Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych told NATO on Thursday that he was putting moves toward membership in the alliance on hold, but he said the former Soviet republic still wanted to join the European Union.


Consumer Reports Takes on Prescription Drugs

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2004 - Consumer's Union, publisher of Consumer Reports â-he magazine known for its comparisons of everything from cars to washing machines â -s it's hoping its new prescription


Rail passengers are set for days of disruption as signal workers stage a 48-hour strike in Scotland.


Lake Tahoe Fire Hits Year-Round Residents

The blaze has seemingly laid to waste that notion that all those who live on Lake Tahoe are rich and invulnerable.


Turkey Rejects Special Conditions for EU Bid

Turkey signaled growing unease on Monday that the European Union wants to impose special conditions on its drive to join the wealthy bloc and insisted it must be treated in the same way as any other candidate country.


Republican Mitt Romney described his business expertise Friday as the best antidote for the nation's economic ills on Friday and taunted rival John McCain after he suggested his Senate chairmanship was equal to private sector experience.


John Kerry and his allies are intensifying their efforts to reach out to blacks and Hispanics with waves of new advertisements meant to energize two groups that historically side with the Democratic Party.


t has been an uninspiring United States Open for the American men, who fell apart with remarkable alacrity in the first week of the tournament.


Presentato a Roma il percorso, Stefano Baldini sarÃ  il primo ...

ArriverÃ  a Roma tra un anno esatto, il 7 dicembre 2005, la Fiamma Olimpica delle Olimpiadi invernali di Torino 2006, che sarÃ  accesa pochi giorni prima nel tempo di Hera a Olimpia. Il percorso della Fiamma


Upgrade timing demotes KDE variant of Ubuntu Linux

Only GNOME-based Ubuntu will get Canonical's long-term support, because KDE 3.5 is too old and 4.0 is too new.


Hub TV ERA Era Ending ; Ch. 7 Owner Buys Ch. 56 for $114M[M]

By JESSE NOYES  [M]  [B]By JESSE NOYES[M]  Channel 7 owner Sunbeam Television Corp. of Miami yesterday agreed to buy WLVI-TV (Ch. 56) for nearly $114 million, a long- awaited deal that significantly alters the local media landscape.


His view is spectacular, scanning New York Harbor. The Statue of Liberty? The Manhattan skyline? Dan Fireman sees it all.


WASHINGTON -- Inside the U S Federal Reserve headquarters, a small team is testing a forecasting program that does the work of hundreds of economists. Never before has the Fed been able to crunch in real time such a large mountain of data -- as many as 150 indicators -- to divine where the economy is headed.


Last-minute Christmas shoppers helped lift this month's retail sales, but some analysts still are concerned that Americans didn't spend enough to give chain stores the boost they had requested from Santa.


Obama making first stop in New Hampshire

First there was Clinton time. Now there's Obama time.


Ahold Reaches A Settlement With the S.E.C.

Royal Ahold and its two former top executives reached a settlement on Wednesday with the S.E.C. in connection with a multibillion-dollar accounting scandal.


LaBeouf announces new Indy title at VMAs

The title of the new "Indiana Jones" movie, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, has been revealed.


Fatima Tlisova had been beaten, harassed and, she suspects, poisoned while working as a journalist in Russia. But she finally decided to flee the country the day she sent her 16-year-old son on an errand last year and he didn't come back.


Dell expands battery recall by 100,000; Fujitsu considers action

Dell Inc. has now recalled 4.2 million battery packs made by Sony, 100,000 more than  it initially recalled in August. Altogether, various laptop makers have recalled 6.5 million batteries because of fire hazards.


An employee of Ivory Coast opposition leader Alassane Ouattara is found dead in suspicious circumstances.


Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has arrived in Britain for talks with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair. General Musharraf was given a red carpet welcome after landing on a flight from Washington where he held talks with US President George Bush.


Less than a month after highways and bridges were shut down during a bomb scare touched off by an advertising stunt, a new marketing scheme has led angry city officials to shut down a historic site.


Cycling: Ulmer peerless in taking gold, and world record in ...

ATHENS - An Olympic medal finally dangling from her neck, New Zealand's Sarah Ulmer was today crowned track cycling's peerless female endurance rider after obliterating her own world record en route to completing a golden individual pursuit treble.


Warner's Blu-ray Endorsement Boosts the Buzz at CES

HD DVD supporters and vendors pause and regroup after Warner's surprise vote in the format war.


Needham beat Framingham twice in the regular season and knew a third victory over the Flyers would not be easy.


Decisione Eurostat, misura per tutte operazioni dopo 1/1


Tribunal to Consider Defense Lawyer for Milosevic

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic wraps up the opening statement of his war crimes trial defense on Wednesday after launching a counterblast to charges of ethnic cleansing in the Balkans in the 1990s.


John Hurley tied his career high with 18 points and four teammates finished in double figures as Holy Cross held off several Northeastern rallies on the way to an 82-76 victory at the Hart Center last night.


Hutchison mobile IPO aims to raise 2 billion

HONG KONG Hutchison Whampoa has filed with US regulators to raise as much as $2 billion in an initial public offering of its phone business in Hong Kong, India and six other markets.


Oh, I Say -- Don't clap that double fault

Decorum reigns supreme at Wimbledon, a bastion of middle class gentility where the British stiff upper lip never trembles on the hallowed centre court.


The Russian president puts some blame on his international critics -- and supports president Bush


ISLAMIC Relief USA, part of the Islamic Relief Worldwide charity and development group, today called for the release of Margaret Hassan, employed by CARE Australia as head of CARE's humanitarian relief operations in Iraq.


Toshiba Corp.  said it would buy  microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. ,  ending its exclusive ties with Intel Corp.  for the  supply of the brains that run computers, and sending its shares  higher.


If there is one thing on which Jews can agree, it is this: it's good to argue. Jewish culture has thrived on argument - frank, sincere disagreement - ever since Moses disputed with God.Comment


Peter Hain is taunted by Tories saying "incompetence" over donations extends to the running of his department.


HP board chairwoman agrees to resign    LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairwoman Patricia Dunn agreed to resign next year in an effort to defuse a widening scandal surrounding the company's use of private investigators to obtain directors' phone records.


The Federal Reserve opened a two-day monetary policy meeting that was expected to acknowledge stronger economic conditions, diminishing hopes for a rate cut soon.


Dow Jones to Buy MarketWatch for $463 Mln

Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, has agreed to buy online financial news provider MarketWatch Inc. for about $463 million in a bid to boost its revenue from the fast-growing Internet advertising market.


German Arrested Over Suspected Nuclear Arms Trade

A German man has been arrested on suspicion of arranging the supply of nuclear arms equipment to a foreign state, German federal prosecutors said Thursday.


Dell has won a $700 million hardware and services contract with Philips Electronics. The deal will include the sale of Dell OptiPlex desktop computers, Precision workstations and Latitude


Giuseppe Grigoli, gestore del marchio Despar per Palermo, Trapani ed Agrigentoper gli investigatori Ã¨ "l'interfaccia economico del boss latitante di Cosa nostra"                                          Mafia, imprenditore arrestato era vicino a Matteo Messina Denaro                                                                                L'impianto accusatorio si basa su alcuni pizzini trovati nel covo di Bernardo Provenzano


AN ISP CALLED Lycos has come up with a way of fighting spam that attacks the spammers servers. All you have to do is load a screensaver - "Make Love Not Spam" - available from Lycos Europe and it will requests


ABC has won a bidding  war with Fox for a drama project set in the world of  televangelists.


Warplanes pound Fallujah as US death toll reaches 38

FALLUJAH, Iraq : Warplanes struck Fallujah as US-led forces hunted for diehard rebels after taking almost total control of the city in a week-long battle that killed 38 US soldiers and more than 1,200 insurgents.


Palestinian candidate supports talks, violence

Marwan Barghouthi, the jailed Palestinian lawmaker and presidential candidate, will try to turn next month's election into a referendum


It's not clear if President Bush has ever actually watched "American Idol," but the TV show's finalists got to hang out with him Friday at the White House.


NY Cable Giants Narrowly Avoid Sports Blackout

Time Warner Cable and Cablevision reached a last-minute pact to keep two regional sports networks on the air, avoiding a shutdown like the one that froze out


DA Won't Prosecute Bishop Accused of Rape

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - A district attorney said Monday that he would not prosecute Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Dupre on child rape charges - despite a newly unsealed indictment in the case - because the statute of limitations has expired...


Baseball officials streamed into the winter meetings hotel all day. Troy Glaus was done for $45 million before most arrived, Jeff Kent after arrivals.


As a battered David Koci, Chicago's 6-foot-6-inch tough guy, slowly skated off with blood streaming down his face in the first period last night, Bruin Aaron Ward found himself doing something he hasn't done for quite some time.


Unbox Video Store, which will compete with iTunes, sells TV shows, movies, and other video content.


Australian govt plans counter-terror teams in Asia

CANBERRA - Australia wants to base counter-terrorism teams in Southeast Asia, the government said on Monday as it traded blows with opposition Labor over the best way to wage the war on terror ahead of an Oct. 9 election.


E-mail service of Research in Motionâs BlackBerry smartphones experienced a âcritical severity outageâ on Monday, the company told clients in an e-mail.


Good Grief! That Favorite Comic Strip Is Missing

Newspapers across the country have been reducing comic strips in the face of sluggish advertising revenue and rising paper costs.


Kiev, 23:23 - CALCIO, AZZURRI; ZAMBROTTA: LA VITTORIA DEL GRUPPO

"Abbiamo lottato e sofferto per 95 minuti, è stata una vittoria del gruppo, nostra e dello st...


Health experts have warned that the world is closer to its next pandemic -- a potent mix of bird and human influenza. "We are getting closer, but when it's going to happen, I don't know," said Francois Xavier-Meslin of the World Health Organization.


German industrial giant Siemens has signed a â¬2.69bn contract to deliver technology services around the world to the BBC, a deal that will see it acquire the broadcasterâs technology subsidiary.


Chiesto rinvio a giudizio per Grande Stevens e Gabetti


Democrat John Kerry briefly relaxed on rival President Bush's home turf Saturday but apparently wasn't even aware of it.


KIA, Hella, Contitech, Samsung, LG Philips "and many others." Ivan says he is hopeful of picking up automotive component business (LPH moved into the sector just last year). "We want to diversify," he says, ...


Peyton Manning completed 18 of 27 passes for 320 yards and threw five touchdowns for the third time this season as the Indianapolis Colts made the Houston Texans pay for their sloppiness with a 49-14 rout.


Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama go one-on-one at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.


For the Fashion-Conscious, a Laptop With Substance and Style

Sony is kicking things up a notch with its Vaio CR series of fashion-forward, customizable laptops in five colors.


Protestant cleric Ian Paisley's pro-British party strengthened its hold on Northern Ireland's assembly, final election results showed on Friday, and Britain stepped up pressure on him and Catholic rivals to share power.


Fred, the Undercover Kitten who gained fame earlier this year by posing as a would-be patient to help police nab a phony veterinarian, has died, authorities said Friday.


FINANCE:  U.S. Uneasy Over Russian Money

MOSCOW, Jun 21 (IPS) - Political obstacles could stand in the way of  Russian investment into the United States, analysts say.


Mozambique Ruling Party Wins Landslide Victory

Mozambique's ruling Frelimo party and its presidential candidate have won a landslide victory in elections held earlier this month.


Â· Only non-dangerous offenders will be freed  Â· Brown announces Â£240m for 1,500 extra places


Everybody's buzzing about the new iTV set-top box and movie downloads. But iTunes' new visual navigation scheme is the real winner. Commentary by Leander Kahney.


Media & professional: Deutsche Telekom is investing $20m in hotly tipped internet telephony startup Jajah.com.


Desktop 9 includes Novell's edition of OpenOffice.org office productivity suite, the Mozilla Firefox Web browser, Evolution software for collaborating with Windows, and Zenworks Linux Management.


It has been confirmed that US Vice President Dick Cheney made a stopover at Shannon airport last night en route from Afghanistan. The White House No.2 was accompanied into the terminal building by an entourage


Oil prices struck a fresh record high  above $47 a barrel on Thursday as fresh evidence of demand  growth in China and India underlined how rising appetite for  oil is straining the world's supply system.


Fierce gun battles erupt in Gaza despite truce

Gun battles erupted in the Gaza Strip on Thursday between Hamas gunmen and security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and at least six people were wounded in the violence that tested a 3-day-old ceasefire.


As many as 12 United Nations agencies have expressed serious concern about a looming humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. The organisations - including the United Nations Development


N.Korea puts atom monitors' return on hold over funds

A visit by U.N. nuclear monitors to North Korea set for next week has been put on hold, a North Korean official said on Thursday, clouding hopes Pyongyang would start shutting down its atom bomb program soon.


Livorno, 21:19 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: SPINELLI PRENDE DHORASOO E VOLPE

Il Livorno ha preso il centrocampista della nazionale francese Dhorasoo e il giovane attaccante del ...


No Apology from UK Prince After Nightclub Scuffle

Britain's Prince Harry, struggling to  shed a growing "wild child" image, won't apologize to a  photographer he scuffled with outside an exclusive London  nightclub, a royal spokesman said on Saturday.


Naseer enjoyed sharing 'Rice Plate' with Shabana

After two decades Naseeruddin Shah teamed up with his oldest colleague and accomplished actress Shabana Azmi for a Rohit Roy directed short film titled "Rice Plate" and said it was fun shooting despite the fact that he didn't have too many dialogues in the film.


Airbus rivals await takeoff at Paris Air Show

After European plane maker Airbus stole the limelight on the first day of the Paris Air Show, rival manufacturers are looking to make their marks during the remainder of the week-long event.


âThe Bourne Ultimatumâ is the first of many HD movies Vudu plans to deliver online at the same time DVDs become available.


As of Tuesday, June 26, 2007, at least 3,565 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,927 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


Delta and Pilots Talk As Court Filing Looms

Delta announced Wednesday that it had reached a new tentative cost-cutting agreement with the union that represents its 185 flight superintendents although details of the contract were not released.


Barcelona reveal they are interested in Spurs striker Fredi Kanoute.


Leno grills Landis; he offers new theory

Jay Leno didn't let Floyd Landis off easy, and the embattled Tour de France champion responded with yet another theory as to why he flunked a drug test.


Germany Takes Steps to Integrate Muslims

Shop signs in Arabic and Turkish, storefront mosques and women wearing headscarves in the streets are evidence of how new arrivals have found a slice of home in Berlin's heavily immigrant Neukoelln neighborhood.


Thailand to probe Thaksin's 'mystery' Man City funds

Thai officials will investigate the source of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's funds if he succeeds in buying Manchester City, Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn said here Sunday.


Gates Says Broadcast TV Model Faces Irrelevancy

Bill Gates predicts a future for the entertainment industry in which traditional broadcast television is rendered irrelevant. It's a positive vision, however, because new and better business models made possible by technology are emerging.


E Storace denuncia: ex ministro ha fatto visita a coimputati


Afghanistan's Taliban demand pope apologise for Islam remarks

Afghanistan's Taliban has demanded that Pope Benedict XVI apologise for remarks linking Islam with violence, adding the comment showed the Christian West was waging war against Muslims.


The Senate confirmed Porter Goss as the new CIA director yesterday amid growing momentum for intelligence reform, terrorism threats and a persistent insurgency in Iraq.


Londra, 19:10 - CALCIO, INGHILTERRA: RISULTATI POSTICIPI

Newcastle e Middlesbrough hanno pareggiato 1-1 in uno dei posticipi della 25/a giornata di premier l...


Intel Highlights Future at Developer Forum

Intel plans to increase focus on WiMax connectivity and multicore processing, two innovations that the chipmaker believes will drive future industry growth.


Agli alleati: "Basta giochetti". Rosa Bianca, Tabacci candidato premierTensione sul caso Mastella. Storace e Castelli: no al suo ingresso nel centrodestra                                          La sfida di Berlusconi: voglio correre da solo                                                                                di CLAUDIO TITO


Arrestato killer della ragazza trovata bruciata

Uno dei presunti killer di Gelsomina Verde, uccisa nella notte tra sabato e domenica scorsi, e trovata carbonizzata dentro un'auto, Ã¨ stato arrestato dai carabinieri del Comando Provinciale di Napoli, su provvedimento della Direzione Distrettuale


Former Indonesian President Suharto dies

Former Indonesian dictator Suharto -- the "smiling general" who ruled his country with an iron fist for three decades -- died Sunday at a hospital in Jakarta, said his doctor. He was 86.


Seau's season over, decision on career next

A torn pectoral muscle has ended Seau's season, and perhaps his career. The Miami Dolphins linebacker will undergo an operation today in his hometown of San Diego, and he'll decide later whether to return in 2005.


Pavarotti plans first public outing since surgery

Luciano Pavarotti will make his first  public appearance next week since an operation to remove a  pancreatic cancer in July forced him to cancel a tour, but will  not sing, a spokeswoman said on Friday.


FTC may drop administrative Whole Foods case

The U.S. administrative proceeding looking into the merger of organic grocers Wild Oats and Whole Foods Markets Inc.  has not been stopped despite a loss in district court, but Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Majoras said on Tuesday the FTC rarely presses on after losing a court fight.


Schwab Halves Assets Needed to Avoid Fees

Charles Schwab Corp. SCH.N, the  largest U.S. discount brokerage, has halved the level of assets  that clients need to avoid paying some fees.


The Dutchman was named as the successor to Jacques Santini at the start of the club's AGM at White Hart Lane this afternoon. And Jol immediately pledged


SAN FRANCISCO -- Shawn Green can sit out today knowing he was a huge help to the Dodgers during their crucial series against San Francisco.


Circuit City withdraws earnings forecast

Consumer electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc.  on Wednesday posted a worse-than-expected quarterly loss and withdrew its earnings forecast, citing a drop in television sales and an uncertain economic environment.


Lock in the lowest rates of the summer. Get up to 4 free quotes from trusted lenders. Apply now - bad credit OK.


To slow the progress of the dread disease, doctors plant electrodes deep in my brain. Then they turn on the juice. By Steven Gulie from Wired magazine.


Novell vows to keep fighting Microsoft 'juggernaut'

Despite an alliance with Microsoft, Novell's chief says he's "excited by the muted reaction to Vista."


WEDNESDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDayNews) -- Guns and poisonous materials are more likely to be improperly stored in homes where young children are only visitors, says a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study.


The US Federal Reserve makes clear its intention to keep boosting US interest rates as it watches out for the risk of higher inflation.


A French national who worked as an engineer in Saudi Arabia was ambushed and killed by gunmen as he drove through a Jeddah neighborhood early Sunday.


Car bomb near Iraq's Falluja kills 19: police

At least 19 people were killed and 25 others were wounded when a suicide bomber blew up his car in a market just outside Iraq's western city of Falluja on Tuesday, police said.


Sony shares fall on PlayStation 3 delay in Europe

Sony Corp. shares have fallen as investors reacted nervously to news that the eagerly awaited launch of its PlayStation 3 (PS3) game console in Europe will be delayed from November to March.


Terrorists infiltrate IDF post in Morag; 4 casualties reported

IDF soldiers killed two Palestinian terrorists who infiltrated an IDF post on the southern side of Morag, a community in south Gaza Strip, early Thursday morning.


WASHINGTON -- The government reported Tuesday the biggest single monthly spike in its wholesale inflation measure since early 1990.


Voluntary Sector: Hepatitis C Trust Targets Students

The Hepatitis C Trust has brought in agency support for a star- studded campaign to warn students of the dangers posed by the disease.


Clemens and accuser set to testify to Congress

Baseball's saga over performance-enhancing drugs was set for a potentially explosive episode on Wednesday when Roger Clemens and his former trainer testify before Congress over allegations that the pitching great received injections of steroids.


One killed as Myanmar troops battle protests

Troops fired shots over the heads of large crowds in Myanmar's main city on Wednesday, sending people scurrying for cover as a crackdown against the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years intensified.


Olympic Soccer: Euphoric Iraq Reaches Semifinals

Iraq's footballers beat Australia 1-0 Saturday to reach the semifinals of the Olympic men's tournament, triggering celebratory gunfire in their violence-racked country.


S-300 Air Defense Complex To Guard Bratislava Skies During Russian-Us Summit

BRATISLAVA, February 6 (RIA Novosti, Leonid Sviridov) - Slovakia plans to use the S-300 air defense complex to ensure security during the February summit between Vladimir Putin and George Bush, writes the ...


Israel suspends soldier after girl shot 15 times

GAZA CITY -- The Israeli army yesterday suspended a platoon commander on suspicion he emptied an ammunition clip into a 13-year-old Palestinian girl from close range after she had already collapsed under fire.


UPDATE 1-Schumacher quickest as typhoon threatens

Ferrari's Michael Schumacher was quickest in the wet in both of Friday's practice sessions for the typhoon-threatened Japanese Grand Prix.


PS3 vs. Wii vs. Xbox. And the winner is: Gamestop.


Sharon survives revolt to win battle of Gaza

By Inigo Gilmore in Jerusalem and Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor. As protesters outside the Knesset branded him a traitor and extremists scrawled graffiti calling for his assassination, the Israeli prime


DEARBORN, Mich.âFord Motor Co. is resurrecting Steve McQueen in an effort to bring its slumping sales back to life. The auto maker yesterday presented new ads to go with new vehicles in the Ford brand, including


IAEA delays report on Iran nuclear program

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has decided to delay a report on Iran's nuclear program, which is scheduled to be made public on Friday, diplomatic sources said.


E' uno spacciatore, vicino casa vestiti sporchi di sangue


Gulf Coast Mops Up After Deadly Hurricane Ivan

NAVARRE, Fla.  - National Guard troops moved in,  chain saws roared and heavy equipment scooped up the rubble of  wrecked homes on Friday as the U.S. Gulf Coast began to clean  up from Hurricane Ivan, which killed up to 20 people.


Rain suits and umbrellas are back in vogue at the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, where a six-year run of glorious weather on the picturesque Monterey Peninsula appears to be over.


Vegetable oils found in leafy green  vegetables, nuts and flaxseed reduce a woman's risk of dying  from heart disease, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.


Three sets of independent pathologists confirm that Pakistan coach Woolmer died of natural causes. But disquiet over his death looks set to persist


BERLIN - Three suspected Islamist militants who were planning to attack American targets in Germany had orders to act by Sept. 15 and knew police were on their trail before their arrest, a magazine said yesterday.


SpaceShipOne Guru: NASA Needs a Visionary

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Burt Rutan, an aviator whose SpaceShipOne won the $10 million Ansari X-Prize for making three suborbital space flights, said NASA (news - web sites) needs another Wernher von Braun - and


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


Grampian police officers are being flown to a boat in the North Sea after one of its crew went missing overboard.


Stocks flat amid mortgage sector worries

Stocks were little changed on Wednesday after comments from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. renewed worries about the mortgage market, but investors snapped up some bargains after Tuesday's 2 percent market fall.


Royals remember Princess Diana 10 years after death

Royals and celebrities joined Princes William and Harry to honor their mother Princess Diana on Friday, the 10th anniversary of her death in a high-speed limousine crash in Paris.


Shearer welcomes Newcastle United Football Club appointment

The Scot walked out on Blackburn Rovers earlier this week to replace Sir Bobby Robson at St Jamesâ Park, although this has been received with mix feelings from the Magpies fans.


Clemens Pays Price for Reputation That Is Soiled

If Roger Clemensâs lawyers thought last weekâs hearing would resurrect his reputation, they made an expensive mistake.


HK Vote Count Late, Few Democrat Gains in Exit Polls

Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates,  stung by a sex scandal, made limited gains against the Beijing  camp in legislative polls as voters wary of irking their  communist rulers chose stability, results showed on Monday.


Bodies Pile Up in India, Govt Warns Toll to Rise

Rescue workers pulled corpses from canals and water-logged fields in India on Tuesday, as the government warned the death toll of almost 9,400 from a tsunami that lashed the country's south would rise further.


The legally challenged Babyshambles frontman has once again pleaded   guilty to possessing drugs, stemming from an arrest last week in London,   plus two other drug-related incidents from earlier this year.


Rapper Foxy Brown asks a New York judge for an early prison release to treat an ear condition.


The detention of a man with autism was a breach of his human rights, a court has ruled.


The Federal Trade Commission said it warned more than 200 companies about âpotentially deceptiveâ mortgage advertisements.


I remember seeing some discussion about the Schiavo case on DailyKos a while back. I just wanted to update that the Florida Supreme Court has ruled "Terri's Law" unconstitutional.


Dave Gilligan remembers being pushed outside to play baseball and other sports, but feeling it just wasn't for him.


Ruud van Nistelrooy is set to go for a scan today amid deepening concern about his calf problem. "Ruud isn't any better and we are having to reassess what we are going to do about it," Sir Alex Ferguson told the Manchester Evening News.


Guitar played by "Beatles" Harrison and Lennon fetches $570,000

At a Christie's auction held in New York, a guitar once used by the Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon, fetched a staggering $570,000.


By Stephanie Armour  Employees are using technology to make videos of the workplace and post them on well-trafficked Internet sites, creating new legal worries and public relations issues for companies.  In some cases, the videos have also created welcome publicity.


The powers behind stalled Middle East peace efforts meet to discuss ways to revive the plan known as the roadmap.


REM will be the headline act at the annual Isle of Wight festival in June, it is announced.


The medical device maker reported a third-quarter loss of $272 million on charges related to acquisitions and asset sales, as the companyâs top-selling stent continued to slump.


Tori Spelling became an ordained minister last week... ONLINE! She is now Reverend Tori Spelling and can perform weddings. On her myspace.com site she posted that she officiated a same-sex union at her bed and breakfast, Chateau La Rue, last wee...


BEA Systems made good Sunday on its promise to let a 5 p.m. Pacific Time deadline expire on Oracle's $17-per-share offer to buy the company.The enterprise software maker's board of directors had already said publicly that Oracle's bid, which amounts to $6.7 billion, was too low. BEA instead named a price of $21 per share, which works out to roughly $8.3 billion.Oracle issued a brief statement Sunday that was terse in tone, but nonetheless did not rule out a future bid: "The BEA shareholders should not assume that Oracle will renew its $17 per share offer in the future. Over time many things can change: BEA's business might materially weaken, the stock market can fall further from its recent record highs, or Oracle may have committed its capital elsewhere."A BEA spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment.Oracle has coveted BEA's customer base and share of the middleware market, but company officials called BEA's demand "impossibly high."While Oracle's next move remains to be seen, other companies may look to acquire BEA.Burc Oral, president of the New England BEA User Group, brought up some oft-mentioned names -- HP, S- but said perhaps an unlikely suitor will emerge for the firm. "I have always thought that stackwise, HP is a good candidate. I was also thinking about a sleeping giant, like Computer Associates. They have no overlap."Of course, there is still the possibility that Oracle will end up buying BEA after all, and perhaps soon.BEA's largest shareholder, billionaire Carl Icahn, has demanded the board allow shareholders to consider Oracle's bid.Icahn, who holds more than 58 million shares of BEA stock, said in a statement that he has filed suit in Delaware to force an annual shareholder meeting "before any scorched earth transactions (such as stock issuances, asset sales, acquisitions or similar occurrences) take place at BEA, other than transactions that are approved by shareholders."The investor also accused BEA's board of intending "to find ways to derail a sale" and maintain control of the company.Icahn said BEA can avoid litigation if it conducts an auction sale, allowing shareholders to consider offers from the highest bidder.An Oracle purchase would prompt an uncertain future for BEA customers, according to Oral."I think the support and maintenance will be honored for at least three years [if Oracle buys BEA]," he said. "The issue is, what is the product development that is going to happen?"Change wouldn't occur immediately under Oracle, but would subsequently do so in dramatic fashion, he predicted. "For a year, BEA is going to sail as it is. Then there is going to be a major consolidation in the product space."Prakash Malani, a BEA user from the Los Angeles, California area, said sale talks come at a time when BEA's fortunes are middling."I believe they have excellent products that compete very well in the market place. However, their products are being commoditized, innovation is slowing down, and their big bet on SOA [service-oriented architecture] has yet to be paid off," Malani wrote in an e-mail message. "They have missed [the] mark on some technologies like RIA (Rich Internet Application) and their top talent is being poached by companies like Google."


Apple's 2005 Challenge: Surpass the iPod

Ziff Davis - Opinion: The player's success is not enough to pull Apple out of its "niche innovator" role. The company needs to take its knack for making products desirable in a new direction.


Liverpool reach the last eight of the Champions League on away goals after losing to Barcelona at Anfield.


Fewer Kids Use Ecstasy, LSD, Drug Report Finds

Fewer U.S. teens are using marijuana, Ecstasy or LSD but more are bingeing on alcohol and abusing prescription drugs, according to an annual government survey released on Thursday.


Israel denies allegations it spied on the US

Officials in Jerusalem are denying allegations that a Pentagon employee was leaking secret information to them about White House deliberations on Iran.


Biofeedback system guarantees gaming thrills

Also: Mysterious stone slab bears ancient writing. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Intel Panel Democrats Not Yet Sold on Goss

WASHINGTON - Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee are mum or undecided about whether they will support President Bush's nominee to head the CIA, saying they're still concerned about his independence and objectivity.    During a 4 1/2-hour confirmation hearing for former House Intelligence Chairman Porter Goss, R-Fla., the panel's Democrats appeared most concerned about his Republican background and recent politically charged comments...


Roma, 19:13 - CALCIO, LAZIO: BEHRAMI LAVORA IN GRUPPO

Ripresa degli allenamenti per la Lazio in vista della trasferta di domenica prossima a Firenze: il t...


Kerry Steps Up Criticism of Bush's Iraq Policy

Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry has stepped up criticism of President Bush's handling of Iraq, saying the Bush administration has made a "series of catastrophic decisions" in that country.


Berkshire Links Drop in Earnings to Storms

RKB"> Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the investment company run by Warren E. Buffett, said yesterday that profit fell for a third consecutive quarter after hurricanes hammered its insurance units.


When jaguars kill cattle, ranchers retaliate. Now conservationists are  trying for a truce that could save the Americasâ biggest cat.


M.I.T. Makes Yale Provost First Woman to Be Its Chief

Susan Hockfield, a 53-year-old neuroscientist, is the first woman and the first person from the life sciences to achieve the presidency.


The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Judge Leslie Southwick to a seat on the federal appeals court in Mississippi despite complaints by some majority Democrats that his writings were racially insensitive and inappropriate for a region still shadowed by civil rights struggles.


Hong Kong held a referendum on Sunday on the future, and the democracy activists won handily. In a record 55 per cent turnout, people voted solidly for parties that have been lobbying Beijing to let Hong Kong's


Let the games begin. Not the Olympics again, but the all-out battle between Japanese video game giants Sony and Nintendo over their new gaming consoles. -washingtonpost.com


Canada hails Arctic Council's climate change document

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Canada's environment minister says people shouldn't underestimate the policy recommendations on climate change announced in Iceland Wednesday.


Description: An Islamist Internet site says a radical group has killed two female Italian aid workers kidnapped in Baghdad. The women's employer says it has doubts about the claim.


Cheese maker Bob Gilbert is struggling with his good fortune and his misfortune. Thanks to a mention in "The South Beach Diet" book, demand for his Laughing Cow cheese has soared beyond his wildest dreams. But he can't make enough of the cheese to meet demand.


ROCKPORT, Mass. - Residents of this tourist village where alcohol has been banned for nearly 150 years have asked the Legislature to take the first step toward allowing some sales of booze...


Joan Armatrading excited about blues Grammy bid

Singer/songwriter Joan Armatrading  scored a couple of firsts in the U.S. music business in 2007.


Thousands rally in opposition to Manila's Arroyo

Tens of thousands flocked to a religious rally in the Philippine capital's main park on Sunday in a show of defiance against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her supporters in the lower house of Congress.


L'indice Dow Jones lascia sul terreno l'1,38%, scende l'euro


Can you be identified by your 'clickprint'?

Also: 'Grand Theft Auto' makers blamed for triple killing.


Top pick Oden out for season after knee surgery

Greg Oden, the top pick in this year's NBA draft, is likely to miss the entire season after undergoing knee surgery, the Portland Trail Blazers said on Thursday.


Shell-shocked by stocks? This one's sturdy as a rock.


BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Always rivals, barely friends, finally partners...


Thousands seek Aristide's return to Haiti

Thousands of demonstrators demanding the return of ousted president Jean-Bertrand Aristide marched to Haiti's National Palace on Saturday, pushing past riot police in a dramatic show of support for the exiled former leader.


New Broadcom 54g(TM) Chipsets Boost Wi-Fi(R) Coverage

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM), a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor solutions enabling broadband communications, today announced two


In stabilimento di Cassina contro il turno di notte


Iraqis, U.S. dispute deadly raid in new friction

Iraqi and U.S. officials disputed each others' accounts of an overnight raid and air strike on Friday that killed up to 20 people in a new sign of friction over allegations of American troops killing civilians.


Hyperic charges after disgruntled Ubuntu upgraders

When will Bill Gates fix my Vista box? Comment Canonical's release of a fresh version of Ubuntu has been met with plenty of grumbles. And now we find some other open source players trying to cash in on Ubuntu's issues.â¦


Israeli Army Enforces Tight Curfew in West Bank City

Israel put Nablus under curfew today in one of the largest military operations there in two years.


Johnson & Johnson, the pharmaceutical and health care giant, has announced an agreement to buy Guidant, one of the largest US makers of devices to treat heart and circulatory illnesses, for $25.4 billion.


CANTON Coach: Jim Goff (third year, 1-19 overall).


At least 27 people are killed when a wall collapses on a crowded bar in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.


Despair Mounts as Indonesia Raises Likely Death Toll

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Frustration and anger  mounted in Indonesia's tsunami-devastated Aceh province on  Friday as residents formed long lines for fuel, but aid workers  said supplies were beginning to reach survivors.


Britain's biggest teaching union said Friday that it will ballot its members on whether they should stage their first national strike for 21 years in protest at a three-year pay offer.


Addiction experts say video games not an addiction

Doctors backed away on Sunday from a  controversial proposal to designate video game addiction as a  mental disorder akin to alcoholism, saying psychiatrists should  study the issue more.


Don Nelson lost his cool, and Gilbert Arenas kept his. Down by two with one-tenth of a second remaining, Arenas capitalized on a personal foul and technical foul called against the Golden State Warriors coach by making three free throws to give Washington a wild 107-106 victory.


I partiti minori al Quirinale da Napolitano che ammette: "Ora sintesi impossibile"Il Pd insiste nel chiedere al centrodestra un governo per le riforme, ma si prepara al voto                                          Secondo round di consultazioni Cdl contraria alla soluzione tecnica                                                                                Veltroni attacca Fini: "Prima il sÃ¬ alla legge, poi il referendum, ora sei di nuovo a favore"D'Alema chiede un esecutivo di "responsabilitÃ  nazionale"


MONCKS CORNER - Integral Systems of Lanham, Md., said Wednesday it had agreed to sell assets of its antenna systems division in Moncks Corner to LJT & Associates of Montgomery, Ala.


Malaysian police have arrested a thief who fell asleep after snacking on cookies in the home of his victim and was discovered curled up in bed clutching a stolen purse, a newspaper said on Monday.


US Begins Investigation of Vaccine Supplier

The Justice Department has started an investigation of the Chiron Corporation, whose British factory where flu vaccine was being manufactured was shut down last week, depriving the United


Nanotechnology is coming to a clothing store near you.


TALLAHASSEE - Consumer activist Ralph Nader and state Republicans scored a major victory Friday when Nader was assured a spot on Florida's presidential ballot in a 6-1 decision by the Florida Supreme Court.


Tra gli arrestati anche Alfredo D'Aavnzo e sindacalisti Cgil


Alleged Radical Chief Vanished, Dutch Say

Dutch authorities have confirmed that 13 young Muslims arrested on terrorism charges in the Netherlands after the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh are members of a radical Islamic group with international links and a Syrian-born spiritual leader.


Cavaliers Sign Varejao to Three-Year Deal

The Cavaliers signed Brazilian rookie forward Anderson Varejao to a three-year contract Thursday.


Honeywell International stepped into the battle for control of industrial group Novar yesterday with a $1.5bn (Â£790m) agreed cash offer that some believe represents a knock-out blow.


MS intros Zune music service, Wi-Fi song sharing

Tight-lipped on prices, availability Microsoft yesterday revealed what World+Dog already knew: what it's upcoming Zune-branded digital music player will look like. Yes, the star of US Federal Communications Commission filings and blurry, amateur-look picture leaks is official.â¦


Researchers say they peeled The Onion Router

Researchers in the U.S. say they've shown how a network designed to make it harder to trace Internet surfers could be compromised.


Buenos Aires, 13:30 - CALCIO, ARGENTINA: SENSINI NUOVO ALLENATORE ESTUDIANTES

Nestor Roberto Sensini, ex giocatore di Udinese, Parma e Lazio, è il nuovo allenatore dell'Es...


Late in the third quarter, Dolphins tight end Randy McMichael flinched, and Patriots linebacker Rosevelt Colvin pushed him to the Gillette Stadium turf.


Heston, Elvis, Popeye Share Film Registry Honors

Among the 25 films added on Tuesday to the National Film Registry are four featuring some of Hollywood's biggest stars, though it's unlikely that Charlton Heston, Rin Tin Tin, Elvis and Popeye would share equal billing anywhere else.


Del sondaggio parla Massimo Brai, direttore editoriale di Treccani"Non emerge un Paese ripiegato su di sÃ© ed individualista"                                          "Si scelgono i grandi temi sociali perchÃ© stanno a cuore alla gente"                                                                                di ALESSIA MANFREDI


Hospital bosses and cleaning firms are questioning the wisdom of the government's Â£50m deep clean programme.


Actor Tom Hanks is keen to see the Oscar ceremony held as usual, and urged studios to return to the negotiating table to end a writers' strike that threatens to disrupt the climax of Hollywood's awards season.


Poland softens tone on eve of EU treaty summit

Poland softened its public tone on the eve of a crucial European Union summit due to launch negotiations on a reform of the bloc's institutions but Britain angered its partners by trying to gut foreign policy provisions.


Calif. sues carmakers over global warming

California on Wednesday sued six of the world's largest automakers, including General Motors Corp.  and Toyota Motor Corp. , over global warming, charging that greenhouse gases from their vehicles have caused billions of dollars in damages.


The blocking-sled-sized bags under Jeff Jagodzinski's eyes yesterday told the story of his transition from Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator to head coach and pigskin pitchman for Boston College.


A scheme to compensate WWII victims who had their assets seized by Britain has paid out more Â£21m.


Paura per effetto negativo su spettatori piu' vulnerabili


Movie Review | 'The Nativity Story': The Virgin Mary as a Teenager With Worries

Directed by Catherine Hardwicke from a script by Mike Rich, "The Nativity Story" sticks to the familiar details of the narrative and dramatizes them with sincerity and good taste.


Real men do change diapers -- from a tractor tyre

A U.S. handbag manufacturer is trying to make changing diapers a bit more macho -- with a baby bag made from lorry and tractor tyre inner tubes.


Europe ministers to focus on alcohol tax

European finance ministers are meeting Tuesday, with talks focusing on the thorny issue of alcohol taxes.


Power vacuums in areas of southern   Afghanistan where the government has little presence have   contributed to rising Taliban violence more than three years   into the U.S.-led war, a senior U.S. commander said on Tuesday.


Eight US Marines among 23 killed in Iraq bombing, clashes

BAGHDAD: At least 23 people including 8 US Marines were killed and 17 wounded in suicide bombing and separate incidents in Iraq of suicide, violence and gun battle.


Update 1: Bond Prices Edge Higher at Close of Day

Bond prices edged higher Tuesday, following release of a report showing a dip in retail sales last month. The price of the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose 5/32 point, or $1.


The year of the new mobile operating system

InfoWorld - 2007 could be called the year of the mobile operating system. Since Microsoft entered the scene around five years ago, the smartphone operating system industry has been fairly stable. Symbian, Linux, Research in Motion, and Windows Mobile make up the bulk of smartphone software, each to varying degrees of success in different regions.


Atlantis Crew's Rookies Finally Get Their Shot

CAPE CANAVERAL -- It's a whole different kind of launch countdown: More than eight years and . . . still counting for many NASA astronauts who have done everything except, you know, fly in space. For example, consider Lee Archambault, a 20-year Air Force test pilot and longtime astronaut.


More Seats Are Filled, Thanks to Track and Field

thens Olympic organizers said that yesterday's track and field events at the main stadium were sold out and that overall sales were closing in on projections.


Obama Giving Clinton a Race in Her Backyard

New Yorkâs Democratic presidential primary on Feb. 5 is shaping up as the stateâs most competitive since 1992.


Lukoil Restructures Ownership of Bulgarian Refinery

Russia's oil major Lukoil transferred Friday a majority stake in its Bulgaria-based refinery Neftochim to a Dutch filial in a step of a plan to consolidate its holdings in Europe.


LeBron James hit his first eight shots and scored 22 points to power the Cleveland Cavaliers, wearing their mid-1970s uniforms, past the visiting New York Knicks, 104-79, yesterday for their third straight victory.


A former official at the Milberg Weiss law firm pleaded guilty yesterday to a conspiracy charge, significantly advancing a criminal investigation against one of the nation's largest class-action firms and its top partners.


Kerry blasts Bush on Iraq, rallies own troops at Hub ba$h

With Democrats increasingly worried about his chances, Sen. John F. Kerry [related, bio] rallied his troops yesterday by reassuring hometown supporters he feels the tide turning as the presidential


Armed police almost killed one of the 21 July bomb suspects in the bath when they came to arrest him, a court is told.


Something happens to Jens Lehmann on Champions League nights. In the Premiership, the German has few peers, as his record verifies.


With China celebrating the arrival of the Year of the Pig, Chinese factories that ordinarily spew a big percentage of the world's pollution are idle for a week. However there's no rest for the Chinese computers that produce a big chunk of the Internet's pollution.


Worries That the Good Times Were a Mirage

For years many spent freely. Now comes the big payback.


Roma, 15:04 - CALCIO, ROMA: NESSUNA LESIONE PER TOTTI

Nessuna lesione per Francesco Totti. Il capitano della Roma, uscito ieri per infortunio durante la s...


Rogue copying software lets users clone anything or anyone they want in the virtual world. By letting its community respond, Linden Labs sets the stage for a bold experiment in alternatives to U.S.-style copyright. Commentary by Jennifer Granick.


Suicide Bombers Hit Iraq's Holy Shi'ite Cities

KERBALA, Iraq  - Suicide car bombers hit Iraq's  two main Shi'ite holy cities, Kerbala and Najaf, killing at  least 23 people and wounding dozens more Sunday, six weeks to  the day before an historic election.


Party Money Can Level Playing Field in Key Senate Contests

The campaign fundraising figures reported by individual House and Senate candidates do not tell a complete or necessarily accurate story of the levels of campaign spending in their races. That is because outside playersÃ¢ÂÂ spending also is a major factor in virtually all of the most competitive races Ã¢ÂÂ including the money put in by the national partiesÃ¢ÂÂ campaign committees.


Time for blogosphere to get real about church-state

Blog: CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says the fuzzy acceptance of "conversational marketing" is leading to confusion among blog readers. Isn't it time to set down clear rules of the road?


Bush Emerges From Debates With a Slim Lead Over Kerry, Poll Shows

President Bush has emerged from the presidential debates holding a slender lead over Democratic nominee John F. Kerry, and despite the challenger's strong performances, the nationally


Giant waves causing British boulder phenomena

LONDON: Massive waves created by violent storms off Britain and Ireland are ripping off chunks of cliff and hurling them inland over distances scientists did not think possible.


Balancing Home Life, Career Can Be Tough for Adult Stars

By JULIA M. SCOTT  LOS ANGELES - Karen Stagliano talks to her 6-year-old daughter about nearly everything -- how her brain works, how astronauts breathe in space -- but they never talk openly about mommy's job.


Feds search for international flu vaccine smuggler in NJ

(Somers Point, New Jersey-NBC) Nov. 24, 2004 - Federal officials in New Jersey are searching for a suspect who smuggled hundreds of doses of flu vaccine into the US in hopes of selling them.


"Legend" holds on to lead at foreign box office

Four films tallied over  $10 million each at the foreign box office last weekend, led by  reigning champ "I Am Legend" with $39.8 million, according to  final data issued Monday.


BY THE NUMERS: Delta Air Lines Inc. reported a $651 million loss in the three months ending Sept. 30, nearly four times its loss compared to a year ago.


A sexually explicit spoof music video starring Justin Timberlake has won an Emmy for its creators.


Dow Jones sale di 15 punti, i derivati Nasdaq a 1.999


Al convegno 'Magna Charta' su proposte di Fi per Mezzogiorno


Italy ends Iraq's surprising Olympic soccer run for bronze

Iraq's surprising Olympic soccer run came up short with a 1-0 loss to Italy in a bronze-medal game that couldn't escape reminders of violence in the war-torn country.


Behind the glitzy playgrounds of Cancun is a growing drug war, fueled by widespread police corruption, the partial disruption of once-popular trafficking routes through Haiti and a sudden turf battle between two of the country's main drug gangs.


Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc.  KKD.N said on Monday it appointed two new directors to lead  an internal investigation of accounting practices and other  matters now the subject of a probe by securities regulators.


Nasa's robotic Mars rover Opportunity has found the first meteorite ever seen on the surface of the Red Planet.


Clinton plays flight attendant in campaign plane spoof

Hillary Clinton, flight attendant? Not exactly, but the Democratic presidential hopeful did impersonate one briefly on Wednesday as her new campaign plane made its first voyage with journalists, staff and the candidate herself on board.


Businesses don't have to dump Windows to test drive free or low-price applications whose use may improve the bottom line.


Oil that fries your burger can run your car

After a good meal, how about  asking the head waiter if you can take the waste grease from  the kitchen to fuel your car?


TABA, Egypt -- A Bedouin tribesman confessed to selling explosives to a young Egyptian male, investigators said Sunday in revealing their first lead into the three suicide bombings on the Sinai Peninsula.


KarstadtQuelle sets back target for returning to profit

KarstadtQuelle, the crisis-ridden German retail giant, does not expect to turn in a profit until 2006 instead of 2005 as expected, the group's chairman Christoph Achenbach told shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting in Duesseldorf.


Two Car Bombs Kill at Least 11 as Rumsfeld Visits Iraq

Two car bombs shook the capital in quick succession, killing at least 11 people, including a U.S. soldier, and wounding 16.


New Round of Cuts at SBC Will Eliminate 10,000 Jobs

BT"> SBC Communications, the nation's second-largest telephone company, will eliminate 10,000 jobs by the end of next year, according to a filing made yesterday with securities regulators.


The Pentagon inspector general's office has found that a program to deliver special armored vehicles to protect military personnel in Iraq from roadside bombs has been marred by delays and questionable contracting practices that may have endangered troops.


Nokia, Trimble in navigation license deal

The world's biggest mobile phone   handset maker Nokia NOK1V.HE unveiled a patent-licensing deal   with technology firm Trimble Navigation TRMB.O on Monday,   aimed at tapping into the fast-growing mobile navigation   market.


Outdoor Game Is More Than Reminder of Hockeyâs Roots

The Buffalo Sabres practiced on a rink specially constructed in the middle of the football stadium for a regular-season game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday.


Craig Bellamy apologises to his Wales team-mates for failing to score in the 2-1 loss in the Czech Republic.


Valencia, 15:08 - VELA, COPPA AMERICA: SLITTA PARTENZA LUNA ROSSA-NEW ZELAND

E' stata spostata di poco la partenza, prevista in un primo momento alle 15, della prima finale dell...


McCanns using private security firm to help find missing toddler: report

The family of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann have been using the services of a private security firm because of fears that Portuguese police were not properly searching for their child, according to a report published Monday.


Spanish police search for mother after child's fall

police were yesterday searching for a Briton who disappeared shortly after her seven-year-old daughter fell from the fifth-floor balcony of a hotel in Mallorca, leaving the girl in a critical but stable condition in hospital.


Annuncio del cardinale Renato Martino, presidente del Pontificio consiglio giustizia e paceLa replica: "Garantiamo solo i diritti delle donne vittime di violenza in trincea"                                            Il Vaticano, niente piÃ¹ soldi ad Amnesty "L'organizzazione Ã¨ diventata abortista"                                                                                di MARCO POLITI


Oil Eases, Dealers Watch for U.S. Fuel Draw

Oil prices eased on Wednesday on mild  U.S. weather as traders waited to see whether the first cold  snap of the U.S. winter has eaten into low heating fuel  supplies.


Sweden to charge Pirate Bay in copyright case

Sweden plans this week to charge the  people running Pirate Bay, one of the world's most visited Web  sites, with being accessories in breaking copyright law.


Iraqi officials say the first more than 200,000 residents who fled fighting in Falluja are to begin returning home.


13 Reported Killed as Israel Raids Palestinian Refugee Camp

Israeli forces launched a raid into a Gaza Strip refugee camp today to curtail Palestinian mortar fire on a nearby Jewish settlement, an Israeli army


Nike Inc. , the world's biggest athletic shoe company, on Tuesday said that Thomas Clarke, a senior executive, would step down from the company's board.


L'intesa presentata al ministero dello Sviluppo economico


Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez says he has held talks with a representative of Colombia's Farc rebel group.


It's past time for some context in the politically heated argument over the status of 377 tons of explosives in Iraq. Keep in mind that the US military has either destroyed or is in the process of eliminating


"E non per Hamas, incoraggiare palestinesi a trovare unita'"


Metro Group, the giant German grocery and consumer goods retailer, has been a leader in applying RFID tags to shipments of goods to track their progress through its distribution chain.


Pop star Britney Spears, who married dancer Kevin Federline last month, has bought a house in Malibu, California for just under $6.9 million, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday.


Uzbekistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced 15 al-Qaida-linked Islamic militants to as long as 18 years in prison for a series of bombings that killed at least 47 people earlier this year.


Ballmer: Most Vista work came in last two years

(InfoWorld) - While it's taken Microsoft Corp. half a decade to bring out a new version of its client operating system, the real development work on Windows Vista only took around two years, according to the head of the company. Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive officer, reflected on what Microsoft had learned from the process and delays inÂ bringing Vista to marketÂ during a question-and-answer session followingÂ the business launch of the OSÂ Thursday in New York. "Time is sort of a funny thing," Ballmer said. "You need to give new technologies time to incubate before you try to bring them together," he added. "Let each [technology] come to market individually and then do the integration." Microsoft spent the first two years of its Vista development process building a variety of new technologies and then struggled to integrate them, according to Ballmer. The third year went smoothly as Microsoft's developers focused their efforts on the Windows XP Service Pack 2, with some of that technology ultimately winding up in Vista, not XP. The bulk of what has now been released as Vista Microsoft developed in the last two to two and half years, Ballmer said. With his habitual flair for superlatives, Ballmer described Vista as."the highest quality, most secure Windows operating system ever." However, he was quick to add that Microsoft won't rest on its laurels. In its next Windows client OS release, the vendor will look to do more to support the major changes already under way in computer hardware, notably the shift from single-core to multicore processors and improvements in network infrastructure, he said. Microsoft also wants to offer more functionality in its OS for IT administrators so that the software is simpler to manage and for software developers in relation to storage management and other features that didn't make it into Vista, according to Ballmer. A future operating system also needs to take into account the move from software to software-as-a-service or as Ballmer said, "software plus service." Users can expect to see "a lot more service enablement" in the Windows OS, he said. Ballmer estimated that by the time Microsoft launches the consumer versions of Vista and Office 2007 scheduled for Jan. 30, 2007 worldwide, the company will have spent "hundreds of millions of dollars" on marketing the new software. Â


Seven of the eight Breeders' Cup race winners on Saturday, including Classic hero Ghostzapper, will remain in training next year, their respective trainers said.


Chip Stocks Close Lower on Intel Worries

Shares of chip companies closed lower Tuesday as Wall Street began to look ahead at a mid-quarter report expected by Intel Corp. on Thursday, with some analysts concerned the semiconductor giant might lower expectations.


Burned jogger shows lightning, headphones don't mix

Here's a handy tip for joggers: If you think you might get caught in a thunderstorm, leave your music player at home.


Rolls-Royce wins $1 billion deal from Monarch Airlines

British aerospace giant Rolls-Royce has announced a deal worth one billion dollars (786 million euros) from Monarch Airlines to supply engines for its Boeing 787 Dreamliners.


Blog: You've heard and read all about Apple's iPhone. Now, let's get a sense of how many people have the iPhone itch.


Iraqi Confesses to Killing German Designer

A 25-year-old Iraqi man has confessed to strangling German fashion designer Rudolph Moshammer, allegedly after the designer refused to pay for sex, police said Sunday.


Ingersoll-Rand to buy Trane for $9.4 billion

Diversified manufacturer Ingersoll-Rand Co Ltd  said on Monday it would buy Trane Inc , a maker of heating and air conditioning systems, for $9.4 billion in cash and stock.


Londra, 15:46 - CRICKET, PERIZIA SULLA PALLINA DI INGHILTERRA-PAKISTAN

Nel cricket, continua la polemica tra Inghilterra e Pakistan. La pallina da gioco utilizzata nel con...


Militant Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir faced trial in Jakarta Thursday, accused of inciting the 2002 Bali bombings and the 2003 JW Marriott Hotel bombing.


While many actresses fantasize about wearing Valentino or Zac Posen on the red carpet, Ellen Page has a completely different idea.


Huckabee Now a Candidate With Something to Lose

Mike Huckabee is attempting a tough political transition: from also-ran to novelty act to overnight leader, with all the scrutiny that brings.


LeBron James dunked and dazzled the Knicks into early submission, and the Cleveland Cavaliers laughed and strutted their way to a rout.


Zarqawi Tape Says Falluja Victory Certain-Web Site

An audio tape from al Qaeda ally Abu  Musab al-Zarqawi urged insurgents in Falluja to resist U.S.-led  attacks on the rebel city, saying victory was certain.


One in eight hospital patients are waiting for over a year, government figures show.


Ads marketing sweet alcoholic drinks have lured alarming numbers teen drinkers especially girls, reported the American Medical Association (AMA) on Thursday.


Tigers 5, Yankees 4: Hughes Struggles Early as Tigers Edge Yanks

A leadoff inside-the-park home run by the Tigersâ Curtis Granderson off of starter Phil Hughes became the margin of victory as the Detroit defeated the Yankees on Sunday.


Tavolo di confronto con i petrolieri e i gestori


US believes NKorea talks will take place next week

US officials believe the next round of talks with North Korea over its suspect nuclear program will only be delayed by a week, the State Department said Wednesday.


FAQ: How the wireless spectrum auction could change your life

Here's how the FCC's auction of large chunks of wireless spectrum could change the nature of mobility.


Boston Red Sox's David Ortiz celebrates his 14th inning game winning single to score teammate Johnny Damon on a pitch from New York Yankees Esteban Loaiza in Game 5 of the ALCS in Boston, Monday Oct. 18, 2004.


Depending on which direction you are coming from, European leaders are meeting in Brussels today either to crash the EU dream or cut the ribbon on a vital bridge between Islam and the west.


Three British servicemen have been killed during an "indirect fire attack" in Iraq, the Ministry of Defence says.


Snowmobile in Sweden gets a UK parking ticket

A Swedish man has been issued with a 90 (1,211 kronor) ticket for illegally parking his snowmobile in Warwick.


Agenzia decide di non cambiare il rating, fermo ad 'AA-'


In calo il settore merci con una riduzione del 7,8%


To better compete with Netflix, Blockbuster is dropping its late ...

The movie-rental company said Tuesday it will drop late fees for games and movies starting Jan. 1 - a positive move as seen by customers at the Blockbuster on Westheimer in Montrose.


Track's governing body begins investigating Thursday whether two Greek sprinters who withdrew from the Olympics had tried repeatedly to avoid doping testers.


Mibtel +0,73%, All Star +0,29%. Fiat vola oltre il 4%


Roadside bomb kills 2 NATO soldiers in Afghanistan

A roadside bomb killed two NATO soldiers in Afghanistan, as the alliance decided to increase its forces in the country to overcome a resurgent Taliban.


EDITORIAL: Horry Trash Free Market?: Monopoly Could Overwhelm County's S.C. 90 Landfill

By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  May 28--The Solid Waste Authority last week asked Horry County Council to designate its landfill on S.C. 90 as the sole disposal site for all county waste, including construction waste. The U.S. Supreme Court recently OK'd such arrangements.


Twins Send Tigers to Brink of Elimination

DETROIT -- Minnesota's Carlos Silva shut down Detroit over 7 2-3 innings in a 2-0 victory Monday night that put the Tigers on the brink of being eliminated from the playoff race.


Mykeema Ford scored 23 points, several in the decisive final moments, as Stony Brook rallied past Boston University, 83-77, yesterday at Case Gym.


U.S. citizens living abroad who want to participate in the 2008 primary elections have a number of options.


Finnish peace-keeping legislation may be updated

No changes in peace-keeping legislation are on the horizon. According to the security and defence report, released Friday, the Council of State will, however, take the matter into consideration so necessary ...


A body found in Iraq resembles a Japanese civilian taken hostage and threatened with execution, but the Japanese government has not yet positively identified it, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Saturday.


Fiat SpA named 24 new managers to its struggling auto unit as part of efforts to restore the automaker's fortunes.


New appetite for Aboriginal art in France

After fetching record prices in Australia, Aboriginal art is carving out a place on the art market in France, spurred by the opening last year of Paris' Quai Branly museum of tribal arts.


Doctors group calls for universal autism screening

All U.S. children should be formally screened for autism twice by the age of 2, the nation's top pediatrician group recommended on Monday.


Zarqawi Tape Says Falluja Victory Certain-Web Site

An audio tape from al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi urged insurgents in Falluja to resist US-led attacks on the rebel city, saying victory was certain.


Blair Seeks Africa Action Plan at Ethiopia Summit

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was in Ethiopia on Thursday to chair a summit he hopes will turn Africa's problems into a global priority.


Credit Agricole third-quarter profit jumps 70 pct on lower provisions

French bank Credit Agricole posted a better-than-expected 70.9 percent surge in third-quarter net profit thanks to lower provisions and despite an overall decline in revenues.


PATRICK Vieira's deflected strike deep into first-half injury time was just about enough to claim all three points in a close contest.


Bologna, 19:51 - BASKET, UPIM BOLOGNA; SACRATI: RIAVVOLTO IL NASTRO

Per la Fortitudo Bologna è un derby da vincere a tutti i costi, quello di domani sera (ore 21...


SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Michael Jackson was met with cheers Friday as he came to court to watch the mother of the boy who accused him of molestation undergo questioning by defense lawyers...


British professor wins prize for bar-fight research

Rowdy bars may no longer be quite as dangerous thanks to a British professor who won a criminology prize on Wednesday for his work showing how injuries from broken glass can be reduced.


Parmalat, oggi la prima udienza preliminare

E' iniziata qualche minuto dopo le 10 la prima udienza preliminare per il processo Parmalat. L'Aula Magna del palazzo di giustizia di Milano Ã¨ gremita di avvocati. Per ospitare tutte le parti il giudice ha


The North Carolina Association of Educators has endorsed Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, the third time the organization has backed one of his campaigns for federal office.


Young Adults Are Giving Newspapers Scant Notice

Most teenagers and adults 30 and younger are not following the news closely at all, according to a recent report.


British soldier killed in Iraq as casualties mount up

A British soldier was killed in Iraq, officials said, the third serious incident to hit the Black Watch regiment in the few days since it began patrolling a dangerous US-held zone of the country.


Cuban President Fidel Castro is walking,   talking and being briefed, according to a statement published   on Saturday in the Communist Party daily, Granma, a day before   his 80th birthday.


Director of Analysis Branch at the C.I.A. Is Being Removed

The removal of the agency's deputy director for intelligence opens a major new chapter in a shakeup under Porter J. Goss.


Sun: UltraSparc IV+ doubles server oomph

Sun Microsystems will detail its high-end UltraSparc IV+ processor Tuesday, a chip code-named "Panther" that will roughly double the speed of servers using the current processor.


What Are Good Friends for? Perhaps for Recommending DVD's

A new Netflix feature, Netflix Friends, lets you know what others are watching (and vice-versa).


Romania announces winners in gas tenders

The Romanian government has said a German and a French company have been designated winners in tenders for stakes in two gas distributing companies.


Bosnian FM resigns after criticism over war crimes

SARAJEVO  - Bosnia's Foreign Minister Mladen Ivanic, a Serb, stepped down after international sanctions against the Bosnian Serbs for their alleged lack of cooperation in solving war crimes.


Graeme Smith hits his first one-day century to lead South Africa to a three-wicket win over England.


New Yorkers in Congress Expect a Budget Fight

Members of New York's heavily Democratic delegation on Capitol Hill worry they will be shoved aside when Congress returns to confront issues that impact the city and state.


Russians Complain About Gymnastics Scoring

The Russian Olympic delegation joined the growing list of Olympic malcontents Tuesday, arguing that its two biggest stars got cheated in the gymnastics competition.


Gates Foundation plans Web access grants

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it will expand its program to give people access to the Internet in libraries and other public places to two Eastern European countries and the African nation of Botswana.


Thirty-nine years after it first appeared, Jean-Luc Godard's document of youthful confusion has not aged one minute.


Hundreds of villagers besieged a Thai military camp Wednesday demanding to know whether their relatives were among at least 78 Muslim men who officials said suffocated


More African Union Troops for Sudan's Darfur Region

Sudan's government says it will accept a larger African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur as long as the troops are used to contain and demobilize rebel forces.


The EU's decision to back DVB-H as the de facto standard for rolling out TV on mobiles could see UK fall behind.


Stocks End Down as Oil Tops $48 a Barrel

U.S. stocks ended lower on Thursday as oil prices climbed above $48 a barrel, prompting investor worry about the effect of high fuel costs on corporate profits and consumer demand.


By PHILIP ELLIOTT Courier & Press staff writer 461-0783 or elliottp@courierpress.com. From tidy stacks with alphabetized labels, workers at The Vineyard shuffled through more than 400 copies of "The Passion


Grace Propels Mount Tabor; Winston-Salem Prep Gets Win

By Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 3--Mount Tabor 72, East Rowan 68: Michael Grace hit all eight of his fourth-quarter free throws, including two with a second left, to help Mount Tabor hold off visiting East Rowan in a Central Piedmont 4-A game last night.


Pope John Paul II recalls his last visit to Malta

A very frail looking Pope John Paul II referred to his last visit to Malta when he walked on the footsteps of St Paul whiel speaking during a video conference at the International Priests Convention being held ...


A shortage of donor bodies is putting medical teaching at risk, UK authorities warn.


World's toughest jobs: Microsoft's interoperability chief

Putting the ability into Interop Interop He's faced with the unenviable task of convincing the world that Microsoft wants to play nicely with competitors - and also convincing the troops and top management that it's worth it.â¦


International bodies and donor nations meet in Jakarta to discuss responses to the tsunami crisis.


Another good day at Oakland Hills sees Europe move 11-5 clear of the USA going into Sunday's Ryder Cup singles.


Palermo, gli imprenditori siciliani: troppo rischioso testimoniare contro la mafia. La proposta della Confindustria                                          "Denunce collettive e anonime per provare a battere il pizzo"                                                                                "Pronti a ribellarci ma abbiamo mogli, figli e dipendenti"


Arsenal midfielder Edu has revealed he is prepared to make the controversial switch from Arsenal to Manchester United.


A human rights group urges the UN to take recruiters of child soldiers to the International Criminal Court.


As the Sun-Times first reported, Scottie Pippen will end two years of speculation, false alarms and his own indecision about finishing his spectacular career this morning when he announces his retirement after the Bulls' practice at the Berto Center.


Mike told me it would be okay to use Firefox 3 beta on the Mac. So I am. So far so good.  Firefox 2 was starting to hang every five minutes. But one of my critical plugins doesn't work in Firefox 3. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh. Software sucks.™


Ecuador steps up its fight against EU import duties on bananas by asking the World Trade Organization to rule on the issue.


FOXBOROUGH -- Pittsburgh 34, New England 20. The date was Halloween 2004, the place Pittsburgh's Heinz Field.


Stocks extended their rally on Friday, led by technology shares after computer maker Dell Inc. (DELL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) shot up 8 percent on a higher quarterly profit and an optimistic forecast.


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Arsenal were cleared of any breach of club ownership rules after FIFA said it was satisfied with the Football Association (FA) probe into the team's relationship with Belgian side Beveren.


Arizona Congressman John Shadegg has announced he won't seek re-election, becoming the latest Republican to step aside before the November elections.


No. 11 Minnesota Crushes No. 23 New Mexico

Jamie Broback scored 14 points to lead No. 11 Minnesota's balanced offense in a 75-35 victory over No. 23 New Mexico on Sunday.


Moore 'disappointed' by Crown's plea bargain

Colorado Avalanche forward Steve Moore says he's "disappointed and puzzled" by the Crown's unexpected plea bargain with Vancouver Canuck Todd Bertuzzi.


United Airlines is moving to obtain another $725 million in labor concessions and eliminate employees' traditional pensions as it seeks the financing to come out of bankruptcy.


The US trade unexpectedly fell in April, helped by the weak dollar, says the Commerce Department.


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


Longhorn announcements barely a blimp on IT radar

While developers are naturally curious over tweaks to the Longhorn road map, many IT administrators barely take notice. Enterprise IT customers typically lag at least


Russia: Accidental Blast Led to Siege End

MOSCOW - The militants who raided a school in southern Russia last week were led by a man dubbed the Colonel, who enforced obedience by killing three fellow attackers - two by detonating the explosives they had strapped to their bodies.    Two days later, the attackers were moving the explosives they rigged around the gym where hundreds of hostages were held, and a bomb went off accidentally...


The killers started early. Just after sunrise, they tracked the imam to his modest brick mosque, where he was praying on a green carpet. Three masked gunmen muscled past a handful of worshippers and pumped four bullets into the chest of Sheik Adbul Rahman Jawhar al-Karbouli.


THE CREATORS of "Jack & Bobby" say the title of this WB series has nothing to do with slain sibling politicians Jack and Bobby Kennedy.


Seattle Struggles Over How to Remember Jimi Hendrix

Family and friends of Jimi Hendrix are  struggling with Seattle's government over the fate of a moldy,  run-down house they see as a future museum and the city sees as  an unsightly obstacle to development.


India, Pakistan vow to press on for peace but no Kashmir breakthrough

Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan agreed on an array of measures to promote peace in South Asia but remained far apart on their key dispute -- the future of divided Kashmir.


New meningitis vaccine may end epidemics

A new meningitis vaccine offers hope to end devastating epidemics that have plagued West Africa the last century, according to recent studies. The new vaccine protects against meningitis A, the deadliest form of the disease and seen primarily in Africa.


EU Ready to Discuss Increased Aid for Iraq

The Dutch foreign minister said Sunday that improved security in Iraq has opened the way for the European Union to discuss stepped up reconstruction efforts — even as his Iraqi counterpart conceded that security here remains precarious.


Patriots 0, Giants 3 - First quarter First blood The Giants won the toss and elected to keep the ball away from the Patriots as long as possible. Plaxico Burress quieted doubts about his ankle and knee with a 14-yard reception on New York's first series. Randall Gay and Rodney Harrison collided on a first-down catch by Steve Smith and ...


AL Wrap: Santana Solid on Mound as Twins Beat Yankees

Johan Santana pitched seven strong innings to win his fifth straight start and Shannon Stewart homered, had three hits and two RBI to lead the Minnesota Twins to a 7-2 home win over the New York Yankees.


Ancient Irish Tomb Big Draw at Winter Solstice

Ireland's Newgrange monument continues to baffle archaeologists even as thousands battle every year for a chance to celebrate the winter solstice in the tomb's main chamber.


New Order's Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris say they will continue without bass player Peter Hook.


Activist Charged With Blackmailing Yankee

A federal judge refused to dismiss charges Thursday against a self-styled community activist accused of attempting to blackmail New York Yankees slugger Gary Sheffield and his wife with a purported sex videotape, and ordered him held in jail.


World 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu is determined to overturn the ban on her appearing at next year's Olympics.


Britons take centre stage for Tour de France prologue

Britons David Millar and Bradley Wiggins will be the riders to watch when the Tour de France starts with a 7.9-km prologue in London on Saturday.


Israel's Barak claims victory in Labour Party race

Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak claimed victory on Wednesday in the leadership race for Israel's Labour Party over his challenger, former intelligence chief Ami Ayalon.


Morocco out to spoil Ghana's party in African Nations Cup

Ghana need only to draw their last Group A game on Monday against Morocco to keep alive their dream of winning the African Nations Cup on home turf.


WASHINGTON -- In the absence of congressional action, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Michael Powell has taken over the direction of Voice over IP (define) policy in the Capitol, at least for the time being.


Police beat back anti-government protesters in the southern Russian region of Ingushetia.


Selanne leads Ducks over his former club

Teemu Selanne used a little animal inspiration from his former team to secure an important win for his Anaheim Ducks.


Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai created controversy when she was quoted stating that AIDS originated in a research facility.


The Slovak unit of Volkswagen AG will begin production of an Audi-brand sport-utility model in the second half of the next year.


Update 4: Alitalia Reportedly to Cut 5,000 Jobs

Its future at stake, Italy's flagship air carrier Alitalia said Monday it plans to cut 5,000 jobs - almost a fourth of its workforce - as part of restructuring efforts aimed at averting collapse.


O.J. Simpson held without bail in Las Vegas robbery

Former football star O.J. Simpson, who was acquitted in 1995 of murdering his ex-wife, was arrested and held without bail on Sunday in connection with a suspected armed robbery in a Las Vegas hotel room last week.


New York, 10:34 - BASEBALL, MAJOR LEAGUE: RISULTATI

Risultati delle gare  della major league di baseball americana disputate nella notte.


Bolton manager Sam Allardyce says striker Wayne Rooney should have been given his marching orders during Manchester United's 2-0 win.


Attesi i risultati degli esami sui reperti sequestrati


Compagnia controllata, top manager in comitato esecutivo


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Andy Pettitte repeated his apologies over and over again, saying he had embarrassed himself and set a terrible example. Whether he upset Roger Clemens is anyone's guess. They haven't spoken in more than a month.


Mollano tutto e partono per godere della bellezza delle forze naturaliDalle grandi pianure Usa al porto di Trieste, pochi appassionati dalle storie emozionanti                                          Tornado, nuvole e tramontana a qualcuno il turismo piace "meteo"                                                                                di VALERIO GUALERZI


Roy Keane today urged his fellow professionals to cut out the gamesmanship he believes is damaging the sport. The Manchester United captain called on the Football Association and the Professional Footballers


Arafat 'OK' but doctors mull hospital stay

Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie says that Yasser Arafat is "OK" after a visit to the veteran leader's bedside at his West Bank headquarters.


EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Dec. 16 -- A large white plastic bag hovered above Giants Stadium just before kickoff tonight, swirling and whipping in the wind, floating from one end of the field to the other in a wild, jagged pattern. At times the goal posts shook violently and the flags twirled in...


U.S. consumer confidence sank in  August while Chicago-area business activity slowed, according  to reports on Tuesday that added to worries the economy's patch  of sluggish growth may last beyond the summer.


CNN's Tucker Carlson, Jon Stewart Feuding

How's this for a feud that straddles the line between politics and entertainment: CNN's bow-tied conservative Tucker Carlson vs. "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart.


Sex education is not enough to cut teen pregnancies and abortions in the UK, Medical Research Council experts say.


Tom Brady, the two-time Super Bowl MVP, was intercepted four times, including twice in the final two minutes, as the New England Patriots lost 29-28 at the Miami Dolphins.


The price of a pizza in Iraq: an eye and a leg

Constantine Rodriguez had just fetched chili peppers and was going out to get some onions when he heard the siren for an incoming rocket. All he remembers was a door blasting open and a loud explosion.


Microsoft began offering a few details of its upcoming release of the Office 2008 suite for the Mac platform, by first listing work to Entourage to further support Exchange services and features.


Three models of small hybrid cars will be permitted to use car pool lanes on area freeways under an experiment that also will ban some alternative-fuel vehicles that can now use the special lanes.


Developer Herbert S. Miller wants to lure Nordstrom to his mall, the Shops at Georgetown Park.


Sydney - George Gregan gave Australian rugby a boost on Wednesday when he confirmed his availability for next month's Wallaby tour to Europe.


A scheme which allows motorists to drive along the hard shoulder of the M42 is to be rolled out to other areas.


Suspected Maoist rebels in Nepal explode two bombs in Kathmandu, on the third day of a blockade of the capital.


He is fine. James Driscoll wants people to know that up front. The play hasn't been as sharp as he'd like, certainly not up to his standards, and he knows there's a local following that is curious, but a lot of it has to do with this game called golf.


University students are more demanding of academic staff than previous generations, lecturers say.


China posted its biggest trade surplus  in nine years in December, data showed on Tuesday, as the  country's booming exports showed little sign of trailing off.


Indonesia's Yudhoyono Awaits Megawati's Concession of Defeat

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, 55, is waiting for incumbent Megawati Soekarnoputri to concede defeat in Indonesia's presidential election before making any moves, his aides said.


Former British PM Margaret Thatcher's son arrested in South Africa for possible connection to alleged coup plot. After numerous rumors and allegations linking him to a plan to overthrow the leader of oil-rich


A Vast Arms Buildup, Yet Not Enough for Wars

The United States will spend more than $500 billion on security this year, a high-water mark that is creating boom times in the armaments industry.


U.S. to ask advisers about drug-coated stent risks

U.S. health officials said on   Thursday they will ask outside advisers later this year to   review recent studies suggesting drug-coated stents may raise   the risk of blood clots months after they are implanted.


"Warlords" a departure for Hong Kong filmmaker

Atop a replica ancient  fortress outside Beijing, Hong Kong filmmaker Peter Chan  directs Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro in Mandarin.


Ugly Airline Math: Planes Late, Fliers Even Later

The on-time performance of airlines has reached an all-time low, but even the official numbers do not begin to capture the severity of the problem.


Returns Cost Retailers and Manufacturers Billions

Returns of products that do not work like consumers believe they should is costing manufacturers, communication carriers and electronics retailers almost $14 billion a year in the United States.


L.A. Urges Porn Producers to Use Condoms

Los Angeles County health officials sent letters to producers and directors in the porn industry, urging them to use condoms during sex scenes to help prevent a repeat of April's HIV outbreak.


High hopes for Obama as South Carolina votes

Senator Barack Obama looked set for an invigorating victory over White House foe Hillary Clinton Saturday, in a South Carolina primary marred by race rows and bitter personal slurs.


Microsoft may mess things up for Flickr, but Yahoo hasn't been so great either.


Four workers have been pulled out alive from a mine in north China, leaving 166 colleagues trapped and feared dead after a gas explosion, local officials said.


Marbury's late basket lifts depleted Knicks over Jazz

Stephon Marbury scored the winning  basket as time expired to lift an undermanned New York Knicks  to a surprise 97-96 overtime victory over the Utah Jazz on  Monday.


I know itâs hard to believe, but during the past 12 months I sometimes went two or three weeks in a row without finding anything to mock, deflate or be disappointed by.


Court advice boosts Barclays ABN takeover hopes

AMSTERDAM/LONDON  - British bank Barclays's hopes of taking over Dutch rival ABN AMRO  won a boost on Tuesday when a court adviser said ABN could sell its U.S. arm without a shareholder vote.


Deutsche Telekom on the look-out for acquisition targets

Deutsche Telekom is ready to make acquisitions in the mobile communications sector, and could finance them by selling non-core activities such as Club Internet in France, the head of the German telecoms giant said Thursday.


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China Launches Much Needed IPv6 Internet Network

A Chinese group announced it began operating what it says is the world's largest next-generation Internet network over the weekend, which will boost data transmission speeds and bring more Internet


The leaders of the European Union's 25 member states gathered in Rome Friday to sign the new EU constitution. Later in the day the heads of state planned to return home to try


Black Pastors Backing Bush Are Rare, but Not Alone

The Bush campaign is making a push for the allegiance of African-American clergy, while the Democrats are motivating them to get their parishioners to the polls.


While overseas sales are rising smartly, the key North American market is inching along. That could slow this richly valued stock.


Palestinian Led Sinai Blasts, Egypt Says

A disgruntled Palestinian who worked as a driver and was bent on killing as many Israeli tourists as possible organized the bombings of three resort


John Edwards got some campaign help Monday from baseball groupie Annie Savoy and pitching phenom Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh.


Militants in Nigeria's troubled Niger Delta seize the two-year-old son of a local chief, police say.


Internet search giant Google has announced plans to digitise millions of library books and make them searchable online. The Silicon Valley firm said it was working with the libraries of Harvard, Stanford, the


'License to Wed' has a creepy subtext for a family comedy.


Supermicro Unveils Universal I/O SAS Solutions Powered By Advanced LSI RAID-On-Chip

SAN JOSE and MILPITAS, Calif., June 20  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Super Micro Computer, Inc.  and LSI Corporation , today announced three Supermicro Universal I/O (UIO) SAS RAID cards based on the most advanced RAID-On-Chip (ROC) available from LSI, the SAS1078.


Four-time Olympic gold medallist Alexander Popov of Russia has retired from swimming, French sports daily L'Equipe reported Thursday.


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Report to say IRA paramilitary activity over: paper

An independent commission will conclude in a report to be published on Wednesday that the Irish Republican Army (IRA) has stopped all criminal and paramilitary activity, the Times newspaper reported.


PvP, Perry Bible Fellowship, and PHD get washpost props

5 Web Comics That Will Make You Ditch Your Newspaper “Thatâs why comics connoisseurs have been turning to the Internet, where artists can create and publish works that are a little edgier, a little quirkier, and much, much funnier. Here are five favorites” Quite an honor and nice company to be in. Big thanks to the Washington [...]


Bidirectional virtualisation is virtually there The possibilities for recursive virtualisation have just increased, with Novell and Intel announcing that you can now run Windows unmodified on Novell's SUSE Linux, via Xen and an Intel VT-capable processor, while Microsoft says an upcoming service pack will let its Virtual Server run SUSE Linux as a virtualised guest.â¦


Barclays sweetens ABN Amro bid after winning Asian investment

British bank Barclays sweetened its takeover bid for Dutch rival ABN Amro on Monday by including a cash element as part of a revised informal offer worth 67.5 billion euros (93.3 billion dollars).


Raise prices. Ease production. For weeks ahead of this week's OPEC meeting, hawks in the organization have been talking tough about the need to keep oil revenues high - and lowering output.


Nonprofits bear brunt of foreclosure fight

Mohammed Ibrahim is overwhelmed by people asking for help.


MicroStrategy charts its own course amidst BI consolidation

At a time of dramatic consolidation in the enterprise BI (business intelligence) market, MicroStrategy sees great opportunities as an independent vendor, the company's chairman, president and CEO Michael Saylor said Wednesday.Unlike competitors that become part of larger IT vendors, MicroStrategy retains the freedom and flexibility to support a broad variety of third-party products without having to weigh the competitive considerations of a parent company, Saylor said."Our view is to be Switzerland in this business and to make sure we protect your investment when we give you the ability to tap into lots of different vendors and technology architectures to achieve your goal," Saylor said during a keynote speech at the company's MicroStrategy World 2008 event in Miami.For example, it's natural for Business Objects to prioritize making its products work better with the applications of its new parent company SAP -- a $6.7 billion deal -- while Cognos will do likewise once its $5 billion acquisition by IBM is completed, he said. The same story will play out with Hyperion, recently acquired by Oracle for $3.3 billion.Even as Saylor was giving his speech, it appeared that the enterprise software market would be further consolidated, with Wednesday morning news announcements that BEA has agreed to be acquired by Oracle for $8.5 billion, and that Sun Microsystems would buy MySQL for $1 billion.By contrast, MicroStrategy can continue to chart its own course for supporting a wide variety of complementary, third-party products, such as Web browsers, operating systems, processors, databases and application servers, based on the needs of its customers and on market dynamics, Saylor said."The market needs a vendor that provides the flexibility we can provide," Saylor said.Another benefit from the latest round of consolidation is that it lowers the noise in a market that 12 years ago was very crowded with over 60 BI vendors competing for attention. This makes it easier for MicroStrategy, founded in 1989, to get its message out to potential customers.This year, MicroStrategy will focus on a number of technology and business priorities, including strengthening its BI products so that they can effectively analyze even larger data sets -- whether they be in data warehouses, data marts or transactional databases -- resolve queries faster, generate higher volumes of more interactive and sophisticated reports and support increasing numbers of users, he said.MicroStrategy will also continue to improve the performance for global and decentralized deployments of its systems, while striving to continually simplify and enhance its front-end software.The vendor will also improve its software's support for mobile devices, and make "profound investments" in global services, in order to beef up its partner roster of qualified MicroStrategy consultants and practitioners worldwide, he said. MicroStrategy also plans to increase the amount of end-user training and education it offers globally.While those are some of the priorities for 2008, MicroStrategy has drafted long-term goals, looking out 10 year and 20 years, which it plans to continue pursuing as an independent company, he said. "We just keep plugging away, like the Little Engine that Could," Saylor said.


The United States said on Friday it was   consulting European governments about possible sanctions   against Iran for intransigence over its nuclear program, but   the EU signaled it wanted to see more dialogue with Tehran.


Tax records would go a long way toward helping the federal government find the elderly and the disabled eligible for extra financial aid with the new drug benefit. But there's a catch: The IRS can't share those records.


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Viewpoint: The tragic killing of a gay eighth-grader in California should be an occasion for mourning, not new hate-crime legislation


DENVER - A male jaguar killed a zookeeper at the Denver Zoo on Saturday and employees put the animal down, police said.


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Hundreds of Colombian Paramilitaries Turn in Arms

Some 450 far-right Colombian paramilitary fighters turned in their weapons on Thursday as part of a government-negotiated demobilization to eliminate the outlawed group by the end of next year.


Afghans say hundreds of Taliban killed in Musa Qala

Afghan and NATO-led troops killed, wounded and detained hundreds of insurgents during fighting in the Taliban's biggest stronghold, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday.


I sindacati: raggiunto un accordo con il governo per la concertazione"Problema affrontato come centrale e sul lungo periodo". Bianchi: "Soddisfazione"                                          Trasporti, trovata l'intesa revocato sciopero del 28 gennaio


Powell, White House Hail Ukraine Election

Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday the latest Ukrainian election was a "historic moment for democracy" and he encouraged voters in the former Soviet republic to refrain from violence in the ensuing ...


Too Much Red Meat May Boost Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk

If you like to eat hamburgers, steak and other red meat, you might be at increased risk for rheumatoid arthritis, claims a British study in the December issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism.


The Miami Dolphins have appointed former  Dallas Cowboys assistant coach Tony Sparano as their new head  coach, the NFL team said on Wednesday.


Devolved government could be back in Northern Ireland by next spring if a deal involving Sinn FÃ©in and the Democratic Unionists is struck within days, it emerged tonight.