Dopo il colpo all'ufficio postale di Budduso' nel Sassarese


Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards said Thursday that he knew for months that Sen. John Kerry would endorse Barack Obama, and not him, for president.


The world's most famous pop  stars are to be lampooned in a television cartoon after the  success of a series of children's books mocking their celebrity  lifestyles.


Browser Smackdown: Side-by-Side Feature Comparison

As part of our Browser Smackdown, here's a close-up look at how Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 7, Opera 9 and Safari 2 handle popular browsing features and functions.


Australia Firm on Troops After Iraq Hostage Report

Australian Prime Minister John Howard  remained committed on Tuesday to the U.S.-led war on Iraq as  investigations continued into an unconfirmed report that two  Australians had been taken hostage and threatened with  execution.


World leaders condemned the killing on Tuesday of a Lebanese Christian cabinet minister, with Western powers vowing to do their utmost to prevent the collapse of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's unsteady government.


Sony reportedly seeks to exit plasma display market

MANHASSET, NY - Sony Corp. is considering leaving the plasma display market to focus on flat-panel liquid crystal (LCD) displays, according to several online reports.


Retail Sales Numbers: Which Ones Do You Buy?

Two days ago, stocks raced to record highs  on reports of strong June retail sales. Yesterday, the news cycle did an about-face as June retail sales were described as "crashing" and "plunging" in a record drop.


Slow recovery goes on in crime-weary New Orleans

The recovery of New Orleans slowly drags on two years after Hurricane Katrina but one thing back in full swing since the killer storm is crime, particularly murders.


GLASGOW, Scotland -- Scottish giants Rangers crashed out of a European competition for the second time this season following a 2-0 defeat at home to Auxerre in the UEFA Cup.


INSIDE TV & RADIO; Clear Channel Report Reflects Radio's Cloudy Future

By TIM CUPRISIN  It's safe to say that commercial radio, like the rest of the commercial media, is in a state of flux.


SKorea's LG Elec develops mobile phones capable of receiving media ...

SEOUL (AFX) - LG Electronics Inc said it has developed what it claims to be the world's first mobile handset capable of receiving terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasts (DMB), setting the ground to lead a new multimedia mobile handset market combining


Newer beta-blocker doesn't up weight in diabetics

NEW YORK  - Unlike earlier beta-blocker drugs used to treat high blood pressure, the newer drug carvedilol does not cause weight gain in people with diabetes, according to findings from a new study.


Boeing shows automated spying, flying drone

Robot spyplanes deliver on Cingular US death-tech'n'airliners giant Boeing has carried out a spy-fi-esque demonstration of military surveillance technology.â¦


Tommy Sheridan tenders his resignation as leader of the Scottish Socialist Party with immediate effect.


Ask Joe Goossen what "Sugar" Shane Mosley did wrong in his first fight with Winky Wright, and he might not have enough time to list everything.


There are turning points in everyone's baseball career, and this may be Theo Epstein's.


Firebomb attack kills 67 aboard India-Pakistan train

Sixty-seven people have burned to death after blasts ignited a fireball on a train from India to Pakistan in an attack condemned as terrorism aimed at derailing the South Asian peace process.


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BHP's Shenzi-3 Well Finds Oil in US Gulf of Mexico

BHP Billiton, Australia's biggest oil and gas producer, said a second appraisal well at its Shenzi discovery in the Gulf of Mexico found oil, increasing the likelihood the field can be commercially developed.


A court hears how a badger baiting ring was discovered after images of an attack were posted on the internet.


Napoli, 19:36 - CALCIO, NAPOLI: DOPPIETTA DI ZALAYETA NEL TEST IN FAMIGLIA

Allenamento pomeridiano per il Napoli in vista della gara di sabato prossimo a Roma: lavoro tecnico ...


AP: Sri Lankan Teenager Raped by Rescuer

She survived the tsunami, only to suffer the brutality of her rescuer. On a pilgrimage to a temple, the 18-year-old and her family stopped for a picnic by the beach. That's when the tsunami struck.


LONDON Oct. 6, 2004 - Maurice Wilkins, a Nobel Prize-winning pioneer of DNA research, has died. He was 88. Wilkins was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1962 along with the two scientists credited


Logging blamed as Philippines flood toll rises

Phillipines officials say the death toll from landslides and floods unleashed by a tropical storm in the Philippines has exceeded 300.


Kuwait Detains Soldiers for Plot Against U.S. Forces

Kuwaiti security forces have detained up  to eight Kuwaiti soldiers suspected of plotting to attack U.S.  forces in the Gulf Arab state, a security source said on  Monday.


"Relentless" Grant still keeping the faith

Having watched her two previous  labels sink, singer Natalie Grant is finding that the third  time is indeed the charm.


Three men run west-east across Sahara in 111 days

Three men from Canada, Taiwan and the United States have run 7,500 km (4,700 miles) across the Sahara Desert to draw attention to the lack of access to water in many countries they crossed, one runner said on Wednesday.


European shares rose to within a whisker  of fresh 2-1/2 year highs Monday amid relief that the Iraq  elections passed without a major hitch, which also helped to  push crude oil prices sharply lower.


More money for defence research, say MPs

Government's top boffin disagrees The Commons defence committee today released a report on Blighty's defence-tech research efforts, warning that there are several areas of concern.â¦


Trump does deal on $1.8bn debt at his casino business

DONALD TRUMP is to remain chairman and chief executive of his Hotels & Casino Resorts business and avert a possible bankruptcy filing.


South Africa Recalls Millions of Condoms

South Africa is recalling millions of locally manufactured condoms after tens of thousands failed an air burst test


Update 2: China Aviation Oil Chief Faces Police

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


NATO seeks reinforcements for south Afghanistan

MONS, Belgium  - NATO's top commander of   operations, General James Jones, acknowledged on Thursday the   alliance had been taken aback by the level of violence in south   Afghanistan and urged allies to provide reinforcements.


Asian children in care are waiting three times as long as white children to be adopted, a charity says.


L'esponente di An aveva deciso di lasciare dopo le polemiche scoppiateperchÃ© aveva usato un'ambulanza per arrivare in tempo a una trasmissione tv                                          Senato, Selva non si dimette piÃ¹ "I cittadini mi chiedono di restare"                                                                                "Un voto in meno della Cdl Ã¨ un giorno in piÃ¹ per il governo Prodi"


The Palestinians have taken a double hit this week with the news that Washington has quietly softened its opposition to growth in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and Israel's announcement of plans to build 530 new settler homes in the


Liverpool were good value for the three points after going behind to a Patrick Kluivert goal at Anfield. The Dutchman's sharp finish sparked the game into life after 32 minutes and three minutes later Titus Bramble headed into his own net to make it 1-1.


As parties haggle over candidate lists, radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr fights for a top spot.


Milano, 17:28 - CALCIO: DIRITTI TV; FANTINEL: SERVE INTERVENTO BERLUSCONI

Per cercare di sciogliere il nodo dei diritti tv della serie B, il presidente della Triestina, Stefa...


Empoli, 16:58 - CALCIO, EMPOLI; VITALE: NAPOLI SQUADRA PIU' IN FORMA

Giuseppe Vitale, ds dell'Empoli, ha fatto il punto sul momento del club toscano dopo il pari con la ...


Brain imaging advances lead to more false alarms

NEW YORK  - Improvements in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have led to increased detection of minor brain abnormalities that may worry the patient, but often will never cause any problems, according to study findings reported in The New England Journal of Medicine.


The penultimate day of the Olympics will see Kelly Holmes aiming for success in the 1500m.


A Nazi Past Casts a Pall on Name of a Disease

A movement to discredit the name of Dr. Friedrich Wegener, who discovered a rare blood vessel inflammation in 1936, is beginning to gather momentum.


siege that started when a group of inmates identified as al Qaeda killed their guards in an attempted jailbreak. prison complex on the outskirts of the capital, prison governor Abdul Salam Bakhshi told journalists.


Italian opera star Luciano  Pavarotti, hailed by many as the greatest tenor of his  generation, died on Thursday after a long battle with cancer,  his manager Terri Robson said.


Stocks Fall, FOMC Ignites Rate-Hike Worry

U.S. stocks tumbled on Tuesday, with  the Nasdaq closing at a one-month low, after the Federal  Reserve said in minutes from a December meeting that interest  rates remained too low to contain inflation.


Issue May Really Be How Far Players Will Go to Gain an Advantage

With items like over-the-counter pills and prescription injections, baseball playersâ medicine cabinets have expanded as unmistakably as their physiques.


The lone air traffic controller on duty the morning Comair Flight 5191 crashed had only two hours of sleep before starting work on the overnight shift, a federal investigator said Wednesday.


Washington - A US teenager spent eight days in her wrecked car that landed in a wooded ravine before being rescued by a member of her church who said a vision led her to the girl, a newspaper reported on Monday.


WTO backs Antigua, rules US online gaming ban is illegal

Antigua and Barbuda, the Caribbean island nation, won a World Trade Organization ruling that US legislation criminalizing online betting violates global laws.


HOLLYWOOD predictions of a rogue asteroid colliding with Earth and threatening life as we know it has become a real possibility according to a new warning from NASA.


Thieves took the families of two bank executives hostage and forced the executives to help them steal more than $39 million from the vaults of a


Caymans, Jamaica survey hurricane's devastation

Cars floated in the streets and holes gaped where palm trees once stood in the Cayman Islands and in Jamaica residents surveyed damaged homes, blocked roads and flattened businesses.


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Allarme competitivita', 'fra poco finiamo dietro Slovenia'


Microsoft partner first with hosted Communications Server

A Microsoft partner has become the first to offer Microsoft's new unified communications software as a hosted service.Intermedia on Tuesday will begin offering Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) as a hosted service on a subscription basis for $7.95 per user, per month, said Rurik Bradbury, vice president of strategy for Intermedia. The service initially will be available to users of Intermedia's hosted Exchange service, which costs $12 per user, per month. Eventually, the OCS service will be available independently of that service, he said.Intermedia is a SaaS (software as a service) provider in New York and one of Microsoft's hosting partners. Microsoft also offers Exchange as a hosted service, and eventually plans to offer OCS as a hosted service, but has not specified when. Other Microsoft hosting partners such as USA.net and Apptix also plan to offer OCS on a hosted basis but have not done so thus far.The company is already hosting OCS for some early adopter customers, but the general rollout of the service starts Tuesday, Bradbury said. The service is aimed at SMBs that find it too complicated to install all the software on premise and administer and manage it themselves."If you think Exchange is difficult to set up for a small business, think about setting up Exchange and OCS," Bradbury said. "It's an absolute nightmare for SMBs to do this."Included in the hosted OCS offering will be private, secure instant messaging and message archiving -- the latter of which is a legal requirement for companies that deal with sensitive information, such as financial services and health care, Bradbury said. The service also offers Web presence integration across Office Communicator, Outlook, and SharePoint, so a user's free/busy status is available to colleagues across all those services, and PC-to-PC voice and video conferencing.One feature of OCS that isn't in the first version of the hosted service is integration with a company's PBX (private branch exchange), but that will be available in a future version, he added.Microsoft launched OCS in October as the hub of its unified communications strategy, which aims to run a company's e-mail, instant-messaging, Web-conferencing, videoconferencing, and IP-based telephony services on one software infrastructure. Microsoft and other software providers, such as IBM, as well as traditional networking providers, such as Cisco, are competing in this new convergence space, which used to be primarily the domain of telecommunications providers.Intermedia plans to host its OCS service out of its datacenters in California, where it has three: one in Milpitas, one in San Jose and one in Sunnyvale. The company also has a datacenter in New York.


Three men who used an internet chat room to hatch a plan to rape a schoolgirl are jailed.


Global crises still to play out in Russia: Kudrin

The global credit crisis and volatility across developed financial markets could yet hurt Russia and hinder long-term investment, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said late on Saturday.


Cade elicottero sul monte Athos morto il patriarca di Alessandria

Atene, 11 settembre 2004 - La chiesa greco-ortodossa ha confermato la morte del patriarca Pietro VII. Il leader religioso era fra i 17 occupanti di un elicottero militare, un Chinook, caduto nell'Egeo durante


(HealthDayNews) -- As we prepare to rid our homes of the post-holiday crud left by relatives and friends, the U.S. Environmental Protection agency warns of the risks of using common household cleaning products around young children and pets.


In trying to shake things up just a little at the Pentagon, Defense  Secretary Bob Gates took one ordinary -- and one extraordinary --step this week


Serena Williams has her sights set on  regaining the world number one ranking after staging a  miraculous comeback to beat Lindsay Davenport 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 in  the Australian Open final Saturday.


By Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Dec. 19--Dear Time magazine:  Thank you for picking me as your "person of the year."  Thanks for putting my reflection on your cover, for placing me in the pantheon that includes Churchill, Stalin, Hitler, the computer.


Ci sono lobby forti, competenze su famiglie restino a Stati


Hotshot Rooney still has his sights on league title

MANCHESTER UNITED striker Wayne Rooney still believes his side will win the Premiership this season. The 19-year-old scored twice against Newcastle yesterday as United won 3-1 at St James' Park.


To thundering drums, jubilant whoops and bell-jingling dancers, the Smithsonian on Tuesday opened the National Museum of the American Indian, dedicated to the history, culture


Ciampi grazia Mesina, polemica su Bompressi

14.55: "Ci crederÃ² solo quando mi scarcereranno". Questo il primo commento di Graziano Mesina, l'ex primula rossa del banditismo sardo, al quale stamani il Presidente della Repubblica Ciampi ha concesso la grazia.


Kurdish rebels declare cease-fire with Turkey

Kurdish guerillas have declared a unilateral cease-fire starting on Sunday following an escalation in violence in Turkey's southeast and a diplomatic drive against the separatist movement.


M ost people are relieved to stop hearing the ugly story about the alleged rape of a 19-year-old hotel worker by a popular NBA star.


Israeli helicopters fire two missiles at building in Gaza City

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip   An Israeli helicopter fired two missiles in Gaza City after nightfall Wednesday, one at a building in the Zeitoun neighborhood, witnesses said, setting a fire.


A 2005 letter found after the death of al-Qaeda's chief in Iraq says its leaders were in Pakistan, a US paper reports.


Apple's iPhone to hit stores, lines grow

SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK  - Hundreds of gadget fans, or their paid stand-ins, lined up on Friday to be among the first buyers of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, a music and video playing phone that seeks to reshape the mobile industry.


World Bank Head Wolfensohn to Leave Post

World Bank President James Wolfensohn has formally told the board of shareholder governments he will retire on May 31 and will not seek another term as head of the global lender, European sources said on Tuesday.


South African Is Charged With Making Nuclear Components

The South African police charged a 53-year-old engineer from the country's industrial heartland on Friday with buying materials for and assembling gas centrifuges to


Make Vista's native browser better with the best custom mods for Internet Explorer 7. By Scott Gilbertson.


Agencies Get Good Marks on Bush's Performance Scorecard

As the Bush administration nears an end, the president's key policy lieutenants are mustering data to show that many federal agencies are meeting the goals for improved performance laid out by the White House seven years ago. Alan C. Kessler, a partner in a Philadelphia law firm, has been elected...


Actress Liv Tyler gives birth to baby boy

'Lord of the Rings' star Liv Tyler has given birth to a baby boy at a New York Hospital. The 27-year-old actress and her rock singer husband Royston Langdon have not yet announced what they will name their first son.


Also: Yahoo: DRM-free music by year's end. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Apron strings are now wireless âA generation ago, an 11 or 12-year-old who lost their bus money would have used their own resources to sort it out - now they simply call their parentsââ¦


Just in time for the annual rite of  difficult family moments, the comedy sequel "Meet the Fockers"  topped the Christmas weekend box office in North America with a  record-breaking debut, according to studio estimates issued on  Sunday.


KB Home can sell its French homebuilding division Kaufman & Broad to private equity fund PAI Partners, European Union regulators ruled Friday.


Brain Cells, Doing Their Job With Some Neighborly Help

How does the brain process all of the information being taken in by our senses every second of every day?


Maladies: Hormone Levels and Chronic Fatigue

A new study finds that women who suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome wake up with lower levels of a hormone that helps people deal with stress.


World News > Multan, Oct. 7 : At least 39 people were killed and more than 80 wounded when a suicide car bomb exploded at a rally for an assassinated militant religious leader in central Pakistan early on Thursday, police said.


Calcio: Roma, Sensi respinge dimissioni Baldini

ROMA - Il presidente della Roma, Franco Sensi, ha respinto le dimissioni del direttore sportivo Franco Baldini. Lo si legge in un comunicato pubblicato sul sito della societa' giallorossa. "L'AS Roma SpA nella persona del Suo Presidente cav.


Roger Federer takes on Andy Roddick and Jelena Jankovic faces Venus Williams in U.S. Open action today.


A review of procedures at an NI university is likely after a chemical spill left two people in hospital.


Does the Fed cut spell big returns for Dell, Garmin, Microsoft, and Yahoo?


Sara' resa nota dopo la chiusura di Wall Street


Srebrenica Colonel in Custody of War Crimes Court

Bosnian Serb Ljubisa Beara, indicted for alleged crimes against humanity in Srebrenica, is in custody at the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague, the court said Sunday.


Bush Returns to Pa.; Kerry Stumps in Ohio

Bush Goes to Pa. Today to Talk About Health Care While John Kerry Heads to Ohio. President Bush speaks during a campaign stop at J & D Manufacturing Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2004, in Eau Claire, Wis.


Nawaz says match fixing rife in Pakistan

MELBOURNE, Australia  - Former Pakistani Test star Sarfraz Nawaz said that match fixing was still rife in his homeland, sparking a sharp retort from national coach Bob Woolmer on the eve of the second Test against Australia.


BIG TIN firm Sun is planning a brave new world where computing power is sold as a commodity and spare capacity is flogged off to other companies.


The German chancellor rejects a call from her coalition partners for a motorway speed limit.


Joint forces hit redoubt of Iraqi insurgents

SAMARRA, Iraq US and Iraqi forces began a major assault Friday to regain control of the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, trading gunfire with militants as they pushed toward the city center.


First taste of the mountains in Tour fifth stage

The riders in the Tour de France will have a foretaste of the mountains on Thursday's 182.5 km fifth stage from Chablis to Autun, which is scattered with eight climbs.


Lake Forest, IL (Sports Network) - Chicago Bears standout linebacker Brian Urlacher has been downgraded to doubtful for Sunday's game against Philadelphia.


She is a gorgeous gal, who makes an even better professional.


Wyeth recalls cough, cold, brands with faulty cups

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


Bush Dismisses Idea That Kerry Lied on Vietnam

President Bush said on Thursday that he did not believe Senator John Kerry lied about his war record, but he declined to condemn the television


The number of new mortgages being given to house movers falls by 20% in the past year, Bank of England figures show.


Nokia Q4 profits jump, market share at 40 pct

Nokia , the world's top cellphone maker, reported a 57 percent rise in earnings per share from October to December, with booming demand in emerging markets boosting its global market share to 40 percent.


No. 20 Arizona St. 45, Washington St. 28

Andrew Walter passed for 332 yards and five touchdowns in his final home game Saturday night and No. 20 Arizona State rolled past Washington State 45-28.


PM wants Zimbabwe's England tour shelved

The government has told English cricket's governing body that it wants them to pull the plug on Zimbabwe's planned tour here next year, The Sun said Thursday.


US helicopters kill 17 suspected al-Qaeda-linked gunmen near Baquba north of Baghdad, the US military says.


Today, the Pentagon will kick off one of the Bush administration's most controversial creations in its war on terrorism by conducting preliminary hearings for


Sharon: Israel Won't Go to London Summit

Israel won't participate in an international Mideast conference Britain is considering hosting, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Monday.


Tories accuse ministers of failing to keep forces equipped to fight violent criminals


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Find the perfect career school in your area. Search our listings for business, culinary, computer, health, technology, art, and many other degree programs near you.


A Campaign Focuses on Germs, Not Budgets

But Halo Technologies, maker of a new high-end vacuum cleaner, is betting that its germ-busting claims will appeal to the cleanliness enthusiasts among us.


Texas Rangers manager Johnny Oates answers questions at a news conference in Arlington, Texas, in this Oct. 8, 1999 file photo. Oates, 58, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor three years ago, died Friday, Dec. 24, 2004.


A suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding 38 in one of the deadliest attacks in the capital in months, police said.


Russia has become a lucrative market for dairy product exporters in recent years, in particular those based in eastern Europe.


Kidnappers Extend Deadline for French Hostages

Militants holding two French journalists  hostage in Iraq gave France another 24 hours on Monday to  revoke its ban on Muslim headscarves in schools, Al Jazeera  reported.


Vettura cade su Autosole tra Bologna e Modena


Soldiers and sailor in fight to be Mr Gay UK

By 9:15am yesterday, Mr Sunderland still hadn't slept a wink. He had driven through the night to get to Blackpool but there was no time to waste in bed. It wasn't just excitement: he had to prepare for the competition.


General Electric Co  said on Friday that vice chairman Bob Wright, former head of the company's NBC arm, will retire on May 1.


His vision is the primary reason there is a Deutsche Bank Championship and an annual visit to New England by Tiger Woods, but Seth Waugh was like thousands of spectators at TPC Boston during yesterday's final round.


A passenger jet was hijacked Thursday shortly after takeoff from Mauritania and flown to the Canary Islands, where security forces raided the plane and arrested a suspect, Spain's Foreign Ministry said.Comment


A study on mutations in the brains of mice may someday be used to help smokers quit. By Ed Edelson. THURSDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDayNews) -- Researchers say they have identified brain cell receptors that appear


Magic forward Pat Garrity was placed on the injured list with a sprained left foot. Stacy Augmon was activated to fill the roster spot, making him available to play against Toronto on Wednesday night.


Ascoli Piceno, 18:00 - CALCIO, ASCOLI: A PALERMO CON SOLITI PROBLEMI

Ascoli a caccia di punti pesanti a Palermo. Sonetti spera nel riscatto dopo il ko con il Torino e sp...


Japanese PM Shinzo Abe says Japan will not issue another apology for its World War II military brothels.


Cheney modifies criticism of Kerry on explosives cache in Iraq

Vice President Dick Cheney modified his criticism of John Kerry on Thursday after declaring the Democrat got his facts wrong about the disappearance of several hundred tons of explosives in Iraq.


US May Support Duplicate Gold for Korea in Olympic Gymnastics

The US Olympic Committee said it may support a duplicate gold medal in the men's all-around gymnastics event, as South Korea said it would seek to overturn the scores that gave the title to American Paul Hamm.


RB Alstott out four weeks with sprained knee

Alstott, who missed most of last season after neck surgery, was hurt late in the third quarter when he was tackled for a 4-yard loss by Bears linebacker Hunter Hillenmeyer and landed awkwardly beneath a pile.


Here's a look at Houston's family's companies, lawsuits

* Winning Action Investments Inc., real estate investment corporation that filed for bankruptcy in February 2003. Guy Houston signed loan papers as company vice president and was cited with the company by


D.R. Horton orders fall, sees loss; stock slumps

Home builder D.R. Horton Inc.  said on Tuesday declining home values would lead to its first quarterly loss since it listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1995, sending its shares to a three-year low.


Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday he would meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert next week, keeping alive a U.S.-backed dialogue despite Hamas rocket attacks on Israel and Israeli air raids in Gaza.


Roma, 21:17 - VOLLEY, A2 MASCHILE: RISULTATI QUINTA GIORNATA

Risultati della quinta giornata di andata del campionato di serie A2 maschile di pallavolo.


The International Consumer Electronics Show is opening in Las Vagas. What will be the hottest technology this year?


Petr Cech Against some spirited Russian revolutionaries Cech stood firm, making three outstanding saves to maintain his team's control.


Scambi sono stati pari al 5,8% del capitale ordinario


Arctic sea ice shrank to the smallest area on record this year, researchers in the US confirm.


In Indonesia, Wolfowitz says US eager to hand over work

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz flew across the devastated Sumatran coast yesterday and expressed pride in the US aid operation, but said Washington wants to hand over relief work to Indonesia and other affected nations as soon as possible.


Australian court orders Japan to stop whaling

Australia's Federal Court on Tuesday ordered Japan to stop hunting and killing whales anywhere around its coastline or off Australian Antarctic territory.


Karzai takes lead in Afghan presidential polls

The incumbent Afghan president HamidKarzai has taken lead in the presidential polls as he had secured 77 percent of the votes counted so far, a spokesman of the joint UN-Afghan election commission said Saturday.


Hackers Hit Scientology With Online Attack

Hacker group claims to have knocked the Church of Scientology's Web site offline with a distributed denial-of-service attack.


MILWAUKEE - A virus recently discovered in Japan is suspected in two "crib deaths" in Wisconsin, raising new questions about how many of these mysterious tragedies might be caused by germs.    The cases mark the first time the virus has been identified in the United States...


Fed staff proposes new mortgage protections

U.S. lenders would have to determine  that a borrower can afford a mortgage before making the loan  under a Federal Reserve staff proposal on new regulations  released on Tuesday.


Mistrial declared in Muslim charity case

The biggest terror-financing trial since Sept. 11 ended in confusion Monday, with no one convicted and many acquittals thrown out after three jurors took the rare step of disputing the verdict.


The Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday with the question of whether taxpayers have the right to challenge the White House's aggressive promotion of federal financial aid for religious charities.


The consumer electronics arm of the Virgin Group is introducing a new five-gigabyte hard-disk portable music player, bringing a powerful brand name in music to the increasingly crowded product space.


Princess Di's Ex-Bodyguard Disputes Claim

A former bodyguard of Princess Diana on Tuesday dismissed her claim that one of her lovers was "bumped off."


Travel: Alison Tyler on the 'nightclubs with rooms' pulling in the 24-hour party people


Rambus, the memory chip technology developer, is looking to the future world of multimedia as the way for its XDR memory chips to find their way into more mainstream products.The memory technology is currently used mainly in game consoles, but Japanese DRAM (dynamic RAM) maker Elpida Memory unveiled a speedy DRAM chip based on XDR technology, the 512Mb, 4.8GHz XDR DRAM. The chips are aimed at game consoles, HDTVs (high-definition televisions), PCs, servers and workstations.But one knock against the company is that while its products may be used in some high end applications, they have not trickled down into the mainstream because they cost too much compared to DDR2 (double date, second generation) DRAM and other technologies. Regardless, Rambus CEO Harold Hughes, sees 2008 as a breakout year for Rambus technology to enter higher volume production as it wins over some HDTV clients.He said people should also be on the lookout for XDR technology to make some headway into cellular phones and other mobile devices.Hughes was in Taipei for the Rambus Developer Forum, and discussed new products in an interview with IDG News Service (IDGNS).IDGNS: What are the major product areas Rambus will focus on in the next year for its XDR memory technology?Harold Hughes: I think 2008 will see a few big [technology trends] moving forward in computers, HDTVs and the game players, and some of the neatest stuff will come out on cell phones. Those are four markets where Rambus is well positioned, so we hope to have a great year.IDGNS: What is Rambus working on in the mobile market? Handsets, ultramobile PCs?Hughes: Consumers want everything that they have on a desktop in one of these things (he holds up an iPhone) and obviously the bandwidth requirements are very, very high relative to what used to be the case for a simple little phone, and all that needs to be supplied at incredibly low power. Well, we've made what I think are some astonishing breakthroughs in low-power technology that are in many cases as much as 80 percent over existing technology. In applications where you're using full motion videos (TV on mobile phones) much lower power with full motion videos.We're looking forward to making our mark in the low-power and mobile market. Our approach will be to use the bandwidth cores available with XDR, but to use our very low power interfaces to drive those, and to do that not only through our suppliers but also to look to some of the major players in the cell phone industry to bring them to market in 2008 or 2009. It most likely won't be XDR as we know it, but it might be derived from XDR. It has to be high bandwidth and extremely low power and it has to have low packaging cost.IDGNS: Can you give an idea of what you mean by low power?Hughes: We have introduced some very interesting low-power technology. We put out a [research paper] and we showed that we could deliver 2.2Gbps at 100 milliwatts. Mind-bogglingly low, 2.2 milliwatts per gigabit per second. We could run it off two-double AA batteries. The joke we was that we would try to get it to run off of a potato. We passed 3,600 terabits of data through our interface with two-AA batteries, which is the equivalent of 100 DVDs.IDGNS: Why do you think XDR fits the HDTV market?The XDR products are doing very well in the gaming products and we'll talk about the HDTV market. It's truly amazing the kind of compute requirements there, but it's also a consumer electronics product so it's got all the issues of cost and it's also the size, the electronic migration, the fans and stuff, so it's really bandwidth per device, and that's where XDR really stands out, in bandwidth per device. Such that with one or two XDR devices, you can get adequate to deal with the 5-10Gbps of bandwidth these televisions are using. That's where working with companies like Elpida and other licensees we can have an adequate supply of XDR so we can do great things in the HDTV market.IDGNS: What PC trends will help push more Rambus memory into PCs?Hughes: The new generation of computers is going to have these multiple core processors, which are just driving incredibly attractive and interesting PCs. What's interesting is the nature of the cores. They are not only standard compute cores, but they are also graphics cores. For us, we're very happy on multiple levels. That's going to produce a greater need for memory bandwidth. In particular, the multi-core processors that have compute and graphics have conflicting needs insofar as the memory architecture is concerned. The computing requires capacity and graphics requires bandwidth. Rambus has a product called the XDR which offers multiple gigabytes of capacity and quite remarkable bandwidth, and in fact Elpida has productized a 4.8GHz part, so that's a pretty speedy product.IDGNS: Rambus appears to be doing well in products at the top-end of the market, such as game consoles, but how is the company working to target the mainstream and lower-cost markets?Keep in mind that we believe that embedded in DDR2 is no small part of Rambus technology and that unfortunately is the subject of lots of litigation and there's no indication that's going to stop in the near future. I think that's always inevitable with our business model. I think that's almost inevitable given our business model, putting aside the litigation aspects of it. For a 400-person company to have impact and for IP to have value, you must solve problems well out into the future. Those problems are only going to be usable initially be a relatively small subset, but as that then starts to proliferate through more supply and costs come down, then you see those products trickle down to the $200 laptop.I don't see that that model is going to change. We are working on memories that have truly staggering performance. Initially those will probably be actual parts incorporating as many of our features as possible, but by definition because of their performance there will be a limited number of applications that need it, but X number of years later, not only will those discrete parts become cheaper and likely migrate into higher volumes, but the ingredients in those parts are very likely to go into very low-performance, low-cost applications that are used widely.IDGNS: What else do you see for 2008 that's big?Hughes: Games will improve dramatically. The software development kits are continuing to improve such that I think games will be able to take advantage of more of the cycles. You know how they CAT scan a brain when its thinking? Well I suspect if they were to do the same thing with a cell processor on current games, it would show that a lot of those transistors aren't being turned on, especially when you're using an abstracted development code.Ultimately [game developers] will learn how to directly address hardware more and more and I think you'll see those games coming out more in 2008 and they'll probably be spectacular, frankly. Of course, I've given up on games. Competing with your son is, well it's so humiliating. You're getting killed in a game and you don't even know what's going on.


Svetlana Kuznetsova stepped closer to claiming her third title in four weeks after thrashing Serbia's Jelena Jankovic 6-4 6-1 in the quarter-finals of the Stuttgart Grand Prix on Friday.


Whistleblower earns kudos, fears reprisal

WASHINGTON - David Graham says he was surprised when he got back to his Food and Drug Administration office after telling Congress last week the government had allowed unsafe drugs on the market.


Analysis: Tony Blair Meets Separately With Israeli and Palestinian ...

British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he hopes that a conference in London early next year will be a bridge back to the stalled road map to Middle East peace.


Mary Gennoy, medical marijuana activist, dies at 53

SAN FRANCISCO Mary Elaine Gennoy--a San Francisco resident and an avid medical marijuana activist--has died at age 53. Close friends say Gennoy died September fifth from complications after undergoing throat surgery for cancer of the larynx.


A big question late-night hosts face when most of them return to the screen on Wednesday night is: How are they going to be funny without writers?


Three Britons die in 'friendly fire' in Afghanistan

Three NATO soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan were British and died "in what is thought to have been a friendly fire incident", the Ministry of Defence in London said Friday.


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More U.S. children suffer chronic health problems

The number of U.S. children with chronic health problems such as obesity has soared in the past four decades, foreshadowing increases in adult disability and public health-care spending, researchers said on Tuesday.


Australian snooker star Eddie Charlton dies in New Zealand following an operation.


The next time you are in your bedroom with your PC plus Webcam switched on, don't think that your privacy is all intact. If you have a Webcam plugged into an infected computer, there is a possibility that


Wal-Mart to open up to 18 new stores in China by end-2005: report

HONG KONG : US retail powerhouse Wal-Mart Inc will open as many as 18 stores in China by the end of next year as it takes advantage of new rules allowing foreign retailers to expand into second-tier cities, a press report said.


Explosive traces discovered in second downed Russian plane

Investigators have discovered traces of the explosive Hexogen in the wreckage of the second plane downed this week in Russia, ITAR-TASS news agency reported.


N.Y. seeks to limit turtle, frog hunting

State conservation officials have proposed setting a 10-week hunting season for snapping turtles, while establishing both size and bag limits to protect the reptile that was named the state turtle last year.


Community News: WebTech 2005 Call for Papers

Bogomil wrote in to tell us about a Call for Papers for the WebTech 2005 conference (crazy that 2005 is right around the corner, huh?).


Nintendo DS will be on shelves in time for Christmas season

Nintendo said yesterday its new flashy handheld game player, the Nintendo DS, will be ready for the all-important holiday shopping season.


Financials' monoline '08 write-downs may top $70 bln

U.S. financial institutions are on the  hook for as much as $70 billion in new write-downs from bond  insurers in 2008, Oppenheimer said on Wednesday, as losses from  ailing monolines spread deeper into European bank results.


Ten years ago, Mitch Samuels said his vows in front of Rudy Giuliani at New York's City Hall. On Monday, he pledged to vote for the Republican presidential candidate in Florida's primary.


Indonesian militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir formally charged with ...

Indonesian prosecutors on Friday formally charged militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir with ordering his followers to launch a suicide attack on the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta last year.


Jordan's crown prince loses title: King Abdullahâs son now seen ...

The 10-year-old son of King Abdullah II now stands as the legitimate heir to the Jordanian throne, after the monarch stripped his half-brother of the title of crown prince.


YUMEN, China Not far from the old Silk Road, Chinese government scientists have begun boring holes deep into granite in the first steps toward building what could become the world's largest tomb for nuclear waste.


Snap and Kick, Sure, but Donât Forget About the Hold

The Giants start a new season with a rookie snapper and a new kicker, but holder Jeff Feagles provides a fleeting sanctuary of reliability in the placekicking game.


'Climate of fear' as Belarus goes to the polls

President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, Europe's last hardline leader, was last night on the brink of a referendum victory which would extend his time in power.


An increasing number of oddball peripherals have appeared in recent years, and nearly all tend to be designed for the widely used USB standard.


An alleged militant accused of trying to assassinate Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf escapes from jail, the authorities say.


Laws doubling the passenger duty people must pay when taking flights from the UK have come into force.


In the swank Rainbow Room, high above the New York skyline, a young senator and a famous governor spoke to a room crowded with high-powered lobbyists, celebrities and entertainment industry bigwigs.


Office Depot Inc. ODP.N on Wednesday  unveiled plans to muscle in on rival Staple Inc.'s turf to  boost sales and stem a fall in market share in the increasingly  cutthroat office supply business.


Number of students is on the rise among the schools with Latvian as the language of instruction.


Charges Vs. DeLay Linked to Ethics Charges

The money laundering allegation in a congressional ethics complaint filed against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay involves the same $190,000 in political contributions that led to indictments of the Texas congressman's aides on similar charges.


Two Musical Revivals Bank on Stars From Beyond Broadway

The producers of forthcoming revivals of "The Pajama Game" and "Sweet Charity" hope the casting of stars will translate into box office punch.


NZ's Clark `Appalled' By Jakarta Blast, Issues Travel Warning

New Zealanders were advised to defer non-essential travel to Indonesia because of the high level of risk to western interests after a car bomb outside the Australian embassy in Jakarta yesterday killed at least nine people.


Via to throw hat in 64-bit x86 chip ring

Taiwanese firm makes mulitmedia performance a key measure of its upcoming processor.


Much of Melbourne city centre is shut as police hunt a gunman who shot three people at rush hour.


EU Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini says member states must show solidarity dealing with refugees.


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Over the next three years, Japanese company Ricoh will take over IBM's printing division.


Blair attends memorial ceremony for British hostage slain in Iraq

Prime Minister Tony Blair attended a memorial service in the northwestern English city of Liverpool for Kenneth Bigley, who was beheaded last month after being taken captive in Iraq.


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Pujols foils Lidge; Giants make big move

In a scene reminiscent of last October, Albert Pujols touched up Brad Lidge again to hand Houston a wrenching defeat.


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Israel Kills Top Hamas Militant Ahead of Gaza Vote

Israel killed the top bomb and rocket  maker of the Hamas Islamic militant group in a Gaza air strike  on Thursday, days before a key parliamentary vote on Prime  Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to quit the occupied strip.


Look out Silicon Valley, OPTi's back with a vengeance

Last week OPTi announced a patent infringement lawsuit against a bevy of chip companies. At issue are two patents for "Compact ISA-Bus" technology. Check out this and other original content from CNET's Blog network.


US reservist Charles Graner, convicted of abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail, is set  to plead for leniency.


Romanow says that federal offer is sufficient to buy meaningful ...

The so-called Romanow gap has been filled, says the man for whom it was named. Former Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow said Monday the federal government's $12.


LOS ANGELES -- Walt Disney Chief Executive Michael Eisner Friday said he will step down from the media conglomerate in 2006, aiming to end his two-decade reign on his own terms after a shareholder revolt nearly cut it short earlier this year.


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Blades carve up Top 500 supercomputers list

Climbing the totem pole Comment With much anticipated fanfare, the Top500 Supercomputer list was announced last week at the International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden, Germany.â¦


Nortel details its job cuts, including 1,400 in US

TORONTO -- Nortel Networks yesterday gave details of a previously announced job cut program, saying it is cutting 1,400 positions in the United States by next June.


Insurers helped lift European equities on Thursday, as markets recovered from the previous session's losses when fears over inflation and interest rates drove them off recent six-year highs.


Chinese Company Denies Defect in Recalled Tires

The manufacturer said that claims linking tires recalled yesterday to at least two deaths may be fabricated.


The US Food and Drug Administration is recommending physicians limit prescriptions for popular painkillers known as Cox-2 inhibitors after recent studies suggested they may increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes.


BEIJING, Dec. 14 -- Sales at US retailers may have fallen in November as consumers took a break after spending at the fastest pace in almost three years, economists said in advance of yesterday's Commerce Department report.


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Nineteen countries, including Australia, have agreed to cancel 80 per cent of the debt Iraq owes them. The deal secured for the Paris Club of creditor nations ends a trans-Atlantic dispute and probably sets


Gere touts new movie, urges Olympics boycott

Actor Richard Gere chases a fugitive Bosnian war criminal in his latest movie role, but in real life the devout Buddhist is pursuing China on human rights abuses and says a boycott of the Beijing Olympics could help.


Mattel apologizes to China for toy recalls

The world's largest toy maker, Mattel Inc, apologized on Friday for damaging China's reputation after recent massive recalls of its Chinese-made toys, admitting it targeted some goods that were actually up to scratch.


Seeing Red Over Loss of Green Space: Dallas: Official Blasts Trinity Road Change; Others Say It's Necessary

By Dave Levinthal, The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 21--As city of Dallas staff members explained to City Council members Tuesday how a proposed Trinity River Corridor toll road realignment would decrease nearby parkland, council member Angela Hunt sat seething.


Settlement on the Table in Suit Over Code Sweep: Lauderdale Commission Vote Final Step to Approval

By Brittany Wallman, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 9--FORT LAUDERDALE -- The city is poised to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of homeowners targeted in a late 2004 code enforcement sweep in northwest Fort Lauderdale and four homeowners cited in previous years.


America has requested the assistance of UK troops in Iraq, which would involve British soldiers operating outside the UK-controlled southern sector of Iraq, the defence secretary confirmed today.


At least eight people are killed by flooding in the Dominican Republic after it is lashed by a tropical storm.


New rebel factions have emerged in western Sudan, complicating peace talks on the conflict in Darfur. The UN special representative for Darfur, Jan Pronk, says he thinks the new groups are serious and need to be taken into consideration.


Martin Sheen enrolls at Irish university

Martin Sheen, star of the TV drama series "The West Wing" and dozens of Hollywood films, began a new career Friday — as a full-time student.


Inspiring drives. Cutthroat competition. Transatlantic tension. And it's O.K. to talk about a handicap with a one-armed golfer


Smell Test May Predict Alzheimer's, Study Shows

A simple scratch and sniff test may help doctors identify patients with Alzheimer's disease, researchers said on Monday.


Pioneer has sued Samsung in the United States over alleged patent infringement involving plasma displays used primarily in television sets. The two companies were in licensing talks that apparently fell through, prompting Pioneer to file a lawsuit.


By Suzanne Struglinski Deseret Morning News  WASHINGTON -- President Bush intends to nominate James Caswell of Idaho to be the next head of the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced Wednesday.


China Eastern shareholders reject Singapore Air deal

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG  - China Eastern Airlines  shareholders rejected a deal to sell a 24 percent stake to Singapore Airlines  for US$920 million, opening the door for bigger rival Air China  to make a play for the country's third-largest carrier.


Many elderly people will be isolated and dependent if extra funds are not forthcoming, campaigners say.


Wayne Owens and Frank Richards say a dated medical-technology system is in a state of emergency.


MONTREAL, Canada  - A fire on a second-hand submarine that killed one member of the Canadian crew is a new blow to Canada's minority government which risked a vote of confidence and a possible downfall in parliament last night.


Joshua Eichorn's Blog: HTML_AJAX Feature of the Week - Javascript Behaviors

On our sister site, AjaxDeveloper.org, today, there's a new post that mentions the latest blog post from Joshua Eichorn - a look at Javascript behaviors in his PEAR package, HTML_AJAX.    Welcome to part two of the series "Sending email with AJAX." In three parts, this series goes through the making of a simple web-based email application. It uses AJAX as the driving technology for fetching the files responsible for sending email from the server, as well as for adding and updating contacts.    This part covers the development of a "email sender" module, a "contact listing" module, the "contact insertion" module, and, finally, starting things up with the initializeEmailClient function.


Rallying Red Sox on Verge of Historic Win

Boston Red Sox can make baseball history on Wednesday by becoming the first team to overturn a three-game deficit in a best-of-seven series.


Leaders PSV Eindhoven conceded their first Eredivisie goal in 1159 minutes and promptly yielded two more as Feyenoord fought back to snatch a last-gasp draw.


Oil in NY Falls Nearly $1; Storage Builds Eyed

Benchmark light, sweet crude oil futures for January dropped as much as 93 cents in early trading today in New York to last week's low of US$42.05 a barrel.


Another blockbuster painkiller, Celebrex, has been found to raise the risk of heart attacks when taken in high doses, the drug's maker said yesterday.


Movie Review | '4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days': Friend Indeed Who Doesnât Judge or Flinch

In â4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,â a ferocious, unsentimental, often brilliantly directed film, the camera doesnât follow the action, it expresses consciousness itself.


Air America radio bidder offers $4.25 million

Lawyers for Air America, the liberal  talk-radio network launched by comedian Al Franken in 2004,  have asked a U.S. bankruptcy court to approve a sale of the  company to a real estate mogul for up to $4.25 million.


Apple Inc.'s flashy new iPhones may be jamming parts of the wireless network at Duke University, where technology officials worked with the company Wednesday to fix problems before classes begin next month.


Peterson Penalty Deliberations to Resume

The fact that jurors did not immediately return a sentence recommendation for Scott Peterson bodes well for the man convicted of murdering his wife and her fetus, legal observers said.


Dyco Doubles Design Speed and Eases Large-Assembly Handling By Switching to SolidWorks Software

Dyco Inc., the leading manufacturer and integrator of turnkey  container-handling systems, has switched to SolidWorksÂ®  3D CAD software, a move that has nearly doubled engineers'  design speed and for the first time will enable teams to work  efficiently with very large assemblies.


The proportion of students living at home has increased over the past 10 years, figures from  Universities UK show.


UN agency: Submarine data pipeline cuts may be sabotage

Sabotage is now being discussed as one possible expanation for the numerous cuts which took place two weeks ago on undersea data pipelines serving much of the Middle East and Southeast Asia.


The betrayal of the body, decrepitude and death: in 2007 an unprecedented number of serious films, along with the usual slasher movies, contemplated the end of life.


Behind a trendy transformation of the Lower East Side, Sion Misrahi, a real-estate dealmaker is a one-man show of sorts.


Putin: No Talks with Separatist 'Child-Killers'

President Vladimir Putin attacked the  West for calling on Russia to seek political dialogue with  Chechen separatists in the wake of last week's school hostage  siege in which at least 335 died -- half of them children.


Warner Bros and Abu Dhabi agree to media joint venture

Warner Bros Entertainment has agreed  with United Arab Emirates' Aldar Properties  and a UAE  media company to set up a film and video game production firm,  state-controlled Aldar said on Wednesday.


Guard Jason Kidd has returned from off-season knee surgery to help the New Jerset Nets defeat the Toronto Raptors 88-86 at Continental Airlines Arena.


Road comedy, drugs drama lead indie film nominees

The hit road comedy "Little Miss  Sunshine" and the acclaimed drugs drama "Half Nelson" led the  list of contenders on Tuesday for the Independent Spirit  Awards, the American art-house world's version of the Oscars.


E-mails: TB patient's family was no help

Health officials trying to stop a globetrotting honeymooner with a dangerous form of tuberculosis got little assistance from his lawyer father and his future father-in-law, a TB expert who not only balked at stopping the Greek wedding but went to the ceremony himself, according to e-mails obtained by The Associated Press.


A study by the John Hopkins Medical Institute has claimed that caffeine is the âmost behaviourally active drugâ with even a single cup of coffee a day producing âcaffeine addiction.


Reader Vinod Makkar spots the two stars at the Toronto International Film Festival.


The Loudoun Foundation announced Friday that it is back on track to launch the fifth annual Loudoun Summer Music Fest, with help from two new corporate sponsors: Infinitive, a local management consulting firm; and Open Band, a locally owned broadband provider.


US interrogator jailed over Iraq prison abuse

BAGHDAD: A US soldier yesterday broke down in tears as he admitted abusing inmates at Abu Ghraib prison. "There is no way to justify it," Specialist Armin Cruz, 24, said after pleading guilty to conspiracy


Brinker International reports first-quarter income drop

DALLAS Brinker International today says its first-quarter profit fell by more than half from a year earlier. That's despite increased revenues as charges and higher expenses hurt results.


Panic gripped Washington at its highest levels yesterday as heart-attack prone Vice President Dick Cheney checked into an area hospital suffering from shortness of breath.


Contrary to what the product promises to do, the latest Viagra campaign has gone limp. According to US media reports, the US-based Food and Drug Administration has ordered drug major Pfizer to stop running


The Chargers took control of the AFC West by hanging on to beat Denver, 20-17, on a rainy, cold afternoon. LaDainian Tomlinson ran for two touchdowns, and San Diego's defense saved the day by intercepting Jake Plummer four times.


Kerry: Bush Broke Promises on Path to War

John Kerry, at the site where President Bush described Iraq as a threat to the United States, was arguing the president left a trail of broken promises on the path to war and squandered money that could be put to better use at home.


Obama snags key endorsement of John Kerry

CHARLESTON, South Carolina  - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama picked up a major endorsement on Thursday with the party's 2004 nominee John Kerry announcing he would back his presidential bid.


They doubted they'd see their 34th Christmas season. But Sign of the Dove artist gift shop, one of few seasonal stores around, found its holiday miracle in Harvard Square: a short-term lease on a prime location at a bargain rent.


Upon examination, 'Medical Investigation' is a good show

You wouldn't mind the networks doing so many cop shows if they weren't all doing the same cop show. Granted, the problem-solvers in NBC's Medical Investigation (a new series getting


AWB to Supply A$341 Million of Milling Wheat to China

AWB Ltd., Australia's monopoly wheat exporter, won a contract worth about A$340 million ($267 million) to supply China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp.


DealBook Blog: Related Gets $1.4 Billion From Investor Group

Related Companies said it would receive $1.4 billion in equity and debt investments from a group including Goldman Sachs, Michael Dellâs MSD Capital and Mubadala Development.


ISRAELI Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned last night that his military forces would expand their deadliest Gaza offensive in four years, as the death toll reached more than 60 in Israel's bid to put an end to a Palestinian rocket campaign.


Claim Against AmeriDebt Advances IRS Crackdown

The Internal Revenue Service has filed a $15 million claim against  AmeriDebt Inc. of Germantown in anticipation that the controversial credit-counseling firm's tax-exempt status will be overturned, according to documents filed in federal bankruptcy court.


Former Grand National-winning jockey Mick Fitzgerald announced that he will retire at the end of the season.


U.S. Blue Chips Up on Oil Inventory Data

U.S. stocks turned positive on  Wednesday morning after oil inventories rose unexpectedly last  week, prompting a sharp drop in oil prices.


PalmOne/Microsoft Deal Not Good For Good

NEW YORK - Microsoft and PalmOne today announced a partnership that will likely have a negative impact on Good Technology, a well-capitalized startup with eyes on a public offering.


Lion Nathan result to take hit from write downs

Australian brewer Lion Nathan Ltd this morning said write downs on its wine business and other assets would see its full year result reduced by $A42.


Company looks to new drugs in face of patent expirations

BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- With the threat of generic competition looming over the pharmaceutical industry, Pfizer Inc. declared on Tuesday that the strength and breadth of its drugs under development will give the company an edge over its rivals.


HONG KONG: Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd (HTIL) cut the size of its IPO for a second time to bolster interest in its shares, reducing the sale's value by about 7 percent to between US$890 million and US$1.


Pope Benedict Makes Pilgrimage to Assisi

Three Carmelite friars from Brazil walk next to St. Francis' basilica, near the altar where Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to celebrate a mass during his visit in Assisi, central Italy, Saturday, June 16, 2007. via Tuscaloosa News


Grenade kills two at Shahrukh Khan concert in Colombo - police

Two people were killed and 11 others wounded on Saturday when a hand grenade was lobbed into the VIP section of the audience at a concert led by Indian film star Shahrukh Khan, police said.


PRIME Minister John Howard and Opposition Leader Mark Latham today began a last-minute pitch for votes, as polls and newspaper editorials pointed to a coalition win in tomorrow's federal election.


In Europe, Questions Over Continuing Write-Downs

Swiss bank UBSâs string of stinging financial disclosures is  symptomatic of how the subprime drama has unfolded in Europe and is stoking fears of more shocks to come.


Terry Semel quits as the chief executive of internet search firm Yahoo and is replaced by co-founder Jerry Yang.


Bird flu may be spread indirectly, WHO says

The H5N1 bird flu virus may sometimes stick to surfaces or get kicked up in fertilizer dust to infect people, according to a World Health Organization report published on Wednesday.


Japan's parliament votes to upgrade the defence agency to a full ministry, for the first time since World War II.


BAR has a long way to go before it can dream of regularly beating world champion team Ferrari, 2005 driver Takuma Sato said on Wednesday.


Citigroup Says SEC May Take Action Against Jones

Citigroup Inc., the world's largest bank, said the Securities and Exchange Commission may take enforcement action against Thomas Jones, the investment- management chief who is leaving the company.


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Update 2: Google Says Revenue Growth Is Slowing

Shares of Google Inc. slipped in pre-market trading Thursday after the world's most popular Internet search engine warned for the second time in a week that its fourth-quarter revenue growth rate is likely to slow from previous quarters.


India and Pakistan are preparing for high-level talks this weekend to build on a fledgling peace process. Top foreign ministry officials will meet in Delhi on Saturday followed by talks between the two foreign ministers over the next two days.


Wellington, 11:22 - RUGBY, TEST MATCH: NUOVA ZELANDA-FRANCIA 61-10

La Nuova Zelanda ha travolto la Francia 61-10 (30-3) in un test-match giocato a Wellington. Per gli ...


Long-Running Shows to Take Final Emmys Bow

LOS ANGELES - "Frasier,""Friends" and "Sex and the City" were taking a final Emmy Awards bow Sunday. HBO's "Sex and the City" was the leading comedy nominee at the 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, with 11 bids including ones for best-comedy series and for star Sarah Jessica Parker...


Myanmar's generals launched pre-dawn raids on activist monasteries on Thursday, ignoring increasingly desperate international calls for restraint in their crackdown on the biggest anti-junta protests in 20 years.


ROCKVILLE, Md.  - The U.S. Food and Drug  Administration said on Tuesday it was creating a new drug  safety board to improve the monitoring of medicines already in  the marketplace, a response to charges the agency has failed to  protect the public from dangerous side effects.


A campaign is launched to help people who put money into savings clubs to prevent a repeat of the Farepak disaster.


Deepa Mehta's schedule has been hectic, but she has no complaints because she loves "excessive work".


Both Radiohead and a former Talking Head have advice for young artists on navigating the chaotic music industry.


Denuncia Cia, giro d'affari malavita settore a 15 miliardi


The 34-year-old tore his right hamstring on day one of the third Test against India at the VCA Ground just as he was presenting a very good case to be retained when captain Ricky Ponting returns from injury next week.


The Dow Industrial average fell to a  new low for the year on Friday as oil prices jumped to a fresh  record and tech bellwether Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O weighed on  stocks after its revenue forecast lagged Wall Street  expectations.


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A year ago, a truth commission's final report cited widespread abuses by soldiers and police in putting down a 20-year insurgency that left 70,000 people dead.


F.D.A. Says Food From Cloned Animals Is Safe

Despite the F.D.A. endorsement, the Agriculture Department has asked farmers to continue withholding clones from the food supply.


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Treasuries Lower Despite Auction Results

U.S. Treasury prices slipped on  Thursday as a well-received auction of inflation-protected debt  failed to quell market anxiety one day before the government  releases its national employment report for September.


SAP to deliver HR upgrade for US Postal Service

AUGUST 23, 2004  - The US Postal Service is about to get a $35 million Web-based human resources application makeover, courtesy of Germany-based applications vendor SAP AG.


OPEC is keeping its foot to the pedal on  production in a bid to drag down oil prices but may be  reluctant to rubber-stamp extra supplies by lifting official  output limits, Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday.


U.S. Marine arrested over rape in Japan's Okinawa

A U.S. Marine was arrested on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old Japanese girl on the southern island of Okinawa, police said on Monday, triggering anger from an area where the U.S. military presence is widely resented.


Escobar's 15th win lifts Halos over Jays

Kelvim Escobar recorded his career-high 15th victory, Garret Anderson homered and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-1 on Sunday to earn a split of the four-game series.


Militant cleric charged in 2003 hotel bombing

JAKARTA A militant Muslim cleric was charged Wednesday under a tough antiterrorism law in the bombing of a Jakarta hotel and could face the death penalty if convicted.


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The plane carrying the Wales football squad to Prague makes an emergency landing due to a cracked windscreen.


Three U.S. soldiers have been killed in   heavy fighting with Taliban guerrillas in northeastern   Afghanistan, the U.S. military said on Saturday.


TB Carrier's Case Called Less Severe Than Believed

The strain of tuberculosis infecting Andrew Speaker, the Atlanta lawyer who was the object of an international hunt by public health authorities in May, turns out not to be as dangerous as doctors originally thought.


Tapes Reveal More Peterson-Mistress Calls

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - Scott Peterson continued to pursue his former mistress even a week after his wife disappeared and the search for her continued, according to telephone recordings played for jurors Monday at his double-murder trial...


Kerry needles Bush over flu vaccine shortage

Britain's decision to suspend the licence of a vaccine factory in Liverpool has left the US short of 50 million flu jabs this winter - and given President Bush a prickly


Astronauts fix space station's fluctuating oxygen generator

The astronauts aboard the international space station repaired their crippled oxygen generator Friday after replacing an internal electronics component.


J.P. Morgan Chase Quarterly Profit Falls

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. JPM.N said   on Wednesday profit fell in the third quarter, hurt by costs  related to its July merger with Bank One Corp.


KDDI to tie with JR East on fibre-optic broadband

KDDI Corp. (9433.T), Japan's  second-biggest phone company, said on Monday it plans to offer  fibre-optic broadband services via cables owned by East Japan  Railway Co. (9020.T) to challenge dominant operator Nippon  Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (9432.T).


U.S. Near Seizing Bin Laden, Official Says

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The United States and its allies have moved closer to capturing Osama bin Laden in the last two months, a top U.S. counterterrorism official said in a television interview broadcast Saturday...


'Lot of work' to do on food-supply safety, Bush says

President Bush expressed no alarm yesterday about a warning from his outgoing top health official that the US food supply is vulnerable to terror attacks but would not deny the assessment and assert that the nation's food is safe.


NBA: Supersonics Sign Turkish shooting guard Ibrahim Kutluay

Turkish shooting guard Ibrahim Kutluay is looking to make his mark in the US National Basketball Association. The Seattle SuperSonics signed Kutluay to a contract Wednesday.


Developments Thursday on Gov. James E. McGreevey

_McGreevey began the day by meeting with law enforcement appointees in his administration, including Attorney General Peter Harvey. Harvey said McGreevey's spirits were normal, and that he planned to continue working with cabinet members and advisers.


Piazza Venezia presidiata da polizia e Carabinieri


Concordato primo programma di cooperazione tra due Paesi


Conn. legalizes resale of tickets at any price

THE REGION Connecticut is the latest state to legalize ticket scalping. Governor M. Jodi Rell on Friday signed legislation allowing resales of tickets to events in Connecticut for any price, as long as refunds are made if an event is canceled. The law, which takes effect Oct. 1, does away with a prohibition against reselling tickets at a price more ...


Palestinian Security Worker Killed in Gaza

A Palestinian security worker was shot and killed Tuesday by Israeli troops in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, Palestinian medical officials said.


Former schoolchildren who sang on Pink Floyd's 1979 single Another Brick in The Wall have begun action for unpaid royalties. Royalties expert Peter Rowan said he was appealing on behalf of one former pupil and was working with others.


Search on for women photographed by killer

Investigators are trying to find about 50 women who were photographed decades ago by a man now on death row for murdering two aspiring models in the early 1980s, authorities said Tuesday.


In miglioramento a novembre saldo con Paesi extra-Ue


Va. Transportation Deal Withers in Senate Panel

RICHMOND, Feb. 1 -- A fragile Republican-brokered deal on transportation funding collapsed Thursday after a Virginia Senate committee endorsed a competing proposal with dim prospects in the House of Delegates, increasing the chances that the session's key issue could go unaddressed in an election...


Consumer confidence, home sales beat forecasts

U.S. consumer confidence rose  unexpectedly in July and existing homes sales fell less than  forecast in June, reports showed on Tuesday, boosting market  expectations for an August rate hike by the Federal Reserve.


Take 2: US women grab gold, bronze on beach

ATHENS, Greece -- The US Olympic team has excelled in the pool, on the courts, in the fields, on the track. Now you can add the beach.


Wikipedia founder says to challenge Google, Yahoo

The on-line collaboration responsible for  Wikipedia plans to build a search engine to rival those of  Google Inc.  and Yahoo Inc. , the founder of  the popular Internet encyclopaedia said on Thursday.


Feds recommend closing Saudi school in Va.

A private Islamic school supported by the Saudi government should be shut down until the U.S. government can ensure the school is not fostering radical Islam, a federal panel recommends.


Stocks flat as energy shares offset Chicago PMI

U.S. stocks were little changed, overcoming earlier losses, on Thursday as higher energy shares offset a disappointing outlook by Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s and a surprise drop in Midwest business activity.


Sandisk launches 2-gigabyte MP3 music player

SanDisk Corp.  will bring a $100  MP3 music player onto the market in October with a capacity of  2 gigabytes, enough to hold about 1,000 songs, the company said  on Saturday.


Gay Service Members Ponder Military Policy

Brian Hughes served four years with an Army Ranger unit, including assignments in Afghanistan and Iraq, while keeping his homosexuality — a potentially career-ending sexual orientation — secret.


COMO - Dopo l'orrore per la confessione di cinque delitti in ospedale a Lecco, il timore che lo sconvolgente caso dell'infermiera-killer comasca Sonya Caleffi abbia contorni persino piÃ¹ spaventosi. Sono una


They've won thanks to 12-year-old spoiled brats sitting in the bleachers. They've won thanks to Hall of Fame pitchers firing 95-mile fastballs, nasty sliders and the jagged shards of a broken bat.


Ofcom to investigate Murdoch's ITV stake

Minister gets involved Trade and Industry minister Alastair Darling has asked Ofcom to investigate BSkyB's purchase of a 17.9 per cent stake in ITV. He wants the regulator to provide him with advice on whether the deal has public interest implications by 27 April. Ofcom said is also looking at the possible impact on programming.â¦


4 percent of colonoscopy tests missed cancer, study finds

The gold-standard test to detect colon cancer is missing a "concerning" number of cases, according to a new Canadian study that evaluated the success rate of colonoscopies.


Ford Posts Profit, Autos Disappoint Again

Ford Motor Co. F.N reported a  stronger-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, but losses  widened in its core automotive business and the company's  shares sagged after it said U.S. regulators were looking into  its pension accounting practices.


Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested Sunday that Barack Obama's campaign had injected racial tension into the presidential contest, saying her comments about Martin Luther King's role in the civil rights movement had been "distorted" by Obama's supporters.


Final moment on field will be lifelong memory

Weston's Rachel Biondolillo , a senior tricaptain on the Columbia University women's soccer team, will never forget her last touch of the ball in the final game of her college career.


Azeri's Team Gambles With Run in Classic

By Tom LaMarra and. Trainer D. Wayne Lukas said Tuesday that 2002 Horse of the Year Azeri would challenge males in Saturday's Breeders' Cup Classic - Powered by Dodge (gr.


Researchers are studying a colony of bats that live in an underground concrete structure at the Hanford nuclear reservation in hopes of determining how to provide a new home for them once the structure is demolished.


Panasonic and Google to launch Internet TVs

Google  is developing televisions  that display Internet content such as photos and videos  together with Matsushita's  Panasonic unit.


Pentagon weighs sending 3,000 more troops to Afghanistan

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates is considering sending some 3,000 additional marines to Afghanistan to boost forces ahead of a Taliban spring offensive, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday.


Roma, 19:50 - CALCIO, ROMA: VIOLENTI NON POSSONO DEFINIRSI TIFOSI

Francesco Totti prende posizione contro i violenti. Nel corso di una intervista rilasciata al al quo...


Firenze, 16:27 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; JORGENSEN: CHIUDERE CON UNA BELLA FESTA

Conquistata la coppa Uefa, la Fiorentina vuole chiudere la stagione con una vittoria contro la Sampd...


Gabe: You might have seen this story on CNN about the teens that murdered a homeless guy and then equated it to the sort of thrill one might get from a violent video game. There will be plenty of articles focusing on these kids and their crime. I"d like to take a second and talk about the parents of these teenagers instead. It is the job of a parent to teach their children certain rules. Obviously the rules themselves and the emphasis each family places on them will vary, but there are certain universal constants that these parents obviously failed to pass on.


Bush plays referee for Karzai, Musharraf

President Bush jokes that he'll study the body language of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf at the dinner table on Wednesday to see how far their relationship has frayed.


Academics propose carbon-capture kit for cars

I will also turn water to petrol, says prof US-based researchers have unveiled a cunning plan for future motoring in which carbon-capture technology would be used aboard vehicles. The stored carbon would then be recovered at filling stations and - rather than being "sequestered" underground or wherever - get reprocessed back into synthetic fuel.â¦


The ex-leader of Kenya's outlawed Mungiki sect is jailed for having an illegal gun and drugs.


Circuit City Same-Store Sales Off 5.8 Pct

Circuit City Stores Inc. , the No. 2 U.S. electronics retailer, on Wednesday reported a 5.8 percent drop in December sales at stores open at least a year as customer traffic fell below last year's levels.


School Cop In Trouble for Porn Link on Friend's MySpace Profile

A police officer at a Florida middle school faces a state criminal probe because one of the 170 people on his friends list had a link to an adult website in his or her profile.


Pacers, Pistons suspensions mobilize union

The swift manner with which the NBA meted out punishment to Ron Artest and other members of the Indiana Pacers in the wake of the brawl last week in Auburn Hills, Mich.


Milano, 12:23 - CALCIO, INTER: ARRIVA JIMENEZ DALLA TERNANA

Luis Jimenez è stato ingaggiato dall'Inter. Il centrocampista arriva dalla Ternana in presti...


Hendrick Motorsports Plane Crash Kills 10

Jimmie Johnson, center, winner of the NASCAR Subway 500 race, is escorted to a NEXTEL Cup trailer after the race at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va.


Madrid, 11:42 - CALCIO, SPAGNA: FLUMINENSE INSISTE PER RIQUELME

Il Fluminense vuole Riquelme. ''Stiamo cercando di prenderlo'', ha detto il dirigente del club brasi...


Former Enron Corp. executive Michael Kopper said his ex-boss, Andrew Fastow, promised to buy back Merrill Lynch & Co.'s interest in Nigerian barges as part of a plan to falsely boost Enron's revenue by $12 million.


U.S. sees signs of North Korea nuclear shutdown: official

The United States has seen signs in recent days that North Korea is preparing to shut down its Yongbyon nuclear complex as called for under a six-country agreement, a U.S. official said on Monday, but other officials were more cautious.


Relatives return to the scene of Russia's bloody three-day school siege, as the number killed reaches 330.


Paul Pierce had 28 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his fifth career triple-double to lead the Boston Celtics to a 110-89 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night.


Al via il Salone di Ginevra lo show è multimediale

La rassegna motoristica vive una seconda vita online. Reportage in diretta, fotogallerie, servizi, novità ed eventi da vivere sul web


Thiene, 16:59 - CICLISMO, GIRO DEL VENETO: VITTORIA DI BERTOLINI

Alessandro Bertolini (Diquigiovanni-Selle Italia) ha vinto in volata il 79/o Giro del Veneto preced...


Court Finds Airline at Fault in Woman's Death

An airline that forced an elderly  woman to check her bag with her medical devices bears  responsibility for her subsequent death after losing the bag, a  U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday.


Call Luciano Pavarotti the Irreplacable Tenor.


Northern Ireland's separatist leader Gerry Adams was reported incensed Wednesday over an electronic listening device found in his group's headquarters.


PM Tony Blair is to set out a major expansion of controversial city academies and trust schools.


The risk of humans triggering catastrophic change in unstable Earth systems is largely ignored, a climate scientist says.


A fantastically grotesque retrospective of an influential-yet-overlooked filmmaker. By Jason Silverman.


Su inchieste Antitrust per abuso posizione dominante


If ever there is a time to indulge one's inner clown, Fashion Week is it.


BRANDON, Manitoba -- Torrie Wheat scored his second goal of the game with 3:42 remaining in the third period to give the Everett Silvertips a 2-1 WHL victory yesterday over the Brandon Wheat Kings.


Israel says finds explosive chemicals in EU aid bags

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


Bronx Jeers for Giuliani, Now Rooting for the Red Sox

For many New Yorkers, it is an unpardonable insult that Rudolph W. Giuliani has declared he will be rooting for the Boston Red Sox against the Colorado Rockies in the World Series.


The Libertines top the albums chart in the week that ex-member Pete Doherty escaped a prison term.


While not directly calling the crisis in Darfur a genocide, the US State Department has said that interviews with Sudanese refugees indicated attacks against the regions' black Africans appeared to be racially motivated.


Marsh & McLennan adds axing of jobs to âreformsâ

MARSH & McLennan, the world's largest insurance brokerage, yesterday said it was axing 3000 staff around the world as it struggles with the fall-out from a kickbacks investigation by New York state's attorney general.


New York on Tuesday became the first city in the nation to ban artery-clogging artificial trans fats at restaurants, leading the charge to limit consumption of an ingredient linked to heart disease and used in everything from french fries to pizza dough to pancake mix.


Bush to discuss talking to Iran about Iraq: W.House

The White House acknowledged on Monday that sectarian violence in Iraq had entered "a new phase" but denied it amounted to civil war.


CNNfn, the financial news cable  network owned by Time Warner Inc. TWX.N, on Thursday said it  will cease operating by mid-December, after fighting a losing  battle against the far larger rival CNBC.


With U.S.-Russian relations under heavy strain, President Bush and President Vladimir Putin will meet July 1 and 2 in Kennebunkport, Maine, administration officials said Wednesday.


For Schools, Artificial Turf Fields Grow in Popularity

More and more public schools are turning to artificial turf fields in an effort to make grass stains, rain delays and games in the mud things of the past.


Schilling Won't Step Up To Plate For Bush

BOSTON -- President George W. Bush hoped Red Sox ace Curt Schilling could pitch-in during a campaign swing through New Hampshire Friday.


Vaccine Patch Protects Against Anthrax, in Mice

Immunization through the skin, using a patch, protects mice against normally lethal inhaled doses of anthrax bacteria, according to a new report.


The 84 Lumber Classic was played in near-perfect weather conditions with a surprise appearance of early fall foliage and a four-day crowd of 141,000.


Rank May Exit Movie Business, Sell Unit, After Losses

Rank Group Plc, a UK distributor of movies for half a century, plans to exit the film industry after losses at its DVD and cinema production business.


The Vatican established a foundation Friday to fund Catholic organizations assisting AIDS victims, urging people to contribute even if they object to the Church's opposition to the use of condoms to fight the spread of the disease.


A growing steroid scandal has entangled the sport's biggest star, and now Washington wants reform


Puertollano, 17:41 - CICLISMO, VUELTA: DUQUE VINCE LA 16/A TAPPA

Il colombiano della Cofidis Leonardo Duque ha vinto la 16a tappa della Vuelta di Spagna, 161.5 km da...


Television host Dick Clark, 75, has a mild stroke

Dick Clark, the "American Bandstand" icon, was hospitalized this week after suffering a mild stroke. Clark, who turned 75 on Nov. 30, suffered the stroke this week, publicist Paul Shefrin said Wednesday, declining to give any details.


Audit reveals that bureau failed to pay bills totalling tens of thousands of dollars


Congress sends Bush bill to avert gov't shutdown

The Senate on Thursday passed and sent to President George W. Bush a temporary spending measure to keep the federal government running through November 16, giving Democrats and Republicans time to work out budget disagreements.


Car Bombs Kill 24, Wound Over 100 in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents unleashed a pair of powerful car bombs Monday near the symbol of U.S. authority in Iraq - the Green Zone, where the U.S...


Blair under fire after Saudi arms deal probe halted

Prime Minister Tony Blair has come under fire after fraud investigators stopped a probe into a weapons deal with Saudi Arabia due to concerns it would damage Britain's national interests.


I.B.M. Researchers Advancing Computer Processing Ability

In two papers published on Friday, I.B.M. researchers describe techniques that would allow electronics to be made from components far smaller than todayâs transistors and wires.


Supreme Court rejects appeal by Enron investors

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Enron Corp investors seeking to proceed with a $40 billion class-action lawsuit against investment banks that put together financing deals for the energy trader, which collapsed in 2001.


Huge deal swallows International Steel Group

The "bigger is better" mind-set dominating the steel industry reached new heights yesterday when billionaire baron Lakshmi Mittal said he'll create the world's largest


A senior U.S. diplomat accused Iran on Tuesday of transferring weapons to Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan — the most direct comments yet on the issue by a ranking American official.


MADRID, Spain -- Substitute Diego Tristan headed in a late goal to earn Deportivo La Coruna a 1-1 tie with Malaga. The tie allowed Deportivo to maintain its unbeaten record on the road this season, but left


Â«Condannate Berlusconi Silvio a 8 anniÂ»

Il Pm Ilda Boccassini ha chiesto la condanna a otto anni di reclusione per il presidente del Consiglio Silvio Berlusconi, imputato nel processo Sme in corso a Milano. Chiesta anche l'interdizione perpetua dai pubblici uffici.


Livorno, 16:42 - Calcio, Livorno-Inter: Toldo blocca invasore solitario

Un tifoso ha invaso il campo al 33' st di Livorno-Inter. E' arrivato fino a tre quarti di campo, poi...


Some very big changes have happened to the Yankees this month, but the biggest is that there is a new sheriff in the Bronx: Hank Steinbrenner.


Castro looking stronger in new TV images

Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro was shown on Cuban state television on Tuesday for the first time in three months, meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Havana on Monday.


Eco-Kosher Movement Aims To Heed Tradition, Conscience

First she had to find an organic cattle farm near Washington. Then a shochet, a person trained in kosher slaughtering, who was willing to do a freelance job. Then a kosher butcher to carve the beef into various cuts and other families from her synagogue to share it.


Huge dust storm threatens NASA rovers on Mars

A dust storm raging on Mars presents the worst threat to date to the continued operation of NASA's two rovers, threatening to starve the solar-powered robots by blocking out sunlight, NASA said on Friday.


World Bank nominee Zoellick says WTO deal possible

World Bank presidential nominee Robert  Zoellick said on Tuesday he believed a deal could be clinched  in the Doha round world trade talks and that such an accord  would give a big boost to development and growth.


ATHENS, Greece -- Greek "sirtaki" music that starts slow and finishes fast whipped the Olympic Stadium audience into a frenzy Sunday night before the most exciting 10 seconds in sports.


Cotto stops Judah to retain welterweight crown

Miguel Cotto retained his WBA welterweight championship with an 11th-round stoppage of Zab Judah in front of a capacity crowd of more than 20,000 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.


NATIONAL LEAGUE: Reliever John Smoltz is tired of the bitterness over the Braves' playoff shortcomings. BY RAY GLIER. HOUSTON -- It is almost as if Atlanta fans resent being dragged into another October disappointment.


Russia to meet China for talks on economic cooperation

President Vladimir Putin meets with China's prime minister Friday as China seeks to secure a steady supply of Russian oil imports and Moscow seeks Beijing's backing in its bid for membership in the World Trade Organization.


Il portiere rossonero ammette di avere sofferto a Parma, ma esalta il gruppo, soprattutto chi gioca di meno. Ancelotti per il Celtic convoca 20 giocatori. MILANELLO, 5 dicembre 2004 - Ci ha sperato un po' il Milan dopo il gol di Pandev alla Juventus.


Will Hollywood writers strike? Labor drama unfolds.

As the deadline for a new contract nears, writers and producers are negotiating, but some are braced for the worst.            Presented By     From Dell? Home!        The new Dell? Inspiron? 1520 notebook with hi-def widescreen and long-range wireless for only $799. Add mobile broadband for $150. Limited time offer. Click here. www.dell.com    Ads by Pheedo


Lawmakers Find $21 a Week Doesn't Buy a Lot of Groceries

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) stood before the refrigerated section of the Safeway on Capitol Hill yesterday and looked longingly at the eggs.


Lecce, 16:01 - CALCIO, DOPING: COTTAFAVA ASSOLTO PER BUONA FEDE

Il giocatore del Lecce Marcello Cottafava è stato prosciolto dalla Commissione Disciplinare d...


Microsoft forgers get jail time in Taiwan

Syndicate controlled '90 per cent' of all fakes A counterfeiting operation that Microsoft claims was responsible for 90 per cent of faked Microsoft software has been sent up the river in Taiwan.â¦


Farooqi key link between Pakistan and al Qaeda

Amjad Hussain Farooqi, who was shot dead by security forces on Sunday, was one Pakistan's most wanted men, a cohort of Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and a key link between al Qaeda and local Pakistani militants.


BoSox Eliminate Angels 8-6 in 10 Innings

This self-proclaimed band of idiots is going to play for the pennant. David Ortiz homered in the 10th inning to send the Boston Red Sox into their second consecutive AL championship series, completing a three-game sweep of the Anaheim Angels with an 8-6 victory Friday.


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Gary Megson is disappointed being dismissed so fast

English Premiership strugglers West Brom are understood to have approached former Newcastle manager Sir Bobby Robson as they seek a replacement for Gary Megson.


Symantec is just weeks away from shipping a test version of the next major update to its Norton 360 desktop security-and-backup software.


A Palestinian news photographer was shot and seriously wounded Saturday night by a stray bullet from local protesters as he stood at the window of his home in downtown Ramallah, Palestinian security officials said.


Scientists, Spectators Waiting For St. Helens To Blow

However, they warn that predicting a volcano's eruption isn't an exact science, and there's a 30 percent chance "it just might go back to sleep.


Once Pieter Boev called the masses to the barricades. Today, he waggles his walking stick at his local train station in the Netherlands.


China vows no let-up in graft scandal probe

China's ruling Communist Party vowed on   Tuesday to get to the bottom of a corruption scandal that has   toppled Shanghai's top official, while fending off questions   about the case that may bring down more leaders.


A man accused of hacking his wife to death with a machete and leaving her body in her bed was arraigned Tuesday on a second-degree murder charge.


As Vice Dragnet Recalls Bad Old Days, Chinese Cry Out

The public shaming of a group of prostitutes and pimps, recalling the Cultural Revolution, has prompted an angry backlash in China.


P&G Female Sex-Drive Patch Stirs Safety Concerns

GAITHERSBURG, Md.  - Procter & Gamble's skin patch  to boost sex drive in women may pose serious long-term risks  and should not be approved without further study, critics told  a U.S. advisory panel on Thursday.


Living for Today, Locked in a Paralyzed Body

Right-to-die issues receive a lot of attention, but less is known about those with A.L.S., or Lou Gehrig's disease, who want to live.


The charity Care International has suspended its aid operations in Iraq after the abduction of its regional director in Baghdad. Dublin-born Margaret Hassan was seized on her way to work in Baghdad on Tuesday.


Troops meet resistance as battle for Fallujah continues

As US-led troops pressed their offensive Thursday in Fallujah, insurgents stepped up their counterattacks elsewhere in Iraq, exploding a car bomb that killed


Luciano Pavarotti, whose vibrant high C's and ebullient showmanship made him one of the world's most beloved tenors, died Thursday.


Microsoft to offer Windows XP security pack at post offices

TOKYO - Microsoft Corp said Wednesday it will exploit a network of 25,000 post offices in Japan to provide a free CD-ROM version of Windows XP Service Pack 2 with added security features from Oct 1. The update will help computer users protect their


Cisco Teams With OneCommunity to Unwire Cleveland With Wi-Fi Mesh Technology; Mesh Deployment in Cleveland Builds Digital Bridge for Cleveland Neighborhoods

Cisco Systems(R) (NASDAQ:CSCO) today announced a new public-private endeavor with OneCommunity, a local nonprofit organization, to bring free outdoor Wi-Fi mesh services to Cleveland neighborhoods.


Bush, Kerry Pause to Trade Barbs on Iraq

President Bush and rival Sen. John Kerry paused from private debate practice on Monday to accuse each other of a lack of clarity on Iraq as they campaigned in "must win" states for each — the Republican incumbent in Ohio and his Democratic challenger in Wisconsin.


Kansas Senior Wayne Simien Undergoes Surgery on Thumb

LAWRENCE, Kan. - Kansas senior Wayne Simien underwent surgery on his left thumb Monday evening and will miss four to six weeks, head coach Bill Self announced Monday.


Seven stars face the "Country" challenge on reality show

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - The idea of bringing together strange bedfellows to entertain the masses is as old as "Gilligan's Island" and "The Gong Show."


The UN's cultural body meets in New Zealand to decide which sites should be given World Heritage status.


In 22 mln hanno lasciato residenza abituale, -1 mln sul 2006


MAHMOUD Abbas, the interim Palestinian leader, has called for an end to armed attacks against Israeli targets in an attempt to mark out a new strategy for peace in the wake of Yasser Arafatâs death.


All of world's biggest firms hit by typosquatting

All Fortune 500 companies affected The world's 500 biggest companies have all fallen victim to typosquatting. OUT-LAW research has found that the fast-growing trend of making ad money from web domains similar to famous brands affects all the world's biggest firms.â¦


Server and software company prepares new foray into market for dot-com infrastructure.


The Philippine army says it is involved in clashes with Muslim separatists on the southern island of Mindanao.


Gaza battles raise fear of full civil war

In what looked ever more like civil war, the forces of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas battled those of the Islamist prime minister across Gaza on Tuesday and their unity government headed for collapse.


Bush aide: Bin Laden is 'virtually impotent'

Osama bin Laden may be grabbing headlines with a new videotape, but he is "virtually impotent," Frances Townsend, President Bush's national security adviser, said Sunday. But nearly six years since 9/11, Democrats charged the videotape shows Bush took his eye off al Qaeda by invading Iraq.


'Ransomware' Extorts Payment With Phone Call

New "ransomware" that locks up your PC and demands $35 to return control to you is on the prowl, a security researcher said this week.


Finucane inquiry would help secure closure, says Sinn Fein

Sinn Fein are prepared to "face up to the challenges" of tomorrow's talks but the creation of an independent inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane would have gone a long way to preparing the way for final "closure", the party's chairman has said.


Suspected Sri Lanka rebels bomb police bus, 7 dead

Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels ambushed a police bus with a roadside bomb outside a university in eastern Sri Lanka on Wednesday, killing six security personnel as they headed on leave and a civilian, the military said.


In Restless Pursuit of Craigslistâs Success

Kijiji is trying to capitalize on eBayâs clout to compete with the Webâs most spectacularly successful underdog, Craigslist.


2 Former Cendant Executives Spared Prison Sentences

BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Jan. 29  â Two former executives were spared prison time on Monday for their roles in an accounting scandal at the Cendant Corporation that cost the company and its investors more than $3 billion.