MountainWest RubyConf 2008, it's getting close and it's looking good

Planning and carrying off a hackers conference is an interesting process.  We learned a lot last year as we ran the 2007 MountainWest RubyConf, hopefully we’re able to put some of that experience to good use as we come up on the 2008 MountainWest RubyConf.read more


All I Want for Christmas Is a $10 Million Zeppelin

Baby Boomers, this Christmas season unleash your inner child and empty your bankbook with jewel-encrusted Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head toys at $16,000 a pair.


NEW YORK - As President Bush prepared to accept the Republican nomination for a second term, Vice President Dick Cheney portrayed his boss as a decisive commander in chief. "He doesn't waffle, he doesn't agonize," Cheney said Thursday...


Motorola Considering Realignment of Businesses

Motorola said it is exploring a realignment of its businesses to boost its struggling cellphone unit, which has fallen on hard times after a two-year run of success with the Razr.


Tanti gli appuntamenti questo week end in Italia


The Federal Trade Committee has filed a complaint in federal court asking that two Internet advertising and software firms be shut down. The FTC made the filing last Thursday and will hold a press conference on the matter tomorrow.


Leader Carroccio: la gente ne ha le scatole piene


Madrid, 09:35 - CALCIO, MARCA: PROCURATORE CHIVU GIA' PAGATO DA INTER

Secondo il quotidiano sportivo spagnolo 'Marca', il procuratore di Christian Chivu, Giovanni Becali,...


Corruption Charges Dismissed Against Zuma

JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 20--A South African judge dismissed corruption charges on Wednesday against the nation's controversial former deputy president, Jacob Zuma. The decision was another victory in a remarkable political comeback by Zuma that his supporters hope will lead him to the presidency in...


Shampoo Ingredient Kills Rats' Brain Cells

Experiments with the brain cells of rats show that contact with an ingredient found in shampoos, hand lotions and paint causes neurons to die.


Actress King charged up for killer thriller

Actress Jaime King, who  turned to film in such projects as "Sin City and "Pearl  Harbor," is starring in "The Pardon," an indie period drama  based on true events.


Israeli helicopters attack targets in Gaza

Hours after a deadly tunnel blast by militants in Gaza killed five Israeli soldiers, Israeli helicopters early Monday fired at two metal workshops in Gaza City, suspected of making weapons.


Markets end lower on signs of weakening consumer

Stocks fell sharply on Friday, capping a third straight weekly decline, on a warning by American Express Co  of mounting credit-card defaults and a slowdown in consumer spending.


Scores of bodies pulled from Brazil plane wreck

Rescue workers in Brazil pulled burned bodies from smoking wreckage and collapsed buildings on Wednesday after about 200 people were killed in the country's worst air disaster.


THE Group of 20 finance chiefs agreed yesterday that "abrupt changes" in foreign exchange rates and oil prices were unwelcome but showed no appetite for intervention to strengthen the US currency.


A Swiss court prosecutes a Turkish politician for "genocide denial" over the killings of Armenians in Turkey in 1915.


Ousted NY GC Pleads Guilty to Securities Fraud

The former general counsel of Computer Associates, Steven Woghin, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and obstruction of justice yesterday.


Global web privacy rules needed in 5 years: Google

National regulators need to agree on a  basic set of global privacy protections for the Internet within  the next five years, a senior official with web searcher Google  said on Monday.


Oil prices raced to fresh highs on  Friday, carrying U.S. crude over $49 a barrel, driven by  escalating violence in Iraq and unabated fuel demand growth  from China and India.


Iran 'won't negotiate' with EU on uranium

TEHERAN - Iran on Tuesday said it would not negotiate with the European Union over a halt to uranium enrichment, just as an inspection team from the United Nations nuclear watchdog arrived in the country.


s'Hertogenbosch, 14:59 - TENNIS, ATP S'HERTOGENBOSCH: BENNETEAU-LJUBICIC IN SEMIFINALE

Julien Benneteau ed Ivan Ljubicic hannpo conquisatato le semifinali del torneo Atp di S'Hertogenbosc...


Depleted Croatia wait on young blood Cilic

In December 2005, it looked like a fairy  tale. Croatia had won their first Davis Cup title and had four  top-class players in the ranks.


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Ticketmaster and iTunes have teamed up to offer iTunes customers âA Summer of Free Music.â When you purchase a concert ticket from Ticketmaster.com for any show scheduled between Memorial Day (5/28) and Labor Day (7/03), youâll receive an electronic redemption code you can use to download a song of your choice from iTunes. Ticket buyers also receive a 10-song digital sampler showcasing the work of hand-picked artists.


Furor Continues Over Specter Comments on Nominees

Several influential conservative Republicans indicated yesterday that Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), who is in line to become chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee next year, has not succeeded


(Commerce Department corrects the average import duty from China ...

The US Commerce Department imposed duties of as much as 113 percent on shrimp from China and 26 percent on those from Vietnam, siding with American harvesters and processors


InfoWorld - Just a few days after the introduction of a search engine that works primarily using human labor, Google says, "Me too."


The chants follow Albert Pujols every time he steps into the batter's box at Busch Stadium, where he is the most beloved member of a Cardinals team that is feverishly adored by its fans.


MOSCOW - A top Russian general on Wednesday warned the military will strike "terrorist bases in any region of the world," while authorities offered a $10.3 million reward for information leading to two Chechen rebel leaders blamed for last week's deadly raid on a school.    In a nationally televised meeting, Prosecutor-General Vladimir Ustinov also briefed President Vladimir Putin on the investigation into the taking of more than 1,200 hostages in a school last week in the southern Russian town of Beslan...


Tokyo stocks slipped on Thursday as  exporters such as Sony Corp. and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. succumbed  to the weakness of the dollar against the yen and gave up some  of their gains of the previous three sessions.


The Motion Picture Association of America announced yesterday that it would shortly be following in the footsteps of the music industry and suing people who have illegally traded digital copies of films over the internet.


Drug Firms Offer Saving Card for Uninsured

Top pharmaceutical companies  launched a new prescription drug savings card on Tuesday in an  attempt to help reduce costs for the roughly 45 million  Americans without health insurance.


SpaceShipOne Readies for $10 Mln X Prize Flight

A privately built rocket plane will try to blast out of the atmosphere over the Mojave Desert on Monday for the second time in less than a week to win a $10 million prize for the first commercially viable manned spacecraft.


Serbian title bid continues at U.S. Open

Serbia's bid to win a first grand-slam title, Rafael Nadal's battle to overcome knee problems and the performance of the Williams sisters will dominate Friday's program at the U.S. Open.


Chinese Officials in Taiwan for Landmark Visit

Two senior Chinese officials arrived in Taipei on Tuesday to attend the funeral of the island's top negotiator with the mainland, Koo Chen-fu, amid signs that tension is easing between the longtime foes.


Family of missing UK girl plans ad blitz

The family of a 4-year-old British girl missing in Portugal said Saturday it was planning a $160,000 advertising campaign urging people to keep looking for the child, whose parents have been named suspects in the disappearance.


The government declared a 60-day state of emergency throughout most of the country Sunday, as US and Iraqi forces prepared for an expected all-out assault on rebels in Fallujah.


Mobile Phone Firms Link for New High-Speed Standard

Leading wireless carriers and telecoms equipment makers have agreed to develop an advanced mobile phone standard capable of sending high-resolution video in an instant, Japan's NTT DoCoMo said on Friday.


Stop dal 10 luglio se Governo non rinnova contratto


British singer Marc Almond critically injured in bike crash

British pop singer Marc Almond, best known for the song "Tainted Love", a global hit for his band Soft Cell in 1981, has been critically injured in a motorbike crash.


Analisti: ammonterebbero a 8 miliardi di dollari


Germany sends three planes to Sudan's troubled Darfur region to help deploy more African Union troops.


Break-In At Berkeley May Have Compromised Data Of 1.4 Million ...

State officials say it's not clear if names and Social Security numbers were accessed or stolen but urge individuals to take precautions against identity theft.


Heather Mills' father says he expects her to leave the UK after her divorce from Sir Paul McCartney.


Bomb in Thai Southern Province Injures 19 People, AFP Says

A bomb in the Thai southern province of Narathiwat injured at least 19 soldiers, police and villagers, Agence France-Presse reported, citing unidentified police.


In a spot similar to Game 7 of last season's American League Championship Series, Pedro MartÃnez got another chance Friday night. Again, he failed.


Sottosegretario valuta possibile candidatura al vertice


Court Hits 'Spam' Envelope-Stuffing Scam

A U.S. court has temporarily shut  down an operation that used "spam" e-mail to drum up customers  for a fraudulent work-at-home scheme, the U.S. Federal Trade  Commission said on Tuesday.


UK Develops Cheap Child Vaccine for World's Poor

British scientists have developed a new  way of storing childhood vaccines without refrigeration in a  move that could slash costs and increase access to life-savings  shots in poor countries.


Stop milking same old cow Advice from Microsoft on designing useful and uncomplicated software? Now, there's a novel idea.â¦


Logan lands another nonstop to Europe: This time Madrid

Logan International Airport officials said yesterday they have landed a third nonstop flight to Europe in May, with five times a week service to Madrid aboard Spanish national airline Iberia.


Congress backs stimulus for stressed US economy

The US House of Representatives approved an amended giant economic stimulus plan Thursday which had been sought by President George W. Bush amid fears the economy is sliding into a recession.


EBRD chief Lemierre to meet Finnish political and business leadership

President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Jean Lemierre is to meet top Finnish government representatives and business chiefs during his two-day Finland visit, which began on Monday.


Man sues MS after FBI uncovers smut surfing habits

Respect my privacy, sobs bomb-making suspect A US man awaiting trial on firearms offences is suing Microsoft after FBI technicians found self-made sex videos and evidence that he frequented porn sites on his PC.â¦


The state elections board certified nearly all results from the Nov. 2 election on Tuesday, but withheld approval of the outcome of two statewide races that are the subject of protests.


Ex-NASA Worker Pleads Innocent of Fake Inspections

A fired NASA safety inspector accused of falsifying space shuttle inspection reports pleaded not guilty to 166 criminal charges on Friday and a trial was tentatively set for Dec. 1.


For a long time this season, it looked as if Kevin Millar was all hat and no cattle. The man who gave the Red Sox the "Cowboy Up" slogan as they played inspired ball last year, was struggling early, becoming the object of some disdain.


SENECA FALLS, N.Y. - A suspected drunken driver found a way to delay his court appearance: He torched the building, police said.  Christopher Chianese, 26, set the new municipal offices on fire on Nov.


California official has enough to indict in HP case

California Attorney General Bill  Lockyer said he has enough evidence to indict people at  Hewlett-Packard Co.  in an investigation into whether  the computer maker had illegally obtained the private phone  records of directors and reporters.


Iran Advances Move to Nuclear Fuel, Defying U.N.

Iran announced that it had begun converting uranium into the gas needed to turn the radioactive element into nuclear fuel.


Drinking tea regularly could help improve memory, a new research by British scientists from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne suggests.


Giuliani Raises $17 Million; Romney Gets $14 Million

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


Tighter Job Market In Slowing Economy Raises Uncertainty      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - The U.S. economy is slowing as the housing and auto sectors slump, even as the jobs market becomes increasingly tight.


Digital switchover is freeing up the airwaves for other services meaning the battle for spectrum is on.


Researchers Have Developed a Resilient Robot

Nothing can possibly go wrong ... go wrong ... go wrong ...The truth behind the old joke is that most robots are programmed with a fairly rigid "model" of what they and the world around them are like.


Blair visits the Palestinian territories

The British prime minister Tony Blair continued his tour in the Palestinian territories after his meeting with the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon.


Piracy suit being dropped against NY mom

The recording industry is giving up its lawsuit against Patti Santangelo, a mother of five who became the best-known defendant in the industry's battle against music piracy. However, two of her children are still being sued.


Washington, D.C., CIOs Report on First-Quarter Hiring Outlook

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11  /PRNewswire/ -- A net 18 percent of chief information officers (CIOs) in the Washington, D.C., area expect to hire information technology (IT) professionals in the first quarter of 2007, according to the most recent Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report.


padre BALDONI, CONTATTEREMO I REPORTER FRANCESI

(AGI) - Roma, 23 dic. - "Era andato giu' per far sapere al prossimo la vita che fa questa gente misera che tribola: si vede che a qualcuno ha dato fastidio ed Enzo non e' ritornato." Cosi' al Tg3 Antonio Baldoni


Indonesian president launches music album

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang  Yudhoyono has released his first music album, a collection of  love ballads and religious songs he wrote, state media said on  Monday.


Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, using MTV's Video Music Awards as a backdrop, launched HP's model of Apple Computer's popular iPod portable music player during a presentation in Miami Beach on Friday.


Amcor executives axed amid price-fixing claims

AMCOR was sent reeling yesterday after sacking its executive team and admitting its management could have been involved in price-fixing for cardboard products.


Interior Official Assails Agency for Ethics Slide

The agencyÂs inspector general accused Interior Department officials of widespread ethical failures from cronyism to cover-ups of incompetence.


Grocer Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. WIN.N  on Thursday reported a quarterly loss as restructuring costs  weighed on results, but said its efforts to reverse a market  share slide are gaining momentum.


Away From Home and Family, a Slice of Tradition

For U.S. soldiers in Iraq celebrating Thanksgiving away from their families, the day's events showed some traditions can be transplanted, even to the palm groves and farm fields near Baqubah.


Far-right party in spotlight as Swiss election ends

Switzerland on Sunday held the final day of a legislative election which could see the far-right Swiss People's Party strengthen its place as the leading party.


Dwindling Atlantic Salmon Still King on Canada River

MIRAMICHI RIVER, New Brunswick  - Atlantic salmon  once teemed up the rivers of eastern Canada in staggering  numbers to spawn in an annual ritual that put the biological  richness of the region on full display.


com December 13, 2004, 3:26 PM PT. The Internet may soon see two new top-level domains: .jobs and .mobi. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN ) said


Pro-Taleban militants in Pakistan's Waziristan region announce an end to their truce with the government.


HBOS reports annual pre-tax profits of Â£5.7bn and says it is optimistic about the outlook for the UK economy.


Abandoning the long-held belief that naming the worst gangs boosts their street image, the mayor and police chief identified 11 of the most violent groups Thursday and promised to confront them with more law enforcement.


Serena Williams was the first black woman since Althea Gibson to win the US Open. Venus Williams was the first black woman since Gibson to win Wimbledon.


Stasera su Raiuno e' il turno di Walter Veltroni


A woman who murdered her husband with drugs disguised in a curry is told she must serve at least 16 years in jail.


BBC Radio 4 presenter Nigel Wrench is cleared of raping a man he met at a party.


South Africa's Mbeki Meets Ivory Coast Leader

South African President Thabo Mbeki tried to defuse a crisis in Ivory Coast on Tuesday which has triggered days of rioting, put French troops on


Automakers to Seek More Health Care Relief

Detroit's Big Three automakers are  preparing to push for more help from Washington to ease the  burden stemming from massive health-care and retiree costs, the  head of DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler division said on Monday.


Previous studies have touted the health benefits of red wine because it contains antioxidants - vitamins and other organic molecules which can slow the ageing process.


Pfizer claims Celebrex anti-inflammatory drug is perfectly safe

Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drugmaker, defended its painkiller Celebrex after a researcher's suggestion the medication may be linked to heart risks sent the stock down as much as 8.3 percent.


UPDATE 1-Sharapova sets up semi-final with Kuznetsova

Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova set up an intriguing semi-final showdown with fellow Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova at the China Open after her opponent Jelena Jankovic retired hurt on Friday with an ankle injury.


It s ironic, that the citizens of a small insignificant state in middle America for one day had literally the greatest amount of influence on the world's future.


Palermo, 14:56 - CALCIO, UEFA; GUIDOLIN: SORTEGGIO DURO MA CI PROVEREMO

L'allenatore del Palermo, Francesco Guidolin, commenta con preoccupazione l'esito del sorteggio dell...


Paula Radcliffe's failure to add the Olympic marathon crown to her collection of achievements was not due to injury, the British team confirmed today.


On his new recording released by Al Jazeera, Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden said, "The ones who participate in the elections in Iraq are ungodly".


New Jersey firm recalls beef due to E. coli

New Jersey-based meat processor Topps Meat Company LLC is voluntarily recalling 331,582 pounds (150 metric tons) of frozen ground beef products that may be contaminated with the potentially deadly E. coli bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday.


LONDON: Get ready to pamper your taste buds and protect your teeth against decay at the same time as a new research has revealed that cranberries are an important weapon in fighting tooth decay.


After Asda was fined following the death of a customer hit by a car park barrier, Aldi is criticised for a "twig" fastening.


Lebanon's prime minister holds firm, rallies backers

BEIRUT -- For years, Fuad Saniora was a man of numbers more than rhetoric, as a banker, finance minister, and friend to Rafiq al-Hariri, the billionaire former prime minister assassinated last year. Last week, he stood before a crowd of more than 1,800 women at his barricaded government headquarters, more populist than pragmatist, more agitator than accountant.


Take a look at where some of the top pros are putting their money.


Strolling between classes at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Blake Ross looks like any other bleary-eyed sophomore. Few would guess that the laptop-carrying 19-year-old is a tech


The U.S. trade deficit widened unexpectedly in November to a record $60.3 billion, propelled by the highest-ever oil import bill and a drop in exports, a government report showed on Wednesday.


British bats are abandoning their young in a struggle to survive poor breeding conditions, say researchers.


Cheney says Greenspan criticism is "off the mark"

Vice President Dick Cheney on Wednesday disputed former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's portrayal of the Bush administration's economic policies as fiscally reckless.


Study: Drug Offers New Hope in Treating TB

WASHINGTON Dec 9, 2004 - Laboratory tests of a new type of antibiotic suggest it might revolutionize the treatment of tuberculosis, a global killer disease that has become increasingly resistant to current drugs and which is now claiming more than 2


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Palermo, 18:08 - CALCIO, PALERMO:  BARZAGLI IN DUBBIO, CORINI E FONTANA OK

Il Palermo continua la preparazione in vista dell'importante match in chiave Champions di mercoledÃ¬ ...


25% of Brits will answer the phone while on the toilet The use of smartphones and other communications technology by senior managers and CEOs is driving a more flexible approach to working, a new survey has revealed.â¦


Tropical storm Humberto reaches hurricane strength

Tropical storm Humberto has been upgraded to hurricane status, and carries maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (128 kph) as it heads for the coast of southeastern Texas, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Thursday.


A man was killed Friday when his home-built plane crashed into the woods near a suburban shopping mall and burst into flames shortly after takeoff.


The Columbus Crew, the professional soccer team that represents Columbus, Ohio, didnât make it to the Major League Soccer championship game to be played on Sunday, but the Crew did compile an 18-game unbeaten streak during the regular season, best in


Neo-Nazi graffiti was found scrawled on the entrance to a Turkish cultural center at a building where nine people Â including five children Â were killed in a fire over the weekend, police said Wednesday.


Care International charity says its chief of operations in Iraq has been kidnapped in Baghdad. A spokeswoman told Reuters on Tuesday that Margaret Hassan, who has been working


White House denies hand in Allawi speech

The White House denied that aides to President George W. Bush had a hand in crafting Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's speech to the US Congress last week.


Australia detains UK bomb plot suspect freed on bail

The Australian government Monday ordered an Indian doctor locked up in immigration detention just hours after a court granted him bail on a charge connected to the failed British car bomb attacks.


Iran vows no weakness over nuclear program

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Iran should stand up to the world and pursue its nuclear program, after Tehran ignored a U.N. deadline to stop nuclear work which the West says will be used to make atom bombs.


Hamid Karzai nears victory in Afghanistan's presidential election with 60% of votes halfway through the count.


Bird Flu Kills 16-Year-Old in Vietnam, New Case Cited

A 16-year-old Vietnamese girl battling  bird flu over the past few weeks has died, the country's third  casualty in the past 10 days from the disease that last year  devastated South East Asia's poultry industry.


Commandos storm Russian siege school as children flee

Russian special forces stormed a school ending a three-day hostage crisis and freeing hundreds of children, parents and teachers held without food or water by rebels demanding independence for Chechnya.


A painting previously attributed to Spaniard Salvador Maella is now thought to have been painted by Francisco de Goya.


Huge private equity profits should not be subject to tax breaks, the shadow chancellor says.


A man who said the movie "The Passion of the Christ" prompted him to confess to strangling his girlfriend has been sentenced to 75 years in prison.


Peace talks on Darfur crisis to begin next Monday

KHARTOUM, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Sudanese Foreign Minister Moustafa Othman Ismail said Wednesday that peace talks between thegovernment and rebel groups in Darfur will open in the Nigerian capital of Abuja next Monday, and the rebel groups have agreed to ...


Brady Leads Patriots Into AFC Title Clash with Steelers

Tom Brady threw for one touchdown and  ran for another while the New England Patriots's defense shut  down Peyton Manning and the high-powered attack of the  Indianapolis Colts to claim a 20-3 playoff victory Sunday.


East Timor to seek arrests over assassination attempts

East Timor's prosecutor-general said on Wednesday he would issue arrest warrants for 18 people believed to be involved in assassination attempts on the Southeast Asian nation's president and prime minister.


Microsoft slammed as partner event kicks off

Blog: Local newspaper greets Microsoft and its partners with a story focusing on the companies woes as it tries to broaden beyond traditional software.


IBM, China's Kingdee to seal global software tie

IBM  and Lehman Brothers  have agreed to pay nearly US$17 million for 7.7 percent of Kingdee International Software Group Ltd. , aiming to establish an alliance under which Big Blue will help the Chinese software firm re-design its products and expand globally.


16/11/2004 Junk food adverts have been banned on TV before 9pm in an attempt to fight Britainâs obesity crisis. Health Secretary Dr John Reid believes the move is necessary to protect youngsters watching early evening television.


More poor countries may soon be pumping up their arsenal against malaria with DDT, the pesticide long banned in the United States.


Johan Santana continued his dominating season, pitching six no-hit innings en route to a 2-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday.


Hasselbeck expected to play against Arizona

KIRKLAND, Wash. - Seattle quarterback Matt Hasselbeck is expected to play when Arizona visits next weekend, though his sore throwing elbow will require treatment and he's not expected to practice until Wednesday.


OTSU - World No. 1 Annika Sorenstam kick-started her bid for a fourth straight Mizuno Classic title by tying the course record with a 9-under-par 63 to move into the lead after the first round of the $1 million event in Shiga Prefecture.


Getting the Press: 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' Cast Chats Before Embarking to Boston

Playbill - In Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, the volcanic marrieds George and Martha famously "get the guests." On Feb. 2-four weeks since beginning rehearsal and two days before leaving for a three-week tryout in Boston-the cast and the crew of the new Broadway-bound production of the classic drama convened to "get the press."


Barclays reports a 1% drop in annual profits to Â£7.08bn, but announces a 10% rise in its dividend.


The dollar hit a record low against the  euro on Tuesday after a stern warning by European officials on  the euro's rise proved to have only a limited effect in a  market bent on pushing the U.S. currency lower.


A new study of pesticide applicators has found that exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos may be associated with an increased incidence of lung cancer but concludes that more studies are needed.


STMicroelectronics Celebrates Ten Years of Leadership in Digital Radio Technology

GENEVA, Dec. 14  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics is celebrating ten years at the forefront of digital radio technology.


Pfizer Inc. said the Nigerian federal government filed a civil lawsuit for $7 billion in damages against the drug maker, related to a study of an experimental meningitis treatment given to children.


UK small biz pleads with gov for more support

SME SOS British small businesses want the government to cut regulation, reduce business taxes, and offer more support and advice.â¦


Papon Lawyer Vows to Bury Him With Medal

A prominent French political figure who ordered hundreds of Jews to Nazi death camps during World War II will be buried wearing his Legion of Honor medal, his lawyer said Sunday, even though the deceased man ...Comment


The ranks of Americans lining up to file initial claims for jobless benefits thinned by 9,000 last week, the government said on Thursday in a surprisingly strong report that signaled healthy job growth.


Asus to show second-gen Eee PC next week

WiMAX, bigger screen on board? Asus is due to show off what it calls the "next generation" of its elfin Eee PC Linux-based sub-laptop at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas next week. The unit is almost certainly going to come with WiMax wireless broadband connectivity.â¦


A suicide bomber killed at least a dozen Iraqi soldiers and wounded 30 more in Iskandariya, an insurgent stronghold, south of Baghdad.


Moscow approves an oil pipeline from East Siberia to the Pacific, enabling oil exports to Japan and dealing another blow to ailing Yukos.


Il veto di Sharon: Â«Non lascerÃ² seppellire Arafat a Gerusalemme ...

Â«FinchÃ¨ sarÃ² primo ministro, Arafat non sarÃ  mai seppellito a GerusalemmeÂ», nella Spianata delle Moschee. Ã il messaggio che da Gerusalemme Ariel Sharon invia al raÃ¬s palestinese costretto in un letto di ospedale nella lontana Francia.


Brian Springerâs bizarre documentary âThe Disappointment: Or, the Force of Credulityâ is, among many things, a treatise on how history is passed along.


Il governatore della Lombardia: "ChiederÃ² una deroga alla Cdlper coinvolgere i cittadini che non si riconoscono nei partiti"                                          Regionali, Formigoni non cede "Avanti con la mia lista"                                                                                "La Lega? Una forza di cambiamento ma rozzaI Radicali? Possibile coinvolgerli nel progetto"


Wachovia may face new mortgage write-downs

As more banks report write-downs tied to the global credit crunch, analysts say Wachovia Corp  may have losses lurking in an area that has garnered less investor attention.


EU: Coke Anti-Trust Deal Not Set in Stone

A proposed settlement between Coca-Cola Co. and the European Commission to end a long-running antitrust case over fizzy drinks is not yet set in stone, the European Union's executive said on Monday.


The Grapevine Is Whispering; It Says Mondavi

he Mondavi family, who just a year ago gave up control of the corporation that bears its name, could be a long-shot bidder for its most famous winery.


Roma, 22:21 - CALCIO, SERIE A; ANTICIPO: ROMA-REGGINA 2-0

La Roma ha battuto 2-0 la Reggina nell'anticipo serale della 22a giornata del campionato di serie A....


High-profile quinquepartite meeting gets under way in Mariinski Palace in Kyiv today

It is attended by Presidents Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine, Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland, Valdas Adamkus of Lithuania, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana, OSCE ...


Senator? Terrorist? A Watch List Stops Kennedy at Airport

ASHINGTON, Aug. 19 - The meeting had all the hallmarks of an ordinary Congressional hearing. There was Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Democrat of Massachusetts, discussing the problems faced by ordinary citizens mistakenly placed on ...


Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would step down in 2008. Guests at a luncheon Putin attended said he told them of his plan, and that he would recommend his successor fight poverty and ensure strong ...


-- Memphis replaced North Carolina as the No. 1 team in college basketball Monday, the Tigers' first appearance in 25 years at the top of The Associated Press poll.


Bush pushes Congress to pass stimulus plan

President Bush urged Congress today to quickly pass the economic stimulus plan that would give Americans tax rebate checks. But many Senate Democrats want to include extended unemployment benefits in the plan -- a provision House Democrats agreed to drop.


Alan Johnston, the BBC journalist held hostage in Gaza, was freed early on Wednesday after a late-night deal between the ruling Hamas Islamists and the al Qaeda-inspired clan group that kidnapped him in March.


Four-letter broadside from Sharon at the thief who stole her ...

OZZY OSBOURNE declared Los Angeles to be safer than rural Buckinghamshire yesterday as he announced a Â£100,000 reward for his wifeâs stolen jewelery.


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Cuban President Fidel   Castro says he has started putting on weight again, in his   first interview since the 80-year-old communist leader fell ill   and adding to growing evidence he is recovering from   life-threatening surgery.


Prime Minister John Howard said he wanted a close relationship with Indonesia's incoming president, as he flew to Jakarta for the inauguration of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.


Mike Huckabee said Monday he wouldn't run a TV ad he'd prepared blistering Republican rival Mitt Romney as dishonest. Then he showed it to a room packed with reporters and cameramen.


Cashiers vulnerable to flu from banknotes

Bank cashiers and others working with large quantities of paper currency are vulnerable to catching various types of flu from the germs living on notes, a Swiss researcher said on Wednesday.


BAGHDAD, SEPTEMBER 16: Gunmen kidnapped two Americans and a Briton from a house in an affluent Baghdad neighbourhood on Thursday, the latest in a nearly six-month campaign of abductions of foreigners in Iraq.


Pope sorry his Islam speech found offensive

The Vatican said on Saturday the   Pope was sorry Muslims had been offended by a speech whose   meaning had been misconstrued, but Morocco withdrew its   ambassador as anger at his words flared on.


An oil rig in the North Sea issued a security alert Sunday and authorities sent helicopters to evacuate more than 500 workers, the Ministry of Defense said.


Two of Leonardo DiCaprio's bodyguards are arrested after clashes with photographers on the star's visit to Israel.


HOLLYWOOD - One of the biggest rock bands of the 80's is ready to rock again. After six years apart, Motley Crue is reuniting, and going on tour.


Blunkett tries to dismiss royal security fears

David Blunkett was accused of "extreme complacency" yesterday as he played down the security scare provoked by a demonstrator dressed as Batman who scaled the front of Buckingham Palace.


Almost two years after he retired, Troy Percival returned to the big leagues.


The U.S. military announced on Friday the deaths of six more soldiers in Iraq, hours after U.S. President George W. Bush predicted a bloody summer lay ahead.


Core Windows architect crawls clear of Vista

Veteran exit One of the architects of Windows Vista is leaving Microsoft weeks after it emerged he would be re-assigned once the delayed operating system is launched.â¦


'Labour hero' executed in NKorea: aid group

A cooperative farm chief who was once honoured by North Korea's founding president has been publicly executed for starting a private farm to support his luxurious lifestyle, a South Korean aid group said Thursday.


Children overboard affair: voter opinion

PETER CAVE: This morning the Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson said that the children overboard affair is not of interest to the general public and that there are lots of other issues on the voters' minds.


Apple's Mac OS X Update Brings Word of Firewire Problems

Ziff Davis - Some users have said that after updating to Mac OS X "Panther" 10.3.6, their computers no longer recognize external Firewire 400 hard drives. Others report no such problems with the update, which includes networking optimizations and fixes for video and font glitches.


A Balinese project uses low-wattage electrical current to stimulate the regrowth of a badly damaged coral reef. It's the world's largest coral nursery ever built using this technology, in an area where most of the world's coral species live.


A grandmother had taken a cocktail of drink and drugs when her granddaughter was mauled to death by a pit bull, a court hears.


GOP operative Nathan Sproul makes no apologies for sending his canvassers out to register Republicans, not Democrats, in battleground states. And if powerful Democrats like Ted Kennedy are demanding the Justice Department investigate him, well, he considers that a badge of honor.


On Texting, a Question of Access or Invasion

Beginning in August 2007, the N.C.A.A. banned Division I colleges from using text messaging to recruit athletes. But on Saturday, the issue will be revisited once again.


This is the moment that the painstaking research from a three-year, $250m (Â£140m) mission in space crashed headlong to Earth. The cargo - weighing only as much as a few


Former AOL, Fox execs to work with General Atlantic

General Atlantic said on Friday that  two former high-flying Internet executives would advise the  private equity firm's media and consumer unit on investments in  the online sector.


E' quanto si evince da documentazione di Piazza Cordusio


Charlotte Bobcats Team Report - December 27

(Sports Network) - The Charlotte Bobcats try to get back on the winning track this evening when they visit the Washington Wizards at the MCI Center.


Rural U.S. faces organ transplant hurdles: study

Residents of U.S. rural areas are up to 20 percent less likely to get a heart, kidney or liver transplant than urban dwellers, researchers reported on Tuesday.


Aussies Mark Hensby and Stuart Appleby are just two shots off the lead after the first round of the elite 30-man Tour Championship in Atlanta.


Imam education idea takes a step forward

Swiss churches have proposed that Imams who lead prayers in Swiss mosques should be educated at universities in Switzerland.


Acting FDA commissioner, Dr. Lester Crawford, says he is satisfied that these additional activities will strengthen the FDA's program to greater ensure the safety of medical products that are making a major contribution to the health and quality of life


He's ND's darling now, but jobs at football factories are risky

Maybe I'm out of the loop, but I don't remember when it was normal for a football coach to work for two teams at the same time.


Rwandan Troops Arrive in Sudan's Darfur Region

Rwandan troops arrived in Sudan's remote Darfur region on Saturday to join soldiers monitoring a shaky cease-fire there, officials said.


CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush said on  Wednesday that a $35 million U.S. pledge for victims of the  Asian tsunami was only the beginning and any suggestions  America was stingy were "misguided and ill-informed."


Tennessee Coach Bruce Pearl and the youngest team he has ever coached cruised to their first big win of the season.


Andy Roddick has sacked Brad Gilbert, the coach who guided him to world number one and the US Open crown in 2003. No reason has been given for the split.


Strapped in, flat on their backs, passengers will accelerate to 4000km/h in just 25 seconds. For no more than five minutes they will float about, 130km above planet Earth.


ISPs say bringing broadband to rural sites doesn't deliver sufficient return on investment.


New publications, experiments and breakthroughs in nanotechnology--and what they mean.


Laws doubling the passenger duty people must pay when taking flights from the UK have come into force.


Punk legends The Sex Pistols are to play a one-off concert in London in November, their first gig for four years.


Dominatore incontrastato del tennis mondiale, Ã¨ stato battutodall'argentino Guillero Canas all'Atp master series di Indian Wells                                            Tennis, Federer perde l'imbattibilitÃ  il campione svizzero cade dopo 7 mesi


Gdf Palermo sequestra quattro aziende e conti correnti


Japan PM leaves for Mideast to call for peace

Leaving behind a region set on edge by  North Korean missile launches, Japanese Prime Minister  Junichiro Koizumi departed on Tuesday for an increasingly tense  Middle East to call for more efforts toward regional peace.


Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese Back Up on EBay

MIAMI Nov 16, 2004 - The Internet auction house eBay Inc. reversed itself Tuesday and is allowing bids for half of a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich that its owner says bears the image of the Virgin Mary.


The Vatican is to cover the roof of one of its buildings with solar panels to generate electricity.


By the time this piece is read, the jolly sound of drums, flutes and songs would have resounded in the air of my city, Pondicherry.


Haiti's Ruler Chides World for Disinterest

Interim Haitiam Prime Minister Gerard Latortue speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Oct.23, 2004.


Charlie Sheen, star of the television comedy "Two and a Half Men," is engaged to marry his girlfriend, aspiring actress Brooke Mueller, a representative for the actor said on Thursday.


A teenager who stabbed his best friend to death after drinking three bottles of wine is jailed for life.


World News: Vijay Singh dethrones Tiger Woods

New York, Fiji-born Vijay Singh, who traces his roots to India, has replaced American Tiger Woods as the top-ranking golfer in the world.


Meissner battles back to win Four Continents

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado  - World champion Kimmie Meissner bounced back from one of her worst performances of the season to capture her maiden Four Continents title with a dazzling free skate on Saturday.


Youzhny keeps alive slender Masters Cup chances

Russia's Mikhail Youzhny kept alive slim hopes of qualifying for the Masters Cup by downing Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-4 6-3 in the opening round of the Paris Masters on Monday.


Harvick slices through, takes lead in Chase

LOUDON, N.H. -- Kevin Harvick's bold and brassy move on Lap 36 of yesterday's Sylvania 300 could have been easily interpreted as an even bolder, if not brassier, message to pie-throwing rookie Denny Hamlin and the other contenders in the Chase for the Nextel Cup Championship:


Highlights of a Jan. 1 law to authorize all state courts to create drug and sobriety courts: -- Defines drug treatment courts as a "court-supervised treatment program for individuals who abuse or are dependent upon any controlled substance or alcohol.


Study Eyes PSA Tests for Prostate Cancer

WASHINGTON -- Prostate cancer is more likely to be life-threatening if the man's PSA level rose rapidly during the years before he was diagnosed, says a new study that may help change how PSA tests are used.


Kobe Bryant apologized to Shaquille O'Neal on television Wednesday and would like to do so again in person for telling Eagle County, Colo.


Per slittamento tempi avvio pompaggio a pieno regime


'Mind-Reading' Games Just in Time for Christmas — 2008

Sega's recent announcement that it will be incorporating mind-reading technology from NeuroSky into some games prompts the question: Is the age of brain control upon us? Not quite -- the tech needs work, but many companies plan to incorporate it into games and gadgets.


Chile's ex-leader Augusto Pinochet is over the worst stage after his heart attack on Sunday, his doctor says.


Tax Service Raises 2001 Yukos Bill to $4.1Bln

The Federal Tax Service slapped Yukos with a $4.1 billion back-tax bill for 2001 on Friday, $700 million more than its original claim, which was announced July 1. The amended bill, the


Europe's glitter turns to dust for African migrants

For five years, Paul James hitched,   trekked and drove to get away from his native West Africa. He   survived the Sahara, begged on the streets of Morocco and   crossed the Mediterranean in a rubber dinghy to reach what he   thought was the promised land.


Muslims on the Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar protest about a birthday bash for the late rock star, Freddie Mercury.


Virgin Making Mark Among Mobile Services

When Virgin Group  Chairman Richard Branson put his brand on a U.S. mobile telephone service two years ago, there appeared to be scant space for newcomers to the crowded market.


Carphone Warehouse projects robust 1H profit growth

LONDON, October 6  - Carphone Warehouse (CPW.ISE), Europe's largest mobile phone retailer, has projected 33% year-over-year profit growth for 1H FY05, ahead of analysts' forecasts.


Intesa da 152 mln, cessione a tv Murdoch riguarda 5 club


Jumps race ends in farce with nine jockeys banned

A jumps race at Tramore in south-east Ireland on Monday ended in farce with nine of the jockeys banned for five days.


CHAPEL HILL --- University of North Carolina point guard Raymond Felton has been declared ineligible for one regular-season game by the NCAA for Felton's participation in a non-certified summer league basketball game in Raleigh.


24 dic 12:02 Delitto Cogne: impronta trovata a luglio, e' di un ...

COGNE (Aosta) - Appartiene a uno dei quattro consulenti svizzeri della difesa di Anna Maria Franzoni la nuova impronta trovata nel luglio scorso nella villetta di Cogne, dove fu ucciso il piccolo Samuele Lorenzi. Lo ha accertato la Procura di Torino.


Torino, 15:37 - CALCIO, JUVE: LEGROTTAGLIE RECUPERA, PRONTO PER PIACENZA

La Juve riprende domani la preparazione in vista del match del prossimo fine settimana a Piacenza co...


Keynsham Journal: British Commuters Cry, Once More Into the Aisles!

Faced with the maddening challenges of their erratic railroad system, a group of angry British commuters organized a protest.


Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki suggested on Wednesday the U.S. embassy stop using American security firm Blackwater after a deadly shooting and said he would not allow Iraqis to be killed in "cold blood".


Swiss reject plan to bolster pensions with bank profits: initial results

Swiss voters have rejected calls to use the central bank's profits to shoulder the growing burden of state retirement pensions, partial results from a national referendum and exit polls have shown.


It used to be that a board of directors could show up once a month, listen to a couple of presentations and leave it to the CEO to make most decisions.


Sistani Urges Supporters to Wait at Najaf Gates

Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani urged his supporters converging on Najaf on Thursday not to enter the battered holy city until he arrived, a senior aide said.


Elena Dementieva beats Jennifer Capriati in a third-set tie-break to set up an all-Russian US Open final .


In his first film since the Oscar-winning 'Crash,' Paul Haggis takes on the Iraq warâwith a little help from Tommy Lee Jones


Militants free 13 hostages in Nigerian oil delta

Nigerian militants freed 12  foreign hostages and one Nigerian in the oil-producing Niger  Delta on Monday as a prelude to peace talks with the incoming  government of President Umaru Yar'Adua.


Travis Barker, the apparent cause of a nightclub brawl between Paris Hilton and estranged wife Shanna Moakler, has a broken arm.


Brescia, 19:21 - CALCIO, BRESCIA: OPERAZIONE PER DALLAMANO

Il Brescia si è allenato oggi pomeriggio a Ospitaletto. Sono rimasti in infermeria Alberti, A...


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


Intensificare poteri e competenze di autorita' di controllo


One-hour tooth implant may have problems

Swiss-Swedish Nobel Biocare's Teeth-in-an-Hour implant system may carry more risk of complications than conventional methods, an abstract of a study by Sweden's Karolinska Institutet showed on Saturday.


Regulator approval at last The Chinese Ministry of Information Industry has given permission for BlackBerry to start selling its addictive email devices in China.â¦


A late equalizer from Pape Bouba Diop gave Fulham a 1-1 draw at home to Manchester United on Monday and prevented Alex Ferguson's team from moving back into to the thick of the Premier League title race.


The document, aimed not at doctors, but at national health ministers, was the W.H.O.âs first guide to planning end-of-life care.


Google News is getting a sense of  the past to balance out its relentless focus on the present.


Workers at the DHL parcel delivery service struck for a second day Friday to protest the company's decision to pull its international hub from Brussels because of a dispute over night flights over the capital, union officials said.


World refugee population certain to rise

The number of people driven from their homes by violence, natural disasters and poverty increased last year for the first time since 2002 and is almost certain to rise further due to deepening conflicts across the world, the U.N. refugee chief said.


Up to 1,500 Canadians to monitor Ukraine vote

WINNIPEG - The Ukrainian Canadian Congress has asked the federal government to help send as many as 1,500 observers to monitor the Dec. 26 election in Ukraine.


Â· Markets braced for falls after Wall Street slump  Â· Period of slower growth sparks fears of trade war


When O.J. Simpson returns to a courtroom to face armed robbery charges, the former football star will also be facing years of doubts and questions about his acquittal on murder charges more than a decade ago.


Abbas Assails 'Zionist Enemy' After Tank Kills 7

BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip  - The moderate  frontrunner in the race for Palestinian president called Israel  the "Zionist enemy" Tuesday after an Israeli tank killed seven  Palestinian youths in a Gaza strawberry field.


Defending champion Ernie Els beat Padraig Harrington, 5 and 4, Saturday to move into the final of the World Match Play Championship in Wentworth, England, and stay on course for a record sixth title.


Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Found Innocent of Treason

Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of Zimbabwe's opposition and the strongest ever challenger to the 24-year rule of President Robert Mugabe, was found not guilty of treason by the country's High Court.


The United States is set to impose fresh sanctions on Sudan over the conflict in Darfur, officials say.


Roma, 18:16 - CALCIO, GERMANIA: VINCE IL WERDER BREMA

Il Werder Brema, prossimo avversario della Lazio in Champions League, ha battuto l'Eintracht Francof...


Kenyan police shot protesters, killing and wounding dozens, the US-based Human Rights Watch says.


Market Week: Seeking Clarity on Inflation

Plainly spelling out the risks, Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke said last week that inflation remained Âuncomfortably high.Â


Domani riunione del consiglio di amministrazione sulle prime nomineEsplode il caso Mimum, contestato dal cdr del Tg1                                                  Riotta in pole position per il Tg1 un rebus l'"indennizzo" di Mimun                                                                                Cappon sonda Gianni Letta. Lega in trincea su Rai2di GOFFREDO DE MARCHIS


In passerella materiali naturali e T-shirt con borchie


World Business Briefing: Canada: Barrick Extends Offer

The Barrick Gold Corporation, the worldÂs biggest gold producer, extended its $1.71 billion hostile takeover bid for a rival, NovaGold Resources, until Dec. 6 after acquiring 13.2 million shares. That represented 12 percent of NovaGoldÂs 106.7 million shares outstanding. The bid of $16 a share remains Âthe best and final offer,Â Barrick said.


Oscar Show Host Chris Rock Stirs Controversy

Producers of the upcoming Academy Awards are getting what they paid for when they hired sharp-tongued comic Chris Rock to host the Oscars -- a bit of pre-show controversy that could boost TV ratings.


Thousands of S.Lankan refugees flee rebel-held east

Thousands of refugees are fleeing Tamil Tiger territory through jungle and by sea in the island's east, the military and witnesses said on Friday, trying to escape artillery duels between the army and rebels.


The devastating earthquake that struck the Indian Ocean on 26 December was so powerful that it has accelerated the Earth's rotation, geophysicists have declared.


Train derails, falls into ravine in northern Philippines, killing ...

A passenger train derailed and tumbled down a ravine in the northern Philippines early Friday, killing at least 10 people and injuring nearly 120 others, officials said.


Smelt fishing is a deep and dependable tradition in Maine, with shanties dragged onto frozen tidal rivers and baited lines thrown into holes in the ice.


Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for January 22-28. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.


Impatto tra un'auto e altre due, una persona e' grave


Iraq Insurgents Warn on Killing in Video

An Iraqi insurgent group threatened to kill a German woman and her son kidnapped in Iraq unless Germany withdrew its troops from Afghanistan within 10 days, according to a video posted by the group on Saturday.Comment


Researchers from two London hospitals will take part in a massive international study of Alzheimer's disease starting next spring.


Apparel makers go plus-sized for little girls

Little girls -- they've always been sugar and spice and everything nice. Now, more and more, they're plus-sized, too.


Palestinian PM Qorei set for talks in Egypt

Palestinian premier Ahmed Qorei is to hold talks with senior officials in Egypt this week over Israel's planned pullout from the Gaza Strip and the possibility of a new truce by armed factions.


Boston's college kids: Lab rats for hire

College students are known for finding creative ways to earn money, but few can compete with Boston University senior Allison Yochim — who once earned cash watching dueling images of sea turtles and hardcore pornography.


Gaza rivals pull back, free some hostages

Gunmen began withdrawing from Gaza's streets, some hostages were released and many shops reopened on Sunday as a shaky ceasefire appeared to be taking hold in factional fighting between Hamas and Fatah, residents said.


Three-Car Teams - The Prospect Grows Nearer

With the withdrawal of Jaguar from F1 at the end of the season we could be facing a grid of 18 cars in 2005. Or it might be even less... Jaguar and the teamâs engine suppliers Cosworth are now for sale and


IT WILL take as long as two years to disarm the Arab Janjaweed militias that have carried out a campaign of genocide in the Sudanese region of Darfur, the top United States envoy to Sudan said yesterday.


Christina Aguilera has no problem showing skin — especially on weekends with her husband, music executive Jordan Bratman.


USDA to Keep Announcing Inconclusive Mad Cow Tests

The US Agriculture Department said it will maintain its policy of publicizing "inconclusive" results from preliminary tests for mad cow disease, a spokesman said on Wednesday


Twice bitten: acts of stupidity can lead to identity theft

For the second time in over a year, a high profile figure has had his identity stolen after publicly releasing his own financial information. Is identity theft really this easy?


Spitzer Charges Universal Life with Fraud

New York Attorney General Eliot  Spitzer on Friday filed suit against Universal Life Resources  (ULR), charging the life and disability insurance broker with  taking fraudulent kick-backs for steering business to insurers  MetLife, Prudential and UnumProvident.


Mike's Bright Green Plan for Solar Panels

Let the sun shine in: Government buildings in the city are poised to go solar as part of Mayor Bloomberg's grand plan to turn the city green.


SANTA FE, N.M. - Bracing for their final debate, John Kerry accused President Bush of favoring "friends in the oil industry" over consumers strapped with rising fuel bills on Monday while Bush said his challenger so misunderstood the war on terror that he thought it could be reduced to "a nuisance" akin to prostitution or illegal gambling...


US to Increase Its Force in Iraq by Nearly 12,000

The American military presence in Iraq will grow by nearly 12,000 troops by next month, to 150,000, the highest level since the invasion last year, to


Cisco, Fujitsu to collabrate on high end routers

LONDON - Cisco Systems and Fujitsu Limited are to collaborate on the development of high end routers and switches and support each other's products, initially in the Japanese market.


The Gibson SG guitar fetched $294,000 at Christie`s in New York, during the largest auction of rock and entertainment memorabilia.


U.S. chain store sales rose in the first week of February, a report said on Tuesday.


Motorola said Thursday that it was exploring the possibility of selling or spinning off its cellular phone business as a way to make the company more profitable.


Many Teen Drug Treatment Programs Found Lacking

TUESDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDayNews) -- Many of the key elements believed to be essential for effective treatment in teen substance abuse programs are missing from a number of highly regarded programs in the United States.


RICHMOND, Dec. 5 -- Almost 19,000 people in Virginia are known to be living with HIV or AIDS and an additional 6,000 might not know they are infected, according to new state studies.


Two masterpieces by artist Edvard Munch are recovered two years after being stolen from an Oslo museum.


More modest underwear is beginning to muscle out the thong panty, that racy totem of female sexuality once flashed by celebrities and rapped about on the radio.


Pfc. Joshua Langley stood at midcourt in Army camouflage, waving and urging Miami Heat fans to cheer louder. So they did. Not for the Heat, but for him. And for a few seconds, Langley could think about something besides war.


European Court of Justice finds Germany's 'Volkswagen Law' to protect hostile takeovers invalid, too restrictive of the free movement of capital.


Abbas assails Hamas "assassins", talks to Israel

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in his first speech since Islamist Hamas took over the Gaza Strip, said on Wednesday there could be no reconciliation with a group he described as "traitors".


Annika Sorenstam produced a typically rousing finale to beat Grace Park in the Samsung World Championship here in Palm Desert, California.


With the weather showing little sign of improving, thousands of Chinese remain stranded and many are without power


Israel launches air strike on Palestinian militants, killing one

An Israeli aircraft fired a missile ata group of militants near the Palestinian town of Beit Lahya in northern Gaza Strip Wednesday evening, killing one of them, witnesses said.


ATI lost graphics market share to Nvidia in Q3

Reaction to AMD acquisition? Investors who argue that AMD should sell off its ATI discrete graphics operation will take heart from market research published today which shows the chip maker's GPU division saw its market share fall in all segments during Q3.â¦


FORMULA One's governing body has confirmed the threatened British, French and San Marino Grands Prix on a crowded 19-race calendar for next year.


Weâre All Gonna Die! Grab Your Video Camera!

âCloverfieldâ is nominally a monster movie, but mostly itâs a feature-length gimmick.


Societe Generale is in crisis, France's economy minister said on Tuesday of the bank hit by losses piled up by a rogue trader, questions over its leadership, takeover speculation and a falling stock price.


Spain confirms suspected Madrid airport bombers arrested in France

Spain's interior ministry confirmed Saturday that two men arrested by French police were believed responsible for a fatal bombing at Madrid airport in December 2006 by the Basque separatist group ETA.


Intervenuti artificieri, nella borsa abbigliamento sportivo


'Polar Express' Sets Record for Imax Release

Tom Hanks' holiday movie "The Polar  Express" has set an opening weekend record for a Hollywood film  released in Imax Corp.'s giant-screen format, the company's  co-chief executive said on Monday.


Samsung Elec to Invest $24 Bln in Chips by 2010

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the world's  largest maker of memory chips, said on Monday it would invest  $24 billion in its semiconductor business by 2010.


Video game publisher Activision Inc. posted a 26 percent rise in quarterly profit on Monday, beating its own raised expectations and the most optimistic Wall Street estimates, on broad strength in its holiday game lineup.


French police search the headquarters of Societe Generale, the bank where rogue trading lost huge sums.


Iran arrests dozens of 'spies' for passing nuclear secrets

The Iranian government announced yesterday that a number of spies linked to an armed opposition movement had been arrested for passing on nuclear secrets to foreign enemies.


The United Arab Emirates began 40 days of mourning yesterday following the death of the wealthy Gulf state's founding president, who helped transform seven backwater Gulf states into the world's ninth-largest oil producer and a high-tech commercial


Children as young as 12 buy alcohol by ordering it over the phone with takeaways, a government adviser says.


Ericsson, the telecommunications equipment maker, will buy Redback Networks, a vendor of data networking equipment, for $2.1 billion in cash, the companies said on Tuesday.


The IOC recommends Kim Un-yong be expelled following his imprisonment on corruption charges.


Vitali Klitschko proved too strong for Danny Williams as he retained his world championship crown in Las Vegas last night. Williams vowed to continue boxing despite being outclassed by Klitschko.


A low-cost laptop, designed for children in developing countries, finally goes into mass production.


Diabetes Study Partially Halted After Deaths

A surprise finding in a major federal study calls into question a long-held tenet of diabetes care.


Alinghi need to come from behind in America's Cup

Alinghi enter the fourth race of the America's Cup on Wednesday badly needing a win after challenger Team New Zealand moved into a 2-1 lead in the best-of-nine series.


A pagare la somma sara' il Fondo per le vittime di mafia


Bombs have exploded at three banks in the Argentine capital, two owned by US giant Citibank, killing one man and injuring a bomb disposal expert - but police said the identity of the attackers remained a mystery.


The Toronto Blue Jays have released the right-hander VÃctor Zambrano.The 31-year-old Zambrano appeared in eight games with Toronto, including two starts, going 0-2 with a 10.97 earned run average.Zambrano signed with the Blue Jays as a free agent on Jan. 30 after an injury-filled stint with the Mets. In 2004, the Mets acquired Zambrano in a deal that sent one of their top pitching prospects, Scott Kazmir, to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.


ADV: $150,000 Mortgage for Under $690/Month

Mortgage rates are at record lows. Save $1000s on your mortgage payment. Free quotes.


Seize the day with a wake up call from "Jeeves"

A good butler knows just how to rouse  one after a boozy night and now anyone can wake feeling  pampered to the indulgent tones of the consummate valet.


She's come a long way, baby. At 12, Billie Jean King was excluded from her first group photo because she wasn't wearing a tennis dress. At 26, she and eight others were banned by what is now the U.S. Tennis Association for joining the Virginia Slims tour and seeking better prize money. At 37, she was outed for a past lesbian affair and lost millions in endorsements.


The scratching, near-fighting and dodgeball tactics to prevent turnovers was enough to make WWE wrestlers flinch. And Lauren Jackson wasn't even on the Staples Center court last night for the Storm's 82-81 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks.


DALLAS -- Nearly a million American youngsters, some as young as 6, rely on personal trainers to shape up, lose weight or improve in sports, according to figures from the nation's leading sports club association.


Boise State Offers Hawkins New $2.6M Deal

Boise State coach Dan Hawkins is considering a five-year, $2.6 million offer from the university that could keep him with the school through 2009.


Firenze, 17:16 - CALCIO, PACE ULIVIERI-GUSSONI: STRETTA DI MANO A COVERCIANO

Pace fatta tra Renzo Ulivieri e Cesare Gussoni. In occasione della premiazione per la Panchina d'oro...


Stephen Jackson will admit to criminal recklessness in firing a gun outside a strip club and, if the plea agreement is accepted by a judge, pay a $5,000 fine and perform 100 hours of community service, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office said Monday.


Untroubled Hewitt Reaches U.S. Open Final

Lleyton Hewitt tamed big-hitting Swede  Joachim Johansson to reach his second U.S. Open final, cruising  through 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 in one hour 59 minutes on Saturday.


NEW YORK - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s warning of disappointing sales sent stocks fluctuating Monday as investors' concerns about a slowing economy offset their relief over a drop in oil prices.    October contracts for a barrel of light crude were quoted at $46.48, down 24 cents, on the New York Mercantile Exchange...


In esclusiva tutti i particolari domani su Vanity Fair


Crewmen Ration and Lose Weight on Space Station

The two crewmen aboard the international space station lost a few pounds in the five weeks they were forced to ration their dwindling supply of


Mastella, la Gad Ã¨ a punto di crisi: con Prodi purchÃ© decida

"Ha ragione Bertinotti, la Gad Ã¨ a un punto di crisi": lo ha detto Clemente Mastella al termine della riunione dell'ufficio politico dell'Udeur. "Sulle regionali - ha aggiunto - aspettiamo risposte dagli alleati e in particolare da Prodi.


Haiti in 'Total Desperation' After Storm

Louisen Louis, 30, walked Monday in the middle of a street that resembled a small river with brown rivulets and waves. He wore sandals and had a cut on one of his big toes.


Breaking Taboo, Mandela Says Son Died of AIDS

South Africa's Nelson Mandela, one  of Africa's most committed campaigners in the battle against  AIDS, announced that his only surviving son had succumbed to  the disease Thursday.


Militants in Iraq claim to have taken a Polish woman hostage and demand the withdrawal of Poland's troops.


Australia's WMC Resources Receives Bid From Xstrata -2-

MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Australia's WMC Resources Ltd. (WMC) on Thursday said it recently received a conditional takeover proposal from London-listed resource major Xstrata PLC (XTA.


Roma, 15:35 - Calcio, Lazio: festa a base di porchetta per vittoria derby

La gioia per il derby vinto sembra essere infinita. E cosÃ¬, ad una settimana di distanza dalla vitto...


Japan's KDDI, Willcom win new WiMAX licenses

Carlyle-controlled  Japanese  handy-phone firm Willcom Inc and a group led by mobile phone  operator KDDI Corp  won licenses to supply high-speed  wireless Internet access on Friday.


Stocks End Slightly Higher as Profit Worries Ease

Investors discounted another technology profit warning and focused instead on positive outlooks for third- and fourth-quarter earnings.


She's often seen in a ubiquitous infomercial peddling Pilates videos, but Mari Winsor's lean and sinewy body may be the best walking advertisement of the exercise phenomenon.


Internet (Regione Lazio): siglato un accordo quadro con le Poste ...

La Regione Lazio rende noto che il Presidente Francesco Storace e Massimo Sarmi, Amministratore Delegato di Poste Italiane, hanno firmato un accordo quadro finalizzato alla creazione di Internet point all'interno degli uffici postali del Lazio.


In Encore, SEC Confirmed as King of Leagues

The other big winner in Monday nightâs national title game was the SEC, which reaffirmed its status as the best league in college football.


Early treatment sees more HIV babies survive

HIV-infected babies have a greater chance of survival if they receive treatment before they show signs of illness or a weakened immune system, the International AIDS Society (IAS) was told on Tuesday.


Toll from Philippine storms hits at least 45

Fresh rains and flooding have killed up to 16 people in the Philippines as a tropical storm worsened the death toll and damage from a weekend typhoon.


An industrial-strength way to clean and repair the DVDs

I had just tucked into one of my favorite Star Trek episodes recently when William Shatner's face, his lips pursed, froze on the screen. Pixel by pixel, the picture crumbled before my eyes.


Heart Expert Slams Aggressive Painkiller Advertising

The controversy over painkillers known as Cox-2 inhibitors like Vioxx, Celebrex and Bextra and major cardiovascular events has prompted a leading heart specialist to speak out.


Salgono del 22% le vendite col marchio di Monaco


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - President Bush taunted Democratic rival John Kerry and tested debate lines before friendly audiences in Colorado and Arizona on Tuesday while Kerry crammed in private for Wednesday night's final faceoff of the campaign...


Istituti spostano le proprie riserve ad Eurolandia


Palermo, 19:37 - CALCIO, PALERMO: CONVOCATI PER IL TORINO

Sono 18 i giocatori del Palermo convocati dal tecnico Stefano Colantuono per la sfida di domani cont...


Singer-songwriter Holly Williams, granddaughter of country legend Hank Williams, is proud of her roots but wants to be known for her music instead of her name.


Al Qaeda fight to death in Iraq bastion: U.S.

BAQUBA, Iraq  - Thousands of U.S. soldiers on the offensive north of Baghdad are facing fierce resistance from hundreds of al Qaeda militants who are ready to fight to the death, an American general said on Friday.


Toshiba Concedes Defeat in the DVD Battle

The Japanese electronics giant threw in the towel on its HD DVD technology, announcing that it would no longer develop, produce or market disc players for the format.


JACK BLACK is set to star in the remake of legendary 1933 HOLLYWOOD film âKING KONGâ. The Tenacious D star and comedian will play the character of Carl Denham, who sets off to Skull Island to investigate legends of a giant gorilla named Kong.


DOE: No need for regulation to curb energy use

The U.S Department of Energy (DOE) is stressing incentives over regulations to improve the energy efficiency of datacenters.


Call Made from Phone of Abducted Italian in Iraq

A friend of Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena, who was kidnapped in Baghdad on Friday, received a call on Saturday from Sgrena's telephone but it was unclear who was at the other end of the line.


Packers quarterback Brett Favre became the second player in NFL history to throw 400 career touchdown passes Sunday.


Australia says China military rise risks instability

Australia on Thursday warned China's rapid military expansion risked causing greater instability in the region as Prime Minister John Howard launched a new doctrine calling for military operations far from home.


The breakaway region of Trans-Dniester goes to the polls in a referendum that may decide its future.


Oil Holds Firm, OPEC Says May Cut Supply

Oil prices held firm on Monday as the  OPEC cartel said it might cut supply as the northern hemisphere  winter draws to a close.


A Russian newspaper shows photos of 30 corpses it says are militants responsible for the school siege in Beslan.


Intel Scraps Pentium 4 Chip for New Design

The scuttling of the chip raises the risk that Intel might fall behind AMD in the race to create the fastest processors. Some saw the move as desperate attempt to deal with the fact that


Chinese puzzled over long hunt for Veerappan

Beijing, Oct. 20 (PTI): The long hunt for forest brigand Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, has left many a Chinese puzzled. "Why did India take such a long time to capture Veerappan," is a question many had been


US troops launch offensive as 29 die in insurgent ambush of elite ...

US forces launched a new offensive Wednesday against insurgents in an area south of Baghdad dubbed the ''triangle of death,'' while


Men who work a rotating shift pattern may be at increased risk of prostate cancer, research suggests.


SK Telecom denies interest in Sprint Nextel.


A former policeman who killed his terminally ill wife in an abortive suicide pact is given a suspended sentence.


Parts of Madrid Office Building Collapse

Sections of a 32-story landmark office building on Madrid's skyline collapsed Sunday morning hours after a fire raged through the upper floors.


Gerrard impressed by new Liverpool owners

Steven Gerrard claimed he was mightily impressed by Liverpool's new American owners George Gillett and Tom Hicks as they prepared to make the club the biggest in the world, the News of the World reported.


MySpace to open site to developers on Feb. 5

MySpace next week will begin providing APIs to developers looking to create applications to run on the social networking site.


Fast-food chain Jack In The Box Inc.  JBX.N on Wednesday reported higher quarterly net profit,  beating expectations, helped by sales of such new products as  sourdough sandwiches.


Syria convenes a conference of rejectionists demanding an end to peace talks with Israel


Senator Barack Obama treaded onto Senator Hillary Rodham ClintonÂs home turf to feel out those who might prefer the sound of President Obama to President Clinton.


com October 8, 2004, 10:24 AM PT. This fourth priority's main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half.


Entrepreneur thinks disposable DVD technology a keeper

To some consumers, the self-destructing DVD sounds like a device out of "Mission: Impossible." To Atlanta entrepreneur Jeffrey Arnold, it sounds like money.


Despite lawsuits, digital music downloads grow

Despite success in suing people who  download music illegally and in reaching deals with personal  networking sites like YouTube, the music industry is still  bleeding millions of dollars in sales to online piracy.


With Builder in Bankruptcy, Buyers Are Outside Looking In

The collapse of the fabled Levitt & Sons, the first big home builder to fail in the current slump, illustrates how the real estate turmoil is spreading far beyond subprime borrowers.


Paris Hilton starts serving jail term: lawyer

Admitting she was frightened, heiress Paris Hilton traded in her Guccis and designer clothes for jail garb on Sunday night as she began serving a 23-day sentence in Los Angeles for violating probation, her attorney said on Sunday.


Abbas to deliver speech, may call early elections

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas may call early elections on Saturday in a much anticipated speech after violence between his Fatah group and the ruling Hamas movement stirred fears of civil war.


Former Tory leader William Hague has ruled out standing for the leadership again, a newspaper reports.


Where does last week's abrupt announcement of a major U.S. flu shot shortage leave you, as the flu season gets underway?


Halo 2, San Andreas key drivers of Nov. revenue, say NPD stats

Absent sales from the killer titles published by Microsoft and Rockstar, November sales would have dropped more than 20 percent. With the two, revenues rose 11 percent.


Troubled lender said to be undercapitalized; to issue mix of convertible and non-convertible shares. NEW YORK  - Fannie Mae, the largest US home financier whose top two executives left under fire


ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada - Hurricane Ivan left Grenada a wasteland of flattened houses, twisted metal and splintered wood as it bore down on Jamaica with deadly winds and monstrous waves, forcing a half million people to flee their homes...


Milano, 20:46 - CALCIO, BERLUSCONI: CALCIOPOLI? UNA BOLLA DI SAPONE

''Una bolla di sapone di cui ora si capisce la pochezza. E' stata montata una grande storia su una c...


Difficolta' al traffico, minacciata anche linea ferroviaria


New national polls continued to show the race between Sen. John Kerry and President Bush to be very close, although Bush appears to have an edge among likely voters.


Olympic Track Wrap: Holmes Ends Mutola's Dream

Briton Kelly Holmes extinguished training partner Maria Mutola's dream of consecutive Olympic titles Monday with an agonizingly close win in the women's 800 meters final.


A small group of IT security startups are hoping to cash in on the rise of the botnet scourge as businesses -- telecommunications carriers and Internet service providers, in particular -- seek new methods for stopping the attacks.While larger security software makers, including Symantec, McAfee, and Trend Micro, have built botnet-fighting functions into their existing products, and carrier security specialists such as Arbor Networks have added tools for detecting the threats in their network monitoring systems, a handful of smaller companies are attempting to market themselves as purists in the anti-botnet field.As carriers, ISPs, and large enterprises investigate techniques to keep computers on their networks, and those of their customers, from being recruited into the zombie armies of botnet-controlled devices, some experts say that there may be a market for stand-alone technologies that address the problem -- at least for the next several years."If you look at the change in the characteristics of malware attacks over the last year, and the public outrage over data breaches, private and government organizations have reached a point where the botnet issue is directly accessible," said Nick Selby, analyst at The 451 Group."Botnets are very relevant to data loss, and without question, customers are looking for in-the-cloud protection and clean pipes; the problem is too complex for any individual user to deal with alone, even large enterprise users," he said. "Anti-botnet vendors could see compliance and media-fueled growth because everyone understands the issue of data loss."Just as Webroot was able to build and maintain a business dedicated to fighting spyware -- even in the face of competition from larger rivals who built tools for warding off those attacks into their integrated security suites -- vendors staking a claim to the anti-botnet space contend that there will be plenty of demand for their specialized skills.Perhaps the two best-known providers making noise in the segment are FireEye, a Silicon Valley startup backed by funding from Sequoia Capital and Norwest Venture Partners, and Damballa, an Atlanta-based company with roots at Georgia Tech backed by Sigma Partners and Noro-Moseley Partners.Leaders with both companies maintain that their businesses are already taking off as botnets take over."These networks of infected PCs have become, in essence, the world's largest computing grids. They dwarf the world's supercomputers in terms of their power, so that tells you something about the severity of the overall threat," said Ashar Aziz, chief executive of FireEye, who maintains there are currently as many as 150 million botnet-infected computers worldwide."This is the actual infrastructure that connects all the malware, spam, and denial-of-service attacks," he said. "A feature built into an end-point client is not going to solve the problem on its own; large enterprises and carriers are looking for something today that is going to help them keep their assets from being victimized."In addition to the carrier crowd, Aziz said that a growing number of large enterprises are seeking to take things into their own hands to ensure that their networks aren't being exploited by botnet commanders.Not only are large companies fearful of having their assets used as proxies by all sorts of attackers, and any potential fines that such activity or related data loss could lead to, he said, they are also hoping to avoid the embarrassment of having machines inside their walls publicly revealed as spam and malware delivery stations.Throughout 2007, researchers at network security technology vendor Support Intelligence repeatedly detailed spam runs emanating from well-known businesses, including Bank of America, Intel, and Nationwide Insurance, that were thought to be driven by botnet-infected computers.At the core of the company's anti-botnet technology, delivered via its appliances, is its FireEye Analysis and Control Technology (FACT) engine, which looks for suspicious traffic, confirms attacks, and blocks access from infected devices to other machines on a network.Using the information being drawn from its customers, which already include a number of large North American carriers and Fortune 1,000 companies, according to the CEO, FireEye claims that it also has the ability to backtrack its way through the networks of infected machines to scope out the size of botnet operations and work with carriers to snuff out the infrastructure.Aziz contends that even if anti-botnet technologies become digested in broader suites by most companies or through carrier-provided services, FireEye -- whose virtualization-based technology was originally positioned for use in network access control (NAC) systems when it was founded in 2004 -- will be able to turn a profit by providing the intelligence needed by those systems to identify and track the attacks."The capability to build this intelligence about the botnets themselves is a sizable business opportunity. These companies offering services will need to constantly feed new data into their gateways," he said. "We feel this is a viable business model, finding the infrastructure that is out there and helping people understand where it lives and how it works."Damballa, which takes it name from the realm of voodoo spirits, is already marketing its capabilities to both enterprises and carriers in a number of different models.For instance, the company already offers three deployment options to enterprise customers: its Global Surveillance Network, a subscription service that alerts users if any of their machines are infected by known botnets; its Enterprise Protection package, which uses sensors placed on clients' networks to look for attacks; and its Extended Enterprise Protection offering, which utilizes sensors outside companies' firewalls to look for attempts by botnets to connect to users' computers.It markets comparable services for carriers and other security OEMs.Damballa leaders said that the key to earning a spot inside more companies' operations will be the continued evolution and maturation of the threats themselves, and the company's unique ability to chart botnet behavior."We definitely see a best-of-breed opportunity for fighting botnets. It depends on the customer, but most of the success we're finding is with organizations who already have a lot of security technologies in place but still find themselves dealing with this problem," said Tripp Cox, vice president of engineering at Damballa, which was founded in late 2006."These companies are getting green lights from other products telling them that everything is OK, but they are still finding out about compromises inside their networks," he said. "A lot of the larger security players will have to have something in their suite to address the problem, and there's definitely potential for consolidation at some point in this space, but if you look at a problem like spam, there's a history there of companies building a stand-alone business to solve problems like this."The 451 Group's Selby said that there will likely be growth of the anti-botnet segment before any industry consolidation takes place, despite a wide number of companies --ranging from anti-virus vendors to massive carriers with managed security services -- who want to take on a broader piece of the market."It would seem to make sense for these [anti-botnet] companies to cut deals with ISPs to have better visibility into their networks and botnet activity in general, as they already have," the analyst said. "This is a market that should see expansion as botnets continue to become a bigger problem for everyone."


ratings, WCBS-FM (101.1) is convinced that its new, tighter mix of '60s and '70s oldies is the way to go. "As we've said all along, we don't feel WCBS-FM needs drastic changes," says vice president Chad Brown.


Juan Francisco Fresno, the cardinal who played a key role in efforts to restore democracy in Chile during the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, has died, Roman Catholic Church authorities said. He was 90.


Like bringing to life a naked mannequin, scientists are using genetic and physical evidence found in fossils to clothe the skeletal remains of our closest hominid relatives, the Neanderthals.


Ethiopia rejects charges it bombed a Mogadishu market on Thursday, as clashes continue.


Seven Truckers Freed in Iraq; France Awaits Word

Islamic militants freed seven truck  drivers from India, Kenya and Egypt Wednesday after holding  them hostage in Iraq for six weeks, offering a ray of hope to a  dozen other foreigners still in captivity.


Stocks flat as tech weakness offset energy

Stocks were little changed on Friday as weakness in semiconductor makers after a broker downgrade of Intel Corp was offset by strength in energy producers.


Michael Jackson Voluntarily Submits DNA Sample

A day after police raided Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch for a second time seeking evidence in the child-molestation case against him, officials returned Saturday and asked the pop star to submit a DNA sample.


A New Zealand police rescue team recovers the body of a Belfast doctor killed trying to save his girlfriend.


Kenya finally out of the 10 most rotten countries

Kenyaâs fight against graft received a major boost yesterday when it was dropped from the black list of the most corrupt nations.


F.D.A. Says Food From Cloned Animals Is Safe

Despite the F.D.A. endorsement, the Agriculture Department has asked farmers to continue withholding clones from the food supply.


A 35-year-old Iraqi journalist was shot to death Sunday on her way home from work in Mosul, the second female journalist to be killed in the northern city this month, officials said.


Stolen Bank Data Fetches Big Bucks Online

Stolen bank account numbers are commanding the highest price in an underground trade of personal details stolen by hackers, according to a survey released Monday by security vendor Symantec Corp.


Company to offer 3 devices with Bluetooth and GPS capabilities.


Stasera a Bucarest i biancocelesti si giocano l'ultima possibilità di accedere alla vecchia Coppa Campioni. Segui la diretta su KwSport a partire dalle 20.50


Il successo planetario della serie tv interpretata da America Ferrera ha dato il viaall'esplosione mediatica del fenomeno: copertine di giornali, dibattiti sociologici                                            Betty, Fiona e le altre "ugly-star" Quando le brutte diventano trendy                                                                                E gli esempi potrebbero continuare: dall'irresistibile ascesa hollywoodiana di Jennifer Hudsonal successo in Inghilterra della grassa, lesbica e femminista Beth Ditto. E per i bambini, c'Ã¨ "Shrek 3"...di CLAUDIA MORGOGLIONE


VIENNA: The UN atomic agency called Friday for a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East. It was expected to pass later Friday a resolution on fighting "nuclear and radiological terrorism.


Unions and executives at Italy's Alitalia reach a deal with the government on layoffs, opening the way for a wholesale restructuring.


Legacy of blood trails bandit kingâs life of crime in India

NEW DELHIâRobin Hood or brutal brigand, the legend of Indiaâs most wanted man, will no doubt live on. Koose Muniswamy Veerappan and three accomplices fell Monday


The Bank of England is generally expected to raise UK interest rates to 5.75% later, to help reduce inflation.


Congressional Republicans Say Gun Ban to Expire

Police officials from across the  country on Wednesday warned that dangerous assault weapons will  flood U.S. streets if the ban on those guns expires next week  but Republican congressional leaders expressed no concerns  about letting the restriction lapse.


U.S. says 23 militants killed in Iraq battle

U.S. forces killed at least 23 insurgents suspected of having links with al Qaeda during a fierce battle in Iraq's western Anbar province over the weekend, the military said on Tuesday.


AMERICAN LEAGUE: 22-0 defeat by Indians is Yankees' worst ever

NEW YORK -- With Thursday night's epic defeat, the Yankees' hold on first place in the American League East became increasingly tenuous.


La Garde, 17:05 - CICLISMO, GIRO DEL MEDITERRANEO: CASPER VINCE 2/A TAPPA

Il francese Jimmy Casper (Agritubel) ha vinto allo sprint la seconda tappa del Giro del Mediterraneo...


Virtualization takes toll on physical server sales

New numbers from Gartner show that computer server sales slowed in the third quarter, a trend the research company attributes to virtualization.


Because of snafu, Barry Bonds trainer to be released

Baseball slugger Barry Bonds's personal trainer, who was sent to prison for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury, was ordered released on Thursday after the judge acknowledged errors in the case.


Eye problems are going undiagnosed in some children, partly because of a low uptake of free tests, a report says.


As peace between Israel and the Palestinians waxed and waned over the decades, there was one constant amid the tumult: Yasser Arafat was at its centre.


Sony to boost imaging sensor production on strong digital camera demand

Sony Corp. said Wednesday it is investing nearly 500 million dollars to boost production of image sensors used in digital cameras and camera-equipped mobile phones.


Bush urges bickering allies on terrorism

President Bush appealed to the bickering presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday to put aside their differences and "strategize together" over dinner on ways to prevail in defeating the common enemy of terrorism.


The surging Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1 on Sunday, their 12th win in 15 games.


Investigation begins into fatal shark attack

Authorities investigating a fatal shark attack off Cairns in far-north Queensland say it is too early to say what species of shark was involved.


Korea's worst-ever oil spill echoes a 1995 disaster -- and environmentalists are asking why it wasn't contained earlier


As part of a special promotion, Blockbuster has cut prices again. But will it be enough?


First Milosevic Trial Defense Witness Called

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan  Milosevic blasted a decision to impose defense lawyers on him  as "legal fiction" Tuesday as his first witness began her  testimony at his war crimes trial.


UN Panel Unveils Sweeping Reform Proposal

A high-level UN panel has issued a sweeping series of recommendations on how to reform the world body to meet the challenges of the 21st century.


FreshXtend Technologies Corp. (TSX VENTURE: FXT) ("FreshXtend" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has granted an aggregate of 1,379,000 stock options to directors, officers and employees of the Company, at a price of Cdn $0.15 per share. The options have a term of 5 years.


Suicide Bomber Kills 25 in Pakistani Mosque

SIALKOT, Pakistan  - A suicide bomber killed at  least 25 people in a mosque packed with worshippers and wounded  more than 50 when he blew himself up during Friday prayers in  the eastern Pakistani town of Sialkot, police said.


Bhutto's death must not threaten vote: British press

Paying tribute to "Pakistan's People's Princess", the British press insisted on Friday that Benazir Bhutto's murder must not threaten upcoming elections in the south Asian nation.


World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Breakup Urged at Airport Operator

Britainâs consumer affairs watchdog urged competition authorities to explore a breakup of the British airports group BAA, which runs Heathrow Airport in London, saying its dominance had led to poor service and high charges. The ruling could lead to the forced sale of some of BAAâs three London airports, which also include Gatwick and Stansted, and which handle 90 percent of air passenger traffic in southeast England. The Office of Fair Trading said it planned to refer airport ownership to the Competition Commission.


When youâre watching television Tuesday night, pay close attention to eight US Senate races, including the SC contest between Republican Jim DeMint and Democrat Inez Tenenbaum.


Bosnia Serb PM Resigns, Rejects Western Pressure

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia  -  Bosnian Serb Prime Minister  Dragan Mikerevic stepped down on Friday, refusing to enact  police and army reforms demanded by top peace overseer Paddy  Ashdown.


David Gest, the estranged husband of Liza Minnelli, asked a judge to set aside his prenuptial agreement with the star, the latest development in their lengthy divorce battle.


Microsoft's effort to send a message to Apple via legions of iPod users isn't quite as elaborate as RealNetworks' Freedom of Music Choice campaign, but the gist is the same.


Indiana Pacers players will be charged for fighting with fans during the Nov. 19 brawl at the end of a game against the Detroit Pistons, Oakland County Prosecutor David Gorcyca told The Detroit News.


There Must Be No Divisions On Crucial National And State Interests, President Crvenkovski Says

President Branko Crvenkovski will invite Wednesday in Ohrid the leaders of political parties - signatories of the Framework Agreement, representatives of the Democratic Union for Integration, political parties ...


Costa Rican Dinner Set at Holladay United: $20

Holladay United Church of Christ, 2631 E. Murray-Holladay Road, will hold a Costa Rican dinner Friday at 6 p.m.  The cost is $20 a person, and all proceeds go to support the church's service trips this summer.  For reservations or for more information, call 277-2631.


LeBron James has helped Cleveland overcome a 19-point deficit to down Phoenix 114-109 in an overtime NBA thriller. The teenage sensation scored 17 of his 38 points in the fourth quarter, helping the home side


Amy Winehouse to perform at Grammys via satellite

Troubled British pop singer Amy Winehouse will perform at Sunday's Grammy Awards live via satellite from London, after the U.S. government rejected her visa application to attend the music industry's biggest night of the year in Los Angeles, organizers said on Friday.


R&B singer Rihanna is to score the longest-running UK number one single for more than a decade, reports say.


USA Track & Field on Monday announced the inductees for the Class of 2004 for the National Track & Field Hall of Fame. The inductees are modern athletes Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Michael Johnson, Joan Benoit Samuelson


Diabetes in pregnancy can hamper infant memory

Babies whose mothers had diabetes during pregnancy may be less able to form early memories than children whose mothers had normal pregnancies, a U.S. researcher said on Friday.


WASHINGTON -- One week before the U.S. elections,  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is blasting  President George W. Bush's space exploration vision as a Âpurely political  stuntÂ that threatens to gut other NASA programs.


PLO chief apologizes to Kuwait over stand on Iraq invasion

KUWAIT CITY  - PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas apologized to Kuwait for the organization's pro-Baghdad stand during Iraq's 1990 invasion of the emirate, at the start of a landmark visit aimed at healing a 14-year rift.


Olympic Discus Champion Thrown Out of Games

Hungarian Olympic discus champion Robert  Fazekas will lose his gold medal and be expelled from the Games  after being caught trying to tamper with a urine sample, an  International Olympic Committee source said Tuesday.


Rumsfeld Says US Faces Test of Wills in Iraq

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday the United States and its allies were locked in a test of wills with insurgents in Iraq and must overcome the "pain and ugliness" of the conflict.


Tears, fears as U.S. family sees son off to war

LAWRENCE, Kansas  - They gathered to send Aaron Emerson off to war. His father cursed, his grandmother cried, his mother was just numb.


Lest there was any doubt, events of the past week have reinforced the image of a president heading into a new term with all the markings of a high-wire act.


EU officials table a compromise to cut cod catches by 25% but allow boats to spend longer at sea.


Viacom Inc's MTV and award-winning  television and film producer Jerry Bruckheimer will launch a  video game development studio, marrying Hollywood and  technology in what has been historically an uneasy alliance.


Abbas wins Western pledges, vows to control Gaza

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency cabinet, bolstered by Western promises to resume aid, vowed on Monday to exert its authority over the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.


If the history of The New Yorker could be captured in a single life, honors would likely fall to Roger Angell, who at age 85 predates the magazine itself and remains as vital as the publication he literally grew up with.