Yankees lefty Randy Johnson has a herniated disc in his lower back, an injury that could prevent him from pitching in the playoffs next week.


IBM Updates TotalStorage SAN Software Suite

Ziff Davis - The company says the new version of its SAN virtualization manager can handle all of rival EMC's arrays.


The information technology (IT) sector is expected to set the tone of the Korean stock market in the near term after Intel, the worldâs largest semiconductor maker, slashed its third-quarter sales forecast last Thursday.


A rare December tropical storm causes floods and landslides in the Caribbean, killing at least 13 people.


Obama edges ahead of Clinton in New Hampshire poll

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has edged ahead of rival Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire less than a month before the state's nominating primary in the 2008 race for the White House, a new poll showed on Friday.


Garth Ancier has previously been the top entertainment executive at three networks: Fox, NBC and WB.


Barry Bonds hit his 697th homer and drove in three runs, and Edgardo Alfonzo had five hits as the Giants pummeled the Arizona Diamondbacks, 18-7, last night in San Francisco.


Kuznetsova Prevails as Russia Wins Fed Cup

Russia secured its third Fed Cup title Sunday after Svetlana Kuznetsova rallied to beat Francesca Schiavone 4-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5 in the first reverse singles.


McGreevey's Accuser Says He Was Made to Look 'Ridiculous'

he man whose accusations of sexual harassment led to the resignation of Gov. James E. McGreevey, told an Israeli newspaper in a new interview yesterday that he was made to seem a "ridiculous character" by Mr. McGreevey and his staff.


The former DaimlerChrysler AG paid a record $30.3 million fine in 2007 for violating fuel efficiency requirements set by the federal government.


Greenlight's Einhorn quits New Century board

Activist hedge fund manager David Einhorn quit New Century Financial Corp.'s  board late Wednesday, two days after the subprime lender's stock fell 69 percent following disclosure of a federal criminal probe.


Cricket-Warne could also miss New Zealand test with thumb fracture

SYDNEY  - A thumb fracture which knocked Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne out of the Test against India starting could also rule the world record wicket-taker out of a Test against New Zealand later this month.


Little Can Be Done to Boost Flu Shot Supply

Oct. 8, 2004 -- Government health officials and vaccine manufacturers warn that they can do little to ease the expected widespread flu shot shortages announced earlier this week.


Olive Oil Cleared for Heart-Healthy Claim

Nov. 1, 2004 -- Olive oil has now joined the ranks of nuts and fish in earning the right to advertise its heart-healthy benefits. The FDA has approved a new qualified health claim for olive oil based on studies


Two San Francisco Chronicle reportersÃÂ will beÃÂ jailed Thursday for a maximum 18 months for refusing to testify about who leaked them secret grand jury testimony from Barry Bonds and other elite athletes.


A push to bring dads into kids' school lives

Raleigh takes up a global movement to involve fathers more, especially at school.


Capo dello Stato trascorrera' pausa estiva a Castel Porziano


Revenge thriller Dead Man's Shoes scoops top prize at the British Film Festival in Dinard, France.


Lionel Richie talks about Nicole's weight

Lionel Richie, father of size-zero Nicole Richie, says he's hurt by media chatter about his daughter's weight loss.


Bernanke: Fed ready for "substantive" action

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday that the U.S. economic outlook had worsened and said the U.S. central bank stood ready to act aggressively if needed to support growth.


Visteon Corp. VC.N, the No. 2 U.S.  auto parts maker, on Thursday posted a wider quarterly net loss  of $1.36 billion, citing charges, and said it expects rising  material surcharges and its high cost structure to hurt results  for the rest of the year.


CME Group Inc , parent of the  world's largest derivatives exchange, said on Tuesday quarterly  profit nearly doubled, topping analysts' average forecast,  driven by strong volume growth.


Roma, 19:01 - CALCIO, ROMA: CON LA TRIESTINA AMPIO TURN OVER

Allenamento mattutino per la Roma in vista della gara di mercoledÃ¬,ritorno degli ottavi di finale di...


Your Army Of Dupes Should Be Quaking In Fear!

13-year old Megan Meier, after being cruelly taunted by a "Josh Evans" on MySpace,   hung herself in her closet with a belt.  Lori Drew, the mother of one of Megan's former friends, admitted in a police report that Josh Evans was really her, but later denied it.    The police investigated, but were unable to find any crime they could charge Mrs. Drew with.  The state of Missouri is proposing to   outlaw internet harassment, but under the US Constitution, such a law could not apply retroactively.    But Federal prosecutors may have found a way to prosecute Mrs. Drew...


Rights group asks judge to stop wiretap program

A U.S. civil liberties group asked a   federal judge on Tuesday to halt a contentious domestic spying   program that the U.S. government argues is essential to   national security.


Russia's first race hate murder trial ends in long jail terms for three men who killed an African medical student.


Leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meet in Vientiane on Monday to adopt a roadmap for the establishment of an ASEAN Community consisting of three pillars -- an Economic Community, Security Community and Socio-Cultural Community.


Africanized Bees May Have Arrived in Okla.

A swarm of bees that attacked a work crew earlier this month may be of the Africanized variety, which would mark the furthest north the so-called "killer" bees have traveled in the United States, scientists said.


Avvertita dalla gente tra Mattinata,Vieste e Monte S.Angelo


Banks and building societies show no interest in borrowing up to Â£10bn of Bank of England funds.


A district judge ruled Wednesday that British investigators have until next week to investigate the suspects arrested in an alleged plot to blow up as many as 10 trans-Atlantic jetliners, saying they could be kept in custody without charge.


US reviews safety of children's cold drugs

WASHINGTON -- Government health officials said yesterday they are reviewing whether popular medicines like Tylenol Plus Cold & Cough and Infant Triaminic Thin Strips are safe and effective in treating children's colds and coughs.


Roma, 19:15 - ATLETICA, ASSOLUZIONE GIBILISCO; ARESE: RISPETTO LA SENTENZA

"Rispetto per la sentenza della Commissione di appello federale sul caso Gibilisco". Ã questo il com...


NetSuiteâs shares priced at $26 apiece late Wednesday, far above the expected price range of $13 to $16 that it initially reported in its registration to go public.


Attesa per audizione presidente Fed, Bernake


i-mate phones may stir up enterprise mobile

A vendor based in Dubai pounced on the enterprise mobility market Tuesday evening with a set of Windows Mobile 6 phones that come with built-in security and management software and will be sold independent of carriers.The company, i-mate, unveiled its Ultimate series of four GSM phones at Showstoppers, a product showcase held alongside the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment show happening this week in San Francisco. They will start hitting the market worldwide in the middle of next month.The devices all are about the size of a typical smartphone, run Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6 operating system, and come with the Office Mobile suite. Two have touchscreens, and two have QWERTY keyboards, one of them using a "slider" design with a larger keyboard and a screen that can be viewed horizontally. They are aimed at markets ranging from small business to larger midsize enterprises.One thing that sets i-mate apart is its business model: It will sell the phones in the U.S. through resellers and retail channels, bypassing mobile operators and the subsidies they typically offer. The i-mate phones will range in price from about $600 to $800, said Nicole Buchanan, vice president of sales and marketing (Americas) at i-mate. The company isn't averse to carrier distribution if it can make a deal: It will sell devices through Telstra in Australia, Buchanan said.Although carriers dominate the U.S. handset business, a few device makers are starting to take matters into their own hands. Nokia sells phones through its own retail stores and makes some high-end devices available through alternative distributors like Brightpoint, which i-mate will also use. The trend allows businesses to make their handset choices without worrying about what carrier to use or how long the mobile operator will continue offering the device they want.The traditional mobile handset business, in which carriers dictate the timing of handset and service rollouts based on their own business plans, doesn't match up with typically long enterprise planning cycles, IDC analyst Shiv Bakhshi said Monday at the show. Enterprises often can't find out what phones will be available when they carry out their mobile strategies or whether their current phone models will still be available in the future. Although hardware makers are starting to gain some autonomy, with the prominent example of Apple and its iPhone, they have a long way to go, Bakhshi said.The i-mate phones come with built-in software for securing and managing the devices. The Secure i-Q software lets users or IT support people lock down a lost or stolen device or wipe the data from it over the air. They can then configure a replacement device with all the appropriate applications over the air, Buchanan said. Custom i-Q allows for customization of each device with applications, e-mail settings, and features over the air.i-mate's only previous product was a digital picture frame with Wi-Fi. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange. It developed the i-Q software and designed the Ultimate phones, which are built by contract manufacturers. All the devices use an XScale PXA 520MHz processor and have storage expandable to 2GB. They come with features typical of high-end phones, including Bluetooth and cameras. Three of the models have a front-facing camera that can be used for videoconferencing, according to i-mate. One feature that makes the devices stand out is XGA output, which lets a user plug the handset into a full-size display or projector.The Ultimate 6150 and 8150 touch-screen phones and 8502 QWERTY phone are due to ship worldwide in mid-November. The 9502 slider phone will ship around the end of the year, i-mate said.


ST. IGNACE, Mich. - Gambling is the only thing missing from a new Indian casino in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, mistakenly built in an area where gambling is illegal.


Blair will not cut holidays short because of tsunami: Downing Street

British Prime Minister Tony Blair has no intention of cutting short his family holidays in Egypt after the tsunami disaster in Asia, his office said.


A major rescue operation is launched after 110 children are swept into the Irish Sea, but all are reported rescued.


Count Lindsay Davenport among those who would prefer if tennis stayed away from instant replay or other electronic help for officials.


Student activism in 70s shaped Argentine first lady

LA PLATA, Argentina  - The political beliefs of Argentine presidential front-runner Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner were forged in the country's turbulent 1970s when she was a leftist activist and law student.


Bomb in Iraq's Mosul kills nine, wounds 75

At least nine people were killed and 75 wounded when an unoccupied building blew up in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday just as police arrived to investigate a tip that weapons were inside, police said.


Uruguay's Congress approves a bill which could make it the first Latin American country to allow civil unions.


The upper hand: McNabb and Eagles down Vikings

Breaking free: Philadelphia quarterback Donovan McNabb pushes away Minnesota cornerback Antoine Winfield before scrambling for more yards in the third quarter Monday night.


The game publisher known primarily for its sports titles teams up with iVillage to persuade women to enter the world of gaming. In Game|Life.


A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two cosmonauts and an American astronaut arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday after approaching so quickly that a danger signal was activated, causing the crew to switch from autopilot to manual control.


Baseball Beat: Red Sox just played much better

Bee Staff Writer. hanks to all the emotion expended and frustration released by Boston finally shedding "The Curse of the Bambino" and winning a World Series, the dubious quality in baseball's


The diminutive Chinese conductor Xian Zhangâs passionate musicality and boundless energy led her from a small town in China to the New York Philharmonic.


Chakvetadze escapes unharmed after house robbery

Russia tennis player Anna Chakvetadze escaped unharmed after several men broke into her house in southwest Moscow early on Tuesday, police said.


Cresce domanda per voli in Asia e in America


Blog: Recent events underscore how many companies want to help bring computing to the world's children--so long as they can make money.


Modena, 17:57 - CALCIO, MODENA: ALLA RIPRESA ASSENTI TAMBURINI E FANTINI

Allenamento di ripresa per il Modena: il tecnico Mutti ha fatto svolgere un lavoro atletico e tattic...


PM's husband re-arrested on murder charges

Islamabad - Pakistani police detained the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday, hours after a court ordered his re-arrest for failing to appear at a bail hearing in a murder case.


Sri Lanka, NZ match postponed; tour will continue

New Zealand's one-day international against Sri Lanka scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed until Jan 1, but the tour will go ahead, it was announced yesterday.


ANN ARBOR , Mich. -- Tyler Ecker caught a short pass from Chad Henne over the middle, eluded two tackles, and lumbered down the sideline for a 31-yard touchdown with 1:57 left to give 14th-ranked Michigan a 27-24 victory over No. 13 Minnesota yesterday.Henne was 33 of 49 for 328 yards -- all records for a true freshman at Michigan ...


By KATHERINE SHRADER WASHINGTON - Using a new laptop and a satellite link, FBI agents can find out within two minutes whether the fingerprint from a newly captured suspect overseas matches a terrorist database in Virginia.


An academic's study of human genetic mutation has been named winner of the Guardian First Book Award.


Musicians performing in the hometown of James Brown may soon be getting a reminder that they're in the stomping grounds of the Godfather of Soul.


Top rebel leaders refused to attend peace negotiations in Libya this weekend, forcing officials to postpone what the UN calls Darfur's 'moment of truth.'


Scientists are baffled by a mysterious power boost to one of its two robotic rovers on Mars.


US Push for More Scrutiny of Iran Nuclear Program Fails

The United States failed again today to persuade the International Atomic Energy Agency that it should refer Iran's suspect nuclear program to the United Nations Security


COCA-COLA has warned that its earnings for the rest of 2004 will be below expectations because of weakness in key markets, highlighting the divergent fortunes of the company and its top rival, PepsiCo.


Gates misses the point on 'creative capitalism'

perspective The Microsoft chairman's well-intentioned pitch for corporate activism missed the root causes of poverty. (Hint: it's not lack of corporate charity.)


On the dusty streets of Haiti's largest slum, young men in baggy clothes lounge outside bullet-pocked shacks, listening for the rumble of armored vehicles carrying U.N. peacekeepers.


Mr. and Mrs. Stephen S. Trond, Lancaster, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 4. To celebrate, they spent a week in Ocean City, Md. with their children and their families. They were married on July 4 in Fall River, Mass.


Organizations and law enforcement agencies fighting spyware are making progress, but new tools in an antispyware bill stalled in the U.S. Congress could improve the efforts, a member of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said Monday.One of the spyware bills passed by the House of Representatives earlier this year, the Spy Act, would give the FTC authority to impose civil fines on companies that distribute spyware to consumers' computers. The bill, along with the Internet Spyware Prevention (or I-SPY) Act, have stalled in the Senate since passing the House in May and June.The FTC has the authority to collect profits from spyware operations and collect money for consumer redress, but it lacks the authority to impose other fines, as it does when going after spammers, said Commissioner Jon Leibowitz, speaking at a spyware forum in Washington, D.C.Assigning a dollar figure to consumer harm is tricky in many spyware cases, especially when the spyware delivers pop-up advertisements to computers, Leibowitz said. It's sometimes difficult to get courts to assign large consumer damages to pop-up cases, he said.In some cases, spyware damages are assessed by judges "who don't even use computers," said Dave Koehler, with the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection.The Spy Act would allow the FTC to fine spyware vendors up to $3 million for hijacking computers, delivering unwanted adware, and other violations, and $1 million for collecting personal data without permission, in addition to going after the vendor's profits and seeking consumer redress.Additional authority to impose civil fines would give the FTC "an enormous deterrent," Leibowitz said."Right now, companies know that the worst they can do is lose their profits," he added. "They're not going to get fined on top of that."The FTC has brought several spyware actions against companies. In February, the agency settled a case against adware distributor DirectRevenue. In that case, DirectRevenue settled for $1.5 million, based on its profits, but the founders of the company had received more than $20 million in venture-capital funding, Leibowitz said.While participants in the spyware forum said there continue to be many challenges, including a growing trend of foreign spyware vendors, the cost of spyware to U.S. consumers seems to be falling. Consumer Reports estimated that spyware cost U.S. consumers $2.6 billion in 2006, but only $1.7 billion in 2007, noted Ari Schwartz, deputy director of the Center for Democracy and Technology, a supporter of StopBadware.org, a consumer-protection effort aimed at spyware and other malicious code.The drop in the cost of spyware can be attributed to a number of factors, Schwartz said. Antispyware technology is getting better, the FTC has taken action against spyware vendors, and StopBadware.org has distributed a list of malicious Web sites, he said. In addition, some states have taken action against spyware, and cybersecurity groups' public education programs seem to be working, he said.But Ron Teixeira, executive director of the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), noted that consumers may know more about spyware, but they aren't always acting on their knowledge. A survey released by the NCSA and McAfee earlier this month found 78 percent of respondents' computers didn't have all three of what the NCSA calls the "core protection" software: anti-virus, antispyware, and firewall."We're not seeing a huge increase in the actual behavior change," he said.


GOP race in Florida is Romney vs. McCain

The two candidates are running neck and neck before the Republican primary Tuesday.


BEIJING, Jan. 19 -- There was Hu Jintao, head of the Chinese Communist Party, warmly shaking hands at a party-sponsored New Year's tea party with one of the country's main Christian leaders. To make sure the message got through to China's 68 million party faithful, a large photograph of the moment...


COMMENTARY: NHL losing more than a season

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman doesn't know it yet, but I think I represent his worst nightmare. I have followed his league for years.


Former champion Marat Safin came to this year's US Open seeded No 13 and was sent home early by Thomas Enqvist, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, yesterday.


For five innings Tuesday, it didn't feel like the Twins and White Sox were so far apart in the standings. Then the sixth inning became a microcosm of both club's seasons


Futures rise on muted core CPI, Intel upgrade

Stock futures pointed to a higher Wall Street open on Friday as government data showed consumer prices, excluding food and energy, grew less than expected in May, underscoring optimism about continued economic growth while inflation moderates.


wxWdigets 2.8.0 has been released. wxWidgets is a free C++ framework that facilitates cross platform software development, including GUIs, threads, sockets, database, file system access, etc.   The wxWidgets team is pleased to announce a major new release. Compared with the last stable series (2.6), 2.8.0 adds wxAUI (an advanced user interface library for docking and other functionality), wxRichTextCtrl, wxComboCtrl, wxOwnerDrawnComboBox, wxTreebook, various picker controls such as wxColourPickerCtrl, wxHyperlinkCtrl, partial right-to-left language support, support for Core Graphics on Mac OS X, tar archive support, and more. Get wxWidgets from http://www.wxwidgets.org/downloads/.


Blood Test Gauges Breast Cancer Treatment

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 18  (HealthDayNews) -- A new blood test holds promise for improving the treatment of advanced breast cancer, researchers report.


Family time is under pressure from children watching TV and spending little time with adults, a survey suggests.


Former Sen. Max Cleland has suspended his chief of staff after the man allegedly crashed a John Edwards fundraiser on Martha's Vineyard, then broke into a nearby Coast Guard station.


Charles and Camilla are finally to wed. But restoring the bonds between the Windsors and their subjects won't be a piece of cake


Job worries helped push consumer confidence down in September for the second consecutive month, a New York-based private research group said Tuesday.


Twenty crew have been rescued from a Greek ship which is listing in the English Channel off Devon.


Shi'ite Jaafari Is Front-Runner to Become Iraqi PM

An Islamist Shi'ite politician and  former exile emerged as the front-runner to become Iraq's new  prime minister Tuesday as horse-trading to decide the line-up  of the next government entered the final stages.


VATICANO - La catechesi del Papa: ÂDobbiamo innanzitutto noi cristiani riaffermare con convinzione profonda e sentita la veritÃ  del Natale di Cristo, per testimoniare di fronte a tutti la consapevolezza di un dono inaudito... Scaturisce di qui il dovere dellÂevangelizzazione che Ã¨ proprio la comunicazione di questa Âbuona notiziaÂ" CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - EÂ stata interamente dedicata al mistero del Natale la catechesi del Santo Padre Benedetto XVI durante lÂudienza generale di mercoledÃ¬ 19 dicembre. ÂSe da una parte il Natale ci fa commemorare il prodigio incredib...


Motorola is to conduct a trial of mobile phones incorporating MasterCard's PayPass, a contactless payment technology. The handsets will allow customers to make payments by holding the device next to a reader


Perugia, 21:08 - VOLLEY, A1 MASCHILE: CORIGLIANO VINCE A PERUGIA NELL'ANTICIPO

La Famigliulo Corigliano ha espugnato Perugia al tie-break nell'anticipo della diciottesima giornata...


Sleight-of-Hand Math for the Budget Deficit

Don't believe the hype: The deficit is much bigger than you think.


Explosions Rock Ivory Coast's Main City Abidjan

Loud explosions rocked Ivory Coast's  main city of Abidjan early on Sunday and heavy gunfire could be  heard as thousands of anti-French demonstrators marched toward  a French military base.


Zurigo, 20:55 - VOLLEY, CHAMPIONS DONNE: NOVARA KO IN SVIZZERA

Sconfitta in trasferta per l'Asystel Novara nella gara valida per la Champions League femminile di p...


Senator John McCain plans to introduce legislation requiring Major League Baseball players to be tested for steroids.


(InfoWorld) - Toshiba and Micron TechnologyÂ have settled a number of outstanding lawsuits regarding alleged patent infringement and theft of trade secrets related to computer memory chips. Under terms of an agreement announced Friday, Toshiba will purchase some Micron patents related to semiconductor technology and license patents previously owned by Lexar Media, which wasÂ acquired by MicronÂ earlier this year. Toshiba will pay $288 million to Micron in return for the patents and licenses, Toshiba said. The amount is substantially less than the $465 million inÂ compensation awarded to LexarÂ by a California court in 2005. The payment has been on hold since late last year after Toshiba succeeded in having the damages reconsidered andÂ filed an appealÂ seeking to overturn the original guilty verdict. Earlier this year Lexar raised the stakes by asking the U.S. International Trade Commission toÂ bar the importÂ of some of Toshiba's NAND flash-memory chips and products containing them. The ITC action will now be dismissed, along with others at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and the California Court of Appeals, Toshiba said. Toshiba became business partners with Lexar when it invested $3 million in the company in 1997 and acquired a seat on its board of directors. According to Lexar's original complaint, Toshiba sat on the board for two and a half years and gained access to the company's product plans and technology, while at the same time working with Lexar rival SanDisk. Â


"Hardy Men": Cruise, Stiller take on "Boys"

Tom Cruise and Ben  Stiller are teaming up for "Hardy Men," a buddy action comedy  based on the fictional teen sleuths known as the Hardy Boys.


US soldier and at least three Iraqis killed in clashes, blasts

RAMADI, Iraq - At least two Iraqis were killed and eight people wounded, including three US marines, in clashes Thursday between rebels and US troops in the restive Iraqi city of Ramadi, hospital and military sources said.


European aircraft manufacturer Airbus SAS said Wednesday it still expects to receive government launch aid for its new A350 jet, a day after the EU and United States agreed to reopen negotiations on eliminating aircraft subsidies, averting a looming trade war.


Computer-chip maker Intel Corp. said yesterday that earnings for its third quarter were $1.9 billion -- up 15 percent from the same quarter a year ago -- but the company cautioned that computer-processor demand in the United States is likely to remain low.


This week's Intel Developer Forum should reveal more about quad-core processor designs and plans for mobile and server chips.


Jack Kevorkian has promised to never help another person in an assisted suicide, but that hasn't dimmed the attention focused on his release from prison.


Hundreds of thousands of Americans file for bankruptcy each year because of medical bills - even though they have health insurance, according to a new study.


A man who said a shark attacked him at Sydney's Bondi beach is in jail facing robbery charges and may have made up the shark story to cover injuries from climbing through a window, Australian media said on Thursday.


U.S. bans some cell phones in Qualcomm patent case

The U.S. International Trade  Commission ordered a ban on Thursday of some imported cell  phone models containing Qualcomm Inc.  chips that  infringe on a Broadcom Corp.  patent.


Antiwar Protesters Told  Shop Till You Drop, Too

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided that if antiwar protesters are to descend on his city by the hundreds of thousands for the Republican Convention, he may as well turn them into shoppers. -The Washington Post


Marion Jones case a turning point on drugs: Dick Pound

CBC SPORTS ONLINE - World Anti-Doping Agency chairman Dick Pound believes the doping controversy involving American track star Marion Jones could be a watershed moment in the fight against drugs in sports.


A letter left on the body of murdered film-maker Theo van Gogh reportedly threatens the life of a liberal politician.


Hypervisor hype drives sales Virtualisation software giant VMware has pumped out impressive third quarter results with profit up 90 per cent buoyed by strong sales of its hypervisor package.â¦


Standard Chartered profits leap 17 percent in 2006

Standard Chartered, the emerging markets bank, has reported on Tuesday that 2006 net profits soared by almost one fifth, helped by strong economic growth in its key Asian markets.


Vocal Contest Gives McDonaldâs Employees Something to Sing About

The âAmerican Idolâ craze has spawned an elaborate knock-off at McDonaldâs, which put out a casting call to its workers and was overwhelmed by 3,600 video auditions.


Dichiarazione di John Negroponte al Washington Post


Tra Roseto degli Abruzzi e Pineto,chiuso tratto autostradale


Still looking for Ms Right Jonathan Reed, the "bored geek" who last year offered one lucky girl the chance of accompanying him on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Antigua, is back on eBay reselling himself to the UK's geekette demographic.â¦


Under pressure on Iraq, U.S. makes overtures to U.N.

Under pressure to start  withdrawing U.S. troops, the Bush administration wants the  United Nations to play an expanded role in Iraq as a mediator  both internally and with neighboring countries.


New York Yankees Team Report - September 27

(Sports Network) - The New York Yankees suffered an 11-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Sunday in the rubber match of their critical three-game series at Fenway Park.


DaimlerChrysler inventory triggers U.S. plant halt: paper

DaimlerChrysler's high inventory --  built up due to weakening demand -- has triggered a halt in  production at several U.S. auto assembly plants, the Wall  Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.


The total cost of the Athens Olympics may exceed $14.6 billion, according to Greece's 2005 budget submitted to parliament Thursday.


Video claims slaughter of 12 Nepalese hostages

A video purporting to show the methodical, grisly slaughter of 12 Nepalese workers kidnapped in Iraq was posted Tuesday on a Web site linked to an insurgent group operating in Iraq.


Parkinson's Effects May Be Stayed With Exercise

A new study may prove exercise to be an effective treatment for Parkinson's Disease (PD). 'Our data suggest the possibility that exercise can make dopamine neurons resistant to neurotoxins and may therefore


Assen, 12:36 - MOTO, GP OLANDA: LORENZO IN TESTA IN LIBERE 250

Lo spagnolo Jorge Lorenzo (Aprilia) è stato il piÃ¹ veloce nelle prime prove libere del Gp d'O...


Tycho:  We were getting our hands on a four gig CompactFlash for the podcast recorder when the "friendly staff" gave us an idea for a new comic.  Thank you, friendly staff!  May nothing ever happen to your... staff.


Motorists who smoke at the wheel could be prosecuted under new guidance in the latest Highway Code.


ASIA/CINA - Dopo la pubblicazione della Lettera del Papa, la prima reazione da un sacerdote di Pechino: Âuna immensa gratitudine al Santo Padre, il suo insegnamento religioso ci aiuterÃ  a camminare con sicurezza sulla via dellÂautentica evangelizzazioneÂ Pechino (Agenzia Fides) - ÂUna immensa gratitudine al Santo Padre ed un grande sollievo da parte nostraÂ: Ã¨ questa la prima reazione di un sacerdote cinese di Pechino dopo avere appreso della pubblicazione della Lettera del Papa indirizzata ai membri...


Today and tomorrow, January 19, President Vaira Vike-Freiberga is paying an official visit to the Netherlands, including the Hague and Amsterdam.


Greg Rusedski plays Stefan Koubek in the deciding Davis Cup rubber.


PRODUTTORI RIUNITI A VIENNA; VERSO AUMENTO 1 MLN B/G

(AGI/REUTERS) - Vienna, 14 set. - I produttori di petrolio, Arabia Saudita compresa, metteranno oggi sul tavolo dell'Opec che si riunisce a Vienna la possibilita' di un aumento delle quote produttive di un milione di barili al giorno.


BAGHDAD - A US air strike killed a man suspected of directing the Aug. 14 truck bombings in northern Iraq that caused the deaths of more than 400 people, military officials said yesterday.


Music: Still Needing, Still Feeding the Muse at 64

With a new album on a new label (yes, Starbucks is involved) Paul McCartney meets the age of iTunes on his own terms.


Space shuttle safely lands in California

The space shuttle Atlantis returned safely to Earth Friday, ending a two-week, five-million-mile mission for its crew of seven.


Former Indian cricketer and MP, Navjot Sidhu, is sentenced to three years in prison for manslaughter.


Punta ad acquisire il 97,12% del capitale della "maison"


A PALESTINIAN activist serving a life sentence in an Israeli jail, Marwan Barghouti, took centre stage in the Palestinian political drama yesterday when associates said he was planning to seek the presidency of the Palestinian Authority in elections to be


New York police are trying to identify a man, clad in black, who plunged to his death from the 86th-floor observation deck of the Empire State Building.


A deep cultural misunderstanding between Western and Muslim societies is fueling radical groups around the world, Turkey's prime minister says.


Stocks fell on Friday, halting a four-day rally, as investors sold to lock in profits after the Dow industrials touched a record high and Wall Street rounded out its best third quarter in nine years.


Prince William has graduated as an army officer with a royal display of parade-ground skills, in a traditional military rite of passage for the second in line to Britain's throne.


NOTIZIE FLASH: 2/A EDIZIONE - LA CRONACA

Napoli. Antonio Esposito, 60 anni, e' stato ucciso poco dopo le ore 13 in via Monterosa in un agguato. L'uomo si trovava all'interno di una salumeria quando sono entrati due killer, con indosso un casco da


The recent behavior of a party with pretensions of returning to power and leading Israel out of its crisis does not reflect much common sense.


New US-Iran talks on Iraq begin in Baghdad

Envoys from the United States and Iran began a second round of talks in Baghdad on Tuesday on Iraq's worsening security crisis, following up on a landmark meeting in May between the two arch rivals.


Gennaio, busta paga pesante ma non per tutti

Nuove aliquote fiscali e detrazioni Irpef giÃ  da questo mese. Un vantaggio soprattutto per le famiglie numerose


Eâ giÃ  scoppiata la guerra dei conteggi

Con l'81% delle circoscrizioni scrutinate, il presidente repubblicano George W. Bush ha ottenuto il 51,23% delle preferenze nel voto popolare statunitense, rispetto al 47,88% del candidato democratico, John F. Kerry.


The Queen Mary 2 arrives in Sydney on her maiden voyage, set to meet the other Cunard royal liner.


10-metre, 450kg colossus New Zealand fishermen have landed what experts reckon might be the biggest squid ever snared - a 10-metre-long, 450kg example of "colossal" Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni.â¦


Ignoring 1918, Ramirez Has Fun Leading the Resurgence

anny Ramirez was finally talking. After playfully telling reporters to leave him a telephone message or send him a fax, then putting a bag of bats in front of his locker to block their access


Teixeira, 'raccolto l'invito del cancelliere Darling'


Bush says British terror threat may not be over

CRAWFORD, Texas  - President Bush cautioned on   Saturday the threat from a plot to detonate liquid explosives   on commercial flights may not have passed and denied Democratic   charges he was trying to use the crisis for political gains in   an election year.


The chief UN war crimes prosecutor says EU talks on co-operation with Serbia resume, after recent arrests.


Chavez Seeks to Strengthen Control in Regional Vote

Venezuelans voted for state governors and mayors on Sunday in a regional election expected to strengthen President Hugo Chavez's political power two months after he won a referendum on his rule.


Stoccolma, 17:33 - PUGILATO, SI TORNA A COMBATTERE IN SVEZIA

La boxe professionistica torna in Svezia a distanza di 37 anni dalla sua messa al bando. Il 27 genna...


Cairo's suburbs offer life American-style

CAIRO -- It's sandstorm season in Cairo, when the desert wind known as the Khamaseen seems determined to reclaim the city.


IRAQ: USA, CONVENZIONE GINEVRA NON VALE PER TUTTI PRIGIONIERI

(AGI) - New York, 26 ott. - Per la prima volta l'amministrazione Bush ha ammesso che alcuni prigionieri non iracheni catturati dalle truppe in Iraq non hanno diritto alla tutela della Convenzione di Ginevra.


Sears-Kmart Deal Highlights Future Retail Trend

The planned acquisition of Sears, Roebuck and Co. by Kmart Holding Corp. highlights a changing retail environment that could soon eliminate the department store as we know it, analysts and consultants said on Friday.


Referendum on Swiss Citizenship Takes Place Sunday

Swiss voters go to the polls Sunday to vote in a referendum on making it easier for children and grandchildren of foreigners living in the country to gain citizenship.


Census Report Text: Americans With and Without Health Insurance ...

Real median household income remained unchanged between 2002 and 2003 at $43,318, according to a report released today by the US Census Bureau.


Surgeon General Nominee Dodges Birth Control, Sex-Ed Questions

James Holsinger, Bush's tap for surgeon general, is grilled on birth control, sex education, his condemnation of male homosexuality and his ability to stand up to political pressure by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington). Here's what he had to say.


The District told the Supreme Court yesterday that even if the Second Amendment affords an individual right to possess firearms, the city's ban on handguns is a reasonable restriction to prevent the "tragic harms" brought by gun violence in an urban setting.


North Korea plans to shut reactor in July: report

North Korea plans to seal its nuclear reactor, the source of weapons-grade plutonium, in the second half of July, Russia's Interfax news agency reported on Monday, citing an unidentified North Korean diplomatic source.


RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Carolina Hurricanes signed goaltender Cam Ward _ the most valuable player of the team's run to the Stanley Cup last year _ to a three-year contract Thursday.


Israel to fully withdraw from Lebanon in days: MP

The Israeli army will pull out of   Lebanon within a few days, a legislator quoted the military's   chief of staff as saying on Tuesday.


Arts & entertainment: Director declares 97% of modern films 'stupid' and claims modern technology is killing cinema.


London - Crude oil prices yesterday rose from a three-month low on disruptions to supplies from Nigeria and Norway and comments by Opec officials that output from the oil producers' cartel might be reduced.


West Virginia and Kentucky — states known for high levels of obesity, diabetes and smoking — have the highest proportion of people with heart disease in the nation, U.S. health officials said Thursday.


Ukraine's president and prime minister said yesterday they support a rerun of the country's sharply contested presidential election, even as the Supreme Court began hearing a request that it rule the vote invalid.


Al-Qaida says 2nd bin Laden video coming

Osama bin Laden will appear for the second time in a week in a new video to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, presenting the last will and testament of one of the suicide hijackers, al-Qaida announced Monday.


Andy Murray crashes out of the Australian Open in the first round, slumping to a 7-5 6-4 0-6 7-6 (7-5) defeat by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.


Palermo, l'uxoricida se la cava con vari benefici di legge


Madrid, 20:21 - CALCIO, REAL MADRID: KAKA' PRIMA O POI VERRA' QUI

Il Real Madrid non molla Kakà: ''Prima o poi verrà qui - ha detto il ds delle merengue...


TV viewers never seem to get tired of solving crimes, judging by the ratings.


p2pnet.net OT News:- The idea was for helicopter stunt pilots to catch the Genesis space capsule in mid-air and bring it gently back to earth.


Anti-Bush protest at a trade summit in Chile turns violent

The largest protest march since Chile's police state ended 14 years ago turned violent Friday when demonstrators waged pitched street battles with riot police before President


U.S. Ad Spending Grows 6.4 Pct in First Half of 2004

U.S. advertising spending rose 6.4 percent in the first half of 2004, driven by double-digit increases from top automakers and battleground state advertising for the two presidential candidates, tracking firm Nielsen Monitor-Plus said on Tuesday.


Parma, 16:37 - RUGBY, SUPER 10: FINALE SCUDETTO A MONZA IL 19 MAGGIO

Si svolgerà nuovamente a Monza la finale scudetto del campionato Super 10 di rugby. La gara s...


Rocky actor Sylvester Stallone is charged with importing a banned growth hormone into Australia.


Most musicians see the internet as more of an opportunity than a threat, research suggests.


The chances of another rise in interest rates faded today as mortgage lending slowed to its lowest level for a year during August.


Govt issues ordinance to amend Patent Act

Brushing aside opposition from the Left parties and racing against time to fulfill WTO obligations, Government on Sunday issued an ordinance to amend the Patent Act to put in place a patent product regime after January 1, 2005.


High above a landscape of canyons and shadows, veteran pilot Jim Herd sees a tiny flash on a mountainside. A mirror? A piece of wreckage? A closer look reveals a prospector's small mine, the reflection most likely coming from metal fencing or some broken glass. It was just another false alarm during a week of mysteries and dashed hopes in the search for millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett.


AMD shares slump after sales forecast cut

Shares of Advanced Micro Devices   fell more than 10 percent on Friday after the computer  chip maker forecast quarterly revenue below market expectations  amid a price battle with larger rival Intel Corp..


Marlies Schild of Austria wins a World Cup slalom for the seventh time this season on Sunday to claim first place in the overall standings.


Crude Oil Futures Slide for a Third Day as Iraq Raises Exports

Crude oil futures fell for a third day as Iraq raised exports for the first time in two weeks, easing concern about supply shortages.


Falluja Rebels Battle On; Clashes Across Iraq

FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes bombarded diehard  areas of Falluja on Monday and troops hunted remaining  insurgents house-to-house, while heavy clashes broke out in  other cities and insurgents attacked the country's oil network.


Blockbuster pressuring Hollywood Entertainment

The battle for video rental company Hollywood Entertainment Corp. heated up Tuesday as Blockbuster Inc. threatened to make a hostile $1 billion bid to buy its smaller rival


Workers at music retailer Fopp are set to learn their fate on Monday after the firm's 80 stores were closed.


The thrills behind the thriller that Anurag Basu is making for Rakesh Roshan with Hrithik in the lead   are getting more thrilling than the film itself.


U.S. special envoy heads to Brussels to talk Darfur

The U.S. special envoy to Sudan was en route to Brussels to discuss the crisis in Darfur with top European Union and NATO officials, the State Department said on Thursday.


Pace of Brazil Land Reform Slammed Despite Gains

BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil made progress in its  ambitious plan to hand out land to poor peasants in 2004, but  still fell short of goals aimed at narrowing chronic wealth  inequality, government data released on Wednesday show.


Office Technology Divisions Up for Sale or Lease

By Pete Bach, The Post-Crescent, Appleton, Wis.  Feb. 17--NEENAH -- Office Technology, a locally grown company founded in  1963, has all but completed its divestiture with the sale of its three  divisions to new owners.


Economic View: With Help, Could Ethanol Be the Next Internet?

Many of the same venture capitalists who financed Internet companies in the 1990s are now financing alternative energy start-ups.


Terms of engagement: A match is made in Iraq

The Monitor visits the Methboub family as they joyously toast a daughter and her fiancé.


SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium  - McLaren may ultimately have to pay substantially less than the record $100 million fine imposed on the team in a Formula One spying controversy, according to analysts.


Next President to Face Pressure on Taxes

At their national convention, Republicans were short on specifics on how to pay for an economic agenda in a second Bush administration. One reason is that President Bush could end up having to back a tax increase, just as his father did.


Thousands of Shia youths have gone on the rampage in Pakistan as mourning relatives buried the dead from a bombing which killed at least 30 people at a mosque in eastern Sialkot city.


Alexander Netkachev's Blog: How to use Zend Framework Controller/Action approach?

Continuing on from an earlier discussion about the Zend Framework and form submission and handling, Alexander Netkachev has come back to talk a bit more about the Controller/Action approach.   I have a few discussions here about the question I opened a couple of days ago:  how the standard form processing is related to the Controller/Action idea and how developers that are creating sites with the standard Folder/Page approach can use Zend Framework's Controller/Action approach.   What came out of the discussions were three points - use the Controller/Action model to your advantage, use your own forms but use RewriteRouter to make them work, or use the Folder/Page mentality instead.


Protect your IP - but not with our stuff Microsoft told delegates at its Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver this week that it would deliver new software protection technology for developers and ISVs in October. But it won't be the same technology it currently uses to protect its own software.â¦


[Taipei | Reuters News Service, 8 November 2004] - Taipei plans to make wireless Internet access available across the Taiwan capital by the end of 2005, joining a small number of cities offering WiFi networks.


A two-week campaign of staggered strike action across the UK postal service is announced by union officials.


British insurer Royal & SunAlliance to move 1,100 jobs to India

LONDON  - British insurer Royal & SunAlliance said Monday it plans to transfer more than 1,100 jobs to India over the next few years in a bid to cut costs.


A University of Virginia student and a graduate were among the 32 Americans selected yesterday as Rhodes Scholars for 2005. They are Meghan E. Sullivan, a U.Va.


Brazil's minister of culture calls for free digital society

Free culture and free software advocate Gilberto Gil describes his vision for a digital culture built around access to technology.


WASHINGTONâThe US Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday charged brokerage firm Raymond James Financial Inc. with fraud over the misconduct of a former broker in 1999 and 2000.


Su presunte agevolazioni "ci sia approccio non ideologico"


News: Corporate governance goals impossible - RSA

Companies are struggling to cope with tighter corporate governance regimes, which might even work against the goal of achieving improved IT security they are partly designed to promote.


STEVE McManaman is fit and ready to answer Kevin Keegan's call to arms for tomorrow's visit of Chelsea. The Blues are suffering a midfield crisis ahead of the visit of Jose Mourinho's high-flyers, with Joey


Mora must shelve friendship with Haslett for a few hours

NEW ORLEANS - Jim Mora watched his father endure the agony of resigning as head coach of the New Orleans Saints eight years ago. Today at the Louisiana Superdome, Mora knows many fans will boo his longtime


Wilson asks to "heal" after suicide reports

Oscar-nominated film star Owen Wilson, best known for comedies like "Wedding Crashers," sought time on Monday to "heal in private" after media reports claimed he was hospitalized for a suicide attempt.


Sen. John Kerry's advisers think they've finally gotten Minnesota where it should be — barely in the Democratic column. For now.


Per il 2007 il gruppo prevede crescita del 5%


Top execs get blinded by shiny technology too Opinion M-commerce service i-mode has been dropped by UK operator O2 and Australia's Telstra.â¦


A union said that General Motors Corp. plans to cut about 430 jobs at its British Vauxhall operation as part of sweeping cutbacks around Europe.


Scientists believe they have located the part of the brain where dreams are created.


The guardian of Anna Nicole Smith's infant daughter is awarded custody of the ex-model's body.


Young women have been urged for years to increase their intake of folic acid to prevent birth defects. But a new study suggests there could be another benefit: a reduced risk of high blood pressure.


Henley says new Eagles album in the works: report

LOS ANGELES, Jan 30 (Reuters Life!) - Fans of Southern California's classic rock group the Eagles may soon be getting that peaceful, easy feeling all over again.


Tibetan culture falters under Chinese influx

ZHANG JUN says his two-storey frosted glass and chrome beauty salon near the Tibetan capitalâs imposing Potala Palace is the biggest in town.


French electronica act to headline MySpace spring concert tour

The social networking site flexes its big-media muscle with a concert tour that hits a number of famous venues like D.C.'s 9:30 Club and Philadelphia's Electric Factory.


As dispirited Democrats take stock of across-the-board electoral losses and begin an inevitable bout of soul-searching and recriminations


Tory leader Michael Howard hits out at US aides - after claims he was refused a meeting with President Bush.


Golden Bears' offense plays well, but Trojans' defense passes final exam with a goal-line stand to finish up big victory. By Phil Collin.


Along the Potomac, Bald Eagles Soar Once More

There are few better places to try and see a bald eagle than at the Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Fairfax County, Va.


Thailand's troubled south has been hit by fresh violence, just hours after army planes dropped 100m origami birds as a peace offering.


It's official: O'Neal will play on Saturday

An arbitrator's decision to reduce O'Neal's 25 game suspension to 15 games for his part in the Nov. 19 brawl between Pacers players and fans in Detroit was upheld today in US District Court in New York.


Refugees suffer as aid workers are airlifted to safety

More than 40 aid workers were dramatically rescued by helicopter yesterday as violence, including aerial bombardments of a town, flared across Sudan's crisis-plagued Darfur region.


A man with an unknown message for  the media sparked a citywide alert on Tuesday by briefly taking  a female clerk hostage at the Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles  before he was shot by police.


Roma, 14:54 - CALCIO, FIGC: DONADONI CONTENTO PER CONFERMA PETRUCCI

"Certamente sono contento per la conferma ricevuta ma non voglio fare ulteriori commenti". Lo ha det...


Andruw Jones hit the 350th home run of his career, Chuck James tied a career high with eight strikeouts and the Atlanta Braves beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Monday.


The inquiry over the Shirley McKie fingerprint scandal reaches the stage of final evidence being heard.


White House gates shut to "Kazakh reporter" comic

Borat, the fictional TV reporter from Kazakhstan, may have gotten under the skin of Kazakh officials but on Thursday he couldn't get past the gates of the White House.


NetSuite sets initial stock price at $26

NetSuite on Wednesday set the initial price of its stock at $26, greatly exceeding its original estimate.The company is selling 6.2 million shares of stock. It said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the proceeds from the sale would net it $151.9 million after expenses.NetSuite, which sells a line of hosted business software, company initially set the suggested price range for its stock at $13 to $16, and subsequently raised it to $16 to $19 and then $19 to $22. The stock is now trading on New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "N." After rising to $39.01, shares had dropped to $25.76 at 10 a.m. Eastern Time.The company set the price by running an online "Dutch" auction, in the same fashion of search giant Google, instead of having underwriters set the price.Scott Sweet, managing director of IPOboutique.com, a firm that tracks the IPO market and offers investment advice, said NetSuite is greatly overvalued as a result of the auction."Once again the Dutch auction concept failed to live up to its self-described mantra as being a better conduit in the pricing of an IPO by the investors than the standard method of pricing by the underwriters," he said in an e-mail message Thursday. "In past Dutch auction deals, and it appears the same in this case, investors put in overzealous high bids to 'beat' others in a scramble to get shares. In doing so, it is highly likely that it has greatly diminished the IPO's performance and highly overvalued the company."NetSuite has said it plans to use proceeds from its IPO to pay off an $8 million balance on a line of credit with Tako Ventures, an entity controlled by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, and to possibly make acquisitions.Ellison controls about 60 percent of NetSuite's outstanding stock -- some 31.9 million shares.NetSuite said Wednesday that Ellison has now completed the transfer of those shares into a holding company, NetSuite Restricted Holdings. The move is meant to "effectively eliminate" Ellison's voting power and avoid potential conflicts of interests, NetSuite said.


Wales boss John Toshack criticises the match officials after Wales' 2-1 defeat in the Czech Republic.


Iraqi Insurgents Using Dirty Bombs on Civilians

For the third time in a month, insurgents used a dirty bomb combining explosives with poisonous chlorine gas.


Sierra Leone's president warns he will impose a state of emergency if election violence does not stop.


Linux startup debuts virtual computing environment

InfoWorld - Virtual Iron Software, a small startup, will formally debut its virtual computing environment that enables administrators in a corporate IT shop to link Linux-based servers into a network and allow them to function more like a mainframe.


Allarme dirottamento, caccia scortano il Miami-Milano

Cieli bloccati su Malpensa per 30 minuti. Per gli 007 Usa a bordo poteva esserci un terrorista. MILANO - Due caccia intercettori dell'Aeronautica militare che decollano da Grosseto, affiancano l'aereo dell'Alitalia


Roma, 13:51 - CALCIO, UNDER 21: L'ITALIA TROVA LA SPAGNA

E' stato effettuato il sorteggio per la fase finale dell'Europeo Under 21 di calcio. Gli azzurri di ...


On the Road: Not a Noise You Want To Hear at 18,000 Feet

Pilots are worried about safety in an air travel system stretched tight, with airline work forces reduced.


North Carolina State hardly has a rivalry with Ohio State. After all, they played for the first time last season.


Chemicals Blamed for Fume Problem ; Official: Improper Storage Led to Hospital Trips for 11 People

By JOHN P. KELLY  KINGSTON - Improperly stored chemicals used in X-ray processing at South Shore Medical Center were blamed for sending 11 people to the hospital with dizziness and nausea yesterday, a Kingston Board of Health member said.


Redskins Coach Sticks With QB Mark Brunell

Joe Gibbs is sticking with Mark Brunell at quarterback even though the Washington Redskins' offense is one of the NFL's worst.


Woods Isnât Driving Perfectly, but Heâs Cruising

Tiger Woods churned inexorably across the North Course at Torrey Pines, making birdies from the rough, a par from the sand, a chip-in par from the green and putts from everywhere else.


A Day to Savor Art as the Modern Reopens

Tad Davis, the first aficionado to get in line for the reopening of the Museum of Modern Art, arrived before sunrise. Recalling the time when he and his wife cried with joy before a Matisse, he


Astronomers have produced some amazing pictures using a remarkable new instrument on the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope in Hawaii.


New customer additions slowed at the cable  company amid intensified competition from phone and satellite TV companies.


China bans âblasphemousâ Nike commercial after uproar

Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. BEIJING, China -- China has imposed a nationwide ban on a "blasphemous" Nike television commercial -- featuring


Not all will be successful, but the top ones will continue to be a major force in the markets.


Neither Crysis or UT3 sold more than 100,000 units in their November debut--sign of a PC gaming trend?


Iraqi insurgents kill 24 in deadliest raid on coalition

By John Reed and Ben Hall in Baghdad and Peter Spiegel in London. Insurgents struck a US military base near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul with a rocket yesterday, killing at least 24 and wounding about 60


Indonesia has been staging landmark elections widely expected to see a former general unseat President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Megawati faces her former security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the presidential


NEW DELHI: It was a grand homecoming for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as he touched the Indira Gandhi International Airport here tonight after culminating his 'voyage of discovery', as he described his nine-day tour of Britain and US.


Hu Qingyuan camped out Friday, waiting for a train to take him home for the Chinese New Year holiday Â his only chance each year to see his wife and 8-year-old son.


German officials acknowledged Sunday the test track where a high-speed magnetic train crashed, killing 23 people, was not equipped with the most up-to-date security system, noting such an accident "would never have happened" on tracks where such safeguards were in place.


Flirt With These Smokin' Hot Investments

Spice up your Valentine's Day with a tasty sampler from the Fool.


After downplaying the risks for months, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday it will rush to move Gulf Coast hurricane victims out of roughly 35,000 government-issued trailers because tests found dangerous levels of formaldehyde fumes.


Bribery Considered, Halliburton Notes Suggest

An internal Halliburton Co. investigation has uncovered handwritten notes suggesting that former employees considered offering bribes to Nigerian officials a decade ago to secure work


UK space scientists and engineers design a mission to investigate a potentially hazardous asteroid.


Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was released from the hospital Thursday after spending the night to undergo tests for flu-like symptoms.


Lohan wants to visit U.S. troops in Iraq

Lindsay Lohan says she wants to go to Iraq with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and entertain American troops there.


The suspect in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey said he loved the 6-year-old beauty queen "very much" and is "very sorry for what happened."


A Canadian submarine which has been drifting off the Irish coast for three days begins the journey back to the UK.


EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- They walked onto the field a ragged band that included a safety playing cornerback, a linebacker playing safety, and a wide receiver (the man who had been targeted by Miami the week before) in the slot, covering the New York Jets' third wideout.


Don't delude yourselves about terrorist threat, says MI5 chief

PEOPLE who doubt that Britain is facing a real international terrorist threat from al-Qaeda and similar groups are deluding themselves, the head of MI5 said yesterday.


CORRECTED: Republicans Show Compassionate Side

Republicans hope to show voters a  softer side on the second day of their convention on Tuesday,  with first lady Laura Bush and movie star turned California  Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger taking center stage.


Europe securitised bond issues set for a record

European issuance of securitised bonds is expected to reach a new record this year, although this will depend on the continuing health of the UK housing market, the European Securitisation Forum said in its annual survey.


Philip Morris Hid Link to Research Facility - Study

Philip Morris, one of the world's leading tobacco manufacturers, was involved in research into the health effects of smoking 30 years ago but did not reveal data on the dangers of passive smoking, scientists said on Thursday.


Broadcom buys network-gear software maker

(InfoWorld) - Broadcom Corp., one of networking's biggest chip makers, is buying a vendor of production-ready software for network gear. LVL7 Systems Inc. sells software that runs switches and routers for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). By delivering that software to OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and ODMs (original design manufacturers) and integrating and testing it with their products, LVL7 cuts development costs and time to market. Broadcom will pay about US$62 million in cash for LVL7, based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The deal, announced Wednesday, has been approved by both companies' boards and LVL7 shareholders, and it should close by the end of the year, according to the companies. Broadcom supplies various chips to some of the biggest names in networking, including Cisco Systems Inc., Nortel Networks Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Motorola Inc. LVL7 will let it deliver a complete package of hardware and software to vendors making SMB equipment, helping them more quickly bring out new products and enter new technology areas, such as wireless LAN switching, according to the companies. LVL7 said Broadcom has been a partner for several years. LVL7, founded in 1999, has about 170 employees split between Research Triangle Park and Hyderabad, India. They will become Broadcom employees and remain in those locations, said Broadcom spokeswoman Gennis Lafayette.


NEWBORN RESCUED AS FETUS SNATCHER KILLS MOM

An 8-month-old fetus - savagely ripped from her mother's womb while the woman was being murdered â-urned up alive and healthy yesterday in Kansas, where police arrested a woman for kidnapping the newborn.


First, Michael Vick apologized to all the people he lied to. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank. Coach Bobby Petrino. His teammates.


On the Road: Learning to Play the System and Use That Monopoly Money

More travelers are thinking of frequent-flier miles as a little like Monopoly play money, and online booking sites, are thinking up new ways to both earn and use the miles.


Thai ministers consider freezing store openings by foreign retailers in a potential threat to Tesco's growth.


Does new Peoplesoft CEO signal a buyout?

Is PeopleSoft's founder and long-time chief executive back at the helm to accept Oracle's takeover bid, or to dig-in for a long-term battle?


OLIMPIADI: SINDACO DI REGGIO EMILIA SI CONGRATULA CON BALDINI

Reggio Emilia, 30 ago. - (Adnkronos) - ''La citta' del Tricolore rende omaggio a Stefano Baldini e alla sua grande e meritata vittoria''. Con queste parole, affidate a un comunicato, il sindaco di Reggio Emilia


A New Generation of Digital Picture Frames

A new line of digital picture frames features lower prices, more pixels and the inevitable glitches.


A taxi is petrol bombed  and police recover more than 30  bombs during searches in north Belfast.


Focal point: Bill Parcells vs. Joe Gibbs

Nobody respects coach Joe Gibbs more than me, but this week I see the Cowboys and coach Bill Parcells having the upper hand. I'm sure Gibbs is going to get the Redskins back to an elite level, but this is just his first season.


Cerimonia civile a Roma celebrata dal sindaco Veltroni


Intorno alle 8,50 moneta unica a 1,2989 dlr


In carcere per rapina aggravata, sono coetanei vittima


IBM targets 2008 profit above expectations

IBM  on Thursday forecast  2008 earnings well ahead of Wall Street expectations after  results showing a strong international performance, and its  shares rose 5 percent.


Commentary: New computer betrays aging vision

On Tuesday, Philip Schiller walked onto a Paris stage at the Apple Expo 2004 to announce new products. Free! Sign up here to receive our SiteWatcher e-Newsletter!


Pakistan sends troops to guard wheat supplies around the country amid fears of a massive shortfall.


Eight Iraqis killed, at least 13 people wounded as clashes erupt ...

RAMADI, Iraq : Eight Iraqis were killed and 13 people wounded, including three US marines, in clashes and explosions between rebels and US troops in the flashpoint Iraqi city of Ramadi, medical sources said.


Podcast downloads are continuing to rise but regular listeners remain static, research suggests


OfficeMax reports quarterly profit vs. loss

OfficeMax Inc. , the nation's No. 3 office supplies retailer, reported a quarterly profit on Thursday, reversing a year-earlier loss, helped by an increase in its contract business.


SAN DIEGO Aug. 31, 2004 - Several doctors and a group supporting English as the nation's official language filed a lawsuit Monday challenging a Clinton-era executive order requiring federally funded hospitals


The union for baseball umpires will not contest the season-ending suspension given to Mike Winters for using a profanity aimed at San Diego's Milton Bradley last weekend.


Reclusive governor wins Nigeria ruling party ticket

Nigeria's ruling party on Sunday chose a reclusive Muslim state governor, Umaru Yar'Adua, to be its candidate to succeed Olusegun Obasanjo as president of Africa's most populous nation in elections next year.


Iraq bombs kill one U.S. soldier and wound 11

A double roadside bomb attack killed one U.S. soldier and wounded 11 in northern Iraq's Kirkuk province, the U.S. military said on Saturday.


Lo dice la Bundesbank contraddicendo Schroeder


Suicide bomber kills 20 outside Kirkuk police academy

A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb yesterday outside a police academy in Kirkuk, a city in northern Iraq, as hundreds of trainees and civilians were leaving for the day, killing at least 20 people and wounding 36, authorities said.


Ex-Beatle McCartney hits back at slurs against wife

Former Beatle Paul McCartney broke a long silence over media criticism of his new wife, Heather, issuing a damning condemnation of "scurrilous reports" which had wounded both of them intensely.


Fifth Marine pleads guilty in Hamdania killing

A U.S. Marine offered a guilty plea to conspiracy charges on Tuesday in connection with the April 2006 killing of a 52-year-old Iraqi grandfather in the village of Hamdania.


Nov 18 (HeartCenterOnline) - Today is the day the American Cancer Society hopes millions of smokers will put down their cigarettes for good.


Despite Differing Styles, Three Congregations Share Church Building, Bond As Believers

By Rodney Manley, The Macon Telegraph, Ga.  Mar. 3--For a year they've worshipped under the same roof, but never together. That will change on Sunday.   West Highland Baptist Church, The Link and Congregation Beth Yeshua might seem to be worlds apart.


Argentines seen voting for continued prosperity

Argentines voted for a new president on Sunday with first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner poised to succeed her husband and become the country's first elected woman leader.


World marathon record holder Paula Radcliffe will run in the New York marathon on November 7, race organisers say. The 30-year-old Briton failed to finish either the marathon or the 10,000 metres at last August's Athens Olympics.


CA Bundles Life Cycle Management Solutions with Web Services Features

Computer AssociatesInternational has announced new releases of AllFusion 2E and AllFusion Plex, two of its life cycle management solutions, including the ability to create business logic components that can be exposed as Web services.


com September 20, 2004, 6:13 PM PT. This fourth priority's main focus has been improving or obtaining CRM and ERP software for the past year and a half.


Please, Mr Blair, I am begging you for my life

CAGED and shackled, British hostage Ken Bigley, who is held in Iraq, again begged British Prime Minister Tony Blair to save his life yesterday.


Lavoro: tutti i concorsi opportunità da Milano a Bari

Operatori telefonici, addetti alla ristorazione, responsabili punto vendita ed informatici. Le selezioni per laureati e diplomati in tutta Italia


North Korea has already turned its stockpile of spent nuclear fuel into nuclear weapons, an official has told the United Nations as the isolated country baulks at further disarmament talks.


Chinese software company to tailor OpenOffice

Blog: RedFlag Chinese 2000 Software will employ about 50 new employees to work on Chinese-specific improvements to the open-source OpenOffice.org software, and Sun will help train them.


Coverciano, 14:33 - CALCIO, LIPPI: CONVINTO CHE L'ITALIA VINCERA' IN SCOZIA

Marcello Lippi, ex commissario tecnico della nazionale campione del mondo, elargisce ottimismo in vi...


Pastor Gets Probation for Biting Officer

RICHMOND, Texas - A minister convicted of biting a police officer during a traffic stop avoided two years in prison after a judge gave him 10 years of probation and ordered him to enroll in an anger management program.    After a Fort Bend County jury found the Rev...


Un dollaro per azione contro i 67 cents di un anno fa


Ex ministro ribatte, se passa riforma la affonderemo


Soccer legend Diego Maradona arrives in Cuba to resume drug ...

Former soccer great Diego Maradona spent Tuesday undergoing a general medical checkup in Havana after returning to Cuba to resume treatment for cocaine addiction.


Russia criticises North Korea over its nuclear weapons claim and its decision to pull out of six-party talks.


Analisti attendono aumenti in base a dati tecnici


Polish Defense Minister Suggests Late-2005 Troop Withdrawal from ...

Poland's defense minister has surprised his colleagues in the country's pro-US government by suggesting that Warsaw should withdraw its nearly 2,500 troops from Iraq by the end of next year.


Toronto cracks down on smokers at film festival

TORONTO  - The Toronto International Film Festival hopes visiting stars will butt out this year as it attempts to crack down on smoking for the September 6-15 edition.


Young adults are much more likely to read the newspaper if they were exposed to it in school, but television remains their primary source of news, according to a study conducted for the Newspaper Association of America Foundation.


PM Martin offers condolences; calls for peace effort after ...

(CP) - Prime Minister Paul Martin says Yasser Arafat "personified the Palestinian people's struggle" and called on Palestinians and others in the Mideast "to renew their commitment to peace" in the wake of the PLO leader's death.


Kerry's looking for American failure -- and he's it

Before John Kerry, the only alumni of Swiss finishing schools I'd ever met (in my younger days) were a certain type of lively English girl, a couple of minor princesses from


President George W. Bush on Thursday will endorse a limited withdrawal of more than 20,000 troops from Iraq by next July but will offer little else to skeptical Americans looking for a change of course in the unpopular war.


The family of a British female aid worker in Iraq said on Tuesday that they believed 59-year-old Margaret Hassan was probably dead.


Curt Schilling became the first pitcher in the majors to reach 18 victories Sunday as he led the Boston Red Sox to a 6-5 victory over the Texas Rangers.


Ministers are writing to every GP in England urging them to accept plans for extended opening hours.


Rebels Set Off Land mine in Indian Kashmir; 11 Dead

SRINAGAR, India  -  Separatist militants set off a  powerful land mine in Indian Kashmir killing eleven people,  including nine soldiers in one of the biggest guerrilla attacks  in weeks, police said on Sunday.


Cingular wraps up AT&T Wireless acquisition

WASHINGTON - Cingular Wireless LLC announced Tuesday that it completed a $41 billion acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., creating the nation's largest wireless carrier, following approval from two U.S. government agencies.


I believe Scottie Pippen is one of the NBA's best 50 players ever, but you can evaluate for yourself his place in history. What I'm certain of is that for the Bulls, Pippen was the perfect player in the perfect place at the perfect time.


Torino, 16:48 - CALCIO, TORINO; NOVELLINO: VOGLIO SQUADRA CONCENTRATA

"Quello con il Siena è un match molto delicato, si tratta di una formazione difficile da affr...


N.Korea Says Blast Part of Hydro-Electric Project

North Korea said Monday last week's explosion in a remote northern area was part of a hydro-electric project, the BBC quoted the North's foreign minister as telling a visiting British official.


Afghans search for kidnapped U.S. aid worker

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - Afghan forces searched on Sunday for a U.S. aid worker kidnapped by gunmen from the southern city of Kandahar.


Portugal made good Tuesday on a promise to help restore the reputation of one of its diplomats who saved thousands of Jews during World War II, only to be fired in disgrace by his neutral government over fears of angering Nazi Germany.


European judges are being asked to rule in a case that could limit the use of speed cameras in the UK.


Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet has plunged to its lowest point since it was appointed, polls showed Monday, with voters angry over the mismanaged welfare system.


Photo Gallery: Amid heavy security, Princes William and Harry host the all-star Concert for Diana at London's Wembley Stadium


Caterpillar net rises on sales outside U.S.

Caterpillar Inc.  said on Friday its profit in the latest quarter rose more than 10 percent due to strong sales outside the United States.


The EU calls on Russia to lift economic sanctions it imposed on Georgia amid a bitter spying row.


WORCESTER -- Holy Cross sophomore quarterback Dom Randolph has now played in two full college games and parts of two others. He may not have much experience -- yet -- but he's certainly not short on poise, leadership, or ability.


Life & style: Hadley Freeman looks at how fashion designers have been played in films


About 1.7 million veterans lack health insurance, study says

About 1.7 million veterans are among the 45 million Americans who have no health insurance coverage, say Harvard Medical School researchers and a doctors group advocating federally financed health care.


Australian warship, HMAS Anzac, rescued 15 people from a sinking Indonesian boat near Singapore, Australia's Department of Defence has reported.


InfoWorld - LG Electronics unveiled several cellphones on Wednesday that support HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access) wireless data connections.


Downingtown, Pa. -- President Bush says John Kerry's prescription for America's health care is more government control. And he says it would lead to lower quality and ultimately, rationing.


Meet Bono? I'm not interested, says Canada's PM

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - You can stop staring hopefully at that phone, Bono. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not be calling.


100 injured as train overturned in eastern Australia

More than 100 people were injuredwhen a high-speed passenger train overturned in southern Queensland early Tuesday. The train was traveling from Brisbane, capital of Queensland


A man appears in court charged with the attempted murder of a schoolgirl who was stabbed in a park.


US Airways, 2 GE Units Propose New Financing

US Airways said yesterday that it agreed with units of General Electric Co. to defer lease payments on some aircraft and to cut the cost of engine maintenance as part of its restructuring under bankruptcy protection.


Garcia Marquez Has Last Laugh on Book Pirates

Latin American literary giant  Gabriel Garcia Marquez has won the last laugh on book pirates  by finely tuning the ending of his latest novel.


Back With a Vengeance: The Music of the Night

The screen version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical lacks both authentic romance and the thrill of memorable spectacle.


Submerged Houseboat Saga Approaches Deadline: A Bedford County Man Has Offered to Salvage the Craft, but His Plans Have Hit a Few Snags.

By Beth Jones, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 24--Steven Solomon doesn't want to move a mountain.   Just a submerged houseboat.   But the chore may prove to be more difficult than he'd previously thought.


The smart phone market will grow more crowded Wednesday with the debut of two devices directed at opposite ends of the customer spectrum: a BlackBerry for consumers with a newfangled keyboard and a Nokia phone-organizer for mobile business professionals.


On day off, all quiet on this Western front

Had you visited the Chargers' practice facility yesterday along Murphy Canyon Drive up in the hills of Mission Valley, you hardly would have guessed that the team was barely 48 hours removed from a stirring yet improbable victory on the road, a happening that inspired some 8,000 fans to greet it upon the return home.


The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) plans to begin filing copyright theft lawsuits Nov. 16 against users of peer-to-peer (P2P) networks who illegally trade movies over the file-swapping networks.


Microsoft suffers decisive EU antitrust defeat

Microsoft suffered a decisive antitrust defeat on Monday when a European Union court upheld a landmark ruling that the world's largest software maker had abused its dominant market position to crush rivals.


A trip to Sweden must include a stop in Stockholm, the country's...

A trip to Sweden must include a stop in Stockholm, the country's financial and cultural center and a city of bridges and islands, cobblestone streets and Renaissance buildings, skyscrapers and highways.


Baghdatis battered after Agassi thriller

Exhausted, battling a sore wrist and   suffering cramp in both thighs, Marcos Baghdatis was not about   to throw in the towel.


UK and US economies 'to expand this year'

The International Monetary Fund has trimmed its forecasts for world economic growth but expects the UK and the US will expand strongly this year, leaked


Ahmadinejad says sanctions won't stop Iran

Sanctions will not succeed in stopping Iran's nuclear progress, its president said on Saturday, a day after major powers said they had "serious and constructive" talks about new U.N. punitive measures.


In Hollywood, the Rich Get Richer for Free

Writer-producer Mark Schwartz had  just come from the Premiere Lounge at the Sundance Film  Festival and was digging through his Hummer gift bag.


Money from golf tourism in Scotland has increased by Â£200m in the last four years, figures show.


Cairn Energy to return cash from Indian floatation

Oil firm Cairn Energy said Tuesday that it will return about 481 million pounds to shareholders from the stock market flotation of its Indian unit in Mumbai.


Private equity firm Texas Pacific Group  is considering a bid for J. Sainsbury  and is working on building a consortium, the Financial Times reported.


NASA's third and final test of the X-43A scramjet ended successfully yesterday when the vehicle reached a velocity of almost Mach 9.8 over the Pacific.


Audio: The truth is coming out. George Bush has finally admitted that he intends to privatize Social Security in a second term. "Iâm going to come out strong after my swearing in," Bush said, "with .


A Kenyan opposition MP is killed at his home in Nairobi as violence continues after disputed presidential polls.


Fred Thompson, the former Tennessee senator and "Law & Order" actor, is taking significant steps toward an expected summer entry into the crowded but extraordinarily unsettled Republican presidential race.


Sony Online Entertainment on Sunday  denied an Indian media report that said Zapak Digital  Entertainment Ltd, part of the Anil Ambani-led ADAG group, was  buying Sony Online and said the company was not up for sale.


Citi, HSBC among banks mulling selling units: WSJ

U.S. and European banks including Citigroup Inc  and HSBC Holdings PLC  are mulling sales of parts of their businesses from branches to entire units in a nod to crunch times ahead, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Thursday.


Al-Qaeda linked group claims attack on US base in Mosul: website

DUBAI, Dec 21  - The Al-Qaeda linked Army of Ansar al-Sunna claimed responsibility for an attack on a US military base Tuesday in the Iraqi city of Mosul that reportedly killed about 22 people, in a statement attributed to the group on an Islamist


Dixie Chicks "Shut Up" in fine documentary

The top-selling female  recording artists of all time, Dixie Chicks proved to be more  than just a bunch of pretty voices when comments during a  London gig made by lead singer Natalie Maines in 2003 at the  outset of the war in Iraq touched off a nasty anti-Chicks  backlash.


Tunnels to prevent carnage of Canadian salamanders

Canadian researchers know why the salamander crossed the road, and now they hope to fix things so it won't have to.


Lake Huron and Lake Michigan are losing vast amounts of water because of erosion from a decades-old dredging project, according to a new study.


The film version of Vanity Fair has been defended by its director and star at Venice Film Festival after a lukewarm reception from critics.


The onus is on Bush to convince critics that the US is serious about border enforcement.


A friend of Rufus writes FoTW It appears that the now-legendary Rufus - he of Gadspot.com's battling tech support who called one customer a "a pain in the butt" then reserved the right to "server" him "for being mean" - has has become a torchbearer for obstreperous dictionary-dodgers worldwide.â¦


Apple Sues Over Web Leak of Advance Products

Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O is  suing anonymous people who leaked details about new products by  posting information on the Internet, court documents showed on  Friday.


English driver Lewis Hamilton will race for McLaren in the 2007 Formula One season.


Events Near and Far Overshadow Bush's Agenda

On the first day of his last year in the White House, President Bush returned to Washington with an ambitious agenda for 2008, including tackling the mortgage lending crisis and securing more money from Congress for Iraq.


Hoping to avoid a repeat of Janet Jackson's infamous wardrobe malfunction during last February's MTV-produced Super Bowl halftime show, the NFL and ABC are exercising extra caution when it comes to airing their latest all-star event.


Presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday accepted the resignation of a top adviser who a day earlier suggested voters should ask rival Barack Obama if he were a drug dealer.


Afghan President Hamid Karzai want to see win an election on October 9, said today that foreign troops would remain until the country's own fledgling forces can take the charge of stability.


A London Underground train derailed Thursday, with at least one passenger reported slightly injured, British transport police said.


SAN FRANCISCO -- Bolstered by investors, Oracle Corp. appears destined to complete its long-sought takeover of PeopleSoft Inc. unless its rival becomes more profitable and proves it's worth more than the $9.2 billion bid currently on the table.


Bank of America Corp  said on Thursday that quarterly profit fell a much larger-than-expected 32 percent, hurt by mounting credit losses and poor trading results in its investment banking unit.


British Author Le Carre Slams Bush in L.A. Article

British spy novelist John le Carre on Wednesday denounced President Bush as universally hated abroad and urged Americans to "give us back the America we loved."


Washington Baseball Fans Await Word on Expos

Baseball fans in the nation's  capital were anxiously awaiting formal word on Wednesday that  the financially beleaguered Montreal Expos would relocate to  the city for the 2005 season.


Roma, 18:52 - CALCIO, LAZIO: MUTARELLI A PARTE, CURE PER MEGHNI

Doppia seduta di allenamento per la Lazio. Mattinata divisa tra palestra e campo dove la squadra ha ...


U.S. stocks fluttered around the  unchanged mark on Monday, as a drop in crude oil prices pulled  down energy shares, including Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM.N and the  equity market paused after racking up significant gains so far  this month.


Mitchell Report may not have shut door on steroid use

Commissioner Bud Selig hoped to end Major League Baseball's steroids era by commissioning the Mitchell Report issued on Thursday, but may have opened the door to more questions about the U.S. game's troubled past.


Italian PM wants to make quick decision on European Constitution

"If Europe wants to play an important role in the contemporary world, decisions should be taken fast to enable it to play that role"  Decisions should be taken fast to enable Europe to play an important role in the world, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said during his one-day working visit to Poland on Wednesday. via People's Daily Online


Mohammed Al Fayed to give evidence at Diana inquest

Mohammed Al Fayed, the father of the man who was killed alongside Princess Diana in a car crash in 1997, is due to give evidence at the inquest into the deaths for the first time on Monday.


Barbecue guru Raichlen wraps up book series

Food writer Steven Raichlen is ready to walk away from his barbecue grill for awhile after finishing a series of cookbooks on the oldest form of cooking in the world.


A nine-year-old girl and her mother were among the victims of Saturday's Berkshire rail tragedy, police say.


Dynamically Typed: ScriptServer 0.3 Released

Harry has released the latest version of his ScriptServer software - version 0.3.


Illegal migrants' Social Security payments out of reach

MEXICO CITY -- For the 14 years he worked as an undocumented migrant in the United States, Carmelo Rivera saw up to $30 deducted each week from the $300 to $500 he earned as a vineyard worker. The deductions were supposed to pay for his retirement.


Torino, 14:16 - CALCIO, JUVE; BELARDI: UN ONORE ESSERE SECONDO BUFFON

Emanuele Belardi ha superato la prova del nove facendo dimenticare l'assenza del portiere "piÃ¹ forte...


Allen Iverson, the NBA's leading scorer, did not play in the Philadelphia 76ers' game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night due to a sprained right ankle.


AMERICA/MESSICO - Con una Marcia Âper la famiglia e per la vitaÂ si conclude domenica la Campagna annuale per rafforzare la famiglia e combattere il grande numero di suicidi tra bambini e giovani CittÃ  del Messico (Agenzia Fides) - Con una grande Marcia per la famiglia e la vita che percorrerÃ  le principali strade di CittÃ  del Messico domenica prossima, 24 settembre, si concluderÃ  lÂannuale Campagna promossa dal Movimento per la Vita del Mess...


The successful South Korean online video portal prepares English, Chinese, and Japanese versions.


TOKYO Aug. 24, 2004 - Japan's Justice Ministry on Tuesday rejected former chess champion Bobby Fischer's demand for protection as a political refugee, issuing an order to deport him.


Contemporary Church Services: Keeping Up With the Times

By Karen Heinselman, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Iowa  Sep. 18--Editor's Note: This is the second of two parts examing how churches balance tradition and new ideas.   CEDAR FALLS -- In churches across America, ushers distribute bulletins and smiles.


WASHINGTON  - The music industry scored   some brownie points with rising star, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama,   when it handed him its ultimate award on Wednesday, a Grammy   that he won earlier this year for best spoken word album.


More than a quarter of Iraq's foreign debt burden could be forgiven after a framework agreement was reached by two of the country's main creditors.


Most EU countries are failing to put in place policies aimed at making Europe the world's most competitive economy, a report says.


U.S. Islamic charities feel post 9/11 heat

Islamic charities in the United States complain they are being unfairly scrutinized and persecuted as part of a broader backlash against Muslims since the September 11 attacks.


Health experts help TV docs get facts straight

That young mother with breast cancer on "Grey's Anatomy" may do more than just drive the storyline: She may also be teaching you something.


No. 2 U.S. cigarette maker R.J.  Reynolds Tobacco Co. said on Monday it is raising list prices  on some of its brands and reducing retail discounts on others  as it faces higher expenses.


Toshiba slashes HD DVD hardware sales forecast

Promotion Group's numbers not so rosy either Toshiba has taken an axe to its HD DVD player sales forecast, despite claims from the HD DVD Promotion Group (PG) that the company's "latest promotional efforts are clearly resonating with consumers and showing that price is king when it comes to hardware".â¦


President Bush said today he has no intention of sending U.S. forces into Iran, but he vowed to "respond firmly" if Iran steps up a campaign that the United States charges is aimed at killing U.S. troops and derailing democracy in Iraq.


Dopo l'uscita di Unicredit il 18 gennaio


The government in Kuwait submits its resignation to head off a no-confidence vote in a minister, MPs say.


Democratic primary: Quiet battle for the other delegates

The Christian Science Monitor - As the Democratic presidential contest grinds its way through primary states and caucuses, the quest for "superdelegates" â a fifth of the total number of delegates available in the nominating process â is picking up intensity.


Atkins diet weight loss doesn't last - study

LONDON - More than 45 million copies of the books have been sold and everyone seems to be on it, but researchers say that Atkins and other low-carbohydrate diets do not help people stay slim.


RESEARCH ALERT-First Albany ups SuperGen to "buy" on drug deal

First Albany Capital on Wednesday raised SuperGen Inc.'s (SUPG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) stock rating to "buy" from "neutral," following its cancer-drug deal with MGI Pharma Inc.


Ceres P. Doyo. IT'S six days before World AIDS Day, which falls on Dec. 1. This year's theme is "Women and AIDS." For the past two successive years (2002 and 2003) the theme was "Stigma and Discrimination


The Screen Actors Guild, which  represents film and television actors, on Thursday nominated  the performers in grim crime thriller "No Country for Old Men"  and western "3:10 to Yuma" for best ensemble cast in a movie.


Destination: Dotmobi: Dotmobi Websites Are Not Widely Visited -- Yet, but Investors Hope They Will Be the Next Big Online Destination for Users of Mobile Devices

By Bridget Carey, The Miami Herald  Feb. 6--Think fast: You need to order flowers right now for [insert loved one's name here], who is in the car with you. How do you do it without the person knowing?   Answer: Use your cellphone to order online at the new domain name flowers.mobi.


Montecarlo, 17:24 - RALLY, MONTECARLO: LOEB AL COMANDO DOPO SECONDA GIORNATA

Sebastien Loeb è al comando del rally di Montecarlo, prima prova del Mondiale 2008, al termin...


The EU resists Balkan pressure to restart two nuclear reactors at Bulgaria's Kozloduy plant.


Cricket: Rain halts England v Sri Lanka game

SOUTHHAMPTON, England : England are positioned to book a semi-final date with Australia when rain forced the players off the field in their ICC Champions Trophy match against Sri Lanka at the Rose Bowl.


Nearly 40 pct of global births are unregistered: WHO

Nearly 40 percent of the 128 million babies born worldwide every year are not officially registered, and two thirds of deaths also go undocumented, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.


Shells point to police in guardsmen slayings

Two weeks before the massacre of almost 50 Iraqi national guard recruits on Saturday, 17 national guardsmen were shot execution-style at their base near the Syrian border, apparently with the aid of Iraqi police, US officials said.


Vehicle tool maker sees profit below forecasts amid high steel prices, soft demand in Europe. NEW YORK  - Snap-on Inc., which makes vehicle-repair tools, said Tuesday its third-quarter and full-year


A Commercial Software Service Aims to Outfox Caller ID

A new computerized service enables customers to create phony outbound phone numbers in order to mask their telephone identities.


UNITED NATIONS - After two years, the United States and the United Nations had hoped to take the spotlight off the bitterly divisive war in Iraq. It didn't happen...


Unlike its rivals, the automaker makes a profit selling cars and gains US market share. By Brett Clanton / The Detroit News. Chrysler's ongoing recovery got another boost Thursday as the automaker reported


Firenze, 19:03 - CALCIO, MORTE BEATRICE; MAZZONE: PENSO AVER CHIARITO TUTTO

E' durato oltre cinque ore l'interrogatorio di Carlo Mazzone, convocato dai Nas di Firenze nell'ambi...


Mexico 'Dirty War' Tale Ends Happily, Victim Found

Aleida Gallangos met her brother in  Washington last week for the first time since he was kidnapped  by Mexican police 30 years ago, closing one chapter in the  annals of Mexico's "dirty war" on a rare joyous note.


Five Killed, 30 Hurt in Kashmir Car Explosion

SRINAGAR, India  - A suicide bomber rammed a car  packed with explosives into an army convoy in Indian Kashmir on  Saturday, killing four soldiers and a civilian and wounding 30  more, police said.


Bandito fugge con ostaggio ma carabinieri lo arrestano


Leading Class-Action Lawyer Is Sentenced to Two Years in Kickback Scheme

William S. Lerach was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to forfeit $7.75 million for concealing illegal payments to a plaintiff in class-action lawsuits.


UN Praises China's Role in Combating HIV/AIDS

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Monday praised China's role in combating HIV/AIDS, saying that the world is counting on China to meet Millennium Development Goals, which include halting and reversing the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015, Agence France-Presse


In China and U.S., the Fear of Inflation Is Having Fallout Effects

Rising prices is causing Chinese companies to raise prices for exports, particularly on one critical commodity: pork.


Treasury prices fell Wednesday after a new retail sales report showed an unexpected increase in consumer spending for January after the dismal holiday season.


Sudan says an EU envoy who was ordered to leave will now be allowed to remain until his term ends.


Sequestro Melis, confermate tutte le condanne

I giudici della Corte d'Appello di Sassari hanno confermato la sentenza di I grado per i tre imputati accusati di essere i carcerieri di Silvia Melis, la consulente del lavoro rapita nel febbraio del 1997 e liberata dopo 9 mesi di prigionia nel novembre


Leading Democratic presidential campaigners descend on Alabama town for civil rights anniversary.


Update 1: Ex-Ahold CEO Says He's Settled With SEC

Global grocery retailer Ahold NV and its former chief executive have reached settlements with the US Securities and Exchange Commission over charges related to a $1 billion overstatement of earnings, they said Wednesday.


Lukas gambles on another Breeders' Cup victory with Azeri

The king of Breeders' Cup trainers is pursuing his record 18th victory on horse racing's biggest stage in a surprising way.


Sudan Says It Doesn't Oppose More Monitors

Sudan's foreign minister said his country does not object to increased numbers of foreign cease-fire monitors, plus troops to protect them, being deployed to crisis-torn Darfur.


TOP seed Andre Agassi cruised into the next round of the ATP Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington with a 6-4 6-2 win over fellow American Paul Goldstein.


Roma, 14:45 - CALCIO DONNE, DOPING: POSITIVA MARIANNA HOFER

Marianna Hofer (Fiammamonza) è risultata positiva ad un controllo antidoping effettuato lo sc...


One Palestinian is killed and three were injured in Israeli strikes on the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza, witnesses say.


Il mullah Abdul Rahim replica alla minaccia di un'offensiva di primavera della Nato"Sferreremo attacchi sanguinosi contro le truppe straniere guidate dagli Stati Uniti"                                            Annuncio dei talebani dall'Afghanistan "Contro Bush pronti diecimila miliziani"


Music: WIN the New Dylan Album ; Preview

By Paul Cole, Anuji Varma, Jack Daniels & David Brookes  HERE is the chance for 10 lucky readers to win the brand new Bob Dylan album Modern Times.


A man who escaped jail in a helicopter in 2001 and planned a similar breakout in 2003, flees again the same way.


Keep off the streets, British prostitutes urged

Police hunting a serial killer who is murdering women at a rate unprecedented in British criminal history urged prostitutes on Wednesday to stay off the streets.


Jury split in Spector murder trial verdict

The jury in the murder trial of Phil Spector said on Tuesday it was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on the charges against the legendary rock producer, and the judge dismissed the jurors for the day.


Royal Dutch/Shell says the two holding companies that own the group are to merge, after reporting bumper third-quarter profits on the back of high oil prices.


British FM rejects US reason for deporting Cat Stevens

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw complained to his US counterpart Colin Powell about the deportation from the United States of former pop star Cat Stevens as a possible terrorist risk, a senior State Department official said.


US forces have bombed the Baghdad slum in Sadr City, killing up to five people and wounding 46, including women and children. Residents say loud explosions echoed throughout


Heisman Trophy hopeful Cedric Benson of Texas grew up idolizing Ricky Williams. Oklahoma freshman force Adrian Peterson is more of an Emmitt Smith man.


Myanmar vows to keep to democracy 'road map'

VIENTIANE : Myanmar vowed Friday to keep to its promised "road map" to democracy as Southeast Asian officials here cautiously welcomed the military regime's planned release of thousands of prisoners as a sign of progress.


Smithfield Foods Inc. SFD.N, the top  U.S. hog and pork producer, on Monday said preliminary earnings  per share for the fiscal third quarter were stronger than Wall  Street expectations, helped by higher hog prices, sending  shares to an all-time high.


Iran's foreign minister urges restraint over a new draft UN sanctions resolution, in a BBC interview.


Afghanistan political shuffle sparks rioting

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Protesters angered at President Hamid Karzai's removal of a warlord governor in western Afghanistan ransacked UN compounds and clashed with security forces Sunday.


New York, 11:06 - NUOTO, NEETHLING NUOVO MONDIALE 100 MISTI VASCA CORTA

Il sudafricano Ryk Neethling ha stabilito il nuovo record mondiale nei 100 metri misti in vasca cort...


Some of the recording industry's copyright arguments can easily be applied to popular food, and they still don't go down easy. Commentary by Jennifer Granick.