CQPolitics.com on Thursday published a story about the 2008 Senate race in Virginia, which will include Democratic former Gov. Mark Warner. How many senators in the current 110th Congress are former governors?


European shares drop as investors take profits

Europe's main stock markets lost ground as investors booked hefty profits they'd won the previous day, dealers said Thursday.


India successfully test-fires a naval version of its Prithvi-III nuclear-capable missile, defence sources say.


Arraignment dates were set Thursday for former HP chairman Patricia Dunn and former HP lawyer Kevin Hunsaker on felony charges in the HP board scandal.


SBC Communications said it will cut DSL prices to just $19.95 a month for people who sign up for its full unlimited local and long-distance phone plans. [Broadband Blog]


IT presence in the UK faces extinction as students shun the sector

Off-shoring continues to take its toll This month has seen the UK's aspiring Prime Minister recycling his views in his Budget Report on the requirements and funding for enhancing the training opportunities and skills to compete globally as a prelude to announcing greater investment in higher education. Some people and organisations, âspeaking on behalf of the UK IT Industryâ, have hitched themselves to this bandwagon in the anticipation that some of the UK Government's proposed increase in its skills and education funding will find its way to the IT industry both in funding terms and in delivering more highly trained and motivated IT professionals.â¦


Senate votes to raise US debt ceiling to 8.2 trillion dollars

The US Senate voted to raise the debt ceiling by 800 billion dollars to nearly 8.2 trillion dollars, allowing the US government to avoid the unwelcome prospect of running short of operating funds.


Palestinian officials say Arafat's condition has deteriorated ...

Yasser Arafat's condition has deteriorated significantly over the past day, and doctors treating him at a Paris hospital remain unsure what has caused the 75-year-old Palestinian leader's illness, Palestinian officials said early Thursday.


We now know who our president will be for the next four years. President Bush has been returned to the White House for another four years.


Japan business sentiment surges to 13-year high but outlook cloudy

TOKYO : Business sentiment in Japan surged to a 13-year high in September, topping market expectations. But the latest Bank of Japan quarterly Tankan


For weeks, his face appeared on television screens and newspaper front pages across the world as he led Ukraine's pro-democracy movement in its extraordinary campaign for fair elections.


After Furor, Network Solutions Stands by Name Policy

Network Solutions is standing by its controversial policy of automatically registering some domain names that are the subject of searches on the companyâs Web site.


European equities opened higher on Thursday as banking and insurance stocks benefited from some solid results, while rallying oil prices lifted the energy sector.


A bomb concealed in a truck destroyed a packed market in central Baghdad, killing at least 92 people and wounding more than 200.


Park leads in Kutztown as records continue to fall

Kutztown, PA (Sports Network) - Grace Park played her final five holes in five-under par Saturday en route to a seven-under 65 and a one-shot lead at the Wachovia LPGA Classic.


Imputato dice, 'indotto a confessare dai carabinieri'


Nigerian Strike Set to Drag Into Fourth Day

A general strike in Nigeria which has raised fears over oil supplies was set to enter a fourth day after a court rebuffed a government request to declare it illegal on Wednesday.


Richer but less happy, we are now a pill-popping people

Comment is free: Jackie Ashley: It will take more than a change in prescription rules to break Britain's growing dependence on antidepressants


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Palace grab first win of season against 10-man Fulham

Crystal Palace notched their first Premier League win of the season with a 2-0 victory on Monday over London rivals Fulham, who played for all but the first six minutes with 10 men.


DC United midfielder Christian Gomez was selected as the Honda MLS Player of the Week by the Professional Soccer Reporters Association (PSRA) for the final week of the regular season which ended on October 17, 2004 (Week 29).


Maxtor's Tufano Resigns as CEO, President

Computer disk drive maker Maxtor Corp. (MXO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said Paul Tufano has resigned as chief executive, president and acting chief financial officer, less


Building a Career Path Where There Was Just a Dead End

NEW YORK -- Barely two years ago, Cristina Rodriguez and her three children were moored on the wrong side of the income gap. A high school dropout, she was making a little more than $200 a week, stapling price tags to shirts and boxing them at a Modell's warehouse. "I didn't use my mouth, didn't use...


They're not obvious and they're not always cheap.


In tempi non lunghi arrivera' determinazione del Tesoro


Verona, 19:21 - CALCIO, CHIEVO: OBINNA SI RIPRESENTA AGLI ALLENAMENTI

Dopo non aver dato notizie di sè per parecchi giorni, il nigeriano Victor Obinna si è ...


In Autism, New Goal Is Finding It Soon Enough to Fight It

Across the country, thousands of toddlers are joining studies that could signal new hope for a baffling childhood disorder.


Once again, the city will pause for four moments of silence to mark the attacks that killed more than 2,700 people. Family members will lay flowers where the twin towers fell, and the names of victims will be read.


PHP Magazine: Latest PHPBarnstormer Issue (#14)

This week's latest PHPBarnstormer has been released by PHP Magazine.


Mars launches a review of its European business in an effort to boost sales and efficiency.


The Treasury tips Ron Sandler to be Northern Rock boss should the bank be nationalised.


U.S. win sixth straight world title in Olympic test

The U.S. won their sixth successive   women's world championship with a 3-0 victory over Japan on   Tuesday, bringing to an end the first test event for the 2008   Olympics in Beijing.


People could be risking their lives if they take even moderately high doses of vitamin E, mounting evidence suggests. The latest study by Johns Hopkins University found people who took even half of the recommended


FALLUJA: US Army and Marine units pushed through the centre of the insurgent stronghold of Falluja on Tuesday, fighting bands of guerrillas in the streets and conducting house-to-house searches on the second day of a major offensive to retake the city


Musharraf claims his leadership freeing Pak from extremism

New York, Sept 21. (PTI):Defending his decision to renege on his pledge to step down as Army Chief, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has claimed his leadership is freeing his country from the menace of


Will your phone become your credit card?

com October 12, 2004, 12:23 PM PT. Wired & Wireless continues its reign at the top spot among IT priorities due to widespread IP telephony and wireless deployment.


Middlesbrough manager Steve McClaren hailed as âsomething specialâ his sideâs stunning UEFA Cup victory over Lazio. Two goals from Bolo Zenden, one either side of half-time, crowned


Il fuoco appiccato dentro la vettura con alcuni copertoni


THE police were in hot pursuit. So he threw the baby girl from his moving car, then took off again. Later, he died when his car hit a road block, the US police said yesterday.


Sharon says he is ready to work with Arafat's successor

Ariel Sharon said yesterday that he would end his boycott of the Palestinian leadership and begin a new era of working with Yasser Arafat's successors.


Britain announces start of Iraq troop withdrawal

British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced on Wednesday the start of the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq just as thousands of additional U.S. troops were arriving there to try to restore order in Baghdad.


THE HAGUE, Netherlands The war crimes trial of Slobodan Milosevic (sloh-BOH'-dahn mee-LOH'-shuh-vich) is being put on hold for a month -- to give the former Yugoslav president's court-assigned lawyers time to ...


Al Gore propone il superamento del Protocollo di Kyoto E paragona la nuova impresa ai trattati sulle armi nucleari                                             La Terra Ã¨ in pericolo ora un nuovo trattato


Google is 'in talks' with Apple over video content for the recently announced iTV device, say reports.


U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said Sunday he hopes inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog will be able to visit North Korea soon after a breakthrough in a snarled disarmament process.


Pakistan has accused a radical group and a Taliban leader. Did they act on their own, on al Qaeda's orders or with elements of the government?


Stocks rally, Dow sets record close for 2nd day

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 123 points to a second straight record close on Wednesday in a rally driven by optimism about the outlook for interest rates and profits.


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Champ Twins, Cards chase one more goal: the home-field edge

The St. Louis Cardinals and Minnesota Twins, who celebrated clinching the NL and AL Central Division titles on Monday, have the same agenda the last two weeks of the season


Suspect in shootings says hunters shot at him first

A Hmong immigrant suspected of killing six fellow deer hunters in the Wisconsin woods told investigators that he opened fire after they took a shot at him first and used racial slurs, according to court papers filed yesterday.


Some big banks report poor quarterly results and many bankers are surprised. Why?


Germany, the UK and Australia increase  aid  for states hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami ahead of a donors'  meeting.


Abbas Gets Boost in Bid for Palestinian Presidency

Mahmoud Abbas's nomination for Palestinian Authority president received a boost from reports that a jailed Fatah party leader, Marwan Barghouti, wouldn't challenge his bid and had endorsed his candidacy.


Two men are being questioned by detectives investigating the murder of a disabled Iraqi Kurdish man in Swansea.


The BBC Proms concert set to take place on Sunday is cancelled after a small fire at the Royal Albert Hall.


Si insediera' lunedi', ha compito di gestire transizione


Tom Brokaw says 'good night' to the anchor desk

Tonight's broadcast is his last in the chair. Making good on an exit plan announced in May 2002, he is stepping away from daily journalism to pursue his varied other interests.


Dino-killing asteroid traced back 160m years

T-Rex was history before he was even born The dinosaur-busting asteroid that slammed into Earth some 65 million years ago has been traced back to a collision between two monster chunks of rock 160 million years ago, out in the main asteroid belt.â¦


Wall Street was set for a flat start on Thursday but stellar results from Apple Computer  will underpin the technology sector ahead of earnings from network computer maker Sun Microsystems .


Wyeth  said Monday it will support a proposed amendment to a national settlement of less serious claims from people who say they were damaged by its diet drugs, potentially resolving much of the uncertainty that has surrounded the settlement.


Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney in an interview Monday dismissed concerns he's too nice to be a viable candidate in a vicious race, proving it by taking a swipe at GOP rival Fred Thompson.


Bush Lauds Economy in Battleground States

NASHUA, N.H. - President Bush boasted Monday of unemployment "dropping every second" in New Hampshire, the lone Northeastern state he won in 2000 and one where an awakening economy could help him in November...


Norwegian police question their first suspect over the theft of Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream.


In New York City and beyond, an operation may no longer be necessary to officially change your gender. And that leads to all kind of quandaries about marriage and bathrooms. By Randy Dotinga.


Il Lazio la regione piu' generosa, seguito dalla Campania


Airline employees, rallying outside the White House, accused the Bush administration Tuesday of siding with airline managers who the attendants said are claiming financial


Group: 2 More Detainees Die in Afghanistan

Human Rights Watch said Monday it had uncovered two more cases of prisoners dying in American custody in Afghanistan, and it accused the Bush administration of "dragging its feet" on investigations that could have prevented the abuse of prisoners in Iraq.


The mood of consumers brightened a bit in January, even amid the constant drumbeat of talk about a possible recession, weak jobs market and falling stock prices.


A former county treasurer was ordered to prison Tuesday for up to 14 years after stealing county funds and losing them in phony Nigerian investments.


D.C. will get an addition to its summertime sports landscape with the arrival of a World TeamTennis franchise,  the Washington Kastles.


The last few years have been a banner time for those inclined to play penny stocks, if only because there are so many of them.


U.N. to ask for $450M in Palestinian aid

The United Nations will ask donor countries to contribute a record $450 million in aid to the Palestinians, whose economy has been devastated by international economic sanctions on the Hamas-led government, U.N. officials said Wednesday.


Volkswagen Says 'No Room' for Wage Hikes

FRANKFURT, Germany Aug. 23, 2004 - Automaker Volkswagen said Monday there is "no room" for wage increases this year as it prepares for pay talks with Germany's largest industrial union.


Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch appears to say he is not interested in launching a rival takeover bid for Yahoo.


By Joseph Marks, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  May 27--Frequent browsers on UND's Web site may have noticed something different the past week.


Wiki Citizens Taking on a New Area: Searching

Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, is launching an Internet search engine based on the same voluntary collaboration that drives the online encyclopedia.


Afghan Militants Say Drop Some Hostage Demands

Afghan militants holding three UN workers hostage began talks with the government and the United Nations on Sunday and the kidnappers have dropped some of their demands, a militant spokesman said.


Research debunks doctrine of large Finnish cities as hotbeds of malaise

Of the large cities in Finland, Jyvaskyla has the most social problems, according to a report by Kuntalehti magazine.


A bizarre relationship between a gecko and a sap-sucking insect is caught on camera for the first time.


Lessing says Sept. 11 attacks not so bad

Nobel laureate Doris Lessing said the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States were "not that terrible" when compared with attacks by the IRA in Britain.


"Aliens vs. Predator" back in deadly sequel

The Alien and the  Predator, monsters from a great science-fiction film and an  above-average one, respectively, have been reduced in "Aliens  vs. Predator: Requiem" to featured attractions in a dull  actioner that looks like a bad video game.


Tropical Storm Kiko could strengthen to a hurricane in coming days and threaten Mexico's western coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said Thursday.


October saw the lowest number of new mortgage approvals in the UK since January 2000, official figures show.


Take That singer Howard Donald is in hospital after receiving a chest injury during the group's tour of Europe.


Dopo aggiornamento piano industriale guadagna 3,97%


FDA Says Stands by Safety of Approved Drugs

The US Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that Senate testimony by a veteran FDA researcher regarding safety risks for five drugs does not reflect the views of the agency.


US accused of cover-up in 3 Afghans' deaths

New cases of deaths of men in US custody here have come to light, Human Rights Watch said Monday, and the group accused the Defense Department of operating outside the


Microsoft Corp. may be the king of the desktop, but the software company's online portal, MSN, is being soundly beaten by rivals Yahoo!


Boeing to Ink $7 Bln Deal with China Air

Boeing Co.  will sign on Friday deals worth up to $7.5 billion to sell 60 of its 7E7 Dreamliner planes to six Chinese airlines, a source familiar with the transactions said on Thursday.


Greek Bus Hijackers Apologize, Say Was 'Stupid Act'

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


Chinese foreign trade surges 750 times in 55 years:

[World News]: Beijing, Dec 26 : Chinas foreign trade has zoomed 750 times since the Communist nation was founded 55 years ago, serving as a major engine for the growth of Chinese economy as well as world trade, Commerce Minister Bo Xilai said.


France's rogue trader freed after escaping fraud charges

Accused French rogue trader Jerome Kerviel walked free after judges placed him under formal investigation Monday for his role in seven billion dollars of losses at Societe Generale but stopped short of charging him with fraud.


The Anfield manager saw Portsmouth snatch an injury-time leveller last night to scupper hopes of a victory which was in demand after Saturday's derby slip-up.


Siazzu: cellule si addestrano in Africa per colpire Europa


Houston Chronicle Clay Robison Column: Challenging Gov. Perry's Vaccine Plan

By Clay Robison, Houston Chronicle  Feb. 19--AUSTIN -- By now, it should be obvious that Gov. Rick Perry's legally questionable order on the cervical cancer vaccine is on a fast track to nowhere.


Verizon soon to face the biggest class action lawsuit yet

Yesterday, a class action suit four years in the making was certified against Verizon Wireless over the company's unfair early termination fees.


Nel periodo aprile-giugno del 2006 rispetto al 2005


SANTIAGO, Chile  - Hundreds of Chileans were expected to file past the body of Augusto Pinochet on Monday, a day after the former dictator, whose 17-year rule polarized his South American homeland, died at the age of 91.


Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday he would meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert next week, keeping alive a U.S.-backed dialogue despite Hamas rocket attacks on Israel and Israeli air raids in Gaza.


WASHINGTON - NASA takes a major step toward returning astronauts to space when engineers this week ship an improved rocket fuel tank refitted to avoid the falling debris that caused the destruction of Columbia and the deaths of seven astronauts.


Paris Hilton's inheritance looks set to shrink after her grandfather announced plans to give his fortune to charity.


Death toll in Hebei iron mine fire rises to 57

The death toll in the five iron mines that caught fire Saturday morning in Shahe City in north China's Hebei Province has risen to 57, said an official with the leading group in charge of the rescue operation.


Drifter denied bond in Ga. hiker killing

A judge denied bond Wednesday for a drifter accused of kidnapping and decapitating 24-year-old hiker Meredith Emerson in the north Georgia mountains.


Obama rockets past Clinton in New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Democrat Barack Obama rocketed to a 10-point lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire one day before their showdown in the state's presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.


Jeff Green had a career-high 30 points, including the winning basket with 13 seconds left, and 12 rebounds to lead No. 9 Georgetown to an 84-82 victory over No. 20 Notre Dame in the semifinals of the Big East tournament Friday night.


Italian dairy giant Parmalat SPA owes nearly $26 billion to creditors including many big international banks, a judge ruled Friday in a decision that will affect who will become a shareholder in the reorganized company.


Greenpeace: Apple still needs to green up its act

Stamping all over Jobs' carbon footprint Greenpeace Netherlands targeted Apple shops in Amsterdam on Saturday with flyers claiming the company has made absolutely no improvements to its environmental policies or practices.â¦


Kmart to Buy Sears in $11.5 Billion Deal

Discount retailer Kmart Holding Corp.  will buy department store operator Sears, Roebuck & Co. in a  $11.5 billion deal unveiled on Wednesday, creating the  third-largest U.S. retailer.


FDA Criticizes Viagra Ads, Prompting Pfizer to Halt Them

New advertising for Viagra that depicts men who take it as devilish drew criticism from the Food and Drug Administration, leading its maker, Pfizer, to say yesterday that it would discontinue the campaign.


Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinian militants on Saturday, the second day of a raid in Khan Yunis, a refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, medics and witnesses said.


The first time Kobe Bryant won this award, he got booed in his hometown of Philadelphia. He picked up his second Most Valuable Player trophy from the NBA All-Star game much closer to his West Coast home — and the Los Angeles Lakers' guard got nothing but love in a city that adores its showmen.


Petite blonde is Japan's reigning munch monster

She's blonde, pretty,  petite but when it comes to food, Natsuko "Gal" Sone is a  monster.


The nation's largest retailer has taken it's first steps into the nascent video download business by offering the Superman Returns DVD bundled with a downloadable copy.


Fears rise for 15 trapped Polish coal miners

RUDA SLASKA, Poland  - Polish officials said on Wednesday they feared the worst as rescuers battled to reach 15 miners trapped in a deep coal mine after an explosion that killed at least eight others.


. (antiTainment) GM got one hell of a publicity boost from giving away new cars to Oprah audience members. The unsuspecting crowd of 276 showed up expecting to watch the taping of the first episode of the


In Pictures: Party's Over For Hollywood's Bad Girls

Hilton, Lohan, Spears and Richie may dominate the headlines, but their careers are in the toilet.


Giants Stun Packers and Head to the Super Bowl

Lawrence Tynes kicked a 47-yard field goal in overtime to belatedly and unexpectedly send the Giants to Super Bowl XLII where they will play the undefeated New England Patriots.


Serbian PM Vojislav Kostunica appears to have suffered a setback in Sunday's local elections.


U.N. Demands Iran Halt Uranium Enrichment

For the first time, 35 nations in the U.N. atomic watchdog agency demanded Saturday that Iran freeze all work on uranium enrichment — a technology that can be used for nuclear arms — and said they would judge Tehran's compliance in two months.


Bufera su Cappon, Petruccioli respinge le accuse al Dg


Hundreds of people gathered Thursday night in Modena's main piazza to pay final respects to Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C's and ebullient showmanship made him the most beloved and celebrated tenor since Caruso.


O'Reilly PHP Dev Center: Writing "Learning PHP5"

The O'Reilly Network has a new article posted for all of those out there that are looking to make writing large documentation/publications much simpler.


Britain confirms sending more troops to Afghanistan

Britain has decided to send a fresh wave of troops to Afghanistan before an expected spring offensive by the Taliban, which reacted by threatening to step up suicide bomb attacks on NATO forces.


RIM shares rise amid Microsoft takeover talk

Research in Motion Ltd    moved higher on Thursday on renewed market speculation  that Microsoft Corp  could be interested in buying the  BlackBerry maker.


Toney-Peter heavyweight fight doesn't shape up as a classic

If James Toney can fight as well as he talks, Samuel Peter will be in a world of hurt Saturday night.


Stuttering Kids Need Help to Cope with Bullying

Parents and teachers need to do more to help kids who stutter deal with any bullying or teasing, according to a speech pathologist.


Nintendo Prepares Weekend Launch of New Handheld

A generation of children grew up  playing Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s 7974.OS Game Boy handheld video  game system, and now that they've grown up, Nintendo has a new  toy for them.


Ichiro Moves Within One Hit of Record as A's Win

OAKLAND, California  - Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki  could only manage a lone hit in five at-bats to draw within one  of the single season record of 257 as the Oakland A's picked up  a vital 3-2 win over the Mariners Thursday.


With Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama now neck and neck in most New Hampshire polls, the former first lady goes door to door, campaigning on the frozen streets of Manchester. The Guardian's US correspondent Suzanne Goldenberg witnesses the new Hillary on display: personable and down to earth


People in Musa Qala say many civilians died in an operation to re-take the Afghan town from the Taleban.


Kidnapped US journalist Micah Garen has been released Sunday to government officials in the southern city of Nasiriyah. Reports say the release came four days after radical Shiite leader Moqtada Al-Sadr started negotiations with the kidnappers.


Some companies are dealing with rising oil costs in unique ways.


Budapest, 18:55 - CALCIO, SI AGGRAVANO LE CONDIZIONI DI PUSKAS

Il vecchio grande ex campione ungherese, Ferenc Puskas, ammalato da tempo, sta peggio. Ricoverato da...


Johnson amazed by England rugby squad uncertainty

Former England captain Martin Johnson said he is amazed at the uncertainty surrounding the composition of the future World Cup squad only three months before the defence of their crown in France.


WASHINGTON -- The price of oil charged to a new high above $47 a barrel yesterday amid nagging concerns about instability in Iraq, the uncertain fate of Russian petroleum giant Yukos, and the world's limited supply cushion.


Suppletive, trionfa il centrosinistra. La Casa delle LibertÃ  ...

"Queste elezioni sono un fatto importante perchÃ¨ daranno un segnale, spero che da questo collegio venga la conferma che stiamo facendo bene e che dobbiamo andare avanti come stiamo facendo, realizzando tutte le riforme che abbiamo presentato agli


The latest champion, and possibly the most convincing.


A crane driver who drove after drinking up to 25 pints of lager is given a suspended prison sentence.


7 Ukrainian soldiers serving in Iraq killed in an explosion

Seven Ukrainian soldiers and one Kazakh soldier serving in the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq were killed Sunday in an explosion, the Defense Ministry said.


Phillies Playing as if This Were the Year

After stumbling out of the blocks with a 4-11 start, worst in the major leagues, the Phillies awakened Tuesday having finally drawn even in the wild-card chase.


Mexican volcano is test bed for trees on Mars

Scientists are using the pine-forested slopes of a Mexican volcano as a test bed to see if trees could grow on a heated-up Mars, part of a vision of making the chilly and barren red planet habitable for humans one day.


Opera singer Jerry Hadley died Wednesday, just over a week after he was severely injured in an apparent suicide attempt, a family spokeswoman said.


Palestinian PM urges Abbas to resume unity talks

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday urged President Mahmoud Abbas to resume talks on forming a national unity coalition after the moderate leader threatened to dissolve the Hamas-led government.


L'Oreal, the world's biggest cosmetics   group, posted a forecast-beating 19.6 percent rise in   first-half operating profits on Thursday and predicted another   year of double-digit percentage growth in earnings per share.


Severn Trent IT dives into the disaster recovery abyss Systems engineers at Severn Trent are working to recover company data after a plumbing catstrophe at the water company's head office in Birmingham caused extensive damage.â¦


Web Site Offers Advice on Accounting Jobs

By Christina Rexrode, St. Petersburg Times, Fla.  Feb. 5--If numbers are your niche, check out Accounting.com. The Stuart  Web site compiles jobs in accounting, credit and collections, finance and  management.


Baseball-Ichiro Breaks Hits Record, Adds Single

The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki registered three singles to equal, break and then add to the Major League hits record with his 259th of the season in a game against the Texas Rangers Friday.


One million copies of the new Band Aid single will be sent to record shops in time for its UK release on Monday.


Juan Pablo Montoya tops the times in the opening practice session at Interlagos.


Tulsa Race Riots Ignite in World Premiere of 'False Creeds' at Alliance Theatre

Playbill - A 1921 portrait of the African-American community in Tulsa, OK, comes into focus in the world premiere of Darren M. Canady's award-winning drama False Creeds, beginning Feb. 9 in Atlanta.


Sweeping plans to reform America's intelligence network have run into trouble after key Republicans in Congress objected to the legislation.


Two astronauts complete a spacewalk to fix a new laboratory on the International Space Station.


Chechnya's New Leader Knows He's a Rebel Target

Chechnya's pro-Kremlin leader was sworn in as president of the turbulent Russian region Tuesday and acknowledged immediately he was a prime target for assassination by separatists.


Louisville, Ky. (Sports Network) - Louisville's Bobby  Petrino has withdrawn his name from consideration in the LSU  search for a new football coach.


Regulators ease restrictions stopping firms owning both TV channels and newspapers in the US's largest cities.


Defeated England rugby squad arrive back home

England's rugby union squad arrived back in London on Monday following their World Cup final defeat to South Africa, looking weary but voicing pride in their achievement.


Dwan Edwards will get the start on Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals in place of injured defensive end Trevor Pryce.


Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan

The Ministry of Defence confirmed that two NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan on Saturday were British, taking to 50 the number killed since the Taliban were ousted from power in 2001.


The co-pilot of an American Airlines  jet that crashed nearly three years ago in New York killing 265  people made aggressive rudder movements that snapped the tail  fin from the Airbus plane, investigators concluded on Tuesday.


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Federer, Agassi Plow Ahead in US-Poor US Open Field

World No. 1 Roger Federer and American stalwart Andre Agassi led the winners Saturday at the US Open, with Agassi one of only two Americans advancing to the third round, the worst US men's performance in history at the event.


Blanchett, Freeman Take Screen Actors Guild Award

Morgan Freeman and Cate Blanchett  were named best supporting actor and actress at the 11th annual  Screen Actor's Guild awards on Saturday as the battle for Oscar  gold entered its home stretch.


Report: Google's social-networking move delayed

The search giant is rumored to be planning a social-networking announcement the week of November 5 related to Orkut, TechCrunch says.


Canadians Confirm a New Case of Mad Cow Disease

Canadian officials said they had found mad cow disease in an animal born after feed restrictions were put in place in 1997.


Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to Estimated $78 Million

MEGA MILLIONS, June 23  /PRNewswire/ -- The Mega Millions jackpot continues to grow. Friday's drawing produced a total of 523,344 Mega Millions winning tickets in 12 states, including eight tickets that came within one number of winning it all.


U.S. stocks rose on Friday, ending the week with gains after data showed a healthy job market while Citigroup Inc.  shares surged on speculation the company may divest some businesses and shake up senior management.


CIGS aren't on the market yet, but there's a lot of money floating around. And the Miasole layoff rumors aren't true, says company.


Senators Criticize Regulators Over New Mortgages

At a Senate Banking Committee hearing yesterday, legislators and consumer advocates prodded federal banking regulators to move more quickly to put restrictions on non-traditional mortgage lending, because, they said, the new kinds of mortgages may place borrowers and lenders at financial risk.


Lucian Freud's portrait of a naked, pregnant Kate Moss is expected to fetch up to $6.4 million when it is auctioned next year, Christie's auction house said.


Matt Carle and Christian Ehrhoff both scored in the first period and the San Jose Sharks beat the New York Islanders 2-0 on Saturday night.


Henkel KGaA has agreed to sell back a  29-percent stake in U.S. cleaning products maker Clorox Co. for  $2.84 billion in cash and assets, helping the German soaps and  adhesives group finance its buy of U.S. detergents and  cosmetics group Dial Corp.


Consumer prices calmed in November, helped by smaller hikes in energy and food. That means the Federal Reserve probably will continue raising interest rates only gradually to keep inflation under control.


EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - On a night when the Patriots made a full-on assault on the NFL history book, punctuating their perfect 16-0 regular season with a 38-35 victory over the New York Giants, it seemed it was the littlest things that mattered most.


Orbital Traffic Jam Looms for Space Station

WASHINGTON — The maiden flight of an unmanned European cargo ship is just one of several of tightly-packed arrivals and departures coming up for the International Space Station (ISS).


Why China's about to give India a run for its money.


By MICK HINTON World Capitol Bureau  The measure would limit the attorney general's power to sue the poultry industry.   OKLAHOMA CITY -- A bill that would curb the power of the attorney general to sue poultry companies was stalled in a House subcommittee on Monday.    Rep.


Israel levels new accusations against Syria

Without acknowledging responsibility for the car-bombing death of a Hamas activist in Syria, Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Zeev Boim yesterday issued a toughly worded


Authorities were trying to negotiate Wednesday evening with a man suspected of shooting and wounding at least three people in an apparent domestic dispute, then holing himself up in a home, possibly with a child hostage, officials and residents said.


India leader schedules first visit to Kashmir

NEW DELHI Ahead of crucial peace talks with Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India is scheduled to visit Kashmir on Wednesday in a diplomatic offensive after pledging to cut the number of troops deployed in that strife-torn region.


Fans of Star Trek will be able to explore the final frontier in a multi-player online game based on the TV series.


Video Games Go Live for Annual Awards Show

A felon will host, a Playboy model  will work the red carpet, and "the most destructive band in  history" will play on the first major live video game awards  show, airing on Spike TV on Tuesday.


Fla. angler lands what may be record shark

Fishing Capt. Bucky Dennis has been trying to catch a record hammerhead shark for 10 years. He may have finally succeeded.


TUNCELI, Turkey  - Kurdish rebels killed at least 12 Turkish soldiers and wounded 16 others in an ambush on Sunday, prompting Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to call crisis talks to consider a military strike against rebel bases in Iraq.


Mantova, 19:28 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: ALLA RIRPESA SOLO NOSELLI A PARTE

Ripresa degli allenamenti per il Mantova dopo il ko di Bologna. Il tecnico Tesser ha fatto svolgere ...


Chip maker Tripath Technology Inc. on Friday said its third-quarter loss will be wider than expected on lower revenue due to an inventory charge, and said it may restate revenue for the second quarter.


At Whittier Farms dairy, the fifth-generation owners brag of the quality of their cows and still deliver milk to your door, in glass bottles. Customers like the products because they are a hormone-free taste of old New England.


Iran leader under fire for gas shortages

Iran's supreme leader Monday reversed a decision by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and ordered him to implement a law supplying natural gas to remote villages amid rising dissatisfaction with the president's performance.


Texas Cops Undress to Catch Prostitution

HOUSTON - Some suspects in prostitution investigations are confronting naked justice. A prosecutor says police are now allowed to undress in an effort to persuade suspected prostitutes to negotiate sex acts.


Slovak PM slams U.S. for missile defense "adventure"

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico  criticized the United States for bypassing NATO with a plan to  deploy a missile defense system in central Europe, calling the  project an adventure.


NABLUS, West Bank, Jan. 3 -- Israeli forces launched military operations in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank early Thursday, hours before a Katyusha rocket fired from Gaza crashed down harmlessly near the Israeli city of Ashkelon.


Altria may spin off some cigarette business: report

The board of the parent company of  Philip Morris USA and Philip Morris International is to meet  next week to decide whether to spin off the international arm  of its cigarette business, The New York Times reported on  Saturday.


Farting Herring, Suicides Garner Ig Nobels

Oct. 1, 2004 - A research team that showed herring communicate by farting and the authors of a study on the effect of country music on suicide were among the winners of the 2004 Ig Nobel prize.


U.S. Treasury prices climbed on  Thursday after an increase in jobless claims, though the rally  seemed to lack conviction as investors awaited more conclusive  data on the labor market.


Coal mine gas explosion kills miners in northern China

Beijing (VNA) - A gas explosion occurred on Thursday afternoon at a small colliery in Yangyuan City of Shanxi Province, north China, killing 33 miners.


A federal judge on Tuesday agreed to Martha Stewart's request to start serving her prison term as soon as possible for lying about a suspicious stock sale -- meaning the homemaking icon will be out in time to plant her beloved spring garden.


Saudi ambassador to United States resigns: official

Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, Prince Turki al-Faisal, has resigned his post after just 15 months on the job and returned home, an official from the Saudi Embassy said on Tuesday.


Barrichello grabs inaugural pole in Shanghai

Shanghai, China (Sports Network) - Rubens Barrichello won the pole for Sunday's Grand Prix of China Formula One race. The No.2 Ferrari driver circled the 3.387-mile, 14-turn Shanghai International Circuit in one minute, 34.


Castro decrees US dollar off-limits for transactions

Communist Cuba said adios yesterday to the Yankee dollar that shored up its struggling economy for a decade, launching a two-week process to eliminate the US currency from its stores


Memo to Hillary Rodham Clinton: Your deputy campaign manager was right.


Giants' road show surges past Bucs 24-14

The New York Giants' rousing road show powered through Tampa Bay. Now it heads to the only place where it flopped: Dallas. The Giants moved to 8-1 away from home with a dominating 24-14 NFC-wild-card playoff victory over Tampa Bay on Sunday.


IT & BPO may hog headlines, WEF index puts India at 55th

NEW DELHI: India ranks 55th in a World Economic Forum ranking of 104 countries in terms of growth competitiveness. As per the WEFâs Global Competitiveness Report 2004-05, Finland, home to Nokia, is the world


DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah Sept. 8, 2004 - A space capsule holding atoms collected from solar wind was en route to a tricky rendezvous with Earth, offering scientists the first material NASA has brought back from space in nearly three decades.


Willingham out as Irish coach Firing could have local ...

Tuesday's abrupt firing of Notre Dame coach Tyrone Willingham resonated across the college football landscape, with ripples potentially stretching all the way to the Bay Area.


Schwab's Slump Continues With $ 41M Loss

Slumping stock broker Charles Schwab Corp. suffered a third-quarter loss of $41 million, reflecting the costs of an expansion gone awry.


Ronny Paulino's bases-loaded double highlighted the Pittsburgh Pirates' biggest rally in nearly three years Friday night, an eight-run splurge in the 10th inning that set up a 10-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.


A ship containing toxic power station waste has sunk after being moored in a Turkish harbour for four years. The Ulla had sat in the port of Iskenderun in south-eastern Turkey amid confusion over the ship's future.


Tributes for Arafat Focus on Efforts for Palestinian State

From the Vatican to the Palestinian refugee camps of Jordan, tributes poured in today for Yasir Arafat, a man regarded as an international leader by many and a terrorist by others.


Lanci di sassi e molotov, feriti tra i dimostranti


Chinese Court Rejects Appeal by Researcher for The Times

A Beijing appeals court upheld a fraud conviction against a Chinese researcher for The New York Times.


A& P Parent Agrees to Buy  Pathmark Grocery Chain

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., the owner of A&P, Super Fresh and Food Emporium supermarkets, agreed to buy Pathmark Stores for $1.3 billion to create the largest grocery chain in the Northeast.


Israel Agrees to Free 170 Palestinian Prisoners

Israel has agreed to release 170 Palestinian prisoners to show goodwill ahead of a Palestinian election and as a gesture to Egypt for freeing a convicted Israeli spy, officials said Sunday.


Eta bomb scare clears Madrid stadium as Real play Basques

About 70,000 football fans were forced to evacuate Real Madrid's Santiago BernabÃ©u stadium last night when the police stopped a league game because of a bomb threat purporting to come from the Basque separatist group Eta.


FDA Warns Glaxo on Hypertension Drug Marketing

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned GlaxoSmithKline Plc  on Thursday over misleading advertisements touting its hypertension drug called Coreg.


Bergamo, 17:55 - CALCIO, TORINO; ZACCHERONI: VITTORIA MERITATA

Il Toro vince anche in trasferta e fa sorridere Zaccheroni: ''La prima vittoria in trasferta? E' una...


Tecmo's new game is undoubtedly one of the most highly anticipated games at this year's Tokyo Game Show.


Presidente di Confindustria replica a commento del premier


US Stocks Flat;Investors Await Intel,Jobs

U.S. stocks were little changed on  Thursday, pausing after Wednesday's sharp rally, as investors  were reluctant to wade into the market before Intel's  mid-quarter update after the close and Friday's jobs report.


There has been a 20% rise in people using stop smoking services and a top medic urges others to follow suit.


Apple's new iMac G5 desktop computer was clearly designed to send a message to the world's iPod fans: "If you think our music player is great, you should check out our computers."


Indians want AIDS drugs, Indonesians promote safe sex

Hundreds of Indians demonstrated on Friday to demand new HIV drugs, while health workers in Muslim-majority Indonesia marked World AIDS Day by handing out condoms to prostitutes for safe sex.


Shell Files Suit to Block Oil Workers in Nigeria Strike

Dutch oil giant Shell has asked a Nigerian court to block oil workers from joining a nationwide labor strike set to begin November 16.


US inflation jumps on surging crude oil prices

Surging energy prices drove up the key US inflation gauge more than expected in October, providing one more reason why the market should expect another rate hike from the nation's central bank next month.


No. 12 Mississippi State Tops Fairfield in Basketball Opener

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Sports Network) - Ontario Harper finished  with a career- high 17 points to lead 12th-ranked Mississippi  State to a 53-49 win over Fairfield in the Coaches versus  Cancer Classic at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex.


US Troops Tighten Grip on Falluja, Hunt Rebels

FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. Marines shelled targets in  Falluja on Thursday after saying they had seized 70 percent of  the city and vowing to hunt down surviving rebels.


Pelfrey Looks to Make Metsâ Decision Difficult

As much as Omar Minaya and his staff have lauded Mike Pelfrey during the off-season, there is no place for him in the Metsâ rotation.


DAVENPORT, Fla. -- A British tourist visiting central Florida with his family drove a minivan into the path of a gas tanker truck as he headed to a grocery store, killing himself and two other passengers, authorities said.


Obese Men Spend 3 Times as Much on Drugs as Normal-Weight Peers

Obese men spend more than three times as much a month for prescription drugs to treat health problems as men of normal weight, according to a study presented at the American Heart Association's annual meeting in New Orleans.


South Africa Medics, Activists Stand by AIDS Drug

Health officials and activists  fighting AIDS in South Africa on Thursday stood by a key drug  the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned a day  earlier could cause deadly liver damage.


ason Giambi wheeled his black Porsche into the players' parking lot at Yankee Stadium at 5:04 pm yesterday, about a half-hour after the rest of the Yankees started their mandatory stretching.


European ski resorts undaunted by lack of snow

At the traditional start of the ski season, most slopes around Austria are still more green than white but resorts are undaunted by reports of global warming.


Bulgarian Lawmakers Agree on Key 2005 Budget Items

Politics: 15 December 2004, Wednesday. After days and hours of heated disputes, Bulgarian Parliament finally passed Wednesday the key items of the government budget 2005.


Tom Boonen sprints to victory after Bradley Wiggins had led stage six of the Tour de France for over 180 kilometres.


Paw print collars Labrador for shooting owner

Paw print may prove Labrador killed owner with shotgun on Texas goose-hunting trip


EU Drafts UN Nuclear Resolution on Iran-Diplomats

France, Britain and Germany are drafting  a resolution on Iran for a key meeting of the U.N. nuclear  watchdog next week and Washington is pushing the trio to  include some tough language, diplomats said on Thursday.


Leaked memo fuels speculation over Blair resignation

Pressure has mounted further on Prime Minister Tony Blair to name a resignation date after a leaked memo set out his "exit strategy," fueling already intense speculation about his plans.


The Best Buy Company, the consumer electronics chain, and the online video rental company Netlfix both announced their commitment to stock Blu-ray DVDs.


Wet and Wild Way to Learn: Nature Center's New Wetlands Will Be a `Living Classroom'

By Sallie James, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 8--CORAL SPRINGS -- With every scoop made by a rumbling trackhoe, injured turtles and waterbirds came closer this week to having a new home at the Sawgrass Nature Center.


'Fahrenheit 9/11' Gets Election-Eve Pay-TV Airing

Filmmaker Michael Moore and distributors behind "Fahrenheit 9/11" have clinched last-minute deals to bring his anti-Bush documentary to pay-per-view television and the


The Arab League and European Commission heads hold talks in the region to try to improve Darfur's security.


J.D. Drew did not play yesterday against the Yankees because of what manager Terry Francona described as hamstring "tendinitis," though Francona said there was a chance the right fielder would play tonight.


Spanish police acting on a telephoned bomb threat evacuated Ibiza airport in the Balearic islands on Saturday, and later used a controlled explosion to detonate a suspicious package, airport officials and press reports said.


Lo afferma il presidente delle assicurazioni Bernheim


Fisheries Bill Complete, But Network's Job Has Just Begun

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Marine Fish Conservation Network (Network) announced today that in order to more effectively advocate for better ocean fisheries management in the long-term, the national coalition has become an independent not-for-profit organization.


South Africa's ruling ANC is criticised for a scheme charging business leaders to meet government officials.


Merrill Lynch eyes bid for CanWest Ten stake: source

Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity   was looking at a possible bid for CanWest Global  Communications Corp.'s  stake in Australian broadcaster  Ten Network Holdings Ltd. , a source familiar with the  situation said.


Business description, 3yr and interim financials, key stats/ratios & analysis. LONDON  - The FTSE 100 is expected to open flat as investors weigh the economic consequences of mounting energy costs and ...


Ryan Howard homered in his first three at-bats, raising his major league-leading total to 52, and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied after wasting a five-run lead to beat the Atlanta Braves 8-7 Sunday in the opener of their second straight doubleheader split.


India's silk sari-weavers face bleak, hungry future

VARANASI, India  - Shiwajatan Rajbhar spends his days weaving golden and silver flowers across exquisite silk saris on a rickety handloom in his mud hut.


Lee Nichols was looking forward to making a cross-country trip from Washington to Colorado and New Mexico this August, but soaring gasoline prices are putting a crimp in his plans.


Damian Green denies that calls for tighter immigration controls signal a Tory shift to a "core vote strategy".


LOS ANGELES - Johnny Estrada homered, drove in three runs and started Atlanta's go-ahead rally in the ninth inning, and the Braves beat Eric Gagne and the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 Thursday night.    In a matchup of division leaders, the Dodgers had scored twice in the eighth to tie it 5-5...


Milosevic Wins Back Right to Lead Own Trial Defense

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic won back the right to lead his own war crimes defense on Monday in a ruling sparked by his dogged rejection of lawyers imposed to prevent delays caused by his ill health.


Zydrunas Ilgauskas scored 26 points, including the game-winning jumper on an assist from LeBron James with 19 seconds left, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied to beat the Boston Celtics 98-96 Friday night.


Rising numbers of people with HIV are living in extreme poverty in the UK, a report says.


Britain Suspends License for Flu Vaccine Supplier

British health authorities on Tuesday suspended the manufacturing license of flu vaccine maker Chiron Corp., a major supplier to the United States.


Myllykoski orders pulp and paper making equipment from Metso

Metso Paper will deliver equipment for groundwood pulp and paper making processes to Myllykoski Group's paper mills in Germany, Finland and the United States.


La regolarizzazione sara' fatta entro il 2007


Thousands leave Athens in post-Olympic exodus

Thousands of athletes, sports officials and visitors to Athens began leaving the Greek capital Monday in a mass post-Olympic exodus.


European Agreement Will Fail To Stop Iran From Getting WMDs ...

This week's nuclear deal between Iran and three European countries has triggered a wave of criticism from Israeli and Jewish communal officials, who warn that the pact will fail to halt Tehran's pursuit of nuclear weapons.


David Beckham has a personal fortune of Â£87m - Â£50m more than British football's next biggest earner.


Istat, saldo mensile -1,6 mld e semestrale -14,3 mld


WASHINGTON Nov 15, 2004 - Chiron Corp. has asked British regulators to inspect its facility producing an experimental bird flu vaccine to make sure it doesn't run into the same contamination problems that


First clashes in Iowa set tone over immigration

Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain lost ground to his presidential rivals over support for what his opponents called "amnesty" for illegal immigrants.


Low profit margins prompt Sony's flat-panel shift

Sony Corp.'s recent decision to move away from plasma TV operations is a reflection of how harsh the market for flat-panel TVs has become.


Broncos' Lynch Says He's Not a Head Hunter

There's a fine line between intimidating and dirty, between physical and cheap. Safety John Lynch of the Denver Broncos insists he doesn't want to be on the wrong side of it.


Filmmakers Who Become Their Own Zombie Movie

In âGeorge A. Romeroâs Diary of the Dead,â we meet the enemy and he is us, with video cameras.


A federal judge today overturned a Pennsylvania law aimed at restricting access to web sites hosting child pornography. Pennsylvania Statute 7330 required ISPs to block access by the customers to child porn sites.


Coke, Bottler and EU Reach Antitrust Deal

Coca-Cola Co. (KO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and its largest bottler, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (CCE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , said on Tuesday they had reached an agreement to settle


A Pacific island butterfly makes a comeback, in one of the fastest evolutionary changes ever observed.


Shares of Expedia, the online travel agency, fell more than 9 percent, or $2.68, to $26.71.


The Supreme Court loosened political advertising restrictions aimed at corporate- and union-funded television ads Monday, weakening a key provision of a landmark campaign finance law.


Gunmen kill 22 Iraqi police, US hits Falluja

FALLUJA - Gunmen captured 21 Iraqi policemen and shot them in cold blood today, a day after attacks on security forces that killed 34 people, police said.


Atlanta | No more having to do the math to figure out exactly how many calories and carbs are in that 20-ounce bottle of soda. New nutritional information on labels of Coca-Cola, Pepsi and other popular soft drinks will soon break it down for you.


Eritrea challenges Annan over expelled UN "spies"

Eritrea said on Thursday five U.N.   security staff expelled this week were spies and challenged the   world body's secretary-general, Kofi Annan, to "put his house   in order" before criticizing the Horn of Africa state.


Bot semestrali per 8,5 miliardi di euro il 27/11


Tech Boom Sweeps China, But Some Sense a Bubble

SHANGHAI -- For entrepreneur Gary Wang, the next new thing in China is a place where the country's growing middle class, or "couch potatoes," can watch free videos to their hearts' content. His company's Web site, Tudou (Chinese for potato), has become insanely popular insanely fast -- more than 15...


Schools to Increase Spending on Open-Source Software

Educational institutions will increase spending on open-source software and services over the next few years, but that doesn't mean proprietary software will be left in the dark, according to a new report covering 14 countries.


How finding treatments for compulsive eaters could help combat the national obesity epidemic.


Ad takes aim at Bush's National Guard service

In the escalating ad war involving independent groups, a Texas-based organization announced Wednesday that it will air a television spot challenging whether George W


Iraq promised today to release one of two high-profile women prisoners, but officials denied the decision was linked to demands by militants.


Seeking to establish the medium as a mass market form of entertainment instead of a niche technology, the game industry has taken the playbook of the movie business.


Wu says China to promote FX reform at own pace

China is willing to promote  flexibility of its currency, but it will keep the yuan  "basically stable at a reasonable, balanced level," Vice  Premier Wu Yi said on Thursday.


In a major setback to the U.S.   Securities and Exchange Commission's efforts to regulate the   $1.3 trillion hedge fund industry, a federal appeals court on   Friday tossed out a rule requiring the investment pools to   register with the agency.


"Liberta' di movimento" dopo uscita da joint venture Nanjing


Union leaders will meet British Airways managers for crunch talks in a bid to prevent strikes at airports across the UK.


XM and Sirius, the two satellite radio companies that have spent millions of dollars trying to woo pay-for-service customers, yesterday announced plans to merge in hopes of stemming losses and offering an even larger smorgasbord of music, talk and sports.


Astronauts spend years training before they can lift off into space. They learn to operate shuttles, perform experiments in zero-gravity, and eat bugs if they must.


Sunshine Daydream, With Pointed Point of View

âSmiley Face,â about a pot-addled would-be actress stumbling through a long, weird day in Los Angeles, is a contradiction in terms: a âstonerâ comedy with a purpose.


UN investigators in DR Congo find mass graves with about 30 bodies in an army camp in the east of the country.


A NEW online medical journal will make its research articles available to the public free of charge and accessible through the internet.


The pattern of improving employment prospects for women has done as much as class-action lawsuits and quotas to narrow the gap between men's and women's pay.


Audizione del presidente della magistratura contabile al Senato"Sfruttare la ripresa, ma adesso serve il taglio del debito"                                          Dpef, l'allarme della Corte dei Conti "La spesa pubblica Ã¨ troppo alta"


Credit Suisse Plans `Aggressive' Growth in Commodities and Energy Trading

Credit Suisse Group, Switzerland s second-biggest bank, plans to expand its commodities business and will seek ventures and acquisitions, as energy prices surge and other banks compete in the growing markets in ...


The U.S. House aims to slash its energy consumption by 50 percent in 10 years under a "Green the Capitol" initiative.


Bush, Kerry Bow to McCain's Wishes on Ads

NEW YORK - President Bush and Sen. John Kerry bowed to the wishes of popular maverick John McCain on Thursday, as the president embraced the Republican senator's legal fight against big-money special interest groups airing negative ads and the Democratic nominee scrapped a commercial that featured McCain...


The federal government said yesterday that it would investigate air travel disruptions over the holiday weekend that left thousands of people stranded at airports or without their luggage when they reached their destinations.


Mare grosso, il resto del contingente sbarchera' piu' tardi


Lo stilista gia' realizza piccola collezione per l'azienda


Chicago and its business community may take a harder hit from Tuesdayâs bankruptcy filing by ATA Holdings Corp. than the troubled airlineâs hometown of Indianapolis, a court document shows.


Windows Server 2008 launch set for February

Blog: Microsoft announces at its partner conference that its new server operating system won't have a formal launch until a February event in Los Angeles.


Usa: scomparso da mesi, il web lo riporta a casa

La strana storia di Kevin Mura, lo smemorato del Michigan. Che perde l'identitÃ  e poi la ritrova grazie agli archivi in Rete. NEW YORK - Scomparso da casa da oltre tre mesi, ha ritrovato la sua identitÃ  collegandosi a Internet.


Protest Keeps Fox From Giving State of the Union Speech

Leftist lawmakers who have charged that fraud marred the presidential election in July staged a protest inside Congress.


President Bush and Democratic Sen.  John Kerry accused each other on Wednesday of fundamental  failures of leadership and vision in Iraq and the war on  terror, and claimed the world would be more dangerous with  their opponent in the White House.


The US market was more subdued after finishing last week on a high amid cooling oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 11.


SERIE A: MILAN A CAGLIARI, INTER OSPITA UDINESE

ROMA - Dopo gli anticipi che hanno visto la Roma risorgere a Livorno (2-0) e la Juve consolidare il primato in classifica battendo il Messina (2-1), il Milan campione d'Italia vola a Cagliari, in cerca di un successo in Sardegna che non arriva dalla


Description: NPR's Ivan Watson reports from Baghdad on the aftermath of the three-week battle in the holy city of Najaf. The guns have fallen silent, and militiamen loyal to radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al


Palestinian aide suggests Kosovo a model

The Palestinians should follow Kosovo's example and unilaterally declare independence if peace talks with Israel fail, a senior Palestinian official said Wednesday, but the Palestinian president said the proposal was premature and pledged to keep negotiating until the end of the year.


Pot puffing rate doubled in a decade: report

According to the results of a new national survey, the number of Canadians who puff pot has doubled in the last decade. Painting Canadians their most comprehensive picture of drug and alcohol use in ten years


Kaunas, 22:44 - CALCIO, EURO 2008: LITUANIA-ITALIA 0-2

L'Italia ha battuto la Lituania 2-0 (2-0) in un incontro del gruppo B delle qualificazioni a Euro 20...


GAZA CITY: Israel killed a military leader of the radical Hamas group in the Gaza Strip, risking a new flare-up in violence on Friday just days ahead of a critical parliamentary vote on the evacuation of the Palestinian territory.


The tumultuous marriage of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown — which withstood drug addiction, Brown's numerous arrests, the decline of Houston's once-sparkling image and domestic abuse allegations — is coming to an end.


Parigi, 2 novembre 2004 - C'Ã¨ un cauto ottimismo sullo stato di salute del presidente dell'Anp Yasser Arafat, da venerdÃ¬ ricoverato nell'ospedale militare di Percy in Francia. Le condizioni del presidente


Day-Lewis wins at British Academy Awards

Daniel Day-Lewis won the best actor award at the British Academy Film Awards Sunday, cementing   his place as an Oscar favorite for his role as a larger-than-life oilman in There Will be Blood.


Wikia unsheathes antidote to 'unhealthy' Google

Jimbo: 'I am your spiritual leader' Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales has brought the Wikipedia ethos to his very own internet search engine. But he insists it will be far more trustworthy than search sites offered by Google, Yahoo!, and Microsoft.â¦


Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  shares fell in pre-market trading on Monday after the world's biggest retailer cut its November sales forecast, casting a shadow over hopes for a bumper holiday shopping season.


Kennedy has company on airline watch list

A second prominent lawmaker said Friday that he's been subjected to extra security at airports because his name appears on a list designed to prevent terrorists from boarding planes.


Fighting for file-swapping on Capitol Hill

Philip Corwin has one of the least enviable jobs in Washington, DC: He defends file-swapping networks. That's not a trivial task for Corwin, the lobbyist for Kazaa's parent company.


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday announced it is banning the import from China of five species of fish because they may be contaminated with medications.


Indonesia 8.5-Magnitude Quake Causes Tsunamis in Asia

An 8.5-magnitude earthquake that may rank among the 10 strongest in the past century struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra, unleashing tsunami waves that killed hundreds of people across India and Southeast Asia.


"I always thought I had a fairly normal childhood, until I found out my parents weren't who I thought they were." So begins the autobiography of Essie Mae Washington Williams, the daughter of longtime U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond and a 16-year-old black maid who worked at his family's home.


Its results from the fourth quarter continue recent solid trends.


Mobile devices will deliver a more personal net within five years, the head of Intel says.


Teen mails paper taped murder confession

A man obsessed with the 1999 Columbine school attack made a videotape showing his father's bloody corpse and describing plans to attack his former high school, then mailed it to a newspaper which posted excerpts on its Web site.


An advisory panel said that the first drug to enhance the sex drive of women should not be approved because of a lack of information about its long-term safety.


'Alias' Creator Doing The 'Impossible' Thanks To Tom Cruise

When "Alias" creator JJ Abrams met Tom Cruise earlier this summer, the actor admitted he had never seen the show. Abrams gave him the first two seasons on DVD even though he thought Cruise would never watch them.


Those of us who have always wondered why award shows have to be so infernally long got our answer on Sunday night at the Golden Globes: they donât.


Battuto Maresciallo Rocca, bene Matrix sulla Fallaci


Intrigue was entirely absent from Sundayâs presidential elections in Chechnya. The name of the next Kremlin-bankrolled leader of Chechnya was known days after the


Learn About the Environmental Industry in Poland

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c51353)  has announced the addition of "Country  Industry Forecast - The Poland Environmental Industry"  to their offering.


Movie Review | 'Blood and Tears: The Arab-Israeli Conflict': Fighting Words

âBlood and Tears: The Arab-Israeli Conflictâ methodically traces the battle over turf from its biblical origins to the fragile present.


Forstmann to Buy IMG, Talent Agency for Kate Moss, James Brown

Forstmann Little & Co., the New York buyout form led by Theodore Forstmann, agreed to buy IMG, the talent agency representing fashion model Kate Moss and soul singer James Brown among


U.N. needs overhaul in procurement, U.N. watchdog says

The head of a U.N. inspection office said the world body needed a "major overhaul" of how it procures $1.9 billion in goods annually and called for less secrecy about probes of staff and companies involved.


WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans in poverty and those without health insurance each rose by more than 1 million in 2003, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.


Party Looks Beyond China's 'Miss Fix-It'

BEIJING, Oct. 20 -- Vice Premier Wu Yi, the only woman in China's 24-member Politburo, is known in the West as China's Miss Fix-It, a steely and capable problem solver often assigned to tackle high-profile issues such as food safety, contentious trade talks and the SARS health crisis.


Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Alan  Mulally said on Tuesday that the U.S. economy is "clearly a  concern" and the automaker will cut production as needed if  market demand for vehicles weakened.


Tra gli indagati anche i genitori e il nonno paterno


Four U.S. soldiers and a Marine were killed in attacks in Baghdad and Iraq's western Anbar province, the military said Monday. The five deaths took place in separate attacks Sunday, the military said in a statement.


Untroubled Hewitt Reaches U.S. Open Final

Lleyton Hewitt tamed big-hitting Swede  Joachim Johansson to reach his second U.S. Open final, cruising  through 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 in one hour 59 minutes on Saturday.


Associazioni consumatori: necessari 320 euro per figlio


Some people say banana peels do the trick. Others swear by butter, nail polish or a hair dryer turned on high and aimed at the invasion site. And then there's you, ogling a shelf-full of various drugstore potions and rub-ons, each with a different active ingredient and all claiming to relieve the...


Agenzia entrate, ma nessuna multa a carico dei clienti


Though laws in every state say government records and meetings must be open to all, reality often falls far short: Laws are sporadically enforced, penalties for failure to comply are mild and violators almost always walk away with nothing more than a reprimand, an Associated Press survey of all 50 states has found.


Costs mount in Florida as Jeanne adds to hurricane misery

FLORIDA was yesterday counting the cost of being hit by four hurricanes in six weeks, prompting recovery plans on a scale never before seen in the United States.


Small, offbeat trends can change the world

While Malcolm Gladwell's "Tipping  Point" explores how a trend emerges from obscurity to the  mainstream, a new book says even small trends can have big  effects.


US soldiers mentoring the fledgling units say they see more hope than in Iraq. The police are striving to win locals' trust, but Taliban influence is strong.


Dell Downplays Threat Of 'Rumored' IBM/Lenovo Deal

If Michael Dell is worried about IBM's planned sale of its PC business to Lenovo, he's not showing it. "If you look at the last few years, there has been a continuing trend, not only a decline in markets, but


Manovra per sostegno investimenti, rigore e redistribuzione


BitTorrent is a wonderful way to download files with greater reliability than other conventional means, but of course that means that it is used greatly for piracy... apparently.


Creative Technology is firing a shot across Apple's digital music bow.


James Gist had 16 points and 10 rebounds, freshman Greivis Vasquez scored a season-high 18, and Maryland handed No. 16 Duke its fourth straight loss 72-60 Sunday, the Blue Devils' longest skid in 11 seasons.


Just because you can buy a pain reliever along with your morning coffee and doughnut at the local convenience store doesn't necessarily mean it's safe to pop the pills for weeks on end.


SEC Reportedly Probes Stock Matching at Wall Street Firms

Wall Street is reportedly under investigation again for allegedly anti-competitive practices that regulators believe might put small investors at a disadvantage.


A British soldier accused of mistreating Iraqi detainees faces a court martial on Monday.


Business & money: Biggest share falls since height of credit crunch after US bank's $18bn write-off and Rock uncertainty grows


Iraq's Sadr Facing 'Final Hours' -Government

NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq's government warned Shi'ite  cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Thursday he would face a military  strike within hours unless he ended an uprising, disarmed his  militia and quit a shrine in the city of Najaf.


Insurance Probes Widen in California, NY

Description: Probes of the nation's insurance industry widen, as California joins New York in investigating insurance sales practices.


Con impegno a lanciare opa sul 100% del capitale


Vendita rientra nel piano per saldare debiti con fisco


Game invites users to play the role of JFK's assassin, causing some observers to wonder whether video games have gone too far.


Pakistan: Bin Laden not safe under truce

Pakistan said Wednesday that a peace deal with Islamic militants in a border province would not give safe harbor to Osama bin Laden if he is found in the country.


Ray Charles Album Wins Six Early Grammys

Ray Charles' posthumous duets album won six prizes in early ceremonies at the 47th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, boosting its prospects of winning the top categories during the televised portion of the event scheduled to be held later in the day.


AMD reports third straight quarterly loss

As price competition takes its toll, AMD Thursday posted its third consecutive quarterly loss, saying that although revenue was relatively solid, it suffered a sharp second-quarter drop in income.


Colpiti il Tennessee, l'Arkansas e il Kentucky


An editorial column in Thursday's paper mixed up the two private school voucher bill numbers. HB148, the main voucher bill, is the subject of a citizen referendum vote on Nov. 6.


The latest image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope highlights a stellar blast that was first discovered by an amateur astronomer a little more than a month ago.


Matthew Turland's Blog: The Yin and Yang of Typing

A little while back Matthew Turland posted about something that some developers moving over to PHP from more strict languages have an issue with - variable typing - and how its evolved in languages over time.   Without a little background in programming languages or computer science in general, it's entirely possible that typing systems are not something that have crossed your mind. I thought I'd take a blog entry to share some of my thoughts on how itÃ¢ÂÂs affecting the creation and evolution of languages.   He walks through history a bit, mentioning C, Java, Python and PHP and how they differ in their default type handling. He especially focuses on the "blurred line" between strong and weak typing and how some if offers special features to the language that uses the method.


A leading member of the LVF is found guilty of the murder of Portadown grandmother Elizabeth O'Neill.


Ciampi: ''PrioritÃ  Ã¨ aiutare le popolazioni colpite''

''L'aiuto a popolazioni cosÃ¬ duramente provate rappresenta una nostra prioritÃ ''. Il presidente della Repubblica Carlo Azeglio Ciampi lo assicura ai capi di Stato dei sei Paesi piÃ¹ colpiti dal maremoto, in un messaggio inviato dal Quirinale.


In a rare victory for the former King of Pop, Black Entertainment Television announced it is yanking the rapper's controversial new video, "Just Lose It," from rotation out of respect for Jackson.


MADRID  - Real Madrid and Real Sociedad will play out the remaining six minutes of Sunday's match, which was interrupted by a bomb hoax purporting to come from ETA, on January 5. The clubs were drawing 1-1 when police evacuated 70,000 spectators.


Le spese sanitarie impoveriscono lâItalia

Sempre piÃ¹ italiani si ritrovano in difficoltÃ  economiche per pagare le spese sanitarie private: sono 850 mila le famiglie costrette a tirare la cinghia per colpa di queste cure impreviste e straordinarie.


Microsoft Issues High Heat Warning on Xbox Racing Controller

In the second incident this summer, Microsoft admits to another overheating problem in the hardware it sells to video gamers.


El Nino weather pattern forms in Pacific

El Nino, an extreme warming of   equatorial waters in the Pacific Ocean that wreaks havoc with   world weather conditions, has formed and will last into 2007,   the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said   on Wednesday.


SINGAPORE, Feb. 6 -- Stock markets across Asia plunged on fears that a U.S. recession will cut demand for exports.


Japan to Streamline Defense Forces to Fight Terrorism

Japan's prime minister Sunday has vowed to make the country's defense forces better able to fight terrorism and any attackers who would use weapons of mass destruction.


Contro persone non gradite invito con microchip


Islamic extremists set off bombs and battled with police in the Saudi capital Wednesday night, leaving nine militants and one bystander dead and causing oil prices to jump as the insurgents signaled they will keep up attacks despite the kingdom's crackdown on al-Qaida.


SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Rocker Courtney Love was sued Thursday by a travel agency that claims she ordered nearly $50,000 in airline tickets but refused to pay...


Lawmakers deride rule on paying for Epogen

Medicare payment policies for Amgen Inc.'s antianemia drug Epogen were criticized yesterday during a congressional hearing as "perverse" and potentially dangerous to kidney dialysis patients.


Image gallery: How to protect your wireless network

This gallery accompanies our step-by-step instructions to guard against bad guys trying to hack into your home or office Wi-Fi network.


Michael Vaughan refused to let his own dismal run with the bat take the sheen off England's emphatic victories in the NatWest Challenge against India.


Valencia, 16:26 - VELA, COPPA AMERICA: ANNULLATA SETTIMA REGATA

E' stata annullata, a causa dell'instabilità della direzione del vento sul porto di Valencia,...


Music Review: Four Directors Give Toronto a Many-Splendored ÂRingÂ

The Canadian Opera CompanyÂs decision to assign each opera in WagnerÂs ÂRingÂ to a different director creates a sequence of imagery and ideas that alternately baffled and dazzled.


Israel, Hizbollah broke human rights law: U.N. envoys

Israel and Hizbollah committed serious violations of international humanitarian law during the month-long Lebanon war, four U.N. human rights envoys said on Tuesday.


Johnson to Yankees Has a Life of Its Own

There is new life in their trade talks with Arizona for Randy Johnson, the left-hander who has not budged from his desire to be traded to the Yankees.


Facebook taunts MySpace with open book policy

Social operating system Facebook, the mainstream media web darling du jour, has opened up its development platform to allow other firms to develop applications to run on top of the site, broadening the range of features available to users.â¦


Shaw Group: 115 Hired So Far: Pipe Company Reopening West Tulsa Plant

By John Dobberstein, Tulsa World, Okla.  Feb. 6--A Louisiana company is reopening its plant in Tulsa to meet increasing demand for industrial piping and pipe systems.


A hometown waits for the only American G.I. unaccounted for in the war, snatched by insurgents 10 months ago


Unicredit +0,92%, restano pesanti i titoli dell'energia


Kerry Chides Bush on Assault Weapons Ban

Sen. John Kerry sought to make President Bush pay a political price Monday for the expiration of a partial assault weapons ban, but other Democrats reacted warily on an issue that has hurt the party in recent elections.


Volandri, Berdych advance to Palermo ATP final

Fifth-seeded Filippo Volandri of Italy earned his fourth career ATP final after beating unseeded Juan Monaco of Argentina 6-1, 6-4 Saturday in the semifinals of the Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia.


Talk of Bailing Out Bond Insurers Sparks Wild Ride

A collapse of these bond insurers would have serious ripple effects.


Italy's PM Prodi loses Senate vote, must resign

Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi lost a confidence vote in parliament's upper house Senate on Thursday and must resign.


Sun foresees global pool of computing power

Seeking to boost its relevance, Sun Microsystems pursues the grid model of computing.


By Chandra Devi  HOAX and scams are getting bolder these days leveraging on high speed technology to get faster and more results.


'Cyberwar' and Estonia's Overblown Panic Attack

If the European country's leaders really think timeout errors are comparable to nuclear war, they seriously lack perspective.


Cotto, Judah Set to Battle for WBA Crown

NEW YORK -- Miguel Cotto sat onstage at Madison Square Garden wearing a sharp brown suit. Zab Judah went for the hooded sweat shirt and shorts.


NEW YORK -- Mutual funds suffered along with the rest of the stock market during a troubled third quarter, with growth and technology sector funds posting the worst returns.


The Metropolitan Museum show of drawings, which reveals Rubens's process of thinking, is sublime.


U.S. troops stormed Tuesday into an insurgent-controlled area of a turbulent province where police reported that gunmen — some wearing military clothing — had massacred 29 Shiite villagers the night before.


Il piÃ¹ grave nel Salento: cinque ragazzi perdono la vita in un frontaleL'altro sulla "statale 16" vicino a Cattolica: quattro vittime                                          Nove giovani muoiono nella notte in due incidenti sulla costiera adriatica


More Americans than ever before have no health care insurance, 45 million at last count. Five million of these have lost health care coverage in the past four years.


Allies rally to Olmert before war report

A government-commissioned report is expected to criticize Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government over the 2006 Lebanon war on Wednesday but allies said he would not quit and ruled out a snap election.


Nyon, 15:52 - CALCIO, EURO2008; UEFA: SEDI RITIRO DELLE 16 FINALISTE

L'Uefa ha ufficializzato la sede dei ritiri e dei campi di allenamento delle 16 finaliste degli Euro...


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Packs of Maltesers and Revels are recalled after customers find small pieces of rubber in the sweets.


For five frustrating seasons, everywhere Nick Johnson went, from New York to Montreal to Washington, those who admired his game wondered what kind of season he could produce if he didn't get hurt and could play a full year. Now, everybody knows. Johnson, who turns 28 on Tuesday, has emerged this...


Politics continue to complicate energy policy.


Cindy Sheehan, the soldier's mother who galvanized the anti-war movement, said Sunday that she plans to run against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unless she introduces articles of impeachment against President Bush in the next two weeks.


Embattled Livedoor to sell financial ops

Livedoor Co., Japan's scandal-tainted Internet firm, has said it has decided to sell all of its financial operations, which were once the driving force behind its rapid expansion.


Ministers are reportedly rethinking their decision to make language study in England optional from age 14.


Luke Donald made an early charge in a late bid to make his first Ryder Cup team, but now must wait one week to see if European captain Bernhard Langer finds him worthy of a captain's pick.


THE secretive military government of Burma was at the centre of rumours today that the prime minister, the long-powerful General Khin Nyunt, had been removed from office, diplomats in Burma and senior officials in neighbouring Thailand said.


Microsoft Steps Up Assault on Virtualization

The plans include the acquisition of Calista Technologies, whose graphics technology is designed to improve the end-user experience for people who access their desktop remotely.


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Barghouti Drops Out of Palestinian Election

Associates of Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences on terrorism charges in an Israeli jail, said Sunday that he is withdrawing from the Jan. 9 election for president of the Palestinian Authority.


They look cute, but they can kill A teddy bear dropped into a pool in a New Hampshire fish farm managed to kill 2,500 trout, The Mercury News reports.â¦


The two best success stories of 2007-08 were in Boston last night. The Celtics, well, were expected to be good, maybe not this good, but still pretty good. The Trail Blazers? After Greg Oden went down for the season, a lot of people figured they'd make marginal gains, if any, over last season (when they went 32-50) and would be ...


Governor Now 'Less Concerned' Over Boston Threat

Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said on  Friday he was growing less concerned about a reported "dirty  bomb" threat to Boston that was never confirmed but spurred an  FBI manhunt for 14 people.


Comcast Corporation to Participate in Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 18  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On Wednesday, September 20, 2006 Stephen B. Burke, Chief Operating Officer of Comcast Corporation , will participate in the 15th Annual Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference to be held in New York City.


The Bakery: New Articles/Components/Helpers Posted

The Bakery (for the CakePHP framework) has several new articles/helpers/components they've posted about lately - here's the list:   CakePHP on IIS Yahoo! Weather Component ACL Management Plugin Visualize - Generate a graphic of your models/tables Tree Helper New Year, New Beta   Check out The Bakery for more information on these and other great CakePHP-related items.


The incumbent John Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party is set for a second term as President of Ghana, as counting from the 2004 elections comes to an end.


DALLAS - Troubled technology giant Electronic Data Systems Corp. could eliminate 15,000 to 20,000 jobs - up to one-sixth of its work force - in coming years to help reduce costs by about $3 billion, chief executive Michael H...


Daily cups of tea can help you recover more quickly from the stresses of everyday life, research suggests.


Tokyo's Nikkei fell 0.19 percent by  midday on Wednesday, erasing initial gains and extending losses  into a ninth straight day as worry over higher oil prices and  domestic economic uncertainty hit exporters and tech stocks.


F-Secure Mobile Anti-Virus disponibile con il nuovo Nokia 7710

Nei giorni scorsi Nokia ha presentato il nuovissimo smartphone multimediale Nokia 7710 che verrÃ  venduto a partire dai primi mesi del 2005. Nella confezione sarÃ  inclusa una scheda di memoria, nella quale


Use Benjamin Graham's margin of safety to buy and sell stocks profitably.


Rockstar has released a new trailer for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas just before its release next week. The trailer shows more of the same drive-by shootings, but one tid-bit of information we didn't know


Chip maker Intel is being investigated by the New York Attorney General following anti-trust concerns.


By TONY DAVIS, ARIZONA DAILY STAR  The Northwest Side's cacti and desert trees stand so dense that sometimes it's impossible to squeeze through them.


Tom Sizemore was taken away in handcuffs Tuesday after he surrendered to face a court hearing on charges that his recent arrest for possessing methamphetamines violated probation in a previous drug case.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - On the first official day of campaigning for the Jan. 30 elections in violence-racked Iraq, candidates were trying to figure out how to woo the voters.


At least 17 people were killed and dozens wounded by a wave of car bombings in central Baghdad on Monday, most of them in a predominantly Shi'ite district, police and witnesses said.


Colombia Can't Find Three IRA-Linked Men

Colombian authorities revealed Friday that they had lost track in June of three IRA-linked men, convicted this week of training Marxist rebels in terrorist tactics, after


Paris Hilton to give Larry King post-jail interview

Hotel heiress and reality TV star Paris Hilton will give her first post-jail interview on CNN's "Larry King Live" on Wednesday, the show's spokeswoman said on Saturday.


Bob and Mike Bryan could not stick around at Family Circle Tennis Stadium on Friday night to watch US Davis Cup teammates Andy Roddick and Mardy Fish win their matches against Belarus.


Yesterday's Shocker Is Today's Must Read

The formerly outrÃ©, freaky and unthinkable now constitute business as usual in popular culture. And these have become outright selling points for books that eagerly capitalize on their kinks.


Barcellona, 15:36 - BASEBALL, EUROPEI: ITALIA BATTE UCRAINA ALL'ESORDIO

Inizia con una vittoria l'Europeo di baseball per l'Italia. Gli azzurri hanno superato l'Ucraina 13-...


Usa. Si dimette il direttore della sezione antiterrorismo del ...

Joseph Cofer Black, direttore della sezione antiterrorismo del Dipartimento di Stato Usa, ha annunciato che si dimetterÃ  entro le prossime settimane, ponendo fine a una carriera trentennale trascorsa in gran parte nell'uffico operativo della Cia.


Soap-Operas Are the Hidden Drama of Strike

The most sensational mystery in daytime may be how soap operas are being written at all, considering that nearly all of their writers are guild members on strike.


Vince Lombardi's trophy. Vince Lombardi's record. New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick will leave Jacksonville with a couple of nice mementos that used to belong to the late Green Bay Packers legend.


LONDON -- Ofcom today published its proposals to support the growth of greater competition, innovation and investment certainty in the UK telecommunications sector.


Marsh & McLennan CEO Jeff Greenberg may soon be on his way out the door as head of the world's biggest - and most troubled - insurance broker.


Sudan Government's Attacks Stoke Rebels' Fury

Three skinny urchins, covered in sand from head to toe, arrived here at a base camp of the rebel Sudan Liberation Army the other day.


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.


Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, right, bows to evacuees at the gymnasium of the Ote High School, one of the evacuation centers, in Nagaoka, northwest of Tokyo Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004.


A widely used antibiotic long considered safe dramatically increases the risk of cardiac arrest, particularly when taken with some popular drugs for infections and high blood pressure, a huge study found.    The drug is erythromycin, which has been on the market for 50 years and is prescribed for everything from strep throat to syphilis...


Murray eases past Mathieu to make Marseille tennis final

Britain's Andy Murray moved into the final of the ATP tournament here on Saturday following a 6-2, 6-2 win over France's Paul-Henri Mathieu.


Nel piccolo regno himalayano vivono 600 mila persone


LIBRI/ Saghe familiari tra Israele e l'Inghilterra del secolo scorsoDonne uccise e scomparse, il volto nascosto dell'Iran. Tutto al femminile                                            Ricordi, dolori, speranze scrivere Ã¨ femmina                                                                                di DARIO OLIVERO


A jury said the developer who controls the lease at the World Trade Center site was entitled to collect up to $2.2 billion.


Analysis: PeopleSoft users speak out about Oracle takeover

InfoWorld - The great debate over the impact of Oracle's hostile takeover of PeopleSoft has all the big industry analyst organizations weighing in. However, in most of the analysis one group's opinion seems to have been overlooked: that of PeopleSoft users.


U.S. stocks tumbled on Tuesday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average down in its worst slide since the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, as a sell-off in China's stock market raised concerns that equity valuations may be too high.


Tiger wants vice-captain role at next Ryder Cup

TIGER Woods said yesterday that he wants to be made a playing vice-captain for the next American Ryder Cup team and also proposed a change in selection policy to halt his countryâs losing run.


A MAN who assaulted his girlfriend breached his bail - by marrying her.   Simon Pallister, 27, was ordered to contact Kerry Warrington, 25, only at an agreed address, Gloucester crown court heard.


La Suprema corte conferma la decisione della Corte d'appello di MilanoL'avvocato dell'ex premier critica chi "per 20 anni sostenne accuse infondate"                                          Sme, la Cassazione assolve Berlusconi "E adesso chiedetegli scusa"


The former First Couple hit the campaign trail together in Iowa to reformat the Clinton brand. And it isn't Bill and Hillary


Israele non ha motivo di conflitto con il governo libanese


Madrid, 14:11 - CALCIO, REAL: PROCEDIMENTO DISCIPLINARE PER ROBINHO E BAPTISTA

Il Real Madrid hadeciso di aprire un procedimento disciplinare nei confronti dei brasiliani Robinho ...


Blog: After making several appearances on Apple's behalf over the last year, the bland bluesman is now stumping for RIM's BlackBerry Curve.


Algeria bombing kills one, wounds American

A bomb exploded beside a bus carrying foreign oil workers in an upscale Algiers suburb on Sunday, killing the Algerian driver and wounding nine people, including four Britons and an American, authorities said.


Strisce blu, vigili e telecamere: questi i provvedimenti


Argentina's Guillermo Canas won his third title of the year Sunday with a 6-1, 6-0 rout of Germany's Lars Burgsmuller at the Shanghai Open.


US Airways To Maintain Most of Fleet, United Bidding Out Regional ...

NOVEMBER 11, 2004 -- Bankrupt US Airways this morning said it had reached agreements with lenders and lessors to continue operating nearly all of its mainline and US Airways Express fleets.


Rockets 'R' Us: Salvaging Out-of-This-World Space Junk Since 1962

Would you buy a used spaceship from this guy? How about a few spare parts to pimp your rocket?


Smokers buying pot at Vancouver cafe ruining relaxed relationship with police

VANCOUVER (CP) - Impatient pot-heads, high enough to think they can force the legalization of marijuana, are ruining a relaxed relationship with police by brazenly buying and selling weed in a downtown cafe, says one legalization activist.


Sony Ericsson to make Windows Mobile phone

Sony Ericsson will begin selling its first phone using Windows Mobile software this year, Microsoft was due to announce on Sunday, just ahead of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.Until now, Sony Ericsson has primarily used the Symbian operating system to power its smart phones. Its Windows Mobile phone will have a touch screen with a slide-out keyboard and a camera, said Brian Arbogast, vice president of mobile services at Microsoft.While Apple's iPhone has spurred wider interest in touch-screen phones, Sony Ericsson has been selling touch-screen phones for years. It uses the UIQ user interface on its Symbian phones. UIQ competes with Series 60, the user interface Nokia developed to run on its Symbian phones.Sony Ericsson joins HTC, Motorola, Palm, Samsung, and others selling phones that use Windows Mobile.Microsoft said the Sony Ericsson device should be available to end-users this year, and that examples of it will be on display at the conference in Barcelona. Sony Ericsson was not available to offer more details. It has scheduled a conference call Monday to discuss the announcement."We're excited about them bringing their entertainment expertise and experience and brand to a device that has all the benefits of Windows Mobile," Arbogast said.Sony Ericsson will likely continue to sell Symbian phones in addition to the Windows Mobile handset, a common practice among mobile-phone developers. For example, Motorola sells Windows Mobile, Symbian and Linux phones, while Palm sells Windows Mobile phones as well as handsets that use its own operating system.Nokia, the number-one handset maker in the world, does not make Windows Mobile phones, but it uses Linux to power handheld computers, in addition to its wide use of Symbian.The Sony Ericsson phones could help Microsoft further a recent effort to position Windows Mobile phones, which are primarily seen as tools for business users and attractive to consumers. Sony Ericsson makes phones with its Walkman music players and Cybershot cameras, featuring brands that are well-known to consumers.Rumors circulated late last year that the handset maker had begun manufacturing a Windows Mobile phone that would ship in the second half of this year. At the time, Sony Ericsson would not confirm the plans.Windows Mobile is in a distant second place behind Symbian in market share among mobile operating systems. In the fourth quarter 2007, Symbian was used in 65 percent of smart phones sold worldwide, according to recent research from Canalys. Microsoft had 12 percent of phones sold, followed by Research In Motion with 11 percent.The Mobile World Congress, formerly called 3GSM, starts Monday in Barcelona.


Poultry Producer's Stock Falls 23 Percent

Poultry producer Sanderson Farms Inc.  SAFM.O said on Tuesday its quarterly profit doubled on strong  demand, but warned of lower wholesale prices and higher grain  costs, sparking a 23 percent drop in its shares.


Drug Company Issues Memo on Michael Moore

Some pharmaceutical companies are telling their employees to look out for the scruffy guy in the baseball cap. The Houston Chronicle reported Saturday that at least six drug companies have released internal communications telling employees to be wary of filmmaker Michael Moore.


Iran Wants to Amend Nuke Freeze, EU Says No

Iran has requested that it be permitted to continue conducting "research and development" with centrifuges, machines that can be used to develop material for nuclear weapons, diplomats said on Wednesday.


Govt's warning to man with TB confirmed by e-mail archives

E-mail archiving software helped recover e-mails from health care workers tracking TB patient Andrew Speaker.


Industria caffe'-birra Treviso prevede +10-20% fatturato '08


Cairo plays its peace card as Israeli 'spy' goes home

A DRAMATIC prisoner exchange between Israel and Egypt at the weekend is the clearest sign yet that a new age of peacemaking and diplomacy between Cairo and Jerusalem has begun.


From the opening line of his statement yesterday, Sen. Larry Craig was in trouble. "Thank you all very much for coming out today," he began.


Sixty bodies found in Baghdad in 24 hours: source

A total of 60 unidentified bodies have   been found in various parts of Baghdad over the past 24 hours,   an Interior Ministry source said on Wednesday.


Retail slowdown aside, people are still shopping for consumer electronics this holiday season, and growth in the field could be double the growth in retail overall.


College football made news yesterday with the announcement of a television deal. Fox agreed to a four-year deal with the Bowl Championship Series [excluding the Rose Bowl] that won't begin for two years (the end of the 2006 season).


Top U.S. Nuclear Negotiator Traveling to North Korea

SEOUL, June 21 -- The chief U.S. nuclear envoy was making his first trip to North Korea on Thursday ahead of the expected resumption of talks on halting Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program, the State Department said.


A rookie sheriff's deputy was arrested in connection with a school shooting threat that led to public school lockdowns in three counties earlier this week, officials said Friday.


Magic sign Howard to five-year extension

The Orlando Magic, stung by the loss of Grant Hill to the Phoenix Suns, have signed All-Star forward Dwight Howard to a contract extension, the team said Thursday.


Woods Pursuit of Nelson Tough to Compare

SAN DIEGO -- Byron Nelson won 11 straight tournaments over five months. Tiger Woods took almost that much time off between PGA Tour victories No. 6 and No. 7 in a winning streak that is increasingly difficult to compare.


Sembra proprio che la metÃ  del prossimo anno segnerÃ  la svolta del DVD. Due gli standard che si contenderanno il mercato della nuova generazione: il Blu-ray, promosso dalla Sony el'HD DVD sostenuto dalla NEC.


Coming to America: The EU privacy directive

The European Union tackles the prospect of data-privacy breaches years ago; what's America bringing to the table now that Congress is taking the matter seriously? Patrick Lamphere analyzes where things are headed.


U.S. Flies 'Enemy Combatant' to Saudi After Delay

The United States flew long-held  accused enemy combatant Yaser Hamdi to Saudi Arabia after a  10-day delay caused by its traditional ally's worries about his  release deal, U.S. officials said on Monday.