Dutch politician doubts Muslim ministers' loyalty

The leader of a Dutch anti-immigration party will call for a vote of no-confidence in two Muslim government ministers next week, citing their dual nationality as the issue, a newspaper reported on Saturday.


Murdoch will shell out $44 mil. for Manhattan penthouse

NEW YORK -- Rupert Murdoch, the billionaire CEO of News Corp., has reportedly offered to buy a three-story penthouse for $44 million, which would be the highest price ever paid for a Manhattan by about $1.75 million if the deal goes through.


Mexico: Arrest in cardinal's 1993 murder

An alleged drug cartel hit man who is among the suspects in the 1993 slaying of a Mexican cardinal was arrested in the border city of Tijuana, authorities announced on Saturday.


Bush: Kerry would let France control US military

US President George W. Bush charged Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry would let France decide when Washington could use force to defend itself.


Nicolas Anelka's first Premiership goals for Bolton condemned his former club Arsenal to a 3-1 defeat.


Land Mines Remain a Danger to Ethiopians

Aberhet Amha was an aspiring runner, winning medals for her school and dreaming of adding her name to the long list of great Ethiopian Olympic athletes. But just before her 12th birthday, Aberhet stepped on a land mine.


Toshiba says subpoenaed over flash memory

Japanese electronics firm Toshiba Corp.  said it had been subpoenaed by the U.S. Department of Justice  about its flash memory business in the key U.S. market.


MEMPHIS, Tennessee - A Tennessee mother fed up with her daughter's misbehavior took an unusual tack in for latest punishment, making her stand on a busy street corner with an attention-getting sign.  Tashara Wilkins, 13, held a sign Sunday reading, "I don't obey my parents, I'm a liar.


Mergers Show Steel Industry Is Still Worthy of Big Deals

Wilbur Ross, whose buyout firm created International Steel less than two years ago, is selling the company to Lakshmi N. Mittal, the billionaire steel tycoon, for $4.5 billion.


Michael Jackson, Accuser's Mom Due in Calif. Court

Michael Jackson was expected in court on Friday, accompanied by members of his famous family, to watch his attorney fire tough questions at the mother of the teenage boy who accuses the pop star of child molestation.


Madrid, 16:31 - CICLISMO, VUELTA: NOVE RITIRI, TRE ITALIANI

Nove ritiri alla Vuelta durante la sedicasima tappa con arrivo in quota a Calar Alto.


European equities swung higher on Tuesday after traders latched on to positive news from Germany and the US, giving battered cyclical stocks a lift.


EBay Agrees to Limit Racial Slurs on Auction Site

Internet auction house eBay Inc. said on Wednesday it would limit the use of racial slurs after US city officials complained the offensive terms were being used to advertise lawn jockeys and other antiques.


Ma bisogna chiudere rapidamente i contratti di lavoro


Esportazioni fanno da traino, nel 2006 produzione a +9,11%


Officials Blame Contractors in Tunnel Leak

The tunnel containing this city's sunken highway - the crown jewel of the Big Dig, Boston's mammoth $14.6 billion highway project - is leaking because of improper construction


Mozambique to forcibly evacuate 10,000 from floods

Mozambique said on Sunday it would forcibly evacuate 10,000 people who have defied government calls to leave areas at risk of flooding along the Zambezi valley in the country's central regions.


The controversy surrounding GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug Avandia mounted Wednesday as a medical expert prepared to tell lawmakers the British drug maker threatened him with legal action when he first raised questions about the treatment's safety.


Fourteen suspect packages are sent to addresses in Luton.


EADS board split over new Airbus plane: source

Disagreement over the funding of a $10-billion new plane project at Airbus has forced parent firm EADS  to cancel a Friday board meeting which was due to decide on whether to go ahead with the development, an industry source said on Friday.


Lebanese crowds defy Syria at Gemayel's funeral

Tens of thousands of Lebanese paid tribute to assassinated Christian politician Pierre Gemayel on Thursday, turning his funeral in central Beirut into a display of defiance towards Syria and its Hezbollah allies.


Saddam Hussein is ordered out of court by the new chief judge at his genocide trial in Baghdad.


The hour was late, the day had been long, but Teresa Heinz Kerry felt like dancing. As a six-piece Mariachi band played at the train station Saturday night and her husband signed autographs a few feet away, she began to sway to the music. A young gentleman in the welcoming party, Javier Martinez of Albuquerque, gallantly offered his hand and soon they were dancing to the lively strains of "El Rey."


Serena Reaches Fourth Round of U.S. Open

NEW YORK - Hardly at her best, barely beating one of the tour's pesky teens, Serena Williams suddenly found herself face-down at the U.S. Open...


Central New York an armed fortress for Republican convention

New York authorities are turning central Manhattan into an armed security fortress for the four-day Republican National Convention that opens next Monday to nominate President George W. Bush for a second four-year term.


Don't look for Hal Sutton to repeat the classic introduction Ben Hogan gave during the flag-raising ceremony for the 1967 Ryder Cup.


Disney Recalls Uncle Walt's Storytelling

As a schoolboy home sick with chicken pox, Roy Disney had the best storyteller any kid could imagine: Uncle Walt.


Rare Gold Coins Displayed Before Auction

Rare gold coins - the last treasures of a fabled collector known as the King of Coins - went on pre-auction display Thursday after sitting undisturbed in a Baltimore bank vault for nearly a half-century.


Wall St. set for soft start ahead of data

U.S. shares are likely to ease on Friday  ahead of non-farm payrolls data which may provide clues on the  interest rate outlook.


Merck next month will make its second try for approval to sell cholesterol drug Mevacor without a prescription. If the Food and Drug Administration approves, cholesterol drugs would


JUBA, Sudan  - Ugandan rebels accused the   government on Saturday of violating a truce by "besieging" its   fighters and threatened to pull out of peace talks widely seen   as the best chance to end one of Africa's longest conflicts.


The top U.S. military commander for the Middle East is steering the topic away from Iraq and pressing Arab allies to form a more united front against Iran, seen by Washington as the region's long-term threat.


Bush proposes billions for Iraq, may seek more

President George W. Bush on Monday proposed more than $700 billion in new spending for the U.S. military -- much of it for the Iraq war -- in a budget that would curb domestic programs from health to education.


US pushing to have Myanmar issue put on formal Security Council agenda

The United States has moved to put the issue of political repression and human rights abuses in Myanmar formally on the agenda of the Security Council this month, its ambassador to the UN said.


'Pregiudizi da imprenditori derivano anche da errori nostri'


Filing reveals that Cognos went to IBM first

Cognos executives first approached IBM in the months leading up to IBM's pending $5 billion deal to buy the company, not the other way around, according to a document Cognos submitted Friday to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.


Council members voted Tuesday to appeal a judge's refusal to grant a preliminary injunction to the city in its attempt to block the Angels from adding Los Angeles to their name.


Spammers dump images, switch to PDF files

Cat-and-mouse Foiled by increasingly accurate corporate spam filters, spammers have dumped pictures for PDFs in their bulk emailings, according to the latest data from security firms.â¦


FDA Employee Seeks Legal Help From Whistle-Blowers' Group

Dr. David J. Graham, the drug safety reviewer who denounced his employer, the Food and Drug Administration, before a Congressional panel last week, said yesterday that he feared being fired


Comets, Asteroids and Planets around a Nearby Star

A nearby star thought to harbor comets and asteroids now appears to be home to planets, too. The presumed worlds are smaller than Jupiter and could be as tiny as Pluto, new observations suggest.


The U.S. pension agency on Thursday  said it had filed a motion in court asking for permission to  take over the retirement plans of pilots at bankrupt United  Airlines, which are underfunded by $2.9 billion.


Italy's prime minister blames "leftist propaganda" after MEPs reject his nominee for EU justice commissioner.


A Los Angeles judge Monday postponed the start of actor Robert Blake's murder trial following the theft last week of his lawyer's computer.


Il Professore dopo l'incontro con Fillon ribadisce la volontÃ  di andare avanti sull'alta velocitÃ Il premier francese: "Mi rallegro il progetto stia andando in porto"                                            Prodi: "Sulla Tav Torino-Lione l'Italia onorerÃ  il suo impegno"


Eurolega: lâItalia ringrazia gli inventori del tiro da tre

Cosâhanno in comune Siena, Bologna, Pesaro e Treviso da un punto di vista cestistico?. Molte cose, direte voi. Recentemente? Moltissime, confermerete voi. VabbÃ¨, arriviamo al dunqueâ¦ Le partite che queste


Once Andy Roddick got used to the new, faster court in San Jose, he had no problems at all with Frank Dancevic.


In an open air room at an abandoned religious court run by rebel Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's followers, 10 bloated, darkened bodies lay covered in bloodied blankets.


U.S. Caesarean deliveries rise, teen birth rate down

The Caesarean delivery rate for U.S. women hit a record high in 2005, spiking by nearly 50 percent in a decade, while teen births fell to a new low and births by unmarried mothers rose, according to government data released on Tuesday.


KEY WEST, Fla. - The only whooshing sound Hurricane Ivan stirred in the Keys and populous South Florida on Sunday was a sigh of relief from residents no longer fearful the 150-mph storm would make a direct hit...


Vital Signs: Insights: Racial Disparity Affirmed in Tobacco Advertising

The density of billboards advertising tobacco products is more than twice as high in black neighborhoods as in white.


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


Car Parts Maker Reports Big Loss in Quarter

DETROIT, Feb. 13  â The auto parts maker Delphi said Tuesday that it lost $2 billion in the third quarter, attributing half the loss to buyout costs for 20,000 unionized workers.


Blog: Catherine Cook, the 17-year-old cofounder of myYearbook.com, spoke Wednesday at the iMeme tech conference about her vision for online media.


After ups, downs, surprising rookie Gay happy to help

The best of times, the worst of times, might be associated with Charles Dickens, but it's also a description of the life of Patriots rookie cornerback Randall Gay.


Microsoft expected to post sharp profit rise

Microsoft is expected to report a sharp  rise in quarterly profit this week, boosted by surging revenue  as strong computer sales drive demand for its Windows operating  system and Office software.


Don't Mock Bush, Work with Him, Blair Tells Europe

Britain's Tony Blair urged Europe and  the United States on Monday to bury differences over Iraq and  focus their energies on global challenges such as lasting peace  between Israelis and Palestinians.


Car bomb in Baghdad kills 10, wounds 25: ministry

A car bomb exploded in a busy thoroughfare of eastern Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 10 people and wounding 25, an Interior Ministry source and police said.


If Jane Austen were to write a sequel to "Pride and Prejudice," I doubt it would end up anything like the new blockbuster (based on Helen Feilding's novel) "Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason.


Sen. John Kerry said Thursday that Iraq's interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, put the "best face" on a failed policy when the foreign leader addressed Congress earlier in the morning.


L'incremento orario medio nel corso dell'anno passato Ã¨ stato del 2,3%A dicembre la quota dei dipendenti in attesa di rinnovo contrattuale era del 47,4%                                          Istat: retribuzioni +2,2% nel 2007 a fronte di un'inflazione dell'1,8%                                                                                A ottobre record dal 2000 di ore non lavorate per sciopero: sono 1.890.000


Federer outclasses Lopez while Haas ousts Blake

Top seed Roger Federer withstood a few anxious moments before defeating Spain's Feliciano Lopez in four sets to book a quarter-final berth against old foe Andy Roddick at the U.S. Open on Monday.


Colombia Rebels Kill 9 Officers in Ambush

Leftist rebels ambushed a police convoy Tuesday in northeastern Colombia, killing at least nine officers and wounding three others, authorities said. A 10th policeman was killed in a separate incident.


Longshot presidential candidates' quotes

Some comments from recent interviews with and about candidates for the White House who are barely registering in public opinion polls, and their chances for success:


Six board members quit India's Reliance group unit, send shares tumbling

A family ownership battle at India's biggest private business conglomerate Reliance intensified after six directors of subsidiary Reliance Energy quit, sending group company shares tumbling.


NASA Rover Finds Meteorite on Mars Surface

In a stroke of luck, the NASA rover Opportunity has discovered a basketball-size metal meteorite sitting on the surface of Mars, the mission's main scientist said Tuesday.


A US court of appeals delivered Research In Motion (RIM) a partial blow, ruling to uphold most of a lower court decision that ruled in favor of NTP's patent infringement claims.


Chinaâs retail sales increased at the quickest rate in at least eight years on rising incomes.


ROME: One of Graham Henry's most frequently uttered lines when he took charge of the All Blacks earlier this year was that Rome wasn't built in a day.


Search for Missing Cargo Crewmen Ends in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - The search for six crew  members missing from a wrecked cargo ship off an Alaska island  has been suspended, and authorities are focusing on the cleanup  of spilled bunker fuel oil from the vessel, an official said on  Saturday.


U.S. envoy in Kenya for talks to end crisis

Washington's top diplomat for Africa hoped to meet both sides in Kenya's political crisis on Saturday to seek an end to ethnic unrest that has killed more than 300 people and shattered the country's peaceful image.


Competition among telecom providers getting fierce

Despite a recent court victory for the area's largest telecommunications company, the battle for your home phone service isn't about to end.


Armani and skinny models the talk of London Fashion Week

Despite the simmering row over "size zero" models at London Fashion Week, which ended Friday, it is designer Giorgio Armani, an unashamed admirer of slender figures such as Lily Cole, who has dominated talk around the catwalks.


Scientists say they have found two genetic mutations that could triple the risk of developing bowel cancer.


NEW YORK  - Cable network Bravo has  ordered ten one-hour episodes of "Being Bobby Brown," a reality  series about Whitney Houston's troubled husband.


Sanjay DuttÂs nephew, Nilesh Sahaya is all set to make his debut in Bollywood. He has been signed for a film called Ek Duje Ke Liye...


High dollar to slow economic growth more than previously expected, says bank

OTTAWA (CP) - Weighed down by a strong dollar, the economy will grow at a slightly slower pace this year than previously thought, the Bank of Canada said Thursday.


'From Russia' art claimants want compensation from Russia

Descendants of two pre-Russian Revolution art collectors are seeking compensation from Moscow for confiscated masterpieces going on display in a controversial London exhibition, they told AFP Tuesday.


European stock markets struggle on interest rate jitters

Europe's main stock markets faltered on Thursday following heavy losses on Wednesday triggered by an increase in eurozone interest rates, dealers said.


Isaac Mizrahi Leaves Target to Revamp Liz Claiborn

The cheap-chic designer is leaving the retailer for a more ambitious, and lucrative, role of making over the struggling Liz Claiborne label.


Three 767s will start running the technology in April, but experts question this use of homeland-security resources.


Defense contractor Northrop Grumman  Corp. NOC.N said quarterly profit rose 31 percent, helped by  higher government spending on its military equipment and  anthrax-screening products, plus the effect of lower pension  costs.


British gas guzzlers to pay more to park

Residents of a London suburb will soon pay annual parking fees based on how much carbon dioxide their cars emit, penalizing owners of gas guzzlers. Officials in Richmond, west of the capital, agreed Monday to levy a sliding scale of charges based on emissions, meaning the biggest polluters will pay $590 a year for a permit to park on the street.


Sweetener intended to persuade them to back PM's plan for extending surgery opening hours


Bergamo, 18:02 - CALCIO, ATALANTA; DEL NERI: VITTORIA MERITATA

La sua Atalanta ha vinto l'esordio casalingo contro il Parma e Gigi Del Neri non nasconde la propria...


As the largest US business delegation travels to India for a summit, firms face hurdles as well as huge opportunities.


Taiwan, China Begin Historic Direct Flights

Commercial jetliners from Taiwan and China took off on Saturday for the first non-stop flights in 55 years across the narrow strait dividing the arch- foes, raising hopes for permanent air links and better ties.


Cagliari, 18:20 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI; CELLINO: SERVE UN ATTACCANTE D'ESPERIENZA

"Mi piacerebbe che la squadra fosse ormai pronta ma ancora manca un attaccante d'esperienza ed un es...


IRVINE, Calif., June 1  /PRNewswire/ -- BowTie, Inc., the world's largest publisher of pet and animal print and online publications, announces the launch of FishChannel.com.


Two Germans Sentenced for Software Piracy

A court found a German software dealer guilty of counterfeiting Microsoft products, and sentenced him to three years in prison, authorities said Wednesday.


South Korean negotiators in Afghanistan have reached a deal with Taliban militants holding 19 South Korean Christian aid workers for over a month, a presidential spokesman in Seoul said Tuesday.


U.S. says captures 2 over Iraq soldier abductions

U.S. forces said on Thursday they had killed more than 23 Sunni and Shi'ite fighters in two operations in Iraq and captured two al Qaeda-linked militants suspected of links to the abduction of three U.S. soldiers.


Bali talks agree to launch climate treaty talks

NUSA DUA, Indonesia  - U.N.-led climate talks in Bali agreed on Saturday to launch negotiations on a new global warming pact to succeed the Kyoto Protocol after the United States dropped last-minute opposition.


Exclusive Interview - Joe Simpson Clears Up What Happened With ...

Ashlee Simpson has owned up to lip-syncing, following an embarrassing Saturday night slip-up on live TV. The brunette singer, younger sister of Jessica Simpson, made an appearance on the long-running comedy


Revenue Science offers behavioral ads in Japan

Privately held Revenue Science will  offer behaviorally targeted advertising services on  Internet-browsing cell phones in Japan, entering a new field  for sending commercials based on a consumer's Web habits.


Mets 3, Braves 0: PÃ©rez, Using His Full Repertory, Baffles the Braves Again

The Mets have defeated the Braves three times this season and the team will leave Atlanta atop the National League East.


On Wednesday, former CEO of the US biggest software maker Computer Associate Sanjay Kumar was charged in the indictment for securities fraud in the company.


TOKYO - The Japanese government convened an emergency session Friday following a media report that a body believed to be Asian was discovered in Iraq.


SEATTLE MARINERS-Named Mike Hargrove manager and agreed to terms on a three-year contract. SAN ANGELO COLTS-Released 1B Toby Rumfield.


Third-party candidates long shot in U.S. election

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have what it takes to run a strong third-party presidential bid, the subject of growing talk, but the odds of winning are practically nil, experts say.


In Adolescents, Addiction to Tobacco Comes Easy

Teenagers can get hooked on one cigarette, a doctor warns.


Singh takes aim at greatest modern-day season

Maybe the long overseas flight will take something out of him. Perhaps the bland food will leave him feeling less than his best. There's always the chance that a leprechaun could emerge from the Irish woods to distract him.


Opening Irish job market to new EU member Poland 'right decision': Ahern

WARSAW : Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern said that opening Ireland's job market to workers from Poland, when it joined the European Union on May 1 last year, has "worked out well" for both countries.


BT has cut the ribbon on a new internet telephone service aimed at small and medium-sized companies (SMEs). The "BT Business Broadband Voice" service lets workers save money on voice calls by routing them over the net.


GM in preliminary talks to buy Chrysler: source

NEW YORK/DETROIT  - General Motors Corp. is in preliminary talks to buy Chrysler, the struggling U.S. arm of DaimlerChrysler AG, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday.


Dell Announces 17-inch Inspiron 9200 Notebook

Dell today launched the InspironTM 9200, the company's first notebook with a 17-inch wide-aspect screen, providing customers a viewing area 26 percent larger than a 15.


Under Attack, Director Says Hollinger's Black Misled Him

Richard N. Perle, a director at the media company Hollinger International who was criticized in an internal report, says he was duped by its former chief, Conrad M. Black.


Mayor Thomas M. Menino emerged from Brigham and Women's Hospital yesterday and said that his newly diagnosed Crohn's disease will not be a factor in whether he seeks a fourth full term.


Officials Decry Water System Upgrade Plans: ORINDA: Leaders Say Strategy Unfairly Burdens City, May Cause Eyesore

By Brooke Bryant, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Dec. 15--Orinda is urging the East Bay Municipal Utility District to reconsider plans to overhaul its regional water system.


Beware, all you parking meter feeders and restricted zone overtimers.


Or at least neutralizes their hype The Storage Performance Council (SPC) has issued a second benchmark meant to save customers from vendor spin hell.â¦


Privatisation and trade liberalisation policies foisted on developing countries in return for financial help are often bad for the poor, according to a confidential government paper.


Novell is mum on the exit of Chris Stone, a key leader in the company's transformation to Linux vendor.


Muslim plotters taped hundreds of times: prosecutor

CAMDEN, New Jersey  - Six Muslim men accused of plotting to kill soldiers at a New Jersey army base had hundreds of conversations recorded by federal agents that will be used against them at trial, a prosecutor said on Thursday.


Judge Throws Out Statement by Iraq Abuse Defendant

FORT BRAGG, N.C.  - A military judge on Thursday  threw out a potentially damaging statement made by Pfc. Lynndie  England, a U.S. soldier facing court martial over an Iraqi  prison abuse scandal who was photographed holding a detainee on  a leash.


I watched the 60 Minutes interview of Iranian president Ahmandinejad with amazement. At the end of the interview he reminded the interviewer, Scott Pelley, that he was the president of a sovereign country. He wondered if the interviewer was an agent of the American government. Amazingly his question made sense. I wondered too. Transcript of interview: Part 1, Part 2. I tried to imagine CBS interviewing the President of the United States this way. I couldn't imagine that our President would sit for the full interview as the interviewer reminded him repeatedly that he hadn't directly answered the question as to whether Iran was producing a nuclear weapon or whether Iran was supplying arms to people fighting the US in Iraq. Ask once or twice, accept an incomplete even evasive answer, because that's how they interview politicians on American television. To hold Iran's president to a higher standard is hypocritical. I wouldn't have blamed Ahmadinejad if he had asked why Iranian weapons are any worse than US weapons. Wouldn't he have the right to object that the US had troops in Iraq, a country that borders his, with people who share his culture, religion, even his sect, but he didn't. There's no question that American soldiers are killing Shi'ites in Iraq, and perhaps there's no question that Iran is arming our enemies in Iraq, but so what? I don't see how what we're doing is any better, and when you consider that Iraq borders Iran, it's as if a foreign country were occupying Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. His interest in peace in Iraq is clearly greater than ours. He was much less adversarial than the interviewer, who was supposed to be disinterested. The president of a sovereign country, even one our country isn't friendly with, has no obligation to be disinterested.  The moment of greatest shame was when he asked Ahmadinejad if he admired anything about President Bush personally. I don't understand where the question came from, and why it wasn't edited out of the interview when Ahmadinejad declined (gracefully, I thought) to answer it. Is this somehow relevant to the conversation between our countries? Is this how a strong and respectful country learns about an adversary? Perhaps CBS should find out first first if Americans admire the man before we ask if others do.


Not Even Clemens Is Immune to Yankeesâ Streak of Injuries

A groin injury will keep Roger Clemens off the field for at least the Yankeesâ series against the White Sox. Kei Igawa is expected to start in his place.


ST. LOUIS - Despite minimal production from the top and bottom of the batting order, St. Louis manager Tony La Russa intimated he wouldn't shake up his once-productive lineup for today's must-win Game 6 of the National League Championship Series.


Prince Charles chastised for 'old fashioned' views

LONDON: A British minister launched a scathing attack on heir to the throne Prince Charles on Thursday, accusing him of being "very old fashioned" and out of touch in his views on teaching in schools.


Music Review | 'The Dream Concert ': A Night of Many Stars, and of Hopes for a King Memorial

He had a dream, so they had a âDream Concertâ: a three-hour-plus variety show Tuesday night at Radio City Music Hall.


U.S. Raids Kill Family of 6 in Rebel-Held Iraqi City

FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. warplanes killed a family of  six in raids against rebels led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab  al-Zarqawi, while a top international aid agency suspended Iraq  operations Wednesday after its manager was kidnapped.


Apple calls on UK press as iPhone talk swirls

Apple Inc is calling a London news conference next Tuesday as speculation mounts that the U.S. consumer electronics guru will unveil long-awaited plans to bring its iconic iPhone cell phones to Europe.


Third drug company says it faces Iraq 'kickbacks' probe

A third pharmaceutical giant said Sunday it is being investigated by Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) over alleged breaches of the United Nations oil-for-food programme in Saddam Hussein's Iraq.


In a perfect Mariners world, Ichiro Suzuki would get one hit in Thursday afternoon's series finale against the Athletics and become the Major League's all-time single-season


London, Oct. 1 (NNN): British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Friday will undergo a minor surgery to correct heart palpitations but will be fully functioning and back at work next week, according to officials here.


The Call Is Cheap. The Wiretap Is Extra.

Wiretapping Internet phones to monitor criminals and terrorists is costly and complex, and potentially a big burden on new businesses trying to sell the phone service.


U.S. Muslims face isolation, radical threat: study

Muslim Americans must meld into U.S. society before suspicion and mistrust lingering since the attacks on New York and Washington isolates them and sparks radicalism in their ranks, a study said on Tuesday.


The IOC opened an investigation Tuesday into doping allegations against Marion Jones, who could eventually be stripped of her five medals from the 2000 Olympics.


British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to meet Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas as he continues a trip aimed at breathing new life into the dormant Middle East peace process and bolstering a UN-brokered ceasefire in Lebanon.


Interim Enron CEO's firm submits $25 million bonus bill, cites ' ...

The price of success is $25 million US, according to a filing Friday by the corporate rescue firm of Enron Corp.'s interim chief executive.


The New York Film Festival, 42 years in the running, continues to command respect as a showcase for eminent filmmakers and up-and-coming masters.


CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Tom Benson crowded around a tiny television, the fate of his football team resting on the outcome of a game being played halfway across the country.


White House Fought Curbs on Interrogations -- NYT

At the urging of the White House,  congressional leaders scrapped a legislative measure last month  that would have imposed new restrictions on the use of extreme  interrogation measures by American intelligence officers, The  New York Times reported on Wednesday.


Nintendos' Wii Sports sweeps the board at the 2007 British Academy Video Games Awards in London.


Pentagon releases audio of 9/11 mastermind

The Pentagon on Thursday released an audio recording of a hearing for al Qaeda suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at Guantanamo Bay but cut some remarks made by the self-declared mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks.


Alex own goal gives Arsenal winning start against PSV

An own goal by PSV Eindhoven defender Alex three minutes before halftime gave Arsenal a 1-0 win in their opening Champions League Group E match at Highbury on Tuesday.


Linux and Identity Services Key for Novell

Linux and identity management will be Novell's biggest strengths, according to its chief executive Jack Messman. Messman told delegates at this year's Novell Brainshare Europe event in Barcelona


Palestinian Security Forces to Deploy in Gaza

Palestinian security forces took up  positions on Friday across northern Gaza to curb militant  attacks against Israel as part of new Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas's plan to halt violence and revive peace talks.


Karen Garrison hasn't celebrated Christmas in years. There was no point, since neither of her twin sons was there to celebrate with her.


Inflation 'Behaves' As Price Index Falls

The economy got a double dose of encouraging news Friday as wholesale prices went down and moderating energy costs helped improve the country's trade deficit.


A university in Bath has become the first in the country to offer a degree for funeral directors.


BARCELONA, February 12  /PRNewswire/ -- - barablu announces major expansion to offer free calls between Wi-Fi mobiles.  - With the rapid growth of Wi-Fi enabled mobile, the service promises to change the way the mobile is used.


Baseball: Expos near move to Washington as deadline approaches

WASHINGTON : Major League Baseball is expected to announce that the Montreal Expos will move to Washington for the 2005 season, North American media reported.


Candidates rush to remote Nevada gold town

ELKO, Nevada  - The remote mining town of Elko became the unlikely center of the battle to lead the United States on Friday as several candidates came to town on the eve of Nevada's presidential nomination contests.


Forecasters See No Repeat of 80s Oil Bust

A team of market forecasters that correctly predicted the oil bust of the 1980s thinks history will not repeat itself, at least for now.


Exercise: Better Than the Couch, but Not Equal to the Court

The active video games played on the Nintendo Wii console are not a substitute for the real thing, a small study suggests.


Ecco la foto di Gabor Adler, il volontario inviato in Italia dagli inglesiE' il "soldato inglese sconosciuto" trucidato a Roma con Bruno Buozzi                                            Ora ha anche un volto la spia uccisa dai nazisti                                                                                di MARCO PATUCCHI


Barnes & Noble announced a week ago that it wouldn't keep copies of the new edition of O.J. Simpson's "If I Did It" in its stores, saying the book wasn't expected to sell well.


The UN drops food into remote communities in Sudan's troubled Darfur region that are cut off by rain.


Cell phone talker's arrest stirs etiquette debate

Public chatter on mobile phones is annoying--when other people use them. But how do we tackle the problem?


Belarusian opposition figures say police detained seven activists as...

Belarusian opposition figures say police detained seven activists as demonstrations continued in Minsk against a referendum that allowed President Alyaksandr Lukashenka to run for another term.


Acid Rain Pollution Up 4 Percent in 2003

Emissions of sulfur dioxide, which causes acid rain, rose 4 percent in 2003, but probably will not compromise long-term air quality goals, the government reported Wednesday.


Buenos Aires, 10:53 - CALCIO, ARGENTINA: ELIZONDO A CAPO FORMAZIONE ARBITRI

Horacio Elizondo, l'arbitro argentino che diresse la finale dei Mondiali del 2006 in Germania tra It...


The boss of troubled carmaker Ford admits the firm needs a new business model to return to profitability.


Pakistan counts costs of bloody end to mosque siege

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


Deep in the Sea, Imagining the Cradle of Life on Earth

Cindy Lee Van Dover is a pioneer: a submarine pilot and the first woman to direct the Duke University Marine Laboratory.


NEW YORK - A British philosophy professor who has been a leading champion of atheism for more than a half-century has changed his mind. He now believes in God - more or less - based on scientific evidence, and says so on a video released Thursday.


Insight Buyout Offers Hints  At Allied's Changing Strategy

Allied Capital Corp.  last month completed one of the biggest buyouts in its history, taking control of the maker of Anacin and Sucrets in a deal Allied officials say is a prime example of where they want to take the old-line Washington business finance company.


Malone Tells Lakers He's Not Ready to Play

Karl Malone told the Los Angeles Lakers he's not ready to play, but he didn't rule out returning sometime this season or beyond.


Yankees, Red Sox ready to renew heated rivalry

NEW YORK -- Maybe 19 games going on 26 is too many. Maybe the familiarity that has brought contempt between the two combatants has also created boredom for those not in the two cities.


Barche affondano in Veneto Un pescatore Ã¨ morto, uno Ã¨ disperso

ROVIGO, 6 NOVEMBRE 2004 - Due gite in barca finite male, nel primo vero week end invernale. Entrambe vedono protagonisti una coppia di pescatori: uno Ã¨ morto un altro risulta disperso da ieri. ROVIGO - Un


Oil extended losses for the seventh   consecutive session on Tuesday, retreating to around $65 a   barrel, after Iran sounded a softer note on its atomic program   and OPEC agreed to keep production steady for now.


Your personal details, or else The South African justice committee is considering making foreign travellers register their name, passport number, and address with a local provider before being allowed to use the local GSM services.â¦


With its eye firmly fixed on rival Salesforce.com, Siebel unveiled OnDemand Release 6 of its hosted CRM suite of applications last week, the first industry-specific version of its hosted software.


Hawaii Seniors Are Most Health Conscience

Hawaii ranks first in healthy behaviors among senior citizens, according to a new federal report.


Game makers are not doing enough to attract people who only play occasionally, a conference has been told.


L'attore a Sky Tg 24, 'l'intitolerei 'Senza pieta''


Creditors to forgive up to 80 per cent of Iraq's debt, German ...

Germany's finance minister said Saturday that he and his US counterpart have reached an agreement under which Iraq's creditors would write off up to 80 per cent of the country's debt.


Intervistata da Fazio, si confessa e parla di pace


There's still a Cold War thrill about crossing the border from Finland to Russia.


Tutte le domeniche dal 25 febbraio al 31 dicembre


IIFA awards: Yorkshire set for Bollywood blast

Five quintessential Yorkshire towns are all set to welcome the bold and the beautiful ...


Mercati in attesa del dato Usa su sussidi disoccupazione


Obese People Generate Bigger Health-Care Bills

TUESDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDayNews) -- Obese people have higher health-care costs than those who aren't obese, says a study in the Oct. 25 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.


Japanese automakers produce the cleanest-burning vehicles and they were led in the 2003 model year by Honda Motor Co., while General Motors Corp. placed dead last, a U.S. environmental group said on Tuesday.


Berlin Cheers Documentary on Gay Porn Films

A documentary about the lives of aging  porn actors that throws a harrowing spotlight on the gay film  industry in Los Angeles opened the Panorama section of the  Berlin Film Festival on Friday to an enthusiastic reception.


Rally Offers Putin Support Over Hostage Bloodbath

BESLAN, Russia  - Russian state television  predicted at least 100,000 people would attend a Moscow rally  on Tuesday to denounce terrorism, bolstering President Vladimir  Putin against critics over a Chechnya-linked hostage bloodbath.


A Philippines government panel implicates the military in some political killings, backing the findings of a UN envoy.


Fitness: Get Them Hooked and Theyâll Reel Themselves In

Johnny Goldberg, widely known as Johnny G, the creator of Spinning, is now trying to grab more attention with the Krankcycle.


DARMSTADT, Germany: Europe's first spacecraft to the moon ended its three-year mission yesterday with a planned crash on the lunar surface, hitting its target at 2 kilometres per second, or 7,200 kilometres per hour.


In a brief foray into politics, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday denounced comments by a leading Republican presidential candidate that the Bush administration's foreign policy is arrogant and unilateral.


Ireland has become the first country on earth to cut off direct-dialed calls to entire nations in a bid to crack down on Internet-based fraud.


La relazione dei giudici contabili: "Ma ancora troppi gli sprechie la riforma dei contratti ha indebolito la lotta all'evasione"                                          Corte dei Conti: "Grazie al rigore c'Ã¨ qualche segnale di ripresa"                                                                                Nel mirino le consulenze della Pubblica amministrazione


Intervista al presidente della compagnia triestina. "Non parlopiÃ¹ italiano da quando Cuccia e Maranghi mi hanno mandato via nel '99"                                          "Il governo e l'Antitrust vogliono punire le Generali"                                                                                Bernheim: puntiamo a crescere, ma ci ostacolano di ANDREA GRECO e ROBERTO RHO


A getaway vehicle crashes into parked cars in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter following a foiled security van robbery.


Japan pares forecast amid signs of slowdown

TOKYO The Japanese government on Friday unexpectedly lowered its estimate for second-quarter economic growth to an annual rate of 1.3 percent from an initial estimate of 1.7 percent, quelling hopes that the robust expansion seen earlier in the year might


Bekele begins reign as world's distance-running king

With a breathtaking final 400 meters late Friday night, the 22-year-old Ethiopian laid claim to the Olympic 10,000-meter throne previously occupied by his countryman Haile Gebrselassie.


Whitehall 'undermines' government green drive

Whitehall departments are undermining government attempts to encourage people to take climate change seriously, MPs say


Federal Reserve raises interest rates again

WASHINGTON - The US Federal Reserve on Wendesday raised interest rates by a quarter of percentage point to 2 per cent, a move that was widely predicted by economists.


services will make cash flow, says Vodafone

Vodafone, the world's largest mobile phone company, believes it can generate an extra Â£2.5 billion in cash every year by reducing costs and getting customers to spend more on their phones.


Waters begin to recede but aid agencies in Haiti struggle to bring supplies to people hit by tropical storm Jeanne.


A Middle East Equity Giant With a Small Global Footprint

Abraaj Capital, based in Dubai, has ambitions to set up a full-services bank for the Middle East and Southeast Asia.


Hunt for missing British girl hits cyber world

British police plan to post pictures of missing British toddler Madeleine McCann in virtual world Second Life, a UK-based child protection law enforcement organization says.


Rome looks for revival on global fashion stage

When native designer Valentino packed his bags for the catwalks of Paris 17 years ago, Rome's fall from the pinnacle of fashion glory appeared complete.


Ringing endorsements for Lester and Snyder

When Kyle Snyder finally turned his phone on, he found missed calls and text messages. Indications of an interest, at least, in contacting him. So around 4 p.m. Tuesday, he called manager Terry Francona; only the news wasn't what he expected.


Surprising Low-Rated Stocks Leaders Love

Smart investors can achieve outsized profits. See what the best Motley Fool CAPS players recommend now.


Student's suspension for IM buddy icon upheld by US court

Ready . . . AIM . . . censor! Student speech in the US continues to take a beating.â¦


The Doctor Will See You, and Your Party, Now

WhatÂs a friend for? These days, to chime in on consultations. And then thereÂs synchronized surgery.


China bars AIDS doctor from U.S. for award: activist

China has blocked an octogenarian doctor instrumental in exposing China's HIV/AIDS crisis from collecting an award from a U.S.-based advocacy group, a fellow AIDS activist said on Monday.


OPEC Leaders May Weigh Cutting Some Oil Production

Oil prices have been at record highs this year, with money gushing into the coffers of oil producers thanks to the world's growing thirst for oil.


Bob Dylan's latest album is described as a "masterwork" in one of series of positive reviews by US music critics.


Sprint PCS becomes first carrier to offer new Treo

Sprint Corp. announced it will be the first carrier to offer palmOne Inc.'s new Treo 650 smart phone. The device, which will retail for $600, includes phone, e-mail, Web, organizer, MP3 player, digital camera and camcorder capabilities.


S. Africa's Mbeki says ANC has final decision on party leadership

South African President Thabo Mbeki said Saturday that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has the final say in determining who leads the party at the expiration of his tenure in 2009.


British Sky Broadcasting PLC should dispose of most of its stake in ITV, Britain's Competition Commission recommended Thursday.


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'Six Feet Under' Couple Strike Marital Dischord

On the quirky HBO series "Six Feet Under," couples hook up and unravel at record speeds.


South Korea's bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics is impressive but the country may need to bolster its winter sports competitiveness, an International Olympic Committee evaluation official said on Saturday.


Retirees to Feel Rise in Drug Plan Costs

Most large employers will maintain prescription drug benefits for retirees after the Medicare drug insurance program begins in 2006, but many will be at reduced levels, according to a study released Tuesday.


Milano, 18:35 - CALCIO, INTER: RECOBA TORNA A LAVORARE IN GRUPPO

Allenamento giornaliero per l'Inter in vista della gara di domenica prossima prossima contro il Chie...


The king of raunch is expected to induce millions of his listeners to follow him from his nationally broadcast radio show to Sirius, where, as with cable TV, he will no longer be policed by the Federal Communications Commission.


Liverpool ease to victory over a despondent 10-man West Brom.


Consumers shrugged off higher gasoline prices and weaker economic conditions to lift new car and truck sales up 2.2 percent in October.


MetLife Inc. on Monday agreed to acquire Travelers Life & Annuity from Citigroup Inc. for $11.5 billion, bolstering its product reach while sounding Citigroup's retreat from the one-stop financial supermarket concept.


Sudan Promises Not to Force Darfur Refugees to Return Home

The Sudanese government has pledged it will not force more than one million people displaced by civil war in its Darfur region to return home against their will.


As Alexander Pichuzkin goes on trial, observers are waiting to find out if the  self-confessed multiple killer achieved his goal: becoming the grandmaster of murder


I negoziati al via dal 3 ottobre 'Ma deve riconoscere Cipro'

Bruxelles, 16 dicembre 2004 - Il premier olandese e presidente di turno dell'Unione europea, Jan Peter Balkenende, ha annunciato che i negoziati di adesione della Turchia all'Ue saranno avviati il 3 ottobre 2003.


Spanish MPs agree they still have a long way to go in their inquiry into the Madrid train bombings.


An England football shirt stained with Paul Gascoigne's tears has sold for almost Â£30,000 at auction. The number 19 shirt, signed by his England team mates, was bought by a private buyer at Christie's in South Kensington, London, on Tuesday.


Britain outlined proposals on Wednesday to sell part of its holding in British Energy, the nuclear power station operator, which could earn it 2.19 billion pounds.


U.S. envoy urges Darfur deal, democratic elections

U.S. envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios said on Tuesday only a negotiated deal and democratic elections would bring peace to Sudan's western Darfur region, where Washington says genocide has taken place.


Cruise Ship Care for Elderly? Why Not, Say Experts

With some minor adjustments, cruise ships can provide elderly people with every amenity they get from assisted living facilities -- and a lot more fun -- suggest two doctors at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.


Baghdad blasts kill 15 as Bush reviews policy

Bomb blasts killed 15 people in Baghdad on Wednesday and suicide bombers attacked an Iraqi army base as President Bush ended a three-day review of Iraq policy and said he would not be rushed into making changes.


I biglietti estratti nel corso dello show "Il treno dei desideri"come nel 2007, quello che vince la quota piÃ¹ alta va nel capoluogo campano                                          Lotteria Italia, Ã¨ di nuovo Campania a Napoli il premio da 5 milioni di euro


Israel begins last phase of Lebanon withdrawal

Israeli forces began leaving southern Lebanon on Sunday in the last phase of their withdrawal under a U.N. resolution to end a war with Hizbollah guerrillas, an Israeli security source said.


Most back mandatory health coverage: study

KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - As health care generates debate in this year's presidential campaign, about 68 percent of Americans say individuals should be required to have medical insurance, with government help for those who cannot afford it, a survey released on Tuesday found.


Price to Return As Seattle Pitching Coach

In his first moves as manager of the Seattle Mariners, Mike Hargrove decided to retain pitching coach Bryan Price and hired Ron Hassey as the team's bench coach.


Four people are taken to hospital after an incident at the Corus steelworks in Port Talbot.


"Turtles can fly" about Iraqi children wins Spanish film festival

A film about Iraqi children victims of war "Turtles can fly" directed by Iranian Bahman Ghobadi won the Concha de Oro (Golden Shell) at the prestigious San Sebastian film festival.


YouTube offers concession to Japanese copyright group

InfoWorld - YouTube will start displaying a notice in Japanese on its Web site warning users against uploading copyright content, its two founders told representatives of a broad group of Japanese copyright holders on Tuesday in their first face-to-face meeting.


Israeli planes hit suspected Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon after a border patrol is attacked.


Official Insists FDA Acted Appropriately With Vioxx

WASHINGTON -- A Food and Drug Administration official is defending the agency's action with regards to Vioxx. The drug was taken off the market Sept.


Federal prosecutors are investigating whether employees of Blackwater USA illegally smuggled into Iraq weapons that may have been sold on the black market.


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Weather Helps Contain Most Fires in California

All but two of what had been 24 blazes are now more than half contained, bringing firefighters close to claiming victory.


Spanish Judge Charges 8 Militants for Sept 11 Role

A Spanish judge formally charged eight Islamic militants on Monday with providing logistical support to a suspected coordinator of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.


Romania Has First Holocaust Memorial Day

Romania observed its first national day to honor victims of the Holocaust on Tuesday, more than 60 years after the start of deportations of its Jews to death camps.


2 Americans and Briton Are Kidnapped by Rebels in Baghdad

Insurgents kidnapped two American and one British contractor in a brazen dawn raid on their home in one of Baghdad's most upscale neighborhoods, underscoring the rapidly


Georgia likens Russia's treatment of its citizens since the spying row to a "mild form of ethnic cleansing".


Courts freeze $12 billion Venezuela assets in Exxon row

Exxon Mobil Corp  has moved to  freeze up to $12 billion in Venezuelan assets around the world  as the U.S. company fights for payment in return for the  state's takeover of a huge oil project last year.


British Troops Head North for Mission Near Baghdad

British troops moved north from Basra  Wednesday to take over a deadly area near Baghdad and free up  U.S. troops for a possible attack on Falluja.


New cabinet fails to squelch power-struggle talk

Prime Minister Tony Blair huddled with his cabinet after a reshuffle that reinforced his grip on the Labour Party, at least for the time being, ahead of an expected general election.


Japan eyes closer cooperation with ASEAN in anti-terrorism, non ...

Japan said here Friday that the two issues in which it wanted to advance cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are counter-terrorism and


Mellor's strike propels Liverpool to victory

Liverpool, England (Sports Network) - Neil Mellor scored with just seconds remaining to give Liverpool a 2-1 win over sputtering Arsenal Sunday.


Thai policeman denies murdering British tourists in Thailand

A Thai policeman was bailed after denying murdering two British tourists following a row outside a restaurant in western Thailand.


A screensaver targeting spam-related websites could help drive spammers out of business.


Ellen MacArthur "collapses with fatigue" moments before rounding Cape Horn, but her bid continues.


Report: NFL's Patriots use videocam to steal signals

Assistant coach is accused of violating rules by taping opponent's hand signals. League is also investigating the way Pats used radio frequencies.


Parigi, 22:42 - CALCIO, FRANCIA: GILLOT LASCIA IL LENS

Francis Gillot si è dimesso dalla guida del Lens in seguito alla mancata qualificazione alla ...


Recruiting Intensifies for Canât-Miss Prospect

The call log on Terrelle Pryorâs cellphone doubles as a list of coaches from college footballâs blue-blood programs.


Wimbledon is being advertised as a Kirsten Dunst romantic comedy, but itâs actually an action movie starring Paul Bettany. Bettany play the underdog, ranked last at Wimbledon, who somehow manages to make his way through the tournament.


Americans will mark the fifth   anniversary of the September 11 attacks on Monday with somber   ceremonies across the country and at the sites of the   devastation in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.


Lady Bird Johnson, former first lady, dies

Lady Bird Johnson, who quietly served as one of the most trusted advisers to her husband President Lyndon Johnson, died of natural causes on Wednesday at the age of 94, family spokeswoman Elizabeth Christian said.


The educated say they're at risk in Sudan

OURE CASSONI, CHAD - She pulled tattered socks over her bony legs and stared at the ground, trying to hide the dirty, torn clothing she is so embarrassed to wear.


FORMER Test off-spinner Ashley Mallett has claimed Australia's historic series win in India was due to the fact Steve Waugh was no longer captain of the team.


Experts Visit Kan. to Probe Rash Mystery

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta has dispatched staffers to southeast Kansas, in an attempt to locate the source of apparent bug bites that have plagued hundreds


British photographer wins World Press Photo Award for 2007

British photographer Tim Hetherington has won the prestigious World Press Photo Award for 2007 with a picture of an exhausted US soldier inside a bunker in Afghanistan, organisers said Friday.


Suspect in child beauty star's murder to arrive in US

An American teacher arrested in Bangkok for the decade-old killing of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey was en route aboard a flight to Los Angeles amid new reports that he had sought surgery at a Thai sex-change clinic.


Pressure is only an illusion. To feel it you have to believe it, accept it. Pressure doesn't exist if you're a New England Patriot. It's simply not allowed. How else do you explain a team that accomplished more in a year than most NFL teams hope to accomplish in a half-century? You say win streak, they say "What streak?" You ...


At least three people die as a huge mudslide crashes onto a coastal village in California.


For more than a dozen artists, nominations for the American Music Awards came in twos and threes.


Three new MyDoom variants have been found in the wild that contain not only malicious code but a plea for a job. MyDoom U, V and W attempt to download a Trojan called Surila onto users' computers, which would


The city announced 10 winners of a $100,000 open design competition "to generate solutions for post-disaster provisional housing." The premise: a Category 3 hurricane, with 38,000 families left homeless.


A TIME reporter returns to a Baghdad he has not seen in four years and discovers that it is not the same city he knew


Collaborazione con gruppo lavoro capeggiato da Kofi Annan


When Rob Smitty returned home after donating a kidney to a stranger, he talked about hoping "my children can be proud and look up and say, `My dad did this.'"


Microsoft Offers IE6 Crash Solution, Preps IE8

Microsoft's recent set of security patches is causing problems, namely for Internet Explorer 6 users, who are watching their browsers crash midstream when visiting some sites. Redmond has offered a technical workaround to solve the problem until a more formal fix can be developed.


OSCAR de la Hoyaâs dreams of becoming the world middleweight champion were ended in Las Vegas on Saturday night by two bodyshots from Bernard Hopkins, as his step up in weight proved too much.


Wales Millennium Centre Prepares to Open Amid Hope, Skepticism and a Touch of Defensiveness

Asking the people of Cardiff for directions to their newest public building, the Wales Millennium Centre, is a fraught business.


Ahern raps IRA over refusal to sign off on gangsterism

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern rounded on the IRA yesterday for failing to sign up to a promise to abandon racketeering and other criminal activities.


Typically, modern dancers stay with a choreographer for months, not years. Why does Garth Fagan inspire such loyalty?


Solution Tree Proves Its Passion for Purpose at Publishers' Awards Ceremony

It was a big night in our nation's capital for  one small publishing company based in America's  heartland. Solution Tree took the stage twice at the 40th  Annual Association of Educational Publishers Awards Banquet & Gala, held  June 12, 2007, at the Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel.


Ainsworth says its done with acquisitions for now

Ainsworth Lumber Co Ltd. (ANS.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) has no additional acquisition plans in the works following its purchase of three oriented strand board mills from Potlatch Corp.


Senior Kyle Orton threw four touchdown passes as No. 15 Purdue (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten) survived its Big Ten season opener against Illinois 38-30 Saturday.


Las Vegas police question ex-American football star OJ Simpson over a break-in at a casino hotel room.


People who cast a provisional ballot at the wrong precinct aren't entitled to have their votes counted, the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday, rejecting an argument by labor unions that the rule wrongly disenfranchises voters.


Australian journalist John Martinkus has been released unharmed after being detained by an unknown group in Iraq, SBS television says.


NASA will delay the first manned flight of the new spacecraft designed to take humans back to the moon because of budget constraints, the agency's boss said Wednesday.


College Basketball Roundup: No. 2 Memphis Fends Off Cincinnati

The freshman guard Derrick Rose scored a career-high 26 points Wednesday, steadying No. 2 Memphis in a 79-69 victory against host Cincinnati.


Â· Six teenagers now being interviewed by police Â· Murdered boy's brother leaves flowers at scene


Laura Bush had skin cancer tumor removed

First lady Laura Bush had a skin cancer tumor removed from her right shin in early November. The procedure was not disclosed until Monday night.


Oil Won't Derail U.S. Expansion -Bernanke

Rising oil prices will weigh on U.S. economic growth but the increases seen so far will not derail the expansion, Federal Reserve Board Governor Ben Bernanke said on Monday.


The deadline is approaching for broadcasters Virgin Media and BSkyB to resolve their bitter row over TV rights.


French consumer group attacks PC software bundling

France's leading consumer watchdog said  on Thursday it would take computer maker Hewlett-Packard Co.   and two retailers to court to unbundle software from  personal computers sold in their stores.


11/4/04- While fruits and vegetables seem to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, a new report finds they are not much help fighting cancer.


Blog: TV ratings company expanding to monitor cell phone


Nicotine addiction: it's all gene's fault!

According to a recently published study, nicotine addiction is caused by a genetic defect which prevents liver to rid one's body from nicotine.


DES MOINES, Iowa  - Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won the Iowa Republican caucus on Thursday, surging past better-known rivals to triumph in the first nominating contest of the 2008 U.S. presidential election, U.S. media reported.


India is accused of "protectionism" amid claims a UK bank was blocked from opening a rural network.


Man set for execution wants to die laughing

SAN ANTONIO, Texas  - A Texas man scheduled to be executed on Tuesday wants to die laughing.


The way Roger Federer is dominating men's tennis, Grand Slam titles and the No. 1 ranking seem to be out of reach for Andy Roddick and James Blake.


The world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart, reports higher profits but says this year will be challenging.


Exxon Mobil profit dips on lower gas prices, margins

Exxon Mobil Corp.  posted lower fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday on weaker natural gas prices and shrinking gasoline profits, but earnings for the full year 2006 were an eye-popping $39.5 billion, the highest in U.S. history.


Roma, 23:07 - BASKET, EUROCUP DONNE: VINCONO PARMA E TARANTO

Vittoria sofferta per la Lavezzini Parma nella quinta giornata del Preliminary Round di Europe Cup. ...


Andy Roddick is known for his power. He'll need patience, too, in the Davis Cup final against Spain.


Palestinian gunmen made their way into a heavily fortified Israeli army post in the Gaza Strip under cover of morning fog Thursday and started shooting, killing


Go ahead, make my day: Revenge feels, oh, so good

It's a scenario only too familiar to those of us who drive the mean streets and main thoroughfares of this city - except that, in this case, it's the start of an editorial by Stanford University psychology professor Brian Knutson published today in


Thousands join anti-war march in central London

Thousands of people demonstrated in central London on Saturday calling for British troops to be pulled out of Iraq, the largest such protest for several years.


New York, 11:00 - BASKET, NBA: BARGNANI TRASCINA ANCORA I RAPTORS

Ancora un'ottima prova per Andrea Bargnani, che non ha fatto mancare il suo contributo nella vittori...


Mumbai: The Securities and Exchange Board of India is likely to ask the stock exchanges to investigate the transactions in the RIL scrip ever since the ownership issue between Mukesh Ambani and his younger brother Anil broke out on November 17.


Chilly Winter May Widen Ozone Hole Over Europe-EU

Record cold temperatures this winter could create a bigger hole in the ozone layer over parts of northern Europe, leading to damaging ultraviolet rays that can cause skin cancer, the European Commission said on Monday.


Ambush Kills 50 Iraq Soldiers Execution Style

In the deadliest ambush of the insurgency, guerrillas dressed as policemen killed about 50 freshly trained Iraqi soldiers in remote eastern Iraq as the unarmed soldiers


Obama finds friends in Hollywood, and money too!

A Beverly Hills reception for  Barack Obama on Tuesday night brought in $1.3 million for the  Illinois senator's White House bid in the first major show  business fund-raiser of the 2008 presidential campaign cycle,  organizers said.


BRITISH billionaire Sir Richard Branson's antics at celebrations to mark Virgin Atlantic's first London-Sydney flight have landed the company in hot water with Sydney Airport.


Ex-Chess Champion Fischer to Marry Japanese Woman

In a bold gambit worthy of the chess  champion he once was, Bobby Fischer plans to wed a four-time  Japanese great in the hope of avoiding deportation home to the  United States, where he is wanted for breaking sanctions.


Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 0.35 percent on Thursday, snapping a nine-day slide on a technical bounce in major exporters, but it ended the April-September fiscal first half down 7.61 percent.


The crime was so improbable that, even after the first time, coincidentally during an Olympics, the Norwegians took no special precautions to prevent a recurrence.


The Defense Department's top civilian today predicted victory for US, coalition and Iraqi forces as they launched large- scale attacks on insurgent positions in the Iraqi city of Fallujah.


DETROIT -- United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger reassured General Motors Corp. and Delphi Corp. retirees and workers Tuesday about the safety of their pensions and said the union would try to preserve the jobs bank that guarantees pay for laid-off workers.


Space shuttle Enterprise takes center stage, at last

CHANTILLY, VirginiaâSpace shuttle Enterprise was born to be an astronautical bridesmaid, never a bride. Built in 1976 as one of the first trio of US shuttles, Enterprise never


AIDS drug shows potential as weapon against cancer

A drug used to treat people infected with the AIDS virus has shown promise as a possible future weapon against cancer, U.S. researchers said on Friday.


Ancient Star Dust May Point to Human Origins-Study

Star dust found deep beneath the Pacific Ocean has led German scientists to speculate that a supernova explosion 3 million years ago might possibly have helped bring about human evolution.


Russia's space agency approves station crew

An American and a Russian, both space veterans, have been selected as the next replacement crew for the international space station, a Russian agency spokesman said Tuesday.


Barcellona, 15:18 - CALCIO, BARCELLONA: PRESO DAL CELTA PORTIERE MANUEL PINTO

Per sopperire all'assenza di Albert Jorquera, il Barcellona ha ingaggiato in prestito dal Celta Vigo...


A 916 milioni di dollari (l'anno scorso 879 mln)


Els up to fifth in rankings after home win

Ernie Els moved up to fifth from eighth in the world rankings issued on Monday after his three-shot victory in the South African Open on Sunday.


Barnes Upset About Helping Bush Avoid War

Former Texas House Speaker Ben Barnes' recollections over how he helped President Bush get into the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War have evolved over the years from fuzzy to distinct, with him now expressing remorse for what he did.


Russia warned Kosovo's leaders that if they declare independence the territory will never become a member of the United Nations or other international political institutions


Varying polls reflect electorate volatility in US

Less than seven weeks before the Election Day on Nov. 2, a poll published on Saturday showed President George W. Bush was leading his Democratic rival, Senator John Kerry


Bill Gates al Futurshow: la scienza Ã¨ dell'Asia

''Il futuro professionale Ã¨ nella scienza ma mentre in Asia, in particolare in Cina e India, aumenta in modo record chi studia materie scientifiche, negli Stati Uniti e in Europa il numero di coloro che si interessano alla scienza diminuisce e questo


Even a film business that expects big numbers is likely to be double-checking the box-office receipts for Warner Brothersâ â300â on Monday and asking, âWhat just happened?â


ASEAN nations urged to work together against bird flu threat

Global health experts have warned Southeast Asia it must unite to combat the spread of bird flu. The World health Organisation says the virus has the potential to become the next human influenza pandemic.


Toshiba to stop PDP-TV production by 2005 - to focus on SED

News is spreading that Toshiba plans to stop manufacturing plasma display panel (PDP) TVs in Japan by next summer. On other markets it will discontinue the products after that.


Apple announces that its iPhone will be launched in the UK on the O2 mobile network on 9 November.


Police Investigate Fires at Calif. Wal-Mart Store

Police are investigating two small  fires at a southern California branch of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.  that led to 500 people being evacuated from the smoke-filled  store on Wednesday.


Chiranjeevi fans attack Telugu actor Rajasekhar

Telugu star Rajasekhar had passed some comments over the Superstar, and fans demanded an apology.


Esplosione nel distretto di Jadriya provoca anche 25 feriti


Also: Impending Apple phone to be Cingular-exclusive upon launch. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Forget Mark Cuban. I want the "Monkey Boy"

ABC chose the wrong tech billionaire to participate in its upcoming reality show. If the network really wanted sizzle, Steve Ballmer is the hands-down choice.


NATO soldier wounded in Afghan suicide attack: ISAF

A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of NATO forces in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, wounding a NATO soldier, officials said.


Pink ribbon masks discord in the fight against breast cancer

WASHINGTON  - Like every October in the United States, pink ribbons are popping up everywhere: pinned to shirts, coat lapels, and on a myriad of products, all with the alleged goal of raising money to fight breast cancer.


Barry Bonds said Saturday it's up to Major League Baseball and the Giants to decide how much security is needed around him as he closes in on Hank Aaron's home run record.


BERLIN -- Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of Germany expressed shame yesterday over the horrors of the Nazi era, acknowledging that Adolf Hitler's regime enjoyed wide support among Germans and promising that his country will always try to keep alive the memory of the Holocaust.


Toll of Buenos Aires club fire climbs to 174

BUENOS AIRES - The death toll of a fire that roared through a packed Buenos Aires nightclub climbed on Friday to at least 174, with more than 410 injured as young revelers stampeded to reach locked exit doors.


Carnago (Varese), 18:43 - CALCIO, AZZURRI: CANNAVARO A RIPOSO PER PRECAUZIONE

Fabio Cannavaro non s'è allenato oggi con gli azzurri: il difensore è stato a riposo p...


November 3, 2004 -- A former associate of Amr "Anthony" Elgindy told jurors he passed confidential information from an FBI agent to the online stock picker, who was "pretty excited" to get the illegal tips.


Media companies in copyright pact, Google absent

Viacom Inc, Walt Disney Co, Microsoft Corp and other media companies have agreed to a set of guidelines to protect copyrights online but Google Inc, owner of the Web's biggest video site, was notably absent from the pact.


Federer wins home title to top year-end rankings

BASEL, Switzerland  - Roger Federer won his seventh tournament of the season on Sunday, beating unseeded Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-3 6-4 to successfully defend his hometown title in Basel.


Sottosegretario Maritati, collegamenti al sistema bancario


Indonesia raises the estimated number of dead in the December tsunami to more than 220,000.


The Atlanta Hawks acquired veteran point guard Mike Bibby from the Sacramento Kings yesterday. The Hawks sent starting point guard Anthony Johnson , 2006 first-round pick Shelden Williams , backup point guard Tyronn Lue , veteran forward Lorenzen Wright , and a 2008 second-round pick to the Kings. The trade is pending league approval and physicals. A Hawks spokesman ...


The Chinese government has ordered a Chinese supplier of Apple's iPod to let its more than 200,000 workers set up a trade union, reports said Friday.


Macquarie funds buy Global Tower in $1.4 bln deal

Global Tower Partners, a U.S. wireless tower operator, is to be bought by a consortium of infrastructure funds managed by members of Australia's Macquarie Group in a deal valued at $1.4 billion.


Rice Arrives in Israel for Olmert and Abbas Talks

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will take a trip to the West Bank to show support for the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.


Skype says to launch its first ever mobile phone

EBay division Skype and mobile phone  group 3 said on Monday they have launched a mobile handset that  allows users to access internet calls provider Skype while on  the move.


Disney and Pixar Score Again as 'The Incredibles' Opens Big

The computer-animated family movie "The Incredibles" struck a resounding chord this weekend, taking in an estimated $70.


Clinton leads in Iowa; Huckabee, Romney even: Poll

DES MOINES, Iowa  - Democrat Hillary Clinton holds a narrow lead in Iowa four days before the state opens the presidential nominating race, while Republicans Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney are virtually tied, according to a Reuters/C-Span/Zogby poll released on Sunday.


Health Tip: Risk Factors for Placenta Previa

(HealthDay News) -- Placenta previa  occurs when, during pregnancy, the placenta drops lower in the uterus and covers the opening to the cervix. The placenta may also separate from the uterine wall as the cervix begins to dilate.


CIA agents to stand trial for Italy kidnapping

A Milan judge on Friday ordered 26 Americans, most of them believed to be CIA agents, to stand trial with Italian spies for kidnapping a Muslim cleric and flying him to Egypt, where he says he was tortured.


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.


NASA launches Dawn probe on solar system discovery

The US space agency NASA on Thursday launched the space probe Dawn on an eight-year mission to unlock the secrets of the solar system and how it was born.


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Vice President Cheney Hospitalized for Tests

Vice President Dick Cheney, who has a history of heart attacks, was taken to the hospital on Saturday with shortness of breath. Cheney, 63, who has a cold, was to undergo


Amid fear of more unrest, theatre denies Sikh play 'insensitive'

A British theatre that's staging a play that has the country's large Sikh community up in arms denied that it was "insensitive," as police sought to avert a repeat of a mini-riot that broke out during the show two days ago.


Former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died of natural causes, and was not murdered as initially suspected, Jamaican police said on Tuesday, bringing to an embarrassing close a three-month investigation that had gripped the cricket world.


Di Luca thrown out of ProTour after doping ban

Competition leader Danilo Di Luca was excluded from the ProTour series by the International Cycling Union (UCI) on Thursday, after the Giro d'Italia winner received a three-month doping ban earlier this week.


Bounding out of the Republican National Convention with a daylong trip through four swing states, President Bush told a Pennsylvania audience Friday that "our economy is strong and getting stronger.


Olympic champion swimmer Phelps arrested for drunken driving

Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps faces drunken driving charges, television station WMAR reported at Baltimore, the United States on Monday.


Fighting erupts between rival factions in DR Congo's recently-merged army along the border with Rwanda.


US commander: Iraqi province distrusts army, police

U.S. and Iraqi forces are struggling to ease sectarian tension in one of Iraq's most volatile areas where much of the population seeking security turns to terrorists, not Iraqi troops or police, a U.S. commander said on Friday.


Ghiaccio e neve ostacolano il traffico autostradalePrevisioni pessime fino a sabato prossimo. Da Nord a Sud                                                  Una settimana di grande gelo Termometro anche a meno 10


Everyone asks for it. Few actually need it -- as a TIME reporter found out after an hour-and-a-half telephone ordeal


'Chemical Ali' will be the first in the dock

Baghdad - Iraq's "Chemical Ali" will be the first of toppled Saddam Hussein's henchmen to stand trial. Ali Hassan al-Majid, a cousin of Saddam's who earned his nickname over his alleged role in the gassing


Japanese emperor arrives in Britain for dinner with queen

The Japanese Emperor arrived in Britain Sunday for a three-day visit that will see him carry out engagements including dinner with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.


More than 100 countries have endorsed a campaign to raise an additional $50 billion (28 billion pounds) a year in development aid to combat global hunger, but the


The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Thursday an attack on Iran over its refusal to freeze programs that could make nuclear weapons would be "an act of madness," an indirect warning to the United States and Israel.


The Northwest Airlines Corporation sued a major distributor of its tickets on Wednesday in a broadening dispute over new fees for customers and travel agents who do not buy tickets on Northwest's Web sites.


More people are buying 'superfoods' as awareness of their health benefits spreads, research suggests.


TechToolBlog: Ruby, PHP, ASP.NET Job Comparison

On the TechToolBlog, there's an interesting little post where Tim Boland has taken three of the major web programming languages - PHP, ASP.NET and Ruby - and compared the number of job listings for each in three different places and on three different sites.   Here is a 30 minute research into the jobs out there for RoR compared to Asp.Net & PHP. I searched for the phrases "Ruby on Rails", "PHP", "ASP.NET" and radius of 100 miles from the zip code. There is no doubt some overlap of job posting but this is pretty clear indication of where things are.   The three locations he picked were Cincinnati Ohio (his hometown), New York City and San Francisco and the three sites were Monster.com, Career Builder and Hot Jobs. Overall, the postings varied from place to place - ASP.NET cam out on top in Ohio, ASP.NET in New York and PHP over in San Francisco.


An ambitious plan to blanket the city with wireless broadband Internet will be shelved because it is too costly and too few residents would use it, Chicago officials said Tuesday.


Citrix completes XenSource virtualization buy

Citrix's $500 million acquisition is done. Next up: new server and desktop virtualization products.


We've uncovered some additional info on the upcoming Electronic Arts' title. Looks like this won't be another Catwoman.


Dopo Google Print e Google SMS presenta il tool per cercare sul proprio PC. Per il momento solo per utenti Microsoft. Google distanzia sempre di piÃ¹ i suoi concorrenti e nelle ultime ore caccia fuori "Desktop Search".


Five Duquesne University basketball players were injured in a campus shooting and two remain hospitalized, the school said Sunday.


AIDS hits U.S. blacks harder than other groups

Black men in the United States are nearly seven times more likely to be diagnosed with HIV than their white counterparts, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report released on Thursday.


Tributes are played to a British soldier killed in Afghanistan after he is named by the Ministry of Defence.


Rudy Giuliani, who bet his presidential hopes on Florida only to come in third, prepared to quit the race Tuesday and endorse his friendliest rival, John McCain.


Vonage loses appeal in Verizon patent case

The Internet phone provider now faces paying out hefty damages and a possible shutdown of its service.


Newspaper endorsements for President Bush, a Republican, or Sen. John Kerry, a Democrat, in the 2004 presidential campaign:


The death of a man whose body was found in a house in Antrim is being treated as suspicious, police say.


The use of advance technologies are giving a new generation of toys extraordinary capabilities to fly, float, walk and roll â almost always inexpensively â in ways unimaginable just a few years ago.


A naked US man is rescued from the jaws of an alligator in the middle of the night by Florida deputies.


Iraqi deaths hit new high, many emigrate

Iraqi deaths hit a new high in October and 100,000 people are fleeing abroad every month to escape worsening violence that is segregating the country on sectarian lines, a U.N. report said on Wednesday.


Potential troubles make repeat of 2000 election a possibility

Four years after the most controversial presidential election in modern US history -- when Florida kept the nation waiting 36 days to find out George W. Bush was elected by 537 votes -- many


Nortel Postpones Restatement Filing to Mid-November

Nortel Networks Corp. said it will miss a self-imposed October deadline for filing restated results, the second time the telephone equipment maker has delayed the release of its financial statements.


Fans of hip hop music are likely to have   had more sexual partners in the last five years while many of   those who prefer classical strains will have tried cannabis,   according to a study released on Thursday.


Critics say the academy may breed extremism. Supporters see a vital role for it in the post-9/11 world.


India's Ranbaxy Pulls All AIDS Drugs from WHO List

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that Indian drug maker Ranbaxy had voluntarily withdrawn all of its antiretroviral AIDS drugs from the UN health agency's approved list.


Eight men charged with conspiracy to murder and plotting to use toxic materials or explosives are due in court.


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Officials to Review Chela Spat as Australia Fumes

Tennis officials said on Sunday they  would study replays of an ugly incident when Argentina's Juan  Ignacio Chela spat toward Australian rival Lleyton Hewitt  during an Australian Open third round match.


While the Red Sox figure to make a strong pitch to re-sign RHP Pedro Martinez, the team generally opposes long-term contracts for free-agent pitchers, believing the risk exceeds the reward.


I must admit to being of two conflicting minds when it comes to the anti-Kerry activities of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. On the one hand, there is nothing that makes my blood boil more than a fraudulent Vietnam veteran.


Crotone, 17:30 - CALCIO, CROTONE: DAL GENOA ARRIVA FUSCO

Il Crotone ha preso in prestito dal Genoa il difensore Luca Fusco, 29 anni. Ceduto Emanuele Rocca al...


With more than 1,200 Muslims and Arab-Americans taken into custody after the Sept. 11 attacks, and a U.S.-led war raging in Iraq, many Muslims oppose George Bush in the November presidential election. But their voting for John Kerry is not a slam-dunk, either.


A German film-maker repeatedly panned for making bad films literally hits back at his critics in a boxing ring in Canada.


Bee Washington Bureau. WASHINGTON - Trying to avert a trans-Atlantic trade war over government subsidies to Airbus, US and European negotiators found little to agree on Thursday during a five-hour meeting in Brussels, Belgium.


Former Oklahoma City Man Found Guilty In Serial HIV Assault Case

_ A judge in Washington has convicted a 32-year-old man on charges he deliberately exposed 17 women to HIV. Anthony E. Whitfield, a former Oklahoma City resident, faces a minimum sentence of 137 years in prison.


Boeing and Northrop Grumman may work together on a spacecraft that can take humans to the Moon, Mars and possibly beyond.


Lebanonâs al-Qaeda chief, other suspects held

BEIRUT: Security officials in Lebanon have claimed that they have arrested the Al-Qaeda leader in Lebanon along with several other suspects.


Boozing bees shed light on alcohol effects

Inebriated honeybees could give better insight into alcohol's effects on human behaviour, according to a study by US researchers.


Insurers may fight verdict doubling September 11 cost

EUROPEAN insurers may appeal against a US jury decision that effectively doubles their cost of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre.


Speed wins. Or at least that is the perception in many quarters of college football. And Louisiana State had more speed than Ohio State, which was one of the reasons the No. 1-ranked and once-beaten Buckeyes were slight underdogs against the twice-beaten and No. 2-ranked Tigers in last night's BCS championship game at the Superdome.


The new statistics are the latest to reinforce the position of central bankers that interest rates do not necessarily need to be lowered any time soon even as the economy decelerates.


Leonardo painting loan stirs controversy in Italy

FLORENCE, Italy  - Italy plans to lend one of Leonardo da Vinci's best known paintings to Japan this month but opponents say the long plane trip could damage the masterpiece and are threatening to block the transfer.


The Russian government delays a decision on whether to revoke Yukos' Siberian oil licences by three months.


Ducks may have been paddling about in primeval swamps when Tyrannosaurus rex was king of the dinosaurs, scientists report in Nature.


Toshiba, SanDisk Plan Massive Chip Investment

Toshiba and SanDisk will build a state-of-the-art NAND flash memory factory and share the chips.


French supermarket chain Carrefour apologises over a deadly stampede in one of its Chinese stores in November.


In crescita anche Motorola, nonostante il calo degli utili


Telecoms equipment maker Motorola said that it is cutting 1,000 positions globally as it completes the spin-off of its former chip unit, now known as Freescale Semiconductor.


Anticipo serie A: il Milan passa a Marassi 1-0

Entra al 20' del secondo tempo e in 11' decide l'incontro con un gol nato da una bella progressione di Serginho: il Milan passa cosÃ¬ a Marassi grazie alla rete decisiva del neopapÃ  (Jordan, il suo primo figlio, Ã¨ nato ieri poco prima di mezzanotte


A series  of explosions rock  Iraq's capital as smoke is seen rising above the zone housing US and Iraqi offices.


How to find the best choices in a crowded market.


UPS signs new agreement with Airbus for A380 super-jumbo jets

UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, said Friday it signed an agreement with Airbus changing delivery dates on the company's order for the delay-plagued A380 super-jumbo jet and allowing either party ...Comment


Councils in England are to be given powers to introduce controversial "pay-as-you-throw" charges.


TI Sees High-End TV Prices Going Way Down

By Ben Berkowitz LAS VEGAS  - High-end television prices areheading below $1,500, a price point that should open the marketto a whole new group of consumers, the chief executive of TexasInstruments Inc  said on Thursday.


Netflix battles Apple, eliminates instant watching limits

Netflix is set to announce the end of watching limits for their online video service on Monday.


Jerry Orbach, acclaimed as a  quintessential New York actor for his work on Broadway, in  films and as the star of television's "Law & Order," has died  from cancer. He was 69.


DOD employee from Virginia, three others accused of passing classified information to China.


Three tourists are killed and four children badly hurt as their people carrier crashes into a fuel tanker in Florida.


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Unilateral Strike Called a Model For U.S. Operations in Pakistan

In the predawn hours of Jan. 29, a CIA Predator aircraft flew in a slow arc above the Pakistani town of Mir Ali. The drone's operator, relying on information secretly passed to the CIA by local informants, clicked a computer mouse and sent the first of two Hellfire missiles hurtling toward a cluster...


Pioneering research is to test if stem cells can repair heart muscle damaged by a heart attack.


First week brings $1 million in downloads, CEO says.


The beaching of the MSC Napoli near a World Heritage Site was to stop a wider environmental catastrophe, a minister says.


EU's Prodi Says No Special Conditions for Turkey

The European Commission will not set special conditions for Turkey when it decides Wednesday whether to recommend opening membership talks with Ankara, Commission President Romano Prodi said Tuesday.


U.S. studies big farm impact on health, environment

Former U.S. government officials,   environmentalists and industry leaders have launched a two-year   study into health and environmental impacts of large-scale   animal farms, a study group said on Tuesday.


Parliament elected the fiery Yulia Tymoshenko prime minister Tuesday by the narrowest possible margin, in a striking political comeback likely to strengthen Ukraine's ties to the West and aggravate tensions with Russia.


Athletes urged to step up campaign against drugs

The U.S. congressional chairman who   pressured Major League Baseball in 2005 to crack down on   steroid use chided pro athletes for failing to do more to steer   children away from the performance-enhancing drugs.


Hundreds of Palestinian pilgrims return to Gaza

RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - About 1,000 Palestinian pilgrims who had been stranded in Egypt en route from Mecca entered the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Wednesday in defiance of Israeli demands, witnesses said.


U2 Sets Album Track List as Single Takes Off

NEW YORK (Billboard) - U2 has confirmed the full track list  for its upcoming album, "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb," due  Nov. 23 via Interscope.


Australian PM unrepentant over Iraq invasion

Australian Prime Minister John Howard was defiant about his support for the war in Iraq despite a new report's finding that Saddam Hussein did not possess weapons of mass destruction, the basis for the invasion.


Indeboliti dai dati sull'inflazione Usa, male Intel


Gaza lights up as Israel eases fuel blockade

Israel resumed fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip's main power plant on Tuesday, offering limited respite from a blockade that had plunged much of the Hamas-ruled territory into darkness and touched off international protests.


KYIV -- Ukraine's constitutional court ruled yesterday that parts of recent legislation restricting the voting rights of homebound people violate the country's constitution, clouding the presidential rerun vote one day before ballots were to be cast.


South Korea's Ban close to being new U.N. leader

South Korea's Foreign Minister Ban Ki-Moon said on Tuesday he bore "a heavy sense of responsibility" after an informal ballot that virtually assured he would become the next United Nations secretary-general.


The Federal Election Commission on Thursday declared Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards officially eligible for federal matching money to help finance his campaign.


Tamil Tiger roadside bomb kills Sri Lanka minister

A Sri Lankan government minister was killed Tuesday in a powerful roadside bomb attack by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels near the island's capital and international airport, officials said.


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Sept. 4, 2004 - At 5 pm EDT, the large eye of Hurricane Frances was located by NOAA radar and surface observations near latitude 26.


European shares closed at 2-1/2 year  highs Friday in the truncated final session before Christmas,  led by gains in oil stocks such as BP.


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Is your drive to work killing you? If you live in one of these major metros, the answer may be yes.


Animated cartoon Shark Tale stays afloat at the top of the UK and Ireland box office in its second week.


The US budget gap expanded to $412.55 billion in fiscal 2004, marking the Bush administration's second-straight record deficit, the Treasury Department said on Thursday.


If it was so easy to foresee that Benedict's remarks about Islam would set off a furor, why didn't the Vatican anticipate it?


Actors Tom Cruise and John Travolta speak of their anguish as fires sweep through California.


Broadhurst Honors and Obeys by Taking Madrid Open Lead

Paul Broadhurst's wife gave him the  go-ahead to play this week's Madrid Open after the birth of  their son a month ago -- provided he did well -- and he  responded by taking over the second round lead on Friday.


US, Iraqi troops clash with insurgents in Sadr City

US aircraft and tanks attacked Shiite militia positions in fierce fighting early Wednesday in Baghdad's Sadr City slum, killing 10 people and injuring 92 others, hospital officials said.


A pathologist faces misconduct charges over  the post-mortem report on one of Harold Shipman's murder victims.


The sin of CBS News isn't being wrong, but in choosing political ...

There are two ways to look at the embarrassing apology from CBS News and anchor Dan Rather concerning the forged documents they used in reporting about President Bush's days in the National Guard.


Lighting strikes iPod-wearers more severely

A 37-year-old Canadian man who was struck by lightning while jogging and wearing his iPod suffered more severe injuries due to the metal electronic device, according to a report published Thursday.


Kerry: Bush Tax Cuts Hurt Social Security

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said Tuesday that President Bush's tax cuts and proposals for the future amount to an "all-out assault" on Social Security.


TV * Celentano torna (ma niente censure) * Baudo, rottura ...

Presentando il nuovo album, Adriano ha annunciato un nuovo show. Intanto Pippo, furente con Cattaneo, dice addio a questa Rai. Pippo Baudo Ã¨ incazzato nero con il direttore generale della Rai, Flavio Cattaneo.


US Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited Kabul on Nov. 22 and reiterated that the United States will continue to search for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.


Interesting insight was found while bouncing around during end of PGA

The first rule in being a reporter is that if you see a bunch of fellow ink stain wretches hanging around somewhere, head in the other direction. It's the only way to get fresh information. So Sunday evening, while Vijay Singh and Justin Leonard were ...


Multifaceted W.C. Bradley to Convert Key Divisions and Corporate ERP Functions to Microsoft Dynamics GP

REDMOND, Wash., Dec. 15  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp.  today announced that W.C. Bradley Co. has selected Microsoft Dynamics(TM) GP to handle its corporate enterprise resource planning (ERP) functions, including aggregation of data from multiple divisions of the company.


Stricken sub reaches land as crew grieve for comrade

The crew of a Canadian submarine which was left drifting in the Atlantic for five days after a fire broke out on board were finally back on dry land last night.


Michael Young tripled in a run and scored another during a two-run seventh inning Saturday as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners, 5-4.


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Wall Street seen higher as oil dips, housing eyed

Wall Street headed for a firm start on  Monday as oil fell below the $60 mark for the first time in six  months, but existing home sales data will dominate the  limelight as investors try to assess the extent of the U.S.  economic slowdown.


The TV Watch: Senators Do Show and Tell at Hearings

It was inevitable that âIâ would be the most pronounced pronoun of the day in the televised hearings on Iraq.


Co-opting GPU for CPU Tasks Advanced by NVidia

Earlier this week, engineers at nVidia put the finishing touches on version 0.8 of its Compute Unified Device Architecture system for Windows and Red Hat Linux. CUDA's objective is to enable C programmers to utilize the high-throughput pipelining architecture of an nVidia graphics processor, for compute-intensive tasks that may have nothing to do with graphics.


Southwest Air raises one-way fares by up to $10

Southwest Airlines Co., the leading U.S. budget carrier, raised fares by as much as $10 each way to offset rising fuel costs, the company said on Monday.


Serbs Vote for Councils and Belgrade Super-Mayor

Serbs went to the polls in local elections on Sunday in the first test of voter opinion since they chose pro-Western President Boris Tadic in June.


Wal-Mart Stores Inc quietly  canceled its online video download service less than a year  after the site went live, a company spokeswoman said on  Thursday.


Microsoft in talks to invest in Facebook: report

Microsoft Corp is talking to Facebook about buying a minority stake in the fast-growing online social network that could value the company at $10 billion or more, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Monday.


Nations losing world hunger fight, report says

Rome- The world is losing the battle against hunger, with the number of malnourished people in developing nations growing to more than 800 million and rising, according to a UN report Wednesday.


If Chad coup succeeds, Darfur crisis could deepen

The Christian Science Monitor - With rebels in the heart of Chad's capital, N'Djamena, surrounding the presidential palace, the complex Darfur conflict is set to take a dramatic and unexpected turn.


Live Earth show in Rio to go on after ban revoked

A Brazilian judge revoked on Thursday her own injunction blocking the Rio de Janeiro leg of the Live Earth global series of concerts after organizers secured approval from the police and met security concerns.


Lockout Looms as NHL Players' Contract Offer Rejected

The National Hockey League rejected an offer from the players in the latest round of labor negotiations Thursday, leaving little hope of avoiding a lockout start to the season next month.


Polish soldiers wounded in mortar attack on base: Polish army

Two Polish soldiers were slightly wounded when their base in southern Iraq came under mortar attack, an army spokesman said.


Blog: Despite sales and earnings climb, the numbers fall short of analyst expectations. Stock pounded in after hours trading.


KABKABIYAH, Sudan -- Hidden among scrub brush not far from this remote, sandy outpost, Ibrahim Ali Hassan, a rebel fighter in Sudan's western Darfur region, spots the slow-moving caravan of 18 camels and their riders. They look like specks on the horizon.


Washington Post purchases online magazine Slate.com

After three months of speculation, the Washington Post announced Tuesday it had purchased the online magazine Slate.com, founded by Microsoft Corp.


Lebanon starts final bid to oust militants

The Lebanese army pounded a Palestinian refugee camp Thursday in a final bid to oust Islamist militants entrenched inside the camp, a high ranking Lebanese security source told CNN.


Russia Moves to Restrict Foreign Ownership of Energy Fields

Investors said they interpreted the new rules as traffic signals that could smooth the flow of capital into Russia.


Tim Russert made it onto the evening news on Wednesday — and not just on NBC. The "Meet the Press" host's key testimony at the perjury trial of former vice presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was covered on all three network evening newscasts, although Russert was less visible on ABC and CBS.


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Noguchi wins marathon, Kastor gives United States a surprising ...

Mizuki Noguchi of Japan held on for the gold and American Deena Kastor used a late burst for a stunning bronze medal finish Sunday night in the Olympic marathon.


The senior US general in Iraq expresses concern about the ability of Iraqi forces to cope with election security.


Main Iraq Sunni Arab bloc says ready to return to government

Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc said on Monday it was ready to return to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shi'ite-led administration in an effort to revive the national unity government that collapsed last year.