At the Brookfield Zoo, cicadas are a lot more than just really noisy insects: They're delicious. These days, a host of animals from bearded dragon lizards to African wild dogs to white-crested laughing thrush birds are enjoying cicadas.


US Secretary of State Colin Powell says he will pursue with Sudan an assault by security forces on a refugee camp.


Hopefuls' Preferences for Court Spring to Forefront

With the Supreme court's announcement Monday that Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, 80, is suffering from thyroid cancer, the presidential candidates' positions on judicial nominations have been thrust into the spotlight.


Can't-miss Kessel gives Bruins a shootout win

Last night, after the Bruins' 3-2 shootout win over the Washington Capitals, the chatter in the Verizon Center's visiting dressing room revolved around The Closer.


Benitez relieved as Gerrard survives Israel clash

Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez admitted he breathed a sigh of relief after Steven Gerrard emerged unscathed from England's Euro 2008 qualifier against Israel.


(HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of Thomson CenterWatch:


Qantas ups profit forecast ahead of buyout vote

Australian buyout target Qantas Airways  Ltd.  raised its annual profit forecast for the third  time in six months as fuel prices ease and demand for travel  increases.


Kenyan Environmentalist Claims Nobel Peace Prize

NAIROBI, Kenya  - Kenyan environmentalist Wangari  Maathai said Friday she had been told by a Norwegian diplomat  that she had won the Nobel Peace Prize.


Sharp develops world first triple-vision LCD panel

Japan's Sharp Corp. (6753.T) said on  Wednesday it has developed the world's first liquid crystal  display (LCD) panel that allows the viewing of three different  images on one screen at the same time.


Militants begin freeing Pakistani children: witness

Militants who took up to 250 Pakistani school children hostage in a northwestern town on Monday began freeing them after security forces surrounding the school withdrew, a witness said.


Few delinquent home loans being modified: report

The overwhelming majority of borrowers who were seriously delinquent on their home loans in October were not receiving help to prevent the possibility of foreclosure, according to a report published Thursday.


Marsiglia, 17:13 - RUGBY, ITALIA-PORTOGALLO: IL XV AZZURRO

Il tecnico della Nazionale azzurra di rugby Pierre Berbizier ha reso noto il XV che affronteranno me...


Fs: Trenitalia aumenta i controlli, guardie giurate sui treni ...

Trenitalia aumenta i controlli sui treni notturni. A bordo di circa 10 convogli serali e notturni - Espressi, ma anche Intercity, Eurostar, Regionali e Interregionali - pattuglie di guardie giurate si sono


PORT HARCOURT (Nigeria) - Nigeria's army yesterday launched an offensive against a separatist rebel group which threatened oil installations and workers in the southern Delta region, an army spokesman said.


Direttore "Max" conferma la rottura con Ezio Iacchetti


U.S. hopeful for roadmap as North Korea talks open

The U.S. envoy to talks on disarming North Korea was hopeful that a new negotiating session that opened on Thursday could set targets for the complete disabling of the country's nuclear programs.


Empoli, 18:18 - CALCIO, EMPOLI: DOPPIO ALLENAMENTO, DIFFERENZIATO PER TRE

Doppio allenamento per l'Empoli in vista della gara con il Catania. Palestra in mattinata, lavoro ta...


Suit to Be Filed Against Big Dig Managers

The independent agency charged with overseeing the $14.6 billion highway project known as the Big Dig intends to sue the consortium that managed the venture, seeking to recover as much as $100 million in costs for design errors and construction mistakes.


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Executive Departs After Student Lending Probe

CIT Group said yesterday that the president of its Student Loan Xpress unit, which has been the focus of investigations into allegations of influence peddling in the $85 billion-a-year college-loan industry, has left the company.


Blair faces growing revolt from lawmakers over troop deployment request

LONDON  - Prime Minister Tony Blair faced a revolt by lawmakers Wednesday over a U.S. request to redeploy some British troops closer to Baghdad.


Indian police release sketches of bomb suspects

India released sketches on Tuesday of two suspects in the bombing of a train to Pakistan that killed 68 people, as Pakistan's foreign minister visited victims and said the rivals urgently needed to improve ties.


Owenâagainâlifts Real Madrid from the doldrums

MADRID, Spain - Michael Owen scored his first Spanish soccer league goal on Saturday to lead Real Madrid over defending champion Valencia, 1-0.


Tehran to allow IAEA atomic tests at Iran center

Iran said on Tuesday it would let the U.N. nuclear watchdog take further environmental sampling of materials related to an academic center, where Washington fears work to make atomic bombs was conducted.


Ford to up the ante with new F-150 truck

Ford Motor Co's  revamped F-150 full-size pickup truck that will debut at the Detroit Auto Show will be towing some unusually heavy baggage -- the U.S. automaker's future.


UBS to buy Schwab's capital markets unit for $265mn

LONDON, September 1 (New Ratings) - UBS AG (UBR.FSE) has reportedly agreed to acquire Charles Schwab Corporationâs capital markets unit for $265 million in an all cash deal.


Cavs Top T-Wolves; Heat Win Ninth Straight

Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James (23) drives past Minnesota Timberwolves' Wally Szczerbiak in the fourth quarter Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2004, in Cleveland.


New European Chief Executive is company vet Vodafone have appointed Vittorio Colao as its new Chief Executive for Europe.â¦


Further detention fails to dent Suu Kyi's spirits

Burma's Opposition Leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, remains in good spirits despite facing another year under house arrest while the military regime tries to secure its goal of long-term control.


Arafat Stays in Coma, Row Looms Over Burial Site

Yasser Arafat remained in a coma on  Friday as a row brewed over where he would be buried and  questions loomed about who might succeed him.


WASHINGTON -- Human rights violations and outright atrocities are growing more rampant by the day in Haiti as police, former soldiers, and rebel groups wreak havoc in a violent struggle that local authorities and United Nations peacekeepers appear unable to control, according to US officials, foreign diplomats, and local human rights monitors.


Per quelli sul Dow +9 punti, +1,25 per quelli sul Nasdaq


A VIDEO posted on an Islamist website today shows Jack Hensley, the second US hostage to be slaughtered by an al-Qaeda linked group in Iraq, being decapitated.


Morti 42 passeggeri, altri otto in fin di vita


Matsushita's Sales Likely to Hit Record 9 Tril. Yen in FY 2006

By Kyodo News International, Tokyo  Feb. 1--TOKYO -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. revised upward  Thursday its earnings forecast for the current business year on brisk sales of  flat-panel TVs, saying its group sales are now expected to hit an all-time  high of 9 trillion yen.


The Zafi.d worm continued to sweep through the Internet Wednesday, creating such a flood of messages as it replicated that by one security vendor's estimate, it accounted for 10 percent of the world's mail.


4 jailed cops killed in Guatemala prison

Gunmen stormed a Guatemalan prison and shot to death four jailed police officers in a mafia hit aimed at stopping investigators from finding out who ordered the slayings of three politicians from neighboring El Salvador, Guatemala's leader said Monday.


Health department officials have scheduled a three-day vaccine clinic in Macon next week for flu and pneumonia shots. The Macon-Bibb County Health Department will be vaccinating people between


IBM developerWorks: Service Component Architecture now on PECL

On the IBM developerWorks site, there's a new post talking about a new Service Component Architecture module that's been released over on the PECL site - SCA_SDO.   We've just made our first release of SCA on the PECL repository. The code has been added into what was the SDO project and which has now been imaginatively renamed to SCA_SDO (you won't believe how much thought went into that...).    Main features include:  inclusion of the Service Component Architecture (SCA) component new PEAR packaging to install SCA and SDO as peer directories (PEAR/SCA and PEAR/SDO) new function in SDO_DAS_Relational to support multiple root data objects new function in SDO_DAS_XML to support CDATA sections (not yet complete)  To find out more about the project, check out its homepage.


A Rice University freshman football player died Monday, a day after collapsing during a light workout.


Texas Executes Illinois Man for 1986 Murder

HUNTSVILLE, Texas  - Texas put an Illinois man to  death by lethal injection on Wednesday for killing a  Houston-area man and robbing his apartment in 1986.


High-Deductible Plans Cost More  For Maternity Care

The first study of its kind has found that families typically pay much more out of pocket for maternity care under the new high-deductible health insurance plans paired with health savings accounts that have been heavily touted by President Bush and others.


Roque Santa Cruz scores twice as Blackburn draw at Man City to ruin the hosts' 100% home record in the Premier League.


Carabinieri Monreale sequestrano 1 milione e 500 mila piante


Telecom leaves bar on Pacific toll calls to Irish

A move by Ireland to block direct telephone calls to most Pacific Island countries because of internet scams will not be replicated in New Zealand, where Telecom tackles the fraud on a case-by-case basis.


A former Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) employee who gave US officials information about what he saw as accounting irregularities will not testify as


AMC is poised to give a  second-season pickup to its drama series "Mad Men," which has  lost almost half its audience since premiering two months ago.


SunTrust Banks Inc. STI.N, the No. 7  U.S. bank, on Monday said it put two senior finance executives  on paid leave, and expects to restate first- and second-quarter  profit higher as it fixes errors in how it accounts for loan  losses.


Golds All Round for Athens from IOC Chief

Olympic supremo Jacques Rogge Sunday offered gold medals all round to Athens for organizing a superb Olympics after years of doom and gloom leading up to the opening.


Tokyo's isolated elderly risk dying alone: survey

Thousands of elderly people who live alone in Tokyo have little social contact and face the prospect of a lonely death, according to a survey by an association of hospitals published this week.


The Nikkei average rose 1.06 percent on   Wednesday, recovering from a one-month closing low the previous   day as heavyweight stocks such as Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.   9983.T led the market higher following a rally in U.S.   shares.


NBC to mark 9/11 with Giuliani, survivors

NEW YORK  - NBC and its networks will   provide a full-court press of coverage on the fifth anniversary   of the September 11 attacks, calling on current NBC News   journalists as well as former anchor Tom Brokaw and former   "Today" co-host Jane Pauley.


With Quiet Grace, Davenport Nears The End of a Long, Fruitful Career

Lindsay Davenport is nearing the end of a graceful and successful career and after a straight set win in which she does not lose a game, she may go far in this year's U.S. Open.


The United States plans to announce tough new sanctions against Sudan on Tuesday before working out a resolution in the United Nations in an intensified effort to end the bloodshed in Darfur.


VATICAN CITY -- Pope John Paul II discussed the US sex-abuse scandal with a group of American bishops yesterday, encouraging them to be more open to the needs of parishioners in the wake of a "crisis of confidence in the church's leadership."


Defencemen Bourque, Coffey, Murphy to enter Hall with longtime ...

TORONTO (CP) - Cliff Fletcher says he's entering the Hockey Hall of Fame with elite company. "They are three of the greatest defencemen to ever play the game," the longtime NHL excutive said of Ray Bourque, Paul Coffey and Larry Murphy.


MySpace, law enforcement officials unveil social-networking safety plan

Attorneys general from every U.S. state except Texas have reached an agreement with the News Corp.-owned social-networking site over how Web companies can work to protect children's safety.


British Muslims are expected to offer prayers on Friday for the assassinated Benazir Bhutto.


Hundreds Of Aftershocks Follow 6.0 Quake

Hundreds of aftershocks have been recorded since a magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit near the Central California town of Parkfield at 10:15 Tuesday.


Doping: Museeuw chiede l`annullamento della squalifica

Johan Museeuw contro la Federazione ciclismo belga. L`ex campione ha citato in giudizio la Federazione chiedendo l`annullamento della squalifica per doping. Il legale di Museeuw, Jozef Lievens, ha spiegato


U.S. immigration defeat frustrates workers' dreams

For day laborers seeking work in a sun-baked parking lot on Thursday, defeat of U.S. President George W. Bush's plans for an immigration overhaul has set back their dreams of a normal life.


X Factor winner Leona Lewis signs a Â£5m record deal in the US with the man who discovered Whitney Houston.


Overseas developers look inland for China bargains

WUHAN, China  - Some five years ago, the central Chinese city of Wuhan, whose laundry-draped low rises have steadily given way to modern tower blocks, was well entrenched in the psyche of domestic property investors, but little known to the outside world.


Mobile phone giant Vodafone  doubles its dividend to shareholders after the "successful" launch of its 3G services.


Support staff hired to help midwives could put mothers and babies at risk by doing their jobs, claims a report.


An American Primitive, Forged in a Crucible of Blood and Oil

âThere Will Be Blood,â Paul Thomas Andersonâs epic American nightmare, arrives belching fire and brimstone and damnation to hell.


If you couldnât get to opening night activities at the new Apple Store at West 14th Street and 9th Avenue, take a few minutes to browse the gallery of images collected during the afternoon, while queues formed, and when doors opened for the very first time.


Taylor Says US Economy to Grow 4% in 2004

The US economy may grow 4 percent this year and has begun an ``expansion phase,'' said John Taylor, the Treasury's undersecretary for international affairs.


Rebels 'Execute' 49 Iraqi Troops, Kill U.S. Diplomat

BAQUBA, Iraq  - Rebels ambushed and killed 49  unarmed Iraqi soldiers and, in a separate attack Sunday, killed  a U.S. diplomat in a mortar strike near Baghdad airport.


Supplement users better nourished than non-users

NEW YORK  - Older men and women who take nutritional supplements are more likely to get adequate amounts of several vitamins and minerals than their peers who don't use supplements, a new study shows.


A Massachusetts businessman accused of bilking the company out of millions of dollars worth of networking gear faces 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. By the Associated Press.


Going into Wimbledon, Lindsay Davenport was talking about calling it a career. The losses no longer hurt as much and the victories weren't as sweet.


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


Portsmouth held Liverpool to a 1-1 tie with an injury-time goal in an English premier league match on Tuesday. Liverpool keeper Jerzy Dudek, seen here August 2004.


Movie Review | 'The Fifth Empire': Cloistered in the Castle and Dreaming of His Empire

With âThe Fifth Empire,â the prolific 98-year-old director Manoel de Oliveira pushes his minimalist style as far as it can go.


Kathmandu, Aug 22. (PTI): More than 25,000 protestors comprising industrialists and labourers held a rally in Nepal's capital today to denounce the closure of 12 multinational companies, including Indian firms


Roman Catholics should campaign hard for Protestant President Bush, "the candidate who shares the values Catholics hold dear," rather than for Catholic challenger John Kerry, Republican leaders told activists at a rally near the GOP convention on Thursday


Report: Jagr Leaving Czech Team for Russia

Jaromir Jagr is reportedly leaving the Czech league to play in Russia during the NHL lockout.


South Texas awoke to a rare blanket of snow Saturday, when up to 13 inches shattered records for the region. The deep freeze brought Victoria, Texas, its first white Christmas in 86 years


A new study suggests that accumulated exposure to lead over a lifetime may contribute to increased risk for developing cataracts in older men.


XMM-Newton Finds the Leader of the Magnificent Seven in a Spin

A decade-long mystery has been solved using data from ESA's X-ray observatory XMM-Newton.


Zurigo, 10:53 - CALCIO, FIFA: BRASILE SQUADRA DELL'ANNO, ITALIA SECONDA

Italia seconda nella classifica Fifa per la migliore nazionale del 2006. Al primo posto, per la quin...


Kenya government turns on critics, Odinga hailed

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki's government went on the offensive against critics on Monday, condemning opposition economic boycott plans as "sabotage" and summoning the British ambassador for a ticking off.


Advertising: Campaign on Childhood Mental Illness Succeeds at Being Provocative

A provocative public service campaign on childrenâs psychiatric disorders has raised hackles as much as awareness.


Members of a Roman Catholic parish are angry that a priest known to have indecently assaulted a boy was moved there.


Salt Lake City police have confirmed that Lori Hacking's remains have been found at a county landfill. Her husband, Mark, is accused of killing her.


Bush Says Iran Will Face Consequences for U.N. Defiance

President Bush said today there "must be consequences" for Iran's "defiance and delay" in responding to U.N. demands it stop enriching uranium.


'Summer of '42' Recording Now Available; Two-Disc Set Stars Rachel York

Playbill - The two-disc cast recording of Summer of '42, the musical, has finally been released by Jay Records, two years after it was recorded.


The European Court of Human Rights has condemned the Czech Republic for imprisoning two Indian citizens for two and a half years.


Ricky's on hook to Fish for a cool $8.6 million

Former Miami running back Ricky Williams was ordered yesterday to repay the Dolphins more than $8.6 million (all figures US) for breaching his contract when he suddenly quit before training camp.


Federer Walks Into Spot in Quarterfinals

Without so much as a groundstroke, Roger Federer jumped directly from the third round to the quarterfinals Monday afternoon, setting up one of the marquee matches of the US Open.


Bush signs into law Sudan divestment measure

CRAWFORD, Texas  - President George W. Bush on Monday signed into a law a measure aimed at allowing states, local governments, mutual funds and pension funds to divest from Sudan businesses, particularly its oil sectors.


Vital Signs: Fever May Ease Effects of Autism Disorders

Children with disorders in what is known as the autism spectrum tend to be less irritable and hyperactive after a period of high temperature, a new study suggests.


Former champion Morrison makes winning return to ring

Former world heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison stopped John Castle in the second round on Thursday to make a winning return to the ring 11 years after being forced out of boxing because of a positive HIV test.


Singer's Father: Sore Throat Led to Lip-Sync

After a technical foul-up on the NBC show "Saturday Night Live" exposed the pop singer Ashlee Simpson's use of prerecorded vocals on live television, her father said yesterday that he had decided


Forget Mom and Apple Pie, It's All You-Know-Who

This dispassionate British documentary contemplates how evangelical Christianity has moved steadily from the margins of politics into Congress and the White House.


Tight contest as IOC votes for 2014 site

Russian President Vladimir Putin put his prestige on the line Wednesday, promising a 2014 Winter Olympics in his country that will feature a stunning setting and vast state support to build a sports complex from scratch.


Domenici acknowledges calling prosecutor

Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., acknowledged Sunday that he asked a U.S. attorney about a pending criminal investigation, but denied pressuring or threatening the prosecutor to act.


Three times a week, The Associated Press picks an issue and asks the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates a question about it. Today's question and responses:


Retail Sales Up; Industrial Production Lags

WASHINGTON - Shoppers got their buying groove back last month, propelling sales at the nation's retailers by a strong 1.5 percent, the best showing since March. Activity at factories remained subdued, however, with industrial production rising just 0.1 percent...


A Â£141m computer system used to process benefits payments is scrapped, the BBC learns.


Guasch-Vidal was part of a maiden delegation of 19 Bnei Anusim that arrived in Israel about 10 days ago to show solidarity with the country.


Body Found in Search for Missing Lomax Couple: Fishing Boat With Engine Running Prompts the Search

By Jennifer Leahy, Houston Chronicle  Jun. 18--The body of a woman was found Sunday night and the search for her husband continued after the couple's fishing boat was found on the shore with the motor still running Sunday afternoon.


Roma, 19:39 - CALCIO, AZZURRI: NOVITA' BORRIELLO, NO A DEL PIERO E CASSANO

Per Italia-Portogallo, amichevole in programma mercoledÃ¬ a Zurigo, prima convocazione azzurra per Ma...


WASHINGTON: Entertainers love to send their audiences into transports of delight, but trust the queen of talk shows to find the perfect vehicle for the ride.


Variety - HOLLYWOOD -- April may be the cruelest month, but Hollywood still considers August to be the       worst month at the box office.


By Margo Rutledge Kissell Staff Writer  KETTERING -- Wearing a protective yellow suit, mask and rubber boots, Ohio Army National Guard Sgt. Joshua Sunderland stood underneath the long white tent Thursday spraying a fine mist of water over a man laying on a stretcher.  "We've got you.


A widely-suspected terrorist connection became an official claim when Russian authorities said they found traces of explosives in the wreckage of one of two passenger jets that crashed almost simultaneously, killing all 90 people on board.


TODAY'S EVENTS TV RADIO  Baseball  9:30 a.m. Chicago Cubs at Cincinnati WGN  7 p.m. Texas at Angels FSN 710, 830  Pro Football  5:30 p.m. Atlanta at New Orleans ESPN 980  Soccer  Noon England: Portsmouth vs.


Coach Woolmer was not murdered: British police

Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer was not murdered, according to a British police review, it was reported Saturday.


Rich must pay bulk of climate change bill: Oxfam

Coping with the ravages of global warming will cost $50 billion a year, and the rich nations who caused most of the pollution must pay most of the bill, aid agency Oxfam said on Tuesday.


Three U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq: military

Three U.S. soldiers died on Thursday of wounds sustained in combat in the western Anbar province, the U.S. military said on Friday.


Ryder-Tiger fails to clarify Cup enigma at Oakland Hills

Tiger Woods finished the 35th Ryder Cup on a personal winning note in the last-day singles, but the enigma of his relationship with the biennial team competition remains.


PeopleSoft Inc.'s board fired Craig Conway as chief executive after hearing him explain why he deceived industry analysts about the business software maker's sale prospects while fighting rival Oracle Corp.'s $7.7 billion takeover bid.


Report: Convicted spy to be returned to Israel

CAIRO, Egypt An Arabic TV station is reporting that a convicted Arab-Israeli spy is being returned to Israel in exchange for six Egyptian students.


THE co-pilot of a plane which crashed in New York in November 2001 made a fatal error when using the aircraftâs rudder, US investigators have found.


The discount retailer Kmart announced yesterday an $11bn (Â£5.9bn) acquisition of Sears Roebuck, bringing two of the best-known names in American retailing under one roof.


Expectant Radcliffe eyes World Championships

British long distance queen Paula Radcliffe is confident she will be ready for next year's World Athletics Championships as she prepares for the birth of her first child in January.


Livorno, 14:45 - CALCIO, LIVORNO; AMELIA: C'E' UN PROGETTO, VOGLIO RESTARE

Il portiere del Livorno Marco Amelia spiega perchÃ© è rimasto in Toscana. ''Sinceramente mi as...


Anti-Syrian Lebanese crowds honor slain Hariri

Around 300,000 Lebanese waving flags and blue balloons demonstrated in Beirut on Wednesday to honor Rafik al-Hariri, two years after the ex-premier's killing, and show support for the anti-Syrian government.


Hanover 96 striker Clint Mathis is to return to the United States after only a year in the Bundesliga, the German club said Tuesday.


Ministro petrolio avverte: presentino piani investimento


Before Rape Arrest, Bryant Expressed Fear to Police

On the night he was accused of rape, Kobe Bryant was scared about what happened and may have conceded lying to detectives, according to a tape recording made then.


Oil prices surge over $76 barrel amid growing concern that unrest in Nigeria will damage exports.


Commercial whaling ban under threat at talks

Officials from 75 nations are set for talks critical to whale conservation amid political pressure to lift a 20-year ban on commercial hunting of the gentle giants.


Somalia's new prime minister is Ali Mohamed Ghedi, a Member of Parliament from the capital, Mogadishu. Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed announced the appointment at a news conference in Nairobi.


Ex-Players Dealing With Not-So-Glamorous Health Issues

As concern grows among former N.F.L. players about the impact of football on health, the medical community is working to gather more information on the problem.


Aveva 90 anni, era cieco e gravemente malato di diabete e con problemi cardiaciCondannato a diversi ergastoli, da un anno ai domiciliari per motivi di salute                                          Morto Geraci, il boss di Partinico  mandante della strage di Capaci                                                                                Sua anche la responsabilitÃ  di via d'Amelio e degli omicidi degli esponenti dc Salvo LimaPiersanti Mattarella e Michele Reina, e del capitano dei carabinieri Mario D'Aleo


New Google Scholar search service aimed at academics

Google Inc. on Thursday formally launched a new search service aimed at scientists and academic researchers. Google Scholar is a free beta service that allows users to search for scholarly literature


Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs yesterday expressed displeasure with a pair of officiating calls in Washington's 21-18 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night, and the NFL responded by conceding its crew made two mistakes.


Microsoft advancing design tools platform

(InfoWorld) - Eyeing the rich application design space, Microsoft on Monday is detailing milestones in its Expression design tools platform, including the introduction of Expression Media to manage video files, images, and fonts. The company will announce Expression Studio, a suite of four products. The full suite, however, will not ship until the second quarter of 2007. Expression puts Microsoft more squarely into the same ballpark with Adobe and its rich media tools such as Flash and Flex. Microsoft, like Adobe, also is factoring in the application developers in its pursuit of the Web design space, according to analyst Bola Rotibi, of Ovum. "It's allowing the designers to work in their own environments and developers to work in their own environments but to have a shared context," Rotibi said. With the Expression products, designers build the look of an application. Microsoft's Visual Studio development platform, on the other hand, is for developing the code part of an application, according to Microsoft. Expression Studio, which will be priced at $599 for the full suite, features Expression Media, providing digital asset management and team workflow. Based on the iView MediaPro product acquired by Microsoft, it also features Expression Media Encoder for encoding and deploying video and audio. A first CTP of Expression Media is due early next year. The product will be generally available for $299 in the second quarter of next year, for users who wish to purchase it separate from the full suite. Expression Media helps designers handle what may be thousands of design elements, said Forest Key, director of Web/Client UX Platform Marketing in the Microsoft Developer Division. "With Expression Media, they can create a visual catalog," that includes metadata, Key said. Other components of the suite include: * Expression Web, for building Web sites. Formerly known as Expression Web Designer, it is shipping now for an estimated retail price of $299. FrontPage users can upgrade for $99. A free 60-day trial period is being offered, with downloads available. * Expression Blend, formerly known as Interactive Designer or Sparkle, for delivering interactive experiences on Windows. Blend Beta 1 is available now for download. The general release is scheduled for second-quarter 2007; it is priced at $499. * Expression Design, formerly Graphic Designer or Acrylic, for designing visual elements for Web and Windows experiences. A December Community Technology Preview (CTP) is available. The product ships only as part of the full Expression Studio suite next year. Expression Design was based on the Creature House Expression technology acquired by Microsoft in 2003. The latest versions of Blend and Design feature a new interface for designers. The interface enables, for example, designers to see how a layout looks on different monitors. In addition to Expression Studio, Microsoft on Monday is offering the first CTP of Windows Presentation Foundation Everywhere (WPE/E). This technology serves as a cross-platform browser plug-in for rich media, animation and video content based on Windows Media technology. Users can author content for WPE/E with the Expression Media and Design products. WPE/E allows designers and developers to build an experience in the browser that is richer than could be done with just the browser itself, Key said. Featured is the ability to render the XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language) file format for rich media capabilities. Microsoft also is launching an online community for designers, featuring forums, video demos, and team blogs.


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Bill Would Impose Fee On Some Food Imports

Federal regulators could collect more than $200 million a year in import fees under legislation introduced yesterday by a senior Senate Democrat that aims to strengthen oversight of food brought into the country.


Rumsfeld makes secret farewell trip to Iraq

Outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made a secret farewell trip to Iraq, a senior Pentagon official confirmed on Saturday.


ABC News cutting, changing jobs for digital focus

ABC News will cut about 35  positions worldwide as part of a two-year review of its  operations that will reposition the news division for the world  of digital media.


Nokia today took the wraps off of Wibree, a new short-range wireless system that acts like Bluetooth but promises to go well beyond mobile phones and PC peripherals to find its way into smart watches, remote control toys, and even sensors for sports equipment.


The funeral of Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi has taken place in her home town of San Marino.


Viareggo, 20:12 - CALCIO, SIENA-SPEZIA 2-1 IN AMICHEVOLE

Il Siena ha battuto lo Spezia 2-1 in amichevole. Primo tempo a reti bianche, nella ripresa vantaggio...


Pitcairn sex abuse accused to challenge sovereignty

Seven men defending multiple sexual abuse charges on the remote Pacific colony of Pitcairn Island have won the right to challenge London's sovereignty before Britain's highest appellate court, the Privy Council, reports said.


Ukraine's victorious opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko has said it will take time to rebuild relations with Russia, which backed his presidential rival.


The investment firm posts a strong profit report, but shares slid.


Intelligence Community Looks at Convera Software

Software provider Convera Corp. of Vienna was awarded $800,000 by a CIA-funded private-venture group to expedite the development of its search-and categorization capability.


U.S. business productivity growth  proved surprisingly sluggish at the end of 2004 and claims for  jobless aid unexpectedly dipped last week, according to  government reports that showed a good sign for employment which  could fan inflation fears.


Academy Awards contenders demurely say it's nice just to be nominated. In this wide-open Oscar season, just about any nominee could end up winning.


Hillary Clinton slams proposed U.S.-Korea trade pact

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the  Democratic front-runner in the U.S. presidential race, said on  Saturday she would oppose ratification of a free trade pact  with South Korea because it would harm the U.S. auto industry,  among other things.


Hearing shocking news, such as a family bereavement, really can break your heart, researchers suggest


Senior bishop who claimed parts of Britain are no-go areas for non-Muslims criticised


Bextra is in the same drug class as Vioxx which recently was pulled from the market after it was linked to heart attacks and strokes.


Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez says the club will fine any player found to have breached club rules in Portugal.


Royalties bid by Pink Floyd school chorus

Twenty-five years after belting out those lyrics on Pink Floyd's number one hit, Another Brick In The Wall, a group of former London schoolchildren were yesterday reported to have lodged a claim for unpaid music royalties.


Nominee for Attorney General Rides an Ideological Divide

Alberto R. Gonzales' civil liberties record worries Democrats; conservatives question him on abortion and affirmative action.


Man charged with attending UK terrorism camp

British police said on Monday they had   charged two men held in a major swoop last week, one of whom   was accused of undergoing terrorism training at a camp in   southern England.


Britain's scientific community fuels controversies by shunning colleagues with rebel ideas, research suggests.


Mancuso puts Olympic gold ahead of World Cup win

VAL D'ISERE, France  - Julia Mancuso, who powered to an impressive downhill win in Val d'Isere on Tuesday, said her maiden World Cup victory could not match her Olympic giant slalom title this year.


AIDS hits blacks harder than other groups: CDC

Black men in the United States are nearly seven times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV than their white counterparts, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released on Thursday.


In Farewell, New Jersey Governor Apologizes for 'Mistakes'

Gov. James E. McGreevey, who resigned while admitting a gay affair, said that he was proud of his accomplishments.


Fla. Has New Rule on Touch-Screen Recounts

Florida set new guidelines for recounting touch-screen ballots in close elections, but voter-rights groups said the court-ordered decision doesn't go nearly far enough to ensure a fair election.


The United States is reaching out to more countries as world trade talks slowly gain momentum, a U.S. trade official said on Tuesday, even as some U.S. farmers grow more hostile to a deal.


Monaco di Baviera, 17:55 - CALCIO, BAYERN; SANTA CRUZ: SE NON GIOCO VADO VIA

Roque Santa Cruz è pronto a lasciare il Bayern Monaco. "Non voglio aspettare fino a 30 anni p...


After 30 Years of Animal Research, Bronx Zoo to Close Island Preserve

The Bronx Zoo is closing a large animal preserve on a 14,000-acre undeveloped island off the coast of Georgia.


A Day Before SEC Oversight Hearing, CtW Investment Group Urges Quick Elimination of Broker Votes in All Director Elections

WASHINGTON, June 25  /PRNewswire/ -- In the attached letter, Change to Win Chair Anna Burger urges the House Committee on Financial Services to call on the SEC to quickly eliminate so-called "phantom votes" in all corporate director elections.


Business & money: Tough new planning restriction to try to stem rise of so-called 'Tesco towns' to be unveiled this week


N.Y. State Senate Race Drags on in Court

When a state Senate race just north of New York City wound up too close to call, each side accused the other of mischief — like intimidating old ladies at the polls or importing voters from the Bronx — and went to court. Three months later, it's still there.


Working Title to put fiction spin on "Young" docu

Working Title Films has  optioned the rights to the documentary "Young@Heart" -- which  centers on a group of rock-song-singing senior citizens -- with  the aim to adapt it into a narrative feature film.


Disney's Latest Drama: $200 Mln Courtroom Battle

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK  - The trial of a lawsuit by  Walt Disney Co. shareholders who accuse the board of directors  of rubberstamping a deal to hire Michael Ovitz in 1995 and then  giving him $140 million in severance pay will open on  Wednesday, putting a spotlight on standards for corporate  responsibility.


Mobsters Plead Guilty to N.Y. Phone Scam

Six reputed members of the Gambino crime family pleaded guilty to ringing up more than $650 million in unauthorized charges on telephone customers' credit cards and phone bills.


Ambassador Paul Bremer, who ran the US provisional government in Iraq for more than a year, now claims the US military should have had more troops in Iraq to halt the widespread looting after the fall of Baghdad.


THURSDAY, Oct. 28 (HealthDayNews) -- Obesity nearly doubles the risk that an otherwise healthy middle-aged man will eventually have a stroke, a long-running Swedish study finds.


'Guida referendum per cancellare una legge che ha fatto lui'


Belgian doctor restores woman's fertility with ovary graft

A Belgian doctor claimed Tuesday a world first after restoring the fertility of a woman made infertile by chemotherapy and other cancer treatment.


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JUVENTUS. Trezeguet si opera: stop tra i 3 ed i 4 mesi

Il consulto avuto a Lione con l`ortopedico francese Gilles Walch ha convinto lâattaccante francese David Trezeguet a sottoporsi allâintervento chirurgico alla spalla sinistra. L`attaccante della Juventus


U.S. health officials said Tuesday that they planned to steer scarce flu vaccine supplies to nursing homes, pediatricians and hospitals as the company that caused the disruptive shortage disclosed it was under ...


Vice President Dick Cheney warned Monday that al-Qaeda was regrouping in Pakistan's remote border


Seagate Technology (STX :NYSE - news - research) shares jumped early Tuesday after the company issued bullish earnings guidance. The company said it expected EPS of 6 cents to 8 cents a share on revenue of


The head of the Organization of American States resigned Friday, just two weeks into his tenure, after allegations that he participated in a bribery scandal involving a French telephone company.


In a breakthrough that doctors say gives hope to many women who've become infertile after cancer treatments, a woman who received an ovarian tissue transplant gives birth to a healthy baby girl.


MacBook Pro fast disk option means slooooow shipping

Buyers looking to upgrade Apple Inc.'s latest MacBook Pro laptops with a faster hard drive may be spinning their wheels for a while. Checking off that option sends shipping times from just a few days to as long as six weeks.


Taxpayers could be faced with a Â£1bn bill following the collapse of Metronet, a PPP arbiter says.


The country has a sterling reputation as a hotbed of technological know-how, but that knowledge doesn't always run deep, particularly in law enforcement. Manu Joseph reports from Mumbai, India.


Saudi police hunt suspects in attack on state security forces

Plotters of a double car bombing in the Saudi capital were spooked by a gunbattle with police earlier in the week and launched their attack hastily, failing to


Stocks Up on Microsoft and Countrywide Reports

Stocks advanced sharply in early trading, with Wall Street encouraged by strong earnings from Microsoft and an optimistic outlook from Countrywide Financial.


Clinton's Iraq vote haunts her on campaign trail

It is the vote that will not die, no matter how often Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton explains, defends or takes responsibility for her 2002 decision to back the use of military force in Iraq.


Ford today announced the end their Formula One programme with Jaguar. The F1 squad will not be re-branded as Ford as previously rumoured, but in fact is to be sold.


Here's a bet there won't be any Beatles songs on the next "Dancing With the Stars." ABC announced Wednesday that Paul McCartney's estranged wife, Heather Mills, will be among the competitors.


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Designer Steroid That Avoids Detection Is Found

Anti-doping officials said the new drug was uncovered after an anonymous e-mail tip directed the agency to investigate a substance seized by Canadian customs officials.


China Toughens Stance on Intellectual Property

China promised on Tuesday to get tougher on copyright and patent violations, a long-awaited move that may ease U.S. concerns over rampant piracy believed to cost foreign businesses billions of dollars every year.


NASA Rolls Out Improved Rocket Fuel Tank

In a major step toward resuming launches of the space shuttle, NASA officials said Tuesday they have completed improvements that will prevent the falling debris problem that destroyed space shuttle Columbia and killed seven astronauts.


N.Korea moves towards implementing nuclear deal

North Korea has invited a delegation of the United Nations nuclear watchdog to visit the country in what could be a first step towards implementing an international agreement intended to curb its nuclear programme.


US private equity firm buys shoemaker Jimmy Choo

Luxury shoemaker Jimmy Choo has been snapped up by a US private equity firm working with the firm's management team, including British co-founder Tamara Mellon.


Nasa officials scrutinising the launch of space shuttle Atlantis say debris did hit, but  there was no visible damage.


Expressions of sexism and racism emerging from the contest between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barak Obama have been blatant, subtle and perhaps sometimes imagined, and they are renewing the national debate over what is and isn't acceptable to say in public.


NEW YORK - As doctors struggle to come to grips with what the withdrawal of Vioxx means for drug safety, the letters pages of the normally sedate New England Journal of Medicine have turned into a battleground.


Sanctions and pledge to press for further UN action  timed to pre-empt next week's G8 summit.


Caceres, 16:52 - CICLISMO, VUELTA: GRUPPO DENUNCIATO PER ECCESSO DI VELOCITA'

Fatto decisamente curioso dopo la conclusione della Vuelta di Spagna, con arrivo a Caceres. Un abita...


One in six Europeans living below poverty threshold: study

One in six Europeans is living below national poverty thresholds, with children particularly vulnerable, according to the results of an official study.


Not too long ago, Google Inc. seemed little more than a pesky insect to Microsoft Corp.'s 800-pound gorilla. No more. As Google rapidly rolls out new products, the company best known for its wildly popular search engine is muscling into the software giant's turf, including its stronghold: the computer desktop.


Deadly bombings in Baghdad's Green Zone have touched off a U.S. security review and a search for evidence to determine if terrorists linked to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi carried out the attacks.


Allied ministers push for help on Afghan frontline

Allied defence ministers with troops on the frontline in southern Afghanistan held talks Friday on how to fill gaps in forces and hammer out a strategy for the next half a decade.


The European Union's head office on Wednesday predicted a smooth transition to the euro in the 10 new EU nations that are hoping to adopt the common currency by 2010.


Rumsfeld has eye on Iraq pullout in '05, with strings

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said Sunday that the United States could begin to withdraw some troops from Iraq beginning early next year, if newly trained Iraqi security forces can shoulder more of the burden.


Holyfield plans to fight suspension by NY Commission

Evander Holyfield said yesterday that he will fight the indefinite suspension handed down by the New York State Athletic Commission as a result of Saturday night's lopsided loss to journeyman Larry Donald at Madison Square Garden.


After decades on run, Indian 'demon' killed

MADRAS, India - He was India's most wanted bandit, a brutal smuggler who murdered police officers, slaughtered elephants and kidnapped a movie star.


England win the toss and field in the final Test against Sri Lanka in Galle, with Matthew Hoggard earning a recall.


Today the Latimes.com launched its RSS (Really Simple Syndication) subscription service, Los Angeles Times NewsPoint, which can be used by latimes.com readers to customize personal news feeds and additional online content for automatic delivery to their desktops.Los Angeles Times NewsPoint was created jointly with Consenda, a Swiss-American media software developer specializing in online content delivery. Los [...]


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President Bush's choice for the nation's next spy chief would give up his $2 million-a-year job at one of Washington's premier consulting firms for a position that provides him with considerable influence over lucrative secret government contracts.


A woman is charged in connection with last year's alleged attempted bombings in London, police reveal.


New Google Service May Strain Old Ties in Bookselling

Allowing consumers to search the content of books online could shift the balance of power between companies that produce books and those that sell them.


LONDON  - Sachin Tendulkar has been ruled out of the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy tournament in England, India officials confirmed here yesterday.


Italy, France Agonize Over Iraq Hostage Crises

France's government and opposition showed rare unity in appealing for the release of two Frenchmen held in Iraq as an Italian envoy flew to the Middle East on Thursday to urge freedom for two female Italian aid workers.


Grozny, Russia - The Russian government's choice for president of war-battered Chechnya easily won an election that came in the wake of last week's terrorist destruction of two airliners, the ITAR-Tass news agency cited election officials as saying on


If the airline acquires some ATA assets, Wichita Mid-Continent could see expanded AirTran service, especially to Chicago. BY PHYLLIS JACOBS GRIEKSPOOR.


Older woman seduces younger man. Sound familiar? It's a scene from the 1967 coming-of-age classic "The Graduate."


The widow of poisoned former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko denies that he was working for British intelligence as the man charged with killing him has claimed.


Twelve U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq: military

Twelve more U.S. soldiers were killed in the past two days, officials said on Thursday, as the U.S. military pressed ahead with one of its biggest operations since the 2003 invasion to topple Saddam Hussein.


NASA sidelines spacewalk, adds inspection

HOUSTON  -- Shuttle Atlantis astronauts will take a closer look at a minor tear in their ship's heat shield on Sunday after an undisclosed medical issue sidelined plans for a spacewalk to install Europe's Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station, NASA officials said.


Paris turns 175,000 kids onto open-source key plan

Aim is to give students easy access to "portable office" software suite designed to operate in Windows environment.


Peer Impact network enters online music fray

The drive to develop legal peer-to-peer online music services, where consumers share songs over the internet, received a boost this week when three of the four major record


Four men shouting religious slogans   tried to blow up the U.S. embassy in Damascus on Tuesday but   their car bomb failed to go off and Syrian security guards   killed three of them in a shootout.


Nine policemen, two Dutch troops and several Taleban are reported killed in separate clashes in Afghanistan.


The question at the heart of Staff Sgt. Ray Girouard's murder trial is this: Who ordered the killing of three Iraqi captives?


Suicide Bomber Dies, Wounds Seven in Kabul Attack

A suicide bomber killed himself and wounded at least seven others including three members of the NATO-led peacekeeping force in an attack on a busy shopping street in central Kabul Saturday.


A suicide attacker has detonated grenades on a commercial street in Kabul city centre, killing himself and injuring seven other people, including three foreign peacekeepers, officials said.


Survey: U.S. to Rein in Holiday Spending

Most Americans are planning to curb  their holiday spending this year, making it a challenging  shopping season for U.S. retailers, according to a holiday  buying survey by The NPD Group.


Consumer Reports Hating on Hannah Montana

Tickets for Hannah Montana were hard to come by until now. A blog post from Consumer Reports points out that teenage singer Miley Ray Cryus  and her dad are seen riding around in a Range Rover without seatbealts in her hit concert movie.   âIt seems ...


MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Hamas urged the West on Friday to accept a new Palestinian unity government but leading officials from the Islamist group said they would never recognize Israel nor abide by existing peace accords.


Iran Denies Any Nuclear Activity At Suspect Site Parchin

VIENNA  - Iran denied that it had carried out any nuclear-related activity at the Parchin military site which is the subject of US and UN concern.


Valencia coach Claudio Ranieri said he could do little more than salute opponents Inter Milan after their crushing 5-1 victory over his side at the Mestalla on Wednesday.


Australia, by winning the third Test at Nagpur on Friday, also won the four-match series 2-0 with one match to go. Australia had last won a Test series in India way back in December 1969 when Bill Lawry's team beat Nawab Pataudi's Indian team 3-1.


The UCLA running back piled up 169 yards and three touchdowns Saturday in a Pacific-10 Conference opener against the Washington Huskies at Husky Stadium.


Reeve remembered for funding, hope at Rehabilitation Institute of ...

October 11, 2004 - Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago remembers Christopher Reeve. Reeve, 52, died at a New York hospital Sunday just days after attending a benefit for the Chicago center.


Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson told Arab Americans on Sunday that he has the diplomatic experience to work for peace in the Middle East.


STMicro may see windfall from Stern satellite move

Shock jock Howard Stern's jump to satellite radio could create a $180 million windfall for Europe's biggest chip maker, STMicroelectronics (STM.


NEW YORK - Saying he's "as Jewish as a matzo ball or kosher salami," Jackie Mason filed a lawsuit against Jews for Jesus for using his name and likeness in a pamphlet.


Savor Those Curly Fries: Planet Hollywood Is Back

Planet Hollywood has stood as a cautionary tale about the perils of celebrity and hype. But its founder, Robert Earl, hopes a new casino will be the crown jewel of its resurrection.


Jumps on online Astroturf craze A spokesman for the San Francisco mayor admitted he faked his identity when posting comments favorable to his boss on a blog covering local politics.â¦


Women more likely to seek help for sweating: study

NEW YORK, Feb 1 (Reuters Life!) - Women with clammy handshakes are twice as likely to seek medical attention as men with sweaty palms, according to a new U.S. study.


Want to corrupt your iPod? Use it with Microsoft's new operating system. Apple concedes that its music software still isn't compatible with all versions of Vista. By the Associated Press.


After you and your family have finished your second helping of mashed potatoes and gravy this Thanksgiving, you might want to take Grandpa aside and ask him about his cholesterol.


The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood says he encouraged troubled supermodel   Kate Moss to break up with her boyfriend Pete Doherty.


Militants have threatened to kill three Western hostages unless all female Iraqi prisoners are set free by Monday. The men - Briton Kenneth Bigley, and US colleagues Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong - were


Bush lends support to anti-abortion "March for Life" rally

US President George W. Bush telephoned anti-abortion activists who held a rally here to condemn the Supreme Court ruling 32 years ago which made abortion legal.


Bill Would Transfer Federal Land in Summerlin for Cancer Research Center

By Steve Tetreault  By STEVE TETREAULT  STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU  WASHINGTON - Nevada lawmakers reintroduced a bill on Monday seeking to transfer 80 acres of federal land in Summerlin for a cancer research and treatment center, medical offices and a park.


Federal pension agency questions giveback accord

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- The union representing United Airlines pilots refused Saturday to discuss reports that a federal pension agency might oppose a cost-cutting plan.


US forces sweep through 'death triangle'

US-led forces were locked a bloody push through Iraq's "triangle of death" on Thursday, in an attempt to drive out rebel enclaves before the countryâs landmark elections in January, with more than 200 political groups preparing to take part.


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Norwegian police question their first suspect over the theft of Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream.


The mother of former Playboy playmate and model Anna Nicole Smith blamed drugs Friday for her daughter's sudden death that ended an extraordinary tabloid life at just 39.


`History Boys' jump from stage to screen

When Samuel Barnett and Dominic Cooper landed the roles of Posner and Dakin, respectively, in Alan Bennett's play "The History Boys," they were expecting an 80-show run at England's National Theater.


A police officer is attacked by a gang of youths after stopping their car in East Lancashire.


Study: Casino a Net Loss for City: A New Study Says Sedgwick County Could Be a Big Loser Once the Indirect Costs of a Casino Are Factored In.

By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jun. 16--A casino in Wichita or elsewhere in Sedgwick County is a winner economically, but a loser once higher government spending and the cost of gambling addicts are factored in.


Chinese parliamentary panel warns economy overheating

A key Chinese parliamentary committee has warned that the country's runaway economy is in danger of overheating amid rising inflationary pressure, state press reported Wednesday.


Bush and Kerry on Attack in Swing States

President Bush condemned Democratic Sen. John Kerry on Tuesday for "scare tactics" on issues like Social Security and the flu vaccine, while Kerry hammered Bush's leadership on the economy and the war on terror.


Storm losses could soar to Â£4bn, insurers warn

Hurricane Jeanne, the fourth hurricane to hit the US in just six weeks, is set to cost the insurance industry up to $7bn (Â£3.9bn) of losses, making this year's storm season the costliest on record.


Zook, Gators Get Involved In Brouhaha With Fraternity

Florida football coach Ron Zook, right, couldn't take down Tennessee or LSU this season. But, according to published reports, Zook threatened to "take down" a University of Florida fraternity house, where


[TS] Sports of The Times: Left Wrist, Meet Right Wrist

Michelle Wie has been filleted for her wrist versus reward shenanigans as an entitled teen while Phil Mickelson has been treated with reverence for his trouperâs mentality.


'E' grave non uscire da logica mafiosa che avvolge Calabria'


Annie Lennox and Cat Stevens join Nelson Mandela to launch a book marking last year's 46664 charity concert.


`Sopranos' creator defends famous finale

Just when we had made our peace with "The Sopranos" finale and moved on with our lives, David Chase has stirred things up again.


Microsoft ponders licensing for app virtualization scenarios

InfoWorld - SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- Noting two evolving areas of software licensing, Microsoft is pondering how to license when multiple instances of an application are run on a single computer, but is not eyeing a plan for utility-based computing, in which charges are based on individual usage.


Bosnian Serbs Jailed for Srebrenica Massacre

Judges at The Hague war crimes tribunal jailed two former Bosnian Serb army commanders for 18 and 9 years respectively Monday for their role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of more than 7,000 Muslim men and boys.


Google extends standards to the industry âWe feel very strongly about this being an industry effort and being a standard. We want this to be the one way that developers can add offline capabilities to their applications,â says Jeff Huger, Googleâs VP of engineering, during the keynote for the companyâs global Developer Day.â¦


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Get out of nuclear business, U.S. tells North Korea

The United States urged reclusive North Korea to get out of the "nuclear business" on Thursday after listing luxury goods such as cognac, cigars and jet skis it seeks to keep out of the country under U.N. trade sanctions.


If Jermaine O'Neal hadn't slipped while delivering that potentially crushing right-hand punch to a fan's jaw during the Nov. 19 melee at The Palace, that fan might have been slurping his Christmas dinner through a straw.


IBM saved about $1.6 billion in tax maneuver: WSJ

International Business Machines Corp.   saved about $1.6 billion last month by using a  corporate tax loophole that has since been closed, the Wall  Street Journal reported in its online edition on Wednesday.


Bush authorizes graphite export to China

President George W. Bush on Monday  authorized the export to China of 2 million pounds (907,200 kg)  of bulk graphite and said he did not believe the items would  prove detrimental to the U.S. space launch industry.


A team of Harvard researchers has stumbled upon the answer to one of the great mysteries of life - why hair turns gray. The culprit, it turns out, is not holiday shopping, the Knicks or even the infuriating G train.


Ihop Corp., the largest US pancake-house chain, agreed to buy Applebee's International Inc. for $1.9 billion and sell securities backed by franchisee fees to finance the purchase.


People could be risking their lives if they take even moderately high doses of vitamin E, mounting evidence suggests. The latest study by Johns Hopkins University found people who took even half of the recommended


THE brother of British hostage Ken Bigley said last night he had received information that he is still alive. Paul Bigley said he had received news which gave him cause for hope.


French oil giant Total SA said Wednesday that fourth-quarter profits rose 62 percent as oil prices surged and new projects in Angola and Qatar boosted production.


Tonga's King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, one of the world's longest reigning monarchs, dies in New Zealand.


Italy Calls To End Kyoto Climate Limits After 2012

ROME - Italy has called for an end to the Kyoto Protocol after the environmental treaty's initial period in 2012, preferring voluntary agreements that would entice the United States, China and India to tackle climate change.


The lawyer for two Britons freed from  Guantanamo Bay says they are victims of torture needing treatment.


Yale zeros in, hoping to be a spoilsport

In their 120-game football rivalry, dating back to 1875, Harvard and Yale have taken turns ruining each other's perfect seasons. Yale has done it to the Crimson 15 times -- but only twice since 1910 -- while Harvard has returned the favor on five occasions, most recently in 1979.


Michael Jackson's Sudden Illness Halts Trial

SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - Pop star Michael Jackson  was taken to a hospital emergency room on Tuesday, vomiting and  suffering from a "flu-like illness," and his child molestation  trial was abruptly halted.


Portuguese police name Madeleine parents suspects

Portuguese police named  the parents of missing British four-year-old Madeleine McCann  as suspects in their investigation on Friday, their lawyer said  after they were questioned for hours by police.


Mike Cameron tripled leading off the 12th inning and scored on a sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Eric Young, and the San Diego Padres avoided their first four-game sweep in San Francisco in nearly 13 years with a 6-5 victory over the Giants on Sunday.


Martha Stewart Eyeing Reality TV Comeback

Martha Stewart is making big plans to return to the small screen next year following her five-month gig in a West Virginia prison.


Clamorosa dichiarazione di Luciano Gaucci, presidente della Napoli Sportiva, che ha deciso di alzare bandiera bianca. "Non ho mai voluto la serie C per il Napoli, ecco perchÃ¨ non ho accettato alcuna proposta


A judge is to question Chile's former president Augusto Pinochet over allegations of human rights abuses.


The Traffic Officer With His Hand Out Has It Whacked

Georgia is having a road revolution, utterly changing what it is like to drive in one corner of the former Soviet Union.


Indian great Sunil Gavaskar says Sachin Tendulkar's injury-enforced absence cannot excuse the side's poor batting performances in England.


Like Led Zeppelin's ''Stairway to Heaven'' and Lynyrd Skynyrd's ''Freebird,'' classic video games like Frogger and Pong can bring back an entire era.


A Congressional committee, federal prosecutors and the FBI all join California's Attorney General to investigate the legalities of Hewlett Packard's questionable information-gathering methods.


Stocks surge on retail sales and Alcoa talk

U.S. stocks rallied on Thursday, boosting the Dow to a record, as healthy sales from key retailers reassured investors about the economy, while takeover speculation drove Alcoa Inc.'s  shares to a lifetime high.


The Golden State Warriors signed the oft-injured guard Dajuan Wagner, who has not played in the National Basketball League since 2004-05.


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Scandal in Congress: The political fallout of Rep. Foley's resignation

The ordeal could add to the GOP's woes as it tries to retain control of Congress.


Bush aims to bolster ties with Kazakhstan

President George W. Bush praised   Kazakhstan as a "free nation" while meeting on Friday with its   leader Nursultan Nazarbayev, despite criticism by human rights   groups of the Kazakh government's autocratic ways.


Miami authorities find heroin in juice boxes

It appears that who ever sent a shipment of fruit juice called "Hit Fruit Drink" to Miami last week had a different type of "hit" in mind.


The White Stripes rip through the raucous new "Icky Thump," while Bon Jovi and Toby Keith take the long road to Nashville.


Japan's prime minister calls for increased co-operation with China, at the end of a four-day trip to the country.


Weight Loss Surgery May Help Less Severely Obese

FRIDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) --The morbidly obese may not be the only people who should be eligible for bariatric surgery to lose weight, U.S. researchers report.


Six US marines killed in Iraq bomb attack

FALLUJAH, Iraq : At least six US marines were killed and several others wounded in a bomb attack on a military convoy near the militant Iraqi stronghold of Fallujah, witnesses and US military sources said.


Fashion Diary: Selling Us Ice in the Winter

In no place outside the fashion bubble are women given license to costume themselves as fancifully and often absurdly as magazines devoted to the subject propose.


Greece's PM implies arson is to blame as fires that have killed about 50 people bear down on more villages.


Iran nuclear issue to test EU "unique role"

The Iran nuclear issue has again become the focal point for discussion by the countries attending the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board meeting.


By Serena Gordon, HealthDay Reporter    Even passive smoke can make you a nocturnal noisemaker, study finds    HealthDayNews -- Your chances of getting a peaceful night's sleep are better if you don't smoke, or spend time around anyone who does.    That's because smoking -- both active and passive -- makes it more likely you'll snore the night away, according to a study in the October issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine...


The decision by the Department of Veterans Affairs is likely to further reduce sales of Avandia, which have fallen steeply since a medical journal questioned the drugâs safety.


Going for Green at Virginia Tech: The University Has Never Been Hallowed for Its Environmental Friendliness. But Some Hokies Are Working to Change That.

By Greg Esposito, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 24--BLACKSBURG -- When Virginia Tech junior Angella De Soto sits in her Community Renewable Energy Systems class she can't help but notice her surroundings.


Daniel Weintrab: Governor tries to soften Legislature's partisan ...

Bee Columnist. In his first year as governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger has perfected the art of declaring victory, even when his achievements fall far short of his goals.


A big man's little mistake turned into a heap of trouble Saturday night in Toronto.


The US warns Syria against interfering in Lebanon, as the country prepares to bury former PM Rafik Hariri.


A roadside bomb tore through a NATO vehicle on Wednesday, killing six soldiers and their Afghan interpreter in a southern Afghan region that has recently seen heavy fighting, a NATO statement said.


The Vatican issues new guidelines which will make the process of verifying saints more rigorous.


The New York Mets broke up a tight pitching duel with a five-run ninth inning to register a 6-2 road victory over the Florida Marlins on Friday.


N.J. Woman Indicted for Passing 700 Checks

A New Jersey woman passed more than 700 phony checks totaling more than $120,000, according to a federal indictment.


US military kills 25 insurgents in Mosul clash

American troops and warplanes repulsed a massive insurgent attack against an outpost in the restive northern city of Mosul, killing at least 25 insurgents, the military said yesterday.


Cops in Katrina shooting win legal round

Lawyers for three police officers charged in fatal shootings at a bridge in the chaos after Hurricane Katrina can have the complete transcripts of two grand jury witnesses, a judge ruled Thursday.


Police Identify Officer Who Shot Lethal Pepper-Spray Pellet

BOSTON -- Boston police have publicly identified the officer who fired a lethal pepper-spray pellet that killed an Emerson College student last month.


Kevin Spacey's Darin biopic hits Toronto festival

Late music legend Bobby Darin has taken centre stage at the Toronto International Film Festival with the world premiere of "Beyond the Sea," Kevin Spacey's impassioned biopic of the "Mack the Knife" singer.


Patent hoarders intensify protection issue

The chances of a user being sued for intellectual property (IP) infringement related to software usage are slim, industry observers say. But that may change, as some companies hoard patents for the express purpose of using them to extract money from sellers and users of software.


Testy Kerry dashes from reporters, hides in private digs

On his first day back in the Senate since losing the presidential election, Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] hunkered down for hours in his aptly labeled hideaway office in the


Impossibile far coincidere impegni, nuovo vertice lunedi'


Deanna Nolan scores seven points in a key third-quarter run as Detroit comes from behind for a 77-74 victory over Connecticut on Wednesday.


Tycho:  This has been simmering on some tertiary heat source for awhile, and it may be time to serve it.  When a classic game is re-released for digital delivery, by what criteria are they being reviewed?


The Modern's architecture department was once famous for changing the way Americans viewed design. The new installation, by comparison, is unlikely to burn a hole in our memories.


The Police reunion tour is fast selling out major stadium venues in the US and Canada.


A Widely Used Arthritis Drug Is Withdrawn

Merck said that it would stop selling Vioxx because a study found that it doubled patients' risk of heart attack and strokes.


The path to final passage appeared clear yesterday for the most extensive overhaul of the nation's intelligence agencies since


Top UN court to rule if Serbia guilty of genocide

The highest U.N. court rules on Monday whether Serbia committed genocide through the killing, rape and ethnic cleansing that ravaged Bosnia during the 1992-95 war, in one of the biggest cases in its 60-year history.


The United Auto Workers union and General Motors Corp agreed to a new contract on Wednesday, ending a two-day nationwide strike by 73,000 workers with a groundbreaking deal that includes a health-care trust fund.


Hedge Fund With Big Loss Says It Will Shut Down

The founder of Amaranth Advisors told investors tonight that withdrawals would be frozen while the fund sells off assets.


BrowseGoods : The Google Maps of Shopping

Ever wonder what it would be like to sift through bins of thousands of items like one would at a flea market or a mall, while on your computer?  BrowseGoods has taken advantage of Web 2.0 technologies such as Ajax and put together a realistic online representation of the real world shopping experience.  Brian Smith of [...]


Juan Toja scored twice to help FC Dallas overcome a three-goal second-half deficit and salvage a 3-3 tie against D.C. United last night at Washington.


Mistrial declared in Muslim charity case

A judge declared a mistrial Monday for most former leaders of a Muslim charity accused of funding terrorism, after chaos broke out in the court when three jurors disputed the verdict that had been announced.


But Nokia will take them mainstream Comment It was predictable, given Apple's history, that the iPhone would be a fairly closed environment, but there has still been consternation in some quarters that it will be so tough for mobile developers to create applications for the device - at a time when most phonemakers are finally opening up their platforms, and recognizing that developer support is key to a product's success.â¦


Marsh Executive Pleads Guilty to Charges

A Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. MMC.N  insurance broker, Senior Vice President Robert Stearns, on  Thursday pleaded guilty to criminal charges in connection with  an ongoing probe into fraud and bid-rigging in the insurance  industry, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office  said.


Sense of Well-Being Maintained After Transplant

NEW YORK  - The psychological well-being of  patients after lung transplantation is not significantly  different from that in the general population, results of a  small study suggest. However, increased psychological distress  was found in a subgroup of transplant patients.


Two-thirds of the world's polar bears will be gone by mid-century, a US government agency reports.


Get your desktop computer for just Â£9,999 Vista only hit the shelves yesterday, but Microsoft's new operating system has already sent shockwaves through the PC retail industry.â¦


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Six Egyptian engineers working for the mobile telephone company that provides service to central Iraq have been abducted in the past several days, prompting a company official to warn that the phone network would shut down if its remaining


Secondo Confartigianato, +57% tra il 1999 e il 2006


Carrey, Carell partner for Dr. Seuss' "Horton"

LOS ANGELES  - Jim Carrey has been cast   as Horton and Steve Carell as the Mayor of Who-Ville in "Horton   Hears a Who," a computer-animated feature based on Dr. Seuss'   classic 1954 children's book.


Final Results of German Saxony, Brandenburg Elections

Following are tables showing the provisional final results of yesterday's regional elections in the eastern German states of Saxony and Brandenburg.


Minneapolis, MN (Sports Network) - Minnesota Vikings running back Onterrio Smith, who has been suspended four games for violating the NFL's substance abuse policy, will begin serving that suspension Sunday.


It used to be the last word in youth culture. Can a virtual world of 3-D avatars help the network get its groove back? By Mark Wallace from Wired magazine.


Stocks ended almost unchanged on  Monday as investors paused for breath after last week's  post-election rally and braced for interest-rate hikes that  threatened to slow growth and raise companies' costs.


Cardiac problems like an abnormal heartbeat are exacerbated by rigorous exercise in a way that can be fatal in athletes, and regular testing for the problem could save lives, doctors at a heart conference said Sunday.


New U.N. Official Assumes Kosovo Control

The new U.N. administrator for Kosovo took control Sunday of the Serbian province, which has remained deeply divided along ethnic lines since the end of a 1999 war.


Academy Award winners Charlize Theron and Christopher Walken will add another trophy to their collection Â a Hasty Pudding award.


Japan's Nikkei average rose on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve indicated the U.S. economy was growing moderately, boosting exporters such as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Toyota Motor Corp.


Maxjet Is All Business, Except for the Customer's Bottom Line

Maxjet Airways set itself a challenge when its all-business-class flights started in late 2005: provide swanky service at civilized prices.


Aon Sells 2 Underwriting Units to Bolster Buybacks

The insurance brokerage firm is selling two underwriting units for $2.75 billion in separate cash deals to focus on more profitable lines of business.


Couric wonders if move to CBS was best: magazine

Embattled CBS news anchor Katie Couric said she sometimes wonders if she should have left NBC's morning show "Today" to join the "CBS Evening News," where she succeeded male broadcasting legends.


Screwfix.com, the internet home improvement service which is part of the B&Q chain, is temporarily freezing orders until more staff can be found.


Martha Stewart reported to prison before sunrise yesterday to begin serving a five-month sentence for lying about a stock sale, slipping all-but-unnoticed past waiting supporters and reporters.


Torino, 16:01 - CALCIO, JUVENTUS: SOLO PALESTRA PER DEL PIERO

Allemento mattutino per la Juventus in vista della gara di sabato con il Modena. Lavoro tecnico e at...


France is approaching a crossroads on the painful and devious road to economic and social reforms.


Public support is growing for a system of presumed consent for organ donation, survey findings suggest.


Strasburgo , 16:48 - TENNIS, WTA STRASBURGO: TITOLO ALLA MEDINA GARRIGUES

La spagnola Anabel Medina Garrigues, testa di serie numero 6, ha vinto il torneo Wta di Strasburgo (...


The New York Giants joined the list of NFL teams complaining about the officiating.


More than one in 10 patients admitted to hospital with a serious respiratory disorder is dead within 90 days, a study finds.


Six families moved back into their houses Sunday after a pre-dawn chemical plant explosion four days earlier drove them and hundreds of other residents from their homes.


People have told investigators that Michael Vick was involved in a dogfighting operation at a house he owns in Surry County, the sheriff said Wednesday, and Vick will be charged if investigators can find evidence backing those claims.


DHAKA, October 22: Daniel Vettori took six wickets as New Zealand romped to a win by an innings and 99 runs against Bangladesh on the fourth day of the first Test.


For kids: Watch it â this art is on the move!

Kids (and grown-ups) love to nudge the 'cloud' balloons as they drift by at a moving art exhibit.


Concern about national security is dominating public attention in the final months of the presidential campaign because of continuing fears of terrorism and unhappiness about the war in Iraq, according to a poll released Wednesday.


At Snow-Swept Auschwitz, World Stops to Remember

OSWIECIM, Poland  - World leaders and survivors  stopped to remember the horror of the Holocaust on Thursday at  a snow-swept ceremony in Auschwitz-Birkenau on the 60th  anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp.


Countrywide to Modify $16 Billion in Loans

The lender said it would offer refinancing or modifications on loans whose interest rate is set to adjust by the end of 2008.


First Blu-ray HD Recorder Needs Dedicated TV

Sharp officially released to the Japanese market yesterday the first Blu-ray Disc recorder console to record high-definition TV content directly. But Sharp's solution to the problem of securing the digital connection between the recorder and TV tuner could become controversial: It requires a dedicated link to the company's own Aquos brand HDTV units.


Rockets blast Cavaliers to win ninth in a row

The Houston Rockets went straight back to their winning ways after the All-Star break, beating the Cavaliers 93-85 in Cleveland on Tuesday to earn their ninth win in a row.


Cowboys' Owens denies he attempted suicide

Dallas Cowboys football star Terrell   Owens denied reports on Wednesday he attempted suicide through   an overdose of prescription pain pills, saying he had been   hospitalized by an allergic reaction to medication.


Bangladeshi president condoles death of Arafat

President of Bangladesh Iajuddin Ahmed Thursday condoled the demise of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. In a message to Rawhi Fattouh, acting president of the Palestinian


Major earthquakes around the world since early last century:


UN atomic report may expose Iran to wider sanctions

A U.N. watchdog report due on Thursday is likely to confirm Iran has escalated rather than halted its nuclear fuel program, exposing Tehran to wider sanctions over fears it is secretly seeking atom bombs.


Rockers Fall Out Boy hit "High" Note on US chart

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Pop/rock outfit Fall Out Boy scored its first No. 1 on the U.S. albums chart Wednesday with "Infinity on High," which sold 260,000 copies in the week ended February 11, according to Nielsen SoundScan data issued Wednesday.


Corning Inc. plans to invest an additional $326 million in an LCD glass factory in Taiwan to meet demand for flat-screen monitors and TVs, part of its $1 billion capital spending budget for 2004.


Sun to offer ODF plug-in for Microsoft Office

(InfoWorld) - SunÂ has created software that will provide translation between the file format in Microsoft's Office 2003 suite and ODF (Open Document Format for XML). The plug-in lets people who use computers with assistive technologies to access documents written in ODF. A preview of the software, called StarOffice 8 Conversion Technology, is expected to be available in mid-February with a final release on Sun's Web site by the middle of June. The software enables two-way conversion between Microsoft Office 2003 and ODF, a standard format approved by the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) for office documents. Certain applications and devices that use assistive technologies -- such as screen readers for the blind and technologies that allow people who are quadriplegic to operate a keyboard -- come with drivers that are compatible with Microsoft Word 2003 or earlier, said Simon Phipps, chief open source officer at Sun. Vendors developing the assistive technologies have reverse-engineered Office 2003 interfaces to create the applications and devices, he said. "Right now, our focus is to ensure that people using assistive devices are able to join in with OpenDocument workflows," Phipps said. "Because Microsoft hasn't published interfaces for those devices to use, they are all hard-wired to Office 2003, and their users can't migrate to other software." Currently the state of Massachusetts, which is in the midst of a project migrating all office documents to ODF, is using the converter. Sun said it eventually plans to offer the converter for versions of Office that are earlier than 2003, and possibly for Office 2007, the newest version that was released last month. To create the converter, Sun built a library from OpenOffice.org that provides the same file conversions that are found in the OpenOffice.org and StarOffice productivity suites, Phipps said. Sun then added ODF support as a file format to all the places in Word using that library. Sun is not the only company that offers software to do ODF translation. IBM, which, along with Sun, is one of the most fervent supporters of ODF, has developed APIsÂ that specifically enable assistive technologies to talk to ODF-based applications. Through Project Missouri, IBM developed an API called iAccessible2 that make it easy for visuals in ODF-based applications to be interpreted by screen readers that reproduce that information verbally. Microsoft, which does not support ODF natively in Office, has funded the development of software that offers two-way conversion between the default format in Office 2007, Open XML, and ODF. The software, called the ODF Translator, was made available in 1.0 form last week on SourceForge.net. However, Microsoft did not include native support for ODF in its Office 2007 software, though it supports 30 other file formats in that suite. Microsoft hopes Open XML will follow the same path of ODF and be approved as an ISO standard; the file format is currently under consideration by the organization. However, Open XML is having trouble getting through the ISO approval process because certain countries are unhappy with the specification the way Microsoft submitted it, according to sources familiar with the process. Â


BBVA to Keep Laredo Chairman Jacobs and Back Expansion Plans

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, which agreed to buy Laredo National Bancshares Inc. for $850 million, plans to keep Chairman Gary Jacobs in place at the Texas- based lender and to back his expansion strategy.


FALLUJAH - Any motorist who slows down is seen as a suspected suicide bomber. Fingers squeeze triggers at the slightest movement around nearby houses.


Rock band Muse say tell BBC 6 Music they may play at a global warming awareness gig.


Sumitomo Mitsui bid for UFJ to test cost-cutting skills

TOKYO: Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc's US$29bil hostile bid for UFJ Holdings Inc may hinge on its ability to convince shareholders that it can cut costs and bad loans at Japan's most unprofitable bank, investors said.


U.S. Treasury's Snow-Tax Code Overhaul a Priority

Overhauling an excessively  complicated U.S. tax code is a "top priority" of the Bush  administration over the next four years, Treasury Secretary  John Snow said on Wednesday.


Democrats Who Opposed War Move Into Key Positions

Although given little public credit at the time, or since, many of the 126 House Democrats who spoke out and voted against the October 2002 resolution that gave President Bush authority to wage war against Iraq have turned out to be correct in their warnings about the problems a war would create.


Patriots rout Bills, go 2 games up in East Division

Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes and Adam Vinatieri kicked five field goals to lead the New England Patriots past the Buffalo Bills, 29-6, Sunday night.


France Welcomes Peaceful Iraqis to Summit

All Iraqi groups that renounce violence should be included in next month's international conference on Iraq, the French foreign minister said Monday.


Era of nose-steered Web surfing system arrives

Has the era of hands-free Web surfing arrived? Dmitry Gorodnichy, an inventor from the Institute of Information Technology in Ottawa, has developed a computer navigation system that relies on the movements of a userâs nose to direct a cursor.


Steam, Magma Building in Mount St. Helens

MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT  -  Magma continued to push up into the Mount St. Helens volcano on  Tuesday, pushing up the lava crust and creating a boiling lake  in the crater, a government scientist said.


Before-the-Bell: Nortel Networks Tumbles

Shares of Nortel Networks Inc. NT.N  fell 6.6 percent in premarket trading on Thursday after the  telecommunications equipment maker said it expects  third-quarter revenue to fall from the previous quarter.


15 schoolchildren released from hostage school: Report

Fifteen children have been allowed to leave a school at the centre of a hostage crisis in Russia, according to media reports. Armed men and women have occupied the school in the Russian region of North Ossetia.


Roma, 11:41 - CALCIO, ABETE: FAVOREVOLE A PLAYOFF E PLAYOUT

Il presidente della Figc, Giancarlo Abete, promuove l'attuale formato dei campionati: "Sono sempre s...


Japan and N.Korea agree to resume talks on ties

Japan and North Korea will resume talks on Thursday toward establishing diplomatic relations after discord over Japanese abducted by Pyongyang suspended the first day of discussions, Japan's chief negotiator said.


Wherever Barry Bonds turned Tuesday night, he was confronted with another symbol of his conflicting legacy. Hanging over his head in left field was Hank Aaron's retired No.


Microsoft awaits European Court decision

Split decision possible The European Court of First Instance in Luxembourg will rule on Monday whether the guilty verdict against Microsoft should be overturned.â¦


Marx's erupting skin may have influenced writings

Karl Marx, who complained of excruciating boils, actually suffered from a chronic skin disease with known psychological effects that may well have influenced his writings, a British expert said on Tuesday.


EU envoy allowed to complete stay in Sudan

Sudan will allow a European Union envoy it ordered out of the country to remain until his tenure expires next month, following an EU apology, a presidential adviser said on Saturday.


The European Union must accept more genetically modified foods to avoid renewed complaints about market barriers at the World Trade Organization, the EU trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, said Thursday.


Londra, 12:01 - CALCIO, BECKHAM: IL MIGLIOR TECNICO CHE HO AVUTO E' FERGUSON

Pace fatta tra David Beckham e Sir Alex Ferguson. Il centrocampista del Real Madrid perdona il suo e...


Israeli ground troops, tanks and armored vehicles advanced on two northern Gaza towns Wednesday in pursuit of Palestinian rocket squads, besieging a well-known Hamas lawmaker's house and engaging militants in ferocious clashes, Palestinian officials said.


American Bob Estes (70) was third, one stroke behind Nitties. Estes had a bogey-five on the last hole. The 37-year-old Lonard was a joint winner of the Australian PGA Championship two years ago, with Jarrod Moseley.


L'Espresso, Napoli perduta all'inferno andata e ritorno

La nuova criminalità che avanza, rapine, scippi, la cronica emergenza rifiuti. Boss che diventano imprenditori, ragazzini che sognano di diventare killer. Il reportage di Roberto Saviano


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Japan recorded a 4.4bn yen trade surplus in January, figures show, helped by lower oil prices.


Big Three Take Blame for U.S. Ryder Cup Debacle

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - The worst U.S.  defeat in Ryder Cup history was dumped at the feet of the  team's leading three players, who buckled under the weight of  expectation and the force of a European juggernaut.


These days, there's a sense that anything top-ranked Boston College can do, 13th-ranked UMass-Lowell can do better.


Verranno presentati all'esposizione del Ciclo e Motociclo


Oregon judge knocks down part of Patriot Act

An Oregon judge on Wednesday ruled that two provisions of the Patriot Act violated the U.S. Constitution's protection against unlawful searches and seizures.


No word of executions as Iraq deadline passes

BAGHDAD An execution deadline for two Americans and a Briton kidnapped by militants expired Monday with no word on their fate, but an Islamist group released 18 Iraqi soldiers it had threatened to kill.


President Bush on Monday chose Carlos Gutierrez, the Cuban-born CEO of Kellogg Co (KN: Quote, Profile, Research) , as his nominee to be commerce secretary, his second selection of a Hispanic for a second-term Cabinet.


SAN FRANCISCO (Billboard) - With a possible billion-dollar  windfall at stake, U.S. music companies are eagerly awaiting  the full-blown development of the stateside ringtone market.


Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Both, actually

German scientists plan to help endangered geese find a safer passage for their winter migration south from Finland and Sweden by making them believe that a light aircraft, which will lead the way, is their ...


Udine, 17:54 - CALCIO, QUAGLIARELLA: L'UDINESE MI STA BENE

Le buste hanno salcito l'arrivo di Fabio Quagliarella all'Udinese. Il giocatore sembra gradire, ma i...


Una campagna per insegnare la dieta migliore anche ai piÃ¹ piccoli giocando con le maestree i genitori. Coinvolte 983 classi. E spunta la "piramide del movimento" con la tabella alimentare                                            Caro diario, oggi a scuola niente dolci... "Diamoci una mossa" contro l'obesitÃ


Toyota to offer plug-in hybrids by 2010: chief

Toyota Motor Corp. will produce a small fleet of plug-in hybrids by 2010, the Japanese automaker's chief said Sunday.


Mickelson Ends Long Wait With a Win at Riviera

Shooting a 70 in the final round, Phil Mickelson beat Jeff Quinney, who shot 71, finishing at 12-under-par 272 and joining the pantheon of great shotmakers who have won at Riviera.


The Los Angeles Dodgers have made a bid for Japanese infielder Norihiro Nakamura, Japanese baseball officials said Tuesday.


Seven Central African countries signed a landmark treaty Saturday to establish cross-border partnerships to help save the world's second largest rain forest.


China's Inbreeding Pandas to Be Given More Space

China is trying to stop its pandas, rebounding from the brink of extinction, from inbreeding by building them a giant safari park, Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday.


Putin Says Development of New Nuclear Systems Under Way in Russia

Russia is working on new nuclear missile systems which would be unique to Russia in order to protect itself against future security challenges, the Reuters news agency quoted President Vladimir Putin as saying on Wednesday.


New Light Shed on CIA's 'Black Site' Prisons

On his last day in CIA custody, Marwan Jabour, an  accused al-Qaeda paymaster, was stripped naked, seated in a chair and videotaped by agency officers. Afterward, he was shackled and blindfolded, headphones were put over his ears, and he was given an injection that made him groggy. Jabour, 30, was...


What do you think of Madhuri's new look?

Madhuri Dixit is back and looking fab at 40. Give her your comments.


From his very first service game of this US Open, defending champion Andy Roddick announced that he had his throttle on full power and wasn't going to back off.


Analysts were expecting Oracle earnings of 9 cents per share with revenue of $2.23 billion, according to Thomson First Call. New software license revenue came in at $563 billion, meeting


Beckett urges safe release of embassy staff in Ethiopia

Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett voiced hope Thursday that those holding five British embassy staff in Ethiopia would release them safely and rapidly.


Area Jews, Arabs split on death of Arafat

The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has brought hope locally for a reopened peace process between Palestine and Israel - and a caution that Israel and the United States have the responsibility


Italy Resists Pressure From Soccer Clubs

Italy's interior minister said he would resist pressure from soccer clubs and not reopen stadiums to the public until he could ensure safety, days after a police officer died in rioting at a Serie A match in ...Comment


The kidnapping and killing of truck drivers by Iraqi insurgents continued Sunday as at least four more men were taken hostage and the body of an Egyptian man was found.


Four car bomb attacks in less than three hours in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Sunday left at least 23 people dead and 66 wounded, Kirkuk deputy police chief Gen. Torhan Abdul Rahman told CNN.


Clemensâs Lawyers Negotiating Deposition

Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee will likely be deposed by lawyers for the House committee, a sign of how serious it appears to be taking the conflicting stories between them.


Lindsay Lohan, who checked into rehab after a wild Memorial Day weekend, plans to extend her stay, says her mother, Dina Lohan.


THE national competition regulator has elected not to oppose Telstra's 3G radio access network sharing arrangement with rival telco Hutchison.


Madrid, 15:21 - CICLISMO, DOPING; BASSO: DISTRUTTO, CORRERO' FINO A 37 ANNI

Ivan Basso si sente "distrutto" distrutto dopo la squalifica di due anni per doping, ma vuole tornar...


Vendor's announcement of new Centrino notebooks is slightly early.


Steve Irwin, the quirky Australian  naturalist who won worldwide acclaim, was killed by a stingray  barb through the chest on Monday while diving off Australia's  northeast coast, emergency officials and witnesses said.


US Airways Argues for New Deals In Hearing

US Airways Group Inc. will begin liquidation in mid-January if it fails to secure new lower-cost, long-term contracts with three of its largest labor unions either by negotiation or court


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Space Station Astronauts Move Soyuz to Prepare for Spacewalks

The two astronauts aboard the International Space Station moved the Soyuz spacecraft that brought them to the orbiting outpost to prepare for a pair of spacewalks to be conducted next year.


Tiago e Almiron bianconeri, Cannavaro vicino. Inter e Milan su Eto'oAlle buste la Samp perde l'attaccante che potrebbe essere girato a Torino                                            Quagliarella all'Udinese per ora la Juventus vuole fare il colpo                                                                                Dalla Spagna: "KakÃ  non esclude il suo passaggio al Real"di GIULIO CARDONE e FABRIZIO TURCO


British troops leave the center of Basra, southern Iraq, Thursday, Oct 21, 2004. Britain said Thursday a battalion of British troops would be redeployed into volatile central Iraq, meeting a US request despite


Promising Filly Gives Lo Duca Cause to Cheer

Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca is hoping his filly, Grace Anatomy, can do in Saturdayâs $2 million Juvenile Fillies what his team could not during the season: get the job done in the stretch.


Several hundred supporters of Ukrainian presidential candidate Viktor Yanukovych have joined a rally in protest against "the United States' interference in Ukraine's internal affairs" that is taking place ...


Bush Policies Bad for Kids, Child Experts Say

Three dozen eminent pediatricians and social workers attacked the Bush administration on Wednesday for policies they said leave too many children without health insurance.


Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton outlined a broad economic vision Tuesday, saying it's time to replace an "on your own" society with one based on shared responsibility and prosperity.


Expansion of the NCAA men's basketball tournament became a hot topic in 2006 after strong mid-major programs had unprecedented success and some of the sport's best conferences received fewer invitations than usual.


Pinsent will retire ... and then return: Redgrave

Matthew Pinsent is to announce his retirement, according to Sir Steven Redgrave, but is likely to follow in his footsteps by changing his mind and returning to the sport.


By Tina Harbuck, Destin Log, Fla.  Feb. 3--The basketball season is not over for the Fort Walton Beach Lady Vikings.


BERLIN, Dec. 18 -- Two college students who had been studying abroad were convicted in their native Lebanon on Tuesday of attempting to blow up German commuter trains with suitcase bombs last year in a plot that authorities said could have killed dozens of people.


Wal-Mart Stores offers $4 generic drugs in Florida

TAMPA, Florida  - Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the   world's largest retailer, said on Thursday it would cut the   prices of nearly 300 generic drugs to $4 per prescription   starting in the retirement haven of Tampa, Florida.


UK police protect poisoned Russian's Italian contact

An Italian academic who met the poisoned  former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko the day he became ill  from radiation is under police protection in London and  undergoing medical tests, a legal source said on Tuesday.


Dow Falls, S&P Flat as Oil, Defense Weigh

U.S. blue-chip stocks retreated on  Wednesday as oil prices vaulted above $43 a barrel while news  that China intended to curb overheated growth in its airline  sector hurt aerospace and defense stocks such as Boeing Co.  BA.N.


MySpace, the internet site specialising in social networking, claims to be drawing young people away from television and video games as they use its web pages to make friends and money.


A leader of the Palestinian faction Hamas says he is ready for talks with Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah.


BAGHDAD -- Three car bombs struck a food market in a predominantly Shi'ite area yesterday in central Baghdad, killing at least 51 people a day after a US-Iraqi raid against Sunnis in a nearby neighborhood.


Buoyed by higher ratings this season, Versus has agreed to carry N.H.L. games through the 2010-11 season.


Market Place: Ailing Firm Gets Tonic From China

Although Bear Stearns investors want to see the firm increase its international exposure, there is uncertainty as to whether the Citic deal will contribute to earnings.


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