Protein Design rises on Roche asthma-drug deal

Shares of Protein Design Labs Inc (PDLI.O: Quote, Profile, Research) rose on Thursday after Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG (ROG.


UPDATE 1-Gibernau cruises to victory at Czech GP

Spaniard Sete Gibernau cruised to his third win of the season in the Czech MotoGP Grand Prix on Sunday, holding off a tough challenge from championship leader Valentino Rossi.


PORTSMOUTH, NH - Betty Hill, whose tale of being abducted by aliens launched her to fame and became the subject of a bestselling book and television movie, has died.


Thriller author scores big in Spain again

Thriller writer Ken Follett, whose historical novel "The Pillars of the Earth" was a top favourite in Spain for two decades, has hit the jackpot again with the sequel, media reports said Saturday.


Worker productivity, the key factor in rising living standards, slowed sharply in the final three months of the year as overall economic activity weakened considerably while labor pressures increased.


L'INCHIESTA/Chi comanda nelle grandi cittÃ                                           Palermo sommersa dal partito del nulla                                                                                di ALBERTO STATERA


Liverpool reach the last eight of the Champions League on away goals after losing to Barcelona at Anfield.


SeaWorld Resumes Shows After Orca Incident

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 30 -- Some days, killer whales just wake up on the wrong side of the pool.


Active people have cells that look younger on a molecular level than those of couch potatoes.


Bed Bath & Beyond reduces its earnings forecast for the first time in 15 years.


Somalia refugees lose hope of going home

When Ahmed Noor arrived at the Dadaab refugee camp in far northeastern Kenya, he figured he would be here a month or two, until civil war died down in Somalia and he could go home.


Peacekeepers suffer first casualties in Somalia

At least nine Somalis were killed when a rocket fired at African Union (AU) troops hit a restaurant in an ambush that inflicted the first casualties on the peacekeepers, officials said on Thursday.


HUNTSVILLE, Texas  - Texas executed a mechanic on Wednesday who was convicted of murdering a taxi driver, marking the second of three planned executions this week.


US Waters Down Global Commitment to Curb Greenhouse Gases

Two weeks of negotiations at a United Nations conference here on climate change ended early Saturday with a weak pledge to start limited, informal talks on ways to slow


43 milioni di euro riconducibili all'ex manager


Livorno, 17:07 - CALCIO, LIVORNO-LAZIO: PACE FATTA TRA I PRESIDENTI

Siparietto smorza polemiche, a margine dell'assemblea di Lega, tra il presidente del Livorno Spinell...


Community News: uphpu Group Meeting Tomorrow

For all of those PHPers out there that live in Utah (specifically in the Bluffdale area - a bit south of Salt Lake City) and want to meet up with some fellow PHP developers - you should check out the uphpu group tomorrow night.


The owners of the Super Bowl participants spoke Monday, wished each other well, and now will let their teams fight it out for the championship Feb. 6 in Jacksonville, Fla.


The US Davis Cup team is one win from leaving the dreaded red clay of Europe in triumph, and returning to the familiar hard courts of home.


In special Christmas message, Queen Elizabeth praises troops abroad

Queen Elizabeth II broadcast a special Christmas message to her country's troops serving around the world, notably in Iraq, expressing pride in their work and support at the end of a "very demanding year."


No evidence of crime in Anna Nicole death: official

DANIA BEACH, Florida  - There was no evidence of a crime involved in the death of Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith, and it was not possible to know yet what caused her death, authorities said on Friday.


BBC weather is to use 3D gaming graphics technology to make its bulletins more realistic and accurate.


Make-up artist sues ESPN for sexual harassment

A former make-up artist for a  television sports talk show on Wednesday sued the broadcaster  ESPN, one of the show's anchors and a panelist she worked with  for sexual harassment.


A suicide bomber on Monday blew himself up in the southern town that houses Israel's secretive nuclear reactor, killing at least three other people and wounding five


Tom Brady arrives at Gillette Stadium before the sun comes up.


The glaciers in West Antarctica have substantially increased their rate of shrinkage compared with the 1990s. US-Chilean teams report to the journal Science that the glaciers are losing 60% more ice into the


Net Radio Firms Hear a Sour Note From Appeals Court

A U.S. federal appeals court denied a petition from music webcaster associations for an emergency stay of new royalty rates.


Mothers Split Over a Ban on Childrenâs Cold Medicine

Mothers reacted with confusion, irritation and some touches of defiance as a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel voted for a ban on cold medicines for young children.


David Stern is happy that win-thirsty Celtics fans have a potentially stellar team to root for again with the offseason additions of Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen. And the NBA commissioner is also happy for the league, too, in terms of how it could benefit if the Celtics become a power again.


E' ufficio che ha messo sotto inchiesta Mastella


Thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites March to Najaf Shrine

Walking past pockmarked buildings and spent ammunition, thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites marched to Najaf's sacred Imam Ali shrine Friday after a peace deal was reached overnight to end an uprising.


More than 50,000 people packed the RCA Dome on Monday to cheer the Indianapolis Colts as the Super Bowl winners brought home the city's first major professional sports championship in more than 30 years.


Killing Of 49 Army Recruits Shows Growing Security Problems

Insurgents have killed 49 recruits of Iraq's National Guard in an ambush as the men were traveling home to visit relatives after completing training.


Today Brad  gave me a quick demo of Google  Desktop .  Its great that Google keeps innovating (and more power to them) but to be honest I was a bit underwhelmed.  caption: Google Desktop Homepage.  It should be possible to quickly put together a Lucene  Desktop which performed the same tasks but was Open Source and based on web standards.  There are a few steps here of course:   - Integrating lucene to index the filesystem only when files are changed.  This    can be accomplished by looking at directory timestamps and only searching    directories that have changed since the last index run.    - Only indexing during idle CPU time.  On windows you could build this around a    screensaver.   ...


It's part of Mitt Romney's core narrative: Massachusetts, in the throes of a fiscal freefall, fell back on his CEO skills and turnaround wizardry to spark Â in his words Â "a dramatic reversal of state fortunes and a period of sustained economic expansion."


Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has sketched out his vision of a regional body that could one day become the Asian equivalent of the EU.


HP security official warned others that probe methods were "unethical at the least and probably illegal," News.com has learned.


FDA Researcher Says Supervisors Delayed Vioxx Study That Found ...

Dr David Graham, associate director for science in the Office of Drug Safety at FDA, alleged in a "series of testy e-mail exchanges" that agency officials "delayed and demeaned" the results of a study he conducted that found Vioxx -- a COX-2 inhibitor


Lecce, 15:06 - CALCIO, LECCE; SEMERARO: PROCCUPATI, MA PIENA FIDUCIA A ZEMAN

Giovanni Semeraro, il presidente del Lecce, è preoccupato dopo la sconfitta di Crotone e i se...


Investigators look for clues in Lebanon killing

Lebanese army investigators searched for clues on Thursday in the assassination of a top general who had been tipped to become the next army chief.


AMERICA/MESSICO - Appello dei Vescovi della California meridionale di fronte al crescente clima di violenza e di insicurezza: Âla nostra preghiera e la nostra azione possono fare moltoÂ Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - ÂCome Pastori della Chiesa cattolica, ci preoccupa enormemente il clima di violenza e di insicurezza che tende ad acutizzarsi e a generalizzarsi in tutto il Paese,  particolarmente in varie cittÃ  della nostra Provincia Eccle...


Three weeks into the season and the BC High soccer team remains unbeaten. Junior forward Colin Stanton scored the winning goal yesterday on a pass from sophomore Jay DeLuca as host BC High edged Xaverian, 2-1. The Eagles improved to 3-0-2.


Israel: Palestinian State Shelved with US Blessing

Israel's plan to withdraw from occupied Gaza will prevent a Palestinian state emerging and freeze peacemaking, and all with Washington's approval, a key adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Wednesday.


Sudan Bombs Darfur, Forcing Thousands to Flee-UN

The Sudanese air force bombed a  town in western Sudan this week killing or wounding 100 people  and forcing thousands to flee, a U.N. spokeswoman said on  Friday.


Deutsche Bank Defends Role in Collapse of Company in Singapore

Deutsche Bank defended today its role in the collapse of a Chinese government-controlled company in Singapore early last week, as investigators continued to study what went wrong.


The 11th Star Trek movie will be released on Christmas Day 2008, Paramount Pictures announces.


A man is found guilty of taking part in the robbery which led to the death of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky.


The final phase of the British Army's restructuring is due to take place with the merger of three historic regiments.


New York Attorney General Eliot  Spitzer will announce on Tuesday he will run for governor of  the state in 2006, a spokeswoman said.


Crash kills three NASA lab workers in Angeles forest

A packed commuter van heading to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory plunged off a wet, winding mountain road yesterday and tumbled 200 feet, killing three people.


Critics charge conflict of interest in a system where pharmaceutical giants fund the regulatory process. By Alexandra Marks | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.


EDITORIAL: Navy's Difficult Tasks: Surely Better Sites Exist for Training Field and Sonar Range

By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 5--The U.S. Navy must train its crews and pilots in the latest weaponry and keep them at a high level of readiness.


Keeping Score: In Theory, Diamondbacks Are Winning Way Too Often

According to the Pythagorean equation, a team with the Diamondbacksâ 671 runs scored and 692 runs allowed should win 48.6 percent of its games, while Arizona has won 56.2 percent.


Milano, iniziato il dibattimento a carico di 33 persone accusate del rapimentoPresente solo uno 007 italiano. Tutti gli altri sono stati dichiarati contumaci                                            Abu Omar, Pollari e Cia alla sbarra per il sequestro dell'ex imam                                                                                Il legale: "Vuole venire a tutti i costi in Italia per partecipare a questo processo"Ammessa la costituzione di parte civile del religioso e di sua moglie


Nine found dead in Japanese internet 'suicide pacts'

A growing Japanese trend for internet-assisted group suicides claimed its largest single toll yesterday when seven people in their teens and early twenties were found dead in a car in mountains north of Tokyo.


General Stands by Stance Against Gay Troops

Gen. Peter Pace declined today to apologize for saying that he believes homosexuality is âimmoral.â


When the Writers Guild of America held its awards ceremony Saturday night, it felt more like a victory celebration. So after the long strike, the writers won, right?


The host of Real Time talks about how his outlook has changed, the evolution of the hard-hitting talk show, and the guests he wishes he could get


PHILADELPHIA (Ticker) - If the Philadelphia Eagles are going to make it to the Super Bowl for the first time since 1980, they will have to do it without star wide receiver Terrell Owens.


HEALTH - A Wisconsin girl is being called a medical miracle as she recovers from rabies. Fifteen-year-old Jeanna Giese is the first person in history to survive rabies without getting the rabies vaccine.


Roma, 23:28 - CALCIO, MILAN; KAKA': DA GOL E QUALIFICAZIONE CARICA DERBY

Kakà firma la qualificazione ai quarti di Champions del Milan e guarda al derby. ''Sono felic...


Dopo il confronto con l'associazione dei Comuni, il governolavora al meccanismo per il taglio delle tasse sulla casa                                          Ici, spunta la detrazione dall'Irpef Padoa-Schioppa: Pil in frenata                                                                                Il ministro dell'Economia ha perÃ² assicurato: "Non alzeremo le tasse" di ROBERTO PETRINI


Real-Life Fighter Christopher Reeve Dies

Christopher Reeve, the chiseled, strapping "Superman" of celluloid who became another kind of hero as a force for spinal cord research after a devastating horse-riding accident, has died at 52.


Amazon continues to accelerate its growth levels.


APEC rift opens over climate change debate

China's President Hu Jintao gave qualified support on Thursday to Australia's initiative on climate change, as a rift opened at APEC's meetings over the "Sydney Declaration" and targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions.


Tycho:  There's really no trick:  Endless Ocean is a game about swimming forever.  It's not a game for our people, and it need not be plugged into the apparatus.  You swim and swim and swim.  Sometimes you pet penguins on the deck, or talk to a hydrophobe that you know.  You can even dive cooperatively online, which is, like, Finally.


Norimberga, 18:39 - CALCIO, BUNDESLIGA: IL NORIMBERGA INGAGGIA GRESKO

L'ex terzino sinistro dell'Inter Vratislav Gresko giocherà nella Bundesliga. Lo ha ingaggiato...


An explosion damaged three U.N. vehicles in Kosovo's capital Monday, causing no injuries but raising tensions amid ongoing negotiations on the disputed province's future.


Seven things every IT person should know about storage

Among the seven things everyone should know about storage: 0ptimizing storage isn't about buying new stuff, application-centric monitoring tools can help boost SAN performance, and advanced backup-management tools ease auditing and compliance.


Pakistan Vows to Stop Taliban; Westerners Skeptical

Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, promised Monday that his country would not allow Islamic militants to disrupt the Afghan election from Pakistani soil


Cavaliers' conference win streak halted at 7

Deron Washington had 22 points and 10 rebounds, A.D. Vassallo also scored 22 points, and Jamon Gordon had 15 points and six assists as Virginia Tech beat visiting Virginia, 84-57, yesterday, giving the Hokies their first win in five meetings.


Ryu Seung Min of South Korea beats Wang Hao to take gold in the table tennis men's singles.


JABALIYA (Gaza Strip) - Three Palestinians, including two children, were killed by Israeli fire in Gaza yesterday as the UN delivered aid to Palestinian families trapped in the Jabaliya refugee camp.


Kevin Spacey says mobiles and theatre don't mix

Director Kevin Spacey has criticised people who disturb the audience by letting their mobile phones ring during a theatre performance.


A Building as a Beacon for a City's Plans

The new Caltrans District 7 headquarters holds out the promise that downtown Los Angeles could reclaim its stature as one of the most vibrant urban experiments in America.


US car thieves floored by manual gearbox

Stick shift dummies Two US would-be car thieves failed dismally to make off with a Honda Accord after discovering it had a mysterious manual gearbox, RTÃ reports.â¦


Prosecutors Seek to Use Old Allegations Against Jackson

Prosecutors in Michael Jacksonâs child molestation case want to introduce evidence that the singer allegedly committed other sex crimes over the years that went uncharged.


Murdoch to be talk of Sun Valley media festival

Rupert Murdoch, who is pursuing a $5  billion bid for Dow Jones & Co., will be the center of  attention when the world's biggest media chiefs gather this  week at the 25th annual Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley,  Idaho.


Stocks to watch on Tuesday: JOHNSON &  JOHNSON JNJ.N, GUIDANT CORP. GDT.N


Indianapolis, Sept. 8 - The news hit an already suffering industry hard. Delta Airline's restructuring calls for a reduction of ten percent of its workforce, or about 7,000 people.


Continental mixed on effect of 3-way GM deal: paper

Automotive parts and tire maker   Continental AG CONG.DE believes the impact of the possible   merger between car firms General Motors GM.N, Renault   RENA.PA and Nissan 7201.T would be mixed, a board member   told newspaper Euro am Sonntag.


Rock Star Back in France to Serve Murder Sentence

TOULOUSE, France  - French rock star Bertrand  Cantat arrived in France from Lithuania on Tuesday to serve out  in a French prison the remainder of his eight-year sentence for  murdering his actress girlfriend.


Ganguly praises Dravid as India move towards win

Recalled former captain Sourav Ganguly paid high praise to current skipper Rahul Dravid as India moved inexorably towards an historic win on the third day of the first Test against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium.


Women's Soccer: "Fab Five" capture Olympic gold

ATHENS, Greece - When the first whistle chirped, US women's soccer icon Mia Hamm thought it was merely a foul call. She wondered when the endless, harrowing gold medal match against Brazil would finally end.


Ex-cybercrook and the FBI: Crime boards come crashing down

Also: iPhone lawsuit on hold. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


A primary school teacher, 35, is charged with possessing an indecent photograph of a child.


Zarqawi Movement Vows al-Qaida Allegiance

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The most feared militant group in Iraq, the movement of terror mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, declared its allegiance to Osama bin Laden on Sunday, saying it had agreed with al-Qaida over strategy and the need for unity against "the enemies of Islam."   The declaration, which appeared on a Web site often used as a clearinghouse for statements by militant groups, began with a Quranic verse encouraging Muslim unity and said al-Zarqawi considered bin Laden "the best leader for Islam's armies against all infidels and apostates."   The statement, whose authenticity could not be independently confirmed, said the two had been in communication eight months ago and "viewpoints were exchanged" before the dialogue was interrupted.   "God soon blessed us with a resumption in communication, and the dignified brothers in al-Qaida understood the strategy of Tawhid and Jihad," the statement said...


The free-agent forward James Posey, 30, and the Celtics have agreed to terms on a deal that will bring the former Heat forward to Boston.


Firenze, 15:57 - CALCIO, SERIE C: TRE TURNI DI STOP A DI CANIO

Il giudice sportivo Pasquale Marino ha squalificato un giocatore in serie C1 e 44 in C2. Dopo i recu...


MONDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- The stress of parenting has a negative impact on the development of the mother-infant relationship in triplets, says a study by the Society for Research in Child Development.


Netscape is partially responsible for the beginning of another browser (the programme you log on to the internet with) battleâthe fledgling Firefox vs the mighty Microsoft.


Marlins Win at Temporary Home in Chicago

CHICAGO - Chased out of Florida by Hurricane Ivan, the Marlins were forced to play a home game on the road and still cut their gap in the NL wild-card race. Florida rallied with six runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, taking advantage of four Montreal errors to beat the Expos 6-3 Monday at U.S...


The One Laptop Per Child organisation sets up a program to deliver laptops to the poorest US children.


Motherwell's captain Phil O'Donnell has died after collapsing during today's match against Dundee


On the day he heard that Keith Gilbertson wouldn't be back as Washington's football coach next season, Isaiah Stanback immediately thought of Tyrone Willingham.


Anxiety over high inflation sent bond prices falling today and pushed the interest rate on the benchmark United States Treasury note above 5 percent for the first time since last summer.


N. Ireland's Omagh bomb trial to resume September 25

The trial of a man accused of murdering 29 people in the single worst terrorist atrocity in Northern Ireland's troubled history will resume on September 25, court officials have said.


Q&A: McAfee, Symantec CEOs talk security

In early December, InfoWorld Senior Writer Matt Hines had the opportunity to sit down with John Thompson, chief executive of Symantec, and David DeWalt, chief executive of McAfee, to interview the leaders about the strategic direction of their companies and where they see different aspects of the IT security market heading in 2008 and beyond.Each of the individual interviews took their own course, but an intentional effort was made on the part of the reporter to ask the two executives about many of the same issues.What follows are a sampling of the respective CEO's comments on issues related to the rise of data protection, consolidation in the security market, and competitive issues between the two industry leaders and their many rivals.Matt Hines, InfoWorld: Over the last year in particular we've seen a relative sea change on the security market as customers have shifted their focus toward data protection, versus more traditional methods of defending endpoints and network assets.How has this forced a strategic change in direction for your companies -- in particular as smaller vendors in sectors including DLP (data leakage prevention) make claims that they are better suited to deal with this shift? John Thompson, Symantec: The reality is that we have had great insight about what information was flowing around in an organization for years. The fact that we were doing virus protection was interesting, but what was more interesting was depth and breadth of intelligence network around the world, which has been telling us about where viruses and worms are coming from, what hacker attacks are occurring, where spam is originating from, and what keywords people are using to bypass filters.There's a great deal of insight that's associated with that intelligence network that Symantec has that should make this shift toward information-based security easier for us than any smaller company that doesn't have that breadth.Furthermore, customers that have the expectation that we and others who have been trusted providers for them will evolve as their needs evolve. Certainly, that's been the case in the more traditional security technologies. If [you] look at what AV (anti-virus) technology does today versus what it did five years ago, it is light years different.We should use the metaphor of the evolution of the past to apply to the problems of the future, and we've certainly evolved our business over the last ten years to be very different in terms of its focus and our ability to solve problems for customers that ten years ago probably didn't exist.David DeWalt, McAfee: Actually, see it as a huge advantage to being a big company. Managing data and data security is a pretty strategic thing for corporations, when I think about who they would trust as an advisor in these situations. Either a startup who may be dedicated to only [DLP], or someone with a thousand people in support, you get a level of service related to companies like Symantec and McAfee that isn't there with the others -- we're already running in most large corporations on the endpoint.Adding another endpoint agent from a small company versus going with McAfee isn't as attractive to these customers. We offer cost optimization, centralized management, and other benefits that you can't get from smaller companies.The reality in the security world today is that we are seeing more cost-optimization requirements. So, how do you look at a company like us that has AV, anti-spyware, HIPS (host intrusion protection), and NAC (network access control), and how will you add DLP and encryption as an agent, versus adding someone else's products?? We look to acquire the best of breed to do that -- to make sure that we have the best technology to fit into our suite -- and offer centralized management with single agent control to every desktop.That's the big company game we play, and you have to recognize that turning the ship isn't necessarily about building a technology from scratch. Data security meeting endpoint security, meeting perimeter security is an important component of why people would trust a larger vendor.InfoWorld: DLP is obviously an area where both companies have made significant investments over the last year, with Symantec's acquisition of Vontu, and McAfee's acquisitions of Onigma and Safeboot. Could you describe your strategies around DLP and why it has become such an important element of data security?Thompson: The first thing we have to ask ourselves is if this is a problem that customers would like for us to help them solve; if so, is there a technology already in place in the market that has already garnered the hearts and minds of its users? Clearly, that was the case for Vontu, who was unquestionably the market leading solution for DLP.Our view is, if this a problem that customers would look to Symantec to help them solve, why not see if we can acquire the best technology to be able to do that?The question of DLP as a standalone platform or as a feature will be answered in how customers want to solve the problem. If customers are willing to dedicate resources to the problem as an isolated area of activity, that probably functions as a standalone product.However, if they view that solving that problem is a part of another business process, then it would behoove us to make that feature part of a broader suite.DLP over time might become part of a broader digital rights management strategy for an organization. Now, that's a big theme that goes well beyond what Vontu does today, but if you believe that the currency of business today is as much about information as it is about cash, having a clear understanding of where digital content is and who has rights and privileges to use it is a very important topic for a lot of companies today.DeWalt: McAfee and Symantec have clearly addressed DLP in very different ways.We see DLP having two important problem-solving areas: intellectual property protection, and the management and monitoring of information loss via endpoints.We believe that most DLP events occur through insiders, through endpoint devices. Not people e-mailing out the source code, but copying it onto a USB drive and walking out with it. Is it more practical to e-mail the source code over the network or copy it to 60GB drive in a matter of second?If you look at where the problem is, you'll see the protection of intellectual property is the most important issue, and that secondly, it's about compliance data privacy reporting components.With Safeboot, encryption is already proven as a strong approach for data privacy and breach management, and it is best served when the customer can prove no loss of data when the lose a mobile device, that they have no need to report that incident.If you can address those two problems, you can address the bulk of the issues on the marketplace. It will be up to customers to determine which approach they think is better: a network-oriented appliance tool, as with Vontu, or protection at the endpoint, which is where we have invested.What we have compared to Vontu is apples to hubcaps, literally entirely different technologies. Vontu is primarily a network gateway appliance that is matching rules. There's no host to classify content, but primarily an appliance to look and monitor for data loss.That's a totally different thing than Safeboot, which is whole disk encryption for mobile devices. Symantec has no encryption technology in its entire portfolio, so the technologies are not even in the same hemisphere. Symantec bet that monitoring network traffic is the future. We bet that doing it at the endpoint is more of a safe, compliant way to address this.Our philosophy is protecting all the endpoints, including all types of mobile devices, and every access point through those endpoints, including removable storage. That's where our DLP strategy will be centered and we feel the growth of Safeboot proves that we're making the right bet.Symantec could be right too -- maybe were both right -- because it's not like Vontu is doing poorly either.InfoWorld: Your smaller rivals, and some industry analysts, like to say that large companies such as Symantec and McAfee do not innovate, that they only acquire innovation through mergers and acquisitions. How does that strike you and why do you think they are wrong?Thompson: I think people might argue inappropriately that the sustaining innovation mission that any company with a large base of users has is forgotten about. We already have the 2008 versions of our products in marketplace. Is there any innovation in there at all? We certainly think so.There is a very important mission that we cannot overlook, and that is we have a bunch of customers who have an enormous amount of expectation of us being able to continue to deliver new features, functions, and capabilities for them that will migrate seamlessly from what they do today to what their needs might be tomorrow.We spend 15 percent of our revenue on research and development not because we want to spend it, but because we have to maintain some stream of innovation in order to be able to serve the needs of our existing customers.If you look inside the company, our Symantec Research Labs facility has delivered incredible innovative capabilities such as generic exploit blocking, or the ability to see vulnerabilities and create a signature to block an attack before the attack occurs. That's all about innovation. The fact that we are an acquisitive company means that we are open to people who have fresh ideas or a new view of the world.The security world has evolved so rapidly over the last five years that if we were stuck in a paradigm that said we will only deal with ideas that emanate from inside the company, we would be unable to serve the needs of our customers at all. The best way for a company that competes in all the segments of the market where we compete is to use strength of our balance sheet, cash, and income statement to continue to evolve.Consider all that in backdrop of the idea that the whole software industry is consolidating around us. You cannot ignore the broader macro-trend going on in the industry itself.There are fewer software companies today than there were a year ago, one year ago there were fewer than five years ago, and five years forward there will be fewer than there are today. The question is, can you evolve a process that is relevant for your customers, and relevant for your company as you think about targets that you bring into the company over time.DeWalt: It's a myth that companies our size don't innovate. Many products are being made almost one hundred percent in-house. Lots of the work in our new consumer technologies was an organic exercise, as with ePolicy Orchestrator. We didn't acquire anything to build that product, and if there's one product strategic to this company, EPO is that, and the list goes on.But, we also have to use the balance sheet and acquisitions because we can. It gives us the opportunity to grow. Maybe that looks externally like we don't have to innovate, but we're really doing both and making sure that we augment the strategy. It is a combination and we have to be good at balancing both things. Companies like McAfee have gotten mature because they're good at development and acquisition.Part of that is at blended shore development, we're moving sustained engineering and quality assurance to offshore locations like India and China. Innovation is coming from Beaverton, Ore., Santa Clara, Calif., and elsewhere where core development and Avert Labs sit.Those people don't want to do sustaining engineering on Windows 95, so we have to innovate that way so people who want to be working on the newest thing can do that.In reality the core of this company is focused on nothing but innovation. We do the other stuff in low cost locations, and if we didn't do that we would probably die.InfoWorld: Over the last several years we've seen many major IT platform providers, including Microsoft, Cisco, Intel, HP, IBM, and EMC make investments in acquiring security technologies and building their own security products.How has this shift toward the integration of security into the operating system, network and computer hardware, software and storage changed how you will direct your own companies going forward?Thompson: The reality is that what customers are trying to do in terms of managing access to applications and the ability to share information across the enterprise, both internal and extended, makes it incumbent upon all of us to recognize that securing that content is very important.?Many of the companies you referenced started their lives thinking that security was something that slowed down the machine, network access, or their sales. They finally came to the realization that security is an enabler and not an inhibitor and that they must embrace it one way or another.The real question becomes, where do customers think logically about security elements? If you look at what has evolved at Symantec, we have said that it's natural that some security technologies will live and reside in the network.Networks have become fast enough, deep packet inspection technologies have become good enough, and we assume that as time goes on more of that will occur. And the logical place for companies to do that is with the people providing network equipment, but that's only one place where you have to protect the stream of content, another is where the users interact at a desktop or server, or where it is being managed at the gateway or applications level.We're getting out of the network side, why compete with Cisco and Juniper and Alcatel? Why don't we partner with them and license our technologies to them because we'd like to have the scanners we have in place to become more ubiquitous, not less so. Let's move to where the user is interacting with the application, or where the application is managing the digital content. And while the competition there is no less fierce, it certainly is a place where we have real strengths that we think are worthy of us doubling down.There's also the issue of heterogeneity. Whereas someone like Microsoft is only focused on Windows, our largest customers still run mainframes, Unix, and have interests with Linux in the applications sphere. We have to address the real world heterogeneous technologies in use within our customers, while these companies are focused on securing their own technologies.DeWalt: One word describes our differentiation from these companies: heterogeneity.Large companies want freedom of choice of any platform with any OS with any technology. They don't want to get locked down with Oracle, EMC, or Microsoft who only support their own releases with their security products.How many people have moved to Vista so far? Would you trust your security requirements to a single vendor? Microsoft can tell you they will throw in security capabilities, so there's a battle between big vendors doing pieces of the stack, versus pure-plays.This goes back to conversations of best-of-breed small vendors versus best-of-breed large vendors, and it is turning into best-of-breed security versus gigantic companies with some security in their strategy.We bet that the cross-platform approach wins out. To support all is better than just supporting one vendor, whether for storage, the OS, or routers. Cisco is not exactly supporting Juniper anymore.Our goal with heterogeneity is to create freedom of choice for customers to leverage, and we don't think that many of them want to get locked into one vendor.


Brown orders doctors probe after British bomb plot

British police believe they have arrested the main suspects in last week's al Qaeda-style bomb plot, some of whom appeared in intelligence databases on radical Islamists, sources close to the investigation said on Wednesday.


Jarrod Washburn is a starter by trade, not a closer, a man more accustomed to easing his way into games rather than nailing doors shut.


Toy Fair not kidding around with hot properties

Entertainment-themed toys  once again generated most of the buzz at the annual Toy Fair  gathering amid expectations that "Spider-Man 3," "Pirates of  the Caribbean: At World's End" and "Shrek the Third" will yield  blockbuster toy sales this year.


Man Given Costume Option for Slaying Dog

PAINESVILLE, Ohio - A man who shot his Great Dane in the head may have his jail sentence reduced if he dresses up as a dog.  Municipal Judge Michael Cicconetti offered Thursday to cut Robert M.


Pop singer Janet Jackson's bare breast flash earlier this year during the nationally televised Super Bowl football game will cost 20 CBS stations that aired it a combined $550,000 for violating indecency rules, U.S. communications regulators said Wednesday.


It's too early to count the companies out.


Clues Sought in Slaying of Camp Counselors

Authorities in this picturesque coastal town continued searching for clues Saturday in the shooting deaths of a young couple, and some residents said they feared for their own safety.


Committee Chairman Runs Into 'Watch-List'

Don Young, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has become the latest member of Congress to reveal he was mistaken for a suspected terrorist at an airline ticket counter.


Nurse in Flu-Shot Scare Claims Innocence

MINNEAPOLIS Dec 13, 2004 - The woman offering flu shots for $20 in the commons area at Augsburg college seemed plausible enough green scrubs, white lab coat, stethoscope that some three dozen people willingly paid their money, rolled up their sleeves


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Knowledge hazardous to Web consumers' health?

People who use their computers to find information about their chronic disease often wind up in worse condition than if they had listened to their doctor, according to a University College London review of studies on Internet health.


Philips in $5.1 Billion Deal for Respironics

The acquisition of Respironics, which makes medical devices that assist or monitor breathing, is one of a steady stream of takeovers of U.S. companies by Philipsâ medical arm.


Unusually severe winter weather besieged China's business and farming heartland on Tuesday amid the country's worst power crisis, with one mountain road accident blamed on snow killing 25 people ahead of a major holiday.


Nasa is to review its psychological screening after the arrest of an astronaut on an attempted murder charge.


Fashion will rock this week when two young artists — singer Rihanna and designer Zac Posen — get together for a charity event.


Lee Ielpi | a retired New York firefighter whose son, also a firefighter, was killed responding to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. WASHINGTON - Angry relatives of victims of the Sept.


Volcano in Ecuador erupts; 1 person dead

Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano erupted Thursday, killing one person and leaving 60 others missing, the mayor of a nearby town said.


Surgeons in Peru prepare an operation to separate the legs of a girl born with "mermaid syndrome".


5 Pacers, 7 Fans Charged in Detroit Brawl

Bryant Jackson arrives at 52nd District Court in Rochester Hills, Mich., Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004 with his attorney Kenneth Karasick.


Ferguson defends Rooney following Bolton incident

Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has defended teenage striker Wayne Rooney in wake of an incident involving Bolton Wanderers defender Tal Ben Haim during their weekend English Premier League match.


As much of the world grapples with a slowdown, Australia raises interest rates to an 11-year high.


Designer Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne cracked through Earth's atmosphere and into outer space Sept. 29. Pilot Mike Mevill guided the aircraft to an altitude of 102,870 meters.


Economists are betting that the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates to 1.75% on Tuesday, the third rise this year.


Tiny channels in the Arctic ice support creatures that play a crucial role in climate-affected ecosystems.


Michael Owen is expected to be fit to face Wales on Saturday after coming through an extensive training sesssion yesterday, without aggravating his back problem.


Pakistan hits out at UN concerns that its nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of Islamist militants.


Scotland Yard says it will "assess" footage of Amy Winehouse apparently smoking a crack pipe.


LONDON - For most of Ryan Giggs' life, failure has not been an option. He is the most successful Welsh footballer ever - eight championships, four FA Cups and a European Cup.


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Consider injecting a little Swahili into your retirement.


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Does Apple sow disinformation among its workers to sniff out leakers? Commentary by Leander Kahney.


SPAIN'S 40-year-old Miguel Angel Jimenez was leading the German Golf Open following today's second round as Europe's elite chased points to get on the Ryder Cup team.


Extra Time: San Jose Likely to Become Bay Areaâs Team

Lew Wolff a wealthy, 71-year-old real estate developer, is picking up the banner of the San Jose Earthquakes, a team that has an 0-2 count.


Stocks fell on Wednesday, reversing strong gains after the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates, roiled by fresh worries about more losses in the financial sector on fears big bond insurers will lose their top credit rating.


Stock Funds' Decline In July Was Their Third Fall In A Row      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - U.S. stock mutual funds tumbled for the third straight month in July as the Federal Reserve kept raising interest rates, oil prices rose and geopolitical problems from North Korean missile tests to an Israel military strike into Lebanon kept investors on the sidelines.


Nobel for literature to Elfriede Jelinek

The Nobel Prize for Literature for 2004 was awarded Thursday to Austrian writer Elfriede Jelinek "for her musical flow of voices," the Swedish academy said.


The elections in Iraq will set an example of democracy for the rest of the Middle East, President Bush said Friday.


Russia clears way for Moscow trip by UK police

Russia on Monday cleared the way for British detectives probing the mystery poisoning of former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko to visit Moscow, and promised to help their investigation.


Ghana's president welcomes the discovery of a major oil deposit, saying Ghana will become an "African tiger".


Travel: Hit the capital then recharge your batteries at one of these choice stays, as recommended by Guardian hotel reviewer Sally Shalam


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. (antiTainment) It looks like Tom Hanks is the frontrunner to play Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon in the film adaptation of Dan Brown bestselling book The Da Vinci Code.


Iraq Sets Election Date But Unrest Threatens Poll

Iraq chose Jan. 30 for its first democratic election in decades on Sunday, but violence in Sunni Muslim areas underlined the challenge of holding polls on time.


Two goals from Nicolas Anelka are enough to give Man City their first away win of the season.


PeopleSoft CEO Quits as Oracle Deal Nears

PeopleSoft Inc.  on Tuesday said Chief Executive and Chairman Dave Duffield has resigned from the business software maker, which agreed to a $10.3 billion buyout by rival Oracle Corp.  earlier this month.


Ontario Pledges New Actions Against Child Pornography And Child ...

The Ontario government has announced new measures today to tackle child pornography online and Internet luring. Research shows 40 percent of Canadian youth report that someone they met on the Internet, requested personal information.


No 10 denies deal to free Lockerbie bomber

Downing Street last night dismissed a claim by Alex Salmond, the first minister of Scotland, that a diplomatic deal could see the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing returned to Libya.


Kentucky native Tara Conner plans to stay in New York after her reign as Miss USA ends on March 23.


For three seasons, American Idol has put in a bravura performance as a pop-culture phenomenon. Entering its fourth season tonight (8 ET/PT), Idol brings a few changes to boost interest and ratings. "We're tweaking the middle section because we felt it was a bit imperfect," says executive producer Cecile Frot-Coutaz. But "that's pretty much it. The formula works. It's a simple and clean show."


Nokia to baptize phones by name rather than number

Nokia NOK1V.HE, the world's top   handset maker, said on Thursday it will give new phone models a   name rather than a number, following the success of rivals with   model names like RAZR and "chocolate."


U.S. Sends Home 33 Detainees From Guantanamo Bay

Thirty-three detainees who had been held at the U.S. military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were returned to their home countries over the past week, part of a government effort to reduce the facility's population to a core group of terrorism suspects who could be held indefinitely.


XM, Sirius plan seen testing U.S. antitrust limits

Sirius Satellite Radio's plan to buy  rival XM Satellite Radio will test the limits of how much  industry consolidation the business-friendly Bush  administration is willing to permit, some antitrust lawyers  say.


McConaughey, Hudson among SAG presenters

Matthew McConaughey and his two-time co-star Kate Hudson are among those set to present trophies at next week's Screen Actors Guild Awards. SAG officials said Wednesday that McConaughey and Hudson will be joined at the Jan. 27 awards ceremony by Denis Leary and Burt Reynolds, who are set to present the guild's 44th life achievement award to Charles Durning.


Online gambling firms faced their biggest-ever crisis on Monday after U.S. Congress passed legislation to end Internet gaming there, threatening jobs and wiping 3.5 billion pounds ($6.5 billion) off company values.


Safer Humvees en route to Iraq, Army says

ARLINGTON, Va. - As of Wednesday, 282 up-armored Humvees are on ships en route to the Mideast, adding to the nearly 6,000 in place, Army spokesmen said Thursday.


For school buses, how safe is safe enough?

Bus travel produces few student deaths, statistics show. But a fatal accident in Alabama revives the seat-belt debate.


Merck, the US pharmaceutical giant forced to withdraw its Vioxx painkiller last year, has seen a drop in profits and had to add to its legal reserves.


U.K.'s Beckett: Failed Iraq a great risk

A failed Iraq would pose as great a risk to international security as Afghanistan when it was controlled by the Taliban and provided a secure base for al-Qaida, Britain's foreign secretary warned Tuesday.


McCain still fighting for conservative GOP support

A party divided over his candidacy will make a victory in the general election difficult, especially if McCain faces Obama.


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A British soldier dies in a road accident involving an armoured vehicle south of Basra.


InfoWorld - SugarCRM Inc., an open-source customer relationship management (CRM) vendor, has opened a new office in Dublin to help extend its European presence.


Circuit City Stores Inc.  on Tuesday reported a 2.9 percent gain in quarterly same-store sales but its growth lagged estimates due to a calendar shift and reduced spending through August.


Vivendi posts 48-percent rise in first-half net profit

French media group Vivendi Universal has reported a 48-percent jump in net profit for the first half of 2006, to 1.8 billion euros, and confirmed its forecast of at least 16-percent growth for the full year.


Someone at Sony has wisened up and decided to add MP3 support to their new NW-HD3 player slated for release in December. "Sony is broadening support for the MP3 file format in its portable music player range.


UN official warns Iraq too violent for elections

A senior UN official has warned that Iraqi elections could not be held in the current climate of violence. Lakhdar Brahimi, a special adviser to UN secretary-general Kofi Annan


Tom Cruise's lawyer calls new book "sick stuff"

A lawyer for Tom Cruise on Monday attacked an unauthorized biography of the star, calling it "outrageous, sick stuff," even as publisher St Martin's Press defended the book.


The U.S. men's basketball team lost to Lithuania, 94-90, today at the Olympic Games.


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Shopkeepers in Europe's biggest economy have a grin on their faces _ and not only because Santa is coming to town.Comment


Basketball Pacers forward Shawne Williams was arrested on marijuana possession and other charges, the third incident in less than a year involving Indiana players. Team president Larry Bird said the organization was "extremely disappointed" by Williams's arrest. "Although the legal process needs to be followed, we will not accept Shawne putting himself in this position, regardless of innocence or guilt," ...


'Half-Life 2' Release Set for November After Delay

Vivendi Universal Games said on Tuesday it plans to ship "Half-Life 2" to retailers in November, bringing to market the eagerly anticipated PC game that has been plagued by missed launch dates and a hacker attack on its


A rocket attack caused a loud blast near the US Embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul early Friday, but no casualties were reported.


Former Guantanamo terror prisoner David Hicks remains a threat, a magistrate said Friday as he ordered restrictions on his movements after he is released from an Australian prison next week.


SEOUL Samsung Electronics announced on Monday that it would be investing 25 trillion won in new chip production lines in the next six years, a move that it expects will create 10,000 jobs.


BAGHDAD, Nov. 26 -- Gunfights broke out and mortar shells came crashing down on parts of the capital Sunday despite a three-day-old curfew and appeals for calm from Iraq's top Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish political leaders.


Day met night on the runway Friday as New York Fashion Week drew to a close.


Aspirin can help keep prostrate cancer at bay

A regular dose of aspirin or any other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can considerably reduce the risk of developing various cancers, including prostate cancer in men, a new study has revealed.


Drugs giants seek different treatments for their own ills

SOME of the biggest companies in the drug industry are shivering under an avalanche of bad news. Merck has already been hit hard by the withdrawal of Vioxx, its arthritis drug.


Digital Music Sales Grow, but at Slower Rate

Digital music, distributed online or by mobile networks, accounted for $2.9 billion in sales worldwide, up from $2.1 billion a year earlier, the industryâs international trade group said.


Growth Rate of Economy Edged Higher Over Summer

The economy picked up a little more speed during the summer quarter, but some analysts and executives expressed worries over the economy's vulnerabilities.


Captain Ordered Off UK Warship and Sent Home

Britain's defense ministry has taken the  highly unusual step of ordering a navy captain to leave his  ship and return to the UK to face an investigation.


Kendall thinks he's a great fit for Oakland

When Pittsburgh came to Oakland for an interleague series last summer, Billy Beane couldn't believe Jason Kendall was the lone catcher on the Pirates' roster.


Roma, 20:15 - VOLLEY, FIPAV: MORTE CAROLA, 1' DI RACCOGLIMENTO SUI CAMPI

Un minuto di raccoglimento prima di tutte le gare del fine settimana di A e B. CosÃ¬ la Fipav ha deci...


The Bush administration is preparing to help reunite some Cuban families with relatives already in the United States as part of a limited easing of immigration rules following Fidel Castro's handoff of power.


Lebanese crowds pay tribute at Gemayel's funeral

Tens of thousands of Lebanese choked downtown Beirut to pay tribute to assassinated Christian leader Pierre Gemayel on Thursday, turning his funeral into a show of defiance against Syria and its Hezbollah allies.


Profile: Cambodian King Nears End of Long Political Career

Cambodia's legislature has voted to allow a nine-member council to choose a successor to 81-year-old King Norodom Sihanouk, who abdicated last week.


After the controversial Terrell Owens/"Monday Night Football" skit, for which ABC later apologized, the Eagles routed the Cowboys 49-21.


Bush chiede fiducia all'America moderata

WASHINGTON â Il presidente George W. Bush ha accettato la ânominationâ della convention repubblicana alle elezioni presidenziali del 2 novembre. Chiedendo agli americani altri quattro anni alla Casa


Licking their wounds after stiff  losses, jittery investors will be looking for relief this week  in the form of reassurance that the U.S. economy will keep  growing at a moderate pace.


Walter Jones shows for practice, signs one-year deal

KIRKLAND - The long-awaited return of left tackle Walter Jones finally happened this morning at Seahawks headquarters. Jones, who has been to the past three Pro Bowls, signed his one-year tender of $7.


Family dietary coach fuels healthy eating: study

NEW YORK  - Having a nutrition coach actively coach families on how to make healthy changes in their diet appears to help parents and their children improve their nutritional intake, researchers found.


"Idol" contestant says racy photos were "personal"

Newly eliminated "American Idol"  contestant Antonella Barba said on Friday the racy photographs  that made her an Internet sensation were taken for personal use  only and released without her consent.


North Carolina junior Bobby Frasor will be out for the season after tearing a ligament in his left knee that will require surgery.


Peter Hain apologises "for any embarrassment" caused over donations but says he is to get on with his cabinet jobs.


AP: Group Discovers John the Baptist Cave

KIBBUTZ TZUBA, Israel - Archaeologists said Monday they have found a cave where they believe John the Baptist anointed many of his disciples - a huge cistern with 28 steps leading to an underground pool of water.    During an exclusive tour of the cave by The Associated Press, archaeologists presented wall carvings they said tell the story of the fiery New Testament preacher, as well as a stone they believe was used for ceremonial foot washing...


Texas oilman trial hears conversation with Saddam

Prosecutors played a tape on Wednesday of a conversation between Saddam Hussein and Texas oilman Oscar Wyatt, who is accused of paying bribes to Baghdad to win oil contracts.


Key vote delayed San Francisco's bid to work with Google and EarthLink to provide city-wide WiFi access has faced another setback, as supervisors opted to delay a key vote.â¦


Cut in promotional allowance on top brands slated for '05

CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- In a move that should effectively add a dime a pack to the cost of some top cigarette brands, Philip Morris USA is about to cut its promotional allowances.


Federated Department Stores Inc.  , the parent of Macy's and Bloomingdale's, reported  better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Tuesday.


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'WSJ', 'NYT' reviews say iPhone features overcome slow network

Blog: Walt Mossberg and David Pogue have posted their iPhone reviews after two weeks with the gadget, and despite reservations about the network speed, they like it.


PDG Environmental to Host First Quarter Conference Call on June 14

PDG Environmental, Inc. (OTC BB: PDGE), a leading provider of  environmental remediation and specialty contracting services, today  announced that it will release financial results for the first quarter  ended April 30, 2007 before the markets open on Thursday, June 14, 2007.


UK Verdict May Jeopardize Blair's Terror Policies

British Prime Minister Tony Blair's  security strategy, a central plank in his re-election bid,  looked in trouble on Friday after a landmark legal ruling  against a vital part of his anti-terror policy.


Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson wants to top their Champions League group after reaching the knockout stage by beating Dynamo Kiev.


Bud Selig, the Major League Baseball commissioner, didn't realize he was gambling when he awarded the Expos to Washington.


Amgen Posts Weak Results, but Hails Osteoporosis Drug

The biotechnology company said Thursday that its experimental osteoporosis drug proved superior to Fosamax from Merck in a clinical trial.


Hattie Irving, an 81-year old Iowan, has never participated in her state's presidential caucuses, but she plans to this time Â to support Hillary Rodham Clinton.


Study: Parents, government need to fight child obesity

WASHINGTON -- Childhood obesity has reached such epidemic proportions that it can be reversed only by a coordinated effort touching everything from new zoning laws that promote parks and sidewalks to tougher regulation of ads aimed at kids to more


Blue chips gain, broader market narrowly mixed

(NEW YORK) -- A decrease in crude oil prices boosted the blue chips, but the broader market ended the day mixed. The Dow industrials gained 11.5 points, to 10,661.


Research Planning and Reducing Vulnerabilities to Coastal Hazards

By Cammen, Leon M  In last year's Review and Forecast article for Sea Technology magazine, we presented some of the activities being undertaken by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Sea Grant College Program in response to President George W.


By Allison Bruce, Ventura County Star, Calif.  Sep. 13--LOS ANGELES -- It's all about you.    No, really. It is.    It's about money, too, of course. That's why companies are so interested  in your likes and dislikes.


Six Iraqi Officers Die In U.S. Raid Seeking Militiaman in Police

BAGHDAD, July 13 -- U.S. soldiers killed six Iraqi policemen and seven gunmen Friday during a street battle that began when the troops captured a police lieutenant accused of directing a Shiite militia group, the military said.


EU, Israel warn Morocco of terror threat

The European Union and Israel have alerted Morocco to the threat of imminent terrorist attacks and urged tighter security, a Moroccan newspaper reported Monday.


Tony Blair will start his first day back after his summer break on Labour's efforts to tackle anti-social behaviour.


Stock index futures edged up on Friday before a government report that is expected to show 70,000 jobs were created last month, while oil prices hovering near $99 a barrel kept investors on edge.


First baseball, then golf and NASCAR, and now volleyball. John Henry's appetite for sports doesn't seem to be waning.


Barbra Streisand cancels her Rome gig next month, but denies protests over high ticket prices had any bearing.


Indian Wells, 10:35 - TENNIS, ATP INDIAN WELLS: SEPPI IN TABELLONE

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Iraq's prime minister said Thursday that efforts to improve security in his country include plans to disband all militias and stop the flow of militants across the border.


MOSCOW -- The first deputy chairman of Russia's central bank died in a hospital today, hours after gunmen with automatic weapons attacked him outside a Moscow sports stadium, officials said. Andrei Kozlov, 41, a high-profile figure who was in charge of cleaning up the murky and fragmented banking system, had been shot in the chest and head. Sources close to ...


The full transcript of David Blunkett explaining why he has resigned as home secretary.


Apple Fan's Homemade Ad Goes from YouTube to Boob Tube

Apple fan Nick Haley made his own homage to the iPod Touch, posted it to YouTube -- and then got a call from Apple. Were they angry? Nooo. The were asking if they could remake his commercial and show it on prime-time television.


Andy Murray, the 20-year-old Briton who hopes to emulate his friend Novak Djokovic by climbing into the world's top five in 2008, earned some extra New Year's day celebrations by racing through his opening match in little more than an hour.


US called to account for 'disappeared' detainees

Dozens of people who have vanished after allegedly being detained by the US in counter-terror operations named in report by human rights groups.


Mantova, 22:08 - CALCIO, SERIE B: MANTOVA-LECCE A PORTE CHIUSE

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Police investigating the murder of a Glasgow pensioner interview pedestrians and motorists in the early hours.


SYDNEY, AustraliaâPrime Minister John Howard's conservative alliance handily won a fourth term in Australia's parliamentary elections yesterday, overcoming widespread anger at his decision to send troops to Iraq last year and his pledge to keep them


Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell (born Darrell Abbott) was shot dead at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, last night.


The Tory MP for Basingstoke becomes the Democratic Unionist Party's first English MP.


Global economy set for bumpy ride in 2005: EIU

The global economy is set to slow down during 2005, and this deceleration could yet turn into a full-blown slump if one of a number of potential threats take hold, a leading London-based think tank said.


Left-wing supporters of South Africa's new ANC leader Jacob Zuma appeal for unity after an acrimonious party poll.


The venerable retailer finally gets apparel and home furnishings online. Does it matter?


Starbucks customers unlikely to balk at price hike

U.S. consumers aren't going to balk  at paying an extra nickel for their daily cup of Starbucks   coffee despite high gas prices and other pressures on  their wallets, analysts said on Friday.


28 nov 19:30 Governo: Sirchia, "Fondi ai paesi poveri contro l' ...

MILANO - Il ministro della Salute Girolamo Sirchia ha dichiarato che "l'Italia ha chiesto una proroga relativa al versamento dei fondi promessi per i Paesi poveri nella lotta all'Aids".Il ministro, intervenuto all'inaugurazione del Congresso nazionale dell


Montella alla Sampdoria le novità del Calciomercato

L'aeroplanino torna in blucerchiato dopo otto anni. La Lazio sempre piÃ¹ lontana da Carrizo, mentre la Roma si avvicina a Giuly. Mourinho apre a Sheva e lo toglie dal mercato


An egg-laying mammal, named after TV naturalist Sir David Attenborough, is not extinct after all, say scientists.


Singer-songwriter Billy Joel married his fiancee, 23-year-old Kate Lee, in a ceremony Saturday at his Long Island mansion, his record label said. Joel, 55, wed Lee in a sunset wedding at his waterfront home, Newsday reported in its online editions. Columbia Records, Joel's label, announced the marriage Saturday night. A spokeswoman for Joel could not immediately be reached for comment.


Artful direction makes 'Snicket' a most fortunate event

This may not be what fans of ''A Series of Unfortunate Events" want to hear, but it's true: The inevitable Hollywood version of author Daniel Handler's poisoned kiddie-book bonbons inevitably lets


The police are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of a man found seriously injured in Belfast.


US Economy Grew at Slower Pace Than Expected

he United States economy grew more slowly in the second quarter than previously stated, as it struggled under an increasing trade deficit and a slowdown in consumer spending, the Commerce Department said in a report today.


Palestinians Vote for Successor to Arafat

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians voted on  Sunday for a successor to Yasser Arafat and were expected to  elect Mahmoud Abbas, who has promised to revive peace talks  with Israel after years of bloodshed.


Israeli forces kill four Palestinians in Gaza

GAZA CITY: At least four Palestinian were killed by Israeli troops in separate incidents Monday. Two Palestinians broke through a barrier separating Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip and were trying to


Mars says will cooperate in U.S. chocolate probe

Mars Candy said it was cooperating with a Justice Department inquiry into possible chocolate price fixing but other candy companies said they had not been contacted about a federal probe.


Labor May Tell Democrats Ã¢ÂÂPlease DonÃ¢ÂÂt Come to DenverÃ¢ÂÂ Over GovÃ¢ÂÂs Veto

The national AFL-CIO is warning that it could pull its support for Denver as the site of the 2008 Democratic presidential convention because of a legislative dispute with Colorado Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter Jr.


Storm-tossed counties to head back to school

That's what happened to Charlotte High School because of Hurricane Charley. A complex with 2,200 students, slightly bigger than Tallahassee's largest high school, was demolished Aug. 13 by ferocious


Saudi Arabia Arrests Five for Spreading 'Extremism'

Saudi Arabia has detained five people suspected of spreading Islamic militant ideology in the kingdom, which is battling an 18-month wave of al Qaeda violence, the Interior Ministry said Saturday.


For a guy who would have preferred to see the SkyDome lid closed, Noel Prefontaine did a fine job of putting the boot to the football yesterday in the chilly, open air of the topless stadium.


US security depends on policy, not Bush or Kerry: bin Laden tape

Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden told the American people that their security is not in the hands of either George W. Bush or his Democratic challenger John Kerry, but depends on US policy, in a video aired by Al-Jazeera TV.


The ashes of legendary actor Marlon Brando were spread in Tahiti and Death Valley, according to a newspaper report.


Rocker Mike Peters, who is fighting cancer, braves the weather to sing for charity on Wales' highest mountain.


Afghans begin voting under shadow of Taliban threat

Afghans braved threats of Taliban attacks to begin voting today in a historic presidential election that they hope will mark the beginning of the end to a quarter century of conflict.


GM and Ford sales fell in October as the two largest automakers cut incentives. Sales rose at Chrysler and Toyota, helped by new models.


Mazda Motor Corp. posted a 7.5 percent rise in quarterly profit on Thursday, powered by the yen's slide and increased exports to North America and Europe, and tweaked its annual forecasts to account for a softer yen and slower growth in vehicle sales.


Israel, Palestinians Revive Diplomacy, Eye Summit

Israel and the Palestinians ended a  nearly two-year freeze in high-level diplomatic contacts  Wednesday and agreed to prepare for a first summit between  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and President Mahmoud Abbas.


Rumsfeld: Pullout Not Likely Before Vote

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq - The United States may be able to reduce its troop levels in Iraq after the January elections if security improves and Iraqi government forces continue to expand and improve, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday...


BoSox Lead Yankees 4-2 After Eight Innings

Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, left, tends to his right ankle during the third inning of game 6 of the ALCS against the New York Yankees Tuesday, Oct. 19.


Hoping a Wider Highway Can Save Their Livelihoods

Residents of northern Montana believe the project would stave off population decline and spur community growth.


Charlotte Bobcats Team Report - November 14

(Sports Network) - Charlotte fell to 1-4 on the year with a 103-87 loss to the previously winless Golden State Warriors on Saturday night.


THE new Prime Minister of military-ruled Myanmar was behind an attack on opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her convoy last year, the United States charged yesterday, amid calls for UN Security Council action against the South-east Asian nation.


A Divide as Wolves Rebound in a Changing West

The gray wolves of the West are about to step out onto the high wire of life in the real world, when their status as endangered animals formally comes to an end early this year.


US Senate confirms Porter Goss as CIA head

The US Senate confirmed Representative Porter Goss, who led efforts in Congress to reform intelligence-gathering, as head of the Central Intelligence Agency for which he once worked as a spy.


Help can't arrive quickly enough for millions affected by Asian ...

BANGKOK - With the staggering numbers of dead and injured from the tsunami that struck South and Southeast Asia last weekend continuing to rise, the tragedy is quickly turning into one of the worst natural disasters in modern history.


Ablynx and Genencor Form Oncology Collaboration

Ablynx, a pioneer in the discovery and development of Nanobodies(TM), a new class of therapeutic antibodies, today announced that it has entered into an oncology drug discovery collaboration with Genencor ...


The trial of an Afghan man charged with torture and kidnapping in Afghanistan begins at the Old Bailey on Friday.


The merger between AT&T Wireless and Cingular Wireless will become more visible today as the Atlanta-based carrier rolls out a holiday ad campaign and transforms AT&T Wireless retail stores to the Cingular brand.


Pakistan, India to intensify peace search: Absence of rancour at ...

NEW DELHI, Sept 6: The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan ended a landmark meeting here on Monday, agreeing to intensify their search for durable peace in South Asia , and, while they aired


The dismissal of charges against 13 defendants from the accounting firm is a defeat for prosecutors in a long-running case.


Albemarle to Raise Prices of Brominated Flame Retardant

BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 21  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Albemarle Corporation , the world's leading manufacturer of flame retardants, will increase the global prices of SAYTEX(R) RB-49 flame retardant by up to 10 percent effective October 1, 2006, or as contracts allow.


The first trappings of fall aren't crunching leaves or a chill in the air — they're the brown, plum, wine and rust fabrics that designers Kenneth Cole, Jerry Kaye for Perry Ellis and John Bartlett previewed Friday, the opening day of New York Fashion Week.


Only a handful of parishioners at St. Francis of Assisi Church on Union Street shook hands with their neighbors to exchange the "sign of peace" and later sipped wine from a


The dollar held near a two-month high  against the euro on Wednesday, supported by data that showed  capital flows into the United States in November were more than  enough to fund its huge trade deficit.


Doctors want more study on overuse of video games

CHICAGO - The American Medical Association called  for more research into the public health risks of video and  Internet games on Wednesday but stopped short of declaring them  addictive.


Iran's atomic negotiator Larijani resigns

Ali Larijani, who has fronted Tehran's efforts to defuse an atomic row with the West, has resigned as Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, the government's spokesman said on Saturday.


A Soyuz capsule carrying a U.S.-Russian crew back to Earth following six months at the international space station hurtled through the Earth's atmosphere and landed safely and on target in Kazakhstan Saturday evening.


Russia Welcomes Georgian Troops'Pullout from South Ossetia

In its statement issued on August 20 Russian Foreign Ministry welcomed Georgia's decision to pull out its extra troops from the South Ossetian conflict zone.


Nielsen Tells TV Clients It Is Working on Ending Delays in Ratings

The television business has about $60 billion a year in advertising revenue that is based on the ratings provided by Nielsen.


Billionaire Wilbur Ross is in serious  talks to take over Ambac Financial Group Inc , according  to a media report, but broader efforts to rescue the sector  will take some time, a New York state regulator said on  Thursday.


U.S. and Iraqi forces detained Iraq's deputy health minister on Thursday, a senior member of a radical Shi'ite political group, in the first major sign that a security crackdown in Baghdad was under way.


The cellulosic ethanol roadmap from Mascoma's CEO

Improving the microbes and building expensive factories are two of the hurdles awaiting the cellulosic ethanol industry.


THESSALONIKI, Greece - With Abby Wambach out with a suspension after receiving two yellow cards Sunday against Brazil, the US soccer team came together and grabbed the lead early in their game against Australia on Tuesday afternoon.


Il premier: 'accordo raggiunto tra governo e sindacati'


Jobless claims rise 3,000 in latest week

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rose a slightly less-than-expected 3,000 last week, a government report showed on Thursday, but remained at levels indicative of a healthy job market.


It used to be the case that the number of expatriates sent to India for work would pale in comparison to those in Singapore or Hong Kong. That's changing now however because of the growing number of opportunities in the fast growing nation. Salaries in India are rising quickly to attract the best talent for top jobs - and are now are on par with salaries in other parts of the world as our Mumbai Business Correspondent Karishma Vaswani reports.


Zanzibar Urges Hoteliers to Help Protect Environment

Zanzibar urges hoteliers to help protect environment    DAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- The government of Zanzibar on Friday urged hotel owners to help protect local environment by setting up garbage incinerators and waste water treatment facilities.


Kenyan police fight opposition protesters

KISUMU, Kenya  - Kenyan police fired in the air and used tear gas as hundreds of opposition protesters took to the streets on Wednesday in defiance of a ban on rallies against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election.


Got the Seven-Year Yawn? Try Creams, Pills and Gadgets

Bold on the surface, squeamish underneath and utterly lacking in erotic warmth, "Unscrewed" could well perpetuate the very dysfunction it purports to address so fearlessly.


Ghana's President Wins Four More Years in Office

Ghana's President John Kufuor won a second and final four-year mandate in the world's number two cocoa grower on Thursday after taking more than half the votes in the first round of a presidential poll.


A gunman who took four bank employees hostage with an air rifle Monday morning was fatally shot by a SWAT team as he walked out of the bank with his gun drawn, police said. None of the hostages was injured.


Verizon strikes deal to carry public TV stations

Verizon Communications  said  on Friday it has struck a multiyear deal for its new  subscription television service to carry a wide range of  programming from public television stations.


The Bush administration announced Thursday it would provide US refineries with "limited quantities" of crude oil from the nation's emergency stockpile to help offset supply


NASA is set to release results of an internal investigation into whether a couple of astronauts were drinking heavily just before launch, but no one expects new details to emerge.


Thousands reject U.K. Iraq troop pullout

Thousands of anti-war protesters converged on London Saturday, calling on Prime Minister Tony Blair to withdraw all of Britain's troops from Iraq and voicing fears over a potential conflict with Iran.


Strains on the I.R.S. Could Delay Rebate Checks for Months

President Bushâs plan to send payments to 117 million households to stimulate the economy will require a host of technical rules to determine who ultimately collects the benefits.


"Rocky" will move to Philadelphia Art Museum steps

A statue of fictional boxer Rocky  Balboa will be moved to the Philadelphia Art Museum steps,  where the movie character played by Sylvester Stallone ran  while training for a fight, officials said on Wednesday.


Pope John Paul II has spoken out against attacks on Iraq's Christian community after the bombing of two churches in the northern city of Mosul.


Israel: West Bank roadblocks will remain

Israel's network of roadblocks will remain in place across the West Bank, the defense minister said Tuesday, sparking an outcry from Palestinians who say they cannot rebuild their economy until people and goods move freely.


GLASGOW, Scotland -- Berti Vogts will continue as Scotland manager after the Scottish FA called off a board meeting that had been scheduled to discuss his future.


Philip Morris to invest $200M in Cabarrus plant

Philip Morris USA will invest $200 million in the next three years to upgrade its cigarette plant in Cabarrus County, Gov. Mike Easley announced Tuesday.


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


Putin proving to be master of 'soft imperialism'

President Vladimir Putin is not subtle. As the presidential campaign came to a head late last month in Ukraine, a country once dominated by Russia's czars and commissars but now free to choose its own way, ...


US FDA Warns Chiron Over UK Flu Vaccine Plant

US health regulators sent a warning letter to Chiron Corp. detailing manufacturing violations at a British flu vaccine plant and demanding more information on plans to


The Claim: Menstrual Cycles Can Synchronize Over Time

The idea that women who live together menstruate together dates at least to 1971.


Layoffs at Yahoo likely to come next Tuesday

A rumor brought to light this morning by notorious financial insider and blogger Henry Blodget may this time be true, as Yahoo's response appears to warn of bad news ahead in its next restructuring move.


Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor is enjoying the film festival in Goa.


Neighborhood America to Address the Evolution of Social Networking

Neighborhood America today announced that Dan Miller, vice president of  Mobile Solutions, will address the evolution of social networking on  June 13 at Digital Hollywood Spring 2007 in Los Angeles.


A woman hostage gets off a hijacked bus as special police forces surround it in eastern Athens Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004. A Greek public bus with about 26 people aboard was hijacked and shots were fired at police.


Alley Broussard ran for a career-high three touchdowns in the first 17 minutes and No. 13 LSU held Mississippi State to seven first downs and 130 yards in a 51-0 victory Saturday.


A new nuclear pact awaiting President Bush's signature will allow civilian nuclear fuel and know-how to be shipped to India, setting up a major shift in U.S. policy as Washington tries to deepen ties with a democratic Asian power.


WASHINGTON -- Dozens of poor and minority pregnant women were put at risk when they were given dummy pills instead of a drug believed to prevent outbreaks of genital herpes, consumer watchdogs charged Friday.


New Hampshire residents likely to vote in the Republican presidential primary a year from now think more highly of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani than any of his rivals, a poll released Tuesday shows.


Baseball Officials Reject D.C.'s Changes in Deal

The president of MLB called the District's legislation for a new stadium "wholly unacceptable" and halted all business and promotional activities for the Nationals until further notice.


Brother Ray Is Gone But Still on Our Minds

LOS ANGELES  - The man is gone, but the  voice is lingering on.


Morgan Stanley, Pfizer turning to corporate Web 2.0 tools

Executives at Morgan Stanley and Pfizer explain how their companies are starting to use Web 2.0 tools to improve communication among workers and with customers.


TiVo, Netflix team to deliver Internet video-on-demand

TiVo and Netflix said Thursday that they plan to challenge cable operators and video retailers by launching a video-on-demand service in 2005 that will deliver movies to consumers via the Internet.


Israel agrees to free about 90 Palestinian prisoners

Israel agreed on Sunday to free about another 90 Palestinian prisoners to try to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood, officials said.


Qantas says orders 12 Bombardier Q400 planes

Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd   said on Monday it had ordered an additional 12 Bombardier Inc  (BBDb.TO) Q400 aircraft in a A$400 million ($357 million) deal.


Most people would contribute towards the costs of long-term care but want a fairer system, a report shows.


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

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


Elderly men with abnormal red blood counts have more risk of dying after surgery, a study claims.


Reggae star Sizzla refuses to apologise for the "anti-gay" lyrics which led to his UK tour being cancelled.


Microsoft Sets Licensing Policy for New Chips

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday agreed to require only a single license for server software that runs on computers powered by a new generation of chips


Royal Dutch/Shell Group unveiled another, bigger-than-expected, cut in oil reserves on Thursday but tempered the news by announcing record profits and plans for higher dividends and share buybacks.


U.S. Recession May Benefit Indian Outsourcers

Economic uncertainty prompts companies to delay contracts, but may soon benefit outsource services.


At least six people die as a bomb explodes on a minibus in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Iraqi officials say.


Northern Ireland has experienced its wettest June in nearly 50 years.


Abusi su ragazza, c'e' anche filmato fatto con videofonino


Former President Bill Clinton and  Sen. John Kerry ganged up on President Bush on the campaign  trail on Monday, with Clinton warning Bush wants to scare  voters and Kerry slamming Bush's "incompetence" in not  protecting tons of missing explosives in Iraq.


U.S. to Free 'Enemy Combatant,' Bowing to Supreme Court Ruling

Yaser E. Hamdi, a U.S. citizen captured in Afghanistan, will be freed and allowed to return to Saudi Arabia in the next few days.


Former Gov. Mitt Romney had enough goodwill left among fellow Massachusetts Republicans to carry him past rival John McCain, while the race between Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton was too close to call.


Nokia says to provide HSDPA modules for Intel

Mobile technology firm Nokia  (NOK1V.HE) said on Thursday it had developed an HSDPA (High  Speed Downlink Packet Access) module for notebook computers  which Intel Corp.  will provide to manufacturers.


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Incidenti al termine della partita di C1 Giulianova-Foggia. Alcuni scontri si sono registrati tra la...


MOSCOW. Dec. 23 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the United States and the European Union of employing "double standards" in disputing the results of last month's Ukrainian presidential elections.


Athletics: From Tears Of Joy To Eight Year Ban For Collins

After her 22.31 victory in the 200 meter semi-finals at the 2003 World Indoor Championships, the first of two national records she would set in as many days, Michelle Collins was fighting back tears.


Sudanese government, southern rebels complete talks on cease-fire ...

Sudanese government and rebel negotiators have resolved differences that delayed the signing of a permanent cease-fire deal and


ONDATA DI ATTENTATI CONTRO CHIESE BAGHDAD, NESSUN FERITO

(AGI) - Baghdad, 16 ott. - Cristiani nel mirino a Baghdad: una serie di attentati coordinati ha danneggiato nella notte cinque chiese della capitale irachena, senza provocare vittime. E al mattino un colpo


Taxi Driver In London Acquitted in Terror Case

LONDON, Aug. 29 -- An Iraqi taxi driver, accused of helping make two videos of London landmarks that terrorists could use to carry out an attack in the capital, was acquitted Tuesday.


The Phoenix Suns put in another plodding, cold-shooting performance without the injured Steve Nash, extending their losing streak to five games with an 88-79 loss to the visiting Memphis Grizzlies last night.


Russian President Vladimir Putin heads to the US for talks with President Bush aimed at easing tense ties.


Strong quake rocks Central America, buildings sway

A powerful earthquake rattled Guatemala and El Salvador on Wednesday and forced the evacuation of some buildings but there were no reports of casualties.


Putin rules out talks with Chechen separatists

Russian President Vladimir Putin denies a link between Russia's policies in Chechnya and the tragedy in Beslan. Britain's Guardian newspaper said Putin is again rejecting calls for negotiations with Chechen rebel representatives.


Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko ordered extra troops to the capital on Saturday as he haggled with his main rival over a date for parliamentary elections amid a protracted political crisis.


A dispute develops in Sri Lanka over whether the government has given enough aid to tsunami-hit Tamil areas.


Nuove Br: 15 arresti Amato: 'Sventato attentato'

Gli obiettivi: un progetto per far rinascere le Brigate Rosse nel Nord Italia. Berlusconi e Ichino fra gli obiettivi. Di' la tua


BAGHDAD - Iraqi militants threatened to kill an Australian journalist and interrogated him for more than 20 hours after kidnapping him outside a Baghdad hotel.


About 22.4 million doses of Aventis Pasteur flu vaccine that have not been shipped to customers will be redirected to public health departments, nursing homes and veterans hospitals to serve those most at risk, health officials said Tuesday.


Using a $2.7 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Public Theater is starting a play series with its resident LAByrinth Theater Company. As part of the series, a new play, in a development stage somewhere between a staged reading and a full-blown production, will be put on every month, and hereâs the kicker: All tickets will be $10. This is not just for up-and-coming playwrights; most writers in the first series have already up and come. The series begins on Feb. 4 with âMom, How Did You Meet the Beatles?â by Adam P. Kennedy and Adrienne Kennedy. Other writers in the series include Naomi Wallace, John Belluso, Tracey Scott Wilson and the musical-writing team of Steve Cosson and Michael Friedman. The LAByrinthâs previously announced âPenalties and Interestâ by Rebecca Cohen and âSweet Stormâ by Scott Hudson will round out the series in June.


A former juvenile boot camp nurse made an initial court appearance Wednesday and was free on bond, a day after she and seven guards were arrested in the death a 14-year-old detainee.


A Love Letter to Putin (but Itâs Not Addressed to Him)

The title of a new Russian movie might well be âLove Story: The Putin Chronicles,â yet the producer is curiously adamant that it has nothing to do with Vladimir V. Putin and his wife.


Aging Pope John Paul lights peace candle, celebrates midnight mass

Pope John Paul ushered in Christmas on Friday by lighting a candle for peace in his window and then celebrating midnight mass in a new test of the 84-year-old pontiff's frail health.


Bush tells Europeans he wants to shut Guantanamo

President George W. Bush, seeking to  reassure Europeans over the treatment of prisoners at  Guantanamo Bay, said on Wednesday that he wanted eventually to  shut the prison and send inmates back to their home countries.


I primi effetti dei "patti per la sicurezza": per ottenere ilbeneficio basta la segnalazione fatta da associazioni e Comuni                                          "Permesso subito alle schiave del sesso" Amato: darlo a chi abbandona gli sfruttatori                                                                                di ALBERTO CUSTODERO


MOBILE phone maker SonyEricsson reported a tripling in quarterly pre-tax profits yesterday as it benefited from an upsurge in demand for its camera phones.


NOW was the worst possible time to elect a Labor government given world economic conditions, Prime Minister John Howard said today.


Serbia will offer near complete autonomy to Kosovo during the first face-to-face negotiations with rival ethnic Albanians in New York later this week, a Serbian official said Monday.


The New York Film Festival, 42 years in the running, continues to command respect as a showcase for eminent filmmakers and up-and-coming masters.


Women who were counting on Procter and Gambleâs new drug, Intrinsa, to spice up their sex lives will have to wait a little longer.


GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Sept. 7, 2004 - Israeli helicopters attacked a Hamas training camp early Tuesday, killing at least 14 militants and wounding 30 others in one of the deadliest airstrikes since fighting broke out four years ago.


As prices on cell phones continue to fall year after year, Nokia is bulking up its services in an attempt to keep customers loyal and generate new revenue streams for itself.


Tom Cruise and Oprah Winfrey will co-host the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo


Vodafone, Essar make an uneasy partnership

InfoWorld - India's Essar Group will remain as a key shareholder in Indian mobile services provider Hutchison Essar, but will likely negotiate stronger minority shareholder rights with Vodafone Group, which Sunday announced it was acquiring a controlling 67 percent stake in the company.


New Orleans area reelects congressman under probe

New Orleans area U.S. Rep. William  Jefferson won a ninth term to Congress in a surprising  landslide on Saturday as loyal black voters shrugged off a  federal bribery investigation into $90,000 found in his  freezer.


An expert has warned that landslides such as those seen this week in Perthshire and north Cornwall are set to become more common.


A look at some of this weekâs major business events coming this week.


Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: Western diplomats downplayed on Tuesday fears of an exodus of expatriates from the kingdom, as the United States reiterated a warning to its citizens to shun Saudi Arabia after a brazen attack on its consulate in Jeddah.


Ivorian warring sides agree to four peace proposals: Mbeki

All sides in Cote d'Iviore's conflict have agreed to four proposals to revive a long-stalled peace plan, South African President Thabo Mbeki said here Monday.


Depp scares Rickman with razors in Sweeny Todd

Actor Johnny Depp is afraid British actor Alan Rickman  will not want to work with him again. He is sure Alan had an awful time when Depp had to hold razors at his throat in the musical Sweeny Todd


Two more men lose their lives in separate traffic accidents on the roads of Northern Ireland.


A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday ordered ex-Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling to begin serving immediately a 24-year prison sentence after a one-day reprieve, according to court documents.


IBM and Honeywell International are teaming up in a 10-year engineering and technology services deal that covers the design and development of electronics for aircraft, munitions and vehicles.


Chinese Police Patrol After Deadly Riots

Chinese paramilitary police stand guard near a bridge leading to the town of Langchenggang in China's Henan province Monday Nov. 1, 2004.


U.N. Asks if World Has the Will to Stop Genocide

If the world had listened to the  horrors of the Nazi death camps, perhaps genocide in Cambodia,  Bosnia and Rwanda could have been avoided, speakers told the  first-ever U.N. General Assembly session on the Holocaust of  World War II.


Tokyo stocks are expected to open higher   on Tuesday, extending the previous session's 1.4 percent rally   following a rise in European shares and a drop in the price of   crude oil.


SAN FRANCISCO - IBM Corp. will spend more than $1 million to help fund a Linux technology center in Brazil. The center, created in conjunction with the Brazilian government, aims to train 700 public service professionals on the use of Linux by year's end.


Police probe 'suspicious' death of Georgian tycoon

British police launched a major investigation Wednesday into the "suspicious" death of a wealthy Georgian opposition leader accused of fomenting a coup in the ex-Soviet republic.


Sleep Troubles Can Jeopardize Alcoholics' Rehab

NEW YORK  - One reason that alcoholics may  find it hard to quit drinking is that alcohol can help them  fall asleep, and giving it up may disrupt their sleep for many  months, according to preliminary study findings reported this  week.


China blames differing standards for safety scares

China on Monday blamed differing national standards, misleading statistics and lack of communication for some of the product safety scares that have alarmed foreign consumers, promising to punish manufacturers who flout rules.


SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Intel cut its third-quarter revenue estimates Thursday, providing the latest sign of the economy's doldrums.


Ministers are expected to go ahead with airport expansion plans despite opposition from environmentalists.


One scientist is sounding fairly sure there'll be a small eruption at Mount St. Helens in the next few days -- putting the chances at 70 percent.


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Antonio Conte è amareggiato dopo la vittoria sul Treviso che non è bastata a garantire...


Despite public safety campaigns, reflectors in limited use

Despite public safety campaigns and the huge number of fatalities on Latvia's roads, few people use reflectors and have no information about the possibilities to obtain them, Minister of Interior Eriks ...


Basque's parliament approved a proposal for virtual independence from Spain, with last-minute support from a formerly banned party seen as the political wing of the Basque separatist group ETA.


France's economy minister said Societe Generale, reeling from losses blamed on a rogue trader, is a bank in crisis and may need to ditch its chairman.


Investigation launched into chicken cancer scare

An investigation has been launched into how a banned antibiotic which increases the risk of cancer was found in organic chicken processed at a Northern Ireland factory.


India's central bank keeps interest rates on hold, saying inflation is still the main threat.


Palm, Motorola seen most hurt by iPhone price cut

Apple Inc's  hefty iPhone  price cut pits it in direct competition with handsets from  Motorola Inc  and Palm Inc , which are  struggling to convince Wall Street they can turn around their  aging brands.


Charlton, Spurs linked with sacked Chelsea striker Mutu

The Telegraph says Mutu is in rehabilitation and if he comes through that successfully, the Romanian international will be free to join another club next year.


IBM Offers Companies Monthly Security Report Service

Experts will rate potential severity of business security threats.


Ilitch says he'll be aggressive in seeking top players

One winter of big spending brought the Detroit Tigers back from one of the worst seasons in baseball history. Now owner Mike Ilitch suggests that he's planning a repeat performance.


Britain unveils private buyout plan for Northern Rock

The British government on Monday unveiled plans to keep Northern Rock, the bank severely damaged by the squeeze on global credit, in the private sector.


Opec to cool crude boil with additional gallons

: Opec on Wednesday lifted oil supply quotas by one million barrels a day, 4 per cent, in a renewed bid to force down stubbornly high world crude prices.


New banknotes, including a 10 million dollar bill, will go into circulation in inflation-ravaged Zimbabwe this week, the central bank's governor said on Wednesday.


Wife of Enron Founder Under Investigation

The wife of Enron founder Kenneth Lay is under federal investigation for possible insider trading because she arranged for the Lay family foundation to sell half a million shares of Enron Corp.


CuriositÃ  : Norvegia, sale a bordo di un aereo con un'ascia e ...

Sono stati momenti di vero terrore quelli vissuti dai passeggeri e dall'equipaggio di un aereo norvegese. Un uomo, dopo esser riuscito a salire a bordo di un aereo con un'ascia ha aggredito un passeggero ei 2 piloti.


NL Wrap: Lamb on Fire as Astros Roast Slumping Pirates

Mike Lamb homered, drove in four runs and had four hits as the streaking Houston Astros beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-5 in National League play at Minute Maid Park Sunday, their ninth straight victory.


U.S. Bombs Suspected Militant Hide-Out in Falluja

FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. aircraft carried out a third  set of airstrikes on the rebel Iraqi stronghold of Falluja  overnight, targeting a meeting of suspected militants loyal to  Jordanian mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.


Senior Taliban figure killed in Pakistan

Pakistani security forces killed a top figure in the Taliban militia fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan and captured four other militants Monday, a military official said.


Here's a quote from The Worm before the run: "Just because Kiki's my friend, he doesn't have to give me this opportunity.


Shuttle's Spring 2005 Launch Date Delayed

HOUSTON Oct. 2, 2004 - The first shuttle flight since the Columbia tragedy has been pushed back by NASA because hurricane damage and implementation of new safety measures made a spring 2005 launch "no longer achievable.


Giants' Super Bowl upset lifts layoff-worried N.Y.C.

Mayor Bloomberg views the team's victory as a way to unite the city.


'Dog' Chapman released from ankle bracelet

TV reality star Duane "Dog" Chapman, out on bail while international criminal charges are pending, had his electronic monitoring ankle bracelet removed Thursday for a trip to New York.