Ricky Martin Travels to Thailand to Help

Pop singer Ricky Martin says he knew he had to come to Thailand to help after watching the devastating scenes of the Asian tsunami.


Pennsylvania Battling First Statewide Storm of Winter

To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS  Contact: Kate Philips, Office of the Governor, +1-717-783-1116, or Maria A. Finn, PEMA, +1-717-651-2009, or Steve Chizmar, PennDOT, +1-717-783-8800   HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Edward G.


Charles Kennedy launches a fresh attack on Tony Blair's policy over Iraq, as the Lib Dem conference begins.


Spain's 18-year-old tennis sensation Rafael Nadal is already looking forward to a possible third round tie against Andre Agassi after defeating Davide Sanguinetti in his opening game at the Tennis Masters Madrid.


A suicide bomber drives a vehicle laden with explosives into a police station near Tikrit, killing at least 12.


The 86-year-old mother of the Iraq hostage Kenneth Bigley appeared in public for the first time to beg for his release yesterday as the desperate waiting game entered its second week.


Memory-Tech and Toshiba today announced that they have jointly developed a dual-layer ROM (read-only) disc that can store content in both the HD DVD and DVD formats.


Sharon Revives Ties with Abbas After Gaza Move

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lifted a  ban on contacts with the Palestinians on Wednesday after  Mahmoud Abbas ordered Gaza security forces to halt attacks on  Israelis and officials from both sides met within hours.


Aaron Goldin, this week's Person of the Week, won the grand prize at the Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology.


Iraq, altra giornata d'orrore Tre curdi decapitati in video

ROMA - Ennesima giornata di sangue e orrore in Iraq. Mentre per le italiane rapite ancora non c'Ã¨ nessuna significativa notizia e per i giornalisti francesi si manifesta un "cauto ottimismo" da Parigi, la


Leader Dl, Piero grande personalita' della politica italiana


NFL Wrap: Manning Wins MVP Battle as Colts Overcome Titans

Peyton Manning threw for 254 yards and  two touchdowns to win his showdown with fellow co-MVP Steve  McNair as the Indianapolis Colts beat the Tennessee Titans  31-17 in National Football League play at Nashville on Sunday.


FDA Urges Doctors to Limit Prescriptions for Two Painkillers

The Food and Drug Administration recommended Thursday that doctors limit prescriptions for the popular pain pills Celebrex and Bextra because recent


By JOHN MARTIN, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7594 or martinj@courierpress.com  Susan Calovini, interim dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at Austin Peay State University, has been named dean of the University of Evansville's College of Arts and Sciences.


Kalotina Border Checkpoint Renewed by Christmas ... |read|

Politics: 11 October 2004, Monday. Bulgarian Kalotina border checkpoint will be reconstructed by Christmas.


US lawmakers are nearing a fast-track plan aimed at boosting the economy and avoiding a possible recession.


IAEA meet to scrutinize defiant Iran's nuclear gains

Iran faces heightened criticism over its escalating nuclear activity at a U.N. watchdog meeting this week that will provide a barometer of sentiment for broader sanctions against Tehran.


Sun will offer back-line support for OpenOffice

Sun plans to announce on Monday that it will provide support for the OpenOffice.org productivity software suite, citing a wave of momentum behind the open-source project.The support, which starts at $20 per user per year, will be offered to companies that distribute OpenOffice.org, not directly to end-users, according to Mark Herring, senior director of marketing for StarOffice/OpenOffice.org and Network.com. "For a lot of distributors, they wanted to distribute OpenOffice.org and had no option for back-line support," he said.OpenOffice.org and StarOffice, Sun's accompanying commercial product, are compatible with Microsoft Office and identical in terms of capabilities, which include word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software. But until now, Sun only supported StarOffice.Another difference will remain -- Sun does not plan to provide indemnification against lawsuits for OpenOffice.org, as it does for StarOffice, Herring said.Sun's move comes as OpenOffice.org is being downloaded 1 million times per week with total downloads to date standing at about 110 million, Herring said.Out of that number, Sun estimates that "tens of millions" of people are actively using the software, according to Herring. The most recent version is 2.3. Version 2.4 is expected in March and will contain significant new features, according to the openoffice.org Web site."Microsoft Office is still the dominant tool out there -- only a fool would deny that," he said. "But [OpenOffice.org] has had a huge amount of momentum."Sun believes the average OpenOffice.org user skews younger on average and that download activity in Europe and the U.S. has been greater than in Asian countries, he added.Developers can create extensions to the core OpenOffice.org suite. Sun has made a new one for shaving down the size of presentation files, Herring said. The wizard-like tool goes through a file and asks users whether they want to keep or compress the various elements, he said.Sun plans to provide support for any extensions it creates, according to Herring. As for ones made by third parties, "we would have to work with them on that code on a case-by-case basis," he said.Sun is also releasing StarOffice 8 Server. Herring described it as a conversion engine that changes 40 document types into PDF files. The server, which costs $11,000, is aimed at enterprises with large stores of legacy documents that aren't archived with an open standard, according to Herring.


Microsoft in the fall will launch the latest version of its performance management product, offering it up as a key link in its ambitious DSI (Dynamic Systems Initiative) plan to reduce IT complexity by improving software and hardware manageability.


U.N. Probe Points to Iraq's Oil-Smuggling

Paul Volcker, who is heading an investigation of alleged corruption in the U.N. oil-for-food program, said in an interview that most of the money illegally obtained by Saddam Hussein was from smuggling, which was known by the U.N. Security Council but not stopped.


By the Liberty Times editorial. On Wednesday China's Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) made its first reaction to the results of Taiwan's legislative elections.


Obama cheers diversity in South Carolina

Presidential hopeful Barack Obama told thousands of cheering supporters Friday night that seeing such a racially diverse crowd in the shadow of the South Carolina statehouse would have surprised people a generation ago.


com December 2, 2004, 12:29 PM PT. This priority jumped up two spots into second place as CRM returns into the spotlight among top software initiatives alongside directory services and open source.


NEW YORK (Billboard) - Nine Inch Nails will chronicle the tour in support of its 2005 album "With Teeth" on the DVD "Beside You in Time," due February 27 via Interscope.


Russia says is ready to resolve its dispute with Japan over the Kuril islands, seized by the Soviets in 1945.


Pressure Rebuilding at Mount St. Helens -- Scientists

VANCOUVER, Wash.  - Scientists tracking earthquake  activity at Mount St. Helens raised their alert level on  Saturday to a "Level 3-Volcano Warning," and officials prepared  to evacuate a visitor center about five miles from the  volcano's crater.


New U.S. Allies Seen as Enemies by Iraqi Troops

As U.S. troops build alliances with Sunni ex-insurgents, mutual mistrust exists with Shiite Iraqi Army soldiers.


European stock markets failed on Monday  to build on six-month highs as the euro probed record levels  against the dollar, offsetting the positive effects of lower  oil prices and a seemingly revitalized U.S. jobs market.


Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is lined up to play the swashbuckling father of a pirate in the third installment of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, star Johnny Depp said Tuesday.


Fifteen people died and 20 were injured by an explosion Saturday evening at a rally for the opposition Awami National Party, Peshawar police said.


A European Union court will rule in December on an appeal by software giant Microsoft to suspend EU sanctions.


Stocks fell on Thursday as doubts grew about a plan by global central banks to unfreeze credit markets, sending financial shares lower.


Packers dedicate division clincher to injured teammate

The Green Bay Packers dedicated their division-clinching victory over Minnesota on Christmas Eve to wide receiver Robert Ferguson, who is still experiencing numbness on his left side a week after a clothesline hit by Donovin Darius that drew a $75,000


Pakistan's main stock market index falls 4.7% in the first trading since the death of Benazir Bhutto.


A 19-year-old man dies after being stabbed in the chest at a house in Irvinestown, County Fermanagh.


Cisco's Nexus forms core of datacenter drive

As servers and storage start to merge into unified, virtualized systems, Cisco wants to do the same thing with the networks that connect them.On Monday, the company is set to unveil a datacenter networking platform that eventually could take the place of both the Ethernet switches that link servers as well as the Fibre Channel devices that form storage networks. The Nexus series is designed both to meet exploding demands for bandwidth and energy efficiency within data centers and to simplify the jobs of IT administrators. In the process, it could help give Cisco the central role it seeks in IT infrastructure.Cisco is already a leading player in datacenter networks with its Catalyst series Ethernet switches and its MDS storage network platform. Now it hopes to transcend those separate systems using a single, unified switching fabric and the emerging Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) standard. The platform it will use, called Nexus, will be a line of routing switches in chassis, rack-mounted and blade form. The first of these, the Nexus 7000 chassis, will be generally available in the second quarter. Prices will start at $75,000, but a typical configuration will cost about $200,000, according to Jayshree Ullal, senior vice president of Cisco's Data Center, Switching and Security Technology Group.Mark Drake is looking at the Nexus platform for future-proofing as his company, Health Management Associates, centralizes its data resources. The company runs about 60 hospitals, mostly in the Southeastern U.S. Health Management's current Catalyst switches are probably enough to handle connectivity needs in its data centers for the next two years, but it's hard to predict storage and processing requirements beyond that as he looks for the next generation, Drake said."I'm looking at a little over ten years' capacity," Drake said. The Nexus line is built to go far beyond the scale of the Catalysts, delivering more than 15Tbps. "The capacity to grow is huge," he said.Another benefit Drake sees in the Nexus, which he has been told about but hasn't tested, is ease of management. Health Management is already trying to reduce IT staff costs by consolidating data centers from each hospital to a two main locations. Because the new platform combines storage and data switching along with security in a single switch and management interface, it could further simplify running those datacenters, he said.Initially, Cisco sees the Nexus switches at the core of datacenters that still use separate networks for processing and storage. But as FCoE emerges in storage systems, the Nexus could become the single connectivity platform, Ullal said. Its switching fabric is designed to be lossless, unlike a standard Ethernet system, which tolerates dropped packets, said Tom Edsall, senior vice president and CTO of the data center group. The platform also has built-in security features, including wire-speed encryption and authentication capability for each port.At the heart of the platform is a new, virtualized operating system, NX OS. As with server virtualization, NX OS can turn a Nexus switch into multiple logical switches running totally different processes, Ullal said . For example, one logical switch could handle storage and be managed by storage specialists, while the other links servers and is run by a different staff. A third could be a test platform. All would use a single switching fabric and set of redundant power supplies, which provides benefits in performance, economies of scale, and resiliency, she said. This virtualized architecture eventually will trickle down to other Cisco product lines, according to Ullal.Cisco also has automated some aspects of management with the Nexus line, drawing on best practices it learned partly from its customers, Edsall said. The system is designed to monitor and heal itself in many cases.The network's role in datacenters is growing as computing and storage are combined and shared, according to industry analysts. It's now the "orchestrator" of the datacenter, Zeus Kerravala of Yankee Group said. Cisco is the only vendor with both the networking and the computing experience to fulfill that role, he believes. But though many managers of datacenters want to see total virtualization of the datacenter, which could boost efficiency, they aren't yet ready for it."We're just entering the very early stages of the virtual datacenter," Kerravala said. "This is probably at least two years away."Cisco is best positioned to build the core of datacenters because the network touches everything in it, according to Ullal, Edsall, and other executives."For Cisco, it's very critical that this platform be a launching pad to go further up the IT stack," said IDC's Cindy Borovick. However, taking control of datacenters won't be a walk in the park, she cautioned."Cisco's in a very strong position, but there are other very large suppliers that recognize how important the datacenter is and are willing to invest the R&D dollars," Borovick said, citing IBM and Sun Microsystems. To Cisco's peril, datacenter administrators are more than willing to buy the best of many vendors rather than standardize on one, because they control the "crown jewels" of the enterprise, she said.


Yahoo, struggling to compete with Google on search and advertising and to adapt to recent changes in management, said yesterday that second-quarter profit dropped 2.3 percent.


Latina: inutili i soccorsi, accertamenti in corso


Popular games such as the Grand Theft Auto series and online games like Socom II and EverQuest are designed to engage the player, but what actually makes them addictive?  -The Washington Post


Chavez heads to Venezuela re-election, exit poll says

CARACAS, Venezuela  - Anti-U.S. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez headed to a clear re-election victory over his united opposition rival on Sunday, a government-paid exit poll showed but the opposition rejected such data.


Fioroni soddisfatto, esame sara' piu' serio e piu' certo


Intercettato pacco con scritte arabe in ufficio poste Roma


Rights groups boycott conference in Chechnya

Major human rights groups  snubbed a Moscow-sponsored rights conference in Chechnya on  Thursday, criticizing it as a sham designed to cover up abuses  in the troubled Caucasus republic.


If you say you're going to sell your old car for $12,000, and you end up selling it for $8,000, are you a success or a failure?


Dolphins, Giants at Wembley as NFL targets Britain

As England's David Beckham helps soccer  gain a foothold in the United States, America's favorite  football is heading to London's Wembley Stadium with similar  intent, aiming to become one of Britain's most popular sports.


Japanese retailer Daiei receives bailout

TOKYO Daiei, Japan's third-largest retailer, will receive bank waivers, share write-downs and funds from sponsor companies worth Â¥707 billion to restore its finances, Japan's bailout agency said Tuesday.


A car bomb exploded in southern Baghdad Thursday morning, killing at least 20 people and wounding 35 others, an Iraqi Interior Ministry spokesman said.


L'influenza dei polli attacca anche i gatti

Dopo aver mietuto 26 vittime tra gli uomini e 200 milioni tra i pennuti, l'influenza degli uccelli (aviaria) torna a far parlare di sÃ©. E ha creare qualche apprensione. Un gruppo di ricercatori olandesi ha


Dustin McGowan's bid for the second no-hitter in Blue Jays history ends when Jeff Baker singles in the ninth inning, and Toronto beats Colorado, 5-0.


Teck Cominco asks US court to dismiss lawsuit

Canadian mining company Teck Cominco Ltd. asked a US court yesterday to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it by a US native group whose land borders Lake Roosevelt, just over the border in Washington state.


Bob Dylan's Like a Rolling Stone is voted the greatest song by a panel of musicians.


When Peter Molyneux designs a game, players take notice. Referred to by many in the video game industry as a man with a Midas touch, this soft-spoken British game maker


Provinces Undermine Beijing's Goals on AIDS

MIANCHI, China -- Twice a week, just after school lets out in this small county in Henan province, a 13-year-old girl with a short bob and wide smile holds her parents' hands and walks two blocks down the street into the harsh fluorescent light of an emergency medical station.


CORRECTED: Ostracized Roma still struggle across Balkans

Elka Strojan and her  30-strong Roma Gypsy family, forced to swap a house for three  rooms in a former army barracks, highlight the precarious  existence in the Balkans of Europe's largest minority.


A gennaio 'finestra' d'uscita per chi ha i requisiti


CARDIFF, Wales -- Citroen's championship leader Sebastien Loeb made a flying start to the Rally of Britain on Friday to seize the lead from Ford's overnight front-runner Francois Duval.


In this image (captured from animation video) the separation of the X-43A research vehicle (R) from the Pegasus booster is illustrated in this undated photograph.


Promoters dangle rewards of Olympic glory before Khan

Amir Khan, the 17-year-old boxer, says his Olympic heroics will change little in his life. Promoters think otherwise. When a fresh-faced Amir Khan strode out of the Peristeri stadium in Athens yesterday, an


Dallas Roberts Is Tom in 'Glass Menagerie', Starting in February at Barrymore

Playbill - Dallas Roberts, now in A Number opposite Sam Shepard Off- Broadway, will play Tom opposite Shepard's longtime romantic partner, Jessica Lange, in the upcoming Broadway revival of The Glass Menagerie.


Substitute teacher's conviction for porn popups set aside

'Erroneous' testimony to the rescue Julie Amero, the substitute teacher convicted of four felony counts when a computer in her classroom subjected seventh-graders to pornographic images, has been granted a new trial in light of fresh forensic information that came to light following her first trial.â¦


U.S. eyes single contractor for new GPS system

The U.S. Air Force said on Monday it  planned to stick with a single contractor for all three  satellite batches to be bought for an enhanced Global  Positioning System navigation tool known as GPS III.


Pampling takes over lead in Australian Open

Rod Pampling took advantage of perfect morning conditions to snatch a four-stroke lead midway through the second round of the centenary Australian Open on Friday.


UN atomic chief to visit Tehran in probe

The head of the U.N. atomic agency will visit Tehran this week to try to add momentum to his agency's investigation of Iran's past nuclear activities and learn more about present programs, the agency said Monday.


Astensione ridotta di 24 ore dopo incontro con Garante


Autism Disorder Could Be Caused By Brain Swelling Says John ...

Doctors at John Hopkins' University School of Medicine Department of Neurology / Neurosurgery launched a study of the cause of the genetic disorder which may lead to making a step forward in finding a treatment.


Yanks Qualify, and Elvis Has Left for Boston

The Yankees reserved a spot in October for the 10th year in a row, assuring themselves of no worse than a wild card.


World powers to work on new U.N. resolution on Iran

World powers agreed on Monday to work on a new U.N. Security Council resolution to put pressure on Iran over its nuclear program but remained committed to seeking a negotiated solution, British officials said.


Is Barack Obama worried about polls that show Hillary Rodham Clinton leading the Democratic presidential field?


Travel Search Engine SideStep Acquires TripUp Social Network

What better acquisition for a niche travel search engine company than a niche travel social network?Today SideStep announced that they have done just so with the acquisition of TripUp, a web community based around travel. TripUp is a popular online destination chocked full of user generated travel blogs, photos, videos, maps, and reviews; somewhat similar to [...]


Trade unions representing workers at the BBC said Friday they had pulled back from balloting members on strike action to protest 1,800 planned redundancies and sweeping cuts.


A court rejects claims that California's burgeoning stem-cell agency is plagued by conflicts of interest. Once all legal hurdles are cleared, the agency can seek Wall Street funding. By the Associated Press.


The 26-year-old identical twins own a house together in southern California. They share the same car, bank account, E-mail address -- and when they're traveling they live out of the same suitcase and wear the same clothes.


A Pordenone la questione Ã¨ finita in un'aula di tribunaleAlla fine i giochi erotici sono tornati all'ex fidanzato                                            Non ridÃ  i porno-gadgets al suo ex Condannata a 4 mesi di reclusione


SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Trying to better compete with rivals Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc.'s president announced in a staff memo Wednesday its plans to reorganize the company's leadership.


SAN FRANCISCO Dec 10, 2004 - Yahoo Inc. is adding a tool to search computer hard drives as it scrambles to catch up with Google Inc.


The 1994-2007 Linux Journal Archive CD-ROM is here!

Just released: the 1994-2007 Linux Journal Archive CD-ROM is here!     (And for a limited time, available for 10% off the regular price.) In easy-to-use HTML format, this space-saving archive CD-ROM offers users the advantage of immediate access to the essential Linux resource: Linux Journal. The Archive CD-ROM contains every issue of read more


Limitations Frustrate Tsunami Scientists

For scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, the world's most powerful earthquake happened below the wrong ocean.


A space for you to share school/college experiences with celebrities -- before they made it big.


S.Korea gravely concerned at North's test threat

South Korea said on Wednesday it was gravely concerned over North Korea's plans to test a nuclear bomb, with the United States saying the move would be "an unacceptable threat" to world peace.


Celtic's epic battle with Spartak will be their making: Strachan

Celtic manager Gordon Strachan believes his team will have grown up after knocking Spartak Moscow out of the Champions League on penalties on Wednesday.


Medical Research Focuses on Gendered Approach to Treatment

In recent years, scientists have discovered that some diseases affect women and men differently, and that treatments for the same disease should perhaps vary by sex.


CONCORD -- Kevin Velardo was going out of his way to be respectful. The 20-year-old from Wilmington, who plays out of the Country Club of Billerica, didn't want to say the wrong thing when it came to showing respect for his elders, or rather his fellow golfers.


Cody Ross hit a two-run homer, Ricky Nolasco pitched seven strong innings and the Florida Marlins beat the slumping Atlanta Braves 3-2 Thursday night to complete a three-game sweep.


Udine, 17:03 - CICLISMO, GIRO; 17/A TAPPA: VINCE SIMONI, DI LUCA RESTA ROSA

Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval) ha vinto la 17/a tappa del Giro d'Italia, da Lienz (Austria) a Monte...


Nashville, Tenn. (Sports Network) - According to a  published report, Tennessee Titans kicker Joe Nedney was placed  on injured reserve on Wednesday and will miss the entire season  due to a left hamstring injury.


Soccer: Is a sport too big for its principles?

From London to Tel Aviv, soccer is going down roads that sorely challenge its ages' old traditions. In London last weekend, a referee admitted to being bullied by the protests of Arsenal defenders to change


Experts want more government focus on cybersecurity

The Bush administration should spend more on cybersecurity research, share threat information with private-sector security vendors and set up an emergency computer network that would continue working during Internet blackouts, a computer security trade group said today.


NASA looks to private sector to help it go lunar

NASA is in the market for commercial  relationships and private capital as it gears up for its next  manned missions to the moon.


US, Iraqi troops target resistance in Sunni Triangle

US Marines and Iraqi troops raided several mosques in resistance strongholds west of Fallujah yesterday, in a broad offensive just days before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.


Tabby makes an exit from X-Factor while Aled Jones is voted out in the semi-finals of Strictly Come Dancing.


E-Commerce Report: When Gadget Parts Break or Get Lost

New services are helping appliance makers and consumers find spare components.


Lleyton Hewitt won the final 20 points against a deflated Andy Roddick for a 6-3, 6-2 victory Saturday in the semifinals of the ATP Masters Cup.


Drinking Tea Could Fight Alzheimer's Disease

Scientists have discovered that green and black tea prevents the development of Alzheimer's disease. Tests found that drinking tea regularly inhibits the activity of certain enzymes in the brain.


Study Finds Accelerating Decline in Corporate Taxes

America's largest and most profitable companies paid less in corporate income taxes in the last three years, even as they increased profits, according to a new study.


W.T.O. Authorizes Trade Sanctions Against U.S. for Import Duties

The sanctions would be aimed at a wide range of American exports, possibly including steel ball bearings, cod, shoes and apples.


Roma, 23:23 - VOLLEY, SERIE A1 FEMMINILE: NOVARA VINCE ANTICIPO

Nell'anticipo della nona giornata di andata del campionato di serie A1 femminile di pallavolo, Yamam...


BBC report into crash that almost killed Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond criticises production team for failing to spot damaged tyre.


They don't call Fred Couples "King of the Skins" for nothing. Couples, a five-time Skins Game champion, got off to a fine start toward a sixth title on Saturday, when he won six holes (skins) worth a total of $175,000.


Humans may need fewer genes than thought

How many genes does it take to make a human? Only about the same number it takes for a small flowering plant or a tiny worm, says a new estimate that's sharply reduced from just three years ago.


Taliban militants ambushed U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces escorting supply trucks in southern Afghanistan, sparking a 10-hour battle the coalition said killed an estimated two dozen militants, though villagers said Monday seven civilians also died.


Al livello del 2,75%, e' la prima volta in due anni


President Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday swore in six new Cabinet ministers in a shake-up she said was needed for "the second stage" of her government.


A few miscalculations can wreck a lifetime of saving and investing.


Godzilla, the fire-breathing movie monster born in a nuclear accident, is joining Hollywood royalty with a star on the Walk of Fame.


Philadelphia 76ers guard Allen Iverson didn't travel with the team for Sunday's game against Miami because of a bruised right elbow.


Sanoma unit gets early Web access to Disney shows

Walt Disney's international  television arm said on Monday it would let viewers of Finnish  commercial broadcaster Nelonen pay to watch hit shows on the  Internet four days after their U.S. release.


Agassi ends career with tears and tribute

Andre Agassi's brilliant 20-year   career ended at the U.S. Open on Sunday after he lost to German   qualifier Benjamin Becker 7-5 6-7 6-4 7-5 in the third-round.


The European Union called Thursday for a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction, responding to recent comments by the Israeli prime minister that have been interpreted as acknowledging his country has a nuclear arsenal.


The LED lighting specialist agrees to merge with a giant in traditional lighting.


Iraqis chant anti-US and anti-government slogans in front of a US tank after a car bomb exploded killing at least one person in central Baghdad Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004.


Rusty Thomas doesn't try to stop his hands from shaking, or his tears from showing, when he tells how his son tried to console his grief the night after nine of his firefighters perished in a furniture store blaze.


It's hard to resist these increasingly handy devices. But should you try?


We join in the applause for finding additional flu vaccine this winter, whether it's in Canada or from some other manufacturer.


Wilson shoots 65 to move ahead at Texas Open

SAN ANTONIO Â· Dean Wilson shot a 5-under-par 65 Friday and bettered first-round leader Ted Purdy by a stroke halfway through the Texas Open.


Kinsey says governor's bridge plan robs Marin

Marin Supervisor Steve Kinsey is going toe to toe with Gov. Arnold Schwarz-enegger over how cost overruns on the Bay Bridge should be funded, a decision that could affect key Marin transportation projects.


Spain's Davis Cup win over the United States has gifted New Zealand's top men's tournament its headline act. The eyes of the tennis world will now undoubtedly be on the Spanish trio of Rafael


The comforts of home got very uncomfortable for the New York Yankees last night. For everybody, really. That enormous sense of superiority that the Yankees and their fans have


BAGHDAD, Oct 5 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a surprise visit to Baghdad today to support embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and urged the fragile Iraqi government to accelerate efforts on national reconciliation.


For some drivers, even a Hummer may not be enough. At a curb weight of more than 3.5 tons, the Humvee-inspired Hummer H1 is no skinny guy who gets sand kicked in his face. But the Bad Boy Heavy Muscle Truck, a dressed-up military vehicle more than twice as heavy, is being billed as bigger, badder and more bodacious.


Ex-BRA chief's firm buys East Boston site

JPI Inc., the Texas-based apartments company run locally by former Boston Redevelopment Authority director Thomas N. O'Brien, has agreed to buy the long-dormant East Boston development site Clippership Wharf for $17 million.


Lehman boost fails to lift mood on Wall St

US stocks had a weak start on Thursday, as doubts continued about a plan by world central banks to help alleviate the worst effects of the credit squeeze and worries about inflation returned.


Chicago Bears defensive back Ricky Manning Jr. was suspended one game by the NFL on Wednesday for his role in an restaurant altercation and will not play this week at New England.


Sangalli: confermate linee guida manovra illustrate ieri


The surge in herbal supplement use in the U.S. may reached a plateau, but the love affair is not over, according to a new study.


Program Coaxes Hospitals to See Treatments Under Their Noses

The federal government is now pushing health providers to use proven remedies for common ailments.


Indonesian police reenact Jakarta embassy blast

JAKARTA - Indonesian police on Sunday reenacted Thursday's car bomb attack in front of the Australian Embassy that killed nine people and injured 182 others.


US Study Says Sage Grouse Not Endangered

The US Fish and Wildlife Service said on Friday its senior biologists have recommended that the greater sage grouse not be listed as an endangered species, a finding for


and "Mrs Anthrax" by US forces, would not be released soon. "The two women are in legal and. including the two women, remained in US legal custody.


Enzo Bianco - ÂBENEDETTO XVI, LAVORATORE NELLA VIGNA" - Piccola biografia - Ed. Elledici Roma (Agenzia Fides) -  Questo libro ripercorre a volo d'uccello l'ampio arco di 78 anni della vita di Joseph Ratzinger, con le sue tante zone d'ombra e di luce: la tragica esperienza del nazismo e della seconda Guerra mondiale, con Joseph sedicenne ...


Just five years ago, Sean "Diddy" Combs asked Busta Rhymes to "pass the Courvoisier." These days, it's all about the vodka.


The question has dogged him for two weeks now in four different interviews at the National Tennis Center. How does Lleyton Hewitt's US Open run compare to the title surge he made three years ago?


Germany Arrests 4th Suspect in Allawi Plot

German authorities Saturday arrested a fourth man on suspicion of involvement in an al-Qaida-linked group's alleged plot to attack Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi during his visit to Berlin this week.


Kerry hunts -- literally -- for votes in Ohio

Columbus, Ohio -- Sen. John Kerry began his day Thursday dressed in hunting fatigues, using a Mossberg 835 Ulti-Mag 12-gauge pump-action shotgun to kill a goose.


The Gaza violence has forced the United Nations to suspend most of its relief operations for Palestinians trapped in the middle. How the fighting is affecting education and aid.


Hoping Democracy Can Replace a Palestinian Icon

The post-Arafat era will be the latest test of a quintessentially American article of faith: that elections provide legitimacy even to the frailest institutions.


HP says gets multi-year contract from Army

Hewlett-Packard Co.  on Tuesday said it  received a 10-year contract from the U.S. Army to provide  personal computers and other computer peripherals.


Republicans Endorse Ban on Gay Marriages

Republicans endorsed an uncompromising position against gay unions Wednesday in a manifesto that contrasts with Vice President Dick Cheney's supportive comments about gay rights and the moderate face the party will show at next week's national convention.


Researchers have created an electronic contact lens that could be used as a display or a medical sensor.


Details of a new television ad from President Bush to begin airing Monday:


International action on climate change will eventually come, a leading UK environmental thinker says.


A group of software engineers who specialize in cracking code has delivered a patch for the new "zero day" flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser, beating Redmond to the punch in addressing the critical vulnerability.


A military trial resumes briefly in Egypt of more than 40 members of the banned  Muslim Brotherhood.


LA LETTURA                                                  L'autunno del professore che pagava le donne                                                                                Sta per uscire "Memoria delle mie puttane tristi", storia di un inquieto novantenne ancora alla ricerca di amori postribolari di GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ


Catania, 17:05 - CALCIO, CATANIA; LO MONACO: PAGHIAMO SOLO NOI

L'ad del Catania, Pietro Lo Monaco, appresa la notizia della conferma da parte della Disciplinare de...


EADS forecasts 2005 earnings of more than 2.4 million euros

The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company said it expects full-year earnings in 2005 to be higher than 2.4 billion euros (3.2 billion dollars) on sales of 33 billion.


One by one, Paris memorial pays tribute to Holocaust victims

PARIS -- With name after name engraved on pale stone walls, a new monument in the city's Jewish quarter pays tribute to the 76,000 Jews rounded up in France during the Holocaust and sent to Nazi death camps.


Japan's Sharp Corp. plans to spend up to 200 billion yen ($1.91 billion) to build a cutting-edge domestic plant to make liquid crystal display panels for flat-screen TVs, a business newspaper reported on Sunday.


Rinuncia a ricompensa ma vuole che sia data in beneficenza


Barcelona coach Rijkaard: 7 points clear hasn't won us anything

Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard has told his players they can't afford to relax, despite last night's stunning 3-0 win over Real Madrid.


Rapper suspected in Vibe show stabbing surrenders in Santa Monica

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - The rapper Young Buck who police accused of stabbing a man during a brawl at the Vibe Awards turned himself in and was released after posting bail, authorities said.


Bryant records first tour win at Texas Open

Bart Bryant won his first PGA Tour event Sunday, closing with a 3-under 67 for a three-stroke victory over Patrick Sheehan at the Texas Open.


Amitabh Bachchan will yet again lend his voice to his own song in the film Babul to be directed by Ravi 'Baghban' Chopra.


Sen. Johnson in critical, stable condition

U.S. Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson was  in critical but stable condition after undergoing brain  surgery, a source said on Thursday, reminding Democrats of  their precarious hold on the new Senate.


Arsene Wenger had the look of a man who had just had his pocket picked and was trying to work out how and when it happened. Just as Arsenal's unbeaten half century looked


The new 7-series machines, aimed at corporate users, are beefier than the current 5-series machines and can survive a fall from a greater height.


After Scare, Oakland Raiders Defensive Line Coach Sam Clancy Will Coach Raiders on Sunday

Oakland Raiders defensive line coach Sam Clancy was released from a hospital Friday, a day after he was taken from the team's practice facility in an ambulance because of chest pains and shortness of breath he experienced during practice.


Vicepresidente Usa ha lasciato Kabul dopo incontro Karzai


The Oscar-winning film Crash is coming to TV as a drama series this year.


In Fox they trust: Panthers lean on coach to turn around 1-7 start

His team was 1-7 and his list of injured players seemed a mile long. Carolina coach John Fox changed nothing, sticking with his style of cutesy little clich Des to pull the Panthers through and prevent them from quitting on him.


London Brent crude slid over a dollar to $57 on Tuesday but remained in a $57-$60 a barrel range that has defined the market for the past three weeks.


England defender Rio Ferdinand has missed his country's opening training session ahead of their Euro 2008 qualifiers against Andorra and Macedonia as he recovers from a foot injury.


All Music ti regala un biglietto per Fossati

Compila il modulo online e assisti al concerto del cantautore che si tiene il 5 dicembre all'Alcatraz di Milano


Democrats Try Various Styles, and Pronouns

The performances of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards reveal a basic thematic divide.


Considerera' la sua e altre proposte di acquisto


Two hurt as second letter bomb explodes in Britain

A letter bomb exploded in Britain on Tuesday injuring two people and police said it was too early to say if the blast was linked to a letter bomb on Monday that hurt a woman at a company managing London's congestion charge.


Police say three people have been killed  and one seriously injured in an early morning crash in Fife.


Cagliari, 13:47 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: I CONVOCATI PER IL NAPOLI

Questi i 20 i convocati del Cagliari per il match in trasferta col Napoli domenica alle 15.00: Forti...


A Reporter Finds Drama in Iraqisâ Heartbreak

âBetrayed,â a new play by George Packer, features translators who believe in the U.S. mission in Iraq and wind up paying for it.


SAN FRANCISCO/LAS VEGAS  - The world's major  technology companies are trying to convince consumers they need  an expensive, digitally connected home with the latest  high-tech gadgets.


Annan: Syria Has Not Pulled Troops Out of Lebanon

Syria has not withdrawn its  troops from Lebanon, as required by a resolution of the U.N.  Security Council adopted earlier this month, U.N.  Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Friday.


Forget about the movies, Brad Pitt is all about resurrecting New Orleans. The actor says he's put his Hollywood career on hold, with no film projects underway, while doing all he can to help the city recover from Hurricane Katrina.


The violent crisis in Gaza has led the White House to reconsider tentative plans for President Bush to give a major address this month on his hopes for Mideast peace.


Abhishek & Sonam start shooting for Dilli 6

Rakeysh Mehra's long-awaited Dilli 6 finally begins shooting on friday, December 20, in freezing Jaipur. Freezing cold notwithstanding, Rajasthan is currently the hot spot for two big film units rom Mumbai.


N.Korea Committed to Nuclear Talks - UN Official

North Korea remains committed to using six-party talks to defuse a crisis over its nuclear weapons programs, but only if certain conditions are met, a U.N. official said on Monday after visiting the reclusive state.


James scores 41 points to lead Cavaliers past Pistons

LeBron James scored a season-high 41 points to lift the Cleveland Cavaliers to within two games of the Central Division lead with a 101-97 win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday.


Al Pacino made grand speeches on screen as Michael Corleone and Tony Montana. But when the actor was honored with the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award, he was practically speechless.


Israel can no longer say it has no Palestinian partner for peace ...

JERUSALEM, Nov 10  - Israel can no longer say it has no viable Palestinian partner for peace talks with the departure of veteran leader Yasser Arafat from the scene, opposition Labour leader Shimon Peres said Wednesday.


Engineers sought to determine what caused a temperature control system to malfunction after an aborted launch Saturday.


It's "A Dirty Shame" and somebody had to make it. And that someone pretty much had to be John Waters, the writer-director of "Pink Flamingos," "Serial Mom" and "Hairspray.


Scotland: Celtic reconquer lead in Premier League

GLASGOW, Dec 5 (SW) - Glasgow Rangers have lost their Scottish Premier League leadership to arch rivals Celtic again, after being held to a draw at Inverness.


Ben Thatcher believes it is time to end the furore surrounding David Beckham's controversial tackle on him. The England captain faces an FA inquiry and was criticised by Fifa after he admitted he fouled Thatcher on purpose.


Will Microsoft Reorganization Scare Yahoo?

Microsoftâs new reorganization splits responsibility for its online offerings between four executives, most of whom also are responsible for parts of the Windows operating system.


Non-Humans need not apply: choosing your Agile dream team

Matt Stephens gets to grip with people issues and team building  âThat it is people who write software is terribly obvious . . . and ignored.â So quotes Alistair Cockburn, himself quoting Gerald Weinberg, in his book Agile Software Development - catch our review of the Second Edition here. Itâs easy to see the people in your project as mere commodities â not helped by MS Projectâs insistence on labelling them as âresourcesâ â hot-swappable units that may be switched in and out of different roles or different projects, with no loss in productivity, creativity or morale.â¦


World Cup contenders get down to business

Confident Sri Lanka, a nervous and wary India and injury-ridden South Africa launch the World Cup season with a limited-overs tri-series here.


Ontario class-action lawsuit by users of arthritis drug Vioxx ...

TORONTO (CP) - A Toronto-based law firm filed another class-action lawsuit Friday against drug maker Merck and Co. Inc., the makers of the arthritis drug Vioxx.


Women who are obese are more likely to experience brain tissue loss, an early sign of dementia, researchers find.


US software company Oracle reports a jump in profits after acquisitions boosted its sales of business products.


Global semiconductor sales rose 1.1  percent to $18.2 billion in August from the previous month and  it appears as though chip inventories are declining, an  industry trade group said on Thursday.


NEW YORK -- It turns out that the girl who wore nerdy glasses a half-century ago had better vision than all her doubters. Her top priority was equality, not tennis.


Movie Review: Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Starring Jim Carrey, Meryl Streep and Emily Browning. Directed by Brad Silberling. Rated PG for thematic elements, scary situations and brief language.


Members of Birmingham's Muslim community on Saturday criticized the intense media speculation surrounding the arrest of nine local men over an alleged terrorist plot to kidnap and kill a British soldier.


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Roy Scheider, Actor in âJaws,â Dies at 75

Mr. Scheider was a stage actor with a background in the classics who became one of the leading figures in the American film renaissance of the 1970s.


Milano, 13:01 - CALCIO, MILAN: IL 9 AGOSTO AMICHEVOLE COL BETIS SIVIGLIA

Un'altra amichevole di lusso nel precampionato del Milan. Il prossimo 9 agosto allo Stadio Manuel Ru...


MILWAUKEE, Sept. 14 -- Forget soccer moms and NASCAR dads. The most important demographic in these parts transcends gender and geography -- it's Green Bay Packers fans.


Novel Approach Targets Alzheimer's Development

A new technique may someday be able to stop Alzheimer's disease (news - web sites) before it starts. Tapping into the "Trojan horse" strategy, scientists


The judges couldn't bring themselves to discuss it, the tabloids couldn't see beyond it. But there's much more going on in Alan Hollinghurst's Booker prize-winning novel than gay sex, he tells Stephen Moss.


American Paul Hamm takes men's all-around gymnastic gold in Athens

Paul Hamm made the history on Wednesday when he clinched the Olympic men's gymnastic all-around title for the United States in one hundred years.


Non abbiamo 100% del mercato,di certo coinvolte altre banche


Italy outraged over aid worker kidnappings

ROME: Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi joined opposition leaders to urge a united front following the Baghdad abduction of two female aid workers.


Strike tops AFI 2007 `Significance' list

The Hollywood writers strike, the iPhone and the "hyper-tabloidization" of television news are among the American Film Institute's "Moments of Significance" for 2007.


Californians conserved, power grid held Thursday

Enough Californians shut off enough appliances to keep the state's power grid manager from calling an expected power emergency on Thursday, which would have forced some businesses to cut back, state officials said.


Wizards' Kwame Brown suspended for one game

The Washington Wizards suspended Kwame Brown for one game Thursday for conduct detrimental to the team. Brown will miss Friday's game against the New York Knicks.


N.C.A.A. Says Sampson Made Illegal Calls at Indiana

Kelvin Sampsonâs future as the Indiana coach was in doubt Wednesday after the release of an N.C.A.A. report that said he committed five âmajorâ violations.


Dutch Supreme Court says Iraqi-born 'insurgent' can be extradited

The Dutch Supreme Court has authorized the extradition of an Iraqi-born Dutch man facing the first US criminal charges related to the Iraqi insurgency, legal documents showed.


MOSCOW Russian law enforcement agencies have thwarted an extremist attack on targets in Moscow, according to the FSB, the federal security service.


Brema, 12:38 - CALCIO, BUNDESLIGA: GOL DI DIEGO E' IL PIU' BELLO DEL 2007

E' di Diego il piÃ¹ bel gol realizzato nel 2007 in Bundesliga. La rete realizzata dal brasiliano del ...


Sony Agrees to Buy MGM for Nearly $5 Bln

A bidding group headlined by Sony Corp. (6758.T) agreed in principle to buy Hollywood film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  for nearly $5 billion on Monday, after rival bidder Time Warner Inc.  withdrew from the auction.


Kerry demands answers about missing explosives

Democrat challenger John Kerry's campaign demanded answers from President George W. Bush about the disappearance of nearly 400 tonnes of conventional explosives in Iraq, as the deadlocked White House race entered its final week.


How do you defang and declaw caustic standup comic and commentator Lewis Black? Stick him in a PG-rated holiday family movie, then stand back and watch the laughs not pile up.


Police investigating the killing of French student Amelie Delagrange speak to a woman who was attacked last year.


Race to bury Asia's dead as toll soars near 60,000

Stricken Indian Ocean nations worked swiftly on Wednesday to bury thousands of bodies as experts warned disease could kill as many people as the 60,000 already dead from the violent crush of Sunday's tsunami.


Cagliari, 18:17 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI; CINQUINI: CREDIAMO IN GIAMPAOLO

Dopo Massimo Cellino anche il direttore generale del Cagliari Oreste Cinquini conferma che il Caglia...


Tyco International Ltd. (TYC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) reported a quarterly profit on Monday, reversing a year-earlier loss, helped by strong demand for electronic parts.


Thais say 84 dead after clashes in Muslim south

At least 84 Thai Muslims died -- mainly from suffocation in the back of packed security force trucks -- after police and troops broke up a violent demonstration in the kingdom's troubled south, Thai officials said.


Mattel Recalls 2.4M Polly Pocket Doll Play Sets

Mattel, in cooperation with the U.S. Product Safety Commission, is recalling 2.4 million Polly Pocket Doll play sets after three children suffered serious injuries from swallowing small magnetic parts, the second recall of a magnetic toy this year.


Feeling he had been a good teammate and friend to Pedro Martinez and had gladly accepted being the No. 2 pitcher behind him, Curt Schilling expressed surprise


Diabetes Is Gaining as a Cause of Death, City Health Data Say

Diabetes ranked for the first time among the five leading causes of death in New York City.


Lake Loramie: Bass fishing has been very good early and late near the banks. Artificial crawfish crankbaits have been working well. Catfish are all over the banks, hitting nightcrawlers, stinkbaits and minnows intended for crappies.


The government gave hospitals around the country a public report card Thursday that measures their performance in the treatment of patients suffering from heart attacks or heart failure.


A Navy SEAL was acquitted of charges that he beat a handcuffed and hooded terrorism suspect who later died, and a second U.S. commando received probation for assaulting another prisoner, attorneys for the men said Monday.


German economy hitches a ride on coat-tails of global recovery

The German economy chalked up its strongest performance in four years last year, thanks almost exclusively to booming global demand for German-made goods, official data showed.


DIY chain Home Depot sells its supply unit to a private equity group for almost $2bn less than originally agreed.


Gilead to acquire Myogen for $2.5 billion

Gilead Sciences Inc.  said on  Monday it will acquire Myogen Inc.  for $2.5 billion,  gaining control of Myogen's experimental heart medicines.


England face test of faith against Israel

An injury crisis has not helped their cause but it is primarily a crisis of self-belief that England must overcome as they seek to put their Euro 2008 qualifying campaign back on track against Israel at Wembley on Saturday.


Troubled Children: Off to College on Their Own, Shadowed by Mental Illness

For young people diagnosed with serious mental disorders, the transition from high school to college can be particularly fraught.


Unlawful killing verdict after Iraq patrol not given life-saving bomb disabling device.


General 'sacrificed' to clear decks on Iraq

Â· Chairman of joint chiefs of staff to stand down Â· Senate hearings would have been controversial


A disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart sent stocks mostly lower yesterday as investors worried that oil prices, which stabilized after last week's highs, would curb


Olympic Champion Hamilton Suspended by Phonak

A day after offering Olympic time trial  champion Tyler Hamilton their support, cycling's Phonak team  have suspended the American for failing dope tests.


Estonia's president accused Russia Friday of failing to confront the "barbarous" legacy of the Soviet Union's five-decade occupation of his country.


For Jets, Silence on Concussions Signals Unease

Concussions are an issue in all of football, but for the New York Jets, an institutional silence persists on the matter.


Arts & entertainment: One of the best dancers in the world, Carlos Acosta tells his story.


How do you get architects to share? Architecture for Humanity lays the foundation with an open source database. Sonia Zjawinski chats with co-founders Cameron Sinclair and Kate Stohr about how a $100K TED Prize helped.


Marsh escapes criminal charges with reforms

Marsh & McLennan, the US broker at the centre of price-fixing allegations, neatly sidestepped the prospect of criminal charges yesterday with a wide-ranging reform of its business.


U.S. Wildlife Refuges Facing Grave Threats

A sweeping wildlife preserve in southwestern Arizona is among the nation's 10 most endangered refuges, due in large part to illegal drug and immigrant traffic and Border Patrol operations, a conservation group said Friday.


WASHINGTON - Five Texas Republicans are among the members of Congress demanding that CBS retract its story about President Bush's Vietnam-era service in the Texas Air National Guard amid allegations that documents used for the story are forgeries.


Short mess(aging) of an upgrade Vodafone lost its UK network this morning after trying to upgrade its SMS software.â¦


The Canadian National Railwayâs striking employees returned to work, a day after their union reached a tentative settlement for a new labor contract.


Iraq group sets 10-day deadline for German hostage

Iraqi militants said Germany had 10 days  to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan or they would kill a  German-Iraqi hostage, a video posted on the Internet said on  Tuesday.


The players' association filed two unfair labor practice charges Friday against the NBA over issues with the new ball and the league's crackdown on player complaints.


HolDame Elizabeth Taylor celebrates her 75th birthday in Las Vegas with a New Orleans-themed party.


A loss of nerve by ministers has been blamed for delays in introducing compulsory Housing Information Packs.


Forget Congress' myopic efforts to outlaw spyware. What we really need is better enforcement of existing computer crime laws.


Airlines Agree to Cut Flights at Chicago O'Hare

U.S. airlines have agreed to limit  flights into Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to 88  arrivals per hour between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. in an effort to cut  congestion that has slowed the whole U.S. aviation system,  federal officials said on Wednesday.


If John McCain can emerge with a win, it may signal that industrial-state voters understand more about modern reality than most of their leaders tend to think.


UPDATE 1-Beck to face Youzhny in St Petersburg final

Unseeded Slovak Karol Beck reached the first final of his career at the St Petersburg Open, upsetting seventh-seeded Michael Llodra of France 6-4 2-6 6-1 on Saturday.


Honeywell agrees to pay $1.7 billion for Novar PLC

LONDON | Honeywell International Inc., the New Jersey aerospace and high-tech manufacturer, has agreed to buy the British industrial holding company Novar PLC for about $1.7 billion, the companies said Monday.


Baghdad Bus Attacked by Gunmen, Four Killed

Gunmen fired on a bus carrying Baghdad  airport employees to work on Thursday, killing four people and  wounding 11 in a brazen assault on Iraqis helping to revive a  vital link in Iraq's reconstruction.


Herbal Remedy as Good as Drug for Depression: Study

An extract of the herbal remedy St.  John's wort is as effective as a commonly prescribed drug for  people with moderate-to-severe depression, researchers reported  this week Friday.


Pakistan Vows to Stop Taliban; Westerners Skeptical

Gen. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, promised Monday that his country would not allow Islamic militants to disrupt the Afghan election from Pakistani soil


Film star Clint Eastwood is to receive the Motion Picture Association of America's first ever humanitarian award.


Police in Sri Lanka force hundreds of minority Tamils out of the capital, citing security concerns.


Revision3 and XLR8R Announce First Internet TV Show Spotlighting Electronic, Hip Hop and Indie Rock Music and Culture

Internet television network Revision3 today announced the debut of XLR8R  TV, the first Internet TV program to feature cutting edge hip hop,  electronic and independent rock music.


Adam Hrycaniuk had two tip-ins during a 13-point run in the second half Saturday that helped Cincinnati pull off its second Big East upset in eight days, 62-59 over depleted No. 15 Pittsburgh.


Jury in British troops' court martial views 'shocking' photos of abuse in Iraq

OSNABRUECK, Germany  - A court-martial jury viewed photos of what prosecutors called "shocking and appalling" mistreatment of Iraqis as three British soldiers went on trial Tuesday for the alleged abuse.


Blast kills 15, injures 60 in Philippines

A powerful explosion in a crowded southern Philippines market killed 15 and wounded at least 60 on Sunday. The market was packed with Christmas shoppers when the explosion went off in the marketâs meat section


Summer Box Office Hits a High, Despite Lows

In a summer when many of the studios' biggest bets failed to pay off, it was familiarity in the form of sequels and low-budget comedies that resonated with movie audiences.


For Army Coach, Winning Will Bring Trust

Some alumni were disturbed when the Black Knights hired Stan Brock, whose only head coaching experience was in the Arena Football League.


Iran's U.N. ambassador complained in a letter circulated Monday that the Security Council has done nothing to stop Israel's "unlawful and dangerous threats" against his country.


Milano, 15:15 - CALCIO, MILAN; CAFU: POSSIAMO VINCERE LA CHAMPIONS

Marcos Cafu, difensore del Milan, il giorno dopo la qualificazione dei rossoneri ai quarti di Champi...


Real Madrid vice-president Emilio Butragueno said they may be tempted to sell striker Fernando Morientes. The Spanish international is wanted by Liverpool and has also been linked with Newcastle and French club Monaco.


Santa brings 3 more sats for Putin's GPS rival

Father Frost predicts GLONASS dog-collars for '08 Russia's rival to the American Global Positioning System (GPS) satnav constellation successfully launched three more satellites on Xmas day, which will bring it to a total of 18 operational spacecraft. Mirroring the popularity of consumer GPS-enabled devices in the West, Russian developers demonstrated GLONASS based car satnav to Russian premier Vladimir Putin on Saturday. It was also announced that GLONASS pet tracker devices would debut in 2008.â¦


Molecular biologists have uprooted a traditional perspective on life's ancient ancestry, if their supplanted tree-of-life metaphor is modified to look more like a ring-of-life.    Astrobiology Magazine -- One of science's most popular metaphors - the "tree of life," with its evolutionary branches and roots, showing groups of bacteria on the bottom and multicellular animals on the higher branches - turns out to be a misnomer, UCLA molecular biologists report in the Sept...


Replacing Rumsfeld, Gates Issues Warning on Iraq

âWe simply cannot afford to fail in the Middle East,â said Robert M. Gates at a Pentagon ceremony today.


Iraqi Leader Asks Help of 'Spectator' Nations

Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, appealed Thursday to what he called the "spectator" countries in the war in Iraq - specifically France and Germany - to become more involved in creating peace and prosperity there.


Ukraine crisis talks as troops reported headed to Kiev

Ukraine's feuding president and prime minister were to renew crisis talks Saturday as thousands of interior ministry troops loyal to the president were said to have attempted to move on the capital Kiev.


U.S. Company Acquires Rights to Commodore

A Dutch company said Thursday it will sell the once-mighty Commodore computer brand to U.S.-based Yeahronimo Media Ventures Inc. for 24 million euros, or $33 million.


Opera Software has released a beta of version 4 of its popular Opera Mini browser for mobile phones, which integrates features the company designed for its Nintendo Wii browser. Now, users can see an entire Web page in "overview mode" and zoom in to specific parts.


England cricket chief backs Flintoff to stay an all-rounder

Andrew Flintoff will return for England as a fully-fledged all-rounder and not a specialist batsman after his latest bout of ankle surgery, according to chairman of selectors David Graveney.


Assssinated in Syria, Imad Mughniyah had links to the Iranian regime, Moqtada al-Sadr in Iraq and perhaps even Osama bin Laden. Plenty of people had a motive


Dalla finanza al marketing le aziende che assumono

Tra le figure piÃ¹ richieste esperti di mutui, product manager e mediatori creditizi. Selezionano personale Minolta, Carrefour, Treccani e Accenture


Aldemaro Romero was a Venezuelan pianist and composer whose music was interpreted by artists from Tito Puente to Dean Martin.


The new patches apply to a variety of products, including some versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system and server software, its Internet Explorer Web browser and Excel spreadsheet program.


New designers seek to bring own touch to big labels

Designer Olivier Theyskens smiled timidly  in relief as he won roaring applause for the light silk dresses  and dramatic evening gowns he showed in his first collection  for Nina Ricci on Sunday.


Biodiesel on death bed in Germany because of taxes

Germany taxes, rather than subsidies, biodiesel. That's killing the industry.


Recession fear sends Wall St. reeling...again

NEW YORK  -Stocks fell on Thursday, with the benchmark S&P 500 plummeting to a 15-month low, as news of a plunge in regional factory activity and a hefty loss at Merrill Lynch further clouded an increasingly dire view of the economy.


Indonesian court orders trial of hardline cleric Ba'asyir to go ...

JAKARTA : Indonesian judges Thursday rejected a plea to drop terrorism charges against hardline Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir and ordered him to stand trial for his alleged involvement in attacks including the Bali bombings.


Australia charges Indian doctor in UK bomb plot

Australian Federal Police charged a  27-year-old Indian doctor on Saturday over his "reckless" links  with the alleged perpetrators of the attempted car bomb attacks  in Britain on June 29 and 30.


They may not make âem like they used to in Hollywood, but sometimes in India they still do.


The probe into the Bush administration's firings of U.S. attorneys intensified Monday as lawmakers ordered two more ousted officials to tell their stories and the Justice Department said Republican Sen. Pete Domenici had complained repeatedly to the attorney general about one of the prosecutors.


Five children were back home with their Swedish mother on Saturday after six months in the dangers of Gaza City after being kidnapped by her estranged Palestinian husband, Sweden s foreign ministry said.


Chiron: No Flu Vaccine, Stock Down 18 Pct

Chiron Corp. CHIR.O on Tuesday  slashed its 2004 earnings forecast after announcing that it  will not record any sales of its flu vaccine for the 2004-2005  flu season, sending its shares down 18 percent.


At least five people were seriously injured Saturday in the town of Laval, Quebec, when part of an overpass above Highway 19 collapsed, a Montreal television station reported.


Thrashers end Senators' six-game winning streak

Todd White's third-period power-play goal led the Atlanta Thrashers to a 3-2 victory over Ottawa on Thursday, ending the Senators' six-game winning streak.


The chairman of a UN conference on climate change warns that poor countries need urgent help to stave off the effects of global warming.


Baghdad: An Italian hostage was reported killed in Iraq, adding to the violence around the start of campaigning for the first post-Saddam Hussein elections, while for the first time since his capture a year ago the ousted president met his family


Conn. Governor Has Breast-Cancer Surgery

Connecticut Lt. Gov. M. Jodi Rell is seen in her office at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn. in this Tuesday, June 22, 2004 file photo.


The closely watched Ifo Institute index of German business sentiment barely rose in October, a result the institute said Monday illustrated that Germany's current recovery lacked the strength of previous upswings.


MasterCard wins court ruling against Visa fee

A Manhattan federal judge has ordered Visa USA to stop charging a special fee that penalized debit card issuers for jumping to smaller rival MasterCard Inc. .


John Thomson had a successful stint in the bullpen before Thursday's game and is on track to start for the Braves on Saturday in Game 3 of the division series against Houston.


Takeo Spikes needs surgery on a torn rotator cuff, and the Philadelphia Eagles said Wednesday they will place the veteran linebacker on injured reserve.


Both companies plan to start offering the super-speedy, cost-effective wireless technology as soon as possible.


An al-Qaida spokesman this week called for unity among Islamic militants worldwide in a new recorded message, according to a U.S. intelligence official.


Il sovrano, che domani sarÃ  in visita a Roma, ha detto che le due volontarie italiane rapite in Iraq Â«sono vive e spero di avere entro martedÃ¬ buone notizieÂ». Intanto si sono susseguiti scontri e attentati nel Paese.


Viktor Yuschenko shows arresting recovery as poison scars fade

Enduring Viktor Yushchenko is looking fresh-faced and recovered after the poison scandal that surrounded his gruelling election battle three years ago. via This Is London


Magistrate walks out over defendant's niqab

A magistrate is facing disciplinary action after he walked out of court when confronted by a defendant wearing a full veil.


Belgium's soccer captain was suspended for five games by FIFA on Wednesday for spitting at an opponent during this month's World Cup qualifier against Spain.


Romanian Mother, 66, Baby Girl Doing Well

BUCHAREST, Romania - A 66-year-old professor who writes children's books claims to have become the world's oldest woman to give birth, and doctors said Monday she and her day-old baby daughter were in good condition in intensive care.


Gates to keynote CES, while CeBit rejiggers itself

Blog: As he typically does, the Microsoft chairman will kick off the Las Vegas gadget fest; meanwhile Europe's CeBIT is taking on more of an IT flavor


UPDATE 1-Peugeot/Citroen pull-out deals a double blow

French stablemates Peugeot and Citroen dealt rallying a double blow on Thursday with the shock announcement that they were pulling out of the world championship at the end of 2005.


If your computer is slowing down or crashing, you may have a virus. Scan now to find out!  Detects viruses, spyware and worms. Includes free spam and popup blockers.


The New York Times debuts the Times Reader, an application that attempts to deliver the experience of a real newspaper to the computer screen. Is this the end of ink-stained fingers? By Jeff Koyen.


Fool on the Street: Time to Cross State Street?

Future growth prospects for the Boston-based financial service provider may not be robust.


Pure Iberian porker's leg at a price you can't afford Aficionados of pure Iberian ham are apparently fighting to get their laughing gear round one of the few legs of 2006 Alba Quercus Reserve - a jamÃ³n ibÃ©rico puro hewn from acorn-fed* porkers and cured for two years - which goes on sale next year at a reserve price of Â£1,000 a leg.â¦


Unions in Nigeria Call for an Oil Strike

Unions declared the top multinational oil company here, the Royal Dutch/Shell Group, "an enemy of the Nigerian people" on Sunday and called for a Nov.


Lindsay Lohan's publicist fires back at media

Actress Lindsay Lohan's publicist fired back at the media on Thursday, saying journalists had crossed a line by mocking a heartfelt letter the screen star wrote following director Robert Altman's death last week.


Paris Hilton got out of jail Tuesday and immediately got back to being Paris Hilton, summoning a hair-salon van and, by her mere presence, creating a huge traffic jam that angered the neighbors.


By Bob Schieffer. By Mark Knoller. By Dotty Lynch. (CBS/AP) Sen. John McCain has called on both political parties to declare a cease-fire in the increasingly bitter partisan quarrel over John Kerry's Vietnam war record.


Osaka-based electronics maker Sanyo Electric Co. said Wednesday it will spend 30 billion yen ($245 million) to boost output of lithium-ion batteries for laptop computers.


JALALABAD, Afghanistan -- This month, two Afghan medical workers drove off into the hazy blue mountains that rise above this dusty provincial capital. They have not been seen since.


NEW YORK - Americans are woefully ignorant about credit scores, a consumer group found, even though these measures of credit risk affect everything from the interest people pay on mortgages to whether they qualify for insurance.


Interview: OSDL chief Stuart Cohen - Part 2

In the second of a two-part interview, Open Systems Development Labs chief Stuart Cohen gives his views on Linux security, desktops, the Domino effect towards Linux, and why Microsoft will eventually port to Linux.


Blair's final decision was to deny the public its choice

Comment is free: Simon Jenkins: The issue is not whether the Brussels treaty is good or bad for Britain, but that the country deserves a referendum.


Study Five Year Forecasts for the Computer Hardware Industry in Japan

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50346)  has announced the addition of Datamonitor's new report: Computer  Hardware in Japan to their offering.


Tokyo's Nikkei average edged up by midsession on Thursday, bolstered by gains in resources-related stocks such as Nippon Oil Corp. after a rise in crude oil prices above $48 a barrel.


Haunting Songs of Heartbreak, Done by a Man With Experience

Where âControlâ might have been literal-minded and sentimental, it is instead enigmatic and moving, much in the manner of Joy Divisionâs best songs.


Stocks recover as Bernanke soothes anxiety

U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comment that the economy was poised to grow moderately reassured investors a day after the Dow industrials' worst slide since the September 11, 2001, attacks.


Apocalypse, Described in Visions of Long Ago

âFragments for the End of Time,â the program Benjamin Bagby brought to the Music Before 1800 series at Corpus Christi Church on Sunday, concerned itself with apocalyptic visions.


Five years on, Americans mark 9/11 attacks

Americans stood in silence and world   leaders paid their respects on Monday, five years after   hijackers crashed airliners into icons of U.S. finance and   government in the deadliest attack on American soil.


Home remedies for soothing mild burns run the gamut, from aloe vera gel to butter, but how does honey fare?


Gucci Review Leaves Group Intact, Growth in Focus

Gucci Group unveiled a strategic review on Tuesday that will leave the structure of the world's third-largest luxury house intact and could see the Gucci brand double in size in the next seven years.


The Story: Look in the mirror, Mr. or Ms. IT buyer. You?ve got more muscle than ever ? and you did it without steroids.[ Slideshow: 2007's top underreported tech stories ]                                                    Despite the wave of consolidation sweeping the industry, buyers have actually gained more leverage than ever when it comes to making deals with their vendors, notes a PricewaterhouseCoopers analysis. ?Software buyers need to realize that the pendulum is beginning to swing in their favor and that there are an increasing number of alternatives in today?s software market,? concurs Gartner analyst William Snyder (no relation to this writer).There are a lot of reasons for the swing, but one certainly stands out: The shift to SaaS (software as a service). The poster child for this phenomenon is Salesforce.com. "Both its development and delivery models are having a disruptive effect on the entire CRM market,? notes Forrester Research analyst Bill Band. But it?s not just Salesforce: By 2011, Snyder says, fully 25 percent of all new business software will be delivered as a service as Salesforce and other vendors push upstream from the small-business market. Already, SaaS providers make up the majority of sales for several segments of human resources applications, and is well-established for supply-chain management.[ InfoClipzflash video primer: Software as a Service ]SaaS is just the first wave of services that are pushing pricing power over to buyers: The more recent move to Web services and the beginnings of SOA (service-oriented architecture) deployment are encouraging the use of modular software, which in turn cuts development costs, makes it harder for vendors to sell expensive suites, and lessens the need for expensive consulting services.And yet another factor is upping buyer?s power, notes Gartner?s Snyder: the emergence of third-party support options that are reducing software?s TCO (total cost of ownership). ?Maintenance services have been a quasi-monopoly for software vendors,? he said. ?For many years, only the software vendor had rights to the source code of the critical components of the system. This made it impossible to go to an open, competitive market to obtain upgrades, services and support, which in turn made it impossible to negotiate maintenance fees.?Interestingly another software trend ? the growth of virtualization ? is beginning to affect pricing for hardware, particularly servers. A report by Infiniti Research suggests that server shipments will start declining in 2008: ?The server market of tomorrow will be a value game and not a volume game.? And that means better pricing for hardware, too.Don?t let your head swell too much, but Gartner vice president Mark McDonald credits ?savvy CIOs? for containing costs that were once out of control. ?They?re saying, ?I want you to implement in a way that gives me the advantage over my competition? ? and they?re not accepting the traditional vendor model, which favors homogeneity and the economics of scale.?The Bottom Line: Chances are that you?re looking at SaaS, Web services, SOA, virtualization, open source, and other technology-delivery methods for a variety of specific reasons, without realizing the cumulative effect is to give you more pricing power. Now that you?ve got the power, use it.Complete list of 2007 underreported tech stories: 1.? Java is becoming the new Cobol 2.? Sun Microsystems is back in the game 3.? Hackers take aim at Mac OS X 4.? There are some threats you can worry less about 5.? Companies may have found a way around H-1B visa limits 6.? Open source?s new commercial strategy 7.? End-to-end Ethernet finally arrives 8.? Blade servers arrive for the masses 9.? BI is dead; long live BI 10. Balance of power shifts to software buyers


Kerry Steps Up His Attack on Bush Over Iraq

Senator John Kerry said today that conditions were so bad that the elections in Iraq planned for January were in jeopardy.


Via rilascia il Xine Player 3.0, media player open source

VIA Technologies, dopo mesi di sviluppo, ha rilasciato VeXP 3.0, abbreviazione di VIA enhanced Xine Player, un media player in grado di supportare l"accelerazione video MPEG-4 e MPEG-2 in hardware su dispositivi dedicati all"entertainment basati sui


Gold Medal Hopes Over for US Basketball Team

Description: The US men's basketball team lost to Argentina Friday -- and thus will not win the gold medal. NPR's Tom Goldman reports.


A close-up view of the human genome reveals its innermost workings to be far more complex than first thought.


US to Send 'Enemy Combatant' Hamdi Back to Saudi

The United States has agreed to release American-born, Saudi-raised Yaser Esam Hamdi after holding him as an "enemy combatant" without charges for more than two years, officials said on Wednesday.


MELBOURNE, Australia  -- Australian developer Lend Lease Corp reported a flat annual profit Wednesday as ballooning construction costs on two Australian projects offset gains at retail, hospital and military housing developments, but forecast 10 ...


Letters are being posted to parents across England telling them which secondary schools their children will attend.


President Bush flew to fire-ravaged California Thursday with promises of federal help, supportive words for those who've lost home and businesses and thanks to overworked firefighters.


Car maker Lotus announces plans to cut jobs at its Norfolk site following poor sales in the USA.


Colgate-Palmolive, the US consumer products company, has said that it plans to close about a third of its factories and cut more than 4,400 jobs over the next four years as part of a major restructuring effort to increase profit margins.


As part of a national initiative to improve the quality at long-term care facilities, Neshaminy Manor Nursing Home was credited Wednesday with making significant improvements in two areas of patient care.


Kraft to sell Life Savers, Altoids unit to Wm. Wrigley for $1.5B

Kraft Foods Inc., the owner of Oscar Mayer Foods Corp., Madison, said Monday that it will sell its sugar confectionery business, including the Life Savers and Altoids brands, to chewing gum and candy maker Wm.


Fashions come and go, but some of the equations in the chip business never change, says Gordon Moore.


Eli Manning, the No. 1 pick in this year's N.F.L. draft, will make his first professional start on Thursday when the Giants take on the Carolina Panthers.


A new meditation zafu, or cushion, aims to ease the physical strain of sitting cross-legged and motionless for upwards of 35 minutes at a time.


Premier chiede a Onu 'pressioni su Israele' per fine sorvoli


A video of Princess Diana talking about her life is aired on American television.


Judge Rejects Mental Tests for Jackson Accuser

A judge refused on Monday to order the teenage boy who accuses Michael Jackson of molesting him to be examined by a psychiatrist chosen by the pop star's lawyers.


Private rocket plane SpaceShipOne lands in California

SpaceShipOne completed the first leg of its bid for a $10-million civilian space prize above the Mojave California desert on Wednesday.


Results from an international test released Tuesday show Indiana fourth- and eighth-graders fared well in math and science compared with students nationally and in many other countries.


England's pace bowlers will be given another chance to prove they can function without 'Freddie' after all-rounder Andrew Flintoff was ruled out of the second Test against the West Indies.


Hamas leader had eluded Israel for years

Adnan al-Ghoul, the Hamas military leader assassinated in an Israeli missile strike Thursday, had long eluded Israeli forces through a mixture of stealth and luck.


LAWRENCE -- No, those are not the school's business hours. That was the score of No. 12 Central Catholic's victory yesterday as the Red Raiders rallied with 1:52 left in the game to bring down No. 15 Foxboro, 9-5.


So itÂs blue after Black! Have the sleaze-fests had their day? We shall soon find out.


Battle for Hong Hong marked on Remembrance Day

Hundreds of British and Allied soldiers killed in the defence of Hong Kong during World War II have been honoured in a Remembrance Day ceremony.


Korean Coke addict loses suit against Coca-Cola

A South Korean Coke addict has lost a legal suit seeking 100,000 dollars in damages for his decayed teeth from multinational soft-drink giant Coca-Cola Bottling, court officials said Saturday.


Bennett provides spark as Cards nip Cubs

Chris Carpenter pitched eight sharp innings before walking off the mound following a talk with the trainer, and seldom-used Gary Bennett hit an RBI single with two outs in the ninth that sent the St. Louis Cardinals over the Chicago Cubs 2-1 Saturday.


Eight Soldiers Plan to Sue Over Armyâs Stop-Loss Policy

The eight soldiers come from places scattered across the country, from this small town an hour northwest of Little Rock to cities in Arizona, New Jersey and New York.


Venezuela's president reportedly recalls his Buenos Aires ambassador after a complaint by Argentina's leader.


Browns' Winslow's surgery more extensive

Kellen Winslow has to make another comeback. The Browns' talented tight end underwent microfracture surgery on his right knee last month, a more extensive procedure than was initially revealed and one that will require a longer recovery.


Gartner's crystal ball looks interesting

The company offers a range of predictions. Lots of folks are keying on the guess that Apple will double their U.S. share, but I'm intrigued by other predictions, including forecasts that we'll be traveling without laptops and renting our business software


Mass. Republicans Eye Kerry's Senate Seat

Massachusetts Republicans, while supportive of President Bush's re-election, are mindful of the opportunity created should John Kerry beat him in November's election: the state's first Senate vacancy in two decades and a chance to break the Democratic monopoly on its 12-member delegation in Congress.


Hamas, Fatah truce collapses in bloodshed, 10 dead

Palestinian gunmen battled inside a hospital and fired on the prime minister's office during factional fighting on Monday that killed 10 people and cast fresh doubt over the future of the unity coalition.


France asks US to see Syrian driver over fate of hostages

France has asked the United States to give it access "as soon as possible" to the freed Syrian driver of two French reporters being held hostage in Iraq, Foreign Minister Michel Barnier revealed.


At least 10% of girls in England have been infected by the age of 16 with human papilloma virus, which can cause genital warts and cervical cancer.


No. 3 Executive at Jones Apparel Resigns

Lynne F. Coteâs resignation comes a week after the troubled apparel company appointed a new chief executive, Wesley R. Card.


Sprint Nextel , the No. 3 U.S. mobile service, said on Friday it will cut about 4,000 jobs and close about 8 percent of its stores, predicting further pressure on its ability to attract subscribers and turn a profit in 2008.


Trojans give a quick hook to longtime coach

Southern Cal fired Henry Bibby as coach Monday just four games into his ninth season. Athletic director Mike Garrett said he realized the timing was unusual but cited the Trojans' losing record in recent seasons.


Mel Gibson's DUI arrest was a "big wake-up call" for Robin Williams, the funnyman tells "Access Hollywood" in an interview scheduled to air Monday.


Study: Living in the Suburbs Can Make You Sick

Living in the suburbs may have once  been part of the American dream but it can lead to nightmares  such as high blood pressure, arthritis and headaches,  researchers reported on Monday.


The commercial arm of the BBC announces a tie-up with file-sharing company Azureus to distribute titles in the US.


Napoli, 15:08 - CALCIOPOLI, PM: NUOVE ACCUSE A FABIANI

Filippo Beatrice e Giuseppe Narducci, pm dell'inchiesta calciopoli bis, nel corso dell'udienza preli...


Augsburg waits for answers in flu shot mystery

MINNEAPOLIS - Finals week may be on its way at Augsburg College, but the most pressing question on many minds was: What was in those syringes that a freelancing nurse jabbed into 38 students last week?


Results of recent polls on the presidential race. Listed above each set of results is the name of the organization that conducted the poll, the dates, the number interviewed, whether they were adults, registered voters (RV) or likely voters (LV) and the margin of error (MoE). Results might not total 100 percent because of rounding.


Bryant closed out the Texas Open with a 3-under 67 on Sunday to claim his first PGA Tour victory by 3 strokes over Patrick Sheehan.


[TS] Sports of The Times: Woods Needs That Look of Success

Whenever Tiger Woods has played in the Ryder Cup, he hasn't had the same look in his eyes as when he's winning a major championship.


Italian politician Rocco Buttiglione - stung by his EU Commission debacle - vows to promote Christian values.


Notre Dame's size and speed took all the drama out of its 41st straight victory over Navy. Ryan Grant ran for 114 yards and two touchdowns for the Fighting Irish, who had little trouble extending their NCAA


Google Inc. said Wednesday that it acquired Keyhole Corp., a Mountain View, Calif.-based company that combines a database of mapping information and images collected from satellites and airplanes with software.


Jacqui Smith announces plans to ban converted guns as she visits the area where Rhys Jones was killed.


Man Drives Into Subway Tunnel by Mistake

LISBON, Portugal - A driver took a wrong turn and headed down a subway tunnel in Portugal's second-largest city Monday.  The driver, who was alone in his vehicle and was said to be in his fifties, veered down a ramp set aside for emergency vehicles during the morning commute in Porto.


9/11 families react with grief to suicide

Families of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks responded with shock after a Georgia man killed himself at Ground Zero over President Bush's re-election.


Domestic diva's anticipated return to her company's helm at faces a monster hurdle: Uncle Sam. By Krysten Crawford, CNN/Money staff writer.


The company named Katharine Weymouth, passing the title to the fourth generation of the family that has controlled the paper for 75 years.


Justin Timberlake has joined forces  with a rival music company to launch his own label, Tennman  Records.


After last year's reports of exploding batteries in Nokia phones and amid growing concern about electromagnetic radiation from wireless devices in general, Siemens warned recently of a software defect in a range of mobile phones that could cause hearing


The advent of space tourism is one step closer with the safe return this week of a private manned rocketship from âthe edge of spaceâ.


A man charged with his terminally ill son's murder is given permission to attend the boy's funeral.


The NFL Players Association wants major additions to the revenue pool used to determine player salaries, making negotiations to extend the current contract more difficult than in the past.


Lead, mercury and arsenic have been found in herbal preparations imported from India, some so laden with contaminants they were potent enough to cause serious poisonings, researchers report today.


30 killed, 65 injured in car blast in Karbala:

[World News]: Karbala (Baghdad), Dec. 19 : Powerful car bomb blasts have killed and injured dozens of people in the Iraqi Shia cities of Najaf and Karbala.


This time, a field goal wasn't going to be good enough. Steve McNair had to take the Baltimore Ravens into the end zone for a victory, and he had to cover 60 yards without any timeouts.


"Shrek the Musical," the tale of a big green ogre, has a date on Broadway this fall.


Owens says he was a slap away from being a Raven

''I'm sure there will be something this week,'' Owens said Sunday after scoring two touchdowns to help the Philadelphia Eagles to their 34-31 overtime victory over the Cleveland Browns and


London: India captain Sourav Ganguly said his side's batting had to improve if they were to make a mark in the forthcoming Champions Trophy tournament in England.


Google's privacy and content policies for Google Applications give Google full rights to use your content however the company wants.  Are you nervous?


Deadliest attack on US base in Iraq kills 22, including 19 ...

BAGHDAD : At least 22 people were killed, including 19 US military personnel, when a huge explosion tore apart a US army dining hall.


Moderate Christians fight rapture with Sunday school

Real estate agent Dave Eschenbach is an active member of his church, but he feels uncomfortable around a sizable portion of U.S. Christians -- those who believe they could be transported to heaven at any moment.


The International Monetary Fund appears to be unable to agree on a debt relief plan for the world's poorest nations.


Bahrain's Shia opposition wins 40% of the vote a general election which sees women and liberals fare poorly.


Tech companies oppose WIPO treaty on TV rights

Signal piracy clampdown 'unnecessary' Dell, HP, AT&T, Sony and others have joined forces to oppose a plan that would give broadcasters a whole new set of intellectual property rights over television programmes. They will fight to stop the UN proposal being adopted internationally.â¦


GWU Student Trolls Whole University, Mainstream Media

The GW Hatchet reports  that posters appeared all over the George Washington University campus yesterday morning bearing the headline: "HATE MUSLIMS? SO DO WE!!!"  The effect was rather predictable.


Belo to Refund $23 Million to Advertisers

Media company Belo Corp. on Monday said it would refund $23 million to advertisers because of a circulation scandal at its Dallas Morning News newspaper, resulting in a charge against earnings in the current quarter.


Tommy Haas of Germany defeated Xavier Malisse of Belgium, 6-4, 6-1 Tuesday in the first round of the Madrid Masters. Andre Agassi of the United States was due to meet Max Mirnyi of Belarus


Clinic plans first transplant of a human face

Someone severely disfigured by burns or disease could receive the first human face transplant using skin and underlying fat from an organ donor.


Gene-Modified Grass Spreads Far, US Study Finds

Genetically engineered grass developed for use on golf courses can spread its modified genes for miles, carried by ultra-light pollen


Torre Says Yankeesâ Offer Showed Lack of Trust

Joe Torre rejected the Yankeesâ contract offer on Thursday, but in a news conference at the Hilton Rye Town on Friday he said he felt rejected by them.


Merrill Lynch & Co., the biggest U.S. brokerage, on Tuesday said quarterly profit fell slightly amid sharply higher expenses, but its shares rose as a 21 percent jump in revenue helped the firm beat expectations.


IT experts issue a warning over a potential security risk to primary school pupils' personal data.


In a preliminary report, I.B.M. said its fourth-quarter earnings from continuing operations rose 24 percent from a year ago, beating Wall Street expectations by a wide margin.


WASHINGTON (CBS) America Online has agreed to pay a $210 million fine to settle a Justice Department investigation of securities fraud, a department official tells CBS News.


MIT debate: Will a 'conscious' machine ever be built?

Inventor Ray Kurtzweil and Yale University professor David Gelernter debated whether "conscious" computers will ever be built last night at MIT. They agreed to disagree.


Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston has found answer to the age old question. Yes it is the age old questionâ¦why does our hair become gray when we grow old?


Siena, 17:27 - CALCIO, SIENA; BERETTA: CONTRO LA JUVE SENZA PAURA

"Domani con la Juve a Torino dobbiamo cercare di fare la partita, pur sapendo che abbiamo davanti un...


Stargazers will get a rare triple planetary treat this weekend with Jupiter, Mercury and Mars appearing to nestle together in the predawn skies. About 45 minutes before dawn on Sunday those three planets will be so close that the average person's thumb can obscure all three from view.


Coach Jackson signs contract extension with Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers head coach Phil Jackson, who has guided his teams to a record-equaling nine NBA championships, has signed a two-year contract extension, the team said on Wednesday.


One man helps moderates tackle the roots of Kenya's ethnic rifts

Hezron Masitsa of the Alternatives to Violence Program in Nairobi, Kenya, says the time has come to find common ground.


Certain vitamin supplements may shorten rather than prolong lifespan, research has suggested.


Calpers to begin search for new President

NEW YORK, December 3  - The Board members of the Californian state pension fund, Calpers (California Public Employees Retirement System), are scheduled to begin the process of selecting a new President today, after Sean Harrigan was


Da variazioni di perimetro effetto positivo di 122 milioni


Exiles: Iran Hides Secret Military Nuke Site from U.N.

Iran's government is conducting nuclear  activities linked to a covert atomic weapons program at a  military site unknown to U.N. inspectors, says an exiled  opposition group that has given accurate information before.


Livorno, 17:26 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: ARRIGONI HA L'INTERO GRUPPO A DISPOSIZIONE

Il Livorno ha ripreso la preparazione in vista della sfida di domenica con la Reggina. La seduta si ...


The new Anil Sharma film stars two Bobby Deols and lots of confusion.


He cracked the code, this Zach Thomas guy did. Veteran linebacker, this Zach Thomas guy. Shrewd and devious, this Zach Thomas guy. Attended Texas Tech, this Zach Thomas guy, but it's clear that he truly matriculated at Espionage U, with possible grad work at the James Bond Institute.


Business owners in Londonderry begin a major clean-up after serious flooding strikes the city.


com. As Boston Red Sox first basemen Doug Mientkiewicz squeezed the ball in his glove for the final out of the 2004 World Series, you could almost hear a collective


German sporting goods manufacturer Adidas signed a $351 million, eight-year sponsorship deal with FIFA on Wednesday, extending an arrangement that began in 1970.


Turkish police foil bomb attack in capital

Turkish police foiled a bomb attack in the capital Ankara on Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of the 9/11 al Qaeda attacks on the United States, and authorities said they were stepping up security measures.


The beating death of a passer-by who filmed a streetside fracas between villagers and authorities touched off protests in central China, in the latest incident to underscore public anger over abusive treatment by government employees.


Chipmaker's speedy Pentium 4 gets even faster.


Blue-chip stocks ended flat on Wednesday after trimming steep losses late in the session amid speculation the Federal Reserve may act to cut the discount rate. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 ended lower but well off their worst levels of the day.


Blackstone Group LP agreed to buy Tussauds Group, owner of London's Madame Tussauds waxworks museum, for $1.9 billion to create the world's second-biggest operator of tourist attractions.


The battle to set the standard for next-generation digital recording media took another twist on Thursday with the announcement that Walt Disney would launch titles on the Blu-ray Disc format promoted by Sony and Matsushita.


Spitzer May Urge More Insurance Oversight in Senate Testimony

New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer may tell a US Senate subcommittee today that federal oversight of the insurance industry is inevitable after his allegations of price manipulation and kickbacks.


Hamas admits to having weapons factories in Gaza

In the first admission of its kind, a senior Hamas official disclosed on Saturday that the movement has a number of factories in the Gaza Strip for manufacturing various types of weapons.


Va. Peace Corps Worker Details Perils in Kenya

The men on the side of the road gripped machetes as Fauquier County native Gillie Kehoe and fellow Peace Corps volunteers passed in two pickups, zigzagging around charred cars on the way out of a village near Kisumu, Kenya.


Some of the day's images as US voters go to the polls in primaries and caucuses


Your chances of getting a peaceful night's sleep are better if you don't smoke, or spend time around anyone who does. That's because smoking -- both active and passive -- makes


Barcelo Crestline to Acquire Missouri-Based Hotel Group

Barcelo Crestline Corp., a privately held McLean hotel company, said yesterday it plans to acquire a Missouri-based firm that is one of the country's largest independent owners and operators of hotels.


Philly tailback has to prove he's durable

Never mind that after only two NFL seasons Brian Westbrook's medical dossier includes notations on a couple of sprained ankles, wrist surgery and an operation only seven months ago to stitch


Economic Scene: A Health Care Plan So Simple, Even Stephen Colbert Couldnât Simplify It

If the single-payer system embraced by virtually all other developed countries is clearly the best solution, why doesnât the United States adopt it?


A sailor from a sunken ship belonging to Oliver Cromwell's navy had the upper body of a trapeze artist but bowed legs, his recovered skeleton shows.


Movie Gallery Inc. MOVI.O on Friday  offered to buy rival movie rental chain Hollywood Entertainment  Corp. HLYW.O for an undisclosed sum, one week after industry  leader Blockbuster Inc. BBI.N bid about $700 million for  Hollywood.


Paralysed dogs given an unusual treatment for spinal cord injury have shown some success in being able to walk again, a new study reveals.


Deployment will boost Verizon's advanced data and enterprise services in Asia-Pacific.


Le bombe di Falluja non fermano la guerriglia

La guerra Ã¨ finita, anzi no. La battaglia di Falluja si Ã¨ Â«ufficialmenteÂ» conclusa mercoledÃ¬ quando un colonnello di marines di origine italiana, Leonard Di Francisci, ha dichiarato alla pattuglia di


Saudi Arabia, fighting a violent campaign by al Qaeda supporters, has quietly begun trying suspected militants in Islamic courts, a government official said in comments aired on Thursday.


Kosovo awaits recognition and Serb challenge

PRISTINA, Serbia  - Kosovo looked forward on Monday to recognition by the Western powers who went to war to save its Albanian majority, but Russia served notice the new state will never be forced on its Serb allies in the territory.


The government is raising billions of pounds more in green taxes than it needs to cut the UK's "carbon footprint", a report says.


For Edwards, VP debate is key to silence doubters

John Edwards is the enigma of this year's presidential campaign, but John F. Kerry's choice of him as the vice presidential nominee may yet prove fateful.


Texans Glad to Be Out of AFC South Cellar

David Carr summoned some of the late-game magic of Brett Favre, Domanick Davis recaptured some of his rookie-year moxie and Steve McNair was so frustrated after the game he hinted at retirement.


Europeâs dilemma â has to choose between America and China (or ...

Europe is in a serious tug of war situation. On one side America wants it in its age-old traditional mode of preserving Western Union of Nations through NATO.


Pop star Robbie Williams has gone on strike against his record label, with his manager accusing British music publisher EMI's new boss of acting like a "plantation owner," a report said Friday.