CBS said the $280 million deal will allow the service to continue to operate as an independent unit.


Beijing's bubble-wrapped "Water Cube" unveiled

China officially unveiled its bubble-wrapped National Aquatics Centre, nicknamed the "Water Cube", on Monday, one of the two iconic venues for this year's Beijing Olympics.


InfoWorld - Data protection officials from 27 European countries have warned Google it is storing data on people's searches for too long -- but Europe's top privacy guardian, the European Data Protection Supervisor Peter Hustinx, believes Google's efforts to respect the privacy of European citizens in its Internet search software "is not just window dressing."


Olympic Swimming Ends with U.S., Australian Records

The United States and Australia set  world records in the men's and women's 4x100 medley relay races  Saturday, the final day of swimming competition at the Athens  2004 Olympics.


Putin says he visits Ukraine December 22

Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit Kiev on December 22. In his meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich on Thursday, Putin said, "A series of documents are being prepared to be ...Comment


Mallorca, 16:15 - CALCIO, INTER; CUPER: RONALDO M'HA USATO PER ANDAR VIA

"Ronaldo mi ha usato per lasciare l'Inter". Hector Cuper, allenatore del Mallorca ed ex tecnico dei ...


Jihadi software promises secure Web contacts

An Islamist Web site often used by al  Qaeda supporters carried updated encryption software on Friday  which it said would help Islamic militants communicate with  greater security on the Internet.


Irish sunken wreck likely Cromwell's flagship, archaeologists say

The wreck of a 17th-century ship found preserved in a sandbar in southern Ireland five years ago could well be the navy flagship of England ruler Oliver Cromwell, according to a Irish government archaeologist.


Retail entrepreneur Tom Hunter and Icelandic retail group Baugur sell their 21% stake in UK department store group House of Fraser.


You can send a robot into a hole in the ground or in combat. That makes them the best employees around.


Terremoto. Oms: rischio di catastrofe sanitaria, subito medicine e ...

Le malattie potrebbero fare altrettanti morti di quanti ne ha fatti il disastroso maremoto che ha colpito domenica l'Asia meridionale. Lo ha detto oggi l'Organizzazione mondiale della sanitÃ  (Onu). Un esperto


Startling testimony by an FDA drug safety reviewer about five popular medications has the medical world buzzing about how tightly the agency should be regulating new medications.


"No one believes it, but I was kind of very thin, very insecure, big glasses," says the now buff star of UPN's new drama "Kevin Hill.


European stocks positive after strong Wall Street open

European stocks moved into positive territory on Wednesday afternoon after better-than-expected retail sales figures in the US lifted sentiment across the Atlantic.


Israeli troops have killed four Palestinians, including a militant and a 10-year-old girl, in northern Gaza, bringing to 83 the Palestinian death toll from a massive nine-day-old offensive.


U.S.-led forces kill 20 militants in south Iraq

U.S.-led coalition forces killed at least 20 militants after coming under heavy attack from Shi'ite gunmen during raids in southern Iraq's Maysan province early on Monday, the U.S. military said.


Beijing Calls Off Controversial Deal with Microsoft

"Procurement departments in some provinces and municipalities, regardless of national interests and information security, bought a lot of foreign software and did not procure, or procured only a little domestic software," Li Wuqiang, deputy director of


Castro says Cuba will defend itself against U.S.

Cuba will continue to build up its defenses against the United States and Cubans should be prepared to make more sacrifices to remain independent, Cuban leader Fidel Castro said in an editorial published on Monday.


Ostrava, 19:47 - ATLETICA, GEBRESELASSIE NUOVO RECORD SULL'ORA

Haile Gebrselassie, etiope,  ha stabilito al Gran Prix di Ostrava il nuovo record sull'ora ricoprend...


Il gip di Milano spiega di nuovo in tivÃ¹ dopo la trasmissione del 4 ottobre"C'Ã¨ una forte crisi istituzionale e in questi momenti un magistrato deve parlare"                                          Forleo: "Ho denunciato chi mi delegittima anche colleghi e forze dell'ordine"


Keeler: Twins fail again to find jugular

Minneapolis, Minn. - When the throat of the New York Yankees is under your foot, dig in until you hear the neck snap. When a deciding Game 5 in your grasp, you hang on like you're Homer Simpson and it's the last frosted doughnut in the box.


Israeli officers threaten to quit the army

Senior military officers threatened that they would quit the Israeli army in protest against Sharon's plan to withdraw settlers from Gaza.


Abbas cabinet vows to exert control over Gaza

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency cabinet, bolstered by Western promises to resume aid, vowed on Monday to exert its authority over the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.


GOLD RIVER, British Columbia - A "playful" killer whale who likes to frolic alongside fishermen has damaged three boats in separate incidents in recent weeks.    Luna, described by fishermen as a friendly 5-year-old whale, has made frequent contact with people and boats in waters off Vancouver Island, about 125 miles north of the U.S...


PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 23 -- Just in time for Christmas, Oregon taxpayers have gotten some extra spending money from an unlikely Santa Claus: their state government.


Ancora pioggia e neve, allarme nel Mezzogiorno

Ancora tensione a Sarno per le forti precipitazioni. Il mare in burrasca crea problemi in Campania, chiuso il porto di Napoli, ed in Calabria e Sicilia. Chiuse due piste dell'aeroporto di Fiumicino. Pericolo valanghe in Trentino e Veneto > Meteo > Scheda.


FOR FOUR decades, the Rev. Ian Paisley has said "no" to reconciliation between unionists and nationalists in Northern Ireland.


Harry Statham thought he was making a temporary stop when he took over as McKendree College's basketball coach in 1966. His dream was to win a state high school championship, but jobs at the premier high schools were hard to come by, especially for a young coach. Statham figured if he could put a few successful seasons together at McKendree, his alma mater, he'd be able to land a better job.


Authorities in Puerto Rico are using cages and mangos to try to trap hundreds of marauding monkeys — descendants of escaped research animals — and hope to send them off to sanctuaries or labs, or to kill them.


Rocky actor Sylvester Stallone is charged with importing a banned growth hormone into Australia.


New ad accuses Bush of allowing false advertising

MoveOn PAC, which says it supports "moderate to progressive" candidates and has paid for TV ads opposing President Bush's re-election, starts airing another ad today. Called "Swift Response," the 30-second ad attempts to link Bush to an ad released two weeks ago by an organization called Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. That earlier ad accused Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic presidential nominee and a decorated Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, of lying about his military record.


â¢ Roy Jones Jr. receives the gold medal stolen from him by crooked judges in Seoul, South Korea. â¢ The Dallas Stars agree to forfeit their Stanley Cup from 1999 because, yes, Brett Hull's skate was in the crease.


A New Hampshire mom walks her talk for Ron Paul

The underdog presidential candidate captures support from a New Hampshire nonconformist who's been teased by the big boys, too.


Yahoo and Reuters Seek Cell-Phone Photos, But Don't Pay Up

On Monday, Yahoo and Reuters announced a partnership not merely to publish the cell phone photos of so-called "civic journalists," but also to solicit their photos. The two companies will sponsor a Web site that lets people with camera and video phones upload their content for potential inclusion on Yahoo News and Reuters.com.


Ghouls and Goblins Are Resurrected as Marketers

Halloween marketing campaigns have become scary again, in marked contrast with the toned-down tack taken by advertisers for Halloweens that immediately followed 9/11.


IBM pushes 32-nanometer chips with BASF deal

The alliance marks an expansion of IBM's strategy of collaborating with partners to design new chips instead of doing all the work itself.


CLEVELAND -- Cleveland forward LeBron James decided to rest his sprained right big toe by sitting out the Cavaliers' game Tuesday night against Golden State.


The Claim: Never Drink Hot Water From the Tap

The claim has the ring of a myth. But environmental scientists say it is real.


Javier Solana, the EU's foreign policy chief, is due to start a Middle East tour, travelling first to Lebanon.


No New Trial for Former Chief of Brocade

A federal judge ruled that Gregory L. Reyes, convicted in August of stock-options manipulation, is not entitled to a new trial.


Bene nord (+1%), sud solo +0,5%, Friuli ok, male il Molise


Kenya's Odinga rejects bilateral talks to end crisis

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday rejected bilateral talks with President Mwai Kibaki, dimming hopes for a breakthrough to end turmoil that has led to almost 500 deaths.


US Bid to Oust ElBaradei Backfires Over Phone Taps

Allegations that the United States had access to wiretaps on the telephone of the head of the UN nuclear watchdog have damaged Washington's campaign to block his re-election, diplomats and analysts say.


Europeans Start Strong in Ryder Cup Play

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Staring down Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and the rest of the Americans, Europe got off to a stunning start Friday in the Ryder Cup...


Retailers push packagers to think "green"

Growing demand from retailers and manufacturers for smaller, eco-friendly packages is pushing box makers and chemical companies to create compact packaging that is bio-based and recyclable.


LebanonÂs Three-Sided Postwar Game: Who Gets Shabaa Farms?

The Lebanese insist a disputed 10-mile-square area of land is theirs, and Hezbollah says it will not lay down its weapons until Israel gives it back.


Politics and Prostitution: Israeli Filmmakers Chart Broad, Gritty Territory

Israeli directors are working harder to fit lifelike characters around bigger themes of sexual and religious politics in their films.


2,000 dead in Fallujah as US-led forces sweep area

US-led forces rounded up scores of suspected rebels in Iraq's "triangle of death" on Thursday as officials said the death toll from the this month's massive operation in Fallujah was more than 2,000.


Web radio stations set for "Day of Silence" protest

Web radio broadcasters across the  United States were preparing for a 'Day of Silence' on June 26  to protest the U.S. government's plans to boost royalty  payments to artists and record companies by more than 300  percent, when their music is played online.


Istat, variazione tendenziale piu' alta da giugno 2000


Firenze, 17:40 - CALCIO, AZZURRI: DONADONI PROVA CASSANO CON INZAGHI

Cassano in coppia con Inzaghi e Marchionni. Questo l'inedito tridente provato da Donadoni nel primo ...


An ex-training instructor at Deepcut Army barracks is to be sentenced for sex attacks on young male soldiers.


The Lure of Treatments Science Has Dismissed

Exploring the reasons people swear by treatments that have no scientific evidence backing them.


Carlos Beltran is on the verge of following Pedro Martinez to the New York Mets. A day after the All-Star outfielder let the deadline to re-sign with Houston pass, the Mets worked Sunday to structure a $119 million, seven-year contract that will include an $11 million signing bonus, a lawyer involved in the talks said on condition of anonymity.


Sexson agrees to $50 million contract with Seattle

The Seattle Mariners added power to one of the weakest lineups in baseball Wednesday, agreeing to a $50 million, four-year contract with free agent first baseman Richie Sexson.


'Life Aquatic': A Comedy That Misses The Boat

There's nothing wrong with Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou" that a digital insertion of Gene Hackman wouldn't solve.


Sales of server systems rose 7.7 percent globally in the second quarter to $11.55 billion as demand for Information Technology remained strong after a three year downturn, market research firm Gartner said in a statement.


Kmart purchase highlights struggle for once-huge Sears

Sears, Roebuck and Co. was once on top of the world, reveling in the popularity of its "big book" catalog from company headquarters in the world's tallest building.


Human-based search engine looks to hire would-be searchers

A search engine that uses people to find search results has begun taking applications from people who want to be paid for researching search queries. Mahalo hopes to have 10,000 of the most popular search terms in place by year's end.


Patente ritirata ad un boliviano residente nel Bergamasco


Parigi, 15:40 - TENNIS, ROLAND GARROS: VINCI ELIMINATA AL PRIMO TURNO

Roberta Vinci è stata eliminata al primo turno del Roland Garros. L'azzurra ha ceduto con un ...


Regime semplificato per chi ha compensi sotto 30mila euro


Udine, 13:10 - CALCIO, UDINESE-CAGLIARI; POZZO: GALEONE SBAGLIA FORMAZIONE

Polemica a Udine tra il patron del club, Giampaolo Pozzo, e il tecnico Galeone. Dopo il successo sul...


Gates: Even Microsoft Master Is Plagued By 'Spam'

Think you get spam? Imagine having an Internet profile like Bill Gates. The Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) chairman gets millions of e-mails every day, according to Chief Executive Steve Ballmer.


Argentina's Guillermo Canas had an easy time winning the final of the Heineken Open in Shanghai. Canas, the No. 3 seed, rolled to his third ATP tournament win this season with a 6-1 6-0 straight-sets victory over Lars Burgsmuller of Germany.


Almeno tre morti e numerosi feriti solo nella mattinata


At least seven people are killed and 70 wounded by an explosion in the Iraqi city of Mosul, police say.


Online lender E-Loan Inc.  on Monday said it entered into an agreement with eBay Inc.  to provide financing to consumers who buy cars and motorcycles through the online auctioneer, sending E-Loan shares up as much as 34 percent.


Home Depot Is Said to Cut Dealâs Price by $1.8 Billion

Home Depot reached a tentative new agreement today to sell its wholesale unit to a consortium of private equity firms for a reduced price of $8.5 billion, according to people involved in the deal.


Berlusconi proved to have bribed judge but avoids prison

Silvio Berlusconi, the Houdini of European politics, escaped jail last night on charges of bribing Roman judges. At the end of the Prime Minister's trial in Milan, judges cleared him


'This Is a Once-in-a-Lifetime Thing,' GW Student Says

LONDONDERRY, N.H., Jan. 8 -- Three weeks. Washington, D.C., then Des Moines, then Londonderry. All for Sen. Barack Obama.


Torino, 16:35 - CALCIO, JUVENTUS; UFFICIALE: RANIERI NUOVO ALLENATORE

E' arrivata anche l'ufficialità: Claudio Ranieri è il nuovo allenatore della Juventus....


ATHENS - The hordes of Israeli businessmen taking advantage of the summer break to drop by the Olympic Games in Athens are green with envy.


Carolina Panthers kicker John Kasay will miss Sunday's game against the Arizona Cardinals with a strained right calf muscle, and Jeff Chandler was activated off the practice squad to fill in.


UK's Blair faces pressure to go sooner not later

British Prime Minister Tony Blair faced  further pressure on Friday to quit sooner rather than later  after he confirmed he would stand down within 12 months but  refused to set a precise date for his departure.


Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Medgyessy, who had offered to quit over a controversial cabinet reshuffle, submitted his resignation Wednesday.


Cricket-Aussie spinner Warne raring to have a go at Indian batsmen

BOMBAY  - Australia's star leg-spinner Shane Warne said he was hoping to help his team score a long-awaited Test series triumph in India.


Bush has everything to lose in upcoming debates

With John Kerry apparently lagging in the polls, a poor showing in the upcoming debates may not make much of a difference. The support for Bush is hardly likely to increase much more than it is at the moment


Sharpshooters of Comedy Hit the Road (Duck!)

âVince Vaughnâs Wild West Comedy Showâ imagines itself a contemporary equivalent of rootinâ- tootinâ traveling entertainments like Buffalo Billâs Wild West Show. Thatâs a tall comparison to draw.


And, for the time being at least, the NHLPA's executive director succeeded in cementing what appeared to be cracks in his membership's resolve to battle NHL owners over a salary cap.


Security firms are warning about smartphone viruses that can spread much faster than similar bugs.


A former KGB agent was buried in a rain-swept London cemetery Thursday, his grave surrounded by Russian emigres and his body sealed in a coffin to prevent further contamination by the radioactive substance that killed him.


A New Jersey congressman introduced a bill Thursday in the House that would offer $600 million to voting districts across the nation that convert to paper ballots or put in audit systems in time for the November presidential election.


My friend caught me by surprise when he asked, "What happened to Tony?"


Britain to put picture warnings on all tobacco products

All packets of cigarettes and other tobacco products sold in Britain will have to feature graphic photographs showing the effects of smoking from next year, government ministers said Wednesday.


Eurozone economic data to show confidence down, inflation up again

Eurozone economic indicators to be released in the coming week will show that business and consumer confidence is falling and that inflation is rising again, economists said.


Torino, 15:30 - CALCIO, JUVE: NEDVED SMENTISCE INTERVISTA A PRAVO

"Non ho mai rilasciato nessuna intervista al quotidiano Pravo e non ho mai fatto previsioni sull'esi...


Amazon disappoints the market, but it could be the sale that you've been waiting for.


Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N on Monday  maintained its September sales forecast and said back-to-school  demand picked up for key categories including electronics and  clothing after a sluggish start.


Kasey Kahne has made a late-season rally and put himself back in position to contend for one of the 10 spots in the Chase for the Nextel Cup.


It was the fourth month in a row that the bank's Monetary Policy Committee decided against changing the rate. The decision was widely expected following indications that Britain's economy has slowed, and that


Connecticut Investigates Major Debt-Rating Agencies

The Connecticut attorney general opened an investigation yesterday into whether the various ratings agencies had improperly pressured issuers of commercial debt as a condition of doing business with them.


Amsterdam has the world's busiest Internet exchange, thanks to nuclear physicists and mathematicians who in the 1980s connected their network needs with the academic belief that knowledge needs to be free.


The nation's health care system should be overhauled through plans tailored to individual states, not through a federal government takeover, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Friday.


Iraqi Kurds fear Turkish motives as troops mass

DAHUK, Iraq  - Three PKK soldiers emerge from an orchard and stride up a road in northern Iraq. Locals in a passing pick-up truck offer them a lift and they clamber in, just a few hundred meters (yards) from a police checkpoint.


Steelmaker Salzgitter in takeover talks with Canada's Algoma

German steelmaker Salzgitter, which is looking to reduce its dependence on the cyclical steel business and diversify into new areas, has said it is in preliminary talks to acquire Algoma Steel of Canada.


Twenty-three people died in a gas explosion in Dnipropetrovsk last Saturday, Ukrainian authorities say.


With Iraq's elections only five weeks away, waves of violence continue to grip the country. In one incident, five Iraqis were killed and several wounded in a car bomb attack


Yahoo switches its online music channel to Rhapsody

Yahoo said Monday it will let the website Rhapsody handle its online subscription music service and concentrate on letting people access free songs on the Internet.


Now that the Weinsteins have what they want â independence â they canât seem to achieve what they keenly desire â success on their own terms.


Empoli, 20:31 - CALCIO, EMPOLI: UFFICIALE L'INGAGGIO DI GIOVINCO

L'Empoli ha ufficializzato l'ingaggio del centrocampista Sebastian Giovinco. Il giocatore, classe '8...


Sen. John Kerry cited the Iraq war and a huge cache of missing explosives Monday as proof President Bush has "failed the test of being commander in chief." The Republican slammed his rival as "consistently and dangerously wrong" on national security matters.


Sun's UltraSPARC T2 goes flame-retardant

Netra: Now with 64 threads Congratulations go out to Sun Microsystems for doing its best to make a new NEBS box seem exciting. Sun will ship you a NEBS server that supports 64 software threads, don't ya know.â¦


Police Interview Fan Who Threw Beverage at Pacers' Ron Artest

Police in Auburn Hills, Michigan, have interviewed the man who threw a beverage at Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest, triggering a brawl between players and fans during a Nov. 19 National Basketball Association game in Detroit.


KEY WEST, Fla. - Many businesses were shuttered and streets were largely deserted Saturday as residents fled from this normally bustling island resort town amid concern that Hurricane Ivan was heading for Florida...


Stava lavorando nei campi nelle campagne di Forenza


Ex-press baron Black faces battle to retain freedom

U.S. prosecutors urged a judge on Thursday to revoke Conrad Black's $21 million bond and take the former media baron into custody immediately as a "four-time convicted felon" who could flee to his native Canada and who no longer has the assets to cover the bond.


Hit-man Hatton sends out warning to champion

Ricky Hatton declared himself ready for world No 1 light-welterweight Kostya Tszyu after knocking out American Ray Oliveira for the first time in his career.


Voicing opinions on joining select company

Baseball's Hall of Fame announcement Tuesday gave talk radio hosts and listeners a wonderful gift: an all-day topic of discussion that drew worthwhile contributions from callers. Annually, there's also as much interest in those who weren't selected.


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Reserve catcher Todd Pratt re-signed Monday with the Philadelphia Phillies for one year at $750,000 US. Pratt, 37, hit .258 with three home runs, 16 runs batted in and 16 runs scored in 45 games (38 starts) last season.


A three-touchdown point spread and a recent history of late-season collapses had many thinking the UCLA football team would provide little opposition to rival USC's march to the BCS-championship game at the Orange Bowl.


Flu vaccine shortage prompts lines in North County

NORTH COUNTY ---- San Diego County health officials sought to reassure the public Thursday that flu vaccine would be available to local seniors, small children and others at high risk after reports of a national flu vaccine shortage earlier this week.


Also: The sound of hacked dolls' heads. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


The government wants the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to relax its strict fiscal policies to give countries like the Philippines greater access to loans and investments.


FCC boss urges approving AT&T-BellSouth: sources

U.S. Federal Communications   Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has proposed the agency   approve AT&T Inc.'s T.N acquisition of BellSouth Corp.   BLS.N without any conditions, sources familiar with the   matter said on Friday.


Muslim rebels release Philippine general, aides

Muslim rebels released a top Philippine general, a senior government official and over 20 aides on Sunday after holding them for two nights in their camp on a remote southern island, a senior army official said.


Visa details restructuring, results ahead of IPO

Visa, the world's largest credit card  network, unveiled details of a planned restructuring on Friday  as it prepares by early next year to follow smaller rival  MasterCard Inc.  in becoming a public company.


Hillary Rodham Clinton warned Saturday that Democrats will have a hard time running against the "legendary record" of Republican John McCain, and that she, not Barack Obama, is best positioned to beat the likely GOP nominee.


Chi pagherÃ  il conto della vendita delle strade statali a scorrimento veloce decisa in Finanziaria? Per Siniscalco, l'Erario. Marzano non rinuncia all'idea del pedaggio diretto sugli automobilisti. Mentre


Eritrea dismisses an Ethiopian accusation that it is breaching a peace accord that ended a two-year war.


Car Bomb Kills 3 Near Australian Embassy

Abdul-Razzak Yousif arrives to a Baghdad hospital for treatment after a bomb exploded Monday, Oct. 25, 2004 near a US military convoy in central Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least three people and injuring several, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.


Inferiori alle previsioni che davano il rialzo al 2,5%


U.S. oil prices eased on Tuesday as  the head of the OPEC cartel said markets were well-supplied  with crude and traders continued to take profits from this  year's 40 percent rally.


Low vitamin D tied to serious pregnancy complication

NEW YORK  - Moms-to-be who have low vitamin D levels during pregnancy appear to be at increased risk for suffering from pre-eclampsia, according to a study.


UK makes complete FIST of hi-tech soldiering

Tomorrow's fighting technology - available online today Comment Anyone who likes gadgets should give some thought to joining the infantry. Okay, the pay is peanuts, the work is grim, you'll have to live in a baking fortified camp in Southwest Asia, where you might easily get blown up, shot, or have to strip naked and fight your buddies with rollmats. But you will get some neat toys. Already the soldiery have thermal imagers, night sights, headset radios, and a military wireless network called Bowman.â¦


Birth-Control Shot Gets Black Box Warning

WASHINGTON - Depo-Provera, an injectable contraceptive, will come with a special warning that links prolonged use of the drug with bone density loss, the government said Wednesday.


Texas reliever Frank Francisco needed just one dangerous throw to overshadow an exciting back-and-forth game with a playoff atmosphere.


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The Patriots kept up their frenetic offseason pace yesterday, acquiring receiver Wes Welker from the Dolphins for second- and seventh-round draft choices this year.


YASSIR ARAFATâS widow visited yesterday the French hospital where he died and retrieved his widely sought medical records, just as his nephew was about to collect them.


Jets Swoop In for the Kill, but End Up Doing In Themselves

The Baltimore Ravens scored 17 unanswered points in a victory that stands, by far, as the Jets' most disappointing loss this season.


Male Enhancement Supplement Warning Issued By FDA

The US Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to buy or consume dietary supplements sold as "Actra-Rx or Yilishen," which are being promoted for treating erectile dysfunction and enhancing male sexual performance.


World number one Roger Federer beats Greg Rusedski at the Qatar Open.


Boxing TV Shows to Get Round Two in Court

A judge's ruling Wednesday in a dispute between Fox's "The Next Great Champ" and a rival boxing TV show favored Fox. But round two is set for next month.


Dec. 7, 2004 -- Health officials announced Tuesday that they have reached an agreement to import 1.2 million doses of flu vaccine from Germany in a continuing effort to boost US supplies.


Injured Seahawks player should get out of hospital Monday

SEATTLE - Seahawks cornerback Ken Lucas spent the night in a San Francisco hospital with a bruised lung. Coach Mike Holmgren says the injury was similar to what car accident victims experience when they are hit in the chest by the steering wheel.


TV rabbit ears to go digital for the elderly

Pending changes to free over-the-air analog TV may leave the elderly in the dark come February 2009.


Circuit City plans more job cuts: report

Consumer electronics retailer Circuit  City Stores Inc.  plans another round of job cuts,  affecting about 850 store managers and headquarters staff, the  Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Thursday.


Businessman says he, 2 others, met Russian ex-spy

A Russian former intelligence officer  was quoted in a newspaper on Friday as saying he and two other  men met ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko in a London hotel on  November 1, the day before Litvinenko complained of feeling  unwell.


Paris Hilton is feeling thankful. The 26-year-old heiress, who is set to be released from jail soon, told Ryan Seacrest of E! News that her "gratitude has gone up so much" since she's been behind bars.


Alzheimer Drug Doesn't Help Chronic Fatigue

Treatment with Reminyl (galantamine), a drug used for Alzheimer's disease, does not improve the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), new research indicates.


The Supreme Court's decision to skip a hearing on the entertainment industry's legal campaign against online music swappers marks a huge turning point in the Internet piracy debate, regardless of the scant attention it received in the mainstream press. -washingtonpost.com


The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee took aim Thursday at the Federal Reserve's belief that inflation rather than slow growth poses the greatest risk to the economy.


Napoli, 19:09 - CALCIO, SOPRALLUOGO UEFA: SAN PAOLO QUASI OK

La delegazione dell'Uefa che ha effettuato un sopralluogo allo stadio San Paolo di Napoli, ha classi...


Joel Meyerowitz, a photographer whose panoramas of the World Trade Center destruction are collected in a new book, ÂAftermath,Â has discovered what liberates him.


Adobe: Make room for Photoshop Lightroom

Company's photo-managing software, out of beta and available for preorder, is scheduled to ship sometime in February.


CBS Defends Its Report on Bush Military Record

The debate over President Bush's National Guard service turned into a furious battle over the minutiae of Vietnam-era typewriter fonts on Friday as CBS


After a dream season, they face wake-up call

For the first time in a long time, the St. Louis Cardinals are suddenly in an unfamiliar must-win predicament.


Textbook publisher Houghton Mifflin  will be acquired by Riverdeep, an Irish educational software  publisher, for $1.75 billion, the companies said on Wednesday.


Danny Williams will take on WBC world heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in December.


Comedy Centralâs Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert returned to the air Monday pointing barbs at their own management and at the striking union.


Under-fire UN chief deserves fair treatment: newspaper

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Kofi Annan has become the target of escalating attacks in the United States over suspected corruption in the body's now-defunct oil-for-food humanitarian programme for Iraq.


Anche di oltre 10mila euro per infrazioni gravi


Lebanon's main political factions condemn a bomb attack which killed a general slated to become army chief.


BEIJING -- A gas explosion tore through a central Chinese coal mine today, trapping at least 187 miners, the government said.


A man who shot and wounded singer-songwriter Marc Cohn during a botched carjacking last year was sentenced to 36 years in prison.


Fast Diagnostic Test Developed for Bird Flu

Scientists in Hong Kong and China  said on Wednesday they have developed a test to detect bird flu  infections in humans within hours, which could give health  officials an important tool for controlling the killer virus.


Sydney, 16:50 - CALCIO, AUSTRALIA: BAAN NUOVO DIRETTORE TECNICO

L'olandese Robert Baan è il nuovo direttore tecnico della nazionale australiana. Baan, 40 ann...


France to hold 'political' talks with top Palestinian leaders

France will hold political talks with four leading Palestinian leaders who prepared to visit ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ( news - web sites ) in a hospital near here, French Foreign Minister Michel ...


Explosion kills eight in southeast Afghanistan

Eight school children were killed and 15 others injured as a blast rocked a school in Paktia province in southeast Afghanistan on Saturday, the provincial governor said Sunday.


Novell Inc. is reporting a big turnaround in its financial picture. The networking company is reporting a third-quarter profit of $23.


Internet access may be cut for people who illegally download music and videos  under government proposals.


Pescara, 17:35 - CALCIO, SERIE C1/B: NEL RECUPERO PESCARA-POTENZA 3-1

Nel recupero della 18/a giornata del campionato di swerie C1/B, non giocata ieri pomeriggio per la n...


Slide, the maker of applications for social networks, has raised another round of financing Â $50 million from the private equity funds at Fidelity and T-Rowe Price.


Martz' unorthodox style works wonders for Rams against Seahawks

ST. LOUIS -- Fed up with his underachieving Rams team, Mike Martz last week did something that was both uncharacteristic for him, and by today's NFL head-coaching standards, rather unconventional.


Iraqi militants threaten to kill an Italian journalist kidnapped on Friday if Italian troops are not pulled out of Iraq.


Britney Spears in hospital, may lose child visits

Lawyers for Kevin Federline, ex-husband of pop star Britney Spears, went to court on Friday seeking to strip the troubled singer of visitation rights to their sons hours after she was hospitalized following a fit of hysterics.


Generale Nouri convinto ad applicare accordo di Tripoli


Amazon to Buy Audiobook Seller for $300 Million

Amazon.com, which has been rapidly adding digital downloads to its vast Web store, will bolster those offerings with Audible, the largest online seller of audiobooks.


Tehran says gives spiritual support to Hizbollah

Iran's president said on   Thursday his country gave cultural and spiritual support to   Lebanon but sidestepped questions about whether Tehran would   obey a U.N. arms embargo imposed on Hizbollah guerrillas.


Pioggia torrenziale in Liguria e nelle Marche dove i treni vanno a vistaDisagi in Emilia Romagna e a Roma per la pioggia continua                                            Maltempo, straripa il Sarno La perturbazione si sposta a Sud


Pakistan launches an offensive  against suspected al-Qaeda fighters as top US official Richard Armitage holds talks in Islamabad.


As oil prices continue to soar, the effect on United States corporate earnings will be under scrutiny this week. US stocks posted modest gains on Friday after Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan


Teacher Kidnapped! Or, Can You Hear Me Now?

This improbably enjoyable thriller contains enough decent jokes, crackerjack car chases and plot convolutions to make the price of the ticket seem like a reasonable bargain.


Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders today and urged them to step up their efforts to find a lasting peace.


CHAMPAIGN, Illinois (Ticker) - Run out of Florida, Ron Zook now has the task of trying to rebuild an Illinois program that has fallen on hard times in recent years.


Fatal shooting of rebel in Fallujah mosque investigated

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The US military said Tuesday it is investigating the videotaped fatal shooting of a wounded man by a US Marine in a mosque in Fallujah.


Thai fast food sellers are enjoying a boom in rat sales, as people learn to love the taste of the rodent.


The âBlack Listâ has become the kind of underground document that writers with projects in development pray will mention their script.


BAGHDAD, 14 September 2004 - At least 20 people were killed and dozens wounded when warplanes struck what the US military called a hide-out of Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Fallujah yesterday.


Beijing Confirms Deaths of 6 Workers at Olympic Construction Sites

Officials said that six workers had died and four others had suffered injuries at Olympic venues since construction for the 2008 games began five years ago.


WASHINGTON I HAVE VIVID memories of John E. O'Neill's first incarnation as an attack dog trained to go after John Kerry more than 33 years ago, using techniques


Alex Rios lent the Boston Red Sox a hand, and he wasn't very happy about it.


Arena on MU campus now just Mizzou Arena

The University of Missouri Board of Curators today voted unanimously to rename the former Paige Sports Arena on the Columbia campus to Mizzou Arena.


North Korea likely forced into nuclear deal: envoy

North Korea was probably pushed to take a deal to shut down its nuclear reactor in return for aid because of its faltering economy and limited diplomatic options, a senior South Korean official said on Friday.


Iran declares it has suspended uranium enrichment

VIENNA -- Iran said yesterday that it has frozen all uranium enrichment programs, an assertion welcomed by Europe even as it weakened a US push to refer Tehran's suspect nuclear activities to the UN Security Council. President Bush said he hoped the statement is true, but ''there must be verification."


State Police Call for Tougher Internet Predator Laws: ; The CAPITOL REPORT; 2007 Legislature

By Phil Kabler  Schedule  Senate  9 a.m. Economic Development Committee  10 a.m. Transportation and Infrastructure Committee  11 a.m. Senate floor session  2 p.m. Education and Banking and Insurance committees  3 p.m.


Udine, 15:28 - CALCIO, UDINESE: CON SAMP NON FINIRA' COME ALL'ANDATA

L'attaccante dell'Udinese, Antonio Di Natale, non dimentica la partita di andata contro la Samp, avv...


Cremlino critica valutazioni osservatori su elezioni


Hepatitis Shot Tied to MS, Study Suggests

Fueling the continuing debate over the safety of the popular hepatitis B vaccine, a new study suggests that it contributes to a tiny increase in the number of multiple sclerosis cases.


Report Shows Lost FBI Computers Still a Problem

The FBI lost 160 laptop computers in less than four years, including at least 10 that contained highly sensitive classified information and one that held "personal identifying information on FBI personnel," according to a new report released today.


Halloween Evolves Into High-Tech Holiday

As a child, Tom McGannon always had the most decorated house on the block during the Halloween season. At 36, he still does, but the decorations are more high-tech.


Bad reviews won't hurt Vista. Neither will the Mac. Or Linux.


A natural bridge between India and Sri Lanka, which Hindu revivalists believe is a divine legacy, has become a hot political issue


Rye-based Jarden Corp. plans to buy American Household Inc., maker of Coleman camping gear, Mr. Coffee appliances and and several other consumer brands, for $745.


Gold steadies, platinum gains but far below record

Gold steadied in quiet trade on Thursday ahead of a U.S. holiday and looked at the dollar and oil for direction, but platinum gained after tumbling this week from record highs.


Celina supports PETA on Elephant captivity

In those black hot shorts, black top going in tandem with her jet black hair and very fair skin, Celina looked simply ravishing for a photo-shoot.


Nokia to launch RFID phone kit with a magic touch

Nokia has launched its first product that supports Near Field Communication (NFC), an emerging radio frequency identification (RFID) technology that could have significant implications for mobile commerce.


Fleming becomes New Zealand's highest test run scorer

Stephen Fleming overtook Martin Crowe on Tuesday to become New Zealand's highest test run scorer on the opening day of the second test against Bangladesh.


STARKVILLE, Mississippi (Sports Network) - Jerious Norwood's 37-yard touchdown run with 32 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter lifted Mississippi State to a shocking 38-31 victory over 20th-ranked Florida.


Briefly: Glitches hit some EarthLink-hosted sites

roundup Plus: More money for fuel cells...Linux release features Windows support...Gmail delivered to desktops.


Tennis: Olympic Champ Justine Henin-Hardenne Takes Year Off

Former women's world No. 1 and Olympic tennis champion Justine Henin-Hardenne of Belgium says she will not play any more this year because of the continuing effects of an energy-sapping virus.


Mass mourning for victims of a suicide attack on a Shi'ite mosque that killed 31 people dissolved into violence as youths rampaged through this eastern Pakistan city for a second day, burning a police station and the mayor's office.


Sesto San Giovanni, 20:17 - CALCIO, C1/A: PRO SESTO-FOGGIA 2-0 NELL'ANTICIPO

Nell'anticipo della quarta giornata del campionato di C1/A, la Pro Sesto ha battuto il Foggia 2-0 gr...


Police launch a murder investigation after a man is found dead in Ballymena, County Antrim.


Martin offers $700-million plan to improve native health

OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin kicked off his meeting with the country's premiers and top aboriginal leaders Monday with a $700-million plan to improve native health.


AMD unveils processors for "power" computer users

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.   unveiled three new high-end computer processors on Wednesday as  the chipmaker battles rival Intel Corp.  for the "power  users" that often set industry buying trends.


Monitor picks: Five things we think you'll really like

Tom Hanks sports a '60s do,' Italy's dishwasher sensation, and a 'Summer Ball' for young readers.


The uniform supplier is headed for another year of sales and earnings gains.


Driver in crash held on smuggling counts

The driver of a minivan that careened off a snowy highway with 14 passengers inside — killing four and injuring 10 — was jailed Wednesday on suspicion of human smuggling.


Here's the deal: A bunch of NBA players are cards!

The Sporting News - Hey, didn't you used to be a Plaxico Burress jersey in Pittsburgh? ...


New York, 10:06 - HOCKEY GHIACCIO, RISULTATI NHL

Risultati delle gare del campionato americano di hockey ghiaccio (NHL) disputate nella notte.


"Black Donnellys" has more bluster than brains

Thank heaven for the  Irish and the Italians. In these sensitive times, we'd have no  crime stories without them. I should hasten to add there also  are law-abiding, upstanding, public-spirited Irish and  Italians. Just don't try looking for them on NBC's "The Black  Donnellys."


Obasanjo warns Sudan on militia, calls for AU peacekeepers

Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo warned Sudan to move more quickly to disarm the feared Janjaweed militia and called for African Union peacekeepers to be sent to Darfur.


Howard Keel, Musical Star, Is Dead at 85

Howard Keel, who sang and danced to stardom in the heyday of MGM musicals, died Sunday of colon cancer at his home in Palm Desert, Calif.


Bill Ryan is spending the last days of the summer traveling across Canada and the United States to pitch big shareholders on the complicated plan to sell 51 percent of his Banknorth Group Inc. to Toronto-Dominion Bank .


HEILIGENDAMM, Germany, June 7 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin told President Bush Thursday that he would drop his objections to a U.S. missile defense system if Washington substantially altered current plans to base it entirely in Europe and instead involved Russia through a Soviet-era radar ...


A Virgin passenger plane was diverted to Stansted airport in a security alert, Scotland Yard said last night. The aircraft flying from Hong Kong to London's Heathrow Airport landed around 6.30pm NZT after a bomb threat.


Bongiorno contro i compensi altissimi del conduttore. L'operazione di Berlusconi, la nuova Elisa di Rivombrosa: i protagonisti


Tom Brokaw: Events And Leaders Of Our Time

NEW YORK -- In his long career at NBC, Tom Brokaw has covered some of the remarkable events and extraordinary figures who have shaped the last quarter-century.


Michael Phelps led all the way in winning the 200-meter freestyle at the World Short Course Championships on opening night Thursday, giving the world's best swimmer a chance to equal the six gold medals he won at the Athens Olympics.


Piu' luce dall'estero, parte la San Fiorano-Robbia


At 12:01 am ET, the Boston (Bleepin') Red Sox erupted in celebration in full view of Yankee Stadium's stone-cold and stone-silent grandstands.


Google turns over Orkut data to Brazilian authorities

(InfoWorld) - Google is actively complying with requests for data about its Orkut social networking service ordered by Brazilian courts, the company said Thursday. Google has provided Brazilian authorities with data about Orkut users in response to 30 court orders, and it plans to respond to eight more orders before their deadlines expire, said Debbie Frost, a Google spokeswoman. Brazilian prosecutors investigating allegations of illegal activities on Orkut sued Google last month in a Brazil civil court, saying Google hadn't responded to their requests for information. Google defended itself, saying the prosecutors were requesting the information from Google's Brazil subsidiary, which doesn't operate Orkut. Google runs Orkut from the U.S., so requests have to be sent to its headquarters in Mountain View, California, it said. Frost acknowledged that there are eight other orders mentioned in last month's lawsuit that the company hasn't responded to because it hasn't received them at its Google Brazil subsidiary or its U.S. headquarters. Google informed the court about its compliance with data requests regarding Orkut on Thursday in an official response to the lawsuit filed with the court, Frost said. "We have and will continue to provide Brazilian authorities with information on users who abuse the Orkut service, if their requests are reasonable and follow an appropriate legal process," she said. Brazilian authorities reportedly are investigating a variety of allegedly illegal uses of Orkut by members in Brazil, including child pornography. In their lawsuit, Brazilian prosecutors asked the court to fine Google and close its Brazil subsidiary for allegedly failing to provide the requested information. Orkut, an invitation-only service, is immensely popular in Brazil.


Google enlists Ingram Micro to advance enterprise push

Ingram Micro will sell the Google Search Appliance and Google Mini to the education and government sectors, and to SMBs.


Rizzoli: riprese allungate, riprendiamo il 4 febbraio


NetSuite raises estimated IPO price yet again

NetSuite on Wednesday boosted the estimated price range for its IPO (initial public offering) for the second time in just two days, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The range now stands at $19 to $22, after NetSuite raised it to $16 to $19 on Tuesday.


USAir Looks for 23 Percent Union Pay Cut

US Airways Group Inc. UAIRQ.OB will  ask a bankruptcy court on Friday to impose emergency pay cuts  of 23 percent on unionized workers if an agreement with the  workers is not reached during the day.


Car bomb kills 6 U.N. soldiers in south Lebanon

KHIYAM, Lebanon  - A car bomb, "most likely" driven by a suicide bomber, killed six U.N. peacekeepers in south Lebanon on Sunday, a police source said.


Roma, 19:40 - CALCIO, MILAN; ANCELOTTI: PALOSCHI GIOCHERA' CONTRO LIVORNO

Il Milan è pronto al tour de force tra campionato e Champions League, con tre partite in sett...


Golden Globes a bust for everyone in Hollywood

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK  - Here is the cold, hard reality of the 65th annual Golden Globe Awards that will be handed out Sunday at the Beverly Hilton: A lot of people are going to lose a lot of money.


Indonesia, Korea agree to boost bilateral trade, investment

Visiting South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun and his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono have agreed to step up bilateral trade and South Korean investment in Indonesia.


Rod Beck, a relief pitcher who wore a bushy mustache while earning 286 career saves, was found dead Saturday. He was 38.


OPEC to Meet Jan 30 Despite Iraq Request

OPEC oil ministers will meet on January  30 as scheduled despite a request from Iraq to move the date of  the meeting to avoid a clash with the Iraqi elections, an OPEC  spokesman said Wednesday.


Profanity concerns prompt CBS to show "9/11" on web

CBS Corp. said on Saturday it would   broadcast the documentary "9/11" on the Internet as well as the   airwaves after several affiliates said they would delay or   forgo the award-winning film because it includes profanity.


Lindsay Lohan, under arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence, has turned herself in to police in connection with a Memorial Day weekend car crash.


Brandon, Brenda, Billy, Amanda...it's been too long.


Deal Creates World's Largest Steel Producer

Mittal Steel, the new company to be formed by a merger of British billionaire Lakshmi Mittal's considerable steel holdings with the International Steel Group, will ship about 57 million tons


Following a deal last August in which Microsoft agreed to handle all ad sales for popular social networking site Facebook, the Redmond company has signed a similar agreement with social news site Digg. Microsoft is working hard to establish itself in the ad industry, but faces stiff competition from Google.


This Saturday, the undefeated meet. No. 2 Oklahoma and No. 5 Texas take aim for a win at the 99th Red River Shootout. The rivalry is one of the biggest games in college football.


The Strategy to Secure Iraq Did Not Foresee a 2nd War

Many military officers and civilian officials say the Bush administration's miscalculations in Iraq cost the U.S. valuable momentum.


European Tour Members Peter OâMalley, Peter Senior and Peter Lonard remain in contention to tale the Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship as they trail fellow Australian James Nitties going into the final round at the Hyatt Collum on the


Scientists watching unusual events near volcano

A series of unusual earthquakes near Mount St. Helens in recent days has scientists warning that something more serious could be imminent.


Angry at what they say is an unfairly priced takeover attempt by Genzyme Corp. , more than three dozen small shareholders of a New York biotechnology firm are trying to band together to block Genzyme's deal to buy the company.


More Violence in Nepal on 4th Day of Rebel Blockade

In Nepal, fresh violence has erupted in the capital, Kathmandu, on the fourth day of a blockade imposed by Maoist rebels. The rebels are not backing down, even though the government has agreed to one of their key demands.


Leukemia Drug Gleevec Continues to Amaze

FRIDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDayNews) -- It was late 1997 and Doug Jensen, 71, of Canby, Ore., thought he'd developed a particularly stubborn cold. But his symptoms dragged on and "kept getting worse," he said.


Jennifer Capriati dropped out of an exhibition charity match Saturday against Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova because of a right shoulder injury.


Include party financing in corruption legislation - Munroe

Government senator Professor Trevor Munroe, and a lobbyist for party financing regulation, yesterday described its omission from amended corruption legislation as "a glaring gap", saying it could serve to further the influence of big business and the drug


Rome, Italy (Sports Network) - Cesare Prandelli has stepped down as coach of AS Roma without ever coaching an official match for the Italian club.


People still love their music --  music-formatted stations account for roughly 80 percent of  radio listening -- but among individual listening choices, talk  radio's ratings remain on top.


The British army's three-year investigation of abuse and unlawful killing of civilians in Iraq found no evidence of systematic mistreatment by its soldiers, the army said Friday.


Joss Stone captivates with new look, joyous sound

When she made her debut  several years back at only 15, Brit belter Joss Stone was an  instant wow, a young girl mining soul's past with a voice  beyond her years.


Groups call for e-voting paper trail legislation

(InfoWorld) - A coalition of voting rights groups on Monday called on the U.S. Congress to pass legislation that would require electronic voting machines to have printers attached as a way to audit the touch-screen results. But the lack of a paper trail for many e-voting machines was only one problem among many during the 2006 U.S. elections, said speakers at the Elections: Looking Forward conference, sponsored by Common Cause, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and other groups. Many of the problems attributed to e-voting machines were caused by a lack of training for poll workers or administrative mistakes, said Efrain Escobedo, director of voter engagement at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. Poll workers observed by his group didn't know how to change the paper in machines with paper trails or didn't know how to reboot machines, he said. Participants in the event also described several other problems not related to e-voting: poll workers demanding photo identification when it wasn't required by law, polling places lacking voting materials in languages other than English, polling places inaccessible to disabled people, and long lines. But several speakers called on Congress to pass the Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act, which would require paper trail printouts with touch-screen e-voting machines. Representative Rush Holt, a New Jersey Democrat, introduced the bill Feb. 5, after a similar piece of legislation failed to pass during the 2005-06 congressional session. The Holt bill has 183 cosponsors, close to half of the House of Representatives. Congress needs to act in the next six to eight months for the legislation to affect the 2008 elections, said Ralph Neas, president and chief executive officer of People for the American Way, a liberal advocacy group. Neas pointed to the 2006 vote in Sarasota Country, Florida, where e-voting machines did not record a vote from more than 18,000 people in a congressional race decided by less than 400 votes. "Sarasota was a disgrace," Neas said. "Eighteen thousand votes ... inexplicably disappeared into cyberspace. But it's a teachable moment. We've got 18,000 faces now that we can put on the problem." Not all speakers agreed that Congress should move ahead immediately with paper trails. Many visually impaired voters were able to vote without assistance on touch-screen machines for the first time in 2006, said Christina Galindo-Walsh, senior staff attorney with the National Disability Rights Network. Paper trail printouts would again create a two-tier voting system in which some disabled people don't have access to the same information as other voters, she said. Galindo-Walsh and Jim Dickson, vice president for government affairs at the American Association of People with Disabilities, also said it was too late for Congress to mandate paper trail ballots by the 2008 presidential election. E-voting machine vendors wouldn't be able to produce enough printers by 2008, Galindo-Walsh said. The Help America Vote Act (HAVA), passed in 2002, mandated standards for voting machines, and those standards are just being completed now, Dickson added. Those standards still need to be tested, and new machines meeting those standards need to be built, he said. "Either you lower the standards for the election equipment, or you live with the timeline that looks like 2010," he said. "You cannot have it both ways." But many voters now question e-voting systems, added Melanie Campbell, executive director and CEO of the Coalition for Black Civic Participation. "The reality is voters are losing confidence in the system," she said.


IBM Net Profit Rises, Helped by Currency

International Business Machines  Corp. IBM.N on Tuesday posted a quarterly net profit that  beat Wall Street's recently raised profit target as solid  year-end product sales were buoyed by a weaker U.S. dollar.


French Blame Continental Airlines for Concorde Crash

An official French report has blamed a metal strip that fell off another commercial airliner for the crash of a supersonic Concorde that killed 113 people near Paris four years ago.


Australian leaders promise billions in tax cuts

Australia's opposition Labor Party matched government promises to cut income taxes on Friday, to stem a surge in voter support back to the government ahead of elections in November.


Sfilata all'Auditorium dei lavori degli allievi


US Eyes 5 Million More Flu Shots from Overseas

US health officials announced Thursday that they have identified more than 5 million additional doses of flu vaccine from overseas sources that may be suitable for import to the United States.


Blair runs into protests on Lebanon visit

British Prime Minister Tony Blair, on a   visit to Beirut marked by protests and snubs, pledged on Monday   to help strengthen Lebanon's security forces as they deploy in   the south after Israel's war with Hizbollah.


Microsoft Corp. settled legal disputes yesterday with two of its largest remaining antagonists, ensuring that its antitrust deal with the Justice Department will not be appealed to the US


Senza esiti il vertice della Cdl, La Russa se ne va prima della fine. Calderoli: "Non pensino di lasciarci col cerino in mano"                                          Regionali, An contro la Lega "O sta con noi o contro di noi"


Nursery Rhymes Have More Violence Than Kids TV

Children's nursery rhymes contain 10  times more violence than British television shows broadcast  before the country's 9 p.m. "watershed" after which more adult  content can be shown, research published on Thursday said.


Jesuits gather in Rome to elect "black pope"

There won't be any white smoke to tell the world he has been elected, but another sort of secret conclave began in Rome on Monday -- to chose the worldwide Jesuit leader who is known as the "the black pope".


New study blames Columbus for syphilis spread

New genetic evidence supports the theory that Christopher Columbus brought syphilis to Europe from the New World, U.S. researchers said on Monday, reviving a centuries-old debate about the origins of the disease.


Bus bombed in southeast Iran, agency says 18 dead

A booby-trapped car blew up a bus owned by the Revolutionary Guards on Wednesday, killing 18 people in a border city in southeast Iran where security forces and drug smugglers often clash, Iran's IRNA news agency said.


Bush sees Palestine state treaty within year

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President George W. Bush told Palestinians on Thursday he believed they would sign a peace treaty with Israel within a year that would give them their own state.


It`s that time of year again, as members of the Salvation Army fan out across the Wabash Valley. It`s time for their annual Christmas kettle bell ringing season.


Stocks slip on rate worries after jobs data

Stocks fell on Friday on concern about higher borrowing costs as bond yields rose after stronger-than-expected jobs data reinforced the view that the Federal Reserve would not cut interest rates this year.


Timberlake still "Sexy" on singles charts

Justin Timberlake's "SexyBack" held the No. 1 title on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a second week Thursday.


Insurers' Losses Top $21 Bln for Quarter

US property and casualty insurers paid out $21.3 billion for hurricane damage, mostly in Florida, during the third-quarter, according an industry group called ISO.


EU-Serbia talks to resume following arrest of genocide suspect

The European Union will resume key talks with Serbia on closer ties in the coming days, following the arrest of a general wanted for war crimes, EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn announced Friday.


Unlocking the iPhone for pleasure and profit... revisited

ZiPhone makes process painless Editors' Blog After months with my unlocked iPhone still running firmware 1.0.2, the arrival of Zibri's ZiPhone tool persuaded me to try an upgrade. I'm glad I did - I now have an unlocked 1.1.3 iPhone.â¦


38 die, 105 hurt in Baghdad market blast

A suicide car bomber turned a venerable book market into a deadly inferno and gunmen targeted Shiite pilgrims Monday as suspected Sunni insurgents brought major bloodshed back into the lap of their main Shiite rivals. At least 38 people died in the blast and seven pilgrims were killed.


Israel kills six Palestinians in Gaza raid

GAZA CITY: Prime Minister Ariel Sharonâs optimism for peace in 2005 was immediately dealt a blow by Israelis with the killing of six Palestinians on Friday by Israeli troops during an incursion in Gaza.


Vibe Magazine Addresses Awards-Night Melee

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Vibe magazine president Kenard  Gibbs says the violent altercation at the publication's awards  show this year won't prevent it from holding the event in 2005.


Italy May Not Seek CIA Case Extraditions

The Italian government is signaling it will not press Washington for the extradition of 26 Americans _ mostly CIA agents _ who were indicted in the alleged kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan, according ...Comment


Alberta's political future in the hands of voters in provincial election

EDMONTON (CP) - Alberta's political future was in the hands of voters as the Progressive Conservatives sought a 10th consecutive election victory on Monday. Premier Ralph Klein - who was seeking a fourth mandate - appeared relaxed when he arrived at a Calgary-Elbow polling station to cast his ballot.


Harmony Launches Takeover Bid For SA Peer Gold Fields -2-

JOHANNESBURG (Dow Jones)--Harmony Gold Mining Co. (HMY) Monday launched a 52.9 billion rand ($1=ZAR6.4150) takeover offer for South African peer Gold Fields Ltd.


Intervista al Times, serve gestione coerente economia


An Iranian diplomat who was seized in Iraq last month is freed, but the fate of other hostages is unclear.


Roma, 17:37 - CALCIO VIOLENTO, LO MONACO: DOVEVAMO FERMARCI UN ANNO

L'ad del Catania, Pietro Lo Monaco, al suo arrivo al Viminale per la riunione in programma alle 17,3...


Michael Brown of Tottenham Hotspur (left) blocks a free kick by Patrik Berger of Portsmouth (right) during the English Premiership soccer match at Fratton Park, Portsmouth, Oct. 18.


U.N. inspectors optimistic as they head for N.Korea

International Atomic Energy Agency monitors said as they prepared to leave for North Korea on Thursday they were optimistic about their mission to verify a pledge by Pyongyang to shut down its atomic bomb program.


'Fockers' Gets Early Start at Christmas Box Office

With the arrival of Christmas weekend, it's Hollywood's last chance to open a box office bonanza or two before the calendar year ends.


Inverness Caledonian Thistle appointed Craig Brewster as its new manager-player Thursday although he's unable to play for the team until January.


Cricket: Warne set to retire, say reports

Shane Warne will announce on Thursday that he plans to retire from international cricket after the last Ashes Test, say reports in Australia.


Fifty-three confirmed killed as plane crashes into park lake in ...

BEIJING : Fifty-three people were confirmed dead Sunday after a passenger plane crashed shortly after take-off in northern China, officials and state media said.


BOSTON (Sports Network) - If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.  That's exactly what free agent shortstop Edgar Renteria did on  Wednesday by agreeing to a four-year deal with the Boston Red  Sox.


Beads, brass bands and slow recovery in New Orleans

Thousands of people took to New Orleans' streets as Mardi Gras celebrations brightened a city still struggling to rebuild from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina.


Could the EU provide a forum for rational gaming legislation?

The European Court of Justice pushes for openness In a ruling sure to ruffle the feathers of those opposed to open and regulated gambling environments, the European Court of Justice today issued its most forceful opinion yet covering the cross border provision of gaming services. The ruling in the Placanica case, in which Italian suppliers of gambling services for British bookmaker Stanley faced criminal prosecution in Italy for operating without a license, establishes once and for all that national licensing procedures cannot be applied in a de facto discriminatory manner against foreign gaming operators.â¦


Schindler Family's Statement in Response to Florida Supreme Court ...

(Editor's note: What follows is a statement released on Sept. 23, 2004, by the family of Terri Schindler-Schiavo, reacting to a Florida Supreme Court ruling striking down


RDX, a lethal plastic explosive, may have bee used to trigger the three blasts in Dimapur on Saturday that killed at least 36 people and left over 100 injured even as the dominant Issac-Muivah group of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM


Soyuz Landing Delivers Fincke, Padalka to Earth After Six Months ...

A Soyuz capsule made a precision landing in Kazakhstan Sunday, safely delivering two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut to Earth after several months on the International Space Station.


For Nationals, A Long Night's Journey Into Day

The few hundred fans who who stuck around through a 4-hour 27-minute rain delay on Thursday will probably always remember the Nats'ÃÂ 3-1 win over Philadelphia.


During the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month at the White House Sept. 15, which I was privileged enough to attend as one of two Air Force representatives, President Bush said he liked to describe Hispanic ...


Ranger 'Wasn't Just a Manager' She Leaves Area Post for New Mexico

By JUDY O'ROURKE\\ Staff Writer  SANTA CLARITA -- The popular ranger for a section of Angeles National Forest bordering Santa Clarita is unwittingly playing out a clich(hrt), having recently left for a spot where the grass really is greener.


House prices will decline 2 per cent over the next year as the market experiences a "measured slowdown", the Halifax said yesterday.


Severn Trent lifts dividend as US business suffers

Severn Trent, the UK environmental services group, said it intended to raise its interim dividend by 2.5 per cent to 18.21p despite a 10 per cent fall in pre-tax profits to Â£126.2m ($239m) for the six months to 30 September.


Football players aren't into moral victories. It goes against the grain of their rough exteriors and win at all cost mentality.


UK withdraws from Gemini telescope programme

Astronomers 'aghast' at Northern Hemisphere blackout The UK's Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has decided to plug a gap in its finances by withdrawing from the Gemini telescope programme, the BBC reports.â¦


US President George W Bush is due to make his first ever official visit to neighbouring Canada on Tuesday.


U.S. Military Probes Shooting of Iraqi in Falluja

The U.S. military has begun an  investigation into possible war crimes after a television pool  report by NBC showed a Marine shooting dead a wounded and  unarmed Iraqi in a Falluja mosque, officials said on Monday.


Rice rejects engaging Iran, Syria on Iraq

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has rejected a bipartisan panel's recommendation that the Bush administration engage Syria and Iran in efforts to stabilize Iraq, The Washington Post reported on Friday.


MIAMI - With two 30-point-plus games already, Dwayne Wade is generating enough of his own offense. Meanwhile, his development at point guard during the past year has put him at a comfort level when it comes


Barcellona, 15:32 - CALCIO, MESSI: MARADONA UNICO, NON VOGLIO EMULARLO

Ha segnato con la mano, ma Leo Messi non vuole essere paragonato a Maradona. ''Maradona è uni...


Great American Smokeout - Quit for more than a day!

Thursday the 18th of November will be the 28th Great American Smokeout, a time when Americans are encouraged to quit smoking, if only for one day!


Pentagon sees Taliban on defensive in Afghanistan

Western forces in Afghanistan have the Taliban on the defensive after a series of spring battles that have also been blamed for a rising civilian death toll, a senior U.S. military officer said on Wednesday.


The Bush administration has sought to downplay the significance of a US intelligence forecast painting a pessimistic picture for the future of Iraq, insisting that predictions of difficulties ahead -- including the possibility of civil


U.S. Finds 5 Million More Flu Shot Doses -- HHS

The United States has found 5  million doses of influenza vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline Plc in  Germany and ID Biomedical in Canada and is trying to get them  for Americans, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy  Thompson said on Thursday.


The autopsy on the death of Olâ Dirty Bastard has so far been proved inconclusive. Although his autopsy was performed shortly after the rappers death the exact cause of death is not expected to be released for at least another 10 days.


Cardiovascular Risk with Celecoxib (Celebrex), UK Agency Informs

We have today been informed of new clinical trial data for celecoxib (Celebrex), showing an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and death (relative to placebo).


The use of drugs to treat hyperactivity in children has soared worldwide, a US study shows.


Militants holding three hostages in Afghanistan are divided over what to do after issuing a series of deadlines and narrowing their demands, the BBC reports.


Gangs patrol Kenya ahead of talks to end crisis

CHEBILAT, Kenya  - Militiamen armed with clubs, sharpened sticks and machetes patrolled roads in Kenya's Rift Valley on Sunday, while scores of people fled ethnic attacks on their homes in heavily armed police convoys.


Opening statements in actor Robert Blake's murder trial were delayed Monday for two weeks because of the theft of his defense attorney's computer.


Russ Meyer, who helped spawn the "skin flick" with such films as "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" and "Vixen," has died. He was 82.


Holocaust Victim's Novel Finds a Readership at Last

A current best-seller in France, which was written shortly before its Jewish author was sent to her death in Auschwitz, has taken 62 years to be published.


Airlines seek to stop aging aircraft rule

U.S. passenger and cargo airlines on   Tuesday sought to stop, or at least change, a Federal Aviation   Administration proposal to overhaul management of structural   fatigue in older aircraft.


Analysts: Vista SP1 Delay Won't Hurt Businesses

Although Microsoft Corp. may not have the first service pack for Windows Vista ready at the end of this year as some expected, financial analysts say that a delay should not have a negative effect on enterprise adoption of the OS.


Matt Holliday homered again and Troy Tulowitzki also connected as the Colorado Rockies completed a four-game sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 9-4 victory Thursday.


NEW YORK - More than 100,000 demonstrators marched past a heavily fortified Republican convention hall on Sunday, chanting denunciations of the administration and the war in Iraq as delegates flocked to the city to nominate President Bush for four more years in the White House.    Vice President Dick Cheney campaigned his way into the convention city three days ahead of the president, praising him as "calm in a crisis, comfortable with responsibility and determined to do everything needed to protect our people." He spoke on Ellis Island, framed by a Manhattan skyline altered irrevocably by terrorism...


He's big, he's bad, and he's back. Rock Hard Ten, the imposing colt with the bad-boy attitude, showed that he will be a force in 2005 with a stirring, last-to-first run to


Joey Porter has agreed to a five-year, $32 million contract with the Miami Dolphins, making the former second-team All-Pro linebacker the first marquee player to join the club during this free agent period.


Altitude mishap at play in Brazil crash: minister

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - A business jet piloted by two United States citizens may have been at the wrong altitude when it crossed paths with a commercial airliner that crashed last week in the Amazon, killing all 155 people on board, Brazil's defense minister said on Wednesday.


Scarborough, Abrams staying put on MSNBC

A pair of fill-in MSNBC programs have gotten their official go-ahead: The wake-up broadcast "Morning Joe" and the prime-time "Live with Dan Abrams" are now officially part of the lineup, the network announced Monday.


Verizon Communications Inc  said on Monday its third quarter profit fell but revenue rose on growth in its wireless venture and higher high-speed Internet subscriptions.


French president Nicolas Sarkozy leads the tributes to mime artist Marcel Marceau, who has died aged 84.


Japan ex-Internet icon pleads not guilty

Takafumi Horie, the former CEO of   Internet firm Livedoor Co. who came to symbolize a freewheeling   capitalism that challenged with Japan's cozy corporate norms,   pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of breaking securities   laws.


Defying Army Offensive, Hamas Rockets Hit Israel

Defiant Palestinian militants fired  rockets into an Israeli border town on Monday despite Israel's  vow to stop such attacks from the Gaza Strip with a massive  military offensive that has killed 64 Palestinians.


Review: No True Scares in New 'Exorcist'

A new "Exorcist" flick must have seemed like a good idea three years ago, with a director's cut of the original having just pulled in almost $40 million, a huge payday for a re-release.


DNA samples from the soldier who murdered Sally Geeson are being studied to see if he is linked to other sex crimes.


Here's how to find the stocks that can make you rich.


Bank of America to buy Countrywide for $4 billion

Bank of America Corp said on Friday it would buy battered mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp for $4 billion, a move that could avert one of the biggest collapses in the U.S. housing crisis.


Lost faith in Internet Explorer? Try another browser

Microsoft has won the browser wars, but a battle is raging for the runner-up spot and one of the contenders has recently been refreshed.


Obama nabs key endorsement of John Kerry

CHARLESTON, South Carolina  - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama picked up a major endorsement on Thursday, with the party's 2004 nominee John Kerry announcing he would back his U.S. presidential bid.


Three Masked Men Rob Palo Alto Eatery at Gunpoint

By Leslie Griffy, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 3--Three masked men with a gun robbed an employee of a Palo Alto restaurant early this morning, police said.   About 12:30 a.m.


UK's Brown Says No Agreement Reached on Poor Nations' Debt

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown said no deal has been reached on how to clear the debts of the world's poorest nations, a debate that has divided the UK and US governments.


Nintendo Bets on New Hand-Held Console to Leap Ahead of Sony

Nintendo Co., the world's biggest maker of portable game consoles, begins selling its newest hand- held player today, accompanied by a $40 million advertising push aimed at taking customers away from Sony Corp.


Shiite Shrine Bombing Kills 5 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Aug. 25 -- A bomb placed beneath a parked car exploded outside a prominent Shiite shrine in Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least five people at the start of a major religious ceremony, U.S. military officials said.


The numbers of wi-fi access points in London grew by 160% in a year, suggests a survey.


La donna, una serba di 31 anni, residente in Francia, in viaggioper fare visita a parenti La macchina trasformata in sala parto                                                  Terni, partorisce bambina in autostrada "Levatrici" due agenti della Stradale


Dow Jones shareholders seek guarantees from suitor News Corp of the independence of the Wall Street Journal.


44 killed, 118 wounded in wave of attacks in India's troubled ...

GUWAHATI, India : Forty-four people were killed and 118 wounded in a spate of attacks in India's remote northeast, police said, in one of the deadliest eruptions of violence in the revolt-racked region in years.


Intel Puts 4 GHz Processor on Back Burner

Intel began to downplay so-called clock speed of processors within the past year, and other chipmakers followed suit, focusing on other advances such as dual-core, which essentially puts two


Lore Sjöberg's Alt Text: Don't Turn Your Back on Your Brain

During my visit to the Exploratorium, I learned something I've always suspected: The mind is a cruel, lying, unreliable bastard. Commentary by Lore Sjöberg.


There is concern British soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are being treated with a drug that has not been fully tested and licensed.


Gaddafi joins EU to foil illegal migrants

Italy is to send 150 police officers to Libya, along with aircraft and infra-red tracking equipment, as a first step towards the creation of holding camps for illegal migrants passing through North Africa bound ...


Iraq, 'Sinking Fast,' Is Ranked No. 2 on List of Unstable States

Iraq now ranks as the world's second most unstable country, ahead of war-ravaged or poverty-stricken  nations such as Somalia, Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast, Congo, Afghanistan, Haiti and North Korea, according to the 2007 Failed  States Index, issued yesterday by the Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy...


NATO soldiers fearing suicide attack shoot and kill Afghan civilian

NATO soldiers fearing a suicide attack has shot and killed an Afghan civilian when he ran between vehicles in a convoy in southern Afghanistan.


Elections gave Hispanics a front-row seat

If pride is a sin, then call me a sinner. As a Mexican-American, Iâm delighted that so many headlines these days are about Hispanics breaking barriers - from the US Senate to the office of the attorney general.


England football captain David Beckham has admitted deliberately getting booked in England's 2-0 World Cup 2006 qualifier win over Wales at Old Trafford last Saturday.


Crude oil prices briefly crossed above the $90-a-barrel threshold today on the New York Mercantile Exchange, setting a record and coming very close to an inflation-adjusted record, too.


Former premier Benazir Bhutto can return to Pakistan from exile but will have to face corruption cases against her, the government said, as her party prepared to announce her arrival date Friday.


The weekly survey from mortgage company Freddie Mac had rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages inching higher this week, up to an average 5.82 percent from last week's 5.81 percent.


Napster to explore alternatives, sale of company

Online music service Napster Inc.   said on Monday that it hired UBS Investment bank to  help it look at strategic alternatives, which could include the  sale of the company.


The man in charge of a series of raids says they delivered a "huge blow" against the illegal drugs industry.


Just two days after parting ways with her manager, Kelly Clarkson has canceled her upcoming summer tour over disappointing ticket sales, yet another sign of turmoil as she prepares to release her third album, "My December."


U2's Bono Finds Long-Lost Lyrics in Oregon

A briefcase containing lyrics for songs meant to be used in U2's 1981 album "October" has been returned to the group's lead singer Bono, 23 years after it was stolen at a Portland concert, the band said on Friday.


Aaron Rowand and the Philadelphia Phillies held on to avoid a monumental collapse and gain ground on the New York Mets, who seem like they can't hold on to anything these days.


Genes Tied to Bad Reactions to Antidepressant Drug

Variations in two genes may increase the likelihood that a person will report suicidal thoughts after taking an antidepressant, researchers reported Thursday.


Body heat linked to Armstrong's recovery

A new but unproven theory says body heat might explain Lance Armstrong's astounding victory over testicular cancer. The theory — disputed by Armstrong's doctor — refers to the unusually high cure rate for testicular cancer, even when it has spread to other parts of the body.


British troops clash with Iraqi Shiite militia in Basra

Clashes erupted between British troops and Shiite Muslim militiamen loyal to radical cleric Moqtada Sadr in Iraq's southern city of Basra, wounding one British soldier, sources on both sides said.


Playgirl TV polled women about their preferences in pornography and found they worried less about plot than expected, and more about wardrobe.


Romanian Gymnasts Edge Ahead of U.S. Women

Daniela Sofronie displayed all her  athleticism to edge Romania ahead of the United States in the  Olympic women's gymnastics team qualifying Sunday.


Northern Ireland's political leaders brief party members about talks to restore devolved government.


Ancelotti chiama Crespo E' lui l'arma anti-Shaktar

Domani in Champions League contro gli ucraini il Milani ripropone il modulo ad 'albero di Natale', con l'argentino al posto di Shevchenko. MancherÃ  anche Tomasson. "Il pareggio ci interessa poco - dice il tecnico -.


CNN Chooses Ex-CBS Official as Its U.S. Chief

CNN appointed Jonathan Klein, who used to be the No..2 executive at CBS News, as president of its domestic network.


Apple confirms MySpace ban in retail stores

Blog: MySpace profile browsing was clogging store traffic, an official statement from the company says.


Bulgaria in Brief: 20 September 2004, Monday. Sofia mayor Stefan Sofianski opened on Monday new traffic centre that would control the traffic of Sofia's public transport.


Thai PM Defiant After 78 Muslims Die in Custody

Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra shed few tears on Wednesday over the death of 78 Muslims in military custody as distraught mourners besieged an army


FCC wireless auction for police and fire departments too

Blog: The FCC is writing rules to determine how to use extremely valuable wireless spectrum that will be auctioned in September to the highest bidder.


Myriad of Distractions Falls on Panthers

John Fox doesn't tinker often with his team's routine, keeping Carolina's daily grind exactly the same each and every day.


Two suspects freed over failed British car bombings

Two suspects in the failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow last month have been released without charge, British police said Sunday.


Scattered voting problems were reported early in some states Â including New Jersey, where the governor had to wait for a touch-screen machine to be fixed Â in the biggest Super Tuesday ever held in America.


Gwyneth Paltrow, on hiatus from acting for more than two years, is ready to get back to work.


Londra, 13:21 - CALCIO, MANCHESTER UNITED: INTOPPI PER TRATTATIVA TEVEZ

Slitta la conclusione della trattativa che dovrebbe portare Carlos Tevez al Manchester United. I re ...


Drug may improve bone density in cerebral palsy

Low doses of pamidronate  increase bone mineral density (BMD) in children with spastic  cerebral palsy with severe movement impairment, according to  results of a preliminary study reported in Developmental  Medicine and Child Neurology.


Confusion reigns: Mongia gets call, Gavaskar slot

For Dinesh Mongia, it was a weekend of confusion. First he was told that he would replace Sachin Tendulkar, who has been ruled out for the ICC Champions Trophy.


Donne avvolte in lamiere contorte in "Future love"


Shhh! That's the forbidden fraud Cisco has denied wrongdoing in the tax fraud scandal that engulfed its Brazilian tentacle earlier this week.â¦


(InfoWorld) - Virtualization software leader VMware Inc. is testing a desktop virtualization program that can be stored on a USB drive and moved from one computer to another. VMware is introducing Monday a public beta version of ACE 2 Enterprise Edition, an upgrade of its two-year-old ACE program for virtualizing desktop computers so they can run multiple software or operating systems. One of the new features is Pocket ACE, which allows the user to store the ACE desktop virtualization tool on a USB (universal serial bus) drive, a portable hard drive or an Apple iPod, plug it into a remote computer, and run the virtualization software on that computer. The VMware news coincides with the general availability Monday of an upgraded server virtualization product from rival Virtual Iron Software Inc. VMware's Pocket ACE is designed for mobile workers who may not have a laptop with them in the field, but could use an available desktop computer and run the company's virtualization platform from the USB drive, said Jerry Chen, director of desktop platforms and solutions for VMware. The new ACE program also features VMware ACE Management Server, which gives a system administrator control over the virtualization program run on desktops. The administrator can control access, security settings and software updates from a single console. Changes in settings are delivered to the client computer when they connect to the corporate server. Desktop or laptop computers running VMware ACE can run the virtual desktop on their computers alongside whatever operating system and files the computer already runs, said Chen. This would suit contract employees who use their own computers when working for a client. The administrator can also shut off the virtual desktop remotely when needed if, for example, a company gives access to its computer system for a specific contract term. Access privileges can be set to expire when the contract is completed. Virtualization is most prevalent in the server environment where servers run multiple software applications or operating systems simultaneously. While virtualization of the desktop is a logical extension of the technology, adoption is more limited, said Charles King, president and principal analyst at Pund-IT, a technology analyst firm. "Desktop virtualization is still a relatively unexplored territory," said King. However, he sees value in the Pocket ACE portability feature for the increasingly mobile work force. "As mobile and remote workers become more the norm, it gives those employers a great deal of flexibility," King said. Also Monday, Virtual Iron said its Version 3.5 upgrade adds support for iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) protocol for the connection between servers and storage. The iSCSI connection is one-tenth the price of the alternative fiber channel connection. Version 3.5 also features one server installation, said Mike Grandinetti, chief marketing officer for Virtual Iron. With one server installation, the same server that runs the virtualization management program for the enterprise can also act as a virtual server.


Chirac Takes a Practical Approach to U.S.-Franco Partnership

Clearly the American election is on the mind of the president of France. When President Jacques Chirac stood before his ambassadorial corps today, there was no hint that the relationship between France and the ...


Prime minister challenged over DNA records

Gordon Brown comes under fire at prime minister's question time after a disc containing the DNA details of thousands of suspected foreign criminals was mislaid for a year


This is a story about second chances. Or, perhaps, third chances. J.R. Smith is in his third year in the NBA, is just barely old enough to buy what former Gov. William Weld liked to call an "amber-colored beverage," and is now with his third NBA team, the Denver Nuggets.


Singapore, Taiwan trade barbs over U.N. referendum

Singapore and its close informal ally  Taiwan traded barbs this week over a Taiwan referendum asking  voters about United Nations membership, with Singapore calling  the move "provocative" and "irresponsible."


Amnesty urges Iran to stop stoning executions

Amnesty International on Tuesday called on Iran to abolish the "grotesque and horrific" practice of stoning people to death.


Oil falls as Nigeria appears alone in output cut

Oil fell back toward $62 on Friday after   OPEC member Nigeria appeared to be alone in its decision to   trim output to stem a two-month price slide.


Singh critiques Woods' swing, says it hasn't changed but his body ...

Vijay Singh has a theory about what's wrong with Tiger Woods' game: he hasn't adapted his swing to the changes in his body.


Modena, 18:32 - CALCIO, MODENA: NESSUNA LESIONE MUSCOLARE PER BOLANO

Doppio allenamento per il Modena in vista della gara con l'Albinoleffe. In mattinata lavoro atletico...


LOS ANGELES  - Jordana Brewster has signed on for ABC's drama pilot "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," playing a role originated by Angelina Jolie on the big screen.


Elton John is developing ABC comedy about an aging rock superstar and the people around him. According to Variety, John plans to base his character not on himself, but on his contemporaries, pop icons like


In an Aug. 29 story about the campaign between Sen. Joe Lieberman and challenger Ned Lamont, The Associated Press erroneously reported the date of a Quinnipiac University poll that showed Lieberman with a 12-point lead. The poll was released Aug. 17, not last week.


Roma, 22:02 - CALCIO A 5, SERIE A: RISULTATI NONA GIORNATA

Risultati e la classifica della 9/a giornata di andata del campionato di serie A di calcio a cinque....


The Twins are in. As for Oakland — not yet.


If Microsoft purchases Yahoo, the popular Internet property would contribute a lot more than ad revenue.


Coldplay and Nine Inch Nails will headline the sixth annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indigo, Calif.


MOSCOW: Chechnya's feared warlord Shamil Basayev yesterday claimed responsibility for the deadly school hostage taking in southern Russia that killed more than 338 people, half of them children.


The funeral of ousted Communist leader Zhao Ziyang goes ahead in Beijing, with mourners strictly vetted.


Feriti 15 turisti sulla Statale 19 nel Salernitano


Western diplomats in Serbia yesterday warned of potential violence following the election of Ramush Haradinaj, a former paramilitary leader viewed as an international war crimes suspect, as


Teramo, 13:49 - BASKET, TERAMO: UFFICIALE ARRIVO GUARDIA AMERICANA GREEN

"Ã un giocatore di grande talento che ha piÃ¹ dimensioni, sa creare gioco, essere presente a rimbalzo...


Junqueira wins Indy 300, Besnard seventh

Brazilian Bruno Junqueira has won the Indy 300 Champ Car World Series race on the Gold Coast, becoming the 14th different driver in the history of the competition to take the chequered flag.


Disease fears rise as Australian floods recede

Australians mopping up their flood damaged homes in the Hunter Valley and Central Coast north of Sydney were warned on Tuesday to protect themselves from disease in the sewage-contaminated floodwaters.


Turmeric May Protect Against Leukemia -Scientist

Turmeric, a spice used extensively in  Asia as a key ingredient of curry, may be protecting children  against leukemia, a scientist said on Thursday.


Joel and Ethan Coen won the top prize from the Directors Guild of America on Saturday for "No Country for Old Men," giving them the inside track for the same honor at the Academy Awards Â assuming the Oscars go on amid the writers strike.


How an emergency fund can save your fiscal skin.


The U.S. government is on its way to  brokering about $20 billion in arms sales in the fiscal year  that began October 1, steady with last year's near-record  total, the Pentagon official responsible for such sales said on  Monday.


Actor and director Mel Gibson dominates the annual power run down of US magazine Entertainment Weekly.


Teenager pleads guilty at train bombing trial

MADRID -- The first trial stemming from the Madrid terror bombing ended after only 25 minutes yesterday with a Spanish teenager pleading guilty to charges he helped transport dynamite used in the attack. The 16-year-old, who said he acted unknowingly, accepted the prosecutor's request for a six-year term in a juvenile detention center, followed by five years of probation. The ...


In March 2002, I made a bet with Martin Nisenholtz about the relative importance of weblogs and the New York Times. I was and am a blogger, and Martin worked then, as he does now, for the Times. For the actual terms of the bet, read the piece on the LongNow site, and a story I wrote to announce the bet. A few comments.  1. It seems now is the time to decide who won the bet, if either of us did. 2. The world that I hoped would come about did not. While blogs have broken many stories, they have not, in general, turned into the authoritative sources I hoped they would in 2002. When the blogosphere resembles journalism it's often the tabloid kind.  3. I wouldn't mind losing the bet. That is, I wouldn't mind if the Times fully embraced the web, and I suspect Martin wouldn't mind if blogs rose to the quality of the Times. 4. If the bet had been held a year later, it seems there would be a pretty good chance that Martin would have won the bet because they recently took down the firewall at the Times, allowing search engines to index the full content. In the past, articles would remain visible for a couple of weeks then you'd have to pay money to access them. I believe they have a special deal with Google and other crawlers that allow them to get past the membership wall. For most of 2007 the Times articles were behind the firewall, and were less likely to be pointed to (which is how they rise in rank at Google). 5. It certainly is fun to speculate, but the decision about who won belongs exclusively to the Long Now Foundation. They have to decide who determines what the top stories of 2007 are, and imho they should consult with search experts to determine how to do the queries. Apparently it makes a difference how you do it.  But ultimately it's their decision. 6. Whether Wikipedia has more or less results seems to be a sidebar to the bet, which only talks about blogs and the Times. 7. Another interesting sidebar is rich media. In 2002, before podcasting had taken hold, before YouTube existed, it would have been hard to forsee the story of the South Carolina beauty queen, or the Don't Tase Me Bro guy. Questions about the future are always framed in the context of the past. Did the question Martin and I asked have any value in 2007, or did it just say something about the world of 2002?   Update: Paul Boutin who arranged the bet, apparently in conjunction with Google (I didn't know this) in 2002, weighs in.


A More Polished Pettitte Is Off to a Quick Start

Andy Pettitte dispatched the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 20 pitches over two innings of a 3-1 victory on Friday. This was the new Pettitte, more of a finesse pitcher after elbow surgery in 2004.


Authorities would not confirm whether the raid was connected to an investigation into possible terrorist suspects, and it was not immediately clear why air space over the city -- which has no major airports -- ...


Take it from Michael Chertoff: The Homeland Security Department is no "24." Chertoff, the department's secretary, said Friday he doesn't have a way-cool, state-of-the-art Counter Terrorist Unit like the one on the Fox TV show. Bad guys aren't foiled on an hourly basis. And not everybody is romantically involved with co-workers.


Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL), Asia's biggest airline, said on Friday it would buy 30 737 small passenger jets from Boeing Co., with an option to buy an additional 10.


Congress in Colombia backs a bill to grant homosexual couples the same social security rights.


GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Palestinian gunmen abducted a CNN producer in Gaza City on Monday, the network said. The network said Riyadh Ali was taken away at gunpoint from a CNN van.


Stung by media sniping at his wife, Paul McCartney wants to set the record straight. She doesn't make decisions for him, didn't tell him to dye his graying hair, and gets along just fine with his kids.


Paul Pinegar threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Stephen Spach in overtime Monday to give Fresno State a 37-34 win over Virginia in the MPC Computers Bowl.


Sarah Ulmer's blitzing gold medal ride at the Olympic Velodrome on Monday has left her eating her own words. Ulmer broke the women's 3000m individual pursuit world record for the second time in two days in the final.


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Back to future, Israel builds bridges with moderates

WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 14: Under American encouragement and, in some cases, pressure, Israel has quietly taken steps aimed at strengthening the standing of Palestinian moderates and has agreed to consider others now that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has


Justin Morneau's two-run double highlighted a four-run eighth inning and the Minnesota Twins rallied for a 7-5 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.


J Sainsbury will take a Â£550 million ($991 million) hit to profits this year as it invests to boost sales and reverse falling market share, Britain's third-biggest supermarket chain said Tuesday.


Apple has settled a lawsuit against a Web site that had divulged company secrets, but the site, ThinkSecret.com, will shut down as part of the agreement.


UN summons vaccine makers to discuss flu threat

The World Health Organization has called an unprecedented summit next week of flu vaccine makers and nations to expand plans for dealing with the growing threat of a flu pandemic.


DEVELOPMENT-EU:    New Aid Chief Makes His Case

BRUSSELS, Sep 15 (IPS) - Belgian foreign minister Louis Michel says his  country's commitment to international cooperation and a wide  network of contacts would ensure success in his new job as the EU  commissioner for development and humanitarian aid.


Indonesia: esplosione Giakarta, almeno 6 morti

SIDNEY - L'esplosione all'ambasciata australiana di Giakarta ha fatto almeno sei morti. Lo ha detto il primo ministro australiano John Howard. Tutti gli indizi lasciano supporre che la deflagrazione sia stata provocata da un'autobomba.


Islamists from Britain, Sweden and Pakistan are killed in joint US-Somali operations, Somali officials say.


Pinochet Placed Under House Arrest in Rights Case

By Katie Burford SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former dictator AugustoPinochet was placed under house arrest on Wednesday afterChile's top court ruled that murder and kidnapping chargesagainst him can go forward.


The Lede Blog: For China, Mattel Apology Not Enough

A U.S. company's apology to China sparks criticism in both places.


The BBC's deputy head of news Mark Damazer is the new controller of BBC Radio 4 and BBC7.


Taliban kidnap 23 Koreans from Afghan bus: official

Taliban insurgents have kidnapped 23 Korean Christians from a bus in Afghanistan, officials said on Friday, the biggest group of foreigners seized so far in the militant campaign to oust the government and its Western backers.


Bristol-Myers Squibb's third-quarter profit was lower on amid intense competition for its products from rivals and generic drugs.