NBA Wrap: Mavericks Overcome Golden State, 101-98

DALLAS (Sports Network) - Dirk Nowitzki scored 25 points  and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Dallas Mavericks overcame an  early 17-point deficit for a 101-98 overtime victory against  Golden State at American Airlines Center.


A Silicon Valley startup is promising to blanket San Francisco with free wireless Internet service, reviving a crusade that crumbled last year after two much larger companies, EarthLink Inc. and Google Inc., scrapped their plans to build a high-speed network for Web surfing.


Consumer sentiment lifted in late Dec: U.Mich

U.S. consumers' mood brightened a bit in late December, but still soured for the month as a whole, the third straight month that it did so, leaving sentiment near its lowest since the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, a report showed on Friday.


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


Maquoketa's Rosenfels could make first career start for Dolphins

_ Third-string quarterback Sage Rosenfels, a Maquoketa native and Iowa State grad, could be pressed into service when the Miami Dolphins play the Buffalo Bills this weekend.


Gene Upshaw was taken aback when he first saw the list of retired NFL players applying for financial help under a new program to help those with dementia and Alzheimer's disease.


Solar Web Hosting Company Powers Live Earth Sites

Affordable Internet Services Online will power the Web sites from its 100 percent solar-powered Web hosting facility.


Finnish house prices fall in Helsinki, continue to rise elsewhere -SF

House prices in the Finnish capital region turned to the descent in the July-September period from the previous quarter, Statistics Finland (SF) said on Friday.


Poor facilities are limiting schooling opportunities for many children in post-Saddam Iraq, says Unicef.


Fire engulfed a liquor store in a shopping center Monday just moments after a gunman barricaded inside began negotiating with police.


Detectives are given an extra 36 hours to question a man about the murder and sexual assault of a two-year-old girl.


Female Bomber Kills 9 in Moscow, Officials Say

A female bomber detonated an explosion outside a subway station in Moscow this evening, killing herself and at least 9 others and wounding 37, officials said.


There is still widespread ignorance about HIV, particularly among young people, a charity suggests.


Williams at his heaviest for WBC title shot

South London fighter Danny Williams has been in record-equalling form ahead of his title fight with WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko in Las Vegas.


International Development Minister Erik Solheim is on Monday hosting a meeting of Sri Lanka Co-Chairs in Oslo, to assess the current situation in the Sri Lankan peace process. via The Norway Post


Kidnappings, violent crime surge in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - Kidnappings and other violent crimes have increased in Haiti in recent weeks, and Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on Monday blamed the surge partly on criminals deported by the United States.


Hospitals are being told to standardise patients' wristbands to cut out errors in care.


Oil traders say that Shi'ite militias are taking vast amounts each month to arm and feed the rank and file


Athletes are marinated in preparation for years, and grilled in harsh evaluation or simply bask in recognition for decades. And during competition, each competitor can handle no more than the prescribed circumstances.


The executions of three former officials in Saddam Hussein's regime can be carried out without presidential decrees because of the scale of their crimes, a judge said Monday.


Iraqis headed to military dump for work latest targets in massive ...

Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying unarmed Iraqis to work at a US weapons dump near Tikrit on Sunday, killing 17 and bringing the toll


Blair backs key aide in cash for honours row

Prime Minister Tony Blair has given strong public backing to his embattled Middle East envoy Lord Michael Levy amid reports he is to be questioned again in a corruption probe.


British terror suspects in a plot linked to security alerts at US financial targets made their first court appearance Wednesday inside a high-security prison, and were ordered to remain in custody.


Preacher in a Star Turn on Film Draws the Faithful

Bishop T. D. Jakes, writer and star of "Woman, Thou Art Loosed," has attracted surprising numbers to his film by using a church-based marketing strategy.


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Free HIV testing available today in Mobile County

In observance of today being World AIDS Day, local agencies will offer free HIV testing and educational events in Mobile County. World AIDS Day began in 1988 as an effort to focus global attention on the disease


Viacom explores China theme parks, movies

MTV Networks owner Viacom  Inc. has held exploratory discussions to develop theme parks in  two regions in China that could also include movie  co-production ventures.


Calif. Jury Recommends Death for Scott Peterson

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.  - A California jury  recommended on Monday that Scott Peterson be put to death for  murdering his wife and unborn son, capping a sensational trial  that riveted much of the country.


US August Inflation Mild, Job Claims Rise

U.S. consumer prices inched up just  0.1 percent last month as gasoline and car prices tumbled, the  government said on Thursday in a report suggesting an inflation  spike earlier this year was an aberration.


: The price of crude oil fell for a third straight day today, heading toward the US$50 mark on an encouraging midweek US petroleum stocks report and China's latest moves to cool its economy.


Aliens and Predators Still Canât Seem to Get Along

The second âAliens vs. Predatorâ film is, like its predecessor, one very dark movie. Not psychologically dark; dark  dark, as in not very generously lighted.


FDA Staff Seeks Input on Merck Cholesterol Drug

Merck & Co.'s Inc.'s cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor would benefit patients who take it properly over the counter, but an advisory panel should weigh the risks if people take higher-than-recommended doses, U.S. regulatory staff said in documents released on Wednesday.


Landing gear and a speedometer are among spare Concorde parts to be auctioned in the French city of Toulouse in September, organizers said Thursday.


E.U. Probes Price Effects of Google, DoubleClick Deal

European Union antitrust regulators asked online advertising companies whether prices would rise if Google's proposed $3.1 billion takeover of DoubleClick is approved, according to an E.U. questionnaire.


South Africa's deputy president signs a new law giving same-sex couples the right to marry from Friday.


DELHI-NAMA: India sees crisis in Pakistanâs peace vision ...

The basic question is: how can Islamabad claim its determination live in peace with India, promote contacts between the two peoples and at the same time demand what India describes as another partition?


ROMA - La Rai sbaraglia la concorrenza in prima serata grazie alla seconda parte della miniserie "Questo amore", con Monica Guerritore. Gli spettatori sono stati 6.573.000 per uno share del 24,45%. Il film


Small caps have the most growth potential.


New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clarke today visited software major Infosys and Biotech major Biocon and interacted with officials on the emerging areas of IT and Biotechnology.


'Pronti a occupare sede del governo e Parlamento'


BRISBANE, Australia - The body of a whale resembling a giant dolphin that washed up on an eastern Australian beach has intrigued local scientists, who agreed Wednesday that it is rare but are not sure just how rare.


Perils lurk on Japan's mobile superhighway

InfoWorld - It's easy to be wowed by Japan's mobile communications infrastructure. "Next-generation" 3G coverage is now so ubiquitous that carriers have already stopped launching 2G phones; an impressive array of attractive handsets offer free digital TV; phones can be used to pay for goods and train rides, thanks to embedded contactless smart cards; and on the mobile information superhighway data whizzes along at 3.6Mbps.


Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, whom the Beatles sought guidance from, is seeking investors, and a branch of his organization has come to New Yorkâs financial district.


Parigi d'accordo con Annan: illegale guerra a Iraq

La Francia si schiera con il segretario generale delle Nazioni Unite. Il ministro degli esteri Michel Barnier sottolinea che questa Ã¨ da tempo la posizione del suo governo. PARIGI - La Francia si schiera con


Despite signs of a slowing economy, Cleantech Venture Network predicts continued flow of venture funds in clean tech.


One in eight hospital patients can expect to be adversely affected by their hospital treatment, Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) members were told yesterday.


They still look like the Bon Jovi of old — with their leather jackets and jeans. And they still act like the boys from New Jersey, proud of their musical brotherhood that spawned numerous hit albums and No. 1 singles.


Improving Vulnerability Management with Penetration Testing

Vulnerability management consists of a combination of technologies and processes that can be used to improve an organizations security posture and to support regulatory compliance initiatives. Security managers commonly use vulnerability assessments to determine the security state of their IT systems. However, changing processes and technologies present a challenge to vulnerability assessment tools, as they can only go so far in detecting potential attack paths.  In addition, changes in technology and business processes are reducing vulnerability assessment effectiveness even further.


Pope says some science shatters human dignity

Pope Benedict said on Thursday  that embryonic stem cell research, artificial insemination and  the prospect of human cloning had "shattered" human dignity.


Open your wallets, Yankees fans. New York scalpers can now legally sell tickets to the highest bidder without fear of getting pinched.


Argentine teen kills 3 in school shooting

A 15-year-old Argentine has killed three fellow students and wounded at least six at a school shooting, local media has reported. The shooting took place early on Tuesday


Stefan Esser's Blog: CORE GRASP - PHP Tainted Mode

Stefan Esser points out a new patch today - CORE GRASP - from the Core Security Technologies group that provides taint support surrounding the mysql_query function.   Their implementation adds a tainted or not flag for every byte so that it is possible on invocation of mysql_query() to determine any kind of injection.   Unfortunately, Stefan also mentions two big issues it might have from the get-go: the overhead for the memory needed can slow things down and an incorrect parsing in their query handler could lead to injection attacks.


If our cityâs status and the currency that backs it are more contested than they once were, that only makes the opening of the Museum of American Finance on Wall Street last month more urgently intriguing.


Attacchi quotidiani dopo cacciata delle Corti islamiche


Movie firms working on digital film system

Tired of being turned away at the theater box office when a movie's sold out? Unhappy there's no art-house theater in your neighborhood to cater to your hoity-toity theatrical tastes?


DENPASAR, Indonesia  - An Indonesian who set up a   militant Web site on behalf of the alleged mastermind of last   year's deadly bombings in Bali was jailed for eight years on   Tuesday.


Colpito con spranga alla testa, fatto accaduto in Molise


Gators Fire Ron Zook After Two-Plus Years

Florida's head football coach Ron Zook tries to maintain his composure during his remarks to the media following his firing by the University of Florida Monday, Oct. 25, 2004 in Gainesville, Fla.


Sylvain Chavanel is among a five-man breakaway, but the peloton is beginning to quickly reel in the escapees.


Sudan's southern rebels deny involvement in crisis in Darfur region

The rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) strongly denied a Sudan government allegation that the group and its leader John Garang are involved in the conflict in the western Darfur region.


The Altria Group, parent of the Philip Morris tobacco companies, posted stronger-than-expected quarterly profit on higher prices in the U.S. and the weaker dollar.


Versace provides color for Richard Avedon photo show

An exhibition of the work of photographer Richard Avedon bursts into color to celebrate his collaboration with fashion design house Versace as his renowned black-and-white portraits are complemented by commercial work.


Samsung network aims to keep Olympics on track

Cell phones and special network let officials, reporters access info on event results, medal counts, event cancellations and the like.


Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has pardoned the victim of a gang-rape whose sentencing to 200 lashes caused an international outcry, the official news agency said on Monday.


By Rob Young, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Feb. 2--A Yuba City man robbed a woman at the point of a hypodermic syringe in his apartment, police said.


BAGHDAD -- A British hostage threatened with death by a militant Islamic group appealed to Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain yesterday to save his life by ordering the release of all women held in Iraqi prisons.


Trademark Law – What Search Marketers Should Know, Part 1

Since search became monetized, trademarks have been a front-and-center issue. Today, with the proliferation of paid and organic search listings, search and trademarks have become a growing dilemma for search engines and advertisers alike.


Venus rolls into semis, Nadal plays catch-up

Venus Williams strode into the semi-finals of Wimbledon on Thursday while tournament organizers cast anxious glances to the sky.


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


Pakistan hunting British suspect in trans-Atlantic jet plot who fled custody

Pakistani authorities were hunting Sunday for a Briton suspected in an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic jetliners after he escaped police custody, a deep embarrassment to the government of President ... via PR-inside.com


Pinch-hitter John Vander Wal chose free agency Wednesday instead of a demotion off the Reds' 40-man roster.


Beijing raised its estimate of the 2006 growth rate from 10.7 percent to 11.1 percent, moving China closer to overtaking Germany as the worldâs third-largest economy.


Ontario picks Brascan subsidiary, other firms for wind power ...

TORONTO (CP) - A subsidiary of conglomerate Brascan Corp. is among several firms chosen by the Ontario government for wind energy projects that were announced Wednesday.


More than 100,000 Afghan and foreign security forces were on high alert Friday, the day before the country's first direct presidential election after more than two decades of war.


Newton North's Barnicle headed to nationals

NEW YORK -- Second time's a charm for Newton North senior Chris Barnicle. After finishing 10th last year, he won the Foot Locker Northeast Regional cross-country race yesterday at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx with a time of 15 minutes 27.2 seconds.


Anne-Sophie Pic is the first female chef to win the prestigious three Michelin stars in decades.


Intel buys stake in EMC's VMware, gets board seat

Intel Corp . will invest about  $219 million for a stake in VMware Inc. and a seat on the board  of the Silicon Valley software company that parent EMC Corp.   is taking public, the companies said on Monday.


The PGA Tour is getting closer to a rule on performance-enhancing drugs, and with testing likely to follow, commissioner Tim Finchem says golf organizations around the world should make sure they're on the same page.


markets. Exports had been sharply reduced due to sabotage and threats from militants. Oil prices rose to nearly $50. (27.5 pounds) a barrel last week but have since eased.


The jury in the murder trial of music producer Phil Spector is expected to retire shortly to consider its verdict.


THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- Harvard researchers have found a new marker that may signal more invasive and lethal forms of colon cancer.


IBM on Tuesday unveiled the eServer i5 550, a new addition to its Power 5-based lineup that it's aiming at mid-sized business.


Democrats plan to press for a minimum wage increase and "tough, smart" national security in their final push to wrest power from the Republicans in the November elections.


Before Aretha Franklin was crowned the Queen of Soul, before the Supremes had their first hit and before anyone even knew who Stevie Wonder was, Bettye LaVette was the emerging star of Detroit.


Three people are rescued from an overnight fire at a block of flats in Armagh city.


Stefan Esser's Blog: MOPB: First Reactions

Stefan Esser takes a look back at the first week (or so) of the Month of PHP Bugs he's doing for the month of March:   We are on day 5 of the Month of PHP Bugs, meanwhile details for 11 Vulnerabilities were disclosed, including 2 Bonus vulnerabilities covering local root vulnerabilities in the Zend Platform.   He mentions that, on the whole, the reaction has been positive, with those few out there that have their own thoughts on the bugs (such as one issues causing two bugs or that other bugs aren't viable because they're not included in a released version of PHP).


Spam Doubles, Finding New Ways to Deliver Itself

The surge has left the antispam industry scrambling to develop new techniques to keep up.


Following music industry measures to clamp down on illegal song piracy, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) are launching civil suits seeking damages of up to $30,000 (â¬23,200) per film.


Fresh off a surprising legal victory in its bid to acquire PeopleSoft, Oracle reported a 16 percent jump in profit Tuesday, beating Wall Street's estimate by a penny.


Gunmen kill Lebanese, kidnap 2 Italians in Nigeria

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria  - Gunmen shot dead a Lebanese engineer and kidnapped two Italians in two separate incidents in Nigeria's oil city Port Harcourt on Friday, authorities said.


The FA says it has made two formal requests to see Panorama's evidence of corruption in football.


Former Baywatch star enters lexicon of informal medical terms


By MAR ROMAN ARANJUEZ, Spain - Victor Manuel Lozano spends his days like most 2-year-olds. He goes to nursery school, draws, rides a tricycle. The difference is, he does it in prison, living with mom, a convicted murderer, and dad, a drug trafficker.


Volvo recalls 360,000 cars for speed control bug

Volvo, a unit of Ford Motor Co. ,  is recalling about 360,000 cars because of a problem with  vehicle speed controls that can cause engines to lose power  without warning, Volvo said on Friday.


Rush to Bio-Fuels Reflects Profitability, Tax Breaks

Tobin Freid has heard so many proposals to build ethanol and biodiesel plants in North Carolina over the past few years that she's lost count.


By , Bloomberg News. Intel Corp., considered a bellwether company in the technology industry, said fourth-quarter sales will exceed its previous forecasts as demand rises for processors that power laptop, desktop and server computers.


(InfoWorld) - With its cash reserves running out, the SCO Group has filed for bankruptcy protection. The Lindon, Utah, company made the announcement in a news release issued Friday afternoon. "The Board of Directors of The SCO Group unanimously determined that Chapter 11 reorganization is in the best long-term interest of SCO and its subsidiaries as well as its customers, shareholders, and employees," the statement said. SCO expects to "maintain all normal business operations throughout the bankruptcy proceedings." Once a respected vendor of the Unix operating system, SCO is now best known as the plaintiff inÂ a long-running lawsuit against IBMÂ related to the computer giant's support of the Linux operating system. SCO has claimed that IBM inappropriately contributed to the development of Linux, but SCO's critics say that the lawsuit was simply a desperate attempt to reach a financial settlement from IBM, which has invested heavily in Linux over the years. The lawsuit had proved to be a costly one. SCO has been losing money for years as it has racked up millions of dollars in legal fees and seen its core Unix software business decline. Last month, it suffered a major legal setback asÂ a federal judge ruled that Novell, not SCO, owns the Unix copyright and that SCO would have to pay Novell for past licensing deals it had struck with Sun and Microsoft. The case is due back in court on Monday, when a judge is to begin evaluating how much SCO has to pay Novell. It was unclear Friday how the Chapter 11 filing might affect Monday's proceeding. SCO's stock has been hammered since March of 2003, when it first filed suit against IBM. On Friday it closed at $0.37, down 43 percent on the bankruptcy news. Â


Glastonbury's green fields embrace green credentials

Glastonbury, the world's biggest  open air arts and music festival, on Thursday made  environmental issues a pillar of the three-day event by  launching its "I Count" campaign to stop climate change.


Anversa, 15:26 - TENNIS: WTA ANVERSA; SCHNYDER KO,AZZURRA KNAPP IN SEMIFINALE

L'italiana Karin Knapp si è qualificata per la semifinale del torneo WTA di Anversa, in Belgi...


Asia's rapid economic expansion has turned its skies into some of world's most polluted and the region must do more to fight a scourge that is blamed for more than 500,000 premature deaths annually, delegates told a clean air conference Wednesday.


U.S. industrial output growth nearly  stalled last month as production cuts at mines and utilities  nearly swamped a solid performance in factories, a report from  the Federal Reserve showed on Wednesday.


Older women with early breast cancer should take a new drug to cut the chance of the disease returning and spreading, it is claimed.


SEATTLE: Microsoft Corp was dealt a setback on Tuesday after the Internet Engineering Task Force decided not to adopt Microsoft's e-mail sender ID standard that would make it easier for Internet providers to block unwanted junk e-mail.


The Knicksâ newfound unity will be seriously tested when the mighty Boston Celtics visit Madison Square Garden on Monday.


Russia may point missiles at Europe if the US goes ahead with its missile defence plans, President Vladimir Putin says.


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Face-Off: To Sell or Not to Sell?: ; Social-Networking Sites in Dilemma of Cashing in or Holding Out

By Michael Liedtke  PALO ALTO, Calif. - As Facebook.com's mastermind, Mark Zuckerberg is sitting on a potential gold mine that could make him the next Silicon Valley whiz kid to strike it rich.


Real Probing of Titanâs atmosphere shall be a landmark

The probe named Huygens is scheduled to hit Titan's atmosphere before or on 14 Jan. to determine whether the Moon's surface has lakes or seas of liquid methane and ethane or not.


Malaysia Teenager in Hospital for Bird Flu Checks

KAMPUNG PASIR PEKAN, Malaysia  - A teenager from the village at the center of a bird flu outbreak has been hospitalized with cold symptoms, Malaysia's health minister said on Friday, as poultry farmers counted their losses.


HAMILTON, Bermuda  - Hurricane Florence advanced   toward Bermuda as residents made last-minute preparations for   the storm that was expected to pass by the island on Monday.


3 women found dead in Chicago apartments

Three women were found bludgeoned to death with a hammer in two apartments on the city's far North Side, and police had a suspect in custody Sunday.


AUSTRALIA: Woolworths posts higher H2 profit

Australian supermarket group Woolworths has reported a 12% increase in second-half profit despite tough competition from rival Coles Myer.


Former Aides To Congress Switch Sides for Upcoming Probes

Deee-fense, Deee-fense Deee-fense. You can almost hear the chant rising from corporate offices all over town. As soon as Democrats take over Congress next month, all sorts of businesses will no doubt face sharp-elbowed congressional hearings called O & I -- oversight and investigations. And they'll...


Palestinians set elections for January ninth

(Ramallah, West Bank-AP) Nov. 14, 2004 - Palestinian officials are pushing forward with steps to a secure a new leader after the death of Yasser Arafat, scheduling presidential elections for January ninth.


Tra gennaio e ottobre 2006 si sono ridotti di oltre il 50%


Lenovo moves marketing services to India

(InfoWorld) - Lenovo Group has moved worldwide marketing services such as creative development to a new hub it has established in Bangalore, India with marketing communications firm Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide. The new center offers these services to all of Lenovo's operations outside China, said Rahul Agarwal, vice president for marketing at Lenovo India, in a telephone interview on Tuesday. Agarwal heads the new operation. The center in Bangalore is involved in developing marketing materials, print, Web, and TV advertising, direct mailers, catalogs, point-of-sale displays, and outdoor advertising, Agarwal said. Down the line, Lenovo may move some of its global product marketing functions to India as well, Agarwal added. The staff at the center, currently numbering about 70, has teams from both Lenovo and Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) working together. While the O&M staff focuses on the creative development, Lenovo staff at the center coordinate the work with Lenovo's country managers in various countries. The center has dedicated teams for each geography, Agarwal said. Lenovo decided to establish this operation in India because of the availability of high quality marketing talent in India, Agarwal said. Expertise in consumer marketing is going to be particularly important as Lenovo gets into the consumer market, he added. Lenovo announced in April that it is setting up a consumer division to replicate worldwide its success in the Chinese consumer market. Cost savings is a "healthy by-product" of having the operations in India, but was not the key driver, Agarwal said. O&M has been associated with Lenovo worldwide, and understands the company's brand, Agarwal added.


Funds to Rebuild Iraq Drift Away From Target

As little as 27 cents of every dollar spent on Iraq's reconstruction has actually filtered down to projects benefiting Iraqis.


Target Corp.  reported higher quarterly profit on Tuesday, beating estimates on strong holiday season sales and growth in its credit card business, though the stock fell more than 3 percent amid a broad market sell-off.


Rep. Davis of Va. won't seek re-election

U.S. Rep. Thomas M. Davis, R-Va., announced Wednesday that he will not seek re-election to Congress, giving Democrats a strong opportunity to pick up a congressional seat in November.


Microsoft plans to announce new media center

Microsoft Corp., world's largest software company, is planning to launch 2005 version of their Media Center software program on Oct. 12.


Turk army chief reaffirms need for N.Iraq incursion

The head of Turkey's powerful armed forces reaffirmed on Wednesday his view that a cross-border operation into northern Iraq was needed to crush Kurdish rebels based there.


London - Mexican cement maker Cemex has agreed to buy British rival RMC Group for about R26.5 billion in cash and debt, the two companies said Monday.


Ukraine's Yushchenko Looks West on First Trip

Ukrainian president-elect Viktor Yushchenko, his inauguration stalled by legal challenges, is to make his first foreign visit to a major European institution, officials said Wednesday, in an apparent snub to Moscow.


Karachi audiences greet Indo-Pak film on 9/11

A Pakistani film starring Indian thespian Naseeruddin Shah on the plight of a Muslim student after the 9/11 terror


Powell a man of 'dialogue and vision': Chirac

French President Jacques Chirac on Tuesday praised outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell, calling him a man of dialogue and vision.


FOXBOROUGH -- A tale of two lines. One could take a bow the morning after a 27-24 win over the Indianapolis Colts. The other, though it played better in the second half Thursday night, needed to spend a little more time watching its errors on film, and hoping to improve next Sunday in Arizona.


Channel 4 forced to air Big Brother apology

Britain's Channel 4 will be forced to broadcast an apology over alleged racist bullying of Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty in reality TV show "Celebrity Big Brother" after broadcasting regulator Ofcom ruled that the channel breached its broadcasting code.


Blair heads for farewell Africa trip, amid Darfur clouds

British Prime Minister Tony Blair left Tuesday for a three-nation trip Africa, his last journey to a continent he has vigorously championed during a decade in office.


Gunmen Kidnap Two Americans, Briton in Baghdad

Gunmen kidnapped two Americans and a  Briton from a house in an affluent central Baghdad neighborhood  on Thursday, the latest in a nearly six-month campaign of  abductions of foreigners in Iraq.


Philadelphia - Something happened - something few probably thought would make a difference - on the way to the Nuggets' blowout of Philadelphia that wasn't.


Rice: U.S. Won't Join Europe in Iran Nuclear Talks

Secretary of state says that the U.S. would rebuff European efforts to bring it into negotiations with Iran aimed at preventing the Islamic state from developing nuclear weapons.


Celtic regained the top spot in the Scottish Premier League after a 2-0 victory away to Dunfermline. The result leaves Celtic top-of-the-table with 44 points from 18 games, a single point clear of arch-rivals Glasgow Rangers.


BAY COUNTY: Second Suspect Charged in Last Month's Shotgun Shooting

By Andy Meinen, The News Herald, Panama City, Fla.  Dec. 8--LYNN HAVEN -- A second suspect was charged Thursday in connection with a Springfield shooting that left a man hospitalized.  Hasan K.


Harrington's perfect timing lines up Langer's ideal hat-trick

Graeme McDowell, possibly a Ryder Cup player of the future, could prevent a third successive victory for a member of Bernhard Langer's team, who head to the States tomorrow.


Wells Fargo & Co. WFC.N, the No. 5  U.S. bank, on Tuesday said fourth-quarter profit rose 10  percent, helped by increased lending to consumers.


Roma, 18:25 - CALCIO: PAPARESTA TORNA IN EUROPA, GIOVEDI' ARBITRA IN UEFA

Gianluca Paparesta torna in Europa. L'arbitro di Bari è stato designato per dirigere Bayer Le...


2 Americans, Briton kidnapped in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Two Americans and a Briton have been seized by kidnappers from their home in central Baghdad, an Iraqi Ministry of Interior representative has told CNN.


The Security Council calls for restraint as several people are reported killed in Burma's crackdown on protests.


A laboratory study finds mobile phones damage human DNA in the lab - but does not show they harm health.


Pesa petrolio, Sol Levante sta uscendo dalla deflazione


HOUSTON - The ball sailed inches over the head of Jeff Bagwell for ball four. The Astros first baseman said something to Cardinals pitcher Julian Tavarez , who yelled something back.


Goldman, Madrone take $1 bln stake in Global Hyatt

Private equity firms Madrone Capital  Partners and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners agreed to invest $1  billion in closely-held Global Hyatt Corp, the hotel company's  Chairman, Tom Pritzker, said on Wednesday.


Researchers in Nottingham discover that, contrary to the saying, money can buy you happiness.


Japan to Protest to China Over Intruder Submarine

Japan will protest to China after concluding that a nuclear-powered submarine that intruded into its waters this week belonged to the Chinese navy, top government spokesman Hiroyuki Hosoda said on Friday.


By The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 2--THE LOCAL match for federal funding of the Arkansas Valley Conduit is included in legislation introduced this week by State Sen. Jim Isgar, D-Hesperus.


Internet Plays a Wider but Limited Role in Disaster

The Internet has also become the main conduit of private donations for what is shaping up to be the biggest international relief effort in decades.


Arsonists Destroy Jewish Center in Paris

Arsonists destroyed a Jewish community center in eastern Paris in a pre-dawn attack Sunday and left behind anti-Semitic graffiti, police said.


France's Socialist Party holds an internal referendum on the European Constitution, with leaders divided on the issue.


The Plain Facts About a Basic Ingredient

By ROSE PRINCE A BAG of plain white flour looks like a bag of, er, plain white flour, but it is not. Extraordinarily it contains four hidden additives: calcium, iron, vitamin B1 and nicotinic acid.


Roma, 12:58 - CALCIO, DISCIPLINARE: CINQUE ANNI DI INIBIZIONE A PREZIOSI

La Commissione disciplinare della Lega Calcio ha deciso di sanzionare il presidente del Genoa, Enric...


Employment grew by 96,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday, well below the level needed to keep pace with the expansion in the labor force and presenting a weak picture


Il titolo sospeso oggi 14 giugno e domani 15/6


PeopleSoft CEO Quits as Oracle Deal Nears

PeopleSoft Inc. PSFT.O on  Tuesday said Chief Executive and Chairman Dave Duffield has  resigned from the business software maker, which agreed to a  $10.3 billion buyout by rival Oracle Corp. ORCL.O earlier  this month.


Apple, China Mobile end iPhone talks: spokeswoman

Apple Inc and China Mobile have called off talks to launch the U.S. firm's popular iPhones in China, a spokeswoman for the Chinese company said on Monday, further dashing speculation the device will hit the country's store shelves soon.


Shocked Japanese sent scrambling as earthquakes inflict heavy toll

OJIYA, Japan, Oct 24  - Overturned cars, crumbled homes and shattered roads greeted rescue workers Sunday after Japan's deadliest earthquake in almost a decade stunned residents used to bearing through the nation's frequent tremors.


Alesha Robertson scored a career-high 37 points, including nine 3-pointers, to lead No. 13 Texas Tech past Miami 109-49 on Monday night.


An antiques shop is suing pop star Michael Jackson for allegedly failing to pay a near Â£100,000 bill. Kamad Enterprise, which owns the Mayfair Gallery in Los Angeles, claims Jackson bought Â£200,000 worth


Welsh hi-tech crime fighting unit formed

A new partnership involving Welsh police forces, the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) and the Welsh Development Agency has been launched to tackle the issue of hi-tech crime against businesses in Wales.


India has slipped further in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) and is ranked 90th on a list of 146 countries, according to Transparency International ratings released today.


Kanye thrashes 50 Cent in first-day sales race

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Kanye West looks set to win the closely watched duel with rival rapper 50 Cent for the No. 1 slot on next week's U.S. pop album chart, according to preliminary sales data issued Wednesday.


Michael Jordan is surrounding himself with old colleagues in his second stint running a team. The Charlotte Bobcats hired Rod Higgins, his former teammate and aide, as general manager Thursday, a move that nearly recreates Jordan's staff with the Washington Wizards.


Rich Polluters Need to Show Better Example -- UN

Rich nations are setting a bad example to the developing world by failing to cut emissions of heat-trapping gases under a landmark U.N. plan to curb global warning, the United Nations climate change chief said.


Australian prime minister John Howard proposes an anti-terror force which could be deployed elsewhere in Asia.


Roma, 12:38 - VOLLEY, MONDIALI MASCHILI: RISULTATI E CLASSIFICHE

Risultati e classifiche della seconda fase del Mondiale di pallavolo maschile, in corso di svolgimen...


Snoop Dogg was held by police overnight on suspicion of using illegal narcotics but was released after questioning and drug tests, a police spokesman said Monday.Comment


Police in the Indian city of Mumbai investigate the alleged assault of two young women on New Year's day.


(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:


Russia's foreign minister on Friday accused Britain of politicizing the investigation into the poisoning death of a former KGB agent, warning it would strain relations between the two countries.


More than 100 currently available automobiles get 40 mpg or better. Why are all but two unavailable in the United States? In Autopia.


Toyota, Ford post strong China vehicle sales

Toyota and Ford, two of the world's three largest auto makers, reported strong first-half sales in China's fast-growing market, where as relative newcomers they are competing to roll out new models to attract customers.


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Renault denies interested in Jaguar, Land Rover

French carmaker Renault  on  Monday denied a British media report saying it was interested  in acquiring Ford's  luxury UK car brands Jaguar and Land  Rover.


Nyon, 16:21 - CALCIO, UEFA; PALERMO, FOSCHI: PER NOI GIRONE DA CHAMPIONS

Il direttore sportivo del Palermo Rino Foschi commenta il duro girone di Uefa che è toccato a...


NaturalNano Closes $3.25 Million Deal - Will Use Proceeds to Develop Pleximer Product Line

NaturalNano, Inc. (OTCBB: NNAN) (FWB: N3N) (www.naturalnano.com),  a materials science company, today announced it has received a $3.25  million cash investment from Platinum Partners Long Term Growth IV and  Longview Special Financing, Inc. through the issuance of Convertible  Secured Notes.


Bombers and gunmen killed eight people in a tense city northeast of Baghdad on Monday as Iraqi security forces prepared to further tighten security ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, when violence traditionally spikes across Iraq.


BEIJING Sept. 20, 2004 - President Hu Jintao's new status as commander of China's military should strengthen efforts to fight corruption and control a surging economy, forcing resistant lower-level officials


Tropical Storm Xangsane barreled across central Vietnam on Sunday, leaving at least six people dead, hundreds injured and tens of thousands of homes damaged, officials said.


Frequent Flier: Packing Knives and Trailing Crawfish

Transportation Security Administration agents didnÂt know what to do with a knife-packing chef from New Orleans.


Older Americans Can Expect Longer, Healthier Lives

The average 65-year-old American woman can now expect nearly two more decades of life, while men of the same age will live an average of 16 years longer.


Britain's Blair in Baghdad to boost Iraq PM

British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Baghdad on Sunday to lend support to the Iraqi government, which is under pressure from Washington to do more to stem worsening violence.


Blog: Space Adventures says that the cost of a flight to the International Space Station aboard the Russian Soyuz rocket will go up as much as $20 million in the coming years because of inflation.


CEATEC: Toshiba, Canon Show 55-Inch SED TV

Prototype is the largest SED screen yet; production slated for July 2007.


If companies like Apple or Prada can design a mobile phone, why not Google?


Keele Uni celebrates record-breaking vice chancellor

Massive pay rise wows staff Keele University big cheese Janet Finch has given the troubled seat of learning something to celebrate, by securing a whopping 31.7 per cent pay rise last year.â¦


Web Help for Getting a Mortgage the Criminal Way

New Web sites have helped to fuel the rampant mortgage fraud that has caused a huge spike in loan defaults.


Paulson: India should proceed with nuclear deal

AMTALA, India  - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Sunday urged India to proceed with a civilian nuclear deal as soon as possible, but acknowledged that domestic political controversy over the deal must be resolved first.


THE way people choose and buy family cars today has changed a lot. Ten years ago, the perfect family car would have been a classic 3-box sedan powered by a 1.5-litre petrol engine. Then around 20 years ago, the MPVs arrived.


FALLUJAH, Iraq, Oct 8 (MASNET & News Agencies) - Militants executed British hostage Kenneth Bigley, it was announced, bringing a tragic end to a three-week ordeal, while US planes bombed a suspected hideout of another militant blamed for beheading several


Tommy Hilfiger Down 24 Pct on U.S. Probe

Shares of Tommy Hilfiger Corp.  fell 24 percent on Monday morning after the clothing maker said a federal grand jury subpoenaed documents from its U.S. unit regarding commissions paid to a subsidiary outside the United States.


The Lord Chancellor is to call for a change in the perception that the Human Rights Act is a "terrorists' charter".


England welcome back their Euro 2004 sensation Wayne Rooney on Saturday in what should be a pulsating World Cup qualifier against Wales at the teenager's new Old Trafford home.


Ben Roethlisberger throws for a career-high 316 yards to outgun an improving Eli Manning and lead the Steelers to a 33-30 victory on Saturday afternoon.


Search Marketing has redefined the art of copywriting with the limited and precious space allowed by Yahoo Search Marketing & Google.  Now, with the Google Quality Score and the Yahoo Quality Index, the copy on the landing page can be just as important to optimize a site’s conversions, which then effect the ranking of its [...]


A top North Korean official is visiting China for talks expected to focus on the North's nuclear programme.


Millions of $40 government coupons become available Tuesday to help low-tech television owners buy special converter boxes for older TVs that might not work after the switch to digital broadcasting.


Sudan accepts hybrid force for Darfur: AU

Sudan has agreed to the deployment, mandate and structure of a combined United Nations and African Union peacekeeping force for its troubled Darfur region, a senior AU official said on Tuesday.


Bob Melvin was fired as manager of the Seattle Mariners yesterday, a day after the team ended the season with its 99th loss.


Australia's Howard to Campaign on Record, Latham Pledges Change

Australians will go to the polls on Oct. 9, with Prime Minister John Howard campaigning for a fourth term on his record of economic management, low interest rates and national security.


ISP blows the whistle on router chip 'fault'

Market-leading hardware doubted Exclusive: One of the UK's best-respected broadband providers has raised concerns about the reliability of the world's most popular ADSL chip.â¦


Fujitsu pulls out switch blade for IBM, Dell and HP

All together now Fujitsu has kicked off a major effort to see its 10Gbps networking gear make its way into blade servers from the likes of HP, IBM, Dell and Sun Microsystems. More broadly, Fujitsu expects increased standardization in the blade market in the near future.â¦


"Pirates" finds treasures in Southern California

LOS ANGELES  - It turns out that the "world's end" in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" is in Southern California.


Band Aid Remake Celebrates Giving Christmas Spirit

A remake of the melancholy Christmas tune, Do They Know It's Christmas, released as a charity single by many of Britain's top bands, has sold 95,000 copies on its first day of release.


The company, housing lender Fannie Mae, is the biggest in the region, with nearly $1 trillion in assets and gobs of outstanding debt held by pension funds and banks and even foreign central banks, all of which crave its implicit US government guarantee.


Operazione Ps contro responsabili di traffico e spaccio


Presidential Guidester polls voters, matches their positions with those of candidates.


European Tour Member Retief Goosen captured the season-ending Tour Championship on the US PGA Tour when he turned a four stroke deficit into a four stroke victory over Tiger Woods at East Lake Golf Club, Atlanta, Georgia.


Slugger Bonds Wins Record Seventh NL MVP

Barry Bonds won his record seventh NL MVP award in a walk. Capping a season filled with suspicion and success, the San Francisco Giants left fielder became the oldest player to become the MVP of a major North American professional league. The 40-year-old received 24 of 32 first-place votes and 407 points Monday in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America to earn the award for the fourth straight season.


For the Wall Street Journal, Tim Hanrahan and Jason Fry write, “In Monday’s column, we predicted that the combination of the iPod’s popularity and the increasing worry over viruses, security holes and spyware in Windows PCs will lead to the second coming of Apple Computer as a home-computing power. To say that struck a chord would be putting it mildly. Boy, did we ever get mail — including a significant number of people who said that the iPod, Windows security concerns or a combination of the two had made them switch to a Mac or plan to do so.” [Paid WSJ subscription required.] [Dec 23]


Respected comic Dangerfield dies aged 82

The American comedian Rodney Dangerfield, who parlayed his self-deprecating humour and trademark catchphrase "I don't get no respect" into a movie career, has died aged 82.


Federal policy is meeting Western reality on the rangelands of Idaho, where wide-open spaces, technological glitches and bitter cold all are potential obstacles to plans to track livestock and protect the food supply from disease and bioterrorism.


A presidential commission has modified its proposal for a trust fund that would use up to $4 billion in annual offshore oil and gas royalties to safeguard oceans and coastal areas. The change was to answer governors' fears the idea might spur more drilling off their coasts.


CHICAGO Chicago-based Tribune Company has named publishing veteran Vincent Casanova as the new vice president for circulation. Casanova will be responsible for guiding the overall circulation marketing, sales


MALE, Maldives -- Many people thought the Dec. 26 tsunamis would turn this tropical tourist paradise into a modern-day Atlantis. After all, the islands that make up the Maldives average only 3 feet in height.


Toyota to build new plant in India by 2010: report

Toyota Motor Corp. (7203.T) plans to  build a new plant by 2010 in southern Indian concentrating on  inexpensive, smaller model cars, the Nikkei business daily  reported on Monday.


Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft is heading for a close encounter with the giant planet Jupiter.


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It's now or never Users of Orange's SmartGroups are being booted off the service today, as we reported earlier this month.â¦


Map thief resented prestigious libraries: court

A dealer of antique treasures who   admitted stealing more than $3 million in rare maps was   resentful of the world's top libraries and acted to finance his   rich tastes and rising debt, prosecutors said on Thursday.


Milano, 19:59 - CALCIO, INTER: PER MOURINHO E' LA FAVORITA IN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

Josè Mourinho, il tecnico del Chelsea, vede l'Inter favorita per la vittoria finale della Cha...


Indian security forces last night shot dead the country's most wanted bandit, the brutal leader of an ivory smuggling gang they had been chasing for decades.


Having a Muskie moment isn't necessarily a bad thing anymore.


Japan's Sanyo Electric Co., the biggest maker of rechargeable batteries, is recalling 1.3 million of its cell phone batteries.


Prime Minister Tony Blair has been questioned for a second time by police probing cash-for-honours allegations.


Confirmed: Big Facebook advertising announcement on Nov. 6

After invitees leaked details to bloggers, the company has confirmed that its much-rumored advertising strategy will see the light of day at a high-profile New York event.


(InfoWorld) - If companies likeÂ AppleÂ or even Italian fashion designerÂ PradaÂ can design a mobile phone, why not Google? Maybe it will. Rumors have been circulating in blogosphere for some time about the U.S. search-engine giant studying the possibility of designing its own phone. A recent job opening posted on the Google Web site appears to confirm the company may now be tinkering with more than just an idea but with some real hardware in its engineering labs. "Google is experimenting with a few wireless communications systems including some completely novel concepts," according to the Web-site recruitment text. "We are building a small team of top-notch Logic Designers and Analog Designers aimed at nothing less than making the entire world's information accessible from anywhere for free." Additional qualifications include "extensive circuit modeling and analysis experience, excellent programming skills, experience with switch power supply design" and a ham radio license. With the mobile phone soon to become the most popular device to access the Internet, it wouldn't be unthinkable for the world's largest search-engine company to want to grab a bigger piece of the action, according to some analysts. "In the wake of Apple and some other big-name brands moving into the handset business, why not Google?" said Phil Taylor, senior analyst with Strategy Analytics. Google and its arch rival Yahoo have been striking deals with both operators keen to offer search-engine services to their mobile phone customers and manufacturers interested in embedding search functions directly in their handsets, according to Taylor. Late last year,Â rumors emergedÂ about Google and French mobile phone operator OrangeÂ holding discussions about a possible partnership to design a co-branded, Google-enabled handset, he said. "If Google were to enter the market, it would likely work with an operator as Apple has done with Cingular in the U.S.," Taylor said. "And like Apple, Google would focus on designing the product and work with a contract manufacturer to produce it." But for Google to make a splash in the crowded mobile phone market, the company would need to design a product that sticks out among the rest -- as Apple is doing with itsÂ large-size, touch display, according to Taylor. "It will be a challenge to come up with a really new design," he said. Google could not be immediately reached for comment. Â


Iran Expects OPEC to Leave Quotas Steady

OPEC ministers will concentrate on quota  compliance rather than cutting official production ceilings to  combat falling oil prices when they meet in Cairo this week,  Iran's oil minister was quoted as saying on Monday.


Arabs Split Over 'Legitimacy' of Iraq Beheadings

Are foreign hostages hapless victims of militants abusing Islam or casualties of the US-led occupation of Iraq? Hostage-taking and grisly killings in Iraq are dividing Arabs across the Middle East.


Health Tip: Autism Affects Children in Different Ways

(HealthDay News) -- Autism is a disorder that affects the social behaviors of a child, including the way he speaks, communicates, thinks and acts around others.


Somali Reconciliation Talks Are Delayed Another Month

NAIROBI, June 13 -- A reconciliation conference intended to lay the groundwork for political stability in Somalia has been postponed again, the conference chairman said Wednesday.


US Stocks Fail to Sustain Rise; Alcoa Sends Dow Average Lower

US stocks failed to sustain a rally on the second-to-last day of the year as a drop in Alcoa Inc. pulled down the Dow Jones Industrial Average.


On Bangladesh Martyrs' Day, calls for war trials

Thousands of Bangladeshis gathered on Friday at a memorial for intellectuals and professionals killed during the 1971 independence war amid demands for punishment of "war criminals".


HOPKINTON -- If there's one room in the house that's his, Ron Sargent says it's the home office.


In his first two weeks in office, the city's new mayor announced changes to his staff, readied a budget proposal, attended a handful of news conferences — and laughed it up on the "Late Show with David Letterman."


Tra oggi ed il 29 dicembre, a Roma l'esodo maggiore


K.J. Choi had to work harder than he imagined to become the Sony Open champion everyone expected.


Torino, 15:34 - CALCIO, JUVE; CAPELLO: ATTENTI AL CONTROPIEDE UDINESE

La Juventus scopre i rischi della partita di domenica con l'Udinese. "Dobbiamo essere abituati a mom...


Japan backs Bush's four-nation tsunami aid initiative

TOKYO - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura on Thursday supported US President George W Bush's initiative involving Japan, Australia and India aimed at helping victims of the massive earthquake and tsunamis in Asia.


Federal programs involving food safety, transportation spending and technology security were added Wednesday to a congressional "high risk" list, meaning their inefficiencies leave them vulnerable to fraud, waste and abuse.


Three suspected Muslim militants have gunned down a British man in the Saudi capital Riyadh, security sources and diplomats say. They said the gunmen, driving past in a car, shot the man


Thousands of evacuees return to their California homes, some of which are wrecked, as wildfires subside.


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Update 4: PeopleSoft Willing to Talk With Oracle

The PeopleSoft Inc. director who has been leading the defense of the software company's antitakeover measures said Tuesday the company's board is willing to talk about a deal with rival Oracle Corp.


ANALYSIS-Not all share US optimism after Afghan violence

When President Hamid Karzai sacked Afghanistan's most powerful provincial governor and his own close rival at the weekend, protesters in the western city of Herat


Palermo, 22:50 - CALCIO, ZAMPARINI: CERTA GENTE DEVE FINIRE IN GALERA

''Considero dei delinquenti chi va allo stadio a fare a botte. Io personalmente l'ho sempre detto fi...


Durante negoziato ministero valutera' cessione sua quota


PAARL, South Africa  - Former tennis champion Chris Evert and ex-golf number one Greg Norman announced their engagement on Friday, during the South African Open golf tournament in the South-Western Cape.


Palermo, 18:41 - CALCIO, PALERMO: COLANTUONO: NULLA DA RIMPROVERARE

Il tecnico del Palermo Stefano Colantuono contento del pareggio contro il Torino in casa. "Ai ragazz...


Silent wait for announcement of Karzai victory

KABUL, Oct 25  - Afghans were in limbo Monday as they awaited the formal announcement of what everyone already knows: Hamid Karzai will be their first elected president for the next five years.


Russia's President Putin says the US should set a date for a withdrawal from Iraq.


Team Shosholoza hold their own against the best

South Africa's yachting crew, team Shosholoza, are making big waves at the second precursor to the 2007 America's Cup in Valencia in Spain.


Oracle sees PeopleSoft offer gaining ground

The two companies are waiting for a hearing in Delaware next week when a judge will hear evidence from PeopleSoft regarding why its board rejected Oracle's latest bid of $24 a share.


The body of a 23-year-old charity worker is found partially covered by stones in a gully in northern India.


Suicide blast kills at least 10 in crowded market

A car bomb detonated in a crowded outdoor market in Balad Ruz on Sunday, killing 10 people and wounding 27, a Diyala province security official said.


ConocoPhillips wins LUKoil stake in historic auction

MOSCOW : US oil major ConocoPhillips bought a 7.6-percent government stake in Russia's second-largest producer LUKoil for nearly two billion dollars in the nation's largest post-Soviet privatization deal.


Companies to pitch cheaper Medicare drug plans

Companies that provide Medicare   prescription drug coverage will offer most seniors cheaper   options for 2007 during an enrollment period next month, U.S.   officials said on Friday.


Jurors in the trial of a man accused of murdering British backpacker Caroline Stuttle are considering their verdict.


Philadelphia Expands Free Wireless Web Access Zone

Philadelphia expanded free outdoor  wireless Internet access on Tuesday as part of a  multimillion-dollar plan to connect the entire city by early  2006.


War of words erupts between figures in HP scandal

(InfoWorld) - The attorney for ousted Hewlett-Packard chairman Patricia Dunn fired back Wednesday at public comments made by board rival Thomas Perkins about theÂ HP pretexting scandal. "Mr. Perkins...has made the biggest mistake of his career. He is a bully, and he is bullying the wrong people," said James Brosnahan, attorney for Dunn, in a statement in response to what Brosnahan called a "gratuitous attack" on his client in a speech Perkins gave Tuesday in San Francisco. In an appearance at the VentureOne Outlook Conference, a gathering of venture capitalists, Perkins said the HP dispute about how to control leaks of board deliberations to the media was really a fight for control of the board, which Dunn won, according to media reports of his speech. Perkins also lamented that many corporate boards, including HP's, have turned from being "guidance" boards into "compliance" boards. Rather than advising the company on how to run its business as a "guidance" style director, "compliance" directors are increasingly focused on maintaining compliance with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regulations governing publicly traded companies. He described Dunn as a compliance-style director, according to the reports. Dunn was indicted in October 2006 on four felony counts in California state court for authorizing an investigation into HP board member leaks to the media. Investigators hired by HP allegedly used false pretenses, or "pretexting," to get phone companies to divulge calling records for people they were investigating. A former legal counsel for HP and two private detectives hired by HP are also facing trial. The scandal broke in September 2006 because Perkins demanded the company publicly state, in an SEC filing, why he quit the board four months earlier. Because the state case is still awaiting trial, Dunn can't directly respond to Perkins' remarks, but her attorney had plenty to say. "Mr. Perkins generated an attack on Patricia Dunn, hired lawyers, hired a public relations firm, and all because his colleague on the Hewlett-Packard board [Jay Keyworth] was found to be leaking information. Now he is attempting to further prejudice the public against Patricia Dunn," Brosnahan wrote. Perkins quit the board when Keyworth was outed as the director who leaked information to the media. In his statement, Brosnahan said Perkins is likely to be called as a witness in Dunn's trial. He also accused Perkins of publicly criticizing Dunn to draw attention to Perkins' soon-to-be-published book, which is expected to touch on the pretexting scandal. A call to Perkins' office was not immediately returned.


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Indicted Rep. William J. Jefferson (D-La.) pleaded not guilty to bribery, racketeering and money-laundering charges this morning in a federal courtroom in Alexandria and was told to surrender his passport pending a January trial.


Iraq's interim Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, has said that 'major neglect' by US-led forces led to the killing of 49 Iraqi army recruits by insurgents at the weekend.


Six mountain climbers have died of  exposure in the Alps when temperatures plunged to well below  freezing, Italian and French officials said on Wednesday.


Fred Ebb, Broadway Lyricist of 'Cabaret,' Dies

Fred Ebb, who wrote the lyrics to  Broadway musical hits including "Cabaret" and "Chicago" and the  words to the Big Apple anthem, "New York, New York," died on  Saturday after a heart attack, his agent said.


Roger Federer won his 40th successive match on Friday, beating German Tommy Haas 6-4 7-5 to reach the Dubai Open final.


PHIL Neville insists Manchester United don't fear anyone in the Champions League last 16 and declared: "Bring on the Italians.


IBM on Wednesday announced the pre-release of several tools for SMBs (small and midsize businesses) designed to speed development of solutions built on IBM middleware.


Experts advise caution on implementing NAC

Speaker asks: "Do you want NAC because you heard it's important or do you have real business problems to solve?"


Si e' staccata nel canalino Teodulo, a 3.300 metri


Recovery Fuels Metairie-Based Audubon Engineering

By Penix, Matthew  Oil and gas infrastructure was left mangled when Hurricane Katrina rambled through the Gulf of Mexico in August 2005. Vast amounts of work needed to be done by engineering firms already short on employees.


In Europe, Gates to push for NATO help in Afghanistan

Defense Secretary Robert Gates heads to Scotland Wednesday to ask for more European troops.


ALLEN IVERSON hit a 14-footer at the buzzer to earn the Philadelphia 76ers 106-104 overtime win over the Indiana Pacers today, spoiling Ron Artest's return from a two-game suspension.


A new Christian video game spurs boycott calls, with critics calling it "both the Inquisition and the Crusades".


A Virgin Atlantic plane was diverted to land at Stansted airport north of London Thursday after receiving a bomb threat, police said.


Puerto Rico Shocks U.S. Men's Basketball Team

In an upset that was as historic as it was inevitable, the U.S. men's basketball team lost for only the third time ever in the Olympics.


Kerry Wins Fans Abroad with Global Warming Plan

Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry has won plaudits abroad for his promises to fight global warming but could find his hands tied at home if he wins next week's U.S. elections.


There's strong Oscar buzz for his film, Elizabeth.


Regional grocer Pathmark Stores Inc. (PTMK) on Thursday reported a quarterly loss and warned that it was in danger of breaching some debt covenants by the end of the current quarter as it grapples with weaker sales and rising costs.


The Senate passed a far-reaching, $136 billion corporate tax package Monday that cuts taxes for businesses ranging from film companies to bow and arrow makers while closing tax loopholes and


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


LeftHand flings SAN at cash-striken virtual servers

Virtual SAN Appliance for VMware ESX LeftHand Networks is snuggling close to virtualization market leader VMware, to bring a SAN solution to that ever-elusive - and inconveniently ever-cash-conscious - market, the SMB.â¦


NORTH CAROLINA 91, KENTUCKY 78 Tar Heels' Experience Gets Best of ...

One of the first significant challenges to North Carolina's national aspirations this season came Saturday afternoon when Kentucky visited the Smith Center.


South Korea to Pick Country's First 2 Astronauts

South Korea will pick its first two astronauts next year for a space trip by 2007, the science ministry said Sunday, after Russia agreed to help the country's space program.


The smuggling of Afghan heroin into Russia increased markedly this year, Moscow's interior minister reports.


Mistrial declared in Phil Spector murder case

A judge declared a mistrial in the murder case against music legend Phil Spector after a jury announced for the second time in a week that it was hopelessly deadlocked. Spector went on trial in April, charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of B-movie queen Lana Clarkson after a night in the nightclubs of Hollywood.


Announcing OpenLink AJAX Toolkit (OAT) v2.1

OpenLink Software are pleased to announce release 2.1 of the OpenLink AJAX Toolkit (OAT).    This release introduces the following new features:     * Enhanced RDF Parser (includes support for RDF/XML and RDF/N3)    * New Faceted RDF Data Browser    * RDF Graph Visualization Control with sidebar for Graph Density manipulation    * New RSS Reader Control    * Visual SPARQL Query Builder added to + Form Designer's Data Source control    * OpenAjaxAlliance conformance    * Inter-control messaging system    * Enhanced Tree and Dock Controls    * Enhanced Anchor tag that facilitates lookups to SQL, XML, and RDF Data Sources via In Page Activation of Data Driven Web Pages    * Updated Animation API  For further information, please see:   Project homepage on sourceforge.net: http://sourceforge.net/projects/oat   File downloads: http://sourceforge.net/projects/oat/files   Live Features Demonstrations: http://demo.openlinksw.com/DAV/JS/demo/index.html


Chinese Pottery Yields Leftovers of Stone Age Happy Hour

Imagine the long centuries of the Stone Age, when life was, by definition, hard and there was not a tipple to be had. People in the Middle East came to find a pleasing remedy in the marvel


Segretario Energia Usa: "Mantenere l'equilibrio di mercato"


Jayendra Saraswathi gets bail in murder case

The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Jayendra Saraswathi, one of Hinduism's most venerated clerics, after he spent nearly two months in jail in connection with the murder of a temple official.


AT&T has temporarily suspended a new parental control service on cell phones after it was discovered there were potential issues with 911 services.


Edwards keeps on running in presidential race

COLUMBIA, South Carolina  - John Edwards just keeps on running. He hasn't won a single contest in the Democratic race for the U.S. presidential nomination but the millionaire lawyer with the movie star smile still hopes to be a player in the November election.


Advocates call for greater funding for HIV vaccine research

Attendees of the AIDS Vaccine '04 conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Monday called for increased global financial support for the development of HIV vaccines, saying as much as $18 billion will be needed over the next decade for vaccine research.


THE HOPE that the world will curb global warming before it drastically changes weather, farming, and the spread of insect-borne diseases was buoyed by two developments this week.


Air France-KLM raises operating profit, shares fall

The French airline Air France-KLM has reported a 7.8-percent rise in second-quarter operating profit owing to strong passenger traffic, but net profit slumped on exceptional factors.


Gunmen Kidnap Two Americans, Briton in Baghdad

Gunmen snatched two Americans and a  Briton from a house in an affluent neighborhood of central  Baghdad on Thursday, the latest in a nearly six-month campaign  of abductions of foreigners in Iraq.


The alums went down hard, which is exactly what Doc Rivers told his guys to expect.


Stocks rallied early Wednesday - pushing the Dow industrials to a record trading high - after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said inflation pressures appear to have eased.


International community urged to play an active role in rebuilding ...

TOKYO : Iraq has asked the international community to play an active role in rebuilding its war-torn infrastructure and help alleviate its debts.


Monday night's scuffle at the 2nd annual "Vibe Awards" turned into a stabbing incident, leaving the accused assailant hospitalized with a collapsed lung. The accused stabber, Young Buck, surrendered to Santa Monica cops Friday. The 23- year-old G-Unit ...


A fugitive doctor accused of running a shadowy organ transplant operation in India that illegally removed hundreds of kidneys Â in some cases from unwilling donors Â has been arrested in southern Nepal, an official said Friday.


The tough part of the schedule is upon the Redskins as they prepare to face the Eagles twice, the Steelers and the Giants.


The US created 96,000 jobs in September, a slowdown from the previous month, in the last major figures before November's election.


Magazine Started by Warhol Names Editorial Directors

Glenn OâBrien, a longtime New York writer and editor, and Fabien Baron, most recently the creative director for French Vogue, were named joint editorial directors of Interview magazine.


Lithuania's Conservatives, Liberals Claim Surprise Election Win

Lithuania's two biggest opposition parties claimed victory in elections yesterday, saying they would dominate a new cabinet in the former Soviet Baltic state after upsetting the Labor party and the governing coalition.


The state unemployment rate held steady at 4.6 percent for the fourth consecutive month, but the state lost 3,300 payroll jobs and employers remained cautious about adding workers, the Labor Department reported yesterday.


JAKARTA The Indonesian police said Friday that they believed that at least two, possibly three, suicide bombers were inside a van that blew up outside the Australian Embassy, killing nine Indonesians and wounding more than 180 people.


Vampire goes head to head with Half-Life 2

Activision has revealed that it plans to ship Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines on November 16th in the USA, meaning that the game will be in direct competition with Valve's Half-Life 2 - the Source Engine technology for which Bloodlines uses under


Judge orders hearing on destroyed CIA videos

A judge on Tuesday scheduled a hearing into whether the CIA violated a court order by destroying videotapes of the harsh interrogations of two terrorism suspects.


Romney Attracts More of Bush's Top Donors Than Rivals

Bloomberg - July 20 (Bloomberg) -- Mitt Romney has attracted more donations from President George W. Bush's top fund-raisers than his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, Federal Election Commission records show.


IMF Seeks Curbed Bank Lending, Tight Budget in Sofia ... |read|

Business: 30 November 2004, Tuesday. Bank lending growth and budget 2005 are expected to dominate talks between Bulgarian authorities and the IMF mission, which starts its visit here on Wednesday.


North Korea wants direct military talks with U.S

North Korea called on Friday for military talks with the United States for peace and security on the peninsula, while Washington has said it can discuss a peace treaty after Pyongyang abandons its nuclear weapons program.


Hanoi, 12:03 - CALCIO, CT GIAPPONE INSULTA GIOCATORI: INTERPRETE PIANGE

Il pari con il Qatar (1-1) in Coppa d'Asia non è andato giÃ¹ al ct del Giappone, Ivica Osim, c...


Flickr Users Consider Their Potential Microsoft Overlords

Microsoftâs bid is shaking up the community of the photo-sharing site Flickr, which is owned by Yahoo.


US Widens Definition of Torture, Calling It `Illegal' in Memo

The US Justice Department revised a policy statement on torture, calling it ``abhorrent'' and illegal and defining it more broadly than an August 2002 memorandum that the Bush administration


The court martial of the soldier accused of leading the Abu Ghraib abuses hears the soldier routinely ignored commands.


Taiwan Court Rejects Presidential Election Suit

Taiwan's High Court on Thursday rejected  a second lawsuit to nullify the March 20 presidential poll and  upheld President Chen Shui-bian's narrow re-election victory.


Charges laid against eight terror suspects

Eight men arrested in an anti-terror swoop in London and other parts of England two weeks ago were charged with conspiracy to murder and other terrorist-related activities.


Prostitutes fear serial killer in Atlantic City

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey  - In Atlantic City, the prostitutes toil not far from this gambling city's famed Boardwalk hoping to turn a trick even though many know a serial killer on the loose has murdered their sister streetwalkers.


Napoli, 17:16 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; REJA: SOSA FORSE IN CAMPO DALL'INIZIO

Napoli a Trieste per vincere. ''Scenderemo in campo come al solito per cercare di vincere la gara - ...


Auburn frustrated but 'honored' to be in Sugar

"We're honored to be in the Sugar Bowl, but in our hearts we still feel like we should be playing for the championship," Tigers quarterback Jason Campbell said Sunday after he and his teammates


A rumor that Sen. Ted Stevens wants to block the online encyclopedia from schools and libraries is as wrong as thinking the net's tubes are clogged. In 27B Stroke 6.


Luxury trip for Panasonic's 150-inch plasma

You think fitting a gigantic TV in your house is tough? Try getting it on a plane.


White House Campaigns Hunt Voters Door-To-Door

Armed with a Palm Pilot and stacks of political fliers and registration forms, Michael Smith is hunting for voters the old-fashioned way -- by knocking on one door at a time.


Learn to identify companies ready for a breakout.


Ellen MacArthur is to be made a dame as she gets a hero's welcome after sailing around the world solo in record time.


Istanbul, 16:09 - F1. GP TURCHIA; MASSA: WEEK END PERFETTO

"E' stato un week end incredibile! Sono molto contento, soddisfatto per la seconda vittoria qui e la...


PeopleSoft CEO: 'Have you ever had a bad dream?'

PeopleSoft chief executive Craig Conway wasted no time during his keynote address at the companyâs annual user conference reassuring customers that an Oracle takeover is not in its future.


Law enforcement agents have raided five homes and one ISP in what the Department of Justice calls the first federal enforcement action against piracy on peer-to-peer networks.


SWAMPSCOTT -- The Lynn Classical Rams used the ground, and the Swampscott Big Blue used the air. But in the end, it was a sensational 81-yard kickoff return by Nate Guy late in the fourth quarter that provided Classical with a 34-27 come-from-behind victory yesterday.


Theories Fly About Origin of Mystery Ship

By Tom LochnerLegend is full of unsolved mysteries of ships that vanish without a trace. Port Costa offers a variation on the theme: the ship that appeared, apparently out of nowhere.


Elmo's Arrival Tickles Children and Merchants

By DONNA GOODISON  Mattel Inc.'s T.M.X. Elmo hit store shelves yesterday, ending months of closely guarded secrecy about the 10th anniversary version of the furry Sesame Street monster.


Rapper Jay-Z stepping down as Def Jam president

Universal Music Group said on Monday that Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter is stepping down as president of its Def Jam Records unit, effective by the end of the year.


Reporter Freed as Rebel Cleric Brokers a Deal

A kidnapped American journalist was released Sunday after the intervention of the cleric Moktada al-Sadr, even as his Shiite militia engaged


What, having twins isn't enough? Patricia and Kevin Uniacke want to become landlords now, too?


Pigeons homing instincts due to their magnetic beaks!

Scientist have always wondered how pigeons manage to be such good navigators and have a 'nose for the north' and now a new study has suggested that it is because they have small magnetic particles in their beaks, which helps them detect different magnetic


Ken Caminiti, 1996 NL MVP, Dies at Age 41

NEW YORK - Ken Caminiti, the 1996 National League MVP who later admitted using steroids during his major league career, died Sunday. He was 41...


NEW YORK  - Republicans began taking a  bite at the Big Apple on Monday as they launched their  political convention by hyping President Bush's leadership  qualities and approving the party's platform.


Padoa-Schioppa ha ridotto la manovra di 5 miliardima solo per il miglioramento strutturale del gettito fiscale                                          La sfida del super-ministro: sul rigore non abbasso la guardia                                                                                "Nessuno si illuda: lo sforzo che ci attende Ã¨ enorme " di MASSIMO GIANNINI


Endesa tells shareholders to wait for E.ON's improved takeover bid

Spanish energy group Endesa welcomed the takeover plans of German giant E.ON, but advised its shareholders to wait until E.ON had improved its offer as promised before accepting the acquisition.


FOXBOROUGH -- The Revolution did not want to back into the playoffs. They went on the offensive early in a 3-1 win over the Colorado Rapids last night at Gillette Stadium, scoring on a fourth-minute penalty kick, then converting the clinching goal by Jose Manuel Abundis in his first MLS game.


NEW YORK - Scarlett Johansson struts her stuff in cleavage-baring dresses on the red carpet, but in real life, she'd rather remain a mystery.


ATHENS -- The spotlight returned to Marion Jones last night, dimmer but harsher than four years ago. The warming glow is gone, the celebrity tarnished by innuendoes about drug use, and whatever flattering light remains comes from the same smile that lit up the Sydney Games.


Low-budget horror film The Grudge, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, heads the US box office chart.


The G8 summit opens in Germany amid discord over climate change and a rift between Russia and the West.


U.N. report says Britain worst place for children

Britain is the worst country in the  industrialized world in which to be a child, the United Nations  Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday.


The government announces a feasibility study for a tidal power project which could supply about 5% of UK electricity.


Indian NGO says that Vodafone investment in mobile services operator Hutchison Essar is in breach of government regulations.


LaLanne's birthday parties just don't stop

Jack LaLanne keeps going and going, and so do the parties celebrating his 90th birthday.


Europe's Ryder Cup captain Bernhard Langer stresses the strength of his players' team spirit.


Musician Bo Diddley is in stable condition in a US hospital after suffering a heart attack.


EMC Corp. , the world's largest computer storage company, plans to be more active in Israel following a spate of acquisitions of Israeli companies, a senior executive said on Tuesday.


Microsoft battles piracy with free software

Company lays out booty for nonpirates who prove their Windows software is the real thing.


Interceptor downs missile in test over Pacific

The U.S. military shot down a dummy   warhead over the Pacific on Friday in what it described as a   "huge step" in development of an anti-missile shield activated   in July to guard against missiles test-fired by North Korea.


VATICANO - ÂDio: pace o dominioÂ in onda martedÃ¬ prossimo, 19 giugno, su Rai Uno dalle undici di sera. Seconda tappa di un lungo viaggio verso i confini piÃ¹ remoti delle religioni del mondo. Titolo della puntata: ÂDio: per Amore o per Odio?Â CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Â«Dio: per Amore o per Odio?Â». Ã questo il tema della seconda puntata di ÂDio: pace o dominioÂ in onda martedÃ¬ prossimo, 19 giugno, su Rai Uno alle undici della sera. Dopo il successo di pubblico della prima puntat...


The members of reunited rock band the Police are at war with each other -- and they couldn't be having more fun.


The British Museum in London unveils a major programme featuring cultural treasures from Sudan.


US warplanes have bombed a village in eastern Afghanistan causing a number of casualties, local officials say.


Three Little Pigs book deemed offensive to Muslims

And builders, bless 'em A digital book based on the story of the Three Little Pigs has been rejected by judges presiding over the annual BETT awards of the government's educational technology tentacle, Becta, because the literary deployment of porkers "raises cultural issues".â¦


Troubled retailers Sharper Image Corp. and Lillian Vernon Corp. have filed for bankruptcy, pointing to the effects of a weak holiday season and a struggling economy.


TOKYO - An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 on Monday jolted areas in Niigata Prefecture hit by a series of strong earthquakes since late October, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.


White House to Congress: Don't micromanage war

The White House said it does not want Congress to micromanage U.S. commanders in Iraq by limiting the 2002 resolution that authorized President Bush to invade that country, as Democratic senators have proposed.


LOS ANGELES The St. Louis Cardinals are back in the National League Championship Series for the third time in five seasons. Albert Pujols (POO'-hohlz) drove in the last four runs and the Cards advanced by


India and Pakistan say a train bombing that killed at least 66 people will not disrupt their peace process.


Lawyers for six foreign medics sentenced to death in Libya for infecting children with HIV appeal their convictions.


Torino, 15:58 - CALCIO, JUVE: RISONANZA MAGNETICA PER CAMORANESI

Ecografia di controllo per Mauro German Camoranesi. L'esame ha evidenziato un'avanzata fase di guari...


LAFAYETTE, La. - Willie Nelson and four others were issued misdemeanor citations for possession of narcotic mushrooms and marijuana after a traffic stop Monday morning on a Louisiana highway, state police said.


Italy: Lecce suffer first defeat at Chievo, Cagliari beat Brescia

VERONA/CAGLIARI, Oct 2 (SW) - Chievo Verona were the first team this season to beat Lecce, while Cagliari were too strong for Brescia.


Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told Congress he's staying at the Justice Department to try to repair its broken image


Laksamana.Net - Two Indonesian female migrant workers freed by militants in Iraq are expected to arrive home within a day or two, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said Wednesday (6/10/04).


U.N. Finds Fraud, Mismanagement in Peacekeeping

UNITED NATIONS -- A U.N. task force has uncovered a pervasive pattern of corruption and mismanagement involving hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts for fuel, food, construction and other materials and services used by U.N. peacekeeping operations, which are in the midst of their largest...


New safety warnings added to abortion pill

New warnings will be added to an abortion pill implicated in the death of an 18-year-old California woman last fall, linking Mifeprex to the risk of serious bacterial infection.


Blue Cross proposes fix for uninsured Americans

A U.S. health insurance giant on Wednesday presented a proposal to reduce the number of Americans without medical coverage and said it was intended as a blueprint for U.S. policymakers.


The US space agency Nasa announces details of a mission to give the Hubble space telescope a major boost.


Was Colin Powell angry? He's so smooth and politic it's hard to tell. But only a week before, the man President George W. Bush once likened to George C. Marshall had been, in effect, fired.


U.S. to invite Syria, Saudi Arabia to peace meeting

The United States will invite the members of an Arab League panel that includes Syria and Saudi Arabia to a Middle East peace conference it plans to hold this year, a senior U.S. official said on Sunday.


Vodafone has denied a report that it is buying Verizon for $160 billion--but says it is contemplating a deal.


Nonprofit Seeks OK for Development ; 300-Acre Project Near Eldorado

By ERICA CORDOVA Journal Staff Writer  The Santa Fe County Commission is scheduled today to consider approval of a master plan for a 300-acre, mixed-use development located south of Eldorado on the west side of U.S. 285.


Cleveland Browns head coach Butch Davis resigned Tuesday.


Even environmentally aware people are unwilling to reduce the amount of flying they do, research shows.


No hangups in Cingular purchase of old AT&T cellular unit

Cingular Wireless LLC took over as the leading provider of cell phone service in St. Louis and the nation on Tuesday when it completed the purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc.


Era su un carrello elevatore che si e' inceppato


A child dies and a mother is injured after being hit by a vehicle on an Edinburgh street.


CIT Group's Q3 profit up 25%, tops by a penny

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- CIT Group (CIT) achieved 25 percent growth in net earnings for the third quarter, reporting $183.9 million, or 86 cents per share, up from $147.


Fashion films celebrate reclusive kings of couture

Two French documentaries feting the lives of reclusive designers Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld shore up the myths that surround their subjects but shed little light on the men behind the fashions.


Hopes Pinned on Talks in Russia Hostage Drama

Gunmen held hundreds of children and adults captive in a school gym into the night in turbulent southern Russia Thursday, but the Kremlin remained silent about an attack which amounted to a huge humiliation.


Make Your WAN Work Like A LANA guide to fast application delivery at the branch

(Source: Citrix) Delivering important applications quickly to business frontlines is mission critical in today's increasingly distributed enterprise. If branch office application performance over the wide area network (WAN) is not living up to expectation, and you want LAN-like speeds from your WAN, then download this white paper now.


High-Deductible Plans Cost More  For Maternity Care

The first study of its kind has found that families typically pay much more out of pocket for maternity care under the new high-deductible health insurance plans paired with health savings accounts that have been heavily touted by President Bush and others.


Mideast peace in 2008 unlikely due to U.S. vote: Assad

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said  achieving Middle East peace in 2008 looked unrealistic because  the United States would be preoccupied with the presidential  election.


John Stanhope, chief financial officer of Telstra Corp., speaks at a news conference from Melbourne about the company's offer to buy back shares for as much as A$4.


Former Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan has indicated he could be interested in a new spell in charge at St James Park.


Louis Vuitton on Friday lost a bag war  battle to stop competitors from imitating its famous "LV" logo  style when a U.S. judge refused to order Dooney & Bourke to  stop marketing a line with its "DB" monogram.


BA flight makes emergency landing in London

A British Airways plane on a flight from China made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport on Thursday, officials said.


A woman who left the hospital even though she'd been diagnosed with a deadly new TB strain is the first confirmed case of the strain in South Africa's most populous province, health officials said Thursday.


Modifying a Dynamic Library Without Changing the Source Code

Placing your own code between a program and the  libraries it is linked against is easy when you use the LD_PRELOAD  environment variable.


How TiVo and Amazon are working to eradicate disc media

Blog: Taking another step towards a completely digital movie marketplace, Amazon and TiVo announced the availability of Unbox videos through a TiVo remote.


Orange flames erupt from a train carriage, at right, at Atocha railway station in Madrid, Spain. The image shows people, foreground, atop an escalator leaving a crowded platform as the station is already shrouded


Nasce da accordo tra Societe' Generale e Credit Agricole


Women's HIV rates rise rapidly, report says

The epidemic of human immunodeficiency virus infection is growing more rapidly in women than in men in almost every part of the world, according to a new report.


Procura attende esito istruttoria aperta dalla Consob


Tycho:  After Gods & Heroes was scrapped, developer Perpetual Entertainment was sued by their PR company.  People are being sued all the time, and we should know, but in this case they were being sued for really interesting things: namely, a kind of "bounty" on initial sales based on their tireless promotion of the title.  Is that common in these arrangements?  I don't think most people consider that role especially powerful, but companies don't write in clauses like that for no reason.  The articles you see on news sites are written by people you know, but the content, timing, and (if they can swing it) tone of those articles is typically part of a fairly scientific structure cooked up by PR.  They contextualize the demos in their entirety, negotiate access, and stud their speech with tactical phrases they hope will find their way into the final piece.


Gov. Kaine to Request Money for Teachers, Educational Programs: The Proposals Will Be Part of a Budget Package Kaine Submits to the General Assembly's Key Money Committees.

By Michael Sluss, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Dec. 13--RICHMOND -- Gov. Tim Kaine will ask state lawmakers to increase the pay of public school teachers by 3 percent next year and to fund pilot projects to expand access to pre-kindergarten programs when they amend Virginia's two-year budget.


Several people, including three American police trainers, have been killed in a powerful blast in the Afghan capital. The blast was caused by explosive devices in a truck in Kabul's Shar-i-Naw district where


KERBALA, Iraq  - Over a million Shi'ite pilgrims defied bombers and gunmen to flock to the Iraqi holy city of Kerbala on Wednesday, the day after scores were killed in a string of attacks likely to fuel sectarian bitterness.


Coke set to buy Glaceau for $4.2 bln: NYT

The directors of Coca-Cola Co.   have approved the purchase of vitamin water maker Glaceau for  $4.2 billion in cash and Coke stock, the New York Times  reported on its Web site on Friday, citing an executive  involved in the talks.


Fear Stalks YUKOS HQ Amid Raids and Arrest Warrants

Under a powdery gray Moscow sky, YUKOS employees trudged through the snow to work on Friday, fearful for the future but afraid to speak out against a government about to dismember the once-mighty oil firm.


NEW YORK - If PalmOne's Tungsten T5 handheld was an automobile, it would be described as being a facelift rather than a complete overhaul of the model that preceded it, the Tungsten T3.


Rocker Melissa Etheridge Diagnosed with Cancer

Rock singer Melissa Etheridge has  been diagnosed with breast cancer and has cut short her North  American concert tour to undergo surgery, her publicist said on  Friday.


PeopleSoft fate left to shareholder vote

The PeopleSoft board has rejected Larry Ellison "best and final" $8.8 billion hostile takeover offer, leaving the Oracle chief executive with no choice but to appeal directly to PeopleSoft shareholders.


Parigi, 14:05 - MOTOGP, L'EQUIPE: SCHUMI IN GARA CON DUCATI AL MUGELLO

Michael Schumacher potrebbe partecipare quest'anno a un Gran Premio della classe MotoGp. Lo scrive i...


FOOTBALL: RAE KNEE SCAN HAS MCLEISH IN A SWEAT

ALEX RAE was in hospital yesterday for a scan on his injured knee after playing through the pain barrier in Sunday's Old Firm clash.


Children's Place Retail Stores Inc. (PLCE.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it will buy 313 retail stores from Walt Disney Co.


NEW YORKâAnti-gay groups are furious over Vice President Dick Cheney's seeming dismissal of a federal ban on gay marriage, especially because President Bush himself has gone on record supporting such a ban.


Tainted hot springs in at least 20 resort towns in Japan include several whose waters had been celebrated for centuries. The disclosures of fraud at the springs have stained one of the most precious rituals of Japanese culture -- group bathing.


Yahoo! Inc. has hired a former television programmer, who was behind shows such as "The Sopranos" on HBO, to head the online giant's media and entertainment division.


Mental illness common in returning U.S. soldiers

NEW YORK  - High rates of mental health disorders are being diagnosed among US military personnel soon after being released from duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to investigators in San Francisco.


iSoft takeover likely in days, not weeks

CSC considers its options The takeover of iSoft by Aussie firm IBA Health is likely to go ahead.â¦


Money talk hit Cameroon performance, says coach

Cameroon's German coach Winfried Schaefer criticised his players for spending an hour discussing their bonus payments before Wednesday's friendly international against Germany, a match they lost 3-0.


Please hand the opposition the silver bullet ... so it may finally ...

University de Los Andes (ULA) lecturer Jutta Schmitt writes: In the wake of the Presidential recall referendum and as soon as the preliminary results had been announced by the National Elections Council (CNE) in the early morning hours of Monday, August 16


EDF Energy puts up electricity tariffs by 7.9% and gas prices by 12.9%, blaming the soaring cost of wholesale energy.


Insurgents battled American troops in the streets of Baghdad yesterday, killing a US soldier in an ambush and shooting to death four government employees in signals that the guerrillas remain a potent force despite the fall of their stronghold of Fallujah


Chrysler Sees Big Savings from New Engine Venture

DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler division on Thursday said it will save $100 million a year from production of a new jointly developed four-cylinder engine that is more powerful, cleaner burning and far more advanced than the one it builds today.


Dow Jones guadagna lo 0,62%, Nasdaq a 0,76%


The Belkin booth was my favorite at the show. They emerged as a design and innovation powerhouse.


CBS chief calls Rather comments `sexist'

CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves shot back at former CBS news anchor Dan Rather on Tuesday, saying remarks Rather made about his successor, Katie Couric, were "sexist."


Parmalat sues in US for $10b to recoup losses

Parmalat's government-appointed administrator filed a suit yesterday against Bank of America in a federal court in North Carolina in the latest attempt by the


Long Stifled, Iraqis Make Most of Chance to Vent on Talk Radio

Iraq's first talk radio station, Radio Dijla, has been putting Iraqis' opinions on everything from politics to romance directly on the air.


AMSTERDAM The man accused of killing a filmmaker critical of Islam will also be charged with membership in a group with "terrorist intentions" and conspiracy to murder a politician, prosecutors said Friday.


HP shares rise as profit beats Street targets

Hewlett-Packard Co  on Tuesday reported higher-than-expected quarterly earnings and forecast results ahead of Wall Street targets as it sold more PCs and server computers, sending its shares up 6 percent.


Sarkozy headed for big win in French poll

France voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that is expected to give an overwhelming majority to conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy for his program of tax and labor reform.


In Japan, Inflation Surges and Job Market Sags

Japanâs inflation rose at the fastest pace in more than nine years in November while industrial production and household spending declined.


Edvard Munch - Pictures from Norway Opens

EMDEN, GERMANY.- Through January 16, 2005, German audiences will have a rare opportunity to experience the quality and depth of one of the most prolific and poetic artists of the twentieth century.


Chiusa in casa dal padre,alcuni familiari portati in caserma


Rice Denies Seeing Iranian Proposal in '03

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was pressed yesterday on whether the Bush administration missed an opportunity to improve relations with Iran in 2003, when Tehran issued a proposal calling for a broad dialogue with the United States, on matters including cooperation on nuclear safeguards, action...


NFL ROUNDUP Ogden Is Likely to Join Roll of Missing Ravens

By The Associated Press. Baltimore left tackle Jonathan Ogden, who has a pulled hamstring, will probably miss the Ravens' game against the unbeaten Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.


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Tennis Roundup: Near Home, Blake Tops A Friend

Top-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova won her first title this season when the qualifier Agnes Szavay retired with a back injury yesterday while leading, 6-4, 0-3.


Gasparri e Bonaiuti contro premier.Cofferati: inaccettabile


United Airlines on Friday said it will  need about $500 million in annual cost cuts above the $655  million now in the works and also received court approval for  more time to develop a reorganization plan without interference  from creditors.


Security officials for the first presidential inauguration since Sept. 11, 2001, are requiring every reporter, photographer and cameraman who works in and around the Capitol that day to be fingerprinted and undergo background checks.


Public Domain Books, Ready for Your iPod

Several emerging collectives offer free or inexpensive audiobooks, usually read by volunteers, of works whose copyrights have expired.


Dollar Regains Footing Against Euro, Yen

The dollar regained its footing against  the euro and yen on Thursday, trimming losses after a record  U.S. trade gap underlined structural flaws in the world's  largest economy in the previous session.


Red Hat, Hyperic start open-source project

InfoWorld - Red Hat and Hyperic have formed an open-source project for developing a core set of IT infrastructure management capabilities, the companies announced Thursday.


BANGKOK, THAILAND - Myanmar's secretive military regime has forced out its prime minister and placed him under house arrest, a move that could be seen as a victory for conservatives.


Motorola's Looking Where To Put Its Cell Phone

The hand-set maker announced it was considering spinning off or celling its cell phone division.


Oracle stock surges after quarterly earnings top expectations

Shares of Oracle Corp. surged more than seven per cent Wednesday after the software maker topped Wall Street's profit forecast.


Dems to seek withdrawal from Iraq by '08

House Democratic leaders intend to propose legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the fall of 2008, and even earlier if the Iraqi government fails to meet security and other goals, congressional officials said Wednesday night.


LONDON -- Barclays PLC , which is competing with Royal Bank of Scotland PLC to buy ABN Amro Holding NV in the largest takeover fight in financial industry history, said yesterday it received approval from Dutch regulators to delay its proposed takeover.


Selling Liberian Embassy Properties: Part of the Ongoing Unbridled Corruption

The selling of the Liberian Embassy Properties in London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as well as the premises in Lagos, Nigeria is part of the ongoing unbridled corruption that is so ...