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/PRNewswire/ -- ACCESS Co., Ltd. (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 4813), a global provider of mobile content delivery and Internet access technologies announced the release of NetFront(R) Mobile Content Viewer a comprehensive


Stock markets around the world plummeted today, as a financial crisis that began in the market for U.S. home mortgages spread to almost all corners of the global economy.


Former Ahold CEO, CFO Convicted of Fraud

A court found the former chief executive and chief financial officer of Dutch retailer Royal Ahold NV guilty of fraud Monday, but ruled the pair will not have to serve prison time.


Golovin gives Fed Cup holders France 1-0 lead

Tatiana Golovin, making her Fed Cup singles debut, beat Anabel Medina Garrigues 6-3 6-3 to give under-strength champions France an early 1-0 lead in their semi-final against Spain on Wednesday.


Memphis Re-Signs Gasol to Multi-Year Deal

The Memphis Grizzlies signed All-Star forward Pau Gasol to a multi-year contract on Friday. Terms of the deal were not announced.


Ford: Monthly Sales Drop, Company Looks To New Vehicles

Cruising along the ever-stretching road of decline. Auto giant Ford Motor (nyse: F - news - people ) reported vehicle sales in October that fell 5% from a year ago.


On the Open Internet, a Web of Dark Alleys

The ability of terrorists and other dark elements to engage in covert communications online remains a daunting security problem, and one that may prove impossible to solve.


Security professionals gloomy on terrorism outlook

The international terrorist threat is increasing as more recruits become radicalised, even though police and intelligence agencies are getting better at disrupting militant plots.


Exit Polls Indicate Germany's Social Democrats Lose State Election

Exit polls say German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democrats have been defeated in a local election in the western state of Saarland.


In manette anche l'ex campione di ciclismo Vito Taccone


A gang of thieves is likely celebrating their dubious distinction today, after making off with a record $48 million Cdn. from a bank in Belfast.


Republican John McCain holds a slim lead on rival Mitt Romney in Michigan one day before the state's hotly contested presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.


Sober days ahead as Bethlehem seeks Christmas cheer

BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Abu Khalil is a man with alcohol on his mind.


Nursing home staff strained, survey says

TORONTO -- Nursing home workers say they're often overwhelmed or injured on the job and feel frustrated that they're unable to deliver the level of care elderly residents need, a new survey says.


Gospel musicians will lend their voices to help Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama raise money in South Carolina next week.


By The Gleaner  A 19-year-old man died on Sunday in Webster County after falling into a pond and drowning.  According to Webster County Sheriff Frankie Springfield, Arduro Gonzales Hernandez was fishing with three others on property off Charles Crowley Road in Dixon around 4 p.m.


Il ministro dell'Interno sul caso intercettazioni: "Vicenda sconvolgenteÃ¨ stata ferita la Costituzione. Le banche dati vanno protette di piÃ¹"                                          Scandalo spie, Amato: "Capire quanto Ã¨ stato infetto il Sismi"                                                                                di MASSIMO GIANNINI


Nissan is in talks with Chrysler on a possible manufacturing agreement.


The Boston Red Sox might have taken a step Wednesday night toward finding the dominating Pedro Martinez of old. By Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY.


Pak bill on Musharraf short of expectations: Commonwealth

Islamabad: Under fire from Pakistan's opposition parties for his statement that he respected any decision by Parliament over President Pervez Musharraf's continuation as Army Chief, Commonwealth Secretary-General Don Mckinnon has changed his stance saying


Treviso, 22:29 - BASKET, ULEB CUP: BENETTON TREVISO VINCE E SI QUALIFICA

La Benetton Treviso ha battuto l'Artland Dragons 82-64 (22-11; 47-22; 65 - 42) conquistando la quali...


Swiss referendum tests virtual democracy

Swiss authorities have hailed as a success what they said was the world's first binding internet vote in a national referendum.


Il leader della Cgil avverte il governo: la Finanziaria deve scenderesotto i 30 miliardi. "Sulle pensioni Maroni meglio di Damiano"                                                  Epifani: "Pensano solo ai tagli cosÃ¬ andremo allo scontro"                                                                                di ROBERTO MANIA


Alt Text: More 'Filthy' Games to Drive Fox News Crazy

A ridiculous TV news report incorrectly tarring Mass Effect for explicit sex scenes yields unexpected results: Wrongheaded "experts" get famous. Me too, please. Commentary by Lore Sjöberg.


Trade Squabble Between Boeing and Airbus Heads for WTO

A trade fight is heating up between the United States and Europe over commercial aircraft sales. Wednesday, Washington filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization alleging that EU countries unfairly


Iranian Foreign Minister, Kamal Kharrazi, speaks during a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, unseen, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004.


Atrocities daily in Sudan's Darfur: U.N. rights chief

Atrocities are occurring daily in  Sudan's Darfur region and rape and pillage directed against  civilians are at "a horrific level," United Nations High  Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said on Wednesday.


Business models followed technology too closely A year ago, hardly a week went by without news of a major municipal wireless project in the US, supporting free or subsidized access and a host of shiny business models. Now hardly a week goes by without news of the death of one of these plans.â¦


Prime Minister Tony Blair is to make a statement to the Commons on the Asian tsunami, including an update on the British death toll.


Militants behead three Iraqi Kurdish militiamen

Militants beheaded three Iraqi Kurd militiamen, showing their deaths in a video posted on a Web site on Saturday and denouncing Kurdish political


Sudanese raiders kill 100 in Chad Village

Sudanese cross-border raiders have massacred more than 100 villagers in Chad, Human Rights Watch alleged Thursday, expressing concern Darfur's violence was spreading.


Madonna's tour of Israel has gotten decidedly mixed reviews - with the harshest words from some religious Jews unhappy with her embrace of kabbalah.


After third season, Willingham runs out of luck with Irish

Three years ago, Tyrone Willingham was heralded as a champion for all black football coaches after being given the responsibility of returning the Notre Dame football program to among the nationâs elite.


That was the "Meteor Man," Andy Roddick, burning rubber tennis balls and scorching the green South Carolina pavement of Daniel Island, a remote neighborhood


Roma-Dinamo Kiev sospesa alla fine del primo tempo con gli ucraini in vantaggio 1-0. Al 45' Mexes espulso. Mentre le squadre lasciano il campo, Frisk viene colpito da una moneta lanciata dalla tribuna. Lo svedese crolla sanguinante.


It could lead to, for example, getting your name on the Stanley Cup three times, winning a Selke Trophy and even landing a spot on Team Canada for the World Cup.


Windows Media Player (WMP) no longer feels like a freebie utility thrown in with the OS (think Notepad), but is an application you'll actually want to use.


Lysacek rallies to take Four Continents gold

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado  - American Evan Lysacek displayed the grit of a champion to win the Four Continents men's title on Friday, collecting his second major championship in as many weeks.


Eight die as U.S. air strike destroys Iraq house

BAQUBA, Iraq  - U.S. air strikes destroyed a house   during a gun battle before dawn in a restive city north of   Baghdad which killed eight people, the military said.


Back in the comfort of home, the Utah Jazz found some things they didn't have the first two games of the Western Conference finals: Confidence, defense and scorers other than Carlos Boozer and Deron Williams.


Symantec puts encryption on the backup server

Symantec's new Veritas NetBackup Media Server Encryption Option offers encryption at the backup server, relieving application servers of the chore and also offers centralized key management.


Guilty verdicts in Pacific island paradise

PITCAIRN ISLAND - Six Pitcairn Islanders were convicted of multiple sex crimes following trials that exposed a culture of sexual abuse on the Pacific island best known for the mutiny on the Bounty.


What to Do With Taboo News When Teenagers Are Your Readers

The news that Jamie Lynn Spears, the 16-year-old star of âZoey 101â on Nickelodeon and younger sister of Britney, is pregnant presented a dilemma for editors of fan magazines aimed at teenagers.


CNN Flies with Miramax for 'Aviator' Push

LOS ANGELES  - Miramax and CNN are  teaming up to promote "The Aviator," the Howard Hughes biopic  that opens Dec. 17, with on-air spots, a consumer sweepstakes  and a custom microsite that will be promoted on CNN.com.


Israel Claims Killing of Hamas Operative

In a hit claimed by Israeli security officials, a senior Hamas operative was killed in a car bombing Sunday outside his house in Damascus, the first such killing of a leader of the Islamic militant group in Syria.


U.S. band to perform "Beatles album" that never was

A group of New York musicians is planning to do what the Beatles never did -- perform the songs the Fab Four might have recorded as their final album had they stayed together just a little longer.


Georgia's governor declared a state of emergency for 85 counties in the state Saturday.


The Treasuryâs schedule of financing this week includes todayâs regular weekly auction of new three- and six-month bills and an auction of four-week bills tomorrow.


Fashion Wire Daily - Shedding winter weight won't be an issue come next spring, if New York designers have anything to say about it. After the first three days of shows of Spring 2007 fashion week in New York, the overwhelming trend for next season appears to be loose, comfortable clothing - tent dresses are a recurring theme - using sophisticated fabrics and colors, taking women easily from day to night.


Gartner Predicts the Blogosphere's Future

A set of blogging predictions from Gartner, a research firm that tracks all things technological, is making waves inside and outside the blogosphere. In its latest report, Gartner predicted that blogging -- the most loved, feared, and hyped Web trend since the emergence of e-mail -- will level off in 2007, leaving its startling growth rates behind.


A Movable Beast: Asian Pythons Thrive in Florida

Pythons that have been kept as pets and released are an ecological nightmare in Everglades National Park.


GREENWOOD, Miss. -- A national shortage of doctors is hitting poor places the hardest, and efforts to bring in foreign physicians to fill the gap are running into a knot of restrictions from the war on terror and the immigration debate.


FDA to probe popcorn link in man's lung disease

At least one man who ate several bags of butter-flavored microwave popcorn each day has developed a life-threatening lung disease possibly caused by an additive in the popcorn, his doctor says, and U.S. regulators have launched an investigation.


Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor, the real-life love birds, have signed their new [fourth] film together.


Hundreds more Palestinian prisoners join a hunger strike, as Yasser Arafat calls a one-day solidarity fast.


European Roma bid to join UN Holocaust memorial

Europe's Roma minority appealed to the United Nations on Wednesday to be included in annual Holocaust commemorations as recognized victims of Nazi Germany who still suffer discrimination across the continent.


Concealing women in the home is a backward view of Islam, the leader of Pakistan tells the BBC.


Group Plans to Build China-U.S. Fiber Optic Link

A consortium of five Asian companies and Verizon plans to build a high-speed fiber optic cable to link China and the U.S. by the time the Beijing Olympics open in 2008.


EU recognises Iran's nuclear ambitions hard to curb

The European Union believes Iran is unlikely to negotiate seriously on its nuclear programme and there is little the West can do to stop it developing an atomic bomb, according to an internal document.


A judge in the court-martial of three British soldiers accused of abusing detained Iraqis ordered jurors Wednesday to acquit one of the suspects on a charge of pretending to kick a prisoner.


Obama Proposes Pulling U.S. Troops Out of Iraq By End of 2008

Bloomberg - Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is calling for the U.S. to pull all combat troops out of Iraq by the end of next year, saying there is no military solution to the conflict.


Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Saturday that if he's elected, he wants "to carry the big stick" by increasing the size of the nation's military.


Ace dress designer Manish Malhotra's directorial debut has been delayed.


Stamane ha toccato 95 cm e, per domani, se ne prevedono 100


World Business Briefing | Asia: Japan: Airline to Cut 4,300 Jobs

Japan Airlines said it would cut 4,300 employees, or about 8 percent of its work force, by March 2010 as part of its four-year business plan intended to improve profits. The company, which is based in Tokyo, reported a loss for the most recent quarter and is still struggling to regain customer confidence after a spate of safety lapses in recent years. The company reported a loss of 10.8 billion yen ($89.9 million) for the October-December quarter, slightly less than the 11 billion yen loss it recorded for the period in 2005. Sales rose 4.9 percent, to 584.1 billion yen ($4.9 billion). Cargo traffic from Japan to China was strong, but traffic to the United States was weak in the latest quarter.


LoLoCoJr BLog:  Rewriting a (large) PHP application to Rails, part 1

Doing everything in just PHP can be a great thing when you're working with web applications, but what happens when a project comes along that was already using something like Ruby on Rails? You'd have to get in there and learn the language to get up to speed. One thing that can help, though, is a "transition" piece to show you what functionality matches up with the language you're familiar with - PHP. This new article (series) from LoLoCoJr aims for just that.   In recent weeks I was busy converting a fairly large PHP application to Rails. The existing PHP application is about 65.500 lines of intermingled PHP and HTML/CSS code. Yep, a classic PHP application without any database abstraction layer, no templating, no MVC.   This is just part one of the series, but it jumps right in to things - the list of deliverables to break out the application into easy to chew chunks and a look at a Ruby config and database connections (MySQL to PostgreSQL)


Kenya's president Mwai Kibaki is ready to form a government of national unity in order to end a week-long stalemate over disputed elections, a government spokesman told CNN Saturday.


The C.I.A. has agreed to make documents related to the destruction of interrogation videotapes available to the House intelligence Committee and to allow the agencyâs top lawyer to testify about the matter.


Crude oil futures rise ahead of long layoff

Crude oil futures rose yesterday ahead of an extended weekend for traders, even though weekly government data showed rising domestic inventories of crude and distillate fuel, which includes heating oil.


Plushenko, Slutskaya earn Cup of Russia titles

Evgeni Plushenko and Irina Slutskaya delighted the home crowd Saturday by winning the Cup of Russia with superb free skating programs in Moscow.


Leader Dl, riforma pensioni concordata con sindacati


Genova, 19:23 - CALCIO, GENOA: PANCHINA PER MILANETTO, LEON DAL 1'

Omar Milanetto sarà a disposizione dell'allenatore del Genoa, Gian Piero Gasperini, per il de...


Fumo, da mezzanotte Ã¨ divieto nei locali

Scatta lo stop alle sigarette in bar e ristoranti. Le feste d'addio e la protestadei gestori. Lo speciale


By American News, Aberdeen, S.D.  Dec. 14--The choir of Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Groton will present a Christmas musical, called "Journey of Hope," Saturday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 11 a.m. at the church.


Man Booker International judges honour Chinua Achebe

Arts & entertainment: 'Father of modern African literature' beats formidable shortlist to Â£60,000 prize.


Group files text-blocking complaint with FCC

Eight consumer and public-interest groups filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, saying mobile phone providers should not be able to block text messages from political groups and advertisers.


U.S. to Add to Military Forces in Baghdad

The Pentagon plans to beef up its military strength in Baghdad by sending additional battalions to the beleaguered Iraqi capital, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Gen. Peter Pace, said today.


Cingular Wireless LLC plans to cut at least 10 percent of its newly combined staff, or around 7,000 of its 68,000-strong workforce, chief Stan Sigman said.


Bush, Chavez on dueling tours of Latin America

President Bush and his left-wing nemesis Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez embarked on dueling tours of Latin America on Friday as they stepped up competition for the region's hearts and minds.


Just 30 minutes before the Phi Beta Sigma "beautillion" starts, a year of planning for the boys' glittering debutant ball threatens to unravel: What should be a trio of white-gowned female escorts is only a duo.


Oil jumped to a record high past $93 a barrel on Monday, as stormy weather disrupted supplies from giant exporter Mexico and the dollar wallowed near record lows.


SanDisk launches speedy Ducati flash memory line

SanDisk's founder says Apple's iPhone is increasing worldwide interest in sophisticated portable electronics and driving up demand for flash memory cards for the devices.


Do you know how to spot tomorrow's outperformers?


Iraq Bomb Kills 7, Year After Saddam Capture

A suicide car bomber killed at least seven Iraqis at an entrance to Baghdad's Green Zone government and US diplomatic compound on Monday, a year to the day since US forces captured Saddam Hussein.


Ecuador investigates claims that up to 15 Amazonian tribespeople have been killed by illegal loggers.


eBay and PayPal Officials in Talks for Possible Banking Move

The officials of online auction site eBay and its payments unit PayPal are reportedly in talks over the possibility of applying for a limited banking charter, Dow Jones/Associated Press claims.


An Iraqi police colonel was gunned down near his home in Afak on Sunday, marking the third government official killed in the Iraqi Shiite town in five weeks, an Interior Ministry official said.


Who Needs Country Radio? Not Tom T. Hall

A veteran Nashville troubadour finds a new home for his songs in bluegrass country.


Porsche Seen Likely to Realize VW Merger

The European Court of Justice is expected to strike down the so-called Volkswagen Law, created by Germanyâs government to protect the automaker from an unwanted takeover.


US Federal Reserve policy-makers probably will keep nudging interest rates upward next year, trying to guard against inflation but moving moderately enough to keep the economy expanding.


Briton, two Americans kidnapped as Iraq hostage crisis escalates

BAGHDAD : Two Americans and a Briton were kidnapped from their smart Baghdad home, as the two main powers behind last year's invasion became the latest victims of a five-month-old hostage crisis.


BANGALORE: Prior to his departure, following a two-day visit to Bangalore, Russian President Vladimir Putin witnessed India's aeronautics capability, at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) here.


For the average person, gaining entry to a Manhattan nightclub can be an exquisite form of cruelty. PartyBuddys whisks clients past the velvet ropes.


JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming  - The weak housing market could topple the country into a full-blown recession and the Federal Reserve should slash interest rates aggressively, one of the country's most prominent economists warned on Saturday.


Karzai's chief challenger calls for transparent elections

Afghan President Hamid Karzai's archrival in the Oct. 9 national presidential election Mohammad Yunus Qanooni on Tuesday called for transparent elections.


Nabi Biopharmaceuticals NABI.O on  Tuesday said its NicVAX nicotine vaccine showed promising  results in helping smokers quit smoking in a small clinical  trial, sending its shares up 23 percent in premarket activity.


BANGKOK, Thailand - Myanmar's secretive military regime has forced out its prime minister, seen as a relative pragmatist, and replaced him with a general who has taken a hard line in dealing with the country's pro-democracy movement.    Myanmar's state radio and television announced Tuesday that Prime Minister Gen...


'Hero' Holds Off Rivals at Weak U.S. Box Office

Chinese martial arts thriller  "Hero" logged a second weekend at the top of the North American  box office during the U.S. Labor Day holiday, while four new  entries failed to make much of an impression.


Golf: Round 2 of Canadian Open Resumes Saturday

The second round of the Canadian Open golf tournament continues Saturday Glenn Abbey Golf Club in Oakville, Ontario, after play was suspended late Friday due to darkness.


Senior Qaeda figure in Iraq a myth: U.S. military

A senior operative for al Qaeda in Iraq who was caught this month has told his U.S. military interrogators a prominent al Qaeda-led group is just a front and its leader fictitious, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.


British rower Matthew Pinsent will be aiming for his fourth Olympic gold when 'Super Saturday' starts in Athens.


Gulf of Mexico earthquake felt in Southeast US

A strong earthquake rumbled in the   Gulf of Mexico on Sunday and was felt across the southeastern   United States, the U.S. Geological Service said.


ABC Draws Lackluster Audience to Emmy Awards

ABC's telecast of the 56th annual Primetime Emmy Awards proved to be one of the least watched editions of the show in years, with 14 million viewers tuning in, according to preliminary figures on Monday.


It was the mid-1990s and Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff — well-schooled in crack cocaine, dirty cash and body counts — was tackling a new subject: pulp fiction.


Il testo contiene le nuove misure per gli stadi


ELEANOR HALL: The United States Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, has said today that he expects US forces to remain in Iraq for at least another four years.


Le reti Rai si sono aggiudicate la prima serata


U.S. Blacks Get Less Treatment for Cancer - Study

Black esophageal cancer patients in the United States are half as likely as whites to get surgery that can help them live longer and often do not even see a surgeon, researchers reported on Tuesday.


BBC: England Unprepared for Terror Strike

Despite warnings that a terrorist attack in Britain is likely, less than half of the key local authorities in England have drawn up plans for mass evacuations, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Friday.


Malaysian police arrest a number of officials on suspicion of selling residency permits to people-traffickers.


A Kurdish villager testified Monday that he left behind his mother and two sisters as he fled a 1988 attack by Saddam Hussein's forces. Years later, he said, he found his relatives' identity cards in a mass grave.


Belgium gives Rwanda 39.5 mln euros for development

The Belgian government has this month given Rwanda 39.5 million euros (56.6 million dollars), mainly to help its small former colony with power supplies, health and education, Radio Rwanda reported Thursday.


Germs, Germs Everywhere. Are You Worried? Get Over It.

The fantasy of a germ-free home is not only absurd, but it is also largely pointless.


Gli hanno sparato numerosi colpi di pistola a Rosarno


Justice Dept and states differ on Microsoft

A group of state attorneys general said on Thursday that the consent decree that settled the landmark antitrust case against Microsoft Corp has failed to reduce the company's monopoly, disagreeing with the assessment of U.S. antitrust officials.


Eleven suspected Islamists held in Paris in Iraqi connection enquiry

A total of 11 suspected Islamic militants have been detained in Paris this week by intelligence agents who believe they have foiled an operation to send volunteers to fight against the US army in Iraq, officials said.


Sport: Tennis: British No1 closes on fourth singles title after sweeping past Nikolay Davydenko in straight sets


Shaquille O'Neal had 26 points and 12 rebounds, and the Heat overcame 31 points and 10 assists from All-Star LeBron James to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, 100-88, last night in Miami.


A state appeals court upheld a $500,000 award to a flight attendant who blamed secondhand smoke on airliners for her bronchitis and sinus trouble — a decision Wednesday that could clear the way for damage trials on up to 3,000 similar claims.


Iraq's Government in Talks with Sunni, Shi'ite Leaders

Iraq's interim government is engaged in cease-fire talks with Sunni and Shi'ite leaders in an effort to restore calm to violent parts of Iraq before January's scheduled election.


Nets Are Overwhelmed by the Retooled Blazers

Portland entered Mondayâs game against the Nets as one of the hottest teams in the N.B.A., a trend it continued with a victory against the Nets.


Why does Asia get all the cool stuff first?

Also: Congress OKs private spaceflight bill. [News.com Extra]


Democrats, Republicans Charge Vote Improprieties

Democrats on Wednesday charged that the national Republican party was linked to a group accused of trying to stop Democrats from registering to vote in at least two Western battleground states, Nevada and Oregon.


Giants Beat Panthers to Snap Four-Game Skid

Tiki Barber rushes for 112 yards, Eli Manning throws three touchdown passes and the Giants snap a four-game losing streak with a 27-13 win over the Panthers.


H&R Block falls as mortgage unit loses credit line

Tax preparer H&R Block Inc.  said the subprime mortgage unit it is selling has lost a credit line, lowering its borrowing capacity closer to the minimum needed for the sale to go through.


British goverment says Murdoch's BSkyB must cut ITV stake

The British government ruled on Tuesday that media giant BSkyB must cut its holding in independent television broadcaster ITV to below 7.5 percent, as recommended by competition authorities.


North Korea cautions on hope for nuclear deal

The prospect of initial steps toward ending North Korea's nuclear arms program brightened on Friday as negotiators considered a plan for Pyongyang to suspend operations at a nuclear plant within two months.


Blair attends memorial for Ken Bigley, British captive beheaded in Iraq

Relatives of Kenneth Bigley, the Briton beheaded in Iraq, remembered him at a tearful memorial service Saturday as an honest, funny man whose brutal killing devastated those who loved him.


Bob Evans, mainframe pioneer, dies at 77

Bob Evans, an IBM computer scientist who helped to develop the modern mainframe computer, died Thursday. He was 77. Evans died of heart failure at his at his home in the San Francisco suburb of Hillsborough, his son Evan told the Associated Press.


WASHINGTON -- Pending a final round of inspections, Taiwan has agreed to resume imports of US beef and beef products, which were suspended because of concerns over mad cow disease, the Agriculture Department said Tuesday.


Notebook: Kansas men take top spot in AP poll

Kansas often grabs a spot in the upper half of the AP preseason men's poll, but the school hasn't been No. 1 since a player named Wilt Chamberlain suited up for the Jayhawks in the 1950s.


French hostages freed,US vows to defeat "enemies of freedom"

Two French journalists ended theirfour-month hostage ordeal in Iraq and were expected to fly back home on Wednesday, while the United States pledged to defeat the "enemies of


UPDATE 1-Coulthard tests for Red Bull in Spain

David Coulthard moved a significant step closer to staying in Formula One when he started a three-day test with the Red Bull Racing team in southern Spain on Wednesday.


EU moves to establish gibberish as lingua franca

Brussels docs to teach translation software The European Commission is seeking to make us all speak in Brusselsese by donating millions of its documents to translation software developers.â¦


Madrid, 19:24 - CALCIO, LIGA: PARI TRA CELTA E VILLARREAL, VINCE L'OSASUNA

L'Osasuna ha liquidato con un secco 3-0 (Milosevic, Flano e Punal su rigore) il Maiorca mentre il Ce...


Opportunity Rover to Pack Up and Leave Crater

NASA (news - web sites)'s Mars rover Opportunity will back its way out of a crater it has spent four months exploring after reaching terrain that appears too treacherous to tread.


Stocks End Higher on Upbeat Economic News

NEW YORK - Stocks regained some momentum Thursday as fresh economic data suggested inflation remains well under control, but volatile oil prices gave investors some pause late in the session.    Analysts are closely watching stocks for signs that the market will stabilize in the second half of the year, but choppy trading has made it difficult to build confidence among investors, particularly given recent fluctuations in oil prices...


Webcasters ask court for delay in fee increases

Blog: Large and small Internet radio operators and National Public Radio file for an emergency stay to the new rules, scheduled to take effect July 15.


Safety Data Is Forthcoming, NASA Chief Tells House Panel

NASA has previously said that the data, which comes from tens of thousands of interviews with pilots about safety issues, could damage the airline industry.


Zimbabwe's annual inflation rate has reached a new record high of more than 1,200 percent in August despite the conversion to a new currency designed to halt the upwards spiral.


"U Got the Look": Prince hits the London catwalk

U.S. pop star Prince had fashionistas at London Fashion Week on their feet on Wednesday when he staged a surprise performance at Matthew Williamson's catwalk show.


Henin breezes past Jankovic, Williams suffers injury

World number one Justine Henin qualified for the WTA Championships semi-finals with an easier-than-expected 6-2 6-2 win over Serb Jelena Jankovic on Wednesday.


Mibtel a +0,03%, SP/Mib a +0,02%, All Stars a +0,18%


Researchers aim to make file-sharing fairer by treating bandwidth like a currency.


Da Agenzia entrate guide fiscali anche in arabo e cinese


Garciaparra Among New-Minted Free Agents

Nomar Garciaparra filed for free agency Friday, two days after the All-Star shortstop's former team, the Boston Red Sox, won the World Series.


Volkswagen AG's profit fell 31 percent in 2004 as the German automaker fought headwinds from the weak dollar in the U.S. market and sluggish consumer spending at home.


Missing 4-year-old's parents return to England as suspects

ROTHLEY, England - A British couple named as suspects in the disappearance of their 4-year-old daughter returned home yesterday, and the mother told a newspaper that Portuguese police pressured her to confess that she had killed the girl accidentally and hid the body.


Pneumo Vaccination Cuts Kids' Hospital Visits

NEW YORK  - Giving young children the  pneumococcal vaccine Prevnar has had a significant impact on  pneumococcal diseases, such as pneumonia and middle ear  infections, researchers report.


Microsoft music copy protection cracked again

(InfoWorld) - Microsoft downplayed Tuesday the impact of a new hack of its DRM technology, underlining the difficulties in erecting a long-lasting digital barrier against piracy. Doom9.org, a hacking forum, contained a post last Friday from "Divine Tao," presumably the hacker responsible, with download links for the updated version of FairUse4WM. The program, which was released last August, strips the DRM technology that limits how Windows Media files can be used and prevents illegal file sharing. "Microsoft is aware of the DRM issue, and the breach response team is verifying the circumvention," said a company statement. Windows Media DRM is used, for example, on songs sold through online song retailer Napster. Songs purchased from there can't copied to more than three computers, but there are no restrictions on how many times an individual song can be burned to a CD. Hacking activists argue they created FairUse4WM since they deserve broader freedom to move legitimately purchased content from device to device. Removal of the DRM, however, also allows the files to be copied without restriction or uploaded to file-sharing networks, which the recording industry believes has caused a massive sales decline. Microsoft has updated its DRM technologyÂ at least twice before to halt the effectiveness of FairUse4WM and said its DRM system is designed to support dynamic updates. The updates do not require a new release of Windows Media Player or the Windows Media Format Software Development Kit, used by developers to employ the DRM system, Microsoft said. Microsoft did not give a timetable as to when it may update Windows Media DRM to block the latest version of FairUse4WM. Nonetheless, the company acknowledged the DRM system's inherent vulnerability to hackers. "Microsoft has long stated that no DRM system is impervious to circumvention, a position Microsoft's content partners are aware of as well," the company said. Microsoft filed a lawsuitÂ in a district court in Seattle last September against 10 unnamed defendants for copyright infringement related to the release of FairUse4WM. The suit, however, was later dropped after the defendants could not be located. Record labels are increasingly considering removing DRM from their songs after years of lawsuits and legal wrangling have done little to reduce illegal file sharing. In April, EMI Group said it would sell songs on Apple's iTunes Music Store without DRM. The DRM-free songs cost about 20 percent more but are also encoded at 256Kbps, a higher quality than other songs with DRM.


PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii, Dec. 7 -- One by one, survivors from ships sunk 65 years ago Thursday in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor laid wreaths under life-preserver rings honoring their ships.


Politics: 24 October 2004, Sunday. A new road will connect Bulgaria and its western neighbour Macedonia.


Father sentenced for drowning disabled son

Man had mental breakdown from seeing severely epileptic baby, 14 months, have dozens of fits at a time, court hears.


So you know where the problems are. Now, can you fix them?


I'm on Everest...no Everest! Brit climber Rod Baber has succeeded in making the world's highest mobile phone call - a 40-second chat from the top of Everest, news agencies report.â¦


Myanmar's military government will hold a referendum on a new constitution in May this year followed by multi-party elections in 2010, the first in two decades, state television announced on Saturday.


THE bullet-riddled body of a Palestinian was found near a dumpster in a Gaza City street today, and Hamas said it killed the man on suspicion he provided information that helped Israel to assassinate the group's founder and nine others.


Justin Timberlake signs YouTube star to new record label

Blog: Esmee Denters, 18, got her start by making low-tech karaoke videos and is the first artist to be signed to the new label.


Swedish 'Funksters' Tell Business to Get Sexy

With matching shaved heads, spectacles and black attire, they look more drama school than business school and call their lectures "gigs." But their client list includes Coca-Cola and the British government, and ...


Police charge a healthcare assistant with the attempted murder of a girl during a robbery in south London.


Soaked Hillside Gives Way, Killing 2 on California Coast

At least 12 people are still missing after part of a rain-saturated hillside came crashing down, burying four blocks of an oceanfront town.


Londra, 16:02 - CALCIO: DIFENDE GLAZER, TIFOSI MANCHESTER CONTESTANO A.D. GILL

Cresce la contestazione di una parte della tifoseria del Manchester United contro i proprietari amer...


Safeway Inc. , the No. 3 U.S. grocer, posted a higher quarterly profit on Thursday, as remodeled stores, fresh produce and prepared meals helped it to lure shoppers.


Evil Plankton is the obvious suspect, but landlubbers are more likely to blame for a nationwide rash of thefts of 9-foot-tall and 9-foot-wide SpongeBob SquarePants inflatables propped on the roofs of Burger King restaurants.


The Tennessee Titans have a simple rule: If Steve McNair feels he can play injured, discussion over.


Conservatives Urge Closer Look at Marriage

"Protection of marriage" is now the watchword for many activists fighting to prevent gays and lesbians from marrying. Some conservatives, however, say marriage in America began unraveling long before the latest gay-rights push and are pleading for a fresh, soul-searching look at the institution.


THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats, Republicans nationally


Alex Rodriguez dined with Pedro Martinez and waxed about everything Yankee, encouraging Martinez to join Daddy in New York. Jorge Posada, who has had several fiery clashes with Martinez


Overweight Women On The Pill At Higher Risk Of Getting Pregnant

Researchers compared the weight and body-mass index (BMI) of 248 women who became pregnant while on the Pill, and compared them to a group of 533 women of the same age who were taking oral contraceptives but who were not pregnant.


The bios of the 14 terrorists being sent to Gitmo read like a collection of terrorist job applications


EDITORIAL: Turning Around the 'House of Lies' Will Take Time: OUR OPINION: FEDERAL TAKEOVER OF HOUSING AGENCY WOULD BE PREMATURE

By The Miami Herald  Feb. 18--Despite challenges facing the Miami-Dade County Housing Agency, a federal takeover, or making the agency an independent entity, would be premature. Takeover talk is coming from Orlando Cabrera, assistant secretary of public housing for the U.S.


Four Labour AMs condemn a proposed Plaid Cymru coalition in the assembly, days before a final decision will be made.


Switzerland wants to water down the protection given to wolves in Europe, which would allow the animal to be culled.


U.N. chief urges swift Kosovo resolution

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Thursday that progress towards democracy in Kosovo could "unravel" if its status is not decided and reiterated his strong support for the province's independence.


Tony Blair says European leaders are in a "state of denial" about President Bush's US election victory.


Suicide bomber kills five Afghan border police

SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan  - A suicide bomber rammed a motorcycle into an Afghan border police convoy on Tuesday, killing five guards, the commander for Spin Boldak town, on the border with Pakistan, said.


Flexible strings Hands on, part 1 You may find this hard to believe, but there was a time before XML hell, when the idea was that XML was going to solve just about every tricky problem in software development. From swapping data between applications or platforms, to storing complex data structures in a portable format - XML was the answer.â¦


Chile's government had great plans to modernize the capital's chaotic bus and metro system. But it simply replaced old chaos with new, less familiar chaos


The pound was in focus today after Bank of England (BoE) governor Mervyn King defended the central bank's arms-length approach to the instability sweeping the world's financial markets weighed on the pound.


Euro MPs signal the end of the old-fashioned barometer, in a move to ban the sale of mercury products.


Trends & Innovations - Tuesday      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - Climate Counts, a nonprofit group, is offering consumers readily available information on how environmentally friendly products are. The group, which is funded by dairy company Stonyfield Farms, provides a cell-phone-friendly service that rates how green a products is. The company said its metric is based on 22 criteria that center on a company's voluntary actions to reverse climate change. Despite sponsoring Climate Counts, Stonyfield scored only a 63 out of 100.


Torino, 17:20 - CALCIO, JUVE; COBOLLI GIGLI: SOSTITUIAMO TARDELLI NON BETTEGA

Bettega non sarà sostituito a fine contratto, Secco e Blanc sono in grado di andare avanti da...


Time to rename the zapper? Broadcom, manufacturer of set-top box chip sets and Qualcomm annoyer, has added Bluetooth to its set-top box reference platform; which should see the death of the infrared remote control within a couple of years.â¦


Blog: The company says it needs the cash to fuel growth, but some bloggers think the problem is not enough subscribers.


Wall Street stocks sold-off on Wednesday as pending home sales fell to their lowest level since September 2001 and the defensive mood was reinforced by mixed news on the economy.


French minister appeals for release of hostages

The French Foreign Minister has called for the release of two French journalists being held hostage by Islamist kidnappers in Iraq.


On January 13 in 1858, physiologist Oskar Minkowski is born in Aleksotas, Russia (now Kaunas, Lithuania). In 1889 he and collaborator Joseph Mering were able to produce a diabetic condition in dogs by removing ...


Hafner hit on hand by pitch, leaves game

Cleveland Indians designated hitter Travis Hafner left Friday night's game against the Texas Rangers in the eighth inning after he was hit on the right hand by a pitch from left-hander C.J. Wilson. X-rays were negative and Hafner is listed as day to day.


HBO's 'Sopranos' Sale to A&E Channel Sets Record

Cable television powerhouse HBO has  agreed to sell rerun rights for its hit mob drama "The  Sopranos" to the A&E cable network in a deal industry sources  put at a record $2.5 million per episode.


SOCIALIZING ON THE GO ; Social Networking Tries to Take Its Community Spirit on the Road Via Cell Phones

By Bruce Meyerson  Gina Reno's friends don't expect much eye contact from her when they get together. More often then not, she'll be staring at her cell phone, tapping away feverishly with calloused hands, communicating with people she's never once met in person.


With 32 games remaining, the surging Capitals are within one point of the Southeast Division-leading Hurricanes, their best late-season position in three years.


New Breed of Cat: Clones to Make Debut at Annual Show

The annual cat show at Madison Square Garden, which begins on Friday, will include cloned kittens for the first time.


Education secretary Ruth Kelly is opting for a cautious start in the job, the BBC's Mike Baker reports.


Many Lebanese rue president's term extension

influential Beirut daily An-Nahar, which carried an "honour roll" of the 29 deputies who voted against the extension. Ninety-six deputies voted in favour of the constitutional amendment, with three absent.


R&B star Usher swept the American Music Awards last night (Nov. 14), winning all four categories in which he was nominated. Other multiple winners included hip-hop duo OutKast with three awards, and singer


NL Wrap: Maddux Hits 15-Win Mark as Cubs Top Bucs

Greg Maddux reached the 15-win plateau for a record 17th straight season and also drove in two runs in the second inning to power the Chicago Cubs to a 6-3 victory over the host Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Thursday.


CSFB Asia Unit Rebounds After Defections

Credit Suisse First Boston is  targeting Asia for growth while cutting elsewhere, as its  regional team springs back from high-profile defections to  boost its M&A and debt financing business.


Ted Kennedy Gets a Little Republican Respect

In a recent speech to a Mississippi civic group, Sen. Trent Lott brought up Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's role on important domestic legislation, including Kennedy's latest push to overhaul the nation's immigration laws.


Sarkozy's love life: diamonds, sex and rivalry

Nicolas Sarkozy's love life has turned  into a tale of sex, diamonds and rivalry amid reports that he  gave similar rings to his new girlfriend Carla Bruni and his  former wife Cecilia.


Intel will open server chips to partners next week

Just like AMD Exclusive Everyone in the server world has been wondering if Intel planned a response to AMD's opening of its Opteron socket specifications. Well, The Register can reveal that Intel does indeed have a counterattack in store, and it will arrive in part at next week's Intel Developer Forum.â¦


That's the official word from Charles Duelfer, the chief US weapons inspector who handed his final report over to Congress on Wednesday.


Ukraine's political crisis has escalated ahead of a court hearing on Monday to probe the validity of the disputed presidential election.


HP dropping workstations with Intel chip

Hewlett-Packard Co. will no longer sell computer workstations using the Intel Itanium chip, which the two giant tech companies worked together to design.


Blast at Bangladesh Opposition HQ Kills 7

Seven people were killed when bombs or grenades exploded as former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed ended her address to a public meeting outside her headquarters on Saturday, police and witnesses said.


Agassi bites the dust as Russian Safin sets up final clash with ...

MADRID: Marat Safin defeated Andre Agassi 6-3, 7-6 yesterday to book a place in the Madrid Masters final against Argentina's David Nalbandian.


FBI probes purchases of US aircraft by drug lords

A Venezuelan man has been charged with laundering drug profits to buy U.S. aircraft to smuggle cocaine, according to U.S. court documents, as the FBI broadens a probe into South American cocaine kings.


A new, highly drug-resistant strain of the âflesh-eatingâ MRSA bacteria is being spread among gay men in San Francisco and Boston, researchers reported on Monday.


Europe heads to beach, Americans head to work

As Europe's workers take a few weeks of holiday this summer, their American colleagues will be lucky to get a few days off work, says a report published by the European Trade Union Institute.


Delta chief warns that bankruptcy is possible

Delta Air Lines' CEO is cautioning that a tentative pact reached with pilots for a billion dollars in concessions doesn't guarantee the struggling carrier has avoided a possible bankruptcy filing.


New EU-wide legislation introducing a pet passport will be fully applicable from October 1, the European Commission (EC) announced here Wednesday.


Convegno 2004, Asia e' unica nuova frontiera per il mercato


Portuguese police sources say tests prove that  missing girl's body had been in boot of hire car.


Steelers cut outspoken linebacker Porter

Joey Porter, the vocal pass-rushing linebacker, was released by the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday.


Fannie Mae Restates Earnings by $6.3 Billion

Fannie Mae erased $6.3 billion in profit in a long-awaited restatement Wednesday capping the accounting scandal that stunned financial markets and brought the ouster of top executives and a record fine against the government-sponsored mortgage...


BlackBerry, Bluetooth Miss a Shot to Move Into More Hands

these two uses of wireless technology have remained stubbornly irrelevant to many mainstream users, despite the benefits they might offer and the hype they often get in the press.


At least 40 people die in attacks across Iraq at the climax of the Shia Muslim religious festival of Ashura.


Britain will run out of world-leading scientists unless the downward spiral in science education is stopped, says Professor Colin Pillinger.


Sapient swings to a profit, completes options probe

THE REGION Sapient Corp. , a Cambridge business and technology services consultancy, said it swung to a first-quarter profit, topping Wall Street expectations. Net income for the quarter ended March 31 was $775,000, or a penny per share, compared with a loss of $1.4 million, or a penny per share, for the year-earlier quarter. Excluding certain expenses, earnings for the ...


Arabic media channel Al Jazeera has been voted the world's fifth most influential brand in a poll of branding professionals that gave the top slot to U.S. iPod and computer icon Apple.


Roma, 16:47 - CALCIO, GALLIANI: MOURINHO? 1 SETTIMANA A INTER E 1 A MILAN

Cosa farà Mourinho? Adriano Galliani risponde con una battuta quando gli chiedono del futuro ...


As a tear rolled down her face, LaKisha Jones received the news she so badly wanted to hear: She was an "American Idol" semifinalist.


While Beltran keeps adding to the arsenal of information agent Scott Boras will have in the dossier for the soon-to-be free agent, Lidge has served notice that what


The server and software company had planned to release its new version of the Unix operating system by the end of the year -- source code and all.


Astronomers seek aid for galactic census

Scientists want Internet users to help them sort through an unusual digital photo album: pictures of about 1 million galaxies. In a Web statement Wednesday, astronomers asked for volunteers to help classify the galaxies, identifying them as either elliptical or spiral, and noting, where possible, in which direction they rotate.


BT announces a tie-up with Irish broadcaster Setanta, allowing it to show live Premiership football next season on its new TV service.


Danny Murphy comes off the bench to equalise as Fulham and Man City share the spoils in a six-goal thriller.


Flu shot supply should be adequate, officials say

A day after a leading flu vaccine maker warned that it would hold up millions of doses because several batches were contaminated, US health officials said Friday they do not expect a flu shot shortage.


IAEA Chief in South Korea for Nuclear Talks

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei, arrived in Seoul Sunday to discuss South Korea's nuclear experiments after last month's two intrusive inspections.


L'ad, procederemo alla vendita con calma e tranquillita'


The now 3-month-old Hollywood writers strike could enter its final chapter Saturday when guild members gather in Los Angeles and New York to consider a proposed contract.


Saudis Shift Toward Letting OPEC Aim Higher

Over the last year, Saudi Arabia has quietly endorsed a shift in strategy of pushing for oil prices higher than those of the last two decades.


Sales of new single-family homes fell 4.7 percent in December while the median sales price fell 10.9 percent to $219,200 from November, according to a government report


Wal-Mart Stores Inc  has  decided to exclusively sell high-definition DVDs in the Blu-Ray  format, dealing what could be a crippling blow to the rival HD  DVD technology backed by Toshiba Corp .


Parker Misses Start, but Lady Vols Roll to Victory

Benched for the first half for missing curfew, Candace Parker scores 17 points and third-ranked Tennessee beats No. 15 DePaul, 102-68, on Wednesday night.


US Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., meets with The Associated Press Monday, Dec. 13, 2004 in Phoenix. McCain, the straight-talking Republican who often challenges the GOP establishment, has taken on a headline-grabbing


Wally Harper, Arranger, Musical Director and Pianist Who Was Barbara Cook's Longtime Collaborator, Has Died

Playbill - Wally Harper, the respected pianist, arranger, composer and musical director who had a long association with the singer Barbara Cook, died the morning of Oct. 8, according to friends and colleagues.


A big aviation-security conference suddenly becomes a no-fly zone for reporters. What are its promoters trying to hide? In 27B Stroke 6.


Leader Lega, Governo non ha numeri per far passare le leggi


Bergamo, 17:08 - CALCIO, RUGGERI TRASFERITO IN RIANIMAZIONE A BERGAMO

Il presidente dell'Atalanta Ivan Ruggeri, colpito da un'aneurisma cerebrale, è stato trasferi...


Tonight will mark just the 11th time in the Red Sox' 106-year history that the franchise will appear in the sixth game of a playoff series. Prior to 2004, the Sox were historically known for choking in the clutch, but they have not disappointed when it comes to Game 6, recording a 7-3 record and immeasurable drama.


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Airline staff convicted for rerouting plane

A Milan court handed out suspended jail  sentences to two managers and a pilot at Italian airline AirOne  for re-directing a flight without telling passengers until they  were on board.


American, Norwegian economists share Nobel Prize in economics

One winner was lecturing in Norway when he found out. The other was sleeping in Arizona. Finn Kydland of Norway and American Edward Prescott -- colleagues since the 1970s -- learned Monday they had won the 2004 Nobel Prize in economics.


Parigi, 10:59 - CICLISMO, EQUIPE: RASMUSSEN USO' EPO AL TOUR

Secondo l'Equipe, il ciclista Michael Rasmussen usÃ² la famigerata Epo al Tour de France, ma non puÃ² ...


Study shows IT employees need help with handling stress

The study also recommends employers look for optimism as a key personality trait when recruiting for IT roles that demand intensive and constant technical skill updating.


"Era solo un gioco", ha tentato di scusarsi lo streaker della neve, 39 anni, trevigianoQualche battimano e tanti sorrisi, ma la denuncia Ã¨ per atti contro la pubblica decenza                                          Scia nudo e gli amici lo riprendono Denunciato dalla polizia in Trentino


Al via il summit con Prodi. Primo nodo, l'agenda

A Palazzo Marini il vertice dei leader dell'opposizione: il primo con Romano Prodi. Primo nodo da sciogliere: i temi da mettere in agenda per la riunione, il futuro della coalizione di centrosinistra, le prossime


Puddles on Mars, aerospace boffin claims

NASA to allocate wellies budget? Pictures taken two years ago by Mars rover Opportunity might show puddles of liquid water on the Martian surface, according to New Scientist.â¦


Bidding on 'The Curse' ends without buyer

The contract that sent slugger Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees and started the legendary curse on the Red Sox that kept them from winning the World Series, has failed to sell on an Internet auction site, where bids had topped $1


Sammy Sosa's leaping ability was criticized Tuesday, but he left his feet at the right time Wednesday. Sosa's diving catch in the eighth inning Wednesday night helped


The smartest guys in the room were outsmarted more than once.


British dance company unveils Britney, the ballet

The very public problems of US pop singer Britney Spears are rarely out of the headlines, but now her troubles are being put on the stage by one of Britain's leading modern dance companies.


Germany's economy minister said the government must lower its 2008 economic growth forecast, according to an interview released Wednesday.


Scientists say there is no evidence to suggest a link between the use of wi-fi and damage to health.


Four Tornado F3 fighters launched to head off eight reconnaissance aircraft.


Migraine sufferers more susceptible to strokes:

[Health India]: Washington, Dec 13 : People who suffer from migraine are more susceptible to strokes, according to a report published in the British Medical Journal.


Cos. to Sell Songs on File-Share Service

Three major recording companies have agreed to make their music available to be shared and sold over a new online file-swapping service that aims to lure music fans away from rival services where trading of music and movies remains unfettered.


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Acquisitions Help Oracle Profit Climb 29%

The increase resulted from a sharp rise in sales in its business software unit, the company said.


Two North Carolina residents yesterday became the first people in the nation to be convicted on felony spamming charges after a Loudoun County jury found that they flooded tens of thousands


People in Musa Qala say many civilians died in an operation to re-take the Afghan town from the Taleban.


Gul: Turkish Hostage In Iraq Mithat Civi Released

ANKARA - ''Turkish truck driver Mithat Civi, taken hostage in Iraq on Saturday, was released,'' Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on Monday.


Timo Poikolainen, vice president of technology marketing at Nokia, said "This is a natural step in our digital convergence strategy to adopt leading technologies to launch new, compelling mobile devices and services.


Scotland manager Walter Smith believes France have not suffered from the loss of superstar Zinedine Zidane.


When hard a work coding, browser windows with manual entries have a nasty habit of multiplying (at least when I work). So, neededless to say, I was happy to find GotAPI.com, a site that compiles the reference materials for several different web development languages into one handy browser window.  The page, by default, searches HTML resources, including the W3C specs and Microsoft's MSDN materials. Those and the w3schools website show up often in the other languages available - CSS, XSL, XML, and XPath. The PHP manual that's referenced is just pulled from the PHP.net site, but it's still nice to have it all right there.  When searching, a "suggeted terms" box pops up to help you narrow down the search faster. It searches not only the beginnings of the words for your term, but it looks inside them as well, matching anywhere.   It would be nice if the site had some kind of bookmarking system built into it - then you could keep a reference and just flip back and forth between the pages with a single click of the mouse.


Scandal-hit oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell will invest $45 billion (25 billion pounds) over three years to boost reserves and production but its shares have fallen on disappointment


Officials Go to Missouri Site Where 13 Died in Plane Crash

Federal investigators said Wednesday evening that they were optimistic they would find the cause of Tuesday night's crash of a twin-engine turboprop airliner near the


Durable Goods Fall as Aircraft Orders Off

Orders for long-lasting U.S. durable goods slipped unexpectedly in August as civilian aircraft demand plunged, but beat forecasts once transportation was stripped out, government data showed on Friday.


All systems are finally go for Japan's first lunar orbiter, which is scheduled for launch on Aug. 16, officials announced Wednesday.


GM reaches amended credit facility deal with banks

General Motors Corp.  said on  Monday it had reached agreement with a bank syndicate on an  amended $4.63 billion secured credit arrangement under which  the automaker's allowable borrowing would drop by about a  fourth in the event of a work stoppage.


The men and women with smiles on their faces and drinks in their hands had come a long way for dinner -- all the way from Iraq, in fact.


roundup Plus:  Samsung to put hard drives in phones...IDC says external disk storage up...Lawmakers to vote on spyware, piracy bills.


US helicopters kill 17 suspected al-Qaeda-linked gunmen near Baquba north of Baghdad, the US military says.


Futility still a theme for the 'cursed' few

Bee Staff Writer. If misery loves company, the baseball fans of Chicago are in big trouble. They don't have the Boston Red Sox to kick around anymore.


Wambach's boot boosts US into semifinals

THESSALONIKI, Greece -- Abby Wambach will never score an easier goal. From 1 foot away, she tapped the ball into the net and put the United States into the Olympic semifinals.


Yankees 11, Royals 3: Rodriguezâs 50th and 51st Sustain the Yankees

Alex Rodriguez became the first Yankee to reach 50 home runs since Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle in 1961.


Suspect John Mark Karr on Friday awaited extradition to the United States, where questions mounted over whether his stunning confession related to the slaying of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was that of a killer or merely someone obsessed with the case.


Corruption Probes Dim Calif. Official's Star

Five months ago, California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley could have been considered one of the state's rising Democratic stars, the man who coordinated the 2003 recall election that ousted a governor and then earned favorable national attention on electronic voting issues.


All schoolgirls should be routinely vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, the Lancet says.


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Roma, 17:31 - CALCIO, FIGC: LETTERA A FIFA E UEFA PER SALVAGUARDIA VIVAI

La Federcalcio ha annunciato che il presidente della Figc Giancarlo Abete invierà nei prossim...


The Toronto stock market posted a small gain today, pushed higher by the gold sector, but drug company Merck & Co. took the Dow Jones industrial average into the red after taking its arthritis drug Vioxx off the market.


N. Nigeria extends warm welcome to Britain's Prince Charles

Britains Prince Charles received a warm and noisy welcome in the ancient Muslim city of Kano in northern Nigeria, the same venue visited by his mother 50 years ago.


Egyptâs Muslims Seek Fatwas on a Variety of Issues

Religious and political leaders say that there is a crisis in Islam because too many fatwas are being issued.


DES MOINES -- Bill Richardson, keying off the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, sharply criticized the Bush administration's Pakistan policy and called for an immediate cutoff of military aid to that country that does not go directly to the fight against terrorism.


British tourist killed, five wounded in Jordan capital

A British tourist was killed and five other Western holidaymakers wounded in the centre of the Jordanian capital when a gunman opened fire at them in what officials have said was a "terror" attack.


Oil steady above $62, US fuel stocks support

Oil steadied above $62 on Thursday, taking a breather from a three-day rally sparked by an unexpected drop in U.S. winter fuel stocks and signs of solid economic growth in the world's top consumer.


Richard and Judy phone-in firm hangs up deal

The phone-in firm embroiled in a scandal with Channel 4 television talk show Richard and Judy said on Thursday it would no longer work with the TV production company that makes the programme.


Leaving money on the table is a bad, bad idea.


More sex charges to be laid in Pitcairn case: prosecutor

WELLINGTON : Further sexual abuse charges involving Britain's remote Pacific colony of Pitcairn Island are expected to be laid following guilty verdicts on six men, the lead prosecutor said.


A bipartisan commission has reached a consensus on new U.S. policies for Iraq and will announce its recommendations next week, the group's co-chairman said Wednesday.


IAEA: Iran agrees to nuclear concessions

Iran has lifted its ban on visits to a nuclear facility by U.N. experts and now will allow them to inspect the site, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Friday.


All or parts of nine Kentucky counties, including Fayette, violate the first federal standards for fine-particle pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency said yesterday.


Leader opposizione respinge offerta governo unita' nazionale


Taser International Inc. TASR.O, the  stun gun maker whose product safety has come under scrutiny, on   Tuesday said quarterly profit rose 77 percent on higher sales,  but results missed Wall Street's forecast and its shares fell  16 percent.


A year after he was captured by US troops, some of Saddam Hussein's old lieutenants have stirred up new interest in his fate by going on hunger strike


ANCHORAGE, Alaska  — Forget piddling around a mere few days for an iPhone. Two sisters are in the midst of an 11-day vigil for this summer's hottest, "must have" low-tech phenomenon — the latest Harry Potter novel.


U.N. Inspectors Find Chemical in U.N. Office

UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 30-- United Nations weapons inspectors stumbled upon evidence of Saddam Hussein's elusive weapons of mass destruction -- a vial of potentially lethal chemical gas that was put in a U.N. storage box more than ten years ago and forgotten, officials announced Thursday.


Support Group May Help Women with 'Cancer Genes'

Professionally led support groups may ease anxiety and depression in women who carry gene mutations linked to breast and ovarian cancers, a new study suggests.


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Retailers posted mostly gloomy December sales results, as snow storms, discounts and economic uncertainty conspired to make the 2007 holiday shopping season the worst in 5 years.


Robert Fazekas is to be stripped of discus gold after trying to switch his urine sample during a drugs test.


Iran to attend regional meeting in Baghdad

Iran will attend Saturday's meeting of Iraq's neighbors in Baghdad where U.S. officials will also be present, Iran's foreign minister said on Wednesday.


Holyfield suspended by New York commission after latest loss

Evander Holyfield was suspended indefinitely by New York boxing officials in the wake of his loss Saturday night to journeyman Larry Donald.


IBM announced last Friday a lower-cost blade server option--a pared-down chassis geared for small and midsize businesses. The new Express version of IBM's BladeCenter chassis still can accommodate as many


Princess Diana's relationship with Dodi Al Fayed finished a few weeks before their fatal crash, an inquest hears.


Scotland manager Berti Vogts tonight refused to resign despite calls from the Tartan Army for him to do just that at the earliest opportunity.


NEW YORK - Investigators found the remains of two people believed to be former Mafia captains at a vacant lot apparently used for years as a graveyard for people ordered killed by the late mob boss John Gotti and other gangsters, authorities said.    Searchers recovered bones and other tissue in a shoe, ribs, a partial jaw and teeth and two personal items that led investigators to believe they had the remains of Bonanno crime family captains Philip Giaccone and Dominick Trinchera, law enforcement officials familiar with the dig said Tuesday on condition of anonymity...


Russia Finds Trace Explosives on 2nd Plane

MOSCOW - Russian investigators found explosive residue on the wreckage of the second of two airliners that crashed minutes apart, a security spokesman said Saturday, adding to evidence that terrorists breached security at one of the country's most up-to-date airports.    The high explosive hexogen was found on the Tu-134 airliner that went down Tuesday south of Moscow, said Sergei Ignatchenko, spokesman for the Federal Security Service, or FSB, Russia's domestic security agency...


Gov't, lenders blamed for bad 9-11 loans

Nearly three out of four loans made under a government program to help small businesses get back on their feet after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks were made without adequate documentation, says a Senate report.


Italy bans he use of illegally tapped phone conversations after a vast phone tapping network is uncovered.


Liverpool, 16:04 - CALCIO, BENITEZ: INTER PREOCCUPATA PER SFIDA CON LIVERPOOL

"L'Inter sarà preoccupata, non c'è dubbio". Rafa Benitez, tecnico del Liverpool, comme...


(InfoWorld) - Those curious about what enhancements Google may implement in its search engine should check out a new site called SearchMash. Operated by Google,Â SearchMashÂ is a testing ground for user interface changes that may or may not graduate to the Google.com search engine, a company spokeswoman said via e-mail. "The goal of SearchMash is to test innovative user interfaces in order to continually improve the overall search experience for our users," she wrote. The experimental search engine looks very different from Google's Web sites and lacks Google branding. In this way, Google believes the site will yield more objective feedback from users, the spokeswoman said. SearchMash went up recently and can handle limited traffic, which may render it unavailable sometimes, she wrote. Google.com's famously minimalistic look revolutionized Web user interfaces in the late 1990s, when home pages tended toward a cluttered look. Over the years, Google has been conservative about altering its site's design, so changes often attract wide attention. When Google runs user interface tests on google.com, they invariably get reported about in the blogosphere along with screen shots and a heavy dose of speculation over the chances the changes have of being permanent.ADVERTISEMENTMAKE SOA REAL WITH IBM WEBSPHERE PODCASTStreamline processes and maximize efficiency within a proven service oriented architecture. Take back control of your business processes with IBM WebSphere.


Dutch filmmaker who criticized Islam is slain in Amsterdam ...

A Dutch filmmaker who got death threats after his movie sharply criticized how women are treated under Islam was stabbed and shot to death Tuesday on an Amsterdam street.


Messina, 19:35 - CALCIO, MESSINA: RIGANO' PARTE DALLA PANCHINA

RiganÃ² torna a disposizione di Cavasin ma parte dalla panchina. A confermarlo dopo la rifinitura di ...


Safety: Nonstandard Work Shifts May Hinder Recovery

Working a nonstandard shift increases the chances that a worker will be injured on the job and how long it might take to recover, researchers say.


AMERICA/PARAGUAY - La Pastorale della Famiglia Cristiana della Chiesa cattolica celebra oggi la Giornata della Vita Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) -  Il Servizio di Amore e Vita (Seavi), sezione specializzata della Pastorale della Famiglia Cristiana della Chiesa cattolica, celebra oggi, sabato 8 settembre, la ÂGiornata della VitaÂ, designata dai Vescovi del Paraguay in ...


Olympics: Japan Sneak Through to Win Men's Team Gold

Japan revived memories of their glorious  gymnastics past when they upstaged favorites China and United  States to snatch the Olympic men's team gold for the first time  in 28 years Monday.


Apple cuts iPhone price and revamps iPods

Apple Inc. sharply cut the price of its iPhone on Wednesday and rolled out an iPod with a touch screen that can browse the Internet wirelessly, as well as improvements to its iTunes Web store.


A federal judge refused to accept a guilty plea Tuesday from a former America Online software engineer accused of stealing 92 million e-mail addresses and selling them to spammers.


Nokia says no need for unified EU mobile TV band

Nokia said there was no need for a  single radio frequency for mobile television across the  European Union and said the Commission's plan for an interim  solution was unrealistic.


British Muslim activist due in court for encouraging terrorism

A Muslim activist, famous for interrupting a speech by Britain's Home Secretary John Reid last year, is set to appear in court charged with encouraging terrorism, police said.


Electronics retailers unhappy as shoppers cautious

The toll that economic uncertainty has taken on U.S. consumer electronics retailers was made very clear on Tuesday by Circuit City CEO Phil Schoonover.


A Household Cure for Dying Habitat? A Sweet Idea for Our Prairies

By Susan Gordon, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Jun. 19--Call it the sugar diet.   A University of Puget Sound botanist and her students are testing the sweetener's restorative powers on the South Sound's vulnerable short-grass prairies.


By David Paul Kuhn. By Dick Meyer. By Dotty Lynch. By Bob Schieffer. (CBS/AP) Sen. John Kerry got a boost Monday from the biggest star in the Democratic galaxy, as former President Clinton joined


US softball team enjoys dominant Olympic run

When Australia scored a token run in the fifth inning of the gold medal game Monday at the Olympic Softball Stadium, it was the first scored here against the US - in the ninth and final game


Kansas takes Big 12 regular season title

Mario Chalmers had 21 points and No. 3 Kansas fought back from a 16-point deficit and beat the No. 15 Longhorns 90-86 Saturday, claiming its fifth Big 12 championship.


The brother of the war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic says the former Bosnian Serb leader will never surrender to The Hague tribunal.


Israel's prime minister declared Monday that there would be no cease-fire with Hezbollah guerrillas, apologizing for the deaths of Lebanese civilians but saying "we will not give up on our goal to live a life free of terror." His Security Cabinet approved widening the ground offensive.


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it was creating a new drug safety board to improve the monitoring of medicines already in the marketplace, a response to charges the agency has failed to protect the public from dangerous side effects.


Spurs spank Jazz to reach verge of NBA Finals

Manu Ginobili scored 22 points and San Antonio defeated Utah 91-79 here Monday, putting the Spurs on the brink of advancing to the National Basketball Association Finals.


Monday's announcement that Chief Justice William Rehnquist is being treated for thyroid cancer was a reminder of one man's mortality - and of how a single vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court could change the dynamics of the divided panel.


Ryan Giggs joined an elite band of Manchester United players in chalking up his 600th appearance for the club. Giggs, 30, joined Sir Bobby Charlton (759) and Bill Foulkes (688) among United players to pass the landmark in the 2-1 defeat of Liverpool.


World number one Vijay Singh and hometown hero Mike Weir were ready to battle it out for the third round at the Canadian Open after the delayed second round was concluded.


Artist to build four giant waterfalls in New York

Four giant waterfalls will be erected in New York for three months this summer in a public art project city officials hope will create $55 million in extra tourism revenue for the Big Apple.


Davenport will decide on retirement, in due time

All in due time, Lindsay Davenport will decide whether she wants to retire. Only right now is not that time. "I swear, it's so hard to answer that," she said after limping off from a 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 loss to


UFJ, the Japanese bank in the midst of a takeover battle, is to get a $6.4bn injection of cash from its suitor to help it cope with massive bad loans.


Alleged Dutch Terror Network Case Starts

Prosecutors opened their case Monday against 12 men accused of belonging to a terror network suspected in the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh and plots to attack prominent Dutch politicians.


Arsenal confident Wenger not tempted by Real

English champions Arsenal believe Arsene Wenger will resist any approach by Real Madrid and sign an extension next month to his contract which runs out in 2005.


THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats and Republicans in Illinois.


With Premier on His Way Out, Japan Focuses on a Successor

TOKYO, Sept. 13 -- The departure of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who stunned Japan on Wednesday by announcing that he was quitting after a year in power, appears likely to weaken his party's long hold on political power, embolden an already cocky opposition and stall economic reform.


Intensified insurgent attacks on Shiite holy cities have sparked renewed fears of sectarian strife.


Arts & entertainment: Traditional music was one of the casualties of the Bosnian war. But it saved Amira, who emerged from the rubble to become 'Bosnia's Billie Holiday'.


Una tantum 300 euro a marzo 2008,parita'ferie tra lavoratori


A Web Wake-Up Call: Woman's Discovery Raises the Question

By Scott Smith, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Jun. 10--A woman clicking open Robert Gay's online dating page might think the Lodi man is a dream date. He plays tennis, walks his dog, enjoys fine dining.


Carlos Beltran homered twice, had four hits and drove in five runs as the Houston Astros moved on to the National League Championship Series with a 12-3 Game Five pounding of the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field on Monday.


TEMECULA, California  - California wine country in fall is picture-perfect as vines turn gold and orange and workers harvest plump grape bunches to crush for cabernets, chardonnays and pinot noirs.


'Domani saro' al mio tavolo di lavoro, ringrazio avvocati'


The European Parliament prepares to vote on whether to endorse the new executive commission team.


Bhutto: 'Hidden hands' threaten her return

As she prepares for a planned Thursday return to Pakistan, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto tells CNN that she is aware of the security threats against her, and that certain people have gained by the rise of extremism in the country.


By RACHEL KONRAD  SAN FRANCISCO - After reporting solid third-quarter earnings Thursday, Adobe Systems Inc. hopes to crush Wall Street's long-standing concerns that the company can't perform consistently and across all divisions.


Australia's Howard to Campaign on Record, Latham Pledges Change

Australians will go to the polls on Oct. 9, with Prime Minister John Howard campaigning for a fourth term on his record of economic management, low interest rates and national security.


Coming Recession Expected to Hit Tech Spending Hard

Analysts turn gloomy, lowering their predictions on new technology spending as the nation slides into what may be a long economic recession.


U.S. violent crimes jump in first half of 2006: FBI

Murders, robberies and other violent crimes reported in the United States jumped 3.7 percent in the first half of the year, continuing a troubling upswing that began in 2005, the FBI said on Monday.


Tributes to Reggie White Show Incomplete Picture

Reggie White's death on Sunday prompted a case of one-sided history on the CBS and Fox pregame shows and no mention of his infamous speech about homosexuality.


As part of its recent crackdown on cybercrime, the Justice Department last week detailed major enforcement actions against copyright scofflaws and spammers.


Journalists Fight Jackson Case Secrecy in Court

VENTURA, Calif.  - Saying court-imposed secrecy  surrounding the Michael Jackson trial violated "every principle  of our democracy," a media lawyer asked a state appeals court  on Wednesday to unseal key documents in the child molestation  case.


Kosovo parliament endorses Thaci-led coalition government

PRISTINA, Serbia  - Ethnic Albanian ex-guerrilla Hashim Thaci was elected prime minister of Kosovo on Wednesday and vowed the breakaway province would declare independence from Serbia within weeks.


Contrordine compagni, si cambi nome alla Gad

MacchÃ© Gad, macchÃ© Fed: contrordine, compagni! Francesco Rutelli e Piero Fassino seppelliscono le due espressioni che sembravano destinate a entrare nel lessico politico contemporaneo, mentre Romano Prodi


Michelle Williams broke her silence Friday, saying her "heart is broken" over Heath Ledger in her first statement since the "Brokeback Mountain" actor's death.


Davenport ready for Fed Cup journey into the unknown

LA JOLLA, California  - United States number one Lindsay Davenport is preparing for the relative unknown in this week's Fed Cup world group first round tie against Germany.


NEW YORK/SEATTLE  - Yahoo Inc  on Monday  rejected Microsoft Corp's  unsolicited $41.5 billion  takeover offer as too low, forcing the software maker to either  sweeten its bid or adopt a hostile approach to clinch a deal.


Here's a glimpse at just a few of the products and projects Linux Journal editors are buzzing about this month:  Zonbu PC 1.0 (upgrade) read more


Incremento di 24,2 mld, prosegue il boom registrato a giugno


Italian police made one arrest Monday as prosecutors issued warrants for former South American officials accused in crackdowns on dissent in several countries in past decades, news reports said.


Digital appliance market heats up over formats

TOKYO - Japanese electronics makers are engaged in a battle for shares of the new markets for digital home appliances, such as next-generation DVDs and cutting-edge television displays, aware that the winners in the initial stages will likely remain


Verona, 18:02 - CALCIO, CHIEVO: DIFFERENZIATO PER CINQUE ALLA RIPRESA

Il Chievo ha ripreso oggi la preparazione in vista della gara interna con la Fiorentina. Indisponibi...


The New York State Athletic Commission wasted no time taking action against Norman Stone, the bombastic manager of World Boxing Association heavyweight


Adams family values: Father roots for son

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Sometime today he will begin his sojourn to this coastal town just over the Georgia border. It won't be a long trip, not from his home in Columbia, S.C., but Julius Adams will have plenty of time to savor the pleasure that Super Bowl XXXIX promises. "I've got two teams in the Super Bowl," said Adams. "It's ...


Robert Blackwill, the White House's director of postwar policy for Iraq, is stepping down. Blackwill, who was instrumental in helping to set up an interim government, decided "some time ago" to depart government


Academics are being urged to reject calls from colleagues for a boycott of Israeli universities.


Per far chiudere tavolo e' bastata puntata da 5mila euro


Pope John Paul left hospital on Thursday,  ending a 10-day stay for severe breathing problems that revived  concern about his health and the leadership of the Roman  Catholic Church.


Arafat in Serious Condition, Foreign Medics Arrive

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Foreign doctors on Thursday  tended to seriously ill Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who  for decades has symbolized his people's struggle for statehood.


Lycos' Make Love Not Spam gives chance for revenge

LONDON - People hacked off with spammers who clog up their inbox with junk email can now get revenge in a new campaign by Lycos, urging the world to 'Make Love, Not Spam'.


Red Hat users urged to patch with Trojan

A FAKE security advisory is being circulated that suggests that Red Hat's Linux distribution users should download and install malicious code.


Also: Online grocers can bring you many things, they just can't deliver a profit. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Neiman Marcus gift book offers space flight, BMW

Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus may have the perfect gift idea for the loved one who wants to get away from it all: a space trip that includes a spectacular view of Earth and a chance to experience weightlessness.


Connections: Techieâs Cyber Odyssey: Magic in Bits and Bolts

Edward Rothstein ponders Microsoftâs new Vista system from inside the belly of one of its beasts.


New York, 09:54 - HOCKEY GHIACCIO, NHL: RISULTATI

Risultati delle gare del campionato americano di hockey ghiaccio (NHL) giocate nella notte:  Washing...


Mammootty fans will be happy with Mayavi

After doing a few offbeat roles in last four months, Mammootty is back with Mayavi


Links to this week's topics from search engine forums across the web: Live From SES Sweden - AdSense verses Affiliate Programs - Google Is Now Indexing Pop-ups - Redirects, Frames And Cloaking - Do You Avoid Content Targeted Listings? - Image Ads On Google Adwords - The Right way to Count Links?


(Washington-AP) Nov. 9, 2004 - Attorney General John Ashcroft and Commerce Secretary Don Evans have resigned. The resignations were announced by White House press secretary Scott McClellan, who said Bush had accepted the decisions of both secretaries.


Google's empire expands into universities - taking over entire campus e-mail networks.


Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, whose fall from grace has been one of the most sudden in U.S. sport, will formally plead guilty Monday in a dog-fighting case almost certain to wreck his football career.


Global warming seen evaporating eons-old arctic ponds

WASHINGTON -- Ponds that have provided summertime water in the high arctic for thousands of years are drying up as global warming advances, Canadian researchers say.


Japan's Hard-Core Hobbyists Boost Economy

They obsessively collect comic books, dress up like their favorite cartoon characters and buy all the latest gadgets.


Times, PI staff vote to keep ties with two-paper-town group

In a divided vote, members of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild have voted to maintain financial and legal support for a group intervening in the legal dispute between Seattle's daily newspapers.


Williams syndrome â a genetic accident that causes cognitive deficits and a surplus of unguarded affability â is revealing much about what makes us social beings.


The dollar rallied across the board  early  on Friday, after a widely anticipated U.S. payrolls  report came in nearly in line with expectations, something of a  relief to a market fearing another bad number.


A fierce snowstorm claims at least nine lives and leaves tens of thousands without electricity in the US Midwest.


Nigeria's main opposition party meets to choose its candidate to challenge the PDP's Umara Yar'Adua in April's polls.


With a report claiming the pop-tart's weekend wedding may have   only been a ceremonial ceremony, the "Oops" singer and her husband say   they are indeed hitched. For however long that lasts.


The Internet may have forever changed the music business, but online downloads will keep playing second fiddle to compact discs for at least the next five years.


(CBS/AP) The flu vaccine shortage has set off a scramble to find ways to prevent any repetition of this year's calamity, which has restricted shots to those most at risk.


Stocks rise after Chevron drills new oil

Stocks rose on Tuesday in thin trading   as a gain in Chevron Corp. CVX.N on news it tapped an oil   reserve deep in the Gulf of Mexico outweighed a drop in Viacom   Inc. VIAB.N after the media company's chief executive quit.


The idea behind BookCrossing.com is simple: You drop off a book in a public place, or pick up one someone else left behind.


InfoWorld - Deutsche Telekom AG is in talks with Apple Inc. about selling the iPhone in Germany and expects the U.S. company to announce its German distribution partner soon, a senior executive said Wednesday in Berlin.


20 people, including two leaders, were arrested near Pau in southwestern France in a vast French-Spanish police operation. Explosives, grenades, machine guns, grenade launchers, detonators, bullets and other weapons have been excluded during operation.


Nobel Winner Issues Apology for Comments About Blacks

James D. Watson, who won the Nobel prize for helping decipher DNA, apologized âunreservedlyâ Thursday for comments reported this week suggesting that black people, over all, are not as intelligent as whites.


Huckabee wins round one but bruising fight ahead

DES MOINES, Iowa  - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, an affable Baptist preacher, won over Iowans with his religiosity and charm, outfoxing rival Mitt Romney who heavily out-spent him.


Turkey defines EC recommendation as historic

Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gulon Wednesday defined the recommendation of the European Commission(EC) to open negotiations with Turkey as a historic step


Lucent sees first profitable year since 2000

Lucent Technologies' quarterly earnings rose sharply, helped by improvement in its wireless networks business and lower costs, the company said Wednesday.


Skip Holtz Introduced at East Carolina Univ.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (Sports Network) - Skip Holtz was  introduced Friday as the new head football coach at East  Carolina University. Holtz takes over for John Thompson, who  resigned following the season.


Captain Chuck Anderson from the Salvation Army is spraying the kettles red, in preparation for their annual Christmas fundraiser. He says,"Last year we helped almost 1500 children and senior citizens and over 600 families.


Bologna, 21:13 - VOLLEY, LA TRE GIORNI DI MERCATO A BOLOGNA DAL 17 LUGLIO

Si terrà a Bologna dal 17 luglio la tre giorni del 'Volley Mercato 2007'. Lo ha stabilito la ...


EVEN one of his closest political friends, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, knows not what ails his former Burmese counterpart Khin Nyunt.


A bus explosion that killed 23 nursing home patients fleeing Hurricane Rita exposed flaws in government oversight of motor carrier companies, safety investigators said Wednesday.


A doctor alleged Wednesday that Pope John Paul II violated Catholic teaching against euthanasia by refusing medical care that would have kept him alive longer — a charge immediately dismissed by Vatican officials.


AT&T to cut 7,400 more jobs, take US$11.4B writedown

AT&T Corp., the former monopoly that once dominated the US phone market, said Thursday it will cut another 20 per cent of its workforce and suffer an asset writedown of US$11.


Australian PM fails to apologize on wrong pre-war intelligence on ...

Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Thursday he won't automatically follow his British counterpart Tony Blair who has said he could apologize for faulty evidence on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.


Ubuntu Founder Pushes for Coordinated Releases

A common release schedule for KDE, GNOME, and OpenOffice.org would generate much-neded publicity according to Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth.


Head coach Sam Mitchell has set some substantial goals for Carter, the club's best swingman, and Bosh, the club's best big man.


President Bush pledged progress on terrorism, taxes, and Social Security as a record popular vote tally in a closely divided election propelled him to a second term in the White House.


Hynix may be fined for accounting breach

SEOUL: Hynix Semiconductor may be fined for shoddy accounting between 1999-2003, South Korea's financial regulator said. News of Hynix's accounting violations comes after the CEO of Kookmin Bank, South Korea's


Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) continues to plug away at microprocessor rival Intel's (Nasdaq: INTC) lead, which once seemed insurmountable.


Planning the funeral of China's deposed leader, Zhao Ziyang, is proving sensitive for the authorities.


Continental, Design Blamed for Concorde Crash

CERGY-PONTOISE, France  - A metal strip that fell  off a Continental Airlines jet and a fuel tank design fault led  to the deaths of 113 people in the Concorde air disaster near  Paris in 2000, an official report said on Tuesday.


Gaza truce takes hold despite rocket fire

A ceasefire between Israel and militants in Gaza took hold on Sunday and despite Palestinian rocket attacks in the first hours, Israel promised restraint.


Indonesia offers cash reward for embassy bombers

Indonesia offered cash rewards on Tuesday for information leading to the arrest of two top Malaysian suspects in a string of bombings, including the deadly blast at the Australian embassy in Jakarta last week.


Philadelphia wins support for MLS franchise plan

Philadelphia has emerged as favorite for an expansion slot in Major League Soccer after the league's commissioner lent his support to plans for a stadium and team in the city.


Having bade farewell to his creation Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen, is turning to Vietnam War politics to portray Abbie Hoffman, a co-founder of the quintessential 1960s protest group the Yippies, in a Steven Spielberg film âThe Trial of the Chicago Seven.â


South Africa centre Jean de Villiers is out of the Rugby World Cup after tearing his left biceps.


Indagini vicine a svolta per l'omicida delle squillo


Rain eases in Midwest but flood threat remains

Residents of parts of Ohio, Illinois and Indiana struggled on Saturday to recover from nearly a week of destructive thunderstorms while preparing for more floods from overburdened rivers and streams.


Cagliari, 18:04 - CALCIO, PARMA; DI CARLO: COMPLIMENTI SINCERI AI MIEI

Dopo che il suo Parma strappa un buon punto a Cagliari, Domenico Di Carlo appare comunque soddisfatt...


Beltran's eight-inning homer powers Mets past Dodgers

The New York Mets pulled out a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday, the victory powered by Carlos Beltran's two-run homer in the eighth-inning.


Two boys who hold Italian citizenship have been kidnapped along with their Venezuelan mother in the South American country, the Italian Embassy said Friday.


InfoWorld - The great thing about SOA is that when you add a service, you instantly increase the potential of any application that can consume that service. Today, Avaya threw a new set of VoIP services into the enterprise SOA mix in the form of its CEBP (Communications Enabled Business Processes) solution.


BAGHDAD (Iraq): US troops arrested the deputy head of Iraq's interim parliament Nassir Ayef in a dawn operation at his Baghdad home on Tuesday, a spokesman from his party said.


Art: Language as Sculpture, Words as Clay

How Lawrence Weiner transforms text into works of art.


Scores of Hotmail users received a pleasant surprise in their inboxes this week: more free storage. The move comes as Google inches closer to making its Gmail service, which includes a gigabyte of storage, available to the general public. By Joanna Glasner.


Britain said it has distributed 50,000 leaflets round Baghdad in an appeal for information about a UK national kidnapped eight days ago.


The U.S. government still needs to block or impose conditions on Google Inc.'s acquisition of online advertising server DoubleClick Inc., despite Google's call for global privacy standards, three privacy groups said Monday.


WASHINGTON -- Confidence among consumers fell last month from a two-year high as fuel prices rose and employment weakened, a private report showed yesterday.


U.S. Marshals delivering an eviction notice Wednesday found the decomposing bodies of four youths, ranging in age from 5 to 18, inside a home in one of this city's poorest areas, authorities said


The long-awaited coroner's inquest into the death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer will begin on Oct 16, a Jamaican radio station reported on Tuesday.


BEA officially rejects offer, Oracle sets bid deadline

Oracle on Tuesday morning said that BEA Systems has officially rejected its offer to acquire the company. BEA had previously said the offer was too low."Last night we were told by Bill Klein, Vice President -- Business Planning and Development (speaking on behalf of the board), that BEA's board again rejected our proposed price of $17 per share in cash," Oracle said in a statement, adding that the BEA board "has refused to meet with us since we made our October 9th proposal."Oracle set a deadline for Sunday at 5 p.m. local time on its $17 per share bid."Oracle has no interest in a long, drawn-out process to acquire BEA," Oracle said.The total value of the bid is about $6.7 billion.(More to follow.)


Croatia's President Stipe Mesic, who is credited for moving this ex-Yugoslav country closer to the West, overwhelmingly won a second term on Sunday.


SLOUGH has been named the enterprise capital of the South East in a competition organised by the Treasury, while a single mum is up for for it's business cup.


Roma, 18:02 - CALCIO, CATANIA; PULVIRENTI: TIFOSI HANNO SUPERATO ESAME

Tutto liscio a Catania per il ritorno del calcio al Massimino. ''Il calcio è tornato a Catani...


Democratic hopeful Dodd to drop White House bid

Long-shot Democratic presidential  hopeful Sen. Christopher Dodd was expected to announce his  withdrawal from the White House race after a poor showing in  the Iowa caucuses, sources close to the senator said on  Thursday.


US farmers could help cut greenhouse gas: studies

U.S. farmers can play a significant  role in curbing greenhouse gas emissions, but more research and  greater incentives are needed to make it cost-effective,  according to studies released on Thursday.


African leaders reject foreign intervention in Darfur issue

Leaders from Sudan and four other African countries issued a joint statement here late Sunday, rejecting any foreign intervention in the Darfur issue and stressing that the


Six explosions hit Somalia's capital injuring six civilians, a day after Uganda peacekeepers left for Somalia.


California fires helped by slowing winds

Firefighters battling 15 fires across Southern California got a break from slowing winds on Wednesday, but major blazes burned unchecked for a fourth day after forcing the largest evacuation in California's modern history.


French prosecutors want Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet tried   over the disappearance of four people.


The dollar was a whisker away from a  record low against the euro on Friday after the currency  succumbed the previous day to weak U.S. economic data,  including disappointing housing figures.


EU Cuts 2005 Fish Quotas to Save Depleted Species

The EU ordered minor cuts in 2005 national fish catches Wednesday, rejecting proposals to shut fishing grounds in favor of more limits on the time trawlers can hunt for depleted species like cod.


WASHINGTONWith the latest investigation into the military prison scandal in Iraq expected to be released soon, one of the key officers involved at the time said yesterday she's concerned the probe will not adequately examine decisions made by officers ...


New York - U2, The Pretenders and blues guitarist Buddy Guy will join the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, officials said on Monday.


4 Iraqi Guard soldiers killed in mortar attack

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - A mortar attack killed at least four Iraqi National Guard soldiers Tuesday and wounded 80 at a base north of Baghdad, and an American contractor working for KBR also died when mortar shells crashed onto a US base in the Iraqi capital.


An explosion in Turkey's popular Mediterranean resort of Antalya kills one person, reports say.


Ninty boss slams PSP as DS shipment target raised

Sony's forthcoming PlayStation Portable handheld will fail to attract newcomers to gaming, according to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, whose comments come as shipment targets for the DS are raised once again.


Israeli and Palestinian leaders prepare for talks to try to defuse a row over Jewish settlement activity.


Unknown gunmen shoot dead a Lebanese worker heading to work in Port Harcourt, Nigeria's oil capital .


Travel: Roger Deakin's tree-inspired travelogue is a magical and meditative final work, says Rory MacLean.


A fifth person is arrested over the death of a man with learning difficulties, who was "brutally" beaten by a gang.