DENVER -- The Silver and Black looked right at home in the white stuff. Kerry Collins threw for 339 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Oakland Raiders to an upset in the snow last night, 25-24, over the Denver Broncos.


The Phoenix Coyotes introduced Don Maloney as their new general manager Tuesday.


ORLANDO, Fla. - Often during Celtics games forward James Posey yells from the bench, "We got Tickets," in tribute to forward Kevin Garnett after he makes a big play.


Jockey David Flores, right, celebrates his win aboard Singletary in the Net Jets Breeders' Cup Mile turf race over jockey Jamie Spencer and Antonius Pius (7) in Grand Prairie, Texas, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004.


Look at EU's lift of arms embargo on China calmly

On the day following the closure of the central economic work conference, Premier Wen Jiabao flew to Europe for the seventh China-EU summit held from December 7 to 9 in The Hague, The Netherlands and availed ...


Anorexic Girls Bond on Web to Dismay of Doctors

An underground subculture of teenage girls who bond over their eating disorders and glorify bone-thin celebrities has surfaced on the Internet, in a growing trend that experts say frustrates treatment.


By MIKE SCHNEIDER CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA managers kept close tabs on the weather Thursday as thunderstorms and low clouds threatened to prevent space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts from landing after a trip to the international space station.


CriticÂs Notebook: Knowing Mozart Better in the Evolution of the Piano

Three new CDÂs attempt to go beyond modern conceptions of piano sound to show, in various ways, what kind of music Mozart might have heard on his own instruments.


New York Times Columnist Safire to Retire

William Safire, a former  speech-writer for President Richard Nixon who became one of the  country's most-quoted conservatives, said on Monday he would  retire his New York Times political column in January after  almost 32 years of making the high and mighty wince.


Roma, 15:40 - F1, SPY STORY: DOMANI SCADE TERMINE PER EVENTUALE RICORSO MCLAREN

La McLaren ha tempo fino a domani per presentare ricorso contro la sanzione decisa nei suoi confront...


A New Way to Spell Pain Relief: M-I-N-T-Y F-R-E-S-H

Tylenol Cool Caplets, adult-strength headache tablets with a strong mint taste, are hoped to make the brand more hip.


Buffett said his Berkshire Hathaway holding company made the offer of reinsurance on up to $800 billion in municipal bonds to Ambac, MBIA and FGIC.


Protest Crowds Surge as Beirut Braces for Next Step

BEIRUT, Dec. 10 -- Hezbollah and its allies turned out the biggest crowds yet in downtown Beirut, sending hundreds of thousands of followers to the gates of the government headquarters Sunday in a feat of mobilization and discipline described by some leaders  as the last mass protest before the...


By Amira Leilani  HANDLING 200 primary school children and another 200 secondary school students as they roam in the jungle and try to understand nature better is not easy.


HP Board Pondered Breaking Up the Company

By Duncan Martell SAN FRANCISCO  - The board of Hewlett-Packard Co.  discussed breaking up the No. 2 computer maker three times in the past, yet each time decided to keep it intact, Chief Executive Carly Fiorina said on Tuesday, defending her strategy for the company.


E' in atto lo sgombero delle abitazioni di San Martino


Dual Citizenship formalities to be completed soon: PM

The Hague, Nov 8 (UNI) Asking the overseas Indian community to strengthen their links with their motherland, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today assured that the long overdue dual citizenship for Non Resident Indians (NRIs) and People of Indian Origin (PIO


Hungary opposition calls off weekend rally

Hungary's Fidesz opposition on   Thursday called off its planned anti-government rally at the   weekend, which the government had warned would cause week-long   violent protests to escalate.


A school district in the San Francisco Bay area has put IBM Corp. in a tough spot by asking the company to forgive a $5 million debt that began when educators bought computers from Big Blue way back in 1989.


BOSTON  - Use of echinacea, or extract of   the purple coneflower, before the onset of full-blown symptoms   of the common cold reduces the incidence by more than a half   and the duration by almost two full days, researchers reported   here at the annual meeting of the American College of Clinical   Pharmacology.


US Democrats stepped up their attack today on President George W. Bush's military service, while a "tell-all" tabloid biography assailing his family values hit the stores as an instant bestseller.


Arts, Briefly: Star's Swimsuit to Be Sold to Buy Cows

Question: Whatâs the connection between an abandoned bathing suit and three cows? Answer: Nicole Kidman. The story goes this way: a bathing suit left by Ms. Kidman at a pool in Sweden is to be auctioned on Saturday to raise money to buy cows for poor families in India, Agence France-Presse reported. The suit, now owned by Zlatko Nedanovski and on display in a second-hand store in Eslov, a town in southern Sweden, will go to the highest bidder when the sale finishes on Saturday. Mr. Nedanovski, 32, bought the swimsuit for $778 after the staff at the pool turned it over to a local radio station. Ms. Kidman, an avid swimmer, forgot the suit at a pool she had reserved for her use in the town of Vanersborg in 2002 while in Sweden to film Lars von Trierâs âDogville.â Mr. Nedanovski said he hoped to raise $1,400 to buy five cows through the Swedish aid organization Erikshjaelpen. âToday,â he said, referring to an early bid, âwe have enough for three cows.â.


Settlement dispute stalls Israeli-Palestinian talks

Israel is considering easing criteria for freeing Palestinian prisoners, a move one Israeli official said on Monday could pave the way for the release of Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi.


Lawyers Want Photos Thrown Out in Iraq Abuse Case

FORT BRAGG, N.C.  - Attorneys for Lynndie England,  a U.S. soldier charged with abusing Iraqi inmates at a Baghdad  prison, asked on Wednesday to have her early statements to  investigators and photos of her with naked prisoners thrown out  as evidence in her court-martial.


Schwarzenegger Signs California Anti-Spyware Bill

California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger signed an anti-spyware bill on Tuesday banning  unauthorized installation of deceptive software that hides in  personal computers and secretly monitors user activity.


Underwear Heart Monitor to Warn of Strokes

A group of 33 firms, including Nokia  and Philips, have unveiled the prototype of a portable heart  monitor that would use sensors woven into underwear to warn  patients before they suffer a stroke.


Quarterly profit soared thanks to new products, increased marketing and improvement in international business, the company said.


Koose Muniswamy Veerappan (right), India's Most Wanted bandit, was accused of chopping up more than 100 people he's thought to have killed.


Milano, 22:53 - BASKET, ARMANI JEANS: RAGGIUNTO ACCORDO CON DIENER

L'Armani Jeans Milano ha raggiunto l'accordo con Drake Diener, guardia americana della Pierrel Capo ...


Facing increasing pressure from its competitor, Netflix said Sunday that it will lower the price of several of its rental plans by $1 in order to match the current pricing scheme used by Blockbuster.


At least seven small bombs have exploded in Spain's seaside resorts this month.


The number of Americans without medical insurance reached a record 45 million in 2003, highlighting what many analysts say is a deepening crisis in the way the nation pays for health care.


Palestinians have a choice -- they can hold onto the past or look to the future. And to make progress, the US and Israel will have to help.


A soak in the tub can wash away your cares, but there's more magic to be found in the medicine cabinet


Shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT.N  ticked lower on Monday after the world's largest retailer cut  its August sales forecast.


Software Labs Releases xFusion Studio Version 3.2

SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 15  /PRNewswire/ -- Software Labs, Inc., a developer of advanced data management solutions, today announced the availability of Software Labs xFusion Studio 3.2.


Lyondell to Sell $510 Million of 6.875 Percent Senior Unsecured Notes

HOUSTON, May 30  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lyondell Chemical Company  today announced that it has sold $510 million of 6.875 percent senior unsecured notes in an offering announced earlier today. The notes will mature on June 15, 2017.


Ten people, five Pacers and five Pistons fans, have been charged with misdemeanor assault in the one of the worst brawls in US sports history.


While not a splash, Zune makes positive debut

The Zune, Microsoft's much-hyped answer to Apple's trend-setting iPod, had a good first four days of sales, says a leading research firm. But consumer electronics analysts don't think Apple has anything to worry about. The NPD Group, which tracks sales at most top retailers, says the Zune digital music device had a 9% market share in its first sales days Nov. 14-18, compared with 63% for Apple. The research firm hasn't reported sales for the all-important Thanksgiving holiday selling weekend.


MedImmune's FluMist nasal vaccine  should be included in the U.S. government's Vaccines for  Children program, expanding its distribution to children over  the age of 5 and teens, federal advisers said on Thursday.


In London church, memorials for world's journalists killed on job

In a tranquil church just yards from the London hubbub, lie tributes to journalists killed as far afield as Vietnam, Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq.


Uganda's leader stresses that international arrest warrants must remain until rebels prove they want peace.


Roma, 17:27 - CALCIO, SERIE B: SEI SQUALIFICATI PER UN TURNO

Il giudice sportivo, in merito alle gare della quinta giornata del campionato di serie B, ha squalif...


Software security companies and handset makers, including Finland's Nokia (NOK1V.HE), are gearing up to launch products intended to secure cell phones from variants of the Internet viruses that have become a scourge for personal computer users.


Libyan Leader Says He Will Bring Rebels to Meeting on Darfur

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met with Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and said the Libyan leader had pledged to use his influence on behalf of a peace conference next month.


Thousands of demonstrators are expected at a "day of action" at Britain's largest coal-fired power station.


Anti-Syrian Lebanese MP killed in Beirut blast

Lebanese anti-Syrian parliamentarian Walid Eido was killed with at least seven other people on Wednesday by a blast on Beirut's seafont, security sources said.


Report: Islamist Group Frees 18 Iraqi Soldiers

An Islamist group has released 18 Iraqi soldiers it had captured and threatened to kill unless an aide to Shi'ite rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was released, Arabic television Al Jazeera reported Monday.


Redskins Owner Buys Johnny Rockets Diner Chain

McLEAN, Va.  -- Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder said Friday he will buy Johnny Rockets, the 1950s-style diner chain that features burgers, fries and a wait staff that dances and sings to oldies tunes.


Musharraf Not âFully Satisfiedâ by Bhutto Inquiry

President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan also denied accusations that the military or intelligence services were involved in the killing of Benazir Bhutto.


Costs for a massive cell-phone battery recall helped depress profit for the second fiscal quarter 17 percent at Matsushita, which makes Panasonic brand products.


Thrive: Simple Steps to Help You Save the World

No.2   Shut down your computer properly. Yes, we know it takes about 15 minutes, and it's as boring as the weather forecast in Danish.   But it makes a huge difference.


Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer will make his third appearance before a parole board this week to appeal for his freedom.


Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s net profit fell 43  percent in the latest quarter and the videogame maker cut its  forecast for the full year by more than a fifth, citing a  strong yen and weak sales of its GameCube consoles.


I due tecnici dell'Agip sequestrati il 7 dicembre


No-frills airline Ryanair RYA.I has posted a forecast-beating jump in first-half profit after its low fares drew passengers over the summer, and it is more upbeat than


Student-cabdriver killed as he is robbed of $150

Jersey City, NJ -- A cabdriver working his way through medical school was shot and killed while being robbed of $150, authorities said.


Amazon and Microsoft have filed lawsuits against companies that used their names to commit fraud on the Internet. One suit accuses Gold Disk Canada of "spoofing," or sending e-mails that appear


Bangkok - A campaign for a 20-year moratorium on ivory trading failed at a global wildlife conference on Monday amid dismay among some conservationists who said it represented a "death sentence" for elephants.


DNA scientist is condemned for racial comments

NEW YORK - James Watson, the 79-year-old scientific icon made famous by his work in DNA, has set off an international furor with comments to a London newspaper about intelligence levels among blacks.


Texas oil tycoon Wyatt in legal fight of his life

Self-made Texas oil tycoon Oscar Wyatt has gone from crop-duster to World War II pilot to freelance hostage negotiator in a career that leaves people loving or disliking him, with few indifferent.


Cisco plans to accelerate new product offerings

Cisco Systems CEO John Chambers said today that his company plans to offer twice as many new products this year as ever before.


At least three people have been killed and several others injured in a US air strike on the Iraqi town of Falluja, west of Baghdad, local medics say.


The man found guilty of murdering teacher Jane Longhurst is to appeal against his conviction and sentence.


Siena, 13:21 - CALCIO, SIENA; DE LUCA: IL DERBY DEI TIFOSI SIA CORRETTO

E' già aria di derby in casa Siena. Il presidente toscano De Luca cewrca di calmare gli animi...


STF coup: Veerappan didnât know ambulance driver was a cop

DHARMAPURI: The 'Operation Cocoon', which ended in the killing of the notorious forest brigand Veerappan and three others in Tamil Nadu's Dharmapuri district on Monday night, was the result of an 'extra ordinary intelligence operation', K Vijaykumar


Every evening, by candlelight, Sithombi Malembe swallows two pills and one capsule with a gulp of water hauled by hand from the Tugela River.


Oct. 8 - The September 30th recall of Vioxx is raising legal questions. Here's the drug's history. The FDA approved marketing of Vioxx in 1999.


A security advisor and former RUC officer is killed in Iraq on the day he is honoured for courage.


10th World Series Title Beckoning for St. Louis

The Cardinals may be heading to their  first World Series since 1987 but there is nothing new about  post-season baseball in St. Louis.


In the midst of a crisis, Max Mayfield sets his schedule in four-minute increments. That's the amount of time the director of the National Hurricane Center allots each media crew camped out in the bunker-like building where forecasts are drawn up. He sets aside an hour to help assemble regularly scheduled advisories, and pauses to take calls from higher-ups, including U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans.


Qwest Communications International  Inc. Q.N on Wednesday released details of its spurned bid for  MCI Inc., MCIP.O, saying its offer had a total value of $8  billion, or $1.25 billion more than the winning bid by Verizon  Communications Inc. VZ.N


New anti-terror law raises hackles in Philippines

The Philippine government, already under fire for a poor human rights record, is coming in for more criticism as it implements a new anti-terror law many fear could be used against political opponents.


Prosecution Rests in Blake Case as Actor Weeps

VAN NUYS, Calif.  - Actor Robert Blake wept loudly  in court on Monday moments after a prosecutor rested the  state's murder case against him by playing secretly made  jailhouse recordings in which Blake referred to his slain  wife's family as "monsters."


MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- There was no winning kick for Adam Vinatieri this time. The former Patriots kicker connected on three field goals in Super Bowl XLI last night -- from 29, 24, and 20 yards -- although it was the plays he didn't make that stood out in the Colts' 29-17 victory.


php|architect has a new link to an article from OnJava.com concerning the use of JMS with PHP.


You'll be seeing Jon Stewart on the air with "The Daily Show" for at least three more years. And you can go online to see him on past episodes stretching back to 1999.


THE Australia and New Zealand Banking Group announced a record increase in full-year profit of almost 20 per cent yesterday. ANZ, the smallest of Australia's big four banks, generated after-tax profit of $2.


President Bush hopscotched through Florida yesterday in a campaign swing that rallied nearly 100,000 partisans as he accused Sen. John Kerry of "election amnesia" regarding the Iraq war.


Holocaust pain Survivors tell BBC of WWII Lodz ghetto suffering

BBC News Online's Sarah Shenker spoke to some of the survivors. Lodz ghetto inmates were tormented by hunger, exhaustion and fear every day.


NEW YORK/BOSTON  - Nuveen Investments Inc. , the biggest manager of closed-end mutual funds, agreed on Wednesday to be acquired for $5.75 billion by investors led by private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners LLC in the largest buyout of an asset manager.


GLOBAL ECONOMY-China rate hike could avert global slowdown

China's hike in interest rates was a double-edged sword for many investors and economists. At one level, it suggested that Chinese growth is


U.S. remembers 9/11 attacks in solemnity

Americans stood in silence at the times of the Sept. 11 attacks on Tuesday, while the man behind them, Osama bin Laden, surfaced again to praise the suicide hijackers who killed nearly 3,000 people six years ago.


Egypt Sees Move Towards Israel-Palestinian Peace

Egypt's official news agency said Tuesday significant progress had been made in international efforts to end Israeli-Palestinian violence, but both sides to the conflict termed talk of a deal premature.


The United States and its coalition partners on Thursday defended the war in Iraq after UN Secretary General Kofi Annan asserted it was "illegal" because it didn't have Security Council support.


Adelaide, November 27: Justin Langer made 215 of Australiaâs 575 for eight declared before New Zealand stumbled to 56 for two at the close of the second dayâs play in the second Test on Saturday.


The number of people filing new applications last week for unemployment benefits dipped last week, offering a hopeful sign for recovery in the nation's labor market.


EU gives a meter, Britain and Ireland take a mile

BRUSSELS - The British and the Irish can still down a pint of beer, walk a mile, covet an ounce of gold, and eat a pound of bananas after the European Union ruled yesterday that the countries could retain measurements dating to the Middle Ages.


Poll: Half of Americans Worry About Debts

Shoppers are racing from store to store this holiday season, with credit cards clutched tightly in hand and visions of future bills dancing in their heads. One-half of Americans say they worry about the money they owe, and many say they worry most of the time about their overall debts, an Associated Press poll found.


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Study Finds No Explaining Weeping Madonna

ROME - A study conducted on the case of a statue of the Madonna reported to have shed tears of blood a decade ago concluded that the event has no human explanation, an Italian newspaper reported Sunday.


The nation's accidental death rate has been gradually creeping higher and is up 12 percent compared to the lowest rate on record, in 1992, according to a report released Thursday by the National Safety Council.


The Maldives president, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, survived an assassination attempt Tuesday when a boy scout grabbed the knife of an attacker who jumped out of a crowd of people greeting the president, a government spokesman said.


Scientists from SUNY Stony Brook have discovered that heat generated by laptop computers can potentially affect sperm quality and quantity.


DAMASCUS -- The European Union wants to sign a trade and aid pact that may ease Syria's diplomatic isolation, but only if Damascus agrees to renounce weapons of mass destruction, Germany's foreign minister said yesterday.


AIDS drug worth the risk, federal health official says

WASHINGTON - A National Institutes of Health official said Tuesday that an AIDS drug at the center of a controversial federal report has prevented thousands of infants from getting HIV.


A BBC team finds new evidence of mass ethnic killings and rape in Darfur, adding to fears of genocide.


Intel still the Bryan Adams of silicon AMD can kiss goodbye to its scrappy underdog status after forcing its way into the world chip rankings top 10 for the first time.â¦


The Minister of Energy, Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, has said government policy on the subsidy of ex-pump prices of petroleum products would remain unchanged even though crude oil price has topped the psychological milestone of $50 per barrel last Tuesday for the


Israel's army dropped leaflets Thursday warning residents of attacks on homes believed to be hiding militant weapons as air and ground forces raided a Gaza refugee camp for a second day, killing three Palestinians.


Sul governo di unita' nazionale, secondo Al Jazira


Il gruppo automobilistico vuole conquistare mercato in India


Infant Heart Transplant May Have Down Side

NEW YORK  - Children who were given a heart  transplant in infancy score in the low-average range on tests  of neurological development and IQ, according to a report in  the Journal of Pediatrics.


Opera CTO: How to fix Microsoft's browser issues

Embrace the standards, nicely, or get out of browsers If there was a functioning market for web browsers and operating systems, the past few weeks would have seen two announcements from Microsoft. After a firestorm of criticism from the web design community about Internet Explorer 8's misguided mode switching proposal, Redmond would have publicly backed down. Second, Microsoft would have bowed to 90,000 users demanding that Windows XP continue to be sold.â¦


(CBS) The world is closer to the next flu pandemic "than we have ever been before" and it may kill 2 million to 7 million people, a World Health Organization expert said Thursday.


Tens of thousands of people hunkered in storm shelters early on Tuesday as Hurricane Felix, upgraded to an extremely dangerous Category 5 storm as it approached the coast, menaced Central America with violent winds and torrential rains.


A girl is in a critical condition hospital after being stabbed in south-east London.


Seattle Storm forward Lauren Jackson won her second career WNBA MVP award on Wednesday.


UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it would buy Definity Health Corp. for $300 million, as the No.


No. 8 Memphis escapes against Zags in OT

Nonconference didn't mean unimportant to Memphis coach John Calipari. For the Tigers, winning at Gonzaga was huge.


The NCAA won a court case Monday to keep the 2-in-4 exempt tournament rule in place, but it may not make it to the 2005-06 season after the NCAA management council votes on two key proposals at the January convention in Indianapolis.


Former Australian minister defends freed Guantanamo Bay inmate

A former senior Australian cabinet minister has come to the defense of released Guantanamo Bay inmate Mamdouh Habib, assailing the government for letting US authorities hold him and other terror suspects for years without charge on the basis of "doctored" intelligence.


Fisco: Casini, 'Riduzione giusta, ma in modo virtuoso

CAGLIARI - Intervento del presidente della Camera, Pier Ferdinando Casini sul fisco. ''Il tema della riduzione delle tasse e' una misura giusta e desiderabile - ha detto Casini, aggiungendo pero' che 'si deve


Atene, 11:18 - BASKET, EUROLEGA: I GIRONI DELLE ITALIANE

E' stato effettuato questa mattina il sorteggio del gironi di Eurolega. Quattro le italiane al via: ...


'Ordine di uccidere' gente armata e saccheggiatori


Nielsen to rate TV ads in far-reaching move: report

Nielsen Media Research plans to  measure how many people actually watch TV commercials starting  in November, a move that could result in a decline in  advertising rates, The Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday.


European spacecraft prepares to orbit Moon

Europeâs first lunar spacecraft is set to go into orbit around the Moon on Monday. SMART-1 has already reached the âgatewayâ to the Moon, the region where its gravity starts to dominate that of the Earth.


German anti-monopoly authorities on Friday approved plans by mobile phone operators T-Mobile, O2 and Vodafone to create a joint technical platform to bring television to mobile phones.


Ethiopian troops pull out of Somali port Kismayu

KISMAYU, Somalia  - Ethiopian troops withdrew from the southern city of Kismayu, leaving it in the hands of Somalia's interim government until African Union (AU) peacekeepers arrive, officials said on Friday.


Universal Music may seek royalty deal with iPod

Universal Music Group Chief Executive  Doug Morris said on Tuesday he may try to fashion an iPod  royalty fee with Apple Computer Inc. in the next round of  negotiations in early 2007.


Palestinian leaders say unity government near

A Palestinian unity government is "99 percent" agreed, but will not be announced until next week, President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday after talks with his political rival, Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas.


Forests for Sale: Company Divesting Some of Its Property and Moving into Development

By Jamison, Michael  KALISPELL - Used to be, the Kalispell Chamber of Commerce would get together once a year for a field trip into the woods.


Brown rejects call for British troops to leave Iraq

Prime Minister Gordon Brown rejected on  Tuesday a call to pull British troops out of Iraq, insisting  they still had an important job to do battling militias and  providing security.


Russia Investigating Why 2 Airliners Crashed Almost Simultaneously

Investigators in Russia are looking into what caused two passenger planes to crash at almost the same time while flying from Moscow to cities in the southern part of the country.


Vast tracts of rainforest in Brazil are to get a new protected status.


Australia's Howard Pledges to Cut Business Tax, Boost Training

Australian Prime Minister John Howard, seeking a fourth term in an Oct. 9 election, promised to cut taxes on small businesses and to spend more on doctors, schools and care for children and the elderly.


With nothing but the very rich and the people who serve them, Fisher Island is a stark metaphor for income inequality in America â and an irresistible target for labor activists.


Last year 22 realty trusts got takeover offers. Here's how you can profit from the trend.


Pier 1 to sell private label card business to Chase

Pier 1 Imports Inc.  on Wednesday said  it agreed to sell its private-label credit card operations to  JPMorgan Chase & Co.  for about $155 million.


SEC inks deal for online posting of financial statements

THE SECURITIES Exchange Commission (SEC) has signed a 128-million-peso contract with several information technology firms to help develop the agency's online reporting system for Philippine companies.


U.S. Set to Aid Brazil Drug Shootdown Plan-Officials

WASHINGTON  - Washington is likely to help Brazilin its plan to shoot down planes suspected of smuggling drugsafter determining it has enough safeguards to preventaccidental killings, senior U.S. officials said on Wednesday.


Bowhead whales and boreal owls are among the wide range of research projects proposed for the upcoming year through the Alaska Department of Fish and Game's nongame program.


Companies are in the stock market every trading day of every week, using spare cash to buy back their own shares. Buyback activity has become so common it's become standard operating procedure for big public companies.


Stearns report - Download 432k Listen to Stearns report President Bush and NATO leaders are expected to discuss the mission in Afghanistan and prospects for further expansion of the alliance when they hold ...Comment


Roma, 23:24 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS: VENERDI' AD ATENE IL SORTEGGIO DEI QUARTI

Definito il quadro delle otto squadre qualificate ai quarti di finale della Champions League: Rom...


The chip maker Texas Instruments said Friday that it had expanded its share buyback program by $5 billion, or about 10 percent of its market capitalization, sending shares up.


Majerus accepts offer to coach S. Calif.

LOS ANGELES -- Rick Majerus will come out of retirement to coach Southern California's basketball team starting at the end of the season, according to a report on ESPN.


Way open for Labor to join Sharon cabinet Working to close ...

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon meeting with members of his Likud Party last week. The partyâs Central Committee has authorized him to form a coalition cabinet with Labor.


Relief efforts in Indonesia hit a setback when Banda Aceh airport is closed to flights after an accident.


Tsunami States Hasten to Provide Aid, Beat Disease

Indian Ocean nations from Indonesia to  Sri Lanka struggled on Tuesday to find and bury their dead and  get water and other emergency supplies to survivors of a  tsunami that killed more than 23,200 people.


Formula One: Smooth Hamilton clinches American dream

British rookie Lewis Hamilton paid a rich tribute to the quality of his McLaren Mercedes-Benz team on Sunday after winning the United States Grand Prix and opening up a 10-points lead at the top of the Formula One drivers' world championship.


Sprint hopes to dominate with its Mogul device

Sprint is launching a $400 smart phone that will have upgrade capability for the coming EV-DO Rev. A data rates.


Nelle strade ancora 5.000 tonnellate, centro citta' ripulito


Societa' e' alle prese con numero crescente di insolvenze


The CBS  flap is one more sign of the ferocious struggle between political partisans to see the world their way


Blog: The social networking site has pulled in AOL veteran Chamath Paliihapitiya as vice president of product marketing and operations.


U.S. court rules against Canon in flat-panel suit

A U.S. court has ruled against Japan's  Canon Inc.  in a patent dispute over flat-panel  displays, saying the company violated the license agreement it  had with Nano-Proprietary Inc. .


Update: California lawmakers rip handling of data theft at university

Four California legislators want the the state's Department of Social Services to take more aggressive steps in notifying 1.4 million residents that their personal information may have been stolen by hackers.


Ministers from countries with troops in southern Afghanistan are set to meet in Scotland to discuss the country's future.


Chile's teenagers make their voices heard

They call themselves the "penguins" for their white-on-dark school uniforms, but what 700,000 Chilean high school kids have pulled off in recent days signals the emergence of a new generation in a nation transformed from dictatorship to democracy.


Network Rail, the owner of the UK rail infrastructure, announces a move back into profit and a reduction in rail delays.


Outsourcers combine to take on IT services giants

IT services giants will come under pressure from outsourcing alliances, as companies team up to beat the big guns.


Heading into the heart of earnings season this week the expected results look robust, but a slowing of future profit growth and the impact of surging oil prices on the economy could conspire to hold down stocks.


Authorities to use info-sharing portal during debate

While President Bush and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) square off in their second debate tonight in St. Louis, more than two dozen federal, state and local law enforcement


ISLAMABAD, 25 August 2004 - Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday announced he would free the last 400 Pakistanis who fought alongside the Taleban and had been languishing in decrepit Afghan jails since late 2001.


Dow Jones +0,74%, Nasdaq +1,46% Euro in calo a 1,3328 dlr


Researchers with the University of California at Santa Barbara, working in conjunction with Intel, are preparing to announce today the next step in their joint plans to produce an entirely solid-state photonic processor assembly - a chip which processes data as light waves.


Swearing ban swells Russian region's coffers

Off-colour language by young Russians is proving a money-spinner for authorities in a southern region.


L'indice calcolato si attesta a 91,6 da 91,7 di dicembre


CINCINNATI -- Pedro Martinez completed his comeback from major shoulder surgery on Monday and quickly went into the record books, becoming the 15th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters in his career.


Abbas insists will hold elections, truce unraveling

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas vowed on Monday to press on with early elections as a truce between his security forces and the Hamas government appeared close to collapse in the Gaza Strip.


Rogue Proteins Found in Unexpected Organs

Rogue proteins like those that cause mad cow disease — found previously only in brain, nerve and lymph tissues — have now been located in the liver, kidney and pancreas in a study of rodents.


Sinora clima non e' stato favorevole a gip milanese


Aishwarya Rai has signed a Hollywood murder mystery ÂWindfallÂ based on the 1984 Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal.......


An articulated lorry crashes into a house in County Down after a collision with another lorry.


Gordon Brown is to attend a summit of the British-Irish Council on his first visit as prime minister to Belfast.


In the last conversation Paul Thomas Anderson had with Robert Altman, his friend and mentor told him: "I think this film is something different for you."


IRAN said today it was still committed to suspending parts of its sensitive nuclear program and alarm over its last-minute uranium conversion activities was merely US "propaganda".


Conman dupes call centre staff into sending him a credit card in the chairman's name


Pena Agrees to One-Year Deal With Tigers

First baseman Carlos Pena and the Detroit Tigers agreed Friday to a one-year contract worth $2,575,000.


China shares bird flu sample, first time in year: WHO

China has shared human bird flu samples for the first time in more than a year, giving a boost to international efforts to track the deadly H5N1 virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.


WENZHOU, China -- A new breed of churches in this region of China has demonstrated a boldness and independence unmatched elsewhere in the country, despite strict government guidelines for places of worship. Nothing illustrated the boldness of Zhejiang's Christians more clearly than the hasty... Hu...


Scottish & Newcastle is to market the remainder of its lease over a 7,300sqft office space off St James' Boulevard.   The Edinburgh-based brewer took a 15-year lease over the space at Hanro's Citygate development in March 2002.


The key to a holiday season without added pounds could be planning ahead to avoid the holiday temptations.


Il Mibtel perde lo 0,03%, stabili Londra e Parigi


Short-lived love-in ends The controversial One Laptop Per Child project, which aims to provide children in the developing world with access to $100 laptops, has fallen out with Intel.â¦


JUST TOO COOL: Handhelds â PDA can store data

Handheld computer maker PalmOne Inc. unveiled a personal digital assistant Monday that doubles as a portable data storage drive. The Tungsten T5 handheld has 256 megabytes of built-in flash memory, of which 215 MB will be available to the user.


Mario, Ciara Still Rule U.S. Pop Singles Chart

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - R&B singer Mario held the top  spot on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for a seventh  consecutive week Thursday with "Let Me Love You," while Ciara's  "1, 2 Step" featuring Missy Elliott was No. 2 for a sixth week.


Discussions to start on Mitchell steroids report

Major League Baseball and the players' association have agreed to discuss recommendations from a report exposing widespread steroid use that could lead to a further crackdown on performance-enhancing drugs.


Our gratitude goes to you for the interest and enthusiasm you have shown in visiting the AsiaNews.it website. AsiaNews is also a monthly magazine (only in Italian).


Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling watches as New York Yankees Gary Sheffield rounds first base after hitting a double in the first inning of game one of the ALCS in New York Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004.


Yoko and Meryl Make It Into the Women's Dictionary

For Meryl Streep and Yoko Ono, it is  recognition at last. For J.K. Rowling and Condoleezza Rice, it  is time to join the front ranks.


Even a big first-day jump in shares of Google (GOOG) couldn't quiet debate over whether the Internet search engine's contentious auction was a hit or a flop.


Key Verbal Jabs from the Vice Presidential Debate

The vice presidential debate between Sen. John Edwards and Vice President Dick Cheney featured numerous personal attacks. Here are some of the highlights.


McDonald's Corp. CEO Charlie Bell, who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in May, resigned Monday to focus on his battle with the disease, the company announced.


London shares close lower after Wall Street slide

Leading London shares gave up earlier gains to close lower, after US manufacturing data disappointed Wall Street, but Alliance & Leicester surged 16 percent, on takeover talk.


Album sales in the U.S. plunged 9.5 percent last year from 2006, as the recording industry had another weak year despite a 45 percent surge in the sale of digital tracks.


Flamboyant US pop band Scissor Sisters lead the winners at the UK music industry's Brit Awards.


Jorge Zamorano whipped out a copy of the Cumberland Times-News from behind the bar at the Starfish Cafe, one of two restaurants he owns on Capitol Hill.


George W. Bush is in line to be the first president since World War II to preside over an economy in which federal government employment rose more rapidly than private sector employment.


Study finds that dieting with pets effective

LAS VEGAS A first-of-its-kind experiment to put people and their pets on a diet and exercise program found that both lost weight and kept it off.


Signs of liquid water add to 'Life on Mars' debate

NASA experts said they have detected evidence that liquid water existed on the surface of Mars in recent years, giving weight to hopes that signs of life on the Red Planet could still be found.


Sir Alex Ferguson denies aiming an abusive gesture at Reading fans during Manchester United's 2-0 victory.


Kevin Brown, who has another doctor's appointment today, said he is scheduled to have the pins removed from his broken left hand, which the righthander said is a precursor to him returning to the mound.


Ukraine's parliament votes to approve a snap election aimed at ending a crisis between the president and the PM.


W.House says deal possible on CIA interrogations

The White House, facing a Senate   Republican revolt over CIA treatment of terrorist suspects,   said on Sunday that a compromise can be reached over   legislation needed to continue its interrogation program.


Governors, health-care industry ask Bush to not cut Medicaid

The nation's governors on Wednesday urged President Bush not to shift additional Medicaid costs to the states in his effort to reduce the federal deficit.


Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) expects to report slightly lower-than-expected sales for its third quarter when it announces earnings results on Thursday, the company said in a release Monday.


N.C. State Coach Yow Resumes Chemotherapy

North Carolina State womenâs basketball coach Kay Yow had stopped chemotherapy for five months during the offseason in favor of less demanding hormonal treatments.


TORONTO  - Canadian new-media producer  Ludia Inc. will soon come down the aisle with a video game  based on TV game show "The Price Is Right," to be developed in  partnership with TV producer FremantleMedia.


Commonwealth ministers criticise Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for failing to step down as army chief.


Firenze, 17:35 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: CONTRO IL CAGLIARI ASSENTE DONADEL

Passato il turno in Coppa Uefa, la Fiorentina ha iniziato oggi con un allenamento leggero la prepara...


Motorcycle buffs across the country are buzzing about the man ticketed by the State Patrol in Minnesota for allegedly speeding at 205 miles-an-hour.


General Motors GM.N is seriously   considering boosting car exports from Europe, including to its   key U.S. market, to help boost productivity at its European   sites, a senior GM executive said on Thursday.


New charges were filed against a pastor on Monday amid the expansion of an investigation into allegations that leaders of two reclusive church communes sexually abused girls.


Iraq hostages: KGL stuck, plans âsame line of actionâ

NEW DELHI, AUGUST 25: The hostage situation in Iraq continued to drag with Kuwait Gulf Link (KGL) denying reports that contact has been made with the kidnappers in Iraq.


Osama still directing attacks, says US commander

BAGRAM (Afghanistan) - The trail has gone cold in the hunt for Osama bin Laden but the Al-Qaeda chief and his deputy are still orchestrating strikes like the recent suicide car bombing of a United States security firm in Kabul, says a top US military


GOLF: LANGER'S JOY AS PADRAIG RYDES CREST OF A WAVE

PADRAIG Harrington gave Bernhard Langer the perfect Ryder Cup send- off by making it three wins in a row for Europe heading into this week's match in Detroit.


Philippoussis makes another early exit at Japan Open

Mark Philippoussis dropped his fifth straight opening match Monday, losing to Tomas Zib of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-4 in the Japan Open's first round.


Former South African President Nelson Mandela's only surviving son dies in a Johannesburg hospital.


Brown appeals to voters amid poll rumours: press

Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought to rally support from across the political spectrum in his first party conference speech, but doubts remain over paying for his plans, newspapers said Tuesday.


Disney plans "Haunted High School Musical" feature

Walt Disney Co. said it will follow up on the success of its "High School Musical" made-for-TV movie and soundtrack by releasing a big-screen spin-off, "Haunted High School Musical," in 2008.


In programma sciopero personale Save e di altre 3 societa'


Shell reopens closed stations in southern Nigeria

The Anglo-Dutch energy group Shell has reopened all its oil pumping stations shut down last month because of community unrest in southern Nigeria, a spokesman told AFP.


New-home sales up surprise 3.5% in Sept.

New-home sales surged unexpectedly in September, climbing 3.5%, as low mortgage rates attracted buyers, a government report showed Wednesday.


Japan's Nikkei share average fell for a  second straight session on Tuesday, closing 0.99 percent lower  after the dollar's retreat below 103 yen put pressure on  exporters such as Sony Corp.


Apple Says iPhone Will Be Able to Play YouTube Video Clips

About 10,000 YouTube videos will be available for the iPhoneâs introduction, according to Appleâs statement.


HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that Russia did not pose a threat to Europe despite a vow to target the continent if the U.S. deploys a missile shield in central Europe.


Al Senato presentato nuovo testo base su unioni civili


Online Marketers Joining Internet Privacy Efforts

People will soon be able to sign up for do-not-track lists, which will help shield their Web surfing habits from marketers eager to deliver specific ad pitches to them.


Senate Panel Approves Rice as Secretary of State

The Senate Foreign Relations  Committee on Wednesday approved the nomination of Condoleezza  Rice to be secretary of state.


Microbia agrees to deal to develop first drug

Microbia Inc., a promising Cambridge biotech company, said it has signed a multimillion-dollar deal with a New York drug company to jointly develop and market Microbia's first drug.


India Villagers Desperate for Tsunami Aid

Fighting to survive without water or food since the tsunami, villagers on a remote southern Indian archipelago forbidden to outsiders are starving and desperate for humanitarian aid, survivors and officials said Friday.


NBC unveils self-destructing, ad-addled anti-iTunes service

'Take that, Steveo!' Less than a month after its very public breakup with Apple iTunes, NBC Universal has announced its own rights-restricting video download service.â¦


Armed forces minister Adam Ingram quits the government after six years at the Ministry of Defence.


McKellen "sad" that Jackson may not make "Hobbit"

Sir Ian McKellen, who played the wizard Gandalf in the smash hit "Lord of the Rings" movies, said on Wednesday he is sad director Peter Jackson ...


Iraq's Allawi Extends Arms-For-Cash Plan

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi announced plans Monday to extend a cash-for-weapons program for Shiite fighters in Baghdad's Sadr City to cities nationwide in an attempt to disarm the country. U.S...


Storms Bring Rain to California Coast, Snow to Sierra Nevada

Storms are dumping more rain than usual on the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas and prompting flood warnings in Southern California.


E del 99,99% di Aem Trasmissione dopo il si' dell'Antitrust


Tycho:  Alas, high Olympus!  Would that we had known thee better.


Fino al 22 febbraio Ritanna Armeni condurra' da sola


The French Are Snared, but This Struggle Is Ivoirian

The conflict in Ivory Coast is in large part a contest for the country's most valuable asset: the land on which cocoa is grown.


Is there still time to avert further bloodshed in Burma? A former ambassador to the country discusses the protests, the role of the monks and what the international community should do now.


Madrid, 11:05 - CALCIO, REYES PAGHERA' PENALE AD ATLETICO MADRID

Josè Antonio Reyes pagherà un risarcimento all'Atletico Madrid per non aver rispettato...


Pennington Is Expected to Stay and Compete

Jets General Manager Mike Tannenbaum expects quarterback Chad Pennington to compete with Kellen Clemens for the starting job next season.


Chinese user sues Symantec over dodgy updates

Unpalatable A Chinese user's attempt to sue Symantec for damage caused as a result of dodgy anti-virus signature update files is unlikely to succeed, according to security experts.â¦


Cisco buys WiMax start-up for $330 million

Networking equipment giant has switched gears and chosen to take the plunge into WiMax with the acquisition of Navini Networks.


Elder Bush backs McCain's pro-war stance

Former President George H.W. Bush backs John McCain's efforts to increase support for the Iraq war in a new video, a telecast that aides to both men say shouldn't be construed as an endorsement of McCain's White House bid.


San Bernardino County Sun, Calif., Michel Nolan Column

By Michel Nolan, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Sep. 10--THIS NETWORK'S FOR YOU: For Robbie Motter, it's all about  showing up.   You just never know what opportunities you'll find, she'll tell you.  "We put women together with mentors and opportunities," she says.


Torino, 11:58 - CALCIO, ULTRAS JUVE CON DESCHAMPS: CREDIAMO IN LUI

La Curva Sud Scirea della Juventus si schiera della parte di Didier Deschamps dopo la notizia delle ...


Putin's statement on terrorism in Russia, world over

"One should by no means yield to the delusion that if we make some concessions to terrorists, we shall thus be able to bargain in our favor and they will finally leave us in peace.


Powell: US "Cannot Accept" Ukrainian Election Results

Secretary of State Colin Powell says the United States cannot accept the official results of the Ukrainian election as legitimate because of widespread fraud charges.


UN Workers Freed in Afghanistan - Govt Officials

Three foreign UN workers held in Afghanistan since Oct. 28 were freed on Tuesday, government officials said. "They were released a while back this morning," said a government official, who


Two mosque leaders accused of supporting terrorism were released on bail Wednesday, one day after a federal judge reversed his initial decision to keep them behind bars.


Merseyside health authority gives away staff data

Union calls for investigation Sefton Primary Care Trust has sent thousands of staff records to four organisations it is refusing to name.â¦


Sara' assemblata nello stabilimento di Baramati


Iraq's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, made a dramatic return to Najaf on Thursday and swiftly won agreement from a rebel cleric and the government to end three weeks of fighting between his militia and U.S.-Iraqi forces.


OGC takes third way (BS) OGC Buying Solutions has replaced its chief executive with a jazzy international marketing cheese charged with reviving its bedraggled reputation.â¦


Could Kinsey's Sex Research Be Done Today?

When Alfred Kinsey's sexual-behavior studies were published half a century ago, the United States was shocked. The topic remains so sensitive that some scientists think Kinsey would not have been able to do his work today.


Apple seeks to resolve China factory dispute

SHANGHAI -- Apple Computer Inc. said yesterday it is working to resolve a dispute over alleged labor abuses by an iPod manufacturer in China.


Virgin Mary Cheese Sandwich Bids on eBay

(Nov. 17) -- The grilled cheese sandwich bearing the likeness of the Virgin Mary is back on ebay. A woman says she made the sandwich ten years ago.


GM U.S. December vehicle sales down 5.2 percent

General Motors Corp  said on Thursday its U.S vehicle sales fell 5.2 percent in December as consumer demand softened amid a weak housing market and higher gas prices.


Torre Calls a Meeting, and the Yanks Respond

Joe Torre gathered the Yankees before Monday night's game at Jacobs Field and imparted a simple message: put aside the struggles of the past week.


I grandi personaggi della scienza, della musica e della politica alle grandi tragedie come la guerraDall'Europa all'America i nuovi "narratori" affidano il loro racconto alle immagini per le strade                                            Graffiti, la Storia sui muri del mondo l'enciclopedia universale Ã¨ spray art


The executive reportedly apologized for maligning Chinese manufacturers in the course of toy recalls, but the company said the remarks were misconstrued.


The ups and downs of Pebble Beach for the pros

PEBBLE BEACH, California  - The chance of rubbing shoulders with celebrities such as Kevin Costner and Bill Murray is a major attraction for fans at this week's Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.


Though The Herald-Mail newspapers have no connection with CBS News, we nevertheless welcome the network's appointment of two outside experts to probe its handling of a story about President Bush's National Guard Service - a story that turned out to be


Treasuries Subdued Awaiting Fed Decision

Treasuries lost ground on Wednesday  just hours before the Federal Reserve is expected to raise U.S.  interest rates for the fourth time this year.


Terrell Owens has a message for Jessica Simpson: Stay away.


Facing Free Software, Microsoft Looks to Yahoo

Yahooâs huge user base could provide the audience and the infrastructure for Microsoft to change how it distributes its products and charges for them.


The Paths They Took: Five Gambles, Five Altered Lives

These lives, abruptly transformed by illness, had one element in common: they pinned their hopes on experimental or unproven treatments.


Bush Disputes Charge of Favorable Treatment in Guard

President Bush said in a television interview he does not think he received favorable treatment that allowed him to get into the Texas Air National Guard while many of his peers were drafted to fight in Vietnam.


Suspected Al Qaeda financier arrested by German officials

BERLIN -- Authorities yesterday arrested a Syrian-German businessman who is wanted by Spain on charges he helped fund the Al Qaeda terrorist network for years and who appeared in a wedding video at a mosque with some of the Sept. 11 hijackers, German officials said.


Typhoon heads for China, targets Shanghai

China was evacuating tens of thousands of people from its financial hub Shanghai on Tuesday in the face of a powerful typhoon churning towards the east coast.


Pfizer Drug Wins OK for Blood Infections

Drug maker Pfizer Inc. (PFE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said it won regulatory clearance to sell its anti-fungus medicine Vfend to treat serious hospital-acquired bloodstream infections.


Helping women and girls fight against HIV/AIDS

Each year on Dec. 1, World AIDS Day is commemorated around the globe. It celebrates progress made in the battle against the disease and brings into focus the challenges that remain.


But can it carry shareholders to new heights?


A woman who lay bleeding on the emergency room floor of a troubled inner-city hospital died after 911 dispatchers refused to contact paramedics or an ambulance to take her to another facility, newly released tapes of the emergency calls reveal.


Palestinians Turn Toward Future as They Continue to Mourn

As they continued quietly to mourn Yasir Arafat on Saturday, Palestinian officials turned their attention to finding a successor, vowing elections by Jan. 9 for


Microsoft's official unveiling of the Zune Thursday received mixed reviews from the tech faithful. While many seemed to generally give a positive nod to Zune's feature set, the Redmond company's odd choice of brown as a launch color seemed to grab the most attention.


Marsh woes deepen after credit lines are threatened

Marsh & McLennan, the US insurance broker accused of rigging the market to win bogus fees from customers, yesterday warned lines of credit from lenders


Braves Keep Franco in the Senior Circuit

Julio Franco, the 48-year-old utilityman, signs with Atlanta on Wednesday, a week after being cut by the New York Mets.


The US economy continued to grow in the early fall despite being buffeted by rising energy costs and hurricanes, the Federal Reserve said yesterday, providing its last snapshot of business conditions before Election Day.


Riguardano medici,infermieri e tecnici del S.Maria a Perugia


A New Arena in the Fight Over Smoking: The Home

A movement to restrict smoking in apartments and condominiums is having some success.


Asian, European markets drop for 2nd day

Chinese stocks bounced back Wednesday after their biggest decline in a decade, but stock markets elsewhere in Asia and Europe fell for a second day amid investor jitters about possible slowdowns in the Chinese and U.S. economies.


Rush Limbaugh will not face charges in Palm Beach County for the bottle of Viagra found in his luggage that was prescribed in his psychologist's name, prosecutors said Wednesday.


Carrey's 'Snicket' Top Ticket at Box Office

Comedian Jim Carrey returned to the top of the North American box office with the grim children's movie "Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.


Meet Mark Radcliffe: The man who rules open source law

'The most inefficient conspirator in the world' As one of his clients told us, "Mark Radcliffe is the law when it comes to open source software."â¦


Following are the top 20 prime-time  programs on broadcast TV for the week ended May 27, as measured  in average total audience, according to Nielsen Media Research.


DES MOINES, Iowa - Iowa wildlife experts are looking into a new deer contraceptive that could curb the state's multimillion-dollar-a-year overpopulation problem. The new, single-dose birth control vaccine would neutralize sex hormones in the famously fertile and polygamous animals.


Forty-five fixes out. One missing in action Oracle released 45 security patches on Tuesday as part of its latest quarterly patch update, one less than expected.â¦


ALEXANDRIA, Va.  - US Airways Group Inc. sought  bankruptcy on Sunday for the second time in two years, squeezed  by low-cost rivals, soaring fuel prices and a failure to win  new labor concessions.


McDonald's Corp.  on Friday reported higher quarterly earnings on strong U.S. sales of products like its new Chicken Selects fried chicken strips, though changes in the way it accounts for leases trimmed results.


Hong Kong Hospital Has Disease Outbreak; 28 Children Infected

Twenty-eight children at Hong Kong's Caritas Medical Centre contracted a mystery illness that causes fever and respiratory infections, Caritas said in a statement.


This one's for well-moneyed executives who loved their race car-shaped beds when they were kids. From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


Gunmen Seize Two Americans, Briton in Baghdad

Gunmen snatched two Americans and a Briton from a house in central Baghdad on Thursday, the latest in a wave of abductions of foreigners in Iraq.


Greg Oden admitted he was out of breath after his workout Wednesday for the Portland Trail Blazers. By no means was the 7-foot draft prospect coasting in on his reputation.


Check the winning numbers from Wednesday's draw for the National Lottery.


SYDNEY, Sept. 5 -- President Bush received a firm endorsement of his Iraq war policy from embattled Australian Prime Minister John Howard, who said on Wednesday that he would not withdraw any of his nation's combat troops from the country until the mission is complete.


Diane von Furstenberg's Molten Lava Loungewear

Fashion Wire Daily - We're not exactly sure how you get "Under the Volcano," which was the theme of Diane von Furstenberg's Spring 2008 collection, but it sounds pretty hot, exactly like her clothes.


Il leader della Pdl oggi parla a Milano, nel gazebo dei pensionatiNuovi attacchi alla procura di Napoli che indaga su corruzione dei senatori                                          Il Cavaliere: "La sinistra mi attacca Basta con oppressione giudiziaria"                                                                                L'aggiunto Mancuso: "Volano troppe sciocchezze". Il senatore Randazzo: "Sentito dai pm ma non intimidito"Berlusconi convinto del voto a primavera: "Il blocco liberale Ã¨ al 57 per cento"


AP: Rowland Witnesses Under Surveillance

Federal agents investigating corruption in former Gov. John G. Rowland's administration have begun scrutinizing a private detective working for the contractor at the center of the probe, The Associated Press has learned.


Firenze, 15:54 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: VIERI INDISPONIBILE PER COPPA UEFA

Il riacutizzarsi di una tendinopatia mette ko Christian Vieri. L'attaccante della Fiorentina non sar...


Palermo, 17:21 - CALCIO, PALERMO: ACQUISTATO SERBO JANKOVIC

Il Palermo ha acquistato dal Maiorca il centrocampista serbo Bosko Jankovic, 23 anni. Ha firmato un ...


Mete piÃ¹ ambite Usa, Regno Unito e Italia. In calo Francia e GermaniaIn Europa i clandestini sono l'1 per cento della popolazione                                          Ocse, in aumento l'immigrazione In Italia 31mila residenti in piÃ¹                                                                                Diminuiscono le richieste d'asilo: sono trecentomila nei Paesi dell'area


Forget to buy chocolates for your valentine? Now you can say you're in step with lawmakers shunning the treat because of child slavery on West African cocoa farms.


Jason Marquis has relief experience from his time with the Braves. ...

LOS ANGELES -- An already deep St. Louis bullpen will get a boost on Sunday -- assuming that the Cardinals have a game on Sunday. After being chased in the fourth inning of Game 2 of the National League Division


Iran guards say Rushdie still faces execution

Iran's hardline Revolutionary Guards said Salman Rushdie still faced eventual execution, 16 years after revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini imposed a death sentence on the British novelist.


Applicazione coefficienti terra' conto flessibilita' mercato


A âsuper Earthâ planet has been discovered in a star system 50 light years away. It is the smallest world to be found outside our Solar System, and probably the first rocky planet found so far, astronomers revealed on Wednesday.


Abducted British child's parents hope to meet Pope

The parents of a four-year-old British  girl snatched from a Portuguese holiday resort three weeks ago  hope to meet Pope Benedict later this week, a spokesman for the  family said on Sunday.


China's Huawei Unveils Three New Music Phones

The new handsets include a folding model U550, which uses fast wireless data transferring technology HSDPA.


Jewish settlers call for mass civil disobedience

Jewish settler leaders were expected to meet on Monday to decide on whether to call on the public to disobey Sharonâs disengagement plan.


Bush Says He's Proud of His National Guard Service

President Bush, accused by Democrats of joining the National Guard to avoid going to Vietnam and then shirking his duty, told a Guard convention on Tuesday he is proud of his service but did not address lingering questions about his record.


Sony Ericsson wants to develop music service further

World number four mobile phone maker  Sony Ericsson plans further to develop its PlayNow service,  currently used for downloading ring tones, a spokesman for the  Japanese-Swedish group said on Wednesday.


Dwyane Wade saw Dorell Wright throw the ball in the air as time expired, then pumped a fist and pointed up.


BBC teams up with Microsoft for digital future

The British Broadcasting Corporation   is teaming up with Microsoft Corp.  to help  develop the next generation of Internet services for the  world's biggest public broadcaster.


UPDATE 1-Henin-Hardenne to miss rest of the year

Belgium's Justine Henin-Hardenne will not play tennis for the rest of the year in a bid to recover from exhaustion. The former world number one has not competed since losing in


Climatic change put an end to bison existence

An international research team claims that it was major climate change, not hunting that led to major bison extinction. Moving in huge herds, more than 20 million bison roamed the American West before white men arrived.


Treasury Auctions Scheduled for This Week

The Treasuryâs schedule of financing this week included todayâs regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow.


By Ronnie Gill, Newsday, Melville, N.Y.  Feb. 7--Entering the sixth season of "American Idol," it feels as if we've seen it all -- both off- and online.


Serena Williams, the sometime tennis player, has shown a talent for fashion design and acting. Now, if it is possible, she has an even higher calling.


European equities opened higher on Thursday as banking and insurance stocks benefited from some solid results, while rallying oil prices lifted the energy sector.


A director of business software maker Peoplesoft says the firm may be ready to negotiate with its would-be buyer, Oracle.


Iraqi rebels slip away to fight another day

By Aqeel Hussein in al-Nouaimia and Toby Harnden in Fallujah. Families fleeing the besieged city of Fallujah say that rebel fighters have slipped through the American and Iraqi military cordon and have been


Robby Gordon has been placed on probation by Richard Childress Racing for the remainder of the 2004 NASCAR Nextel Cup season after admitting he intentionally caused an accident last Sunday at New Hampshire that involved championship contenders Tony Stewart and Jeremy Mayfield.


La vedova di Rajiv nei guai per tangenti. Manette in Argentina al faccendiereche avrebbe dirottato 13 milioni di dollari alla famiglia. L'opposizione attacca                                            L'India contro Sonia Gandhi: "Ladra" "Italian connection" a Nuova Delhi                                                                                Negli anni '80 Quattrocchi sarebbe stato il mediatore per una Tangentopoli da 13 milioni di dollariUn giallo politico finanziario che dura da 20 anni. Nuova Delhi chiede l'estradizione dell'imprenditoredi RAIMONDO BULTRINI


Knesset Resumes Gaza Pullout Debate Ahead Of Vote

Debate has resumed in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, ahead of a vote this evening on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw Jewish settlers and troops from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.


The Orlando Magic placed centers Andrew DeClercq and Mario Kasun and forward Brandon Hunter on the injured list Monday. The move was expected for DeClercq, who had right knee surgery in July and didn't play in the preseason.


Dealbook: The Biggest Buyout Ever Could Have Been Bigger

Is Samuel Zell the hero in the epic battle for Equity Office Properties?


County Reports 14 Human Cases of West Nile

By Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Sep. 6--Fourteen human cases of West Nile virus in Weld County were confirmed as of Tuesday, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. That is one more confirmed case in the county since Sept. 1.


Maliki, Petraeus Visit Insurgent Hotbed in Iraq

RAMADI, Iraq, March 13 -- For months in this battered city, Sunni Muslim militants took over mosques and used their loudspeakers to broadcast propaganda. So a few weeks ago, U.S. soldiers went to the local market, bought speakers and placed them on a tall, white tower inside their base.


AFRICA/SUDAFRICA - ÂP. Creagh Ã¨ grave ma non Ã¨ in pericolo di vitaÂ dice il responsabile della Provincia irlandese dalla quale dipende il missionario ferito in Sudafrica Pretoria (Agenzia Fides)- ÂPadre Kieran ha subito un intervento chirurgico per estrarre la pallottola che lo ha colpito. Le sue condizioni sono serie ma non corre pericolo di vitaÂ dice allÂAgenzia Fides p. Martin Koffy, Superiore della Provincia irl...


ATHENS, Greece -- Wouldn't that have been great? Paul Hamm, the man with the tarnished gold medal in the gymnastics all-around event earlier this week, coming out Sunday night and saying, "The right and honorable


OPEC to meet, may steer away from oil output cut

OPEC meets on Thursday to set oil output policy through winter, under pressure from importing nations to steer away from a further cut that risks pushing up prices and damaging economic growth.


TORINO, 30 settembre 2004 - Il 'futuro prossimo' di Alessandro Del Piero Ã¨ nero: nessuna trasferta per Udine, nessun minuto in campo con la Nazionale. Ma due settimane di riposo obbligato. Alessandro Del


iTV Urged to Think of Profession: Scramble to Evade Steep Fine Looks Bad

By Mongkol Bangprapa, Bangkok Post, Thailand  Dec. 9--Media activists yesterday warned iTV Pcl that it should not move  so quickly to protect the commercial interests of the station that it puts the  dignity of the media profession at stake.


VATICANO - Cinque nuovi Santi per la Chiesa, esempi luminosi nella formazione dei giovani, nella predicazione, nel ministero della Confessione, nella dedizione al prossimo e nellÂEcumenismo CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Questa mattina, 23 febbraio, nella Sala del Concistoro del Palazzo Apostolico Vaticano, durante la celebrazione dellÂOra Sesta, il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI ha tenuto il Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico per la Canoni...


Clinton and Obama vie for Hollywood cash

WASHINGTON  - Sen. Hillary Clinton might be leading the race for Democratic campaign cash, but she is far from Hollywood's darling, with the former first lady and rival Sen. Barack Obama neck and neck for entertainment industry cash.


OGGI SU INTERNET/KENYA - La speranza che sboccia sulle macerie Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - A Kahawa Sukari - periferia a ovest della capitale keniota dove sorge la parrocchia di Saint Joseph affidata alla FraternitÃ  san Carlo - sono centocinquanta le famiglie che si sono accampate lungo il fiume e che aspettano un...


Palestinian PM in Tehran nods to Iranian support

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told Iranians on Friday that Palestinians would never bow to pressure to recognize Israel and would keep fighting thanks in part to support from Iran.


Satellite Shooting Is Next as Shuttle Heads Home

The shuttle Atlantis has cleared the way for a Defense Department effort to shoot down a failed spy satellite.


Undisputed super-middle weight champion Joe Calzaghe has admitted he may retire after his next fight.


Cesana Pariol, 17:19 - SLITTINO, EUROPEI: AZZURRI ORO E BRONZO IN DOPPIO

Oro azzurro agli Europei di slittino di Cesana Pariol. Christian Oberstolz e Patrick Gruber hanno tr...


Miami woes continue with loss to Philadelphia

The Philadelphia 76ers extended their home-court domination of the Miami Heat with a 96-85 victory on Wednesday.


The Pentagon is investigating new allegations by a civil liberties group that military interrogators at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay posed as FBI agents while using abusive techniques to question detainees.


People with a Yahoo user name and password will be able to use that ID information to access non-Yahoo Web sites that support the OpenID 2.0 digital identity framework.


Nigeria's ex-military ruler Gen Babangida, a leading candidate in next year's polls, says he is proud of his time in office.


SAP posts higher growth, gains market share

Germany's SAP ( SAP : news , chart , profile ) ( DE:716460 : news , chart , profile ) on Thursday posted a 13 percent rise in software revenue for its third quarter and chief executive Henning Kagermann ...


The living room of Sam Ard's brown doublewide trailer speaks to his short but successful NASCAR career.


EU Commission President withdraws proposed team

1110CET Updated 1120CET -- The incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso proposed a delay to allow time to change his proposed team of Commissioners.


Napoli, 19:22 - CALCIO, NAPOLI: CONVOCATI PER IL RITIRO

Questi i convocati del Napoli per il ritiro in programma da domani a Feldkirchen, in Austria.


Some 2 million Iraqis have fled to neighboring countries in the past three years and up to 3,000 more go abroad every day, according to the U.N. refugee agency. But Umm Ali and her husband, Hussein Jawad, are among nearly 85,000 Iraqi Arabs who have sought refuge in the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq.


NEW YORK  - Former world heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield is appealing a medical suspension imposed upon him by the New York State Athletic Commission following his loss to fellow American Larry Donald.


Kenya's Wangari Maathai wins this year Nobel Peace Prize, the first African woman to do so.


Sri Lanka: Japanese aid needed now that peace finally has a chance

Sri Lanka's foreign minister on Wednesday urged Japan to unlock the safe to its $1 billion (110 billion yen) in promised aid, saying the ``drive is on'' to restart long-stalled peace talks with separatist Tamil forces.


Propelled by sharply higher energy and food costs, wholesale prices soared up by 1.7 percent in October, the largest increase since early 1990.


Virginia Topples Duke to Advance  To Women's Final

Virginia rallies from the largest deficit in NCAA Division I women's lacrosse championship history to beat Duke, 14-13, Friday night in Philadelphia.


Participants more resolved in fight against HIV/AIDS at ICPD ...

LONDONâ AS the curtain on the Global Roundtable of the tenth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) ends in London, governments


Russia Crushes Thailand 3-0 to Stay in World Group

Marat Safin and Mikhail Youzhny trounced  twins Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 in the  doubles to give Russia an insurmountable 3-0 lead over Thailand  in their Davis Cup World Group playoff tie on Saturday.


Man Utd's Ruud van Nistelrooy pleads guilty to an FA charge of serious foul play.


Andy Murray says he has never been in better shape for a Grand Slam after beating Ivan Ljubicic 6-7 6-4 6-2 at the Kooyong Classic.


Lawmakers drop massive Boeing tanker agreement

WASHINGTON - Congressional negotiators decided to pull the plug on a Boeing Co. tanker deal as part of an agreement on a massive defense bill.


Chechen vote puts spotlight on Kremlin problem

As voters went to the polls Sunday in Chechnya, there was little doubt about who would be anointed president of the embattled Russian


US and Europe draw closer on setting a deadline for Iran nuclear ...

The United States and Europe appeared close to agreement ahead of a meeting Monday of the UN nuclear watchdog over setting a deadline for Iran to allay suspicions it is secretly making atomic weapons, but Tehran insisted on its right to develop peaceful


IBM's tiny printing tech is a work of art.


Agency Won't Back Ban On ATV Sales to Minors

The staff of the Consumer Product Safety Commission is recommending that the government not ban the sale of new, adult-sized all-terrain vehicles for use by children under 16.


Police won't question Olsen about Ledger

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says Mary-Kate Olsen will not be questioned by detectives about Heath Ledger's death.


Kidnappings raise fears near U.S. border

For residents of this border city, it was a terrifying yet familiar tale: Three more Texans vanished in the dangerous Mexican countryside across the Rio Grande, abducted amid reports of escalating violence between warring drug cartels.


John Edwards pulls out of Democratic contest, clearing the way for battle between Clinton and Obama


Hideki Matsui returned to the New York Yankees' lineup on Tuesday night and Gary Sheffield could follow later this week, giving manager Joe Torre a crowded outfield heading into the final two weeks of the season.


An annual report released Tuesday put Minnesota at the top of its health rankings for the fourth straight year, while concluding that the nation's health improved slightly.


Talks on conflict in Sudan's Darfur to restart in Nigeria

After a month of suspension, the Sudanese government and Darfur rebel groups are due to formally restart negotiations on Monday in Nigeria in the hope of ending a 20-month-old


43 Chinese missing in Phuket after tsunami

Forty-three Chinese tourists remained missing in tsunami-hit Thailand' Phuket, an official of the Chinese Embassy to Thailand said on Wednesday.


Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat Dies at 75

Yasser Arafat, the leader for decades of a fight for Palestinian independence from Israel, has died at a military hospital in Paris, according to news reports.


Broadway Costume Sale Draws Halloween Hordes

New Yorkers lined up around the block on Tuesday to get their hands on cowboy hats, velvet capes, Roman armor and pirate outfits that were among thousands of Broadway costumes in a pre-Halloween clearance sale.


Retired Gen. Tommy Franks launched a four-state campaign swing for President Bush by criticizing Sen. John Kerry's anti-Vietnam War activities and voting record on the military.


NEW YORK -- Andy Pettitte thinks the New York Yankees would do just fine without Johan Santana or Dan Haren.


Shell's former finance chief gets a $1m severance payoff, six months after stepping down in the wake of the firm's reserves crisis.


Anaheim, 09:01 - HOCKEY, NHL; STANLEY CUP: ANAHEIM BATTE OTTAWA IN GARA 1

Gli Anaheim Ducks hanno battuto gli Ottawa Senators 3-2 in gara-1 della finale della National Hockey...


Presidente difende pacchetto da 150 miliardi di dollari


MIT Engineer Builds Robot That Walks on Water

It could be called a mechanical miracle - a robot that walks on water. With inspiration from nature and some help from research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a research team led by Carnegie Mellon engineering assistant professor Metin Sitti has built a tiny robot that can walk on water, much like insects known as water skimmers, water skaters, pond skaters or Jesus bugs...


Maoists open to talks to end Nepal bloodshed

Kathmandu: Nepal's Maoist rebel leader offered hope on Monday of breaking a deadlock on talks to settle the kingdom's bloody insurgency that has killed more than 10,000 people since 1996.


Stock futures gain ahead of Goldman's results

Stock index futures rose sharply in European trade on Tuesday, rebounding from early losses, ahead of earnings from Goldman Sachs  which might offer clues on the outlook for the credit-hit banking sector.


Kerry aides urge him to stay in the limelight: report

Top advisors to losing US presidential candidate Senator John Kerry are urging him to take a high-profile role in the Democratic party as it regroups following dramatic losses on election day, a report said.


US filmmaker Steven Spielberg withdraws as an artistic adviser to the Olympics over China's role in Darfur.


Personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary hosts a discussion with Jeanne Fleming and Leonard Schwarz, the authors of "Isn't It Their Turn to Pick Up the Check?"


Somali insurgents threaten suicide attacks

Extremists in Somalia threatened to carry out suicide attacks against African Union peacekeepers who are to begin deploying in the coming days, as gunmen fatally shot two local government officials in the capital.


Germany's Lufthansa to boost flights to Asia

German flag carrier Lufthansa plans to boost by 50 percent its flights to China by 2007, company chairman Wolfgang Mayrhuber said.


Brown sees Britain's flood chaos first hand

Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited the scene of the worst flooding in Britain in 60 years Monday as thousands of people remained cut off and many without access to clean water.


Irish rescue crews save over 100 children from sea

Irish coast guards and the navy rescued over 100 children on Thursday after a sudden squall swept them out to sea during a regatta close to Dublin.


SanDisk USB Flash Drives Come with Built-in Security

New Cruzer Professional series flash drives include password protection and 256-bit AES encryption.


ENGINEERS were today tackling a massive computer failure which has caused chaos at the Department for Work and Pensions. Up to 80 per cent of the ministryâs systems for processing millions of pension and benefit payments collapsed on Monday.


Miami Dolphins Coach Dave Wannstedt Resigns After 1-8 Start

Miami Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt, whose team has the worst record in the National Football League, resigned after 4 1/2 seasons and was replaced by defensive coordinator Jim Bates.


Gonzales' reason for firings called 'sorry excuse'

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday "mistakes were made" regarding the firing of eight U.S. attorneys and he accepts responsibility for the ordeal.


U.N. rights envoy suspects CIA of Guantanamo torture

A United Nations investigator said on Thursday he strongly suspected the CIA of using torture on terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, suggesting many were not being prosecuted to keep the abuse from emerging at trial.


LOS ANGELES  Â It's never been a secret that when people die after long and distinguished careers, those detailed stories about their passing that major news organizations seem to produce almost instantaneously in fact were written well in advance.


Rescuers Search for Survivors of Egypt Bombing

TABA, Egypt  - Rescue workers sifted through the  wreckage of an Egyptian Red Sea hotel on Saturday, hoping to  find survivors after a series of bomb blasts targeting Israeli  tourists in the Sinai Peninsula killed at least 33 people.


A passenger plane slammed into a wheat field and burst into flames minutes after takeoff Monday from a city in eastern Pakistan. All 45 people on board were killed, officials said.


Demands for photographic proof of decommissioning were "never possible", the IRA says.


No deroghe per De Gennaro.Parisi, esercito fa la sua parte


(HealthDay News) -- An epidural analgesia, commonly called an epidural, is a method of pain relief often used during childbirth.


The 150th anniversary of the Charge of the Light Brigade is being marked in the Crimea.


Kraft Foods Will Sell Altoids And Life Savers to Wrigley

Kraft Foods said yesterday that it had agreed to sell its Life Savers and Altoids brands to the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company for $1.5 billion as part of a reorganization plan.


Report: Former YouTube CFO jumps to Facebook

Blog: Facebook's rumored sale or public offering has likely made the company a highly attractive workplace.


Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have agreed to pay $40 million each to settle federal charges that they awarded coveted initial public offering shares in a manner that may have artificially pumped up stock prices during the late 1990s.


Talks Continue After China Hostage Deadline Passes

Islamic militants holding two Chinese  engineers hostage in Pakistan threatened to kill one on Monday  unless security forces ended a siege of their hideout.


Dieci recite in tutto per il balletto di Balanchine


'RACE AGAINST TIME': UN sees world unprepared for nuclear attack

The world is in a "race against time" to prevent nuclear weapons getting into the hands of terrorists, the chief of the UN's nuclear watchdog said Monday as he welcomed a preliminary agreement on Iran's nuclear program.


Buoyant demand for the Blackberry wireless e-mail device boosts profits at its Canadian manufacturer.


U.S., India say substantial progress in atomic talks

U.S. and Indian officials said on  Friday they made "substantial progress" in negotiations on a  landmark nuclear cooperation agreement, but gave few details on  what they achieved in talks extended two days longer than  planned.


With One Big Push, Kansas Leaves Boston College Behind

No. 3 Kansas put everything together for a little more than 12 minutes Saturday, and that was plenty to pull away from Boston College.


Subentra a Di Piazza che guidera' Corsera Magazine


The US military says warplanes bombed a suspected rebel safehouse in the city of Fallujah Thursday, killing two people. A statement says the target was a "meeting site" used by allies of wanted terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.


Chairwoman Leaves Hewlett in Spying Furor

Patricia C. Dunn resigned and will be replaced by the companyÂs chief executive. Also, two key members of H.P.Âs investigation task force are said to be out.


Former Computer Associates International Inc. (CA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) Chief Executive Sanjay Kumar pleaded not guilty on Thursday to charges of securities fraud and obstruction


Scientists Find Gene Clue in Hunt for AIDS Vaccine

Scientists said Wednesday they have  identified key genes involved in the body's response to HIV,  which causes AIDS -- a finding that could narrow the search for  an effective vaccine against the deadly illness.


Revolutionary or unreadable? The long, strange afterlife of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest


U.S. Opens Case Against Tobacco Companies

U.S. opens $280 billion fraud trial against tobacco industry, alleging the biggest companies worked together for decades to mislead the public about the dangers of smoking.


Hewlett-Packard Co. said its quarterly profit rose 26%, helped by strong performances in its printer and personal computing businesses.


Opera Software reshuffles after struggle

Key shareholders in Opera Software ASA have reshuffled the board of directors after a reported power struggle between board members and the company's chief executive and founder, Jon S. von Tetzchner.


Jessica Cutler, the former Senate aide whose online sex diary landed her a book deal and a Playboy photo spread but got her kicked off Capitol Hill, has filed for bankruptcy.


Four ex-Gurkhas working for a London-based security firm have been killed in an attack in Baghdad. The Foreign Office confirmed the Nepalese men were all former members of the famous Gurkhas but could give no further details of the attack.


New Challenge For Republicans: Voters Focus On Weak Economy      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - First, Hillary Clinton unveiled a $70 billion plan to stimulate the economy. Barack Obama followed with a $75 billion proposal. Neither can match the $100 billion in emergency government aid that John Edwards wants to dispense.


The pop tart told the world she got married late Saturday night but legally, she is still a swinging single. "Her marriage is not technically legal.


WORLD champion Michael Schumacher and the chasing pack face one of their most onerous days on the Formula One calendar when they face an early morning qualifying session ahead of today's Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka.


German welfare cuts could hurt Schroeder

As a group of teenagers chanted protest songs outside the Leipzig hall where Schroeder spoke testily over the din, one of his supporters, Otto Reinhard, summed up the situation for the German leader and his ...


Pakistani mosque chief caught as troops lay siege

The head of a radical Pakistani mosque at the centre of a bloody stand-off with security forces was arrested on Wednesday while trying to escape clad in a woman's burqa, officials said.


Breast Cancer Survivors Gather To Help Find Cure

One out of every seven women will become a victim of breast cancer, but more than half of those who get the disease, beat it. On Friday, as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a number of East Tennessee women are celebrating their survival.


A Kabul l'incontro con i cronisti e fotografi afganiper raccontare il lavoro e la passione di Daniele                                            "Mastrogiacomo Ã¨ uno di noi" l'appello dei reporter italiani                                                                                DAL NOSTRO INVIATO ATTILIO BOLZONI


Three-times winner Tiger Woods bids for a third successive title at this week's WGC-American Express Championship in Kilkenny, Ireland.


Former British Open champion Tom Lehman will be the next US Ryder Cup captain, it was reported Tuesday. The Palm Beach Post said Lehman will lead the team at the 2006 matches in Kildare, Ireland.


Le indiscrezioni sul discorso che il presidente Usaha rivolto in nottata al Paese: "La guerra non Ã¨ finita"                                                  L'appello di Bush all'America "UnitÃ  per sconfiggere i nemici"


CBS Says It Can't Vouch for Bush Documents

NEW YORK Sept. 20, 2004 - CBS admitted Monday that it cannot vouch for the authenticity of documents used to support a "60 Minutes" story that questioned President Bush's Vietnam War-era National Guard service


U.S. stocks rallied on Monday, driving the Nasdaq more than 1 percent higher, as corporate takeover announcements, lower crude oil prices and a rebound in the dollar boosted optimism about the economic outlook.


Ex premier a sorpresa si presenta a serata milanese


Militants extend deadline to kill one hostage by four hours

Islamabad, Oct 11. (PTI):The suspected pro-Taliban abductors of two Chinese engineers in Pakistan's tribal south Waziristan agency bordering Afghanistan today extended the deadline by four hours to kill one of the hostages.


Kelvim Escobar pitched seven strong innings and Garret Anderson hit a three-run homer, leading the Anaheim Angels to a 5-1 win over the Seattle Mariners on Monday night.


The new product, dubbed Google SMS, will see mobile phone users send simple queries to the US-only SMS shortcode 46645, which spells "GOOGL" on most phones.


BIRMINGHAM, Ala.  - The trial of former  HealthSouth Corp. HLSH.PK Chief Executive Richard Scrushy  starts on Tuesday, with the flamboyant Birmingham mogul accused  of orchestrating a $2.64 billion accounting scandal at the  healthcare company he founded.


Doggedly Persistent, Untying Medicare Knots for the Elderly

Frederic Riccardi is an attack dog disguised as a health insurance counselor.


Hoping Trial Provides Answers in Fire at Seton Hall

A mother is hoping to get some answers soon about how and why her son and two other students died in a fire in the freshman dormitory at Seton Hall University in 2000.


IL COMMENTO                                          Il "Vaffa DaY" di Viva Radio2                                                                                di EDMONDO BERSELLI


Innocence lost There's trouble in paradise after a third-party supplier lost a laptop containing the personal details of hundreds of workers at Cornwall's Eden Project. The theft of the PC from the car of a worker for Moorepay, the firm that handles the project's payroll, has sparked ID theft fears.â¦


IT Jobs Watch: Results for PHP Developers in London

As mentioned on the PHPKitchen website today, there's some results for the current job stats for PHP developers in London:   Andrew sent over this interesting analysis of salary trends for PHP devs in London, was surprised such detailed info was available.  The only prob is the salary data is quite understated in my experience, advanced devs can easily find gigs for £50-70k, but it's certainly true that agencies and often employers do very poor jobs differentiating between mediocre and ninja candidates.   Other details included in the report are things like average max and min salaries, the number of ads matching for PHP developers and a comparison of these to England's results overall.


Usa, un microchip sottocutaneo per identificare i terroristi

Dalla fantascienza alle misure di sicurezza antiterrorismo. Lo scanner ottico in grado di identificare i delinquenti del film di Steven Spielberg "Minority Report" potrebbe ben presto essere realizzato e utilizzato


Pfizer to slash Japan costs without job cuts

Pfizer Inc  said on Monday it  expects to trim its expenses in Japan without shedding jobs by  12 percent this year, two years ahead of the U.S. company's  global target.


Drivers in NI are still ignoring speed limits and warnings about drinking and driving, police say.


Animation industry hopes for more grown-up 'toons

From cartoon Avatars in the online  world "Second Life" to the characters in video games, U.S.  adults are embracing animation, say filmmakers, who see the  form growing up and away from Hollywood's family-friendly  cartoon staples.


Mexico and Africa to become malware hotspots

It's the socio-economy, stupid Central America, India, China and Africa are likely to become the hotspots of malware production and cybercrime over the next five years, according to an analysis by net security firm F-secure.â¦


Il primo atto sarÃ  la bonifica delle bombe inesplose. I comitati: siamo pronti a opporciI "resistenti" rifiutano le candidature in Provincia offerte dai partiti                                            Vicenza, via ai lavori della nuova base Si mobilita il movimento 'no dal Molin'


A spectator with an especially intimate view of human evolution is beginning to tell its story and has so far divulged two quite unexpected findings.


MOSCOW: Net profits at Russian state oil firm Rosneft almost doubled in the first half of â04 to $340m as it boosted oil production amid record market prices, the company said in a statement on Monday.


Pentagon's Planned Missile Defense System Suffers Setback

Description: An interceptor missile in the Pentagon's missile defense program fails to deploy in a test Wednesday. NPR's Michele Norris talks with a major critic of the current missile defense program, Philip Coyle.


UN climate talks in Bali appear to be heading for a compromise deal on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.


A&E Wins Bidding War for 'Sopranos' Rights

A&E won a bidding war Monday for the rights to broadcast edited versions of "The Sopranos," with the $2.5 million per episode price tag believed to be the biggest ever for a series offered in syndication.


King Wangchuk of the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan abdicates earlier than planned to make way for his son.


Iranian Students Vent Frustration at Khatami

Students, once the backbone of Iran's  reformist movement, heckled and harangued President Mohammad  Khatami Monday, accusing him of lacking the courage to deliver  promised democratic reforms in the Islamic state.


DECOURCY: Rededicated Huggins back at Cincy

CINCINNATI - His workday began Friday at 12:01 am ET. Bob Huggins made a couple of recruiting calls, one to a point guard who interests the Cincinnati Bearcats, another to a power forward.


Federer, Roddick and Safin advance in Bangkok

Top-ranked Roger Federer trounced Swiss compatriot Ivo Heuberger, 6-1, 6-3 Thursday and cruised into to the Thailand Open quarterfinals.


Hungary's ruling socialists get poll boost

Hungary's ruling socialists have seen their popularity rise since Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany came to power, an opinion poll suggested Monday.


DALLAS (CBS.MW) -- The Dutch government agreed Monday to buy the pipeline unit of the Dutch gas company Gasunie for $3.55 billion from Exxon Mobil and the Royal Dutch/Shell Group.


A novel by Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic, the top U.N. war crimes fugitive, was a best seller at Belgrade's international book fair, a publisher and former associate said Tuesday.


U.S. trade rep launches anticounterfeiting campaign

The Office of U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) will seek to negotiate a voluntary anticounterfeiting trade agreement with several major trading partners, the office said Tuesday.The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) will focus countries on anticounterfeiting efforts, including international cooperation, best practices for fighting piracy, and developing strong legal frameworks for fighting piracy, USTR said in a news release."Global counterfeiting and piracy steal billions of dollars from workers, artists, and entrepreneurs each year and jeopardize the health and safety of citizens across the world," Trade Representative Susan Schwab said in a statement.The action earned the USTR praise from several companies and groups, including the Motion Picture Association of America and Microsoft.Developing international protections against counterfeiting and piracy is "key to protecting innovation and ensuring that the global economy continues to grow unfettered by [intellectual property] theft," Jack Krumholtz, Microsoft's managing director of federal government affairs, said in a statement.Sen. Max Baucus, a Montana Democrat and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, also applauded the USTR announcement."Intellectual property thieves aren't just stealing American ideas, they're stealing dollars from U.S. businesses and stealing jobs out from under U.S. workers," Baucus said in a statement. "And the problem of intellectual property theft is rampant worldwide."The trade agreement would complement the work of President George Bush's administration to encourage other countries through the World Trade Organization to enforce intellectual-property rights, the USTR said. But the ACTA would set a higher benchmark for intellectual-property enforcement that countries can join voluntarily, USTR said.


Battle Rages in Falluja, Zarqawi Arrest Denied

US forces battled rebels in Falluja on Sunday after air raids aimed at foreign militants led by America's top enemy in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.


The computer snafu that sent the Dow Jones industrial average plummeting 178 points in one minute on Feb. 27 was only the latest reminder of how dependent the U.S. public has become on computers -- and not just the laptops and handhelds many people carry between home and work.


Malaysia downplays chances of Muslim troop deployment in Iraq

The proposed deployment of Muslim peacekeeping troops in Iraq under the United Nations' banner might not be possible because there was no sign that the United States was ready to relinquish control, Malaysia said.


A former anti-terrorist police officer is cleared of the theft of items including toilet rolls and mops.


There's a reason you knew of Celebrex, even before the recent news about its related health warnings: those commercials, with the chorus of "Celebrate, celebrate!


Bloomberg Occupies the Middle Ã¢ÂÂ With Tilt to the Left

With billions of dollars to his name and inherent appeal across party lines, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has long been regarded as a potential 2008 presidential candidate who could pack a serious wallop.


NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Monday that even if the sale of the Nashville Predators goes through, the franchise "is not going anywhere."


Box: Air Pollution Designations Challenged

WHEEZE: Mayors and economic development officials say a growing number of businesses are not inclined to expand or open new plants in areas cited by the Environmental Protection Agency as "non-attainment zones," with too much smog-causing ozone or microscopic soot.


How the Fool makes it easy to find Lynch-like guidance.


Maryland defensive ends Shawne Merriman's goal is to be considered the best nationally by season's end.


The Asian tsunami disaster has been a uniquely continental catastrophe, striking hard from Thailand to the Maldives, and has stirred debate about how Asia should react as a region.


Counting the dead from this week's tsunamis in South Asia is a logistical nightmare, as relief officials contend with casualties spread across 11 countries, including many remote islands and villages whose exact populations were never officially tallied. Thousands of bodies are probably lost at sea, making them impossible to count, and relief groups say the government of at least one ...


Rangers Reliever Francisco Suspended for Season

NEW YORK (Sports Network) - Texas Rangers relief pitcher Frank Francisco was suspended for the rest of the 2004 season Friday by Major League Baseball after tossing a chair into the stands and hitting two fans in the head earlier this week.


Justice Dept Approves Cingular-AT&T Deal

U.S. antitrust authorities on Monday  approved Cingular Wireless' plan to acquire rival AT&T Wireless  Services Inc. for $41 billion in cash, creating the nation's  biggest wireless carrier.


The wife and father-in-law of Tommy Sheridan are expected to be charged with perjury, sources say.


Springsteen's wife gets drunk to record song

Bruce Springsteen's wife Patti Scialfa got drunk to record a track on her   new album "Play It As It Lays" so she could conjure up the character she'd created in the song.


Milano, 14:14 - CALCIO, AGENTE DI SUAZO: NIENTE LITE TRA MILAN E INTER

Giovanni Branchini, procuratore di Suazo, l'attaccante honduregno per il quale il Milan ha raggiunto...


The Supreme Court dealt a probable fatal blow Tuesday to Enron Corp. investors' efforts to recover $40 billion from Wall Street banks in the 2001 collapse of the Texas energy company.