Ex-US footballer OJ Simpson is bailed after appearing in court over an alleged armed robbery in Las Vegas.


Car to driver: Please replace my fuel pump

Imagine your car warning you of an icy   road ahead, reading aloud the text messages arriving on your   phone and sending you an e-mail that your fuel pump needs   replacing soon.


Image gallery: Migrating your stuff from Windows to Linux

Here's how to take your documents, bookmarks, preferences and system settings along when you switch from Windows to Linux.


Jaguar, Land Rover win would be another coup for India's Tata

If India's Tata Group drives off with US auto giant Ford's iconic British brands Jaguar and Land Rover, it would be another feather in its cap after buying European steelmaker Corus earlier this year.


Appeals court revives Oracle shareholder case

NEW YORK - While Oracle Corp. awaits a judge's decision on whether it can continue in its quest to acquire PeopleSoft Inc., the company faced a setback in an unrelated case. An appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a three-year-old shareholder lawsuit charging Oracle and several of its top executives with misleading investors about Oracle's performance may proceed, overturning a lower court's dismissal.


GONAIVES, Haiti - The death toll from a tropical storm that devastated parts of Haiti rose to 573 late Monday as search crews recovered hundreds of bodies carried away by raging weekend floods or buried by mud or the ruins of their homes, officials said.    The bodies of at least 500 people killed by Tropical Storm Jeanne were filling morgues in Gonaives, according to Touissant Kong-Doudou, a spokesman for the U.N...


Shadow War in Iraq Escalates in Intensity

BAGHDAD -- Private security companies, funded by billions of dollars in U.S. military and State Department contracts, are fighting insurgents on a widening scale in Iraq, enduring daily attacks, returning fire and taking hundreds of casualties that have been underreported and sometimes concealed,...


Women who work are healthier than women who don't have jobs, suggests a study presented this week at the American Sociological Association meeting in San Francisco.


It looks like the social-networking world has moved on from Google's yet-to-launch developer initiative, but top engineers and partners say give it time.


Figures show Japan's trade surplus grew again in October but analysts warned of a tougher environment ahead.


GRAND FORKS, N.D. - Authorities are looking for a missing 6-foot-tall fork. It is one of about 50 in an "Unforkettable" collection scattered around the city.


I reparti sono stati schierati nella zona di Botatung


27,4 mld per bolletta petrolifera (+5 mld), pesa crisi gas


Infant hominid, Selam, helps probe into dawn of humanity

Palaeontologists, reporting an extraordinarily rare fossil find, say they have uncovered a nearly complete skeleton of a hominid child who lived at a key stage in primate evolution more than three million years ago.


Sharon angers settlers by refusing to negotiate

As some Palestinians returned to their Gaza homes to survey the damage after a deadly incursion, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon tried to win support for his withdrawal plan from angry Jewish settlers.


Pupils Go Down on the Farm for Safety Lesson

Dozens of schoolchildren went down on the farm yesterday to help launch a new campaign aimed at improving safety in the Northumberland countryside.


Catania, 19:22 - CALCIO, CATANIA: LE RISERVE BATTONO I TITOLARI 3-0

Mascara scatenato nella galoppata amichevole che i titolari del Catania hanno perso con le riserve. ...


Serkan Ozkayaâs most recent scrivener project grew out of a fascination with the interplay between the idea of the original and the copy in an ever more mass-produced postmodern world.


At his first conference speech David Cameron is expected to resist calls for more detailed policies.


Opposition supporters in Kenya will again try hold a rally in Nairobi, after police stopped Thursday's attempt.


European Union foreign policy chief   Javier Solana said on Thursday he had failed to reach a deal   with the chief Iranian negotiator on Tehran's nuclear   ambitions, but said they would hold another round of talks   soon.


HP Sought Director Records in Leak Probe

NEW YORK -- Investigators for Hewlett-Packard Co. sought private telephone records of board members while hunting for leaks to the media of confidential company information, the computer maker said in a regulatory filing Wednesday.


Wenger hails Arsenal's spirit post Thierry

Arsene Wenger declared his Arsenal team better equipped to win the Champions League than at any time in the last two years following a "near perfect" start to the group stage.


Pinochet Placed Under House Arrest in Rights Case

Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was placed under house arrest Wednesday after the country's top court ruled that murder and kidnapping charges against him can move forward.


At least five people die at a construction site Azerbaijan's capital Baku, as a 14-storey building collapses.


An elderly woman and her pregnant daughter are rescued after their home in Cushendall flooded.


Report: Dana Plato Wrongful Death Suit Filed

Seven years after Dana Plato's death, a new legal battle is being   waged among her survivors.


Crude Oil Little Changed After Rising on Heating Oil Concern

Crude oil futures were little changed after rising yesterday as a decline in US heating oil supplies raised concern about shortages this winter, which is expected to be colder than normal.


Nine NHS Trusts admit losing patients' details in the latest missing data crisis to strike the government.


Smooth your road to wealth with a little negative correlation.


Fraud, not incompetence, to blame for Nortel's accounting fiasco

SEC charges four execs The SEC today threw the book at four former Nortel execs for cooking the books. Frank Dunn, ex-CFO and CEO at the Canadian telecoms equipment maker, Douglas Beatty, ex-controller and CFO, Michael Gollogy, ex-controller, and MaryAnne Pahaphil, ex-assistant controller, are accused of manipulating secret cash reserves and recognizing revenues earlier than they should have done to meet Wall Street expectations and to line their own pockets.â¦


Apple price target boost gives struggling Dow a late fillip

US STOCKS rose yesterday as a higher price target for the shares of Apple Computer generated enthusiasm for technology stocks and investors waved off worry about a decline in the dollar.


MIDDLETOWN, Conn. -- A 41-year-old local man has accepted a plea agreement in the beating death of his girlfriend's stepfather.


The Defense Ministry remains anti-Scientology, but the government's film fund will give Cruise's production $6 million


The undead take Manhattan at Zombiecon '07

A visual recap of the annual pre-Halloween zombie flash mob.


Rieti, anziano deceduto dopo sette ore di attesa


Sun to release ODF translator for Microsoft Office

StarOffice plug-in for Office 2003 translates Word and ODF Writer files; spreadsheet, presentation translators set for April.


Osservatorio da' via libera a Empoli, Bologna e Lecce


Mozilla's Firefox browser continues to gain market share.  However, the launch of Internet Explorer 7 by Microsoft may have acted to temper some of the alternative browser's gains.


The president of Spain's Canary Islands made a desperate appeal Tuesday for more help from European leaders to halt a record-breaking wave of poor Africans seeking to reach his archipelago to gain a toehold in Europe.


Hollywood to Help NASA Catch Space Probe

In a meeting of the cinematic with the scientific, Hollywood helicopter stunt pilots will try to snatch a returning NASA space probe out of the air before it hits the ground.


UN says security worsening in Darfur, relief work hampered

GENEVA : Humanitarian organisations expressed alarm over worsening security in Sudan's conflict-wracked Darfur region, where the UN refugee agency has been forced to cancel several missions.


A double suicide car bomb attack has devastated a police station just outside Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, killing seven people and wounding 57 in the latest strike against Iraq's beleaguered security forces.


Benazir Bhutto's party challenged official versions of the opposition leader's assassination and accused Pakistan's government on Saturday of trying to cover up failures just days before planned elections.


House panel votes to boost domestic security

The United States would spend more  to combat illegal immigration and prepare for terrorist and  weather-related disasters under legislation approved on Tuesday  by a House of Representatives panel that ignores a White House  veto threat.


Experts weigh giving up on killing polio

Nearly 20 years ago, the World Health Organization and its partners launched an ambitious program to eradicate polio by the end of the millennium. That deadline passed and another was missed in 2005 — and polio still strikes about 2,000 people a year, mostly children.


The American Civil Liberties Union asked a federal judge on Monday to block the March 4 presidential primary in Ohio's biggest county if it switches to a paper ballot system that doesn't allow voters to correct errors.


Afghan Vote Count Stalled, Karzai Rival Ends Boycott

A top rival to Afghan election  frontrunner President Hamid Karzai called off his boycott of  the process on Wednesday, making it likely that the historic  poll's result would be recognized by all despite voting  irregularities.


29/9/2004 Dal primo ottobre cani, gatti e furetti potranno viaggiare con i loro padroni all'interno della UE solo se muniti di passaporto. Salvo ulteriori decisioni della UE, entrerÃ  dunque in vigore la nuova


Post-Falwell, U.S. Religious Right remains a force

U.S. evangelist Jerry Falwell has been laid to rest but it is premature to write the political obituary of the conservative Christian movement he once led.


ONLY one of the three long-range missiles being considered for a $500 million contract has even been tested on aircraft used by the RAAF.


Life & style: In extracts from her new book about a year spent eating only local food, Barbara Kingsolver describes the agonies - and the unexpected joys.


GOP candidates appeal to NRA for support

Republican Rudy Giuliani sought to reassure the National Rifle Association of his support for a constitutional right to bear arms as rivals Fred Thompson and John McCain focused on the former New York mayor's past calls for tough gun control.


US crude oil, gasoline inventories decrease last week

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- US commercial inventories of crude oil and gasoline decreased last week, according to a survey by the Energy Department on Wednesday.


A TIME correspondent finds himself on a rest top in the Indian Ocean military base that has long been a journalistic holy grail. But all he got was a lousy T-shirt


Juventus beats Bologna, AC Milan thrashes Fiorentina

Pavel Nedved scored on a late disputed free kick and Juventus beat Bologna 1-0 on Sunday to preserve a four-point lead over AC Milan in Serie A ahead of their showdown in Turin next weekend.


Questa mattina incidenti a Kibera, bidonville di Nairobi


Israeli Ambassador Daniel Ayalon criticized the Council on Foreign Relations on Friday for providing a forum for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and what he called abhorrent views.


Pakistan win toss and field against England

Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has won the toss and elected to field in the second one-day international of a five-match series against England at Lord's.


Now that Laura Diaz is starting to see progress, the LPGA Tour season is about to end. But at least she gets one more week, which is all she wanted.


THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats and Republicans in Florida.


By George Chamberlin , Daily Transcript Financial Correspondent. A forecast that the personal computer industry could experience shrinkage over the next couple of years came as no big surprise.


Stewart Cink doesn't know why so many top Americans turned down a chance to play in this year's World Cup. He's just thrilled they did — it gave him another chance to represent his country.


Fifth Marine pleads guilty in Hamdania killing

A U.S. Marine offered a guilty plea to conspiracy charges on Tuesday in connection with the April 2006 killing of a 52-year-old Iraqi grandfather in the village of Hamdania.


Iraqi PM says he has escaped four assassination bids

CAIRO : Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi revealed he had escaped four attempts on his life since his interim government took over from the US-led occupation forces almost three months ago.


[TS] Gretchen Morgenson: Dangers of a World Without Rules

Federal lawmakers aim to close a legal loophole that has left the electronic energy markets to pretty much regulate themselves.


Embattled Republican Sen. Larry Craig will announce his resignation from the Senate today, a GOP source in Idaho said Friday. Craig has been under pressure to quit after widespread calls from fellow Republicans to resign over a men's room sex sting.


Indexes end lower as investors back away from risk

Stocks fell on Friday, giving Wall Street its worst week in more than four years, as a diminishing appetite for riskier assets fueled a further rout in global equity markets.


A un mese dalle proteste sedate nel sangue gli agenti tornano a pattugliare cittÃ  e monasteriDopo l'incontro fra il ministro del lavoro e la leader dell'opposizione, l'inviato Onu auspica nuovi contatti                                          Birmania, la polizia torna in strada a Rangoon Gambari: continuare il dialogo con Suu Kyi


Amnesty calls on Indonesia's president-elect Yudhoyono to investigate human rights abuses in Aceh province.


Wal-Mart has crafted a smart deal to capitalize on India's many growth opportunities.


Steven Spielberg reveals he is giving $1.5m to the tsunami relief effort  to encourage others to contribute.


Cincinnati s mayor is planning an economic-development trip to Germany that is to be paid for by private businesses.


Trade union endorses Clinton and Huckabee

One of the biggest U.S. trade unions made an unusual dual endorsement in the 2008 White House race on Thursday, backing Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mike Huckabee for their parties' presidential nominations.


Spurned, Mets Rebound by Getting Mientkiewicz

Doug Mientkiewicz does not pitch, and his speed is below average. But he may be the best-fielding first baseman in the majors.


'Slutwear' Is So Last Year on New York Runways

Now you see it. Soon you won't. In a  trend sure to be a relief to some and a disappointment to  others, women will cover up instead of baring it all next  season as the "slutwear" look comes to an end.


A 416GB flash drive--but probably not for you

Bitmicro's flash drives have capacity approaching that of conventional hard drives, but they're designed more for the military than for high-end PCs.


LONDON: Oil's record-breaking rally has taken US crude over $US52 a barrel, fuelled by the impact of Hurricane Ivan on US winter inventories.


UN Cloning Treaty on Hold Until After U.S. Election

The Bush administration on  Friday urged quick U.N. action on a global treaty to ban all  cloning of human embryos, including for medical research, but  diplomats said the measure would go nowhere before the Nov. 2  U.S. elections.


Belarus jails Prophet Mohammad cartoon publisher

Belarus jailed on Friday for three years an editor of an independent newspaper who reproduced cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad which first appeared in Denmark in 2005 and caused mass demonstrations across the Muslim world.


Blair to Urge End to Trans-Atlantic Rift

British Prime Minister Tony Blair will stress the need for Europe and the United States to put differences over Iraq behind them and work together to tackle issues such as Middle East peace in a speech on Monday.


The death toll caused by devastating floods in Haiti has climbed to over 1,600 people. Another 800 remain missing. Hurricane Jeanne is the latest tragedy to hit Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas.


Questa volta Ã¨ il nuovo MSN search beta ad avere delle difficoltÃ . Previste e naturali per il big di Redmond. La notizia la divulga la stessa Microsoft: il problema Ã¨ stato l'invio del messaggio "temporaneamente


A Tyrant With a Focus on Loveâs Uncertainty

Otto Preminger became one of Hollywoodâs first and most successful producer-directors.  A retrospective at Film Forum celebrates his work.


Lawmakers stood side by side on the steps of the Capitol and belted out an impromptu rendition of "God Bless America" after the terrorist attacks five years ago.


Bob Barker will pledge $300,000 toward housing an elephant from the Los Angeles Zoo in an animal sanctuary.


Schroeder's Welfare Cuts May Fuel Revival for Ex-Communists in State Polls

Eastern Germany s former communist party will gain support in two state elections Sunday, attracting voters angered by Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder s welfare cuts 14 years after reunification, opinion polls ...


Football; Patriots Day: the Jets; Aiming High; Jets' Pennington Is ...

HEMPSTEAD, NY - He was drafted in the first round in 2000 out of Marshall, at the head of the same quarterback class that yielded Tom Brady, but Chad Pennington's road to success has been more deliberate.


OPEC boosting oil output by million barrels a day by Nov. 1 to ...

OPEC will increase its official oil production target by one million barrels a day later this year in a move widely viewed as more symbolic than significant, given that the cartel has been exceeding the new output limit all year.


Minsk Mazowiecki, Poland, has roundabouts, but that's just one of many similarities it has with Lacey, its new Sister City.


British retail sales decline for first time in over a year

British retail sales fell in July for the first time in over a year, official figures showed, providing further evidence that higher borrowing costs are dampening consumer activity.


As of Tuesday, July 17, 2007, at least 3,616 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,969 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.


Growing appetite for forums feeds public sector Cabinet Office minister Hilary Armstrong has emphasised the potential of independent web forums in supporting public services.â¦


Network security review: ConSentry LANShield Switch

Traditionally, many IT specialists have seen networks as an open channel. They allow an infinite variety of devices to communicate, and the best networks make communication simple, free, and instantaneous -- like the air we breathe. Back in the early days of the Internet, shell accounts were gratis for the asking. Few people used passwords. It was an easy and altruistic era.


Karen Stupples claims one of her many rewards for an outstanding season when she lines up in the 20-strong field for Wednesday's Samsung World Championship at Bighorn in Palm Desert, California.


Microsoft adds copyrighted books to online library

Microsoft on Friday added copyrighted books to its online library, saying it has permission to offer the works to searchers on the Internet.


Half of British Men Would Swap Sex for 50-Inch TV

A poll identifies the strong lure of a widescreen plasma TV.


Chip maker rolls out energy-efficient processors AMD is to sell low-wattage processors in a bid to join the campaign of many IT companies to be seen to be green.â¦


Iraqis protest after silence greets plea for hostage

Some of the 20,000 Iraqis who have benefited from projects set up by kidnapped aid worker Margaret Hassan are to demand her release in Baghdad tomorrow after televised pleas from her colleagues and husband drew no response last night from her still


House leaders are holding up action on a defense policy bill unless unrelated measures on immigration and court security are attached.


Tigers' Verlander throws no-hitter against Brewers

Detroit's Justin Verlander pitched the first no-hitter of his career on Tuesday to guide the Tigers to a 4-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.


After US Airways, it now appears to be the turn of Delta Airlines. The Atlanta-based carrier has announced that its independent auditor has raised doubts about its financial viability and a revised annual


Japan's ruling party on Sunday picked Yasuo Fukuda, an advocate of warmer ties with Asian neighbors, to be the next prime minister, but the 71-year-old lawmaker faces a likely policy deadlock in a divided parliament.


Officially, he's retired, but Garth Brooks admits you might not know it by watching him.


Controversial hip-hop rapper Eminem will launch his widely expected satellite music radio channel called Shade 45 on Oct. 28 with a live broadcast of a concert from New York, the Sirius network said on Thursday.


MartÃnez Could Return Earlier Than Expected

Pedro MartÃnez may return to the mound on Monday, although there is still a chance the Mets will be cautious and ask him to pitch once more in the minors.


So Many Crimes, and Reasons to Not Cooperate

In Camden, N.J., the stigma of being seen as a snitch prevents many from talking about even the worst crimes.


Celebrato Kristian a Bormio per la 151Âª discesa della carriera. Sulla pista mondiale domina il Wunder Team con quattro atleti nei primi 4 posti. Vince Grugger. BORMIO (So), 29 dicembre 2004 - E' stata una festa per Kristian Ghedina.


Turkey's ruling AK Party won a resounding election victory on Sunday, giving the pro-business, Islamist-rooted party a mandate for reform but potentially setting the stage for renewed tensions with the secular elite.


GOP Congressman From Illinois Won't Run in 2008

JOLIET, Ill., Sept. 21 -- Rep. Jerry Weller (R-Ill.), facing questions about his ethics, announced Friday that he will not seek an eighth term.


Minnesota Twins beat White Sox 8-2 to clinch third straight ...

As Torii Hunter stood in the middle of the Minnesota Twins' raucous clubhouse, two teammates sneaked up from behind and threw a cooler full of water on him.


Wales claim their first win at Twickenham for 20 years as they stage an astounding second-half comeback to defeat England.


NYSE could set up rival London bourse: CEO

A merger of the New York Stock Exchange and European counterpart Euronext could pave the way for setting up a London bourse to rival the long-established London Stock Exchange, NYSE chief executive John Thain said.


AMD Pins Hopes on Barcelona Quad-Core Chip

Advanced Micro Devices hopes its new Opteron server chips will help lift the company out of the doldrums.


September 11 damages cases against airlines settle

The plaintiffs in more than a third of the remaining suits filed by relatives of September 11 victims seeking compensation from airlines and their security contractors have agreed to settle a week before the first case was to be heard in court.


U.S. says 6-way Korea talks may resume in July

Washington's top nuclear envoy said on Wednesday stalled six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear arms program are likely to resume in early July, but Pyongyang must keep its promise to shut down a nuclear reactor.


Roma, 18:38 - CALCIO, CAGLIARI: PROCURA FIGC ASCOLTA FOGGIA E MARCHINI

Procedono le indagini della federcalcio sulla querelle tra i giocatori del Cagliari Pasquale Foggia ...


Compagnia assicurativa britannica accetta offerta 4,9mld


A prisoner at large since October is found inside the lining of a sofa at his home in East Sussex.


The First Minister urges more self-confidence and for Wales to embrace a positive 'can-do' attitude in a speech in Cardiff.


Israel issues bids for West Bank settlement construction

JERUSALEM -- The government of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert issued bids yesterday to build 700 homes in the West Bank, its largest settlement construction project since taking office in May.


The sudden boost trillions of cicadas dying en masse give to North American forest soils is apparent from a new study.


L'organismo controlla l'attivita' della guida suprema


Militia to Give Up Arms Under Sadr City Plan

Militia fighters in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City are to begin surrendering their mortars, grenades, machine guns and other weapons Monday under an accord with the interim Iraqi government, both sides announced Saturday.


SWITZERLAND HAS managed to stage what it thinks is the first legally binding internet vote in a national referendum. More than 2720 people in four Geneva suburbs, about one in five voters in the region who


The Royal Shakespeare Company reduces its debt from Â£2.8m to Â£400,000 in the last financial year.


A Shia cleric known for his stance against Wahhabism, a strict version of Sunni Islam, is killed in south-western Iran.


British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Iraq on an unannounced stop in his Middle East tour and pledged his continued support for the new Iraqi government against those who seek to derail it.


Cells that make sperm make stem cells, too: study

Stem cells that normally make sperm can be taught to make other tissues as well, perhaps offering men a medical repair kit, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.


Real estate mogul gifts $100m to Michigan Univ

DETROIT: New York real estate mogul Stephen Ross has made a $100m donation to the University of Michigan, a gift the school hailed as the biggest in its 187-year history.


With One Life to Live, the Red Sox Want It Now

The Red Sox will either complete an amazing comeback as the first team to rebound from a 3-0 deficit in postseason history, or the Yankees will stop them.


One of the things that annoys me most about the liberal media machine and the Democratic candidates is their mischaracterization of George Bush's position on stem cell research.


Foster could be world's best goalkeeper says Boothroyd

Keeper Ben Foster, who will earn his first England cap against Spain at Old Trafford, has been tipped by Watford manager Aidy Boothroyd to become the best in the world.


BESLAN, Russia - Wails of mourning echoed through the streets of this southern Russian town on Sunday, and the region's top police officer offered his resignation in the wake of the school hostage-taking that left at least 350 people dead.    Families were beginning the first of what will be a long and wrenching series of funerals - with the death toll still unsure and liable to rise...


Trump Hotels Said to Reach Deal to Avoid Bankruptcy

Trump Hotels has reached a preliminary agreement with its investors to restructure $1.8 billion in debt, fending off a possible bankruptcy filing.


The first shuttle flight since the Columbia tragedy has been pushed back by NASA. This is due to hurricane damages and implementation of new safety measures.


Coke Settles Pepsi Inspired Fight with Europe

The EU reached a settlement today of its long-running antitrust case against Coca-Cola under which the worldâs biggest soft drinks company agreed to change sales practices that helped it win roughly half of the market in Europe.


Oil prices fell more than one dollar to sit just above $43 a barrel Monday as unusually mild winter weather in the United States eased fears that thin heating fuel stockpiles might prove inadequate.


Canada confirms a third case of mad cow disease has been found in a cow in the western province of Alberta.


U.S. Planes Hit Militias as Tanks Near Najaf Shrine

NAJAF, Iraq  - U.S. helicopter gunships pounded  Shi'ite militias in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf on Sunday as  tanks rumbled to within 800 yards of a holy shrine at the  center of a near three-week insurgency.


Audits Curdling Dairies: New Housing Inspections Leave Some Farmers 'Livid'

By Tim Moran, The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Feb. 6--Jake Verburg has been running a dairy labor camp for years -- he just didn't know it. And now that he knows, he's not too happy about it.   Verburg operates Verburg and Son dairy west of Modesto, with 320 acres and 800 cows.


Icahn seeking to remove some ImClone directors

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn said   on Thursday that he will seek approval from ImClone Systems   Inc. IMCL.O stockholders to remove some directors from its   board and to fill one of the vacancies with his own nominee.


Business activity in the U.S. Midwest  grew in September at a faster-than-expected rate, hinting that  the economy is climbing out of its summer slow patch, a report  showed on Thursday.


Computer failure grounds United flights systemwide

United Airlines, a unit of UAL Corp., on Wednesday said a systemwide computer failure prevented flights from being dispatched between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Central time (9 a.m. to 11 a.m. EDT).


Dems Seek Ridge's Lobbying Correspondence

Two Democratic congressmen on Thursday asked Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge to provide Congress written communications between his department and a lobbying firm run by a longtime friend.


Parma, 12:51 - CALCIO, PARMA: BUCCI FIRMA PER UN ALTRO ANNO

Luca Bucci vestirà per un altro anno la maglia del Parma. Lo ha comunicato la stessa societ&a...


Advocates for victims of abuse by Catholic clergy on Friday urged presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani to fire a priest who was suspended from the church and then hired by the ex-mayor's security consulting business. A spokeswoman for Giuliani said the firm had no plans to fire Monsignor Alan Placa.


[TS] Sports Of the Times: Sometimes Itâs Over Even When It Ainât

The Yankees continue to struggle to qualify for the American League playoffs for the 12th consecutive year. And it may already be too late.


TORONTO  - "Superman Returns" star Kate Bosworth will play the title role in a feature adaptation of the best-selling novel "Veronika Decides to Die."


Operatori italiani del tessile e abbigliamento da 28/2 a 4/3


Nicolas Anelka scores his first goal for Chelsea to help beat Wigan in the FA Cup fourth round.


The parents of Madeleine McCann arrived in Casablanca late Sunday to ask the Moroccan authorities to help find their four-year-old.


New York - A US Army deserter said the one thing he did right during his 40 years in North Korea was to leave the country that was training his daughters to be spies, in an interview published on Sunday.


The United Nations and Brazil moved on Monday to break a months-long deadlock over inspections to verify Latin America's largest nation is not diverting enriched uranium for weapons.


In un centro commerciale, primo bilancio 3 morti e 10 feriti


Maybe the most unpleasant Ankara-Brussels meeting since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002 was held in The Hague last week.


Movie Product Placements Get Brand Recognition

If you've ever come out of the cinema hankering after a Pepsi, a Whopper burger or a spin in a Mercedes without knowing why, help is at hand.


HP CEO appears secure, but risks remain: analysts

Risks still remain for  Hewlett-Packard Co.  in the wake of its board leak  investigation scandal even as Mark Hurd's job at the helm of  the No. 2 computer maker appears secure, analysts said.


OAKLAND, Calif. - Texas reliever Frank Francisco threw a chair into the right field box seats, hitting two spectators in the head, as Oakland A's fans taunted the visitors after a two-out, top-of-the-ninth homer tied the game...


Russian leader Vladimir Putin says US plans for a missile shield are as risky as the 1960s Cuban missile crisis.


Dopo i casi di famiglie sul lastrico per le scommesse sul 53il ministro dell'Economia lancia un appello e respinge le accuse                                                   Lotto, Siniscalco ai giocatori "Cervello e senso del limite"


Boom incarichi si verifico' con arrivo Tavaroli in Telecom


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Thai government drops origami peace bombs

Bangkok: The Thai government has begun dropping an estimated one hundred million paper origami birds in an unusual peace bid. The birds are being dropped by military planes over the countryâs Muslim south after a surge of violence in the area.


Ten Palestinians, Three Israelis Killed in Gaza

Israeli troops pushed deep into the largest Palestinian refugee camp on Thursday, a first in four years of fighting, after a Palestinian rocket killed two preschoolers in an Israeli border town.


Israeli Parliament Backs Sharon Gaza Pullout Plan

Israel's parliament ratified Prime  Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza withdrawal plan on Tuesday, a  pivotal step toward the first evacuation of settlers from  occupied territory Palestinians want for a state.


The Italian government and fashion industry joined forces Saturday in a campaign against anorexic models, which includes attention to the "full-bodied" and a commitment to add larger sizes to collections.


Stone recruits Willis for My Lai massacre film

NEW YORK  - Oliver Stone is fighting the Vietnam war again, this time recruiting Bruce Willis to star in a film revolving around the infamous My Lai massacre.


A packed calendar awaits President Bush after his vacation in Texas: filling a gaping hole in his Cabinet, preparing his inaugural and State of the Union speeches, finalizing a new budget, keeping close watch on the upcoming elections in Iraq and promoting his second-term agenda.


Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney delivered his closing argument to New Hampshire voters Thursday, then headed west to seek a victory in the Iowa caucuses that would allow him to return with a winner's momentum.


Will Smith returned to his hometown to participate in a march against violence Saturday.


Bolivia's President Morales formally receives a new draft constitution, as some regions seek autonomy.


For a small cap, Jacuzzi has a megabrand. But it's probably not enough to excite investors.


Giants Lose Stoutmire for Season With Injury

It was hard to imagine the situation getting worse for the Giants defense in the aftermath of the Eagles torching it with 330 passing yards, but the news that


'Sulla crescita la Confindustria e' fuori linea'


Jason Wahler was arrested this weekend and charged with underage drinking and resisting a public officer, authorities said Monday.


Vector CEO Says Views Changed on Tobacco Effects

The chief executive of tobacco holding company Vector Group Ltd. backed away from past admissions that smoking is a proven cause of disease during testimony on Monday in the government's racketeering trial against the industry.


A man and a woman die in hospital following an incident at a museum in Liverpool.


(CBS/AP) The attorney general for the only holdout state in the US antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. is praising dramatic sanctions imposed this week by European regulators against the world's largest software company.


Actor Martin Sheen did some real-life politicking for a congressional candidate who used to work on his television series "The West Wing."


Genova, 14:50 - CALCIO, SAMPDORIA: TIFOSI CONTESTANO SQUADRA E SOCIETA'

Sampdoria contestata dai propri tifosi prima della sfida con la Roma. ''Giocatori iniziate a giocare...


Jurors in the perjury trial of ex-White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby have much work to do and expect to deliberate into next week.


Ray Charles Album Wins Six Early Grammys

Ray Charles' posthumous duets album  won six prizes in early ceremonies at the 47th annual Grammy  Awards on Sunday, boosting its prospects of winning the top  categories during the televised portion of the event scheduled  to be held later in the day.


The NHL canceled next week's meeting with its board of governors on Thursday because the league has nothing new to report in the stagnant collective bargaining process.


Henman advances to his first US Open semi-final

Fifth seed Tim Henman of Britain defeated Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty 6-1, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 to reach the semi-finals of the US Open for the first time in his career.


Micron planning its first factory in China

Micron Technology Inc. is currently in the process of planning its first factory in China and hopes to begin construction in the middle of next year, the company said Monday.


Some Lenders Dislike Plan to Save Bear Stearns Fund

An effort to save a troubled hedge fund at Bear Stearns hit a major hurdle when Merrill Lynch threatened to sell off its collateral.


More effort should be put into simple falls-prevention measures to stop fractures among the elderly, experts say.


A 92-year-old legally blind golfer gets hole-in-one

Leo Fiyalko, 92 years old and legally blind, got his first hole-in-one last month after playing golf for more than 60 years, a Florida newspaper reported on Friday.


Studios unveil their copyright protection guidelines

An alliance of technology and media companies releases a set of principles for promoting user-generated content while protecting copyright online.


Tim Hudson was traded from the Oakland Athletics to Atlanta, a blockbuster deal Thursday that further bolstered the Braves' revamped rotation.


Knockout proves it's time for Roy Jones Jr. to retire

Glen Johnson was supposed to leave the ring without the IBF light heavyweight championship belt he'd taken to Memphis. Not too many people doubted that.


Family, colleagues mourn aid worker believed slain in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The apparent slaying of CARE head Margaret Hassan by her kidnappers deepened the chill among aid agencies already fearful of operating in Iraq.


Redick, Ewing each score 29, total 10 three-pointers

The question late in Tuesday's Michigan State-Duke game became: Would JJ Redick and Daniel Ewing wear down while the Spartans' depth became the difference?


Divo Gronchi, primo azionista, si dice 'sereno'


Venezuela Says Will Not Tolerate U.S. Meddling

The U.S. government must respect Venezuela's sovereignty and stop meddling if it wants to improve ties with its fourth-largest oil supplier, Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez said on Wednesday.


The Russian Duma (parliament) approved the Kyoto global warming treaty on Friday, prompting congratulations from environmentalists who blast the United States for not following suit.


Giuri', 'strumentalizzazione a fini commerciali'


A neo-Nazi party nudges ahead of the Social Democrats in east Germany, rekindling the debate about far right extremists.


There Amid the Madness, Dark Humor Lies in Wait

Depending on how you look at it, âThree Lost Chordsâ is a single work in three loosely related acts, or three short, single-character operas yoked together.


Actor Johnny Briggs - Coronation Street's Mike Baldwin - says reports he has been sacked are "ludicrous".


Five Die in Ohio Heavy Metal Band Shooting

A man opened fire on a heavy metal band  during a performance at a crowded bar in Columbus, Ohio on  Wednesday night, killing four people and wounding two others  before he was killed by police, officials said.


Variety - TORONTO -- Deposed press baron Conrad Black will be the keynote speaker at the fourth annual World Congress of History Producers, skedded for Oct. 27-30 in Toronto.


Electronic Arts has cornered the market on PC and console football games with one swift stroke of the pen. It was announced today that EA has been awarded the exclusive rights to players, teams and stadiums of the NFL for the next five years.


China urges U.S. help in blocking Taiwan vote

The United States stressed on Thursday that it opposes Taiwan plans to hold a referendum on U.N. membership, while China urged Washington to help oppose the vote that it calls a dangerous provocation.


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NASA has redesigned the space shuttle`s fuel tank, marking a big step in returning to space. The new tank has been designed to prevent chunks of insulating foam from breaking off during launch.


American Suzuki rider John Hopkins and World Champion Valentino Rossi spoilt Honda's homecoming by leading the way in the first qualifying session for the Camel Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi this afternoon (Friday).


Stocks Set to Open Lower on Quiet Earnings

NEW YORK - U.S stock futures were moving into negative territory early Monday at the start of a quiet earnings and a noisy political week.    Dow Jones futures were down 28 points recently, while Nasdaq futures declined 8 points and S&P futures were down 3.4 points...


Drug addicts vomit out their ills in Thai monastery

THAM KRABOK, Thailand  - An obscure Buddhist monastery in central Thailand that advocates a secret herbal potion and ritual vomiting for drug addicts has become a final source of hope for thousands of Thais and Westerners. Since its foundation in 1959, Wat Tham Krabok, 140 km (85 miles) north of Bangkok, has put nearly 100,000 addicts through its "cold turkey" detox program and given them a grounding in meditation to help them keep on the straight and narrow. The treatment -- a far cry from the picture postcard beaches, jungle trekking and wild nightlife that draw millions of visitors to Thailand each year -- is not for the faint-hearted.


Plus: At 80, fractal discoverer Benoit Mandelbrot says he has much math work left to do. [News.com Extra]


Russia Approves Kyoto Protocol, Will Ask Parliament to Ratify

The Russian government will ask parliament to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, bringing the treaty into force if lawmakers agree, something that ``could happen within the next couple of months


Spain's former prime minister Jose Maria Aznar appears on Monday in front of a parliamentary commission investigating the Madrid bombings.


A US judge rules ex-Panama President Manuel Noriega can be extradited to France on laundering charges.


Marco Antonio Barrera retains his WBC super featherweight title with a unanimous decision over Rocky Juarez


Shigeki Maruyama started with a double bogey, recovered with a hole-in-one and finished in the same place he started — with a one-shot lead Saturday in the Sony Open.


UPDATE 1-Centro and Watt buy US Kramont for $610 million

Australia's Centro Properties Group (CNP.AX: Quote, Profile, Research) and Watt Commercial Properties have agreed to buy Kramont Realty Trust (KRT.


Per un uomo sentimentale, ricercato ma non dandy


Assad cruises to victory in Syria, U.S. condemns poll

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad won 97.62 percent of the vote in a referendum that handed him a second term in office, officials said on Tuesday.


Pfizer Says Bextra, Heart Problems Linked

Pfizer Inc. on Friday said two small clinical trials showed heart bypass surgery patients taking Bextra, an anti-inflammatory in the same class as the recently withdrawn


Bidding goodbye to the gold robot after  almost 30 years, Anthony Daniels shed a nostalgic tear for the  mechanical manservant who changed his life.


ADTRAN Expands NetVanta Family With Performance-Enhanced Multiservice Access Routers

ADTRAN(R), Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN), a leading global provider of networking and communications equipment, today announced the introduction of the NetVanta(R) 3400 Series of Multiservice Access Routers.


White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, a former Houston lawyer, is expected to face tough questions on a variety of issues including abortion and the treatment of war detainees


A budget row dominates the final day of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species forum.


White House warns Ukraine to guard voting

Three days before the presidential election in Ukraine, the White House said Thursday the initial round of voting did not meet a basic test of a truly democratic process and that the government should ensure ...


Fear No More, New 'Frogs' Recording Gets Early Web Release

Playbill - The original Broadway cast album of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Stephen Sondheim's The Frogs, starring Nathan Lane and Roger Bart, is on sale exclusively at the PS Classics website as of Jan. 7.


The death of a man near a bar in the Waterside area of Londonderry is being treated as murder, police say.


Israel Pushes Into Gaza Strip, Killing 3

BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip Sept. 29, 2004 - A large force of Israeli tanks, armored vehicles and troops pushed into northern Gaza in an overnight raid aimed at militants who have fired rockets against nearby Israeli towns.


Microsoft Expands Windows Update Release

Microsoft Corp. is starting to ramp up distribution of its massive security update for the Windows XP operating system, but analysts say they still expect the company to move at a relatively slow pace to avoid widespread glitches.


Applicate per la prima volta le nuove norme del codice penale

Sgominata dai carabinieri di Reggio Calabria un'organizzazione operante in Campania e marche. Sequestrati quattro canili. REGGIO CALABRIA - Organizzavano anche via Internet combattimenti di cani e un relativo giro di scommesse.


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NaivetÃ© of HP's Dunn inspires religious moment

Congressman moved by ignorance Hailed as a savvy business executive, former HP Chairman Patricia Dunn has come off as not terribly bright, during testimony today in front of a congressional subcommittee. That is at least if you take Dunn at her word â given under oath.â¦


Update 5: EU Expands Probe Into Intel Favortism

The European Union's head office Wednesday expanded its probe into whether EU governments are illegally requiring that the computers they buy must contain microprocessors made by Intel Corp.


IBM's Atlas adds visualization tools to social networks at work

IBM has released a corporate social networking visualization and analysis tool designed to help people better navigate their personal and corporate social networks.


Englewood family members await hostage news

An Islamic Web site claimed militants beheaded a second American hostage, 49-year-old Jack Hensley. The claim could not be confirmed, authorities said.


Experts Want H.I.V. Testing for All Adults

Some experts are recommending that virtually all Americans be tested routinely for the AIDS virus, much as they are for cancer and other diseases.


Madrid, 10:46 - CALCIO: ATLETICO MADRID, MASCHERANO E TEVEZ SI OFFRONO

Secondo l'emittente radiofonica Onda Madrid, i due giocatori argentini, Javier Mascherano e Carlos T...


Bangladesh gets U.N. award for AIDS prevention

A Bangladeshi women's group was awarded a  cash prize of $20,000 on Monday for its work in preventing the  spread of HIV/AIDS, the United Nations Development Program  (UNDP) said.


A new production method can ensure an ample vaccine supply this flu season.


The unexpected windfall from DVD sales have become the wild card in HollywoodÂs negotiations with the Screen Actors Guild.


Caracas, 11:30 - CALCIO, COPPA AMERICA: MESSICO CHIUDE AL TERZO POSTO

Il Messico ha conquistato il terzo posto nella Coppa America battendo l'Uruguay 3-1. Il Messico ha r...


Viacom Inc.  on Friday  demanded that Google Inc.'s  online video service  YouTube remove more than 100,000 video clips after they failed  to reach a distribution agreement.


Tired of feeding the meter? Dial your cell phone. That's just what students and faculty have been doing at the University of California-Santa Barbara, in the year and a half since the campus, with help from IBM, overhauled its parking system.


Erano gia' in sala operatoria ma mancava il chirurgo


An Italian judge effectively froze on Monday the trial of U.S. and Italian spies charged with kidnapping a terrorism suspect in Milan in 2003 and then flying him to Egypt, where he says he was tortured.


Woman says she didn't deserve Taser treatment

Heidi Gill says she was in extreme pain after a Warren, Ohio, police officer used a Taser gun on her multiple times. "I've never been electrocuted. I didn't know what this was," she told CNN. The officer has been placed on paid leave pending an investigation.


Saxe-Coburg in Line for EU Constitution Signing

Politics: 29 October 2004, Friday. Bulgaria's Premier Simeon Saxe-Coburg will attend Friday the signing of the European Union's first Constitution.


Mentally ill are desperate on forgotten floor

The ninth floor of the Miami-Dade pretrial detention facility is dubbed the "forgotten floor." Here, inmates with the most severe mental illnesses are incarcerated until they're ready to appear in court.


Thousands Line Up for Dwindling Flu Shots

Seventy-year-old Homer Fink spent eight hours sitting next to a supermarket Halloween display for a flu shot that he wasn't able to get at five other places. The scene was repeated across the country as the nation's suddenly limited supply of flu vaccine was drained.


Yankees-Red Sox Game Three Postponed by Rain

BOSTON (Sports Network) - Game Three of the American League Championship Series between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox has been postponed because of rain.


A lake in southern Chile has mysteriously disappeared, prompting speculation the ground has simply opened up and swallowed it whole.


German stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse sets out its proposed  530p-a-share bid for the London Stock Exchange.


Captain Michael Vaughan salutes England's all-round strength after their 3-0 series win over the West Indies.


EU ministers to mull euro surge amid growing concern

BRUSSELS  - European finance ministers are to meet for regular talks Monday again clouded by the euro's record surge and amid growing speculation about possible Japanese or European currency market intervention.


Oil pauses after 14 pct plunge, traders eye OPEC

Oil prices inched up from a three-month low on Monday as traders caught their breath after last week's 14 percent dive and considered a possible output reduction at OPEC's upcoming meeting.


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US film professionals name The Passion of the Christ as one of the most significant cultural milestones of 2004.


Suspended NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones must surrender to authorities here to face two felony charges in a strip club melee that preceded a triple shooting in February.


A small plane crashed into an airport fence Saturday during an air show, killing two men and an 11-year-old boy on board.


Cambodia approves a law to choose a new monarch, after King Sihanouk's abdication announcement.


Wiki Citizens Taking on a New Area: Searching

Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, is launching an Internet search engine based on the same voluntary collaboration that drives the online encyclopedia.


Until recently, Julie Amero says, she lived the quiet life of a small-town substitute teacher, with little knowledge of computers and even less about porn.


Vikings Pro Bowl center Matt Birk was downgraded from probable to out Thursday morning, while receiver Randy Moss took another step toward returning to action.


Landslides leave up to 81 dead or missing in Indonesia

Landslides and floods caused by  torrential rains have left up to 81 people dead or missing in  Indonesia's Central Java province, police and rescue officials  said on Wednesday.


'The Right Stuff' is Only Human / Astronauts' Training Can't Always Resolve Stress, Personal Issues

By AJ HOSTETLER  Astronauts are people, too.  The pilots, doctors, engineers and scientists who become astronauts go through stringent psychological evaluation in addition to rigorous training in the years before their space missions.


Parents who want to save baby Charlotte fight doctors who say it's ...

One of the most agonising dilemmas ever to come before a judge - whether a baby should live or die - was outlined starkly and emotively in the high court yesterday.


NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - North Little Rock police and animal control officers spent part of Monday afternoon holding a roundup in woods bordering Interstate 40 after four cows escaped from a cattle truck...


Former OLPC CTO: $75 laptop will run Linux and maybe Windows

The co-designer of the original OLPC now has plans for its chief competitor, including integrating low-cost cameras and top-notch displays. Her goal is for the Pixel Qi to be as technologically and aesthetically compelling as an iPod Touch.


It's official: Google acquires GrandCentral

Blog: Google has acquired GrandCentral. Changes are afoot.


Jaen, 21:15 - CICLISMO, RUTA DEL SOL: BAGUET VINCE LA TERZA TAPPA

Il belga della Davitamon Serge Baguet ha vinto la terza tappa della Ruta del sol, 163,7 km da Vegas ...


Accused Abu Ghraib Ringleader Trial to Begin

Opening statements were set to start Monday in the court-martial of Spc. Charles Graner Jr., the alleged ringleader of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal


Wagner card sells for record $2.8 million

A rare baseball card, issued by the American Tobacco Company in 1909, has been bought for a record $2.8 million a little more than six months after it was sold for a then-record $2.35 million.


Oil group BP is close to giving up its stake in a vast Russian gas field to state monopoly Gazprom, potentially tightening the Kremlin's grip on its energy reserves, a report said Friday.


Rice to boost oversight of contractors in Iraq

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday ordered tougher oversight of private guards in Iraq, including tighter rules on the use of force, following deadly shootings involving U.S. security contractor Blackwater.


L.A. judge lifts hold on Anna Nicole's body

A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday lifted an order that kept Anna Nicole Smith's body from being buried, saying that DNA required for a legal battle over her baby daughter had already been obtained.


Nyon, 17:29 - CALCIO, CAMPIONATI EUROPEI; ARBITRI: UEFA DESIGNA ROSETTI

L'Uefa ha designato gli arbitri che dirigeranno le partite dei prossimi campiuonati Europei in Svizz...


European stocks edge up, euro hits record vs yen

Confidence in the strength of the European economy lifted the euro to a record high against the yen on Tuesday, with European stocks also outperforming as energy stocks rallied on oil above $60 a barrel.


Reds make a move: Prospect for veteran Ortiz

The Redsâ big trade came on Tuesday, one day after the Winter Meetings ended, when the club obtained starting pitcher Ramon Ortiz from the Anaheim Angels in exchange for pitching prospect Dustin Moseley.


Mounting concern Blunkett used tabloids to wreck lover's marriage

DAVID Blunkettâs pregnant former lover and her family believe he colluded with Britainâs most salacious tabloid newspaper in a desperate attempt to break up her marriage.


The Net giant's board has decided to formally reject Redmond's offer, The Wall Street Journal says. Move could be an effort to get Microsoft to substantially hike its offer.


Contro emendamento per tetto a spese in rapporto a pazienti


Europe Dominates U.S. at Start of Ryder Cup

For Europe, it was a glorious start to the 35th Ryder Cup. For the United States, it was a nightmare.


Fresh-Faced Buccaneers Take Nothing for Granted

As the Bucs began preparations for Sundayâs playoff game, there was perhaps more optimism surrounding the team than at any point since it won the Super Bowl nearly five years ago.


Contestants for I'm a Celebrity include former royal butler Paul Burrell and ex-All Saints singer Natalie Appleton.


Sudan Govt., SPLM Sign Deal Paving Way to Peace

NAIVASHA, Kenya  - Amid singing and whoops of joy,  Sudan's government and southern rebels signed the final  chapters of a peace deal Friday, paving the way for a  comprehensive accord ending Africa's longest-running civil war.


Sharon Sees Chance for 'Historic Breakthrough'

Israeli leader Ariel Sharon said on  Thursday conditions were right for a "historic breakthrough" on  Middle East peace after measures taken by new Palestinian  President Mahmoud Abbas to bring calm.


Funds Sought for Face-Lift of State Park

By Sonia Krishnan, Seattle Times  Feb. 10--Advocates for Lake Sammamish State Park are lobbying state lawmakers for funds to give the aging park a face-lift.   Gov.


Wall Street futures rise; financials seen in focus

Stock index futures rose before the  start of Wall Street trading on Tuesday, with financial stocks  likely to be in focus after news of further write-downs on  risky assets at two big European banks.


A little over a month ago in Munich, when it was too late to make the team, Graeme McDowell scored a 62 on the final day of Ryder Cup qualifying.


The Israeli parliament is set for a second tempestuous day of debate ahead of a vote on whether to withdraw from the Gaza Strip. Monday saw Prime Minister Ariel Sharon urge the Knesset to back the planned


Roma, 22:22 - CALCIO, SERIE A; POSTICIPO: CATANIA-INTER 0-2

L'Inter ha vinto per 2-0 a catania nel posticipio della 22a giornata di serie A. Dopo un primo tempo...


Livorno, 18:38 - CALCIO, LIVORNO: LUCARELLI FORSE PRONTO PER I RANGERS

Doppia seduta per il Livorno dopo tre giorni di riposo. Assenti solo i nazionali Amelia, Knezevic, D...


Elliott's Triple-Double Carries Colonials

Carl Elliott has the first triple-double in GW history with 17 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists as George Washington tops Temple 84-72 on Saturday.


Fed's Pianalto says worried about risks to economy

Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Sandra Pianalto said on Thursday the economy has shifted to a lower growth track and that she is concerned about downside risks to an already weak outlook.


At least 14 people have been killed in an explosion at a crowded market in the southern Philippines. Around 60 others are said to have been injured in the blast in the port city of General Santos, on the southern tip of the island of Mindanao.


A leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas announced Wednesday that its members will boycott presidential elections scheduled for January 9, reports the Associated Press.


Pork processor Smithfield Foods Inc. said Thursday that improved profitability in the hog production segment, combined with strong results in pork, offset lower earnings in the beef segment to push first-quarter profits above revised expectations.


Red Sox Catcher Sparks Another Fast Start

Jason Varitek found the deepest part of Fenway Park with his first-inning line drive, and the Red Sox were off to another fast start.


Suzuki to manage Maruti's diesel engine mfg plant

Maruti Udyog Ltd. said on Tuesday that the Directors have approved a proposal that the forthcoming Diesel Engine Manufacturing Plant will be controlled and managed by Suzuki Metal India Ltd (proposed to be


CON quella di ieri alla Camera Ã¨ almeno la quinta volta che la maggioranza tenta di proporre una versione "accettabile" del suo progetto di revisione costituzionale. E ogni volta cerca di recuperare ragioni


Chauncey Billups hits the game-winning jumper over Gilbert Arenas to rally the Pistons to a 107-105 victory over the Wizards.


DeMarcus Nelson scored 19 points Tuesday night as No. 11 Duke held on to beat Indiana 54-51 in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.


An explosion has occurred outside the British Embassy in Chile, the Foreign Office has confirmed.


Surgeon: Barbaro's Injuries Catastrophic

Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro was in surgery Sunday fighting for his life a day after breaking his right rear leg in three places at the Preakness, and the colt's surgeon said he's never worked on so many catastrophic injuries to one horse.


From the state that brought you the hanging chad, now comes the crying judge. Some members of the bar and other court-watchers are cringing over the way Judge Larry Seidlin wept — no, sobbed — on live, national TV as he announced a ruling Thursday in the dispute over where Anna Nicole Smith should be buried.


Todt vows more victories after Schumacher off day

Team chief Jean Todt vowed on Sunday Ferrari would bounce back after star driver Michael Schumacher suffered a catalogue of setbacks that kept him out of the points at the Chinese Grand Prix.


Olympics: Olympic weightlifting reels as six more lifters fail drug tests

ATHENS : Weightlifting was reeling from the latest crisis to hit the perennially drug-tainted sport here as six more athletes were kicked out of the Olympics for failing dope tests.


The student who killed 32 people at Virginia Tech before committing suicide had no prescription drugs or toxic substances in his system, state police said Thursday.


Despite legal barriers, business is still good.


President Bush "absolutely" will use his second term to push for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, his top political strategist said Sunday.


Hopes of gold surge as fighters from Taiwan go through to finals

Taiwan's two best hopes to break the country's historical Olympic gold medal drought handled the pressure and advanced to the finals of their respective taekwondo events yesterday.


Dolphins protect New Zealand swimmers from great white shark

A pod of dolphins were being praised for providing a protective barrier around a group of swimmers who were being threatened by a great white shark off the northeastern coast of New Zealand.


Tiger Woods has two trophies he can use as bookends for a year like no other.


Runner-up in National League Most Valuable Player voting the last two seasons, Pujols was an obvious choice as MVP of the NL championship series after the St.


Secondo un tribunale Usa, e' una pirata della strada


Coach Tom O'Brien said yesterday he was no closer to naming a starting quarterback for tomorrow's Atlantic Coast Conference opener against 18th-ranked Clemson at Alumni Stadium, even though hobbled junior Matt Ryan practiced for the second day in a row.


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Add only the text you copy from a Web page or other source, and leave the images, formatting, and other non-text elements behind.


U.S. accuses Iran over support for militias in Iraq

The United States accused Iran in talks on Tuesday of increasing support for militias involved in bloodshed in Iraq but, in a rare sign of cooperation, agreed with Tehran to set up a panel to improve security.


Six-time Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps has publicly apologised after his arrest for drink-driving. The 19-year-old ran a stop sign in Salisbury, Maryland.


Injury-hit Steelers shake up roster before Jaguars playoff

The injury-hit Pittsburgh Steelers  added two offensive linemen to their squad on Wednesday ahead  of their AFC wildcard playoff game on Saturday against visiting  Jacksonville Jaguars, the team announced.


Oil futures prices have jumped 5 percent higher, climbing above $44 a barrel in the United States Wednesday after US government data showed a slight decline in crude and heating oil supplies as colder weather in the Northeast drove up


British peers exchanging parliamentary access for cash: Times

Members of Britain's upper chamber of parliament, the House of Lords, have been exchanging valuable parliamentary access for money, The Times reported on Tuesday.


Myanmar junta extends Suu Kyi's house arrest

Myanmar's military rulers extended the house arrest of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, defying an international outcry demanding her freedom and dashing the hopes of her supporters.


BASEBALL ROUNDUP Cubs Win in 10th After Blowing Lead

wild pitch by Pirates reliever Salomon Torres scored the go-ahead run in the 10th inning, and Aramis Ramirez's two-run homer helped the Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 victory in Pittsburgh last night.


Olympiad Ends Amid Shows of Spirit and Relief

Description: International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge calls the 2004 Games, held at their historic birthplace, "dream games.


Federer and Hewitt through to the Masters Cup Final

Defending champion Roger Federer won through to Sunday's final at the Masters Cup with a 6-3 7-6 (20-18) win over Marat Safin.


Business & money: A decision is expected within weeks about whether Britain is to build the first coal-fired power station for more than 20 years.


The NHS has launched a crackdown on verbal attacks on staff in its latest bid to combat rising levels of abuse.


Indonesia says captures head of Jemaah Islamiah

Indonesia has captured the head of Southeast Asian militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI), police said on Friday, marking what appears to be a major blow for a group blamed for a string of deadly bombings.


German industrial output up strongly in January

Industrial output in Germany rose by 1.9 percent in January, after edging up by 0.1 percent the previous month, data published by the German Economy and Technology Ministry showed on Thursday.


The UK should support  a European Commission proposal to close fishing grounds to save cod stocks, a former fisheries minister says.


STOCKHOLM, Sweden _ Lebanon's prime minister on Thursday called on world donors to help his country recover after Israeli bombing wiped out '15 years of postwar development' in 34-day fighting with Hezbollah ...


Tolkien-inspired oil painting 'immortalizes' Silicon Valley rich people

Six VCs to rule them all A woman named Jane is preparing an oil painting that "depicts the leaders of Silicon Valley in a situation inspired by the pivotal fight scene in The Fellowship of the Rings."â¦


German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder began a three-day visit to China Monday seeking further trade and to have the country revalue its currency.


Maltempo, tromba d'aria tra Matera e Altamura

Un capannone scoperchiate e strade bloccate da alberi e pali caduto questa notte a causa di una tromba d'aria che ha colpito la zona tra Matera, Altamura, provincia di Bari e Santeramo, sempre nel barese. Non ci sono vittime.


Indagato per morte ispettore, interrogato in carcere Bicocca


Australian PM passes new milestone this week

SYDNEY : After a crushing fourth-term victory in the October election, Prime Minister John Howard will pass another milestone in his 30-year political career when he becomes Australia's second-longest serving prime minister.


Japan's NTT DoCoMo says it willwork with several other firms to develop television content for cellphones.


An all-party report by AMs finds the performance of the Welsh ambulance service 'unacceptable.'


Lawyer: Suspect Detained in Holloway Case

Dutch police have detained a man on suspicion of participating in the kidnapping and killing of Natalee Holloway last year in Aruba, the suspect's lawyer said Sunday.


Avrebbe sterminato sua famiglia con complicita' fidanzato


Italian team ordered to play without fans

The Italian team Lazio was ordered Friday to play its next European game without fans as punishment for a game last month marked by racial taunts from the stands.


British Hostage Makes Appeal For Blair's Help

BAGHDAD, Sept. 23 -- A British hostage threatened with death by a militant Islamic group appealed to  Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday to save his life by ordering the release of all women held in Iraqi prisons.


French schools have expelled three more students for flouting the controversial ban on Islamic headscarves. The latest expulsions brought to five the total number of girls so far expelled under the new âsecularity


Bush, Senate head for showdown on domestic spying

President George W. Bush headed toward a showdown with the Senate over his domestic spying program on Thursday after lawmakers approved subpoenas for documents the White House declared off-limits.


Dance Review | Catch 27: Happy Hour With the Centaur Lady

Catch 27 is a mini-festival that features a bunch of talented artists over two weekends at Performance Space 122.


NEW YORK Baseball commissioner Bud Selig had surgery today to remove a cancerous lesion from his forehead. The lesion was detected last month during Selig's annual physical, and a biopsy confirmed that it contained melanoma, a form of skin cancer.


Bombers in various parts of Afghanistan kill at least 17 people, including four Nato troops, and injure children.


CBS Says It Was Misled Over Bush Military Memos

CBS News on Monday said it had been misled over the authenticity of documents it aired in a story challenging President Bush's military service and it was mounting an internal investigation.


The authorities in Syria release 112 political prisoners under a presidential amnesty.


No word on U.S. aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistn

Afghanistan's government said it had no information on Tuesday about the fate of a kidnapped U.S. female aid worker, but added a search was going on to find her.


Suspected Gas Leak Kills 18 at Spanish Hostel

Eighteen friends who rented a Spanish mountain hostel for a birthday party were found dead on Sunday, apparently killed by a gas leak, officials said.


Chinese premier calls for closer Asia-Europe cooperation on politics, security

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao called on Sunday for intensifying cooperation between Asia and Europe to enhance political dialogue and better respond to security threats.


Thailand says a woman has died from bird flu and signaled the possibility she may have caught it from her daughter, raising concern the virus can be passed between people.


"Beavis" goes portable on PlayStation format

The Universal Media  Disc, a proprietary format for Sony's PlayStation Portable, may  have failed as a movie format, but Sony's continued attempts to  portray the PSP as a multimedia device rather than a game  player now find the company trying again, this time with TV  shows.


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Last call for vocab, me old china plates Microsoft is calling for final contributions to its UK dialect dictionaries - due for free release in July.â¦


Reid Announces Â£300M to Modernise Sexual Health Services

A new Â£300 million programme over three years, to modernise and transform sexual health services in England, was announced today by Health Secretary, John Reid.


The nation's cellular companies have agreed on a common standard for multimedia messaging that should enable mobile phone users to exchange photos, video and audio clips just as they do e-mail, regardless of their wireless carrier.


And that's too bad, because it looks as though 100 million of them are being wasted here.


Britney Spears's latest lawyer, Sorrell Trope, filed a request Wednesday to withdraw from the singer's custody case, court documents show.  "There has been a breakdown in communications between (Spears) and Trope & Trope (law firm) making further rep...


CHISINAU (Moldova) - Alessandro Del Piero sarÃ  in campo dal primo minuto nel match di domani a Chisinau contro la Moldova, valido per le qualificazioni ai mondiali 2006. Lo ha annunciato Marcello Lippi al termine dell'allenamento di stamani.


Throughout his career, New Hampshire International Speedway has been kind to Kurt Busch .


A man is arrested after the discovery of the bodies of an elderly couple at a scrapyard in Staffordshire.


In the recent vigorous discussion about decentralizing Twitter, a frequently asked question was What's the diff betw that and IRC. Now I could be missing something, if so, I apologize in advance, but I think the answer is No. Something that's fascinating about Twitter is that everyone's experience is different. Some people subscribe to 100 people, others 5000, I've even seen people who follow 0 people. No one subscribes to exactly the same people you do. And just because you listen to someone doesn't mean they listen to you, and vice versa. There's a tremendous variety of different experiences. Yet each of us feels as if we're in a chatroom. That's the paradox of Twitter. It kind of feels like IRC while it is nothing like IRC. What Twitter is most like, imho, is an RSS aggregator. The people who work on Twitter call it a micro-blogging system, because to them, that's what it's like, even if the users don't see it that way. I understand what they're saying, as I think through the possible ways to decentralize it, invariably I'm led down paths I've already walked in implementing blogging software and RSS software.  But IRC is very symmetric -- if I listen to you, then you listen to me. And vice versa. There are ways to block someone in IRC, but it's an opt-out, where in Twitter listening to someone is by default off, and you have to opt-in. Very different experience. In IRC it would be considered a drastic measure to block someone. In Twitter, there's nothing offensive about not subscribing to someone.  Further, you rarely see trolls or flaming in Twitter, because it doesn't work, just as it doesn't work in blogging. Unless you flame someone in an interesting or funny way, you're not going to get many followers. So guys like Loren Feldman, who is funny, gets a lot of followers on Twitter. And the normal grouchy and anonymous trolls who dominate mail lists rarely gain followers on Twitter (or blogs). Twitter is fascinating, it's like the elephant and we're all blind men feeling our way around unaware that other people see it completely differently.


Arafat's health said improving; confers with PA officials

Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat met yesterday for the first time with some of the Palestinian officials who accompanied him to Paris, where he is hospitalized, in what seems to be a clear indication that his health is improving.


US launches campaign to gauge China's actions against copyright piracy

The United States Trade Representative's office on Thursday sent out letters to key American business establishments seeking feedback on China's commitments to crack down on copyright piracy.


But bigger displays and WiMax coming in Q2 CES Asus today committed itself to expanding its Eee PC line-up not only with WiMax wireless broadband-enabled versions but also machines with 7, 8 and 8.9in displays. They'll appear in Q2, Asus said.â¦


Arts, Briefly : Baftas Short List of Films

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced its nominees for the best foreign film of 2007, the BBC reported. They are: âLust, Caution,â âLa Vie en Rose,â âThe Lives of Others,â âThe Kite Runnerâ and âThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly.â The Bafta ceremony will be held on Feb. 10 at the Royal Opera House in London.


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World Business Briefing | Europe: Turkey: YouTube Blocked Over Content Found Offensive

A court ordered the YouTube Web site blocked throughout Turkey because of a video deemed insulting to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. The ban followed a week of what the news media termed a âvirtual warâ of videos between Greeks and Turks on YouTube. The largest Internet provider, Turk Telecom, complied with the ban and cut off access to the site. Insulting Ataturk is a criminal offense in Turkey.


Russia is backsliding on democracy and  the EU must take Moscow to task while bringing other former  Soviet republics closer to the West, the bloc's incoming  External Relations Commissioner said on Tuesday.


Rashidat Junaid came off the bench to score 10 points down the stretch, and No. 4 Rutgers rallied from 8 points behind in the second half to beat No. 14 Pittsburgh, 64-60.


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Bush Shows Caution on Mideast Peacemaking

President Bush called for realism and took the long view Monday on Mideast peacemaking and development of democracy among Palestinians.


Now every girl awaiting  her sweet 16 can plan the special day to a tee with the  expected launch Saturday of MTV's latest Web tie-in.


PG&E Dispute With State Delays Opening of Trail Well into Next Year

By David Sneed, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec. 15--SAN FRANCISCO -- Opening of a 3-mile trail into coastal lands north of Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant will take an additional six to 12 months to complete because of disagreements over the extent of access.


BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Overshadowed after Panthers forward Richard Zednik sustained a deep gash across the neck, Derek Roy scored twice to lead the Buffalo Sabres to a 5-3 win over Florida on Sunday night.


BEING THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO, according to one former team-mate, would eat himself if he were a chocolate drop, Graeme Souness might be rather peeved to learn that his picture is absent from


A former US interpreter says Washington pressed Indonesia to secretly hand over Abu Bakar Ba'asyir.


Genova, 23:12 - CALCIO, SAMP; MAZZARRI: SQUADRA OK NELLA RIPRESA

Walter Mazzarri ha visto una buona Samp nella ripresa, ma non è soddisfatto del primo tempo d...


University and college funding in England rises 6.4% on last year to Â£7,137m to provide extra student places.


French actor Philippe Noiret, best-known for his role in "Cinema Paradiso", dies in France at the age of 76.


Weak results, firing of CEO candidate trip Keane shares

Shares of Boston technology services firm Keane Inc. tumbled by nearly 20 percent yesterday as investors reacted to a double dose of unsettling news: the firing of a top executive and a warning of lower-than-expected revenues and profits.


A UK soldier dies and five others are injured in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan, the MoD says.


Powell declares North Korea a 'terrorist state'

BEIJING - US Secretary of State Colin Powell, on a mission to restart talks on North Korea's nuclear program, on Sunday branded North Korea a "terrorist state" that shows "no respect whatsoever for human rights.


House Panel Seeks Iraq Oil-For-Food Papers

The chairman of a congressional committee contended Monday that U.N. officials "encouraged, or at least tacitly condoned," President Saddam Hussein's widespread abuse of Iraq's oil-for-food relief program.


Troops are deployed in Beirut ahead of a mass opposition rally calling for the Lebanese government to quit.


Jordan queen in Ramadan fundraising campaign for UNICEF

Jordan's Queen Rania is fronting a televised fundraising campaign for the UN children's agency UNICEF that is airing on pan-Arab television stations through the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.


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Senator Starts Corporate Tax Bill Protest

Known as one of the Senate's more moderate Democrats, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana undertook a fiery defense Sunday of military reservists that threatened to delay passage of a corporate tax bill and keep lawmakers in the Capitol rather than out campaigning.


Health Tip:  A Shingles Source of Chickenpox

(HealthDayNews) -- Shingles, or herpes zoster, is caused by the chickenpox virus that remains dormant in people who had the virus as children or young adults.


SAN JUAN -- The US military has ordered three detainees at the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to be freed and 25 others to remain as secret hearings were held for the cases of more terror suspects.


Judge orders IBC to keep making Twinkies

At the request of Interstate Bakeries Corp., US Bankruptcy Judge Jerry Venters ordered the company to keep making Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Ho Hos and the rest of its product line and approved temporary loans to finance the company.


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Mozilla's Firefox Makes Formal Debut Today

The open-source app already has a cult following, a major portion of which like it because no one has written viruses to attack it yet.


Admiral Calls for âNewâ Approach in Iraq

Adm. William J. Fallon also warned about Iranâs âsupportâ for terrorism beyond its borders.


Hester's record helps Bears capture North crown

Devin Hester tied an NFL record with  his fourth touchdown return of the season to help the Chicago  Bears beat the Minnesota Vikings 23-13 and clinch the NFC North  Division title on Sunday.


Marriott International Inc. MAR.N,  the largest U.S. hotel operator, on Thursday said third-quarter  profit rose 45 percent as business travel continued to perk up  after three years of stagnation.


As he signed autographs for more than 45 minutes outside of PNC Field last night, the man who is perhaps the greatest pitcher of his generation said he very much would like to start against the Red Sox this weekend. The reality is that he probably won't start until Monday against the White Sox in Chicago.


"Two hundred 10 million dollars doesn't mean we'll be in the World Series tomorrow," Toronto Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi said by phone Friday. "But it gives us a chance. We've been a little like a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest. Maybe now we can do a little bit more damage."


Envoy urges patience on North Korea deadline

North Korea's failure to meet a deadline to declare its nuclear activities needs to be confronted with patience and perseverance, a senior U.S. envoy said on Monday.


A Republican Party campaign committee that received $20,000 in 2003 from a man now accused of helping terrorists has donated the money to a foundation that comforts families of wounded soldiers.


NEW YORK - Yesterday, Howard Stern--who loudly claims to dominate media, but has rarely, if ever, added one iota to the sum of human knowledge--made waves by announcing he will move his act to another media.


Valentino returns to hero's welcome in Rome

Rome rolled out the red carpet to welcome  back Valentino Garavani, decking out a historic museum with his  sweeping gowns and restoring an ancient temple by the Colosseum  to host festivities celebrating the Italian designer.


Roadside Bomb Kills 9 Afghanistan Police

A roadside bomb targeting a police convoy killed nine officers, including a local commander, and left one critically wounded Monday in western Afghanistan, officials said.Comment


Targeted training keeps IT workers sharp

Dimension Dataâs IP telephony services were growing at more than 100 percent per year. But instead of hiring the 30 to 40 new IPT engineers it needed to keep up with demand, the $2.7 billion IT solutions provider decided to invest in training programs to get more out of the people it already had.


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Italian film benefits from sex controversy

Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti  struck back at his detractors Wednesday, blaming "ignorance"  for motivating attacks on his candid sex scene with co-star  Isabella Ferrari in the new movie "Quiet Chaos."


Powell downplays 'polite' dinner conversation

LONDON, Nov 24 (IranMania) - US Secretary of State Colin Powell on Tuesday played down the importance of a conversation he had with Iran's Foreign Minister at a dinner in Egypt, dismissing speculation that the chat might have signaled a diplomatic thaw


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Wash. GOP Gets Court Date in Recount Suit

A federal judge scheduled a hearing next week to hear arguments in a lawsuit filed by Republicans aiming to block the recount of some ballots in the cliffhanger governor's race.


Author's Book on Cancer Fuels Flames Again

Devra Davis spent part of her growing-up years in a Pennsylvania steel town that became famous for a lethal industrial fog that settled over the community and killed 20 people over five days in 1948.


California receiver Jonathan Makonnen expects to play in the regular-season finale Saturday at Southern Mississippi after missing the last four games with a bruised liver.


Take That singer Howard Donald is in hospital after receiving a chest injury during the group's tour of Europe.


For Better or Worse, the Knicks Embrace Their Starting Lineup

Knicks Coach Isiah Thomas may not have the lineup, the rotation or the style he envisioned in training camp. But fate has formed a team that may yet save his job over the next two months.


Security Council mulls joint UN-AU Darfur force report

The Security Council on Friday weighed a report on a planned UN-African Union (AU) joint peacekeeping mission in Darfur, including a call on Khartoum to allow a mobile force of up to 23,000 troops and police in the war-torn region.


HP's focus on security strategy, not security products

HP will focus its efforts on security services, security management integration, data security and the intersection of security and corporate governance.


The celebrity gossip blogger says he feels jilted by YouTube, which disabled and then reinstated, some video clips after a copyright "misunderstanding."


Travelers Give a Lift To Arlington Economy

Reagan National Airport has a major impact on the economy of Arlington County -- just not the same kind of impact that Dulles International and Baltimore-Washington International have on their regions.


Investigators said Saturday some military personnel implicated in the Abu Ghraib abuse scandal were involved in deaths and abuses of detainees in Afghanistan.


U.S.-led forces kill 20 militants in southern Iraq

U.S.-led coalition forces killed at least 20 militants after coming under attack during a series of raids in southern Iraq overnight, the U.S. military said on Monday.


Martin Names Saskatoon Doctor as New Health Officer

Prime Minister Martin has appointed Doctor David Butler-Jones as the new Chief Public Health Officer. Butler-Jones will co-ordinate a national response team in Winnipeg, should Canada face another outbreak of a major disease like SARS.


British, Spanish tourists stranded for four days in Bolivian Andes

A group of 250 mainly European tourists was stranded for four days in the Bolivian Andes after indigenous protestors blocked roads amid a territorial dispute, the Interior Ministry said.


Private Cash Sets Agenda for Urban Infrastructure

Private spending, supported by a growing number of very wealthy families, is gaining ground on public investment.


Genova, 17:29 - CALCIO, ROMA; SPALLETTI: GRANDE VITTORIA

Luciano Spalletti commenta cosÃ¬ la vittoria per 4-2 sulla Sampdoria a Genova: ''Abbiamo giocato un b...


Interpol has joined Litvinenko poisoning inquiry

International police agency Interpol is helping coordinate the investigation into the poisoning death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, with a trail now running through Germany, Russia and Britain.


BRUSSELS -- Europe yesterday embarked on a bold path to fight climate change, agreeing that a fifth of the energy used by the 27-nation bloc by 2020 will come from renewable sources such as the sun and the wind, and challenging the rest of the world to follow.


MySpace teen suit dismissed by Texas court

News Corp.'s  MySpace said on  Wednesday a federal court dismissed a negligence lawsuit filed  by the family of a teenage girl who was sexually assaulted by  someone she met on the popular Internet social network.


Rusal set for London stock market flotation

Russian aluminium producer Rusal could put some of its shares up for sale on the London stock market as soon as November, in the biggest global initial public offering (IPO) this year, the Financial Times reported on Friday.


Kiefer Sutherland has been released from jail after serving 48 days on a drunken driving charge, People magazine reported.


The very best small companies give you obscene gains. And then they become large companies.


Japan's Toshiba Corp  waved the  white flag in the high-definition home movie war on Tuesday,  giving up on its HD DVD format after losing the support of key  studios and retailers to the Blu-ray technology backed by Sony  Corp .


Google Lets Users Overlay Data on Personalized Maps

Google will introduce a new feature that lets users create personalized maps which plot the locations of everything from cheap gas locally to the latest earthquakes worldwide.


When Mike Thibault was coaching the Omaha Racers, he always seemed to find a way to get the best out of them when you least expected it.


President Bush will be the first president in 72 years to face the electorate with a net job loss. The Iraq war has deeply torn the nation. National polls show a neck-and-neck race. Yet economy-based projections still show a decisive Bush victory on Nov. 2.


With the arrival of two innovative new systems about two months away, the video game world is as unsettled as it has ever been. On Nov. 17, market leader Sony will launch its high-priced PlayStation 3 ($499-$599, depending on size of hard drive), having given a year's head start to challenger Microsoft's Xbox 360.


Firenze, 20:30 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA: COGNINI NUOVO VICEPRESIDENTE

Mario Cognini è stato nominato vicepresidente esecutivo della Fiorentina. Cognigni subentra n...


Hamas will not field candidate for Palestinian election

Gaza City: Hamas will not field a candidate for next month's election to succeed Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority, a spokesman for the radical Islamist movement said on Wednesday.


Arcelor Mittal terminates sale of Sparrows Point

Arcelor Mittal , the world's  largest steelmaker, said on Sunday it has terminated an  agreement to sell its Sparrows Point, Baltimore facility to E2  Acquisition Corp due to E2's inability to secure financing.


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Russia against referral of Iran to UN Security Council

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here Sunday that Moscow was opposed to seeing Iran referred to the UN Security Council over its nuclear programme.


Halliburton's move to the United Arab Emirates shouldn't have been a surprise. It spotlights a major shift in the global oil industry


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Senator faults 4 pilots for US Airways bankruptcy

Following a meeting Tuesday with US Airways Group Inc. president and CEO Bruce Lakefield, US Sen. Rick Santorum laid blame for the airline's second bankruptcy filing on four pilots' union representatives from


Indonesian Police Arrest Jakarta Bombing Suspect

Police in Indonesia say they have arrested a man suspected of having a direct link to last week's deadly car bombing outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta.


Novell Inc. is reporting a big turnaround in its financial picture. The networking company is reporting a third-quarter profit of $23.4 million on sales of $304.6 million. A year ago, Novell reported a loss of $12.4 million on sales ...


NAIVASHA, Kenya  - Ethnic clashes killed at least 19 people in Kenya's Rift Valley on Sunday, overshadowing a meeting between former U.N. chief Kofi Annan and opposition leader Raila Odinga to try to resolve a month-long crisis.


This season on âCriminal Minds,â a crisis is averted as a familiar face steps into a new starring role.


Three soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland are arrested in Kent on suspicion of stealing munitions.


Iran agrees to full uranium enrichment freeze, diplomats say

Just a day before an international deadline, Iran agreed Sunday not to test any centrifuges as part of a total suspension of nuclear activities that can yield uranium for atomic weapons.


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Americans go to Mexico for a cheaper perfect smile

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico  - It was fear of the hefty bill as much as fear of the drill that kept American musician Don Clay away from U.S. dental clinics for 30 years.


By designing accessible variations of last seasonâs creative storms, the Elie Taharis of Fashion Week are a shopperâs â and a merchantâs â best friends.


Andre Iguodala scored 21 points and the Philadelphia 76ers extended their winning streak to a season-high four games with a 99-86 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Sunday.


Vista Cooler Than You Think, Ballmer Tells Analysts

Microsoft Corp chief executive Steve Ballmer has called for financial analysts to cool down their predictions on how many copies of Windows Vista the company will sell.


A Soyuz spacecraft with a replacement crew for the international space station docked safely with the orbiting complex early Saturday.


Long or short-term mobile phone use is not associated with increased risk of cancer, a major study finds.


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Islamic militants behead American hostage

Grisly footage of militants beheading an American hostage was posted on a radical Islamic Web site last night, and the group that carried out the execution, Tawhid and Jihad, warned


Marion Jones should be stripped of her five Olympic medals if allegations that she used banned drugs before the 2000 Sydney Games are true, World Anti-Doping Agency chief Dick Pound said Friday.


Gere assails "big lies" of Bush administration

Richard Gere  launched a broadside at the Bush administration when he picked  up a lifetime achievement award during the San Sebastian  International Film Festival on Sunday.


At the helm of Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz became "un blogeur" last week when he started publishing his blog in French and nine other languages.


Sydney, 09:56 - TENNIS, ATP SYDNEY: FINALE GUCCIONE-TURSUNOV

L'australiano Chris Guccione e il russo Dmitry Tursunov sono i finalisti del torneo Atp di Sydney (m...


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Kathy Farrell could be forgiven for entertaining the possibility that her beloved Boston Red Sox might be cursed. During an April game at Fenway Park, she stumbled in the


Ruling eases government's efforts for cell-phone tracking

A federal court rules that the government doesn't need probable cause to obtain a warrant allowing it to use a person's cell phone to track his past movements.


Stocks rallied on Tuesday, bolstered by confidence the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week, another round of upbeat outlooks from technology companies, and solid sales from McDonald's Corp.


Another 'Chase' looms for those outside postseason cut

As much as Bobby Labonte wants to liken finishing 11th in NASCAR's revised points system to winning a table centerpiece, he finds consolation in spoils such as a $250,000 points fund


Underwear, construction debris, a washing machine -- Carin Miller and her many volunteers have picked them up and much more while cleaning canyons in southern Utah.


Legislator and Doctor to Face Off in WisconsinÃ¢ÂÂs 8th District

Republican state Assembly Speaker John Gard and Democratic allergist Steve Kagen won their primaries Tuesday and will face off in a competitive open-seat race in WisconsinÃ¢ÂÂs 8th District. The well-funded candidates already are well on their way to setting what is expected to be a state record for spending on a House campaign.


Report: Prozac Maker Knew of Problems in 1988

Confidential company documents obtained by a leading medical journal suggest that drug giant Eli Lilly & Co. was aware that its antidepressant Prozac was linked to troubling


Pop star Prince hires a firm to remove unauthorised copies of his music, merchandise and videos from the internet.


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Many Arctic Plants Have Adjusted to Big Climate Changes, Study Finds

Experts said the study provided a glimmer of optimism in the face of bleak scientific assessments of the vulnerability of ecosystems.


"The emperor has no clothes," House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi once famously said about President Bush.


Interior Official and Federal Biologists Clash on Danger to Bird

The issue of political overseers modifying information from federal scientists that conflicts with policy goals has arisen periodically in recent years.


Construction spending edged up slightly in November as a continued steep slump in housing was offset by record spending on government and business projects. But a key gauge of manufacturing activity fell in December to the lowest point in almost five years.


STUDENTS who are keen on biology, chemistry, mathematics and computer science will find that Nilai International's Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology's opens doors to a dynamic profession which continues to evolve with new scientific and medical discoveries.


Congress plans hearings on Fannie Mae accounting, lawmaker says

Fannie Mae, the largest US mortgage finance company, will be the subject of an Oct. 6 hearing by the House Financial Services Committee over its accounting and management, said Representative Richard Baker, a Louisiana Republican.


White Sox trade Carlos Lee to Milwaukee for Podsednik, Vizcaino

Carlos Lee was traded from the Chicago White Sox to the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday for outfielder Scott Podsednik, reliever Luis Vizcaino and a player to be named.


President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, standing shoulder to shoulder at the White House, vowed yesterday to cleanse the war-torn country of insurgents


Customized stamps may lick Postal Service's finance woes

It may be the ultimate in narcissism. Forget about personalized license plates, credit cards, or T-shirts. Now you can have your face immortalized on a postage stamp.


'Superman' Actor Christopher Reeve Dead at 52

"Superman" actor Christopher Reeve,  who became a leading advocate for spinal cord research after a  horseback riding accident left him paralyzed nine years ago,  has died of heart failure, his publicist said on Monday. He was  52.


TM Leads 17-Member Consortium to Establish AAG

By Compiled by Thavamani S Retnam  TELEKOM Malaysia Bhd is leading a consortium of 17 major international telecommunications providers to build the first high- bandwidth optical fibre submarine cable system linking the Southeast Asian region directly to the United States.


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Prosecutors Drop Sex Case Against Bryant

EAGLE, Colo. - The criminal case against Kobe Bryant case collapsed Wednesday as prosecutors dropped the sexual assault charge against him, saying they had no choice because the NBA star's accuser no longer wanted to participate...


Candidates from both parties are getting help from their family members on the presidential campaign trail. A sampling: