Sweeping proposal by several in GOP would do away with CIA, strip some spy duties from Pentagon. US Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. said he will submit legislation that would do the following: The position would


IMF Predicts Faster Growth In Global Economy This Year

Oil prices may have just hit record levels, but the International Monetary Fund is even more bullish about global economic growth in 2004 than it was six months ago.


The European Union agreed Monday to lift penalties that have cost American exporters $300 million, following the repeal of a U.S. corporate tax break deemed illegal under global trade rules. But  it will  ask the World Trade Organization to decide if a U.S. corporate tax overhaul still contains loopholes.


Motorway roadworks in the UK are the best organised in Europe, the AA Motoring Trust says.


In what his publisher calls a record-breaking deal, British pop superstar George Michael is working on a memoir to come out in the fall of 2009.


Done Deals Finally Start to Appear at Sundance

After a slow weekend, the Sundance Film Festivalâs flock of film buyers finally began seeing movies they could take to the multiplexes.


STUART, Fla. - Hurricane Frances barged onto Florida's coast with 105 mph winds and driving rain Sunday, knocking out power to 2 million people and forcing residents to withstand a prolonged lashing that shredded roofs and uprooted trees...


At Least 10 Iraqis Killed in Insurgent Attack

Officials in Iraq say at least 10 Iraqis have been killed and several others wounded in separate insurgent attacks across the country.


New Papers Suggest Detainee Abuse Was Widespread

The Bush administration is facing a wave of new allegations that the abuse of foreign detainees in US military custody was more widespread, varied and grave in the past three


Software via the Internet: Microsoft in âCloudâ Computing

The company plans to making available free software that connects its Windows operating system to software services delivered on the Internet.


bout 10,000 anti-government protesters gathered in downtown Rangoon on Thursday, provoking soldiers to fire on the crowds with tear gas and resume the crackdown that has drawn international appeals for restraint


Bernanke faces grilling on fiscal stimulus stance

Ben Bernanke has tried hard not to follow his predecessor Alan Greenspan into the political arena by commenting on fiscal policy, but the Federal Reserve chief will find it difficult to stay above the fray this week.


Capital One warns on lower-than-expected earnings

Capital One Financial Corp.  said on Thursday it expects to report fourth-quarter earnings of around 60 cents per share, and warned that its full-year results would fall below its previous outlook.


Rapper Coolio in reality TV series at Oxygen

Rapper Coolio, who  topped the pop charts in 1995 with the Grammy-winning tune  "Gangsta's Paradise," will star in a reality TV show for  women's cable network Oxygen.


The starting gun sounds for the .ASIA domain landrush

Domain registrars are getting ready for what they hope is a high-demand, frantic "landrush" of domain registrations, beginning today as .asia moves toward becoming the Internet's second regional top-level domain.


Rain and strong gales will continue to batter parts of Britain and cause flooding after a stormy night.


Patriots, Jets aren't at a loss for a meaningful game

Take a well-established rivalry between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets and kick it up a notch. Or 20. Twenty, of course, is the NFL-record winning streak that New


Postal Service asks Stamps.com to stop taking PhotoStamp orders

SEPTEMBER 30, 2004  - The US Postal Service has asked Los Angeles-based Stamps.com Inc. to end a market test and stop taking orders for its PhotoStamps program, which allows customers to print


Fifty-six Kurdish mayors go on trial in Turkey to face charges of aiding a terrorist organisation.


Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL.N said on  Tuesday it would cut about 12 percent of its 37,000-person work  force as part of a four-year restructuring plan for which it  anticipates after-tax charges of $550 million to $650 million.


With two Super Bowl wins in the last three years, the Patriots have enjoyed the greatest stretch in franchise history, and they've been lauded for doing it with team play. Here are examples of when the other sports franchises in town distinguished themselves in similar fashion.


Administration Diverges on Missile Defense

President Bush said yesterday that a missile defense system is urgently needed in Europe to guard against a possible attack on U.S. allies by Iran, while Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates suggested that the United States could delay activating such a system until there is "definitive proof" of such...


Singer Brian McFadden's new video is withdrawn after a school complains about being associated with the song.


The UN's nuclear watchdog is meeting in Vienna on Monday to consider a European draft resolution aimed at addressing concern about Iran's nuclear programme.


Security Tests Relaxed  For Team Charter Flights

Redskins players and coaches didn't have to go through all of the metal detector, X-ray and other screening procedures required under current rules as they boarded their chartered jet last weekend.


Jobless figures fall but pay inflation muted

Business & money: Wage growth in the public sector slows to lowest level in nine years.


La Spezia, 22:03 - CALCIO, SPEZIA: ARRIVA CECCARELLI

Lo Spezia ha ingaggiato il difensore Luca Ceccarelli, 24 anni, la scorsa stagione alla Lucchese in C...


Oil prices eased from new record highs  on Monday as victory for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in a  referendum on his rule eased fears that unrest could upset the  country's oil exports.


Nine Die in 'Suicide Attack' on Baghdad Embassy

Rescuers dug seven bodies, all of them  from the same family, from the rubble of their house on  Saturday after an abortive suicide truck bomb attack on the  Jordanian embassy in Baghdad in which nine people died.


This service leverages new Windows Media 10 technologies to enable Napster subscribers to download music to portable devices, a technology called Janus.


Suspicion of a Mad Cow Case Proves Unfounded, Tests Find

A cow that tested positive last week on preliminary tests for mad cow disease has tested negative on the follow-up, the Agriculture Department announced.


Bono, Damien Hirst team up for AIDS art auction

U2 frontman and social campaigner Bono has teamed up with British artist Damien Hirst for a charity art auction in New York on Thursday to raise money for UN-backed health programs in Africa.


Improving labor market conditions and cheaper energy prices led to a sharp increase in a widely watched indicator of consumer confidence in December, a good sign for growth heading into the new year.


The Cassini probe got the first close-up photos of Saturn's murky moon Titan on Tuesday and began sending them back to Earth. This image is one of the closest ever taken of Saturn's hazy moon Titan.


Messina, 18:08 - CALCIO, MESSINA; GIORDANO: SERVE PIU' ATTENZIONE

"Il primo tempo è stato equilibrato, ma abbiamo preso gol in un'azione nata da una rimessa la...


Big Video Game Producer Receives More Subpoenas

Take-Two Interactive Software said it received additional grand jury subpoenas seeking information about its financial activities.


A380 takes guinea-pig passengers aloft, Airbus braces for change

The Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial airliner, took its first passengers aloft on a test flight, as the company announced a fresh management shakeup to grapple with delays plaguing the superjumbo.


Murray takes boys' title to fly the flag for Britain

Andrew Murray became the first Briton to lift a junior grand slam trophy since James Baily won the Australian Open in 1993 when he claimed the boys' title here, beating the Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-4, 6-2.


EUROPA/NORVEGIA - 1.5 milione di vite salve grazie al sostegno del Fondo Globale per la Lotta contro lÂAids, la malaria e la tubercolosi Oslo (Agenzia Fides) -  Oltre 1 milione e mezzo di persone malate di AIDS, tubercolosi e malaria in tutto il mondo sono state salvate grazie ai programmi del Global Fund per la Lotta contro le tre malattie, 3 mila vite ogni giorno. Questi risultati,...


Crude oil prices drop below 43 dollars a barrel

Crude oil prices fell for a fourthstraight day Friday, closing below 43 dollars per barrel for the first time in about three months.


Arsene Wenger is deflated after Arsenal are dumped out of the Champions League to end their hopes of silverware this season.


Sigourney Weaver Wouldn't Be on 'Factor'

Though she defined toughness in the "Alien" films, Sigourney Weaver wouldn't make a good contestant on reality TV shows such as "Fear Factor."


.NET patch trips up systems Early reports are suggesting problems after users apply one of the six patches issued by Microsoft on Tuesday.â¦


Questioning the Allure of Putting Cells in the Bank

Some experts say consumers should think twice before spending money on storing stem cells, because it is not clear how useful they will be.


Malaysia has detected a new outbreak of bird flu in a village in north-east Kelantan state, the sixth to be hit by the deadly virus in a month, officials announced today.


Hundreds of U.S. and Iraqi troops, under cover of F-16s, fought their way into three neighborhoods of besieged Baqouba on Friday to help clear Diyala province of entrenched insurgents. To the north of the city, American helicopters killed 17 al-Qaida gunmen trying to sneak past a checkpoint.


MTV: MIGLIAIA DI GIOVANI AL COLOSSEO PER IL MEGA-CONCERTO

ROMA - Vittoria e Giorgia, celebri presentatrici di Mtv, hanno dato il via all'attesissimo concerto gratuito di Mtv tra il delirio di migliaia di ragazzi. Molti di loro hanno atteso dalle prime ore di stamani


> > US Open diary: The charge of the Black brigade

Venus Williams' victory on Thursday night made history at the US Open. For the first time at the tournament, four Black women advanced to the third round.


Macerich Co.  on Thursday said it would buy Wilmorite Properties Inc. and Wilmorite Holdings L.P. for $1.45 billion in a deal that expands its portfolio of shopping malls.


Heavyweight Stars Light Up Nebula NGC 6357

The small open star cluster Pismis 24 lies in the core of the large emission nebula NGC 6357 in Sagittarius, about 8,000 light-years away from Earth. Some of the stars in this cluster are extremely massive and emit intense ultraviolet radiation.


The European effort was teeming with spirit

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- For many, the lasting image from the 35th Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills Country Club will be the Sunday celebration that overflowed with such a joyous spirit that you could not help but get swept up in it. Champagne-soaked fans were draped in huge European flags, their zest resonating in choruses of song and good cheer.


Bike-riding suicide bomber kills 28 Iraqi police

A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed 28 Iraqi policemen doing their morning exercises at a base north of Baghdad on Monday, in one of the deadliest strikes on security forces in months.


Badu identifies with Palestinian hip-hop

Sporting a huge, billowing Afro and a T-shirt with an anti-Iraq war slogan, Erykah Badu said she identifies with Palestinian hip-hop and expressed support for Louis Farrakhan before a crowd of Israeli fans and journalists Thursday.


Republicans scramble in South Carolina after three big races with three different winners ... Obama says he'd change approach to drug war ... Clinton says preparation for president should be more than inspirational speeches ... Thompson says spending puts U.S. on course to Soviet-like oblivion ... McCain looks to appeal to South Carolina's reservists, retired military


Changes to schools in Carmarthenshire are set to be revealed as part of a major modernisation programme.


Rutelli e Lanzillotta, ripresa iter gia' prossima settimana


Celtics play-by-play announcer Mike Gorman said he knew the team had returned to the public consciousness one day when he was stuck in Boston traffic near the State House on the way to an event.


Former MVP Caminiti Dies of Heart Attack at 41

Former National League Most Valuable  Player Ken Caminiti, who in 2002 admitted he used steroids,  died of a heart attack in New York on Sunday, Major League  Baseball reported on its Web Site.


The BBC's Mike Baker looks at the report that UK degree classifications have outlived their usefulness.


Robinson resigns as England rugby union coach

Andy Robinson has lost his job as head coach of the England rugby union team here after the Rugby Football Union (RFU) announced he was standing down with immediate effect.


How to avoid viruses, remotely access home PC Scripps Howard News ...

We have more and more letters to answer. Let's get right to the mailbag. Q: In a recent column you said that 95 percent of all viruses and spyware are aimed at Internet Explorer, so I decided to do away with IE.


The yen cleared a seven-week high  against the euro and held near a one-week peak on the dollar on  Wednesday after comments by the European Central Bank's chief  economist urging Asia to share the burden of dollar weakness.


It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the focus is on surviving cancer by staying optimistic. One way to do it is to feel that you look good.


Fissato dal primo gennaio dal ministero dell'Economia


AUSTRALIANS went into a television-buying frenzy the run-up to the Athens Olympics, suggesting that as a nation we could easily have scored a gold medal for TV purchasing.


Ilex Drug Helps One Leukemia, Not Another-US Panel

SILVER SPRING, Md.  - A panel of medical experts  on Wednesday recommended approval for Ilex Oncology Inc.'s new  drug Clolar for use against one type of leukemia but not  against another.


Law and Order: Trial By Jury to Continue

Bosses of crime drama Law And Order: Trial By Jury have vowed to continue the hit show, despite the death of its star, Jerry Orbach.


Also in the Morning Buzz: the sharp rise in the cost of home heating oil, the opening of a pay toilet in Madison Square Park, and the state teachers' union's concern about Governor Spitzer's proposal to cap local property taxes.


Lottery Winner Comes Forward After Divorce

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - It took Robert G. Swofford Jr. more than a month to come forward and claim his $60 million Lotto prize, but he had to take care of some unfinished business - divorcing his wife.


Trove of Unknown Work Expands Outsiderâs Legacy

An unsolicited e-mail to the American Folk Art Museum helped make the rare drawings of MartÃn RamÃrez a little less rare.


Qualcomm says court dismisses Broadcom complaint

Wireless chip developer Qualcomm Inc.   QCOM.O said on Friday the U.S. District Court for New Jersey   has dismissed Broadcom Corp's BRCM.O antitrust complaint   against Qualcomm in its entirety.


Tech wonders on homeland security horizon

Americans are facing a brave new world of post-September 11 technology marvels that could soon find their way into billions of dollars of projected homeland security spending.


Sir Menzies Campbell squares up to critics and delivers strongest attack yet on Gordon Brown.


Japan has resumed its annual whale hunt in waters near Antarctica now that anti-whaling activists have stopped pursuing the Japanese fleet, a news report said Tuesday.


Viktor Yanukovych: Mother Russia's Favorite Son

Like politicians everywhere, Ukraine's 54-year-old Prime Minister likes to invoke his humble origins, telling the media that "my main dream in life was to break out of poverty.


(InfoWorld) - EBay has big plans to provide more programming tools like new SDKs and APIs to its community of about 45,000 third-party developers. The goal is to help external developers increase the volume and variety of applications they create for the company's marketplace and in particular to increase applications for eBay buyers. Max Mancini, the recently appointed senior director of platform and innovation at eBay, spoke to IDG News Service about these developer plans and about another group he heads called the Disruptive Innovation team, started last year. What follows is an edited transcript of the interview. IDG News Service: What does the Disruptive Innovation team do at eBay? Max Mancini: If we look at the evolution of innovation on eBay, it started with innovating around consumer-to-consumer commerce and the auction format online. Then over the last 5 or 6 years, eBay has had to innovate around technology just to keep up from scale and growth perspectives. So it has been focused on scalability, performance, and also search. In that sense, many of our investments and efforts around innovation have been focused on building up the platform. Now, as the company has gotten up to about 12,000 employees, what we need to do is make sure that we continue to innovate around new business and feature ideas. We have teams for each of the major eBay areas like our Buyer team, Seller team, and eBay Express team. Each team works on its own innovations, which are focused on keeping up with the customer demands and, as the market evolves, on what comes next. That's part of their normal product road maps. But my team is looking 12 to 18 months out to identify trends that we think are relevant to our business. We're creating a more structured innovation program so that when people come up with ideas, they can submit them to a database and an environment that we review on a regular basis, usually weekly or bi-weekly. And if things are pretty interesting, we're able to bring people into a rotation on an innovation team to work on their ideas. My Disruptive Innovation team is part of this. IDGNS: You head both the Disruptive Innovation team and the Developers Program. Why? Mancini: We feel that, organizationally, it made sense to combine the Developers Program and the Disruptive Innovation team because the Developers Program and Web services are things that enable us to innovate on top of eBay's marketplace platform. IDGNS: Are there any specific projects currently ongoing at the Disruptive Innovation team? Mancini: Yes. As part of our 2007 strategic planning for the company, the innovation team identified what we felt were the two most important areas for us to invest our time in: buyer experience and social commerce. Overall buyer experience is very important to us as a business, but independent of that, it's one of those areas we need to invest in because from a technology trend perspective, there's a fundamental shift in the way people expect to interact on the Internet, and we need to get ahead of that. Internet users are evolving past just going through page flows, in other words, clicking on five links to get something done: filling out a form here and going to the next page and so on. They're going to more of a rich media, interactive experience that we have traditionally seen on desktop applications but that can be delivered to the Web. Think AJAX and Flash. So we're spending a fair amount of time investing in buyer experience, specifically around rich media experiences delivered via the Web. Regarding social commerce, it's not social networking. If you look at things like LinkedIn, Plaxo, your Skype client, your AOL client, your Yahoo address book, your e-mail, all of these things define relationships you have. But no one is looking at how these relationship definitions affect trust relationships in commerce. Let's say you have tickets for sale for a local sporting event but don't want to go through the hassle of listing them. You know you have friends who might be interested in the tickets but you don't want to spam all your friends. Making those tickets available to your buddies in your IM buddy list or your address book, and letting them discover what's available out there is an interesting model. The other piece is if you're going to transact with somebody and you don't have a relationship with that person. The fact that people are comfortable sharing and defining their relationships online makes that a potential disruptor to a reputation system [like eBay's feedback system]. So it's very important from my perspective to explore and understand how these trust definitions can affect an online reputation system. IDGNS: Would this be taking eBay's feedback system to the next level? Mancini: Yes, absolutely, but it's a different angle on it. Our feedback system is based on transactions, as opposed to determining whether I can trust this person through some other relationship other than a transaction. We need to stay on top of this trend. IDGNS: A developer told me he's happy with the eBay Developers Program but that sometimes when you make changes to APIs, it forces him to adjust things on his application. Is this issue something you keep in mind when tweaking APIs? Mancini: Change management is very important to developers because they have to react and update their applications. So one of the first things I did at the Developers Program was staff up our product managers so that things don't slip by. This has happened in the past because we've had very limited product management support on APIs, and that's changing now. I've got a good team focused on that. Our general direction is that anytime we release a feature on the site, that feature should be API/Web services-enabled because our [external] developers can innovate more than we can because there are 45,000 of them and 12,000 eBay employees. So there are definitely great advantages to having a robust developer program, and we want to make sure those developers aren't getting left behind. Developers also want us to help them market their products to buyers and sellers. They invest money, time, and effort to create applications that work on top of eBay and they want some help reaching eBay users, so we're bringing aboard a full-time person to focus on nothing but helping our third-party developers market their tools to eBay users. Â


Randall ignites Hokies to fourth-quarter rally

Bryan Randall threw for 304 yards in the game and for two long touchdowns in the fourth quarter as No. 22 Virginia Tech, stifled much of the night, rallied for a 34-20 victory Thursday against Georgia Tech.


Belgrado, 16:43 - CALCIO, STELLA ROSSA: PRONTA A DENUNCIA UEFA CONTRO RACING

La formazione serba della Stella Rossa è pronta a denunciare il Racing Santander all'Uefa se,...


EU Greenlights Key Sofia Highway ... read

Politics: 22 December 2004, Wednesday. The European Commission has approved the project of the construction of key highway Ljulin designed to take on the high traffic through some suburban areas of capital ...


Al-Qaeda Group Vows to Kill Hostages From US, UK

An Iraqi group linked to al-Qaeda threatened to kill three Western hostages within 48 hours unless Iraqi women prisoners are freed.


TEHRAN: Iran has increased the range of its missiles to 2,000km a senior official was quoted as saying yesterday.The range would put parts of Europe within reach for the first time.


Lilly Considers $1 Billion Fine to Settle Case

The fine would settle a civil and criminal investigation into the companyâs marketing of an antipsychotic drug.


Doctors Balk at Cancer Ad, Citing Lack of Evidence

Some doctors are questioning a cancer society ad campaign on sunscreen because most skin cancer is not life-threatening.


OGGI SU INTERNET/ARGENTINA - LÂAzione Cattolica in Argentina lancia la campagna "Il Natale, Ã¨ meglio in famiglia" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Il Natale Ã¨ un avvenimento di redenzione che ogni anno ci permette di fermarci un momento e ripensare agli affetti, a quanti ci sono vicini, alle assenze; in modo speciale, alla possibilitÃ  di contare sulla famiglia. (C...


Una delle vedove di Nassiriya chiede i danni allo Stato

Troppo a lungo lâhanno lasciata sola col proprio dolore. Troppo a lungo lo Stato ha finto di non vederla, ha cercato di rimuoverne la presenza, di fingere che non esistesse. E allora lei si Ã¨ decisa. La


The "highly criticial" vulnerability affects Internet Explorer 5.01, 5.5, and 6 on fully patched PCs running either Windows XP SP1 or the newer SP2.


ER's longest serving cast member Noah Wyle has hinted he may hang up his stethoscope. Wyle, who has played Dr John Carter since ER began in 1994, said on a US cable television show he planned to leave the hit show.


Georgia charges opposition tycoon with coup plot

Georgian prosecutors on Thursday charged opposition figure and tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili with plotting a coup and attempting to organize a terrorist attack.


When Jerry Rice began his career with San Francisco 19 years ago, the 49ers had just won their second Super Bowl.


By Carolyn Y. Johnson, Globe Correspondent | December 2, 2004. Government science advisers are expected to decide today whether to recommend approval of the first "female Viagra," a hormone patch that supporters


It seems that England simply cannot escape controversy. But on Wednesday night in Madrid it was their opponents, rather than themselves, that were dragged through the mire as racist chants directed at England


The Democrat probing President Bush's decision to erase the prison sentence of a former White House aide said Sunday there is "the suspicion" the aide might have fingered others in the Bush administration if he served time.


Prefetto milanese accoglie richiesta club rossonero


Around 2:30 a.m. yesterday, the Patriots' plane landed at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, R.I. About an hour later, the team buses arrived at Gillette Stadium, slowed by the snow that buried the region. And shortly after they unloaded their bags, the players and coaches were in a meeting, rehashing bits of their 41-27 win over Pittsburgh in ...


LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair reportedly underwent a procedure to correct an irregular heartbeat Friday and was recovering.    Aides refused to say whether the 2 1/2-hour procedure, called a catheter ablation, took place...


The upscale watchmaker will be a good investment ... eventually.


Philippines military slam "Mafia" tag amid corruption scandal

The Philippines military has angrily rejected a legislator's suggestions that its top brass was like a "Mafia" crime family amid a widening probe into a corruption scandal in the armed forces.


Not long ago, pundits feared ongoing allegations about President Bush's National Guard service would hijack the campaign, forcing the candidates to waste precious pre-election time talking about a 30-year-old war.


BAGHDAD (BBC)-- Two Iraqi interim government ministers have survived apparent assassination attempts in the capital Baghdad. Convoys carrying the environment and education ministers were attacked on their way to offices in the city.


Michael Dell back in charge as Rollins exits Dell

Two and a half years afterÂ handing the chief executive title to his hand-picked successor, Kevin Rollins, Michael Dell is again running the company he founded.


Cazenove is getting serious in its  courtship with at least two U.S. investment banks and the  180-year old UK brokerage could tie the knot with one of its  suitors in a matter of weeks, sources close to the situation  said Monday.


A Cambridgeshire heart transplant hospital suspends procedures over a rise in deaths.


Soldiers accused of rape in Kenya cleared: MoD

Soldiers accused of raping hundreds of Kenyan women while on training exercises there have been cleared after an investigation into the allegations, a spokesman for the ministry of defence told AFP.


Haiti, a country already rocked in its bicentennial year by political upheaval, flooding and rampant violence, is once again devastated.


On.Mura presenta 2 pdl per arginare 'gerontocrazia cronica'


This weekâs schedule includes Mondayâs regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and auctions of five-year notes and four-week bills on Tuesday.


Cheney-Edwards Debate Will Show Clash of Styles

Vice presidential debates rarely play  a big role in White House races, but Tuesday's match-up between  Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards promises a  sharp clash of styles and more than the usual drama.


Kidnappers beheaded British hostage Kenneth Bigley after twice releasing videos in which he wept and pleaded with Prime Minister Tony Blair for his life.


Gas Shortage Looms After Pakistan Attacks

Pakistanis were facing gas shortages on Sunday following a wave of rocket attacks blamed on ethnic militants against pipelines and other natural gas facilities in a remote southern region, officials said.


Microsoft is expected to enter the online song store market this week, which should put the software giant head-to-head with Apple Computer in the music business at last.


Wall Street Journal to launch weekend edition in 2005

NEW YORK : The Wall Street Journal will begin publishing a weekend edition in the US market starting in September 2005, the business daily's publisher announced.


'Napoleon Dynamite,' wife expecting baby

The star of the cult hit film "Napoleon Dynamite" and his wife are expecting their first child, his publicist confirmed Friday.


Democrats, GOP spin numbers in September jobs report

COLUMBUS - John Kerry's campaign in Ohio seized on yesterday's Labor Department report that said the US economy added 96,000 jobs in September, a weaker total than expected in the last employment report before the Nov. 2 election.


Jay-Z of all trades presides over "Kingdom"

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Anyone eager to hire a globally known rapper might want to check out the Web site supporting Jay-Z's Hewlett-Packard commercial. The interactive desktop provides a glimpse of Jay's intriguing resume.


California dropped its criminal investigation of Diebold Election Systems Inc. on Tuesday, instead joining Alameda County and two electronic-voting activists in suing the Texas-based touch-screen voting machine maker.


State moves against former Metropolitan Mortgage brokers

State securities regulators have moved to suspend or revoke the licenses of nine former brokers for Metropolitan Mortgage & Securities, the bankrupt financial conglomerate that has left thousands of people across the Northwest holding hundreds of millions


Neighbors Unite Over Opponent Redwood City Buildings Begat Community- Building Neighbors Form Bond Over Dislike for Developments

By Neil Gonzales  REDWOOD CITY -- Keith Daum has lived in the Redwood Village community for years, becoming familiar with neighbors on his street, Scott Avenue.


The following is a partial transcript of the second presidential debate between President Bush (R) and Sen. John F. Kerry (D). The debate was held in Washington University in St.


Price increase must for oil PSUs to be profitable: PM

THE HAGUE, NOV 7: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday made a fervent appeal to Left parties to understand the compulsions that necessitated the hike in oil prices.


An Assessment of CMDB Adoptions and Priorities in 2006

This report includes the industry's first meaningful breakout of CMDB sub-markets ("The Two CMDBs" and "Vendors and Services") as they are likely to take shape over the coming years, and provides both a descriptive way of assessing current market dynamics and technologies, while offering some proscriptive recommendations towards the future evolution of the market.


Paris Hilton found herself somewhere she never thought she'd be: Harvard.


Premier defiant as Kiev parliament sacks Government

THE UKRAINE parliament sacked the Government of Viktor Yanukovych, the Prime Minister, yesterday in a coup for the Opposition in its campaign to overturn his victory in a presidential election.


State Cites Mercury in Some Alaska Fish: FIVE SPECIES: For Good Health, Kids and Pregnant Women Are Advised to Limit Amounts.

By Rosemary Shinohara, Anchorage Daily News, Alaska  Feb. 4--Samples from five types of Alaska fish contain too much mercury for unlimited eating, according to new data gathered by the state.


Congress Plans 'Security' Agenda In Final Flurry Before Elections      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Hoping to stem a Democratic tide in November's midterm elections, Republicans in Congress are promising an "aggressive" agenda focused on their usual strong suit -- national security.


At 2-0, Georgia Tech is yet to be tested, which is remarkable since one of its victories came against Notre Dame. Last week's 69-14 win over Samford was a controlled scrimmage, but the 33-3 win over Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind., drew some attention.


UK Official Confirms Minister Blunkett Resigned

Senior British government minister David  Blunkett, a trusted ally of Prime Minister Tony Blair, resigned  on Wednesday, a government official confirmed.


The latest deal will provide an edge in the intensely competitive security market.


Presto per convocazione ufficiale da parte del Governo


Japan Raises Defenses on Signs North Korea Plans Missile Test

Japan sent two destroyers and a surveillance airplane to the Sea of Japan on Thursday, American and Japanese government officials said, after the United States and Japan detected


49ers' Lawson out for season with injury

Linebacker Manny Lawson will miss the rest of the San Francisco 49ers' season after tearing a ligament in his left knee.


U.S. Slips in Attracting the World's Best Students

American universities find themselves facing intense competition as other countries aggressively recruit foreign students.


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Italia seconda dopo la Francia, che pero' fattura il doppio


Pakistan kills Al-Qaeda kingpin wanted in Pearl case, bid on Musharraf life

Pakistan said its security forces had killed an Al-Qaeda kingpin allegedly behind an assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf and indicted in the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl.


Soul star James Brown is diagnosed with prostate cancer and will undergo surgery next week.


Needing Backup, Jets Give Carter a Chance

Herman Edwards believes not giving Quincy Carter a second chance would be a crime. That's how the New York Jets' coach explained the team's signing Tuesday of the former Dallas starting quarterback who was surprisingly released by the Cowboys three weeks ago. The fact the Jets were desperate for a backup to Chad Pennington had a little to do with the move, too.


Berlino, 19:00 - CALCIO, BUNDESLIGA: AMBURGO FRENA IL BAYERN MONACO

Il Bayern Monaco ha pareggiato 1-1 con l'Amburgo in uno dei posticipi della quarta giornata di Bunde...


Microsoft, Cisco back UK IT skills programs

Microsoft and several partners launched on Monday two IT training programs in the U.K. in an effort to increase the employability of those who lack basic computer skills.


Monday's press comments on the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq and gives the papers' final verdicts on the summer Athens Olympics.


China military upgrades a potential threat to US: Pentagon

The pace and scope of China's modernization of its strategic forces and other surprising military developments could pose a credible long-term threat to the United States, the Pentagon warned.


The presidential ad war online is beginning to look more like a skirmish.


Judge clears three in deaths of Chicago club goers

A judge on Friday cleared three men charged with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of 21 people who were crushed in a stampede out of a nightclub four years ago.


Lettera dell'ex premier a Veronica Lario dopo quella pubblicata da Repubblica"Perdona un carattere giocoso e autoironico, e spesso irriverente"                                          Berlusconi chiede scusa alla moglie "La tua dignitÃ  Ã¨ un bene prezioso"                                                                                "Proposte di matrimonio, credimi, non ne ho mai fatte a nessunoIl mio orgoglio privato cede alla tua collera come atto d'amore"


Inside DCSNet, the FBI's Nationwide Eavesdropping Network

Take a peek inside DCSNet, the FBI's nationwide eavesdropping network. It's far more intricately woven into the nation's telecom infrastructure than observers suspected. And it's growing.


Alexandre Vinokourov and Andreas Kloden suffer injuries on stage five of the Tour de France, which Filippo Pozzato wins in a sprint.


With vaccine low, local flu shot clinics canceled

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


By MARTIN GRIFFITH  RENO, Nev. - For the first time in three months, firefighters in northeastern Nevada may get a chance to catch their breath.  Crews nearly contained the last of two wildfires that have burned more than 407 square miles since Sept.


US urged to probe Northwest Airlines fees

The Justice Department is being asked to investigate new Northwest Airlines fees that added $7.50 to the cost of a round-trip ticket purchased through systems used by travel agents.


U.N. sees Iraq progress despite misgivings

The United Nations envoy to Baghdad said on Wednesday he would present a positive picture of progress in Iraq in a report to the Security Council despite earlier having serious misgivings about reconciliation efforts.


Scotlandâs suicide rate up in last two decades

The suicide cases in Scotlandâs poorest areas have increased drastically in the last two decades, the research shows. The study - which was based on the data collected from General Register Office for Scotland


Iran Will Likely Freeze Nuke Enrichment-Official

VIENNA/TEHRAN  - A senior Iranian official said on  Thursday he was optimistic Iran would halt its uranium  enrichment program as Europe demands, in a move aimed at easing  fears that Iran is secretly developing atomic weapons.


Salman Khan may have almost finished two decades in the film industry but he still keeps bettter   with age.


One thing about this election is known: the man who occupies the Oval Office for the next four years will not have a beard or mustache.


Fed cut hopes send global stocks, gold higher

Expectations of further U.S. interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve later this week boosted stocks and sent gold to historic highs on Tuesday while they kept the dollar near a two-week low.


Londra, 09:55 - CALCIO, CHELSEA OFFRE 14 MLN PER ALVES

Il Chelsea è pronto a offrire 10 milioni di sterline (14,8 milioni di euro) per acquistare Da...


Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff is touring, and the film that put him on the map is being remade.


After Death, Tests for Mideast and World

Yasir Arafat was both the symbol of the Palestinians' hope for a viable, independent state and the prime obstacle to its realization.


China to impose tax to limit its textile exports

Beijing - China said yesterday that it would impose a new tax on textile exports, responding to US and European pressure to limit them amid fears that low-cost Chinese textiles would flood markets abroad when global quotas expired next month.


Wall St rebounds as Bernanke calms nerves

Stocks rose on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comments that the economy was poised to grow moderately reassured investors, a day after the Dow's worst slide since the September 11 attacks.


Tiger Woods is skipping the PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda, saying Wednesday he wanted the longest break of his career to spend time with his new daughter.


The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday cut its 2005 outlook and warned that the high price of oil threatened to curb global economic growth, which it said would be the strongest this year for almost 30 years.


Ray Allen returned to the Seattle SuperSonics' lineup Saturday night against Charlotte after missing two games because of the flu.


The family of Jean Charles de Menezes fail to block a bid by the Director of Prosecutions to delay the inquest into his death.


Computers Keep Oklahoma No. 2 in the BCS

Computers prefer Oklahoma over Auburn - and Southern California.


Madonna directing debut set for Berlin premiere

Her movie career did not  amount to much, but Madonna will hope for better luck behind  the camera when her directing debut makes its world premiere at  the Berlin Film Festival in February.


Israeli troops detain a Fatah parliamentarian, and overnight raids kill two militants in Gaza.


U.S. blue chips inched lower on  Tuesday afternoon as investors worried that oil prices, which  jumped to another record, will eat into corporate profits and  dampen consumer spending.


Searching Passengers' Faces For Subtle Cues to Terror

Looking for signs of "stress, fear and deception" among the hundreds of passengers shuffling past him at Orlando International Airport one day last month, security screener Edgar Medina immediately focused on four casually dressed men trying to catch a flight to Minneapolis.


System gives Jones benefit of doubt says doping chief

World anti-doping chief Dick Pound   defended testing procedures that have come under fire since   Marion Jones was cleared of a doping offence, saying on   Thursday she had been given the benefit of doubt.


What's the best Web site for geotagged photos?

Photo-sharing Web sites are getting better at handling pictures based on where they were taken. My top pick is Flickr, with SmugMug and Google's Picasa tied for second.


CBS to test location-based mobile advertising

The company looks to strengthen its already substantial advertising network by adding text message ads to its portfolio.


Big 'EDS Outsourcing firm EDS reported a hike in profits on Wednesday evening, almost doubling its take from the same period in 2005.â¦


A genre once known for high quality is now a source of lazy commercial fodder.


UK forces are to hand back control of security in Basra province to Iraq, four-and-a-half years after the invasion.


An Army sergeant accused in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal will plead guilty to reduced charges next week as part of a deal with military prosecutors, his lawyer said Thursday.


Female Prisoners Glow in Rio Jail Beauty Contest

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - If not for poor-quality  tattoos on the ankles of some contestants, lack of air  conditioning and the presence of uniformed female guards around  the doors, it would seem like a normal beauty pageant.


A look at the top movies stories this week.


Marsh and McLennan's Chairman Steps Down

(1010 WINS) (NEW YORK) Marsh and McLennan's chairman and chief executive Jeffrey Greenberg will step down this morning, according to a published report.


For Celebrity Magazine, Pregnancy Is a Bonus

OK!, the celebrity magazine, could not possibly have purchased all the attention it enjoyed in late December after it got the scoop that Jamie Lynn Spears, the younger and until then less sensational sister of the troubled pop queen Britney Spears, was three months pregnant. Or could it?


Iran on Sunday rejected a deadline set by the European Union for Iran to clear itself on the nuclear activities and said it would make no concession on its right ofpeaceful nuclear technology.


Hostage Calls on Britain to Quit Iraq - Jazeera

Iraqi-British hostage Margaret Hassan  again urged Britain to withdraw its troops from Iraq and also  to free Iraqi women prisoners, Al Jazeera television reported  on Wednesday.


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The U.S. economy grew at a healthy  3.7 percent annual rate in the third quarter this year,  bolstered by strong consumer spending and accompanied by the  lowest inflation in decades, the Commerce Department said on  Friday.


PassAlong Networks Goes MP3; Offers Two Million iPod-Compatible Songs in MP3 Format

PassAlong Networks(TM), developer of digital media services and innovations, is offering its entire independent music catalog in MP3 format to its current network of digital music stores and to anyone seeking to launch a new store.


CME shares at new peak as earnings estimates rise

Shares in Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings (CME.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , parent of the largest US futures exchange, reached the latest in a string of record highs on Thursday as earnings estimates continue to rise.


Boisterous supporters of President-elect Viktor Yushchenko blockaded the government headquarters on Wednesday, preventing the prime minister from convening a Cabinet session.


HK Orders Schools to Step Up Fight Against Flu

Hong Kong's government has ordered  schools to step up precautions against influenza as another  child came down with a mysterious respiratory infection.


Il Presidente della Repubblica aprira' le celebrazioni


The guys at the top of a Major League rotation are competitors, none more so than Josh Beckett whose Game 1 performance is just the latest in a dominant postseason career.


Release of crash investigation results will take months

MONTROSE, Colo. - NBC Sports Chairman Dick Ebersol was still strapped into his seat after the fatal Nov. 28 airplane crash that killed one son and spared another, but neither of the Ebersol siblings were wearing seat belts.


Fannie Mae delays note sale announcement to Friday

Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the largest US home funding company, said on Thursday it will delay by one day until Friday announcing whether it will sell December benchmark notes.


The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said Thursday that it is temporarily withdrawing some key international staff from strife-torn south Darfur in Sudan.


Resident Evil Zombie compromised PCs are as fond of eating bandwidth as their counterparts are of munching through brains, according to a new study.â¦


Nothing draws celebrities like cocktails, fellow A-listers and a good cause.


Group Battles Against Proposed Landfill: Fight the Forsyth Stokes Dump Wants Stokes Officials to Reject Project

By Blair Goldstein, Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 11--Twice a month for almost two years, Wayne Morton has met with his neighbors to organize against a dump.


Air Berlin to order 60 Boeing 737-800 new generation jets

Air Berlin, the German low-cost airline, has said it planned to order 60 Boeing 737-800 medium-haul jets.


Microsoft to Pay $113 Million to California Lawyers

A judge is ordering the Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) to pay $112.5 million to attorneys who successfully sued the software maker for monopolizing a segment of California's market...


Pope Benedict XVI's personal preacher asked the pontiff Friday to declare a day of fasting and penance to publicly declare repentance and express solidarity with the victims of clerical sex abuse.


As Gumshoes Squish in Streets of Baltimore

As the author of a series about a Baltimore-based private investigator, Laura Lippman gives the city a much-appreciated picture of itself.


Rove, Bolten Found in Contempt of Congress

A Senate panel found former presidential adviser Karl Rove and current White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten in contempt of Congress yesterday for refusing to testify and to turn over documents in the investigation of the firings of nine U.S. attorneys last year.


Crotone, 12:02 - CALCIO, CROTONE: A MANTOVA CON IL DUBBIO GIAMPAOLO

Crotone a Mantova a caccia del riscatto dopo il ko con la Juve. Gustinetti dovrebbe rilanciare dall'...


Ernst Volgenau, founder of SRA International Inc., said Thursday he will step down as chief executive of the company in January but will continue to serve as chairman of the board. -The Washington Post


LONDON: Britain has announced that Gurkhas who served in its army would be able to apply for settlement and British citizenship on completion of their service.


Nationals Say Fare Well To Their Young Arms

The Nationals' starting rotation, littered with cheap retreads and fringe prospects a year ago, has upgraded across the board with a group of solid prospects.


Videotaped footage of Friday night's brawl at The Palace of Auburn Hills showed that a fan in a white hat may have been responsible for the action that started the whole thing, Local 4 reported.


Israel killed the top commander of the Islamic Jihad militant group in a Gaza airstrike on Tuesday, drawing vows of revenge that could complicate efforts to end a massive Israeli offensive into the strip.


Mary Esther Unveils Sewage Plant Addition

By Patrick Mcdermott, Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach  Jun. 9--MARY ESTHER -- Officials here are happy about a clean record at their wastewater treatment plant, and hope a new expansion puts the city in good shape for the future.


Intel users will be able to use nVidia graphics hardware in the future after a surprise announcement from the two companies. The deal will be welcomed by users who will be able to use nVidia's nForce platform


LOUISVILLE, Ky. Louisville topped 50 points for the fourth time this season while crushing Texas Christian 55-to-28. Stefan LaFors was 13-of-21 for 275 yards and three touchdowns while the 12th-ranked Cardinals were rolling up 587 yards of total offense.


Pink and Racer Hubby Carey Hart Split Up

In-depth look at U.S. struggle to defeat improvised explosive devices used by insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2002.


SocGen reels from record $7 billion rogue trader fraud

A "massive fraud" by a junior rogue trader has punched a $7 billion hole in the finances of French bank Societe Generale, leaving its credibility in tatters and forcing it to get emergency cash.


Kenya's main opposition party says it will resume mass protests after last month's disputed elections.


Svolta nel caso Welby 'Staccate la spina'

La procura: "PuÃ² interrompere le cure. Ma non si puÃ² ordinare al medico di non ripristinare la terapia". Che ne pensate?


Winehouse Grammy wins send 'bad' message: Cole

Soul singer Natalie Cole spoke out against Amy Winehouse's haul of Grammy awards on Monday, saying the British star's multiple wins sent a "bad message," a report said.


Stoccarda, 19:30 - ATLETICA, STOCCARDA: HOWE VINCE CON UN SALTO DI 8,35 METRI

Nuovo successo di Andrew Howe nel salto in lungo. Nella seconda giornata delle World Athletics Final...


UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is on his way to Khartoum to discuss the problem of refugee security in the troubled region.


Nortel Cuts Fewer Jobs, Exits Real Estate

Nortel Networks Corp. NT.TO said on  Thursday it will eliminate almost 10 percent of its workforce,  slightly less than it previously expected, and consolidate real  estate in a cost-cutting plan that will save $500 million in  2005.


Prosecutor in Duke Case Is Stripped of Law License

An ethics panel disbarred Michael B. Nifong, who pursued a false accusation of sexual assault against three Duke University lacrosse players.


Britain signed an agreement Tuesday committing to the next development and production phase of the new Joint Strike Fighter, resolving a dispute between the Pentagon and its biggest overseas partner over sharing technology for the advanced fighter jet.


Record Run Gives American Joanna Hayes Hurdles Gold

Joanna Hayes of the United States stamped her authority on a chaotic Olympic 100 meters hurdles competition when she blazed to the gold medal in a Games record 12.


Pret a Manger is in talks with Bridgepoint to buy McDonald's' share in the firm, the BBC has learned.


The NASD yesterday lodged fraud charges against H&R Block Financial Advisors Inc. for selling $16.4 million of Enron Corp. bonds to investors without warning of risks, shortly before the energy trading company filed for bankruptcy protection.


Kylie Minogue says writing her  book was therapeutic while she was treated for breast cancer.


IT managers caught in employees' illicit networks

IM, VoIP create biz security risk Illicit workplace "greynets" are enjoying enormous growth, with staff embracing the concept while BOFHs are left playing whac-a-mole.â¦


Lobbyist, fed lawyer share vacation home

Nine months before agreeing to let ConocoPhillips delay a half-billion-dollar pollution cleanup, the government's top environmental prosecutor bought a $1 million vacation home with the company's top lobbyist.


Eyeing up that juicy steak but worried  about your waistline? Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp.  6753.T says it has developed a new fat-busting microwave oven  that can melt some of your worries away.


Australian Shares Midday:No Buyers To Support S&P/ASX 200

SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Consideration is being given to the effects of the high Australian dollar against the US dollar, with "buyers being held back while the currency remains at 76 cents," says Peter Morgan, of Tolhurst Noall in Sydney.


Stowaway kitten takes U.S. plane ride in a suitcase

A kitten survived a plane trip halfway across the United States after accidentally ending up in a suitcase, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.


Even During Season, Precautions for Posada

The demands of Jorge Posadaâs position have caused him to make CT scans part of his off-season routine and, if necessary, his in-season routine.


A list of promising companies chosen by CAPS investors who've already picked stocks that beat the market by 200% or more.


Preoccupations: The Google Way: Give Engineers Room

It sounds obvious, but people work better when theyâre involved in something theyâre passionate about.


Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser continues to lose users to rivals such as Firefox and Opera, a Web analytics firm said Thursday.


UN says Lebanon peacekeeping force reaches 5,000

The number of U.N. peacekeepers in   Lebanon has grown to about 5,000, a spokesman said on Tuesday,   reaching a level which the United Nations sees as sufficient   for Israel to complete its withdrawal from Lebanon.


Texas Instruments Inc. TXN.N, the  world's largest maker of chips for cell phones, on Tuesday said  it expects fourth-quarter revenue and earnings per share at the  mid range of its previous estimates, as order trends remain  soft and an inventory correction continues.


Is the EU holding Turkey to too high a standard?

Turkey's moment of truth is fast approaching. On Oct. 6, the European Commission is due to publish its report on whether Turkey is ready to start negotiations for membership of the European Union.


Cava dei Tirreni, 23:20 - CALCIO, SERIE C1/B: NEL POSTICIPO CAVESE-ANCONA 3-2

La Cavese ha battuto l'Ancona per 3-2 nel posticipo della quarta giornata del campionato di serie C1...


You'd think that after the disaster Jean-Marie Messier created at Vivendi (NYSE: V) by overhyping the prospects of an aging French water utility, no executive would ever again resort to lying about his company's prospects.


Illness outbreak dampens fun at Lake Erie isle known as 'Key West ...

Diane Mahdinel arrived Friday on a popular Lake Erie resort island with her own bottled water, sandwiches and hand sanitizer. She wasn't taking any chances with the mysterious intestinal


Washington expects 'message of unity' on Iraq from conference

WASHINGTON, Nov 21  - Washington expects this week's international conference on Iraq to send a strong and unified message of support for the country, according to Secretary of State Colin Powell, who is to attend the meeting.


Amburgo, 12:51 - CALCIO, ARRESTATI 250 TIFOSI INGLESI E TEDESCHI

Circa 250 tifosi, tedeschi e inglesi, sono stati arrestati ad Amburgo. I tifosi si erano dati appunt...


The federal government's decision Tuesday to redirect much of the nation's remaining flu vaccine means that, at least for the short-term, it will become even more difficult to get a flu shot in the Northern San Joaquin Valley.


Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and his central bank colleagues are widely expected to raise short-term interest rates for a fifth and final time this year Tuesday.


Polls say Kerry narrowly won US election debate

Snap polls taken after the second US presidential election debate said Senator John Kerry narrowly beat President George W. Bush.


- Considering its source - the filmmaker behind the atrocious Adam Sandler flicks "Little Nicky" and "Mr. Deeds" - the backcountry comedy "Without a Paddle" is comparatively tolerable.


Omnifone Launches Mobile Music Service MusicStation

UK-based mobile music company Omnifone has launched MusicStation, a next-generation mobile phone music service that will be deployed in partnership with music labels such as Universal Music and 23 initial global mobile operators.


Heinz Kerry Reports Nearly $2.3M in 2003

Teresa Heinz Kerry made nearly $2.3 million in 2003 and had a federal and state tax bill of close to $800,000, according to tax forms filed Friday.


Biogen Idec cuts a deal to boost cancer offerings

Moving to strengthen its offerings to treat cancer, Biogen Idec Inc. of Cambridge yesterday signed a deal to license tumor-killing technology from ImmunoGen Inc.


IBM to buy Internet Security for $1.3 billion

IBM , the world's largest  information-technology company, on Wednesday said it agreed to  buy Internet Security Systems Inc.  for $1.3 billion,  continuing an acquisition drive to fuel growth.


Teens Are Waking Up To the Caffeine Habit

Like many people, Nicole Rivera uses coffee to survive a long day of hard work.


British Airways Makes New Offer to Unions; More Talks Planned

Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- British Airways Plc's unions are studying a new pay offer from Europe's second-largest airline that includes bonuses worth as much as 1,000 pounds ($1,840) amid the threat of strikes over the August bank holiday weekend.


In its December 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, McAfee said its ability to commercialize products could be harmed because of "ambiguous" open-source license terms that could result in "unanticipated or uncertain obligations regarding our products."


Lo afferma ministro dell'economia, Padoa-Schioppa


Plan B Use Surges, And So Does Controversy

The popularity of the morning-after pill Plan B has surged in the year since the federal government approved the sale of the controversial emergency contraceptive without a prescription.


Siglata intesa ministro-sindacati sui piani di rientro


Elita Kang is always thinking about how to keep her hands warm. As assistant concertmaster for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, she goes through a routine warm-up on her violin before a rehearsal or concert.


Fed slashes US interest rates to 3.50 percent

The US Federal Reserve slashed its key federal funds short-term interest rate by three quarters of a percentage point to 3.50 percent Tuesday amid sharp falls on global stock markets.


Lasciato in una borsa a Marradi nell'alto Mugello


Schwarzenegger to press universal health insurance

California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger on Tuesday vowed to continue pressing for  legislation that would provide health insurance to his state's  uninsured, a day after a universal health care bill he  supported died in a Senate committee.


Iraqi forces find suspected chemical weapons lab

Iraqi soldiers have discovered a suspected chemical weapons lab in Falluja, while a top aide of wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has been arrested in Mosul, Iraq's interim national security adviser said Thursday.


Labour ahead in polls on eve of party conference

The ruling Labour party of Prime Minister Tony Blair was ahead of the opposition Conservatives by two points in the opinion polls on the eve of a crucial party conference.


Paul Otellini surprises a few reporters when he clams up over Microsoft's operating system.


Scientists say changes in the earth's climate from human influences are occurring particularly intensely in the Arctic region, evidenced by widespread melting of glaciers, thinning sea ice and rising permafrost temperatures.


Chinese President Hu Jintao (è¡é¦æ¿¤) and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi both congratulated US President George W. Bush yesterday on his re-election and said they were looking forward to better relations with Washington.


Most governments around the world reacted to the news of George Bush's re-election yesterday with a diplomatic straight bat. France, Germany and other European countries pledged to work with the new administration


Statins, which are used to treat high cholesterol, may also fight HIV, a study suggests.


Teaching search engines to see Web pages the way people do could improve their performance.


Six people were killed and eight others wounded Saturday when a car bomb and remote bomb exploded simultaneously next to an Iraqi police academy in Kirkuk, an Iraqi National Guard official told CNN.


Mention Bernard Hopkins, and Felix Trinidad winces. Bring up Oscar De La Hoya or Roy Jones, and Trinidad shakes his head. Back among boxing's biggest names, Trinidad is ending more than two years of retirement


MOSCOWâA terrorist attack brought down at least one of the two planes in this week's near-simultaneous crashes in Russia, authorities said yesterday after investigators sifting through the wreckage found traces of an explosive at one of the crash sites.


Recently divorced President Nicolas Sarkozy will marry his former supermodel girlfriend next month, a French newspaper reported Sunday.


Roma, 14:29 - CALCIO, CAMORANESI: PIU' ARGENTINO IO DI TANTI ALTRI

''Ho vissuto nel mio Paese fino a 21 anni. Sono in Italia da cinque, non è molto. Ebbene sÃ¬, ...


PARIS -- If you have planetary vision, want to be on the cutting edge and don't get bored easily, the European Space Agency may be looking for you.


Zurigo, 14:09 - CALCIO, IL MONTENEGRO DIVENTA MEMBRO FIFA

Il Montenegro, tramite acclamazione dei delegati delle altre federazioni, è entrato oggi a fa...


Meg Whitman, the chief executive of online auction website eBay announces she will step down on 31 March.


Nicholas Martin, who knows about such things, calls Nathan Lane "the last big stage star who can sell tickets."


Vodafone, Essar Group lock horns over management

Vodafone Group and the Essar Group couldÂ lock hornsÂ over the Indian company's demand to share management of Hutchison Essar, a large Indian mobile phone network operator.


Russell Martin scored the go-ahead run on Mike Stanton's wild pitch in the ninth inning after pinch-hitter Olmedo Saenz singled in the tying run, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 Friday night to tie San Diego for the NL West lead.


The technology world is split over whether Apple's foray into movie downloads will be a success.


Palestinian unity govt won't recognize Israel

A new Palestinian unity government to be formed after a deal in Mecca between rival Fatah and Hamas factions will not recognize Israel, a political adviser to Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Saturday.


The Hollywood Foreign Press Association said Monday that the traditional Golden Globe Awards ceremony has been canceled and will be replaced with a news conference format. The move came after striking writers threatened to picket the event.


DEAR readers, the day has finally arrived, when Afghanistan saw the installation of its first democratically elected president. Hamid Karzai has a new face today: he is not an imposed


Shark-attack victim's family opposes kill order

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - The father of an Australian teenager ripped in half by a shark while swimming at an Adelaide beach says he opposes plans to kill the creature.


Banca annuncia scorporo della consociata Discover


We're all guilty of using our cell phones in off-limits areas. But a new study shows that in hospitals they can be hazardous to medical equipment


ATLANTA - It took 43 years, but the Houston Astros are finally postseason winners. Carlos Beltran hit two more homers and drove in five runs, while original Killer B's Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell chipped in during a five-run seventh inning that carried the Astros to a 12-3 rout of the Atlanta Braves on Monday night in the deciding Game 5 of their first-round NL playoff series...


Zee Telefilms has moved the Supreme Court challenging the BCCI's decision to cancel the telecast rights that had been awarded to it.


Hamas Member Escapes Damascus Attack, Israel Blamed

Syria blamed Israel's Mossad intelligence service for a bombing in Damascus on Monday which a Palestinian source in Beirut said was a failed attempt to kill a member of the militant Hamas group.


Kanye West made a surprise appearance at Sunday's Emmy Awards, spoofing his bad attitude about losing award show trophies.


The menâs soccer team at the University of Massachusetts is two victories away from a national championship, sixteen years after it was supposed to be dismantled.


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At least 27 people are hurt in a blast in southern Thailand, a day after eight soldiers were killed in an militant ambush.


Campbell Soup Co., the world's largest soup maker, posted better-than-expected first-quarter earnings on Monday, citing strong sales of condensed soup and broth products.


No hostage release before Nigerian polls: militants

Separatists holding two Italians and a Lebanese national hostage in the volatile Niger Delta said they would not consider releasing them until after elections due in May.


Chavez Urges Foes to Accept Defeat, Scoffs at Fraud

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday urged his opponents to recognize his recall referendum victory and pledged dialogue even with his "most bitter enemies


Sling Media shows off new hardware, software player

Sling Media continues to grow its catalog of Slingbox hardware, this week adding a model that can stream content in HD and a new device called the SlingCatcher.


Irrfan Khan talks about his methods of acting, and what makes Angelina Jolie such a great actress.


British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged more funds on Monday to tackle some of Britain's worst flooding for nearly 60 years as rising waters made thousands homeless and plunged entire towns under water.


Oil near $59 as cold bites, OPEC cuts supply

Oil prices climbed back above $59 a barrel on Wednesday as a blast of cold weather boosts heating oil demand in the United States and OPEC supply cuts quicken the seasonal fall in crude stocks in industrialized countries.


Men's Players Try to Catch Up to Federer

Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt and Andre Agassi knew they needed to do something drastic. Roger Federer was winning practically every tournament, and the gap between him and everyone else in men's tennis was growing.


MyTravel Wins Court Approval for Creditor, Shareholder Meeting

MyTravel Plc, an unprofitable UK tour operator, got the go-ahead from a London court to meet creditors for approval of a refinancing plan after it submitted a revised version.


Itâs just like paper dolls â only digital, global, mercantile and branded.


Four men held in Norway over a synagogue attack are accused of targeting the US and Israeli embassies, prosecutors say.


Oprah's former school matron abuse case postponed

A South African court on Thursday postponed the case against a former dormitory matron charged with abusing students at U.S talk show host Oprah Winfrey's girls' academy.


Florida to Replace Missing Election Ballots

New absentee ballots will be sent to voters in one of Florida's most populous counties to replace thousands that disappeared in the run-up to Tuesday's US elections, an election official said on Thursday.


Writers Guild Members OK Contract Despite Dissent

Members of the Writers Guild of America have approved their new industry contract by a wide margin, endorsing a strategy that emphasized the health plan over the likely strike issue of DVD residuals, the union said Tuesday.


30.000 metri quadri, investiti 80 milioni di euro


Worcester MP Michael Foster receives a telephone message warning him he has three weeks to live.


Unlike many other big U.S.-based manufacturers, Honeywell may get a pass on domestic softness.


Science ; US scientists decode human chromosome 16

Researchers characterised many regions on chromosome 16 that have been copied to other places within the chromosome and even to the other chromosomes, a phenomenon known as segmental duplication.


Looking Ahead: The Weekâs Economic Reports

Trade deficit figures headline a light week for economic data.


UnitedHealthcare Settles Medicare Charges

UnitedHealth Group's (UNH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) UnitedHealthcare Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle charges that it defrauded the Medicare program, the Justice Department said on Monday.


The United States plans to announce tough new sanctions against Sudan on Tuesday before working out a resolution in the United Nations in an effort to end the bloodshed in Darfur.


Jordan's Abdullah: Iraq not ready for Jan. election

King Abdullah of Jordan, one of the United States key allies in the Middle East, has come out strongly against holding elections in Iraq in January.


Some 450 right-wing paramilitary fighters left Colombia's crowded battlefields, turning in their weapons and asking society to let them back into its fold.


Kregg Lumpkin ran for 101 yards and Matthew Stafford directed two second-half touchdown drives as No. 10 Georgia defeated Mississippi 14-9 on Saturday night.


Iran Seen Using EU to Buy Time to Get Atomic Bomb

Iran is using negotiations with the  European Union's "big three" on suspending sensitive nuclear  activities to buy the time it needs to get ready to make atomic  weapons, an Iranian exile and intelligence officials said.


Weeks before last Baghdad brigade ready: U.S. general

The final extra U.S. brigade in a security crackdown to prevent all-out civil war in Iraq is unlikely to be fully operational for up to two months, the U.S. military's top spokesman in Iraq said on Wednesday.


Two rounds into the 2008 presidential race, Democratic voters appear more energized as the party battles to retake the White House from the Republicans in November, pundits said Wednesday.


HSBC urged to make Green non-exec chairman: paper

Activist investor Knight Vinke is calling for HSBC Holdings  Executive Chairman Stephen Green to be moved to non-executive chairman as part of a campaign to force change at the bank, the Sunday Times reported.


LOS ANGELES - Jim Carrey will star in a  special effects-heavy adaptation of "A Christmas Carol," which  Robert Zemeckis will direct for Walt Disney Pictures.


More artists in Canada, but still making less than most: study

TORONTO - Though there are a record number of Canadians working as artists today, they earn 26 per cent less, on average, than workers in other occupations, says an artists' employment study released Wednesday.


Yushchenko Appeals to Ukraine High Court

Ukraine's opposition leader raised the stakes in his standoff with the Kremlin-backed prime minister on Thursday, asking the Supreme Court to declare presidential election results invalid and threatening to have his supporters block key highways.


Take the longest of long shots and stretch it further. That's where he figured he stood, out there where players figure they are nameless. But even out there, a thirst must be quenched, so Montell Owens reached for water.


Cautious optimism fills air of Azad Kashmir

Passion for a resolution of the Kashmir problem in line with the wishes of the people is strong in the capital city of Pakistani-administered Kashmir.


Matthew Weakens to Depression in Gulf of Mexico

Tropical Storm Matthew weakened to a  tropical depression overnight in the western Gulf of Mexico,  the National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.


IETF deals Microsoft's e-mail proposal a setback

A proposed technology for identifying the source of e-mail messages suffered a blow last week when a group within the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) established to


Are weak employment figures here to stay?

There was a time when adding slightly fewer than 150,000 jobs a month in the United States, three years into an economic recovery, would have been considered a disaster.


Leeds United has been put up for sale by its administrators KPMG after a legal challenge from the tax office.


Directors deal "template" for others: MPAA chief

PARK CITY, Utah  - The head of the Motion Picture Association of America said on Saturday a recent labor contract between major studios and film and TV directors offers a template for deals with striking writers and other guilds.


India Aims to Double Revenue From Infrastructure Management Services

India is targeting a larger share of the market for remote infrastructure management services, and is planning to more than double revenue from these services to $15 billion by 2013.


Epilepsy drug blamed for lower IQs in children

A commonly used epilepsy drug is responsible for developmental problems and lower IQs in the children of women who take it during pregnancy, new research suggests today.


UPDATE 1-Windies win toss, field v South Africa

West Indies captain Brian Lara won the toss and chose to field in the ICC Champions Trophy Group B decider with South Africa at the Oval on Saturday.


Wall Street Beat: Nasdaq bid also a sign for IT

The Nasdaq Stock Market's efforts to buy the London Stock Exchange PLC is another milestone in globalization, and touches the world of IT. As exchanges merge and increase the fluidity of funds globally, a new world of competitive options open.


CIAD: SORGI, DADA ROSSO ERA UNA BRAVISSIMA GIORNALISTA DALL' ...

Roma, 24 nov. (Adnkronos) - ''Mi dispiace moltissimo. Era una bravissima giornalista, che faceva tutto con entusiasmo e che tendeva a condividere questo entusiasmo con i coleghi e chi le stava intorno''. Cosi


Ozzy and Sharon Plead for Return of Stolen Jewels

Rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his wife Sharon  made a televised appeal to the British public on Tuesday for  help in recovering jewelry worth nearly $2 million snatched  from their English country estate.


LNM Group, the steel giant headed by Indian tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, snaps up a Bosnian steelmaker in a $280m deal.


Americans are skeptical of imported food and other products after repeated safety scares, said lawmakers on Wednesday, who want to give the Food and Drug Administration more power to inspect imports and recall defective ones.


Breast cancer experts are recruiting the help of 100,000 UK women to pinpoint the causes of the deadly disease.


Another bomb exploded in the neighbouring state of Assam killing one man at about the same time. Police said the two attacks appeared to be unrelated.


This week's Davis Cup final showdown between hosts Spain and the United States will be a gruelling battle of wits, with the hosts having laid the slowest imaginable claycourt surface at Seville's Estadio Olimpico.


Pubblico e privato uniti per competere con altri Paesi


U.S. may build shield in Poland in Feb-Russian paper

The United States may start building a missile shield in Poland in February 2008, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said in an interview published in a Russian newspaper on Monday.


Ukrainian PM hospitalised after attempt on his life

Ukrainian Prime Minister, candidate for Ukrainian presidency Viktor Yanukovich has been wounded as a result of an attempt on his life in Ivano-Frankovsk. The prime minister was stabbed with a sharp metallic ...


Varitek agrees to $40 million, four-year contract with Boston

Catcher Jason Varitek is staying in Boston, the latest prize in a flurry of free-agent deals by the Red Sox since Pedro Martinez left town.


Scientists discover two new extra-solar planets

Astronomers scouring nearby stars have found two planets that mirror Neptune in size, making them by far the smallest found outside the solar system.


Bologna e Chievo saldamente in testa davanti al Lecce


Unauthorized biography of Tom Cruise sparks angry denials

An explosive and unauthorized biography of Hollywood star Tom Cruise hit US bookshelves Tuesday, despite an angry denial of the book's most startling allegations from The Church of Scientology.


BusinessWeek Online - November ended with a volley of unfriendly data for the U.S. economy, and it looks as if December is starting out the same way. Weakness in U.S. economic reports released on Dec. 1 concerning the Institute for Supply Management's factory sentiment index, and construction spending -- following the weak releases on durable goods orders, the Chicago purchasing managers' sentiment index, and initial jobless claims earlier in the week -- have taken a big chunk out of the near-term U.S. GDP outlook. But the reports probably won't move the Federal Reserve from its current policy path.


Yahoo!'s board weighs its options for responding to Microsoft's $44.6 billion offer.


A US Senate panel backs John Negroponte, the outgoing intelligence chief, as the new  deputy secretary of state.


Al +2,5% nel 2007, precedente previsione era +2,3%


Britain arrests terror suspect deported from Pakistan

A British man held without charge in Pakistan for more than a year and tortured on suspicion of links to Al-Qaeda was arrested on his return to London Friday, a rights group and police said.


Stocks tanked to start 2008, as economic concerns ruled out gains.


Bats at risk of being killed by wind farms could be saved with radars, Aberdeen experts reveal.


One year after Mikhail Khodorkovsky's arrest at gunpoint on a Siberian airport runway, the politically charged face-off between authorities, Russia's richest man and the Yukos oil giant has left the nation's No.1 oil company a hair's-breadth from destruction.


Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson has accused Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wenger of having a âmental problemâ when it comes to Ruud van Nistelrooy.


BOA chief Simon Clegg insists the parade through London was a success despite criticism of low crowds.


Johnson & Johnson Decides It Needs Devices

In negotiating to buy Guidant, Johnson & Johnson is looking for an acquisition to increase its presence in the lucrative, fast-growing market for medical devices.


Steven Spielberg led the FBI straight to a stolen $700,000 Norman Rockwell painting snatched from a Missouri gallery. It was in his collection in California. The FBI says its just one example of how pilfered art lands in respectable places. And it was an uncommon ending for stolen art -- someone found it.


MetroPCS and Leap worry cellco giants as AWS auction nears end

Range wars The US auction of AWS (Advanced Wireless Services) spectrum in the 1.7GHz and 2.1GHz bands is finally drawing to a close, raising a likely $14bn for the government in the sale of the largest block of spectrum (1,112 licenses) offered by the FCC regulator.â¦


Sunrise to Cut Profits by About $100 Million

Sunrise Senior Living yesterday reported that it plans to reduce recorded profits by $98 million to $107 million for 1999 through 2005 as it corrects the way it accounted for certain joint ventures.


UCB to buy Schwarz as fusion fever continues

Germany's Schwarz Pharma   said on Monday it had agreed to be bought by Belgium's UCB  (UCBBt.BR) for around $5.6 billion in shares and cash in the  third major drug sector transaction in Germany in five days.


Philippines' Death Toll From Floods at 35

Vast areas of northern Philippines were inundated after a week of heavy monsoon rains, and the death toll in the flooding climbed to 35, disaster relief officials said Monday.


NL Wrap: Pujols Drives in Five Runs as Cardinals Rout Reds

Albert Pujols homered for the fifth time in the last four games and drove in five runs as the St Louis Cardinals routed the Cincinnati Reds 10-5 in National League play at Busch Stadium on Monday.


TORONTO Dec 17, 2004 - Bobby Mattick, who managed the Toronto Blue Jays in 1980 and '81 and helped develop the talent that produced five division titles and two World Series championships, died at 89.


Vivek Sharma's Bhootnath sees a cool and hip Amitabh, shaking it with Shah Rukh.


Pochi giorni sono passati dalla morte di Yasser Arafat, il simbolo unificante della causa palestinese, e la situazione nei Territori comincia giÃ  a deteriorarsi pesantemente. L'uomo che piÃ¹ di altri potrebbe


Perceptions: Study on Hormone Risks Fades as Years Pass By

Two years after a major study revealed the risks of hormone replacement therapy, few women remember the pros and cons of this treatment.


4 killed, dozens wounded in separatist violence in India's Assam ...

Bombs ripped through two buses, killing four people and wounding 39 others, and a series of blasts elsewhere injured 15 more as separatist violence surged Thursday in India's northeastern Assam state, police said.


In the third of his exclusive films for Guardian Unlimited, Clancy Chassay finds that the rise of Islamic Jihad and worsening conditions in Gaza are putting pressure on Hamas to return to violence.


Microsoft Windows Live Web-based storage gets limited beta nod

A limited number of beta users will be able to test a new online storage offering from Microsoft that provides 500MB of space -- far short of the capacity already offered by some of Microsoft's rivals.


Su rivalutazione pensioni.Sindacati: mobilitazione prosegue


Chase Utley hit a go-ahead, three-run double in an eight-run seventh inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves 9-3 Wednesday for their sixth win on a nine-game trip.


Analysis: A business case for security at Google

Google believes that its consumer-grade Web applications represent the future of enterprise IT. But while Google is quick to trumpet its products' innovative features, the search giant hasn't said much about their security. Until recently, that is.


Fate of 30,000 in Andaman Islands unknown

PORT BLAIR, India: Rescuers were anxious to discover the fate of 30,000 people unaccounted for in India's Andaman and Nicobar islands today.


A meeting of delegates from the nations that emit the most pollutants ended without concrete targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions


Couple takes legal action against Canada under NAFTA

Two Americans are taking Canada to court under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for losses they suffered when the federal government decided a year ago to tax income trusts.


Chris Wells ran for 135 yards and a touchdown as Ohio State scored 24 consecutive points in the second half to beat the Huskies.


Finanziere chiarisce che Cda dell'8 marzo non e' confermato


A monument dedicated to the Beatles will be erected in Hamburg, Germany, where the band launched their international career.


Napoli, 13:36 - CALCIO, TORINO; CAIRO: SCAMBIO DI MICHELE-CALAIO'? NIENTE DI VERO

Urbano Cairo, presidente del Torino, ha parlato di mercato a Radio Marte nel corso di Marte Sport Li...


Rangers' revival continued with victory over a stubborn and game Motherwell side at Fir Park - courtesy of two Dado Prso strikes, six minutes from the end of each half â-o keep them on


Norwich Glean Seventh Draw After City Lead

Norwich City moved off the bottom of the Premiership table but are still searching for that elusive first win after drawing 1-1 at Manchester City.


Partial Deal Reached in Texas Bonfire Case

The families of seven of the people killed or injured in the Texas A&M University bonfire collapse will share $4.25 million in a partial settlement of a lawsuit, an attorney said.


While some handheld computers have GPS capabilities, not nearly as many people carry a PDA as the legions who've adopted cell phones as a daily appendage. That's why the notion of adding GPS navigation to a cell phone, as Nextel has with a service called TeleNav, seems appealing.


Tom Brady says unbeaten Patriots have not accomplished much yet

The New England Patriots are 17-0 this season, though quarterback Tom Brady noted on Wednesday that the team is yet to improve on last year.


Frustrated Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has left his misfiring strikeforce in no doubt there are no excuses for their current pitiful form.


"Ask anybody the name of a Russian film director, composer or even rock group and they will struggle, but they can name five or six American directors"  BELGRADE, Serbia - As the dispute over Kosovo 's future nears a climax, the Serbian government has enlisted the support of some the world's best known statesmen - all of them dead. via New York Times


IF THERE was lingering resentment about his treatment when he dominated the Masters Cup so beguilingly last year, all that has happened to Roger Federer in the intervening 12 months has doused that anger.


Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the most of an upbeat economic report on his country to press its case for membership in the European Union.


Iraq. Autobomba a Najaf, cinque iracheni uccisi. Presi due uomini ...

Un' autobomba ha ucciso cinque civili iracheni a Khan al Nus, sulla strada che porta dalla cittÃ  santa sciita di Najaf a Kerbala. Lo ha riferito il capo della polizia di Najaf, generale Ghaleb al-Jazairi, secondo


Velivolo precipita dopo scontro con un parapendio


Al-Qaeda number two lashes out at Bush, pope, West

Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Al-Qaeda number two, has called US President George W. Bush a liar who had "failed in his war against Al-Qaeda", and launched a scathing verbal attack on western targets including the pope and the United Nations.


What will the cityâs new ruling that will force some restaurants to list calories on menus mean?


A mother is due to donate a kidney to her daughter in a live transplant at the University Hospital of Wales.


Tony Blair is holding talks with French president Jacques Chirac who is visiting London as part of centenary celebrations of the Entente Cordiale.


Griffey Passes Robinson With 587th Homer

Ken Griffey Jr. passes Frank Robinson for sixth place on the career home run list in the Cincinnati Reds' 10-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Monday night.


Davenport keeps run intact, to hit Open semis

When summer began, Lindsay Davenport was a curiosity at best, an aging former champion seemingly starting her last lap around the tennis circuit.


Rammarico per chiamata a urne, dialogo esigenza ineludibile


Comedian Laureano Marquez has poked fun at politicians for decades without getting into trouble with the law, so he didn't think twice about writing a tongue-in-cheek newspaper editorial based on a dialogue between President Hugo Chavez and his 9-year-old daughter.


US Stocks Rise as Shares of Nextel Communications Advance

US stocks gained on optimism the US presidential election will produce a clear winner, acting as the catalyst to lift share prices the rest of the year.


The newly-elected Romanian president, Traian Basescu, has nominated a senior member of his party, Calin Tariceanu, to the post of prime minister.


Appointment Of Gay Bishop Could Split Episcopalians

A Kentucky connection could change Sunday services for Episcopalians across the country. On Tuesday, an emergency panel of the Worldwide Anglican


Survey Makes New Estimate of Iraqi Deaths Since 2003

A new survey estimates that 151,000 Iraqis died of violence in the three years following the U.S.-led invasion of the country. Roughly 9 out of 10 of those deaths were a consequence of U.S. military operations, insurgent attacks and sectarian warfare.


Global finance ministers attack the World Bank for being too strict on corruption in poorer nations.


Like many teenage girls, Lee Ann Thill was obsessed with her appearance. A diabetic, she was already suffering from bulimia — forcing herself to throw up to lose weight. But it wasn't enough, and she'd recently put on 20 pounds.


The DUP wants to see the devolution of policing and justice, Ian Paisley Junior says.


Last Job Count Before Election: Always a Political Number

Despite the stimulus from three rounds of tax cuts, the nation has at least 585,000 fewer jobs now than when President Bush took office.


More grist for campaigns: Poverty in America rises

Last year, more Americans lived in poverty, more children were poor, and more people lacked health insurance than in 2002. That message, reported by the US Census Bureau yesterday, was expected, but the increases


Lebanon government defiant as protesters continue

Tens of thousands of pro-Syrian protesters pressed on with a sit-in aimed at ousting Lebanon's Western-backed government on Sunday as the country's political crisis showed no sign of easing.


Knicksâ Coach a Focus of Inquiry After Foul Ignited Garden Brawl

The N.B.A. is investigating whether Isiah Thomas ordered a hard foul that touched off a brawl with the Denver Nuggets.


Despite uptick in September, a glut of homes suggests that more price-cutting lies ahead.


9:06 am: Influential radio DJ John Peel dead at 65

John Peel, a long-serving British Broadcasting Corp. disc jockey whose enthusiasm for the offbeat, the eclectic and the obscure launched the careers of dozens of bands, has died, the BBC said Tuesday.


Manning, Harrison, Stokley already staying

With several of their other offensive stars locked up with new contracts, the Colts can focus on Edgerrin James, and Indianapolis owner Jim Irsay told ESPN's Chris Mortensen that the team is set to slap a franchise tag on James to prevent the running back


Red-state senators feel the heat of a fiery immigration debate

Two GOP lawmakers, South Carolina's Graham and Arizona's Kyl, take a calculated risk in backing the Senate bill.


Building slump? Not on the commercial side.

A US construction boom in office towers, retail space, and warehouses contrasts the dormant housing market.


Al Tg1:non si puo' governare contro qualcuno ma per qualcosa


Britain doing "all we can" for hostage in Iraq

Prime Minister Tony Blair has his government is doing all in its power to help a kidnapped Briton -- but he has avoided a public response to insurgents threatening to kill the man.


Mussel Decision May Limit Growth: Ruling Calls for Wide Goose Creek Buffers for Endangered Heelsplitter

By Bruce Henderson, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 9--Mint Hill, Stallings and Indian Trail will have to limit development in a watershed that's home to an endangered mussel, a state panel ruled Thursday.


Roma, 15:56 - CALCIO, PALERMO; DI MICHELE: A ROMA PER VINCERE

Palermo a Roma per vincere. Parola di David Di Michele: ''Stiamo tornando quelli di prima - ha detto...


Shares of Accredited Home Lenders Holding rose as much as 41.2 percent after Lone Star Funds made a revised offer for the subprime lender.


Rates not the lowest, not the highest, Charlebois says

Calgary - Kelley Charlebois, whose contracts with the health department drew criticism from the auditor general, says the rates he charged the province weren't excessive.


Vanguard Closes $5.3 Billion Energy Fund

The Vanguard Group said on Thursday it  has implemented a temporary "cooling-off" closure period for  its $5.3 billion Energy Fund, effective immediately.


Israeli cabinet approves compensation for Gaza settlers

The Israeli Cabinet today approved a Bill to compensate settlers who are to be uprooted from their homes under Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza pullout plan, public radio reported.


Glastonbury tickets appear on eBay, despite claims by festival organisers that re-sales had been foiled.


The chief executive of Online Resources yesterday sought to soothe investors after the Chantilly company's stock price tumbled.


Investors can find great investments by looking beyond the glare of top-rated stars.


Paper peace doves set to fall over troubled southern Thailand in ...

BANGKOK : Fifty aircraft were due to scatter 120 million paper birds across Thailand's trouble-hit Muslim-majority south in a peace gesture that has captured the imagination of most of the nation, officials said.


Katrina's wrath impacts 2008 White House race

Hurricane Katrina is becoming a potent political symbol for 2008 White House hopefuls, two years after ravaging New Orleans and blemishing President George W. Bush's record.


QUESTION: What is the best approach to protecting me from ID theft and related activities? Will a software package work best, or must I go to a hardware firewall?


Plans to lift the one piece hand luggage limit for airline passengers is expected to lead to mass confusion, airport officials say.


NASA about to ship fuel tank redesigned for safer shuttle

Almost two years after seven astronauts died when Columbia broke up over Texas, NASA is taking a major step toward returning its space shuttles to flight.


Rusty Henman loses Indian Wells opener to Czech Hernych

INDIAN WELLS, California  - Briton Tim Henman, rusty after four months out, wasted a 4-2 lead in the final set to lose 7-5 3-6 7-5 to Czech Jan Hernych in the Pacific Life Open first round on Saturday.


IBM's Symphony Hitting Wrong Notes, Reviewers Say

Early user reviews of IBM's new Lotus Symphony office software suite are unlikely to be music to IBM's ears.


Real vs. Artificial: Shoppers love 'em both

Real or fake? Natural or artificial? Such is the great Christmas tree debate. To put it in Shakesperian terms, it unfolds like this: To clean up pine needles or not to clean up pine needles?


Aaron Carter has broken off his engagement to his older brother's ex-girlfriend. The 18-year-old pop singer called off his engagement to 22-year-old actress Kari Ann Peniche just a week after he proposed onstage in Las Vegas, Us Weekly reported Sunday on its Web site.


Underdog Tsonga ready to take on the world

Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga smiled, gave a typically Gallic shrug of the shoulders and considered his answer.


Report Slams Jailing of Disturbed Youths in New Jersey

Hundreds of young people with  mental health problems in New Jersey are being held for long  periods at detention centers for young offenders where they are  at risk of suicide, according to a new report.


Boy band mogul Pearlman faces Florida fraud case

Former boy band impresario Lou  Pearlman, known for launching the 'N Sync and Backstreet Boys  bands, refused on Wednesday to enter a plea to fraud charges in  an alleged $100 million swindle.


The schools minister says students should be praised for improved A-level results and not undermined.


Yahoo! today announced that its Yahoo! Go for Mobile service would, for the first time, be available to users of Windows Mobile-powered phones. The move extends the popular downloadable service package to select mobile devices that use the Windows Mobile operating system, including Pocket PCs and smartphones.


Intel has 16 new processors to show off in the desert, while AMD plans to trickle out a few details about its upcoming notebook processor technology next week at CES.


Mother and son jailed over 'honour' killing

Woman boasted to relatives that she had arranged for her daughter-in-law to be strangled.


The Prince of Wales will use a speech today to end a public row that has erupted between himself and Education Secretary Charles Clarke.


Going Global With Concerns on Health Costs

Calls are deepening for the government to assume more of the costs of medical care through nationalized health care.


Calcio: Champions League, pareggia l'Inter e vince il Milan

MILANO - Ennesimo pareggio per l'Inter di Mancini che chiude sull'1-1 la partita contro il Werder Brema della penultima giornata della prima fase della Champions League. Netta vittoria invece per il Milan


The government is urged to make it illegal for websites to incite or advise people how to commit suicide.


Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that âWorld of Warcraft,â its highly anticipated online world title, will debut on Nov. 23.


Willie Randolph is guaranteed $1,875,000 under his three-year contract with the New York Mets, one of the richest deals for a first-year manager.


Earthquake in eastern Indonesia kills six

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale has shaken an island in eastern Indonesia, killing six people and injuring another 65.


UN Sanctions Threat 'Sends Wrong Message to Rebels'

A US-backed United Nations resolution threatening sanctions over the violence in Darfur will only make it harder for the government to calm an insurrection in the region, a Sudanese official said today.


Joint Irish-Palestinian appeal for release of kidnapped aid chief

DUBLIN  - A joint appeal for the release of Dublin-born humanitarian aid worker Margaret Hassan kidnapped in Iraq was issued by the Irish and Palestinian foreign ministers.


Special Interests to Woo Powerful at RNC

WASHINGTON - It's party time for trade associations, companies and interest groups at the GOP convention in New York, and each is trying to outdo the next in gimmicks to lure in movers and shakers.    The dozens of special-interest parties include a trapshooting tournament and "Wild West" bash sponsored by the American Gas Association, a Travis Tritt concert courtesy of General Motors, ice cream socials with Mastercard and Verizon and an NFL Hall of Fame breakfast...


Michael Jackson's was not manhandled during his arrest on child abuse charges, an official investigation says.


INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Pacers signed veteran forward Michael Curry as the team continues to adjust its suspension- and injury-depleted roster.


Palermo, 14:58 - CALCIO, PALERMO: ULTIMO ALLENAMENTO E PARTENZA PER SIVIGLIA

Ultimo allenamento al "Tenente Onorato" questa mattina per il Palermo, prima della partenza per il r...


Is the real Arsenal boss the fair-minded French Professor we have come to admire or the sore loser who is to face the FA today for calling Ruud van Nistelrooy "a cheat"?


Iraq Trials of Hussein's Aides May Start Next Week, Allawi Says

Iraq may begin war crimes trials for senior members of Saddam Hussein's former regime as soon as next week, Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi said.


MODENA, Italy  - Legendary Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti, whose titanic voice and charisma brought opera to the masses, died of cancer on Thursday aged 71.


Egyptian troops pull back, Gazans flood over border

RAFAH, Egypt  - Egyptian troops kept their distance from the breached Gaza border on Saturday a day after a security guard was shot in the foot, allowing thousands of Palestinians to stream unhindered into Egypt.


In arrivo 1.000 licenziamenti pari al 7,1% del totale


In Scotland, deep fried Mars bars are no myth

Like the Loch Ness monster, the deep-fried Mars bar has often been regarded as a Scottish myth. But a study published Friday in a medical journal confirms that Scots consume thousands of the battered bars


WASHINGTON - Consumers, who substantially slowed down their spending in late summer, roared back to life in September, boosting their purchases by 0.6 percent.


Mourners pay tribute to slain Lebanon minister

Hundreds of Lebanese mourners pressed on Wednesday to touch the coffin of minister Pierre Gemayel whose assassination, blamed by his allies on Syria, stoked fears of more killings and a surge in factional violence.


William Gallas scores as Arsenal defeat Chelsea for the first time since February 2004 to reclaim top spot in the Premier League.