Birth control pill is safe, says federal study

An American nationwide study has told women that the birth control pill is safe. In fact, women on the pill have a lower risk of heart disease and stroke.


Three militants are sentenced to life imprisonment for plotting to kill Pakistani President Musharraf in 2002.


USC turns attention to Tim Floyd for basketball post

Jilted by former Utah basketball coach Rick Majerus, USC apparently has turned to Tim Floyd, who has coached the NBA's Chicago Bulls and New Orleans Hornets and worked as a head coach on the college level at Iowa State, New Orleans and Idaho.


Russian Electric Utility to Be Broken Up in Deregulation

President Vladimir V. Putin is cutting the government's role in power production to end household subsidies.


Britain culls turkeys to stem bird flu spread

Britain moved to complete a cull of 160,000 turkeys on Monday after it became the latest country hit by a major outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus.


Parma, 19:50 - CALCIO, UEFA; PARMA: CONVOCATI 20 GIOCATORI PER IL RUBIN

Stefano Pioliha convocato 20 giocatori per la trasferta di coppa Uefa contro i russi del Rubin Kazan...


ATHENS: A soothing pre-race pep talk with newly-crowned cycling champion Sarah Ulmer helped Hamish Carter turn a childhood dream into reality and bury his Olympic demons with a coveted triathlon gold in Athens last night.


Federal officials looking into HP tactics

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- A c ongressional committee yesterday asked Hewlett-Packard Co. to turn over records related to the firm's possibly illegal investigation of media leaks, as the company's board planned to meet again to discuss the fate of chairwoman Patricia Dunn.


HP ex-Chair arrives at courthouse to surrender

Former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman Patricia Dunn arrived at a San Jose, California courthouse on Thursday afternoon to surrender to authorities on felony charges of orchestrating spying on company directors and journalists.


U.S. weighs new testing for vehicle roof strength

U.S. auto safety regulators, under pressure to upgrade an earlier proposal and reduce highway deaths, said on Thursday they may require a tougher test for determining roof strength of cars and other passenger vehicles.


Su sospensioni cariche di Gabetti, Grande Stevens e Marrone


An internal report prepared by Israel's foreign ministry paints a gloomy picture for the future of the country's global standing, giving warning that in the coming decade it could


No, these aren't allegations against University of Florida football players; they're allegations against the University of Florida football coach.


Apple always manages to keep us guessing up until the very last moment. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


Travellers to the Indian Ocean are being warned about an increased risk of the crippling Chikungunya virus.


Pau Gasol scored 25 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and keyed a third-quarter rally Monday night as the Memphis Grizzlies won their season-high fourth consecutive game with a 92-82 victory over the Utah Jazz.


Congress passes tax bill, ending dispute with EU

WASHINGTON The US Senate gave final approval Monday to a bill that would resolve a long-running trade dispute between the United States and Europe, as well as hand out about $140 billion in corporate tax breaks.


US FCC's Powell Sees Long Road for Media Rules

New U.S. media ownership rules would likely take up to seven years to establish, U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell said on Thursday.


Per un'ora bloccata anche la tratta ferroviaria Roma-Cassino


The US Pentagon has set up a special group to plan possible attacks on Iran, journalist Seymour Hersh reports.


Samsung Electronics expects profit from mobile devices to pick up next year, despite a rating cut issued by an investment bank. During a presentation at the UBS investor conference in Seoul, Samsung


Shane Battier scores 17 points as Memphis gets past the Lakers 82 ...

The Memphis Grizzlies took their lumps against the Lakers in Los Angeles when Shaquille O'Neal was around. Now it's just Kobe Bryant by himself, and the difference was dramatic.


PORT ANGELES, Wash. - Court documents filed in Clallam County Superior Court tie an alleged arson in an apartment complex to a smelly cat litter box...


The United Auto Workers union's deadline for reaching a tentative deal with General Motors Corp  is 11:59 p.m. EDT on Friday, September 14, the union's vice president said in an e-mail to members on Thursday.


Conrad Black's U.S. trial hinges on executive graft

Fallen press baron Conrad Black goes on trial this week in Chicago, insisting that charges of pilfering $84 million in proceeds from his crumbling media empire represent the persecution of the powerful.


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Many Yahoo shareholders are waiting for a higher bid than that offered by Microsoft, but analysts say it is increasingly unlikely.


BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - Tornadoes ripped across the Southern and Midwestern United States on Thursday, killing at least 14 people including eight in the southern Alabama town of Enterprise, emergency management officials said.


A supernova spotted by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe more than four centuries ago - which changed the course of human knowledge - has just yielded a further discovery: the companion star that triggered the great event.


Robert Bilheimer's strong documentary A Closer Walk is ready to premiere on American television.


Gerusalemme, 19:15 - CALCIO, CORI ANTI MAOMETTO TIFOSI BETAR: POLEMICHE IN ISRAELE

Polemiche in Israele dopo che i tifosi del Betar Gerusalemme hanno scandito slogan ingiuriosi verso ...


Hollins' 4 hits sparks Rays over Phillies

Julio Lugo homered twice and Damon Hollins had his first four-hit game and drove in three runs to lead the Tampa Bay Devil Rays over the struggling Philadelphia Phillies 10-4 Friday night.


Afghan vice president survives bomb attack

An Afghan vice president on Monday escaped a bomb attack, which slightly injured his driver, while travelling in north-east Afghanistan.


For nearly a year, Wellington Mara has read and heard about periodic flare-ups of anti-Tom Coughlin sentiment seeping out of the Giants' locker room.


First Look: A BlackBerry for Phone Lovers

RIM's new BlackBerry 7100t phone represents a radical departure from the company's text-centric roots. Research in Motion's BlackBerry e-mail devices have gathered a loyal (if relatively small) following, and


Nobel Peace Prize: 'A voice inside tells me I must do something'

A Kenyan has become the first green activist to win a Nobel Peace Prize. Geoffrey Lean knows her well. Wangari Maathai - who this week became the first environmental activist to win the Nobel Peace Prize - was sunk in a rare moment of depression.


Prince Charles leaves Turkey after touring historic sites

Prince Charles left Turkey after touring religious and historic sites in this ancient southeastern city on the last leg of a two-day, three-stop visit.


Producer-actress Rosario  Dawson's violent date-rape drama "Descent" will be released  domestically next spring by City Lights Pictures.


David Beckham's debut for LA Galaxy against Chelsea on Saturday is in doubt because of an ankle injury.


Gia' allo studio misure per la ripresa del campionato


Smurfs braced for movie and more females

Envisaged as secondary characters for  a single cartoon album, the blue gnomes widely known as the  Smurfs will celebrate their 50th anniversary this year with a  movie deal and an invasion of new female characters.


A train driver is injured and services are disrupted when a lorry hits a footbridge in Leicestershire.


Baseball and its fans recover from 1994 strike

Ten years after the World Series was canceled and fans left in droves, Major League Baseball will tell you it has never been healthier.


Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has insisted that his side are hungry and firmly back in the title race after a tricky 1-0 Premiership win at Portsmouth.


A due giorni da Lecce-Juventus,Alessan- dro Del Piero fa autocritica.'Era pre- vedibile-dice-essere fuori dalla lista del Pallone d'Oro,perchÃ© obiettivamente tra Europeo, infortunio e mancato scu- detto era ovvio che non sarei stato tra i 50 prescelti'.


Milano, 12:52 - CALCIO, CHELSEA; SHEVCHENKO: MI MANCA IL CALCIO ITALIANO

"Mi mancano gli amici e certe cose dell'Italia. La cucina ad esempio. E poi mi manca l'atmosfera, la...


Madrid, 17:44 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: CASSANO INFORTUNATO, NIENTE PARMA

La sampdoria dovrà fare a meno di Cassano nella sfida di domani contro il Parma. Gli accertam...


US-led forces have thrust at least one kilometre towards the centre of rebel-held Falluja despite heavy resistance, officers say. As the fight


Explosion in Egypt Collapses Luxury Hotel

A hotel explosion in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has killed as many as 22 people, although the death toll is expected to go higher.


The Diary of Anne Frank is to be made into a Spanish musical, to open in Madrid next month.


The president leveled his toughest attack on John F. Kerry, warning that his Democratic challenger "would weaken America and make the world more dangerous."


Parallels rides Apple servers into hypervisor fray

Virtualization company hopes to bring on its Apple Mac virtualization expertise software from the desktop to the server market. But do we need another hypervisor?


Sri Lanka says kills 20 rebels in heavy fighting

Sri Lankan troops killed at least 20 Tamil Tigers in heavy fighting near a "border" that separates government and rebel-held terrain in northern Sri Lanka overnight, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.


This is going to take crackerjack timing.


A dicembre grazie ai viaggi verso Asia e America


Student loan provider Sallie Mae completed its separation from the federal government Wednesday, nearly four years ahead of schedule, and set aside enough money to pay off the outstanding debt obligations from its government-sponsored enterprise subsidiary.


Nintendo and Gamestop to guarantee Wiis after holiday

Nintendo Co Ltd said on Friday it will launch a "rain check" program to deliver the Wii in January to shoppers who can't get hold of the game console due to inventory shortages over the holiday season.


Bear Stearns and Chinese Bank to Form Joint Venture

Citic Securities, a top state-controlled investment bank in China, is planning to invest $1 billion in Bear Stearns and form a joint venture with the firm in Asia.


Docs: Comatose man's brain rewired itself

Doctors have their first proof that a man who was barely conscious for nearly 20 years regained speech and movement because his brain spontaneously rewired itself by growing tiny new nerve connections to replace the ones sheared apart in a car crash.


Londra, 17:02 - CALCIO, L'INCUBO DI CROUCH: SOGNAVO DI ESSERE UN NANO

E' un pennellone alto 201 cm, eppure Peter Crouch ha fatto a lungo i conti  con un incubo. ''Circa t...


Microsoft says Xbox sales hit 17.7 million units

Microsoft Corp  sold 4.3  million Xbox 360 video game consoles in the last three months  of 2007, helped by hit titles such as "Halo 3" and "Mass  Effect," according to company data released on Thursday.


Markets Cap Winning Week With More Gains

All the major stock indexes were up Friday as investors continue to react favorably to a drop in oil prices and better-than-expected economic index reports.


Wine shipments face their day in high court

Terry Speizer wishes he could sell the wines he makes in the cool Edna Valley of California directly to Michigan consumers. In general, alcohol consumed in Michigan must be purchased from


Pacesetter Woods caught by Ogilvy in tie for lead

THOUSAND OAKS, California  - Tiger Woods surrendered his hold on the Target World Challenge midway through Saturday's third round at a wet Sherwood Country Club.


Parigi, 14:55 - F1, DENNIS: CON ALONSO RAPPORTO FREDDO DALL'UNGHERIA

La Federazione internazionale (Fia) ha pubblicato la trascrizione integrale del procedimento con cui...


Six ports sign up for Homeland Security scanning

Secure Freight Initiative will see cargo scanned for nuclear and radiological threats before it sets off for the U.S.


Bombers in Iraq kill 19, reporter shot dead

Bombers struck in Baghdad and at a police headquarters in a northern Iraqi border town on Thursday, killing 19 people, and gunmen shot a reporter in the latest attack targeting Iraqi journalists.


[Hollywood News]: New York, Dec 16 : Hollywood beauty Liv Tyler became a first-time mother when a baby boy was born to her at an undisclosed New York hospital.


Philippine protesters march against President Arroyo

Thousands of protesters massed in the Philippine capital Friday with some hurling tomatoes at images of President Gloria Arroyo and her husband, demanding their ouster for alleged corruption.


Nepalese Minister Calls on Rebels to Hold Peace Talks, AFP Says

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Nepal's Deputy Prime Minister Bharat Mohan Adhikary called on communist rebels to hold peace talks to end a two-day blockade of the capital, Kathmandu, Agence France- Presse reported from the city.


Firefighters who lost colleagues on 9/11 in New York strongly criticise Republican presidential candidate Rudi Giuliani.


US pushes for joint action over North Korea

President George W. Bush pushed on   Thursday to get a united international response to North Korea   after the reclusive state launched a barrage of missiles in   defiance of repeated warnings.


Afghanistan's hated Sikhs yearn for India

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - Forced to wear yellow patches in the days of the Taliban, the homesick Sikhs of Afghanistan still hide in back alleys and yearn for India.


(BBC) -- The European Union enlargement chief has voiced satisfaction with Turkey's reforms as Ankara presses for formal negotiations on its EU membership bid.


A serious software problem with two models of automatic external defibrillators has led their manufacturer to recall thousands of the devices distributed worldwide.


U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman  Mineta said on Monday he was launching a probe of air travel  disruptions over the Christmas holiday weekend at US Airways  Group Inc. and Delta Air Line Inc.'s regional carrier Comair.


Russians set bounty at $10m for rebel Chechen leaders

The Russian security services placed a $10m (Â£5.6m) bounty yesterday on the heads of two rebel Chechen leaders for ordering the Beslan school siege, as they apparently sought


Arsene Wenger feels that Arsenal's run of poor form is a result of playing too many games. The Gunners boss saw his side crash to their second defeat of the season at Anfield yesterday, where Arsenal were


Russia's government said Wednesday the country's economy grew by 7.1 percent last year, an increase in its preliminary estimates.


Xandros joins Novell in licensing Microsoft IP

(InfoWorld) - Microsoft has signed another Linux distributor to a patent-licensing and collaboration deal similar to theÂ one it struck with NovellÂ last year. Xandros, which offers desktop and server versions of Linux, has agreed to license Microsoft intellectual property (IP), said Bob Muglia, senior vice president of the Server and Tools Business at Microsoft. He dropped the news in the middle of a keynote Monday at the company's TechEd 2007 conference in Orlando. Muglia shed little light on specific details of the agreement, saying only that it follows the same model as the Linux and Windows interoperability and licensing deal Microsoft struck with Novell last year. "Xandros has taken a license to our intellectual property," he said. "They've taken the position of helping customers to ensure that when they use open-source software, that the IP the industry has created is a part of that." A news release the companies made available Monday had more details, confirming that the deal includes "covenants" to protect customers using Xandros software from anyÂ potential patent-infringement claimsÂ from Microsoft. Microsoft said recently it would aggressively seek royalties for patents it says it holds in open-source technologies such as Linux. The company acknowledged thatÂ instead of going to courtÂ it would rather sign back-room patent and cross-licensing deals with open-source distributors. Muglia acknowledged that in the past year Microsoft has stepped up efforts to ensure its products are interoperable with competitive offerings, and working with the open-source community has been a big part of that. "Over the last year, you've seen Microsoft take a number of steps that ... demonstrate a change of approach for us," he said. "You've seen partnerships you might not have expected Microsoft to be a part of." Muglia mentioned partnerships with Xensource, Novell and JBoss as examples of the company's new attitude. In addition to the licensing component, the five-year deal between Xandros and Microsoft also will include collaboration between the companies to make their Microsoft System Center and Xandros Systems Management products more interoperable. Xandros also will join the efforts to standardize and use Web Services (WS)-Management protocols, which Microsoft supports. As part of the deal, Xandros will license Microsoft server communications protocols so Xandros Server will work better with Windows Server in IT systems. The company also will join the effort to build translators between rival document formats Open Document Format, an international standard favored by open-source companies, and Open XML, Microsoft's default format in Office 2007. Finally, Microsoft will endorse Xandros desktop and server Linux OSes as the "preferred" distribution for its customers, and company engineers will be trained to support the software to help channel partners offer both Microsoft and Xandros software. Â


People are risking their lives to pay tribute to two boys killed on a motorway by placing flowers where they died.


'Hero' crushes the 'Anacondas' at the box office

Action thrillers seem to be ruling the roost in Hollywood these days with 'Hero', a Chinese film that raked in 17.8 million dollars to top the charts last week.


Air France KLM, under pressure from Rome to commit to a merger with Alitalia, announced exploratory talks with the ailing carrier toy but reaffirmed conditions for a deal.Comment


Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Girl -- Witnesses

Israeli soldiers shot dead a 10-year-old Palestinian girl on Thursday as she was walking to school in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, witnesses said.


A South Korean army helicopter crashed into a mountain near the capital early Wednesday, killing seven people on board, an army official said.


Blinkx Launches AdHoc, The First Contextual Online Video Advertising Platform

SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 25  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- blinkx, the world's largest video search engine, today unveiled AdHoc, the first contextually relevant video advertising platform.


Nel quartiere orientale di Ur, altri quattro feriti


U.S. Cites Poor Water Quality on More Airliners

The U.S. government has found for  the second time in recent months that water from a sampling of  commercial aircraft galleys and bathrooms was not safe for use,  regulators said on Wednesday.


Care International Charity's Country Director in Iraq Kidnapped

October 19 2004 1945CET - The Care International Charity says that Maragaret Hassan, its chief of operations in Iraq was kidnapped in Baghdad.


The Himalayan region of Kashmir remains at the center of decades-long rivalry between India and Pakistan. Both South Asian nuclear powers claim the divided region and the subsequent


Kidnapped Woman Urges U.K. to Leave Iraq

A kidnapped British aid worker made another plea for her life in a video aired Wednesday, urging Britain to withdraw troops from the country as some 800 British soldiers headed north toward Baghdad to bolster U.S. forces.


Dark days for Putin-Bush friendship at G8 summit

Six years after they first met, and US President George W. Bush reported gazing into Russian President Vladimir Putin's soul, the two leaders face tense talks here at the G8 summit on Thursday.


More Violence in Nepal on 4th Day of Rebel Blockade

In Nepal, fresh violence has erupted in the capital, Kathmandu, on the fourth day of a blockade imposed by Maoist rebels. The rebels are not backing down, even though the government has agreed to one of their key demands.


Pakistan stutter late on before beating England at the Rose Bowl thanks to Younis Khan's century.


Aguzzino Abu Ghraib rischia oltre 17 anni di carcere


Firm says stent won back share of market

Boston Scientific Corp. said yesterday it has won back the market share that its flagship cardiac stent system held before three safety recalls reduced doctors' orders of the product.


Copying music from a CD to a home computer could be made legal under proposals from the UK government.


GAO: Lots of data breaches, not a lot of fraud

Blog: Auditors say only a fraction of largest intrusions in recent years showed clear evidence of resulting identity theft, but they admit that's not always easy to gauge.


Cellphones silent as Mexico's biggest network fails

Millions of Mexicans had their cellphone conversations put on hold for much of Tuesday after a wireless network belonging to the world's third richest man, tycoon Carlos Slim, temporarily crashed.


Press warns 'historic' treaty faces pitfalls

Papers throughout the continent hail the signing of a new EU treaty as a historic event, though most warn that the hard part - the ratification of the treaty by member states - is yet to come.


Arafat's nephew al-Kidwa refuses to rule out poisoning

Yasser Arafat's nephew refused to rule out poisoning as the cause of the Palestinian leader's death, even though tests have shown no trace of any known poison.


A senior official of an Egyptian mobile phone company says he does not think the abduction of two of the company's employees in Baghdad last night was an act of political terrorism.


Three-time Grand Slam champion Lindsay Davenport will return to the pro tour by playing doubles at the Aug. 17-25 Pilot Pen tournament, a little more than two months after she gave birth to her first child.


British military plane crashes near Baghdad, as many as 15 dead

As many as 15 British military personnel died when the transport plane they were travelling in crashed in central Iraq, military sources said.


Chiti, probabilmente sara' inserito in Finanziaria


Microsoft Unveils News Version of MSN TV

Microsoft Corp. introduced on Tuesday a new version of its Internet TV service, seeking to broaden its appeal beyond a relatively small base of older, computer-phobic users.


A federal grand jury met Tuesday to consider indictments against a former top CIA official and a defense contractor linked to the bribery scandal that sent former U.S. Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham to prison.


Ci sono di rischi di pressioni inflazionistiche


Loy, ora serve 'politica di governance sull'immigrazione'


Despite the Mitchell report, which some say deals a blow to baseballâs integrity, fans donât appear to be boycotting the sport. In fact, quite the opposite.


PANACEA, Fla. - Tropical Storm Frances plowed ashore on the Florida Panhandle on Monday, its second landfall after spreading a trail of flooding and torn rooftops across the center of the state...


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US lawmakers mull special office in State Department to spread democracy

In a move that will give impetus to US President George W. Bush's policy to spread world freedom and end tyranny, lawmakers are drafting legislation to set up a specific office in the State Department to spread democracyIn a move that will give impetus to US President George W. Bush's policy to spread world freedom and end tyranny, lawmakers are drafting legislation to set up a specific office in the State Department to spread democracy, officials say.


The challenge for the Wolverines entering Wednesday night's game against Arizona was to see whether they could hang with the nation's best.


Oil falls after big rise in U.S. crude stocks

Oil fell more than a dollar on Wednesday after U.S. inventory data showed a much bigger than expected rise in crude stockpiles.


Silicon Valley Executive Sticks Up for His Hillary Video

Gene Wang, a Silicon Valley success story and amateur musician, wanted to make some noise for Hillary Clinton. Now heâs getting an earful from the blogosphere.


On Monday President Vladimir V. Putin announced he would strip Russia's 89 regions of much of their authority and electoral legitimacy.


Desperate Housewife Awarded Worst-Dressed Top Spot

"Desperate Housewives" star  Nicollette Sheridan, known for short skirts, tight pants and a  famously dropped towel in a television ad, was named the  worst-dressed woman of 2004 on Tuesday by fashion designer Mr  Blackwell.


Egypt's largest Islamic group, the Muslim Brotherhood, denounced on Saturday what it called "new Danish insults" to Islam a day after word spread about a Web video showing young members of a populist Danish political party mocking the Prophet Muhammad.


Police get more time to question Michael Barrymore about Stuart Lubbock's death at the star's home.


Epifani: 'l'Inps e' un paravento, voglio garanzie'


Ford replaces CEO with Boeing cost-cutter

Ford Motor Co. yesterday named Boeing Co. executive Alan Mulally to replace chief executive Bill Ford, great-grandson of the struggling automaker's founder. Bill Ford will become executive chairman.


VA barred from publicizing offer to vets

A federal judge temporarily has barred the government from publicizing its free credit monitoring offer to veterans whose personal data was stolen and wants to see if they might get a better federal offer.


A U.S. economic aid program to keep Russian scientists from selling weapons information to terrorists apparently funneled much of the money to scientists who never claimed to have a background in nuclear, chemical or biological programs, a congressional report said Friday.


Portugal divided ahead of abortion referendum

Portugal holds a referendum on Sunday to  decide whether to legalise abortion, an emotive issue in the  overwhelmingly Catholic country where there are worries not  enough people will vote to validate a decision.


The Blue Jays placed a phone call to Menasha, Wis., last night. As the crow flies, Menasha is about as far away from baseball's winter meetings as the southernmost tip of Greenland.


Australian commentators fear for justice at trial of 'Aussie Taliban'

Commentators said that justice itself would be on trial when accused Australian terrorist David Hicks faces a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, one of the first four detainees to face the controversial body.


Children living in smoggy areas have retarded lung development which puts them at risk of diseases, say researchers.


Biogen Idec Inc., the third-biggest US biotechnology company, reported a fourth-quarter profit of $48.4 million, helped by sales of its Avonex and Tysabri multiple-sclerosis treatments. Net income was 14 cents a share compared with a net loss of $990.6 million, or $4.03, a year earlier, the Cambridge company said. Revenue almost doubled to $586 million. Biogen is counting on Tysabri, ...


U.S. Embassy in the Hague Cleared After False Alarm

The U.S. embassy in The Hague and several restaurants in the area were evacuated on Friday due to a bomb threat that turned out to be a false alarm, a U.S. official said.


Fool on the Street: Living La Vida Local

Yahoo! is turning to old school media to get noticed these days.


Non ci sarebbero speranze di trovare vivo Peter Laijker


TEHRAN, Sept. 4 -- Former Iranian president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was picked Tuesday to head a key clerical body empowered with choosing or dismissing the country's supreme leader, state media reported, in a vote seen as a setback for hard-liners in Iran's ruling establishment.


Expedition 10, the latest crew to take up residence on the International Space Station, is set to launch from Kazakhstan.


SASKATOON -- The switch was officially flipped on one of the largest science projects in Canadian history yesterday, igniting the passions of researchers who aim to do everything from creating smaller radios to curing the common cold.


100,000 Chinese die annually from passive smoking

About 100,000 Chinese die annually from diseases associated with passive smoking while more than half a billion on the mainland suffer from the smoke exhaled from cigarettes, according to the Xinhua news agency.


There are opportunities, there are missed opportunities, and then there's what Florida did on Saturday. Ron Zook and the Gators fell to 4-3 on Saturday.


Web Site: Chechen Rebels Seek Cease-Fire

A Web site linked to Chechnya's separatist rebels has reported that top leaders of the insurgency have called for a unilateral cease-fire to be observed in February.


Novell's Open Enterprise Server To Ship Early

Novell plans to co-ordinate the release of Open Enterprise Server with the availability of the first service pack for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9. Customers will be able to deploy OES knowing


Two Bosnian Serbs sentenced for massacre

A UN tribunal convicted and sentenced two former Bosnian Serb army commanders to lengthy prison terms yesterday for their roles in the 1995 slaughter of thousands of Bosnian Muslims from Srebrenica, Europe's ...


An Iranian military plane crashes while taking off from Tehran airport, with 38 people reported dead.


Russian tax authorities yesterday scheduled the equivalent of a fire sale at what was once the nation's largest oil company, offering the main production facility at Yukos Oil


Nev. Judge Throws Out Anti-Lap-Dance Law

LAS VEGAS - A Las Vegas law prohibiting strippers from fondling customers during lap dances is unconstitutionally vague, a judge ruled.


In Pennsylvania, either you're an Eagles fan or a Steelers fan — not both. This year, however, the road to the Super Bowl in Jacksonville runs along the Pennsylvania Turnpike.


Curt Schilling has the heart of lion but only one good ankle, which makes him think he could be seeing more bunts than usual Sunday night when he faces the St.


The works at the Broad Contemporary Art Museum are intended to reflect Eli Broadâs penchant for collecting in depth. But the accumulation reads foremost as a display of pricey trophies.


Miller hits skids again as Raich wins slalom

BEAVER CREEK, Colo. -- Poised for a four-event assault on the World Cup overall title this year, Bode Miller ran into a second bump in two days yesterday on a Birds of Prey slalom course that claimed 23 victims.


Chávez unlikely to cut off exports because as much as the world needs oil, Venezuela needs customers.


Iran's foreign minister accused Israel and the United States of posing the main threats to the security of the Middle East. The U.S. and Israeli delegations walked out during the speech Tuesday.


The head of the trade body that represents the UK's private equity industry, Peter Linthwaite, resigns.


Jets' Abraham Out With Sprained Ligament

Jets defensive end John Abraham will miss Sunday's game at Pittsburgh with a sprained ligament in his right knee.


US wonders if North Korea is preparing for nuclear test

WASHINGTON : The US intelligence community is in the grip of an internal debate on whether new data on North Korea should be interpreted as a sign the country is preparing for its first nuclear weapons test, US administration officials said.


IBM launches open beta for virtualization-enhanced AIX

Blog: For the first time, IBM launches an open beta for AIX 6 in an effort to attract new customers.


China jails Singapore newspaper reporter for spying

A Chinese court jailed a reporter for   a Singapore newspaper for five years on Thursday on a charge of   spying, the latest in a series of high-profile cases   underscoring China's curbs on the media and dissent.


(CBS 5 NEWS) - New information was released that once again calls into question the health risks of birth control pills. This past October, two major studies concluded that oral contraceptives lower the risk


Darfur rebel leader scoffs at Sudan ceasefire call

The leader of an umbrella Darfur rebel  group on Saturday scoffed at Sudanese President Omar Hassan  al-Bashir's comments that Khartoum was willing to observe a  ceasefire in Sudan's troubled western region.


Insurgents have launched attacks on election offices in northern Iraq, killing two people and wounding nine six weeks before Iraqis are due to go to the polls.


Green's walkoff homer in 11th lifts Mets

Shawn Green and the New York Mets were more than glad to see the end of Mike Maroth. Bamboozled by Maroth's slow stuff, Green hit a leadoff home run in the 11th inning against Russ Springer to beat St. Louis 2-1 Monday night in the Cardinals' first visit to Shea Stadium since winning Game 7 of the NL championship series last October.


Stars, and Their Industry, Watch Fires Warily

Hollywood players skipped work to watch over their estates as the entertainment industry collectively held its breath watching the devastation from the wildfires.


Haiti Rebel Leader Vows to Launch Guerrilla Warfare

A Haitian rebel leader has called on ex-soldiers, who helped oust former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, to launch a guerrilla war to unseat the interim government that replaced him.


BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The Belgian cycling association have handed out two-year bans to three riders caught up in Jose Landuyt affair, the vet who admitted selling performance-enhancing drugs.


Front runner emerges in Irish coaching race

Notre Dame, IN - Tom Clements looks to be the leading candidate for the job of head football coach at the University of Notre Dame.


TOKYO - Tens of thousands of people have moved to emergency shelters after a series of earthquakes in Japan killed at least 19 people and injured as many as 1,800.


Telefonica admits customers don't understand mobile TV

...and don't want it either Telefonica is to delay the worldwide launch of its mobile TV service citing difficulties with the service format and customer understanding of the value proposition - basically the customers don't see the point.â¦


Wall Street Slogs Though Tepid, Short Session

NEW YORK , Nov. 26 -- Stocks finished mixed Friday in a shortened session. The major indicators ended the week higher as investors looked forward to the results of the first weekend of holiday shopping and a jobs report next week.


JERUSALEM, Jan. 9 -- President Bush, on the first visit here of his administration, demanded Wednesday that Israelis shut down unauthorized settler outposts on Palestinian territory, called on Palestinian authorities to take steps to halt rocket attacks against Israel and issued a sharp warning t...


Treasuries slide as Greenspan downplays oil effect

Treasury debt prices eased on Friday as a startling jump in US retail sales sparked concerns the Federal Reserve would continue to raise interest rates steadily into next year.


High Def radio: You get what you pay for

In the end, the most expensive radio was the best (mysterious fatality aside), the second most was the second best but came with compromises, and the cheap one definitely had some issues. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


WASHINGTON -- Even though the move was expected, civil libertarians are protesting a directive by the government ordering airlines to turn over personal information on their customers that can include credit card numbers and addresses and even indicate a


Clemson, SC - Lou Holtz will have one more game as South Carolina's head coach â-nd that's a good thing. Because the future Hall of Famer needs something to help him and Gamecocks everywhere forget Saturday's 29-7 loss to Clemson.


Lloyds sets aside another Â£110m for misselling

The move means Lloyds TSB has now salted away Â£360m for customers sold endowment mortgages. The products, designed to pay off home loans by investing in financial markets, were popular in the 1980s and 1990s


Campaigners say a high-pitched device used to disperse teenagers infringes their human rights.


By Nick G. Maheras, High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Dec. 18--HIGH POINT -- Shugart Management is ready to proceed with the public hearing on its proposed 52-unit subdivision off Cedarwood Trail Monday.   At Shugart's request Dec.


LARRY Ellison, the chief executive of software maker Oracle, earned $US3.85 million ($5.53 million) in salary and bonus for the financial year that ended May 31.


Hurricane Charley Deaths Rise to 19; Florida Rebuilds

Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The US death toll in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley rose to at least 19 as Floridians began to rebuild from the strongest storm to strike the US in a dozen years, according to the Florida emergency management agency.


Roma, 17:07 - CALCIO, ROMA; ROSELLA SENSI: NON ABBIAMO FATTO ANCORA NULLA

Rosella Sensi spegne gli entusiasmi dei tifosi e dell'ambiente nonostante la Roma sia in testa alla ...


Jazeera TV Says to Air Bin Laden Video Tape

Arab satellite television Al Jazeera said Friday it would broadcast a video tape from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden addressing the American people, four days before the US presidential election.


Football season started early as Mark Wahlberg's "Invincible," a Walt Disney tale about a real-life walk-on who signed with the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1970s, debuted as the top weekend movie with $17 million.


VATICANO - Benedetto XVI alla Giornata Europea degli Universitari: ÂLa caritÃ  intellettuale puÃ² unire il cammino esistenziale di giovani che, pur vivendo a grande distanza gli uni dagli altri, riescono a sentirsi legati sul piano della ricerca interiore e della testimonianzaÂ CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - ÂÃ suggestivo pensare alla caritÃ  intellettuale come forza dello spirito umano, capace di accomunare gli itinerari formativi delle nuove generazioni. PiÃ¹ globalmente, la caritÃ  intellettuale puÃ² unire il cammino e...


Scissor Sisters top British singles chart

U.S. band Scissor Sisters took the top   slot in the British charts on Sunday when "I Don't Feel Like   Dancin"' knocked Justin Timberlake's newest single into second   place, the Official UK Charts Company said.


Retail giant Wal-Mart has taken the wraps off a bare-bones, US$498 Linux notebook that, while not exactly a stocking-stuffer, provides basic computing at a price that is tough to beat.


My Friend Ganesha is a poorly made film.


Four years after the Internet bubble burst, the venture-capital industry is showing signs of growth.


Indonesian Prisoners Tortured, Rights Group Says

Indonesian security forces have used torture and inhumane treatment to force confessions from suspected separatists and their sympathizers in the province of Aceh, where the government and rebels have fought a long-running conflict, a human rights group alleges in a report to be released Monday.


Drought Continues to Plague China's Island Province

Drought continues to plague China's island province    HAIKOU, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- More than 30,000 people in China's southern province of Hainan are facing water shortages as the drought affecting the island is expected to last until May, local authorities said Tuesday.


Iran plane catches fire, killing at least 30: TV

An Iranian airliner caught fire after a   tire burst on landing at a northeastern airport on Friday,   killing at least 30 of the 148 people aboard, state television   said.


Thailand nabs Canadian pedophile suspect

Canadian pedophile suspect Christopher Neil, focus of a global hunt that ended in rural Thailand on Friday, will be charged with molesting underage children after being tracked down through his boyfriend's phone.


Roma, 17:45 - CALCIO, SERIE D: RISULTATI

Risultati della 19/a giornata, 2/a di ritorno, del campionato di serie D.


North Korea talks - now comes the hard part

After securing the shutdown of a North Korean nuclear reactor, negotiators gathering in Beijing on Tuesday face the much harder task of coaxing Pyongyang to give up a trove of atomic secrets long guarded as vital for its survival.


Shares of General Motors Corp.  rose to a four-month high on Monday after Goldman Sachs raised its ratings on the No.1 U.S. automaker, citing the potential for sizable wage and benefit cuts during talks with the United Auto Workers for a new labor contract.


Si spegne la magia del Granillo la Samp passa con la Reggina

REGGIO CALABRIA - Quarantacinque minuti di Samp, 50 di Reggina. Alla fine, perÃ², a portarsi a casa i tre punti messi in palio dal posticipo della sesta giornata di A, sono gli ospiti. Grazie a un buon primo


At least six more flirting with U.S. presidential run

Late U.S. congressman Mo Udall once  said presidential ambition was a disease to be cured only by  embalming fluid, an affliction that may apply to six more  people thinking of entering the crowded White House race.


Officials from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan hold talks on managing the movement of Afghan refugees.


By quickly administering a steroid to a young child suffering from the seal-like barking cough of croup, doctors can shorten the illness and cut down on return visits to the doctor's office, a new study shows.


La stilista ha avviato una collaborazione con Gardesa


''Il suo sacrificio sia da esempio, isolare il terrorismo''


Milano, 20:32 - CALCIO, INTER; CAMBIASSO: ADRIANO TORNERA' GRANDE

Esteban Cambiasso è convinto che Adriano tornerà Imperatore. ''Come calciatore sono tr...


In an unexpected development, chip giant Intel Corp. has joined the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative. The nonprofit project aims to equip children in developing countries with specially designed low-cost notebooks powered by chips from Intel's rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD).


Jason Varitek, the unofficial captain and widely acknowledged heart and soul of the Red Sox [stats, schedule], is not going anywhere.


referral was a possibility. "Iran has fully prepared itself for the possible consequences," he told Reuters. The EU trio want Iran to halt uranium enrichment since it can be used to make nuclear bomb material.


Virgin Group Ltd. on Monday launched its online music store, pitting the retailer best known for its music "megastores" with tech companies such as Apple Computer Inc.


First you have a male tennis player and a female tennis player. They are attracted to each other but have difficult times, because the father of the female wants her to concentrate on tennis.


Regulators cleared the way for Verizon Communications to sell its phone lines in three New England states for $2.7 billion to FairPoint Communications Inc.


Fed to Foster Monitoring of  Subprime Market

The Federal Reserve Board and other federal and state regulators announced plans yesterday to review the practices of lenders who are significant players in the troubled subprime home mortgage market, which typically caters to borrowers with blemished credit.


LOS ANGELES - California air regulators Friday unanimously approved the world's most stringent rules to reduce auto emissions that contribute to global warming - a move that could affect car and truck buyers from coast to coast.    Under the regulations, the auto industry must cut exhaust from cars and light trucks by 25 percent and from larger trucks and sport utility vehicles by 18 percent...


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Microsoft to Release Next Version of Windows in 2006

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) will drop a much-touted new technology for organizing and storing data when it releases the next version of its Windows operating system as expected in 2006...


NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- A disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores helped send stocks mostly lower on Monday as investors still worried that oil prices, which dropped some from last week's highs, would


ACAPULCO, Mexico  - Hurricane John grew into a   dangerous Category 4 storm just off Mexico's Pacific coast on   Wednesday, threatening beach resorts with heavy rain and   searing winds and blowing down trees in Acapulco.


IMF projects 3.6%, 3.5% growth in 2004 and 2005

The International Monetary Fund expects Israel's economy to grow 3.6 percent by the end of this year, and 3.5% in 2005, according to the World Economic Outlook review released last week during Succoth.


Battling Paradorn Reaches Long Island Semifinals

COMMACK, New York  - Defending champion Paradorn  Srichaphan withstood a barrage of huge hitting to beat Swede  Joachim Johansson 3-6, 7-6, 6-3 and reach the semifinals of the  Long Island Cup Friday.


Pennies at a time, we chip away at long-distance firms

BigZoo.com, a popular California company selling prepaid long distance for as little as 2.9 cents a minute, is getting out of the business at the end of next month.


Nobody's talking, at least openly, about an undefeated season around the gym, even though Bentley's men's basketball team is 22-0 and counting. Nobody's mentioning a national championship, even though the Falcons are ranked second to Winona (State, not Ryder) in the Division 2 polls.


A Northern Ireland man is believed to be the target of a cross-border investigation into money laundering.


Xstrata relaunches bid for Australia's WMC Resources

SYDNEY  - British-Swiss resources group Xstrata has relaunched its already-rejected 7.4 billion dollar (5.7 billion US) bid for WMC Resources, this time pitching the offer directly to WMC shareholders rather than through the company.


SAN PAOLO - Romario de Souza Faria, meglio noto come Romario, ha deciso di appendere le scarpettel al chiodo. Il 39enne calciatore brasiliano lascia con 70 gol in 87 partite con la Nazionale verdeoro, secondo


Venus Williams reaches final of comeback event

MEMPHIS, Tennessee  - Former world number one Venus Williams beat Romanian Ioana Raluca Olaru 6-3 6-2 on Friday to reach the Memphis International final, her first event in more than four months because of injury.


Militants attack military camp in Kashmir, two dead:

[India News]: Srinagar, Nov. 6 : Rebels attacked a military camp in Kashmir today killing a soldier, hours before Home Minister was due to visit the troubled region.


AT&T subscribers using the SMT5600 can now get songs downloaded to their handsets via the Napster to Go service.


E' il terzo intervento teso a riequilibrare andamento tassi


Vermont community emerges as a vibrant artists' enclave after facing difficulties in the changing economy.


Imagine that you buy a house with mostly borrowed money -- a mortgage -- and the lender insists that you take out fire insurance to protect your house and his collateral.


A Boeing 747 cargo plane crashed on takeoff at Halifax airport early Thursday, killing the seven crew aboard, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.


Spacewalkers hook up new station addition

Two astronauts slipped outside the   International Space Station on Tuesday for a high-flying   construction job to double the power available aboard the   orbital outpost.


Getty Images aims to streamline music licensing

Getty Images thinks it's time to  reinvent the commercial music licensing business.


Authors Simon Sebag Montefiore and AL Kennedy are among the five nominees for the Costa Book of the Year.


The University of California, Los Angeles alerted about 800,000 current and former students, faculty and staff on Tuesday that their names and certain personal information were exposed after a hacker broke into a campus computer system.


Dell earnings beat Wall Street estimates

Dell Inc. , the world's  second-largest personal computer maker, reported on Tuesday  quarterly earnings per share that topped Wall Street's average  estimate, sending its stock up nearly 10 percent.


SEOUL -- North Korea seemed ready yesterday to take a first step toward scaling back its nuclear weapons program, perhaps this weekend, as UN inspectors prepared to monitor the shutdown of its sole operating atomic reactor.


As the pressure intensifies on American Marion Jones over her alleged drug taking in the lead-up to and during the Sydney Olympics, the IOC has assured her that she will not be stripped of her five medals.


Murdered aid worker Margaret Hassan was remembered today at a memorial service as experts warned her killing would cripple charity work in Iraq.


Stocks drop on concerns subprime woes may spread

Stocks slid on Wednesday as worries grew about how far troubles in the subprime mortgage market could spread, a day after Bear Stearns said two hedge funds with big bets on the sector were nearly worthless.


Update 2: Air New Zealand-Qantas Alliance Rejected

New Zealand's High Court on Monday rejected as uncompetitive a proposed alliance between the country's flag carrier and Australian rival Qantas in a deal that Air New Zealand had claimed was critical to its long-term survival.


Scientists discover benefits of turmeric in Indian dishes

The growing popularity of Indian food is evident from the increasing number of Indian restaurants opening up across the country. But it is not merely the lure of the palate that ensures the success of the


Conflicting accounts about the possible release of Iraqi detainees -- among them the woman known as "Dr. Germ" -- were issued by the US and Iraqi governments Wednesday.


Redskins romp past Cowboys as Titans make playoffs

The Washington Redskins rolled into the playoffs with a 27-6 home win over the Dallas Cowboys on the final day of the regular season on Sunday.


A military judge has jailed a United States army sergeant, described in court as a typical all-American boy, for eight years for sexually and physically abusing Iraqi prisoners at Baghdadâs Abu Ghraib prison.


European court refuses Microsoft request to suspend sanctions

A European court on Wednesday ruled against Microsoft in its long-running antitrust confrontation with the European Commission over the company's Windows software.


Why EU-US talks on renewing a deal on the transfer of air passenger data collapsed.


Kerry Will Begin Ad Blitz in Seven States

NEW YORK - John Kerry will begin his post-Labor Day advertising blitz in seven states from New Hampshire to New Mexico, his political Ground Zero for a $50 million campaign scheduled to expand into another 13 states by Nov. 2...


By Nisrin Othman; Kalbana Perimbanayagam  JAMIE, of Kepong, is disappointed with the frequent interruption of her Streamyx service at her office since Jan 22.


Arroyo shrugs off kickbacks, says will finish term

Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, facing mounting calls for her resignation, vowed on Thursday to complete her term in office and not get derailed by a brewing kickbacks scandal.


Lawmakers of the ruling and opposition parties yesterday pressed the government to come up with early countermeasures to end the current stalemate in inter-Korean relations and the standoff over North Korea's nuclear weapons program.


Claiming innocence of the sleazy tactics investigators used to gather information on company board members and reporters, HP's Patricia Dun tries to keep her job.


The pound was well bid after the Bank of England raised interest rates for the fifth time in less than a year to stand at 5.75 percent.


Golden Girl Kelly Leads New Year Roll of Honour

Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes said she was amazed at her path from council estate to inclusion in the Queenâs New Year Honours List.


A sluggish job market and rising oil prices have dampened the public's mood this month, pushing consumer confidence to its lowest point since March.


The Claim: Drinking Makes You Warmer in Winter

In moderation, the right beverage can bring cheer on a cold winter night. But will it really warm you up?


Bush cites Iraq progress, says troop cuts possible

U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he saw signs of progress in Iraq on both the military and political fronts and again held out the possibility of a reduction in U.S. troop levels.


Eat 'Supermeals' to Protect Heart: Experts

NEW YORK  - Eating meals that include all ingredients known to improve cardiovascular health could add years to your life, according to new study findings released Friday.


Surprising levelheadedness emerges from wacky satire of Team ...

Team America: World Police arrives in theatres with what has to be the most unusual, unprecedented blurblet explaining why it received an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America.


Drew Brees was selected the starting quarterback of the San Diego Chargers on Monday, a move that was expected after he followed last season's miserable performance with a solid exhibition season.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. forces battled insurgents loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City on Tuesday, in clashes that left at least 34 people dead, including one American soldier, and 193 people injured, U.S...


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Softbank's hopes on mobile services dashed

Softbank's hopes of starting a mobile phone service were dealt a blow on Monday after the Japanese telecoms regulator decided not to allocate bandwidth to new entrants for the time being.


Thanks to Lima and Green, Dodgers Finally Have Some Life

Jose Lima handled the pitching, Shawn Green handled the hitting, and the Los Angeles Dodgers handled the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday night.


General Motors Europe will chop 12,000 jobs over two years -- around a fifth of its workforce -- to lop 500 million euros ($673 million


Microsoft Open Office XML: Worse than you thought

Blog: Microsoft has screwed up yet another standards effort.  This is getting old.


Charlie Johnson and Ryan Lannon scored goals at Bright Hockey Center last night and Harvard (7-3-1, 5-3-1) hung on to edge RPI, 2-1, in an ECACHL encounter for its seventh victory in the last eight games.


Crude oil prices decline marginally after a 4.5% gain yesterday

NEW YORK, December 30  - Crude oil prices declined marginally today, after rising 4.5% yesterday on news of terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia, the worldâs largest exporter of oil.


Troubled German car maker Opel, a unit of General Motors, is planning to extend the working week for employees from 35 to 40 hours without any corresponding rise in pay, the mass-circulation daily Bild reported.


Israel Expands Raid with Air Strike Near Gaza City

Israel expanded its military offensive in  northern Gaza, launching two air strikes early on Monday that  killed at least three Palestinians and wounded two, including a  senior Hamas leader, witnesses and medics said.


Report: Firefox Gains 34 Percent in November

Firefox use around the world climbed 34 percent in the last month, according to a report published by Web analytics company WebSideStory Monday.


Schumacher Rewrites the History Books Again

It was not quite business as usual for Michael Schumacher on Sunday. He was on the podium at the end of the Belgian Grand Prix but in second place.


Shortly after making his entrance, Oscar winner Jamie Foxx found model Janice Dickinson and her ample cleavage pressed tightly against him. Foxx posed for a photo-op with hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash, and later traded handshakes and hugs with New York Giants linebacker LaVar Arrington.


CHARLESTON, S.C., July 23 -- Democratic presidential candidates shared the spotlight  Monday night with ordinary citizens from around the country in a two-hour debate that featured sharp and sometimes witty video questions and often equally sharp exchanges among the candidates on issues ranging from...


Bush Picks Kellogg CEO as Commerce Chief

President Bush on Monday chose  Carlos Gutierrez, the Cuban-born CEO of Kellogg Co, as his  nominee to be commerce secretary, his second selection of a  Hispanic for a second-term Cabinet.


Human sewage--the next source of electricity?

Can microbes turn drain water into power? Yes, says a noted genetic scientist. And they can make jet fuel too.


Back With a Vengeance: The Music of the Night

The screen version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical lacks both authentic romance and the thrill of memorable spectacle.


UPPER TOWNSHIP, N.J. - Why did the turtle cross the road? We'll never know, but it sure caused one heck of an accident.


San Diego Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson said Saturday he was "devastated" by the passing of his father, who was killed when the pickup truck he was riding in flipped on a Texas highway.


The versatile actress, who projected the quintessential image of the proper Englishwoman but was also indelible in one of the most sexually provocative scenes of the 1950âs, died today.


U.S. consumers fed a pick-up in U.S.  economic growth in the third quarter but a sentiment survey for  this month showed oil prices were dampening their spirits,  government and private-sector data showed on Friday.


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Latin American leaders mourn death of Arafat

Latin American leaders on Thursday expressed their condolences over the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who died earlier in the day at a French military hospital outside Paris.


Dealers: GM 'Red Tag' deals up to $7,500

Dealers describe General Motors' new incentive program which puts no-haggle prices on special tags. DETROIT  - General Motors Corp.


Cassini-Huygens entered orbit around Saturn on June 30th, culminating a seven-year, 2.2 billion-mile voyage. The craft comprises a US-built orbiter, Cassini, and a European-built probe, Huygens.


Kansas AG to prosecute abortion provider

A doctor who performs abortions was charged Thursday with violating Kansas law on late-term procedures, a surprise move from a Democratic attorney general who recently unseated a prominent anti-abortion Republican.


Ziff Davis - Opinion: As competition heats up, iPass is the latest remote-access provider to announce favorable Wi-Fi pricing for enterprise customers.


Eminem Satellite Radio Channel Sets October Debut

Controversial rapper Eminem will launch his widely expected satellite music radio channel called Shade 45 on Oct. 28 with a live broadcast of a concert from New York, the Sirius network said on Thursday.


NEWS IN BRIEF Code for two exploits in Yahoo Messenger first disclosed earlier this week by security firm eEye appeared on the Full Disclosure mailing list on Thursday.


New Death Threat Against Bhutto Reported

Just days after Benazir Bhutto escaped a double bombing, her lawyer said that a threatening letter was received.


Theater Review | 'Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell': A Master of Monologues, Living on in His Words

Five minutes into âSpalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell,â I stopped gritting my teeth and decided that a show about Spalding Gray without Spalding Gray might just work after all.


Roma, 17:49 - CALCIO, REGGINA E FOTI PRESENTANO DOMANDA CONCILIAZIONE

Lillo Foti e la Reggina hanno presentato istanza di conciliazione prsso la Camera del Coni. Il club ...


Flick Collection Meets Considerable Controversy

BERLIN, GERMANY.- A visitor walks past a poster announcing the Christian Friedrich Flick Collection at the Hamburger Bahnhof modern art museum in Berlin, Germany.


Iraqi PM says 400 militants killed in crackdown

U.S. and Iraqi forces have killed around 400 suspected militants since the start of a major security crackdown in Baghdad, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Saturday.


Microsoft has bought Caligari, a developer of 3D modeling software, in a move that could help enrich the graphics experience in Microsoft's Virtual Earth mapping system.


The American Government now has flight information on every person that boarded a commercial flight in the US in June. The Transportation Security Administration will use the information to test a new passenger screening system called Secure Flight.


Oracle ships new BI product, Data Integrator

(InfoWorld) - On Monday, Oracle unveiled an addition to its Fusion middleware, Oracle Data Integrator, to help users quickly bring the huge amounts of information in different databases and applications across their organizations together in a single place. Data Integrator is based on technology Oracle acquired when itÂ purchased French data integration company SunopsisÂ in October, according to Ashish Mohindroo, senior product director for Oracle's Fusion middleware. Customers can use Data Integrator to pull data from different sources into one location, helping them with data analysis and queries in BI and data warehousing applications. But the tool is not limited to BI, Mohindroo said. It can also be helpful for users engaged in master data management, SOA, and BAM (business activity monitoring) as well as application migration and consolidation, he said. One of the main reasons Oracle bought Sunopsis was to improve Fusion's ability to bring in data from non-Oracle products. Data Integrator supports databases, data warehouses, and applications from vendors including IBM, Microsoft, NCR's Teradata, Netezza, and Sybase. Mohindroo wouldn't comment on Oracle's plans to support Hewlett-Packard's offerings other than to note that HP continues to be a partner.Â HP has been ramping up its data warehousing business recently, debuting its Neoview data warehouse software, server, and storage product family in October. Data Integrator competes with Informatica's PowerCenter data integration software and IBM's rival Information Serverm, which it gained through theÂ 2005 $1.1 billion purchase of Ascential. Oracle inherited an OEM relationship with Informatica through itsÂ acquisition of applications vendor Siebel. In October, Oracle and Informatica reaffirmed that partnership, extending it for four years. The release of Data Integrator won't affect that relationship, Mohindroo said. "We offer it as an alternative to Data Integrator," he added. "Customers can pick and choose." Naturally, Data Integrator is also optimized to work with Oracle's own database, application server, SOA Suite, and BAM software. Customers can use the tool to build data warehouses that are then queried by Oracle's Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition. Oracle shipped the most recent version of that software last week with a focus on tighter integration with Oracle's own applications and new native access to applications rival SAP's Business Information Warehouse. Oracle BI Suite EE 10g Release 3.0 also features a lot of work the vendor has done on the usability side, said Rick Schultz, vice president of Oracle Fusion middleware, including enhanced integration with Microsoft's Office desktop applications suite and drag-and-drop layout editing. Oracle Data Integrator is now shipping at a cost of $12,000 per database target CPU and $4,000 per database source CPU. Users can also try out an evaluation copy of the software online. Â


Milan Kundera has won the Czech Republic's State Award for Literature for the first publication of his novel "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" in his former home country.


JetBlue to Begin Paying Penalties to Its Stranded Passengers

The company will begin payments ranging from $25 toward a future flight to a round-trip ticket to passengers kept waiting by the airlineâs own mistakes.


Group warns of earth's dwindling resources

GENEVA -- Humanity's reliance on fossil fuels, the spread of cities, the destruction of natural habitat for farmland, and exploitation of the oceans are destroying earth's ability to sustain life, the environmental group World Wildlife Fund warned yesterday.


In China, Neckties Are Southeast of Socks City

You probably have never heard of this factory town in coastal China, and there is no reason why you should have. But it fills your sock drawer.


A British Airways plane to New York turns around mid-flight after US authorities refuse to allow a passenger to land.


Tiger Woods shot a 6-under 65 to tie for the lead with Ryan Palmer, one stroke ahead of Mark O'Meara and two others.


U.S. diplomat Nicholas Burns to step down: official

U.S. Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns is expected to step down in an announcement to be made on Friday, a U.S. official said.


U.K. slams Russian decision on spy murder suspect

Britain said on Tuesday that Russia's refusal to extradite Andrei Lugovoy, the main suspect in the murder of Russian emigre Alexander Litvinenko, was "unacceptable".


UNITED NATIONS - The government of Rwanda is warning of an imminent attack against Rwandan Hutu rebels who have moved into eastern Congo.


Universal Music, Bolt settle copyright infringement lawsuit

Universal Music Group, a unit of France's  Vivendi, and Bolt Inc. said they reached an out-of-court  settlement resolving the copyright infringement lawsuit brought  by UMG against Bolt last year.


New boss Martin Jol continued Tottenham's fightback against Jacques Santini as he insisted Spurs had been heading down a "dead-end street" under their defence-minded former coach.


Myanmar monks chant "democracy", soldiers move in

Chanting "democracy, democracy", 10,000 monks marched through the heart of Myanmar's main city on Tuesday in defiance of a threat by the ruling generals to send in troops to end the biggest anti-junta protests in nearly 20 years.


Scorsese to direct George Harrison documentary

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese plans to direct an authorized documentary about George Harrison, the former Beatle who died of lung cancer in 2001, Daily Variety reported on Thursday.


EU summit adopts bold energy/climate strategy

European Union leaders clinched agreement on Friday on a bold long-term strategy for energy policy and climate change aimed at leading the world in the fight against global warming, diplomats said.


While most large networking and telecommunication vendors use acquisitions to add new technologies and products, a senior executive at Samsung Electronics ruled out buying to expand the company's fledgling enterprise networks division into new areas.


The Beirut government insists it will hold a presidential vote, despite the killing of an anti-Syrian politician.


In a highly political decision, Malaysian court frees Anwar ...

In an unexpected ruling on September 2, the Malaysian Federal Court, the nationâs highest judicial body, freed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim after overturning his conviction on a charge of sodomy.


US Congress moves to attack foreign oil firms linked to Iran

US legislation designed to punish foreign energy companies that do business with Iran was overwhelmingly adopted by a powerful committee of Congress Tuesday.


Indonesian prosecutors on Friday charged the militant Muslim cleric Abubakar Baasyir under a new anti-terror law, accusing him of leading a terrorist organization


Sen. Evan Bayh, weighing a run for president in 2008, challenged the Democratic Party to establish an agenda aimed at middle-class voters, a critical constituency that he said the party has let slip away.


The world's fastest commercial supercomputer is launched by the computer giant IBM.


Cabinet Secretaries Hit the Road for Bush

It was Nebraska where the Treasury Department first issued its Lewis and Clark commemorative nickel, but Secretary John Snow opted to attend similar festivities in neighboring Iowa.


Black screen of darkness to haunt Vista pirates

A Microsoft representative made it quite clear what Vista pirates can expect to happen to their unlicensed installations.


Qualcomm May Change Accounting,Shares Off

Qualcomm Inc. , a maker of chips used in mobile phones, on Friday said it may change the way it recognizes royalties from licensees, which would reduce fourth-quarter pretax income by $298 million.


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Despite hopes that hosting the Games would prompt an easing on human rights in China, dissidents say they've seen no sign of a change


U.S. Treasuries slipped on Monday as a  retreat in crude oil prices offered bears an excuse to test the  upper boundaries of a tight recent range in yields.


Israeli surgeons repair young Palestinian hearts

HOLON, Israel  - Her lower lip quivering with every breath, Hala Ketnani, a 10-month-old girl from Gaza, sleeps beneath an oxygen hood in an Israeli intensive care unit as she recovers from heart surgery.


HBO is developing a  series of mobile mini-telenovelas designed to entertain  Hispanic viewers and provide an English "phone book" to those  on the go.


OPEC to monitor impact of US election on oil prices

JAKARTA: OPEC president Purnomo Yusgiantoro said Thursday the cartel would monitor any impact from the re-election of US President George W. Bush on oil prices.


If your identity is being used by someone else, then his overdose is not your business.


Movie Maestro, Yes, But Scorsese Is Still Learning

Even master director Martin  Scorsese, whose films include the acclaimed "Taxi Driver" and  "Raging Bull," admits he has things to learn about moviemaking.


New York, 09:30 - HOCKEY GHIACCIO, NHL: RANGERS-CANADIENS 5-3

I New York Rangers hanno battuto 5-3 i Montreal Canadiens nell'unica gare del campionato americano d...


Oil and gas producer Noble Energy Inc. (NBL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed to buy Patina Oil & Gas Corp. (POG.N: Quote, Profile, Research) in a cash and stock deal, helping it expand


Winkler testifies in John Ritter lawsuit

Actor Henry Winkler has described for a Los Angeles court what happened the last time he saw deceased actor John Ritter.


Egypt attempts to curb smoking in public

In a country where perhaps the most popular national past-time is puffing on a water pipe or chain smoking while drinking tea, new laws designed to curb smoking are receiving a skeptical response.


Havel receives university doctorate, attends film event in Warsaw

WARSAW- Czech ex-president Vaclav Havel criticised the world's hunt for immediate profit and said that though Europe is free now, there are still things to fight against in his speech at the Warsaw university ...


Tosses LifeLine to Intel, Iomega EMC is hoping to woo OEMs with a new piece of centralized file management software aimed at small and medium sized businesses and even home users itching to craft a NAS (network attached storage) setup.â¦


Sudan asks African Union forces to leave

KHARTOUM -- Sudan yesterday asked African Union forces monitoring a shaky truce in its violent Darfur region to leave the country by Sept. 30, as Khartoum launched a new offensive threatening a return to full-blown war.


DES MOINES, Iowa  - Barack Obama took the first step to winning the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday with a victory in Iowa, while Mike Huckabee capped a stunning political rise to beat Republican rival Mitt Romney.


Top-seeded Roger Federer made it to the U.S. Open quarterfinals when Andrei Pavel pulled out with a herniated disc in his lower back. Tim Henman also advanced today.


Organized crime may have brought in more than $2 trillion in revenue last year, about twice all the military budgets in the world combined, a report issued yesterday said. The "State of the Future" report, published by the Millennium Project of the World Federation of United Nations Associations, said organized crime entities generated income from money laundering, counterfeiting, and piracy, ...


UPDATE 2-McGrath strikes after Clarke, Gilchrist tons

Michael Clarke made a sparkling 151 on his debut and captain Adam Gilchrist 104 to put Australia in command against India in the first test on Thursday.


Gaza fighting flares, Hamas issues ultimatum

Hamas's armed wing threatened on Tuesday to storm security headquarters controlled by the rival Fatah faction in Gaza City unless they are evacuated immediately, an ultimatum verging on a declaration of war.


Williams makes belated Hopman Cup entrance

Serena Williams made a belated arrival at the Hopman Cup on Sunday, pronouncing herself ready to go for her first match against the Czech Republic on Monday.


Ventiduenne fermato per droga, partecipo' ad aggressione


Granted, the new MSN (http://beta.search.msn.com) is still in the "beta" phase -- testing a work in progress. Microsoft is expected to make the technology part of its main MSN site early next year.


Patriots quarterback Tom Brady reportedly was very sick the night before he helped make the Pittsburgh Steelers look ill in the AFC Championship game.


Hank Aaron wants no part of Barry Bonds. With Bonds closing in on the career home run record, Aaron attended a news conference Thursday at the spot where his 755th and final home run landed in 1976.


MIAMI - For anyone who didn't get enough of Hurricane Frances as it blew through Florida, remnants of the storm are for sale.    More than 170 items were listed on eBay's Internet auction site Monday, a day after the eye of the Category 2 storm came ashore...


CalPERS buys minority stake in Silver Lake

Pension fund CalPERS said on Wednesday it acquired a 9.9 percent stake in Silver Lake, giving the technology-focused private equity firm money to expand globally and develop new investment funds.


'Da Vinci Code' Hauls in $224M Worldwide

Moviegoers gave their blessing to the "The Da Vinci Code" over the weekend, spending an estimated $77 million to see the Tom Hanks religious thriller.


ROME : Luigi Del Neri has been appointed coach of AS Roma, the troubled Serie A club confirmed. Del Neri arrived here Wednesday morning and went immediately to the home of Roma president Franco Sensi to iron out last minute details of the contract.


White House Fights Ruling Limiting Navy's Use of Sonar

The White House yesterday sought to overrule a federal court's decision limiting the Navy's use of sonar in training exercises, exempting the service from complying with two major environmental laws.


'Cambiare guida Paese', Bossi 'Lega continua a galoppare'


Moya falls in 1st round; Ferrero, Paradorn advance

Top seed Carlos Moya crashed out of the China Open yesterday, losing to French qualifier Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-3, 6-3, in the first round.


Red Sox Could Lose Schilling for Game Five

The Boston Red Sox could be without starter Curt Schilling for the remainder of the American League Championship Series against the New York Yankees after their ace aggravated an ankle injury in a Game One loss.


Arsene Wenger is told by Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood he can say whatever he wants about Man Utd.


Posizione espressa da sindaco Roma a direttivo Ds


UniCredit denies report of interest in Merrill

European banking giant UniCredit   on Friday denied a report in Italy's leading business  daily that it might be interested in buying the $47 billion  U.S. investment bank Merrill Lynch .


Citigroup to pay $15.2m for misleading retirees

Citigroup Inc. , the world's biggest financial-services company, will pay $15.2 million to settle claims its brokers coaxed BellSouth Corp. workers into early retirement by exaggerating projections for investment returns, said NASD, the main US brokerage regulator.


Roma, 17:29 - CALCIO, GUSSONI SCRIVE A ARBITRI: VI DIFENDERO'

Cesare Gussoni, neo presidente dell'Aia, ha scritto una lettera agli arbitri di calcio italiano pubb...


A Royal Ascot racegoer is treated for serious head injuries after the coach taking her home overturns.


Da forze afghane e Nato, lo riferiscono fonti di polizia


TV band Supernova tweaks name after lawsuit

The band at the heart of the  recently concluded CBS reality series "Rock Star: Supernova"  has a new name, following the resolution of a trademark dispute  with a pre-existing group that had used the Supernova moniker.


Brad Gilbert, the former coach of Andre Agassi, has one of the most tactically astute minds in the game and, having seen his current charge Andy Roddick struggle against Tim Henman in the past, he hatched a plan to take the initiative in their Masters Cup


SEVERAL mothers have thrown their weight behind the use of Nevirapine in the prevention of parent to child transmission of HIV and Aids saying the drug was highly effective.


Using steroids to build bulging muscles can also trigger "catastrophic" loss of brain cells, research suggests.


A man acquitted of a murder 17 years ago finally admits his guilt after a change in the double jeopardy law.


Can a âFertility Dietâ Get You Pregnant?

A new book suggests that among other things, eating ice cream and cutting back on meat may help raise your fertility.


Catania, 14:42 - CALCIO, CATANIA-EMPOLI A FORTE RISCHIO PER PIOGGIA

Catania-Empoli è a forte rischio a causa della pioggia che da questa mattina sta cadendo sull...


Blue Jays 7, Yankees 5: One Quest Fails; a Bigger One Begins

Derek Jeter finished at .343, 4 points behind the TwinsÂ Joe Mauer for the American League batting crown, but the Yankees tied the Mets for the majorsÂ best record.


Lloyd Blankfein and Sanford Weill are among the current and former Wall Street heavyweights who have recently bought into 15 Central Park West, New York's uber-luxurious new condominium complex. But James Cayne, the chairman and, until recently, chief executive of Bear Stearns, has chosen a different trophy address. Documents filed with the city of New York [...].


By Tampone, Kevin  SYRACUSE - Among the numerous lessons of Hurricane Katrina was at least one for information-technology professionals.


Eurostar workers will stage a 24-hour walk-out over a pay dispute on August 28, their union announces.


Sleep problems, depression may share genetic link

NEW YORK  - Sleep problems and depression   in children may share a genetic source, a study of twins hints.


Scotland's free personal care policy was launched without full details of how much it would cost, a watchdog says.


Israel plans funding clampdown on Hamas-ruled Gaza

Israel plans to tighten a financial clampdown on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip that would choke off all but humanitarian and basic supplies, senior Israeli and Western officials said on Tuesday.


Italia cresce dello 0,3%, su base annua +2,3%


Esclusiva di Al Jazira, e' egiziano e preannuncia attacchi


Curtains for Poe: Da King is dead; long live Da King

A MEMBER of the Philippine royal family in the movies moved on to the Great Beyond midnight Monday (December 14), sending his hordes of fans in mourning.


Kenya's tea farms weather political violence

KERICHO, Kenya  - Kenya's large Rift Valley tea estates say they should weather political and ethnic violence targeting their work force, but it is cold comfort to the roughly 20,000 tea pickers who had to run for their lives.


Swiss bank UBS reports huge loss for 2007 after subprime debacle

Swiss banking giant UBS said on Thursday it had suffered a net loss of 4.4 billion Swiss francs (4.0 billion dollars, 2.7 billion euros) in 2007 after losing billions in the US mortgage crisis.


Clinton holds narrow Nevada lead on Obama: poll

Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a narrow 5-point lead on rival Barack Obama in Nevada on the eve of the state's presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Friday.


Martin M. Kaplan, a health researcher and former secretary-general of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Pugwash conferences on disarmament, has died. He was 89.


Toll From Tanker Blast Reaches 9 in Baghdad

The death toll from the blast of a tanker truck in Baghdad on Christmas Eve rose to nine on Saturday, as investigators here discovered the bodies of a family under the rubble of their home, the police said.


Factory Orders Show Strong Gains in Nov.

America's factories saw orders go up by a strong 1.2 percent in November, the biggest advance in four months and a sign that the nation's manufacturing sector was gaining momentum as the new year loomed.


The London Stock Exchange (LSE) discusses a $2bn bid for its Italian counterpart, say sources quoted by Reuters.


Messaggio a sindaco Ovada per il premio 'Testimone di Pace'


Sony plans to launch a Blu-ray Disc player this year that will cost $400 less than many current models.


Research In Motion Ltd., which makes the BlackBerry handheld device and other mobile products, on Thursday said its second-quarter profit rose significantly on improved sales.


French growth expected to slip this year: INSEE

French economic growth is expected to dip slightly to 2.1 percent this year from 2.2 percent in 2006, still well below the eurozone average, the national statistics institute INSEE said Friday.


CONSUMATORI: A ITALIA IL PRIMATO DELLA TASSAZIONE SUI CELLULARI

ROMA - Spetta all'Italia il primato delle tasse piu' alte sui telefonini: con una tassa di concessione governativa mensile el'Iva al 20%, la pressione fiscale sulla telefonia mobile nel nostro Paese supera sia la Gran Bretagna (Iva al 17,6%) che la Spagna


Dollar Crumbles Before Euro, New Low Hit

The dollar sagged to a record low against the euro on Tuesday after remarks on monetary policy by European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet did not detract from bullish euro sentiment.


Verizon Re-enables Reggae Ringtones from Bob Marley

In the midst of debates with his estate over charges of trademark infringement, Bob Marley's ringtones are again available from Verizon, enabling a veritable throng of users to finally be able to pick up their phones to the tune of "I Shot the Sheriff."


Chemo has long-term impact on brain function

Chemotherapy causes changes in the brain's metabolism and blood flow that can last as long as 10 years, a discovery that may explain the mental fog and confusion that affect many cancer survivors, researchers said on Thursday.


The âBlack Listâ has become the kind of underground document that writers with projects in development pray will mention their script.


U.S. Marine Killed in Action West of Baghdad

A U.S. Marine was killed in action in  the volatile Anbar province west of Baghdad Sunday, the second  Marine to be killed in the area that day, the U.S. military  said Monday.


A Compound in Red Wine Makes Fat Mice Healthy

A substance found in red wine protected mice from the ill effects of obesity and extended their life spans, raising the tantalizing prospect that the compound could do the same for humans and may also help people live longer, healthier lives, researchers reported yesterday.


Dinesh Dhamija walks away with Â£92m after Ebookers sell-off

Entrepreneur Dinesh Dhamija will pocket in excess of Â£92m after it was announced this week that he has sold his online travel agency Ebookers.


Advertising: Technology Marketers Go Touchy-Feely in Effort to Lure Customers to New Products

Verizon is the latest electronics retailer to open an outlet that feels more like an entertainment center or arcade then a phone store.


Motion Picture settles with former execs

Motion Picture Distribution LP said on  Friday that it has reached settlement deals with three former  senior executives and struck a consulting agreement with former  chairman Victor Loewy.


[Health India]: London, Nov 14: In a new study, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill rendered monkeys infertile by a vaccine aimed at their sperm.


Nintendo starts its campaign to stop Sony taking over the handheld gaming market with the launch of its new handheld console the Nintendo DS today in the US.


Report Faults Oversight by Smithsonian Regents

In a high-profile mea culpa the Smithsonian Institution issued a report saying that its Board of Regents had failed to provide the oversight that might have prevented extravagant spending by its former chief executive.


Analysis: Samsung Electronics growth slows

Samsung Electronics Co. has become the first South Korean company to exceed the 10 trillion won ($8.7 billion) operating profit milestone this year, with its third-quarter profit jumping on strong memory chip earnings.


A new report says disabled children are not getting the care they need because too much money is spent on administration


Intesa con Selex Communication su computer indossabili


The sale of new single-family homes across the country rose by 9.4 percent in August, ending a two-month dip, the US Commerce Department reported yesterday.


On his 35th birthday, Ernie Els received a familiar present -- a World Match Play title. And he just might have his 96-year-old grandfather to thank.


Americans a Bit Taller, Much Heavier, Report Says

Americans are getting taller on average but they are much heavier too, according to government figures released on Wednesday showing that the U.S. population is, literally, growing.


Pakistan vows to help Kabul crush Taliban

Pakistan, criticized by some Afghan   leaders over cross-border infiltration by the Taliban, vowed on   Wednesday to help its neighbor fight terrorism as Afghanistan   battles its worst violence in five years.


Â· Bereaved mothers win right to have appeal heard Â· Petition drafted by two leading human rights QCs


Napoli, 19:57 - CALCIO, NAPOLI: TRAUMA CONTUSIVO AL GINOCCHIO PER IEZZO

Doppia seduta per il Napoli a Castelvolturno. Al mattino esercizi incentrati sulla resistenza alla f...


Analyst: March update should help Red Hat

InfoWorld - The release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 in March should strengthen Red Hat's lead in the open-source software market and fend off challenges from Oracle, Microsoft, and Novell, an industry analyst said.


No. 5 Florida St. Nips Wake Forest 20-17

Xavier Beitia kicked a 22-yard field goal with 1:03 to play to help No. 5 Florida State pull off a surprisingly close 20-17 victory over Wake Forest on Saturday.


Insurer fined Â£1.26m after failing to take reasonable care of policyholders' details


Tycho:  We still think about Eye of Judgment quite a bit - sometimes I will sit in silence and think about it, or think about it while I lay dormant in my charge casket.  I think about placing cards carefully on its luxurious cloth mat, smirking as distant foes are gnawed by my lizard proxies.  We are overjoyed (joymax!) that they stuck with the new concept, the card thing, as opposed to the brutally sardonic original.    I don't like constantly being pushed to pre-order things, but there is also a point (it would be easy to graph) where I'm not willing to let fate's whimsical machinery determine what I play.  So during a recent mall run I put down some money on whatever I could remember at the time - unscientifically, it was Metroid, Stranglehold, Halo, Stuntman, and Mass Effect.  This doesn't account for everything between now and November, certainly, but it kind of felt like a quiz show and I was intimidated.  Then I remembered Eye of Judgement and its manifold pleasures, endeavoring to append it, listwise.  It was at this point that "John" told us that both the game and the Playstation Eye peripheral had been cancelled.    At this assertion Gabriel stood up straight and still, like a meerkat.    "No, it wasn't," said he, quietly.  A cold quiet, like space.        When I am confronted with mere distortions of facts, I can typically slice through them to the beating truth.  But when a person says something that is flatly false, this is very disorienting for some reason and I am without my mind's full power.  Then the guy compounded things by saying they had very few preorders, and this was accompanied by a sneer, as though the number of preorders was some crucial consideration when assessing quality.  He actually thought it was funny that I wanted to buy it.    I wanted to ask him if he understood that a product not being available for preorder and a product not existing, or never being allowed to exist constituted profoundly different states, but these are the deep thoughts that occur to a person while they are tucking in at the food court and not when they are face to face with strange men at the EB.       When we returned from the store, almost as if on cue the product began to appear at online retailers - for sixty dollars.  Yes, that's correct.  The Playstation Eye peripheral plus the card game, for ten dollars more than a Sixaxis?  I won't say that I expected extortion, but I at least expected profit.  Assuming you have the Triple already in hand, they're making the Eye (and Eye of Judgment) an easy decision.    Let me take a moment to welcome PAX attendees to this year's celebration, even though it isn't especially useful to readers in Glasgow.  I hope the new venue is to your liking.   Be kind to each other, even to your defeated foes!  And be kind to your Enforcers, for they have toiled in your service.


Liverpool face an uphill task to qualify for the latter stages of the Champions League after falling to defeat at Turkish side Besiktas.


For Foxâs Rivals, âAmerican Idolâ Remains a âSchoolyard Bullyâ

âAmerican Idolâ is bigger and stronger than ever in its sixth season, causing its competitors to do everything they can to escape its invasion.


Northern Ireland votes in assembly election

Northern Ireland voted on Wednesday in an election that could allow the return of a government shared between Protestants and Catholics and help cement a lasting political settlement after decades of conflict.


iPhone #4 Cell Phone in US in 3rd Quarter

The iPhone was the fourth highest-selling handset in the US in the third quarter, according to data compiled by research firm Strategy Analytics.


Forecast for next year: fewer nasty hurricanes

Storm weary residents of Florida and the rest of the Southeast can take a little consolation from the first forecast of tropical weather for next year.


The fight for top-billing in Saturday's Nevada Democratic presidential caucus has become much like its model in Iowa: an hour-by-hour test of who has the best organization.


As hope dwindles, search for missing goes on

PHUKET, Thailand -- There are pictures of young couples, like Canadians Michael Lang and Rubina Wong, and of small children, like a 4-year-old named Solitaire.


Heinz Berggruen, an influential collector of Picasso's artworks and longtime friend of the artist, has died in France, the Picasso Museum in Paris said Sunday. He was 93.


Putin fires Russia navy commander: media

President Vladimir Putin has fired the  commander of Russia's navy, taking to at least four the number  of top brass dismissed since he appointed a new defense  minister, media in Russia reported on Friday.


Toys "R" Us Inc. swung to a profit in the second quarter from a loss a year ago, buoyed by a reversal of $200 million in income tax reserves.


Sponsor Armani, per gala apertura George Clooney e Julia Roberts


LVMH, the world's biggest luxury goods company, has beaten forecasts with a 14-percent rise in first-half operating profits, helped by a rebound in retailing and strong sales at Louis Vuitton.


ThinkPad T42 series notebooks now feature an embedded fingerprint reader.


The British actor Ian McShane opens next week as the patriarch Max in Harold Pinterâs âHomecoming,â a man-monster of diminishing powers and, of course, many vulgarities.


Could Dry Quicksand Explain Desert Disappearances?

Could people and vehicles that have mysteriously vanished in the desert have been swallowed up by shifting sands?


L'omicidio sulla spiaggia di una localita' balneare


Testosterone patch sparks sex drive for some women

NEW YORK  - Testosterone patches can significantly boost the libido for some women with sub par sex drives after surgery to remove their ovaries, who report an average of one additional sexual encounter a week after starting to use the hormone, a new study shows.


FINANCIAL HEADLINES: Kmart considering Atlanta, reports say

Add Atlanta to the list of potential sites for Kmart Holding Corp.'s new headquarters. The Troy-based company with about 2,000 corporate employees is looking for up to 300,000 square feet of office space, Atlanta media are reporting this week.


Dozens of loud explosions rocked southern Baghdad in quick succession on Thursday evening, Reuters witnesses said.


Sony Reports 25% Rise in Profit, but Lowers Its Forecast

Sony said its profit rose in the final three months of 2007, aided by robust sales of televisions and computer games.


Psychosocial Factors May Affect Diabetes Risk

NEW YORK  - Social position appears to  affect the risk of developing diabetes in middle-age,  white-collar workers in the UK, according to the results of a  study reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine.


For some Americans, weary of war in Iraq and uncertain about the future, the race horse Barbaro's fight for life was a welcome tale of hope in the face of adversity.


The UK music industry has today launched a 'rolling program of legal action' against illegal downloaders, the first of its kind in the country.


U.S. stocks edged lower on Friday   after a four-day rally as investors were weary of placing bets   as the Dow traded near a record high and Wall Street headed for   its best third quarter in nine years.


By The Beaumont Enterprise, Texas  Mar. 13--Retired nurse Celestine V. Harris, 80, is tired of seeing the hurricane debris in her Ward 3 neighborhood, which is why she decided to run for the Beaumont City Council.  "Since the storm the neighborhood has never been the same.


Fire Ravages Madrid Sky Scraper, No Injuries

An intense fire ravaged a sky scraper in central Madrid on Saturday, causing no injuries but sparking fear the blaze could spread to nearby buildings.


Fast-Rising Connecticut Has the Inside Track to Big East Title

For perhaps the first time ever at the university, the buzz at UConn is about football, after the Huskies defeated No. 11 South Florida on Saturday for the programâs first victory over a ranked team.


Israeli Army Kills Seven Palestinians in Gaza

Israeli troops killed seven Palestinians,  including five militants, in Gaza on Saturday as the army  pressed on with a massive offensive aimed at stopping militants  firing rockets into Israel.


Rexam to buy OI Plastic for $1.8bln, to sell shares

British packaging group Rexam Plc   said on Monday it had agreed to buy OI Plastic Products  from Owens-Illinois Inc  for $1.83 billion and that it  would place 58.35 million new shares to help fund the deal.


An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale struck Greece on Sunday, shaking people out of bed and sending panic-stricken villagers into the streets but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.


Experts continue to disagree over the best drugs to treat schizophrenia - newer or older antipsychotics.


Become a friend to the environment and cut your tax bill.


Duelfer proves it: Bush justified in Iraq

Howard Dean must have been ecstatic as he read the headlines on Oct. 7: "Report Discounts Iraqi Arms Threat" affirmed the Washington Post, while The New York Times, not to be outdone, jubilantly proclaimed


Thailand reaches deal on cancer drug with Novartis: official

Thailand will not override a patent on leukaemia drug Glivec after its maker, Swiss giant Novartis, agreed to give the medicine to most patients for free, an official said Friday.


Police in Australia are cleared of blame for the death of Thomas Hickey, 17, which sparked race riots.


A steady downpour didn't qualify as bad weather to Suzann Pettersen. Playing through heavy showers was fine to Pettersen, who took a one-stroke lead Friday at the Wendy's Championship for Children. More than an inch of rain pounded Tartan Fields Golf Club, suspending play late in the afternoon — as was the case in the first round.


Dell Inc. expects shipments of personal computers, notebooks and servers in Asia excluding China, Japan and South Korea to grow almost 20 percent in 2007, a company executive said Thursday.


A US air strike has targeted two safe houses used by followers of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Falluja, US officials said.


Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain's oldest monarch

Queen Elizabeth II was set Thursday to become Britain's oldest monarch, overtaking her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria amid signs the royal family is preparing for life after 81-year-old "Lillibet".


All the Worldâs a Soundstage for the Writer-Director-Star

âSlipstreamâ is Anthony Hopkinsâs third film as a director and his first as a quasi-avant-garde filmmaker working well outside the mainstream.


US approves Noriega's extradition to France

Panama's former dictator, Manuel Noriega, can be extradited to France for a money laundering trial after he completes a lengthy jail sentence in Miami next month, a US judge ruled yesterday.


Pakistani PM-elect takes parliament confidence vote

Pakistani Prime Minister- elect Shaukat Aziz Saturday secured vote of confidence in the National Assembly (NA), the powerful lower house of the parliament,a requirement under the country's constitution.


CIAMPI: SERVE DIALOGO VERO FRA FORZE POLITICHE E ISTITUZIONI

(AGI) - Arezzo, 7 ott. - "La mia insistenza per praticare, in ogni momento, un vero dialogo, tra le forze politiche come tra le istituzioni, tanto piu' quando si tratta del quadro costituzionale e delle istituzioni


Tiger Woods became a first-time father Monday, when his wife, Elin, gave birth to a baby daughter, the Worlds No. 1 golfer announced on his web site Monday.


Technology consultancy Capgemini will begin recommending Google Inc.'s online suite of office software to its corporate customers, bolstering the Internet search leader's effort to drum up more sales to big businesses.


World ; Australian board congratulates new Windies coach

"Over many years, Bennett King has made an outstanding contribution to the progress and development of Australia's emerging players," said Robertson.


In scontro a fuoco a Ramallah con soldati israeliani


BUENOS AIRES - Carlos Bianchi is favourite to be named new Argentina coach after Marcelo Bielsa's surprise resignation. "I've not spoken to him yet but he's our priority," said Argentina Football Association president Julio Gondrona.