Trade Groups, Firms Push to Ease Tough Federal Scrutiny

Two-and-a-half years after Congress passed the most sweeping corporate reforms since the Great Depression, trade groups are maneuvering to revise them, arguing that they are too expensive, too time-consuming and too much trouble for small businesses.


Valencia, 17:53 - VELA, VUITTON CUP; DE ANGELIS: 5-0 RISULTATO 'FORTE'

Francesco De Angelis, skipper di Luna Rossa, commenta ai microfoni di La7 la finale della Louis Vuit...


Oil Holds Above $46 Supply Worries Linger

Oil prices held firm on Tuesday as China  showed no let-up in its strong import growth and U.S. Gulf  producers reported damage to offshore rigs from Hurricane Ivan.


Australia's Alinta: ACCC Won't Oppose Dampier Pipe Bid-2-

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian energy company Alinta Ltd. (ALN.AU) said Monday that Australia's competition regulator won't oppose its joint bid for the Dampier to Bunbury gas pipeline in Western Australia state.


"Law & Order: Criminal Intent" viewers gave the villainous character Nicole Wallace, played by Olivia d'Abo, a stay of execution Sunday.


N.Y. attorney general expands doctor-ranking probe

New York's attorney general on Thursday expanded his investigation into doctor-ranking programs run by health insurers, warning the programs may steer patients toward low-cost physicians at the expense of quality.


Israel Pushes On with Gaza Strip Offensive

Description: NPR's Sheilah Kast talks with NPR's Julie McCarthy about Israel's ongoing offensive in the Gaza strip. Is really Prime Minister Ariel''s around today called for an expansion of an army operation


A three-month-old Iraqi satellite TV station is broadcasting graphic videos of U.S. soldier deaths along with anti-American speeches.  The Chicago Tribune says U.S. and Iraqi officials would like to shut down the station, Al-Zawraa TV, but have not been able to do so.


Olympic double winner Holmes made a Dame in New Years honours list

Britain's Kelly Holmes, winner of the 800m/1,500m double at this year's Athens Olympics, has been made a Dame in the New Years honours list.


Blair: Coalition to Study Iraq Timetable

The U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq are preparing to set a timetable for gradually handing over security authority to Iraqi forces, Prime Minister Tony Blair says in an interview published Wednesday.


Local phone giant hopes a television revolution will keep encroaching cable providers at bay.


Bike-riding suicide bomber kills 30 Iraqi police

A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed 30 Iraqi policemen doing their morning exercises at a base north of Baghdad on Monday, in one of the deadliest strikes on security forces in months.


Palestinian Emergency Cabinet Transfers Power

The maneuvering was required because the emergency cabinet could last for only 30 days without ratification.


Players, Owners Reject Plans to End NHL Lockout

Hopes of saving the National Hockey League season all but vanished Tuesday when players and team owners rejected proposals to end the labor dispute.


Fat lady goes back to trailer Two months after releasing a "feature complete" third Windows Server 2008 beta, Microsoft has added new features to the planned operating system's code base.â¦


The South by Southwest music festival is spreading through online broadcasts and downloadable podcasts.


Schwarzenegger Says Sex Life Suffered With Bush Endorsement

MONTEREY, Calif. -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Tuesday that endorsing President George W. Bush definitely had an impact on his personal life.


FX channel tries commercial to combat ad-skipping

Niche men's channel FX plans to show  what it calls the first UK advert specially designed to combat  viewers using digital recorders to avoid commercials.


Blair Rules Out Iraq Civilian Death Toll Probe

British Prime Minister Tony Blair rejected a call Wednesday for an independent inquiry into the civilian death toll in the US-led war in Iraq.


Unions protest as overtime rules take effect

WASHINGTON -- Hundreds of workers rallied on the steps of the Labor Department yesterday to protest the implementation of new rules they say will cause as many as 6 million Americans to lose their overtime pay. But the Bush administration officials who crafted the complex regulations insisted more workers will actually qualify for extra pay under the plan, which almost ...


Southampton have signed Nigel Quashie from arch-rivals Portsmouth in a 2.1 million pound deal.


Maria Sharapova thoroughly deconstructed Justine Henin-Hardenne in a powerful and calculating display, capturing the womenÂs United States Open championship.


Wild grass could hold key to clean fuels of the future

A wild grass found in Asia and Africa could hold the key to dreams of providing an alternative to fossil fuels blamed for global warming, experts said.


Australian police hunt biker accused of killing lawyer

An Australia-wide manhunt was underway Tuesday for a Hell's Angel accused of killing a Melbourne lawyer amid calls for authorities to use Hong Kong's tough anti-triad tactics against biker gangs.


Congress and the White House appear headed for a showdown over President Bush's decision to invoke executive privilege to deny documents to House and Senate committees and prevent former aides from testifying about the firing of U.S. attorneys.


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Udine, 15:27 - CALCIO, UDINESE; FELIPE: IL GIOCO MIGLIORE, TORNEREMO GRANDI

L'Udinese dopo la scofitta col Chievo cerca la rivincita: "Sabato abbiamo giocato meglio del Chievo ...


Orange County Public Schools Selects Education Networks of America for 3-Year Base Connectivity Contract

Orange County Public Schools (OCPS) selected Education Networks of  America (ENA) for a three-year base contract, with two 1-year renewal  options, to provide high-speed broadband Internet access for their  schools that will help teachers teach and students learn.


City OKs Loan to Fund Cleanup: $1.1 Million From EPA Will Go to Park East Housing, Retail Project

By Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Sep. 22--A $175 million housing and retail development that's planned for Milwaukee's Park East area will receive a $1.1 million city/federal loan to help with the project's environmental cleanup.


Many more white children use the Internet than do Hispanic and black students, a reminder that going online is hardly a way of life for everyone.


Officials in the southwest Chinese Yunnan Province were looking for survivors and monitoring aftershocks Monday of a weekend earthquake.


Fred Anderson, who served as Apple's chief financial officer from 1996 to 2004, leaves the company's board of directors after an internal investigation reveals details of stock-manipulation tactics that maximized execs' profits. In Cult of Mac.


Sharp visits LG.Philips as Philips seeks buyer: report

High-level executives from Japan's Sharp   Corp. 6753.T traveled to South Korea last week to visit   LG.Philips LCD Co. Ltd. 034220.KS, as Philips PHG.AS seeks   a buyer for its 32.9 percent stake in the Korean LCD firm,   Taiwan media reported on Friday.


Six Killed, 35 Wounded in Venezuela Prison Battle

CARACAS, Venezuela  - At least six inmates were  killed and 35 wounded in a Venezuelan prison on Wednesday when  rival gangs battled with guns, knives and machetes, authorities  said.


Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki invites opposition rival Raila Odinga for talks over disputed elections.


Bush pleads for more patience for Iraq war

CRAWFORD, Texas  - President George W. Bush, faced with growing calls to start withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, pleaded with Americans on Saturday for patience and cited progress in the past two months.


The prime minister is to urge his party in Scotland to step up the fight against the Scottish National Party.


Cuban dissidents seek unity in Castro's absence

With Fidel Castro's poor health making change in Cuba seem closer than ever, a leading dissident called on Wednesday for fractious opposition groups to patch up their differences and get ready before the ailing leader is gone.


Sentencing of Pete Doherty is adjourned after the musician checks himself into a rehabiliation clinic.


Nerdy neckties are the new "geek chic." Read more on Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


After he shrugged off Tiger Woods and the rest of the field at the Deutsche Bank Championship, Phil Mickelson decided to skip the BMW Championship this week.


Bombs explode at Valentine's day event in Bangladesh

Three bombs exploded outside a social centre in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka where students were celebrating Valentine's day, police said.


Milosevic Blasts His Trial as 'Pure Farce'

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan  Milosevic condemned his war crimes trial as a "pure farce" on  Wednesday in a defiant finish to his opening defense statement  against charges of ethnic cleansing in the Balkans.


Comment is free: Robert McCrum: The great essayist would be appalled by the writing, but applaud the democracy of the web.


Motorcycle World Abuzz at 205 Mph Ticket

MINNEAPOLIS - People across the country are shaking their heads over the kid ticketed for allegedly riding his motorcycle at 205 mph - some out of disapproval, other because they doubt he went that fast.    Ever since a State Patrol pilot clocked Samuel Armstrong Tilley's 2002 Honda RC51 going a quarter-mile in 4.39 seconds on Sept...


Persistently high oil prices may force the European Union's head office to lower its forecast of 2.2 percent economic growth in the euro zone next year, EU Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said Wednesday.


Late comedian Bob Monkhouse is to feature in a prostate cancer research campaign, thanks to technology.


U.S. to oppose greenhouse gas cuts at G8: official

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - The United States will refuse to agree to targets and timetables for cutting greenhouse gases at a summit of the Group of Eight starting on Wednesday, a senior adviser to President George W. Bush said.


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Verizon calls for new broadband incentives

(InfoWorld) - The U.S. government should launch a new program that provides grants and loans for broadband providers to extend service to rural areas, a top executive at Verizon said Monday. The U.S. should use as a model a state program called ConnectKentucky, which has provided 94 percent of Kentucky residents with broadband options, said Tom Tauke, Verizon's executive vice president for public affairs, policy, and communications. Kentucky, a state with large rural areas and chunks of hilly terrain, expects to provide about 99 percent of its residents with a broadband carrier by the end of the year, Tauke said. The rest of the nation likely won't reach U.S. President George Bush's goal of universal broadband access by the end of 2007, Tauke said. The U.S. needs to look at broadband incentive programs "sooner rather than later," he said. Broadband access can have a large impact on local economies and services such as health care, Tauke said. The new program proposed by Verizon could use some existing funding, including redirecting some funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS), which had a 2006 budget of $6.1 billion, he said. The RUS now subsidizes several types of utilities, including broadband, electricity, distance learning, and telemedicine. New funds may also be needed, Tauke said, although he didn't provide specific numbers at a press briefing. Part of the problem is there's no good measure of how many U.S. residents have access to broadband, Tauke said. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission released a report Jan. 31 saying 99 percent of all U.S. postal codes had at least one broadband provider, but critics have noted that the FCC would count a postal code if a provider offered service to just a handful of residents. Tauke called for a comprehensive study of what broadband gaps exist. "We just don't know today who has broadband and who doesn't," he said. Verizon has not yet pitched the idea to most lawmakers, Tauke said. The telecom giant also called on the U.S. Congress to make changes the Universal Service Fund program, a $4 billion program that subsidizes telephone access in rural and poor areas. Instead of providing USF funds to multiple carriers, the U.S. government should cap USF at its current funding levels, and require carriers to bid to provide service in areas where subsidies are needed, Tauke said. "Reverse auctions" forcing carriers to compete to provide service would end the current system in which multiple carriers, sometimes five or more wireless voice providers, receive USF money to provide service in the same territory, Tauke said. Verizon does not currently take USF money, he said. "If you have multiple carriers offering service in a territory, that would seem to suggest you don't need Universal Service Fund support," he said. "[Carriers say] 'If somebody's going to hand out money, why not take it?'" The tax on telephone service to pay for USF has risen from about 3.2 percent in 1998 to 9.7 percent currently, Verizon noted in a proposal to the Federal-Sate Joint Board on Universal Service, filed Friday. "The level of fees is becoming staggeringly high," he said. "The system is broken, it's not working, and it's unfair." Several rural lawmakers have opposed changes to USF. Tauke didn't address net neutrality, an issue that dominated telecom debates in Congress last year, until asked about it. Verizon expects efforts that would prohibit broadband carriers from blocking or slowing Web content from competitors to fail in Congress this year, partly because the FCC and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission are monitoring providers, he said. The two agencies "are watching the issue like hawks," he said.


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Obama wants summit with Muslim countries

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told a French magazine in an interview that if he wins office, he will hold a summit with Muslim countries to better the United States' image in the world.


Launching a new front in the Episcopal Church conflict over the appointment of an openly gay bishop, six defiant congregations joined Sunday in a confirmation service led by bishops acting without permission from the Diocese of Ohio.


Dividendo a 0,35 euro, in crescita del 13% sul 2005


Barry Diller's IAC to Spin Off Expedia Travel Units

IAC/InterActiveCorp, the Internet and television commerce company controlled by Barry Diller, will spin off its travel business, which owns Expedia.


BAGHDAD, Iraq Suicide bombers and other attackers, apparently targeting US and Iraqi forces, struck in quick succession in three separate areas of the capital Thursday, killing at least 46 people and wounding 208 others, officials said.


(WebMD) When one spouse suffers from depression, both will have an unhappy marriage, new research shows. There is a growing body of research indicating that mental health and unhappy marriages are closely


Dal 8 al 12 gennaio attese 40 aziende internazionali


Nelle privatizzazioni manca un indirizzo pubblico


Milano, 15:27 - CALCIO, INTER; MANCINI: CI ASPETTA TRASFERTA MOLTO INSIDIOSA

Domani l'Inter giocherà a Siena e, more solito, il tecnico Roberto manvini declama le arti 's...


Chile's Retirees Find Shortfall in Private Plan

Chileans are finding that their pension system, which President Bush has cited as a model for his overhaul of Social Security, is falling short of expectations.


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Lesson for would-be art thieves: Shhh, be quiet! A slamming door foiled the plans of two men who police say tried to steal a large painting out of the Hyatt Regency in downtown Albuquerque on Saturday.


Suez, GDF headed for merger agreement: source

French energy group Suez and state-owned Gaz de France (GDF) are "headed for an agreement" on a merger to create a new European power giant, a source close to the negotiations said Sunday.


Violence flares in Ivory Coast ahead of presidential visit

Joint patrols have begun in Ivory Coast's commercial centre, Abidjan, in an attempt to maintain law and order after three days of disturbances.


AMD Climbs on Dell's Server Chip Interest

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD:NYSE - news - research) took a joyride Friday as news circulated that server giant Dell (DELL:Nasdaq - news - research) may adopt AMD's server chip.


The 2 Apples End a Long-Running Trademark Fight

The settlement raised speculation that the Beatlesâ music might soon be licensed for downloads from iTunes.


Braves Beat Astros 4-2 to Even NL Playoff Series

Rafael Furcal hit a two-run homer in the 11th inning as the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros 4-2 to even their first-round National League playoff series at one game apiece.


(ANSA) - CAPRI, 30 DIC - 'Sono sette anni che il cinema italiano non mi fa lavorare' e non so neanche io il perche''. Lo ha detto l'attrice e regista Asia Argento. La celebre figlia di Dario, presentando a


Swiss man enjoys Canada's goat-free highways A Swiss driver caught with the pedal to the metal on a Canadian highway offered police the most creative excuse for speeding since aliens took the rap for a UK excess velocity outrage.â¦


Ilia Alshanetsky's Blog: FUDforum 2.7.6 Released!

Ilia Alshanetsky has a quick announcement on his blog about the release of the latest version of his forum software - FUDforum 2.7.6.   A new stable release of FUDforum is now available for download. This release incorporates all of the changes found in the previous two release candidates in addition to an updated German translation and a newly added Vietnamese translation as well. All users of FUDforum are encouraged to upgrade to this release for improved performance and stability.   You can get more information on the release from here and here as well as download this latest edition from the main FUDforum page.


President Bush and Senator John F. Kerry will step into an auditorium on the campus of the University of Miami tonight


George Steinbrenner, fresh off three days of meetings with his executives as the Yankees plot how to retool for 2005, threw a bouquet at the Red Sox yesterday, congratulating Boston and its ownership group for winning the World Series.


NVR Profit Falls by 30%, But New-Home Orders Up

NVR, the region's biggest home builder, said yesterday third-quarter profit fell 30 percent, but reported that the new orders for homes increased, a contrast with other builders.


Takeover battle likely to drag on as Oracle faces other obstacles in merger quest.


L'Opec valuta taglio produzione ritenendo quotazione 'bassa'


The Patriots rout the Chargers, 38-14, as Tom Brady, above, throws for 279 yards and three touchdowns, two of which are caught by Randy Moss.


Standing firm, Arafat seen to counter his critics

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat appears to have faced down the biggest challenge to his leadership in years without giving ground on demands


Australian Prime Minister John Howard promised President George W. Bush he would keep troops in Iraq despite mounting pressure at home to withdraw, as annual Asia-Pacific meetings began in Sydney.


Behind VW's Wheel, With Brick Walls Ahead

THE most famous thing that Bernd Pischetsrieder has ever done with a car, he readily acknowledges, is to crash it.


Juvenile Questioned After Washington Chemical Scare

A juvenile was in police custody and  one person was hospitalized on Wednesday after mace released in  the hallway of a downtown office building seeped into  ground-floor restaurants, emergency officials said.


Australia won their first men's Olympic team pursuit title in 20 years yesterday to take their medals haul from track cycling at the Athens Games to four from four days of competition.


Roma, 13:59 - CALCIO, BORRELLI SENTIRA' LUNEDI' MAZZOLENI

Francesco Saverio Borrelli, capo dell'ufficio indagini della Figc, ascolterà lunedÃ¬ Mario Maz...


Chi non sale con noi al Colle e' fuori da polo liberale


Magnitude 6.0 quake strikes central Calif

PARKFIELD - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 struck Tuesday along the San Andreas fault in a place known as California's earthquake capital.


U.S. Cancer Survival Rates Rising -- Report

More Americans than ever before are  surviving cancer and rates in general are falling, mostly  because fewer people are smoking, the American Cancer Society  reported on Wednesday.


Zook rebuffs rumors of spat with fraternity

lorida coach Ron Zook is refuting rumors and reports on the Internet and talk radio that he became involved in a confrontational verbal exchange with members of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity


Tendulkar not ruled out of entire series: Leipus

Chennai: Putting to rest speculations about the availability of master-blaster Sachin Tendulkar for the rest of the four-Test series, Indian team Trainer-cum-Physio Andrew Leipus has said that though it was unlikely that Sachin would play in the second


Nato countries must live up to pledges on troops, says Blair - Guardian Unlimited

World leaders at the Nato summit in Riga, Latvia, today, with Tony Blair on the far right.Comment


The price for convincing Baltimore Orioles owner Peter Angelos to allow the Expos to move peacefully into Washington, DC, will be a minimum yearly gross of $130 million for the Orioles and a minimum $360 million should Angelos sell his team, both


Finding Hope in a Chaotic World: New Work of Fiction Is Based on Life, Teachings of Khaled Diab

CLERMONT, Fla., Sept. 5  /PRNewswire/ -- Author Eileen Fleming's new book, Keep Hope Alive: Memoirs of Khaled M.


The new head of the European Commission has re-submitted key nominations in hopes of gaining parliamentary approval. Jose Manuel Barroso announced the new nominations in


F.D.A. Approves Drug for Intestinal Disease

Tysabri, a treatment for multiple sclerosis, received regulatory approval on Monday for use among patients with Crohnâs disease.


Serb-Montenegrin President Says His Country Should Focus on Joining EU Than on Further Separatism

Serbian-Montenegrin President Svetozar Marovic said Thursday independence-minded Montenegrins and Kosovars should focus on their country's effort to join the European Union instead of breaking away from it.


Gunmen Storm U.S. Saudi Mission, Kill 4 Guards

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - Attackers stormed the U.S.  consulate in Jeddah Monday, killing four Saudi guards and  taking 18 local staff hostage, security sources said.


Six people are found shot dead in a Chinese restaurant in Sittensen, northern Germany.


Is Google News the Tail Wagging the News Search Dog?

Why does Google News get more press and blog mentions than other news search engines, when Yahoo News and AOL News have larger unique audiences?


Argentines seen voting for continued prosperity

Argentines voted for a new president on Sunday with first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner poised to succeed her husband and become the country's first elected woman leader.


Global warming needs more attention, according to John McCain, and President Bush needs to lead the way. I listened to some of the hearings on this subject this week, and I must say the people testifying are


Barge hits bridge over Mississippi River

A barge carrying crude oil hit the Interstate 20 bridge over the Mississippi River and caught fire Thursday night.


Iraqi Shiite Cleric Reportedly Ends a Sojourn in Iran

Moktada al-Sadr has quietly returned to Iraq after four months in Iran, according to U.S. intelligence reports.


A timely and oh-so-generous blog sponsorship ensures that the world's funniest faux CEO will continue spouting off about Apple. In Cult of Mac.


World Series MVP Manny Ramirez, second from left, acknowledges the crowd after a banner was unveiled in front of the Massachusetts Statehouse in Boston, Friday, Oct. 29, 2004 congratulating the Boston Red Sox as World Series champions.


Bristol-Myers Profit Lower, So Are Shares

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. BMY.N on  Friday said quarterly profit fell 16 percent on special charges  and lower U.S. sales amid competition from rival brands and  cheaper generics.


Marvel Ordered to Pay Spider-Man Creator

A federal judge has ordered Marvel Enterprises Inc. to pay the creator of the comic book character Spider-Man 10 percent of Marvel's profits from the "Spider-Man" movies, Marvel said on Wednesday.


Paramilitary killer disrupts N.Irish self-rule talks

A Northern Irish paramilitary cut short an already chaotic debate on the province's political future on Friday by throwing what he said was a bomb into the building where parties were meeting.


Inventories helped make this retailer's second-quarter numbers so snazzy.


SABMiller increases its presence in China's beer market by agreeing to buy four brewers in the country for $79m.


Shooting shines light on murky world of Iraq security

Their helicopters buzz through the Baghdad sky, their patrols bristle with the latest weaponry and their armored vehicles carry the latest hi-tech gadgets.


There were endless reasons to give thanks in Monza. Jenson Button dedicated third place to his hospitalised grandfather, Stuart. Michael Schumacher dedicated second place to his grandmother


Orlando Cabrera and Johnny Damon hit RBI singles in the ninth off Mariano Rivera as the Red Sox storm past New York, 3-2, Friday.


Leading British film and music stars urged the British government Saturday to help end fighting in the violence-wracked Sudanese region of Darfur.


The nation's retailers delivered more evidence of a stumbling economy Thursday, as merchants including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported weak January results, extending a malaise that has deepened since the holiday shopping season.


Fini: ''Vicenda con molti aspetti oscuri''

''Questa vicenda ha ancora molti aspetti oscuri, quindi e' giusto usare il condizionale su tutto''. Il ministro degli Esteri, Gianfranco Fini, in collegamento poco prima della mezzonotte fra ieri ed oggi con


Independent MEP Jim Allister says disgruntled unionists will form a new opposition to the DUP and UUP.


Jerusalem Tops Agenda in Palestinian Poll Campaign

BIR NABALA, West Bank  - Palestinian presidential  frontrunner Mahmoud Abbas canceled an election rally in  Jerusalem on Friday, objecting to Israeli security, and his  main rival was detained at a holy site in the city.


A senior Bulgarian official ruled out paying any compensation to get Libya to reconsider the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses accused of infecting children with HIV.


Two die in Britain as cranes collapse onto school

Two men were killed and another injured in Britain after two 60-metre (200-foot) construction cranes collapsed, one falling onto a school building, emergency services said.


Number of Rooms Canât Meet Surging Demand

As if the sagging dollar and soaring oil costs werenât enough to dent travel budgets, hotel room rates are expected to surge in the coming year.


Dick Cheney, who thrives on secrecy while pulling the levers of power, is getting caught in the glare of an unwelcome spotlight.


Will double its advertising revenue in five years as it ramps up its search services to rival Web search leader Google Inc. BELLEVUE: Microsoft Corp.


Lonelygirl Tops AP's Best YouTube Videos

By JAKE COYLE  2006 was the year YouTube became culturally ubiquitous. Declared the invention of the year by Time magazine, the video sharing web site had Ohio judges posting their weekly sentencing hearings and spawned countless explosive experiments involving Diet Coke and Mentos candies.


Manila stops real version of "Snakes on a Plane"

Manila airport officials prevented a real life version of horror flick "Snakes on a Plane" this week when they stopped more than 130 reptiles, including poisonous cobras, from boarding a flight to Bangkok.


Lambeau Field is now a desired destination, as Chris Brown and the Titans were the latest to learn. Brown rushed for 148 yards and two long touchdowns


com October 1, 2004, 11:39 AM PT. With the economy slowly turning up, upgrading hardware has been on businesses radar in the past 12 months as their number two priority.


After First Succeeding, Young Tycoons Try, Try Again

Many Internet multimillionaires have chosen to throw themselves back into a start-up, in a competition with themselves and one another.


LOUISVILLE, KY. -- A team of doctors from Louisville and the Netherlands say they're ready to do a face transplant, a procedure considered controversial by some medical ethicists.


25 Insurgents Killed in Mosul Battle, US Soldier Dies

At least 25 insurgents were killed in a battle with US troops in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul Wednesday. Fifteen American soldiers were wounded in the fighting and one later died at a military hospital.


Sirius to buy XM in $4.6 billion stock deal

Sirius Satellite Radio agreed to buy larger U.S. rival XM Satellite Radio for $4.6 billion in stock on Monday in a deal that gives all subscribers access to entertainers such as Oprah Winfrey and shock-jock Howard Stern.


A newborn in Sierra Leone has the lowest chance in the world of surviving until age 5, and the prospects are almost as bad for children in Angola and Afghanistan, Unicef said in its annual report.


Brian Clough, one of the game's managerial legends, died earlier today at the age of 69. The double European Cup winning manager had members of his family at his bedside.


Sondrio, 14:16 - Sci: azzurra Gruener salta mondiali Bormio per infortunio

Si Ã¨ rivelata piÃ¹ grave del previsto la caduta in gara di ieri della 21enne velocista azzurra Angeli...


Crane Deaths Stun Conservationists; 17 Birds Die in Florida Enclosure; Violent Storm Likely Factor

By ANNYSA JOHNSON  It is a stirring sight that has awed Wisconsinites for six years now: an ultralight aircraft aloft in the fading sunlight, leading endangered whooping cranes from the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge on their maiden migration south.


VATICANO - Papa Benedetto XVI in Baviera - ÂIl coraggio di aprirsi all'ampiezza della ragione, non il rifiuto della sua grandezza: Ã¨ questo il programma con cui una teologia impegnata nella riflessione sulla fede biblica, entra nella disputa del tempo presenteÂ Regensburg (Agenzia Fides) - UnÂampia riflessione sul rapporto tra fede e ragione ha caratterizzato lÂincontro del Santo Padre Benedetto XVI con i rappresentanti del mondo della scienza, tenutosi nel pomeriggio del 12 settembre allÂUniversitÃ  di Rege...


ALBUQUERQUE, NM (CBS.MW) -- The US economy is "generally sound" and should not be derailed by higher oil prices, Thomas Hoenig, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, said Tuesday.


The project that hopes to supply developing-world schoolchildren with $188 laptops will sell the rugged little computers to U.S. residents and Canadians for $400 each, with the profit going toward a machine for a poor country.


Rialzo dovuto al balzo dei prezzi del petrolio


Adobe readies release of flagship Acrobat product

Adobe Systems Inc. ADBE.O in   November will introduce the latest version of its flagship   Acrobat file-sharing product, marking the design software   maker's first major product release since its Macromedia   acquisition.


Rockers unite for global climate change concerts

More than 100 rock stars play nine concerts across the globe on Saturday in the hope of persuading millions of fans to go green and pressure governments to do the same.


Miller Brewing Co. has apologized for failing to include black artists on its series of cans commemorating the 50th anniversary of rock 'n' roll.


Canadians are expressing pride in their economy but might be more inclined to go on shopping sprees in the U.S. after the Canadian dollar reached parity with the U.S. dollar for the first time since 1976


Iran's Larijani plans talks with West in Germany

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator said on Wednesday he planned to hold talks with Western officials in Germany, in the first such contacts since the United Nations imposed sanctions on Iran in December.


The Mexican cement producer is bringing sexy back.


Metal bats have a magical quality. They can turn warning-track fly balls into home runs and pop-ups into hits.


Parliament likely to resolve uniform issue, says McKinnon

ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharrafâs uniform issue might be resolved by parliament, Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon told a private TV channel on Sunday.


The US Federal Trade Commission has given its endorsement to a plan that would reward insiders for information leading to the arrest and conviction of people or companies that produce spam.


Â«No, il Tutor noÂ», alle elementari Ã¨ rivolta

Oggi al Vittoriano si inaugura in pompa magna lâanno scolastico 2004-2005. Vi sarÃ  il presidente della Repubblica, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi e il ministro dellâIstruzione, Letizia Moratti che farÃ  il suo


A UN inquiry finds that Pakistani peacekeepers in DR Congo were involved in gold smuggling.


Two people arrested after blazing car crashes into Glasgow Airport

Two people have been arrested after a blazing car crashed Saturday into a terminal building at Glasgow Airport, Scotland, police told AFP.


Usa. Bush invoca l'unita' internazionale contro il terrorismo

All'indomani della vittoria elettorale, il presidente degli Stati Uniti, George W. Bush, ha esortato la comunitÃ  internazionale a mettere da parte le divergenze del passato ea unirsi nella lotta contro il terrorismo.


Barcelona police said they had made two arrests following violent skirmishes with a group of youths at an unauthorised demonstration outside the eastern Spanish city's Museum of Contemporary Art.


A seriously wounded 8-year-old boy calmly described his father's deadly knife rampage during a call for help to 911. "My daddy killed me with a knife and I'm gone," the boy told a dispatcher. "Can you please send the Army men or the ambulance?"


Somali group chief accused of Qaida ties

A fundamentalist Muslim who the U.S. suspects of collaborating with al-Qaida terrorists was named Saturday as the new leader of an Islamic militia that has seized control of Somalia's capital.


Tamil Tigers call for international help

Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels say Sunday's tsunami killed nearly 10,000 people in areas under their control and they are still trying to locate hundreds of missing fishermen.


Two candidates in Sunday's regional polls in Colombia are shot dead, bringing the number killed to at least 21.


Con "Il Pipistrello" l'operetta va all'Opera

Gli appassionati di Johann Strauss potranno gustare, dal 16 dicembre, una pietra miliare dell'operetta viennese nel sontuoso allestimento del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. Con Massimo Dapporto nel ruolo di Frosch e la partecipazione di Carla Fracci.


Lipera, non chiesto grazia ma procedimento sua iniziativa


Conventional wisdom about wealth through real estate might be wrong.


There's only one Aretha Franklin, but the Queen of Soul plans to hold auditions for singers to portray her. A musical based on her 1999 autobiography, "Aretha: From These Roots," will tour nationally, the Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday.


The US Federal Trade Commission last week filed a legal complaint against two companies that allegedly infected computers with spyware and pop-up advertising, then tried to sell their owners spyware-blocking software.


Crowds mob U.N. chief on Darfur camp visit

AL-SALAM CAMP, Sudan  - Thousands of displaced Sudanese mobbed U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday as he visited their camp in the troubled Darfur region on a tour aimed at pressing for a political solution to the conflict.


Nobel Peace Prize winner itching for a fight

When Muhammad Yunus travels to Norway to receive the Nobel Peace Prize Dec. 10, he will come prepared to fight for management control over a company he believes is sucking profits from the poor of Bangladesh.


Activity heats up in possible Chrysler sale: report

The pace of activity around a possible sale of DaimlerChrysler AG'S  Chrysler Group is accelerating, after several potential buyers met with management before presenting preliminary offers by the end of the month, The Wall Street Journal reported.


BEREA, Ohio - The interim head coach of the Cleveland Browns said he expects to make some changes in time for Sunday's home game against the New England Patriots.


PeopleSoft Shareholders Have Opposing Views on Oracle Bid

PeopleSoftÂs top shareholder, Capital Guardian Trust, has decided to support OracleÂs $8.8 billion hostile takeover, but the No. 2 holder, Private Capital Management, has decided against it.


Letter: Missing British girl buried under rocks

Portuguese police are investigating an area nine miles from where a young British girl was abducted after a tip-off to a newspaper in the Netherlands.


Blues Plans Join the Health Savings Account Train

WASHINGTON  - By the end of next year,  consumers in 49 states and the District of Columbia will be  able to buy coverage from a Blue Cross-Blue Shield plan that  they can combine with a Health Savings Account, the BlueCross  BlueShield Association announced Wednesday.


UK Will Listen, Not Negotiate, with Iraq Kidnappers

Britain is ready to listen to kidnappers holding a British hostage in Iraq but is not prepared to negotiate with them or pay them a ransom, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Thursday.


Petraeus: Iraq security fragile, gains reversible

Iraq has pulled back from the brink of civil war, but recent security gains are fragile and still reversible, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, said on Saturday.


La Rai chiede a Baudo quattro milioni di euro

La Rai, attraverso una citazione depositata presso il Tribunale di Roma, ha deciso di chiedere al conduttore televisivo Pippo Baudo un risarcimento danni di quattro milioni di euro per delle dichiarazioni che il presentatore ha rilasciato tra il maggio


Case for water on Mars is growing stronger

Ten months after NASA's twin rovers landed on Mars, scientists reported this week that both robotic vehicles are still navigating their rock-studded landscapes with all instruments operating


Larry David's wife has filed for divorce after 14 years of marriage.


British doctors are cautious people but Dr Rosy Daniel has decided to stick her neck out.


This new blood pressure treatment has been developed in fits and starts.


Liberato il giornalista Usa dopo sette giorni da ostaggio

ROMA - Il giornalista americano Micah Garen, rapito lunedÃ¬ scorso nel mercato di Nassiriya da un gruppo di guerriglieri iracheni, Ã¨ stato liberato. I suoi sequestratori lo hanno consegnato all'ufficio del


Labour's Brown calls for economic rigour, not electoral promises

Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown was to promote economic rigour and stability at the annual Labour party conference here, warning against "irresponsible" pre-election promises.


It's a game no NCAA tournament team believes it should be in — the play-in game that fills out the field of 64. This year, Florida A&M and Niagara are feeling insulted they have to play Tuesday night for a chance to take on Kansas, the top seed in the West Regional, on Friday in Chicago.


âAirâ-ing differences: Candidates spar over Bush's terror ...

Seizing on a rhetorical opening in their nip-and-tuck campaign, Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] yesterday lampooned President Bush [related, bio] for saying the nation's safety from terror is ``up in the air.


EU lawmakers approve new commission, ending limbo

European Union lawmakers approved the bloc's new executive commission, ending three weeks of institutional limbo sparked by protests over comments on gays and women by an Italian nominee.


David and Victoria Beckham are happily married, dammit, and   they're going to great lenghts to prove it.


Cosmetic company's Q3 loss widens as sales slip 7%

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Revlon, Inc reiterated its 2004 financial outlook as the cosmetics firm reported a wider-than-expected third quarter loss.


WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- SBC Communications said Monday it will offer high-speed wireless access for $2 a month to customers of the company's DSL Internet service.


Meteo, nubi sull'Italia e il 12 tornano gli scioperi

In arrivo piogge e neve su tutta la penisola. Ma le temperature saliranno. E da sabato riparte il calvario delle astensioni dal lavoro nel settore dei trasporti


French police arrest suspected al Qaeda support group

French police said on Thursday they had arrested eight men they suspect of providing logistical support to al Qaeda's North African wing in Algeria, confirming a report in French newspaper Le Figaro.


Vera Wang owns the artsy look at New York Fashion Week.


US homeland security secretary dismisses claims that men accused over 9/11 attacks will face show trial


Nalini By Day, Nancy By Night will be a trailblazer for a number of movies.


Oil spike threatens to undermine airline recovery

This week's record-high crude oil  prices casts a shadow over a tenuous recovery in the U.S.  airline industry, where top carriers have less protection than  they did a year ago from devastating spikes in energy prices.


Fresh controversy has hit the war crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic with a claim from a senior intelligence analyst that the Yugoslav leader is innocent of genocide.


The Shroud of Turin is much older than suggested by 1980s radiocarbon dating, a new chemical study suggests.


ST. LOUIS - A homeless man sleeping in a dumpster narrowly escaped serious injury early Wednesday after he was accidently placed into a trash truck...


Indicazione per rendere possibile riduzione tasse


Debt Relief Is Only a Small Step for Poor Africa

CHIROMO, Malawi  - Malawi is $2.9 billion in debt  but the cash that was borrowed hasn't done Simao Aloni or his  home village of Chiromo any good.


Microsoft Corp  lifted its full-year forecasts and posted 23 percent quarterly profit growth on Thursday, topping analysts' estimates on strong sales of "Halo 3" and Vista, and sending its shares up 11 percent.


Privacy advocates are concerned that an implantable microchip designed to help doctors tap into a patient's medical records could undermine confidentiality or could even be used to track the patient's movements.


Being smart about how you run on race day can be as important as all the effort you put in before you reach the starting line.


Researcher says authorities will stay ahead of drug cheats

An Australian researcher who helped develop a revolutionary blood-doping test said Friday more sophisticated versions are on the way that could nab all drug cheats within two years.


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A jury adjourned after its first day of deliberations on Wednesday without deciding whether to convict former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby of obstructing an investigation tied to the Iraq war.


Doctors Call for Antibiotic Drug for HIV Children

A low-cost antibiotic should be given to all children with HIV in developing countries to prevent infections such as pneumonia and reduce deaths, scientists said on Friday.


Leap Wireless, the wireless company behind the Cricket and Jump Mobile brands, said Sunday that it will reject an unsolicited acquisition offer from competitor MetroPCS.


Israel prepares for wider ground offensive in Lebanon

Israel prepared to launch a wider ground offensive in south Lebanon, as the United States and France said they hoped for unanimous approval of a UN resolution to end the fighting.


Clinton, Obama clash in Democratic debate

MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina  - Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama engaged in a rancorous crossfire on Monday as their U.S. presidential campaign took an ugly turn on the Martin Luther King holiday.


EU leaders agree to cut greenhouse gases

European Union leaders reached a broad agreement on an ambitious plan to cut greenhouse gases and switch to renewable energy sources as part of the fight against global warming.


IAEA approves atom shutdown mission to N.Korea

The U.N. nuclear watchdog's governing body on Monday agreed to send inspectors to North Korea to verify Pyongyang is shutting down its atomic bomb program, diplomats said.


Brookstone Inc. (BKST.O), a retailer specializing in gadgets and personal electronics, on Wednesday posted a narrower quarterly loss on strong Father's Day sales and raised its profit forecast for the full year.


Rialzo dopo l'aumento dell'offerta per Portugal Telecom


Local children to be included in health study

The National Children's Study will track 100,000 children from before birth to the age of 21. Data will be collected to determine how factors such as immunizations, watching television, the environment, prenatal


Fresh sight of freedom awaits Bush on G8 beach

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - George W. Bush has often expressed his admiration for the yearning for freedom in Communist East Germany that led to the collapse of the Berlin Wall on his father's watch 18 years ago.


U.N. lauds Darfur pact but implementation difficult

U.N. Secretary-General Ban  Ki-moon on Wednesday called Sudan's agreement on a large force  for Darfur "a milestone," but U.N. envoys acknowledged  challenges on command structures and finding enough troops.


Oil prices held steady near $47 on Wednesday, a day after striking another record peak as U.S. inflation stayed in check despite scorching energy costs and ahead of weekly data expected to show a drop in crude stocks.


By David Klepper, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jan. 31--TOPEKA -- Kansas has joined the growing list of states considering a plan to require girls to be vaccinated against a virus that causes cervical cancer.


Google doubles universities in book scanning project

Blog: Google adds 12 Midwest university libraries to controversial book scanning project.


Hungarian Socialists announce prime minister's resignation to save coalition

BUDAPEST, Hungary  - Moving to end a political crisis with its government coalition partner, the Hungarian Socialist party has announced Prime Minister Medgyessy is no longer head of the government and it plans to nominate his replacement next week.


Roma non firma il Rapporto, 'seri dubbi' su adeguatezza dati


Scientists may be a step closer to transplanting a kidney without the need for long-term medication.


Despite Aches, Damon Happy to Play Near Home

Johnny Damon said that he enjoyed playing so close to home so much he might want to finish his career with the Devil Rays.


The 30-year mystery of how a Hull trawler sank off Norway may be solved when a new report is published.


Mobile phone giant Vodafone posts a slight dip in annual profits as it battles tough competition in Europe.


Last-year's runners-up Leicester are out of this year's Heineken Cup after a third defeat of the pool stages at Edinburgh.


Roma, 10:43 - CALCIO, MATARRESE: PER FARE PRESIDENTE BISOGNA AVERE ATTRIBUTI

''Per fare il presidente bisogna avere le p...''. CosÃ¬ Antonio Matarrese ha replicato a chi gli chie...


Pentito fa iscrivere nel registro nuovi indagati


Resenting an Absent Father, Very Present in the Mind

This quirky comedy from Argentina is a small movie about a small world, but its modesty is part of what makes it durable and satisfying.


Many U.S. TB patients also HIV infected: report

Nearly a third of U.S. tuberculosis patients do not know whether they are infected with the AIDS virus, showing more needs to be done to get these people tested for HIV, a federal report said on Thursday.


Petraeus says U.S. troop levels can be cut

The top U.S. commander in Iraq on Monday said the number of U.S. troops in Iraq could be cut by next summer to roughly 130,000, its level before this year's "surge" of 30,000 forces, without jeopardizing security improvements.


HK Probes Mystery Infection in Children in Hospital

Health authorities in Hong Kong are  investigating the outbreak of a mysterious respiratory illness  in a hospital that has infected 28 children.


U.S. Seek People's Allegiance in Fallujah

As fighting winds down, U.S. troops face an even more difficult mission in Fallujah — winning the people's allegiance. Planners want to make sure the Fallujah battle doesn't mimic the U.S.-led invasion: a well-executed military assault followed by a flawed occupation.


U.S. home sales will be a good deal  weaker this year than earlier thought as potential buyers  remain on the sidelines waiting for better deals, a national  real estate group said on Thursday.


ASIA/CINA - Lettera pastorale del Vescovo di Shang Hai: ÂViviamo l'amore e cosÃ¬ facciamo entrare la luce di Dio nel mondoÂ, una riflessione sullÂapplicazione dellÂEnciclica di Papa Benedetto XVI ÂDeus Caritas EstÂ Shang Hai (Agenzia Fides) - ÂViviamo l'amore e cosÃ¬ facciamo entrare la luce di Dio nel mondoÂ Ã¨ il titolo della lettera pastorale del Vescovo di Shang Hai, Mons. Jin Lu Xian, che ha per sotto titolo Âapplicazione dellÂEnciclica di Papa Benedetto XVI...


Departing World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz  blamed an overheated atmosphere at the bank and in the media for forcing him to resign.


Cricket's TV rights dispute has reared its ugly head again, renewing fears that Australia's tour of India will have to be cancelled.


The dollar recovered against the euro and  the yen on Tuesday following poor Japanese output figures,  although many traders suspect the U.S. currency's two-day  reprieve from weeks of heavy selling won't last long.


Turkey says a convoy of jeeps carrying guards to protect its embassy in Baghdad have come under fire while travelling through the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Friday and that several of them have been killed.


Where's Phil? US captain says decision to sit out not selfish

Phil Mickelson is a changed man. He's altered the long-standing perception he couldn't win a major, and his latest deviation finds him switching equipment just before golf's pre-eminent team event.


Israeli troops hunting militants raided a West Bank hospital Monday, searching rooms and calling on fugitives over loudspeakers to surrender, and in Gaza soliders


A Yorkshire aristocrat who died nearly 90 years ago could help the global fight against bird flu, experts say.


Slobodan Milosevic attacked a prosecution theory that he sought to carve out an ethnically pure âgreater Serbiaâ in the broken Yugoslav federation, and branded the war crimes indictments against him âa sheer mutilation of justice.


High Court Considers Medical Marijuana Case

Several U.S. Supreme Court justices  expressed reservations on Monday about allowing medical  marijuana for sick patients whose doctors have recommended they  smoke it for pain.


German trade official urges expansion of nuclear coop with Iran

The chairman of Germany's Near and Middle East Association (NUMOV), Werner Schoeltzke, on Friday called for expansion of civilian nuclear cooperation between Germany and Iran following the recent EU3-Iran ...


Blu-ray and HD DVD movies: Buy one, get one free

Choose two Blu-ray or HD DVD movies from Best Buy's small but decent selection and you'll pay for only one of them.


Assies, US dominate World Short Course Champs

Indianapolis - Olympic champion Aaron Peirsol broke his own 200-metre backstroke world record and helped the Americans set a 4x100 medley relay world mark on Monday at the World Short Course Swim Championships.


TNS Chief Ousted in Firm's 6th Management Shift

TNS Inc. is under new management again. Six months after its founder and chief executive John J. McDonnell Jr. offered to buy back the company for the second time, board members replaced him with chief financial officer Henry H. Graham Jr., beginning the sixth round of leadership for the firm.


DAVENPORT, Iowa  - White House hopefuls barnstormed across Iowa in a frenzied plea for support on Wednesday, with polls showing deadlocked races in both parties the day before the state's contest kicking off the process of choosing presidential candidates.


Reese Witherspoon says her pregnancy helped her during the emotional scenes of Mira Nair's Vanity Fair.


A leading online measurement service will scrap rankings based on the longtime industry yardstick of page views and begin tracking how long visitors spend at the sites.


The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it âstrongly recommendsâ that over-the-counter cold remedies not be used in children under 2.


Serbia And Montenegro: State Oil Monopoly to Repay Chinese Debt

Serbia approved bank guarantees allowing national oil monopoly NIS to start repaying about 235 million euros in debts run up with China's Sinochem during the rule of Slobodan Milosevic.


(InfoWorld) - Palm Inc. has lowered its financial forecast for the current quarter because of delays in bringing its latest Treo smartphone to market. Palm on Monday lowered its revenue forecast for its fiscal 2007 second quarter, which ends Dec. 1, to a range of US$390 million to $395 million from an estimate made Sept. 21 of $430 million to $450 million. It also pared its earnings forecast to a range of $0.10 to $0.11 per share from the earlier estimate of $0.15 to $0.18. Not counting special items, the estimate has been trimmed to $0.15 to $0.16 a share, from an earlier $0.20 to $0.23. Although its line of smartphones is selling well and the new Treo 750v introduced in Europe is popular, Palm hasn't been able to get the Treo 750 introduced in the U.S. as planned, according to the company. "Our Q2 FY07 revenue will be constrained by a delay in certification of a key product. We now expect to start shipping the Treo 750 for the U.S. market early in Q3 FY07," Palm President and Chief Executive Officer Ed Colligan said in a prepared statement. Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) waited until the market closed Monday to announce the news. After closing for the day at $15.37, about three hours later its stock had fallen by $0.64 in after-hours trading.


Outgoing Lebanese minister wounded in Beirut blast, driver killed ...

BEIRUT : A Lebanese minister who resigned recently in a dispute over Syria's domination of the country, was wounded when his car was targeted by a bomb in Beirut, a source at the American University of Beirut hospital said.


Passengers can take more than one piece of hand luggage on flights at 22 UK airports from Monday.


Kerry Vows to Press on with Agenda in Senate

John Kerry returned to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, vowed to fight on in the Senate for the changes sought by supporters of his failed U.S. presidential bid and did not rule out another White House run.


Bush hopes to buy time for Iraq strategy

President Bush was set Thursday to ask the country for more time to let success bloom in Iraq as his administration saluted a Sunni sheik assassinated after challenging al-Qaida's presence in Anbar province.


Four of Ohio State's top underclassmen on offense are considering leaving school early to enter the NFL draft. Junior wide receivers Ted Ginn Jr. and Anthony Gonzalez, tailback Antonio Pittman and lineman Kirk Barton filed paperwork with the NFL on Friday.


Guerra, un altro anno record, il 2008 sara' meno facile


Jesus' Tomb Found in Israel, Filmmakers Claim

A tomb that once held the remains of Jesus of Nazareth—and those of his wife and son—has been found in a suburb of Jerusalem, said the makers of a controversial film today.


Google will introduce POP3 (Post Office Protocol) support in the next few weeks for Gmail users, allowing them to download their email from the service using mail clients.


Stock index futures fell on Monday following declines in overseas markets as concern about a U.S. recession hurting the global economy lingered.


Scientists are successfully treating stress incontinence with a transplant of the patient's own stem cells. Cells are removed from muscle tissue in the patient's arm, cultured in a lab, and injected into the wall of the urethra and the sphincter muscle.


At least 20 people are hurt in the crash of a prototype magnetic train system in Germany, police say.


It's long been time for the instant-messaging walls to come down, says CNET News.com's Charles Cooper.  But that's not likely anytime soon.


Privatized Walter Reed Workforce Gets Scrutiny

The scandal over treatment of outpatients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center has focused attention on the Army's decision to privatize the facilities support workforce at the hospital, a move commanders say left the building maintenance staff undermanned.


Greater Boston ranks third among top information technology labor markets that have lost a significant number of tech jobs, according to a study released yesterday.


U.S. drunken driving deaths up, total fatalities down

Alcohol-related deaths on U.S. roads rose to their highest level in 14 years in 2006, while the overall number of people killed in traffic crashes declined slightly but still topped 43,000, according to preliminary government estimates on Friday.


Sakhir, 16:35 - F1, TEST FERRARI IN BAHRAIN: RAIKKONEN MEGLIO DI MASSA

Seconda giornata di prove per la Ferrari sul circuito di Sakhir, in Bahrain. Kimi Raikkonen e Felipe...


A helicopter carrying 17 people crashed into the North Sea near the Dutch port of Den Helder Tuesday night and all 17 people aboard were rescued, the Coast Guard said.


Google Complaint Triggers Vista Desktop Search Revision

Changes to come in Microsoft Windows Vista will allow users to select a default desktop search program that's not Windows Instant Search.


Tucson companies under investigation in Florida botox incident

Four people are still hospitalized in Florida tonight after receiving injections of something they thought was an anti-wrinkle drug.


New Laser Therapy Can Easily Remove Acne Scars

A few sessions of a new type of laser treatment appears to smooth out acne scarring with a relatively short recovery time, according to the results of a new study.


A struggling Indian tribe is hoping to change its fortunes by luring tourists out over the edge of the Grand Canyon on a glass-bottom observation deck 4,000 feet above the Colorado River.


BRANFORD, Conn. - A New York woman is receiving rabies shots after being bitten by a coyote at a rest stop along Interstate 95. The animal had been hanging around the McDonald's restaurant at the rest stop and was being fed by employees, authorities said.


Officials investigate after at least eight Iraqi civilians are reported killed by private US security contractors.


After Shake-Up, Mets Make Stability a Priority

After adding Rickey Henderson and Howard Johnson to the Metsâ coaching staff, Willie Randolph and Omar Minaya mitigated the impact of the moves they made the previous afternoon.


Corecom: primo catasto informatico degli impianti in ER.

Un Catasto on line degli impianti di telecomunicazione, il primo del genere il Italia, che raccoglie in un unico archivio i dati sulle infrastrutture di diffusione dei segnali radio, tv, telefonia mobile dell'Emilia-Romagna e prossimamente anche del


Annan salutes nations for helping lift Lebanon embargo

Visiting UN Secretary General Kofi Annan on Wednesday thanked all the nations that had worked to help lift Israel's embargo on its neighbor Lebanon.


Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady and the champion New England Patriots are on a roll. So are league MVP Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts. For one side, all that success will vanish into the chilly night air. For the loser, one single game will overshadow months of domination. Sunday's winner will keep rolling into the AFC championship game with a chance to play for the NFL title.


Kenai Fishing Interests Caught on Gillnet Plans

By Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Feb. 27--SOLDOTNA -- A subcommittee of Kenai Peninsula fishing interests  could not reach consensus on fishing methods for a subsistence fishery on the  Kenai and Kasilof rivers.


Letter in Failed Purchase Bid Called Bogus

A party heading a failed effort to buy Greater Southeast Community Hospital might have fabricated a key letter stating that Providence Hospital would be involved in its partnership and would help manage the Ward 8 facility, according to testimony and documents made public this week by the chairman...


"(CNN) -- A longtime associate of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden surrendered to Saudi Arabian officials Tuesday, a Saudi Interior Ministry official said."  "But it is unclear what role, if any, Khaled al-Harbi may have had in any terror attacks because no public charges have been filed against him."  "The Saudi government -- in a statement released by its embassy in Washington -- called al-Harbi's surrender "the latest direct result" of its limited, one-month offer of leniency to terror suspects."  This is great!  I hope this really starts to pay off.  Creative solutions to terrorism that don't involve violence.    How refreshing!   Are you paying attention Bush administration?


WASHINGTON -- The average level of a deadly form of air pollution dropped in the United States from 1999 to 2003 as new pollution controls made strides in battling the nation's air quality problem, the Environmental Protection Agency said Tuesday.


"Closer," the surprise winner of two Golden Globes last Sunday, is connecting with international audiences who made it the No. 1 film in all four of the major territories in which it opened this weekend.


SCRANTON, Pennsylvania  - A Pennsylvania town's anti-illegal-immigration law created a climate of fear in which businesses failed and people moved out, a lawyer argued on Monday as a trial seen as a test of U.S. immigration policy began.


Presidents of the Great Lakes region in Africa have signed a declaration designed bring peace to the region.


Gunmen open fire at a convoy carrying acting Palestinian intelligence chief Tariq Abu Rajab.


In South Carolina, a state where religion counts for Democrats, it's not unusual for community leaders to have two titles Â Rev. and Rep.


The Welsh co-creator of an internet church experiment celebrates pulling in the UK's biggest congregation.


Might one of these be the next great multibagger?


From waste dump to European Tour for Russian game

Ivan Ivanovich Sergeyev, known as the father of Russian golf, remembers a time when he was unable to even talk about his sport.


The head of the Organization of American States resigned Friday, just two weeks into his tenure, after allegations that he participated in a bribery scandal involving a French telephone company.


After Strike, TV Shows Hurry Up and Wait

The switch that controls the television business is expected to be flicked on all the way early this week.


Bush to impose stiff sanctions against Sudan

WASHINGTON -- President Bush will announce today that he is imposing stiff economic sanctions against Sudan -- including penalties against two senior government officials and a rebel leader -- and that he will press the United Nations for additional actions to end the violence in Darfur, two senior administration officials said yesterday.


Shares of home builders soared on Monday as a frenzy of short sellers bought stock to cover their positions, giving the overall housing stock index its greatest one-day gain in about five years.


Julia Roberts Welcomes Phinnaeus And Hazel To The World

Julia Roberts had something to be thankful for this holiday weekend when, on Sunday, she gave birth to twins. Moder - in a Los Angeles hospital around 3 am Sunday morning, according to People magazine.


Marine From Columbine H.S. Killed in Iraq

A Marine who was a freshman at Columbine High School when two students killed 13 people there was killed in action in Iraq, his family said.


The US government announced Monday that it is halting the use of the popular painkiller Aleve in a clinical trial because of patients taking it had a higher risk of developing heart trouble.


Film on Mexicoâs Disputed â06 Election Stirs Emotions

A documentary about last yearâs disputed presidential election has drawn big crowds and generated controversy in Mexico.


Moneta Usa risale anche su yen, ai massimi da due mesi


Bush, Kerry Puppets Debate in Times Square

The felt flew during a rain-drenched Times Square debate between President Bush and Democratic contender John Kerry — in puppet form — on the afternoon before the real deal in Florida.


A shot put competition unique in Olympic history -- ancient or modern -- turned into one of the strangest competitions in the Games history Wednesday evening as the sun was setting on the ancient stadium.


The Claim: Antibiotics Will Beat a Sinus Infection

Antibiotics and steroids may be the standard medications for a sinus infection, but are they effective?


A US state is to abolish the death penalty for the first time in 40 years following 44-36 vote


It's the only battle Cubs players won in 2004, chasing popular broadcaster Steve Stone away from the team he loves. Stone shocked Cubs fans Thursday by announcing his resignation as the team's color analyst


Kidnappersâ leader threatens to kill Chinese hostage in Pakistan

PESHAWAR - A tribal leader with links to Al Qaeda threatened to execute one of two Chinese hostages on Monday unless Pakistani authorities allow them to flee their base, an intelligence official said.


Italy's Pink Paper Goes Green for Shrek 2

Ever expect to see Italian soccer star Gianluigi Buffon rubbing shoulders with a large green ogre? In Milan you can.


Raymond Barre, French prime minister and economist, dies

Raymond Barre, a prominent economist who served as French prime minister during the presidency of Valery Giscard d'Estaing in the 1970s, has died Saturday aged 83, his family announced.


A 15-year-old youth opened fire on classmates at his school in southern Argentina, killing three students and wounding five others.


Napoli, 12:54 - CALCIO, NAPOLI: DE LAURENTIIS E SOSA INCONTRANO NAPOLITANO

Alcuni dei protagonisti della "partita del Cuore", in programma questa sera allo stadio San Paolo di...


Cyber scams are increasingly being  committed by organized crime syndicates out to profit from  sophisticated ruses rather than hackers keen to make an online  name for themselves, according to a top U.S. official.


49 Iraqi troops executed, US diplomat killed

BAQUBA, IRAQ, OCTOBER 24: Guerrillas killed 49 unarmed Iraqi Army recruits in one of the bloodiest attacks on Iraqâs fledgling security forces, while in other attacks on Sunday, a US diplomat and a Bulgarian soldier also died.


In February, Apple followed up its wildly popular iPod music player with the iPod Mini. This smaller, sleeker $250 (US) player could hold 1,000 songs and came in five brushed-aluminum colours.


Coinvolte altre otto persone, tra cui due francesi


WASHINGTON -- A new report from the now-defunct Sept. 11 commission details the lax controls on immigration and customs that the hijackers exploited to carry out their plot.


At IMF, US bows to pressure to forgive debt

WASHINGTON With public pledges and in private conversations, Britain managed to smoke out the United States and win its commitment to the full forgiveness of the debts of the poorest countries during the annual meetings of the World Bank and the


Clubs have until midnight to add to their squads before the transfer window slams shut.


Mounting mid-market storage assault Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) is seeking a couple of new resellers to complete its squad to attack the mid-range storage market.â¦


Rehnquist Hospitalized With Cancer in Md.

Chief Justice of the United States William H. Rehnquist is seen in a file photo taken at the Supreme Court Building in Washington Dec. 05, 2003.


Jubak's Journal As scandal shakes insurers, steer clear

Not all insurance stocks are being punished for the Marsh & McLennan price-fixing scandal, but the investigation is just getting rolling.


A software that 17-year-old Blake Ross started building in 2002 has got Microsoft worried. Itâs called Firefox, itâs free, and it beats the pants of Microsoftâs Internet Explorer.


EUROPA/ITALIA - ÂIl dibattito non Ã¨ piÃ¹ soltanto scientifico e politico, ma Ã¨ diventato eticoÂ, cosÃ¬ Mons. Elio Sgreccia al termine del Congresso Internazionale sulle Cellule Staminali Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Si Ã¨ concluso sabato il Congresso internazionale ÂCellule staminali: Quale futuro terapeutico? Aspetti scientifici e problematiche bioeticheÂ, organizzato dalla Federazione Internazionale delle Associazioni dei Medici Cattolici...


International PHP Magazine: Poll Question: The Rules of PHP Throwdown Include

The International PHP Magazine has posted the results from their latest poll of the week. This time they asked the slightly odd question of opinions on the PHP Throwdown event - "The Rules of PHP Throwdown Include".   Seems like the question might have confused some others because the votes were notably lower than in some previous weeks. There was a tie for first place, though - both coming in with 6.8% of the votes were the "You can use PHP4 or PHP 5, MySQL or SQLite, Ajax, HTML, XHTML, and Javascript but no Flash" and "All" options. Dead last with no votes was the "All applications must be licensed with a CC compatible license" option.   They've also posted a new poll for this week asking which of the options you think still ring true when it comes to PHP:  PHP administrators like to compile PHP in Summer Register global is not dead memory_limit is not used PHP applications handle 100 Mb files


NASA says shuttle may re-launch in spring

HOUSTON - NASA officials say they have completed the re-design of a tank used on the space shuttle that should prevent the falling debris problem that led to the destruction of the shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew.


Fashion Review: Ralph Lauren, Fabulous City Slicker

Ralph Laurenâs New York-centric 40th anniversary collection was a vigorous display of imagination and wit.


Uganda's government is to put new peace proposals to Lord's Resistance Army rebels after the end of a truce.


Tom Petty has come home. "Every corner you turn is some kind of memory," said the 55-year-old rocker, who grew up in Gainesville and hasn't played here in 13 years.


ST. LOUIS -- Albert Pujols has won an NL MVP award, a Gold Glove and a World Series. He added a perfect 100 on his U.S. citizenship test to his resume this week.


Top-seeded Roger Federer and No. 5 Tim Henman became the first men to reach the quarterfinals at the U.S. Open on Monday, Federer on a walkover over Romanian Andrei Pavel and Henman when Germany's Nicolas Kiefer retired with a wrist injury.


WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration said Tuesday that China does not meet the technical requirements of a country that is manipulating its currency to gain unfair trade advantages.


Vietnam urges China to take action after guards kill nine fishermen

Vietnam has urged China to severely punish the border guards it says shot dead nine Vietnamese fishermen for allegedly straying into Chinese waters.


Finnish patient gets new jaw from own stem cells

Scientists in Finland said they had  replaced a 65-year-old patient's upper jaw with a bone  transplant cultivated from stem cells isolated from his own  fatty tissue and grown inside his abdomen.


China's leaders are displaying renewed confidence in their ability to control political debate, putting to a vote a toughly contested law on property rights at this year's session of the national legislature.


Nokia, Motorola to cooperate on mobile TV

The world's top mobile phone maker  Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said on Monday it will cooperate with Motorola   on mobile television interoperability and expects more  than 50 million DVB-H devices to be sold globally by 2010.


Vasco canta gratis per i fan In 80mila nonostante la pioggia

CATANZARO, 25 SETTEMBRE 2004 - Il popolo di Blasco non ha paura della pioggia. Almeno 70-80 mila personesono giÃ  accorse alla Woodstock italiana made in catanzaro. Il flusso di arrivi prosegue inarrestabile


A major report on England's secondary schooling will push for "core" skills in number-handling and communication.


Horror movie The Grudge kept its hold on the North American box office chart over the Halloween weekend, according to studio estimates.


HP Investors Unruffled By Settlement; Stock Steady After Accord Reached in Spying Lawsuit

By JORDAN ROBERTSON   Associated Press writer  SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Investors have largely shrugged off Hewlett- Packard Co.'s boardroom spying scandal, dismissing the brouhaha surrounding the company as immaterial to its day-to-day operations and stellar earnings growth in recent months.


Space shuttle Discovery blasts off from Florida

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - The U.S. space shuttle Discovery blasted off atop a cloud of smoke on Tuesday, soaring above Florida marshlands toward a rendezvous in two days with the International Space Station.


Roma, 16:35 - OLIMPIADI, MANCANO 200 GIORNI: L'ITALIA HA GIA' 161 PASS

Il conto alla rovescia prosegue. Mancano 200 giorni all'inizio della 29^ edizione dei Giochi Olimpic...


. (antiTainment) Fox News has asked a judge to allow them to fire the woman that sued talk show host Bill O'Reilly for sexual harassment and to declare that the firing not be classified as retribution.


Serena is first woman in US Open quarterfinals

FLUSHING, NY (Ticker) -- Serena Williams easily passed a difficult fourth-round test. Now she waits to see whether American rival Jennifer Capriati can do the same.


N.Irish Foes Scramble for Final Settlement

Rival Protestant and Catholic parties fought for concessions on IRA disarmament and British troop withdrawals on Monday amid a flurry of efforts to seal a lasting political settlement in Northern Ireland.


Vista: It's heeeeere (for business customers, at least)

Microsoft celebrated its Vista and Office 2007 business launch across the globe today, including a major event in New York.


ADV: Distance Learning Directory - Online Degrees

Bachelor, Master and Post-Grad degrees online from accredited colleges and universities. Business, Education, IT, Healthcare, more. Browse by degree or program. Request info and get started today.


ROMA - Muore bimba rumena, sul corpo segni di violenza

Non era la prima volta che veniva portata al pronto soccorso perchÃ© cardiopatica. E giÃ  i medici avevano notato i segni di possibili maltrattamenti. Ma i campanelli d'allarme non sono scattati. E cosÃ¬ ieri


Police search for two men who ran off after crashing a hijacked beer lorry in west London.


Mittal family forms steel giant in $17.8 bln deal

Lakshmi Mittal, one of the UK's wealthiest men, will merge his steel assets and buy International Steel Group Inc. in a deal worth $17.8 billion to form the world's largest steel company.


Morientes likely headed to Liverpool; Kewell out with injury

Liverpool, England (Sports Network) - Liverpool received some good news (the acquisition of Fernando Morientes) and some bad news (a groin injury to Harry Kewell) on Thursday.


Martin talks - and talks - to international leaders on first tour as PM

Prime Minister Paul Martin. (CP/Fred Chartrand) OTTAWA (CP) - There was a vintage Paul Martin moment at the Kremlin that tells you much about his first major overseas tour as prime minister.


Three Hollywood studios are to use next-generation DVD technology backed by Toshiba, snubbing a rival product promoted by Sony.


Voters in 44 states went to the polls Tuesday to choose roughly four-fifths of the nation's state legislators, with Republicans and Democrats nearly evenly divided and perhaps a dozen states


Vista launch to add 100,000 Europe IT jobs: study

The release of Microsoft Corp.'s   much-anticipated Windows Vista operating system will  drive $40 billion in economic activity and create 100,000 new  jobs in six European countries next year, a study said on  Thursday.


Wall Street plunges on weak retail sales, Citi

Stocks plunged on Tuesday after a record quarterly loss at top U.S. bank Citigroup Inc and a surprise drop in December retail sales fueled fears that the economy was heading into a recession.


N.H.L. Roundup: Hurricanes Capitalize on Advantages Against the Canucks

Cam Ward improved to 5-0 during regulation and the Carolina Hurricanes took over the league lead in power-play goals in their 3-1 victory over the visiting Vancouver Canucks.


U.S. forces raid govt ministry building in Iraq

U.S. and Iraqi forces raided the Health Ministry building in central Baghdad on Thursday and arrested the deputy health minister, a ministry spokesman and witnesses said.


North Korean Refugees Bid for Freedom as Senate Passes Historic ...

In a move that will add to current concerns about North Korea's human rights record, 44 refugees from the impoverished country have sought refuge in the Canadian Embassy in Beijing.


THE bacon sizzled, the eggs crackled and the horses took to the turf for the Breakfast with the Best at Moonee Valley yesterday in the lead-up to Saturday's Carlton Draught Cox Plate.


U.S. Forces Storm Iraqi Town, Say 94 Rebels Killed

SAMARRA, Iraq  - U.S.-led forces stormed Samarra  Friday and said nearly 100 guerrillas were killed in air  strikes and street-to-street combat during a major new American  offensive to wrest control of the Iraqi town.


Narcissistic Blog Disorder and Other Conditions of Online Kookery

The AMA suggests gaming addiction should be considered as a sub-category of internet addiction. But "internet addiction" doesn't begin to cover the realm of bizarre and pathological behaviors the internet inspires.


Bergamo, 21:01 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; PRANDELLI: PECCATO ESSERE RAGGIUNTI AL 91'

Cesare Prandelli rende l'onore delle armi all'Atalanta ma nasconde l'amarezza per la beffa subÃ¬ta da...


Suicide bombers rammed a dump truck packed with 1,500 pounds of explosives into a combat outpost yesterday and then slammed a car loaded with bombs into an Army patrol on its way to respond to the first attack.


Movie Review | 'You Kill Me': One Day (and Dead Body) at a Time

With its shadows and gallows humor, âYou Kill Meâ goes about as dark as a comedy can go before turning into tragedy or self-parody.


Patriots Trade Branch to Seahawks for 1st-Round Pick

The New England Patriots traded wide receiver Deion Branch to the Seattle Seahawks yesterday for a first-round draft pick next spring. Chiefs quarterback Trent Green suffered a "very, very severe concussion" when his head was slammed to the ground after a hit by the Bengals' Robert Geathers and...


We gave you the best ... now we give you the rest.


Long before most of us gave it any thought, Warren Buffett saw danger in the housing industry.


Fashion Wire Daily - My old uncle Joe McGinley, who fought in the war of independence and ended up the senator from Donegal in the Irish parliament, would have dug the latest Tommy Hilfiger collection, whose key fabrics were tweeds from his home county and punchy plaids.


Ukraine's supreme court is expected to rule on Friday on fraud charges in the country's disputed presidential election. The ruling is likely to determine whether a re-vote of the recent


Tim Henman loses 7-6 7-5 to Jiri Novak in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors in Basle.


ATK Composite and Propulsion Technologies Help Launch National Reconnaissance Office Satellite

MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 15  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alliant Techsystems  propulsion and composite technologies supported yesterday's successful launch of a Boeing Delta II rocket carrying a classified payload for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.


Stocks End High on Jobless Claims Report

Stocks rose modestly in uninspired trading Thursday as investors looked past a mix of economic data and falling profit forecasts from from Google Inc.


A report Sunday said pop singer Britney Spears has married her fiancÃ© -- dancer Kevin Federline -- in a surprise ceremony yesterday at a private home in Los Angeles.


Poor nations on front line of operating-system wars

Experts say countries from Brazil to Russia to China are shunning Bill Gates' proprietary Windows operating system in favor of open source systems such as Linux, mounting a major challenge to Microsoft's global dominance.


Sirius Video Service Now Planned for 2006

Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. SIRI.O  said on Wednesday it is planning a children's video service for  cars in 2006, a year later than it had expected, using software  from Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O.


While other fast food chains slow down, McDonald's keeps ringing it up.


LONDON The possibility of a further slide in the dollar and a decline in demand for US assets has become a potential risk to financial stability, the Bank of England said on Monday in its semiannual Financial Stability Review.


India's most ambitious scheme to reduce poverty has disappointing results in its first year, studies suggest.


Mobile music downloads are too complex, execs say

InfoWorld - Buying digital music from a mobile phone is too difficult and the music and mobile phone industries need to improve the process to meet demand, the chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group Corp. said on Wednesday.


Break in weather slows California wildfires

California wildfires that have destroyed 1,300 homes and forced the evacuation of 500,000 people raged into a fifth day on Thursday, but firefighters seized on a break in the weather to largely halt the march of destruction.


How Slick It Is! Fill 'Er Up With Cooking Oil, Not Crude Oil

Why fight for a spot on the Prius waiting list just to drive a green machine? Troll craigslist for an old diesel car or truck -- any diesel engine can run on veggie oil, and the conversion process can be simple.


Qualcomm Inc. QCOM.O may change the  way it recognizes royalties from its licensees, which would  reduce fourth-quarter pre-tax income by $298 million, the  company said on Friday.


UK retail shares slump after poor Christmas sales from Marks & Spencer, sparking fears of a cooling economy.


Baby you're a rich girl: first granddaughter for McCartney

Sir Paul McCartney has become a grandfather for the fourth time after his fashion designer daughter Stella gave birth to a baby girl, his first granddaughter, a spokesman said.


Waterloo is many things. Waterloo was, first of all, and still is, a village, south-east of Brussels.


Red Sox had said they weren't sure if his ankle could be stitched a 3rd time. The Boston Red Sox will try to get Curt Schilling ready for another World Series start.


Two more patients have developed respiratory illness symptoms at the Caritas Medical Centre, bringing the total cases to 30. Among them, six have fever, while the condition of the patient in intensive care is improving.


Russia signs Serbia, wins "pipeline war" with EU

Russia won the right on Friday to route  a major gas supply route to Europe through its ally Serbia, a  move analysts described as marking a Kremlin victory in a  "pipeline war" with the European Union.


A man described as a high-ranking Hamas operative was arrested last week as he videotaped the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, and he then was held as a material witness in an unrelated case, authorities said.


Exclusive: The Pentagon Plans for an African Command

The Pentagon is close to approving a command for Africa, where poverty and corruption make it a vulnerable area for extremists and terrorists


Highlights from the SEW Blog: Sept. 5, 2006

Featured posts from the Search Engine Watch blog, as well as our customary headlines from around the web.


Indians Squirrel Away 4-3 Win Over Yanks

Coco Crisp caused more commotion than a runaway squirrel, diving headfirst for a go-ahead bunt single in the eighth inning that sent Cleveland over the New York Yankees 4-3 Wednesday night, ending the Indians' nine-game losing streak.


Samsung filed a complaint with American authorities over alleged unfair trade practices by Japanese rival Sharp, fueling an intensifying legal battle over flat panel technology.


Stocks mixed: Merck plunges after pulling arthritis drug; C$ rises ...

TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto stock market posted a small gain Thursday, pushed higher by the gold sector, but drug company Merck & Co.


IAEA governors approve nuclear aid cut to Iran

U.N. nuclear agency governors on Thursday approved cuts in technical aid to Iran to uphold U.N. sanctions implemented over concern that Tehran may be trying to master the means to build atom bombs.


General Motors denies report that it plans 3,000 layoffs in Europe

LONDON  - General Motors denied a newspaper report Wednesday that said it plans to cut 3,000 jobs in Europe to offset losses in its operations across the region.


Carolina's Last-Gasp Rally Stuns Toronto

Carolina's Scott Walker scores in overtime after the Hurricanes score twice in the final 1:25 of regulation to give Carolina a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Maple Leafs.


France holds first Bastille Day celebrations under Sarkozy

President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday officiated for the first time over Bastille Day celebrations, with the Champs Elysee parade giving pride of place to military units from across Europe.


Nissan unveils plans for hybrids, other green cars

Nissan Motor Co.  outlined plans on Monday to launch its own hybrid, bio-ethanol and other "green" cars as it seeks to dash its image as an environmental laggard behind Toyota Motor Corp.  and Honda Motor Co. .


Woods on Top at Rain-Soaked Dunlop Phoenix

MIYAZAKI, Japan  - Tiger Woods fired a superb  five-under-par 65 in torrential rain to take a three-stoke lead  after the first round of the Dunlop Phoenix tournament  Thursday.


Protesters urge the withdrawal of Australian troops from Iraq, less than a week before a general election.


US Stocks Open Flat in Pause After Rally

U.S. stocks opened flat  on Wednesday,  pausing after Tuesday's rally, with shares of Research In  Motion Ltd. RIM.TO RIMM.O falling, a day after the maker of  Blackberry wireless devices disappointed investors with its  sales forecast.


U.S. most armed country with 90 guns per 100 people

The United States has 90 guns for every 100 citizens, making it the most heavily armed society in the world, a report released on Tuesday said.


Four hundred mourners today attended the funeral of one of four Royal ...

Four hundred mourners today attended the funeral of one of four Royal Navy aircrew who died when their Lynx helicopter crashed in the English Channel.


Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursday that the Bush administration will more than likely appeal a federal court ruling that struck


A ventiquattro ore dal rapimento dei tecnici friulani nessuna rivendicazioneIn una e-mail il portavoce del Movimento mette in guardia la societÃ  petrolifera                                            Nigeria, il Mend nega il sequestro "Ci sarÃ  una rappresaglia contro l'Agip"                                                                                L'Impregilo chiude i cantieri e ordina il rimpatrio di tre dipendentiAnche l'Eni sta progressivamente restringendo al minimo la sua presenza


Nel nord Sardegna, stavano portando imbarcazione a Napoli


Former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy has poured cold water on an offer from the Conservatives to forge a "progressive alliance" against Labour.


With new cafes and a slick ad campaign, Colombia is rebranding its coffee -- and Juan Valdez is getting hip


SETI@home Signal Story Sees Much More Than Meets the Eye

A recent article in New Scientist magazine, entitled â Mysterious signals from 1000 light years away,â implies that the UC Berkeley SETI@home project has uncovered a very convincing candidate


Four executives from Infineon Technologies have pleaded guilty to price fixing in the DRAM industry, according to the US Department of Justice.


There are three superb seasons under his belt, a couple of Pro Bowl berths speak volumes about his talent, and there's the matter of two Super Bowl rings. So when Richard Seymour tells you he's figured something out about this NFL business, you'd best listen.


Early voters in the Sunshine State begin casting electronic ballots Monday, and it doesn't take long for the first problems to surface.


Sudanese leaders sign peace pact to end Africa's longest-running conflict

NAIROBI, Kenya  - Sudanese leaders signed a peace deal Sunday that - if implemented - would end Africa's longest-running conflict and transform politics in a nation which has spent 40 of the last 50 years at war with itself.


The company said first-quarter earnings rose to $88 million on strong Spam sales and a recovery in its turkey business.


For those who read the disclosures in "Evenimentul zilei", the only piece of news that could follow was that about the "arrest, apprehension, dismissal" of those involved in the case.


Verona, 18:52 - CALCIO, CHIEVO: OUT OBINNA, SICIGNANO, LUCIANO E COSSATO

Il Chievo ha ripreso la preparazione in vista della sfida di domenica contro il Messina. Indisponibi...


Sondaggio Ipr marketing per Repubblica.it sulla fiducia a settembreGuadagnano consensi Bersani e Nicolais. Male la sinistra estrema                                          Prodi tiene, il governa cala Di Pietro il ministro piÃ¹ gradito                                                                                di MATTEO TONELLI


Milano, 15:52 - CALCIO, INTER; MORATTI: BUFFON? NON FAREMO FOLLIE

"Non stiamo facendo pazzie per nessuno e continueremo a non farne". Massimo Moratti, presidente dell...


New PM to complete ministerial reshuffle and set out plans to make government more accountable.


Apple says iPhone to access YouTube content

Apple Inc.'s widely anticipated music and video playing iPhone will allow subscribers to wirelessly stream material from Google Inc.'s popular video sharing site YouTube, Apple said on Wednesday.


Rapper Ma$e Making a Musical Resurrection

Five years after he stunned the hip-hop world by giving up a multiplatinum career for a religious career, Pastor Mason Betha is still talking about a resurrection — this time, a music one.


President Bush, pressing his free-trade agenda on a Congress now run by Democrats, said Tuesday more foreign markets need to be opened to U.S. products.


Medals will be awarded in 20 events in track and field, canoe-kayak, equestrian, field hockey, modern pentathlon, mountain biking, soccer and taekwondo.


Shi'ite militia may have kidnapped Britons in Iraq

U.S. and Iraqi soldiers searched Baghdad on Wednesday for five kidnapped Britons who Iraq's foreign minister said had probably been taken by a Shi'ite militia.


Sports of The Times: No Rewriting Baseballâs Stained History

The Mitchell steroids report finally hangs culpability on baseballâs commissioner and the players union chief all the way down to the most drug-free players who refused to challenge their leadership.


Napoli, maxi-operazione contro la camorra

Maxi-operazione delle forze dell'ordine contro la camorra nel Napoletano. Oltre mille uomini tra Polizia, Carabinieri e Guardia di Finanza hanno preso parte questa mattina ad una operazione a Secondigliano


Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch has spent years thinking about the war in Iraq, both as a senior strategist in 2005 and now as a division commander. He has seen strategies, missions and buzzwords come and go, but he now believes U.S. commanders finally have a feel for the battlefield.


Judge tells actor Mel Gibson "You're on your own"

Oscar-winning film star Mel Gibson, who made worldwide news by unleashing an anti-Semitic tirade during his 2006 arrest for drunk driving, received a judge's approval on Wednesday to serve the rest of his probation without appearing in court again.


NASA on Tuesday postponed next month's launch of space shuttle Atlantis after a hailstorm left hundreds of small dings on the spacecraft's external fuel tank.


Sudan, Chad, CAR agree not to support rebels

Heads of state from Sudan, Chad and the Central African Republic agreed not to "support any rebellion" within each other's countries, Sudan's foreign minister said.


Order to stop nuclear activities angers Iran

TEHRAN - Iran reacted yesterday with defiance to a resolution from the UN's atomic watchdog, rejecting calls to halt sensitive nuclear activities and threatening to block tough inspections if the issue was referred to the Security Council.


Licenziato dirigente che, provocato, picchio' subordinato


Cyclone Olaf hits American Samoan island -- takes aim at Cooks

Super-cyclone Olaf hit American Samoa's Manu'a Islands, with damage expected to be severe, authorities said, as the storm swung towards the Cook Islands.


Local Job ; Cuts Still; in Doubt,; Dell Says

By RICHARD M. BARRON  Dell said Friday it doesn't know whether plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce worldwide will affect the roughly 1,300 workers at its Winston-Salem computer assembly plant.


Cagliari, 11:39 - CALCIO, MORTO POLIZIOTTO; COLOMBA: BASTA TIFOSI IN TRASFERTA

Franco Colomba condivide lo stop ai campionati per la tragedia di Catania: ''Se non si va piÃ¹ allo s...


Luis Hernandez hits his first major league homer in the sixth inning to give Baltimore the lead, and the Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 8-5, on Thursday night.


The Wi-Fi Alliance yesterday warned wireless gear makers not to jump the gun on marketing 802.11n features before the standard is ratified.


Lasting peace uncertain despite Mideast cease-fire

JERUSALEM -- The most intense week of Middle East diplomacy in a year -- including high-profile pressure from Washington on the Israelis as well as Palestinians -- has produced a long-awaited cease-fire but failed to spur any concrete moves toward a long-term peace process.


Presidente 'colpa di quella toga', Quirinale 'ipotensione'


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Trovati sei corpi senza vita in una abitazione a Vancouver


WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- A Pennsylvania education agency strongly rejected a purchase proposal on Monday from student lender Sallie Mae, saying that it is "not now and never will be for sale.


Peacemakers Effort Count for Nobel Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to someone in the Middle East three times, and the Middle East is still in flames. Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar got it in 1991, and is still under house arrest. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev won in 1990, then ordered a bloody crackdown in the Baltic Republics as he sought to save the Soviet Union from collapse.


Earlier Wednesday, Google cut the range of its IPO price to $85-$95 per share from $108-$135 per share and the number of shares that will be sold from 25.7 million to 19.6 million. The cuts mean Google could raise about $1.8 billion in ...


Mithun and Bappi's sons team up for Loot,/i>

Sunil Shetty, who has signed the star-son for Loot, thinks Mimoh dances like a dream.


Last of Mercury Astronauts Remember 'Gordo' Cooper

The last of the seven Project Mercury astronauts who pioneered U.S. space exploration in the 1960s remembered one of their own as a fearless pilot with the "right stuff" in an emotional memorial ceremony on Friday for Gordon Cooper.


COSTITUZIONE UE: VENERDI' CENTRO CHIUSO E CAMPIDOGLIO SOTTO VETRO

ROMA - Tutta l'area intorno alla collina del Campidoglio sara' chiusa al traffico privato, pubblico e anche pedonale, venerdi' prossimo, quando i 25 capi di Stato e di governo dell'Unione Europea firmeranno la Costituzione europea.


Gordon Brown is set to be confirmed as the new Labour Party leader at a special conference in Manchester.


Arizona Diamondback pitcher Randy  Johnson appeared bound for the Big Apple Monday, after Major  League commissioner Bud Selig approved a deal that would send  the five-time Cy Young award winner to the Yankees.


High-seas whaling standoff draws in Tokyo, Canberra

A high-seas standoff between Japanese whalers and militant anti-whaling activists in the icy waters of the Antarctic drew the governments of Australia and Japan into the fray Wednesday.


Rev. Jackson disputes remark about Obama

Jesse Jackson was quoted as saying Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was "acting like he's white" for not speaking out more forcefully about a racially charged schoolyard beating in Louisiana.


Gold rises on firm oil, $620 remains elusive

Gold rose more than $3 an ounce on Monday after crude oil extended gains, but dealers said the precious metal lacked incentives to breach key resistance levels.


Senegal's High Unemployment Is Top Election Issue

DAKAR, Senegal, Feb. 24 -- The seaside highway, one of the Senegalese president's bold building initiatives, winds past the scruffy shop where Barry Mamadou, a 62-year-old tailor, and his two sons eke out a living sewing scraps of cloth into curtains.


President Bush approved yesterday $20 million in direct aid to the Palestinian Authority, as part of a broader White House strategy to pursue peace in the Middle East following Yasser Arafat's death.


Thousands Mourn Kosovo Bus Accident Dead

A fellow student cries during the funeral of 15 Albanian high school students in the central Kosovo town of Malisevo, Saturday, Oct. 16.


A new fuel cell for notebook PCs, more compact and powerful than competing technologies, could be on the market in early 2006 at a price of around $90, its Japanese inventors claim.


(CBS/AP) American forces pushed deeper into the southern reaches of Fallujah, cornering militants backed into smaller pockets of the city.


Immigrant-packed vessel capsizes off Canaries, 50 missing

Rescuers scoured the seas off the Canary Islands Thursday for around 50 illegal immigrants who went missing after their vessel capsized as it was trying to reach the Spanish archipelago, emergency services said.


The police minister denies the pay rise for police was capped to save money for fighting terrorism.


Chandler Tackles Island Fire Coverage: City Council Will Discuss Protection for 1,800 Losing Service From Rural/Metro

By Chris Markham, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Dec. 12--Chandler City Council members will try to figure out a plan Thursday for dealing with about 1,800 county island homes that don't have permanent fire service.


Study: Infants Born By C-Section More Prone To Allergies

Infants born by Caesarean section may be at increased risk for allergies, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from more than 800 full-term babies, all of whom had families with a history of allergies.


A serious flaw in how Firefox handles log-ons could be used by identity thieves to dupe users into disclosing passwords, a noted security researcher says.