Christmas Bombing Toll in Iraq Rises to 12

A car bomb killed three civilians after detonating Saturday near a US military convoy south of Baghdad, and the death toll rose to nine from an apparent truck


Heat guard's business side keeps growing

Dwyane Wade will leave the NBA's All-Star festivities and enter a Las Vegas hotel Friday to meet some of his biggest fans.


What would Benjamin Franklin say? Philadelphia plans citywide free Wi-Fi Internet access for computer users.


Sarkozy takes new love to ancient Egypt for Christmas

French President Nicolas Sarkozy flew in to the Egyptian city of Luxor on Tuesday aboard a private jet accompanied by his new love, ex-supermodel Carla Bruni, to spend Christmas on the banks of the Nile.


Jets Say Pennington Bothered by Shoulder

Some throws fell woefully short, skittering across the turf and rolling to the feet of receivers. Others sailed over the heads of the intended targets, fluttering


Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, under pressure to bring new focus to his campaign, added a veteran political strategist to his travelling campaign entourage, rounding out changes to his senior staff.


A prominent partner at Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault is joining a rival Boston law firm, adding to the exodus of attorneys at the firm that once dominated the market for legal advice to high-technology and venture capital companies in the region.


CATANZARO - Lâinchiesta che stamani ha portato allâoperazione, denominata Mithos, per lâesecuzione di un centinaio di ordinanze di custodia cautelare in carcere ha permesso di scoprire, tra lâaltro, infiltrazioni delle cosche della ândrangheta


Ex-N.F.L. Player to Plead Guilty in Steroids Case

Dana Stubblefield was the first N.F.L. player charged in the investigation into the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative and is expected to plead guilty.


Catching California arsonists is daunting task

When a wildfire burns through tens of thousands of acres of California brush, tracking a suspected arsonist sounds like a classic case of looking for the needle in the haystack.


Microsoft has followed a European company in withdrawing from a UN software standards group for commerce. Known as the United Nations Center for Trade Facilitation and Electronic


Sony, Toshiba to form JV to fab PS3 chips

Cell, RSX production transferred Sony is to sell the chip manufacturing plant it currently uses to produce Cell processors for the PlayStation 3 games console to Toshiba, part of a scheme that will see the two Japanese giants create an Â¥100m ($858,000) chip-making joint-venture.â¦


Roma, 14:54 - CALCIO, ROMA; SPALLETTI: C'E' RISCHIO RELAX DOPO LIONE

Luciano Spalletti teme l'euforia post Lione: ''Dopo un'impresa simile ci puÃ² naturalmente stare una ...


Six killed in Christmas Eve shooting near Seattle

Authorities arrested a man and a woman on Wednesday after discovering six people, including two children, slain on Christmas Eve in a small town near Seattle.


Calderoli, si' a castrazione chimica. Mussolini critica


is all smiles as released hostages Simona Torretta (R) and Simon Pari celebrate as they arrive at Ciampino Airport in Rome September 28, 2004.


Omnifone Unveils Rival to iPhone, iTunes

Omnifone, a British mobile music company, is unveiling a new music service Monday aimed at cell phone users who crave music while on the go, in the first of what is expected to be many challenges against Apple ...Comment


L'annuncio del ministro degli Esteri colombiano Fernando Araujo in presenza al Commissario per la pace. Ma non ci sarebbe la Betancourt                                          Colombia, ok del governo al "piano" Chavez. Speranze per 3 ostaggi                                                                                Il piano segreto del presidente venezuelano contenuto in una lettera"Gli aerei impiegati nella liberazione dovranno avere la Croce rossa internazionale"


Cisco, Microsoft step up small-business push

Cisco Systems and Microsoft's partnership in the small and midsize business market is bearing fruit. On Monday, Cisco announced a new software product that will link its voice over Internet protocol products


Diabetes: a growing problem in newly-rich Asia

A cheese burger one day, lasagna the next and chicken nuggets instead of a bowl of noodles.


Singapore slips in global press freedom survey

SINGAPORE has slipped down the latest world press freedom ranking, according to international association Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF).


ast week, the Iraqi city of Najaf teetered between hopes for a truce and threats of an all-out government assault to rout the rebel Islamic cleric Moktada al-Sadr.


Millions of Beijing residents were warned to stay indoors at the weekend as a hazardous smog choked the city, closed highways and forced the cancellation of an air show for the visiting French president, Jacques Chirac.


Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond is continuing to make good progress in his recovery from a crash in a jet-powered car.


BP, Under New Chief, to Pay a Big Settlement

The record financial settlements are part of an effort by BPâs new chief executive, Tony Hayward, to move the company away from its troubled recent past.


As dispirited Democrats take stock of across-the-board electoral losses and begin an inevitable bout of soul-searching and recriminations


How should Harvard spend its money? This is a pretty obvious question that won't be asked enough in the months ahead, now that the world's largest university endowment is looking for another investment chief to succeed the outgoing Mohamed El-Erian.


This blog is moving to http://phplens.com/phpeverywhere/

Although Userland have been kind enough to let me stay on, I have decided it might be wiser to self-host this site. So I intend to move to http://phplens.com/phpeverywhere/ I have managed to preserve the content, but the article comments were not ported over. Kindly update your links. This will be the last post on the site. The RSS feed will be http://phplens.com/phpeverywhere/?q=node/feed/1 Thanks for all the fish. PS: I am using drupal.


Vital Signs: Regimens: Antioxidants Donât Lessen Strokes for at-Risk Women

A new study reports that antioxidants have no effect in preventing heart attack, stroke or death among women at risk for cardiovascular disease.


Political Memo: A Scandal-Scarred G.O.P. Asks, âWhat Next?â

The case of Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho, who pleaded guilty to trying to solicit sex at an airport, is the latest challenge to the Republican Party.


Dell offers hush-hush overclockable mobile Core 2 Duo

But is the T7600G worth $275 more than the T7600? Exclusive Intel has quietly begun shipping a clock-unlocked version of its mobile Core 2 Duo T7600 processor, but tracking one down may prove tricky. Not all PC makers are likely to offer the part - and those that do may not let slip the chip can be overclocked.â¦


State Street faces exposure to conduits: report

Institutional money manager State Street Corp  faces $22 billion exposure to asset-backed commercial paper conduits, the off-balance sheet vehicles that have caused problems for rivals in recent weeks, British newspaper The Times reported.


'Mom, Mom, It's not right', wails recaged heiress Paris Hilton has been sent packing back to jail to complete her stint in chokey for violating probation on a drink-drive rap. The heiress was not initially in Los Angeles County Superior Court this morning to face Judge Sauer, having apparently decided to "appear by phone". Sauer, who originally handed down the sentence and ordered that Hilton do the full stretch, was having none of it, and demanded her presence in the courtroom.â¦


Lecturers' leader warns against Israel boycott

The head of the university lecturers' union will today urge members not to back calls for an academic boycott of Israel.


Australia's commodity exports are expected to soar to a record 96 billion Australian dollars (US$67 billion) in the current financial year, a national forecaster said in a report Monday.


PARIS, May 31 (IPS) - In 2000, when French journalist and publisher  Michel  Taube founded 'Ensemble contre la peine de  mort' (Together against the  death penalty), his vision was  that the group would become a world voice  in the fight for the  universal abolition of capital punishment.


New Orleans writers struggle to pen rebirth story

Quirky characters, raucous music, jazz funerals, a warm climate and plenty of service-industry jobs made New Orleans an ideal base for writers and a rich backdrop for their work.


Romance film "Atonement" tops Golden Globes

BEVERLY HILLS, California  - Two movies set against different wars, "Atonement" and "Charlie Wilson's War," dominated Golden Globe nominations on Thursday with "Atonement" earning seven nods, including one for best drama, to lead all film contenders.


Experts: Underlying Issues Put Women at Greater Risk of HIV ...

The White House and US embassies around the world dimmed their lights Wednesday to commemorate World AIDS Day, this year dedicated to empowering women and girls in the fight against the disease.


Italy announces Pavarotti commemorations

Italy will mark the death of tenor Luciano Pavarotti with a series of concerts, film screenings, photographic retrospectives and other commemorative events at its cultural centers around the globe, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.


Briefly: Microsoft IPTV to woo Swiss test group

roundup Plus: Sony speeds up Memory Stick cards...Real touts one week, 1 million songs...Chipmaker Fujitsu prepares WiMax chip.


I could be so good for yooo-ooo... TV channel Five is planning to resurrrect Arthur Daley for a small-screen return of classic series Minder, the BBC reports.â¦


What's your tipple? How about a prehistoric Chinese brew

For wine snobs, it could be the ultimate vintage guaranteed to impress: A 9,000-year-old prehistoric preserved wine dug up from the Neolithic village of Jiahu in northern China.


Hitachi, Toshiba, Matsushita form LCD joint venture

THREE JAPANESE GIANTS will team up to create a company to manufacture and sell LCD panels into the flat panel TV market. Hitachi, Toshiba and Matsushita hope to get the JV rolling by January 2005.


Argentina, Paraguay keep the goals flowing

PUERTO LA CRUZ, Venezuela  - Argentina, helped by a brace from Juan Roman Riquelme, beat Colombia 4-2 to reach the Copa America quarter-finals on Monday and Paraguay joined with a 3-1 win over United States.


JetBlue uses Google Maps to provide in-flight tracking

JetBlue will use Google Maps to allow customers to track the routes of their flights in real time on the plane's seatback televisions.


Ohio accepted a bid to play in the GMAC Bowl, its third bowl appearance and first in nearly four decades.


Suppletive: Ulivo in testa a Napoli, Genova e Milano

Centrosinistra in testa a Genova, Napoli e Milano 3, i tre collegi precedentemente in mano alla coalizione di maggioranza. E' quanto emerge dai primi dati delle elezioni suppletive in 7 collegi per sostituire


Mittal to form steel giant in $17.8bn deal

AMSTERDAM: Lakshmi Mittal, one of the UK's wealthiest men, will merge his steel assets and buy International Steel Group in a deal worth $17.


BANGALORE: With global information group Reuters launching its data centre operations in Bangalore, journalism is being given a new spin.


The judge in the Michael Jackson case on Friday delayed ruling on a complex question involving search warrants but reiterated he will start the singer's child-molestation trial Jan. 31.


Report: U.S. Conducting Secret Missions Inside Iran

The United States has been  conducting secret reconnaissance missions inside Iran to help  identify potential nuclear, chemical and missile targets, The  New Yorker magazine reported Sunday.


Naomi Campbell interviews 'rebel angel' Hugo Chavez

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has interviewed Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, describing him as a "rebel angel" who is unafraid to speak his mind but poses no threat to democracy.


Macaulay Culkin Released After Drug Arrest

OKLAHOMA CITY - Former child star Macaulay Culkin was arrested on drug charges Friday during a traffic stop, authorities said. The 24-year-old actor, best known for his role in the "Home Alone" movies, was taken into custody on complaints of possession of a controlled dangerous substance without a valid prescription and possession of marijuana, according to the Oklahoma County Sheriff's office...


Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Darfur human rights activist Mossaad Mohamed Ali won the Olof Palme Prize on Tuesday for their work to protect human rights, peace and security.


Part of Washington-area Dulles airport evacuated

Part of Dulles International Airport was evacuated on Monday after a "potentially suspicious" item was found in a screening area, causing a backup of passengers trying to get through security, officials said.


Nationwide safety checks follow UK train crash

Safety checks were carried out on  railway tracks across Britain on Sunday after a high speed  train crash in northern England killed an elderly woman and  seriously injured several other passengers.


Iran says wants to stay within nuclear rules

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad marked the 28th anniversary of Iran's revolution on Sunday pledging to pursue the country's nuclear program but announcing no new atomic work that would have riled the West.


Janet Shamlian, MSNBC-TVâs correspondent covering the Scott Peterson trial, discusses the juryâs recommendation Monday that Peterson be executed: MSNBC.


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


A leading Iranian-American academic, who was jailed for three months in Iran on spying charges, leaves the country.


Why Apple won't sell 10 million iPhones in 2008

One per cent is aiming too high Comment Steve Jobs sounds modest with his 2008 sales prediction: "10 million iPhones is one per cent of the mobile phone market". This is indeed true, but it's not a useful benchmark.â¦


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Benzene Exposure Linked to Blood Changes

Blood changes, including a steep decline in disease-fighting white cells, have been found in workers persistently exposed to low levels of benzene, a common industrial chemical known to pose a leukemia risk at high concentrations.


IOC Chief Lauds Athens as Games Draw to Close

The International Olympic Committee  stripped a third Athens Games champion of his gold medal on  Sunday but its chief praised organizers on the final day for a  fantastic Games.


A car bomb apparently targeting military personnel killed four people and wounded 34 in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, the prime minister said.


'Phishing' Scam Now Lures German Banking Clients

Two clients of Germany's Postbank (DPBGn.DE) fell for an e-mail fraud that led them to reveal money transfer codes to a bogus Web site -- the first case of this scam in German, prosecutors said on Thursday.


Clete Boyer, the third baseman for the champion New York Yankees teams of the 1960s who made an art form of diving stops and throws from his knees, died Monday. He was 70.


Microsoft allows developers to examine .Net source code

Microsoft said this week that it is now allowing developers to examine source code for .Net Framework libraries as a way to help developers build better software. But developers first will need to upgrade to the newly released Visual Studio 2008 software development platform.Through the .Net Reference Source project, developers will be able to view and debug the source code with the .Net Framework Reference license in a read-only format. Among the software projects covered by the arrangement are: The .Net Base Class Libraries, including System, System.CodeDom and System.ComponentModel; ASP.Net, including System.Web.Extensions; Windows Forms; and Windows Presentation Foundation. Also offered are ADO.Net and XML.The plan first was revealed last October."We think that enabling source code access and debugger integration of the .Net Framework libraries is going to be really valuable for .Net developers," said Scott Guthrie, general manager of the Microsoft developer division, in his blog. "Being able to step through and review the source should provide much better insight into how the .Net Framework libraries are implemented and in turn enable you to build better applications and make even better use of them."Additional framework libraries are to be added in coming weeks and months, including LINQ (Language Integrated Query) and Windows Communication Foundation. Instructions on accessing the code can be found in a blog entry by Shawn Burke, a director in the Microsoft developer division.Access to the code originally was expected to happen by last month. But Microsoft decided to keep taking feedback from developers and postponed the release until this month, a Microsoft representative said. When Microsoft first revealed its code access plans, it was characterized by analyst Greg DeMichillie, of Directions on Microsoft, as not an earth-shattering move now that open source is so prevalent.?Visual Studio 2008 became available at the end of November. Microsoft did not yet have current figures on shipment volumes for the platform this week.


Porton Down bio-terror tech re-used in odour-proof pants

Defending against the enemy within It's well known that military projects can sometimes yield valuable spin-off technologies for civilian markets.â¦


Airlines Balk At Proposal on Fingerprinting

U.S. air carriers are fighting a federal proposal that would require their workers to digitally scan foreigners' fingerprints at check-in areas before departure on international flights.


British police said on Saturday they had   arrested 14 men in a major new anti-terrorism operation in the   capital just three weeks after uncovering a suspected plot to   bring down U.S.-bound airliners over the Atlantic.


Jacobs Dictates Retro-Style Spring at Vuitton

Some designers are so influential that  high street chains copy their every move. One such style-setter  is Marc Jacobs, whose edict for next spring is: party like it's  1945!


By John Zich, USA TODAY. Scientists have found that sleep deprivation increases levels of a hunger hormone and decreases levels of a hormone that makes you feel full.


Iraqi delegation flies to Najaf for peace talks

BAGHDAD, Aug. 17 (Xinhuanet) -- An eight-member team of Iraqi political and religious leaders flew to Najaf on Tuesday by a US military helicopter in a bid to end a bloody Shiite uprising there,delegates said.


The companies say the settlement involves a âlimited cross licenseâ to three Nortel and three Vonage patents, and will not call for any monetary payments by either company.


Blog: Ever get mad at a border guard? With technology implemented at Beijing's international airport, now you can tell his supervisor.


The Blue-Gray All-Star Classic has been called off for the second time in three years because officials couldn't find a corporate sponsor for the Christmas Day showcase for aspiring NFL players.


Eastern Europe's largest country outside of Russia stands at a crossroads this weekend, as voters in Ukraine decide between an autocratic leader who leans toward an increasingly autocratic Russia, or a ...


Core Inflation Remains Steady, Presenting a Puzzle to the Fed

Despite a report showing inflation in check, a worsening housing slump and a mixed economic outlook could put the Fed in a tight spot as it considers its next steps.


suspect may have been the latest in a spate of arson attacks against religious targets. "We are assuming it was arson," police spokeswoman Judith Verbaan said of Saturday's blaze at Helden.


Dogs with paralyzed hind legs walk again with lab injection

Dogs with paralyzed hind legs walked again after getting a shot of a chemical cousin of antifreeze that helped repair nerve cells in their damaged spinal cords, scientists reported.


Debutante Slovenia steps into EU spotlight

In 1999, Texas governor George W.  Bush publicly confused Slovenia with Slovakia at a time when  both belonged to a group of ex-communist east European states  striving to join the European Union.


Internet is main vehicle for S.Korea teenage prostitution

The Internet is the main vehicle for teenage prostitution in South Korea, a police survey said Tuesday.


The Web is filling up with rumors about an alliance between search giant and browser maker Firefox. LONDON  - The Firefox browser is looking for allies in its quest to challenge Microsoft's dominant


New York Jets running back Curtis Martin on Sunday became the second player in NFL history to begin his career with 10 straight 1,000-yard seasons.


U.N. finds mass grave in east Congo army camp

U.N. investigators have found a mass grave in an army camp in Congo's eastern Ituri district holding around 30 victims, including women and children, who appeared to have been executed, a spokesman said on Friday.


In a trade dispute that could spread to one of Washington state's biggest exports -- apples -- the World Trade Organization gave the go-ahead yesterday for punitive sanctions on US products.


Clinton raises $7.3 bln to help tackle world woes

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton   wrapped up his second annual brainstorming summit on Friday   with commitments worth $7.3 billion to combat illness, poverty,   religious and ethnic conflict and climate change.


Girls Aloud enter the new World Records book with the most consecutive UK top 10s by a female act.


Sir Alex Ferguson has called on the Football Association to punish Arsenal's Thierry Henry for an incident involving Gabriel Heinze.


Microsoft To Sell Win XP Starter Edition In Russia

Garabito writes "Cnet reports that Microsoft plans to distribute in Russia the low-cost, stripped-down version of Windows XP, called 'Starter Edition.


Two-time world snooker champion Alex Higgins attacks a referee at a charity match in County Durham, a local newspaper reports.


Some are challenging earlier ideas about how water naturally flows because the streams studied then were not ânatural archetypesâ but rather the artifacts of 18th and 19th century dam-building and deforestation.


Having sex is the high point of most women's' days, while commuting is the low point. And most women like being with their kids less than


Iraq unveils flag without Saddam's stars

A new Iraqi flag Â stripped of the three green stars of Saddam Hussein's toppled Baath party Â was hoisted over the Iraqi Cabinet building Tuesday in a symbolic break with the past nearly five years after the U.S.-led invasion.


A state senator said he is evaluating whether to continue his bid for a second term after a Charleston television station aired revealing pictures of him last week.


Protective effect from alcohol seen in head injury

Alcohol is to blame in many accidents that cause major head injuries, but it also might help people survive after they get hurt, researchers said on Monday.


Former Lost actress Michelle Rodriguez has begun serving six months in jail for violating probation.


Lack of Water Proved Century Ranch's Biggest Downfall

By Howard Yune, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep. 24--When Rolf W. Peter bought more 1,765 acres of pasture land in the Colusa County foothills in 1965, the Swiss-born engineer planned to erect a showcase of sports and weekend leisure there.


USC Filmmakers to Celebrate 75 Years in Showbiz

Director George Lucas calls it the backbone of his film career. "A Beautiful Mind" producer Brian Grazer said his college experience, more simply, gave him a general idea of how the world works. Then again, he was a psychology major.


The hoopla is normally reserved for the highest dignitaries. When Brooke Ellison took her first flight, she was greeted by two fire trucks on either side of the plane spraying an arc of water over it. Ellison's flight Friday was no small feat: She has been paralyzed from the neck down since being hit by a car in 1990.


A Government of any party will be forced to cut spending or raise taxes by Â£7 billion a year after the election if it is to meet Chancellor Gordon Brown's economic rules, business leaders have warned.


UBS to pay $115 mln to settle Enron case

Swiss bank UBS   agreed to pay Enron Corp. creditors $115 million in cash to settle a lawsuit related to equity transactions, the successor to the bankrupt energy trader said on  Wednesday.


martedÃ¬, 02 novembre 2004 13:19 Due autobombe esplose questa mattina a Baghdad hanno causato, per ora, la morte di almeno 10 persone e il ferimento di altre 21. La prima esplosione, che si Ã¨ verificata nel


Bush signs $100 billion Iraq war funding bill

U.S. President George W. Bush signed a bill on Friday providing $100 billion to pay for the Iraq war but congressional Democrats who failed to impose a troop withdrawal deadline said their fight was far from over.


Human Species Born To Run, Scientists Say

The evolution of a physique for long-distance running is what made humans look the way we do now. The crucial role of running in human evolution, overlooked in previous research, is being proposed in an article


Trinidad is back, and looking for Hopkins

Felix Trinidad doesn't believe in tuneup fights. His comeback after more than two years of retirement was a doozy, and now he wants the biggest name out there, Bernard Hopkins.


Arafat's nephew says he died 'unnatural death,' backing poisoning ...

The late Palestinian president Yasser Arafat's nephew said Saturday his uncle may have died an "unnatural" death, a statement expected to renew speculation among Palestinians and in the rest of the Arab world where many already


Rapid rise in bipolar diagnoses among youth

NEW YORK  - The number of young Americans diagnosed with bipolar disorder has risen dramatically in recent years, according to a new study.


(CBS/AP) A flurry of steroid-use accusations and key interviews are appearing in the media this week. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday that Barry Bonds testified to a grand jury that he used a


Windows Media Center 2005 to support high def TV

ACCORDING TO Microsoft represetatives at IDF last week, it's very likely that the upcoming release of Windows Media Center 2005 will support high defination televison signals.


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Adams and Paisley Edge Towards Peace Deal

Gerry Adams shook the hand of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Hugh Orde in Tony Blairâs Downing Street office today, as the republican leadership and the Reverend


Militia justice claims fall flat in Darfur

ASADIQ Abdullah Hamis cuts a lonely figure in al-Fasher's main prison, where he is the only inmate serving a sentence for political crimes.


Buenos Aires Club Fire Kills 175, Injures 619

By Mary Milliken BUENOS AIRES, Argentina  - A fire tore through aBuenos Aires nightclub packed with young revelers celebratingthe New Year holidays, killing at least 175 people as astampeding crowd was trapped by locked exit doors, officialssaid Friday.


Politicians condemn a racist attack on a County Antrim couple, involving slogans and swastikas.


East Timor athletes face obstacles in Olympics bid

East Timor athletes training for the Olympics face obstacles that range from a lack of cash to buy even basic equipment to sporadic gang violence and fears of chaos following an assassination attempt against President Jose Ramos-Horta.


Mattel Inc.  said on Tuesday it  has recalled 11 more models of its Chinese-made toys globally,  including eight pet and furniture playsets sold under its  Barbie brand and three under the Fisher-Price name.


Israel Frees Egyptian Students - Family Sources

Israel on Sunday released six Egyptian  students arrested in August and charged with conspiring to kill  Israeli soldiers, sources close to their families said.


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

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


Cairo security beefed up after Sinai blasts

Cairo - Egyptian police were deployed in force around tourist attractions in Cairo on Saturday after a string of deadly bombings in the Sinai peninsula.


Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee could be out for the rest of the season because of his 3-year-old daughter's illness.


McKesson says computers with patient data stolen

U.S. pharmaceuticals distributor McKesson Corp said on Thursday that two computers containing confidential patient data were stolen from the company on July 18.


Fashion retailer Liz Claiborne Inc. has settled a trademark-infringement lawsuit that it filed against Dallas-based closeout retailer Tuesday Morning Corp.


British Airways says it will introduce a company-wide sick leave policy giving managers greater powers to monitor employees' absence under a deal hammered out with unions to avert a 24-hour strike.


Investing can be more pleasure than business.


Autopsy Confirms Zholtok Died Of Heart Failure

An autopsy performed Thursday stated that veteran NHL center Sergei Zholtok died as a result of heart failure.


Raiders Expect to Know Gannon's Status Soon

The Oakland Raiders expect to know more soon about the status of quarterback Rich Gannon, who has been sidelined since breaking a vertebra in his neck on a hit by Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Derrick Brooks during a game late last month.


Per il passaggio formale della compagnia elettrica slovacca


A significant cause of cataracts may be due to lifelong accumulation of lead, a link that adds to a growing list of medical conditions associated with the toxic metal, researchers report in an analysis published Wednesday.


It Is unlikely to bring much satisfaction. Legendary rocker Sir Mick Jagger has found himself the...

IT IS unlikely to bring much satisfaction. Legendary rocker Sir Mick Jagger has found himself the unwitting star of a new advertising campaign that is promoting clothes made by murderers, robbers and other ...


With one day to go before New Hampshire's primary, the Clinton campaign has accused Obama's camp of violating political communication laws.


Tony O'Reilly's bid to buy one of Australia's leading media groups is thwarted after it failed to win enough support.


Princess Di's Sons Plan Concert, Service

Princes William and Harry said Tuesday that they are planning a pop concert and memorial service next year to mark the 46th birthday of their mother, Princess Diana, and the 10th anniversary of her death.Comment


Si cerca il quarto complice della tentata rapina di giovedi'


Keon Lawrence scored 18 points and Matt Lawrence added 15 off five 3-pointers as Missouri upset No. 18 Oklahoma State 75-64 Saturday for its first win over a ranked foe under first-year coach Mike Anderson.


Roma, 18:02 - CALCIO, SERIE B: BOLOGNA BATTE MANTOVA, VOLA IL PISA

Risultati della 20/a giornata del campionato di serie B: Ascoli-Modena 1-1, Avellino-Bari 3-2, Bolog...


Israel: Gaza Attack Kills Civilian, Wounds 3 Troops

Palestinian militants killed an  Israeli civilian and wounded three soldiers in an ambush in the  southern Gaza Strip Wednesday, a military spokesman said.


Stocks decline on caution before jobs report

U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as investors locked in profits ahead of Friday's jobs data that could show further weakening in the economy and possibly send equity markets lower.


Workplace factors predict long-term disability risk

NEW YORK  - Along with treatment severity, other factors help predict whether a person who files a disability claim for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) will be out of work long-term, a new study shows.


It was the Bali bombings in October 2002 that cemented Jemaah Islamiyah's reputation as one of south-east Asia's deadliest terrorist outfits.


Organizations representing the nation's 3 million scientists, engineers and doctors have invited the two major presidential candidates to have a word with them — online.


CIBC Mellon Trust Co.  a joint venture of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce  and Mellon Financial Corp. , has agreed to pay $6 million to settle stock fraud charges, U.S. regulators said on Wednesday.


Serie A, Atalanta-Palermo il match in diretta

Nell'anticipo serale, la squadra di Guidolin contro i nerazzurri senza Corini. E Colantuono propone Zampagna come unica punta


CEO Steve Ballmer is speaking at the big mobile phone trade show on Tuesday. It will be interesting to see the tack he takes vis-a-vis Apple.


La requisitoria di uno dei pm nel processo di Torino: "Somministrazione cronica, a basse dosi, e acuta, a Conte e Tacchinardi per affrettarne il recupero". TORINO, 15 ottobre 2004 - "Ai giocatori della Juventus Ã¨ stata data l'Epo.


Film on Mexicoâs Disputed â06 Election Stirs Emotions

A documentary about last yearâs disputed presidential election has drawn big crowds and generated controversy in Mexico.


Ledger died of prescription drug abuse: NY coroner

NEW YORK  -Australian actor Heath Ledger's death was an accident caused by the abuse of prescription drugs, six of which were found in his body, the New York City medical examiner's office said on Wednesday.


Passeggeri aggrediscono personale dello scalo, feriti


Bush Heads to W.Va., Ohio With Good News

WASHINGTON Sept. 10, 2004 - Sensing some momentum turning his way in Ohio and West Virginia, President Bush returns to two economically struggling states that are must-wins for him as he seeks re-election.


Putin, Too, Finds 'War on Terror' Unwinnable

Chechen attacks highlight Russia's failure to crush a rebellion


Arsenal beat Blackburn 3-0 for its 43rd consecutive English Premiership match without a loss, breaking a record for England's top soccer league set in 1978 by Nottingham Forest, which went without a loss from November 1977 to December the following year.


NEW YORK - It was Bernard Hopkins vs. Oscar De La Hoya minus the buildup. It was Kerry Wood vs. Josh Beckett on the tennis court. It was the Davis Cup quarterfinal matchup that wasn't.


Presidential contender Mike Huckabee bagged a pheasant Wednesday, offering Iowa voters the image of an experienced outdoorsman on the hunt, shotgun blasting and dogs braying.


U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice headed into Monday meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders despite seeing no sign that a new Palestinian government will do what world leaders have called for: renounce terrorism and recognize Israel.


High-calorie diet fattens U.S. detainees

Offered a high-calorie diet and kept in their cells almost around the clock, many detainees at Guantanamo Bay are becoming fat.


Play-off earns Singh seventh victory of year

NOW that he is No1 in the world, Vijay Singh clearly believes that the best way to stay there is to continue the form that got him there and secure victory by playing better than everyone in the field - again.


Reggio Calabria, 18:54 - CALCIO, REGGINA: ARONICA E MESTO PRONTI PER IL DERBY

La Reggina ha svolto anche oggi un allenamento a porte chiuse in vista del derby di Messina. Mazzarr...


Oil prices eased on Friday, but still  within sight of the $55-mark as traders feared time was running  out to top up low heating oil supplies before winter.


Torino, 14:12 - CALCIO, JUVE; DESCHAMPS: TUTTI COLPITI NEL CUORE DALLA TRAGEDIA

La Juve torna in campo ma nel cuore si porta dietro la tragedia avvenuta venerdÃ¬, la morte dei due g...


New expanded chamber of commerce chartered

Ten years ago Germany opened its first trade representative offices in the Baltic states.


With every whistle, foul and trip to the free-throw line — and there were plenty — Alison Bales gave Duke some extra time to daydream about its biggest rival.


US Television's Regis Philbin Sets Guinness Record

Television talk show host and quiz master Regis Philbin set a new record on Friday as the person who has spent the most hours in front of U.S. television cameras, according to officials of Guinness World Records.


Auctioneers ask for double Kindle's retail price

Amazon's e-Reader was going for as high as $930 on Friday afternoon. Has Amazon really discovered untapped consumer demand for digital-book readers?


Manchester United player bailed after rape claim - reports

A Manchester United player was released on bail Wednesday after being arrested following a rape allegation at the football team's Christmas party, reports said.


BCE takeover battle may not be over yet: report

The battle to take over Canada's  biggest telephone company, BCE Inc. , may not be over  yet, with other suitors saying they are considering their  options, The Globe and Mail reported on Monday.


Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish and the Bryan Brothers, Bob and Mike, will again represent their country in Charleston, SC, as the United States plays host to Belarus in the semifinals.


Sears found to be using spyware to track visitors

Security researches are criticizing retailer Sears for not adequately describing its efforts to track the behaviors of those who provide the company with their contact information.


Millions of people with HIV will die unless it is made easier for them to get the drugs they need, experts warn.


The start of Monday's doubleheader between the  Yankees and Devil Rays was delayed because Tampa Bay had trouble leaving Florida because of Hurricane Frances.


Flu vaccine maker's shipments suspended, raising fears of flu shot ...

US health officials warned Tuesday of major flu shot shortages after British health officials abruptly pulled the license of the maker of half the US vaccine just as flu season was about to begin.


Trinidad Returns to the Ring With a Knockout

In his first fight since retiring in early 2002, Felix Trinidad Jr. knocked out Ricardo Mayorga with a stunning right at 2:39 of the eighth round of their middleweight bout.


Prime Minister John Howard's government said Wednesday it had tracked down all 225 of its citizens known to be in Iraq, raising hopes that a claim by militants who said they'd kidnapped two Australians was untrue.


Sudan says rebels, not army, attacked peacekeepers

Sudan on Wednesday denied U.N. accusations that Sudanese government forces attacked a U.N.-African Union supply convoy in Sudan's Darfur region this week, pointing the finger at Chadian-backed rebels instead.


The plot: The Cardinals boast the best record in baseball and are hopeful of getting to their first World Series since 1987 and winning their first championship since 1982.


Carmignani scuote il Parma, avanti in Uefa

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


com. Michael Cuddyer's RBI double in the bottom of the 12th scored Jason Bartlett to give Minnesota a 6-5 victory Sunday over the Indians during the completion of Saturday's suspended game.


By Andrew Edwards, San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.  Feb. 1--HIGHLAND -- The city's 35 or so employees can expect to have a  lot of work to do over the next two years.


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


IBM will announced the pre-release of several tools for SMEs designed to speed development of solutions built on IBM middleware. The tools support the IBM Solutions Builder Express Portfolio, which provides


In the spring of 1985, I was the only Israeli journalist attending a huge demonstration at Bir Zeit University. I found myself in a car at the entrance to the campus surrounded by hundreds


Yahooâs Directors Discuss How to Face Microsoft Bid

Presentations from Yahooâs management and its bankers argued that the company was worth more than what Microsoft has offered.


Nyman quickest in training, chased by Austrians

LAKE LOUISE, Alberta  - Steve Nyman clocked the fastest time in training on Thursday for the season's opening Alpine World Cup downhill while the all-conquering Austrians occupied six of the top 11 spots.


Pucci parties by the pool with aquatic swirls

"Tone your legs, slap on the fake tan and   get ready for the poolside," was Pucci's message on Thursday   with a body-conscious collection of mini-dresses and   micro-skirts in turquoise, aquatic blue and dabs of beach   cocktail pink.


Lena Thomas, 93, Founded Churches in U.S., Liberia

By John F. Morrison, Philadelphia Daily News  Feb. 16--At age 26, Lena Thomas was deathly ill. The prognosis was not good, but she sent up a fervent prayer. She told God that if she were spared, she would devote the rest of her life to serving him.


With Russia's Nod, Treaty on Emissions Clears Last Hurdle

Russia's cabinet endorsed the long-delayed Kyoto Protocol on global warming and sent it to Parliament.


For decades Wall Street's investment banking fraternity has been dominated by a handful of great American houses--what are now Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Citigroup (Smith Barney).


Slick CDs and portable DVD support, plus digicam choices and new security options.


Did you know Alan Greenspan plays the clarinet?


Germany Arrests US Translator on Spying Charges

A US translator suspected of trying to sell military documents to a non-NATO country was arrested when visiting her parents in Germany, officials said on Friday.


FBI Investigates UC Berkeley Computer Hack Case

The FBI is trying to find whoever hacked into a computer at the University of California at Berkeley. The computer contained personal information -- including social security numbers -- of nearly 1.5 million


Demand for big-ticket manufactured goods plunged in August by the largest amount in seven months, with widespread weakness signaling a slowdown in the nationâs industrial sector.


NTT DoCoMo to invest in fuel-cell developer

NTT DoCoMo is planning to buy a slice of a Japanese venture company that has made some promising advances in fuel-cell technology.


DaimlerChrysler trucks business sees 2007 profit

STUTTGART, Germany  - DaimlerChrysler's  market-leading trucks business will make an operating profit this year despite a sharp U.S. market contraction, division head Andreas Renschler told reporters on Friday.


In Western Sudan, Fear Is the Ever-Growing Enemy

The United Nations has issued the Arab-led government of Sudan a stark ultimatum: show evidence of improved security for the black African tribes of the vast western region


Soldiers from the Black Watch are preparing to target criminal and terrorist gangs as they settle into the regiment's latest base in a US-controlled area of Iraq.


PARIS -- Lleyton Hewitt rallied from two sets down for the fourth time in his career Thursday and beat 2004 champion Gaston Gaudio 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of the French Open.


Pipe dreams: why we all want to be plumbers

The prospect of megabucks is luring office workers into joining the trades


Bulldozers clear houses from Egyptian tombs

Drowning out grumbles from tourist  touts and descendants of tomb robbers, bulldozers moved into an  Egyptian village near the Valley of the Kings on Saturday at  the start of a plan to resettle 3,200 households for the sake  of archaeology.


Comment is free: Diane Taylor: Criminalising men who use prostitutes won't help women find another means of earning a wage.


Developer Says WiiWare Launching this March

Nintendo's answer to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Store will launch within 2-3 months.


Protesters Push Through Fence at Ukraine Parliament

Supporters of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko broke through a fence surrounding Ukraine's parliament Tuesday, massing around its main door after the chamber failed to debate a no confidence vote in the ...


Mourning in Beslan, a high-five in Afghanistan and a gift-wrapped helicopter


A major survey is to try to establish how many people are malnourished when they are admitted to hospitals and care homes.


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 9 -- U.N. troops fought a block-by-block gun battle with gangs in one of this capital's notorious slums Friday, in the force's largest offensive since being deployed here in 2004.


Tim Murphy likes the depth on his Harvard football team, the quarterback position in particular. And never has that depth been tested more than in the first two weeks of this season.


World's most gullible supermarket chain falls victim to online scam

Trying to get back $10m wired to bogus accounts Red-faced accountants from one of the biggest supermarket chains in the US are frantically trying to regain control of more than $10m lost after falling victim to online fraudsters.â¦


New Zealand PM pressures Japan to move stricken whaler

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark warned that the world would not forgive Japan if it failed to move a crippled whaling ship and consequently caused an environmental disaster.


As Women Rise, Corporate Korea Corks the Bottle

As more women join the ranks, Koreaâs male-centered corporate culture is changing, starting with alcohol.


Investor Kirk Kerkorian says he is to cut his stake in troubled General Motors sending shares in the carmaker lower.


Women from more deprived backgrounds have a lower breast cancer survival rate, research suggests.


The full line-up of musicians to perform at the Glastonbury festival later this month is announced.


Miss Peru Takes Miss World Crown in China Pageant

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


France Telecom denies Google talks about handset

France Telecom  on Tuesday denied  being in talks with Google  about introducing handsets  fitted with the U.S. Web search leader's software systems.


A moderate earthquake rocked Baja California in Mexico, shutting down factories near the U.S. border and leaving about 400,000 people without power, authorities said Saturday. No major damage or injuries were immediately reported.


Sunni bloc ends boycott of Iraqi parliament

Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc has ended its boycott of the Shi'ite-dominated parliament, officials said on Thursday, in a positive sign for the country's faltering attempts at national reconciliation.


If a CFO talks, does anyone have time to listen? You know the Fool does.


Prince Harry in Canada for pre-Afghanistan training

Prince Harry is in training at a military base in Canada to prepare for a possible deployment to Afghanistan, newspapers reported Sunday.


Mustafa Zahid: Every Muslim should see Awarapan

We bring you an exclusive statement written by Pakistani rock sensation, Mustafa Zahid, post the announcement


Clusters get personal, while workstations go silent

What the Tier 1s missed SC06 A couple of smaller time hardware players made a big impression on us during last week's supercomputing conference, showing their ability to extend out of just the high performance computing market. If you're in the market for speedy, compact x86 kit, then you want to check out both VXTech and Microway.â¦


Sanyo Elec now sees annual loss, unveils job cuts

Struggling Japanese electronics maker Sanyo Electric Co. said on Friday it now expects to fall into the red this business year as it unveiled more job cuts amid weak sales of digital cameras and mobile phones.


Official says Caminiti died of drug overdose

Former baseball National League MVP Ken Caminiti died of an accidental drug overdose, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner said Monday.


Indonesia ferry fire kills 16, as many missing

Sixteen people died and at least as many were missing after a fire broke out on an Indonesian ferry off Jakarta Bay on Thursday, with some desperate passengers hurling themselves off the blazing vessel into the sea.


Samuel Allen III, a 5-year-old autistic boy from Trenton who was scalded to death in February, might have been spared if the state had been able to provide overnight child care and other services


UNITED NATIONS - Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir said Sunday he isn't afraid of threatened sanctions by the United Nations. "We are afraid neither of the UN nor of its resolution," el-Bashir was quoted as saying by state-run television.


Microsoft backs cricket to woo Indian employees

On a cloudless summer day, Manish Prabhu stares out at a converted soccer field thousands of miles from his native India and watches a cricket ball skip past some fielders dressed in white.


The Venice Film Festival gets serious this year with competition films about the Iraq war and its impact on U.S. society, police brutality in Egypt, big corporation corruption and the mafia in Italy.


Physics Nobel Goes to 'Theory of Everything' Trio

Three American scientists won the  2004 Nobel physics prize on Tuesday for showing how tiny quark  particles interact, helping to explain everything from how a  coin spins to how the universe was built.


ENTERPRISE and social responsibility must guide Britainâs economy into the 21st century if it is to succeed in the global marketplace, according to the Chancellor, Gordon Brown.


The Orioles fail to score the tying run despite loading the bases against closer Mariano Rivera as New York tops Baltimore, 2-1.


Pakistani president hails elimination of key terrorist

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said in The Netherlands on Monday that the killing of a key terrorist linked to al-Qaeda is a heavy blow to terrorism in his country, Radio Netherlands reported.


WASHINGTON -- President Bush is sending Congress a $3 trillion spending blueprint that would provide a big boost to defense and protect his signature tax cuts.


Aid agencies warn of disaster if civilians in Fallujah don't ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq Relief agencies say Iraqi civilians trapped in Fallujah face disaster unless they get food, water and medicine quickly.


Intel test chip design with 80-core processor

(InfoWorld) - Following their march from standard processors to dual-core and quad-core designs in 2006, Intel researchers have built an 80-core chip that performs more than a teraflops (trillions of floating point operations per second) while using less electricity than a modern desktop PC chip. First described by Intel executivesÂ at a September trade show, the chip fits 80 cores onto a 275-square millimeter, fingernail-size chip and draws only 62 watts of power -- less than many modern desktop chips. The company has no plans to bring this "teraflops research chip" to market, but is using it to test new technologies such as high-bandwidth interconnects, energy management techniques, and a tile design method to build multicore chips, said Jerry Bautista, director of Intel's tera-scale research program. He spoke in a conference call with reporters on Friday before presenting technical details of the research at the ISSCC (Integrated Solid State Circuits Conference) trade show in San Francisco. Intel engineers are also using the chip to explore new forms of tera-scale computing, in which future users could process terabytes of data on their desktops to perform real-time speech recognition, multimedia data mining, photo-realistic gaming and artificial intelligence. Until now, that degree of computing performance has been available only to scientists and academics using machines like ASCI Red, the teraflops supercomputer built by Intel and its partners in 1996 for U.S. government researchers at Sandia National Labs, near Albuquerque, New Mexico. That system handled a comparable amount of computing as the new chip, but demanded an enormous 500 kilowatts of power and 500 kilowatts of cooling to run its nearly 10,000 Pentium Pro chips. Shrunk onto a single chip, that power would allow average consumers to use their PCs in new ways. They could use improved search functions on the vast amounts of digital media stored on home desktops, searching large photo archives for specific attributes such as all the shots where a certain person is smiling, or where that person is posing with a friend, Bautista said. Running at 3.16GHz, the new chip achieves 1.01 teraflops of computation -- an efficiency of 16 gigaflops per watt. It can run even faster, but loses efficiency at higher speeds, performing at 1.63 teraflops at 5.1 GHz and 1.81 teraflops at 5.7 GHz. The processor saves power by shunting idle cores into sleep mode, then instantly turning them on as they're needed. Each modular tile has its own router built alongside the core, creating a "network on a chip." Despite using such an efficient grid, the researchers found they could actually hurt performance by adding too many cores. Performance scaled up directly from two cores to four, eight and 16. But they found that computing performance began to drop with 32 and 64 cores. "If we simply added more than 16 cores, we would get diminishing returns, because the threads and data traffic would not be used properly, so the cores get in the way of each other. It's like having too many cooks in the kitchen," said Bautista. To solve the problem on the new chip, they used a hardware-based thread scheduler and faster on-chip memory caches, optimizing the way data flows from memory into each core. To improve the design, Intel researchers plan to add a layer of "3D stacked memory" under the chip to minimize the time and power required to feed the cores with data. Next, they will create a mega-chip that uses general purpose cores instead of the floating-point units used in the current design.


Bill Clinton will make a dramatic appearance for John Kerry today in Philadelphia and later in Florida - and he says he would not have it any other way.


La comunicazione sta arrivando a ministero Economia


ITC Bans Import of Qualcomm-based Phones

The US International Trade Commission sided with Broadcom on Thursday, ruling that all imports of cell phones using Qualcomm chips could not be imported into the country.


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It's a deal: Yi agrees to play for Bucks

Basketball Yi Jianlian will play for the Milwaukee Bucks after all. Yi, the sixth overall selection in the NBA draft in June, signed a standard rookie scale contract with the Bucks in Hong Kong yesterday and is expected to be in Milwaukee for the start of training camp Oct. 1, or shortly afterward. On draft night, Yi said he was ...


Pixar's $70 Million 'Incredibles' Debut Tops 'Nemo'

Get lost, Nemo. Pixar Animation's  new film "The Incredibles" topped weekend box office charts  with $70.7 million in domestic ticket sales to break records  for Pixar partner Disney and beat their previous smash hit  "Finding Nemo."


South Korean PM to resign in early March

South Korean Prime Minister Han Myung-sook will resign early next month, an aide said Friday amid media reports that she may run for president.


Work Out Now, Ache Later: How Your Muscles Pay You Back

No one knows for sure exactly what causes muscle soreness, but many scientists think that the delayed pain is caused by microscopic tears in the muscles.


They lined up in Georgia, braved the cold in Connecticut, and tried to stay awake in Chicago. From coast to coast shoppers rushed to the stores -- and they were enthusiastic in Seattle.


Fuel Spill Fouls San Diego Coastal Waters

San Diego-area beaches were closed Saturday as authorities looked for the ship that caused the worst offshore fuel spill in the area in many years.


HP laughs off Tru64 promises, welcomes Veritas

HP has given up on trying to bring key parts of Compaq/DEC's Tru64 operating system over to HP-UX and decided instead to buy similar technology from Veritas.


UNITED NATIONS, September 19 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - The UN Security Council late on Saturday, September 18, passed a US-drafted resolution threatening to âenvisageâ sanctions against Sudan's oil industry unless the Khartoum government


Record China trade surplus makes case for yuan rise

China's trade surplus hit a record in  July for the third month in a row, reinforcing the case for a  stronger yuan to address policy makers' growing concerns about  the country's economic imbalances.


A Bernabeu il Siviglia si impone per 1-0

Comincia male l`avventura spagnola di Arrigo Sacchi. Lâex ct azzurro e ora nuovo direttore tecnico del Real Madrid, ha assistito dal palco dâonore del Santiago Bernabeu alla sconfitta per 1-0 delle merengues


Police hunting the killers of teenager Jessie James make a television appeal with new CCTV footage.


Sharon Approves 1,000 Settlement Homes in W.Bank

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  has approved building tenders for 1,000 homes in Jewish  settlements in the West Bank frozen earlier to avoid upsetting  the United States, political sources said on Tuesday.


New InterConnect 2004 software automatically updates contact info.


Republicans block Senate economic stimulus plan

Senate Republicans on Wednesday  narrowly blocked a Democratic-backed economic stimulus plan  that was costlier than a House of Representatives-passed  measure by extending cash rebates to retirees and disabled  veterans and stretching out unemployment benefits.


New Orleans is my hometown. And it's dying. Despite billions of dollars in aid, recovery programs with catchy names and an outpouring of volunteer effort, New Orleans is not recovering from Hurricane Katrina.


A former Olympic sprinter from the Caribbean confessed that he raped four women and a teenage girl during a four-year period after stalking them in the city's parks, authorities said Monday.


U.S. ups border gun checks as Mexico drug deaths jump

Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Wednesday promised tougher controls on guns flowing illegally over the U.S. border to Mexico, where drug cartels have murdered 115 people already this month.


Greg Rusedski beats Jonas Bjorkman in four sets at the Australian Open.


Plaxo inches further onto your desktop with new Mac application

The contact management service has updated its downloadable client for the Mac operating system so that data from its Pulse social network appears in the system's offline Address Book software.


Bush, Maliki to meet as Iraqi deaths hit new high

U.S. President George W. Bush will meet Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Jordan next week with grim new statistics showing record numbers of Iraqis were killed last month and many more fled the country.


GM recalls 275,936 vehicles in United States

General Motors Corp said on Friday it is recalling 275,936 Cadillacs, Pontiacs and Saturms sold in the United States because of a fluid leak that could lead to loss of control of the vehicle.


Cost of pan-European patent protection to plummet in May

Full English translations no longer required The cost of pan-European patent protection will be slashed on 1st May this year, the date when a new agreement on translations comes into effect. Full translations of applications filed in English will no longer be required.â¦


Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton beat back a strong challenge from Barack Obama on Tuesday to win her adopted state, and Sen. John McCain defeated Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to claim all of New York's Republican delegates.


Stocks briefly erase gains as financials drag

Stocks briefly turned negative on Friday, erasing earlier gains, as credit worries weighed on financial stocks.


The US military has charged two US soldiers with murder in the deaths of three Iraqis, the US command said today. "Sgt. Michael P. Williams and Specialist Brent W. May ... have been charged


Learn the secrets of investing in this often-intimidating sector.


President Adamkus Should Make Politically Wise Decision On Trip To Moscow On May 9

Before the trip to Moscow on May 9 to participate in the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the victory in World War II, Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus should take into account not only patriotic ...


White House: Guard Never Disciplined Bush

WASHINGTON - President Bush never was disciplined while serving in the Texas Air National Guard, never failed a physical and never asked his father or family friends for help to get him into the guard during the Vietnam War, the White House said Wednesday.    The White House answers came in response to a dozen questions submitted by The Associated Press in light of new records detailing Bush's Guard service and allegations that have surfaced this election season...


The U.N. Security Council condemned "in the strongest possible terms" the shooting attack that badly wounded East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta on Monday and urged the nation to stay calm.


Nissan shares slide after profit warning

Nissan Motor Co. shares opened down 7.3  percent on Monday, knocking $4.1 billion off its market value,  after the carmaker warned before the weekend that it would miss  its original profit forecasts by a wide margin.


Five new devices arrive all at once It's been quite a while since there were any shake-ups in the world of the HP iPaq, and suddently here come five new iPaq devices all at once: the 110, 210, 310, 610 and 910.â¦


Islamic militants seize Pakistan army post

Up to 20 Pakistani troops were missing and feared dead after takeover of remote military outpost


Microsoft buys anti-spyware technology firm

Microsoft, on Thursday, announced its decision to purchase anti-spyware firm, Giant Software Company, for an undisclosed amount. The reason for this move is merely the fact that Microsoft is willing to provide anti-spyware tools to its customers.


HP and Sun's ongoing bitter battle for server market share is being played out against overall global sales of servers that have surged strongly to surpass $11.


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


After getting thoroughly dominated by the top team in the NHL down the freeway in Anaheim, the Nashville Predators came to Staples Center and dominated one of the league's most inconsistent clubs. Scott Hartnell celebrated his 400th NHL game with a power-play goal and the Nashville Predators beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Thursday night.


Concerned over the Bowl Championship Series process, The Associated Press pulled its football poll from the BCS system used to select the national title game and the three other BCS bowls, The Boston Globe reported.


HPV-Positive Head and Neck Cancers Fare Better

TUESDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Head and neck cancer patients whose tumors test positive for human papillomavirus (HPV) tend to survive longer and respond better to treatment than those who test negative, a new study says.


US consumer spending rose by the largest amount for six months in July, Commerce Department figures indicate.


Parma, 19:06 - CALCIO, PARMA; PIOLI: BUON MATCH, UN PUNTO CHE DA' MORALE

"I ragazzi hanno esibito una prestazione positiva, quello conquistato oggi è un punto che ci ...


Verizon Wireless said Tuesday it won't oppose the Federal Communications Commission's decision to grant Nextel Communications Inc.


CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush is launching a focus on Western battlegrounds with no sign that the biting rhetoric he has aimed at Democratic challenger John Kerry in recent days is as aggressive as it's going to get.    Bush spent one day off the campaign trail, relaxing on Sunday at his central Texas ranch and engaging in informal preparations for the final debate before Election Day - Wednesday in Tempe, Ariz...


Top seed Justine Henin and 12th seed Nicole Vaidisova are early winners on day five of the Australian Open.


A Senate committee will hear allegations that a young U.S. resident was tortured and videotaped  -  after the CIA says such videotaping had stopped


A new study plans to use volunteers from Orkney to help battle Scotland's top three killer diseases.


IAEA set to approve new nuclear mission to N.Korea

The International Atomic Energy Agency's governing body is expected on Monday to authorize the dispatch of U.N. monitors to North Korea to verify the shutdown of its atomic bomb program, diplomats said.


Nvidia Corp. will supply graphics technology for Sony Corp.'s next-generation PlayStation video game console, the companies said Tuesday.


Learning Nuances of Ballet From a Master of Fusion

Mikhail Baryshnikov invites one of his tutors, Azari Plisetski, to his center.


Chicago OKs Cubs to Play at Wrigley Field

The city gave the Chicago Cubs the go-ahead to play ball at Wrigley Field on Monday night after the stadium passed another round of inspections of repair work done on its crumbling upper deck.


Race for the White House kicks into high gear

After months of grand rhetoric, endless fundraising and heavy campaigning, the 2008 presidential race kicks into even higher gear this week at the start of a four-month sprint to the first votes.


UPDATE 2-Open-Kuznetsova overpowers Dementieva in final

Svetlana Kuznetsova powered to her first grand slam title by beating fellow Russian Elena Dementieva 6-3 7-5 in the final of the US Open at Flushing Meadows on Saturday.


Pakistan rejects call for conditions on U.S. aid

Pakistan rejected on Friday a call by  U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for President George W.  Bush to consider cutting Pakistani aid unless it restores full  civil rights and does more to fight terrorism.


Pakistan Raid Frees 3 Hostages; Another Dies

Pakistani commandos stormed the hideout of Islamic militants in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday, freeing one Chinese hostage and killing five of the kidnappers, government officials said.


Study: High Blood Pressure in Blacks Not Genetic

A number of studies have shown that African Americans are more likely than Caucasians to have high blood pressure. Although genetic factors are often blamed, new research suggests that this racial gap is largely due to environmental -- and potentially preventable -- factors.


Viacom Inc.  has demanded that Google Inc.'s  online video service YouTube pull down all of its video clips after they failed to reach an agreement, the company said.


With Familiar Faces, Knicks Look for a Fresh Start

Though optimism abounds as the Knicks open training camp with new Coach Isiah Thomas, the problems inherent in their roster have not changed.


Arnault, Colony buy into Carrefour, shares rise

French billionaire Bernard Arnault said  on Wednesday he had taken a 9.1 percent stake in supermarket  giant Carrefour  jointly with U.S. private equity  group Colony Capital.


Israel hands over security to Palestinians in Bethlehem on ...

Israel announced on Thursday that security in the holy town of Bethlehem in the West Bank during Christmas celebrations would be handed over to the Palestinian police forces.


Bayern Munich coach Felix Magath has announced that striker Vahid Hashemian will stay behind when the club travel to Maccabi Tel Aviv for their Championsâ League icebreaker, essentially ending a brewing controversy.


It's almost English when dictionary does Australish

Contemplating a New Year tattoo in that fashionable area above the buttocks? To help you along, Australians have given them a not-so-fashionable name: "a*** antlers". Want a suntan as well? You could have "tanorexia".


Australia beat battling Wales and eye England showdown

Two-time champions Australia beat Wales 32-20 in a bruising World Cup clash at the Millennium Stadium here on Saturday to virtually make sure of avoiding South Africa in the last eight.


Long, Q Casted for 'Live Free or Die Hard'

"Live Free or Die Hard," the fourth in the 'Die Hard' series, has cast Justin Long and Maggie Q.  Justin Long is better known for his appearances in the Apple computer commercials as the Mac. Maggie Q can be remembered from Tom Cruise's spy team in "Mi...


SERVICE AND software outfit IBM says that Internet attacks directed at the networks rose 27 per cent in September over July and August.


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Microsoft to deliver ads on shopping carts

A partnership unveiled this week between Microsoft, MediaCart Holdings, and Wakefern Food will deliver personalized ads to grocery shoppers through computerized carts. The initiative is yet another way that Microsoft aims to derive revenue from ads, even as it continues to struggle with Google to take more of the online advertising market.


Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Austin Croshere scored seven of his 16 points during a crucial stretch in the fourth quarter, leading the Indiana Pacers to a 100-94 win over the Boston Celtics at the Fleet Center.


Darius Washington scores 15 of his 17 points in the second half on Friday night to lead Memphis to a 62-51 win over Purdue, which is off to its worst start in nearly 100 years.


La Cassazione conferma la condanna di un ragioniere molisano


Bush reassures doubtful Mexico on immigration

MERIDA, Mexico  - President George W. Bush tried to reassure increasingly skeptical Mexicans on Tuesday that he has not given up on overhauling U.S. immigration policy despite failing in Congress last year.


Duty-free industry keen to stay in good spirits despite airline bans

Duty free sales will suffer from the stringent security restrictions imposed on in-flight hand luggage, experts said, but as the anti-terror measures stay, the duty-free lobby is already eyeing up ways around them.


Formula One is preparing to allow only one tyre supplier in 2006.


Lax Management at China's Banks Remains a Concern of Regulators and Investors

An embezzlement scandal is barely standing out in China, where cases of bank corruption involving hundreds of millions of dollars seem to pop up regularly.


GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- 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 three Israeli soldiers in a 45-minute firefight.


The Royal Bank of Canada said it plans to drop the Centura name from its United States banking unit.


Stolen Home Depot laptop exposes employee data

Laptop with employee information stolen from Home Depot manager's car.


UNICEF warns 300,000 Nigerian children may die of vitamin A deficiency

More than 300,000 children in Nigeria could die between now and 2014 if the level of vitamin A in their food is not increased, according to a report by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) received by AFP.


Rookie Ben Roethlisberger threw for 196 yards and two touchdown passes as the Pittsburgh Steelers ended the New England Patriots 21-game winning streak with a 34-20 victory Sunday.


Montreal Expos to Relocate to Washington -Reports

Major League Baseball is set to announce on Wednesday that the Montreal Expos will relocate to Washington next year, local media reported, citing city and baseball officials.


Climate Talkâs Cancellation Splits a Town

A talk by Steven W. Running, a Nobel laureate and climate researcher, was canceled in Choteau, Mont., a small farming and ranching town.


U.S.: 25 insurgents killed in Iraqi province

American-led coalition forces battling insurgents in Iraq's Diyala province near Baghdad killed 25 insurgents in a three-day operation, the U.S. military said Wednesday.


Ban on Net access taxes extended until 2014

House of Representatives approval means most American consumers will continue seeing tax-free Internet connection bills. President Bush is expected to sign off before current law expires this week.


US Condemns Trial of Belarus Opposition Figure

The United States is accusing the Belarus government of "flagrant abuse" of its judicial system in the prosecution of opposition figure Mikhail Marinich.


At an age when most catchers have retired to the couch, switched positions or stopped being productive, Yankees catcher Jorge Posada is still a formidable threat.


All-female U.N. peacekeeping unit arrives in Liberia

The first all-female U.N. peacekeeping unit, made up of 103 women from India, arrived in Liberia on Tuesday to help the West African nation recover from 14 years of on-and-off civil war.


In a deal aimed at rivaling Appleâs iTunes and Nokiaâs Ovi, Sony Ericsson will offer more than five million music tracks on it PlayNow Internet and mobile phone service.


U.S. Opposes Passport Privacy Protections

The Bush administration opposed security measures for new microchip-equipped passports that privacy advocates contended were needed to prevent identity theft, government snooping or a terror attack, according to State Department documents released Friday.


High in the Air, Artist Attracts a Crowd

There is something wonderful about being 35,000 feet in the air, looking down on the earth, that gives an artist a new perspective.


Hugh Osmond, the business man who made his fortune through pizzas and pubs, is at the head of a consortium spending over Â£1bn to buy the Pearl life insurance business.


Duffy, the Welsh soul singer hotly tipped for success in 2008, enters the singles chart at number one with Mercy.


Tyson Finds a Lable for Its Antibiotic-Free (Well, Almost) Chicken

Tyson Foods tweaks its âraised without antibioticsâ label after Department of Agriculture questioned the companyâs use of animal medications.


Romania Lobbies to Host U.S. Military Base

As the U.S. military begins the lengthy process of reducing its presence in Europe and repositioning its forces around the globe, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld heard a pitch Monday for moving a contingent of U.S. troops to a dormant air base near the Black Sea port of Constanta.


Fellow students' Facebook pages reveal Benzir Bhutto's son to be a popular student who had clearly been looking forward to starting his degree


Shiite Groups Unite to Run in Iraq Elections Next Month

Iraq's leading Shiite political groups formally announced today that they had formed an alliance to run in the national elections set for late January, saying their


Bush names White House counsel to succeed outgoing attorney ...

US President George W. Bush on Wednesday named White House counsel Alberto Gonzales as attorney general, making him the first Hispanic to hold a cabinet post in any US administration.


Twins Send Bedard to 1st Loss Since June

Minnesota ends Erik Bedard's nine-game winning streak and hands the Orioles their sixth straight loss, 11-3, Sunday.


Intel Seeks to Upstage AMD 'Barcelona' with Quad-Core 'Tigerton'

The fact that AMD plans to unveil its quad-core Opteron server processor on Monday is the worst kept secret since rumors yesterday that Apple CEO Steve Jobs would unveil something having to do with iPods today. What has come as a surprise is that Intel decided not to wait to let AMD have its day before releasing some initial specifications for its forthcoming "Tigerton" class Xeon MP quad-core server processors.


Court rejects FCC broadcast decency limit

In a major victory for TV networks, a  U.S. appeals court on Monday overruled federal regulators who  decided that expletives uttered on broadcast television  violated decency standards.


When Louis Zapata returned from Iraq with his National Guard unit, he found the chunky toddler he had left 15 months earlier had matured into a petite, talkative "little lady."


Swainson: IBM Exec Seen As Next Computer Assoc. CEO

The wild one. Computer Associates International (nyse: CA - news - people ) has named John Swainson as its new chief executive, reports say.


The MoD names the soldier who was killed in Iraq as a 48-year-old major from the 4th Battalion The Rifles.


N.B.A. Roundup: Wade Lifts the Heat With a Buzzer-Beater

Dwyane Wade hit a 20-foot jumper at the buzzer, giving the Miami Heat a 104-102 victory against visiting Utah on Saturday night.


"Titanic" director James Cameron presented on Monday what he said was evidence the tomb of Jesus had been uncovered, but some scholars dismissed it as a publicity stunt.


Villagers Flee Fire at Gas Field in Bangladesh

Hundreds of families fled in panic  Saturday when flames leapt into the sky at a gas field in  northeastern Bangladesh where experts were conducting new  tests, officials and witnesses said.


Left and right ears not created equal as newborns process sound

Challenging decades of scientific belief that the decoding of sound originates from a preferred side of the brain, UCLA and University of Arizona scientists have demonstrated that right-left differences for the auditory processing of sound start at the ear


Science Cafes Tap the Nation's Fascination With Research and Discoveries

Americans are supposedly not interested in science. But "science cafes," where scientists lecture and field questions, draw crowds all over the country.


British Airways today pledged to carry out an investigation into a staff shortage that sparked travel chaos at Heathrow Airport last week.


London: Iâm going to kill you,â Shoaib Akhtar jokingly told Brian Lara as the West Indies captain came out to bat in Wednesdayâs ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against Pakistan.


Israeli missile hit Palestinian car in Gaza

An Israeli helicopter fired a missile at a car in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, killing one person and injuring many others, Palestinian hospital officials said.


Anything is possible for England now. The Champions Trophy, South Africa this winter, the World Cup, the Ashes next summer, global domination, all those things that once


A UK soldier killed while on patrol in Iraq has been named as Daniel Lee Coffey, the Ministry of Defence says.


Australia's quest to conquer final frontier

Bangalore: The ultimate tussle of contemporary Test cricket begins in Bangalore on Wednesday as Australia launch a "well-planned" mission to conquer the "Final frontier" and record their first series win on Indian soil in 35 years.


Alla vigilia delle elezioni il centrodestra attacca il premier"Non c'Ã¨ piÃ¹ rispetto per le regole democratiche. E' regime"                                             Forza Italia: "Napolitano intervenga Prodi ha violato il silenzio elettorale"                                                                                Fini: "Se il centrosinistra perde, il presidente del Consiglio Ã¨ al capolinea"


Blair backs S.Africa's Mbeki on Zimbabwe

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Friday he fully supported South Africa's efforts to mediate in Zimbabwe's escalating political crisis, saying any solution to the stand-off must come from within Africa.


La vittima aveva 68 anni, e' successo a Torrempietra


ICRC Accuses US Military of Abuse at Guantanamo Prison

The International Committee of the Red Cross has accused the US military of using interrogation methods that amount to torture at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.


Judge demands answers on Katrina housing

A federal judge called the Bush administration's handling of a Hurricane Katrina housing program "a legal disaster" Wednesday and ordered officials to explain a computer system that can neither precisely count evacuees nor provide reasons why they were denied aid.


BURBANK, Calif. - Nicole Richie was arrested early Monday for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol, authorities said. California Highway Patrol officers took Richie, 25, into custody without incident after she failed a field sobriety test, CHP Officer Todd Workman said.


Tiny Cellphone Chip Aims to Improve Sound Quality

A start-upâs first product, modeled on the human ear, curbs background noise.


The Count: A.T.M. Fees: Always Rising, Often Avoidable

Convenience usually comes at a price â and that price has been climbing.


Democrats Make Few Gains in HK Elections

Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates,  stung by scandal, made limited gains against the Beijing camp  in legislative polls as voters wary of alienating their  communist rulers chose stability, results showed on Monday.


Guards Lead No. 12 Longhorns Past Sooners

A.J. Abrams scores 22 points and D.J. Augustin adda 19 points and seven assists to lead No. 12 Texas to a 64-54 win against rival Oklahoma,


Pagamenti relativi al periodo ottobre-dicembre 2007


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The Ukrainian president's party says it has made a coalition deal with its former Orange Revolution allies.


The Republican candidate for governor, who lost by 129 votes, says Democrat Christine Gregoire's term will be tainted. By Jerry Cornfield.


Senate energy bill: first skirmish over US greenhouse-gas regulation

This week's Senate battle over the energy bill heralds a longer fight on climate change, some analysts say.


By ANN SANNER WASHINGTON - Environmental activists, hunters and oil industry representatives spoke at a public hearing Monday night on whether the U.S. government should list polar bears as a threatened species.


Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is expected to seek parliamentary approval for his new cabinet shortly.


Like the conductor of his own chamber orchestra, Garry Wills presides over three metal music stands while at work in his study, his chosen "scores" including dictionaries of Greek, Latin and Italian.


New Rules of Interrogation Forbid Use of Harsh Tactics

Pentagon officials yesterday repudiated the harsh interrogation tactics adopted since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, specifically forbidding U.S. troops from using forced nudity, hooding, military dogs and waterboarding to elicit information from detainees captured in ongoing wars.


Alien smackdown brings Christmas joy to box office

Those darn aliens and  predators upset the box office hierarchy established during the  weekend before Christmas.


Bush Pledges To Earn The Support Of All Americans

Less than an hour after Senator John Kerry conceded the 2004 election, President George W. Bush was finally able to say something his father never could: "A new term is a new opportunity to reach out to a nation," he said.


Cynthia Nixon 'very happy' with her female lover!

NEW YORK: Sex and the City star Cynthia Nixon, who is reportedly in a long-term relationship with another woman, has revealed that she is 'very happy' with her life.


Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, says there is no reason for Nato to expand further towards Russia.


Confagricoltura, circa 5 mila le aziende multate


Tennis: Davenport takes over WTA world number 1 ranking

MIAMI : American Lindsay Davenport captured the WTA world No. 1 spot in the rankings, unseating France's Amelie Mauresmo. Davenport assured herself of claiming the number one spot with a second-round victory


AT&T has temporarily suspended a new parental control service on cell phones after it was discovered there were potential issues with 911 services.


Scontro frontale probabilmente a causa dell'alta velocita'


Artest, other suspended players meet with arbitrator; NBA stays ...

An arbitrator heard six hours of testimony Thursday in a grievance hearing that the NBA refused to attend about the Pacers-Pistons brawl-related suspensions issued by commissioner David Stern.


Cingular, the largest U.S. wireless  phone carrier, will offer a version of popular Internet social  network MySpace on its phones in an expansion of their  partnership, the companies plan to announce on Monday.


Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations

33 Palestinians, 23 of whom are civilians, including 7 children and a mentally disabled man, were killed by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF).


Liverpool have had a Â£3.5 million bid for Real Madrid striker Fernando Morientes turned down, according to reports. Morientes's agent, Gines Carvajal, says he knows nothing of specific offers but it is believed


MLB gathering groups wanting to buy Expos

Major League Baseball Tuesday kicked off the process of selling the team formerly known as the Montreal Expos, while the president of the franchise said it might have a new name soon after the World Series ends.


The head of Baazee.com, an Indian auction website owned by eBay Inc., Avnish Bajaj, arrested yesterday for sanctioning the sale of a home video featuring two students having oral sex, has been released on bail despite the policeâs promises to keep him


A breast cancer drug could save 1,300 lives a year if more widely used in the UK, research suggests.


'Cats Payback Penn State, 1-0, in Big Ten Tournament

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- In Northwestern's first meeting of the season with Penn State, the Nittany Lions scored a pair of goals in the final 44 seconds to tie the Wildcats, 2-2.


Former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis is considering making a comeback at the age of 41, according to a newspaper report.


Circolare dell'Inps per disoccupati e cassintegrati


Verizon sales rise led by wireless growth

Verizon Communications Inc  said  on Monday its quarterly revenue rose due to strong wireless  subscriber growth, although profit fell after merger-related  costs and other items.


Commissioner says EU patent doubts 'legitimate'

McCreevy calls for consensus European Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has acknowledged that there are "legitimate concerns" about proposals to create a pan-European patent litigation system.â¦


Il portiere del Bologna, Gianluca Pagliuca, e' stato squalificato dal giudice sportivo per una giornata in seguito all'esame della prova tv che ha evidenziato una 'tirata di capelli' al giocatore della Reggina, Giandomenico Mesto, sfuggita all'arbitro.


Legislators in San Francisco city voted to ban smoking in public parks on Tuesday, becoming the first major American city to embrace such an expansive ban on tobacco use.


Garmisch, 11:09 - SCI, CDM UOMINI: MOELGG SECONDO IN PRIMA MANCHE SLALOM

Secondo posto per Manfred Moelgg nella prima manche dello slalom di Garmisch valido per la coppa del...


Home Prices Fall for 10th Straight Month

Home prices declined a record 6.7 percent in October compared with a year ago, according to the Standard & Poorâs/Case-Shiller home price index.


La flotta di 'Volare' Ã¨ a terra Voli sospesi, passeggeri bloccati

MILANO, 19 NOVEMBRE 2004 - La flotta di Volare e' a terra, abbattuta dall'agguato incrociato dei creditori delle societa' di leasing e dal ritiro della copertura assicurativa, stando almeno alle spiegazioni di fonte sindacale.


A large, fast-moving snowstorm that closed sections of major highways on the Plains on Saturday was blamed for seven traffic deaths, while strong winds in Arkansas cut a 5-mile-long swath of damage, destroying buildings and leaving several people injured.


Federal health agency halts sickle cell study because subjects ...

ATLANTA Doctors have halted a study on children with sickle cell anemia because two of the young patients have suffered strokes. The study was designed to determine whether children with the disease could be weaned off blood transfusion therapy.


HAMBURG, Germany  - The European Union urged China on Monday to open its markets to help redress a "huge" trade surplus with the bloc and called on it to ratify a key rights covenant.


Howard Stern finds freedom, $500 million in satellite-radio deal

If you want to hear Howard Stern, starting in January 2006, you will need to shell out $12.95 a month for satellite radio. Sirius, the No.


Summary - (Oct 29, 2004) This image of Titan was taken when Cassini reached the closest point of its flyby on October 26. At this point, it was only 1,600 km (994 miles) above the surface of Titan.


U.S. Joins New Drive for Northern Ireland Deal

U.S. special envoy Mitchell Reiss will join British and Irish leaders at a 1,000-year-old castle on Thursday for talks billed as a final chance to save Northern Ireland's 1998 Good Friday peace accord.


Neoconservatives Gain Strength in New Bush Team

Neoconservatives, seen as the  ideological architects of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, appear to  be gaining strength in President Bush's second administration,  foreign policy analysts said on Wednesday.


Rock band Ash say they have made their last album, and will only release download singles from now on.


Members of the Black Watch regiment may have to remain in Iraq for longer than had been hoped, it is confirmed.


Denzel Washington Dazzles at "Deja Vu" Premiere

Fashion Wire Daily - Casually dressed in a pair jeans and an overcoat, there was nothing that could prevent Denzel Washington from dazzling both cameras and fans with his megawatt smile at the New York film premiere of "DÃÂ©jÃÂ  Vu."


CARACAS -- Arturo Sarmiento speaks English polished at Sandhurst, Britain's military school. He made fortunes trading oil and importing whiskey. Now Sarmiento, just 35 and a staunch supporter of President Hugo Chávez owns an expanding television network.


The New York Times Company, under pressure from hedge funds that want to gain representation on its board, nominated two candidates of its own, Robert E. Denham and Dawn Lepore.


An antiques and furniture store has sued pop star Michael Jackson for allegedly failing to pay a nearly $180,000 bill.


Berlino, 19:28 - CALCIO, BUNDESLIGA: PARI DELLO SCHALKE

Pari esterno senza reti per lo Schalke 04 in uno dei posticipi della 15/a giornata di Bundesliga. Un...


Segno positivo anche per il fatturato dei semiconduttori


Infanticide and sex-selective abortion yield a more skewed gender ratio.


U.S. E.coli outbreak in linked to spinach

An outbreak of E.coli bacteria that   may linked to bagged fresh spinach has killed one person and   sickened dozens of others in eight states, the U.S. Food and   Drug Administration said on Thursday.


Schifani, c'e' nomina nuovo comandante ma nessuna revoca


Roma, 16:17 - BASEBALL: ITALIA INVITATA A MONDIALE PROF

Ci sarà anche l'Italia tra le 16 squadre invitate al World Baseball Classic 2009, una sorta d...


World leaders meet to tackle global warming

But dear old Dubya has other plans World leaders are set to meet today to discuss the effects of climate change and possible political measures to tackle it.â¦


Great Britian Set to Ban Smoking in Most Public Places

The British government is set to announce new and far reaching restrictions on smoking in public places to protect the health of its citizens.


Seattle coach Mike Holmgren insists that his team can survive the playoffs without a strong running game, but he can't be feeling as confident now as he was a week ago.


Barrichello parte in pole nel Gp d'Italia

Monza. Super Barrichello nelle prove del Gran Premio d'Italia.ÃÂ«E' stato il miglior giro di tutta la mia carriera, molto vicino alla perfezione assoluta in ogni punto del circuito. Sapevamo che la macchina andava bene, perÃ²...Â».


Twins End Angels' Nine-Game Winning Streak

Johan Santana won his eighth straight decision Saturday, Jacque Jones and Augie Ojeda homered, and the Minnesota Twins kept rolling toward a third straight AL Central title wit ha 7-1 victory that ended the Anaheim Angels' nine-game winning streak.


Hackers attack key Net traffic computers

Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002.


A solar refrigerator for developing world

the sun is hot, so harvest the heat to make ice cubes.


Bioenvision shares rally on Clolar's approval

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- The Food and Drug Administration has approved Genzyme Corp. and Bioenvision Inc.'s treatment for the most common type of childhood leukemia, sending shares of both companies higher Wednesday.


Study Links Animal Bacteria to Crohn's Disease

A bacterium that causes intestinal illness in cattle and sheep could also be responsible for Crohn's disease, researchers said on Friday.


Seven year old Palestinian girl shot by Isreali sholdiers

Israeli soldiers killed a seven-year-old Palestinian girl yesterday when they fired at Palestinians in the Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza.


Lowe down for count after Tejada's home run

When Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada smacked Derek Lowe's 2-and-2 delivery over the left-field wall in the fifth inning last night for a three-run home run, Lowe stared at the ground and nodded. Up to that point, he had staged a battle with Orioles hitters that went back-and-forth through four innings -- one that appeared primed to go much longer.


TV advertising talks pick up; ABC, Fox are winners

ABC and Fox are finally reaping the  rewards of mega-hits "Desperate Housewives" and "American  Idol," pulling in higher prices for prime-time commercials  after weeks of halting talks with advertisers.


Verizon executive says HD video on demand in works

U.S. phone company Verizon  Communications Inc.  said it plans to offer  high-definition video on demand over its advanced Internet and  video service called FiOS, although it has not yet set a date.


A Santa Maria Capua Vetere, arrivato all'alba da Toronto


IRS offers guidance on tax preparer penalties

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has issued temporary guidance about tax return preparer penalties until the agency completes an overhaul of the regulations later this year.


British health officials say female teenagers are significantly more likely to test positive for chlamydia than are women in their 20s.


DSEi - toys for the homicidal boy Pictures Today sees the opening of DSEi, the UK's biggest weapons and kill-tech trade show. The whole ExCel centre in the Docklands is full of exhibitors showing off their guns and gadgetry. The place is packed with generals and admirals looking to snap up the latest must-have piece of kit.â¦


Catania, 15:48 - CALCIO, COPPA ITALIA: AL 45' CATANIA-UDINESE 1-1

Catania e Udinese sono sull'1 a 1 dopo il primo tempo della gara valida quale ritorno per i quarti d...


Dominik Hasek needed just 20 saves to record his 72nd career shutout in the Detroit Red Wings' 3-0 victory over the banged-up Minnesota Wild on Friday night.


Tech problems due to Mercury in retrograde?

Blog: Problems with technology could be random. Or, they could be because of Mercury in Retrograde


In time of economic crisis, rates of obesity, diabetes, stroke and coronary heart disease drop, a new study finds.


Web Sites Spoof Bush, Kerry With Parodies

If you're not ready to feverishly debate Iraq or the deficit in this bitterly divisive election year, you can always surf the Web, where politics is frequently nothing but a big joke.


The cost of borrowing headed higher as yields on the 10-year Treasury note hit a five-year high, climbing to 5.248 percent.


On Tuesday, 50 space experts and advocates are gathering to ask whether the United States is on the right track with its plans for space exploration.


Jamaica's Powell powers to victory in Brussels

Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell failed in his bid for a second 100 meters world record in less than a week although he still powered his way to victory at the Van Damme Golden League meeting on Friday.


: British police said today that the brutal murders of two young women and four cases of assault across London were linked, sparking fears of a serial hammer killer operating in the capital.


A guard working for an aid group in Somalia was killed in a raid on its offices, two German partner organizations said Thursday.


Oxford, Harvard... libraries online on Google:

[World News]: London, Dec 15 : Rare and contemporary works from the libraries of five of the world's most important academic institutions are to be digitised by Google and made available online.


The Italian government approved $8.6 billion in tax cuts for 2005 Saturday, state radio reported, ending partisan debate that at one point had prompted Premier Silvio Berlusconi to threaten to resign.


Germany to expel Kashmir-linked Arab 'extremist'

German authorities have arrested an Egyptian man they describe as a "known Islamist extremist" trained in Pakistan, and aim to expel him within weeks, officials said on Wednesday.


WTC's Silverstein Sues Qaeda, Saudi Banks for Loss

The man who leased the World Trade Center just months before it was destroyed has sued al Qaeda members, Saudi financial institutions and charities "that allegedly supported the conspiracy" to launch the attacks, Larry Silverstein's


US suspends vast ADVISE data-sifting system

The pilot programs ignored privacy safeguards, says a recent Homeland Security report.


Taipei to Cloak City in World's Largest Wi-Fi Grid

Dennis Tseng is an avid Web surfer who  loves to hang out in Taipei's upmarket Hsinyi district, where  wireless Internet access is freely available to all.


NBA Wrap: James Sets New Milestone as Cavaliers Keep Winning

LeBron James had 26 points to become the youngest player in National Basketball Association history to score 2,000 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers eased to a 96-74 home win over the Chicago Bulls Saturday.


Scientists discover a new protein they believe could help develop much more effective medicines.


Iran: US nuclear allegations - ''baseless and sheer lies''

Iran is voluntarily cooperating with the UN nuclear watchdog to show to the world that US allegations on Tehran's "secret" programs to develop nuclear weapons are totally baseless and sheer lies, said a top Iranian security official on Monday.


Blair says there's little he can do to save British hostage in ...

LONDON - British Prime Minister Tony Blair says there's little he can do to secure the release of Ken Bigley, the British hostage being held in Iraq.


Zurigo, 15:05 - CALCIO, UEFA: E' PREMATURO PARLARE DI RIPESCAGGI CHAMPIONS

Il responsabile della comunicazione dell'Uefa William Gaillard prende posizione sulla notizia dell'e...


Catania, 18:03 - CALCIO, CATANIA; PULVIRENTI: DELUSI DA KO MA SIAMO ALL'INIZIO

Seconda sconfitta in campionato per il Catania, battuto in casa di misura dalla Fiorentina. Il presi...


Movie Review: On film, too, appeal of the 'Phantom' a mystery

The question at this point is whether ``The Phantom of the Opera'' is even intended to be frightening. The tale has become such a product of modern popular art that its original inspiration, ``the


Dental plaque linked to pneumonia in hospitalized elderly

Good regular toothbrushing may lessen nursing home residents' chances of developing pneumonia, according to a study which traced germs from dental plaque to the lungs of patients with the potentially fatal illness.