The game-by-game story of how this Red Sox-Cardinals World Series matchup plays itself out is going to add a new chapter to Sox history. However, we'll also be keeping an eye on one of the lesser stories that will reflect the big news from the Series.


Prodi: e' splendida, al di la' di ogni immaginazione


Democrat John Kerry reminded his hometown supporters at a $3 million fund-raiser Saturday night that he's come from behind to win elections before.


Researchers anticipate a major recruiting effort and construction boom as California's new stem-cell experiment gets under way, creating what amounts to an independent West Coast version of the National Institutes of Health.


Aid crisis as charity is forced out of Darfur

International efforts to alleviate Darfur's humanitarian crisis suffered a serious setback yesterday when Save the Children announced that it was ending operations in the increasingly dangerous Sudanese region.


Abe's party on course for defeat in Japan election: poll

Japan's ruling coalition is on course for defeat in critical elections this month, which could cost Prime Minister Shinzo Abe his job, a survey said Wednesday.


Press freedom groups voice dismay at moves by China to increase restrictions on foreign news agencies.


Arafatâs Nephew: Medical Report Gives no Clear Cause of Death

Yasser Arafat's nephew says the late Palestinian leader's medical records give no clear cause for his death, but there were no trace of known poisons.


Louis Saha is out of Man Utd's Champions League tie against Lille but Wayne Rooney is passed fit.


Pekerman hired as Argentina soccer coach

Jose Pekerman was hired Thursday as Argentina's national soccer coach following the abrupt resignation of Marcelo Bielsa. Pekerman coached Argentina's youth programs during the late 1990s and won several championships.


A court in Australia finds a police officer not guilty over the death of an Aboriginal man in 2004.


Theater Review | 'The Misanthrope': No Wonder Heâs Cranky; Heâs Covered in Condiments

Ivo van Hove goes for the guts in this wildly tossed salad of a production of MoliÃ¨reâs greatest play.


Son of the Great One: Skating in Gretzky's Shadow

At 15 and in only his second season of competitive hockey, Ty Gretzky is far from the budding hockey superstar that his father, Wayne, was at the same age.


Jones in Long-Jump Final; Johnson Falters

ATHENS, Greece - Marion Jones made a quiet debut, drawing a smattering of applause while advancing to the long jump final. Allen Johnson attracted the eyes of the entire Olympic Stadium, for all the wrong reasons...


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Military contractors may be concealing data breaches by international cyberspies.


Diamonds used in swindle to be auctioned

Diamonds are forever. And for restitution, too. Martin Frankel, the Greenwich, Conn., financier who swindled millions from insurance companies, converted his ill-gotten gains into diamonds before fleeing the country in 1999.


Flu Shot Contamination Not A Health Crisis: CDC

Last week, the Chiron Corporation, which manufactures close to half of America's influenza vaccine supply announced a delay in shipping its Fluvirin influenza virus vaccine, due to the possibility of contaminated doses.


Mass. School of Law urges US to reduce clout of Bar

The Massachusetts School of Law has been asking a provocative question since it opened nearly 20 years ago: Should the legal profession be limited only to the white and the wealthy?


(Source: ProCurve) More networks are being attacked and threatened, in more devious and creative ways, than ever before. Incidents range from viruses and worms to Trojan horses and internal sabotage.  ProCurve Network Immunity Manager is a cost-effective software solution for managing internal network threats. Network Immunity Manager brings security and the network together by leveraging internal attack detection in conjunction with external network and security information to monitor the network for internal threats. Download this white paper to learn more.


Widespread growth likely in global ICT sector

OECD report predicts heady times ahead Heady days of 20 and 30 per cent growth in the 1990s remains unlikely, but the worldwide ICT sector is expected to grow a vigorous six per cent in 2006, according to a new report.â¦


Nasce grande distretto per competere con colossi stranieri


World cocoa prices drop as production in the Ivory Coast resumes following several days of unrest and mob violence.


The ghost of Janet Jackson's breast apparently has scared off Fox   from Mickey Rooney's bottom.


Intermec Partners With NASA to Research New Automated Part Tracking Technologies for Space-Borne Vehicles

Intermec Inc. (NYSE:IN) today announced a cooperative research effort  with the NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center to investigate new  Automatic Identification Tracking (AIT) System technologies.


TV Networks Vow Caution Over Speed in Election

Television news executives, still  smarting from the debacle of Election Night coverage in 2000,  say their desire to be first in calling a winner will take a  back seat this year to a loftier goal -- getting it right.


France slammed by Iran after minister warns of war

A warning from French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner that the world has to prepare for a possible war with Iran over its nuclear programme triggered alarm in the Middle East and elsewhere Monday.


Woman Charged As Missing Ark. Girl Sought

A family friend was charged with kidnapping a 6-year-old girl who disappeared after riding her bicycle to a grocery store.


New "Pirates" movie aims for box office treasure

Three years ago, $654 million smash  hit movie "Pirates of Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"  handed its Hollywood makers a devil of a dilemma: How the heck  to top it?


Kellogg Co  on Wednesday posted lower quarterly profit, hit by rising costs for wheat and other commodities and increased spending on advertising.


Palestinians blow up border wall, flood into Egypt

RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured into Egypt from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after militants blew up a border wall, and stocked up on food and fuel in short supply because of an Israeli blockade.


Wind-powered phone-charger coming to market?

Designer guaging interest Gotwind, the organisation behing the wind-powered mobile phone recharger prototypes Orange will be spinning at this weekend's Glastonbury gathering, has said it may put the product into production - if there's a demand for it.â¦


Between 1974 and 1991, Daryl Hall & John Oates scored 34 chart entries on The Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.


Disabled deprived of access to many top Web sites

Many Web sites around the world  are beyond the reach of disabled persons but could easily be  improved to meet international accessibility standards, a  survey commissioned by the United Nations found on Tuesday.


AFRICA/KENYA - LÂattentato di Nairobi non sembra legato allÂoperazione contro la setta Mungiki Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- ÂAl momento la polizia conferma la morte del solo attentatore, anche se le notizie sono ancora frammentarieÂ dicono allÂAgenzia Fides fonti giornalistiche da Nairobi, capitale del Kenya dove  una bomba Ã¨ esplosa questa mattin...


Philippines brewer San Miguel makes bid for Australia's National ...

SYDNEY : Philippines-based San Miguel Corp. has launched a 1.78 billion dollar (1.38 billion US) takeover bid for Australia's National Foods, topping a rival offer from New Zealand dairy company Fonterra.


New Nuggets coach utilizing aggressive, straight-to-the-point ...

In his first full day as Nuggets head coach, Michael Cooper did what he did as a player: He got in guys' faces. Before leading his first practice Wednesday, Cooper met privately with each Nuggets player.


Plunging necklines a no-no at Manila masses

The Catholic Church has issued guidelines on what Filipinos should wear to mass in Manila after some parishioners complained about distracting skimpy attire.


An Opening Scene for a Developer's Dream

A long-awaited effort to bring high-end retail to Prince George's County kicked off Friday with the opening of a 14-screen movie theater.


Analyst firm suggests that Apple might add enterprise devices or applications to make phone more adaptable, secure.


Non-fiction docu to release in multiplexes

Madhushree DuttaÂs ÂSeven Islands and a MetroÂ will be the first of its kind, to bag multiplex release by


Allstate Profit Drops 37% on Storm Losses

CHICAGO  â The Allstate Corporation, the property and casualty insurer, reported a 37 percent decline in fourth-quarter profit Tuesday on higher catastrophe losses and increased costs.


Beijing court rules against pirate retailers

(InfoWorld) - A Beijing court has convicted and fined operators of a pirated DVD shop Monday, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) said. The owners of the shop, Beijing Century Hai Hong Trading Co., were found guilty of copyright infringement for selling pirated copies of DVD movies. Judge Song Guang of the Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court ordered the company to pay damages of 164,000 yuan ($20,964) to the copyright holders, and to immediately cease sale of all pirated DVDs. The pirated films sold by Beijing Century Hai Hong were all from MPA member companies, but the MPA did not state which members nor name the films involved in the case, in a Tuesday statement. The MPA is the international arm of the Motion Picture Association of America, the American film industry's lobbying group. It is comprised of Hollywood's largest film studios: Buena Vista International; Paramount Pictures; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Twentieth Century Fox International; Sony Pictures Releasing International; Warner Brothers International Theatrical Distribution; and Universal International Films.


Grizzly author mauled by bear in U.S. park

An author who has written books on grizzlies has survived an attack by one of the bears in America's famed Yellowstone National Park, the National Park Service said on Thursday.


The EU man for freedom â¦ unless youâre a gay single mother

Rocco Buttiglione cut a shambolic, apelike figure as he ambled into his hearing before the European parliament committees that will oversee his work as the EUâs commissioner for justice, freedom and security.


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Official Urges U.S. to Curb Its Deficits

A top European Union official Monday urged the United States to curb its deficits to help bolster the sagging dollar amid fears a strengthening euro would stifle Europe's fledgling economic recovery.


R. Kelly Sues Jay-Z After Tour Cut Short

R. Kelly Sues Jay-Z for $75M, Alleging Jay-Z Kicked Him Off Tour Because of 'Spite and Jealousy'. Jay-Z, left and R. Kelly perform during a concert at Nasssau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004.


US oil prices have raced towards $46 a barrel after Russia's YUKOS suspended some oil exports to China and as traders remain concerned about storm-related supply disruptions into the United States.


Ex-Guantanamo Inmates Face British Police Questions

Four Britons freed from the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay face questioning by British police on Wednesday as part of what their lawyers branded a bogus process compounding "three years of torture."


The Israeli parliament is braced for protests as it begins a historic debate on pulling out of the Gaza Strip.


President George W. Bush   acknowledged on Wednesday the CIA had interrogated dozens of   terrorism suspects at secret overseas locations and said 14 of   those held had been sent to the U.S. military prison at   Guantanamo Bay.


Graeme McDowell, unencumbered by Ryder Cup distractions, surged into the lead at the Linde German Masters at Gut LÃ¤rchenhof in Cologne yesterday with a second-round 64, eight under par.


Office pitched as a development platform

Reinforcing its positioning of Office as not just an applications suite, but a development platform, Microsoft on Wednesday kicked off its first Office System Developer Conference.


POLICE used tear gas today to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who lit fires, smashed windows and beat up journalists as they marched through Athens to protest a visit by US Secretary of State Colin Powell.


EA Signs an Agent, Goes Big Internationally

Winning abroad ain't easy for a loner -- hence, the help.


WTO Rejects U.S. Appeal on Canadian Wheat

The World Trade Organization's (WTO) top  trade court on Monday rejected a U.S. appeal against a ruling  exonerating the export policies of the Canadian Wheat Board,  diplomats and trade sources said.


Ohio sues Best Buy for alleged unfair business practices

YESTERDAY THE STATE OF OHIO sued Best Buy for alleged unfair and deceptive business practices. Ohio state is claiming the company repackaged used goods and sold them as if they were new, as well as not honouring rebates, refunds, exchange programs and ...


Palestinian militants fired mortars at Jewish settlements in Gaza overnight in retaliation for Israel's killing two Hamas militants.


You cannot help but like someone like Greg who is honest and humble:  "I am one of the core developers of the PEAR package who has joined the game relatively late... The base PEAR class is one monstrous mistake, and PEAR_Error is pretty close. Everyone knows this. I designed an error class that is much, much more flexible and it is part of PEAR 1.3.1 (PEAR_ErrorStack) - check it out. "  Sadly it's just not true that everyone knows that PEAR class is big mistake (Jeff Moore has more on why PEAR.php is awful).  Given that PEAR is both an important framework and a worthless class, the confusion in names will  definitely  cause the value of the PEAR class to be overestimated. Just read any article on PEAR and you can see what nice words they have to say about the base classes :-(     I once said once that too many PEAR developers were journeymen. This might have offended  some people, but I was trying hard to be diplomatic. I must say that today the PEAR group is definitely more mature, and they have learnt a lot about library design. What would really make my eyes light up  would be an PEAR2 initiative that kept the existing classes, but dropped the bad seeds such as PEAR.php (e.g. the PEAR and PEAR_Error classes).   And in case you were wondering, I do think there's great value in the PEAR DB API. API's are important for interoperatability. For example, ADOdb has a PEAR DB compatibility mode. I would certainly be flattered if PEAR DB had an ADOdb compat mode too :-)


Ethnic divisions evident in Afghan election

The ethnic divisions evident in the presidential vote raise a warning sign for parliamentary elections scheduled for next spring. Hamid Karzaiâs inauguration as Afghanistanâs first democratically elected president seems a foregone conclusion.


Human Trafficking Evokes Outrage, Little Evidence

Outrage was mounting at the 1999 hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building, where congressmen were learning about human trafficking.


New year will bring end of Blockbuster late fees

DALLAS - Movie renters can look forward to good news after the holidays: No more late fees at Blockbuster. The movie rental industry leader says that as of Jan. 1, such fees are a thing of the past.


Pakistani FM urges forward movement in Pak-Indo dialogue

Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri here Tuesday called for forward movement in the on-going composite dialogue between the two neighbors so as to address all their


New Fitness Instruction: Sing the Body Eclectic

The world of âHow to Look Good Nakedâ is a happy and optimistic place where no one is overweight, but everyone suffers from a curable form of body dysmorphia.


Proud Africans Love Their Continent - BBC Survey

Africa may be seen by the rest of the world as a continent dogged by war and poverty, but Africans themselves are fiercely proud of their homeland, a survey conducted by British broadcaster the BBC showed on Monday.


HAMAS has won significant victories in local elections in the West Bank, the first to have been contested by the Islamic militant movement that is sworn to see Israelâs destruction.


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Rehnquist cancer diagnosis leaves even experts guessing

Just as legal scholars analyze Supreme Court decisions, people concerned about the health of Chief Justice William Rehnquist struggled Monday to interpret sparse details about his diagnosis of thyroid cancer.


Gunmen abduct two Libyan diplomats at a market in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, their driver says.


Ol' Dirty Bastard, a founding member of the WuâTang Clan and one of the most eccentric personalities in hipâhop, died of unknown causes on Saturday in New York.


Chancellor continues to insist private sector solution is government's preferred option for bank


In another setback, the chipmaker says a processor for large-screen projection TVs won't come out this year.


Folate wards off high blood pressure in women, data hint

Folate, a vitamin already known for its power to prevent birth defects, also appears to reduce the risk of high blood pressure in women young and old.


Downloads jeopardise trade talks, says White House Russian download store Allofmp3.com today responded with defiance to fresh US claims its activities are stalling Russia's attempts to join the World Trade Organisation.â¦


Oil prices set a new record today on concerns over tight winter heating fuel supplies and news that a strike in Nigeria could put some crude exports on hold.


Ashour Conquers World Junior Squash Title

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan : Aug 23 (PNS) - Egypt Ramy Ashour became the newest World Junior Squash Champion following a 3-0 finals victory in the PIA 13th World Junior Squash Championships against Yasir Butt of Pakistan at the Mushaf Ali Mir Squash Complex


US forces reportedly surround Shia fighters in Najaf, after a night of intensive bombardment.


In a leap forward for stem cell research, three independent teams of scientists reported Wednesday that they have produced the equivalent of embryonic stem cells in mice without the controversial destruction of embryos.


THE REGION Firm to supply 'dirty bomb' detectors


London Stock Exchange says year profit up 42 pct

Long-running takeover target the London  Stock Exchange Group on Thursday reported a strong rise in  full-year turnover and operating profit, topping analysts'  expectations.


NI footballer Keith Gillespie says sorry after being involved in a fight with team-mate George McCartney.


Windows, Linux and Java each fail some basic integrity rules.


Yudhoyono Wins Indonesia Poll- Preliminary Result

Former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has won Indonesia's presidential election run-off in a landslide, preliminary final results showed on Monday.


St. Louis rallied for three runs in the sixth inning off 42-year-old Roger Clemens and beat Houston 5-to-2 to win the National League pennant for the first time since 1987.


Airbus US boss demands end to WTO "histrionics"

The United States and European Union should abandon their costly WTO feud over aircraft subsidies and negotiate a new trade pact, Airbus's US chief said Thursday.


The compact, 5GB unit will "outshine all the others", the company said, with it 12 hour battery life, FM radio with 32 station pre-sets, voice recorder and PDA-style personal information management functionality.


More men turning to Botox injections for facelift

That's because more men are now aware of the benefits of Botox in getting rid of facial creases like crow's feet and forehead lines.


Losail, 11:41 - SUPERBIKE, BIAGGI: VITTORIA CHE RIPAGA UNA CARRIERA

''E' la cosa piÃ¹ bella che mi potesse capitare, dopo tutto quello che ho sofferto''. Max Biaggi &egr...


As a young child in Ukraine, Atanas Kobryn would go to bed on the eve of St. Nicholas' feast day, as anxious as any child waiting for Santa Claus.


Regulating hate speech on the internet remains difficult, experts say

As the court case between US Internet giant Yahoo and a French group trying to halt the online sales of Nazi memorabilia entered a new phase this week, experts gathered here stressed how difficult it was to regulate hate speech on the Internet.


McCanns used Â£1m fund set to help find missing daughter to make two payments on home.


Scarperia, 15:15 - MOTO, ROSSI: BELLO VINCERE AL MUGELLO MA CHE FATICA

''Che fatica''. Questo il primo commento di Valentino Rossi dopo la vittoria nel Gp d'Italia al Muge...


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TUESDAY, Aug. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- When it comes to treating teenage depression, two treatments appear to be better than one.


Britain's Brown to unveil government shakeup

Britain's new Prime Minister Gordon Brown will name his government on Thursday, promoting old allies to top positions and bringing in a range of new faces to signal the end of Tony Blair's decade in power.


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Apprezzato lavoro Mastella, pronti a diminuire tasse


Chinaâs Ministry of Agriculture said a recent nationwide crackdown on the use of illegal veterinary drugs improved the quality and safety of seafood production.


Karl Lagerfeld calls it an "evolution" — a woman who is softer, lighter and more colorful than before. She wears chiffon and silk, pretty stripes and maintains her mystique by shading the eyes with a tilted fedora.


A 38-year-old with degrees in psychology, education and computer science needed only 11.8 seconds to calculate the 13th root of a 100-digit number in his head, setting a new record, organizers said.


Kathleen Turner talks about directing, acting and falling in love with Edward Albeeâs Martha.


The Redskins' defense, steady and suffocating all year long despite several injuries, is focused on finishing the season as the NFL's top unit.


Istanbul, 18:11 - TENNIS, WTA ISTANBUL: DEMENTIEVA IN SEMIFINALE

La russa Elena Dementieva si è qualificata per le semifinali del torneo Wta di Istanbul (200m...


Family united by Iraq tragedy, divided by politics

When U.S. Marine Raul Bravo Jr. died in Iraq last year, his family joined thousands of other Americans who have suffered the tragedy of seeing a loved one killed in the war.


U.S. agents smashed a Mexican drug trafficking network by arresting more than 400 people and seizing over 18 tonnes of narcotics, authorities said on Wednesday.


Apple launches new iPod versions - Photo and U2 Special

NEW YORK, October 27  - Apple Computer (AAPL.NAS) has introduced a new version of its popular iPod digital music player, iPod Photo, with a capacity of 25,000 digital pictures and 15,000 songs.


Red Hat opens support and R&D center in Serbia

(InfoWorld) - Red Hat, in collaboration with IBM, opened a support and research facility in Vrsac, Serbia, to serve customers in South Eastern Europe. The center will be managed by VDEL, an IT services distribution company, and will provide support, development and educational services to Red Hat customers, partners and developers in the region. IBM will offer the center access to its technologies and knowledge base so that in the future the center can also support IBM's open source products. The companies will use the center to promote their security offerings since they have both earned security certificates for Common Criteria 4+, an international set of guidelines that companies can use to evaluate IT security. Red Hat and IBM also expect that the center will help stimulate the development and implementation of open source software in Serbia, boost educational programs in the sciences through IT innovations and help bridge the digital gap by developing programs supporting digital literacy in schools and lower income communities. The center is the result of an initiative launched in 2005 by the University of Belgrade to create an incubator for new technologies. That resulted in IBM, Red Hat and VDEL opening a Linux innovation and education center at the university which offered education, training and certification on Red Hat and IBM technologies. The center trained potential workers for the new support center launched on Monday. The city of Vrsac provided infrastructure and facilities for the center. Red Hat chose Vrsac for its infrastructure, location, and multiethnic and multicultural environment. The growth potential of the Serbian market and nearby regions was also an attraction, it said.


Communist Cuba's military is rolling out its olive green Soviet-era hardware this weekend, summoning 300,000 troops and citizen soldiers for a show of strength in times made uncertain by Fidel Castro's illness.


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An arrest warrant for Kenya's foreign minister is quashed after he finally turns up in court.


England beat the West Indies by 10 wickets to seal a 4-0 series whitewash.


Blackstone to buy Pinnacle Foods for $2.16 bln

Private equity firm Blackstone Group  plans to buy Pinnacle Foods Group Inc., known for its Vlasic pickles brand, for about $2.16 billion, the companies said on Monday.


Mexico's Calderon takes power, lawmakers brawl

Felipe Calderon took over as Mexico's president on Friday and pleaded for an end to months of unrest over his narrow election win, but a huge brawl erupted in Congress where leftist opponents vowed to block him from taking the formal oath of office.


Cable operators offer wireless contracts

Two months ago, Fred Poteet walked into a Sprint store to resolve some technical problems with his cell phone service. When he walked out, he had a new wireless contract — with Cox Communications Inc., his cable TV operator.


Campaigners salute Britain's pledge to scrap poor nations' debt

Campaign groups welcomed a commitment by Britain to write off debts owed by the world's poorest nations to the World Bank ( news - web sites ), a move they said should pressure other Group of Seven rich ...


MBIA Slashes Dividend to Preserve Ratings

The worldâs largest bond insurer slashed its common stock dividend 62 percent as part of a plan to strengthen capital and preserve its âtriple-Aâ credit ratings.


Death toll at Poso explosion rises to five

JAKARTA (Agencies): The death toll at Saturday's explosion near a police station in Central Sulawesi rose to five people, police said.


A registration system for Glastonbury Festival tickets, designed to frustrate touts, opens for business.


In the end, it was put to Jarome Iginla that winning the World Cup of Hockey might be comparable to going into the seventh game of the Stanley Cup final for the Calgary Flames.


Japan's Fukuda wins PM vote, to form new cabinet

Japan's Yasuo Fukuda was chosen as prime minister by parliament's lower house on Tuesday, ensuring him the nation's top job and setting the stage to form a cabinet that must confront a feisty opposition keen to force an election.


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The Japanese economy is close to stagnation, according to revisions to official figures yesterday that cut the estimate of GDP growth to just 0.1 per cent.


Daniel Day-Lewis scoops best actor BAFTA prize

Daniel Day-Lewis gave his Oscar chances a welcome boost on Sunday by landing the prize as best actor at the British Academy Film Awards for his searing portrayal of a driven oil prospector in "There Will be Blood."


Browser vulnerabilities and attacks will continue to mount

(InfoWorld) - Window Snyder, chief security officer at open source browser maker Mozilla, is caught in the crosshairs of the raging browser vulnerability battle. On one hand, her company launched an upgrade to its Firefox browser on Feb. 23 that specifically aims to fix a number of flaws that have been discovered in the program. On the other hand, she's dealing with almost daily reports of newly identified vulnerabilities in Firefox disclosed by a researcher who makes his work public before informing Mozilla of the problems. As trying as the situation may sound, Snyder admits that the day's conflicts come with the territory of her job and those of security experts at every other browser maker. With the high-profile nature of the browser in today's Internet-based economy, working to eliminate vulnerabilities, respond to researchers, and ward-off malware attacks will remain a large part of the daily routine for the foreseeable future, according to the CSO. Snyder said that Mozilla is receiving a lot more customer feedback of late from people concerned about browser security. "The browser is one of most critical pieces of software on the computer in terms of something attackers are going after," Snyder said. "Attacks are constantly changing and every software developer needs to recognize new threats as they emerge, but that's nothing new, we've always considered security to be a top priority." Despite Mozilla's ongoing security efforts, Firefox has come under intense scrutiny from Michal Zalewski, a well-known independent security researcher who has published a collection of previously undiscovered vulnerabilities in the browser during the month of February. The Firefox security update was already delayed several days so that Mozilla could address an issue published by the researcher earlier this month dubbed the location.hostname vulnerability. And on the eve of Mozilla's release of the revamped browser, dubbed Firefox 2.0.0.2, Zalewski published information about yet another flaw in the product involving a memory corruption issue that could allow attackers to take control of computers running the software. Phishing and spoofing threats are among the attacks likely to be aimed at the latest issue, according to Zalewski. Although Snyder said she would prefer it if Zalewski and other researchers would disclose vulnerabilities to Mozilla before taking them public, she said the company relies on such experts to help it keep customers protected from attacks, as painful as the reports may be. "We would prefer that he would notify us first, but more importantly we are glad researchers are looking at Firefox and helping us fix problems," the Mozilla CSO said. "We also see where the researchers are coming from, in terms of their frustration with the amount of time vendors are taking to fix vulnerabilities." Snyder hopes that as Mozilla improves its ability to patch flaws faster, researchers will work more closely with the nonprofit company. The software maker is also developing a range of new security features for use in the Firefox 3 iteration of the browser, code-named "Gran Paradiso," that is slated to arrive sometime in the second half of 2007. Much of the work is focused on improving users' capability to understand and manage their online credentials, the CSO said. Security researchers maintain that attacks on browser vulnerabilities are only going to increase in volume and frequency, in particular during 2007. According to experts at IBM's newly acquired ISS business unit, which is based in Atlanta, the continued emergence of the "exploits as a service" business, through which malware code writers market their attacks to cyber-criminals via underground channels, will only add fuel to the fire. In another daunting development, roughly 50 percent of the browser attacks observed by ISS' X-Force research team during 2006 used encryption to hide themselves and the data they attempted to steal, with the group expecting use of such tactics only to grow during 2007. "Attackers have honed into Web browser vulnerabilities because the amount of protection people have to defend against these types of threats is not as advanced for many end users," said Gunter Ollmann, director of security strategy at IBM ISS. "In addition to the underground communities where exploits are being bought and sold, it's also become much easier for attackers to build engines that sit on Web servers and generate personalized browser attacks." Ollmann said that such threat engines are being armed with increasingly sophisticated levels of programming logic, giving them the capability to look at the specific version of a browser someone is using and launch attacks specifically aimed at the programs. Malware code writers are also sharing libraries of IP addresses known to be used by security researchers to help avoid detection of their latest work, Ollmann said. Another breed of emerging attack attempts to insert itself between end-users' keyboards and browsing programs to steal data and circumvent the security tools being added to the programs. The so-called "man-in-the-browser" threats have already been found lurking in high-value online transactional systems operated by financial services companies, where they seek to intercept valuable information as it entered by customers, said Dr. Chenxi Wang, analyst with Forrester Research. The spiraling complexity of such threats serves as strong evidence that the battle between malware writers and browser makers is only beginning to heat up, and will continue for some time, the analyst said. Wang believes that one answer to the security problem will be for browser makers to adopt more rigorous software development efforts to minimize vulnerabilities, but even those improved processes won't catch every flaw. Microsoft's Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) program, for instance, appears to have lowered the number of vulnerabilities in its newest Internet Explorer 7 browser compared to earlier versions of the product, but the company has already been forced to patch at least one critical flaw in the software, which was released in Oct. 2006. "This is going to be an arms race that is ongoing for the foreseeable future," Wang said. "There is no excuse for people on the defense side not to be more proactive with security and use better mechanisms during software development to protect against future attacks, but the attackers will always have some new approach as well."


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Are common cockroaches carriers of disease?


Concerns grow over delayed Colombia hostage deal

VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - A Venezuelan-sponsored plan to free three hostages held by Colombian rebels was stalled by the guerrillas' failure to reveal their location, and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said it may unravel if the stalemate drags on.


Militants threatening to kill three UN hostages said talks were to begin with Afghan and UN officials today, ten days after the victims were abducted at gunpoint on a street in the capital.


N.Korea Wants Illuminated Church Crosses Removed

North Korea wants the removal of tall  illuminated church crosses that light up the South Korean sky  and are visible across the border in the secretive communist  state, defense officials from the South said on Monday.


Christian Schwarz-Schilling ends his term as Bosnia's international administrator, amid widespread criticism.


Pop act Busted prepare to switch on this year's Christmas lights on London's Regent Street.


Kerik, White House Say Withdrawal Was His Decision

The decision to withdraw his  nomination as U.S. homeland security secretary over a personal  controversy was made by Bernard Kerik himself, the White House  and Kerik said on Saturday.


Alternative browser features protection against online scams.


In Spitzer's office, hours of drudgery, moments of 'gotcha!'

One of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's investigators was perusing a stack of subpoenaed documents in a Manhattan office last month when he let out a yelp, slammed down his coffee and sprinted down the corridor.


Plans by the European Commission to close some areas round British coasts to cod fishing will be opposed by the UK.


Drinking tea regularly could help improve memory, a new research by British scientists from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne suggests.


Pakistan bowling coach Waqar Younis insists the team did not tamper with the ball during the Oval Test.


Voting begins in Namibia to elect successor to Nujoma

Outgoing President Sam Nujoma opened polls in Namibia on Monday by casting the first vote to elect his successor in the vast southwest African country.


For the Laptop Toters, a Roomier Flight to Europe

British Airways announced plans to join the new boutique premium-class airline game across the Atlantic. But it isnât bringing a lot of money to the table.


Now piracy curse strikes GTA: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has become the latest big name title to fall victim to the determined efforts of the piracy scene as the PS2 Rockstar opus leaked onto illegal download channels today.


New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress is daring the Philadelphia Eagles to keep him from making an impact in Sunday's NFC East showdown.


Take Care When Socially Networking Online

By Subashini Selvaratnam  WITH the advancement of technology, people from all walks of life can keep in touch with friends and loved ones anytime, anywhere. In fact, more Malaysians are networking online, thanks to the growth of social networking Web sites.


Wikipedia is not a search engine, and links from Wikipedia no longer count towards increasing your link equity Ã¢ÂÂ but there are still plenty of reasons to pay attention to Wikipedia.


Researchers Seek Truth in the Secret Life of the Battery

A new "gas gauge" chip for laptop batteries provides much more accurate readouts of time left.


Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russiaâs richest man until his arrest on fraud and tax evasion charges last year, from his Moscow prison cell today accused the Kremlin of stealing his Yukos oil empire by manipulating the law.


The AIDS virus has to hijack human proteins to do its damage, but  scientists until now have known only a few dozen of its targets


'Sopranos' mobster snuffs 'Dancing' role

Vincent Pastore, who played a tough-guy mobster in the early years of "The Sopranos,' has dropped out of "Dancing With the Stars" after a week of training. At least this time he wasn't sent off to sleep with the fishes, the fate that befell his "Sopranos" character.


Exelon, which owns utility companies in Illinois and Pennsylvania, has said that it will buy Public Service Enterprise Group of New Jersey in a deal valued at about $12.8 billion that would create the largest power company in the United States.


Alan Johnston, the BBC journalist held hostage in Gaza, was freed early on Wednesday after a late-night deal between the ruling Hamas Islamists and the al Qaeda-inspired clan group that kidnapped him in March.


Women who are distraught after breaking up with a romantic partner show brain changes that are not seen in women less upset by a romantic rift, researchers report.


Expert Ignored Over Power-Line Impact Environmentalist's 30-Year Study of Area Not Consulted

By DAVID ROSS HIGHLAND CORRESPONDENT  ONE of Scotland's leading environmentalists was never consulted by those investigating the impact of the proposed Beauly to Denny power line, despite his 30 years study of the area in question.


ST. LOUIS - Less than four minutes into yesterday's game, with the first television stoppage looming, Massachusetts coach Travis Ford called a timeout.


Japan reverses military policy to face new threats

ISN SECURITY WATCH (10/12/04) - In a major departure from the past, Japan has decided to overhaul its military policy taking into account threats from China and North Korea.


Dan Rather making a stand with $70 mln lawsuit

NEW YORK  - A day after he filed a $70 million lawsuit against CBS for violating his contract, veteran newsman Dan Rather said Thursday that he would "absolutely not" settle purely for money.


Critics Right and Left Protest Book Removals

The federal Bureau of Prisons said it was prompted by a report that mentioned that since most prisons did not catalog their library materials, books that incite violence and hatred could infiltrate the shelves.


For Paris Hilton, 'The Prison Life' is all games

Blog: GSN game features an animated Hilton in stiletto heels, designer sunglasses and an orange jumpsuit.


Militants in Nigeria's oil-producing region claim responsibility for the kidnapping of four foreign workers.


SAS airline unveils new four-year strategy

Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) unveiled on Wednesday a four-year plan aimed at reducing its costs and concentrating its business on the North European market.


Study Finds New Road Hazard: Heart Attacks

If you think being stressed while stuck in traffic can give you a heart attack, think again. A new study says you're more likely to suffer a coronary from the pollution caused by traffic.


Conference Board reports lower confidence in October

Optimism in Hawaii remains high while employment woes nationwide have driven consumer confidence to lower levels. US consumer confidence dropped to lower levels in October for the third consecutive month, according


Viewpoint: James Dobson endorses McCain, after the race is all but over  -  just another sign that the religious right is losing its clout


Le motovedette italiane hanno salvato i clandestini alla derivaDi una ventina non c'Ã¨ traccia, potrebbero essere tutti morti                                            Sbarchi in Sicilia e in Sardegna Soccorsi un centinaio di immigrati


Advanced Micro Devices yesterday warned that revenues in the third quarter would be lower than earlier forecasts, echoing a similar statement from Intel last month - its biggest rival in the chip sector.


Small Study Finds Another Health Benefit In Chocolate

MUNICH, Germany -- There's good news for chocolate lovers. Scientists have found eating dark chocolate appears to temporarily make blood vessels more flexible, which could help prevent hardening of the arteries.


Jobe the Cavalier in a Texas Tech Family

Tuesday's Texas Tech-Virginia Gator Bowl will be strange for wide receiver Staton Jobe, a Cavalier in a family full of Red Raiders.


Iraq: Rumsfeld, "Ritiro truppe quando torna ordine nel Paese

WASHINGTON - Le truppe Usa potrebbero lasciare l'Iraq dopo le elezioni in gennaio. Lo ha lasciato intendere il segretario alla Difesa, Donald Rumsfeld, durante un'intervista televisiva al Fox News Channel.


MESA, Ariz. -- Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson pleaded guilty Monday to charges of drug possession and driving under the influence stemming from a traffic stop last year as he was leaving a nightclub.


Army experts carry out a controlled explosion on a suspicious package found at a Tesco supermarket.


In what some scientists see as another alarming consequence of global warming, thousands of Pacific walruses above the Arctic Circle were killed in stampedes earlier this year after the disappearance of sea ice caused them to crowd onto the shoreline in extraordinary numbers.


Arctic Council report warns of dire consequences of global warming

The Arctic Council, a group of eight countries with Arctic territory, including the United States, is expected to issue recommendations on global


El Salvador Sends Troops to Iraq Despite Threats

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador  - El Salvador sent a  new contingent of troops to join the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq  on Thursday despite repeated threats from Islamic militants  that they would strike against the country in retaliation.


Rumors that Sprint and Clearwire may be reuniting for purposes of WiMAX have investors feeling good.


US-Iraqi forces battle insurgents in Mosul to retake control

US-Iraqi troops are locked in battles with insurgents in the northern Iraq city of Mosul Sunday,reports reaching here said. The battle was aimed at wresting back control of


PHILADELPHIA -- A lawyer who was a central figure in an ongoing FBI investigation into city corruption died Thursday after a hospitalization of several days, his attorney said.


Medicare mails drug cards to Iowa seniors

DES MOINES, Iowa A mass mailing is under way nationwide to get Medicare-approved drug discount cards to low-income seniors. Officials say they targeted because they fall into an income bracket that makes them


Supreme Court to Hear Case on Cable as Internet Carrier

The Supreme Court on Friday stepped into one of the most heated debates over the future of the Internet: how to classify high-speed Internet cable service for purposes


Spain's Cabinet on Friday approved sending 1,100 troops to the expanded U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, calling it a "legitimate" mission to help maintain peace in the region.


MySpace.com Attacked by Worm : Profiles Shut Down

MySpace, which we recently wrote about due to its partnership with Google, has shut down hundreds of user profiles as a precaution to a worm which is infecting user computers via MySpace & Apple’s QuickTime media player. The worm seems to change user profiles and add malicious links and content when the video is played. Joris [...]


Gordon Brown and Bertie Ahern are holding talks about political progress made in Northern Ireland.


Global Warming Melts Winter Joy at Top Resort

Global warming is more than just a theory to Germany's most famous winter resort, where a worrisome shortage of snow in recent decades has forced the Alpine village to reinvent itself.


Current safety precautions are enough to protect us against mad cow disease, according to BSE experts.


Europe and the US reveal their pairings for the first day of Ryder Cup practice, with few surprises for either side.


Basketball: Americans Behind Again at Halftime

The U.S. men's basketball team were once  again in danger of defeat at the Olympic tournament on  Thursday, trailing Australia 51-47 at the end of the first  half.


Yemeni opposition parties threatened Friday to call a massive street protest to dispute partial election results that show their presidential candidate losing by a wider margin than expected.


Bus drivers in Southern California's Orange County struck for a second day Sunday and their stalled contract talks threaten the weekday commutes of thousands.


The number of suspected cholera cases in northern Iraq continues to rise, with 16,000 people now showing symptoms, the World Health Organization said Friday.


Clemens Files Suit Against Former Trainer

A lawyer for Brian McNamee said that he was not pressured by investigators to name Roger Clemens.


The company that revolutionized the search of the Internet has now revolutionized searching your hard drive. Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) new Desktop Search utility is an incredibly


Nominees celebrate Oscar status at lunch

Talk about a power lunch. Chew on this: Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Will Smith and Penelope Cruz were just some of the 140 nominees chowing down Monday at the 26th annual Oscar Nominees Luncheon.


Polish Holocaust Victims Remembered 60 Years After Transports To...

Holocaust survivors and their families gathered at one of Europe's largest Jewish cemeteries Sunday to remember more than 200,000 Jews from this city killed by the Nazis, a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary ...


DeSantis's 35-yarder lifts Holy Cross in OT

Mike DeSantis kicked a 35-yard field goal in overtime yesterday in Washington, giving Holy Cross a 31-28 victory over Georgetown, its first Patriot League win of the season.


The Season of Humane, Nuanced On-Screen Sex

This fall, the directors Bill Condon ("Kinsey") and Pedro AlmodÃ³var ("Bad Education") seem smarter about sex than nearly everyone else.


Tropical Storm Ernesto killed at least two people in Haiti, but otherwise let the Caribbean off relatively easy before heading north for Florida on Tuesday.


'Star Wars' 30th anniversary marathon is under way

Blog: In Los Angeles, fans of the sci-fi classic get down to some serious watching.


NHL Lockout Forces All-Star Cancellation

NEW YORK Nov 3, 2004 - In another sign the NHL season is slipping away, the league canceled its All-Star game Wednesday because of the lockout.


A leper community in southern Somalia is in danger, after floods wash away their housing.


Women would 'ditch drinking to avoid cancer'

Almost half of all young women would ditch the drink to reduce their chances of suffering from breast cancer, a survey has revealed.


Reggio Calabria, 18:02 - CALCIO, LIVORNO; AMELIA: IL MILAN MI VUOLE? NON SO NULLA

Si fanno sempre piÃ¹ insistenti le voci che vogliono Amelia tra i pali del Milan: "Ci sono squadre in...


Japan ex-Internet icon Horie pleads not guilty

Takafumi Horie, the former CEO of   Internet firm Livedoor Co. who came to symbolize a freewheeling   capitalism at odds with Japan's cozy corporate norms, pleaded   not guilty on Monday to charges of breaking securities law.


Ma il ministro precisa che anche le riforme devono procedere


Google fights fines for not posting Belgian ruling

Google Inc. GOOG.O is refusing to   post a copy of a Belgian legal ruling against it on its local   Web site, and is asking the court to annul that provision of   the case and the daily fines associated with it.


Qualcomm Reports Jump in First-Quarter Profit

The chipmaker posted an 18 percent increase in fiscal first-quarter profit on strong demand for cell phones that surf the Internet and download music and video.


Best Buy to expand; raises dividend, share buyback

Best Buy Co. Inc.  said on Wednesday that it would open more North American stores than previously planned, buy back $5.5 billion in stock and raise its dividend 30 percent.


Iowa voters open 2008 White House campaign

Iowa voters in two close  nominating races began the process of choosing the next U.S.  president on Thursday, as the first test in the Democratic  battle between Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards  came down to a nail-biting finale.


Atlantis mission back on track after astronaut's illness

Astronauts at the International Space Station regrouped after the illness of a fellow astronaut led to the postponement of a critically important spacewalk, preparing to go foward with the exercise Monday.


Barcelona: AMD Unveils New Power Metric for CPUs

Throughout the past five years, AMD has stated Intel has been unfair in the way it measures its CPUs' power consumption, and presents those numbers to the public. But it hasn't come up with an alternative method...until today. Beginning with the Barcelona generation of quad-core CPUs, AMD will utilize what it calls average CPU power (ACP), which unlike Thermal Design Point (TDP) is not based on how much power is required to cool a chip, but rather to run it.


Nearly doubling the industry's current handheld storage maximum, palmOne today introduced the Tungsten(TM) T5 handheld with 256MB of flash memory.


Judge says Enron investor suit can proceed

A U.S. judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by Enron investors can go to trial in April as planned even though an appeals court has not yet issued a key decision on whether the plaintiffs can be allowed to join as a group.


Two U.S. Marines Killed in Action in Iraq

Two U.S. Marines were killed in action in Iraq's volatile Anbar province, the U.S. military said Friday.


Verona, 14:55 - CALCIO, CHIEVO: CONTRO INTER SENZA COSSATO MA CON 4-3-3

Rifinitura mattutina per il Chievo in vista della gara con l'Inter, sfida che si giocherà a p...


Broadcasts in Tajik East Cut Due to Limited Power Supplies

Text of report by Tajik news agency Asia-Plus website  Khorugh, 16 February: The volume of TV and radio broadcasts have been reduced two-fold in the Mountainous Badakhshon Autonomous Region [in eastern Tajikistan] due to an accident at the Pamir-1 hydroelectric power station.


Dogs can sniff out cancer, a study shows today, resolving several years of anecdote and speculation by doctors on the question. In the definitive study, reported in the British Medical Journal, dogs were trained


In aula l'articolo 1 del ddl sull'ordinamento giudiziario passa con 152 voti contro 151Mancavano alcuni senatori dell'Italia dei valori impegnati in una conferenza stampa sui senza tettoAppello di Mastella ai magistrati: "Spero che il 20 lo sciopero non ci sia, perchÃ© appesantisce il clima"                                            Riforma giustizia, al Senato volo sul filo Andreotti salva la maggioranza                                                                                Il vicepresidente del Csm Mancino: "Se il ministro non esclude modifiche bisogna credergli"


Not long ago the German record producer Dieter Oehms founded his own label after 35 years in the business.


McConnell meets with Israeli leaders during trip to Middle East

US Sen. Mitch McConnell met with top Israeli officials Sunday and took a helicopter tour over the West Bank during a visit to the Middle East that comes amid the political tumult of Yasser Arafat's death.


In the 18 months since America declared victory in the war against Iraq, the contrast in military styles of the two pillars of the coalition could not be starker.


NATO rules avoid Afghan civilian deaths: general

U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan believe their procedures for avoiding unintended casualties are sufficient despite a series of civilian deaths in recent weeks, a U.S. commander said on Tuesday.


Official: Ag secretary to run for Senate

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns will resign his Cabinet post to run for the U.S. Senate in Nebraska, a state Republican official said Wednesday.


Nomura, the Japanese bank, is involved in a plan to block any bid for Manchester United by Malcolm Glazer, according to the Financial Times.


"There are lots of dead foreigners because it is during our high season and Christmas. It is a. family vacation time," Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told reporters on Tuesday.


Lisbona, 14:09 - CALCIO, PORTOGALLO: BENFICA NEI GUAI PER INTERCETTAZIONI

Le intercettazioni telefoniche pubblicate del quotidiano portogehse 'Publico' potrebbero far scoppai...


Milano, 14:12 - CALCIO, INTER: STIRAMENTO PER CRESPO E GROSSO

Brutte notizie per Mancini, Herman Crespo e Fabio Grosso hanno sostenuto in mattinata una serie di e...


New Zealand PM favours enhanced exchanges with India:

[India News]: New Delhi, Oct 20 : Stating that New Zealand was putting in new energy in its relations with India, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clarke today said that she favoured enhanced exchanges with New Delhi in the fields of trade and tourism.


A fire swept through a nursing home Thursday and killed at least 10 people, the latest in a series of deadly fires, many of which were caused by rampant neglect of safety rules.


Replacement jawbone grown on patient's back

A German man, whose jaw was removed because of cancer, has been able to eat his first solid meal in nine years thanks to a replacement jawbone which was incubated in a muscle on his back.


An explosive report on eve of the election

Millions of Americans view President Bush as the candidate most likely to keep Americans safe. But too often, real-life results conflict with Bushâs rhetorical resolve.


Two Soviet-born US women return for treatment in Los Angeles for suspected thallium poisoning.


Burma's government says its draft constitution has been completed, paving the way for a referendum in May.


There is plenty of well-established competition to Cisco's security management system, so why is MARS doing so well?


The Army will begin teaching combat lifesaving instruction during basic training to enable soldiers to give critical medical care to wounded comrades on the battlefield.


Evidently the Celtics didn't think five games were enough on this West Coast journey, so they performed a basketball cover of Southside Johnny's ``I Don't Want to Go Home'' and stayed around for two extra periods last night.


Whoopee cushions all round, 'cept in Germany Computacenter said it has been hit by a "disappointing" trading performance for the first half (H1) of 2007.â¦


Dental treatment in England is the most expensive in Europe, a survey shows.


Iranian Defense Minister Ali Shamkhani said Tuesday that Iran was ready to test Shahab-3 missile again "in the presence of observers", the official IRNA news agency reported.


November 29, 2004 ã¡ Seoul said yesterday it would be cautious about levying retaliatory tariffs on US products, after the World Trade Organization on Friday gave Korea and six other economies the green light to enact such tariffs in response to a US


Apple iPhone margins 55 pct, shares rise: ISuppli

The most expensive iPhone model could deliver profit margins of more than 55 percent for Apple Inc. , according to iSuppli, which examined the components of the widely anticipated device.


Compliance Resource Group to Become EnerBrite Technologies

Compliance Resource Group, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: CPLE) announced today that it has changed its name to EnerBrite Technologies Group, Inc.  As part of the name change, a new trading symbol (ETGP) and CUSIP number have been assigned to the company's stock.


BORMIO, Italy  - American Bode Miller was  eliminated from the combined event at the world championships  on Thursday but still wowed the crowd with a virtuoso display  of one-ski downhill racing.


Feeling No Pain: New Form of Rare Gene Disorder Decoded

People born with an insensitivity to pain could help researchers understand how pain works and one day develop new painkillers with fewer side effects.


If you tempt fate often enough, you'll usually get what you deserve. That was last night's lesson for Northeastern against Hockey East rival Providence at Matthews Arena.


For Cancer Patients, Empathy Goes a Long Way

At a scary time for patients, too few doctors ask about feelings, a new study finds.


Filipinos Pray for Movie Idol Poe After Stroke

Fans and friends of Fernando Poe Jr prayed for his recovery Monday as the Philippine movie legend and presidential contender lay in a coma after suffering a stroke at the weekend.


CHICAGO - Patients who undergo obesity surgery get far more than cosmetic benefits - many also shed fat-related ailments including diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, researchers say.    Their report - an analysis of 136 studies - suggests that in some cases, the drastic operations may alter the patient's body chemistry itself and relieve conditions that can lead to heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure...


Insetti ed escrementi nel pane per le scuole

Sotto sequestro uno stabilimento della "Pancarre" di Pomezia: i vigili urbani riscontrano notevoli problemi di igiene. Il prodotto confezionato era destinato agli istituti, materni ed elementari, di sei municipi capitolini.


NebraskaÃ¢ÂÂs Hagel to Retire from Senate; WonÃ¢ÂÂt Seek Presidency

Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel plans to retire at the end of this Congress, adding to the challenge already facing the GOP in its effort to regain control of the Senate in the 2008 elections.


The parents of missing Madeleine McCann are keeping an open mind as to whether a photograph taken by a Spanish tourist in Morocco is that of their daughter, their spokesman said on Wednesday.


Mehmet Okur had 21 points and 17 rebounds, and Utah beat the Phoenix Suns 115-108 Wednesday night for the Jazz's second straight win over one of the top teams in the Western Conference.


The Internet buzz over "Snakes on a Plane" turned out to be nothing to hiss about. The high-flying thriller preceded by months of unprecedented Web buildup technically debuted as the No. 1 movie, but with a modest $15.25 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.


Both AMD and Intel are preparing to unveil new, ultra high-end processor refreshes later this month that will push the 3.5 GHz mark.


Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire mayor and potential presidential candidate, is refusing to release his income tax returns, unlike many politicians including the president and past New York City mayors.


Yen poco mosso in attesa del vertice G7 in Germania


OSLO, Norway -- Police are checking leads in the hunt for armed thieves who stole Edvard Munch's "The Scream," as new details show the robbers were more professional than first thought.


Spacecraft visible returning from outer space

If you go outside early on Wednesday morning you might see an incredible sight - a spacecraft returning from outer space. After a whirlwind tour a million miles from Earth, the Genesis spacecraft is returning.


Calif. seeks indictment of ex-HP chairman Dunn

California's attorney general filed a criminal complaint on Wednesday seeking indictments of former Hewlett-Packard Co.  Chairman Patricia Dunn and four others for their roles in a probe into board leaks.


Keyword Research or "Search Intelligence?"

Ever wanted to spy deep inside a competitors search marketing campaign? A competitive intelligence tool from Hitwise shows you exactly which search terms are driving the most traffic to your competitors' web sites.


A jailed toddler and the hunt for Al Qaeda in Waziristan have renewed debate on tribal law.


Shirley Robertson's Yngling crew win gold while Britain clinch two other sailing medals.


They have dispatched the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles to stake a claim as the NFL's top team. Now the Pittsburgh Steelers could become the team everybody wants to beat.


A conservative media watchdog organization charged Wednesday that the network morning news shows have spent considerably more time this year on Democrats running for president than on Republicans.


Clear Channel Communications profit beats view

Clear Channel Communications Inc. , which has agreed to be acquired by two private equity firms and the company's founding Mays family, posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Friday as radio broadcasting revenue and outdoor advertising sales rose.


Brown will be looking to apply a finishing touch when it meets Harvard in the teams' Ivy League opener Saturday afternoon at Brown Stadium.


Private forecaster AccuWeather said Friday record-breaking heat was expected to move eastward, resulting in temperatures that could reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 Celsius) in New York City and Washington, D.C. early next week.


"A-Team" and "Kojak" get new life on NBC sites

NBC Universal said Tuesday  it will stream full episodes of old TV shows, including "The  A-Team" and "Kojak," on its Web sites.


Google on Thursday, October 5, announced a new test service. People will need only mobile phones or handheld devices and they should tap Google's Web search via text messages, or short message service.


Turkeyâs Parliament Approved Legislation Sought by the EU

Turkey's parliament approved on Monday a final piece of legislation sought by the European Union before a Dec. 16-17 summit at which EU leaders will decide whether Ankara is now ready to begin long-delayed entry talks.


Controversial Beckhamâs Nativity Scene Vandalized

The controversial waxwork nativity scene portraying David Beckham and his wife, ex-Spice Girl Victoria as Joseph and Virgin Mary, criticized by Church leaders as disrespectful, has become subject to vandalism.


Roma: dimissioni Voeller, la societÃ  deciderÃ  domenica se ...

Le dimissioni di Rudi Voeller, il tecnico che la Roma aveva voluto per sostituire Prandelli, "costretto" a farsi da parte per vicende famigliari, hanno aperto ufficialmente una difficile crisi in casa giallorossa.


U.S. troops opened fire near a checkpoint south of Baghdad after their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb and a hospital official said Sunday at least eight people were killed in the second American attack in two days to have deadly results.


Kenya government and opposition seek to end conflict

Kenya's government and opposition begin detailed negotiations on Tuesday to try to end political and tribal conflict that has killed at least 900 people and brought one of Africa's brightest economies to its knees.


Home-course advantage? Not US has rank, Europeans have track ...

Township, Mich. -- For all of Hal Sutton's Bear Bryant-meets-George S. Patton act -- all into-the-breach and damn-the-torpedoes -- and for all of Europe's woe-is-me act -- all faux kneeling at the superpower's


Books of the Times: Stories With Mysterious Worlds, Specialized Rules and Inchoate Dangers

In a short story called âMouse,â part of Michel Faberâs poignantly eerie new collection, âVanilla Bright Like Eminem,â he writes of a myopic video-gamer named Manny and the strange little world he inhabits.


Violent land clashes up in Brazil under Lula: study

SAO PAULO, Brazil  - Violent clashes over land increased during Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's first term, disappointing rights groups that hoped the former union leader would alleviate rural tensions, a report issued on Thursday said.


LOS ANGELES  - Giovanni Ribisi is landing on a new planet.


A court sentenced six French charity workers to eight years in prison in France on Monday, after they were convicted in Chad of trying to kidnap 103 children they said were orphans from Darfur.


Australia-led consortium to buy ntl's broadcast business

An Australian-led consortium said it would buy the broadcast business of communications and entertainment group ntl Inc for 1.27 billion pounds.


Drinking red wine could help prevent lung cancer

A glass of red wine a day could keep tumours at bay, according to a study of men with lung cancer. Research published in the medical journalThorax today suggests that a person drinking a glass


Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, left, speaks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Friday, Dec. 3, 2004 after President Bush announced Kerik as his choice to replace Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge.


Tech Firms Partner on Instant Messaging Threat Center

IMlogic, a Waltham, Massachusetts-based firm, has partnered with McAfee, Sybari and AOL to establish an instant message and P2P threat center that will detect the spread of viruses, worms and other malware aimed at these online channels.


Oracle plays campaign funding by the book

The best politicians money can buy Four years after landing in hot water over for controversially funding US state politicians, Oracle is taking steps to ensure its executives stay squeaky-clean.â¦


Executives in the UK are getting bigger as overwork and lack of exercise takes its toll, a survey suggests.


Barcellona, 17:47 - CALCIO, BARCELLONA; LAPORTA: RIJKAARD RESTA CON NOI

Il presidente del Barcellona Joan Laporta ha smentito le voci diffuse dalla stampa spagnola su un co...


Iran MPS dismiss EU nuke deal as unacceptable

LONDON, Oct 23 (IranMania) - A senior MP on Saturday branded as inacceptable Europe's call for Iran to halt all uranium enrichment activities in return for receiving certain nuclear technology, in Tehran's first reaction to the proposal.


Blair: Next Few Weeks 'Crucial' for N.Ireland

The next few weeks will be critical for  efforts to clinch a new Northern Ireland peace deal, British  Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday.


Sharp drop is marred by a 4% rise in gun crime and a 21% rise in recorded drug offences, figures show


Virtualization Software Leader's Future Cloudy

Large vendors such as Microsoft and Citrix are expanding into the field of Microsoft virtualization that VMware has long dominated.


Traders buy shares on speculation of a launch of new iPods.


She is already considered the Royal Rebel, with a pierced navel and colorful past.Comment


Wall Street Journal set for editorial shakeup: NYT

The Wall Street Journal, whose parent Dow Jones & Co. is the target of a $5 billion takeover offer by News Corp., is set to shake up its newsroom by reassigning and replacing several top editors, the New York Times reported in its online edition.


Woods tied for Oakmont lead after Baddeley blunder

OAKMONT, Pennsylvania  - Tiger Woods moved into a share of the U.S. Open lead after playing partner Aaron Baddeley triple-bogeyed the opening hole in Sunday's final round at Oakmont Country Club.


Jaguar cuts production as weak dollar hits key market sales

Jaguar said yesterday it would cut production by about 15,000 cars, or 11%, for the rest of the year in response to weak sales in its key market of the US.


Phils' Wagner livid after getting tossed

The cap, glove, water cooler and bag of paper cups Billy Wagner left in his wake on the Shea Stadium field Saturday explained how he felt about his premature exit.


Hollinger Paid For Lord Black's Costly Hubris

press baron, financier, philanthropist, member of the global elite. But as we learned this week from a Hollinger International investigative


E alto 130 centimetri, come un bambino di dieci anni

TOKYO - Con Â«AsimoÂ» il Giappone fa un altro passo avanti nel campo della robotica e nella prospettiva di creare macchine sempre piÃ¹ simili all'uomo; o per lo meno, il piÃ¹ possibile utili alle loro esigenze.


Ravens keep Manning from Marino's record

With Ray Lewis and Ed Reed staring him down, Peyton Manning had to forget about Dan Marino's passing benchmark. Manning looked flustered at times against a Ravens defense that blitzed from all angles and was physical with Colts receivers Sunday night.


Chinese guard Liu Wei cut from Sacramento Kings

Chinese basketball player Liu Wei's quest to become Asia's first-ever point guard in the NBA has come to an end after he was cut from the roster of the Sacramento Kings, Chinese press reports said.


Australian girl changes blood group, immune system

An Australian teenage girl has become the world's first known transplant patient to change blood groups and take on the immune system of her organ donor, doctors said on Friday, calling her a "one-in-six-billion miracle."


Mantova, 17:01 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: IN CINQUE LAVORANO A PARTE

Allenamento mattutino per il Mantova in vista della gara di domenica a Rimini. Il tecnico Di Carlo h...


Suicide Attack in Kabul; Vote Counting Nears End

A Taliban suicide fighter killed himself  and wounded at least seven others, including three members of a  NATO-led peacekeeping force, in a grenade attack on a busy  shopping street in central Kabul on Saturday.


Former Gov. George Ryan, who was acclaimed by capital punishment foes for suspending executions in Illinois and emptying out death row, was sentenced Wednesday to 6 1/2 years behind bars in the corruption scandal that ruined his political career.


Pirates Edge Cardinals 3-2 in 10 Innings

ST. LOUIS - Scott Rolen's second error of the game allowed the go-ahead run to score in the 10th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St...


Apple thinks do-it-yourself PC repair is the wave of the future. But another PC maker has other ideas.


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Post-college days are a learning experience for pitchers

The odds are overwhelmingly against them. For every Abe Alvarez , who made a cameo at Fenway Park in July just 13 months after the Red Sox drafted him out of Long Beach State, there are dozens of top-rate college pitchers who will toil in the farm system and never reach the majors.


Ernie Els moved a step nearer a record-breaking sixth World Match Play title this morning - but he will remember the battle Scotland's Scott Drummond gave him.


A group of settlers opposed to Israel's plan to force Jews from Gaza Strip wear stars recollecting the Holocaust.


DENVER - A charter plane built by Canada's Bombardier crashed in Colorado Sunday, killing its pilot and co-pilot and injuring three other people, including the chairman of NBC Sports.


Madrid, 12:48 - CALCIO, MARCA: RONALDINHO AL MILAN A GENNAIO

Ronaldinho verso il Milan. Secondo il quotidiano sportivo spagnolo 'Marca', il club rossonero puÃ² pr...


Intel, Hewlett-Packard Work on Giving Internet a Fundamental ...

The decades-old design of the Internet is in need of a fundamental overhaul, and Intel and Hewlett-Packard believe they can make it more adaptable and intelligent.


Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek has wealth -- a four-year, $40 million deal. He has stability -- a no-trade provision that kicks in sometime in September of next season. What he also has is a "C" on his jersey, denoting that he is the official team captain, which he found out when general manager Theo Epstein unfolded Varitek's home and ...


The nation's largest flight attendants union said yesterday it would hold strike authorization votes at four major airlines, accusing the industry of using the bankruptcy process to cut workers' pay and other benefits.


That's rich: Gates tops Forbes list once again

com September 24, 2004, 7:23 AM PT. IT Management and Web Technology have been fighting neck-to-neck for the fifth spot for the last year.


During the spring protests that brought hundreds of thousands to the streets, Hispanic immigrants chanted a promise and a threat to politicians: "Today We March, Tomorrow We Vote."


Alto commissario, strumenti insufficienti per contrastarla


Some residents of Chicago's largely Hispanic Pilsen section are upset over a new doll in the popular American Girl series because her storyline says the Mexican-American youngster and her family left the "dangerous" neighborhood for a better life in the suburbs.


Panel Sees No Clear Aid for Veterans Under Stress

An expert panel said Thursday that it was unclear which treatments could help combat veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.


Asian stocks fell more than 2 percent on Wednesday as oil prices topped $100 a barrel, rekindling inlfation fears.


Bush to announce transfer of 14 terror suspects

President George W. Bush will   announce on Wednesday that 14 key terrorism suspects held under   a secret CIA detention program have been transferred to   Pentagon control for prosecution at Guantanamo Bay, an   administration official said.


Driving N.Y. taxi beats desk job, says female "hack"

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - She's a tough-talking, petite New Yorker who was fed up with her office job, so when Melissa Plaut was laid off she decided it was time for an adventure -- driving one of the city's famed yellow taxi cabs.


The Football Association acts following complaints over an official England DVD which failed to feature black players.


In autumn, China's new rich crave the rare hairy crab

The power meal of a rising urban class is found in one lake near Shanghai.


Data point to cooler growth, steady rates

U.S. employers added 128,000 workers   to their payrolls in August, evidence of a cooler -- but still   solid -- pace of economic growth that could let the Federal   Reserve hold interest rates steady.


SIPphone communitygoes bananas over Microsoft Windows Mobile

Cat out of the bag 3GSM Windows Mobile 6.0 is out! Well, at the least, the secret of WM 6 is out. Microsoft was today frantically trying to deny its heroic efforts to keep the next generation Windows smartphone hidden from NewsWireless - but the cat was out of the bag even before the Tribune newspaper blew the embargo, because of the enthusiasm in VoIP circles for the new OS.â¦


Kerry, Bush Even in Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio, Polls Show

US Senator John Kerry pulled even with President George W. Bush in election polls in Florida, partly helped by a surge in newly registered voters, according to a survey done for the South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper.


United Nations says more needed to fight population growth ...

UNITED NATIONS: A global effort to fight poverty with better population management that UN officials once hoped could "change the world" has made limited progress after one decade, a new UN study said on Wednesday.


A UK company is applying for permission to transplant stem cells made from human foetal tissue into the brains of stroke patients.


Suspicious liquid found at W.Va. airport

A West Virginia airport terminal was evacuated Thursday after two bottles of liquid found in a woman's carry-on luggage twice tested positive for explosives residue, a Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman said.


Oil Steady as Winter Worries Stem Decline

Oil prices were steady on Thursday as  concern over lean heating fuel supplies in the United States  and Europe ahead of winter stemmed falls of nearly $10 since  late October.


Results of recent polls on the presidential race. Listed above each set of results is the name of the organization that conducted the poll, the dates, the number interviewed, whether it was adults, registered voters (RV) or likely voters (LV) and the margin of error (MoE). Results might not total 100 percent because of rounding.


A thunderous barrage of mortars or rockets killed at least three people and wounded 18 in the Green Zone on Tuesday, the U.S. Embassy said. One of the dead was an American service member.


LSU's Saban meets with Dolphins for 'preliminary conversation'

LSU coach Nick Saban met with the Miami Dolphins about their opening Tuesday night, the school announced Wednesday morning. "I owe it to the people of Louisiana and the fans of LSU football to let them know


Back when everyone believed the world was flat, people thought these rocky shores on Spain's windswept "coast of death" were the end of the world. In today's world, you only need a mobile phone to get there ... and back.


The protracted legal battle over Russian oil giant Yukos appeared to enter its final phase Friday when the government set a date to auction off a majority stake in the company's richest energy fields and demanded another $6 billion in back taxes from a business already facing a crippling $14 billion bill for outstanding taxes and fines.


A U.N. special envoy will meet Burma's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday, the United Nations said


Further prison abuse hearings start as US pounds Fallujah

BAGHDAD - Court martial proceedings started Friday for two US soldiers involved in Iraqâs notorious Abu Ghraib prison scandal, while seven people were killed in fresh air strikes on suspected weapons warehouses in the rebel-held city of Fallujah.


N.B.A. Bars 4 After a Brawl Involving Fans

The N.B.A. suspended indefinitely the four players primarily involved in a wide-ranging fight that went into the stands and resulted in nine fan injuries Friday night.


Aston Villa matchwinner Nolberto Solano was delighted with his decision to let Thomas Hitzlsperger take the corner which set up his wonder-goal in the 1-0 victory over Tottenham.


Google Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt said Wednesday his company is committed to expanding its presence in South Korea, a market that has proven a challenge for the world's No. 1 search engine.


President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma wished a Merry Christmas to...

President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma wished a Merry Christmas to followers of the Roman Catholic, Reformatory and Lutheran Churches.


AMD readies security, virtualisation features for 2006

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) plans to build security and virtualisation features into its server processors by 2006, the company said Friday during its annual analyst event.


Nalbandian to vie for Madrid Masters title

Argentine David Nalbandian entered the Madrid Master final on Saturday, scoring 6-4 and 6-4 victory over Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia.


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Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond is improving in hospital after he crashed a car during filming.


Ridge: Convention Security Measures Solid

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge said Wednesday that security measures for the Republican National Convention are as strong and well-coordinated as officials have had for any event.


IBM reported to put its PC business up for sale

San Francisco, December 4: IBM is reportedly in talks to sell its personal computer business in a deal that could be worth up to $2 billion and would cap a gradual withdrawal from the business it helped to pioneer in 1981.


Bertinotti, credo che la volonta' politica ci sia


Wales rugby star Gavin Henson will not face court action because of "insufficient evidence", say prosecutors.


A MAN stabbed eight teenagers to death and injured four others after breaking into a school in central China Friday morning, teachers and local authorities said.


In the debate, John Kerry was on the offensive on topics like tax cuts in wartime, prescription drug imports and the deficit.


EU tells China it will maintain arms embargo

The European Union today told China it will maintain its 15-year-old embargo on arms sales until Beijing makes significant improvements in its human rights record.


Kenya's president named half his Cabinet Tuesday, angering opposition leaders who accuse him of stealing the recent election and undermining mediation attempts for a power-sharing agreement to end violence that has left more than 500 dead


MPs hear how the 11 September terror attacks made racial abuse of Sikhs "fashionable".


A three-week march against trafficking children into forced labour in South Asia sets off from Calcutta to Delhi.


Viacom Inc. has demanded that Google Inc.'s online video service YouTube pull down all of its video clips after they failed to reach an agreement, the company said.


Two Firefighters Are Hurt at Ground Zero Site

Two firefighters were injured when a worker lost control of a small forklift on the 23rd floor of the troubled Deutsche Bank building in Lower Manhattan.


WASHINGTON - The number of Americans living in poverty increased by 1.3 million last year, while the ranks of the uninsured swelled by 1.4 million, the Census Bureau reported Thursday.    It was the third straight annual increase for both categories...


ATA Pilots To Vote On Cutting Pay By $6M

INDIANAPOLIS -- The union for ATA Airlines pilots said it will vote this week whether to take a $6 million pay cut over the next four months.


Sara' abbinata a trasmissione RaiUno Ballando con le stelle


U.S. ally Colombia deserves trade pact, Rice says

MEDELLIN, Colombia  - The United States would break faith with a strong Latin American ally that has rescued itself from failure if the U.S. Congress refuses to approve a free-trade agreement with Colombia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday.


Thousands of anti-war campaigners have taken to the streets of London calling for an end to the "illegal occupation" of Iraq by US-led coalition troops.


Astronomers discover a newborn planet in a solar system that is still in the process of forming.


A strike at India's state-run domestic airline disrupts travel, with chaotic scenes at airports across the country.


The government launches a plan to control the deer population, believed to be at its highest for a millennium.


Financial conditions amplify policy: Bernanke

Changes in financial and credit  conditions can amplify cyclical swings in the economy and the  effect of monetary policy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke said on Friday.


A Chilean appeals court grants bail for former military ruler General Pinochet, charged with murder and kidnapping.


The Motley Fool - Yesterday, I wrote about how everyone and their neighbor seems to gunning for a slice of Apple's (Nasdaq: AAPL - News) iPod and iTunes business. And while I still believe it's possible for News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS - News) MySpace, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT - News), and Sony (NYSE: SNE - News) to erode some of Apple's market share for downloadable music, I don't expect the company to passively stand by as revenues drop.


Seeing the Ethics Rules, and Raising an Exception

Shhhh! Don't tell anyone, but lobby groups are plotting all sorts of ways to get around the new ethics rules.


Fourteen killed in Iraq as video of alleged Mosul bomber released

BAGHDAD  - Fourteen people, including a politician, were killed in Iraq as a militant group released a video claiming to show the suicide bomber who carried out the deadly attack on a dining hall at a US army base in Mosul.


Two young Royal Bengal tigers died unexpectedly at a zoo in India where dozens of lions have already died young, possibly because of a breeding program that produced weak animals, a conservator said Thursday.


Pelosi, Bernanke to discuss economy on Monday: aide

Federal Reserve Chairmen Ben Bernanke will meet on Monday with House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to discuss how they can work together to boost the U.S. economy, a spokesman for Pelosi said.


Oregon County Ordered to Issue Marriage Licenses

PORTLAND, Ore.  - An Oregon county was ordered by  a judge to start issuing marriage licenses again after  officials stopped granting them earlier this year to avoid  discriminating between heterosexual and homosexual couples.


Dad Allegedly Attempts Son's Circumcision

VANCOUVER, Wash. - A father who allegedly tried to circumcise his 8-year-old son in the bathroom after reading selections from the Bible has been charged with first-degree assault of a child...


A Pakistani militant says he carried out a string of attacks which killed at least 100 Shia Muslims.


Rifornimento costa 7 euro in meno rispetto a esodo estivo


Could companies keep jobs at home in the U.S. and still manage to reduce costs?


Dozens escape after Indonesia jet burns on landing

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia  - Dozens of people escaped an inferno that erupted after an Indonesian passenger jet overshot the runway and burst into flames on landing in the cultural capital of Yogyakarta on Wednesday.


Divorziata viveva da sola, colpita con abat-jour


Manipulating lists in OpenOffice.org Calc

When asked to explain the purpose of spreadsheets, most people think of calculations first. And it's true that spreadsheets like Calcs have hundreds of different functions for performing calculations. However, probably the most common tasks in spreadsheets is manipulating lists.


Elmer Bernstein, Film Composer, Dead at 82

Elmer Bernstein, the versatile, Oscar-winning composer who scored such movie classics as "The Ten Commandments," "The Magnificent Seven," "To Kill a Mockingbird," "The Great Escape" and "True Grit," died Wednesday. He was 82.


US Deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage, who visited Slovakia on September 14 said, following a meeting with PM Mikulas Dzurinda, that the US did not take Slovakia's military presence in Iraq and ...


La ragazza sordomuta ha fatto capire di aver subito violenze


ASHBURN, Va.  -- The Washington Redskins on Monday signed seventh-round draft pick Tyler Ecker, a tight end from Michigan.


Markets rise as rate and growth worries ease

U.S. stocks rose on Friday as tame consumer price data reassured investors that inflation was under control as the economy maintains growth.


Dell will roll out a line of servers preconfigured with Microsoft's SQL Server database.


That wasn't easy. Team USA beat Greece Tuesday, but barely, edging out a 77-71 victory. We definitely played better than we did in game one against Puerto Rico, but still not well enough to dominate like we should.


A US Marine of the 1st Division gestures during a patrol outside Fallujah, Iraq, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004. American forces are preparing for a major assault on Fallujah in an effort to restore control to a swathe


Market Place: A Medical Robot Makes Headway

You would never know a recession might be under way from looking at Intuitive Surgical, the leader in medical robot technology.


McEnroe to Captain Davis Cup Through 2006

Patrick McEnroe will remain the U.S. Davis Cup captain through 2006.


Microsoft signs up for tie-up with Indian firms

SOFTWARE giant Microsoft has signed multi-million dollar software partnerships with two of Indiaâs leading outsourcing firms. The firmâs chief executive, Steve Ballmer, said it has also stepped up plans


Unilever Sales Fall 4 Percent in Quarter

Unilever PLC, the Anglo-Dutch consumer products maker, said Wednesday its business suffered from weak demand and poor weather in the third quarter, with sales of Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Lipton Tea falling.


Nottingham Forest are poised to announce a move from their home at City Ground to another location.


Three killed in heavy Mogadishu fighting

At least three people were killed when a firefight erupted between unidentified insurgents and Ethiopian troops near a military base in the Somali capital Tuesday hours after the arrival of African Union peacekeepers, witnesses said.


Read the fine print. The people who decide how to resolve your disputes with your homebuilder might not be so impartial.


Nikkei +0,28%. Euro a 1,3090 dollari e 154,58 yen


Kazaa Launches Defense in Copyright Case

The owners of file-swapping giant Kazaa claimed Tuesday their software, which allows users to exchange copyrighted music and movies online, doesn't differ from video recorders, as they launched their defense in a landmark music piracy case in Australia.


Ultra-low Fed rates stoked housing boom: Taylor

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming  - In rare public criticism of Alan Greenspan, former U.S. Undersecretary for International Affairs John Taylor said on Saturday that ultra-low Federal Reserve interest rates had stoked the U.S. housing boom and subsequent bust.


Vancouver-based Goldcorp Inc. agreed   on Thursday to acquire Glamis Gold Ltd. for about $8.6 billion   in stock to create one of the world's largest gold mining   companies.


By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA may fly its next-generation space vehicle to the international space station through 2020, four years longer than the agency had originally planned to fly to the outpost, an official said Tuesday.


Roeder baffled by hot and cold Newcastle

Manager Glenn Roeder admitted he was baffled as to why Newcastle's form should be so much better in Europe than in the Premiership.


Erano stati condannati per un massacro di musulmani


Florida court: Rush Limbaugh's medical records properly seized

A Florida appeals court ruled Wednesday that prosecutors did not violate Rush Limbaugh's privacy rights when they paid a surprise visit to his doctors and seized his


The leader of a battalion involved in the killings of 24 Iraqis in Haditha should face a court-martial for dereliction of duty, the investigating officer recommended in a report obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press.


Sharon says he will press ahead with disengagement plan Harinder ...

World News > Jerusalem, Oct 25 : Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said today he was determined to carry out his "disengagement" plan that requires all Israeli settlers to leave Gaza Strip and four isolated settlements in the West Bank.


In the 'Not For Long' league, the 'Skins' Joe Gibbs has missed an ...

â¢ When Gibbs last coached a meaningful game in the NFL -- Washington's Jan. 9, 1993, NFC divisional round playoff loss at San Francisco -- Green Bay's Brett Favre was 13 starts into his current 189-game NFL record consecutive starting streak.


WASHINGTON Oct. 19, 2004 - Federal health officials said Tuesday that another 2.6 million doses of flu vaccine will be available in January to augment existing supplies as they sought to calm fears about the shortage.


Burqa-clad Taliban leader caught as NATO attacks

Afghan soldiers have captured a Taliban leader who tried to flee a security operation in the south dressed in a burqa, NATO said on Wednesday.


On election eve, Fahrenheit 9/11 makes US pay-per-view

Michael Moore got yet another chance to raise temperatures in the already heated US presidential election campaign, when he secured last-minute deals to bring his anti-Bush film Fahrenheit 9/11 to pay-per-view television and the internet - the night


More than 1,000 extra British troops are to be sent to  Afghanistan by the government, the BBC learns.


Foreign doctors questioned over British bomb plot

Police were holding eight people on Tuesday, at least four of them foreign doctors, over a suspected al Qaeda plot against Britain that has triggered a manhunt stretching as far as Australia.


The descent from working class to homeless was swift and methodical. Rob Messick lost his job as a contract worker for a technology firm in Alexandria in September. The bills, already high, piled higher: rent, child support, car insurance, medical expenses, utilities. The odd jobs he scored didn't...


Yahoo reported a drop in quarterly profit and its shares fell nearly 7 percent as Chief Executive Jerry Yang predicted a tough 2008 amid a weakening U.S. economy.


Believe it or not: There are alternatives to the iPhone

Given the iPhone hype, it's easy to forget other phones can play music and browse the Web. Here are three iPhone competitors that offer a lot of features for less money.


Beavers grace New York City's official seal. But the industrious rodents have not been seen in the flesh here for as many as 200 years — until this week.


Market falls on CPI as Citigroup rebounds

Stocks fell on Friday after a sharp rise in consumer prices stirred inflation fears, but the market partly recovered after Goldman Sachs upgraded Citigroup's  debt, helping financial shares.


Australian Wheat Farmers Brace for Huge Locust Plague

Australia's wheat farmers, fresh from battling the country's worst drought in a century, are now threatened by a plague of locusts which have already begun to hatch from a sprawling "nursery" in the country's outback.


UK police arrest second man in serial murder hunt

Police arrested a second man in the  investigation of the murder of five prostitutes near to the  town of Ipswich, media reported on Tuesday.


UK Alzheimer's Society backs tracking devices

LONDON, Dec 27  - The Alzheimer's Society charity  has backed British government proposals to issue dementia  sufferers with tracking devices if patients agree.


"Die Hard" chases down $9.1 mil in opening day

"Live Free or Die Hard,"  the fourth installment in the "Die Hard" franchise, opened  Wednesday to $9.1 million, but did not set any records,  according to estimates issued by distributor 20th Century Fox.


F1 espionage affair heads to British High Court

The British Grand Prix may have ended on Sunday but the Formula One ÃÂÃÂespionage' controversy that overshadowed on-track events at Silverstone has seemingly still got plenty of mileage left in it.


LOS ANGELES (CBS.MW) - Taking a cue from the recording industry, Hollywood film studios said Thursday they would start suing those who pirate their movies online.


The killing of 17 Iraqis by Blackwater contractors puts the spotlight on private security companies. Who are these guns for hire, and who pays when they mess up?


Captors of two Italian hostages, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, in Iraq have agreed to free the women for a US$1 million ($1.52 million) ransom, Kuwaiti daily Al-Rai al-Aam said last night.


A combination of two rarely used heart drugs cut death rates among black heart-failure patients almost in half, researchers reported Monday.


Cadbury recalls Easter eggs over nut allergy labels

British confectionery group Cadbury  Schweppes  said on Saturday it was withdrawing a number  of Easter chocolate products because they did not have the  correct nut allergy labeling.


Ascoli, 18:50 - CALCIO, ASCOLI; SONETTI: SIAMO VIVI E CREDIAMO NELLA SALVEZZA

"Abbiamo dimostrato di essere vivi e di non essere spacciati, noi crediamo nella salvezza e la gente...


A Russian billionaire says he bought the art collection of the late cellist Mstislav Rostropovich for the state by offering the upper limit of the value established by the auction house.


Aiming for Films of High Quality and Low Ecological Damage

After producing âAn Inconvenient Truth,â executives at Paramount Vantage decided that all the films made internally by the studio were going to be carbon neutral.


Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi said when catcher Rod Barajas backed out of a signed agreement with Toronto, it was unlike anything he has experienced in his career.


CASTAIC, Calif. - Firefighters face more hot, dry weather Sunday as they struggle to contain a wildfire burning across nearly 20-square miles of dry brush and timber in the Los Padres National Forest.  The blaze broke out Monday about 40 miles north of Los Angeles.


KANSAS CITY, Mo.  - Agrochemical company Monsanto  Co. on Wednesday posted a quarterly net loss on a drop in U.S.  sales of the herbicide Roundup.


Udine, 13:13 - CALCIO, UDINESE: ACQUISTATO FLORO FLORES

L'Udinese ha acquistato in comproprietà dall'Arezzo l'attaccante Antonio Floro Flores, 24 ann...


Sex Education Gets Party Treatment in West Africa

NOE, Ivory Coast  - A day after the rest of the  world marked World Aids Day on December 1, the Love Life  Caravan blasted its way into the remote border outpost of Noe  between Ivory Coast and Ghana.


The Ministry of Defence awards a Â£124m project to develop an unmanned aircraft to BAE Systems.


3 Drug Makers Are Convicted in Reimbursement Overcharges

AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Schering-Plough must pay damages for overcharging on certain drugs.


Can AOL Keep Netscape.com From Fading Away?

AOL will restore Netscape.com to a traditional Web portal format, 15 months after turning it into a social news site,


New York, 23:53 - TENNIS, US OPEN: FEDERER IN FINALE

Lo svizzero Roger Federer, testa di serie numero 1, si è qualificato per la finale dell'Us Op...


Calls for German music quotas as pop music congress begins

One of Europe's biggest pop music trade fairs and festivals opened against a backdrop of calls for German music to be promoted by forcing quotas on radio stations.


NEW YORK The NASD on Monday said that it had permanently barred Frank Quattrone, the former star banker, from the securities industry for refusing to testify in an NASD investigation of his role in possible document destruction and obstruction of justice.


Andata dei sedicesimi di finale al Tardini


Testing Investorsâ Faith in State Street

Now seems a peculiar time for shareholders to suspend their disbelief about the full impact the continuing credit crisis might have on financial services stocks.


More than 100 whales and dolphins have died in two separate beachings in islands off Tasmania in Australia. Ninety-seven pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins died off King Island over the weekend, and several others have died off Maria Island.


China and Russia challenged the United States at a disarmament debate Tuesday by formally presenting a plan to ban weapons in space


Rio de Janeiro, 20:10 - CALCIO, RONALDO: PRESIDENTE BRASILE SCRIVE A FENOMENO

Ancue il presidente del Brasile Luiz Inacio Lula è vicino a Ronaldo nel momento di difficolt&...


UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said the that a referendum on the EU constitution will take place "early in 2006" if Labour wins a third term.


United Rentals ends takeover, demands $100 mln fee

Equipment rental group United Rentals Inc  said on Monday it terminated its $4 billion takeover by Cerberus Capital Management and asked Cerberus to pay it a $100 million termination fee.