Forsyth shines through the rain in Spain

THUNDER and lightning may always have gone together like love and marriage, but they do not provide such a cozy combination when further mixed with golf, specifically the metal shafts players tend to wave so provocatively skyward.


UPDATE 2-Quebec launches C$1.9 bln in wind power projects

Hydro-Quebec awarded C$1.9 billion ($1.5 billion) in wind-power projects to two groups on Monday in a massive push to position itself as Canada's biggest buyer of the renewable energy source.


By Yomi S. WrongeMEDIANEWS  The state's second-longest river will be brought back to life after 60 years of being drained dry for Central Valley agriculture, under a settlement filed Wednesday in federal court.


Damien Hirst donates pickled cow to Tate gallery

Multi-millionaire English artist Damien  Hirst said on Thursday he was donating four major works to  Britain's Tate Gallery, including a sliced and pickled cow and  calf.


Second Olympic flight diverted after bomb threat

A New York-bound Olympic Airways flight with 295 passengers on board is being diverted to Shannon airport in Ireland after an Athens newspaper received warning of a bomb on board, the airline said early today.


Iraqi PM Extends Emergency Laws for 30 Days

Iraq Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has extended for 30 days emergency laws that give his government special powers to crack down on insurgents, the government said in a statement on Thursday.


Genova, 18:35 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: CONTRATTURA PER FRANCESCHINI

LunedÃ¬ di riposo per la Sampdoria dopo la vittoria di Parma. Per Daniele Franceschini contrattura al...


Torino, 10:54 - CALCIO, TORINO: ACQUISTATO LANNA

Ancora un colpo di mercato per il Torino. Il club granata ha ingaggiato dal Chievo il difensore Salv...


Perhaps it's fitting that the future of the British Grand Prix has been secured after an argument straight from the playground.


SOUTHFIELD, Michigan  - Mitt Romney scored a breakthrough win over rival John McCain in Michigan on Tuesday, reviving his struggling campaign and scrambling a chaotic Republican presidential race with no clear front-runner.


Nobel Peace laureates add to Darfur clamor

Nobel Peace Prize laureates, politicians, artists, writers, and sportsmen and women from across the world added their voices on Wednesday to the growing clamor for China to help bring peace in Darfur.


After about an hour of trekking, I made it to the bridge at the center of the maze, all the while keeping to the map. Except when I didn't.


Norway 2, Canada 1: Norway Comes Back to Earn Victory

Norway wore down Canada in the second half and dominated possession which led to two come-from-behind goals.


Judge Orders Microsoft to Pay $112 Million

SAN FRANCISCO -- A judge is ordering Microsoft Corp. to pay $112.5 million to attorneys who successfully sued the software maker for monopolizing a segment of California's market.


President Bush is turning up the volume on his charge that Democrats are soft on terror, but his campaign message is competing against a noisy Capitol Hill scandal tailing Republicans as the election nears.


Blog: The software maker will cover the game console for up to three years for certain hardware failures. Microsoft says it is taking a charge of more than a billion dollars to cover the cost of the move, which followed an investigation into reports of problems


Le case di moda ci vogliono cosi', ma rischiamo la salute


Per immettere su mercato latte bestie affette da brucellosi


THE ISSUE: While the race for the presidency is now a virtual dead-heat between President Bush and Democrat John Kerry, on Election Day it could turn into a landslide.


Vijay Singh will take a two-shot lead into the final round of the 84 Lumber Classic as he eyes a third straight win this month. The world number one carded a level-par 72 to stay ahead of American Ryder Cup star Chris DiMarco (71).


New Life for Eola, I-88 Plan Interchange Proposal Gets Nudge Forward

By Robert Sanchez Daily Herald Staff Writer  There's renewed hope for motorists waiting for an Eola Road interchange at I-88.


Obama takes on rivals over economic woes

JANESVILLE, Wisconsin  - Buoyed by a string of eight consecutive victories, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama bashed rival Hillary Clinton over the ailing U.S. economy on Wednesday and also took aim at Republican front-runner John McCain.


Taiwan accused the United States of a breach of trust after US Secretary of State Colin Powell in Beijing voiced support for cross-straits reunification.


The UK music industry is set to prosecute people who music swap music illegally over the internet.


(CBS/AP) The stepfather of the boy who accused Michael Jackson of molestation testified Thursday that he asked for payment for the family's participation in a video interview intended to restore Jackson's reputation.


UK scientists uncover a vital clue to stopping cancers spreading around the body, according to research.


Curses, there's Sen. Patrick Leahy! Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaign gave the Vermont Democrat a prime seat Tuesday night at debate between Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards, a not-so-subtle reminder of Cheney's profane confrontation with Leahy in June.


Market liquidity returning: Treasury's Ryan

U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary Anthony Ryan said on Monday there were signs that market liquidity was starting to return but it won't happen overnight and requires greater investor caution in future.


Oggi sara' affidato ad esperto perizia su strutture cadute


Michael Owen will relish taking the captaincy from the injured David Beckham in Azerbaijan.


Winemaker Tests Marriage of Wine and Song

Plants like being talked to, right? Well, Spanish researchers want to know if yeast used to age sherry grows better with music loosely based on its own DNA.


Sharp differences raised in court over execution of juveniles

One Supreme Court justice seemed concerned that ending the execution of juveniles might lead to a rise in murders by minors, while other justices focused on studies about adolescent maturity as the court Oct.


EU court ruling on Microsoft could come by mid-Nov.

The European Union (E.U.) judge ruling on whether to suspend sanctions against Microsoft could deliver his verdict as early as mid-November, sources familiar with the process said Friday.


Winning close games is an art form -- a nebulous blend of luck, talent, timing, and intangibles. But Chelmsford has it down to a science.


U.S. Drops Effort for Treaty Banning Cloning

Faced with polarizing division in the General Assembly, the U.S. abandoned its attempt to obtain a treaty banning all human cloning.


Woody Allen says new film reflects tragedy of life

How far would you go to get rich quick or clear a mountain of debt?


Sony to Pay Billions for MGM Film Library

Japanese consumer electronic giant Sony is hoping to close a deal that will give it control of the famed MGM studio in the United States.


Cingular Wireless, which yesterday finalized its purchase of AT&T Wireless, said the company will be governed from four regional centers -- one of them in Redmond -- by a combination of its executives and those from AT&T Wireless.


The alleged ringleader of US troops who killed Iraqi civilians in 2005 in Haditha will not face murder charges, officials say.


Dell has entered into an agreement with Wal-Mart that will put its desktops in 3,400 of the chain's stores beginning June 10, retailing for under $700.


Russian newspapers carried harrowing photos Saturday of the bloody climax of the school hostage-taking by militants demanding independence for Chechnya, but carefully avoided assigning blame.


Europeans likely to insist on keeping IMF job

WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS  - The surprise resignation of the International Monetary Fund's head prompted calls for the search for his replacement to reach beyond Europe, but European finance officials quickly laid claim to the succession.


Sell Now and You'll Have Only Yourself to Blame

Here's a bad investment strategy. Do the opposite and you'll be OK.


The best of the new fall coats combine sweetness and dash.


The struggle against HIV/AIDS needs different approaches

I wish this could be a good news/bad news kind of a column, but the problem is that there isn't much good news to report when it comes to AIDS.


Car bomb in central Baghdad market kills 8

A car bomb killed at least eight people and wounded 34 others when it exploded in a busy market in central Baghdad on Saturday, a police source said.


Consumers frustrated with rising oil prices

PARIS: Grumbling about high pump prices, Sri Lankan businessmen ditch their cars for the bus.


Retail Gasoline Price Fell in 4th Straight Week

U.S. consumers paid slightly less  for gasoline at the pump as the average national price fell a  scant 0.3 cents, dropping for the fourth straight week, the  U.S. government said on Monday.


Reborn Tangier shakes off its louche reputation

TANGIER, Morocco  - Visitors brace for the worst when they step off the ferry in Tangier, known for decades as the shady hideout of drug barons, its crumbling old town supposedly swarming with pickpockets and rogue guides.


Vials of potentially dangerous chemicals removed from Iraq have been found in a UN building in New York, the UN says.


Tokyo, 10:41 - TENNIS, WTA TOKYO: FUORI DULKO E SHAUGHNESSY

L'argentina Gisela Dulko, testa di serie numero 6, è stata eliminata al primo turno del torne...


Tim Henman overcomes a back injury to beat Ivo Karlovic at the US Open.


'Basic Instinct 2' si aggiudica 4 Golden negativi


In dissenso con quanto affermato alla Conferenza nazionale


Jefferson Graham writes in USA Today, “Thanks to brilliant marketing, savvy neighborhood locations and a revival of the company’s fortunes sparked by the hip iPod digital music player, Apple stores are hot. Walk into one in Los Angeles’ outdoor mall The Grove, in New York’s Soho district, on Chicago’s North Michigan Avenue or in Austin’s Barton Creek Mall, and it is likely to be jammed with customers. Saturday, Apple opened its first European store, in London’s West End district. Next month, the 100th store will open, in Bethesda, Md.” [Nov 22]


A big, sprawling and ambitious show at the Peabody Essex Museum offers more eye-teasing New England furniture than you can twirl a whirligig at.


Jury in Libby perjury trial to be questioned

Jurors in the perjury trial of former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby may have been exposed to information on the case outside of court, the judge said on Monday.


KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The star striker of a Malaysian state soccer team has been sacked for failing to turn up for his own wedding, a newspaper said Tuesday - adding that he called off the ceremony in a cell phone text message to his fiancee.


Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael urges peers to accept a compromise on hunting and says time is running out.


A man who shot a football fan outside an Edinburgh pub is sentenced to 10 years in prison.


Dovrebbe riprendere a registrare con Johnta Austin


Udeur 'serve unita' nazionale', Idv 'appello condivisibile'


Japan industrialists are gloomier about the economic outlook for the first time since March 2003,  the central bank's quarterly Tankan survey finds.


A great-granddaughter of composer Richard Wagner is teaming with star German conductor Christian Thielemann to bid for the leadership of the Bayreuth festival, the pair announced in an interview published Saturday.


Evidence from home of Jackson aide is disputed

Lawyers in the Michael Jackson case yesterday sparred over evidence seized from his personal assistant's home, including files labeled with Jackson's lawyer's name and evidence


TD Ameritrade's 6 million customers hit with security breach

TD Ameritrade warned customers Friday that its client database suffered a security breach, potentially putting social security numbers and trading information at risk.


Storm botnet drops strippers, switches to New Year's greeting

Rust never sleeps, the wise man said, and neither do malware purveyors. After "treating" potential botnet inductees to strippers on Christmas, the keepers of Storm have switched tactics and unleashed a New Year's greeting.


Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall.


3GSM rules the roost, alongside cockfighting Amazons

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Fragmented leadership of the Iraqi insurgency

Two top Kurdish intelligence officers say insurgents have evolved into dozens of small cells.


Bosnia's NATO, EU ambitions at risk over warcrimes suspects, Ashdown warns

The failure of Bosnian Serbs to hand over warcrimes suspects could ruin Bosnia's hopes of joining NATO and the European Union, top international envoy Paddy Ashdown said here.


Interline Brands, Inc. Scheduled to Present at Lehman Brothers Second Annual Industrial Distribution Conference

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 31  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Interline Brands, Inc.  ("Interline" or the "Company"), a leading distributor and direct marketer of maintenance, repair and operations products, announced today that Michael J. Grebe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Thomas J.


SGI begins work on an open-source version of a development tool for high-performance computing programmers.


Pope in about-face over Muslim dialogue office

In a surprising about-face, Pope Benedict has decided to restore power and prestige to the Vatican department that oversees dialogue with Islam a year after he controversially downgraded it.


Following the assassination of a leading figure in Damascus, Hamas ...

Ezz Eddine al-Qassam group; the military wing of the Islamic resistance movement (Hamas), threatened to target the Israeli interests abroad following the assassination of the leading figure in the movement Ezz Eddine Subhi al-Sheikh by blowing up his car


The Government is today launching its most far-reaching plans to tackle the growing public health crisis. The most controversial announcement included


NRB Top Honors Recognize Salem Communications On Air and Online

The National Religious Broadcasters has announced its full complement of  annual awards for 2006 including three top honors for Salem  Communications media. The 'Radio Station of  the Year -- Talk Format'  goes to WAVA 780 AM/105.1 FM serving the Washington D.C. and Baltimore  areas.


ONLINE MARKETING : Bypassing The Mainstream

By Simon Young  On March 22 the people showed their power. Well, some of them, anyway.  March 22 was the official Bum Rush the Charts day, an initiative designed to show the power of social media.


Serve soggetto unitario della sinistra entro 2007


Cynthia Ozick's new novel, Heir to the Glimmering World, is very much in line with the other fiction for which she is known so well. This story, like many of her others, deals with the Holocaust, obsession with scholarly arcana, mental imbalance and the lives of outsiders. The moral seriousness is evident from the start, but the novel also is a very good story.


Children's cable TV channels owned  by Viacom Inc. VIAb.N and Disney Corp. DIS.N have agreed to  settle allegations they violated federal advertising  restrictions for children's programing, U.S. regulators said on  Thursday.


U.N. team in Iran seeking nuclear answers

A team from the U.N. nuclear watchdog led by its second-in-command arrived in Tehran on Wednesday seeking details about Iran's offer to answer unresolved questions about its disputed nuclear program.


Firenze, 14:32 - CALCIO, DONADONI: NO DI NESTA A NAZIONALE SEMBRA DEFINITIVO

Roberto Donadoni, commissario tenico della Nazionale, pessimista a proposito del no all'azzurro di A...


Lo dice il ministro Difesa, rivendicazione da Ansar al Islam


Online Satirists Pull No Punches on Election

Some are born to rule, others to ridicule is a worthy reminder to U.S presidential hopefuls struck by an endless arsenal of satirical barbs on the Web.


The creator of Lost and the new horror film for the YouTube age, talks with TIME's Rebecca Winters Keegan


Warren Buffett Plans to Give Away His Fortune

The world's second richest man, worth $44  billion, says he will start giving away 85% of his wealth in July, most of it to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation


For four days, Andrew Grant wandered the woods in Millis and Norfolk, surviving on the water he drank from the Charles River, eluding the


Yahoo! may be one step closer to challenging Google in searchable web-based e-mail. It has purchased the start-up behind the powerful e-mail application Bloomba.


In vista dell'arrivo dei dati sull'occupazione


Starring Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, and Sharon Warren. Directed by Taylor Hackford. Screenplay by James L. White. Rated PG-13 for depiction of drug addiction, sexuality, and some thematic elements.


ZoneAlarm announces its Vista-compatible firewall

Blog: ZoneAlarm 7.1 offers true two-way firewall protection for Windows Vista users.


Gli imputati erano stati arrestati nel 2003 con l'accusa di reclutare terroristiLa sentenza non ha precedenti. Pene da 5 anni e 6 mesi a 10 anni                                            Terrorismo, cinque condanne a Milano Assolto il presunto capo del gruppo islamico


He's got a new fund, and he wants you to invest.


The new "local foods" movement is questioning whether that pesticide-free apple is better than one grown in your own backyard. John Cloud investigates the new food fight


The company that has been synonymous with the term "PC" since it was first created is getting out of the PC business. According to a report in the New York Times, IBM is in talks with China's largest maker


Trahan holds on to two-shot lead in Mississippi

American D.J. Trahan holed a 20-foot birdie putt on his final hole to retain a two-shot lead at the Southern Farm Bureau Classic in Madison, Mississippi on Friday.


Operazione carabinieri in Italia, Francia e Belgio


La cerimonia di consegna si svolge a New York


Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric wants to speak to Gordon Strachan about the vacant manager's role.


"Group" murdered British student in Italy: judge

A group of people actively  participated in the murder of a British exchange student in  Italy, found dead last month with her throat slashed, a judge  wrote in a document released on Wednesday.


ELECTION 2004 | BUSH-KERRY DEBATE: Intensity rises in duo's 2nd ...

ST. LOUIS -- In a lively and testy debate Friday, Sen. John Kerry derided President George W. Bush as the first leader to preside over job losses in 72 years and said he had transformed huge budget surpluses


John Mayer and Madeleine Peyroux have new offerings out this week.


As of Monday, July 9, 2007, at least 3,606 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,957 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


TENERIFE, Canary Islands _ A fast-thinking pilot with passengers in cahoots fooled a hijacker by braking hard upon landing, then accelerating to knock the man down.Comment


European Union leaders on Thursday considered taking on a bigger role in rebuilding Iraq and forging stronger ties with re-elected President Bush.


U.S. historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Arthur Schlesinger Jr. died of a heart attack in Manhattan on Wednesday night, the New York Times reported on Thursday. He was 89.


Genova, 20:13 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; BOJINOV: L'ARBITRO HA SBAGLIATO

"Non ho fatto niente di male. Palombo mi ha fatto fallo ed io come tutti gli attaccanti ho appoggiat...


The family of churches of the Anglican Communion are all "descendants" of the Church of England. When the English settled the British Empire, they brought their religion with them to new parts of the world.


Wine pioneers settle in Argentina's Pampas

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - Most people associate Argentine wine with the snow-capped Andes. But far from the mountains, in the country's soy and cattle-farming heartland, wine pioneers are putting down roots.


Howell and Donald bask in Ryder Cup afterglow

Europe's Ryder Cup players continued to bask in the glow of their victory over the United States as David Howell and Luke Donald climbed to the top


Amazon and Microsoft team up to fight spammers

Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc., both influential companies, have joined hands in order to take legal action and persue spammers who are targetting these companies and their customers.


Jail Administrator Arrested in Drug Case

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. - The administrator of the Crittenden County Jail has been arrested for allegedly agreeing to provide slightly more than 2 ounces of cocaine to an inmate...


Bush Defends Iraq Invasion, US Action on Threats

President George W. Bush, confronted by antiwar protesters in Canada, defended his decision to invade Iraq and said the US would always act against threats even if opposed by other nations.


Coppia in fuga dopo investimento pedone, erano ubriache


US and Iraqi forces have pushed into Samarra to wrest control of the northern town back from insurgents, and the American military said 80 militants were killed in hours of fierce street fighting and air strikes.


L'ad Ronchi, nel primo semestre crescita del 27,9%


"A couple of weeks ago, I had a visceral reaction to a new book about a Yankees-Red Sox game at Fenway Park. Shortly thereafter I posted a customer review, under an assumed name, on Amazon.


Iraqi unrest poses a threat to the outside world as Islamist groups gain experience and contacts, the CIA warns.


Tokyo's Nikkei average opened down 0.07 percent on Friday following lackluster trade on Wall Street and as investors wound down trading ahead of a long weekend in Japan and bookclosings for the first half of the business year.


Riot police opened fire on a demonstration by retired officers and soldiers, killing two people and wounding more than 20 on the second day of protests demanding the right to rejoin the army, the head of an opposition party said.


Prince Charles and British Consulate staff in Istanbul attend the reopening of the building a year after it was devastated by in a suicide bomb attack.


British woman jailed for tearing off ex-lover's testicle with hand

A British woman who ripped off her ex-lover's testicle with her bare hands and then tried to swallow it was jailed for two and a half years.


SAP Reports 15 Percent Rise in 3Q Profit

SAP AG, the German business management software maker, reported a 15 percent jump in third-quarter net profit Thursday, citing increased sales across the globe.


Bonanni, aumentare reddito con maggiori detrazioni


EU to Give $125M for Darfur Peacekeeping

Officials said the European Union will provide up to $125 million to back African peacekeepers in Darfur, as the United Nations warned Friday that crucial relief convoys are in danger.


Ballottaggi, affluenza in calo dalle 15 i risultati in diretta

Nei 69 comuni superiori ha votato il 44,9% contro il 54,4% del primo turno. Alla provincia di Genova duello. Le sfide in 7 capoluoghi


Freshman Longar Longar had a career-high 27 points in his first career start and Terrell Everett and Taj Gray each scored 18 as Oklahoma beat Florida A&M 104-45 Thursday night.


Republican Mitt Romney sought Sunday to lock up the Florida primary by refusing to talk about little else but the economic jitters confronting the nation. His rivals had the same goal in mind, too, as they fanned out across the Sunshine State.


Retailer Sears, Roebuck & Co. on Wednesday said it completed the planned acquisition of 50 stores from Kmart Holding Corp., agreeing to pay $575.


LONDON: The British Government has detailed a range of new measures to fight global terrorism and organised crime, as the Queen set out its new law-making agenda ahead of expected elections next year.


New iPhone, iPod Touch models have higher capacity

Apple continued its trend towards flash memory on Tuesday, announcing two new models of both the iPhone and iPod Touch with additional storage, marking the first time a flash-based model exceeds an HDD-based model in capacity.


Ashburn, VA (Sports Network) - Washington Redskins star linebacker LaVar Arrington will miss his fourth straight game after having right knee surgery last month.


Falluja a 'Big Disaster,' Aid Needed - Red Crescent

Aid agencies called on U.S. forces and  the Iraqi government to allow them to deliver food, medicine  and water to Falluja on Friday and said four days of intense  fighting had turned the city into a "big disaster."


A private light helicopter crashed in western Sweden Saturday, killing three people aboard, the Swedish News Agency reported.


U.S., North Korea to talk under nuclear deal

U.S. and North Korean officials start talks on Monday aimed at eventually normalizing diplomatic ties as part of a agreement under which Pyongyang has pledged to scrap its nuclear arms programs for aid.


Pd da solo? Discutibile ma legittimo, tra noi si apre sfida


Rogers Wireless to Purchase Microcell for C$1.4 Bln

Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. agreed to buy Microcell Telecommunications Inc. for C$1.4 billion ($1.08 billion), beating a bid by Telus Corp.


Chretien comes out of retirement to fight one last battle for his legacy

OTTAWA (CP) - He fumed privately at the political moves of his successor and longtime rival but Jean Chretien was counting on quietly enjoying his retirement and quickly amassing his fortune.


Buy Now, Buy Often, but Make a Good Deal

The off-season activity will surely intensify as Major League Baseball's winter meetings officially start on Friday.


Bayer thrombosis drug performs well in two studies

An experimental thrombosis pill from   Bayer AG BAYG.DE, seen by analysts as the German group's most   important pipeline asset, has produced promising results in two   clinical trials, researchers said on Tuesday.


An artist has created a hat with LEDs on it that can play sequenced animations.


Students from every school in Britain to visit Auschwitz

Britain will help fund two students from every school in England to visit Auschwitz to learn about the Holocaust, in a bid to help teach the lessons of the genocide to the younger generation, the government announced on Monday.


Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf met Pope John Paul II, who urged him to adopt a "spirit of dialogue and tolerance" in his region.


In his speech last night at the Republican National Convention, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pinged folks who are pessimistic about the state of the US economy, calling them "economic girlie-men.


Chased from their homes and practice fields by deadly wildfires, the San Diego Chargers headed home Friday night and will play the Houston Texans at Qualcomm Stadium on Sunday as scheduled.


Janet Leigh, 77, Shower Taker of 'Psycho,' Is Dead

Ms. Leigh was the demure but sexy blond movie star of the 1950's who will always be remembered for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's film "Psycho."


Unbeaten Redskins wary of wounded Giants

Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs is delighted with his team's unexpected 2-0 start to the new NFL season but cautioned against looking past the winless New York Giants.


Starbucks plans to stop selling food containing trans fats in China within six months, a report says.


Medicare Premiums Rising 17 Percent in 2005

The US government has announced a record increase in Medicare premiums for 2005, and all depending which side you're on in the Presidential race, it's either an enhanced package for senior citizens, or the elderly population is being socked with the


A mother says her daughters' human rights were infringed when they were sent to an orphanage during a US trip.


South Korea's LG Electronics Inc   introduced on Wednesday an updated version of its  high-definition DVD player that supports both Blu-ray and HD  DVD, offering a possible solution to the format war.


KABUL, Afghanistan -- Gunmen wearing military uniforms kidnapped three foreign UN election workers here in a daylight attack yesterday in one of the most affluent and heavily guarded areas of the city. The kidnappings, coming five days after a suicide bomber killed two people, including an American woman, on a busy shopping street, raised fears that the Afghan capital could ...


Iraq bombers kill 40, sheikhs among hotel dead

A suicide bomber killed 12 people in the lobby of a busy Baghdad hotel on Monday, and the U.S. military said six tribal leaders opposed to al Qaeda were among the dead.


You can boost your investing smarts -- and your bottom line.


Gates slams NATO force in southern Afghanistan

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates unleashed a storm on Wednesday by criticizing NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, saying they were ill-prepared to fight an insurgency.


Ufficiale della Marina Militare, rientrava da ricognizione


In tutto il Paese almeno 800 vittime da fine dicembre


Sony joins DVD war as new Blu-ray machine hits stores

Less than a month after the troubled launch of its PlayStation 3, Sony has rolled out its new high definition DVD recorder in Japan as it struggles to restore its tarnished reputation.


Report Expected to Blame 24 in Iraq Abuse

WASHINGTON - Two dozen people will be blamed by an Army investigation into the abuse of inmates at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, says a senior defense official.    The official, who spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity, provided no details of the report...


Greg Rusedski expressed his burning desire to end a year of turmoil by leading Great Britain back into the Davis Cup World Group. Rusedski convinced captain Jeremy Bates he deserved the chance to play Austria's


Kerry Ad Controversy Puts Spotlight on 527s

Description: The campaign finance reform law was supposed the damn the flow of soft money, but a loophole allows huge donations for ads by organizations known as 527s -- including the anti-Kerry Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.


which spreads through e-mail that appears to contain a holiday greeting -- infected as many as 10 percent of all e-mail traffic at one point this week.


German Holocaust Archive to Be Made Public

BERLIN (Deutsche Welle) - The last remaining hurdle to the opening up a massive Holocaust archive held in Germany has been cleared after Greece voted to change an international treaty. The Greek parliament voted unanimously to make the information contained in the Bad Arolsen archive public. Greece is the last of the archive's 11 governing countries to approve amending the treaty governing the Nazi-era documents. France voted in favor of the changes last week, and the U.S., Israel, Britain, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Germany and Italy agreed to the amendments earlier this year.  Much of the digital information kept in the archive has already been transferred to national Holocaust repositories in countries such as the U.S. and Israel, but previously this information was only available to Holocaust survivors and their families. The digital transfers should be completed by the end of 2007, officials said. Eventually, the information will also be made available to the public via the Internet. The archives, which is overseen by the International Tracing Service (ITS) - an arm of the Red Cross - consist of up to 100 million digital pages of information. This is divided into separate collections covering detention records, forced and slave labor, and displaced persons as well as an index containing around 17 million names.


US-CERT Warns of Threats from al-Qaeda Tech Site

A spokesperson for the US Dept. of Homeland Security told the Associated Press this morning that the US-CERT preparedness team is monitoring a so-called "Jihadist Web site," following postings calling for online attacks on US financial sites sometime this month.


Wii wins console war, market watcher claims

Nintendo next-gen sales surpass Microsoft's Nintendo's Wii is now the world's best-selling next-gen videogames console, having this week nosed past the Xbox 360. The Microsoft console has been available to buy for the best part of a year more than has the Wii.â¦


ItÂs finally confirmed! All along, there were whispers that Jodhaa AkbarwouldnÂt make it in time for Idd (October 12), but UTV was hopeful that the film would hit the screens on the scheduled date. In fact, we did crosscheck with UTV on several occasions and till last week  the same date was maintained.


A gambling industry group argued in federal court Wednesday that a new federal law against transmitting online bets outside the United States violates people's right to gamble in the privacy of their own homes.


The information commissioner questions new rules telling Cabinet Office staff to delete their old e-mails.


For the first two weeks of October 2004, relentless waves of Internet traffic swamped the Web site of Gaithersburg, Md.-based Harta Instruments, one of six companies worldwide that manufacture devices used to detect a virus linked to genital warts and cervical cancer.


Former CA chief indicted, company reaches accord

Computer Associates International's former chief executive was indicted on criminal charges related to fraudulent accounting practices, and the company on Wednesday agreed to pay $225 million to settle with federal prosecutors.


Letterman to return in deal with striking writers

Late-night TV host David Letterman reached a deal on Friday with the union for striking screenwriters that will let his show return to the air next week while bringing his writing staff back with him.


ROMA - La Juventus riprende la corsa in campionato dopo il mezzo passo falso del turno precedente con il Palermo. Nella quinta giornata i bianconeri hanno vinto 1-0 sul campo dell'Udinese grazie ad una rete di Zalayeta.


Govt committed to 7-8 pct GDP growth - PM

The government is committed to economic growth of 7-8 percent each year over the next decade on the back higher industrial and agricultural growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.


Big Swells, Tall Waves, Wipeouts and a Perfect Ride

Greg Long, 24, won the Mavericks Surf Contest at Pilar Point in Half Moon Bay on Saturday, one of the worldâs premier big-wave surfing competitions.


Delta warns of bankruptcy as it moves to cut 7,000 jobs

Delta Air Lines said Wednesday that it would cut 6,000 to 7,000 jobs over the next 18 months as part of a sweeping restructuring plan that the airline said would save $5 billion a year in costs by 2006.


Bryant scores 42, but Heat nip Lakers in overtime

It was improbable that a game less than one-third of the way into the NBA season could live up to the hype. But the first head-on collision between the Corvette and the Diesel, err, the brick wall, came pretty close.


College Basketball: Villanova Stuns No. 2 Kansas

PHILADELPHIA (Sports Network) - Allan Ray poured in 27  points, including 20 in the second half, as Villanova crushed  second-ranked and previously-unbeaten Kansas, 83-62, at the  Wachovia Center.


(CBS/AP) A former brokerage assistant who helped Martha Stewart make her fateful stock trade and later emerged as a key government witness was spared both prison and probation Friday for accepting a payoff during the government's investigation.


Details of NKorea's uranium program unclear: SKorea FM

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon said on Friday the nature of North Korea's uranium program remained unclear despite earlier allegations from the United States.


Veteran NASCAR driver Tommy Baldwin was killed in a wreck at Thompson International Speedway in Conn. Thursday night.


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The sun is shining on day two, which will see Tim Henman finish his match with Carlos Moya and Amelie Mauresmo start the defence of her title.


Rescue tug towing stricken Canadian sub toward Scotland

A crippled Canadian submarine was late being towed toward Scotland, after two days spent adrift near Ireland without power following a fatal fire, an Irish captain participating in the rescue said.


President Bush is to discuss the situation in Iraq with its Prime Minister Nouri Maliki in Jordan next week.


Jakarta Embassy Blast Kills 9, Hurts 173

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Suspected Muslim militants detonated a car bomb Thursday outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, killing nine people and wounding 173 in a bloody strike at a key U.S. ally in the war in Iraq...


Japan's Abe charges China's satellite test illegal

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has voiced concern about China's satellite-destroying test, charging that Beijing had violated international law.


Ruling May Put Priest Papers in Spotlight

A judge ruled Wednesday that the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese cannot withhold potential evidence or proof of clergy sex abuse by claiming that communications between priests and bishops are confidential.


Comair getting off the ground after canceling all flights

(Grand Rapids, December 26, 2004, 6:00 pm) They canceled all of their flights yesterday, but today things are beginning to improve for Comair.


Space mission aims to fold up solar array

Space shuttle astronauts visiting the International Space Station will attempt on Wednesday to fold up one of the two 6-year-old solar arrays which have been the sole power providers to the U.S. sections of the station,


U.S. and Canadian stock regulators filed fraud charges on Monday against several former executives of Nortel Networks, accusing them of twisting accounting practices to make it seem that the company was meeting Wall Street expectations.


League to Challenge O'Neal's Reduced Ban

The NBA will challenge a decision to  reduce by 10 games a 25-match ban on Indiana Pacers Jermaine  O'Neal for his part in an ugly brawl during a clash with the  Detroit Pistons last month.


The number of complaints filed with the Federal Trade Commission over Internet auctions has nearly doubled over the last two years, the agency said Tuesday.


Bald Eagles Rebound, Other Birds of Prey in Trouble

The bald eagle is out of the woods but other birds of prey are in trouble. An icon of conservationists, the bald eagle was on the brink of extinction in America's lower 48


Milano, 20:09 - CALCIO, INTER; MATERAZZI: ERA MEGLIO SE ZAMPARINI STAVA ZITTO

Marco Materazzi non ha gradito le parole del presidente del Palermo Maurizio Zamparini, che ha criti...


Londra, 12:41 - CALCIO, BECKHAM: ORA RIDATEMI LA NAZIONALE

David Beckham, ex capitano dell'Inghilterra, è tornato protagonista nel Real Madrid ed ora, m...


Yukos chairman accuses state of trying to re-nationalise oil giant

The Russian government aims to bankrupt oil giant Yukos and seize its main assets for the state, its chairman Viktor Gerashchenko said in a newspaper interview published.


The National Society of Film Critics on Saturday named There Will Be Blood, a gritty tale about a turn-of-the-century oil man infected with greed, the best picture of 2007.


Former UN chief weapons inspector Hans Blix has said the loss of control of Iraq's nuclear sites by the US after it occupied the country was scandalous.


Milano, 17:14 - CALCIO, LEGA: OK STRISCIONE PER BETANCOURT SU CAMPI SERIE A

Attraverso il presidente Antonio Matarrese, la Lega Calcio ha dato l'ok alla proposta del sindaco di...


Philips to Buy Respironics for $5.2 Billion

Philips will buy U.S. medical products company Respironics $5.2 billion, its biggest ever acquisition, as it expands in the fast-growing healthcare sector.


Tony Blair couldn't ask for a better starting point as the new Mideast peace envoy.


A suicide bomber kills 13 Iraqis at a recruiting centre for Sunni militias in Diyala province north of Baghdad.


When it comes to sheer complexity, developed grammar and synatx, you can't beat human speech. But how did it happen? Share your wisdom on the Wired Wiki.


By Mac Daniel, The Boston Globe  Dec. 15--A $466,000 revamp of the MBTA website debuts this morning, and  for the first time uses interactive maps to show bus and subway routes over  detailed street maps.


Movie musicals haven't caught on with mass audiences since Grease. But a crop of new releases like Hairspray and Once hope to hit the right notes


Rebels Attack in Central Iraq and the North

Insurgents struck oil wells, police stations and U.S. convoys as American troops struggled to flush insurgents from Falluja.


U.S. hometowns strained as police go off to war

ALEXANDRIA, Ky  - Police Chief Keith Hill respects Americans who have left civilian jobs to fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the fact that so many of them are police officers means he's been short-staffed for years.


Rings rights-holder sues for $30m royalties

LOS ANGELES: Movie and music mogul Saul Zaentz has sued the studio behind Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movie trilogy for more than $US20 million ($NZ30.50 million) in unpaid royalties, Hollywood trade paper Daily Variety reported yesterday.


The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree was set aglow with 30,000 colored lights Wednesday night, officially kicking off the holiday season in the city.


Australia's plans to filter Internet under fire

An Australian government plan to filter the Internet Wednesday drew criticism from privacy advocates who said it represented the start of state censorship.


Parigi, 13:57 - F1, SPIONAGGIO; PAUSA PRANZO PER MANAGER MCLAREN

Pausa pranzo per il team McLaren alla riunione del consiglio mondiale della Fia. Il numero uno Ron D...


Columbia, MO (Sports Network) - Jason Conley scored 16 points with a game-high 13 rebounds, and Missouri held on for a 63-61 victory over No.


Free Rx samples go to wealthy and insured: U.S. study

Insured and wealthy Americans are more likely than needy patients to get the billions of dollars in free drug samples distributed by pharmaceutical companies to win patient and doctor loyalty, a study released on Wednesday said.


Roma, 11:20 - CALCIO, CURCI CHIAMA PARMA: SQUADRA OK PER GIOCARE E CRESCERE

''Parma sarebbe una meta molto gradita, un posto dove forse potrei giocare con maggiore continuit&ag...


Chavez seeks strong mandate with re-election bid

CARACAS, Venezuela  - Anti-U.S. President Hugo Chavez was favored to win re-election on Sunday as Venezuelans decided whether to give the former soldier six more years to broaden his promised socialist revolution.


Canadian subâs crew safe after fire breaks out on board

LONDON - A Canadian submarine that sent a distress call to the British navy surfaced safely off the Irish coast Tuesday after an electrical fire broke out on board.


Fluent in Two Languages: Studio and Independent

Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, producers of studio films like the âIndiana Jonesâ trilogy, are moving into more indie territory.


This tour was always going to be more useful as an exercise in cricketing diplomacy than a fact-finding mission before the next World Cup, but from the three mismatches so far, England coach Duncan Fletcher can add a couple of nuggets of useful


Week end di rientri, vacanze finite per milioni di italiani


An oil spill from an unidentified source has hit Vietnam's central coast, blackening popular resort beaches as thousands of local people help with the cleanup, officials said Thursday.


Early testers say Vista RC1 appears stable

Also: Stephen Hawking looking for assistant. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Tenn. Man's 5-Day Dive Sets World Record

HAMPTON, Tenn. - A Tennessee man beat his own record for staying underwater with scuba gear after five days in a lake - complete with recliner, a checkerboard, music and good friends to keep him company...


British divers face platform final at Games

Peter Waterfield and Leon Taylor, who collected Britain's first Olympic diving medals in 44 years with silver in the synchronised platform event, have both made the 12-man


Record companies bank on Brit award bounce

Record company executives are banking on the Brit awards to increase sales for nominated artists


Liz Hurley flashes cleavage at Beckhams' sons' christening! :-

Pop star Victoria Beckham had requested her female guests not to flash cleavage at her sons' christening ceremony, but a defiant Liz Hurley turned up for the occasio clad in a revealing ivory satin dress.


President Bush's second inauguration will cost tens of millions of dollars — $40 million alone in private donations for the balls, parade and other invitation-only parties. With that kind of money, what could you buy?


The huge scale of the Asian quake disaster is making it difficult to assess the economic impact, the World Bank says.


"Mr. Skin" cashes in on obsession with naked women

Jim McBride has made it his life's work to know how much naked female flesh appears in movies -- an obsession apparently shared by millions of people.


BBC education correspondent Mike Baker assesses Gordon Brown's attempt to address the UK skills crisis.


HYDERABAD, India  - Investigators were pursuing leads on Monday from materials used to make bombs that killed 40 people in a southern Indian city, while Hindu nationalists called a strike to protest against the attacks blamed on Islamist militants.


The second-ranked Jayhawks obviously missed their preseason All-America, though - and it only gets tougher from here. The 73-62 victory over Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Wednesday night was Kansas' first game since


Experts are to open a tomb in the Dominican Republic to see if it holds the remains of Christopher Columbus.


Autopsy: French Quarter Reveler Suffocated

A black college student who died in a New Year's Eve scuffle outside a French Quarter karaoke bar was suffocated by three white bouncers who had him a chokehold for 12 minutes, the coroner said Thursday.


Dow Jones & Co., publisher of the Wall Street Journal, says it has agreed to buy online news site MarketWatch Inc. in a $519 million deal that widens its Internet audience.


Most young people who regularly use MP3 players face premature hearing damage, a charity warns.


Scientists: Crows Have Natural Tool-Making Ability

Birds may not be renowned for their intelligence but New Caledonian crows have an instinctive ability to make and use tools, researchers said on Wednesday.


Federer wins epic tie-break to reach final

Houston, Nov 22 - World number one and defending champion Roger Federer won an epic 20-18 tie-break to seal a 6-3 7-6 win over Marat Safin and place in the Masters Cup final.


BT to offer cheaper Wi-Fi to its mobile users

A converged Wi-Fi device will follow efforts with Vodafone to make BT big in the mobile space again.


Wolves are removed from the endangered species list in three US states, paving the way for hunting.


They're not the ones we were writing about in 1999.


Entertainment giant Viacom is to provide  TV programmes and films to much-hyped online video service Joost.


Judge Dismisses Challenge to Colorado Ballot Issue

A federal judge on Tuesday let stand an initiative on Colorado's Nov. 2 ballot to end the state's winner-take-all electoral vote system that, if passed, could help determine who is elected president.


Philippine Rail Cars Crash Into Ravine, 10 Dead

Rescuers in the Philippines freed more than 100 train passengers trapped on Friday when a crowded economy carriage derailed and dragged other cars into a steep ravine, killing at least 10 people.


Soccer is a sport with a field 80 yards wide by 120 yards long, and 22 players running for 90 minutes. Often times the only players that stand out are the ones that put up 'big' numbers, scoring goals and setting up others.


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Italy could reign in public deficit next year: bank

The Italian central bank estimated the government could bring the public deficit down to 2.7 percent next year, but expressed doubt regarding a growth forecast by the International Monetary Bank.


US planes bomb Baquba as violence spills over from Fallujah

BAQUBA, Iraq  - Gunfire and air strikes rocked the restive city of Baquba as violence raged across Iraq, despite a major assault on Fallujah where US-led forces hunted out final pockets of resistance.


Consiglio di amministrazione convocato per il 14 febbraio


Growing up amid war, a new generation of Serbian stars has taken to the tennis courts and surprised the world


JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday rejected calls from Jewish settlers to hold a countrywide referendum on his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip, escalating an increasingly bitter dispute with former allies who now accuse him of leading


The Serbian minister for Kosovo said Friday that his government has information that the province's Albanian leadership will declare independence on Feb. 17


Stop running and face the threat of inflation head-on

This year may be the first since 1991 with a 4 percent inflation rate. After years of running just under 3 percent, a 4 percent rate will be a shock, particularly since it won't apply to home prices.


Court orders review of World Cup sponsor ruling

An appeals court on Friday ordered a lower court to revisit a ruling that gave MasterCard Inc.  a coveted sponsorship deal for World Cup soccer tournaments.


Our say: NBA brawl a dismal sign of the times

WE'VE ABANDONED the notion that professional basketball games can provide a model of good sportsmanship. We'd settle for NBA games that didn't celebrate thuggishness.


Vegas gets you with weight sensors in the fridges

Blog: Always a place to look for new ways to soak you, Las Vegas now has weight sensors in the fridges.


Mitchell steroid report spreads baseball guilt

Dozens of baseball stars from Barry Bonds to Roger Clemens were named on Thursday in the long-awaited Mitchell Report on steroids use, which Major League Baseball hopes will help clean its tarnished image.


49 New Iraqi Army Soldiers Shot to Death

Forty-nine soldiers in Iraq's new army have been found shot to death, police said Sunday. Gen. Walid al-Azzawi, commander of the Diyala provincial police, said the bodies


Kerry faults Bush's Afghanistan strategy

Democratic Sen. John Kerry, the party's 2004 presidential nominee, accused the Bush administration of pursuing a "cut and run" strategy in Afghanistan that has emboldened terrorists and made the U.S. less safe.


U.S. producer prices shot up 1.7  percent last month, the biggest gain in nearly 15 years and  well above expectations, as energy costs skyrocketed and food  prices surged, a government report showed on Tuesday.


The links between Delta Air Lines and Dallas reach all the way back to the carrier's first passenger flight. On June 17, 1929, a six-seat Delta "Travelair" flew from Dallas to Jackson, Miss.


The latest study from Enquiro examines the role search engines play in researching B2B buying decisions.


Bomber kills 13 Iraq volunteers and 1 U.S. soldier

BAQUBA, Iraq  - A suicide bomber wearing a vest packed with explosives killed 13 neighborhood patrol volunteers and a U.S. soldier in a volatile Iraqi province on Thursday.


Frequent-flier miles are easier to come by as airlines sell more miles to partners like credit card companies and hotels, but they're harder than ever to redeem.


Madeleine mother to be named as suspect: reports

The mother of missing toddler Madeleine McCann is to be named as a suspect in the case, after being questioned by police in southern Portugal, the BBC reported Friday.


Ban Sought on Cold Medicine for Very Young

Experts urged the Food and Drug Administration to ban over-the-counter, multisymptom cough and cold medicines for children under 6.


Antibody Therapy Shows Promise Against Alzheimer's

NEW YORK  - Findings from a small study suggest that antibody therapy may improve the thinking ability of patients with Alzheimer's disease, according to a report in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry.


ADV: Health Insurance for the Self-Employed!

Affordable health, dental, and life insurance for you and your family. Ideal for self-employed, small business owners. Fill out our form for a competitive quote.


Nasa postpones Wednesday's launch of the space shuttle Atlantis due to a technical problem.


Autodesk  this week unwrapped an updated version of its hosted project collaboration service targeted at the construction and manufacturing industries. Autodesk Buzzsaw lets multiple, dispersed project participants -- including building owners, developers, architects, construction teams, and facility managers -- share and manage data throughout the life of a project, according to Autodesk officials.


NASA's O'Keefe to Resign; Ex-Missile Defense Chief Tops List of ...

NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe will resign this week, and the retired director of the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency tops a list of five men that President Bush is considering


Prosecutors probe alleged accounting fraud by Hynix Semiconductor

SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors said that Hynix Semiconductor is being investigated in connection with an alleged accounting fraud involving 1.7 billion dollars.


House Starts Process to Raise Debt Limit

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday prepared to raise the nation's debt ceiling by $800 billion, taking the new limit to $8.184 trillion.


Joe Nemechek kept Tony Stewart winless in the NASCAR Busch Series, then earned his first victory of the season in the series' closest race this year.


Sprint Nextel Corp  on Tuesday  named the head of Embarq Corp , its fixed-line spin-off,  as its chief executive, hoping the telecom industry veteran can  turn the No. 3 U.S. mobile service provider around.


Traffic Pollution Hurts Asthmatic Kids' Lungs

FRIDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Children with asthma who are exposed to traffic pollution are at increased risk for respiratory problems and reduced lung volumes, says a study that looked at children in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez, a crossing point into the United States.


In Hinesville, home of the 3rd ID, talk is of Iraq, not the elections

In the small US town of Hinesville, where streets are named after generals and stores offer military discounts, talk almost invariably turns to the next Iraq mission, and only seldom to the upcoming elections.


U.S. admits nearly 10,000 from "terrorism" states

Nearly 10,000 people from countries designated as sponsors of terrorism have entered the United States under an immigration diversity program with relatively few restrictions, a report released on Friday said.


Lawsuit Filed by Reservists Against Army

In July 2003, David Qualls signed up for a one-year stint in the Arkansas National Guard. But, when his year was up this past July, he was told that he must remain in Iraq, and that his tour of duty was being extended.


Afghan Election Bandwagon Creaks Into Motion

SHIBERGHAN, Afghanistan  - Afghanistan's election  bandwagon creaked into motion on Tuesday with a leading  candidate drawing the biggest crowd of the campaign so far.


700 Dead, 1,000 Missing from Haiti Flooding

Disaster relief operations are underway in Haiti, where about 700 people were killed and at least 1,000 are missing in flooding spawned by Tropical Storm Jeanne.


Google offers mini-programs for use on other sites

Google Inc. is allowing users to  add hundreds of different miniature Web-based programs built by  Google or outside programmers to other sites, the company said  on Tuesday.


Russian cargo ship making Christmas delivery to space station

HOUSTON, Texas The crew aboard the International Space Station is getting a special Christmas delivery -- and not a moment too soon.


By Mike Osegueda, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Feb. 13--It would be unfair to Jake Shimabukuro's talent to call him a YouTube star. But you also can't talk about Shimabukuro, a Hawaiian-born ukulele virtuoso, without talking about how viral videos have helped his career.


BBC announces cost-cutting drive; unions threaten strikes

LONDON The British Broadcasting Corporation has announced a major cost-cutting move, eliminating about 29-hundred jobs or more than a-tenth of its work force.


Londra, 21:32 - CALCIO, MINIME TRACCE DI POLONIO 210 NELLO STADIO DELL'ARSENAL

Minuscole tracce di Polonio 210, la sostanza radioattiva che ha ucciso l'ex agente segreto russo Ale...


Consumer confidence rise bolsters markets

NEW YORK A sharp jump in US consumer confidence pushed stocks higher Tuesday, offsetting concerns about the weakening dollar overseas.


L'Italia cede alla Slovenia, e ora deve inseguire

Unico errore difensivo a otto minuti dalla fine: Cesar di testa mette in rete. Totti non ha saputo imporre il gioco degli azzurri. CELJE (Slovenia) - L'Italia ha perso 1-0 in Slovenia nella terza partita di qualificazione per i Mondiali 2006.


One might expect cancer researchers to promote the free and open exchange of information. They donât.


Bonds' 700th Home Run Ball Draws Bid Topping $800,000

SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds' 700th home run ball brought a top bid of $804,129 Wednesday after a 10-day online auction. The ball had received 240 offers by the time Overstock.


The trial 18 men accused of attempting to overthrow the president of Equatorial Guinea earlier this year has been suspended indefinitely at the request of the prosecution.


UN Calls on Iran to Freeze Nuke Enrichment Plans

The U.N. nuclear watchdog called on Iran  on Saturday to immediately halt activities related to uranium  enrichment, a process that can be used to make atomic weapons.


Screening relatives of middle-aged people who suffer heart attacks would save lives, say experts.


Protesters attack Aceh tsunami reconstruction office

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Hundreds of Indonesian   protesters vented their anger on Wednesday against the state   body tasked with reconstructing tsunami-hit Aceh province,   throwing stones at police and the agency's office.


Briefly: SAP spiffs up small business programs

roundup Plus: Piracy crackdown yields $2.2 million...Sun draws Nvidia graphics into Solaris...Tibco scoops up software company.


Ok cda a ristrutturazione e integrazione con Bnp


Nortel Financial Statements to Be Delayed

The Nortel Networks Corporation, which is restating results back through 2001, said yesterday that it would not have financial statements for last year and the first half of 2004 ready until the end of October, a month later than planned.


The takeover battle for internet access provider Song Networks Holding AB shows no sign of slacking, after pan-European telecoms carrier Tele2 AB responded to the improved offer by TDC AS with an even better ...


There's no magic formula or secret strategy involved. The New York Islanders simply know how to beat the New Jersey Devils.


Gerrard makes Liverpool Football Club return

Steven Gerrard is in line for a comeback as quickly as the weekend after playing for Liverpool reserves last night. A crowd of over 6,000 at Telford turned up to see the England international play the second


Head of Brazil President's Party Steps Down

SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The head of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's party said Friday he would step down after a campaign mudslinging scandal.


More candidates to skip rogue Dem states

Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards on Saturday joined three other Democrats who say they will skip states that break party rules by holding early primaries.


US reality TV star Nicole Richie pleads not guilty to charges of driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol.


US aircraft strike twice in rebel-held Fallujah? (updated PM4:27)

US warplanes struck twice in rebel-held Fallujah early Tuesday, destroying a popular restaurant and a house which the US command said were used by members of Iraq's most feared terrorist organization.


The US is to declare an elite unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards a "supporter of terrorism", officials say.


Photos: HP cameras for frugal shutterbugs

Hewlett-Packard's summer lineup of low-cost compact digicams let consumers make fixes right in the camera, including correcting Fido's devil eyes.


Getty museum must return disputed art works: Italy

Italy insisted on Thursday the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles must return all disputed art works in its collection and said the era when respected museums could get away with displaying looted antiquities was over.


Gunmen Kill 23 in Attack on Bus in Honduras

At least 23 people were killed in the northern industrial city of San Pedro Sula on Thursday when gunmen sprayed a public bus with bullets and left a menacing message for crime-busting politicians, police said.


Premier a militari italiani: 'Il Paese vi e' riconoscente''


Construction worker falls 140 feet, dies

A construction worker died Friday after falling 24 stories and landing on a metal molding cast, according to police.


Separazione sÃ¬, ma consensuale Accordo a sorpresa tra i due

BOLOGNA, 14 DICEMBRE 2004 - Alla fine, dopo settimane di indiscrezioni sulla stampa (le ultime sono le rivelazione di oggi di una presunta amante di Stefano Bettarini), Simona Ventura e il calciatore della Sampdoria hanno preferito evitare la strada lunga


Milano: Fiat Arese, terminato blocco lavoratori sull'A8

ARESE (Milano) - E' terminato il blocco dei lavoratori dell'Alfa Romeo di Arese sull'autostrada dei Laghi A8. I lavoratori lo hanno deciso dopo un'assemblea gestita dal sindacato Slai Cobas, durante la quale


Photographic Exhibition by Michael Xuereb at Nadur

The last time we heard of Michael was not so long ago when he had an art exhibition titled "With No Intention", throughout last August.


Astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria broke the U.S. record for most time walking in space Thursday as he and another astronaut did maintenance work outside the international space station during their third spacewalk in nine days.


Report: Holyfield banned from boxing in US

New York, NY (Sports Network) - Former undisputed heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield has been banned from fighting by the New York State Athletic Commission, according to published reports.


Some schools would be able to select pupils by race under plans being considered by the Conservative Party.


Couples trying for children in Italy and their doctors are frustrated by the fertility laws introduced five months ago.


Saboteurs Hit Iraq Internal Oil Pipeline

Saboteurs blew up an internal oil pipeline on the edge of Baghdad Monday, the latest in a series of attacks on the country's internal and export pipeline network, witnesses said.


McCain up, Giuliani plummets in California: poll

Arizona Sen. John McCain rose to the top of Republican presidential pack in California, with former front-runner Rudy Giuliani's popularity down sharply, according to the latest Field Poll released on Wednesday.


2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis has doping charges against him upheld by American arbitrators.


Getronics hands apps development to India

MindTree gears for expansion Dutch IT services giant Getronics has handed its software application business over to an Indian outsourcer, allowing it to move its developers into its expanding consulting division.â¦


Microsoft unveils new internet search engine

Microsoftâs first search technology went live on Wednesday. The software giant claims that the preliminary or âbetaâ version of its MSN Search stands out from other search engines because it offers âmore


Religious Leadersâ Silence on Nanotechnology

There may not be a lot of agreement among the worldâs religions on exactly what constitutes humans âplaying God,â but you never hear a preacher or rabbi suggesting such behavior is wise or laudable. So you would think they might have a lot to say about nanotechnology.


Iran Hangs Three Drug Smugglers in Public - Paper

Iran has hanged three drug smugglers in  a public square in the southern province of Kerman, the  Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper reported on Saturday.


MOTOR racing boss Bernie Ecclestone, the man trying to axe the British Grand Prix, is backing the Mirror's campaign to save the Silverstone showpiece.


Kidnappers demand release of 26 prisoners

Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan holding three kidnapped U.N. workers demanded on Sunday the release of 26 prisoners, some possibly in U.S. custody at Guantanamo Bay, in return for sparing the hostages' ...


Palermo, ucciso di botte dopo un tamponamento

PALERMO - Una morte assurda e inspiegabile. Un uomo di 37 anni, Ã¨ stato aggredito da alcune persone in via Maurolico, nel quartiere Zisa, a Palermo, in seguito a un incidente stradale. Immediatamente Ã¨ scattata


An Iowa voter who at first was teased by Democrat Barack Obama ended up in a tearful embrace with the Illinois senator and presidential candidate during a campaign stop Wednesday.


As recently as April, President Bush said it would be "intolerable" for Iran to possess a nuclear weapon. Since then problems


For all the talk of change and Beltway bashing in this campaign, the next president could well come from the ultimate Washington insider club Â the U.S. Senate.


Earth nears tipping point on climate change

A rise of 1 degree Celsius could be enough to trigger 'dangerous' warming, scientists warn.


A lawsuit seeking to block a new state law that gave Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa partial control of the nation's second-largest school district has gone to a judge.


CORRECTED: Egypt takes swipe at Bush over democracy remarks

Egypt has dismissed as "unacceptable"  U.S. President George W. Bush's call for the release of jailed  opposition leader Ayman Nour, saying it was an internal issue  that Washington should stay away from.


World-Brazil game no revenge, says Germany's Kahn

Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn could be excused for treating Wednesday's friendly against Brazil as a chance for revenge, but the Bayern Munich number one insists he will approach it just like any other match.


Two small studios recovering from corporate upheaval shone brightly in the Academy Award nominations on Tuesday.


Presidential hopeful John Edwards said New Hampshire voters can expect to see a lot more of him and his wife, Elizabeth, as he seeks to boost his chances against his two main rivals for the Democratic nomination.


Congress can move with amazing speed when it wants to. Trouble is, Congress doesn't always want to -- as with the highway bill that's been delayed for two years and the 12 spending bills it is supposed to pass by Oct. 1, but won't.


Lyricist Hy Zaret, who wrote the words for Unchained Melody, dies at the age of 99.


Jazz clarinetist Artie Shaw, famed for his classic recordings of "Begin the Beguine" and "Lady Be Good" as well as turbulent marriages to movie stars Lana Turner and Ava Gardner, died on Thursday at age 94, his manager Will Curtis said.


A congressional race that was so close it triggered an automatic recount finally wrapped up Monday with officials confirming Republican Rep. Deborah Pryce had won.


Virtuoso of the Pan Flute Fills a Niche All His Own

With a solid following in Europe and a new album, Damian Draghici has managed to make a career playing an obscure and sometimes ridiculed instrument.


Frank Thomas won't start during Toronto's first week of exhibition games because his legs aren't in shape.


Virginia Mayo, '40s and '50s Actress, Dies

Virginia Mayo, the stunning blond actress who brought beauty and romance to films of the 1940s and 1950s with such co-stars as James Cagney, Bob Hope, Gregory Peck, Danny Kaye and Ronald Reagan, died Monday at a nursing home in suburban Thousand Oaks. She was 84.


Stone's 'Alexander' turns out not so great

The new Oliver Stone movie, ''Alexander," is full of brilliant highlights, and they're all in Colin Farrell's hair.


Polls: Race is More About Kerry Than Bush

âThe most compelling aspect of these polls is that the voters are not embracing the president so much as they are turning away from Kerry.


US Airways flight changes emphasize Philadelphia, Charlotte

US Airways said Monday it will change its flight schedules in February to increase departures at its Charlotte and Philadelphia hubs and create a minihub in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.


The woman who died after falling from the U.N.'s Secretariat Building was a 44-year-old employee of the World Health Organization's International Computing Center, a U.N. spokeswoman said Monday.


Sometimes the march of technology can lull us to sleep.


Avaya Is Said to Be Exploring a Sale of All or Some of Itself

The telecommunications company is said to be in negotiations, in what may be the latest round of deal making in its industry.


Da Bruxelles via libera all'operazione Eulex, tra il personale inviato ci saranno 1.500 poliziotti e 250 magistrati. I primi arriveranno nelle prossime settimane                                          Ue, ok alla missione civile in Kosovo duemila uomini, 200 sono italiani


Sports Of the Times: Steroid Era Is No Longer Only About Bonds

The Mitchell Report threw a huge changeup to casual fans for whom the steroid era simply meant Barry Bonds. Now they had a big-time pitcher to go along with a home run slugger.


Body of ex-spy's Italian contact high in polonium

Mario Scaramella, who met with ex Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko on the day he fell ill, said he had five times the amount of the radioactive substance polonium considered deadly in his body, as British police officers prepared to travel to Russia to continue their inquiry.


Newly-released reports show the bureau embracing commercial solutions for Internet surveillance, in investigations ranging from providing material support to terrorists to making harassing telephone calls.


A De Palma il Leone d'Argento, ex aequo il Premio speciale


Ivan Hlinka, 54, Czech Coach of Gold Medal Hockey Team, Dies

Ivan Hlinka coached the Czech Republic to the hockey gold medal at the 1998 Nagano Olympics and became the coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins two years later.


Bill Slawski has an extensive post about a new Google patent application pertaining to local, which factors in other information in determining location ranking vs. the “centroid” point of a geographic area. (See my Urban Mapping post re the “centroid problem.”) Bill unpacks the Google patent application: The patent describes how it might associate a query with [...]


US envoy Andrew Natsios has arrived in Sudan on his third mission focused on the conflict in the country's western Darfur region, the SUNA news agency said Saturday.


By Financial Mail on Sunday, London  Feb. 4--Fraud detectives investigating computer group Torex are looking  at an alleged conspiracy to manipulate accounts to sell it at an inflated  value.


'Terrorist' Bombs Brought Down Russian Planes

Two Russian passenger planes that  crashed almost simultaneously last week killing 90 people were  blown up in a "terrorist attack" but not by hijackers,  investigators said Monday.


Ex-United ace uses obscenity in live TV interview

LONDON: Manchester United great Eric Cantona caused a furore on Sunday night when he used an obscenity in a live interview on television.


European equity markets struggled to maintain early momentum by mid morning on Monday as institutional investors took profits from recent gains in defensive pharmaceutical and utility stocks.


Parole Bce del 2 agosto precedenti a turbolenze mercati


Crude oil prices slide below US$50 a barrel in Asian trading

SINGAPORE : Crude oil prices slipped below US$50 a barrel in Asian trading on Tuesday as the market waited for the outcome of the US presidential elections, dealers said.


Libya Cancels Death Sentences Against 6 in Alleged HIV Plot

LONDON, July 17 -- Officials in Libya on Tuesday commuted the death sentences of six foreign health workers convicted of intentionally infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV, the latest in a series of steps aimed at closing a case that has severely strained relations between a once-pariah...


Bird flu virus threatens Asian traditions

Lok Pui-king won't buy a frozen, supermarket chicken. The housewife, 69, likes her chicken fresh, chosen from the hundreds of birds cooped up in metal cages at the


You'll still find PlayStation 3, Wii in auctions, but with smaller price tags and fewer bids.


U.S. to Produce Data on Iranâs Nuclear Program

The decision reverses the United Statesâ longstanding refusal to share the data, citing the need to protect intelligence sources.


A favore vota tutta la maggioranza insieme a FI, An e Udc


Bad Defense Spells Doom for Chiefs' Year

The Kansas City Chiefs have proved once more that no matter how high any offense might soar, all is lost when the defense can't stop anything.


Catania, 20:04 - CALCIO, CATANIA: BAIOCCO IN DUBBIO PER IL CHIEVO

Per la sfida decisiva per la permanenza in seire A di domenica prossima contro il Chievo, il Catania...


YouTube role grows as U.S. election nears

In 2004, YouTube didn't exist. Three  years later, politicians have learned to fear and revere the  video-sharing Web site that has become a vital part of the  campaign for the 2008 U.S. presidential election.


Defying Army Offensive, Hamas Rockets Hit Israel

Defiant Palestinian militants fired  rockets into an Israeli border town on Monday despite Israel's  vow to stop such attacks from the Gaza Strip with a massive  military offensive that has killed 64 Palestinians.


So you're a fish. Right now some tubeworm tartare and clams on the half shell would really hit the spot, so you're headed for the all-night cafÃ©. "All-night" being the operative word because the volcanic ridge you're tooling along is nearly 1.5 miles below the surface.


Rice says nations must do more for Darfur

PARIS -- The world has fallen down on the job of ending the violence in Sudan's Darfur region, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday as she welcomed the fresh energy that France's new conservative-led government has put to the cause.


Forze dell'ordine ricevono stima da maggioranza italiani


US Stocks Up, Ford Forecast Gives a Lift

U.S. blue chips advanced on Friday  after Ford Motor Co. F.N raised its earnings forecasts, while  wireless technology provider Qualcomm Inc. QCOM.O limited  gains on the Nasdaq after saying an accounting review may  reduce pretax income.


Intel releases quad-core Tigerton processor

The Xeon 7300 chips are the first quad-core processors from Intel designed to be used in servers with four or more processors.


Saudi security forces have killed a wanted militant near the scene of a deadly shootout Thursday. Officials say the militant was killed in a gunbattle Friday in the northern town of Buraida, hours after one


After three up-and-down seasons that briefly brought the Notre Dame football program back to elite status, then quickly returned it to mediocrity, it was announced Tuesday


Stock futures steady before truncated session

Wall Street was set for a flat start on Monday in a shortened Christmas Eve trading session after an explosive rally on Friday.


Torino, 20:24 - CALCIO, TORINO: ALLA RIPRESA ASSENTE COMOTTO

Il Torino ha ripreso gli allenamenti in vista della gara di domenica a Siena. Dellafiore ha prosegui...


Media Chief Comes to Bulgaria over Romanian Reporter Nab

Politics: 18 November 2004, Thursday. The chief of Romania's PRO TV has arrived in Bulgaria in an attempt to visit the media's reporter George Buhnici who was arrested in Rousse over spying suspicion, Bulgarian ...


Pete Doherty pleaded guilty to a drug charge Tuesday after arriving so late the judge had issued an arrest warrant.


English and Welsh households will pay about 7% more for water and sewerage from April, officials confirm.


The Estonian news site Delfi.ee weathers a two-week-long denial of service attack as uneasy political situation heats up again.


Georgiaâs blowout victory over Hawaii came thanks to a dominating ground game and relentless pressure on quarterback Colt Brennan, who was sacked eight times.


Stocks Decline in Late Afternoon Trading

Stocks fell on Wall Street Tuesday as investors worred that a huge jump in wholesale prices, spurred by rising oil prices, could ripple through the economy.


Pentagon Investigating Additional Air Force Contracts

The Pentagon is investigating eight additional Air Force contracts to determine whether they were manipulated or influenced illegally by Darleen Druyun, a former Air Force official who was convicted last year of giving Boeing Co. special treatment on a tanker lease deal.


SOUTHFIELD, Michigan  - Mitt Romney scored a breakthrough win over rival John McCain in Michigan on Tuesday, reviving his struggling campaign and scrambling a chaotic Republican presidential race with no clear front-runner.


OTTO COMPAGNIE EUROPEE SI APPELLANO A BRUXELLES CONTRO ALITALIA

L'anticipazione Ã¨ del 'Financial Times'. Nel mirino di British Airways, della tedesca Lufthansa e della spagnola Iberia il piano di rilancio della compagnia di bandiera italiana. Ad anticiparlo il quotidiano 'Financial Times'.


New CEO appointed at Martha Stewart Living

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, still reeling from the legal woes of its founder, has named board member and former ABC entertainment president Susan Lyne as its new chief


Strong East Timor quake triggers tsunami warning

The Indonesian meteorology agency issued a tsunami warning on Wednesday after a quake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck offshore East Timor, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.


Rape and official harassment still widespread in Darfur: UN

Rape of women and girls and official harassment are still widespread in Sudan's Darfur region, a senior United Nations official said, as a Security Council deadline for Khartoum to end the violence in the western region expired.


Vikings Vs. Eagles Features Owens Vs. Moss

C'mon, T.O., take the bait. Admit you're better than Randy Moss. Say you can run faster, block better, make the most big plays out of double coverage.


No Evidence of 'Cancer Personality' -Study

NEW YORK  - Being open and easy-going can  win you friends, and it probably won't raise your cancer risk  either, according to a study published Monday.


George W Bush considers changes to his cabinet after winning a second term in office as US president.


U.S. tracks serious form of syphilis in gay men

A particularly serious form of the  sexually transmitted bacterial disease syphilis has been  detected in gay and bisexual U.S. men infected with the AIDS  virus, federal health officials reported on Thursday.


Blasts hit Baghdad as deaths hit new high

Nine people were killed in bomb blasts in central Baghdad and mortars rained down on a Sunni neighborhood on Thursday as new figures showed that Iraqi civilians deaths edged up to another record in January.


Terry Semel will hand over the reins to Jerry Yang in Yahooâs latest attempt to regain investor confidence.


Logitech International unveils the world's first computer mouse to use a sensor based on a laser. Also: Nintendo slashes some prices & hellip;. Sales of Boston Scientific's new heart stent dip & hellip;. and more.


Filmato ando' gia' in onda ma ci sono parti inedite


The notable 18th century pamphleteerâs remarks addressed the obstacles faced by American colonists seeking to wrest control of their destinies from George III, but in 2004 his words could easily be applied to anyone seeking to wrest control of the


A foreigner was shot dead in the Saudi capital of Riyadh on Wednesday, the Dubai-based al-Arabiya TV channel reported. The Saudi-owned channel identified the man as British, who


Troubled US carrier Delta Air Lines has reached an outline cost cutting agreement with its pilots, the union says.


Londra, 16:00 - CALCIO, MANCHESTER UTD; FERGUSON: VICINI AD ACQUISTO TEVEZ

Il Manchester United è vicino all'acquisto dell'attaccante Carlos Tevez dal West ham. Lo ha c...


HDMI port and 120GB HDD too, allegedly Is Microsoft preparing a spoiler for Sony's PAL-region PlayStation 3 launch on 23 March? According to one report, Australian store chain Myer has been told to expect a black Xbox 360 complete with HDMI port an 120GB hard drive round about that time.â¦


When Adele Rothman bought her 16-year-old son a car in 2003, she made sure to pick one that had OnStar, the onboard communications and safety system.


Presidential Medal of Freedom for bluesman BB King

Bluesman B.B. King, who picked cotton  before picking up a guitar, and John "Buck" O'Neil, the  grandson of a slave who became Major League Baseball's first  black coach, are among this year's Presidential Medal of  Freedom recipients, the White House said on Thursday.


Found in the search marketing forums: ROI Tracking Between Lead and Sale; Determining Commercial Intent; Yahoo Click Charges to be Based on Quality of Traffic; and more.


When playing Pistons, don't let your guard down

WASHINGTON It doesn't get more "man bites Chihuahua" in the NBA than the idea of the Washington Wizards stealing something from the Detroit Pistons.


Jason Terry and Josh Howard each scored 17 points and the Dallas Mavericks cruised to a 112-74 preseason victory over the New York Knicks on Thursday night.


Duke U. Party Features Bikinis, Baby Oil

DURHAM, N.C. - In what police say was an homage to the movie "Old School," partying Duke University students were found in a fraternity house basement with an inflatable pool, a whole lot of baby oil and women in bikinis.


Reports: Sony To Start Video Download Service

Ability to save files directly to Sony's PlayStation Portable handheld gaming device could boost falling sales.


Marion Jones qualifies for long jump final

At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Marion Jones' quest was all about winning five medals in track. This time, it's a little different.


Flu Vaccination Rate Up Among High-Risk Children-CDC

The number of toddlers vaccinated against influenza in the United States has jumped during the current flu season, but fewer older Americans are lining up for the shots, federal officials said on Thursday.


Durable Goods Orders Jump; Consumer Outlook Sags

Orders to factories for big-ticket manufactured goods jumped an unexpected 5.2 percent in December.


Microsoft overhauls its search site and Yahoo changes are coming, following site redesigns at Google and Ask.com in search version of duck, duck, goose.


In epic clash, Game 6 -- and Fisk's homer -- everlasting

The 1975 World Series was a movable feast that charmed the nation. The nightmare of Vietnam had just ended. We were still shaking off Watergate. In Boston, the ordeal of busing featured class warfare in the streets. They were not the best of times. Then along came the Reds, the Red Sox, and Game 6 and we discovered baseball could ...


Bank of England Offers New Infusion of Loans

The central bank doubled the amount of emergency loans made available to British banks caught short in the global credit squeeze.


More than 3,800 disabled athletes gathered Friday in Athens, Greece, for the opening ceremony of the largest Paralympics in the games' 44-year history.


A US jury convicts an ex-Ku Klux Klan member over the deaths of two black teenagers in 1964.


Taiwan Votes for Parliament, Focus on China Ties

Taiwan voted on Saturday in legislative elections in which pro-independence President Chen Shui-bian hopes to wrest control of parliament from an opposition that is more conciliatory toward China.


Courtney Lewis scored on a 25-yard run on the first play of overtime and Melvin Bullitt swatted away Sonny Cumbie's fourth-down pass into the end zone, sending the Aggies to a thrilling 32-25 win over Texas Tech on Saturday.


European Union experts warned Thursday sunbeds and tanning lamps may increase the risk of skin cancer, and advised against their use by children and other people at high risk.


EU says four countries favor Intel when procuring PCs

The European Commission charged Wednesday (Oct. 13) that the governments of France, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden are favoring microprocessors from Intel when procuring PCs, thus violating European Union ...


Vietnam-era defector gets 30 days in jail

Charles Robert Jenkins, the former US soldier who defected to North Korea, was given a 30-day jail sentence Wednesday by a military judge after testifying about four decades


Local sheriff's deputies and US Drug Enforcement Administration agents disagreed when they converged on Diane Monson's house in Oroville, Calif.


Stocks fell in choppy trading on Friday as investors' risk aversion grew, but insurer American International Group Inc.  helped to limit losses on the Dow industrials with strong earnings.


Air France 'open' to talks with Alitalia, Iberia

French airline Air France-KLM said Wednesday that it was open to takeover talks with Italy's troubled Alitalia carrier, which is seeking a buyer, and with Iberia of Spain.


US consumers are still worried about their jobs and income, the University of Michigan's index of consumer confidence indicates.


House Defeats Gay Marriage Ban Amendment

WASHINGTON - The House emphatically rejected a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage Thursday, the latest in a string of conservative pet causes advanced by Republican leaders in the run-up to Election Day.    The vote was 227-186, 49 votes shy of the two-thirds needed for approval of an amendment that President Bush backed but the Senate had previously scuttled...


Arjen Robben has admitted Chelsea was relieved to avoid big guns like Inter Milan and Real Madrid after the Champions League draw pitted the English champions against manager Jose Mourinho's old club FC Porto.


Two Neptune-sized planets have been discovered circling stars beyond our Solar System, US astronomers reported on Tuesday. The discoveries, which come less than a week after a similar announcement by European


Reggio Calabria, 16:13 - CALCIO, REGGINA; MAZZARRI: IL CAGLIARI E' UNA SQUADRA FORTE

Walter Mazzarri mette in guardia la sua squadra e l'ambiente sui richi che la Reggina corre nell'ant...


The Atlanta Hawks have extended the contract of general manager Billy Knight, and added the title of executive vice president. Terms of the multiyear contract extension were not disclosed when the team made the announcement Tuesday.


Stocks Mixed Ahead of Greenspan Testimony

NEW YORK - Stocks were little changed early Wednesday as investors awaited testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan before a House budget panel.    In morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 0.08 at 10,342.71...


CKE Restaurants is in transition. Would you like fries with that?


U.S. says 6-way Korea talks may resume in July

Washington's top nuclear envoy said Wednesday stalled six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear arms program are likely to resume in early July, but Pyongyang must keep its promise to shut down a nuclear reactor.


Roger Federer struggles to come to terms with winning his third Grand Slam of 2004 at the US Open.


LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12 (Ticker) -- Lisa Leslie scored 23 points and backstopped a strong defensive effort as the Los Angeles Sparks shut down the Sacramento Monarchs, 65-52, for their seventh straight home win.


Dow Chemical Co  said on Thursday that third-quarter profit fell, hurt by a change in German tax law and a charge for acquisition costs.


Working in poverty-stricken areas  gives corporate travelers an up-close look at global problems  such as disease, illiteracy or injustice. It also puts them in  a position to bring about change.


9/11 Families Use Grief to Push for Bill

They were among the most powerful lobbyists at the Capitol this year, a few women who used their grief from Sept. 11 to prod Congress to overhaul the government's intelligence agencies.


His father made him a Cardinals fan forever

All these years I have been around sports, and I still don't really understand how a person becomes a fan. And I'ma fan -- of the St.


Mount St. Helens, the volcano that blew its top with cataclysmic force in 1980, erupted for the first time in 18 years Friday, belching a huge column of white steam and ash after days of rumblings under the mountain.


A New Palm Species Is Discovered Through Its Swan Song

A massive palm tree discovered on the island of Madagascar represents a new genus and species, researchers say.


Retailer Best Buy Co  reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings on Tuesday, helped by strong international sales, and raised its full-year profit forecast, pushing its shares up about 5 percent.


Searle Hopes Lightning Will Strike for the Fifth Time

Retailer Searle is preparing to open its largest store in Manhattan this week: a three-level 12,000-square-foot space on the east side of Madison Avenue.


La Paz, 12:40 - Calcio, si dimette il ct della Bolivia

Il ct della Bolivia, Ramiro Blacut, si Ã¨ dimesso. Blacut, in carica dallo scorso inverno, ha rassegn...


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Charter Details Exec's Severance Package

A former Charter Communications Inc. executive left jobless when the nation's third-largest cable television provider eliminated his position without explanation last month will collect nearly $600,000 in severance, the company announced Friday.


Business & money: Index shows 0.5% slip this month, 4.8% rise for year Nationwide predicts prices will be static in 2008


German computer chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG has agreed to plead guilty to price fixing and will pay a $160 million fine, the Justice Department announced yesterday.


Altro magistrato vince ricorso contro sua nomina


Report: St. Clair Shores Man Dies In Iraq

Ed Seitz, a State Department security officer was killed near a US base close to Baghdad International Airport, the US Embassy announced.


Led by Lauren Jackson's 27 points, the Seattle Storm pummeled Sacramento out of the Western Conference Finals with a decisive 82-62 Game 3 victory Tuesday night at Key Arena to advance to the WNBA Finals.


October 31, 2004 - It looks like the folks at Capcom Entertainment were only kidding when they sternly insisted over and over again that the GameCube action-thriller Resident Evil 4 would forever remain exclusive to Nintendo's console.


Rocket hiccup puts US spy sats in wrong orbit

Cockup rather than conspiracy at NRO In an expensive technical mishap, a brace of top-secret American spy satellites was fired into incorrect orbits last Friday.â¦


An investigation is underway in Pakistan after two airliners carrying hundreds of people - including the information minister - nearly collided.


Legal profession: Law firms reflect changes in economy

Like a mirror on the economy, Spanish law firms reflect the huge changes undergone by their business clients.


George W Bush is in Bulgaria on the final leg of his Europe tour, with Kosovo and missile defence high on the agenda.


Smith pleased with Knight chasing record

Dean Smith never seemed comfortable with all the attention that came with becoming the winningest men's basketball coach in Division I history. That's why the former North Carolina coach didn't sound too broken up about preparing to hand that mark to Bob Knight.


Ue. Barroso ribadisce: nessun rimpasto, squadra ottima. Duri i ...

Nessun rimpasto. Il presidente designato della Commissione europea, Jose Manuel Barroso, ha respinto oggi gli appelli per un cambio del suo esecutivo in particolare di Rocco Buttiglione. "La mia squadra - ha


New Hopes for Peace During Christmas in Bethlehem

BETHLEHEM, West Bank  - Hundreds of pilgrims and a  new Palestinian leadership came to Bethlehem for Christmas as  the town of Jesus's birth celebrated the festival with new  hopes for peace following Yasser Arafat's death.


Health officials in Contra Costa County announced this week that two more dead birds afflicted with West Nile virus have been discovered, a reminder that the threat of human transmission still exits.


Dollar Drops Further as Central Banks Reassess Reserves

The falling dollar reached new depths against the euro today, after a weeklong erosion of value prompted by concern that the dollar's status as the premier international reserve currency is growing more precarious.


Zarqawi encourages Fallujah insurgents to fight on:website

An audiotape on an Islamic websitesupposedly posted by al-Qaida ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi on Fridayurged rebels in Fallujah to continue to fight against the US forceswho launched


The creator of a new video recorder,  has invited skilled users to customize or âhackâ its device and share the improvements with others.


IAF guns down two Islamic Jihad operatives in Gaza

Chopper fires missiles at group of armed Palestinians in the town of Khan Younis. Third operative seriously injured. After two days of relative calm, the IAF struck again in the Gaza Strip.


Cala la disoccupazione in Italia 'Il livello piÃ¹ basso dal 1992'

ROMA, 20 DICEMBRE 2004 - Cala la disoccupazione in Italia: nel terzo trimestre del 2004 il numero di occupati nel nostro Paese Ã¨ risultato pari a 22 milioni 485 mila unitÃ , con un aumento dello 0,4% rispetto allo stesso periodo del 2003 che corrisponde


Five companies are teaming up to deliver broadcast programming to wireless handsets.


Bin Laden Condemns Bush, Says New Attacks Possible

Osama bin Laden burst into the U.S.  election campaign on Saturday, releasing his first video tape  in more than a year to deride President Bush and warn of  possible new Sept. 11-style attacks.


Somali gunmen kidnap two Libyan diplomats

Somali gunmen kidnapped the acting Libyan ambassador and a colleague as they shopped in Mogadishu's busy Bakara market on Saturday, embassy staff said.


Congress votes to expand stem cell research

The Democratic-led Congress defied President George W. Bush on Thursday and gave final approval to legislation to expand federally funded embryonic stem cell research.


Finance ministers say the global economy is now recovering after the recent turmoil in worldwide markets.


From the pages of The Times, holiday gift suggestions from CDs to books to mail-order eats and more.


Libri, da Veronesi a Veltroni è la riscossa degli italiani

In classifica il premio Strega e l'esordiente. Tra le novità, Mare delle verità di De Carlo e Ragionevoli dubbi di Carofiglio. E due riscoperte: i racconti di Lucarelli, il fumetto di Igort


NEW YORK - If PalmOne's Tungsten T5 handheld was an automobile, it would be described as being a facelift rather than a complete overhaul of the model that preceded it, the Tungsten T3.


Nepali capital peaceful after lifting of curfew

The streets of Nepal's capital were crowded and shops opened early on Monday after authorities lifted a curfew imposed last week after mobs protesting against the killing of 12 Nepalis in Iraq ransacked a mosque.


A Briton is killed in Athens after being hit by a car allegedly driven by a member of the Danish Olympic sailing team.


Hijacker of Mauritanian plane arrested in Canaries

LAS PALMAS, Spain  - Spanish police arrested the suspected hijacker of a Mauritanian plane who was knocked over by a hard landing and overpowered by passengers on Thursday, a source close to the Mauritanian presidency said.


Poland's parliament expected to trigger election

Poland's parliament is widely expected  to pass a motion on Friday triggering an early election pitting  the ruling conservative Kaczynski brothers against the main,  pro-business opposition party.


TOKYO Softbank said on Monday that it would offer a cut-rate phone service in Japan, a move that could undermine Nippon Telegraph Telephone's position as the dominant player in the country's fixed-line market.


Sinn FÃ©in leader Gerry Adams said today he believed Ian Paisley would eventually strike a deal with his party despite the scepticism of nationalists.


North Korea Hints at Breaking Off Japan Talks

North Korea hinted on Friday at breaking  off talks with Japan over the fate of Japanese citizens  abducted decades ago, saying Pyongyang no longer sees  significance in maintaining contact.


Radiation from hands-free mobiles can be cut to virtually zero by a simple magnetic bead, a government adviser says.


We've Seen the Enemy and They Are ... Who, Exactly?

A year and a half after Baghdad fell, the insurgency has yet to develop a full-fledged political wing, or a coherent political program.


Canadian hospitals see increase in deadly bacteria

A deadly bacteria that attacks the intestines of mainly elderly patients is showing up with more frequency at a handful of Ontario hospitals, Joshua Tepper, the Canadian province's acting chief medical officer of health, said on Tuesday.


Milano, 19:17 - CALCIO, LAZIO; DISCIPLINARE: CONFERMATA SQUALIFICA SIVIGLIA

Il reclamo della Lazio avverso la squalifica per due giornate inflitte dal giudice sportivo a Sebast...


Giuliani explains unconventional travels

Republican Rudy Giuliani offered a baseball analogy Wednesday to explain his political geography.


Eichel: Paris Club to Forgive Most Iraqi Debt

German Finance Minister Hans Eichel said on Saturday that the Paris Club had reached a framework agreement to forgive 80 percent of Iraqi debt.


PORTLAND, Ore. (Sports Network) - Olympic medalists Justin  Gatlin and Joanna Hayes Monday were named the winners of the  2004 Jesse Owens Awards by USA Track & Field.


Australia honours dead 'Croc Hunter' with 'Khaki Friday'

Admirers of Australian "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin were being urged to wear his trademark colour of khaki in an international tribute to the slain wildlife warrior.


Microsoft to hire hundreds more in India

Microsoft will hire several hundred new staff at its new Indian campus in the next year, its chief executive says -- a move aimed at strengthening its presence in Asia's fourth-biggest economy.


The hit musical gets a surprising Oscar snub, leaving Babel as the Best Picture frontrunner. Richard Corliss's analysis


Jankovic suffers injury scare ahead of Australian Open

Jelena Jankovic suffered an injury scare ahead of this month's Australian Open when she was forced to retire from her singles match at the Hopman Cup on Wednesday because of injury.


Acquistati con finanziamento ministero Comunicazione


Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito says his wife is recovering from her stress-related illness but asks for patience.