Paller: Government cybersecurity gets an F

(InfoWorld) - As director of research at the SANS Institute, Alan Paller has a unique window from which to view the U.S. governmentâs efforts to secure its vast computer networks. An original member of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, Paller has had the ear of high-level White House officials.Â  Paller has also been a reliable critic of the governmentâs cybersecurity plans, which he says are ineffective and mired in bureaucracy. Last week, Paller was at it again, joining Eric Byres, Director of Industrial Cyber Security at Symantec to talk about cyberattacks on SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems that manage the nationâs critical infrastructure. Ahead of that event, Paller told InfoWorld Senior Editor Paul Roberts that SCADA hacks have already happened and that on the five-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the U.S. gets an âFâÂ  for protecting its computers from hackers, terrorist or otherwise. InfoWorld: Weâve been hearing about the threat of terrorist cyberattacks for years. Is the threat for real? Alan Paller: It is a real threat, but itâs an interesting threat. What you have happening today is that terrorists are using cybercrime to get the money to buy the bombs to blow people up. But theyâre not using cyberattacks against physical things. There have been two cases that are very secret where SCADA systems that run power plants were taken over, but the crime was about extortion -- you know, âIf you donât pay us weâre going to do something bad.âÂ  In some cases the guys have proven that they can do damage by running a test denial of service attack, or a test outage. IW: Conventional wisdom was that SCADA systems are too old and idiosyncratic to be easy targets. What has changed? AP: The difference is that companies have added Windows systems to replace unknown operating systems, and then connected them to their networks, which are connected to the Internet. GAO did a great report on this back in 2004. Most of the attacks we hear about arenât aimed at SCADA systems, theyâre aimed at corporate networks, but once youâre on the network you can get into these (SCADA) systems. IW: Why should enterprise IT people care about the security of SCADA systems? AP: The big shock to us was all the places where control systems are used. NIST [National Institute of Standards and Technology] did a study that found SCADA systems were common in the electric, water, oil and gas, chemical, pharmaceutical, pulp and paper, food and beverage, discrete manufacturing, durable goods, air and rail transportation, mining and metallurgy industries. So tell me whatâs not covered there. Almost anyone who works in a major industry has this stuff on their plate.Â  IW: Is there any evidence that foreign governments are privy to information on how to attack SCADA systems in the U.S.? AP: Well, you have the statement Gen. Lord gave that the military has lost terabytes of sensitive information to the Chinese government. [Editorâs Note: Maj. Gen. William Lord told GCN in August that âChina has downloaded 10 to 20TB of data from NIPRNet, the DoDâs Non-Classified IP Router Network.â] That was the first public âoopsâ that weâve heard. It was an admission at the highest level that weâve spent all this money and systematically the Chinese have been able to come in and steal this information. IW: Recently, an article in Foreign Affairs criticized the U.S. government for playing defense on cybersecurity and missing the way terrorists are using the Internet to organize and raise money. Is that fair? AP: Youâre giving [the government] too much credit for having an active defense. They donât have an active defense. What they have is a lot of reports that have been written. Just one consulting firm increased their staff writing (cybersecurity) reports from four people to 200 in the last five years. As one chief of staff told me, the best thing to do with those reports is to pile them in front of our buildings so the terrorists canât use a car bomb to get us. IW: If you had to give the U.S. government a grade on cybersecurity, what would it be? AP: It would have to be an F. I mean, if you canât secure the boxes that you have, that would have to be an F.


Sadr appears, Basra militia leader killed

KUFA, Iraq  - Fiery Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr appeared in public for the first time in months on Friday to renew demands for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and paint himself as a leader for all Iraqis.


BARCELONA fans have been waiting since 1959 to see Milan defeated in their own Nou Camp stadium. And Brazilian Ronaldinho made their dreams come true with a late winner in this Champiosn League game today.


There's a report that the Securities and Exchange Commission and Time Warner are close to a settlement over accounting questions at the media giant's America Online unit.


Flood-Hit Philippine Towns Mop Up, Rescuers Arrive

Weather improved in the Philippines on Saturday after four heavy storms in two weeks, helping rescuers reach thousands cut off by landslides and


Google Backs $25 Million âLunar X Prizeâ

The contest calls for entrants to land a rover on the moon that will be able to travel at least 500 meters and send high-resolution video, still images and other data.


Monaco di Baviera, 12:21 - CALCIO, TIMES: BAYERN SU BOULAHROUZ

Secondo il Times, il Bayern Monaco è pronto ad offrire 5,2 milioni di euro per il difensore o...


Hepburn papers reveal woman of strength, nerves

A peek inside the private world of legendary actress Katharine Hepburn reveals a woman resembling the strong-willed characters she often portrayed.


Irish police want to find the family of a homeless man, believed to be from England, crushed to death after taking shelter in a bin.


British boxer Amir Khan goes for gold on the final day of the Athens Olympics.


MTV has dropped reggae star Beenie Man from one of its concerts after protests from gay rights groups.


Police say a man has confessed to starting the fire that destroyed South Korea's greatest cultural treasure.


: A militant group in Iraq linked to al-Qaida has issued a video purportedly showing the killing of three unidentified Turkish hostages, Al-Jazeera television reported today.


Federer to defend Masters Cup title in Houston

Federerâs rise to the top began a year ago, when he made his mark in Houston after a series of setbacks by winning the tournament without conceding a single match.


Lo annuncia ex marito di Ingrid Betancourt, Fabrice Delloye


A new virus outbreak emerged on Thursday that packs a baffling message: a photograph of accused German virus author Sven Jaschan that security officials believe to be a geeky taunt from a rival gang of computer programmers.


A senior U.S. diplomat said Tuesday that North Korea remains on a list of states that sponsor terrorism, dismissing North Korean claims that Washington decided to remove the designation.


As it announced 23-percent decline in fourth-quarter profit, Yahoo also said it planned to cut 1,000 jobs from its 14,000-member work force, far more than expected.


RIDLEY PARK, Pa. -- President Bush yesterday ventured into the blue-collar regions of two swing states, sounding an upbeat note on the economy and restating his support for a missile defense system to protect ...


Serbia appeals to U.N. to reject Kosovo plan

Serbia called on the United Nations on  Saturday to reject a Western-backed proposal for the  independence of Kosovo.


Yahoo! Co-Founder Jerry Yang Named Chief Executive Officer

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 18  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yahoo! Inc. , a leading global Internet company, today announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Jerry Yang, Yahoo! co-founder and long-time board member, as Chief Executive Officer.


R. Kelly and Jay-Z Tour Cancelled After Pepper Spray Incident

There was a sudden end to the tumultuous tour of R. Kelly and Jay-Z. Friday, Kelly was treated and released at a local hospital after being hit with pepper spray allegedly by a member of Jay-Z's entourage.


With rising energy bills, the government is urging consumers to switch suppliers, as part of a new consumer campaign.


Intel Cuts Prices on Laptop Computer Chips

Intel Corp. INTC.O cut prices on its chips for mobile computers by as much as 34 percent this week, a move that could lower PC prices from the likes of Dell Inc.


Liverpool will not be moved on sharing ground with Everton

LIVERPOOL remain fiercely opposed to sharing their proposed new stadium with Everton, despite agreeing to discuss the controversial issue at a meeting with Richard Caborn, the Minister for Sport, on Wednesday.


Stakes Are High For Tuesday's Cheney/ Edwards Face-Off

After a month of treading water in the polls, John Kerry's campaign finally appears to have "the Big Mo," as the first President Bush dubbed political momentum.


After three years, fee falls to zero The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has told Rambus how much the memory technology developer may levy in royalties on SDRAM and DDR SDRAM devices for the next three years, after which the company may not charge any royalties at all. Rambus said it was "disappointed" with the ruling and stated its plan to appeal against the ruling.â¦


Yahoo Hired for 'The Apprentice' Ad Deal

Internet media company Yahoo Inc.  on Thursday said it struck a deal to produce, host and sell  advertising for the official Web site for the second and third  season of NBC's "The Apprentice."


Datapower Granted Patent For Its Core XML Processing and Data Interchange Technology

Patent Adds to DataPower's Growing Portfolio of Intellectual Property Resulting from More than Five Years of Innovation; Enables Wirespeed XML Acceleration


Obama proposes U.S. ban on China-made toys

CONCORD, New Hampshire  - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would ban all toys made in China after a series of safety scares, and he called for tougher U.S. inspections of Chinese imports.


Party's over for low interest rates as Fed lifts benchmark to 2%

The Federal Reserve raised the benchmark US interest rate Wednesday by a quarter of a percentage point to 2 percent, citing a stronger labor market with a gain of 337,000 US jobs last month.


Triumphant Olympics End With Pride, Relief

ATHENS, Greece - Efharisto! A nervous world learned the Greek word for thank you and repeated it endlessly at an astonishingly successful Athens Olympics that quelled fears, surprised skeptics and greatly honored the birthplace of the games.    Fireworks and spectacular lighting kicked off the closing ceremony Sunday night, a two-hour extravaganza of folk dancing and music in the Olympic tradition that summed up the glee and relief the games brought to Greece...


It is reported that Oscar winner Julia Roberts gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, yesterday. People magazine in the US says that the 37-year-old gave birth at around 3am (11am GMT) yesterday and that mother and babies are doing well.


Hayes, Kissell Awaiting Results of Recount in N.C. 8 Race

An updated count of votes in North CarolinaÃ¢ÂÂs 8th District has four-term Republican Rep. Robin Hayes leading Democratic challenger Larry Kissell by 339 votes, but Kissell on Friday evening asked for a recount of ballots that began today.


PC makers eye consumer electronics all over again

Dell, Gateway and HP are making another run at consumer electronics for the 2004 holiday season.


We and our machines are about to go through a rocky transition as the machines get smarter and take over more tasks.


E' lui "l'importante personaggio della tv" del quale il fotografo aveva parlato a "Matrix"Oggi nuovo interrogatorio. "Adesso penso alla vita privata e alle vacanze"                                          Inchiesta vip, fu Maurizio Costanzo l'intermediario fra Totti e Corona


Great expectations for iPhone sales fizzle

Blog: AT&T's iPhone activation numbers disappointed many--especially Apple investors--but it's not a perfect measure of iPhone demand.


TSUNAMI IMPACT:  Trade Will Help More Than Aid

BRUSSELS, Jan 12 (IPS) - EU proposals to offer some trade concessions to  tsunami-hit countries do not go far enough, trade and development  experts say.


"Hamlet 2" takes top price tag among Sundance deals

After a sleepy first  four days of Sundance, the festival sprang to life Tuesday with  a number of film distribution deals, including one of the  biggest sales in the history of the fest.


Alitalia makes a grab for government funds

Alitalia stepped back from the brink of bankruptcy yesterday night as its board of directors approved a rescue plan that will allow the airline to tap into a â¬400 million ($486 million) emergency loan.


Police in southern Italy have arrested the head of the powerful 'Ndrangheta Mafia clan, officials say.


Tra vincitori anche Laura Morante e Giuseppe Battiston


Attributor cashes up to deliver new DRM system

(InfoWorld) - Attributor, a company looking at new ways to provide DRM (digital rights management), is promising to release a technology that will scan the Internet for unauthorized uses of copyright digital media. The company, which is testing its product with a select group of Internet publishers, on Monday announced a second round of venture financing that has raised its available capital to more than $10 million. Attributor, founded in 2005, plans to release a product in early 2007. The second round of funding was led by Sigma Partners, a venture firm specializing in tech companies, Attributor said. The company did not release details of the amount of money raised in the second round. Attributor is "very pleased" with how the testing is going, said Jim Brock, Attributor's co-founder and chief executive. Attributor's technology will allow users to create a sort of fingerprint for every piece of text, audio, images or video online. Users can have control over their content while they allow it wider syndication, enabling them to collect fees or get attribution for the content, Brock said. "Great opportunities exist for publishers to put content out more freely," said Brock, a former senior vice president at Yahoo Inc. "It's a very different approach from DRM, if you think of DRM as trying to curtail content and limit it." Attributor will help online publishers to understand the value of their original content, Brock said. The Internet is in the "early days of a global content economy that harnesses the extraordinary power of self-publishing," he said. Brock declined to talk about the technology behind Attributor, which is in Redwood City, California. Attributor's target customers are publishers of all sizes that are seeking a more effective way to identify and resolve originality and re-use issues for online text, images and video.


Ford says to buy Rover brand name from BMW

Ford Motor Co F.N will exercise its   right to buy the Rover brand name from German premium carmaker   BMW BMWG.DE, a spokesman for Ford's Premier Automotive Group   (PAG) said on Monday.


Democrats and Republicans: Last Minute Arguments on Capitol Hill

Although it was to have adjourned for the year last week, the final days of the 108th Congress have been extended, as Democrats and Republicans engaged in last-minute arguments over legislative process.


Alcatel-Lucent Invests in WiMax Chip Maker

Long-range wireless networking technology draws market interest as low-cost service.


After 40 years, American deserter takes his punishment

To the American military he was a turncoat and a traitor, the soldier who defected to communist North Korea and lived as a fugitive during the height of the cold war.


The body of a 7-year-old girl missing since Sunday was found Thursday night in a northeastern Arkansas field not far from where her shoes and pink bicycle had been recovered days earlier.


Antidepressant Cymbalta approved for treating diabetic peripheral ...

The FDA has approved the use of an antidepressant for the treatment of diabetic pain - pain associated with nerve damage suffered by diabetic patients.


Interest rates on U.S. 30-year and 15-year mortgages edged higher this week amid signs the economy is improving, stoking inflation concerns, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac said on Thursday.


Video: Guardian correspondent Dan Glaister reports on the worst fires in California's history.


Tim Henman stays positive after his US Open defeat to Roger Federer.


Spiritual leaders are in the capital of Kazakhstan for the Congress of World and Traditional Religions.


The combination could force other carriers to seek partners, people with knowledge of the talks said Wednesday.


Six research units given the go-ahead, Germany

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing six new Research Units in order to promote cooperation between outstanding scientists and researchers in innovative research ...


Tycho:  Orcs and Elves for the DS has a fairly strong mobile heritage, which is to say that some of its presentation is a little two-frame and raw.  If you crave gold and adventure - a common affliction among our people - I think you'll slip past it, and into the retro dungeon crawler at its heart.  It's been reviewed much better on the mobiles than it has been on the portable, but I imagine that people who review games that you play on a phone have a more forgiving palette.


Chechens' Basayev Takes Responsibility for Russian School Siege

Chechen rebel Shamil Basayev claimed responsibility for this month's hostage-taking at a Russian school, in which at least 339 died, and for four other terrorist attacks in recent weeks, according to a rebel Web site.


Sadr Militia Still Controls Iraq Shrine -Witnesses

NAJAF, Iraq  - Shi'ite fighters appeared still to be in control of a holy shrine in Najaf on Friday after Iraq's interim government said it had overcome a bloody uprising by seizing the Imam Ali mosque without a shot being ...


Vietnam to hear Glitter appeal on June 15

A Vietnam court has rescheduled an appeal  hearing of disgraced British "glam rocker" Gary Glitter over  his three-year sentence for molesting children to June 15, his  lawyer said on Tuesday.


British police comb houses, attack risk "critical"

British police searched houses near Scotland's second city Glasgow on Sunday after what they described as a "terrorist" attack on its airport that they linked to two failed car bombings in London.


Rap star Beanie Sigel was briefly jailed Wednesday and ordered to live in a halfway house for six months after a second probation violation, just weeks before his federal probation was to have ended.


WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The latest corporate overhaul by Nortel Networks will shear the company of all its manufacturing operations and leave it with 70 percent fewer workers than it had four years ago.


New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary, who along with Nepal's Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first to conquer Mount Everest, died in hospital on Friday.


Israeli raid in West Bank enters 2nd day

The largest Israeli raid in the West Bank in months entered its second day Monday, with tens of thousands of Palestinians confined to their homes while soldiers searched a crowded, poor section for suspected militants.


Second German bombing plot suspect arrested in Lebanon

The second of two suspects in failed train bombings in Germany has handed himself in to authorities in Lebanon, the office of Germany's federal prosecutor said.


Motor Racing: Plug about to be pulled on historic British Grand ...

LONDON - The British Grand Prix is set to be axed for the first time in Formula One history. "At the moment it would seem that the calendar is not going to include the British Grand Prix for 2005," former


Oil Company Mergers Hurt Consumers-Group

A series of major oil company mergers in recent years have left U.S. households vulnerable to higher gasoline and natural gas prices, the Consumer Federation of America said on Tuesday.


This priority retains its ranking at number five as more and more companies deploy Web Services to share business logic, data and processes with each other and with clients.


Richard Branson could qualify to buy a stake in an Indian airline in his personal capacity under India's existing foreign investment regulations, a top government official says.


French Journalists Held In Iraq Return Home

PARIS -- After four months of captivity in Iraq, two French journalists have arrived safely home. French journalists Christian Chesnot (left) and Georges Malbrunot returned to France after being held captive in Iraq.


Lebanon Shuts Down to Mourn Assassinated Hariri

Lebanon shut down on Tuesday to mourn  former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri whose assassination in a  car bomb blast plunged the country into political crisis and  rekindled bitter memories of the 1975-90 civil war.


Coppie, in sette su dieci il maschio Ã¨ il sesso debole

Il maschio ''scoppia''. Il sesso debole, infatti, in sette coppie su dieci ormai Ã¨ quello maschile. E sempre di piÃ¹ la forza di volontÃ  Ã¨ un affare da donne. Dal matrimonio alla carriera, dai piccoli grandi


Bonds softened while the dollar and stocks edged up on Thursday after data showed the U.S. current account gap widened less than expected in the third quarter.


Marijuana Abuse Affected by Genes and Environment

Previous research has established a moderate relationship between marijuana abuse and depressive disorders. Now researchers report that the association between marijuana use and major depression probably arises from a combination of shared genetic and environmental vulnerabilities.


Verso i Mondiali del 2008 E Varese si candida

VARESE, 3 NOVEMBRE 2004 - Per riportare il mondiale di ciclismo a Varese, a 57 anni dallo storico successo di Ferdy Kubler, la Alfredo Binda, societa' candidata a organizzare l' evento, ha puntato sui personaggi consolidati nella stanza dei bottoni del


Ginepri advances to last eight at Delray Beach

Robby Ginepri of the United States reached the Delray Beach International quarter-finals with a 7-5 4-6 6-2 win over compatriot Michael Russell on Thursday.


With more than $200 billion a year in discretionary income at their disposal, 14- to 24-year-olds are the holy grail of the wireless telephone market.


Letters to Santa increase despite e-mail

Text messages, e-mails and social networking are challenging traditional mail but Santa Claus at least is receiving more and more old-fashioned letters, according to the world's postmen.


Investigators searched through heaps of mangled bodies and metal strewn over dozens of miles of fields and birch groves in two Russian regions


Surging energy costs drove U.S.  consumer prices up by a hefty and larger-than-expected 0.6  percent last month, the biggest jump since May, a government  report showed on Wednesday.


Competition Commission to probe Sky's ITV buy

Sky says: 'Bring it on' Almost a month after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) recommended Sky's purchase of over 19 per cent of ITV be brought to the attention of the Competition Commission, DTI Secretary of State Alistair Darling has done just that.â¦


TOMORROW AUTO RACING 10 a.m. -- NASCAR Nextel Cup: Dover 400 practice, Speed 11 a.m. -- NASCAR Busch Series: Dover 200 qualifying, ESPN2


I got fired from my job last night. To celebrate I threw a party where I flirted with three women and danced with two men. I then trashed my house and, in a fit of angry spite, stole my neighbor's garden gnome.


India among top 4 Asian investment destinations

NEW DELHI: The 2004 World Investment Report of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad), released on Wednesday, has a few positives for India.


SpaceShipOne's successful flights did more than win $10 million - they proved to the world that space is open for all humanity.


Refugee illnesses often misdiagnosed in U.S.

Monykuch Deng is 5, but you'd never know it to look at him. In fact, he's the size of a 3-year-old.


Dougan: banca molto ben capitalizzata, nessun cliente colpito


Jones bends, doesn't break as Tigers win

Without a trusted option to protect a four-run lead in the ninth inning, Detroit manager Jim Leyland turned to closer Todd Jones on Monday in a non-save situation. Jones promptly gave up three runs, before getting Ronnie Belliard to ground out with runners on the corners to preserve a 9-8 victory over the Washington Nationals.


It is a sure sign of the precarious state of Japan-North Korean relations that one of the few voices of restraint belongs to the normally rambunctious Richard Armitage.


Fermato traffico illecito in palestre, 15 arresti


Torino, 15:04 - CALCIO, JUVE; BOJINOV: BATTERE TREVISO PER DIMENTICARE BRESCIA

Valeri Bojinov è tornato sul ko della Juve con il Brescia: ''E' andato tutto storto - ha dett...


The Supreme Court debates whether school districts can adopt race-conscious student-assignment policies to keep schools from resegregating


US stocks: Blue chips fall, S&P flat as oil and defence weigh

NEW YORK - US blue-chip stocks retreated on Wednesday as oil prices vaulted above US$43 a barrel while news that China intended to curb overheated growth in its airline sector hurt aerospace and defence stocks such as Boeing Co.


New home sales ease, while confidence falls

U.S. new home sales in May fell more than expected while consumer confidence in June fell to a 10-month low amid anxiousness about jobs and the business climate, adding to signs of sluggish economic growth this year.


Internet Super Hero Blog: mysqli_debug() - 'm'/dump memory information

A new note on the Internet Super Hero blog talks about a new improvement to the mysqlnd driver support a memory dump option for mysqli_debug.   Andrey has implemented a little mysqlnd only addition to mysqli_debug(): 'm' - dump memory information. It works like the other options described in PHP: Debugging ext/mysqli and mysqlnd with the only difference that it is only available with mysqlnd.   A comparison of the "before option 'm'" and "after option 'm'" is also included.


Partially mummified body found in AZ tub

A partially mummified body was found in a bathtub filled with dirt in an apartment that was stacked to the ceiling with garbage and human waste.


Iraq Says Forces May Raid Najaf Compound

Iraqi troops could raid Najaf's holy Imam Ali Shrine as early as Wednesday in a final push to root out Shiite militants hiding there while they battle U.S. forces, Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Shaalan said.


HSBC, the UK's largest bank, is backing a new $100m initiative to tackle global climate change.


Hodgson inspires England to win over South Africa

LONDON - First five-eighths Charlie Hodgson scored a dazzling first-half try to inspire world champions England to a comprehensive 32-16 win over South Africa at Twickenham.


Blair: Iraq Report Shows Sanction Problems

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday that a U.S. arms inspector's report on Iraq shows that Saddam Hussein was "doing his best" to get around United Nations' sanctions.


Scientist at Work | Phung Tuu Boi: Through the Forest, a Clearer View of the Needs of a People

A botanist by training, Phung Tuu Boi is fighting the effects of Agent Orange, an invisible poison that has affected Vietnam for decades.


ADV: $150,000 Mortgage for Under $690/Month

Mortgage rates are at record lows. Save $1000s on your mortgage payment. Free quotes.


Software allows people to write Indian languages using English alphabet

Using an English keyboard, 24-year-old Mary Kavita types out an email in her mother-tongue Tamil with the help of software created by two Indian entrepreneurs.


Consumer sentiment up despite recession talk

Consumers' mood brightened a bit in January, defying expectations driven by the constant drumbeat of talk about a possible recession, weak jobs market and falling stock prices.


Tbilisi, 18:35 - CALCIO, 30 ANNI AD ASSASSINI FRATELLO KALADZE

Arrivano le prime condanne per il rapimento e l'omicidio di Levan Kaladze, fratello del giocatore de...


Lycos Europe Pulls Spam-Fighting Screensaver

Analysts say a new twist on the war against spammers in Europe isn't likely to spill across Unites States borders, but is rather an opening salvo more likely to fizzle than to explode.


Introducing The 404s, Wired's contest to find the least-informative sites on the military web. Strike a blow for open government (and win prizes).  In Danger Room.


Feds Says Iraq Election in Jan. Feasible

Elections in January throughout Iraq are an achievable goal, the State Department said Monday, but it refused to predict the goal would be reached.


Fed officials strike differing notes on economy

San Francisco Federal Reserve  Bank President Janet Yellen said on Monday that financial  turmoil had "appreciably" increased risks facing the U.S.  economy, but other Fed officials said it was unclear if the  economy had taken a turn for the worse.


A COLLAPSE at a construction site at Dubai airport has killed more five people and injured 12 others today, a contractor said. Early reports put the death toll at eight and numbers of injured at many more.


New York - Pfizer, the world's largest drug maker, is discussing with US regulators whether to add a stronger warning to its Bextra painkiller about rare, serious skin reactions.


ATHENS, Greece - Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou withdrew Wednesday from the Athens Games, nearly a week after they missed a drug test and were later hospitalized following a suspicious motorcycle crash.   "I'm withdrawing from the Olympics," Kenteris said after meeting with the International Olympic Committee's disciplinary commission...


La top 15 dei sopravvalutati scegliete voi: vip o nip?

Ecco i piÃ¹ votati tra i personaggi pubblici che ci avete segnalato come detentori di fama immeritata o sproporzionata. Molte sorprese e qualche conferma all'immaginario collettivo


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Pitcher Brad Radke and the Minnesota Twins reached terms Tuesday on a two-year, $18-million US contract. "I think it turned out for the best for both sides," Radke said.


Indian labourers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) can watch Rajnikant's latest blockbuster "Sivaji: The Boss" for


UPDATE 1-Steelworkers challenge Cooper Tire parts unit sale

The union representing workers at four Cooper Tire and Rubber Co. (CTB.N: Quote, Profile, Research) plants said on Tuesday that it has sued to block the company's proposed sale of its auto parts business to two buyout firms.


North Korea Talks May Be Victim of US Polls

Hopes for a September round of six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis were evaporating on Tuesday as Pyongyang hinted it was awaiting the outcome of the US presidential race.


Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of Chelsea football club, and his wife announce they have divorced.


National Zoo Still Struggling, Report Finds

The National Zoo in Washington,  plagued by a string of animal deaths including red pandas  poisoned by rat bait, is improving but staff still needs basic  animal care training, the National Research Council said  Wednesday.


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State of Iraqi oil exports mired in confusion, conflicting reports

The status of Iraq's crucial oil exports was mired in confusion Tuesday, with government and industry officials giving contradictory statements


Vicenza, 21:15 - CALCIO, VICENZA: ARRIVANO ZANCOPE' E VISKOVIC, CEDUTO FABBRINI

Il mercato del Vicenza si è chiuso con tre operazioni. Il club veneto ha preso (contratto ann...


Seven times Tour de France cycling champion Lance Armstrong has entered the Boston Marathon on April 21, organizers said on Thursday.


North Korea should honor disarmament pact: Bush

HEILIGENDAMM, Germany  - The United States and Japan expect North Korea to keep to an agreement to begin work on scrapping its nuclear weapons program, U.S. President George W. Bush said on Wednesday.


In the last major economic report before Tuesday's presidential election, the government reported Friday that the economy looked solid in the third quarter - just not as strong as most analysts had expected.


Updated Windows Live Search Maps features a 3D map of New York, with other cities to follow.


U.N.-AU envoys challenge Sudan parties to Darfur talks

U.N. and African Union envoys urged the parties to Sudan's Darfur conflict on Saturday to attend peace talks after rebel divisions and boycotts stalled progress towards negotiations.


Nomisma, a ottobre +1,6% per la luce e +2,3% per il gas


NanoGram lands $32 million, bulks up solar business

Specialist in nanomaterial manufacturing will use its process to develop silicon cells.


HP introduces thin client disguised as a laptop

InfoWorld - In an effort to push mobility into thin clients, Hewlett-Packard is adding a laptop with minimal storage and wireless networking features to its lineup.


Linux group pushes for greater standardisation

The Free Standards Group, a US-based non-profit trade organisation, is expected to announce widespread industry support for Linux Standard Base 2.0, an effort to develop a standard version of the open source operating system.


Staged in a grand theater in the land of  mythical strongmen Hercules and Atlas, the Athens Olympics were  supposed to herald a rebirth for the sport of weightlifting.


S.Africa unions back Zuma in ANC leadership race

South Africa's most powerful labor group endorsed Jacob Zuma as the next leader of the ruling African National Congress on Thursday, aiming to nudge him into the presidency and the country towards socialism.


Proposed law to provide early help to abuse victims

The Alliance against Domestic Violence, which includes MP Jan Kasal and Prime Minister Stanislav Gross among its members, believes its proposal will help victims well before they are in Ina Ciegl's situation.


Spanish police arrest 90 people, including 21 minors, in a huge operation against child pornography.


Multicultural biofuel made from toughest part of the plant

Lignin is tough stuff, but Washington University has a way to turn at least some of it into fuel.


College Football Roundup: Thirty-Six Seminoles Are Left Off the Bowl Roster

Thirty-six Florida State players will not be traveling to the Music City Bowl because of an academic cheating scandal, violations of team rules, injuries or other reasons.


Report finds more abuse suspects at Abu Ghraib

An American Army report released Wednesday has found that US military personnel and contractors were involved in prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison to a greater extent than was previously thought.


Certain Type of Breast Cancer Drug Shows Better Result in Study

A class of hormone-blocking drugs called aromatase inhibitors was more effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence in women past menopause than was tamoxifen, a medication now prescribed


Two of the world's largest brewers - Belgium's Inbev and Holland's Heineken - announce new takeovers in Germany and Russia respectively.


Napoli, 20:33 - BASKET, NAPOLI; MONROE CRAC AL LEGAMENTO: ALMENO UN MESE OUT

"Lesione al legamento peroneo-astralgico anteriore della caviglia destra": l'Eldo Napoli ha perso pe...


Udine, 17:58 - CALCIO, UDINESE; GALEONE: ARRIVEREMO QUARTI

Giovanni Galeone, nonostante un periodo non lucidissimo, non si tira indietro: "Sono convinto che ar...


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Update 2: Prosecutor: Execs Conspired on Sham Sale

Four former Merrill Lynch and Co. executives and two former midlevel Enron executives conspired to push through a sham sale of barges in 1999 because they didn't think they'd get caught, a prosecutor said Wednesday.


Notebook: Sprinter Edwards' drug suspension upheld

ATHENS  US sprinter Torri Edwards was knocked out of the Olympics for good yesterday when an arbitration panel upheld her two-year drug suspension.


Hopes for fresh bid activity in the utilities sector helped London equities extend gains in midday trade on Monday.


Research In Motion (RIM) and mobile operating-system consortium Symbian have signed a deal that will enable BlackBerry Connect to run on Symbian-based Nokia Series 80 mobile devices, such as the 9500 Communicator.


August snows closed two scenic mountain roads and dusted the high peaks with powder, but the early storm doesn't necessarily signal that Colorado is in for a drought-busting winter.


French President Jacques Chirac said Tuesday that he does not want to set a new deadline for Iran to suspend nuclear activities, which could be used to develop atomic weapons, despite Tehran's defiance of U.N. Security Council demands.


Iraqi Cleric Calls Cease-Fire After Bloody Uprising

BAGHDAD, Iraq  - Rebel Shi'ite cleric Moqtada  al-Sadr has ordered his militia to end attacks on U.S. and  Iraqi government forces and will soon unveil plans to pursue  his goals through politics rather than conflict, aides said  Monday.


Palestinian sources said Saturday Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas would present proposals for peace to Colin Powell.


The terrorists have been wiped out in Pakistan, claims Musharraf

The al-Qa'eda network has been virtually wiped out in the mountains of Pakistan, General Pervaiz Musharraf, the country's president, claimed yesterday during a visit to Downing Street.


Only a small number of followers of radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr handed over their weapons today at the start of a ceasefire aimed at ending weeks of fighting between US troops and insurgents in the Baghdad's impoverished Sadr City neighbourhood.


Democrats in the US Congress propose legislation requiring all US troops to leave Iraq by August 2008.


Republicans in the US state of Florida prepare to choose their candidate for the presidential elections.


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 29, 2004) -- Jacksonville Jaguars running back Fred Taylor was upgraded to probable and should start at Houston despite a leg injury.


Iran refused yesterday to agree to suspend indefinitely its uranium enrichment activities although it would continue talks with Britain, France and Germany on a package of incentives.


The FDA says no to labeling tomato products as anti-cancer foods. But that's no reason to cut the veggie from your diet


AT&T Corp. swung to a third-quarter loss of $7.1 billion after recording huge charges related to the company's retreat from traditional telephone services, which has included at least 7,500 more job cuts and


Boston cardinal adopts new habit with Vatican blog

Looking to marry the Roman Catholic   Church's 2,000-year-history with the modern world's   technological bent, Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley on Thursday   became the first U.S. cardinal to launch a blog.


Blog: After nearly a nine-month beta, Oracle Database 11g is set to launch Wednesday.


Manfredonia, 19:51 - CALCIO: SERIE C1; NELL'ANTICIPO MANFREDONIA-TARANTO 0-0

Nell'anticipo della 23/a giornata del girone B del campionato di serie C1, Manfredonia e Taranto han...


Silmaril's Rally Justifies Wagers, Shatters Nerves

All Silmaril runs a seven-furlong sprint in 1 minute 25.13 seconds and captures the $75,0000 Conniver Stakes at Laurel Park on Saturday.


The report detailing the numerous failings in this year's English tests process is highly critical.


Stocks Seen Higher as Oil Eases Off Highs

U.S. stock futures gained steam  throughout the morning, pointing to a higher market open on  Tuesday, as oil prices eased and insurance stocks looked to  extend gains from their rally on Monday.


Sept. 11 Set Off Heart Disturbances Far and Wide

In the month following the September 11th, 2001 attacks, there was a spate of heart rhythm disturbances in cardiac patients -- even those living far from the disaster sites.


Federer reaches fourth round; Moya stunned in Flushing

Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports Network) - World No. 1 star Roger Federer reached the fourth round at the 2004 US Open with a straight-set victory Saturday over crafty Frenchman Fabrice Santoro, but third-seeded


Scientists have said a woman who died of bird flu probably contracted the disease from her daughter.


Microsoft blames human error for WGA glitch

(InfoWorld) - Microsoft blamed human error for aÂ Windows Genuine Advantage problem that identified legitimate Windows users as piratesÂ last week. "Nothing more than human error started it all," Alex Kochis, senior product manager for Windows Genuine Advantage at Microsoft wrote on the company blog Tuesday night. New software was accidentally loaded onto the live servers running the system, he said. That ultimately caused the servers to decline activation and validation requests that were good, he wrote. While Microsoft quickly noticed the problem and rolled back the changes within a half hour, the problem continued to affect the validation service, he said. The activation process was fixed in that time frame, he said. The company is implementing some changes to make sure a similar incident doesn't happen again. It is improving monitoring in order to find out sooner if there is a problem, he said. Microsoft is also adding checkpoints that should prevent accidental changes to the servers. Kochis' explanation is fine but the incident is still troubling, said Michael Cherry, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft. "I think it's unsettling for people when it doesn't validate," he said. While it's great that Microsoft has put some new procedures in place, Cherry was surprised that it was even "feasible" for someone to accidentally load the wrong code into the live environment. "It just raises the question of what other things have they not done," he said. In his blog post, Kochis clarified that an existing policy will automatically validate all users if the WGA servers are down but that in this case, the servers weren't down, so that policy didn't kick in. With that policy in place, Cherry wonders why Microsoft didn't just take the servers down while they were diagnosing and fixing the problem so that legitimate users wouldn't continue to have issues. The problem began on Friday evening and lasted through Saturday afternoon. During that time, some users incorrectly failed the validation process, leaving them unable to use certain features including Windows Aero, Windows ReadyBoost, and some features of Windows Defender and Windows Update. Affected users also saw a message in the corner of their screen that said "This copy of Windows is not genuine." WGA has been criticized since its unveiling in 2005. The system, which works for Windows XP and Vista users, is meant to help Microsoft disable software pirates, but some users say it's cumbersome. In addition, Microsoft faces two class action suits that characterize WGA as spyware and cite concerns over how Microsoft uses data it collects about users through the program.


The DNA evidence is locked away. The chalk marks remain where the detectives traced the corpses. The death report on the 2006 San Diego Chargers is filed at headquarters, every ghastly detail of the team's mortifying demise at the hands of the Patriots in January's divisional playoffs recorded for posterity.


Another British minister talks of US policy shift

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will not be "joined together at the hip" with US President George W. Bush, one of Brown's foreign ministers said in an interview published Saturday.


The heads of various state Democratic Party organizations meet in Orlando this weekend.


Hello! magazine challenges a ruling which made them pay damages to Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas.


Christian Conservatives a Key Bloc for Bush

Christian conservatives, whose lack of enthusiasm for George W. Bush in 2000 worried Republicans, could be the president's ace in the hole in his race for re-election this time around.


West Virginia Knocks Rutgers Off Its Stride

LaQuita Owens scored a season-high 23 points and No. 12 West Virginia used a 21-4 run in the second half to beat No. 4 Rutgers, 63-54, on Tuesday night.


The company has come up with some on-demand advertising. Will it woo viewers?


The release of the new Star Trek film is being delayed from this year until May 2009, Paramount Pictures says.


The families of the men killed by a mob in Iraq travel to London to hear the findings of  a report into their deaths.


First-round playoff games will be shown only on cable starting next season as part of baseball's new seven-year television deal with Fox and TBS, a total package worth almost $3 billion.


Residents Emerge After Fighting in Fallujah

More than 500 civilians who chose to hide during the fighting rather than leave their homes have turned up to find the "City of Mosques" in ruins.


Beyond Moscow, Dachas Make Way for Suburbia

PEREDELKINO, Russia -- The unpaved, unlit roads are clogged with traffic. Getting to and from work in the center of Moscow is a 90-minute crawl each way. The schools are lousy. There are no stores within walking distance. Local health-care facilities are primitive.


A strike called by a regional group in Nepal cripples life in the southern part of the country for the second day.


L'uragano Ã¨ proprio vero Slitta l'Isola del famosi

ROMA, 17 SETTEMBRE 2004 - L'uragano Jeanne ha giocato un brutto scherzo all'Isola dei famosi 2: i 12 concorrenti questa sera non hanno avuto il permesso da parte della Capitaneria di porto di raggiungere l'isola e cominciare cosi' il gioco di


Ex-Mayor Sues NMB Newspaper: City Councilman Also Named in Suit

By Janelle Frost, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Feb. 10--North Myrtle Beach's former mayor Phil Tilghman has filed suit against a city councilman and a local newspaper, alleging statements published in that paper were false and defamatory.


Mel Gibson said to offer aid to Mexico poor

Mel Gibson, about to wrap up the filming of his new movie "Apocalypto" in the jungles of Mexico's Veracruz state, is donating money to build houses for poor people in the region to thank them for their help and hospitality, government officials announced.


Procter & Gamble Co made unsupported  claims that one of its hand sanitizers could prevent colds  among school children and fight microbes for up to three hours,  U.S. health officials said on Tuesday.


Jodie Henry has become just the third Australian woman to win the Olympic 100m freestyle title thanks to a powerful second lap which took her to the wall ahead of defending champion Inge de Bruijn.


Talks with Powell will focus on making Gaza plan part of roadmap:

Palestinian Foreign Minister NabilShaath said Sunday that talks between outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Palestinian official on Monday would focus on making


Toshiba To Offer Laptops With HD-DVD in 2005

LBArrettAnderson writes "Toshiba will release laptops with HD-DVD under its high-end Qosmio brand and plans to ship one million units in the first year to Europe, the US and China, as well as Japan.


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Syracuse, Off to a Fast Start, Wins Tournament

The season may be young, but No. 6 Syracuse has already made a statement. Facing two Top 25 teams in two nights in the Coaches vs.


Adobe profit up, product upgrades on track

Adobe Systems Inc.  reported on  Thursday that quarterly profit grew 16 percent, meeting  forecasts on higher sales of design software, and it reassured  investors that new products are on schedule, sending its shares  up 6 percent.


he sudden release of Azzam Azzam, convicted as an Israeli spy by an Egyptian court 8 years ago - despite consistent and persistent Israeli appeals to President Mubarak that the Druze textiles salesman from the Galilee was not a spy â-ppears to spark


Madrid, 12:07 - CALCIO, STAFF MEDICO REAL MADRID QUERELA LE MONDE

Lo staff medico del Real Madrid ha deciso di querelare il quotidiano francese Le Monde per le dichia...


Mantova, 20:16 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: ALLA RIPRESA DIFFERENZIATO PER TRE

Ripresa degli allenamenti per il Mantova dopo la vittoria di Avellino: il tecnico Tesser ha fatto la...


Two more Palestinians were killed in southern Gaza on Saturday as Israeli troops continued a two-day old invasion that has now claimed the lives of 11 Palestinians.


Microsoft's Novell Settlement Won't Scare Off EU

Microsoft has reached legal settlements with two of its biggest adversaries in the software industry, Novell and the Computer and Communications Industry Association.


After a week of battling raging wildfires that cutoff villages, killed 64 people and burned nearly 500,000 acres of land, fire department officials said Thursday that just one major blaze remained to bring under control.


LOS ANGELES  - The upcoming season of MTV's "Pimp My Ride" will be its last.


NHL Owners Will Lock Out Players in Contract Dispute

National Hockey League owners authorized a lockout of players after the sides failed to agree on a new labor contract, resulting in the league's first work stoppage in 10 years.


Chiesto giudizio per assenza misure idonee a difesa base


World Series added to upcoming Farrelly brothers movie

That really was Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore making out on the field as the Boston Red Sox celebrated their first World Series victory since 1918.


WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A computer crash that forced a pre-election test of electronic voting machines to be postponed was trumpeted by critics as proof of the balloting technology's unreliability...


CPW goes down under Carphone Warehouse has bought Newtel Communicaciones for Â£370,000.â¦


Sudan Govt., South Rebels Pledge Peace by Dec. 31

NAIROBI, Kenya  - The Sudanese government and its  southern rebel opponents signed a pledge Friday to complete an  agreement to end a 21-year-old civil war by December 31.


Francoforte segna -3,13%, Parigi -2,70%, Milano -2,76%


Romania Wrestles with a Plague: Corruption

Horatiu Street is an unlikely place to capture the sense of change in Romania since the execution of the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, 15 years ago next month.


Fran Drescher Speaks for Cancer Screening

Actress Fran Drescher urged cancer screening tests be included as part of standard women's health care during an appearance at Lifetime Television's WomenRock! concert.


Oil hovers above $61 after slump, eyes on OPEC

Oil held above $61 on Tuesday after   rebounding from a six-month low as speculators fear a deepening   fall could prompt OPEC to rein in output.


Nine dead, dozens injured after Australia's deadliest bushfires for 22 years

Australia's deadliest bushfires for 22 years left nine people dead and dozens injured as firefighters fought to control blazes raging in two states and threatening a third.


MPAA's disc dogs are back in U.S. after sniffing out $6 million worth of bootlegged DVDs in Malaysia.


Blog: Toyota Motor Sales reports record June, first half of the year


Ranking the Best Technology for Your Business

Question: We're in the early stages of startup and beginning to shop for technology. We'll need basic hardware and software, plus many other technology and Web-based services to sell online, service customers and keep it all secure.


A far cry from smoke-filled reporters' havens of past

Reporters who tire of searching for real news at New York's Republican National Convention next week -- or who just want a safe haven from their editors -- can look forward to some downtime in a private hideaway just for them.


In Usa e' conduttrice di un popolare talk-show sulla Nbc


As the Supreme Court opens its second term under its new chief justice, here are four things to watch for


Japan's Nikkei average fell for a fifth straight day to hit a one-month closing low on Wednesday as key exporters and techs such as Kyocera Corp. extended losses on renewed caution about the country's economic outlook.


Apple makes top programmes including Lost available to users of its download store.


Advertising: A Company Will Monitor Phone Calls and Devise Ads to Suit

Pudding Media is introducing an Internet phone service that will be supported by advertising related to what people are talking about during their calls.


NEW YORK - In one of the more unusual twists in the current wave of stock options irregularities, cable TV operator Cablevision Systems Corp. said it granted options to an executive after he died.


Floods engulf Indonesian capital, at least 5 killed

At least five people have been killed  in severe floods in Indonesia's capital and surrounding areas  with more than 100,000 left homeless after days of torrential  rain, a disaster official said on Saturday.


Google Desktop Outshines Windows' File-Search Capabilities

Google is famed for its Web search engine, but over the past few years it has acquired a different role: Microsoft's No. 1 foreign aid donor.


Animals living at writer's former home avoid eviction after a legal battle.


With England's team hotel being only a couple of streets from the museum of the world's smallest books, it was perhaps fitting that David Beckham brought his own mini-drama to Katowice.


Speculation of a possible deal between Hudson's Bay Co. and American retailer Target Corp. heated up again as the Canadian icon prepared to release its quarterly results today, but the Bay's largest shareholder downplayed the rumours.


Mark Latham re-elected Australian Labor Party leader

Mark Latham was re-elected leader of the Australian Labor Party, one of Australia's biggest political parties, here Friday. Jenny Macklin was returned to the deputy's position.


Sorry, the Auditor Said, but We Want a Divorce

Top auditing firms, collectively known as the Big Four, said the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has sharply increased the amount of work they must do for clients.


Coldplay and Darkness 'to re-record Band Aid'

The Band Aid song Do They Know It's Christmas? is to be re-recorded featuring Coldplay, The Darkness and Travis, reports say. It is 20 years since Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure recorded the first charity song


Boyfriend charged with murder of pregnant woman

A body believed to be that of Jessie Marie Davis, a pregnant Ohio woman missing for 10 days, was found Saturday. Davis' police officer boyfriend was arrested and charged with two counts of murder, including that of Davis' unborn child, the Stark County Sheriffs office said.


Cagliari, 16:39 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI; GIAMPAOLO: CATANIA ALLA NOSTRA PORTATA

"Il Catania è alla nostra portata, viene da un momento favorevole, ma sono sicuro che noi dis...


Milano, 13:21 - CALCIO, FALSO IN BILANCIO INTER-MILAN: GUP DECIDE 23 GENNAIO

Il gup di Milano Paola Di Lorenzo deciderà il prossimo 23 gennaio se rinviare o meno a giudiz...


Dolansâ Bid to Take Cablevision Private Is Rejected by Shareholders

In the largest rejection of a buyout ever, shareholders blocked the Dolan familyâs two-year, $10.6 billion effort to take Cablevision private.


Ex-Westlife Star McFadden Tops UK Pop Charts

Former Westlife singer Brian McFadden has shot to the peak of the British pop charts with his first solo release since leaving the Irish boy band, the Official UK Charts Company said Sunday.


Flooding caused by heavy rains has killed at least 30 people and damaged thousands of homes in central and eastern Sudan, the government said Wednesday.


Anti-Syrian leader warns of more Lebanon violence

Hundreds of Lebanese mourners pressed on Wednesday to touch the coffin of minister Pierre Gemayel whose assassination, blamed by his allies on Syria, stoked fears of more killings and a surge in factional violence.


The Bush administration signaled differences Tuesday with some of the recommendations of a commission exploring new approaches in Iraq but said there was support for many of the proposals as well.


Comparing notes Principals at Conte, British school take part in exchange

Suburban London and Pittsfield would seem to have little in common, but the principal of a British primary school found similarities after he recently completed a six-week session at Conte Community School.


Brighton, England - Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday he would not apologize for the Iraq war, as he linked the future of Iraq to Britain's national security.


Security is being tightened over the  Bridget Jones film sequel amid reports it is the subject of a $10m bounty.


Ukrainian MPs approve President Viktor Yushchenko's  choice of the colourful Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister.


Russia's foreign minister warns Moscow will stand firm on "red line" issues like missile defence and Kosovo.


Smith's 'Legend' grows with $76.5M debut

For the last man on Earth, Will Smith sure has a lot of friends. The Warner Bros. tale "I Am Legend," starring Smith as a plague survivor who may be the last living human, debuted with $76.5 million, the biggest December opening ever and a personal best for one of Hollywood's top box-office champs, according to studio estimates Sunday.


Two plead guilty, will testify against OJ Simpson

Two defendants in the O.J. Simpson robbery case pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Las Vegas to reduced charges as part of a deal to testify against the former football star and others in the theft of sports memorabilia.


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Model train software spat threatens future of open source

Throws copyrights from the train Analysis A dispute over some open source software used for model railroads resulted in an important decision last week, involving the scope of open source licenses and the remedies available when they are violated.â¦


Shares Rally as Reports of Mergers Raise Expectations

Stocks rallied yesterday after the software maker PeopleSoft accepted Oracle's $10.3 billion sweetened buyout offer and other big deals fueled expectations for more takeovers.


Seemingly taunting Osama bin Laden, President Bush's homeland security adviser said Sunday the fugitive al-Qaida leader is "virtually impotent" beyond his ability to hide away and spread anti-American propaganda.


Udine, 20:19 - CALCIO, UDINESE; POZZO: LA SQUADRA SAPRA' REAGIRE

Dopo la piÃ¹ pesante sconfitta della sua gestione (5-0 con il Napoli), il patron dell'Udinese Giampao...


Computer problem cancels Lufthansa flights

FRANKFURT Lufthansa canceled about 60 European flights and its services around the world were delayed on Thursday after a computer fault in its check-in system, the German airline said.


France's stock market regulator AMF  files complaints against  Vivendi and two of its top executives as it investigates a bond sale.


Polish parliament votes for early election

Poland's parliament voted on Friday to  cut short its term and hold an election two years early that  will pit the conservative ruling Kaczynski brothers against a  centre-right pro-business opposition party.


By Tony Rizzo, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Jun. 16--The Missouri Highway Patrol is sifting through 178 names provided by MySpace to determine how many are among the state's registered sex offenders.


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Carlyle to buy Manor Care for $4.9 billion

Manor Care Inc. , the largest U.S. owner of nursing homes, on Monday said it agreed to be acquired by Carlyle Group for $4.9 billion, the latest health-care provider taken off the public market by a private equity buyer.


Apple seen linking movie downloads to TV

When Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O   introduced the iPod digital music player and companion iTunes   music software, it created a legitimate market for music   downloads and solved a problem vexing the technology industry.


Irish PM Bertie Ahern faces more pressure after saying he took Â£8,000 for a speaking event 12 years ago.


Potchefstroom - The English cricket captain, Michael Vaughan, says he hopes the defeat against South Africa A will act as a wake-up call for his team before the start of the first Test in Port Elizabeth on Friday.


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A fourth independent director for the software company took the stand Friday.


Adds secure enterprise apps to the acceleration list Riverbed is the latest WAN optimiser to add SSL capabilities, with a version of its RiOS operating system that lets its Steelhead appliances look into and accelerate SSL traffic. Riverbed said the addition was essential given the number of mission critical Web-enabled enterprise apps which now use SSL for security.â¦


Oilfield services company Halliburton Co  on Monday said its fourth-quarter net profit rose 5 percent, helped by growth in the its Eastern Hemisphere business and a lower tax rate.


Paceman Zaheer Khan has hit back for India, taking the key wicket of Australia's prolific opener Matthew Hayden two overs after lunch on day three of the third Test in Nagpur.


Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee traded jokes with Jay Leno and played bass guitar with the "Tonight Show" band on Wednesday, the eve of the Iowa caucuses he hopes to win.


Microsoft Corp.'s five-year legal battle in Europe moves into a public courtroom for the first time as the software giant tries to get the European Union's landmark antitrust ruling against it lifted.


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A federal judge yesterday threatened sanctions against MCI Inc. for apparently violating a court order requiring approval of expenditures for lawyers and consultants while it was in bankruptcy protection.


As Bush's choice for new Secretary of Defense  gets ready to face Senate hearings, he can be sure of one thing: It will be a lot easier than 15 years ago


Elliot Smith CD Released Year After Death

PORTLAND, Ore. - It's been almost a year since singer-songwriter Elliott Smith committed suicide, and fans and friends will be looking for answers as the posthumous "From a Basement on the Hill" is released...


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Bush sees progress toward peaceful Iran solution

President George W. Bush said on Wednesday he believed progress was being made in the effort to peacefully resolve the dispute over Iran's nuclear program and direct talks between Washington and Tehran were unlikely to help.


Italy's Prodi wins crunch budget vote in Senate

ROME - Prime Minister Romano Prodi won a crucial confidence vote in parliament on Friday over an unpopular budget which he describes as a bitter medicine that Italy has to ...Comment


Samuel Etoâo tapped home from Ludovic Giuly on 36 minutes as Barcelona moved six points clear in Spain with a 2-1 defeat of visiting Deportivo la CoruÃ±a.


6 milioni e 621mila spettatori contro i 4 di 'Codice rosso'


Gunmen Kidnap Two Americans, Briton in Baghdad

Gunmen snatched two Americans and a  Briton from a house in central Baghdad on Thursday, the latest  in a wave of abductions of foreigners in Iraq.


OTTAWA --Canada is under pressure over the case of an Al Qaeda suspect who relatives say was tricked by Canadian agents into going to the United States, where he faces five terrorism-related charges.


Tony Blair and General Pervez Musharraf agree action must be taken to tackle the causes of international terror.


Natural gas modestly lower after weekly US data

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Crude-oil futures fell under $52 for the first time in more than two weeks Thursday, reflecting concerns that China's first interest-rate hike in nine years will ease energy demand.


Wall Street seen easing slightly; inflation eyed

Stocks on Wall Street are expected to  open a touch lower on Wednesday as investors await latest  inflation data, with little on the earnings calendar.


Publicist Max Clifford agrees to settle a libel action made by Neil and Christine Hamilton over a false rape allegation.


Thai elections slated for next month will be postponed, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has said,  confirming a delay in polls intended to end months of political deadlock.


Si tratta di Ayad Anwer Wali, iracheno residente a Castelfranco Veneto dal 1980. Morto anche un turco. Â«Erano due spieÂ», dice il commando terrorista nel video recapitato all'agenzia AFP. Sono stati stati


Movie flop Xanadu finds better reviews on Broadway stage

Xanadu was a box office flop blamed by some critics for turning Hollywood off musicals for more than a decade, but the 1980 film has found a new home and better reviews on Broadway.


Roma, 19:07 - CICLISMO, UCI: MANCANO PRESUPPOSTI PER RIDURRE PENA A BASSO

In una lettera a firma del suo responsabile antidoping Leon Schattenberg, l'Uci comunica  al preside...


Centro Studi Confindustria, a giugno +4,5%


Negotiators came away with what looks to be a landmark agreement on North Korea's nuclear program. But some of the most pressing questions remain unanswered


The first S$700 million ($457  million) phase of Singapore's massive underground oil storage  project will be completed in four years, a government minister  said on Thursday, two years later than initially planned.


"Halloween" pulls neat trick at box office

Michael Myers sliced and  diced his way to the top of the heap at the Labor Day Holiday  weekend box office in North America, as director Rob Zombie's  "Halloween" update earned $30.59 million during its first four  days, according to final data issued Tuesday.


The British government warned Wednesday that terrorists may be in the final stages of planning attacks in the central Philippines, where Asian leaders are meeting next week.


Berlusconi: punito il ceto medio.Fassino: nessun statalismo


Paris Hilton, Bebo website top Google searches in 2006

Celebrity bad-girl Paris Hilton and social networking website Bebo were the hottest topics on Google in 2006, the superstar online search engine revealed.


UK manufacturing orders hit their highest level in 12 years in February, according to the CBI.


Bank of England holds interest rate at 5.50 percent

The Bank of England held its key interest rate at 5.50 percent, the highest level for six years, the central bank announced on Thursday.


Il candidato di destra ha raccolto quasi il 61% dei voti


G-7 meeting focusing on currency, energy

The finance ministers and central bankers of the world's seven wealthiest countries get down to details Saturday as they meet with their counterparts from the world's fastest growing economies.


Rebit: this is your grandmother's data backup

Simplicity has a price Time Machine for OSX has got the Apple platform's fuss-less data backup covered quite nicely. But where can a technical nincompoop turn for brainless Windows backup?â¦


Handspan waist, never-ending legs and a towering persona. But the fashion fraternity didn't think Shilpa Shetty was model material.


The city's top watchdog agency has criticized the Fire Department for awarding promotions to firefighters who purchased bogus college degrees on the Internet.


Study says blood donations may help donors' health

Blood donations may help keep the body's circulatory system healthy by reducing stores of iron, but the effect may not work for older people, a U.S. study suggested on Tuesday.


An independent inquiry has concluded thousands of Gulf War veterans were made ill by their service.


Tehran rejects 'unbalanced' European demands over nuclear standoff

Iran on Sunday rejected European demands that it halt all uranium enrichment activities and described a proposal aimed at ending Tehran's nuclear standoff with the international community as "unbalanced.


Buses defy rebel blockade of Nepal's capital

KATMANDU, Nepal  - A heavily guarded convoy of six buses snaked its way out of Nepal's capital Thursday, the first vehicles to defy Maoist rebels who blockaded Katmandu this week with threats alone and without setting up a single roadblock.


Steady Fed may send stocks to 2006 highs

Stocks could rally back up to their   highs of the year this week if the Federal Reserve shows Wall   Street that its decision to keep interest rates on hold last   month was not just a one-off.


Karzai declared winner of Afghan election

US-backed Hamid Karzai has been officially declared the winner of Afghanistan's first presidential election. Wednesday's announcement came almost a month after eight million Afghans defied threats of violence to vote in the elections.


Agent is First to Talk in House Probe of Performance-Enhancing Drugs

A sports agent who acted as  a liaison between Roger Clemens and his former personal trainer Brian McNamee gave a statement to investigators for a House committee looking into performance-enhancing drugs in baseball.


A man is facing jail after admitting possessing stolen photos of pop star Will Young.


Tonga's King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, one of the world's longest reigning monarchs, dies in New Zealand.


Istanbul, 13:50 - F1, GP TURCHIA: NELLE QUALIFICHE ELIMINATE HONDA E RED BULL

Jenson Button e Rubens Barrichello (tutti e due su Honda), Anthony Davidson (Super Aguri), Mark Webb...


The brother of Ken Bigley says he has new information the British hostage is alive and appeals to Tony Blair to help.


NBC, Wimbledon Agree to 4-Year Extension

WIMBLEDON, England -- Wimbledon will stay on NBC through 2011 after the network and the All England Club agreed to a four-year contract extension.


Pakistan detains hundreds ahead of ex-PM's return

Pakistani authorities tightened security at Islamabad's airport and have detained more than 2,000 supporters of exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his party said on Sunday, the eve of his planned return.


Much of the nation was clear Sunday, except for pockets of precipitation in Texas, the Carolinas, Florida and parts of California.


Share price falls erode income drawdown plans

When stock markets fall, one of the biggest triggers of panic for private investors is the thought that their retirement savings are being chipped away before their eyes.


Gaza reporter's family urges captors not to harm him

The family and colleagues of Alan Johnston, a BBC reporter kidnapped by Islamists in Gaza, urged his captors on Monday not to harm him after he appeared in a video wearing what he said was an explosive belt.


Iran Says Still Wants to Revise EU Nuclear Deal

Iran said Saturday it still wanted to revise a nuclear agreement with the EU, contradicting Western diplomats who said Tehran had dropped demands for a partial exemption to allay fears it is seeking nuclear arms.


Germany's sputtering economy shrank in the final quarter of 2004, the latest government figures show.


New Jersey on Friday became the first state to require flu shots for preschoolers, saying their developing immune systems and likelihood of spreading germs make them as vulnerable to complications as the elderly.


Japan, China to discuss fence-mending summit talks

Top diplomats from Japan and China were   set to kick off a fresh round of talks on Monday on whether   their leaders could move ahead with an ice-breaking summit   meeting soon.


LE ROY, Ill. -- This expanse of central Illinois is flat as a pancake, with corn and soybean fields stretching to the horizon, interrupted only by a smattering of small towns.


Symantec Rolls Out Internet Security 2008

The growing problem of identity theft is a key focus of the 2008 versions of Symantec's Norton Internet Security and Antivirus programs, released on Tuesday. The Cupertino, California-based company said that the packages, designed for Windows XP and Windows Vista, feature enhanced protection against identity theft and other online security threats.


NEW YORK -- Sacramento Kings coach Eric Musselman was suspended two games without pay by the NBA on Thursday for driving under the influence.


BERLIN Romania's incoming center-right government was forced to reshuffle its proposed cabinet Tuesday just hours before a successful parliamentary confidence vote after one of its key nominees was judged too inexperienced to hold the post of European


Genova, 23:31 - CALCIO, SAMP; MAZZARRI: MONTELLA UN ESEMPIO

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The Iraq war, once the key issue in the presidential election, is taking a back seat to the economy as voters fret over a possible recession and consider the improving security situation in Baghdad.


Sergio Garcia justified his position as pre-tournament favourite, and perhaps even his decision to turn down the chance of Â£1million, with victory in the Mallorca Classic today.


SAP admits 'inappropriate downloads' from Oracle

Downloads of Oracle files by SAP subsidiary "unacceptable," CEO Kagerman declares. Justice Department also investigating.


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Shooting Near Palace as Powell Visits Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti  - Gunfire erupted near  Haiti's National Palace on Wednesday as Secretary of State  Colin Powell met with government officials but no one inside  the palace grounds was hurt, witnesses said.


Clusty search optimizes sites for mobile

(InfoWorld) - A little-known search engine has optimized its offering for mobile devices, joining an increasingly crowded market of services targeting cell phone users. Clusty's mobile service returns search results for mobile users much like it does on computers, but once users click on a search result, they can see the difference. Clusty optimizes Web sites for mobile phones, displaying pages to fit in the small screen of the phone and stripping out images that wouldn't look good on a mobile, said Raul Valdes-Perez, CEO of Vivisimo, the company that runs Clusty. The Web sites are filtered through Clusty servers, where software does the optimization before displaying them on the phone, he said. The process is reminiscent of one that Opera Software ASA uses with its Opera Mini browser. The Opera Mini browser works in conjunction with Opera's backend servers that strip down sites for better viewing on mobile devices. Like Clusty's PC search, its mobile search displays categories of search returns in addition to regular results. A search for Seattle, for example, returns such categoriesÂ as arts, real estate, University of Washington, and Puget Sound. Each category contains different relevant sites. The mobile Clusty has an additional feature as well. At the bottom of the page, users will see refined queries, which are related queries that users can choose to click on rather than having to type in another search. In the Seattle example, the refined search terms included City of Seattle, Seattle Mariners, and Seattle University. Clicking on one of those terms will return results as if the term were typed in the search box. Clusty joins a variety of companies in the mobile search market. The big names in computer-based search, such as Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL, and Ask.com, all offer mobile search services. In addition, companies like Medio Systems, InfoSpace, and JumpTap develop technologies that can be used by other companies, such as mobile operators, to offer self-branded mobile search. Clusty search works by combining search results of other services and also crawling parts of the Web itself. Clusty's creator, Vivisimo, also provides search services for government agencies, including the U.S. National Library of Medicine, as well as enterprises. It recently introduced technology that lets users of BlackBerrys and PDAs search corporate intranets.


Schwab to pay deposed CEO $10 million in cash plus stock

SAN FRANCISCO Slumping stock brokerage Charles Schwab has promised to pay ten (m) million dollars in cash to recently ousted chief executive David Pottruck.


Kiruna, a mining town in north Sweden, has been invaded by thousands of rats thought to have crossed the border from Norway with garbage shipments for the local recycling centre, officials say.


FRANKFURT, Germany -- DaimlerChrysler AG said Tuesday that its supervisory board approved a partnership with China's Chery Motor Co. to build small, economical cars for North America and western Europe.


British Lab Scraps Experimental Anti-AIDS Gel

An experimental gel designed to prevent  men and women from being infected with the virus that causes  AIDS has been dropped by the British biotechnology firm  developing it.


Florida candidate calls for bipartisanship

The nation's leaders need to put aside partisan labels to help Florida recover from the devastation of three major hurricanes during the past month, Democratic Senate candidate Betty Castor said Saturday.


Barry Virkler tosses an apple while sorting Cortland apples before they are put in cold storage at North Star Orchards Tuesday, Sept.


Hurricane Jeanne could threaten the US as early as this weekend, forecasters said Wednesday - but Jeanne's track is far from certain.


McCain takes early lead in South Carolina: poll

Republican John McCain holds a 6-point lead over rival Mike Huckabee in South Carolina three days before the state's crucial presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.


Afghan police are investigating a suicide grenade attack in the center of of Kabul that injured seven people, including three international peacekeepers.


Fifa accused of prejudice against African national teams

Sport: Football's governing body sets precedent by ordering two Mali stars to play for their Spanish clubs instead.


U.S. Government, Firms Vie for Scarce Mideast Skills

A U.S. government quest for Middle  East linguists for the "war on terror" is failing to find  enough recruits because of competition from private sector  firms paying much more money for the same scarce skills.


Woods holds off Furyk to storm six ahead

THOUSAND OAKS, California  - Tiger Woods, hunting his eighth victory of the year, overcame two early bogeys and a few swing problems to stretch his lead to six shots in the Target World Challenge third round on Saturday.


Astronaut Breaks Female Spacewalk Record

By Mike Schneider  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams has now spent more time spacewalking than any other woman, setting the record on Sunday as she and a crew mate upgraded the international space station's cooling system.


Shares of Comcast Corp. CMCSA.O rose  2 percent before the bell on Wednesday after the largest U.S.  cable operator posted a quarterly profit below Wall Street  estimates but reported better-than-expected gains in high-speed  Internet customers.


Catania, 16:36 - CALCIO, CATANIA; MARINO: PERIODO IN CUI NON CI GIRA BENE

Seduta di rifinitura mattutina sotto la pioggia per il Catania, impegnato domani a Torino. Marino ha...


US crude prices fall back from Thursday's $53-a-barrel high overnight in Asia, but concerns over tight supplies persist.


Pension costs have caused the country's second-biggest water utility Severn Trent to post a 6.5-percent fall in first-half profit, though the earnings have been overshadowed


This suicide season ended grimly, as we all knew it would, with blame enough for everyone.


Israelis, Arabs Meeting to Shore Up Abbas

CAIRO, June 24 -- Israel and its Arab neighbors readied for a summit Monday to explore restarting  the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in an attempt to shore up the emergency government of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.


Balasore: 'Dhanush', the indigenously developed short-range ballistic missile, was test fired from the Bay of Bengal off the Orissa coast today, defence sources said.


Russian protesters block main road in Putin hometown

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia  - At least 2,000 Russian protesters broke through police lines and blocked St Petersburg's main thoroughfare on Saturday, in an unusually bold show of opposition to the Kremlin.


Despatie first in men's springboard preliminaries

Athens - Canadian diver Alexandre Despatie was first and teammate Philippe Comtois was 12th in the preliminary session of the men's three-metre springboard Monday at the Olympic Games.


Legendary music mogul Clive Davis has some advice for music retailers looking to persuade music fans to return to traditional record shops: Make shopping more fun.


Missouri minister struggles with recent murder

The Reverend Harold Hamon says he probably was addressing Christmas cards Thursday when his neighbor was being strangled and her fetus cut from her body.


The death of a fourth Black Watch soldier in Iraq has made the troops more determined to complete their mission, a spokesman says.


An Indian-born couple appear in court charged with keeping two Indonesian women as slaves in their US home.


New York Times quarterly profit and revenue rise

The New York Times Co  reported higher profit and revenue on Tuesday because of a rise in national advertising and circulation revenue, a contrast to a downbeat earnings season for U.S. newspaper publishers.


US presidential hopeful Barack Obama uses humour in an attempt to portray Hillary Clinton as disingenuous.


Russia says relations with the UK have not been damaged by the Alexander Litvinenko case.


Texas Challenger Links Opponent to Rather

WASHINGTON Sept. 24, 2004 - A Texas congressional candidate has launched a television campaign ad linking his opponent to beleaguered CBS news anchor Dan Rather.


Immigrant ID cards and border checks slip towards 2009

Byrne's 'challenging targets' challenge belief Immigration minister Liam Byrne has concealed what looks like further ID card slippage and set himself a remarkably unchallenging series of immigration and border control targets in a "ten point plan" for 2008. Humorously described by the Home Office as "challenging", the plan consists largely of low targets, targets already achieved, and harder targets lobbed off into the middle distance.â¦


Nearly 400 profit warnings were issued by UK listed firms in 2007, including retailers and leisure companies.


Court strikes down Pennsylvania porn law

update A federal court has struck down a Pennsylvania law that blocks access to Web sites labeled as child pornography, claiming that the rule violated the First Amendment.


Hutchison Whampoa Unit Expects To Raise Up to 1.13 Billion in IPO

The price range for the shares is for institutional clients and excludes brokerage fees. It values Hutchison Telecom at between US$3.


Calling the playing time Eli Manning is getting a "priceless" experience but one that "does not come without pain," Tom Coughlin said again yesterday the struggling quarterback will be the team's starter for the remainder of the season.


There was high drama at Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan's residence here on Wednesday as bomb squad officials searched the place after a tip-off but did not find any explosives.


Ruka Puff has a big ol' belly and he's not afraid to shake it. His hair in braids with an undone row rising straight from the top of his head like a mohawk, Ruka Puff and two backup rappers recently let loose a furious performance — on a small stage with a stained carpet at the back of a record store.


Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa finish first and second at Magny-Cours to end Lewis Hamilton's run of victories.


US Embassy targeted by Azerbaijan terror

The U.S. and British embassies suspended operations Monday in Baku, where the government said it thwarted a radical Islamic group's plot to conduct a "large-scale horrifying terror attack" against diplomatic missions and government buildings.


Software application is intended to help the visually impaired make full use of their cell phones.


Furor in Africa Over Drug for Women With HIV

A series of articles critical of past trials of an important AIDS drug has created a furor in Africa, causing many public health experts to worry that some countries will stop using


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Foreign policy tops British voter concerns, thanks to Iraq, terrorism

The Iraq war and war on terror have helped push foreign policy to the top of voters' concerns, ahead of traditional election issues like unemployment and health services, according to a poll published by the Financial Times (FT).


Google, 5 big libraries team to offer books

Google Inc. has partnered with five of the world's leading libraries, including those at Stanford and Harvard, to digitally scan their collections so that the books can be searched, and in many cases read, online free of charge.


Ivory Coast Summit Backs U.N. Arms Embargo

A summit of West African leaders to  address renewed fighting in Ivory Coast gave its backing to a  proposed United Nations arms embargo on both sides of the  conflict, a communique said on Sunday.


Cats not only can catch the deadly bird flu but can spread it to other felines, Dutch researchers said in a report Thursday that raises important questions about the pets' role in outbreaks.    So far, cats have not been implicated in the spread of avian flu to people, said Dr...


HP's redwood property to be a state park

Blog: Hewlett-Packard is selling the long-time employee getaway spot to two non-profits, which will work the the California state government to operate the land as a state park.


Barbaro may be buried at Churchill Downs

Barbaro's final resting place could be just a few hundred yards from the scene of his greatest triumph in the Kentucky Derby.


By Susan Williams, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.  Sep. 16--FAYETTEVILLE -- With the addition of nearly four acres, the Paint Creek Nature Trail got a big boost during Friday's Fayette County Commission meeting.


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Coca-Cola's main Russian bottling distributor has removed religious images from its drinks refrigerators after a group of Russian Orthodox believers accused it of blasphemy, a spokeswoman for the firm said on Thursday.


Lavoro Minorile: nuova ricerca con particolare riferimento ai minori migranti Roma (Agenzia Fides) - Alla vigilia della Giornata Internazionale per i Diritti Umani dei Lavoratori Migranti e delle loro Famiglie, Ires Cgil e Save the Children annunciano il nuovo Rapporto ÂMinori al lavoro, il caso dei minori migrantiÂ, (edizioni...


N. Korean Nukes After S. Korea Takes Charge of Talks

President Roh Moo-hyun and US President George W. Bush agreed to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue in a peaceful and diplomatic way within the framework of the six-party talks.


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EVERYONE'S favourite elephant is the star of the latest fabulous shows in out Ultimate Kids' DVD Collection.   Since we launched this great offer last Saturday, we've given away nine fun-filled DVDs and there are still five to come.


Test Confirms Anthony Not Father of Child

A third paternity test confirmed that Marc Anthony did not father a child with a Cuban dancer as she has claimed, the singer's attorney said Monday.


UN: Myanmar allows visit by rights chief

Myanmar's government has agreed to a visit by the U.N.'s human rights investigator, who has been barred from entering the military-ruled country since 2003, the United Nations said Monday.


Firebrand uprising leader Marwan Barghouthi has decided to run for Palestinian President from his Israeli jail cell, says an official of his Fatah faction.


The UN sends experts to study Lebanon's environment following the conflict with Israel.


Can the "wisdom of crowds" predict the big 2008 tour?

Blog: The Police reunion was the surprise of early 2007, and Van Halen with original singer David Lee Roth will close out the year. Can the hive mind predict the big tour of 2008?


Stevie Wonder, right, will perform at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival after an absence of 35 years, The Associated Press reported. On May 2 Mr. Wonder is scheduled to headline the second weekend of this yearâs event, along with Billy Joel, Sheryl Crow and Tim McGraw. The festival will be held from April 25 to April 27, and from May 1 to May 4. Headlining the festivalâs opening day are Ms. Crow, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. Also scheduled to perform are Dr. John, Al Green, Elvis Costello and Allen Toussaint. Performers on the second weekend include Randy Newman, Widespread Panic, Aaron Neville and Santana. The event, with more than 1,000 musicians, is held at a racetrack where 11 stages and tents are set up. This year features a particularly strong lineup of female jazz singers, including Patti Austin, Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, Diana Krall and Ruby Wilson.


Rani plays prostitute in Laaga Chunari Mein Daag

Looks like Rani Mukerjee has taken the portrayal of bitter reality in films very seriously.


It might have been a waste of time for most involved but Nathan Astle appreciated his "long net" against the United States in the ICC Champions Trophy opener.


RUUD van Nistelrooy scored all four for United in this Champions League game at Old Trafford today. Three poacher's strikes and a coolly executed penalty took the Dutch striker's tally of European goals for United to a phenomenal 35 in 36 matches.


Bush Defends Rumsfeld As 'A Caring Fellow'

Accused of being insensitive to U.S. soldiers in Iraq and their families, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld received a fresh endorsement Monday from President Bush, who called him "a caring fellow."


"We are convinced that openness will expand the blade-server marketplace and bring more people on board with these types of servers," says Tim Dougherty, director of BladeCenter marketing at IBM.


Marlins end Red Sox winning streak at 12

One of Boston's long streaks survived. Dontrelle Willis and the Florida Marlins ensured the Red Sox streak of greater importance did not.


Syracuse athletic director Jake Crouthamel will retire at the end of June, ending a career during which he was instrumental in the formation of the Big East Conference and the building of the Carrier Dome.


Infineon to pay $160 million fine for DRAM price-fixing

Infineon Technologies AG, a German manufacturer of DRAM (dynamic RAM) has agreed to plead guilty and pay a US$160 million fine for attempting to fix prices in the DRAM market, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Wednesday.


Reinventing Date Night for Long-Married Couples

Brain and behavior researchers say many couples are going about date night all wrong.


Avian flu pandemic likely unless more efforts taken, WHO chief ...

A top World Health Organization official warned Saturday of a likely global pandemic of avian flu unless tougher efforts are made to combat the virus's spread and improve sanitation in the poultry industry.


Oracle fixes critical flaws in quarterly update

Oracle has released 26 fixes across its product line in its latest critical patch update, nine of which repair flaws that are remotely exploitable.In an advisory listing the problems, Oracle advised administrators to patch their machines as quickly as possible.Five of the six vulnerabilities in Oracle's Application Server can be exploited over a network without the need for a username or password, the company said.The same danger applies to three of seven vulnerabilities in the E-Business Suite and Applications and one of four problems in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools, Oracle said.In other products, the update includes one patch for Oracle's Collaboration Suite and eight for various Database products.Oracle fixed a total of 51 vulnerabilities in its last critical patch update in October.


Oil prices fell again on Tuesday, taking  U.S. crude below $53 a barrel, on signs that high energy costs  are slowing the economic growth that has fueled this year's  sharp increase in world oil consumption.


As the White House starts making over its economic team and firms up a daring domestic agenda, initial signs from Capitol Hill are mixed.


Activists backing plans for congestion charging in Edinburgh seek to harness support as the ballot nears.


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Suicide bombing kills 10 in Russia: 200 school children among ...

More than a dozen attackers bearing guns and reportedly wrapped in suicide-bomb belts seized an elementary school in the Russian region of North Ossetia Wednesday morning and were holding hundreds of hostages including some 200 children.


Japan defense minister quits over A-bomb remark

Japan's defense minister resigned on Tuesday over remarks that appeared to accept the 1945 atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe quickly tapped a woman for the post to try to quell the furor ahead of an election this month.


Arsene Wenger feels that Arsenal have recovered their sense of belief after yesterday's 1-0 win at Portsmouth. The Gunners manager watched on as his side dug deep to earn a hard-fought win at Fratton Park, with


WAILEA, Maui » "Open Water" filmmaker Chris Kentis' criteria for his two stars, Blanchard Ryan and Daniel Travis, was not negotiable: nudity, swimming with sharks, and being away from home for a very long time.


A giant rodent thought to be new to science is discovered in a remote mountainous area of Indonesia.


Jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson dies aged 82, according to Canadian media reports.


Gunmen free Pakistani school children and surrender

Gunmen who took up to 250 Pakistani school children hostage on Monday in a northwestern town freed them all and surrendered to tribal elders, a government spokesman said.


US Chief Justice Rehnquist Has Thyroid Cancer

William H. Rehnquist, the US chief justice since 1986, is suffering from thyroid cancer, a Supreme Court spokesman said. Rehnquist, 80, ``was admitted to Bethesda Naval Hospital on Friday, Oct.


Golf: Englishman Neil Cheetham leads by one in Mpumalanga

England's Neil Cheetham leads by one shot going into the final round of the Dunhill Classic at Leopard Creek after a solid 69 on Saturday.


Volunteers Remove Shopping Carts From River Behind Plaza

By Elizabeth Martin, Eagle Times, Claremont, N.H.  Dec. 10--SPRINGFIELD -- With waders, a kayak, grappling hooks and  determination, seven volunteers went fishing for shopping carts Saturday.  Fifteen carts had been polluting the Black River in Springfield behind the  shopping plaza.


N. Korea Boasts About Nukes, Nixes Talks

North Korea boasted publicly for the first time Thursday that it has nuclear weapons and said it will stay away from disarmament talks, dramatically raising the stakes in the 2-year-old dispute. The Bush administration called on Pyongyang to give up its atomic aspirations so life can be better for its impoverished people.


Santana is unanimous choice for AL Cy Young

Johan Santana of the Minnesota Twins was the unanimous choice for the American League Cy Young Award on Thursday. He was rewarded for a stellar second half that helped the Twins win their third consecutive division title.


Oil extends bounce as Iran set to defy U.N. deadline

Oil prices rose more than half a   percent on Thursday as Iran looked set to defy the United   Nations' deadline for halting nuclear enrichment, raising the   risk of sanctions against the world's fourth-biggest exporter.


Babies who are breast fed may end up with a higher IQ but that is not the reason why, a study suggests.


Dutch Maker of Chemicals Reports Drop in Earnings

The company also said its merger and acquisition plans, including the shedding of its health unit and the purchase of the paint giant Imperial Chemicals Industries, were on track.


One week before the presidential election, Democratic Sen. John Kerry waged a two-front war on his opponentâs security policies, arguing President George Bush has failed to adequately protect America both at home and overseas.