FINANZIARIA: MODENA- FI, AZZURRI A FIANCO DI BERLUSCONI

Modena, 20 nov. (Adnkronos) - ''Gli azzurri di Modena e provincia sono al fianco del presidente Silvio Berlusconi nella sua battaglia per la riduzione delle tasse. Bene ha fatto il presidente del Consiglio


The latest accident in the northern state of Punjab has claimed more than 20 lives and injured more than 100 others. Over the last decade, in India, an average of 200 people have been killed in train accidents every year.


Adelphia Adds Adult Films on Pay-Per-View

Adelphia Communications Corp., the nation's fifth-largest cable TV company, will begin offering hard-core adult films on pay-per-view on Friday in its Southern California market.


LIVERPOOL'S new signing Antonio Nunez today made a terrible start to his English Premier League soccer career after suffering suspected knee ligament damage in his first training session.


Svindal powers to golden double, Ligety finishes fourth

ARE, Sweden  - Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal powered to victory in the men's giant slalom on Wednesday to bag his second gold medal of the Alpine skiing world championships.


Trial starts of seven British troops over Iraq death

Seven British soldiers faced court  martial on Tuesday over the death in custody three years ago of  an Iraqi hotel receptionist in the southern Iraq city of Basra.


Germany comes up with the funds to build a high-speed, magnetic levitation, rail service in Munich


Giuliani Plans Full-Page Ad Defending Petraeus

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani on Thursday submitted a full-page ad to the New York Times attacking his rival, Hillary Clinton, and defending Gen. David Petraeus.


America's Sweetheart actress Julia Roberts is all set to lend her voice to a new cartoon series produced by Tom Hanks.


A day after saying it will bring YouTube videos to cell phones, Verizon Wireless is announcing a similar deal with Revver.com, a Web site that shares ad revenue with the people who upload the video clips.


U.S. Curtailing Bids to Expand Medicaid Rolls

The Bush administration is restricting the ability of states to expand Medicaid in an effort to prevent them from offering coverage to families of modest incomes.


After years cutting of budgets for tracking global warming, President Bush on Monday proposed more than a $1 billion increase over the next five years for launching more and better Earth-observing satellites.


Martinez Edges Castor to Join U.S. Senate

Republican Mel Martinez, a Cuban emigre who left President Bush's Cabinet to run for the Senate, narrowly defeated Democrat Betty Castor to complete a GOP sweep in Senate races across the South.


Sabre launches Web 2.0 social network for corporate travelers

The Sabre Travel Network will add social networking capabilities to its GetThere corporate travel booking tool by the middle of this year.


Florida Hurricane Survivors Start Rebuilding Lives

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.  - Neighborhoods leveled by  ferocious winds began humming with chain saws on Sunday in the  southwestern Florida city that took the worst beating from  savage Hurricane Charley.


Russian prosecutors halt probe into reporter's death

Russian prosecutors have halted an investigation into the suspicious death of a defense reporter who fell from his apartment building in March, his newspaper reported on Wednesday.


Google Turns on Solar Panels, Plans Grants

Google activates the solar panels covering the roof space on its campus and says it will provide $10 million in grants for hybrid cars.


Exxon Mobil's Profit in 2007 Tops $40 Billion

Buoyed by soaring crude oil prices, Exxon Mobil announced yesterday that it set new records for U.S. quarterly and annual corporate profits in 2007, and Chevron, the nation's second-largest oil company, also reported big gains in earnings.


American League Playoff Game Summary - Anaheim at Boston

The headline on Friday's edition of the Boston Herald read "Go Yanks!," indicative of how badly the Red Sox faithful yearn for a rematch of last year's ALCS...Prior to the game, Scioscia announced that suspended outfielder Jose Guillen would not be


Morgan leads No. 6 Spartans past Gophers

Raymar Morgan scored a career-high 31 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lift No. 6 Michigan State over Minnesota 65-59 in the Big Ten opener for both teams Saturday night.


Resignation and fear pervade today's elections in Chechnya

Among the insurgents fighting in Chechnya's long-running war for independence, Musost Khutiyev is known as a "national traitor.


HHS: Foreign flu shots coming to US to ease shortage

The Food and Drug Administration has signed off on the safety of a portion of five (m) million doses that are available from plants in Canada and Germany.


Wall St set for firm open as index claws higher

Wall Street stocks are poised for a firm start to Thursday trade as investors continue to claw back the sharp losses notched up earlier in the week amid a hefty batch of corporate earnings and economic data.


Two decades after a nude photo scandal helped cost a Miss America her title, Americans may be adopting a more ho-hum attitude toward people who bare it all for the cameras.


members of old elites vowing a rough ride for the country's first directly elected president. am British time) on Wednesday, with some squabbles breaking out over posts in the cabinet.


Iraq documentary generates book and Oscar hopes

Charles Ferguson's  documentary "No End in Sight" has more than lived up to its  name. A year ago, the political scientist-turned-documentarian  was preparing to launch the Iraq-themed film at the Sundance  Film Festival.


Car bomb detonates outside of Iraqi police recruiting station in ...

A car bomb exploded near a police station in the Iraqi capital early Tuesday as dozens of people were applying to join the force, killing at least 32 people and wounding 88, officials said.


Rookies Chris Young and Mark Reynolds homered for the second night in a row, and the NL West-leading Arizona Diamondbacks beat the crumbling Los Angeles Dodgers again, 6-2 on Saturday night.


Dosanjh attacks premiers' plan for pharmacare

OTTAWAâPolitical deadlock is looming over the coming first ministers' health summit, with federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh stepping up his public criticism of the premiers' proposal for a national pharmacare program.


Mauresmo and Davenport to Meet in Filderstadt Final

FILDERSTADT, Germany  - Amelie Mauresmo  safeguarded her number one ranking for another week when she  beat fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 7-5, 6-4 to reach the  final of the Filderstadt Grand Prix tennis tournament on  Saturday.


Roma, 21:55 - CALCIO, NAZIONALE DONNE: AZZURRE KO NEL TEST CON LA FRANCIA

L'Italia di Pietro Ghedin esce sconfitta dall'amichevole giocata oggi pomeriggio allo stadio di Mart...


Come Super Bowl Sunday, Amazon.com will get a leg up in the digital music race it's running against Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store.


The parent firm of European planemaker Airbus confirms further delivery delays for its flagship A380 super-jumbo.


Last summer, when I was exploring the edges of Twitter, and building a voicemail service that hooked into Twitter with BlogTalkRadio, and then hooking my digital camera up to Twitter through Flickr, it seemed inevitable that Twitter would eventually support "payloads" so that objects like pictures and MP3s could hitch a ride on a Twitter message without using up any of he 140 characters, and with a neat url-less display.  The idea just kind of sat there, we've been quietly using the services, accepting their awkwardness, but without direct support from Twitter, they probably won't become mainstream.  Along comes Twitxr, in a post by Mike Arrington on TechCrunch, and I go -- why? This doesn't seem right. Too many steps. I have it much easier, Twitter is hooked right up to my camera, I never have to get my desktop or laptop in the loop when I want to post a picture. To prove the point, I'll now take a picture of this post, and shoot it up to Twitter.  So now Twitxr basically says it's time to give up the wait for Twitter, and maybe they're right, but for this??? I don't really think this is what I want. If I have to use a whole new Twitter for photography, I probably want it to be Flickr, which I already use, whose API we've already mastered, whose scaling we trust, and even though Yahoo's future is in doubt, it's more certain than that of a startup. Choice #1, if the Twitter guys are listening, is to go ahead and help us, your developers, create something seamless out of what you already have. No matter what it's easier for users to stay with what they're already using. It really isn't, it seems to me, in your interest to have users switch?? Twitxr throws down a challenge to both Flickr and Twitter. To Twitter: Scale, scale, scale and add payloads to the API. To Flickr: Go ahead and do an event streamer for pictures.


Siemens AG said Friday it anticipates unspecified additional costs from a software problem with new mobile phones that has led retailers to suspend sales.


Walgreen Co. WAG.N on Monday posted a  30.5 percent rise in quarterly profit, boosted by sales of  generic drugs and digital photo processing, sending its shares  to a nearly three-year high.


ORLANDO, Fla. - Who didn't let the dog out? A stink was raised during halftime of the Detroit Pistons-Orlando Magic NBA game on Tuesday night when the start of the second half was delayed by three minutes after a seeing-eye dog relieved itself on the court.


IL CASO. Al ministero di Padoa-Schioppa una e-mail dedicata attende le comunicazioni dei dicasteri: ogni uscita andrÃ  coperta con pari risparmio                                          Tagli, i ministri in trincea Entro oggi i piani di spesa al Tesoro                                                                                di BARBARA ARDÃ


Parigi, 20:21 - CALCIO, LIGUE 1: LILLA-SAINT ETIENNE 2-2

Il Lilla pareggia 2-2 in casa nel match della 17/a giornata di Ligue 1 contro il Saint Etienne. Per ...


Al-ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Iraq's prime minister and two top American officials flew to the blistering western desert yesterday in a rare joint outing to highlight gains there in the fight against insurgents, hours before the military reported the deaths of eight US troops.


New test will monitor ailing Gulf War veterans for uranium

Britain is to test thousands of veterans of the 1991 Gulf War who have suffered a range of unexplained ailments for the possible presence of depleted uranium in their bodies, a report said.


Labor slips in polls as war support drops

The British Labor Party is slipping in the polls as public support for the war in Iraq plummets, a Guardian/ICM poll indicates.


Michelle Wie withdraws from Ginn Tribute

Michelle Wie withdrew from the Ginn Tribute on Thursday after shooting 14 over par through 16 holes, aggravating a wrist injury that sidelined her since January.


Napoli, 22:46 - CALCIO, EUROPEI 2008: ITALIA-LITUANIA 1-1

Italia e Lituania hanno pareggiato 1-1 (1-1) in un incontro valido per le qualificazioni agli Europe...


Militants Threaten to Kill Iraq Hostages

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Militants threatened to decapitate two Americans and a Briton being held hostage unless their demands were met within 48 hours, and in northern Iraq a car bomb killed at least 21 people and wounded 67 on Saturday.    The threat came in a video purportedly from a militant group linked to al-Qaida that showed Americans Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong and Briton Kenneth Bigley, the first word of their fate since the three construction workers were abducted from their Baghdad office two days ago...


Originally known as the Boston Americans, they've been the Red Sox since the early 1900s and are often called the Bosox. Now, they have a new nickname, courtesy of outfielder Johnny Damon: The Idiots.


VATICANO - Seminario di studio per i Vescovi - ÂIl Vescovo Ã¨ chiamato a santificarsi ed a santificare soprattutto attraverso lÂesercizio del suo ministeroÂ ricorda il Card. Lopez Rodriguez CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - La parola ÂspiritualitÃ Â indica un concetto molto ampio e diversificato, che si presta a diverse interpretazioni. Secondo Dom BrasÃ², monaco di Monserrat, la spiritualitÃ  Ã¨ Âil modo particolare di concepire e reali...


The companies expand a security alliance to help businesses keep worms and viruses from getting onto their networks.


Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahyan, president and founder of the United Arab Emirates, has died after many years of poor health, according to his office.


British Prime Minister Tony Blair said   on Thursday he would quit within a year but refused to give an   exact date to placate Labor Party mutineers who want a speedy   change of leader to revive their fortunes.


New terror warning for Australians in Indonesia

ELEANOR HALL: While this terrorism suspect hearing has been underway in Sydney, in Indonesia Australians are dealing with the latest warning from the Federal Government that it has specific information about an imminent terrorist attack from the Jemaah


Putin issues veiled warning to Poland on EU talks

President Vladimir Putin said in a veiled warning to Poland and other East European nations on Wednesday they risked creating fresh divisions in Europe by treating Russia as an enemy instead of a strategic partner.


Insurgent Video Says Eight Chinese Held in Iraq

Insurgents released a video on Tuesday of eight Chinese hostages in Iraq and threatened to kill them in 48 hours unless the Beijing government clarified their role in the country.


Chart-topper Ludacris gets hands on "Claus"

LOS ANGELES  - Rapper Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, who has the No. 1 album in the country, has joined Vince Vaughn in the cast of the Christmas comedy "Fred Claus."


Champaign Property on List ; The Parcel is Among 10 Examples on State Treasurer's Report.

By LaToya Thompson Staff Writer  URBANA -- A Champaign County property is in the top 10 examples of how stateowned land might be abandoned or underutilized.


In scena dal 17/12 al 'Valle' di Roma per scelta vincitore


SHOWING JUST HOW seriously it is taking its decision to concentrate on two platforms - Linux and Symbian, Japan's NTT DoCoMo has decided to sink $3 million in its Linux supplier, Montavista software.


Giedo Van der Garde re-enters the Top 10

Dutchman Van der Garde achieved a good performance in Zandvoort last weekend. Heâs back in the Top 10!


Images from a robotic camera could be available Monday to searchers trying to find six miners who have been trapped inside a collapsed Utah mine for three weeks.


Single molecule may lead to nicotine addiction

A single molecule may be partly to blame for nicotine's addictive allure, a finding that researchers say could lead to potential therapies to help millions of smokers quit.


The first cloned-to-order pet sold in the United States is Little Nicky, a 9-week-old kitten delivered to a Texan saddened by the loss of a cat she had owned for 17 years.


Top-seeded Tommy Robredo defeated Ramon Delgado 6-2, 7-6 (1) Friday to reach the semifinals of the Mumbai Open.


Two hospitals are asking visitors, especially children, to stay away until they control an outbreak of a highly contagious stomach virus that has sickened patients and staff members.


NAO attacks UK.gov Â£13.3bn savings claim

Smoke and mirrors UK government claims of multi-billion pound savings achieved through an efficiency drive has come under fire from the National Audit Office.â¦


U.S. Flies 'Enemy Combatant' to Saudi After Delay

The United States flew long-held  accused enemy combatant Yaser Hamdi to Saudi Arabia after a  10-day delay caused by its traditional ally's worries about his  release deal, U.S. officials said on Monday.


Older drivers play safe on roads, U.S. study finds

Young drivers between 15 and 24 years old are three times as likely to cause car accidents as senior citizens, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday, noting that the findings contradict policies that make it harder for older drivers to renew their licenses.


British Airways chief executive Rod Eddington has admitted the company "got it wrong" after staff shortages led to three days of travel chaos.


Sun acquisition to boost IT services portfolio

Sun MicrosystemsÂ has agreed to purchase Ashburn, Virginia, IT services company SevenSpace, the companies announced Monday. With the purchase, Sun takes a further step away from its traditional focus on supporting only its Solaris operating system platform and beefs up its support for competing operating systems like Windows, HP-UX and AIX.


Hong Kong Voters May Go to the Polls in Record Numbers Today

Hong Kong's voters may turn out in record numbers today to vote for the city's legislature in an election seen as a plebiscite on fuller democracy for the city.


Amy Winehouse fined in Norway for drugs possession

Norwegian police briefly arrested and then fined British soul singer Amy Winehouse for possessing and using marijuana, a lawyer working with the police in Bergen said Friday.


Captors release film of BBC journalist wearing what he says is an explosives belt.


When Hospitals Kept Children From Parents

From the 1960s onward, advances in hospital architecture have radically changed accommodations for family members.


Blair faces call for casualty-count in Iraq

Over 40 prominent figures in the United Kingdom have signed a letter to Prime Minister Tony Blair calling on him to launch an inquiry into the number of civilian deaths in Iraq since last year's invasion of the country.


Jan Murray, one of the fabled generation of comics who rose from the Catskills to prime time TV, tickling fans of the 1950s game show "Treasure Hunt," has died. He was 89.


Canadian police name the gunman who killed a young woman in a killing spree at a Montreal college.


Kenya's streets tense after bloody protests

Kenyan riot police patrolled the capital on Saturday after at least 23 people were killed mostly by police, in three days of protests called by the opposition over a disputed election.


European equity markets were higher on Monday, driven by a combination of firm results, broker upgrades and reports of bid activity.


Unisys probed for Homeland Security breach: report

The FBI is investigating allegations  that Unisys Corp  failed to detect a Chinese Web site's  cyber break-ins on computers at the U.S. Department of Homeland  Security and then tried to cover up its shortcomings, The  Washington Post reported on Monday.


APEC Countries to Standardize Trade Pacts

Pacific Rim nations have agreed to set minimum standards for two-country free trade pacts proliferating across the region, a consolation prize for business leaders pushing for a 21-nation free trade area to rival the European Union.


Taps for HD DVD as Wal-Mart Backs Blu-ray

High-definition DVD died Friday after a brief illness. The cause of death was the decision by Wal-Mart to stock only HD DVDs and players using the Blu-ray format.


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


AMSTERDAM -- The Dutch prime minister's center-right Christian Democrats won the most seats in elections yesterday but nearly complete returns showed a sharply splintered -- and possibly deadlocked -- parliament with no alliance winning a clear mandate to govern.


Bormio, 11:05 - SCI, MONDIALI: ITALIA SESTA A META' GARA NELLA PROVA A SQUADRE

L'Italia si trova al sesto posto dopo le quattro serie di SuperG, due maschili e due femminili nella...


Judge Rejects Bankruptcy for 2 Hedge Funds

A federal judge on Thursday denied Bear Stearns bankruptcy protection for two failed hedge funds it managed, but granted the bank 30 days to refile.


Spain's Feliciano Lopez won his first ATP title Sunday, defeating Guillermo Canas of Argentina 6-4, 1-6, 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 in the final of the CA Trophy.


The Charlotte Observer, N.C., Help Desk Column: Guard Dogs to Watch Over Web Surfing

By John McBride, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 24--For some parents, the risks of the Web may appear to outweigh the benefits. Does e-mail and help with homework trump pornography and predators?   One way to gain some peace of mind is a product called K9 Web Protection.


Harry Potter author JK Rowling reveals one of her characters, Hogwarts school head Albus Dumbledore, is gay.


Tony Stewart once said he should be fired if he failed to make NASCAR's Chase for the championship. If he truly believes that, then Stewart's job is currently on the line.


NTL sale of Irish unit may net up to €200m

The owners of cable firm NTL are to sell its Irish division in a deal that could be worth 150- 200 million, writes Jamie Smyth, Technology Reporter.


Netflix Inc., the online movie rental company, said Monday it is switching exclusively to the Blu-ray format for high-definition DVDs, following four major movie studios in selecting the Sony technology over one pushed by Toshiba Corp.


New Russian prosecutor looking into Litvinenko death

A powerful Russian prosecutor said on  Friday self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky could be  behind the murder of Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko, a  charge dismissed by a friend of Litvinenko.


Tories offer NHS IT rescue plan after major patient data losses

Propose switch to decentralised, interoperable databases The Tory party has put forward a rescue plan for the NHS IT system in the wake of the latest government data losses, which were revealed over the weekend. Nine English NHS trusts have owned up to large scale losses of personal data, and although in most cases the nature of this data has yet to be revealed, City & Hackney Primary Care Trust reportedly mislaid the names and addresses of 160,000 children.â¦


Supreme Court OKs death for rapist of 6-year-old

The Supreme Court has sentenced a man to death by hanging for raping and murdering a six-year-old girl after luring her to a sugarcane field in Uttar Pradesh nearly four years ago.


This time, no one could accuse LeBron James of leaving the court too early. Dominating the fourth quarter, James scored 31 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers pulled away from the Hawks for a 106-95 victory last night in Atlanta.


David Beckham, Wife Expecting Third Child

LONDON Aug. 29, 2004 - Real Madrid soccer star David Beckham and his wife Victoria are expecting their third child in March, the couple announced Sunday.


The NFL is asking federal court to vacate a judge's ruling allowing suspended quarterback Michael Vick to keep $16.5 million in bonuses.


The job cuts come as part of A.I.G.âs move to combine units with the newly acquired 21st Century Insurance Group.


Bart Bryant shot a three-under 69 Sunday for a 19-under 261 total to capture his first career PGA Tour title at the Texas Open. Patrick Sheehan closed with a 66 to take second place at 19-under-par 261.


EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Throughout Boston College's 19-0 start, Eagles coach Al Skinner steadfastly maintained his basketball team had yet to accomplish anything special.


White House: Guard Never Disciplined Bush

WASHINGTON - President Bush never was disciplined while serving in the Texas Air National Guard, never failed a physical and never asked his father or family friends for help to get him into the Guard during the Vietnam War, the White House said Wednesday.    Meanwhile, the White House on Wednesday night produced a newly unearthed document on Bush's Guard service, seven months after it said all materials on the subject had been publicly released...


India Digs Deeper, but Wells Are Drying Up, and a Farming Crisis Looms

With a driving need to boost agricultural production, Indians are tapping their groundwater faster than nature can replenish it.


Sprinter Gay Adds Convincing Win, Fast Time in 200

Tyson Gay dominates the 200-meter final in a stunning 19.62, the second fastest in history behind Michael Johnson's 19.32 run in 1996.


Shares of Sallie Mae  recovered some ground on Thursday as traders bet that the endangered $25 billion deal to take over the student lender could be renegotiated at a lower price.


Mom of Priest's Alleged Victim to Testify

The man who alleges he was sexually molested years ago by a priest endured intense cross-examination last week from the defense. With his mother and aunt set to testify this week, there may be more uncomfortable days for him ahead.


US soldier guilty of murdering unarmed Iraqi

BAGHDAD  - A US soldier is expected to be sentenced after being found guilty of murder for shooting to death a severely wounded Iraqi civilian, while the US army pressed its sole supplier of armored Humvees to increase production amid a growing


The special anti-corruption court of Bangladesh hands down its first sentence to a former minister.


U.S. Treasury prices ended barely  higher on Friday as gains made after a surprise drop in August  producer prices were eroded by upbeat remarks by two regional  Federal Reserve Bank presidents.


Google's Gmail Gains Integration With MS Outlook

Google's still-not-released-to-the-public free Gmail e-mail service adds POP3 support, letting users send and receive messages from Microsoft Outlook clients.


A Californian-based team is halfway to claiming a $10 million prize by putting a privately financed manned craft into sub-orbital space.


LiMo's Linux Phone Platform Nears Launch

The LiMo Foundation plans to release the first version of its Linux software platform for mobile phones in March, with handsets running the software due soon.


Suicide bombers kill 25, wound 70, in Pakistan

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan  - Two suicide bombers struck near the heart of the Pakistani military on Tuesday, killing 25 people and wounding 70, many of them security agency staff traveling to work through the city of Rawalpindi.


Country music awards set for three-way showdown

The Country Music Association awards   are a three-way showdown between Brad Paisley, Keith Urban and   Kenny Chesney, while the Dixie Chicks were snubbed again with   not a single nomination on Wednesday.


Environmentalists reject US claims that it is doing as much to curb global warming as Kyoto deal nations.


CALCIO: SACCHI, AIUTERO' IL REAL MADRID MA NON SONO UN MAGO

Madrid, 23 dic. (Adnkronos) - ''Non sono un mago ma faro' di tutto per riportare in alto il Real Madrid''. Arrigo Sacchi ha debuttato oggi nelle vesti di direttore tecnico del club spagnolo. ''E' un onore


Carlton Fisk in 1975. David Ortiz in 2004. Twelfth inning both times. Hold on to those tickets for this afternoon's fifth game of the American League Championship Series. The left-for-dead Red Sox are still breathing.


Asian Tsunami Death Toll Jumps to 120,000

"Thousands of bodies rotting in the tropical heat were tumbled into mass graves, but officials said polluted water posed a greater threat..". BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - The death toll of the Asian tsunami disaster


CITES Imposes Trade Controls on African Diet Plant

A United Nations conference approved a proposal by African countries Friday to control trade in a rare plant sought hungrily by drug companies for its appetite-suppressing properties.


Three Americans on a charity mission to Honduras were killed Tuesday and 17 other people were injured in a traffic accident in the Central American country, authorities said.


RealNetworks finds a partner in Yahoo! Music.


Des Plaines River Trail Still Carving Out Its Path Board Hires Firm to Build New Sections Near Lincolnshire

By Russell Lissau Daily Herald Staff Writer  The already-small gap separating the northern and southern legs of Lake County's Des Plaines River Trail will shrink again this year.


World Series' Game 4 vs. total eclipse of the moon tonight

The nation may be more divided tonight than most Americans realize as baseball fans and sky watchers pursue their choice of pastimes: watching Game 4 of the World Series or one of the best total lunar eclipses in years.


CPS cites worker burden in continued abuse

Texas children remain in life-threatening situations and are continually abused because child protective workers are inundated with excessive caseloads, an investigative report released Friday concludes.


For about three hours, the moon will traipse through Earth's light and dark shadows, a lunar eclipse. At dusk, the moon will rise in the east.


'Passion' Source Named New Roman Catholic Saint

Description: NPR's John Ydstie talks with John Allen, Vatican correspondent for The National Catholic Reporter, about Sunday's beatification ceremony for five new Catholic saints.


Boater rescues boy after Lake Erie crash

An island resident saw a small plane crash into Lake Erie, rowed his boat out to help and rescued a 7-year-old boy, authorities said. The youngster's father and 9-year-old brother were still missing Tuesday.


Microsoft indicated that the defendants used compromised computers around the world, using so-called zombie computers. By TechWeb.


A study of 400,00 Danes debunks cell phone-cancer link. Does evidence for other ailments remain? In Gear Factor.


Cape Town - It is not only obese men in developed countries who fall prey to heart disease due to stress. Nowadays, even women and children run the risk of dying from heart failure or a stroke.


Police follow European leads after record Aust ecstasy bust

Investigations are continuing into the Australian end of a major international drug ring which tried to smuggle hundreds of kilograms of ecstasy into Adelaide.


President Felipe Calderon praised on Thursday a new law that obligates federal and local authorities to prevent, punish and eradicate violence against women, and he promised a "relentless" fight against gender-related abuse.


Longhorn announcements barely a blimp on IT radar

While developers are naturally curious over tweaks to the Longhorn road map, many IT administrators barely take notice. Enterprise IT customers typically lag at least


Technology ; Kazaa talked to record firms about music swaps ...

Technology News, SYDNEY, Kazaa, the world's most popular Internet file-swapping system, told a court on Thursday it was worried about users exchanging unauthorised files and held talks with record companies in the United States about the problem.


The British music industry won an important High Court decision Thursday that would force Internet service providers to hand over the identity of Britons accused of using the Internet to swap free songs.


Hawaii: State to Give Flu Vaccine to Children

Hawaii this fall will become the first state to offer free flu vaccinations to all elementary and intermediate school students.


Here are CNET Reviews' top 10 items from the past week, including Apple's iTunes 7 and an Xbox 360 controller.


Hubris, Caution in Boston as Red Sox Eye Victory

Giddiness. Paranoia. Arrogance. Caution.  All were on display on Wednesday in Boston as the supposedly  cursed Red Sox moved within one victory of a baseball  championship that has eluded them for 86 years.


Rambus will pay $18 million to settle a class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of shareholders.


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

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


Vick charged with torturing, killing dogs

Suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was indicted today by a Virginia grand jury on state dogfighting charges, prosecutors announced. The grand jury brought two charges against Vick: one count of unlawfully torturing and killing dogs and one of promoting dogfights.


Martha Stewart Asks to Get Jail Over With

Homemaking icon Martha Stewart on Wednesday said she wants to start serving her jail sentence for lying about a suspicious stock sale as soon as possible, so she can put her "nightmare" behind her and be home in time to plant her garden for spring.


Baghdad, colpi di mortaio sull'ambasciata italiana

Colpi di mortaio vicino allâambasciata italiana. Questa mattina a Baghdad sono risuonate delle esplosioni di mortaio non lontano dalla sede diplomatica italiana. La Farnesina ha confermato lâattentato, anche


The group led by wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has said it has abducted a member of Japan's armed forces and is threatening to behead him if the Japanese government does not withdraw its troops from Iraq within 48 hours.


ST Telemedia and Telekom Malaysia buy Idea stake

Singapore Technologies Telemedia and Telekom Malaysia are paying US$390m-equivalent to acquire a 48 per cent stake in Idea Cellular, India's fifth-largest mobile operator, after conducting due


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Video gamers are getting younger and younger. And parents and the video game industry agree that the implications are likely to be enormous.


A local nomad has confessed to selling explosives that may have been used in the Sinai attacks, Egyptian police say. Security forces say the suspect is claiming his buyers said the material was intended for smuggling into the Palestinian territories.


Boyfriend's writing skills impressed Theron

Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron was quite impressed with her Irish boyfriend   Stuart Townsend's first movie script.


Business services group Rentokil Initial has bought parcel delivery company Target Express for 210 million pounds in cash (311 million euros, 410 million dollars), adding that it was looking to sell its electronic security business.


Tape Linked to bin Laden Deputy Urges Attacks on U.S.

An audio tape attributed to Ayman al-Zawahiri said resistance should carry on if Al Qaeda leaders were killed or arrested.


Congressional leaders announced the donation just days after it was revealed that anyone with Capitol credentials could get flu shots.


France says H5N1 bird flu virus confirmed in swans

Tests have confirmed that three swans found dead in eastern France were killed by the H5N1 bird flu virus, the French agriculture ministry said on Thursday, France's first cases of the disease in over a year.


Oxbow Developer Proposes Retail and Office

By ANDREA SCHOELLKOPF Journal Staff Writer  A West Side developer says he'd like to turn 47 acres -- zoned for 900 apartments and retail -- into a shopping and office complex.  Jim Rogers of Sunland Development, who developed the Oxbow neighborhoods that surround St.


The state-led push could weaken the EPA's emissions-trading system, which is popular with industry.


Cisco to bring social networking to big media

Company is developing software to help big media companies integrate social networking and community into their Web sites.


By Tony Spinelli, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport  Jun. 3--MONROE -- The salamanders wriggled and splashed in the plastic container as a group of 10-year-old boys crouched beside it in the woods near Webb Mountain Park.   The boys, including 10-year-old Tyler Schiumo, were enthralled.


No. 22 Washington Scuttles Seattle Pacific

Washington's Mike Jensen, left, keeps the ball away from Seattle Pacific's Matt Birkle, right, in the first half in Seattle on Friday, Nov 19, 2004.


Agassi Makes Madrid Masters Quarterfinals

American tennis player Andre Agassi serve to his fellow countryman Vincent Spadea during his ATP Masters series tennis match in Madrid, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004.


UPDATE 1-Japanese GP escapes 'Ma-on' typhoon

A typhoon that had threatened Sunday's Japanese Formula One Grand Prix passed the Suzuka circuit without causing damage on Saturday.


Microsoft Phone Software is Coming in the Spring

Microsoft Corp. plans a launch this spring of its next- generation operating system for wireless devices, Windows Mobile 6, which is important for the company's efforts to grab market share beyond the desktop.


Farm Aid aims to educate on healthy food

John Mellencamp never figured Farm Aid would still be needed now, 21 years after its debut as one of many moments of musicians trying to do good in the 1980s. "We thought we'd have the concert and the government would change things," he said before taking stage at the nearly annual concert Saturday.


Wrigley to Buy Kraft's Life Savers for $1.48 Bln

Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. agreed to buy the Altoids mints and Life Savers brands for $1.48 billion from Kraft Foods Inc., its biggest acquisition ever, to expand its share of the candy market.


UN Forces Ex-Soldiers From Aristide Home

UN Brazilian peacekeepers leave their positions near the home of ousted Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide in the suburb of Tabarre in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Dec. 17, 2004.


New Chechen Leader Vows Peace, Poll Criticized

Chechnya's new leader vowed on Monday to rebuild the shattered region and crush extremists, after winning an election condemned by rights groups as a stage-managed show and by Washington as seriously flawed.


Iran needs "stop button" on nuclear program: Rice

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice responded to Iran's declaration that it had no "reverse gear" on its nuclear program by saying on Sunday that what Iran needed to do was halt weapons-related activities.


Three-quarters of the public back the idea of fines for companies who fail to train employees, a survey says.


Superstar Michael Jackson's lawyers have failed in their attempt to have all evidence seized in a raid on his ranch thrown out ahead of his trial.


'Vanity' director wants people to get their money's worth

Where "work" belongs in a sentence, filmmaker Mira Nair says "labor." Instead of "great," she prefers "amazing.


JP Morgan Chase president and chief operating officer Jamie Dimon believes technology is better done in-house. By Paul McDougall. Executives at IBM Global Services must have cringed earlier this year upon hearing


WASHINGTON - Far from the expected deluge, relatively few patients with cancer and other serious illnesses have applied for generous early Medicare prescription drug coverage.    The Bush administration was planning a lottery to determine who would get the 50,000 slots included in last year's Medicare prescription drug law...


She doesn't train harder than other snowboarders, just with more frequency. That's what US snowboard team program director Jeremy Forster has to say about 19-year-old Lindsey Jacobellis , who followed her X Games snowboardcross gold medal last week by taking the overall US Snowboard Grand Prix title Saturday in Mountain Creek, N.J., with a halfpipe win. Jacobellis shared the podium ...


After 10 consecutive one-day defeats, South Africa regained a scrap of self-belief yesterday with a nine-wicket win over Pool B whipping boys Bangladesh, whose bold decision to bat first went badly wrong.


U.S. Faces Shortage of Cancer Doctors:  Report

TUESDAY, March 13 (HealthDay News) -- The United States will suffer a significant shortage of cancer doctors over the next two decades, coinciding with an increased need for these specialists by aging Americans, a new report warns.


Kalla elected head of Indonesian Golkar party

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla was elected head of the country's largest political party ofGolkar on Sunday, local media reported.


Tirana, 16:19 - CALCIO, PER VEDERE ALBANIA-OLANDA NIENTE BLACK-OUT ELETTRICO

La partita di calcio con l'Olanda, valida per la fase eliminatoria degli Europei di calcio, in progr...


Nuggets guard Voshon Lenard left the game in the third quarter with a left Achilles strain...Also in the offseason, the Lakers also traded guard Gary Payton, forward Rick Fox, who has retired, a future first-round draft pick, and cash to the Boston


Bush visits Fifth Fleet amid Iran tensions

President George W. Bush visited the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet on Sunday amid new tensions with Iran over an incident in which the United States says its ships were harassed in the Strait of Hormuz.


The betrayal of the body, decrepitude and death: in 2007 an unprecedented number of serious films, along with the usual slasher movies, contemplated the end of life.


U.S. Aircraft Make New Attack on Rebels in Najaf

NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. aircraft launched a fresh  assault on Shi'ite rebels in the embattled Iraqi city of Najaf  early Sunday after talks on transferring control of the mosque  at the center of a two-week siege ran into trouble.


Exxon wins freeze on $12 billion of Venezuelan assets

Exxon Mobil Corp  has won court  orders freezing up to $12 billion in Venezuelan assets around  the world as it fights for compensation for operations lost to  President Hugo Chavez's nationalization drive.


Roma, 10:08 - VOLLEY, MAGRI: SITUAZIONE NON VA DRAMMATIZZATA

Non solo il calcio, anche la pallavolo italiana vive un momento di crisi, soprattutto a livello di n...


Twenty-year-old Miss Peru has been crowned Miss World in a southern Chinese resort town, as China looks to become the regular host of an event that would have once been deemed heretical by its Communist leaders.


When it comes to wiping out a bank account, forget holiday shopping. Just parking their cars cost some Norwegians between $37,000 and $148,000.


Liberia's interim leader announced on Saturday a temporary lifting of a curfew imposed after religious riots gripped the capital Monrovia to allow residents to venture out to buy food.


Cienciano Beats Boca Juniors, Wins Recopa

Goalkeeper Oscar Ibanez made two saves and Cienciano of Peru converted four kicks to beat Argentina's Boca Juniors 4-2 on penalty kicks after a 1-1 tie and win the 2004 Recopa championship Tuesday night.


COUNCIL PRIMARY - In Ward 11, Brito Challenges Young

By CATHLEEN F. CROWLEY  and GREGORY SMITH  Journal Staff Writers  This is another in a series of profiles of candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for Providence City Council in the Sept. 12 primary.   * * *   South Providence businessman Jose R.


Pakistani authorities burn 22 tonnes of seized drugs

Pakistani authorities torched more than 22 tonnes of seized drugs, including heroin, hashish, opium and morphine, in southwestern Baluchistan province, officials and witnesses said.


Japan follows Europe by tapping offshore wind for power

KORIYAMA, Japan  - Overlooking a mountain lake a few hours drive from Tokyo, dozens of tall wind turbines spin in the breeze creating carbon-free power for the world's fifth-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases.


Asians seek out the sun despite cancer threats

It's autumn in Hong Kong but the island's beaches are still crowded with sun worshippers desperate to catch the last rays of sunshine before winter.


Louisiana Voters Approve Gay-Marriage Ban

NEW ORLEANS - Louisiana voters overwhelmingly approved a state constitutional amendment Saturday banning same-sex marriages and civil unions, one of up to 12 such measures on the ballot around the country this year.    With 99 percent of precincts reporting, the amendment was winning approval with 78 percent of the vote, and support for it was evident statewide...


Hershey Co  on Thursday posted a sharp drop in quarterly profit, hurt by sluggish sales, restructuring charges and soaring costs for ingredients.


Notre Dame again focusing on consistency

Blowout win. Blowout loss. Terrible first half. Terrific second half.


Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended Holocaust revisionists and raised questions about who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks in a tense showdown Monday at Columbia University, where the school's head introduced the hard-line leader by calling him a "petty and cruel dictator."


Cards' Eldred Likes Relief Pitching Role

Over time, Cal Eldred has learned to embrace the bullpen.


Rafting and Hiking in Utah's Desert, Strangers Become Friends

MOAB, Utah _ What am I getting into, I muttered, as a summer storm crashed across the desert with thunder so deafening, I had to plug my ears.    I was at the orientation for a river-rafting trip, a five-day journey down the wild and remote Colorado River in the southern Utah desert.


Democratic Sen. John Kerry said Saturday he's in a "fighting mood" with two months to go to the presidential election as his allies defended him from questions about his valor in Vietnam.


The Pentagon's top weapons buyer on  Thursday cleared Lockheed Martin Corp.'s LMT.N continued  development of its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the biggest  warplane project ever and one valued at more than $245 billion,  the Defense Department said.


18 Spanish teenagers killed in gas accident, two survivors

Eighteen Spanish teenagers were gassed to death at a country inn, apparently due to a gas leak while they were sleeping after spending all night celebrating a birthday, emergency services said.


Owens Hopeful, but Won't Play in Super Bowl

The reason an athlete visits an orthopedic surgeon as opposed to a faith healer should be evident: You can't always count on divine intervention.


Report: Tillman's Final Minutes a Horror

The last minutes of Pat Tillman's life were a horror of misdirected machine-gun fire and signals to firing colleagues that were misunderstood as hostile acts, according to an account published Sunday of the death of the NFL player-turned-soldier.


A Melting Glacier in Tibet Serves as an Example and a Warning

Compelling evidence from a remote glacier suggests "drastic climate change," according to scientists.


Google's foray into the desktop search market has this week hit it's first competition, as rival offerings have been launched by both Microsoft and Ask Jeeves.


Gates Foundation Head to Leave Longtime Post

Patty Stonesifer, who helped start and develop the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is stepping down, marking a major turning point for the philanthropic foundation.


A Jbela uccisi otto membri di una famiglia sciita


Gli succede nella direzione musicale lo scozzese Runnicles


STMicro, Intel joint venture financing slashed

A flash memory joint venture owned by STMicroelectronics  , Intel Corp  and Francisco Partners will get about half the debt financing originally intended and has delayed closing until March 28.


If it doesn't kill you: Arsenic helps in cancer

Arsenic, the poison of choice for many a murder mystery, can significantly extend survival in patients with a rare form of leukemia, U.S. researchers said on Saturday.


South Africa's public sector unions escalated their 12-day-old strike Wednesday with calls for other workers to join them in support of their demand for a wage increase.


The government is considering introducing "stop and question" powers for the police, says the Home Office.


Young talents unite in 1st Asia-Europe Music Camp

They are from both sides of the globe. But for eight days, they will be one in music.


Soldiers seized in Baghdad are dead, says video

The Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group of insurgents that includes al-Qaida in Iraq, released a video yesterday in which it claimed to have killed all three American soldiers who went missing in the country last month.


Glenn Close has joined the cast of FX's "The Shield."


Apparel retailers are hoping their  back-to-school fashions will make the grade among  style-conscious teens and young adults this fall, but it could  be a tough sell, with students and parents keeping a tighter  hold on their wallets.


McLellan defends PM against Copps accusations

OTTAWA - Liberal cabinet ministers are coming to the defence of Prime Minister Paul Martin over accusations contained in a book written by Sheila Copps.


Roma, 16:04 - CALCIO, MESSINA: CAGLIONI POSITIVO PER COCAINA

A pochi giorni di distanza da quella del doriano Flachi, un'altro positività per cocaina tra ...


McDonald's Profits Up on Strong U.S. Sales

McDonald's Corp. rode strong U.S. sales to a 42 percent increase in third-quarter earnings, its fifth straight quarter of increased profits since snapping out of a slump last year.


Forze ordine impegnati in ricerca altri sei fuggitivi


Union officials are to have further talks over security at Swansea's DVLA after last week's parcel bomb injured four workers.


Foo Fighters singer Dave Grohl says he will drink with two miners who listened to his band while trapped underground.


Rafael Benitez has insisted Liverpool can still claim their first English title since 1990, despite falling ten points off the pace after another painful defeat at the hands of Manchester United.


AP: Ghost Firms Hinder Oil-For-Food Probe

GENEVA - The UN-ordered probe into oil-for-food corruption is being seriously hampered by an elaborate system of ghost firms set up around the world to cover the tracks of bribes to Saddam Hussein as he cheated the $60 billion program, a top investigator


US Fed: $ Devaluation might Cause Trouble

While in Frankfurt, Germany yesterday, US Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Alan Greenspan warned that the US foreign trade deficit could negatively effect the country's economy.


Dow Jones +0,73%, Nasdaq +0,43%. Euro in rialzo a 1,2839 dlr


You could say Katie Holmes cruised to the finish line.  Following in the footsteps of Oprah Winfrey and Diddy, among other celebs, the "Thank You for Smoking" star tested her mettle by running the annual New York City Marathon on Sunday.  Holmesâot...


Paris Hilton starts serving jail term: lawyer

Admitting she was frightened, heiress Paris Hilton traded in her Guccis and designer clothes for jail garb on Sunday night as she began serving a 23-day sentence in Los Angeles for violating probation, her attorney said on Sunday.


Sallie Mae says buyers believe takeover threatened

A group of private equity firms and banks have threatened to scuttle their planned $25 billion buyout of Sallie Mae, the student lender said on Wednesday, in the most dramatic sign yet that a once-booming takeover market may be cooling.


Raycom likely buyer of Lincoln TV assets -sources

Privately held Raycom Media appears  close to buying the television assets of insurance and  investment firm Lincoln National Corp., two sources familiar  with the situation told Reuters.


Conservatives seen keeping power in Austrian election

Austrians voted in a general election on Sunday likely to reinstate Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's conservatives as the nation's largest party and oust far-right populist Joerg Haider's group from government.


Italy's Prodi wins key confidence vote to stay PM

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi won a confidence vote in the Senate on Wednesday, allowing him to stay in office and drawing an end to a political crisis prompted by his resignation a week ago.


Federer has talent to be the greatest player ever

Roger Federer is the most talented tennis player I have ever seen. He has the capacity to become the greatest in history. This conclusion isn't simply a result of his sublime victory over Lleyton Hewitt in Sunday's US Open final.


Cloning companies set database to track animals

A new database will allow food  companies to identify a cloned animal as it moves through the  food supply chain from farm to slaughterhouse, two of the  largest U.S. livestock cloning companies said on Wednesday.


l Cagliari si aggiudica il primo round del confronto con la Lazio negli ottavi di finale di coppa Italia. Al Sant'Elia finisce 2-1 per i rossoblÃ¹, ma quel gol biancoceleste lascia i giochi aperti per il ritorno.


The Class A affiliate of the Red Sox buys and plans to use the first base that was at Yankee Stadium for Game 6 of the 2004 AL championship series.


The Federal Reserve, while  remaining watchful as prices and interest rates tick higher, is  holding to its mantra that rate increases will be "measured,"  senior Fed officials indicated on Friday.


Cisco to acquire software developer P-Cube for $200M

AUGUST 24, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Cisco Systems Inc. said yesterday that it has agreed to acquire Sunnyvale, Calif., software developer P-Cube Inc.


James Brown Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer

James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul" and a legend in rap, rock and funk, has announced that he has prostate cancer.


Using X-Ray Vision, He Keeps His Eye on the Bacteria

Dr. C. Erec Stebbins talks about using a nearly 100-year-old investigative tool to identify the bacterial proteins that cause disease.


How Michael Showalter segued from sketches and films to a slightly askew kind of stand-up.


The holiday season is a time of giving for love and friendship but also because end-of-year tax planners encourage their clients to make deductible gifts to charities and personal gifts to


Labour's ruling body convenes to discuss party funding proposals which some fear would end its link with trade unions.


US Forces Detain Zarqawi-Linked Militant in Iraq

US forces have captured a man described as a senior commander of a militant group linked to al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Iraqi government said on Wednesday.


Judge Reaffirms Moussaoui Evidence Ruling

A federal judge on Friday reaffirmed her ruling that gives some families of Sept. 11 victims access to evidence in the Zacarias Moussaoui trial as part of two civil lawsuits that have been filed.


Milano, 18:17 - CALCIO, INTER; MATARRESE: E' SCUDETTO CHE PULISCE CALCIO

"Questo scudetto vinto in questo modo è uno scudetto che pulisce tutto il calcio italiano, la...


Portuguese great Figo announces retirement from international soccer

LISBON, Portugal  - Portuguese midfielder Luis Figo, a former FIFA World Player of the Year, announced Wednesday he is retiring from international soccer.


The market goes into a bracket, but the Fed can't bail out 20 years of profligacy.


More than 260 people could lose their jobs at a medical equipment firm in Ballymoney, County Antrim.


Crime-fighting "tinkerers" are figuring out how to get all the inside dope about you from your supposedly trusted gadget


Palermo, 17:23 - CALCIO, FOSCHI: NESSUN ACCORDO PALERMO-JUVE SU BEHRAMI

Il direttore sportivo del Palermo, Rino Foschi, intervenendo ai microfoni dell'agenzia radiofonica G...


Making Sense of the Great Suicide Debate

The darkness of the soul encounters the science of pharmaceuticals.


APEC rift opens over climate change debate

Leaders at an Asia-Pacific summit appeared deadlocked on Thursday over what their "Sydney declaration" on climate change and cutting greenhouse gas emissions should say.


US soldier gets 25 years for murdering Iraqi

A US soldier has been sentenced to 25 years in jail for the murder of an Iraqi National Guard soldier near Tikrit in May, the US military says.


Researchers Hope to Find Source of Pollutants Detected in Areas Near Port

By Kristopher Hanson, Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif.  Dec. 19--LONG BEACH -- USC and a state air quality agency are teaming up  to capture and test the origin of tiny pollution particles floating around  harbor communities.


Casino Shares Weak As Ivan Gains Strength

Shares of casino operators moved lower Wednesday as Wall Street reacted to Hurricane Ivan, the latest storm of the season, poised to hit the Southeastern United States within the next 24 hours.


The Bush Administration is dropping its effort to standardize how government agencies develop risk assessments intended to protect the public or the environment.


A major spill of dense, viscous fuel from a freighter that ran aground was menacing sensitive wildlife habitat in the Aleutian Islands, but finding the six crew members lost


Singer Cat Stevens Has No Terrorist Ties

WASHINGTON Sept. 22, 2004 - Singer Cat Stevens, taken off a London-to-Washington flight because his name showed up on a government "no-fly" list, has no ties to suspected terrorists, his brother said Wednesday.


Facing a death threat from his Iraqi captors, British hostage Kenneth Bigley appeared in a video on an Islamist Web site Wednesday and tearfully pleaded to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to help spare his life, saying, "Please


Roddick, Safin set for opening action at Masters Cup

Houston, TX (Sports Network) - Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick and Australian Open finalist Marat Safin are among those scheduled for round-robin action Tuesday at the season-ending Tennis Masters Cup Houston.


Season lidlifter renews heated conference rivalry

Season openers like tonightâs donât get much more exciting than this. The NFL schedule-makers knew what they were doing when they sent


Is It Really You? A Scanner Delves Beneath Fingerprints

For all their electronic sophistication, fingerprint scanners have a major shortcoming. So some new models are going beyond skin deep.


Gift cards, one of the most popular holiday purchases, can lose value if not used quickly


The United States must guard against a terrorist attack by tightening port security, with shippers paying fees to finance the increased scrutiny, a task force recommended on Monday.


FIVE explosions rocked Madrid last night after Basque terror group Eta threatened bombings in the Spanish capital. A petrol filling station was one of the targets but initial reports said the explosions were by 'low potency' bombs.


Hitachi unveils super-skinny new LCD TVs

The Tokyo-based electronics company is aiming for 'pure luxury' with its new TV line, which debuts in the U.S. early in 2008.


Little Saigon Voters Not Embracing Kerry

In the teeming markets and cafes of Little Saigon, generational changes and misgivings over his policies have weakened President Bush's support among Vietnamese-Americans. Still, few are embracing his Democratic challenger, Sen. John Kerry.


U.S. Hopes Tsunami Aid Will Help Anti-Terror Drive

Secretary of State Colin Powell said on  Tuesday he hoped American aid for Asia's tsunami victims would  strengthen U.S. and regional security by removing any  discontent that could fuel terrorism.


UPDATE 3-Hall hits record 163 to put South Africa on top

Opener Andrew Hall hit a record 163 for his maiden test century to put South Africa in command on the second day of the first test against India on Sunday.


Ruling briefly allows gay marriage in Iowa

Gay couples lined up before dawn on Friday to apply for marriage licenses until an Iowa judge, who set off the rush to the altar by scuttling the state's law against same-sex marriage, put a halt to their bliss.


BOSTON - Curt Schilling got his 20th win on the eve of Boston's big series with the New York Yankees. Now he wants much more. "In a couple of weeks, hopefully, it will get a lot better," he said after becoming


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The former Labour culture secretary, Chris Smith, tells a Sunday paper he has been HIV-positive for 17 years.


Images from â50,000 Beds,ââ a video project involving 30 Connecticut hotels, run from the nightmarish to the comic, from the sexy and the fetishistic to the just plain weird.


The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn., Property Watch Column

By Roger Harris, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn.  Feb. 21--DOWNTOWN SITES DRAW ATTENTION: Visualize new Class A office  space rising from the grassy slope where the News Sentinel building once stood  at the corner of Church Avenue and State Street.


Opera to launch browser for Windows Mobile

Move signals a shift in strategy for company that competes against Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.


Berlusconi da Gheddafi: abbiamo avuto un confronto approfondito

colloquio con Muhammar Gheddafi nel lungo incontro che si Ã¨ tenuto in giornata, durante la visita in Libia del presidente del Consiglio. Â«AMICIÂ» - Berlusconi ha rinnovato l'amicizia tra popolo italiano


Ai palestinesi dice, 'traguardo e' a portata di mano'


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Also: I, robot bartender. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Liverpool becomes first British city to propose smoking ban

The city of Liverpool voted for legislation that would ban smoking in public places, in a move portrayed as a first step toward a possible smoking ban throughout Britain.


By MICHAEL HELLICAR  Ever since they started persuading us to spell Mallorca with a double 'l' to get rid of that old, rather frowned-upon English pronunciation 'Majorca', the island seems to have got posher and posher.


How to heal when the inexplicable occurs? Sometimes the right response is acting normal


U.S. envoy warns of growing power of Iraqi militias

The U.S. military has succeeded in delivering a crippling blow to al Qaeda in Iraq, but this has only served to highlight "the other big problem" -- the power of Shi'ite militias, Washington's envoy to Iraq said on Thursday.


Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has been questioned as a witness by police in the cash-for-honours inquiry.


Malkovich Says He's Never Had a Boring Job

Work is fun, actor John Malkovich says. In Vienna to play the lead role in a movie about the famous Austrian art nouveau painter Gustav Klimt, Malkovich told reporters Thursday he's never had a boring job.


Brian O'Byrne Joins Cast of Hughes-Directed Shanley Play 'Doubt'

Playbill - Brian O'Byrne, who was directed by Doug Hughes to a Tony Award in Frozen, will again be working with Hughes in Doubt, John Patrick Shanley's new play set in a Catholic school, premiering Off-Broadway this fall in a staging by Manhattan Theatre Club.


New TV ads and accusations draw out debate over Kerry's service in Vietnam - and may be an acid test of his defenses. By Linda Feldmann | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.


YouTube Presidential Debate Could Reveal the 'Real' Candidates

Democratic contenders get set to spar in the first televised debate to accept video questions from YouTube users.


Infineon Execs Plead Guilty to Price-Fixing

Four Infineon (Quote, Chart) executives agreed to plead guilty to charges they conspired to fix prices in the computer memory sector, officials said Thursday.


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US apparel retailers go with a Latin accent

NEW YORK -- US retailers are spicing up their fashion lines with a bit of Latin flavor to attract a long-neglected but increasingly important group of consumers -- Hispanics.


Australia stands firm as it investigates Iraq hostage claim

Australia has vowed never to bow to terrorists after an unconfirmed claim that two Australians have been taken hostage in Iraq and will be executed unless Canberra withdraws its troops from the country.


DELTONA, Fla. - A sinkhole opened beneath a road in central Florida on Saturday, swallowing four lanes of pavement and forcing the evacuation of 20 homes.  Officials had been watching the hole since Monday after noticing collapsed asphalt on a street.


M&A bankers deal with something new: idle time

Private equity consultant Jeff Temple and his friend at a major Wall Street investment bank had been used to working well into the evening -- which was why they were surprised to find they weren't too busy to meet for drinks at 5:30 p.m. recently.


A vuoto incontro con Bersani che ribadisce disponibilita'


CALGARY, Alberta - A fossilized jaw found in an Alberta gravel pit may have cleared up a mystery for researchers wondering how brown bears originally made it across North America.


Iraqi exiles from Australia to the  United States began registering on Monday for elections at the  end of the month, many of them voting for the first time in a  poll they hope will help bring democracy to their country.


Serious knife injuries have been increasing, say UK trauma experts after a hospital survey.


Developers cooling on Windows desktop, study finds

Blog: It's Linux, rather than the Web browser, that's stealing developer attention away from desktop Windows, according to Evans Data.


A giant plastic toilet bowl on Berlin's swank Unter den Linden boulevard, the work of a French artist, has been raising more than a few eyebrows in recent days.


New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin opted not to join the race for governor of Louisiana after Thursday's qualifying deadline passed without Nagin signing up.


U.N. general says Israeli Lebanon pullout on track

The commander of U.N. peacekeepers said   a joint meeting with Lebanese and Israeli officers on Monday   had brought closer a full Israeli troop withdrawal from south   Lebanon in line with a U.N. resolution.


Consumers lost a little of their enthusiasm for auto purchases last month but spent like mad in a number of other areas, including clothing and gasoline, the Commerce Department reported Friday.


Farmers Depending on Subsidies for Survival

By Anna Lognonne  Farmers in the region are depending on subsidies for their survival, according to new research from rural business advisers.


I wasn't surprised when people used sms, blogs, cameraphones and wikis to organize relief efforts during the first hours after the tsunami of 2005.


A Virginia man endangers his ex-girlfriend after she dumps him by leaving explicit DVDs of the two of them on car windshields, along with her contact information. In Sex Drive Daily.


TOKYO Top diplomats from Japan, South Korea and the United States said Friday that they were committed to resuming six-nation talks this month in hopes of persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program, officials said.


Bulgaria in Brief: 6 October 2004, Wednesday. An international Architecture, Construction and Furnishing exhibition opens in Sofia this week, offering major discounts.


Ha investito 8 miliardi di euro attraverso aumento capitale


British cinemas enjoyed a strong year in 2007, with Â£904m of tickets sold at box offices, UK Film Council figures reveal.


Scott Urban has branched out into using vinyl records, bicycle parts and even used beer bottles as materials for his handmade frames. Meet the McGuyver of the specs world. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


Cynthia Gustafson doesn't really think the work she does is particularly special - that's part of what makes her spectacular, according to her colleagues in the Carroll College Nursing Department.


Stocks to watch on Monday: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. :


About 30,000 Americans each year contract oral cancer, and 8,000 of them will die, but people remain ignorant of a disease that can be cured if caught in the early stages, a University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey official said Wednesday.


The Bruins' road to a postseason berth remains steep, but it would be more difficult today if two other teams also struggling for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference hadn't also squandered points last night.


Branson hopes to trace Fossett with Google images

RENO, Nevada  - British billionaire Richard Branson said on Wednesday he was hoping to trace Steve Fossett through a satellite mapping service offered by Internet data provider Google as the search for the missing U.S. adventurer resumed.


Nikkei gains on revised GDP and exporters

Japanese stocks rose moderately on Monday, as export shares responded positively to Friday's rise in US share prices and an upward revision in economic growth figures provided some support to domestic stocks.


A prosecutor yesterday called for Silvio Berlusconi to be given an eight-year jail sentence as his four-year trial for allegedly bribing judges neared culmination.


The Peruvian government bows to protests and reverses a decision to allow helicopter tours over Machu Picchu.


NOTIZIE FLASH: 3/A EDIZIONE - LA CRONACA

Chieti. Oltre mille persone hanno partecipato questa mattina a Ripa Teatina, in provincia di Chieti, ai funerali di Filomena Masci, 33 anni, e del figlioletto Pierluigi Giampaolo, di appena 16 mesi, morti


This year should mark another year of growth in the United States. That is hardly remarkable. What is remarkable, and perhaps unappreciated, is that growth has become the norm for the American economy.


Elizabeth Edwards diagnosed with breast cancer

BOSTON - Elizabeth Edwards, the wife of the former Democratic vice presidential nominee, was diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after her husband and Sen. John F. Kerry conceded the election.


The US halts imports of five types of farmed Chinese seafood, claiming they contain illegal antibiotics.


Iraq group sets 10-day deadline for German hostage

Iraqi militants said Germany had 10 days to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan or they would kill a German-Iraqi hostage, a video posted on the Internet said on Tuesday.


The US dollar has continued its record-breaking slide and has tumbled to a new low against the euro.


Edwards Hints at Future in Farewell Speech

Beginning a three-day farewell tour as U.S. senator, John Edwards focused on the future Monday, vowing to help his wife during her treatment for breast cancer and carry on his own political activism.


US Planes Bomb Fallujah in Preparation for Possible Offensive

US warplanes kept up the bombing of Fallujah early today as more than 35,000 Iraqi and US troops amassed outside the western city, in preparation for a possible assault on insurgents who threaten to disrupt January elections.


The eight west African states that use the CFA franc prepare to replace their banknotes in an effort to halt counterfeiting.


Dell builds business service center in China

More round-the-clock centers to provide service and support for business customers are planned for Europe and Japan.


Putin ready to work with Europe on Chechnya

Russia's president Vladimir Putin said yesterday he was ready to work with Europe on solving the crisis in Chechnya, signalling a departure from


Devon trims output forecast on Canada drop

Independent oil and gas producer Devon Energy Corp.  on Friday trimmed its production forecasts through 2009 as Canadian gas output continued to suffer because of weak margins.


Cadbury faces another prosecution over a salmonella outbreak which forced the recall of a million chocolate bars.


Recordings of the Princess of Wales containing intimate details of her sex life with Prince Charles have been aired in the US. The tapes were made by Diana's voice coach Peter Settelen between 1992 and 1993


STAFF WRITER. Peterson joined several fellow defensive starters on the sidelines: linebacker Derek Smith (leg), defensive end Andre Carter (back) and cornerback Mike Rumph (broken arm).


3 Fugitive Muslim Militants Suspected in Jakarta Attack

Indonesian investigators said Friday that they believed Thursday morning's bombing of the Australian Embassy, which killed nine people, was carried out by three


From liberal Massachusetts to conservative Arizona, gay politicians have gone public and survived. New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey's decision to come out on live television could have made him the most prominent among them — the nation's first openly gay governor.


Sir Alex Ferguson v Roy Keane. This one's worth following, so join Mike Adamson NOW!


TOKYO, Tuesday, Feb. 20  â The Swedish truck maker Volvo said on Tuesday it would take over the Nissan Diesel Motor Company for $1.1 billion.


Siena, 19:47 - CALCIO, SIENA: 21 CONVOCATI PER MATCH CON MILAN

Il tecnico del Siena, Mario Beretta, ha convocato 21 giocatori in vista della gara di domenica a San...


'The key to happiness is to find a job doing what you enjoy. Fortunately, I love to criticise pompous overpaid idiots while complaining endlessly about my computer.'  (c) 2006 Sunday Mail; Glasgow (UK). Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.


The Turkish opposition urges an early recall of parliament to adopt penal reforms demanded by the EU.


Twenty-seven years and 16 features after they began their mutual career, John Sayles and Maggie Renzi are still making movies.


Chemical Composition Of The Essential Oil Of Cionura Erecta (Asclepiadaceae) Inflorescences

By Myrianthopoulos, Vassilios; Fokialakis, Nikolas; Melliou, Eleni; Mitaku, Sofia  Abstract  The essential oil of the inflorescence of Cionura erecta (L.) Griseb. was analyzed by GC and GC/MS. Seventy-two components were identified.


A gunbattle broke out between U.N. peacekeepers and supporters of ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Saturday, wounding a peacekeeper for the first time in the force's 4-month-old mission.


Is Apple Computer Inc fine-tuning an enhanced iPod with roughly 50 percent more storage and a colour screen to display photos? The Internet sites that follow Appleâs coming product releases are buzzing with


Parla il segretario di Rifondazione dopo la manifestazione contro la base"Noi non siamo antiamericani. E al ministro dico: facciamo una conferenza sulle servitÃ¹ militari"                                          "Neanche con la guerra fredda tanti soldati Usa in Italia"                                                                                Giordano: "SÃ¬ al confronto con Parisi sulla Difesa" di UMBERTO ROSSO


Authorities warn that millions of people could be killed. Humans, rather than animals, would be the carriers of the new flu. The high density of poultry and humans in several Asian countries has been blamed


The globe-spanning Live Earth pop  music extravaganza fell flat for television viewers in the  United States and Britain, drawing far smaller audiences than  the Princess Diana tribute concert a week earlier.


Stocks plunged on Tuesday in their second-worst sell-off of the year as the impact of losses in the subprime mortgage group cascaded across the financial sector, knocking down shares of investment banks and traditional lenders.


Oil prices eased on Monday after  rebels in Nigeria withdrew a threat to target oil operations,  but lingering concerns over stretched supplies ahead of winter  kept prices close to $50 a barrel.


Israeli helicopters fire at least two missiles into a refugee camp in Gaza, Palestinian witnesses say.


Federal regulators plan to throw out exclusive cable television service contracts with apartment buildings and open up competition to phone companies, according to a published report


Southeast Europe hit by heatwave as UK flooded

Up to 500 people are estimated to have died across Hungary last week, partly due to a heatwave gripping central and southeast Europe, Hungarian medical officials said on Tuesday.


Two men indicted in US for supporting terrorists

Two men were indicted in the United States by a grand jury Thursday on charges of providing financial support to terrorists and recruiting fighters for terror groups.


A booming China now consumes more grain, meat, coal and steel - but not oil - than the US, a survey says.


Ex-Time Reporter Testifies in Libby Trial

A former Time magazine reporter said in court yesterday that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby confided that the wife of an Iraq war critic worked at the CIA, becoming the second journalist to testify that the vice president's then-chief of staff disclosed the identity of undercover CIA officer Valerie...


No evidence of terror in Russian plane crashes

Russian investigators said Wednesday they had found no immediate evidence that terrorists caused the nearly simultaneous crashes of two airliners Tuesday that killed all 90 people aboard.


Parley enlists participants for HIV education in Africa

CAMDEN, Maine - Some conferences are organized to ponder how to change the world. Pop!Tech launches missions.


Oracle Promises Easier Upgrade to E-Business Software Suite

Oracle announced the first major upgrade of its business applications in six years, and company officials vowed that migrating won't be as difficult as it was the last time around.


Children with lazy eye do not need to wear an eye patch for the whole day to correct their vision, say experts.


Microfiber fabric makes own electricity: study

U.S. scientists have developed a  microfiber fabric that generates its own electricity, making  enough current to recharge a cell phone or ensure that a small  MP3 music player never runs out of power.


Techs, Retailers Lead Europe Stocks Lower

European stock markets suffered sharp  losses on Wednesday, tracking a fall on Wall Street after the  Federal Reserve rekindled interest rate worries, while a  disappointing trading update from British fashion retailer Next  slammed retailers.


Beer money for Arrington Comment Long before he was stroking our collective Web 2.0 consciousness, Michael Arrington, a Young Republican-type of guy from an affluent part of Orange County, studied economics at Claremont McKenna College in Southern California, and generally enjoyed the life of the beer-swilling collegian that many of us led. I know this because I lived down the hallway from the future TechCrunch founder, and did a fair amount of drinking myself at the same college parties.â¦


A man is held in connection with  letter bomb attacks in recent weeks which injured nine people.


JK Rowling manuscript fetches 1.95 million pounds

A hand-written and illustrated tale of wizardry by Harry Potter author JK Rowling fetched 1.95 million pounds ($3.98 million) -- nearly 40 times its expected price -- at auction on Thursday.


U.S. Aborted Raid on Qaeda Chiefs in Pakistan in â05

Some top intelligence officials say the U.S. missed a significant opportunity to try to capture senior members of Al Qaeda.


July new home sales rise surprisingly strong

Sales of new homes unexpectedly rose 2.8 percent to an 870,000 annual sales pace in July, reversing two months of declines, and inventories eased, a Commerce Department report showed on Friday.


WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Shares of CoTherix shot up more than 20 percent Thursday as the Belmont, Calif.-based firm announced that the Food and Drug Administration approved its inhaled therapy Ventavis to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension.


Windmill Turbines:  Not at Home on the Range

Texas has surpassed California as the country's top wind-energy producer, but the new technology is clashing with old ranching ways


Teen Pregnancy, Birth Rates Plummet Across D.C. Region

Teen pregnancy and birth rates have dropped sharply across the Washington region in the past decade, with the District cutting its numbers by more than half to historic lows.


Researchers Find Animal That Links Whales to Land

Researchers think they have found the modern whaleâs closest evolutionary ancestor.


Sen. Kerry wants to ban Internet images of dog fighting

Blog: Sen. John Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, said in a press release on Friday that he wants to make it "illegal to transmit images of dog fighting, to run websites that cater to dog fighting." Thanks for your strong support of the First Amendment, senator.


A new federal law takes effect Oct. 28, increasing odds that a check will bounce if you pay now, deposit later -- counting on the time that can be taken in processing a check to cover what ends up as a withdrawal from your account.


Stomach reduction and gastric bypass surgery not only help the extremely obese lose weight, but they also can alleviate type 2 diabetes and return high cholesterol levels to normal, according


Land clearances in Indonesia to cultivate palm oil threaten a "climate bomb", Greenpeace warns.


A rescue boat is brought in to help five people trapped in a building after flash floods in south Wales.


British Inquiry of Failed Plots Points to Iraqâs Qaeda Group

The bungled attacks in London and Glasgow six months ago would be the first attacks that the group has been involved in outside of the Middle East.


AMERICA/MESSICO - Nel 2008 il IV Congresso Eucaristico Nazionale del Messico sul tema "GesÃ¹ Cristo Eucaristia, dono di Dio e fonte di vita per le nostre famiglie", in preparazione all'Incontro Mondiale delle Famiglie del 2009 Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - Mons. Alberto SuÃ¡rez Inda, Arcivescovo di Morelia, ha scritto una lettera a tutti i fedeli della sua Diocesi convocandoli per la celebrazione del IV Congresso Eucaristico Nazionale che si celebrerÃ  del 30 aprile al 4 maggio ...


La Cassazione ha accolto il reclamo di Salvatore Madoniacui era stata negata la possibilitÃ  di mettere il seme in provetta                                          SÃ¬ alla procreazione assistita per boss in regime di 41bis                                                                                Ci sono giÃ  dei precedenti di fecondazione dietro le sbarreAlcuni misteriosi, altri autorizzati dal giudice come Cutolo


Three men and a woman are found guilty in Amsterdam of planning terror attacks on Dutch politicians.


Namesys vanishes, but Reiser project lives on

Volunteer programmers continue to maintain the open-source Reiser file system project even after a murder trial has effectively shut down the company behind it.


While the wintry weather of frozen ponds and icicles hasn't arrived, make no mistake about it, this is hockey season, and the boys of Division 3 are itching to play.


Per 2008 tra i maggiori 5 Paesi crescono solo Francia e Germania


Zend Developer Zone: Book Review: Learning PHP Data Objects

The Zend Developer Zone has posted a review of Packt Publishing's "Learning PHP Data Objects" book writen up by Akash Mehta.   In Learning PHP Data Objects, the author Dennis Popel examines this new [database access] system and explains how to begin using PDO in development as a replacement for typical database drivers. The book is an excellent introduction to the data abstraction layer and also provides essential insight into the inner workings of database interaction with PHP.   Akash talks briefly about the history of PDO and what it can be used for first, then gets into the contents of the book (things like the intro chapters and the quality of the writing). The thing he thinks makes the bok stand out, though, is the examples and sample code that reflect both simple methods and more complex issues PDO developers might run into.


Drug can help prevent diabetes, study says

Millions of adults at high risk of diabetes could ward off the disease by taking a drug commonly used to treat it, according to the largest diabetes prevention study yet conducted.


In an effort to raise cash amid mounting mortgage losses, Merrill Lynch agreed to sell the majority of its capital finance business to General Electric for an undisclosed amount.


Fierce clashes kill three US soldiers, injure 14 in Afghanistan

KABUL, Sept 22 : Three US soldiers were killed and 14 wounded in a series of fierce clashes with suspected Taliban fighters in south and eastern Afghanistan this week, the US military said Wednesday.


'Pack Bowl Hopes Dashed in 17-10 Loss to FSU

RALEIGH, NC -- Both defenses battled in a great game at Carter-Finley Stadium, but the Seminoles came out on top 17-10 over the NC State Wolfpack.


Egypt tells Israel to pick more disciplined troops

Egypt has told Israel, which killed three Egyptian policemen at the Egypt-Gaza border last week, it must choose more disciplined troops, Egypt's official Middle East News Agency reported on Sunday.


"We have had obviously significant time with Dr Haneef, we have been using the new detention powers under the legislation that was passed in the parliament in 2004"  LATEST: It is likely to be known within 48 hours if the Indian-born doctor arrested in Brisbane over alleged links to the failed British bomb plots will be charged. via Stuff


The United States said on Friday it is preparing a new UN resolution on Darfur and that US Secretary of State Colin Powell might address next week whether the violence in western Sudan constitutes genocide.


White House pulls nomination for top CIA lawyer

The White House withdrew the nomination of John Rizzo to be the CIA's top attorney on Tuesday after months of controversy over his role in the agency's interrogation policy.


Two revelations last week of Food and Drug Administration foot-dragging place in doubt whether the agency can effectively serve and protect consumers.


Fannie Mae's chief executive defends company's

Fannie Mae's chief executive on Wednesday defended accounting practices at the embattled mortgage company and disputed allegations that earnings were manipulated.


BLM Whistleblower: I Was Fired Over Mine

A former project manager for a contaminated mine site said Wednesday he was fired for refusing to keep silent about dangers posed by radioactive and other toxic wastes at the site.


There is a proliferating selection of bridesmaidâs dresses far hipper and breezier than convention dictates, and certainly more versatile.


eBay launched a revamp of its auction  Web site in Germany on Tuesday, where it says it needs to raise  listings and the volume of goods sold.


Aceh hopes elections bring new lease on life

MEUNASAH BAK'U, Indonesia  - Teungku Sobirin lost seven children and his home to the tsunami that devastated Indonesia's Aceh province two years ago, but he believes there was a lesson in it for the war-weary province.


Firenze, 16:09 - CALCIO, PRANDELLI: VIERI PRESTO CANDIDATO IN NAZIONALE

Il tecnico della Fiorentina Cesare Prandelli, a Repubblica Tv, parla delle prospettive della Fiorent...


To the Indian schoolboy, it must have seemed like an ingenious if indelicate use of new technology. But when the 17-year-old used his mobile phone camera to record his girlfriend giving him oral sex he could


Maykel Galindo scored a goal in each half and Ante Razov added another from the penalty spot as Chivas USA defeated the Red Bulls, 3-0, in Carson, Calif. Chivas USA (12-6-4), unbeaten in its last five games, moved within 2 points of first-place Houston in the Western Conference. The Red Bulls (11-10-3) remain in third place in the East.


First Minister Rhodri Morgan praises the response to the call for aid for the victims of the Asian tsunami disaster.


The International Whaling Commission passes a resolution condemning Japan's Antarctic whale hunt.


Smell Test May Predict Alzheimer's - US Study

A simple scratch and sniff test may help doctors identify patients with Alzheimer's disease, researchers said on Monday. They found that patients with early Alzheimer's disease may be


Ballmer: Microsoft will power the mobile revolution

'Not Apple. Not RIM.' CTIA Steve Ballmer believes that Microsoft is the only company with "the wherewithal" to dominate the world of mobile computing.â¦


Sarwan stars as Windies waltz into last four

LONDON - West Indies captain Brian Lara praised his sideâs composure and discipline after they had successfully chased 247 to beat South Africa here at the Oval and win a place in the ICC Champions Trophy semifinals next week.


A NZ scientist is honoured for helping to develop sheep that can be used to study Huntington's disease.


While the six-party talks are making headway on the North's nuclear weapons, for Japan the more contentious issue is what happened to its citizens kidnapped by the regime


Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Monday turned to an outsider to bolster his economic team, nominating Kellogg Co. chief executive and Cuban-born Carlos Gutierrez as the next commerce secretary.


Blast in Russian McDonald's, at least 5 injured

An explosion caused by a  suspected bomb in a McDonald's restaurant in Russia's second  city of St Petersburg on Sunday injured at least five people,  officials said.


Stock prices are lower in some early-session profit-taking. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 13 points in today's early going.


As the widespread coverage of Yi Jianlian's NBA move reaffirmed China's love affair with basketball, a first-round pick from the 2004 NFL draft was in Beijing on Friday to promote "America's favorite sport".


The Caucus Blog: Michigan Approves Jan. 15 Primary

Both the Democratic and Republican parties have indicated they will impose sanctions on Michigan for holding an early primary.


Obiezione coscienza per farmaci per aborto ed eutanasia


A giant sinkhole swallowed several homes and at least one truck early Friday in Guatemala City, and officials said at least three people had been reported missing.


Australian high court limits unions' right to strike

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has welcomed a far-reaching High Court ruling that bars trade unions from taking industrial action over political, social or environmental issues.


Pro-West Leader Appears to Win Ukraine Election

Viktor A. Yushchenko, addressing supporters, predicted an end at last to an extended and bitter election season.


(ANSA) - MILANO, 4 DIC - Martins non gioca contro il Messina. Lo ha deciso il responsabile dello staff medico dell'Inter per evitare una positivita' all'antidoping. Il prof.Combi ha preso questa iniziativa


A man whose body is found at a house in County Londonderry is named locally as Patrick Devine.


Hewlett-Packard Backs African Recycling Research

H-P is funding a project to investigate how electronic waste can be disposed of in a safer and more environmentally friendly way.


Giro di vite su contatori e sicurezza dal 2009


Quebec is projected to spend the least on health care per capita of any province or territory for the sixth year in a row, a national study reveals.


Oil prices bounce back on winter supply worries

LONDON  - Oil prices pushed higher, extending sharp gains seen late last week as cold weather forecasts for the United States and Europe rattled markets nervous about tight winter supplies.


Yushchenko's rival challenges Ukrainian vote

Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, the apparent loser in Sunday's presidential vote, said Wednesday that he had filed a complaint with the Central Election Commission alleging thousands of illegal acts by his opponent.


NASA's plan to send a robot to do an astronaut's job is too expensive, technically risky and too time-consuming to develop, said a scientific panel that


After centuries of guesswork, architects have a high-tech way to hear the acoustics of buildings they haven't yet built.


L.A. coroner probes Christian Brando's death

The Los Angeles County coroner has opened an investigation into the death of Hollywood legend Marlon Brando's eldest son, acting at the request of his family, a spokesman for the medical examiner said on Tuesday.


Look whoâs governmentizing the private sector.


So Dor opened to rave reviews from critics all over.


Osama bin Laden: Still devious and contradictory

Well there you have it. Once and for all Osama bin Laden acknowledged in the newly released video on Al-Jazeera responsibility for carrying out the barbaric, cold and calculated attacks of Sept.


Andrew Flintoff's hopes of returning to the England team are dealt a massive blow after he fails a fitness test on his troublesome ankle.


AOL to test personal pictures, video, music site

Time Warner's  AOL will test a  free service that lets users consolidate on one Web site their  personal photos, videos and music that are now scattered across  multiple computers and Web sites.


Sometime after I updated to 1.1.1 my iPhone stopped ringing. I checked myself, calling my iPhone using my Blackberry. Sure enough, no ring. I did a soft restart (hold the button on top down while clicking the menu button on the bottom). Didn't help. Did a search, found I'm not the first with this problem. Dr Fran says she missed a social event because her iPhone didn't ring. I missed a bunch of important calls before I realized my phone wasn't ringing anymore. This is the nightmare, I can't afford to be without the phone, but a phone that doesn't ring is like 1/4 a real phone. Oy. Let me know if you have any ideas. I don't relish getting in Apple's loop on this. Update: Ben had the answer. Yehi!! The phone rings again. Happy.


Daniel Craig plays a mean hand as the British secret agent in 'Casino Royale.'


Catania, 16:58 - CALCIO, INCIDENTI CATANIA: ALTRI DUE FERMI

Due fratelli, Damiano e Denny Sciuto, 24 e 22 anni, sono stati fermati nell'ambito delle indagini su...


STOCKHOLM: Controversial Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek yesterday won the 2004 Nobel Literature Prize, only the 10th female laureate in its history, but said she could not pick it up due to a "social phobia.


Consumer Group Says Pfizer Hid Celebrex Study

A U.S. consumer group on Monday accused  Pfizer Inc. of burying a study suggesting its painkiller  Celebrex boosts the risk of heart attack and stroke, a claim  the No. 1 drug maker has denied.


New Tobacco Advertising Laws Come Into Effect

New controls on tobacco advertising came into effect in Britain on Tuesday, the latest step in a government campaign against smoking.


CHICAGO -- The Celtics' starters played surprisingly few minutes in the final quarter last night, even though a comeback was within reach. Raef LaFrentz and Mark Blount stayed on the bench the entire quarter. Gary Payton and Paul Pierce played the final four minutes down the stretch. Jiri Welsch made a one-minute cameo, though he has not been a regular ...


Melanoma Vaccine Triggers T-Cells to Attack Tumors

MONDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- Vaccines that contain tumor proteins help fight deadly melanoma skin cancer by increasing the number of immune system killer T-cells that can attack the tumor, says research in the Jan. 17 issue of the Journal of Experimental Medicine.


The recent drop in prices at the pump could pick up steam, driving gasoline sharply lower in coming months, USA Today reported Wednesday.


Torino, 20:15 - CALCIO, JUVENTUS: GASTALDELLO RISCATTATO DAL SIENA

Il difensore Daniele Gastaldello è a tutti gli effetti un giocatore della Juventus. Gastadell...


Dow Jones +0,33%, Nasdaq +1,06%.Euro in calo a 1,4172 dlr


From piano to racket, Hantuchova handles pressure

DENPASAR, Indonesia  - Spending her formative   years as a classical pianist became the ideal preparation for   handling the pressurized world of the women's tennis tour, said   Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova.


EU's Prodi backs Dutch leadership in spat with Moscow over hostage ...

The head of the European Commission Romano Prodi said on Sunday that it was legitimate to make a "friendly" request to Russia for an explanation of the bloody end to the school hostage crisis.


Australian newlyweds caught in drag race

Australian newlyweds kissing on the backseat of their hire car were unaware their chauffeur was street drag racing, until a police siren broke their romantic bliss and ended the race.


Disgraced congressman not a pedophile: lawyer

Former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, at the center of a scandal involving explicit messages he sent to young aides in Congress, is an alcoholic gay man who was molested by a clergyman when he was a teenager, but has never had sexual contact with a minor, his lawyer said on Tuesday.


MONTREAL -- The Montreal Expos felt they got robbed because of a missed call from home plate umpire Ted Barrett. Greg Maddux pitched seven shutout innings and helped himself with two hits and a run batted


Seattle, roll out the FieldTurf carpet - the greatest wide receiver to ever play the game is headed to the Puget Sound. The Seahawks and Oakland Raiders are expected to finalize a deal this morning that


7 killed in crash of cargo jet in Canada

OTTAWA - A Boeing 747 cargo jet registered in Ghana crashed and burned on take-off from Halifax airport in the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Thursday, killing all seven crew on board, police said.


Avoiding the very appearance of evil at Google

Google has a tremendous amount of power, and it grows daily.  Here's what the company should do to guard against its best (and worst) intentions.


Siena, 15:52 - CALCIO, SIENA; BERETTA: SIAMO VIVI, CE LA GIOCHIAMO

"Siamo vivi. Successi come quelli di Palermo confermano che possiamo giocarcela fino alla fine". L'a...


Politics and graft undermine African health care

The crowd of African women are tired and angry after hours waiting in the hot sun, but the officials will not vaccinate their children until the president inaugurates the campaign on state television.


Police protection could have saved Diana: ex chief officer

The car crash which killed princess Diana would not have happened if she had not ditched her police protection team several years previously, Britain's former top policeman told her inquest Thursday.


Under Revised Drug Laws, a Debt to Society Is Paid

Ivan Wright became the first inmate convicted under New York's strict and recently overhauled Rockefeller drug laws to have the rest of his prison sentence set aside.


The Association of American Publishers is offering financial assistance for U.S. publishers interested in releasing English-langauge editions of three Iranian novels, to help open up a tight market for books in translation.


Getting Greene's GOAT a chore worthy of an Olympic medal

The tattoo on Maurice Greene's right shoulder succinctly sums up where he feels he ranks in the world of sprinting. "Greatest of all time," he will shout after a victory while thumping it.


Berlino, 12:10 - F1, ECCLESTONE: FERRARI FAVORITA PER IL MONDIALE

Bernie Ecclestone, patron della Formula Uno, vede favorito per la nuova stagione il ferrarista Felip...


Presidential Vote Under Way in Chechnya Amid Fears of Violence

Voting is under way in Russia's breakaway region of Chechnya to select a replacement for a president who was killed in a bomb attack.


Milano, 13:40 - CALCIO, INTER; JULIO CESAR: E' LA DIFESA A DARMI SICUREZZA

"Io do sicurezza alla difesa? No è il contrario sono i miei compagni che la danno a me". Juli...


Italy's nominee to become the European Union's Justice and Home Affairs commissioner failed on Monday to win the backing of the European Parliament's Justice Committee, days after testifying that he considers homosexuality a sin.


NEW YORK -- The words, in blocky typeface, read like a ransom note. "We have your son. We will make sure he will no longer be able to care for himself or interact socially as long as he lives. This is only the beginning."


When Sen. Barack Obama slipped into Sen. Robert Byrd's Capitol office one day last year, he was seeking counsel from an elder who had been in the Senate since before Obama was born.


The web will be more interactive and will use tools to mine its vast pool of data, say experts.


RICHMOND, Jan. 18 -- A Virginia House committee on Friday defeated an effort to close a major loophole in the state's gun laws, angering families of victims of the Virginia Tech massacre and Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D), who had pushed hard for the law.


President George W. Bush on Thursday will endorse a limited withdrawal of about 20,000 troops from Iraq by July but will offer little else to skeptical Americans looking for a change of course in the unpopular war.