Blake on Target as Americans Bounce Back in World Cup

Jason Blake scored the winning goal in  the first period as the United States won their first game at  the World Cup of Hockey with a 3-1 victory over Slovakia in St  Paul, Minnesota on Friday.


Google buys satellite image firm Keyhole

Search giant Google said Wednesday that it has acquired Keyhole, a company specializing in Web-based software that allows people to view satellite images from around the globe.


Bringing a Little Country to the City ; Hobart Urban Nature Preserve Includes a Lake, Wetland Areas, Prairie and a Walking Trail.

By Nancy Bowman Staff Writer  TROY -- Starting next week, people won't have to leave the city limits to get a taste of nature.   Instead, they can drive down Dorset Road to the Miami County Park District's new Hobart Urban Nature Preserve.


Ljungberg tells Arsenal to learn from PSV defeat

Freddie Ljungberg insists Arsenal must learn from their Champions League exit if they are to get back into the competition next season.


Satelitte TV firm BSkyB says it will work with Google in order to develop its broadband services and products.


HP Offers Archive System for Legal Discovery

A combination of hardware and software will create an archive of e-mail, images and other files and then search and retrieve them when needed.


India, Pakistan Leaders Hail New Chapter in Ties

The leaders of India and Pakistan on Friday hailed a new era in often fraught relations between the two south Asian nuclear rivals and agreed to study a joint pipeline project as part of closer economic ties.


EMI signs a deal with YouTube that will allow the website's users to use music videos by EMI artists.


Nissan plans to launch own hybrid by 2010 under 'green' push

Japan's Nissan Motor Co. has said it aims to develop its own hybrid and other 'green' cars as part of a push to catch up with rivals such as Toyota and Honda in energy-saving motoring.


Marsiglia, 22:54 - RUGBY, MONDIALI: ARGENTINA-NAMIBIA 63-3

L'Argentina ha battuto la Namibia 63-3 (25-3) in una gara valida per il gruppo D dei mondiali di rub...


Everyone has been wondering if the lukewarm response to Swades has dampened the Lagaan directorÂs spirits.


More than 60 dead in China mine blast, more than 100 still missing

BEIJING China's government says at least 63 people have been killed in a coal mine explosion, with more than 100 still missing.


An Australian gamer spends $26,500 on a virtual island that exists only in a PC role-playing game.


S.Korea shrugs off North's criticism on atomic issue

South Korea has shrugged off North Korean criticism of the South's experiments with nuclear materials as familiar posturing that would not rule out the mercurial communist North's return to atomic arms talks.


European Parliamentarians voted 449 to 149, with 82 abstentions, in favor of EU President Jos Durao Barroso's new team of European commissioners, Nov.


The company that refused to die It's Alive! SCO is bouncing back from Chapter 11 and taking itself private, thanks to the munificence of a private equity firm.â¦


Penalty for on-air curse drops Earnhardt out of first place

A slip of the tongue on TV cost Dale Earnhardt Jr. first place and $10,000, penalties imposed by an increasingly image-conscious NASCAR.


Voter registration drives aimed at young people are turning 18- to 24-year-olds into an important variable in the presidential election, especially in decisive battleground states such as Michigan — where nearly 100,000 young people have registered in recent months — and Wisconsin, where the numbers are even higher.


The headquarters of Slovakia's main ethnic Hungarian party in Bratislava has been attacked by a smokebomb, The Markiza Television station reported Thursday.


Few presents on offer as Arsenal face Spurs in Premiership

This might be the season for festive cheer, but expect little in the way of charity or goodwill in Saturday's 156th north London derby.


U.S. Tells Civilians to Flee Rebel Iraqi City

U.S. troops urged civilians to flee  Falluja on Friday and launched air strikes on the rebel city  ahead of an assault seen as critical to attempts to pacify Iraq  before January elections.


Segretario, chiedero' a gruppi di fare come in commissione


New Palm Handheld Features More Memory, No Wi-Fi

The T5 is a slim and shiny business device that looks like a stretched-out T3 (3.1" x 4.8" x 0.6" HWD, 5.1 oz), minus the slider design.


MARKET PLACE DreamWorks Animation Raises $812 Million

RIDING the success of back-to-back animated hits, the entertainment company DreamWorks priced shares for its animation unit above the anticipated level, raising $812 million in an initial public offering yesterday.


Despite 11-2 record, LSU had trying 2005

Adjusting to a new coach turned out to be among the least of LSU's problems last season.


Doggedly Persistent, Untying Medicare Knots for the Elderly

Frederic Riccardi is an attack dog disguised as a health insurance counselor.


English language campaigners blast public signs

Campaigners for the English language on Thursday attacked a growing tendency for "obvious" public information posters, such as a police sign urging people: "Don't Commit Crime."


The Security Council passed a resolution on Sudan today holding out the threat of sanctions on the country's leaders and its oil industry if the government fails


Giants running back Jacobs gunning for Patriots

Bruising running back Brandon Jacobs said the New York Giants will try to unhinge the New England Patriots with their effective ground game in Sunday's Super Bowl.


Google, the world's most popular search engine plans to transform the trip to the library into a trip to the nearest computer.


Supreme Court Limits Detention of Immigrants

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on  Wednesday that the government may not indefinitely imprison  immigrants who have been in the United States illegally for  years and cannot be deported to their home countries.


Google Buys Postini in Enterprise Security Play

With its latest acquisition, Google is looking to move more deeply into the enterprise. On Monday, the search giant announced it has acquired Postini, a security and compliance services provider, for $625 million in cash.


Lo testimonia quantita' e tipo di materiale trovato


Serbs choosing course in watershed election

Pro-Western president Boris Tadic and  hardline challenger Tomislav Nikolic vie in elections on Sunday  that will decide who drives Serbia's response to the trauma of  the expected breakaway of its Kosovo region.


'Still very difficult for South Asian actors'

Van Wilder star Kal Penn talks about finding his feet in Bollywood.


Prepare yourself for the new year by tackling tax issues today.


The prolonged slump in housing pushed new home construction in 2007 down by the largest amount in 27 years with the expectation that the downturn has further to go.


Ha battuto il leader dell'opposizione Raila Odinga


I segreti: abiti economici ma glamour e negozi ben arredati


Influenza, a rischio un milione di bimbi

In Italia la prossima sindrome influenzale colpirÃ  il 40% dei bambini. Il virus attaccherÃ  a partire dai primi di gennaio, e sarÃ  meno aggressivo dello scorso anno. I sintomi: dolori articolari e febbre che sale subito oltre il 39.


Nikkei Seen Firming After 11,000 Cleared

Japan's Nikkei average is expected to extend gains on Thursday as investors keep a healthy appetite for blue-chip exporters after a fall in oil prices boosted confidence over the U.S. economy and lifted Wall Street stocks.


Google-Microsoft dustup focuses on Vista search

Google Inc. is arguing that Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista violates a 2002 antitrust settlement because its indexing software is hard to turn off. But an expert says indexing can be disabled easily.


The Dow Jones index ends at a new high of 12,765, beating a record set one day earlier.


Dec. 19, 2004 - He lives in the North Pole and rides around in a sleigh, slipping down chimneys and leaving presents under the tree.


Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has won the toss and chosen to field in the delayed ICC Champions Trophy contest with Kenya at Edgbaston.


LaCie and Samsung launch 40GB, 1.3-inch drives

LaCie and Samsung have partnered and will introduce new 1.3-inch, 30GB and 40GB drives. LaCie said is also introducing an updated version of its credit card-sized USB Key Max drive.


ASIA/THAILANDIA - Consacrato il nuovo Vescovo per la diocesi di Nakhon Ratchasima Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) - Gioia ed entusiasmo nella diocesi di Nakhon Ratchasima per lÂordinazione episcopale del nuovo Vescovo, Mons. Joseph Chusak. Il Vescovo Ã¨ stato consacrato dal suo predecessore, Mons. Joachim Phayao Manisap, Vescovo emerito di...


France says H5N1 bird flu virus confirmed in swans

Tests have confirmed that three swans found dead in eastern France were killed by the H5N1 bird flu virus, the French agriculture ministry said on Thursday, France's first cases of the disease in over a year.


The presidents of Colombia and Venezuela begin crisis talks aimed at ending a serious diplomatic row.


UK Filmmaker Tries New Position on Sex at Festival

Forget the violins and the soft fade to waves on a beach as the sweethearts embrace.


In both novel and film form, âThe Kite Runnerâ recounts a simple yet shrewd story about that favorite American pastime: self-improvement.


In Movie Labor Talks, Past Issues Cloud Future

A decades-old system for paying residuals ignites a new fight.


Asus unveils 'first' music streaming Skype phone

Stream songs to your VoIP box Asus has launched what it reckons is the world's first wireless music Skype phone - a Wi-Fi enable handset that doubles up as a speaker for songs streamed from a PC.â¦


Former world No 1 Marat Safin stormed into the second round of the Thailand Open on Wednesday with a confident 6-2, 6-3 win over Israel's Noam Okun.


FBI investigating laser beams directed into airplane cockpits

The FBI, concerned that terrorists could use lasers as weapons, is investigating why laser beams were directed into the cockpits of six commercial airliners since Christmas.


A Russian soldier is jailed for four years for abusing a soldier so badly he needed his legs and genitals amputated.


Pistons roll over Raptors for sixth straight win

Rasheed Wallace scored a season-high 28  points to lead the streaking Detroit Pistons to a sixth  straight victory with a 98-92 win over the Toronto Raptors at  The Palace of Auburn Hills on Saturday.


New Planets could advance search for Life

Astronomers in Europe and the United States have found two new planets about 20 times the size of Earth beyond the solar system. The discovery might be a giant leap forward in


It started, as if in tacit acknowledgement of just how the far the medium has fallen, with a spoofy opening sketch combining "reality" staples Survivor and Extreme Makeover.


Funeral for Iraq bomb victim bombed, killing 30

A suicide bomber Tuesday targeted a funeral procession for a victim of another bombing, killing 30 people and wounding 38, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.


Update 3: United Aims to Replace Pension Plan

United Airlines' workers are getting formal details on how the bankrupt company wants to replace their traditional pension with a 401(k)-style benefit plan - plus further steep reductions in pay and other benefits.


Palermo, 15:57 - CALCIO, MERCATO; ZAMPARINI: Il PALERMO CEDE GONZALEZ ALL'INTER

Il presidente del Palermo, Maurizio Zamparini, conferma l'ingaggio di Amauri dal Chievo e annuncia l...


Firenze, 15:55 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: SI BLOCCA LOPEZ, NIENTE FIORENTINA

Il Cagliari domani a Firenze dovrà fare a meno del capitano Lopez. Il difensore uruguaiano ha...


European stocks reverse as turbulence resumes

European equity markets gave up opening gains and turned lower, heading for weekly losses of nearly 5 per cent as turbulent trading resumed.


Joleon Lescott scores an injury-time own goal to hand Chelsea the advantage after the first leg of their Carling Cup semi final.


The White House is turning to the Supreme Court for help as the administration fights a challenge to its aggressive promotion of federal financial aid for religious charities


TROPICAL storm Jeanne brought raging floodwater to Haiti, killing at least 90 people before pushing further out into the open seas, officials said.


By The Miami Herald  Feb. 1--The South Florida Regional Transportation Authority will operate a special late night Tri-Rail train to accommodate passengers attending the Super Saturday Blast on Biscayne at Miami's Bicentennial Park.   The park will open at 4:30 p.m.


Washington -- Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta, named Thursday to serve in President Bush's second-term Cabinet, vowed to press a controversial plan to overhaul Amtrak financing in order to end "a drain on the budget.


Garmin's new GPS device helps athletes train

Even though a number of companies are battling for handheld and in-car GPS technology, only a fraction are putting effort into the athletic sector of the industry. Yes, there is an athletic sector of the global locator industry.


Saremmo alle soglie di crisi come Quarta repubblica francese


Adrian Peterson decided to go to Oklahoma instead of Texas partly because of the way the Sooners always handle the Longhorns. This time, he was the reason for it. In just his fifth college game, Peterson ran for 225 yards and made many big plays when No. 2 Oklahoma needed it most, helping the Sooners grind out a 12-0 victory over No. 5 Texas and stretch their winning streak in the storied rivalry to five straight.


The 225m-long `Selendang Ayu' ran aground near the Aleutian islands in the Bering Sea. The environment is at threat, but bad weather is preventing a clean-up.


Florida Gov. Charlie Crist will endorse John McCain, The Associated Press has learned, a move likely to give the Republican presidential candidate a critical boost ahead of Tuesday's primary.


Yen in ripresa contro dollaro e moneta europea


Four soldiers have been killed in Iraq, the US military says, as further violence claims the lives of at least 11 Iraqis.


'Final chance' Iran-EU nuclear talks start in Berlin

Top Iranian top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana have begun talks billed as a final chance for the Islamic republic to agree to a nuclear deal offered by world powers.


Come October, the highest bidder can sleep in Cher's bed. It's one of 700 items from the superstar's Malibu home that will be auctioned beginning Oct. 3. The sale includes furniture, artwork, jewelry, a 2003 H2 Hummer and original costumes by Bob Mackie.


Un gruppo di scienziati della Columbia University ha scoperto un farmaco rivoluzionarioIn primavera forse la sperimentazione sull'uomo: sulla cavie ha funzionato                                            Ecco la pillola contro la stanchezza "Ma la fatica Ã¨ una soglia necessaria"                                                                                di GINA KOLATA


Radioactive Dump Cleanup Needs Action Now

Our view: 16-year delay in removing threat to Colorado River is not acceptable  The U.S. energy secretary made an alarming statement earlier this month.


Ontario reveals plan to broaden child care options for kindergarten kids

TORONTO (CP) - The daily dash between kindergarten and day care could one day be a thing of the past for Ontario parents under a provincial plan unveiled Thursday to dramatically increase the number of available day care spaces.


Report Faults Military Technology in Iraq War

Front-line U.S. troops often lacked  access to surveillance and intelligence data during the  invasion of Iraq because of computer glitches, Technology  Review magazine reported on Tuesday, citing a classified report  by Rand Corp.


ScottishPower announces rises in its gas and electricity prices from next month.


Chinese authorities detained a prominent, U.S.-based Buddhist leader in connection with his plans to reopen an ancient temple complex in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia last week and have forced dozens of his American followers to leave the region, local officials said Wednesday.


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Labor Shortage Pushes Mining Companies to Increase Compensation

Prices for raw materials had languished for years, but the sector is now trying to meet burgeoning global demand for iron, copper and other key commodities.


Australia planning to buy long-range stealth cruise missiles: report

CANBERRA, Australia  - Australia will become the first country in the Southeast Asia Pacific region to be armed with long-range stealth cruise missiles in a move that could irritate its neighbours, a newspaper said Thursday.


Cowboys not winners any more for Parcells

For the first time since Bill Parcells lost his Dallas debut in 2003, the Cowboys have a losing record. Unlike last year, when an early five-game winning streak propelled the Cowboys to an impressive turnaround


Inflazione, nel mese di agosto ferma al 2,3%

L'inflazione nel mese di agosto si ferma al 2,3%. E' quanto rileva l'Istat. I prezzi al consumo rispetto al mese di luglio sono saliti dello 0,2% e del 2,3% rispetto allo stesso mese dello scorso anno. Le


Vick Pleaded for Leniency in Letter to Federal Judge

Michael Vick asked for leniency in a letter to the federal judge who sentenced him to 23 months in prison for a dogfighting conspiracy.


German airline Lufthansa buys a 19% stake in US budget carrier JetBlue Airways for $300m.


EPA Recommends Denying Permit to Stark Landfill

By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Feb. 21--The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is recommending that a southern Stark County landfill where an underground fire is believed to be burning not get a required operating license.


Prince Harry was hit in the face with a camera in a scuffle outside a London nightclub, royal officials say.


Polygamist leader Jeffs still a force from jail

HILDALE, Utah  - From a cell in the Purgatory jail 10 months after his arrest, fundamentalist Mormon leader Warren Jeffs is still God's voice on Earth to thousands of polygamists in this isolated community.


A star running back and five black classmates in Jena, Louisiana, were arrested on attempted murder and conspiracy charges after a fight last year left a white student beaten and bloodied. Many say the incident might not have happened if not for the nooses.


The Mozilla Foundation has released version 1.0 of its Thunderbird open source email client, following up on the successful recent launch of its Firefox web browser, and delivering new anti-spam and anti-virus technology to the desktop.


IMF urges govt to implement proposed tax hikes by next year

âOur advice is rather than having a straight line reduction [of debts], [the Philippine government should] try to achieve it earlier.


The UK military is to review its procedures following the murder of Sally Geeson by a soldier.


Japan to Protest to China Over Intruder Submarine

Japan protested to China on Friday after concluding that a nuclear-powered submarine that intruded into its waters this week belonged to the Chinese navy.


SOUTHFIELD, Michigan  - Mitt Romney scored a breakthrough win over rival John McCain in Michigan on Tuesday, reviving his struggling campaign and scrambling a chaotic Republican presidential race with no clear front-runner.


Senate Approves Gutierrez for Commerce Secretary

The Senate approved Kellogg Co. chief executive Carlos Gutierrez by a voice vote Monday to head the Commerce Department, where he will face pressure to trim the mammoth U.S. trade deficit and stop the loss of manufacturing jobs to China.


More than 40 percent in US take prescriptions

Americans are cramming their medicine chests fuller in an effort to lower cholesterol, treat depression, reduce inflammation and ease illnesses.


An attempt to blast a crippled U.S. spy satellite out of the sky using a Navy heat-seeking missile Â possibly on Wednesday night Â would be the first real-world use of this piece of the Pentagon's missile defense network. But that is not the mission for which it was intended.


Survival after in-hospital cardiac arrest dismal

NEW YORK  - Patients who suffer cardiac arrest while in the hospital and are successfully resuscitated may not live for very long, a study suggests. However, those who receive internal cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have a significant advantage, it seems.


Baseball All-Stars listed in steroid report

The list of major league baseball players linked to performance enhancing substances reads like a who's who. All-Stars and a repeated Cy Young winner are in the Mitchell report released today.


US comedian Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of Frank Sinatra's "Rat Pack," dies at the age of 89.


Iran's judiciary has launched new investigations into the cases of two detained Iranian-Americans charged with endangering national security, citing fresh evidence, a spokesman said Tuesday.


File-sharers face the music in crackdown

The BPI, the UK record industryâs trade association, is targeting people who make their music collection available on the internet, illegally, for other web users to share.


Alcan counterbid talk centers on Rio, Norsk Hydro

OSLO/KUALA LUMPUR  - Norwegian aluminum group Norsk Hydro  and global miner Rio Tinto   declined to confirm or deny reports that they may place separate bids for Canada's Alcan .


Don't mind the mergers. Watch the valuation.


America's Leroy Chiao and two cosmonauts embarked on "an entirely new adventure" late Wednesday night, blasting off from the Kazakhstan desert aboard a Russian Soyuz spaceship bound for the International Space Station.


Solutions to common Windows networking and hardware problems

Use the tools built into Windows XP and Vista to repair broken network connections and device glitches.


Roma, 17:02 - CALCIO, SERIE B: 28/a GIORNATA MARTEDI' 13 MARZO ALLE 15

Bologna-Bari, gara della 27/a giornata di serie B, si giocherà venerdÃ¬ 9 alle 21. Tutte le al...


There used to be a time when you could return just about anything to the store as long as you had a receipt. But now, even a receipt may not be good enough.


urban slang for targeting sarcastic jokes at someone - is coming to television with a reality show hosted by Ralphie May of ``Last Comic Standing.


Radio Canada's Quote "Inaccurate" on Disarming Hezbollah - Lebanese PM's Office

Text of report by Lebanese Hezbollah TV Al-Manar on 16 September  Quoting Lebanese Prime Minister Fu'ad al-Sanyurah, a Canadian radio station said that he planned to disarm Hezbollah.


The average national rating for "Monday Night Football" this season was the lowest in the ABC program's 35 years, though it still ranked among the top 10 prime-time shows for the 15th straight season.


Dead men do tell tales: The late President Gerald Ford believed a successor, Bill Clinton, had a sex addiction and felt Hillary Clinton had "unlimited ambition" but the country was not ready for a woman president.


Mike Weir, who takes a three-shot lead into today's final round of the Canadian Open, seeks to become the first Canadian in 50 years to win his national championship.


InfoWorld - Sun Microsystems on Monday night posted a prerelease, "snapshot" version of Java 2 Standard Edition 6.0, code-named Mustang, which represents the next generation of the Java platform.


FINANZIARIA: SINISCALCO, NESSUNA STANGATA, TASSE SCENDONO

(AGI) - Roma, 16 dic. - Nell'insieme la pressione fiscale scende "dal 41,8% del 2004, come indicato nel Dpef, al 41,2% del 2005". Scende, quindi, di "oltre mezzo punto di pil, nonostante il fatto che abbiamo


Anonymising service flushed out Prosecutors in Germany have seized 10 servers which hosted the anonymising service TOR.â¦


Verizon to drop Bob Marley ringtones after dispute

Verizon Wireless will drop all Bob  Marley ringtones, ringbacks and pictures after being threatened  with a trademark infringement lawsuit, representatives for the  late reggae star's family said on Thursday.


PHILADELPHIA -- The Eagles were on the verge of being eliminated from the playoffs last year when they faced a fourth-and-26 from their 24-yard line, trailing Green Bay, 17-14, with less than two minutes remaining. But a 28-yard Donovan McNabb completion to Freddie Mitchell rescued Philadelphia, which went on to win, 20-17, in overtime.


Univision, Unilever pact for novela-style webisodes

Univision has co-developed  and co-produced a six-episode novela with Unilever's Caress  brand that will become the network's first novela to air on  Univision.com.


Islamic cleric caught in racist shooting on French island

Unknown assailants shot at and almost killed an imam overnight on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica then fled after daubing racist graffiti on a building where he was staying, a prosecutor said.


The BBC's Emma Jane Kirby has a crisis of faith when visiting the Catholic pilgrimage site of Lourdes.


The battle over home entertainment networking is heating up as a coalition proposes yet another standard for the IEEE's consideration.


Three-year-old British girl Margaret Hill is reunited with her parents after a four-day hostage ordeal.


Italian minister adds voice to Soprano chorus of denial

It has won just about every award in television, and an audience of millions around the world.


Mike Baker asks whether government moves to shore up diplomas could backfire.


Reynolds in Hogg Heaven with 'Dukes of Hazzard' Film

LOS ANGELES  - Burt Reynolds and Willie  Nelson are in final negotiations to join Johnny Knoxville,  Seann William Scott and Jessica Simpson in the big-screen  version of "The Dukes of Hazzard."


Virtual communities are as important as their real-world counterparts, many members of online communities believe.


Rice says confident Mideast meeting will go ahead

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday she was confident a Middle East peace conference would take place this year despite Israeli-Palestinian divisions and no commitment yet from the Saudis to attend.


Lycos Europe Pulls Spam-Fighting Screensaver

Analysts say a new twist on the war against spammers in Europe isn't likely to spill across Unites States borders, but is rather an opening salvo more likely to fizzle than to explode.


Bomb in Iraq kills 8 policemen, destroys station

BAGHDAD, Iraq  - A suicide truck bomb killed eight policemen and wounded dozens more at a police station north of Baghdad on Sunday in the latest assault by insurgents on Iraq's security forces, police said.


E sul risparmio: Â«Spengo sempre la luce quando me ne vadoÂ»

Il premier a Genova per il salone nautico: Â«Non c'Ã¨ nessun taglio in Finanziaria. Incremento di spesa del 2%Â». GENOVA - Â«Ho passato una notte insonne pensando alle nostre due concittadine di 20 e 22 anni rimaste coinvolte nell'attentato in EgittoÂ».


Bio-diesel film not to everyone's tastes at Sundance

Activist Josh Tickell has been using and promoting bio-diesel for about 10 years as an alternative to fossil fuels, helping America lessen its dependence on foreign oil.


With shutters clicking and cameras rolling, dozens of people crowded into the Franklin Park Zoo's indoor "tropical forest" on Saturday for the debut of its newest celebrity resident: a tiny 3-day-old western lowland gorilla.


Porn queen Jenna Jameson seeks legal separation

Porn queen Jenna Jameson filed  court papers on Monday seeking legal separation from her  husband of three years, fellow adult film star Jay Grdina, who  headed the business venture she sold to Playboy Enterprises  Inc. this summer.


Want to stay safe on the road? Increase your chances by avoiding these sets of wheels.


Boeing (BA :NYSE - news - research) Tuesday said Spanish carrier Air Europa signed a contract for three more of its 737-800 airplanes.


These are some of the  curious  Friday clashes lined up for this December. Shah Rukh KhanÂs long-awaited film about reversed brain-drain Swades is eagerly awaited.


Market Values: Two Giants, but They Arenât Twins

Being a great technology company is still being learned â the easy way if you own Google and the hard way if your money is in Yahoo.


Vatican Hails Woman Who Refused Abortion

The Vatican on Tuesday praised an Italian woman who died after refusing cancer treatment that would have required her to have an abortion. Rita Fedrizzi died this week, three months after giving birth to a baby boy.


Arafat still critical as Palestinians prepare for power transfer

RAMALLAH, West Bank: Palestinians were planning Sunday for a smooth transfer of power in the event of Yasser Arafat's death at a series of high-level political and security meetings while the veteran leader battled for life in a French hospital.


Police in California say they believe a suicidal man caused a train crash that killed at least 11 people.


Finding Neverland, the fanciful, Johnny Depp-led biopic about   Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie, was named 2004's Best Film on   Wednesday by the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.


Milano, iniziato il processo a carico di 33 persone accusate del rapimentoPresente solo uno 007 italiano. Tutti gli altri sono stati dichiarati contumaci                                          Abu Omar, Pollari e Cia alla sbarra per il sequestro dell'ex imam                                                                                Il legale: "Vuole venire a tutti i costi in Italia per partecipare a questo processo"Ammessa la costituzione di parte civile del religioso e di sua moglie


Il sottosegretario argentino gela le attese dei risparmiatori"Se i risparmiatori non accettano, andrÃ  anche peggio"                                          Tango-bond, Nielsen: "L'offerta Ã¨ definitiva"                                                                                di ELENA POLIDORI


State lets Bay Bridge retrofit bid expire

California's top transportation official said today that the state will reject a current bid for rebuilding the eastern span of the Bay Bridge expire and take new bids.


A suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 38 in one of the deadliest attacks in the capital in months, police said.


Companies face new rules on keeping data

U.S. companies will need to know more about where they store e-mails, instant messages and other electronic documents generated by their employees in the event they are sued, thanks to changes in federal rules that took effect Friday, legal experts say.


Japan Welcomes Decision to Redeploy US Troops

Japan has welcomed President Bush's decision to redeploy US troops overseas, saying the changes will better suit the global security environment.


Cattle culled from a second farm in Egham, Surrey, tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease, the government says.


Wal-Mart Stores offers $4 generic drugs in Florida

TAMPA, Fla  - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's   largest retailer, said on Thursday it would cut the prices of   nearly 300 generic drugs to $4 per prescription starting in the   retirement haven of Tampa, Florida.


Cool Midwest Summer Creates Bigger Spiders

Midwestern spiders always get big as they prepare to lay eggs, but this year they're even fatter thanks to a cool, wet summer that sustained their favorite snack — insects.


E' il numero uno in Francia nel nolo veicoli industriali


Redskins 17 - Lions 10: Post-Game Quotes

The Detroit Lions dropped a second consecutive game on Sunday, falling 17-10 to the Washington Redskins -- and to .500 for the first time this season at 4-4.


Lawsuit Filed by Reservists Against Army

In July 2003, David Qualls signed up for a one-year stint in the Arkansas National Guard. But, when his year was up this past July, he was told that he must remain in Iraq, and that his tour of duty was being extended.


City Opera Pays Tribute to Sills With a Comic â50s Cinderella

The company dedicated the first performance of its new production of Massenetâs âCendrillonâ to Beverly Sills.


Despite the growing economy, consumer confidence has begun to taper off because of the weak labor market, according to a study released Tuesday by The Conference Board.


Roma, 13:35 - CALCIO, INSULTI A CRONISTA: PM ARCHIVIA POSIZIONI TOTTI E CONTI

Il pm Simona Maisto ha chiesto al gip di archiviare le posizioni di Francesco Totti e Bruno Conti in...


Top seed Tim Henman beats Albert Costa 6-4 6-2 in the Madrid Masters second round.


Eissa Sweillem entered Egypt through the breached Gaza border Â but not just to shop at stores. The 27-year-old unemployed Gaza man hopes to buy a fake Egyptian identification card so he can get through security checkpoints and across the desert to Cairo.


Iran must halt atomic work to avoid sanctions: U.S.

The United States said on Tuesday the international community would have to impose sanctions if Iran did not halt sensitive atomic work, and the EU said the latest talks on the matter had been helpful but no breakthrough.


Pop star Robbie Williams calls off six concerts in China, India and the Far East, blaming exhaustion.


Senate leader sees Guantanamo trial bill passing

The U.S. Senate is likely this week   to pass a bill that outlines rules for interrogating terrorism   suspects and bringing them to trial, Senate Majority Leader   Bill Frist said on Sunday.


(CBS/AP) Iraq's Interior Ministry on Wednesday threw its weight behind a reported suggestion by Prime Minister Ayad Allawi to hold next month's national elections over several days, rather than just one.


New Myanmar PM directly behind attack on Aung San Suu Kyi: US

The new prime minister of military-ruled Myanmar was directly behind an attack on opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her convoy last year, the United States charged amid calls for UN Security Council action against the Southeast Asian nation.


Investment Unit Helps Lift Bank of America Profit 5% in Quarter

Retail banking earnings were lower but were offset by investment and private equity banking gains.


There are more reasons to be concerned about the UK  economy than that of any other G7 country, says Andrew Garthwaite at Credit Suisse (NYSE:CSR).


A man with an ax injured the two pilots on a Norwegian domestic flight Wednesday before being dragged screaming from the cockpit by fellow passengers.


Maybe they should call it the "Mama Lisa." Researchers studying 3-D images of the "Mona Lisa" say she was probably either pregnant or had just given birth when she sat for Leonardo da Vinci's 16th-century masterpiece. The clue was something she wore.


Reviews of works performed by Robert Weirich, Andrew Rangell and Lisa Bielawa.


A girl becomes the 11th Thai victim of bird flu this year, dying only a few days after falling ill.


Different Exercise Makes for Different Effects

People too fat or too weak to start normal exercise may get surprising benefits from a downhill stroll, Austrian researchers reported on Sunday.


US Medicare officials sought a compromise with private insurers on Monday by dividing the country into more regions, a ruling that could encourage more firms to broaden


John woke up when the patch of sunlight, which had been moving across the floor for an hour or so, reached his face. Beside him, sharing the sleeping bag, Katja was still sleeping. Katja's friend, Maria, whose room it was, had got up but was still in her pyjamas. When she turned towards him, John closed his eyes again, pretending to be asleep.  When Maria went into the shower, John turned onto his side and hugged Katja, thereby prodding her unsubtly and waking her up. For the next ten minutes, while Maria was in the shower, John tried to persuade Katja to accept some form of intercourse - oral would be quick and make no mess, he argued - while Katja tried equally unsuccessfully to get a few more minutes of sleep.


Freezing, refrigerating breast milk lowers its antioxidant content ...

TORONTO (CP) - Refrigerating or freezing expressed breast milk, a practice many women use when returning to the workforce after maternity leave, lowers its antioxidant content, a new study has found.


A report commissioned by the European Union said Thursday member countries are dismally behind in achieving economic reforms pledged four years ago.


Tony Blair's closet is wide open, and running over. Just days after UN secretary general Kofi Annan called the Iraq invasion illegal PM was forewarned, forearmed and fully aware that he was helping president ...


The death of a Royal Marine killed by "friendly fire" in Iraq was caused by serious military failings, a coroner rules.


41% of Londoners don't care about their pets

68% would be upset if they lost their phone A survey from Carphone Warehouse reveals that those in the North East of England are the most callous about their animals; with the loss of their pet upsetting only 57 percent, while 73 percent of those living in the South West care most - must be all those retirees.â¦


Earthquakes Kill 18, Hurt 1,500 in Japan

A car is overturned in a damaged Route 117 in Ojiya, northwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004. A barrage of powerful quakes jolted the region Saturday evening, killing at least 16 people, toppling buildings and injuring more than 900 others.


Japan's fallen Internet kingpin pleads his innocence

Disgraced Internet mogul Takafumi Horie, who riled Japan's corporate old guard with his brash business tactics, has pleaded not guilty over a scandal at his once high-flying Livedoor firm.


As Tokyo Correspondent Mark Simkin reports, the remains of Shosei Koda were found in Baghdad. "The decapitated body was wrapped in an American flag.


Scientists have cultured small pieces of heart tissue which beat in the same way as the whole organ.


People who suffer from job burn-out may be prone to developing type 2 diabetes, research suggests.


We won't stop, activists tell Japanese whalers

A militant anti-whaling group chasing Japanese whalers refused Wednesday to abandon their high-seas harassment in return for the release of two of its activists detained on board one of the ships.


Accused Zeta-Jones Stalker Pleads Innocent

A woman accused of stalking actress Catherine Zeta-Jones pleaded not guilty Wednesday, two weeks after a judge ruled she was competent to stand trial.


German researchers are testing a highly controversial theory, using a low-carb, high-fat diet to help the sickest of cancer patients


PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. - The stock of World Airways Inc., which flies charter aircraft, took off Wednesday after the company raised its profit forecast citing strong revenue from an Air Force contract and additional commercial bookings.


Kerry and Bush running neck and neck in White House race: poll

As the convention-time boost enjoyed by President George W. Bush began to wane, he and rival John Kerry were again running neck and neck less than two months ahead of the November 2 election.


Italy PM Prodi faces vote of confidence in Senate

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi, his political survival on the line, asked the opposition-controlled Senate on Thursday for an "explicit, principled" vote of confidence in his 20-month-old centre-left government.


Avanti con liberalizzazioni, piu' poteri ad antitrust


Palestinian aspirants honor Arafat rhetoric

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Anyone who didn't know better might have thought that Yasser Arafat was alive and well and running for Palestinian Authority president.


Cabinet minister Patricia Hewitt says the entire Cabinet is sorry for the failings in intelligence used to justify the war in Iraq.


Millions of Ukrainians queue at banks to claim compensation for savings lost in the collapse of communism.


A growing number of contemporary commentators have concluded that Jorge Luis Borges uniquely, bizarrely, prefigured the World Wide Web.


Following the Fallen Biotech Class of 2006

Ever wondered what happened to last year's biotech disaster stories?


I proventi della sfilata andranno a Telefono Rosa e Aidos


Oil recoils after breaking $100 a barrel

Oil fell on Thursday as traders took profits from a record rally that had pushed oil to $100 a barrel two days in a row -- a level that has raised a red flag over global economic growth.


Ole Miss has received permission from the San Francisco 49ers to speak with head coach Dennis Erickson.


Spanish government relies on PESA Cheetah

PESA Switching Systems, Inc. announced that the Spanish government is installing a PESA Cheetah 768x512 router for routing E1, E2 and E3 (2 Mbps, 8 Mbps and 34 Mbps, respectively) compressed data from different ...


Why are criminals still exploiting an 18-month old patched vulnerability?

Nearly two years after Microsoft issued a patch, enough systems remain vulnerable that criminals still including this exploit (and others) in their bag of tricks.


Deutsche Bank Championship: Mickelson Buries Woods to Win Deutsche Bank

Phil Mickelson defeated Tiger Woods on the front nine and held him off down the stretch Monday to close with a 5-under 66 and win the Deutsche Bank Championship by two shots.


Two Albanian hijackers who held 23 passengers hostage on an Athens bus have apologised to the Greek people in court, saying it was a "stupid act", a judicial source has said.


India's second biggest bank, ICICI Bank, posts a 17.5% jump in net profits in the final quarter of 2004.


Casey Mears set a track qualifying record and won his third NASCAR Busch series pole of the season Thursday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.


Sweden Ends Canada's World Junior Winning Streak at 20

Sweden beat the three-time defending champions in the world junior hockey championship at 20o on Saturday with a last-second goal.


Microsoft Corp. and its hardware partners are trying to bridge the divide between home computers and TV sets this holiday season with the release of several "media extenders."


Accra, 20:05 - CALCIO, COPPA D'AFRICA: SENEGAL-SUDAFRICA 1-1

In una gara valida per il gruppo D della coppa d'Africa, Sudafrica e Tunisia hanno pareggiato 1-1. L...


Japan turns down Greenpeace help on whaling ship

Japan has turned down an offer from Greenpeace to tow a whaling ship that caught fire off the Antarctic coast, recalling that activists of the conservation group had boarded the same vessel almost a decade ago.


GOLDBERG ON FOOTBALL: The Eagles gain by winning small

If the Philadelphia Eagles finally reach the Super Bowl this season, their tight victories the last two weeks will probably have more to do with it than their first five easy victories.


Quieting Cancer Gene Reverses Liver Tumors in Mice

Certain genes are known to promote cancer, and one such "oncogene" called MYC is commonly activated in liver tumors. Researchers in California have


Irish PM clinches third term as Greens back him

Ireland's Green Party voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to back a coalition deal that puts it in government for the first time and guarantees a third term for Prime Minister Bertie Ahern.


Bears escape with 34-31 OT win over Bucs

The Chicago Bears earned home-field advantage throughout the playoffs the hard way. Chicago blew a 24-3 second-half lead Sunday and then recovered with big plays from backups Rashied Davis and Adrian Peterson in overtime to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34-31.


World ; Russia defends anti-terror preventive strikes

"Russia is not the only country that has announced the possibility of using or carrying out preventive strikes. I would like to stress that we did not invent it," he added, hinting that Moscow was following a US lead.


SOUTH BEND, IND. - Notre Dame found a familiar way to make its problems go away - beat Michigan. "Anytime you knock off a top-10 team it is a big win.


Police launch investigation into Georgian tycoon death weeks after he prophesised his own demise


Judge orders two Parmalat auditors to face trial in January

Italy's justice system began hearings into the Parmalat scandal which rocked the world's leading financial institutions, ruined tens of thousands of small savers and pushed Italian and EU regulators into imposing tougher rules on high finance.


Cyberonics Investors Press to Elect 3 Directors

A group of Cyberonics shareholders led by Metropolitan Capital Advisors, says it will press for the election of three board nominees.


Gomez hands Rapids win over former mates

Herculez Gomez scored in the 71st minute to lift the Colorado Rapids to a 1-0 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night.


While his competition debates, the actor/senator will jump into the race from Jay Leno's couch


Analysis: China's risks in investing in Argentina

China could be Argentina's next best friend, especially at a time when the country is facing more enemies than allies as it is now.


Wall Street's undertow: drugs and anxiety

Wall Street's push for record profits is ruining careers, tearing apart families and keeping drug dealers busy, mental health experts say.


Stocks fell on Friday after liquidity trouble at a UK mortgage lender put financial stocks back in the hot seat, while downgrades of Intel Corp  and American Express Co  weighed down blue chips.


Bubbly billygoat-bursting boffinry brouhaha at MoD

Caprine-fizzing experiment moratorium outrage The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has finally been challenged by animal-rights groups over a long-running programme of experimentation in which goats - among other animals - have been deliberately given the bends in decompression chambers.â¦


Winning "Game Plan" scores again on DVD chart

In a slow week for new  releases, the top two DVD sellers from the previous week, Walt  Disney Studios Home Entertainment's "The Game Plan" and  Lionsgate's "Saw IV," again topped the Nielsen VideoScan First  Alert sales chart for the week ending February 3.


First Guantanamo detainees to face trial

GUANTANAMO BAY US NAVAL BASE, CUBA - The alleged driver and bodyguard of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is among four men due to face military court proceedings on Tuesday morning, as the Unites States begins trying some of the suspected terrorists it is


Hamas militant killed by Israeli soldiers

A member of Izel Dein al Qassam, armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), was killed by Israeli soldiers in northern Gaza Strip on Thursday.


Clairefontaine, 18:03 - CALCIO, FRANCIA: IN DUBBIO SAHA E GOVOU CONTRO LA SCOZIA

Problemi in attacco per il ct della Francia Raymond Domenech, che per la gara di qualificazione a Eu...


Miami, 11:43 - CALCIO, ROMARIO: AL 99% MI RITIRO A FINE ANNO

Romario, celebre attaccante brasiliano, ha ora 40 anni e sta pensando al ritiro. In questa stagione ...


Argentina left back Juan Pablo Sorin has joined Villarreal from Cruzeiro, the Spanish club said on its website. Villarreal said Sorin's contract will run until 2008 although it gave no details of a transfer fee.


Iraq protests against shelling by Turkey

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


JasperSoft's next BI release helps users customize reports

JasperSoft's next upgrade of its open-source business intelligence suite, due out Nov. 1, will improve the ability for users to create their own customized reports.


Pakistani Shiite Mosque Bombing Kills 19, Injures 50

At least 19 people were killed and about 50 were injured in the bombing of a Shiite mosque in Pakistan's northeastern city of Sialkot, police said.


Sony adds HDTV output to digital cameras

(InfoWorld) - Sony is aggressively promoting high-definition televisions (HDTVs) to consumers and soon it will have a range of digital still cameras to match. Many of the company'sÂ new Cybershot cameras, which will hit global markets in March and April, offer an output for HDTVs. Most current digital cameras support the ability to view pictures on a television set, but this is almost always at standard definition, which is close to VGA resolution of 640 pixels by 480 pixels. More often than not, the original image is much higher quality, so a better image could be displayed on an HDTV if the camera were capable of generating such a video image. That's what Sony has enabled its new Cybershot cameras to do. "We are strongly promoting the importance of high-definition quality," said Kiyoshi Shikano, corporate senior vice president of Sony Marketing (Japan) at a Tokyo news conference Wednesday. "Here in Japan penetration of HDTV is going up every day. It's now almost at 30 percent of households so because of that we're encouraging people to watch digital still camera pictures at the level of high-definition rather than standard level." An additional cable will be required for the high-definition connection. The VMC-MHC1 cable will go on sale on March 9 in Japan for Â¥4,935 ($41) and will connect a Cybershot to a component level input on a television. It can also connect the CSS-HD1 docking unit to a television set. While in the dock the battery in the camera can also be recharged. The HDTV output is available on the DSC-T100, T20, W200, W90, W80, H7 and H9 models. The flagship model of the range is the T100, which combines a slim body with an optical 5X zoom and 8.1-megapixel class image sensor. It has a 3-inch display and will be available in Japan and the U.S. in March for about Â¥50,000 and about $400, respectively. Â


Accusati di concorso in omicidio volontario pluriaggravato


Hobart, 14:56 - VELA, SYDNEY-HOBART: WILD OATS VINCE E FA TRIS

La barca australiana Wild Oats ha vinto per la terza volta consecutiva la Sydney-Hobart, la regata c...


The parent firm of European planemaker Airbus confirms further delivery delays for its flagship A380 super-jumbo.


A college theory about gaining weight, give or take a few examples.


Convicted sex offenders who used the Internet to help them commit their crimes will be banned from using the Internet under a measure signed into law Thursday.


A purported Taliban spokesman said Saturday that the Islamic militia had killed two German hostages, a claim disputed by both Afghanistan and Germany. He also offered to trade 23 captive South Koreans for imprisoned Taliban fighters.


After smoke was spotted billowing from a San Francisco subway tunnel on June 5, the city government swung into action, alerting citizens via SMS to not panic and to expect public transport delays.


Comair says local flights back to normal by Wed.

After canceling 1,100 flights nationwide on Christmas, Com-air said all of its flights will be back on schedule by Wednesday, including its five daily departures from Lansing.


Massive strikes hit S. Africa, and not yet over

More than 700,000 public service workers across South Africa were on strike on Thursday in protest against the government's uncompromising stance in a marathon wage negotiation


Roma, 12:50 - CALCIO, RIVA: INTER NON E' IN CRISI

Gigi Riva sorride a chi gli parla di Inter in crisi: ''Dopo cinque giornate non si puÃ² parlare di In...


Rescue workers searching for a man reported missing by his wife found two bodies in a North Yorkshire cave this morning.


A new Chinese news service launched by Google displays no results from websites banned by China's officials. The search engine that promises to do no evil says why include links that come up empty? anti-censorship advocates are watching.


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

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


With Charley on Their Minds, Floridians Brace for Round 2

KISSIMMEE, Fla., Sept. 4 -- Al Cialella is from Philadelphia, where he always thought of "sturdy" oak trees as symbols of strength. He never knew that in central Florida, the water table is so close to the surface that oak trees have unusually shallow roots. But then Hurricane Charley ripped through Kissimmee three weeks ago, knocking down oaks like bowling pins. Now he knows.


Serena Blasts Umpire After Dramatic Defeat

Bitter, angry, upset and cheated were a few of the words Serena Williams used to describe her feelings after a controversial quarter-final defeat by fellow American Jennifer Capriati at the US Open on Tuesday.


On the Road With Vince Vaughn, Not Just for Laughs

In following a famously acerbic actorâs travels with a group of stand-up comics, âVince Vaughnâs Wild West Comedy Showâ reveals his earnest side.


Texas Attorney Gen. Sues Student Spammer

The state attorney general filed a lawsuit against a 22-year-old college student and his business partner, accusing them of illegally sending hundreds of thousands of unsolicited, misleading e-mails.


Networking Sites Spark Surge in 'Cottage Industry'

By Lauren Shepherd, Associated Press  NEW YORK -- While at a summer barbecue with herbrother and his friends, Joyce Kim checked her e-mail and saw an unfamiliar name.   The e-mail was from a guy she'd supposedly met at a party who now wanted to take her out on a date.


Wales midfielder Robbie Savage described his sending off against Northern Ireland as âthe lowest pointâ of his career. Savage will miss the World Cup qualifier against England


They are slick and gaining popularity, but voice over internet protocol and AJAX have some big security problems that will probably get worse before they get better. Quinn Norton reports from San Diego.


AMERICA - La celebrazione del ÂMese della BibbiaÂ in diverse nazioni: i fedeli conoscano ed approfondiscano la Parola di Dio e possano essere veri testimoni di Cristo nel mondo Roma (Agenzia Fides) - In numerosi paesi dell'America Latina il mese di settembre viene dedicato alla diffusione ed alla maggiore conoscenza della Bibbia, offrendo cosÃ¬ un'opportunitÃ  affinchÃ© i fedeli nelle diverse comunitÃ  approfondiscano la Parola...


NBCâs remake of âAmerican Gladiatorsâ muscled to a strong start on Sunday. The amateur athletic tournament, based on the early 1990s series, delivered the highest ratings among adults 18 to 49 of any new show this season on any network, matching the debut of âHeroesâ in September 2006, Nielsen estimated. In total viewers, however, âAmerican Gladiatorsâ was less impressive, drawing an average of 12 million from 9 to 11 p.m. ABCâs âCashmere Mafia,â by comparison, which made its debut on Sunday at 10 p.m., attracted 10.7 million viewers but markedly lower ratings in the 18-to-49 set. âCashmere Mafiaâ also benefited from a plum time slot following ABCâs âDesperate Housewivesâ (19.8 million), the only show to outpace âAmerican Gladiatorsâ on the night among adults 18 to 49. ABC, NBC and CBS finished in a virtual tie for first in that demographic over all on Sunday. CBS, buoyed by an overrun of its afternoon football coverage during the 7 p.m. hour that was followed by one of the highest rated editions of â60 Minutesâ in recent years (19 million), won the race in total viewers.


Fun and games during Premier League clashes

London - There were tears and jeers during Saturday night's English Premier League matches. Here are the match reports... Champions Arsenal bounced back from a disappointing Champions League performance with


Wachovia says completes Golden West takeover

Wachovia Corp. , the No. 4 U.S.  bank, on Monday said it completed its $24 billion takeover of  Golden West Financial Corp., the second-largest U.S. savings  and loan.


Down and Out and Running Numbers in the Rougher Precincts of Manila

Much like manâs best friend, the rough-hewn Filipino movie âThe Bet Collectorâ chases its protagonist from step to step, misery to misery, all but nipping at her heels.


Up to 15 inches of rain fell in this south Texas town Sunday morning, causing flooding that forced people from their homes and blocked a highway.


US television host Regis Philbin will break the world record for spending the most hours on television on Friday.


General Motors Europe to axe 12,000 jobs

General Motors (GM) is following through with plans to axe 12,000 jobs in the loss-making European division as the car giant bids to trim operating costs by Â£350 million-a-year.


No. 8 Georgia Hangs on to Beat Georgia Tech, 19-13, After Collapsing in Second Half of Game. Georgia quarterback DJ Shockley evades Georgia Tech defender Gerris Wilkinson during the first quarter Saturday, Nov. 27, 2004 in Athens, Ga.


Rumsfeld warns of more unrest in Iraq after elections

WASHINGTON : US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warned Wednesday that the deadly chaos in Iraq will likely continue after the January 30 elections, as the military's top general said the attack on a base in Mosul was apparently a suicide bombing.


Israel plans to build about 740 new homes next year on occupied land near Jerusalem, the construction ministry said on Sunday, despite Palestinian calls for a total settlement freeze.


Suicide Bomber Kills 8 Iraqi Police Officers

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 4 - Militants launched deadly strikes in Baghdad and in the northern city of Mosul for the second straight day on Saturday, with suicide car bomb attacks on a police station and a Kurdish


Senator Says He Urged Removal of Prosecutor

Republican Senator Pete V. Domenici said he had sought the dismissal of New Mexicoâs top federal prosecutor.


World Business Briefing: German Steel Workers Get Raises

ThyssenKrupp and Salzgitter, the largest steel makers in Germany, agreed to the highest wage increases for their workers in more than 10 years. Salaries for 85,000 workers at steel makers will increase 3.8 percent from the beginning of 2007, IG Metall, the steel workersÂ union, said. Wages last rose that much in 1995, when they increased 4 percent. IG Metall had been seeking a 7 percent wage increase for 12 months, while employers had offered 3 percent.


Verizon Wireless to allow abortion rights messages

Verizon Wireless will allow an  abortion rights group to set up a text message alert system for  its subscribers, after initially refusing the request based on  what the company called an outdated policy against unwanted  messages, a spokesman said on Thursday.


Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan stressed religious unity Sunday during his final major speech, saying the world is at war because Christians, Muslims and people of other faiths are divided.


Air France-KLM pledges Alitalia cash injection

Air France-KLM on Monday detailed its offer to buy Alitalia, including a cash injection and promising no new lay-offs, confirming comments made on Sunday by its chairman to Italian newspapers.


Beijingâs Olympic Quest: Turn Smoggy Sky Blue

For the worldâs Olympians, Beijingâs air is a performance issue. For the cityâs estimated 12 million residents, pollution is an inescapable health and quality-of-life issue.


TORONTO (CP) - It was certainly an unlikely ending to the Toronto Raptors' seven-game losing streak, a 96-90 win Wednesday night over the Minnesota Timberwolves in a heated affair.


Pakistanis and Indians evacuate after deadly storms

Authorities in Pakistan and India  prepared for more severe weather on Monday, evacuating people  from low-lying areas, after weekend storms and flooding killed  more than 350 people across the region.


One of two French journalists released from captivity in Iraq says he saw other hostages who were later beheaded.


Hamas gunmen on Friday burst into the home of a top Fatah official in Gaza and arrested him, relatives said. He was the most senior Fatah politician to be detained since Hamas forces overtook the territory in June.


The Securities and Commission is conducting an investigation into circulation reporting in the newspaper industry following several disclosures of fraudulent practices in recent months.


Kosovo appeals to U.S. for independence date

PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo appealed to the United States on Monday to set a date for the province's independence from Serbia, saying Russia had blocked its path through the United Nations.


Shahid, Kareena together on-screen this Valentine's Day

Shahid Kapur and Kareena Kapoor may not be an item any longer but next Valentine's Day (Feb 14) they're Milenge Milenge.


French govt move to ban Monsanto GMO draws fire

French government moves to ban the  country's only genetically modified (GMO) crop drew fire on  Sunday from the speaker of the country's parliament, farmers  and biotechnology industry groups.


Oracle Corp. finally scooped up bitter rival PeopleSoft Inc. after 18 months of legal and verbal strife, ending a nasty feud with a $10.3 billion deal that promises to shake up the business software industry.


ASIA/THAILANDIA - Nomina del Rettore del Seminario Maggiore nazionale ÂLux MundiÂ di Bangkok CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Il Card. Ivan Dias, Prefetto della Congregazione per lÂEvangelizzazione dei Popoli, in data 25 luglio 2007, ha nominato Rettore del Seminario Maggiore nazionale ÂLux MundiÂ nellÂArcidiocesi di Bangkok, il rev. Phi...


Don't play the innocent with me Midem There's another kind of pigopolist, U2's manager Paul McGuinness said today: the giant network operator who profits from music, but doesn't give anything back. McGuinness used a keynote slot at the world's biggest music festival in Cannes today to call for network operators to pay musicians a slice of the pie.â¦


Yahoo said over the weekend that it was opening up its market-leading mail service technology in order to allow developers to innovate on top of the service and build new applications. The move is called one of the largest code giveaways ever.


Graeme Souness's honeymoon period as Newcastle manager continued in the Middle East last night, Alan Shearer helping himself to a hat-trick and Patrick Kluivert scoring twice as


Infineon admits conspiracy in DRAM cartel

GIANT MEMORY company Infineon will plead guilty to price fixing of DRAM chips and will pay $160 million in fines to the US government.


Sepang, 09:35 - MOTO, GP MALESIA; MOTOGP: MIGLIOR TEMPO DI DE PUNIET NELLE LIBERE

Il francese Randy De Puniet su Kawasaki è stato il piÃ¹ veloce nella prima giornata di prove l...


Open source is where the action is in 2007

(InfoWorld) - The pace of change in the open source software business is likely to accelerate in 2007 as developers climb up the software stack from the operating system and databases to applications. Proposals to invest in open source-based software companies increased by a factor of two or three in 2006 over 2005 at Index Ventures, said Bernard DallÃ©, general partner at the venture capital firm. Index Ventures invested about $10 million in open source companies in 2006. These include investments in MySQL, a provider of database management software, and Pentaho, which delivers business intelligence software. For a variety of reasons, software companies are increasingly looking to add value on top of base open-source platforms. The main Linux distributor, Red Hat, is a case in point. The move in October by OracleÂ to undercut Linux distributor Red Hat on price for servicesÂ shows that an open source company is vulnerable if it relies primarily on platform support for revenue. Red Hat made its own move beyond the operating system in June with itsÂ $350 million acquisition of Java application server vendor JBoss. Although JBoss is considered open source software, JBoss, now division of Red Hat, has more control over the source code for its software than Red Hat does over Linux. With control comes a greater ability to monetize the code. "The days of making money off the open source operating system are over," said Cameron Lester, a general partner at Azure Capital Partners LP, a venture capital firm that also has invested in several open-source startups. "These companies have definitely responded to the evolution of the industry." Over the course of the decade the open-source realm has become an incubator for innovative business models. Venture capital money will continue to fuel developments. For example, Zend Technologies Ltd. develops Web applications based on the open source hypertext preprocessor programming language known as PHP. It has received $36.7 million in venture capital, including funding from Azure and Index. Zend has adopted a hybrid business model, participating in the PHP open source community and improving the underlying code, while also offering proprietary Web applications and development tools, said Andi Gutmans, the company's co-founder and vice president of technology. "The big benefit we get from open source is, first of all, we have a huge community that helps us to develop (PHP). We have a very large R&D team, so to speak," Gutmans said. Zend's proprietary products give the company a unique value in the marketplace. For instance, Zend Studio 5.5, launched Dec. 6, offers full lifecycle management of PHP-based Web applications. Members of the PHP community also are a ripe market for Zend's commercial products, Gutmans said. By basing applications on top of open-source software, companies get a built-in adoption and distribution channel, according to Pradeep Tagare, an investment manager specializing in open source at Intel Capital, which also invested in Zend. "As the applications get more and more specialized, the community of developers who can contribute to it becomes smaller," Tagare said. "But, by using open source as a distribution channel, these application companies can really reduce their sales and marketing costs and reduce the barriers to adoption." Intel Capital has also invested in MonoSphere Inc. which uses the open source PostgreSQL database management platform to build its Storage Horizon storage-capacity planning software product. MonoSphere has raised $26 million from various venture capital sources, including $11 million in funding Oct. 25. Building the product on open source made better economic sense than to build it on a more expensive proprietary platform such as from Microsoft. "We basically made a cost decision," said Ray Villeneuve, MonoSphereâs president and chief executive officer (CEO). Open source software also helps Fonality Inc. undercut larger competitors in telecommunications, said Chris Lyman, co-founder and CEO. In January Azure invested $5 million in Fonality, a provider of IP-PBX (Internet Protocol-private branch exchange) telephone systems for small and medium-size businesses. Lyman got the idea for the business when he first launched Fonality. The company was originally intended to be a residential VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service provider. He balked at receiving a quote for $15,000 for a mere 5-phone office IP-PBX from Avaya Inc. "I said, 'That's our new business,'" said Lyman, and changed Fonality's business model to selling IP-PBX systems. Fonality's IP-PBX offering is based on the Asterisk open source program for telephony management. Developing proprietary call management products on top of Asterisk enables Fonality to offer IP-PBX systems for smaller companies at about a quarter of the cost for systems from companies like Cisco Systems Inc. and Avaya. Asked whether he's worried that they will also develop open source products, Lyman responded, "They better hurry because open source is about to eat their lunch." Red Hat sees the open source trend as not simply moving up the software stack, but growing in all directions, said Scott Crenshaw, general manager of Enterprise Linux at Red Hat. Crenshaw sees a second wave of open source innovation in 2007 as virtualization and service-oriented architecture, which enable operation of an IT infrastructure dynamically, become open sourced. "The goal isnât just to move up the stack," he said. "The real goal is to fundamentally change the economics of IT once again."


Liverpool storm back on night of high drama

IN THE most dramatic fashion imaginable, Liverpool last night extended their participation in this seasonâs Champions League. No one at Anfield to witness this triumph would dare question the meaning to Steven Gerrard.


Hong Kong-based firm Hutchison Whampoa is planning to list its Italian 3G mobile phone business on the Milan stock exchange.


A computer hacker apparently broke into a database, leaving 32,000 people uncertain whether their finances or identities might be compromised.


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Chad Johnson and Rudi Johnson both scored long touchdowns as the Cincinnati Bengals stunned the Denver Broncos 23-10 in the National Football League on Monday.


Judge to Decide if French Trader Remains Free

JÃ©rÃ´me Kerviel, the SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale trader accused of losing $7.1 billion in illegal trades, could spend months in a jail while an investigation runs its course.


Republicans, Democrats battle for Senate majority

WASHINGTON - Republicans and Democrats made little headway in their efforts to build up a meaningful majority in Tuesday's battles over 34 Senate seats.


Glasgow, 17:43 - CALCIO, EURO2008; GRUPPO ITALIA: SCOZIA PERDE NAYSMITH

La Scozia, inserita nello stesso gruppo di qualificazione a Euro 2008 dell'Italia, non potrà ...


Gunmen seriously injure a Mexican congressman in Nuevo Laredo, a city on the US border plagued by violence.


Dow Jones -1,29%, Nasdaq -2,21%, euro in rialzo sul dollaro


Centinaia di persone evacuate da case e strutture turistiche


International group sets plan to curb global warming

More than 100 corporate heads, international organizations and experts set out a plan on Tuesday to cut greenhouse gas emissions, calling on governments to act urgently against global warming.


A full scale emergency operation is under way to rescue a Canadian submarine drifting off the Irish coast.


Gunman on run after killing one in Australian city

A man dragged a woman from a taxi by the hair and opened fire with a handgun when three people came to her aid on Monday, killing one person and wounding two in the Australian city of Melbourne, police and witnesses said.


Sharon, Abbas Declare Cease-Fire at Summit

In a crucial step heralded as a fresh start to peacemaking, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas promised Tuesday to halt all acts of violence and agreed to meet again soon to tackle the tougher issues that for decades have blocked the road to peace.


Vietnam dreads heavy damages from EU dumping taxes

Vietnam's shoe industry will face massive losses and lose thousands of jobs due to the new European Union anti-dumping measures levied on its exports, state media says.


Morgan Stanley boss John Mack is reported in line for the biggest bonus ever awarded to a Wall Street executive.  Mack, 62, will be joining Wall Street's exclusive $40 million club with stock and option grants he has coming, the New York Post reports.


No. 15 Texas Women Knock Off No. 4 Baylor

Nina Norman scored 17 points, including eight in a key two-minute stretch late in the second half, to lead No. 15 Texas to a 69-55 win over No. 4 Baylor on Saturday.


EU leaders to offer Turkey deal on membership talks

The European Parliament yesterday called for EU membership talks with Turkey as soon as possible, paving the way for heads of government to make an historic offer to Ankara at a meeting tonight.


US Commander in Iraq Complained of Shortages -Report

The former top U.S. commander in  Iraq complained last winter to the Pentagon that a poor supply  situation was threatening the Army's ability to fight, The  Washington Post reported on its Web site on Sunday.


US Airways employees have already survived two rounds of cuts to salaries, benefits and in some cases, rank. Thousands have been laid off.


Ultraviolet B, Not A, Radiation Triggers Melanoma

NEW YORK  - Experiments with mice show that  ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation does not initiate melanoma skin  cancer, but ultraviolet B (UVB) does.


Girl, 7, killed at the dinner table as Israelis retaliate for ...

A seven-year-old Palestinian girl was killed yesterday as she was eating lunch in her home. Israeli troops had opened fire in response to a mortar attack which wounded four residents of a nearby Jewish settlement.


ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Oakland general manager Billy Beane has spent most of two days here sequestered in his hotel suite. Maybe there will be a puff of white smoke signaling a trade for right-handed ace Tim Hudson


By JOHN HEILPRIN  WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency announced a plan Friday that would do away with most of the smog and soot caused by diesel-burning trains and boats.  It's an ambitious move supported by many environmentalists and air pollution officials.


Charlie Hodgson admits his missed kicks cost England victory against France.


Somali Islamist leader out of Kenyan custody

Top Islamist leader Sheikh Sharif Ahmed -- seen by many as a key to reconciliation in post-war Somalia -- has left the custody of Kenyan intelligence and was reported by a Web site to be heading to Yemen.


Martin at centre stage in sponsorship probe

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Paul Martin was the target again at the sponsorship inquiry Wednesday, as more evidence was dredged up about a 1994-95 dispute over advertising contracts during his term as finance minister.


Local residents feel Tuesdayâs Parkfield quake measuring 6.0

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 struck near Parkfield last Tuesday [Sept. 28] at 10:15 am and lasted more than 10 seconds.


Bush to host Vietnam president in historic visit

President George W. Bush, hosting Vietnam's president in a historic visit, will welcome robust trade ties the United States has developed with a former enemy but also will voice concerns on Hanoi's human rights record.


U.S. seeks more info on Glaxo cervical cancer vaccine

GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday that U.S.  regulators were seeking further information prior to the  possible approval of cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix.


Milano, 16:40 - CALCIO, PROCURATORE GROSSO: VUOLE RIMANERE ALL'INTER

Secondo quanto dichiato dal suo procuratore Silvio Pagliari ai microfoni di Teleradiostereo, il late...


Fed can act again in either direction: Fed's Fisher

Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher on Monday said the U.S. central bank cut interest rates last week to avert an unacceptable economic slowdown and said it could move again, in either direction.


Norfolk Island murder trial struggles to select jury

NORFOLK ISLAND, Australia  - Finding a jury for the first murder trial in 150 years on Norfolk Island was never going to be easy -- residents are mainly descendants of a small band of 18th-century mutineers, related or know everyone.


Zarqawi group renews threat to kill British hostage

An Al-Qaeda linked group in Iraq holding Briton Kenneth Bigley has renewed a threat to kill him unless London meets the kidnappers' demands.


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CHRIS CLARK: There's no end in sight to the soaring tally of health funding promises in the election campaign. In the latest, Mark Latham has come up with a $1 billion dollar parcel for hospitals, and the signs are there's more to come.


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates A collapse at a construction site at the Dubai airport on Monday killed five people and injured a dozen, the Department of Civil Aviation said.


Microsoft reverses its decision to allow Vista Home and Home Premium owners to run the OS under virtualization on the Mac.


Years in Making, a Final Pairing Worth the Wait

The women's final Saturday will be the first time Serena Williams and Lindsay Davenport have exchanged blows in any significant final.


Builder.com.au: PHP exploit code plants itself in GIF

Builder.com.au has a new article today about the recent image issue - the PHP code embedded inside the GIF - that's come up on several sites.   The exploit code slipped through the site's defenses with the aid of a legitimate image at the beginning of the file, according to a blog post on the Sans Institutes's Internet Storm Center. [...] Malicious attackers planted PHP coded exploit script within an image file. PHP is often used as a programming language to create dynamic Web sites.   The article reports that, while this exploit hasn't happened much, the occurrences of it's use are growing with victims in a wide range of classifications - from small personal sites out to a certain major image hosting site. This same issue was discussed here on the PHPClasses.org website as well.


The Prince of Wales is set to marry Camilla Parker Bowles, Clarence House has announced.


Hurricane Frances Edges Into Bahamas, May Hit Florida

Hurricane Frances was edging into the southeastern Bahamas today with winds of 140 miles per hour and is poised to strike the Florida coast early Saturday, according to forecasters at the Miami-based National Hurricane Center.


Dean Opponent Bows Out of Chairman's Race

Tim Roemer, the only remaining opponent of Howard Dean in the race to be chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said Monday he's bowing out of the race — but he offered a warning to Democrats.


Abbassare prezzi a febbraio e marzo per effetto virtuoso


Minute-by-minute report: How big a nail will Brazil ram in Steve McClaren's coffin? Find out now.


Favre leads Packers to OT win over Broncos

Brett Favre connected with Greg Jennings  on an 82-yard pass on the first play of overtime to give the  Green Bay Packers a 19-13 win over the Denver Broncos on  Monday.


At White House, Renewed Debate on GuantÃ¡namo

The Bush administration said top officials were once again debating how and when to close the detention facilities.


Steve McClaren has hailed Peter Crouch's match-winning performance for England in Macedonia as proof that the giant Liverpool striker belongs on the international stage.


It was another great night for the US track and field team as it upped its medal count to 18, just two short of the Sydney Games. The highlight was the sweep in the 200 meters.


Undercut by vastly cheaper labor in neighboring Poland and by increasing global competition, the union at Adam Opel AG acceded to a plan by General Motors Corp. to cut 12,000 jobs throughout Europe.


Greece Arrests 2 for Selling Ancient Jars

Two Greek men were arrested Monday while trying to sell four ancient jars found by a fisherman for a total of $80,250, police said.


Visual Studio 2008 hits the streets one month early

Once again Microsoft redefines the concept of "launch," releasing today the retail edition of a suite that was said to have "launched" last November, though whose "launch party" remains scheduled for late February.


U.S. Air Strikes Target Militants in Falluja

FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. aircraft launched new air  strikes in the rebel-held city of Falluja on Saturday aimed at  killing supporters of a Jordanian militant who has led a  campaign of suicide bombings and kidnappings in Iraq.


A suspension bridge collapses in western Nepal, killing at least six people and leaving scores more missing.


Reeve, who made the role of the superhero his own in the Superman movies of the 1970s and 80s, fell into a coma on Saturday after having a heart attack at his New York home.


Blair is 'Using Our Troops to Boost Bush'

Tony Blair last night stood accused of conspiring to use British troops in Iraq as a "political gesture" to help George W Bush in the US presidential election.


As Hawks Circle, All Sides Seek Compromise

Government officials, environmental advocates and a representative of a luxury co-op building have agreed to meet tomorrow to discuss new lodgings for Manhattan's most famous homeless couple


No. 18 Virginia on Tuesday accepts an invitation to the MPC Computers Bowl on Dec. 27 in Boise, Idaho. The Cavaliers are likely to face Fresno State, also 8-3.


In giugno, calo piu' consistente delle previsioni


EU and Syria initial long-awaited association pact

The European Union and Syria initialled an association agreement that commits both sides to work towards free trade -- as well as against weapons of mass destruction and terrorism.


Wisconsin Teenager First to Survive Rabies

On September 12, 15-year-old Jeanna Giese was bitten by a bat while attending a church service in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. At the time, she declined medical attention and did not receive the course of vaccinations normally given for rabies treatment.


BBVA to Keep Laredo Chairman Jacobs and Back Expansion Plans

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, which agreed to buy Laredo National Bancshares Inc. for $850 million, plans to keep Chairman Gary Jacobs in place at the Texas- based lender and to back his expansion strategy.


Union Leader's Burial to Be in Granite City: Lauded for Rising Through the Ranks

By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Feb. 8--George Becker is returning home.   After decades of leadership in Pittsburgh and Washington D.C., the late steel union leader will be laid to rest Friday in his hometown, Granite City.


Young Banned for Life for Second Offence

SALVO, North Carolina  - Controversial U.S.  sprinter Jerome Young has been banned for life after failing a  second doping test, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on  Wednesday.


By Gloria Goodale | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. "Wimbledon," starring Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany, may be billed as a romantic comedy, but it is also a next-generation sports movie, offering


Avvocato di Saddam arrestato per insulti a tribunale


YouTube brings weirdness to Spain election

If it weren't for YouTube, a man wearing a little black dress and a pearl necklace would be unlikely to get a question in for the leader of the Spanish opposition.


U.S. "likely" to seek second Iran resolution: Rice

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday it was likely Washington will seek another U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution on Iran because of its nuclear program, but no decision had been made.


Locatelli (Prc), era regalo di un artista bergamasco


The 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Sunday began its annual weeklong meeting in Chile, focusing on trade and security.


Vote for Change Tour Reports Strong Sales

Organizers of the Vote for Change tour say they are pleased with initial ticket sales for the politically charged trek and expect shows to sell out by Labor Day.


UPDATE 2-Interstate Bakeries eyes credit issues, stock falls

Interstate Bakeries Corp. (IBC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , maker of Wonder bread and Hostess Twinkies, on Monday said it hired a turnaround firm, delayed filing its annual report


Greenhouse gas emissions have doubled the risk of European heatwaves similar to last year's, a UK study says.


Broadcom finds more options discrepancies

Microchip maker Broadcom Corp.   BRCM.O said on Friday it found more discrepancies in the   dates of past stock-option grants, and expects to record   additional expenses at least double its previous estimate.


Toyota's new signing Jarno Trulli says that being blamed for Renault losing second place in the constructors championship at Monza sped up the switch of drivers on Wednesday.


Update 1: Unilever Sales Fall 4 Percent in 3Q

Unilever PLC reported higher earnings for the third quarter Wednesday but said its business suffered from strong competition, weak demand and poor weather, with sales of Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Lipton Tea falling.


In the Middle East, women directors unspool social commentary

The Monitor talks to three female filmmakers about the trials and triumphs of moviemaking in conservative societies.


Broadcaster ITV is hit by a further drop in advertising revenues for the year.


Lele Mora impresario di attori e fotografo Fabrizio Corona


Led Zeppelin Awarded Lifetime Achievement Grammy

Led Zeppelin got a "whole lotta"  belated love from the music industry on Saturday, earning a  lifetime achievement Grammy in recognition of a career that  changed the face of rock 'n' roll.


China said Tuesday its food and drug safety procedures were not satisfactory and vowed to improve them.


Iran nuclear plant may not start before end-2008

Iran's first nuclear power plant Bushehr will not be operational until at least the end of 2008, Russian news agencies quoted the head of the company building the facility as saying on Thursday.


Novell Joins SuSE Linux, Netware in Public Beta

Novell Inc. gave its NetWare and Linux users a Christmas present by releasing the first public beta of Novell Open Enterprise Server over the holiday weekend.


At least four people were killed and at least two critically injured Tuesday when an explosion leveled a gas station in this southern West Virginia city, officials said.


Republican senators seek Iraq withdrawal plan

Two of President George W. Bush's fellow Republicans in the Senate who seek a change of course in the war in Iraq urged him on Friday to draft plans to begin a possible troop withdrawal by the end of the year.


`Devastated' Radcliffe Delays Decision on Olympic 10,000 Meters

Paula Radcliffe said she'll delay her decision on whether to run in Friday's Olympic 10,000 meters after yesterday dropping out of the marathon in tears with four miles (6.


Hoping to stir up thirst for milk, officials installed advertisements in several San Francisco bus shelters on Monday that give off the scent of freshly baked cookies.


New Food Formula: Tastes Fine, Kills Worms

Kraft Foods is working on a new and unusual product line â food that is not only tasty, but kills intestinal worms.


Visioneers Seek More Aid to Small Businesses

By Dion Lefler, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Dec. 8--Visioneering Wichita expanded its legislative vision Thursday with a plan to ask state lawmakers to provide $830,000 more for advising small businesses.


GM-Fiat Talks Fail to Resolve Rift Over Partnership Agreement

The high-stakes standoff between General Motors and Fiat over the terms of a 2000 partnership moved a step closer to the courtroom on Tuesday.


Some of the firms participating in the Nectar loyalty card scheme may reconsider their membership, a press report claims.


Coca Cola is to allow rivals' drinks in its branded coolers as part of a deal with EU anti-trust watchdogs.


Bush settles on judge for Attorney General

President George W. Bush has settled on former U.S. District Judge Michael Mukasey as his choice to replace outgoing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.


SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - El Salvador national soccer coach Juan Ramon Paredes was fired Saturday following two recent defeats in World Cup qualifying games.


Motegi, 12:49 - MOTO, GIAPPONE; ROSSI: PECCATO, SULL'ASCIUTTO PIU' VELOCI

Non puÃ² che essere deluso, Valentino Rossi. Il 13Â° posto in Giappone ha consegnato a Stoner il mondi...


Spitzer not likely to threaten Marsh's survival

NEW YORK Marsh & McLennan has a good chance of surviving despite the departure Monday of Jeffrey Greenberg, its chief executive, as long as its outside directors understand that removing Greenberg is not the last but the first change they will have to make


Just four months after acquiring FileNet, IBM Corp is releasing the first new version of P8, the J2EE-based content and business process management system, under its watch. IBM claims that the new version, P8 4.0, contains 75 new or improved features.


Access to affordable health care is the top domestic concern among Americans and a majority say the U.S. government should guarantee health insurance to every American, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll released on Thursday.


Suicide attacker detonates car bomb in central Baghdad, 6 killed

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb Wednesday outside a photocopy shop in western Baghdad where Iraqi National Guard applicants were readying their papers before heading to a nearby recruiting center, killing at least six people and


LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) -- PeopleSoft Inc., whose board has spurned repeated hostile takeover offers from Oracle Corp,. got a major boost Thursday when several analysts raised their PeopleSoft financial forecasts.


Per Pianura, luogo sara' fuori discarica e solo per ecoballe


The third hurricane to hit NASA's spaceport in just over a month blew out more panels and left more gaping holes in the massive shuttle assembly building, but overall damage was not as severe as feared, a space agency official said Sunday.


U.S. video game industry growth seen slowing

U.S. video game industry sales growth  is expected to slow in 2008 as accelerated demand for software  is tempered by a decline in hardware revenue, the Consumer  Electronics Association said on Saturday.


Celebrity fashion? No thanks, we're Zara

There are no celebrities in the  studios of Spanish fashion chain Zara, just hundreds of  twenty-something designers copying catwalk lines faster than  their labels can sell them.


Iran wants to brief powers on atomic plans: TV

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to brief the U.N. Security Council about his country's civilian nuclear plans, which the West says is a covert attempt to make bombs, state media reported on Sunday.


Thompson toughens tactics on campaign trail

For months, much of the finger-pointing over negative campaigning in the Republican presidential race has been directed at Mitt Romney.


Setback for Microsoft as Beijing scraps deal

Beijing's city government has cancelled a controversial purchase of Rmb29m ($3.5m, â¬2.6m, Â£1.8m) of software from Microsoft after local rivals complained about the way the deal was handled.


Thai Tsunami Survivors Pray for Dead, Look Ahead

PHUKET, Thailand  - A week after a deadly tsunami  swept away thousands of lives along Thailand's tropical  coastline, people prayed for the victims in special church  services Sunday and spoke of putting the tragedy behind them.


U.S. stocks were set to open little  changed on Tuesday as oil prices rose on concerns that  Hurricane Ivan would disrupt drilling in the Gulf of Mexico,  although Saudi Arabia pledged to keep its crude supplies at a  higher rate in October.


Janicki's Innovative Molds Changes Engineering of Superyachts, Jets

By Dominic Gates, Seattle Times  Dec. 17--SEDRO-WOOLLEY -- Quaint storefronts and a red-brick clock tower beckon mountain-bound tourists to stop in this small town. But a humming factory complex on the outskirts is what draws intense attention from manufacturers around the world.


UNITED NATIONS Annan backs US bid on Sudan resolution Secretary General Kofi Annan yesterday threw his weight behind a US-drafted resolution on Sudan's Darfur region, saying the Security Council should adopt it immediately to stop atrocities. "It is urgent to act now. Civilians are still being attacked and fleeing their villages as we speak," Annan told reporters of the resolution ...


Blade PC start-up manages to nail IBM, ClearCube and Verari

Terawhatchi? Okay, okay. You've heard this before. The world is ready for a blade PC revolution.â¦


China's Communist Party-controlled union is ready to help Wal-Mart Stores Inc. set up union branches at its Chinese outlets "as soon as possible," reports and union officials said Thursday.


Worldâs Wealthiest Let Down World Poorest, Again

Debt campaigners attending this weekâs annual meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have expressed disappointment and outrage over the failure of the


Family and friends gather in their hundreds to say goodbye to five family members killed in a storm.


TOKYO -- Toshiba said Tuesday it will no longer develop, make or market HD DVD players and recorders, handing a victory to rival Blu-ray disc technology in the format battle for next-generation video.


Report: IBM Passes All Major Vendors to Take #1 Position in Disk and Tape Storage Hardware Market Share Worldwide for 2006

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that a new report from leading industry analyst firm IDC shows that for 2006, IBM surpassed all storage vendors worldwide to claim the #1 worldwide revenue share position for combined disk and tape storage products.


Specter Faces Debate Over Judiciary Panel

WASHINGTON Nov 15, 2004 - As Congress returns from its election break to wrap up work for the year, a key focus will be on whether moderate Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.


The Atlanta Thrashers won their first game of the season, ending a six-game losing streak, with a 5-3 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday.


Palm enters low-end phone market with Centro

Palm Inc  introduced its  smallest smartphone on Thursday, making its first push into the  low end of the mobile market in a bid to revive growth  prospects and offer a cheaper alternative to Apple  Inc's iPhone.


Soriano to Cubs; Dodgers focus on Pierre

Alfonso Soriano is focused on bringing a World Series title to Wrigley Field for the first time.


CHARLOTTE, NC -- The release of a video game a recreating the 1963 assassination of President Kennedy has caught the attention of local authorities who say such things desensitize people to violence.


Xinhui (Cina), 19:22 - BASKET, TORNEO 4 NAZIONI: L'AUSTRALIA BATTE NETTO L'ITALIA

L'Italia è stata sconfitta a sorpresa dall'Australia 75-54 (16-15, 33-25, 54-39) in un incont...


A Little Regular Exercise Extends Men's Lives

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 23 (HealthDay News) --  Even a moderate amount of exercise can dramatically prolong a man's life, new research on middle-aged and elderly American veterans reveals.


With vaccine low, local flu shot clinics canceled

Home Health United has canceled the flu shot clinics scheduled for this week in the Madison area in the wake of a decision by British health officials to halt shipments of vaccine from a company


Largest Quake in Weeks Hits Mt. St. Helens

A 3.1-magnitude earthquake shook the crater at Mount St. Helens on Saturday, the strongest quake at the volcano since mid-October.


Gordon Brown visits the north of England as speculation continues about his relationship with Tony Blair.


The European Union Commission on Thursday cleared Mexico's Cemex SA De CV's acquisition of RMC Group PLC.


Migrant Romanian workers leave children at home

Desperate parents are fleeing  the poverty of Romania's countryside in search of work  elsewhere in the European Union, leaving their children behind  to be cared for by others.


Grizzlies Quickly Match Cavs' Offer to Tsakalidis

The Memphis Grizzlies didn't take long to match the Cleveland Cavaliers' offer sheet given to center Jake Tsakalidis.


Howard Dean, rebel firebrand turned Democratic Party head

Howard Dean, the outspoken medical doctor whose run for the Democratic presidential nomination last year spectacularly flared and burned out, surprised fans and foes alike by taking the leadership of the Democratic Party.


WEST VIRGINIA 27, SYRACUSE 6 Mountaineers Roll Over Orange

Rasheed Marshall told a teammate at the start of the season he thought he would break Donovan McNabb's Big East rushing record for quarterbacks against Syracuse.


Lebanon army tightens noose around militants

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Lebanese troops tightened the noose around al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon on Monday, where the army made major advances after a month of fighting.


Chirac chides Lebanon for falling short on democracy

President Jacques Chirac said Lebanon had missed an opportunity for democracy by bowing to Syrian pressure and extending the term of its president through a constitutional amendment rather than putting the ...


Indiana Car Accident Claims Life of Oden's Best Friend

By Bob Baptist, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Jan. 30--Being named Big Ten co-player of the week in men's basketball for the first time yesterday could not have meant less to Ohio State freshman Greg Oden, who lost a close friend during the weekend.


400 illegal immigrants land on Italian island

ROME About 400 illegal immigrants landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa overnight, officials said Thursday, the latest in a wave of landings that has angered the government.


Graeme Souness, a 33-1 outsider for the vacant managerial post at Newcastle this morning, has resigned his role at Blackburn and agreed terms with the Magpies, who he will join on Monday.


Fidelity Investments' flagship equity fund, Magellan, saw assets slip about $496 million in August, to $61.9 billion, primarily a result of investor withdrawals. The fund had a year-to-date loss of 1.56 percent through Aug. 31, compared with the 0.43 percent gain of its benchmark, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Year-to-date through July 31, the fund lost 1.79 percent. According ...


Twelve members of a wedding party were among 31 feared drowned overnight in two separate boat accidents in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Saturday.


Charlotte trumps field with 9.7 percent chance

NEW YORK -- The Charlotte Sting, who just missed the playoffs last season, won the WNBA draft lottery on Wednesday night. After finishing just two games under .500, the Sting will have the first pick in the WNBA draft in April 2005.


Saranno consegnati tra fine 2007 e primo semestre 2008


Bangladesh politician arrested, 20 remanded in graft crackdown

Another Bangladesh ex-minister was arrested while 20 other high-profile political figures were remanded in custody as part of a major anti-corruption crackdown, officials said.


Not too hard to be happy for Red Sox fans

Fortunately I have a syndicated sports talk radio show to exorcise my demons as a Yankee fan after the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series.


Non si arresta la spirale di violenza della malavita. Killer in azione a Melito e Secondigliano. Altre tre omicidi tra Napoli e provincia. Le armi della camorra, come anche sabato quando si sono contati due morti, anche ieri hanno sparato all'impazzata.


New Director of Bosnian State TV Appointed

[Presenter Lejla Zvizdic] The Board of Governors of Bosnia- Hercegovina Radio-Television [BHRT] has granted the approval to the BHRT director-general for the appointment of Milenko Vockic as director of Bosnia-Hercegovina Television.


Johnny Carson Writes Jokes for Letterman

CBS "Late Show" host David Letterman has a secret joke writer -- and it's none other than the retired king of all late-night television, Johnny Carson.


Landspeed Prius Races Across Bonneville Salt Flats

Toyota's Landspeed Prius gas-electric hybrid vehicle debuted at Bonneville National Speed Week, Aug. 14-17, 2004, in Bonneville, Utah as the first production hybrid to race across the Bonneville Salt Flats.


Litvinenko witness Kovtun has acute poisoning: Ifax

Dmitry Kovtun, a contact of poisoned  Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, is suffering from acute  radiation poisoning, Interfax news agency said on Friday,  citing his medical notes.


EU chief appears headed for defeat in crunch vote: party leaders

STRASBOURG : The European Union's new commission appeared headed for defeat in a make-or-break parliamentary vote with a majority of EU lawmakers vowing to veto the executive arm.