Police investigating two shootings at Notting Hill Carnival

London's Metropolitan Police were investigating Tuesday shootings of two teenagers, as well as a stabbing, on the final day of the Notting Hill Carnival.


Milano, 14:52 - CALCIO, INTER: CONVOCATI PER IL CHIEVO

Questi i convocati dell'Inter per la gara di domani con il Chievo.


Indexes end lower as global equities rout continues

U.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday after a volatile trading session as investors continued to snap up safer assets like bonds, following Tuesday's global equities sell-off.


House to Vote on New Version of Child Health Bill

Democrats hope to win over more Republicans with revisions that would tighten eligibility for the State Childrenâs Health Insurance Program.


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'We walk a fine line,' says the boss whose airline tripped up

After one of the most embarrassing weeks in British Airways' history, the recriminations begin tomorrow. Rod Eddington, the airline's gregarious Australian chief executive, says he will mount a full investigation


ESPN baseball analyst Peter Gammons will file reports from the Minnesota Twins game in Boston on Wednesday night, returning to work three months after a brain aneurysm.


'I must be a failure then' retort at conference likely to raise fresh questions about party leadership.


Catanzaro, 14:58 - CALCIO, JUVE; COBOLLI GIGLI: FUTURO IN DIRIGENZA PER DEL PIERO

Giovanni Cobolli Gigli vede nel futuro di Del Piero un posto nella dirigenza della Juve. ''Del Piero...


The European Commission is sticking  with its plan to lift sanctions on $4 billion worth of U.S.  goods on Jan. 1 following Washington's repeal of export tax  subsidies in October, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.


Islamic militants in Pakistan attacked a fort near the Afghan border Tuesday, one of two clashes with government forces that left seven troops and 37 fighters dead, the army said. In Europe, President Pervez Musharraf said border attacks were "pinpricks" that his government must manage.


Ensemble performances of a rare order are glowing brightly on stages across the theater district.


CORVALLIS, Ore. - An iPod screen glowing in the middle of the night from thick underbrush led rescuers to a mushroom picker lost in the woods.


FBI Investigating Whether Tejada Lied About Steroids

Miguel Tejada is under FBI scrutiny after the agency opens an investigation into whether the former MVP lied by telling federal authorities he never took steroids.


Bush's $2.5 Trillion Budget Calls for Sweeping Cuts

President Bush on Monday proposed a  $2.5 trillion budget that slashes domestic programs from farm  aid to housing grants for the poor, as he sought to curb budget  deficits that have soared on his watch.


Jurors chosen for polygamist 'Prophet's' trial

Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was flown by helicopter Thursday to the Utah courthouse where his trial on rape-accomplice charges begins with lawyers laying out their cases for the jury.


Myanmar troops open fire on protesters, 9 dead

Troops cleared protesters from the streets of central Yangon on Thursday, giving them 10 minutes to leave or be shot as the Myanmar junta intensified a two-day crackdown on the largest uprising in 20 years.


Il Milan non sfugge alla legge del pari: Ã¨ solo - 4

Poteva avvicinarsi di piÃ¹ e meglio. Il Milan non approfitta della prima caduta della Juve (nell'anticipo di sabato a Reggio Calabria), si fa raggiungere dalla Roma sul pareggio (1-1) e rosicchia solo punto alla capolista di Capello.


Apple holding 'special event' on Sept. 5

Based on the invitation, it appears that new iPods will be on tap in San Francisco during an Apple event.


Bankruptcy could affect election of top US bishop

Nearly three years after the scandal of clergy sexual abuse of minors exploded nationwide, the lingering impact may lead to an upset in leadership of the Catholic Church in an election today.


Iranian President Ahmadinejad Delivers Remarks at U.N. General Assembly Meeting

SPEAKER: IRANIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD   [*]   AHMADINEJAD (THROUGH TRANSLATOR): In the name of God, the compassionate and the merciful, oh, God, hasten the arrival of Imam al-Mahdi and grant him good health and victory and make us his followers and those who attest to his rightfulness.  ...


Berlusconi, Prodi Do Battle Over Italy Policy, Economy

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his arch-political foe Romano Prodi crossed swords on Saturday, taking stabs at each other from rival rallies that offered Italians their visions of the future.


Opponents vowed yesterday to step up their fight against a giant wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod amid accusations that a new US Army Corps of Engineers study was inadequate and biased toward the developer who paid for it.


Myanmar's detained Suu Kyi taken to state guesthouse

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was taken on Thursday from the villa where she has been held for the last four years to a state guesthouse where she has previously met foreign diplomats, diplomatic sources said.


James Carville, Bob Shrum, and Stan Greenberg

Three Democratic political strategists discuss the election and the state of the their party.


Tacos, pizza, and the colonel's secret recipe tantalize taste buds in China.


Egypt invites the Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian leaders to a summit next week, Palestinian officials say.


U.N. Asks if World Has the Will to Stop Genocide

If the world had listened to the horrors of the Nazi death camps, perhaps genocide in Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda could have been avoided, speakers told the first-ever U.N. General Assembly session on the Holocaust of World War II.


Andre Agassi made short work of Kristof Vliegen in his opening Stockholm Open match on Wednesday, beating the Belgian 6-2, 6-4 in just over an hour.


Supermodel Campbell threatened with arrest in NY

Supermodel Naomi Campbell failed to  show up in court on Wednesday on charges of attacking her  housekeeper and the judge said he would order her arrest if she  didn't make it for her next court date.


The District of Columbia has reopened talks with major league baseball on the proposed $531 million ballpark agreement for the Expos, and a council official predicted the plan could gain addition votes toward approval if the city saves money in a revised contract.


Well, yes, says John Cloud. But that doesn't mean a class action lawsuit against the dating website makes any sense


In an out of court settlement, Sun Microsystems has agreed to pay Kodak $92 million to settle the long running patent case involving Java technology.


Developer Tutorials Blog: PHP Web Hosts: The Version Dilemma

In this post to the Developer Tutorials blog, Akash Mehta talks about the "version dilemma" that developers face when looking for good hosting - with all of the push towards PHP5 these days, why is it that so many hosting environments are still running on PHP4?   If you purchase a cheap hosting account with many of the major web hosts around today, chances are they will be running PHP 4. The problem for web hosts is this: the PHP community may have moved on from version 4, but a lot of the code out there hasn't.   He recommends one solution that several hosting providers are starting to gravitate towards - offering both to their customers and allowing them to switch between them (via something like cPanel).


Joe Hunter, Motown's first bandleader and a three-time Grammy winner with the Funk Brothers, has died. He was 79.


Sinclair Sued by Filmmaker Over Kerry Photos

The director of a documentary about  John Kerry's Vietnam service sued Sinclair Broadcast Group on  Thursday, accusing it of illegally copying his photographs in a  controversial anti-Kerry movie it plans to air portions of this  week.


Qualcomm says court dismisses Broadcom complaint

Wireless chip developer Qualcomm Inc.   said on Friday the U.S. District Court for New Jersey  has dismissed Broadcom Corp's  antitrust complaint  against Qualcomm in its entirety.


President Bush has signed a new law authorizing him to freeze Sudanese government assets to protest the violence in Sudan's troubled Darfur region.


AMERICA remembered the victims of the September 11 atrocities yesterday in an emotional day of national mourning in which President George Bush renewed his vow to defeat global terrorism.


Fear are growing for the safety of record-breaking US pilot Steve Fossett, missing in  Nevada since Monday.


Ford seen posting eighth straight quarterly loss

Ford Motor Co.  is expected to  post its eighth straight quarterly loss on Thursday as  investors focus on signs of progress in the automaker's  turnaround and its sale of luxury brands, analysts said.


A leading human genome scientist says he has taken a major step towards creating life from scratch in the lab.


Grenade Thrown as Police Lay Siege to Suspected Terror House

Dutch police were laying siege to a house in The Hague today where an unknown number of terrorism suspects were holed up. Three policemen were injured by a hand grenade thrown when a raid was launched on the house, officials said.


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MapReduce: a "major step backwards" A database pioneer and honored computer science professor have come under heavy fire for issuing a strong critique of Google's MapReduce technology for processing large unstructured databases.â¦


ARLINGTON, Texas -- Reliever Eric Gagne and the Texas Rangers reached a preliminary agreement Tuesday on a one-year contract worth about $6 million.


Vigil, the "amateur" sleuths watching the radicals

It says its members brought about the conviction of radical Egyptian-born cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, uncovered insurgent tactics in Iraq and are now working to provide intelligence from North Korea.


Villeneuve sets the pace as Heidfeld speeds up

Canadian Jacques Villeneuve has set the pace for Sauber while Germany's Nick Heidfeld did his best to impress Williams in a wet and windy Formula One test session at Jerez.


DARWIN - Prime Minister John Howard unveiled a $A100 million counterterrorism plan in Darwin on Monday that includes the creation of six Australian Federal Police squads to fight terrorism in the Asia-Pacific region.


The conflagration that is Southern California is overwhelming wireless phone networks, and residents are turning to text messaging, blogs, and Web 2.0 sites such as YouTube, Flickr, and Twitter to keep each other abreast of the latest developments.


Recording Cos. Sue 761 for Music Swapping

LOS ANGELES Nov 19, 2004 - The recording industry has filed copyright infringement lawsuits against 761 computer users, the latest round of litigation in the record companies' effort to stamp out unauthorized trading of music online.


VIENNA -- Facing fierce international pressure, Iran backed off yesterday from its demand to be allowed to continue operating some uranium enrichment equipment, salvaging a deal with the UN's atomic watchdog agency that nonproliferation officials hope would curb Tehran's alleged nuclear ambitions.


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The U.N. secretary-general called Wednesday for an end to "foreign interference" that has exacerbated Lebanon's political crisis and said he had received more information that Syria was involved in sending weapons and fighters across the border.


Strong Quake, 5.8 on Richter, Jolts Tokyo

A strong earthquake measuring 5.8 on the  Richter scale jolted eastern Japan including Tokyo on Wednesday  evening, but there was no danger of tsunami tidal waves, the  Metereorological Agency said.


Clijsters hopes to return to WTA Tour by end of September

Former No. 1 Kim Clijsters hopes to return to action at the end of the month after missing most of the season with a left wrist injury.


Members of the UK's largest union have overwhelmingly backed a new pay and conditions package for NHS workers.


CBS apologises for interrupting crime drama CSI: NY for a newsflash announcing Yasser Arafat's death.


McCain holds steady lead in South Carolina

Republican John McCain holds a steady 7-point lead over rival Mike Huckabee in South Carolina two days before the state casts votes in an unpredictable presidential nominating race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Thursday.


Canada to create national do-not-call list

Canada's telecommunications regulator  laid out new rules on Tuesday for a national do-not-call list  that will enable consumers to prevent unwanted phone calls from  telemarketers.


LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Even without leading scorer Corey Maggette, the Los Angeles Clippers were able to complete a sweep. Elton Brand scored 25 points and Bobby Simmons added 22 to lift the Clippers to a


Critics say new rules to standardise funding of continuing care in England do not go far enough.


Chad charges French, Spanish over children: minister

Chadian authorities charged nine  French nationals on Tuesday with abducting children and fraud  after they were detained trying to fly 103 children to Europe.


New Hopes for Peace During Christmas in Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Hundreds of pilgrims and a  new Palestinian leadership came to Bethlehem for Christmas as  the town of Jesus's birth celebrated the festival with new  hopes for peace following Yasser Arafat's death.


US hopeful on amnesty offer to Taliban, still planning new campaign

The US military said it would launch a winter campaign against militants in Afghanistan before upcoming local elections, despite maintaining it was confident an amnesty offer to the Taliban would succeed.


Pak criticises India's stance on Kashmir

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday welcomed as a "good sign" Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's statement that India would pursue dialogue to resolve all outstanding issues but claimed that his ruling out of redrawing of boundaries "contradicted" his stand to


Israeli police have arrested a Palestinian presidential candidate as he campaigned in Jerusalem , witnesses said, in the latest incident to mar the run-up to elections for a successor to Yasir Arafat.


Torino, 18:49 - SCHERMA, MONDIALI; FIORETTO DONNE: VEZZALI IN FINALE

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AUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 20 -- United Auto Workers President Ronald A. Gettelfinger sought Friday to lower expectations of "transformational" changes to labor contracts as bargaining with U.S. automakers began.


Costs skyrocket for key 2010 Games facility

VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - The rush to build Vancouver's new convention center, which will be home to the media during the 2010 Winter Olympics, has caused the project's costs to skyrocket, a report said on Thursday.


For a night, reliever was startling pitcher

This was new territory for him. Starting? Julian Tavarez had done that before, though his 6 1/3-inning stint last night was his longest in four years, since he went seven innings for the Marlins against the Pirates at the end of a two-year interlude in which the career reliever made his living pitching in the rotation.


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Are there more changes ahead for Motorola?


Blu-ray owners may be frozen out of developments because their machines are not upgradeable.


Suicide bomber kills eight troops in Pakistan: army

At least eight Pakistani soldiers died Saturday when a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-packed car into their convoy in a remote tribal region near the Afghan border, the military told AFP.


EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - After playing one of the Eastern Conference teams on a slow descent into mediocrity, tonight the Heat hosts a team thought to be going in the opposite direction â-leveland.


Congress Reapproves Internet Access Tax Ban

The US Congress on Friday reinstated a ban on Internet access taxes after the House of Representatives agreed to extend it for another three years rather than make it permanent.


Jacqueline Batteast scored 19 points to lead No. 11 Notre Dame past Syracuse 74-61 on Wednesday night.


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In a Dec. 8 story about the Morehead State-Kentucky basketball game, The Associated Press reported erroneously that in a 71-40 loss, Morehead State scored its fewest points in a game since early in the 1978-79 season, when the Eagles had 37 in a loss to Indiana. Morehead State scored 32 points in a 1995 loss to Kentucky.


Yahoo Rolls Out E-Mail Authentication, Added Storage

Yahoo on Monday implemented its own sender authentication scheme, dubbed DomainKeys, for its free Web-based mail service. DomainKeys is one of several authentication technologies that hope to put a stop to


The Mexican airport operator is ready for takeoff.


Germany interior minister calls for new anti-terror measures after a failed bomb attack on two trains last month.


GULPING for breath and choking back tears, Bernie Banton's face said it all today as he claimed a long and very personal victory years after his battle against James Hardie Industries began.


India Agrees to Join EU Satellite Navigation Plan

India pledged on Wednesday to strike a deal soon on joining the European Union's multibillion-dollar satellite navigation system project, but it declined to spell out how much it would invest.


Belarus' Lukashenko Announces Referendum

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko - critized by Western nations for his autocratic rule - announced a referendum next month asking voters to remove term limits, a change that would allow him to seek five ...


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Grave malattia al sangue Ford lascia la Scavolini

PESARO, 26 AGOSTO 2004 - Un drammatico addio al basket per un campione mondiale che ora dovra' giocare una partita difficilissima: lottare contro la grave malattia del sangue che l' ha colpito, forse sottoponendosi anche a un trapianto.


Initial coverage of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's comments during an event in Singapore yesterday left the folks back at headquarters in Redmond trying to clarify things and put them in context.


OMAHA, Neb. - A Web-page designer who auctioned off the use of his forehead for advertising space is letting it go to his head.  Andrew Fischer, 20, of Omaha, who put his forehead for sale on eBay as advertising space, received $37,375 on Friday to advertise the snoring remedy, SnoreStop.


Community health centres across Wales are closing because of a lack of funding, BBC Wales learns.


The vast majority of Scottish local authorities expect to freeze council tax, says a BBC survey.


Coca-Cola's EU deal suggests shake-up of sales is real thing

COCA-Colaâs agreement with the European Union is the first sign that new chief executive Neville Isdellâs painfully slow reform of the company may at last be getting under way.


Blagojevich goes too far with video game proposal

Many of the ultraviolent and sexually explicit video "games" on the market today deserve the revulsion and ridicule they have received.


Obama under attack ahead of New Hampshire debates

NASHUA, New Hampshire  - Barack Obama's bid to be America's first black president is under fire from Democrats and Republicans alike before political debates on Saturday to help voters pick who to vote for in New Hampshire's primary.


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Silverstone included on draft F1 calendar

The British Grand Prix was included provisionally on a 2005 Formula One calendar issued on Wednesday along with an inaugural Turkish race in August.


Turkish PM says EU member states will also undergo a test on December 17th

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the European Union (EU) member states would also undergo a test (during the European Council to be held) on December 17th (when they are ...


Lahoud to Stay in Office Three More Years

Pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud's bid to stay in office three more years was assured in a dramatic about-face Saturday when political rival Prime Minister Rafik Hariri bowed to Syrian pressure and proposed a constitutional amendment allowing the head of state to extend his term.


Not Out of the Woods Yet ; Hickory Woods Saga Could Be Resolved in Broader Settlement

By Phil Fairbanks  The judge overseeing the seven-year saga known as Hickory Woods is frustrated by delays in the case and now wants a "global settlement" of all the issues surrounding the contaminated neighborhood.


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Letter From Mexico: Long History of Vote Fraud Lingers in the Mexican Psyche

After decades of one-party rule sustained by fraudulent elections, many Mexicans still deeply distrust their institutions and courts.


Circuit City Stores Inc. (CC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday posted a narrower quarterly loss from continuing operations but said its outlook was cautious for the


Internet Privacy / Survey Deems Google a Threat / Group Finds Issues With How Firm Uses Your Personal Data

Google Inc.'s privacy practices are the worst among the Internet's top destinations, according to a watchdog group. The group is seeking to intensify the recent focus on how the online search leader handles personal information about its users.


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Kerry talks with Clinton to spruce up campaign

Battered at polls by President George W Bush, his Democratic challenger John Kerry is now turning to former President Bill Clinton, considered among the best campaigners, for advice on how to reinvigorate his sagging campaign.


China Newspaper Group Plans to Raise $100M

Beijing Media Corp., which handles advertising for China's second-largest newspaper company, said Friday it expects to raise up to US$100 million (euro75 million) in its planned listing in Hong Kong on Dec. 22.


NRC Closes Web Library For Security Review

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has closed public access to its online document library to protect sensitive documents that might be useful to terrorists, the agency said Tuesday.


Plastic pitches set to return after 21 years

The Football Association is set to lift its 21-year ban on plastic pitches, allowing Premiership and Football League clubs to play on synthetic surfaces for the first time since they were


DEATH PENALTY:  Uzbek Abolition Draws Line Under Past

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Jan 17 (IPS) - The abolition of the death penalty in Uzbekistan --  the 135th state to abandon state-sanctioned killing --  effectively means the entire central Asian region has now  consigned to history a punishment that was strongly associated  with the days of the Soviet empire.


Japanese scientists have built an electronic eye they say could help blind people get around safely.


UPDATE 1-Solberg wins inaugural Rally of Japan

Subaru's world champion Petter Solberg led from start to finish to win the inaugural Rally of Japan on Sunday. The Norwegian, roaring back from a big crash in Germany two weeks ago


Trevor Hoffman tied Lee Smith's career saves record with No. 478 and the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 on Saturday night to retain their lead in the NL West.


Crystal Smith scored 24 points and No. 18 Iowa extended its best start in 17 years, beating Indiana 62-51 in the teams' Big Ten opener Thursday night.


Conservatives gain in Italian local vote

Premier Romano Prodi's center-left coalition appeared to have fended off a major challenge by conservative leader Silvio Berlusconi in local elections across Italy seen as a test for the year-old government, early returns indicated Monday.


Gemstar-TV Guide Taps Fox Executive as CEO

Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. said on Friday it replaced Chief Executive Jeff Shell, credited with steering the company through a patch of legal woes, with a Fox


Souvenir baby ultrasounds worry medical experts

LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters Life!) - Parents anxious to have  souvenir ultrasounds photographs or film clips of their unborn  child in the womb should make sure they are done by  professionals who follow strict safety guidelines.


Genova, 17:33 - CALCIO, SAMP; CASSANO: PRONTO A RIDURMI INGAGGIO, MA DI POCO

Antonio Cassano ha finalmente trovato casa. Non stava cosÃ¬ bene in una squadra e in un ambiente da q...


The trial of three South Africans accused of feeding a farm worker to lions is adjourned as one pleads guilty.


More than 20 Taliban killed in Afghan clash: US coalition

The US-led military coalition in Afghanistan killed more than 20 Taliban militants in a prolonged clash Sunday in troubled Helmand province, a coalition statement said.


Take That's Gary Barlow is to write music for a new ITV1 drama series set in a fictional performing arts school.


American and Italian authorities arrested dozens of people Thursday in a takedown of the remnants of New York's Gambino crime family also meant to cripple a trans-Atlantic drug trafficking operation run by the Mafia.


Nicolas Sarkozy touches down in Kabul for a visit to French troops and talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.


Calciatori soggetti a rischio 'Casi 5 volte piÃ¹ frequenti'

TORINO, 7 DICEMBRE 2004 - Il lato del calcio che nessuno vorrebbe conoscere, quello che rimane nascosto, spesso purtroppo 'occultato'. Per i calciatori il rischio di ammalarsi di Sla, una malattia degenerativa


Salisbury, MD (Sports Network) - Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps was sentenced to 18 months' probation after pleading guilty to drunken driving on Wednesday.


Shares close higher with sharp rebound by insurers

Leading British shares managed to finish the day in positive territory as falls in New York were offset as blue chip insurers clawed back losses in the wake of last week's probe in the US.


Sweden Awards Nobels But Shy Writer Stays Home

Scientists and economists from the  United States, Israel and Norway received their Nobel prizes on  Friday at a ceremony marked by the conspicuous absence of  literature laureate Elfriede Jelinek of Austria.


Sen. John Edwards, who hopes to be vice president come January, went after the current holder of the office Thursday, criticizing Dick Cheney on terrorism, campaign rhetoric and health care.


A lot of Wall Street Journal reporters and editors worry about the nature of their jobs in a takeover by Rupert Murdoch. But for some the alternative may be no job at all.


F.T.C. Approves Googleâs Planned Merger With DoubleClick

The merger could still be held up in Europe, where personal privacy has more legal protections than in the United States.


An ingenious new Trojan is circulating that hijacks PCs and uses them to send SMS-based spam to mobile phones. After a PC has been infected, the Delf-HA Trojan contacts a Web site for details on which spam


LEESBURG, Virginia  - Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday described Tehran as an obstacle to Middle East peace and warned of "serious consequences" if it did not comply with the West's demands to halt sensitive nuclear work.


Norman Gets Vocal in Battle to Liven Up TV Coverage

Organizers are convinced Greg Norman  will say nothing during the first round of the Heineken Classic  in Melbourne on Thursday that will make them rue their decision  to let him carry a TV microphone during the tournament.


Energy Secretary Abraham Plans to Resign

U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer  Abraham has told President Bush that he plans to resign but  will stay on until a successor is in place, an administration  official said on Monday.


Almost a year ago, a book by William B. Styple lifted Civil War artist-historian James Edward Kelly from obscurity. Now, Styple is making sure Kelly is never forgotten.


New Year, New Scraps For Sun's Feisty Chief

Despite a recent antitrust settlement, Scott McNealy says Sun Microsystems shaking hands with Microsoft is like two boxers tapping gloves.


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Bomb at Shiite Shrine Kills 7 in Karbala

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A bomb targeting a prominent Shiite cleric killed seven people outside one of southern Iraq's holiest shrines Wednesday as campaigning began for Iraq's first post-Saddam elections - a vote that is going ahead despite suicide attacks and


SBC details plans for fiber network, IP-based TV

SBC Communications Inc. plans to offer IP (Internet Protocol) TV over a fiber-based network by the end of next year, the carrier announced Thursday.


EU weighs into British-Russian stand-off

The European Union Wednesday weighed into a flaring diplomatic dispute between Britain and Russia by criticising Moscow for failing to cooperate with a probe into the murder of a former agent in London.


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Tony Blair will seek to draw a line under talk of a feud with Gordon Brown with a speech focusing on Labour's record.


Nintendo moving into online within 3 to 4 years - Miyamoto

Comments attributed to Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto in this week's Famitsu magazine indicate that the company is planning to bring its systems online within a three to four year timescale, with DS leading the way.


Straw faces pressure over African coup plot

The government will come under increasing pressure this week to explain what action it took to protect British citizens in the West African state of Equatorial Guinea - after Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, admitted that he knew about the attempted


John Edwards said it would be fine if his health care proposal evolved into a federalized system.


Nigeria reports first human bird flu death

Nigeria has reported its first human death from bird flu, which occurred in mid-January in the commercial capital Lagos.


Marshall Plan lives on in Germany's economy

This is a story about Americans' tax dollars at work - or, more accurately, their grandparents' tax dollars.


Newspapers scattered across the country published extra editions Wednesday as editors weighed how to cover a close presidential race that remained undecided when morning papers rolled off the presses.


The latest weapon to protect dwindling elephant populations from poachers is a genetic map which can trace the origins of ivory, it emerged today.


Nick Perera had a goal and an assist and unseeded UC-Santa Barbara beat UCLA 2-1 Sunday to win its first national title.


The US Federal Trade Commission has given its endorsement to a plan that would reward insiders for information leading to the arrest and conviction of people or companies that produce spam.


Chile Judge Charges Pinochet in Rights Case

A Chilean judge on Monday formally charged former dictator Agusto Pinochet with homicide and kidnapping in one of many pending cases related to human rights abuses committed during his 17-year rule.


Najaf residents began to return to their normal lives Saturday, two days after two Shiite clerics hammered out a truce for the violence-wracked area.


When Jerry Heller met Eric "Eazy-E" Wright on March 3, 1987, he knew right away that the diminutive, Jheri-curled dude with a roll of cash stuffed into his sock would change the music world.


Drifter murdered Stuttle for loose change, Australian court finds

A drug-addicted Australian drifter was found guilty of murdering a teenage English tourist by throwing her from a bridge in a robbery which netted him just 1.80 dollars (73 pence) in loose change.


Google's first quarterly earnings statement since its recent IPO rewarded investors with the news that the company has doubled its profits in the past year.


Bryan Randall won't look to the sideline and see Marcus Vick warming up to replace him this season. He won't have to share the starting job with anybody else, either. He's Virginia Tech's starting quarterback. Period.


Colombian hostage release operation may take days

BOGOTA/CARACAS  - Venezuela rushed to organize an air convoy for the handover of hostages held in Colombia by Marxist rebels, but said it would not go ahead until Friday or the weekend.


UK monitors four planes for radiation in spy probe

Britain is monitoring a Russian plane and three British aircraft in an ever widening probe into the death from radiation poisoning of a former Russian spy that has heightened tensions with Moscow.


Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr reportedly agrees to end an uprising in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf.


Deborah Kerr, a versatile actress who long projected the quintessential image of the proper, tea-sipping Englishwoman but who was also indelible in one of the most sexually provocative scenes of the 1950âs, died today.


JERUSALEM, Feb. 9 -- Palestinians clashed with Israeli police Friday at one of this city's holiest sites and demonstrated across the West Bank to protest a construction project Israel has begun here near a pair of venerated mosques.


Skipper Paul Collingwood says England learned their lesson in rebounding from defeat to square the Twenty20 series.


Second group loses court fight to rally in Central Park

Just days before thousands of people are expected to protest the war in midtown Manhattan as Republicans arrive for their convention, a judge denied a last-ditch plea to


Roma, 19:50 - CALCIO, ROMA; SENSI: SPALLETTI UN GRANDE, MA NON VOLIAMO

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Virgin Mobile lingers over christmas 'knick-pics'

Shopping has never been so much fun Virgin mobile, in what is either utter desperation or a brilliant PR coup, has identified a new trend in Christmas shopping that manages to combine boobs and mobile phones.â¦


FDA Orders Broad Spectrum Review of Painkiller Drugs

THURSDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDayNews) --  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says it will review all prevention trials involving the prescription pain medications Celebrex and Bextra. These drugs are part of a category of drugs known as Cox-2 inhibitors.


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Tight end Billy Baber signed a one-year contract with the San Diego Chargers on Wednesday, taking the roster spot of suspended backup fullback Andrew Pinnock.


A certain celebrity photographer is free to return to the   trenches.


Riots at Iraqi Religious Festival Leave 28 Dead

BAGHDAD, Aug. 28 -- Riots broke out during a religious festival in the holy city of Karbala on Tuesday, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of Shiite pilgrims and leaving 28 people dead, police said.


Following in the footsteps of rival CBS, NBC said Wednesday that it will allow users to post snippets of popular NBC news and sports programs to their personal web sites.


Wife charged after van runs over husband

PALMER -- Horrified, neighbors watched a 50-year-old man scream for mercy as his wife allegedly used her minivan to run him over five times in the parking lot of their ...


Stocks Edge Higher; Oil at 21/2-Month Low

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 -- Stocks gained slightly Friday and the major indicators ended higher for the second straight week. Crude oil futures continued their decline, falling below $43 per barrel for the first time in 2 1/2 months.


BT connects first customers to all-IP network

(InfoWorld) - More than 100 consumers in the U.K. village of Wick are among the first customers to be connected to BT Group's next-generation telecommunications network, which went live Tuesday. The BT 21st Century Network, dubbed 21CN, is one of the most ambitious network overhauls of its kind in the world. Instead of using traditional circuit-switched systems to transport phone calls, the U.K. operator is switching its entire networking infrastructure to IP (Internet Protocol) technology. The move to an all-IP network will allow BT to offer consumers and businesses "triple-play" voice, data and video services over a single ADSL2+ (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) broadband connection, at speeds up to 24Mbps. Among the new services supported by the network are VOIP (voice over IP) and IPTV. At the same time, the move will allow the operator to lower operating costs. It expects to save around Â£1 billion ($1.9 billion) per year as a result of the network overhaul. Total cost of the overhaul is estimated at Â£10 billion. By mid-2007, BT plans to have switched more than 350,000 lines to its next-generation network, according BT spokeswoman Anna Easton. "We aim to use the first phase as a learning period," she said. The operator aims to have "the bulk" of the country's 30 million lines converted to IP by the end the decade, Easton said. As part of its carrier wholesale operations, BT will resell capacity over its new network to around 400 telecommunications service providers in the country. 21CN is an advanced IP broadband network system based on intelligent systems, such as SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), which allows the service provider to control the communications activity to meet a customer's requirements, and MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching), which enables the efficient designation and routing of IP traffic flows. BT launched its 21CN project around three years ago, according to Easton.


Gay issues again stump Episcopal church leaders

A high-level meeting called by the   Archbishop of Canterbury failed to find a way to stop the U.S.   Episcopal church from splintering even further over gay issues,   church leaders announced on Wednesday.


Stock futures slip on oil price concerns

U.S. stock futures slipped on Friday as resurgent oil prices held above $61 a barrel, raising fresh doubts about prospects for any cut in benchmark U.S. interest rates.


Novell, Red Hat, Sun Pledge Support for AMD's Dual-Core Chips

AMD (NYSE: AMD) says software vendors  Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL),  Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT) and Sun have pledged support for its next-generation dual-core computer chips.


Sports Briefing | Golf: First Tour Victory for Ogilvie

The American Joe Ogilvie won the $4 million U.S. Bank Championship yesterday after shooting a three-under-par 67 in the final round to finish at 14-under 266.It was Ogilvieâs first PGA Tour victory and his 230th event.Ogilvie was tied for the lead at 11 under with Tim Clark through 15 holes in the final round. But a long-distance eagle on the par-4 No. 16 and a birdie on No. 18 allowed him to secure the win at the Brown Deer Park Golf Course in Milwaukee.Ogilvie finished with four birdies and overcame three bogeys en route to capturing the $720,000 first-place purse.


Hewitt Reaches the Semifinals to Make His Country Proud

It was not until four minutes to midnight local time that Leyton Hewitt finally gave fans, and himself, the best emotional release that a tennis match can offer.


Stress speeds up aging of immune cells by 10 years

WASHINGTON - Chronic stress seems to trigger the premature aging of immune system cells, a new study suggests. Although people who are under stress for long periods often look haggard, scientists don't understand


New procedure looks promising for aortic aneurysm

A trial shows that a less invasive procedure for repairing aortic aneurysm is linked to a lower rate of short-term mortality than conventional surgery.


eBay will once again advertise on Google's U.S. AdWords network, but its spending on it will be significantly lower.


com. A number of local relief efforts from a wide variety of local communities have sprung up around the island for victims of the Asian tsunami catastrophe.


MADRID, Spain -- Argentina's David Nalbandian set up a semi-final battle against heavy serving Croatian Ivan Ljubicic after overwhelming American Taylor Dent 7-6 6-3.


Labour refers 80 Tory MPs to the Electoral Commission for potentially failing to declare donations properly.


Microsoft to give out development tools to students

Microsoft Corp  unveiled a new  initiative on Monday that will give college and high school  students around the world free access to technology tools used  to develop and design software.


Defence challenges Abu Ghraib prison abuse charges

MANNHEIM - Defence lawyers probed Monday for prosecution errors at a pre-trial, military court hearing dealing with four US soldiers implicated in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal.


Sony Ericsson president Miles Flint resigns

(InfoWorld) - Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB has selected Hideki Komiyama to succeed Miles Flint as CEO of the Japanese-Swedish joint venture, the company said Tuesday. Komiyama will take over the helm of the mobile phone manufacturer on Nov. 1. He is currently a chairman of the board of Sony Electronics Inc. and executive vice president of electronics marketing and sales strategies at Sony Corp. Flint, who has been with Sony for nearly 17 years, has served as CEO of Sony Ericsson since June 2004. He will remain an executive advisor to Komiyama until the end of the year. Under Flint, Sony Ericsson introduced the Walkman music phone and the Cybershot camera phones, which helped the company establish a position in the market for high-end handsets. The company said Flint is leaving to pursue new personal and business opportunities. Sony Ericsson is the world's fourth-largest maker of mobile phones, after Finland's Nokia Corp., South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Motorola Inc. of the U.S.


1918 Flu Epidemic Teaching Valuable Lessons

New analysis of how American cities responded to the killer Spanish flu of 1918 suggests that closing schools, banning large gatherings, staggering work hours and quarantining households of the ill may have saved tens of thousands of lives.


Before Peter Berg started writing the eighth attempt at turning the best-selling book "Friday Night Lights" into a movie, he got some advice from his cousin, Buzz Bissinger, who happened to be the book's author.


Sony Settles With FTC Over Rootkit Debacle

Company agrees to settle charges over copy-protection software it included in music CDs.


US Secretary of State Colin Powell said Friday the United States would provide financial assistance to African Union troops on a proposed mission to end the looting and killing in western Sudan.


Crude oil futures fell as Iraqi exports rose and Russia said it would increase production this year, extending a decline that has cut almost $8 from the price in eight sessions.


Arafat kin to get his medical report from Paris hospital

PARIS - Yasser Arafat's nephew, Nasser al-Kidwa, will head to Paris today to obtain the medical records related to the Palestinian Authority chairman's death, a Palestinian official said yesterday.


Malcolm Mays, 17, always said heâd be a film director.  Now powerful people are listening.


Jerry Graybeal quits as Weber State coach

OGDEN, Utah -- Weber State football coach Jerry Graybeal resigned Tuesday after a 1-10 season, the worst in the program's 43-year history.


Maryland's highest court on Tuesday upheld a state law defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman, ending a lawsuit filed by same-sex couples who claimed they were being denied fundamental rights.


A gas explosion in a coal mine in central China late Wednesday has killed 56 workers, and the fate of more than 90 others trapped inside the mine is unknown, Chinese authorities say.


Jones in Long-Jump Final; Johnson Falters

ATHENS, Greece - Marion Jones made a quiet Athens debut, advancing easily to the long jump final. Allen Johnson had the attention of everyone in the stadium, for all the wrong reasons...


Indian police rescue child workers from factory

Fourteen children working in a textiles factory have been rescued after media reports said an Indian clothing supplier to US retailer Gap was employing underage workers, an activist said Tuesday.


Voices of Faith: How Can People of Faith Help the Environment?

Voices of Faith: How can people of faith help the environment?  ___  DO NO HARM  Rushdy El-Ghussein, former president of the Islamic Society of Greater Kansas City: Muslims believe that God entrusted human beings to act as his agents in this life.


Chinese investigators have concluded that an activist who said he was paralyzed after assailants broke his neck inflicted the injury on himself, his son said Thursday.


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


Arts Organizations Adjust to Decline in Funding

Over the last decade, the portion of corporate philanthropy dedicated to the arts has dropped by more than half, according to the Giving USA Foundation.


GM, UAW contract extended "hour-to-hour"

General Motors Corp and the United Auto Workers union continued labor talks past the Friday deadline, while union members were told the current contract would be extended on an "hour-to-hour" basis.


Liverpool's reserve striker Neil Mellor came up trumps with a stoppage time winner to hand struggling Arsenal a second league defeat of the season.


Get CISCO certified Site offer Cisco is one of the leading names in global networking and is a recognised force in the areas of hardware, software, and service provision.â¦


Gordon Brown is expected to announce billions of pounds of investment in schools in his 10th pre-Budget report.


2007 was dominated by the three Khans -- Shah Rukh, Salman and Aamir -- who delivered the biggest hits of the year.


Fans would be more likely to try ethanol made in the USA if their NASCAR heroes used the fuel, according to a GM VP. Plus: The EU agrees to base emissions tax on the size of the emissions, not the vehicle. In Autopia.


A groundbreaking meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the Russian Orthodox patriarch could take place within a year, a senior Vatican cardinal said Thursday, according to the news agency of the Italian bishops conference.


Brazil striker Ronaldo had minor surgery Saturday to remove calcifications on his left leg.


HOUSTON - A woman accused of cutting off her boyfriend's penis with a kitchen knife while he was sleeping was charged with aggravated assault after surrendering to sheriff's deputies.


Bush Proposes Steep Cuts in $2.57T Budget

President Bush proposed a $2.57 trillion budget Monday that would erase scores of programs and slice Medicaid, disabled housing and many more but still worsen federal deficits by $42 billion over the next five years.


Talking heads are catching on as Web meetings take off

Why waste time at the airport and rack up travel expenses when you can hold that business meeting over the Internet?


It was about a year ago that camera phones began marching into America, winning the hearts and eyes of shutterbugs everywhere.


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


Indian film star Bachchan insists he's a farmer

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan appealed to a court on Tuesday to accept him as a farmer and allow him to keep a 20-acre property.


This movie taken by the Cassini spacecraft shows the surface and atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan over a range of infrared wavelengths, from .


2,000 dead in Fallujah as US-led forces sweep area

US-led forces rounded up scores of suspected rebels in Iraq's "triangle of death" on Thursday as officials said the death toll from the this month's massive operation in Fallujah was more than 2,000.


Endangered Crane Found Shot at Wildlfe Area

By Dean Baker, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Mar. 2--The Portland Audubon Society offered a $500 reward today for information leading to the person who shot and killed a rare sandhill crane at the Shillapoo Wildlife Area near the Columbia River on Wednesday.   A U.S.


A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit northern Japan on Tuesday, 62 miles northeast of the city of Sendai, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.


Atlantis blasts off on first shuttle mission of 2007

The US space shuttle Atlantis successfully blasted off Friday from the Kennedy Space Center for a mission to the orbiting International Space Station, the first shuttle mission of 2007.


Coca-Cola raises quarterly dividend by 10 percent

The Coca-Cola Co.  said it raised its  quarterly dividend by 10 percent to 34 cents from 31 cents a  share.


The Treo allows users to dial contacts by name from a contacts list or enter a name or number on the improved backlit Qwerty keyboard or on-screen dial pad.


Researchers say both too much and too little sleep is linked to a doubled risk of fatal cardiovascular disease.


Hot servers Roddick and Haas in Memphis finale

MEMPHIS, Tennessee  - Top seed Andy Roddick and defending champion Tommy Haas will square up in a battle of the hot servers in Sunday's Memphis International final.


'Chemical Ali' will be first to face trial in Iraq

One of Saddam Hussein's top associates, Ali Hassan al-Majid -- better known as "Chemical Ali" -- will be the first member of the former Iraqi regime to stand trial, beginning sometime before the end of the month, an Iraqi Defense


Disappointing results reflect flaws in the business model, not an "aberration."


Nicaragua Promises Rumsfeld to Destroy Missiles

MANAGUA, Nicaragua  - Nicaragua assured Defense  Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Friday it would destroy more than  1,300 shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles that Washington  fears could fall into the hands of terrorists.


Prosecutors seek prior claims in Jackson trial

Prosecutors in the Michael Jackson child molestation case want to include as evidence previous allegations of sex offenses for which police did not charge the singer.


Huckabee counts on pastors for Iowa help

Republican Mike Huckabee, the former Baptist preacher, is depending on more than a leap of faith to win the Iowa caucuses.


Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein is not on hunger strike though a number of his jailed deputies are refusing food, according to an officer in charge of the detainees.


Zeta-Jones lawsuit draws worldâs attention to Renoâs Spice ...

News that actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is suing the Spice House in Reno for using her image on its Web site was reported in newspapers worldwide on Tuesday.


Low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines on Friday said it was examining a move into Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, the main base for American Airlines, which would be dealt a blow if the move happened.


Ulivo, Rutelli a Prodi: ''Candidati a suppletive''

''Suggerirei a Romano di candidarsi alle prossime suppletive, di venire in Parlamento e di guidare da li' la battaglia dell'Ulivo e del centrosinistra, cosi' sara' piu' forte che in un anno speso tra convegni e iniziative.


Beyonce leads the race for this year's  MOBO awards, to be held on Wednesday, closely followed by "Put  Your Records On" UK newcomer Corinne Bailey Rae.


Recording giants file copyright suit against city music collector

Brett Bojrab likes music. He owns hundreds of compact discs that he listens to while driving. To avoid hauling CDs back and forth into his house, Bojrab copied much of his music collection onto


Despite his fall, experts say Cuban ruler has no plan to give up ...

President Fidel Castro will likely be off his feet for several weeks recovering from a fractured knee and arm, but experts said Friday they don't expect the 78-year-old Cuban


Libya meeting seeks to unify Darfur peace process

The United Nations and African Union opened a meeting in Tripoli on Sunday to evaluate the peace process in Darfur, the war-torn Sudanese region bedevilled by fragmented rebel groups and competing initiatives.


Airbus chiefs oppose double presidency system

The French and German joint chiefs of troubled European planemaker EADS have criticised the way their company was run, saying the double presidency they share added to the problems.


KABUL -- Two US soldiers died and another was injured when a bomb ripped through their patrol in southern Afghanistan yesterday. The troops were attacked near Deh Rawood, a town 400 km southwest of Kabul where


Iran and Pakistan summon UK envoys to protest against the knighthood awarded to novelist Salman Rushdie.


Serbia's former state prosecutor was arrested Friday on suspicion he belonged to a criminal gang linked to former President Slobodan Milosevic, police said.


"Black Friday" poised to be best in years

This year's "Black Friday" could be the strongest opening to the holiday shopping season in years if the droves of Americans eager to exploit early-bird specials are any guide.


Ernie Els, unaccustomed as he is to public failure, has rededicated himself to winning, and, in pursuit of that, leads the American Express World Golf Championship at Mount Juliet after the first 36 holes.


Can PPC Listings Affect Organic Rankings?

The simple answer is no. Despite this, one of the best ways to increase your organic traffic is to start an aggressive PPC campaign.


Affleck ponders price of fame in "Hollywoodland"

Ben Affleck said he drew on personal  experience to play 1950s television Superman star George Reeves  in a new film which uses his mysterious death to examine the  highs and lows of Hollywood fame.


US retail sales fell last month, official figures show, the latest indication that the economy is under pressure.


Cuban President Fidel Castro Honors Hugo Chavez

Havana, Dec 14 (AIN) Cuban President Fidel Castro awarded visiting Venezuelan Head of State Hugo Chavez with the Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Order at a rally marking the 10th anniversary of Chavez' first visit to Cuba.


Romania's president-elect  Traian Basescu names Calin Tariceanu as the country's new prime minister.


Comcast to Launch NFL Network for Video on Demand

Comcast Corp. on Monday said it plans to launch the National Football League Network this month as part of a plan to bolster the operator's video-on-demand offerings.


Drawings of new U.S. Embassy in Iraq released on Web

A U.S. architectural firm posted  drawings of the new U.S. Embassy being built in Baghdad on its  Web site, prompting complaints from U.S. officials on Friday  that their release could endanger U.S. personnel.


Microsoft's attempt at a digital music distribution service "falls just short" of Apple's iTunes, says The Washington Post.


Roma, 20:07 - CALCIO, MATTEI E' IL NUOVO DESIGNATORE DI C

Maurizio Mattei assume da oggi la carica di Commissario alla Can C ed è il nuovo designatore ...


Bonds finally signs contract with Giants

Barry Bonds finally signed his $15.8 million, one-year deal and it was approved Thursday by the commissioner's office, ending more than two months of wrangling between the slugger and the San Francisco Giants over contract language.


Actress and model Mischa Barton was arrested and jailed early on Thursday on suspicion of drunken driving and of driving without a license, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.


SHANGHAI - Strette di mano, auguri, brindisi e sorrisi. Intanto le aziende padane e italiane muoiono di Cina. La parte piÃ¹ importante della visita di Stato Ã¨ sostanzialmente finita. Resta oggi l'incontro


Londra, 11:27 - CALCIO, INGHILTERRA: IL NEWCASTLE SOGNA BECKHAM

David Beckham al Newcastle. Secondo il Daily Mirror, il presidente del club, Mike Ashley, si sarebbe...


Find the perfect career school in your area. Search our listings for business, culinary, computer, health, technology, art, and many other degree programs near you.


Update 2: Bank of America to Slash 4,500 Jobs

Bank of America Corp. said Thursday it will cut an additional 4,500 jobs, or 2.5 percent of its work force, beginning this month as a result of its merger with FleetBoston Financial Corp.


THE woman whose nose was broken when Texas baseballer Frank Francisco threw a chair into the stands says she has not decided whether to sue.


Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania is found dead in a Tbilisi flat, apparently from gas poisoning.


Frank Quattrone, whose deal making made him an investment banking star during the Internet stock bubble and a multimillionaire, was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison for obstructing justice.


Harrison signs new $66 million deal with Colts

Harrison agreed to a six-year, $66 million contract with the team on Wednesday that includes a $22 million signing bonus, according to a league source who requested anonymity.


Even with Shaq in house, there is little to get excited about as ...

They called it Opening Night, and with good reason. There were lots of openings. Openings as in vacant seats. Openings as in positions unfilled; no point guard for the Nets, no fearsome rebounder, either.


A look at the Black Watch and Queen's Dragoon Guards, the British units being deployed to the U.S.-controlled sector of Iraq.


Stocks extended their rally on Friday, led by technology shares after computer maker Dell Inc.  shot up 8 percent on a higher quarterly profit and an optimistic forecast.


Men's Basketball: Iona Coach Will Face His Mentor in Louisville

Iona Coach Kevin Willard will face Rick Pitino and the Cardinals on Saturday, no doubt borrowing heavily from his Pitinoâs playbook.


Garmisch, 14:17 - SCI, CDM UOMINI: MATT VINCE SLALOM GARMISCH

L'austriaco Mario Matt ha vinto lo slalom di Garmisch, in Germania, valido per la Coppa del Mondo ma...


A survey of people in 21 nations finds most believe the world is less safe with the re-election of US President Bush.


âMonkey Fishingâ Author Admits to Falsehood

After long silence on the topic, a writer who wrote an article on fishing for monkeys in Florida admitted that he had fabricated the entire piece.


FDA Criticizes Viagra Ads, Prompting Pfizer to Halt Them

New advertising for Viagra that depicts men who take it as devilish drew criticism from the Food and Drug Administration, leading its maker, Pfizer, to say yesterday that it would discontinue the campaign.


An estate agent who took a prospective buyer to view a house in central England found the owner hanging dead in a closet, the agency said on Thursday.


Former French finance minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn is the EU's candidate to head the International Monetary Fund.


Bilonog Edges Nelson With Last Put as Shot Returns to Olympia

Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Yuriy Bilonog won the gold medal in the men's shot put at Olympia, the home of the ancient Games, by virtue of his second-best effort after his last throw matched the leading mark set by US athlete Adam Nelson.


The commander of British forces in Afghanistan says Nato troops have won a tactical victory in Helmand.


Garret Anderson and Howie Kendrick hit two-run homers and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Tuesday night to pad their lead in the AL West to 7 1/2 games over Seattle.


EUROPA/SPAGNA - ÂLa migliore notizia che possiamo annunciare Ã¨ che Cristo Ã¨ resuscitato ed Ã¨ presente con noi e tra noiÂ: la Giornata Missionaria Mondiale occasione perchÃ© tutti cerchino la vera e autentica felicitÃ  nella fede Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "Che questa Giornata Mondiale delle Missioni che celebriamo il giorno 21 ottobre e per la quale ci prepariamo durante tutto il mese, sia vissuta guardando il volto di Cristo che ci rivolge il suo sguardo come fece con Tommaso...


Sarkozy calls Chavez for help on Colombia hostages

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has  called left-wing Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to back his  offer to try to help secure the release of hostages held by  rebels in Colombia, including a French-Colombian politician.


After months of hype, hoopla and controversy, the Blackstone Group went public, and with it, lost its âprivate equityâ moniker.


AT&T, Yahoo may scale back partnership: report

Yahoo Inc.  and AT&T Inc.  are negotiating potentially sweeping changes that could scale back their partnership, a person familiar with the matter said, according to the Wall Street Journal.


Rescuers search for the bodies of air crash victims at the site of an air crash in Baotou, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Sunday November 21, 2004.


Technological advances that help drug companies churn out highly profitable prescription medications must also be applied to improving public health care around the globe, a World Health Organization report released Wednesday says.


Webcasters ask court for delay in fee increases

Blog: Large and small Internet radio operators and National Public Radio file for an emergency stay to the new rules, scheduled to take effect July 15.


Tensions in Nigerian state capital ahead of sacked governor's return

Police were out in force in Ibadan, the capital of the southwestern Nigerian state of Oyo, amid fears of violence over the reinstatement of sacked governor Rasheed Ladoja.


Pfizer to Sponsor Large New Celebrex Trial

Pfizer Inc. said on Monday it plans to  sponsor a major clinical study to further assess the  cardiovascular safety of its arthritis drug Celebrex following  the withdrawal of Merck & Co.'s Vioxx, a drug in the same  class.


Kings' Artest arrested on domestic violence charge

Sacramento Kings basketball player Ron Artest, who was involved in one of the most notorious brawls in U.S. sports history in 2004, was arrested on Monday on domestic violence charges, officials said.


Francia, deficit 2005 al 3% grazie a una tantum


Annan launches Kenya mediation as violence spreads

Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan brought together Kenya's political rivals on Tuesday in a push to mediate an end to the post-election crisis and stop spreading tribal bloodshed.


FRATTINI IN KUWAIT: ITALIAN HOSTAGES WERE DOING GOOD

(AGI) - Kuwait City, Sept 13 - Upon arriving in Kuwait City, Foreign Minister Franco Frattini repeated his appeal for the liberation of the two Italian volunteer workers kidnapped in Iraq.


The operators of a factory which exploded killing nine people are fined Â£400,000 for breaching safety laws.


The United States will respond to the unprecedented international catastrophe caused by the tsunamis that engulfed nations on the Indian Ocean.


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An announcement of major investment centred on the Airbus factory in Flintshire is expected later.


Militants Threaten to Kill Iraq Hostages

An al-Qaida linked group threatened in a videotape Saturday to behead two Americans and a Briton within two days, and insurgents carried out a new string of car bombings, killing at least 20 Iraqis and two American soldiers.


Apparent suicide car bomb kills seven US Marines, three Iraqi ...

An apparent suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed vehicle on the outskirts of Fallujah on Monday, killing seven US Marines and three Iraqi national guardsmen, the US military said.


Lenovo Group income rose in Q3 due to strong computer demand, but phone shipments are weak.


Australia accuses Japan of 'dummy-spit' over whales

Australia accused Japan Sunday of a "dummy-spit" -- a childish tantrum -- over its failure to lift the ban on commercial whaling at an international conference last week.


Suit advances against investor in automaker

Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian must face a DaimlerChrysler AG shareholder's claims that the businessman wrongfully sold shares in the automaker after obtaining insider information, a judge ruled.


It looks likely that Ukraine will hold a new election as it awaits a supreme court verdict on electoral fraud.


Israeli soldiers yesterday shot and killed a Hamas militant who the military said was responsible for a rocket attack


Englishmen Paul Casey and Luke Donald surged to a five-stroke lead in the second round of the team World Cup on Friday after shooting an 8-under-par 64.


Lawsuit Between Pritzker Heirs Settled -Judge

Two young heirs to the Pritzker family  fortune that includes the Hyatt hotel chain have settled their  lawsuit charging the family had emptied their billion-dollar  trust funds, the hotel chain said on Thursday.


X Factor winner Steve Brookstein knocks the Band Aid single off the top of the single chart after four weeks.


KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Authorities in a Malaysian city have warned waitresses and female staff of retail outlets that they face a $138 fine if they wear revealing and tight fitting clothes, a news report said Tuesday.


Food and drinks firm C&C Group today said profits had risen 6% despite bad weather and the public smoking ban. C&C, formerly known as Cantrell & Cochrane, said operating profits had increased to â¬64.


Former Cowboys coach Parcells joins Dolphins: report

Former Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Parcells has agreed to join the Miami Dolphins as executive vice president for football operations, the Miami Herald reported on Thursday.


Eilat, Israel -- Two explosions ripped through a resort hotel Thursday evening in an Egyptian border enclave that caters to Israeli tourists, killing at least 18 to as many as 30, in what Israeli security officials called a terrorist attack.


By DAVID SMYTH  THE sub-MySpace networking site Bandwagon has just lifted someone else's brilliant idea in the name of pop promotion.


Drinking coffee may lower ovarian cancer risk: study

Caffeine appears to lower a woman's chances of developing ovarian cancer, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday, while smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol do not.


Airlines to order nearly 30,000 new planes in next 20 years: Boeing

US aerospace giant Boeing Co. forecast on Wednesday that airlines worldwide would take delivery of nearly 30,000 new jets in the next two decades amid surging demand for air travel.


US high court to hear appeal on music-swapping, copyright

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia, United States of America -- WASHINGTON -- The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a case on whether music-swapping services can be held liable for copyright infringement if their networks are used for illegal digital


Pope beatifies nun who inspired Mel Gibson

The 19th-century mystic nun who inspired some of the more controversial scenes of Mel Gibson's hit movie, "The Passion of the Christ," was beatified yesterday by Pope John Paul II.


Once primarily a Florida concern, massive Hurricane Ivan now looms as an ominous danger to four states, carrying the threat of devastating wind and water damage from New Orleans to the Florida Panhandle.


Fallujia sotto attacco, gli imam: 'Non battetevi per gli Usa'

Fallujia, 8 novembre 2004 - Nelle prime ore di oggi, le forze americane hanno lanciato l'attacco contro la roccaforte sunnita di Falluja, 65 chilometri a ovest di Bagdad, piÃ¹ precisamente nella periferia occidentale della cittÃ , occupando il principale


Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and EU executives, when they meet in Brussels tomorrow, will test each other's limits in a row over Turkey's delay in reforming its penal code prompted by the premier's insistence on criminalizing adultery.


Holtz retires after 33 seasons as college coach

South Carolina coach Lou Holtz walked away from a coaching Monday, ending a 33-year career that was one of the most successful and colorful in college football history.


MySpace original series 'Roommates' debuts Monday

This is the News Corp.-owned social-networking site's first time producing a scripted Web series; three-minute episodes will run through Dec. 21.


Lazio e Lombardia in crescita, precipita il Mezzogiorno


Relatives of firefighters killed at the World Trade Center in 2001 reproached Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani in a video Wednesday, pairing footage of the falling twin towers with charges that the city's former mayor was woefully unprepared for Sept. 11, causing needless firefighter deaths.


U.S. says 10,000 troops in major Iraq offensive

The U.S. military said it had launched a major offensive against al Qaeda north of Baghdad on Tuesday involving 10,000 soldiers, in one of the single biggest operations against the Sunni Islamist militant group in Iraq.


No. 9 Michigan State Tops No. 12 Minnesota

Rene Haynes came off the bench to score a career-high 22 points, leading No. 9 Michigan State to a 79-48 victory over No. 12 Minnesota on Thursday night.


Trachtenberg goes to Washington in ABC comedy

LOS ANGELES  - Michelle Trachtenberg is set as the female lead in an untitled ABC comedy pilot set in Washington, D.C.


IBD's Top 10 - Tuesday      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - 1 Big M&A deals kicked off the shortened week as a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland launched a $96 bil bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro  , and Archstone-Smith  , a REIT, agreed to a $22.2 bil buyout by 2 equity groups. RBS' offer for ABN topped Barclays  ' earlier $86.6 bil bid, but analysts said ABN's previous decision to sell LaSalle to Bank of America   clouded the deal.


"Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas" is an epic homage to the West Coast gang culture of the early 1990s. Yes, parents, there's way too much violence and profanity here for the kids.


A Czech bus veered off a road in northern Austria early Sunday, killing 4 people and injuring 38, police said.


Il 10, 11 e 12 ottobre la protesta contro il ddl Bersani


Russia's Nikolay Davydenko defeated rising British teen Andy Murray 6-1, 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 at the U.S. Open on Wednesday and advanced to his third Grand Slam quarterfinals this season.


Zagabria, 22:48 - CALCIO, TUDOR ALL'HAJDUK SPALATO

Igor Tudor (29) lascia la Juve. Il difensore croato, in bianconero dal 1998, Ha firmato un contratto...


US rocket team halfway to winning $10-million prize

MOJAVE, CALIF. - A privately built and operated spacecraft roared out of the atmosphere on Wednesday with a historic flight that brings the team one step closer to winning a $10-million US prize.


Man Charged With Threat Over $6 Sandwich

HOUSTON - Road rage? Try restaurant rage. A 34-year-old man apparently angry that his $6 steak and cheese sandwich was too cold was arrested on a charge of threatening to kill the restaurant manager Wednesday.  Police said the manager offered to reheat Devlin B.


Laura Vincenzo stava dormendo sul divano che si Ã¨ infiammato a causadi un lapillo uscito dal camino. La mamma non ha potuto fare nulla                                          Salerno, ragazza di tredici anni carbonizzata sotto gli occhi della madre


Cisco Systems is shaking up its network management with the release of two new switches. Aimed at mid-sized enterprises, the switches acknowledge that there are large numbers of people who are not confident


CinemaNow Inc., the Internet-based movie service, is a rarity in Hollywood — a company that eagerly embraces Microsoft Corp. technology and relies on it exclusively to transmit, protect and display the movies it rents to customers. Then again, Microsoft is a major investor in the company, which is also owned by independent studio Lions Gate.


Peters, who was a restricted free agent, is coming off his rookie season in which he had 151 penalty minutes, second highest among first-year players and 17th in the NHL.


TORONTO (Billboard) - Bob Rock says he feels "20 years   younger" after his split with Metallica, whose albums he had   produced since 1991.


Angoscia per le italiane rapite: "Le abb

Nella notte un inquetante messaggio su internet da parte di un gruppo fondamentalista. Dubbi sull'attendibilitÃ . Con un messaggio diffuso su Internet un gruppo islamico ha dichiarato di aver giustiziato Simona


China pledges to dispose key polluters    BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's top environmental watchdog launched investigations into six of the country's most notorious polluters on Friday, with last week's chemical spill on a tributary to the Songhua River on the list.


He shook the world by demanding justice for the Palestinians. But Arafat's defiance ruined his chances to win them independence.


Clinton-Obama Debate Mudslinging Splatters Onto Web

A barbed exchange Between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama hits the internet, and Clinton launches a post-debate barrage against Obama on her campaign site.


Ryan Newmanâs victory Sunday gave team owner Roger Penske his first victory in the Daytona 500.


Water Saving Comes To Outlying Areas ; Meetings Set For County Proposal

By DAN MCKAY Journal Staff Writer  Water conservation is coming to unincorporated Bernalillo County.


Vivendi reports sizzling third-quarter profits

Media and mobile telephone group Vivendi Universal said that third-quarter profits had risen by nearly sixfold and upgraded its full-year profit outlook owing to a change in tax arrangements.


On the road, with a comfortable lead, playing in fresh air, on natural grass, watching their defense being picked apart down the stretch.


A paedophile, released on licence, who went missing in Lancashire is found by police in West Yorkshire.


AL Wrap: Lilly Strikes Out 13 as Toronto Downs Boston

Ted Lilly tossed a complete game three-hitter and struck out a career-high 13 batters to help the host Toronto Blue Jays blank the Boston Red Sox 3-0 in the American League Monday.


[TS] Sports of The Times: Two Teams With a Past to Overcome

Only this Super Bowl matchup could prompt the question: Was it more difficult for an organization to overcome a fanâs long-ago love or a cityâs harbored hatred?


Gambia's director of prisons has been sent to one of his own jails on theft charges.


The Arctic's Northwest Passage has opened up fully because of melting sea ice, clearing a long-sought but historically impassable route between Europe and Asia, the European Space Agency said.


TODAY's TMJ4 WEATHER PLUS; El Nio, La Nia Can Tweak Our Winter

By JOHN MALAN  Warm weather is settling in for the weekend, with highs in the middle 70s to low 80s across the state.


Pfizer Drug Helped Reduce Seizures in Trial

Pfizer Inc. said on Monday that its  Lyrica epilepsy drug reduced the frequency of partial seizures  by as much as 53 percent when given as an add-on therapy to  other antiepileptic treatments, according to a study in the  journal Neurology.


TAMPA, Fla. Jake Delhomme (deh-LOHM') threw for four touchdowns and the Carolina Panthers bolstered their playoff hopes by winning at Tampa Bay 37-to-20.


Chievo sconfitto 3-1 con Gilardino, Oddo e Seedorf


Fed Chief Sees More Traction in Expansion

Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, said on Wednesday that the economic expansion had "regained some traction" after the slowdown this summer and


Even when he gets only one hit and his only impact on the game is an out, Ichiro winds up the focus of a well-pitched game by Bobby Madritsch.


Separated by only a few feet, Roger Clemens and his accuser were never further apart. There they sat, the star pitcher and his former personal trainer, Brian McNamee, sharing a wooden witness table Wednesday while speaking to Congress under oath and facing blistering questions.


Andare a pregare in chiesa puÃ² essere salutare per lâanima ma non lo per la salute. Secondo una ricerca condotta da un equipe di scienziati dell'UniversitÃ  di Maastricht, lâincenso e il fumo prodotto


Texas Seeks Millions from Major 'Spam' Operation

Texas sued one of the world's largest  "spam" e-mail operations on Thursday, seeking millions of  dollars from two men it says are responsible for sending  illegal messages on the Internet, the state's attorney general  said.


A man is jailed for a minimum of 20 years after pleading guilty to the murder of a boy in Glasgow.


Blair conversion bolsters Catholicism's "lead"

Former prime minister Tony Blair's  conversion to Catholicism means he is now a member of the most  popular Christian denomination in Britain, according to  religious research published on Sunday.


A Â£12m regeneration scheme for the top of the valleys is set to be announced by the assembly government.


Experts investigate a surge in the number of reported cases of Legionnaires' disease in England and Wales.


Torino, 20:11 - CALCIO, TORINO: UN MESE DI STOP PER STELLONE

Un mese di stop per Roberto Stellone. L'attaccante del Torino è stato operato oggi a Basilea ...


Football coaches, especially those at Michigan, continually stress the importance of preventing the big play. A lot of players didn't get the message on Saturday.


Van Gogh suspect was possibly recruited by Islamic militants

Two years before he allegedly killed a Dutch filmmaker in the name of radical Islam, Mohammed Bouyeri volunteered at his local community center and was a promising member of the second generation of Moroccan ...


Japan targets same train pass for big Asian cities

Japan will start testing a smart card  next year that could eventually be used to ride buses and  trains in big cities throughout Asia.


"Meet Me at the Beach" to benefit the Springfield Children's Museum will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Lake Springfield Beach.  Contests, prizes, face paintings, food and other activities will be featured. Ice cream will be served from 2 to 4 p.m. There will a bounce house and slide.


As students return to the campus, a debate continues over how schools should handle students in distress


Costco cuts forecast as discretionary spending slows

Costco Wholesale Corp. COST.O on   Wednesday warned of lower-than-expected quarterly profit   because of disappointing margins, as customers cut back on   purchases of big-ticket discretionary items such as furniture,   sending shares down nearly 5 percent.


Nearly 100 people hospitalised with encephalitis in China

Nearly 100 people, many of them children, have been sent to hospital after an outbreak of encephalitis B in southwest China, state media said Sunday.


The cholesterol drug Vytorin is now getting attention that is anything but funny.


LONDON/NEW YORK  - Investment bank Lehman Brothers  Holdings Inc. is negotiating to buy GLG Partners, a leading  British hedge fund, according to a source familiar with the  matter.


HP plunks 16GB SSD drive into slim business PCs

Small drive for fat wallets Hewlett-Packard is henceforth packing flash solid-state drives into upcoming models of its ultra-slim business desktops.â¦


IBM bladesmiths forge slim Cell system, SDK

Twice as many weapons in your rack, kensei IBM has announced a new thinner Cell-based blade system, allowing twice as many units to be fitted per rack, and an SDK intended to ease development in the Cell Broadband Engine (Cell BE) environment.â¦


Northwest Airlines Corp. canceled controversial fees on tickets bought through some travel agents after the agents and fare distributors objected and rivals didn't match the higher cost.


Torino, 12:28 - CALCIO, JUVE: NOCERINO TORNA AD ALLENARSI

Buone notizie per Antonio Nocerino. Il centrocampista della Juve si è ripreso dai postumi del...


India's Hetero Drugs is withdrawing six of its generic versions of antiretroviral drugs from the World Health Organization's list of approved HIV medicines, saying it is not certain they


Q&A: Going to the mat for photo copyrights

Lane Hartwell got Google to take down a YouTube video that used her photo without permission. Expect more such copyright tussles in the Flickr era.


No direct German stake in EADS planned: source

Germany does not expect to take a direct  stake in aerospace group EADS  via state bank KfW or  other federal or state institutions, a senior government  official told Reuters on Thursday.


Follow the timeline, from her prime minister father's ousting and execution in the 1970s, to her own return from exile this October


A winter storm that knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of Midwest homes and businesses moved into the East on Monday with a dicey mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain


Not a bad effort by Yuvan Shankar Raja, though nothing extra-ordinary either.


At least 13 people are killed by a series of explosions in Baghdad apparently targeting a government convoy.


Turkey shells N.Iraq after attack: Kurd official

Turkey's army heavily shelled Kurdish rebel targets just inside the border of northern Iraq on Wednesday, a Kurdish official said on Thursday, adding there were no casualties.


OSLO, Norway Aug. 23, 2004 - The brazen daylight theft of Edvard Munch's renowned masterpiece "The Scream" left Norway's police scrambling for clues and stirred a debate across Europe over how to protect


[Health India]: London, Dec 13: Get ready to pamper your taste buds and protect your teeth against decay at the same time as a new research has revealed that cranberries are an important weapon in fighting tooth decay.


âBanzukeâ presents a variety of challenges: fiendishly difficult obstacle courses that must be navigated by bicycle or on stilts.


The Paris prosecutor's office said Wednesday it has opened an investigation into France's controversial nuclear weapons testing program that lasted through 1995.


Yukos is making a last-ditch attempt to use the US courts to preserve some kind of future for itself. But its adventure as Russia's biggest private sector company - an


ANAHEIM, California  - The Anaheim Ducks shut down the Ottawa Senators 1-0 on Wednesday to take a commanding 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup final.


Two Italian women held for three weeks in Baghdad were freed Tuesday, amid reports that a million-dollar ransom had been paid. Italian Prime Minister


U.N.'s Annan Urges Swift Action on Darfur

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday urged swift action to stop the killing in Sudan's Darfur region, but the Security Council was divided about sending the case to the International Criminal Court or setting up an entirely new tribunal to handle allegations of crimes against humanity.


U.S. and EU negotiators disagreed on  Thursday about state aid for aircraft rivals Airbus and Boeing,  winding up no closer on a sensitive issue that has gathered  steam before the U.S. presidential election.


Bush detainee policy still worries rights groups

Rights groups on Thursday gave a   guarded welcome to the Bush administration's new rules for   treatment of detainees, but said U.S. officials should not try   top al Qaeda suspects in "kangaroo court" tribunals.


Arctic sea ice loosens grip on Northwest Passage

Sparks territorial rights row The Northwest Passage, a much-sought shipping route, opened to sea traffic this summer, as arctic sea ice fell to the lowest levels observed since we started keeping track almost 30 years ago.â¦


Briton to sue intelligence services over torture: report

A Briton who claims he was tortured while he was held at the US naval detention camp at Guantanamo Bay is set to sue Britain's intelligence services over the tactics they used to question him, The Guardian reported on Wednesday.


Fed's Lockhart: jobs soft, but sales strong

Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank Dennis  Lockhart on Monday stepped back from his assertion last week  that housing woes had so far not clearly affected the broader  economy, but said weak jobs data should be evaluated in tandem  with strong retail sales.


Piacenza, 13:10 - CALCIO, PIACENZA-NAPOLI: TENSIONE TRA TIFOSI E FORZE ORDINE

Tensione a Piacenza, dove oggi si gioca la sfida tra la squadra di casa e il Napoli. Una decina di t...


Su presunte pressioni Visco. Acquisiti atti parlamentari


Firenze, 19:20 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA ANNUNCIA UFFICIALMENTE  PAPA WAIGO

Fiorentina e Genoa hanno definito lo scambio tra i giocatori Papa Waigo e Anthony Vanden Borre: &egr...


Blackstone soars 13% in 1st day of trading

Shares of private equity giant Blackstone Group bucked the general market retreat in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, surging $4.06, or 13.1 percent, to close at $35.06.


Arrestati dalla Guardia di Finanza un albanese e una romena


Cede attivita' di controllo della pressione per 1,1 mld dlr


Taking more than one painkiller risky: study

NEW YORK  - People who use two or more non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to help control pain have a worse health-related quality of life than their peers who use only one, results of a study suggest.


(InfoWorld) - Call it the second Internet bubble, a Web 2.0 revolution, or just a resurgence in really useful tools for busy end-users -- Web applications are catching on quickly. The advantages are clear for applications that work well on the Web: Anytime and anywhere access to your data, good application speed over a broadband connection, automated backups, and streamlined user interfaces that are far easier to use than the bloatware of yesteryear. Well-known services, such as Plaxo.com and Basecamp.com, offer to mobile users the added benefit of being able to tap into their contacts or projects from a smartphone. One of the most compelling reasons to use applications on the Web is that they are almost all free -- at least for now. Here are a few new -- or at least lesser-known -- Web sites that can serve as good replacements for equivalent desktop software. In this roundup, I'll cover the features that make each one noteworthy and offer a few ideas for other candidates worth exploring. Gliffy Gliffy is a flow chart and diagram application that works exactly like Microsoft Visio. To create a flow chart, you just drag icons onto the document area. You can then use arrows and other pointers to create the chart. Like many full-blown Web apps, Gliffy allows you to collaborate with other users by sharing your flow chart in a public workspace. Brainstorming sessions, marketing demos, or just a clear plan on how to implement a hardware or software rollout in a large company become quick and easy -- there's no desktop client to install or site registration to think about. Although Gliffy lacks the pizzazz of a commercial application -- some of the icons for creating a networking flow chart, for example, look too simplistic -- the Web application ran without any problems in both IE7 and Firefox. It does lack a way to quickly align objects or rotate them in set increments using a modifier key. As with most Web apps, Gliffy stores your diagrams automatically and introduces new features without requiring an upgrade. Priscila Melendez, a senior consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, is a Gliffy user. "I used Gliffy when working on a marketing effort to share network security diagrams with other team members who were off-site," Melendez said. "The ability to share the images created and then to be able to save and use them in publications and documents makes this a great collaboration tool. I believe the way diagrams can be generated and shared is the greatest asset, especially as more companies are starting to open up to telecommuting." ThinkFree Anyone who relies heavily on a word processor for business communication, project documentation, or even just quick cover letters probably already knows the features they like best. For me, one feature that is obviously missing from Web word processors -- including ZoHo Writer and Google Documents -- is the inline spell checker. ThinkFree, billed as "the best online office on earth," distinguishes itself by offering a spell checker -- and it even has custom dictionaries. When you misspell a word, ThinkFree adds a red underline that you can click on to select the correct spelling. It might seem trivial, but because this feature is missing from many other online word processors, it's a definite plus. Of course, ThinkFree Office offers a bevy of additional features: 1GB of storage for documents, Microsoft Office read-and-write support, a global search for both public and private documents and two options for word processing -- a quick edit function with a limited (but more intuitive) feature set, and a power edit mode with more advanced functions. ThinkFree supports word processing, spreadsheets, and online presentations. It uses Java, which means it should support multiple browsers, but at press time, it didn't work with the latest version of Firefox 2. In Internet Explorer 7, all three beta apps worked without any crashes. YouSendIt One of the nagging problems of Web e-mail is that there is no progress indicator that shows you when a large attachment is transferring to the recipient. In Microsoft Live Mail and Gmail, you just wait until you return to the inbox. Even in Microsoft Outlook, the progress bar isn't terribly accurate about how long it will take to send a large attachment. And it's also a guessing game as to whether the recipient can receive a large file or not. One solution to this problem is YouSendIt. The free version allows you to send a 100MB file to any recipient -- neither the sender nor receiver has to register for an account. What I like about YouSendIt more than other options like DropSend.com and MailBigFile.com is that it actually works. I tested about 10 files, each one to a different recipient, and they all worked flawlessly. Other services tend to stall or lose track of the upload. YouSendIt offers scaled membership levels for different transfer capabilities. The $4.99-per-month Plus version, for example, can send attachments up to 2GB in size. There's also an enterprise-level version with extremely high bandwidth so that once you transmit the file, it will become available as a fast download for other corporate users. GrandCentral Think of GrandCentral as a more intuitive and Web-enabled alternative to fixed mobile convergence, allowing you to use one unified phone number for work, home, and cell phone. Granted, it's not an enterprise application with an application programming interface that you can tie into corporate networks, and there are no security features for corporate compliance. But for sales agents or other mobile workers who want more control of their voice communications, GrandCentral works perfectly. Once you understand the benefits of unified messaging -- that people trying to contact you call one number, but all of your phones ring at the same time -- you can go well beyond this core functionality to personalized greetings by phone, call recording, call screening and blocking, and a unique feature called RingShare that plays something different than the traditional "ring ring" sound for callers while they wait for you to pick up. You can even program it so different groups of people hear different sounds. Xdrive Some laptop users have learned the harsh reality of magnetic-media storage: Your local disk can fail, and if you don't have a recent backup for Outlook, your business documents and even seemingly trivial settings like Internet Explorer bookmarks, there's no way to retrieve lost data. Some external storage drives, such as the Western Digital MyBook, provide an Internet storage option, but they're hard to configure and use. Xdrive.com has a new beta service called Web Backup that offers more control over online backups. Just register at xdrive.com (AOL users, just log in with your AOL account) and click on the Beta button and then click Web Backup. You can configure Xdrive to archive documents, photos, and even IE favorites with just a few clicks. Unlike competitors like Mozy.com, it runs entirely on the Web, so you can use it on any computer to archive the contents of that PC. Xdrive is entirely free and comes with 5GB of storage. You can also upload a large file and then share the link with a co-worker so he can download it. An ancillary service called Xdrive Shows is an online presentation system for photos of business slides. Web apps or Web 2.0? You might wonder: what's the difference between a Web application and Web 2.0? Some would say "not much." But Web 2.0 is a broad term that implies usefulness and social engineering. Twitter.com is a good example of a Web 2.0 site because it doesn't look like a desktop application running on the Web, yet it's useful and has a distinct social aspect. Meanwhile, a Web application is less about connecting with friends or even connecting to other Web services and more about being productive. Some people believe that sites like Twitter.com could be part of a short-lived fad and that they don't appeal as much to the business user. John Brandon is a freelance writer and book author who worked as an IT manager for 10 years.


Spontaneous human combustion: Skype to blame?

Paying for the pipes Analysis A Voice over IP service was to blame for a man in Massachusetts bursting into flames at the weekend.â¦


Fighting in eastern DR Congo may impede elections planned for June, a United Nations report warns.


Pakistan detains hundreds ahead of ex-PM's return

Pakistani authorities tightened security at Islamabad's airport and have detained more than 2,000 supporters of exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his party said on Sunday, the eve of his planned return.


Ford to sell climate control parts unit to Valeo

Ford Motor Co. said on Monday it had reached a preliminary agreement to sell its Automotive Components Holdings (ACH) unit's climate-control business to French car parts maker Valeo.


New Faces and Old Disagreements at Venice Festival

The Venice Film Festival opened its 75th-anniversary edition on Wednesday with a cascade of stars.


Dick Clark to Miss 33rd New Year's Telecast

Television host Dick Clark, who  suffered a stroke last week, will miss his first New Year's Eve  television broadcast from Manhattan's Times Square in more than  three decades, his spokesman said on Monday.


Wataru Misaka, the first Japanese-American to play basketball at the highest level, remains a gentle reminder of the sport's first steps toward diversity.


UBS boss says no further capital hike needed

UBS does not need a new capital hike after Singapore helped plug a 10 billion dollar (6.8 billion euros) hole caused by the bank's exposure to the troubled US subprime home loan market, the bank's CEO Marcel Rohner said.


Dell Inc. , the world's second-largest personal computer maker, reported on Tuesday quarterly earnings that comfortably beat analysts' estimates, sending its stock up nearly 10 percent.


SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Shin Ki-nam, South Korean ruling Uri Party's chairman, announced his resignation on a Thursday's press conference for his father's collaboration with Japanese colonial ruler decades ago.


Crude oil price jumps to record high to $53.64

Crude oil futures moved to a new high Monday as oil workers joined a four-day national strike in Nigeria and some production shutdowns in the Gulf of Mexico could last as long as six months.


Swiss zoo swamped with snakes as 40 baby anacondas born

Swiss zoologists have more than a few hungry mouths to feed this Christmas after a female giant anaconda gave birth to 40 babies, a tropical gardens institution said.


Actor Peter Fonda has sued a clothing company for more than $123,000, saying Dragonfly Clothing Inc. violated a licensing agreement that allows it to market apparel bearing his image.


China Crime Chief Urges End to 'Social Conflicts'

China's security chief has urged officials to heed the grievances of their communities, state media reported Friday, following a series of violent protests that undermine efforts to maintain stability.


Stocks spike; Nasdaq ends up more than 1 percent

U.S. stocks surged on Monday, with the   Nasdaq rising more than 1 percent, as oil prices and benchmark   interest rates hit multi-month lows, improving the outlook for   corporate profits.


The wives of five 2008 presidential hopefuls on Tuesday traded tales of juggling their kids, marriages and self-esteem in the maelstrom of a national campaign.


In crescita, invece, gli abbonati ai servizi mobili


Europe's papers react to President George W Bush's announcement of the withdrawal of 75,000 US troops from Europe and Asia.


Maryland is proud of its strength in bioscience, financial services, health care, higher education and government contracting. Technology investment has driven innovation in those areas and kept our state nimble in a competitive global marketplace.


A federal appeals court Tuesday allowed former star technology banker Frank Quattrone to remain free while he appeals his conviction on obstruction of justice charges.


Pakistan Won't Let Militants Disrupt Afghan Poll

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf  promised visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Monday that  Pakistan would not allow Islamic militants to use Pakistani  soil to disrupt Afghanistan's October elections.


Floors creak and doors slam. Hidden passages lead to secret compartments. Ratty old dolls show up out of nowhere.


U.S., North Korea meet for one-on-one nuclear talks

Top negotiators from the United States and North Korea met on Saturday for two days of talks meant to advance an international drive to end Pyongyang's nuclear program.


A UN report says Iran is planning uranium enrichment facilities, but does not confirm if  nuclear weapons are the goal.


A paper mill is to be built creating 300 permanent jobs and employing 1,000 workers in its construction.


Attacks on Microsoft WINS Service hole raise alarms

Internet security monitoring groups are warning MicrosoftÂ Windows users about new Internet attacks aimed at Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 machines running WINS (Windows Internet Naming Service).


Israel kills five in attack on Hamas man

A senior Hamas leader has survived an Israeli assassination attempt in the Gaza Strip, but at least five other Palestinians were killed in the explosion that tore through his home.


ANNAN'S FUTURE: Remains up in the air with scandal

When US Secretary of State Colin L. Powell met Secretary-General Kofi Annan last month at an Egyptian summit on Iraq, the two old friends shook hands.


Kenya's opposition challenger Raila Odinga took the lead on Friday in the race to govern east Africa's biggest economy, media tallies showed, while activists voiced fears over delayed official results.


In War Over Teaching Reading, a U.S.-Local Clash

A federal program to teach reading pressured schools to adopt a specific approach in order to receive funding.


Spacewalkers Tested As Tool Breaks, Bolt Balks

By Traci Watson  Home renovations are never easy. In space, where there's no gravity to keep things in place, construction is even tougher.


Jack in the Box to expand upscale outlets

Encouraged by the strength of its new high-gloss, upscale JBX restaurants in San Diego, Jack in the Box said yesterday it will use the concept as a springboard for future growth.


Samsung to build new LCD production line

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (OTC: SSNGY) said it was expanding operations with plans to build a $286 billion Won LCD production line.


(Los Angeles- WABC, December 4, 2004 ) - More trouble for actor Nick Nolte. He's being sued by the parents of a teen-aged girl that says she was raped at Nolte's Malibu home by one of his employees.


Attacks by Eta Basque separatists have cost Spanish economy 8bn euros (Â£5.6bn) over the last decade, a report says.