Putnam shifts investment groups to boost performance

Putnam Investments yesterday overhauled the investment groups that manage small and midsized stocks, in an effort to boost performance in several funds. Two veteran fund managers are retiring as part of the shake-up.


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A sculpture marking politician Winston Churchill's victory in the BBC Great Britons series is unveiled.


JDS Uniphase Inc. JDSU.O, a maker  of equipment to build fiber optic networks, on Wednesday posted  a wider operating loss and warned that its loss in the current  quarter will exceed expectations, pushing shares down 8  percent.


U.S. Sees Stalling by North Korea on Nuclear Pact

The White House is split on how long to exercise patience without jeopardizing the fulfillment of an agreement.


Iraqi group says reaches ceasefire with al Qaeda

An Iraqi militant group said on Wednesday it has reached a ceasefire deal with Iraq's wing of al Qaeda to end clashes between the two Sunni insurgent groups waging a violent campaign against U.S.-led forces in Iraq.


Federal regulators Friday imposed a six-month freeze on the rates regional phone companies may charge their competitors to use networks to provide local service.


Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps has been given 18 months probation after pleading guilty to drink driving. The 19-year-old American was fined $US250 ($A323), ordered to pay $US55 ($A71) in court costs


'Sopranos,' 'Angels' Honored at the Emmys

Michael Imperioli and Drea de Matteo, who played a hard-luck mob couple whose relationship ended badly on HBO's "The Sopranos," won drama series supporting actor and actress Emmys Sunday.


Raisin farmers meet yak herders? Must be the Slow Food fête.

The Slow Food movement builds an ivory tower in Italy to train holistic gastronomes.


The ruling party candidate for Nigeria's crucial presidential elections is undergoing medical consultations related to a kidney ailment, party officials said Tuesday.


Using the military to track Japanese whalers as part of Australia's anti-whaling campaign could cause a diplomatic rift with Tokyo, an opposition politician warned Friday.


Ã stato convocato per le 12 il Consiglio dei ministri durante il quale, secondo fonti di maggioranza, il governo autorizzerÃ  a porre la questione di fiducia sullâintera manovra, vale a dire il decreto fiscale e la Finanziaria.


Reinventing Date Night for Long-Married Couples

Brain and behavior researchers say many couples are going about date night all wrong.


Local people in England will have a direct say in how council budgets are spent under new government plans.


Nel Delta del Niger, la piccola ha tre anni


Israel Moves Quietly to Bolster Palestinian Vote

Under American encouragement and, in some cases, pressure, Israel has quietly taken steps aimed at strengthening the standing of Palestinian moderates.


Senate panel passes $157 billion stimulus plan

The U.S. Senate Finance Committee approved a $157 billion economic stimulus package on Wednesday that offers smaller tax rebates to more people than a plan passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.


Blast Kills at Least 25 at Shiite Mosque

SIALKOT, Pakistan - A suicide attacker detonated a huge bomb inside a crowded Shiite Muslim mosque in eastern Pakistan during Friday prayers, killing at least 25 people and injuring dozens, officials said.    Experts defused a second 11-pound bomb outside the same mosque shortly afterward in this city about 145 miles southeast of Islamabad, police said...


Tra i comuni di Fascia, Rovegno e Rondanina, nessun danno


'Idlewild' shows OutKast's creative edge

Let the break-up rumors persist if they must. But with the "Idlewild" soundtrack, Outkast's Andre "3000" Benjamin and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton have proven again that even in tenuous times, they're one of music's most consistently daring groups.


For those not ready to retire Sonnet Technologies is to launch a new line of dual processor upgrade cards for the PowerMac.â¦


Radical turnaround plan for Airbus gets parent company's approval

PARIS: European Aeronautic Defense & Space, the parent company of Airbus, said Monday that its board had unanimously approved a radical turnaround plan, one week after the chief executive of the troubled ...Comment


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High court hears dispute over Michigan interstate wine sales

The Supreme Court is considering whether Michigan and other states may bar people from buying wine directly from out-of-state suppliers, a big-money question that could lead to sweeping changes in how alcoholic beverages are regulated


At least five suspected terrorists, with alleged links to al Qaeda, have been arrested in Pakistan. It is claimed they had been plotting to launch suicide attacks on government leaders and the US Embassy.


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New rules will allow stalking victims and others at risk to keep their names off the electoral register.


Sen. Barack Obama is making some campaign promises we can be pretty sure he won't keep. Appearing Thursday on the "Late Show With David Letterman," the Democratic presidential candidate delivered a tongue-in-cheek list of his top 10 campaign promises, including a pledge to rename the tenth month of the year "Barack-tober."


Chad minister says Sudan attacking his country

CANNES, France  - Chad's foreign minister accused Sudan of attacking his country and said talks expected on Thursday between the two neighbors and Central African Republic would be "useless".


U.S. Steel Earnings Short of Wall St. Forecasts

PITTSBURGH  â United States Steel reported substantially lower fourth-quarter profits on Tuesday, as acquisition costs, European job cuts and lower prices weighed down results.


Mosul Forces Secure 75 Percent of Police Stations, US Says

US and Iraqi forces secured more than three quarters of Mosul's police stations as calm prevailed following last week's flare up in violence that saw insurgents raid police buildings in the city, the US military said.


The Federal Government has sent a team of Defence personnel, police and other officials to Iraq as it tries to verify a claim that two Australians have been kidnapped by Islamic militants.


Tymoshenko fails in bid for Ukraine premiership

"A coalition built on an advantage of two votes is no coalition"  By Ron PopeskiKIEV  - Yulia Tymoshenko, leading force in Ukraine's 2004 "Orange Revolution", failed to win backing from parliament to restore her as prime minister on Tuesday, plunging the ex-Soviet state into new political uncertainty.Tymoshenko was backed by 225 votes, one short of a majority in the 450-seat assembly. Her allies complained of technical problems and speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk called a new vote on returning the motion on her nomination.That, however, also failed to carry and parliament went into recess in disarray. Read more


Reality-TV invaded the Supreme Court Monday, where a majority of justices seemed to support the actions of a deputy sheriff involved in a high-speed car chase and crash, caught on tape, that permanently injured a fleeing suspect.


Frightened by angry stockholders Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel has resigned in the face of ongoing criticism from stock holders. He will be replaced by Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang, with former CFO Susan Decker taking over as president of the company.â¦


Williams-Sonoma Lowers 4th-Qtr. Forecast

Williams-Sonoma Inc. WSM.N on  Thursday posted a rise in third-quarter earnings, but the  housewares retailer lowered its fourth-quarter forecast, citing  volatile sales trends and demand for furniture that is  outstripping supply.


By Ed Vogel  By ED VOGEL   Review-Journal Capital Bureau   CARSON CITY - Assembly Democrats announced Monday they have launched a Web site to provide information to Nevada residents about their proposals in the Legislature.


The tension is building in Paris with less than two hours before kick-off in the World Cup final.


Bernard Kerik, the former New York City police commissioner who distinguished himself in the tense days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has been selected by President Bush to


Growing Online, BBC Is to Join With MySpace

The commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation on Thursday is expected to announce that it will make some of its content available on MySpace.


Teenage weight may affect later fertility

Teenagers who are either  underweight or obese are likely to have fewer children in  adulthood, a study has found.


JERUSALEM, Feb. 10 -- From the roof of his home just inside the Old City walls, Palestinian landlord Nasser Karain has a view of the valleys and plateaus where scriptures say Solomon built the first Temple, Jesus was betrayed and Muhammad rose to heaven.


Sleepless sheep can count on familiar faces

The way to soothe an anxious sheep is to show it a picture of another sheep. British scientists believe that - like humans - sheep need to see a familiar face when they are alone.


Shares fall on renewed fears about the health of the US economy after weak US service sector figures.


South Korea sees near end to hostage ordeal

South Korea said the remaining seven Korean church volunteers held by the Taliban in Afghanistan were likely to be freed on Thursday, a day after 12 of their colleagues were released from an ordeal of nearly six weeks.


German FM culls optimism from year-end economic data

German Finance Minister Hans Eichel hailed 2004 as a "good year" for having ended the virtual paralysis of his country's economy, and predicted further growth driven in part by domestic consumption.


Thatcher under house arrest in lap of Cape Town luxury

Mark Thatcher began life under house arrest in the Cape Town suburb of Constantia, a sprawling neighborhood of mansions home to the rich and blue-blooded including Earl Spencer, the brother of the late Princess Diana.


L'apertura del Papa alla ricerca scientifica ci fa piacere


Principal Fired After Voluntary Whipping

WASILLA - A principal at a Christian school who was fired for being voluntarily whipped in front of two students does not regret his decision. "I'm not bitter," Steve Unfreid said Friday of his dismissal as principal of Matanuska Christian School in Palmer.


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Middlesbrough take on Man Utd to kick off the weekend's FA Cup quarter-finals.


Bush, Kerry to square off in last debate

President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry go head-to-head for the final time in their knife-edge election battle, with their final televised debate.


Battle for Senate Gets Closer, and Lower

In a year when early analysis showed Republicans having a definite edge, the fight for the Senate could come down to a Republican-held state that nobody expected to even be close.


NOTIZIE FLASH: 3/A EDIZIONE - LA CRONACA

Roma - Il contagio dell'influenza aviaria da uomo a uomo e' ''solo una possibilita' molto remota''. Lo afferma la responsabile dell'Organizzazione mondiale della sanita' in Thailandia, Kumara Rai, mentre nel


Guess what Zayed Khan loves to do in free time?


The Defense Ministry ordered a massive search operation and strengthened security roadblocks Tuesday after a border patrol discovered signs of a North Korean infiltration across the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).


Leader Hassan Nasrallah says Hezbollah is ready for "open war" with Israel at a Beirut funeral for a senior militant.


Iran Nuke Freeze Offer Just a Ploy - U.S. Official

Iran's statement that it may extend its  freeze on uranium enrichment to ease fears about its atomic  plans is an obvious ploy to prevent tough action by the U.N.  nuclear watchdog, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.


Montecarlo, 15:49 - F1, GP MONACO: ALONSO DAVANTI ANCHE IN SECONDE LIBERE

Fernando Alonso è stato il piÃ¹ veloce anche nella seconda sessione di prove libere del Gran P...


Sex, money, glamour rule at Dolce & Gabbana

Dolce & Gabbana proved their love for   showgirl exuberance on Thursday with a collection of aggressive   black corset dresses, buttocks-hugging skirts and sequined   gowns in the colors of the rainbow.


Actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday, possibly of a drug overdose, New York City police said.


Israel to Transfer Millions to Abbas to Bolster Him

The move was an effort to support the emergency government of Mahmoud Abbas after the Muslim militants of Hamas seized control of Gaza 10 days ago.


Chris Bosh has 38 points and 14 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors beat Portland, 116-109, in double overtime Sunday to hand the Trail Blazers their second loss in 19 games.


Senate Democrat aims for U.S. troop limits in Iraq

A top U.S. Senate Democrat said on Sunday his party aims to limit the role of the nearly 140,000 American troops in Iraq and withdraw most of them from the war-torn country within a year.


Autistic traits linked to testosterone in womb

Science & environment: Autism-like behaviour in children is linked to amount of testosterone they receive whilst in mother's womb


Brit actress Murray lured to "Dexter" role

English actress Jaime  Murray has joined the cast of Showtime's serial-killer thriller  "Dexter," which kicks off its second season September 30.


US military prepares for plummeting spy satellite

Military opt to act...now crash imminent over US The US military is putting into effect contingency plans to deal with the possibility that a large spy satellite expected to fall to Earth in late February or early March could actually hit North America.â¦


Catania, 18:06 - CALCIO, CATANIA; LO MONACO: PAGHIAMO TUTTI PER GESTO DI FACINOROSI

Catania a Firenze senza tifosi al seguito. E' questa la prima reazione del club alla squalifica di d...


FDA Saw Problems at Vaccine Plant in 2003

Centers for Disease Control Director Dr. Julie Gerberding and Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, are sworn-in before the House Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday, Nov.


Libya lifts death sentences on medics in HIV case

Libya on Tuesday commuted death sentences on five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of deliberately infecting children with HIV, raising hopes they would soon be freed after eight years in jail.


Microsoft Dismisses British Objections to Anti-Linux Ad

Microsoft sources said Wednesday that a British regulatory agency's objections to an anti-Linux advertisement published as part of its controversial "Get the Facts" campaign are moot because the ad is no longer running.


Flaw Discovered in Google Desktop Search, Fixed

Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Monday it has fixed a software flaw that could allow hackers to view information contained on personal computers running the No.


U.S. Rep. Deborah Pryce retained her lead Tuesday as three counties began recounting votes in her congressional race against Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy.


Soldiers Challenge Enlistment Extensions

US troops inspect the site where they have detonated an abandoned car packed with explosives in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday Dec. 6, 2004.


Attacks on fire crews in Northern Ireland have fallen over the past year, latest figures reveal.


U.S. army officer in Iraq accused of aiding al Qaeda

A senior U.S. army officer in Iraq faced court martial accusations on Friday of aiding al Qaeda and illegally possessing secret documents that could have been used "to the injury of the United States".


LookSmart Appoints New CEO  LookSmart announced today that David Hills has been appointed as the Company's Chief Executive Officer, effective October 25, 2004.  Mr. Hills will succeed Damian Smith, who has served as interim CEO since January 2004. Mr. Hills, 48, has nearly twenty-five years of experience in media sales, ...


The Revolution have lost starting players to expansion drafts. But they also have been able to minimize their losses, expansion teams failing to pick up several Revolution players who have become starters and played a major part in the team's recent success.


Swedenâs Johan Edfors and South Africaâs Darren Fichardt both went to the turn in 32 today to take over the lead in the Madrid Open.


Wal-Mart faces must-win December after weak November

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s  shares dipped 1 percent early on Monday as Wall Street tried to determine what caused surprisingly weak November sales and looked ahead nervously to a make-or-break December.


AT&T's revenue was up 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007, largely driven by increases in mobile phone and broadband customers, the company said Thursday.AT&T's pro forma revenue was $30.4 billion for the quarter, up 2.9 percent from a year earlier, when comparing combined revenue from AT&T, BellSouth and the former Cingular Wireless. AT&T acquired BellSouth and Cingular on Dec. 29, 2006.A net gain of 2.7 million mobile subscribers helped drive up the year-over-year pro forma numbers, AT&T said in a news release. Most of those subscribers came to AT&T through its exclusive contract to provide service for Apple's iPhone; Apple said Tuesday it sold 2.3 million iPhones during the quarter.AT&T's official reported revenue for the fourth quarter, which ended Dec. 31, was $30.3 billion, up from stand-alone revenue of $15.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2006. Those numbers were up slightly from the third quarter of 2007. Some merger-related costs account for the difference in revenue figures.AT&T reported a net income of $3.1 billion for the fourth quarter of 2007, up from $1.9 billion, mostly due to its acquisition of BellSouth and Cingular.By comparison, AT&T also had net income of $3.1 billion for the third quarter of 2007, with both quarter's numbers including income from BellSouth and Cingular, which was co-owned by AT&T and BellSouth.The company's reported earnings per share were $0.51, up from $0.50 in the fourth quarter of 2006. Excluding one-time charges, earnings per share was $0.71, matching consensus earnings expectations by analysts polled by Thomson Financial. However, AT&T missed on the revenue side: analysts had expected it to post $30.55 billion.AT&T had an "excellent" fourth quarter, Randall Stephenson, AT&T's chairman, president and CEO, said in the statement. AT&T's mobile customer increase was the largest quarterly gain ever by a U.S. provider, he said. The company had 70.1 million mobile customers at the end of the year.Stephenson also pointed to growth in AT&T's enterprise and broadband businesses. "These growth trends, combined with the significant opportunities we have for continuous cost improvements, reinforce the positive outlook we have for our business," Stephenson said. "AT&T has a terrific set of assets and an impressive record in terms of executing and delivering on targets, and I am very confident in our ability to drive strong results in 2008."AT&T's mobile revenues were $11.4 billion, up 16.3 percent from the fourth quarter of 2006. Mobile data revenue was up 57.5 percent.In AT&T's wireline business, the company had 231,000 subscribers to its U-verse IP-based video service at year's end, up from 126,000 at the end of the third quarter.AT&T's broadband revenues grew 13.7 percent in the fourth quarter to $1.4 billion. Total high speed Internet connections, which include DSL, AT&T U-verse high speed Internet and satellite broadband services, increased by 396,000 in the quarter to reach 14.2 million, up by 2 million from the end of 2006.


Japan PM Abe quits after year of scandal

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe abruptly announced his resignation on Wednesday after a year in power dogged by scandals, an election rout and a crisis over Japan's support for U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan.


England hope the Adelaide pitch breaks up and helps put pressure on Australia on day three of the second Test.


As Questions Keep Coming, Ohio Certifies Its Vote Count

The Ohio secretary of state officially certified on Monday that President Bush won that swing state by roughly 119,000 votes, but an array of Democrats, third


U.N. rushes to send food to poor Afghans

The World Food Program said Thursday that it is racing against time to deliver food to some 600,000 needy Afghans in villages that will soon be cut off by heavy winter snow.


Iraq bomber kills 20, Sunni militants clash

FALLUJA, Iraq  - A suicide bomber killed up to 20 men queuing at a police recruitment centre west of Baghdad on Thursday, police said, and al Qaeda militants battled a rival Sunni Arab faction in the south of the capital.


Attacks on Sunni mosques and homes leave 30 dead in  Baghdad, as scores of Shia bomb victims are buried.


By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun. 6--HILLSBOROUGH -- The town of Hillsborough is seeking a volunteer to serve as a town representative on the Orange County Economic Development Commission.   The commission develops economic development programs for the county.


Israel agrees to heightened Egyptian military presence on Gaza border

Israel has agreed to let Egypt step up its military presence along its border with the Gaza Strip ahead of an Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian territory set for next year.


Could You Make It Without Media for 4 Days?

By Nick Perry, Seattle Times  Feb. 16--Four days unplugged? LOL ... RU crazy?   It's tough tuning out in today's world.


Germany's ruling coalition finally reaches a deal on funding healthcare after weeks of bitter argument.


Hamas fares well in Palestinian elections

Islamic resistance group Hamas has scored significant successes in Palestinian municipal elections, initial results have shown. An unofficial tally gave Hamas control of seven councils against 11 for the Fatah


Bank of New York to buy Mellon for $16.5 billion

Bank of New York Co.  said on Monday it would buy Mellon Financial Corp.  for $16.5 billion, combining two storied names in American finance to create a powerhouse in custody services for institutional investors and one of the biggest asset managers.


In Colorado, Drilling Some Holes in the Republican Base

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. -- The Bush administration's aggressive drive to promote oil and gas drilling on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains has sparked growing anger here among traditional Republican constituents who say that the stepped-up push for energy development is sullying some of the...


The US economy grew more slowly in the second quarter than previously stated, as it struggled under an increasing trade deficit and a slowdown in consumer spending, the Commerce Department said Friday.


Spoon-feeding babies pureed food could cause health problems later in life a Unicef childcare expert has warned.


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Two killed as Somali officials escape attack

Somalia's trade minister and former defense minister escaped assassination attempts, which killed two other people, in the latest Iraq-style guerrilla attacks on government targets, witnesses said on Wednesday.


Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade returned to the starting lineup Tuesday night against Minnesota after a sprained left ankle kept him out for two games.


Some traditional Spanish festivals that include effigies of the Prophet Muhammad are being scaled back to avoid offending Muslims, a leading Spanish newspaper reported Monday.


A British soldier is killed and another seriously injured during an attack at a UK base in Basra, the Ministry of Defence says.


A row is brewing over planned new laws which critics claim would allow euthanasia by the back door.


Milano, 19:38 - CALCIO, MILAN: DEPOSITATO IN LEGA IL CONTRATTO DI PATO

Il Milan ha definito l'ingaggio di Alexandre Rodrigues Da Silva, meglio noto come Pato. Il 18enne at...


By PHIL MULKINS World Action Line Editor  Dear Action Line:  Who can I complain to about all the "spam" I get in my computer. There ought to be a law. -- M.T., Tulsa.   Spam is unsolicited e-mail advertising, often pornographic. There are laws limiting it.


Insurgents Kill 4 National Guards in Baghdad, Margaret Hassan ...

Iraqi officials say insurgents fired mortars at an Iraqi National Guard headquarters in al-Mushahida, north of Baghdad Tuesday. Iraq's Defense Ministry says four National Guard soldiers were killed and as


Demonstrations mark opening of APEC summit in Chile

SANTIAGO - High level talks on free trade and global security got underway in the Chilean capital, as ministers from 21 Pacific Rim countries convened for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit.


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An Israeli minister defends plans to build 740 homes in two disputed settlements in east Jerusalem.


Alaska senator disagrees with climate study's conclusion

US Sen. Ted Stevens says he disagrees with a new scientific study's conclusion that the burning of fossil fuels is a major factor in climate change.


Shuttle '100 percent cleared' to come home

Space shuttle Discovery's astronauts got some happy news Sunday: It's safe to fly home. Mission Control informed the crew of six that the ship's thermal shielding is "100 percent cleared for entry" in another week.


Nigeria starts talks with rebel leader as fears over oil grow

Threats against foreign oil workers have brought the Nigerian government to the negotiating table with the self-styled Nigerian warlord Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, whose band of 2,000 poorly


British police arrested a suspect in a series of letter bombs sent to offices linked to traffic enforcement, authorities said Monday.


InfoWorld - IBM owns some of the world's leading IT security talent, products, and services, but executives with the massive company say it will likely never aim to become what people might label as a true "security vendor."


Johnson's latest hit hurts title chances

Poor Jimmie Johnson, the nicest guy in NASCAR, who can never catch a break — not even on his 31st birthday and especially not when the championship is on the line.


18 suspects killed in drug raid on Rio slum

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Police killed at least 18 suspected drug traffickers in a massive operation yesterday to serve arrest warrants and seize drugs and arms in a vast Rio de Janeiro shantytown, a state security official said.


Bosnians hold local elections, expected to confirm strength of nationalists

Bosnians voted in their third post-war local elections, which are expected to confirm the dominance of the ruling Croat, Muslim and Serb nationalists.


Afghans say kill 33 Taliban after police attack

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - Afghan police killed 33 Taliban insurgents after a roadside bomb detonated by militants killed eight policemen in the southern province of Kandahar, the provincial governor said on Tuesday.


A tin bath on the cliffs of northern Iceland, where locals take a dip to treat skin complaints, could help scientists give an early warning of big earthquakes and save thousands of lives.


Sox pour it on in 9th to threaten NY reign: Solve Rivera for big 3 ...

The last time the Red Sox [stats, schedule] played at Yankee Stadium, shortstop Nomar Garciaparra was nowhere to be found after making himself unavailable due to ongoing aches and pains.


More Dollars Don't Boost Lung Cancer Survival

TUESDAY, Oct 23 (HealthDay News) -- Although it can cost more than $1 million to give a lung cancer patient an added year of life, overall survival from the disease hasn't increased significantly, a new study finds.


Microsoft has agreed to pay Novell $536 million, in return for Novell withdrawing from the European Union's antitrust case against the maker of the Windows family of operating systems.


Democratic Attorney General Christine Gregoire celebrated Thursday as Washington's governor-elect and pledged to unite residents divided by


A resurgent al-Qaeda terrorist network has shifted the focus of its attacks to Pakistan, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday.


Jeter Reflects on Inauspicious Start to Pro Career

15 years ago, before he became an iconic player, simply putting the ball in play was an accomplishment for Derek Jeter.


No state is better prepared than Florida to detect and contain the deadly viruses, bacteria or toxins of a bioterrorist, according to a nationwide analysis released Tuesday.


Australia's Karrie Webb shot a terrific final round of seven-under 64, but it proved to be one shot too many as playing partner Christina Kim put together a 65 to win the LPGA Challenge event.


Sept. 27 issue - It's not the kind of thing people typically like to rush, but then again, Martha Stewart has been full of surprises lately.


Hundreds of mourners attend the funeral Mass of ten-year-old Patrick Breen in Drumquin in County Tyrone.


Hard on the heels of Mr. Bush's election victory comes a Labor Department report that shows employers added 337,000 new jobs to the economy in October.


The Forth Road Bridge is closed to northbound traffic after a lorry overturned in high winds.


The unemployment rate declined to 5.2 percent in the three months to December, official data showed on Wednesday.


France says it will ask the Chadian authorities to allow six French aid workers home to serve a jail sentence.


Graffiti links school fire to Van Gogh murder

The Hague - A fire has caused major damage to an Islamic primary school in the southern Dutch town of Uden in what appears to be the latest attack on Muslim schools and places of worship, television said on Tuesday.


GM Staff Call Off Work Stoppage at Bochum

Workers at a General Motors plant in Bochum, Germany, swallowed their anger over job cuts and voted on Wednesday to end a seven-day stoppage that has disrupted output at three other GM car factories.


Rams Have New Look, but Offense Is Still Biggest Threat

A closer look at the St. Louis Rams reveals that little of the team that managed a victory at Seattle on Saturday looks like the Rams of old.


Iran reaffirms support for Lebanon truce resolution

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said   Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday reaffirmed   support for a U.N. resolution on Lebanon and his determination   to negotiate an end to Tehran's nuclear standoff with the West.


Bushâs Possible Choices for Second-Term Cabinet

WASHINGTON, 5 November 2004 - Now that the Bush Administration has regained the White House, Bush and his aides are focusing on the transition process.


Alex Rodriguez, Frank Thomas, Manny Ramírez, and Jim Thome all could join the 500-home run club this season (with Gary Sheffield having an outside shot).


While the Old Trafford outfit have added a Premiership title and an FA Cup to their growing trophy cabinet in the last two seasons, the flamboyant football that characterised their 1999 treble triumph and the two championships that followed has largely


More than 700 people in Poland, including a former prime minister and foreign minister, signed an open letter condemning statements about Jews by a right-wing Roman Catholic priest who runs a controversial radio station.


Microsoft Admits Yahoo! Isn't In The Bag

Despite generous offer, software company says rival bids could emerge.


Enhancing Microsoft® SQL Server 2005 availability with Veritas Storage Foundation™ HA for Windows® from Symantec

(Source: Symantec) The goal of this document is to discuss the threats to availability and the tools available to address them. For organizations that dont have stringent uptime requirements, many of the features described may not be useful, but for others, they may prevent the next calamity from negatively affecting their business.


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Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez says he is expecting Barcelona to be on the offensive during Tuesday's Champions League knock-out tie.


Six days ago Jay McKee buoyantly strolled into his living room and proudly informed his wife there would be an NHL this season. The Buffalo Sabres' union representative had just finished


Compound Might Aid Leukemia Patients Resistant to Gleevec

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDayNews) -- Scientists have developed a compound that may be able to treat cases of chronic myelogenous leukemia that are resistant to the so-called miracle drug Gleevec.


Firenze, 14:00 - CALCIO, BUFFON NON HA DUBBI: RACCOGLIERE 6 PUNTI

Ripartire da zero per poter ottenere la qualificazione a Euro 2008. Gigi Buffon non ha dubbi: "Il no...


Minister to lead Los Angeles anti-gang efforts

An evangelical minister was appointed on Wednesday to head a new initiative against violent gangs in Los Angeles, which has been dubbed the gang capital of America.


Iraqi PM Renews Vow to Defeat Insurgency

Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi says there are new military plans to defeat the insurgency gripping Iraqi cities, and he says his government will hold elections in January as scheduled.


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BBC education correspondent Mike Baker on the changes happening in the new school year.


Putin sacks Russian PM ahead of elections

Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed his prime minister on Wednesday, clearing the way for him to appoint a new premier who is likely to become the leading candidate in an election for president next March.


President Bush paid tribute Tuesday to defense workers who help equip U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and also put in a plug for his administration's plans for an anti-missile system as he toured a helicopter factory involved in both missions.


Italian officials debate the future of football as Sicily prepares to bury a  policeman who died during riots.


Warner Bros and Abu Dhabi agree to media joint venture

Warner Bros Entertainment has agreed  with United Arab Emirates' Aldar Properties and a UAE media  company to set up a film and video game production firm,  state-controlled Aldar said on Wednesday.


Schools Found Improving on Nutrition and Fitness

The nationâs schools have made âconsiderable improvementsâ in nutrition, fitness and health over the last six years, according to a new government survey.


With eye on 2008, Iowans watch Iraq war debate

For Iowa Democrats, the 2008  presidential campaign is starting where the 2004 race ended --  with a search for plain talk and realistic plans on how to end  the war in Iraq.


Russia Sets Space Station Crew Launch for October 11

Russia's space agency says it will send a three-man replacement crew to the International Space Station on October 11, two days later than originally planned.


Every autumn and winter, hunters from this craggy Japanese fishing village corral thousands of dolphins into a tiny, isolated cove and kill them for meat and fertilizer, turning the water red with their blood.


California's top insurance regulator said Wednesday he will file a civil suit shortly in the widening scandal over insurance industry sales practices.


Australia made a mockery of India's much-vaunted top order to take control of the crucial third Test in Nagpur. Having extended their first-innings total to 398 all out in the morning session, Australia then


SMOKERS who puff on 20 counterfeit cigarettes a day are having the equivalent of 100 legal ones, they were warned yesterday. The fakes, made in underground factories and sold cheap on the


Novelist Naguib Mahfouz, who died at age 94, was considered the eminent literary voice of the Arab world -- a title that was a much a burden as it was an honor


Weak Bobcats still beat struggling Magic

Derek Anderson had 24 points and 10 assists and the strong-shooting Charlotte Bobcats snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 119-108 win over the struggling Orlando Magic on Monday night.


Folic acid won't cut heart, stroke risk, study says

Taking a folic acid supplement does not cut the risk of heart disease or stroke in people with a history of cardiovascular ailments, according to a study published on Tuesday.


Inflated real-estate market goes ballistic

You can afford to build it: can they afford to come? Vegas-based real-estate kingpin Robert Bigelow's second prototype inflatable space habitat is now in orbit and doing well, according to its parent company.â¦


Norma del 1960 impedirebbe la libera circolazione capitali


Verso la revoca dello sciopero proclamato per il 28 gennaio


TONY Blair was yesterday forced to tone down his plans for an international Middle East peace summit in London, after Israel and the United States warned him not to "interfere".


L'Italia dello sci vince trionfa Chiara Costazza

Nuovo successo per la valanga rosa dopo quello della Karbon in gigante. La 23enne di Cavalese si impone tra i paletti di Lienz conquistando il primo successo in carriera in Coppa del mondo


The US and South Korea sign a free trade agreement, the biggest such deal the US has sealed in 15 years.


GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca are co-operating with a probe into breaches of Iraq's oil-for-food programme.


Non e' piu' il ct della nazionale tedesca, e' ufficiale


China Eastern shareholders torpedo Singapore Air deal

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG  - China Eastern Airlines  shareholders rejected a deal to sell a 24 percent stake to Singapore Airlines  for US$920 million, opening the door for bigger rival Air China  to make a play for the country's third-largest carrier.


Patriots quarterback Tom Brady has seemingly jumped from being merely sports page fodder to being a genuine paparazzi target, but the reigning NFL MVP has remained grounded as he seeks a fourth Super Bowl title.


EU to lift sanctions on US, but questions remain

BRUSSELS, Oct 25  - The European Commission acted Monday to ease trade tensions with the United States by proposing to lift sanctions after Washington abandoned illegal corporate tax breaks, but said questions remain.


Fassino: onorare gli impegni presi.Bertinotti soddisfatto


Microsoft to help users prep for patching

Microsoft Corp. will give customers advance notice of its monthly security updates in an effort to help them prepare to install related software patches, the company announced Thursday.


Farrah Fawcett seeking cancer treatment in Germany: report

Former "Charlie's Angels" star Farrah Fawcett has suffered a relapse in her battle against cancer and plans to pursue alternative treatments in Germany, a celebrity magazine reported.


Zimbabwe court finds Mann guilty over 'coup plot' arms deal ...

HARARE : A court in Zimbabwe found Briton Simon Mann guilty of attempting to illegally buy arms to stage a putsch in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea but acquitted 66 other defendants of involvement in the alleged coup.


Market Place: Good Times, Bad Times: Make a Deal

Buyout firms have drawn upon a seemingly bottomless wellspring of investorsâ money and extraordinarily lenient lending terms to close ever-larger deals.


Paper Cuts Blog: Paper Cuts: Skimming the Sunday Reviews

A quick hike through the Sunday (and a few non-Sunday) book review sections. The Times of London A.C. Grayling takes a sober and sobering look at âCrimes of War (2.0): What the Public Should Know,â edited by Roy Gutman, David Reiff and Anthony Dworkin: In its first edition, published in 1999, this book was an importantly useful compendium, [...].


North Korea said Monday that it will not give up nuclear development in light of unauthorized nuclear experiments by South Korea, where U.N. inspectors nuclear inspectors were conducting an investigation.


ATA Holdings Corp. Announces Definitive Agreement With AirTran ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ATA Holdings Corp. , announced today that the Company and its principal subsidiary, ATA Airlines, Inc.


The surprising Kansas Jayhawks achieved the unexpected again last night - they won the Orange Bowl with defense.


Colombia Challenges Rebels With a New Weapon

SAN VICENTE DEL CAGUAN, Colombia -- Marxist rebels once ran a visitors center in this town in southern Colombia, the office staffed by a young, amiable female guerrilla and the walls decorated with huge posters of famed fighters. Rebels ran a court, built bridges and taxed locals, including the f...


Intel finally cancels Digital TV screen project

In another development in what is becoming a depressing year for Intel, the company has announced that it has finally abandoned plans to get into the digital TV screen business.


Oil recoils after breaking $100 a barrel

Oil fell on Thursday as traders took profits from a record rally that had pushed oil to $100 a barrel two days in a row -- a level that has raised a red flag over global economic growth.


IBM announces ThinkPad with fingerprint reader

IBM has unveiled its first ThinkPad notebook computer that comes equipped with a built-in fingerprint reader. Select models of the ThinkPad T42 are equipped with the integrated fingerprint reader.


Sudan Escalates Stand Against U.N. Mission for Darfur

UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 5 -- Sudan stepped up opposition to a U.N. peacekeeping mission for Darfur, warning that it would consider any country's pledge to supply police or troops to a U.N. force "a hostile act" and a "prelude to an invasion" of the Islamic country.


Londra, 13:26 - CALCIO, ERIKSSON SULLA PANCHINA DEL WEST HAM?

Sven Goran Eriksson potrebbe tornare nel calcio inglese. L'ex ct dell'Inghilterra sarebbe il princi...


Sudan opposes unlimited extension of AU troops

Sudan is opposed to the unlimited extension of African Union (AU) peacekeeping troops in Darfur, a Sudanese official said on Monday.


The European Central Bank and European finance ministers are unhappy with the Euro's surge. To this end, they vowed to closely monitoring exchange rate swings.


Toll Brothers Inc. TOL.N on Thursday  said quarterly profit nearly doubled and raised its outlook for  the new fiscal year, citing strong demand for its luxury homes.


Senate Confirms Rice as Secretary of State

Condoleezza Rice was confirmed as  secretary of state on Wednesday as a large majority of senators  swept aside objections from some Democrats that she be held  accountable for mistakes in the Iraq war.


The long-rumored site, dubbed "Mash," lets people create profiles for their friends.


Indonesia Under Imminent Terrorist Bomb Threat, Australia Says

Australia says it has discovered evidence that terrorists plan an imminent attack on Western targets in Indonesia. The Australian government has warned its nationals to stay away from places frequented by Westerners.


Ford has hired accountancy giant KPMG to help it sell Jaguar and Land Rover, a report claims.


And you can, too. Learn from Selena Maranjian's experience.


GlobalFlyer Aims To Go Voyager One Better

LucidBeast writes "We all remember Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world in 1986 on one tank of gas. Now Voyager pilot Steve Fossett plans to do it solo with a jet powered GlobalFlyer.


Sudan's Darfur security a "farce" says group

cleansing and rebel groups looting and abducting civilians despite an April ceasefire, a rights group says. action to stop the violence in the vast west of the country.


Cervical cancer vaccine hailed as breakthrough

Researchers and the medical community alike are excited by a new cervical cancer vaccine. It's been found to be 100 per cent effective in clinical trials -- the first vaccine ever to prevent a cancer.


Buckingham Palace refuses to confirm a report that a Royal Family member was the subject of a blackmail bid.


Alleviare posizioni difficili: anziani e nuclei numerosi


Sri Lanka's navy says it has recovered claymore mine parts after sinking Tamil Tiger boats off the north-west coast.


Global stocks fall, haunted by economy fears

Shares in Asia fell 3 percent on Monday as concerns over the health of the global economy returned to haunt stock markets, sending investors to seek safe haven government bonds.


Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, will demand concessions from the bishops of the US Episcopal Church tomorrow.


College Football Notebook: 3 Trojans named as All-Americans

The season's first All-America squad was announced Thursday, and USC's Matt Leinart, Matt Grootegoed and Reggie Bush were named to the AFCA Coaches' All-America Team.


Confusion as Yemeni Faces U.S. Military Tribunal

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba  - A Yemeni  accused of guarding Osama bin Laden with explosive belts seemed  to acknowledge his al Qaeda membership on Thursday before a  U.S. military tribunal hearing fraught with translation  problems.


China's stock markets fall after new tax measure

China's share prices fell sharply early Wednesday after authorities made another attempt to rein in the nation's booming stock markets by imposing higher taxes on trading.


Delays in getting aid to survivors of the Indian Ocean disaster could cost thousands more lives, aid agencies say.


A new open-source search engine lets users vote on results.


Ukrainian president accepts prosecutor general's resignation

Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has effectively fired Prosecutor General Hennady Vasilyev.


LOS ANGELES  - Men's cable channel   Spike TV is joining other Viacom properties that have taken   their content digital in a significant way with Wednesday's   official launch of a broadband player on SpikeTV.com.


Rockets Deliver Daily Terror To Residents of Israeli Town

At the Panic gift shop, the checkout counter chatter is dominated by Qassams, the crude rockets that Palestinians frequently fire at this ragged industrial town of nearly 20,000 two miles from Gaza's northeast corner.


Sharapova, Mauresmo Roll While Serena Struggles at WTA ...

It can't be easy for former No. 1 Serena Williams, struggling to get back into tennis shape, and seeing countrywoman Lindsay Davenport battering 0-and-1 an opponent that the younger Williams sister barely edges 7-6(3), 7-5.


Giorgio Armani goes on a shopping spree and falls for a tapestry.


Napolitano condivide in pieno valutazioni ministro Esteri


Movie Review | 'Bug': Creepy Crawly Conspiracies

With âBug,â William Friedkin continues to be more fascinated by the evil inside our heads than the boogeyman outside.


A tirare l'incremento la considerevole mole di ordini


Mibtel -0,10%, SPMib -0,19%, in rialzo All Stars +0,27%


England draw the final Test against Sri Lanka in Galle but lose the  series 1-0.


Nordstrom December Sales Rise 9.3 Percent

Upscale U.S. department store chain  Nordstrom Inc. JWN.N on Wednesday reported sales at its  stores open at least a year rose 9.3 percent during December,  the big holiday shopping month.


IAEA says Iran building up atom program, defying U.N.

Iran is making substantial advances in uranium enrichment in defiance of world demands, U.N. monitors said on Wednesday, opening the way to harsher sanctions against Tehran over fears it is seeking atom bombs.


Growth to slow while inflation high: forecast

A "whiff" of stagflation will  linger about the U.S. economy through next year as growth slows  and inflation holds at a level higher than the Federal Reserve  would like, according to the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast  report.


Changes are bringing Americans closer to a checkless society -- changes that could be costly if you aren't careful. The first checks in the United States were


Ex-Kosovo rebels face first war crimes trial

AMSTERDAM -- The first international war crimes trial of Kosovo Albanians began yesterday, with three former rebels accused of abducting and killing suspected collaborators and Serb civilians during the 1998-to-'99 conflict.


American workers are paying more for their health insurance and getting less than they were four years ago, and the situation is particularly acute in several states important in the presidential race, said a consumer group that has been critical of


Republican Romney pulls out of presidential race

Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, who focused his bid for the party's nomination on turning around the U.S. economy, said in remarks prepared for a speech on Thursday he must "stand aside" and pull out of the race.


US, Britain propose UN peacekeepers for shattered Darfur

The US and Britain presented a draft resolution to the United Nations outlining the deployment of 17,000 peacekeepers to war-torn Darfur, despite opposition by the Sudanese government.


Congress Demands Explanation From HP CEO

SAN FRANCISCO -- The congressional panel investigating Hewlett-Packard Co.'s boardroom spying probe has demanded that CEO Mark Hurd explain $1.37 million worth of options he exercised just before the scandal became public, two congressmen said Wednesday.


'The Malayalam superstars are highly insecure'

Malayalam actor Thilakan talks about the controversies that surround his life.


The Orioles trail 7-0 after Red Sox starter Bronson Arroyo pitches three shutout innings, but rally only to fall short in a 7-5 loss in the opener of a split doubleheader Saturday.


South Korea confirmed yesterday they will lodge an appeal with sport's supreme legal body over scoring errors at the Olympic gymnastics tournament which robbed them of a gold medal.


Internet search leader Google Inc. has added a landmark to its rapidly expanding empire — the Silicon Valley home where co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin rented a garage eight years ago as they set out to change the world.


Songwriter Ron Miller, whose tunes included pop classics "Touch Me in the Morning" and "For Once in My Life," has died, his daughter said.


La Jihad, 48 ore di tempo per ritirare truppe


Tatiana Totmianina, the world champion pairs skater of Russia, was in good condition after falling headfirst onto the ice during the free skate at Skate America, a terrifying fall that ended the competition.


Collins Firmly Strides Into a Starting Role Without Any Misstep

Quarterback Kerry Collins, who helped lead the Giants to the Super Bowl four years ago, came off the bench to lead the Oakland Raiders to a victory Sunday.


Israel Blames Syria for Suicide Bombings

JERUSALEM - Israel holds Syria responsible for a double suicide bombing that killed 16 people because it allows the group that staged the attack to operate there, a senior Israeli official said Wednesday in a warning that implied possible retaliation.    The militant Islamic group Hamas claimed the attack Tuesday in the desert city of Beersheba, when two bombers from the West Bank city of Hebron blew themselves up seconds apart in two buses...


ANAHEIM, California  - When Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in 1988, the NHL saw the move as a major breakthrough in its ambitious expansion dreams into non-traditional markets.


Microsoft to issue two security bulletins next Tuesday

Both involve vulnerabilities within Windows; one marked critical includes Windows Vista.


It's an unlikely marriage of the sacred and the profane: a decade-old grilled cheese sandwich bearing the purported image of the Virgin Mary, sold to a gambling house that wants to tour the petrified snack around the country for charity.


Red Sox fans wait for demise that never comes in Game 7

So the world, at least this little Northeastern province of it, has been turned upside down, reality has strangled invention, etc.


Soccer: Diouf banned for three matches for spitting

LONDON : Bolton's El-Hadji Diouf was banned for three matches after pleading guilty to a charge of improper conduct for spitting.


The Independent Police Complaints Commission says half the people who die in custody have mental health problems.


Freshening Up a Dark, Obscure Opera With 75 Onstage and a Toy Eagle

Leos Janacek has entered the opera mainstream in recent decades, but this Czech composerâs final and darkest opera, âFrom the House of the Dead,â has been largely overlooked, perhaps understandably.


US confident on reopening of Japanese market to its beef soon

The United States voiced optimism that Japan would decide to resume imports of US beef next month.


UPS, last Airbus A380 freighter buyer, may cancel

United Parcel Service Inc. , the last remaining customer for the Airbus A380 superjumbo freighter, said on Friday it reached an agreement for Airbus to push back delivery dates of the planes and left open its option to cancel the order outright.


Supreme Court to weigh online tobacco sales rift

Blog: Federal courts have dismissed a Maine state law that backers argue is vital to preventing kids from buying cigarettes online. The high court may decide whether to revive it.


Is Bob Iger the New Leading Man for Disney?

The job of chief executive of The Walt Disney Company increasingly looks like Robert Iger's to lose.


Police raid IRA strongholds, seeking bank's stolen cash

BELFAST -- Police raided properties yesterday in two Irish Republican Army strongholds of Belfast in search of $42.5 million stolen this week from a bank's underground vault.


Dizzying fall as media tycoon Conrad Black convicted of fraud

Media tycoon Conrad Black, known for his lavish parties and flamboyant personality, was found guilty Friday of fraud and obstruction of justice after being accused of raiding his company's coffers.


Iraq election delay call to be considered

Iraq's election commission was expected today to consider a call by top political parties to delay January's vote because of violence gripping the country.


Bank of America set for Chicago, Michigan touchdown

A court ruling on Friday should clear the way for Bank of America Corp  to buy LaSalle Bank for $21 billion, and give it a powerful presence in the affluent Chicago area even as it boosts its exposure to Michigan and its troubled economy.


Viareggio, 18:39 - CALCIO, VIAREGGIO: DOPPIETTA BALOTELLI, INTER AI QUARTI

Al Torneo di Viareggio una doppietta di Balotelli aiuta l'Inter ad accedere ai quarti di finale al t...


Japan launches trade probe of LCD makers

Japan's trade watchdog is investigating Sharp, NEC, South Korea's LG.Philips LCD and other liquid crystal display manufacturers for allegedly agreeing to cut output to curb falls in panel prices, officials said Tuesday.


A former Baylor University basketball player charged with murdering a teammate was ruled incompetent to stand trial Thursday.


Il presidente di Confindustria: uscire da contrapposizioni


Severe storms crossing the  south-central United States late on Friday and early on  Saturday produced heavy rains and flooding and caused at least  five deaths, local officials said.


Iran probably 3-8 years off nuclear bomb: IAEA

Iran is probably three to eight years away from producing a nuclear bomb if it so chooses, the head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said on Thursday.


Stars including Bono, Travis and Jamelia are supporting the year-long Make Poverty History campaign.


Tropical Storm Noel dumps torrents on Haiti

Tropical Storm Noel dumped torrential rain on vulnerable Haiti on Monday, triggering fears of deadly flash floods and mudslides in the impoverished Caribbean country.


Ice Cube on Tour, With a Couple of Holy Terrors

The always charismatic Ice Cube makes "Are We There Yet?" watchable, but his young charges are such insufferable brats that the hero's change of heart remains a mystery.


After 3-Day Fight, U.S. and Iraqi Forces Retake Samarra

U.S. commanders said the city will now be turned over to the Iraqi police and military forces one neighborhood at a time.


Hashim Khan, who has won seven British Open squash titles, is a national hero in Pakistan, where a small railway station bears his name.


Olympics: Drugs Cast Shadow Over Games Again

Drugs cast another shadow over the Olympics Thursday with Ukrainian women rowers losing their bronze medal and another weightlifter being barred.


Second Life, the fast-growing online  site where hundreds of thousands of people play out fantasy  lives online, has suffered a computer security breach that  exposed the real-world personal data of its users.


Terrell Owens was at home on Monday night with a couple of screws in his ankle. Tra Thomas had to return home to tend to a personal matter.


Skanska Reveals Unexpected Fourth-Quarter Charge

Nordic construction giant Skanska AB said Monday it would take 685 million kronor ($98.6 million) charge in the fourth quarter because of cost overruns on a project in Britain.


Lo stesso Magnini si guadagna la finale dei 100 stile libero

ATENE - Torna a nuotare forte l'Italia della piscina. Nel giorno dell'argento di Federica Pellegrini, arriva anche il bronzo della 4x200 maschile oltre a una collana di tre giovani di belle speranze (Magnini, Bossini e Paola Cavallino) che vanno alle ...


Mantova, 19:04 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: NOTARI E' TORNATO IN GRUPPO

Allenamento pomeridiano per il Mantova in vista della gara contro il Grosseto: il tecnico Tesser ha ...


Google shows updates to iGoogle and other services at Analyst Day

Google shows analysts updates to iGoogle, Gmail and other products at Google Analyst Day.


Sara' in vigore fino al 9 giugno, aumentano Eurostar


"Bob the Builder" sock is clue in Dutch arson case

Thanks to a "Bob the Builder" sock, police in the Dutch town of 't Zandt say they have caught their main suspect in a string of arson attacks: a 20 year-old caught red-handed setting another fire late on Tuesday.


Oracle Enterprise Manager to add support for SAP

(InfoWorld) - Oracle Tuesday announced plans to extend the capability of its system management software to offer monitoring and management for SAP AG applications through a partnership with Nimsoft. The company also unveiled Release 3 of Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g and new plug-ins for the product that enable it to manage third-party software. Additionally, Senior Vice President Richard Sarwal made his debut as the executive in charge of stepping up efforts to promote the product as a management system for heterogenous environments. Oracle and Nimsoft are working jointly to integrate the NimBUS SAP R/3 plug-in with Oracle Enterprise Manager 10G so that customers can monitor and manage SAP applications. The plug-in should be available in the second quarter of 2007, according to Nimsoft. Through new plug-ins for BMC Remedy Service Desk and IBM WebSphere MQ versions 5.3 and 6.0 introduced Tuesday, Oracle also added performance monitoring of those third-party products in Oracle Enterprise Manager 10G. All of this is part of Oracle's plan to focus on making enterprise management one of its core product offerings not just for Oracle environments, but across IT systems with products from multiple vendors, said Oracle president Charles Phillips on a conference call Tuesday. "We've undersold this product," he said of Oracle's system management suite. Phillips acknowledged that in the past, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10G has primarily been useful for managing environments that run Oracle software and has been sold along with more popular Oracle products such as its database and applications. However, now that it can support more third-party products, such as JBoss Application Server and IBM WebSphere Application Server along with those unveiled Tuesday, it is a more viable option to compete with rivals such as IBM's Tivoli suite and Hewlett-Packard's OpenView suite. "We were narrowly focused in the past," Phillips said. "Now we have become more complete and more open." To promote this new attitude toward enterprise management, Oracle now has a dedicated sales force paid to sell only Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g, and the company also is training its database and application-server sales representatives so that they can push the product in the marketplace, he said. During the conference call, Sarwal pointed to Oracle's expertise across multiple software infrastructure products, such as database, application server, and business applications, as a strength the company has to offer comprehensive systems management. "We have a unique view of how to manage all of that stack," he said. In addition to its new plug-ins, Oracle Enterprise Manager 10G Release 3 also includes enhanced provisioning capabilities across Oracle's various application offerings and the ability to bring to the surface business metrics from Oracle applications to perform business diagnostics, Sarwal said. Oracle Enterprise Manager 10G Release 3 is available on Linux and Windows. Business customers can evaluate the product for free by downloading it from Oracle's Web site. The new plug-ins also are available now for use only with Release 3.


Construction Woes Add to Fears at Embassy in Iraq

U.S. diplomats in Iraq, increasingly fearful over their personal safety after recent mortar attacks inside the Green Zone, are pointing to new delays and mistakes in the U.S. Embassy construction project in Baghdad as signs that their vulnerability could grow in the months ahead.


Microsoft to Release Communication Server

REDMOND, Wash. Oct 26, 2004 - Microsoft Corp. plans a Dec. 1 release for the latest version of its server software that aims to give companies more secure instant messaging and other corporate communications tools.


SAINT MORITZ, Switzerland  - Slovenia's Tina Maze overcame a three tenths of a second deficit from the first run to beat Sweden's world champion Anja Paerson in a women's World Cup giant slalom here Wednesday.


A pay dispute walkout by council workers in Falkirk causes the closure of many services.


Hospitals Look to Nuclear Tool to Fight Cancer

A push by medical centers to turn nuclear particle accelerators into weapons against cancer reflects the best and worst of Americaâs health system, experts say.


A small new European study adds to the growing body of evidence that exercise can stave off mental decline in older people. The 290 participants, all men, were between the ages of 70 and 90 when the study began in 1990.


EU warns Serbia time running out on Mladic

The European Commission has written to  Serbia, warning that time is running out for it to arrest war  crimes suspect Ratko Mladic if it wants to conclude an  agreement this year on closer ties, an EU official said on  Friday.


Pakistani vote flawed if Musharraf's party wins: US Senator

Pakistan's elections will be viewed as "totally discredited" if the party backing President Pervez Musharraf is declared victorious, an influential US senator on foreign affairs said Monday.


Firefox Pre-Preview Release Available for Testing

Asa Dotzler writes "We took one more important change into the builds last night, moving from a blacklist to a whitelist for external protocol handlers, so today's builds are the new candidate 1.0PR builds.


Olmert asks Pope to denounce Iran Holocaust forum

VATICAN CITY - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert asked Pope Benedict to denounce a conference in Iran questioning the Holocaust, an Olmert aide said on Wednesday.The Israeli leader and the ...Comment


Italy asks Britain not to deport Iranian lesbian

Government under pressure not to expel lesbian who, campaigners say, faces death by stoning.


Police raids in three parts of NI are linked to the seizure of Â£100,000 worth of counterfeit goods at a fair.


UAE Founding Father Buried, Elder Son Likely Successor

ABU DHABI, November 3 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Arab and Muslim leaders converged on Abu Dhabi Wednesday, November 3, and joined the people of the United Arab Emirates in burying Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahayan, president and founding father


In un resort per una manifestazione natalizia


La societa' replica dopo l'istruttoria aperta da Antitrust


No. 1 USC Holds on to Beat No. 7 Cal 23-17

Southern California could only stop Aaron Rodgers and California when it counted most.


Army: May Not Withhold Halliburton Money

The U.S. Army on Tuesday appeared to  reverse a decision to stop paying a portion of Halliburton  Co.'s HAL.N bills in Iraq and gave the company more time to  resolve a billing dispute.


Was it an eleventh-hour tide of sympathetic women, people reluctant to say they weren't backing a black candidate or problems with the polls themselves? For whatever reason, late public opinion surveys showed Barack Obama cruising to a triumph in the New Hampshire Democratic primary.


The president of Newmarket Films somehow figured out a way to market movies like "The Passion of the Christ" and "Monster" successfully. But what do you do with a film about a pedophile?


Milano, 11:59 - CALCIO, JUVE; COBOLLI GIGLI: PER IL MERCATO AVREMO PIU' SOLDI

Il presidente bianconero Giovanni Cobolli Gigli, a Milano per la riunione della Lega Calcio, spiega ...


Bin Laden, Omar not operating in Pakistan: Islamabad

Pakistan rejected on Saturday a U.S. official's assertion that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar are operating from Pakistani territory.


Ben S. Bernanke said the Federal Reserve was âprepared to act as neededâ to prevent market woes from spreading while the Dow closed up nearly 250 points as investors went bargain-hunting.


Asia's superrich are grappling with an enviable new challenge: how to give away their billions


Reid backs temporary rise in troops in Iraq

Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said on Sunday he would support a short-term increase in U.S. troops in Iraq being weighed by President George W. Bush if it is part of a broader withdrawal plan.


Israel plans to pull out the last of its troops from south Lebanon on Sunday in line with a U.N. resolution that ended a bloody war with Hizbollah, security sources in Israel said on Sunday.


The result of the Olympic 100m was not a massive surprise because Justin Gatlin has always had huge talent. I thought he would be in the mix, but what I didn't know was whether he had enough to beat the big guns.


Former sailor arrested on terror charges

Police in Arizona arrested a former U.S. Navy sailor on charges of spying and providing material support to terrorists, authorities said on Wednesday.


Investors will get another glimpse into the pace of corporate spending as Cisco Systems Inc. prepares to deliver financial results after the closing bell on Tuesday. -AP


Al Fayed wins battle in Princess Di case

A jury will deliver the verdict in the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and her boyfriend, a three-judge panel ruled Friday, accepting the argument that the coroner erred in trying to decide the case on her own.


Willie Randolph is still under contract with the Yankees, but while speaking about the possibility of managing the Mets, he used a couple of revealing personal pronouns.


While Sopranos Sing, Lovers Fuss and Flirt

The Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker's treatment of Mozart's concert arias is a refreshing blend of the pure and the brazen.


Dopo le aperture dei giudici sulla questione del tutore


Reuters Group Plc RTR.L posted better  than expected full-year profits on Wednesday thanks to  disposals, cost cutting, improving sales and a return to profit  at electronic trading unit Instinet, which it may sell.


9/11 Chairman: Bush Should Apply Pressure

President Bush talks with reporters before having lunch at a local coffee shop in Crawford, Texas Friday, Nov. 26, 2004. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson).


Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra claimed victory in Sunday's elections in what appeared to be a massive mandate for a second term, propelled by strong support from Thailand's rural poor and his adroit handling of the tsunami disaster.


EDITORIAL: Import, Transfer Ban Can Limit Damage

By Detroit Free Press  Sep. 11--The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week proposed banning the import and interstate transfer of silver carp, a long overdue step. They were brought into this country mostly by Southern fish farmers, who used them to clear their ponds of algae.


ASIA/COREA DEL SUD - I Francescani da 70 anni in Corea per restituire il primato allo Spirito e mettersi a servizio degli emarginati Seul (Agenzia Fides) -  Dare unÂanima alla societÃ  coreana, secolarizzata, pervasa dalle nuove tecnologie che spesso disumanizzano le relazioni fra persone: Ã¨ la vocazione e la missione dei Francescani che hanno festeggiato i 70 anni di presenza in t...


Clinton Calls for Ending Tax Break to Financiers

Senator Clinton today called for ending a âglaring inequityâ in tax policy that favors investment managers.


'Percorso unitario, mai avrei corso contro di lei'


Kosovo's prime minister joined calls Friday to declare independence by the end of this year, saying that the U.N. sponsored process has failed.


Old Pipe in Del. River Caused Tanker Spill

A Greek tanker that spilled almost half a million gallons of crude oil into the Delaware River last month apparently gashed its hull on a discarded pipe protruding from the river bottom, the Coast Guard said Tuesday.


Memos Tell Officials How to Discuss Climate

Internal memorandums appear to prohibit some government biologists from discussing global warming issues while traveling in countries around the Arctic.


Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick are a normal New York couple. That is, aside from Mr. Bacon's odd role as a child molester in "The Woodsman."


La partnership ridurra' problemi dei cittadini romeni e rom


Two announcements today appeared intended to enforce Iranâs refusal to back down in the face of stepped-up pressure from the United States.


Britain likely to agree to relieve US troops in Iraq

Britain looked set to agree to a US request to send its troops into violence-plagued areas of Iraq, a move opponents warned could see the country's soldiers dragged further into the conflict, with the risk of casualties multiplying.


Harsh criticism for modern Muslim leaders

MUNICH - When he was the confident, globe-trotting deputy prime minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was often called the modern face of Islam.


Restrictions on aircraft hand luggage following an alleged terror plot could soon be relaxed, the transport secretary says.


To the European Space Agency, Atlantis's cargo represents an historic turning point in space history


Lynchings of Policemen Ignite Outrage at Violence in Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 24 - This city seemed in a state of shock on Wednesday as people struggled to come to grips with the scenes of lawlessness captured on television as an angry mob lynched two police officers


Video of rats scampering across a New York City restaurant floor may have disturbed viewers worldwide but some experts say the rodents are less dangerous than other creatures drawn to restaurants -- humans.


Md. boy, 15, charged with killing family

A 15-year-old boy fatally shot his parents and two younger brothers as they slept, then spent more than 12 hours with friends before returning home and calling 911 to report that his father was dead, police said Sunday.


Bill McNally believes he has found a silver bullet for keeping the stink out of your socks. Not to mention your underwear, workout clothes, travel outfits, and hiking and hunting gear.


RadioFrame Networks Announces Collapsed Base Station Subsystems (BSS) Network Demonstration at 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona

RadioFrame Networks, Inc., a leader in IP-based picocell and femtocell  solutions for the mobile marketplace, will showcase its next generation  of Radio Access technology solutions at the 3GSM World Congress  conference in Barcelona this upcoming February 12-15.


Pakistan test-fires a medium-range missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads.


The people food firm is boosting sales growth by acquiring pet food brands.


Yahoo's switchover plan for the photo-sharing site draws fire. Plus: Yahoo unveils a universe of brands. In Monkey Bites.


Labour to launch "zero tolerance" criminal justice drive and review of self-defence laws.


Chemicals Used to Make Designer Drugs Flowing in `Too Freely'

KUCHING: The absence of adequate controls at entry points into the country has made it easy to import chemicals which form the base of many designer drugs.


Analysis: Giuliani's unorthodox campaign

Rudy Giuliani, taking advantage of an accelerated primary calendar, has adopted an unorthodox campaign itinerary en route to what he hopes will be the Republican presidential nomination.


Perfect season over, unbeaten streak still alive for Arsenal

London, England (Sports Network) - For the first time during this young Premiership campaign, Arsenal took the field and did not emerge victorious.


Pentair cuts profit forecast on weak pool business

Saying that weakness in the housing   market was taking a toll on its swimming pool equipment   business, diversified manufacturer Pentair Inc. PNR.N on   Tuesday cut its earnings outlook for the third quarter and full   year, and said it was taking steps to cut costs.


North American sponsorship spending seen up in '08

Sponsorship spending by North American companies is forecast to rise 12.6 percent this year to $16.78 billion, which would mark the biggest jump since 2000, according to a research firm.


Two Drifting Life Rafts on a Sea of Circumstance

Thereâs not a single wrong note in âLiberty Kid,â Ilya Chaikenâs poignant drama about marginal lives strained to breaking by the aftermath of Sept. 11.


BERLIN -- The US dollar plunged to a new low against the euro Thursday, which hit US$1.3068 in morning trading over nagging concerns about high oil prices and the US trade and budget deficits.


Minsk, 16:46 - TENNIS, COPPA DAVIS: BIELORUSSIA-SVEZIA 1-3

a Svezia ha battuto 3-1 la Bielorussia nel primo turno del Gruppo Mondiale di Coppa Davis. Punto de...


OS ANGELES, Aug. 20  - Major League Baseball has approved the creation of a national cable television channel devoted to the sport, but regular-season games may be confined to the bench for the network's first year, a top league ...


Two men arrested last week in connection with a plot to kidnap and kill a British Muslim soldier were released without charges early Wednesday, police said.


Quarter of world's bird species face extinction threat

A tenth of the world's bird species are likely to have vanished by the year 2100, with another 15% on the brink of extinction, a group of scientists have warned.


Vespa: la scelta di Fabiani mi ha fatto piacere


Researchers find new dinosaur with feathers

The ancient family tree where all the world's birds perch is getting bigger, odder and older, scientists announced Wednesday. In a report in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature, paleontologists


The wife of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was handed an arrest warrant after she returned to Thailand on Tuesday to face corruption charges that could put her behind bars for 20 years, police said.


Judge allows NSA wiretaps for another week

The federal judge who ordered a halt to   the Bush administration's program of domestic wiretapping on   Thursday allowed the surveillance to continue for a week to   allow an appeals court to weigh in on an issue expected to end   up with the U.S. Supreme Court.


Folla commossa, sulla bara la maglia di Del Piero


NEW YORK  - "CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric is on her way to Iraq and Syria Wednesday for a 10-day reporting mission that's been a closely guarded secret for several weeks.


Cogne, "spremuti" i consulenti della difesa

Interrogatori fiume per Enrico Manfredi e Claudia Sferra, indagati dalla procura di Torino per calunnia e frode processuale nell'ambito delle indagini per l'omicidio del piccolo Samuele. Ascoltato anche l'investigatore


Per la moneta unica ribasso settimanale del 3,7%


Nickelback, T.I. lead Billboard nominees

The field of chart-topping potential winners was wide open as four acts from different genres led the pack of nominees for Monday's 2006 Billboard Music Awards.


Padoa-Schioppa "qualcosa da correggere" ma sindacati frenano


They're all the same when they get hit too much. Tom Brady is better than most quarterbacks when it comes to being patient, avoiding mistakes, and giving his team a chance to win no matter what the situation, but when you get knocked around the way he was being knocked around last night at Semi-Pro Player Park, there's ...


Diageo raises $2.26 bn through sale of General Mills' shares

LONDON, October 5  - Diageo Plc (GUI.FSE) has raised $2.26 billion (â¬1.84 billion) from the sale of more than half of its stake in the US-based cereal maker, General Mills Inc.


BMW moots setting up a fourth car brand: report

German luxury car group BMW might set up a fourth passenger car brand in addition to its current BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce lines, a press report said Thursday.


Democratic presidential hopefuls prepare for the first debate to use voters' video questions sent via YouTube.


When Aaron Sele has won games this year, he's had the same modus operandi: Keep the Angels in the game and let them do the work for you.


The dangers of child food allergies are overstated and cause UK parents needless  worry, a leading expert says.


La piattaforma di Rosy Bindi: "Diamo risposte alla protestao emergeranno personaggi pericolosi". "Non possiamo fare finta di niente"                                            "Tagliamo costi e privilegi o la democrazia Ã¨ a rischio"                                                                                di CLAUDIO TITO


Italy calls for G8 meeting on aid to quake-stricken countries

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has called for a special meeting of the Group of Eight leading industrialised nations to organise relief efforts in areas of Asia battered by earthquakes and tidal ...


Some 49 people were killed when a bus plunged off a bridge into a river in Peru's northern jungle, officials say. A total of 15 others were injured when the vehicle travelling between the capital, Lima, and


After months alone in his cell, Scot Noble Payne finished 20 pages of letters, describing to loved ones the decrepit conditions of the prison where he was serving time for molesting a child.


Russia's new ambassador has begun his role living up to his reputation as a nationalist with hawkish views.


âWe Own the Nightâ is a bloody, passionate melodrama, self-consciously Shakespearean â or Biblical, or Greek, take your pick of atavisms â in its intentions.


New Traces - and Possible New Victim - Emerge in Poisoning Probe

A day after the discovery of radiation on some British Airways jets, more is found at sites around Britain -- and another Kremlin critic is said to have been poisoned


A judge in the Paris suburb of Bobigny is charging two police officers in connection with the 2005 electrocutions of two teens whose deaths provoked three weeks of rioting throughout France


The NFL lost one of the good guys when White passed away

Reggie White, the former Eagles and Packers star known around the football world as `The Minister of Defense,' died of an apparent heart attack, just a week after his 43rd birthday.


Teenagers in the City Smoke Less, Report Finds

The smoking rate among New York Cityâs teenagers is now far lower than among teenagers nationwide, due mainly to high taxes and curbs on public smoking, officials said.


Gordon Cooper, NASA Mercury Pioneer, Dies

LOS ANGELES - Gordon Cooper, who was the youngest and perhaps cockiest member of the original Mercury astronauts and set the space endurance record that helped clear the way for the first moon landing, has died. He was 77...


Your Money: Getting Out of a 2-Year Cellphone Contract Alive

Itâs not easy to escape a two-year cellphone contract. But it can be done by turning to the innovators on the Internet.


Algeria was rocked by its second suicide bomb attack in three days on Saturday when a blast ripped through a naval barracks, with an Al-Qaeda offshoot later claiming responsibility for the blast that killed at least 30 people.


Shaw Communications Announces Faster Internet Speed for Customers

Shaw Communications Inc. (TSX: SJR.B) (NYSE: SJR) today announced they are increasing the download and upload speeds of their High-Speed Lite Internet service. The download speed has doubled from 128 Kbps to 256 Kbps which is 10 times faster than any traditional dial-up Internet connection.


Democrats living overseas became the first to vote in the Super Tuesday primaries, casting ballots at the stroke of midnight in Indonesia, where Sen. Barack Obama lived as a child


Colin Farrell gets court order vs. woman

Actor Colin Farrell has obtained a three-year restraining order against a woman who confronted him during a taping last month of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."


Aussies sweep series with 213-run victory over New Zealand

ADELAIDE, Australia  - Australia crushed New Zealand by 213 runs on the final day of the second cricket Test to clinch a series clean sweep at Adelaide Oval.


US feedlots and packers could import Canadian cattle within months now that new US rules aimed at guarding against mad cow disease are up for approval, Canadian Agriculture Minister Andy Mitchell said on Saturday.


Lo ha detto il viceministro Attivita' Produttive


E' la prima dopo entrata in vigore nuovo piano sicurezza


Here's some hope for people who are at risk for Type 1 Diabetes: A vaccine to fight the disease is about to be tested on humans for the first time.


Firenze, 18:20 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; MUTU: MIO OBIETTIVO E' FAR SEGNARE TONI

Adrian Mutu è poco interessato ai gol, anche se finora ne ha segnati diversi: ''Devo continua...


Militants appear to have planned their seizure of a Russian school carefully, starting months earlier and sneaking weapons into the building in advance. Still, some of the raiders may not have known what they were getting into and were appalled to find they were holding children hostage.


AMD Introduces Low-Cost Net Access Device in India

U.S. chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc.  has introduced a low-cost Internet access device that could cost just a few hundred dollars, aimed at first-time technology users in the developing world.


Boise State Univ. College of Engineering Day Celebrates Program's 10th Year

By Kovsky, Eddie  Bob Kustra, president of Boise State University, was halfway through his speech commemorating the 10th anniversary of the BSU College of Engineering when the display next to him started to collapse.


By now you have heard that some conservatives are up in arms about Team America: World Police, the new film by "South Park" masterminds Trey Parker and Matt Stone.


Voters in the German state of Saarland have delivered another punishing defeat to Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's Social Democratic Party.


Boeing is ordered to ensure passengers on its new 787 Dreamliner jet cannot hack into computer flight systems.


ZIMBABWE'S ruling party today elected long-time cabinet minister Joyce Mujuru as the country's first woman vice-president.


Rookie quarterback Vince Young will make his first NFL start for the Tennessee Titans today against the Dallas Cowboys. The first quarterback taken in this year's draft at No. 3 overall, Young had spot duty in the 0-3 Titans' first two games. The Titans said they chose Young over Matt Leinart or local favorite Jay Cutler in the draft ...


Cricket-Bangladesh wins have no relevance to Pakistan series ...

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh  - India captain Sourav Ganguly said that two crushing wins over minnows Bangladesh would have no bearing on the upcoming home Test series against Pakistan.


Forget Tesco: the bigger threat to small shops may be Waitrose

Store used by affluent customers and praised for green policies is worrying delis and farm shops.


Viareggio, 20:17 - CALCIO, TORNEO DI VIAREGGIO: DA DOMANI A PORTE APERTE

Da domani il torneo di Viareggio dsi disputerà a porte aperte. Lo ha comunicato il presidente...


Bank of Montreal Takes Write-Down and Bolsters SIVs

Canadaâs fourth-largest bank cited turmoil in the credit markets, and said it would provide up to $13 billion in liquidity for two of its structured investment vehicles.


Canadian hockey geeks now courting Sun's McNealy

'We puck you' Shame on us for assuming that Canadian hockey geeks cared more for homegrown hero RIM CEO Jim Balsillie than Sun Mircrosystems' chief puck chaser Scott McNealy. It turns out that the Geeks on Ice have invited McNealy to their April hockey tournament meant to celebrate the might of Canadian IT.â¦


Calgarians react to Bertuzzi's guilty plea

Vancouver Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi walked into a courtroom on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm. The 29 year old hockey star was charged after sucker-punching Colorado Avalanche player Steve Moore during a game in March.


Charges dropped against ex-Mexico leader

Genocide charges were dropped against former President Luis Echeverria Saturday when a judge ruled that the statute of limitations had expired, his lawyer said.


With Barry Bonds stuck in a slump, it appears the drama surrounding his chase of Hank Aaron's home run record will last for some time.


Shaquille O'Neal tapped a massive finger on the side of his shaved head, then explained the biology behind his recent resurgence.


The tiny UK Pacific colony of Pitcairn puts seven men on trial for sex abuse in a case splitting local opinion.


Ministri De Castro e Bersani incontrano grande distribuzione


Torino, 18:19 - CALCIO, JUVE; CHIELLINI: VOGLIO TRATTAMENTO COME I BIG

Alla Juventus si parla si Buffon, Trezeguet, nedved, ma c'è anche chi, come Giorgio Chiellini...


Wilder estimates have the Japanese Grand Prix in peril. Typhoon Ma-On, the 22nd tempest of the Japanese summer, is forecast to clobber Suzuka with 110mph winds today.


The CIA believed it was operating lawfully in detaining and interrogating 96 suspected terrorists at locations from Thailand to Europe, until the Supreme Court this summer demolished that legal foundation.


Geri Halliwell has complained to police that her 3-month-old daughter was physically abused, the singer's assistant said.


U.S. stocks advanced on Wednesday as  Internet and semiconductor companies led technology shares  higher and crude oil retreated from record high prices.


A writer seeks $5m (Â£2.79m) damages after alleging Sony stole the idea for Jennifer Lopez film Enough.


Dell announces its new line of Pocket PC and upgrade for Axim X30

Dell has announced three new Axim Windows Mobile Pocket PC, dubbed the Dell Axim X50 series. The Axim X50v features a 3.7-inch VGA screen, with a 624MHz CPU, 64MB SD RAM, 128MB flash ROM, wireless LAN and Bluetooth.


Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is pledging to repeal the alternative minimum tax and hold down government spending with vetoes and line-item-veto authority.


Ministri Esteri, 'impegno forte e di lunga durata' nel Paese


Non saranno necessarie alleanze di tipo industriale


Stacca di 3 punti l'Albinoleffe, a -4 Lecce e Pisa


Firenze, 14:50 - CALCIO, NAZIONALE; GAMBERINI: UN SOGNO ESSERE QUI

"Per me è un sogno, un piacere e un onore vestire la maglia azzurra, non credo di essere qui ...


Drugstores Fret as Insurers Demand Pills by Mail

Many people will soon be required to receive their drugs by mail order so their employers can get lucrative rebates and deep discounts.


Heavy snowfall shut five British airports Thursday and forced the cancellation of some train service in England and Wales.Comment


Stock futures signal flat open, Apple rises

U.S. stock futures pointed to a flat to slightly higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, with technology shares poised to rise after Apple Inc.  and Cisco Systems Inc.  ended a trademark battle.


Anestesista cremonese il 22 dicembre stacco' il respiratore


Barack Obama complained on Wednesday about an Internet photo that claims the Democratic presidential candidate didn't hold his hand over his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance.


Global Warming Fight to Get Harder from 2012 -U.N

Fighting global warming will get tougher once the Kyoto protocol ends in 2012 and the world must try to get Washington involved in the long term, the head of the U.N. Environment Program said on Wednesday.


Mozilla fixes 10 Firefox flaws, makes it Leopard-ready

Attention Firefox users: Mozilla Corp. has updated its open-source Web browser to patch 10 bugs, including three rated as critical, and released the updated versions for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.


Delta Air Lines averts bankruptcy with pilot deal, faces more ...

NEW YORK  - Delta Air Lines appeared to have averted imminent bankruptcy with a cost-saving deal with its pilots union, but still faces challenges ahead, analysts said.


Hotel heiress Paris Hilton's search for her beloved Chihuahua Tinkerbell is over, after the pooch was found alive.


A British soldier, one of three accused of abusing Iraqi civilians, pleads guilty to a charge of assault at a court martial.


The Queen has been voted the Greatest Living Briton. She beat Sir Paul McCartney, Dame Julie Andrews, Baroness Thatcher and Robbie Williams to the award at the first "Greatest Britons 2007" ceremony on Monday ... via Daily Express


Lindsey Vonn buries thoughts of World Cup glory

ST ANTON, Austria  - American Lindsey Vonn said she would suppress thoughts of winning the women's World Cup title after taking the lead in the overall standings on Saturday.


OPEC Producers Vow To Raise Oil Production

Saudi Arabia's Oil Minister Ali Naimi said the kingdom has raised its capacity to 11 million barrels per day. Kuwait's Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmad Fahad Al Sabah called on OPEC


Spain to open talks with Basque separatists

Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced that his government would open talks with the armed Basque movement ETA to try to end nearly four decades of separatist unrest.


Emirates, Qatar Airways to order A380s at Paris Air Show

Dubai-based airline Emirates and Qatar Airways are to announce new orders for the Airbus A380 superjumbo at the Paris Air Show this week, with Emirates to take up to 10 additional superjumbos, a company source told AFP on Monday.


The Motion Picture Association of America has opened a second front in its war against online sharing of movies, offering a free program that will detect the presence of peer-to-peer file-sharing software and downloaded songs or movies.


Eisner: Trial Begins Re Disney's Ovitz Compensation

The board of directors at The Walt Disney Co. (nyse: DIS - news - people ) went to a less-than-magic kingdom on Wednesday, as a shareholder suit began.


Bharti group forays into agri-biz â Floats 50:50 joint venture ...

GOING FARM-FRIENDLY: Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild, Director, ELRo Holdings, being welcomed by Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal, Chairman & Group MD, Bharti Enterprises, and Mr Rakesh B. Mittal, Joint MD, Bharti Tele-Ventures, at a press conference in the


Broadcom, Verizon Wireless in licensing pact

Broadcom Corp and Verizon Wireless  said on Thursday they had reached a licensing deal to allow  Verizon to continue to import and sell mobile phones that are  the subject of a patent dispute with Qualcomm.


Nothing was supposed to happen on the way into talks this week between Boeing and Airbus over subsidies - and not much did. The two sides growled at each other in Brussels, but they left open-ended the future


When Sir John Stevens took command of the Metropolitan Police in...

When Sir John Stevens took command of the Metropolitan Police in February 2000 the force was facing some of the greatest challenges in its 170-year history.


Toshiba poised to take lead in light laptops

(InfoWorld) - In the race to make ever lighter laptop computers, ToshibaÂ is poised to take the lead in the 12-inch screen class with new models coming from June. The Dynabook SS RX1, which will be sold in the U.S. as the Portege R500, is available in several configurations, the lightest of which is just 768 grams (1.7 pounds), Toshiba said Tuesday. That's more than 100 grams lighter than Sony's Vaio G laptop that wasÂ launched in late 2006Â and had been regarded as the lightest in its class until now. In the hand the new laptop feels impressively light and well balanced, unlike the Vaio G, which I found felt a little heavier towards the back of the machine than at the front. Toshiba has obviously put a lot of work into the machine. The keyboard is just a few millimeters thick but the keys still travel enough that typing is comfortable. There are also some nice design features. For example, the top half of the laptop with the screen is slightly smaller than the bottom half so the screen is better protected, according to Toshiba, if the laptop is dropped and lands on its side. The thickness of the magnesium body also differs to provide more protection where it's needed, the company said. It's also thinner at the front than at the back where the hinges are -- 19.5 millimeters versus 25.5 millimeters. That's so it's easier for business people to push the laptop into a shoulder bag, said Akitoshi Shiraga, group manager of Toshiba's laptop consumer product planning group in an interview. And for people who are using the machine outside in direct sunlight, there's a conveniently located button just under the display that switches off the backlight to make the transreflective screen easier to read. At the computer's heart lies a 1.06GHz Intel Corp. Core2 Duo processor. The screen has WXGA resolution (1,280 pixel by 800 pixel) and all models pack 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi, an Ethernet port, 3x USB2.0 ports, iLink (IEEE1394), monitor socket, microphone socket and headphone jack. U.S. models will also include support for 802.11n Wi-Fi, Toshiba said. The lightest of the configurations -- the one that weighs 768 grams -- uses a 64GB solid-state disk (SSD) in place of a conventional hard-disk drive. SSDs use flash memory chips to record data and are therefore quieter, faster and more energy efficient than hard drives, which record data on a fast rotating magnetic disk. Users can choose to replace the SSD with an 80GB or 120GB hard-disk drive and add an optical drive to increase the machine's specifications and, inevitably, the machine weight. However a full-featured machine with hard-disk, optical drive and six-cell long-life battery is still pretty light at around a kilogram. The long-life battery, which includes six cells and doesn't protrude beyond the edge of the machine, provides enough power for up to 12 and a half hours of use based on a Japanese industry benchmark, said Toshiba. In Japan, the laptop will sell for about Â¥225,000 ($1,846). Toshiba's U.S. and European business units will announce availability in their respective markets later.


Bush Picks Ex-Prosecutor for Homeland Post

President Bush on Tuesday chose federal appeals court judge Michael Chertoff to be his new Homeland Security chief, turning to a former federal prosecutor who helped craft the early war on terror strategy.


Europe's betting industry says a German law banning online gambling breaks European Union law.


State regulators fined the Charleston Fire Department and a furniture store Thursday for violating safety standards in a blaze that killed nine firefighters.


BLOOMFIELD, Township, Mich. - Colin Montgomerie has a memory like an elephant, though he has frequently shed (and is currently without) the matching body.


Blardone wins giant slalom as Miller errs

BEAVER CREEK, Colorado  - Italy's Massimiliano Blardone powered to victory in the first men's World Cup giant slalom of the season on Saturday after local favorite Bode Miller stumbled in the second run.


Mexican President Replaces Interior Minister, Hopes to Reenergize Agenda

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 16 -- President Felipe CalderÃÂ¿n replaced Mexico's interior minister on Wednesday, a move that political experts say is designed to build better relations with opponents in the legislature who stymied efforts to reform the country's economy and judicial system.


SAS Braathens to cut Gatwick, Geneva flights

blackhawk writes "SAS Braathens, the Norwegian unit of Scandinavian airline SAS, will cut Oslo routes to Geneva and London Gatwick in the first step of a plan to eliminate 10 routes.


Duke's corporate coach has a turnaround project: USA Basketball


Digigram extends European distribution network

Digigram , a leader in innovative digital audio network solutions, announced the appointment of five new European distributors.


The "Here Comes Another Bubble" brouhaha

Although there are, of course, cases where misappropriation of posted material isn't going to be remedied by adding a photo caption or a byline, but it's often all anyone is looking for.


Illegal immigration bills passed in Colo.

State lawmakers approved a measure late Monday that would force a million people receiving state or federal aid to verify their citizenship, part of a package of bills dealing with illegal immigration that Democrats called the toughest in the nation.


Shawn Green hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to lead the New York Mets to a 2-1 win and some measure of revenge over the St Louis Cardinals in National League play on Monday.


Teck to take writedown related to troubled Australian gold miner

Teck Cominco Ltd. yesterday said it would take a $52-million after-tax writedown in the third quarter related to its stake in Sons of Gwalia Ltd.


'Charley Varrick,' 'Ghost in the Shell' and Sonny Chiba

This week's new releases include the 1973 thriller "Charley Varrick," groundbreaking anime from Japan and four films featuring the martial arts star Sonny Chiba.


By Perkins, Sid  Did a comet blow up ove


President George W Bush says he will work with congressional leaders to find a way forward for the US in Iraq.


BUSH, IN IRAQ LA VIOLENZA PUO' ANCORA AUMENTARE

WASHINGTON - La violenza in Iraq potra'ancora aumentare, prima delle elezioni di gennaio: lo ha detto il presidente americano George W. Bush, in una conferenza stampa congiunta con il premier britannico Tony Blair alla Casa Bianca.


Purposeful negotiations possible with Pak: Singh

JAMMU: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today expressed his belief that âpurposeful and meaningful negotiationsâ are possible with Pakistan within the limits set by him that redrawing of borders and âsecond partitionâ of the country are not feasible.


Flu Vaccine Maker Won't Assure U.S. Sales in '05

Chiron has conceded that it cannot guarantee it will resume production by March, when it would have to start for the next flu season.


As infected images plant back doors on PCs, experts see possibility of virus too.


SiCKO patients got VIP treatment in Cuba

Three New York rescue workers injured in the September 11 attacks got the best treatment Cuba can offer in Michael Moore's film critique of U.S. health care, the Cuban doctors who attended them said this week.