Genova, 19:59 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA; SQUALIFICA FLACHI: SOCIETA' CONFIDA NELLA CAF

La Sampdoria ha affidato a Giulia Bongiorno, legale di Flachi e della società, la reazione al...


Scottish & Southern wraps up a Â£3bn deal over distribution ...

SCOTTISH & Southern Energy yesterday called time on its 18-month acquisition spree after confirming a Â£3.1 billion swoop for two gas distribution networks.


When Americans go to the polls in November, they will confront a voting system beset by many of the same problems that produced the bitterly disputed outcome four years ago.


Politicians Brave the Internet - With Help

LOL:) Look who's podcasting! No, it's not your teenager. It's your senator.


Alcatel-Lucent invests in WiMax chip company

InfoWorld - Alcatel-Lucent has invested in WiMax chip maker Sequans Communications, the latest show of support for the emerging long-range wireless networking technology.


Hewitt beats French teen Monfils to reach third round at Paris ...

Second-seeded Lleyton Hewitt defeated French teenager Gael Monfils 6-3, 7-6 (3) at the Paris Masters on Tuesday, then heaped praise on the former junior champion.


OSLO, Norway - Confronting a grocery store with its promise to pay shoppers a bonus if they found any products with expired freshness dates, two enterprising teens turned a 7,000 kroner ($1,030) profit by loading up shopping carts with out-of-date beer they weren't old enough to buy.    The boys, ages 14 and 15, got their reward despite being underage, the Oslo daily Verdens Gang reported Tuesday...


I once had a boss who could put my stomach in knots just by walking past my desk. This person was so scary that even today, decades later, I still get chills thinking about her reign of terror.


The Scottish Parliament considers proposals to create a Supreme Court to replace the House of Lords.


A Briton accused of attempting to smuggle anti-aircraft missiles into the US goes on trial.


Xstrata rejects 'bid' from Brazilian miner Vale

Anglo-Swiss mining group Xstrata has rejected an informal takeover approach from Brazilian peer Vale worth 76 billion dollars, a deal that would create the world's biggest mining company, the Financial Times reported Tuesday.


On the surface, IBM seems to be cruising. Its stock is trading near a six-year high, at almost $106, and its overall financial performance has been improving steadily for more than a year.


Gel Could Offer Way to Give Injection Drugs Orally

NEW YORK  - A gel that withstands the  acidic environment of the stomach could help create oral  versions of drugs that currently must be given by injection,  scientists reported on Monday.


Michael Palin turns his wandering eye to the life and locales of Ernest Hemingway, moving between past and present in the places that meant so much to the author.


The African Union (AU), which is trying to help bring peace to the troubled region, said one of its monitoring helicopters had come under fire.


La coppia beccata su una panchina in atteggiamenti 'intimi'


European equities extended losses on Tuesday after Wall Street fell heavily at the open following much weaker-than-expected US service sector data.


The Pope approves a text that says Christian denominations outside Roman Catholicism are not "true" Churches.


Carta Ue, tutto pronto per la storica firma

Domani la cerimonia in Campidoglio e consiglio dei ministri per approvare il ddl di ratifica. Ma la Lega chiede il referendum. ROMA - Tutto Ã¨ pronto a Roma per la storica firma del trattato della Costituzione


A Chinese developer has brought the delights of Paris to a housing estate on the outskirts of Shanghai, including the world's second-largest replica of the Eiffel Tower.


A legless artist documents the world in 32,000 stares

Tired of gawkers, Kevin Connolly traveled by skateboard, capturing their sheer human curiosity.


Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board and local Law Enforcement Agencies sifted through debris from Sunday's plane crash in Montrose yesterday.


Air raids, bombs despite Sri Lanka peace talk vows

Sri Lanka's Air Force bombed Tamil Tiger bases for a third day on Thursday, and suspected rebels clashed with government soldiers, after the foes agreed to crunch talks aimed at halting renewed civil war.


White House, Congress Mull Economic Stimulus

Newfound alliance nears agreement on tentative plan aimed at reinvigorating battered economy, moving at a pace that alarms some legislators.


IBM Opens Up Design of Its Blade Servers

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said it is making the design of its "blade" computer servers widely available, in a move designed to gain wider


Russia's Norilsk eyes Gold Fields-Harmony deal options

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Norilsk Nickel (NILSY) , the Russian mining company that's the largest shareholder in Gold Fields Ltd. (GFI) , has held "preliminary" talks aimed at exploring alternatives to the offer


Asian shares fell as subprime loan problems in the United States and soft economic data provoked international fear.


And he highlighted his hope that progress at the local level — most notably here in Anbar province where the insurgency once held sway — can provide the spark for political reconciliation at the national level.


US woman orders $150k cloned pitbull terrier

'Particularly attached' to dead original Korean cloning outfit RNL Bio has taken its first order for a cloned dog - a copy of a deceased pitbull terrier called Booger whose Californian owner was so attached to her mutt she's willing to stump $150,000 for the privilege.â¦


Six Pitcairn men convicted of sex charges will remain free until an appeal is heard in London's Privy Council next year. Among those convicted was the mayor of Pitcairn Island, Steve Christian, who claims


Scotland's search for a new coach is all but over on Wednesday with Southampton manager George Burley set to be named in the job.


Ukraine's Yanukovich makes comeback as PM

Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovich, humiliated in  the 2004 "Orange Revolution," was set to celebrate a political  comeback as prime minister on Thursday after his nemesis,  President Viktor Yushchenko, supported him.


Bill Cosby is getting behind efforts to improve education.


The husband of a British classical pianist has confessed to plagiarizing recordings and putting them under his late wife's name, according to a report by the classical music magazine Gramophone.


Bankitalia non ha piani regolatori, no a inerzia strategica


Palestinians Vote for Successor to Arafat

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians voted on  Sunday for a successor to Yasser Arafat and looked likely to  elect Mahmoud Abbas, who has pledged to revive peacemaking with  Israel after years of bloodshed.


Italy sought on Thursday to play down the credibility of two claims for the murder of two Italian aid workers, both young women, taken hostage in Iraq, but failed to ease gnawing anguish over their fate.


Sony missed out on potential sales from MP3 players and other gadgets because it was overly proprietary about music and entertainment content, the head of Sony Corp.'s video-game unit acknowledged Thursday.


Food firms want binding rules for safe imports

Top U.S. food companies, worried recent import scares may turn away customers, launched a plan on Tuesday to add teeth to existing safety guidelines and increase funding for bare-bones federal regulators.


German confidence rises, but outlook is gloomy

BERLIN Business confidence in Germany unexpectedly rose in December to its highest level in eight months, figures released on Friday showed.


In passerella generosi decollete', bellezza oltre taglia 44


Roudram, the second film scriptwriter turned director Renji Panicker starring Mammootty, is a typical cop tale with topical happenings of a hero taking on the system single-handedly.


Lifeboat crews saved the lives of three people after a pleasure boat went down off Whitby.   The former fishing vessel Iled'yeu hit motor tanker Dutch Progress four miles off the town soon after 10pm last night.   It quickly took in water from a damaged bough and began to sink.


A search is launched after a yacht was found empty with its engine running off the coast of Cornwall.


Gaza lights up as Israel eases fuel blockade

Israel resumed fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip's main power plant on Tuesday, offering limited respite from a blockade that plunged much of the Hamas-ruled territory into darkness and touched off international protests.


Thousands Attend Haitian Pastor's Funeral

Tens of thousands of people attended the funeral of a slain evangelical pastor on Sunday, calling on authorities to do more to combat crime in Haiti.


Fashion Wire Daily - Turns out Giorgio Armani has a hidden talent of which we were unaware, as Armani staged the best party of London Fashion Week on Thursday, September 22nd with a star-packed evening in support of Red, the Bono and Bobby Shriver inspired project for international brands to support the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in Africa.


Economist and author Richard Florida, who became a faculty star at George Mason University for his pioneering work on "the creative class," has left the Fairfax County university for a post at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.


Rio mulls breaking into Alcoa/Alcan deal: sources

Rio Tinto , the world's second-biggest miner, is considering gatecrashing Alcoa Inc.'s  $28 billion hostile bid for North American rival Alcan Inc. , sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.


Nostrums: Aspirin May Reduce Risk of Colon Cancer

Aspirin may help reduce the risk of colon cancer, a new study suggests, when taken in large doses over long periods of time.


Lennar and Ryland have reported similar results, only to receive markedly different treatment.


Plus: Are you having an identity crisis? [News.com Extra]


Herbert J.C. Kouts, Nuclear Power Safety Expert, Is Dead at 88

Dr. Kouts was a pioneer in nuclear power safety research and an expert in weapons proliferation.


Time Warner Plans to Split AOL Businesses

The company said it plans to separate AOLâs access business, which is its  dial-up Internet service, from its audience unit, its portal and advertising business.


Circuit City profit rises on TVs, computers

Circuit City Stores Inc. CC.N, the   No. 2 U.S. consumer electronics chain, on Wednesday reported   higher-than-expected quarterly profit helped by strong sales of   flat-panel televisions and laptop computers.


If you want insurance coverage against floods, you need to get it sooner than you think.


Gen. Michael Hayden won confirmation to be the 20th CIA director Friday in a lopsided Senate vote, placing a career Air Force officer in charge of the civilian spy agency that is grappling with intelligence reform at home as well as al-Qaida and other international threats.


com October 19, 2004, 4:16 PM PT. With most organizations that planned to move already moved to Microsoft Server 2003, OS migration has dropped to the bottom ranks after making


The gaudy accomodations and welcomes for Bush reflect not just oil wealth in the Gulf but  obstacles to democracy as well


Most police forces in England and Wales are still not recording crime properly, a National Audit Office report says.


Brain scans have been developed which it is claimed can predict what a person is about to do.


Photographer of Viet Cong Execution Dies

NEW YORK - Eddie Adams, a photojournalist whose half-century of arresting work was defined by a single frame - a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photo of a communist guerrilla being executed in a Saigon street during the Vietnam War - died Sunday. He was 71...


President George W. Bush heads for the Middle East on Tuesday, aiming to nurture Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts in the face of deep skepticism while trying to rally Arab opposition to Iran.


Al Festival dell'Economia il premier costretto ad interrompere la relazione Sul palco una rappresentante del movimento "No dal Molin": "Il governo non ascolta la cittÃ "                                          Trento, Prodi contestato "No alla base Usa a Vicenza"                                                                                di ROSARIA AMATO


âI often say Iâm the only person who ever went to business school to be a poet.â


Tim McGraw, having charmed Nashville, has his sights set on another ambitious town, Washington


French Socialists cast their ballots Wednesday on whether they supported the new European constitution, in a referendum that may well shape the future of the French left as well.


Health Ministry not pressuring hospitals to keep quiet about cuts ...

TORONTO (CP) - Health Minister George Smitherman dismissed as "ridiculous" Tuesday opposition claims that he has been intimidating hospital administrators into keeping mum about potential cuts.


U.S. bomber mistakenly flies with nuclear weapons

A U.S. bomber mistakenly flew with at least five nuclear warheads over the United States last week, but the Air Force on Wednesday said the flight never threatened public safety.


Another good start by Kim Sun-woo went to waste as the Montreal Expos frittered away a two-run lead in the seventh inning before finally beating the Chicago Cubs 7-6 in 12 innings in Tuesdayâs MLB game in Chicago.


Indonesia's authoritarian former leader is to be buried in a royal burial ground after his death in hospital at 86.


Indagini in corso, si cerca il figlio 30enne della coppia


Roger Federer beats James Blake in straight sets to set up a semi-final with Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open.


Pair of blasts kill 37 in India; attacks are called terrorism

At least two powerful explosions ripped through the southern India high-tech city of Hyderabad last night, killing at least 37 people and injuring dozens more.


NEW YORK - Janet Leigh, the wholesome beauty who co-starred with James Stewart, John Wayne and Frank Sinatra in films of the 1940s to 1960s and achieved her most lasting fame as the victim of a shower slashing in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," died Sunday at her Beverly Hills, Calif., home, the New York Daily News reported on its Web site Monday. She was 77...


Afghanistan, il Guardian cita fonti britanniche


Corporate tax breaks ready for vote today

The Senate late yesterday resolved a dispute delaying passage of a sweeping corporate tax bill and two spending bills for disaster relief and homeland security, clearing


Point guard's late play is difference vs. Raptors; Heat's O'Neal surpasses 10,000 rebounds in win. EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- Jason Kidd couldn't have scripted a better ending, except perhaps for a flashier assist on the winning basket.


Europe votes to restrict police data sharing

Data protection reinstated The European Parliament voted on Monday night to reinstate the principles of data protection in legislation that would allow police across Europe to routinely share data about their activities.â¦


Sachin Tendulkar has been included in India's squad to take on Australia in the first Test in Bangalore next week but he is still not certain of playing.


Blog: During Microsoft's July 19th 2007 earnings report, it was announced that sales of Zunes met their predicted goal of one million.


Morocco asks Zimbabwe's veteran leader to mediate in the long-running Western Sahara dispute.


Doctors: Protocol key to helping players

Winston Moss was still wearing his pads when he went in for the CT scan. The Seattle Seahawks linebacker suffered a neck fracture during a road game in Baltimore in 1997, and the Ravens medical staff's emergency protocol ensured that that he quickly received the proper treatment.


Dalla privatizzazione all'era di Tronchetti Provera

Milano, 7 dicembre 2004 - Una privatizzazione imposta dalla necessitÃ  di risanare i conti dello Stato, per cambiare tre 'padroni' privati nel giro di sei anni, dal sogno della public company finito nella realtÃ  nel 'nocciolino duro', passando poi all


INDIAN captain Sourav Ganguly has had his integrity questioned in an unsavoury aftermath to the series loss to Australia. Ganguly has worn continual allegations that his withdrawal


Israeli Helicopters Fire Missiles Into Gaza Camp -Witnesses

Israeli helicopters fired two missiles near a Gaza refugee camp on Friday, one day after Israel raided two Gaza camps in response to Palestinian suicide bombings in Israel this week.


Aiccre, 20 mila quelli siglati fra paesi europei


CARACAS, Venezuela  - Anti-U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez drove himself to a polling station in a red Volkswagen beetle on Sunday, seeking another six-year term that will intensify his promised leftist revolution.


'Chinatown' Makers Recall How Classic Made

Thirty years after a broken Jack  Nicholson was escorted off a blood-soaked street with the  warning "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown," the movie's  portrayal of dark, capitalist evil corrupting sunny Los Angeles  remains as vivid as ever.


Liberal Democrats kick-off annual conference in positive mood

The Liberal Democrats opened their annual conference with its leader confidently predicting large gains at the country's next general election, expected in early 2005.


Tech groups push for R&D credit, Internet tax ban

WASHINGTONÂ -- With the U.S. Congress winding down its work for 2004, technology lobbying groups are stepping up their push for lawmakers to pass several pieces of legislation, including extensions to a research and development (R&D) tax credit and an Internet access tax moratorium.


Vancouver hospital to transfer surgeries

One of the city's principal hospitals has referred 980 surgeries to three private hospitals because of nursing shortages in the operating rooms, authorities have confirmed.


Palestinian factions delay submitting cabinet list

Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas said they need more time and will not announce a line-up of ministers for a unity government as planned on Friday.


A Canadian firm is claiming to have taken a quantum leap in technology by producing a computer that can perform 64,000 calculations at once.  D-Wave Systems, Inc., based near Vancouver, says it will unveil its new quantum supercomputer Tuesday, ABC News reports.


NEW YORK - A bullish profit outlook from Ford Motor Co. sent stocks moderately higher Friday as investors looked past a disappointing report on consumer sentiment and new accounting problems at Qualcomm Inc...


According to the Boeing-Northrup Grumman announcement, the two companies plan to alternate as prime contractor should they win the bid to build the CEV.


Pakistani authorities say they have intercepted a plot by the al-Qaida terror network to kill high profile civil and military officials and attack key sites, including military headquarters and the US embassy in Islamabad.


Anti-spyware legislation sails through the House of Representatives, with the bill's sponsor pressing to have both houses approve a law to reign in invasive computer programs by the end of the year. By Michael Grebb.


White House: Economic slowing to be temporary

The U.S. economy will slow down slightly as the once-surging housing market cools but overall growth will soon bounce back, White House economic adviser Al Hubbard said on Thursday.


Lima gives fans, players reason to believe

LOS ANGELES -- Please, can Tony La Russa ever manage an October game in Dodger Stadium without Kirk Gibson's name coming up? Sheesh, 1988 is, like, so 1980s, yet on a festive throwback Saturday night on which


Every Other Year May Be Enough for Mammogram -Study

Every other year may be enough for  women over 50 to have a mammogram, U.S. researchers said on  Tuesday.


UCLA coach Ben Howland was happy looking at a couple of columns on the stat sheet after the fifth-ranked Bruins' 88-63 victory over Chaminade on Monday night in the opening round of the EA Sports Maui Invitational.


Zimbabwe ruling party picks woman as Mugabe deputy

Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president's ruling ZANU-PF, confirmed the first woman to become his deputy today, at the end of a party congress which also endorsed him as leader for another five years.


Intel Sampling Penryn Chips Ahead of Q4 Launch

Penryn is the code name given to the 45-nanometer versions of Intel's processors.


Varese, 20:21 - CALCIO, MILAN: PRIMI GOL IN ALLENAMENTO PER OLIVEIRA

Primi gol con la maglia del Milan per Oliveira. L'attaccante brasiliano ha segnato una doppietta nel...


BA flight escorted to land in third bomb hoax this week

MILITARY fighters escorted a London-bound British Airways flight as it was diverted to land in Amsterdam yesterday in what turned out to be the third aircraft bomb hoax this week.


UK extends ecommerce directive to terrorism laws

A blog posting in Europe could land you in UK courts Regulations come into force this week that explain how and when a foreign company can be brought to justice in the UK over blog postings that encourage terrorism. The regulations integrate Europe's ecommerce laws with the UK's Terrorism Act.â¦


Japan first lady may soften husband's image overseas

As new Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe flew out on Sunday for visits to China and South Korea, his wife didn't just accompany him -- the two held hands going up the steps of the government plane.


Webcasters, music industry wrestle over royalty hike

Stung by the backlash against increased royalties charged to Internet broadcasters, the music industry this week offered to give small online broadcasters a break. But the plan has been dismissed by the broadcasters, who favor legislation in Congress that would reduce Internet music royalties.


Investigators probing a deadly plane crash at a Thai tourist resort say they have found two flight recorders.


The NHS must address failings in dementia care if it is to cope with an increase in cases, a watchdog warns.


Australia yesterday became the first nation to record 300 Test victories when Ricky Ponting's all-conquering side took an unassailable 2-0 series lead against Pakistan with a nine-wicket triumph in the second Test in Melbourne.


Dementia may be three times more common in people lacking a key vitamin, a study suggests.


Growing Pains: Many Parents Fail to See Obesity in Children

Among the parents of obese children ages 6 to 11, only 13 percent described their child as very overweight, according to a new study.


SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan  - Steeling for a spring offensive, the Taliban said on Wednesday they had sent 1,000 suicide bombers to relatively quiet northern Afghanistan, a day after a suicide blast targeted Vice President Dick Cheney.


For a group that promotes the benefits of offshore outsourcing and the need to import foreign workers under the H-1B visa program, the nation's largest IT trade group seems to be providing fodder for the John Kerry campaign.


Double boost for Red Devils as Ruud aims for Milan showdown

Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ryan Giggs are both on track to return to action for Manchester United ahead of schedule, United boss Sir Alex Ferguson revealed.


Movie on forbidden love stirs Cyprus passions

A film about forbidden love in Cyprus   has stirred passions on the ethnically partitioned island, with   its showing at the Venice Film Festival this week embroiled in   a row over funding.


Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) said flight schedules should return to normal Wednesday after it struck a deal to end a strike that has disrupted its Swedish operations for four days.


Arafat in coma as concerns increase over burial

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat remained in a coma Saturday at a French military hospital as concerns heightened over possibilities for his burial and the future of Palestinian leadership.


Medical tourism boosts SE Asian hospital shares

Umuh Muchtar was in such agony after botched surgery in Indonesia that he took a friend's advice and contacted a hospital in Singapore where he had his kidney stones removed a few days later.


Two senior officials with Thailand's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party were found guilty of election fraud Wednesday in a ruling that could doom the political powerhouse founded by ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.


Lunga video intervista diffusa via internet dell'ideologo della rete terroristicaAttacchi anche ai dotti islamici che vietano ai musulmani il Jihad contro gli americani                                          Al Qaeda contro Benedetto XVI "Il Papa che ha offeso l'Islam"                                                                                Il braccio destro di Bin Laden parla anche dell'Iraq: "Il nostro piÃ¹ importante campo di battaglia"


(HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:


Edgar Martinez put a charge into the Seattle offense last night, but it wasn't enough as the Mariners dropped their seventh consecutive game, falling 9-5 to Cleveland at Safeco Field.


Insurgents detonated three car bombs  near a U.S. military convoy in Baghdad Thursday, killing 41  people, 34 of them children, and wounding scores.


Shorter course unveiled for 2005 Dakar Rally

The 27th edition of the Dakar Rally will begin in Spain on New Year's eve, taking racers through five countries on a much shortened route, organizers said Wednesday.


(InfoWorld) - Microsoft distributed a new build of Windows Vista's first service pack last week to its invite-only list of testers, according to bloggers armed with copies. But as is the norm, the version also leaked to BitTorrent networks. The 6.0.6001.16633 (longhorn.070803-1655) build weighs in at a relatively svelte 684MB, bloggers and message forum users claimed. The first Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) beta, which leaked earlier this month to BitTorrent peer-to-peer file-sharing networks, was significantly larger -- more than 3GB -- and came as an .iso file that was, in effect, Vista with SP1 already added. Last week's build, an .exe file, updates existing Vista installations. Vista updates -- such as security patches and other hotfixes -- are normally packaged as .msu files, however, perhaps indicating that 6.0.6001.16633 is not a direct step toward a public release of SP1. "Surprisingly, the update file is in the .exe format," said WinBeta last Thursday. "Many (including myself) were expecting Microsoft to deliver the update for Vista SP1 in the new Vista/Server 2008-only .msu format used for current Hotfixes." Odd-Magne Kristoffersen, a Norwegian blogger who specializes in Microsoft's software, posted a series of screenshots Tuesday that he claimed show the newest build being installed. "The installation process involves no less than 3 restarts," said Kristoffersen. Like the earlier SP1 beta, it appears Microsoft has been unsuccessful in keeping build 6.0.6001.16633 testers in line; Computerworld easily found it on P2P networks. Microsoft has been mostly mum about Vista SP1; as recently as a month ago, the company quashed rumors that that the beta was just around the corner. Its official line has been that it will issue SP1 beta "sometime this year." Many corporations, on the other hand, have taken the advice handed out by analysts, who recommended that companies delay deployment until SP1 is available.


Friends and family gathered at a church in Harlem, New York, to remember rapper ODB (Ol'Dirty Bastard) on Wednesday. The 35-year-old collapsed and died at a Manhattan recording studio on Sunday after complaining of chest pains.


La Tunisia vince il Cous Cous Fest a San Vito lo Capo

Alla manifestazioni hanno partecipato delegazioni provenienti anche da Palestina, Israele, Costa dâ Avorio, Marocco, Senegal, Algeria e Italia. I due chef tunisini, Arroum Mimoun e Messai Abdllah, hanno


Rats to Riches: Buddies on a Theatrical Journey

The Labyrinth Theater Company, under the auspices of Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Ortiz, is celebrating its 15th year as one of the pre-eminent downtown theatrical ensembles in New York.


Microsoft to buy Thai health software vendor

Microsoft Corp. on Monday said it has agreed to buy a Thai software vendor that specializes in hospital administration applications, and plans to sell the software in emerging markets.Global Care Solutions (GCS) of Bangkok, Thailand, is Microsoft's third purchase of a health-care software vendor in the past 13 months, according to Peter Neupert , vice president for the Health Solutions Group at Microsoft . The group was formed two years ago and the purchase of GCS is one more step to building the Microsoft health-care business, he said.GCS specializes in hospital software that takes care of patient scheduling, billing, clinical workflow, regulatory compliance and medical record-keeping. The privately held company has worked for years with Bumrungrad International Hospital , a facility made famous by its focus on catering to visiting tourists.What makes GCS software special is the amount of specialized record keeping required by Bumrungrad. Doctors at the hospital see over 1.2 million patients each year, including 400,000 foreign patients from 190 countries, meaning varying language, insurance and billing data. Half of the 3,200 patients seen at Bumrungrad each day walk in without an appointment, yet GCS's scheduling software ensures patients wait an average of 17 minutes to see a doctor.Microsoft will retain all GCS workers after the acquisition. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.The companies also announced a collaborative alliance with Bumrungrad Hospital to continue work on tweaking and improving technology to improve hospital care."We now have a partner that's willing to experiment with us," said Neupert. He said future work will include software development as well as experimenting on how RFID (radio frequency identification) can improve hospital care.Microsoft will focus GCS software sales on hospitals in emerging countries, said Neupert. The software fits well with emerging market hospital needs, requiring just a small investment in computer hardware, he said.Microsoft has not been receiving requests for the kind of software GCS provides, he said, but made the acquisition based on what its Health Solutions Group required, and because the company has a good understanding of its business. GCS software is in use in seven hospitals around the Asia-Pacific region, the company said.


Sony takes on iPod with new hard disk Walkman

Sony Corp has unveiled its first MP3-compatible, hard disk Walkman music player in an attempt to recover ground lost to Apple Computerâs iPod.


MacCentral - Apple on Wednesday released Mac OS X v10.3.7, the latest release of its "Panther" operating system. The company recommends the update for all users of Panther, and said that the update "delivers enhanced functionality and improved reliability."


Wal-Mart reported a better-than-expected 9.8 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit yesterday, helped by new strategy and cost-control measures at its flagship U.S. stores division.


Techs rise, but no sector resurgence seen yet

A trio of initial public offerings  from technology companies opened well last week, but analysts  hesitate to describe the upswing as a sweeping trend.


New Yahoo exec's name ring a bell? Maybe you've been watching Seinfeld reruns. [Missing Links]


The Queen was 'concerned' about Diana's new relationship with Dodi Fayed, butler Paul Burrell told the princess's inquest today


Lexington miscues allow St. Mary's to prevail in ninth

While Lexington's Memorial Day Parade may have taken some eyes off the softball game nearby, pitchers Katelynn Fanning of St. Mary's and Kiki Saveriano of Lexington were engaged in a staring contest. Both were dominant, and it became clear the game would be decided not by an errant pitch but by a defensive mistake.


Looking for a smarter way to consolidate data?

(Source: EMC) Consolidation means bringing technology and information together for greater efficiency and lower costs. Find out how.


Colon cancer screening with CT may also identify heart attack risk

CHICAGO - Virtual colonoscopy, an imaging procedure used for early identification of colon cancer, may also detect heart attack risk in patients, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America


If viewers had been taking "Survivor" for granted, here was an idea guaranteed to catch their eye: organize the players by race.


Software vendor may cash in on contact-center patents

SAN FRANCISCO - CosmoCom Inc., a software vendor that holds a pair of U.S. patents on IP (Internet Protocol) contact center technology, is now considering moves to defend those patents, company officials said Monday.


Jets quarterback Chad Pennington won the starting job Tuesday, but he will be missing a key member of the offense when the regular season starts.


ASEAN urged to close ranks against bird flu threat

Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asia must unite to combat the spread of a deadly bird flu virus, which has the potential


Tainted toothpaste had wider reach than thought: report

Chinese-made toothpaste tainted with a potentially poisonous chemical was distributed to more places in the United States than initially thought, the New York Times reported on Thursday.


Rail passengers face an average 4% hike in fares from Sunday - which train firms say will improve services.


Family and friends buried the remains of Lori Hacking on Saturday, eight days after her body was recovered from a landfill in Salt Lake County. Police officers who assisted in the search were also invited to the private ceremony at Orem City Cemetery.


Roundup: Roma appoints Del Neri as coach

Del Neri replaces Rudi VÃ¶ller, who resigned Sunday after less than a month in charge of the Serie A club. He will become the third coach at Roma since Fabio Capello quit the club to take over at Juventus in May.


Iraq Tries to Clear Confusion on Saddam Aide

Iraq was scrambling to confirm on  Monday whether the most wanted Saddam Hussein aide still on the  run had been captured, after a day of government confusion with  top officials making contradictory statements.


New York - By all accounts, George Steinbrenner is a demanding fellow who can have a boorish streak. But even if Steinbrenner were patient and sympathetic, would anybody blame him if, for the $184 million


Report: Roddick replaces Gilbert with Goldfine

World No. 2 Andy Roddick replaced coach Brad Gilbert with US Davis Cup assistant coach Dean Goldfine, a Washington television station WUSA-TV reported.


BREMEN had centre-back Valerien Ismael sent off and Christian Vieri missed a penalty in this Champions League game today. Adriano broke the deadlock in the 34th minute.


Dell announces two small-biz laser printers

Blog: Dell announces the Dell 1320c and the Dell 1125 printers.


Aperta sfida con il vicino Dubai su servizi finanziari


'We are here to kill and we have enough stamina'

When shrapnel lands in Najaf's Imam Ali Shrine, Shia militants holed up inside the sacred complex casually inspect the hot metal and then return to prayers or chanting defiant slogans.


The International Monetary Fund says emerging economies will not be immune from a slowdown among wealthier nations.


Housing Starts Dive Unexpectedly in Nov.

U.S. housing starts unexpectedly plummeted 13.1 percent last month, the biggest dive in nearly 11 years, as groundbreaking activity fell sharply across the nation, a government report showed on Thursday.


BellSouth Profit Drops 14.6%; Wireless Costs Get Some Blame

The BellSouth Corporation, the third-largest Bell operating company, said yester that profit dipped 3.6 percent in the third quarter as expenses rose because of this summer's hurricanes and costs at its Cingular Wireless division.


Scientists pinpoint a new gene linked with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.


Hong Kong's Democrats Suffer Setback in Legislative Election

Hong Kong's pro-democracy politicians failed to increased their numbers in the legislature by as much as expected in an election with a record turnout, defusing the outcry for China to allow fuller elections.


The pound leapt to yet another 26-year pinnacle against the dollar amid US housing market concerns and the prospect of higher interest rates in Britain, dealers said Wednesday.


Oil prices ticked lower on Thursday, holding most of the previous day's gains after two car bombs in Saudi Arabia rekindled fears over Middle East supply security, one


South Africa's GDP up 4.7 percent in third quarter

South Africa's Gross Domestic Product rose 4.7 percent in the third quarter from the same period last year on the growth in the financial, real estate and services sectors, official data has shown.


Oil Falls Below $49 on Nigeria Cease-Fire

Oil prices slid from record highs above  $50 a barrel on Wednesday as the U.S. government reported a  surprise increase in crude stocks and rebels in Nigeria's  oil-rich delta region agreed a temporary cease-fire.


Australia thump New Zealand by seven wickets to move into the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy.


Vladimir Putin signs Kyoto Protocol bill

Russia's president has signed the Kyoto Protocol ensuring the global climate pact will take effect, Novosti reported Friday. Putin had delayed signing the treaty until he gained


"Le riforme sono un'urgenza, si' al modello tedesco"


20th Century Fox has  struck a deal with Microsoft Corp. to make the first two  seasons of the animated series "Family Guy" available for  downloads on the Xbox Live service beginning Monday.


Malcolm Glazer has been warned not to risk turning Manchester United into a battleground by launching a formal offer for the Old Trafford outfit.


Some elections are about persuasion. This one is about turnout. In past presidential debates, candidates have tried to change people's minds and win over undecideds.


On-time performance soars at O'Hare in September

Airlines at O'Hare Airport in September ranked fourth in on-time arrivals and 10th in on-time departures nationwide, according to federal figures released Thursday.


Oil prices rose off three-month lows yesterday, after an attack on the US consulate in Saudi Arabia and reports of an OPEC pledge to raise its minimum price target.


The BBC is threatened with a complaint to the EC over use of Microsoft software in its iPlayer.


Militants released seven foreign hostages Wednesday after their employer paid $500,000 ransom, while France mustered support from Muslims at home and abroad to push for the release of two French journalists still held captive in Iraq.


Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday that the country will face "abrupt and painful" choices if Congress does not move quickly to trim the Social Security and Medicare benefits that have been promised to the baby boom generation.


Italy uses troop commitment to distance itself from Washington

As he stood on a ship Tuesday carrying 800 Italian peacekeepers to Lebanon, the largest deployment of foreign troops to date, Prime Minister Romano Prodi could take pride that his nation had played the key role ...


Two Koreas agree to meet, paving way for aid

North and South Korea agreed on Thursday to restart high-level talks, paving the way for food aid to resume after this week's breakthrough energy-for-disarmament deal with Pyongyang.


Viagra ingredient in Chinese supplements

Dietary supplements marketed to provide male sexual enhancement contain undeclared erectile dysfunction drugs putting users at risk, the Food and Drug Administration warned Friday.


Turkey Pressed to Move on Cyprus for EU Deal

The European Union spelled out tough  conditions Friday for Turkey to start membership talks next  October ahead of final bargaining with the Turkish prime  minister at a landmark summit.


Should the IT department be accountable for energy use?

Managing Watt? Reg Tech Panel As the green debate rages on, one of the findings that came from our recent survey of Reg Readers revealed that despite all the talk about energy savings and IT, the majority of IT departments are not accountable for spending on electricity to run systems.â¦


An Indian court has granted bail to the chief of an auction website who is in jail in connection with the sale of a school sex video clip.


Scientists are warning would-be slimmers to be careful about using 'DNA-diets' on the internet.


Movie pirates nabbed with night-vision goggles

You'd think catching movie pirates would be as easy as preventing anyone with a camcorder from entering a movie theater. Or throwing a net over Johnny Depp's house. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


Roma, 16:16 - CICLISMO, TOUR DE FRANCE; LANDIS: CONTRO DI ME ACCUSE INFONDATE

Floyd Landis, il corridore statunitense risultato positivo a un controllo anti doping durante il Tou...


Combinazione: 3, 12, 22, 65, 77, 84 Jolly 4, Superstar 27


NASA rover begins drive into huge crater

Two months after surviving a giant dust storm, one of NASA's robotic rovers on Mars began a risky drive Tuesday into a crater blasted open by a meteor eons ago.


Gasoline prices at the pump slid again yesterday, while gas futures dropped on a government report that showed inventories were up slightly more than expected.


Thailand says at least 473 foreigners are among the dead from Sunday's sea surges, with hundreds missing.


Experimental Vaccine Halts Prostate Cancer in Mice

FRIDAY, Feb. 1 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental prostate cancer vaccine has stopped the progress of the disease in 90 percent of the mice who got it, California researchers report.


Agency: Sudan, South Rebels to Sign Peace Deal

Sudan's government and the southern rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) will sign a peace agreement in Kenya in January to end 21 years of civil war in the south, a senior Sudanese official said on Friday.


Data Bank: Mortgage Crisis Drives Stocks Down Sharply

The stock market fell sharply last week as the subprime mortgage crisis spilled over into the broad financial markets.


Earthquake Measuring 6.9 Hits Solomon Sea

Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China News Agency)  Hong Kong, 28 June Xinhua: An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale shook Solomon Sea on Thursday morning [28 April], according to a bulletin released by the Hong Kong Observatory.


Germans demonstrate against cuts to benefits

Berlin -- Police said 15,000 demonstrators brought protests against benefit cuts to the German capital yesterday, marching to the headquarters of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats in central Berlin.


ROMA: VELTRONI, 'NOTTE BIANCA' UN REGALO AI CITTADINI

Roma, 18 set. - (Adnkronos) - ''Sara' una grande serata sognante, cosa che abbiamo scelto anche per sfuggire un po' alle cupezze di questo tempo''. E' quanto dichiarato dal sindaco di Roma, Walter Veltroni


Maoist Rebel Blockade Begins to Pinch Nepal Capital

Maoist rebels kept vehicles off roads leading to Nepal's capital for a second day on Thursday and residents said fuel was being rationed and food prices had begun to rise.


Volare, Maroni: decreto ad hoc a prossimo Consiglio ministri

Un decreto legge per consentire di applicare la legge salva-imprese alla compagnia aerea Volare, sarÃ  presentato al prossimo Consiglio dei ministri. Lo ha annunciato all'Ansa il ministro del Welfare Roberto Maroni.


PepsiCo Inc  said on Friday it was launching new drinks, including the caffeinated Propel Invigorating Water and a lighter version of the Gatorade sports beverage.


Russia's anti-trust body said on Saturday it had approved the state oil firm Rosneft's purchase on Thursday of the obscure buyer of the key production unit of beleaguered YUKOS oil company.


US Airways to Cut Management Pay, Benefit

US Airways announced plans Tuesday to cut $45 million a year in pay and benefits to roughly 3,700 management employees, a move the airline hopes will convince its union employees to collectively accept $950 million in annual cost cuts.


Yukos still close to bankruptcy, managers warn

Russia's Yukos oil company has paid $2.2-$2.4 billion (euro1.8-1.97 billion) of its $3.4 billion (euro2.79 billion) tax bill for 2000, Yukos' top finance official said Friday, and he renewed warnings that the embattled company was close to


U.S. Only Spent Small Part of Iraq Rebuilding Funds

The United States has still only  spent a small portion of the $18.4 billion it set aside for  rebuilding Iraq, a new government report shows.


Harmony's bid to create the world's biggest gold miner suffered a blow yesterday when the first part of its offer for South African rival Gold Fields received a lukewarm reception from shareholders.


Santos claim Brazilian championships title

Santos grabbed their second Brazilian championship title in three years on Sunday after a 2-1 victory over Vasco da Gama. At the other end of the table, Criciuma, held


Musharraf allies headed for defeat in Pakistan vote

The party that backs Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was headed for defeat on Tuesday after voters rallied to the opposition, raising questions about the future of the U.S. ally who has ruled since 1999.


Wall St tumbles at open on recession worries

Stocks tumbled at the open on Tuesday, joining a global equity rout on fears of a U.S. recession.


NI poultry farmers are told to be extra vigilant following a bird flu outbreak in the east of England.


Hingis survives scare and Federer rolls on

Martina Hingis was nearly caught napping on a gloomy day at Wimbledon before she woke up in the nick of time to reach the second round of the grasscourt grand slam.


Era stato di 7 nel 2006, il titolo vola in borsa


Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispano is expected to announce today that it will cut up to 3,000 jobs at Abbey National if it succeeds with its agreed bid for the UK bank, the Financial Times reported.


For the second straight year, more than 200 players have filed for free agency, which would have suited former Oakland A's owner Charlie Finley just fine.


Greece declares nationwide emergency as fires kill 46

ZACHARO, Greece  - The Greek government declared a nationwide state of emergency on Saturday after raging forest fires killed at least 46 people and trapped many more in villages surrounded by flames.


The U.S. Federal Reserve sent record payouts of more than $4 billion in cash to Baghdad on giant pallets aboard military planes shortly before the United States gave control back to Iraqis, lawmakers said on Tuesday.


British police arrest man over prostitute murders

British police arrested a 37-year-old man on Monday on suspicion of murdering five prostitutes, according to officers investigating one of the country's most dramatic serial killings of recent times.


FORMER Cardiff City loan star Gary O'Neil says he was appalled by El-Hadji Diouf spitting at his Portsmouth team-mate Arjan de Zeeuw.


Annan: Won't Resign Over Iraq Oil, Food Scandal

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi  Annan said on Tuesday corruption allegations in the Iraqi  oil-for-food program had cast a shadow over the United Nations  but said again he would not resign as the world's top diplomat.


MARTINSVILLE, Va. - The good news for the drivers chasing Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson in the Nextel Cup Series championship is that five opportunities remain to cut into their lead and ruin their season-long domination.


U.S. and Iraqi forces launch high-risk probes of the insurgency in Fallujah and Ramadi. A TIME exclusive


Yahoo Inc is more than doubling its limits on free e-mail storage in its latest move to combat two of its biggest rivals, Google Inc and Microsoft Corp.


Vegetables such as cabbage, broccoli, sprouts or cauliflower could ...

Researchers from the Wales College Of Medicine, Cardiff University in the UK have discovered what may be a clue to the prevention and treatment of cancer.


Smentite indiscrezioni su un imminente rialzo


Jackson Jury Pool Well Aware of Accusations

Most potential jurors for the  Michael Jackson child abuse trial have heard about the case,  underlining the difficulty the pop superstar could face in  getting a fair hearing.


Microsoft's Novell Settlement Clears Hurdles

Goldman Sachs maintained an "outperform" rating on Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ), saying the software company's $536 million settlement with Novell (nasdaq: NOVL - news - people ) clears more antitrust hurdles.


Dutch supermarket group Laurus NV  posted a first-half net loss, warned of a likely full-year loss  and said it was set to breach a bank loan requirement later in  2006, sending its shares down 8 percent on Friday.


Many junior doctors do not understand many common hospital laboratory tests, and are putting patients at risk as a result, claim biochemists.


Massive Earthquake Shakes Indonesia, Triggers Deadly Tsunamis

A strong earthquake has struck Indonesia, killing nine people on Sumatra island and triggering deadly tsunami waves. The US Geological Survey measured the quake at 8.5 on the Richter scale, and


When Jeff Hawkins speaks, people in the tech business take heed. After all, Hawkins, founder of Palm, has invented three breakthrough gizmos--GRiDPad, one of the first tablet computers; PalmPilot, the first hit personal digital assistant; and the Treo smartphone.


Bridgeport mayor won't quit over drug use

Mayor John M. Fabrizi admitted Tuesday he had abused cocaine while in office and said he wanted to apologize "to all the people of the city" but had no plans to resign.


Comcast capping bandwidth usage at about 90GB/month?

Are you a Comcast customer? Your bandwidth hogging days may be limited.


A Thai woman who recently died of bird flu probably caught the disease from her daughter, the government has said. If true, she would be the first person in the latest outbreak to catch bird flu from another human.


Samsung GX-20 SLR?...WSJ on Getty Images...an explanation of focal lengths, field of view, and camera sensor size...high-powered EXIF editor...OLPC answers Nigerian lawsuit


U.S. stocks tumbled on Thursday after  oil spiked to a record and New York Attorney General Eliot  Spitzer leveled fraud charges at the insurance industry,  dragging Dow component American International Group Inc.  AIG.N down 10 percent.


PARIS -- In a video released last month on the Internet, al-Qaeda's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, declared that he had "great news." Al-Qaeda, he reported, had joined forces with an obscure Algerian underground network and would work in tandem with the group to "crush the pillars of the.........


The maker of such products as Colgate toothpaste, Palmolive soaps and Ajax cleansers said it will record a charge of US$45 million in the fourth quarter, the first in a series of charges to cover the costs of the plan.


Deng, Bulls wear down Bryant, get a home win

When Kobe Bryant scored 9 consecutive points early in the fourth quarter, it looked as though the Bulls had no hope of beating the Lakers on Wednesday night.


The government evidently has decided to permit the currency to appreciate much faster than before.


Wikia Search Project to Launch Jan. 7, Wales says

New year will see launch of open-source Wikipedia search project the company hopes will challenge Google, others.


NORTON -- The most famous last name in golf history is locked in a tie for first place with the most recognized figure in the game after the first round of the second annual Deutsche Bank Championship.


Maggiori entrate da lotta evasione a riduzione tasse


At least 100,000 flee homes in East Timor

At least 100,000 people have fled their homes in East Timor's capital because of days of violence, a spokeswoman for a group of aid agencies said Wednesday.


US stocks finished flat on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates for a fourth time this year and indicated it would keep its moderate campaign of tightening


MetroPCS and Leap worry cellco giants as AWS auction nears end

Range wars The US auction of AWS (Advanced Wireless Services) spectrum in the 1.7GHz and 2.1GHz bands is finally drawing to a close, raising a likely $14bn for the government in the sale of the largest block of spectrum (1,112 licenses) offered by the FCC regulator.â¦


Japanese shares fell by midday on  Wednesday as investors sold technology stocks such as Advantest  Corp. after renewed worries about the U.S. economic outlook  sent their U.S. peers tumbling.


International bodies and donor nations meet in Jakarta to discuss responses to the tsunami crisis.


French-led continental stealth-bomber robot firms up

No German input: could need a surrender button The killer-robot revolution, that 21st-century military phenomenon*, has so far been centred mainly in America, with other industrial nations like the UK trailing behind.â¦


Glory Days on the Gridiron: Young Manhood, Texas Style

Peter Berg directs this Texas high school football extravaganza in a tough, gritty style that gives it an unusually fine and vivid sense of place.


What you see is where you drive TomTom is attempting to move up a gear in the in-car sat nav biz. It recently filed a patent for a GPS device that incorporates a camera to show the driver exactly where to turn off the road ahead.â¦


Introduced by Paul Cook, former drummer  of punk act The Sex Pistols, and sporting a brown T-shirt  emblazoned "Gio-Goi," rocker Pete Doherty made his debut as the  new face of the new label on Thursday.


Stock index futures fell on Friday after higher-than-forecast readings of November consumer prices fanned inflation fears and suggested the Federal Reserve may be less inclined to cut interest rates.


Roma, 13:01 - CALCIO, PETRUCCI: NON REPLICO A INSULTI PRESIDENTI

''Non replico agli insulti di qualche presidente, non è il momento per fare delle polemiche i...


Manchester United on Friday moved to the top of the football financial league in Britain by reporting a record turnover for last year of 481 million dollars.


After rising steadily in the 1980s and â90s, worldwide paper consumption per capita has plateaued in recent years.


When he lost both of his legs in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq, Robbie Doughty was no longer able to serve his country on the battlefield. But if things go his way this fall, he hopes to serve his community as an elected official.


New on DVD: 'Becoming Jane' and 'The Jane Austen Book Club'

Jane Austen's ever-popular canon of work has spawned two ancillary films: Anne Hathaway plays the author herself in a fanciful biopic, and an adaptation of Karen Joy Fowler's bestseller about a book club gleans romantic wisdom from Austen's novels.


The co-chairmen of European aerospace group EADS issued a sharp statement saying that the company would remain under the control of its founding shareholders.


Nokia's Mosh marries mobile with social networking

When George Linardos was ordered to clear his diary to help dream up new business for Nokia, he imagined six weeks brainstorming on the terrace of a five-star hotel in the Caribbean.


When the NFL decided to enforce a long-standing rule preventing contact with receivers 5 yards beyond the line of scrimmage, coaches and analysts predicted offensive statistics would explode.


Putin overreacts to spy row, Georgian president says

BATUMI, Georgia  - Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili shrugged off on Monday Moscow's harsh reaction to the arrest of four Russian army officers for spying, that fueled a crisis in relations between the two ex-Soviet states.


Finally, it was Candice Wiggins's and Stanford's turn in the long rivalry with Tennessee. Rosalyn Gold-Onwude scored 9 of Stanford's 10 points in overtime, Wiggins sank one of two free throws with 28.6 left and finished with 22 points, and the host No. 5 Cardinal shocked previously unbeaten and top-ranked Tennessee, 73-69, last night to end an 11-game losing streak ...


Sainsbury sells 5 pct of Sainsbury's Bank to HBOS

J Sainsbury Plc , Britain's  third-biggest supermarket operator, said on Friday it had sold  a 5 percent stake in Sainsbury's Bank for 21 million pounds  ($41 million) to British banking group HBOS Plc  as  potential bidders continue to circle the retailer.


A Canadian town council issues new rules to immigrants telling them not to stone or burn women.


YouTube role grows as U.S. election nears

In 2004, YouTube didn't exist. Three  years later, politicians have learned to fear and revere the  video-sharing Web site that has become a vital part of the  campaign for the 2008 U.S. presidential election.


Librarians challenge Web 2.0 youf-work myths

Search reality check From BEA Systems and its soon-to-be owner Oracle, from mighty IBM to a myriad of social network and online office start-ups, vendors have been telling us how the "Google generation" and Web 2.0 will change the way we work. Many have been flogging applications and middleware products, strategies and marketing puff to back this up.â¦


Italian police arrest three men suspected of running an "al-Qaeda terror school" and are searching for a fourth.


During most of the six hours it took D.C. firefighters to extinguish a blaze that engulfed his condominium building, Paul Carabello huddled outside with his neighbors, clutching the things he had managed to save: his passport, Social Security card and cellphone.


FRANKFURT Volkswagen and its workers entered a critical week in their wage negotiations Monday, with signs that a compromise was taking shape even as protests flared at factories across Germany.


Forget da club--50 Cent might soon be in da traffic court.


Thousands flee eastern DR Congo amid clashes between government troops and rebels, the UN says.


Global warming melts arctic ice at alarming rate

A: In the early stages of coal mining, miners would take a caged canary deep into the mines with them as a warning of poisonous air.


Just three months after BEA handily rejected its original unsolicited bid, Oracle said it would acquire BEA Systems for $8.5 billion.


Jarome Iginla scored two goals to lead the Calgary Flames to a victory over the Rangers on Wednesday night.


Nei ricongiungimenti, dovra' provare il legame familiare


Doctors carried out an endoscopy, a procedure in which a small camera is inserted into an organ, at the West Bank HQ where he has been confined for two years.


$500 million resolves criminal, civil allegations

Time Warner has agreed to pay more than $500 million to settle wide-ranging criminal and civil allegations that its America Online division improperly pumped up revenue and engaged


A.J. Burnett came within one out of a complete game and Russ Adams drove in the go-ahead run with a two-run double in the eighth inning, leading the Toronto Blue Jays past the faltering Boston Red Sox 4-3 on Tuesday night.


Ind. Residents Allowed Home Following Fire

Thousands of people evacuated because of a magnesium fire at a recycling plant were allowed to return home Saturday, but the blaze still could take days to burn itself out.


Both political parties assumed millions of dollars in debts in the waning days of the congressional campaign as the election intensified and the prospects of a power shift became more apparent.


Seagate Technology, the top U.S. maker  of computer hard-disc drives, on Tuesday forecast quarterly  earnings and revenue above Wall Street estimates amid stronger  demand for its products than in the previous quarter.


Hibbert leads Georgetown past Louisville

Roy Hibbert scored 20 points and grabbed 22 rebounds to lead No. 22 Georgetown to a 73-65 win over Louisville on Wednesday night.


DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a slim lead in Iowa over Barack Obama and a rising John Edwards, who are tied for second place three days before the state opens the presidential nominating race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.


Bringing drug test results into the public light

When questions are raised about the heart safety of drugs used by millions, Dr. Steven E. Nissen often raises a red flag. Nissen, chairman of the Cleveland Clinic's department of cardiovascular medicine and an outside adviser to the Food and Drug Administration, calls himself the "point on the end of the spear" during drug safety debates. Nissen spoke with Globe ...


An Israeli helicopter gunship has fired a missile into a Palestinian refugee camp in a failed attempt to assassinate a suspected resistance leader.


Anche quest'anno il Championship, come lo chiamano gli inglesi, regalanovitÃ  e curiositÃ  nell'abbigliamento dei tennisti. La legge dell'abito bianco                                             Wimbledon, il bianco Ã¨ di rigore il tailleur di Federer e le "ali" di Maria                                                                                A Nadal gli hanno finalmente "tagliato" i pantoloni. Look da educandaper l'esuberante Serena Williams. Trine e pizzi anche per la Schnyderdi CLAUDIA FUSANI


Fox's Ratings for World Series Opener Are Highest Since 1999

Boston's victory over St. Louis in Game 1 of the World Series last night attracted the best television ratings for the opener of Major League Baseball's championship round since 1999.


Singer Luciano Pavarotti, who has cancer, remains "positive" and is working on a new album, his manager says.


Khaled Mashaal's aides praised the capture of an Israeli soldier as a daring operation but claimed Wednesday that the Damascus-based Hamas leader played no role in it. Israel sees him as the brains behind the abduction and threatened to try to assassinate him.


Heather Mills tells a US TV show she would rather lose other limbs than repeat the traumas of her marriage breakdown.


The Supreme Court of Chile stripped former dictator Augusto Pinochet of his immunity from prosecution yesterday, a landmark ruling in the decades-long effort by human-rights activists to bring him to justice for the killing of civilians during his rule.


Before you activate your iPhone, read this!

Apple and AT&T are demanding customers reveal SSNs to activate their iPhones. That should be the lead of every technology and business article written this week. Check out this and other original content from CNET's blog network.


Sharks will migrate into Antarctic waters if warming continues, threatening unique marine animals, scientists warn.


Portuguese police searching for Madeleine McCann are handed the first results of forensic tests.


GE CFO says economy "pretty good," outlook steady

A top executive at General Electric Co  said on Tuesday the world's industrial economy remains "pretty good," orders have risen so far through the third quarter and he reiterated the company's profit forecast.


Being fit but fat isn't good enough. Excess weight, all by itself, can take years off your life, even if you get plenty of exercise, a study found.


Bush Aide Says White House Is Not Linked to Anti-Kerry Ad

The president's spokesman said the White House had nothing to do with accusations John Kerry lied about his military service.


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Artificial Sweetener Rivals Renew a Heated Court Fight

A undisclosed settlement between the makers of Equal and Splenda over Splendaâs contested slogan of âmade from sugar, so it tastes like sugarâ came apart Thursday.


A una 17enne riscontrate frattura del perone e altre ferite


Shooting Near Palace as Powell Visits Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - Gunfire erupted near  Haiti's National Palace on Wednesday as Secretary of State  Colin Powell met with government officials but no one inside  the palace grounds was hurt, witnesses said.


Italy's Prodi finally gets approval for bill in Senate

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi finally won Senate approval Friday for a bill linked to the 2008 budget after telling members of his fractious coalition to sort out their loyalties, ANSA news agency reported.


Howard's 2 HRs help Phillies beat Padres

Ryan Howard hit two towering home runs off David Wells, drove in five runs and scored three times to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 12-4 win over the San Diego Padres on Saturday night.


'Giorni da leone 2' cancellata a settembre per bassi ascolti


A ship carrying toxic waste sinks after being moored in a southern Turkish harbour for four years.


ATLANTA - CARE has issued a plea to those holding Margaret Hassan to release her immediately. The Atlanta-based relief organization issued the plea following the latest video showing Hassan trembling, haggard


A Pakistani-born man lost an appeal Thursday against his conviction and sentence for plotting a terrorist attack in Australia that police believe could have targeted the national electricity supply grid.


NEW DELHI: The ordinances to repeal the stringent anti-terror law, Pota, and amend an existing law to provide teeth to it to tackle terror received Presidential assent on Tuesday night.


Motor Racing: Panis Reaches the End of the F1 Road

By Alan Baldwin LONDON  - Olivier Panis, the oldest driver andonly Frenchman on the Formula One starting grid, says farewellto grand prix racing in Japan this weekend.


Iran Nuclear Talks End with No Agreement

Talks between Iran and three European  Union heavyweights ended on Saturday without an agreement on  Tehran's nuclear program, a source close to the negotiations  said.


Green Dell gets greener with new green initiative

So green they crap leprechauns A lot of PC makers are riding the going green pony pretty hard these days, but the folks at Dell â you've got to give them credit â are making a show out of boiling the poor thing down to eco-friendly glue.â¦


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


Salzburg, Austria, which was the host for Mozartâs 250th-birthday celebrations in 2006, will commemorate the 100th birthday of another famous native son, the conductor Herbert von Karajan, above. The festivities will begin with a concert by the Berlin Philharmonic on Saturday at the Grosses Festspielhaus hall in Salzburg, Agence France-Presse reported. The orchestra, which von Karajan conducted from 1955 until his death in 1989, will also play in Berlin, Paris and Tokyo, and there will be a Karajan Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland, among other festivities in 2008. The birthday itself, on April 5, will be honored with a ceremony in the Mozart House museum in Salzburg. Von Karajan joined the Nazi Party in 1935, a move that greatly helped his career until he fled Germany for Milan in 1944. He was the favorite conductor of Hermann Goering, Hitlerâs second in command. After the war the Allies banned him from conducting. The ban was lifted in 1947.


European shares drop as dealers take profits

European stock markets fell on Wednesday on profit-taking after bumper gains made the previous day, and as investors tracked a fresh batch of earnings news, dealers said.


PepsiCo International Chairman and CEO Steve Reinemund will begin his first visit to India from October 24 to take stock of the company's operations in the country.


Braselton --- Mat Mladin took the first step toward sewing up a fifth AMA Superbike title, fighting off a charging Miguel Duhamel to win Saturday's round of the weekend Suzuki Superbike Challenge.


Protests in East Timor after raid on army rebel

Thousands of angry supporters of East  Timor rebel Alfredo Reinado burned tyres and threw stones in  the capital on Monday to protest against a raid by  international troops on the fugitive's hideout.


Is need for control behind Microsoft's flip-flop?

Blog: A developer writes that virtualization represents a threat to Microsoft's control of the desktop and licensing restrictions are one way to try to maintain its grip.


Open Source Makes Do-It-Yourself CRM Possible

For years, companies large and small have been convinced that if they want the sophisticated functionality of enterprise-class software like ERP and CRM systems, they must buy pre-packaged applications. And, to a large extent, that remains true.


Bob Dylan memoirs reveal unwilling icon of 1960s counterculture

NEW YORK - Folk legend Bob Dylan reveals in his long-awaited memoirs, "Chronicles," that contrary to his renowned image as an icon of 1960s counterculture, he was in fact an unwilling rebel who dreamt of a simple nine-to-five existence.


Bud Selig's term as baseball commissioner was extended for three years through 2009 in a unanimous vote by owners Thursday.


Burundi's last rebel group signs a ceasefire but a government crisis threatens to overshadow the deal.


EU court says to rule on Microsoft on Sept 17

A European court confirmed on Tuesday  that it will rule on September 17 on whether software giant  Microsoft  broke European Union antitrust regulations.


Clueless guys have made YouTubing in bed the latest relationship dysfunction. In Gear Factor.


Blog: The average U.S. household with a digital camera now has 994 digital photos stored, according to the Photo Marketing Association.


P&O sells La Manga resort to Soros fund for 102 GBP

LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Ports and shipping group P&O (UK:PO) has sold its La Manga sports and leisure resort in Spain to the local MedGroup for 102 British pounds ($197 million).


FDA Urges Doctors to Limit Prescriptions for Two Painkillers

The Food and Drug Administration recommended Thursday that doctors limit prescriptions for the popular pain pills Celebrex and Bextra because recent


World News > Indians unfazed by Kathmandu blockade - but panic in India:

Kanaiyalal Jiwanlal, a businessman from Valsad in Gujarat, has seen sectarian violence and a killer earthquake devastate parts of the western Indian state. Compared to such upheavals, the blockade of Kathmandu, called by Maoists, holds no terror for him.


A boat loaded with Somali and Ethiopian migrants capsized in the Gulf of Aden during a treacherous night crossing in which at least 112 people died, a Yemeni official said Friday.


Tens of thousands of people demonstrated Tuesday in Georgia's capital, pressing for a presidential runoff but celebrating an agreement giving the opposition more control over the main state-funded television station.


X-Files star Gillian Anderson marries her long-term partner, English documentary maker Julian Ozanne.


Londra, 23:47 - CALCIO, COPPA DI LEGA INGLESE: ARSENAL IN SEMIFINALE

L'Arsenal si è qualificato per la semifinale della Coppa di Lega inglese dopo aver vinto in t...


Mexico Pop Diva Trevi Freed on Kidnap, Rape Charges

Fallen Mexican pop diva Gloria Trevi was freed from prison on Tuesday after being found not guilty of helping to kidnap and rape teenage girls lured into her cult-like musical clan by dreams of stardom.


AOL director "worried" in 2000 about transactions

Former AOL Time Warner Chairman  Steve Case learned as early as 2000 about transactions that  allowed the company to overstate revenues ahead of its merger  with Time Warner, according to court documents unsealed on  Friday.


No one may be more prepared to brave this week's holiday travel rush than Craig and Angela Koven, of Indianapolis, who plan to fly to Orlando to visit family.


UK moves to allay fears after spy radiation death

British officials sought on Saturday to allay public health fears following the killing by radiation poisoning of a former Russian spy who blamed his mysterious death on President Vladimir Putin.


Oil extends bounce as Iran set to defy U.N. deadline

Oil prices rose more than half a  percent on Thursday as Iran looked set to defy the United  Nations' deadline for halting nuclear enrichment, raising the  risk of sanctions against the world's fourth-biggest exporter.


Gambling Dispute With a Tiny Country Puts U.S. in a Bind

A trade dispute filed by Antigua and Barbuda, a Caribbean nation with dozens of online casinos, challenges Washingtonâs effort to prohibit online gambling.


Thailand heads to the polls Sunday in an election meant to restore democracy more than a year after the military ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, whose shadow looms large over the balloting.


On his 71st birthday, Emperor Akihito talks of his distress over the illness of Crown Princess Masako.


âKite Runnerâ Boys Are Sent to United Arab Emirates

After months of worrying and diplomatic wrangling, the movie studio that is releasing âThe Kite Runnerâ has whisked to safety four young actors.


"Stealth" shows S.Africa boat-builders ride high

Cocooned inside a Cape Town warehouse is South Africa's bid for power on the seas: a $1.5 million Stealth catamaran, the latest offering from a burgeoning boat-building industry.


Da quest'anno evento col fregio del calendario OICA


Cisco's New Offerings Enhance SAN Extensions

Companies that need to move storage data over long distances quickly and securely now have more options with the introduction of the MDS 9000 Multiprotocol Services Module and 9216i fabric switch from Cisco Systems Inc.


China blames communication breakdown for Hong Kong democrat's rejection

A bureaucratic bungle was to blame for immigration officials' refusal to allow a leading Hong Kong democrat to enter China at the weekend, a senior Chinese envoy said in press reports.


'Compagno Antonio' a Sollicciano,forse sentito per rogatoria


DotVoid.com: Reordering nested sets using PHP and Javascript

On the DotVoid blog today, Danne Lundqvist has posted about a problem he had - creating parent/child style data and displaying it as nested sets with the combination of PHP and Javascript. He outlines two different methods but only chooses one to run with.   The first method is "adjancency", a method that involves storing a parent ID in each node and recursing to find the related ones. He goes with a different solution, however - a "nested set". This method stores the data in terms of where it's located on the tree (layers from right, layers from left, etc).   Last night I was working on an application that display a full tree where the user must be able to to drag and drop nodes to reorder the tree. The problem is that it is much more difficult to insert or reorder the tree using the nested set model.   This was particularly effective in solving his problem, making a reogranizable listing that could be manipulated via a Javascript interface (the MooTree script from MooTools). Hi sPHP solution is included.


Rumsfeld has had bumpy ride as defense chief

Donald Rumsfeld has heard the question many times before and he answers it emphatically.


Study: Nation's health gains have slowed sharply

This yearâs report reveals a 17.5 percent improvement in Americaâs overall health during the past 15 years. However, the report also shows that the rate of improvement is slowing significantly due to a


On New York Free-Agent Stage, Mets Take 1st Bow

The Mets introduced Carlos Beltran three hours before the Yankees were set to unveil Randy Johnson.


Israelis Kill Seven in West Bank and Gaza Violence

An Israeli helicopter blasted a car in Gaza with a missile today, killing one person and seriously wounding a militant leader, hospital officials said, on a day when Israelis killed seven Palestinians.


Chile's Lagos Receives Torture Commission Report

SANTIAGO, Chile  - Chilean President Ricardo Lagos  received a chilling report on Wednesday from a government  commission that interviewed more than 30,000 victims to  chronicle for the first time the systematic use of torture  during Augusto Pinochet's 1973-1990 dictatorship.


(InfoWorld) - Palm denied a recent industry report that its new Foleo mini-notebook would be delayed and said the device was still on target to launch in the U.S. "this summer," or by the end of the third quarter. The company was responding to a report suggesting that bugs in Foleo's software will delay the launch of the device from the end of August to as late as early October. The software bugs are preventing Foleo from correctly synchronizing data with Palm's Treo smartphone, according to a report posted Wednesday on Barron's Tech Trader Daily blog. The report was based on an earlier research note by a Deutsche Bank analyst. Palm unveiled Foleo in May, calling it a 2.5-pound "smartphone companion." The device will initially only be able to sync up with Palm's own Treo smartphones. Foleo allows users to read their office documents more easily on its 10-inch display than on a cramped smartphone screen and type e-mail messages more easily on its full keyboard than on a thumb-operated keypad. Palm insisted on Friday that it was still on track to meet its original shipping schedule for Foleo. "As stated on May 30, U.S. availability for the Palm Foleo mobile companion will begin this summer. We will let you know if this changes," said Jim Christensen, Palm's director of communications. Regardless of when Palm begins to sell the Foleo, any delays to the new product will not have a major impact on company earnings, one analyst said. "This is a minor glitch. If they're a year late, it's a problem, but if they're a couple months late, it's not going to make any difference -- all their money's in the Treos," said Jack Gold, principal analyst at J.Gold Associates. "I'd be more concerned if their new phones were late; then we'd be talking about tens of millions of dollars. But at best it's [Foleo's] going to be a slow burn for them; this thing's not going to take off," said Gold. Even strong sales of its Treo smartphone may not be enough for Palm. On June 28, the company reported a profit of $15.4 million for the fourth quarter,Â a 44 percent drop from its profit a year earlier. In recent years, Palm has been shifting its product portfolio away from PDAs, a market it pioneered, and towards smartphones, which offer potentially much greater profit margins because of their higher price tags. The Foleo represents another step toward larger, more expensive products. But industry skeptics are dubious about its prospects, saying that smartphone owners may be hesitant to carry a second device in their pockets or to pay $499 for Foleo to make existing features easier to use.


Trump on course for N. Ireland after Scottish blow

US tycoon Donald Trump is setting his sights on Northern Ireland after his plans to build a luxury golf complex in Scotland were knocked back, his top adviser said Thursday.


A strong earthquake shook Japan's northwest coast Monday, setting off a fire at the world's most powerful nuclear power plant and causing a reactor to spill radioactive water into the sea — an accident not reported to the public for hours.


RURAL RETREAT, Va. - Star, a calf born with two faces in December, has lost her battle to survive. Dairyman Kirk Heldreth said he found the calf's body when he went to the barn Friday morning, and presumes she died from complications related to her deformity.


CINEMA: SHARON STONE, NESSUNO MI OFFRE PIU' RUOLI SEXY

Londra, 23 ago. - (Adnkronos) - ''Mi considerano troppo vecchia e forse lo sono''. 47 anni, coprotagonista di 'Catwoman', Sharon Stone si e' lamentata perche' a Hollywood il razzismo ha preso di mira l'eta'.


Bengals Extend Head Coach Lewis for Another Year

The Cincinnati Bengals showed their love on Valentine's Day by agreeing to a one-year contract extension with head coach Marvin Lewis. The deal will keep Lewis in Cincinnati through the 2008 season.


Olympic double champion Wang out of table tennis semifinals

ATHENS, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese Sydney Olympic double champion Wang Nan lost to Singapore's Li Jia Wei 4-1 Thursday evening and failed to make the women's singles semifinals in the table tennis tournament of the 2004 ...


Roma, 19:03 - RUGBY, SUPER 10: RISULTATI TERZA GIORNATA

Risultati della terza giornata di andata del campionato Super 10 di rugby. Tra parentesi i punti con...


In the two years since the federal government's largest home-selling agencies combined their sales listings onto one Internet site, http://www.homesales.gov/, the portal has done a brisk business in liquidating the good, the bad and the ugly from Uncle Sam's property inventory, agency officials say.


Deutsche Telekom To Buy Polish Telecoms Operator P.T.C.: Report

German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom has agreed with French firm Vivendi Universal and Polish energy group Elektrim to buy Poland's biggest mobile phone group PTC, the Rzeczpospolita daily reported ...


Mario Falco, 30 anni, trovato all'interno della camera da lettoEvidenti i segni di una colluttazione. Riceveva in casa i clienti                                          Trans sgozzato sul Lago Maggiore indagini nel mondo della prostituzione


Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden called for insurgents in Iraq to unite and avoid divisions in a new audiotape aired Monday on Al-Jazeera television.


A teenager and a man are charged in connection with petrol bomb attacks on the police in County Antrim.


US Senator John Kerry is cured of prostate cancer, according to his doctors. In an interview published Sunday, John Kerry told the New York Times that his doctors told him he was cured of the cancer.


Louisiana-Pacific posts third-quarter loss

Louisiana-Pacific Corp , a building products maker, on Monday posted a worse-than-anticipated third-quarter loss as the slump in the U.S. housing market hurt demand and pricing for its products.


San Francisco city officials could bring the city's proposed Wi-Fi network closer to reality at two meetings this week as a key leader proposes significant changes to the plan.


Â· Police stand by as thousands gather Â· Kremlin claims coming elections will be fair


For creative, casual game players, Will Wright's Spore will be just like The Sims -- but even bigger.


Campaigns Pick Up the Phone to Get Out the Vote

Swing-state voters might want to let  the answering machine screen their calls over the next several  weeks -- President Bush or Sen. John Kerry could be on the  line.


Wake Forest celebrated its first appearance at No. 1 with an easy victory. Chris Paul, Eric Williams and Kyle Visser each scored 15 points to lead the Demon Deacons past Yale 99-72 Monday night.


Andy Murray beats Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-2 6-2 to reach the final of the Open 13 tournament in Marseille.


Gametap puts hundreds of titles at your fingertips and connects you to gamers worldwide. By Chris Kohler from Wired magazine.


British gas guzzlers to pay more to park

Residents of a London suburb will soon pay annual parking fees based on how much carbon dioxide their cars emit, penalizing owners of gas guzzlers. Officials in Richmond, west of the capital, agreed Monday to levy a sliding scale of charges based on emissions, meaning the biggest polluters will pay $590 a year for a permit to park on the street.


Italian Mario Scaramella, a contact of dead ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, tests positive for polonium-210.


Even in the afterlife, some celebrities remain big-time moneymakers. Elvis Presley, Albert Einstein, Kurt Cobain, Andy Warhol and Marilyn Monroe continue to earn enviable incomes from the grave, according to Forbes magazine.


AT&T softens position on open access spectrum

AT&T Inc. has backed away fromÂ earlier complaints about proposed open-access rules on parts of theÂ 700MHz spectrum to be auctioned by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission by early next year.


Update 1: Conrad Black to Step Down As Hollinger CEO

Conrad Black, the embattled press baron, said Thursday he would give up his posts as CEO and chairman of Hollinger Inc., a Canadian holding company, to ease his plan to take the company private.


Nakamura magic sinks Dons as Celtic march on

Shunsuke Nakamura produced another virtuoso display as Celtic moved to within three victories of their 41st Scottish title with a 2-1 win over third-placed Aberdeen at Pittodrie.


Sun keeps pumping servers full of Jalapenos

The not so hot kind Sun Microsystems has sold 2m UltraSPARC IIIs and isn't ready to quit hawking the chips just yet.â¦


Auto woes take toll on U.S. advertising: TNS Media

U.S. advertising spending rose a  disappointing 4.1 percent last year, hurt by cutbacks by  carmakers General Motors Corp.  and DaimlerChrysler  (DCXGn.DE) , tracking firm TNS Media Intelligence said  on Tuesday.


European Tour's flagship event offers record purse

A record prize fund of 4.35 million euros ($5.72 million) will be on offer at this year's PGA Championship, the European Tour said in a news release on Thursday.


Tony Blair says early intervention in "hard to reach" families is necessary to root out social exclusion.


Republicans maintained control of both congressional seats that were up for grabs in special elections Tuesday in Ohio and Virginia, disappointing Democrats who had hoped to extend their gains in the House.


Survey: 1 in 12 U.S. workers using drugs

One in 12 full-time workers in the United States acknowledges having used illegal drugs in the past month, the government reports.


Bernard Kerik, New York City's former top cop, has withdrawn his name from consideration as George Bush's new Homeland Security Secretary, a victim of the embarrassing


Nello scontro frontale avvenuto nella notte Ã¨ rimasta uccisa una giovane di 22 anniLa donna alla guida dell'auto che invaso la carreggiata opposta positiva al test sulla cannabis                                          Firenze, al volante dopo uno spinello provoca incidente stradale mortale


Karzai pleads with Canada: Don't pull out troops

Afghan President Hamid Karzai pleaded with Canada on Tuesday not to withdraw its 2,500 troops when their mission ends in early 2009, saying to do so would only help deliver his country back to the Taliban, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported.


Gore a winner at Oscar-style Quill awards

Former Vice President Al Gore will receive a second Quill award on Monday at the third annual event that was created to bring glamour and Oscar-style red carpet extravagance to the world of publishing.


In Sao Paulo, Houses of Rich, Poor Rub Shoulders

By Terry Wade SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The gap between rich and poorin Brazil is huge but when it comes to housing, they often liveside-by-side.


Oil prices rise as US crude supplies weaken

New York - Oil prices rose sharply Wednesday following the release of a US government report that said crude supplies fell by more than expected last week due to disruptions caused by Hurricane Ivan.


Americans Trahan and Gamez share Hope lead

PALM DESERT, California  - D.J. Trahan birdied his first four holes en route to a tie for the lead with fellow American Robert Gamez in the Bob Hope Classic second round on Thursday.


Qurei rejects holding conference for reform

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei rejected on Thursday British Prime Minister Tony Blair's remarks that a peace conference due in London would be devoted to Palestinian reform.


AP: U.S. Foresaw Terror Threats in 1970s

Nearly three decades before the Sept. 11 attacks, a high-level government panel developed plans to protect the nation against terrorist acts ranging from radiological "dirty bombs" to airline missile attacks, according to declassified documents obtained by The Associated Press.


For Some Retirees, Health Insurance Is Tax Free

Since 2000, federal employees have been able to pay their health insurance premiums on a tax-free basis. The tax code does not extend this perk to federal retirees, to their dismay.


Gas prices nudged upward about half a penny in the last two weeks after dropping more than 20 cents since May 21, but another price spike is not expected due to a decline in crude oil prices, an industry analyst said Sunday.


In Trying Time, Scaling Down Expectations of Job Growth

here was a time when adding just under 150,000 jobs a month, three years into an economic recovery, would have been considered a disaster.


Days of clashes between security forces and demonstrators claiming electoral fraud have left nearly 100 people dead in several southwestern Congo towns, humanitarian and rights groups said Friday.


Thai govt approves end of martial law in Bangkok

Thailand's post-coup government decided to lift martial law in the capital and nearby provinces on Tuesday to deflect international criticism after a September 19 putsch, Defense Minister Boonrawd Somtas said.


A Serbian leader accused of war crimes at The Hague could be freed on a Serbian guarantee pending his trial.


Putin's hard line risks public support he needs

President Vladimir Putin says he will fight terror by consolidating security agencies and further tightening political control over the country.


Ziff Davis - The company quietly lowers the pricing on some of the PC's build-to-order options at its online Apple Store, including a new price of $325 for replacing the base 256 MB of RAM with 1 GB.


Alkhanov Sworn in As President of Chechnya

Chechnya's new Kremlin-backed president was sworn in Tuesday, taking the helm of this wartorn Russian region under heavy guard nearly five months after his predecessor


Researchers say Internet porn is worse than crack

Pennsylvania may block Philly's Wi-Fi plan. [News.com Extra]


ATHENS - On camera, in front of her audience of millions out there and thousands here in the Olympic Stadium, Marion Jones kept her composure.


Lions WR Roy Williams misses game in Dallas

Detroit Lions receiver Roy Williams missed Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys because of an ankle injury. Williams leads the Lions with 24 catches for 362 yards and five touchdowns, having taken over


Indonesians plead for aid; toll over 4,300

Tens of thousands camped out for a second night Sunday in streets, cassava fields and the paths between rice paddies as the death toll from Indonesia's earthquake topped 4,300.


Wall Street stocks were higher at mid-morning on Tuesday, as solid earnings reports from bluechip companies propelled the Dow Jones Industrial Average above the 14,000 threshold for the first time.


LOS ANGELES (Sports Network) - Dwayne Jarrett tied a school  record with three touchdown receptions and finished with 139  yards through the air to lead No. 1 Southern California over  15th-ranked Arizona State, 45-7, in a Pac-10 matchup at L.A.  Memorial Coliseum.


Jack Nicklaus figures at least one of his major championship records is safe. Tiger Woods left Oakmont having squandered another chance to win a major while playing in the last group, unable to make but one birdie in the final round of the U.S. Open despite having a short iron for his approach to the green on a half-dozen occasions.


Wall Street was set to start higher on Tuesday to recoup some of the prior session's losses, though high-profile retailer Amazon.com  may come under pressure after a broker downgrade.


Hawaii fan Furyk in upbeat mood for Waialae's challenge

Former champion and unabashed Hawaii fan Jim Furyk has always loved playing at Waialae Country Club and is excited about his prospects for this week's Sony Open.


A funding watchdog says there is no evidence to suggest that the Â£30m spent changing prisoners' behaviour is working.


Sports: Yankees 2 Red Sox 0 in the third

BOSTON A two-run home run by Alex Rodriguez has given the New York Yankees a 2-to-0 lead in the third inning of Game Four of their American League Championship Series.


Scorsese's Stones movie short on satisfaction

BERLIN  - Martin Scorsese has made his share of superb musical documentaries, but filmgoers may find they can't always get what they want from "Shine a Light," his new movie about the Rolling Stones.


Shares of Medtronic Inc.  on Thursday sank 7 percent to their lowest level in more than three months after the medical device maker posted weaker-than-expected growth in one of its key business units, sparking at least three broker downgrades.


DUSSELDORF - Struggling German retail concern KarstadtQuelle asked shareholders Monday for a EUR 500 million capitalisation increase, at the same time cautioning that it may only just barely turn a profit again in 2005.


Ernie Els and Tiger Woods are ranked Nos. 2 and 3 in the world, but on Thursday paired together in the first round of the Tour Championship they could have been two guys at the local municipal course.


Chuck Hagel, the Republican senator and fierce Iraq war critic, confounded rampant media speculation on Monday and put off a decision on whether to run for president in 2008.


Clint Malarchuk watches tape of Richard Zednikâs throat being slashed and is thrown back almost two decades, when he had his own gruesome moment on the ice.


Tim Duncan was on the floor, grabbing his left knee with both hands and writhing in obvious pain.


German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended   Pope Benedict on Saturday against allegations that he had   attacked Islam as worldwide Muslim fury continued over a speech   he made earlier this week.


UN: 700,000 AIDS Patients Get Drugs, Funds Short

The number of AIDS patients receiving life-extending drugs in poor countries has jumped to 700,000 from 440,000 six months ago, U.N. agencies said on Wednesday, but warned much more needed to be done.


UN panel urges Britain to publish findings of Iraq torture probes

The UN's anti-torture panel has urged Britain to publish the findings of investigations into alleged cases of torture by British forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a report obtained by AFP.


New Hampshire Officials Say No To Real ID

Both houses of the New Hampshire legislature have overwhelmingly passed a bill that would ban the state from complying with the federal Real ID national identification law.


The British billionaire Richard Branson and Al Gore announced a $25 million prize to reduce the planetâs warming gases.


Fleet prepares for second-day pummelling

SHORT but very sweet was how Grant Wharington last night described his record-pace run down the NSW coast as the skipper of the 98-footer Skandia prepared for a southerly change which will turn the Sydney to Hobart from a fun run to a slogathon.


Kenya's opposition calls off a mass protest, as Kofi Annan is to meet President Mwai Kibaki to try to end the crisis.


HP Embraces Open Source as Well as Linux

Ziff Davis - HP's worldwide director of Linux marketing sees HP embracing open-source software and exploring the Linux desktop.


Roma, 20:13 - CALCIO, MILAN; CANOVI: SHEVA PER LEGGE SOLO A LUGLIO

Sheva al Milan potrebbe tornare ma non da gennaio. A dirlo questa volta è la legge. La squadr...


A Fijian soldier's hand blocks the camera as a truckload of around 30 soldiers arrived and cleared a large group of journalists and onlookers in front of residence of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, blocking ...Comment


Four of the worldÂs best bicycle riders are pessimistic about their chances at the U.S.A. CyclingÂs national professional road-race championship due to their undermanned teams.


CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains why convicted virus and worm authors are more likely to do Club Fed than hard time.


In the wake of a spate of bad reviews for his latest film, "Les Parisiens," director Claude Lelouch offered a free screening of the film "to allow the public to judge for themselves."


October 14, 2004 - Microsoft is set to release its Windows Media Center Extender for Xbox mid-November. The device will allow you to view recorded and downloaded media content stored on your PC via your Xbox.


Prediction Unit Helps Forecast Wildfires

It's barely dawn when Mike Fitzpatrick starts his shift with a blur of colorful maps, figures and endless charts, but already he knows what the day will bring. Lightning will strike in places he expects. Winds will pick up, moist places will dry and flames will roar.


The absence of Steven Gerrard in midfield is a cause for real ...

One of Sven-Goran Eriksson's greatest strengths in his reign as the England manager, especially over the last two years, has been the continuity of selection both in terms of the squad and the team itself.


Glazer hits back, boots out three United directors

Manchester United were plunged into civil war when renegade shareholder Malcolm Glazer used his Â£205 million stake in the club to force out three directors as revenge for the boardâs rejection of his takeover bid last month.


In need of help, team calls on the Marines

Though it might not bring them players directly, the alliance between the Red Sox and Chiba Lotte Marines, announced Tuesday night before a press conference yesterday afternoon, should give the Sox a chance to work with the Japanese team on scouting methods and information, as well as statistical analysis. The plan is to aid in the acquisition of talent from ...


Karzai Wins Afghan Election, Official Says

Workers put empty ballot boxes out after completing the counting of votes from Afghan exiles in Pakistan in Kabul on Tuesday, Oct. 26.


Former England captain Martin Johnson has announced he is to retire from rugby union at the end of the season.


One longtime House member's views of the hidden costs of the war in Iraq are worth studying -- when the congressman is Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee on defense.


The Supreme Court sided with two insurance companies Monday in a case involving alleged violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.


Pop star Madonna, on a spiritual pilgrimage to the Holy Land, glimpsed Judaism's sacred Western Wall from afar in the dead of night to avoid being mobbed by waiting photographers.


Record amount of corn to be used for ethanol production

As President Bush nominated Samuel Bodman as the nation's next energy secretary Friday, the US Department of Agriculture reported more of the nation's corn crop will be used for ethanol production this year.


I 6 islamici accusati associazione terrorismo internazionale


Ajax Amsterdam qualified for the UEFA Cup after a 2-2 Champions' League Group D draw with Bayern Munich at the Amsterdam ArenA on Wednesday evening.


Broadband Pushes Europe Web Users to 100 Million

More than half of Europe's Internet  surfers now have a high-speed broadband connection at home,  which has helped to push the number of Web users in Europe  through the 100 million mark, a survey found on Thursday.


Ha tradotto a parole l'aurora boreale, hanno detto di lei


Negli ultimi due anni almeno 100 colpi, molti in Italia


Hamilton Cycling Team Told He Failed Tests

Olympic time-trial cycling champion Tyler Hamilton of the United States has apparently failed tests designed to detect a form of performance-enhancing blood transfusions.


SAVANNAH, Ga. - A Savannah man went to jail this weekend for impersonating a sheriff's deputy so he could go bowling. Jeffrey Eugene Ferguson, 46, pulled up to a gate at Hunter Army Airfield on Saturday and showed a guard a driver's license that was cracked in half, police said.


Qimonda Invests in Asian Chip Facilities

One of the world's largest DRAM makers plans to invest $525.3 million on two chip factories in Asia.


Bloomfield Township, Mich. - Colin Montgomerie has lost a ton of weight and even his wife, but not his Ryder Cup magic. Montgomerie, 41, quickly emerged as Europe's rock once again Friday, winning two matches


The first music from Titan will be played on an alien world on the Saturian moon Titan on January 14, 2005 to commemorate the successful landing of the European Huygens