Cobi Jones scored two minutes into second-half injury time, and the United States escaped with a 1-1 tie against Panama in a World Cup qualifier last night.


A woman accused of strangling a pregnant mother, cutting out her unborn child from her womb, and passing the infant off as her own child, has appeared in court in the US state of Kansas.


Clinton a hometown hero back in Little Rock

You could smell the excitement and the enthusiasm as dinner cooked at Doeâs Eat Place in downtown Little Rock on Wednesday night.


Big Brother gets bigger, says global privacy study

U.S., U.K. among worst-ranked "democratic" countries in terms of privacy protections for citizens, says 2007 International Privacy Ranking report.


European regulators testified here yesterday that before settlement talks with Microsoft Corp. broke down last spring, the company had agreed to anti-trust sanctions that it now says would cause irreparable


Organisers of the 2008 Beijing Olympics say they are looking into reports of child labour and worker abuse.


Bengals Coach Marvin Lewis said he did not regard his tenure with the Redskins as a one-year steppingstone to a top job.


Armani opens store in virtual world's Second Life

Fashion designer Giorgio Armani has  opened up shop in virtual world Second Life, with a store  modeled on his flagship location in Milan, his company said in  a statement on Wednesday.


Michael Ballack scored a goal and sent tempers flaring Saturday by breaking an opponent's nose as Bayern beat Werder Bremen 2-1 in the seventh round of the German Bundesliga.


FBI Probes Pentagon Official Accused of Spying for Israel

The FBI is investigating a mid-level Pentagon official who specializes in Iranian affairs for allegedly passing classified information to Israel, and arrests in the case


Chinese FM holds talks with visiting UN Chief

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing exchanged views in Beijing on October 11 with visiting Secretary-General Kofi Annan of the United Nations (UN) on issues concerning global peace and regional security.


Carolinas Rank Low In National Health Report

Atlanta, GA -- North and South Carolina are among several Southern states that ranked near the bottom of a report released Monday.


Sun adds UltraSparc IV to 4-way, 8-way servers

SAN FRANCISCO - Sun Microsystems Inc. is preparing to launch two systems that will bring its UltraSparc IV processor into the low end of the company's server product line. Called the Sun Fire V490 and V890, the servers are slated to be introduced during Sun's Network Computing quarterly product announcement on Sept. 21, Sun said.


Senegal's Wade, AU's Konare in Abuja for talks on Ivory Coast crisis

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and the head of the African Union Commission, Alpha Oumar Konare, arrived in the Nigerian capital for talks on the recent violence in Ivory Coast, according to airport officials.


A Netherlands-based company says the waste it disposed of in Ivory Coast, blamed for seven deaths, was not toxic.


Joni Pitkanen had a goal and an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 Wednesday night for their second straight win.


Confessano i killer del benzinaio I genitori: 'Chiediamo perdono'

Lecco, 12 dicembre - Due ragazzi sono stati fermati nella notte dai carabinieri del comando provinciale di Lecco. Sono considerati i killer di di Giuseppe Maver, il 61enne benzinaio di Coloziocorte, ucciso


Hokies Open ACC Season With Rout of North Carolina

No. 16 Virginia Tech uses a smothering defense and superb special teams to overwhelm North Carolina, 35-10, Saturday afternoon.


9-11 Resonates Among Voters Pre-Election

In this one town, in this swing state, in this entire country, three weeks before a deeply divided citizenry elects a president, the pernicious residue of Sept. 11, 2001, echoes in every corner of the national conversation.


New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick expressed strong support Thursday for wide receiver Randy Moss, the subject of a temporary restraining order obtained by a longtime friend.


[T]rane's diary entry and the later MLP discuss the life and death, primarily the latter, of Chris McKinstry, better known around these parts as mindpixel. His Mindpixel Project was an AI experiment; but in that I was never terribly interested. I was more interested in his theories on cognition and the brain as a hypersphere, optimised for surface area.


Iraq, arrestati 50 sospetti per l'attentato di Najaf

Dopo l'attentato mortale di ieri a Najaf, la polizia irachena ha arrestato 50 persone e imposto il divieto alle auto di avvicinarsi al centro della cittÃ  santa degli sciiti. Lo ha detto il governatore Adnan


CME urges CBOT members to vote in favor of merger

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings  Inc.  on Friday urged shareholders and members of the  Chicago Board of Trade to vote in favor of CME's offer to take  over CBOT, the No. 2 U.S. futures exchange.


Dawn Robertson remembers it well. Sure, she's a bit embarrassed recalling the first time her daughter beat her on the tennis court, but she's equally as proud.


By Sanford Nowlin, San Antonio Express-News  Jun. 15--In a move that's ignited criticism from bloggers and Internet  activists, San Antonio-based phone giant AT&T Inc.


The US government says it will maintain oversight of the internet but with far less hands-on involvement.


Video: The Puzzling World Of Will Shortz

(350 sec.) The puzzlemaster on sudoku, stardom and how long he takes to do the Sunday crossword.


Researchers find stress causes immune cells to age faster

Researchers studied the immune cells of women under extreme mental stress. They've found that those cells age more rapidly in stressed-out women than in women living more normal lives.


It may take much longer than scientists have thought for violent turbulence to turn grains of space dust into new planets. A NASA telescope recently discovered evidence that


Roma, 14:50 - VOLLEY, MAGRI: MONTALI RESTA CT NAZIONALE

Il presidente della Fipav, Carlo Magri, ha ribadito la piena fiducia in Giampaolo Montali, ct della ...


U.S. Forces Kill 50 Sadr Militia in Baghdad Suburb

U.S. forces killed more than 50 Shi'ite  militiamen on Wednesday in a significant advance into a Baghdad  suburb that is a powerbase for radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr,  the military said.


Italy president in crisis talks after Prodi quits

ROME - Italy's president holds crisis talks with political leaders on Thursday to see if Romano Prodi, who resigned as prime minister after nine months in power, can still head a government or ...Comment


SATURDAY, Feb. 17 (HealthDay News) -- The tainted-food scare widened Saturday with the recall of fresh cantaloupe and selected  jars of organic baby food.


France tries to calm jitters on SocGen scandal

France stepped up efforts to restore confidence in the banking system as Societe Generale faced tough questions on Friday over why it failed to prevent the biggest financial dealing scandal in history.


General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. have reported disappointing US sales, prompting the two largest US automakers to cut planned vehicle production in the fourth quarter, which could hurt profits.


United Airlines unions face more cuts in pay

CHICAGO - The union for United Airlines' flight attendants promised yesterday to fight the company "over every dime" of its plan to impose an additional $725 million in labor cuts and eliminate traditional pensions.


EU regulators raid microchip giant Intel, computer retailers

European Commission antitrust regulators on Tuesday raided microchip giant Intel and a number of personal computer retailers in Europe on concerns they might have stifled competition.


ZACHARO, Greece  - Forest fires sweeping Greece have killed 44 people in two days and more were feared dead in villages cut off by towering flames on Saturday.


Epiphanies often happen during late-night solitude, and sure enough, D.C. firefighter Jason Woods had one as he kept overnight watch at Engine 22 a few years ago.


A Quest for Glory and a Bonus Ends in Disgrace

The SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale worker who cost the French bank $7 billion in bad trades told investigators that all he wanted was to be respected, and to earn a big bonus.


Update: Sun, Microsoft to detail interoperability in October

Sun Microsystems Inc. and Microsoft Corp. next month plan to provide more details on work they are doing to make their products interoperable, a Sun executive said Monday.


US actor Clooney suggests Annan serve as Darfur peace envoy

Oscar-winning US actor George Clooney suggested that UN chief Kofi Annan should serve as peace envoy to Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region after he leaves office at the end of the month.


MOSCOW -- Militants holding hundreds of hostages in a school in southern Russia freed 26 women and children yesterday as the Russian government intensified negotiations with the captors and relatives of those still inside kept an emotional vigil nearby.


A US judge rejects a move by two university students to halt the DVD release of the spoof movie Borat.


Bush says overhauling Social Security top priority

US President George W. Bush said on Thursday that overhauling the US Social Security system would be a top priority in his second term and "now is the time toconfront Social Security.


Blue Jays 5, Yankees 4: Yankees Surge in Ninth, Only to Fizzle in the 14th

Gregg Zaun homered in the 14th inning for the Blue Jays, trimming the Yankeesâ wild-card lead to 4.5 games.


120 School Siege Victims Buried in Beslan

BESLAN, Russia - Funeral processions filled the rainy streets of this southern Russian city Monday, carrying coffins large and small, as townspeople buried scores of victims of a carefully planned school siege that prosecutors linked to a Chechen rebel leader.    Desperate families searched for those still missing from the siege at School No...


Astronauts fix ISS solar panel on spacewalk four

Home for Christmas? The crew of the space shuttle Discovery have managed to unjam a solar panel on the International Space Station during a record-breaking fourth and final spacewalk of the mission. Mission Specialist Robert Curbeam became the first astronaut ever to complete four spacewalks during a single mission.â¦


Improving Real will qualify from tight group, says coach

Real Madrid believe they will qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League after recording their second win in a row with an edgy 1-0 victory over Dynamo Kiev.


If it was the intention of the Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine to give life to the idea that the federal chemical review program needs an overhaul, it succeeded recently by releasing the results of chemical tests on 13 Maine citizens.


Our series of trivia questions about the incoming freshman class continues: Who was an early backer of the 2004 presidential candidacy of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry Ã¢ÂÂ and acted as a self-described Ã¢ÂÂchauffeurÃ¢ÂÂ for Kerry when he made campaign visits to his state during the 2001-02 campaign cycle?  Tim Walz, D-Minn. Ron Klein, D-Fla. John Yarmuth, D-Ky. Ed Perlmutter, D-Colo.


An asteroid the size of a large storage shed came within 4,100 miles of Earth this spring, making it the closest near miss ever recorded, US astronomers said this week.


Bush and Kerry on Attack in Swing States

President Bush condemned Democratic  Sen. John Kerry on Tuesday for "scare tactics" on issues like  Social Security and the flu vaccine, while Kerry hammered  Bush's leadership on the economy and the war on terror.


Does Nicole Richie think she's next? Paris Hilton's good buddy told David Letterman during a taping for his talk show on Wednesday that she's worried about landing in the pokey, too.


Plenty of fuel on hand to keep US warm - for now

But prices of oil and natural gas are climbing as a cold snap and earlier cuts in OPEC production take their toll.


Emotions are finally settling down in the entertainment industryâs bubbling cauldron of labor disputes.


Singapore Airlines eyes 31 Boeing aircraft

SINGAPORE - Singapore Airlines (SIA) is set to outlay around US$7.35 billion for up to 31 Boeing B777-300ER (extended range) aircraft, with 18 to be delivered between 2006 and 2010, the company said.


Repairman Keeps Focus on Cameras: Only Shop of Its Type in Area Has Been Open Since 1973

By Larry Gierer, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Feb. 12--Elijah Johnson looked at the camera and noticed stuff "oozing out of it." It was a 20-year-old Nikon -- and the batteries hadn't been changed in more than six years.


Lawyers for conservative Fox News  commentator Bill O'Reilly said on Tuesday they believe a fellow  employee accusing him of sexual harassment has recordings of  calls between them and they are seeking a court order to obtain  them.


Shock jock Howard Stern will head to satellite radio in '06

If you want to hear Howard Stern, starting in January 2006, you'll need to shell out $12.95 a month for satellite radio. Sirius, the No.


South Korean memory-chip maker Hynix Semiconductor Inc. announced Wednesday that it reached an agreement to construct a wafer fabrication plant (fab) to manufacture chips in Wuxi, China.


Hoeppner has been the coach at Miami (Ohio) since 1999 and was an assistant at the school for 13 years before that. "We talked to some terrific coaches throughout our search, but


A thunderstorm drenched homeless people living on rooftops and sidewalks in Haiti Saturday, adding to the woes of victims of Tropical Storm Jeanne, who are looting aid trucks and attacking food distribution centers in desperation


The British GP at Silverstone is omitted from the provisional F1 calendar for 2005.


EU-wide organ donor card proposed by health chief

The European Union's health chief  proposed an EU-wide organ donor card on Wednesday after a  survey showed most Europeans support using such cards but only  12 percent actually carry one.


KANGAROOS hooker Danny Buderus has described Darren Lockyer as "one of those players you tell your kids you played with" after the skipper's stunning performance in the battering


By Allison Pries  MAHWAH  Police and the Mahwah Municipal Alliance will host a cyber safety seminar for parents today at 9 a.m. at Ramapo Ridge Middle School.  Learn about MySpace.com, how to track your child's computer usage and how to keep them safe online.


Google Presentations gets the green light

After a long wait, tonight Google launched their web based competitor to PowerPoint: Presentations.


Drew Brees passes for 336 yards and hit Marques Colston with three of his four touchdown throws in the Saints 31-10 win over the 49ers.


Abbas insists will hold elections, truce threatened

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas vowed on Monday to press on with early elections as a truce between his security forces and the Hamas government began to unravel in the Gaza Strip.


BBC Click reports on the internet phase, Web 2.0, which is reaching mobile handsets.


Missouri's Republican Party wants a Democratic-aligned group to stop circulating a get-out-the-vote flier that includes a 1960s photograph of a firefighter hosing a black man that reads: "This is what they used to do to keep us from voting."


Sarkozy's poll win tempered by left's revival

French President Nicolas Sarkozy's allies won a large majority in parliamentary elections on Sunday but fell short of the predicted landslide after talk of a sales tax hike appeared to cost them votes.


'Normal' Blood Pressure May Still Be Too High

A new study of heart disease patients finds that "normal" blood pressure may not be low enough.


Comments from the Finnish paper company suggest a cyclical recovery might be beginning.


There will be very little sentimentality Sunday in Cleveland, when the Browns' Jamal Lewis faces his former team for the first time.


Messina, 18:04 - CALCIO, PALERMO; FOSCHI: SENTO UN'ARIA STRANA ATTORNO A NOI

"E' un pÃ² che ci va tutto male e sicuramente non è facile arrivare nei primi quattro posti pe...


SYDNEY-Hobart race organisers yesterday declared they would not delay today's race despite the worst weather warning for the classic since the 1998 disaster.


Prize-winning Spanish writer  Camilo Jose Cela informed for General Franco's regime, a historian says.


LOUISVILLE, Ky. Â· Stefan LeFors threw three touchdown passes Wednesday night as No. 12 Louisville rolled to a 55-28 victory over TCU.


Don’t like the names Apple created for the colors used in the Color Labels feature? Then just create your own. Find out how on the Apple Pro/Design/ site — it’s the first of a weekly series of Mac OS X killer tips. [Sep 15]


Review: Google's Maps Appealing, Need Work

Leave it to Google Inc. to innovate. Its new online mapping service produces impressive U.S. maps that please the eye and are fun to navigate. And unlike competing services, you can put all your search terms into one box.


When Microsoft opens its online music store on Thursday, the first song offered should be Dave Brubeck's "It's DÃ©jÃ  Vu All Over Again.


Accounts may not be answer to questions about system

President Bush is selling private investment accounts, financed with a share of current payroll taxes, as a way to solve Social Security's long-range financing problems and benefit younger workers.


Russian Cargo Ship Arrives at the International Space Station

A Russian Progress spacecraft filled with about 5,000 pounds of food, fuel, spare parts and Christmas presents arrived at the International Space Station today after a two-day journey to the orbiting laboratory.


Under an agreement with Intel, Nvidia will be able to make integrated graphics chips that are placed on the computer's motherboard along with the main processor.


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Roma, 19:16 - CALCIO, 3-0 AL FOGGIA: L'AVELLINO PROMOSSO IN SERIE B

L'Avellino è stato promosso in serie B. La formazione irpina ha battuto ai supplementari il F...


Activists are angry after Mozambique's Catholic Church leader says that some European-made condoms are deliberately infected with HIV.


The central pillar of a healthy lifestyle has been shaken with the publication this week of a major study suggesting eating fruit and vegetables does not protect against cancer.


Washington Democrat overtakes opposition by 130 votes

In what might be their last hope of reclaiming an evaporated lead in the Washington governorâs race before turning to the courts, Republicans have asked county auditors statewide to reconsider ballots that were rejected on Election Day.


Federal regulators are investigating General Motors Corp. minivans after getting reports that people have been injured by automatic sliding doors.


Puerto Ordaz, 08:49 - CALCIO, COPPA AMERICA: MESSICO-BRASILE2-0

Il Messico ha battuto il Brasile 2-0 in un incontro valido per la prima giornata del gruppo B della ...


Madrid, 18:13 - CALCIO, SPAGNA: AYALA FIRMA TRIENNALE CON SARAGOZZA

Roberto Ayala, che a fine giugno si era accordato con il Villarreal chiudendo l'esperienza di Valenc...


Tens of thousands of Mexicans join a march in Mexico City to protest against the rising price of tortillas.


Wachovia Corp. said Thursday that Don McMullen Jr., head of its capital management unit, is retiring at year-end. He will be replaced by David Carroll, 47, who has led the company's merger integrations and corporate marketing.


Udine, 17:20 - CALCIO, UDINESE; MARINO: CAGLIARI AVVERSARIO DIFFICILE

"Abbiamo svolto nove giorni di lavoro a Cipro che sono stati molto utili per ritrovare energie e con...


Garcia Marquez Has Last Laugh on Book Pirates

Latin American literary giant  Gabriel Garcia Marquez has unintentionally won the last laugh  on copyright pirates by changing the ending of his latest book,  the Nobel laureate's first novel in 10 years.


An Israeli military court orders the release of Palestinian deputy PM Nasser al-Shaer, his lawyer says.


Russian Dinara Safina stormed into the second round of the China Open on Monday, the day after big brother Marat Safin won the men's title.


Shaquille O'Neal scored 27 points and the Miami Heat overcame a rare ragged performance by Dwyane Wade to beat Golden State 105-96 on Monday night.


Court Considers When Cops Can Use Canines

Driving 6 mph over the speed limit got Roy Caballes pulled over. But what happened next landed him at the Supreme Court, which considered Wednesday when police can use drug-sniffing dogs.


Wallabies encouraged despite All Black loss

The Wallabies are regrouping for next weekend's Tri-Nations Test with South Africa after narrowly failing to keep the Bledisloe Cup series alive against mighty New Zealand.


We've all heard the question: If a tree falls in the woods, but no one is around, does it make a noise? Or, if the Boston Red Sox don't win the World Series after beating the Yankees in the ALCS, will anyone remember?


A technique for identifying early liver damage could help improve detection of the deadly condition cirrhosis.


BERLIN/PARIS  - For years, anyone needing a nicotine fix in a German pub or French cafe didn't even have to light up -- the air was already so full of smoke that they only had to open their mouth and inhale.


Rumsfeld Urges Latin America to Unite in Terror War

By Charles Aldinger QUITO, Ecuador  - All of Latin America mustrealize that terrorism is a growing threat in the Americas andthat the only way to defeat extremist guerrillas like al Qaedais to join ranks, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said onTuesday.


Telephone surveys are the meat and potatoes of political polling groups. But as more Americans switch from land lines to cell phones, a growing segment of the population may be left out of the equation. By Daniel Terdiman.


President Bush and Sen. John Kerry woke up in battleground Florida on Tuesday. Bush will spend the day campaigning there, while Kerry focuses on the equally crucial showdown states of Ohio and Pennsylvania.


Nyon, 12:25 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: TUTTI GLI OTTAVI DI FINALE

Ecco il tabellone completo degli accoppiamenti degli ottavi di finale di Champions League dopo il so...


NEW YORK (Billboard) - Singer Al Jarreau begs to differ  when his label says his new album is his first jazz release in  27 years.


The Nobel Prize for physics has been won by three American scientists for their research on quarks.


Mass. leading an 8-state search for tax cheaters

The Massachusetts Department of Revenue is preparing to go beyond the state's borders in the hunt for tax cheats, scrutinizing close to 25 million returns filed in seven other states.


Britain's Prince William seeing his ex again: report

Britain's Prince William is seeing his ex girlfriend Kate Middleton again, despite their split in April, the Mail on Sunday reported.


Spa-Francorchamps, 19:19 - F1, TEST SPA: MASSA IL PIU' VELOCE DAVANTI AD ALONSO

Felipe Massa è stato il piÃ¹ veloce nella seconda giornata di prove della settimana sul circui...


Militants Defy Peace Call by Abbas, 8 Die in Gaza

Palestinian militants blew up a truck bomb  in an attack on the Gaza border that killed five Israelis on  Thursday, rescue workers and the army said, hours after the new  Palestinian leader called for a halt to violence.


Microsoft fully rolls out its major Service Pack 2 security update for its home and professional XP customers.


Song-swap service hits back in piracy case

The company behind the internet song-swapping service Kazaa today claimed it was merely the musical equivalent of a video recorder as it began its defence in a landmark court case in Australia.


Brits to lose 12% current of IT jobs by 2010

New report on offshoring's implications from the British Computer Society.


A Tough East Coast Cop in Laid-Back Los Angeles

Since arriving in from New York four years ago, William J. Bratton has been bluntly outspoken. Yet he is perhaps the most popular police chief in a generation.


News Corp. Buys 2 Groups of Weekly Papers

The company broadened its metropolitan-area presence with the acquisition of two newspaper groups serving Queens and Brooklyn.


Rappresentiamo moderati, com Mastella si puo' discutere


Westfield, Multiplex settle on Duelguide figure

Westfield Group and Multiplex Group today announced they had agreed on a cash offer for UK property holding company Duelguide of Â£585 million ($1.


Chevron sees output growth from new projects

Chevron Corp.  said on Tuesday its new oil and natural gas projects will produce about 1.1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2011, and it will keep exploration spending high in the coming years.


Braces improve smiles, not self-esteem: study

NEW YORK  - Braces may straighten crooked teeth, but they're unlikely to alter your self-esteem and satisfaction with life, according to researchers.


Web 2.0 Project Taps 'Wisdom of the Crowd' to Probe Presidential Contenders

A new project called 10 Questions employs a Digg-like tool to promote the best voter-contributed video questions. The top 10 will be presented to presidential candidates for a response.


A notorious crack kingpin with ties to the hip-hop industry was convicted Thursday in a federal death penalty case for paying $50,000 to have two rivals gunned down in 2001.


Brown-Forman may sell Hartmann luggage unit

Brown-Forman Corp. BFa.N BFb.N, a   consumer products company best known for wines and spirits, on   Wednesday said it may sell its Hartmann Inc. unit, one of the   oldest U.S. luggage makers.


VODAFONE is to offer its 16.2 million mobile phone customers its own-brand broadband after striking a deal to use BT lines. The service, to be launched by the end of this year, will allow Vodafone to sell packages of mobile airtime, text messages and home broadband services.


Federconsumatori, spesa media famiglia a 1.400 euro l'anno


Trying to Reach Customers in an Era of E-Mail Suspicion

Internet executives and analysts are closely tracking the rise of identity theft over the Internet.


14/10/04 - News - Bruxelles - Qualcosa, lentissimamente, si muove nell'ambito dei domini europei.eu, le estensioni Internet piÃ¹ attese del nuovo millennio che, sebbene ancora non disponibili, hanno compiuto un sostanziale passo avanti con la stipula del


Pentagon releases audio of 9/11 mastermind

The Pentagon on Thursday released an audio recording of a hearing for al Qaeda suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at Guantanamo Bay but cut some remarks made by the self-declared mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.


New Orleans tornado, Midwest snow in winter storm

A winter storm packing blizzard conditions to the north and a deadly New Orleans tornado to the south closed schools, forced hundreds of flight cancellations and disrupted travel from Kansas east to Ohio on Tuesday.


The execution was hardly flawless. There were more than a few ill-advised shots. A handful of defensive lapses.


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Such security flaws are not uncommon, but Gmail deviates from the norm by not causing cookies to expire when users change passwords.


A victory over New England at the Super Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., would give Philadelphia its first professional sports title since 1983.


Redskins snap Vikings' five-game winning streak

The Washington Redskins snapped the Minnesota Vikings' five-game winning streak with a 32-21 road victory on Sunday.


In Russia, per il suo presunto carattere anticlericale


50 killed in Pakistani air raids on al-Qa'eda training camp

At least 50 terrorists were killed in air raids on a suspected al-Qa'eda training camp near the Afghan border, Pakistan officials said yesterday.


Army Factions Are Fighting Again in Congo

Fighting between rival army factions ended days of relative calm in eastern Congo on Sunday, while Rwanda withdrew a threat to send troops into the country.


Evangelist Pat Robertson indicated Tuesday that if Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist expects backing of religious conservatives for a possible 2008 presidential bid, he had better get President Bush's judicial nominees confirmed by the Senate, or at least voted on.


Iranians are swelling with pride after weightlifter Hossein Rezazadeh confirmed his status as the world's strongest man at the Athens Olympics.


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

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


U.S. tests Montana ducks for avian influenza strain

Federal laboratories will do more   tests to determine the avian influenza strain found in some   wild ducks in Montana but it does not appear to be the   contagious strain feared worldwide, U.S. officials said on   Thursday.


The ABC and NBC television networks each plan to turn the 9/11 Commission Report into a mini-series.


Roma, 19:46 - CALCIO, ROMA: AD EMPOLI EMERGENZA IN DIFESA

Roma in probabile emergenza difensiva per la trasferta di Empoli.  Chivu potrebbe non recuperare, me...


Piratebay takes on Allofmp3-blocking ISP

Tit-for-tat A world famous Swedish file sharing links site has begun a campaign against a major Swedish internet service provider (ISP) after it blocked access to controversial Russian site Allofmp3.com.â¦


Portuguese police see 'Maddie' parents after lab results

Portuguese police on Thursday again questioned the mother of missing toddler Madeleine McCann after they received forensic results from a British laboratory.


Iniziativa del Cern, del centro Enrico Fermi e dell'Infnper portare la scienza in classe. Come nel "Codice Da Vinci"                                          Raggi cosmici e telescopi a scuola tra entusiasmi e qualche dubbio                                                                                di ANNA MARIA DE LUCA


Musica e pensiero cristiano a Castelnuovo Don Bosco


Statement of Senator Barbara A. Mikulski on Hubble Report Issued ...

"I commend the National Academy of Sciences on this outstanding report. I fought to add $300 million to NASA's budget for a Hubble servicing mission and I will continue to advocate for a mission to take place.


A prescription painkiller used by more than 250,000 Australians to treat arthritis has been withdrawn from sale after a clinical trial found it doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke.


More cancer deaths seen in less-educated Americans

People with at least some education  beyond high school have a lower cancer death risk than those  with less education, according to a U.S. study published on  Tuesday


Police were searching for the culprits behind the beheading and skinning of a rare Siberian tiger at a zoo in central China, state media reported Sunday.


India faces hard fight to beat AIDS in populous state

EKA, India  - Sitting on a wooden bench under a   slowly whirring fan, 43-year-old Prempal says he urgently needs   anti-retroviral drugs to fight the HIV illness in his body.


Man Utd oppose Avram Grant being allowed to manage Chelsea without the required licence, BBC Sport understands.


Federmeccanica, offerta sindacato nuovo arretramento


A.P. Says It Wants to Know Everything About Britney Spears

As the wire service boosts its entertainment news coverage, its L.A. bureau chief declares everything involving Britney Spears is âa big deal.â


La collezione Ã¨ ispirata alla scrittrice francese Colette


The father of a soldier held captive by Gaza militants for more than two months said Sunday there has been no progress in the intensive efforts to free his son.


Dow Jones, News Corp deal seen next week: magazine

Dow Jones & Co.'s board and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. have completed talks on a $5 billion buyout of Dow Jones and are expected to announce a deal next week, London's The Business weekly magazine reported on Friday.


* January 1965: US Army Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins, then 24, disappears across the Korean Peninsula's Demilitarized Zone separating North Korea and South Korea while on patrol.


Alpharma Inc. (ALO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday began selling a cheaper generic version of Pfizer Inc.'s (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) epilepsy drug Neurontin


WWII Shipbuilders Worked for Free on Xmas

With the Battle of the Bulge raging in western Europe during World War II, workers at a Brunswick shipyard were determined to deliver one more ship by year's end.


Monty enjoys Ryde of his life in glorious win

LEE WESTWOOD tossed his shoes into the crowd and wrapped himself in the European flag. Sergio Garcia waved his putter over his head like a matador.


The race to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe narrowed to two candidates Saturday as the ruling party said its conservative No. 2 leader and a dovish party stalwart who favors warmer ties with Asia will run.


EBay: Baazee.com manager released on bail in India

LONDON (CBS.MW) -- EBay (EBAY) said Tuesday that an executive with its India subsidiary has been released on bail. The manager of Baazee.


Iran wants to brief U.N. on nuclear plans

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


Mistrial declared in Phil Spector murder case

A Los Angeles judge declared a mistrial in the Phil Spector murder case on Wednesday after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked, but prosecutors quickly vowed to put the legendary rock music producer on trial a second time.


Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut was set to abandon his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday after a poor showing in Iowa's precinct caucuses.


Abby Wambach will never score an easier goal. From one foot away, she tapped the ball into the net and put the United States into the Olympic semifinals. Wambach finished a four-on-zero breakaway in the 59th minute, her 17th goal in her last 18 games, giving the U.S. women's soccer team a 2-1 quarterfinal victory over Japan on Friday.


THE body of a Western woman found in Fallujah was not that of Margaret Hassan, the British aid worker believed murdered in Iraq, the Foreign Office said yesterday.


More bird flu cases in Kelantan villages

MALAYSIA yesterday announced new bird flu cases and said a veterinary worker had been hospitalised with a fever and cough. Officials said eight birds had died from the H5 strain of avian flu in three villages


Mayors from across the country said Friday that Congress is unlikely to act on the nation's immigration problems this year and blasted lawmakers for what they called irresponsible procrastination.


A una settimana dal crollo disastroso di martedÃ¬, i mercati mostrano segni di ripresaMa la Fiat tiene ancora sospeso il bond annunciato: "Il mercato non Ã¨ ancora tornato razionale"                                            Borse, l'Europa tenta il rimbalzo L'Asia in rialzo sulla scia dei minerari


Calm Winds, New Aerial Assault on Day Fire

Firefighters got help from a jumbo jetliner Sunday in the battle against a wildfire that has been burning for three weeks in Southern California.


A US lawyer wrongly held over the Madrid bombings settles part of his lawsuit against the US government for $2m.


The Larsen B ice shelf probably blocked the glaciers' progress before its collapse in 2002, but now they are able to deposit their loads more freely.


Wave Damages Semester at Sea Ship in Pacific

VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - A research ship  carrying 990 people as a floating university was headed to  Hawaii for repairs on Thursday, a day after it was damaged by a  large wave in the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard said.


Graham Comes Full Circle With LA Mission

The nation was still recovering from World War II when a little-known minister pitched a tent over a sawdust floor in downtown Los Angeles and began preaching a powerful message of salvation.


At Colonial, Sabbatini Wins a 3-Man Playoff

Rory Sabbatini wins the Crowne Plaza Invitational Sunday, beating Jim Furyk and Bernhard Langer with a 15-foot birdie putt on the first hole.


Seacrest takes E! down to 'Paradise City'

LOS ANGELES  - E! Entertainment Television is launching a Las Vegas-set reality show that will be produced by "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest.


Some FDA Staff Had Drug Safety Concerns in 2002

Nearly 20 percent of U.S. Food and  Drug Administration scientists surveyed in late 2002 said they  were pressured to approve or recommend approval of a medicine  despite their reservations about the drug's risks or  effectiveness, according to documents made public on Thursday.


Blue Chips Drop, Oil Reaches $49 a Barrel

U.S. blue-chip stocks fell on Thursday  and crude oil prices touched $49 a barrel as traders saw a  possible oil loan from U.S. government reserves as too small to  make up for supply disruptions caused by Hurricane Ivan.


KABULâHundreds of turbaned Afghan men are patted down, poked and prodded by US security men before being permitted to enter the presidential palace.


Norwegian energy giants Statoil and Norsk Hydro unveil plans to merge their offshore oil and natural gas operations.


Behavior: How to Figure Out When Therapy Is Over

If you feel good, do you need the therapist? Or does the therapist need you?


Derby siciliano in stadio deserto, segnano Zanchi e Mascara


Parents of missing Madeleine head home to Britain

FARO, Portugal  - British couple Kate and Gerry McCann, named as suspects in their four-year-old daughter Madeleine's disappearance, headed home from Portugal on Sunday.


Memphis Grizzlies forward Pau Gasol will be sidelined for four months after surgery to repair a broken bone in his left foot.


Charlotte, NC (Sports Network) - Carolina Panthers starting running back Stephen Davis is expected to undergo arthroscopic knee surgery Friday and could miss two-to-five weeks of action.


Cycling needs more investment from the government, a transport watchdog warns.


Vantage Point: Time for a twist in an oft-told tale

NEW YORK The other day I made a semifacetious suggestion that one of these years the Red Sox really ought to win a World Series, just to stop all this agonizing and theorizing by fans and the media.


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Young men stormed the streets of Guinea, hurling rocks and setting tires ablaze as labor unions called for a strike Friday, threatening to throw the African nation into gridlock.


Bankrupt US Airways Group Inc..(UAIRQ.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) said Friday it has reached a new aircraft lease and financing deal with General Electric Co.


Four held after 'sting' uncovers alleged dirty bomb conspiracy

Four men have been arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences following a sting operation organised by a Sunday newspaper, police said last night.


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WASHINGTON - Medical officials are urging families to talk not just turkey this Thanksgiving but also medical history - generations of it â-o help identify breast, heart and other problems early enough to prevent them.


Record prices boost the cost of heating oil, unnerve the stock markets, and clip GDP growth.


White House Gives Iraq Mixed Marks in Report

A widely anticipated White House report on Iraq, set for release today, argues that the Baghdad government has made "satisfactory" progress toward nearly half of the political and military goals sought by Congress, while acknowledging that an equal number remain "not satisfactory," an administration...


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Sony's Playstation 3 is Not Worth the Hype

People who have been camping out for days finally get their PS3s today. Sadly, both their time and money has been wasted


T-Mobile USA to set up nationwide 3G network

T-Mobile USA, the fourth largest US mobile carrier, is expected to announce plans on Friday to deploy a nationwide 3G wireless network.


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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - A group of Bethlehem police suddenly noticed that the surveillance monitor of their holding cell had become more eye-catching than the episode of "COPs" on the police station television...


Public donations to the Asian tsunami appeal reach Â£76m and are expected to top Â£100m, charities confirm.


Un centinaio di manifestanti con a capo Francesco Carusoe don Vitaliano della Sala hanno occupato i binari della stazione                                          Benevento, protesta no global contro la discarica regionale                                                                                Sull'Appia uomo tenta di forzare posto di blocco e spara in aria


Vitamin D, Calcium OK for Crohn's-Related Bone Loss

Adding etidronate to calcium and vitamin D therapy is not necessary in the treatment of bone loss in patients with Crohn's disease, results of a new study indicate. "The addition of the bone-building drug etidronate adds no additional advantage," Dr. Richard N. Fedorak told Reuters Health.


Prince Charles donates for tsunami victims' relief

London (IANS) Prince Charles visited a Buddhist temple here and donated an undisclosed amount for relief to the tsunami-affected people.


The republican movement is on the verge of an historic transformation, the US Envoy to NI says.


Allarme della Coldiretti, 11 luglio manifestazione a Bologna


Reuters photographer and driver killed in Iraq

An Iraqi photographer and driver working for Reuters in Iraq were killed in Baghdad on Thursday, the international news and information company said.


Judges: Calif. prison reforms would fail

California's $7.8 billion prison reform plan will only make conditions worse behind bars, two federal judges said in ordering the creation of a judicial panel to recommend better ways to ease prison crowding.


UK's Blair Attacks Opponents of Iraq War After Grave Found

UK Prime Minister Tony Blair attacked opponents of his decision to take the nation to war in Iraq, saying allowing Saddam Hussein to remain in power would have risked the murder of more Iraqis.


Jonathan Sanchez won his first major league start and Ray Durham homered twice as the San Francisco Giants beat Cincinnati 3-2 Wednesday and moved past the Reds in the NL wild-card race.


The man widely expected to succeed Yasser Arafat in next year's Palestinian elections, Mahmoud Abbas, yesterday appeared to win a power struggle in the dominant Fatah movement after a bloody gun battle in Gaza City.


Rural schools in Turkey are striving to overcome local traditions and raise literacy standards among young girls.


Roger Federer will try and complete his Grand Slam set against defending champion Rafael Nadal in Sunday's French Open final.


Fallujah Strike Targets Zarqawi's Followers, US Military Says

US forces bombed a house in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, where supporters of suspected al-Qaeda operative Abu Musab al-Zarqawi were meeting, the US military said.


Golfer Tiger Woods went scuba diving Tuesday off a yacht reported to hold Swedish fiancÃ©e Elin Nordegren and guests, while Barbados' ritziest resort, Sandy Lane Hotel and Golf Club, prepared pagodas for a lavish celebration overlooking the Caribbean Sea.


Spray maker announces its first-quarter earnings are up 28.4%.


Pesa stacco cedola, ma ancor di piu' riduzione target price


A suicide bombing near the motorcade of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto killed at least 136 people and injured 387 more, officials say. Bhutto, returning after years in exile, reportedly was unhurt. "There are dead bodies everywhere," said CNN's Dan Rivers at the scene.


Australians vote: Bush ally Howard tipped to win

SYDNEY  - Australians went to the polls in national elections tipped to see the conservative government of Prime Minister John Howard, a key US ally in Iraq, beat off a strong challenge from the center-left Labor Party.


2005 Tour de France may not play to Lance Armstrong's strengths

The 2005 Tour de France may give others a chance to test Lance Armstrong. The mountaintop finishes are less intense and the time trials shorter - meaning the six-time Tour winner possibly has


Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky., Karen Owen Column: Vacation Bible School Benefits Family

By Karen Owen, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Jun. 9--Vacation Bible school can be an exciting time in the life of the church, but it can also be a lot of work.   Knee deep in Popsicle sticks and tissue paper, some volunteers may be wondering if all this work is worth it.


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Guardia di Finanza: +13% sullo stesso periodo 2006


ACE fires two employees in bid-rigging controversy

ACE Ltd. has fired two employees and suspended three others over their alleged involvement in the contingent commissions scandal that is being investigated by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.


Pope Benedict XVI is to meet the Greek Orthodox Patriarch on the second day of his landmark visit to Turkey.


ANCHORAGE--The Pacific Ocean route where a Malaysian freighter went aground and broke up is among the most heavily trafficked shipping routes in the world.


Voter reaction to the debate between vice presidential candidates Dick Cheney and John Edwards:


County to get 2,500 doses of flu vaccine

DURHAM -- State officials have told the Durham County Health Department it can buy 2,250 doses of flu vaccine through the NC Division of Public Health and can expect delivery within two to three weeks, according to a Health Department news release.


Bin Laden and Zarqawi's October Surprise

Osama bin Laden finally voted for president. So did Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the Jordanian leader of "Monotheism and Holy War," alleged beheader of Western hostages in Iraq, and the US target of choice in and around embattled Fallujah.


Lawrie Sanchez's decision not to attend a press conference after the 3-2 win over Spain is defended by the IFA.


Cypriot president invites Turkey for talks on EU accession

Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos said he had invited Turkey for talks over contentious issues that he has hinted could lead to a Cypriot veto of Ankara's EU membership bid.


Divers' website gets nearly a million hits in days after tsunami

Finnish, Swedish, and Norwegian Prime Ministers to visit Thailand Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen (Centre) will visit Thailand on January 16th - 19th.


An Ergonomic, Wireless Keyboard and Mouse Set

The Wireless Optical Desktop Comfort Edition, with its mildly arced keypad, allows for easy typing while providing some relief for your wrists.


The Boston police crackdown on blinking lights is a reminder that homeland security policies are often more about CYA than security. Commentary by Bruce Schneier.


AIDS Activist Is Detained On Eve of Meeting in China

BEIJING, Nov. 25 -- The chief organizer of a six-day AIDS conference scheduled to begin Sunday has been detained by men who identified themselves as Beijing security forces, according to a colleague at his organization.


Steps Urged to Prevent Fraud in Science Journals

Fraudulent stem cell reports could have been prevented by extra review procedures, a panel said today.


Malaysian Hindus skewer themselves in penance rite

The chant of prayers swelled to a climax as a priest pierced the tongue of pilgrim Uthaya Kumar with a slim, six-inch skewer in one of Malaysia's biggest Hindu festivals.


An avalanche of snow hit a section of one of Tajikistan's main roads, killing at least 15 people, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Saturday.


US killer faces execution, Supreme Court plea unanswered

A US death row inmate in Florida, whose January execution was delayed at the last minute to allow him to contest the state's lethal execution method as inhumane, faces execution Wednesday after losing a series of court appeals.


At Trial, Lawyer Says Buffett Gave Approval

The lawyer defending the former chief executive of General Reinsurance against fraud charges pointed the finger Tuesday at the investor Warren E. Buffett.


U.S. Falters In Bid to Boost Iraqi Business

More than a year after the Pentagon launched an ambitious effort to reopen Iraqi factories and persuade U.S. firms to purchase their goods, defense officials acknowledge that the initiative has largely failed because American retailers have shown little interest in buying products made in Iraq.


Executives at Microsoft didnât receive the Christmas present they were hoping for this year. The European Unionâs Court of First Instance upheld an earlier record fine and sanctions imposed by the EU against Microsoft.


Sears sales up slightly in October; apparel still slumping

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. Hoffman Estates-based Sears, Roebuck and Company has reported a slight increase in October same-store sales today despite continuing weak results in apparel.


While being fat increases your chances of a heart attack, some studies suggest a puzzling paradox: Obese people seem to have a better chance of surviving one. Scientists are stumped over why that seems to be the case and pose several theories.


SarÃ  inserito un emendamento nel decreto legge per "Difesa Grande" Stanziati dalla Regione Campania 5 milioni di euro per la bonifica dell'area                                          Rifiuti, accordo per la discarica di Ariano Irpino "Aperta 20 giorni, poi chiusa per sempre"                                                                                I comitati antidiscarica prima contestano l'accordo, poi lasciano passare i Tir tra i fischi


Killer heat wave bakes southern California

A heat wave swept southern  California for a sixth day on Sunday, claiming the lives of an  elderly couple, setting record temperatures and leaving  thousands of customers without power.


France's economy minister said Societe Generale, reeling from losses blamed on a rogue trader, is a bank in crisis and may need to ditch its chairman.


North Korea-Japan session of talks canceled

An afternoon session of talks in Hanoi between North Korea and Japan was canceled, the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.


The U.S. and the European Union's biggest powers quickly recognized Kosovo as an independent nation Monday, widening a split with Russia, China and some EU members strongly opposed to letting the territory break away from Serbia.


Palestinians Hunt for Kidnapped CNN Producer

Palestinian security forces were on Tuesday searching for an Israeli Arab producer for CNN television who was kidnapped by gunmen in the Gaza Strip.


The largely Muslim country, one of Europe's poorest, sees the visit Sunday by President Bush as a reward for its support of the war on terror.


The bipartisan Iraq Study Group plans to recommend to President Bush that he threaten to reduce economic and military support for Iraq's government if it fails to meet specific benchmarks intended to improve security in the country, a source familiar with the report said yesterday.


Bush Taps Three for Inaugural Fund-Raising

President Bush has recruited his re-election campaign's fund-raising chief and two of his other top political money men to collect millions of dollars for January inaugural festivities.


Alleged mercenary leader Nick du Toit told a court here on Monday that he had recruited personnel and taken charge of logistics for an attempted coup bid in Equatorial Guinea.


Britain awaits Brown as next prime minister

Gordon Brown succeeds Tony Blair on Wednesday to become Britain's 52nd prime minister, charged with healing wounds over Iraq and restoring public faith in a Labour government in order to win a fourth consecutive term.


Nuovo allarme tsunami in India e Sri Lanka

Il governo di Nuova Delhi invita la popolazione a lasciare le zone costiere del Sudest. Migliaia in fuga. NUOVA DELHI, 30 dic - Il ministero degli Interni indiano lancia un allarme per il possibile arrivo di


The country's netizens have become experts at wielding the power of the web to settle personal squabbles. This time, they took on a major tech company-and won


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Gates spills thoughts on Longhorn dilemma

If the pessimist sees the glass half empty and the optimist sees it half full, what do we make of Bill Gates seeing his Longhorn glass three-quarters full?


HGS Stock Dips After It Ends Hepatitis C Test

Human Genome Sciences' stock price plunged more than 40 percent yesterday, after the company announced it would abandon higher-dose tests of its hepatitis C drug because an independent monitoring group expressed concerns about lung-related side effects.


Peterson prosecutors deliver closing arguments

Prosecutors began closing arguments Monday in the double-murder case against Scott Peterson, telling jurors why they should convict him in


UK asks Russia to extradite Litvinenko suspect

Britain's ambassador on Monday submitted  an official request to Russia for the extradition of the man  suspected of murdering Alexander Litvinenko.


Novelist Arthur Hailey, who has died at the age of 84, was known for his bestselling page-turners exploring the inner workings of various industries, from the hotels to high finance.


Andrew Fastow, whose financial wizardry   was exposed as fakery and theft in the Enron Corp. collapse,   was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday -- four years less   than provided in his 2004 plea agreement.


Children feared used as shields in Pakistan mosque

Fears mounted that women and children were being used as human shields at a besieged mosque in Pakistan's capital on Thursday, as hundreds of militant students ignored a plea from their captured leader to surrender.


Since professionalism was introduced to team sports in the late 1800s, leagues have been organized in two ways -- the club system and the franchising system (which predominates in Canada and the United States).


Israeli official says cease-fire holding

Israel's defense minister said Monday that barring isolated skirmishes with Hezbollah, the U.N.-imposed cease-fire is holding in southern Lebanon, and Israel is coordinating with the United Nations to relinquish captured territory.


Iranian journalists meet to protest against the arrests of eight webloggers and press journalists.


A Muslim school is accused of using textbooks containing offensive remarks about Christianity and Judaism.


"Into the Wild" leads surprising SAG nominees

Wilderness drama "Into the Wild," directed by Sean Penn and starring Emile Hirsch, topped a surprising list of Screen Actors Guild nominees on Thursday with four nods overall, including best ensemble cast.


New York, 18:58 - TENNIS, ATP: RIFORMA DAL 2009, NOVITA' TORNEI '1000'

L'Atp cambierà look dal 2009. Il circuito del tennis professionistico maschile ha annunciato ...


Scambiato a 68,52 dollari al barile,0,9% in meno di venerdi'


Japan faces economic headache from ageing population

When Yutaka Takahashi strolls around his neighborhood in Japan's capital, he sometimes wonders where all the children have gone.


A funny thing happened as Orlando Cabrera triumphantly rounded the bases after he knocked in Johnny Damon with his walkoff double off the Green Monster in Tuesday's 5-4 thriller over the Blue Jays. In the stands, Cabrera's wife, Eliana, noticed during the celebration her cellphone ringing. And ringing. And ringing.


South Korean adoptees encounter hurdles in search for roots

KUNSAN, South Korea -- The clerk in the police station gives a quizzical look to the young woman in the short green sundress. She has Korean features, but something about her manner and the sweep of her ponytail is distinctly American.


Microsoft Virtual Earth offers 3D building capability

Partnership with Dassault Systemes on free online application will allow users to build and share virtual 3D structures.


Just when it looked like this World Cup of Hockey might be bereft of any entertainment value whatsoever, a terrific game broke out last night at the Air Canada Centre.


Travel Web site also buys British hotel booker

Online travel booker Priceline.com late Tuesday announced an acquisition and narrowed its third-quarter forecast. Free! Sign up here to receive our After the Bell Report e-Newsletter!


A French journalist abducted by Somali gunmen was released Monday, a regional police commissioner said.


Men do not want to work with children because they fear people will question their motives, a survey suggests.


China Notes Pollution at Three Gorges Dam

Chinaâs State Environmental Protection Administration said on Tuesday that water quality is barely improving in the main body of water behind the Three Gorges Dam.


Chironmakes half the US supply of flu shots. The company says it has to safety check the doses after finding contamination in some batches.


Italian Minister in Bid to Free Hostages

Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini will travel to the Mideast in an effort to free two female aid workers taken hostage in Iraq, the ministry announced today.


"I'm Not There" is the first movie about Bob Dylan's life that the singer-songwriter has ever given his blessing, the director said Tuesday at the Venice Film Festival.


Microsoft Quarterly Profit Up 79 Percent

Microsoft said its fiscal second-quarter profit topped analystsâ expectations and climbed 79 percent, buoyed by rising sales of Windows-based personal computers.


Nobel peace prize for woman of 30m trees

Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan who created a women's movement which has planted more than 30m trees in 20 countries, became the first African woman to win the Nobel peace prize yesterday.


There's no need to feel down when down markets hit.


Osama bin Laden's right-hand man vowed in a videotape broadcast Monday al-Qaida would fight the United States until it changes its policies toward Muslims.


North Korea's Kim basks in birthday, nuclear glory

Singing soldiers and flower shows marked the birthday of the man dubbed North Korea's "invincible brilliant commander" by state media, as regional powers wondered whether he would abide by a nuclear deal.


United Parcel Service Inc., the package delivery company, reported a quarterly loss on Wednesday because of a $6.1 billion pension-related charge. The company also forecast weak first-quarter earnings.


âSky Captainâ effective, fun by escaping gravity of reality

âSky Captain and the World of Tomorrowâ is even more fun than it sounds like. In its heedless energy and joy, it reminded me of how I felt the first time I saw âRaiders of the Lost Ark


Having gone to five consecutive bowl games, and off to an impressive 3-0 start this season, there is no question the caliber of athlete in the Boston College football program has improved as the team stands on the verge of joining the ACC next season.


TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Just five weeks before Election Day, a federal appeals court Monday revived a lawsuit demanding that all Florida voters who use touchscreen machines receive a paper receipt, in case a recount becomes necessary...


India's Anil Kumble became the third spin bowler in test history to take 400 wickets on the opening day of the first test against Australia on Wednesday.


China Demands Canadian Embassy Hand Over Alleged N. Korean Asylum ...

China is calling on Canadian diplomats to hand over 44 people believed to be North Korean asylum seekers. The group stormed into the Canadian Embassy in the Chinese capital on Wednesday.


Arts & entertainment: Tori Spelling tells Hadley Freeman about her mink-clad childhood, family feud and becoming a mother.


Cagliari, 15:19 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: SASSAIOLA CONTRO TIFOSI DELLA JUVE

Un'ora e mezza prima della partita Cagliari-Juventus, all'arrivo del pullman con una cinquantina di ...


Several of the world's top  drugmakers may weigh acquiring Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.   after it fired its chief executive, although suitors seem  unlikely to bid before next summer, analysts said.


DealBook Blog: DealBook: Wachoviaâs Credit-Crunch Bill

Another bank took an ax to its asset valuations Friday, as the parade of markdowns induced by the recent credit crunch continued. The latest ten-digit chop came from Wachovia Bank, which said it wrote down loans and other securities by a total of $1.3 billion in the third quarter, contributing to an overall profit decline [...].


Time Warner Cable will experiment with a new pricing structure for high-speed Internet access later this year, charging customers based on how much data they download.


4 homes damaged by train derailment in Los Angeles

One person was injured, four homes damaged and 200 people evacuated when a freight train derailed Saturday in southeastern Los Angeles County, US authorities said.


Ahmed:'Anche se c'e' certo livello di instabilita' politica'


Nokia, Motorola, NEC, Siemens, Sony Ericsson work on mobile ...

HELSINKI (AFX) - Nokia Corp said it and Motorola Corp, NEC Corp, Siemens AG, and Sony Ericsson have started an Open Mobile Alliance to enable broadcast services to mobile devices.


Dubai International Capital will launch a Â£500m bid to buy out Liverpool owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks.


Privatization of Social Security is in the wind. For weeks, the Bush administration has been filling the sky with trial balloons. Unfortunately, the proposals being floated do little to address the two fundamental flaws of Social Security.


Muslim rebels release Philippine general, aides

Muslim rebels released a top Philippine general, a senior government official and their aides on Sunday after holding them for two nights in their camp on a remote southern island.


The sudden flu shortage in the United States has become a political issue, causing a headache for the Bush camp and a fever in the Kerry one.


Cyprus considers what to do with an impounded Syria-bound ship said to be carrying air defence equipment.


'Nessun contrasto Camera-Senato, i tempi sono maturi'


Yanks Beat Pedro Again; Santana Wins 20th

Johan Santana and the Minnesota Twins celebrated his 20th win in style. All the Boston Red Sox got from Pedro Martinez this week was a pair of losses to the Yankees.


According to sources, the San Diego Chargers finally reached a contract agreement last night with quarterback Philip Rivers on a six-year deal worth about $40 million, including $14.75 million in bonus money.


Myanmar's military government, a target of sharp international criticism for failing to hand over power to a democratically elected government, announced Saturday that it will hold elections in 2010.


Tens of thousands of people have fled recent fighting in southern Afghanistan, the UN refugee agency says.


Injured Chiefs running back Holmes to miss season start

Three-time Pro Bowl running back  Priest Holmes of the Kansas City Chiefs was placed on the  physically unable to perform (PUP) list by the National  Football League team on Monday and will miss at least the first  six weeks of the season.


Unmanned Russian Cargo Spaceship Docked With ISS

Progress M-51, the unmanned Russian cargo spaceship, docked with the International Space Station on Sunday. It delivered about 2.5 tons of food, water, fuel, research equipment and Christmas presents to the ISS crew.


Raytheon inventions are programs and not patentable, says High Court

Backs Comptroller General in patent denial The High Court has backed the Comptroller General of Patents in refusing a company a patent for inventions which were computer programs. The ruling in the appeal followed the lead of a recent landmark case.â¦


The dollar slipped  on Friday, after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's remarks on the U.S. trade gap and on foreign demand for dollar-denominated  assets.


Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs has warned against pressures which could lead to the premature burnout of the Premiership side's new teenage star Wayne Rooney.


Entertainment part of Paralympics closing ceremony canceled ...

The Athens 2004 Organizing Committee (ATHOC) has decided to cancel the planned entertainment part of the closing ceremony due a traffic accident which killed at least seven people early Monday morning.


John McCain's campaign is losing two veteran Republican strategists in Iowa and will report a seven-figure debt for the second quarter in a row, back-to-back blows to a presidential bid still reeling from a major staff shake-up earlier this week.


Scores die as Pakistani government forces launch an attack on the occupied complex in Islamabad


FTC goes after alleged MySpace hijackers

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has asked a federal court to require an alleged Web page hijacking operation to obey previous orders barring unfair and deceptive practices.


Redskins Can't Keep TO From Dancing in End Zone

Wide receiver Terrell Owens found a vacant corner of the end zone and executed his pattern perfectly, a picture of fluidity with his feet planted firmly on the turf and both hands rising above his head.


Secondo la Consob l'operazione risale al 4 giugno scorso


ICRA Ltd has recently assisted the Bulgarian Credit Rating Agency (BCRA) in executing two rating assignments.


Turks retreat on making adultery a crime

Under pressure from no fewer than six EU governments, Turkey began to back down yesterday on its move to criminalise adultery, indicating strongly that the plan would be shelved.


Connecticut Ex-Governor Pleads Guilty to Corruption

NEW HAVEN, Conn.  - Former Connecticut Gov. John  Rowland pleaded guilty on Thursday to federal corruption  charges that will almost certainly send him to jail for  accepting perks from state contractors.


John Deere, IRobot Team Up for Battlefield Robot

In a trailblazing pairing of robotics and tractor companies, iRobot and John Deere announced plans Monday to build a 9-foot-long semi-autonomous battlefield vehicle.


Tense showdown looms over new treaty at EU summit

European Union leaders faced a showdown at a summit on Thursday over efforts to reform the bloc's creaking institutions, but chances of agreement seemed to rise after chief critic Poland softened its tone.


Just an extra hour of exercise a week could significantly cut obesity among young overweight girls, according to a study that researchers say could lead to major changes in the way schools fight obesity.    The study - the largest look yet at obesity among young children - did not show the same results for boys, possibly because they generally get more exercise than girls...


Australia probes report that suspect polio virus released to the ...

SYDNEY - Australian authorities moved Saturday to reassure people vaccinated against polio in the 1950s and 1960s after a report that a contaminated vaccine linked to cancer was issued at that time.


Specially Bred Mice May Hold Keys to Personalized Medicine

A panel of 36 specially bred mice represent the genetic variety of most humans, and could help make good on the promise of personalized medicine.


Bush defends Iraq troop plan, slams Democrats

President George W. Bush on Thursday defended his plan for limited U.S. troop cuts in Iraq and denounced Democrats for not taking a stronger stand against an anti-war group's attack on the credibility of his top Iraq commander.


Indonesia on high alert as flood death toll climbs

Rescuers and volunteers are struggling to reach nearly 190,000 Indonesians left homeless by devastating floods triggered by heavy rains in and around Jakarta, as the death toll rose to 20.


Mediators hopeful on deal to end Lebanon fighting

Palestinian mediators are hopeful a deal will be reached soon to end a month of fighting between Lebanese troops and al Qaeda-inspired militants entrenched in a refugee camp, political sources said on Tuesday.


TOKYO - Diplomats from Japan, South Korea and the United States on Friday confirmed their commitment to cooperate in six-nation talks aimed at convincing North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program, agreeing that the next round of talks must be


Misdirection ruse Security researchers have identified a Trojan that hijacks Google text advertisements, replacing them with "ads" from a different provider that are likely to be laced with spyware.â¦


Lloyds TSB adds Â£110m to reserves for policies

The new reserves come on top of Â£300 million earmarked last year to pay compensation for failing endowment policies and mis-sold precipice bonds.


Study finds smoking may damage your sperm

Here's one more reason not to smoke -- smoking may damage sperm, passing along genetic damage to a man's children, Canadian researchers report.


Federal agents today raided meat processing plants in six states, targeting hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants in a massive identity theft scheme, government officials said.


White Stripes reveal details of "Icky" album

The White Stripes hope to release  their sixth full-length album, "Icky Thump," this year, the  Detroit rock duo revealed on their Web site  (http://www.whitestripes.com).


LBANY, Aug. 17 - In the end, it did not take long. Eli Manning, the No. 1 pick in this year's National Football League draft, will make his first professional start on Thursday when the Giants take on the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, ...


As much as I know we need a project management system to build the Geek Ranch I will leave that discussion for another day. But, my current experience illustrates a case when project management software doesn't solve the problems. The first building we are going to construct is what I will call read more


Jim Caviezel, who played  Jesus in "The Passion of the Christ," will star in "Long  Weekend," a suspense thriller based on a 1978 Australian film  of the same name.


Sweden fears many of its 1,500 missing tourists in Thailand are ...

STOCKHOLM  - The Swedish government said it feared that many of the 1,500 Swedish tourists in Thailand who are still unaccounted for after giant tidal waves struck Asian coastlines may be dead.


UPDATE 1-Raikkonen takes the fight to Schumacher

Michael Schumacher was fastest in Italian Grand Prix practice on Friday as McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen remained a threat to Ferrari's homecoming celebrations.


Fiori e applausi per la moglie dell'ex ministro che torna all'assemblea regionale campana"Candidata nella Cdl? Fantapolitica. Sono serena: ripeterei tutto. Sull'arresto scriverÃ² un libro"                                          Il ritorno di Sandra Mastella Prima da Padre Pio poi in Consiglio


Panic as Sri Lanka minister triggers fears of another tsunami

Thousands of people living on Sri Lanka's tsunami-battered coasts fled inland after comments by a minister triggered fears that more massive waves were about to hit the island.


AKRON, Ohio -- Tiger Woods bogeyed his final two holes to surrender the lead before play was halted by rain during Thursday's first round of the NEC Invitational.


The Boston Bruins have narrowed their search for a new coach to four candidates and hope to make a final decision by Friday, general manager Peter Chiarelli said Monday.


Before they leave for Iraq, thousands of troops with the 101st Airborne Division line up at laptop computers to take a test: basic math, matching numbers and symbols, and identifying patterns. They press a button quickly to measure response time.


Ieri il legale ha annunciato l'uscita dal carcere del suo assistitoMa il Tribunale nega: "Certe notizie fanno solo del male"                                          DesirÃ©e, i giudici smentiscono "Nessuna istanza per Mattia"


In order to take the top job at Disney, Robert A. Iger, the companyÂs president, must state his accomplishments without appearing to engage in an unseemly campaign for the job.


Gordon Brown will be turning over a new leaf in the coming months -- and not just as prime minister.


Sport: Everton own goal allows ten-man Chelsea to snatch victory in  first leg of Carling Cup semi-final


IBM scores 'Symphony' as free online Office rival

InfoWorld - IBM has spun out productivity software included in the latest version of Lotus Notes as a free online service to compete with Microsoft's Office productivity suite.


Militants Attack Gaza Settlements Despite Truce

Palestinian gunmen rained mortar and  rocket fire into Israeli settlements in Gaza on Thursday  despite new President Mahmoud Abbas's formal truce declaration  at a summit that revived Middle East peace hopes.


The British soccer club Manchester United said on Monday that it had received a preliminary takeover offer, which one person close to the talks said was from the owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Malcolm Glazer.


Satellites Watch as China Constructs Giant Dam

Some call it the eighth wonder of world. Others say it's the next Great Wall of China.


Da 1,52% a 1,43%, per il rallentamento dell'economia


Getting Rich off Those Who Work for Free

In open-source software and new media, there's big money in unpaid labor


Hitachi may sell stake in hard drive unit --- sources

Hitachi, Japan's biggest electronics conglomerate, has not posted a profit in its hard disk drive (HDD) business in any year since buying it from IBM for $2 billion in 2002.


Secretary-General Kofi Annan will travel to the Middle East later this week, visiting Lebanon, Israel and most likely Syria and Iran to try to garner support for the U.N. resolution that led to the fragile Israeli-Hezbollah cease-fire, the U.N. said Wednesday.


It was Jason vs. Harry  on DVD last week, and the showdown between "The Bourne  Ultimatum" and Warner Home Video's "Harry Potter and the Order  of the Phoenix" ended in a split decision.


Historical Epic on Paraguay Wins U.S. Literary Award

A historical epic about nineteenth-century Paraguay written by an author who was born in Paris won one of America's top literary prizes on Wednesday at the annual National Book Awards ceremony.


Sandler Up for Laughs After Dramatic Turn

Although he shows more dramatic range than usual in "Spanglish," Adam Sandler isn't running away from comedies.


A report from a four-year, multimillion-dollar investigation into allegations that Chicago police tortured black suspects should be released to the public, a judge ruled Friday.


Home-buyers of tomorrow could find themselves walking across floors made from manure. Researchers at Michigan State University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture insist it's no cow pie in the sky dream. They say that fiber from processed and sterilized cow manure could take the place of sawdust in making fiberboard, which is used to make everything from furniture to flooring to store shelves.


Labour chairman Hazel Blears has joined the contest to become the party's next deputy leader.


Israeli forces thrust into a town in north Gaza and kill a Hamas militant, as a Palestinian schoolgirl dies of her wounds.


Genova, 21:23 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: ACQUISTATO CAMPAGNARO

La Sampdoria ha acquistato a titolo definitivo il difensore argentino Hugo Armando Campagnaro, 27 an...


Michael Schumacher paid tribute to Ferrari's legion of tifosi at Monza on Friday by wearing the colours of the Italian flag on his helmet.


Gas Prices Rise Again After Short Decline

After dropping to less than $2 per gallon last month, the national average price of a gallon of gas is rising again, in large part because of higher crude oil prices, an industry analyst said Sunday.


HOUSTON -- Former NFL defensive lineman Sean Jones surrendered to the FBI on Thursday after he and four others were charged with bank fraud in an alleged scheme to pocket portions of more than $42 million in mortgage loans.


Coming Soon: The Mother of All Genealogy Databases

Web 2.0 technology, including social networking, is being employed to enable people to make family connections and document them online into massive, growing and shared databases.


U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called Monday on the Iraqi government to do more to foster national unity, warning the violence-ridden country was in "grave danger" of collapsing into civil war.


Drop in oil price lights fire under market

The biggest one-day drop in the price of crude oil in more than three years ignited a rally Wednesday that sent the Dow Jones industrial average up by more than 160 points.


A top member of the Shia alliance that won the Iraqi election calls for national unity to build a new state.


NEW YORK - Station managers at several CBS affiliates said Thursday they appear to be a target of a national e-mail campaign placing pressure on the network to oust Dan Rather as anchorman of the "CBS Evening News."   The anger stems from Rather's role in a "60 Minutes" report on President Bush's service in the National Guard. CBS has apologized for reporting on documents critical of Bush's service, widely assumed now as fakes, and appointed a panel to investigate what went wrong in the report...


A genetic test that can determine the origin of ivory could help combat the illegal trade in elephant tusks and their products.


Scientists: Stem Cells Colonies Created Without Harming Embryos

Scientists in Massachusetts said today they had created several colonies of human embryonic stem cells without harming the embryos from which they were derived, the latest in a series of recent advances that could speed development of stem cell-based treatments for a variety of diseases.


I wanted to kill myself, says death row Scot

Kenny Richey, the Scot who spent 21 years on death row before being freed last week, became so depressed behind bars that he contemplated committing suicide


Seventh seed Taylor Dent of the United States has eased past Australian Peter Luczak in the first round of the rain-interrupted China Open at the Beijing Tennis Center.


Garnier and Adecco are found guilty of carrying out a racist recruitment campaign in France in 2000.


Bush Tours Tornado-Damaged Areas in South

ENTERPRISE, Ala., March 3 -- President Bush handed out hugs Saturday to people in the South who survived killer tornadoes, and he mourned those who died in the storms, including eight high school students.


Top Bush Officials Clash Over Iraq Election

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State  Richard Armitage clashed publicly with Defense Secretary Donald  Rumsfeld on Friday over whether Iraq's upcoming elections  should cover the whole country or be held only in areas where  security could be guaranteed.


U.S. Sen. George Allen's Democratic opponent has closed the gap in the race, reflecting two difficult weeks for the first-term Republican battling claims of racial insensitivity, according to a poll released Friday night.


'Incredibles' ices 'Polar' at US box office

In the battle of computer-animated cartoons, "The Incredibles" held onto the top slot at the weekend box office in North America, while the costly Tom Hanks holiday movie "The Polar Express" pulled in at a distant No. 2, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday.


Just ask   Nelly Furtado. Powered by the Timbaland-produced hit "Promiscuous," the   Grammy-winning songbird's latest album, Loose, took the big out   of Busta's Bang and debuted atop the pop chart, moving 219,000   for the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen SoundScan.


Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily December 1,2004 - NEW YORK - "I'm incredibly disciplined. I don't drink. I don't go out a lot. I get up very early and everything I do — which is under the umbrella of 'work' — is all stuff I genuinely enjoy. So I'm very very fortunate to have gotten myself in a position where the stuff that is my work is stuff I would be doing anyway if I was on vacation." Thus spake Simon Doonan when FWD met him for a little pre-holiday shopping at the eponymous Soho boutique of his mod potter husband, Jonathan Adler (47 Greene Street; 212-941-8950; www.jonathanadler.com).


England left to rue disallowed Mark Cueto try as their reign as world champions ends in France


Nib Employs 800 People in the Republic of Ireland, While Northern ...

Danske Bank chief executive Peter Straarup said he planned to expand NIBâs branch network in the Republic. âThe economy of the Republic of Ireland continues to outperform other European economies, and


Prostitutes sew lips together in Bolivia protest

Prostitutes in the Bolivian city of El Alto sewed their lips together on Wednesday as part of a hunger strike to demand that the mayor reopen brothels and bars ordered closed after violent protests by residents last week.


La. Senate Outcome Not Likely Before Dec.

Even if 33 of the 34 Senate seats at stake are decided next Tuesday night or Wednesday, the question of which party controls the Senate may not be resolved until December because of Louisiana's unique primary.


Three former Presidents gather in North Carolina to pay tribute to the evangelist who counseled 10 of them


FCC: 8M Wireless Users Keep Cell Numbers

Nearly 8 million mobile phone users have switched carriers and kept their cell numbers since a new rule allowing that flexibility went into effect one year ago, the Federal Communications Commission disclosed Tuesday.


Video Game Industry Seeks Political Clout

The video game industry intends to establish a political action committee to donate money to game-friendly politicians and candidates.


Israeli Police Arrest Nuclear Whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu

Israeli police arrested Mordechai Vanunu, who served 18 years in prison for leaking details of the country's nuclear program, on suspicion he was giving out more secrets.


Il 13 dicembre la presentazione del libro ÂFare caritÃ  nella veritÃ . Prospettive canonistiche inerenti la communicatio in sacris sacramentaleÂ con la prefazione del Card. Bertone Roma (Agenzia Fides) - GiovedÃ¬ 13 dicembre, alle ore 17,30 presso la Casa Santa Marta nella CittÃ  del Vaticano, verrÃ  presentato il libro "Fare caritÃ  nella veritÃ . Prospettive canonistiche inerenti la communicatio in sacris sacramentale" di Carlo Fa...


ELEANOR HALL: Now to the judgment in the sex abuse trial on Pitcairn Island. A short time ago the court on the Island handed down a guilty verdict against all but one of the seven men who had been charged with offences ranging from indecency to rape.


Early results in East Timor's election shows a slight lead for the ruling Fretilin party as EU monitors hail the vote.


The French assembly passes a controversial bill tightening entry conditions for the relatives of migrants.


Chanting Throng Tunes in to Stern's Sirius Giveaway

Manhattan's Union Square has been the site of anti-war demonstrations over the years, but midday Thursday it became the newest battleground in the satellite radio war.


The Egyptian and Syrian presidents on Wednesday linked calls by the United Nations and fellow Arab leaders for Syrian troops to leave Lebanon to past U.N. resolutions demanding that Israeli pull out of the West Bank and Golan Heights.


AFRICA/ALGERIA - ÂQueste persone hanno diritto alla solidarietÃ  fraterna della nostra piccola Chiesa, per quanto modesti possano essere i nostri mezziÂ dice il Vescovo di Laghouat che ha visitato i campi della popolazione saharawi Algeri (Agenzia Fides)-ÂIl  desiderio di visitare questi campi Ã¨ nato lo stesso giorno della mia nomina a VescovoÂ afferma in una nota inviata a Fides, S.E. Mons. Claude Rault, Vescovo di Laghouat, nel Sahara algerino, che di recente ha visitato i ca...


San Diego Financial Analyst Accused of Bribing FBI

NEW YORK -- A San Diego financial analyst is on trial for bribing an FBI agent and making millions of dollars. Prosecutors claim Anthony Elgindy bribed FBI agents for information on publically traded companies.


Londra, 19:18 - CALCIO, BLAIR: BIGLIETTI PREMIER LEAGUE DEVONO COSTARE DI MENO

Il primo ministro britannico Tony Blair ha caldeggiato l'approvazione di una proposta di legge prese...


Johnson & Johnson is in advanced talks to buy cardiovascular device maker Guidant Corp. for more than $24 billion, a newspaper report said Tuesday.


Buddy Groom's $3 million option was declined Friday by the Baltimore Orioles, who must pay the left-hander a $250,000 buyout.


Chief executive officer Scott Livengood was ousted Tuesday as head of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc., the once-trendy chain whose stock price has plummeted amid a federal securities investigation and allegations of padded sales figures. Shares of Krispy Kreme jumped 12 percent.


New games and consoles helped drive US video game sales to a record last year, figures show.


Gunmen shoot dead Hamas judge at Gaza courthouse

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza  - Unidentified gunmen dragged a judge from the Hamas Islamist movement out of a taxi and shot him dead in front of his courthouse in Gaza on Wednesday, increasing fears of a Palestinian civil war.


Senators question U.S. strategy in Afghanistan

The Bush administration defended its achievements in Afghanistan on Thursday as both Democratic and Republican lawmakers contrasted official accounts of progress with new studies warning of looming failure.


With House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) now involved directly or tangentially in a handful of ethics cases and investigations, some analysts say that another setback could substantially


Democrats loath to predict win this fall

Call it the campaign with no margin for Republican error, in a nation that is war-weary and eager for change, yet seems wary of the Democratic option.


Senate Confirms Rice As Secretary of State

Condoleezza Rice won easy confirmation Wednesday to be President Bush's new secretary of state, despite strong dissent from a small group of Democrats who said she shares blame for mistakes and war deaths in Iraq.


First lady winning Argentina vote: official results

First lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was winning Argentina's presidential election on Sunday, preliminary official results showed.


Mulholland Drives Twins to Win Over Indians

Terry Mulholland pitched six strong  innings as Justin Morneau and Torii Hunter hit back-to-back  home runs to power the Minnesota Twins to an 8-1 home win over  the Cleveland Indians on Sunday.


Afghan Vote Counting Centers Get Ballots

Ballot boxes poured into vote counting centers across Afghanistan on Monday, while an independent panel will probe allegations the landmark election was marred by fraud.


The gamers that will represent the UK at the gaming world's equivalent of the Olympics have been chosen.


Genova, il caso della donna incinta caduta in coma depassÃ©Se il bambino nascesse oggi, non avrebbe chance di vita                                          Quattro settimane per decidere "Temiamo per la salute del feto"


District officials, in an effort to offer residents access to cheaper prescription drugs, have placed a link on the city Web site to a guide for ordering drugs from Canadian pharmacies.


On the eve of his execution, the man at the center of one of the 20th century's most notorious crimes was at peace.


'Teddy' row teacher heading to China: friend

A teacher who was jailed in Sudan for calling a teddy bear Mohammed is to take up an 18-month post teaching English in China, a friend said Saturday.


Aids, in Kenya via alla produzione di farmaci generici

In Kenya iniziera' entro due settimane la produzione di farmaci antiretrovirali contro l'Aids su autorizzazione di fatto gratuita della casa farmaceutica che ne detiene i brevetti. La decisione e' stata annunciata oggi a Nairobi.


Money Managers Returning To Growth (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Ask almost any mutual fund manager about his stock-picking style, and he'll give you his standard reply: I never change the way I pick stocks.


Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including the Cowon iAudio 7 MP3 player, the 2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP and the Sony Handycam HDR-SR7.


Iran's president says nuclear work nearing "peak"

Iran's nuclear work is nearing a "peak", President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday, while the U.N. atomic watchdog chief said Tehran was probably at least three years from making atom bombs even if it chose to do so.


John Ritter, Charlize Theron, Daniel Barenboim, Catherine Zeta ...

The family of John Ritter is suing Providence St. Joseph's Medical Center in Burbank, California, accusing it and its staff of negligence in the death of the actor.


Nel nuovo album con 'Chissa se nevica' in concorso a Sanremo


Hidayat fulfills potential with badminton gold

ATHENS: Taufik Hidayat couldnât stop the tears after winning Indonesiaâs first gold medal of the Athens Olympics. The unheralded Hidayat won the menâs badminton title Saturday, beating seventh-seeded


Merle Kilgore, co-writer of the hit song Ring of Fire, dies of congestive heart failure at the age of 70.


While its neighbors, software infrastructure and hardware upgrades, switched places this month, security held its spot at number three.


High Court Considers Medical Marijuana Case

Several U.S. Supreme Court justices  expressed reservations on Monday about allowing medical  marijuana for sick patients whose doctors have recommended they  smoke it for pain.


Saudi Steps Up Charity Monitoring During Ramadan

The Saudi government has stepped up  surveillance of charities amid fears that some of the big cash  donations made to them during the holy month of Ramadan are  being channeled to militant groups like al Qaeda.


Record-Breaking Red Sox Reach World Series

The Boston Red Sox crushed the New  York Yankees 10-3 Wednesday to complete an historic comeback  victory over their arch-rivals by four games to three in the  American League Championship Series.


Police told to shoot rioters on sight as slain opposition leader's body is taken home


Somalia's Islamic militia seizes village

Somalia's Islamic fighters have seized control of a strategic village near the Ethiopian border, widening their grip over much of the southern part of the country, the group said Saturday.


Carson Palmer wanted to play in Sunday's home finale against the New York Giants but that's not likely after the Bengals quarterback's status was downgraded to doubtful on Friday.


Afghanistan orders UN, EU officials to leave

Afghanistan has ordered a top European Union official and a United Nations staffer to leave the country for threatening national security, government and diplomatic officials said Tuesday.


WABASHA, Minn. - With a State Patrol airplane overhead, a motorcyclist hit the throttle and possibly set the informal record for the fastest speeding ticket in Minnesota history: 205 mph...


New Oriental Energy &Amp; Chemical Corporation Receives $2.2 Million Urea Order

New Oriental Energy & Chemical Corp. (NASDAQ: NOEC), a specialty chemical and emerging alternative fuel manufacturer in The People's Republic of China ("New Oriental"), announced today that Sinofert, a large distributor, has made a $2.2 million purchase order for Urea.


Mention of Prussia Gets Politicians' Backs Up

Seventy-one CDU deputies, which is in opposition in Germany, offered to make Russia's Kaliningrad region and its capital Kaliningrad, which for 700 years was the German city of Koenigsberg, a territory with a ...


Rupert Murdoch resta solo in corsa con 5 mld di dollari


Poignant pictures of returning Black Watch soldiers feature on the front of many of Sunday's newspapers.


Rocket kills 2 Israelis, prompting clash in Gaza

JERUSALEM A Palestinian rocket killed two Israeli children and Israeli forces killed four Palestinians during a day of bloodshed Wednesday along the northern edges of the Gaza Strip.


Liza Minnelli collapsed on stage during a performance in Sweden and was rushed back to the United States for medical treatment, concert organizers said Thursday.


The Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind., Behind the Counter Column

By Herald-Times, Bloomington, Ind.  Mar. 5--BUSINESS NAME: Blue Ace Media.    OWNER: Jo Throckmorton.    LOCATION: 2825 Blue Slopes Drive, Bloomington.


Cheeks' assist on anthem shines as one of NBA's brightest moments

The November brawl between Indiana Pacers players and Detroit Pistons fans in Auburn Hills, Mich., might have been the darkest hour in NBA history. In response to this week's question - What was the league's brightest moment? - a number of fans said it was Magic Johnson playing in the 1992 All-Star Game in Orlando after retiring from the Los Angeles Lakers as a result of testing positive for HIV.


Shaq, Wade show this Heat's too hot for Cavs

It was almost four months in the making, but Shaquille O'Neal finally had his welcome party. Jack Nicholson, though, was not among the invited guests.


After going half a century without producing a Rhodes scholar, Georgia Tech on Sunday celebrated for the second time in two years when the prestigious scholarship was awarded to another one of its students.


China Imposes Martial Law in Area Hit by Ethnic Clash

Chinese authorities have imposed martial law on parts of China's central Henan province after deadly clashes between China's ethnic Han majority and members of the Muslim Hui minority.


Georgia Tech Admits Certifying Violation

Georgia Tech acknowledged Friday that it certified 17 athletes as eligible when they had not met the NCAA's academic requirements.


NEW YORK (CBS) CBS News planned Monday to issue a statement about documents purporting to show President Bush neglected some duties when he was in the National Guard more than 30 years ago.


The yen erased earlier gains on Wednesday  as the positive effect of a larger-than-expected current  account surplus for Japan proved short-lived.


Madonna Makes Israeli Midnight Pilgrimage

JERUSALEM - Pop diva Madonna made a midnight pilgrimage to a Jerusalem cemetery early Sunday, holding a mystical candlelit ceremony at the grave of a Jewish sage.    The singer is in Israel on a five-day spiritual quest along with 2,000 other students of Kabbalah, or Jewish mysticism...


China announces hike in interest rates for the first time in nine ...

China announced Thursday it will raise interest rates for most deposits and loans by more than a quarter point - the first rise in nine years - in a move to cool down the torrid Chinese economy.


South Africa confirms graft trial for Zuma

South African prosecutors said on Tuesday that ANC leader Jacob Zuma would be charged with corruption in a case due to start in August, a move that could jeopardize his chances of becoming South Africa's president.


Leftist Chavez ally leads in Ecuador vote

QUITO, Ecuador  - Ecuador's leftist Rafael Correa, an ally of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, appeared to have clinched Sunday's presidential run-off election after exit polls and one quick count showed he surged past his banana magnate rival to victory.


Lenovo Group Ltd., a Chinese technology giant that has agreed to buy IBM's personal computer division, reported Friday a slight rise in net profit in its fiscal third quarter, citing lower revenue despite strong sales of notebook computers.


Medics, aides and family rush to the West Bank as fears grow for Yasser Arafat's health.


Roma, 11:55 - TENNIS, RANKING WTA: OTTO AZZURRE TRA LE PRIME CENTO

Nessun cambio al vertice della classifica WTA. Le belga Justine Henin rimane saldamente al comando d...


What were the Lakers thinking this summer when they let Kobe Bryant dictate whom the Lakers acquired in the offseason? Everyone knows that they were desperate to re-sign Bryant, but once you give


FARC to give up bodies of dead lawmakers: Colombia

Left-wing Colombian guerrillas will surrender the bodies of 11 kidnapped local lawmakers over the weekend, President Alvaro Uribe said on Thursday, after two months of bitter speculation over how the men were killed.


Hollywood bullish on directors' contract talks

LOS ANGELES  - With rumors flying of an imminent deal, it's safe to say that Day 3 of the Directors Guild of America's contract talks with the studios went well enough for another session to be scheduled for Tuesday.


Scandal of the Trade in Endangered Species

By ANNE JOHNSTONE  THE history of life on earth is, in fact, the history of death. About 20 years ago on a press trip to Kenya I spent a night in a leopard hide, a strange Heath-Robinson structure, like a home-made lighthouse in the middle of the Masai Mara.


Altri tre figli sono risparmiati, soffriva di depressione


A woman who plunged from the Humber Bridge with her two-year-old daughter is freed "as an act of mercy".


Khodorkovsky 'grateful' for life in jail

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the jailed Russian oligarch who once controlled Yukos, said yesterday he had come to terms with the idea of spending time in prison and knew there was little


German Jews warn of neo-Nazi role in poor regions

Neo-Nazi paramilitary groups have gained   strong footholds in economically depressed parts of Germany and   are gaining a voice through far-right political parties,   Germany's top Jewish body said on Wednesday.


The NFL's ability to negotiate exclusive sports packages is under fire from the outgoing chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.


Depressed New Orleans drags feet to polls

New Orleans residents depressed by the city's slow rebound 15 months after Hurricane Katrina have a chance to pick a new voice in Washington on Saturday but their frustration is likely to keep many from the voting booth.


By 2050 heatwaves like that of 2003, which killed 15,000 in Europe and pushed British temperatures above 38C (100F) for the first time, will seem "unusually cool", the Hadley Centre for Climate Change says.