Feds to start mailing digital-TV upgrade funds

Next week, the government plans to begin shipping $40 coupons to anyone who requests help buying a basic converter box that keeps older TVs alive after the digital switch next year.


Rehnquist Back at Supreme Court Part Time

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist is back at work at the Supreme Court, though only part time.


Alle cerimonie di apertura dell'anno giudiziario


It should have been a good week for Tony Hicks, his first days of freedom after a year in jail for assault, theft and burglary. But on Sunday, the day after he got out, Hicks told police that a woman waiting for him outside his apartment hit him with a car, and he went to a hospital.


Bush lead grows in poll taken during convention

Washington -- President Bush leads Democrat John Kerry, 52 percent to 41 percent, while independent Ralph Nader got 3 percent in a national poll taken during the Republican National Convention, which ended Thursday.


Anti-War Group Asks NY Judge for Central Park Rally Permit

A group opposed to the US-led war in Iraq asked a judge to order New York City to issue a permit to let 250,000 people attend a rally in Central Park on Sunday, the day before the start of the Republican National Convention.


Two witnesses will testify to Congress today on progress in Iraq. One arrived last week from Baghdad aboard a military aircraft, flanked by a bevy of aides and preceded by a team of advisers assigned a suite of Pentagon offices. The other flew commercial, glad that the flight was long enough to q...


A strong earthquake and an aftershock rattled Trinidad and parts of Venezuela on Friday, killing one man, delaying flights and prompting the evacuation of some buildings.


Maglia nera alla Puglia, virtuose Liguria, Trentino e Napoli


Sharper Image Cuts Estimates, Shares Drop

Specialty retailer Sharper Image Corp.  SHRP.O lowered its earnings estimates on Monday on  weaker-than-expected holiday sales, sending its shares down 17  percent.


Computer Q&A: Latest action in music wars is down under

For many of us, it seems like a long time since the battle of the bands was waged on the front pages of the media. It started with Napster, an illegal file sharing service that made it possible


Ukraine's apparent president-elect Viktor Yushchenko called on supporters Tuesday evening to blockade a building where his opponent, Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, has called a meeting of his cabinet for 10 a.m. Wednesday.


Picture 8 of 8: Microsoft's new Media Center push

Software maker heads to LA to show off a host of gadgets that use one or another Microsoft technology to access movies, music and video.


Consumer prices held steady in November, confounding expectations of a small rise, as energy and vehicle costs dropped, according to a government report on Friday that eased inflation worries.


Wives United by Husbandsâ Post-N.F.L. Trauma

Neither the league nor the playersâ union consider dementia a football-related condition.


Mexico says oil installations secure after threat

Mexico said on Wednesday its crude oil installations were safe, after a Saudi wing of al Qaeda called for attacks on U.S. oil sources around the world.


Former South Africa leader Nelson Mandela is hailed a "liberator of people", as a statue is unveiled in London.


Primary schools and parents are to be given advice on how to help young children stay safe online.


Oestersund, 16:01 - BIATHLON, MONDIALI: NEUNER ORO IN 12,5 KM MASS START FEMMINILE

La tedesca Magdalena Neuner ha vinto la medaglia d'oro nella 12,5 km mass start femminile ai Mondial...


SIX people were feared dead after a US Coast Guard helicopter crashed into the icy Bering Sea while rescuing the crew of a Malaysian ship that broke up off the Alaska coast.


A Doctrine Under Pressure: Pre-emption Is Redefined

Under pressure to explain anew his decision to invade Iraq, President Bush appears to be quietly redefining his doctrine of pre-emptive military action.


Scalpers Sell Athens Tickets at Face Value

The Athens 2004 Games which will have a  place in history as the Olympics' homecoming may also be  remembered as the Games that redefined a ticket scalper's job.


A pair of bombs went off at the site in Islamabad where the embattled former chief justice of the Supreme Court was scheduled to speak.


European equity markets retreated this week with the banking sector under pressure as money markets remained severely constrained in spite of ongoing efforts by the European Central Bank to boost liquidity.


Abstract artist Abts lands coveted Turner Prize

German-born artist Tomma Abts on Monday became the first woman painter to land the Turner Prize in the 22-year history of one of the art world's most controversial awards.


The engines of a jetliner that crash-landed at Heathrow were still running when it came down, investigators say.


Brian McBride scored in the 43rd minute, and the United States completed a grueling series of three World Cup warmup games in six days by beating Latvia 1-0 Sunday night.


Why you need to consider non-U.S. listed companies.


Tesco is to sell own-brand PC software, pitching the supermarket giant against the likes of Microsoft.


Microsoft Attacks Google Over Book Search

A Microsoft Corp. attorney will attack Google Inc.'s book search service in a speech Tuesday to the Association of American Publishers (AAP), saying Google is misappropriating principles of fair use to further its own business model.


Sprint Nextel Corp  said on  Wednesday it does not expect any delay to its plan to launch  QChat, a walkie-talkie cell phone service, despite a court  ruling against QChat developer Qualcomm Inc .


'Emergenza dovuta ad incapacita' amministratori locali'


Exit polls in key Romanian elections are showing a likely win for the ruling Social Democrats. But as in Ukraine, the opposition has demanded an investigation into voting irregularities.


Ciampi: ''Fiducia e tenacia per evitare palude del ristagno ...

L'Italia registra una perdita di competitivitÃ  e uno stallo nella produzione: occorre reagire, perchÃ© con fiducia e tenacia si puÃ² ancora evitare di cadere nella palude del ristagno economico. Con la finanziaria


Foreign Female Aid Worker Feared Executed By Captors In Iraq

Hopes faded today for the safe release of aid worker Margaret Hassan after the British government said it appeared her captors in Iraq had executed her.


Software giant Microsoft Corp. and the media and entertainment powerhouse Time Warner Inc. ran into fresh trouble with the European Union on Wednesday as antitrust regulators ordered an in-depth probe of their deal to collaborate in making anti-piracy software.


Talks Fall Apart for Shiite Rebels and Iraq Leaders

American commanders are preparing new battle plans for breaking Moktada al-Sadr's grip on the holy city of Najaf.


Warner to sell three jointly owned cinemas in China

Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc.,  which operates six cinemas in China with local partners, has  agreed to sell three to a Chinese company and is in talks to  offload the rest, a company spokesman said on Thursday.


Experts warn of dangers of "skin whitener" cosmetics

Liza Ng, a public relations executive   living in Hong Kong, has no time or inclination to cultivate   the sporty, tanned look.


Ultimato l'esame degli emendamenti e degli odg


Personal identity has taken on a new  meaning in the digital age, where basic facts like your name,  address or age are far less important to some people than the  collected records of what you were looking at online.


The nation's labor markets sputtered again last month as job growth, which surged in October, reverted to the lackluster pace that has marked the recovery for much of the year.


By Shawn Cetrone, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 16--Statesville's proposed ordinance to ban panhandling will not face a second reading at the City Council meeting Monday night.


AMERICA/STATI UNITI - Anno della SanitÃ : aumentare la consapevolezza sulle difficili condizioni in cui vive il 41% della popolazione mondiale che non ha accesso ai servizi sanitari di base Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Inizia l'anno nuovo ed Ã¨ tempo di buoni propositi. Anche per le Nazioni Unite, che hanno scelto il 2008 come anno ufficiale per parecchie iniziative. In particolare quello appena iniziato sarÃ  l'anno internazionale non solo del...


Record Run on 'Jeopardy!' May Be at an End

Description: The unprecedented success of a contestant on Jeopardy! may finally come to a close Tuesday, according to a wide range of rumors.


RIM's push into China will target multinationals

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion    will target multinational corporations in the  first phase of its new push into the huge Chinese market, its  co-chief executive said on Wednesday.


N.D. Wildlife Society Awards Honors to 14

By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 11--The North Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society recognized eight wildlife professionals, a nonprofit corporation and five students during its annual awards banquet Thursday in Mandan, N.D.


National Perspectives: Battling to Keep the Country in the Texas Hill Country

With its rolling hills, lakes and rivers, a rural retreat is attracting more and more buyers eager to escape city life.


Roma, 17:17 - CALCIOPOLI BIS, BORRELLI: DATTILO VERRA' RIASCOLTATO

Francesco Saverio Borrelli, capo ufficio indagini della Figc, al termine dell'interrogatorio dell'ar...


Presentato ricorso al Riesame per scarcerazione minorenne


Slash itching to start new Velvet Revolver disc

Velvet Revolver guitarist Slash says  the group is planning a significantly shorter turnaround for  its third album.


New York Knicks fans angry over the team's losing streak rallied outside Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, holding aloft a giant pink slip and calling on management to fire coach Isiah Thomas.


Marat Safin wins the Madrid Masters to edge ahead of Tim Henman in the race for the Masters Cup.


One Filmmakerâs Vivid Tales of Fathers and Other Strangers

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


Dozens of flights cancelled from Heathrow and other airports, leaving thousands stranded or delayed


A federal appeals court today rejected a bid by Zacarias Moussaoui that would have made him ineligible for the death penalty, clearing the way for the first U.S. trial on charges related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.


U.S. patent leader IBM said late on Monday it plans to donate 500 patents for free use by software developers, marking a major shift of intellectual property strategy for the world's top computer maker and a challenge to the high-tech industry.


The New York Public Library's handsome show of Jewish history includes unusual materials from disparate places with finely detailed, often playful commentary.


Zenoss: Bringing open source to enterprise management

(InfoWorld) - If you curse your "tier-one" IT management solution as too cumbersome, too complex, and too expensive, you're not alone. In arecent Gartner study that declares the "Big Four" -- BMC, CA, HP, and IBM -- increasingly vulnerable to SaaS (software as a service) and open source alternatives, surveyed users gave their vendors mostly C's and D's, and a good number of incompletes. For Bill Karpovich, co-founder and CEO of Zenoss, dissatisfaction with the leading management frameworks is a business model. In fact, Karpovich notes, Zenoss' open source network and system monitoring solution was born from the failure of IBM Tivoli at USi, an application service provider (and now a subsidiary of AT&T) where he and Zenoss inventor and CTO Erik Dahl used to work. "At USi we had spent millions on IBM Tivoli, and like many people we were very unhappy that it didn't work," Karpovich recalls. "Erik was the architect that was brought in to help us figure out our management platform. Erik's recommendation was to throw out Tivoli and build our own." And so USi built its own management infrastructure, which included both commercial off-the-shelf products and open source software, bringing all of the pieces together into a framework called USi Oasis. The experience led Dahl to realize there was a big opportunity to build a next-generation network and systems management product on the open source stack. He left USi to do just that. The difference between Dahl's "next-generation" approach and the traditional tools, Karpovich says, is the focus on relationships among network devices, servers, and applications rather than on individual systems. "Model-based management has been Erik's philosophy from day one, and today that is called a CMDB basically," Karpovich says. "So that was at the core of the product from the start, building that model in an object way that is extensible and supports complex relationships." According to Karpovich, the Big Four, built back in the client/server era, simply didn't have the right data model to account for these relationships, or to provide the different views into the IT environment that enterprises need today. And their way of doing business is outdated too, he adds. "They're living off an old version of the enterprise software model that doesn't exist today, which is selling software for a million dollars and having it take a year to deploy," Karpovich says. "We're just beyond that." As Zenoss Core approaches its 2.0 release in June, the open source project boasts more than 13,000 registered downloads from SourceForge.Net. Among the additions in the new release are discovery of configuration policy violations and a plug-in framework for application monitoring packs called ZenPacks. ZenPacks for Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server will be immediately available to enterprise subscribers from Zenoss, with more ZenPacks to follow from the company and the community in coming months. The enterprise edition also features a WYSIWYG environment for running synthetic transactions against Web applications, providing a way to monitor a Web site from the user's point of view. "You can correlate the end-user experience with all of the element level views," Karpovich explains. "So I can say, Wow, I broke my 8-second rule on adding an item to the shopping cart, and I wonder what was happening on my network at the time, I wonder what was happening with memory and disk? Were there any processes that were taking up too much CPU?" Zenoss' business model is based on selling professional services, support, and value-added functionality to enterprise subscribers. But Karpovich believes the company's success depends on leveraging the community to improve the product, build out the library of ZenPacks, and most of all, help Zenoss keep up with rapidly changing needs. "That's where the Big Four struggled in the past, right?" asks Karpovich, suggesting one last lesson from history. "A technology trend occurs, and a year later you get a management tool for it. It's just too slow. The world moves too quickly. "IT management is the infinite problem, so it's perfect for open source," Karpovich concludes. "One company simply can't generate enough ideas or enough R&D to stay on top of managing all of IT."


Finance chiefs concerned over euro's record surge

BRUSSELS: Euro zone finance ministers yesterday voiced concern about the euro's surge to record highs against the dollar, with some pressing for international co-operation to tackle such exchange rate swings.


Mortgage Security Bondholders Facing a Cutoff of Interest Payments

Interest payment cutoffs, which are expected to accelerate, would be the latest blow to markets as investors try to anticipate the next problem that might shake confidence.


Today on the presidential campaign trail

All eyes on the Iowa turnout ... Huckabee says people count, not money ... Giuliani skips Iowa to campaign in Florida .... Will anyone notice Wyoming caucuses?


The training of Iraqi forces is going too slowly ahead of January planned elections, says a US think-tank.


Berkshire's Buffett says China is too hot to buy

DALIAN, China  - Berkshire Hathaway Inc's Warren Buffett said on Wednesday he is scouring the world for big businesses, but is doubtful about finding a good buy in China because the market is too hot.


Sondaggio di Ipr Marketing per Repubblica.it dopo i congressi di Ds e MargheritaIl sindaco di Roma in testa per la guida. Staccati D'Alema e Prodi                                          Pd, il centrosinistra che guarda al Centro Veltroni il leader preferito, poi Fassino                                                                                E le intenzioni di voto ad aprile danno la nuova formazione al 26,5%


Brazil denies getting nuclear technology from Pakistan:

[World News] Brasilia, Oct 2 : Brazil has denied that technology for its centrifuge plants for uranium enrichment comes from the clandestine nuclear network headed by Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan.


London - The crew of a Ghanaian-registered cargo plane that crashed in eastern Canada on Thursday were all from South Africa and Zimbabwe, an airline spokesperson said.


Juventus: Capello "Del Piero? Se sta bene gioca

In attesa di giocare l`anticipo di campionato contro il Siena la Juventus prosegue gli allenamenti al centro Sisport. Il tecnico dei bianconeri Fabio Capello, che dovrÃ  fare a meno dell`infortunato Blasi, parla


UK Police Charge Man With Terror Offense

"These are people who he lived with, may have worked with, and certainly associated with"  An Indian doctor arrested the same day his brother allegedly drove a Jeep into Glasgow's main airport was charged with a terrorism offense in Britain on Saturday. A distant cousin in Australia was also charged in the failed attacks in London and Glasgow.Sabeel Ahmed, of Liverpool, became the third person to face charges in the alleged plot. He was charged with withholding information that could prevent an act of terrorism, police said in a statement. Ahmed appears in court in London on Monday. Read more


Crude oil prices briefly rose above 55 dollars a barrel today, as traders continue to worry about supply ahead of winter. Crude for November delivery hit 55 dollars, 33 cents


NEW YORK - First, let's get this straight: There's no new evidence that naproxen, the active ingredient in over-the-counter Aleve and prescription Naprosyn, causes an increase in heart attacks.


Horror thriller "Grudge" rules N. America box office for second ...

Horror thriller "The Grudge" continued its rule at North America box office for the second straight weekend, according to studio estimates issued Sunday.


Scania rebuffs MAN again, sees new payout prospect

Swedish truck maker Scania on Friday stood by its rejection of German rival MAN's hostile bid, as it raised the prospect of further extra shareholder payouts and warned of job losses in Sweden.


Blast at Istanbul fireworks factory kills 20

A powerful explosion ripped through an unlicensed fireworks factory in Istanbul on Thursday, killing at least 20 people, injuring more than 100 and causing massive destruction.


Stelmar Shipping Ltd. (SJH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , an oil tanker operator, has agreed to be acquired by affiliates of private equity firm Fortress Investment Group LLC for $677 million in cash, Stelmar said on Monday.


Australian and Indonesian scientists have discovered a species of tiny human beings who lived on the remote Indonesian island of Flores 18,000 years ago.


Reazioni diverse nel centrosinistra, Bertinotti euforico


Condition worsens for second crewman from stricken Canadian ...

HALIFAX (CP) - A British tug was preparing to attach a tow line to HMCS Chicoutimi off the coast of Ireland on Thursday as the condition worsened for one of three crewmen airlifted from the crippled, fire-damaged Canadian submarine.


Usa, assolti i programmi per il file-sharing

Un dispiacere per i colossi del cinema Usa e per la Riia, il consorzio dei discografici americani, che tre anni fa hanno lanciato una crociata contro il downloading gratuito di musica e film da Internet. Scaricarli


Oil price dip propels stocks to mixed finish

Wall Street ended an otherwise strong week with a mixed finish yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 22.93, or 0.23 percent, to 10,027.


Rental Car Retreat Cuts Sales at Ford and G.M.

Sales by Detroitâs two largest automakers fell as they focused on more profitable transactions at dealerships.


Britney Spears won't see sons after cameo court appearance

A judge on Monday refused to restore Britney Spears' right to visit her two sons, a court spokesman said, after the troubled pop star showed up outside court but never made it into the hearing.


AFRICA/KENYA - I 100 anni di fervente presenza in Kenya delle Suore Missionarie di Nostra Signora dÂAfrica, le Suore Bianche Nairobi (Agenzia Fides)- ÂÃ un tributo a tutte le suore che hanno operato in Kenya, che hanno insegnato, curato e sono state presenti in tanti modi creativi e vitaliÂ scrive Suor Maggi Kennedy delle Suore Missionarie di Nostra Signora dÂAfrica (MSOLA...


Microsoft Delays Automatic Win XP Updates

Business users can postpone SP2 installation to complete testing its effect on other programs.


A FEW WEEKS back I spent three days locked up in a room full of Internet experts, pioneers, and thinkers to contemplate the question of how to prevent what the conference's convenors grandly called the "Internet meltdown". I was hoping for a particularly ...


Iran slowing down uranium enrichment work: ElBaradei

Iran has slowed the installation of centrifuge machines that enrich uranium for its controversial nuclear program, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday.


For NBC, 'Sunday Night' Is More Than Football

SAN FRANCISCO If you've seen the new crop of ads for NBC's upcoming season of Sunday Night Football, you may have noticed a heavy emphasis on the "Sunday night" part, but not so much the "football." That's not an oversight. The strategy is based on extensive research conducted last year that shows weekend sports viewing is for many people more about the social interaction than the game.


Milano, 17:28 - CALCIO, GIUDICE SPORTIVO: TRE TURNI A TREZEGUET CON PROVA TV

Il giudice sportivo ha squalificato per tre giornate David Trezeguet facendo ricorso alla prova tele...


Israeli police to investigate Olmert house purchase

Israel's attorney-general ordered police on Monday to open a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's purchase of a home in Jerusalem.


Yahoo said that its fourth-quarter net income fell to $206 million, a 23-percent decline from $269 million in the same quarter a year ago.


Storm-weary Curtis Jefferson is homeless. Again.


Ronaldinho wins FIFA World Player of the Year

Brazilian striker Ronaldinho won FIFA's World Player of the Year award Monday, beating out France's Thierry Henry and Ukrainian Andrei Shevchenko.


FDA Chief to Meet with Top Lawmaker Regarding Vioxx

US Food and Drug Administration (news - web sites) Acting Commissioner Lester Crawford on Friday agreed to meet with a top Republican lawmaker about the agency's handling of safety concerns over Merck & Co Inc.


AUSTIN - Jason White, the heady Oklahoma quarterback with the two surgically repaired knees, already has ensured his legacy in the Red River Shootout, no matter the outcome of Saturday's game.


Indonesia Quake Sparks Fatal Tidal Waves

Kusol Wetchakul offers prayers for the soul of his sister Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, at dawn along the beach near Khao Lak, Thailand.


Greek forest fire death toll rises to 46

Forest fires that have swept through Greece in the past two days have killed 46 people and more are feared dead, the fire department said on Saturday.


Safety Regulators Want Recall of Durango, Dakota Trucks

Federal safety regulators and DaimlerChrysler are sparring over a problem with Dodge Durango and Dakota trucks. The government believes the defect could lead to wheels falling off and wants a recall, but the company says the problem isn't that serious.


'It's not a dirty trick. It's a security measure' Network Solutions is front running domain name registrations, temporarily preventing competitors from selling domains that web users show interest in. But the popular registrar insists this is merely a way of preventing others from front running.â¦


Workers at Delta Air Lines breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after hearing the news the airline's pilots union agreed to $1 billion in wage and benefits concessions.


U.S officials met twice last week with North Korean officials in New York to tell them the United States was ready to resume nuclear negotiations and wanted to resolve the issue diplomatically, State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said Monday.


Isae, lo afferma il 71,8% degli occupati contro il 26%


Fines, Jail Used to Enforce Flu Shot Rules

Thinking of trying to wheedle a flu shot from your doctor even though you're not at high-risk for flu complications? Forget about it in Michigan. Or Washington, D.C. Or Massachusetts.


Oracle posts strong quarterly profit and outlook

Oracle Corp  posted a 35 percent  rise in quarterly profit on higher-than-expected software sales  and issued a strong outlook, easing concerns it may be hurt by  the slowing U.S. economy and pushing its shares up 6.5 percent.


Oro invariato sui mercati asiatici a 631,15 usd


President Bush, center, flanked by Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi, right, and H. Gene Overstreet, National President of the Non Commissioned Officers Association of the USA (NCOA), stand at attention during a Veterans Day ceremony, Thursday


Afghanistan says it needs more money to persuade farmers to stop growing opium poppies.


Blog: Auto-braking, adaptive cruise control and alerts for tailgating, lane departure and poor driving to be added by year's end.


Analysis: Egypt steps into the regional ring

Something big is happening in Cairo. It isn't just the release of Azzam Azzam from wrongful imprisonment as an alleged spy, or nice words from President Hosni Mubarak about Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, or the return of the Egyptian ambassador.


DellÂ inaugurated Thursday a new research and development (R&D) facility in Bangalore, India, that can house up to 1,000 staff. The new facility is in line with Dell's plans toÂ make India a hubÂ for the development of enterprise products such as servers, storage, and software.


New Potter Book May Have Made Its Way to Web

What appear to be pages from the eagerly awaited final installment in the series have been circulating online.


Cable damage in Mediterranean disrupts Internet in Mideast

Two underwater cables damaged in the Mediterranean led to Internet disruptions across much of the Middle East, and officials said repairs could take days.


Actors and directors gather for a gala at the Berlin Film Festival, where the prize for best picture is to be awarded.


Makybe Diva secured her place in racing history when she became the first mare to land back-to-back runnings of the Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington today.


Generally, Bad Language is against awards shows. The TelePrompTer puffery and please-buy/see-my-latest-CD/DVD appearances are nauseating at best. But it's our job to report on all things pop culture. So we watch. And we watch. And we fall asleep. Then we wake up and watch again.


The Oscars have a piece of the Rock. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Thursday announced Chris Rock will host the next Academy Awards telecast.


Police, White Stripes lead Bonnaroo fest

The newly reunited Police will headline the four-day Bonnaroo Music Festival in June, which will also include the White Stripes, Tool and Wilco.


100 Cyclists Are Arrested as Thousands Ride in Protest

Thousands of cyclists rode through the streets of Manhattan in a Republican-bashing, environment-promoting display of bike power that resulted in more than 100 arrests.


Insurgent shares tale of journey for jihad

He first tried to get to Iraq in April 2003, when US troops established control over the country and jihad became a place on a map.


After Pope Benedict XVI infuriated the Islamic world with his remarks on holy war, Vatican officials scrambled to save his planned trip to predominantly Muslim Turkey. Two months later, there was the German pontiff on Thursday not only visiting Istanbul but praying beside an imam in the city's famous Blue Mosque.


Il 41% italiani non pratica sport e attivita' fisica


After a series of missteps, Google finally pulled off its much-hyped initial public offering last week. The good news about this unusual IPO, which sought to deprive Wall Street banks of full control over


University group sues Intel over patents

The University of Wisconsin-Madison's research arm has sued computer chip maker Intel claiming the company violated the university's patents in making the popular Core 2 Duo processor.


US consumer prices up 0.6 per cent in October, most in five months

US consumer prices - stoked by more expensive gasoline as well as pricier fruits and vegetables - heated up in October, rising by 0.6 per cent, the biggest gain in five months.


China expresses frustration with N.Korea

China urged restraint in diplomacy with   North Korea on Wednesday and said it would not support   sanctions, but expressed frustration with its neighbor and old   ally over its July missile tests.


FDA OKs Over-The-Counter Defibrillator Sales

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a medical device maker's request to sell at-home heart defibrillators without a prescription.


Arafat Hovers Between Life, Death in Coma

Yasser Arafat was hovering ``between life and death'' in a coma Friday, no worse but also no better than he was a day earlier, according to Palestinian and French officials.


Skepticism Over Iraq Haunts U.S. Iran Policy

The specter of the war in Iraq -- a war the Bush administration denied it was planning, supported by evidence that turned out to be false -- looms large over administration policy toward Iran.


Romania Swears in President Traian Basescu

Traian Basescu took office Monday as Romania's third president since the Communist regime fell in 1989, and he pledged to clean up rampant corruption and carry out reforms that will ready the country for European Union membership.


Top Court: Sentencing Rules Not Mandatory

A divided U.S. Supreme Court on  Wednesday ruled that federal judges no longer have to abide by  the controversial 18-year-old sentencing guidelines.


Buenos Aires Club Fire Kills 169, Injures 375

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - A blaze in a Buenos  Aires nightclub packed with young people celebrating the New  Year holidays killed at least 169 and injured 375, city  officials said on Friday.


Talks come ahead of Q4 report due Thursday

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Labor problems will intrude on the Magic Kingdom in the next week, days ahead of Walt Disney Co.'s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report.


US will battle host Spaniards in Seville

Madrid, Spain (Sports Network) - The United States and Spain will play their 2004 Davis Cup final on a clay court at Olympic Stadium in Seville, from December 3-5.


Heroism and Defiance in an African Village

To skip Ousmane Sembene's "Moolaade" would be to miss an opportunity to experience the embracing, affirming, world-changing potential of humanist cinema at its finest.


US Airways is in talks with its pilots over pay cuts designed to turn it into a low-cost carrier, but failure could see it return to bankruptcy.


The biggest story of 2005 may well turn out to be the last story of the year. The largest earthquake to hit the planet in decades and the tsunamis it created have wreaked destruction across southern Asia on


Investigators search the wreck of a Brazilian jet that crashed at Sao Paulo airport, killing up to 200 people.


Fallisce trattativa Garante-sindacati su rinnovo contratto


Dollar digs heels in after strong manufacturing data

The dollar clung to gains against the euro sparked by an unexpectedly strong reading in a regional index of manufacturing.


Iraq's Survival Still at Stake, Report Warns

Iraq could splinter into civil war and  destabilize the whole region if the interim government, U.S.  forces and United Nations fail to hold the ring among factions  struggling for power, according to a British thinktank.


Bush promotes U.S. anti-poverty fight in Guatemala

SANTA CRUZ BALANYA, Guatemala  - President George W. Bush visited Guatemalan hill towns on Monday to promote U.S. efforts to fight poverty in Latin America, where Washington's power is increasingly being questioned by leftist leaders.


Cup hopes to relive flood of fans to Barseback

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- The 2007 Solheim Cup will be held at Halmstad Golf Club in Sweden, the Ladies European Tour announced Friday.


I segreti degli Oasis? Un puzzle te li svela

Nel 1994 l'esordio dei due fratelli talentuosi e arroganti. Ecco la cronaca di un disco epocale e di un successo annunciato


UN Wants African Monitors in Darfur Camps

African monitors should deploy in camps to help protect the almost 1.5 million people displaced by the conflict in Darfur and should also monitor police to help build


AUSTRALIAN prime minister John Howard last night scored a stunning victory in the countryâs federal election, winning a historic fourth term in a vote that will ensure the country keeps its troops in Iraq for the foreseeable future.


Russia Rejects U.S. Injunction Over Yukos

Russia is vowing to proceed with an auction of oil giant Yukos' key production subsidiary, saying a U.S. court ban is irrelevant. But the expected winner of Sunday's auction, the state-run Russian gas company Gazprom, may not be able to pay after a consortium of Western banks reportedly put on hold billions of dollars in credit it needs to fund its bid.


Bush, Blair to Discuss Life After Arafat

President Bush is expected to give an outline of his vision for a Middle East without Yasser Arafat on Friday, with his most loyal ally Tony Blair by his side.


Obihiro, 09:36 - RALLY, GIAPPONE: VITTORIA DI HIRVONEN

Il finlandese Mikko Hirvonen (Ford Focus) ha vinto il rally del Giappone, 14/a prova (su 16) del mon...


Inmate suspected in plot to kill NY police chief

A prisoner in New York sought to assassinate police Commissioner Ray Kelly, offering an undercover officer posing as a hit man $65,000 (33,700 pounds) to decapitate Kelly and blow up police headquarters, police said on Monday.


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As Holiday Break Nears, Obama and Edwards Spar Over Outside Groups

MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa, Dec. 23 -- In a final day of campaigning before suspending their campaigns for Christmas, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) encouraged voters here Sunday to view the holiday as a time to become "instruments of peace and change," while Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) accused former...


Rain, Flooding Hinders Asia's Tsunami Relief

Heavy rains and fresh floods disrupted aid to Asia's tsunami-hit villages on Sunday as the U.N. refugee agency started a 400-ton airlift as part of a $2 billion relief operation to save millions struggling to survive.


A top government counterterrorist official says the new videotape of Osama bin Laden (news - bio) appears to contain no specific threat but is aimed instead at showing al-Qaida (website - news) remains active and effective.


As Washington rules go, this one was clear and tough: Any House Republican indicted for a serious crime automatically relinquished a leadership position.


SEATTLE -- Marc Bulger was at his best when his teammates needed him most. Bulger threw a 52-yard touchdown pass to Shaun McDonald three minutes into overtime, leading the St. Louis Rams to a thrilling 33-27 victory over the previously undefeated Seattle Seahawks yesterday.


In Autumn, a Garden Loverâs Thoughts Turn to Kiku

New York gets a chrysanthemum exhibition fit for Japanese royalty.


Malaysia culls smelly pigs after complaints

Malaysia began culling about 50,000 pigs in southern Malacca state on Tuesday following complaints about the stench and pollution the animals had caused, officials said, but denied there had been a disease outbreak.


Fourteen die as suicide bombs rock Baghdad and Mosul

Suicide bombings yesterday in Baghdad and Mosul killed 14 people and wounded more than 60, many of them policemen, worsening a surge of violence across Iraq.


Eminem Set for Another Big Week on U.S. Charts

Three albums that reached stores ahead of schedule will lead the next Billboard 200 chart and raise the profile of hip-hop and R&B.


Military-ruled Myanmar has said Britain is interfering in the internal affairs of its former colony, jeopardising relations between Europe and Asia.


Annan hopes for Kenya political deal in days

Kenya's feuding political parties may reach a breakthrough within days to help end violence after a disputed election that has left more than 1,000 people dead, mediator Kofi Annan said on Friday.


A 15-year-old girl is in hospital after an attack by two men with sticks in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.


Torino, 15:41 - CALCIO, JUVE; DEL PIERO: RESTIAMO CONCENTRATI

Sul suo sito Internet, il capitano della Juventus Alessandro Del Piero parla della partita di ieri d...


Cisco, Fujitsu to collabrate on high end routers

Fujitsu and Cisco Systems announced that they have reached a fundamental agreement to enter into a strategic alliance focusing on routers and switches that will enable service providers and enterprises to build advanced Internet Protocol (IP) networks.


A project is announced to obtain the genetic "barcodes" of all animals and plants on the planet.


Life & style: Old beans, lost figs and a forgotten packet of porcini ... Nigel Slater forages in the dark corners of his larder to create an unexpected feast


Russia Defense Minister in China Cooperation Talks

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov met Chinese military leaders in Beijing Monday to discuss cooperation between China, a fast-rising military power, and its main foreign arms and weapons-technology supplier.


Climate change will force some UK species of wildlife to find new habitats, the Wildlife Trusts warn.


Sudan child soldiers struggle to give up guns, UN says

Former child soldiers in southern Sudan are failing to settle back into their communities and instead are picking up guns to fight again, a U.N. official said on Thursday.


King Federer pulls through as seeds fall

Sublime artist Roger Federer turned slugger on Saturday, soaking up all his opponent's big shots to salvage his Australian Open dream and reach the fourth round by the narrowest of margins.


Internet law professor Michael Geist makes the case for consumers' right to unlock phones without legal risk.


Iraq. Forse un blitz per liberare la donna polacca

Forse un blitz delle forze speciali della coalizione ha liberato Teresa Borcz Halifa, la donna polacca rapita il 28 ottobre in Iraq. E' stato il premier polacco Belka ad annunciare in una conferenza stampa la liberazione della donna.


King Norodom Sihamoni addressed his nation Saturday for the first time as Cambodia's new monarch, pledging to be a "faithful servant" of the people -- many of whom knew little about him until two weeks ago.


Tropical Storm Florence will send   dangerous swells over the eastern U.S. coastline as the   unusually broad cyclone churns northwest in the Atlantic toward   Bermuda, forecasters warned on Thursday.


David Cameron is to make his first major foreign policy speech in which he will criticise "anti-Americanism".


`Sgt. Pepper': It was 40 years ago today

The Kaiser Chiefs, Razorlight, the Fray and other popular rock groups have joined to record songs from "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in honor of Friday's 40th anniversary of the Beatles' epochal album.


Analyst: Music CDs will give way to digital downloads by 2012

HD DVD isn't the only optical disc format that's heading into decline right now. Audio-formatted CDs will find themselves one-upped by digital music by 2012, according to a Forrester report issued today.


Kazaa Offers Unlimited Free Internet Phone Calls

Sharman Networks Ltd., distributor of the Kazaa file-sharing software, on Monday launched its latest version which enables users to make free online calls anywhere in the world.


Restaurant chain reports an impressive 2004. But is the stock too rich?


If Congress is Serious About Reform, Here's What It Looks Like

By Dick Morris Is A Former Political Consultant. His Column Runs Thursdays In The, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Dec.


Iran's chief nuclear negotiator has expressed optimism after two days of talks with the European Union, saying he was hopeful of a positive result if discussions continued in the same vein.


RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has ordered a security overhaul after the bloody end to the school hostage crisis but experts are sceptical that authorities can prevent more deadly terror acts by Chechen separatists.


Pyongyang appears to have been well-rewarded for cooperation on nukes, but its follow-through on denuclearization will shape the outcome


BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Four weeks after killer  waves destroyed communities around the Indian Ocean, a lone  tsunami survivor was rescued from a remote island, a rare  moment of hope among countless tales of grief and loss.


New York Times names two new board nominees

The New York Times Co said on Tuesday  it nominated two new candidates for its board ahead of an  attempt by a dissident investor group to add four directors to  its slate.


Good Deals for Banks, Both Coming and Going

With so few mergers and acquisitions these days and with fees for them shrinking, bankers have found a new way to milk more cash out of deals: working with both buyer and seller.


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SYDNEY, Australia Oct. 9, 2004 - Australians voted Saturday on whether to hold onto their three-term conservative government and keep their troops in Iraq, or choose the opposition Labor Party and endorse


Eventective Bolsters Service With Advanced Search & Save Functions

Eventective, the web's most comprehensive  meeting and event space search engine, has announced expanded  capabilities for planners, including advanced search tools and the  ability to export venue lists.


Sudan welcomes U.N. support for AU Darfur force

Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir welcomes U.N. support for an African Union force monitoring a widely ignored truce in Sudan's violent Darfur region, state media reported on Thursday.


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A federal grand jury indicted the only remaining candidate in a rural county attorney's race on charges of soliciting vote-buying during the May primary election and obstructing justice.


Kerry Hires Ala. Woman Fired for Sticker

Democrat John Kerry has a new campaign worker helping him drum up support in Alabama after hiring a woman who was fired for displaying the presidential candidate's bumper sticker on her car.


Two sailors die in a fire on board a Russian nuclear submarine, Russian news agencies report.


Army Special Forces: Stealthy, Deadly and Now Handy With a Llama

After the Korean War, the Army gave up pack animals for trucks, planes and choppers to transport troops and equipment. But recently -- remember those folks on horseback routing the Taliban in Afghanistan? -- it's become clear that Special Forces might find themselves needing horses, mules and...


(CBS/AP) A former brokerage assistant who helped Martha Stewart make her fateful stock trade and later emerged as a key government witness was spared both prison and probation Friday for accepting a payoff during the government's investigation.


It's a big day for Microsoft as the company launches its XP Reloaded marketing campaign with the releases of Windows Media Player (WMP) 10, Portable Media Centers (PMCs), and the MSN Music preview.


4:41 P.M. -- F&G Commission Selects Finalist for Director

By Roger Phillips, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Dec. 19--Idaho Fish and Game commissioners chose three F&G staffers, one former staffer and a Colorado financial advisor with a wildlife management background as the five finalist to replace retiring director Steve Huffaker.


Wi-Fi Successor Called High-Speed Hype, for Now

At virtually every turn, Intel Corp. executives are heaping praise on an emerging long-range wireless technology known as WiMAX, which can blanket entire cities with high-speed Internet access.


Vivendi's Universal Music has agreed to  buy BMG Music Publishing for 1.63 billion euros ($2.1 billion)  in a long-expected deal that makes the world's biggest seller  of recorded music also the largest in music publishing.


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Hackers steal U.S. DOT, corporate data, security firm says

Hackers apparently used fake job listings to trick employees at the U.S. Department of Transportation and several U.S. firms into downloading malware that collected and stole sensitive information, according to British Internet security provider Prevx Ltd.


Former child star Macaulay Culkin has been arrested in the US on drug-possession charges. The now 24 year-old actor was held on charges of possessing marijuana


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1-Day Figures Due for 'Passion' DVD Sales

LOS ANGELES - Total one-day sales figures were expected Wednesday for the DVD of Mel Gibson's biblical epic "The Passion of the Christ," which has already sold about 2.4 million copies.   "We think a lot of the consumers will be going in after work to pick it up," said Steve Feldstein, spokesman for Fox Home Entertainment, which is distributing the DVD...


Arsenalâs England defender Sol Campbell is relishing the prospect of facing Rosenborg tonight in the Champions League after playing his first match of an injury-delayed season at Manchester City last Saturday.


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The Hitachi Virtual Tape Library  with a "Wow" Factor

Learn how a Virtual Tape Library Solution can provide increased speed, reliability, and automation of disk over tape for significant savings in time usually needed for backups and restores and significantly improve the quality of backup procedures.


Briton finds ethical jewellery good as gold

"Customers don't realize that one wedding ring weighs 10 grammes and causes three tonnes of toxic waste," says Greg Valerio, whose company aims to follow fair trade coffee with ethical gold jewellery.


Citrix Systems, Inc. a global leader in access infrastructure solutions has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Net6 Inc.


Gus Logie's final act as coach of the West Indies may have also been his greatest. The ICC Champions Trophy over, he will make way for a new coach.


China unveils likely successors to top posts

China's ruling Communist Party unveiled on Monday a new leadership line-up, including two men likely to eventually succeed President Hu Jintao and government head Premier Wen Jiabao.


New Orleans grieves those lost to Hurricane Katrina two years ago

New Orleans will mark the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Wednesday with candle light vigils, prayer services and a new memorial to the 1,500 or so people who died in her floodwaters and fury.


Marcia Tolin spent the better part of a day last week trying to find FluMist, the nasal spray that's now the only option for healthy people ages 5 to 49 who want vaccine protection against the flu this fall.


TOKYO: A US soldier who deserted to North Korea four decades ago was yesterday given 30 days confinement and a dishonourable discharge, after confessing he had been scared and wanted to leave the army.


Labor unrest looming for airlines in the US

Already hit by multiple bankruptcies, consumer displeasure and out-of-control fuel prices, the US airline industry next year faces the prospect of its worst labor unrest in more than a decade.


Wall St. gains fresh vigor on Fed's pick-me-up

US stock markets got a lift from the Federal Reserve's latest interest rate cut as the week's economic news confirmed the US economy is no longer accelerating and has struck a few worrisome potholes.


News.com Extra: EU considers 'anti-terrorist' Web censorship

Plus: Golden nano-artwork unveiled. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Nicola Nuzzolese: non ho abusato di una 15enne


Officials from the EU's 25 member states are considering a Spanish proposal to lift sanctions on Cuba.


U.S. stocks to watch: GOOGLE INC.  GOOG.O Google shares jumped 18 percent in their long-awaited  stock market debut on Thursday after a scaled-down $1.67  billion IPO marked by missteps and lackluster market  conditions. The stock closed at $100.34.


The Anaheim Angels and Los Angeles Dodgers showed the baseball world how the Wests were won Saturday afternoon. After chasing Oakland and Texas for most of the season, the Angels scored three times in the


U.S. FTC warns of bogus e-mail containing spyware

A bogus e-mail message supposedly sent by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission contains spyware and targets corporate and banking executives as well as consumers, the FTC said Monday.


British police investigating 'strikingly similar' prostitute murders

British police investigating the "strikingly similar" murders of two prostitutes in east England, said that they had discovered the body of a third woman in the area.


Spa: Renaultâs luck runs out in the race

The teamâs two cars led into the first corner, but failed to score points. Fate decided otherwiseâ¦


A Young Ballerina Learns to Use Her Height to Artistic Advantage

Teresa Reichlen is a rarity at New York City Ballet, though for more than her angelic face, long legs and soaring jump, which manages to spring up and float in the air like silk.


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Heavy fighting erupts in Somali capital, 13 dead

At least 13 people were killed and 75 wounded in heavy fighting in the Somali capital on Thursday in the latest confrontation between Ethiopian troops and Islamist-led insurgents, witnesses said.


Two decades ago, a young accountant pioneered the now-$17 billion-a-year private student loan industry through a tiny nonprofit company with a noble goal: helping students pay for college.


Accra, 20:09 - CALCIO, COPPA D'AFRICA: SORTEGGIATI I GIRONI

Sono stati sorteggiati ad Accra, i gironi della fase finale di Coppa d'Africa che si svolgera in Gha...


Chirac flies to Asia with eyes on China's booming economy

President Jacques Chirac embarks on an eight-day Asian tour aimed at winning France a bigger slice of China's super-hot economic pie by playing on political and cultural relations that have grown noticeably closer.


From DJs to Dvorak, "classical crossover" surges

British disc jockey Paul Oakenfold, known for high-energy sets in sweaty nightclubs, will follow a different beat this summer in his first-ever performance with a full orchestra in Boston's 107-year-old Symphony Hall.


Detectives name a man they want to interview after a 15-year-old girl was abducted and raped.


Directors Guild, studios reach contract deal

The Hollywood directors' union reached a contract deal with major film and TV studios on Thursday in a move likely to renew momentum for settling a 10-week-old writers strike that has crippled the industry and clouded the year-end Oscar season.


Beastie Boy Yauch enters film distribution biz

Adam Yauch, of hip-hop  group Beastie Boys, is launching Oscilloscope Pictures, an  independent film distribution and international sales company.


Russian cabinet offers key Kyoto endorsement

MOSCOW - The Russian cabinet today approved the Kyoto Protocol in a crucial step that could bring the long-delayed climate change treaty into effect within months.


US rock singer Melissa Etheridge revealed that she is suffering from breast cancer and has scrapped a North American concert tour to undergo surgery.


Europe enjoy a fabulous Friday to lead the USA 6Â½-1Â½ in the Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills.


Chad Marshall, Ned Grabavoy and Alejandro Moreno scored and the Columbus Crew played one man down for more than 60 minutes to earn a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night.


After New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey told the world last week that he is gay, had an extramarital affair with another man and announced his resignation, many gay groups came to his defense, calling his proclamation that he is a gay American, ...


The EU's carbon trading scheme - deemed a key to tackling climate change - is set to fail yet again, says the WWF.


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MySpace to Discuss Latest Effort to Customize Ads for Members

The Webâs largest social network says it can tailor ads to the personal information that its 110 million active users leave on their profile pages.


All the Chips Are Down -- Place Your Bets!

One analyst note destroys billions of theoretical dollars. You know what to do.


Science & environment: More than 1,000 people, selected as a cross-section of the British public, gathered in nine cities yesterday to debate the merits of nuclear power.


Gigi Levangie Grazer is a Hollywood insider who writes clever, sharply observed novels about the promised land of big money and bigger egos.


Britney ditches her panties, raises eyebrows

Her necklines have plunged, she's plying the all-night party circuit with new best pal Paris Hilton, and she has even ditched her panties.


Time Inc. uses Quigo for online text ads

Time magazine publisher Time Inc. said  on Monday that it is using technology developed by online  advertising company Quigo to provide text-based advertising on  its magazines' Web sites.


Dozens of Rwandan soldiers flew into Sudan's troubled Darfur region Sunday, the first foreign armed force deployed in the area since Arab militiamen began a rampage against black African farmers, killing thousands.


BitTorrent Site Promises to Bring Back OiNK

The Pirate Bay said Friday that it was working on bringing back OiNK, a BitTorrent tracker that featured music files from "hundreds of thousands" of music albums.


Ukraine's parliament passes no-confidence motion in govt

Ukraine's parliament on Wednesday passed a no-confidence motion in the government on its second try. The motion, put forward by the opposition, was supported by 229lawmakers in


Prince Charles to visit Italy for Slow Food fair

Prince Charles will travel to Italy October 22 to 24 on his first official visit in two years, focused on food, farming and the Slow Food Movement's famed Salone del Gusto, or Hall of Taste, his office said.


Homebuilders strode upstairs Tuesday after Toll Brothers (TOL:NYSE - news - research) reported record fourth-quarter sales, citing strong demand from affluent buyers.


Russia says has grounds to disqualify ex-premier

Russia's Central Election Commission said on Thursday it had grounds to disqualify former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov from running as an independent in a March presidential election, news agencies reported.


Update 2: Avon 3Q Profit Up on Brisk Sales

Avon Products Inc.'s third-quarter earnings rose 33 percent, propelled by brisker-than-anticipated sales in Europe and Latin American.


A tearful Martha Stewart announced today that she wants to begin serving her five-month prison sentence immediately so she can get back to "life and living" as soon as possible.


Government 'must take bold decisions' over pensioners

BRITAIN cannot wait any longer for the government to take radical action to resolve the countryâs growing pensions crisis, ministers were warned last night.


Oil hits records on Mideast, Nigeria supply worries

Oil surged to record highs near $76  on Thursday as worries over lower U.S. crude stocks were  underlined by increased tension in the oil-rich Middle East and  suspected explosions at a pipeline in OPEC exporter Nigeria.


Net Neutrality Advocates are 'Antiproperty,' Critic Says

The debate heats with some tech companies pushing Congress and the FCC to restrict spectrum use in latest auction.


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Newton North narrowly escaped with a 20-13 win over Dedham in the season opener for both teams at Boston College's Alumni Stadium.


European shares edged higher Tuesday, with easing oil prices underpinning market sentiment, but investors were cautious ahead of a neck-and-neck race in the US presidential elections.


Tropical Storm Barry and its remnants gave a much-needed soaking to thousands of acres of burning swamp and timberland in northern Florida and southeastern Georgia.


Skyfire unveiled a free mobile browser that does everything a full-fledged browser can.


Music fans from across Italy started pouring in Thursday ahead of the MTV Europe Music Awards in Rome, which features Eminem and R&B icons Alicia Keys and Usher among others.


Polish Cops Bust 100-Member Computer Piracy Gang

Polish police have broken up a gang of more than 100 hackers who sold pirated music and films, using academic computer systems around the world to store their wares, a police spokeswoman said on Tuesday.


No compulsory redundancies, plant closures as part of Opel restructuring

The drastic cost-saving and restructuring programme being implemented at loss-making German car maker Opel will not entail any compulsory redundancies or plant closures, executives of US parent company General Motors and unions agreed.


Bomb Kills 7 Iraqis, Year After Saddam's Capture

A suicide car bomber killed at least  seven Iraqis outside Baghdad's government compound on Monday,  the first anniversary of Saddam Hussein's capture.


Madrid, 11:01 - CALCIO, MILAN: SARAGOZZA E VILLARREAL SU OLIVEIRA

Real Saragozza e Villarreal sono i due club spagnoli interessati a Ricardo Oliveira, l'attaccante br...


The Agriculture Department sent $1.1 billion in farm payments to more than 170,000 dead people over a seven-year period, congressional investigators say.


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Wyeth recalls cough, cold, brands with faulty cups

Wyeth said on Monday it was recalling  several of its Robitussin cough, cold and congestion products  and its Children's Dimetapp Cold & Chest Congestion medicine  because their dosage cups lack a measurement mark for young  children.


The Venezuelan state buys the country's leading private power firm as its public ownership drive continues.


New antispam technology standards are on the way that promise to hit spammers where it hurts the most--their wallets. At issue is the ability to authenticate the original source of e-mail messages, a major


Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday wrapped up a visit to Japan in which he signed a landmark security pact.


Fiorina's Confrontational Tenure at Hewlett Comes to a Close

The resignation of Carleton Fiorina was an ignominious end to an effort to shake up a slow-moving corporate culture.


Company founder says eBay-like site WabiSabiLabi will improve security by ensuring researchers get a fair price for their work.


Lactose Tolerance Points to Recent Evolution

The ability to digest milk in adulthood appeared as recently as 3,000 years ago, geneticists have found.


There is more to SRI than what someone else tells you it is.


With the NBA draft looming and uncertainty surrounding the franchise's ownership, the Portland Trail Blazers decided not to extend general manager John Nash's contract.


Palestinian PM appeals for end to Western sanctions

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh appealed on Monday to the United States and other Middle East mediators to restore economic aid to the Palestinian Authority in response to a Hamas-Fatah unity deal.


Former Resident Honored; Aims Awards Online Grads

By Roxye Arellano, Greeley Tribune, Colo.  Jun. 3--Here's a nice note that came in the other day.   Former Greeley resident Betty Bechtel, daughter of Joe and Ernestine Cox, was recognized at the Luncheon Honoring Women in Grand Junction in April.


Baghdad - Two British Muslim leaders made an emotional appeal in Baghdad on Sunday for the release of British hostage Kenneth Bigley saying he was a "victim like civilians in Fallujah.


Blog: Yahoo hires first ever chief compliance and ethics officer


Bush Plans to Cut Forces in Europe, Asia

President Bush has decided to bring home tens of thousands of U.S. troops from posts around the world — most of them in Europe and Asia — plus 100,000 of their family members and support personnel, U.S. officials said Saturday.


A delay in the release of its newest Treo device prompted the first drop in sales at Palm Inc. in more than three years.


Spacecraft Sees Infant Galaxies in Aging Universe

Billions of years after a galactic "baby boom," a NASA (news - web sites) spacecraft has detected dozens of newborn galaxies in Earth's part of the universe.


U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, helped  by a run of positive company earnings as well as Tuesday's  rally, which ended a four-day run of losses.


Roma, 13:51 - CALCIO, UNDER 21: L'ITALIA TROVA LA SPAGNA

E' stato effettuato il sorteggio per la fase finale dell'Europeo Under 21 di calcio. Gli azzurri di ...


Iran says it will take part in security talks in Baghdad which include the US, if it is "in Iraq's best interests".


Attorney General Spitzer not to cede role in inquiries

Attorney General Eliot Spitzer of New York denied that he would cede to the federal government any of his existing or previous investigations into business practices.


Jamaica's soccer team left the island Monday for Columbus, Ohio, where it will play the United States in a crucial World Cup qualifying match.


The Detroit Lions wide receiver is out for the season after breaking his collarbone in yesterday's 20-to-16 win at Chicago. Rogers was injured while going for a pass in the first quarter.


Camilla to be absent from Diana memorial

Prince Charles' wife announced Sunday that she will not attend Princess Diana's memorial service this week after criticism that her presence would be inappropriate.


In time-honored Washington tradition, President Bush picks Bob Dole and Donna Shalala to head up an investigation into problems at the Army medical facility


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


Bills pile up when uninsured eligible for Medicare

Americans who previously had no health insurance rack up some expensive medical bills once they are old enough to be covered by Medicare, researchers said on Wednesday.


DaimlerChrysler will spend up to 7.5 billion euros ($10.20 billion) to buy back nearly 10 percent of its shares, the carmaker said after reporting quarterly profit in line with market expectations.


James sparks Cavs to double OT win over Bobcats

LeBron James paced the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 113-106 double overtime win over the Charlotte Bobcats on Friday, the forward pulling down a career-best 19 rebounds while leading all scorers with 31 points.


Iran received its first nuclear fuel from Russia on Monday, paving the way for the startup of its reactor in 2008.


Roddick Rocks Voltchkov as US Leads Belarus 2-0

Andy Roddick and Mardy "Silver" Fish put the US up 2-0 Friday in their Davis Cup semifinal match-up against Belarus. Roddick overwhelmed Vladimir "The Vladiator" Voltchkov 6-1, 6-4, 6-4, followed by Fish defeating


By Darren Currin  The classic Disney song It's a Small World After All takes on an entirely new meaning after using the popular Google Earth program on the Internet.


The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission has launched a formal investigation into whether flu  vaccine maker Chiron Corp. CHIR.O violated securities laws,  the company said on Friday.


Roma, 15:17 - MOTO, ROSSI: NON SIAMO IN GRANDE FORMA PER GP SAN MARINO

Valentino Rossi non è ottimista per il prossimo Gp di San Marino che si correrà sul ri...


Serena wants friend for lone French Open trophy

Serena Williams said on Friday her main motivation at the French Open starting on Sunday would be to find company for the trophy she won there in 2002.


How to get yourself on YouTube, for business or pleasure

There are plenty of uses for corporate videos on YouTube, and it's easier than you might think to plan, shoot, edit and upload them.


Turk agriculture tightens belt, ending way of life

Cetin Akyar's calloused hands  pass over a string of black prayer beads as traders at the  Polatli Commodity Exchange determine the price for his harvest  of nine and a half tonnes of wheat.


Hu Replaces Jiang to Cap China Leadership Transition

Former president Jiang Zemin gave up  the top job in China's military Sunday, handing over his last  post to Communist Party chief Hu Jintao to complete a historic  leadership transition to a younger generation.


Twenty-year-old Miss Peru has been crowned Miss World in a southern Chinese resort town, as China looks to become the regular host of an event that would have once been deemed heretical by its Communist leaders.


Presidente Edf, potremmo entrare nel mercato italiano


Thrust Into Leading Role, Crawford Is Showing Strain

The burdens and responsibilities have multiplied for Jamal Crawford since Stephon Marbury checked out of the lineup three weeks ago, and he seems to be dragging under the weight.


When Vice President Al Gore was facing down George W. Bush in Campaign 2000, he did his best to try to stand on his own - distancing himself from his boss, then-President Clinton.


Underwater archaeologists have found another cannon from the wreckage of what they believe was the flagship of the notorious pirate Blackbeard.


EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ Jerry Stackhouse scored a season-high 28 points to lead the Dallas Mavericks to a 94-to-78 victory over the New Jersey Nets.


On Baseball: Showing Versatility and Thinking Sweep

The Rockies might have been wiser to have gone home during their pre-World Series break and stayed home for the winter.


FBI aims for world's largest biometrics database

The FBI is embarking on a $1 billion project to build the world's largest computer database of biometrics to give the U.S. government more ways to identify people at home and abroad, the Washington Post reported on Friday.


HIGH ISLAND, Texas - Making an encore appearance in the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm, Ivan swirled toward the Texas coast Thursday with a potential for up to 10 inches of rain over the weekend.    Florida residents also had that oh-no-not-again feeling as 105-mph Hurricane Jeanne appeared to be zeroing in this weekend for what would be the state's fourth thrashing this season...


(Source: Messagelabs)  This white paper discusses the key issues to consider when evaluating email archiving, and how managed solutions reduce cost of ownership, eliminate upfront capital expenses and improve scalability.


The Republican candidate for the US Senate in Colorado suggested yesterday that Congress would not have voted to authorize a war in Iraq if the members had known "what we know today.


Slowly but Cheaply, a New Way to the Moon

Time was you could get to the moon in a few days, and you can still do it if you have a really big rocket. But SMART-1, a washing machine-size spacecraft carrying an experimental engine, has taken the long way around.


Fighting between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil Tiger rebels has left 28 soldiers dead and 100 wounded, the army says.


Shell to become one company, scrap dual boards

Royal Dutch/Shell announced radical plans to merge its separate holding companies in an overhaul of its corporate governance structures after a review triggered by its oil reserves scandal.


Kraft aims to increase sales, reinvest, cut costs

Kraft Foods Inc.  said on Tuesday it plans to invest $300 million to $400 million on marketing, research and development and other plans this year as it works to boost lagging sales and profits.


Lo ha rivelato il ministro per lo Sviluppo economico


(InfoWorld) - Enterprises willÂ increasingly face skilled IT criminalsÂ trying to infiltrate corporate networks for sensitive data stored in databases, but adopting new policies to evaluate risk should help drive the cost of defense down, computer security analysts said Monday. The attacks could come in a variety of forms -- extortion attempts after data is encrypted and held hostage and the theft of intellectual property -- but all could have "potentially disastrous" effects for unprepared businesses, said Vic Wheatman, managing vice president at research analyst firm Gartner Inc. "Most businesses aren't attacked but some are," Wheatman said at Gartner's IT Security Summit. "We believe that cybercrime represents the next wave." Businesses will need new IT strategies to defend themselves. Enterprises now should spend 4 percent to 6 percent of their IT budgets on information security. This figure is equivalent to what organizations allot for casualty insurance, he said. From its latest data, Gartner expects information security budgets to increase 4.5 percent over the next year. But many corporations are creating security policies based on government regulations rather than threats. The result is policies that meet the auditors' requirements but aren't necessarily best for the overall security, said Jay Heiser, Gartner research vice president. "We refer to that as 'regulatory distraction,'" Heiser said. Rather than trying to anticipate a new regulation, it's better for companies to treat regulation as one more factor in an overall risk portfolio, Heiser said. It could take at least five years for an enterprise to form this approach, he said. Corporations can also rethink how they acquire new security software. Rather than buying the "best of breed" security product, companies can buy the "best of need," one that may not be the top of the market but meets the company's requirements, Wheatman said. Security products are also increasingly meshing what were separate functions. Wheatman said companies have shown success in negotiations with security vendors in getting, for example, antispyware included with antispam and antivirus software instead of paying extra. "We do think that over time, organizations can decrease their security budgets as a percentage of the IT budget," Wheatman said. Gartner released figures last week showingÂ strong growthÂ in the computer security software sales. Revenue totaled $7.4 billion in 2005, a 14.8 percent increase over 2004. Antivirus software represented 54.3 percent of the revenue, at $4 billion. Â


Afghan President Hamid Karzai has won more than half of the vote and is likely to be officially declared the winner of Afghanistan's election this week.


"Era un gioco" dice il suo inventore Rich Skrenta


CORRECTED: Actor Snipes owed taxes on $38 million, U.S. says

Corrects first and fifth paragraphs to show court documents  allege Snipes did not file income tax returns, rather than that  no taxes were paid.


Hamas says it has foiled Fatah plot to kill leader

A senior Hamas official in the Gaza Strip on Saturday accused rival Fatah of plotting to assassinate Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh as he prayed and said the would-be suicide bomber had been arrested and had confessed.


Jennifer Capriati will miss the Australian Open due to a shoulder injury, withdrawing from the grand slam event she won in 2001 and '02.


Parma, 16:45 - CALCIO, PARMA; KUTUZOV: NIENTE NAZIONALE, PENSO AL CLUB

Il parmense Vitali Kutuzov ha deciso di ritirarsi dalla nazionale bielorussa dopo la non convocazion...


Roma, 23:22 - CALCIO, ROMA; SPALLETTI: VITTORIA MERITATA

Luciano Spalletti parla di vittoria della "maturità" commentando il 2-1 della Roma al Real Ma...


Rampant Europe surge to emphatic victory

Europe retained the Ryder Cup in   emphatic style on Sunday, beating the United States by a   record-equaling 18-1/2 points to 9-1/2 at the K Club to claim   the trophy for a third successive time.


ISRAEL'S plan to withdraw from Gaza was designed to put the peace process on hold and block the creation of a Palestinian state, a top aide to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview yesterday.


Europe loses patience with Iran over arms

France's foreign minister, Michel Barnier, insisted yesterday that Iran must assure the world that it does not plan to acquire atomic weapons as European nations lost patience with Teheran over its nuclear programme.


AT&T Unveils Ogo, Text-Only Wireless Device

Just after unveiling a wireless network upgrade, AT&T Wireless has introduced a wireless messaging device called Ogo, which will provide instant messaging and e-mail from AOL, MSN and Yahoo in addition to direct text messaging.


London shares close higher as financials, oils rally offsets mixed NY

The FTSE 100 ended the session in the black as merger and acquisition speculation continued to spur the financials sector forward, offsetting a mixed performance on Wall Street, dealers said.


Giants left fielder Barry Bonds' 700th home run ball drew a top bid of $804,129 Wednesday after a 10-day online auction. There were 240 offers by the time Overstock.


Mickelson bids to regain winning habit at Pebble

PEBBLE BEACH, California  - Three-times champion Phil Mickelson is eager to convert a strong start on the 2008 PGA Tour into victory at this week's Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.


Four Heavyweight Champs Is the Same as None

OVER the last four decades, even the casual sports fan could usually name the accepted world heavyweight champion, beginning with boxing's golden era of Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and George


Alemanno: contestazioni offensive, Amato garantisca l'ordine


Baghdad Suicide Car Bomb Kills at Least Four

A suicide car bomb exploded on Tuesday  at a police post near an entrance to the fortified Green Zone  complex in Baghdad, killing at least four people, a policeman  at the scene said.


Andre Agassi had little trouble reaching the Stockholm Open quarterfinals, beating Jonas Bjorkman 6-3, 6-4 Thursday.


Firing Bzdelik May Have Been Only Option

Denver Nuggets general manager Kiki Vandeweghe fired coach Jeff Bzdelik in the midst a lackluster season that started with so much promise.


Health experts rush to tackle Congo Ebola outbreak

Health workers launched an emergency operation on Wednesday to fight an outbreak of deadly Ebola hemorrhagic fever in southern Congo, airlifting supplies, setting up isolation tents and disinfecting contaminated areas.


President Bush will paint John Kerry as a liberal outside the American mainstream at tonight's final debate on domestic issues, confident that the focus on topics traditionally


If you're not careful, you'll find a big trick in November's credit card bill.


Nel 2007 il debito italiano si attestera' al 106% del Pil


Prosecutors bid to prolong 'secrecy' on Maddie inquiry

Prosecutors said Friday they had applied for special judicial permission to continue the investigation into Madeleine McCann's disappearance without rendering their results public.


Internet addresses ending in ".asia" will be open to governments and trademark owners starting in October, with general registrations to begin next February.


Carl Pavano decided Saturday he wanted to pitch for the Yankees, and his agent and New York closed in on a four-year contract worth about $39 million.


Aerospace giants hope to build next craft

Boeing NASA Systems of Houston will team with another aerospace giant to bid on building the successor to the space shuttle, a spacecraft that would take explorers to the moon and Mars, officials from the two companies announced Tuesday.


BOSTON - The World Series logo was back on the field at Fenway Park, just like last year. That's right, the 100th World Series opens tonight in the city where the Fall Classic began in 1903 with Cy Young


Â· Chile to deport former Peru president to stand trial Â· Human rights group celebrates unique victory


Congress urged to close oil royalty loophole

House Democratic lawmakers on Thursday urged the Republican-controlled Congress to punish oil companies that won't renegotiate faulty drilling leases issued by the government almost a decade ago that have allowed companies to avoid paying billions in oil and gas royalties.


EU defence chiefs agree to launch a 3,000-strong paramilitary force to use in international hotspots.


Polar year starts with worries of rising seas

More than 60 nations started the biggest scientific investigation of the Arctic and Antarctic on Thursday amid new evidence that global warming is thawing polar ice and raising sea levels.


Foundation Coal cools; OccuLogix, Symmetry gain

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Foundation Coal failed to fire up Wall Street Thursday, as investors sold off shares in the energy company after early interest boosted the initial public offering's price.


Iraqi Government Urges Displaced to Return Home

BAGHDAD -- Every few days, an Iraqi army officer with a thick mustache and a black beret goes on television to deliver a battery of statistics intended to demonstrate the government's progress in bringing security to the country.


Plods not happy with law, ICO, or surveillance quality The police and Home Office are to press for regulatory powers that will insist that every one of the 4.2 million CCTV cameras in Britain is upgraded so it can be deputised to gather police evidence and provide a vehicle for emerging technologies that will automatically identify people and detect if they are doing anything suspicious.â¦


European shares opened steady on Thursday, with French advertising group Havas falling after news of a capital increase along with its first-half results but Richemont rallied after reporting strong luxury goods sales.


Police arrest man over triple murder of family

A 32-year-old man was arrested Saturday after a woman and her two children were found dead at their family home in Manchester, police said.


Toby Unwin was an unlikely choice as Austria's newest honorary consul. He has never been to Austria, has no Austrian heritage, and doesn't speak German, the country's official language.Comment


North Korea Delegate Warns of 'Snowballing' War Danger

North Korea's chief delegate to the United Nations General Assembly said on Monday the danger of war on the Korean peninsula is "snowballing


US old-timers engineer own version of miracle

High up among the many empty seats at the Xcel Energy Center last night sat a small knot of Russian fans holding a large banner that read Miracle is over.


Space shuttle Atlantis headed for Earth on Wednesday as its crew awaited the results of a final heat shield inspection.


FDA to Issue New Antidepressant Warnings

WASHINGTON - A new Food and Drug Administration analysis backs earlier suggestions of a link between at least some antidepressants used by children and suicidal tendencies, prompting the agency to prepare new warnings.    Exactly what those warnings will say, and which drugs will be affected, hasn't been settled, according to FDA documents released Friday...


Baghdad Suicide Car Bomb Kills at Least 6 -- Police

A suicide truck bomb attack on an Iraqi security checkpoint near an entrance to the fortified Green Zone complex on Tuesday killed at least six people and wounded at least 40, police said.


WASHINGTON - Democrats are blaming President Bush for the record 2004 federal deficit of $413 billion, but Republicans say the figure shows that the economic and budget pictures are brightening.    The Treasury Department announced the figure Thursday, two weeks after the government's 2004 budget year ended and just 19 days from an Election Day in which Bush's economic and fiscal performance are pivotal issues...


Israeli troops pull back in Gaza as Hamas vows revenge

Israeli forces pulled back on Thursday after a raid into the northern Gaza Strip a day earlier in which troops killed 11 people in clashes with local gunmen and prompted calls for revenge from Hamas militants.


New Toshiba notebooks highlight long-running trend

Toshiba Corp.'s new desktop-replacement multimedia notebooks, introduced on Tuesday, are further evidence that US consumers still have yet to embrace the mobility offered by Intel Corp.


Karstens Makes First Start Since Breaking Leg

Yankees right-hander Jeff Karstens threw 3 1-3 scoreless innings Saturday in his first minor league rehab start since breaking his right leg two months ago.


Mickey Hargitay, the actor and world champion bodybuilder who was married to 1950s sex siren Jayne Mansfield and whose daughter is Emmy-winning winning actress Mariska Hargitay, has died. He was 80.


30 Immigrants On Bikes Deliver A Labor Revolt

NEW YORK -- The deliverymen of Saigon Grill labored for years at the bottom of Manhattan's food chain. Biking swiftly down the avenues in biting cold and searing heat, they schlepped up high-rises and walk-ups with bags of steaming noodles and shrimp fried rice.


An 84-year-old man whose family forged statues and paintings that were sold to museums including the Art Institute of Chicago received a two-year suspended sentence in London on Monday, The Associated Press reported. The man, George Greenhalgh, right; his wife, Olive, 83; and their son, Shaun, 46, pleaded guilty in 2002 to laundering money from the sale of forged artworks. In November a sentence of more than four years was imposed on Shaun, described by the authorities as the creator of fakes that supposedly ranged across the millennia, from gold and silver Roman and Anglo-Saxon works to sculptures attributed to Paul Gauguin and Henry Moore. Mrs. Greenhalgh received a one-year sentence. The police said the parents handled most of the sales. Detective Sgt. Vernon Rapley, chief of Scotland Yardâs art and antiques unit, said there was little doubt that some of the familyâs forgeries were still circulating in the art world.


Coinvolto giudice cassazione Perquisita la sua casa a Roma

Roma, 10 novembre 2004 - C'Ã¨ anche un alto magistrato della Cassazione coinvolto nell'inchiesta avviata dalla Direzione distrettuale antimafia di Catanzaro sulla presunta 'cupola', formata da politici,magistrati, giornalisti e uomini delle forze dell


Nato is to expand its mission in Afghanistan to cover the whole of the insurgency-hit country.


In NY, Pakistan and India leaders vow to seek peace

UNITED NATIONS, New York The new Indian prime minister met with his Pakistani counterpart Friday for the first time and the two men promised to work together to gradually ease tensions between their nations and explore a peaceful settlement for the


Another Chance for Baseball to Settle Its Score With Drugs

This article was reported by Lee Jenkins, Juliet Macur and Bill Pennington and written by Mr. Jenkins. During a year that baseball would like to forget, the scene was set for its free fall.


Chairman Sumner Redstone was displeased that Viacom had not severed ties with Tom Cruise.


U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it raided the Koch Foods Inc. chicken plant in Fairfield, Ohio, on Tuesday as part of a criminal operation against illegal immigrants employed at the plant.


Scottsdale - Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanour criminal damage for allegedly jumping on the hood of a car outside a nightclub, police said.


Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. GT.N said  on Friday it will cut 340 jobs in its engineered products and  chemical units as part of its cost-reduction efforts, resulting  in a third-quarter charge.


Alla posa del primo cartello della via Francigena


Ethnic fighting killed at least 12 people in Kenya's Rift Valley and forced thousands from their homes on Friday, undermining hopes of an end to weeks of unrest.


A US judge rejects a move by two university students to halt the DVD release of the spoof movie Borat.


Gunmen wounded President and Nobel peace laureate Jose Ramos-Horta and opened fire on a car carrying the prime minister Monday in apparently coordinated attacks against the leadership of the recently independent nation


Consumers can make $$$ on Amazon, sort of

Amazon's Mechanical Turk lets you earn money for doing small computer tasks like eyeballing highway photos and classifying Web sites, but with average rates ranging from a penny to 10 cents, you have to have a lot of time on your hands to make it worth yo


Scientists say they have found why a diet rich in olive oil may cut the risk of developing breast cancer.


Roma, 15:24 - CALCIO, IL 29 SETTEMBRE UDIENZA MOGGI AL CONSIGLIO DI STATO

Si terrà il 29 settembre l'udienza di Luciano Moggi davanti al Consiglio di Stato. I legali d...


Update 2: China Aviation Oil Chief Faces Police

Police questioned the suspended chief of China Aviation Oil's Singapore unit for a second day Thursday as a probe continued into trading losses of more than half a billion dollars by China's largest jet fuel buyer.


Web giant Yahoo opens up the core code for its e-mail reader to coding community.


Denuncia Coldiretti, situazione prezzi e' molto grave


Ecco le nuove veline di Striscia una pugliese, l'altra dalla ...

MILANO - Eccole le nuove veline di Striscia. Lucia Galeone, 24 anni, studentessa di Grottaglie, bruna, e Pisu Vera Atyushkina, 22 anni, nata a Kyzyl (Russia), bionda, hanno sbaragliato le altre sei finaliste


Quarterback Chad Pennington suited up for the Jetsâ game today against the Baltimore Ravens but his backup, Kellen Clemens, is making his first N.F.L. start.


In a quiet announcement yesterday, Philips Electronics, a Netherlands-based consumer electronics company, stated it has begun manufacturing PCâs once again - after an absence of nearly 10 years.


Update 1: Six Flags Shares Up on Gates, Redskins

Pressure from Microsoft chairman and shareholder Bill Gates over a sagging financial outlook and news that Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has bought nearly 9 percent of Six Flags, Inc.


North Korea asks South to tear down imaginary wall

Scotland has the Loch Ness Monster, the  Himalayas has the Abominable Snowman and Pyongyang's propaganda  machine has the Korean Wall, a bogus barrier that has been a  mainstay of North Korea's media for nearly 20 years.


Indian farmer suicides touch record, activists say

More than 100 cotton growers killed   themselves in India's richest state in August, marking the   highest monthly number of suicides in five years by farmers   whose mounting crop loans drive them to death, activists said.


Nepal's major political parties have agreed to abolish the world's last Hindu monarchy as part of a deal to bring former communist rebels back into the government


Using a New Language in Africa to Save Dying Ones

Linguists see the computer as one important way of saving hundreds of languages in Africa, some spoken only be a few dozen elders.


What's Online: Some Bloggers Blur Some Lines

The decision by a blog-advertising network to deploy its writers to produce marketing copy for Microsoft and Cisco may have set back the efforts of professional bloggers to gain credibility.


The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Thursday named Susan Hockfield as its first female president, a breakthrough for the world-renowned school that has churned out more than 50 Nobel prizewinners but which ranks below the national average for its percentage of female students.


FBI may be forced to reveal all on Lennon

The last few classified pages of John Lennon's controversial FBI file may soon see the light of day after a court rejected the argument that they could compromise relations


U.S. satellite unlikely to pose danger to humans

A disabled U.S. spy satellite is likely to break into small pieces when it falls to Earth within weeks, posing little danger to humans, U.S. government officials and space experts said on Monday.


Van Wert Voice Newspaper Launches Thursday

By Tim Rausch, The Lima News, Ohio  Mar. 11--VAN WERT -- It will be the first newspaper of its kind in northwest Ohio, perhaps in all the state.  The Van Wert Voice, a free weekly newspaper, will be launching in Van Wert County on Thursday.


TESCO, the UKâs biggest supermarket chain, is launching an online music service that it hopes will rival Appleâs market-leading iTunes.


Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger believes Theo Walcott deserves an England recall after scoring twice in the 7-0 thrashing of Slavia Prague.


Games and security programs are on a long list of software that does not work well with the Windows SP2 update.


Russia's Nikolay Davydenko plays Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina in the opening rubber of the Davis Cup final.


An increase in Afghanistan's opium poppy crop and the illicit drugs trade is endangering rebuilding efforts the US says.


Iraqi Shiite leader to prod Bush on Iran

A Shiite powerbroker reviled by Sunni Arabs for his ties to Iran and a militia linked to sectarian violence will ask President Bush to seek Iran's help in their upcoming White House meeting and try to allay U.S. concerns over Iranian influence in Iraq.


BritainÂs big football leagues and daily newspapers are circling each other in a showdown over game photos on Internet sites.


KB Home cuts profit forecast again as orders drop

KB Home KBH.N, one of the largest   U.S. homebuilders, on Wednesday cut its full-year profit   forecast for the second time in three months, saying a more   difficult housing market is causing orders to decline.


A massive operation against suspected leaders of last year's riots is itself criticized as being suspicously opportunisitic. But for whose benefit?


Israeli Troops Kill 5 in West Bank Clashes-Witnesses

Israeli troops killed at least five Palestinian militants in the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday, witnesses said. A military spokeswoman confirmed operations were under way but declined to comment on casualties.


The main postal union is writing to Royal Mail to call for fresh talks to avoid the first national strike since 1996.


Leon, 08:58 - RALLY, MESSICO: LOEB AL COMANDO

Il francese SÃ©bastien Loeb (CitroÃ«n C4) è al comando del rally del Messico al termine della p...


Quincy Carter being released by the Cowboys

NEW YORK (Ticker) -- Neither rain nor an empty Armstrong Stadium could stop Lindsay Davenport from another trip to the semifinals at the US Open.


Starting today, funds' stances on proxies are matter of record

Every year, public companies put a number of questions before their stockholders for a vote. Investors weigh in on whether to reelect company directors, reappoint auditors, and approve or kill plans to give big stock option packages to senior executives.


The Santa Barbara Sheriff's department denies being the source of leaks in the Michael Jackson child abuse case.


Blog: The software maker said Tuesday that it is ready with a near-final "release candidate" version of its software, which will find its way on to servers later this year.


Police say they are treating a fire last night in the seaside town of Ballycastle, County Antrim, as suspicious.


UK inflation stays at 2.1% in November, official figures show, as lower utility bills offset higher petrol prices.


The New York Mets ended nearly two decades of disappointment in their division and days of delay, clinching the NL East for the first time since 1988 with a 4-0 victory over the Florida Marlins on Monday night.


Teenager Josmer Jozy Altidore scored his third goal in four games off a fine feed from fellow rookie Marvell Wynne, giving the New York Red Bulls a 1-0 victory over the Chicago Fire last night in East Rutherford, N.J.


Pope to meet Muslim envoys after speech offends

Pope Benedict will meet Muslim   ambassadors to the Vatican and Italian Islamic leaders on   Monday to try to calm lingering anger over his use of a   medieval text saying their religion was spread by violence.


Fire kills 169, injures hundreds in Buenos Aires night club

A fire in a crowded nightclubin central Buenos Aires killed at least 169 people and injured 360,police and health officials said Friday.


A UN envoy has arrived for a close look at the government's efforts to improve security and rein in Arab militia accused of months of atrocities in Darfur, preparing an assessment that could determine whether Sudan will be slapped


US Planes Hit Iraq's Falluja, Zarqawi Man Seized

U.S. warplanes bombed targets in Iraq's rebel-held city of Falluja overnight, killing two people and wounding three, and the U.S. military said it had captured a wanted militant on Saturday.


Cina e Russia in espansione, arrivano Brasile e India


Clarence Hill dies by lethal injection after losing an appeal challenging the procedure.


SanDisk takes on RealNetworks as a dance partner, hot on the heels of Microsoft's Zune news and the latest iPods.


ABU DIS, West Bank: Palestinians and Israelis rallied under the shadows of the West Bank barrier on Friday, vowing to follow in the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi by pursuing a peaceful resolution to the Middle East conflict.


Some high school football teams may be in for a course in history this fall.


Conglomerate DSM invests in plastics start-up

Carbon-dioxide-to-plastics company Novomer attracts DSM, a Dutch giant that makes everything from food enzymes and pharmaceuticals to plastics and chemicals.


(CBS/AP) The flu vaccine shortage has set off a scramble to find ways to prevent any repetition of this year's calamity, which has restricted shots to those most at risk.


With Owens Starring, Eagles Carve Up Cowboys

Terrell Owens finished with 6 catches for 134 yards and 3 touchdowns, and Donovan McNabb was 15 of 28 passing for 345 yards.


The writing of modern British history will be transformed when the...

The writing of modern British history will be transformed when the Freedom of Information Act takes effect.


Volkswagen's talks with union move forward

LONDON, November 2  - The German automotive giant, Volkswagen AG (VOW.ETR), continued its negotiations with the labour union today on its planned labour cost reductions.


Redskins might be without kicker Hall on Sunday

Washington Redskins kicker John Hall strained his right groin during practice Thursday, his third leg injury of the season. Hall will be held out of practice Friday and is questionable for Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears.


Chinese finance minister says nine per cent economic growth acceptable

BEIJING  - China's finance minister says economic growth of nine per cent this year would be acceptable, state television reported this week in the first acknowledgment by a senior official that growth might exceed the government's target of seven per cent.


Scientists believe they have located the part of the brain where people's dreams are created. A team from the University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland, made the discovery after treating a woman who stopped dreaming after she had a stroke.


Sprint (FON:NYSE - news - research) chief Gary Forsee is billing the Nextel (NXTL:Nasdaq - news - research) deal as strength building on strength.


The scientists behind Dolly the sheep apply for a license to clone human embryos. They want to take stem cells from the embryos to study Lou Gehrig's disease.


A show at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art presents some odd (but fascinating) examples of serial photography.


The White House acknowledged Wednesday that the controversy embroiling World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has been a "bruising episode" for the institution


Orioles Take Issue With the Inclusion of Names in the Mitchell Report

The Baltimore Orioles broke ranks with the other 29 major league clubs and Commissioner Bud Selig by questioning George J. Mitchellâs findings on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.


Texas oil tycoon Wyatt in legal fight of his life

Self-made Texas oil tycoon Oscar Wyatt  has gone from crop-duster to World War II pilot to freelance  hostage negotiator in a career that leaves people loving or  disliking him, with few indifferent.


British troops could reportedly be moved to Baghdad to provide ...

LONDON British troops reportedly could end up filling in for US troops in Baghdad, in the event of a move against insurgents in other Iraqi cities.


Five Pacers and five Pistons are expected to be charged with assault today in the fight at the Palace. By Tony Manolatos / The Detroit News.


Apple shareholder lawsuit amended to add details

Shareholders suing officers and directors of Apple Inc  refiled their claims on Wednesday to address a judge's ruling that some fraud complaints were too old and that the lawsuit contained scant details about wrongdoing by the company's top officials.


Royal Dutch Shell Plc  posted a 2.6 percent rise in underlying quarterly profits on Thursday, beating analysts' forecasts, thanks to higher production and strong oil prices.


Australia dominate Japan in their opening match of the Rugby World Cup in Lyon.


Unlikely Slovakia turning into European Detroit'

Most major corporations avoided Slovakia even after the end of communism, wary of its authoritarian ruler and economic cronyism.


Column: Players, fans to blame -- but it was officials who lost ...

You can blame Ron Artest all you want for what will be remembered as the melee in Motown. You can blame Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace as well.


Officials in southern India investigate reports that a doctor couple let their teenage son perform surgery.


LOS ANGELES - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger dedicated a pioneering hydrogen fuelling station on Friday, calling it the first stop in a "hydrogen highway" that would some day stretch across the state as drivers switch to the cleaner-burning fuel


A judge removes a drug treatment order for Babyshambles singer Pete Doherty.


Bits: Microsoft Ruling: Split Decision, Two More Years of Oversight

It would require a microscope to detect changes in Microsoftâs behavior or in the software market as a result of the consent decree extended Tuesday by a federal court.


Blast in Iraq's Falluja, Reports of U.S. Casualties

FALLUJA, Iraq  - Attackers targeted a U.S. convoy  with a blast near the Iraqi city of Falluja on Monday, the U.S.  military said, and witnesses said several troops were killed or  wounded.


BBC News Online looks at how the crisis surrounding the siege of a school in the Russian town of Beslan, where more than 300 people are being held hostage, is developing.


The problem, however, isn'ta week of leftover turkey, stuffing or pumpkin pie. An overdose of Butch Davis news, and the coach's future with the Cleveland Browns, is enough to make any stomach sour.