There probably have been as many interpretations of A Christmas Carol as there are sidewalk Santas. Nevertheless, the latest version, a musical delight on NBC, will instill the same warm feeling as the annual appearance of surrogate St.


Acknowledging its proprietary audio technology was a marketplace flop, Sony Corp. said Thursday it plans to shutter its Connect digital music store and open its portable media players to other formats.


PalmOne grabs Microsoft Exchange license

com October 5, 2004, 8:32 AM PT. Rivals PalmOne and Microsoft appear to have cast aside their differences, as the handheld maker licenses an e-mail synchronization tool from the software giant.


Gregoire Focuses on Gubernatorial Duties

Democratic Gov.-elect Christine Gregoire's Republican rival still wants to overturn the election, but now that she's been certified as the winner, she says she has other things on her mind. Like forming a new government in less than two weeks.


Blog: The software maker said Tuesday that it is ready with a near-final "release candidate" version of its software, which will find its way on to servers later this year.


Home Secretary John Reid has said the probe into the radiation poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko would extend across Europe as police step up the hunt for the truth behind his death.


Uniqlo operator plans to invest in U.S. retailer

Japan's Fast Retailing Co., operator of  the Uniqlo casual-wear chain, said on Wednesday it plans to  invest in a U.S. retailer to go head-to-head with bigger rival  Gap Inc. on its home turf.


Il Guardasigilli Scotti interviene con la Procura. Vuol saperechi ha autorizzato l'intervento sul presunto "feticidio"                                          Il blitz a Napoli contro l'aborto Il ministro chiede una verifica                                                                                Un comunicato della Questura spiega: "Una telefonata aveva avvertitoche una donna stava abortendo da sola in bagno. Intervento corretto" di DARIO DEL PORTO


Correcting a translation error that sparked a number of reports stating Microsoft planned to release its Zune portable music player in Europe, but not until 2008, the company now says it has no set timeframe. The confusion came in a response Steve Ballmer made to a German magazine.


European stocks gained on Thursday after  Wall Street's rally and with Reuters boosting the media sector  as the global news and information company said it expects a  three-year revenue slide to slow.


VAT discounts could help Educational science centres are facing a funding crisis, a group of MPs has warned in a new report.â¦


Authority affidata al sottosegretario Enrico Micheli


Parla Mariella Nava. Il suo ultimo brano "Stasera torno prima"Ã¨ stato donato all'Anmil. Un gesto contro le morti bianche                                          "Ho lasciato libera la mia canzone perchÃ© parli delle ansie del lavoro"                                                                                di ERNESTO ASSANTE


Researchers Light Up for Nicotine, the Wonder Drug

Smoking is bad for you, but a growing number of researchers and biotech companies are developing pharmaceuticals that are good for brains, bowels, blood vessels and even immune systems. They are inspired by tobacco's deadly active ingredient: nicotine.


Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney pledged to fight all the way to the Republican nominating convention this summer if necessary, despite being overpowered by John McCain in Super Tuesday contests.


The Cassini spacecraft, which provided scientists with amazing images of Saturn's rings in July ("Cassini-Huygens completes seven year journey to Saturn," The Triangle, July 9, 2004) is now trying to repeat the feat with Saturn's largest moon, Titan.


Napster has unveiled a preview version of its forthcoming Napster To Go portable digital music subscription service. The offering will allow consumers to move an unlimited amount of music from Napster's catalogue


com. It sure looked that way over the weekend at Fenway Park, where the Red Sox played with hands of stone in the field and stranded enough runners to fill the Boston Marathon.


Less than three months after her tearful disappointments at the Athens Olympics, British distance star Paula Radcliffe held off Kenyan Susan Chepkemei to win the closest New York City Marathon women's race.


Bill Gates is claiming the most spammed person in the world. Microsoft Corp. Chairman receives 4 million spam messages in his email every day, according to his silent voodoo doll Steve Ballmer.


UNAIDS envoy Princess Stephanie urges prevention

Princess Stephanie of Monaco became a  special representative for UNAIDS on Friday, vowing to promote  prevention of the killer disease and combat discrimination  against people who suffer from it.


Venus Williams made to toil by prickly Camille Pin

Venus Williams was forced to come from behind in both sets before beating Frenchwoman Camille Pin 7-5 6-4 in the Australian Open second round on Thursday.


Andres Nocioni scores 26 points, Joe Smith adds 19 and the Bulls rally to beat the reeling 76ers, 100-97, on Friday night.


In his concession speech, Republican US Senate candidate Pete Coors urged supporters not to worry about his employment prospects. "As I said throughout this campaign, I'm not doing this because I need a job," he said Tuesday night.


DuPont sees '06 earns of $3.25/shr including items

Chemicals group DuPont Co.  said  on Monday it expects 2006 net earnings per share of $3.25,  helped by 39 cents per share, or $370 million, in one-time  items, up from its it previous estimate of $2.86 per share.


Reeve's Greatest Role Was as Real-Life 'Superman'

Although he will always be remembered  for portraying "Superman," the greatest role of actor  Christopher Reeve's life was as a champion of sufferers of  spinal cord injuries and an advocate of stem cell research.


Wasting little time, Omar Minaya has reportedly offered Pedro Martinez a three-year, $37.5 deal, with an option for a fourth season.


Taiwan's High Court has rejected a challenge to President Chen Shui-bian's victory in the March presidential election. The court threw out opposition claims the poll was marred


Peyton Manning had a lot of witnesses to his soggy super win, with the estimated 93.2 million viewers representing the second most-watched Super Bowl broadcast ever.


Susan Sontag, famed and unpredictable public thinker, dead at age ...

As she lay ill last summer following a bone marrow transplant, Susan Sontag would listen to music, keep up on current events and indulge a passion seemingly too light for one of


If you can't stand the heat, you'll get thrown out the kitchen IT bods should be struck off if they create too many dodgy computer systems, according to Microsoft's national technology officer.â¦


Police find bomb in London, launch terrorism probe

British police defused a bomb in an abandoned car in London's theatre district on Friday and launched a counter-terrorism investigation.


Statoil Says Gas Leak at Platform Capped

Statoil ASA, a key player in oil production in the world's third-largest oil exporting nation, said Thursday that it had contained a gas leak at one of its production rigs in the North Sea, but declined to say when it would resume production.


Media & professional: Poor and wealthy households in Britain are becoming more segregated, says new study.


Dopo la rapina di ieri sfociata in omicidio nel Salernitano


Palazzo Koch, lo abbiamo saputo dalle agenzie


Five illegal immigrants drown after vessel sinks

Five illegal Afghan immigrants drowned in the freezing waters of the Aegean after the wooden vessel they were on board sank in heavy seas off Samos, Greece's semi-official Athens News Agency reported Sunday.


U.S. envoy in Kenya for talks to end crisis

Washington's top diplomat for Africa hopes to meet both sides in Kenya's political crisis on Saturday to seek an end to ethnic unrest that has killed more than 300 and shattered the country's peaceful image.


A giant panda in southwest China has given birth to a pair of twins, state media said, the latest additions in a baby boom for the endangered animals.


FDA slow to improve import food safety: ex officials

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ignored hundreds of proposals that could have improved the safety of food imported into the United States, former FDA officials told a House Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday.


Accordo permette sviluppo e sfruttamento giacimenti


Strong Earthquake Rattles New Zealand's South Island

A strong earthquake shook New Zealand's South Island on Tuesday but there were no reports of injuries or major damage, officials and witnesses said.


An Iranian envoy on Wednesday said he had received Chinese support in Tehran's diplomatic campaign to block Washington from having the dispute over Iran's nuclear program referred to the UN Security Council.


Iraq Mortar Attacks Kill Five People and Injure 87, US Says

Four Iraqis and a US contractor were killed and 87 people injured in two mortar attacks on security posts in Iraq, the US military said.


Sexually transmitted wart virus ups mouth cancers

Men should be vaccinated against a  sexually transmitted wart virus to protect them against a type  of mouth and throat cancer, U.S. researchers said on Monday.


Palestinian factional fighting may spread

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshal meet for an emergency summit in Mecca Tuesday.


Start-up aims to take video games to the next level

Silicon Valley upstart Trion World   Network Inc. wants to take the nearly $30 billion video game   industry to the next level by combining the best of high-speed   Internet with traditional gaming and media.


âLars and the Real Girlâ is a breakthrough script for the âfiercely unsentimentalâ writer Nancy Oliver.


Lo ha detto entrando all'assemblea della Confartigianato


Holding a Moral Center as Civilization Fell

"Hotel Rwanda" is a political thriller based on fact that hammers every button on the emotional console.


PATTAYA, Thailand - A Thai snake charmer kissed 19 highly poisonous king cobras in an attempt to set a world record.


Programming in a CGI environment can be tricky. There's no built-in CGI debugger, and error messages can easily get lost or misplaced. Fortunately, there are options. Here are some Perl hacks you can use to help debug your CGI programs. By Steve Oualline. 0430


Tiger struggling to stay in hunt at the Open

Tiger Woods was battling to keep his bid for three consecutive British Open titles alive on Saturday as he set out to reel in halfway leader Sergio Garcia.


Quiet remembrance of Britain's 9/11 victims

Britain was to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States with a low-key ceremony Monday to remember the Britons killed in the atrocities.


Yasser Arafat on Thursday was in intensive care undergoing fresh tests after his condition took a sudden turn for the worse, Palestinian officials said.


Chinese American Author Chang Found Dead

Iris Chang, the Chinese-American historian whose 1997 book, 'The Rape of Nanking', documented Japanese atrocities in China during World War II, was found dead in her car yesterday.


Now that Microsoft's (Quote, Chart) two patent efforts regarding e-mail authentication are publicly available, anti-spam advocates are raising even more questions about how the patents might impact an industry-wide anti-spam protocol effort called Sender


Powell: US doesn't accept Ukraine results

WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Colin Powell said today the United States does not consider legitimate the results of elections in Ukraine, which the opposition says was marred by fraud.


Sarkozy: Relationship with ex-model 'serious'

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday that his relationship with former supermodel Carla Bruni is a "serious matter," but he would not reveal a date for their wedding.


The Philadelphia 76ers lost 93-79 to the Dallas Mavericks on Friday, their 10th straight defeat and fifth since sending Allen Iverson home.


With or Without Vioxx, Drug Ads Proliferate

The pharmaceutical industry and Madison Avenue are increasingly concerned about their ability to continue to pitch prescription drugs at patients and doctors.


UK ; Palace dismisses Prince Harry kidnap threat reports

Citing the Argentine newspaper Pagina 12, the Times said a murder suspect in the local underworld tipped off the Argentine government about a plot to kidnap the prince.


Unwilling to sit back and let Oracle (Quote, Chart) grab all of the attention this week, BEA Systems (Quote, Chart) said a beta of its new application server, WebLogic Server 9.0, will be available for download next week.


A forensic expert found no blood on the clothing of actor Robert Blake on the night his wife was shot, a court hears.


Toshiba Lowers HD DVD Shipment Estimates

Not even a day after it had boasted about rapidly increasing player sales, Toshiba said Tuesday it would lower its sales target for HD DVD players in North America.


Report: Entire 'Daily Show' going online today

The Los Angeles Times reports that the popular fake news show, hosted by Jon Stewart, will be available for free in its entirety online in the form of over 13,000 ad supported clips.


Marking the 100th anniversary of the diplomatic agreement that ended centuries of war and conflict between France and Britain, President Jacques


BRIGHTON: British Prime Minister Tony Blair dismissed talk of resignation and vowed a strong agenda for the future as his ruling Labour Party's annual convention opened yesterday.


African Leaders Meet to Discuss Ivory Coast Crisis

West African leaders meet in Nigeria on Sunday to discuss a deepening crisis in Ivory Coast, one of the region's former economic powerhouses where a


The radiation astronauts encounter in deep space could put vital blood-making cells in jeopardy.


WRAPUP 1-Porto stay alive, Arsenal and Bremen progress

Holders Porto produced a thrilling fightback to beat Chelsea 2-1 and grab a Champions League lifeline as Arsenal and Werder Bremen booked their places in the next round on Tuesday.


The Lebanese military today deployed thousands of troops in case of violence at two mass gatherings that reflected the country's deep divisions


Briefly: Groups push on for TV on cell phones

roundup Plus: Shopping.com holders cut IPO shares...Transmeta starts new chip, warns on earnings...Keynote to buy researcher Vividence.


Iraq violence lowest since '06 mosque attack: U.S.

Violence in Iraq has fallen to its lowest level since before a 2006 mosque attack which unleashed the deadliest phase of the Iraq war, the deputy commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said on Thursday.


Tim Rattay might be a worthy successor to the 49ers' great quarterbacks after all. He just needed the proper motivation — and the right opponent.


Sara' ospitata in una nuvola progettata da Gehry


Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was fined $250,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for his outbursts following Game 5 of the NBA finals.


(ANSA)-ATENE, 28 AGO-L'Italia ha conquistato la medaglia d'argento nel concorso a squadre di ginnastica ritmica.L'oro e' andato alla Russia, il bronzo alla Bulgaria. Le azzurre hanno chiuso con 49,450 punti.


Secondo uno studio il gemello sedentario e' piu vecchio


JAPAN'S top mobile carrier has begun marketing a mobile phone for corporate customers that works over both the local wireless and cellular networks.


eBay glitch sends packages to wrong addresses

Promises fix soon eBay has acknowledged a bug on its site that's causing some sellers to send items to the wrong address. The flaw, which in certain cases causes eBay to transmit incorrect mailing instructions to sellers, is expected to be fixed soon, an eBay official said today.â¦


Amazon launches early version of Web music service

Amazon.com Inc  on Tuesday  launched an early version of its highly anticipated digital  music download store, which is seen as a potential rival to  Apple Inc's  dominant iTunes service.


Ukraine's Opposition Confident Ahead of New Vote

A key figure in Ukraine's opposition movement said Sunday there was little the Moscow-backed authorities could do to stop Viktor Yushchenko sweeping to power in a re-run of the ex-Soviet state's rigged election.


Leaders Accept California Bill to Cut Emissions

The agreement imposes the most sweeping controls on carbon dioxide emissions in the nation.


Container ship runs aground in English channel

A large container ship ran aground in the English Channel south of Dover on Wednesday, coastguards said, adding that all on board were safe and there were no reports of pollution.


Scientists meet to discuss ways of saving the Tasmanian devil, which is being ravaged by an unusual cancer.


Singletary Plans to Return to U-Va. Next Season

Virginia point guard Sean Singletary says he "absolutely" will return for his senior season rather than declare for the NBA draft.


Game off, NHL votes to lock out players saying economics have to ...

(CP) - The NHL pulled the plug on hockey Wednesday, with an emotional Gary Bettman painting a bleak picture of a Grand Canyon-sized divide between owners and the Players' Association.


OWINGS MILLS, MD. -- Deion Sanders is back in the National Football League, this time with the Baltimore Ravens. The seven-time Pro Bowl defensive back passed his physical yesterday and formally ended his


Making a Big Splash: The Reading Area Water Authority Plans to Spend $33 Million to Improve Its System and Acquire Others in the Next Five Years.

By Don Spatz, Reading Eagle, Pa.  Jun. 18--The Reading Area Water Authority is embarking on an ambitious five-year plan costing tens of millions of dollars that includes replacing homeowners' water meters and dredging a portion of Lake Ontelaunee, and may include buying other water systems.


Franceâs AMF market watchdog slapped a one million euro fine on Jean-Marie Messier, the disgraced former chairman of Vivendi Universal , on Tuesday following allegations the media firm had published misleading financial information.


Banking giant HSBC is to close part of its US sub-prime mortgage business, cutting 750 jobs in the process.


Results Show Da Silva Leading Brazil Vote

Brazilian voters gave a boost to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in nationwide municipal elections on Sunday, according to initial results, in the first electoral test for the leftist leader and his plans to remake Latin America's biggest country.


New Apple Products Seen Broadening Reach

Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O is  widely expected to unveil cheaper portable music players and  Macintosh computers next week at its annual trade show as it  seeks to change from a niche technology player to the  mainstream champion of the "digital life."


Gymnastics: Romania's Ponor Basks in Double Glory

Catalina Ponor displayed her growing  maturity when she majestically outclassed her opponents to win  two gold medals in the Athens Olympics Monday.


International Paper Sells Unit to Mohawk

International Paper Co. IP.N, the  world's largest forest products company,  on Wednesday said it  would sell its fine paper business to privately held Mohawk  Paper Mills.


Scientists hope to learn more about what the Great Lakes' shorelines looked like about 10,000 years ago. They explored a limestone land bridge that went from Alpena to Goderich, Ontario — a distance of about 125 miles — and an underwater forest of petrified trees in Lake Huron.


Eddie Vedder to launch brief solo tour in April

Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder  will launch his first solo tour in Vancouver on April 2 to help  promote his soundtrack album for "Into the Wild," according to  a statement issued on Friday.


But many Wall Street traders went home last night feeling out of sorts, having hammered stocks nearly 19 points into the red, on early reports that John F. Kerry had taken the lead in the exit polls.


Mazda 3 Gets High Grades; Kia Spectra Doesn't Pass Frontal Offset ...

The Mazda 3 is the best performer and the Kia Spectra is reportedly the worst in a recent series of frontal offset crash tests conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.


Oltre 15 punti di vantaggio su Hillary, Edwards fuori gara


The upcoming version of the open-source Web browser will fit right in with Windows XP, Vista and Mac OS X. Linux is another matter entirely.


Budget PCs and Mobile Devices Due from Acer

Acer is taking aim at Japan and also plans to launch low cost PCs and mobility products this year.


A 144,43 yen per azione, ai minimi da un anno a questa parte


President Bush and Sen. John Kerry took time out from squabbling and questioning one another's integrity in their second debate Friday to make some pledges to the American people.


SAP, the world's leading maker of business software, is planning to grow by 15 percent or more in the United States this year after a disappointing year in 2006, the head of the group's US operations said in a newspaper interview.


EMC could face class action discrimination lawsuit

EMC could face a sexual discrimination class action lawsuit if a judge opens an existing case up to other female EMC workers, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.


Carphone results flat but outlook unchanged

Don't mention the iPhone Carphone Warehouse increased retail revenues by 13 per cent for the 13 weeks ended 29 December 2007, but saw a like-for-like increase of just one per cent.â¦


Madrid, 21:01 - CALCIO, LIGA SPAGNOLA: REAL-VALLADOLID 7-0. TUTTI I RISULTATI

Il Real Madrid passeggia sul Valladolid: 7-0 con reti di Raul (2), Guti (2), Baptista, Robben e Dren...


Obese mothers-to-be need significantly more NHS care than pregnant women of a healthy weight, a study says.


Fox News, O'Reilly Producer Trade Charges

NEW YORK - Fox News Channel traded accusations Wednesday with one of the producers of Bill O'Reilly's show, with the woman alleging that the commentator had phone sex with her against her wishes three times. Fox in a claim of its own dismissed the sexual harassment complaint as a politically motivated extortion attempt...


Londoners to get mobile video, Reding to get annoyed Mobile World Congress Orange and T-Mobile are to try broadcast TV in London, using MBMS technology over the existing 3G infrastructure to provide 24 channels of video and ten of audio, all at "high resolution". The companies will try this out for six months to see if the service can be made economic.â¦


Holtz Goes; Brawlers Won't Play On in Bowls

South Carolina and Clemson said they would decline postseason bowl bids because of their brawl Saturday, and that means Lou Holtz has coached his final game.


Someone needs to buy a firewall. The game industry, Rockstar in particular, has once again been a victim of piracy. After the big-time thefts over the last year or so, such as Half-Life 2, Doom


U.S. troops search for missing GIs in Iraq

An Iraqi farmer said Sunday that he saw seven heavily armed gunmen capture two American soldiers during an attack on a road checkpoint south of Baghdad, while U.S. troops searched for their comrades for a second day. Another Iraqi said the Americans were offering $100,000 for information leading to the abductors, but the U.S. command denied that.


Underwater search teams find the body of tug boat crewman Eric Blackley inside the sunken vessel on the River Clyde.


Fed's Fisher adds to warnings on inflation

Dallas Federal Reserve President  Richard Fisher on Thursday joined a chorus of officials warning  that high inflation ties the hands of the U.S. central bank in  its bid to blunt a sharp slowdown in the world's largest  economy by lowering interest rates.


Rates of sexually transmitted infections are on the rise among middle-aged women, experts warn.


Experts Fail to Discover Columbus, or at Least Where He Remains

After two years of forensic tests on remains held in Seville, Spain, that were thought to be the explorer's, the mystery endures.


NEW YORK  - The risk of developing coronary   heart disease (CHD) among U.S. adults did not changed much   during roughly the last decade, report researchers from the   Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta in Journal   of the American College of Cardiology this month.


The battle for the top post in Indian cricket takes another twist with a delay to the vote for a new president to succeed Jagmohan Dalmiya.


US Army orders more IED detecting robots and gear to upgrade others.


Livorno, 17:56 - CALCIO, PALERMO; COLANTUONO: MALE IL CALO DI CONCENTRAZIONE

Il Palermo conferma la bella prestazione contro la Roma ma questa volta ottiene i tre punti. "Nel pr...


A senior U.S. commander in central Iraq said yesterday that a reduction of U.S. forces in his region this year would be "a giant step backwards," allowing insurgents to quickly return and jeopardizing the military's "tactical momentum" in reducing violence.


Shares in BioCrist (BCRX :Nasdaq - news - research) jumped in premarket trading Tuesday after regulators granted orphan status to the company's lead anti-cancer drug, forodesine hydrochloride, boosting the Alabama-based biotech's prospects.


Palestinian militants offer Israel limited truce

Palestinian militant groups offered to stop firing rockets into Israel in exchange for a cessation of all attacks on the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, an official said on Thursday.


The top military official in the richest nation on Earth did not reassure soldiers en route to fight - and possibly to die - in Iraq that they would have sufficient equipment for the battlefield.


Austrian teenager upsets 12th seed Dementieva

Russian 12th seed Elena Dementieva let a comfortable lead slip on Monday when she was beaten 3-6 6-2 6-3 by 16-year-old Tamira Paszek in their rain-interrupted third round match at Wimbledon.


CAIRO, EGYPT -- A man identified as Osama bin Laden, speaking on an audiotape posted on an Islamic website yesterday, praised the men who attacked a US consulate in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, earlier this month and called on militants to stop the flow of oil to


KABUL: Hamid Karzai has won outright victory in Afghanistan's first presidential election according to preliminary results, the interim leader's supporters and chief rival said Sunday.


Jump ship or pink slip for some realtors

They are jumping ship or receiving the  pink slip. America's real estate agents and mortgage lenders,  that is.


British Conservatives aim to blog way to power

Under a youthful media-savvy  leader, Britain's once-staid opposition Conservatives are  turning to blogs to grab the attention -- and they hope the  votes -- of the younger generation.


(InfoWorld) - A critical bug in the Internet Explorer (IE) browser also affects users of the Outlook 2003 e-mail client, making it much more serious than previously thought. The vulnerability can be triggered when IE or Outlook 2003 processes Web-based graphics code written in the Vector Markup Language (VML). It wasÂ first reported Monday by researchers at Sunbelt Software Inc. Attackers have not yet begun exploiting the e-mail attack, but aÂ handful of Web sitesÂ now serve the code, and hackers have publicly posted software that exploits the vulnerability. Initially, researchers thought that only Internet Explorer was vulnerable to attacks that exploited this flaw, but Sunbelt has now concluded that Outlook 2003 users are also at risk. That's because researchers have discovered a way to execute malicious code without using scripting code, which would normally be blocked by Outlook. By embedding a machine-language "shellcode" program in the VML tags, researchers have been able run unauthorized software on systems running the latest version of Outlook 2003. This has raised concerns because it means that some victims could have their PCs compromised with little or no user action. To attack Internet Explorer, criminals would first need to trick users into visiting a malicious Web site. But with an Outlook attack, it becomes much easier to target a victim. "All you have to do is send an HTML e-mail and the user is hosed," said Eric Sites, Sunbelt's vice president of research and development. Researchers at VeriSign Inc's iDefense unit have also confirmed that some configurations of Outlook will launch the code with no user action, said Ken Dunham, the director of the iDefense Rapid Response Team. Users who have Outlook's Reading Pane enabled to read messages in HTML are particularly vulnerable to this attack, Dunham said. Outlook Express users do not appear to be at risk, said Sites. Microsoft is advising users who want to protect themselves to set Outlook to read e-mail messages in plain text format. Instructions describing how to do this can beÂ found here. Microsoft's advisory on the VML issue can beÂ found here. Sunbelt has posted aÂ workaround for the vulnerability. According to one researcher, Outlook 2003 should not be rendering VML code automatically, but the product appears to be vulnerable due to a second bug in Microsoft's software. "Some versions of Outlook will render VML despite the fact that they shouldn't," said Russ Cooper, a senior information security analyst with Cybertrust Inc. "We should be raking Microsoft over the coals for this." Sites agreed that "there seems to be a bug in the latest version of Outlook." Microsoft executives were not immediately available to comment for this story. Microsoft plans to patch the VML problem as part of its next set of security patches, due Oct. 10, but Sites believes that hackers may force the software vendor to rush out an early fix. "I think it will get bad enough that they will have to," he said. Â


Manila points the finger at Ayala Land over blast

The Philippines recommended the filing of criminal charges against 14 people, including three mid-ranking employees of Ayala Land, on Thursday, holding them responsible for a mall blast that killed 11 people.


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A cargo plane transporting Ugandan soldiers to Somalia's capital caught fire as it landed, officials say.


Rio de Janeiro, 10:27 - CALCIO, KAZAKISTAN: GIOCATORE MUORE DURANTE ALLENAMENTO

L'attaccante brasiliano Nilton Mendes, 30 anni, ha perso la vita in seguito ad un attacco cardiaco c...


WAYLAND -- Mike White's lips were bloodstained from a match earlier in the MIAA Division 3 wrestling tournament. He had the flu during last year's tournament, and he had already lost to his opponent, Zach Bates of Pioneer, in the championship round of the Lowell tournament.


Millions mark the start of 2005 with restraint amid global mourning for victims of the Asian earthquake.


Larry Nelson needed a huge comeback, and an extra hole, to win his second Champions Tour event of the year. Nelson rallied from seven strokes off the lead and made a 5-foot


Reports  of a  widening rift   between  Bipasha and  John have had a  wounding   impact on John .


Broadband Internet telephony company Vonage raised $105 million in its latest round of funding, which will be used to expand its reach in the United States and internationally.


Bush, Kerry take election battle to Balkans

Belgrade: With the US election coming down to the wire, the Republican and Democratic camps are leaving no stone unturned in their hunt for votes, even if it means waging their campaigns in far-flung corners of ...


In 12 weeks of trial, prosecutors have presented scant hard evidence linking Scott Peterson to the murder of his pregnant wife, Laci, and the couple's fetus — no murder weapon, no cause of death, no bloody crime scene and no witnesses to the killing. However, the trial has taken a turn over the last two weeks as jurors heard hours of recorded telephone calls between Peterson and his former lover, Amber Frey.


Senators Set Sights On Overseas Tax Havens

Three senators proposed legislation that would target what they say is $100 billion a year in tax revenue lost each year because of overseas tax havens, in part by forcing hedge funds to track their foreign investors.


Tonight's TV Listings: Whatâs on Tonight

8 P.M. (Fox) PRISON BREAK Michael (Wentworth Miller), above, searches for a prisoner named Whistler (Chris Vance), who holds the key to his freedom from Sona. But Whistler is in hiding â and Mahone (William Fitchner) and Bellick (Wade Williams) want him too. Meanwhile, T-Bag (Robert Knepper) finds heâs not above licking boots for a little preferential treatment from Lecheroâs (Robert Wisdom).


The death of an elderly woman who was scalded in a council-run care home could have been avoided, a sheriff rules.


The National Hockey League will lock out its players Thursday, threatening to keep the sport off the ice for the entire 2004-05 season.


Bombers in various parts of Afghanistan kill at least 17 people, including four Nato troops, and injure children.


Leaders of the Group of Eight agreed Friday on a $60 billion package to fight AIDS, TB and malaria in Africa and warned Iran over its disputed nuclear program, on the final day of the summit of the world's richer nations.


"Knight Rider" TV movie revs NBC ratings

NBC rode the "Knight Rider"  TV-movie to a Sunday night primetime victory, pretty much  ensuring that a remake of the '80s TV series will earn a spot  in the network's fall schedule.


Finanza esegue 8 arresti e decine di perquisizioni


Ukraine's presidential candidates are debating live on TV - just days before the re-run of the contested ballot.


Chased "like animals", CAR villagers live on roots

BOWARA, Central African Republic  - Driven from their homes by armed raiders, terrified villagers in northwest Central African Republic say they are surviving in the bush eating roots, fruit and leaves.


Analysts said a full-fledged recovery for the Chinese computer maker isn't yet in sight.


A relieved Italy broke into celebrations Tuesday as Premier Silvio Berlusconi announced the safe release of two Italian women aid workers who were kidnapped in Iraq three weeks ago.


Microsoft's government head to jump ship

Maggie Wilderotter, leader of the software maker's government sales effort, is leaving to be CEO of a rural telecommunications company.


Suicide Car Bomb Kills 37 at Pakistan Religious Rally

A suicide car bomb exploded in central Pakistan, killing at least 37 people and wounding more than 50 at a rally for an assassinated militant religious leader early on Thursday, police said.


Japan's newest high-speed prototype leans into turns like a race bike. From Crave, CNet's new gadgets blog.


Under pressure from both the U.S. and its own citizens, Guatemala is trying to crack down on its corrupt adoption business


Arts & entertainment: Oscar contender film distorted facts to paint narcotics agents as villains, according to lawsuit


Palestinian Mortar Kills Israeli-American Woman in Gaza

A Palestinian mortar round slammed into a home in a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip this morning and killed an Israeli-American woman, adding to the impassioned debate


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Study finds smoking wards off Parkinson's disease

There is more evidence to back up a long-standing theory that smokers are less likely to develop Parkinson's disease than people who do not use tobacco products, researchers reported on Monday.


Madeleine parents cautious on photo of girl in Morocco

The parents of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann remain cautious about a photo of a blonde girl snapped in Morocco, wary of an "emotional rollercoaster", their spokesman said Wednesday.


FDA Clears Genentech's Tarceva for Lung Cancer

Biotechnology companies Genentech Inc. and OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Thursday said U.S. regulators have approved their drug Tarceva as a treatment for the most common form of lung cancer.


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The evacuation began today of hundreds of Britons from the Ivory Coast, where anti-French rampages have left white foreigners vulnerable to attack.


The Assureon SA is based on a single-instance content-addressed storage model, which ensures that only a single copy of a data object is stored in the system, thus reducing capacity demands and bandwidth requirements.


Storico incontro tra Pontefice e Primate Chiesa anglicana


U.K.'s Blair tries to allay fears over ID card database

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Three Palestinian militants were wounded Thursday when their car exploded between Rafah and Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses and medical officials said.


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Internet entrepreneur details Dow Jones proposal

Internet entrepreneur Brad Greenspan  outlined a new proposal on Friday to keep Dow Jones & Co Inc   out of Rupert Murdoch's hands, saying his plan could  help boost the stock price to above $100.


Citrus growers across the state spent an uneasy night as a blast of bone-chilling air lingered over the East, forcing some farmers to try to save their crop beneath a layer of ice


Apple to Open iPhone Programming to Outsiders

Responding to frustration from customers and software makers, Apple has changed its policies to encourage independent developers to build programs for the iPhone.


Milano difficile da raggiungere, a vantaggio di concorrenza


What Everybody Doesn't Know About Mary Cheney

Mary Cheney: Somewhere out there she exists, the actual Mary Cheney, child of the nondisclosed location, the one who's the luh-luh-lesbian.


NASA planned to undock the space shuttle Discovery from the International Space Station on Tuesday after an eventful mission that included a crucial rewiring and the retraction of a stubborn solar array.


Underwood to monitor Ukrainian polling sites

Former Guam Delegate Robert Underwood will be one of 20 former Congress members to observe polling sites for the Ukraine presidential election this Sunday.


Market nearly unchanged; housing worries weigh

Stocks were flat on Friday as weaker-than-expected data on new home sales reinforced worries about the housing and mortgage markets, offsetting gains in the energy sector.


Verizon takes Comcast channels in new TV markets

Verizon Communications Inc. said on  Monday it signed a deal to carry sports and entertainment  channels from cable operator Comcast Corp.


Doppietta di Adriano, l'Inter vola Milan, Seedorf risolve la ...

Partenza alla grande per le italiane in Champions League: Inter-Werder Brema 2-0, mentre a Donetsk il Milan passa contro lo Shakthar per 1-0. * BOMBER Ancora una volta Adriano fa la differenza. Se Vieri spreca


U.S. state legislatures head into Tuesday's election with party control of half the chambers hinging on the outcome of just a few races in each state, political analysts said.


Measles, chickenpox vaccines okay for preemies

NEW YORK  - Infants born extremely preterm mount similar immune responses as those born at term to the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine and the chickenpox vaccine, a study shows.


Greene Leads No. 8 Georgia to Rout of Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Kentucky (Sports Network) - David Greene became the winningest quarterback in Division IA history and Thomas Brown ran for 130 yards with three touchdowns to lead eighth-ranked Georgia to a 62-17 rout of Kentucky at Commonwealth Stadium.


Growth Hormone: Fountain of Youth or Early Killer?

A small population of dwarves in rural Ecuador could hold the answer.


Virtual rallies and singing wives beckon South Korea votes

It's election time in super-wired South  Korea and the young democracy's once giant, and raucous,  rallies have gone quiet.


Bacteria responsible for Legionnaires' disease is found in water in the healthcare centre of Magilligan jail.


U.S. Prosecutors Move to Block Padilla's Questioning of Pentagon

MIAMI, Dec. 7 -- Federal prosecutors asked a judge Thursday to prevent Jose Padilla's defense attorneys from questioning Defense Department officials or obtaining documents about his treatment during 3 1/2  years in military custody as an "enemy combatant."


Colo. Electoral College Measure Challenged

A lawsuit filed Wednesday challenges a ballot measure that would scrap Colorado's winner-take-all system for Electoral College votes and award them based on how well the candidate did in the statewide popular vote.


A day after desertion charges against Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun shocked his family and shook Utah's Muslim community, a relative calm prevailed at his Marine base and his adopted home.


Saddam's Lawyers Meet in Jordan to Prepare Case

AMMAN, Jordan  - Former Iraqi President Saddam  Hussein's defense team reviewed Sunday how to move ahead with  their case after they gained access to their client this week  for the first time since his arrest a year ago, lawyers said.


Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. on Wednesday said fourth-quarter earnings rose 22 percent, driven by record revenue in its investment banking and capital markets segments.


Giants, Jets to Receive Funding for Stadium

New York's two NFL franchises, the Giants and Jets, will be able to proceed with their plan to jointly build a new stadium at the Meadowlands.


US withdraws effort to ban human cloning worldwide

The Bush administration has dropped its bid this year for a global ban on human cloning, avoiding what promised to be an acrimonious battle at the United


Canadiens Stun Rangers With Team-Record Rally

Michael Ryder and Alex Kovalev each score twice and the Canadiens stage the biggest comeback in their history, rallying from five goals down to beat the Rangers in a shootout, 6-5.


Home care provider will feel the pinch from lower Medicare reimbursement.


The crisis over Ukraine's disputed presidential election intensified Sunday, as a key eastern province called a referendum on autonomy and the opposition demanded the current president fire his prime minister, the official winner of last week's vote that has bitterly divided this former Soviet republic.


Euronext appoints Paribas to help finance bid for LSE

EURONEXT, one of the two rival potential bidders for London Stock Exchange, has strengthened its team by lining up a heavyweight French bank to help to raise funds.


Mattel apologizes to China for toy recalls

The world's largest toy maker, Mattel Inc, apologized on Friday for damaging China's reputation after recent massive recalls of its Chinese-made toys, admitting it targeted some goods that were actually up to scratch.


Szymon Szemberg, the man in charge of media relations for the International Ice Hockey Federation, can think of only two reasons Mike Modano would want to play in Italy should an NHL lockout occur.


After Review of Iraq Security, State Dept. Official Quits

Richard J. Griffin, the assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security, resigned today after a scathing review of security in Iraq that criticized the supervision of private contractors there and recommended changes in the way diplomats are protected.


Lycos' European anti-spam website was taken down only hours after it went live. The outage appears to be the result of a DDoS attack, most likely initiated by spammers in response to the search engine's "Make


Israeli police to investigate Olmert house purchase

Israel's attorney-general ordered police on Monday to open a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's purchase of a home in Jerusalem.


A Kevin Kuranyi hat trick against Austria gave Juergen Klinsmann a victorious start as Germany coach on Wednesday, but the 3-1 scoreline flattered his side, who struggled at times against their Alpine ...


LAKE FOREST, Illinois (Ticker) - Coming off their worst offensive performance of the season, the Chicago Bears placed guard Rex Tucker on injured reserve with a strained hamstring.


IRAQ, 3 FERITI NELL'ESPLOSIONE DI UN'AUTOBOMBA A NORD DI BAGHDAD

Baghdad, 27 ott. (Adnkronos) - Tre iracheni, tra cui una donna, sono rimasti feriti nell'esplosione di un'autobomba nella citta' di Khalis, a nord di Baghdad. L'attacco, hanno riferito testimoni, e' avvenuto


MIT launches buddy-stalker messenger service

Finding friends on campus MIT students are tracking each other as they wander from lecture to lecture using iFind, a new piece of beta software from the university's Senseable City Lab.â¦


CNET Car Tech covers the Volkswagen Passat CC launch at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show.


Federal agencies helped create the Internet, but most do not use it to inform the public about what they do, a study to be released today shows.


Colombian Rebels Planned to Kill President Bush

BOGOTA, Colombia  - President Bush was targetedfor assassination by Colombia's biggest Marxist rebel groupthis week when he visited the Caribbean port city of Cartagena,a top Colombian official said on Saturday.


East Chill Seen After Warmup This Week -Forecast

After a warming period this week, next  week will bring colder-than-normal temperatures over much of  the eastern U.S., private forecaster AccuWeather said on  Monday.


Attacks in Baghdad fall 80 percent: Iraq military

Attacks by insurgents and rival sectarian militias have fallen up to 80 percent in Baghdad and concrete blast walls that divide the capital can soon be removed, a senior Iraqi military official said on Saturday.


Chicago Bulls name Jim Boylan to replace Scott Skiles

The slumping Chicago Bulls on Thursday named assistant coach Jim Boylan to replace the fired Scott Skiles to lead the team for the remainder of the season.


InfoWorld - Hoping to suck out costs associated with production and maintenance over an application's life cycle, Hewlett-Packard on Monday strengthened its OpenView software portfolio with a raft of products and programs designed to bridge the gap between application development and users’ IT operations.


POLITICS-BALKANS:  Croat Minister Makes a 22,000-Year-old Case

BELGRADE, Oct 4 (IPS) - A dubious joint venture between science and  politics has resumed with new claims that Croats are the oldest  people in the Balkans.


The number of U.S. violent crimes increased in 2006 for the second consecutive year, with more than 17,000 murders nationwide, the FBI said on Monday.


Shock jock Howard Stern will head to satellite radio, where listeners will have to pay to hear him.


For O's Markakis, Struggles Lead to Success

Nick Markakis enters the season as an established major leaguer, and the likely heir apparent to Cal Ripken Jr. as the franchise's next home-grown franchise player.


The Vatican has issued tough new rules making the route to sainthood more difficult.


Brazil Lynch Mob Destroys Police Stations

An angry mob destroyed police stations and a courthouse in two Amazon towns while trying to lynch murder suspects, officials said Monday. One man was killed during the rioting and 44 people were arrested.


Pamela Anderson's ex-husband Kid Rock must appear in court for allegedly assaulting Tommy Lee.


WASHINGTON President Bush yesterday signed an executive order lifting sanctions against Libya, rewarding the country for agreeing to dismantle its weapons programs.


It took a month, but it appears the Sherwood boys' basketball team has found its identity for this season. That identity is personified both in name and in action on the court.


Shareholders at Lear Corporation vote to reject a $2.9bn buyout offer from billionaire investor Carl Icahn.


Annan Calls On Security Council to Act in Sudan

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Kofi Annan has called on the Security Council to take action on the escalating violence in the Darfur region of Sudan.


Bread, milk and Botox: Austrian grocery chain offers anti-wrinkle injections

Besides cheap food, an Austrian discount grocery chain is offering bargain Botox treatments in an advertisement this week, sparking an outcry from critics who charge the campaign is unethical.


Summer Test: Comfy Climbing Shoes Replace Heavy Hiking Boots


Oracle adds copyright charges to SAP complaint

(InfoWorld) - Oracle Corp. has added new claims to its ongoing lawsuit against software rival SAP AG. Oracle added copyright and breach-of-contract claims to its list of allegations against the German software vendor in an amended complaint filed Friday in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco. "This case is about corporate theft on a grand scale," Oracle's filings state. Oracle now alleges that SAP violated its copyright by illegally downloading software and support documents. The breach of contract claim alleges that SAP violated the terms of use of Oracle's Customer Connection support site. The amended complaint had been expected by May 18, but that deadline was pushed back. It is the latest in a series of legal maneuvers between the two companies, in their ongoing fight for dominance in the enterprise software market. SAP plans to respond to Oracle's complaint by July 2, the company said in a statement, released Friday. "At that time, SAP will set the record straight regarding Oracle's allegations. SAP is eager to vigorously defend this case," SAP said. The suit alleges that staff at SAP's TomorrowNow subsidiary pretended to be Oracle customers in order to gain access to the PeopleSoft and JD Edwards customer support Web site. The lawsuit charges SAP, TomorrowNow, and 50 unnamed individuals with violating fraud laws and engaging in unfair competition and civil conspiracy. The lawsuit came out of the blue two days after Oracle had announced strong third-quarter financial results and claimed its business applications revenue was growing much faster than that of rival and market-share leader SAP. The two companies have long been bitter competitors although they also have customers in common, for instance those running SAP applications on Oracle's databases or middleware. Oracle said it had discovered the illegal access to Customer Connection after noting periods of unusually heavy download activity from the site in late November and December 2006. The vendor claims to have found more than 10,000 unauthorized downloads of its software and support materials, which it then traced to an IP (Internet Protocol) address in Bryan, Texas, an SAP America branch office location and the headquarters of TomorrowNow. Oracle listed customers whose identities TomorrowNow had allegedly purloined, including Honeywell International, Merck & Co. Inc. and OCE-Technologies BV. Since filing the original lawsuit, Oracle has not spoken publicly about the legal action. SAP's response has been to decline comment on the lawsuit other than to commit to aggressively defend itself and TomorrowNow against Oracle's claims. As SAP released its first-quarter fiscal results on April 20, the company's CEO Henning Kagermann was in defiant mood about the Oracle lawsuit. "We have no intention to settle; why should we?" he said. "We don't think anything is wrong in our company." Kagermann added that SAP planned to formally respond to Oracle's suit within "the next weeks." The lawsuit raises a number of issues about the viability of the third-party software maintenance market and common practices within that sector, such as how feasible it is for competitors to provide support for their rivals' offerings. Oracle is also a player in the market, providing support for SAP's older R/3 applications through a partnership with Systime Computers since May 2006. Some observers suggest that if TomorrowNow staff did download the content from Oracle's site, the issue might have had more to do with a lack of a clear policy from Oracle about which content customers and support specialists were entitled to access and what information was out of bounds. Â


Hamas says it will accept a temporary truce if Israel halts targeted killings and releases Palestinian prisoners.


Easy answers elude Mich., Fla. delegates

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton desperately wants meaningless wins in Florida and Michigan to turn into votes she can count on. It won't be easy with the Democratic National Committee rules standing in her way.


Quake Triggers Deadly Surging Tidal Waves in South Asia

Sri Lanka has been devastated, as surging waves from the Indian Ocean crashed into its eastern and southern coasts, and flooded vast areas Sunday morning.


Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie caused a stir among even their fellow stars as Hollywood's hottest couple made their way into Sunday night's Screen Actors Guild Awards.


Boeing faces customer ire for 787 delays

Boeing Co  is facing growing anger from its biggest customers for delays in its new 787 Dreamliner, but still unveiled more than $6 billion in orders for other planes at the Singapore Airshow on Tuesday.


Iran could halt enrichment under right terms: president

Iran is prepared to negotiate a   suspension of its most sensitive nuclear work if it receives   fair guarantees in talks with major powers, Iranian President   Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday.


Electronic bidding began for Barry Bondsâs 755th and 756th home-run balls, with the price for the record-breaker starting at $100,000.


It tastes better than cough medicine, and now researchers think it may be better at relieving coughs, too. Dark chocolate may have health benefits to weigh against fears of tooth decay or putting on weight.


Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.  said on Monday that it plans to buy rival grocer Pathmark Stores Inc.  for $678.6 million, creating a larger company to compete in the U.S. Northeast.


Alta government to develop special licence plate for veterans

EDMONTON (CP) - The Alberta government has announced it will develop a special rear licence plate to honour veterans.


The editor of T looks at the matronly style seen thus far at New York Fashion Week.


Report: Balco alleges steroid abuse by top athletes

ABC's 20/20 televised an explosive interview on Friday night with Victor Conte, the founder of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO), the lab that has allegedly provided steroids and other banned drugs to elite athletes.


Paraguay Ex-President's Daughter Found Dead

ASUNCION, Paraguay  - The daughter of Paraguay's  former President Raul Cubas was found dead on Wednesday  underneath a house near the capital, nearly five months after  she was kidnapped, government officials said.


Hitters, pitchers were monsters at Fenway

It's no secret why the Red Sox finished their regular season at Fenway Park with the second-best home record (55-26) in the majors, trailing only the Yankees (54-24). The Sox were built to flourish in the Fens and proved it by leading the majors in runs scored at home (517) and topping the American League in batting (.304), on-base percentage ...


For years, Roberto Cavalli has led the trend for skin-tight jeans and skimpy animal print dresses but next summer his glitterati followers will have to loosen up and slip into something a little more comfortable.


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CORAL GABLES, Fla. - Sen. John Kerry, lagging in the polls, took the offensive Thursday against President Bush over foreign policy and the war on terror, accusing Bush of "a colossal error of judgment" in


Gunmen kill 22 people in West Darfur: AU

Unidentified gunmen killed 22  civilians and wounded 10 others near a village in the region of  Darfur in western Sudan on Saturday, the African Union said.


SAN FRANCISCO  -   Computerlike "smart" cellphones are starting to go mainstream, creating opportunities for the wireless industry. Holiday shoppers are expected to drive the number of smartphones sold this year to 81 million, says wireless analyst Todd Kort at researcher Gartner.


Google Profits Just Keep Soaring, With No End in Sight

For Silicon Valley's most dynamic company there is no ceiling, apparently. Google reports another robust quarter, with profits up 46 percent.


Estonia to open embassy in virtual world Second Life

Tech-savvy Baltic state Estonia is to open an embassy in the Internet fantasy world Second Life, joining the likes of Sweden and the Maldives, the foreign ministry said Friday.


An $80 million settlement was reached Thursday in a lawsuit against a crematory operator by nearly 1,700 relatives of deceased people whose bodies were found strewn across the business' grounds.


UAW strikes GM as talks fail to produce a deal

United Auto Workers union-represented employees walked off the job and organized pickets outside General Motors Corp plants as the union called a national strike against the top U.S. automaker after marathon contract talks failed to produce a deal.


Musulmana uccisa dal fratello, si ripete tragedia di Brescia


Oklahoma's defense contains Texas Tech scoring machine

NORMAN, Okla. - Oklahoma's defense made sure there was no comeback for Texas Tech's potent offense on Saturday. In their previous two games, the Red Raiders came back from deficits of 21 and 25 points, but there was no such rally against the Sooners.


NTP sues wireless carriers for patent infringement

NTP Inc, which last year won a $612.5  million settlement from the maker of Blackberry, has sued  several leading wireless companies for patent infringement,  according to court papers.


NASA moves ahead on Bush's plan to return to moon, Mars

With a green light from Congress, NASA is moving swiftly to carry out President Bush's ambitious plan to return robots and humans to the moon and eventually to Mars.


Creators of Credit Crisis Revel in Las Vegas

The 5th annual conference of the American Securitization Forum was a celebration of the wizardry that turns risky loans into securities, but does not always make them safe.


U.S. trade commission to investigate Nokia 3G phones

InterDigital claims that some of Nokia's 3G phones use technology that it has patented.


Editors Race to Cover Aniston-Pitt Split

In the world of celebrities and those who love them, the Jennifer Aniston-Brad Pitt breakup was like the fall of the Berlin Wall. That sent celebrity magazines hurtling into a race to be first in the biggest breakup story of, well, the year.


NY Sen. Clinton faults Bush administration for flu vaccine ...

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused the Bush administration on Monday of being "asleep at the switch" and mishandling the flu vaccine shortage, which she said was part of an overall breakdown in the country's health care system.


Actress Susannah York, who played Superman's mother in the classic films, shared her memories about Christopher Reeve with BBC News 24.


South Africa's top prosecutor says there is enough evidence to charge new ANC leader Jacob Zuma with corruption.


A model of the final design of the World Trade Center memorial will be unveiled next month, showing what visitors will experience when the tribute opens in 2009, Gov.


Valencia coach Claudio Ranieri said his team had only got what they deserved after a torrid Champions League campaign ended in ignominy following a 2-0 home loss to German champions Werder Bremen.


Music business ends year on another weak note

Just when it seemed erosion of music  sales during the holiday season couldn't get worse, December  snowstorms compounded the retail industry's misery.


Methanol fuel cells-- how cost-efficient are they?

Glaskowsky runs the numbers on a new fuel-cell power supply from IdaTech.


Bombs Kill 12 at Bangladesh Opposition Rally

At least 12 people were killed and 100 wounded in a bomb attack on Saturday on an opposition rally in Bangladesh's capital, police and witnesses said.


Felix Dennis, the wealthy British founder of the raunchy men's magazine Maxim and who still enjoys booze, babes and expensive diesel-fueled toys, has become a poet.


Troops move in to curb violence in Assam

GUWAHATI (India) - Six people were killed and nine wounded yesterday in a fresh burst of violence in India's troubled north-east, taking the death toll in three days of rebel attacks to 69 with 210 injured.


Recent Moves by Guild Leaders Rattle Writersâ Talks

A Writers Guild leader expressed wariness over modeling a deal on a new contract recently reached between production companies and the Directors Guild of America.


Pennsylvania Turnpike managers began collecting tolls early Thanksgiving Day as the first strike in the turnpike's 64-year history entered its second day.


F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says Jaguar's departure proves that cutting the cost of racing is a top priority. Ecclestone believes Jaguar did not have enough money to be competitive and they should have quit last year.


A U.S. law firm has announced a class  action lawsuit against AstraZeneca Plc accusing the  Anglo-Swedish drugmaker of deception in its promotion of ulcer  pill Nexium.


Red Hat replaces CEO with Delta Airlines exec

James Whitehurst, Delta Airlines' former chief operating officer and a former programmer, will replace CEO Matthew Szulik on Jan. 1.


Shall I compare shooters to a sonnet? They are less lovely and less temperate. But take a closer look. These two classic genres have a lot more in common than you might think. Commentary by Clive Thompson.


Jamal Crawford's introduction to one of the NBA's most heated rivalries was an elbow to the chops that caused his neck to snap back.


Keep Windows XP until 2009, analysts tell Microsoft

InfoWorld - Microsoft should keep Windows XP available until at least 2009, not end the majority of sales on June 30 as currently planned, said analysts at Gartner and The Burton Group. ???A good rule of thumb in any OS transition is that you have to have the original and new products available for at least two years to handle customer [migration] needs,??? said Richard Jones, a Burton Group vice president and service director.


Therapists caution grip-and-grin U.S. politicians

Occupational therapists have some advice for glad-handing U.S. politicians in the homestretch of the November 7 elections: rest the hand that feeds you.


Brazil Finds New Europe-Related Dinosaur Species

By Andrei Khalip RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Scientists have foundwell-preserved fossils of a new dinosaur species that lived 225million years ago in southern Brazil but had its closestrelatives in what is now Europe, Brazilian paleontologists saidon Thursday.


Nine soldiers are killed in a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, the military says.


Iran wants to brief powers on atom plans: TV

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to brief members of the U.N. Security Council about his country's nuclear program, state television reported on Sunday.


Judge Won't Dismiss Myanmar Suit Against Unocal

A Los Angeles judge on Tuesday refused to throw out a lawsuit against Unocal Corp. over human rights abuses during the building of a pipeline in Myanmar.


DECATUR, Ga. -- Investigators said Tuesday they had found steroids and other drugs in the body of pro wrestler Chris Benoit, who killed his wife and young son last month before hanging himself.


A jury took just over 90 minutes Thursday night to decide on the death penalty for twice-convicted killer and suspected serial slayer Derrick Todd Lee, rejecting defense claims that he is mentally retarded.


England finger Ronaldo and Figo as danger men

Cristiano Ronaldo and Luis Figo have been fingered as the main danger men by England as they prepare to take on Portugal in the World Cup quarter-finals.


Cuba Minister Simeon Said Dead at Age 61

Rosa Elena Simeon, Cuba's minister of science, technology and environment, has died, state television reported. She was 61.


Sabres hit 50-point plateau with win over Panthers

Maxim Afinogenov scored the game winner on a powerplay in the third period to lift the Buffalo Sabres to a 2-1 win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday.


Researchers find big batch of breast cancer genes

A genetic mutation that raises the risk of breast cancer is found in up to 60 percent of U.S. women, making it the first truly common breast cancer susceptibility gene, researchers reported on Sunday.


A laboratory study finds mobile phones damage human DNA - but does not show they harm health.


Companies are accused of infecting PCs, and then selling spyware-blocking software.


NEW YORK - Sen. John Kerry said Monday that mistakes by President Bush in invading Iraq could lead to unending war and that no responsible commander in chief would have begun the war knowing Saddam Hussein didn't possess weapons of mass destruction and wasn't an imminent threat to the United States...


Childhood Cancer Survivors Face Higher Breast Cancer Risk

Having had cancer as children increased the risk among surviving adult women for breast cancer, particularly those who were treated with chest radiation, a new study says.


Senior commanders of the Army offered profuse apologies yesterday for the poor treatment accorded many soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, but lawmakers expressed skepticism that the generals had been unaware of the problems until they were spotlighted by the media two weeks ago.


Only two skins on Saturday at Skins Game

La Quinta, CA (Sports Network) - Adam Scott drained a 35-footer for birdie at the second hole on Saturday to claim the only skins through the first nine holes at the Skins Game at Trilogy Golf Club at La Quinta.


Pitcairn Mayor 'Led Rape' on Island -Prosecutor

The trial of seven Pitcairn Island men, descendants of the 18th century Bounty mutineers, began on Wednesday with the mayor the first to face charges of rape and underage sex, Television New Zealand reported.


Premiership hands 90 million pounds to poor relations

The Premier League on Sunday agreed to pump more than 90 million pounds (133.9 million euros) into the Football League in a bid to reduce the financial chasm that separates the top flight clubs and the lower league sides.


Value of top U.S. gov't IT contracts drops for '07

The total estimated value of the U.S. government's top 20 IT contracts in fiscal year 2007, which began Oct. 1, is $118 billion, an analyst says.


Sri Lanka's army says it has killed at least 11 Tamil Tiger rebels in continued clashes in the north.


Stalled Immigration Reform 'High Priority' for Bush

Revamping U.S. immigration laws to  let more Mexicans work legally in the United States is a high  priority, Secretary of State Colin Powell said, although a  skeptical Congress could still block the plan.


Hitachi Ltd., Japan's largest electronics  conglomerate, said on Wednesday its quarterly profit fell  nearly by half due to price falls in plasma TVs and other  electronics goods, and cut its full-year outlook.


With One Swing, Edmonds Redeems Himself and Cards

All of the wounds in this city, colored a fresh shade of cardinal red, healed with just one touch. The winning pitcher was the one who had the fractured hand.


Intel rolls out new chips for business market

Intel Corp  on Sunday  unveiled its new vPro chip technology aimed at making business  personal computers more secure, as the world's largest  chipmaker seeks to solidify its brand.


Livorno, 17:43 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: GIANNICHEDDA FUORI DUE MESI

Allenamento pomeridiano per il Livorno in vista del derby con l'Empoli: il tecnico Camolese ha fatto...


Pakistan tribesmen seek release of China hostages

A Pakistani council of tribesmen sought on Tuesday to secure the release of two Chinese engineers taken hostage by al Qaeda-linked militants from tribes near Pakistan's border with Afghanistan.


Bush Names Confidante Rice as Secretary of State

President Bush reached into his  inner circle on Tuesday and nominated a trusted confidante,  national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, to replace Colin  Powell as secretary of state.


Stocks fall as default worries hit financials

Stocks fell for a third straight session on Friday as concern over rising defaults in the subprime mortgage industry sent financial shares to their worst decline in a month.


Britain likely to agree to relieve US troops in Iraq

LONDON : Britain looked set to agree to a US request to send its troops into violence-plagued areas of Iraq, a move opponents warned could see the country's soldiers dragged further into the conflict, with the risk of casualties multiplying.


Nicolas Sarkozy touches down in Kabul for a visit to French troops and talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.


Scotland manager Berti Vogts declared he does not expect to be sacked following Saturday's 1-0 home defeat at the hands of Norway.


Top Bush Officials Clash Over Iraq Election

Iraq's elections should be  nationwide, a top Bush administration official said on Friday,   clashing publicly with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's  suggestion that voting might not take place in the most violent  areas.


White Sox GM Williams irate over Guillen's suspension

Despite attempts by Williams and manager Ozzie Guillen to convince Major League Baseball vice-president of on-field operations Bob Watson to see things their way, the Sox learned Tuesday that Guillen's two-game suspension for an on-field ...


Striking Screenwriters Dismiss New Proposals

The screenwriters called the proposals from producers a âa massive rollback,â and called on their members to continue their walkout.


GLASGOW: Scotland manager Berti Vogts, right, has resigned because of "disgraceful abuse" including being spat upon, he said in a Scottish Football Association statement last night.


Omicidio Potenza: ore importanti per le indagini

Sono cinque le persone accompagnate questa sera, presso la questura di Foggia, per essere ascoltate dagli investigatori, nell'ambito delle indagini sull'omicidio di Giusy Potenza, la quindicenne di Manfredonia uccisa il 12 novembre scorso.


HULL - A course in the basics of using e-mail and the Internet will be held Feb. 20 and Feb. 21 at Wellspring Multi-Service Center, 814 Nantasket Ave.  Participants will learn how to  set up an e-mail account, send and receive e-mail and search the Internet.


Reliance Industries is likely to be under pressure to announce a share buyback at an attractive price at Monday's board meeting, analysts said.


NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH: Softer-Landing Tests Officials Hope Airbags Can Provide Greater Safety for Returning Astronauts

By A.J. Hostetler, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  May 24--Engineers and technicians at Langley Research Center in Hampton are testing airbag designs that could help protect the next generation of moon walkers as they return to Earth.


A frightening warning is going out to 15,000 people who could be at risk of carrying the human form of mad cow disease. Health officials say the letters are to inform all those patients who received blood


The crown court case against a Norfolk farmer at the centre of a dispute over his pigs is to be dropped, his solicitor says.


New film starring DiCaprio rattles diamond industry

"The Blood Diamond," a film in  production starring Leonardo DiCaprio, could hurt diamond sales  and the livelihoods of people in Africa, industry leaders  warned on Tuesday.


Parma, 19:44 - CALCIO, PARMA; RANIERI: MI SCUSO PER LA MEFATORA UTILIZZATA

Il neo allenatore del Parma Claudio Ranieri corregge il tiro e si scusa per la frase forte pronuncia...


U.S. launches program to better pinpoint drugs

U.S. health officials on Thursday announced a new program to help pinpoint sooner what chemicals could make effective drugs as well as whether certain medicines work better in specific patients.


Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt is found guilty of involvement in the 1993 bombings in the Indian city of Mumbai.


After signatures, fingerprints and iris recognition, 3-D face maps encoded onto ID cards and passports are unveiled today. The ground-breaking system of recording biometric information could be the key to our security.


Vietnam Airlines reports 15.5 percent revenue rise

Vietnam Airlines on Monday reported revenues of 1.27 billion dollars for 2007, a year-on-year increase of 15.5 percent, despite high fuel costs and increased competition.


Shaquille O'Neal slowly extended the digits on his enormous left hand, then flashed a megawatt grin.


Il greggio si attesta a 77,44 dollari al barile


Processo a Berlusconi, Confalonieri e Mills rinviato al 12/1


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Teen exposure to online pornography common

About four in every 10 U.S. youngsters  age 10 to 17 report they've seen pornography while on the  Internet, two-thirds of them saying it was uninvited, according  to a study published on Monday.


Courtrai, 11:18 - CICLISMO, DOPING: SEQUESTRATO PRODOTTI ILLECITI ALLA QUICK STEP

Prodotti con effetto dopante sono stati sequestrati nel corso di alcune perquisizioni eseguite nelle...


Cingular plans to upgrade high-speed data network

Cingular Wireless, the largest US cellphone service provider, has announced plans to upgrade its high-speed data network, allowing faster downloads than are now available on many home broadband connections.


Diretto a Algeri, rientrera' a Marsiglia con 1400 passeggeri


Albert Montanes of Spain beat third-seeded Agustin Calleri 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4 in a Copa Telmex round-robin match on Tuesday, a week after losing to the Argentine in Brazil.


BASF hopes for green light from EU on GM potato this year

German chemicals giant BASF is hoping to receive the green light from the European regulatory authorities for a genetically modified potato this year, a top executive said in a newspaper interview published Monday.


She scores goals. They fight fires. They share a bond.

BROOKLINE - When Kristine Lilly of the US Women's World Cup soccer team strikes the ball, the guys at Brookline Fire Station No. 5 cheer.


Six tribal leaders among 41 killed in Iraq

A suicide bomber killed six Iraqi tribal leaders opposed to al Qaeda when he blew himself up at a busy Baghdad hotel, in one of four attacks on Monday that killed 41 people in all, police said.


Empoli, 18:35 - CALCIO, EMPOLI; CAGNI: MERITIAMO QUESTA GRAN CLASSSIFICA

Empoli al quinto posto e Gigi Cagni che si nasconde continuando a parlare solo di salvezza: Sono mol...


Putin says Russia could target missiles at Ukraine in response to any deployment of US missile shield there


Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Sunday Egypt would take steps to control its border with the Gaza Strip as soon as possible.


Radcliffe Makes Up for Olympic Heartbreak With Close NYC Marathon Win; S. African Wins Men's Race. Great Britain's Paula Radcliffe, left, and Kenya's Susan Chepkemei, embrace after crossing the finish line at the New York City Marathon Sunday.


No one could rightfully call âMeet the Fockersâ a work of genius, but this hilarious sequel to âMeet the Parentsâ does pull off a stroke of genius.


India has once again proved itself as the land of contradictions as scientists have now discovered a new species of monkey in Arunachal Pradesh, despite the fact that India has some of the fastest retreating forest lands.


Profit at Talbots Up 4.8% for 2nd Quarter

Talbots, the clothing retailer, said yesterday that second-quarter profit rose 4.8 percent as sales increased and the company benefited from the resolution of an income tax issue.


Londra, 18:56 - CALCIO, BRASILE-ARGENTINA 3-0 IN AMICHEVOLE

Il Brasile ha battuto l'Argentina 3-0 in un'amichevole giocata a Londra. Per la nazionale allenata d...


With a half hour to go, NYC's iPhone crowds scramble for Starbucks, Pogue

Blog: 'New York Times' columnist and coffee guy in green apron are the most popular people on the scene.


Bangladesh mob sets train on fire to protest attack on opposition rally

DHAKA, Bangladesh  - An angry mob set fire to a passenger train and protesters clashed with police across Bangladesh Sunday, leaving dozens of people injured, as violence spread a day after a grenade attack on an opposition rally killed 19 people and wounded hundreds.


Apparently, Donald Trump isn't the only one who doesn't want the   latest Apprentice reject.


The number of children dying from abuse could be much higher than previously thought, the NSPCC says.


Risultati annuali record per Corporate America


The majors over, Ernie Els got a consolation prize Sunday by capturing his first World Golf Championship. Els outlasted Thomas Bjorn in a brilliantly played duel at Mount Juliet, making a 6-foot birdie on the 17th hole for a cushion he desperately needed and closing with a 3-under 69 to win the American Express Championship by one shot.


A brief display of political unity on the steps of South Carolinaâs capitol was a prelude to an evening debate in Myrtle Beach.


Bush's top two men in Iraq are finally about to deliver a verdict on progress there. Here are the questions to ask about it


Nine are shot dead in a Rio de Janeiro shantytown, as police battle drugs gangs and militia groups.


Sunni Parties Threaten to Boycott Iraqi Election

BAGHDAD, 26 November 2004 - Iraqâs Sunni Muslim political parties yesterday threatened to boycott the Jan. 30 election. âWe call for elections to be postponed for six months because the security situation


DETROIT Despite a crop of new car models and a generous supply of rebates, sales fell for Ford Motor and General Motors in November.


Indonesia ferry fire kills 11, survivors returning

At least 11 people died after a fire on an Indonesian ferry off Jakarta Bay on Thursday, with some desperate passengers hurling themselves off the blazing vessel into the sea, a navy official and a survivor said.


Police investigate NIU shooter's 2 sides

Steven Kazmierczak had the look of a boyish graduate student Â except for the disturbing tattoos that covered his arms.


Samsung ringfences $100m for antitrust dispute

Samsung, the world's top memory chipmaker, said on Thursday that its US subsidiary would put aside $100m in antitrust provisions related to a computer memory chip dispute.


Iran signals refusal of nuclear freeze: EU diplomat

Iran has indicated to European Union  foreign policy chief Javier Solana it will not freeze its most  sensitive nuclear work and major powers will consult later this  week on sanctions, a European diplomat said on Wednesday.


The Nikkei and the Hang Seng were down sharply after a bad day on Wall Street. European markets remained steady.


Shares of Google Inc. fell almost 9 percent on Friday after an analyst forecast a sharp drop in the price over the next 12 months as the Internet search company grows more slowly.


Here's the pitch from the cable TV industry: One way or another, all subscribers will still be able to tune in their favorite shows when broadcasters shift to digital-only transmission in 2009.


Former Apprentice candidate Katie Hopkins says she was made a "scapegoat" after being fired from her real job.


Houston, TX -- The Houston Rockets activated guard Bob Sura and placed guard Charlie Ward on the injured list prior to Saturday's 82-76 loss to Denver.


/ARTS WEEKLY/EUROPE:  Pinocchio speaks Swahili

ROME, Sep 25 (IPS) - The open-air stage of the Globe Theatre is  surrounded by spellbound children: Pinocchio, the famous puppet  created by the Italian writer Carlo Collodi, has become black.


Kobe Bryant scored 37 points, Kwame Brown made a foul shot with 9.2 seconds remaining, and the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Memphis Grizzlies 100-99 Sunday night, but they might have lost outstanding young center Andrew Bynum in the process.


SAN FRANCISCO - Firefox 1.0 appears to have sparked new activity in the Web browser market.


Lenovo, IBM to recall 526,000 notebooks worldwide

Lenovo Group Ltd. (0992.HK) and  International Business Machines Corp.  are recalling  about 526,000 Sony Corp. (6758.T) batteries made for ThinkPad  notebook PCs after a computer caught fire at Los Angeles  International Airport, Lenovo and U.S. safety officials said on  Thursday.


Bush, Kerry Spar Over Leadership in Iowa

President Bush speaks during a campaign stop at J & D Manufacturing Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004, in Eau Claire, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash).


British Airways  said on  Wednesday it would suspend its daily flight between Detroit and  London Heathrow in March, citing the changing nature of the  U.S. auto industry.


The question comes frequently to Leo Beenhakker: What motivated someone who had coached at the highest levels of soccer to take over tiny Trinidad and Tobago?


Els scoops the jackpot again with record win

As 35th birthdays go, Ernie Els had a pretty special one yesterday. There were the cards. "There were so many I thought it was Christmas," he said.


On-line campaigners seek to "Stop Blair" becoming EU president

An on-line campaign to stop former prime minister Tony Blair from becoming European Union president is gathering pace long before the job is even created.


The recalled printers include the Lexmark E232, E232t, E330, E332n and E332tn models; the IBM Infoprint 1412 and 1412n; and the Dell 1700 and 1700n, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.


State Republicans withdrew thousands of more than 35,000 challenges to new voter registrations because of errors in their filings apparently caused by a computer glitch.


Brittany Murphy takes trip to "White Hotel"

Brittany Murphy is in  negotiations to star in "The White Hotel," a long-in-the-works  adaptation of the acclaimed D.M. Thomas novel.


Firenze, 16:44 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; PASQUAL: IO ALLA JUVE? NULLA DI STRANO

Alla vigilia della partenza con la Nazionale per le isole Far Oer in vista dell'impegno di sabato pe...


WFP Relying On Airdrops To Bring Food In West Darfur

Mud continues to be one of the biggest obstacles to relief efforts in Sudan's Darfur region. Heavy rains have washed out roads and airstrips and the rainy season is expected to last another month or two.


Manchester United have revealed they had no plans to sign Wayne Rooney until Newcastle made a bid for the striker. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson said he had held talks with Everton boss David Moyes about signing


A Russian court halts the trial of a sick ex-manager of Yukos firm, but refuses to release him from jail for treatment.


L.A. Airport Shut Down on Security Concern

Los Angeles International Airport was shut down early Saturday because of a possible security breach and a separate incident at an international terminal security screening station, an airport spokesman said.


Group Frees US Journalist Hostage in Iraq-TV

US journalist Micah Garen was on Sunday freed by an Iraqi group who had held him hostage in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya. "I am very grateful to everyone who worked to protect me


NY City surplus seen nearing record $3.8 billion: study

New York City's budget surplus could approach last year's record of $3.8 billion thanks to Wall Street profits and a still-robust commercial real estate market, according to a recent report from the state comptroller.


EDITORIAL: Too Many Rules Just Get in the Way

By Destin Log, Fla.  Jun. 23--Too many rules and regulations can bog down the natural flow of growth and development. Too much regulation also may prevent someone who's willing to take a risk in the hopes of turning a profit from doing so.


U.S. Ambassador John Bolton, whose temporary appointment ends shortly, was back at the United Nations on Tuesday, his wit and prickly relationship with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan intact.


Irish PM defeats no-confidence vote over finances

Ireland's parliament backed Prime  Minister Bertie Ahern on Wednesday after the main opposition  party called a vote of confidence over his recent testimony at  an anti-corruption tribunal.


Steven Spielberg, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Dolly Parton are among stars honoured for contributions to US culture.


Who's fallen hardest? Who can bounce highest?


A Chinese province may sue Mattel for harming its reputation in the recent recall of toys, state press said.


Saudi Arabia and the United States will hold direct negotiations to settle the fate of 124 Saudi prisoners held at the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.


Philippines' Poe, Actor, Ex-Presidential Candidate, Dies

Fernando Poe Jr., the Philippine actor who challenged President Gloria Arroyo in elections earlier this year, died after suffering a stroke on Dec. 11, Susan Tagle, a spokeswoman, said in a statement read out on GMA network radio.


Mayor Richard M. Daley won a sixth term Tuesday, overcoming a City Hall corruption scandal and putting himself on course to eclipse his legendary father's record as the city's longest-serving mayor.


The expiration of the assault weapons ban was a depressing but potentially valuable lesson in the rancid politics of gun control. Honest debate on gun policy is impossible because of the cynical


Roma, 15:27 - CALCIO, LAZIO; MAURI: SIAMO CONSAPEVOLI DELLE NOSTRE FORZE

Stefano Mauri, nuovo volto dela Lazio di Delio Rossi si confida a Radio Radio: "Sono felice per quel...


An antibiotic proposed as a treatment for acute sinus infections should be studied further because of serious skin reactions associated with its use, federal health officials said in documents released Monday.


Euro in leggero rafforzamento su dollaro e yen


NASHUA, New Hampshire  - Presidential rivals in both parties took aim at Democrat Barack Obama's experience and health-care proposals on Saturday, hours ahead of back-to-back debates that could shape tight nominating races in New Hampshire.


Celtics close, but closure would seal the deal

Forget frustrating. Try exhausting. After another late-game collapse and another inconsistent performance, Doc Rivers repeated his belief that the Celtics are "close." Rivers thinks the Celtics will play winning basketball, hold double-digit leads until the final buzzer, and fix defensive miscues, though "close" could mean February, March, April, or next November.


Yahoo's Right Media had Trojans in banner ads

Popular Web sites like MySpace and Photobucket has banner ads containing malicious code that could lead to the compromise of a computer.


Chrysler pulls SUV ad with electrocuted dog

Chrysler Group apologized on Thursday  for an advertisement that showed a dog being electrocuted  beside its new Dodge Nitro sports utility vehicle.


Judge OKs Cuts for UAL Pilots, Attendants

UAL Corp. on Monday won court approval  for wage cuts for United Airlines' pilots and flight attendants  worth $311 million annually, clearing a hurdle in its bid to  exit bankruptcy protection.


Those who know Charlie Weis and have watched his climb say he is perfectly suited to the task of reviving the Notre Dame football program.


Tom Lantos, 80, Is Dead; Longtime Congressman

Mr. Lantos was chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the only Holocaust survivor ever to serve in Congress.


Showman Jerry Lewis raised nearly $64 million on Monday during his annual Labor Day Telethon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association, topping last year's event by $3 million.


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Marco Antonio Barrera has claimed the WBC super-featherweight title with a majority points win over old adversary Erik Morales at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.


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Rushdie fatwa looms again amid new protests

Angry Islamists protested against Britain's knighthood for Salman Rushdie Friday, as an Iranian cleric said the death sentence on the writer was still valid 18 years on.


Electronic Data Systems  on Tuesday  made a voluntary early retirement offer to about 9,200 U.S.  employees as part of its plan to reduce up to 20,000 jobs over  the next two years to regain its competitiveness.


Gunfire erupts at the Gaza-Egypt border following clashes between guards and Palestinians, witnesses say.


Forte dei Marmi: coltello contro coetanea, ragazzina sospesa


What you learn about people â and yourself â when you need them to donate an organ.


Wall Street was expected to rise on Tuesday as easing crude oil prices soothed fears of a squeeze on earnings and on a thin corporate menu investors will be able to chew


Bush settles on judge for Attorney General

President George W. Bush has settled on former U.S. District Judge Michael Mukasey as his choice to replace outgoing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.


Women's health involves more than female parts

CHICAGOâBeyond the tired clichÃ©s and sperm-and-egg basics taught in grade school science class, researchers are discovering that men and women are even more different than anyone realized.


What Obasanjo should do to earn respect of Nigerians

IN what is becoming clearer by the day, the reform agenda of President Olusegun Obasanjo is set for a destructive course as he continues with his rambunctious approach to governance.


On its face, the expansion yesterday of Wal-Mart's generic drug program seemed only incremental. The company added seven new compounds to the list of drugs it sells for $4.


Indianapoli, 22:15 - F1, GP USA: ALONSO IL PIU' VELOCE ANCHE NELLE SECONDE LIBERE

Lo spagnolo della McLaren Fernando Alonso è stato il piÃ¹ veloce anche nella seconda sessione ...


Oil price returns to near $50 per barrel mark

NEW YORK, November 22  - Crude oil prices increased to near the $50 per barrel mark this morning, amid renewed concerns surrounding a potential shortfall in the heating fuel supplies this winter.


Kimi Raikkonen is on pole and Lewis Hamilton is declared fit to race at the Nurburgring.


Mets Lose Another Pitcher for Next Series

Orlando HernÃ¡ndez, the scheduled Game 1 starter, could be added to the roster for the National League Championship Series.


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Proposed changes to healthcare regulation in the European Union could threaten  patient care standards, doctors argue.


How does he like lobster? Boiled, steamed, broiled, baked, grilled? Newburg? Bahar Uttam prefers his with a capital L -- Lobsters -- and sees them frolicking on a tennis court rather than laid out on a plate. In Uttam's mind lurks a tasty dish for the town's sporting crowd, one that could satisfy the five-year hunger of tennis junkies, a ...


O.J. Simpson wanted armed men with him when he confronted two sports memorabilia dealers, according to a co-defendant who has agreed to plead guilty and testify against the former football star


Somali militiamen are building a mosque on the site of an Italian cemetery, which they desecrated last week.


Beijing - The death toll from a devastating coal mine blast in central China jumped to 122 on Tuesday, with 26 still missing six days after the explosion.


In the 13 years since Boeing last introduced a new jetliner, it has slogged through one of the toughest stretches in its lengthy history, enduring corporate scandals, major production problems, executive turnover and even questions about whether it should abandon the commercial airplane business.


Many people maintain rich, active sex lives well into their 80s, according to the first detailed examination of sexuality among older Americans.


ADHD Drug Makers to Warn of Side Effects

WASHINGTON -- Drugs prescribed to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder will include guides to alert patients and parents of the risks of mental and heart problems, including sudden death.


Venus, Ivanovic advance at Australian Open

American eighth seed Venus Williams was brilliant but erratic as she reached the Australian Open second round Tuesday, while highly-rated Serb Ana Ivanovic's nerves almost ended her campaign.


AFRICA/BENIN - I produttori di petrolio africani a convegno in Benin dove Ã¨ stata annunciata la scoperta di un nuovo giacimento off shore Cotonou (Agenzia Fides)-I produttori africani di petrolio riuniti a Cotonou, capitale del Benin, per il Terzo Congresso del Petrolio Africano (CAPE III) che durerÃ  tre giorni. Gli oltre 500 partecipanti provenienti da 14 Paesi africani facenti parte ...


H&M Keeps Up the Expansion, but Some Analysts See Weak Links

H&M, the 57-year-old cheap-and-trendy clothing giant, has been moving into new areas of Europe, while it is still striving to meet its financial goals in the U.S.


The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Tysabri (natalizumab) as a new treatment for multiple sclerosis. The incurable nervous system disease affects about 350,000 Americans.


IBM to put its personal computer business up for sale, may fetch ...

SAN FRANCISCO: IBM is reportedly in talks to sell its personal computer business in a deal that could be worth up to $2 billion and would cap a gradual withdrawal from the business it helped to pioneer in 1981.


It's a technique on the tip of a lot of parents' tongues Â and maybe their children's too: Puree healthy fruits and vegetables, and sneak them into regular kid food like macaroni and cheese or chocolate pudding. Watch the kids unknowingly gobble down their vitamins, and smile.


Crude oil prices surge past $55 a barrel

Crude oil prices surged past an unprecedented $55 a barrel before sliding back in overnight trading Monday, amid ongoing uncertainty over production, high demand and tight global supplies.


"The Queen," "Bobby" lead race for Venice awards

Stephen Frears' "The Queen" is the   critics' favourite to take the best picture award at the Venice   Film Festival this year, with Emilio Estevez's star-packed   "Bobby" leading a strong chasing pack.


Research reveals which social network site is capturing the hearts and clicks of Britons.


The four-hour HBO miniseries focuses on a British lord who staked - and lost - his reputation on trying to help a serial killer.


51 Million Watch Final Bush-Kerry Debate

Wednesday's third and final debate between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry averaged 51.2 million viewers, Nielsen Media Research said Thursday.


Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, becomes the latest German firm to try and update controversial labour agreements.


Tiger Woods wins his first strokeplay title of the year at the Dunlop Phoenix tournament.


By Andrew Pain  Boro star Stewart Downing has thrown his weight behind a campaign aimed at keeping children away from railway lines.   In the past year, almost 50 people have been killed nationally and hundreds injured on train tracks, the majority of them children.


La Procura assicura 'la piu' ampia collaborazione'


Rays' prospect charged with drunk driving

Durham Bulls shortstop B.J. Upton, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2002 amateur draft, was charged Friday with drunken driving.


City proposes cutting trees to fight bug

The city would make a pre-emptive strike against a destructive insect by cutting down thousands of street-side ash trees, under a proposal from city foresters.


Verizon has announced an upgrade to its DSL service in 12 states, providing a maximum download speed of 3Mbps and up to 768Kbps of upload speed.


N. Korea Allows Blast Site to Be Visited by Diplomats

Diplomats from countries including the UK will visit North Korea starting tomorrow to view the site of an explosion that last week prompted speculation of a nuclear test, a spokeswoman for the UK's Foreign Office said.


EC accuses Rambus of DRAM 'patent ambush'

Six months afterÂ U.S. regulators capped royalties that vendors must pay to Rambus, the European Union (EU) is taking a close look at the company's monopoly on the DRAM (dynamic RAM) chip market.


Microsoft rolls out Web storage, new photo gallery

Microsoft Corp.  introduced two  new online services to its Windows Live line-up on Tuesday and  said it plans to release more Web offerings this year to beef  up its Internet strategy.


A report on gambling in the UK, which is expected to influence plans for super-casinos, is to be published.


Deleghe prese dal fondatore e presidente Michael Dell


Phillips led Tulsa to the NCAA Tournament in his first two seasons, but the Golden Hurricane slipped to 9-20 last year and has lost four of its past five games this season.


West Side Vision: Two Developers. Two Divergent Concepts. Two Proposals for the Old Crows Landing Air Facility Are Set to Go Before the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors.

By Tim Moran, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Feb. 25--Tuesday, the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors will choose a master developer for the Crows Landing Air Facility, a 1,527-acre former naval air station the county acquired in 2004.


The Intel Corporation said on Thursday that it was canceling its plans to market a faster version of its Pentium 4 chip for personal computers to focus on products with "more bang for the buck.


Rallying oil prices climbed to within a dollar of $50 a barrel early on Monday as a blizzard enveloped the U.S. Northeast, boosting demand for heating oil.


Troubled government buys more time on US nuclear pact

India's government indicated Monday it would hold off on implementing a controversial nuclear deal with the United States after again failing to win over sceptical coalition partners.


dailyfx.com. The skyrocketing Euro and tumbling US dollar has been a major headliner over the past few weeks. In an investor climate that traditionally focuses most


Friend Indeed Who Doesnât Judge or Flinch

In â4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,â a ferocious, unsentimental, often brilliantly directed film, the camera doesnât follow the action, it expresses consciousness itself.