We've damaged each other too long: Musharraf

United Nations: Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf said he was looking forward to a "constructive and positive" dialogue with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and was "very optimistic of the results.


Kanye West received ten nominations for the 47th Annual Grammy Awards to lead the field. The rapper/producer is up for Best New Artist, Song of the Year for "Jesus Walks," and Album of the Year for The College Dropout.


The BCCI today questioned in the Supreme Court the maintainability of the writ petition filed by Zee Telefilms challenging cancellation of the exclusive telecast rights of domestic cricket for the next four years granted by the former to the latter.


Tora Bora: Fighting Rages Where Osama Once Hid

Fighting rages around the Tora Bora caves once more, the last place the Al Qaeda leader was spotted.


By Dean Baker, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep.


Tiger Woods atop the leaderboard was about the only thing that made Medinah look like a major.


'Uccidete la democrazia' la notte dei brogli elettorali

Domani in edicola in dvd il film inchiesta di Deaglio e Cremagnani sulle elezioni del 9-10 aprile. Con un'ipotesi inquietante: un software avrebbe alterato il risultato delle politiche


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Folate Supplementation Might Influence Breast Cancer Risk

NEW YORK DEC 09, 2004  - Researchers in the UK report a non-significantly increased risk of breast cancer among women who, in the 1960s, took folate supplements while pregnant, according to an article in the December 11th issue of the


All 11 Taco Bells implicated in an E. coli outbreak used the same food distributor, the restaurant chain said Tuesday as health officials tried to pinpoint the source of the bacteria that sickened at least three dozen people.


SINGAPORE -- Oil prices jumped to a trading record above $98 a barrel Wednesday amid expectations of declining U.S. supplies and following news of an attack on a Yemeni oil pipeline.


Microsoft Corp.'s online advertising researchers will spend this year teaching computers to be smart about sticking ads into video clips, and to be even smarter about targeting ads to specific Web surfers.


Chinaâs stock market plummeted today after Beijing moved to impose higher taxes on trading activity.


Bomb at Pakistan Shiite Mosque Kills Four

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A suicide attacker detonated a bomb Sunday at a Shiite mosque in the eastern city of Lahore, leaving at least four people dead and injuring others, according to a witness and officials.    The witness said a man carrying a briefcase tried to enter the Husainia Hall mosque in the ancient walled part of the city during evening prayers but was blocked by security guards...


Hostage takers released a dozen foreign hostages Monday in Nigeria's restive southern oil heartland, officials said.


Mi posso presentare in tutta Italia, Bondi intermediario


The remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston drenched North Carolina on Monday and utility crews struggled to restore power to nearly 90,000 homes and businesses in the Carolinas as forecasters warned another powerful storm could be headed this way.


Rice's crash could be as costly as it was scary

Buddy Rice's scary crash probably cost him more than just a chance to win a race. The crash that flipped Rice's car and sent it skidding upside down along the track at the Delphi Indy 300 on Sunday likely


Reference kilo shows mysterious weight loss

First Lindsay, then Nicole, now the standard unit of mass French scientists have been offered a welcome distraction from their countryâs dismal rugby performance with the news that the much-loved âreferenceâ kilo is mysteriously losing weight.â¦


Switch To IPv6 On Internet's Root Servers Begins

TechWeb - The current version -- IPv4, which can accommodate 4.3 billion addresses -- would have run out of addresses by 2012, experts predict.


Lockheed Martin Corp. hasn't ruled out bidding on a contract to supply air tankers to the Air Force, Chief Executive Robert Stevens said Wednesday.


ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf plans to address the nation today to explain his decision to go back on a pledge to stand down as chief of the powerful army by the end of the year, a government official said.


Alitalia: trattativa assistenti di volo aggiornata alle 14

ROMA - E' stato aggiornato alle 14 il tavolo della trattativa tra azienda e sindacati degli assistenti di volo. Secondo quanto si e' appreso da fonti sindacali, l'azienda ha consegnato una controproposta e


The ancestors of humans began walking upright while they were still living in trees, a theory suggests.


Kashmir will be the focus of the first talks between India's Manmohan Singh and Pakistan's Pervez Musharraf.


Harvard Plans Major Engineering Expansion

Harvard University is planning a major expansion of its engineering program, including a 67 percent increase in the size of the faculty and the possible establishment of a separate school.


DreamWorks has picked up the comedy spec script "Power Trip" from writer Adam Sztykiel.


Family therapy helps kids with type 1 diabetes

NEW YORK  - Specially tailored family therapy can help teens with type 1 diabetes keep their blood sugar levels under control.


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


Irish fisherman have reacted cautiously to new EU fishing quotas negotiated during talks in Brussels. EU fisheries ministers agreed that cod-fishing grounds in the Irish Sea, North Sea and west of Scotland should remain open.


Turkey's parliament prepares to change the constitution to ease the ban on Islamic headscarves in universities.


Having an always-on, fast net connection is changing the way Britons use the internet, research suggests.


Flying addicts take dim view of air taxes in poll

Â· Climate fear not translated into action ICM showsÂ· Just 13% have been prompted to end flights


Americans celebrate July 4 with Afghan twist

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan  - Thousands of American troops celebrated their 4th of July independence holiday in Afghanistan on Wednesday, far from home but treated to a feast of hotdogs, burgers, corn on the cob and ice cream.


Boston College Looks for Another Victory

Coach Tom O'Brien knew what to expect as soon as Boston College accepted an invitation to play North Carolina in the Continental Tire Bowl.


Militants Threaten to Behead U.S., UK Hostages in Iraq

Insurgents threatened to behead two  Americans and a Briton captured in Baghdad on Saturday and  launched a suicide car bomb attack on Iraqi security forces in  the northern city of Kirkuk that killed at least 23 people.


Where you live linked to life expectancy

Where you live, combined with race and income, plays a huge role in the nation's health disparities, differences so stark that a report issued Monday contends it's as if there are eight separate Americas instead of one.


Israeli soldiers crossed into the Gaza Strip early Thursday and took up positions on rooftops in the southern Gaza border town of Abasan, Palestinian witnesses and security officials said.


Worried neighbours urge NKorea to return to nuclear talks

South Korea and China have urged North Korea to return swiftly to six-nation talks after the Stalinist regime sent global tensions spiking by saying it planned to carry out a nuclear test.


Leaked documents allege years-old problems at BP in Alaska

British energy giant BP was warned by outside engineers in 2001 over its pipelines in Alaska but intervened with state officials to dilute the findings, according to an activist.


Without Batting An Eyelash : A very French welcome for a new ...

THAT night, it seemed as if three or four parties were going on at once in Cosmo Manille. Wrong, palanggas. Actually, there were five in Makati alone, and one of them had a stream of traffic


JANDI MERIAH, Indonesia -- Dowes Ginting, the most wanted man on Sumatra island, lay dying. He had abandoned the hospital where he had seen his relatives succumb one after another, and he had fled deep into the mountains, trying to outrun the black magic he feared had marked him next. For... When...


Zimbabwe Opposition's Tsvangirai Found Innocent of Treason

Morgan Tsvangirai, who has mounted the strongest ever challenge to the rule of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, was found not guilty of treason by the High Court in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.


The French and Russian foreign ministers are meeting in Moscow, with Iran's nuclear work topping the agenda.


WASHINGTON A US Food and Drug Administration official on Friday "categorically" rejected accusations that the agency had failed to protect the public against dangerous drugs, especially Merck's Vioxx painkiller.


ABUJA: Sudan will ignore a UN Security Council deadline to end militia attacks in Darfur by the end of the month and instead resolve the crisis through African Union peace talks, Khartoumâs chief negotiator said on Thursday.


Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet Shine at "The Holiday" Premiere

Fashion Wire Daily - With the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting underway just a few blocks away, the New York premiere of "The Holiday" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Wednesday night, November 29, ushered in another holiday tradition - warm romantic comedies.


WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is under increasing fire for its handling of the prison abuse investigation, as some retired military officers call for an independent commission to get to the bottom of the four-month-old scandal.    Their appeal came a day before Thursday's hearings by the Senate and House armed services panels, which were reviewing the two latest reports ordered by the Defense Department...


The Edinburgh Fringe, the world's  largest and most irreverent arts festival, celebrated its 60th  birthday on Sunday with religion the big theme being tackled  this year by playwrights and comedians.


Rice says Iranian "Ground Zero" visit would be travesty

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza  Rice said on Monday that it would have been a travesty for  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit the "Ground  Zero" World Trade Center site in New York.


Haiti faces major emergency as floods kill more than 700

PORT-AU-PRINCE : Disaster relief crews battled to get emergency aid to 170,000 people affected by floods that killed more than 700 in Haiti, a Caribbean nation that ranks among the world's poorest.


Holocaust survivor Rep. Lantos to retire

Rep. Tom Lantos, who chairs the U.S.  House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee and is the  only Holocaust survivor elected to the Congress, on Wednesday  said he has been diagnosed with cancer and will not seek  re-election in November.


Climatic change put an end to bison existence

An international research team claims that it was major climate change, not hunting that led to major bison extinction. Moving in huge herds, more than 20 million bison roamed the American West before white men arrived.


Lenovo May Be in Acquisition Talks With IBM

China's biggest computer maker said Tuesday it is in acquisition talks with a major international technology company, a disclosure which comes amid reports it might buy IBM Corp.'s personal computer business.


Science is well on the way to building a better athlete. Just try to stop it.


Libya Sentences Six Health Workers to Death

PARIS, Dec. 19 -- Six foreign health workers were condemned to death by a Libyan court on Tuesday on charges they deliberately infected more than 400 children with the HIV virus, in a lengthy case that has set back Libya's attempts to repair relations with the United States and Europe.


Pettitte Delays Retirement to Play in 2007

If Andy Pettitte wants to stay home, he will continue to pitch for the Houston Astros. But if he wants the most money Â and a reunion with his former teammates Â he will return to the Yankees.


Cameras: shipments rising, but prices falling

Digital camera prices are dropping, an analyst firm concludes, and buyers are moving toward one camera per person rather than one per family.


Europeans tell Abbas new gov't must meet conditions

European leaders told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that a unity government must clearly recognize Israel, renounce violence and accept interim peace deals for sanctions to end, Abbas aides said on Sunday.


Mauresmo back, Kuznetsova and Hingis exit

Amelie Mauresmo made an unspectacular return to tennis after a two-month layoff with a 6-2 6-2 victory over Romania's Ioana Raluca Olaru at the China Open on Wednesday.


In the key primary state where John Edwards won big in 2004, he's dropping in the polls. What's gone wrong?


Stocks drop 1 percent on economic worries

Stocks slid 1 percent in a second day of losses on Tuesday as a brokerage's downgrades of investment banks and renewed credit worries hurt financial companies' shares.


Car bombs killed at least a dozen persons in Baghdad and another major city yesterday as kidnappers of a British-Iraqi aid worker threatened to kill her.


Memo Details Objections to Command Center Site

The New York Police Department produced a detailed analysis, not previously disclosed, opposing plans by the city to locate its emergency command center at the World Trade Center.


Murdoch Poised to Pay Record $44 Million for NY Pad

Apartment hunting in Manhattan can  trigger depression for the budget-minded, but these are heady  times at the top end as The New York Times reported on Friday  that media mogul Rupert Murdoch is set to buy a Fifth Avenue  triplex for $44 million -- in cash.


Metallo prezioso spinto al ribasso da flessione petrolio


Genova, 16:00 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: BASTRINI AL MODENA

La Sampdoria ha ceduto in prestito sino a giugno al Modena il giovane difensore Alessandro Bastrini....


Alcatel-Lucent suffers Q4 loss on writedown

Alcatel-Lucent reported higher sales but a net loss for the fourth quarter due to a big writedown in its CDMA (code division multiple access) and IP (Internet protocol) multimedia services businesses.The company said revenue rose 18 percent to €5.2 billion on the back of strong performance at several of its major business units. But despite the stronger sales the company saw its net profit plunge into the red to the tune of €2.6 billion. This was largely due to the €2.5 billion writedown.Its wireline and wireless carrier business was strong and revenues were €3.7 billion in the quarter against €3.2 billion during the same period a year earlier. The company benefited from strong growth in carrier-type optical networking, and the GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) and WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) sectors. Broadband access revenue fell on the back of a decline in the number of DSL lines delivered.Revenues were up 27 percent in the services business to €1 billion after the company won large network operations contracts and worked on IPTV and IP network integration projects. Its enterprise business segment saw revenues of €435 million, up about 4 percent, thanks to strong momentum in Europe and Asia.The report came with bad news for investors. The company suspended its dividend payment for 2007 "in the light of these results and or a more uncertain market outlook," it said."We just thought very plainly that it was good financial discipline looking at both our net income in '07 and the very tough macroeconomic environment," said Hubert de Pesquidoux, chief financial officer, on a conference call.CEO Patricia Russo warned that the company doesn't have a positive short-term outlook, particularly with a looming recession in the U.S. given Alcatel-Lucent's dependance on business there."There is a level of uncertainty ... that leaves a lot unknown," Russo said.Despite interest in IP networking and 3G broadband services, growth over the next year is likely to be flat or just slightly up, Russo said. Taking into account currency differences, the market will likely be down, she said.Some customers are also pursuing network-sharing arrangements, which could affect how much those companies spend on their own infrastructure, she said.Russo defended the 2006 merger of Alcatel and Lucent and said the company is still trying to reduce costs. So far, about 6,700 employees have been let go in a restructuring plan that will shed a total of 12,500 employees, she said.


Israeli forces have launched a new series of air strikes on a refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians and wounding several more, including militants.


37 atrocities, including rape, against I Coast foreigners: France

Foreign residents in Abidjan were subjected to at least "37 serious atrocities including three or four attested rapes," a French representative in Ivory Coast, Catherine Rechenmann, said.


Brazilian police recovered paintings by Pablo Picasso and Candido Portinari that were stolen last month from the country's premier modern art museum, officials said Tuesday.


Matthew O'Phinney's Blog: PHP globals for the OOP developer

Matthew O'Phinney has two new posts that talk about something object-oriented developers seem to shy away from - globals in their classes and how they can make things more difficult to make "embeddable applications" a reality.   In my previous entry, I ranted about the use of globals in popular PHP applications, and how they make embedding said applications difficult. I develop using object-oriented practices, and can honestly say I can't recall ever having slung a global variable around in my own code. Globals seem hackish to me, and as a result, trying to get applications that use them to behave correctly has been a challenge.   In the first part, he notes an interesting find about the $GLOBALS value and illustrates with a code example how he was able to get around it in his instance (wrapping a Serendipity instance in a Zend Framework app).   In part two, though, and uses another code example to show what kind of issues he was seeing with the $GLOBALS - a script that sets some globals in different instances and echoes the results back out.


Garmisch, 11:31 - SCI, CDM: DOMANI A GARMISCH PROVA DISCESA LIBERA

Riprende la coppa del mondo di sci dopo i Mondiali di Aare. Domani è in programma l'unica pro...


ARE, Sweden  - Swedish media are already hyping up the chances of a clean sweep for Anja Paerson at the Alpine skiing world championships after her stunning return to form in Tuesday's women's super-G.


Study: Zocor In High Doses Not More Effective Than Lower Doses

A new study of a popular cholesterol-lowering drug finds that more of the drug is not necessarily better. A high dose of the statin called Zocor -- 80 mg -- did not significantly reduce chances of a second heart attack any more than a low dose -- 20 mg.


U.S. Suspects Iran Is Making New Missiles

Interception of several technology shipments to Iran has bolstered U.S. suspicions that Iran is secretly developing an intercontinental ballistic missile that could threaten Europe and possibly the United States.


The Bush administration on Friday temporarily waived some of its new, post-Sept. 11 requirements for flying abroad, hoping to help irate summer travelers whose trips have been jeopardized by delays in processing their passports.


WASHINGTON, DC  - Asymmetrical skin cancers, especially on the left cheek, scalp, arm and hand are being seen with increasing frequency by dermatologists, a team at St. Louis (Missouri) University School of Medicine reported here on Friday.


It's a disgrace that an American soldier should have to stand up and bluntly confront the secretary of Defense on an issue as basic as adequate equipment for soldiers in Iraq.


AT&T Agrees to Pay $100 Million to Settle Lawsuit

AT&T Corp., the largest US long- distance telephone company, agreed to pay $100 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that sought damages of $2.


U.S. industrial output growth nearly  stalled last month as production cuts at mines and utilities  nearly swamped a strong performance at factories, a report from  the Federal Reserve showed on Wednesday.


NKorea says new talks on nuclear standoff are pointless

North Korea says the United States' hostile policy towards Pyongyang makes it "impossible" to hold new talks on the standoff over its nuclear ambitions.


Ministers are expected to announce an extra 1,000 carriages for the rail network, to be introduced by 2014.


Airwolf cyber-copters ready next year The march of the killer droids continues, with news that a US robot helicopter gunship has passed a significant milestone - engine testing.â¦


Castro Says He Stayed in Charge After Fall

Taking pains to demonstrate that he retains firm control over Cuba after fracturing his knee and arm in a fall at a public event, President Fidel Castro says


At least 18 people are killed and many more injured in severe storms across the southern US.


HP to release Virus Throttler for Windows in 2005

Hewlett-PackardÂ (HP) is planning to build virus throttling technology into ProLiant servers and ProCurve switches starting in early 2005, an HP executive said Tuesday.


Phillies become America's biggest losers

The Philadelphia Phillies are officially the biggest losers in U.S. sport.


TIP SHEET: Travel -- Vacationers shop as part of their fun

In fact, more than half of people in a recent survey (51 percent) said they'd done holiday gift shopping while on vacation, spending an average of $2,000.


Rebuffed by Party, Sharon Presses on with Gaza Plan

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  vowed on Thursday to press ahead with his Gaza pullout plan  despite a humiliating rebuff from his own party of his bid to  forge a coalition with the pro-withdrawal Labour Party.


An uneven performance by No. 24 Maryland gave coach Gary Williams and his inconsistent basketball team plenty to think about over the holiday break.


"Simpsons Movie" earns plenty of laughs on big screen

LOS ANGELES  - "The Simpsons Movie" is everything a fan of the 18-year-old animated Fox television series could ask for.


Ted Koppel makes a low-key Discovery debut

Now that he's no longer anchoring "Nightline," Ted Koppel says he doesn't usually stay up late to watch it. "My whole schedule has changed," he told The Associated Press on Monday. "Now I get up at 6:30 in the morning, which wasn't something I used to do."


Could wage concessions serve as a widespread magic elixir?


One of 34 drainage pumps under investigation for possibly being faulty when they were installed before the start of last year's hurricane season had a minor problem during a test Thursday, the Army Corps of Engineers said.


Amazon launches E-Commerce Service 4.0 and the beta version of Alexa Web Information Service

The Alexa Web Information Service provides developers with programmatic access to the information Alexa collects from its Web Crawl. Amazon E-Commerce Service 4.0. provides access to information and customer reviews for all Amazon.com product categories, and gives developers deeper data on products, advanced search and shopping cart functionality, and features that make the Application Programming Interface (API) easier to use.


LOS ANGELES - A man who had two children with his former sixth-grade teacher said the two have been meeting daily since her release from prison last month and would like to marry.    Mary Kay Letourneau, 42, served 7 1/2 years in prison for child rape for her relationship with Vili Fualaau, who was 12 when their relationship began at a Seattle-area school...


US consumer borrowing grew at its slowest rate in six months during April, Federal Reserve figures show.


Mexican President Vicente Fox was   forced to abandon his last state of the nation address to   Congress on Friday after leftist lawmakers alleging election   fraud seized the podium and refused to let him speak.


Post-Tsunami, Muslims Pray for Protection in Haj

MUZDALIFAH, Saudi Arabia  - More than 2 million  Muslim pilgrims began arriving at Muzdalifah on Wednesday  evening ahead of a stoning ritual in this year's haj, which has  been overshadowed by the Asian tsunami disaster.


A battle is raging in Greece over whether entrepreneurs can fence off  sections of the shoreline and charge sun-worshippers an entrance fee


Greek forest fire approaches ancient Olympia

Greek forest fires that have killed 47 people in the past three days are approaching the archaeological site of ancient Olympia, birthplace of the Olympic games, the fire department said on Sunday.


Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been slightly injured after a tourist threw a camera tripod at him in a packed Rome square, an official from the prime minister's party says.


AUSTRALIA will go the polls on October 9 after a six-week election campaign which Prime Minister John Howard and Opposition Leader Mark Latham agree will be about trust.


Il titolo le e' stato assegnato da esperto moda R.Blackwell


Burt Rutan: Building 'Tomorrowland' One Launch at a Time

MOJAVE, California -- Nobody can claim that Burt Rutan, the innovative aerospace designer, doesn't have his head in the cloudsâ¦and his eyes focused on the stars.


Thailand approves production of cheap versions of patented anti-Aids and heart  drugs, angering manufacturers.


FOXBOROUGH -- Though more than $300 million was invested in the construction of Gillette Stadium, part of it going to a state-of-the-art drainage system, the playing surface reminds Tom Brady of his high school field in San Mateo, Calif.


Vendita rientra nel piano per saldare debiti con fisco


British out in force on Oscar red carpet

British talent will be out in force on the Oscar red carpet on Sunday after a bumper year for UK actors, writers and directors who have made small and quirky a virtue in an industry better known for big and brash.


Richard Hamilton's game-high 25 points helped Detroit to a 98-93 win over Indiana in the teams' much-anticipated Christmas Day date in Indianapolis.


STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. A group of engineers at one of Visteon's suburban Detroit plants have voted to join the United Auto Workers union.


Players OK Reaching Deal on Steroid Tests

Major League Baseball Player's Association executive director Donald Fehr answers reporters' questions at a news conference during union meetings Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004, at the Royal Palms Resort in Phoenix.


The Qatar Investment Authority said Thursday it had acquired a 20 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange, the same day that Borse Dubai announced a deal to acquire the Nasdaq Stock Market's 28 percent stake in the LSE.


Torino, 15:25 - CALCIO, JUVE: ZEBINA PROLUNGA CONTRATTO

Jonathan Zebina ha prolungato il contratto con la Juve fino al 2011. Il 29enne difensore francese, a...


Focus DIY is set to be sold to US hedge fund Cerberus for just Â£1 after suffering serious financial problems.


"Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's death after a stingray's tail hit him was recorded on videotape, reports say.


Banners hanging at Macworld Expo on Monday read, "2008: There's something in the air," suggesting wireless news to come in CEO Steve Jobs' keynote Tuesday morning.Faster cellular service for the iPhone is already on its way later this year, AT&T's top executive reportedly said in November, but Apple could go beyond that plan and extend high-speed wireless WAN (wide-area network) capability to its MacBook notebooks and even a rumored "ultramobile" computer.Many consumers have been clamoring for more speed on the iPhone since it was announced a year ago with support only for Wi-Fi and EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution), a version of GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) that generally runs below 200Mbps. U.S. iPhone carrier AT&T Wireless and other operators around the world already have a set of faster systems called HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) that can deliver more than 1Mbps.At the same time, wide-area wireless has been moving into PC notebooks and smaller PC-like devices. The big notebook vendors, including Dell, Lenovo, and Hewlett-Packard, have rolled out products with built-in 3G. And the Asustek Computer Eee PC and some other small UMPC (ultramobile PC) devices are slated to ship with WiMax.Apple hasn't made the leap. Mobile Mac owners can hook up to Wi-Fi hotspots but have to buy dongles or other add-on devices from third parties to get fast wireless elsewhere. Offering a built-in 3G card would give MacBook users access to broadband in far more locations.However, that leap would take Apple into a market that hasn't attracted a large percentage of notebook buyers, analysts said.At least in the U.S., 3G radios are associated with a particular carrier and usually sold along with two-year data contracts. Users keep notebooks longer than they do phones and don't want to lock them down to a particular carrier, said Forrester Research analyst Charles Golvin. In addition, many notebooks are purchased by enterprise IT departments, which demand more flexibility, Golvin said. He doesn't expect to see another iPhone phenomenon."I don't think that laptop users would be as interested in aligning themselves formally with one particular carrier," Golvin said. One alternative would be to build in a chip that could handle more than one carrier and 3G technology, he added.Avi Greengart of Current Analysis believes Apple's proven ability to streamline could change the picture."They have not been in the forefront of 3G on notebooks. However, it wouldn't surprise me at all if they came out with a simplified offering that just made a lot of sense and became the catalyst, as the iPhone is," Greengart said. Apple simplified the iPhone experience for customers by sticking with one carrier and letting subscribers sign up with AT&T through iTunes.Apple could also jump-start the market by offering an alternative to the expensive monthly service model that carriers typically use, said Gartner's Ken Dulaney. Most consumers don't travel frequently enough to justify spending US$30 or more per month for cellular service on their notebooks, but they might be willing to buy a system with built-in 3G and pay for service as they need it, he said. Verizon has a little-known offering like this, in which users can pay $15 for 24 hours of service, according to spokesman Jeffrey Nelson.Because of its greater mobility, a rumored Mac that's smaller than a notebook but bigger than the iPhone would be an ideal candidate for 3G. If the company unveils it on Tuesday, that product could lead Apple's new wireless charge.But that "something in the air" could be a number of other things, too, analysts said. Apple is expected to make its SDK (software development kit) for third-party applications on the iPhone available next month, Greengart said. And the iPhone could gain GPS (Global Positioning System) capability, or some iPods could get Wi-Fi, he said. As always, it's all speculation until Jobs speaks.


U.S. stock futures rose steadily  throughout the morning, pointing to a higher market open on  Friday, as sliding oil prices were a welcome sign for investors  on the opening day of the fourth quarter.


Children's watering cans recalled due to lead paint

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a voluntary recall of Chinese-made Robbie Ducky Kids Watering Cans sold by crafts retailer Jo-Ann Stores Inc because their beaks contain lead paint.


Talks between the London Stock Exchange  and the heads of two European bourses are set to resume next week.


US tech support outfit seeks pocket sniffer

Highly-specialised freelance gig Attention all IT freelancers with a couple of spare hours and a fully-functioning olfactory system: US tech support outfit Computer Assistant recently issued a request for a highly specialised onsite service:â¦


Sono tutti gia' fuori pericolo, scattata la profilassi


Japan's Emperor Downcast After Son's Complaints

Japanese Emperor Akihito expressed pain  on Thursday that his eldest son had complained publicly about  the stress suffered by the crown princess, who is under  pressure to produce a male heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne.


A Citta' di Castello violento' e uccise bimba di due anni


Dynamo Kiev was given a 3-0 forfeit victory over AS Roma on Tuesday by European soccer's governing body, which also ordered the Italian team to play two homes games in an empty stadium because a referee was hurt by an object thrown from the stands during a Champions League game.


Google Aims For the Stars With Ã¢â¬ËSkyÃ¢â¬â¢

Google turned its eyes to the stars on Wednesday, introducing Sky, its complement to the Google Earth ground mapping product.


Lufthansa to buy 19 percent stake in JetBlue

Deutsche Lufthansa AG , Germany's national flag-carrier, will buy a 19 percent stake in low-cost U.S. airline JetBlue Airways Corp  in a deal worth about $300 million, the two airlines said on Thursday.


A giugno praticÃ² l'aborto selettivo su una donna di 38 anniincinta di due gemelli. Alla fine a morire fu il feto sano                                          Aborto colposo, indagato il medico dell'ospedale San Paolo di Milano


Larry Bird's first game in a Celtics uniform was against the Philadelphia 76ers in a preseason doubleheader at Madison Square Garden, the most famous indoor arena in the world.


Vicenza, 15:35 - CALCIO VIOLENTO, CAMPANA: CONDIZIONATA REGOLARITA' TORNEO

Sergio Campana, numero uno dell'assocalciatori, teme che la decisione di chiudere alcuni stadi e las...


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Swedish citizens gear up to vote in what could be the closest fought general election in decades.


Malaysia Teenager in Hospital for Bird Flu Checks

KAMPUNG PASIR PEKAN, Malaysia  - A teenager from the village at the center of a bird flu outbreak has been hospitalized with cold symptoms, Malaysia's health minister said on Friday, as poultry farmers counted their losses.


Martha Stewart's co-defendant will report to prison early, but his lawyers say they will continue to appeal his conviction for lying to federal investigators about a well-timed stock sale by Stewart, a newspaper reported.


GENEVA: Swiss voters have approved a law allowing stem cell research, rejecting a tough campaign that even compared researchers to the Nazi "angel of death," Dr Josef Mengele.


New York, Sept. 22 (NNN): Haiti's president Boniface Alexandre on Tuesday appealed for aid to help the island nation in the aftermath of tropical storm Jeanne whose floods that have claimed nearly 700 lives and left another 1000 missing.


Actress Kate Winslet brought some British glamour to the Venice Film Festival at the premiere of her new movie Finding Neverland. The Titanic star arrived with co-star Johnny Depp, who plays the lead role in the biopic of Peter Pan author JM Barrie.


"Hell's Kitchen" serves another win for Fox

NEW YORK  - "Hell's Kitchen" kept the ratings warm for Fox, giving the network a primetime win Monday night.


Gross, glorious Las Vegas â a model for web designers

The good, the bad and the chubby SXSW Those web designers obsessed with their mashed up, CSS, AJAX injections may want to book a trip to Las Vegas and learn some lessons from fat people chowing down in the all-you-can-eat buffet.â¦


Drug May Block Alzheimer's, Scientists Say

It might be possible to make a pill that prevents the brain damage that marks Alzheimer's disease, US researchers said Thursday.


A new breast scan using a souped-up kind of X-ray called a CT scan may be more accurate than a standard mammogram -- and much less uncomfortable, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.


Russsia is "backsliding" on democracy  and the bloc must speak to Moscow frankly about it as an equal  partner, the European Union's incoming External Relations  Commissioner said Tuesday.


Report: DoCoMo, 25 Others to Develop Advanced 3G Format

The world's leading wireless carriers and telecoms equipment makers, including NTT DoCoMo, have agreed to develop an advanced mobile phone standard capable of sending high-resolution video in an instant, a Japanese newspaper reported on Friday.


Stadi, non solo violenza i vostri blog per riflettere

I fischi all'Olimpico durante il minuto di raccoglimento per l'ispettore Raciti, i bambini e la guerra, il dono dell'acqua


Israeli troops kill two Gaza children: Palestinians

Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian children in the northern Gaza Strip close to the border with Israel, Palestinian medical staff said on Friday.


Pesa rosso Chrysler, controllata adesso dal fondo Cerberus


"We are succeeding in Iraq," Allawi tells US Congress

Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi told a joint session of the US Congress that elections would be held in Iraq as scheduled in January, and that despite a tough struggle "we are succeeding."


Il mondo e le aziende sono cambiati ma sindacato e' lo stesso


Lion Attacks Man Who Jumped Into Enclosure

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- A lion attacked a man who jumped into the animal's enclosure and shouted "Jesus will save you!" at the big cat Wednesday at the zoo in Taiwan's capital.


Programs have evolved to include extensive financial, tax and retirement-planning tools and have split into three versions of increasing capability.  -The Washington Post


In the City, Relationships Reduced to Transactions

At its heart, âLost in Beijingâ is a sturdy morality tale about innocence and corruption, wealth and want, sex and power.


Focus: How to save our Tony from sartorial death by Burberry

We probably have the infernal Carole Caplin to thank for Tony Blair's latest fashion faux pas in Italy last week. As the guest of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at his private villa


Mibtel -0,62%, All Stars -0,81, in ribasso listini europei


Israel's Olmert and Abbas to meet on Tuesday

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plan to meet on Tuesday, Abbas's office said on Sunday.


Fruits can't prevent cancer, but good for heart

Eating fruits and vegetables won't reduce risk for cancer, but is helpful to prevent heart diseases, said a recent study. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health


Britain's Umbro agrees to takeover by Nike

British sportswear group Umbro, the maker of England's football team kit, on Tuesday agreed to a takeover from US giant Nike in a deal worth 285 million pounds (408 million euros, 582 million dollars).


Palestinians Ask U.S. To Intervene in Suits Over Terrorist Attacks

The State Department is considering supporting the Palestinian Authority in its quest to avoid paying hundreds of millions of dollars in judgments won by American victims of Palestinian terrorist attacks in Israel, according to Palestinian officials and defense lawyers involved in the cases.


The chief UN elections expert gave an upbeat report Friday on the elections scheduled for Jan. 31 in Iraq, saying that despite the difficulties of working in


Live Earth switches venues in lagging S. Africa

Organizers of the South African  leg of the Live Earth concerts have arranged a new venue in a  bid to stimulate lagging ticket sales.


Cholera vaccine now easier to store and use

NEW YORK  - In a new study, Japanese researchers describe the development of an experimental rice-based oral vaccine that requires neither refrigeration nor injection.


Nasa says its robot rover Spirit has made one of its most significant discoveries on the surface of Mars.


Russia calls on North Korea to resume nuclear talks

Russia called on North Korea to resume talks on abandoning its nuclear weapons program, at the same time as it signed a multi-billion-dollar package of trade and investment deals strengthening ties with South Korea.


SEC sues 'hacker' firm for insider trading

Early access to profits A firm that allegedly hacked into corporate servers to access news releases early has been sued by US market regulators.â¦


Berlusconi: "Ottima notizia per gli italiani"

ROMA, 14 OTTOBRE 2004 - L'inflazione cala, ma la Bce avverte di mantenere alta la guardia, perchÃ© il caropetrolio potrebbe influire su un rialzo dei prezzi ancora fino alla dfine del 2004 e nel 2005. I dati Istat sono comunque incoraggianti.


It's official, the notorious brawl last month between the Indiana Pacers, Detroit Pistons and some fans has resulted in criminal charges.


LONDON - The worldâs oil refiners are unimpressed by Saudi Arabiaâs boost to production capacity that would only swell supplies of sour, high sulphur crude while they hanker for sweet oil.


* L'OMICIDIO La ragazza Ã¨ stata uccisa il 12 novembre vicino all' ...

FOGGIA, 23 DICEMBRE - Lui voleva lasciarla, lei lo amava e avrebbe minacciato di riferire tutto alla moglie. Di qui l'esplosione del raptus omicida. Questa la ricostruzione dellemotivazioni del delitto di


Russia to Stop Free Space Trips for U.S. Astronauts

Russia's cash-strapped space agency said on Tuesday it would stop giving U.S. astronauts free rides into orbit in the future.


Mount St. Helens continued to reveal its inner self yesterday as additional glowing lava pushed to the surface in the volcano's crater.


Despite a decline on Thursday and Friday over worries about the economy, the stock market gained ground last week.


Pentagon Report Criticizes Troops' Mental-Health Care

U.S. troops returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer "daunting and growing" psychological problems -- with nearly 40 percent of soldiers, a third of Marines and half of the National Guard members reporting symptoms -- but the military's cadre of mental-health workers is "woefully...


Mount St. Helens blew off more steam Monday, shooting a billowing white plume several hundred feet above the volcano and thrilling hundreds of visitors who had gathered below the rumbling mountain.


Major League Soccer is teaming up with Germany's Bundesliga to promote the sport in the United States and exchange knowledge on stadium construction and player development.


Drug agents sue NBC over "American Gangster"

Three former Drug Enforcement Administration agents filed a $55 million defamation lawsuit against the movie studio that made "American Gangster" on Wednesday, claiming it tarnished hundreds of reputations.


Finanziaria, Siniscalco: di tutto per restare sotto il 3%

"L'Italia farÃ  di tutto per restare sotto il 3% nel rapporto deficit-Pil". CosÃ¬ il ministro dell'Economia Domenico Siniscalco in un incontro con la stampa a Lussemburgo. Siniscalco ha inoltre affermato che


The Memorial Health Center will not be able to offer any flu vaccines this semester due to lack of availability. The United States expected a record 100 million doses of flu vaccine.


Dacia in progresso del 23% con la vettura low-cost


Israel Kills 10 in W. Bank's Deadliest Day Since 2002

Raiding Israeli forces killed six Palestinian militants and four civilians on Wednesday, the highest single-day Palestinian death toll in the West Bank for more than two years, witnesses and medics said.


WASHINGTON TODAY: If Bush gets a second honeymoon from Congress ...

If President Bush gets a second-term honeymoon, it may not last long. Or it may already be over. A failure in the coming days to win congressional passage of the intelligence reorganization bill he supports


School-dodging Mexican lad glues self to bed

'I didn't want to go' A ten-year-old Monterrey lad who didn't much fancy the return to school following the Xmas hols simply attached himself to his bed with "industrial strength shoe glue", local paper Reforma reports.â¦


Health officials report a second victim of West Nile virus this year in the State of Minnesota . The man, in his 60's, was hospitalized in August after becoming ill.


Suicide bombing of Iraqi army recruits kills 13

A suicide bomber blew himself up inside   a minibus full of Iraqi army recruits in Baghdad on Monday,   killing 12 people and wounding seven, police said.


Palestinians to Vote in Litmus Test Local Poll

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians hold municipal  elections in parts of the West Bank on Thursday, seen as a  dress rehearsal for a presidential vote to choose Yasser  Arafat's successor next month.


Security services rapped by EGuinea over coup plot

The security services have been accused by officials from Equatorial Guinea of failing to investigate businessmen linked to a failed coup in the oil-rich central African country, The Times newspaper said.


Last year, Jeff Suppan had the Boston Red Sox behind him when he pitched. In Game 3 of the World Series on Tuesday night, he'll be starting against them. Regardless of the magnitude of the game, it's not something that makes him uncomfortable.


President Bush said Saturday his newly enacted changes in the nation's intelligence community will "improve America's ability to find, track and stop dangerous terrorists


The blue-chip Dow average ended slightly higher on Monday and the tech-driven Nasdaq also gained as declining crude-oil prices made equities aside from energy names attractive.


Bangladesh's new government vowed to stamp out corruption and restore order. But a new report outlining the arrest and abuse of a local journalist raises concerns it's pushing too far


U.S. stocks opened with an upbeat  start to 2005, rising on Monday as oil prices tumbled, Wal-Mart  Stores Inc. WMT.N brightened its outlook for December sales,  and Goldman Sachs raising fourth-quarter estimates for Google  Inc. GOOG.O and Yahoo Inc. YHOO.O.


Controversy over heart drug for blacks only

They are calling it the "black pill", a new heart failure medicine named BiDil developed in the United States solely for African-Americans.


Apple, known for its marketing wizardry, has apparently convinced thousands of people that the iPhone is no ordinary phone.


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - After more than 20 years, Dan Rather said Tuesday he will step down from his role as the anchor and managing editor of the "CBS Evening News" in March 2005.


In America, Nonbelievers Find Strength in Numbers

A legion of the godless is rising up against the forces of religiosity in American society.


Iran says ex-negotiator to go to Rome atomic talks

Ali Larijani, who quit as Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, and his replacement will go to talks with the European Union's Javier Solana to try to defuse a row with the West, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.


Sometimes, Doctors Find Answers Far Off the Charts

Sometimes, it is only when the patient is halfway out the door that important information spills out.


New Jersey guard Jason Kidd practiced with the team for the first time since undergoing knee surgery in July and he could be on the court Monday.


Soccer stars fomented a revolution when most of us weren't looking

The gold and bronze medal finals last night at the Athens Olympic Games mark the end of American women's soccer. Not the team, of course, which will go on to play, probably at the highest level, for decades to come.


Ringo Starr enters Digital Age with EMI deal

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Another Beatle is going digital. Ringo Starr has agreed for the first time to release his Capitol/EMI solo catalog online, including 1970's "Beacoups of Blues" and "Sentimental Journey," 1973's "Ringo," and 1974's "Goodnight Vienna," beginning August 28. A collection of six ringtones also will debut then.


Two nearly simultaneous bomb blasts have killed at least 30 people and wounded dozens more in the central Pakistan city of Multan.


Fitful storm Barbara downgraded off Mexico

Tropical depression Barbara, which had threatened to become the first Pacific hurricane this year, weakened off Mexico on Thursday and was downgraded from a tropical storm, forecasters said.


England boss Capello lays down the law ahead of Switzerland debut

As England's players sat down for breakfast at their team hotel it quickly became clear Fabio Capello's strict regime had already made its mark.


Heckling veteran Ficker knows ribbing has its limits

From 1986 to 1998, Robin Ficker was the nation's preeminent sports events heckler, using brains, humor and obnoxiousness to agitate Washington's NBA opponents.


Sachin Tendulkar led the way with a record-equalling 34th Test century as India gained a first-innings lead against Bangladesh in Dhaka.


Scientists find many regions on Earth that once had permanent frozen ground are now experiencing a thaw.


Palestinians Use Israel-Style Perks to Counter Settlers

HEBRON, West Bank  - Palestinian Akram al-Muhtasib  pays no rent for his domed stone home in Hebron, and his  landlord doesn't think he should have to when his neighbors are  several hundred rightist Jewish settlers.


The Normandy city of Rouen pledged Thursday to find a way to return the mummified, tattooed head of a Maori man to New Zealand despite a court ruling that it must stay in France.


'Tra Pecoraro Scanio e Luxuria? Scelgo Luxuria'


Manifestazione in programma dal 9 al 20 febbraio 2007


Two UK bomb suspects released without charge

Two men arrested in connection with  failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow were released  without charge on Sunday, British police said.


LE BOURGET, France  - Boeing  won a deal to supply more than 60 planes worth $8.8 billion to leasing firm ILFC on Tuesday, in a fresh sign of buoyant demand for its hot-selling 787 Dreamliner aircraft.


Rebels in India's northeast vow to execute drug traffickers

Separatist rebels in India's northeast vowed to execute drug traffickers in the region which is home to rampant heroin use and fast-spreading AIDS.


Non-flasher (we hope) McCartney set for Super Bowl

Stung by last year's Janet Jackson-Justin Timberlake nipple-baring, the folks behind the next Super Bowl halftime show scoured the earth for the least-offensive performer known to man.


Martedi' seduta no-stop su scalone dopo proposta governo


EU to Push for Europe-Wide Ban on Nazi Symbols

EU president Luxembourg will push to  add Nazi symbols to a proposed ban across the 25-nation bloc on  hate crimes motivated by racism and xenophobia.


Nella regione 9 le vittime, un disperso e oltre 250 feriti


Wild winter weather across China left hundreds of thousands of people stranded on Monday and crippled energy and transport, stoking fears of rising deaths and economic damage blighting the biggest holiday of the year.


Hybrid patrol vehicle called 'safest of its kind'

If blown to bits, modular construction allows two or more of these patrol vehicles to be recombined in the field for drivable unit.


EU President Barroso Faces Uphill Battle

The European Union could be thrown into turmoil unless last-minute lobbying by incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso secures enough votes for approval of his embattled 24-member executive.


BlackBerry Makerâs Profit More Than Doubles

Third-quarter profit for Research in Motion more than doubled on strong demand for its BlackBerry smart phones and related services by consumers and businesses.


WASHINGTON - President Bush on Friday nominated Sam Bodman, currently a deputy secretary at the Treasury Department, to be his next energy secretary, replacing Spencer Abraham who last month announced his resignation.


ATHENS, Greece -- The USA basketball team restored pride after its loss to Puerto Rico to beat hosts Greece 77-71 in a thrilling pool match on Tuesday night, with NBA star Allen Iverson scoring 17 points despite a broken thumb. .


Friends Provident tells investors in its property fund that they cannot have their money for six months.


Militants kill 13 at Pakistan cleric's home

At least 13 people were killed Thursday when around 100 pro-Taliban militants launched rockets and lobbed hand grenades at the home of a top Pakistani cleric, police and witnesses said.


Vodafone bags majority stake in India's Hutchison Essar

British mobile services operator Vodafone Group will acquire a majority stake in Hutchison Essar, winning aÂ heated bid for controlÂ of the Indian mobile services operator.


AmerisourceBergen Cuts Earnings Estimate

AmerisourceBergen Corp.  on Wednesday lowered its fiscal-year earnings forecast because of lower-than-expected drug price increases, fewer product deals from drug companies and fewer alternative sources of supply in the December quarter.


India teenager Mirza weighed down by expectations

Indian teenager Sania Mirza is being   hampered by the high expectations of her compatriots a year   after being hailed as the nation's glowing tennis prospect.


Ryan Giggs believes Sir Alex Ferguson's decision to rest him at the beginning of November is the major reason for his current stunning run of form.


ETA Defends Use of Violence After Latest Bombings

The separatist group ETA defended its use of violence in pursuit of Basque independence from Spain on Monday amid a new campaign of economic sabotage, but also said it saw a new opportunity to end the conflict.


THOMASTOWN, Ireland -- Vijay Singh withdrew from the American Express Championship on Monday, opting instead to stay home with his family in Florida and cope with the damage left by Hurricane Jeanne.


OIL continues to set new records by the day. Last Friday, it was in whispering distance of $50 a barrel as Iraq and the woes of the giant Russian producer, Yukos, kept markets on tenterhooks.


When three roommates at Brown University decided to start a music download Web site, the first thing they resolved was what it would not be like.


Il mito della mafia italo-americana vacilla, vincono gli altri clanSono lontani i tempi in cui Lucky Luciano fondÃ² il suo impero...                                          Dai boss leggendari ai Soprano ascesa e declino di Cosa Nostra                                                                                dal nostro inviato VITTORIO ZUCCONI


A man will appear before magistrates on Saturday charged with the murder of 14-year-old Danielle Beccan.


WASHINGTON -- Diabetics, watch out: A hot spot on your foot can signal an ulcer is brewing, a wound that could cost your limb. New research shows that using a special thermometer to measure the temperature of their soles can give patients enough early warning to avoid one of diabetes' most...


Trovata auto vicino a Reggio Emilia, forse richiesta denaro


Smart parkers entitled to two-for-one fee, says Swiss court

Owners of two half-size small cars should pay only one parking fee if both of them fit into a parking space, a Swiss court ruled.


Ivan, Remnants Blamed for 46 U.S. Deaths

WHEELING, W.Va. - Remnants of Hurricane Ivan made a violent mark across the Southeast and the Appalachians, where several people were killed by falling trees and floods that washed away scores of roads...


Republican seeks 'do-over' in Washington governor's race

Republican Dino Rossi on Wednesday urged his Democratic rival in the closest governor's race in state history to join him in calling for revote.


There's an adage in politics: Only underdogs acknowledge their opponents. Joe Biden not only mentions all his rivals, he lists their Internet sites on his own campaign Web page.


Serata in programma il 12 dicembre, presenta Pippo Baudo


Son cut off in battle of New York bluebloods

A New York judge has ordered immediate   improvements in the life of 104-year-old millionaire dowager   Brooke Astor, and cut off her son from his $2.3 million salary   after allegations he kept her in squalid, abusive conditions,   newly unsealed court documents show.


FBI tapes Stevens calls as part of sting

The FBI, working with an Alaska oil contractor, secretly taped telephone calls with Sen. Ted Stevens as part of a public corruption sting, according to people close to the investigation.


China again slams Taiwan independence talk

China denounced Taiwan's latest talk of independence as "deliberate provocation" and "a dangerous step" that does not take into account consequences for territory Beijing claims as its own.


Syska Hennessy, an engineering, technology, and construction company, unveiled this week a unique design for cooling datacenters that would allow companies to pack almost double the number of servers into a datacenter space.


Indian state asks for 'all possible help' to defeat bird flu

The Indian state of West Bengal, battling the country's worst outbreak of deadly bird flu, appealed to the federal government to send "all possible help to defeat" the virus.


Basketball hall of fame adds Kansas standout

Lynette Woodard will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame 8 pm tonight in Springfield, Mass. Woodard, a four-time University of Kansas All-American and former assistant coach, played at the University 1978 to 1981.


Copyright pirates sentenced in Hong Kong, Japan

Defendants convicted in copyright infringement cases in Hong Kong and Japan were sentenced this week, resulting in jail time and a fine, respectively.


Mexican Guerrero State Votes After Bloody Attacks

ACAPULCO, Mexico  - Mexicans in the  poverty-stricken state of Guerrero voted on Sunday for a new  governor, a day after gunmen killed three policemen and a youth  in bloody attacks that sent political tensions soaring.


Imphal, November 21: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday expressed the hope that a "humane" law that protects national security and human rights of the people of Manipur would be in place as early as possible once the controversial Armed Forces


Thousands May Have Been Exposed to VCJD in UK

Six thousand Britons are to be told they  may have been exposed to the human form of mad cow disease  through blood products, the government said on Tuesday.


Goldman Sachs Group  Chairman  and Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein received more than $54.3  million in cash, stock and options last year after leading Wall  Street's most profitable investment bank for just six months.


Georgian leader scrapes narrow vote win: exit poll

Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili appeared on course for a narrow win in the former Soviet state's presidential election on Saturday after the main independent exit poll handed him 52.5 percent of the vote.


NY Coroner Cites Drugs, Disease in Caminiti Death

An overdose of cocaine contributed to the heart attack that killed former Houston Astros third baseman and National League Most Valuable Player Ken Caminiti on Oct. 10, according to autopsy results made public on Monday.


Ahmadinejad popularity tested in Iran vote

Iranians voted on Friday for local councils and a powerful clerical body in elections that will give the first indication of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's popularity since he swept to office in 2005.


Of Trombones and Trumpets, of Drums and an Electric Jug

Reviews of releases by Jeremy Pelt, Joe Fiedler, Roy Haynes, Tyshawn Sorey and 13th Floor Elevators.


London: Holders Porto produced a thrilling fightback to beat Chelsea 2-1 and grab a Champions League lifeline as Arsenal and Werder Bremen booked their places in the next round on Tuesday.


Airbus to announce further A380 delays: report

European aircraft maker Airbus is   expected to announce further delays in the deliveries of its   A380 superjumbo planes in the next few days, French newspaper   Les Echos reported on Wednesday without citing sources.


ASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will require incumbent telephone carriers to continue offering parts of their networks to competitors while the commission rewrites those network-sharing rules.


Parigi, 23:48 - TENNIS, WTA PARIGI: GARBIN FUORI AL SECONDO TURNO

Tathiana Garbin è stata eliminata al secondo turno del torneo Wta di Parigi (cemento, 600.000...


The culture of losing has taken a leave of absence from the Washington Wizards, who are off to their best start in three decades.


'Da Vinci Code' Book a Hard Act to Follow

The book, while hardly high culture, keeps the heart racing. The film, most critics agree, is more like a tranquilizer shot. "The Da Vinci Code" is just the latest proof that what keeps you turning pages late at night won't necessarily keep you awake in the theater.


Dangerous Iraq chemicals found stored at U.N. in NY

United Nations officials found vials of dangerous chemicals, which had been removed from Iraq a decade ago, in a U.N. building in New York, but U.N. officials said on Thursday there was no danger.


Mother Teresa nuns hold special prayers for Russian children

Nuns of Mother Teresa's order marked the seventh anniversary of her death with special prayers for the children who died in Russia's school hostage crisis.


President Hugo Chavez threatened on Monday to take over any private schools refusing to submit to the oversight of his socialist government, a move some Venezuelans fear will impose leftist ideology in the classroom.


BAGHDAD -- The fight with renegade Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is not over and the US military must retake his stronghold in Baghdad's Sadr City slum, a top US commander said yesterday.


"We intend to enter into a long-term commitment in the United Kingdom and make continuous investments in the quality of our services."  German state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn AG announced Monday it has agreed to buy Britain's Laing Rail, which runs passenger services in central and southern England. via CNN


Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson have begun casting Republican rival Mitt Romney as a scion of the upper class, contrasting him with their more humble roots in hopes of undermining the richest candidate in a well-off group.


Methamphetamine use linked to heart condition

Research suggests a link  between a disease of the heart muscle called cardiomyopathy and  use of methamphetamine -- a powerfully addictive illegal  stimulant drug, also known as meth, crank, crystal, and speed.


Intervista alla Cucinotta, che sta per tornare sul set con il film "L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo", diretto da Arau                                          Il ritorno di Maria Grazia "Io, un'attrice non una santa"                                                                                di MARIA PIA FUSCO


Pamela Anderson has sent a petition to Queen Elizabeth II urging Britain's monarch to stop the use of bear pelts in making the tall black helmets worn by palace guards. The charity People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, said the former Baywatch star collected 200 signatures from fans in Britain and mailed the petition to Buckingham Palace on Friday.


Lebanon seeks world help to end conflict

Lebanon accused Israel on Friday of launching "a widespread barbaric aggression" aimed at bringing the small Mideast nation to its knees and urged the international community to end the military offensive.


Previsione, 108 voli soppressi in arrivo e 127 in partenza


BMW's X5 includes a system that lets you download, play and record any content you would otherwise get on your TV or radio. In Autopia.


'There's a new acronym we can hitch our disk to?' Storage behemoth EMC clearly wants to ride the wave of successful on-demand web applications that made headway in 2007. Or at least it wants to cash on the SaaS hype.â¦


Zimbabwe Opposition Expected to Contest Election

Zimbabwe's main opposition party will  likely contest March elections but will delay a formal  announcement pending a visit by African experts to determine  whether free and fair polls can be held, party sources said.


China promised Monday to better control emissions of greenhouse gases, unveiling a national program to combat global warming, but rejected mandatory caps on emissions as unfair to countries still trying to catch up with the developed West.


Belgrado, 20:24 - PALLANUOTO, EUROPEI: ITALIA KO CON L'UNGHERIA

Seconda sconfitta per l'Italia agli Europei maschili di pallanuoto. Il settebello è stato bat...


New York, 10:22 - BASEBALL, PLAY OFF MLB: BOSTON ALLE WORLD SERIES

I Boston Red Sox hanno battuto i Cleveland Indians 11-2 nella decisiva gara 7 della finale dell'Amer...


The opera-ballet âZÃ©lindorâ was written for King Louis XV of France in 1745 and repeatedly revived over the next 20 years, but today it seems a slender pastel entertainment, lovely music held together by the thinnest of dramatic threads.


Matthew Bourne's 'Nutcracker!' Dances Into Los Angeles

Playbill - Matthew Bourne's Nutcracker! makes its American premiere - as did his previous works - with the help of Los Angeles' Ahmanson Theatre, Dec. 15.


Isley Brothers star Ronald Isley is sentenced to three years in prison for multiple tax evasion charges.


NEWS ANALYSIS: Leftist tide may be ebbing

Conservative Felipe Calderon's apparent victory could signal that the leftist tide sweeping Latin America has reached its high-water mark, as voters frightened by the radicalism of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez seek refuge in more mainstream ideas across the region.


Joe Johnson had a season-high 30 points, and the Phoenix Suns beat the Utah Jazz 108-86 to improve to a league-best 19-3.


Fed Chief Gives No Hint of Imminent Rate Cut

Ben S. Bernanke said today that the central bank âstands ready to take additional actions as neededâ to limit the effect of the financial market disorder on the economy.


FCC to Fine CBS $550,000 Over Breast - Report

The Federal Communications  Commission is set to impose a record $550,000 indecency fine  against CBS-owned stations for their broadcast of singer Janet  Jackson's breast-bearing incident during January's Super Bowl,  the Washington Post reported on Saturday.


A new, highly drug-resistant strain of the âflesh-eatingâ MRSA bacteria is being spread among gay men in San Francisco and Boston, researchers reported on Monday.


DES MOINES, Iowa  - Barack Obama took a big step on Thursday toward becoming the first black U.S. president when his campaign for change caught fire in Iowa and swept him past Hillary Clinton in the opening Democratic nominating contest.


Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has put the pressure for the success or failure of the Northern Ireland assembly talks firmly on the shoulders of Ian Paisley.


Rarely does a video game excel in every way - story, graphics, sound, accessibility and replayability. "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" is such a rarity.


Situazione critica nelle ore di punta, poi normalizzata


The United States is set to impose fresh sanctions on Sudan over the conflict in Darfur, officials say.


Health officials narrow E. coli cases related to NC State Fair

RALEIGH, NC - Health investigators narrowed the number of E. coli cases they think may be linked to the State Fair, with 20 confirmed infections still considered potentially a part of the same outbreak.


When Laura Gernell heard about a place where people gave away perfectly good things to strangers Â no money changing hands, no questions asked Â she figured it was too good to be true.


Egypt and Germany have been fighting for possession of her for 90 years but, because Adolf Hitler loved her, she remained in Berlin's Egyptian art museum.


Some of Antarctica's glaciers are melting faster than snow can replace them, enough to raise sea levels measurably, scientists have reported.


U.S. cable channel The Weather Channel is to be put up for sale and could fetch more than $5 billion, The New York Times said in an online report on Thursday, quoting people briefed on the auction.


Mets 6, Dodgers 5: Maine Is the Starter in Game 1, Then It’s All Hands on Deck

Carlos Delgado went 4 for 5 in his postseason debut, including a towering home run in the fourth inning and the go-ahead single in the seventh, to bolster a depleted pitching staff.


'Anchorman' Takes Seat at Top of Video Charts

LOS ANGELES  - "Anchorman: The Legend  of Ron Burgundy," starring Will Ferrell and Christina  Applegate, was the nation's best-renting DVD last week,  according to data issued Wednesday.


Poll shows Obama has 51 point lead on Keyes

CHICAGO Democratic candidate Barack Obama (ber-AHK' oh-BAH'-muh) is leading Republican Alan Keyes by 51 percentage points in the race for US Senate.


TV Decoder Blog: TV Decoder: Both Sides in Strike Invoke Holidays

While Hollywood is largely shut down for the next week, both the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers invoked the holiday season in pre-Christmas messages to supporters. Michael Winship, president of the East Coast guild, couldnât resist ribbing the studios in a Dec. 23 message to members. After acknowledging [...].


Genentech shares fall as Avastin disappoints

Biotechnology company Genentech Inc  said on Monday its fourth-quarter profit rose 6.4 percent, but sales of several drugs, including blockbuster cancer drug Avastin, fell short of investor expectations, sending the company's shares lower.


Intel Releases Faster 2.10 GHz Pentium M, Prices Dropped on Slower ...

Intel today released the latest Pentium M chip in the form of the Pentium M model 765. The Pentium M 765 clocks in at 2.10GHz, contains 2MB cache and a 400MHz system bus.


Ascoli, 19:23 - CALCIO, ASCOLI; TESSER: RINGRAZIO I TIFOSI

Il tecnico dell'Ascoli Attilio Tesser, dopo il match pareggiato in casa con il Messina per 1-1, ha v...


WRAPUP1-Juventus and Lyon qualify for knockout phase

Juventus and Olympique Lyon joined Chelsea and Inter Milan in the last 16 of the Champions League after both scored late goals to seal their places on Wednesday.


For the first time, researchers say, a vaccine against malaria has shown that it can save children from infection or death.


Signs of change: Oregon contingent tours air base

Since it was my first time to sit in the cockpit of a Soviet-built MiG-21 jet fighter, I just had to ask.


Two entertainers with differing political persuasions try to connect with troops in Afghanistan.


If an idea being kicked around in an I.B.M. lab is correct, electronic devices could potentially hold 10 to 100 times more data in the same amount of space.


Ukraine reburies 2,000 victims of Stalin's rule

Ukraine on Saturday reburied  some 2,000 people killed by the Soviet secret police over  several years up to the Second World War and left in mass  graves at a site near the capital.


Japanese shares end the year at their highest level since July amidst much optimism about an economic recovery during 2005.


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


NFL: Manning Takes Place in Record Books

Peyton Manning made NFL history with  two touchdown passes on Sunday, setting the single-season  record of 49 while leading the Indianapolis Colts to a 34-31  overtime win over the San Diego Chargers.


American striker Brian McBride scored for Fulham Tuesday in its 2-1 loss Chelsea in the Carling League Cup quarterfinals. McBride's 74th-minute goal, a clean finish from six yards off a low cross from Elvis


To borrow from the musical "Chicago," Congress is just a noisy hall where there's a nightly brawl. These guys in dark suits stuck nine spending bills in the deep freeze until seven weeks after bills starting coming due.


Yahoo investors seek answers after results

Yahoo Inc.'s Jerry Yang, newly named as chief executive, was found wanting on Wednesday by investors who sought quicker answers on how the Web media company would combat weak advertising growth.


The SCO Group shares are removed from the Nasdaq market after the company loses its appeal about the issue.


Local Guys Surprise With Diverse List of Romantic Favorites

By Susan Whitney Deseret Morning News  Who says men don't like romantic movies?  So maybe they don't like every romantic film that's ever been made -- as opposed to some women. But they do like a few. And some men aren't afraid to say so.


Investors bet that now that PeopleSoft has fired Conway, the way is paved for a friendly deal. That was how most Wall Street analysts summed up Oracle's chances of finally acquiring rival software maker PeopleSoft


PinkRoccade breaks off talks with Ordina

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Dutch computer services company PinkRoccade NV said Thursday it has broken off takeover talks with Ordina NV in favor of better bid from Getronics NV.


Mich. candidate backs intelligent design

Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos ignited a controversy that kept blogs, party activists and editorial writers fired up for days when he said he approves of intelligent design being taught along with evolution in science classes.


Genova, 18:31 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: CASSANO IN PANCHINA A CATANIA

Dovrebbe partire dalla panchina contro il Catania per poi giocare titolare contro il Milan.  Il tecn...


DealBook: Whatâs the Best Buyout of the Year?

Forget your holiday plans for a minute and think back. Way back. All the way to June. That was when the frenzy of leveraged buyouts hit its peak, cresting with a $48 billion bid for BCE, the parent of Bell Canada, which remains the largest buyout deal ever. A week later, Hilton Hotels agreed to [...].


A Prayerful Start Church Honors Black Achievement

By SUE DOYLE\\ Staff Writer  Hundreds of worshippers poured into the Brookins Community African Methodist Episcopal Church for a Sunday service of toe- tapping music and lively prayers, kicking off a series of celebrations to mark Black History Month.


Stress can make your life 10 years shorter

A new study by researchers at the University of California and San Fransisco has indicated that Psychological stress can take off several years from your life as it makes your cells age faster.


LOS ANGELES  - Men's cable channel   Spike TV is joining other Viacom properties that have taken   their content digital in a significant way with Wednesday's   official launch of a broadband player on SpikeTV.com.


Modena, 17:27 - CALCIO, MODENA: DIFFERENZIATO PER TRE

Test in famiglia per il Modena, con partita integrata dai ragazzi della Primavera. Hanno lavorato a ...


December 07, 2004 - In an announcement made around the midnight hour earlier this morning, Sony Computer Entertainment and NVIDIA Corporation jointly confirmed that they have teamed up to create the graphics chip for Sony's next videogame console.


Two men are donating kidneys to each other's wives in a four-way surgical swap at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital on Wednesday. It is the first time such a swap among healthy, living donors and patients with kidney failure has taken place at the hospital.


Learn How to Create Winning Mobile Social Networking Propositions

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c60173)  has announced the addition of Mobile Social Networking: New Market, New  Opportunities to their offering.


Aero India, the main Indian air show, opens amid great optimism over the country's aviation sector.


BASF Agrees to Sell Its Minority Ownership Interest in Geismar, LA Ethane Cracker and Associated Facilities

FLORHAM PARK, N.J., June 22  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BASF Corporation today announced that it has agreed to sell its minority ownership interest in a 610,000 tons per year ethane cracker and associated pipeline and storage facilities located in Geismar, Louisiana.


JERUSALEM - With eight young immigrants from the former Soviet Union under arrest, Israeli authorities said yesterday they had broken up a violent neo-Nazi gang that desecrated synagogues and staged at least 15 attacks on religious Jews, Asian workers, drug addicts, and homosexuals.


Governo sostenga operato forze armate, favorevole D'alema


It can cover at-home care, too -- not just nursing-home care.


Rutgers upsets No. 18 Villanova, 80-68, for the Scarlet Knights' first victory against a ranked opponent in more than two years.


Chilean Judge Charges Pinochet in Rights Case

A Chilean judge on Monday formally charged former dictator Augusto Pinochet with homicide and kidnapping in one of many pending cases related to human rights abuses committed during his 17-year rule.


Women, blacks beat smokers, Mormons in U.S. race: poll

Being female or black is less of a liability for U.S. presidential candidates than being over 72, Mormon, twice-divorced or a cigarette smoker, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll issued on Tuesday.


Le richieste sono state per 40,95 miliardi di dollari


Wolfsburg, 17:28 - CALCIO, GERMANIA: IL WOLFSBURG PRENDE BENAGLIO E LJUBOJA

Il Wolfsburg ha ingaggiato il portiere svizzero Diego Benaglio e l'attaccante serbo Danijel Ljuboja....


A Danish cargo ship with five crew was hijacked off Somalia's coast, the owner said Saturday, citing a report by the French navy.


Presidential hopefuls to debate with the aid of CNN and You Tube

Blog: On Monday, July 23, at 7:00 (ET) CNN will air a debate between several Democratic presidential candidates utilizing questions submitted by You Tube users. Technically the approach is a first, but is it really a revolutionary innovation or is it just anoth


Ailing US car firm Ford announces that former Boeing boss Alan Mulally will replace Bill Ford as chief executive.


NHL blasts players' union for contract talks stalemate

OTTAWAâThe NHL turned up the heat in its ongoing stalemate with its players' association counterparts here yesterday. And as the two parties - two solitudes, actually â-xited the latest round of inertia


England soccer coach Sven-Goran Eriksson reacts to a question during a press conference in Baku, Azerbaijan Tuesday Oct. 12, 2004, following captain David Beckham's comments that he deliberately got suspended


SECURITY REFORM: The bill, which adopts many of the findings of the Sept. 11 commission, was also expected to pass the Senate, despite a few remaining conflicts.


U.N. expected to propose future W. Sahara talks

Ice-breaking talks over the disputed Western Sahara were set to end on Tuesday with U.N. mediators expected to propose further rounds in what the world body said were "very difficult" negotiations.


Walkman for the next generation Sony has launched a super-slim Walkman video MP3 player that's less than 1cm thick. The NW-A800 series features a 2in colour LCD screen and supports the widely-used MPEG 4 video format.â¦


Chen's Taiwan Poll Loss Seen Easing China Strains

The pro-independence party of Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian suffered a surprise defeat in weekend legislative elections that could ease tensions with China but paralyze government on the democratic island.


Prosecutors order a criminal investigation into allegations of perjury during the Tommy Sheridan defamation trial.


ISTANBUL, Turkey -- An Islamic militant accused of masterminding a failed 1998 plot to crash an airplane into the mausoleum of the founder of secular Turkey appeared before an Istanbul court Wednesday, where he was expected to be formally arrested and


Springsteen plays political born-again in the USA

Bruce Springsteen has plugged his guitar into a political amplifier, launching a series of concerts with some of the biggest names in rock music aimed at ousting President George W. Bush.


"Blind Date" host coloring GSN's "Camouflage"

Roger Lodge, best known  for hosting the syndicated show "Blind Date," will take the  reins of GSN's upcoming hidden-word game show "Camouflage."


The trial of the former head of the Bosnian army is due to begin at the war crimes tribunal at The Hague.


Court reverses some Falun Gong convictions

HONG KONG -- A Hong Kong appeals court cleared some convictions yesterday against 16 Falun Gong followers for protesting outside China's liaison office but upheld more serious verdicts in a case seen as a test of this territory's freedoms under Chinese rule.


Dal cda mandato al presidente per la ricerca di investitori


What can science tell us about why kids run and jump?


Michelle Obama got a night out in Vegas for her 44th birthday Thursday.


Prodi braves Senate vote as pressure grows to quit

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will brave a confidence vote in the Senate on Thursday despite expectations that he will lose and be forced to resign.


Newspapers are failing to acquire young readers and face declining circulation every year.


(InfoWorld) - Texas InstrumentsÂ (TI) will develop chips for low-power devices based on a new short-range wireless Bluetooth specification, the company said Tuesday. The move comes on the heals of aÂ decision by NokiaÂ earlier this month to roll its low-power Wibree technology into the new ultra low-power (ULP) Bluetooth specification. While Bluetooth has been used mostly to connect larger devices such as headsets, keyboards and mouses to stereos and PCs, the new ultra low-power specification aims to connect much smaller button-cell battery-powered devices, like watches or sensors attached to a user's body. ULP Bluetooth uses the same 2.4GHz frequency as Bluetooth. ULP Bluetooth will have a range up to 10 meters (33 feet), similar to the Bluetooth Class 2 specification, which requires more energy. A button-cell battery powered device, equipped with the technology, will have an average operating life of one year and transmit data at a speed up to 1Mbps High-power Bluetooth Class 3 has a range up to 100 meters. TI already produces chips for Bluetooth devices as well as devices based on the ZigBee ultra low-power specification. The chip maker views ULP Bluetooth and ZigBee as "complementary" technologies. ZigBee, for instance, is a mesh networking technology designed to support thousands of nodes with some restrictions on quality of service and latency, according to the ZigBee Web site. By comparison, ULP Bluetooth is an ad hoc networking technology that links a smaller number of nodes to devices with high quality of service and low latency. TI will develop chips for both types of ULP Bluetooth implementations: a single-mode implementation for watches, sensors and other tiny devices to communicate with each other; and a dual-mode implementation to communicate with both single-mode and traditional Bluetooth devices, such as handsets. Pricing and product availability details were not disclosed. Â


Four men are arrested over the suicide bomb attack on the Australian embassy in Jakarta, police say.


Police: Escapee pulled trigger on worker

A restaurant employee avoided being shot during a struggle with an escaped Utah prison inmate accused of earlier killing a corrections officer, because the inmate's gun malfunctioned, authorities said Tuesday.


TEHRAN: Iran carried out a new test yesterday of its upgraded Shahab-3 ballistic missile, which it says has a range of at least 2,000 kilometres, Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani said.


Â«Il sÃ¬ della sinistra non Ã¨ un assegno in biancoÂ»

GERUSALEMME Â«Il nostro sostegno al ritiro da Gaza non puÃ² essere inteso come un assegno in bianco firmato ad Ariel Sharon. Dobbiamo incalzare il primo ministro e lavorare sulla frattura apertasi nella destra.


Snap-on Parts Didnât Click Together for Boeing Jet

Plug and play â a popular concept that allows buyers of computers and electronic games to avoid frustrating assembly â is proving hard to pull off for Boeing.


Toyota's new signing Jarno Trulli will yet race in China next week despite already having tested for his new Formula One team, Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper reported on Friday.


"Oggi Mastella telefonera' a ...", comunica ufficio stampa


The NBA yesterday banished Tim Hardaway from All-Star weekend in Las Vegas because of his anti-gay remarks.


Motorola to cut 1,000 jobs, take $50M charge

With a view to focusing on its wireless business, Motorola Inc. said it plans to slash 1,000 jobs, or 1 percent of its staff, and absorb charges of about $50 million.


Ma percezione calo potere acquisto non infondata


Nadal Continues His Clay-Court Dominance at French Open

Rafael Nadal, the two-time defending champion, is cruising through the French Open and will now face countryman and former champion Carlos Moya in the quarterfinals.


Egypt, Israel, US sign historical trade agreement

Egypt, the United States and Israel here Tuesday signed a historical agreement on trade and industry, which is also be seen as the first strategic partnership accord between Egypt


Amazon pooh-poohs (ingenious) New York net tax plan

Affiliates get physical More than happy to let the people of New York avoid paying vast amounts of internet sales tax, Amazon.com has spoken out against a new net tax plan from Governor Eliot Spitzer.â¦


Challenge to Parti Quebecois leadership will come to a head in 2005

QUEBEC (CP) - The tributes to Bernard Landry had the trappings of a retirement sendoff without the gold watch.


Thirteen years after her first effort at improving the nation's health care was abandoned, Hillary Rodham Clinton offered a new approach that would require every American to have health insurance with federal assistance to help defray the cost.


FDA says pills can cause 'sleep-driving'

All sleeping pills, including the blockbusters Ambien and Lunesta, may sometimes cause a bizarre but dangerous side effect — sleep-driving, the Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday.


Israel Steps Up Military Raids as Palestinian Candidates Campaign ...

Israel has been stepping up its military raids in the Gaza Strip with its troops killing 12 Palestinians in the past two days. The action comes as Palestinian presidential contenders campaign for the January 9 elections.


Comcast, Disney ink video-on-demand deal

Comcast Corp. and The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday they signed a landmark multibillion-dollar distribution deal that allows the cable operator to distribute Disney content through its video-on-demand service.


Roddick's got the groove for his first Davis Cup

SEVILLE, Spain In the picturesque, picaresque heartland of flamenco and elaborate Easter processions, there is a tradition of singing in the streets, and Andy Roddick is fitting right in this week as he prepares for the most daunting tennis task of his


Sierra Club Sues to Stop St. Croix River Bridge

By Mary Divine, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Jun. 5--The Sierra Club is going to court to stop a proposed new bridge across the St. Croix River, arguing the project is an improper retooling by the Bush Administration of a plan rejected by the National Park Service in the 1990s.


Israel Approves Investigation into Lebanon War

JERUSALEM, Sept. 17--Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved the appointment of an investigative committee nominated by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to examine how the government and military managed the recent war in Lebanon.


Share in ribasso negli Stati Uniti e in Italia per il serial


ALITALIA, AL VIA RUSH FINALE SUGLI ASSIST

Prevista una nuova maratona notturna per il contratto di hostess e stewart. Anpav: ''Al tavolo con la volonta' di arrivare all'accordo''. Roma, 16 set. (Adnkronos) - Nuovo round tra Alitalia e sindacati per


Porter Goss has won the support of the Senate and will now head the troubled Central Intelligence Agency. But the Senate's decision to approve the nomination of Goss was not a vote of confidence.


European shares fall, miners forge lower

Europe's main stock markets sank on Tuesday, with the mining sector taking a hit from weak metals prices after a mixed overnight US showing.


SIR Richard Branson has become the latest big name to move into the online music world. The British entrepreneur has launched a Virgin Digital music service in America, joining a long list of mainly technology companies in the crowded download market.


Buoyed by thousands of cheering supporters, Kenya's main presidential contenders made a final push to win votes on Monday in a race deemed too close to call.


You never know when disaster will strike.


FCC Rules That It Alone Regulates Voice Over IP

On 9 November 2004, the FCC declared that VoIP services such as Vonage Holdings' DigitalVoice are not subject to traditional state public utility regulation, and that the FCC alone has jurisdiction here.


Free Agents Start Taking Offers From Other Clubs

The off-season landscape changed a bit Friday, the first day teams were allowed to present offers to free agents from other clubs.


Gov't Gives Najaf Militants 'Final Call'

NAJAF, Iraq - Prime Minister Ayad Allawi issued a "final call" Thursday to Shiite insurgents to disarm and withdraw from a revered shrine after his government threatened a massive onslaught by Iraqi forces. As a peace deal for Najaf unraveled, militants bombarded a police station with mortar rounds, killing seven police and injuring 31 others...


Bob Fagerstrom, of Riverdale, Will Be the New Plant... [Derived Headline]

Bob Fagerstrom, of Riverdale, will be the new plant manager at Dakota Gasification Co., near Beulah.  Fagerstrom will begin Feb. 26 and will replace Fred Stern, who retires March 9.


30,000 More Sudanese Threaten to Cross to Chad -UN

Some 30,000 Sudanese, victims of fresh attacks by Arab militia inside Darfur, have threatened to cross into Chad, the UN refugee agency warned on Friday.


As Islamist gunmen routed his last forces in Gaza, Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the Palestinian government on Thursday and declared a state of emergency after six days of bloody faction fighting.


Wall Street set to open lower, eyes on exchanges

U.S. shares looked set to open lower on Tuesday, with stock exchange operators Nasdaq  and NYSE Group Inc.  in focus as a result of developments in their respective transatlantic merger endeavors.


Poor, blacks struggling in DC economy: report

Even though employment in Washington has grown every year since 1998, the percentage of blacks employed in the nation's capital has fallen, according to a study released Wednesday.


NO BACKUP: Pistons' bench outscored, 30-8, in first defeat

With Vince Carter a non-factor, you would've expected a Pistons victory Friday night at Air Canada Centre before a crowd of 15,284.


Iraqi Peace Mission Snubbed by Rebel Cleric Sadr

NAJAF, Iraq  - Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on  Tuesday refused to meet an Iraqi peace delegation because of  "American aggression" as U.S. troops pounded militia positions  in Najaf near the country's holiest Islamic sites.


A prisoner enraged by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by undercover detectives tried to hire someone to behead the New York Police commissioner and bomb police headquarters for $65,000, authorities said.


Eight people are killed in continuing clashes between Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas in Gaza.


UN rights envoys condemn Bush plan on interrogation

United Nations human rights   investigators said on Thursday that legislation proposed by   President Bush for tough interrogations of foreign terrorism   suspects would breach the Geneva Conventions.


Independent Panel Says Iraqi Forces Not Ready

However, the head of the commission said there had been sufficient progress in Iraq to envision a reduction in forces as early as next year.


JACKSON, Miss. -- Former WorldCom Corp. chief Bernard Ebbers is set to start a 25-year federal prison sentence on Tuesday for his role in the $11 billion accounting fraud that toppled a company he had built from a tiny telecommunications firm to an industry giant.


Sugar-sweetened beverages increase women's risk of developing type ...

Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), Brigham and Womenâs Hospital and Boston Childrenâs Hospital have found that women who increased their intake or consumed higher amounts of sugar-sweetened beverages had a greater magnitude


Countrywide Has Big Loss but Upbeat Forecast

The nationâs largest mortgage lender and loan servicer reported a $1.2 billion loss in the third quarter of 2007 but said that it expected to return to profitability by the end of the year.


Firefighters work to end Caracas skyscraper blaze

CARACAS, Venezuela - The 26 upper floors of one of the highest buildings in Venezuela were on fire today, said the Caracas fire chief, Rodolfo BriceÃ±o.


US presidential hopefuls  head to New Hampshire a day after the Iowa result throws the nominating races wide open.


Rescue crews in Panama found an American girl on Tuesday who survived a plane crash that killed the other three people on board, including a wealthy California investor, authorities said.


Government Picks Up Speed on Security Clearances

There's still too much paper to pluck from files. There's not enough sharing of information. Yet despite such problems, the government has been picking up speed in processing security clearances.


Blog: Walt Mossberg interviews the YouTube founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley.


Alckmin Forces Runoff in Brazil Election

Former Sao Paulo Gov. Geraldo Alckmin forced a presidential runoff election by capitalizing on Brazilians' anger over scandals that reached ever-closer to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva


LONDON, England -- A US scientist is reported to have observed a surprising jump in the amount of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas.


Australian rugby league coach Wayne Bennett yesterday slammed the perception that the Kangaroos would have to lose the Tri-Nations final for the tournament to succeed.


Russian Cosmonaut to Travel With the Next Space Station Crew

A Russian cosmonaut will travel to the International Space Station with the outpost's next two-man crew when it launches aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft next month, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said.


Police, Ween, Flaming Lips in fine form at Bonnaroo

MANCHESTER, Tennessee (Billboard) - The Police's first festival appearance since reuniting last month and performances by Ween and the Flaming Lips highlighted the Saturday (June 16) bill at the Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tenn.


The crime was so improbable that even after it happened the first time, coincidentally during an Olympics, the Norwegians took no special precautions to prevent a recurrence.


Artie Shaw, clarinetist and bandleader whose recording of "Begin the Beguine" epitomized the Big Band era, died at his home Thursday, orchestra manager Will Curtis said. He was 94. Shaw had been ill for some time, Curtis said, but he didn't know the specific cause of death.


The BBC's Humphrey Hawksley gauges the mood in the Russian capital, after the tragic end to the Beslan school siege.


Le parole del ministro degli Esteri francese Barnier a Rtl

PARIGI - Il ministro degli Esteri francese Michel Barnier ha dichiarato di essere Â«convintoÂ» che i due giornalisti francesi rapiti in Iraq Â«siano viviÂ» ed in Â«buona saluteÂ». Â«Riceviamo regolarmente


THE SOUND of running water. The shadow of a figure beyond the shower curtain. And then the jangle of that curtain being ripped open, and the close-up of a woman screaming, and the stab of Bernard Herrmann's music on the soundtrack.


Finisce l'odissea dei 13 curdi "Oggi saranno accolti in Italia"

ROMA - L'Italia accoglierÃ  sul suo territorio i 13 curdi sbarcati - e subito respinti - quindici giorni fa nel porto di Gioia Tauro. Ed le autoritÃ  preposte esamineranno la loro richiesta di asilo. Con l


Dems Want Answers From Rumsfeld on Armor

The incoming deputy leader of Senate Democrats demanded answers Saturday from Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as to why U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan lack protective equipment for themselves and their vehicles.


Israeli troops killed two Hamas militants in a shootout a mile inside Gaza on Tuesday, a day after Israeli leaders authorized larger numbers of ground forces to enter the volatile territory on pinpoint missions against Hamas rocket squads.


Jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said through a lawyer Wednesday that he has transferred his majority stake in Group Menatep — an investment vehicle whose main asset is Russian oil company Yukos — to fellow Menatep shareholder Leonid Nevzlin.


US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Europe to promote American policies in Iraq and the Middle East, but the start of her first trip as chief diplomat has been dogged by the spectre of Iran.


Scientist: 70 percent chance of small eruption at Mount St. Helens

The flurry of earthquakes at Mount St. Helens intensified further Thursday, and one scientist put the chance of a small eruption happening in the next few days at 70 percent.


Husky Energy Surges After Report of Talks With China

Shares of Husky Energy Inc., a Canadian oil and natural-gas producer controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, surged after a newspaper reported that the Chinese government is in talks to buy the company.


Three teenagers are questioned by police in connection with the death of a 15-year-old boy.


Two of the UK's largest banks will this week boost the financial sector by increasing dividend payments, a report says.


Palermo, 20:11 - CALCIO, PALERMO; I 20 CONVOCATI

Tanti infortunati e squalificati per il Palermo che domani affronterà la Roma al Barbera. Fra...


Londra, 20:24 - CALCIO, WEST HAM-PALERMO; ZAMORA: CON TEVEZ SIAMO PIU' FORTI

Nonostante l'ottimo inizio di campionato con i suoi 5 gol in 4 partite, potrebbe essere proprio Bobb...


Five die in Kenya as opposition vows more protests

Kenya's opposition said on Saturday it would resume protests next week over a disputed election, and five people were killed in politically-fuelled ethnic violence in the country's Great Rift Valley.


Bosnia And Herzegovina: Suspicious Transactions Worth 586 Million Discovered

Dragan Mektic, Deputy Minister of the Interior, said that the UN asked the B&H authorities to pay more attention to prevention of money laundering and control and prevention of financing of terrorist ...


Aging: Growing Older Is Found to Hurt Decision Making

As they grow older, even people who seem perfectly on top of things may have trouble making good decisions, a new study suggests.


U.S. stocks added to earlier gains on  Monday after software maker PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O accepted  rival Oracle Corp.'s ORCL.O $10.3 billion sweetened buyout  offer and data showed better-than-expected November retail  sales.


U.K. Probes Suspected Iraqi Bomber's Death

Britain is investigating the killing of an Iraqi civilian who died when British soldiers who suspected he was a suicide bomber opened fire on him at a checkpoint in Iraq, the Ministry of Defense said Monday.


ANAHEIM -- Do the math. That's what Anaheim spent Saturday morning doing. And with or without No. 2 pencils, it wasn't looking good.


North Korean nuclear test would be 'incendiary': White House

The White House warned that a North Korean nuclear test would be an "incendiary" event threatening Pyongyang's neighbors, but it refused to comment on the possible timing of the test.


Call it the instant hurricane. Humberto, which grew faster than any storm on record from tropical depression to full-scale hurricane landfall, surprised the Texas-Louisiana coast early Thursday with 85-mph winds and heavy rain that knocked out power to more than 100,000 and left at least one person dead.


LOS ANGELES  - Paramount Pictures, fast  becoming the home of the remake with such recent pictures as  "The Italian Job," "The Manchurian Candidate" and "The Stepford  Wives," is resurrecting "The Blob."


Residents Return to Darfur After Fleeing Attack

"Only God saved us when the Janjaweed attacked. We had to walk to safety and 12 men were killed," said Khultoum Eissa Abdallah, now back in her hometown in Sudan's troubled Darfur region.