Steelers hoping fan support will offset Jacksonville jinx

The Jacksonville Jaguars have invited Pittsburgh Steelers fans to celebrate their 10th anniversary, and the resulting crowd is expected to break an Alltell Stadium attendance record.


The co-pilot of American Airlines Flight 587 caused the November 2001 crash that claimed the lives of 265 people, the staff of the nation's airline safety agency reported Tuesday.


Napoli, 20:15 - CALCIO, NAPOLI: NIENTE RICORSO CONTRO SQUALIFICA ZALAYETA

Il Napoli non farà ricotrso avverso le due giornate di squalifica inflitte all'attaccante Mar...


Mol consolidato in flessione del 27% a 462 milioni


3 City Council Candidates Making Case to Voters: With Twin Lakes and Other Issues Looming, Primary Will Narrow Field

By Steve Scott, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Sep. 6--Three candidates are actively seeking to replace longtime Roseville City Council Member Dean Maschka, who is not seeking re-election.


A Nigerian Author Looking Unflinchingly at the Past

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie faces, and vividly describes, a defining history of her native Nigeria in her new novel, ÂHalf of a Yellow Sun,Â without having experienced it.


Preview: Primetime Emmy Awards Tonight In Los Angeles

If it wins Best Drama for the fifth time, it'll be the all-time leader in that category. It has won four straight. "The Sopranos" is hoping to break "The West Wing's" streak and win its first Best Drama award.


Garcia banishes 1999 memories as Tiger prowls

No sooner had Seve Ballesteros taken his final curtain call than fellow Spaniard Sergio Garcia was hogging the major championship spotlight with a six-under-par 65 in the British Open first round on Thursday.


Runaway inflation and the Zimbabwe currency's largest decline in memory will increase pressure on President Robert Mugabe to allow free and fair elections, the main opposition leader said Thursday.


Purdue Showcases Its Many Strengths While Overpowering Notre Dame

By beating Notre Dame in South Bend for the first time since 1974, Purdue legitimized itself as one of the nation's top teams.


Poles Observe Grim Martial Law Anniversary

Young political activists demonstrated Monday outside the home of Poland's last communist-era leader, whom some condemned and others praised on the anniversary of his imposing martial law in 1981.


Threat to hand Hassan to Bigley's killers

The kidnappers of Margaret Hassan have threatened to hand her over to Ken Bigley's killers if their demands are not met within 48 hours.


One conviction, 16 sackings and over 200 disciplined


CORRECTED: India's Hetero Takes AIDS Drugs Off WHO List

Hetero Drugs has withdrawn all six of its antiretroviral drugs from the WHO's list of approved drugs following concerns about their laboratory tests, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday.


CIT Group posts quarterly loss, cuts outlook

CIT Group Inc. , a consumer and commercial finance company, posted a second-quarter loss on Wednesday and cut its earnings forecast for the rest of the year as it exits home lending.


PERHAPS Roman Abramovich, the Chelsea owner and CSKA Moscow benefactor, would have preferred a draw between his favourite clubs in the freezing Russian capital last night.


'Shark Tale' May Give Teeth to DreamWorks IPO

Wall Street and Hollywood are watching to see if DreamWorks' animated feature "Shark Tale" stirs a feeding frenzy at the box office this weekend.


On a continent that absorbs 75 percent of the world's UN peacekeeping forces and budget, Ivory Coast's violent downward spiral threatens hard-won gains against West Africa's devastating civil wars of the 1990s.


HDNet Celebrates Milestone and Looks Ahead: High-Profile Pals Are Central to Its Next Five-Year Plan

By Crayton Harrison, The Dallas Morning News  Sep. 5--In his first big move as the Dallas Mavericks' owner in 2000, Mark Cuban signed the nutty, notorious forward Dennis Rodman to a contract, immediately building national buzz for the team.   Now Mr.


Palestinians Vote in Key Gaza Strip Municipal Poll

BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip  - Palestinians voted on  Thursday in the first municipal elections in the Gaza Strip, a  test of strength between new President Mahmoud Abbas and the  militant Hamas group.


PALESTINIAN leaders stepping into the power vacuum left by the death of Yasser Arafat face one of the most daunting challenges in their people's troubled history.


Russia and China will carry out their first joint military manoeuvres in the second half of 2005, Russia's defence minister, Sergei Ivanov, said.


Orioles Sign Utilityman Gomez to Bolster Bench

The Baltimore Orioles strengthened their bench yesterday, signing veteran infielder Chris Gomez to a one-year minor league deal. Gomez, who hit .282 with three home runs last season as a reserve for the Toronto


Venezuelan authorities have arrested a retired National Guard general on accusations that he plotted to overthrow President Hugo Chavez, the suspect's attorney said Wednesday.


Indonesia's Gen. Andi Muhammad Jusuf Dies

Gen. Andi Muhammad Jusuf, a former Indonesian army chief who played a pivotal role in the rise to power of former dictator Suharto nearly four decades ago, has died. He was 76.


ADV: $150,000 Mortgage for Under $690/Month

Mortgage rates are at record lows. Save $1000s on your mortgage payment. Free quotes.


Playlist: Sounds That May Remind You of Something, or of Nothing

Lenny Kravitz, who is set to release his eighth studio album, on what heâs listening to and watching.


Il presidente palestinese ha voluto inviare un messaggio al suo popolo,da ore in ansia per il suo stato di salute, facendo sapere che "sta bene e non c'Ã¨ bisogno di preoccuparsi". Lo ha riferito un suo collaboratore alla stampa.


Unioncamere, per il settore fatturato da 1,5 miliardi


Reliever Octavio Dotel signed a two-year deal worth $11 million with the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, bolstering one of Major League Baseball's (MLB) worst bullpens last season.


Notebook: USC, Sooners in control of BCS

USC vs. Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl appears to be three victories away - two by USC and one by the Sooners. USC and Oklahoma held the top two spots in the Bowl Championship


In calculating his odds of getting confirmed as Secretary of Homeland Security, former New York City police commissioner Bernard Kerik and his advisers had reckoned they could handle the issue of Kerik's reputation for occasional lapses of judgment in


Dale Earnhardt Jr. wants NASCAR to change its punishment for swearing on television and radio broadcasts before another driver commits a similar slip of the tongue.


Al Jefferson can't really sing. He can, however, rebound and block a few shots -- all of which was on full display in the FleetCenter last night.


US Airways Files for Bankruptcy Protection; 2nd Time in 2 Years

The company's announcement followed workers' refusal to accept $800 million in wage and benefit cuts to lower costs.


China is to expand the use of lethal injections to replace executions by shooting, a senior official says.


Welshman Rhydian Roberts is the bookmakers' favourite to win the final of ITV1's talent show The X Factor later.


Ukrainian cops search homes of opposition activists in runup to election

KYIV, Ukraine  - Ukrainian police and state security agents searched the apartments of two opposition activists Friday, just over a week before the country's hotly contested presidential election, a news report and an opposition group said.


UK's Brown Urges End to 'Scandalous' Trade Barriers

Rich countries must dismantle trade  barriers and scrap "scandalous" subsidies for their own  industries to give poor nations a fair shot at world markets,  British finance minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday.


Roma, 15:19 - CALCIO, SPALLETTI: NAZIONALE DOVREBBE ACCETTARE SCELTA TOTTI

Luciano Spalletti difende la scelta di Totti sul suo rapporto con la nazionale. ''Non conosco fino a...


A House panel advanced a bill to close gaps in the Freedom of Information Act and speed the release of government documents, but the legislation seemed unlikely to pass this year.


Primo sisma di Sumatra provoca la morte di un uomo


Fumata nera dal vertice romano. Prodi: Â«Ci ho provato, avanti con la lista dei PresidentiÂ». ROMA - Ulivo in ordine sparso alle regionali. Il vertice convocato da Prodi per definire la lista dei candidati


Ed Eliot's Blog: Automatic merging and versioning of CSS/JS files with PHP

Including Javascript files into your application is simple, but for each, a HTTP call has to be made back to the server and its contents pulled down. Ed Eliot decided he wanted to compress things a bit more so he created this script to push them all into one file dynamically.   I hate maintaining this stuff manually so I've written a PHP script which takes care of merging files on the fly whilst also versioning the merged file automatically as the various component files change.   He gives an example of this simple script - defining which files to compress, defining the directory to pull them from, and using mod_rewrite to handle the Javascript file requests.


Daniel P. McQuade has been with Tishman, an affiliate of 108-year-old Tishman Construction Corp., for 22 years. Tishman's projects include the Freedom Tower in New York, the Ray and Maria Stata Center in Cambridge, the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, and the planned Columbus Center in Boston. McQuade recently spoke with Globe staff reporter Thomas C. Palmer Jr.


Henin juggernaut powers into Aussie tennis Open quarters

World number one and top seed Justine Henin stormed into the Australian Open quarter-finals Sunday with a 6-2, 6-2 demolition of Taiwanese qualifier Hsieh Su-Wei.


Italy Judge Tosses Coin for Xmas Tug-Of-Love Child

When the separated parents of a five-year old Italian boy could not agree whose house he should stay at over Christmas, a judge settled the dispute by tossing a coin, an Italian newspaper reported on Thursday.


Europe's year-end rally gathers momentum

Europe's year-end rally gathered momentum this week with bid speculation in the banking and retail sectors helping equities reach a fresh 5½-year high on Friday.


European and Asian shares fall on continuing fears of a US recession and slowing corporate profit growth.


A U.N. human rights expert criticized the U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan for violating international law by allegedly beating Afghans to death and forcing some to remove their clothes or wear hoods.


A U.S.-chartered cruise ship was set to leave Beirut on Friday in the last officially scheduled departure of Americans fleeing the fighting in Lebanon, a day after the U.S. reactivated its evacuation operation.


Swiss Air Lines Posts 1st Quarterly Profit

Switzerland's struggling national airline reported a second-quarter profit of 45 million Swiss francs ($35.6 million) Tuesday, although its figures were boosted by a legal settlement in France.


The case of a man refused funding for drugs by his local care trust is taken to the European Commission.


Rwandan cleric becomes first genocide convict released by UN court

An octogenarian cleric jailed for 10 years by a UN court for Rwanda's 1994 genocide has been released, becoming the tribunal's first convict to be freed after serving his sentence.


AT&T Inc. is still evaluating whether to examine traffic on its Internet lines to stop illegal sharing of copyright material, its chief executive said Wednesday.


Fahrenheit 9/11 is the Ultimate Republican Buzzsaw

I had dinner recently with a well-known pollster who had often worked for Republicans. He told me that when he went to see "Fahrenheit 9/11" he got so distraught he twice had to go out in the lobby and pace during the movie.


Stocks to watch on Friday: DOUBLECLICK INC. :


ONU: il personale delle Nazioni Unite sfiducia Annan?

Nella prima consultazione del genere negli oltre 50 anni di storia dell'organizzazione internazionale, il sindacato del personale delle Nazioni Unite dovrebbe approvare tale mozione, in cui si ritira la fiducia ad Annan e alla direzione dell'Onu.


Istat: -1,5 mld a luglio, -13.272 nei primi 7 mesi 2006


Jeanne Regains Some Strength, Moves Toward Bahamas

September 18, 2004 - The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Florida isn't "out of the woods yet.". It says Tropical Storm Jeanne, although much weaker than it was days ago, could still hit the state.


The bad boy of the Internet bubble - investment banker Frank Quattrone â-as been barred for life from Wall Street. Quattrone, whose career high points include taking


Doug Weight is a relative newcomer to the rivalry between the defending Stanley Cup champion Ducks and the Pacific Division-leading Sharks.


We learned Monday, two Lower Valley men sick with the West Nile virus have died but health authorities cannot say for sure it was the virus that killed them.


The number of newly laid off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped by a bigger-than-expected amount last week, signaling continuing labor market strength despite a general economic slowdown.


International effort on privacy protection is launched

OECD countries to cooperate on data protection The world's most developed economies will co-operate to uphold privacy laws in the face of increasing amounts of cross-border data transfer. The member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have agreed the plan.â¦


Scioscia: Weaver, Colon could pitch soon

The Angels are hopeful right-hander Jered Weaver will be ready by opening day while ace Bartolo Colon looks like he will be out until the end of April.


Cricket-India elect to bat in second Bangladesh Test

â¢ Cricket-Fighting talk ahead of first South Africa versus England clash 12-16-2004, 19:30 JOHANNESBURG  - South Africa and England's skippers put on the punching gloves, warning of a hard-fought Test series, a day ahead of the first clash between


Radiohead hasn't lost the ability to surprise, as anyone in the record industry can attest this week. But the most surprising aspect of the band's new album isn't its novel business model - it's the music.


United Methodists Defrock Lesbian Minister

In the second ecclesiastical trial of a gay Methodist minister in less than a year, a jury of 13 clergy members in eastern Pennsylvania convicted a fellow pastor of violating church law by


Usherâs year of astonishing success with the chart-topping, best-selling album "Confessions" culminated with a clutch of trophies at the 32nd annual American Music Awards.


In November of 1938, through a carefully orchestrated plan that included support from both newspapers and radio, Germany's Nazi leaders touched off an outburst of violence throughout the regime aimed at ...


LA SCHEDA. I pm avevano chiesto la condanna a otto anni,"Il governatore ha favorito la mafia". Gli incontri con Aiello                                          Microspie e notizie date ai boss queste le accuse al governatore                                                                                di ALESSANDRA ZINITI


Health-care worker sentenced for ID theft

Calling the crime one of the "most deplorable I've witnessed in 15 years on the bench," US District Judge Ricardo S. Martinez sentenced a local health-care worker yesterday to 16 months in prison for stealing the identity of a cancer patient and running


Maliki urges others to stay out of Iraq conflict

Iraq's prime minister urged regional rivals on Saturday to stop using Iraq as a battlefield to fight out their proxy wars, addressing a meeting at which U.S. officials sat down with adversaries from Iran and Syria.


Japanese emperor visits Oxford university

Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited the historic University of Oxford on Monday during their three-day tour of Britain.


Twenty-one Iraqis are dead after a bus carrying gasoline exploded into a fireball after colliding with a car. A hospital official says the accident happened late yesterday near Jalula, about 130 kilometres northeast of Baghdad.


The astronauts spent six hours and 45 minutes outside the station removing a spent refrigerator-size tank and replacing it with one full of pressurized nitrogen, in addition to performing other tasks.


Amnesty Condemns U.S. for War on Terror Torture

The United States has failed to guard  against torture and inhuman behavior since launching its "war  on terror" after Sept. 11, 2001, Amnesty International said  Wednesday in a report just days before the U.S. election.


US regulators said yesterday that they had concluded their investigation of Royal Dutch/Shell Group in connection with the company's overstatement of its oil and gas reserves and now will target officials responsible for the problem.


US general named to head probe into Mosul blast that killed 22

The US military formally launched a wide-ranging probe into security lapses that allowed a suicide bomber to penetrate into a packed mess hall at a base near Mosul and kill 22 people, authorities said Friday.


Martha Stewart said Wednesday she has decided to surrender for prison as soon as possible, citing the need "to put this nightmare behind me, both personally and professionally."


New York - About 800 foreigners have taken refuge at the UN mission in Abidjan, under guard of UN peacekeepers as "unruly mobs" roam the streets, a UN spokesperson said on Monday.


G20 Expresses Concern at Currency Swings

Finance ministers and central bank  chiefs from the world's 20 biggest economies voiced concern on  Saturday over sudden currency swings, venturing for the first  time into the territory of the more influential Group of Seven.


Bush Threatens to Veto Changes in Medicare's Drug Benefit

New cost estimates have prompted many lawmakers to say they want to revisit the new prescription drug benefit law.


(ANSA) - ATENE, 22 AGO - Yuri Chechi ha conquistato la medaglia di bronzo negli anelli con il punteggio di 9.812 nella finale. La medaglia d'oro e' andata al greco Dimosthenis Tampakos (9.826), mentre il bulgaro


Cuban authorities seized just 1.7 tons of narcotics in 2006, the lowest amount in 11 years, state media reported Friday.


Cheap drugs help no one if they're not effective

There are certain topics in public life where the stakes are so high that told-you-sos are inappropriate. So it happened this week, when the World Health Organization announced that Indian


Memphis Grizzlies coach Hubie Brown has retired and assistant Lionel Hollins has been named interim coach, ESPN.com has learned. Brown, who became the sixth head coach in franchise history on Nov. 12, 2002


JOHN HUGGAN: European view -- Course could use a trim

John Huggan, who lives in Dunbar, Scotland, covers golf for the Scotland on Sunday newspaper and Golf Digest. He will provide the European view in the Free Press each day during the Ryder Cup matches.


Security Flaw Lets Hackers Commandeer iPhone

News has emerged that likely will not be appearing in Apple's iPhone commercials. The iPhone has a security flaw that allows malicious hackers to turn the smartphone into a remote controlled zombie.


Natural gas customers in Greater Boston can expect to pay roughly 8 to 12 percent less to heat their homes this winter, but the cost of heating oil is rising as world oil prices soar.


UN Mediator to Leave Colombia After Failed Talks

BOGOTA, Colombia  - The United Nations will  suspend its mediation efforts between the Colombian government  and Marxist rebels after two years of talks that have failed to  resolve the country's 40-year conflict, U.N. officials said on  Monday.


ANKARA/SULAIMANIYA  - Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish guerrilla targets in northern Iraq on Wednesday, Turkey's general staff said, in the fourth such cross-border raid in five days.


India's Tata Group is interested in  acquiring Ford Motor Co's  Jaguar and Land Rover brands,  the Indian conglomerate's chairman Ratan Tata said in remarks  released on Friday.


Fall in price of oil reflects rising supply

Crude-oil futures sank for a fourth straight day yesterday, settling beneath $43 a barrel for the first time in nearly three months and capping a 14 percent decline for the week.


Hughes and Sanchez criticise referee over red cards

Wales manager Mark Hughes and his Northern Ireland counterpart Lawrie Sanchez expressed their disappointment at the three red cards issued by Italian referee Domenico


TxDOT picks Spanish consortium to build first leg

Gov. Rick Perry's Trans Texas Corridor, a network of new tollways, railways and utility lines crisscrossing the state, took a major step forward Thursday with the selection of a contractor to begin developing ...


New Zealand Opening Batsman Richardson to Retire From Cricket

New Zealand batsman Mark Richardson said he will retire from cricket next week after a Test career in which he averaged more than 44 runs an innings.


Nokia launches enterprise security initiatives

Setting its sights on the Microsoft mobile camp, Nokia has kicked off two standards initiatives intended to strengthen its appeal to enterprise IT.


Primo quadrimestre, dati positivi: spesa cresce di 792 mln


Invariati, come da attese, prezzi import a dicembre


The Princeton University Library is now the holder of working manuscripts and notebooks for four well-known Kahlil Gibran books, including the Lebanese-American's best-selling "The Prophet."


Google Code Search for Public Source Code Over the course of the evening Google Code Search went live as a search engine which has the purpose of finding pieces of public source code. Housed in Google Labs, Google Code Search my be the geekiest offering yet by Google as its foundation for searching and the serving [...]


WASHINGTON - The Defense Department spent $70,500 to produce a Humphrey Bogart-themed video called "The People's Right to Know" to teach employees to respond to citizen requests for information. But when it came to showing the tape to the public, the Pentagon censored some of the footage...


Stun Gun Maker Taser Gains Government OK

Stun gun maker Taser International  Inc. TASR.O on Monday said it won U.S. government approval  for the first use of its products on some commercial airline  flights to protect passengers from potential terrorist  activities or other harm.


Anaheim receives Izturis, Rivera in trade

com. Washington-bound Expos general manager Jim Bowden made another bold move to upgrade the club's offense on Friday, acquiring outfielder Jose Guillen from the Angels in exchange for


The Revolution's playoff fate will likely be decided in the next two weeks.


U.S. officer charges dismissed in Haditha killings

The U.S. Marines have dismissed charges against an officer accused of failing to report accurately the U.S. killing of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha in 2005.


As the Ball Drops, Dieting Companies Take Positions Nearby

Ten, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ... diet! Two companies are ready for this yearâs round of resolutions, sponsoring electronic billboards in Times Square.


Paper: Jeb Bush Ignored Felon List Advice

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ignored advice to throw out a flawed felon voter list before it went out to county election offices despite warnings from state officials, according to a published report Saturday.


Oil prices dropped again on Friday,  bringing this week's slide to nearly 15 percent, as warm  weather in the U.S. Northeast and disappointing U.S. jobs data  darkened prospects for energy demand.


Counting 'Going Well' in Iraq's Historic Vote

Iraq's Electoral Commission said  counting in the country's historic poll was going smoothly on  Monday, as millions of Iraqis anxiously settled down to wait  for the results, a process that could take up to 10 days.


Connecticut football coach signs extension

Storrs, CT (Sports Network) - Connecticut head football coach Randy Edsall signed a six-year contract Thursday that could be worth up to $5.


Charlize Theron is off the tramp and ready to start vamping again   on set of Aeon Flux.


U.S. Near Seizing Bin Laden, Official Says

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The United States and its allies have moved closer to capturing Osama bin Laden in the last two months, a top U.S. counterterrorism official said in a television interview broadcast...


More Safety Checks Sought for Union Pacific

Federal regulators are increasing safety checks of Union Pacific Railroad in response to five accidents since May that have killed four people and spilled hazardous materials.


Nigeria sent over 100 troops to Sudan's troubled Darfur region on Monday, its contribution to a joint force with Rwanda protecting African Union cease-fire observers.


Roma, 15:06 - CALCIO, LA ROMA S'ALLENA: TIFOSI IN FESTA A TRIGORIA

La Roma si è ritrovata questa mattina alle 10,30 a Trigoria: dopo il trionfo di Lione, tanti ...


Couple Helps Fox; Fox Then Brings Friend

PRINCE GEORGE, British Columbia - Shirley Tompkins and her husband Bob began helping a wounded fox last winter. Now a second also is showing up at their trailer. "A little red fox showed up last February with a broken front left leg, walking on three legs," Shirley Tompkins said.


Court Tosses VeriSign Suit Vs. Overseers

A federal judge on Friday dismissed an antitrust complaint against a key Internet oversight group brought by a company that controls directories for guiding Internet users worldwide.


Magnitude 7.3 quake jolts area of Aleutians

An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 jolted areas of Alaska's Aleutian Islands in the northern Pacific on Wednesday, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.


PLAYBILL ON OPENING NIGHT: Dracula Is Back in Town

%?%?&¬the belfry would have been one thing, but Dracula had to contend with the playful ghost of David Belasco haunting his own Broadway house Aug. 19 when the bloodsucker swooped back to town, with the soaring music of Frank Wildhorn beneath his wings.


Negotiators trying to resolve a political crisis in Kenya plan to move to an undisclosed location and make no public statements for the next few days, a senior aide to former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan told CNN on Monday.


Tens of thousands of Ukrainians have jammed the centre of the capital Kiev defiantly rejecting the result of the disputed election.


A fast-moving New Year's Day storm dumped more than a foot of snow on southeastern Michigan, a record blast that made driving hazardous, snarled the flight home for holiday travelers and threatened to do the same in New England.


Iran Official Optimistic on EU Nuclear Agreement

A senior Iranian official said on  Thursday he was optimistic Tehran would shortly accept a deal  with the EU to suspend potentially weapons-related nuclear work  in return for avoiding UN Security Council referral.


Heart drug for blacks to be first pill sold for a specific race

NEW ORLEANS A two-drug pill dramatically reduces deaths among blacks with heart failure. That landmark finding is expected to lead to government approval of the first medication marketed for a specific race.


Space shuttle heads home ahead of satellite shot

Space shuttle Atlantis headed for home on Wednesday with NASA pushing to get it back to Earth before the U.S. military tries to shoot a dead spy satellite out of the sky.


American envoy now says the UN secretary-general ought to remain

UNITED NATIONS - The United States expressed confidence in Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday and said he should remain at the helm of the United Nations, an abrupt turnaround from its refusal to back him last week after a US senator called for his


Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone lost a five-year fight with cancer on Wednesday. He died in his sleep, surrounded by a roomful of family and friends in his Los Angeles home.


Blair's 'Freebie' Summer Holidays Irk Britons

Two continents. Three luxury mansions courtesy of friends. Endless sun and sea. And a front-row seat for the Olympics to boot.


Study Traces Catâs Ancestry to Middle East

All the worldâs 600 million housecats are descended from the subspecies known as Felis silvestris lybica, scientists have concluded based on new DNA research.


Gli enti locali studiano come compensare il taglio ai trasferimentiI comuni non intendono toccare l'Ici, si punta sulla tassa di soggiorno                                          City tax e tasse di scopo i sindaci preparano la stretta                                                                                di LUISA GRION


IBM, seeking to exit an industry it helped pioneer two decades ago, hired Merrill Lynch to find a buyer for its personal-computer unit.


More schools offer cheap music downloads for students

More college campuses are adopting deeply discounted - and legal - digital music as the latest amenity for students. Several top schools began offering these services in September, either free or highly subsidized.


UN advisor Jeffrey Sachs condemns the US decision to impose fresh sanctions on Sudan over Darfur.


Hopes of a cut in interest rates were raised today, following the publication of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee minutes.


DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., the film studio that won a major early investment from Mercer Island billionaire Paul Allen and created the "Shrek" films, said the company and its investors will sell as much as $725 million in shares in an initial public


Harvard is one of a handful of institutions in a joint venture with Google that could be the biggest development to hit the library since the card catalog went digital.


Militant group Hamas makes a strong showing in Palestinian local council elections in the West Bank.


A tour bus of U.S. senior citizens defended themselves against a group of alleged muggers, sending two of them fleeing and killing a third in the Atlantic coast city of Limon, police said on Thursday.


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Life-saving research missing out in health spending

The medical industry will today call on the government to spend more on innovation and new technology for healthcare rather than on increasing bureaucracy in the National Health Service.


Wednesday, The Advocate's editorial board wrote


Lenzerheide, 13:26 - SCI, CDM: GOETSCHL VINCE FINALE DISCESA

Renate Goetschl ha vinto la gara finale di discesa libera di Lenzerheide, valida per la coppa del mo...


'Fockers' Helps U.S. Box Office Reach Record

North American box office champ  "Meet the Fockers" helped push overall movie sales to a new  record in 2004, and the sequel film earned almost as much after  two weekends as the original, "Meet the Parents," drew in its  entire run, according to studio estimates on Sunday.


Roma, 15:09 - CALCIO, FIFA: IL BESIKTAS DEVE 200MILA DOLLARI A GIUNTI

Il Besiktas è stato condannato dalla Fifa a corrispondere a Federico Giunti, ora al Chievo, l...


COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Anthony Davis slashed his way to 168 yards rushing and a touchdown and 15th-ranked Wisconsin throttled No. 18 Ohio State's offense in a 24-13 victory yesterday.The loss ended Ohio State's 18-game home winning streak and pinned coach Jim Tressel with back-to-back losses for the first time in his 3 1/2 seasons. The Buckeyes (3-2) also dropped to ...


Abbott Says 3rd-Qtr Profit Rose 15% on Humira Drug Sales

Abbott Laboratories, the maker of health-care products ranging from pediatric nutritional drinks to HIV tests, said third-quarter profit rose 15 percent as prescriptions climbed for its Humira rheumatoid-arthritis drug.


By Xie Chuanjiao  One of Gansu Party Secretary Lu Hao's main priorities is to help millions of residents of his province gain access to safe drinking water.


The Bobcats win for just the second time this season behind Emeka Okafor's 22 points and 15 rebounds, beating the Pistons, 91-89.


John Kerry reflects on Christopher Reeve

In a statement, the Democrat says the paralyzed actor "was an inspiration to all of us.". Kerry mentioned Reeve in Friday's debate with President Bush while talking about the issue of stem cell research.


Stocks Open Lower; Weighed by EBay, Qualcomm

U.S. stocks opened lower on Thursday,  weighed down by disappointing earnings from eBay Inc. and a  lower-than-expected profit forecast from Qualcomm Inc. .


China and the European Union, meeting yesterday in the Hague, pledged to boost relations while signing more than a dozen cooperation agreements.


Walking an hour a week cuts colon cancer risk

NEW YORK  - A large new study confirms that physical activity reduces colon cancer risk.


Pakistan says it has dealt a major blow to al-Qaeda's operations after its security forces shot dead the country's most wanted terror suspect.


Stock selling accelerated this afternoon as falling markets in China and Europe and a steep decline in durable goods orders sparked a rush for the exits on Wall Street. The Dow was down more than 203 at one point. Putting a limit on the declines, the New York Stock Exchange said it imposed trading curbs meant to limit the market selloff, Reuters reported.


Don't Eat That, or Your Child May Grow Up Fat      (U.S. News & World Report)

U.S. News & World Report - Nearly all pregnant women know that they have to take prenatal supplements and stop smoking and drinking to protect the health of their unborn baby. But does it really make a difference to Baby if you gorge on ice cream and skimp on fruit, grilled chicken, and brown rice? Actually, yes. David Barker, a professor of medicine at Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland, explains the theory.


Oil dips as higher U.S. fuel production seen

Oil prices fell for a third day on Tuesday on expectations of rising fuel stockpiles in the United States and after OPEC vowed to pump more crude if needed.


U.S. stocks rebounded on Monday as oil  prices retreated from their highs, while upbeat earnings  announcements from retailers fueled the improved sentiment.


British Defence Secretary Hoon arrives in India from Pakistan

British Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has arrived in India from Pakistan for talks with the defence and foreign ministers, British officials said.


Chargers tackle Oben draws Colts sackmaster Freeney

Chargers defenders won't be the only ones trying to avoid being overrun by Colts on Sunday at Indianapolis. Check out Roman Oben's assignment -- the left tackle, charged with protecting Drew Brees' blind side


Southern Discomfort for a Hollywood Talk-Show Host

âRoscoe Jenkinsâ is just a shaggy diversion that gives its energetic star and its populous, accomplished supporting cast a chance to clown around.


The Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport agreed to pay $9 million Thursday to settle 37 claims of sexual abuse by priests — a deal that could lift any immediate threat of bankruptcy.


Study measures harm of stress on children's health

Children in families facing chronic stress such as conflict between parents or violence in the home become sick more often than children under less stress, according to a study published on Monday.


NFC Device Payment Technology Gets Boost

The idea of paying for things by swiping a cell phone near a payment terminal received another boost Tuesday with the announcement that Philips, Nokia and a German train company will launch trials of the technology early next year.


Internet Hunting Worries State Officials

A controversial website, www.live-shot.com, already allows Internet users to fire a .22 caliber rifle at targets on a Texas ranch from afar.


Fannie Mae sues former auditor over earnings flap

WASHINGTON -- Fannie Mae yesterday sued KPMG LLP, its former outside auditor, for $2 billion, alleging negligence and breach of contract that resulted in the mortgage leader having to restate billions of dollars in profit.


X-ray to unravel fragile Dead Sea scrolls

Ancient writings from the Dead Sea scrolls are to be read for the first time by British scientists using powerful x-rays.


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DELEGATES gathered in Brighton this week for what will almost certainly be Labour's last annual conference before the general election.


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Legendary Hungarian-born actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, famed for her rich husbands and calling everyone "Darling," underwent surgery for a leg infection on Tuesday, her husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, said.


Social Networking to Taper Off in Five Years

Membership growth in social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook in all regions is expected to peak in 2009 and level off by 2012.


Patients may not be given a choice of hospitals by the end of the year as ministers promised, a report says.


France supports Vietnam's bid for WTO: Chirac

French President Jacques Chirac said here Thursday that his country will support Vietnam's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) and will act as a bridge for Vietnam to expand its relations with the ...


A bomb explosion outside the Indonesian embassy in Paris slightly injured nine people today, authorities said, in the first terror attack to strike the French capital in years.


Kenyan environmentalist wins Nobel Peace Prize

The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize was today presented with her award in Oslo against a backdrop of drums and dancers.


The United Nations remembers the 22 people lost in the 19 August 2003 bombing of its Baghdad offices.


com October 20, 2004, 9:00 AM PT. This fourth priority's main focus has been enterprise directories as organizations spawn projects around identity infrastructure.


A millionaire appeals against a divorce award that was thought to be the biggest in British legal history.


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Pfizer Inc.  that television and print advertisements for its painkillers Celebrex and Bextra misled consumers, according to a letter made public on Wednesday.


U.S. general says Iraq strategy must succeed

The new U.S. military commander in Iraq said on Saturday that American and Iraqi security forces had to stabilize the country or it would be doomed to more sectarian violence.


Five Years of Fun: Dell Contact Center Celebrates 5th Anniversary in Twin Falls

By Sandy Miller, The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho  Feb. 3--TWIN FALLS -- Employees at the Dell Inc. contact center know how to mix work and play.   In the center's break room, several employees shoot a game of pool while another sinks a perfect putt on a small indoor green.


Potential jurors in the Michael Jackson child abuse trial have links to the singer's Neverland Ranch, court papers reveal.


Home improvement retailer Lowe's Cos.  LOW.N on Tuesday said it expects diluted earnings per share  rising in both 2005 and 2006 as it benefits from increased  remodeling activity and a rise in home ownership.


A BAE shareholder files a lawsuit against the firm's board, seeking damages over past arms deals with Saudi Arabia.


Singh Knocks Woods From Top Spot in Golf

NORTON, Mass. - Vijay Singh has been playing the best golf in the world for a long time...


The man charged in the killing of a Texas college student who was abducted last week outside the store where she worked refused on Tuesday to agree to extradition back to Texas.


PeopleSoft, Unfazed, Announces 5-Year Pact With IBM

PeopleSoft announced a broad partnership with IBM on Tuesday, in an attempt to show that it is moving forward aggressively despite the turmoil created by Oracle's $7.


Howie Mandel will do  double duty on "Deal or No Deal" when a spin-off of the hit  game show launches in syndication next fall, sources said.


Bush says economy strong despite housing woes

President George W. Bush said on Thursday that the economy remained strong, with low inflation and a healthy job market, despite "unsettling times" in the housing market.


Light saber duels, Kevin Smith and hot comic booth babes. These nerds know how to party. By Ryan Brenizer.


Bertelsmann agrees to sell its BMG Music Publishing Group to Vivendi's Universal Music for 1.63m euros ($2.1m; Â£1.1m).


TAIPEI, Taiwan - A French urban climber who calls himself Spiderman climbed to the top of the world's tallest building on Saturday - Taipei 101.  Alain Robert, 42, took almost four hours to reach the top of the 1,679-foot building.


Sea erosion brings an urgency to archaeologists' work, as bodies emerge on the shoreline of northern Alaska.


Crude Oil Falls After US Supplies Rise More Than Expected

Crude oil futures fell after a US Energy Department report showed rising imports boosted inventories by three times the amount analysts forecast.


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CHIBA, Japan  - Canon 7751.T and Toshiba   6502.T said on Tuesday they would start mass production of   ultra-thin flat-panel TVs in early 2008, entering a market   dominated by makers such as Matsushita Electric Industrial   6752.T and Samsung Eletronics 005930.KS.


Spread of Mumps Is Feared After Maine Reports Cases

State health officials across New England think the disease could spread quickly, particularly because of the regionâs abundance of college students, who are thought to be at particular risk.


Chavez heads to Venezuela reelection: exit pollster

CARACAS, Venezuela  - Anti-U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was heading to re-election on Sunday, according to an exit pollster linked to the government that said preliminary results indicated he had a wide lead.


MSN Messenger flaw creates web cam peril

Upgrade or be own3d A vulnerability in MSN Messenger poses a severe risk of compromise for users of older versions of the software who accept untrusted web cam sessions.â¦


Militants holding a Briton and two other foreign UN workers in Afghanistan have threatened to kill them unless all Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners are released from US


COMO - Era un dubbio inquietante, adesso Ã¨ un atroce sospetto. Il sospetto che Sonya Caleffi, l'infermiera-killer comasca arrestata qualche giorno fa a Lecco con l'accusa di avere provocato la morte di almeno


Pakistan's Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has met with various factions from the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir ahead of imminent talks with his Indian equivalent, Dr.


Where communist East German legislators once ruled, modern dance and club music are taking over.


Israel, U.S. shared data on suspected nuclear site: report

Before it decided to strike Syria, Israel shared intelligence with President George W. Bush this summer indicating that its neighbor was getting help from North Korea on a nuclear facility, The Washington Post reported on Friday.


Police in Australia are investigating after a bugging device is found outside the home of Nicole Kidman.


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Suspicion and misunderstandings part of daily life of Finnish companies in China

How can a companys know-how and corporate culture be transferred to a subsidiary located on the other side of the world? What is the right way to treat Chinese workers and get them to do the right things? These ...


Israeli, Palestinian teams meet ahead of Bush visit

Top Israeli and Palestinian negotiators, under U.S. pressure to start peace talks, met on Monday on a plan to begin tackling some of the thorniest issues after a month-long impasse over Jewish settlements.


MarsEdit, the Mac OS X blogging app from Red Sweater Software, has gained support for Vox, adds Growl notification support and can upload pictures to Blogger.com blogs.


ABN Amro takeover battle resumes in London next week

The bidding war for Dutch banking group ABN Amro, which has pitted Britain's Royal Bank of Scotland against rival Barclays, looms large over the London stock market next week.


The European Space Agency's  Rosetta probe swooped around the back of Mars early on Sunday,  completing a key maneuver in its 10-year mission to meet a  distant comet.


THOUSAND OAKS, California  - Tiger Woods, hunting his eighth victory of the year, overcame two early bogeys to stretch his lead to six shots in the Target World Challenge third round on Saturday.


Top directors in Venice slam Bush, Hollywood

Top directors used the Venice Film   Festival on Friday to excoriate the Bush administration, the   war in Iraq and Hollywood itself, and presented three starkly   different movies to express their views.


Apple 'MacBook Mini' to lose HDD, gain Flash?

Premium product Rumours that Apple is working on a sub-notebook computer were given weight this week when a Wall Street analyst claimed the ultra-compact MacBook will use Flash storage.â¦


Mojave, Calif.âIn a spectacular flight that opened a new window to space - and the imagination â-paceShipOne rocketed to victory in the international Ansari X Prize competition yesterday.


Gold Rush: El Guerrouj Shows He's Two Good

During a nap, hours before his 5,000-meter final, Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj had a grand dream. He wanted to make history and be like legendary countryman and distance runner Said Aouita.


Rescuers are  winding down their hunt for  Steve Fossett two weeks after his plane vanished over Nevada.


Defensive tackle Oliver Gibson was waived by the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.


Before Astros righthander Roy Oswalt starts today's Game 4 of the NLCS, he'll need a painkiller injection for an aggravated left rib cage muscle.


Israel to stop hunting scores of Fatah militants

Israel agreed on Sunday to stop hunting 180 wanted Fatah militants who pledge to end attacks against the Jewish state, as part of a U.S.-led effort to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.


The Scottish Cabinet is to meet amid signs  it will opt to introduce a ban on smoking in public places.


Lebanon opposition buries slain Shi'ite protester

Lebanon's opposition buried on Tuesday an anti-government demonstrator whose death in a street skirmish has raised sectarian tensions and the army's commander warned his forces might not be able to control the streets.


Outgoing Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi has been regarded as a relentless advocate for veterans during his tenure, but he often found himself trying to balance


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Judge to Rule on Georgia Evolution Disclaimers

A public school board in Georgia  violated the U.S. Constitution when it placed stickers that  challenge the theory of evolution on biology textbooks two  years ago, a lawyer for a group of parents said on Friday.


Bush rejects Iraq report's key proposals, unveils Mideast initiative

US President George W. Bush rebuffed key recommendations from the Iraq Study Group but announced a new Middle East peace push after talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair.


In Efforts to Organize Aid, Powell and Governor Bush Will Tour ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 - Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, seeking to raise the American profile in the international relief effort in Asia, will tour devastated parts of the region next week to assess the need for future aid programs along with Gov.


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Carter hopes for new peace talks in wake of Arafat's death

ATLANTA Former President Jimmy Carter is expressing hope for new Middle East peace efforts in the wake of Yasser Arafat's death.


Cereal cafe chain goes against the grain

How's this for thinking outside the box: a cafe with jammies-clad servers pouring cereal day and night, topping it off with everything from fruit to malted milk balls, and


The leaders of Japan and South Korea agree to meet, in a bid to repair their countries' strained ties.


Ex-BBC Journalist Blasts Government Over Hutton

Former BBC journalist Andrew Gilligan had harsh words for Tony Blair's government and the BBC's board of governors Saturday in his first public appearance since resigning in the wake of the Hutton report.


Blake Reaction to Wife's Death Said Fake

Robert Blake cried out and put his hands to his head when he was told his wife was dead, but a police detective testified the actor didn't shed any tears.


After a nearly three-week absence that sparked debate about his prospects in Ohio, President Bush plans to visit the must-win battleground state Friday in hopes of quieting the campaign stir.


(Sports Network) - The Dodgers have been alone in first place in the National League West every day since July 8. That could change tonight, as Los Angeles tries to avoid being swept in a three-game series by the surging San Diego Padres at Petco Park.


Bill Clinton, the former American president, should be sufficiently on the mend within a few days to leave hospital. Once a quadruple heart bypass patient has climbed a flight of stairs, he is usually deemed fit for discharge.


CBS News acknowledged Monday that it received disputed documents critical of President Bush's service in the Texas Air National Guard from a former


Ramon Ortiz punctuated a dramatic holiday weekend for the Washington Nationals with a near no-hitter.


In a boom market, a P.S. 1 show focuses on the unthinkable: artworks their creators wonât sell.


Cink leads from Woods after second round of NEC

Ryder Cup captain's pick Stewart Cink continued his assault on the $7 million NEC Invitational after completing his rain-delayed second round in two-under-par 68 on Saturday.


Talabani expects Turkish Kurd rebels to call ceasefire

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has met with Turkish Kurd rebels based in northern Iraq and is expecting them to soon announce a ceasefire in their armed campaign in Turkey.


Dutch smash 'voodoo' child sex slave abduction ring

AMSTERDAM (BBC News) - Police in the Netherlands say they have cracked a crime ring which allegedly trafficked Nigerian children into the West to work as sex slaves. At least 19 people were arrested in the Netherlands and five other countries including the U.S. and Britain.  Traffickers used voodoo to gain a hold over children before smuggling them abroad in a racket which exploited the asylum system, police say.  Scores of underage Nigerians, mainly girls, may have been trafficked.  Dutch authorities had been investigating the disappearance of 140 Nigerian children from asylum-seeker holding centres since January 2006. Several of the children were later found working as prostitutes in France, Italy and Spain, according to Dutch police.


Sterling was slightly lower ahead of key economic news due out this week, starting with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors survey on the housing market.


Dutch police arrest man in alleged plot against Madeleine's parents

Dutch police have arrested a man who allegedly attempted to defraud the parents of a kidnapped British girl by claiming he knew how to find her, prosecutors announced Friday.


Rapper 50 Cent will make his film debut in the semi-autobiographical "Locked and Loaded."


Jankovic dumps Australian Open defending tennis champ Serena

Defending champion Serena Williams was dumped from the Australian Open after slumping to a 6-3, 6-4 quarter-final defeat against Serbian third seed Jelena Jankovic Tuesday.


Blue chips edge up as investors seek bargains

U.S. blue-chip stocks edged higher in  a seesaw session on Monday as some investors took the  opportunity to buy beaten-down shares after last week's  sell-off, but a diminishing appetite for risk limited a broader  advance.


For the Democrats, Super Tuesday may settle nothing. The reason lies in new party rules that were never road-tested


MOSCOW : Russian prosecutors searched the offices of a Yukos lawyer defending a top shareholder who is accused of siphoning off money from the company's accounts, a spokesman said.


Report: 9/11 Victims' Compensation Totals $38.1B

Victims of the Sept. 11 attacks received $38.1 billion in compensation, with insurance companies picking up the largest portion of the tab, according to a study released Monday.


London: Nine-time European Cup champions Real Madrid have dominated the continental competition since it was devised 50 years ago.


Description: The International Gymnastics Federation asks US gymnast Paul Hamm to give his Olympic all-around gold medal to South Korea's Yang Tae-young.


Business & money: Sovereign funds deny political motivations, as US deputy treasury chief calls for vigilance


Britain faces 20-year house boom that will split nation, says report

Business & money: Â· Homes for poorest will cost 10 times their incomeÂ· Imbalance of supply and demand will be long-term


3i agrees takeover of Inspicio for $467 mln

UK private equity firm 3i Group Plc  said on Friday it had agreed to take over British testing specialist Inspicio  for 228.6 million pounds ($467 million).


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Mitsubishi Electric Corp.  on Monday posted a better-than-expected 38 percent rise in first-half operating profit, helped by strong sales of factory equipment and power systems to emerging markets, and it raised its full-year outlook by 17 percent.


Barbara Mandrell is OK with stepping away from retirement to promote a new tribute album, tape a TV special and co-host a benefit concert.


Teenagers who smoke, or whose pregnant mother smoked, are at risk of hearing problems, a study claims.


The dollar held steady near this week's  four-week low against the euro on Tuesday with investors  awaiting a German investor confidence survey and U.S. consumer  inflation numbers to shed light on the direction.


A man who urinated on a dying woman and shouted "this is YouTube material" is jailed for three years.


Cell phones constantly update of their position with cell towers, making them an important tool in finding lost persons.


Skin Deep: Feel Pudgy? Thereâs a Shot for That

Anti-fat injections are one of the most hotly debated procedures in cosmetic medicine because they are spreading faster than the science behind them.


Pentagon Expands Outposts in Middle East

WASHINGTON - The U.S. military is quietly expanding its network of small outposts worldwide to help fight terrorism in Middle Eastern and African hotspots, even as it prepares to send home tens of thousands of troops from Cold War bases in Germany and South Korea...


Brought on by Darkness, Disorder Needs Light

More than winter blahs, seasonal depression is recognized and treatable.


Oil rose nearly $1 on Monday to match its highest in almost a month, extending last week's late gains as Venezuela threatened to halt oil exports to the United States and bomb alerts shut down one of Britain's largest gas fields.


Cardiff, Wales (Sports Network) - Wales appointed John Toshack as its new manager Friday, replacing the recently departed Mark Hughes.


Fed seen cutting rates as housing slump weighs

The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to chart a new course on Tuesday and cut benchmark interest rates for the first time since mid-2003 to protect the economy from a housing downturn and jittery credit markets.


A rocket landed in a crowd of civilians near Kabul's police headquarters Saturday, and a truck full of rockets exploded nearby moments later, official said. Five people were killed.


Riguardano medici,infermieri e tecnici del S.Maria a Perugia


Iran says no date fixed for atom plant completion

No date has been fixed for completing Iran's first nuclear power plant but Russia is serious about finishing the long-delayed project, Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.


Adventurer Steve Fossett missing in Nevada

U.S. millionaire adventurer Steve  Fossett, who made record-breaking solo flights by plane and  balloon, has disappeared over the Nevada desert after taking  off in a small plane to scout sites for an attempt to set a  world land speed record, authorities said on Tuesday.


Illegal lenders are siphoning money from state-owned banks, but they may do more good than harm


Shaquille O'Neal swatted away Boris Diaw's layup to preserve a 26-point lead, then waved into a nearby television camera the moment he landed on his feet. O'Neal found a few ways to say hello to his new city Monday night, dominating so much in the early going that he was able to sit out almost an entire half of a 92-82 victory over the Atlanta Hawks.


Buffalo Bills receiver Josh Reed and cornerback Troy Vincent are expected to miss Sunday's game against the New York Jets.


Michael Jackson Jury to See 'Adult' Material

SANTA MARIA, Calif.  - "Erotic material,"  including pictures of nude children, seized from Michael  Jackson's Neverland Valley Ranch, can be shown to jurors at the  pop star's upcoming child molestation case, a judge ruled on  Friday.


The Washington Wizards handed the  high-flying Boston Celtics their second loss in three games  with an 85-78 home victory on Saturday.


The Serious Fraud Office has ended its corruption inquiry into a Â£6bn fighter plane deal with Saudi Arabia.


Don't bother with the small stuff. Here's what really matters to your lender.


Paralysis Reversal In Dogs Offers Hope For Humans

An injection of a man made polymer liquid has been used by animal researchers to prevent spinal cord damage in dogs. The treatment may offer hope for preventing paralysis in humans who suffer serious spinal cord injuries.


Technology used to check for diluted beer in kegs returned to breweries could soon be used to monitor water quality in treatment plants.


Don't Click Here! Should You Pre-Qualify Clickers?

B-to-B advertisers often pay high click costs to reach a very small and very specific group of potential buyers. More than anyone, they need to be sure the right people are clicking on their ads.


Jury Selection Starts in Jackson Molestation Case

Cheered by fans and with his freedom, career and reputation on the line, Michael Jackson strode confidently into a California courtroom on Monday to watch jury selection begin in his child molestation case.


Bear Stearns taps managers to save hedge fund

Bear Stearns Asset Management CEO Richard Marin is taking a stronger role in managing its two troubled hedge funds and tapped mortgage unit head Thomas Marano to save one of the funds, two sources familiar with the decision said.


Bush invokes Rwanda in call to stop Darfur

US president visits Kigali genocide memorial and says 'evil must be confronted'


Freevo is a Linux application that turns a PC with a TV capture card and/or TV-out into a standalone multimedia jukebox/VCR/PVR/HTPC. It uses MPlayer or Xine to play and record audio and video. It is optimized for use with a TV+remote.   Freevo 1.7.0 release contains quite a few major new features. Including a great web interface to the media on your freevo machine, a web remote, an encodeserver to compress recordings in the background, an rss feedserver so you can download your favourite podcasts in the background, support for Linux event devices, support anamorphic skins and colour in the tv guide to show overlapping recording, currently showing and already shown, a commercial detection and duplicate recording additions to the record server.   https://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=669176


"Truthiness," "Wikiality" named TV words of year

"Truthiness" and "Wikiality" -- two  of the words popularized by political satirist Stephen Colbert  on his TV show "The Colbert Report"-- were named on Sunday the  top television buzzwords of the year.


Herbert Hoover, the former U.S. president associated at home with the despair of the Great Depression, is remembered as a hero to Poles in an exhibit that opened Friday.


Yale University to post courses on Web for free

Yale University said on Wednesday it   will offer digital videos of some courses on the Internet for   free, along with transcripts in several languages, in an effort   to make the elite private school more accessible.


China's media regulators  have banned reality TV shows that feature plastic surgery or  sex-change operations, after some viewers complained they were  "horrifying and sickening," local media reported Tuesday.


Monitors say a referendum on extending the rule of Belarus' authoritarian leader fell short of democratic standards.


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La Lazio e Carrizo sono piÃ¹ vicini. Lo ha spiegato il procuratore del portiere argentino, Pablo Sabb...


Electric Scooters Sold at Target Recalled

Around 59,000 electric scooters sold at Target Corp. stores are being recalled for wiring problems that have been blamed for two house fires, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday.


The BBC's governing Trust defers a decision on funding the international part of the BBC website with adverts.


GETTING AROUND: We began our lake crawl in Vicenza, about 45 miles west of Venice, where we rented a mid-size car with manual transmission for about $65 per day.


Arresti tra Campania e Puglia, sequestri di beni in Calabria


The room in USC's athletic administration building is called the Varsity Lounge, and Rick Majerus worked it Wednesday afternoon as only he can.


NYâs evicted hawk gets professional help

NEW YORK - A celebrated red-tailed hawk evicted last week from his upscale New York digs is getting professional design help for his bid to move back to the ritzy Upper East Side apartment building where his nest was perched.


WHAT A MESS: Sniping Between City, County Leaders. A Heated Lawsuit. Angry Residents. A Look Inside the Landfill Dispute.

By Matt Garfield and Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Feb. 11--York County and Rock Hill are fighting again.   In 1999, it was over taxes on Cherry Road. A lawsuit took almost eight months to settle and cost taxpayers more than $60,000 in legal fees.


Michael Jackson voluntarily gave a DNA sample to authorities on Saturday following their search of his Neverland ranch the day before.


British Prime Minister Tony Blair aims   to quit next year after 10 years in office but his reported   departure date failed to quell growing opposition to his   leadership within the government.


Opium paraphernalia jumps from Asian taboo to hot collectible

Once feeding a scourge which ruined the lives of millions of Asians, opium-smoking paraphernalia has returned, but this time as hot and hip art collectibles being snapped up across the region at skyrocketing prices.


Mantova, 19:28 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: ALLA RIPRESA DIFFERENZIATO PER CINQUE

Ripresa degli allenamenti del Mantova in vista della gara di sabato contro il Pisa. Il tecnicoTesser...


Religious conservatives still have clout in Iowa

Iowa's religious  conservatives, a powerful force in Republican presidential  politics for two decades, could be kingmakers again in 2008 --  but it is unclear which candidate will win their support.


Former KGB officers are now running Russia's government, just as they did during Andropov's reign, and the Kremlin's image - another Andropov specialty - continues to be more important than people's real lives ...


Obese Women More Likely To Die From Breast Cancer

Obese woman suffering from early-stage breast cancer are more likely to die from the disease compared to women of normal weight, according to researchers at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia.


A âDisappointedâ Greenspan Lashes Out at Bushâs Economic Policies

In an interview timed with the release of his memoir, Alan Greenspan, a lifelong Republican, sought to distance himself from the economic policies of President Bush.


EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Jason Kidd says he wants to be traded from the slumping New Jersey Nets.


Piper Jaffray downgraded the software maker's stock to  "market perform" from "outperform."


By Tom Wilemon, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss.  Feb. 20--BILOXI -- The Biloxi City Council with a unanimous vote on Monday asked the Mississippi Department of Transportation to designate a portion of U.S. 90 as the Dr. Gilbert R. Mason Sr. MD Memorial Highway.


Boston's Curt Schilling got his 3,000th career strikeout in the first inning yesterday, then tacked on three more in his 5 1/3-inning outing. A breakdown of his 3,003 strikeouts.


Private-jet schedulers say their seeing record bookings for Super Bowl weekend flights, and that an epic traffic jam could ensue in the skies.


Apple Inc.'s highly anticipated iPhone will be available June 29, according to TV commercials broadcast Sunday night and posted on the company's Web site.


Humane Society gets firmer with Amazon's cocks

Fumes over Feathered Warriors The Humane Society has its sights set on Amazon.com's cocks . . . Again.â¦


BEA to deliver Web 2.0 apps for business in July

Blog: BEA's Aqualogic-branded collaboration tools look to take consumer Web techniques to business setting.


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N.Korea Reports Kim Troop Trip After Portraits Flap

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has  visited a military unit, the country's official KCNA news  agency reported on Wednesday, just hours after reports surfaced  that his portrait had been removed from some public places.


Anne-Sophie Pic is the first female chef to win the prestigious three Michelin stars in decades.


The government has pledged to provide greater debt relief for some of the world's poorest countries. It was announced on Sunday that the UK will write off its share of World Bank and African Development Bank


Colorado Rockies suspend online ticket sales after orders overwhelm servers.


Petrol retailers are baffled by claims that contaminated fuel has led to hundreds of car break-downs.


US economic growth should slow over the coming year as consumers cut back on spending but improved business confidence should help beef up hiring, a wide-ranging survey of forecasters found.


Retail chains on Thursday reported moderate May sales increases as warmer weather fueled demand for seasonal items, like gardening and other outdoor goods, helping retailers rebound from a dismal April.


The government is to review all studies linking cannabis use to mental health problems, it has announced.


Wall Street stocks retreated again on Wednesday during a volatile session in which Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)'s earnings figures prompted another bout of selling in the technology sector.


Hospitalized Reservist's AWOL Case to Proceed

An Army  reservist who checked himself into a civilian psychiatric hospital after being turned away from a military clinic should be court-martialed for being absent without leave, according to an Army report.


Yukos crackdown is not a political vendetta, says Putin

President Vladimir Putin of Russia has denied that politics was driving a legal crackdown on the Yukos oil giant and its founder, Mr Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a day after the firm's biggest shareholder launched legal action against the Russian government.


Kick butt in comfort with this video throne. In Gear Factor.


By Yurcan, Bryan F  Lighthouse Landing, the proposed 1,250-unit mixed-use facility on the site of the former General Motors plant in Sleepy Hollow, has already been scaled down to meet concerns about traffic and density, say the developers and proponents.


Palm speculation builds as its share price rises

Treo smartphone maker Palm Inc.   could bring a buyer a decade's worth of digital  assistant design and mobile phone know-how, but at a hefty  price for a company no longer viewed as cutting edge.


United Arab Emirates President and ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheik Zayed bin Sultan al-Nayhan died Tuesday, official television reports. He was 86.


VoiceCon SF Helps You Unify Your Enterprise Communications

By Anonymous  The lineup of speakers and exhibitors at VoiceCon San Francisco 2007-http://voicecon.com/sanfrancisco/keeps getting better and better. VoiceCon San Francisco runs August 20-23 at the Moscone North Convention Center.


La scorsa settimana flessione di 19 mila unita'


MIAMI -- His first name means king or royal in Latin. That's exactly what Rex Grossman should be in Chicago, as the quarterback of a Bears team that is one win from delivering the city its second Super Bowl title and first in 21 years.


Singh becomes first $10 million man in golf

The guy who once gave $10 lessons as a club pro in Borneo is now the first $10 million man in golf. Singh once found work as a bouncer in a Scottish night club when he failed to get through European qualify school.


Google Toolbar Flaw Opens Door for Phishers

A bug in the Google Toolbar could allow criminals to steal data or install malicious software on a system, a security researcher warns.


Moo moos investor concerns over Gateway Computer maker Acer is looking into the possibility of a Chinese acquisition following its decision to buy US-based Gateway.â¦


First sign of malicious code exploiting Windows Jpeg security flaw

The first malicious codes to exploit security flaws in Microsoft Windows' handling of jpeg image files has appeared on internet newsgroups.


Those who have not changed the default passwords on their home routers may be putting themselves at risk of attack, researchers at Indiana University and Symantec are warning.


Almost every U.S. president complains about bad press. But history sometimes can be even nastier. Princeton University's James McPherson holds some well-informed opinions about the worst (and best) occupants of the White House. He edited To the Best of My Ability: The American Presidents.


Hail damage delays next U.S. shuttle launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - Damage to the space shuttle Atlantis in a ferocious hail storm means NASA will not be able to launch the next shuttle mission in March as planned, the U.S. space agency said on Tuesday.


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US rejects Sudan charge that genocide determination 'poisoned' ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 17  -- The United States flatly rejected Sudanese accusations that its determination last week that "genocide" is occurring in Darfur had poisoned nascent African Union-hosted peace talks between Khartoum and two rebel groups.


MINSK, Belarus - Opposition figures and election observers on Monday said widespread violations riddled a referendum that scrapped presidential term limits, allowing President Alexander Lukashenko to run for another term.


Teenage girls are more likely than boys to have engaged in creating most kinds of online content, according to a new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.


Fungus from a deep-sea sediment core that is hundreds of thousands of years old will grow when placed in culture, scientists discover.


US retail sales up 0.1 percent in November

Retail sales in the United States increased by a modest 0.1 percent in November following a revised gain of 0.8 percent in October, the Commerce Department reported on Monday.


The city settled a lawsuit brought by anti-war groups who were barred from staging a big rally in Central Park during the 2004 Republican National Convention.


Pakistan said to play both sides on terror war

Accusations from Mumbai to Kabul to London finger Pakistan's spy agency for backing terror and the Taliban.


Update 1: Delta Pilots: Concessions Deal Not Near

Delta Air Lines Inc.'s pilots union said Thursday there is no agreement expected in the near future with the struggling carrier over concessions, although both sides will continue to meet.


NHS patients in Scotland are being treated quicker than ever, the latest snapshot of figures shows.


Work has begun to restore a hut used by the British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton during his attempt to reach the South Pole nearly a century ago.


I'm a lifelong baseball fan, and I don't care if Roger Clemens took steroids, or if he is lying or if McNamee is lying.  News is stuff that's important. If it's national news, it's stuff that is important to everyone in the nation. Whether Clemens took steroids or not is a proper topic for a 60 Minutes, Fresh Air or Nightline segment. To take a whole day across all the cable channels the day after three pivotal primaries is very wrong. (And what if they do it again tomorrow? Oy.) So it's ridiculous that all the cable news channels are broadcasting the full testimony of Roger Clemens and his accuser. Hours of repetitive questions and the same answers, over and over, while there is news happening in the world. I know because I'm subscribed to the MSNBC and AP feeds on Twitter. I have a Google Alert that shows me results of all the campaign conference calls. (There have been a couple this morning, from Obama and McCain, I'd love to get MP3s, and still looking for a feed.) It's time for some serious routing-around, or for the cable news programmers to get back on the job.  Cross-posted at Huffington.


Three Phillies hit home runs on Friday night as Philadelphia gets its 48th come-from-behind victory, dropping the Nationals, 6-3.


SCOTLAND have waited 22 years for a win over the Wallabies and they will have to wait at least another two weeks after yesterdayâs match, a contest of sharply contrasting fortunes.


Sports Business: Companies Not Chasing Bondsâs Home Run Chase

Corporate America has taken a pass on Barry Bonds. But the Giants slugger was on his way to ignominy before his name was linked to the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative.


Two senior Pentagon officials were briefed Sunday on the investigation of a midlevel analyst suspected of passing classified information to Israel, US officials said yesterday.


A major fire breaks out on the roof and top floor of a hotel and casino complex in the US city of Las Vegas.


Bonds Stays at 699 As Giants Beat Brewers

MILWAUKEE - Brewers manager Ned Yost said he and the Miller Park crowd would be happy if Barry Bonds hit his 700th homer and Milwaukee beat the San Francisco Giants. Neither happened...


Colorado could hold key to US presidential race

Colorado, where President George W. Bush was scrambling to rally support, could hold the key to the neck-and-neck US presidential vote November 2 if a landmark electoral reform proposal gets the green light.


Davydenko top seed in Marseille after Nadal pulls out

MARSEILLE, France  - Russia's Nicolay Davydenko has become the top seed for next week's Marseille Open after Spanish world number two Rafael Nadal withdrew through injury, organizers said on Sunday.


Literature Nobel for fiery Piano Teacher author

STOCKHOLM, OCTOBER 7: Austrian author Elfriede Jelinek, regarded as controversial and abrasive for her attacks on the Austrian establishment was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday.


Si prevede un risparmio di 250mln sterline entro il 2008


US actor Robert De Niro failed to turn up at two film events in Italy, despite flying to the country to attend. The Italian-American film star was due to receive Milan's highest honour, the Golden Ambrosius award, from the city's mayor on Thursday.


DaShaun Wood scored 27 points and Will Graham hit four free throws in the last 12 seconds to lead Wright State past No. 19 Butler, 60-55, last night at Fairborn, Ohio, for the Horizon League postseason title.


Mozilla appears to have another winner on its hands. Its free Thunderbird e-mail client reads e-mail from Web and POP accounts, accesses RSS feeds, and offers significant flexibility.


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Iran has detained three Finns for allegedly straying into its territorial waters during a fishing trip in the Persian Gulf but is releasing no information on their whereabouts, the Finnish ambassador to Tehran said Wednesday.


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Senior Russian Central Bank official Andrei Kozlov is critically ill after being shot by gunmen in Moscow.


New Law Allows Needle Exchanges in Washington

President Bush signed legislation lifting a ban that for nearly a decade has prevented city officials from using local tax money for needle exchange programs.


The new EU Commission won't be taking office next week as planned. Resistance from the European Parliament prompted President Jose Barroso to withdraw his proposal for a new executive.


Oil tumbled more than 1 percent on Monday after Saudi Arabia's oil minister signaled satisfaction with market conditions and some Asian refiners reported a rise in anticipated Saudi supplies next month.


Trevor Pryce's Back Injury Still Lingering

What was supposed to be Trevor Pryce's breakout year has broken down.


Tomorrow's US Federal Reserve meeting will likely dominate markets this week as investors look for clues about economic strength and the pace of interest rate hikes.


Researchers believe an extract from vegetables like cabbage and broccoli may help avert cervical cancer.


CBS Names Panel to Probe Bush Guard Story

CBS News appointed former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh and former Associated Press chief executive Louis Boccardi to investigate what went wrong with its story on President Bush's service in the National Guard.


Frank Lampard believes Didier Drogba can do for Chelsea what Thierry Henry has done for Arsenal. The 26-year-old Ivory Coast striker Drogba scored twice as Chelsea opened their Champions


Congo soldiers, militiamen, get life for war crimes

Thirteen Congolese army soldiers and four former militia fighters have been sentenced to life imprisonment in separate war crimes convictions by local military authorities, the United Nations said on Tuesday.


El Guerrouj Runs Into History, Iraq Soccer Dream Ends

Hicham El Guerrouj finally won an Olympic gold on Tuesday to underline his status as the greatest 1,500 meters runner in history, but the Iraqi soccer team's fairytale run was halted one match from a strike at gold.


Virgin Galactic inks passenger training deal

Rocket fat cat's plan unaffected by Mojave explosion Virgin Galactic, the firm offering suborbital rocketplane thrill rides for the very wealthy, has signed up a partner company to conduct preflight training for its customers.â¦


Cost cuts push Lenovo profit up 198 pct.

Lenovo Group, the world's No. 4 personal computer maker, said Thursday that profit in its third fiscal quarter rose 198 percent and forecast strong sales this year despite a possible U.S. economic slowdown.


FDA Advises Limiting Use of Pfizer's Painkiller Drugs

Doctors should limit use of Pfizer Inc.'s Celebrex and Bextra pain drugs while regulators continue to weigh their cardiovascular risks, the US Food and Drug Administration said.


Sudafed, right, and other medications containing pseuduoephedrine sit on a store shelf in Midwest City, Okla., in this file photo made March 25, 2004.


This week, we take a look at a pair of low-riding semiconductor companies.


Area Youth Groups Meet to Discuss Possible Alliance: They Want to Deal With Issues That Affect Them With More Unified Voice

By Karen Cimino, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 25--Local teens don't want adults to tell city and county officials what they need and want. They want to do it themselves, and in their own words.


(ANSA) - ROMA, 24 AGO - L'Italia del calcio non ce l'ha fatta a centrare la finale olimpica di Atene, perdendo 3-0 in semifinale contro l'Argentina. Contro la 'corazzata' sudamericana gli azzurrini hanno cominciato


Trahan, Gamez Lower Themselves at the Hope

D.J. Trahan shoots an 8-under-par 64, and Robert Gamez has a 65 yesterday to tie for the lead after two rounds of the Bob Hope Classic in Palm Desert, Calif.


The latest release of PHP in the PHP 5.2.x series has been posted for download to the main PHP website today - version 5.2.3.   The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.2.3. This release continues to improve the security and the stability of the 5.X branch as well as addressing two regressions introduced by the previous 5.2 releases. These regressions relate to the timeout handling over non-blocking SSL connections and the lack of HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA in certain conditions. All users are encouraged to upgrade to this release.   Updates in this new version include many security fixes and enhancements - check out the Changelog for complete information.   Check out other comments on the release from Ilia Alshanetsky and Stefan Esser.


BC doesn't have to pay for autism treatment

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the BC government does not have to pay for an expensive treatment for autistic children.


Sox Beat: Schilling eager to live up to billing

It was a victory that occurred with all the subtlety of a bulldozer. The 9-3 thrashing that the Sox delivered in Anaheim proved so complete, so convincing, that it left few


Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez  Zapatero Monday strongly defended Spain's withdrawal of troops  from Iraq after the March 11 Madrid train bombings that killed  191 people.


A suicide bomber killed at least 10   people inside a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad on Friday, police   said, a day after the national security adviser said al Qaeda's   days are numbered in Iraq.


Israel kills 11 Palestinians in Gaza raid

Israeli troops and armored vehicles crossed into the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing 10 Palestinian militants, including nine from the Islamist Hamas group, and a civilian.


Milano, 20:25 - CALCIO, SERIE B: BRESCIA-PIACENZA MARTEDI' 18 SETTEMBRE

Brescia-Piacenza, gara della giornata di serie B, si giocherà martedÃ¬ 18 settembre.


Dalian Shide players storm off pitch as Chinese football worries deepen

Football powerhouse Dalian Shide abandoned a match against Shenyang Jinde in protest at the referee Sunday, confronting China's embattled Super League with yet another crisis.


Terrell Owens received a standing ovation the first time he stepped on the field for the Dallas Cowboys and drew more cheers for catching his first pass.


Intervistato a 'Porta a porta':staccare spina e' liberazione


The Country Music Association Awards will be held in New York in 2005, their first time outside Nashville.


Britain says to expel four Russian diplomats

Britain said on Monday it would expel four diplomats from the Russian embassy in London and suspend visa negotiations in retaliation for Moscow's refusal to extradite a suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko.


Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has cranked up the pressure on GPs to extend their opening hours.


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


Low-Carb Food Craze May Have Missed Atkins Wave

Food manufacturers who have stocked store shelves with low-carbohydrate versions of everything from spaghetti sauce to ice cream may find they are eating the costs themselves, as the low-carb fad peaks, analysts and industry observers said.


VeriSign Touts Childrens' Online Identity Token

VeriSign Inc. VRSN.O and a  children's safety group unveiled a new technology on Thursday  that they said would make it easier for children to avoid child  predators online.


Procter & Gamble profit up on sales growth

CINCINNATI -- Procter & Gamble Co. said net income rose 14 percent in the first quarter on solid sales growth in all the company's markets.


Thanks to a new chip Texas Instruments Inc. is developing, your favorite TV show someday will come to the cell phone nearest to you.


Startup no more, Netflix girds for DVD rental price war

The future suddenly looks shaky for online DVD rental pioneer Netflix Inc. - a plucky home entertainment upstart that managed to hold its ground after retailing giants Wal-Mart Stores Inc.


Stocks Mixed As Oil Nears $51 Per Barrel

NEW YORK - Stocks were mixed Tuesday as oil prices climbed close to $51 per barrel and investors worried that rising energy costs would dampen a widely expected fourth quarter rally.    Wall Street was uneasy but not panicky as a barrel of light crude was quoted at $50.63, up 72 cents, on the New York Mercantile Exchange...


The Yankees, Diamondbacks and Dodgers are still working to complete a deal that would put Randy Johnson in pinstripes, send Shawn Green to Arizona and land Javy Vazquez in Los Angeles.


UN Calls For Cease-Fire As Congo Factions Continue Fighting

The United Nations has called on all factions involved in several days of fighting in eastern Congo to agree to a cease-fire. Clashes continued Monday as the United Nations ordered the government


Investors in the publisher of computer game Grand Theft Auto unveil plans to take control of the firm's board.


Maldives tourist paradise flourishes at 35

Sabrina Chang decided this year to treat herself to a fancy vacation, opting to stay in a thatched bungalow over a lagoon in the Maldives where a swim with exotic fish is as common as taking a stroll.


US Hails Capture, Killing of Al-Qaeda Suspects By Pak Forces

Washington, Sept. 28 (NNN): The United States on Monday greatly welcomed as an "important development" the capture and killing of several al-Qaeda terror network suspects by the Pakistan's security forces


62 societa', 3 le italiane: Autostrade, Gruppo Falck e Enel


PROVO, Utah - Ben Cook's fingers can communicate at warp speed. Cook, 17, used his cellular phone key pads to type a string of words with 160 characters in 57.75 seconds Tuesday, bidding to become the world's text-messaging king.


NASA clears shuttle for Thursday landing

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - NASA managers on   Wednesday cleared space shuttle Atlantis for a Thursday landing   attempt in Florida, confident that unidentified objects spotted   near the spaceship did not result from heat shield or other   critical equipment damage.


Kolkata, December 2: Triumphant skipper Sourav Ganguly credited Harbhajan Singh for "turning the game around" but did not fail to mention the contribution of Anil Kumble to the eight-wicket victory that India registered against South Africa in Kolkata on


Syria, Lebanon yet to fulfill UN demands: Report

United Nations, Oct 2 (PTI) Syria has failed to pull out troops from Lebanon despite a demand by UN Security Council while Lebanon has not met the requirement that it disarm all militias, including Hizbollah guerrillas, according to a new United Nations


Pakistan election decision due on Tuesday

Pakistani electoral officials will decide on Tuesday whether to go ahead with a January 8 poll, with expectations it will be delayed by up to two months after Benazir Bhutto's killing.


Investors stung by the collapse of  Parmalat have filed a class action lawsuit in a U.S. court as  they seek more than $8 billion in damages from the Italian food  group's former management, banks and auditors.


The HSBC World Match Play Championship has gone to Ernie Els which doesn't necessarily surprise anyone, but it wasn't all plain sailing for Els in the four matches he played.


Toronto market drifts higher on light volume, US markets closed ...

TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto stock market drifted higher Friday in very light volume at the start of a half-day of trading, while US markets were closed for Christmas Eve.


Blair embarks on farewell trip to Africa

Tony Blair set off on a farewell tour of Africa today, his last major trip before he steps down as prime minister next month.


Influential Sunni Muslim groups and Iraq's two main Kurdish movements yesterday requested a delay in nationwide legislative elections set for Jan. 30, saying they feared


Car manufacturers with plants in South Africa, including BMW, Toyota and VW, have seen a surge in sales during 2004.


VANCOUVER - Never mind hockey. The real game in Canada has always been the squabbling that goes on between the provinces and the federal government.


Update 10: Oil Prices Plummet Below $44 a Barrel

Crude futures plummeted below $44 a barrel Wednesday after the US government reported surprising increases in the nation's supply of oil and distillate fuel, which includes heating oil and diesel.


Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis has been charged with intentionally taking performance-enhancing drugs at the Athens Olympics, a judicial source said on Monday.


Ex-US congressman Mark Deli Siljander is charged over the funding of an al-Qaeda supporter in Afghanistan.


Taking the herbal remedy echinacea can more than halve the risk of catching a cold, researchers say.


Sen. Trent Lott retired from Congress late Tuesday with characteristic flair, making public with 16 minutes' notice that he would relinquish his seat when the Senate closed for business.


Blue chips fell on Tuesday in a sharp reversal that trimmed gains in other indexes as Internet sites suggested exit polls had Sen. John Kerry ahead of President Bush in key states in the US presidential election.


Fans who railed against the prospect of Glazer taking a controlling interest in United were lifted on Thursday when it emerged his plans for an outright takeover had collapsed as Manchester United`s majority shareholders John Magnier and JP McManus opted


Indonesian police make progress in embassy bomb investigation

Indonesian police have released a sketch of a man they velieve bought the mini van used in the bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta.


England have left Glamorgan fast bowler Simon Jones out of the team to face the West Indies in the fourth Test at the Oval which starts Thursday.


Global oil demand will rise significantly next year, the International Energy Agency says, pushing up prices.


Website video purports to show beheadings of three Kurdish ...

A videotape posted by on a website showed the beheading of three hostages said to be members of an Iraqi Kurdish party, slain for co-operating with American forces in Iraq, according to their captors.


Oil prices fell on Wednesday as a U.S.  government report showing an expected decline in lean winter  heating fuel stocks was not enough to jolt the market out of a  steep recent slide.


Dance Review: A Cold, Faraway Place, Filled With Memories

Diana Szeinblum is intrigued by the idea of interior space, or the body as a container of hidden memories.


No gold for US after 89-81 loss to Argentina

This would be the loss to finally confirm â-fter considerable evidence had strongly suggested it â -t the best American players just can't cut it worldwide on their ability to dunk anymore.


âAmerican Talibanâ wants sentence reduced

The attorney for American-born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh wants his clientâs 20-year prison sentence commuted, citing the nationâs heightened anxiety when the plea deal was made in 2002 and the fact that another US citizen


England scrape to victory thanks to first half tries from Paul Sackey and Toby Flood.


Lawmakers fail to revamp US intelligence

Washington -- Lawmakers Wednesday abandoned efforts to pass legislation restructuring the US intelligence system before Tuesday's election, with some warning that it may be impossible to reach an agreement even in time for a lame-duck session in mid


Lockheed Martin won a follow-on contract from the Army worth $311 million for a fourth delivery of Arrowhead electronic optical targeting and night-vision systems for the AH-64 Apache combat helicopters.


Taranto, 20:03 - Calcio, stipendi in nero; Blasi: denuncerÃ² quando avrÃ² prove

"Se un giorno avrÃ² anche le prove di certi abusi mi recherÃ² in Procura e alla Guardia di finanza per...


Pillar packs more storage in Axiom boxes

Going green, crowded, but green Storage unstart-up Pillar Data Systems has contracted a case of the market's green fever, but focusing its appeal to data centers worried over skyrocketing operational costs through power and cooling, but the size of their box.â¦


WASHINGTON -- The number of newly laid off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped last week by the largest amount in six months, relieving worries about a big jump in claims in the previous week.


Berlusconi incontra Mubarak "Iraq, ritiro dopo la democrazia"

ROMA - Ottimi rapporti, profonda amicizia tra Italia ed Egitto, volontÃ  di svolgere un ruolo attivo nella soluzione della crisi israelo-palestinese e sull'Iraq: "Prima la democrazia poi il ritiro". Sono alcuni


Wally Szczerbiak's 23 points led four starters in double figures as the Minnesota Timberwolves routed the Washington Wizards 109-74 Sunday.


Mining Giant Was Warned on Pollution in Indonesia

An internal company report sheds new light on operations at Newmont Mining Corporation, which has drawn the rising ire of environmental groups.


'Miracolo a Sant'Anna' sara' girato tra Roma e la Toscana


Scientists believe they have found a new species of giant plant-eating dinosaur at a site in Argentina.


New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is to appear in the film version of Sex and the City.


U.S. doesn't want post-war reconstruction: Hezbollah

Hezbollah said on Wednesday the United States is trying to stop the reconstruction of Lebanese areas damaged in last year's war with Israel by branding a building firm operated by the group as a terrorist organization.


PeopleSoft CEO Conway maintains defiant tone

SEPTEMBER 21, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - With 15,000 attendees at PeopleSoft Inc.'s Connect 2004 user show waiting to hear how the company would handle Oracle Corp.


(OfficialWire) -- 10/31/04 -- Authorities in China have ordered more than 1,600 Internet cafes closed since February 2004, imposing more than 100 million yuan, or


The drug giant Merck suspends trials on an HIV vaccine that was regarded as one of the most promising.


Rivals in Ukraine Agree to Negotiate Over Disputed Vote

The two candidates claiming to be president-elect of Ukraine met Friday in the presence of international mediators and agreed to begin immediate negotiations to try to


Specter Questions Patriot Act in Hearing

Raising the gavel with a grin, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter opened his first hearing Thursday by allowing more criticism of the Bush administration than his predecessor and by questioning some of the Patriot Act's police powers.


Detectives Conduct Second Search of Michael Jackson's Estate

Investigators with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department conducted a search of Michael Jackson's Neverland ranch on Friday.


Londra, 23:26 - CALCIO, PAURA BALLACK: NON SO QUANDO POTRO' TORNARE

Michael Ballack non sta ancora bene e chiede tempo per tornare in campo con il suo Chelsea e con la ...


Tens of thousands of people from across Italy march in Rome to demand work and pension reforms.


The government's repairs to New Orleans' hurricane-damaged levees may put the French Quarter in greater danger than it was before Hurricane Katrina, a weakness planners said couldn't be helped, at least for now.


Groups list 39 "disappeared" in U.S. war on terror

Six human rights groups urged the U.S. government on Thursday to name and explain the whereabouts of 39 people they said were believed to have been held in U.S. custody and "disappeared."


Spain Arrests Five ETA Suspects Primed for Action

Spanish police on Wednesday arrested five suspected members of the Basque separatist ETA guerrilla group who appeared primed to stage attacks, Interior Minister Jose Antonio Alonso said.


A cannabis-like chemical may be important for normal pregnancy, researchers believe.


Police issue a photo of the man they say tried to kill Pakistan's ex-PM Benazir Bhutto, with huge loss of life.


Pakistani forces say capture dozens of militants

Pakistani forces captured 40 militants in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border, a military spokesman said on Saturday, a day after up to 90 rebels were killed in two battles.


Halloween is Sunday, and Hollywood is ready for another weekend of fright.


Sony delays launch of PS3 virtual community

Far from Home Sony is to delay the launch of Home, its virtual community service for users of the PlayStation 3 console, until spring 2008. The service, which was originally scheduled for release this autumn, is a real-time interactive virtual world that serves as a meeting place for PlayStation 3 users.â¦


Russian Concerns About Iran Resolution Eased

UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 11 -- Senior Russian officials said on Monday that European negotiators have overcome many of their objections to a draft U.N. Security Council resolution barring Iran's trade in sensitive nuclear materials and ballistic missiles, and that an agreement may be in sight.


West Bank Settlements Often Use Private Palestinian Land, Study Says

JERUSALEM, Nov. 22 -- An Israeli advocacy group has found that 39 percent of the land used by Jewish settlements in the West Bank is private Palestinian property, which the organization contends is a violation of international and Israeli law guaranteeing property rights in the occupied territories.


Afghanistan Voters Likely to Back Karzai Amid Terrorist Threats

Afghanistan's election tomorrow, after 22 years of war, is likely to return Interim President Hamid Karzai as leader amid threats of violence and questions about the legitimacy of the process.


More people want to be students in the UK this year - with a 78.8% increase among the new EU states.


President Bush on Monday got a flavor of this cosmopolitan banking and business hub, whose glass skyscrapers and booming construction have turned it into the capital of Middle East bustle.


Luxury luggage brand Samsonite agrees to be bought by private equity firm CVC Capital for $1.7bn.


Genova, 17:39 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: A ROMA BONAZZOLI AL POSTO DI CASSANO

La Sampdoria prepara la trasferta dell'Olimpico contro la Roma senza lo squalificato Antonio Cassano...


'Fiducioso che occasione per accordo non sara' perduta'


Oil hits new record on fresh Iraq threat

Oil prices have surged to a new high of $47 a barrel after a new threat by rebel militia against Iraqi oil facilities, and as the United States says inflation has stayed in check despite rising energy costs.


A second woman has come forward to claim she had an affair with Peter Cook when she was 19, but before his marriage to Christie Brinkley.


Due ministri allâUdc e Tremonti a Forza Italia

Berlusconi Ã¨ pronto a completare il rimpasto di governo ea rafforzare Forza Italia in vista degli impegni elettorali del 2005 e del 2006. Lâipotesi messa a punto da premier tende da un alto a sistemare


Stephen Jackson and Al Harrington each scored 26 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 94-80 victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night.


Poll shows Kerry keeps comfortable lead in California

A poll issued Friday showed that US Democratic challenge John Kerry keeps a comfortable lead over President Bush in California just four days ahead of the US presidential election.