Californians urged to cut water after driest year

Southern Californians, fond of their private pools, golf courses, garden sprinklers and the ubiquitous car wash, are being urged to reform their water-guzzling ways after the region's driest year on record.


Roundtable Panel to Consider Fountain Creek Grant: Custer County Water Project, State Lysimeter Being Considered.

By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Feb. 4--The Fountain Creek Vision Task Force has applied for a $75,000 grant through the Arkansas Basin Roundtable to pay for a professional facilitator in its quest to develop a master plan for future action on Fountain Creek.


Torino, 18:31 - CALCIO, TORINO; ZACCHERONI: ORA NON POSSIAMO MOLLARE

Il Torino va a caccia di conferme contro l'Atalanta. Spiega Zaccheroni: ''Nel calcio vige sempre la ...


World number one Roger Federer of Switzerland crashed out of the Olympic tennis tournament yesterday when he lost to unseeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic.


Terni, 15:18 - CALCIO, C1/B: STADIO CHIUSO A TERNI, SALTA GARA CON SALERNITANA

Stadio chiuso a Terni, dove oggi era in programma la sfida tra Ternana e Salernitana (C1/B). Il manc...


If it's not one flap, it's another. Even when he isn't the primary story line, flamboyant Philadelphia flyer Terrell Owens is still a magnet for attention.


THE AFTERNOON of Election Day in Washington, one of the Dutch journalists in town to cover the vote mentioned to me that there had been a spectacular killing in Amsterdam that morning


WARF raiders slap Intel with Core patent suit

Wisconsin silicon heads The patent defense arm of the University of Wisconsin hit Intel with a lawsuit this week, claiming abuse of intellectual property related to parallel processing.â¦


Caution Urged as Obesity Drug Stirs Up Hopes

While rimonabant may be intriguing, these experts say, the mythology in the making is hardly justified by what is known so far.


E3 2007: If Microsoft told you to 'jump in,' would you?

Blog: The revamped video game conference is well underway, with the Xbox 360 and Games for Windows announcements kicking it off.


David Davis says it would be an "error" to scupper terror law consensus by seeking to extend detention limits.


Obama and Clinton tied in Iowa; Edwards close

DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democrat Barack Obama pulled even with Hillary Clinton in Iowa, with John Edwards close behind, in a tightening three-way race one day before the first presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.


Chancellor Gordon Brown is in danger of breaking his economic "golden rule" because forecasts for tax revenues are too optimistic, a report says.


The approach of having a speaking cast and a signing cast on the stage simultaneously may not be best for Nick Grossoâs absurdist British comedy.


King Abdullah of Jordan says the Middle East risks three civil wars if the international community does not act.


IMF Policy-Makers Fail to Agree on Debt Relief

The International Monetary Fund's  top policy-making group on Saturday failed to close divisions  over debt relief for the world's poorest countries.


Kidnapping of British aid worker stirs debate on Web sites

BAGHDAD - British aid worker Margaret Hassanâs kidnapping has stirred up debate on Islamist Web sites, with many contributors urging that her life be spared given her decades-long service to the Iraqi people.


Actor Heath Ledger, Oscar-nominated for his role in Brokeback Mountain, is found dead in New York.


German confidence perks up at beginning of new year

A new survey showed that investor confidence is picking up in Germany, as improved retail confidence and a stabilisation in both oil prices and the euro help fuel burgeoning optimism in the eurozone's biggest economy at the beginning of the new year.


Boeing unveils 787 Dreamliner amid order flurry

EVERETT, Washington  - Boeing Co.  unveiled its lightweight, carbon-composite 787 Dreamliner on Sunday in front of 15,000 cheering employees, customers and suppliers, capping a weekend of hype and a flurry of orders for the new fuel-efficient plane.


Colin Montgomerie, who sank the winning Ryder Cup putt last weekend, returned to the European Tour with a bump with only a late flourish keeping him in contention on the first day of The Heritage tournament.


First-quarter growth weakest in over 4 years

WASHINGTON  -U.S. economic growth in the opening quarter this year was the weakest in more than four years as businesses sold off inventories and Americans imported more foreign goods, the government reported on Thursday.


Another Tactic Used In Search For Miners

HUNTINGTON, Utah, Aug. 26 -- Despite three weeks of drilling and digging that have revealed no signs of six men trapped inside a collapsed coal mine, officials said Sunday that the search is continuing.


Nepalese forces are on alert ahead a deadline set by rebels, who have threatened to blockade the capital.


Migraine associated with high-normal sex drive

For some individuals prone to  migraine, this susceptibility may not necessarily interfere  with their sex life and may in fact improve their libido,  according to research published in the journal Headache.


Smoking large amounts of cannabis for therapeutic reasons may increase rather than reduce pain, a US study suggests.


Bhutan's new king pledged in a speech to tens of thousands of supporters Sunday to carry on his father's legacy of transforming the secluded Himalayan kingdom into a parliamentary democracy.


Cricket-India secure stunning win in final Aussie Test

BOMBAY  - India salvaged their bruised pride by winning the fourth and final Test against world champions Australia by 13 runs in a heart-stopping finish here.


13 More Killed In On-going Gaza Violence

Dubai, Oct. 4 (NNN): At least 13 Palestinians were killed as Israel continued its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, with an air strike in the north, during the past 24 hours.


The latest Caribbean hurricane shifts course and veers towards Trinidad and Tobago, say officials.


XL, tv e computer come una coppia di fatto

Dal piccolo (e tradizionale) schermo alla IpTv. La guida per godersi sullo schermo di casa nuovi e vecchi contenuti digitali dal web


Seminar counsels students to take professional courses abroad

PESHAWAR: Speakers at a seminar held on Sunday urged students to take up right courses and give maximum time studying instead of running behind petty jobs while studying abroad.


Cameron's homer helps Padres bounce back

The San Diego Padres didn't have to wait long to put their crazy loss in Los Angeles behind them.


Lower Oil Prices, Intel Help Stocks Rise

U.S. stocks were higher on Thursday,  helped by technology shares like Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O and  Intel Corp. INTC.O, which received a brokerage upgrade, and  crude oil prices dropping below $48 a barrel.


More than two dozen top fund-raisers for President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry are current or former senior managers of companies punished for trading with Iran or Saddam Hussein's Iraq — including the chairman of Bush's Homeland Security Advisory Committee and Kerry's fund-raising chairman.


Godzilla receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

LOS ANGELES - Hollywood commemorated the 50th anniversary of Godzilla on Monday by awarding the beloved movie monster with a star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame.


Alcohol enema bloke wins 2007 Darwin Award

Two bottles of sherry, the rest is history The 2007 Darwin Award - created to "commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it" - has been claimed by the Texas man whose addiction to alcohol enemas eventually led to a fateful encounter with two 1.5 litre bottles of sherry.â¦


He actually considered floating away into retirement with his new bride aboard his yacht Privacy, never to be seen on a golf course again.


Dow Jones -0,03%, Nasdaq composite -0,09%


new yorkâCrude oil surged to a four-week high yesterday, bringing the gain this week to almost $3 (US) a barrel, on concern shutdowns caused by Hurricane Ivan will further reduce US inventories.


A New York il greggio quotato 92,93 dollari al barile


Ethnic games tainted by cross-dressing cheats

Touted as a celebration of sport, culture and national unity, the Ethnic Minority Games held in southwestern China descended into a farce of cross-dressing cheating and mob violence, state media reported.


Gaza violence could spread: Palestinian minister

Palestinian Foreign Minister Ziad Abu Amr warned on Wednesday that factional violence in Gaza could spread to the West Bank if nothing is done, urging the international community to provide financial aid.


Sprint and Nextel set deadline for finishing deal

Sprint or Nextel Communications, the two US mobile phone network companies that agreed to a $35bn merger earlier this week, have set a December 31 2005 deadline to complete the deal.


Glamour and Chic at Visages 10th Anniversary

Lifestyle: 13 December 2004, Monday. One of Bulgaria's leading model agencies Visages turned 10 years on the catwalk partying with some 1,000 guests during the weekend.


Image gallery: 10 must-have Windows utilities

From file management to security to system maintenance tools, these essential applications will help you do your job and keep your PC humming happily.


Forse basterebbe aspettare passaggio cadavere del governo


The English Football Association said on Friday it had asked England captain David Beckham for an explanation about his yellow card controversy at last weekend's World Cup qualifier against Wales.


A huge underground lake is  found in Sudan's arid Darfur region, scientists say, which could help end the conflict.


Australian university decommissions mainframe

After whittling down to just two mission-critical mainframe applications, the university's IS director said, the school was simply paying too much to keep it going.


Japan's Princess Kiko gave birth on   Wednesday to a baby boy, the first imperial male heir to be   born in more than four decades and the answer to the prayers of   conservatives keen to keep women off the ancient throne.


Mischa Barton was arrested for misdemeanor driving under the influence after her car was stopped by sheriff's deputies early Thursday morning in West Hollywood.


Search engine's traffic-update feature is woven into its map service -- any time you look up an address or driving directions, you can get a reality check by just clicking.-The Washington Post


New York City Going Country with Music Awards Show

New York will host the Country Music Association awards next year, the first time the ceremony will take place outside Nashville, Tennessee, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday.


German Welfare Cuts Kick In, Protests Limited

Germany's sweeping welfare reforms went into effect without a hitch Monday as labor offices cut payments for a million jobless and qualifying tests got tougher.


Dead man loses fingers despite carrying ID

A dead man's fingers were cut off for  identification in Albania even though he was carrying identity  papers and his killer confessed.


SYDNEY - The discovery of a skeleton of a female barely one metre tall who hunted pygmy elephants and giant rats 18000 years ago could force a reassessment of the origins of humanity, scientists in Australia said yesterday.


Indian soldiers join Chinese troops on their shared border to mark China's national day for the first time.


Blitz di un gruppo di residenti in zona 'Tossic park'


Cagliari, 23:39 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI-LIVORNO; AMELIA: SODDISFATTO, PAREGGIO GIUSTO

Il portiere del Livorno Marco Amelia commenta il 2-2 dei toscani a Cagliari. ''Penso che il pareggio...


Brain Cells, Doing Their Job With Some Neighborly Help

How does the brain process all of the information being taken in by our senses every second of every day?


In a promotion for his soon-to-open play âNovember,â  David Mamet will continue to write a blog from the perspective of his leading character after the premier.


Mel Gibson seeks forgiveness for anti-Semitic rant

Actor Mel Gibson apologized on  Tuesday for making anti-Semitic remarks in a drunken rant and  asked to meet Jewish leaders, but several called on the  Hollywood superstar to first show deeds and not offer words.


A south Wales boy dies while on holiday with his family on the Spanish island of Menorca after allegedly drinking alcohol.


Kids Pick Kerry to Be the Next President

Kid power! Democrat John Kerry is the winner, and the rest of the country should pay attention because the vote on Nickelodeon's Web site has correctly chosen the president of the United States in the past four elections.


Owen has a point to prove warns Eriksson

England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson has warned Wales that Michael Owen will have a point to prove in Saturday's World Cup qualifier at Old Trafford.


Per la sfilata autunno-inverno il 16 febbraio a Milano Donna


McDonald's same-store sales up 6.2 percent

McDonald's Corp.  on Friday said global sales at its hamburger restaurants open at least 13 months rose 6.2 percent in November as its Snack Wraps and promotions with family games such as Monopoly brought in customers.


Mikael Silvestre has admitted he is at a loss to explain why his central defensive partnership with Rio Ferdinand feels so natural.


Freddy Rodriguez has gone from undertaker to A-lister. The 31-year-old actor, who played embalmer Frederico "Rico" Diaz on the HBO hit "Six Feet Under," has two movies opening this month.


Johnny Depp Says He Actually Enjoys Aging

Unlike legions of other Hollywood stars, hipster heartthrob Johnny Depp says he actually enjoys aging. The boyish-looking Depp -- who plays the author of "Peter Pan" in


Will Graves: Does the ACC have too much of a good thing?

MIAMI - When Virginia Tech was invited into the Atlantic Coast Conference along with the University of Miami during the ACC's very public poaching of the Big East Conference 18 months ago, the Hokies were the fries that went along with the Hurricanes


UN Council considers Iran nuke resolution

Britain and France plan to introduce on Monday a revised U.N. Security Council draft resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment and hope to put the measure to a vote in the next two weeks.


Children exposed to passive smoking are likely to do worse at school than their peers, research suggests.


WASHINGTON - President Bush has accepted the resignations of Attorney General John Ashcroft and Commerce Secretary Donald Evans, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Tuesday.


Ulema chiedono a Governo di non attaccare la Moschea rossa


Hiding just next to "the next big thing" are the market's truly monster rewards.


First CRE CDO for Europe could be on offer this year

Investment banks and specialist asset managers are working hard to be first to offer commercial real estate collateralised debt obligations in Europe


Ebitda +49,1%, ebit +47,3%, utile pre-tasse +48,8%


Comair has begun warning pilots to use "extreme caution" when navigating runways at the airport where a crash killed 49 people last month, saying some diagrams aren't accurate, according to an e-mail obtained Monday by The Associated Press.


11,2 mld all'erario l'anno scorso, secondo il Ref


Reform needed in Arab world to defeat terrorism: Powell

RABAT: US Secretary of State Colin Powell stressed on Saturday the need for economic and political reforms in the Arab world to defeat terrorism.


Group kills eleven Iraqi soldiers- Web Site

A group in Iraq said on its Web site Thursday that it had executed 11 Iraqi soldiers who were kidnapped last Tuesday and broadcasted a video footage of the killed troops.


Seven-metre fingernails win place in book of records

Lee Redmond soaks hers in olive oil. Aaron Studham lathers his in hairspray.


Reports of a disease in birds is under investigation in north Wales, the assembly government announces.


More D.C. Landlords Sued Over  Lead Paint

The District's attorney general finished filing a dozen cases yesterday against city landlords and property owners, trying to force them to get rid of lead paint in their buildings.


Public polls indicate that most people do not favor enacting a draft. But many people across the country are wondering who will fight the nation's wars.


Description: We take a trip out to Saturn's moon Titan. The Cassini space probe paid a close call to the moon this week, and sent back some pictures of the mist-covered planet that have scientists puzzled.


Iranian authorities banned five Web sites that comment on current events for "poisoning" public opinion ahead of the crucial mid-March parliamentary elections, the state radio reported on Thursday.


Sony to launch wireless broadband gadget in US

Sony has said it will market in the United States a first-of-a-kind wireless broadband device allowing users to exchange online voice and text messages, browse the Internet and listen to music.


Vital Signs: In the Lab: Gene Study Helps Explain Link to Breast Cancer

Researchers have discovered a reason why mutations in the BRCA1 gene lead to a particularly deadly type of breast cancer.


Terrorism blamed in at least 1 of 2 airliner crashes in Russia

One of two Russian airlines that crashed nearly simultaneously was brought down by a terrorist act, officials said Friday, after finding traces of explosives in the plane's wreckage.


Ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co. HNZ.N on  Tuesday said quarterly profit rose 7.8 percent, excluding a  year-earlier tax benefit, as demand for new products such as  Ore-Ida Extra Crispy fries boosted sales.


Taleban, la scadenza era fissata alle 16,30 italiane


Il plauso delle associazioni dei consumatori: Â«Era oraÂ»

ROMA - Le autoritÃ  di controllo accendono un faro sulle banche: Antitrust e Bankitalia hanno deciso di indagare sul caro-conto corrente. Il motivo? Presto detto. Cambiare banca costa troppo e questo, oltre


NEW YORK - Fox News Channel traded accusations Wednesday with one of the producers of Bill O'Reilly's show, with the woman alleging that the commentator had phone sex with her against her wishes three times. Fox in a claim of its own dismissed the sexual harassment complaint as a politically motivated extortion attempt...


Tokyo stocks were higher at midday on Wednesday thanks to gains in telecom shares and a handful of small-caps, but the rise was limited as big technology firms wilted ahead of a business update from bellwether Intel Corp.


Venezuela recalled its ambassador to Colombia after accusing the neighboring country Thursday of sending police to capture a Colombian rebel on Venezuelan soil and bribing local authorities to help.


Germany asks Forgeard to quit as EADS co-CEO: report

German shareholders of EADS asked Noel Forgeard to quit as co-chief executive of the European aerospace group at a meeting in Munich, but the Frenchman refused, the business daily Handelsblatt reported.


Mothers' prompts to eat may affect kids' weight

Children's tendency to become  overweight might have something to do with how their mothers  urge them to eat, a new study hints.


It has been 21 years since a group of immigrants started the Mexican Baseball League of New York, and now the fathers play alongside their sons.


Socks rose on Tuesday as European  companies made takeover offers for U.S. companies in the  health-care and chemicals sectors and bond yields dipped,  sending rate-sensitive stocks higher.


Over many years of covering campaigns in New Hampshire, I've lost track of the number of times I've attended political events in the basement meeting room of the Manchester


Pritam Chakraborty takes on Aadesh Shrivastav

There's a war brewing in the music world. And it's a war that can only do good.


Four on trial after German drink-binge teen death

Four German bartenders behaved immorally  by serving over 50 shots of tequila to a 16-year-old boy who  died after the drinking binge, a state prosecutor told a court  on the opening day of the trial into the youth's death.


By John David SutterAfter decades of being hunted, poisoned and yanked from their homes by vacuum machines, black-tailed prairie dogs in Oklahoma and elsewhere could have new protection under the Endangered Species Act if a federal lawsuit is successful.


Kirstie Alley Launching Her Own 'Weight-Loss Brand'

Kirstie Alley may have parted ways with Jenny Craig after a three-year relationship, but the actress is not leaving the weight-loss field, she tells PEOPLE exclusively.   In fact, Alley, 57, hopes to "develop and pilot my own weight-loss brand that I...


Randy Johnson still might wear Yankees pinstripes, but another team likely will have to step up to make the deal happen after the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled out of a proposed three-way trade Tuesday.


Hedge fund manager and television commentator Seth Tobias, who was found dead over Labor Day weekend, may have been murdered, an aide to Tobias told television station CNBC on Thursday.


Bextra Found to Pose Risks After Heart Bypass Surgery

The government is warning of potential heart problems associated with the use of the painkiller Bextra in people who have recently had heart bypass surgery.


Malcolm Glazer, the American billionaire, is expected to make a new Â£800m bid for Manchester United in a move described as "one last throw of the dice" by shareholders opposed to the takeover.


James brown, underwent the surgery to treat his cancer yesterday recently diagnosed prostate, and its forecast is good. "we expect a full re-establishment," said Dr.


India's most wanted criminal shot by police

MADRAS, India : India's most wanted criminal Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, who was accused of more than 100 murders, has been shot dead after decades on the run, police said.


Banks to seek rescue plan for bond insurers: CNBC

Eight banks have formed a consortium  to seek a rescue plan for MBIA Inc , Ambac Financial  Group Inc  and other troubled bond insurers, CNBC  reported on Friday, citing an unnamed source.


Amung.us launches cool Web site visitor map

Want your readers to see where they fit in among all your site's users? Check out this new widget.


Barrichello conquista il Gp d'Italia davanti a Schumacher, protagonista di una strepitosa rimonta. Sul podio anche Button. Gp Usa. Schumacher e Barrichello salgono insieme sul podio ancora una volta. Terzo Sato, quarto Trulli.


Panel Finds Flawed Data in a Major Stem Cell Report

An inquiry panel has found what it called âsignificantly flawedâ data in stem cell paper that claimed stem cells isolated from an adult could change into all the major tissue types of the body.


The company said online business has affected operations Insurance company Norwich Union has announced plans to shed about 450 jobs in Scotland as part of a 4,000 reduction in the UK.


The pressure on the beleaguered US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, intensified yesterday and threatened to taint his main supporter in Washington, George Bush.


Home run record holder Barry Bonds, the biggest name in baseball, will leave the San Francisco Giants at the end of this season, the player said on Friday.


Ice Age Bison Decline Not Due to Hunting, Study Says

DNA analysis of bison fossils suggests climate and environmental change, not human hunters, triggered herd declines and the extinction of mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and other large mammals in Siberia and North America.


The death of Yasser Arafat a major figure in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict would open a window for the violence in that region to decrease, a local Middle East expert said.


New French Political Cry: LibertÃÂ©, EgalitÃÂ©, DiversitÃÂ©

LYON, France -- When Najat Vallaud Belkacem, a Moroccan Muslim immigrant, applied to France's most prestigious political science university, she recalled, her high school teachers told her she'd never be accepted: She wasn't rich, she wasn't from Paris -- she wasn't even from France.


Rolls-Royce gains a $800m order for its Trent XWB airline engine from US aircraft leasing giant ILFC.


At 42, Roger Clemens is ready to pitch on three days' rest with a chance to make postseason history for the Houston Astros.


The Expos are about to get their new name: the Washington Nationals. A city official and a baseball official, both speaking on condition of anonymity, said Friday that the team will reveal its new name, cap


ATHENS, Greece -- It was death by a thousand cuts. If you can describe taking silver instead of gold as "death." ...


Dolce & Gabbana kit men out military-style for summer

Italian designer team Dolce & Gabbana took a military theme to kit out men next summer, ranging from fatigues with tiny lights that glowed in the dark to camouflage patterned swim trunks.


Mets Won't Have Cameron for Beginning of the Season

The Mets did not retain their right fielder, are hoping to trade their left fielder and now will not have their center fielder available for the start of next season.


Official warns citizens to leave Iraq after abduction of child

BEIRUT: The Lebanese charge d'affaires in Iraq warned Lebanese expatriates in Iraq to take extreme cautions or leave the country entirely, following the kidnapping of a 7-year old Lebanese boy there.


L'omicida, 23 anni, ha confessato dopo interrogatorio


Five die in Curacao oil tanker blast: official

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao  - At least five people were killed in an explosion on an oil tanker under repair in the main port of the Caribbean island Curacao on Thursday, a shipyard official said.


Fears grow that serious environmental damage could be caused when a huge bonfire in County Antrim is lit.


Viola, che botta! Milan stellare, Fiorentina travolta per 6-0

Milano, 12 dicembre 2004 - Al Meazza il Milan diverte e si diverte passeggiando sulla malcapitata Fiorentina. Finisce 6 a 0 e Shevchenko mette in valigia una doppietta da portare con se' a Parigi dove ricevera' il meritato Pallone d'oro.


Flooding unleashed in Haiti by tropical storm Jeanne is feared to have killed more than 2,000 people, the mayor of a badly-hit city has said.


The next time Scott Davies makes a motivational deal with his pupils, he might want to do it in springtime.


Bush-Kerry Debate Draws 62.5 Million Viewers

At least 62.5 million Americans  tuned in to President Bush's debate with challenger John Kerry  on Thursday, far surpassing the number who watched Bush's  debates four years ago with Al Gore.


Qanuni Says Candidates to Accept Afghan Election

The chief rival to Afghan President Hamid  Karzai in last week's historic presidential election said on  Monday he and several other candidates had dropped a plan to  boycott the election process.


Singh Charges Up Canadian Open Leaderboard

OAKVILLE, Ont.  - Joey Sindelar clung to the  first-round lead at the 100th Canadian Open Friday but was  looking over his shoulder as new world number one Vijay Singh  charged up the leaderboard.


Motorola sees loss on struggling mobile unit

Motorola Inc  said on Wednesday  it will post an operating loss in the current quarter as its  cell phone business is taking longer than expected to turn  around, dashing Wall Street hopes for a profit and sending its  shares down 20 percent.


After seven months of extensive training, scientists in United Kingdom have managed to make good use of dogs' inordinate interest in human urine by utilizing their "super-sensitive noses


Did you miss anything at the McCarren Pool concerts over the summer? A color-coded crib sheet by Mr. Kuo, the artist and blogger.


Breyer to be a guest on radio humor show

Justice Stephen Breyer, in a first for the Supreme Court, plans to follow in the footsteps of John McCain, Barack Obama, Weird Al Yancovic, Elmo and many other notables.


New Web Site Simplifies and Facilitates Science and Religion Research

Science and Religion Articles of Distinction, www.sciencereligionarticles.org, is now open to the research community and all who are interested in the growing global dialogue between science and religion.


The Washington Redskins signed Ola Kimrin on Saturday to replace injured kicker John Hall.


Britons set fires ablaze for historic bomb plotter Guy Fawkes

Across Britain, bonfires were being built and fireworks lit to mark an event 399 years old with which some people still sympathise, even if they disagree with the method -- a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament.


Investigators locate bodies in California air ambulance crash

SAN DIEGO The bodies of five people were recovered today from the scene of an air ambulance crash in California near the Mexico border.


Walgreen Quarterly Profit Up 18.1 Percent

Walgreen Co. , the top U.S. drugstore chain, on Monday said quarterly profit rose 18.1 percent due to rising prescription demand and strong sales of profitable nonpharmacy merchandise.


MADRID, Spain - Jose Antonio Camacho quit as star-studded Real Madridâs coach after just six games and was replaced Monday by assistant Mariano Garcia Remon.


Chertoff to Become Homeland Security Chief

The Senate confirmed federal judge Michael Chertoff as the nation's second Homeland Security secretary on Tuesday, placing the tough-on-terrorism former prosecutor in charge of a bureaucracy prone to infighting and turf wars.


Housewife introduces Maltese traditions to Swedish readers

A Maltese woman living in Sweden has guided a regional newspaper to her homeland.


Queen's Christmas message to go on YouTube: official

Queen Elizabeth II is posting her traditional Christmas message on YouTube for the first time through a special royal channel on the video-sharing website which launches Sunday.


Oil markets were little changed Wednesday but prices appeared positioned for an increase as traders traced the path of the strongest storm to hit the Arabian Peninsula in 60 years.


CORRECTED: Siebel Sees Sales Topping Street

Business software maker Siebel  Systems Inc. SEBL.O on Monday said third-quarter revenue  would beat Wall Street estimates, driven by a rebound in  licensing revenue, sending its shares up 14 percent.


POssibile stop dal 25 marzo al 3 aprile prossimi


European shares mixed as spotlight falls on miners, banks

European stocks showed mixed fortunes on Monday, as activity centred on the mining and banking sectors.


Paul Otellini surprises a few reporters when he clams up over Microsoft's operating system.


Osimo, 22:02 - VOLLEY, CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: MACERATA-ROSELAARE 3-0

La Lube Macerata ha battuto i belgi del Roselaare 3-0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-20) nella gara di andata dei...


Will masks stop bird flu? Students experiment

Can wearing a face mask and regularly cleaning hands stop the spread of deadly bird flu? Students at the University of Michigan started a living experiment on Tuesday to find out.


Fifth and ninth for Fernando and Jarno following qualifying for tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix.


Oriana Fallaci, the Italian writer and journalist best known for her abrasive interviews and provocative stances, has died, officials said Friday. She was 76.


10-man Ghana, Ivory Coast, into African Nations Cup semi-finals

Hosts Ghana overcame the expulsion of skipper John Mensah to make it into the African Nations Cup semi-finals with Ivory Coast securing the other last four spot from Sunday's quarter-finals.


Forse strangolato, era in un'auto in periferia di Dipignano


TierneyLab: The Missing Men in Your Family Tree

âIs There Anything Good About Men?â Roy Baueister asked the American Psychological Association, and he came up with a few suggestions. My post about the speech generated lots of comments and questions â and, I was glad to see, not too many knee-jerk denunciations from readers angry to see anyone suggest that gender differences arenât [...].


Chechen warlord Basayev cliams responsibility for school siege

Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, in a letter posted Friday on the net, claimed responsibility for the Beslan school hostage-taking in which more than 330 people were killed,, the Interfax news agency reported.


Referee Graham Poll, who is set to stand down, criticises the FA for failing to back him in a row over the dismissal of Chelsea's John Terry.


U.N. votes for court on murder of Lebanon's Hariri

In a challenge to Syria, the U.N. Security Council voted on Wednesday to set up a special court to prosecute the killing two years ago of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.


Lagat, the World Indoor 3000m champion clocked 3:52.87 to break the all-time mile record of over the 160-yard banked oval to the roar of a crowd of 13,519. Lagat's mark eclipsed Irishman's Eamonn Coghlan's meet ...


For the past 18 months, Oracle has been locked in a battle to acquire rival PeopleSoft involving courtroom drama, poison pills, personal enmity and, recently, the departure of PeopleSoft's CEO Craig Conway.


DuPont Co. DD.N, the No. 2 U.S.  chemical maker, on Tuesday posted a lower quarterly profit  after a large tax gain a year earlier and forecast earnings  growth in 2005.


Ancora ignote le cause della deflagrazione


Firenze, 16:05 - CALCIO, LIPPI: DONADONI FARA' BENE COL RITORNO DEI BIG

L'ex ct degli azzurri Marcello Lippi, oggi a Firenze per ricevere il Gonfalone d'argento, premio del...


PalmOne to unveil new handheld organizer

Handheld computer maker PalmOne Inc. plans to unveil Monday a new memory-packed personal digital assistant that can double as a portable USB flash drive.


Firefighters and construction workers rushed Tuesday to dig out 25 road workers trapped after a tunnel collapsed in southwest China, local officials and media said.


Microsoft in $44.6 Billion Bid for Yahoo

The surprise offer of $31 a share, which represents a 62 percent premium on Thursdayâs closing price, would bring relief to Yahooâs long-suffering shareholders.


Nationalist parties in Macedonia yesterday failed in their attempt to limit the rights of ethnic Albanians, after voters failed to turn out for a referendum on the issue.


Kerry says United States must heal its deep divisions

Defeated Democrat John Kerry said the United States must heal dangerous divisions cleaving society, after admitting defeat in the US election to President George W. Bush.


Two doctors groups have dropped their opposition to a bill which will allow them to help terminally ill patients die.


Children Star in First Film from Post-War Iraq

Iranian director Bahman Ghobadi had no  intention of making the first feature film to emerge from  post-war Iraq, but the children he met in northern Iraq left  him with no choice.


Pound gets gentle nudge from positive unemployment figures

Sterling has received a modest boost against the dollar after positive job market figures showed a fall in the number people making jobless claims.


A longtime Democratic fundraiser has abandoned Barack Obama's campaign to help rival Hillary Rodham Clinton win the party's presidential nomination.


Dogs can sniff out cancer, study reveals

LONDON - People have always suspected that man's best friend has a special ability to sense when something is wrong with them.


Pakistan counts costs of bloody end to mosque siege

Pakistan counted the human and political cost on Wednesday of an armed assault that killed a rebel cleric and at least 50 Islamist fighters and eight soldiers at an Islamabad mosque after a week-long siege.


Google launches literacy project to link resources

Google Inc.  unveiled on  Wednesday a Web site dedicated to literacy, pulling together  its books, video, mapping and blogging services to help  teachers and educational organizations share reading resources.


Fourteen Palestinians Killed as Sharon Defends Gaza Pullout

JERUSALEM, Oct 25 (MASNET & News Agencies) - Fourteen Palestinians were killed in a major Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip, as Israel's premier defended his fiercely contested pullout plan of the occupied territory at the start of a crunch debate in


Rastafarians converge on Ethiopia to mark what would have been Bob Marley's 60th birthday.


ATHENS, Greece -- Michael Phelps won another gold medal in a fantastic finish, tied an Olympic record, was congratulated by Mark Spitz and planned a trip to McDonald's for a Big Mac and fries.


Contestate scelte del ministro dei trasporti Bianchi


A vigil is to be held in Swansea in protest at the murder of a disabled Iraqi Kurdish man outside a pub in the city.


Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Terrell   Owens underwent surgery to repair a broken finger on Monday,   sidelining the controversial player for two to four weeks.


Oct. 6, 2004 (Atlanta) -- There's more evidence that obesity can be deadly. A new study shows obese women with early stage breast cancer are at greater risk of dying of their disease.


A man was convicted in a Virginia court on Wednesday of sending AOL users millions of unsolicited emails using fraudulent email address is facing nine years in prison after becoming the first person to be convicted under new anti-spam laws.


Azienda replica alle accuse di Berlusconi


Brett Wetterich is perched on a precarious ledge on the Nationwide Tour money list in his bid to win a PGA Tour card with the Miccosukee Championship beginning today in Miami.


Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez threatens to nationalise supermarkets that raise food prices.


West, CW support Musharraf's continuance in uniform: Rashid

Most countries in the West and member nations of the Commonwealth believe that President Pervez Musharraf should continue as Pakistan's army chief, claimed Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed.


The Debian Linux group will not deploy the Sender ID anti-spam standard, because Microsoft's license terms do not fit within its free-software guidelines.


Minus Clinton, Democratic rivals compete in South

BENNETTSVILLE, S.C  - Democratic presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John Edwards appealed for votes in South Carolina on Wednesday, while Hillary Clinton campaigned in the Northeast -- taking heat for leaving the state before its nominating contest this weekend.


Il medicinale anti-obesita' bocciato perche' pericoloso


A series of national strikes by postal workers will be held by the end of the month unless a row over pay and conditions is resolved, union leaders announced Tuesday.


TicketNews announces its weekly Top 10s and analysis for the week of 1/22/07-1/28/07.


Judge says Calif. must change how it executes

A federal judge ruled on Friday that California's method of execution through lethal injection is unconstitutional but said it could be fixed by changing the procedure.


The Baltimore 'Book Thing' is give and take

Russell Wattenberg had an idea: Give books away - preferably in bulk.


The place to be on a chill December evening is snug among the spellbound crowd basking in the heat and light of Washington's monumental bonfire.


The aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says it is pulling out of Iraq because of the danger to its staff. MSF said it had become impossible "to guarantee an acceptable level of security for our staff, be they foreign or Iraqi".


Transport costs lift UK inflation to 1.5%

London - Britain's inflation rate hit its highest level in five months in November, pushed up by air fares and surging utility bills, official figures showed yesterday.


Karzai nurses margin as vote tally nears end

Afghanistan's presidential vote count passed the 80 percent mark with interim President Hamid Karzai holding onto his clear majority yesterday, but any potential celebrations


Hunting Terrier Survives Montana Adventure

BEVIL OAKS, Texas - A tiny dog from East Texas is back home after surviving a big adventure in the Montana backcountry.  Esther, a 10-month-old terrier mix, went missing for five days and nights after jumping out of her owner's truck to chase a herd of elk.


BOSTON, Oct. 22 -- This much Terry Francona knows: Josh Beckett will start Game 1 of the World Series on Wednesday night at Fenway Park against Colorado's Jeff Francis. Beyond that, he and his staff need to collect their thoughts.


Malkin's shootout strike lifts Pens to fifth straight win

Evgeni Malkin scored the winning goal in the shootout as the Pittsburgh Penguins overcame a late rally by the Montreal Canadiens to register a fifth straight victory with a 5-4 decision at the Mellon Arena on Thursday.


The virtual virtualization case study: Intro

InfoWorld - Server virtualization has, without doubt, taken the IT industry by storm. It provides a cost-effective way to dramatically reduce downtime, increase flexibility, and use hardware much more efficiently.


Serena Williams overcomes a rib injury and rallies to defeat top-ranked Lindsay Davenport to win the Australian Open title Saturday.


Getrag Ford Transmissions, a joint venture between U.S. automaker Ford Motor Co. and Germany's Getrag Group, announced Thursday it plans to build a $400 million auto parts plant in eastern Slovakia.


Capriati, Federer, Moya Win at U.S. Open

NEW YORK - For good or bad, tennis players' fortunes change as quickly as the direction of the swirling wind at the U.S. Open...


Yukos warned yesterday it could declare bankruptcy within months following fresh tax claims that could leave Russia's biggest oil company facing an astronomical bill of $17 billion (R104 billion).


The Chinese government shut down 1,600 Internet cafes between February and August of this year, according to China Radio International.


Bombings across Iraq kill at least 8, including American GI ...

Bombings struck four coalition and Iraqi military convoys and a provincial government office Monday, killing at least eight people, including an American soldier and an Estonian trooper in the Baghdad area.


Wholesale prices increased 0.5 percent in November, reflecting the biggest jump in natural gas costs since March 2003, the Labor Department said yesterday.


13:37 - L'Organizzazione non governativa Movimondo in cui lavora Andrea Cianferoni, l'operatore italiano rapito nelle Filippine, hanno reso noto che i sequestratori hanno chiesto un riscatto per una cifra definita "irrisoria".


Quieting Cancer Gene Reverses Liver Tumors in Mice

Certain genes are known to promote cancer, and one such "oncogene" called MYC is commonly activated in liver tumors. Researchers in California have now shown, in


Nasdaq gains on Qualcomm, but Dow, S&P flat

The Nasdaq rose on Thursday with results from Qualcomm Inc  and other companies creating some optimism about corporate profits, while the broader market was flat amid uncertainty about a stimulus package.


Private clinics doing NHS operations have not carried out all the treatment they have been paid for, figures show.


U.N. raps Nepal troops over anti-king crackdown

Nepal's army and police used   excessive force to crack down on April's protests against King   Gyanendra, causing deaths and injuries to demonstrators and   civilians, the United Nations said on Thursday.


Binge drinking, the weekend activity of choice for many young Britons

Britain might currently be struggling for Olympic medals in Athens, but if drinking to excess were a competitive sport, there seems little doubt its nationals could beat all-comers.


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Severe storms crossing the southern   U.S. Midwest produced heavy rains, hail and flooding and caused   at least 10 deaths, local officials said on Saturday.


Music | Sibelius Edition: Grandeur of the North, Yours by the Bushel, From Sibelius

The Bis label recently issued the first two installments of what will be a 13-volume, thematically organized collection of some 70 CDs of Sibeliusâs complete works.


Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates contributed $400,000 to the campaign backing a California ballot measure that would make billions of dollars available for human embryonic stem cell research and cloning projects in the state, according to campaign records.


Perthshire is the worst hit area as high winds and heavy rain continue to cause problems across Scotland.


Minnesota coach Glen Mason came to a stop sign on 15th Ave. SE outside the Bierman Athletic Building on Tuesday night and saw his season flash before his eyes.


A member of the Chafee family has represented Rhode Island in the Senate for three decades. Sen. Lincoln Chafee and his father were traditional New England Republicans — fiscally conservative and social moderates.


Browns' Garcia achieved an elusive standard on Sunday

It's not easy to compile a passer rating of 0.00. All the greats have tried. Most have failed. There was Atlanta's Kurt Kittner.


[India News]: Srinagar, Oct 9 : Four Indian soldiers and a civilian were killed when a suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into an army convoy in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday.


By Salleh Buang  THE gated community first appeared on the world map in 1915 in Los Angeles in the United States.


IDC: Server Market Continues Overall Growth

The worldwide server market continued to expand in the second quarter, analyst firm IDC said in a report Friday that mirrored findings by Gartner Inc.


Red Hat drafts Sun exec for desktop Linux push

Java engineer Karen Tegan-Padir resigns to head up Red Hat's bid to get the open-source operating system on desktop systems.


U.S. chain store sales fell in the latest week mostly because the imperfect nature of adjusting for seasonality more so than consumers lack of shopping, a report said on Tuesday.


IRAQ: AL JAZIRA, UCCISI TRE OSTAGGI TURCHI

IL CAIRO - La tv del Qatar Al Jazira ha dato noptizia che tre ostaggi turchi sono stati uccisi dal gruppo 'Al Tawhuid Al Jihad'. PARIGI - Oggi 12 milioni di studenti francesi riprenderanno posto tra i banchi.


Jim Plush's Blog: MYBIC GOES 1.0! (yes, yes with firebug debugger!)

Jim Plush passed on a note today about the latest release of his PHP & Ajax framework, MyBic, reaching the 1.0 milestone:   I'm proud to announce to official 1.0.0 release of the MyBic AJAX framework. MyBic has been stable in production for months now with 0 memory leaks and 0 outstanding bugs known to date. MyBic has been successfully flying in some of the worlds top aircraft with 0 supervision in kiosk based devices.   Major advancements for this release include the addition of support for the Firebug debugger with a Firefox extension bundled in. You can grab this latest update from the project's website.


BAGHDAD -- Tens of thousands of Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims headed to a shrine city south of the capital yesterday amid heavy security as the daily toll of casualties mounted in a sectarian war without respite.


Security for Nicole Kidman at the Venice Film Festival is stepped up after problems at Al Pacino's premiere.


ETA Returns with Five Bombs in Madrid, No Injuries

Bomb explosions hit five petrol stations  in the Madrid area on Friday after a telephoned warning from  armed Basque separatist group ETA, police said.


Powell Sees Israel Committed to Aiding Palestinian Vote

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell said Monday that he had won a commitment from Israel to let Palestinians living in Jerusalem take part in elections in January and


One Filmmakerâs Vivid Tales of Fathers and Other Strangers

The career of Paul Thomas Anderson, whose first four features will be screened this weekend at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, is on the minds of cinephiles with the arrival of his fifth movie, âThere Will Be Blood.â


Chronology of Some of the Americas' Worst Fires

A blaze in a crowded nightclub in  the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires killed at least 169  people and injured 375 late on Thursday night.


Beckham may retire from England after World Cup - media

England captain David Beckham says he may retire from international soccer after the 2006 World Cup, media reported on Sunday. The 29-year-old has been named in Sven-Goran Eriksson's


Maliki urges others to stay out of Iraq conflict

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


An unprecedented reward is offered as police start a major crackdown on female genital mutilation.


Milano, 14:55 - CALCIO, TONI: BAYERN SCELTA GIUSTA

"E' una scelta che rifarei". L'attaccante del Bayern Monaco, Luca Toni, è soddisfatto della s...


Tropical storm flooding kills 9 in Caribbean

Flash  flooding from Tropical Storm Olga's torrential rains killed at  least eight people in the Dominican Republic and forced tens of  thousands out of their homes, government officials said on  Wednesday.


Vodafone on Monday geared itself up for the launch of Apple's iPhone in the UK by unveiling its range of mobile phones for the all-important Christmas market and an "all you can eat" music download service.


Rafael Benitez embarks on his first European campaign as Liverpool boss tomorrow with a warning to his players that the continentâs finest have got wise to English tactics.


GRAND FORKS, ND (CP) - Patrice Bergeron had two goals and two assists to lead Canada in a 7-3 win over Slovakia to open the 2005 world junior men's hockey championship Saturday.


Concern about drug safety doesn't stop with Vioxx

Doctors have been taking calls from anxious patients ever since a Senate hearing on Vioxx last week at which an FDA scientist expressed concerns about the safety of five other drugs on the market.


Storage spending jumps 10% in the third quarter

Global disk storage spending grew by almost 10% in the third quarter of 2006, according to new IDC research.


Australia v Pakistan second test scoreboard

â¢ Cricket-Pakistan's Razzaq is taken to hospital December 27, 2004 00:17:44 MELBOURNE, Dec 28  - Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq will be unable to field on the third day of the second test against Australia as he was taken to hospital on


China wakes up to global clout of its small firms

Xing Houyuan's advice to investors who seek her out is patient and practical: do due diligence on any potential partner, clarify its ties to the government, and make sure you control any joint venture.


Ballmer: Microsoft Won't Join FCC's Spectrum Auction

Microsoft won't participate in the 700 MHz spectrum auction planned by the FCC for January, CEO Steve Ballmer said.


Mozambique's outgoing leader Joaquim Chissano has said that turnout would be higher if people were paid to vote. He was speaking after a low turnout in general elections and said people may not believe they gain by voting.


Ken Burns, criticized for overlooking the role of Hispanic soldiers in his new World War II documentary, said nearly a half-hour of footage on Hispanic and American Indian veterans is being added to the film.


For months the Democratic presidential contest was about change versus experience. Now it's change versus change. Seeking to secure a theme from her presidential rivals, Hillary Rodham Clinton will begin airing an ad in Iowa and New Hampshire this week that casts her as the Democratic candidate best suited to bring about a new direction for the country.


USS Constellation Heads to Naval Academy

The only Civil War-era vessel still afloat left Tuesday for a leisurely cruise to the Naval Academy — her first trip to Annapolis in 111 years.


The New York Times published a review of the final Harry Potter book on Thursday before its official release, drawing a stinging response from its British publishers.


RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejigged his government on Friday at the end of a month-long state of emergency declared when Hamas Islamists seized control of the Gaza Strip.


For many top Wall Street executives, humiliation and defeat does not necessarily result in professional exile.


Rep. John Doolittle's associations with some notorious scoundrels have him uniquely tied to both congressional bribery scandals that have sent other Republican lawmakers to jail.


Amid a raging battle for the control of Reliance group between two brothers, Anil and Mukesh Ambani, Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh said today he would request Kokilaben, the widow of late Dhirubhai Ambani, to intervene and resolve the issue.


Sears, Kmart match could pinch rivals, experts say

The coupling of Martha Stewart housewares and Kenmore's appliances could make the combination of Kmart Holdings Corp (KMRT.O: Quote, Profile, Research


All the action this New Year's is in the Hawkeye State, but the candidates -- sprinting toward Caucus Day -- won't be partying much


Uneasy GOP senators beseech Bush on Iraq

Nervous Senate Republicans beseeched the White House without apparent success Wednesday for a quick change in course on Iraq as congressional Democrats insisted on high-profile votes calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops by spring.


Researchers develop new ways to predict number of drug users

In research published today in the American Journal of Epidemiology a team of researchers from Imperial College London, the Health Protection Agency, Medical Research Council and GlaxoSmithKline analysed the numbers of opiate and injecting drug users who


Man receives probation for Schroeder slap

An unemployed teacher who slapped German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder at a campaign rally last spring was convicted Friday and sentenced to four months of probation.


Augusto Pinochet, 91, Ex-Dictator of Chile, Dies

Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, the brutal dictator who repressed and reshaped Chile for nearly two decades, died today at the Military Hospital of Santiago.


Millions mark the start of 2005 with restraint amid global mourning for victims of the Asian earthquake.


The US remains the world's leading producer of junk e-mail, according to security firm Sophos. The US is the source of 42 percent of spam, easily outstripping South Korea, which, with 13 percent


Libya blames Britain for hostage killing

A powerful Libyan charity organization that mediated for the release of a British hostage Saturday blamed the British government for his slaying in Iraq.


SocGen chairman's fate in balance as board meets

The board of Societe Generale met on Wednesday to decide the fate of its chairman after rogue trading losses as fellow French bank BNP Paribas ducked questions on whether it would bid for its wounded rival.


OSAKA, Japan (Sports Network) - Roger Clemens pitched well  just hours after winning his seventh Cy Young Award, but  Hisashi Iwakuma allowed just two hits to lead Japan to a 3-1  victory over the Major League All-Stars on Wednesday.


It's Late in the Year, but Roddick Is Fresh

A fresh and hungry professional tennis player in late November is a rare sight, but Andy Roddick certainly looked the part Thursday against the man who has been on the biggest roll in the game for the past month.


TEHRAN -- Iranians smashed shop windows and set fire to a dozen gas stations in the capital yesterday, angered by the sudden start of a fuel rationing system that threatens to further increase the unpopularity of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.


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Don King Productions Presents: "Battle For Supremacy"

On Saturday November 13th, ten misfits, nomads and upstarts seek to wage war or settle the score at the famed Madison Square Garden in New York, New York.


Mercury-vaccine link to autism disproven: study

A new study provides more proof that childhood vaccines with mercury as a preservative -- no longer on the market -- did not cause autism, researchers reported on Monday.


Royal Mail postal workers are ready to go on strike for the first time since 1996 in a row over pay increases.


The US State Department relaxes some of its passport rules after a surge in demand creates long delays.


Though the sports-themed Friday Night Lights failed to dislodge Shark Tale from the top, the critically acclaimed drama grabbed a healthy $20.


Software revenue pushes up Oracle's Q2 earnings

Oracle reported second-quarter 2005 earnings that beat analyst expectations on Monday, thanks to new software revenue and continued gains from licence updates and product support.


After Ben Gordon scored a career-high 48 points Sunday, he was being compared to some pretty impressive company in the Chicago Bulls' locker room.


44 killed, 118 wounded in wave of attacks in India's troubled ...

GUWAHATI, India, Oct 2  - Forty-four people were killed and 118 wounded in a spate of attacks Saturday in India's remote northeast, police said, in one of the deadliest eruptions of violence in the revolt-racked region in years.


Philippines leader Gloria Arroyo vows to hunt down a group which claimed a trio of deadly bomb attacks.


BA to launch 'open skies' airline linking US with Europe

British Airways on Wednesday unveiled plans for a new airline with daily flights from New York to Europe, taking advantage of last year's EU-US "open skies" deal to free up the key transatlantic market.


Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has alienated his right-wing Likud party with plans to withdraw from Gaza, begins a new legislative session yesterday fighting for his government's survival.


Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez insists his new Spanish signings will help the Reds to become contenders for the English Premiership crown.


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"There Will be Blood" wins top critics' awards

"There Will Be Blood" took top honors  from the National Society of Film Critics on Saturday, scoring  wins for best picture, best actor for Daniel Day-Lewis and best  director for Paul Thomas Anderson.


By Reid Kanaley  The Mint  In our consumer nation, few parents have discovered how to pass on notions of saving or money management - because the parents themselves never learned those lessons.


France solidarity with Italy after Iraq hostage-taking

PARIS, Sept 8  - France said Wednesday it would stand side-by-side with Rome one day after two female Italian aid workers were kidnapped at gunpoint in Iraq.


An Army sergeant facing a court-martial on charges alleging he killed two officers in a grenade attack in Kuwait needs further treatment for a sleep disorder, his lawyers told a judge Monday.


Google adds major libraries to its database

Google, the operator of the world's most popular Internet search service, plans to announce an agreement Tuesday with some of the nation's leading research libraries and Oxford


General Motors Corp. GM.N on Thursday  posted disappointing quarterly earnings and cut its 2004 profit  forecast due to mounting losses in Europe and slowing growth in  China, sending its shares down 5 percent.


A woman wept as she described being raped as a young girl by a man who is now mayor of Pitcairn Island, as his sex abuse trial opened on this remote rocky outcrop populated by descendants of the 18th-century Bounty mutineers.


South Korea June quarter growth beats projections but consumption a drag

South Korea's economy rose a stronger-than-expected 5.5 percent in the three months to June but subdued domestic consumption remained a drag and was unlikely to rebound anytime soon, analysts said.


US Medicare, Medicaid Costs Rising Fast--CBO Chief

The costs of the Medicare and  Medicaid health insurance programs are rising at unsustainable  rates that will force policy makers to adopt major changes to  curb spending, the head of the Congressional Budget Office  warned on Monday.


New China algae outbreak threatens water supplies

An outbreak of blue algae in a Chinese reservoir has left nearly 25,000 people without water and 100,000 others with reduced supplies, state media said on Wednesday of the latest in a series of water pollution scares.


CUBA:  Release of Dissidents Could Facilitate Dialogue with EU

HAVANA, Nov 30 (IPS) - The release of five dissidents over the past two  days  could pave the way for an eventual patching up of ties  between Cuba and the  European Union, say diplomats and  activists.


An attack in which a woman was mauled by a dog in a city street leads to an appeal for help by a council.


The president tapped Mike Leavitt Monday as the White House sought to put its Cabinet selection process back on track after the collapse of its Department of Homeland Security nomination.


Rashard Lewis scored a season-high 37 points, and the Seattle SuperSonics improved to 18-4 with a 108-93 win over the Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday night.


Asia to outperform growth forecast this year: ADB

MANILA : The economies of developing Asia can expect gross domestic product (GDP) growth to hit 7.0 percent this year despite rising world oil prices, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday.


NATO says discussion of Mideast role premature

Discussion of a possible NATO role in  ending hostilities between Israel and Hizbollah is premature,  alliance Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on  Wednesday, while not excluding such a role outright.


Venus Williams was upset by unseeded Elena Bovina 6-3, 6-2, in a Kremlin Cup quarterfinal Friday that lasted little more than an hour.


At Least 84 Killed in S. Thailand Monday

PATTANI, Thailand  - At least 78 people died in a  crush in southern Thailand Monday after police and troops fired  shots to disperse a crowd of Muslim demonstrators outside a  police station, a justice ministry official said on Tuesday.


Theater Review | 'Love to All, Lorraine ': In Daunting Times, Her Dreams Were Not Deferred

Adapted, acted and co-directed by Elizabeth Van Dyke, this one-woman show pays homage to Lorraine Hansberry, the renowned author of âA Raisin in the Sun,â the 1959 play that was the first drama by an African-American woman to be produced on Broadway.


Protester Immolation Virtually Unnoticed

By ASHLEY M. HEHER CHICAGO - Malachi Ritscher envisioned his death as one full of purpose. He carefully planned the details, mailed a copy of his apartment key to a friend, created to-do lists for his family.


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Najaf residents began to return to their normal lives Saturday, two days after two Shiite clerics hammered out a truce for the violence-wracked area.


Roma, 17:00 - CALCIO, COPPA ITALIA: IL PROGRAMMA DEI QUARTI

Questo il quadro dei quarti di finale di coppa Italia in programma il 10 e il 17 gennaio.


After foiled plots in London and an attack on Glasgow's airport, UK authorities scour the country for leads  -  and make their first arrests


OpenXava is a framework to develop Java Enterprise/J2EE applications rapidly and easily. It's based in business component concept. Feature rich and flexible since it's used for years to create business applications with Java.     Some new features of version 2.1.5 are:  - Refined look and feel of lists and collections for WebSphere Portal and Liferay in order to see clearly the seperation within cells. - WebSphere Portal 6 style improved: Sections and frames have native aspect; and a little problem with resolutions higher than 1600x has been fixed. - Support for Bulgarian language in portlet generation. - Filtering by year and month in list mode works fine in all databases (including Postgres and Informix). - New editors ValidValuesVerticalRadioButton and ValidValuesHorizontalRadioButton. - New stereotype IMAGE_LABEL/ETIQUETA_IMAGEN. - Fix: MapFacade.createReturningValues did not return values calculated from default-value-calculators. - New property hibernateJavaLoggingLevel available in xava.properties to set the logging level for Hibernate. - Fix: Overlapping properties and references in mapping did not work if the case of the columns did not match. - Fix: ModuleTestBase.assertCollectionRowCount and assertCollectionRowCount fails on a calculated collection with only one row. - Fix: Calculated properties using IModelCalculator or IEntityCalculator fail in collection (bug introduced in v2.1.4) - Fix: Focus positioning fails when there is an event associated to the last field of a group.  You can download it from   http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=123187     More info:   http://openxava.sourceforge.net


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Chechen Separatists Say "Third Force" Behind Terrorist Attacks

Akhmed Zakayev, a special envoy to Chechen separatist leader Aslan Maskhadov has said that a third force that brought Russian President Vladimir Putin to power is behind all the terrorist attacks committed in ...


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400 mila persone, quante mai se ne erano viste in un concerto musicale in Italia, accorse vicino a Catanzaro - del tutto fuori dai grandi circuiti del rock - per ascoltare Vasco Rossi. Un concerto memorabile, perchÃ© completamente gratuito, e al sud.


BAGHDAD -- With car bombs, assassinations, and raids on police stations, insurgents killed at least 54 people, including Iraqi policemen, and said they executed eight Iraqi employees of an American security company.


United Airlines says it needs to cut $500 million more in costs

CHICAGO United Airlines officials say they need to cut an additional 500 (m) million dollars in costs to help the carrier fly out of bankruptcy.


Microsoft battles piracy with free software

As part of its growing effort to thwart piracy, Microsoft is offering free photo slideshow software to customers who verify that they have a genuine copy of Windows.


Cameron hired as Ravens' offensive coordinator

Cam Cameron was named offensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens on Wednesday after being sacked as Miami Dolphins coach following a 1-15 campaign.


Uruguay becomes the first country to place an order for the low-cost children's laptops.


Here are three air traffic control facilities where the National Association of Air Traffic Controllers says a high ratio of trainees to fully certified controllers has delayed on-the-job training and left trainees unable to help carry the workload.


By San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Mar. 8--What to wear   3-D avatars have a choice of body types, skin tones, age, clothing and accessories.


Trial of Northern Ireland bomber delayed

The trial of a man charged with 29 murders in Northern Ireland's deadliest terrorist attack was delayed indefinitely Wednesday because the defendant's senior lawyer said he was too ill to work.


US funds suspected of speculation in Alitalia bid: report

Italian prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into US investment funds Evergreen and Quantum for speculation in the bidding for Alitalia, the ANSA news agency reported.


The Labor Department announced a new program Monday to provide job training, counseling and employment services to veterans wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq who cannot return to active duty.


Pakistan 's caretaker prime minister has resigned and his cabinet dissolved in a formality to allow the finance minister to take over as head of the government.


Insurers could face their biggest-ever hurricane damages bill following a spate of storms in the Caribbean, an industry body says.


Analysts: 1 Billion PCs in use by end of 2008

Blog: The next billion to come by 2015. Most new PCs will be used by first-time computer users in emerging nations, according to a new report released by Forrester Research.


Robert M. Johnson was sentenced to 15 months in prison for possessing child pornography and erasing thousands of seedy computer files when he learned he was under investigation.


Sen. Edwards' Wife Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

WASHINGTON -- Elizabeth Edwards was diagnosed with breast cancer in Boston Wednesday -- the same day her husband, Sen. John Edwards, conceded defeat in the presidential election, alongside Sen. John Kerry.


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EP Socialist Group hails Barroso's revamping efforts

President of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament (EP) Martin Schulz on Thursday hailed the efforts by incoming President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso in revamping his team for approval.


Coach McHale gets 1st win with Timberwolves

Kevin McHale earned his first coaching victory and Michael Olowokandi had 17 points and 12 rebounds in Minnesota's 82-71 victory over New Jersey last night at Minneapolis.


Colombia says Chavez bolsters rebels' hostage stance

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's political backing for Colombia's Marxist guerrillas will make it harder to secure a deal to release dozens of hostages held by rebel leaders, the Colombian government said.


New Delhi: The Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, has expressed his deep grief on the death of former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao.


Officials of the RMT union are due to meet ferry giant P&O in view of a massive redundancy announcement.


Western powers have agreed to name  outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair as Middle East  envoy, as a bid to revive peace prospects after Islamist  Hamas's takeover of Gaza, an official in Washington said on  Tuesday.


Warner warns 1,000 workers to expect some layoffs

Warner Bros, a unit of Time Warner Inc, has told about 1,000 television and film production workers that an unspecified number of layoffs will soon be announced due to Hollywood's screenwriters strike.


Nintendo starts its campaign to stop Sony taking over the handheld gaming market with the launch of its new handheld console the Nintendo DS today in the US.


Supreme Court to Hear Cases on Displaying Ten Commandments

The court agreed to hear cases from Texas and Kentucky on displaying the Ten Commandments on government land and buildings.


Aa Dinagalu captures the terrifying world of Bangalore Underworld with utmost sincerity and transparency.  The film is sensible, frightening, and yet cool. Ilayaraja's camera work and Venu's camera work are the highlights.


The US remains the world's leading producer of junk e-mail, according to security firm Sophos. The US is the source of 42 percent of spam, easily outstripping South Korea, which, with 13 percent


British team creates human embryo with three parents

Scientists in Britain claimed a first Tuesday, saying they have created a human embryo using DNA from one man and two women, which they say could help provide treatment for genetic diseases.


Povero a nord ricco a sud la forbice dei prezzi

Il potere d'acquisto cambia a seconda delle regioni: con lo stesso reddito a Milano e Palermo la ricchezza reale cambia moltissimo. E qualcuno pensa di intervenire


Compagnia finlandese diventera' il maggiore operatore Atr


'Boog Elliot' e 'Happy Feet' i piu' visti nel week-end


Showtime popping pills with new drama pilots

Showtime became an unlikely  supplier of strike content when CBS picked up the pay-cable  network's acclaimed drama "Dexter" during the writers' walkout.


Californians give a nod to Indian gambling increase

On Super Tuesday, they approved measures to expand slot machines. But they declined to amend term limits for state lawmakers.


Highlights from preliminary results of exit polling in the Super Tuesday primary states for The Associated Press and television networks:


U.N.'s Ban denounces Iran on Holocaust, Israel

Incoming U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Iran on Thursday it was unacceptable to deny the Holocaust or call for Israel to be wiped off the map.


Nota congiunta:decisione governo vanifica appello Napolitano


It won't be the easiest assignment that Roy Jones Jr. will have in his new job as an HBO Sports boxing analyst. But it will probably be one that Jones has the most intimate knowledge about.


For Parents, Bottle Safety Still Unclear

The hot topic of conversation among the mothers at Melissa Bazarian's play group in Arlington this weekend wasn't baby strollers, diapers or first words but baby bottles: clear or cloudy?


Leading shares ended the session higher, within sight of the key 6,000 level, as renewed M&A fever gripped the likes of heavyweights Barclays, Corus and Brambles, dealers said.


Robin Thicke, "The Evolution of Robin Thicke" Star Trak


United Airlines Likely to Terminate Pension Plans

The cash-strapped airline said in a bankruptcy court filing today that it "likely" will be necessary to terminate and replace its employee pension plans.


Nearly 100 Vietnamese dead or missing in typhoon

Nearly 100 people were killed or are  missing after a typhoon hit the southern coast of Vietnam this  week, damaging hundreds of thousands of flimsy homes, a  government report said on Thursday.


Pakistani Taliban kill two accused "U.S. spies"

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan  - Suspected pro-Taliban militants killed two men they accused of being U.S. spies in a Pakistani region near the Afghan border, residents said on Tuesday.


Michael Peltier Launches Digital Expressway

By Anonymous  Michael Peltier has opened Digital Expressway Inc.  The telecommunications consulting company provides various options of high speed Internet, including T-1 lines, unlimited/ local and long distance phone service, conference calling, calling cards and VOIP.


The Kick Racism Out Of Football campaign believe Luis Aragones will receive little more than "a slap on the wrist" after the Spanish Football Federation yesterday belatedly opened a disciplinary


Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino is to appear in a Muppets film based on The Wizard of Oz.


Apple's new OS 10.5 operating system didn't outpace its predecessor, Tiger, in tests by CNET's Labs.


Despite gaining their freedom by signing pledges to renounce violence, at least seven former prisoners of the United States at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have returned to terrorism, at times with deadly consequences.


Papua New Guinea Province Sees Opportunities in China Ties

Text of report by Papua New Guinea newspaper The National website on 6 June  [by Zachery Per]  Young men and women from the Eastern Highlands Province will be able to work in China and learn the Chinese language.


Competition driving fast growth in Pakistan's telecom industry

The deregulation of Pakistan's telecom industry is fast gaining momentum with dozens more communications providers and millions of customers entering both the fixed line and mobile markets.


A US celebrity TV special will benefit the tsunami relief effort in South Asia, as actors make donations.


Exhibition Review: Meet the Relatives. Theyâre Full of Surprises.

The new permanent exhibition on human origins at the American Museum of Natural History merges notable achievements in paleontology and genetics.


Disaster's Damage to Economies May Be Minor

The tsunami is likely to register as a small wave in affected countries' economies, because tourism and fishing make up small percentages of the overall economy.


A man arranges smal l shells as he squats close to an anti aircraft gun in the Industrial Club stadium in the poor neighborhood of Sadr City 18 October 2004 in Baghdad, which is being used as an official weapons' collection point.


European equity markets were steady on Friday as losses for the sectors most exposed to high oil prices and slowing economic growth, were offset by rallying miners and oil producers.


Three young children are thrown from the windows of a burning house in Dundee after a fire breaks out.


FDA Finds More Flu Vaccine in Germany, Canada

Five million additional does of flu  vaccine have been located in Germany and Canada and U.S.  regulators will try to import them for Americans if they meet  U.S. safety standards, Health and Human Services Secretary  Tommy Thompson said on Thursday.


Pacific Islandersâ Ancestry Emerges in Genetic Study

An international team of scientists found evidence that Polynesians and Micronesians were more closely related to East Asians, and had few links to western Pacific islanders.


Blanchett new face of P&G skin care line

Cate Blanchett is used to costumes bordering on disguise on the big screen Â layers of thick white makeup for her star turn in the "Elizabeth" movies, or a wig and leather jacket for her portrayal of a young Bob Dylan in the upcoming "I'm Not There."


A leading representative of the state's horsemen yesterday calles for Maryland Racing Commission chairman Tom McDonough to resign.


Psychological assessments should become part of the UK driving test, a road safety expert says.


Steven Kay appointed by the court as a defense lawyer for Slobodan Milosvic at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, The Netherlands' is seen in this file image made from television Sept.


A powerful car bomb exploded at dusk Sunday outside the downtown office of an American security contracting firm and an adjacent building used to train Afghan police.


Fossil hunters on the Isle of Wight unearth the bones of the biggest dinosaur ever found in the UK.


Dow Jones -0,23%, Nasdaq -0,76%, SP -0,28%, euro in rialzo


Pakistan-born officer becomes British military's highest-ranking Muslim

Pakistan-born immigrant Amjad Hussain became the highest-ranking Muslim in the British armed forces, obtaining the rank of rear admiral in the Royal Navy.


Iraq Prepares Assault on Najaf, Gives Rebels Hours

NAJAF, Iraq  - Iraq's defense minister gave  Shi'ite militiamen in the holy city of Najaf hours to surrender  Wednesday, warning that troops were preparing for a major  assault to "teach them a lesson they will never forget."


Richard Sterne shot a 5-under 65 and rallied to win the $1.2 million Madrid Open by two shots Sunday, earning the 23-year-old South African his first European tour victory and playing rights on the continent for another year.


FOXBOROUGH - Laurence Maroney, it seems, is recovered from the groin injury that kept him out of action for three weeks.


The growing toll of death and injury from knife crime in Scotland is targeted in a new clampdown.


Movie Review | 'Beyond Hatred': A Family Struggling to Heal

The documentary âBeyond Hatredâ is an example of a film whose style doesnât merely suit its story but amplifies its meanings.


With the Shi'ite cleric's Mahdi Army ending its ceasefire, the U.S. is downplaying his capacity for mischief. That's a mistake


The Bush administration sets in motion a major arms sale to Saudi Arabia as the US president visits the kingdom.


Confessions of an unjustified sinner: Using justification in OOo Writer

When typewriters ruled the desktop, all paragraphs had a ragged right justification, with each line starting at the same position on the left, but with a variable right margin. Full justification -- lines whose left and right sides all ended in the same positions -- were the mark of professional typography, and beyond the means of the average user.


The Islamists who control much of southern Somalia say they will seize the border with Kenya, possibly to stop peacekeepers.


Only England constituency MPs could be allowed to vote on English matters under plans considered by the Tories.


Veteran BBC broadcaster and humorist Coren dies

LONDON, AFP) - Veteran BBC presenter and humorist Alan Coren has died from cancer aged 69, the BBC announced Friday.


US Economy: September Consumer Prices Rise 0.2% on Services

US consumer prices accelerated in September, a gain that may strengthen the Federal Reserve's resolve to increase interest rates to head off inflation as oil prices surge.


Tour still wide open after two days in the Alps

TIGNES, France  - The days when seven-times winner Lance Armstrong was sewing up the Tour de France in the prologue or the first mountain stage are over.


Wally Backman is introduced as the new manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks during a news conference on Nov. 1, 2004, in Phoenix. Backman was fired Friday, Nov. 5, by the club.


Blair warns Britain would be in danger if terror suspects are freed

Prime Minister Tony Blair warned that Britain would be in danger if foreign terror suspects were freed after the nation's highest court ruled that detaining such people indefinitely without trial or charge violated their human rights.


The bodies of 49 Iraqi army recruits have been found shot dead north-east of Baghdad.  Is the violence in Iraq out of control?


Danish PM to Call Snap Vote Next Week --Govt Sources

Denmark's Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen is expected to call a snap general election to be held next month, senior government officials said on Wednesday.


Reggio Calabria, 19:22 - CALCIO, DILETTANTI CALABRIA: STADIO VIETATO A PADRE E FIGLIO

A due tifosi della squadra di calcio della Taurianovese (Reggio Calabria), padre e figlio, è ...


Israeli warplanes fly low over south Lebanon

Israeli warplanes flew at a low altitude over large areas of southern Lebanon on Wednesday, witnesses said.


Rare Elvis Recordings Fail to Sell at Auction

A batch of Elvis Presley's earliest RCA recordings from nearly 50 years ago failed to meet the minimum asking price at auction on Monday, but lesser keepsakes from the King of Rock 'n' Roll fetched more than $6,000.


Blair warns NATO credibility at stake in Afghanistan

British Prime Minister Tony Blair urged NATO allies to do more in Afghanistan, saying the alliance's credibility and global security were at risk.


California wildfires force historic evacuation

Fierce wildfires raged across Southern California on Tuesday, threatening more than 60,000 homes as night fell and forcing half a million people to flee in the state's largest evacuation.


US Open champ Kuznetsova reaches Bali semifinal

US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia ousted host player Angelique "Angie" Widjaja to advance to the semifinal of the Wismilak International Tennis Tournament in Bali.


Novell answers criticism from open source advocates by teaming with digital liberties group EFF.


RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil  - Rescue planes on Saturday found the wreckage of a Brazilian passenger jet that disappeared the previous day with 155 people aboard over the Amazon jungle, Brazil's airport authority said.


HBOS scraps plans for Abbey National bid

Halifax-to-Bank of Scotland group HBOS today said it had pulled out of a potential takeover battle for Abbey National. The announcement that it will not be bidding clears


Le analisi degli esperti alla vigilia di Pitti Uomo


The Bush administration announced Thursday it would provide US refineries with ``limited quantities'' of crude oil from the nation's emergency stockpile to help offset supply


New York exhibit tries to make art from news

Art is imitating news in New York, where a new exhibit features artists interpreting real world events in a day's time.


Credit crunch dulls shine of England's northeast

It was held up by politicians two years ago as a model for economic revival for others in Europe. Now England's northeast is a frontline for the impact of a credit crisis that began in California.


The father of  Paul Quinn says he is convinced  his son's murderers will be brought to justice.


Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as 'Chemical Ali', will be the first leader of Saddam Hussein's former regime to be tried for war crimes.


'E' prematuro parlare di nostre obiezioni'.Incontro martedi'


Winning Battles in the Prostate Cancer War

TUESDAY, Sept. 21 (HealthDayNews) -- Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer afflicting American men.


According to Jim Dalrymple , one of the goals for Xsan 2 was to make it easier for customers to set up a storage area network (SAN). âOne of the ways Apple has accomplished this is with the SAN Setup Assistant, which is integrated into Mac OS X Leopard Server or as an application that can be run on its own.â  âThe setup assistant, Dalryple explains, does âall the heavy lifting for you, setting up everything including Open Directory permissions.â


Navy destroyer fires at al Qaeda target in Somalia

A U.S. Navy destroyer off the coast of northern Somalia Friday fired on a suspected al Qaeda operative believed to have been involved in the 1998 attacks on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, sources confirmed to CNN.


Japanese car giant Toyota reports a 7.5% rise in quarterly profits due to rising demand in places like China.


Due coniugi di 58 e 56 anni, pagavano i mutui con le pigioni


Workers could be offered pay settlements lasting up to three years


High Court Defers on 'Choose Life' Plates

The Supreme Court declined to consider Monday whether South Carolina's anti-abortion license plates are unconstitutional, a free-speech question that could have resulted in the elimination of similar programs in a dozen states.


They have for years, in large part because the baseball players union has long ignored the obvious bulking up of numbers and its membership.


L'Ucraina ha dominato il vertice fra le due potenze. Nette e contrastanti le posizioni di Putin e Balkenende. Il risultato delle elezioni in Ucraina ha dominato il vertice dell'Aja fra Ue e Russia. La posizione


Indonesia offers cash reward for embassy bombers

Indonesia offered cash rewards on Tuesday for information leading to the arrest of two top Malaysian suspects in a string of bombings, including the deadly blast at the Australian embassy in Jakarta last week.


UN'AUTOBOMBA ESPLODE A BAGHDAD, BILANCIO SALE A 17 MORTI

WASHINGTON - Le unita' militari americane dell'esercito e dei marines impegnate nell'operazione Phantom Fury hanno lanciato la seconda fase dell'attacco a Falluja, muovendo contro gli insorti che ancora resistono nei quartieri sud della citta'.


QUEENSLAND Premier Peter Beattie is awaiting advice from investigators about today's derailment before deciding whether to suspend the state's Tilt Train service.


Players Union Adds Steroids to the Agenda

Donald Fehr, executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, said its executive board planned to discuss steroids when it convenes this week.


SAP beats analysts' expectations with third-quarter results

SAP, the world's leading maker of business software, said a strong performance of its European activities helped boost earnings in the third quarter, which came out higher than analysts' expectations.


China's online game industry could grow seven-fold in two years

China's online game industry could grow seven-fold to become a billion-dollar business within the next two years, state media cites industry insiders as saying.


Australia are cruising to a victory on the final day of the second Ashes Test after England capitulate.


Colombian Villegas takes charge with 63 in Boston

NORTON, Massachusetts  - Colombian Camilo Villegas upstaged the game's biggest names by signing off with successive birdies to forge two strokes clear in the Deutsche Bank Championship first round on Friday.


HALIFAX -- After more than four months on the picket lines, two striking unions have reached a tentative deal with Aliant -- Atlantic Canada's largest telecommunications company.


Broncos back Mike Anderson out for season

Broncos running back Mike Anderson will miss the entire season because of a groin injury sustained last weekend in an exhibition game against Houston.


Marks & Spencer experienced poor summer trading and is expected to announce terms for its Â£2.3bn tender offer substantially below the 400p per share that billionaire Philip Green was prepared to pay to take over the ailing retailer two months ago.


The dusty, lion-colored plains and snowy mountain peaks of East Africa have appeared in numerous Hollywood blockbusters. Now, Kenyans fed up with being the background for high-budget films about white people running around an African playground are telling their own stories.


Indian Police Urged to Tap Cybercafes to Fight Terrorism

A security organization has suggested police use key-logging software to track communications between terrorists.


The senior Democrat at the Securities and Exchange Commission is to step aside Tuesday, leaving the nation's top stock market watchdog without a full complement of five commissioners for the first time since a wave of scandals began to devastate investor confidence in 2002.


Windows? Linux? Mac OS? One day it won't matter.


Cassazione respinge ricorso di romanista contro divieto


Pope set to meet Muslims to try to defuse crisis

Pope Benedict meets Muslim   ambassadors and Italian Islamic leaders later on Monday in an   unprecedented move to try to defuse anger over his use of a   medieval text which says their religion was spread by violence.


Meg Fink, a 14-year-old 8th grader here, just had to make sure.


OTTAWA -- In a dramatic breach of security, 44 asylum-seekers scaled home-made ladders and leaped over a spiked fence at Canada's embassy in Beijing yesterday.


Intel and Microsoft plug into the Green Grid

Group adds muscle and white papers Exclusive Come Monday, the elusive Green Grid consortium that focuses on the energy consumption of data centers will announce the acquisition of two industry heavyweights - Intel and Microsoft, The Register has learned.â¦


Iraq Bombs Kill at Least 46, Hurt 137, Officials Say

At least 46 people were killed and 137 injured by explosions in Baghdad, Iraqi and US officials said. Most casualties occurred in three coordinated car bombings, and 35 of the dead were children, the Associated Press reported.


Three strikes planned on the Tube next month are to go ahead, union leaders announce.


Investigative hearings said set for three key Hussein associates

BAGHDAD -- Three close associates of former president Saddam Hussein will move to the next stage of their legal cases before Christmas, when investigative judges will begin questioning them to gather facts for their trials, Iraqi government officials said.


A US envoy hopes to hold talks in Nairobi to try to end a political crisis after last week's disputed Kenyan election.


Sudanese lament loss of homes as flood waters rise

SENNAR, Sudan  - Asad Ali Fadla was sitting down to dinner with his family when a wall of water swept down his street and smashed into his compound in Sennar town on the banks of the Blue Nile in southeastern Sudan.


Senior officials from Somalia's key rival powers predict progress in talks due to start on Saturday.


Fed seen holding rates steady, eye on inflation

Faced with a strengthening economy and scant signs of runaway prices, the Federal Reserve appeared set to keep interest rates steady on Wednesday while keeping up a verbal guard against potential inflation.


Govt held back information from OECD in fraud probe

Britain did not give full evidence to the world's main anti-bribery watchdog because of national security concerns after Britain dropped a probe into a multi-billion pound arms deal with Saudi Arabia, a spokesman for the attorney-general told The Guardian on Friday.


Greece hosts its second major sporting spectacle of the summer when the the 12th Paralympics start on Friday.


Analysis: Rice to spearhead realization of Bush's vision for ...

US President George W. Bush's plan to play midwife to a Palestinian state took another turn Tuesday with his decision to appoint National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice as his new secretary of state.


Bill Guerin scored his first New York Islanders goal. And his second. And his third.


Teenagers, Young Men Warned of Laptop Health Risk

Teenagers and young men should keep their laptops off their laps because they could damage fertility, an expert said Thursday.


Vital Signs: Adolescence: When Young People Use, Parents Seldom Know

Parents consistently and substantially underestimate their childrenÂs use of alcohol and other drugs, a new study has found.


Mauritania's presidential poll, the final stage of transition to civilian rule after a coup, is free and fair, observers say.


Heavy rain fell for another day in the southern and central Plains Thursday, while clear skies dominated in the West.


This season's blockbuster video games give players the opportunity to hijack cars, mow down the walking undead with heavy artillery, shoot police officers and ogle topless women.


Nokia delays N-gage gaming service launch

Nokia  has again pushed back  the launch of its gaming service N-gage due to delays in  software testing, a spokesman said on Thursday, in the latest  blow to the Internet services ambitions of the world's top  cellphone maker.


Celebrate Valentine's Day With Some Gastropod Love

What better way to get in the mood for a Valentine's Day evening than by watching this short video of two snails getting cuddly and romantic?


MacCentral - Framingham, Mass.-based IDG World Expo on Friday announced that Macworld Boston, which returned to Massachusetts last year, would be leaving the new Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCEC) in favor of the Hynes Convention Center for the 2005 summer show. Show organizers cite venue size as the main reason for moving the event.


AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Police said today they have identified the man who threw a chair during the Pistons-Pacers basketball brawl.


Other Voices: We must stand tough on Iran

The crisis over Iran's nuclear program is heating up. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) approved a resolution criticizing Iran's continued refusal to cease its plans to enrich 40 tons of uranium.


Chief of Advanced Micro Targets Market Share Gains

Hector Ruiz, the chief executive of Advanced Micro Devices, today laid out a plan to break what he called the monopolistic grip on the microprocessor industry by Intel.


The U.N. Security Council on   Thursday voted to create a United Nations peacekeeping force in   Sudan's Darfur region but troops will not be deployed without   consent from the Khartoum government.


The United Nations' World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a dramatic warning that bird flu will trigger an international pandemic that could kill up to seven million people.


Working in France, in Style of Silicon Valley

Europeâs new entrepreneurs are turning West to learn the start-up culture bred in Silicon Valley before coming back to apply their learning.


President George W. Bush nominated Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns on Thursday to be agriculture secretary, choosing a dairy farmer's son who has traveled widely to promote US farm sales abroad.


Advertiser sues Don Imus for unscripted comments

A book publisher that bought an ad on  Don Imus's radio show is suing the shock jock and his former  bosses at CBS Radio for more than $4 million, saying Imus  insulted the book he was paid to promote.


Battles rage at Lebanon camp, 4 soldiers die

NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Al Qaeda-inspired militants killed four Lebanese soldiers on Thursday in fierce battles at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, security sources said.


Roma, 11:38 - CALCIO, SERIE A: ROMA-LIVORNO ANTICIPATA ALLE 18

Roma-Livorno, anticipo della prima giornata di campionato, si disputerà alle ore 18 di sabato...


Even Postal Service on RNC Security Duty

Worried about security at the Republican National Convention? Rest easy: the Environmental Protection Agency is on the job. So are the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the U.S. Postal Service. The Coast Guard too.


Coalition forces kill 4 al-Qaida suspects

Coalition forces killed four al-Qaida suspects and captured three others in southeastern Afghanistan on Monday, while separate attacks killed three Afghan soldiers and three government employees in the south, officials said.


Blognation founder resigns amid feud with TechCrunch founder.


The World Cup got its first high-profile casualty Thursday and its first surprise successes.


Californians back hiking cigarette tax by $2: poll

California voters by nearly a 2-to-1 majority would support increasing their state's cigarette tax by $2 per pack to help raise cash for a state effort to provide health-care insurance to the uninsured, according to the latest Field Poll released on Friday.


Italy still wants justice from U.S. for Iraq shooting

Italy has raised the stakes in a spat with  the United States over the killing by a U.S. soldier of an  Italian intelligence agent in Iraq, saying Washington must set  things right by assuming responsibility for the death.


NL Wrap: Sosa Hits 568th Homer, Cubs Eclipse Astros

Sammy Sosa grabbed his 568th career homer and Aramis Ramirez followed up with another third-inning blast to guide the Chicago Cubs to an 8-3 win over the Houston Astros in the National League (NL) Thursday.


Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea appears in court to appeal against his detention by a genocide tribunal.


Sharapova and Myskina feud threatens Russian unity

PARIS  - A bitter feud between Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova and French Open winner Anastasia Myskina is threatening to sabotage Russia's defence of their Fed Cup crown in 2005 at a time when the country's tennis Tsarinas are on top of the world


Candace Parker dunked for the seventh time in her career and scored 20 points to help No. 2 Tennessee overcome a sluggish first half in a 79-51 win over Kentucky on Sunday.


Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas, Eats Beat Column: Highlands Area Adds Familiar Fish, Steaks

By Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 22--Arlington's new Highlands shopping center is sprouting restaurants.   The latest is a sharp little seafood cafe: Fish City Grill.   The name might be unfamiliar, but the food isn't.


The Bank of England keeps UK interest rates unchanged at 5.5%, despite signs of a consumer spending slowdown.


Drug Agency Approves Device to Aid Spinal Fusion

The F.D.A. approved the use of electrical stimulation of bone growth to improve the success rate of spinal fusion operations in the neck.


Phillies center fielder Aaron Rowand could miss the rest of the season after suffering a broken ankle in a nasty collision in Monday's 6-5 win over the Chicago Cubs.


Israeli settlers gather outside parliament as it prepares to vote on a plan to move them out of the Gaza Strip.


FleetBoston settles litigation with Enron

Enron Corp  said on Friday it reached agreement with FleetBoston Financial Corp. and Fleet National Bank  to settle litigation linked to the former energy trader's dramatic collapse five years ago.


Crisis talks in London as five Britons kidnapped in Iraq

A high-level British government crisis cell met Tuesday to discuss how to respond to the abduction of five Britons who were seized in broad daylight in Baghdad.


Chuckles in the Right side of the blogsphere over Kerry ...

The Republican bloggers out there are getting a good chuckle out of endorsements for Kerry. Here in the US, many have endorsed Kerry and a large portion of those in the media who endorsed him have been more about tossing Bush than electing Kerry.


Asia, Europe leaders end summit with lofty statements but few promises

Thirty-eight European and Asian leaders ended a Helsinki summit with lofty statements on global warming, world trade and the battle against terrorism but they stopped short of making firm promises.


Oil prices dip slightly as hurricane threat to oil fades

NEW YORK : Crude oil prices showed a modest decline as fears that Hurricane Frances would disrupt US offshore oil production eased, analysts said.


Freed Briton Says Money Offered to Afghan Militants

A former British soldier and journalist detained over his role in the release of three UN hostages was himself freed on Friday and said he had passed on a message offering


Posh and Becks waxwork nativity is vandalised

A vandal has knocked over a controversial waxwork nativity scene which portrays David Beckham as Joseph and his wife Victoria as the Virgin Mary.