Crude eases from $ 51 levels in Asian trade

Crude oil futures traded near a record after rising above $ 51 a barrel yesterday, on concern that Gulf of Mexico producers won't fix hurricane damage fast enough to meet winter demand.


An appellate court rejected arguments by defense lawyers for three detectives that their trial in the shooting of an unarmed man should be moved out of New York City because the jury pool had been "incurably poisoned" by publicity surrounding the case.


Gunmen extinguish a light for young women

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Gunmen on a motorbike yesterday killed an Afghan women's rights activist who ran an underground school for girls during the Taliban's rule -- the latest victim of increasingly brazen militants targeting government officials and schools.


HANOI - A 16-year-old girl in Vietnam's southern province of Tay Ninh has been found to be infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, a hospital said Thursday.


A quarter of people want the government to ban smokers being treated by the NHS for smoking-related illness, according to a BBC poll.


Bobby Bowden prepares to meet former team

A 9-foot bronze statue outside Florida State's football stadium honors the winningest coach in Division I football. But 30 years ago, while coaching at West Virginia, he was hung in effigy and disparaged on


Global Warming to Continue for Centuries

Global warming is so severe that it will 'continue for centuries,' leading to a far different planet in 100 years, warned a grim landmark report from the world's leading climate scientists and government ...Comment


City hall offices in the southwestern French city of Bordeaux were damaged by a small bomb blast overnight, local police chief Alain Gehin said.


French Hopes for Speedy Iraq Hostage Release Fade

Hopes for a speedy release of two French  hostages in Iraq gave way to expressions of doubt and concern  Tuesday after a statement setting out new demands for their  release was posted on a Web site.


Six months after they were divided surgically at Children's Hospital, Erin and Jade Buckles are starting to explore the world, but the once conjoined twins continue to face grave health risks.


Though the Red Sox still don't know who they will be playing in the postseason, manager Terry Francona's pitching rotation is starting to come into focus.


Scientists Identify 'Jekyll and Hyde' Cancer Gene

French and American scientists said Wednesday they have identified a "Jekyll and Hyde" type of cancer gene that could lead to better ways to diagnose and treat the disease.


Tom Cruise and Some Martians Take a Liking to Bayonne

The industrial New Jersey town has become a prime location for many films, including Steven Spielberg's latest, "The War of the Worlds."


The former RAF base at Coltishall is to be used as an immigration removal centre, it is announced.


Dole recalls bagged salads due to E. coli

A division of Dole Food Co said on Monday it was recalling "Dole Hearts Delight" bagged salads in the United States and Canada because a sample at a grocery store in Canada was found to contain E. coli.


Marsh & McLennan Cos. shares were  whipsawed on Friday amid conflicting reports that a change in  the insurance broker's top management was imminent.


Rain has interrupted play on the main courts at the French Open after 90 minutes of action on Sunday's opening day.


London Meeting Can Revive Mideast 'Road Map' -Blair

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - British Prime Minister Tony  Blair said on Wednesday a planned London conference on  Palestinian reform would be a critical step toward Middle East  peace talks and a Palestinian state.


Alcohol Abuse Tied to 75,000 Early Deaths

Excessive drinking took more than 75,000 lives in the United States in 2001, shortening the lives of each of those who died by an average of more than 30 years, a new government report says.


Office Depot Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Bruce Nelson was ousted Monday from the world's No. 2 office supplies retailer because of poor company earnings and a lack of accountability, the Delray Beach-based company said.


Ethics Committee to Investigate McDermott

The House ethics committee will investigate Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., to determine whether he violated standards of conduct when an illegally recorded telephone conversation was leaked to reporters during a committee investigation.


Effort to Bolster Sanctions on Iran Faces U.N. Delay

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 27 -- The U.N. Security Council probably will delay a move to impose new sanctions against Iran until December, when U.N. weapons inspectors conclude a review of Iran's past nuclear activities, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Thursday.


The Criminal Cases Review Commission has received only three new enquiries from parents saying they were wrongly convicted of killing their children.


Anthrax scare briefly closes ABC News office

NEW YORK  - A portion of a sixth-floor ABC News office housing "Good Morning America" was closed down for five hours Friday afternoon after an employee found a letter containing an unidentified white powder.


CORRECTED:APEC pushes trade talks and fiscal reform

Corrects paragraph 9 to "Singapore second finance minister   Tharman Shanmugaratnam," not "Singapore finance minister   Tharman Shanmugaratnum."


ENGLAND are planning to continue their short-pitched strategy against West Indies captain Brian Lara in an attempt to test his courage and try to limit his effectiveness in tomorrow's ICC Champions Trophy final.


Mississippi State 84, Kentucky 82 (O.T.): Bulldogs Coach States His Case for N.C.A.A. Bid Loud and Clear

Mississippi State won the SECâs Western Division with an overtime victory against Kentucky on Friday, but it still might not be enough to make the N.C.A.A. tournament.


First score: Lions, on an 18-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Joey Harrington to wide receiver Roy Williams in the first quarter.


Arab militias responsible for atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region now guard camps for the displaced, refugees say.


Vocational courses are not just for underachievers, Ofsted warns as it urges schools to offer more choices.


Zend Developer Zone: Zend Framework News 2006/11/29

The Zend Developer Zone as an update posted for the entire Zend Framework community with some details about the upcoming months and milestones.   Zend Framework has been picking up its pace of development recently. Many great improvements are coming soon in areas such as MVC, Acl, Authentication, Session handling, Search engine, and Gdata. There is also some great work in progress for Locale, Date, and others.   Other updates mentioned include a mid-December release date for a new Preview Release, a wiki page to show future release dates, a mention that the ZF is free software, and that the document translation section of the team is still (as always) in need of help. If you feel like getting in on the action, check out this page on the ZF wiki for more details.


It started with a late-race collapse, escalated in a physical threat and manifested in a highly public finger-pointing session. Now, after rower Catriona Oliver slapped Sally Robbins before stunned


Cage Film Tops Box Office for 3rd Weekend

Nicolas Cage logged a third weekend  atop the North American box office on Sunday with his  action-adventure "National Treasure," but overall ticket sales  slid as movies competed for attention with shopping in the  post-Thanksgiving holiday period.


Plans for more "chemical castrations" will be among measures to crackdown on child sex offenders.


Outgoing President Leonid Kuchma on Wednesday formally accepted the resignation of Viktor Yanukovych as prime minister, the presidential press service said.


Japan court convicts creator of file-swapping software

A Japanese court has convicted the inventor of popular file-swapping software for copyright violations but refused to jail the programmer, who has become a cyberspace icon.


To state workers: get fit or lose your job?

Florida's corrections secretary has proposed mandatory fitness levels, to the dismay of a prison officers' union.


We're getting closer to the first product out of World Wrestling Entertainment's celluloid pipeline.


Proseguono manifestazioni indipendentisti, arrestato leader


Business & money: Rio Tinto has wasted no time in rejecting the advances of BHP Billiton a second time


NOTIZIE FLASH: 2/A EDIZIONE - LA CRONACA

Torino. ''Proprio ieri mentre io e mia moglie accompagnavamo a scuola Davide non e' mancato il ricordo di Samuele e ci siamo detti: 'vedi, se Samuele oggi ci fosse stato poteva essere il primo giorno di scuola in prima elementare con Davide'.


Fish Dumped at Landmark in Pollution Protest

Environment activists piled thousands of dead fish at the foot of Berlin's biggest tourist attraction, the Brandenburg Gate, Tuesday in a demonstration against over-fishing and pollution in the North Sea.


Blog: The company now has 56 percent search market share in the U.S., according to Nielsen/NetRatings.


A report on the causes and solutions for childhood obesity in the United States calls for a broad societal strategy, including healthier meals in schools and restaurants.


Stocks seen lower, tech results to weigh

Stock index futures indicated a weaker  market open on Friday, with the technology sector seen hit by  results, while China increased interest rates in the latest of  a series of tightening steps.


Count Gottfried von Bismarck, the stylish and troubled scion of one of Germany's most famous families, has died at the age of 44, police said Wednesday.


The New York Rangers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-0 rout of the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday.


Milano, 14:37 - CALCIO, INTER; MORATTI: CAPISCO JUVE MA NON C'E' COMPLOTTO

IL presidente dell'Inter Massimo Moratti interviene nella polemica sui rigori piÃ¹ che discutibili co...


U.S. welcomes agreement with EU to open air market

U.S. officials and airlines welcomed  a draft U.S.-European Union agreement on Friday to liberalize  transatlantic aviation that continues to prohibit overseas  control of domestic carriers.


It's a technique on the tip of a lot of parents' tongues Â and maybe their children's too: Puree healthy fruits and vegetables, and sneak them into regular kid food like macaroni and cheese or chocolate pudding. Watch the kids unknowingly gobble down their vitamins, and smile.


Second security patch in less than a week Apple has plugged two holes in its QuickTime media player that could create serious security problems for people tricked into visiting malicious websites. The release, which is available for both Windows and Mac platforms, is Apple's second security patch in less than a week.â¦


An oil company controlled by the Russian government, Rosneft, said it had bought the company that had won Sundayâs auction for the largest arm of oil giant Yukos.


Manifestazioni per il rilascio in molte cittÃ  italiane

Lo ha dichiarato il viceministro degli esteri iracheno, Hamid Al-Bayati. Le volontarie si troverebbero a Falluja. ROMA - Nel giorno delle manifestazioni in Italia a favore del rilascio di Simona Pari e Simona


Dell replaces displays on nine notebook models

(InfoWorld) - Dell is offering free replacements of the displays on nine popular notebook PC models, responding to customers who created a Web site to complain that some LCD screens developed a one pixel-wide vertical line. "Dell shipped faulty LCD screens in 2005 and is giving customers grief about replacing the screens. It's time to bring attention to the issue," says the site, Dellverticalline.com. "Managers at Dell need to be made aware of the issue so that they can stop treating their loyal customers like dirt and replace the screens in a timely fashion." Unless a faulty screen is replaced, it can develop a permanent vertical line one pixel wide, either stuck on a single color or reflecting the color displayed behind it, according to the Web site. Dell first responded to the issue in April, offering to replace certain 17-inch displays on Inspiron 9200, Inspiron 9300, and XPS Gen 2 notebooks sold between November 2004 and October 2006. On Tuesday, Dell expanded its replacement program to include six more models, including the Inspiron 6000 and 8600, Latitude D800 and D810, and Precision Mobile Workstation M60 and M70 notebooks sold between December 2004 and December 2006. Some of those models use a faulty component that can generate the line over time, according to a posting on Dell's corporate blog by Lionel Menchaca, Dell's digital media manager. Dell will now replace any LCD screen affected by this issue within three years of purchase or will refund customers who were forced to pay for their own replacements, Menchaca said. Dell did not respond to requests for comment about the size of the program or say whether the manufacturer of the faulty component would help pay for it. The recall happens at a time when Dell is struggling to comply with an accounting investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, maintain its listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange and reverse a market share slide that has allowed rival Hewlett-Packard to claim the title of world's largest PC vendor. In response, CEO Michael Dell launched the corporate blog in February, announced he wouldÂ lay off 10 percent of the company's workersÂ and has begun selling PCs inÂ retail shops likeWal-Mart. Retail store distribution is a sharp break with the company's history of selling computers only directly through its Web site and phone lines.


Reports of the hard disc's demise have been greatly exaggerated, the BBC's technology programme Click discovers.


Bush to announce new Iraq strategy next year

President George W. Bush will delay announcing a new strategy for Iraq until the new year, the White House said on Tuesday amid polls showing Americans are more pessimistic about the war and want a change.


La Roma riabbraccia Antonio Cassano. La societÃ  giallorossa, attraverso un comunicato ufficiale, ha reso noto che "...In seguito ad un incontro avvenuto tra l`amministratore delegato Rosella Sensi, il tecnico


Scientists say the Rock of Gibraltar may have been the last stronghold for Europe's Neanderthals.


Pyres of victims who were killed by tidal waves burn on the beach at Alappad, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004.


China Coal Mine Blast Traps 187 Miners -Xinhua

A gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China has trapped 187 miners, the official Xinhua news agency said on Sunday. The blast tore through the state-run Chenjiashan


Russia: Iran may return to nuclear talks

Russia's foreign minister says there is a reasonable chance that Iran will return to negotiations on its nuclear program, and he cautioned against setting artificial deadlines.


Indonesia's Bashir retrial gets underway

Indonesia's prominent Muslim preacher Abu Bakr Bashir has been put on trial again, charged once more over the Marriot hotel attack in 2003 and the Bali bombing in 2002.


Two Chinese Engineers Kidnapped in Pakistan

Two Chinese engineers working at a hydro-electric project in Pakistan were kidnapped by tribesmen on Saturday in a region where security forces have been hunting militants linked to al Qaeda, officials said.


Gordon Brown says 2008 will be a  "decisive" year for the economy and rules out a U-turn on pay settlements.


More than 100 cats rescued from 2012 site

More than 160 feral cats and kittens have been rescued from the site of the London 2012 Olympics as demolition work continues at a pace.


Fernandez, one of 12 Californians on the US team, pitched a one-hitter as the two-time defending gold medalists made it six shutouts in six games with a shortened 7-0 victory Thursday over a Greek team with a distinct American flavor.


The Republican convention is being run not only by a script, but by a score. Like the Democrats before them, Republicans have set their politics to music, a relentlessly upbeat symphony of familiar rah-rah songs meant to keep the hall pulsing with energy, viewers awake and gaps in the speechfest filled with sounds and images of a party trying to appeal to all tastes, ethnic groups and voting ages.


After rumors, Egyptians ponder a post-Mubarak life

More than 2,000 Egyptians have joined a discussion group on Facebook, the popular Internet social networking Web site, to ponder one overwhelming question: "What will you do when (President) Hosni Mubarak dies?"


Appello a tutti i sindaci per misura-toccasana per la salute


Roma, 15:35 - MORTO POLIZIOTTO: DA CONI BORSA STUDIO A FIGLI RACITI

La giunta del Coni ha oggi ufficializzato la decisione di assegnare una borsa di studio ai due figli...


Secondo alcuni giornali cantante sarebbe indagato per droga


The Treasuryâs schedule of financing this week included the regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills on Thursday and an auction of four-week bills on Tuesday.


S. Africa Channel to Air 'Fahrenheit 9/11'

An independent television channel in South Africa will air Michael Moore's documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" on the eve of the U.S. presidential elections.


Fed minutes: credit woes could force more rate cuts

Members of the Federal Reserve's interest rate setting committee worried last month that a credit crunch could sharply brake economic growth and require big interest rate cuts, minutes of the U.S. central bank's December meeting released on Wednesday show.


Trust restored Digital certificate firm Comodo has restored services to normal after websites displaying Comodo's Trust Logo were reduced to a crawl on Friday.â¦


NBC in talks to buy Sparrowhawk Media: paper

NBC Universal is preparing to buy  Sparrowhawk Media, the private-equity backed owner of the  Hallmark channel, for 175 million pounds ($351 million) to make  its biggest foray into Britain's TV industry, a newspaper said.


Race is on to build a hospital in Maple Grove

MINNEAPOLIS - Major health care providers are competing for the chance to build a hospital in Maple Grove, the fast-growing northwestern suburb.


NATO to review Afghan mission after civilian deaths

NATO defense ministers will review procedures in Afghanistan on Thursday as part of efforts to halt a wave of civilian casualties threatening to undermine public support for foreign peacekeepers there.


Along the ungoverned border of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Al Qaeda is training would-be jihadists from the West to attack their home countries.


The global flight from risk knocked precious metals again on Friday, with gold falling below $650 an ounce for the first time in three weeks as shaky global stock markets prompted investors to reduce positions in commodities.


Prince Punchy and the trouble with redundant Euroroyals

Prince Ernst August of Hanover, a Euroroyal bad boy who happens to be the Queen's cousin, is to appear in court this week in a grievous bodily harm case that could land him in jail for the next decade.


Egyptian forces left their breached border with the Gaza Strip open for a fifth day Sunday but tightened a security cordon around the border town of Rafah to keep Palestinians inside Egypt confined to a small zone.


Cavs Making the Most Of Their Trip to Boise

The University of Virginia football team had heard all the bad stories about playing in Boise -- the woeful weather, the dead fowl on the blue turf of Bronco Stadium


A study finds that secondhand smoke increases the levels of a carcinogen in waitstaff and bartenders at a surprisingly fast rate


The Miami Dolphins have filed a grievance against Ricky Williams, asking an arbitrator to uphold their contractual right to recover $8.6 million paid in signing bonus and incentives.


LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles airport, LAX, is considered one of the most stringently secure in the country. As someone who passes through there on a fairly regular basis, I can certainly attest to that fact.


Montevideo, 14:10 - CALCIO, O'NEILL: IN ITALIA PARTITE TRUCCATE

Martin O'Neill, ex centrocampista di Juve, Cagliari e Piacenza, accusa il calcio italiano: ''Le part...


Police raid Rangers, Newcastle, Portsmouth in corruption probe

Police raided top British clubs Rangers, Newcastle and Portsmouth on Monday as part of a probe into alleged corruption in football.


Former crematory operator to plead guilty in case of dumped bodies

ATLANTA A crematory operator accused of faking hundreds of cremations in Noble, Georgia, appears ready to plead guilty. Prosecutors say Ray Brent Marsh dumped 334 bodies on his property and passed off cement dust as ashes.


Microsoft has purchased a small, privately held data management company and will use the technology to enhance its SQL Server database, Office, and related business software, the company said Thursday.


Martin Jol is likely to be named the new manager of Tottenham after Jacques Santiniâs shock decision to quit yesterday. The Dutch assistant coach will take charge of todayâs game against Charlton, and


Blackstone in talks to buy Wind stake: source

MILAN/LONDON  - Private equity firm Blackstone Group  is in talks to buy a minority stake in Italy's No. 2 fixed-line phone operator Wind, two years after it lost out in a bid battle for the company, a person familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.


Deutsche Bank Arm in Multi-Million Dollar Payout

The brokerage unit of Deutsche Bank has voluntarily agreed to pay almost $90 million in compensation to settle allegations of misconduct, US regulators announced Friday.


VIOXXÂ® risks have been known for years, other COX-2 inhibitors ...

On September 30, 2004, Merck & Co. announced the immediate recall of one of its COX-2 inhibitors, the anti-inflammatory drug VIOXXÂ®, because, in Merck's own words, a study it had been conducting showed that:


Domain hosting and parking services drop in price, rise in capacity to lure small businesses. Trying to attract more small business customers, Yahoo has introduced a new domain name registration service and significantly increased the storage space and ...


House urges China to press Sudan over Darfur

The U.S. House of Representatives  urged China on Tuesday to use its influence and economic  leverage to stop what President George W. Bush has called the  genocide in Sudan's Darfur region.


Law offices make a motion to dismiss stiff, stodgy decor

No ships in bottles. No nautical charts. No dark wood paneling. And definitely no oil paintings of dead partners.


Twin Bus Blasts in Southern Israel Kill 15

JERUSALEM - Palestinian suicide bombers exploded two buses almost simultaneously in southern Israel on Tuesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 80 in the first major Palestinian attack inside Israel in nearly six months.    The Islamic militant group Hamas claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying they were revenge for Israel's assassinations earlier this year of its spiritual leader, Sheik Ahmed Yassin, and his successor Abdel Aziz Rantisi...


Italy's Prodi set to return as prime minister

Roberto Maroni, Roberto Castelli and Roberto Calderoli of Italian Northern League Padania leave the Quirinale palace after consulting with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano in Rome.Comment


Coughlin Thinks Giants Have Made Progress

For the past few weeks, New York Giants co-owner Wellington Mara has wondered more than a few times what went wrong after the team's 5-2 start.


Judge orders IBC to keep making Twinkies

At the request of Interstate Bakeries Corp., US Bankruptcy Judge Jerry Venters ordered the company to keep making Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Ho Hos and the rest of its product line and approved temporary loans to finance the company.


2004 trade growth to exceed 2003 despite higher oil prices

The sharp rise in oil prices which recently creeps towards $60 per barrel has put many energy industries and those reliant on energy on the edge for fear of the adverse affects of escalating prices.


Drug's withdrawal puts heat on FDA Agency too reliant on drug ...

Suspicions that the arthritis drug Vioxx could cause serious cardiovascular damage arose as early as 1999, the year Vioxx was approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a next-generation remedy that might be safer than older drugs like ibuprofen.


Disagreement rages over Detroit elephant

There is a disagreement concerning the future of two elephants at the Detroit Zoo: a sanctuary or the Columbus Zoo. The American Zoo and Aquarium Association in Washington has


Congresso non decidera' lo scioglimento dei Ds


MADRID, Spain -- Real Madrid has included David Beckham in its squad for the first time in a month.


After Meeting, F.D.A. Official Is Pessimistic on Winter Flu Vaccine

A team from the Food and Drug Administration met British regulators about their decision to quarantine nearly half the United States' supply of flu vaccine.


Court Ruling Fuels Dispute in West Over Eminent Domain

SEATTLE -- Libertarians and land developers have found populist fodder in a contentious Supreme Court decision from last year that favors eminent domain over private property.


U.S., German cooperation key to foiling bomb plot

Close work between German and U.S. authorities was key to uncovering what German police say would have been "massive" bomb attacks by militant Islamists, German media and a diplomat said on Friday.


Gannett may sell UK unit Newsquest: paper

U.S. media company Gannett Co. Inc.  is set to review its British newspaper unit, Newsquest, a move that could lead to its disposal for up to 1.5 billion pounds ($2.9 billion), the Sunday Express newspaper reported.


Ramirez sits as injuries continue to bug

The way Manny Ramirez knelt and grimaced in agony Friday night after he drilled a pitch off his knee, the possibility of him returning soon to the Red Sox lineup seemed remote. The contusion of Ramirez's left knee was serious enough to force him out of action last night, though the Sox hoped he could return today for the series ...


Saturday Interview: On the Road as Far as China

The chairman and chief executive of YRC Worldwide, owner of the Yellow and Roadway truck lines, spoke recently about the companyÂs rapid growth.


EDMONTON - In the 1980s, Permian Panthers were spit out of their west Texas football factory like there was no tomorrow. And for many, there wasn't.


Veritas Buys Email Backup Company KVault

Veritas Software Corp. , the leading storage software provider, said on Tuesday it agreed to acquire email backup company KVault Software Ltd. for $225 million in cash.


Google unveiled a desktop search agent yesterday that lets users find any information stored on their computer, including visited Web pages, files and e-mail as well as instant messages.


New strategy to combat HIV offers fresh hope

An international team of researchers, including a researcher at the Tulane National Primate Research Center near Covington, has brought millions of vulnerable women closer to a potentially powerful weapon against HIV.


Sfilate all'ambasciata e presso il Consolato Generale


Israeli at Heart of NJ Gay Scandal Returns Home

An Israeli at the center of a scandal that led New Jersey Governor James McGreevey to quit over a homosexual affair returned home Wednesday complaining of a "difficult period" in his first public remarks on the case.


Scientist's Remarks on Blacks Cause Furor

NEW YORK, Oct. 19 -- James Watson, who in 1962 shared a Nobel prize for discovering the structure of DNA, on Friday canceled a tour to promote his latest book after suggesting in a published interview that black people are less intelligent than whites.


Family of China's Zhao Forgoes State Funeral -Source

The family of purged Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang has decided to forgo a state funeral, sparing China's leaders a sensitive decision on whether to hold a high-profile ceremony that they fear could trigger protests.


NBC, ABC Developing Rival 9/11 Miniseries

LOS ANGELES  - NBC and ABC are  developing miniseries revolving around the Sept. 11 attacks,  using the "9/11 Commission Report" as the blueprint for  dramatic retellings of the events that led to the devastating  strikes on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.


Movie Review | 'The Jane Austen Book Club': Bibliophiles With Pride and Prejudice, Some in Need of Gentle Persuasion

âThe Jane Austen Book Clubâ is such a well-acted, literate adaptation of the 2004 best seller that your impulse is to forgive it for being the formulaic chick flick that it is.


Part-Time Soldiers, Injured but Not Yet Home

Under a web of Army rules, thousands of part-time soldiers injured on duty in Iraq and elsewhere are navigating a system suited to full-timers.


Pension agency takes over United pilots' plan

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The US government's pension agency said Thursday that it will assume responsibility for the pension plan set up on behalf of United Airlines' pilots.


British Grand Prix dropped from 2005 F1 championship

LONDON, Sept 30  - The British Grand Prix has been dropped from the Formula One schedule for the first time in over 50 years, it was reported on Thursday.


Siena, 16:06 - CALCIO, SIENA: 23 CONVOCATI PER LA ROMA

Il tecnico del Siena, Andrea Mandorlini, ha convocato 23 giocatori per la gara contro la Roma in pro...


Parma, 16:17 - CALCIO, E' MORTO ENRICO CATUZZI

E' morto la scorsa notte a Parma Enrico Catuzzi, 60 anni, allenatore con un passato anche in serie A...


To Survive the Dance, Marsh Must Follow Spitzer's Lead

Marsh & McLennan, the world's largest insurance broker, may survive its criminal investigation if it makes certain changes.


Kirstie Alley and Jenny Craig may have gone their separate ways, but the one-time "Fat Actress" isn't giving up on the weight loss industry.


Pentagon says further study needed on missing explosives in Iraq

The Pentagon said Friday that further study is needed on what happened to the 377 tons of high explosives in Iraq whose reported disappearance has dominated the past few days of presidential campaigning.


India, Britain sign pact to boost bilateral trade

India's Commerce Minister Kamal Nath and Britain's Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt signed an agreement aimed at doubling bilateral trade between the two countries.


JonBenet suspect leaving for U.S. Sunday

An arrest that initially brought relief to the family of JonBenet Ramsey has since unleashed an onslaught of unwelcome attention that has incensed the slain girl's father, a longtime family lawyer said Saturday.


Calcio, Figc; Abete: evitiamo scontri e rinvii come in Lega

"Per le elezioni federali bisognerebbe evitare continui rinvii e di arrivare ad un scontro come Ã¨ stato finora per le elezioni del presidente della Lega di AeB". Lo ha detto Giancarlo Abete al termine dell


Update 1: American to Charge for Certain Ticket Buys

American Airlines says it will begin charging a service fee of $5 or $10 to buy a ticket over the phone or at an airport counter, copying a similar move by Northwest Airlines.


The kidnapping and killing of truck drivers by Iraqi insurgents continued Sunday as at least four more men were taken hostage and the body of an Egyptian man was found.


Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin said that Moldova considers...

Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin said on Thursday that Moldova considers negotiations with Tiraspol on the Dniester Region settlement useless and is not going to resume them.


Egypt's Suez Canal is to re-open for shipping traffic, three days after it closed because of a broken-down oil tanker.


Medicines for young children often contain additives banned from food for under-threes, research shows.


White House Would Have Its Political Wing, Officially or Not

Congressional overseers have their hands full investigating the deeds and, they allege, misdeeds of the White House Office of Political Affairs. Did the office's involvement in the firing of the nine U.S. attorneys cross the line? What about its staff's use of Republican National Committee e-mail...


Parigi, 11:29 - CALCIO, INTER; STAMPA FRANCESE: GROSSO CEDUTO AL LIONE

Il difensore dell'Inter e della nazionale Fabio Grosso ha trovato un accordo coll'Olympique Lyonnais...


The Directors Guild of America board  recommends its members approve a new contract deal.


Tutu says S. Africa losing some idealism

Archbishop Desmond Tutu says South Africa has failed to sustain the idealism that ended apartheid and its people seem to have lost their sense of right and wrong.


Oprah hands out Pontiacs to audience, 3 area women

and one guest with a hard-luck story â-t the premiere of talk show host Oprah Winfreyâs 19th season Monday got a surprise bonus â -ew Pontiac G6 sedan worth about $28,400.


Justices Question Ban on Wine Sales From Out of State

If the Supreme Court argument Tuesday on interstate wine sales proves to be a reliable roadmap to the eventual decision, consumers who want to order wine directly from


Scorsese should score Oscar for âThe Aviatorâ

Not what youâd call a shrinking violet, director Martin Scorsese is known for filling his movies with as much detail as possible.


Thousands of mourners gather in the Lebanese capital for the funeral of ex-PM Rafik Hariri, killed in a car bombing.


NATO launches major southern Afghan offensive

NATO launched its biggest offensive in Afghanistan since the 2001 war on Tuesday, targetting the Taliban and drug lords as hundreds of people rallied in the east against U.S. soldiers killing civilians.


What the heck will they blend on YouTube next!?

SMM, or Social Media Marketing, can do much for the promotion of a company or product. The "Will It Blend?" YouTube campaign by Blendtec is one of the best.


ORLANDO, Fla. - The Orlando Magic are in an unfamiliar position in the standings: first place. âOh wow!â blurted out a surprised Grant Hill upon hearing the news Saturday night after his 29 points helped the Magic beat the Philadelphia 76ers 105-99.


A $49 cable for the iPod Touch lets you transmitting video and audio to TVs and stereo systems.


Home run record holder Barry Bonds, the biggest name in baseball, will leave the San Francisco Giants at the end of this season, the player and team said on Friday.


One of two men who jumped from a cargo ship bound for New Jersey was found by fishermen Monday off Staten Island, and a search was on for the other, police said.


Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood firm behind Ankara's bid to join the European Union, rejecting calls to recognise Cyprus and dismissing any new conditions to win EU entry.


Red Hot Chili Peppers members Flea and John Frusciante and Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz are among the musicians who will perform at the Ramones' 30th anniversary party September 12 at the Avalon Theatre in Hollywood, ...


Indian Policeman Kills Seven Colleagues in Kashmir

A policeman ran amok at a security camp in Indian-controlled Kashmir after an argument and shot dead seven colleagues before he was gunned down, police said on Sunday.


Cabletime's MediaStar broadcasts U.N. Criminal Tribunal

The MediaStar video distribution and conferencing system has been installed at The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) headquarters in The Hague.


Second-hand smoke riskier for black children: study

Black children may be far more  susceptible to the ill effects of second-hand tobacco smoke  than their white counterparts, U.S. researchers said on Monday.


Rain adds to exhaustion as earthquake-hit Japan fears landslides

Rain has triggered fears of fresh landslides in the Niigata region hit by Japan's deadliest earthquake in nine years as exhaustion was wearing down tens of thousands in shelters.


Zimbabwe forces on high alert for treason verdict

HARARE - Zimbabwe said it had put its security forces on high alert to deal with what it said was an opposition plan to unleash violence on Friday when a court is due to pass judgment in the treason trial of its leader.


Ex-Smiths singer Morrissey will have no involvement in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, the BBC says.


Johnny Depp wants to do movies that his kids can watch

Johnny Depp is one doting dad for sure , for he wants to star in more family films so that his children can watch his movies.


Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Al Unser Jr. announced his retirement from IndyCar racing during a Wednesday press conference.


When moviemakers wanted to film "Peyton Place" in this small seaside town, the best-selling novel the movie was to be based on was so scandalous the local library didn't even keep it on its shelves.


U.S. drops opposition to U.N. climate deal

NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - The United States on Saturday dropped opposition to a compromise plan to launch talks on a new U.N. climate treaty after pleas from other nations.


75-year-old has world's fastest private internet connection

Let me show you my grandchildren at 40Gb/s 75-year-old Sibritt LÃ¶thberg from Karlstad Sweden just got her first computer, but it didn't take her long to download all the necessary patches.â¦


D.C. Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp challenges MLB to extend a deadline for the city to approve a stadium financing package for a few months past Dec. 31.


EU countries discriminate against UK companies when awarding contracts, says a report commissioned by the Treasury.


British Investors Win Majority Stake in Intelsat

Intelsat, the world's largest satellite company, agreed yesterday to sell the majority of its shares to London-based BC Partners, one of Europe's largest private-equity firms, in a deal worth about $16.4 billion.


The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided to move the Academy Awards from February back to March in 2006, the academy announced Thursday.


Lithuania to return rock singer jailed for murder to France next week

Lithuania will allow French rock singer Bertrand Cantat, imprisoned in Vilnius for the murder of his French actress girlfriend, to return to France next week to serve out the remainder of his eight-year sentence, his lawyer said.


Analysis: Will Huckabee gaffes hurt him?

Republican Mike Huckabee won the Iowa caucuses by campaigning as an honest conservative, yet he has made a series of blunders that raise questions about his credibility.


Yusuf Islam: Like being in 'a Hollywood B-movie'

Singer Cat Stevens says he was traveling to the USA in part to explore the idea of revisiting the music career he more or less abandoned a quarter-century ago after converting to Islam and adopting his current name.


THE parents of a tiny premature baby clinging to life in a hospital oxygen box are preparing to let her die in their arms. A High Court judge yesterday ruled that Charlotte Wyatt should be allowed to die in


com December 16, 2004, 10:27 AM PT. Apple Computer on Wednesday released a minor update to its Mac OS X 10.3 Panther operating system.


British and U.S. scientists said Friday they were exploring plans for a joint lunar mission that would use an orbiter to fire missile-like penetrators into the moon's surface.


US troops battle militants in the heart of the Iraqi capital

Militants pounded central Baghdad on Sunday with one of their most intense mortar barrages ever, targeting the Green Zone and destroying a US vehicle along a major street.


Toll discount rolling to halt FasTrak's special rate on Bay Area ...

The chance to save a buck to cross the Bay Area's state-owned bridges persuaded tens of thousands of motorists to sign up for FasTrak, Caltrans' electronic toll collection system, in the last four months.


Threat on U.S. Journalist Is Said Lifted

Kidnappers have lifted their threat to kill a U.S. journalist abducted in the southern city of Nasiriyah along with his Iraqi translator, an aide to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Saturday.


Symantec NetBackup Facelift Adds VMware Support

Symantec kicked off the start of its Vision user conference unveiling a host of enhancements to Veritas NetBackup.


Roma, 15:46 - PATTINAGGIO VELOCITA', EUROPEI: PRIMI ORI A KRAMER E LOBYSHEVA

Sono state assegnate le prime medaglie agli Europei di pattinaggio di velocità di Kolomna, in...


Roberts acknowledges using steroids once

Breaking his silence on the inclusion of his name in the Mitchell Report, Baltimore Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts admitted that he used steroids once in 2003.


FDA Agrees on Antidepressant Risks for Youth

The US Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it "generally supports" an advisory panel's conclusion this week that antidepressants sometimes raise the risk of suicidal behavior in youth.


Con l'Epifania si concludono le vacanze natalizie


The United States and Japan agreed Friday to strengthen cooperation on missile defense amid concerns of a possible long-range rocket launch by North Korea.


Defense opens case in Phil Spector murder trial

Lawyers for Phil Spector called their first witness on Tuesday in his murder trial, a forensic expert who told jurors that an actress the pioneering rock producer is accused of shooting dead probably committed suicide instead.


African mediators push for peace in Sudan

Abuja - African mediators were striving on Monday to persuade Sudan's government and its rebel foes to agree on a plan to alleviate the suffering of Darfur's beleaguered civilians and head off the risk of tougher United Nations action.


Yukos warns it will sue parties involved in sale of ...

HOUSTON, United States  - Troubled Russian oil titan Yukos warned that it will sue and seek damages against any parties to the forced weekend auction of its Yuganskneftegaz unit to the little-known Baikalfinansgroup.


James scores 25 as Cavaliers roll over Pistons at NBA East

LeBron James scored 25 points, including 13 in the decisive fourth quarter, to lift Cleveland to a 91-87 win over Detroit Tuesday in game four of their semi-final playoff series.


Obesity boosts pregnancy risk in pill-taking women:

[Health India]: Washington, Dec 29: A new study conducted by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center suggest that overweight and obese women who take oral contraceptives are 60 percent to 70 percent more likely to get pregnant while on the birth-control


N.Y. Debating Fate of State Death Penalty

The legislature appears poised to throw out the death penalty, which was reinstated by Governor George E. Pataki 10 years ago.


O.J. Simpson was expected to be freed from a Las Vegas jail on Wednesday after a judge granted the former American football star $125,000 bail on charges he took part in an armed robbery of his own sports memorabilia.


More than 2,400 people are evacuated as Typhoon Megi lashes the southern shores of South Korea.


Stunned Russians Observe Day of Mourning

BESLAN, Russia - A numb Russia observed a national day of mourning on Monday for the hundreds of victims of the terrorist school seizure, while in this grief-stricken southern region neighboring Chechnya families continued searching for the missing.    A prosecutor said the hostage-takers belonged to a cell formed by radical Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev, the Interfax news agency reported...


Decisione giudice Los Angeles dopo lite con ex marito


A sharp fall in Japanese industrial output in January raises fresh questions about the strength of its economic recovery.


Nikkei Average Rises More Than 1 Percent

Japan's Nikkei average rose more than 1 percent to a 2-1/2-month closing high on Friday, bolstered by Wall Street gains and a growing consensus that Tokyo stocks look cheap compared with the US and other Asian markets.


Knightley says focus on the films, not my figure

British actress Keira Knightley has had enough of the media's fixation with her looks, weight and figure, and urged people to focus on her films instead.


Karzai Sidelines Rivals in New Afghan Cabinet

Afghan President Hamid Karzai sidelined  leaders of powerful regional factions in his new cabinet  line-up announced on Thursday.


Man Utd look to close the gap on leaders Arsenal when they play Everton in Sunday's early kick-off.


Nota del Colle dopo le polemiche sul caso Visco


RealPlayer beta allows video downloading

(InfoWorld) - The growing popularity of video on the Web has prompted RealNetworks to launch a beta version of its RealPlayer software that allows users to easily record and download videos to their PCs. The software, RealPlayer version 11, can be downloaded free, the company said Tuesday. With the new version, users can surf the Web and select clips or longer videos by clicking a "Download this video" icon that pops up whenever they view video content. Videos are downloaded in the background, allowing users to view the content not only at their own convenience but also on the full screen of their PCs, according to RealNetworks spokesman Ryan Luckin. Moreover, users don't have to worry about knowing video formats, Luckin said. The new version records online video in all major formats, including Flash, Windows Media, and QuickTime. In addition, it recognizes video content protected by DRM systems and blocks such content from being recorded. RealNetworks plans additional features, including an option to allow video content to be downloaded to portable devices, such as iPods, according to Luckin. With the free version of RealPlayer, users can burn videos to CDs in the VCD (video compact disc) format. For $29.99, users can purchase RealPlayer Plus, which allows them to burn to DVDs.


California braces for second round of storms

Californians braced for another round of fierce winter weather on Saturday, a day after strong winds, heavy rains and snow prompted evacuations and left more than 1 million homes without electricity.


China Lays Into 'Bush Doctrine' Ahead of US Poll

On the eve of the US election, China laid into what it called the "Bush doctrine," said the Iraq war has destroyed the global anti-terror coalition and blamed arrogance for the problems dogging the United States worldwide.


Home-Based Senior Care Program Has Limited Benefits

TUESDAY, Dec. 11 (HealthDay News) -- An intensive, home-based program to improve medical care for low-income seniors produced mixed results, a geriatrics team reports.


Tom Cruise and the crew of his new film, "Valkyrie," held a minute of silence for German anti-Nazi heroes as the team prepared to film at the site where they were executed, a fellow cast member said in comments published Sunday.


For a Lasting Impact, a Fleeting Experience

The food magazine Bon AppÃ©tit hired a well-known designer to transform the former site of a Hard Rock Cafe into a temporary restaurant, scheduled to last only two weeks.


Ben Roethlisberger didn't have any problem recalling the significance of June 12. It's been circled on his calendar for nearly a year. So, while the Steelers were holding a voluntary team workout Tuesday at Heinz Field — spending a day away from their practice complex — their quarterback was remembering where he was a year ago to the day.


US appeals WTO ruling on subsidies for cotton

Geneva - The US yesterday appealed against a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling that government subsidies paid to the US cotton industry were illegal, trade sources said.


Amgen, J&J anemia drugs to carry new warning: FDA

Amgen Inc. and Johnson & Johnson anemia drugs will carry strong new warnings after studies showed a higher risk of death and life-threatening side effects in some patients, U.S. health officials said on Friday.


Guantanamo tip tied to arrests of 22 in Germany

WASHINGTON -- Information obtained through the interrogation of a Guantanamo Bay detainee led to a spectacular series of counterterrorism raids in Germany this month, in which more than 700 police swept through mosques, homes, and businesses in six cities and arrested 22 suspected militant extremists, according to a senior Defense Department official.


Friday's brawl ended the basketball game between the Indiana Pacers and the Detroit Pistons. But the national conversation about the fraying bond between sports fans and players should continue.


Senate Confirms New Homeland Security Chief

Federal judge Michael Chertoff, who  testified against torture and preached the need to protect  civil liberties, won Senate confirmation on Tuesday to head the  U.S. Homeland Security Department.


Last-chance Iran-EU nuclear talks deadlocked: diplomat

VIENNA - Last-chance Iran-EU nuclear talks in Paris on getting Teheran to suspend uranium enrichment in order to avoid UN sanctions were deadlocked on Friday evening and may continue Saturday, a Western diplomat close to the negotiations told AFP.


Dutch ING bank reports 7.69 billion-euro net profit for 2006

Dutch banking and insurance group ING has reported a 6.7-percent rise in 2006 net profit to 7.69 billion euros (10.1 billion dollars).


Rita Cleanup Nears Final Phases in Refuge

By RICHARD BURGESS  Cleanup workers pulling hurricane debris out the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge have tallied an impressive list: 752 tires, 1,190 appliances, 294 propane tanks and more than 1,000 hazardous materials containers, ranging from bucket-sized drums to a 10,000- gallon tank.


Singh surges into tie for lead at Congressional

BETHESDA, Maryland  - Vijay Singh notched four birdies in five holes on the way to a four-under-par 66 to charge into a five-way share of the lead at the Tiger Woods-hosted tournament on Thursday.


Frank Thomas, Carl Everett to return in Chicago, Sandy Alomar won' ...

Frank Thomas' decision to return to the Chicago White Sox wasn't nearly so dramatic this year. Thomas exercised his $8 million US option Thursday.


Evolution of Bird Flu Virus May Favor Pandemic --WHO

The bird flu virus endemic in Asia appears to be evolving in ways that increasingly favor the start of a deadly human influenza outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday.


Home prices have plunged by 10 percent or more in some parts of the United States and interest rates on mortgages are at enticing levels, but many potential buyers are waiting for prices to fall further.


Google to Offer Variation on Stock Options

Google said that it would grant employees transferable stock options that could be sold as well as exercised.


BAGHDAD -- The engineer stood aside as Iraqi and American soldiers rifled through his daughter's wardrobe and peered under her bed. He did not mind when they confiscated the second clip for his AK-47, because he knew it could be easily replaced. He demurred when asked about insurgent activity in the...


New Poll Finds That Young Americans Are Leaning Left

Young Americans are more likely to favor an open-door policy on immigration, the legalization of gay marriage and government-run health care, a poll found.


WASHINGTON - The US trade deficit unexpectedly narrowed in July as Boeing Co., General Electric Co. , and Deere & Co. shipped more airplanes, engines, and tractors overseas.


Sprint Near Deal to Buy Nextel for $34 Billion

A merger between Sprint and Nextel would create a powerful new cellular competitor with some 39 million customers.


La casa editrice: le e-mail scomparse nel nulla

BOGOTA' - UscirÃ  nelle librerie spagnole il 20 ottobre il nuovo attesissimo romanzo dello scrittore colombiano di Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Contemporaneamente sarÃ¡ distribuito, con una tiratura complessiva di un milione di copie, in mezzo mondo.


NEW YORK - A day after sacking its chief executive, Marsh & McLennan (MMC) announced Tuesday it will stop accepting fees at the heart of a lawsuit by New York's attorney general accusing the world's largest insurance broker of rigging prices.


The U.S. Senate on Thursday gave   final approval to a bill for tough interrogation and   prosecution of terrorism suspects, as President George W. Bush   prevailed after a series of setbacks on his detainee policies.


Less than three years after launch, Air America's last hope lies in finding a white knight.


Former Chief of CIA's Bin Laden Unit Leaves

Michael Scheuer, the author and former chief of the CIA's Osama bin Laden unit, announced Thursday that he had resigned from the agency so he could speak openly about terrorism and what he sees as the government's failure to understand the threat from al Qaeda.


Kofi Annan rejects claims that France and Russia might have been willing to ease sanctions on Iraq in return for oil.


Blog: Panasonic upgrades its Toughbook line, and General Dynamics shows off a tiny drop and spill-proof notebook.


Two US navy sailors shot dead and another critically injured in Gulf state.


Decades after the Middle East was hit by the mass uprooting of Palestinians, it is again struggling with a gigantic refugee problem — this time from Iraq.


La denuncia di una ragazzina di 15 anni, indaga la procura per i minorenni: violenza sessuale di gruppo. In un parco di Napoli. Ci sono 2 testimoni                                          "Stuprata da cinque compagni di scuola" "E qualcuno ha filmato tutto con il telefonino"                                                                                di DARIO DEL PORTO


Travel: Why fork out a small fortune on a family trip to Lapland when you can visit Mr Claus just off the A21?


Ministers are planning to ban smoking in eateries, but will stop short of an outright ban affecting all public places.


More than 15,000 of Northern Ireland's primary seven children will find out their 11-plus grade later.


Clinton Celebrates 60 With a Concert and a Jab at a Certain New Red Sox Fan

Hillary Rodham Clinton celebrated her 60th birthday on Thursday night with a New York fund-raiser that netted $1.5 million.


DA Won't Prosecute Bishop Accused of Rape

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A district attorney said Monday that he would not prosecute Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Dupre on child rape charges because the statute of limitations has expired in the case...


Motorola said it will take a pretax charge of $101 million in its second quarter after cutting 2,100 jobs.


Finanziaria: sindacati, deciso lo sciopero generale per il 30 ...

Cgil, Cisl e Uil, ''preso atto dell'indisponibilitÃ  e insensibilitÃ  del governo a misurarsi con le posizioni espresse dal mondo del lavoro ea sostegno delle proprie ragioni e proposte alternative esplicitate nel documento - si legge nella nota unitaria


Videogaming not addictive... for now, doctors say

Five years' research needed to be sure Think you're addicted to computer games? Think again, US addiction specialists have said. More research is needed before they will classify excessive gaming as a mental illness, the American Medical Association (AMA) was told this weekend.â¦


Rival Palestinian forces clash near Gaza crossing

Rival Palestinian forces clashed in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday near the strategic Karni commercial crossing in the most serious flare-up in factional fighting in more than two weeks.


Microsoft, ISV Partners Gear Up For Virtual Server 2005

Microsoft will join with ISV partners Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Computer Associates International and Veritas Software to unveil a host of management add-ons for its Virtual Server 2005, which will launch next week.


Official: Yukos Sale Won't Impact Output

The planned sale of oil giant Yukos' main pumping unit to pay off the parent company's back taxes won't affect production, Russia's energy minister was quoted Tuesday in news reports.


Access platform wins UK, German deployments

International network service provider PacketExchange has deployed ADVA Optical Networking 's Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 1500 to enhance its legacy SDH network.


Two Men Indicted in US for Aiding Global Holy War

Two men were indicted by a US grand jury on Thursday on charges of helping raise money for terrorism and recruiting fighters to send to Afghanistan, Chechnya, Somalia and Kosovo.


Blog: AT&T DSL subscribers will get free access to the carrier's Wi-Fi hotspots in airports and coffee shops around the country.


Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has barred new construction work, building planning and occupancy tenders at West Bank settlements without his approval, documents show.


Lebanon army storms militant posts at camp

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Advancing under a blanket of artillery and tank fire, Lebanese troops overran positions held by al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp on Friday and 19 people were killed.


Of the Americans who most need a flu shot, fewer than half get one, federal health officials warned as they called for special attention to babies, toddlers and the elderly as vaccinations begin next month.


Google Slashes IPO, Gets Pricing Go-Ahead

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO  - Google Inc. GOOG.OQ on  Wednesday got the green light to go ahead with a downsized  version of its much-hyped initial public offering, meaning its  shares could trade on Nasdaq as early as Thursday.


Film-maker Lord Puttman will not be standing as a candidate to become the BBC's next chairman.


RICHMOND, Aug. 30 -- The communications breakdowns, gaps in the mental health system and confusion over student privacy laws that were identified as problems by the panel that investigated the massacre at Virginia Tech might take years to correct and require action by the federal government, panel...


No scenario seen for draft of health care workers

WASHINGTON -- No war or other national emergency would overwhelm the military's medical care system and require a draft of civilian health care workers, a senior Pentagon official said yesterday.


US Army to Spend Another $1.5 Bln on Armor, Troop Protection

The US Army plans to spend $1.5 billion to protect troops in Iraq by installing armor on truck cabs and fuel tankers and buying new armored security vehicles and technology to jam remote-controlled bombs.


Nazionale, Donadoni si difende "Non Ã¨ un dramma ma voglio Totti"                                                                                Dopo la sconfitta contro la Francia, Ã¨ allarme per gli azzurriDecisiva per il cammino verso gli Europei 2008, la sfida contro la Georgia


Latest updates from Athens on a mixed day so far for Britain's medal hopes.


Roma, 20:46 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: IL CALENDARIO DEL MILAN

Questo il calendario delle partite del Milan, inserito nel gruppo D, nella fase a gironi della Champ...


Greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced far more quickly, says a climate change research institute.


Juan Encarnacion did the little things to get the St. Louis offense going again. So Taguchi did his share, too. Chris Duncan provided the power stroke with a pinch-hit grand slam.


FIFA plans show to kick off 2006 World Cup

The 2006 World Cup will break with tradition and begin with a separate show a day before the opening game. FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Thursday the theme of the 90-minute show will be the cultural impact


Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, the private company that manages the Big Dig, said yesterday that plugging leaks in the Interstate 93 section of the tunnels will take "months, not years," as a routine part of finishing the $14.6 billion project.


British Prime Minister Tony Blair will   step down early in May next year after a revolt by disenchanted   supporters campaigning for him to end almost 10 years in   office, British media reported on Thursday.


Long-standing Math Puzzle May Have Been Solved

ONE of the seven great unsolved mysteries of mathematics may have been solved by an eccentric Russian. Grigori 'Grisha' Perelman is an expert on Ricci flow.


Red Sox Introduce Matsuzaka as Teamâs Newest Ace

Daisuke Matsuzakaâs $52 million, six-year contract was announced Thursday by the Boston Red Sox.


Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and three of his closest allies are teaming up to create a regional development bank intended to strengthen their alliance and promote independence from U.S.-backed lenders like the World Bank.


Fresh faces brighten Hollywood's Golden Globes

Little-known actors and directors from movies such as "Dreamgirls" and "Little Miss Sunshine" earned major career boosts on Thursday with Golden Globe nominations that put them closer to Hollywood's A-list.


Politicos propose 'family-friendly' cable mandate

Blog: New bill backed by parents' groups includes proposal that cable and satellite TV operators let subscribers buy a "family tier" of programming or opt out of most channels they don't want.


Lenovo resumes trading after IBM share sale

(InfoWorld) - Shares in Lenovo Group resumed trading on Wednesday, after being temporarily suspended due to theÂ sale of 300 million shares by IBM, the PC company's second-largest shareholder. In a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange, Lenovo said IBM was expected to complete the sale of the shares today at a price of HK$3.20 (US$0.41) per share -- a discount of 7 percent to the share's closing price on Monday and the same price of the shares when trading was suspended at Lenovo's request on Tuesday. Lenovo's shares were trading at HK$3.23 on Wednesday morning, local time. The shares sold by IBM represent 3.5 percent of Lenovo's outstanding shares and are worth HK$960 million. The sale reduces IBM's share in Lenovo from 14.7 percent to 11.3 percent. IBM remains the company's second-largest shareholder behind parent company Legend Holdings Ltd. The sale of shares by IBM will boost the percentage of Lenovo's stock held by public investors from 34.2 percent to 36.7 percent, the filing said. Legend Holdings' stake will also increase from 41.9 percent to 42.4 percent, it said. IBM has steadily been selling down its stake in Lenovo, whichÂ acquired IBM's PC divisionÂ in 2005. Despite the sale of shares, the two companies remain close partners. On Tuesday, LenovoÂ announced an end-user services agreementÂ with IBM that could be worth $245 million in revenue for IBM over the next five years.


Eleven-month-old JobsinPods.com features an online library of podcast interviews with corporate hiring managers and employees about career topics.


Otellini: Dual-Core, WiMAX Now Key To Intel Strategy

Intel is pressing for the adoption of dual- and multi-core processors and platforms, and will use more stringent standards for promising delivery of key products, its president said Tuesday.


U.S. calls on North Korea to account for uranium

The United States expects North Korea to fully account for its program to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons as a part of the deal it struck to start scrapping its atomic arms, a senior official said on Tuesday.


HILLA, Iraq  - Suicide bombers killed 21 people in  attacks on an Iraqi police academy and a checkpoint on  Wednesday, part of a campaign to derail Jan. 30 elections which  Iraq's prime minister vowed will go ahead.


Up to 10,000 jobs could be created and 1,400 homes and a shopping centre built to renovate part of Birmingham.


Combative Kerry says president 'unfit to lead'

A newly combative John Kerry came out swinging Friday after a Republican convention aimed at dismantling his candidacy, accusing President George W. Bush of a litany of failure


Japanese WW2 massacre film premieres in Beijing

"Nanking," a U.S.-made film documenting  eyewitness accounts of atrocities committed by Japanese troops  in China during World War Two, opened in Beijing on Tuesday, as  the two countries struggle to mend strained ties.


Erakat: Palestinian leaders will see Arafat

Four top Palestinian officials Tuesday will be visiting ailing leader Yasser Arafat, according to chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat.


ST. GEORGE'S, GRENADA - Jamaica's Prime Minister urged his country to pray Thursday as the Category 5 hurricane Ivan headed toward the island nation after killing 20 people elsewhere in the Caribbean.


Woman Pleads Guilty to Cyber-Stalking Linkin Park Singer

A former employee of the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, pleaded guilty to stalking Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington.


Reds rout Mariners 16-1; Griffey honored

Ken Griffey Jr. never liked being the focus, or speaking about himself. So it seemed appropriate on the night Griffey was honored by the city where he became a star, it was his teammates providing the highlights. While Griffey was being adored by Seattle fans, it was David Ross and Brandon Phillips both hitting two homers, and Aaron Harang working eight strong innings in Cincinnati's 16-1 rout of the Mariners on Friday.


Nicholson, Freeman lead box office with comedy

Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman  narrowly took the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office in North  America with their comedy "The Bucket List," according to  studio estimates issued on Sunday.


Congress may kill the Air Force's plan to lease refueling tankers from the Boeing Co. By Bryan Corliss. Congress appears poised to reject the Boeing Co.


More Palace Guards Expected for Pistons' Next Home Game

NEW YORK - Security at the Palace of Auburn Hills will be beefed up Sunday night when the Detroit Pistons play their first game since Friday night's riot that led to the indefinite suspensions of three Indiana Pacers and one Detroit player.


Ue-Turchia. Ok dalla Commissione per i negoziati, ma Â«il ...

La Commissione europea ha dato il proprio via libera all'inizio dei negoziati per l'adesione della Turchia all'Unione europea. Lo afferma una raccomandazione che la Commissione ha rivolto al Consiglio europeo che si riunirÃ  il 17 dicembre.


MUNICH, Germany  - Pope Benedict hopes his   homecoming this weekend to the Catholic heartland of Bavaria   will revive faith in Germany as more than half a million   pilgrims prepare to welcome him.


Democrats make all-night push for change in Iraq

With cots and pillows as well as pleas and warnings, the Democratic-led U.S. Senate debated through the night a plan to end the Iraq war.


Factory Orders Drop Despite Expectations

Orders placed with U.S. factories fell for the first time in four months, the Commerce Department said Monday, with demand dropping sharply for commercial airplanes and parts.


IMF Raises Mexico, Brazil Growth Forecast for 2004

Mexico and Brazil, Latin America's largest economies, will expand faster than expected this year because of increased exports and stronger spending by domestic consumers, the International Monetary Fund said.


Maybe it's just part of the code of the so-called man-cave, which, after all, is what a baseball clubhouse really is. Or maybe it's because they're in a business where tough breaks come with the territory; the guy sitting beside you one day is gone the next, and you can't afford to get too close.


Update: Intel mobile platform slated for first-half of 2007

(InfoWorld) - Intel's "Santa Rosa" notebook platform will hit the streets in the first half of 2007, bringing improvements in processing power, battery life, and wireless connectivity over the current Centrino architecture. Intel has enjoyed strong sales with Centrino, which combines a low-wattage processor and wireless ability with an efficient chip set. Now the company will upgrade those ingredients to a more efficient version of theÂ Merom Core 2 Duo chipÂ and Crestline ICH8M chip set, together code-named Santa Rosa. The company will also make the Santa Rosa notebooks start up faster by augmenting current memory technology with a NAND flash-based disk cache, said Dadi Perlmutter, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's mobility group, at Intel Developer Forum on Wednesday. Compared with a Centrino PC, that "Robson" technology will allow future notebooks to load applications twice as fast and wake up from a hibernation state twice as fast. For wireless connectivity, the new notebooks will use theÂ pending 802.11n standard, capable of streaming data at 300Mbps, five times faster than the current 802.11g, Perlmutter said Wednesday. To support users until 802.11n is officially approved, Intel has arranged an interoperability program with access point vendors including Buffalo Wireless, D-Link Systems, Cisco Systems' Linksys division, and Netgear. Intel will also deliver embedded 3G (third-generation) wireless WAN technology from Nokia, Perlmutter said. In a demonstration, he played high-definition segments of a film called "Spoon" on a Santa Rosa platform running Microsoft's Vista OS. That level of broadband connectivity will also allow Intel to extend its new vPro business bundle to notebooks, after having launched it for desktops on Sept. 7. "But the jewel of the crown for wireless connectivity is WiMax," Perlmutter said. Intel plans to deliver an integrated Wi-Fi and WiMax chip by 2008. WiMax is a metropolitan-area wireless technology designed to deliver at least 1Mbps of data and in some cases much more. The company's WiMax plan will be supported by a commitment from service providers SprintÂ and Clearwire to start building mobile WiMax networks in 2007 and provide commercial service by 2008. Intel also said it would extend WiMax support to future reference designs for the handheld Ultramobile PC (UMPC) platform, including a 2.5-pound version for students up to university age. Intel displayed a sample UMPC currently sold by Asus in Taiwan and said its partners would launch a U.S. version in the first half of 2007 with an upgraded CPU and chip set. Intel also expects vendors to begin selling a low-cost "Classmate" notebook in developing nations in the first quarter of 2007, according to spokesman Larry Carr. Intel's reference design brings the price below $400 by using a small Windows XP Embedded OS and flash memory instead of a hard drive, he said. The product will sell first in Mexico, Brazil, India, and Nigeria.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.


Seven men are jailed for key roles in an al-Qaeda-linked plot to kill thousands of people in the UK and US.


Destra vincerebbe elezioni, penalizzato partito democratico


UPDATE 2-Jones to buy Barneys in $400 mln deal

Jones Apparel Group Inc. (JNY.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a mid-priced clothing retailer and maker, said on Thursday it was buying Barneys New York Inc.


Parents regret not discussing death with their children who are terminally ill, a survey shows. Many who could not bring themselves to raise the issue later wished they had, Swedish researchers from the Karolinska Institute found.


The hottest menswear on the runways in Milan are also the warmest: extravagant, oversized, embroidered, fur-trimmed coats.


Lightning, mudslides kill 78 in Bangladesh

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh -- Mudslides caused by monsoon rains buried bamboo and straw shacks in shantytowns and collapsed brick houses in southeastern Bangladesh yesterday, killing at least 67 people. Another 11 died when they were struck by lightning, rescue officials and witnesses said.


DR Congo president to pay state visit to South Africa

Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila will hold talks with his counterpart Thabo Mbeki during a state visit to South Africa this week, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.


Gymnastics Gold Evens the U.S. with China

American swimmer Michael Phelps grabbed  a fourth gold at the Athens Olympics Thursday with a clear  victory in the 200 meters medley and gold for 16-year-old  gymnast Carly Patterson leveled the U.S. with China at 14 each.


Super Schumi plans to keep right on racing

Formula One juggernaut Michael Schumacher has no plans to bring down the curtain on his glittering career. "I don't even want to talk about retirement," the 35-year-old German said yesterday in Shanghai.


At least two Picasso paintings, worth a total of nearly $66 million, were stolen from the artist's granddaughter's house in Paris, police said


News Corp. Describes Fired Editorâs Remarks

Judith Regan complained about a âJewish cabal against her,â according to notes released by the company.


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Police Join Probe Into Pistons-Pacers Mass Brawl

Police launched an investigation on  Saturday into an extraordinary mass brawl involving players and  fans at a game between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers.


In his rookie season, Phil Kessel had never betrayed any sign of failing health.


The Web site of AvSoft Technologies attempts to install a virus on visiting PCs, security firm warns.


Hobart, 10:59 - Tennis, Hobart: Camerin fuori al secondo turno

Maria Elena Camerin fuori al secondo turno del torneo di Hobart (cemento, montepremi 110mila dollari...


China Stocks Arsenal With Russia Weapons

Blocked from buying U.S. and European arms, Beijing has stocked its arsenal with Russian-made supersonic fighters and other high-tech weapons, and is investing in the development of its own cruise missiles.


Indonesian tempeh makers struggle as soybean prices rise

Indonesia's traditional soybean cake, known as tempeh, is a source of livelihood for millions of people, many of whom are now struggling to cope with spiraling soybean prices.


A blast rocks a branch of Citibank in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, killing a security guard, reports say.


Dash for gas gives Myanmar the bus stop blues

To cut down on costly imports of petroleum, of which  Myanmar does not have much, its ruling generals want every  vehicle in the country to run on natural gas, of which it has  plenty.


Justin Rose breaks drought with Masters golf win

Justin Rose has broken a four-year tournament drought to win the Australian Masters by two shots at Huntingdale here.


US November Consumer Prices Rise 0.2%; Core Up 0.2%

Prices paid by US consumers rose for a fourth straight month in November, supporting forecasts that Federal Reserve policy makers will keep raising interest rates.


Hardie Building Group $1.1 Billion Asbestos Settlement is Largest ...

Although asbestos was used in such disparate products as building insulation and brake linings, in its raw form it came out the ground, and nobody in Australia mined and processed more of it than the James Hardie group.


Blog: Foreign nationals greatly outnumber U.S. students in EE grad schools.


Former "Beaver" star sues over unpaid royalties

LOS ANGELES  - Ken Osmond, who played the troublemaking Eddie Haskell on TV's "Leave It to Beaver," has filed a multi-million-dollar lawsuit seeking unpaid royalties from the Screen Actors Guild.


Andy Borowitz: Rumsfeld Demands Full Body Armor for Next Meeting ...

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld blasted the White House today for not providing him with full body armor for his acrimonious question-and-answer session with troops in Kuwait this week, saying that the lack of body armor put him in a potentially


Whitney Tilson shares how he protects his portfolio in uncertain times.


Per la produzione e vendita di bianchera per la casa


London - A British rescue ship on Wednesday reached a Canadian submarine and its 57 sailors stranded for nearly 24 hours in high seas in the north Atlantic after a fire caused a loss of power.


Israeli boffins bring life to human neuron culture

Plan to install bottled brains in 'cyborg machines' Israeli boffins may be on the road to building artificial, living human brains which can function without a body to support them. Honest.â¦


Argentina renews claims to disputed Falkland islands

Twenty-five years after it lost a war to Britain over the Falklands, Argentina on Thursday renewed its claim to sovereignty over the disputed South Atlantic archipelago.


Justin Langer hit a double-century as Australia continued to pile on the runs on the second day of the second Test against New Zealand in Adelaide.


Protests off as Kenya death toll nears 500

The official death toll from Kenya's post-election violence rose to nearly 500 on Monday as the opposition called off nationwide protests to give mediation a chance.


A journey from cancer to champion for Sox' Lester

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Winning the deciding game of the World Series, the part everyone else remembers and celebrates, he doesn't dwell on, maybe because Jon Lester is determined to be known as something other than Celebrity Cancer Boy.


Innovation Hall of Fame adds Berners-Lee

Tim Berners-Lee, widely seen as the inventor of the World Wide Web, was an Innovation Hall of Fame Honoree and keynote speaker at the What's Next Forum & Technology Awards presented by MITX.


European Union foreign policy chief   Javier Solana said on Thursday he had failed to reach a deal   with the chief Iranian negotiator on Tehran's nuclear   ambitions, but said they would hold another round of talks   soon.


Fire rages second day at California's Lake Tahoe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - A forest fire raged out of control for a second day on Monday in the popular California resort of Lake Tahoe, destroying at least 220 homes and forcing up to 1,000 people to evacuate, officials said.


Bird-flu scare after eagles smuggled into Belgium

A Thai man who tried to smuggle into Belgium two crested hawk eagles infected with the deadly bird flu virus was undergoing tests yesterday but appeared to be in good health, officials said.


Congress OKs Extending Stopgap Highway Funding

Congress approved an eight-month  extension of temporary highway funding on Thursday with  lawmakers still wrangling over spending and other proposals and  reluctant to test a White House veto threat.


Former US Bishop Won't Face Child Rape Charges

A former Massachusetts bishop charged with raping two children in the 1970s will not be prosecuted because the statue of limitations has expired, prosecutors said on Monday.


KfW Bank Selling Deutsche Telekom Shares

Germany's KfW state development bank said Monday it was selling up to euro3 billion (US$3.7 billion) in Deutsche Telekom shares and offering options on another euro1 billion (US$1.


U.S. weighs new covert push in Pakistan: report

Senior U.S. officials, concerned over intelligence reports that al Qaeda and the Taliban are more intent on destabilizing Pakistan, are considering expanding the authority of the CIA and the military to conduct far more aggressive covert operations there, the New York Times said on Sunday.


Last month, people desperate for flu shots began lining up as early as 5 am at Chicago Public Health Department clinics. Thanks to a new shipment of vaccines, the city is offering a second round of flu clinics


Global Warming Is Expected to Raise Hurricane Intensity

Global warming is likely to produce a significant increase in the intensity and rainfall of hurricanes in coming decades, according to an analysis.


185,700 FPL customers have lost power; outage could last 3 weeks

Florida Power & Light Co. warned Saturday that customers in areas seriously damaged by Hurricane Jeanne may have to wait up to three weeks or more to get their power back.


Roma, 20:32 - CALCIO, CASALE AMMESSO IN SERIE D

La Camera Arbitrale del Coni ha ammesso in serie D il Casale e respinto i ricorsi di Latina, Modica ...


He stood only 5 feet 2 inches but Yasser Arafat cast a long shadow on the world stage, and many leaders, diplomats, and analysts saw in his passing


Update 1: China Vows to Keep Economy on Track

China's leaders pledged at a key policy meeting to keep the economy on track next year while raising farm incomes, promoting energy conservation and holding down investment in overheated industries, state media said Monday.


Less than three months after her tearful disappointments at the Athens Olympics, British distance star Paula Radcliffe held off Kenyan Susan Chepkemei to win the closest New York City Marathon women's race.


Atlantis prepares to undock from International Space Station

The US space shuttle Atlantis prepared to undock from the International Space Station early Sunday after astronauts outfitted it with new solar panels designed to boost the station's power generating capacity.


Will the drugmaker's hefty R&D bill pay off?


500 Australians tied to online child porn

Australian police have issued over 400 warrants in a worldwide Internet child pornography investigation, with more to come, police said Friday.


Saudi Arabia Questions Need for OPEC Move

Top OPEC producer Saudi Arabia on  Wednesday questioned the need for OPEC oil producers to rein in  supply, saying the kingdom would keep crude output at current  high levels as long as customers wanted it.


An investigator hired by the companyÂs board found that Merck took Âreasonable stepsÂ to research VioxxÂs health risks.


Poland's shaky government survived the latest political crisis on Monday when two junior coalition parties abandoned their threat to walk out and bring forward early elections.


Paint it black A customer poses the question: "Dell, Dell, Dell, where art thou lovely electric pink laptop you bigged up a little while ago?â¦


Baby's case fuels medical treatment debate in Britain

LONDON -- Born prematurely at 26 weeks, weighing just one pound, 11-month-old Charlotte Wyatt has never left the hospital. She suffers from chronic respiratory and heart problems and severe brain damage. A feeding tube and a constant supply of oxygen help keep her alive.


Vodafone has ushered in a new era in mobile communications with the launch of 3G (third generation) services in 13 countries, including the UK.


Terrell Owens will get his $3 million roster bonus from the Dallas Cowboys even though, like several other starters, he hasn't been practicing with the team.


Karzai Ahead of Rivals in Early Election Results

Early results today put interim leader Hamid Karzai far ahead of his chief rivals in Afghanistanâs landmark presidential election as the vote count was suspended for the beginning of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.


Sharp Gives Media Preview of New Giant-Screen LCD TV Plant

By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Sep. 19--OSAKA -- Sharp Corp. on Tuesday gave the media a preview of its  new factory for giant liquid crystal displays, seeking to seize a bigger share  in the overseas TV market with products equipped with LCDs made at the  state-of-the-art plant.


The WPP Group, the giant advertising company, bought Blast Radius, a leading interactive agency, as part of a digital shopping spree.


Justice has 10 days to decide on Madeleine files amid claims and confusion over DNA.


The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Spotlight on Technology Column

By Martha McKay, The Record, Hackensack, N.J.  Feb. 8--3D IMAGES THAT FOOL THE EYE IN DAZZLING, DELIGHTFUL, DRAMATIC  WAY: Imagine a 3D image that floats and moves in the air.   No special glasses needed, either.


City Goes Without Stormwater Permit: City Goes Without Stormwater Permit

By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 22--DURHAM -- A senior city official said Thursday that Durham has been operating without a required state stormwater permit for about five years.


It came as a shock to most people in Formula-1 when Ford pulled Jaguar out of next season. They also put up the team for sale. And since then there have been doubts whether the team could make it to next year.


Troubled car maker MG Rover announces its latest financial results on Thursday morning.


Blair office condemns racist chanting amid calls for Spain to play ...

The British government led the condemnation Thursday of the racist abuse directed by Spanish fans at England's black soccer players.


Traditional greeting cards are still the preferred way to send holiday cheer, but electronic cards are gaining this year. Although the Greeting Card Association says 20 paper cards are sent for every e-card, online card volume is soaring.


Citigroup all but ends talks with Amaranth: source

Citigroup Inc.  has all but ended  talks to purchase assets or a stake in stricken hedge fund  manager Amaranth Advisors LLC, a person familiar with the  situation said on Friday, making the chances more remote that  the fund will survive.


UNTIL yesterday Wal-Mart virtually owned copyright on the term âbiggest in the worldâ, when applied to retailers. But retailers Sears and Kmart have formed a shopping behemoth worth $11 billion (Â£5.9


Not only rappers fight at award shows: Kid Rock and Tommy Lee tussled in the audience at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday night.


PEAR Blog: Request for ideas: New developer FAQ

The PEAR Blog has posted a request for ideas to help work up a new developer FAQ they can hand out to potential PEAR developers as a "jumpstart" guide to working with the package repository.   New developers need quite a time to familiarize themselves with the rules and conventions in PEAR. With the new role of mentors in PEAR2, they will have a contact person they can ask in that cases. But in many cases the same questions will get asked which will get boring for the mentoring developer, so we need a Mini-FAQ with a list of things the newbie should know.   They're looking for comments posted to the entry to help define this guide. So far, a suggested outline has been proposed by David Coallier for both general information and developer-specific details.


Team predicts a rise in Qaeda terror attacks

A UN team monitoring sanctions on Al Qaeda predicted yesterday there will be an escalation in the brutality of terrorist attacks, saying the network remains determined to strike around the world. Terrorism involving Al Qaeda and weapons of mass destruction remain among the paramount global threats, the team said in a report. Al Qaeda still had a strong interest in ...


The human parathyroid gland, which regulates the level of calcium in the blood, probably evolved from the gills of fish, say researchers.


World number one Roger Federer produces a phenomenal display to see off a fired-up Andy Roddick 7-6 7-6 6-2 in the US Open quarter-finals.


Americans dominated by Europe's brilliance

They were hoping for a sporting miracle yesterday, only it didn't materialize. Now, American Ryder Cup players must hope for a diplomatic miracle.


MONTREAL -- The Bruins beat the Canadiens last night, 3-1, before 19,591 at the Bell Centre, but they received a huge scare in the first period when $37.5 million strongman Zdeno Chara was injured while blocking a Sheldon Souray slap shot.


Canadian Hearn's 67 moves him into second at PGA Tour Q-school

LA QUINTA, Calif. (CP) - With a great Sunday round at qualifying school, Canadian David Hearn all but secured his place on the PGA Tour for next season.


Ferguson fears Dutch star will be out for several weeks

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson fears injured Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy could be out of action for several weeks but hopes he'll be fit for the Reds' Champions League games against AC Milan.


Parts of the UK's black economy should be encouraged as it can boost deprived areas, says a study for ministers.


Senate Republicans blocked a plan on Wednesday to give U.S. troops in Iraq more home leave, defeating a proposal widely seen as the Democrats' best near-term chance to change President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy.


New Chinese missile featured at air show

A new short-range missile built by China and capable of striking Taiwan was featured at this year's Zhuhai airshow yesterday. The B611 surface-to-surface missile has a range of between 80 km and 150 km, promotional


Mount St. Helens Awakes, Erupting Steam and Ash

MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT  -  Mount St. Helens spewed steam and gray ash from a small  explosive eruption in its crater on Friday, as the volcano in  Washington state awoke from its slumber for the first time in  nearly two decades.


Obbligava bimbi 4 anni a atti sessuali, maestra arrestata

Con la complicitÃ  di un'altra maestra e di un bidello, avrebbe costretto i suoi alunni di quattro anni a compiere atti sessuali: stamattina i carabinieri di Gravina e Altamura hanno arrestato con l'accusa di pedofilia un'insegnante di scuola materna del


BOZEMAN, Montana - A dog survived a flight in an eagle's claws then endured a week of sometimes subfreezing weather before finding its way home, a veterinarian said Wednesday.


NEW YORK Sept. 12, 2004 - Investors will be looking to consumer spending in the coming week on Wall Street, as the government releases figures on consumer prices and retail sales and major retailers release earnings reports.


The government wants to persuade other countries to take foreign nationals held in Britain without trial.


The top 10 underreported technology stories of 2007

We at InfoWorld.com? like to think that our coverage of the news and trends shaping the enterprise technology world is the best in the business. But not even InfoWorld (not to mention our competitors) can connect all the dots as they're forming ? the welter of news and the fast pace of events sometimes makes that difficult. That's why we've revisited the sea of dots to make those connections that weren't evident at first.


Schering, Merck defend cholesterol drugs in ads

Schering-Plough Corp and Merck & Co are defending their shared cholesterol treatments, Vytorin and Zetia, in advertisements after a failed study generated negative publicity.


Spain, Algeria hold talks on Western Sahara

Spain and Algeria said Tuesday that they support the Baker Plan on the disputed Moroccan-occupied territory of Western Sahara.


A Universe of Loss and Recovery for 9/11 Families, Survey Shows

A survey of people who lost family members in the Sept. 11 attacks found lives colored by continuing pain.


Volunteers hamper Fossett search, some flights barred

Citing the risks of volunteer pilots running into rescue teams searching for missing U.S. adventurer Steve Fossett, aviation officials on Saturday issued a ban on civilian flights near the search.


Mortgage price war looms as Halifax vows to regain top spot

Business & money: Building society says it will use 'tactical pricing' as market share halves.


Dwyane Wade had 17 of his 39 points in the fourth quarter, the last two on a short jumper off the glass with 2.8 seconds left that pulled the Miami Heat into a 93-93 tie with the Dallas Mavericks at the end of regulation in Game 5 of the NBA finals Sunday night.


Washington -- The US force in Iraq is about to expand to its highest level of the war. The Pentagon says the force of 138,000 today will swell to about 150,000 by the middle of next month.


West Virginia sues Rodriguez over $4 million buyout

West Virginia University's Board of Governors sued former coach Rich Rodriguez yesterday to collect a $4 million buyout of his contract with the school.


Much has been made of the United States’ voracious appetite for oil and the fact that much of it is imported from unstable parts of the world. What is often overlooked, however, is that the United States produces a good deal of oil domestically. Where does the United States rank among the world’s top oil-producing nations as of 2005?


NBC is pulling the plug on its comedy "The Men's Room."


Londra, 12:15 - CALCIO, SHEVA: SE NON SODDISFO MOURINHO TORNO IN ITALIA

Andriy Shevchenko, passato dal Milan al Chelsea la scorsa estate, si dice "pronto a fare le valigie"...


Old aircraft artefacts become office accessories

B-52 ejector seat for the boss, anyone? Motoart, the company behind retro aeroplane furniture like the C-130 Hercules wing conference table, the Boeing 727 engine cowling valet desk and the MK-84 bomb casing ten-gallon fish tank, are proud to present the B-52 Stratofortress ejection seat office chair.â¦


Blair calls for immediate truce, effective peacekeepers in Darfur

British Prime Minister Tony Blair appealed to the Sudanese government and rebels in Sudan's western Darfur region to implement an immediate truce and seek a political solution to the conflict.


Plumtree Software further extended its portal-based, Web applications building and management platform Monday, announcing upgrades to its Content and Collaboration servers, APIs for search and collaboration, and support and services for J2EE and .Net platforms.


DARIO Franchitti won his second Indy Racing League event of the season in Colorado on a day of dominance by British drivers. The Scot was the man to beat all day in the Indy 225 at Pikes Peak, and only Mexican


Karzai, Blair upbeat as report warns Afghanistan at 'tipping point'

Afghanistan is at a "tipping point" ahead of an expected Taliban spring offensive, a hard-hitting report warned, despite upbeat comments from Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Prime Minister Tony Blair.


One of the Treasury Department's top officials dealing with hedge funds has agreed to forgo up to $1.5 million in severance payments from his former employer, which invests in hedge funds.


Scott Peterson's Father Paints a Picture of a Model Son

Scott Peterson, sitting upright in a neatly pressed navy suit, wept softly in a courtroom here Wednesday as his father spoke tenderly of his own father's death


Gad, Fassino: noi restiamo decisi a creare federazione

"E' positivo che abbiamo individuato le modalitÃ  per scegliere i candidati in Puglia, Lombardia e Basilicata, che si aggiungeranno agli 11 candidati che sono giÃ  in campagna elettorale". E' quanto ha affermato


Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has announced a 43 percent jump in in full-year net profit to a record 7.44 billion US dollars and forecast continued strong demand for commodities.


Levels of a naturally occurring cannabis-like compound rise sharply in a woman's body when she is about to go into labour, research has found.


The first baby created from an egg matured in the lab, frozen, thawed and then fertilised, has been born.


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Volkswagen's Piech plotting to oust MAN chairman

Volkswagen supervisory board chief Ferdinand Piech and labour representatives from both VW and truck maker MAN are plotting to oust MAN chairman Haakan Samuelsson, the daily Die Welt reported Friday.


Iraq Forces Advance on Najaf Shrine, Battle Rages

NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraqi security forces moved to  within 400 meters (yards) of a holy shrine in Najaf on Tuesday,  just hours after the government warned Shi'ite rebels inside  they would be killed if they did not surrender.


Internet helps doctor get back to basics

Dr. Howard Stark's office is quiet.  Very quiet. No patients sit in his waiting room. No  receptionist answers the telephone. Stark does not have a  receptionist.


Abbas begins election campaign citing Arafat's legacy

By Arnon Regular, Haaretz Correspondent, and The Associated Press. Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) began his public bid to succeed the late Yasser Arafat at a rally


Salisburgo, 10:48 - CALCIO, TRAPATTONI: CALCIOPOLI? UNO TSUNAMI, GIUSTO RIPULIRE

''Calciopoli? Lo pagonerei a uno tsunami, ma quando nello sport ci sono interessi che vanno oltre l'...


Richiesti 0,7 milioni di barili in piu' al giorno


Police Join Probe Into Pistons-Pacers Mass Brawl

Police launched an investigation on  Saturday into an extraordinary mass brawl involving players and  fans at a game between the Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacers.


Iraqi Shi'ites Launch Powerful Election Bloc

Iraq's most powerful-looking electoral  bloc unveiled a slate of candidates for its election campaign  on Thursday, throwing down a gauntlet to minority Sunni Arabs  who complain next month's vote will be marred by violence.


EU to offer post-Kosovo fast track to Serbia

European Union leaders will offer Serbia a fast-track route to joining the bloc in a bid to soothe Balkan tensions over Kosovo's push for independence, a summit draft showed on Friday.


German position in EADS is better after shake-up: politician

Germany has defended its interests in European aerospace giant EADS and has increased its say in the company under the management shake-up unveiled this week, deputy economy minister Peter Hintze said in a newspaper interview Tuesday.


Spanish Consulate Hostage Takers on the Run

Three armed intruders, thought to be  robbers, who had taken at least three hostages at the Spanish  consulate in the Swiss capital were on the run Monday after  Swiss police stormed the building, police said.


Sept. 16, 2004 -- Voter opinion in the presidential race has fluctuated dramatically in the first two weeks of September, but according to a new Pew Research Center poll, President Bush and Sen. John Kerry are again in a statistical dead heat.


Microsoft Takes Lead in Software For Handhelds

Microsoft has unseated the Palm system with worldwide sales of more than 1.3 million units over the third quarter of the year, compared with slightly more than 850,000 for the Palm, according to a new report. -The Washington Post


Atkins Diet Weight Loss Doesn't Last - Study

More than 45 million copies of the books  have been sold and everyone seems to be on it, but researchers  said Friday that Atkins and other low-carbohydrate diets do not  help people stay slim.


Stars take red carpet ahead of Oscar ceremony

Hollywood's elite braved cold dreary skies with barely a shiver on Sunday as they crossed the red carpet in off-the-shoulder gowns and designer tuxedos for the 79th annual Oscars.


GENEVA -- The Phonak cycling team wants to overturn a decision in which its racing license was denied because of a doping scandal.


Republicans whisked a $388 billion spending bill through Congress on Saturday, a mammoth measure that underscores the dominance of deficit politics by curbing dollars for everything from education to environmental cleanups.


Birth outcomes okay in moms with anorexia history

NEW YORK  - A history of anorexia nervosa   does not appear to be significantly associated with pregnancy   complications or negative birth outcomes, according to a study   by Swedish researchers.


Members of the far-flung Bancroft family converged in downtown Boston yesterday for a seven-hour meeting to discuss the fate of Dow Jones & Co., the media conglomerate they have controlled for more than a century, and one key family member said he expects a decision to be reached by the end of the week about Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid ...


These six success stories show how anyone can earn fame--and perhaps make income--online.


Google Enterprise Search Teams Up with Ingram Micro

Google is expanding the usage of its enterprise search solutions by teaming  up with Ingram Micro, one of the world’s largest technology products distributors. Google and Ingram Micro had sealed an international IT Distribution Agreement that would grant Ingram Micro the right to distribute Goolge Mini and Google Search Appliance. Google Mini is a search [...]


Nantes, 15:52 - CALCIO, NANTES: ESONERATO TECNICO DIZET

Il Nantes ha esonerato il tenico Serge Dizet a causa degli scarsi risultati della squadra. E' stato ...


Indiana football coach Terry Hoeppner will undergo brain surgery for the second time in less than nine months, and hopes to be back with his team in a couple weeks.


New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning took some snaps, made a few handoffs and tossed lightly to test his bruised right shoulder on Wednesday. Manning did not practice and coach Tom Coughlin gave no indication whether he would play Sunday against the Green Bay Packers.


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Director Robert Altman, who introduced an innovative ensemble style of filmmaking in such works as "MASH," "Gosford Park" and "Nashville," has died at age 81, his production company said on Tuesday.