National League Game Summary - Atlanta at Chicago

Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - Mike Hampton pitched six solid innings and added a two-run homer to lead Atlanta to a 5-4 win over Chicago in the opener of a three-game series at Wrigley Field.


Daily Endorsement Tally: Bush Picks up a Pair

Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK President George W. Bush has picked up two new editorial endorsements but still trails Senator John Kerry badly in the race for newspaper editorial backing, according to E&P's exclusive daily update.


OCEANIA/ISOLE SALOMONE - Centri di formazione e istituti di istruzione sono necessari nelle aree rurali per contribuire allo sviluppo integrale della popolazione delle Salomone, specialmente a beneficio dei giovani Honiara (Agenzia Fides) - La presenza di centri di formazione professionale, istituti di istruzione, stazioni missionarie, centri sociali, luoghi di sana aggregazione, Ã¨ essenziale nelle aree rurali delle Salomone per la crescita e lo sviluppo umano,...


Yahoo upgraded its search advertising system yesterday, making a high-stakes technology change that lies at the heart of its efforts to catch up to Google in the race for online ad dollars.


Description: Lemony Snicket, aka Daniel Handler, gained a dedicated following of young readers with his darkly funny A Series of Unfortunate Events books, which never end happily.


Hispanic leaders push immigration rights

Latino elected officials from both parties are joining efforts to lobby Congress in support of immigration law reform.


Stars Shine in Donor Lists for Dem White House Contenders

Financial contributors to the campaigns of the Democratic presidential hopefuls number in the hundreds of thousands, but the names of celebrities and other public figures who opened their checkbooks naturally stand out stronger than those of the masses of rank-and-file supporters.


Palestinian PM sees mutiny in rival security forces

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on Friday accused members of rival security forces of mutiny against the government for taking part in street protests over unpaid wages.


On a day when Michael Phelps oh-so-prominently tied a long-standing Olympic medal record, and two quartets of medley relay swimmers smashed three world records in a rousing finish


Eriksson praises Beckham for killer goal

England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson thanked David Beckham for killing off Wales in the 2-0 victory and denied his skipper had been irresponsible in getting banned from next week's World Cup qualifier in Azerbaijan.


A US Army tank patrols the center of Sadr City, Baghdad, along with Iraqi police and Iraqi National Guards, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004 to find weapons in Sadr City.


Yanks Advance to ALCS After Beating Twins

MINNEAPOLIS - A big home run by Ruben Sierra, a clutch 11th-inning hit by Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees are headed right back where most people figured - playing the Boston Red Sox for the AL pennant. Sierra's three-run homer in the eighth inning tied it, then Rodriguez doubled, alertly stole third base and scored the go-ahead run on a wild pitch by Kyle Lohse to lift the Yankees over the Minnesota Twins 6-5 Saturday...


Photoshop plug-in hints at next Lightroom

Adobe is readying Lightroom 1.1 and giving a sneak preview of some of its new features in a Photoshop CS3 plug-in.


Latest Zafi Worm Wreaking Holiday E-Mail Havoc

The Zafi.D worm, which disguises itself as an e-mail holiday greeting, is currently the most frequently detected worldwide virus, software security company Panda Software said this week.


The World Trade Organization cleared the way on Thursday to impose $150 million of trade sanctions on the United States, sought by the European Union and others, after lawyers resolved a legal wrangle.


Minus Clinton, Democratic rivals compete in South

BENNETTSVILLE, S.C  - Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John Edwards appealed for votes in South Carolina on Wednesday, while Hillary Clinton campaigned in the Northeast -- taking heat for leaving the state before its nominating contest this weekend.


U. Research Links Gene to Hearing, Optic Woes

Hearing loss and poor vision are common problems, but the combination -- especially in multiple members of the same family, some in their early 20s and 30s -- is striking.


The Arab world's slow lurch toward democracy will take another step forward this weekend when the wealthy United Arab Emirates holds the first election in its 35-year history.


Mystery Martian âcarwashâ helps space buggy

An unexplained phenomenon akin to a space-borne car wash has boosted the performance of one of the two US rovers probing the surface of Mars, New Scientist magazine said on Tuesday.


December 15, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- According to reports release on Tuesday Hollywood movies studios sued numerous operators of computer servers that help transfer digital movie files across online file-sharing networks.


Revising a Name, but Not a Familiar Slogan

The United Negro College Fundâs slogan remains a powerful ad message 35 years after its debut. The groupâs name, however, has become a source of alienation.


If Gordon Brown becomes PM, he could face a tough time with sharp decreases in public spending, a think tank argues.


German government approves $1.6B to spur IT innovation

(InfoWorld) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on politicians, business leaders, and researchers to cooperate more closely in helping the country secure a leading position in the global IT sector and pledged money to support collaborative efforts. Speaking at Germany's first-ever IT summit on Monday, Merkel said communications and telecommunications companies need to hook up with the country's traditional heavyweights such as the automotive and chemical sectors and collaborate more intensively in the area of software engineering. Already today more than half of the innovations in the automobile industry are based on software. The Chancellor pledged â¬1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) in grants over the next three years to support innovation in Germany's IT sector. The funds will come from the federal government's â¬15 billion high-tech investment program approved earlier this year. But Merkel was quick to add that in the future, industry grants should be carefully targeted and not simply "poured out of a watering can." Germany has seen its strong tradition of technological innovation steadily wane over the years, due in part to high labor costs that have deterred investment and declining university standards that have caused a brain drain. The country claims a number of IT achievements, including the Zuse, seen by some as the first freely programmable computer, and the MP3 audio compression algorithm. SAP Chief Executive OfficerÂ Henning Kagermann was blunt in his assessment of Germany's IT standing. Although the communications and telecommunications sectors combined employ around 800,000 people and generate annual revenue of around â¬150 billion, making it the country's largest industrial sector, "in a global comparison, we are not a leader and, even worse, we are falling behind," he said. In addition to funds, the government initiative calls for immigration policies designed to attract talented researchers from around the world, and grants to keep gifted students in the country.


Iran vows to pursue atom program despite deadline

Iran vowed on Wednesday to press on with its nuclear fuel program, ignoring a U.N. deadline to freeze uranium enrichment or face broader sanctions, but offered to guarantee it would not try to develop atomic weapons.


Japan Trade Surplus Expands Again in July

Japan's trade surplus expanded for the 13th straight month in July due to rising exports of automobiles and high-technology products to Asia, the United States and Europe.


Texas mother charged in mutilation murder of infant daughter

WASHINGTON : A 35-year-old Texas woman was charged with murder Monday after confessing to severing the arms of her 11-month-old daughter, police said.


Man Utd calls for emergency Glazer meeting

THE directors of Manchester United will this week demand an emergency meeting with Malcolm Glazer, head of the Florida family that is stalking the world-famous football club.


Smokers who are trying to quit will find themselves with a lot of company today. This is the 28th annual Great American Smokeout, which challenges people to quit smoking for a lifetime by starting with a single day.


CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. - A woman gave birth to a boy outside a western Pennsylvania hospital, a delivery that happened so quickly that the infant wound up in the woman's pants. "It happened so fast," Rebecca Johnson, 24, told the Daily Courier in Connellsville.


Novell's SuSE software is set to join Red Hat as a server option. Also: Is AMD in Dell's future?


In 1954, Shot Clock Revived a Stalled N.B.A.

Pro basketball reinvented itself in 1954, promoting a crowd-pleasing athleticism by adopting a simple yet brilliant idea: the shot clock.


Awesome Singh Wins Again to Break Woods' Record

FARMINGTON, Pennsylvania  - Vijay Singh continued  his extraordinary run with victory in the Pennsylvania Classic  on Sunday, completing his fifth PGA win in six starts and  breaking Tiger Woods' single-season earnings record.


By Leigh Dethman Deseret Morning News  Want half-price admission to Hogle Zoo one day a week? Zoo leaders say they'll make good on that offer to Salt Lake County residents if county voters approve a $65 million bond to revamp the facility's aging exhibits.


ESPN baseball analyst Peter Gammons made his first television appearance Wednesday night since he had a brain aneurysm three months ago, looking and sounding like his old self while filing a report from Fenway Park on "SportsCenter" and "Baseball Tonight."


Barclays may add cash element to ABN Amro offer

Barclays said on Thursday that it was considering the introduction of a cash element to its all-shares offer for Dutch bank ABN Amro.


Bombardier Transportation selected to bid on $4.5-billion contract in China

MONTREAL (CP) - Bombardier Transportation has been selected by the Chinese government to negotiate a rail equipment contract worth a reported $4.5 billion Cdn.


Health officials kept mum on flaws in research for nevirapine, sent to Africa to protect newborns. The drug: Nevirapine, an AIDS drug pronounced Nee-VERA-peen, is made by Boehringer Ingelheim Corp.


ATHENS, Greece - In the waning seconds of the final fight of the preliminary round, US super heavyweight Jason Estrada shuffled his feet, bobbed his head and playfully raised his left hand in the classic pose of exuberant boxers. Estrada ...


The baseball commissioner's office asked Tuesday for more paperwork to be submitted in the proposed trade that would send Randy Johnson from Arizona to the New York Yankees.


Malaysia Decides Against Poultry Export Ban

The Malaysian government said on Thursday it had decided against banning exports of poultry goods after its first bird flu outbreak.


'The Acts France committed against us are acts of war. France ...

It was no simple matter, in the midst of mob demonstrations and machete attacks on foreigners in Ivory Coast last week, for a Westerner to keep an appointment with President Laurent Gbagbo.


Powell Vows to Press Libya to Release Bulgarian Nurses

U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell vowed Tuesday to continue pressing Libya to free five Bulgarian nurses it has sentenced to death for allegedly causing a death outbreak at a hospital.


Anni fa non fu riscossa una vincita da 70 milioni di lire


Indice Csi 300 a -4,3% ai minimi dall'8 giugno


Finish Line quarterly profit down 47 pct

Athletic shoe and apparel retailer   Finish Line Inc. FINL.O on Thursday reported a 47 percent   drop in second quarter net income due to weak back-to-school   sales and a larger number of discounts.


Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska beats second seed Svetlana Kuznetsova at the Australian Open.


In Food Safety Crackdown, China Closes 180 Plants

China has launched an overhaul of its food safety regulations in the aftermath of a series of food scares.


Taiwan's High Court has rejected an opposition challenge that President Chen Shui-bian won March's presidential election unfairly.


Half of UK children 'drink' almost five litres of cooking oil a year through eating crisps, experts say.


Dozens of troops and Maoist insurgents die in clashes in the restive Indian state of Chhattisgarh, police say.


Sprint Nextel is taking a different path to high-speed wireless than its rivals: Instead of bidding billions of dollars on airwaves in a federal auction, Sprint is building a network that uses WiMax technology, a move that has attracted plenty of criticism.


Want to get some VC funds? Come up with a cool energy-storage concept like the flow battery from Deeya Energy.


The UN is expected to vote Tuesday on a French plan to send peacekeepers to Chad.


In a market in which each thriller seeks to outdo the last, âThe Orphanageâ relies on implication rather than evisceration.


NEW BEDFORD -- A doctor will report next week on the health of convicted pedophile James R. Porter, a former priest who is dying of cancer behind bars, according to Mr.


He is close now. But Tony Dungy has been close before, falling one game short of the Super Bowl twice, including last year's AFC Championship game loss to the Patriots.


com. The Padres signed two players Wednesday, bringing back right-handed pitcher Woody Williams and adding infielder Geoff Blum. Both are one-year deals with Williams getting an option year in 2006.


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Stocking Up -- Bartlett Ponds Fill Up on Trout for the Winter Fishing Season

By Toby Sells Special to BartlettCordova Appeal / Richard Kelley contributed  Truckloads of rainbow trout were pumped into the ponds at Bartlett's Stoneridge and Yale Road parks Thursday by Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency officials to prepare the ponds for the winter fishing season.


Genova, 17:59 - CALCIO, SAMP; MAZZARRI: NOI PERFETTI, CASSANO QUALITA'

Walter Mazzarri si gode la bella vittoria della Sampdoria contro il Palermo, una partita temuta alla...


England joins on Sunday the growing list of places that ban smoking in public buildings, taxis and other places with a tough law that includes even Buckingham Palace.


Tennis: Game, set, errors: Serena pays price

NEW YORK In a memorable match that featured quality tennis and controversy, Jennifer Capriati outlasted Serena Williams, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, in a US Open quarterfinal.


Temple demolitions anger Malaysia Indians

The state tried in recent weeks to soothe the ethnic minority's longtime grievances.


Studies Highlight Hazards of Manicuristsâ Chemicals

Academic studies highlighting the hazards posed by the chemicals used in nail salons are raising concerns about the health of the nationâs 300,000 nail salon workers.


MPs in Beirut vote to extend the Lebanese president's term despite a UN warning to Syria not to interfere in Lebanon.


UN envoy Ibrahim Gambari will return to Burma in early November after the date of his visit is moved forward.


India reports success, while Venezuela fears fraud. What can the United States learn?


Norwegian energy giants Statoil and Norsk Hydro unveil plans to merge their offshore oil and natural gas operations.


Tycho:  The third chapter in our saga of dismay and dismemberment is now available.


NEW YORK It's the money tree that keeps on giving. Despite warnings about the lack of transparency, corruption scandals and companies with shaky financials, the Chinese stock market has leaped 300 percent in the past two years. No other major market in the world has rewarded investors as generous...


Purdue suffers first loss of season to Wisconsin, 20-17

"Everybody on the sideline was saying,âDonât get complacent, the game is not over,â" sophomore linebacker George Hall said.


Bill would require state agencies to adopt ODF as a standard and exclude the use of proprietary file formats.


The killer of the "Saw" franchise may be dead, but his sadistic spirit lives on. Lionsgate's "Saw IV" led the weekend box office with $32.1 million, maintaining the horror franchise's position as a Halloween perennial, according to studio estimates Sunday.


Peru School Raise Guinea Pigs for Eating

LIMA, Peru - After 34 years of patient tinkering, researchers at Peru's most prestigious agrarian university have bred a new culinary export they hope will scamper onto dinner plates throughout America and the world: the super guinea pig.    The animal is a cuddly companion for millions of children in the United States...


The father of a girl whose body was found by a river tells an inquest he was not trying to force her to marry.


In quanto 'stilista che meglio rappresenta gli anni 2000'


Windows CE Snatches Handheld OS Crown from Palm

Microsoft appears to have won the battle to dominate the enterprise market segment for PDA and mobile OS makers, which is expected to show continued modest growth.


US scientists, 10 Nobel laureates, campaign against Bush

US scientists, including 10 Nobel laureates, have launched a campaign in key US states to denounce the policies of President George W. Bush.


US deficit cuts needed as Japan, Europe target growth

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The world's leading economies should take advantage of a benign global economic outlook to strengthen their domestic economies, said a senior official of the International Monetary Fund.


A fire in a downtown high-rise building injured 37 people, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman said late Monday. The fire in the LaSalle Bank building in Chicago's Loop started around


Astros exercise Biggio's option, decline Kent's

Craig Biggio will be back with the Houston Astros next season. If Jeff Kent returns, it will be at a reduced rate. Biggio's $3 million option was exercised Thursday by the Astros


Three-Layer 51 GB HD DVD Apparently Approved by DVD Forum

News is only now leaking out that the three-layer, single sided format for HD DVD engineered by Toshiba was given the green light by the DVD Forum, official backer of HD DVD, on August 31.


One of the designers of the classic BBC Micro computer is recognised in the New Year Honours list.


PC World Wintel boxes suffer from Mac envy

Even the Vista-friendly ones UK computer superstore chain PC World clearly thinks its customers are suffering on the sly from Mac envy. How else can we explain how the pictures of PCs on its online store and in its catalogues all show Mac OS X screenshots?â¦


Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, told an audience at Bellevue's Eastgate Public Health Center yesterday that Americans do not seem healthy - and her husband has a plan to help.


French parliament dumping Windows for Linux

Study by tech services company convinced Assemblee Nationale that switch will be cost-effective.


Ken Chandler , a veteran tabloid editor who tried to prop up the struggling Boston Herald with a blend of celebrity items, breaking news, gossip, sports, and a dash of sex, is leaving the paper at the end of next month.


US stocks rallied on Monday after software maker PeopleSoft Inc. (PSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) accepted rival Oracle Corp.'s (ORCL.


By Al Neuharth "Hard news" still is hot. Iraq. Iran. President Bush. Early moves by his wannabe successors. Congress. The stock market. Home prices. Etc.


Cops admit CCTV no use in deterring drunken violence

'Did you see me smack that geezer? Class, wasn't it' Forests of CCTV cameras in the UK's town centres have failed to have any impact on anti-social behaviour, an ACPO official told the House of Lords Constitution Committee yesterday.â¦


A ferocious battle to control South Africa's Gold Fields company looks certain after its management last night rejected an $8bn (Â£4.


Survivors in the Andaman Islands accuse officials of underplaying the disaster and failing to hand out aid.


FDA Encourages Radio Tags on Drug Bottles

Viagra, Oxycontin and some AIDS  drugs will be among the first to carry radio chip tracking  devices under a new Food and Drug Administration initiative to  prevent theft and counterfeiting announced on Monday.


Eagles coach Andy Reid and his wife vowed to stand by their sons in their struggles with drug and legal problems, and he told a magazine that he wants to remain with the team "as long as I can do my job to the best of my ability."


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At least three protesters are shot dead by police as  unrest spreads in southern Nepal, the authorities say.


Brazilian artists bring super heroes to life

Peter Parker is  a New Yorker without doubt, but the process of transforming  into Spider-Man takes place far away from Manhattan.


Italy's defense and aerospace company Finmeccanica said Thursday it has named a former ambassador and current diplomatic adviser to Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi as its vice chairman.


India ends truce with northeast rebels after violence

GUWAHATI, India  - India has ended a truce with   rebels in the country's northeast and resumed a   counter-insurgency operation after militants killed two people,   including a policeman, an army official said on Sunday.


WASHINGTON - Wholesale prices fell in August by the largest amount in 10 months, reflecting a plunge in the price of gasoline and other energy products and the fourth straight month of falling food costs.


IBM has introduced the BladeCenter Express, a lower-cost blade server chassis targeted toward small and mid-size businesses. The company also unveiled several new business-in-a-box packages


Bergamo, 17:54 - CALCIO: TORINO; NOVELLINO: ALLA FINE E' ANDATO TUTTO BENE

Walter Novellino in fondo è soddisfatto del pareggio contro l’Atalanta: "Nel primo temp...


Saint Vincent, 18:24 - CALCIO DONNE, FIAMMAMONZA VINCE LA SUPERCOPPA ITALIANA

La Fiammamonza ha vinto la Supercoppa italiana superando 1-0 la Senini Bardolino. Rete decisiva di G...


Iran's foreign minister was quoted as saying that nuclear talks are to resume on Wednesday


Emergency talks to avert a strike by classroom assistants have ended without progress, unions say.


Arafat's Condition Subject to Conflicting Reports

There were conflicting reports Thursday about the state of Yasser Arafat's health. There was some speculation that he may have died, but the rumors were quickly denied by officials at the French


Convinse 17enne alla 'fuitina' Cassazione:'RisarcirÃ  i genitori'

Ancona, 20 novembre 2004 - Convinse la fidanzatina di 17 anni alla ' fuitina d'amore', ma per avere tentato di Â«scardinare il rapporto della minore con la propria famigliaÂ» dovrÃ  ora risarcire i familiari della minorenne.


The parasite that causes river blindness, a crippling disease endemic in Africa, may be developing resistance to the one drug used to treat it, according to research published Friday in The Lancet.


Falcons' Michael Vick Throwing Hand Numb

Dallas receiver Keyshawn Johnson broke his left ankle in the second quarter of the Cowboys' game against the New York Giants on Sunday night.


It won't be immediately clear whether "Godzilla: Final Wars," which opened in Japan last week, has broken any box office records. But the giant radioactive reptile's 28th film already has set the bar higher in one way — its cost.


Angler lands 2ft snakehead amid invasion fears A UK angler has provoked a piscine killer invasion alert by landing a 2ft snakehead in a Lincolnshire river - the first recorded example in British waterways of the highly-invasive southeast Asian species which will reportedly eat anything which crosses its path.â¦


Tackle your excuses and start investing this year.


Bucarest, 23:13 - CALCIO, LAZIO; ROSSI: GRANDE CARATTERE

Felice come una Pasqua, Delio Rossi è soddisfatto della prova della sua Lazio, che a Bucarest...


Ben S. Bernanke told Congress that he expected âmoderateâ growth for the rest of this year, but said problems in the housing market had tempered the forecast.


Roma, 12:57 - CALCIO, CHAMPIONS; ANCELOTTI: MI PIACEREBBE SEMIFINALE CON ROMA

Carlo Ancelotti aspetta la Roma nella semifinale di Champions League: ''Sarà un turno molto e...


Former Wimbledon and US Open winner Lleyton Hewitt cruised to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Michael Llodra on Thursday to advance to the quarterfinals of the TD Waterhouse Cup.


(Nov. 16, 2004) -- The NFL and ABC react to the opening segment shot and aired for the Monday Night Football game between the Eagles and Cowboys.


Saudis bought UBS stake along with Singapore: report

Saudi Arabian investors also bought a large stake in UBS when the Swiss bank sold a roughly 9 percent stake to the Singapore government, the Financial Times reported on Friday.


Plans to give Holyrood ministers more say on the railways are being outlined in the Queen's Speech.


This city on the border where Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet has for years battled a reputation as a trading post for weapons, drugs, pirated music and counterfeit designer brands.


'La pena di ieri e' stata ormai metabolizzata'


Quebec provincial police secretly installed camera in Kanesatake territory

KANESATAKE, Que. (CP) - Quebec provincial police denied Friday they were spying on the Mohawk territory of Kanesatake by hiding a surveillance camera on top of a school opposite the police station.


Hundreds of British police join serial killer hunt

British police said on Thursday hundreds of extra officers had been drafted in from round the country in a manhunt for a serial killer they suspect murdered five prostitutes in an English town in two weeks.


Il tempo stringe, perchÃ© il 31 dicembre era il termine oltre il quale sarebbe scattato il ritiro delle licenze, dopo le verifiche sulla copertura della rete, a quel punto qualcuno avrebbe dovuto tirare fuori i soldi che lo Stato ancora aspetta di


President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry veered away from campaign combat over Iraq and terror yesterday, trading insults on health care, medical liability and stem cell research during stops in crucial swing states.


Millions of fans adore Apple's iPod, the world's most popular digital music player. Now, Apple has unleashed expensive new iPod models that do more: They can carry pictures with your music.


Stock index futures pointed to a flat  to slightly higher market open on Thursday ahead of a packed  agenda that includes the latest interest-rate decision from the  Federal Reserve.


NTT DoCoMo, Japan's dominant mobile operator, is planning to offer combined fixed and mobile services to business and residential customers. It is the latest sign of growing global interest in convergence between the two technologies.


Cases of polio have been found in Mali and Guinea, bringing to 12 the number of African countries recently reinfected by an ongoing polio epidemic in Nigeria.


Clemson, one of the ACC's worst teams, easily pounds No. 22 Maryland, 88-73, Tuesday.


The military says they were conducting house-clearing operations in the city Thursday when rebels hiding inside a house opened fire.


A gang who targeted the homes of millionaires in a string of violent burglaries is jailed.


Sadr Holds Out Against Plan to Divide Iraq

BAGHDAD, Sept. 11 -- Moqtada al-Sadr, the powerful Shiite Muslim cleric, remains adamantly opposed to a controversial plan to partition Iraq into a federation of three largely independent regions, a top Sadr aide said Monday.


The Canadian government signalled its intention yesterday to reintroduce legislation to decriminalise the possession of small amounts of marijuana.


L'uomo era stato ferito gravemente a colpi di pistola


Peter Mandelson urges Gordon Brown's supporters to "draw a line" under a rift between the two men.


Senate Passes Energy Bill Without House Tax Package

The Senate passed an energy bill with overwhelming bipartisan support last night but only after a Republican filibuster threat forced Democratic leaders to ditch the bill's tax package, which would have extended tax breaks for wind and solar projects while reducing breaks for the biggest oil and gas...


Four people, including a juvenile, appear in court in connection with the stabbing of two loyalist bandsmen.


Massachusetts is better poised to capitalize on biotechnology and pharmaceuticals than any other state, according to a study to be released today by the Milken Institute, an independent economic think tank.


Get Your Flu Shot, Health Officials Urge Americans

Pointing to last year's early and unusually harsh influenza season, US health officials urged Americans on Thursday to get their flu shots.


Time Warner to pay $510m after AOL's fraud charges

LONDON - Time Warner, the world's largest media company, is to pay out $510m (Â£260.9m) to US authorities following two federal investigations into its internet unit AOL.


Rice Seeks to Define New Tone for US-EU Ties

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice  seeks on Thursday to define a new tone for transatlantic ties,  offering compromise, common ground and a firm stand on the Iran  issue.


The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will distribute the country's remaining 10.3 million doses of flu vaccine to state health departments.


Japan agrees to donate more than $21m to UN-backed trials of former Khmer Rouge leaders in Cambodia.


The opposition vows to keep up the pressure on PM Viktor Yanukovych after he survived a parliamentary no-confidence motion.


Federal Police Force to Aid GOP Gathering

In a secure corridor of a government building, officers of a little-known federal police force sit among blinking routers and servers, manipulating and monitoring cameras across the city.


Wal-Mart to Open, Expand Up to 295 Stores

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to open or expand 40 to 45 discount stores and 240 to 250 Supercenters in the United States next year as the world's largest retailer continues an aggressive expansion plan.


No-frills airline Ryanair posted a forecast-beating jump in half-year profit after its low fares drew in summer passengers and was surprisingly upbeat on the full year, boosting its shares.


French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant in hospital

French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant is in hospital recovering from a leg injury following a motorcycle accident in southwestern France, police said Wednesday.


Indefinite curfew slapped on Baghdad after carnage

The Iraqi government imposed an indefinite curfew in Baghdad on Thursday, after one of the worst days of violence since the U.S. invasion in 2003, Iraqi state television said, quoting an Interior Ministry official.


In a bid to bring Linux to the marketplace, the open-source community and manufacturers agree on new rules for Linux. The often unruly world of open-source software drew closer to marching in lockstep Monday


Bengals Top Raiders, Aid Playoff Chances

Carson Palmer throws a pair of touchdowns and Rudi Johnson runs for two more, setting up a 27-10 victory over Oakland that strengthens Cincinnati's playoff chances.


Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang told CES that Yahoo's goal for being users' Internet home page is to keep it simple.


Prefetto convoca parti, forti ritardi nei decolli


The kinder Tom Coughlin emerged as a favorite topic Monday among Giant players at the first of many Super Bowl news conferences in Arizona.


Danish riot police clash with youth activists in Copenhagen, six months after the closure of a youth centre.


Auto supplier divests coil coating business

TROY, Mich. ArvinMeritor has sold its Roll Coater subsidiary for 162-point-five (m) million dollars in cash. The Willis Stein and Partners investment firm is buying the coil coating business from the Troy-based automotive supplier.


Woman gets 25 years for killing grandson

A 62-year-old woman was sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing her teenage grandson while he slept, then setting their mobile home on fire.


A woman is murdered in the same area of  London where Marsha McDonnell was killed with a hammer last year.


Support growing for Japan's Fukuda in PM race

Momentum built in Japan's ruling party on Friday to back 71-year-old lawmaker Yasuo Fukuda, an advocate of warm ties with Asian neighbors, to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after his shock resignation.


Dow Jones (DJ:NYSE - news - research) won the auction for MarketWatch.com (MKTW:Nasdaq - news - research), striking a definitive agreement to acquire the online financial news provider for $18 a share, or about $519 million.


BP Cuts Bonus in Half for Outgoing Executive

Oil spills and safety lapses in the United States have overshadowed record profits.


Time Runs Out for an Afghan Held by the U.S.

The fate of the first detainee to die of natural causes at the U.S. prison in GuantÃ¡namo Bay reveals the problem of military tribunals, Afghans say.


Smaller Version of the Solar System Is Discovered

Astronomers have found a miniature version of our own solar system 5,000 light years across the galaxy â the first planetary system that really looks like our own.


SEC Asks Hedge Funds for Data To Find Potential Insider Trades

The Securities and Exchange Commission is increasing its scrutiny of the potential for insider trading at hedge funds.


Concessions End Serb Suspect's Hunger Strike

THE HAGUE, Dec. 8 -- A Serb war crimes suspect ended his nearly month-long hunger strike Friday after judges allowed him to conduct his own defense and granted several other demands, the U.N. Yugoslav tribunal announced.


Microsoft boss the world's most 'spammed' person

Email users inundated with unsolicited "spam" messages have reason to hope Microsoft will develop better tools for tackling the problem: Bill Gates is suffering more than anyone.


By WARREN, Amanda  Firefighters and environmental advisers dealt with a chemical spill at a Hornby seed factory yesterday.   PGG Wrightson grain and seed general manager John McKenzie said the agricultural chemical was used in the company's seed-treatment process.


Glance at Voting Problems Around Country

Many states are facing legal challenges over possible voting problems Nov. 2. A look at some of the developments Monday:


Georgian leader wins election outright: exit poll

Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili won the former Soviet republic's presidential election outright, an exit poll showed, but the opposition said the vote was rigged and called for mass protests on Sunday.


Charlotte Russe Cuts Forecast, Stock Down

Young women's clothing retailer  Charlotte Russe Holding Inc. CHIC.O on Thursday slashed its  quarterly earnings and sales forecast after a disappointing  back-to-school season, sending its stock down 21 percent.


Hustler offers cash for sex smut on Congress

Hustler magazine is looking for some scandalous sex in Washington again -- and willing to pay for it.


Film Director Lumet to Get Honorary Oscar

Sidney Lumet, whose 40-plus films include "12 Angry Men," "Dog Day Afternoon," "Network" and "Serpico," is finally getting an Oscar.


Arsenal's Henry rivals Ronaldinho, Sheva for World Player of Year

November 30, 2004. Thierry Henry will battle it out with Ronaldinho and Andrei Shevchenko to be named the Fifa World Player of the Year next month.


It was just another Wentworth Sunday in the English autumn, but this one was a little bit special. When Ernie Els beat Lee Westwood in the final of the HSBC World Match Play Championship on Sunday


Representatives from about 50 countries will gather in Paris this week to search for ways to demobilize and rehabilitate the world's estimated 250,000 child soldiers.


Sun may have captured other system's asteroids

The sun may have captured millions of asteroids from another planetary system during an encounter more than 4 billion years ago, astronomers report today.


The US embassy in Jordan says several plots to attack American targets have been foiled but the threat remains high.


Children On Antidepressants Soars: Study

More children in the world today are being prescribed antidepressants by doctors despite concerns over their safety and efficacy in this age group.


Liberty Media Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Feb. 1  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Liberty Media Corporation  announced it will release fourth quarter earnings on Wednesday, February 28, 2007.  You are invited to participate in Liberty Media's conference call, which will begin at 11:00 a.m. (ET).


At an airline industry conference at the Phoenician resort last year, talk turned to the likelihood of mergers between low-cost carriers.


Eurotunnel receives two debt restructuring offers

Eurotunnel, the troubled operator of the Channel Tunnel rail link, faces a decisive day on Monday when its creditors decide on a debt restructuring plan drawn up by the management.


Difende l'agricoltore che ha ucciso la sua fidanzata


Bodies of 49 Iraqi Soldiers Found Shot Dead

BAQUBA, Iraq  - The bodies of 49 soldiers of  Iraq's fledgling army have been found shot dead northeast of  Baghdad, police and officials said on Sunday.


Vitamin E May Do More Harm Than Good, Study Finds

Vitamin E supplements, which millions take in the hope of longer, healthier lives, may do more harm than good, researchers reported on Wednesday.


Bank of America Corp. BAC.N, the No.  3 U.S. bank, on Tuesday said fourth-quarter profit rose 41  percent, helped by growth in consumer banking fees and its  purchase of FleetBoston Financial Corp.


Bradford has been named as Britain's greenest city in a new sustainable cities league table. Councillor Anne Hawkesworth explains how the former industrial city is making the most positive environmental impact in the country.


Gentlemen, 5 Easy Steps to Living Long and Well

Five behaviors in elderly men are associated not only with living into extreme old age, a new study has found, but also with good health and independent functioning.


Hertz to cut 1,350 jobs, sees 1st-quarter charge

Rental-car operator Hertz Global Holding Inc.  said on Wednesday it plans to cut 1,350 jobs resulting in annual savings of about $125 million as it seeks to improve competitiveness.


Mass. court backs gay marriage on ballot

The same court that made Massachusetts the first state to legalize gay marriage ruled Monday that a proposed constitutional amendment to ban future same-sex marriages can be placed on the ballot, if approved by the Legislature.


Taliban suicide bomber kills girl, wounds 6 others

KABUL - A man with six grenades strapped to his body killed himself and a 12-year-old girl on a busy street in Kabul Saturday, police said.


Two Americans among eight dead in Afghan blast

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomber attacked the office of a U.S.-owned security company in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday killing seven people, including two Americans, a government and company official said.


Six months after being driven from office by scandal, former Gov. John G. Rowland pleaded guilty to corruption charges Thursday, admitting he traded his office for more than $100,000 in flights to Las Vegas, Vermont vacations and repairs to his vacation cottage.


The Lost Magic Golden Closing Curly Bracket Stob 'So that's how I came to be mysteriously orphaned and, on my ninth birthday, just three years ago today, sent to work as a junior grader at the Ah-Poo! Toilet Tissue reclamation factory at Fort Wirth', explained Jo, our heroine, a feisty, scruffy and independently-minded young tomboy whose more mature, more feminine side we won't really encounter until volume three.â¦


Oil, Slower Profit Growth to Curb Stocks

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


Oil leapt to a record high for a third day on Monday, surpassing $93 as Mexico briefly halted one-fifth of its production and the U.S. dollar struck new lows.


GM reaches agreement on job cuts in Germany

General Motors Corp.'s European factories are expected to resume scheduled production Thursday after workers at a German factory ended a wildcat strike to protest planned job cuts.


People who are lonely are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, a large US study has suggested.


Wine grape genome decoded, flavour genes found

Scientists in France and Italy have deciphered the complete genetic code for the plant producing wine grapes, according to a study published Sunday.


A head teacher jailed for 15 months in May after colliding with a car and putting its driver in a wheelchair, is released early.


Paralysed from the neck down after a riding accident, Christopher Reeve became a tireless campaigner for stem cell research. Some accused him of offering false hope.


Red Sox seek approval to expand Fenway capacity by 10%

The Red Sox yesterday received preliminary approval from the Boston Landmarks Commission to expand Fenway Park's capacity by 10 percent, presenting the club's most specific designs yet on how it would add about 1,000 seats as well as extra standing room.


As the first day of the second Test between India and Australia in Chennai progressed, umpire David Shepherd's face progressively turned deeper shades of mauve -- and the heat in Chennai had nothing to do with it.


The Afterlife Is Expensive for Digital Movies

A new study shows that storing the digital master record of a film costs much more than storing archival prints.


Government claims that more schools money has boosted GCSE results cannot be proved, MPs say.


The most visible symbol of Maine's nuclear power past — the massive domed containment building at the defunct Maine Yankee plant — will be eliminated from the landscape with a big boom this week.


The international community must pay to clean up Ivory Coast sites polluted by toxic waste, the UN says.


A Belgian court said on Friday it  would wait until after the new year to decide whether to uphold  an injunction blocking Web search leader Google Inc. from  reproducing snippets of Belgian press reports.


Siemens CEO rules out resignation: paper

Siemens  Chief Executive Klaus Kleinfeld ruled out in a newspaper interview any prospect that he would resign over a corruption affair at the German conglomerate.


Londra, 13:36 - TENNIS, WIMBLEDON: VAIDISOVA AGLI OTTAVI

La ceca Nicole Vaidisova si è qualificata per gli ottavi di finale di Wimbledon superando la ...


The Prime Minister claims his drawdown of troops will actually help Bush's war plan. And maybe bolster his own legacy


Gannett, the nation's largest newspaper chain, has suffered from the industry-wide advertising downturn, the McLean company reported yesterday, though it is weathering the slump better than its rivals.


Google Offers to Run Site Search Engines

The new service is the company's latest attempt to make more money off technology that already steers much of the Internet's traffic.


Groping and verbal harassment is an exasperating reality for women using public transportation in this sprawling capital, where 22 million passengers cram onto subways and buses each day. Some men treat women so badly that the subway system has long had ladies-only cars during rush hour, with police segregating the sexes on the platforms.


'A causa della situazione della sicurezza nel Paese'


AUBURN, Ala. -- Jason Campbell passed for 201 yards and two touchdowns, including a school-record 87-yarder to Silas Daniels, leading No. 6 Auburn past Louisiana Tech, 52-7, yesterday.


West must step up Afghan aid effort: NATO general

Western nations must do more to  crack down on the drug trade and corruption in Afghanistan,  NATO's commander said on Wednesday as the alliance prepared to  assume security duties for the whole country.


Dow Jones +0,10%, Nasdaq a -0,27%,euro in rialzo sul dollaro


Prime Minister Gordon Brown uses his New Year message to say there will be "real and serious changes" in 2008.


MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- Three children died after a fire trapped them in their home, and their mother suffered burns and other injuries, officials said.


Hi-tech viruses and malicious software programmes -- or malware -- commonly infect computers the world over: filling mail boxes with spam, deleting e-mail addresses, damaging machines and costing billions to corporations.


Overclockers targeted Asus has announced its overclocker-friendly Commando motherboard, a product based on Intel's P965 chipset and which allows users to turn their PCs' frontside bus and memory clocks up to 2.28GHz and 1.3GHz, respectively.â¦


US drug lobby group taps Tauzin for top job

A former US House of Representatives committee chairman, who earlier this year ended negotiations to head the pharmaceutical industry's top lobby after critics


Inco urges shareholders to support CVRD offer

Canada nickel miner Inco Ltd.   N.TO on Sunday recommended that shareholders accept the   C$19.35 takeover offer from Brazil's Companhia Vale do Rio Doce   (CVRD) VALE5.SA.


Shares on India's main stock exchange shoot to a record high on signs that a dispute at leading conglomerate Reliance is coming to an end.


Scotland coach Frank Hadden retains only two of the XV that beat Romania for Sunday's World Cup clash with New Zealand.


Islamic Group Claims it Kidnapped 18 Iraqi Government Workers

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- An al-Qaida-linked Sunni group claimed Friday that it had kidnapped 18 government workers and soldiers in retaliation for the alleged rape of a Sunni woman by members of the Shiite-dominated police force.


FDA to Pfizer: Pull Wild Thing Viagra Ad

Two television advertisements for  Pfizer Inc.'s PFE.N impotence drug Viagra should be withdrawn  for claiming a return of sexual desire and omitting  key  information, the Food and Drug Administration said in a letter  to the company released on Monday.


These low-rated picks show that a stock doesn't have to be loved to outperform.


Fighting erupts between forces of the self-declared Somaliland Republic and those of Puntland, an autonomous region of Somalia, over disputed territory.


Toll rises in Iraq car bombings; election workers targeted in ...

_ Iraq has been rocked by car-bomb attacks in its two holiest Shiite cities. At least 60 people are dead and many dozens injured. In Karbala, police say a suicide bomber blew up a vehicle near the main bus station.


Orange goes green for festival phone-fuelling

Wind-powered charger prototyped Eco-warriors planning to head down to the Glastonbury mud festival - sorry, music festival - later this month will be able to re-charge their mobile phones in an almost entirely carbon-neutral fashion.â¦


From the dawn of the space program, America's astronauts have been treated like stars, saluted as red-white-and-blue heroes, and indoctrinated in NASA's can-do, failure-is-not-an-option ethos.


A small plane crashed in a Detroit neighborhood Monday afternoon, setting at least two houses on fire. Witnesses said construction workers at the scene helped pull two people out of the wreckage of the aircraft.


U.S. stocks surged on Tuesday, as  battered insurers rose on confidence a probe of the industry  would end quickly, helping the Dow break its 5-day streak of  losses to score its strongest one-day rally since early June.


Eight people killed in car bomb attack in western Iraq

Eight people were killed and 40 others wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on a police recruitment center at a US-Iraqi base in western Iraq on Saturday, police said.


U.S. airline delays top 1 million so far in 2007

U.S. airline delays for 2007 surpassed the 1 million mark in July, the same month major carriers scheduled a record number of flights - 647,600, the government reported on Tuesday.


Clemens' rejects claims of evidence of steroids

Baseball star Roger Clemens dismissed as bogus on Thursday new claims of evidence by his former trainer -- including needles and bloody gauze pads -- that Clemens used performance-enhancing drugs.


New York fashion shows see muted colors for spring

Spring fashion will look like a rainy  day, if the latest predictions are true, with plenty of gray  and brown and just brief glimpses of color like the sun  breaking through a cloudy sky.


The UN human rights chief urges an Iraqi court not to condemn one of Saddam Hussein's deputies to death.


Michelle Collins was suspended for eight years Friday for abusing steroids and must forfeit trophies that include the 2003 world and US titles in the indoor 200 meters.


At least 50 people have died and 150 are missing in Haiti after tropical storm Jeanne swept across the island of Hispaniola, a UN spokesman says .


Two employees of CBS News, one reportedly a British journalist, have been kidnapped in Iraq


KENNESAW, Ga. - Police are searching for a burglar who enters homes in a very unique manner, burrowing through the walls of a house. The method avoids setting off alarm systems, which typically are attached to windows or doors. Someone burglarized a home Jan.


RALEIGH, NC Dec 26, 2004 - Snow, sleet and freezing rain pelted the Carolinas on Sunday, knocking out power to thousands and causing hundreds of accidents on one of the busiest travel and shopping days of the year.


Deutsche Telekom to expand mobile phone business

(InfoWorld) - The T-Mobile brand could soon be coming to a market near you. As part of a strategy to revive profits, Deutsche TelekomÂ intends to expand its T-Mobile cellular business in markets in which the German telecommunications group is already offering fixed-line services and possibly in entirely new markets, the company said Thursday. T-Mobile is already one of the largest mobile phone operators in western Europe and the U.S. Its T-Mobile USA subsidiary has emerged as the group's main growth engine. Deutsche Telekom "does not rule out acquisitions" as part of its expansion strategy, it said. Acquiring the Dutch mobile phone subsidiary of France's Orange could be part of that strategy. The company is rumored to be among the bidders for the Dutch company, the smallest of four operators in the Netherlands. The new strategy carries the signature of RenÃ© Obermann, newly appointed CEO of Deutsche Telekom and the former head of the group's mobile phone business. Obermann is under pressure to tap new areas of growth to offset falling prices for mobile phone calls in mature markets such as Germany and the U.S. and to counter stiff competition from providers of fixed-line telephone services, particularly new VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service providers. More than 2.3 fixed-line customers defected to rivals last year. Obermann's new strategy also includes selling several business units, including the French and Spanish ISPs (Internet service providers) Club Internet and Ya.com and the T-Systems Media & Broadcast unit. In addition, the CEO hopes to find an international "strategic partner" for its T-Systems subsidiary. T-Systems provides IT services to about 60 multinationals and 160,000 smaller companies. The Frankfurt-based unit, which also operates and maintains Deutsche Telekom's global telecommunications network, was established a few years ago following the merger of DaimlerChrysler's IT outsourcing unit, Debis Systemhaus, and the systems integration activities of the German network operator. Last year, T-Systems acquired Gedas, the former computer services subsidiary of German car maker Volkswagen. Gedas has 12 subsidiaries around the world, including Brazil, China, Japan, and the U.S. Most of these are located in automobile manufacturing centers. By the end of 2010, Deutsche Telekom hopes to have 1.5 million customers for its new IPTV (Internet Protocol television) service. The operator intends to have 50 cities connected to its new VDSL (Very high bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line) network next year, with an additional 750 towns to linked via ADSL2+ (Asymmetric DSL) technology. Deutsche Telekom's VDSL network has been a contentious issue with regulators in Brussels. On Monday, the European CommissionÂ threatened the German governmentÂ with legal action unless it scraps a new law thatÂ protects Deutsche Telekom from competitionÂ in the broadband Internet access market. The Commission's action focuses on specific amendments in the German law that effectively exempt the German operator VDSL network from competition. The amendment was requested by the company, which is still partly owned by the German state. Â


Straight-shooting dream team downs Spain

Larry Brown was right. The Americans did start hitting their jump shots, and suddenly they look as if they might be the team to beat at the Athens Games.


Richmond Township Farm to Host Final Grazing Walk of Year

By George G. Landis, Reading Eagle, Pa.  Sep. 10--This year's final grazing walk will take place Sept. 21 starting at 6 p.m. at Pastures Pride-Natural Meats Farm in Richmond Township.  David and Joy Stutzman, owners, started grazing in 1998 with 10 acres.


Intel chief sees better global performance

NEW DELHI -- Intel Corp., the world's largest computer chip maker, is expected to report higher revenue from global operations in the first half of 2005 than in the same period this year, chief executive Craig Barrett said.


Bush Urges Northern Ireland Peace Efforts

Intervening for the second time in three days, President Bush on Sunday telephoned Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams in an effort to advance negotiations toward a power-sharing agreement between Northern Ireland's Catholics and Protestants.


If you're traveling out of BWI Airport this month, you should be wondering about the threat of a strike by flight attendants affecting your plans.


'Crescita civile e maturazione per migliaia di giovani'


Pinochet Takes 'Political Responsibility' for Actions of Chilean Dictatorship

SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 25 -- Gen. Augusto Pinochet took full responsibility for the first time Saturday for the actions of his 1973-90 dictatorship, which carried out thousands of political killings and is blamed for widespread torture and illegal imprisonment.


Nearly a week after his death, speculation still swirls around what killed Yasser Arafat. Cirrhosis of the liver, AIDS, a blood disorder and poisoning are frequently mentioned in unconfirmed reports — all consistent with the little that is publicly known about the medical condition that landed the Palestinian leader in a French hospital.


Cisco Systems Announces Morgan Will Not Stand for Re-Election to Board of Directors

Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO) today announced that James C. Morgan has informed the company of his decision to retire from its board of directors and will not stand for re-election.


British troops leave the center of Basra, southern Iraq, Thursday, Oct 21, 2004. Britain said Thursday a battalion of British troops would be redeployed into volatile central Iraq, meeting a US request despite


Il Capo dello Stato interviene mentre Ã¨ ancora animato il dibattito nell'UnioneMantovano (An): "Sarebbe meglio se il Quirinale si astenesse dagli auspici"                                          Pacs, Napolitano: "Troveremo una sintesi anche con le preoccupazioni del Papa"                                                                                Mastella ribadisce: "Il mio no contro tutto ciÃ² che puÃ² scardinare la famiglia"Verdi e Prc: "Quel che Ã¨ nel programma va rispettato dal governo"


GM, UAW deal said near, talks hit overdrive

Negotiations between the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. shifted back into overdrive on Wednesday as a marathon bargaining session brought both sides near a deal that would end a national strike entering its third day.


Preteen daters more likely to take up smoking: study

Children who start dating before their teens are at least twice as likely as other youngsters to become smokers, researchers said on Friday.


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Chocolate-covered Ritz crackers, gooey caramel and vanilla ice cream - it doesn't get much better than that, judges decided at an ice cream contest.  Judges said Jacksonville resident Tasha Callister's entry, Puttin on the Ritz, tasted great and had a clever name.


Microsoft buys a $240m stake in the social networking site Facebook, beating rival Google


Kenya's seaside city Mombasa - and the nation's biggest industry - have taken a big hit after last month's riots swept the country


Art education is a strange and surprising enterprise. It makes memories as important as celebration, traditions as crucial as innovation.


Alaska oil spill not as bad as first feared, but birds mired ...

An oil spill near a fragile wildlife reserve off Alaska, unleashed when a freighter snapped in two last week, appears to be less serious than initially feared, officials said Monday.


New strike in Fallujah kills four, car bomb outside Baghdad kills ...

A suicide attacker exploded a car bomb Thursday west of Baghdad, killing at least one US soldier and two Iraqi policemen and wounding 60 people, Iraqi and coalition officials said.


Roma, 13:06 - CALCIO, FASCETTI PROMUOVE MANCINI: MA VERO ESAME IN EUROPA

Eugenio Fascetti promuove Roberto Mancini. Dopo le critiche del passato, l'ex tecnico del Bari sotto...


The boards of directors of Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. were expected to vote on a combination provided their pilot unions can reach their own deal


October consumer sentiment hurt by housing

Consumer sentiment fell further than expected in late October to its lowest in more than a year as concerns about the housing slump darkened the economic outlook, a survey released on Friday showed.


Founder Jeff Hawkins will unveil Palm's new offering at the D: All Things Digital tradeshow on Wednesday.


In this section we look at validating XML documents against XML schemas. Topics covered include: retrieving XML data, accessing relational data through XMLType views, using XMLType views and performing DML operations on XML schema-based XMLType views. By Yuli Vasiliev. 1001


An escaped convict who admitted killing a New York state trooper and wounding two others during the largest manhunt in state history was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole.


Day 2: Crew to check Atlantis for damage

Shuttle Atlantis chased the international space station in orbit Friday as its crew prepared for a laser inspection of their ship's wings.


Maracchi, temperature in rialzo anche di 7 gradi


Virginia set to end retail electric competition

Virginia became the first U.S. state to begin rolling back retail electricity competition as the state legislature approved a bill on Tuesday that would halt its planned market opening.


Matthew Pinsent created a piece of Olympic history this morning when he led the Great Britain coxless four to gold after the tightest of photo finishes on at the Schinias rowing centre.


On Evansville Courier & Press: Lifestyle


Earnings alert: Sun reports increased quarterly profit

Plus: SunPower profit drops, but outlook brightens...AT&T earnings up on wireless growth...Nokia earnings soar, market share solid...Qualcomm results show strong demand...eBay warns of weaker 2008 results.


150 nations gather for UN climate summit

Rising global temperatures that are melting the Arctic and expanding the oceans are now drawing more than 80 world leaders to the U.N. podium for an unprecedented summit Monday on how to combat climate change.


Ask.com Will Let Users Nuke Their Search Histories

In a privacy first among major search engines, the service will let its users decide how long their queries will be retained.


Bush's National Guard record back in the critical spotlight

Fresh questions were raised over George W. Bush's national guard service during the Vietnam War, with The Boston Globe reporting the president had fallen "well short" of meeting his military obligations.


U.S. Forces Battle Shi'ite Militia in Najaf

NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. forces fought pitched battles  with Iraqi Shi'ite militiamen in the center of Najaf on  Tuesday, hours before an Iraqi delegation was due in the holy  city to appeal to a radical cleric to end an uprising.


Don't trust the label? Genes show wine's pedigree

Wine grapes have extra copies of  genes that confer flavor and aroma, as well as extra DNA coding  for a health-giving compound, researchers reported on Sunday.


Pierre Pierce hit a 25-foot jumper with 44 seconds left to give Iowa the lead for good, and the Hawkeyes beat No. 15 Texas, 82-80, last night in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational.


Online DVD rental service Netflix Inc. and TiVo Inc., maker of a digital video recorder, on Thursday said they have agreed to develop a joint entertainment offering, driving shares of both companies higher.


Intel gives up its need for speed to focus on power

At last it looks as if the computer industry's obsession with speed, as measured by megahertz alone, is coming to an end. First AMD stopped using the precise megahertz rating of its CPU chips as a selling point.


Iraq sta creando nuova generazione di leader del terrore


Baghdad exploded in violence Saturday, as insurgents attacked a US patrol and a police station, assassinated four government employees and detonated several bombs.


Kremlin foe barred from Russian election

Former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov was barred on Sunday from running for president in a March election, a move he said was taken to block any real challenge to Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin's chosen candidate.


E-Commerce Report: Awaiting Real Sales From Virtual Shoppers

Retailers and manufacturers are setting up shop in Second Life, the three-dimensional online world, hoping that users will steer their avatars to real world stores.


Libyan singer Ayman al-Aathar has won a Middle East pop contest, edging out Palestinian Ammar Hassan. The Super Star competition was started by the Lebanese TV station Future Television and is filmed in Beirut.


Powerful drug gangs still control parts of Mexico despite a wide-ranging crackdown involving thousands of federal troops, a top security official said Thursday.


After establishing herself as a sensitive singer-songwriter, Tift Merritt felt a little confined. She wanted to plug in and rock out. The result is "Tambourine," her soulful new album that finds her transcending the alt-country tag of her 2002 debut "Bramble Rose" and reaching to a broader audience.


Area volunteers, local store join Charley relief effort in Florida

Six people who left Laurens County Saturday joined hundreds of other volunteers from across the southeast who responded to help those left homeless in Florida by Hurricane Charley. And, Winn-Dixie Stores announced Saturday that all customers across the ...


Germany's Bernhard Langer celebrates his victory over Fiji's Vijay Singh in the 1st round of the World Match Play tournament at Wentworth Golf club in Virginia Water, England Friday Oct. 15, 2004.


A Kansas Star Swaggers on Both Sides of the Ball

Kansas (6-0) is off to its best start since 1995, and junior Aqib Talib is helping the Jayhawks on both offense and defense.


The flu virus is becoming resistant to key drugs used to treat it, a study suggests.


Forget cutting back. When it comes to Salt Lake City, Delta Air Lines is beefing up. Delta announced Wednesday that it plans to add 58 flights here while drastically cutting operations at its Dallas/Fort Worth hub.


Nell Minow has never been afraid to confront the power brokers in corporate America, first as a fund manager and more recently as a watchdog waving red flags about excessive executive pay, questionable


Dow Jones +01,5% e aggiorna record, euro in calo


Penn National Shares Surge on Merger News

Shares of casino operator Penn National Gaming (PENN) surged more than 25 percent on Thursday as its plans to buy riverboat gambling company Argosy Gaming (AGY) pushed stocks higher across the sector.


Asia Disaster Yields Its Dead, Toll at 59,000

GALLE, Sri Lanka  - The sea and wreckage of  coastal towns around the Indian Ocean yielded up tens of  thousands of bodies on Tuesday, pushing the toll from Sunday's  tsunami close to 60,000.


Adman shot Taare song because of Aamir's 'integrity'

Ad film-maker Ram Madhavani shot the song Bheja kam in Aamir Khan's Taare Zameen Par because "he was asked to do so by an artiste" of Aamir Khan's integrity.


Giuliani Raises $17 Million; Romney Gets $14 Million

Bloomberg - July 3 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani beat his rivals by raising $17 million for his campaign during the last three months. Mitt Romney raised $14 million and loaned his campaign another $6.5 million.


Human rights groups have set up their own-brand search engine to pool data and co-ordinate campaigns.


Consumer Confidence Slips on Job Worries

Worries about job prospects sent consumer confidence to a seven-month low in October and its third consecutive monthly decline. The steeper-than-expected drop raised questions about whether consumers will


November Consumer Prices Rise Moderately

U.S. consumer prices rose modestly  in November as energy costs that had shot up a month earlier  and fanned inflation fears posted only a small gain last month,  the Labor Department said on Friday.


Chad to charge French with abduction: prosecutor

Chadian authorities will charge  nine French nationals with abducting children and fraud, a  prosecutor said on Monday, after they tried to fly 103 African  children out of the country to live with European families.


Sir Elton John is developing a US TV comedy about an ageing rock star and his entourage.


Autobomba a Hilla, feriti sei militari iracheni


New to Capitol Hill? 10 Tips to Avoid Ruin

Now that the president's State of the Union address has signaled the official start of the year, here are 10 rules for avoiding social, political and legal disaster in Washington.


Microsoft Search Head Denies New Project

Reports of a secret Silicon Valley search engine project are news to the company's head of search and advertising.


Thought all the laptop battery problems were over? Think again. Gateway recalled Samsung-made batteries due to a fire risk, while Toshiba reports a defective Sony-made battery sparked a laptop fire last month.


Esce anche in Italia il libro di James Kakalios, docente all'universitÃ  del Minnesota"Gli esempi dei fumetti illustrano correttamente le applicazioni dei principi"                                            Con Superman e Spiderman la fisica diventa uno spasso                                                                                di ALESSIO BALBI


Torino, 12:57 - CALCIO, C:ZANETTI: LA ROMA NON E' PIU' FORTE DELLA JUVE

Cristiano Zanetti non ha paura. La partita di domenica all'Olimpico dove tornerà da ex, non d...


Sit-ins go on in Weymouth, Sudbury churches; another planned in ...

Parishioners in Newton planned to join the growing number of Catholic communities that have occupied their churches in protest of their planned closure, while such demonstrations continued at two other Boston-area parishes.


Fatherhood linked to prostate cancer risk

NEW YORK  - Men without children have a lower risk of prostate cancer compared with fathers, but those who father a brood of kids appear to have a relatively low risk also, the results of a large study suggest.


Gazans Go Unpaid, and Children Go Hungry

With the Palestinian Authority cut off from funds, the Gaza Strip is enduring a severe economic depression with growing signs of malnutrition.


ENTITLEMENT IS SOMETHING that investors today need to get over. Just because they've lost money on stocks in recent years doesn't mean markets are destined to return soon to ever-higher levels.


âPersepolis,â austere as it may look, is full of warmth and surprise, alive with humor and a fierce independence of spirit.


Election of the new Prime Minister takes place today afternoon

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly will meet in a special session at the Parliament House in Islamabad Friday at 4:00 pm (PST) to ascertain the new leader of the house.


Spesso e' entrata in centri abitati sfondando anche le porte


Microsoft Xbox Live Traffic Quadruples Following Halo-2 Launch

Microsoft Xbox Live traffic on service provider networks quadrupled following the November 9th launch of Halo-II -- which set entertainment industry records by selling 2.4-million units in the US and Canada on the first day of availability, driving cash


A show of ideological solidarity from China

HAVANA Â· In his first visit to Latin America, Chinese President Hu Jintao came bearing billions of dollars worth of potential trade and investment agreements that prompted regional leaders to herald a new era of closer ties with the emerging economic


GM to close Baltimore plant, idling about 1,100 workers and ending ...

BALTIMORE - General Motors Corp. will close a Baltimore assembly plant that employs about 1,100 people and discontinue the two brands of vans they produced, a spokesman for the world's biggest automaker said Tuesday.


U.S. Tsunami Aid May Be Billions of Dollars - GOP Senator

The United States may eventually  spend billions of dollars to help Asia recover from last week's  devastating tsunami, a leading Republican U.S. senator said on  Sunday as the Bush administration battled criticism it had been  slow to respond.


Oil hits record over $80 on tight supply

Crude oil prices vaulted to a record high $80 a barrel on Wednesday as dealers focused on tight inventories in top consumer the United States ahead of peak winter demand.


U.S. Stocks Dip as Oil Hits Energy Shares

U.S. stocks slipped on Monday in a  quiet day on Wall Street as the price of oil dropped below $42  a barrel and knocked down shares of energy-related companies  such as Exxon Mobil Corp.XOM.N.


E' lui "l'importante personaggio della tv" del quale il fotografo aveva parlato a "Matrix"Oggi nuovo interrogatorio. "Adesso penso alla vita privata e alle vacanze"                                            Inchiesta vip, fu Maurizio Costanzo l'intermediario fra Totti e Corona


Today's BB&T Classic final will feature two teams that used their athletic ability to overmatch opponents yesterday. Maryland outran George Mason, relying on its man-to-man defense to spark transition offense.


Michael Phelps will attempt a racing schedule nearly as ambitious as what he did at the Olympics. But this time he won't be swimming as far. Six weeks after winning six gold medals and two bronzes in Athens, the 19-year-old will swim six events in a 25-meter pool at the World Short Course Championships that begin today in Indianapolis. Phelps ...


'Proseguire il risanamento dei conti pubblici'


French judges wrap up probe in Ivory Coast into missing journalist

Two French judges investigating the disappearance in Ivory Coast of Franco-Canadian journalist Guy-Andre Kieffer have wrapped up their probe in the west African country after talking to aides of President Laurent Gbagbo, Ivorian legal sources said.


Waiting for the bus to the Markopoulos shooting range this afternoon, a question from a Chinese journalist rattled me. "From India? How many medals have you won?" ...


Hollywood and Bollywood stars are to be roped in for a $100 million celluloid magnum opus on the Buddha's life and teaching.


Israel completes withdrawal from Lebanon

ZARIT, Israel  - Israel's army pulled out of south Lebanon early on Sunday to complete a handover to the Lebanese army and U.N. peacekeepers under a ceasefire to end a war with Hizbollah guerrillas, Israeli military sources said.


HBO's 'John from Cincinnati,' a drama about a family of surfers, is far out, man.


Subprime inflicts new damage as banks seek cash

New evidence of damage wrought by the U.S. mortgage sector surfaced in the United States and Europe on Wednesday while banks demanded a record amount of cash at a euro zone money market auction.


NFL Extends CBS, Fox Broadcast Rights for $8 Bln

The National Football League on  Monday said it will extend broadcast rights for television  networks CBS and FOX to air Sunday afternoon football games  through 2011 in deals worth a combined $8 billion.


Gymnastics Organization Considers Independent Judges

Gymnastics officials are urgently  considering introducing independent judges after a spate of  scoring controversies marred the competition at the Athens  Olympics.


NK Denounces South Korean Foreign Minister's UN Speech

Astana - Seoul, September 29 KAZINFORM -- North Korea denounced South Korea's renewed demand for the dismantlement of its nuclear weapons program through a multilateral forum, calling it "an act of a thief wielding up a stick.


Allstate, Other Insurers Face New Loss From Frances

Allstate Corp., St. Paul Travelers Cos., Ace Ltd. and other insurers face as much as $10 billion in losses as hurricane winds batter Florida for second time in three weeks.


Swiss ski resorts try to plan a future where less snow through climate change threatens business.


Evolution Book Sees No Science-Religion Gap

The National Academy of Sciences has released a book explaining the differences between science and religion, and asserting that acceptance of evolution does not require abandoning belief in God.


6 reported convicted in Pitcairn rape cases

SYDNEY -- Six men were convicted of a string of sex attacks on the remote Pacific island of Pitcairn, media there reported yesterday, following trials that exposed a culture of sexual abuse on the island home of descendants of the 18th century Bounty mutineers. Among those convicted was the island's mayor, Steve Christian, who claims to be a direct descendant ...


As Intel pursues a new path with improved multi-core chips, AMD says itâs already one step ahead. Intel told the world this week that there is no race to market the next generation of microchips.


Michael S. Dell has taken back the leadership of the computer company he founded, replacing Kevin B. Rollins.


Sky+ functionality... on Freeview Review Possibly the biggest obstacle on the path to truly mass-market adoption of digital video recorders (DVRs), or personal video recorders (PVRs) - is that many don't know what they actually are. Sure, some know they are a bit like Sky+, but many Sky+ onwers don't know what that box does either. To those of us who are PC literate the notion of the hard drive-based media recorder is pretty simple. Try explaining it to your Gran though.â¦


Palestinian police were today searching for a CNN producer who was kidnapped at gunpoint on a busy street in Gaza last night. Riad Ali, an Israeli Arab, was seized while riding in a van with two American CNN


ROMA, 6 NOVEMBRE 2004 - La nazionale italiana di rugby ha sconfitto il Canada per 51-6 nel test match disputato oggi allo stadio "Tommaso Fattori" de L'Aquila. Spettacolare e convincente, la squadra azzurra


Apple Offers New Goodies in Leopard System

Appleâs new version of Leopard lists 300 new features, including a Braille font and a Danish spelling checker.


Never say New Yorkers don't have sense of humor — especially when they can stick it to the other side.


Lo ha detto Paolo Zegna presidente della rassegna tessile


ET sbarca in tv e vince Svanisce 'l'effetto Lecciso'

Roma, 9 dicembre 2004 - In una serata senza proposte eccezionali, il pubblico si divide tra le varie reti con poco differenze ea spuntarla Ã¨ l'intramontabile ET su Canale 5 seguito da 5.084.000. Sono i dati


As soon as rumors began to fly about the IBM-Lenovo deal, bloggers and others began to buzz about the possibility that IBM would use the opportunity to buy Apple. The contract posted by Lenovo, however, says no. [Missing Links]


UK power cut threat eases as flood defenses hold

The threat of widespread power cuts across southwest England has diminished overnight, while over 43,000 homes left powerless by the worst flooding to hit Britain in decades have had their supplies restored, power companies said on Tuesday.


Madonna is in Moscow for her first Russian concert, on a tour branded blasphemous by the Orthodox church.


The Bush administration warned Wednesday against threats by terrorist groups and other nations against U.S. commercial and military satellites, and discounted the need for a treaty aimed at preventing an arms race in space.


As expected, Microsoft on Thursday took the wraps off its Zune portable media player, set to be available in time for the holidays. Zune features a 30GB hard drive, wireless connectivity and will come in three colors. But pricing has not been decided. Photos: View images of Microsoft's Zune


An American student detained in this central Italian city in connection with the slaying of her British roommate will face a judge Thursday in a hearing to determine whether she and two other suspects will stay in jail.


Four decades before David Petraeus's appearance on Capitol Hill on Monday, another respected general reported to Washington on another unpopular war, using arguments strikingly similar to what's being heard today.


Hundreds Gather in Mo. to Mourn Woman Whose Baby Was Cut From Her Womb After She Was Slain. Pallbearers bring out the casket of Bobbie Jo Stinnett from the Price Funeral Home in Maryville, Mo.


The growth in global carbon dioxide emissions accelerated sharply around the year 2000, a new analysis shows.


A four-month ban on YouTube in Thailand was lifted on Friday, its government said.


Today, the Supreme Court announced that Chief Justice William Rehnquist has thyroid cancer and had a tracheotomy Saturday. Although expected to be back on the bench next week, at 80 years old, many wonder how long Rehnquist's tenure will last.


Elective surgery in India? Medical tourism is booming, and U.S. companies trying to contain health-care costs are starting to take notice


Miller Wins Downhill for Fourth Win in Five Races

BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - American Bode Miller won  a men's World Cup Alpine skiing downhill Friday to celebrate a  phenomenal fourth win in five races.


Mozilla Issues Fixes for Firefox, SeaMonkey Flaws

Fixes made for "critical" JavaScript vulnerability in the Firefox browser and the SeaMonkey application suite.


Taser: UL never cited as a device tester

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Stun-gun maker Taser International said Saturday it was concerned that an upcoming report in the Miami Herald would "mischaracterize" the basis for its safety claims.


Parenting experts are to help families in areas beset by anti-social behaviour under a new government scheme.


A Palestinian militant has been killed and three other people wounded in an Israeli helicopter strike on a car in the southern Gaza Strip.


Brown fills Hart's shoes, lifts Michigan

Carlos Brown ran for 113 yards filling in for Mike Hart and Mario Manningham scored two touchdowns to give No. 24 Michigan a 27-17 win over Illinois.


Butch Davis resigned as head coach in Cleveland after a nearly four-year tenure filled with unmet expectations.


The Muslim woman adjusted her head scarf and gazed wearily at her daughters' elementary school Friday, one of many Islamic sites attacked since a Muslim radical allegedly murdered a Dutch filmmaker who criticized Islam.


Odyssey Warns of Weak Quarter, CEO Quits

Odyssey Healthcare Inc.  ODSY.O on  Monday warned of an earnings shortfall, announced the  resignation of its chief executive and said it was the subject  of a Justice Department probe, sending shares of the hospice  care provider plummeting 42 percent.


Politics, not military will improve Afghanistan: top brass

Improving security in Afghanistan can only be done by political, rather than military, means, Britain's top military officer said Thursday as NATO offered more troops.


Most young people with an eating disorder say there is no-one they can turn to about their problem .


The shortage of NHS dentists is so great in some areas, patients are turning to hospitals for treatment.


PONCA CITY, Okla. - Deciding at the last possible moment not to appeal his conviction, Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols brought his case to a final close, saying he hoped it would begin a "long-awaited healing process."   For Nichols, it means a life in prison with no further recourse...


An especially colorful appearance on "The View" by Danny DeVito has eyebrows raised and tongues wagging that the veteran actor may not have been himself Wednesday morning.


Police arrest a man as part of investigations into threats against celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein.


Israel razes bomber home after attack, seals Nablus

NABLUS, West Bank - Israeli forces razed the home of a teenage suicide bomber on Tuesday and those of two Palestinian militants who sent him on an attack that killed three people in Tel Aviv, the army and witnesses said.


Google Sells Shares in IPO for $85 After Cutting Price of Stock

Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Google Inc., the most-used Internet search engine, sold shares at $85 each in its initial public offering, the bottom of the range the company had suggested the stock would fetch in the biggest auction-style IPO.


In South Africa, D.C. Girls Tally Lessons Learned

As their trip to South Africa for two weeks of soccer teaching, AIDS learning and cultural exchange moved toward its close, members of the D.C. Blast, a Washington area girls' soccer team, had made some discoveries:


Shuttle Atlantis Lands Safely in Florida

The shuttle ended a challenging 13-day mission to deliver a major new section to the International Space Station.


JENS LEHMANN was for the high jump last night after his double cock-up in the Olympic city. One howler might have been excused - but two was simply unforgivable.


When Gladys Morales heard that Fidel Castro had temporarily given up power, she woke her 70-year-old mother to celebrate with other Cuban exiles dancing in the streets.


Yaser Esam Hamdi's father criticized the U.S. government for holding his son as an "enemy combatant" but praised the Supreme Court decision that led to Hamdi's release Monday.


(InfoWorld) - The Eclipse Foundation, with an open source technology release on Monday, hopes to alleviate developers of clutter. Eclipse Mylar 1.0 is a task-focused user interface that reduces information overload and makes it easier to multitask, according to Eclipse. Mylar addresses a fundamental problem: that IDEs have made it easy to browse large systems with thousands or millions of lines of source code but they present too much data, said Mik Kersten, the project lead for Mylar. "They overload developers with so much information," Kersten said. "[Developers] can often spend more time looking for the information they need by browsing and searching than they actually spend programming," Kersten said. Accessible here, Mylar enables developers to focus on specific jobs at hand by bringing a task list view into the Eclipse IDE. Developers indicate which tasks they are working on and Mylar monitors all programming activities to create a task context featuring all information relevant to that task. Contexts can be shared with other developers. Mylarâs name was derived from the plastic film used to prevent blindness when viewing an eclipse. In the case of Eclipse's Mylar, "it prevents information blindness when staring at the Eclipse IDE," Kersten said. "This integrates across the entire Eclipse IDE," Kersten said. The task management facility is called a task-focused user interface. Also incorporated into Mylar is access to issue trackers such as Bugzilla. By integrating issue-tracking into the IDE, developers no longer have to toggle back and forth between browser and e-mail client to use an issue tracker. Developers also can work with Bugzilla reports offline and then reconnect afterward. Additionally, developers can be summoned to immediately work on a task that can show up in their task list. Mylar's context filtering and task management drew praises from analyst Michael Cote of RedMonk. Task-filtering is automated, as opposed to it being manually done before, he said. "When I've used Eclipse in the past, you can manually create a focus that filters out everything. But with Mylar, it can automatically create that focus for you, so it's less work on your part to create the focus," Cote said. "Because it's done programmatically, it can get a better sense of things that are related that you may not think of." But Mylar's freely available innovation could encroach on commercial products, Cote said. "I think this is the start of something that could do that, certainly," he said. "There's always encroachment with Eclipse," Cote said. Rational with its Jazz project offers technology similar to Mylar but on a much larger scale, Cote said, but Mylar could be expanded with capabilities now offered commercially. Mylar in its first version is developer-focused while other technologies in the space have capabilities such as application lifecycle management, Cote said. Mylar can be embedded into existing commercial products, Kersten said. It solves the problem of developers having to cope with multiple task managers that offer an inconsistent experience, he added. Third parties also can innovate on top of Mylar. Vendors including CollabNet and Borland are committed to using Mylar, he said.


With the crash of a champagne bottle against a gondola, Macau's Venetian casino opened Tuesday, dwarfing anything in Las Vegas and big enough, its operators say, to shift the magnetic north of the gambling world to this small city in southern China.  A...


The health care union that led a 24-hour strike Wednesday at nine regional hospitals filed a lawsuit Friday against Sutter Health and a recruiting firm that hired replacement workers.


The head of Russia's Orthodox Church offered blessings and prayers on the eve of the Orthodox Christmas Thursday, noting in his traditional holiday greetings that 2004 was a difficult year for Russia


Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer warned on Thursday that Linux may not really be free given the intellectual-property risks that could be posed by the open-source operating system.


Olympics: Greece Gets Instant New 'Immortal'

Greece, shamed and angered by Olympic  doping scandals, hailed an instant new heroine Monday when  Athanasia Tsoumeleka won the women's 20 km walk to give the  Olympic hosts their first athletics gold medal.


Schwarzenegger Backs Calif. Stem Cell Initiative

California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger, who has repeatedly called for fiscal discipline  to heal the state budget, endorsed a ballot measure on Monday  that would spend up to $6 billion in state money on stem cell  research.


French advertising group Havas said last night it would bid for US rival Grey Global, joining expected bids from the UK's WPP and an American buyout firm.


Karzai Secures Victory in Afghan Election

President Hamid Karzai has won the majority of votes in the presidential election, securing a new five-year term as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president


Hyatt Corp. has agreed to buy the AmeriSuites hotel chain from affiliates of private equity firm The Blackstone Group, Hyatt said on Thursday.


Chimpanzees sharpen spikes for bush baby killings

Chimpy Spears Chimpanzees in West Africa have been observed using sharpened branches as "spears" to hunt other primates.â¦


If you want your money to grow, don't leave it in the 17th best place.


Pakistani ex-PM's party turns to Supreme Court

Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif petitioned the Supreme Court on Tuesday saying their leader was illegally deported, and setting up a showdown between the court and the government.


Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc   said on Thursday that quarterly earnings fell, hurt by  declining fixed-income revenues.


Imaginary Companions Can Be Child's Fast Friends

Parents can stop fretting when their child sets an extra plate for an invisible friend, or shares a seemingly two-way conversation with a stuffed animal.


NEW YORK -- New York boxing officials have suspended former heavyweight champ Evander Holyfield following his loss to journeyman Larry Donald on Saturday.


Report: Anna Kournikova marries Enrique Iglesias

Rumors have been swirling about Anna Kournikova and her formerly-moled pop star boyfriend Enrique Iglesias since the two got busy in Enrique's 2002 music video for his hit "Escape," and they have joked in the past about being married.


Last year, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) sat in the minority, with little seniority, calling for lobbyists to disclose when they're gathering stacks of campaign checks for members.


Actor Jude Law is to play Hamlet in London's West End under Kenneth Branagh's direction.


Arianespace orders 35 Ariane 5 ECA rockets

The European satellite launcher Arianespace signed an order for 35 top-range Ariane 5 ECA rockets from EADS Astrium Saturday at the Paris Air Show, for an undisclosed sum.


Police report hostage situation at Mexican Consulate in Los ...

LOS ANGELES Police say at least one suspect has taken an unknown number of people hostage at the Mexican Consulate near downtown Los Angeles.


Cagliari, 20:16 - CALCIO, SERIE A: CAGLIARI INVITA TIFOSI A NON ANDARE A NAPOLI

Il Cagliari Calcio invita i suoi tifosi a rinunciare alla trasferta al San Paolo di Napoli domenica ...


Continental Airlines Dec unit revenues rises

Continental Airlines Inc  on Wednesday said consolidated passenger revenue per available seat mile, or unit revenues, rose between 5.5 percent and 6.5 percent in December, helped by fuller planes and higher capacity.


Time Warner profits hit by big legal reserve

Time Warner Inc., the world's largest media company, edged past Street estimates by a penny in its third-quarter results released Wednesday despite the creation of a big cash reserve related to its troubled AOL Internet unit.


Kmart Holding Corp and Sears, Roebuck and Co said Wednesday that they are merging to form a new retail company called Sears Holdings Corp that will be the US' third-largest retailer with about US$55 billion in annual revenues.


Questions on local impact of Kmart-Sears merger remain

With the $11 billion merger of Sears and Kmart announced Wednesday, a Grand Island financial consultant says the community will have to "wait and see" about the impact it will have on Grand Island's retail community.


'Ma desidero' lasciare tv per avere liquidazione molto alta'


Crude oil futures were trading steady today as traders awaited a weekly snapshot of US petroleum inventories, especially of heating oil.


Police were searching Sunday for a National Guardsman with sniper training who they suspect shot his wife to death while she sang with a band in a restaurant and bar.


Blog: Apple might throw in a new keyboard with a long-awaited iMac update later this year, according to AppleInsider.


Secretary Rumsfeld and Macedonian Minister of Defense Vlado Buckovsk sign an agreement in Skopje.

Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) and Macedonian Minister of Defense Vlado Buckovsk sign a Weapons of Mass Destruction agreement in Skopje, Macedonia, on Oct 11, 2004.


Investing in Adobe would be a no-brainer -- if it weren't for its competitors.


Up to 17,000 people are told to leave their homes after a huge explosion at a chemical plant in North Carolina.


Robbie Keane was dropped as dreadful Spurs crashed to their SIXTH straight Premiership defeat on Monday night. The Irish striker - who spoke on Sunday about a new-found freedom to express oneself at White


One of the best things that could happen to tennis would be for Marat Safin to return consistently to the form that enabled him to capture the 2000 US Open title - and at last there were signs of this yesterday as the charismatic Russian won his first


DIDIER AGATHE today insisted Celtic will be playing for more than European survival when they face Shakhtar Donetsk again a week on Tuesday.


Life & style: As an awkward 17-year-old, Esther Freud felt unable to say no to an acquaintance's sexual advances. After writing about a similar incident in her new novel, she has come to realise how common this experience is.


A man beat his girlfriend's 4-year-old son to death after she left the boy in his care while she was deployed to Iraq, police said.


Vince Carter scored a season-high 33 points and Jason Kidd added 17 points and 10 assists to lead the New Jersey Nets to a 96-90 win over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.


Saragozza, 16:49 - CALCIO, REAL SARAGOZZA: D'ALESSANDRO ESCLUSO DA ALLENAMENTO

Il centrocampista del Real Saragozza, Andrès D'Alessandro è stato allontanato nuiovame...


The number of motorists caught drink driving in last December's campaign fell by nearly a fifth, figures show.


TV Review | 'Heroes;' 'Runaway': Trouble, Supernatural and the Fugitive Kind

ÂHeroesÂ acts out the fantasy that supernatural forces can improve life. ÂRunawayÂ has a bleaker message: One little mistake can really mess it up.


California Company to Acquire Owner of Malls in Northeast

Macerich said it would buy Wilmorite Properties Inc. and Wilmorite Holdings L.P. for $1.45 billion in a deal that expands its portfolio of shopping malls. As part of the deal, Macerich will acquire Tysons Corner Center in Virginia, Freehold Raceway Mall in New Jersey and Danbury Fair Mall in Connecticut.


Al Jazira: Â«Liberi i reporter francesi Chesnot e MalbrunotÂ»

Christian Chesnot et Georges Malbrunot, i due giornalisti francesi rapiti in Iraq nellâagosto scorso, sono stati liberati. A dirlo Ã¨ stata la tv araba Al Jazira a seguito di un comunicato dellâArmata


Fashionable Shanghai plans Spanish bullfight

China's most fashionable city Shanghai plans to host a traditional Spanish bullfight, the latest idea in the city's growing obsession with attracting international cultural and sporting events.


G20, trade powers clamor for WTO talks but mum on specifics

The Group of 20 emerging countries and world trade heavyweights the United States, European Union and Japan clamored here Sunday for a resumption of the WTO Doha Round of negotiations, but offered no hard specifics on when or how.


A policeman shot and killed an opposition lawmaker Thursday in what authorities say was a crime of passion over a woman. But machete-wielding protesters convinced it was an assassination clashed with police, leaving at least three dead.


Telefonica conferma trattative per Olimpia


Four killed in latest suicide attack in Pakistan

A suicide car bomber rammed a paramilitary checkpoint killing four people in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region on Friday, the latest attack in a wave of violence sweeping the country in recent weeks.


British Muslim group condemns car bombings

Britain's main umbrella group of Muslim organisations on Tuesday strongly condemned the three failed car bomb attacks here, calling for cross-community efforts to tackle the extremist threat.


Analysts concerned about longer-than-expected G5 delays

AUGUST 17, 2004 (MACCENTRAL) - Analysts from Prudential Equity Group and UBS have warned over the past two days that longer than expected G5 delays from IBM Corp. is the near-term "key risk" for Apple Computer Inc.


AIDS drug worth the risk, federal health official says

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


PGA Tour veteran Bob Estes rolled in a 40-foot birdie putt on his final hole to share the first-round lead with Tommy Armour III in the Ginn sur Mer Classic at Port St. Lucie, Florida on Thursday.


Roma, 12:56 - CALCIO, LAZIO; FOGGIA: UN ONORE ESSERE QUI

Il neo-laziale Pasquale Foggia parla ai microfoni dell'agenzia radiofonica GRT ed esperime tutta la ...


Users of the Internet Explorer click on ad banners four to five times as often as Firefox surfers, Adtech AG, a service provider for Internet ads, has determined (PDF).


Apple chief executive Steve Jobs yesterday called on record companies to let online music stores sell digital music files without anti-piracy controls, an idea that some analysts say has merit.


Blog: Lenovo updates ThinkPads and the Lenovo 3000 line with the new Intel platform.


Football: Dynamo Kiev Given Forfeit Victory Over AS Roma

The European Football Union has given Dynamo Kiev a 3-0 forfeit victory and ordered the Italian club AS Roma to play two games in empty stadiums after a fan injured a Swedish referee during a Champions' League match.


Television advertising by President Bush and Sen. John Kerry and their political parties is focused on 14 states, reflecting a shrunken battleground in the final month of the presidential campaign.


Al Shugart, a pioneer in the computer disk drive industry and one of Silicon Valley's most colorful entrepreneurs, has died. He was 76.


First Horizon National Corp. has partnered with SunTrust Banks Inc. to share electronic check images captured at the banks and archived in a central repository run by Viewpointe Archive Services LLC.


POLICE in Northern Ireland were stoned by angry crowds yesterday when they raided Republican areas looking for the proceeds of the $55 million heist at the Australian-owned Northern Bank.


Parlamento locale a maggioranza albanese:si fara' entro mese


Macedonia not to withdraw soldiers from Iraq

Macedonian Foreign Minister Ilinka Mitreva said Wednesday that the information about the killing of two Macedonians in Iraq didn't jeopardize the presence of the Macedonian soldiers there, the MIA news agency ...


Broncosâ Griffin reportedly out for season

The Denver Broncos have lost tailback-turned-kickoff returner Quentin Griffin for the season, ESPN reported Tuesday, citing no sources.


Comcast: 42% of digital subscribers use high-def, DV-R

At CES 2008 last month, it was surprising to see Comcast as a brand being tossed around with the likes of Matsushita, Motorola, and Sony. Now it's time to see if its video-on-demand strategy is starting to pay off.


Dalai Lama 'not a call girl,' says Harper

"I met the Dalai Lama in my office but I meet everyone in my office. I don't know why I would sneak off to a hotel room just to meet the Dalai Lama. You know, he's not a call girl"  When Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to explain in a year-end interview why he'd met the Dalai Lama in his Ottawa office, it was clear he wanted to show respect for the exiled Tibetan leader. via Calgary Herald


From McDonalds to Levis, video games are increasingly being used for product placement.


Burnsville Man Injured in Accident on Lake Marion

By Maricella Miranda, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Jun. 21--A Burnsville man was seriously injured Wednesday on Lake Marion in Lakeville after a water craft accident.


Nintendo's Wii gets twiiked with new fiitures

The Wii is quickly solidifying itself as the gadget that is perpetually making us think, "Hm, I never thought of that, but it's a cool idea." From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog.


Seaconke Chief Sees Mills Landfill As Site for Bingo Hall

By Philip Marcello; Journal Staff Writer  This story of statewide business interest previously appeared in a local news section.


RIM Launches BlackBerry with Revamped Keyboard

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) (RIMM.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , which popularized wireless e-mailing with its thumb-operated BlackBerry