Lawmakers introduce breach notification bills

(InfoWorld) - Members of the U.S. Congress introduced a flurry of new technology-related bills this week, including two bills that would require companies with data breaches to notify affected customers. Senators Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, and Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, introduced the Personal Data Privacy and Security Act. In addition to requiring data breach notification, the bill would also require data brokers to disclose what information they hold on individuals. The bill would allow individuals to correct information held by data brokers, and it would require companies that have databases with personal information on more than 10,000 U.S. residents to implement data privacy and security programs. Representatives Bobby Rush, a Illinois Democrat, and Cliff Stearns, a Florida Republican, introduced the Data Accountability and Trust Act this week. Their bill, with 24 co-sponsors, authorizes the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to draw up data privacy requirements for businesses, including requirements that they have vulnerability assessments and policies for disposing of obsolete data. After a company reports a data breach, the FTC would conduct an audit of its security practices, and, like the Leahy-Sanders bill, the bill would require data brokers to disclose the information they hold on individuals and allow individuals to correct wrong information. Organizations have lost 100 million personal records belonging to U.S. residents in data breaches since 2005, Leahy said in a speech on the Senate floor. Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, singled outÂ data breaches at the U.S. Department of Veterans AffairsÂ last May andÂ retailer The TJX Companies,Â announced in January, in his speech. "These data security breaches are compelling examples of why we need strong federal data privacy and security laws to protect Americansâ personal data and to address the ills of lax data security," he said. "In the information age, any company that wants to be trusted by the public must earn that trust by vigilantly protecting the databases they use and maintain." Members of Congress introduced about a dozen bills requiring data breach notification after a series of breaches in early 2005, but legislation stalled largely over committee jurisdictional wrangling. About 30 states have passed breach notification laws, most of them since 2005. The Cyber Security Industry Alliance, a trade group of IT security vendors, in January called on Congress to pass a comprehensive data protection bill, including breach notification. But some groups, including conservative think tank the Progress and Freedom Foundation, have questioned the need for a breach notification law, saying the cost to businesses may far outweigh the benefits to consumers. Other tech-related bills introduced this week: -- Two bills allowing the FTC toÂ investigate the practice of pretexting, when an investigator assumes a false identity to gain access to a person's telephone records. President George Bush signed a bill creating penalties for pretexting in January, but the two new bills would give the FTC the authority to investigate and prosecute pretexters. Many lawmakers became interested in the issue afterÂ Hewlett-Packard disclosedÂ in September that investigators it had hired used pretexting in an attempt to gain access to board members' and reporters' phone records. -- A bill targeted at spyware by establishing criminal penalties for a number of actions. The bill would prohibit keystroke logging, taking control of a computer without the user's consent, diverting Web browsers, using computers to create botnets and modifying a computer users' browser and security settings without permission. Two spyware bills passed the House of Representatives by overwhelming majorities in March 2005, but the Senate didn't act on them. Â


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Justices Weigh Injection Issue for Death Row

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Bonds' marketing muscle imperiled by steroid scandal

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As Maytag Corp.  cuts costs to boost profits, analysts also say the appliance maker needs to develop innovative products that stand out to capitalize on a consumer shift to washers and refrigerators with extra features.


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U.S. charges Boeing engineer in China spy case

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Meet the world's cheapest new car -- the Tata Nano.


An ocean drilling project finds methane ices at much shallower depths than expected.


The sectarian split appears to be weighing on an unlikely figure today.


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Shares in Jardine Lloyd Thomas, the UK's largest insurance broker, have plunged 20 per cent after the company issued a profit warning for the year and chief executive Steve McGill quit.


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Google Earth announces formal nonprofit initiative

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Motorola to Invest $90 Million in China R&D Center

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Equatorial Guinea's state prosecutor calls for the death penalty for a South African accused of plotting a coup.


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China Threatening U.S. Space Superiority?

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Apple Computer's stock price hit its highest level in four years, passing the $50 mark. The company recently announced that it shipped more than two million of its wildly popular iPod music


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NHA TRANG, Vietnam  - It was the destruction of coral reef and over-fishing that moved artist Nguyen Lieu to paint brightly coloured canvasses warning Vietnamese that their coastal environment is in peril.


Karzai on the Bombing: "The Enemy Is Not Eliminated"

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Vikram Solanki will celebrate his recall to the England side by opening the innings in the first NatWest Challenge match against India, with Michael Vaughan dropping down to bat at three.


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By Eve Samples, The Palm Beach Post, Fla.  Feb. 19--In 1989, when Clifford Burg retired from the South Florida  home-building empire he and Otto "Buz" DiVosta had founded, he was 47 and  looking to get his hands dirty again.


Britney Wedding a Fake? Legal document lays out plan for "faux" ...

Britney Spears and Kevin Federline are likely not married yet, according to the new issue of Us Weekly. The magazine obtained a four-page legal document signed by the couple stating that they "intend to participate


Witness: HealthSouth Execs Discussed Removing Scrushy

Top HealthSouth Corp. executives considered removing Richard Scrushy as chairman but decided against it in the final months of what prosecutors say was a huge fraud conspiracy at the rehabilitation giant, according to testimony Tuesday at Scrushy's trial.


Da decidere ammissibilita' conflitto tra governo e Procura


September durable goods orders down 1.7 percent

New orders for long-lasting  U.S.-made manufactured goods fell unexpectedly in September,  dropping 1.7 percent on a sharp decline in demand for  transportation equipment, a Commerce Department report showed  on Thursday.


CHRISTMAS Day marked the happiest time in Sharon Howardâs life. She was on a three-week holiday with the people who mattered most; her sons Taylor, 6, and Mason, 8, and the man she loved, David Page.


What Would Henry Luce Do? Looking Forward at Time Warner

Though Jeffrey L. Bewkes will take over as Time Warnerâs chief executive at the beginning of January, it remains unclear how the company will look after he takes control.


Sprint provides VoIP to eighth-largest cable company

Sprint Corp. said Wednesday that it will provide Internet telephone service to cable operator Mediacom Communications Corp.'s customer base of 2.7 million homes in 23 states.


UK group preps public digital music 'ATMs'

Updated Two pints of lager and the latest White Stripes single, please


Historical fiction is a difficult genre to get right. Neglect research and facts at your peril, because someone is sure to accuse you of dilettantism.


Canucks star Todd Bertuzzi received a conditional discharge yesterday after pleading guilty to assault causing bodily harm for attacking Steve Moore in an NHL game.


I dati del Viminale raccolti sul lungo periodo: dal 1991 al 2006Cambia l'identikit: non piÃ¹ emarginati, ma integrati e istruiti                                            Aumenta l'uso delle droghe leggere  Ma tra i giovani Ã¨ allarme cocaina                                                                                di TULLIA FABIANI


Microsoft gives us an update on Windows Home Server


A man jumped to his death yesterday from the 86th-floor observation deck at the Empire State Building, the police said. No identification was found on his body, they said.


CNET has acquired VersionTracker, MacFixIt, and iPhone Atlas.


A suicide bomber detonated his booby-trapped car in the western outskirts of Baghdad Thursday, wounding four US soldiers, security reports said.


The last detainees leave a camp on Nauru, ending Australia's "Pacific Solution" immigration policy.


Marriott, Schrager plan boutique hotels: report

Hotel group Marriott International Inc.  is set to announce a deal on Thursday with entrepreneur Ian Schrager to develop a boutique hotel chain, The Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition.


Genova, 18:56 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: DIFFERENZIATO PER PAROLA E DELVECCHIO

Allenamento pomeridiano per la Sampdoria in vista della gara di domenica con la Reggina.  Ancora a p...


With the score tied 7-7 and half a minute to go in the first half Sunday, the Miami Dolphins faced a third-and-28 dilemma from the Rams' 42.


The worst attack was a car bomb explosion outside a police training center in Baghdad. At least 47 people, mostly new recruits, were killed and more than 100 wounded.


Gronkjaer to wear number 11 with Atletico Madrid

Danish midfielder Jesper Gronkjaer is about to join Atletico Madrid from English premier league side Birmingham next week, the Spanish club announced on Thursday.


Suspected bomber kills 3 in south Israel: medics

A suspected suicide bomber blew up in the southern Israeli town of Dimona on Monday, killing at least three people, the ZAKA volunteer rescue service said.


Quantum Teleporting, Yes; the Rest Is Movie Magic

A screening of the movie âJumperâ at M.I.T. brought Hollywood and scientists together to discuss quantum physics and teleportation.


Lou Diamond Phillips may have to stand and deliver a plea.         The 44-year-old actor was charged Thursday with one count of   domestic battery stemming from a fight he had in August with his live-in   girlfriend, Los Angeles City Attorney's Office spokesman Frank Mateljan   told E! Online.            According to prosecutors, in the wee   hours of the morning on Aug. 11, the alleged victim locked herself in   the couple's bathroom, after their verbal sparring match turned   "physical," and called 911. ...


By Byron Dubow  C    hristine Reus is a self-professed stalker -- a "Facebook stalker," that is.  "I meet new people, and that's the worst, because I've seen them on Facebook.


One Israeli officers is among three killed Israelis in the ...

The Palestinian groups yesterday carried out a joint operation at a military position near Mouraj settlement to the north of Rafah to the south of Gaza that resulted in killing three Israeli soldiers, one of them is an officer and wounding other two.


Nuovi sbarchi nell'Agrigentino Pisanu: "Basta avere paura"

Agrigento, 21 ottobre 2004 - Nuovo sbarco di clandestini sulle coste della provincia di Agrigento, che sembrano nelle ultime settimane diventate la nuova meta degli scafisti scoraggiati dall'intensificazione dei controlli nelle acque di Lampedusa.


The advertising watchdog criticises Ryanair for playing down the environmental damage caused by airlines.


At 9 Wednesday, in One Ring, 3 Contenders

The three new television series that ranked highest in a closely watched industry survey are facing off: âKitchen Nightmaresâ on Fox, âPrivate Practiceâ on ABC and âBionic Womanâ on NBC.


Firenze, 17:17 - CALCIO, CAPELLO CT INGLESE; VIERI: GRANDE ACQUISTO

Per Christian Vieri, ingaggiando Capello come nuovo ct dell'Inghilterra, la Football Association ha ...


Tropical Storm Florence gained strength in the open Atlantic early Wednesday and could become a hurricane by the weekend, but forcasters said it was too soon to tell if it would reach the United States.


Arsenal Football Club and Manchester United Football Club hold ...

The top brass at Arsenal Football Club and Manchester United Football Club have met in the wake of Sundayâs game at Old Trafford.


Palace Dismisses Prince Harry Kidnap Threat Reports

Buckingham Palace on Friday dismissed as "irresponsible" newspaper reports that a kidnap threat forced Britain's Prince Harry to cut short a trip to a polo pony farm in Argentina.


A French court decides on Friday whether a satellite Arabic channel should be banned in France.


Israel Allows Some Palestinians to Leave Gaza

EREZ CROSSING, Gaza Strip, June 20 -- Israel allowed Palestinians with severe health problems and foreign-passport holders to leave Gaza on Wednesday in a flight that reflected the humanitarian challenges that have arisen in the days since Hamas's violent takeover of the strip.


Sprinter Earle Connor suspended from Paralympic team pending CCES ...

ATHENS (CP) - Canadian sprinter Earle Connor has been suspended from the Canadian Paralympic team pending the final review of his positive drug test by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport.


Is âThe Burdenâ too much for Texas to handle?

Never mind cover boy Adrian Peterson, the quarterback with a Heisman at home, the stifling defense or the sideline genius of Bob Stoops.


The Utah Health Department has confirmed two more human cases of West Nile virus -- the first this year in southern Utah's Washington County.


WHO says bird flu pandemic could kill millions

BANGKOK - The regional director of the World Health Organization's Western Pacific Regional Office says the bird flu virus is proving far more lethal than the SARS virus that struck Asia and other parts of the world last year.


'W00t' Takes l33t-Speak Legit With 'Word of the Year' Win

Merriam-Webster catches up to gamer lingo, sort of, as 'w00t' snags top honors as the dictionary's Word of the Year for 2007. What word would you vote for?


Hizbullah launches drone into Israeli airspace

BEIRUT: Hizbullah launched a pilotless reconnaissance drone into Israeli airspace for the first time, Hizbullah announced Sunday, revealing its latest means of confronting Israel's persistent overflights.


Amy Winehouse is no longer favourite to win the Mercury Music Prize next week, according to bookmakers.


Bush Says He's Best Protection From Draft

President Bush turned the tables Saturday on Sen. John Kerry, declaring "the best way to avoid the draft is to vote for me," and pledged to oppose mandatory military service. The Democrat stuck to domestic issues, blaming Bush for a shortage of flu vaccines.


President Bush was celebrating Thanksgiving at the Camp David presidential retreat with a small gathering of family and friends.


Michael Finley, averaging 17 points a game for the Dallas Mavericks, will miss the National Basketball Association club's next five games with a sprained right ankle.


Smoking Cuts Chances Against Head, Neck Cancers

FRIDAY, Oct. 1 (HealthDayNews) -- Smoking greatly reduces the chances of survival for people with head and neck cancer, says new research in the Oct. 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.


Parties in Italy's coalition government reach a deal allowing Romano Prodi to continue as prime minister.


Eurozone economic growth slowed in the three months to the end of September, revised official figures show.


Itf: il 57,6% non e' a norma con le direttive Ue


Britain's Prince Harry, back to camera, clashes with a photographer outside an exclusive London west end nightclub in the early hours of Thursday Oct. 21, 2004.


Supreme Court Upholds Dog Sniffs at Traffic Stops

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police do not violate the constitutional right to privacy when a dog sniff of a vehicle during a lawful traffic stop turns up contraband.


Thai PM on the defensive as twin bombs rock southern Thailand

YALA, Thailand  - Two bombs rocked southern Thailand, wounding at least 20 people, as Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra vowed there would be no cover-up over the deaths of 87 Muslims in the volatile region.


Israel may agree to release Palestinian funds

Israel is prepared to transfer withheld tax revenues to the Palestinians through a mechanism that guarantees none of the money will go to the Hamas-led government or militants, Israeli officials said on Thursday.


Madrid, 15:47 - CALCIO, REAL MADRID: PRESO IL PORTIERE DUDEK

Il Real Madrid ha ingaggiato il portiere polacco Jerzy Dudek. L'estremo difensore, in scadenza col L...


Dead Litter Streets, Indonesia Toll at 27,174

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia's death toll  from the weekend's tsunami soared past 27,000 on Wednesday, but  was expected to climb higher with many bodies still buried  under mud and rubble.


Tests show Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko was poisoned by a dioxin used in Agent Orange.


ÂGreyÂs AnatomyÂ Creator Finds Success in Surgery

Shonda Rhimes has created such a potent mixture of medicine, drama and sex that more than 25 million viewers tuned in to the showÂs season premiere.


It'll void your warranty, but would you like to make your iPhone all black instead? From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


Canada, the Closer Country for Outsourcing Work

Canada's stability, proximity and cultural similarity to the U.S. tend to attract higher-value, more sophisticated outsourcing work than countries like India.


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.


BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. Marines launched air and ground attacks Thursday on the insurgent bastion Fallujah after city representatives suspended peace talks with the government over Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's demand to hand over terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi...


Canadian thought dead in Chechnya was reluctant to travel to region: sources

VANCOUVER (CP) - A young Vancouver man reported killed in Chechnya by Russian forces went to the region reluctantly, sources told The Canadian Press on Friday.


Shares in computer firm Dell rise 5% on the news that founder Michael Dell has returned to lead the firm.


Judge to Let U.S. Airways Ditch Contract

ALEXANDRIA, Va.  - A bankruptcy judge on Thursday  approved a bid by US Airways to throw out the contract covering  machinists if the group fails to approve a package of  concessions now up for a vote.


So far, perhaps the biggest difference between managing Daisuke Matsuzaka and Michael Jordan can be measured by one dislocated finger.


'Astro,' 'Moxie,' and AIR on display at Adobe Flash confab

Adobe is readying tools, including the next version Flash Player, to make video-rich, interaction Web applications.


ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - A five-year whaling quota for indigenous people in the United States and Russia was renewed by an international whaling body on Tuesday, allowing Native Alaskans to keep hunting bowhead whales for subsistence purposes.


Omnicom PR agencies Ketchum and TBWA\\PR merge operations in Germany

Ketchum and TBWA\\PR, both members of the Omnicom Group family, have merged their public relations operations in Germany.


The Scottish government is to announce plans to increase the age for purchasing tobacco from 16 to 18.


Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, an advocate of warmer ties with Asian neighbors, to be the next prime minister, but the 71-year-old lawmaker faces a likely policy deadlock in a divided parliament.


Asthma risk 'exacerbated by house air fresheners'

Air fresheners, furniture polish and household cleaners may increase the risk of asthma in young children, a study has found. Those exposed to fumes from common domestic products


Forget the lore of Bugsy Siegel and the frolics of Paris Hilton. Nevada — long the wild child of American culture — is being repackaged as utterly ordinary. With its new, early presidential caucus next January, the state is attempting to lure presidential candidates to unfamiliar terrain. And state Democratic Party leaders are banking that the best way to do that is to emphasize strip malls over the Strip.


Enron Defendants Try to Deflect Witness's Story

Defense lawyers on Wednesday sought to  poke holes in a government witness's story of an angry  confrontation with a former Enron Corp. accountant charged with  fraud after the witness disclosed a secret deal with Merrill  Lynch at the heart of the first criminal trial of former  employees of the fallen energy company.


Gruppo valuta vendita o chiusura di due divisioni ausiliarie


Former U.S. President Carter wins Grammy Award

Jimmy Carter became the second former U.S. president to win a Grammy Award when he was honored in the spoken-word category on Sunday for the audio-book version of his bestseller "Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis."


Lo rivelano i rapporti mensili di Nissan, Toyota e Honda


Cricket: Anderson offers England victory as Windies lose Lara ...

LONDON : James Anderson took the crucial wickets of Chris Gayle and Brian Lara as England pressed for victory in the fourth Test against the West Indies at the Oval here.


La Collection Premiere e' la maggiore rassegna russa di moda


BEIRUT -- For 38-year-old businesswoman Susan Hakim, the concussive slap and roar of the bomb exploding beneath her windows in Beirut's luxury shopping district came with the predictability of an item scrawled in her datebook.


Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz homered on consecutive pitches to start the eighth inning Sunday night and the streaking Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 6-5 for their sixth straight win.


Selene satellite launched by Japan in most ambitious mission to moon since US Apollo flights.


Police close a nightclub after a series of raids and charge six in connection with supplying drugs.


Kofi Annan says the UN needs to reassess its approach in Sudan's Darfur region saying current policies don't work.


High winds may stoke California's Tahoe wildfire

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, California  - High winds expected at California's Lake Tahoe could fan a raging wildfire that has jumped a containment line after destroying hundreds of buildings and forcing thousands to evacuate the resort area, firefighters said on Wednesday.


Fight in Fallujah won't mean end of insurgents

WASHINGTON - The steady advance of US-led troops into the rebel stronghold of Fallujah does not mean smooth sailing ahead either in that city or, more broadly, in Iraq as a whole as the American-led coalition seeks to rout the insurgents.


'Down With the FCC!' Howard Stern Says at New York Rally to Promote Switch to Satellite Radio. Radio host Howard Stern, below center, waits as thousands of his fans line up to receive a free Sirius radio from him in Union Square in New York Thursday, Nov.


Neil Mellor scored the winner deep in injury time yesterday to lead Liverpool to a 2-1 win over Arsenal, which fell five points behind first-place Chelsea in the Premier League standings.


Accused Deserter Surrenders at Japan Base

CAMP ZAMA, Japan Sept. 11, 2004 - Forty years after allegedly defecting to North Korea, a frail Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins reported to duty in Japan on Saturday, giving a simple salute to an Army marshal and surrendering to US authorities.


U.N. agency says may have to halt Gaza food handout

A U.N. agency said on Monday it would have to suspend food distribution to 860,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as early as Wednesday unless Israel eased the border blockade it imposed on the Hamas-controlled territory.


Sweet Mother by Prince Nico Mbarga is voted Africa's favourite song by BBC readers and listeners.


American Bode Miller wins super-G race to join exclusive World Cup ...

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. (CP) - American Bode Miller can now claim membership in a very exclusive club. Miller won the first World Cup super-giant slalom race of his career Sunday, giving him his third consecutive victory of the season.


Madrid, 09:54 - CICLISMO, DOPING: OPERACION PUERTO VERSO ARCHIVIAZIONE

Secondo il quotidiano spagnolo 'Marca' la magistratura spagnola si avvia ad archiviare l'inchiesta s...


Navy: Some SEALs Photos for Intelligence

Preliminary findings of a military inquiry suggest that some of the recently published photographs of Navy special forces capturing detainees in Iraq were taken for legitimate intelligence-gathering purposes and showed commandos using approved procedures, a Navy spokesman said Monday.


Schumacher loses out in 'Race of Champions'

Ferrari's Michael Schumacher failed to make the final of a charity contest to find motorsport's champion of champions on Saturday.


IRAQ - Usa liberano capo-negoziatore sunnita

L'esercito Usa ha liberato stamani il capo dei negoziatori della cittÃ  ribelle sunnita di Falluja, Khaled al-Jumaili. Era stato arrestato venerdi' scorso, in circostanze non chiare. Lo hanno riferito fonti della polizia irachena.


Barry Bonds hit his 728th career homer, Ray Durham and Moises Alou connected on back-to-back shots in the sixth and Matt Cain pitched 7 2-3 innings Saturday to lead the San Francisco Giants over the Chicago Cubs 4-2.


Calcio femminile: Italia batte Repubblica Ceca 3 a 0

CASLAV (Repubblica Ceca) - L'Italia in rosa batte la Repubblica Ceca e si qualifica alla fase finale dell'Europeo, che si terra' a Manchester l'anno prossimo. Nel ritorno dello spareggio, le azzurre allenate


Leniency Suggested for Officer Who Shot Herself

An Army hearing officer recommended yesterday that 1st Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside, a patient undergoing psychiatric treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, should not face a court-martial or other administrative punishment for having endangered the life of another soldier and attempting suicid...


A BILL to enable President Pervez Musharraf to remain as army chief has been passed by Pakistan's parliament in spite of a strong protest by the opposition, which declared the move a violation of the constitution.


Sri Lanka's army mounted an offensive   to capture rebel-held territory south of the strategic   northeastern harbour of Trincomalee on Friday, officials said,   and a naval battle broke out off the island's northern tip.


While the launch of Windows Mobile 6 has thus far largely failed to reach anyone but T-Mobile customers, developers are slowly porting their handset applications to Microsoft's new operating system. Sling Media on Thursday made available an updated version of its SlingPlayer software.


Keanu Reeves is very good at playing loners. Maybe that's because he's Hollywood's ultimate introvert


Una bambina di 5 anni e' in gravissime condizioni


A love letter from Napoleon to his mistress Josephine sold for $557,000, more than five times its estimate, at a London auction that attracted spirited bidding for several rare items.


Byron Review wants to bubble-wrap kids, ISPs The ongoing Byron Review of the impact of technology on children will recommend a clampdown on violent videogames, it has been reported.â¦


Police are hunting the driver of a car containing a bomb that would have caused "carnage" in central London.


GAD, LISTA UNICA ADDIO.PRODI: "TRADITI I NOSTRI ELETTORI

Non era certo questo che ci chiedevano i nostri elettori. Sulle responsabilitÃ  mie e altrui, bisognerÃ  riflettere profondamente e rifletterÃ² profondamente". Nell'amarezza di Romano Prodi la delusione per


A mummified dinosaur discovered on the Hi-Line is heading to the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, where it will be studied and displayed for more than a year.


Tidal Waves Kill More Than 2,200 in Asia

JAKARTA, Indonesia Dec 26, 2004 - The world's most powerful earthquake in 40 years triggered massive tidal waves that slammed into villages and seaside resorts across Asia on Sunday, killing more than 2,200 people in five countries.


Study: E-business customer satisfaction on the rise

Users of portals, news sites and search engines were a bit less satisfied than average consumer scores overall, a University of Michigan survey show. Scores were higher for online travel, retail, auction and brokerage sites.


Higher Rates Blamed for British Bankruptcy

Rising interest rates and a reliance on credit were blamed Friday for an increased number of British personal bankruptcies in the latest quarter.


BOSTON - Information security services companies TruSecure Corp. and Betrusted plan to announce on Tuesday that they have merged, forming a new company called Cybertrust.


Malawi's Supreme Court says MPs who switch parties can be expelled, which could bring down the government.


At the top of his game, Chris Rock gets ready to rock Madison Square Garden.


Order Begins to Return To Breached Gaza Border

RAFAH, Gaza Strip, Jan. 24 -- Egyptian security forces began imposing control over the country's breached border with the Gaza Strip on Thursday, using clubs and dogs to police the thousands of Gazans still making their way past barricades blown up or toppled by Palestinian gunmen a day earlier.


Two NI church leaders  express dismay that talks to restore devolution end without a deal.


Liberia's transitional government says it is disappointed by a UN decision to keep its ban on diamond and timber exports.


Sony Closer to Content/Gadget Vision with MGM Deal

With its acquisition of Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Sony Corp is one step closer to its vision of linking hardware and content, and to winning the key battle for the next generation DVD.


Actor Ryan O'Neal was arrested and accused of assaulting his adult son with a handgun during a fight at the actor's Malibu home, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said on Sunday.


Time Warner Inc.'s  AOL unit  may offer its full menu of services, including e-mail, free of  charge to anyone with a high-speed Internet connection, The  Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, citing people familiar  with the matter.


Death Toll in Indian Temple Stampede at 258

WAI, India  - Authorities began an investigation  on Wednesday into the cause of a stampede and fire near a Hindu  temple in western India that killed more than 250 people during  an annual pilgrimage.


New Orleans readies for its second Mardi Gras since Hurricane Katrina, as two people die in violence.


Bush to Visit NATO, EU on Feb. 22 -- Diplomats

President Bush will visit NATO and the European Union on Feb. 22 in a move to rebuild transatlantic relations at the start of his second term, European NATO diplomats said on Thursday.


Chevron Corp , the second-largest U.S. oil company, on Friday said its fourth-quarter earnings rose as record prices for oil outweighed relatively weak refining profits.


The answer, according to a report by the US government-sponsored housing finance agency's newly invigorated regulator, is that it was as profitable as it wanted to be.


This summer will be the last summer to catch the Broadway Beauty and The Beast in NY.  It's going to finish in it's 13th year. July 29th will be the last run for for the musical, which is the sixth-longest running show.  Ending this allows the s...


How to ease your wireless e-mail worries

With the number of mobile users increasing, wireless e-mail is a growing opportunity - and challenge. Discover how you can cure your mobile headaches and concerns by providing a flexible and secure platform for wireless e-mail mobility management. Our Webcast shows you how.


Dow Chemical Co. DOW.N on Thursday   said it will shut down some plants in Canada and Italy to   enhance efficiency and cut costs.


The joke's on TBS with "Office," "Earl" reruns

TBS has snapped up cable  rerun rights to a pair of critically acclaimed NBC hit  comedies, "The Office" and "My Name Is Earl."


Serena, Capriati, Roddick Advance at Open

NEW YORK - Serena Williams served notice that her shaky knee is holding up just fine, sweeping past Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-2 Sunday to reach the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open...


NKorea, IAEA to discuss reactor shutdown

U.N. nuclear monitors arrived in North Korea on Tuesday to discuss the communist nation's plans to fulfill its long-delayed pledge to shut down its main nuclear reactor.


Mau Mau Film Spotlights Kenya's Forgotten Fighters

Film maker Kibaara Kaugi knows he has ventured into uncertain territory with Kenya's first home-grown movie about the Mau Mau, a divisive subject for Kenyans that still occupies an ambiguous place in their history.


Edgerrin James and Peyton Manning gave the Bears a double dose of the NFL's most potent offense. James ran for 204 yards on 23 carries and Manning riddled Chicago's defense with


Pakistan nabs Musharraf assassination plot suspect

Pakistani security forces have arrested a man suspected of involvement in a plot last year to kill President Pervez Musharraf and of links to the al Qaeda network, security officials said on Sunday.


Kerry: Bush Out of Touch, Out of Ideas, Out of Time

Democratic challenger John Kerry, pumped up by polls showing he won all three debates with President Bush, dismissed the Republican incumbent on Thursday as out of touch, out of ideas and out of time.


Gadget site resolves Microsoft secrets dispute

Electronics news site Engadget.com has resolved a dispute with Microsoft in which the software giant sent a letter demanding Engadget remove screen shots concerning the future of Windows mobile software, according to the founder of Weblogs, Engadget's parent company.


US stocks rose on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve reassured by indicating that further interest-rate rises were likely to remain at a "measured" pace, as it increased rates by a quarter point.


Nobel laureate Imre Kertesz, who presented the movie version of his novel "Fateless" at the Berlin Film Festival Tuesday, says he wrote the screenplay himself to ensure a dignified treatment of the story of a boy's Holocaust experience.


Anche per la Corte d'Appello, Augusto Pinochet Ã¨ in grado di fronteggiare un processo. Oggi i tre giudici della quarta sezione del Tribunale di Santiago hanno respinto all'unanimitÃ  il ricorso presentato


Protesters May Ignore NYC Park Rally Ban

An anti-war group suggested Thursday that protesters could still gather in Central Park on the eve of the Republican National Convention, despite a judge's ruling that it may not stage a rally there.


Young men armed with machetes hurled stones at police who fired back tear gas in a slum in Kenya's capital Thursday, but most of the country was quiet as opposition protests over a disputed presidential election appeared to lose steam


(December 10, 2004) - Delphi Corp. said Friday it plans to cut 8,500 jobs â-r 4.6 percent of its total work force â -ldwide next year as part of an ongoing restructuring.


BAGHDAD: Five persons including three Lebanese were killed and several injured in firefights in Iraq on Friday. Two supporters of Moqtada Sadr were shot dead and five wounded when Iraqi national guardsmen


EU Sets Date for Oracle-PeopleSoft Ruling

The European Union on Thursday set a new deadline of Nov. 9 to conclude its antitrust review of Oracle Corp.'s $7.7 billion takeover bid for rival business software maker PeopleSoft Inc.


Jacques Santini steps down as Tottenham manager for "personal reasons".


Udine, 18:17 - CALCIO, UDINESE; MALESANI: SIAMO SULLA STRADA GIUSTA

In vantaggio per due volte, sul 2-1 e sul 3-2, l'Udinese si è fatta rimontare dal Parma, manc...


After layoff, Poole eases back into action

FOXBOROUGH -- Tyrone Poole said he probably could count the number of plays he got in on with one hand, but after missing seven games because of knee surgery, the Patriots' starting cornerback was just pleased to get back on the field.


Le valutazioni effettuate insieme con gli advisor 'fanno ritenere che le attese dell'azionista di Wind non consentono il raggiungimento di alcun accordo'. E' quanto scrive Fastweb - la societa' milanese interessata


Trojans Jump Out Early, Hold Off Lions' Roaring Rally

By Mike Christensen, The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho,  Sep. 9--TWIN FALLS --The days of coasting home against Magic Valley Conference foes are a thing of the past for the Raft River Trojans. At least, that's the message coach Randy Spaeth has been trying to drill into his team this fall.


Israeli Air Strike Kills One in Gaza Refugee Camp

Israel fired a missile into a refugee camp  in Gaza Saturday, killing a Palestinian and extending a vortex  of violence that could complicate an Israeli plan to pull out  of the occupied territory.


Pakhalina Leads Springboard Preliminaries

Yulia Pakhalina of Russia leads the Olympic preliminaries of 3-meter springboard diving, beating out Canada's Blythe Hartley and China's Guo Jingjing.


U.S. Olympic medalist finds South Korean birth father

U.S. Olympic freestyle skiing medallist Toby Dawson said on Tuesday he had found his biological father and would be meeting him 25 years after going missing as a toddler in a busy market street in South Korea.


Our position is: Steroid scandal grows out of a culture that accepts winning at any cost. Shock, outrage and uproar have surrounded New York Yankees slugger Jason Giambi's admission that he used steroids and


Mr. Kidd was the award-winning choreographer of exuberant dance numbers for Broadway shows like âGuys and Dollsâ and Hollywood musicals including âThe Band Wagon.â


MADISON, Wis. - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, arriving Sunday at a remote resort to practice for this week's debate, took a swing at President Bush for pronouncing the Iraqi mission accomplished while the monthly death toll mounts...


U.K. prepares for amended computer crime law

U.K. prosecutors have received guidance on interpreting amendments to a computer crime law that introduce stronger penalties for computer hacking.A six-page document published on Monday by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) gives prosecutors pointers for handling offenses under soon-to-change provisions of the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) of 1990.The amendments were passed into law in November 2006 but have not yet come into force. The changes are designed to strengthen the government's ability to prosecute and punish hackers, and increase penalties for accessing systems without authorization.Computer security professionals have expressed concern about the drafting of the changes, however.The most-discussed change, contained in Section 3A of the CMA, makes it illegal for someone to create an application that is "likely" to be used for hacking. But the precise definition of "likely" has prompted fears the law could potentially target those undertaking activities such as penetration testing.According to the CPS document, prosecutors should look at what an application does and who its creator thought would use it. Conditions to consider would be whether the hacking tool was given to a "closed and vetted list of IT security professionals or was posted openly," CPS said.Prosecutors should also find out whether the tool has a legitimate purpose, if it has a large installation base and whether it's commercially sold.Some applications will "have a dual use, and prosecutors need to ascertain that the subject has a criminal intent," CPS said. Possession of a program is not enough to prosecute, it said.Computer security researchers "might find some comfort in this guidance" since criminal intent must be demonstrated, said Struan Robertson, senior associate with law firm Pinsent Masons.The guidance is generally acceptable, wrote Richard Clayton, a computer scientist at the University of Cambridge, on his blog. But using the criterion of whether a hacking program is available for sale ignores the fact that much software is free, Clayton said.On another issue, the document also clarifies what constitutes unauthorized access to a computer, a crime under Section 1 of the amended CMA. The defendant must know that the intended access wasn't permitted, and prosecutors must show that the person intended to improperly access information from the computer.


Russia's foreign minister is to make an unannounced visit to Iran, amid rising tension over its nuclear programme.


An appeals court upholds the state's $3 billion stem-cell research effort. The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine will distribute $80 million in grants this month. In Bodyhack.


The BBC should focus on core public service broadcasting, a panel set up by the government says.


Gunmen free Pakistani school children, surrender

Gunmen who took up to 250 Pakistani school children hostage in a northwestern town on Monday freed them all and surrendered to tribal elders, a government spokesman said.


Immigration crackdown tears families apart

PAINESVILLE, Ohio  - Maria de la Luz Bocanegra Velasquez was leaving for work when the U.S. immigration agents surrounded her car.


Conrad Black jury sees tapes of him removing box

Jurors at Conrad Black's fraud trial watched videotapes on Tuesday showing the former media baron and his chauffeur removing boxes from his Canadian offices the same day U.S. securities regulators say they told Black's lawyer he would have to surrender some records.


RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The militant group Hamas will accept a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and a long-term truce with Israel, a leader said yesterday, apparently softening Hamas's hard-line stance and boosting hopes for renewed peace efforts after Yasser Arafat's death.


By Wang Ying  Large-scale algae outbreaks are once again posing a threat to the drinking water supplies from Taihu and Chaohu lakes.


HSBC bank changes policy on charges after a student protest on Facebook.


Crude Oil Surpasses $49 as Iraq Fighting Threatens Exports

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil futures rose to a record, surpassing $49 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, on concern clashes in southern Iraq between US troops and Shiite Muslim militiamen may cut Iraqi exports.


A Tory government would take tough action on crime and introduce random drug-testing in schools, shadow home secretary David Davis will say.


Report: Jets QB likely out full 4 weeks -- at least

New York Jets: Quarterback Chad Pennington, expected to miss two to four weeks with a strained rotator cuff in his throwing shoulder, apparently will miss the whole four weeks and possibly more, according to a Newark Star-Ledger report.


A bomb in Afghanistan reportedly kills 35 civilians and injures many people, three of them Nato troops.


Analysts: Insurgents planning media blitz

US military planners and intelligence analysts believe Iraqi insurgent leaders holed up in Fallujah will defend the city by combining scrappy fighting with a media blitz designed to provoke a worldwide outcry.


Public consultation begins on proposals to extend protection for marine life around Britain.


Aiming 4Gig Fibre Channel at the SME sweet-spot Cisco is hoping to break Brocade's grasp on the small and mid-sized SAN market with a low-end but expandable 4Gig Fibre Channel switch.â¦


Yorkshire Post Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More

Humiliated Ministers still not ruling out Yorkshire vote MINISTERS have refused to close the door on a referendum vote for a Yorkshire mini-parliament, despite the rejection of a regional assembly in the ...


Toys R Us expands toy safety notification efforts

Retailer Toys "R" Us said on Wednesday that it is expanding its efforts to inform shoppers of the latest toy recalls after a slew of Chinese-made toys were recalled this summer due to unsafe levels of lead paint.


Wave machine Hurricane Ivan produces Caribbean swell

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 08 September 2004: - - Hurricane Ivan pounded the islands of the southeastern Caribbean yesterday.


The Mets activate Oliver Perez from the 15-day disabled list and then he beats the Reds, 5-2, on Sunday.


Blanchett, Freeman Take Screen Actors Guild Award

Morgan Freeman and Cate Blanchett  were named best supporting actor and actress at the 11th annual  Screen Actor's Guild awards on Saturday as the battle for Oscar  gold entered its home stretch.


LEOMINSTER -- Everett senior defensive back Joseph Lynch had never returned punts before last night. Chances are he's locked up that job for the foreseeable future.


Orioles' CedeÃÂ±o Tickled to Be Playing Again

After a year out of baseball, Roger CedeÃÂ±o is with a new team at a new time in his life -- as a non-roster invitee who likely will start the season for the Orioles in the minors.


Europe May Ban Imports of Some Biofuel Crops

If approved, the law would prohibit the importation of fuels derived from crops grown on certain kinds of land â including forests, wetlands or grasslands.


The world should halve emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, Japan's prime minister says.


Writers' strike sends TV pilots into tailspin

Hollywood's television pilot season, when networks develop and test most new programs, is in a tailspin with writers on strike putting billions of advertising dollars at risk.


Who Survivors to Work on First Album Since 1982

Singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist  Pete Townshend -- the two surviving members of the legendary  British rock band The Who -- will get together next month for  what could be their first studio album since 1982.


Magnetic Bracelets Cut Osteoarthritis Pain -Study

Magnetic bracelets can help to ease the  pain of osteoarthritis of the hip and knee, British researchers  said on Friday.


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Ottawa captivated by Stanley Cup finals return

After waiting 80 years for the Stanley Cup finals to return to Ottawa, long suffering Senators fans have savored every moment of an ice hockey celebration that has captivated the Canadian capital.


Petraeus calls for cutting U.S. troops in Iraq

The top U.S. general in Iraq on Monday recommended cutting American troops by about 30,000 by next summer, ending the so-called surge of forces but not fundamentally changing strategy in the unpopular war.


The Italian government rejects accusations that it is illegally aiding the Alitalia airline, a matter the European Commission is investigating.


Baby guru row threatens British mums' Web site

When it comes to bringing up babies -- bathing, breastfeeding, or burping them -- few names inspire more passion than that of childcare guru Gina Ford.


Soupy sales and loopy trails will color in the week that lies ahead.


Milano, 14:53 - CALCIO, MILAN; ANCELOTTI: NEL DERBY SERVE UN MILAN PERFETTO

Carlo Ancelotti presenta cosÃ¬ il derby in programma domani: "Non è una finale, è una p...


Jonathan Marc Shermanâs play, while agreeably acted and directed, feels like an internal monologue distributed among four characters.


Memories of Merged Eagles-Steelers Revived

One of the biggest Eagles-Steelers games since their long-ago days as conference rivals is reviving memories of the year two of pro football's best cities shared a single team.


UPDATE 2-US mortgage applications fall last week-MBA

New applications for US home loans fell last week from a four-month high even as 30-year mortgage rates declined to their lowest level since late March, an industry group said on Wednesday.


Indexes fall on oil's slide, housing weakness

Stocks declined on Monday, pressured by a sell-off in energy shares after oil prices dropped and worries that further evidence of weakness in the housing market could hurt consumer spending.


Rice seeks broad Middle East truce to aid talks

JERICHO, West Bank  - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she hoped Israelis and Palestinians would broaden their fragile ceasefire as she began a new push on Thursday to revive stalled peace talks in the Middle East.


Princes William and Harry tell a US interviewer how the decade since their mother's death has passed very slowly .


Television Review: Secret War in the Skies Over Korea

The Korean War has been called âthe forgotten war,â and âMissing in MIG Alley,â on PBS on Tuesday night, illustrates a little-known chapter.


SAN MIGUEL confirmed yesterday what the market has long suspected, firing its first shot in what could be a bidding war for National Foods.


Escaped tiger kills visitor at San Francisco zoo

Four tigers escaped from their cage at the San Francisco Zoo on Tuesday, and one of them killed a visitor and injured two people, according to local news reports.


Ford Posts $266 Million Profit in Third Quarter

Ford was buoyed again by strong results at its financial services arm, even though its worldwide automotive operations lost $609 million.


ASA slaps Vonage over price comparison ads

Unfair to BT VoIP provider Vonage unfairly compared its own prices to BT's in regional newspaper adverts, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled.â¦


A Mansion in Spain Where Mainly Evil Reigns

This would-be thriller shows no fearsome new way of presenting a haunted house and elicits not one palpitation from audiences paying for a few good jolts.


US industrial output advanced in July, as American factories operated at their highest capacity in more than three years, a Federal Reserve report on Tuesday showed.


Robillard sworn in as human resources minister, calls Sgro 'courageous'

OTTAWA (CP) - Lucienne Robillard, who was sworn in Monday as federal human resources minister, is praising former cabinet colleague Judy Sgro as "courageous" for resigning in the midst of controversy.


Banking data fears over Fasthosts intruder

Customers in the dark Investigators are racing to establish whether banking information was stolen by the intruder who hacked into a server at Gloucester-based web host Fasthosts.â¦


Siena, 19:07 - CALCIO, MILAN; RONALDO: DEDICO I DUE GOL A MIO FIGLIO

Una partita da titolare e due gol. Ronaldo conferma di essere il bomber di sempre, magari piÃ¹ "robus...


A south Wales boy dies while on holiday with his family on the Spanish island of Menorca after allegedly drinking alcohol.


Player Implicated in German Soccer Scandal

The first soccer player was implicated in Germany's widening game-fixing scandal Sunday, and prosecutors charged three men arrested in the case with fraud.


Al-Sadr Orders Militia to Leave Najaf Shrines, Al-Jazeera Says

Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Moqtada al-Sadr, a Shiite Muslim cleric leading an insurgency in Iraq, ordered his militiamen to leave holy shrines in Najaf, as fighting in the city continued, the Qatar-based al-Jazeera television network said.


A nurse accused of killing his wife, the former state controller, planned for a year to commit suicide after he testified at his murder trial, his defense lawyer said Wednesday.


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ProDevTips.com: Ajax, ZF and Smarty feed reader - part 1

On the ProDevTips.com website, there's a new tutorial (part one of a series) that walks the developer through the integration of the Zend Framework, some Ajax functionality and Smarty to create a feed reader.   In this series I will walk you through the code of a site that uses only Ajax and Scriptaculous to handle it's completely windowed interface. Making an interface like this is not really good design, it's only done here for the sake of teaching. It is kinda cool though. Especially if you have a big screen.   The source code is available for download and having it makes the installation and setup of the system much simpler. With it, you're only about fifteen steps away from getting the application up and running.


Oil tops $43 on explosions, inventory drop

NEW YORK - Oil prices rose Wednesday after explosions in Saudi Arabia's capital and after the US government reported another decline in lean winter heating fuel stocks.


Two Big Investment Banks Report Drops in Quarterly Profit

Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns posted drops in quarterly profit yesterday, surprising some investors one day after two other big investment banks reported a rise in earnings.


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Cluster technology to accelerate workstation performance

Start-up Orion Multisystems believes it has found the key to open a new chapter for workstation technology: The company offers 12- and 96-node cluster


Americans are overwhelmingly resigned to something less than clear-cut victory in Iraq and growing numbers doubt the country will achieve a stable, democratic government no matter how the U.S. gets out, according to an AP poll.


Putting the Bite On Pseudo Sushi And Other Insults

TOKYO -- On a recent business trip to Colorado, Japan's agriculture minister, Toshikatsu Matsuoka, popped into an inviting Japanese restaurant in the Denver suburbs with a hankering for a taste of back home. What he found instead was something he considered a high culinary crime -- sushi served on...


Brazilians head to polls in mid-term test for Lula

BRASILIA : Brazilians voted in local elections for mayors and city councilors in a key mid-term test for leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.


Prince William is joining the Household Cavalry's Blues and Royals, following his brother, Prince Harry, into the unit, Clarence House announced Thursday. William, 24, will train to be a troop leader in an armored reconnaissance unit, just like his brother.


Dopo l'incontro tra Bush e il Dalai Lama


Hamm faces Yang for gold in high court of sports

The disputed Olympic gold medal is wrapped in a pair of white socks in Paul Hamm's parents' house in Waukesha, Wis. Whether that medal stays there is up to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland


By Erin Stewart Deseret Morning News  Utah high school students may soon know how to produce pesticides from living cells before they even know how to drive.


Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 21 in Pakistani Mosque

A suicide bomber killed at least 21 people in a mosque packed with worshippers and wounded more than 40 during Friday prayers in the eastern Pakistani city of Sialkot, police said.


Bush on Kerry: 'Who's He Trying to Kid?'

ST. LOUIS  - President Bush scoffed on Saturday at  Democrat John Kerry's claim he has had only one position on  Iraq and would not raise taxes on middle-class Americans as  Bush sought momentum after the second debate with his  challenger.


Sport: Tennis: Andy Murray recovers from shocking opening set to beat Rainer Schuettler at Qatar Open


Sean "Diddy" Combs breached name deal, court says

A British court ruled on Wednesday that  U.S. rap star Sean "Diddy" Combs had breached an agreement with  a London-based record producer not to use the alias "Diddy" in  Britain.


Brief: Siemens warns of ear damage from loud mobile tune

Siemens warned customers of a software defect in a range of mobile phones that could cause hearing damage.


Tony Dungy is coming back for another season with the Super Bowl champs. Dungy made it clear Monday that he will return to the Indianapolis Colts sideline, quashing any talk that he might step down after becoming the first black coach to win a Super Bowl ring.


MySpace-owner Fox Interactive Media  said on Wednesday it will buy photo-sharing site Photobucket  and Flektor Inc., a provider of Web-based photo editing  software, to give its more than 100 million unique visitors  tools to create their own content.


Hummer shows off the HX concept at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show.


Cheney takes refuge in bomb shelter after Afghan blast

Vice President Dick Cheney was whisked into a bomb shelter immediately after a Taliban suicide bomber struck the main American military base he was visiting in Afghanistan on Tuesday.


Actress and Reagan's first wife, Jane Wyman, dead

Jane Wyman, the Oscar-winning Hollywood actress who was Ronald Reagan's first wife and went on to star on the popular 1980s television drama "Falcon Crest," died on Monday at age 93.


September Job Growth Weaker Than Expected

U.S. employers hired just 96,000  workers in September, the government said on Friday in a weak  jobs snapshot, the final one ahead of presidential elections  that also fueled speculation about a pause in interest-rate  rises.


The struggling supermarket giant today revealed a Â£39 million pre-tax loss in the first half of its financial year. The slump into losses marks


Oslo, 22 ago. (Adnkronos) - Due uomini armati e mascherati sono entrati in pieno giorno nel museo Munch di Oslo e hanno rubato 'L'Urlo' e 'Madonna', due dei piu' noti capolavori del pittore. I due sono stati


Oscar Peterson, whose early talent, speedy fingers and musical genius made him one of the world's best known jazz pianists, has died. He was 82.


Can taking folic acid supplements reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke? British researchers believe it can.


A baby mammoth found almost intact in the permafrost of north-western Siberia is unveiled.


Vanity plate sold for $14 million in UAE

A license plate with nothing but the number "1" on it went for a record $14 million at a charity auction Saturday.


Everyone seems to have a suggestion to get two wayward whales lingering in the Sacramento River to swim 70 miles back to the Pacific Ocean.


Boeing Co.  booked orders for  228 planes in the second quarter, bringing its tally to 544 for  the year so far, putting the U.S. planemaker on track to break  last year's record.


Israeli Missile Kills Hamas Militant in Gaza-Medics

An Israeli helicopter gunship fired a missile near a house during fighting in the northern Gaza Strip Wednesday, killing a Hamas militant, medics said.


Ukraine Premier Is Named Winner; U.S. Assails Move

The decision to ratify the election results intensified the differences between Ukraine's rulers and the emboldened opposition.


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UPDATE 1-Indian court to hear cricket telecast case Tuesday

Five judges of India's top court will hear a petition by Zee Telefilms Ltd. on Tuesday contesting the cancellation of a $308-million contract for the rights to broadcast Indian cricket matches on television.


The holidays are a good time to give premium liquors as gifts -- to your friends and your portfolio.


Brazil's Rubens Barrichello won the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday, overcoming an unscheduled pit stop to finish 1.3 seconds ahead of Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher in a 1-2 finish for the Italian team on its home circuit.


Labor Web Site Tracks Jobs Sent Overseas

Organized labor is starting to track companies that ship U.S. jobs overseas and will make the information available to the public in a database.


Comcast Unveils Plans Phone Service Plans

The nation's biggest cable company said it plans to roll out phone service nationally within the next year and a half in its bid to become the primary alternative to local phone companies such as Verizon Communications. -The Washington Post


Anti-trust probe for ECB settlement platform

A controversial plan by the European Central Bank to set up and operate a new system for settling share and bond trades in the European Union will come under close scrutiny by the region's top antitrust watchdog.


Ferrero:no sanatoria, si pensa a legge su liberta' religiosa


THE sharemarket should take heart from US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan's comment that sky-high oil prices won't harm the US economy - as long as they don't go any higher.


Malaysia to set up domestic Internet exchange

Malaysia, which mostly sees Internet access through Singapore or US servers, will set up its own exchange to improve connectivity and reduce foreign exchange leakages, a minister has said.


Philip Morris Hid Data On Smoking Dangers: Report

One of the world's leading tobacco manufacturers, Philip Morris, hid data on research into the dangers of passive smoking, alleges a paper published in the British medical journal The Lancet.


The great Office Server smorgasbord, part 4: Project pleasure with Project Server 2007

InfoWorld - Welcome back to the great Office Server smorgasbord. There’ll be a related review soon covering a couple of open source answers to SharePoint, including Liferay and Plone. And come October, you’ll be seeing a fully graded review of the release versions of Office Communications Server and Exchange Server 2007.


A coroner hears how a deputy head teacher died after the car she was travelling in collided with stray horses on a main road.


INDIANAPOLIS Â· Guard Reggie Miller broke a bone in his left hand in the Pacers' a 98-79 loss Friday to the Denver, the exhibition finale for both teams.


Bolzano, 15:16 - SCI, STAUDACHER: SODDISFATTO DELLA MIA GARA

Lo sciatore azzurro Patrick Staudacher commenta il sesto posto ottenuto nel superg disputato in Val ...


Rolls-Royce to create 500 jobs in Germany

The UK engineer has teamed up with Lufthansa Technik, the aircraft maintenance arm of the German airline, to establish its first engine overhaul joint venture with a European carrier.


UPDATE 3-PeopleSoft could be open to Oracle bid-director

A PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) board member told a Delaware court on Tuesday that the software maker would consider a bid from its rival Oracle Corp.


US to tap oil reserve to boost production

NEW YORKâWorld oil prices rose yesterday as concerns over a supply shortage after Hurricane Ivan persisted despite news the United States will lend some oil from its reserves to refineries to make up for lost production.


The Food and Drug Administration yesterday ordered a strong new warning for Pfizer Inc.'s injectable contraceptive, Depo-Provera, saying it could permanently weaken bones.


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Il cardinale Ruini concede l'autorizzazione a proseguire l'analisi dei documentiCompetente l'arcivescovo di Milano, cittÃ  dove il commissario fu ucciso 35 anni fa                                            Nulla osta per la beatificazione di Calabresi Il materiale all'esame di Tettamanzi


Despite the availability of accurate sexual heath information, educated people still don't know the basic facts of life. Commentary by Regina Lynn.


Jamdat Mobile's successful IPO has a lot of people excited.


French President Jacques Chirac is widely expected to rule out a third term in office in a televised address.


Senators seek jump in TB control spending

A group of U.S. senators on Tuesday sought $300 million in U.S. spending to combat tuberculosis while new tests confirmed that the U.S. man at the center of an international TB alarm is not highly infectious.


The European Commission fines Spain's Telefonica for stifling competition in the broadband market.


Millions of Ukrainians queue at banks to claim compensation for savings lost in the collapse of communism.


UK Denies Urging Iraq Troop Pull-Out Timetable

Britain said on Thursday its troops will stay in Iraq for as long as required by the Iraqi authorities, denying a newspaper report that it was urging Washington to give a provisional timetable for a pull-out.


WASHINGTON (Ticker) - Jim Bowden continued his busy first month as the interim general manager of the Washington Nationals, signing catcher Gary Bennett to a one-year contract worth $750,000 on Monday.


Challenger Center Carries on Legacy of Astronauts 21 Years After Disaster

By Beverly A. Carroll, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn.  Jan. 30--The day after the 21st anniversary of the Challenger shuttle  explosion was like any normal day at the Challenger Center at the University  of Tennessee at Chattanooga.


Mixi chief calls for looser content sharing laws

The CEO of Japan's leading social networking site, Mixi Inc., said Wednesday he hopes the country's law will be changed to allow users more freedom in sharing and viewing copyrighted content on the Internet.


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Bachelor, Master and Post-Grad degrees online from accredited colleges and universities. Business, Education, IT, Healthcare, more. Browse by degree or program. Request info and get started today.


Capitol Hill -- Congress has heard a thank-you from Iraq's interim prime minister, who says the US sacrifices in Iraq won't be in vain.


Roy Hibbert has matured into a premier college center and the Hoyas' fortunes the rest of this season likely fall upon his broad shoulders.


Amazon.com, Microsoft sue spammers, 'phishers'

Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. have filed several lawsuits in various Seattle courts aimed at computer spammers and "phishers" who use a look-alike Amazon.


Per ministro Iran barile puo' andare oltre quota 60


Blog: On the tarmac at Seattle's Boeing Field, the Dreamlifter, a modified 747-400 that carries the 787 Dreamliner's fuselage, sits and waits.


SEOUL Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second-largest maker of computer memory chips, was responsible in 1999 for accounting violations involving 2 trillion won, or $1.


Harry J. Longwell, executive vice president at Exxon Mobil, will retire at the end of the year, the company said yesterday. Mr. Longwell, 63, is retiring after 41 years.


Fire engulfed a liquor store at shopping center Monday just moments after a gunman barricaded inside had begun negotiating with police.


"Meet the Fockers" debuts atop N. America box office

Ben Stiller's comic sequel "Meet the Fockers" opened in first place at the Christmas holiday box office, according to preliminary studio figures released Sunday.


Organisms Found in Deepest Part of Ocean

Tiny single-celled organisms, many of them previously unknown, have been discovered beneath nearly seven miles of water in the deepest part of the ocean.


The Museum of Modern Art's new print galleries are a respite from the beaten track and are stupendously beautiful.


South Dakota Mine Chosen as Site for NSF Physics Lab

The old Homestake Gold Mine in the Black Hills will be the perfect spot for scientists to conduct deep underground experiments into the history and makeup of the universe.


Lice From Fish Farms Killing Wild Salmon

Infected at rates approaching 95 percent, young salmon are forced to run a gauntlet of sea lice clouding the waters around some fish farms.


After tossing Wi-Fi start-up bids for exclusive control of fallow spectrum, federal regulators want public input on how to proceed. Will a new fight over "open access" rules emerge?


SEVILLE, Spain  - US tennis twins Bob and Mike Bryan kept alive their country's Davis Cup hopes with a rip-roaring straight sets win over Spanish tandem Juan Carlos Ferrero and Tommy Robredo at Seville's Olympic Stadium.


Update 2: Roche Says Drug Improves Chemotherapy

Swiss drug giant Roche said Monday that its Tarceva drug improves the results of chemotherapy in prolonging the lives of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.


Republican Rep. Peter Hoekstra of Michigan was picked Wednesday to head the House Intelligence Committee amid a heated election-year debate over how to carry out a major overhaul of the nation's intelligence system.


AOL buys online affiliate marketing network buy.at

Time Warner Inc's AOL said on Tuesday  it has purchased online affiliate marketing network buy.at as  part of a strategy to bolster its Internet advertising  operations.


German chancellor, French candidate form a bond

BERLIN -- Their politics differ, their styles clash, and they don't speak the same language, but when the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, and Ségolène Royal, who hopes to become her French counterpart, met yesterday there was what advisers described as a bit of "female bonding."


Moqtada Sadr, the radical Iraqi Shia cleric, appears in public for the first time since a US troop surge in Baghdad.


Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels will likely escalate into the bloodiest period of fighting between the foes the island has seen after the government scrapped a tattered truce, experts say.


Honduras Bus Massacre Has Locals Jittery

Jittery last-minute Christmas shoppers scurried for cover at rumors of Mara street gangs gathering for battle one day after gunmen shot up a bus, killing 28 people in a gruesome massacre.


News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) Twentieth Century Fox film unit may be laughing all the way to the bank, seeing how the No. 1 film last weekend was none other than... Alien vs. Predator. Apparently a plethora of diehard horror and ...


25 December 2004 -- Hundreds of millions of Christians are celebrating Christmas today. Many of those are turning their. thoughts to a small Palestinian West Bank town where many people believe Jesus Christ was born 2,004 years ago.


Sears, KMart to Merge in $11 Billion Deal

Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Kmart Holding  Corp. on Wednesday said they would merge in an $11 billion deal  to form the third-largest U.S. retailer.


Even a Dilemma Works Out Like a Charm for the Red Sox

Red Sox Manager Terry Francona called it difficult to be able to pick two starters from the talented threesome of David Ortiz, Mike Lowell and Kevin Youkilis. But he could not have made a bad decision.