Masters running for cover after rain, tornado warnings

Tornado warnings and torrential rain combined to wreak havoc at the Masters Cup on Wednesday, leaving fans frustrated and players questioning the wisdom of staging


Queen Elizabeth II stresses respect on Commonwealth Day

Queen Elizabeth II is to stress the need for mutual respect in her annual Commonwealth Day address Monday, following recent allegations of racism in Britain, according to excerpts of her speech.


WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - A strong euro and a strong hurricane helped cut the US trade deficit by 3.7 percent to $51.6 billion in September.


Quirky 'Sideways' Sends Pinot Noir Sales Soaring

The pinot noir repartee between Paul  Giamatti's and Virginia Madsen's characters in the movie  "Sideways" has helped spur dizzying sales of the red wine  during a lingering U.S. glut, wine experts say.


U.S. Court OKs Asylum Hearing Over China Birth Law

A Chinese man whose wife was  forced by Chinese officials to abort their first child and who  faced the possibility of being sterilized may seek asylum in  the United States, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday.


The USA Triathlon Board of Directors has announced the resignations of two of its members: Dan Empfield and Susie Gallucci.


Amazon adds Warner Music to download service

Amazon.com  has signed on  Warner Music Group  to its music download service, which  aims to compete with Apple's  industry-dominating  iTunes online store.


EU Signs Off on Abolition of Textile Quotas

The European Union on Monday took the final step toward abolishing textiles quotas on January 1, 2005, in compliance with World Trade Organization obligations.


Merck's withdrawal of its arthritis treatment sent the stock tumbling more than 25 percent and pushed the Dow into deeply negative territory at the open Thursday.


Democrats fail (at least for now) to protect Net users from taxes

Democrats have had since January to schedule a vote on a bill that would protect Internet users from access taxes. They still haven't done so, and a temporary moratorium expires in just a few weeks.


Compressor and machinery maker Atlas Copco  said it had agreed to sell most of its U.S. equipment rental business for $3.8 billion to Ripplewood Holdings and Oak Hill Capital Management.


Norrice Auen and her 18-year-old son Luke arrived at the Derby Street Shoppes in Hingham on Thursday evening.


Google Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit missed analyst expectations, signaling the crumbling U.S. economy has dented the Internet search leader's moneymaking machine.


Three adults and a 15-year-old girl were charged Wednesday in connection with two shocking discoveries police made when they found a missing 2-year-old: a severely burned and blood-streaked 11-year-old boy, and the body of his mother, buried in the back yard.


Leaning Toward Land Preservation: Changes in a Federal Law May Help a Barto Farm Family Decide Not to Sell to Developers.

By Mary E. Young, Reading Eagle, Pa.  Sep. 18--A father and son have been on the fence for years, trying to decide if they want to sell their Barto farm for development or give up the right to sell and instead preserve the property for future generations.


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Texas Instruments working on live TV for mobile phones

Texas Instruments have announced the development of the wireless industry's first digital TV on a single chip for mobile phones, which will capture broadcast signals and allow mobile phone users to watch live TV program broadcasts.


Martinez Takes Early Lead in Fla. Primary

Mel Martinez, a former Bush administration housing secretary, had an early lead Tuesday in a hotly contested Senate primary that provided a crucial test of the touchscreen machines introduced after Florida's punch-card fiasco in the 2000 presidential election.


Movie Review | 'My Best Friend': The Friendless FranÃ§ois Rides the Taxi of Life

âMy Best Friendâ is a sweet, sentimental tale of a kind that would be insufferably maudlin if made in Hollywood.


Shell gets cash, cooperation in Sakh-2 deal: source

Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) and its  partners in the $22 billion Sakhalin-2 project have accepted  cash and a promise of future cooperation with Gazprom   in a deal to let the Russian firm into the venture, a source  close to talks between the companies said on Tuesday.


Lukashenko wins vote to extend mandate: official

Preliminary results from Belarus's Sunday referendum vote showed 77.3 percent of the registered voters backed President Alexander Lukashenko's proposal to remove a constitutional


BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS -- Federal authorities are trying to figure out if a huge chunk of ice that crashed through the roof of a Massachusetts house fell from an aircraft.


William S. Lerach, one of the most powerful securities class-action lawyers in the nation, is considering plans to leave the law firm he founded three years ago.


Growth in chip sales is set to halve next year due to a glut in the market, Korean chipmaker Samsung has warned. The firm said memory chips were in for a slowdown, with prices for flash memory set to fall as much as 40% in the three months to September.


Greek Cypriots dismantle symbol of division

Greek Cypriots razed to the ground a symbol of Cyprus's decades-old division running through the heart of the capital Nicosia and challenged Turkey to respond by withdrawing its troops from the area.


Intel Corp.'s upcoming mid-quarter report will be closely watched for signs of weak back-to-school computer sales, though recent market share gains in memory chips could help offset any softness in computer microprocessor demand.


Drugs giant AstraZeneca announces it is to cut more than a quarter of the jobs at a plant in Cheshire.


Prime-Time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Dec. 10-16. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.


The New iMac: simpler, more user-friendly

THE LATEST version of Apple's iMac wowed Paris , but it takes its cues from the 1980s. Apple looked to the past to find the future of its iconic iMac desktop computer, the latest version of which was unveiled recently in Paris.


His role has diminished and so have his numbers, but Jets receiver Wayne Chrebet is happy. He is healthy, no longer battling the effects of postconcussion syndrome.


2005 Tour may not play to Armstrong's strengths

It also means he'll have to be in top form right away. This year's race,. lure of the world's biggest cycling race is tough to resist.


Oh, that Rupert Murdoch! He's so hot right now!


UPDATE 2-Greenspan-Aging US population to strain finances

An aging US population will strain public finances and hurt the economy without swift fixes to the social safety net, such as raising the age for


Trimestrale del colosso finanziario supera le attese


One Turkish sailor dies and five more are missing after two ships collide in the Aegean Sea, south of Athens.


Siena, 20:02 - CALCIO, SIENA: VENERDI' ARTROSCOPIA PER KONKO

Il Siena ha ripreso nel pomeriggio la preparazione in vista della gara di domenica a Parma. Portanov...


Petrol bombs are thrown at a house in the mainly loyalist Mourneview estate at Lurgan in County Armagh.


Myanmar-India bilateral ties to reach new height

Myanmar top leader Senior-General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), began a state visit to India Sunday, signifying that the two countries' relations are going to reach a new height.


Here's how Canada and Finland match up in the World Cup final tonight: GOALTENDING: Miikka Kiprusoff will be the busier of the two, but that's something he's used to from both the NHL season and the World Cup.


The European Commission has suggested there should be a cut in catches for most waters. Yet the survival of stocks comes in conflict with sustaining the livelihoods of Europe's fishermen


N. Ireland polls aim to trigger lasting self-rule

Northern Ireland headed to the polls Wednesday in a make-or-break chance at building a lasting power-sharing administration between Protestants and Catholics.


Milosevic Wins Back Right to Lead Own Trial Defense

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic won back the right to lead his own trial defense on Monday after appeals judges ruled his central role in the trial should be restored as long as he remains healthy.


Military recovers Italian worker (10:39 am)

ITALIAN aid worker Andrea Cianferoni was released was released unharmed early Wednesday, the military said. Cianferoni, who was seized Tuesday by four hooded gunmen in Lanao del Norte province, was released


NASA has launched a new space observatory to hunt down and study the most powerful explosions seen in the Universe since the Big Bang itself.


US Senator Obama talks Darfur and oil with Chad's President Deby

US Senator Barack Obama held talks in Chad with President Idriss Deby Itno on the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region and on Chad's oil production, on the final stop of the African-American politician's tour of the continent.


UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says the devastation in Indonesia's Aceh is the worst he has ever seen.


Buffeted by late surprises and making vital last-minute decisions on the fly, the major presidential candidates are careening toward Tuesday's finish to Campaign 2004 across


An off-duty police officer is seriously wounded after a shooting in Londonderry.


Robust demand for cheaper phones  boosted third-quarter earnings at Nokia Oyj, the world's  biggest maker of mobile phones, with the better than expected  result sending its shares sharply higher.


By Erin Stewart Deseret Morning News  Safer classrooms and space for a growing student nursing population are the top priorities for higher education leaders already looking toward the 2007 legislative session.


Record free, unlimited MP3 audio with your cell phone

Online-storage service drop.io just added a new recording feature: Dial in from your phone and it records almost unlimited MP3 audio. Best of all, it's free!


Blog: Camera maker will spend $450 million to build a new manufacturing site that will build 3 million CMOS sensors a year.


Jerry Yang gives a glimpse of Yahooâs future that depends more on third-party developers.


Obasanjo Seeks Senate Approval to Deploy Troops to Darfur

President Olusegun Obasanjo on 17 August asked the Senate for permission to deploy Nigerian troops to the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur.


Gambling Site Pleads Guilty in U.S. Case

BetonSports pleaded guilty to racketeering charges and agreed to cooperate in a case against the companyâs founder and other defendants.


Santy worm sneaks into webs via search engines

The Santy worm with variants continues spreading on the Internet taking advantage of search engines, including Google, AOL, Yahoo to identify exploitable Web pages.


On any given morning in Beijing,   thousands queue to enter a squat grey building at the center of   Tiananmen Square, symbolic heart of China's communist   revolution.


N.B.A. Roundup: Hornets Dominate Early and Win Fourth Straight

David West had 20 points and 10 rebounds, and the New Orleans Hornets turned in another dominating performance in a 99-85 victory against the host Charlotte Bobcats on Friday night.


Iran to Consider EU Nuclear Offer, No Deal Yet

Iran has not agreed to an offer by the  European Union to receive nuclear technology in exchange for  abandoning its uranium enrichment program, but it will consider  the proposal, an Iranian official said on Thursday.


Rain didn't stop the St. Louis Cardinals from taking a 2-0 lead over the Houston Astros in the NL championship series, but it may hold up the AL series...


Coaches: Tubby Smith (197-53, eighth season; 321-115, 14th season overall), Kentucky; Rick Pitino (70-31, fourth season; 422-155, 19th season overall), Louisville.


President Bush sees the value — and the humor — in the idea that aides could secretly feed him advice through a radio receiver hidden on his back.


Nigeria court issues arrest warrant for Pfizer staff

A Nigerian state court Monday issued an arrest warrant for three Pfizer Inc. group staffers who allegedly defied a summons and failed to appear in court for hearings of a case against the US drugs company for an alleged illegal clinical trial.


John Legend and Gnarls Barkley took early honors Saturday at the 21st Anniversary Soul Train Music Awards.


Pads rookie Cassel tops Bucs for 1st win

Rookie Jack Cassel pitched six solid innings for his first big league win, Khalil Greene hit a two-run homer and the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 Monday night to keep a 1 1/2-game lead in the wild-card race.


"For sale" ad skirts hotel's chequered past

"House for Sale" ads often leave out some important details about the property, but few match the discretion of a full-page advertisement on Tuesday announcing the sale of France's International Conference Centre in Paris.


Reliance Energy to consult RIL on new projects

Reliance Energy on Tuesday decided to approach its principal shareholder Reliance Industries on "matters concerning the future prospects of the company" and reposed full faith in the present management led by chairman and managing director Anil Ambani.


Forensic teams are combing a churchyard where animal activists have been blamed for digging up a grave.


A gargantuan earthquake centered off the western end of Indonesia unleashed a series of tsunamis Sunday that crashed into coastal towns, fishing


Tiny Fuel Particles Cause Heart Attacks, Group Says

Tiny air-born particles released by burning fossil fuels are reducing the average human life span across Europe and North America by eight months, a leading research body said on Monday.


President Boris Tadic wins Serbia's run-off presidential poll, beating challenger Tomislav Nikolic.


Police arrest man in London over Hampshire raid in which two would-be robbers were shot dead.


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The attorney for an Islamic charity whose office was searched by FBI agents last week says the charity has no ties to global terrorism or to a Sudanese group with a similar name that is under federal investigation.


Paul Newman, John Wayne movies out on DVD

Paul Newman has been  around so long and is so extended as a personality -- we see  him most frequently on salad-dressing labels -- that there's a  danger of forgetting his genius.


Using the anti-depressant Prozac at an early age may lead to emotional problems later in life, US scientists say.


Six more U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq: military

Six more U.S. soldiers were killed in bombs in north of Baghdad on Monday, the military said on Tuesday.


Ailing Chief Justice, Looking Frail, Swears in Bush

U.S. Chief Justice William  Rehnquist, looking frail from cancer and using a cane,  administered the oath of office to President Bush on Thursday  and then promptly left the podium.


Conti migliorano grazie a somme incassate per causa legale


The English Premier League is considering playing some matches overseas, BBC Sport can reveal.


Sir Paul McCartney says he left record label EMI after 45 years because it had become "boring" and formulaic.


A female police officer suffers 12 pellet wounds to her leg as a robber shoots her with a  shotgun.


iPhone changes UK mobile operator O2 is rejigging its mobile tariffs to make them simpler and offering a flat rate data charge of Â£1 a day.â¦


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Court won't review Guantanamo evidence ruling

The U.S. government on Friday lost a court bid to prevent terrorism detainees gaining access to all readily available documents about them as they challenge their indefinite imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay.


Buses defy rebel blockade of Nepal's capital

KATMANDU, Nepal  - A heavily guarded convoy of six buses snaked its way out of Nepal's capital Thursday, the first vehicles to defy Maoist rebels who blockaded Katmandu this week with threats alone and without setting up a single roadblock.


Don't let your boss catch you reading this

If you are at work, chances are you are probably doing it right now.


Four men have tried. No one has succeeded. Is anyone out there capable of having a winning season as manager of the Baltimore Orioles? Sam Perlozzo was fired by the Orioles on Monday, the result of his inability to bring last-place Baltimore out of a lengthy funk culminated by an eight-game losing streak.


Greek Cypriots demolished a wall Friday along the boundary that for decades has split Europe's last divided capital


It's Never Too Late to Be Healthy, Studies Show

It is never too late to eat well and exercise every day, according to a quartet of new studies that found healthy lifestyles can produce dramatic benefits for the body and mind, even among the elderly.


Peirsol sets new world mark in 200 backstroke

Indianapolis, IN (Sports Network) - Three-time gold medalist Aaron Peirsol broke his own short course world record in the 200 meter backstroke with an easy victory Monday night at the Short Course World Championships.


Alan Jackson leads all nominees at Tuesday's Country Music Association awards with seven, including entertainer of the year and song of the year for "Remember When."


Size: Inconsistent, but never irrelevant

The sight of all those size-0 models on the Fashion Week runways recalls an oft-quoted line from the film "The Devil Wears Prada." Happy to be a size 6, the impressionable young fashion assistant Andy Sachs is soon brought down to size: Six, her mentor declares, "is the new 14."


Basic Instincts: It Might Pay to Follow Your Bliss

By working hard, planning ahead and saving your resources, you end up healthy, wealthy and warm.


The Military Hospital of Santiago said Pinochet suffered a stroke, but "has overcome the critical condition," and might be released in a few days.


Pertussis Vaccination Recommended for Teens

NEW YORK  - Adolescents and some adults  should be revaccinated against pertussis, also known as  "whopping cough," to decrease the risk of transmission to  infants, according to a report in Clinical Infectious Diseases.


La circolare del Csm nasce dalle modifiche volute dall'ex ministro Roberto CastelliAltre ai vincoli di parentela, matrimonio e affini riconosce le convivenze                                           Coppie di fatto "incompatibili" tra le toghe Il divieto anche tra investigatori e pm                                                                                Entro il 31 dicembre i magistrati dovranno autodenunciarsi al Consiglio superioreLa verde Balducci: "E' un provvedimento contrario alla privacy" di CLAUDIA FUSANI


Because there's no discernible point to this film about one man's plan to "incinerate Dick Nixon," it has only craft and technique to recommend it.


UN official says Iraqi children worse off

GENEVA -- The situation for Iraqi children is getting worse and, in some respects, was better before the war began, a senior UN official said yesterday.


The US current account deficit jumped by 8.2% to a record $856.6bn  in 2006, figures show.


Stabilizing Iraq will be a lengthy process that won't end when violence in that country  -  and U.S. troop strength  -  are reduced, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said


Fitful Mauresmo Through to Linz Semifinals

Top seed Amelie Mauresmo reached the semifinals of the Linz Open when she continued her run of success against Ai Sugiyama by beating the defending champion 6-2, 6-4 Friday.


Sports pundit Rodney Marsh is fired for making a joke about the tsunami disaster on Sky Sports.


Chiude con un netto in calo a 46 milioni di euro


Talks provided a fix for a fortnight, not a generation

It wasn't pretty, but it worked, sort of. The Prime Minister and premiers made a deal. They had to, since "let's make a deal" was the agenda for the meeting and the PM had said no one could leave until a deal was reached.


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Charlie Manuel was named the 51st manager of the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday. Manuel, 60, replaces Larry Bowa, who was Oct. 2 after four years at the helm.


It has been a tough week to be a CBS executive. Two days after the news division admitted serious flaws in its blockbuster story about President Bush's National Guard service, the Tiffany network's parent


South, West - candidates make final push

Sen. John McCain barnstormed through a skeptical South on Saturday, campaigning for a Super Tuesday knockout in the Republican presidential race. Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton worked the West on the final weekend before primaries and caucuses in more than 20 states.


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Knicks Embarrassed in Opener at the Garden

Boston smacked its hosts around and pinned a defeat on the Knicks, who absorbed their most lopsided home-opening loss.


A man was rescued early Monday from the ocean off Florida after he jumped from a cruise ship while apparently drunk, authorities said.


Sabre Holdings Corp. , owner of the Travelocity Web site, on Thursday said it agreed to buy privately held SynXis Corp., a provider of reservation management services to hotels, for $40 million.


SanDisk guns for iPod Nano with slim video viewer

Long player Now that Apple's got its new, video-playing iPod Nano launched here comes SanDisk with an alternative it hopes will win over buyers with its sleeker lines and higher storage capacity.â¦


China getting back on its feet as weather improves

The thunder of firecrackers  ushered in the Year of the Rat on Thursday, but millions of  Chinese were spending a cold holiday as repair teams battled to  restore power knocked out by the worst snow storms in a  century.


Marsh wonât face charges from Spitzer on âmoving forwardâ

Marsh & McLennan will see no criminal charges from the New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer as the company moves towards positive changes in its staff.


Chechen rebels launched a major assault on Grozny just before President Putin's visit, Russia says.


"Rock Band," "Guitar Hero" drive digital song sales

In the two months since MTV Networks  and Harmonix released the music-based videogame "Rock Band,"  players have purchased and downloaded more than 2.5 million  additional songs made available after the game's initial  distribution. Activision, meanwhile, said it has sold more than  5 million new songs via download for "Guitar Hero III: Legends  of Rock" since it began adding downloadable content in early  November.


Intel Corp. is scrapping plans to enter the digital television chip business, marking a retreat from a major component of its consumer electronics initiative.


S.African rock art offers picture of harmony

In the caves of South Africa's Cederberg mountains, an ancient people left a legacy of rock art that could teach modern man a valuable lesson or two about living in harmony with nature.


IAEA delays ruling on disputed Iran atom aid

A divided U.N. nuclear watchdog has put off until Thursday ruling on Iran's bid for aid for a project the West fears could yield bomb-grade plutonium, but is still likely to block such assistance, diplomats said.


Sickness absence in the NI Civil Service is on the increase, and has cost  Â£25.6m this year.


Kevin Trudeau, the million-selling author, infomercial star and convicted felon, swears that his new health guide, "More Natural `Cures' Revealed," is 100 percent true. Make that 100 percent true "in essence."


Immovable Rookies Meet in an Irresistible Collision

Facing off in the JetsÂ victory over the Texans, Texans rookie Mario Williams landed the biggest punch, but DÂBrickashaw FergusonÂs team is still in the playoff hunt.


Palestinians in the West Bank vote in their first municipal elections for almost 30 years.


Il ministro, 'Lo diremo, come sinistra, martedi' a Prodi'


No survivors expected in China mine blast

Rescuers confirmed 64 dead Friday following Wednesday's blast in a central China coal mine, with 84 miners still missing in the toxic gas filled shaft.


U.S. stocks began September with sharp   gains on Friday as a report showing slightly more-than-expected   U.S. job growth in August raised hopes that companies will   sustain profitability even as the expansion moderates.


By TERI BORSETI  HALIFAX  Charles Lewis remembers when his mother first bought the house in which he now lives. "We came from Fields Corner in Dorchester and this was our summer house at first. That was in the 60's. She's gone now and I live here year-round," Lewis said.


British broadcaster ITV dismisses NTL advances

British broadcaster ITV has rejected outright a 4.74-billion-pound approach from US cable operator NTL, arguing that it "materially undervalues" the company.


Dance Review | Jeremy Wade: Twitches and Paroxysms, in Shades of Grotesque

The normally sleepy Joyce SoHo kick-started its effort to revitalize itself by presenting the American premiere of Jeremy Wadeâs â... and pulled out their hair.â


Diesel-engine maker Cummins Inc.  on Wednesday said fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled, boosted by a lower tax rate, and its shares fell on  a disappointing outlook for 2005.


Lome, 18:43 - CALCIO, TOGO: PRESIDENTE CONDANNATO PER CORRUZIONE

Tata Avlessi, presidente della Federazione calcio togolese, è stato condannato ad otto anni d...


NTT DoCoMo, Motorola tie up on 3G handsets

NTT DoCoMo will release a handset compatible with non-Japanese cellular networks and with its own 3G (third generation) mobile network early next year.


Singer Britney Spears says she has taken control of her life after being "naive" and pushed around by advisors.


Three critical patches star in MS update

No word on Word fixes, yet Microsoft issued seven patches on Tuesday - one more than expected - as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday update cycle. Three of the updates earn the dreaded rating of critical.â¦


Hochfilzen, 14:53 - BIATHLON, CDM UOMINI: BJOERNDALEN VINCE SPRINT HOCHFILZEN

Quarta vittoria in altrettanti gari stagionali per Ole Einar Bjoerndalen. Il norvegese ha vinto la s...


Arrivano da Shangdong dove sara' realizzato polo automobile


Colin Montgomerie believes Europe's 2004 Ryder Cup team has unprecedented strength in depth.


Test Flights for Shuttle Could Begin Next Spring

NASA officials said on Friday that the space shuttle Discovery could take off for the International Space Station in May or June in the first of two test flights aimed at resuming normal shuttle operations.


The YouTube world opens an untamed frontier for copyright law

Laws on use of sampled material are murky, and stand to get murkier before they get clearer, experts say.


Business & money: Departure follows claims Matt Ridley was clinging to office as other directors are also called on to go.


Juve beat Roma 2-0 to establish five-point lead in league

Juventus moved five points clear at the top of Italian first division soccer after goals from Alessandro Del Piero and Marcelo Zalayeta gave them a 2-0 win overAS Roma on Thursday.


TomTom shipped viruses on its navigation devices

"Small number" of GO 910 devices included two Windows-based bugs; no reports of problems yet, company says.


AMERICA/BRASILE - Il Brasile ammette che la strategia contro la lebbra era sbagliata Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Il Ministero della SanitÃ  brasiliano ha emesso il 20 settembre un documento in cui si riconosce che il calo del numero dei malati di lebbra in cura in Brasile negli ultimi anni era un dato non corretto. Infatti, dietro pression...


Paese contratto da un eccesso di disuguaglianza


Details of a television ad from President Bush to begin airing this week:


There's more to the PGA Tour than the Big Three. Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods and Ernie Els all appear to be on top of their game, which put some spice into the start of the new season. All had ample opportunity to win the Mercedes Championships against a winners-only field at Kapalua.


Just five months after emerging from bankruptcy protection, the telecommunications giant retains investment and legal advisers to solicit potential buyers, sources say.-TheWashington Post


Presidential rivals tout economic credentials

GREENWOOD, South Carolina  - U.S. presidential candidates competed on Tuesday to look strong on the economy after an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve and shaky markets worldwide exacerbated fears of a U.S. recession.


Obama buoyed in Iowa; urges supporters to vote

Democratic presidential  candidate Barack Obama was buoyed on Tuesday by some good news  in an Iowa opinion poll but warned his backers they need to  show up and vote this week if they want him to win.


Bolivia's president said Saturday the government should expropriate mines where private owners have not invested sufficiently, taking aim at the industry after clashes between rival bands of miners left at least 16 dead.


Chaka Khan's Son Arrested on Murder Charge

The son of R&B singer Chaka Khan has been arrested for investigation of murder, police said Monday.


Cosi' presidente Marzotto replica a voci vendita


Afghanistan, al Jazeera trasmette video con i tre funzionari Onu ...

L'emittente araba al Jazeera ha trasmesso un video con i tre funzionari elettorali dell'Onu rapiti in Afghanistan. La registrazione mostra le due donne, un'irlandese e una kosovara, el'uomo, di nazionalitÃ  filippina, seduti con le spalle a un muro.


Democrats want timeout on special-interest money

Democrats taking control of Congress  next month say they will try to ban for the remainder of fiscal  2007 the special-interest "pork" projects that got Republicans  in so much trouble with voters in the November elections.


Director Lynch produces film that puzzles critics

David Lynch is not like other directors. Critics say his films make no sense and even he admits they are difficult.


WRAPUP 1-Champion Rossi wins Malaysian MotoGP

World champion Valentino Rossi won the Malaysian MotoGP on Sunday, bouncing back from bitter disappointment in Qatar a week ago and putting himself in pole position for a fourth straight title.


President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are both campaigning in New Mexico on Monday in tandem swings through the Southwest on their way to Wednesday night's final debate in Arizona. Bush criticized Kerry on the war on terror, while Kerry criticized the president's energy policies.


Riots Erupt Across Kenya as Rivals Declare Victory

Supporters of the leading presidential challenger were protesting what they said was a plot by the government to steal the closely contested election.


Discovery docks with space station for tricky mission

Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station with a crew of seven astronauts for the most complex ISS construction mission to date.


Milano, 22:36 - BOXE: ASSESSORE LOMBARDO PROSPERINI LA VUOLE NELLE SCUOLE

"Portiamo la boxe nelle scuole di Milano e della Lombardia". Questa la proposta avanzata oggi dagli ...


Occorre tempo, pazienza, perseveranza, audacia e impegno


SAN'A, Yemen - Yemen's Defense and Interior ministries announced the death of a rebel cleric who has led his followers in fierce battles with the government for more than two months, the country's official news agency reported Friday.


Factory Orders Dip for First Time in 4 Months

Overall, factory orders declined by 0.1 percent in August, following an increase of 1.7 percent in July.


Philips Second-Quarter Profit Up Sharply

Royal Philips Electronics said net profit rose to $2.16 billion in the second quarter on the sale of its stake in a Taiwanese semiconductor company, but that exchange rates hurt sales.


Per Italia periodo complicato, ci vuole molta pazienza


Blog: The two tech titans will share a stage next week at a tech conference.


Mirna Hindoyan and Charla Faddoul's trek during CBS' "The Amazing Race" ended in tears — from the contestants and host Phil Keoghan.


Gabe: A few eagle eyed viewers noticed that I accidentally drew a Nebulon-B frigate in today's comic. Gabe mentions the Mon Calamari and the Corellians but the Nebulon-B is actually produced by the Kuat Drive Yards.I deeply regret the mistake and I have since corrected it in the comic by replacing the original drawing with one of the Mon Calamari Cruiser "Liberty", sadly lost in the Battle of Endor . I am in no way trying to diminish the Nebulon-B frigate or the fine craftsmanship of the dedicated workers employed by KDY. Again I apologize for any inconvenience or offence my carelessness may have caused.  -Gabe out


Bush seeks Saudi help to tame oil prices

President George W. Bush urged Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to help tame soaring oil prices which threaten the U.S. economy, saying exporters should help get more crude into the market.


One says admitting Turkey to the European Union would spread Islamic radicalism throughout the continent. Another calls Britain America's slavish "spear-carrier" and bemoans Europeans' image in Washington as "sanctimonious wimps."


Within a converted barn on the Planetary Society's campus Tuesday, a group of scientists, engineers and volunteers began the countdown for a March launch of the


BetaNews: After tackling Spam, AOL is now waging a two front offensive against spammers. America Online has taken the fight to "Spim," which is crossing over the threshold of disruption.


A host of stars from the music industry are set to attend the annual MTV Europe Awards in Rome on Thursday.


UA, Stanford top Pac-10 women's hoops poll

The Cats hope to finish atop the conference this season after tying for first last year. The University of Arizona women's basketball team got a share of the Pacific-10 Conference title last year.


Suicide Bomber Kills 15 People in Afghanistan

The attack, after a few weeks of relative quiet, raised fears that insurgents were resuming their campaign of suicide bombings.


They were so close to the finish, Athens and Vanderlei de Lima - the city and the athlete, each about to complete a job well done.


The Redskins have downgraded linebacker LaVar Arrington to doubtful for Sunday's game against the Green Bay Packers.


British Olympic Association chief Craig Reedie has signed a "memorandum of understanding" with China's Olympic boss Yuan Weimin.


Online social music site Last.fm is acquired by US media giant CBS Corporation for $280m (Â£140m).


Ripartizione strumenti finanziari fra segmenti negoziazione


Peanut butter recall widens for salmonella link

U.S. food safety authorities extended a recall of peanut butter linked to a salmonella outbreak to include products bought as early as October 2004.


Fidel Castro phones Cuban officials: paper reports

Ailing Cuban President Fidel Castro has spoken by telephone to a meeting of Cuban officials, the ruling Communist Party newspaper Granma said on Saturday in the first official word on the 80-year-old leader in 11 days.


WALL STREET: AVVIO SULLA PARITA'; EUROPEE IN RIALZO

(AGI) - Roma, 1 nov. - La borsa americana apre all'insegna della cautela, con il Dow Jones piatto a 10024 punti e il Nasdaq che e' appena sopra la parita' (+0,02%) a 1975,72 punti. Sui mercati pesa l'incognita


Bush, in Vietnam, Says Change Takes Time

HANOI, Nov. 17 -- President Bush arrived Friday in Vietnam on a mission to strengthen business ties with the rapidly changing country and ease the bitter memories of the war the United States waged here decades ago.


Washington Man Forms E-Mail Rejection Service

Attention, ladies: If that guy hitting on you just won't quit until you surrender your e-mail address, feel free to call upon Paper Napkin. Billed as an e-mail rejection service, Paper Napkin will tell your persistent suitor to buzz off when he comes calling electronically.


L'obiettivo e' un aumento della produttivitÃ  del 10%


European Inflation Slows a Second Month as Companies Fail to Pass On Costs

Inflation in the 12 countries sharing the euro slowed for a second month in July as faltering consumer demand deterred companies from passing on higher energy costs.


An 8-year-old girl who suffers from a rare digestive disorder and cannot eat wheat has had her first Holy Communion declared invalid because the wafer contained no wheat, violating Roman Catholic doctrine.


New York, 10:27 - BASEBALL, MLB: I RISULTATI DI STANOTTE

Questi i risutlati delle gare di baseball Usa (MLB) giocate nella notte italiana:


A Measure of the Power That Drives the Bicycle

The Polar CS600 With Power relies on sensors that capture slight differences in chain vibration as well as chain speed to calculate power output.


Detroit carmakers to seek big union concessions: report

The three big Detroit automakers will seek unprecedented concessions from the United Auto Workers union in contract negotiations, The Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Thursday, citing auto executives.


Palestinian security officers demand pay

Several thousand police officers fired into the air and smashed windows of the Palestinian parliament building Thursday, raising fears of new unrest in Gaza after the Hamas-led government said it still cannot pay most of its workers.


Consumer sentiment falls in December: survey

U.S. consumer sentiment fell in December, a prelimiary report showed on Friday, as consumers pared back their views of future financial conditions.


Mideast banks to report subprime losses: magazine

Banks in the Middle East will announce  losses from exposure to the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis when  they report fourth-quarter earnings, the Middle East Economic  Digest (MEED) reported, citing bankers.


Europe's unmanned Rosetta space probe flies within 250km of Mars on its 10-year journey to land on a comet.


Alex Trlica kicked a 41-yard field goal with 7 seconds left to give Texas Tech a 31-28 come-from-behind victory over No. 21 Virginia in a wild Gator Bowl on Tuesday. Tech overcame several mental errors, including pivotal penalties and a fumble, to come back from a 28-14 fourth quarter deficit. Its aggressive pass offense couldn't score much for three quarters, but Graham Harrell still managed to rack up several Gator Bowl records.


Efforts made by provincial government to evacuate almost 1 million people before Typhoon Aere, the 18th of the year, landed in Fujian Province paid off.


Police are investigating a shooting in a Monmouthshire village in which one man died and two neighbours were wounded.


Oracle (Quote, Chart) issued a final $24 per share offer for PeopleSoft (Quote, Chart), gearing up for a final run at the elusive enterprise applications company it has been trying to acquire since June 2003.


European talisman Colin Montgomerie is first out in the singles at 1115 BST on decisive day three of the Ryder Cup.


US mortgage defaults weigh on HSBC profits

Global banking giant HSBC Holdings announced on Monday a 35.5-percent surge in bad debts during 2006 owing to increased defaults on home loans by high-risk US borrowers.


Secondo il ministro e' 'una sfida alla trasparenza'


Set Guidelines, Safety Rules for Child's Use of Computer

I know you have written about Internet safety before, but it seems my 11-year-old son is on the computer more than ever.


Manchester United received a much-needed boost in an injury-plagued season when French international striker Louis Saha returned to the first team for the first time in just over two months.


Australian property group Investa agrees to be bought by US investment giant Morgan Stanley for $3.9bn.


Earthquake activity ramps up at Mount St. Helens

Earthquake activity began increasing at Mount St. Helens, however overcast skies Saturday impeded scientists' ability to see what was happening at the volcano.


Morrison to play Princess Diana in Lifetime drama

LOS ANGELES  - Jennifer Morrison, co-star of Fox's hit medical drama "House," has been tapped to star in the Lifetime original telefilm "The Murder of Princess Diana."


THE Athens Summer Olympic Games cost host country Greece nearly 9 billion euros ($15.23 billion), Greek Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis said today, citing definitive figures.


ObjectStore suitably EdgeXtended by acquisition


Lanciano, 15:18 - CALCIO, CONFESSA PUGNO AD ARBITRO: SALVA CAPITANO DA QUALIFICA

Aveva evitato la squalifica, ma al suo posto, per un pugno alla schiena dell'arbitro non visto dal d...


Leroy Chiao has ever flown in a Soyuz spacecraft, before, but the three lifted off early Thursday from Kazakhstan en route to the International Space Station.


U.S. economic expansion remains on  track and inflation under control, top Federal Reserve  officials said Wednesday in comments likely to reinforce views  the Fed will hike rates again this year.


Slate's Moneybox: Wal-Mart's Holiday Woes

Description: Slate columnist Daniel Gross examines whether a disappointing start to the holiday shopping season for Wal-Mart could present opportunities for other retailers.


Carnival Corp. Will Expand In Burgeoning Europe Trade

With the launch of the Costa Magica on Nov. 6 came a flurry of announcements from the cruise line and Carnival Corporation underlining the growing strength of the European cruise market and the company s ...


French advertising firm Publicis is on the hunt for acquisitions in emerging markets after reporting strong growth in profits.


Warner Backs Blu-ray, Tilting DVD Battle

Hollywoodâs squabble over which of two technologies will replace standard DVDs skewed in the direction of Sony Corporation on Friday, with Warner Brothers casting the deciding vote.


Pakistani forces secure rebel mosque complex

Pakistani security forces secured a mosque and school complex in Islamabad on Wednesday, snuffing out the last pockets of resistance a day after an assault that killed a rebel cleric and more than 70 supporters.


Il Nevada a Romney, tra i democratici Clinton batte Obama


Guatemalan ex-general leads presidential race

A hard-line former general who wants an army crackdown on rampant crime led Guatemala's presidential election on Sunday, but he lacked enough support to avoid a November 4 runoff, results showed.


German police arrested a former Rwandan minister wanted by the International Tribunal on genocide charges related to the 1994 conflict in the African state, the Federal Crime Office said Thursday.


Venezuela robbers free most hostages, drive off

ALTAGRACIA DE ORITUCO, Venezuela  - Venezuelan bank robbers carrying pistols and a hand-grenade sped away on Tuesday from a police siege in an ambulance with a handful of hostages after a deal that freed tens of other captives in a two-day standoff.


Paris Hilton has been transferred out of a medical ward at a Los Angeles County jail and returned to the all-women's facility where she began her sentence for a probation violation more than a week ago, a sheriff's official said Thursday.


UK teacher reinvents the chair to stop class clowns

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A British teacher has designed a school chair that is physically impossible to tip backwards in the hopes of getting pupils to sit still, prevent dangerous accidents and give teachers a quieter life.


A few days before the election that won him the presidency of Russia's violence-plagued Chechnya region, Maj. Gen. Alu Alkhanov gave a startling order to the police force he commanded: Shoot anyone wearing a mask.


Medical Examiner Rules Ledgerâs Death Accidental

Heath Ledger died accidentally from the abuse of  prescription medications â specifically, six kinds of painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs.


European shares rose on Friday, supported  by Wall Street's strong close, with standout gains from  TeliaSonera's pledges to trim its costs and as takeover talk  lifted UK cigarette maker Gallaher.


Roma, 21:33 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS, SCHUSTER: REAL E' IN UN BUON MOMENTO

Nonostante i risultati negativi e gli infortuni, Bernd Schuster è ottimista. L'allenatore del...


Wings win 1st over Blackhawks in 5 tries

Henrik Zetterberg, Dan Cleary and Mikael Samuelsson scored in the first period, and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 on Sunday night for their third straight win and seventh in eight games.


Maurizio Oldani, era commercialista e coordinatore di zona 1


The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is converting an airport into what it hopes will be a state-of-the-art facility that attracts millions of travelers a year while serving as a relief valve for increasing congestion at the other airports


Europe Invites Turkey to Hold Membership Talks Next October

Despite widespread public opposition, the European Union's political leaders said late Thursday that Turkey had made sufficient progress in political and economic reforms


The father of a 5-year-old Cuban girl at the center of an international custody battle did not abandon her despite failing to contact her for months, a judge ruled Thursday.


Louisiana Slow To Distribute Aid From FEMA

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 19 -- Louisiana lags behind Mississippi in forwarding federal aid to cash-strapped communities after Hurricane Katrina, lending support to complaints by local officials in the New Orleans area that the state is holding up money they need for repairs and rebuilding.


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[TS] High & Low Finance: Option Lies May Be Costly for Directors

New rules in Delaware hold members of a companyâs board personally liable for options shenanigans.


By Amelia Nielson-Stowell Deseret Morning News  The Legislature is meddling more and more in local government -- but who's asking for it?  Lawmakers have pushed dozens of bills this session that change the way cities and counties operate.


Business Sits on the Losing Side of Elections

District business leaders brought money and the stamp of success to the table when they endorsed D.C. Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp for mayor. They offered hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions. They offered an endorsement -- from the Greater Washington Board of Trade -- that has been...


The battle for the hands of gamers is intensifying, with two new portable consoles due out in the UK shortly.


New drug extends multiple sclerosis options

25/11/2004 - The first in a completely new class of drug for multiple sclerosis has been approved in the US, opening up a new avenue of treatment for sufferers of the debilitating diseases and potential blockbuster revenues for developers Elan and Biogen


Treasuries Slip Lower Ahead of New Supply

Treasuries slipped lower on Monday as  investors positioned themselves to absorb $51 billion of new  supply this week ahead of an expected Federal Reserve increase  in official interest rates.


China shifts from receiving to giving foreign aid

China is set to complete the transition from aid recipient to international donor in the next year, the head of the world's biggest humanitarian agency said yesterday as he announced plans to phase out food support for Beijing and introduce a new period


Ballmer security pitch leaves skeptics unswayed

Cyber threats, chiefly viruses like NetSky and Sasser, make security an ongoing concern as it holds steady over software infrastructure as the third top priority.


A strong performance by Walt Disney's TV channels offsets weaker movie revenues, pushing fourth-quarter profits up by a quarter.


The focus of the US election campaign shifted today to the vice presidential contest as Republican incumbent Dick Cheney and Democratic challenger John Edwards prepared for their first


Marine spared prison time in Iraqi death

A Marine convicted of kidnapping and conspiring to murder an Iraqi civilian who was killed by troops looking for an insurgent will not serve prison time, a military jury decided Friday.


Rick Neuheisel is coming back to UCLA -- this time as head coach -- after agreeing to succeed Karl Dorrell, who was fired after five seasons on the job.


iMac G5 Debuts as World's Thinnest Desktop

With a belief that less is more, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) has taken the wraps off its iMac G5, featuring a new design that integrates the entire computer into the flat-panel display.


Diabetics who don't have family doctors can find help at a new walk-in clinic. Thousands of diabetics lacking their own family doctors will be able to find help at a London medical walk-in clinic.


Grandmasters push toilet row aside to play chess

It went down to the wire but in the end the Russian turned up to play.


US, Israel to Confer on Settlement Plans

A team of American diplomats is due in Israel early next month for talks with Israeli officials on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plans to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.


Blog: Why 80 cores? There's actually nothing magic about the number.


Le accuse sono di rapina aggravata e lesioni gravissime


Google Inc. has consolidated 500 of its advertising and engineering staff into a single location in the fashionable former meatpacking district of lower Manhattan, the company confirmed on Monday.


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U.S. welcomes call for early Palestinian elections

The White House on Saturday said it  hoped that a call by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for  fresh elections would help calm violence and pave the way for  getting the peace process back on track.


Napoli, 13:53 - CALCIO, REGGINA; ULIVIERI: ALLENATORE MERITA RISPETTO

Renzo Ulivieri crede nella salvezza della Reggina. ''E' difficile e lo sappiamo bene - ha detto Uliv...


Vivek launches relief operations in TN village

Joining relief operations, Bollywood star Vivek Oberoi and his father Suresh Oberoi and their team started work at the tsunami-ravaged Thevanampattinam coastal village near Cuddalore to set up temporary thatched huts to accommodate fishermen rendered homeless in the disaster.


Rhodri Morgan is to take his oath of office as first minister a day after revealing his new assembly cabinet.


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Swedes in danger of loving crayfish delicacy to death

Swedes worship crayfish, holding large parties every summer to celebrate the little red shellfish in a feast that is as important for its rituals as its gastronomic delight.


The surf-and-skate retailer's executive resigns, possibly to go off and buy Rossignol.


Clijsters Continues Comeback, Venus Advances

Former world number one Kim Clijsters  continued her comeback from a debilitating wrist injury with a  7-5, 6-7, 6-1, victory over Russia's Nadia Petrova in the  second round of the Antwerp Diamond Games on Wednesday.


(InfoWorld) - Hewlett-Packard continued to pull ahead of DellÂ in global PC sales during the fourth quarter of 2006, according to an industry report released Tuesday. Dell was the only top-five vendor to ship fewer PCs in the fourth quarter of 2006 than in the same period of the previous year, reporting a decline of 8.6 percent to 9.6 million units, according to iSuppli. In contrast, the global PC market grew 6.3 percent to 66.7 million for the quarter. Dell is struggling to adjust to theÂ resignation of its CEO in January, an accounting investigation by stock regulators, a shareholder lawsuit, andÂ sinking profits. However, HP also hit turbulence in 2006, with aÂ corporate spying scandalÂ that forced the resignation of Chairman Patricia Dunn. Still, Dell had built up such a large lead in annual sales that it held onto a thin 0.3 percent lead over HP in market share for the full year of 2006. That lead won't last long if current trends continue, said Matthew Wilkins, iSuppli's principal analyst for computer platforms, in a statement. Both HP and Acer grew much faster than the market as a whole and could soon pass their rivals. In the fourth quarter, HP had the greatest market share with 17.4 percent, followed by Dell at 14.5 percent, Lenovo at 7.1 percent, Acer at 6.6 percent, and Toshiba at 3.7 percent. Those numbers placed the companies in the same rankings they held in the third quarter of 2006. But ranked by their sales growth compared to the fourth quarter of 2005, Acer had the best term with a 42.7 percent increase, leading Toshiba, which had 21.3 percent, HP at 21.1 percent, Lenovo with 8.2 percent, and Dell with its 8.6 percent loss. At that rate, HP will soon pass Dell for the No. 1 spot, and Acer will soon pass Lenovo for the No. 3 ranking, Wilkins said.


Tiny rival sues Sepracor over Lunesta moth

The glowing green moth that advertises the sleeping pill Lunesta has become one of the best-known logos in the drug industry, gliding serenely across magazine pages, websites, and television screens.


Iraq War Naysayers May Have Hindsight Bias

Antiwar liberals last week got to savor the four most satisfying words in the English language: "I told you so."


Lawyers for the Major League Baseball Players Association and the commissioner's office are discussing ways to bring about a meeting between Jason Giambi and steroids investigator George J. Mitchell.


NEW DELHI The chief executives of Microsoft and Intel are visiting India this week, underscoring the country's importance as a source of skilled software workers and a growing local market.


I have five email in-boxes, three of which are consolidated into Entourage, Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) mail client for the Mac.


A woman who injured more than 20 people in an acid attack in a Bristol pub is jailed for four years.


Business & money: Tony Douglas, who recently labelled the state of the airport 'unacceptable', to be replaced by Mark Bullock.


Norman Rockwell paintings often resonate because of their depictions of everyday life, but the life of one of his paintings has been anything but mundane.


Brazil has agreed in principle to let the U.N. atomic watchdog agency see parts of equipment to enrich uranium, diplomats said Wednesday. Such a deal would resolve months of dispute over access to the technology that can be used to build nuclear weapons.


Roma, 19:35 - CALCIO, SERIE C: TUTTI I RISULTATI DEI PLAY-OFF

Qiuesti i risultati delle finali di ritorno dei play off dei campionati di calcio di serie C1 e seri...


The question has dogged him for two weeks now in four different interviews at the National Tennis Center. How does Lleyton Hewitt's US Open run compare to the title surge he made three years ago?


An $8 million painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat has been located in a Manhattan warehouse after apparently being smuggled out of Brazil, federal prosecutors said.


Cox speed boost leaves some members behind

Not all of the cable company's broadband subscribers got a recent hike in bandwidth.


Ford may part ways with both its British luxury-car brands as it raises money for its turnaround efforts.


Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday after  oil prices jumped more than a dollar to over $48 a barrel and  investment bank Morgan Stanley MWD.N and brokerage Bear  Stearns Cos. Inc. BSC.N reported declines in quarterly  profits.


Court backs California ban on same-sex marriages

A California appeals court upheld the state's ban on same-sex marriage on Thursday, reversing a lower court's judgment against a voter-approved law defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman.


Via libera del Consiglio dei Ministri al decreto Turco


Pur denunciando magagne resta 'il miglior paese del mondo'


TIGER WOODS today made it clear he still views individual glory as more important than team success ahead of the Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills.


AS A 14-year-old on a men's handicap of four, Mianne Bagger was recognised as a future champion. Photographed alongside Greg Norman in the magazine Golf World, Bagger would eventually earn international recognition for a much more dramatic swing.


Doggedly Persistent, Untying Medicare Knots for the Elderly

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


Police are investigating the death of a teenager in Leicester in the early hours of New Year's Day.


Longevity puts a different ending on the Romeo and Juliet story.


Lycos Shuts Down Controversial Screensaver

Lycos Europe has shut down its screensaver, makelovenotspam, which delighted many Internet users with the opportunity to flood spammers' Web sites with junk e-mail.


Angry Tamil party dumps second corpse outside Norwegian embassy

For a second time in a week, protesters have placed the coffin of another Tamil politician killed by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels outside the Norwegian embassy in the Sri Lankan capital.


Death toll of England's train crash rises to seven

The number of people who were killedwhen a high-speed train hit a car in southeastern England on Saturday rose to seven Sunday, including the drivers of both the car and train.


WASHINGTON -- The government warned on Thursday of a possible Internet attack on U.S. stock market and banking Web sites from a radical Muslim group, but officials said the threat was unconfirmed and seemed to pose no immediate danger.


The possibility of a collision between Mars and an approaching asteroid has been effectively ruled out, according to scientists watching the space rock.


Playoffs present new challenge for Angels

ANAHEIM ---- The Anaheim Angels began their off-day workout for the American League divisional series Monday with a gentle breeze blowing through Angel Stadium and flipping the flag from their 2002 World Series championship in center field.


Army Nurse supervisor Patrick McAndrew tries to save the life of an American soldier by giving him CPR upon arrival to a military hospital in Baghdad, Iraq Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004.


Edinburgh Festival Fringe smashes attendance record

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's biggest arts festival, this year broke its attendance record by selling 1.7 million tickets, organisers said Tuesday.


Assistette all'omicidio di un amico accusato di gestire un laboratorio per la cocainaFreddato davanti a casa con tre colpi di pistola. E' morto tra le braccia della moglie e dei due figli                                          Bergamo, ucciso il supertestimone Era l'autista di un trafficante di droga


Milano, 17:26 - CICLISMO, LIQUIGAS: BASSO NON E' OBIETTIVO MERCATO

Ivan Basso non rientra nei piani della Liquigas per la prossima stagione. Lo ha detto Roberto Amadio...


Sevilla midfielder Antonio Puerta died Tuesday, three days after collapsing on the field during his team's Spanish league game against Getafe.


I.B.M. and Universities Plan Collaboration

The initiative is evidence that U.S. companies and universities are searching for ways to be less hampered by legal wrangling about who holds the patents to research.


VOLCANO, Hawaii - Visitors to one of the world's most active volcanoes are being kept hundreds of feet away from a 55-acre lava delta that authorities believe may soon collapse into the Pacific Ocean. Eruption-watchers from the U.S.


Europe Panel Faults Sifting of Bank Data

A European Union panel has doubts about the legality of a Bush administration program that monitors international financial transactions, the groupÂs leader said.


Queen of French left visits Spanish socialists

Segolene Royal, the socialist politician widely tipped to be her party's candidate in next year's French presidential election, stressed the need for southern European countries to better fight illegal immigration as she met with centre-left counterparts in Spain.


CVS, Caremark triple proposed special dividend

CVS Corp.  and Caremark Rx Inc.  said on Tuesday they had tripled a proposed special cash dividend for Caremark stockholders to $6 per share from $2, hoping to convince them not to favor a hostile bid for the company by Express Scripts Inc.


A man who inadvertently left Â£1,200 in an item of clothing he gave to a charity shop is told the money has been banked.


A UK panel examining radiation risks says official estimates of the dangers to health may be wide of the mark - but not substantially.


Rescuers struggle to recover Nepal crash bodies

Rescuers struggled in rugged Himalayan terrain on Tuesday to recover the bodies of 24 people who were killed when a helicopter chartered by conservation group WWF crashed in bad weather in eastern Nepal.


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O.J. Simpson says he went into a casino hotel room only to retrieve memorabilia that he felt was stolen from him. But police are investigating it as an armed robbery and named the fallen football star as a suspect Friday in yet another surprising chapter to his legal saga.


Migration, Interrupted: Natureâs Rhythms at Risk

In a new book, David Wilcove urges conservation of species and their ways, still so little understood.


The fifth annual fund-raiser for breast cancer research has begun accepting your rack pictures for the cause.  In Sex Drive Daily.


Udine, 17:45 - CALCIO, UDINESE; DG LEONARDI: QUAGLIARELLA NON SI TOCCA

Il direttore generale dell'Udinese, Pietro Leonardi, interviene per mettere a tacere le voci secondo...


Wales hope to get their Pool B campaign back on track on Thursday when they face Japan.


KEY WEST, Fla. - The only whooshing sound Hurricane Ivan stirred in the Keys and populous South Florida on Sunday was a sigh of relief from residents no longer fearful the 160-mph storm would make a direct hit...


Diplomats: Iran working on uranium plant

Iran has begun putting down piping and electric cables for its underground uranium enrichment plant, with hundreds of workers being employed to move ahead quickly with the program that can be misused to make nuclear arms, diplomats said Friday.


Sierra Leone's new president assures the outgoing government of their safety, after days of violence.


Aboriginal leaders welcomed Thursday a new era of indigenous relations in Australia with a government that plans to acknowledge their traditional land ownership and apologize for past injustices.


Oil holds near $80 on low supply ahead of winter

Oil held near $80 a barrel on Friday,  within sight of record-high levels as a hurricane knocked out  U.S. Gulf refineries, deepening supply woes already caused by  lower crude stocks in the world's top consumer.


Bank Defies French Elite and Keeps Chief, for Now

The decision to keep Daniel Bouton at the helm of SociÃ©tÃ© GÃ©nÃ©rale baffled some people in the United States and Britain.


A TWO-YEAR battle to convince regulators to accept a proposed alliance between Qantas Airways and Air New Zealand was brought to an end yesterday with the NZ High Court rejecting the tie-up.


Battling Palestinian Factions Agree to End Hostilities

JERUSALEM, Dec. 17 -- After a day of partisan bloodshed, rival Palestinian factions agreed Sunday to stop hostilities that appeared to be pushing the territories toward a broad civil conflict.


Su scudo spaziale Usa hanno corretto posizione


As donors pledge $40m to save DR Congo's wildlife, life in Virunga Park remains a battle ground.


Maker of BlackBerry devices files lawsuit charging copyright infringement for the naming of Samsung's new smart phone.


US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Israel for talks prior to a key trilateral summit.


'Apprentice' Star Donald Trump Gets 'Roasted'

Donald Trump, you're roasted. The tables were turned on Trump as the real estate mogul turned reality TV star sat through a litany of jokes at his expense during the Friars Club's 100th anniversary celebrity "roast" on Friday.


Apple and Fox plan movie rental deal: reports

Apple Inc and Twentieth Century Fox are set to announce a deal that will allow consumers to rent Fox movies through Apple's digital iTunes Store, according to media reports on Thursday.


Chavez: "Bush Has Called Me Worse Things"

In an exclusive interview with TIME, the Venezuelan leader defends his harsh rhetoric - and adds some more


Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith is to be buried in the Bahamas, her daughter's guardian says.


Russian cosmonauts made progress yesterday in restoring service on their essential  computers on the international space station, using a jumper cable to bypass a malfunctioning power switch.


Work and Pensions Secretary Andrew Smith has resigned from the Cabinet, says Downing Street.


Health ; Study Suggests How COX Drugs Cause Heart Disease

"I believe the evidence is very strong that we have a class effect to deal with here," said Dr. Garret FitzGerald, a cardiologist and pharmacologist at the University of Pennsylvania who led the study.


Merck stock plummets on news of Vioxx recall

Shares of Merck plunged nearly 27 percent yesterday on news that the pharmaceutical giant was pulling the popular arthritis pain medication Vioxx off the market in the largest drug withdrawal in US history.


Outback Steakhouse Inc.  said on Thursday that sales at its namesake restaurants open at least 18 months fell 0.8 percent in the five weeks ended Dec. 25, weighed down by Christmas being on a Saturday this year.


Post-Katrina New Orleans death rate shoots up

Death rates in New Orleans rose nearly 50 percent as the city began its recovery from Hurricane Katrina, in part because of storm-related damage to its public health facilities, researchers said on Thursday.


Funeral home uses dead critters to cheer guests

MADISON, Wis., Jan 31 (Reuters Life!) - A stuffed squirrel clutching a fishing rod. A dead badger hefting a football for a winning pass. Other ex-rodents enjoying a carousel ride.


World number three Lleyton Hewitt says he is expecting a tough exchange with Spain's Carlos Moya, in their opening match of the ATP Masters Cup in Houston tomorrow morning (AEDT).


Posco Profit Probably Rose for Ninth Quarter, Helping Expansion

Posco, South Korea's biggest steelmaker, is likely to report its ninth consecutive quarter of profit growth, helping fund expansion in China, India and Brazil as the company tries to diversify sales and secure raw materials.


Peru Coca Farmers Break Into Power Plant, Two Dead

LIMA, Peru  - Hundreds of farmers seized a  hydroelectric plant in southern Peru on Tuesday to protest  government coca eradication efforts after a clash with police  in which two people died and 10 were hurt, officials said.


Ryan Smyth scored two goals to lead Canada to a 5-1 victory over Slovakia in the World Cup of Hockey last night in Montreal.


Vonage hopes new services will improve prospects

Troubled VoIP service provider Vonage is rolling out new products and services at the Consumer Electronics Show in a bid to reverse its downward spiral.Intellectual property lawsuits brought by Nortel, Verizon, Sprint, and AT&T have distracted Vonage for the past year. During that time, customer acquisition slowed, and defections grew to 3 percent in the third quarter last year.But Vonage says it is ready to turn a corner. The suits were a weapon that the phone companies used to defend their businesses in the face of competition from Vonage, said Jeffrey Citron, chairman, chief strategist and interim CEO at Vonage. "It was a successful strategy. It distracted us and slowed us down," he said. "Instead of rolling out MyVonage six months ago, we were dealing with workarounds." MyVonage is the name of a new campaign at the company to introduce a host of services geared toward customer lifestyles.While the lawsuits were ongoing, the company was developing workaround technology that would allow its business to move forward without infringing on the relevant patents. Vonage has now settled all four major lawsuits against it.That has left Vonage free to spend more time focusing on its business, said Citron. It hired new engineers who designed a router, the first time Vonage will sell its own router rather than one from Cisco or Motorola.The router has an unusual feature: a screen. It displays information about problems that the modem might have in plain language. For instance, rather than showing a flashing light like most routers, this one displays words telling users that the Ethernet cable is unplugged.New customers will be able to buy the V-Portal router online starting Wednesday for $9.99 after rebates.In addition to the new router, Vonage is beginning to roll out many new features that it is showcasing at alpha.vonage.com. For instance, customers can now use voice-activated dialing, simply speaking a name to place a call. Customers can also send a voice message to anyone via e-mail. The message arrives as an attached audio file.Call blast is a new feature that lets customers send out a voice mail simultaneously to a group of people. Citron anticipates that will be useful when he's in charge of calling 15 kids who go to school with his kids to tell them there is a snow day."We expect to roll out a new capability every month or two," Citron said.Vonage also plans to offer another service that lets users access the voice recognition system from any phone to make a call through Vonage. The company is also testing software that would let customers make Vonage calls via software on their laptops.Many of these services are free to Vonage customers.Citron said that the future for Vonage will be brighter. Despite continued high churn, last quarter it had a gain of 77,000 customers, which he says isn't as good as it should be. The company has worked to cut costs, and improvements in customer service should help decrease customer losses, he said.In the meantime, speculation continues to circle that the payouts Vonage made to settle the lawsuits will cripple it. But Citron was confident that the company's troubles are behind it.


SANTIAGO, Chile  - Hecklers angry at the government shouted over the sound of choirs at the tense funeral on Tuesday of Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean dictator whose repressive rule from 1973 to 1990 made him infamous around the world for human rights abuses.


Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) SenderID technology may not be hitting it off with other technology companies, but the company's continuing on the anti-spam crusade that it started talking up back in January.


Justin Gatlin ran the race of his life, barely holding off the fastest Olympic 100 field ever to win the gold in 9.85 seconds. Francis Obikwelu of Portugal got the silver in 9.86 and defending champion Maurice Greene won bronze in 9.87.


Formula One statistics for Belgian Grand Prix

Michael Schumacher's Hungarian Grand Prix victory was the German's 12th in 13 races this year, a Formula One record for a single season.


When retirement means staying in place, in your home

(Linda Stern is a freelance writer. Any opinions in the   column are solely those of Ms. Stern. You can e-mail her at   lindastern@aol.com.)


The federal government is trying to determine why 2003 and 2004 models of Honda's CR-V sport-utility vehicle sometimes catch fire shortly after their initial oil change.


Analysis: Politics is dirty, not in Iowa

Two old sayings are colliding in the presidential campaign, and there's some truth to both of them. Politics is dirty. Midwesterners are nice.


Young British mom-of-four is tipped to be future PM

LONDON - While the resignation of interior minister David Blunkett is a blow for the British government, it has accelerated the meteoric political rise of young minister Ruth Kelly, widely tipped yesterday as a prime minister-in-waiting.


With their same-sex marriages yanked away by the California Supreme Court, many gay and lesbian couples were left wondering Friday what will happen to the benefits they briefly received, such as family insurance discounts and medical coverage.


Howard Stern, surrounded by strippers and cheered by thousands of fans, began promoting his switch to satellite radio Thursday at a rally where he handed out free boom boxes and satellite subscriptions.


YOUNG Limerick companies and local entrepreneurs are being urged to enter the All Ireland Seedcorn competition, which offers a prize fund of 230,000 euro for growing businesses.


Verizon Communications Inc., the nation's largest telephone company, announced yesterday it is digging up streets and stringing wire in six states, including Washington's Maryland and Virginia suburbs, to build a new fiber-optic network that will deliver high-speed Internet service and cable-style television to homes and businesses.


Thailand nabs hunted Canadian pedophile suspect

Canadian pedophile suspect Christopher Neil, unmasked by nifty computer work by German police and a unique Interpol Internet appeal, was arrested in rural Thailand on Friday after a week-long manhunt.


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France Looks Into Bin Laden Death Report

PARIS, Sept. 23 -- French secret service officials have informed the French government that Saudi Arabia is trying to confirm intelligence reports that Osama bin Laden, the masterminded of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States, recently died of typhoid in a remote area of...


Texas Video Tour Lands London Artist Turner Prize

A video tour of Texas on Monday won British artist Jeremy Deller the Turner Prize, one of the art world's most contentious awards.


Globes Exert Subtle Influence on Oscar Voters

The wide-open awards season swings into high gear Sunday evening when the Golden Globes take place in Beverly Hills.


Citigroup  is set to launch a tender offer for scandal-hit Nikko Cordial Corp. , and the Japanese brokerage is considering the bid favorably, a Nikko Cordial spokesman said on Tuesday.


Cedola piu' alta del 2005 che e' stato un anno record


CVS chief executive's prescription for growth

With the purchase of Eckerd Corp. for $2.15 billion this year, Tom Ryan transformed Rhode Island's CVS Corp. into a national force with more than 5,000 drugstore s. Ryan began working at CVS as a pharmacist in Warwick, R.I., in 1978. Now, as chief executive, he is engineering the integration of 1,260 Eckerd stores. He spoke recently with Globe reporter ...


Israeli troops launch a major raid in Gaza with troops and tanks, killing a Hamas militant and an elderly woman.


Tickets for the first Eurostar trains to run from St Pancras railway station from November, go on sale.


A senior US state department official resigns after criticism of how private security firms in Iraq are supervised.


Berry Joins the Wizards As an Assistant Coach

After spending the last two seasons as an advance scout for the Wizards, Bill Berry becomes an assistant coach for Washington.


As he sought to renew the USA Patriot Act two years ago, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales assured lawmakers that the FBI had not abused its potent new terrorism-fighting powers. "There has not been one verified case of civil liberties abuse," Gonzales told senators on April 27, 2005.


Education Secretary Charles Clarke tonight moved to end the row over the Prince of Walesâs controversial memo, insisting the debate was now closed.


Jacobsen Leads Tradition After Two Rounds

Peter Jacobsen leads the tournament he helped bring to his home state.


Andy Robinson was handed the England head coach role for four years today and said he was looking forward to trying to retain the rugby World Cup won by predecessor Sir Clive Woodward.


Conservative MP Quentin Davies has defected to the Labour Party, he announces.


Tarantino plans Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! remake

Starring Britney Spears? Quentin Tarantino is reportedly "hot" to remake Russ Meyer's 1965 classic piece of silliness Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, in which "three wild women in three fast cars take time off from stripping in clubs to go on a murder rampage", as the IMDb summary explains.â¦


Welsh homeowners are to find out if they will have to pay a larger share of council tax next year.


'Servono infrastrutture, non soldi che generano corruzione'


Al-Qaeda sympathizers have unleashed a torrent of anger against Al-Jazeera television, accusing it of misrepresenting Osama bin Laden's latest audiotape by airing excerpts in which he criticizes mistakes by insurgents in Iraq


Sen. Brownback drops out of 2008 campaign

Republican Sam Brownback of  Kansas, a two-term U.S. senator whose presidential campaign  failed to draw money or widespread support from an intended  base of religious conservatives, dropped out of the 2008 White  House race on Friday.


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The Claim: Fetal Heart Rate Can Predict the Babyâs Sex

Is there any connection between a unborn babyâs gender and the rate of the fetal heartbeat?


Saudi forces kill three suspected terrorists in shootout

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia Three suspected terrorists are dead in Saudi Arabia, following a shootout in the capital. Saudi forces say they raided the suspects' hideout in Riyadh today.


The UK is a "high crime country" with a very high risk of common crime, a European Union study suggests.


BALDWIN HARBOR, N.Y. - Between them, they had more than 150 years of experience. But in the end, seniority might still have been an advantage when a 93-year-old pitcher took on an 86-year-old rival in a seniors' softball game.


'Macworld After Dark' concert open to all Expo goers

MacCentral - IDG World Expo has announced "Macworld After Dark," a free concert sponsored by Playlist Magazine scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 12, 2005. The event happens right after the end of the day's events at Macworld Conference & Expo, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, at the Moscone Center, the site of the Expo. It's open to all registered Expo attendees.


A US TV station refuses to show a reality show which sees adopted children guess the identity of their father.


Intrawest enjoys strong finish to fiscal year

Vancouver's Intrawest Corp. returned to profitability in its fourth-quarter results released Tuesday as stronger results from its management services and real estate development operations made up for a poor showing from its resort operations.


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Wall St. Expected to Open Slightly Lower

Wall Street was expected to open slightly lower on Friday but United Technologies Corp. may climb after its chief executive gave an upbeat outlook.


Firenze, 18:26 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: VIERI SI ALLENA IN GRUPPO

Nell'allenamento odierno della Fiorentina in vista della gara di ritorno per i sedicesimi di Uefa co...


TUSCALOOSA -- Alabama played as well as a team with not much offense and even less to lose can play. With six wins, Bama's bowl game was assured, win or lose.


Elizabeth Hurley, spouse arrive in India

Elizabeth Hurley and her husband, Arun Nayar, arrived Monday to kick off the next leg of their nuptial celebrations — six days of traditional Indian festivities that will culminate in a ceremony at a lavish palace.


A 36-year-old man is charged with three terrorism offences following last week's raids in Birmingham.


Nokia, NEC test IP multimedia interoperability

Two industry heavyweights have completed interoperability tests of a new technology designed to drive the convergence of voice, data, and video services over wireless and fixed infrastructure based on the Internet Protocol.


Kidnappers Release Seven Hostages in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq Sept. 28, 2004 - Kidnappers released two Italian aid workers and five other hostages Tuesday, raising hopes for at least 18 foreigners still in captivity.


American gymnast Paul Hamm will keep his Olympic all-round gold medal after the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected Thursday an appeal from South Korea's Yang Tae-young.


Advertising: Borrowing the Tricks of TV News to Set a Show Apart

Fox Broadcasting is sending fake news vans onto the streets of four cities to promote its new sitcom, âBack to You.â


Sony Ericsson announces mobile Internet ExpressCards

Sony Ericsson has joined the mobile Internet hardware game by premiering two of its first High Speed Packet Access ExpressCard/34 devices at 3GSM in Barcelona this week.


The enduring theme of William Friedkinâs 1980 film âCruisingâ is the reality of evil and its uncomfortable proximity to sex.


Froogle Goes Google in the UK  Google today began their shopping search British re-invasion with Froogle U.K, a beta version of their product search service that enables users search for products to buy via Google search technology. Froogle U.K. applies the power of Google's search technology to locate product information and ...


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Rehnquist Back at Supreme Court Part Time

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist is back at work part time at the Supreme Court, but there is no word that he is ready to return to the bench.


Attorney General Alberto Gonzales rejected growing calls for his resignation Tuesday as scores of newly released documents detailed a two-year campaign by the Justice Department and White House to purge federal prosecutors.


No matter how nuanced his confession for involvement in dogfighting, Michael Vick got no leniency Friday from the NFL.


The "vast, right-wing conspiracy" is back, presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton is warning, using a phrase she once coined to describe partisan plotting.


Major League Roundup: Blue Jays Rookie Outduels Beckett and the Red Sox

Jesse Litsch did not need a weather report to come up with a game plan for his first career start in Fenway Park.


Indonesia's President Swears in New Cabinet

Indonesia's new president has sworn in his cabinet, a day after his inauguration. But some of the names in the new administration have raised concerns among observers that politics might have won out over practicalities.


This pilot fish is the on-site support guy for a moderately large post office stocked with custom-designed point-of-sale systems for the window clerks. That means there's only so much he can do.


Yahoo said over the weekend that it was opening up its market-leading mail service technology in order to allow developers to innovate on top of the service and build new applications. The move is called one of the largest code giveaways ever.


The Giants are on the clock again, and it is a race against time as dramatic as the one that ended in April when they made the trade for Eli Manning.


Washington Post buys online magazine from Microsoft

The Washington Post Company announced yesterday its decision to acquire Slate online magazine from Microsoft. The terms of the deal were not announced, although experts project the value to hover in the range between $15 million and $20 million.


President Bush's final-year agenda is a stripped down list of what he can realistically hope to get done, since the clout he once touted is fading away.


Sono state imposte dalla Commissione nazionale dell'Energia


Non si ferma l'ondata di maltempo che ha investito l'Italia. Dopo le perturbazioni che si sono abbattute oggi al Sud e sulle regioni adriatiche, domani il maltempo continuera' a colpire soprattutto Abruzzo, Molise e Puglia garganica.


Computer users are being asked to donate their unused processor power to help solve social and environmental research problems. The IBM-backed project, called World Community Grid, aims to put the untapped


Music composer and singer A.R. Rahman's concert in New York enthralled an 11,000-strong crowd,withthe audience swaying and dancing to popular numbers like "Chaiyya Chaiyya".


Torino, 13:34 - CALCIO, JUVE: UFFICIALIZZATO ACQUISTO GRYGERA

La Juventus ha ufficializzato l'acquisto di Zdenek Grygera. Il difensore ceco, in scadenza di contra...


UN aid agencies are moving  non-essential staff from  Chad to Cameroon after UN warehouses are looted.


Britain launches new terrorism alert system

The British government will launch a new  security alert system on Tuesday which it says will keep the  public better informed about the threat of terrorist attack.


By Harris, Linda  City officials will have to find another way to fund their share of the riverfront park costs after voters this week narrowly rejected a $2.2 million excess levy that would have paid for it as well as other recreation projects.


Dell lets small business customers decline 'crapware' on PCs

Acknowledging customer opposition to trialware on new computers, Dell Inc. has unveiled a line of desktops and laptops for the small business market that will ship without the free and limited-use software often bundled with new systems.


Paintings by famous Impressionists worth more than $91m are stolen from a Zurich museum.


Uefa is poised to launch an investigation into suspicious betting patterns surrounding a Uefa Cup match.


Biella, 15:34 - BASKET, BIELLA: TAQUAN DEAN ALLA DYNAMO MOSCA

L'Angelico Biella ha ufficializzato la cessione alla Dynamo Mosca della guardia statunitense Taquan ...


There are enough things to admire about âThe Great Debaters,â the heavily fictionalized true story of The Little Debate Team That Could, that your impulse is to forgive the movie its shortcomings.


Greek tennis star Daniilidou wins Hobart title on walkover

Greece's Eleni Daniilidou won the Hobart WTA International on a walkover when Russian second seed Vera Zvonareva pulled out with an ankle injury.


Indonesia's former president Suharto dead

Former president Suharto, hailed as the father of development by some Indonesians during his 32 years in power and accused of corruption and rights abuses by others, died on Sunday after a long illness.


U,S. Should Mend Relations with Venezuela -Senators

CARACAS, Venezuela  - The United States shouldbuild on its mutually reliant energy ties with oil supplierVenezuela and seek better cooperation with President HugoChavez to fight terrorism and drug-trafficking, three U.S.senators said on Monday.


High doses of vitamin E, which millions of people take to protect themselves against heart attacks, Alzheimer's disease and other ailments, appear to actually increase the overall risk of dying, researchers reported today.


Aircraft vanishes with 14 people off Venezuela

An aircraft disappeared on Friday off the coast of Venezuela with 14 people on board, including eight Italians, rescue officials and the Italian government said.


Seinfeld actor Michael Richards, who was Kramer in the sitcom, apologises for racism towards a heckler.


KABUL, Oct. 28 -- U.S.-led coalition forces killed about 80 Taliban fighters during a six-hour battle outside a Taliban-controlled town in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, the latest in a series of increasingly bloody engagements in the region, officials said.


Birdstone reigns during storm at the Travers

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Birdstone did it once, winning the Belmont Stakes, but he had to do it again to prove his class, and he accomplished the mission by capturing the 135th running of the $1 million Travers Stakes at Saratoga yesterday. Now, the retired Smarty Jones, defeated by Birdstone in the Belmont, has company atop the 3-year-old division.


Indian PM Seeks to End Violence in Kashmir

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who heads for disputed Kashmir this week, said on Sunday his visit was aimed at putting an end to years of violence in the troubled Himalayan region.


Justices Make It Tougher to Sue Medical Device Makers

The Supreme Court ruled that the manufacturer of a federally approved medical device cannot be sued under state law if the device causes an injury.


Americans breathlessly await debut of trendy Apple iPhone

Trendy geeks and stylish tech-heads anxiously await the unveiling this week of Apple's breakthrough iPhone, putting phone, web browser and music player in the palm of the hand.


Six foreign medics sentenced to death for spreading HIV in Libya, deny making false torture claims.


On October 28, President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma, along with...

Overall, there will be around 8,046 participants of the parade and veterans' march.


Kevin Pietersen smashes 77 and Dimitri Mascarenhas takes 3-18 as England beat Zimbabwe by 50 runs in the World Twenty20.


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Powell on new US peace push in Middle East

JERUSALEM  - US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in Israel, with Washington determined to push forward the Middle East peace process ahead of January's election to find a successor to Yasser Arafat.


Ruud Van Nistelrooy says Sir Alex Ferguson "kicked his soul" when he left the striker out of Man Utd's Carling Cup final win over Wigan last year.


Frankfurt - World Cup winners Brazil were on Monday drawn to meet European champions Greece, Gold Cup winners Mexico and Asian champions Japan at the 2005 Confederations Cup.


Campania e' sommersa, impianti cdr sono chiusi dal 2 gennaio


Not too many companies that were around during the dawn of the personal computer revolution are still in business. Intel, Apple Computer, Microsoft, IBM - after them, names come to mind a little more slowly.


Chinese leader wants stable climate for yuan reform

SANTIAGO : Chinese President Hu Jintao, meeting US leader George W. Bush during an Asia-Pacific summit, said he plans to loosen the yuan's decade-old peg to the dollar, but only under the right conditions.


Counting Calories, but Not to Shed Pounds

My daughter's illness and recovery have taught me that there is no such thing as good and bad foods.


American women school men on value of teamwork

When they were growing from girls to women on playgrounds around the United States, they were the ones who weren't offended but complimented by the suggestion that they played basketball "like a guy.


TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei average inched higher on Thursday, helped by gains in steel producers like JFE Holdings after Nissan Motor said it was suffering from a shortage of steel.


I wonder whether doctors might routinely explore a physical basis for the sudden, unexplained onset of emotional pain.


Spaniard Jailed for 6 Years in Madrid Bomb Trial

A 16-year-old Spaniard was sentenced to six years in a juvenile detention center on Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to charges he helped steal and transport dynamite used in the March 11 Madrid train bombings.


The head of the Metropolitan Police calls an urgent meeting after a teenage boy is shot dead in his home.


US President George W Bush says his Government is heeding the September 11 commission's call to reform US intelligence and will take measures to improve its ability "to find, track and stop dangerous terrorists".


Brazil jet crash disaster called tragedy foretold

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- For months, air safety concerns have been discussed in congressional hearings, and pilots and traffic controllers have worried for years about the short, slippery runways at Brazil's busiest airport.


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Italian Hostage Begs for Life; Shi'ites to Name PM

An Italian journalist taken hostage in  Baghdad this month made an emotional appeal for her life and  called on foreign forces to withdraw from the country in a tape  released by insurgents on Wednesday.


U.S. stocks rebounded on Wednesday  after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the economy  was set to grow moderately, calming investors' anxiety a day  after the Dow industrials had its worst slide since the  September 11, 2001, attacks.


An anti-John Kerry demonstrator was charged with felony aggravated assault with a gun for allegedly pointing a weapon at the head of a Kerry supporter.


Tim Rueckert of Liberty, Missouri, has been watching football since he was a child some 30 years ago, but he says never thought he'd see a team go 19 - 0. The New England Patriots have a chance to do just that when they take on the New York Giants in the 2008 Super Bowl Championship.


Yen Gains Reprieve as Oil Backs Off Highs

The yen won respite from its recent  beating on Thursday as oil prices eased off record highs and  investors awaited data from the United States and Japan for  clues on the health of the global economy.


A Muslim leader has criticized plans to honor late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury with a huge beach party this weekend.


The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency will have broad new powers under a plan by President Bush to streamline intelligence gathering in an era of terrorist threats.


The US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, said Thursday that Al Qaeda is 'simply gone' from some areas.


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The European Union laid out a set of strict conditions Wednesday for Turkey's accession into the Union, the Financial Times reported.


A man in his 80s is found dead with a stab wound, on a grassy common in Cheshire.


Movie Review | 'The Queen': However Heavy It Gets, Wear a Crown Lightly

Stephen Frears's sublimely nimble evisceration of the British royal family pries open a window in the House of Windsor around the time of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.


Scientists develop a method of routinely growing stem cells in conditions similar to the human body.


EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Asante Samuel took an important first step toward meeting the playing time incentives in the amended $7.79 million franchise tender offer he signed with the Patriots after missing a month of training camp.


Winter Begins with Early Morning Planet Parade

As winter begins, the early morning sky is loaded with planets. Some are unmistakably bright, but a few will require some sleuthing.


Atlanta Receivers Struggle to Make Impact

Peerless Price repeated the question, buying himself a little more time to come up with the answer. Still, there was a moment of awkward silence that spoke volumes about his role with the Atlanta Falcons.


GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Dec 13, 2004 - The new Palestinian leadership is not doing enough to restrain militants, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday, after attackers blew up an Israeli army outpost in Gaza and killed five soldiers.


Dorfmeister Wins Santa Caterina Downhill

SANTA CATERINA, Italy  - Michaela Dorfmeister of  Austria won an Alpine skiing World Cup downhill race on  Thursday in a time of one minute 41.66 seconds, according to  provisional results.


The former Catholic bishop of Springfield, Mass., was indicted Monday on charges of raping two boys during the 1970s, becoming the highest-ranking official of the American church


Felix Geisendorfer's Blog: Migrating from WordPress to CakePHP

Felix Geisendorfer is in the process of moving his blog from Wordpress to a customized "light-weight CakePHP replacement" he's developing to be extended later on. His post shares some of the tips he found so far.   In this post I'm simply going to throw out some snippets to show how I'm currently approaching the whole process in order to give both my insight into what works and what doesn't, while also hoping to get some people to share their insight into migrating legacy apps to CakePHP.   The tip in this post is primarily about the database side of things - his porting over of the information from the Wordpress table model to his new customized schema. His code example for the migration is included.


Roma, 10:48 - CALCIO VIOLENTO: MATARRESE E BORRELLI AL VIMINALE

Al Viminale, a Roma, è riunito l'Osservatorio che dovrà dare la mappatura degli stadi ...


If cinema is the mirror of the  world, then the films at this year's Cannes festival suggest  the world is in a sorry state.


FCC Issues Rate Freeze for Phone Networks

U.S. communications regulators on  Friday issued interim rules that would freeze for six months  wholesale rates for leasing access to the major U.S. local  telephone networks to try to preserve competition.


Explosives traces found in Russian airliner wreckage

MOSCOW The Federal Security Service said Friday that traces of explosives have been found in the wreckage of one of two airliners that crashed nearly simultaneously.


Equity Office says Blackstone raises bid

Equity Office Properties Trust   said on Tuesday that the Blackstone Group  raised the  price of its takeover bid to $55.50 per share, after rival  bidder Vornado Realty Trust  sweetened its own offer.


NATO will stand united on Afghanistan: Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday NATO would find a joint position on troubled Afghanistan at next week's summit to make sure its difficult mission there will be a success.Comment


Golf Notebook: Sutton sees need to take chances

So do you think Hal Sutton, who has been captaining this Ryder Cup team like some combination of Texas ranch boss and a college football coach, is going to call a little team meeting tonight?


'Chatbot' king George looks for human friends on the internet

George, who is 39, single and light-hearted, is looking for friends on the Internet. He has gifts -- the ability to speak in 40 languages and with 2,000 people at the same time.


Craigslist Founder Talks About Open Source, Banner Ads

Craigslist founder Craig Newmark says his site has been successful because it has built a culture of trust working with people.


MK: Each Knesset should set minimum welfare level

Knesset Law Committee chairman Michael Eitan has suggested that each new Knesset pass a law at the beginning of its term determining what minimum level of social benefits the state owes its citizens.


Israel Kills Hamas 'Father of the Qassam' in Gaza

Hamas vowed on Friday to hit back hard for  Israel's assassination of the "Father of the Qassam" rocket, a  weapon symbolizing Palestinian militants' defiance of Prime  Minister Ariel Sharon and his plan to quit Gaza.