A state law allowing gay couples to register as domestic partners belatedly took effect Friday after a federal judge ruled the state's process of disqualifying petition signatures was consistent enough to be valid.


Milano, 12:50 - CALCIO, CELLINO: IN UN MESE SITUAZIONE PEGGIORATA DI MOLTO

A Massimo Cellino il nuovo commissario della Figc, Luca Pancalli, non piace: ''Non mi sembra determi...


Marlon Brando's son Miko, a security guard for pop star Michael Jackson, has been named in the singer's child abuse case in court in the US.


Dame Edna has Melbourne lane named in her honour

Melbourne has named a city lane in honour of its most famous cross-dressing megastar Dame Edna Everage.


With news of politics, war and baseball dominating the headlines, it is easy to overlook events in faraway lands. But people interested in long-term peace in the Middle East should be encouraged by the historic


Barbados PM seeks fourth term in election

Barbados, a former British colony that has prospered through banking and tourism, went to the polls on Tuesday to decide whether Prime Minister Owen Arthur and his ruling Barbados Labour Party deserve an unprecedented fourth term.


U.S. gasoline prices fall to $2.66/gallon

NEW YORK  The average price of a gallon of   gasoline fell 21 cents in the last two weeks.


Marcus Randall threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to David Jones with 2:18 left to give No. 18 LSU a come-from-behind 24-20 victory over Troy on Saturday night.


London, England (Sports Network) - Leaders Chelsea and defending champions Arsenal played to an intense 2-2 draw in a London derby Sunday at Highbury.


Corpo scoperto ieri da passanti vicino autosilo


PALERMO - Deraglia treno-metro per Punta Raisi, sette feriti

Un treno della metropolitana leggera che collega Palermo all'aeroporto di Punta Raisi Ã¨ deragliato poco dopo la stazione Orleans, in centro cittÃ . Il convoglio era partito dalla Stazione Centrale ed era diretto all'aeroporto Falcone-Borsellino.


ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The appointment of a close ally of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf as the country's new prime minister has been criticized as showing the "rule of oppression.


Device Tested That Zaps Asthmatic Airways

In a radical experiment, doctors are snaking wires inside the lungs of asthma patients to essentially burn off some of the tissue that blocks their ability to breathe.


A Mediaset seconda serata, Raiuno rete leader per un soffio


Study Gives Key Role to Sleep in Helping Brain Learn Anew

New research supports the hypothesis that during sleep, the connections between neurons weaken.


Roma, 19:02 - MOTO, MELANDRI: DOPO LE MANS VOGLIO IL PODIO AL MUGELLO

Marco Melandri guarda con fiducia al Gran Premio d'Italia, sesto appuntamento con il Motomondiale in...


Doniamo il sangue alla Croce Rossa Italiana

Orbetello 11/11/04: Serve sangue un poâ in tutta la regione Toscana. Ecco perchÃ© il Gruppo Donatori di Sangue della Croce Rossa Italiana di Orbetello si appella a tutti i cittadini ad iscriversi alla CRI e donare sangue.


Bulgaria lawmakers vote to open archives

Lawmakers on Wednesday adopted a much-delayed law to open the archives of Bulgaria's former communist secret service, but also voted to keep a small portion of the files secret for "national security reasons."


Ciampi Ã¨ âdeterminatoâ, Castelli contrario, deciderÃ  la ...

Franco Corleone: âEâ lâora del conflitto davanti alla Corte Costituzionaleâ. Marco Boato: âIntervenga il Cav.â. Per Pannella firma dovuta-Roma. Ieri mattina il presidente della Repubblica ha ricevuto


In the City, Relationships Reduced to Transactions

At its heart, âLost in Beijingâ is a sturdy morality tale about innocence and corruption, wealth and want, sex and power.


Researchers have developed a new test that can detect bird flu in humans within hours, compared to up to a week or more for older tests.


AIN AL-HILWEH, Lebanon  - Islamist gunmen killed two Lebanese soldiers at a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon on Monday in the first fatal spillover of fighting between the army and al Qaeda-inspired fighters in the north.


Myanmar junta takes aim at latest Rambo movie

Police in Myanmar have given DVD  hawkers strict orders not to stock the new Rambo movie, which  features the Vietnam War veteran taking on the former Burma's  ruling military junta, a Yangon resident told Reuters on  Friday.


Algeria car bomb on police post kills two-govt

THENIA, Algeria  - A car bomb attack on a police station killed two people and wounded 23 in a town east of Algiers on Tuesday, the second such bombing in the OPEC member in a month, the interior ministry said.


England rugby coach Robinson enters final era

Andy Robinson's time as coach of the England rugby union team appeared to be drawing to a close with details of his resignation expected to be finalised later in the day.


Fool on the Street: What's in Capital One's Wallet?

The credit card industry is an unloved business in many ways these days.


A militant group claimed on Sunday that they have beheaded three Kurds in Iraq for collaborating with the Iraqi government and posted a videotape of the killing on a website.


Opposite ends of the labor market face opposite problems

Rising efficiency and technology are adding work for highly paid professionals while taking it away from low-skill employees.


A judge denied requests Friday to dismiss charges against three police officers in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man on his wedding day.


City Council Passes Bill for Recycling of Plastic Bags

The New York City Council overwhelmingly passed a bill requiring large stores and retail chains to collect and recycle the plastic bags they give to shoppers.


Authorities have arrested a man they called the alleged mastermind of a deadly bombing near the U.S. Consulate in Karachi two years ago, but another key member of his network remains at large, a senior official said Thursday.


US Airways reached a tentative agreement with the leaders of its pilots union on $300 million in annual concessions yesterday, a deal that would result in the pilots


Putin backs liberalization of gas giant's shares

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday gave the go-ahead to government's decision to allow foreigners access to gas giant Gazprom's local shares, the Interfax news agency reported.


Will it work with my app? The imminent arrival of Windows Vista is a mixed blessing for developers. The good bit is lots of new features to play with, along with better security and an updated user interface. The downside is compatibility problems, and with the challenge of meeting expectations for well-behaved, good-looking Vista applications. There is going to be some pain.â¦


Italy set for early election, Berlusconi ahead

Italy will hold an election by mid-April  which could return media magnate Silvio Berlusconi to power  after political parties failed to agree on an interim  government.


Svolta nelle indagini sull'uccisione della ragazza

MANFREDONIA (Foggia) - C'Ã¨ una possibile svolta nelle indagini sull'omicidio di Giusi, la ragazza di 15 anni uccisa a Manfredonia il 12 novembre scorso: una persona sarebbe stata iscritta nel registro degli indagati.


The CIA posts hundreds of papers on its website detailing some of its illegal activities from  the 1950s to 1970s.


Judge approved 600 mln dlr settlement over Executive Life : official

A US judge approved a 600 million dollar settlement with Credit Lyonnais and the French government over the disputed 1991 purchase of failed insurer Executive Life, an official announced.


As labor and management prepare to meet in an effort to end the ockout, there are parallels between the current dispute and the one that took place a decade ago.


Civil servants and teachers are the latest to go on strike,  as protests against public sector job cuts continue.


Pechino, 11:14 - TENNIS, ATP PECHINO: ANCIC IN FINALE

Il croato Mario Ancic è il primo finalista del torneo Atp di Pechino (cemento, montepremi 500...


Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s (7974.OS) Wii  was the best-selling video game console in the United States in  January, and the Japanese company also boasted four of the top  10 games, data released on Wednesday showed.


Police in India seek a Delhi doctor who is alleged to be involved in the illegal trade of human organs.


The Bank of Japan keeps interest rates on hold at 0.25%, after weak consumption and prices data.


Sony launches music players with MP3 support

Sony's first digital audio players to support MP3 files have been released in Europe in a significant change in strategy.


ATI intros Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition card

MacCentral - ATI Technologies Inc. on Wednesday introduced its Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition, a new US$499 graphics card specifically for Power Mac G5 systems. The new card occupies a single expansion slot and can provide double the performance of a Radeon 9800 card, according to ATI. Outfitted with an dual-link DVI port and an Apple Display Connector (ADC) port, the Radeon X800 XT Mac Edition can drive a 30-inch Apple Cinema HD Display and an older 23-inch Apple Cinema HD Display side by side.


The eBay President in Charge of Breaking Patterns

John Donahoe tries to make eBay easier to use for its shoppers and sellers â and more attractive to investors.


Republican and Democratic presidential candidates on Monday bemoaned the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina as they called for ways to spur the recovery of New Orleans two years after the devastating storm.


Canadian Promotes Cartoon Condoms Against AIDS

Using humor to promote safe sex,  a Canadian television producer on Tuesday launched 20 short  videos of animated condoms in 41 languages to help fight  HIV/AIDS around the world.


Dubai, 14:20 - TENNIS, WTA DUBAI: RISULTATI OTTAVI

Risultati degli ottavi di finale del torneo Wta di Dubai (cemento, montepremi 1,5 milioni di dollari...


TORONTO - Royal Bank said Tuesday the cost of eliminating 1,660 jobs pushed its fourth-quarter earnings down 31 per cent to $518 million.


By Wan Hamidi Hamid; Arman Ahmad; Eileen Ng  THE over-issuance of mining licences by the Kelantan government has led to pollution of the Sungai Kelantan. Deputy Natural Resources and Environment minister Datuk S.


European equities fell on Thursday as technology shares lost ground after Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) in the US warned of weak demand.


FBI chief pleased with Beijing Games security

The head of the FBI said on Wednesday he expects Beijing's 2008 Olympic Games to be "secure and safe" while offering China help against potential threats.


Latvians head to the polls, but low turnout is expected amid a lack of issues and series of corruption scandals.


Pells: Zook Bows Out From No-Win Situation

Maybe the biggest problem when Florida hired Ron Zook to replace Steve Spurrier was this: In the minds of all but the most blindly loyal Gators fans, it was never a matter of if, only when Zook would be fired.


Coulthard, whose McLaren contract expires at the end of this year, tested with the Austrian-owned team in Spain recently, easily outpacing Red Bull hopefuls Christian Klien and Vitantonio Liuzzi.


Pinch-hitter Shane Victorino had a tiebreaking three-run double in the eighth inning Sunday to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.


Elf ingenuity aside, if Santa wants to make sure he has enough of the holiday seasonâs video game must-haves, he had better start pre-ordering now.


Bush Crams in Ohio, W.Va. Trips Before RNC

WASHINGTON Aug. 28, 2004 - If it's Saturday, it must be a bus tour through Ohio for President Bush. Sunday? The schedule says West Virginia.


The 19-year-old Las Vegas native was announced Tuesday as the driver to replace two-time NASCAR Nextel Cup champion Terry Labonte behind the wheel of the No.


BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on how you can learn a lot about Tony Blair by looking at his friends in Europe.


Sinn Fein says its leader Gerry Adams has been told by police that dissident republicans planned to kill him.


nei primi scambi petrolio a 92,72 dollari a barile


Parents are contacted by health experts after a childminder and four children in Cardiff are diagnosed with TB.


Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called Israelâs battle against the militant group that controls Gaza a âtrue war.â


Empoli, 18:48 - CALCIO; PETARDI E FUCILI DA SUB IN AUTO, DENUNCIATI 4 TIFOSI LAZIO

In trasferta con un fucile da sub, petardi e due tubi di metallo. Quattro tifosi laziali sono stati ...


IAEA informs UN of missing Iraq explosives

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog has officially informed the Security Council of some 380 tons of high explosives missing from a weapons dump in Iraq.


A tearful Britney Spears defiantly shaved her head at a Los Angeles hair salon after the owner refused to take part in the embattled pop star's latest extreme makeover, news reports said on Saturday.


A dentist from near Dumfries is struck off by the General Dental Council in order to protect the public.


Yushchenko, Yanukovich Agree on Working Group, Third Round in ...

The candidates in Ukraine âs disputed presidential election, after mediations that lasted nearly three hours Friday, agreed to set up a working group for further talks and declared the official poll results, which handed victory to pro-Moscow Prime


Anadarko Petroleum Corp. APC.N, the  No. 1 U.S. independent oil and gas producer, on Friday reported  higher third-quarter earnings on the back of high oil and gas  prices.


Sharemarket watchdog the Securities Commission has filed unprecedented insider trading action against high-profile former owners and executives of Tranz Rail.


Heather Mills joins TV's "Dancing with the Stars"

Heather Mills, estranged wife of former Beatle Paul McCartney, has joined the next group of celebrities who will strut their stuff on the ABC television hit "Dancing with the Stars," the network said on Wednesday.


The European Central Bank increases interest rates from 3.75% to 4% in an attempt to bring inflation under control.


Flavor Flav's reality series, ÂFlavor of Love,Â has been a colossal hit for VH1, ranking as the highest-rated show in VH1's history.


BAGHDAD: US-backed Iraqi forces claimed yesterday to have found a "slaughterhouse" for hostages in Fallujah, said to be used by Islamic militants to execute foreign captives.


Vital Signs: Fever May Ease Effects of Autism Disorders

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


After taming malaria, Singapore fights dengue

Did you forget to empty the stale water in the bottom of your flower pot? In tropical Singapore, you could be fined S$100 if environmental inspectors find mosquito larvae in your home because of such carelessness.


China supply cutback raises stakes in Yukos standoff

Russia's embattled Yukos oil giant raised the stakes in its bitter standoff with the Kremlin as the company slashed supplies to China in a move analysts said was designed to cause maximum embarrassment in Moscow.


China lets off steam over perfectly round buns

Thousands of Chinese snack vendors are happily digesting news that China's ubiquitous steamed bun, or "mantou", does not have to be perfectly round.


Monday Finish Possible Due to Bad Irish Weather

THOMASTOWN, Ireland  - WGC-American Express  Championship organizers are considering a Monday finish because  of poor weather expected for Sunday's scheduled final round.


''Ci fa schifo''.Fini: vergognoso, Fassino: piu' sobrieta'


McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen beats Ferrari's Michael Schumacher to pole position at the Italian Grand Prix in Monza.


A half-dozen executives of embattled oil giant Yukos have left Russia and the company's chief financial officer said Thursday he won't return until he learns whether the government is planning charges against him.


Frutto dibattito in Cdm prima della stesura del testo stesso


Digg founder dismisses Web 2.0 'me tooism'

Digg - yes, tag - no Digg founder Kevin Rose today urged Web 2.0 wannabes to avoid the temptation of adding "me too" features to their sites.â¦


CIVIL SOCIETY:  It's Better to Act, But Good to Talk

GLASGOW, May 26 (IPS) - On the face of it, nothing really  'happened'   at the Civicus world assembly, other than  the announcement that   secretary-general Kumi Naidoo would quit.  But that announcement did   not need a world assembly. Perhaps  the symbolic locking up in a cage   to draw attention to civil  society activists was something supplied by   way of a  'happening'. The rest was, and was expected to be, no  more   than talk.


Londra, 15:42 - CALCIO, CARLING CUP: INCHIESTA FA SU RISSA CHELSEA-ARSENAL

La Football Association (FA) ha aperto un'inchiesta a carico di Arsenal, Chelsea e dei calciatori Eb...


Richard Davey's Blog: Easy Reflections v2

Richard Davey has updated his Easy Reflections PHP class according to a new post today:   I have updated my Easy Reflections code and released v2. Thanks to feedback and some code from Monte Ohrt (co-developer of Smarty) he added in cache support and fixed a banding issue with the alpha levels. It all works really nicely now - and the new version, with the new docs are available at http://reflection.corephp.co.uk.   The script takes any image (jpeg/png) and makes a reflection for it (he gives the album cover reflection in Apple's iTunes as an example). Configuration of the reflection is available including intensity, background, and height. Check out the galleries on motortopia.com for an example of it in action.


President Bush leads Sen. John Kerry by 8 percentage points among likely voters, the latest USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll shows. That is a smaller advantage than the president held in mid-September but shows him maintaining a durable edge in a race that was essentially tied for months.


State Of The Art: Vista Wins on Looks. As for Lacks ...

Microsoftâs description of the Windows Vista operating system is âClear, Confident, Connected.â But a more truthful motto would be âLooks, Locks, Lacks.â


Mars Shot Is Put Off for 2 Years, NASA Says

NASA has delayed the launching of a mission to Mars to 2013 because of an undisclosed conflict of interest involved in one of two final proposals, officials said.


(HealthDay News) -- While deafness can be present at birth because of genetic factors or complications of birth itself, other medical and environmental factors can cause deafness after birth.


Rwanda likely withdraws war threat to Congo: official

Rwandan Foreign Minister Charles Muligande said here on Monday that the government is likely to endwar threat to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) if the international community takes control of disarming the rebels in Congo.


HP today announced that it will be taking pre-orders for the company's branded version of Apple's uber-popular iPod digital music player.


On Basketball: Donât Be Surprised if Durant Delivers Big

At the moment of his first 40-point, 20-rebound outburst, the world will realize what Kevin Durant is hiding behind his smile.


Advertisers go for Super Bowl laughs, playing it safe

Some 90 million viewers tuning into Super Bowl XLI were served up commercials featuring an accidental kiss, a lonely dog and one questionable hairstyle by advertisers looking to cash in on the year's biggest TV event.


Investors exiting stock funds are urged to wait

Tumbling global equity markets prompted  millions of American investors to switch stock funds for bond  portfolios, but financial advisers are urging them to stop  hasty sales that might just make a bad situation worse.


BOSTON, Nov. 13 -- Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley made an emotional appeal Saturday to Catholics who oppose the downsizing of local parishes, saying the cuts are so painful that he sometimes asks God to "call me home and let someone else finish this job."


US consumer prices in October rose by their biggest amount in five months as households were faced with higher energy and fresh food costs.


Stocks were mixed Wednesday as Federal Reserve policymakers met and investors looked ahead to another hike in interest rates. In early afternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial


Denver Nuggets forward Rodney White was suspended without pay for one game by the NBA on Thursday for pleading guilty to unlawful possession of a weapon.


Glasgow, 17:06 - CALCIO, SCOZIA: RANGERS VINCONO POSTICIPO

Nel posticipo della 29/a giornata del campionato scozzese, Hibernian-Rangers 0-2. In classifica Celt...


New York fire kills 9, including 8 children

A fire swept through a building in the Bronx section of New York City overnight, killing eight children and one adult, a Fire Department spokesman said on Thursday.


December 21, 2004 6:26 PM GMT (Datamonitor) - A new laptop with an operating system that is compatible with, though much cheaper than, laptops running the Microsoft Office system has been launched by Wal-Mart and Linspire.


Pot, dial Kettle eBay's proprietary VoIP service Skype wants the Federal Communications Commission to change its rules on how cellular networks operate.â¦


The slender nature of the score will give broad satisfaction. Even if England were pegged back to 1-1 for a while in this World Cup qualifier, the mental stamina lacking since Euro 2004 was recovered in Chorzow


Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry accused President Bush of not being the leader he says he is and blamed his lack of leadership for the "two wars" the senator says America is embroiled in.


The Yankees have not announced whether Joe Torre will be asked to manage next season. But it is clear, after their two-day organizational meetings, that they are not ready to cut ties.


Thirty-year-old Jeremy Jaynes, a US citizen settled in North Carolina, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for sending junk e-mails with fraudulent and untraceable routing information.


In the wake of the Patriots being punished by the NFL for illegally videotaping defensive signals of Jets coaches, some say momentum is building to allow a communication device in a defender's helmet, thus negating the use for signals altogether.


U.S. Spy Satellite Is Said to Be Falling From Orbit

A large spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could hit earth in late February or March, government officials said.


Trend Micro snatches Hotmail account from McAfee

Beating out McAfee, Trend Micro has landed a deal with Microsoft's MSN Hotmail service to do antivirus scanning for 187 million e-mail accounts.


EURO: ALMUNIA RIBADISCE NECESSITA' DIALOGO EUROPA-USA

(AGI/REUTERS) - Madrid, 17 nov. - Il commissario Ue agli Affari monetari Joachin Almunia ribadisce la necessita' di uno stretto dialogo tra Europa e Usa per contenere l'eccessiva volatilita' del mercato dei


Ericsson may lay off up to 4,000 workers

Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB reported a sharp drop in fourth-quarter net profits and said Friday it would lay off around 1,000 employees in Sweden because of costs cuts.


Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus reports a 32% drop in first-half earnings as higher raw material and energy costs bite.


The growing number of obese Americans and the rising cost of caring for them is responsible for 27 percent of the increase in health-care costs since 1987, according to a study in the journal Health Affairs.


The actress bags her first film with Akshay Kumar.


Dubai, 19:01 - CALCIO, KAKA': VOGLIO RIMANERE AL MILAN PIU' A LUNGO POSSIBILE

Kakà vuole restare a lungo al Milan: ''Ho un contratto con il Milan fino al 2011 e come gi&ag...


Thousands of tech faithful buy iPhones at launch

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Thousands of U.S. gadget fans made an orderly pilgrimage to stores on Friday to be among the first buyers of Apple's iPhone, a music- and video-playing device expected to reshape the mobile industry.


Former Gov. Ann Richards, the witty and flamboyant Democrat who went from homemaker to national political celebrity, died Wednesday night after a battle with cancer, a family spokeswoman said. She was 73.


9 Bodies Found in Group Suicides in Japan

A partially covered van, in which seven young men and women were found dead, is seen at a police station in Chichibu, north of Tokyo, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004.


For Obama's Supporters, Triumph and Then Disaster

NASHUA, N.H., Jan. 8 -- Tobin Van Ostern came here for a party. The 19-year-old sophomore at George Washington University had spent three weeks devoted to Sen. Barack Obama -- in Washington, Des Moines and in Londonderry, N.H., where he knocked on 90 doors Tuesday afternoon. Election night was to be...


In its continuing efforts to stop piracy of its software, Microsoft said Tuesday it had filed another twenty lawsuits in nine states. The Redmond company said the lawsuits were filed for various reasons, including the manufacture and distribution of pirated software.


HEALTH:  Developing Countries Asked to Pay to Treat AIDS

BRUSSELS, Nov 22 (IPS) - Developing countries should pay their share to  close the financing gap in the campaign  against HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS  director Peter Piot said Wednesday.


For many men, loyalty is sacred. Except when it isn't.


Branson's Virgin Group Plans to Offer Space Flights in 2007

Virgin Group Ltd., owned by billionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, said it formed a company called Virgin Galactic to offer commercial space flights starting in 2007.


Mere weeks after the closing of a massive $41 billion merger of Cingular Wireless (owned jointly by SBC Communications and BellSouth) and rival AT&T Wireless, the wireless industry is hot with rumors of the next major deal.


Curtain Up!: Homicidal Humor? Dead Right

Murder isnât funny. But you wouldnât know it from the next offering at the Hudson Stage Company in Briarcliff Manor, Jeffrey Hatcherâs acidic hit comedy âMurderers.â


Chelsea Football Club eye â¤15 million Owen swoop

Chelsea Football Club are keen to test Real Madridâs resolve to keep Michael Owen with a big money January move for the striker.


Cassini probe's first flyby of Titan reveals some surprises

NASA scientists, looking at the first close-up images of Titan, were able to peer through the atmosphere of the Saturn moon enough to see a checkered landscape under surprisingly clear skies.


Rifiuti, gli italiani ne producono solo 524 kg a testa

In Italia la produzione di rifiuti continua a rallentare e rispetto al resto d'Europa i cittadini del Belpaese vantano una produzione di solo 524 kg pro capite l'anno contro una media di 560 chilogrammi. Lo


Blair warns food industry to restrict ads

Britain's prime minister sent a strong warning Wednesday to the food industry to restrict advertising of less healthy products to children — or risk a total ban on promotions that target minors.


Roma, 19:07 - CALCIO, LAZIO: BEHRAMI E MANFREDINI TORNANO IN GRUPPO

Doppia seduta di allenamento per la Lazio di Delio Rossi, in vista della sfida di domenica con l'Asc...


Roma, 18:30 - CALCIO, PANCALLI: IERI SU MOLTI CAMPI ARIA SGRADEVOLE

Fermo richiamo alla correttezza da parte del commissario straordinario della Figc, Luca Pancalli, do...


Citigroup could face "conduit" SIV risks: report

Citigroup Inc  and other banks  could find themselves burdened with affiliated investment  vehicles that issue 10s of billions of dollars in short-term  debt, the Wall Street Journal said in its online edition on  Wednesday.


In a Competitive Middle School, Triage for Aches and Anxieties

As schools expand to include students with physiological and psychological challenges, the school nurse has become more than just someone to detect a fever from a fake.


Blue Devils Win Thriller;  Hopkins Awaits in Final

BALTIMORE, May 26 -- After Cornell scored to tie the game with 17 seconds left in an NCAA men's lacrosse semifinal on Saturday at M&T Bank Stadium, there was only one scenario in which Duke could realistically avoid overtime. It was the scenario that came to pass.


CBS Challenges FCC's Planned $550,000 Jackson Fine

Twenty CBS television stations have challenged plans by federal regulators to fine them $550,000 collectively for airing the Super Bowl halftime show during which singer Janet Jackson exposed her bare breast, according to a filing obtained on Monday.


U.S. Bases on Alert for 'Copycat' Iraq Bomber

U.S. troops were on alert at bases  across Iraq on Thursday after concluding that a suicide bomber,  probably in Iraqi military uniform, was behind the deadliest  strike on Americans since they invaded last year.


EU to Lift Sanctions as Bush Signs Law Repealing Tax Breaks

The European Union will lift sanctions on US imports after President George W. Bush signed a law replacing an illegal export tax subsidy with a $145 billion package of new corporate tax cuts and a buyout for tobacco farmers.


US Health Report Card Offers Mixed Grades

A state-by-state review of the nation's health shows that progress has stalled on the key issues of obesity and infant mortality, according to a new report.


Ask.com let's you ask for directions on mobile

Ask.com launches free voice-activated directions service for mobile users.


Tokyo stocks were treading water by  midday Thursday as exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp. were  shunned by investors worried about the U.S. economy.


A judge ruled Wednesday that a woman who killed her minister-husband with a shotgun can begin supervised visits with her three young daughters, but did not decide whether she can have custody of them.


Some Nova Scotian's won't be getting their flu shots this year due to a shortage of vaccine. The Victorian Order of Nurses has been holding immunization clinics in workplaces around the province.


Thieves who broke into a driver's license center stole equipment to make fraudulent licenses and got away with computers containing personal information on more than 11,000 customers, officials said Thursday.


Taylor trial hears how child was dismembered

Child soldiers serving with rebels in Sierra Leone dismembered a screaming boy before tossing him in a toilet pit, a pastor who survived a massacre told the trial of Charles Taylor on Tuesday.


Blogs give voice to season's superstar - Santa

Santa, the star of the  season, has found a new voice this year -- in blogosphere.


New York may ban iPods while crossing street

New Yorkers who blithely cross the street listening to an iPod or talking on a cell phone could soon face a $100 fine.


Brema, 16:54 - CALCIO, WERDER BREMA: SCHAAF PROLUNGA FINO AL 2010

L'allenatore del Werder Brema Thomas Schaaf ha prolungato il contratto di due anni e resterà ...


Dell Details Plans for Firm's Recovery ; Beleaguered Computer Maker is Quashing Bonuses, Cutting Jobs

By Matt Slagle  In a memo to Dell Inc. employees days after returning as chief executive officer, Michael Dell said the beleaguered computer maker is quashing bonuses for 2006 and reducing managers to help cut costs and steer the company back toward dominance.


NASA unveils redesigned shuttel fuel tank

NASA has reconfigured a space shuttle fuel tank to prevent the debris problem that doomed the shuttle Columbia and its seven astronauts from happening again, agency officials said on Tuesday.


Crappie Forecast Fat for Now, but Leaner Times Are Coming: Survey Says: There Should Be Plenty of ?Keepers' This Spring; It's That Next Class of Legal-Crappie-to-Be That is Sort of Skimpy

By Steve Vantreese, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Mar. 14-- -- Fishermen should revel in a bountiful crappie season on Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley this year -- and they may look back on it all the more fondly when fishing sags next year.


Ellison sticks to familiar themes at annual confab

com December 8, 2004, 7:50 PM PT. SAN FRANCISCO--With so many things other things on his mind these days, coming up with fresh material for a keynote speech didn't appear to be on


More than 100,000 German filmgoers see a controversial movie about Adolf Hitler on its opening night.


The pace of growth in U.S. service industries slowed in September and pricing power ebbed, according to a report on Wednesday that showed a key service sector index falling to its lowest since April 2003.


Disgraced Juventus now on Italy's B list

Talk about a change of scenery. Just more than two months ago, Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluigi Buffon and Mauro Camoranesi lifted the World Cup trophy before a packed stadium, with hundreds of millions watching around the world.


More than half of all graduates say they cannot afford to buy a home, according to a survey.


Yahoo & Newspapers Form Major Partnership

Proving they can spread their peanut butter and eat it too, Yahoo has sealed a major alliance with the nation’s newspapers which include 176 daily publications under the houses of MediaNews Group, Hearst, Belo, E. W. Scripps, the Journal Register Company, Lee Enterprises and Cox Enterprises. During the first phase of the partnership, newspaper companies will [...]


Ukraine parliament hands opposition a loss

Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko suffered a defeat in parliament today, when his foes blocked electoral amendments intended to avert fraud in a new presidential runoff later this month.


Google targets verticals with new ad support

(InfoWorld) - Google is ramping up its efforts to help specific vertical markets create more effective online advertising using its technology to help clients highlight as many of their assets as possible to drive not only online but also offline sales. At its New York office Thursday, the directors of Google's vertical industry practices discussed some of the ways Google is changing its advertising strategies to be more industry-specific, something that the company hasn't traditionally done, said Tim Armstrong, president of advertising and commerce, North America, for Google. Armstrong said Google wants its advertising practices to be so vertical-specific that in the future, the specialists in those markets will be driving the company's advertising strategy --Â so much so that he joked the he would be out of a job. "The vertical people will be running Google," Armstrong said. "I'll be the least useful person in the room.... If you were to come into Google for a day, you'd actually see the industry groups have become the most specific connection point with customer." Most companies don't have a quantitative view of all of the assets they have for sale, and part of what Google is helping vertical industry customers do is take stock of all of their offerings so they create better ways to constantly reach customers, he said. As part of this strategy, Google's retail advertising practice is working on new technology that will help companies in that space assess all of the resources on their Web sites so they can more carefully choose keywords for targeted advertising. Currently, Google is working internally with customers to help them do this, but the company is still handing hard-copy results to customers, said John McAteer, director of Google's retail practice. In the future, however, Google wants to provide an automated way to crawl and index an entire Web site so companies can electronically compile all of its assets and generate keywords on their own, he said. Eventually, Google will offer the technology as a public tool, similar to one it already includes in its AdWords platform that helps customers crawl their Web sites to come up with relevant keywords for ads, said Brett Goffin, industry sales manager at Google. Neither McAteer nor Goffin could provide a time frame for when this tool would be made available. As part of a presentation Thursday, McAteer and Goffin outlined a case study in which Google teamed up with Rooms to Go Furniture, a company whose top executive was skeptical that online advertising could drive offline sales. Google worked with the furniture company to place online banner ads in local markets, targeting several U.S. metropolitan areas to drive customers to local stores. When the campaign was over, Rooms to Go saw a return of more than seven times its investment, and customer average order size 20 percent larger than the retailer's average sale. Moreover, retail stores accounted for 86 percent of sales, while only 14 percent came from e-commerce sales, McAteer said. In addition to its retail work, Google also has been doing market research to help other verticals, such as the automotive industry. The company's automotive market team plans to hold a Webinar on Oct. 11 to reveal the results of a study it conducted with Compete Inc. to discover buying habits of customers in the automotive space. Bonita Coleman Stewart, Google's industry director for automotive, said the two companies found that the time to market for automotive shoppers has shortened to one month, reducing the amount of time companies in this market have to reach customers with campaigns. She said that Google has not identified how it will use this information to serve its advertising customers but that will be part of the discussion on next month's Webinar.


A contestant on ITV's Britain's Got Talent is withdrawn after police reveal he is on the sex offenders' register.


Milano, 23:28 - CALCIO, INTER: ESCLUSE FRATTURE PER STANKOVIC

Nessuna frattura per DejanStankovic. Infortunatosi nel corso della sfida di oggi con il Palermo, il ...


'Spallata al governo e' un'invenzione della maggioranza'


A former senior executive at Refco pleaded guilty on Wednesday to fraud charges for his role in the collapse of the futures and commodities broker.


Il racconto dello 007 Mancini ai magistrati di Milano: "Bonini e D'Avanzo osservati e pedinati. Erano un problema di Stato"                                          "Ã vero, il Sismi spiava i giornalisti di Repubblica"                                                                                di ORIANA LISO e CRISTINA ZAGARIA


Turkey is to send an inspection team to survey work being carried out near the holiest site in Jerusalem.


Detectives investigating the murder of Pc Sharon Beshenivsky charge two men with assisting an offender.


Google Inc. is setting out to expand its share of the business software market with a scaled-down version of its Internet-leading search engine that will go on sale Thursday for $4,995.


The first screening of SAAWARIYA was held on Sunday night [October 28] for those associated with the film and the reports flowing in are tremendous. ÂYes, the reactions are overwhelming.


SCIOPERO GENERALE:SINDACATO,RIFORMA FISCO INUTILE E SBAGLIATA

(AGI) - Roma, 29 nov. - La riforma fiscale del Governo Berlusconi "e' inutile e sbagliata": e' questo il 'preambolo' politico da cui parte l'analisi del sindacato che poi porta ad un giudizio negativo su tutto


Tucker hits 2,000 plateau as Badgers win

Alando Tucker scored 21 points to lead No. 4 Wisconsin to a 74-62 win over Iowa on Saturday. Tucker's first basket of the game made him just the second player to score 2,000 points for Wisconsin (24-2, 10-1 Big Ten). Michael Finley had 2,147 in his career.


WHO Studies Ways to Cope with Possible Influenza Pandemic

About 60 experts meeting at the Geneva-based World Health Organization have agreed on a strategy to try to prevent and contain a global influenza outbreak that they say could kill millions of people.


Pyongyang says the huge explosion last week was to demolish a mountain for a hydro-electric project.


Survivor recognises accused in Best Bakery case

A survivor of a massacre during Hindu-Muslim riots in Gujarat in 2002 told a court on Wednesday he recognised seven men from the night of the attack accused of killing 14 people by hacking or burning them to death.


Dallas-based Match will announce Thursday the launch of Little Black Book, a new way to link Facebook users with Match.com daters.


Two German Automakers Report Mixed Earnings

Germany, with its high costs, reluctant consumers and restive auto workers, has become a major drag on the country's two largest carmakers, DaimlerChrysler and Volkswagen , which both reported mixed earnings on ...


Troops, aid workers killed in Somalia attacks

A roadside bomb killed two soldiers in Somalia's chaotic capital Mogadishu on Thursday, witnesses said, hours after two aid workers were shot dead in an overnight attack in the north of the country.


AL Wrap: Wells Triple Helps Blue Jays Sink Yankees

Vernon Wells cracked a two-run triple in the seventh inning to earn the Toronto Blue Jays a 5-4 win over the New York Yankees in the American League Wednesday.


Sport: A year ago he blew his best chance at a major, but Colin Montgomerie still believes he can win US Open.


Pakistan's Aziz stresses Kashmir must be solved to improve ties ...

NEW DELHI  - Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said he held "cordial and friendly" talks with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh but insisted further progress in bilateral ties hinges on a solution to Kashmir.


"Questione non e' superamento ma completamento disegno"


Japan's Princess Kiko has given birth to a son, likely postponing a long-running debate over whether Japanese law should be changed to allow women to succeed to the throne, the imperial palace announced Wednesday.


Election Alerts Aimed at Youth: Johnson County's Election Commissioner Seeks to Raise Turnout Using Text Messages.

By Finn Bullers, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Sep. 5--The best way to reach April Newby is on her cell phone.   In July, the Shawnee resident sent more than 800 text messages from her phone -- on average, more than one an hour.


Turn off noisy toys, consumer group says

QUEBEC CITY - Many noisy battery-powered toys have the potential to harm children's hearing, a Quebec consumer group warned Wednesday.


Iraq. Ostaggi francesi. Il ministro degli Esteri torna a Parigi ...

Il responsabile del Quay d'Orsay, Michel Barnier, Ã¨ rientrato a sorpresa a Parigi dal Medio Oriente, dove si era recato dall'inizio della settimana per seguire la vicenda degli ostaggi francesi. Dopo l'Egitto


Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney called for "new course" in the fight against terrorists on Thursday and, in a swipe at Democrat John Edwards, said: "The war on terror is not a bumper sticker." Speaking to a conservative group, Romney argued that "there is a real war being waged by violent jihadists."


A mobility scooter driver leaves an elderly woman with a broken leg and wrist after a hit-and-run  accident.


The Denver Broncos signed quarterback Matt Mauck off their practice squad before Sunday's playoff game against Indianapolis and waived running back Johnathan Reese.


House in Falluja Seems to Have Been Base for Jordanian Terrorist

American military officials said Thursday that they had discovered a house in the devastated city of Falluja that appeared to have been a headquarters


French Interior Minister and presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute Saturday to New York City's police and residents for their bravery on Sept. 11, 2001, two days ahead of the anniversary of the attacks.


Food safety an Olympic challenge for Beijing Games

Pampered pigs or processed pork? Farm-fresh or greenhouse grown? With China's food supplies under scrutiny following a series of health and safety scares, Chinese officials are taking no chances for the Olympic Games this August.


The Indian government is planning to set up a network of cradles  where parents can leave unwanted baby girls.


Main suspect in filmmaker murder linked to extremists

THE HAGUE (dpa) - The main suspect in the murder of controversial Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh had contacts with Islamic radicals, government ministers said Wednesday.


EU urges Israel to call off West Bank home plans

The European Union urged Israel on   Wednesday to call off plans to build 690 new homes in two   Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, branding the move   illegal and apt to raise regional tensions further.


Record label EMI, bought by private  equity firm Terra Firma last year, is set to announce on Monday  plans to cut as much as one third of its 6,000 staff, slash  marketing costs and drop artists as part of a restructuring,  the Wall Street Journal reported.


Lo rivelano fonti della compagnia all'agenzia Interfax


At least five people are killed in a suspected car bombing outside offices of a Shia party in Baghdad.


Kobe Bryant scored 48 points and capped his season-best offensive outburst by swishing an 18-footer with 4.3 seconds left in overtime to help the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Seattle SuperSonics 123-121 on Monday night.


I vescovi non si occupano di politica ma di valori


A UNITED Nations deadline imposed on Sudan to halt the conflict in Darfur expired yesterday with the authorities in Khartoum accused of failing to meet their obligations to protect civilians and rein in the Janjaweed militia.


Biden Starts 2008 Race With Apology Over Obama Remark

Bloomberg - Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Joe Biden, on the day he officially joined the race for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination, may have diminished his chances by having to apologize for remarks he made about rival Barack Obama.


Best known for his roles in the film Home Alone, films Calkin was released after paying a $4,000 bail bond. The report from Oklahoma County Sheriff's office said authorities confiscated about 17 grams of marijuana


Security concern halted Wis. Ebola study

University of Wisconsin-Madison research on the deadly Ebola virus was conducted for a year in a less-secure laboratory than required, until the National Institutes of Health alerted the school to the problem.


Microsoft Manager Says It Considered Banning Vista Virtualization

In a story for the Associated Press this afternoon, one of the directors of Microsoft's Windows Client Product Planning team is quoted as saying that a Black Hat security conference demonstration last August scared Microsoft to the point where the company seriously considered removing virtualization capability from Vista entirely.


Sharon Stone runs for president...at Venice art fair

Move over Hillary. Sharon Stone is the only woman running in the 2008 U.S. presidential elections, at least as far as the Venice Biennale art festival is concerned.


World Scientists Near Consensus on Warming

A report will describe a growing body of evidence that warming is likely to cause a profound transformation of the planet.


Florida Road Leads to Alaska Congressman

By PHIL DAVIS  ESTERO, Fla. - An unexpected $10 million congressional earmark might seem like money from heaven for a fast-growing county needing billions for transportation improvements. Not when it comes to Coconut Road.


Roma, 18:32 - CICLISMO, DI LUCA: DA RIVEDERE LE NORME SUL DOPING DELL'UCI

Il vincitore del Giro d'Italia, Danilo Di Luca, contesta la normativa antidoping poposta dall'Uci (c...


LOS ANGELES - The Internal Revenue Service has ordered a prominent liberal church to turn over documents and e-mails it produced during the 2004 election year that contain references to political candidates.


Martha Stewart to Start Prison in October

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered homemaking icon Martha Stewart to report to prison in less than three weeks to begin serving her five-month jail sentence for lying about a suspicious stock sale.


We've all heard the question: If a tree falls in the woods, but no one is around, does it make a noise? Or, if the Boston Red Sox don't win the World Series after beating the Yankees in the ALCS, will anyone remember?


Carmignani scuote il Parma, avanti in Uefa

Il tecnico gialloblu risolleva la squadra da una crisi che sembrava irrecuperabile. Raggiunta la qualificazione ai sedicesimi di Coppa Uefa anche grazie alla vittoria dell'Atletico Bilbao. Parma, 17 dicembre 2004 - Il Parma riesce nell'impresa.


BellSouth Uses New Cisco Routers to Reach SMBs, Branches

BellSouth today announced it will use the routers that Cisco launched today to allow small and medium businesses and enterprise branches to receive cost-effective access to VoIP, call and content management, security and other applications previously


Europe's election watchdog says Russia's curbs make it impossible for the body to monitor presidential polls.


Shadowy, Independent Political Groups Get Revenge

Sen. John Kerry and his campaign have spent much of the last week accusing President Bush's campaign of illegally coordinating with a third-party group that has been running


TREAT dad to one of three special Father's Day mini-breaks with Warners.   They include a golfing weekend in Alvaston Hall, Cheshire, featuring two hours' tuition and computer analysis of your swing plus a gala dinner. Dads can also learn how to brew beer on a visit to Thoresby Hall, Notts.


Britain's first offshore off-licence reopens amid warning from HM Customs that potential customers could have goods seized.


U.S. confident troop cuts won't hurt Iraq security

Cuts in U.S. troop levels in Iraq will not derail recent security gains, but the Iraqi government must move quicker to take advantage of the falls in violence, a senior U.S. general said on Sunday.


New magazine targets older, wealthier "dealmakers"

If you are tired of reading about  slick young hedge fund traders who puff on big cigars after  wheeling and dealing on Wall Street, Doubledown Media LLC has  the magazine for you.


Developing nations to test new $150 laptops

From Brazil to Pakistan, some of the  world's poorest children will peer across the digital divide  this month -- reading electronic books, shooting digital video,  creating music and chatting with classmates online.


Kerry presses election attack on Iraq war

Democratic presidential contender John Kerry renewed hostilities with George W. Bush over Iraq as Florida and other key states started early voting for the November 2 election.


With fitting irony, one of the camps used by the US marines waiting for the assault on Falluja was formerly a Ba'ath party retreat occasionally used by Saddam Hussein's sons.


More patients must allow medical students to provide care, to safeguard doctors' training, researchers say.


As part of the ongoing concern over privacy and retention of private information gather from its users, Google is setting a new policy to reduce the lifetime of cookies to a period of 2 years auto-expire term. What this means is that users who visited Google’s site and continues to visit Google will have their [...]


Japan Slow to Catch on to Smart Transport

Japan has some of the most congested, confusing and cramped streets in the world. It also boasts some of the latest technology in zapping computerized data to millions of cars, delivering what may be the world's smartest way to drive.


Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's recent treatment for thyroid cancer is a stark reminder of a campaign issue that has generally taken a back burner to other matters this year.


European shares dipped Monday as investors digested news that the German government was selling up to 4 billion euros worth of shares in Deutsche Telekom and as news of weak Asian profits hit Philips.


Nel 2005 annego' il piccolo mentre gli faceva il bagno


In five years, Jay Leno will turn over his hosting stint on NBC's "The Tonight Show" to "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien. Said Leno, "In 2009, I'll be 59 years old and will have had this dream job for 17 years. I felt that the timing was r...


Legendary Figo quits international football

LISBON  - Luis Figo announced his retirement from international football yesterday after a 15-year career where he has won everything there is to win in football - except success on the international stage with Portugal at senior level.


FIAT: SINDACATI, A TERMINI IMERESE SUBITO LA NUOVA YPSILON

(AGI) - Palermo, 1 set. - Accelerare il processo di rilancio dello stabilimento Fiat di Termini Imerese. E questo vuol dire, per i sindacati, innanzitutto anticipare l'assegnazione alla catena di montaggio


'As far as a terrorist goes, sure, why not? It's a character like any other. It's good to be bad on screen that people will remember you,'  actor Ajay Mehta tells Arthur J Pais.


Google's Android - big name, big question on payment

Inside the mobile matrix, part 2 If you're a Trekkie it may have already occurred to you that Google is a little like the Borg. The company, it seems, is determined to assimilate all information-, advertising- and search-based services in its path. And now, mobile has fallen under the companyâs rapacious gaze.â¦


Mikhail Saakashvili was sworn in to a second presidential term Sunday, pledging to mend fences with Russia, push Georgia closer to the West and bring prosperity to the ex-Soviet republic troubled by a divisive election that opponents claim was rigged.


Germany's new commissioner divides opinions

From November, the 60-year-old German will have the grand-sounding title of vice-president of the Commission in charge of industry and enterprise.


October 22, 2004 -- Stephen C. Hilbert, founder and former CEO of life insurer Conseco Inc., said he plans to appeal a ruling that allows the company to foreclose on his mansion.


Australia vice-captain Adam Gilchrist says the Ashes "are not the be-all and end-all".


Despite compromise, Iran sanctions measure elusive

In an effort to resolve Russia's objections, proposed European sanctions against the Iranian nuclear program would ease bans on goods and technology that Tehran could import but no deal is in sight, diplomats said on Friday.


England to complain to FIFA, UEFA over racist chanting by Spanish ...

The English Football Association will complain to soccer's world and European governing bodies about racist chanting by Spanish soccer supporters at Tuesday's Under-21 game near Madrid.


Londra, 14:29 - CALCIO, RANIERI: NON HO ANCORA PARLATO CON IL CITY

Claudio Ranieri è tentato dall'Inghilterra ma non ha ancora preso una decisione. L'ormai ex t...


Blast near U.S. Embassy in Kabul kills 3

A huge explosion near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul killed at least three people on Friday, including two coalition soldiers, witnesses said.


Rep. Tom Lantos of California, the only Holocaust survivor to serve in Congress, has died. He was 80.


Motorola rode high for a while on sales of its slim, stylish Razr phone. When its competitive edge started to dull, the company set its hopes on the Q, a BlackBerry-like e-mail phone, which it initially thought would sell as well as the Razr.


The UN's World Food Programme warns that Tajikistan is experiencing emergency food shortages.


A South Korean company  signs what it says is the  world's first commercial deal to clone a pet dog.


So which one will it be? Mahesh DattaniÂs Morning Raga or Punkaj ParasherÂs Purple Rain?


Miroslav Klose scored twice as Germany made a successful return to Yokohama with a convincing defeat of Japan. At the venue where Germany lost the 2002 World Cup final to Brazil, Jurgen Klinsmann's impressive


Russian President Vladimir  Putin moved on Saturday to allay Western fears over Russia's  intentions toward European aerospace group EADS and offered the  prospect of more gas for Europe, saying Russia was a reliable  energy partner.


Austrians disgusted by a summer of scandal involving child pornography at a seminary and a prominent priest accused of sexual abuse are leaving the Roman Catholic church in significant numbers, church leaders ...


A moderate earthquake shook Nicaragua early Tuesday, but no damage or injuries were reported.


Its rate cuts haven't been aggressive enough to boost the economy, say some analysts.


Mother Teresa felt "emptiness": archbishop

KOLKATA, India  - Mother Teresa experienced "emptiness" like any human, and the revealing letters she shared with her colleagues portrayed her humility, said the Archbishop of Kolkata, where the nun lived most of her life.


WASHINGTON - President Bush and his vice president conceded Thursday in the clearest terms yet that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, even as they tried to shift the Iraq war debate to a new issue - whether the invasion was justified because Saddam was abusing a U.N. oil-for-food program...


Wal-Mart Stores Inc. , hurt by sluggish sales over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, on Friday launched a rare advertising blitz in newspapers across the United States touting price cuts.


Clark Hospitalized at Least Through Dec.

TV personality-producer Dick Clark will spend Christmas, and perhaps New Year's Eve, in a hospital where he's recovering from a mild stroke, his spokesman said Tuesday.


Get Your Flu Shot, Health Officials Urge Americans

Pointing to last year's early and unusually harsh influenza season, US health officials urged Americans on Thursday to get their flu shots.


Islamist militants threaten attacks on Germany, Austria

Islamist militants threatened to attack Germany and Austria if they do not pull their troops out of Afghanistan, in a statement read out on Sunday by a masked man on an Al-Qaeda linked website.


Stocks in Asia resumed their decline on Monday, led by banks like Japan's Mizuho, while the dollar hovered near a 3-year low against the yen after a proposed U.S. stimulus package did little to soothe fears the world's top economy will tip into a recession.


In court, Ellison gets 'Genghis Khan' hearing

PeopleSoft's former chief says he called Larry Ellison "every name in the book," but Ellison himself invoked the Mongol leader.


Incompatibili le sanzioni penali applicate in Italia


âNo Countryâ and âThere Will Be Bloodâ Lead Oscars

Hollywood is in a bleak mood this year, and the Oscar nominees announced Tuesday reflected that state of mind.


An international opinion poll of Pakistanis suggests widespread  opposition to President Musharraf.


Budapest, Free Practice 3 and 4: A tight battle in store

The teams have just finished their final preparations for the race and qualifying, in much lower temperatures than yesterday.


An early 20-0 run powers Virginia Tech past Appalachian State, 69-37, on Sunday.


Four former El Paso natural gas traders charged

HOUSTON Four former El Paso Corporation natural gas traders have been charged with making false reports used to calculate the index price of natural gas.


Number's Up for Charges ; EU Ministers Back Plans to Cap Mobile Roaming Fees

CALLS for an all-Ireland mobile phone tariff were made yesterday after plans to slash cross-border roaming charges by up to 70 per cent were backed by EU ministers.   Millions of mobile phone users across 27 member states will benefit from the new rules adopted by the EU Telecoms Council.


Borraccetti, vertera' su compatibilita' forbici e lamierino


TWO unusual opportunities involve the sale of a church hall in Drymen and a former poorhouse on a chunk of land between two golf courses in Irvine.


Gandhi finally laid to rest in Arabian Sea

Mahatma Gandhi's great-granddaughter scatters ashes in a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the Indian independence leader's assassination


Sirius shares lost almost a quarter of their value Wednesday after an investment bank said the company was probably overvalued.


President Karzai leads Afghanistan's vote

With just 4.2 percent of the vote counted after Afghanistan's first ever democratic election, the incumbent President Hamid Karzai is way in front garnering 71 percent of the votes cast.


Finding May Solve Riddle of Fatigue in Muscles

Scientists are reporting that they have determined why muscles get tired and devised, for mice, an experimental drug that can eliminate fatigue.


Calcio, Juve-doping: processo aggiornato al 15 ottobre

Processo Juve-doping: stop dopo il litigio. Dopo l'abbandono dell'avvocato bianconero Chiappero, il responsabile sanitario della Juventus Riccardo Agricola ha respinto ogni accusa, contestando il lavoro dei periti e dei consulenti di parte.


"Borat" DVD selling nicely in Kazakhstan

Kazakhs are rushing to order  Sacha Baron Cohen's "Borat" on DVD from Amazon.co.uk, the  online giant said.


Yukos partly suspends oil deliveries to China

Russia's embattled Yukos oil giant said it had partly suspended its deliveries to China because its legal troubles have left it without cash to pay transport and customs costs.


O'Sullivan Places 14th in Finals of 5,000m in Athens

ATHENS, GREECE - On Monday, Aug. 23, former Villanova track standout Sonia O'Sullivan competed in the finals of the 5,000m at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.


Rookie cornerback DeAngelo Hall might seem to be an obvious target for the St. Louis Rams' cast of experienced receivers. Then again, Hall showed in the Atlanta Falcons' last game that he's not easily intimidated by big-name receivers.


The head of Kronenbourg -- the French arm of British brewer Scottish and Newcastle -- is to resign amid pressure on sales and margins.


U.S. warplanes pound southern Baghdad outskirts

U.S. warplanes launched their biggest air strike in Iraq since at least 2006 on Thursday, bombarding date palm groves on Baghdad's southern outskirts with more than 40,000 pounds of bombs in a matter of minutes.


Palestinian govt won't object to Abbas-Israel talks

A new Palestinian unity government would   not object to President Mahmoud Abbas holding talks with   Israel, a senior Hamas official said on Tuesday.


Carbon Storage Comes to Disused Texas Oil Fields

A short distance from Spindletop oil field, the site of the gusher that triggered the Texas oil rush more than a century ago, scientists have found a purpose for the long-disused underground reservoirs -- as storage for the pollution emitted by burning fossil fuels.


Spitzer Goes Hunting for His Next Trophy

FOR decades, the chummy inner circles of Chicago's business and political worlds have been marked with the footprints of men steeped in very muscular, very Irish traditions.


SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA -- Intel is drawing the curtain on some of its future research projects to continue making transistors smaller, faster, and less power-hungry out as far as 2020.


Former SocGen inspector tells of trading room anarchy

Profit-crazed traders, controllers out of their depth and executives who turn a blind eye: a former inspector at Societe Generale paints a damning picture of trading room anarchy at the scandal-hit bank.


Milano, 23:44 - CALCIO, KO RONALDO; ANCELOTTI: ERA IN GRADO DI GIOCARE

Il tecnico del Milan Carlo Ancelotti commenta ai microfoni di Sky l'infortunio di Ronaldo e precisa ...


Thousands of fans swamped Waikiki to get a glimpse of the stars of ABC's castaway drama "Lost" and see a preview of the third season.


Knicks: Crawford hits the one that counts

The old axiom is that it doesn't matter how many shots you miss; if you're a shooter, you have to keep shooting. Jamal Crawford missed 21 shots against the Atlanta Hawks last


JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A US mining company admitted Wednesday it released tons of mercury into the air and water over a period of years at one of its Indonesian gold mines but denied it had any health impact on people.


Rep. Martin Meehan, D-Mass., on Wednesday revived legislation aimed at forcing the military to eliminate the policy preventing homosexual service members from being open about their orientation


Perfino sommosse seguite all'uccisione dell'ex premier


Chicago Bears defensive coordinator Ron Rivera may have a job opportunity after the Super Bowl — as coach of the Dallas Cowboys.


Rome judge won't remove man's respirator

An Italian judge rejected a paralyzed man's request to be removed from a respirator Saturday, ruling that the law does not permit the denial of lifesaving care and urging lawmakers to confront the issue.


Business activity in the U.S. Midwest  expanded in August for a 16th straight month but at a slower  pace than expected, as pricing pressures mounted, a report  showed on Tuesday.


Barcellona, 14:32 - CALCIO, SPAGNA: INCIDENTE D'AUTO, GRAVE EX VIOLA AMOR

Lo spagnolo Guillermo Amor, 40 anni, è in gravi dopo un incidente stradale in cui è ri...


Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that Congress should require Internet providers to preserve customer records, asserting that prosecutors need them to fight child pornography.


U.S. and Russian officials changed the International Space Station's orbit to keep it clear of debris from a satellite destroyed by China, a report says.


Three people were shot to death and three others were wounded in a south Atlanta home Monday morning, police said.


Gangster daughter sheds light on Japan underworld

With her dyed-brown long hair and tight designer jeans, Shoko Tendo looks like any other stylish young Japanese woman -- until she removes her shirt to reveal the vivid tattoos covering her back and most of her body.


OECD raises economic forecast for region and lowers United States.


Law Firms Go a Bit Hollywood to Recruit the YouTube Generation

Several law firms are creating recruiting videos and Web sites to attract law students to their firms.


(InfoWorld) - NewsÂ Corp. aims to increase ad revenue from its online division by completing the acquisition of Internet ad placement company Strategic Data Corp. on Thursday. SDC, based in Santa Monica, California, and founded in 2000, will become part of Fox Interactive Media, the News Corp. division that oversees the company's online properties, including the popular social-networking Web site MySpace.com. All 14 SDC employees will join FIM's Beverly Hills, California, office, said an FIM spokesperson. The deal's financial terms were not disclosed. Advertising remains the core focus of generating revenue at FIM, and SDC will optimize ad delivery, said the spokesperson. While News Corp. does not break out FIM's financial results in earnings reports, the division made $125 million in 2007's second quarter, said the spokesperson. News Corp. counts FIM revenue in the "other" category on financial reports because of the division's "newness," said the spokesperson. News Corp.'s sites, buoyed by MySpace.com, rank among the most visited on the Internet. In November 2006, FIM's stable of sites ranked first in page views for the U.S., according to comScore Networks. MySpace.com captured the bulk of hits, garnering 38.7 billion views compared to FIM's 39.5 billion views. MySpace.com also earned the title as the most visited site in the U.S. for January, according to Hitwise Pty. Ltd. Some analysts have claimed that MySpace.com has not produced the returns expected from a site with a base of more than 73 million users. News Corp.'s buy is being driven by Google's success in generating sizeable profits from online ads, said Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst of the Enderle Group. "Google has everyone convinced that they're not making enough money," he said. "It has everyone saying that they can do better. I think a lot of people in the space have come to the same conclusion [about their own companies] ... It's the nature of the game right now, and Google is driving it." The acquisition of SDC is not News Corp.'s first effort at generating more profit from its Web sites. An August 2006 deal madeÂ Google the exclusive search provider on MySpace.com and all otherÂ News Corp.Â sites. The acquisition "does not overlap or intersect" with the Google deal, said the FIM spokesperson. The Google arrangement handles search and text-based ads, while purchasing SDC is targeted at performance-based advertising, the spokesperson said. Performance-based ads pay advertisers after a user clicks on their ad. News. Corp. bought MySpace.com for $580 million in 2005. The site is a driving force in the user-generated content movement, also called social networking, allowing users to create and populate personal profiles with text, pictures, videos, and music. Peter Chernin, News Corp.'s president and COO, presented a sanguine view of MySpace.com's fiscal outlook in June, saying that the site's revenue was growing quickly and that they were just developing ways to make it more profitable. Â


Teen pregnancy comedy "Juno" delivers Oscar goods

Juno is sarcastic, 16, and pregnant and has already won the hearts of millions of fans.


A Russian defense official said the country will not build up arms when it suspends participation in a key Cold War-era treaty, news agencies reported Wednesday, while another official warned that Russia could pull out of the pact altogether.


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The judge in the case against pop star Michael Jackson in Santa Clara, Calif., Thursday ordered the release of part of the state attorney general's report.


Report: Ailing Pavarotti expresses faith

Luciano Pavarotti said he will remain optimistic until his death that he can overcome pancreatic cancer, in an interview with an Italian newspaper published Tuesday. The interview published in Corriere della Sera quoted Pavarotti as saying that the cancer was punishment for his good fortune.


NEGOTIATIONS for the release of Iraq hostage Kenneth Bigley are to begin between his captors and militants acting as intermediaries, it was claimed last night.


The EU trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson, has asked US officials for their stance on threatened World Trade Organization action over aid to Airbus.


Have the news stories that matter most sent to your inbox daily. Donetsk, the Eastern Ukrainian oblast (province) we arrived in Friday after 12 hours on an overnight bus, seems a world apart from Kiev.


Fernando Alonso cuts McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton's world championship lead to just three points with victory in the Italian Grand Prix.


Israel "mole" took photos of Syrian target: report

Israel had obtained detailed pictures of a Syrian complex from an apparent mole, which supported an Israeli belief the facility was nuclear and led to an air strike on it last month, ABC News reported on Friday.


Microsoft, EMC, Cisco join in effort to secure government data

EMC, Microsoft and Cisco unveiled plans to create a standard for the sharing of sensitive information among government agencies and their vendors.


By Winston-Salem Journal, N.C.  Feb. 14--Metro 4-A   East Forsyth boys 83, North Forsyth 78: Danny O'Brien scored 17 of his game-high 30 points in the fourth quarter to help No. 7 seed East Forsyth upset No. 2 North Forsyth last night in the first round of the Metro 4-A Tournament.


Tsunami Aid Faces Destruction and Possibly Pirates

BANGKOK, Thailand  - The massive Asian tsunami  relief operation faces absolute chaos and "a wall of  devastation" in Indonesia as well as the threat of pirates  plundering aid, relief groups struggling to help thousands in  camps said on Monday.


London Stages Concert for Bulgarian Medics

Lifestyle: 20 October 2004, Wednesday. London's Thursday night will be marked by a charity concert organized in support of Bulgarian nurses sentenced to death in Libya, Radio France Internacional reported.


The Sea Launch company lofts its first satellite since an explosion destroyed a mission on lift-off in January 2007.


Brian Eno Q&A: The Infinite Art of 77 Million Paintings

Best known for his work as a musician and composer, the multitalented artist also creates "generative" visual art.


When the United States gave Panama control over its canal, many international observers predicted the international waterway would be plagued by problems at best and chaos at worst.


France arrests Kurds accused of "funding terrorism"

French police have arrested 13 people believed to be members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) on suspicion of money laundering and "financing terrorism", police said on Monday.


Like Many Before It, Drive-In Near Buffalo Reaches âThe Endâ

The last show at Buffaloâs last drive-in is bittersweet because the theater evokes a happier time before the city became known as a symbol of urban decay.


Russia needs Internet censorship: official

Internet sites in Russia should be censored to combat extremist material, a senior legal official says, the newspaper Kommersant reported Friday.


World AIDS Day focusses on women, girls and HIV/AIDS

World AIDS Day is an annual campaign to raise awareness of HIV AIDS worldwide and stimulate appropriate remedial action. It was first observed on December 01, 1988 following a recommendation by a summit of world health ministers.


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Blog: An exhaustive test of the iPhone has produced several bugs that will require fixes, but few that will cause problems with common tasks.


Russia detains 11 skinheads for race attack

Russian police have detained 11 teenagers for beating an immigrant from former Soviet Kyrgyzstan with metal chains, a spokeswoman for the Moscow prosecutor said on Wednesday.


IAEA governors ratify cut in nuclear aid to Iran

U.N. nuclear agency governors on Thursday ratified cuts in technical aid to Iran over concern that Tehran might be trying to build nuclear bombs under cover of a civilian atomic energy program, diplomats said.


Making imported drugs safe for Americans would be so expensive that US consumers would see a price break of only about 1 percent, a Bush administration advisory task force declared Tuesday.


WASHINGTON -- President Bush said yesterday he would not rule out military action against Iran if Tehran is not more forthcoming about its suspected nuclear weapons program.


By Mark Johnson Associated Press  ALBANY, N.Y. -- Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chip maker, agreed to pay $90 million to settle a lawsuit charging the company and others with price-fixing, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday.


With Sweep of Cavaliers, Spurs Are Champions Again

Finals MVP Tony Parker scored 24 points, as the Spurs won their fourth championship since 1999.


U.N. defends action on chemicals that alarmed NY

U.N. officials on Thursday  defended elaborate precautions they took in a Manhattan office  last week after finding possible toxic chemicals, which tests  now indicate was a commercial solvent.


Apple Closes in on Movie Rental Deals With Major Hollywood Studios

With a 20th Century Fox deal supposedly in the bag, Apple is now close to reaching similar movie rental agreements with major Hollywood studios.


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Amid fanfare marking the enactment of the Kyoto global warming pact, leading proponents laid out their next goals Wednesday: persuading the United States to join the world crackdown on emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases and planning further steps when the current agreement runs out in 2012.


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The creator of the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury on charges he defrauded a bank out of $20 million.


'Smart' video offers an alert to threats

In video surveillance systems, the weakest link is the often bored, distracted human who has to spend hours staring at a bank of video monitors, waiting for something suspicious to happen.


U.N. evacuates staff after south Sudan clashes

Heavy fighting between Sudan's army  and former rebels in the south has forced the United Nations to  evacuate staff.


From Behind the Scenes She Recruits Bush's Team

Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON — As President Bush puts the finishing touches on his second-term team, one of the most powerful — and purposely least known — White House figures in the effort is a 31-year-old, Egyptian-born woman who is the administration's chief headhunter and recruiter.


Chilean Judge Charges Pinochet in Rights Case

SANTIAGO, Chile  - A Chilean judge on Monday  formally charged former dictator Augusto Pinochet with homicide  and kidnapping in one of many pending cases related to human  rights abuses committed during his 17-year rule.


Payrolls shrink, first drop in 4-1/2 years

U.S. employers unexpectedly cut 17,000 non-farm jobs in January, the first time in nearly 4-1/2 years that U.S. payrolls shrank as fading construction and manufacturing sectors reflected the economy's waning momentum.


Bush, Kerry Exchange Bitter Words on Iraq

WASHINGTON - President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry traded biting accusations over the war in Iraq on Monday as early Florida voting produced scattered complaints that stirred memories of the state's chaotic 2000 recount.    On a day of strikingly personal campaign rhetoric, Bush said his Democratic challenger stands for "protest and defeatism" in Iraq...


Cable Co. empties 14,000 e-mail accounts

Charter Communications officials believe a software error during routine maintenance caused the company to delete the contents of 14,000 customer e-mail accounts.


Jenson Button's Formula One future moved closer to a resolution on Monday after Williams lodged a contract they hope will confirm the driver's switch from BAR.


Tokyo Olympic bidders brush off IOC warning

Leaders of Tokyo's bid for the 2016 Olympics say it is business as usual despite having their wrists slapped over their bidding activities.


Florida authorities searching 58,000 missing ballots

Authorities in Florida were looking for 58,000 absentee ballots whose disappearance stirred renewed controversy in the state that held up the 2000 presidential election for five weeks.


Btp toccano il nuovo minimo storico, in calo al 3,64%


Ue, Europarlamento approva commissione Barroso

Il parlamento europeo ha approvato con 449 voti favorevoli e 149 voti contrari la nuova Commissione Barroso. Le astensioni sono state 82. ''Vi ringrazio per la fiducia assegnatami. Vorrei dire che questa fiducia


Shares of home decor retailer Pier 1  Imports Inc.  rose 8 percent to their highest level  since June on Thursday, after a Danish shareholder entered a  confidentiality agreement with the company, fueling speculation  of a buyout.


Oprah Winfrey a Juror in Chicago Murder Trial

U.S. television talk show host Oprah  Winfrey was picked to serve on a jury in a murder trial on  Monday, court officials said.


Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the team behind âMeet the Spartans,â prove that ridiculing other movies is much easier than making your own.


US to Free 'Enemy Combatant,' Bowing to Supreme Court Ruling

Yaser E. Hamdi, an American citizen captured in Afghanistan and once deemed so dangerous that the American military held him incommunicado for more than two years as


FDA pledges to listen to dissenting scientists

Responding to continuing criticism that it mishandled internal warnings that the painkiller Vioxx had deadly side effects and that antidepressants were


An agreement to expand a Nato mission for training Iraqi military officers has been delayed after France and Belgium voiced last-minute doubts.


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TORINO - Il ritornello e' lo stesso della vigilia della partita di Champions contro il Bayern. E considerando come sono andate le cose per la Juventus, Fabio Capello lo ripete, forse anche per scaramanzia, 24


Sport Anglers Said to Catch More Fish Than Thought

Casual fishermen reel in nearly a quarter of the catch of overfished saltwater species, a much higher share than previously thought, researchers report in a new study.


Fed aims to ease credit strains with cash auction

Financial markets on Wednesday will  pore over the results of an unprecedented $20 billion cash  auction conducted by the Federal Reserve in a search for signs  it is helping soothe troubled credit markets.


Roads, airports fill up as Americans return home

UNDATED It's expected to be another busy day at the nation's airports and highways as (m) millions of Americans return home following the long Thanksgiving holiday.


Draghi, rivedere le attuali regole sull'assetto proprietario


Hingis uses finesse as Kuznetsova employs power

Rafael Nadal advanced to the third round of the U.S. Open Wednesday but a knee injury could hamper his chances of dethroning top-ranked Roger Federer.


In an expanding worldwide market of e-learning, an online university in the United States is being sued for allegedly selling bogus degrees, including an MBA degree awarded to a cat.


A 54bn-euro (Â£36bn) plan to boost science research in Europe is approved by the EU Parliament.


The company behind the Richard and Judy premium rate telephone quiz scandal is fined Â£150,000.


The United States slapped new sanctions on Iran and accused its Revolutionary Guard of spreading weapons of mass destruction on Thursday but Russian President Vladimir Putin said such moves only forced Tehran into a corner over its nuclear program.


Ben Stiller can't believe Barbra Streisand agreed to play his mother in "Meet the Fockers" and says it's good to see the former "Funny Girl" return to comedy.


Auto racing Schumacher ends victory drought in Formula One SUZUKA, Japan - Michael Schumacher asserted his authority in Formula One again Sunday with his 13th victory of the season but first since August.


U-Va.'s decision to decline any postseason bowl invitations that conflict with final exams is causing a headache for the ACC.


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Mexico's Journalists Feel Heavy Hand of Violence

MONTERREY, Mexico -- Gamaliel LÃÂ³pez Candanosa seemed an unlikely candidate to join the ranks of disappeared or murdered reporters in Mexico, now  the second deadliest country in the world for journalists after Iraq.


Microsoft, AMD Partner on PC for School Kids

PC Magazine - The IQ PC will include a selection of software from Microsoft and its partners that includes Windows.


Calcio, gli otto gironi della Coppa Uefa

A Nyon si Ã¨ svolto il sorteggio per la seconda fase della Coppa Uefa. Ecco la composizione degli otto gironi: Gruppo H: AEK Atene, Lilla, Siviglia, Aachen, Zenit. Si qualificano alla fase successiva le prime tre squadre di ogni girone.


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Trial Date Set for U.S. Soldier in Iraq Abuse Case

A fourth U.S. soldier, who faces some  of the most serious charges over sexual and physical abuse of  Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison, was ordered on Friday to  stand trial early next year.


Dodgers miss chance to clinch division title

BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) - In search of their first playoff berth in eight years, the Los Angeles Dodgers squandered a golden opportunity to secure it at the hands of their bitter rivals.


Yahoo is overhauling the way it sells advertising in the US in an effort to help the revive the business.


Roma, 12:36 - CALCIO, SERIE C1: GLI ARBITRI DEL 22/O TURNO

Sono stati designati gli arbitri per dirigere gli incontri della 22/a giornata del campionato di cal...


Roma, 17:20 - CALCIO, SERIE D: RISULTATI 20/A GIORNATA

Risultati della 20/a giornata, 3/a di ritorno, del campionato di serie D.


Bush tries to bolster close U.S. ally Colombia

George W. Bush on Sunday will become the first U.S. president since Ronald Reagan to set foot in Bogota as he tries to bolster his staunchest Latin American ally fighting a decades-old insurgency and drug war.


Like the big car companies in his native state of Michigan, Mitt Romney could use a rebound.


South Africa's high levels of crime are continuing to deter foreign investors, a business group warns.


As Mark Amirault crossed the finish line, he didn't wear the expression of torture most runners have when they finish a cross-country race. He didn't look like he was gasping for air, struggling to walk, or grimacing because of the strain on his legs. He looked like he just stepped out of the sauna.


In Challenge to EMC, IBM Introduces Smaller Servers

With the proclamation that it intends to overtake EMC as the top enterprise storage supplier, IBM announced today the DS6000, a disk storage system slightly bigger than a VCR, and the TotalStorage


UPDATE: US Investigating Tommy Hilfiger On Commissions

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Tommy Hilfiger Corp. (TOM) said a federal grand jury is investigating whether its US subsidiary has been inappropriately shifting


Saudi religious cops implicated in death

In a new blow to Saudi Arabia's powerful religious police, a member of the force has been implicated in the death of a man whose house was raided because he was suspected of possessing and consuming alcohol, an official statement said Wednesday.


Shangai, 16:13 - CALCIO, MONDIALI DONNE: GERMANIA-ARGENTINA 11-0

Nella gara d'apertura dei Mondiali femminili di calcio, in corso di svolgimento in Cina, la Germania...


Coppola Accuses 3 Oscar Winners of Being Apathetic

Everyone wants to work with Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Jack Nicholson â except Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola â who directed Pacino and De Niro in "The Godfather" trilogy â says the trio of Oscar-winning actors have become...


The Supreme Court passed up a chance Tuesday to consider whether Yahoo Inc. could use American courts to resolve an overseas dispute over the Internet company's display of Nazi memorabilia.


Tropical Storm Henriette formed off Mexico's Pacific coast on Friday and was forecast to move parallel to the mainland, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.


Frequent Flier: Rolling? Weâre More Like the Flying Stones

Flying provides a mobile office for everything from writing to arranging the Stonesâ set lists.


The UK will have to raise taxes or rein in spending to avoid breaking its "golden rule", the National Institute of Economic and Social Research says.


Torna al gol Gilardino, Bobo Vieri ancora sottotono

Roma, 26 set. (Apcom) - Parte con decisione l'Inter, con un paio di buone occasioni per Vieri nei primi minuti, su cui l'attaccante arriva perÃ² in ritardo. Al 17' vantaggio del Parma con Gilardino, che di


Academic institutions who have to add, manage, and secure thousands of new users within a period of just a few days face political and social issues on top of the immense technical ones.


By compelling audiences to listen more closely, âNo Country for Old Menâ has had the effect of calling attention to an underappreciated aspect of filmmaking: the use of sound.


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Oil soared to a record above $80 a barrel on Monday on worries that global energy supplies could shrink to critical levels this winter heating season due to strong demand growth.


Londra, 12:37 - CALCIO, PREMIER LEAGUE: NO DI CAPELLO A PARTITE EXTRA

Anche Fabio Capello, ct della Nazionale di Sua Maestà, è tra manager del calcio ingles...


Ventriloquist and impersonator Terry Fator wins the second series of the US show America's Got Talent.


UK utilities Severn Trent and Northumbrian Water both report an increase in annual pre-tax profits.


Gordon Brown arrived at Buckingham Palace Wednesday to ask to form a new government after Tony Blair's resignation as prime minister.


Manatee Protections in Belize Should Be World Model, Expert Says

Efforts to protect manatees in the coastal waters of Belize stand to benefit the global conservation of the huge, sluggish marine mammals, a scientist says.


Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back Charles Roberts was named the Canadian Football League's Offensive Player of the Month for September.


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DreamWorks Animation IPO Charms Wall St.

Star-struck Wall Street gave a dazzling welcome to DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. on Thursday, sending the shares of the animated film maker up more than 38 percent in their market debut.


short time I was there,'' he said. ``I just felt Chicago is the best place for. me. I'm looking forward to going out there and, hopefully, turning this into a. 182 home runs and 710 RBIs.


Avellino, 19:40 - CALCIO, AVELLINO: 10 RETI NEL TEST DI META' SETTIMANA

L'Avellino ha battuto 10-0 in amichevole i dilettanti del Pro Venticano. La gara è stata disp...


Church of England demands Sony donation for cathedral shoot-out game

The Church of England on Sunday asked entertainment giant Sony to apologise and contribute a large donation for featuring a prominent British cathedral in a violent video game.


LOS ANGELES - A Northern California woman sued the online dating service eHarmony on Thursday, alleging it discriminates against gays, lesbians and bisexuals. Linda Carlson said she tried to use the Internet site in February to meet a woman but could not based on her sexual orientation.


Chrysler workers approve contentious labor pact

Workers represented by the United Auto Workers ratified a four-year contract with automaker Chrysler LLC, the union said on Saturday, capping a close-fought battle that had threatened to scuttle the labor pact.


Tree Planting at Clover Creek AIDS Watershed Restoration

By The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Feb. 10--Pierce County will hold a tree planting along Clover Creek today in its effort to restore the watershed.   The event will be from 9 a.m. to noon at the intersection of 136th Street East and A Street in Parkland.


The machine began life as a research project in 2000, is currently the world's fastest supercomputer, and has only four publicly announced customers.


AS Roma needs success against Inter after disastrous start to ...

After sliding out of contention in the Champions League and opening its Serie A campaign with two defeats in four games, AS Roma and its new coach, Luigi Del Neri, desperately need points against archrival Inter Milan at Stadio Olimpico Sunday


Krispy Kreme 2nd-Qtr Net Falls 56%; Shares Decline

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc., the No. 2 US doughnut maker, said second-quarter earnings fell 56 percent, hurt by higher costs. Shares fell 19 percent after the company missed analysts


Scientists have discovered the remains of a tree-climbing creature that lived 13 million years ago in what is now northeastern Spain and may be the last common ancestor of modern great apes


A COUNCIL tenant claimed yesterday she was in danger of being evicted because of a foul-mouthed parrot called Sparky.   Paula Bedford said the parrot, which actually belongs to her lodger, is fond of phrases like "show us your knickers" as well as expletives.


Stock Futures Push Up as 2004 Winds Down

Stock futures pointed to a slightly  higher open on Wall Street on Friday, in what is set to be a  thin trading session as investors wind down for the year --  with all three indices on course to end higher for 2004 as a  whole.


SpaceShipOne Soars to Space for $10M Prize

MOJAVE, Calif. Oct. 4, 2004 - A stubby rocket plane was slung from the belly of a carrier plane toward space Monday in the final leg of a trip toward the edge of the Earth's atmosphere and a $10 million prize.


DeLay on defense over Texas, House probes

House Republican leader Tom DeLay said Tuesday the indictment of close political associates in a Texas campaign finance investigation is regrettable, but he denied he's a target of prosecutors.


Roma, 20:33 - CALCIO, SERIE C: 22 SQUALIFICATI IN C1, 41 IN C2

Il giudice sportivo Pasquale Marino ha squalificato 22 giocatori in C1 e 41 in C2. In C1 squalificat...


Eurostar sets Paris-London train speed record

Eurostar set a new Paris to London rail  speed record of just over two hours on Tuesday with the first  train to use Britain's long-awaited high speed track at over  186 mph (299 kph).


Google -- 21st Century Dewey Decimal System

College kids may never darken the library's door again, thanks to Google's move to digitize the vast holdings of several prestigious university libraries. -washingtonpost.com


Bank of America Corp., which operates 25 branches in San Antonio, plans to cut about 2.5 percent, or 4,500 jobs, from its work force.


Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger radiated his reverence for American life and capitalism, accentuated by his own remarkable story as an immigrant who came here with empty pockets and big dreams.


Tour Bus Crash in Ark. Kills at Least 15

MARION, Ark. - The lone bus belonging to a mom-and-pop tour operator careened off an interstate and overturned, killing 15 Chicago-area travelers on their way to a Mississippi casino...


There's a reason why Leica has a cult following. But are the cameras really that much better at capturing the moment?


US forces target insurgents moving weapons in Fallujah

FALLUJAH, Iraq: Two civilians were killed and 10 injured in a series of overnight air strikes in rebel-held Fallujah, the city hospital said Sunday.


Australian construction company Multiplex will have to enter a bidding war for Elliott Bernerd's Chelsfield shopping centres or risk losing huge building contracts, analysts said at the weekend.


National debate; state-by-state struggle

While the US presidential candidates geared to face off in a nationally televised debate, their campaigns pressed their trench warfare state by state where George W. Bush seemed to be on a roll.


Four minor copies of the program surface, which some security experts believe indicates that a more lethal MyDoom may be on the way.


Big Dog still has some bite left for 76ers

After a season plagued by injuries and a bad attitude, Glenn Robinson recognized it was time to get serious, get in shape and get ready to prove he still has some bite in his game.


Security Tightened in Kabul After Bombing

Security was tightened across Kabul on Monday in the wake of a vehicle bomb on Sunday that killed three Americans working for an American contractor and at least four other people.


Sheriff's Office Wants To Rein In Wild Complexes

By Keith Morelli, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Mar. 10--TAMPA -- Hillsborough County sheriff's deputies are tired of responding to calls at four troublesome apartment complexes in north Tampa and Friday took legal steps to resolve the matter.


Italy's president asked Romano Prodi on Saturday to stay on and face a confidence vote in parliament, as leaders in the center-left majority courted outside senators in a frantic effort to ensure the ...Comment


Roma, 14:14 - CALCIO, CONCILIAZIONE: RINVIATA UDIENZA GALLIANI

E' stata rinviata a data da destinarsi l'udienza conciliativa di Adriano Galliani fissata per domani...


Proteste dei genitori contro una scuola di Sutter, Californiache ha "applicato" a 600 alunni una targa di identificazione                                                  Usa, Grande Fratello a scuola alunni spiati con microchip                                                                                Il preside: "E' per controllare i loro spostamenti nell'istituto"I genitori: "Mia figlia si sente come una scatola di cereali"


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Hong-Chih Kuo (1-4) finally gets his first win of the season, blanking the Mets over six innings to lead the Dodgers to a 5-0 win Friday.


Israel says finds explosive chemicals in EU aid bags

Israel said on Saturday it had recently seized a truck carrying chemicals used to make explosives hidden in bags marked as EU aid for the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.


TiVo puts a brave face on subscription numbers

Digital video recorder pioneer TiVo sent mixed signals Thursday about the progress of its ambitious effort to win new subscribers and become profitable.


A man charged over a letter bomb campaign had a bedroom like a "bomb factory", a court hears.


Microsoft Corp. , the world's biggest software company, failed to win approval to make its Office Open XML file format an international standard, a setback to efforts to win customers in Europe.


Vietnam veterans help returning Iraq soldiers deal with shocks of war

Neil Kenny, decorated for his service in Vietnam, plays big brother to Jeremiah Workman, a medal winner in Iraq struggling with the psychological effects of combat.


Israel's opposition leader warns that the prime minister risks being assassinated over his Gaza disengagement plan.


With a fall in oil prices easing inflation concerns, the Federal Reserve is expected to continue its easy-does-it approach to raising interest rates, boosting a key rate by a moderate quarter-point at its final meeting of the year today.


Iran women rally against French headscarf ban in schools

Around 150 Iranian women demonstrated in front of the French embassy in Tehran Saturday protesting the ban on the Islamic headscarf in French state schools.


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The estranged wife of the man accused of murdering two teenagers 30 years ago gives evidence at his trial.


If you can't get a good night's sleep it's likely that your parents are at least partly to blame.


Italy celebrates return of Iraq hostages

Good news swept through Italy with lightning speed just after 5:30 on Tuesday afternoon. Kidnapped women aid workers Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, both 29, were suddenly free after three weeks of national angst.


The House of Europe and the Information office of the European parliament council opened today in Bratislava.


Fannie Mae to report 2005 earnings by September

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK  - Fannie Mae, the top U.S. mortgage-finance company that is trying to move on from one of the nation's largest accounting scandals, will deliver a long-overdue report on its 2005 earnings by next September, the company's chief executive said on Thursday.