Standard & Poor's on Monday said it may cut its ratings on Merck & Co Inc.(MRK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , citing increasing concern about possible litigation relating to Merck's arthritis drug Vioxx.


Iraq Insurgents Kill 12 As Election Nears

Insurgents stepped up attacks Thursday against polling centers across Iraq, killing at least a dozen people, including a U.S. Marine, in the rebel campaign to frighten Iraqis away from participating in this weekend's election.


Carlsbad, Encinitas Pursue Joint $4.2 Million Road Project

By Barbara Henry, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.  Sep. 13--CARLSBAD ---- The Carlsbad City Council signed off on a deal  Tuesday that will bring a $4.2 million upgrade to the heavily congested  southern part of Rancho Santa Fe Road.


GPS tracking Feds bust Cisco reseller 'fraud'

The network is the sting A GPS tracking sting has led to accusations that a reseller defrauded Cisco of millions of dollars in networking gear by fiddling its hardware maintainance program on a grand scale.â¦


Arizona Chemical Sold to Rhone Capital As Part of International Paper Deal

By Urvaksh Karkaria, The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville  Dec. 20--International Paper said Tuesday it will sell its  Jacksonville-based Arizona Chemical business to Rhone Capital III L.P. for  $485 million, as the paper maker focuses on its uncoated paper and packaging  businesses.


Lebanese army increases forces in tense Beirut

Lebanon's army deployed more soldiers in Beirut on Monday after the killing of a pro-Syrian Shi'ite Muslim demonstrator raised fears anti-government protests could turn into sectarian violence.


Pollution Teaches the Importance of Elixir of Life

By Zheng Lifei  Gu Zhaodi had never had to think about water. It was taken for granted. In fact, no one in this beautiful lake city of Wuxi had bothered to spare a thought on one of the most vital elements of life.  But all that changed dramatically overnight last week.


Film on Mexicoâs Disputed â06 Election Stirs Emotions

A documentary about last yearâs disputed presidential election has drawn big crowds and generated controversy in Mexico.


U.S. Stages Fight-Back But Still Trails 8-4 at Ryder Cup

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - The U.S. Ryder Cup  team, wounded after a first day mauling, launched a fierce  fightback on Saturday to keep their hopes alive with two wins  and a halved fourball rubber.


Arguments over who gets to use the home computer are breaking out in families across the UK, says a survey.


Technical hitch delays Ariane rocket launch

A technical hitch on  Saturday delayed the scheduled launch in French Guyana of a  heavy-lift Ariane-5 rocket slated to launch two satellites,  space officials said.


Hurricane Ivan ravages Grenada, killing 15 and damaging 90 per ...

The most powerful hurricane to hit the Caribbean in nearly a decade killed at least 15 people including a Canadian, damaged 90 per cent of its homes and destroyed a prison, leaving


Vietnam's death toll from Tropical Storm Durian rose to 59 on Wednesday as authorities began cleaning up the country's south coast where more than 120,000 houses were destroyed, officials said.


Bomb Plot Suspects Are Foreign Physicians

LONDON, July 3 -- The suspected terrorist cell that allegedly attempted three car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow last weekend was dominated by foreign-born physicians working in British hospitals, according to British officials and news reports.


[TS] Sports of The Times: Knicks Regain Mediocrity, and Thomas Gets the Glory

In an era of diminished expectations, Isiah Thomas was rewarded for merely making the Knicks functional again, and fun.


ADV: $150,000 Mortgage for Under $690/Month

Mortgage rates are at record lows. Save $1000s on your mortgage payment. Free quotes.


Conservative stalwart Newt Gingrich has done nothing to lay the foundation for a presidential run except talk — yet he ranks third among Republicans in most national polls.


No. 4 Syracuse Pummels Binghamton, 86-56

Hakim Warrick scored 20 points, Gerry McNamara added 18 and fourth-ranked Syracuse bounced back from its first loss of the season with an 86-56 victory Saturday night over Binghamton.


Sudan government blames US for peace talks breakdown

ABUJA, NIGERIA - The government of Sudan claimed Friday that US support for rebel groups has made it impossible to reach a compromise in peace talks.


Who's to blame for state of New Orleans?

In many ways, New Orleans is a huge crime scene, with bodies and victims and fingerprints — many, many sets of fingerprints. But who did it? Who is responsible for this mess, for a barely functioning city with large swathes still uninhabited — or uninhabitable — a year after Hurricane Katrina?


Fridman sails on Israeli hopes en route to gold

GLYFADA, Greece - The singing was so loud, Gal Fridman said, he could not hear the music. He made an attempt at his national anthem, but the volume of live voices drowned out the soundtrack.


THE unidentified bodies of a decapitated man and a woman who died of bullet wounds have been found south of the Iraqi capital, hospital officials said today.


Former President Bill Clinton's heart bypass, expected Monday, likely will be an ordinary replumbing of his ailing heart, not some new whiz-bang robotic or "keyhole" surgery, leading surgeons say.    A source close to the former president who spoke on condition of anonymity said Clinton has told him the surgery was scheduled for Monday morning...


Udine, 14:55 - CALCIO, UDINESE; MARINO: PROVA D'ORGOGLIO CONTRO LA JUVE

Pasquale Marino si aspetta una prova d'orgoglio della sua squadra contro la Juve. ''Mi aspetto una r...


Sheffield day to day with sprained left ankle

New York Yankees right fielder Gary Sheffield missed Sunday's against the Toronto Blue Jays with a sprained left ankle. Sheffield is listed as day to day.


U.S.-led forces kill 20 militants in south Iraq

U.S.-led coalition forces killed at least 20 militants after coming under heavy attack from Shi'ite gunmen during raids in southern Iraq's Maysan province early on Monday, the U.S. military said.


Grandparents are increasingly paying for their grandchildren's care, according to research.


Onetime Star Investment Banker Is Facing U.S. Sentencing

Frank P. Quattrone, the banker whose deal making helped fuel the 1990Âs technology boom, is expected to receive a sentence of 16 months.


Makers Ready Fancy Handsets      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Cell phone makers used this month's 3GSM industry gathering in Barcelona to recharge the market for handsets with advanced applications such as mobile television, music downloading and location services.


US President George Bush is due to address the nation on his Iraq plans, likely to include a limited troop reduction.


Surgeon general: Teen drinking a problem

Americans need a wake-up call about the widespread use of alcohol by millions of underage drinkers, acting Surgeon General Kenneth Moritsugu said Tuesday.


Microsoft Changes Sender ID, AOL Back On Board

Microsoft also narrowed its patent applications for the underlying technology in an effort to appease open-source critics. By TechWeb.


RoboCops and robot soldiers got a little closer to reality Thursday as a maker of floor-cleaning automatons teamed up with a stun-gun manufacturer to arm track-wheeled 'bots for the police and the Pentagon.


Dallas looks like Seattle as rain doesn't stop

Dallas is looking a lot like Seattle these days. Drenching rains pounded the city and north-central Texas again on Wednesday, forcing the precautionary evacuation of thousands of residents from several communities to the west of Fort Worth that were threatened with possible flooding.


Rita Wong, the only Chinese nurse who cared for the famous "Flying Tigers" — U.S. airmen who defended Chinese supply routes over the Himalayas during World War II — has died, state media reported Thursday. She was 95.


The UN nuclear agency is set to meet in Vienna on Thursday to review Iran's controversial nuclear programme. The board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will learn if Iran is abiding by an agreement


KABUL, Afghanistan -- The grim-faced man in gray prison pajamas sat on a metal chair Saturday, listening silently while judges and lawyers debated whether he had known about the 37 pounds of heroin found hidden in the car he was driving cross-country to a city near the Iranian border.


Kellogg Co. on Monday said quarterly profit rose a better than expected 7 percent, as the world's largest cereal maker was helped by strong sales of new products and a weaker US dollar.


After a little more than a month on Chiron Corp.'s board of directors, Richard Wills resigned Friday from the company's board.


Hamas demands new Palestinian election system

Hamas is demanding changes to the election system employed by the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the 1996 elections to the Palestinian Legislative Council (the parliament).


The Star of Bethlehem has left its mark on the gospels as well as a constellation of holiday songs. Was it purely a divine sign, created miraculously to mark Jesusâ birth?


The bridge of the starship Enterprise is filling up.


Ernie Els had a 4-under-68 for a two-shot lead after the third round of the Dubai Desert Classic on Saturday, and Tiger Woods had another difficult day on the greens.


Australian Campers Who Fought Croc Praised

The campers who fought off a 14-foot crocodile as it dragged a 34-year-old man out of his tent drew praise from a former reptile handler said Tuesday.


ASIA/INDONESIA - Per combattere il fondamentalismo islamico, occorre lÂaiuto della filosofia, dice un Gesuita dellÂUniversitÃ  Cattolica di Giacarta Giacarta (Agenzia Fides) - La filosofia puÃ² essere un buon mezzo per contrastare il fondamentalismo islamico: Ã¨ la tesi sostenuta da p. Franz Magnis-Suseno sj, docente di Filosofia presso lÂUniversitÃ  Cattolica di Giacarta. Secondo il Gesuita, se si ...


The Nissan Versa got top marks in crash test results released Tuesday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, though bigger cars still offer greater safety than small cars the results showed.


Stock index futures were little changed on Wednesday as investors braced for the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates later in the session.


After losing Warrick Dunn and Jerious Norwood within a span of five plays, seldom-used Justin Griffith finishes a 71-yard drive with a 21-yard touchdown burst to help the Falcons beat the Buccaneers, 17-6.


Jarrett Jack hit two free throws with 4.4 seconds left and Chris Paul missed a shot at the buzzer as No. 22 Georgia Tech ended a three-game losing streak with a 102-101 overtime victory over No. 5 Wake Forest last night in Atlanta.


Australian telecommunications giant Telstra is looking for a new CEO to handle its full privatization after incumbent Ziggy Switkowski resigned Wednesday.


Roma, 18:31 - CALCIO, PROCURA FIGC ARCHIVIA CASO PASTORELLO

La procura federale della Figc ha disposto l'archiviazione del procedimento riguardante Giambattista...


Businesses Experimenting With Virtual Worlds

Many companies are already dabbling in one or more virtual worlds or closely observing them.


Little relief in Ramadan for war-weary Mogadishu

Gun battles in Mogadishu killed at least six people early on Friday and residents said they feared Ramadan would bring no let up in a months-long insurgency that has battered the Somali capital.


Wall Street's merger-fueled rally may continue this week, so long as Friday's payrolls report and other economic news don't spoil the party.


X-Prizes for breakthroughs in science or technology that solve the world's greatest challenges are planned.


Missing man found dead in Ore. mountains

A San Francisco man was found dead in a mountain creek Wednesday, four days after he set out through the snowy wilderness to seek help for his wife and young daughters, stranded in a car.


A look at NBC's coverage of the summer Olympic games from Athens:


US conservationists say nearly two-thirds of the Caribbean's coral reefs are threatened by human activities.


A Tyneside boatbuilder scores a triple Olympic medal win - without leaving his workshop.


Ousted Fannie Mae Chairman Awaits Pension

Franklin Raines, who was forced out as Fannie Mae's chief executive after five years, is slated to receive a monthly pension of more than $114,000 for life, according to documents the mortgage lending giant filed Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Fifty-six Kurdish mayors go on trial in Turkey to face charges of aiding a terrorist organisation.


Space mission aims to fold up solar array

Space shuttle astronauts visiting the International Space Station will attempt on Wednesday to fold up one of the two 6-year-old solar arrays which have been the sole power providers to the U.S. sections of the station,


McManaman to assist Hong Kong buyer of Birmingham City

Steve McManaman, the former Liverpool and Real Madrid star, has been appointed to the board of the firm buying a major stake in Birmingham City football club, media reports said Wednesday.


Spanish driver sues dead crash cyclist for damage

A Spanish driver who collided with a  cyclist is suing the dead youth's family $29,300 for the damage  the impact of his body did to his luxury car, a Spanish  newspaper reported on Friday.


Makers of the epic âAlexanderâ - depicting the life of the legendary Greek ruler â-re facing a possible lawsuit for showing the ruler as bisexual.


Roma, 20:00 - ATLETICA, SDIRI: LEONE IN GABBIA, STUFO DI STARE IN OSPEDALE

E' destinata a durare ancora a lungo la permanenza di Salim Sdiri al policlinico Gemelli. Il saltato...


Circumcisionâs Anti-AIDS Effect Found Greater Than First Thought

Final data from two clinical trials in Africa suggest that circumcision reduces a manâs risk of contracting H.I.V. by as much as 65 percent â more than suspected when the two trials were stopped because the results were so clear.


Iraq's Agriculture Bounces Back After Years of Neglect

TIKRIT, Iraq, March 12  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After decades of strain, the Ministry of Agriculture in the Ninewa Province reported a significant increase in the wheat crop yield for 2006.  Today, the U.S.


Google offers site-specific search for businesses

Google Inc., the world's top  provider of Web search and online advertising, said on Monday  it is offering small business Web sites a service that lets  visitors search for information within their sites.


Leader radicali, incontro certamente positivo


Brown Acts to Distance Himself From Blair, Iraq

BOURNEMOUTH, England, Sept. 24 -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivered an hour-long nationally televised speech Monday on issues from maternity leave to Darfur, but his policy proposals were largely overshadowed by speculation about whether he will call a snap general election in the coming weeks.


WASHINGTON Sept. 16, 2004 - Anchor Dan Rather and other top figures at CBS News are softening their defense of the authenticity of challenged documents purporting to prove lapses in President Bush's National


A correspondent wounded in Baghdad assesses HBO's look at the ER where he was treated


Group therapy doesn't extend life in breast cancer

Women with breast cancer who take  part in group therapy sessions with other patients live no  longer than those who do not, but experience a better quality  of life and less pain, researchers said on Monday.


Bomb at Muslim school linked to murder of filmmaker

THE HAGUE - Police in the Netherlands say they suspect that an explosion at a Muslim school is related to the murder of a Dutch filmmaker.


Briefly: Friendster hires ex-AOL ad exec

roundup Plus: HP inks deal with energy firm...Holiday Inn welcomes Priceline...More colleges get cheap online music.


There's a simple system to organizing those piles of financial paperwork, and it doesn't involve a bonfire.


German bank customers victims of Internet fraud

German banks Postbank and Deutsche Bank said that their customers had been recent victims of Internet fraud via copycat web sites.


No video or still cameras will be allowed in the courtroom for the verdict in Scott Peterson's murder trial, the judge ruled, citing concern for the families of both the former fertilizer salesman and his slain wife.


UN Turns to U.S. Troops to Guard Its Staff in Iraq

The United Nations no longer  objects to American soldiers to guard its staff in Iraq after  the search for separate contingents from around the world  failed, diplomats and U.N. sources said on Wednesday.


Microsoft Windows patent will spy for advertisers

The computer is impersonal again If you thought adverts on the web have become more offensive and more intrusive than ever before, then it might be time to find alternatives to using software from Microsoft.â¦


The Glastonbury Festival will honour the late John Peel by naming its new bands tent after the DJ legend, the festival's founder says.


Rodomonti per Juve-Udinese, Racalbuto fischia Reggina-Milan


U.S. attorney general says his country needs Canada's help to thwart terror

OTTAWA (CP) - U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft says his country needs Canada's help to thwart terrorism in the run-up to the U.S. presidential election Nov. 2.


Update 1: Best Buy's 3Q Earnings Climb 21 Percent

Best Buy Company Inc., the nation's largest electronics retailer, said on Wednesday that third-quarter earnings rose 21 percent, but gave hints that profits during the holiday selling season may not be quite what analysts were hoping for.


Singer Pete Doherty vowed on Wednesday  to stay off drugs after a magistrate revoked the remaining  months of his compulsory supervision order.


New figures reveal at least 112,000 people died in the wave disaster, as agencies struggle to provide vital aid.


Fines, Jail Used to Enforce Flu Shot Rules

LANSING, Mich. - Thinking of trying to wheedle a flu shot from your doctor even though you're not at high-risk for flu complications? Forget about it in Michigan...


The Vatican expresses anger at the abduction of Georges Casmoussa, one of Iraq's most senior Christian clerics.


MEXICO CITY -- The nation's top electoral court yesterday declared conservative candidate Felipe Calderon president-elect, but the decision is unlikely to resolve a political crisis sparked by the muddled outcome of the July 2 contest.


Scientists now have their first direct evidence of changing weather patterns on Titan, Saturn's largest moon.


"Ocean's" makes waves atop weekend box office

The competition got a  little stiffer at the weekend box office as three wide releases  entered the fray, led by new champ "Ocean's Thirteen."


Chen Under Pressure to Work with Taiwan Opposition

Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian is under pressure to find ways to work with an opposition-dominated parliament after his party suffered a surprise setback in weekend legislative elections.


ONE US soldier was killed and three were injured today in a hit-and-run accident in southern Kuwait that is being investigated, the US army and Kuwaiti security sources said.


A seasoned merrymaker comes to celebrate the tame evening at home.


Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co  reported a better-than-expected 52 percent rise in third-quarter profit on Tuesday on strong sales of laptops and video games, and raised its full-year earnings forecast.


Mike Baker asks whether government moves to shore up diplomas could backfire.


British prosecutors said Thursday they would not charge model Kate Moss over allegations of cocaine use reported in a tabloid newspaper &#151; despite strong evidence she was using illegal drugs.


Judges Refuse to Delay Libbyâs Prison Sentence

An appeals court unanimously rejected a request to delay I. Lewis Libby Jr.âs prison sentence in the C.I.A. leak case.


Tamoxifen May Raise Stroke Risk Slightly

Many women who've had breast cancer or are at high risk for the disease take tamoxifen for years. A new study now shows that long-term tamoxifen use seems to increase the risk of stroke, although the absolute increase in risk is small.


Opera singer Robert Merrill, famed for his appearances at the New York Yankees' stadium, has died.


Mercato prudente in attesa delle trimestrali dei big


Violence kills 2 Israelis, 9 Palestinians

A Palestinian rocket killed two Israeli children near the Gaza Strip yesterday while Israeli soldiers killed nine people in the West Bank


ZVU Potez (Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic), engineering company, saw a turnover of CEK 620 mil in 2006, 15% more compared to 2005. The firm's exports volume rose by nearly 20% to CEK 480 mil end ensured nearly 78% of its total proceeds in 2006 compared to 2005.


Sharon Rejects Vote for Gaza Strip Withdraw

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has rejected calls from Jewish settlers to hold a countrywide referendum on his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.


G8:  Despite Differences, Mexico Comfortable as G5 Emerging Power

MEXICO CITY, Jun 5 (IPS) - The Mexican government says it feels comfortable  forming part of the five countries identified by the world's  richest nations as the "emerging powers." However, it has  marked differences and even conflicts with China and Brazil, two  other members of the so-called Group of Five


Getting divorced isn't anyone's idea of a good time. But doing it right can set the stage for a happier life for you, your ex and your kids. Here are tips from five divorce experts -- three men, two women, four of them divorced themselves (two of them twice) -- for getting through it.


Consumer prices in October posted their biggest increase in five months, pinching pocketbooks at the gas pump and at the grocery store.


La manifestazione si svolge in sette continenti


Carolina running back Stephen Davis sat out Sunday's game against the San Diego Chargers because of a lingering knee injury.


Dentro c'era un 'tesoro di carta', assessore lancia appello


La giornata piu difficile sara' il 10 febbraio


10 security fixes are released by Microsoft

Microsoft Corp. released 10 security fixes for various products yesterday, including seven that fix flaws the company said pose the highest threat to users.


Progress Is Made in Resolving Antitrust Issues

The software industry enters 2005 with several antitrust issues behind it, a result of a handful of court decisions and out-of-court settlements this year.


Top U.S. Iraq commander faces criticism from senator

The top U.S. commander in Iraq defended his record on Thursday in the face of strong criticism from Sen. John McCain, a Republican presidential contender in 2008.


While all but eight golfers failed to break par Saturday, Denis Watson made a charge at the United States Senior Open with a bogey-free 67 in the third round.


Report: Merck Tried to Bury Vioxx Concerns for Years

Internal e-mails and other documents from Merck & Co. show the company fought for years to keep safety concerns from undermining the drug's commercial prospects, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.


Derek Raivio scores 21 points to help Gonzaga upset No. 2 North Carolina 82-74 in the NIT Season Tip-Off semifinals Wednesday night.


New York Yankees Team Report - September 2

(Sports Network) - The New York Yankees try to stay on the winning track this evening when they conclude their three-game set with the Cleveland Indians at Yankee Stadium.


Shuttle disaster memories linger in town

The bronze medallion embedded in the pavement behind the Commercial Bank of Texas is easy to overlook. About the size of a DVD, it barely registers as a bump for the cars pulling into the drive-thru window.


Japan now has to get serious about greenhouse gases

When Russian President Vladimir Putin put the finishing touches on his country's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol on Friday, reducing greenhouse gas emissions also moved one notch higher on Japan's policy agenda.


Annan-to-U.N. Rights body: Act on Darfur

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan told the U.N. Human Rights Council on Tuesday to immediately address the escalating atrocities in Darfur by sending an independent team of investigators to the volatile Sudanese region.


Bush Could Use Political Capital on Immigration

President Bush appears ready to  spend some of his newly gained political capital on immigration  reform but could run up against fierce opposition from  conservatives in his own Republican Party, analysts said on  Thursday.


Sen. George Allen attempted to steer his campaign away from accusations of racial insensitivity Monday night with a two-minute, statewide television ad touting the need to focus on "the real issues," such as support for U.S. troops in Iraq.


A specially-shaped camera lens which means images are never out of focus could find its way onto camera phones.


Phil Mickelson capped off his 2004 season by shooting a 13-under 59 on Wednesday to win the PGA Grand Slam of Golf, a two-day competition involving the yearâs four major winners.


New video shows 9/11 hijackers in Afghanistan

A new video tape has emerged which shows two of the September 11 hijackers, including ringleader Mohammed Atta, at a hideout of Osama bin Laden's in Afghanistan, Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reported.


Emlyn Hughes, a star on the pitch and the screen, dies aged 57

To football fans he will be remembered as the indomitable leader of the Reds. To many others, the defining memory of Emlyn Hughes will be of a jumper-wearing, quiz-show team captain being berated by Princess Anne for his spelling.


The rain is turning to snow on a blustery January morning, and all the men gathered in a parking lot here surely would prefer to be inside. But the weather couldn't matter less to the robotic sharpshooter they are here to watch as it splashes through puddles, the barrel of its machine gun pointing the way like Pinocchio's nose.


Iraqâs Islamic Party quits govt over Fallujah assault

BAGHDAD, November 10 (Online): Iraqâs Sunni Muslim minority was outraged on Tuesday over the assault on Fallujah, with a political party quitting the US-backed government and calls on Iraqis to boycott national elections promised by the end of January.


Cisco Hosting "Effective Strategies to Help Ensure Your WLAN Is Voice Ready" Online Seminar

Who:  Ben Gibson, director of Enterprise Mobility Solutions and a Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enterprise technology partner.


Implantable Heart Device Receives F.D.A. Approval

The grapefruit-size device allows patients to move freely for up to two hours at a time.


Dell and the US Consumer Product Safety Commission have issued a wide reaching recall of about 990,000 power adapters. The power adapters are being recalled because they can overheat and pose a risk of fire and electrical shock.


Vornado Sweetens Its Bid for an Office Landlord

Vornado offered to modify its $41 billion bid for Equity Office Properties by paying the cash portion of its offer within a few weeks.


Three Linked to DeLay Indicted in Texas Scandal

Three men with close ties to US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay were indicted on Tuesday along with eight companies for illegal fund-raising activities in a political


Cipolletta: i recenti rincari dopo 5 anni di tariffe ferme


Caroline K. Keck, Art Conservator, Dies at 99

Ms.  Keck was instrumental in converting the centuries-old craft of art restoration into a profession based on scientific research.


New York's fabled yellow cabs screech to a stop for strike

Thousands of New York's taxi drivers on Wednesday put on the brakes with a 48-hour strike just as the US Open tennis tournament moved toward a climax and the city's Fashion Week started up.


Leafy crowns revive an Olympic tradition

ATHENS, Greece -- In a rented warehouse in Athens' Alimos neighborhood, a group of Greek florists with blistered fingers are working to be a part of Olympic history.


Trial Witness Says Ovitz Pay at Disney Was Unreasonable

The Walt Disney Company's multimillion-dollar contract with Michael S. Ovitz was unreasonable and one of the most generous ever, a compensation expert testified yesterday.


Walking (to School) in a Winter Wonderland

Students had spring in their step and winter in the background Tuesday morning as they headed to River Dell High School in Oradell on the penultimate day of February.  (c) 2007 Record, The; Bergen County, N.J.. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.


A new video posted on both YouTube and the Internet by Democrats includes a montage of political moments in which Mitt Romney repeatedly downplays his Republican Party affiliation while running for governor of heavily Democratic Massachusetts in 2002.


WASHINGTON - In a spy investigation that could strain U.S.-Israeli relations and muddy the Bush administration's Middle East policy, the FBI is investigating whether a Pentagon analyst fed to Israel secret materials about White House deliberations on Iran.    No arrests have been made, said two federal law enforcement officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the continuing investigation...


Final instalment of Dogville trilogy years away: Lars von Trier

Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier, who is currently filming the sequel to his 2003 movie Dogville starring Nicole Kidman, said the final instalment of his American trilogy was years away from hitting screens.


A group of British fathers'rights protesters were arrested Saturday before a planned stunt on the queen's Sandringham estate.


Audit of Venezuelan vote confirms Chavez victory

CARACAS, VENEZUELA - An audit of ballots from 150 voting stations has confirmed that President Hugo Chavez won last week's recall referendum, reported the Organization of American States Saturday.


Ahmadinejad says Iran won't yield to pressure

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad   said on Thursday Iran would not yield to Western pressure over   its rights, on the day of a U.N. deadline to halt its atomic   work.


Bush Touts Tax Cuts, Aide Acknowledges 'Soft Patch'

LIMA, Ohio  - President Bush said on Saturday his  tax cuts were working to lift growth but a senior aide  acknowledged that the economy hit a "soft patch" over the last  six or eight weeks.


Nevin homer gives Rangers 8-7 win over A's

Phil Nevin paused briefly to watch the ball before starting the emotional, and long-awaited, trot around the bases. Forgotten for a moment was the offensive slump that has been so bad Nevin didn't even play the previous two games for the Texas Rangers. Done was the 0-for-17 skid that had made manager Buck Showalter feel as though he needed to assure the designated hitter he'd get another at-bat Thursday night.


D.C.'s Ford's Theatre closes for repairs

The theater where Abraham Lincoln was shot will be getting an $8.5 million upgrade over the next year and a half.


Gates Defers Travel Plans To Help With Iraq Report

On the eve of a trip to Central and South America, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates yesterday postponed his travel plans to help the White House assemble a progress report on the situation in Iraq.


GIs Find Apparent Fallujah Militant Base

BAGHDAD, Iraq_ US troops sweeping through Fallujah found what appeared to be a key command center of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, along with a workshop where an SUV registered in Texas was being converted into a bomb and a classroom containing


The TUC is arguing that the minimum pay for apprentices should rise from Â£80 a week to Â£110.


MySpace offers tools to block unauthorized videos

News Corp.'s online social network  MySpace said on Monday it is offering free software tools to  let media companies block the uploading of unauthorized video  clips, expanding on an earlier program to block unauthorized  music.


The company earned $1.21 billion in the fourth quarter as it benefited from sales growth in key soft-drink brands and in its water, sports drink and orange juice categories.


Last month's root-server attack revisited

Net safe thanks to technology called Anycast Last month's attack on at least six of the net's root servers was formidable, but thanks to the implementation of a technology designed to protect the infrastructure, only two were affected, according to a factsheet issued today by ICANN.â¦


(InfoWorld) - The odds of a search engine directing you to a risky Web site are getting slimmer, but some companies are better at filtering out bad links than others, McAfee reported Monday. Google has improved over the past year, but AOL has the safest search results on the Web right now, McAfee said. The riskiest? Yahoo. Overall, a significant percentage of Web links are still risky, McAfee said. In its latest study, published Monday, about 4 percent of search results were found to be risky. A year ago, that number was five percent. McAfee's study looked at the first five pages of search results provided by AOL, Yahoo, Google, MSN, and Ask.com for about 2,300 widely used keywords. It then compared those links to its Web safety database, which records sites that are associated with things like spam, online scams, Web attacks, and risky downloads. The study took a look at both the sponsored links returned by search engines and the "organic" links that are not sponsored, and Yahoo's poor performance is due to a spike in the number of sponsored links that McAfee deemed risky. When looking at organic links alone, Yahoo actually had the best results of any of the five search engines, returning risky links just 2.7 percent of the time. The most dangerous subjects to search for are words related to digital music and tech toys, McAfee found. Searches for terms relating to these two categories return risky results nearly 20 percent of the time. Some types of these "risky" results are much more common than others. For example, 0.03 percent of search results lead to a Web site that tries to run attack code on your PC. The chance of a link that is associated with spam is much higher: 1.3 percent, according to McAfee. Improvements at Google, which provides search technology to AOL and Ask.com, have been boosting the safety of search results in general, said Mark Maxwell, senior product manager with McAfee's SiteAdvisor group. Google returned risky results 3.4 percent of the time. A year ago, it scored 5.3 percent. McAfee's top-rated search engine, AOL, gave risky links 2.9 percent of the time, an improvement over last year's 5.3 percent. Yahoo, formerly one of the safest engines evaluated by McAfee, jumped from 4.3 percent in 2006 to 5.4 percent in the latest study. Microsoft's MSN also took a step backward, jumping from 3.9 percent in 2006 to 4.2 percent in 2007. Ask.com went from 6.1 percent to 3.5 percent. Over the past year, the industry has been better at acknowledging that there is a problem with risky search results and has reduced the percentage of risky sponsored links from 8.5 percent last year to 6.9 percent in 2007, Maxwell said. "You're seeing a lot more communication and cooperation toward the goal of trying to improve the online experience."


Whatâs Online: CBS Has a Crush on Wallstrip

Is this just a case of a stodgy old-media company trying to hang out online with the cool kids?


L'ex premier: "Non saremo nel partito unico e non parteciperemo alle primarie""Veltroni Ã¨ il piÃ¹ adatto per guidarlo". Il 7 ottobre manifestazione a Roma                                          Partito democratico, Dini non ci sta "Schiacciata l'identitÃ  liberaldemocratica"


The Netherlands beat Germany 2-0 to win the WomenÂ¡Â¯s Field Hockey Champions Trophy. The win earned the country some compensation for losing the gold-medal showdown at the Athens Olympics.


Founder of open-source e-mail and calendaring software project decides to move on while calling on community to continue.


Comcast Says Discounts Helped Triple Profit

Profit increased as customers signed up for Comcastâs discounted video, Internet and phone package, but the results fell short of expectations.


WASHINGTON President George W. Bush said Wednesday that Senator John Kerry was spreading "wild charges" by blaming the administration for the disappearance of hundreds of tons of unguarded explosives that the senator says have endangered US forces in Iraq


Dance Review | Pacific Northwest Ballet: An Idiomatic Balanchine, Walking the Walk in Seattle

Pacific Northwest Ballet, starting its 2007-8 home season in Seattle with an all-Balanchine triple bill, is an example of how the generations are changing.


Carey, Peppers, Peas lead American Music nominees

A year after she was snubbed at the  American Music Awards, pop singer Mariah Carey will get another  shot at glory when the next event takes place in Los Angeles on  November 21, organizers said on Tuesday.


(InfoWorld) - While mobile operators claim to be cutting the cost of roaming, their efforts are just a smoke screen and have no appreciable effect on charges overall, a European consumer rights group has said. The lower tariffs are typically available for a limited duration, sometimes requiring payment of an additional subscription fee, and may only be cheaper for long calls made using certain networks, BEUC, the European Consumers' Organisation, said on Tuesday. The fees should be capped at â¬0.33 ($0.43) per minute for customers roaming outside their home country, consumer groups said . Their demand is considerably lower than the cap of â¬0.49 per minuteÂ proposed by the European CommissionÂ in draft legislation that could be voted by June. Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media,Â announced plans last FebruaryÂ to crack down on mobile phone roaming charges, which she said were unreasonably high. On July 12, the Commission proposed cutting by 70 percent the cost of making and receiving calls while travelling in another European Union member state, saving European consumers â¬5 billion a year, according to the Commission's figures. Under the Commission's proposal, operators will be allowed to charge no more than â¬0.16 per minute for calls received while travelling abroad, â¬0.33 per minute for calls made within the country being visited, or â¬0.49 per minute for calls made back home or to a third country while abroad. However, that's still too much for the consumer groups, which called for charges of â¬0.16, â¬0.25 and 0.33 per minute, respectively. The French Consumers' Union (UFC - Que Choisir) called for national telecommunications regulators to collect more information about the volume of incoming, outgoing and local roaming calls, and the wholesale prices charged by operators for each type of call. Without such statistics, it's difficult to measure the effects of tariffs and policies, the group said. Regulators and consumers are dependent on figures provided by the GSM Association, which represents 700 mobile phone operators, the French group said. Those figures showed that the cost of making roaming calls in Europe fell by 25 percent in 2006, from â¬0.83 per minute to â¬0.62, the GSM Association said on Feb. 8. The price decline shows that regulation, especially of the retail market, is unnecessary, the Association said. In the absence of independent measurements of the market, BEUC and UFC - Que Choisir commissioned their own economic analysis in order to determine what they consider fair price caps. Limiting charges to â¬0.33 per minute will stimulate demand, and so have no adverse effect on operators' revenue or profit, they said. Based on mobile phone bills supplied by Members of the European Parliament, they calculated that lower charges could save MEPs an average over â¬1,000 each per year. European telecommunications ministers are expected to discuss the Commission's proposed regulations at informal meetings alongside the Cebit trade show in Hanover, Germany, next month, while the European Parliament will vote on the proposals in April. Germany, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, has announced its intention to push the legislation on roaming prices through by the end of June, when its term of office ends. Â


Rite Aid Corp. , the No. 3 U.S.  drugstore chain, on Thursday said first-quarter profit fell, as  higher sales were not enough to offset spending on new  drugstores.


Dollar Crumbles Before Euro, New Low Hit

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


So maybe Mark Antony loved Cleopatra for her mind. That is the conclusion being drawn by academics at Britain's University of Newcastle from a Roman denarius coin which depicts the celebrated queen of Egypt as a sharp-nosed, thin-lipped woman with a protruding chin.


Ukraine Leader Agrees on Measures for Fair Vote

Ukraine's outgoing President Leonid Kuchma said on Tuesday he had agreed to sack the central election commission and support election law reform -- both key opposition demands to end mass protests against a rigged vote.


Venezuelans celebrate Johan Santana's triumph as AL Cy Young Award ...

Baseball-crazed Venezuelans celebrated pitcher Johan Santana's award as the American League Cy Young winner on Thursday. Honking car horns as they heard the news on the radio and glued to television


Libya Signs to Pay $35 Mln to Berlin Bomb Victims

Libya signed a deal on Friday to pay  $35 million in compensation for more than 160 victims of a  Berlin nightclub bombing in 1986, taking another major step  toward ending its international isolation.


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Alleged Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano is believed to have had surgery in France while on the run, Italian media report.


Israeli politicians held a stormy debate on Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan today ahead of a critical vote that could give the Israeli prime minister the crucial support he needs to push it forward.


HOLLYWOOD, Florida  - Anna Nicole Smith, the small-town Texas girl turned voluptuous Playboy Playmate who became a tabloid fixture while fighting all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court over the estate of her billionaire husband, died suddenly at the age of 39 on Thursday.


Intel missed its earnings projection, but its inventories dropped. Or did they? Bill Mann thinks not.


Oversight on Bioengineered Crops Is Poor, Report Says

Federal oversight of crops genetically engineered to produce medications  in their seeds and leaves is inadequate to prevent unwanted contamination of food crops, according to an analysis released yesterday by a scientific advocacy group. As a result, the report concludes, consumers are at risk of inadvertently dosing themselves with prescription drugs while eating a morning bowl of cereal.


Calif. Residents Urged to Avoid Leaky Dam

Thousands of residents who were evacuated from the path of a leaking dam were urged to stay away through Monday after authorities released a torrent of water to ease pressure on the barrier.


Davanti a un computer le donne sono piÃ¹ efficienti e precise degli uomini. E' questo il risultato di una ricerca commissionata da Xerox sull'utilizzo e la gestione delle caselle di posta elettronica. Davanti


The ball at the World Championships of Soccer for the Blind clatters like a rattlesnake's tail. Fans are barred from cheering too loudly and clear plastic walls keep the players in-bounds. Every four years, players compete for Cup glory in an eight-nation tournament drawing hundreds, not millions, of fans to a game without the noisy hype of media and merchandising. Save for the goalkeepers, all the athletes are legally blind.


Courted by the presidential candidates, Florida gets chance to ...

MIAMI : Courted by the candidates, some Florida residents headed to the polls in early voting instituted after electoral chaos in the state held up the 2000 presidential election for five weeks.


Missouri minister struggles with recent murder

The Reverend Harold Hamon says he probably was addressing Christmas cards Thursday when his neighbor was being strangled and her fetus cut from her body.


Science & environment: Political differences might be explained by a fundamental variation in how our brains are 'wired' to process information, study says.


Pakistan said Monday there was no evidence Osama bin Laden is hiding in the country, and denied it allowed CIA agents to set up bases along the border to search for the al-Qaida leader.


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Il centrocampista Nashat Akram non potrà giocare nel Manchester City di Sven Goran Eriksson e...


Controls are needed to ensure genetic information for research is not used by outside parties, British warn experts.


Here are some additional Web sites that will fill your brain with all the latest news and gossip related to the TV industry. Be forewarned: these sites often aim to offend and shock. That being said, they can also be pretty darn smart and funny, too.


Jet Li's 'Hero' Tops Box Office in Debut

"Hero," Jet Li's acclaimed martial-arts epic, vanquished giant snakes, serial killers and a gang of superbabies to debut as the top weekend film with $17.8 million.


The bodies of two young brothers were found in the trunk of their mother's car about four hours after they were reported missing, state police said Sunday.


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Five nations have banned imports of UK poultry following the outbreak of bird flu on a Suffolk turkey farm.


Sporadic Clashes in Najaf, Handover Talks Hit Snag

NAJAF, Iraq  - Fighters loyal to Iraqi cleric  Moqtada al-Sadr clashed sporadically with U.S. troops in Najaf  Saturday after talks with religious authorities to end a siege  at the city's holiest shrine ran into difficulties.


Helicopters sent by Venezuela's president picked up two hostages freed by Colombian rebels in the jungle Thursday and flew the women across the border in a mission that could open a new path to freedom for dozens of captives.


Rebit: this is your grandmother's data backup

Simplicity has a price Time Machine for OSX has got the Apple platform's fuss-less data backup covered quite nicely. But where can a technical nincompoop turn for brainless Windows backup?â¦


Cleveland Clinic Plans First Human Face Transplant

Following 10 months of debate on the medical, ethical, and psychological issues involved, the Cleveland Clinic's review board has approved its doctors' petition to be the first institution worldwide to perform a human face transplant, the Associated Press


Steve McClaren performs a  U-turn by naming David Beckham in the England squad for the first time.


Dopo giorni di crollo il Sensex guadagna il 6,73%


ISG to be bought out in deal creating huge steel maker

America's biggest steel maker, International Steel Group, agreed to a $4.5 billion buyout bid from a Dutch concern in a multipart transaction that will create the world's largest steel company.


Will there ever be a merger of national telecoms such as Telia-Sonera again? Politics makes it difficult.


DC Mayor Anthony A. Williams said yesterday he is "very confident" that he has the seven necessary votes from the DC Council for his plan to build a ballpark near South Capitol Street Southeast.


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V CAST to stream lesser NCAA bowl games on smaller screens

ESPN, CBS, and Fox will be bringing full-length NCAA football bowl games to Verizon Wireless VCAST TV this month and next. Now fans can argue over who's really #1 on their small screens just as easily as on the big ones.


Test for RNA in Stool May Spot Colon Cancer

NEW YORK  - The presence of RNA for the  enzyme cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) in feces probably indicates the  presence of colorectal cancer, according to results of a pilot  study conducted in Japan.


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UPDATE 2-Injured Tendulkar out of first Australia test

India's Sachin Tendulkar will miss the first test against Australia starting on Wednesday due to an elbow injury. "Sachin is not playing in this test


India police accuse Windies cricketer of links with bookie

Indian police accused West Indian cricketer Marlon Samuels of leaking team information to an illegal bookmaker during the recent one-day series in India.


Stars of the Metropolitan Opera stand backstage during the season's opening presentation of Umberto Giordano's "Andrea Chenier," in this Oct. 15, 1962 file photo in New York.


Dan Bartlett, a member of President George W. Bush's Texas inner circle and an aide for more than 13 years, announced on Friday he is resigning as White House counselor effective July 4.


Reclining seats send airline tempers soaring

CANBERRA (Reuters Life!) - Feeling outraged as that airline seat crashes back into your knees, taking sleep or that breakfast coffee with it? You're not alone.


England midfielder Sean Wright-Phillips has no idea whether he will replace the suspended and injured David Beckham against Azerbaijan on Wednesday.


Britain to cut Iraq troop levels by quarter

Britain said on Wednesday it would withdraw almost a quarter of its troops from Iraq in coming months when thousands of additional U.S. soldiers will arrive to try to restore order in Baghdad.


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Ashcroft Condemns Judges Who Question Bush

Federal judges are jeopardizing national security by issuing rulings contradictory to President Bush's decisions on America's obligations under international treaties and agreements, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Friday.


Hey! Kids! Buy! This! "Marketing is essentially about feeding poop back to the diners fast enough to make them think they're getting real food." - Generation X, Douglas Couplandâ¦


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US research suggests that obesity hikes risk for nine types of ...

Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but expanding waistlines also increase the risk for at least nine types of cancer, US research suggests.


Coughlin Tones It Down, but Still Puts on a Show

Fox missed a great tantrum opportunity by not showing Tom Coughlinâs reaction to the holding penalty on his son-in-law, offensive guard Chris Snee, that nullified a touchdown.


BABY HOPE FOR CANCER SUFFERER AFTER OVARY IS TRANSPLANTED INTO HER ...

A CANCER sufferer has stayed fertile after doctors transplanted one of her ovaries into her arm. The 29-year-old was diagnosed with cervical cancer and needed radiotherapy to cure her.


Extreme cold, ice, darkness challenge Airmen As temperatures hover at 30 degrees below zero, the Airmen and radars of Detachment 3, 22nd Space Operations Squadron stand watch over North America's frozen north.


Stocks drop on Oracle's view and rate concerns

U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday as concerns about the outlook for software maker Oracle Corp.  hit technology shares and investors worried that stronger-than-expected job growth could delay a cut in interest rates.


Militants Claim Responsibility for Bomb Blast in Pakistan

Militant nationalists have claimed responsibility for a bomb blast in southwestern Pakistan that killed at least 11 people Friday.


NBA Game Summary - San Antonio at Toronto

Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Lamond Murray scored all 13 of his points in the fourth quarter, including a clutch three-pointer down the stretch, as the Toronto Raptors ended San Antonio's six-game winning streak with a 96-91 win at the Air Canada Centre


Brooks & Dunn Tops GOP Entertainment Bill

The popular country music act of Brooks & Dunn head the entertainment lineup for the Republican National Convention in New York that starts in a week.


LONDON -- Women on the birth control pill are protected from ovarian cancer, even decades after they stop taking it, scientists said. British researchers found that women taking the pill for 15 years halved their chances of developing ovarian cancer, and that the risk remained low more than 30 years...


Miliband urges NATO not to abandon Afghanistan

Afghanistan could degenerate into a "failed state" if NATO were to pull out troops and abandon efforts to stabilize the country, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday.


London, England (Sports Network) - Manchester City coach Kevin Keegan was charged by the English Football Association for his comments following a loss Sunday to Newcastle.


Where to Look When You Need a Stand-In Sitter

When parents need a babysitter this holiday season, they may find  their usual choices -- a local high school or college student, a relative or nearby friend -- are on vacation or unavailable. When those options don't work, an increasing number will turn to a different source: the Internet.


Google Deal's Details Show Flaws: It's Tough to Assess the $260 Million, 30-Year Agreement

By Jonathan B. Cox,Economic incentives are again in the spotlight after Google was promised as much as $260 million in tax breaks and other perks to create 210 jobs.


Scam E-Mails Use BBB Name to Attract People

By Linda S. Morris, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  Feb. 16--A new e-mail scam using the Better Business Bureau's name tries to lure businesses and consumers to access a potentially damaging computer virus.


Eastwood tapped first recipient of MPAA's Valenti honor

Clint Eastwood is the  inaugural recipient of the Motion Picture Association of  America's Jack Valenti Humanitarian Award, the trade  association announced Thursday.


Carlos Delgado OKs $52M Deal With Marlins

Carlos Delgado wanted to play for a contender, and the Florida Marlins look like one now. Delgado agreed Tuesday to a $52 million, four-year contract. The deal, which includes an option year making it potentially worth $64 million over five seasons, is contingent on the Delgado passing a physical Wednesday.


NEW YORK - Few things are more popular than free money in the form of a gift token ... unless it is redeemable at a store you don't like.


ENVIRONMENT:  Global Warming Becomes Hot News

LONDON, Oct 12 (IPS) - New fears have arisen over global warming after   some measurements pointed to an unusual rise in carbon dioxide  levels  over the past two years.


President George W. Bush should stop flouting federal and international law over the legal status of detainees in US custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.


A former Air Force procurement official admitted in federal court yesterday that before she went to work for The Boeing Co. in January 2003 she helped the company obtain several other military contracts -- not


FORT MYERS, Fla. - The equipment truck is on its way from Fenway Park. The Super Bowl is week-old news, and the headlines have already shifted to Schill. The sun is shining in Florida, where the temperature has been in the 80s, and the official start of Red Sox camp is Thursday. That's enough to bring a smile even to ...


Bomb explodes at Shiite mosque in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- A bomb exploded Sunday at a Shiite mosque in the eastern city of Lahore, injuring several people, police said.


Movie buffs go for Gellar in new 'Grudge'

The Grudge, a supernatural thriller about a curse that spreads like a plague, created an epidemic at the box office by scaring up $40 million in ticket sales.


The government on Wednesday signed an agreement with China that will improve information sharing on auto safety following last summer's recall of thousands of defective Chinese-made tires.


Robbers refuse to give up hostages in Venezuela siege

ALTAGRACIA DE ORITUCO, Venezuela  - Venezuelan bank robbers with pistols and a hand-grenade refused to give up dozens of hostages, including a pregnant woman and children, on the second day of a standoff with heavily armed police on Tuesday.


Jury Selection Starts in Jackson Molestation Case

SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - After months of delays and  intense pretrial publicity, Michael Jackson took his seat in  court on Monday as the task of selecting a jury began in the  child molestation case that has put his career, reputation and  freedom at risk.


(CBS/AP) Pat Tillman "probably" was killed by friendly fire while leading his team of Army Rangers up a hill during a firefight in Afghanistan last month, the US Army said Saturday.


Plans for a wider rollout of identity cards to British nationals appear to have been delayed for three years.


'Lightroom Adventure' useful for newbies and beyond

Mikkel Aaland's guide to Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is good for newbies and beyond--but you'd better act fast if you're interested in a book on the software.


Kerry Will Begin Ad Blitz in Seven States

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


Teacher Lauded for Agricultural Lesson Plan

By Jack Komperda Daily Herald Staff Writer  Carol Bohnert takes her agriculture as seriously as her classroom lectures on diagramming sentences.


Researchers Digest Data From Calif. Quake

PARKFIELD, Calif. - A strong earthquake that shook Central California without causing any significant damage or injuries could be a boon to researchers who hope intense scrutiny of the state's earthquake capital may help predict future temblors...


Reseller Selling Standalone Windows Media Center Software

At least one vendor is selling OEM copies of Microsoft's new Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 operating system online, possibly exploiting a loophole in Microsoft's contracts.


OAKLAND, Calif. - Texas reliever Frank Francisco was arrested Tuesday morning on a charge of aggravated battery after he threw a chair into the right-field box seats and hit two spectators in the head during Monday night's loss to the Oakland Athletics...


Nevada Man Arrested After Wakes from Two-Month Coma

A Nevada man who recently emerged  from a two-month coma was arrested after regaining  consciousness and is now recovering in a county jail medical  facility, officials said on Monday.


Armitage to go to Brussels for Sri Lanka donors meeting

US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage is to travel to Brussels next week for talks with fellow donors on the current status of the peace process in Sri Lanka, the State Department said.


U.S. stocks pointed to a slightly  higher open on Monday as investors seek bargains and oil prices  stay below last week's record high of nearly $50 a barrel.


The NHL's best team comes to TD Banknorth Garden tonight with a six-game winning streak.


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Two Golden Globe nominations for film depicting the life of JM ...

A film depicting the life of JM Barrie, the Scottish creator of Peter Pan, has been nominated in the Golden Globes - the US awards judged second only to the Oscars.


S.L. And North S.L. Resolve 5-Year Land Dispute

By Doug Smeath Deseret Morning News  Salt Lake City and North Salt Lake have reached a compromise on 80 acres of foothill land, after five years of back-and-forth bickering over open space on their border.


The Prison Officers Association delivers a vote of no confidence in the governor of a youth prison hit by riots.


Russia successfully tests two intercontinental missiles amid renewed criticism over US missile defence plans.


House Panel Votes to Extend Controversial Farm Subsidies, Signaling Battle to Come

Setting the stage for a contentious congressional debate over farm subsidies, a House panel voted unanimously yesterday to extend for five years the current system of payments to farmers and rejected a series of proposed changes.


Royal revenge: Harry goes on paparazzi attack

LONDON -- Britain's Prince Harry cut a photographer's lip early Thursday after pushing a camera away outside a club, according to the office of his father, Prince Charles.


US Attack on Iran Not on Agenda, Rice Says

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, traveling in Europe on her first foreign trip in her new job, says the Bush administration is continuing to rely on diplomacy to stop what U.S. officials believe is ...


U.S. military publishes manual to fight insurgents

The U.S. military published a new counterinsurgency manual on Friday that draws on lessons from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and stresses that troops must be able to do more than just fight.


Personal Health: Preserving a Fundamental Sense: Balance

Trying to avoid vertigo, falls and other hazards of lost equilibrium.


Florida citrus industry sees little freeze damage

Florida's orange groves emerged mostly unscathed from unusually low temperatures overnight, the state's largest growers association said Thursday.


Porto beats former coach Mourinho to reach final 16

Defending champion Porto moved into the second round of the Champions League on Benni McCarthy's 85th-minute goal for a 2-1 victory over Chelsea on Tuesday, ending the unbeaten streak of former coach Jose Mourinho.


The European Commission is to warn Greece about publishing false information about its public finances.


Pakistan captain Inzamamul Haq has ruled himself out of the second Test against Australia starting on Sunday due to a back injury.


An elderly Italian woman gets the shock of her life when she finds a grenade in a sack of potatoes.


Daschle Faces Tough Test in Tight South Dakota Race

South Dakota truck driver Mark Monahan says he's had enough of Tom Daschle. So do top Republicans who have made the U.S. Senate's No. 1 Democrat a bull's-eye target for removal from the national scene.


Digital music player maker Creative sees its profits fall by 84%, on increased advertising costs and an investment loss.


Man indicted over nooses on truck near Jena

A man has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly displaying hangman's nooses from the back of a pickup truck during a civil rights march last year in Jena, Louisiana.


Sicurezza informatica: protocollo dâintesa Ministero ...

28/09/2004 - Siglato oggi un protocollo dâintesa tra Microsoft e Ministero delle Comunicazioni, alla presenza dellâOn. Maurizio Gasparri, Ministro delle Comunicazioni, e di Umberto Paolucci, Senior Chairman


The Dallas defense hinted at an all-out blitz early in the second quarter, and Daunte Culpepper saw it coming. He alerted his Minnesota teammates, stepped back into the shotgun and calmly threw a soft pass over the line for a 63-yard touchdown that put the Vikings ahead for good in last Sunday's season-opening victory over the Cowboys.


Colon cancer risk traced to common ancestor

A married couple who sailed to America from England around 1630 are the reason why thousands of people in the United States are at higher risk of a hereditary form of colon cancer, researchers said on Wednesday.


Siena, 17:06 - CALCIO, SIENA-NAPOLI: ULTRAS AZZURRI FUORI PER UN TEMPO

I tifosi del Napoli sono rimasti per l'intera durata del primo tempo all'esterno dello stadio "Franc...


Vodafone shares hit by fear of pressure to fund US bid

VODAFONE shares fell nearly 3 per cent yesterday on fears that the mobile phone group could come under pressure from its US partner to provide $25 billion (Â£13 billion) to help to finance a bid for Sprint.


Iron Mountain to acquire Connected Corp. in $117 merger of record ...

Iron Mountain Inc. said Tuesday it will acquire Connected Corp. for $117 million in cash in a merger of two Massachusetts-based record-keeping companies.


Northwest Airlines Corp. CEO Richard Anderson has resigned to take an executive job at UnitedHealth Group Inc. Anderson, 49, who took over the top job at the Eagan-based airline in 2001, will become an executive vice president at UnitedHealth.


Health institute offers steps for fighting child obesity

Schools should weigh and measure all children annually to determine whether they're overweight, and the government must set nutritional standards for brand-name foods and drinks


The next election will represent the "last stand of the Thatcherites", predicts Labour's Alan Milburn.


Janel McCarville scored 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds, leading Minnesota over Michigan 73-49 on Thursday night.


Arizona will divert 22,500 doses of flu vaccine from a planned terrorism drill to help protect at-risk people throughout the state.


Greek Weightlifting Medalist Expelled From Olympics for Drugs

Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis was kicked out of the Olympics and stripped of his bronze medal in the 62-kilogram class after drug tests found his testosterone levels were twice as high as allowed.


ATHENS, Greece - A defrocked Irish priest bolted from the crowd and grabbed the marathon leader about three miles from the finish Sunday. The Brazilian runner Vanderlei de Lima wound up with the bronze - and a special award for sportsmanship - and the former priest was arrested...


Jim Lanzone is leaving the company in a management shakeup at parent Interactive Corp.


Indonesian police have made their first arrest in connection with last week's bombing at the Australian embassy in Jakarta. Police chief Da'i Bachtiar said a man had been arrested for carrying explosives for


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A woman found in her home with the decomposing bodies of four girls faces murder charges, and authorities believe she is their mother, officials said Thursday


Singing Sensation Usher Eyes Acting Career

After adding to his growing collection of  top awards on Thursday night, R&B superstar Usher is justified  in being excited about his music career, but it is acting  that's got him dreaming.


Monks unfairly dismissed a couple who worked for them for 23 years, an employment tribunal rules.


Sharapova set for long-awaited Fed Cup debut

HERZLIYA, Israel  - Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova will make her long-awaited Fed Cup debut for champions Russia when they face World Group newcomers Israel in the first-round tie this weekend.


A national environmental group that recently endorsed Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards will begin airing a radio ad Thursday praising him.


The Swiss owner of French brand Perrier lifts a threat to sell the iconic water producer despite continuing tensions.


A Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune was charged in a Sudanese court Saturday with espionage and other crimes.


Disney Chairman: Ovitz Reassignment Was 'Unwise'

Michael Ovitz could have been demoted or reassigned for the bulk of his five-year contract at the Walt Disney Co., but it would have done more harm than


Far Away, Super Bowlâs Losers Will Be Champs

After the Super Bowl ends, shirts and caps made for the losing team will be donated to a developing nation.


Kerry, Bush Duel Over Medicare, Terror War

AKRON, Ohio  - Democrat John Kerry criticized  President Bush on Saturday for burying a record jump in  Medicare premiums in a pre-holiday announcement that came  during a rush of news at home and abroad.


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Spurred on by a recent post to the php-dev mailing list by Dmitry Stogov the ever-popular "namespaces discussion" has surged back to the top of everyone's list. Dmitry proposed a patch for PHP6 that would easily implement namespaces for the upcoming version.   All class and function names inside are automatically prefixed with namespace name. Inside namespace, local name always takes precedence over global name. It is possible to use the same namespace in several PHP files. The namespace declaration statement must be the very first statement in file.   The general idea is to provide an easy separation of functionality but to keep things accessible at any level (in scope, in parent scope, etc). He's included code in his mailing list post to illustrate how it would all work.   Several others in the PHP community have jumped on and are already talking about this new proposal:   Evert Pot's post a blog entry from Richard Heyes proposing a namespace character a new post from the PHP 10.0 Blog on simplicity in namespaces this new post from Tony Bibbs some thoughts from Tobias Schlitt happily supporting the proposal this post from DynamicWebPages.de


Adobe gifts internal file permissions to unwashed masses

Directory transversal shocker A scripting error in Adobe's website gave outsiders broad access to internal files on the company's webserver that could prove valuable to malicious hackers trying to penetrate its security.â¦


Kids won't break a sweat playing Mattel Radica's football and baseball games. GadgetLab goes to the International Toy Fair in New York.


AT&T unveis the Ogo, a dedicate messaging device

Ogo is the first wireless messaging device to provide instant messaging (IM) and e-mail from all three leading providers - AOL, MSN, and Yahoo!


Wal-Mart disputes report on movie download deal

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Friday said   it was not trying to dissuade movie studios from working with   other forms of distribution, such as Apple Computer Inc.'s   iTunes download service.


Scotland's expensive new parliament building is opened amid great ceremony.


Vice President Dick Cheney said Friday he hasn't reached out to "Cousin Barack" Obama since reports that the two share a distant relatives.


Arafat Buried in Chaotic Scenes in West Bank

Yasser Arafat was buried on Friday in chaotic scenes of grief and gunfire at the compound where he spent his final years encircled by the Israeli army and powerless to realize his dream of a Palestinian state.


Militants in Nigeria reportedly free 10 Indians more than two weeks after their abduction near Port Harcourt.


The UK has built up a stockpile of 100 tonnes of plutonium - enough to make 17,000 nuclear bombs, the Royal Society says.


"Lives of Others" director supports Cruise

The Oscar-winning  director of the German film "The Lives of Others" has supported  Tom Cruise's bid to play a would-be Hitler assassin in the  movie "Valkyrie."


Continental Orders 10 Boeing Dreamliners

Continental Airlines has bet big on its future international business by ordering 10 of Boeing's new 7E7 Dreamliners. The airline, which is expected to lose more than US$200 million this year, hopes


With Gore's goading, Hollywood goes green at Oscars

Al Gore and his campaign against global warming won big at the Oscars as Hollywood went green on Sunday night. If only politics were that simple.


Using speech-to-text software and studying the contextual relationships between words, a new startup makes audio files as searchable as text on the web. By Eliot Van Buskirk.


Il Chinook Ã¨ caduto nel sud del paese. I talebani ne rivendicanol'abbattimento, ma gli Usa ribattono: E' stato un incidente                                            Afghanistan, cade elicottero Usa muoiono otto soldati, altri 14 feriti


Roger Clemens met privately with seven more members of Congress who will hear his sworn testimony as members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.


FDA resists calls to pull abortion pill off market

The government said yesterday a controversial abortion pill is safe enough to remain on the market, despite a third death and a grieving father's plea.


An earthquake with a magnitude of at least 4.5 struck off the northwest coast of the Big Island on Thursday in the same area where two stronger temblors struck last month.


SANTA CLARA, Cuba: Fidel Castro suffered a fall yesterday, possibly breaking an arm and a knee, but laughed off the accident, assuring Cubans he remained in good spirits and in one piece.


The Minnesota Twins acquired first baseman Phil Nevin and cash from the Chicago Cubs Thursday night for a player to be named.


Diversified manufacturer Honeywell International Inc  said on Thursday its fourth-quarter profit and sales rose from a year earlier, helped by strong economic conditions.


Dave Matthews Band, Krauss Making Bonnaroo Bows

The Dave Matthews Band and  bluegrass combo Alison Krauss + Union Station will make their  first appearances at the fourth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts  Festival, set to take place south of Nashville on June 10-12,  organizers said on Wednesday.


Trump, Knauss to Tie the Knot in Florida

The bride's gown is worth more than most American homes. Her diamond-studded ring costs more than many yachts. But the groom's hair? Self-styled.


Cut off their connection to the Web and people have moments of "withdrawal and feelings of loss, frustration, and disconnectedness" according to a report released Wednesday by Yahoo.


Domani treni regolari sciopero rinviato al 26

Decisione dei sindacati Orsa e Fast dopo l'apertura delle trattative con il ministero dei Trasporti. Aerei fermi venerdÃ¬ per 4 ore


Feds nail Supermicro for illegal Iran server sale

Time to pay up Supermicro has found itself on the wrong end of a pricey server shipment after pleading guilty to sending gear to Iran.â¦


A man taking an evening stroll was killed Saturday while crossing a Greenlawn street, Suffolk police said.


Cartoons animate Hollywood's end-of-year line-up

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood is locked in a war of the 'toons, as two revolutionary animated films, "The Polar Express" and "The Incredibles", battle to rival the success of the giant green ogre "Shrek".


Il ct spiega: "Con lui ho parlato molto e non solo di cose ...

Sabato a Celje l`Italia di Marcello Lippi affronterÃ  la Slovenia in una gara valida per le qualificazioni ai Mondiali del 2006. Dopo quattro mesi di assenza Francesco Totti torna a vestire la maglia azzurra.


Alcune manifestanti spintonate e malmenate, dieci arresti


Blog: IBM's Venture Capital Group is placing its own bets in clean tech in energy efficiency and water conservation.


Shares of Google Inc., the Internet search engine that first sold stock to the public in August, surged 15 percent after profit more than doubled, and the company said online advertising sales show no signs of slowing.


IT SHOULD not be surprising that a classified National Intelligence Estimate completed late last month projects three scenarios for Iraq over the next year and a half that range from dicey to disastrous -- from fragile stability to civil war among Sunni


ESPN Inc to acquire NASN from Setanta/Benchmark

Sports entertainment group ESPN Inc. has  agreed to acquire the North American Sports Network (NASN) from  Setanta Sport Holdings Ltd and Benchmark Capital Europe, they  said in a statement on Tuesday.


Blake and Roddick to lead U.S. in Davis Cup semi-final

James Blake and Andy Roddick will lead   the United States team in their Davis Cup semi-final against   Russia in Moscow later this month.


The top anti-spyware products are reviewed at Adware Report. In-depth, side-by-side comparisons of popular spyware removal applications help you find the software that's right for you.


Rio de Janeiro, 11:17 - CALCIO, BRASILE: CENI MIGLIOR GIOCATORE 2006

E' Rogerio Ceni, portiere del San Paolo, il miglior giocatore del campionato brasiliano 2006. L'estr...


Fonti finanziarie, il suo trasferimento e' ipotesi infondata


DiMarco aiming for extra special K Club success

Chris DiMarco has a special reason for   hoping the United States can this week claim an overwhelming   Ryder Cup success like Europe did two years ago.


That bad joke and a bit of grave-dancing is called for, however, in reviewing the issues that met their demise in 2004. While gone -- and mostly forgotten -- these issues leave behind a legacy that investors can learn from.


Local Plants Send Leaders to Alabama Factories

By Hays Burchfield, The Shelby Star, N.C.  Jun. 22--SHELBY -- Despite not getting home until around 3 a.m. Thursday because of a traffic jam in the Atlanta area, Cleveland County Lean Council members said their trip to Alabama was worthwhile.


Chicago rapper Kanye West, who survived a near-fatal car crash to score one of the biggest hits of the year with his debut album, led an eclectic field of commercially successful Grammy Award contenders with 10 nominations, organizers said on Tuesday.


Vigilante jailed for setting fire to innocent man

A "self-styled vigilante" who doused an innocent man in petrol and set fire to him because he thought he was a selling heroin was today jailed for 24 years.


Canada's defence minister said he could not rule out suing the British government over the purchase of four second-hand submarines.


The Who launch U.S. tour with classic-laden show

The Who kicked off the U.S. leg of   their first world tour for more than 20 years on Tuesday with a   two-hour set that included a full complement of classic hits, a   smattering of new material, and some rough edges.


Venezuelans pack streets before Chavez's TV closure

Venezuelan police on Sunday fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse thousands of protesters demonstrating against President Hugo Chavez's closure of an opposition television channel.


The Indian plunder of Bangladesh's meagre bowling resources continued. After months of drought against more forceful attacks, India had little to fear at Chittagong Stadium.


White House spokesman Tony Snow fired back at former President Bill Clinton after Clinton charged that the Bush administration believes the law is a "minor obstacle" in the "Scooter" Libby case.


The Army is dismissing the equivalent of a battalion of soldiers every year for taking drugs, a report says.


Why did Chiron Flu Crisis Affect USA more than England?

Why did the British never allow themselves to become dependent on just two flu major flu vaccine suppliers like the Americans did?


Triumphant Safin Overcomes Hewitt and Fear

MELBOURNE, Australia  - Australian Open champion  Marat Safin feared nerves would once again get the better of  him during Sunday's centenary final against Lleyton Hewitt.


Rangers close gap on leaders Celtic to one point

Rangers reduced Celtic's lead at the top of the Scottish Premier League to just a point with an emphatic 4-1 home win over Motherwell on Monday.


Gordon Brown's rise to become British prime minister is the culmination of a 24-year political career, much of it spent in partnership with his friend — and rival — Tony Blair.


L'indice Nikkei e' sceso a 17.963,64 punti


Bush Raises Tsunami Aid Tenfold to $350 Million

CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush, under pressure  over the pace and scale of American aid to Asian tsunami  victims, abruptly raised the U.S. contribution tenfold to $350  million on Friday.


Two U.S. Navy sailors who were found dead in a hotel room in the West African nation of Ghana on New Year's Eve have been identified.


JOHANNESBURG: Mark Thatcher paid two million rand (BD113,400) in bail yesterday to end a nine-day house arrest imposed after he was charged with bankrolling a coup plot in Equatorial Guinea, his lawyer said.


John Kerry has said US President George W. Bush bears responsibility for a misguided war in Iraq, lost jobs at home and a rising number of Americans without health care.


Report: Gap Plans Chain for Women Over 35

Gap Inc. GPS.N plans in the second  half of 2005 to launch its first new chain in a decade, a  specialty clothing retailer aimed at women over 35 years old,  the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday, citing Gap Chief  Executive Paul Pressler.


Record Crowds Attend Burning Man Festival

As jugglers danced with hoops and spirals of fire, vehicles belched flames and hypnotic drums echoed through the night, more than 35,000 costumed revelers ritually burned a 40-foot neon-and-wooden icon of a man deep in the Nevada desert.


City Room: Worker Dies in Fall From Bridge

Staten Island-bound traffic on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge was closed after a man fell from the Brooklyn approach to the bridge.


A high-stakes battle over Scott Peterson's life begins today at the same courthouse where hundreds of gawkers whooped it up after a jury found him guilty


U.S. Trade Deficit Soars to All-Time High

The U.S. trade deficit hit an all-time high of $60.3 billion in November as American appetites for foreign oil and even imported food reached record levels.


South African Police: Thatcher Preparing to Flee Before Arrest

South African police say the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was planning to flee the country before his arrest on suspicion of involvement in a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea.


Resumption of the Sudanese negotiations in Abuja talks

The two parties to the Sudanese negotiations, the Sudanese government and the rebel movements resumed yesterday the third day of talks under the supervision of the African Union, following a delay that lasted four hours because of the rejection of the


Wayne Rooney is shortlisted for the Fifa World Player of the Year award which will be decided in December.


General Electric to Sell WMC Mortgage, a Subprime Loan Unit

General Electric is getting out of the subprime mortgage market by selling WMC Mortgage, the company announced on Thursday.


Miami's O'Neal set to miss at least two weeks

Shaquille O'Neal will be out of action for at least the next two weeks, the Miami Heat said on Tuesday.


The Afghan president makes a rare visit to the north just two weeks before the country's first presidential elections.


A man is killed in violence in Egypt, as the first round voting for the upper chamber of parliament gets underway.


Chain Store Sales Rise in the Oct 9 Week

U.S. chain store sales fell in the first week of October as increased customer traffic in malls failed to translate into bigger purchases, a report said on Tuesday.


Picture this: The year is 2025 and you're on the moon. "Home" is 100 meters awayâan outpost on the rim of Shackleton Crater. NASA started building it five years earlier, and it is growing fast.


The Portable Media Center -- a new, Microsoft-conceived handheld device that presents video and photos as well as music -- would be a decent idea if there weren't such a thing as lampposts. Or street signs. Or trees. Or other cars.


AT&T Corp. is cutting 7,400 more jobs and slashing the book value of its assets by $11.4 billion, drastic moves prompted by the company's plan to retreat from the traditional consumer telephone business following a lost court battle.


NASA Contractor Designs Lunar Habitat. Move-In Date: 2020

ILC Dover's blow-up pods need a few tweaks before they can take on the moon's harsh environment.


If you're not fond of red wine, a new study out of Canada could be just the health news you need. Researchers say a daily mug of brew could be just as good for you as glass of wine.


Tributes as fans remember Britain's princess Diana

Scores of fans of late Diana, princess of Wales, have left flowers at her former London residence to mark the ninth anniversary of the iconic figure's death.


Darfur peace talks to begin without key rebels

SIRTE, Libya  - Delegations gathered in Libya on Saturday to launch talks to end 4-1/2 years of conflict in Sudan's Darfur region but the absence of key rebels cast doubt on whether negotiations could produce any meaningful deal.


Measures to nationalise bank come under fire from MPs but second reading of bill is passed


Gas Price Falls for Eighth Week in a Row

U.S. retail gasoline prices fell to an average of $1.791 for regular unleaded as motorists took to the roads for the Christmas and New Year's holidays, the Energy Department said on Monday.


Compound  Boosts Tamoxifen's Cancer-Fighting Power

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Adding a second drug to tamoxifen, the breast cancer drug used successfully for more than 20 years, helps it retain its full strength, scientists at the U.S. National Cancer Institute report.


Vaccine "could cut cervical cancer deaths 76 pct"

GlaxoSmithKline's  experimental  vaccine against a virus that causes cervical cancer could cut  the number of cases and deaths from the illness by up to 76  percent, the drug company said on Monday.


Actors George Clooney and Brad Pitt will man a celebrity phone bank for a US TV fundraiser for tsunami victims.


Klitschko: "I will prove that I am the best heavyweight in the ...

10.25.04 - WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko will make his first title defense against the man who most recently knocked out Mike Tyson, Danny Williams, on Saturday, December 11, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.


Donadi (Idv): '' Cambio casacca e' malcostume personale''


A police force says it will not identify the alleged crimes of wanted men to protect their human rights.


Oil Jumps 5 Pct on Cold, Bin Laden Threat

Oil prices surged 5 percent on Friday as frigid weather lingered in the mammoth US Northeast heating oil market and militant Osama bin Laden urged renewed attacks on Middle East oil installations.


North Pacific right whales may not be going extinct after all. Scientists have found twice as many right whales in the Bering Sea as previously spotted, giving them hope the rare whales are making a comeback.


Japanese teen Nishikori books first ATP tennis final berth

Japanese qualifier Kei Nishikori shocked young American San Querrey in a three-set thriller on Saturday to book his first ATP finals berth.


DuPont to sell coatings arm to Switzerland's Sika

Chemicals maker DuPont Co. said on  Monday it would sell its protective coatings product lines and  related assets to Swiss chemicals firm Sika AG.


Deputy minister says Putin to allow privatization of Aeroflot, Svyazinvest

MOSCOW  - President Vladimir Putin will soon sign a decree allowing for the privatization of Russia's Aeroflot airline and Svyazinvest telecommunications holding in 2005, a top economic official said Thursday.


R. Kelly Files $75 Million Lawsuit, Accuses Jay-Z Of 'Sabotaging' ...

R&B crooner R.Kelly has smacked Jay-Z with a $75 million lawsuit on Nov. 1 and accused the rapper of intentionally disrupting his efforts throughout their âBest of Both Worldâs Tour.


Let the more relaxed life of Hawaii lead you away from hyperactive investing.


U.S. Planes Bomb Falluja as Rebels Battle On

FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes bombarded hard  core rebel areas of Falluja on Monday as troops hunted  insurgents house-to-house in the city already devastated by the  ferocity of the military's seven-day onslaught.


Lorie Kane's name is all over the place at the Canadian Women's Open. It's on posters, programs and seemingly every autographable item from hats to flags to scraps of paper. Most importantly, it's on the leaderboard.


With a long list of credits for blockbuster movies and hit TV shows under his belt, Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer is branching into video games.


Our series of trivia questions about the incoming freshman class continues: Who ran for the House in 1998, losing a primary to an opponent who is still serving in Congress?  David Davis, R-Tenn. Peter Roskam, R-Ill. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn.


Peruvian president presses for trial of predecessor

Peru's president urged world leaders on Wednesday to pressure Japan to extradite former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori to face corruption charges and allegations he authorized death squad massacres a decade ago.


In risposta a proposta aziende giudicata irricevibile


Colpo a clan dei Casalesi, in manette anche un militare


Klein's head also on block for card fiasco

RED DEER -- The premier himself and cabinet ministers who are derelict in their duty will be fired - not just the 22,000-member provincial public service, says Premier Ralph Klein.


The FBI has seized equipment as part of the first copyright action taken against file-sharing networks.


A last-minute federal court battle over caucus rules underlines the importance Saturday's vote in Nevada has assumed as a potential momentum-builder in the Democratic presidential campaign.


Direct From Paris, an Out-of-Business Sale Like No Other

After 34 years as one of the most prominent antiques dealers in Paris, Ariane Dandois is going out of business â but with a bang.


A European Union court ruled Wednesday that Microsoft Corp. will have to abide immediately by an EU ruling that forces the software giant to change its commercial practices before the appeals procedure runs its full course, sources said.


OLPC: Won't miss Intel's 'half-hearted' laptop effort

InfoWorld - Intel's resignation from the One Laptop Per Child Project's board of directors will have "no impact" on the group's operations, since the chip maker contributed little to the project since joining last year, OLPC President Walter Bender said in an interview.


"Girl power" back as Spice Girls reunite for tour

"Girl Power" is back with the  announcement that the Spice Girls, who topped charts in the  late 1990s, are reuniting for a tour and greatest hits album.


Pressure builds on Republicans in sex scandal

Republican U.S. House leaders faced mounting pressure over a congressional sex scandal on Tuesday, with Speaker Dennis Hastert rejecting calls to step down for his handling of sexual messages sent to teen-age boys by Rep. Mark Foley.


Raymond Gilmartin, chief executive of Merck, will testify before a Senate committee this week on the withdrawal of Vioxx, in spite of efforts by the drug company to send others in his place.


ST. LOUIS -- Over the last three years, the New England Patriots have defined the word "team." Yesterday they redefined it and along the way embarrassed an ill-prepared team that couldn't execute, the St. Louis Rams, 40-22, at the Edward Jones Dome.


Livorno, 19:28 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: ALLA RIPRESA PRESENTE KNEZEVIC

Ripresa degli allenamenti per il Livorno in vista della gara di domanica a Empoli. Ha lavorato in gr...


Medio Oriente. Strage di Taba: oggi in Italia le salme di Sabrina e Jessica. Proseguono le indagini. Un Boeing 707 dell'Aeronautica militare Ã¨ decollato dall'aeroporto di Pratica di Mare per rimpatriare i


Taliban kill 10 policemen in Afghan attack

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - Taliban guerrillas killed 10 policemen on Sunday in a raid in southern Afghanistan, provincial officials said.


ATHENS, Ga. - It's news that would make Jackie Gleason shout out his trademark "And away we go!" A new "lost" episode of the classic 1950s TV comedy "The Honeymooners" has been uncovered in the Peabody Awards archive at the University of Georgia...


Two late goals give Celtic a dramatic victory over Inverness in their Scottish Cup quarter-final.


Sydney hosts the world's largest HIV/Aids forum, which confirms that male circumcision can cut infection.


Toshiba will discontinue its HD DVD products, it said Tuesday, handing victory to rival high definition disc format Blu-ray Disc.The company will no longer develop, manufacture, and market HD DVD players and recorders.It will reduce shipments of HD DVD players and recorders to retail markets and aims to cease the businesses altogether by the end of March.But the Japanese electronics giant pledged to provide full product support and after-sales service for owners of Toshiba HD DVD products.Recent changes in the market prompted the decision, Toshiba said. Early this year, Warner Bros. said it would stop issuing movies on HD DVD in the coming months and rely exclusively on Blu-ray Disc. The Hollywood studio was one of three major studios remaining in the HD DVD camp, and its defection created widespread belief that the battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc was now over.More recently, major U.S. retail chain Wal-Mart announced it would phase out the sale of HD DVD products, moving to exclusivity with Blu-ray Disc. Electronics retailer Best Buy also said it would back Blu-ray Disc, but it did not say it would stop offering HD DVD.Warner made its decision based on consumer confusion and indifference to high definition movies, an indifference that cost Hollywood in lost revenue, it said. Wal-Mart said U.S. customers preferred Blu-ray Disc movies and hardware. Blu-ray Disc is the high definition disc format championed by Sony."This once again shows why incompatible and mutually exclusive formats should be avoided at all cost by the industry," said Carl Gressum, a senior analyst at Ovum. "It reduces profitability and delays customer adoption.""The big question is, however, the impacts on Toshiba as an electronics company," he added. "It has after all bet its disc media business on HD DVD, as well as gone for HD DVD integration into some of its laptop PCs. The channel has inventory to clear, and demands from owners of HD DVD players."Toshiba said its decision came after careful analysis of the long-term impact of continuing the format war, and said a swift decision was called for to help the high definition market develop.The company also pledged to remain a player in the high definition market. Developing HD DVD created many assets for Toshiba and its partners, which include Microsoft, Intel, HP, and Universal Studios, the company said. Toshiba plans to work with these companies to seek future business opportunities.


One Iowa city's mixed views on immigration

As the caucuses loom, residents of Waterloo want the nation's broken immigration system fixed â but they don't want any one group to become penalized or singled out.


Three men are found guilty of murdering a man shot through the front door of his home in an Essex village.


Sony Corp. (6758.T) shares fell as much  as 2.6 percent on Thursday, hit by another delay in the launch  of its PlayStation 3 game console, but outperformed sector  peers and the broader market by the end of the day as investors  weigh the likely impact of the delay.


US tycoon Malcolm Glazer's plans for a controlling interest in Man Utd are reportedly close to collapse.


Barcellona, 12:38 - CALCIO, STAMPA SPAGNOLA: O RONALDINHO O ETO'O VIA DAL BARCA

A fine stagione il Barcellona si priverà quasi sicuramente di uno tra Ronaldinho ed Eto'o per...


Olympic rowing champion Pinsent bows out

A few months after winning his fourth Olympic Gold Medal Matthew Pinsent, one of Britain's premier rowers in recent years has announced his retirement.


Iran seriously considering nuclear offer: Annan

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said   on Thursday that Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki   had told him Tehran was seriously considering an offer of   incentives aimed at defusing a row over its nuclear program.


The election on Nov. 2 will have many far-reaching implications, not the least of which is mankind's fledgling reach into space.


Dozens of people abducted by a Ugandan rebel group are due to be flown home, hoping to be reunited with families.


SEATTLE (Ticker) -- True freshman Marshawn Lynch ruined Senior Day for Washington and kept No. 6 California's Bowl Championship Series hopes alive.


Chile's Cencosud to acquire Peru's Grupo Wong

Chilean retailer Cencosud said on  Sunday it agreed to acquire the supermarket and shopping center  operator of Peru's top retailer, Grupo Wong, for a transaction  including stock that it valued at $500 million.


Promises better web apps The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has announced two standards aimed at bringing order to the web.â¦


Dollar hits another low against the euro

BERLIN -- The US dollar fell to another new low against the euro yesterday, pushing the European currency higher than $1.34 after US employment data came in weaker than expected.


BOCHUM, Germany The General Motors plant here resumed production on Wednesday after workers voted to end a six-day walkout sparked by the threat of thousands of job cuts.


Rollie Vonlinger looked sadly across Lake Cumberland at some of the fishing spots he has hit over the past 30 years. It is going to be hard to get to some of those spots from now on, because the boat ramp he normally uses no longer reaches the water.


La manifestazione in programma il 20 e 21 luglio


ATHENS - Windsurfer Gal Fridman won his country's first gold medal since Israel began competing in the Olympics at Helsinki in 1952 when he captured the men's Mistral sailboard title at Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre on Wednesday.


Chart-toppers Ludacris, Janet suffer lower sales

Rapper Ludacris scored his third No. 1 on the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday, while Janet Jackson's new release opened with her lowest numbers in almost a decade, Billboard reported.


NEW YORK -- Kicked out of Arthur Ashe Stadium Thursday night , Benjamin Becker had no choice but to head to his hotel. He had wanted to get a peek as Andre Agassi fought to prolong his tennis career against Marcos Baghdatis . No seats were available, and the US Open qualifier wasn't even allowed to stand in the alleys ...


Alex Rodriguez is generally so wound up after a game that when the Yankees play at home, he goes back to his apartment in Manhattan and watches a re-broadcast of the game on television.


With Verizon In The Game, What Happens To Nextel Now?

Well, we tried not to talk about the rumored merger of Sprint and Nextel that was supposed to go down this week because we couldn't find any corroborating witnesses, but now that Verizon may have thrown a monkey wrench into the works, TelecomWeb will jump


Corus pays an undisclosed six-figure sum to a man injured in a fatal explosion at its Port Talbot steelworks.


NEW YORK -- The pressure came not from the burden of history that has, of late, begun to weigh on Roger Federer's shoulders. It came not from the men among whose names his will reside in the tennis annals. It came instead from the man sitting in Federer's player's box, the one wearing jeans and a baseball cap, his relaxation ...


Combination of Treatments on Prostate Is Promising

Men with prostate cancer that does not appear to have spread have better survival chances when they get short-term hormone treatment along with standard radiation.


JERUSALEM -- A Hamas official was killed yesterday when his sport-utility vehicle exploded in a neighborhood of Damascus seconds after he started the engine, according to witnesses and the Palestinian militant group's leaders, who accused Israel of assassinating the operative.


Air New Zealand to look again at Qantas alliance in several years ...

WELLINGTON : National carrier Air New Zealand will revisit its plans for an alliance with Australia's Qantas Airways in two or three years, Air New Zealand chief executive Ralph Norris said.


Judge Strikes Down Campaign Finance Rules

WASHINGTON Sept. 20, 2004 - A judge has struck down several government rules on campaign fund raising, ordering tougher restrictions on big political money in the long term while creating uncertainty about


Xbox owner sues over defective disk drives

LOS ANGELES - A video game fan upset over a failed disc drive in his Xbox video game console has sued Microsoft Corp. on behalf of all Xbox owners across the United States.


Sure, Melissa Etheridge is used to singing in front of thousands of people. It's just that Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg aren't usually in the audience, at least not all at once.


Shakespeare, Rushdie return to Kashmir bookshops

Books are back on the shelves  of insurgency-wracked Kashmir which has been blighted by a  literary drought for several years.