits jump 28% to $925m but the figure is not as good as analysts had hoped for.


Iraqi Official Says He Is 60% Certain Al-Duri Was Captured

An Iraqi government minister said he's 60 percent certain that the most-wanted man of Iraq's former regime, Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, has been captured.


Solo con sanzioni Roma ha registrato entrate pari a 207 mln


Sperm Levels Drop with Frequent Ejaculation

NEW YORK  - The more a man ejaculates each  week, the lower his sperm levels fall, new research shows.  However, this ejaculatory frequency only partly explains why a  man's sperm count varies widely each time it's checked.


BEDFORD, N.Y. - Christopher Reeve, the star of the "Superman" movies whose near-fatal riding accident nine years ago turned him into a worldwide advocate for spinal cord research, died Sunday of heart failure, his publicist said...


Cousin of Colombia's Uribe probed for "para" links

A scandal linking political allies of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to right-wing death squads deepened on Wednesday when the Supreme Court opened an investigation into his first cousin, Senator Mario Uribe.


Stagecoach and Virgin rejoin East Coast race

STAGECOACH and Virgin are to re-enter bidding for the East Coast main line franchise - just two months after abruptly pulling out of the race.


Inter ancora a secco: Palermo in testa col Lecce

ROMA - Lecce e Palermo si godono almeno per un giorno il primato in serie A con quattro punti. Nel primo anticipo della seconda giornata, i salentini hanno battuto 4-1 il Brescia con doppietta di Bojinov e


Decisa la seconda prova scritta. Le prove il 18 e 19 giugnoIl decreto stabilisce anche il ruolo dei membri esterni                                          MaturitÃ , ecco le materie d'esame Escono greco e matematica


Clear Channel Profit Rises, Lauds New Ad Strategy

Clear Channel Communications Inc., the largest U.S. radio station chain, on Friday posted higher operating earnings and said a new strategy to trim advertising airtime showed early signs of success.


Britons are observed by thousands of CCTV cameras every day. Now, some of the cameras are letting people know they're being watched


Regimens: Diet Supplement Seen as Risky for Some Users

Probiotics, the potentially beneficial bacteria and yeasts available as diet supplements, may not be as helpful as widely believed.


Directors Guild, studios reach contract deal

The Hollywood directors' union reached a contract deal with major film and TV studios on Thursday in a move likely to renew momentum for settling a 10-week-old writers strike that has crippled the industry and clouded the year-end Oscar season.


Bush and South Korean Leader in Testy Exchange

At a meeting in Sydney today, there was an awkward exchange over North Korean nuclear diplomacy.


"The Aviator," Martin Scorsese's  epic film biography of Howard Hughes, received 11 Oscar  nominations on Tuesday, beating out Clint Eastwood's boxing  saga "Million Dollar Baby" and drama "Finding Neverland," which  received seven each.


Craving the High That Risky Trading Can Bring

It is easy to dismiss JÃ©rÃ´me Kerviel, the rogue trader at SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale, as a fluke. So here is a sobering thought for Wall Street: There may be a bit of Mr. Kerviel in all of us.


PLEASANTON, Calif. - Business software maker PeopleSoft Inc. unexpectedly fired CEO Craig Conway, dumping the feisty leader who engineered the company's dogged resistance to Oracle Corp.


PUT-IN-BAY, Ohio -- Ohio authorities are trying to find out what has sickened hundreds of tourists and residents of a popular island getaway.


Traders Bet Oracle Wins in Antitrust Case

CHICAGO/SAN FRANCISCO  - Options traders have been  building bullish positions in PeopleSoft Inc.  PSFT.O as  investors bet a federal judge will approve Oracle Corp.'s  hostile takeover bid of the business software maker, traders  said on Monday.


Paulson Tells Senate Panel China Must Let Its Currency Rise

Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. said efforts to persuade China to let its currency rise in value had achieved âsome resultsâ but that Beijingâs leadership needed to do far more.


US drinker stabbed for not washing hands

Poor restroom hygiene ends in knife fight Those men among you who indulge in the woman-enraging provocation of not putting the loo seat back down after taking a leak should count yourselves lucky you're not in Fort Worth, Texas, where some people take the matter of good toilet habits very seriously indeed.â¦


Turkey sets up "temporary security zones" near its border with Iraq, where it has already deployed extra forces.


Fox's O'Reilly Sues Over Alleged Extortion Scheme

Fox News personality Bill O'Reilly sued one of his associate producers and her lawyer on Wednesday, alleging they threatened him with a high profile sexual harassment case unless he and Fox paid $60 million in "hush money."


The software maker says that the general public will now be able to download a near-final version of Windows XP Service Pack 3.


Argentina Wins First Olympic Gold in 52 Years

Argentina won its first Olympic gold  medal in 52 years in the soccer final Saturday, while the U.S.  women's basketball team atoned for their men's failure by  storming to victory.


KATRINA UPDATE:  _"New Orleans" (Frommer's; $11.99)  We all know what happened in New Orleans in August 2005: a hurricane named Katrina hit the city with devastating force. Now, Frommer's offers a complete post-Katrina update.


Lilt intensifica linea S.O.S. Fumo, si mobilita Coldiretti


Judge: N.M. can't have O'Keeffe painting

A judge on Monday rejected an agreement to send a 1927 oil painting by Georgia O'Keeffe from Fisk University to a New Mexico museum, saying the deal wasn't in the best interests of the state of Tennessee.


The Saints' first win back in their refurbished stadium serves as a boost for the struggling city's spirits


Hawaii football coach June Jones knew something special was in store four years ago when a lanky, baby-faced teenager stepped onto the practice field and completed eight straight passes.


Microsoft waves in Minority Report-style computing era

Another Minority operating system? Microsoft launched Surface Computing last night, and with a new computing paradigm - the table-top.â¦


Latest poll gives Kremlin's Medvedev 71 percent

Dmitry Medvedev, President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, will win 71 percent of the votes in March's Russian presidential election, state-owned pollster VTsIOM predicted on Thursday.


Wendy's rolling out breakfast to more restaurants

Wendy's International Inc.  said on Friday that it will roll out its new breakfast menu to more than 75 additional restaurants this month and expects to offer breakfast in more than 650 restaurants by the end of August.


Mustafa Shakur scores 23 points and Ivan Radenovic 20 in 10th-ranked Arizona's often-sloppy 80-69 victory over San Diego Tuesday.


Rails for PHP Developers: Three New Articles Posted (Scope, Variables & RegEx)

Mike Naberezny has posted a few more articles to the "Rails for PHP Developers" website (based on this book) covering some more of the basics.  There's three new tutorials posted:  Ruby Block Scope - the basics of Ruby block scope, a common point of confusion for PHP developers new to Ruby.  Variable Arguments - an article that shows two common API patterns found in Rails, variable arguments and option hashes, and how to implement them both in PHP.  Regular Expressions in Ruby - a useful reference that maps all of the common PHP regular expression functions to the equivalents in Ruby.    Check out the rest of the site for even more great content.


Peace talks between the Sudanese government and rebel groups have collapsed and could be suspended for weeks. On Wednesday Muhammad Ahmad Tugod, the chief negotiator for Sudanese group, the Justice and Equality


Nominee EU Commissioner Peter Mandelson says Rocco Buttiglione's comments on  homosexuality were 'unwise'.


Liverpool, 17:45 - CALCIO, LIVERPOOL: DAL BAYER LEVERKUSEN ARRIVA VORONIN

L'attaccante del Bayer Leverkusen Andriy Voronin è stato acquistato dal Liverpool. Il naziona...


Ministro Esteri annuncia anche decreto governo per 70 mln


Lo ha annunciato il presidente francese Sarkozy


YUKOS unit assets may be sold for back tax

Russia oil company YUKOS assets may be sold partially by the Russian Justice Ministry in order to cover its outstanding tax bill. The selling-off will probably touch YUKOS main oil subsidiary Yuganskneftegaz.


Iraqi group says reaches ceasefire with al Qaeda

An Iraqi militant group said on Wednesday it has reached a ceasefire deal with Iraq's wing of al Qaeda to end clashes between the two Sunni insurgent groups waging a violent campaign against U.S.-led forces in Iraq.


The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee questioned on Tuesday whether President Bush's choice to head the CIA was too partisan to be able to restore credibility to U.S. intelligence services.


iTunes crosses language barrier with Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Apple's iTunes Music Store is introducing a new original programming feature designed to promote foreign-language music in its stores around the world, Billboard has learned.


Search Engine Strategies Local in Denver I like to shake people up these days by saying that “most of what’s actually going on online is about local.” People often greet that remark as though I’m under the influence of some mind-altering substance. But it’s true: Jobs, Cars, Real Estate, travel-related research, events and entertainment, offline buying [...]


Microsoft's collection of patent-protection deals with Linux providers lost another potential addition this week, when Mandriva announced that it will not sign such a pact.


Sri Lanka rebels agree to talks in Oslo: source

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers told Norway's special peace envoy on Tuesday they are prepared to meet the government for crunch peace talks in Oslo in late October, a source close to the negotiations told Reuters, in a move welcomed as "positive" by the government.


Ford Motor Co. named former Boeing   executive Alan Mulally as chief executive on Tuesday, ending   the troubled five-year stint of Bill Ford Jr. as the   operational head of the automaker founded by his   great-grandfather.


With Gary Sheffield and Mariano Rivera back, the New York Yankees kept rolling in pursuit of the best record in the American League and homefield advantage in the playoffs.


Climate change, slavery and healthy cooking feature in a new curriculum for England's 11 to 14-year-olds.


Jones loses last chance for medal at Athens

ATHENS -- American Marion Jones is going home without a medal. Jones, who won five medals and arguably was the biggest star of the Sydney Games four years ago, finished fifth in yesterday's long jump and -- barely


Bush Moves to Put Himself in a Position For Troop Drawdown

As he prepares to provide Congress and the nation a progress report on Iraq this week, President Bush has sought to reframe the domestic political battle over the war, putting himself in a position to do something his critics have long advocated: Begin drawing down the huge U.S. troop presence.


Companies with growing yields can make you rich in more ways than what's obvious.


New York Times Co. announces plan to sell Manhattan building

_ The New York Times Co. plans to sell its building on West 43rd Street in Manhattan to a partnership led by Tishman Speyer Properties, the companies announced Monday.


'Get on our bus' â Intel calls out to partners

Fresh PCI Express too IDF Like a psychiatric patient experiencing a breakthrough, Intel has opened up in a big way, allowing third parties to plug into its processor architectures on two new fronts. Most immediately, Xilinx and Altera will start crafting FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays) that connect to the front side bus on Intel's server chips. Later, more partners will be able to provide a performance boost for Intel systems via an extension to PCI Express.â¦


Dead and dying trees essential for many other forms of forest life are in short supply, conservationists say.


Rebels Attack Iraq Police Station, 13 Killed

Insurgents attacked an Iraqi police station in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit on Tuesday, killing 13 officers and wounding two, police said.


Fed Raises Interest Rate to 2.25 Percent

The Federal Reserve raised U.S. interest rates on Tuesday by a quarter-percentage point for the fifth time this year and said it will keep gradually lifting them from rock-bottom levels to forestall inflation.


Iraq Bomb Kills 7, Year After Saddam Capture

A suicide car bomber killed at least seven Iraqis at an entrance to Baghdad's Green Zone government and US diplomatic compound on Monday, a year to the day since US forces captured Saddam Hussein.


Udine, 16:11 - CALCIO, UDINESE; MALESANI SE NE VA: IN ARRIVO MARINO

Alberto Malesani lascia la panchina dell'Udinese. Manca l'ufficialità, ma è certo che ...


Spring style goes safari at Fashion Week

To your left, look at the exotic species "hungry model." To your right, see the genus "overexposed celebrity."


Romanian Election Ends With Likelihood of Runoff

BUCHAREST, Romania, Nov. 28 -- Exit polls showed no clear winner in the election Sunday to replace President Ion Iliescu, raising the likelihood of a runoff next month between a former ship's captain with a populist message and a political veteran.


Irish Author Doyle Tackles Jazz in America

A former Irish schoolteacher known for  writing about soul music and working class life in Dublin was  bound to be setting himself up for criticism when he turned his  attention to jazz and gangsters in America.


SEATTLE A source within the University of Washington football program tells The Associated Press that head coach Keith Gilbertson will step down at the end of the season.


The United Nations and France have begun mass evacuations of UN staff and foreign nationals following days of violence and looting in Ivory Coast, a UN spokesman said.


A new book shows why religion has cost the Democrats elections -- and how they've learned from their mistakes


Hearing shocking news, such as a family bereavement, really can break your heart, researchers suggest


Iraq. Oggi dibattito alla Camera. Gad: ritiriamo le truppe

Oggi, alla Camera, si annuncia un clima infuocato con il dibattito sull'Iraq. E il centro sinistra, dopo la vittoria nelle suppletive, si presenta con una mozione comune. La Grande alleanza democratica ha


Database Success Helps Oracle Increase Profit

The Oracle Corporation reported Tuesday that first-quarter earnings had risen 16 percent on strong demand for its flagship database programs, enabling the company


Bush and Kerry turn up heat on who's fitter as commander in chief.


BHP Billiton doubles H2 net profit SYDNEY,  - Aug 18, 2004

The world's biggest mining group, BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc. said on Wednesday its second-half net profit more than doubled on strong demand for industrial raw materials, and forecast sustained high prices for commodities.


Tre vasti incendi stanno devastando boschi e colture


Fourth-quarter sales cap off a strong year for this consumer products giant.


Milano, 19:00 - CALCIO, ITALIA-FRANCIA; MATERAZZI: VINCEREMO NOI

Marco Materazzi sarà il grande assernte di Italia-Francia, ma forse sarà a Marsiglia p...


A little mindful eating on Super Bowl Sunday means you don't have to pack on the pounds.


CAPE CANAVERAL -- Lingering storm clouds Sunday evening foiled a third attempt to launch the last Atlas 2AS rocket in as many days.


Airbus posts 358 firm orders at Paris Air Show

The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has received 358 firm orders and 190 letters of intent at the Paris Air Show this week, commercial director John Leahy said Wednesday.


All in all, Imman doles out an average fare.


Beijing demolition plan on hold as "voters" object

A rare vote by residents of a dilapidated neighborhood has thrown the largest demolition project in Beijing in decades into doubt, a result state media on Monday described as an embarrassment for the developers.


Disney's Board on Trial as Shareholders Launch Case

GEORGETOWN, Del.  - Walt Disney Co.'s board of  directors went on trial on Wednesday, on shareholder  accusations that it merely rubberstamped a decision to hire  Michael Ovitz and allowed him to walk away months later with a  $140 million severance package.


Iraqi President Says Most Iraqis Won't Vote

Iraq's president said on Saturday he  expected violence to deter the majority of Iraqis from voting  in Sunday's landmark election.


The German co-chief executive of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. on Wednesday criticized the French for not solving the leadership fight over the company more quickly.


The tropical storm Jeanne has hit Haiti, killing at least 90 people with many more still missing. Jeanne has already destroyed hundreds of houses in the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, leaving 11 dead.


Petraeus says Iraq "surge" working: paper

The U.S. troop surge in Iraq has thrown al Qaeda off balance and led to a reduction in sectarian violence and bombings, the U.S. commander in Iraq was quoted on Friday by an Australian newspaper as saying.


Napster Going Mobile To Dial Up Ring Tone Sales

"Napster Mobile is a natural extension for the biggest brand in digital music and will enhance our development of wireless delivery," Napster Chairman and CEO Chris Gorog said.


Londra, 16:57 - CALCIO, WEST HAM: FERDINAND ACCUSATO DI AGGRESSIONE

Il difensore centrale del West Ham, Anton Ferdinand, dovrà presentarsi venerdÃ¬ dai magistrati...


Media & professional: Ian Jack: Altered footage of the Queen has shamed the BBC, but TV reality depends on illusions.


House Committee Examines Offshoring's Impact

At the meeting, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon said that "the best jobs may soon be found overseas."


Embracing Digital Age Fall Out Boy Hits Top of Chart, Thanks to Web- Watching Fans

By Fred Shuster\\ Music Writer  For a band that's made a gigantic splash on the Internet, Fall Out Boy sure was burned when a couple of songs from their new album leaked into cyperspace the other week.


Blog: Adobe doesn't think that JPEG XR--a potential higher-end sequel to ordinary JPEG--will bump into its own DNG format.


The increasing use of laptop computers could produce a generation of men with fertility problems, a new study suggests. The study by US researchers in the journal Human Reproduction found laptops increased the temperature of the scrotum by almost 3Â°C.


Summer Box Office Hits a High, Despite Lows

In a summer when many of the studios' biggest bets failed to pay off, it was familiarity in the form of sequels and low-budget comedies that resonated with movie audiences.


Iraq Orders Pilgrims to Leave After Violence

Police ordered a curfew Tuesday in Shiite holy city of Karbala and told more than 1 million pilgrims to leave after two days of violence claimed at least 27 lives during a religious festival. More than 100 people were wounded.


Registra quindi un aumento di 10,36 miliardi di dollari


Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki leads Thursday's presidential election with 47.4 percent of the vote, versus 42.7 for opposition leader Raila Odinga, according to an exit poll by a local independent observer group.


Let's compare Phelps, Spitz after Beijing

He has chosen to give chase to swimming's greatest achievement and, predictably, he has fallen short. He will not match Mark Spitz's seven gold medals at these Summer Olympics, but he should not be chided for trying.


U.S. stocks rose on Friday after a   report showed consumer prices rose in line with market   expectations in August, soothing concerns about higher   inflation and interest rates.


US Secretary of State Colin Powell has stressed the need for economic and political reforms in the Arab world to defeat terrorism.


Impennata del greggio negli ultimi scambi sul mercato di NY


Randy Currieâs Philadelphia-area business, Currie Hair, Skin & Nails, boasts three locations, all of them run entirely on Macs. His proven business instincts earned him the 2006 Salon Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Global Salon Business Forum. Competing with more than 400 leading salon businesses worldwide, Currie has distinguished himself as a leader and an innovator.


San Paolo, 13:00 - CALCIO, MERCATO: ZE' ROBERTO AL SAN PAOLO

Il centrocampista Zè Roberto ha firmato per il San Paolo. Il brasiliano era svincolato dal Ba...


UPDATE 1-Safin overpowers Agassi to reach Madrid final

Marat Safin defeated Andre Agassi 6-3 7-6 on Saturday to book a place in the Madrid Masters final against Argentina's David Nalbandian.


Safin Beats Stepanek for 3rd Masters Crown

Marat Safin of Russia returns the ball to Guillermo Canas of Argentina during the semifinal of the BNP Masters indoor tennis tournament in Paris, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2004.


NAUDERO, Pakistan  - Benazir Bhutto was buried on Friday in her family mausoleum after the opposition leader's assassination plunged Pakistan into crisis and triggered violent protests across her native Sindh province.


Giants' Line Still Working On Filling In the Gaps

The offensive line that will try to protect Eli Manning in his first start for the Giants was among the National Football League's worst last season.


NEW YORK  - Folate intake in the U.S. is well below targets established by the Food and Drug Administration when it mandated folic acid fortification of enriched grain products in 1998, according to a report in the American Journal of Public Health.


Delegates from all over Iraq appeal to radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr to end his uprising in Najaf.


CRANS-SUR-SIERRE, Switzerland -- Britain's Luke Donald celebrated his wild card selection to the European Ryder Cup team with an emphatic victory in the European Masters in Crans-Sur-Sierre on Sunday.


Israel reduced the flow of fuel to Hamas-controlled Gaza on Sunday, a move it vowed to take in response to "the incessant firing of rockets into Israel," an adviser to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said.


F.D.A.'s Drug Safety System Will Get Outside Review

The Food and Drug Administration announced it would hire the government's top scientific review agency to figure out whether its drug-safety system is adequate.


Firefighters Get Control as Questions Rise

Inquiries were being made about how the firefight has been coordinated and how resources have been deployed.


Data protector Yosemite acquires FileKeeper

(InfoWorld) - Yosemite Technologies, a provider of data protection software for servers, has acquired FileKeeper, which focuses on data protection software for desktop and laptop computers. FileKeeper's system protects user files on notebook and desktop computers running the Windows operating system by storing a version of a file every time it is saved. This technology, known as file-level versioning continuous data protection (CDP), lets users review old versions of a file. That technology will complement Yosemite's existing backup solutions for servers operated by small and medium-size businesses (SMBs), said George Symons, chief executive officer of Yosemite. Yosemite, a 55-employee company in San Jose, California, did not say how much it is paying for the five-person FileKeeper, of Knoxville, Tennessee. Although the acquisition was completed in early January, on Tuesday Yosemite is introducing its first product from the combined companies. The acquisition better positions Yosemite to compete against data backup and recovery products from larger companies such as Symantec's Backup Executive, IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager, and CA's BrightStor ARCserve Backup, Symons said. "Most existing products are very hard to use and require a lot of administrator time. (SMBs) don't have IT administrators with the time for it and they can be fairly cost-prohibitive," he said. Although the 10-year-old Yosemite has already targeted the SMB market, but has found that relatively little data is stored on these companies' servers, compared to large enterprises, he said. Conversely, more of an SMB's sensitive data is on laptop computers that are a small business owner's portable office. "In that class of folks, people need a complete solution, and they need it to pretty much run by itself," said Lauren Whitehouse, a storage industry analyst with Enterprise Strategy Group. "Yosemite needed to get to the desktop and laptop because that's still where folks keep a big batch of their data." Yosemite isn't as well known as IBM, Symantec or CA, but it has 3.5 million customers for its server data protection and they can be sold the new product that protects laptops and desktops, too, Whitehouse said.


Bits: Many Are Already at Work on Fulfilling Gatesâs Vision

Bill Gatesâs Davos challenge to the worldâs capitalists last week did not mention some important work that is already underway in developing nations.


Soon after announcing the $500 million deal to divest 60 per cent in GE Capital International Services (Gecis) to General Atlantic Partners and Oak Hill Partners, Pramod Bhasin, President & CEO, Gecis, spoke to Business Standard.


Many factors led to fatal Alb. hospital mixup

A review of the accidental overdose of a central Alberta man in hospital last summer has concluded that a number of things went wrong that led to the death.


Hungarian PM confident of surviving Sunday's round of local elections

Embattled Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany said he was confident of surviving local elections on Sunday, in the face of opposition calls to step down after lying about the economy.


No deal on dollar as US shrugs off European pressure

Europe and Japan failed yesterday to persuade the United States to address the decline in the dollar, despite talks at a fractious meeting of the Group of 20 industrialised and developing nations.


Recent protests in Burma by democracy activists, defiant monks and other citizens objecting to an unprecedented spike in fuel prices have sparked a brutal crackdown by the country's ruling military junta and cast a new spotlight on the gravity of conditions in the resource-rich country.


U.S. Calls Sudan Responsible for Coup Attempt; Concern Mounts for Darfur Refugees in Border Areas

NAIROBI, Feb. 4 -- Rebel fighters withdrew from the Chadian capital overnight after government forces used helicopter gunships and tanks to repel an attempted coup.


Psychiatrist: Zoloft Caused Mania in Youth

Twelve-year-old Christopher Pittman heard voices in his head from mania induced by Zoloft when he shot and killed his grandparents, a forensic psychiatrist testified at the youth's double murder trial.


Blitz contro i clan, due arresti, perquisizioni e sequestri


US and North Korean officials meet face-to-face to discuss financial sanctions, on the sidelines of nuclear talks.


CIA agents go on trial in Italy before Bush visit

Hours before President George W. Bush visited Italy, 26 U.S. citizens went on trial in absentia in Milan on Friday accused of carrying out one of Washington's most controversial policies in its war on terrorism.


Phase one of promoter Don King's plan to unify the heavyweight championship kicks off at Madison Square Garden tonight with two of the four widely recognized title belts up for grabs and a host of other boxers jockeying for position.


Da parte dei vertici militari, ma premier Erdogan smentisce


Schlossnagle.org: php|works Presentation Posted

In doing his part for those that couldn't make it to php|works this year, George Schlossnagle has posted his slides from the conference.


Several different versions of the enterprise messaging service will be released.


Let's fin all the coal, say mining experts

Blog: U.S. government asked to do more research on coal


Arriva anche norma '2 per 1' con bonus di 1.200 euro


Analyst Philip Durell sits down with contrarian asset manager David Dreman.


Yankees Notebook: Damon and 4 Ribs Are Back in Place

Johnny Damon, who has also been bothered by problems with his calves and back this season, has embraced the role of designated hitter, but still hopes to return to center field at some point.


Paralympics: Britain and Australia duel, Korea pins hopes on archery

With China's lead close to unassailable in the final stretch of the Athens Paralympics, Britain and Australia were dueling for second place in the overall medal standings as the Games resumed.


Day after nuclear deal, Koreas say to resume talks

North and South Korea said on Wednesday they had agreed to resume ministerial talks, a day after a breakthrough energy-for-arms deal at six-party talks on the North's nuclear programs in Beijing.


When he zipped through this relentlessly pro-American nation, President Bush was treated like a rock star.


Sudan has accused Chadian aircraft of bombing its western Darfur region in what it called "repeated aggressions" by its western neighbor, but Chad said its operations against rebels never crossed the border.


More than 19 months after a mad cow scare closed US borders to Canadian cattle, the United States said Wednesday it will allow limited imports beginning in March.


Part of Belfast city centre is closed after several men scale a massive crane on a construction site.


IBM holds 128-thread 'Q7' variant of Power7

2010 super booster? Exclusive IBM has shelved a top-secret chip project meant to give the company a massively multi-threaded part that could have served as a major disrupter in the Unix world, The Register has learned.â¦


US Soldier Gets 25 Years In Murder of Iraqi Guard

A US soldier was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the murder of an Iraqi National Guardsman in May, the US military said Saturday.


24 ore di stop per sollecitare nuova politica per il settore


Ukraine's outgoing president sought Monday to ease fears he would hinder a rerun of the fraud-ridden presidential runoff, as his allies and the opposition tentatively


Londra, 15:05 - CALCIO, MERCATO; INGHILTERRA: TEVEZ E MASCHERANO AL WEST HAM

Il West Ham per ora non conferma la notizia, ma Teves e Mascherano confermano che la prossima stagio...


Allawi Approves U.S.-Led Offensive on Falluja

U.S. planes and artillery pounded  Falluja on Monday and Iraq's interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi  said he had authorized a U.S.-led offensive to rid the Sunni  Muslim city of insurgents.


McAfee Sees Rise in Attacks on Internet, Cell Phones in 2007

By Rochelle Garner  McAfee Inc., a maker of security software that blocks spam and flags fraudulent Web sites, predicts a wave of attacks next year by professional criminals intent on stealing passwords and other confidential data.


Dior Lowhorn had 19 points and seven rebounds and Eddie Sutton got his 799th career victory in San Francisco's 60-59 win over Portland Saturday night.


McAfee buys Web site security company for $51M

McAfee will acquire ScanAlert, a Web application security vendor, for $51 million, the companies announced Tuesday.


Zawahiri in tv: Usa sull'orlo della sconfitta

Ayman al-Zawahri, considerato il numero due di al Qaeda, Ã¨ apparso stasera in un video trasmesso dalla tv araba al Jazeera, ridicolizzando le forze Usa impegnate in Iraq e Afghanistan."In entrambi i paesi, se continueranno moriranno e se si ritireranno


Paul Stastny and Marek Svatos scored second-period goals to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night.


Stocks Off, Energy Shares Down, Oil Falls

US stocks were slightly lower on Thursday, reversing some of Wednesday's sharp rally, as another slide in oil prices knocked shares of energy-related companies.


U.S. Regulators Investigate Chilean Bank

A major bank in Chile reported yesterday that U.S.  regulators are investigating whether its two branches in the United States have complied with anti-money-laundering laws.


Japan, US reach tentative agreement on beef imports

: US and Japanese negotiators today reached a preliminary agreement to partially lift the 10-month-old ban on American beef exports to Japan within "a matter of weeks" and work toward ending


Well: Coping With the Caveman in the Crib

Trying to teach parents the skills to communicate with and soothe tantrum-prone children.


CBS falls for Kerry campaign's fake memo

A few weeks ago, Thomas Oliphant of the Boston Globe was on PBS' ''Newshour'' explaining why the hundreds of swift boat veterans' allegations against John Kerry's conduct in Vietnam was unworthy of his attention.


The much-anticipated "House of Flying Daggers" (Shimian Maifu), a follow-up to the internationally acclaimed director Zhang Yimou's martial-arts epic "Hero," has met with a mixed market response.


Flames engulfed a mosque in southeastern Netherlands early Saturday, the latest in a string of fires at Muslim institutions since the killing of a Dutch filmmaker who was critical of Islam.


North Korea talks resume amid report of U.S. deal

Six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea's nuclear program start in Beijing on Thursday, with a Japanese newspaper reporting that the isolated state has already signed a memorandum with the United States.


Pentagon Takes Key Step in Missile Defense System

A U.S. Navy destroyer with  long-range missile-tracking equipment has begun patrols in the  Sea of Japan, officials said on Friday, in a key step toward  forming a missile-defense system intended to guard against  attack by nations like North Korea.


DENVER - A male jaguar killed a zookeeper at the Denver Zoo on Saturday and employees put the animal down, police said.


As U.S. steelmaker stocks soar, Posco draws a yawn.


British World War II hero dies at age 87

Wallace McIntosh, widely believed to be the British air force's most decorated gunner in World War II, has died at age 87, the Royal Air Force said.


The train known as the Queen of the Sea chugged slowly up the sandy, palm-fringed coast of eastern Sri Lanka, carrying hundreds of residents from the capital


CBS, Bowing to Protests, Brings Back âJerichoâ

The network ordered seven additional episodes to be broadcast late this year or early in 2008.


Era ricoverato dal 2 sttembre, quando era caduto e aveva subito un grave traumaAdesso andrÃ  in un centro specializzato in riabilitazione neuro-motoria                                            Francesco Nuti Ã¨ uscito dal coma Migliorano le condizioni dell'attore


Legislation requiring safety testing of tens of thousands of chemicals comes into effect across the EU.


A 4,67 mld di franchi svizzeri, Brady Dougan nuovo ad


Microsoft's MSN (Quote, Chart) launched a blogging tool that ties in with its home media technology plays. Called MSN Spaces, the beta is part of an update to MSN's suite of communication services.


By Qiu Quanlin  GUANGZHOU: Officials fro


Citigroup flags interest in German banks

Citigroup  flagged its interest in buying a bank in Germany on Tuesday but played down recent talk that it was about to swoop on Commerzbank .


Storms blew through the already sodden Midwest and Plains on Friday, further raising flood waters.


Greek Orthodox Leader Dead in Helicopter Crash

Egypt's Patriarch of Alexandria, a top  Greek Orthodox leader in a post that traces its lineage back to  one of the first disciples of Christ, was killed in a  helicopter crash, Greek authorities said on Saturday.


Roma, 15:00 - CALCIO, RONALDO; SPALLETTI: UN PECCATO, LUI E' IL PALLONE

"E' un dispiacere l'infortunio di Ronaldo, anche perchè in quest'ultimo periodo ha avuto dive...


Yearning for 'big adventure' to lead couple to Ukraine

You never know what grows inside of people. Eric and Sandy Jacobs were typical young professionals working through the ranks of corporate America.


The Arizona Cardinals are a winning team at home — 2-1 — after their upset victory over the Seattle Seahawks.


Planet formation is violent, slow and messy

The collisions that spawn planets are bigger and take place over longer periods of time than previously thought, say astronomers who studied nearly 300 stars with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.


Sports Briefing | Track and Field: Arkansas Forfeits 2 Titles

The N.C.A.A. yesterday revoked 2004 and 2005 national track and field titles from Arkansas for violations involving the star sprinter Tyson Gay and a former assistant.Arkansas had reported violations committed by the former assistant Lance Brauman, who was convicted last year of embezzlement, theft and mail fraud from his time at Barton County Community College in Kansas. Braumanâs mail-fraud indictment identified Gay, who transferred to Arkansas from Barton County with help from Brauman.


Barclays raises offer for ABN AMRO to $93 bln

Britain's Barclays  has raised its offer for ABN AMRO  to 67.5 billion euros ($93 billion) and included a cash element as it seeks to regain the initiative in the world's biggest bank takeover battle.


Etichettabili come biologici i "trasformati" (riso, dolci)che contengono lo 0,9 per cento di organismi biotech                                            La Ue: sÃ¬ agli ogm nei prodotti bio rabbia dei Verdi: consumatori traditi                                                                                di ALBERTO D'ARGENIO


Checkpoint Hebrew Finds Way Into Palestinian Lexicon

As Palestinians trudge across a barbed-wire passage leading to Jerusalem from the West Bank city of Ramallah, hawkers and taxi drivers greet them with a din of multilingual chants.


Injured Skater Wants to Get Back on Ice 'Right Now'

World champion pairs skater Tatiana Totmianina said yesterday she still doesn't know what caused her to fall and suffer a concussion during a weekend skating program, though she says she doesn't fear going back on the ice.


Japanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. said Tuesday its profit surged in its third fiscal quarter as its power plant, hardware and telecommunications businesses recovered.


Michael Jackson is in court in California to hear testimony from the mother of the boy accusing him of sexual abuse.


Oracle signs deal to buy PeopleSoft for $10.3B

DECEMBER 13, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Oracle Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PeopleSoft Inc. for $26.50 per share, or about $10.3 billion, the companies said today, ending an acrimonious


Cubs Reach Agreement With Japanese Star Fukudome

The Cubs reeled in another marquee free agent, reaching a preliminary agreement with Japanese star Kosuke Fukudome on a four-year, $48 million deal to be their right fielder.


BOSTON - The Boston Red Sox put themselves in great position for a run at the AL East-leading New York Yankees with a great homestand.


JERUSALEM: Israeli PM Ariel Sharon ruled out Monday any Israeli participation in a Middle East conference expected to take place in London early in 2005.


Polonium-210 found on British Airways jets

The world's favourite poison The agitation surrounding possible polonium-210 contamination following the apparent assassination of Alexander Litvinenko has spread to the skies. British Airways staff and customers are being contacted after traces of radioactive polonium-210 were found on three of its jets.â¦


What's better than a high-quality stock? A high-quality stock that's got the wind at its back!


UIUC starts program to help low-income students

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is starting a new program to help low-income students. Beginning next fall, students from families with income at-or-below federal poverty level


Egyptian police arrest four men suspected of being HIV positive, widening a recent crackdown,  rights groups say.


Swiss police say found two stolen Zurich artworks

Swiss police have found two of the four oil paintings by 19th Century masters, which were stolen from a Zurich museum this month in one of Europe's biggest Art thefts, they said on Tuesday.


UN tribunal takes custody of officer accused of genocide

AMSTERDAM -- The UN war crimes tribunal yesterday took custody of a former senior Bosnian Serb commander accused of genocide for the 1995 mass killing of Muslims in the UN-protected zone of Srebrenica.


Extinction Is at Hand for Paper Airline Tickets

Replacing paper tickets with electronic ticketing will save airlines $3 billion annually on the roughly 400 million tickets sold outside of the United States alone.


Halted Russian Atomic Power Station Resumes Work

A reactor at a Russian atomic power station which was closed after a malfunction resumed work on Saturday, the station said.


BMO to lead off banks' quarterly results reports

Canada's major banks begin reporting third-quarter earnings this week and analysts will be looking to see whether they can repeat the strong showing from the second quarter.


SOUTH Korea 's Samsung Electronics, the world's largest memory chipmaker, is to invest $US24 billion ($31 billion) in new chip production lines over the next six years.


NEW YORK Oct. 8, 2004 - US stocks are seen higher at the open Friday although the release of non-farm payroll data due later will most likely dictate overall sentiment and direction.


Israeli leader says 2005 could bring "historic breakthrough" in ...

HERZLIYA, Israel A direct message today from Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to Palestinians: "We have no desire to rule over you.


New security measures in France after gruesome hospital murders

French Health Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy announced stepped-up security procedures in hospitals, as police continued to hunt for the killer of two nurses who were murdered in a horrific fashion two nights earlier.


Eve of playoffs is full of suspense for Sox

BALTIMORE -- Giving new meaning to an old baseball expression, gopher ball, the Red Sox remained in the dark last night about their first-round playoff opponent, in part because the Indians-Twins game was suspended going into the 12th inning to make room for a Minnesota Golden Gophers college football game.


Home Office minister invites DNA database debate

As records hit four million Home Office minister Meg Hillier has insisted on the need to debate the future of the National DNA Database.â¦


Use pay to reward private Medicare players

Medicare should revise its   reimbursement system to reward efficient care at private   hospitals and doctors treating the federal program's 43 million   users, a government advisory body said on Thursday.


Study Supports Bacterial Cause for Crohn's

Scientists say they have new evidence to support the belief that Crohn's disease, an irritable bowel condition that affects a half-million Americans, has a bacterial origin.


Issuing a Bold Challenge to the U.S. Over Climate

Kevin Conrad has become famous as the Papuan who told the U.S. to either lead or get out of the way at the Bali climate talks.


International Business Machines Corp. said yesterday it will pay at least $300 million to settle part of a lawsuit that claimed the firm's pension plan discriminated against older workers.


Nasa astronauts will attempt to fix a thermal blanket that peeled back during the launch of space shuttle Atlantis.


Feds: Cigarette Makers Lied for 50 Years

Cigarette makers lied about the  dangers of smoking for 50 years, the U.S. government said on  Tuesday as its $280 billion case against the industry went to  trial.


Two Palestinians Killed in Israeli Strike

An Israeli aircraft fired a missile near Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip early Friday, killing two Palestinians, hospital officials said.


US President George W. Bush named Nebraska Governor Mike Johanns as the new secretary of agriculture on Thursday, to succeed Ann M. Veneman, who announced her resignation in mid-November.


OfficeMax Inc., the office products retailer, announced the resignation of new chief financial officer Brian Anderson on Wednesday and said it will delay the release of fourth-quarter earnings until the completion of an internal investigation that has turned up evidence of accounting problems.


Pietersen sets up England win at World Twenty20

Kevin Pietersen lashed 79 off 37 balls as England beat giant-killers Zimbabwe in a World Twenty20 match at Newlands on Thursday.


In clinica dopo gli eccessi durante il Sundance Festival


NHLPA requests meeting with NHL next week

Not likely, but at least it looks like there might finally be some negotiations about ending the NHL lockout. The National Hockey League Players' Association confirmed that NHLPA executive director Bob Goodenow


Famous Blacks Get Out the Vote in Florida

Black actors including LeVar Burton and Alfre Woodard will join members of Congress crisscrossing Florida by bus this weekend to try to get out the vote for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.


Wounded and locked in a harrowing gunfight deep in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountains, Navy SEAL Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew G. Axelson laid down covering fire so a teammate could escape -- an act of heroism for which Axelson was yesterday posthumously awarded the Navy Cross, the service's...


Although the Beijing Olympics is still four years away, the Chinese capital is already gearing up to host the event. The city of over 12 million is refurbishing ancient landmarks in


HUNDREDS of anti-Iraq war protesters took to the streets of Glasgow at the weekend. The demo was led by the parents of two British soldiers killed in Iraq.


CINCINNATI The Giants defense did everything it had to do to win yesterday's game at Cincinnati. Two plays at the end essentially wiped out a fine effort by the Giants defense.


Auburn's bludgeoning of the Vols was a painful reminder that growing pains are part of the SEC schedule. As talented as Erik Ainge and Brent Schaeffer may be, neither was prepared for the kind of reality check that Auburn cashed last night.


Syria accused Israel of bombing its territory on Thursday and said it could respond to its neighbor's "aggression and treachery".


Moist Nose Shows Promise in Tracking Down Cancers

British researchers have trained dogs to detect bladder cancer by sniffing human urine, opening up the possibility that dogs may one day be used to detect the disease.


A car bomb exploded in a Christian neighborhood of Beirut on Friday killing at least five people, including a top police official who dealt with terrorist bombings and had previously been targeted


Microsoft Updates Vista in Latest Piracy Crackdown

Software giant battles activation of unauthorized copies of its new Vista OS.


L'attore protagonista di "Mio figlio", su RaiUno il 9 e 10 gennaioUn commissario di polizia traumatizzato dalla rivelazione                                                  Buzzanca, fiction con figlio gay "Quel che importa Ã¨ la dignitÃ "                                                                                "Volevo capire come una famiglia vive una scoperta del genereMa l'omosessualitÃ  Ã¨ solo un'alternativa all'eterosessualitÃ "


Tag-a-lag: chip implants mooted for UK prisoners

Wishful thinking to solve prison crisis, apparently... The Ministry of Justice is planning to solve the crisis in the UK prison system by fitting prisoners with surgically implanted tracking chips, claims the Independent on Sunday, citing a senior Ministry official. The chips, claims the paper, would be used to keep order in prison and to enforce home curfews.â¦


25 Insurgents Are Killed Trying to Overrun US Outpost in Mosul

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 29 - United States troops and warplanes killed at least 25 insurgents who used car bombs and rocket-propelled grenades to try to overrun an American combat outpost in Mosul on Wednesday afternoon, the American military said.


The government has a long way to go before the cancer care "postcode lottery" is  eradicated, MPs say.


AmerenUE's Support to Forest ReLeaf of Missouri Provides 6,026 Trees for 54 Community Planting Projects

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 21  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In 2006, AmerenUE provided a record total of 6,026 free trees for 54 community planting projects.


Q: I recently installed Service Pack 2 on my Windows XP machine, and now the system's gone all screwy: Internet Explorer won't display animations right, I can't play WarCraft III, and Yahoo Instant Messenger is toast.


Sen. John McCain and others pushing for tougher campaign finance rules won a surprising ally Wednesday as they announced a renewed effort to block partisan interest groups from spending millions of dollars in big donations in congressional and presidential races.


A 24-year-old man is arrested by police investigating the murders of Thomas O'Hare and Lisa McClatchey.


Heart Risk Factors in Midlife Raise Dementia Risk

The presence in middle age of risk factors for cardiovascular disease, like smoking or high cholesterol, is strongly tied to the development of dementia later in life, investigators in California report.


Yahoo, world's number one website, announced its decision to purchase MusicMatch today for $160 million in cash. With this step, Yahoo hopes to attract more music listerners to its website.


Microsoft files new antitrust documents with EU

Microsoft Corp.  filed revised  documents with the European Commission on Thursday aimed at  complying with a landmark antitrust decision from 2004, the  European Commission said.


Grazie a Panda e Punto, non accadeva da 5 anni


Tories raise stakes with resignation call as No 10 orders ...

Political pressure on David Blunkett was dramatically stepped up yesterday as the Conservatives demanded he consider his position amid fresh allegations about claims


O.J. Simpson freed from jail, leaves Las Vegas

O.J. Simpson was freed from a Las Vegas jail on Wednesday and quickly left town after a judge granted the former American football star $125,000 bail on charges he took part in a bizarre armed robbery of his own sports memorabilia.


With courtroom victories against P2P networks and individual users behind it, the Recording Industry Association of America is launching a new legal effort to take down binary newsgroup providers, which have long claimed immunity from copyright claims.


Bush's Approval Rating Hovers Below 50 Percent

Aug. 30, 2004 -- As the Republican Convention begins in New York, President George Bush and Sen. John Kerry are locked in a tight race and the president's approval rating is languishing below the 50 percent mark.


Molecular-scale carbon cylinders that receive and transmit light waves open the way for new types of communications equipment and solar cells.


Forget those pesky business functions. To learn how Web services work and what you can do with them, check out these useful utilities that tell you who uttered that famous Shakespeare line, for example, or even convert Sao Tome dobras to Malawi kwacha.


Three militant groups warned Iraqis against voting in Jan. 30 elections, saying Thursday that people participating in the "dirty farce" risked attack. All 700 employees of the electoral commission in Mosul reportedly resigned after being threatened.


Superstar Hollywood couple Brad  Pitt and Jennifer Aniston have separated after 4 1/2 years of  marriage, but they remain "committed and caring friends," they  said on Friday.


"Karaoke of the mental hospital"  A 15-year-old schoolboy was fined Friday for posting a video on YouTube showing a karaoke performance of his teacher and for claiming she was a lunatic.In the first case of its kind in Finland, Nurmes District Court found Toni Vesikko guilty of intentional defamation and fined him 90 euros, or about $120. He also was ordered to pay 800 euros ($1,000) in damages for 'causing harm and suffering' and 2,200 euros ($3,000) in court costs.Vesikko, who took the video of his teacher singing karaoke at a school party on April 30, admitted posting the video on the popular video-sharing site YouTube a day later. He said he did it as a prank and had not intended to insult the teacher. Read more


Milano, 14:20 - CALCIO, MILAN; ANCELOTTI: NESSUN PROBLEMA CON GILARDINO

"Non ho nessun problema con Gilardino. C'è fiducia nei suoi confronti, da quando è arr...


Milano, 16:24 - CALCIO, MILAN: NESTA, AMBROSINI, SEEDORF E GATTUSO IN PALESTRA

Il giorno dopo la vittoria con il Brescia di Coppa Italia, il Milan si  ritrovato a Milanello per pr...


A fundraising performance of Peter Pan will be staged in London to mark the tale's centenary.


Empoli, 18:29 - CALCIO, EMPOLI: 11-0 NEL TEST CON LA CERRETESE

Amichevole infrasettimanale per l'Empoli, che ha affrontato i, dilettanti della Cerretese. la squadr...


Two people are arrested after police are attacked, hours ahead of the opening of one of Ireland's oldest fairs.


Chiron barely makes a splash in Liverpool

The Chiron vaccine factory here has spawned a public frenzy a continent away, but in this city, whose most famous export was The Beatles, the plant blamed


But low-priced imports did hurt US memory makers


AMI-Partners: a Million Small Businesses in India Ready to Buy PCs

40% of SBs (small businesses, or companies with up to 99 employees) in  India plan to invest in computers for the first time in the next 12  months, opening up a huge opportunity for hardware, software and  solution vendors.


WASHINGTON - An abortion pill implicated in the death of an 18-year-old California woman last fall will add new warnings linking RU-486 to the risk of serious bacterial infection.


Myanmar police seize heroin hidden in golf balls

Police in military-ruled Myanmar have seized more than a kilogram of heroin stuffed inside 46 golf balls destined for Taiwan, a newspaper said on Wednesday.


Canada insistent on goal to slice vehicle emissions

OTTAWA - Two top Canadian ministers announced this week that they had resolved to cut global-warming emissions of cars and trucks sold in Canada by 25 percent by the end of the decade.


Jury convicts confessed serial killer of murder, thwarting his ...

A confessed serial killer was convicted of murder Wednesday in a case brought by prosecutors desperately trying to keep him from getting out of prison in less than two years.


After a decade of failed   attempts, delegates from some 140 nations on Thursday open a   two-day ministerial meeting on migration, an issue many   countries once restricted to domestic policy.


Removing four hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River to help struggling salmon runs there would not be as expensive as feared, studies for a state agency show.


Dell gets closer to retail sales in Asia

(InfoWorld) - Dell Inc. is working on plans to sell PCs through retail stores in Asia and Australia, as part of a wider shift within the company away from using only direct sales. Dell will add retail channels for PC sales in India, China, Australia and Japan, said T.R. Reid, a company spokesman. Dell will continue selling PCs directly to customers in these countries, which are the company's most important markets in the Asia-Pacific region. Reid did not say when retail PC sales would start in Asia, but indicated the company is talking to retail partners in the region. "There's really strong interest on the part of potential partners," he said. The addition of retail sales representsÂ a major strategy shift for Dell. The company pioneered the direct sales model during the 1990s, eschewing traditional PC sales channels for the Internet and telephone hotlines to become the world's biggest PC vendor. Until recently, Dell executives repeatedly dismissed the idea that retail sales would help reach customers in countries like China, saying direct sales would suffice. Dell's long-standing aversion to retail sales ended this year with the return of Michael Dell as company CEO in January. In the face of a U.S. Securities and Exchange investigation into the company's finances and sliding sales that toppled the company from its number-one spot, Dell has looked to reverse the company's fortunes. Part of his strategy includes embracing the retail channel, which has proved instrumental in the recent strong performance of rivals such as Acer Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. On June 10,Â the first Dell PCs went on sale with Wal-Mart StoresÂ in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The company is now selling two desktop PC models through Wal-Mart, both of which are priced under US$700, based on plans announced last month. Â ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!


Intel to cut one-way system Xeon prices in April?

Quads, duals both targeted Intel has allegedly earmarked April not only for desktop four-core processor price cuts but also to reduce what it charges for quad- and dual-core chips designed for single-processor systems.â¦


Bill Clinton is scheduled to open his presidential library and museum today, a celebration of his accomplishments as the 42nd president and a defiant slap at those who


New pics of an old explosion NASA has released a striking new image of explosive neighbouring star Eta Carinae. The star is huge: somewhere between 100 and 150 times the size of our own sun. It is also consuming its fuel at a truly astonishing rate.â¦


Epifani: proposte governo sono un onesto punto di partenza


China to Keep to Stable Yuan Policy-Paper

China will maintain a stable monetary  and yuan policy as it tries to keep inflation in check, state  media cited a central banker as saying, amid resurgent  speculation Beijing may tinker with the rigidly held currency.


Serbia election pits nationalism against West

Serbia votes on Sunday in a presidential election pitting a pro-Western liberal against a nationalist in a vote seen as a plebiscite on Belgrade's place in the world as it prepares for the loss of Kosovo.


At 6:41 of the second period, after New York forward Petr Prucha had scored his second goal to give the Rangers a 3-1 lead, Tim Thomas glanced at the high-definition scoreboard to see how the puck eluded his grasp.


The chain still finds it hard to draw more customers.


After two decades, Veerappan saga ends (update):

[India News]: Chennai, Oct 19 : Tamil Nadu's security forces were triumphant Tuesday after dramatically killing forest brigand Veerappan, ending a gory criminal saga as well as the country's longest manhunt.


Fat switch may offer new obesity approach: study

Helping switch on an energy-burning type of fat called brown fat may offer a way to prevent obesity, researchers reported on Tuesday.


ConocoPhillips boosts LUKoil stake to 10 percent

MOSCOW : US oil major ConocoPhillips has boosted its stake in Russia's second-largest oil producer LUKoil to 10 percent, giving Conoco at least one representative on LUkoil's board.


Mets 4, Dodgers 1: Mets Protect Home Field, but Yankees Don’t

Tom Glavine pitched like an ace Thursday night, throwing six scoreless innings as the Mets took a 2-0 lead in their division series against the Dodgers.


U.N. says Iraq deadlier, Italians go home

The United Nations, citing evidence of   severe torture, said Iraq had become deadlier than ever, as   local Iraqi forces took charge of a southern province from   departing Italian soldiers on Thursday.


A tour bus that crashed along an Arkansas highway, killing 14, was in such poor condition before the wreck that it should have been kept out of service, investigators said Wednesday.


Australia have just resumed their chase of New Zealand's first-innings total of 353 in the first Test in Brisbane. The Australians ended day two on 197-4 with Damien Martyn and Michael Clarke at the crease.


EP's Greens to vote against EU's new executive arm

The European Parliament (EP)'s Greens will reject the new European Commission (EC), the executivearm of the European Union (EU), as a whole during a key vote next week.