And other revelations from Bob Shrum's No Excuses: Concessions of a Serial Campaigner. An exclusive excerpt


Kerry Goes Hunting for Conservative Votes

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said he bagged a goose on his swing-state hunting trip Thursday, but his real target was the voters who may harbor doubts about him.


SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Carlos Pineda looked shaky when he started with three consecutive balls and then hit California's leadoff batter. But he got a lot better in a hurry.


Turkey sends minister to Iraq over Kurdish rebels

Turkey's foreign minister arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday for talks with Iraq's government, with Ankara vowing military action in northern Iraq unless Iraqi and U.S. forces crack down on separatist Kurdish guerrillas.


Koizumi calls criticism of shrine visit 'immature'

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has brushed aside criticism from China and South Korea over his pilgrimage to the Yasukuni war shrine, saying they were "immature".


The backup generator for this data center kicks in about 12 seconds after the power goes out, says an IT pilot fish who works there. At least, that's how it's supposed to work.


Rice in Baghdad applauds military crackdown

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Baghdad on Saturday, arriving as American and Iraqi troops make early gains in a new crackdown against militants in the Iraqi capital.


Yahoo Inc. is set to reject Microsoft Corp.'s offer, initially worth $44.6 billion, as undervaluing the business, a source familiar with the situation said on Saturday.


Catania, 17:38 - CALCIO, CATANIA; MARINO: COL MESSINA EVITARE ERRORI DI PALERMO

L'allenatore del Catania Pasquale Marino è convinto che i rossazzurri possano ottenere un ris...


Accordo fatto tra Coni e azienda Chiavari per 3 anni


Broadband across America Broadband has finally superseded dialup connections to the Internet, according to the latest measurements by Nielsen NetRatings. Nielsen reports broadband is used by 63 million users, or 51 percent of the ...


Troubles with the main oxygen generator aboard the International Space Station could force Fincke, 37, an Emsworth native, and cosmonaut Gennady Padalka to evacuate the orbiting outpost.


Rocker Lenny Kravitz Sued in NY Over Toilet Backup

Four-time Grammy Award winner Lenny  Kravitz is being sued for more than $300,000 by an insurance  company that claims the rocker let his toilet overflow into a  neighbor's apartment, causing "catastrophic water damage."


The US State Department Friday reiterated the need for free and fair elections in Ukraine and urged Russia to support such a process.


Wall Street was set to start higher on Tuesday to recoup some of the prior session's losses, though high-profile retailer Amazon.com  may come under pressure after a broker downgrade.


McCartney, Mills back in court over divorce settlement

Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his estranged wife Heather Mills go back to court on Monday for a scheduled five-day hearing that could see their high-profile divorce battle resolved.


Sassari, 21:02 - BASKET, LEGADUE: SASSARI PRENDE CHALMERS

Il Banco di Sardegna Sassari (Legadue) ha ingaggiato sino al termine della stagione il play-guardia ...


Roma, 18:07 - CALCIO, MORABITO: SE ROMA VUOLE FAUBERT DEVE RADDOPPIARE OFFERTA

"Se la Roma vuole Faubert, dovrà aumentare la sua offerta di 4 milioni e portarla almeno a 7-...


Senior doctors are warning many emergency Caesareans may be unnecessary.


Iran's Armed Opposition Wins a Battle -- In Court

A European court rules that a militant group opposing Iran's leaders was unfairly listed as a terror organization


L'obiettivo e' rendere il traffico piu' scorrevole e sicuro


Austrian Marlies Schild savored her second victory of the Alpine ski season, winning a slalom on home snow in Semmering on Wednesday, when she followed Tuesday's giant slalom victory.


Utah Enjoys BCS Celebration While It Can

Utah Coach Urban Meyer is a man whose brown eyes boil with intensity. He subscribes to the football adage of taking one game at a time as if it were a directive from Scripture.


US Actor Aude Freed from Pakistani Prison

An American actor accused of drug smuggling returned home to Los Angeles on Sunday after spending nearly three years in a Pakistani prison before a judge commuted his sentence.


Event of the Day -- Women's beach volleyball

Why you should watch: The athletes are impossibly tanned and fit, the setting couldn't be more beautiful and the competition will be fierce.


Comedian Ed Byrne encourages people to reduce their waste this Christmas as he talks about the amount of cards sent each year that aren't recycled


AP: Netherlands Mulling Anti-Terror Laws

The Dutch government is considering new laws to empower anti-terrorism investigators to detain suspects without evidence that they may have committed a crime, the justice minister told The Associated Press on Monday.


Astronauts on the space station can strap trays to their legs, as shown here, or attach their meal to the station's dining table.


New instructions aimed at ending murder trial deadlock.


Barghouthi Quits Election Race, 4 Israelis Killed

RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Jailed uprising leader  Marwan Barghouthi on Sunday quit the race to replace late  Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, ensuring a smooth election  and making the victory of a veteran peacemaker almost certain.


Reports of a takeover approach continues to surround ITV, the UK's largest commercial broadcaster.


US President George Bush and his rival John Kerry have held their last televised debate ahead of the November election. What is your reaction?


Consumers would see little savings from a government-sanctioned system of prescription drug imports from Canada, and imported drugs carry safety concerns.


(InfoWorld) - Last year, BenQ had a large Computex booth inside Hall 2 of the Taipei World Trade Center. This year, the troubled electronics maker is staying away from Taiwan's largest hardware show while it moves towardÂ spinning off its branded-products business. "We had a change in our exhibition strategy at the end of last year," a company spokeswoman said Wednesday. In addition to deciding not to attendÂ Computex 2007, the company did not attend theÂ Consumer Electronics ShowÂ in January. BenQ chose not to attend these shows, which are among the world's largest and most important, in order to save money for other marketing activities, the spokeswoman said. BenQ hasn't made a decision on which exhibitions it plans to attend next year. Computex is the highlight of the calendar for Taiwanese electronics firms, which manufacture the bulk of the world's computer and electronics products. For Taiwanese companies, having a presence at the show, which is organized by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council and Taipei Computer Association, is considered a sign of support for the island nation's electronics industry and most companies attend. BenQ, which sells laptops, monitors, and LCD (liquid crystal display) televisions, has had a difficult time recently. The company is trying to recover from its ill-fatedÂ acquisition of Siemens' mobile-phone unit. The company last year said it wouldÂ stop investing in BenQ MobileÂ after losing an estimated $1 billion in an effort to turn the unit around. In April, BenQ announced plans to spin off its branded-products business on Sept. 1 and change its name to Jia Da. Once the branded business is spun off, Jia Da plans to focus exclusively on contract manufacturing, which accounts for 60 percent to 70 percent of the company's business. Â ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!


Climate change blamed for fading foliage

Every fall, Marilyn Krom tries to make a trip to Vermont to see its famously beautiful fall foliage.


In a media marketplace heavy on celebrity news, stories are interesting, but pictures reign supreme. Want proof? Just look at the price tags.


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Cardinal Health said late Monday in an audit prompted by an SEC probe it anticipates restating millions of dollars in results for fiscal 2001 through 2003, as well as for the first three quarters of 2004.


Manager Sir Alex Ferguson insists the Premiership title race is far from over, despite Man Utd's win over Liverpool.


The online employment site remains at the top, but the rest of the field is gaining ground.


Gilbert Islands Showcases Lighted Boats in Annual Event: Community Invites Public to Traditional Sail-By Holiday Parade

By Beth Lucas, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Dec. 9--Santa's sleigh will glide through the Gilbert Islands tonight -- across the lake in the community's traditional Parade of Lights.


WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Anna Nicole Smith's estranged mother asked an appeals court Monday to overturn a judge's decision over who controls where the starlet should be buried.


Prized free agent Adrian Beltre and the Seattle Mariners agreed to a $64 million, five-year deal Thursday, The Associated Press learned.


Catania, 14:38 - CALCIO, COPPA ITALIA; BALDINI: SNOBBATI DA MILAN? FATTI LORO

"Il passaggio del turno in Coppa Italia fa piacere, il mio è un gruppo che merita grandi sodd...


Jenkins pleads guilty of desertion, receives 30-day sentence

Four decades after he vanished into North Korea, a soldier pleaded guilty Wednesday to abandoning his Army unit in 1965, tearfully recounting his fears of death and the depression he said drove him to defect.


Microsoft Asks Judge to Suspend Penalties

Microsoft asked a European Union  judge Thursday to freeze a European Commission order forcing it  to share technology with competitors, but a rival said the  software giant used to provide such information freely.


Japan Worries as Iraq Hostage Deadline Passes

Japan grew more worried on Friday about  the fate of a Japanese hostage in Iraq as time passed after the  expiry of deadline set by his captors to behead him unless  Tokyo withdrew its troops.


Optus, Vodafone Australia to Share Wireless Network

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. and Vodafone Group Plc will operate a high-speed wireless phone network in Australia through their local units, three weeks after the country's biggest phone company announced similar plans.


Turtle Recall ; EXCLUSIVE: Dermot O'Leary Fights to Save the Threatened Leatherback in TV Show Extinct

By RICK FULTON  DERMOT O'Leary knows he'll have a struggle winning ITV1's endangered species show Extinct.   While the other seven celebs have cute, cuddly or well-known creatures to protect, he is backing leatherback turtles.


Former Eagles and Packers star Reggie White dies at 43

your thoughts and prayers as we mourn the loss of Reggie White. We want to. thank you in advance for honoring our privacy.''.


Accidents from trendy roller shoes are far more numerous than previously thought, contributing to roughly 1,600 emergency room visits last year, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday.


Economic View: How Bernanke Made Them Believe

As Ben S. Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, meets with policy makers to set interest rates this week, it is clear that he has earned credibility with Wall Street.


Ofcom boardroom musical chairs runs out of seats

Watchdog maxes out bigwig ration Ofcom, the best-paid quango in all of Quangistan, has replaced one board member with two new ones, bumping its quota of directors to ten - the maximum allowable by its charter.â¦


Bush Healthy But Laments 'Too Many Doughnuts'

BETHESDA, Md.  - President Bush was declared to be  in "superior" health after his annual physical exam on Saturday  but lamented a weight gain he blamed on months of campaign  travel.


Despite the Hollywood writers' strike, the big TV networks have more than a hundred episodes of scripted series ready to roll out over the next few months.


Traffic on two major highways linking Kathmandu with the rest of Nepal comes to virtual halt after a rebel blockade.


Shares of Possis Medical Inc. fell more than 28 percent before the market open Tuesday, on news that it had cut its revenue outlook due to the poor performance of its AngioJet blood clot device in clinical trials.


Alerus Securities Begins to Work With Red Trail

By John Edison, Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Jun. 20--Alerus Securities has entered into an agreement with a company behind a Richardton, N.D., corn-to-ethanol plant to act as a qualified matching service for trading membership units.


Description: Tens of thousands of Israeli settlers take to the streets of Jerusalem Sunday evening to protest Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip.


The 53-year-old system under which fingerprint evidence is presented in Scotland's courts is abolished.


Gov't initiative lets drug companies track meds with embedded ...

(National-NBC) Nov. 15, 2004 - A new government initiative will put radio antennas on the labels of some of the most counterfeited drugs in the world.


26 killed in Sinai blasts: Israeli media

JERUSALEM : Twenty-six people were killed in bomb attacks on a hotel in the Egyptian resort of Taba and two other resorts on the Red Sea coast of the Sinai peninsula, Israel's public radio and medics said.


These classic approaches can help fuel your retirement.


ATHENS, Greece - A tutu-clad Canadian who jumped into the Olympic diving pool after a competition was convicted Wednesday of interrupting the games and sentenced to five months in jail. He was released pending an appeal...


Guy Hands' Xmas gift compares market now to 1929

British financier Guy Hands, known for his outspoken views, has sent bankers, investors and journalists a letter of best wishes for 2008 with a Christmas gift of a book -- "The Great Crash 1929" by John Kenneth Galbraith.


A federal judge in Miami ruled that Manuel Antonio Noriega can be extradited to France, where he faces charges of money laundering.


Algae-filled Hummer wins 'green car' contest

In the corporate imagination of General Motors, Hummer could be transformed from the SUV that environmentalists love to hate to an algae-infused, oxygen-exuding buggy that would open up like a flower.


Google, Salesforce.com Partnership Predicted

Internet services are expected to team up against Microsoft in a Tuesday announcement.


Ancient, Tiny Humans Shed New Light on Evolution

The skull of Homo floresiensis, a newly discovered species of human, next to a modern human skull (right). Fully adult, H. floresiensis was barely three-feet-tall and had a skull the size of a grapefruit.


Rocker Steven Tyler reveals fight with Hepatitis C

Steven Tyler, lead singer of rock  band Aerosmith, has battled Hepatitis C for three years and at  one point underwent chemotherapy that "about killed me," he  told celebrity television show Access Hollywood.


Murray hopes to remain effective despite increasingly GOP Senate

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Patty Murray and other Senate Democrats are waiting to see what kind of working relationship they'll have with Republicans after voters ousted their long-time leader and increased the Republican majority.


ZURICH, Switzerland (Ticker) - Venus Williams got a measure of revenge against Karolina Sprem of Croatia at the Swisscom Challenge on Tuesday.


This is turning out to be the year of the upgrade for many computer gamers, thanks to the arrival of blockbuster game titles such as Doom 3 and Half-Life 2, on its way to retail shelves after a year's worth of delays. -The Washington Post


Chrysler-UAW deal in doubt as rejections mount

Approval of the tentative labor contract between the United Auto Workers union and Chrysler LLC looked uncertain on Monday as factories representing almost a quarter of the automaker's workers have rejected the deal so far.


North Korea ready to stop making plutonium: Seoul

North Korea appears ready to abandon the source of its weapons-grade plutonium but there is a still a long way to go before Pyongyang scraps its entire nuclear arms program, a top South Korean nuclear envoy said on Friday.


Coleman reportedly swerved to avoid a deer

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. -- Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle Rod Coleman swerved to avoid a deer and flipped his luxury vehicle, authorities said Wednesday.


Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has described media baron Ram Nath Goenka as "one of the pillars of the freedom movement".


Anti-Aging Drug for Humans Hinted at by Worm Study

Drugs used to treat human seizures can delay aging in worms by as much as 50 percent, researchers report. The findings offer hope for an anti-aging drug for humans.


PROS Renner in running Jim Renner of Attleboro shot a first-round 6-under-par 65 to join Justin Goodhue of West Palm Beach, Fla., and Brian O'Melia of Westley Chapel, Fla., atop the leaderboard of the NEPGA's TD Banknorth Portland (Maine) Open at Riverside GC. Former New England PGA standout Ron Philo Jr . (77-66) made the cut in the PGA Professional ...


Pentagon seeks $190 billion more for Iraq and Afghanistan

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday asked Congress to approve nearly $190 billion more in spending for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.


NASA engineers are examining seals known as O-rings that go between space shuttle booster rockets because recent batches have shown a higher-than-usual amount of unmixed rubber.


Finding a place to snooze Official Super Bowl Hotel reservations line: 1-888-604-5845


Mark Brunell spent most of Thursday's practice on the sideline because of a left hamstring injury, while backup Patrick Ramsey took most of the snaps in preparation for Monday's game against Dallas.


ABC Wins Holiday Nights with Colorful Packaging

Barely a creature was stirring in primetime on Christmas Eve. And on Christmas night, more Americans were inclined to watch the Von Trapp family flee the Nazis than revisit George Bailey's classic holiday season meltdown.


It is under the first tier on the stand formerly known as the Stretford End at Old Trafford that Manchester United's fans are allowed to have their say.


Agilent's Profit Rises But Business Slows

Electronics testing and equipment  maker Agilent Technologies Inc. A.N on Thursday said  quarterly profit more than quintupled from a weak year-ago  period, but the company issued a forecast below current Wall  Street estimates.


No. 10 Arizona State set a single-season school record for victories, but the Sun Devils found enough faults in a 59-54 triumph over Arizona not to be overly thrilled.


A MAN has been arrested at Brisbane airport while trying to smuggle 19 snakes into Australia hidden in his clothes. His arrest came less than 24 hours after another man was found trying to smuggle in 52 birds eggs.


Microsoft Blames Human Error for WGA Glitch

Microsoft Corp. blamed human error for a problem that identified legitimate Windows users as pirates last week.


European Union tests waters with Cuba talks

The European Union held informal exploratory talks with Cuba on Monday on resuming closer ties after years of tension over human rights issues, an EU diplomat said.


Doctors find 26 needles in a woman's body, believed to have been inserted by relatives upset she was not a boy.


A gunman fatally shot five women in a robbery at a store in a suburban Chicago strip mall and fled Saturday, prompting police to sweep through neighboring shops as terrified customers watched.


Colin Powell said that the U.S. would not provide "up-front" benefits to North Korea if it agreed to dismantle its nuclear programs.


p2pnet.net News:- Today is the day for Mozilla. Its Firefox 1.0 goes online in its first 'official' version and the promo blurb says it, "empowers you to browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other browser".


Kevin Smith Clocks in for 'Clerks' Sequel

LOS ANGELES  - Filmmaker Kevin Smith is  set to direct his own screenplay of "The Passion of the  Clerks," a sequel to his first film, 1994's "Clerks."


Linux Journal: Homeland Security Uses PHP

In an interesting little note from LinuxJournal, there's an interview with a member of the Homeland Security division concerning their usage of LAMP.


US intensifies its role in tsunami relief

Aid is proving crucial - and may lift America's image.


John Edwards Expected to Quit Presidential Race

John Edwards will end his presidential campaign today, a source close to the Edwards campaign confirmed today.


On the Runway Blog: On the Runway: Miuccia Prada

A look from the Prada show in Milan. (Antonio Calanni/Associated Press) Bolting to the backstage after the Prada show tonight were my regular sisters, among them Hil Alexander of the Daily Telegraph in London and Vanessa Friedman of the FT, our notepads drawn. We clustered around Miuccia Prada, and I suppose the scene was not unlike [...].


Bush, Kerry feud over Vietnam, economy, Iraq, Darfur

US President George W. Bush and Democratic White House hopeful John Kerry sparred on the economy, the Iraq war and the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, and continued their war of words over Bush's national guard stint to avoid the Vietnam War.


Japan Navy Chases Unknown Sub Out of Japan Waters

A Japanese navy aircraft chased an  unidentified submarine out of waters near Japan's Okinawa  island chain on Wednesday in a rare display of the country's  military capability, long constrained by a pacifist  constitution.


Robert Karlsson took a two-shot lead over Lee Westwood with a 6-under 66 Saturday in the third round of the Deutsche Bank Players Championship.


Questions Remain About Martinsville Track

Rusty Wallace is the leader among active drivers at Martinsville Speedway with seven career victories, and even he's unsure how the track's new surface will respond to racing on Sunday. The surface has been commended by drivers this week for being smooth and fast, but questions remain about whether it will feature two grooves for racing when the Subway 500 in the Nextel Cup Series is run.


It may be the summer of '09 or later before beachgoers can count on finding sunscreens to protect against the deeper, penetrating rays linked to wrinkles and cancer.


[Health India]: Washington, Nov 11 : Taking vitamin E health supplements in excess can be a health hazard rather than a benefit, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University use of high-dose vitamin E supplements, in excess of 400 IU


Incremento spinge in alto quotazioni dell'euro


The Tupolev "Bear" bomber is a Soviet-era icon, flying the flag for Russia's robust new foreign policy.


Analysts say 12 percent decline points to a slowing in demand because of higher interest rates. By Courtney Schlisserman. US sales of new homes fell 12 percent in November, the sharpest decline in more than


"There must be a significant reduction in geopolitical tensions" in order for oil prices to stabilize, says OPEC President Purnomo Yusgiantoro.


A fresh Israeli air strike near the town of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, has killed a Palestinian. The Associated Press news agency quotes officials from Hamas as saying the man was a member of the radical group.


Time for Pakistan, India to show courage: Kasuri

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khursheed Mahmud Kasuri said on Saturday it is time for Pakistan and India to show "boldness and courage" and he is going to New Delhi with full confidence.


From jungles to suburbs, warlord led Hmong struggle

From the jungles of Southeast Asia to  the suburbs of America, charismatic Hmong warlord Vang Pao  struggled for independence for his people, Washington's  "forgotten allies" from the Vietnam War.


Polish president urges S. Korean firms to boost Polish investments

Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski urged South Korean companies to step up their investments in his country as President Roh Moo-Hyun wrapped up a two-day visit to Warsaw.


Il paese nel caos Salta l'accordo sulla riforma costituzionale

KIEV, 7 DICEMBRE 2004 - Dopo la decisione della Corte Suprema ucraina di tornare al voto per il ballottaggio, dopo l'annullamento delle elezioni del 21 novembre, la situazione a Kiev torna tesa e confusa.


Napster creator Shawn Fanning, who turned the music industry on its head with his file trading technology, has re-emerged with a new company that hopes to facilitate agreements between peer-to-peer services and the record companies, making it easier for


Hewlett-Packard has launched the FOSSology Project, a tool for tracking and monitoring the use of free and open-source software within an IT environment.The project stems from governance work done in-house at HP, according to the Web site set up for the project."We needed a tool that would quickly and accurately describe how a given open-source project was licensed," a statement on the site reads. "Rather than simply collecting a project's advertised license (as given at their website or in their documentation), this tool needed to analyze all of the source code for a given project and intelligently report all of the licenses being used based on the license declarations and tell-tale phrases that identify software licensing."FOSSology is available under the terms of the GPL (GNU General Public License) version 2 and currently has support on most GNU/Linux platforms, according to the site.It is not clear from the site how HP plans to make money through the initiative. A company spokeswoman declined comment and said Friday that more details will be announced next week.Companies like Black Duck Software are already in the FOSS-tracking business.HP's entry brought a warm welcome from Black Duck CEO Doug Levin. Levin may feel HP's involvement will help the market expand overall. "We can now officially welcome HP to our market," Levin wrote on his blog . "FOSSology is a nice tool for developers. It will result in software developers being better informed about their use of GPL. That makes it a very worthy tool."Right now, the FOSSology project has modules for license analysis, MIME type identification and for extracting metadata, according to the site.The site said the tool already generates detailed results: "More than simply reporting, 'Package X uses license Y,' the FOSSology tool attempts to analyze every file within the package to determine its license. The license report is thus an aggregate of all of the different licenses found to be in use by a package."FOSSology's analyses aren't foolproof, however, a statement on the site concedes: "In general, the analysis results are very good guesses but should not be considered authoritative. (Or to say it simply: We're not lawyers. The code tries its best, but leave the legal decisions up to your own attorneys.)"Over time, FOSSology is meant to be far more than an open-source license tracker, according to the site. Future capabilities could address bug fixes and patches, security alerts, and code reuse, as well as analysis of all types of software.The effort prompted praise on Friday from Michael Cote, an analyst with Redmonk. "It's free and open source, which is nice," Cote said. "So if the data is reliable and well-fed, it could be of help for people who don't want to work with Black Duck ... and others who have commercial ways to scan for open-source licenses.""The interesting thing will be to see how open the resulting data is and how much reporting people do with it," he added. "There's a sort of cloudy idea of how much open source is used in the enterprise, and having more accurate, free numbers would be great for the community, and more importantly, enterprises that want to get a feel for how widely used open source software is."The availability of free open-source usage data "will help people make much better -- and affordable -- decisions about what open source to use and not use," Cote said.


OLYMPIC 400m hurdles finalist Jana Pittman today said she was considering switching to the flat race Cathy Freeman won in Sydney four years ago.


The top executive at the Democratic National Committee notified his GOP counterpart Monday that a Republican Party Web site set up to recruit GOP volunteers does not hide users' e-mail addresses from prying eyes.


Election officials from Seattle's King County convened Thursday to begin counting more than 700 mistakenly discarded ballots that were expected to widen Democrat Christine Gregoire's lead in Washington's incredibly tight race for governor.


Brazil Rain Forest Burning A Major Greenhouse Gas Cause

The burning and deforestation of Brazilâs vast Amazon rain forest causes nearly 3% of the worldâs greenhouse gas emissions, according to a government report released yesterday.


Consumer Prices Climb; Jobless Claims Up

WASHINGTON - Consumer prices barely budged in August, suggesting that inflation isn't currently a problem for the economy and Federal Reserve policy-makers can stick with a gradual approach to raising interest rates.    The government's closely watched inflation barometer, the Consumer Price Index, rose by just 0.1 percent in August from the previous month, the Labor Department reported Thursday...


Kuznetsova, Petrova to meet in all-Russian Bali semi

Bali, Indonesia (Sports Network) - Surprise US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and fourth-seeded Nadia Petrova will square off in an all-Russian semifinal Saturday at the $225,000 Wismilak International tennis tournament.


House prices suffer worst fall since 1987

House prices suffered their worst decline in at least 20 years in the second quarter, and there is no sign of a bottom for the market, according to data from Standard and Poor's and economist Robert Shiller.


Major movies studios to announce fresh crackdown on illegal downloads, according to a news report. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The Motion Picture Association of America is expected to announce a new campaign aimed


Whalers, Alaskans try to block oil lease sale

ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - Groups in Alaska have sued the U.S. Interior Department to block an offshore oil and gas lease sale that residents say threatens Arctic marine wildlife and the traditional Inupiat Eskimo way of life.


Lo annuncia Jurgen Klinsmann, tecnico dimissionario


Two rockets slammed into the Sheraton  hotel in central Baghdad on Thursday night, temporarily  overshadowing a pledge by a Shi'ite Muslim militia to disarm.


Health officials link five North Carolina E. coli cases

RALEIGH, NC - Five people who attended last month's state fair had E. coli infections that stem from the same strain of bacteria, health investigators confirmed.


Oscar winner Demme sees extended Katrina project

SILVER SPRING, Maryland  - Filmmaker Jonathan Demme has put the struggle of New Orleans' poor to reclaim their hurricane-wracked neighborhoods on television and the big screen. But he's not done yet.


Fire at famed Weimar library destroys 30,000 priceless volumes

WEIMAR - An overnight fire at the famed Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar may have destroyed 30,000 irreplaceable volumes dating back to the Renaissance, officials in Germany said Friday.


Views you can use to get clues on tomorrow's news.


India and Pakistan have vowed that explosions on board an Indian passenger train that killed at least 65 people will not derail the peace process between the two nations.


Russia Sells Magnitogorsky Stake for $790 Million

Russia sold its 23.8 percent stake in OAO Magnitogorsky Metallurgichesky Kombinat, the country's second- largest steelmaker, for $790.15 million to investors friendly to the company's


A CFO who helped Nortel Networks recover from an accounting scandal and years of poor results is leaving the company after about two years on the job.


Seven Palestinians Killed in Gaza Strike

JERUSALEM Sept. 27, 2004 - Israelis killed seven Palestinians in attacks Monday, including a Gaza airstrike that killed one militant and wounded a militia commander, who vowed revenge from his hospital bed.


Five missing German tourists found safe in Algeria: police

Five German tourists who went missing in Algeria's Sahara desert have been found safe and well in the southern Djanet region of the north African country, local police said.


Dopo 21 anni di mistero la famiglia ora riapre il caso

Roma, 23 ottobre 2004 - L'avvocato della famiglia di Emanuela Orlandi, Ferdinando Imposimato, ha presentato un'istanza alla Procura di Roma al fine di dare nuovo sviluppo alle indagini. Nel documento, ora


In Italy, youth injection raises hope for national team renewal

One match into World Cup qualifying and Italy is doing its best to erase memories of a sour first-round elimination from Euro 2004.


Once again, the Nobel-winning geneticist has embroiled himself in controversy  -  this time over foul remarks about race. But does he really deserve this much condemnation?


EU seeks Russian explanation for school siege toll

The European Union asked Russia to explain the bloody end to the siege of a school by Chechen gunmen on Friday with huge loss of life.


The UK's economic future looks stronger, helped by a greater-than-expected number of EU migrants, a think-tank says.


Incidente e' avvenuto su strada che costeggia A24


Sheryl Crow Says Accused Stalker Alarmed Her

Grammy-winning rock star Sheryl Crow  told a court on Monday an encounter with a former Navy diver  charged with stalking her made her feel "really nervous" and  "alarmed."


Sudan Plane Hijackers Surrender to Forces

KHARTOUM, Sudan Aug. 27, 2004 - Armed with knives, Eritrean deportees hijacked a plane that left Libya carrying about 80 fellow Eritreans and forced it to land Friday in the Sudanese capital before surrendering to security forces, officials said.


Sound Energy Solutions Files Writ of Mandate Asking Judge to Have Port Complete Environmental Review

Sound Energy Solutions (SES) announced today that it has asked the state  court to order the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners to complete  the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) related to SES's  proposed $800 million liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.


Law chief, Democrats face clash on waterboarding

The top U.S. law enforcement official faces a clash on Wednesday with Senate Democrats after he rejected demands to rule on the legality of an interrogation technique known as waterboarding


The country's top corporate executives foresee pretty good business prospects even as the economy makes its way through a sluggish spell.


Google: debutto al Nasdaq piÃ¹ che positivo. Le azioni oltre quota ...

Ã partito bene l'ipo di Google, il motore di ricerca piÃ¹ famoso del mondo; al termine della giornata di contrattazioni, il titolo veniva infatti scambiato a 100,30 dollari, in rialzo del 18% rispetto al prezzo di collocamento, a 85 dollari.


I hope the Republicans come prepared to debate health care this year, and they leave the platitudes and slogans home.  Enough of us have been seriously sick, or know someone who has, or have family members who have been or are now. The way the Republicans describe health care, it's as if they've never been through it or don't know anyone who has. I got some pushback, not much, from a casual mention of universal health care a few days ago. Some think the problem can be solved through the "private sector" but that's nonsense. There is no such thing in health care. It's not a free market, as anyone who's been through it can tell you. There's nothing free about it. (Free as in freedom, not as in free beer.) When you check into a hospital you turn over your whole being to the health care system. I can't imagine anything changing that, nor do I think it should. When you're dangerously ill, decisions must be made about you. To people who have never relinquished control, it's a big trip, because that's what you have to do. You spend huge amounts of time waiting. You can't sleep because hospitals are 24-by-7. You're much more likely to get an infection in a hospital, and infection on top of other disease can kill. Even so, people are treated and some even are cured by the system. Lives are definitely prolonged, pain is eased.  Whether we have universal health care or not, it won't change the basics of how health care works, and how unfair it is to be sick and fighting for your life. But there are some things we can change, and if you have a heart, and think about it, I don't see how anyone could be against universal health care and still sleep at night. One commenter said that no one is ever turned away from an emergency room, as if that's all there was to health care.  First, emergency rooms do turn people away, and some of them die. But most disease is not treated in emergency rooms. If you need drugs to treat cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer's, AIDS, heart disease, depression, arthritis, emphysema, to name a few common chronic diseases -- you're out of luck if you don't have insurance. You could die years before you would with treatment, or might suffer, where if you had good insurance, you wouldn't.  I'm lucky I have good health insurance. It's lucky that I lived in Massachusetts when my COBRA policy expired, it's the one state in the US that has liberalized health insurance. I'm lucky that I can afford the monthly payments. I'm lucky. But why should getting the care and treatment you need depend on luck? We can do so much better. And I think our country would do better with a healthy population that knows if they, or someone they love, got sick they'll the help they need. It'll be interesting to see if we can get McCain to talk about this, if he turns out to be the Republcan nominee. The Republicans have never been responslble about this issue. It's of huge importance to Americans, and McCain presents himself as an honest person. He must understand how the health care system actually works. He's been through it himself, probably many times.  BTW, Hillary's passion for computerizing medical records is a good thing. She's right, a lot of money could be saved, the system could be made much more efficient, people would get better treatment, and lives would be saved. The sooner we get busy doing this, the better it will be for all of us.


â¢ Keep up with all 28 bowl games crammed into three weeks of college football action and find out who comes out on top. Data: USC looks to go wire to wire as the nation's top-ranked team in the regular season.


Charlotte Gainsbourg was doing well after undergoing an operation Thursday for an injury she sustained while jet skiing.


Pregnant singer says Murphy's the father

Eddie Murphy has said that he's not sure if he's the father of ex-Spice Girl Melanie Brown's unborn child. Brown, however, says she's quite certain that he is.


Morgan Freeman to play Nelson Mandela in new movie

Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman  and his film production company on Friday unveiled plans to  make a movie starring Freeman as former South African president  and Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela.


Expectations muted for US-Iran talks in Baghdad

BAGHDAD -- When US and Iranian officials meet here today in search of ways to bring stability to Iraq, both sides will have much to ask for, much they could offer -- and only limited expectations for quick progress.


Empoli, 16:28 - CALCIO, EMPOLI; CORSI: L'OBIETTIVO RESTA LA SALVEZZA

In quattro giornate ha messo insieme otto punti. Roba da 'matti'. "Non possiamo guardare le squadre ...


Council to Discuss Cable Issue Tonight: A List of Findings Regarding Comcast Will Be Presented.

By Jeff Tucker, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Sep. 11--The Pueblo City Council will issue a resolution tonight outlining more than 30 findings with regard to the Comcast's cable television franchise and contract with the city.


Sony-led group agrees in principle to buy MGM studios: source

LOS ANGELES : A group led by Japan's Sony Corp. struck an agreement in principle to acquire Hollywood's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio, a source close to the deal said after Time Warner dropped its offer.


President koehler reaffirms German support for Africa

Addis Ababa, December 16,2004 (EH)- German President His Excellency Prof. Dr. Horst Koehler reaffirmed his country's commitment to increase its development assistant to Africa.


Bush, in Canada, Declares He'll 'Reach Out' to Friends

President Bush said Wednesday that a "new term in office is an important opportunity to reach out to our friends," but he remained uncompromising about


McLaren will decide on Friday whether to appeal against a Â£49.2m fine and the deduction of all their constructors' championship points.


Fierce fighting in Fallujah forces US marines to call in both tanks, fighter jets for back up. By Pierre Celerier - FALLUJAH, Iraq.


Europeans charged with kidnapping in Chad

A Chadian judge late Monday laid kidnapping and complicity charges against 16 Europeans held over a charity's attempt to fly more than 100 children to France, the prosecutor's office in the eastern town of Abeche told AFP.


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


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Families remember those killed in bus crash, keep vigil for the ...

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. - The bus trip from Chicago to a Mississippi gambling town was a twice-a-year tradition for the group of friends and relatives, as much about visiting, laughing and reminiscing as it was about trying to strike it rich.


S&P says may cut Constellation Brands' debt rating

Standard & Poor's on Tuesday said it may cut the debt rating for Constellation Brands (STZ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) deeper into junk, after the wine and beer distributor said it had launched an unsolicited offer of $970


Big Storm Hits Midwest; Twister Kills Girl

A major storm churned through the Midwest today, dumping large amounts of snow and setting off severe thunderstorms and tornados.


Physicists win Nobel prize for quark theory

Three American physicists shared the Â£760,000 Nobel prize for physics for calculating the bizarre properties of the ultimate fragments of matter.


CHARLESTON, S.C. - A City Council member, reacting to a video store holdup believed to have been carried out by children, says parents who can't properly care for their kids should be sterilized.


The Bank of England today held the base interest rate at 4.75% for the fourth consecutive month, with the decision coming amid evidence of a slowdown in house price growth and weak economic data.


LONDON/NEW YORK  - Wireless telecommunications company Vodafone Group Plc  said it is not planning to bid for Verizon Communications Inc , responding to a report it was considering a $160 billion offer.


Eli Manning was a cautious but confident executioner on Sunday, the better quarterback against the noted Giants killer Jeff Garcia by the length of Interstate 4.


Sun-Microsoft deal raises Open Office questions

SEPTEMBER 16, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Microsoft Corp. yesterday said it is looking to work more closely with developers of the Open Office open-source project.


A Democratic president would raise taxes and ravage the economy, GOP hopeful candidate Rudy Giuliani said Saturday.


After a week of we-stand-by-our-story piety, CBS News and news anchor Dan Rather conceded Monday they had been "given a false account" of the origins of documents used to discredit President George W. Bush's actions in the Texas Air National Guard three


Viktor Yushchenko, the opposition candidate in Ukraine's presidential elections, steered his country away from the Russian ruble to an independent currency as head of the Central Bank from 1993 to 1999.


China Hints U.S. Must Return Guantanamo Separatists

Beijing has hinted that if the United  States releases any Guantanamo Bay detainees from its restive  Muslim far west Xinjiang region, they should be handed over to  Beijing and not sent to a third country.


Canonical and VMware team on mini-Ubuntu

It's JeOSy VMworld Canonical has busted out yet another version of Ubuntu â this time taking aim at the much hyped and loved virtualization market.â¦


Rituals of Grief, on a Day Eased Only by Time

Hundreds drew close to the sites of the worst terrorist attack in United States history to remember and mourn those lost three years ago yesterday, on Sept. 11, 2001.


Investigators took DNA from pop star Michael Jackson's mouth on Saturday, a day after raiding his Neverland Ranch to prepare for his trial on child molestation charges, a family source said on Sunday.


The long-running host of US television show American Bandstand is in hospital after suffering a mild stroke.


Mitchell report could spark move to rid baseball of steroids

Use of performance-enhancing drugs ensnared not just All-Stars like Bonds and Clemens but also fringe players trying to hang on.


Asia DRAM Report: Hynix 3Q Net Surges;Strong Chip Prices

SEOUL (Dow Jones)--South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc. (000660.SE) Monday posted sharply higher net profit for the third quarter, helped by strong chip prices - making


Devastated by doping, a sport looks to youth to revive its fortunes


Southeast Louisiana battles high waters from Matthew

Tropical Storm Matthew dumped heavy rains and pushed tides up in southeast Louisiana on Sunday, leaving about 30,000 people in LaPlace without water after tidal surge broke a water main.


These days, anyone with a digital camera and a laptop can make a movie. Which may be why it's harder than ever to actually get that movie seen.


The biggest surprise of the day came in a first round encounter between two 16-year-olds, Ana Ivanovic of Serbia & Montenegro and France's Tatiana Golovin.


LOS ANGELES/TOKYO  - A group headed by Sony Corp.  of America has agreed to buy Hollywood film studio  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for about $2.85 billion in cash to mine  MGM's lucrative library for the booming DVD market.


Israel temporarily stops military operation in Gaza

Jerusalem, Oct 15. (PTI):Israel has decided to temporarily suspend its two-week-long military operation in northern Gaza and withdraw stroops from the strip ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramzan.


Roma, 20:19 - VOLLEY, A2 FEMMINILE:RISULTATI DELLA 5/A DI RITORNO

Questi i risultati della 5/a giornata di ritorno della regular season di A2 femminile di volley


I'll only resign if we fail to make finals

Sven-Goran Eriksson is convinced he is moving in the right direction, although critics believe the England manager is just stuck in a rut.


Payton misses preseason game with broken thumb, expected back for ...

Celtics point guard Gary Payton missed Wednesday's preseason game against Detroit because of a broken right thumb. Payton, acquired from the Los Angeles Lakers in an offseason trade, was injured Monday in


L'annuncio del ministro per i Rapporti con il parlamento Vannino ChitiSeduta sospesa per permettere la valutazione della commissione Bilancio                                          Finanziaria, il governo pone la fiducia su tre maxiemendamenti


LOS ANGELES - Sugar Ray singer Mark McGrath has signed on as permanent co-host of the TV entertainment show "Extra," producers said Thursday. McGrath plans to continue working with the band, which has a greatest-hits CD in the works, and will fit performances and tours into his TV schedule...


Update 7: Oil Prices Sink Below $50 a Barrel

Oil futures prices sank below $50 a barrel Monday, continuing the selloff sparked last week by rising US supplies of crude and easing fears about the refining industry's ability to satisfy heating oil demand.


Tom Brady was a little stunned. Not by the prediction. But the score.


Cell Phones Increasingly Attractive To Hackers

Early this month, several Web sites began offering software promising ringtones and screensavers for certain cell phones. But those who downloaded the software found that it turned every icon


Arsenal will enter the New Year five points adrift of Premiership leaders Chelsea after a hard-fought and somewhat fortunate 1-0 win over Newcastle.


U.S. OKs Commercial Drilling in Alaska Oil Reserve

The U.S. Interior Department on Friday gave final approval to a plan by ConocoPhillips and partner Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to develop five tracts around the oil-rich Alpine field on Alaska's North Slope.


Sprint C.F.O. to Leave in New Executive Shake-Up

The announcement comes after Sprint last week reported deeper-than-expected customer losses for the fourth quarter and said it would cut about 4,000 jobs in a bid to reduce costs.


Catania, 14:23 - CALCIO, CATANIA: MASCARA RECUPERA, A FIRENZE GIOCHERA'

Giuseppe Mascara sta bene e potrebbe essere a disposizione per la partita che il Catania giocher&agr...


CHICAGO -- The Columbus Crew won their first Eastern Conference title and extended their unbeaten streak to an MLS-record 16 games with a 1-0 victory over the Fire last night in Chicago.


Rivals Boeing, Northrop find common ground in space

Northrop Grumman and Boeing said yesterday they will bid as a team to compete for NASA's planned manned and robotic space-exploration program.


Banconota da 100 la piu' contraffatta, seguono i 50 e i 5


N.Irish Foes Scramble for Final Settlement

LONDON/BELFAST  - Rival Protestant and Catholic  parties fought for concessions on IRA disarmament and British  troop withdrawals on Monday amid a flurry of efforts to seal a  lasting political settlement in Northern Ireland.


WHATEVER VOICE towns and cities have in their cable television service will be at stake in a bill before the state Legislature tomorrow.


Kansas City Royals: The Royals signed third baseman Chris Truby to a one-year contract. Financial terms were not disclosed. Truby, 30, spent last season with the Pirates' Triple-A affiliate at Nashville, where


Kidnapped reporter will be free soon, source says

The military wing of Hamas said Friday it is working to secure the release of kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who was abducted March 12 in Gaza.


Gateway Will Buy Back Stock From America Online

IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 2 -- Computer maker Gateway Inc. said Tuesday that it had agreed to repurchase stock held by America Online Inc.


Russia, China balk at financial bans on Iran

China and Russia balked on Friday at financial sanctions against Iran during negotiations among six powers on a new U.N. Security Council resolution that would penalize Iran for its nuclear program.


Tokyo stocks rose Thursday morning after shares gained on Wall Street. The dollar was up against the Japanese yen.


Buttafuoco sentenced on ammunition charge

Joey Buttafuoco, who gained notoriety in the 1990s when his teenage girlfriend shot his wife in the face in New York, was sentenced to a year in jail Tuesday after pleading no contest to possessing ammunition as a felon.


Military officials are to make a final decision on the European Union force for the region bordering Darfur.


"Alexandra" a moving snapshot of Chechnya

The value of a beautiful  orchestral score in a movie is made clear in Russian director  Alexander Sokurov's "Alexandra," an austere glimpse of life in  wartorn Chechnya. Andrei Sigle, who produced the film, also  composed the music, and its sweeping warmth carries something  of the soul of mother Russia to that bleak and torrid  landscape.


BEIRUT: As a strategy for rescuing the plummeting price of a barrel of oil, OPEC's much touted production cut on Friday was about as much use as breaking wind over a field instead of using compost.


U.S. remembers 9/11 attacks in solemnity

Americans stood in silence at the times of the Sept. 11 attacks on Tuesday, while the man behind them, Osama bin Laden, surfaced again to praise the suicide hijackers who killed nearly 3,000 people six years ago.


Russian leader faces ex-spy death questions

The Kremlin fought back against accusations its secret agents murdered a man in Britain for the first time since the Cold War on Friday, as President Vladimir Putin faced European leaders at a summit in Helsinki.


George Clooney's father fails in US Congress bid

Nick Clooney, father of Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney, has failed in his bid to win a seat in the US House of Representatives.


Health Tip: If Your Child Has Trouble Reading

(HealthDay News) -- Reading disabilities can be identified even in very young children, and should be immediately evaluated by a professional.


Annan prepares to try to mediate in Kenya crisis

Former U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan was due to arrive in Kenya on Tuesday to try to mediate in a post-poll crisis that has torn the country in two and triggered weeks of violence that killed at least 650 people.


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Elan Corp. and Biogen Idec rose in premarket trade Wednesday after the US Food and Drug Administration approved the companies' multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri.


Alien Contact More Likely by "Mail" Than Radio, Study Says

Researchers behind the study speculate that other life-forms may have already sent us messages, perhaps even as organic material embedded in asteroids that have struck Earth.


Barnstorming ahead for baseball's team in limbo?

No longer the Montreal Expos, not quite the Washington Nationals, baseball's sad, homeless ballclub-in-limbo ought to hit the road and barnstorm through the season.


Verizon-Vonage patent case in hands of jury

A federal jury on  Wednesday began reviewing evidence in Verizon Communications  Inc.'s  $197 million patent infringement case against  Internet phone service provider Vonage Holdings Corp. .


Venezuelans Vote in Referendum on Chavez

Voters turned out in overwhelming numbers to decide whether to recall President Hugo Chavez, a left-wing populist whose rule has bitterly divided this major oil-producing country and strained relations with the United States.


Dozens of Iraqi Soldiers Found Shot to Death

The bodies of dozens of soldiers in Iraq's new army were found laid out in four rows, about 30 miles south of Baquba, police said today.


Democratic presidential challenger John F. Kerry begins the fall campaign on the defensive and faces the urgent necessity to make the race about the economy and other domestic


U.S. holds out North Korea deal as model for Iran

The United States on Tuesday held out as a model for Iran a deal under which North Korea will take steps toward giving up nuclear arms, and analysts said it might bolster Iranians who favor talks with the West.


Hewlett-Packard has announced four entry-level servers for SMBs, along with updates to its remote management software.The servers are part of HP's ProLiant 100 series, aimed at companies with 100 to 500 employees. They are all two-processor rack-mount servers, with two 1U machines and two 2U machines. (The 1U refers to the height of the machine and is equal to 1.75 inches.)Rack-mount servers have lost the limelight lately to trendy blade servers, sales of which are growing at a faster clip, and even HP's vice president of marketing, Paul Gottsegen, who was charged with promoting the new rack-mount servers, advised customers to look closely at blades."When they see the blades, customers tell us there's an advantage in cooling, in cabling, in reduced power consumption and overall density, so the rack customers typically transition to blades, it's just a matter of customers in this market becoming aware of them," he said.Still, rack-mount servers account for a high proportion of sales despite their slower growth, and smaller companies tend to be more comfortable sticking with what they are used to, said Gordon Haff, principal IT adviser at Illuminata.Two of the HP servers are available now. One is the DL185 G5, a 2U system designed for high-capacity jobs like mail serving and video capture. It comes with up to 14 large-form factor drives and 10.5TB of storage, and it runs on one or two Opteron 2200 processors from AMD. Pricing starts at $1,749.The other machine on sale now is the DL160 G5, a 1U server that can act as a node in a high-performance computing cluster as well as a standard business server. It has two PCI-Express x16 2.0 slots and support for a faster front-side bus, and it runs one or two of Intel's quad-core 5400 "Harpertown" chips. Pricing starts at $1,399.The other two machines won't ship for another three months, HP said. They are the DL180, a general-purpose 2U server with three PCI-E slots and up to 12 large form factor drives, and the DL 165, which will be the first rack-mount server that can hold four 3.5-inch disk drives, according to HP. Pricing for those servers was not announced.HP has been doing well in the server market lately. In the third quarter last year, it sold more machines than second-place Dell or third-place IBM, although IBM earned the most revenue, research company Gartner said.Low-end servers are fairly commoditized, and there isn't a great deal that distinguishes one vendor's hardware from another, Haff said. "Certainly, there are some differences in areas like management software, but for the most part, it's about the channels and the partners and what's offered around the server," he said.HP announced two Lights-Out management packages for the servers. They allow users to install software remotely and monitor the health of fans, power supplies and other components. A Lights-Out 100i Advanced Pack is $199 per license and a Select Pack is $99. Customers must also buy a Remote Management Card for $219.HP also announced two updated software packages for the machines. They are Citrix Access Essentials, for remote access to applications, and Exchange Server 2007, the latest version of Microsoft's e-mail server software.


Henman delighted at Japan Open performance despite final loss

Former British number one Tim Henman enjoyed a "fantastic week" despite losing to world number one Roger Federer in the Japan Open tennis tournament.


Arts & entertainment: In pictures: From operatic vampires to demented Flemish cabaret, 10 highlights of this year's festivals.


Colombia's ambitious peace plan hits roadblocks

Nations asked to fund disarmament last week said Colombia must stiffen penalties for ex-fighters.


Demand for TVs and laptops to blame The LCD monitor industry could be set for a bumpy ride in the year ahead with a forecast shortage of panels expected to cut deep into the second quarter of 2008.â¦


Drug Maker and Eye Doctors Settle Dispute Over Avastin

Genentech appears to have resolved a dispute with ophthalmologists over use of  the companyâs drug Avastin   to treat eye diseases.


A half-decade later, Spector case will go on

LOS ANGELES  - The specter of Phil Spector will haunt Hollywood well into 2008.


Israeli aircraft pounded areas in south,   east and northern Lebanon on Saturday, a day after Hizbollah's   chief declared an open war against the Jewish state following   the bombardment of his stronghold in Beirut.


Eutron Picodisk Crypto X: dati al sicuro

Eutron annuncia Picodisk Crypto X, una chiave USB2.0 con memoria fono a 2Gigabyte che offre una crittografia AES a 256 bit per proteggere dati. Ideale per il backup dei dati riservati offre, rispetto al prodotto


Australian wheat executives face charges after Iraq bribery probe

Former executives of Australia's national wheat exporter are expected to face charges over the payment of huge bribes to Saddam Hussein's Iraq after an inquiry presents its report.


Diabetes Testing Strips May Give Bad Readings

A unit of Bayer AG recalled diabetes test strips used with its Contour TS Blood Glucose Meter because they may result in 5 percent to 17 percent higher blood glucose readings, the Food and Drug Administration said. Bayer Diabetes Care said that the strips were produced on new equipment and that the company had fixed the problem. Fifty-three production lots were affected by the recall, totaling 230,000 bottles of strips, a Bayer spokeswoman said. Details about the stripsâ product code and lot numbers were posted on the Food and Drug Administrationâs Web site, www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/bayer12_07.html.


FOREIGN POLICY Kerry Wants Broader Effort by Bush on Crisis in ...

Senator John Kerry called on President Bush on Thursday to take the lead in stopping the killing of civilians in the Darfur region of Sudan by declaring it


New York Apartment Buyers Face Powerful Co-Op Boards

Imagine buying a new home where your  neighbors can decide how it's decorated, what you cook for  dinner, how big your dog is and what kind of sex you have. And  they can toss you out if they don't like it.


The Federal Reserve is expected to hike rates following the Labor Department's report on Friday that the US economy added almost twice as many jobs last month than Wall Street economists had predicted.


Dr. Hochang Benjamin Lee takes your questions about the cultural barriers that prevent some immigrant families from seeking treatment for mental health problems.


The Spurs, or what's left of them, made their annual visit to Boston yesterday. The Celtics, or what's left of them, ended a home losing streak to San Antonio that stretched to Jan. 8, 1997, when Tim Duncan still was enjoying the pleasures of Wake Forest, Tony Parker was a teenager, and Bruce Bowen was league-hopping three times, including a ...


U.S. Forces Pound Fallujah; 44 Said Dead

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide attacker detonated a car packed with explosives in front of a row of parked police cars in central Baghdad on Friday, killing at least five people and wounding 20, officials said.    A half dozen police cars were blocking a bridge leading to the central Haifa Street, where Iraqi and American forces were conducting raids, when a blue Chevrolet drove up to them, policeman Ammar Ali said...


European Union foreign ministers approved plans Monday for implementing U.N. sanctions against Iran, a move that is meant to punish Tehran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment


"Girls in Riyadh" spurs rush of Saudi novels

Saudi Arabia has seen a literary explosion in the last two years after the success of "Girls of Riyadh", a taboo-breaking novel that this month went on sale worldwide in English.


Sprint to upgrade Microsoft mobile search services

U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel  Corp  said on Monday it would offer a new Microsoft Corp   Web and local business search application on its  phones using a technology that pinpoints a caller's location.


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Roma, 13:47 - CALCIO, DE SANTIS: NIENTE CONCILIAZIONE

Nessuna conciliazione per l'arbitro De Santis. Il suo avvocato, Silvia Morescanti, dopo un incontro ...


United States 127, Mexico 100: Carmelo Leads U.S. to Win Over Mexico

Carmelo Anthony scored 28 points, tying the American record in an Olympic qualifier. He had 16 in the opening quarter, when the Americans shot 80 percent from the field.


Obama, Clinton prepare for 1-on-1 debate

Barack Obama raised a staggering $32 million in January, cash aplenty to advertise all through the expensive Super Tuesday states and beyond. He was also running ads in more states than rival Hillary Rodham Clinton as the last two Democrats standing braced for Thursday night's face-to-face debate in California.


Matching Server Virtualization Environments with Advanced Storage Virtualization

(Source: Lefthand Networks) This white paper outlines the improved ease of use, reduced cost and complexity, and the increased availability that comes with matching LeftHand Networks' storage systems' capabilities with those of VMware Infrastructure 3.


William Rehnquist, the chief justice of the US Supreme Court, suffering from cancer, will reportedly be absent when the court reconvenes Monday.


Nobel Peace Prize Winner Maathai Answers Critics

Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai dismissed critics on Thursday who say ecology has too little to do with peace to merit the award.


Nintendo's Wii videogames console goes on sale at midnight on Thursday to UK gamers.


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

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


P&G Glad To Up Interest In Clorox Venture

NEW YORK -- Procter & Gamble said Thursday it will pay Clorox $133 million to increase P&G's interest from 10% to 20% in the Glad products joint venture, which was formed in January 2003.


Five European tourists who went missing last week in northeastern Ethiopia are being held by kidnappers in a remote tribal region, Ethiopia's foreign minister said


Moscow excess hits new heights with luxury hotel

Russia capped its journey from communism to capitalism on Sunday with the opening of a $1,000-a-night (500-pounds-a-night) luxury hotel on the site of an old Soviet hostelry best known for its surly service and bugged telephones.


Florida State, which had lost its previous two games by a combined 37 points, shocks No. 4 Florida on Sunday, 70-66.


IBM taunts Sun, HP and VMware with $40 PowerVM hypervisor

Slaps software on new Unix boxen IBM thinks it can slice the hell out of a server. In fact, it looks to use virtualization as a major weapon against Unix rivals Sun Microsystems and HP and against x86 vendors. Don't believe us? Then witness the PowerVM branding exercise.â¦


U.S. officials appear to differ over whether Moqtada Sadr's mahdi Army should be allowed to protect Shi'ite communities


Camera, parte il referendum contro il maggioritario

Roma, 30 set. (Adnkronos) - ''Dopo dieci anni il popolo e' disincantato e del maggioritario all'italiana non ne puo' piu'''. Sulla scorta di questa convinzione il leader di Unita' socialista, Claudio Signorile


Looking for Street View images that prove when they were taken

Blog: CNET asks its readers to submit Google Street View images that demonstrate when they were taken.


Microsoft to Help Users Prep for Patching

Microsoft will give customers advance notice of its monthly security updates in an effort to help them prepare to install related software patches, the company announced today.


BOSTON -- Deutsche Bank announced Sunday that the Deutsche Bank Championship will return to the Greater Boston area through 2006. Deutsche Bank Americas CEO Seth Waugh pledged to continue to bring this first


Leader Uil: 'altrimenti si arriverebbe a serio scontro'


Georgia's offense finally showed up — and there went LSU's hopes of making another run at the national championship. David Greene set a school record by throwing five touchdown passes and the third-ranked Bulldogs got a huge victory in the Southeastern Conference, shredding No. 13 LSU and its fearsome defense 45-16 on Saturday.


Harmony's hostile takeover bid sparks court challenge in South ...

JOHANNESBURG : A battle over a hostile takeover bid to create the world's largest gold mining group has spilled over into court, with Gold Fields Limited (GFI) accusing rival Harmony of being in breach of South African criminal laws.


Economy grows at a 3.7% rate in third quarter

The national economy grew at a solid rate in the last three months, boosted by a rebound in consumer spending and another strong quarter of business investment, the Commerce Department reported yesterday.


You can't get lost in Dresden. Wherever you go, you can see the stately white dome of the Frauenkirche, as much a landmark in this eastern German city as St.


On the third anniversary of the train bombings that killed 191 people and injured more than 1,800, Spain's political and social wounds are still aching, and the country is torn by a host of conspiracy theories.


British house prices bounce back in January

UK house prices rebounded in January after falling the previous month, suggesting a five-year housing boom may be ending without a slump, the nation's third-biggest mortgage lender said.


IRWIN, Pa. - A woman wearing a long dark robe and claiming to have a bomb strapped to her body robbed a western Pennsylvania bank and may have been casing another nearby, the FBI said Friday.


Golds all round for Athens from IOC chief

ATHENS, Greece -- Olympic supremo Jacques Rogge today offered gold medals all round to Athens for organising a superb Olympics after years of doom and gloom leading up to the opening.


Chemical plant explosion rocks Massachusetts town

A huge explosion at a chemical plant rocked a suburb about 20 miles north of Boston early on Wednesday, sparking a massive fire that damaged about 30 homes and injured 10 people, local media reported.


Sears faces a class-action lawsuit after making the purchase history of its customers public on its Managemyhome.com Web site.


U.S. and Iraqi forces launch high-risk probes of the insurgency in Fallujah and Ramadi. A TIME exclusive


NASHVILLE (Billboard) - The Grand Ole Opry lost one of its  most unique members with the Sept. 19 passing of Skeeter Davis.


Earthquakes Kill 18, Hurt 1,500 in Japan

A car is overturned in a damaged Route 117 in Ojiya, northwest of Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004. A barrage of powerful quakes jolted the region Saturday evening, killing at least 16 people, toppling buildings and injuring more than 900 others.


Users of the popular compression tool should upgrade their software, company says.


UPDATE 2-Fannie Mae says regulator approves Dec dividend

US mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , which on Tuesday removed removed two top executives over major accounting problems


Russian Cellphone Carrier Faces Tax Claim

VimpelCom, the No. 2 cellphone company in Russia, received a first notice for $157 million in back taxes on Wednesday, sending its stock plunging and prompting fears of another Yukos-style tax investigation.


Roma, 17:03 - CALCIO, ROMA: SPALLETTI RECUPERA CASSETTI, JUAN IN DUBBIO

Spalletti recupera anche Cassetti ed è pronto a presentarsi a Torino, per la sfida di sabato ...


Black: Quits As Hollinger Inc. CEO Ahead Of Investor Action

"Super Tuesday" in Toronto. Conrad Black gave up his titles as chairman and chief executive of Hollinger Inc. The holding company, based in Toronto, Canada, has voting control over newspaper publisher Hollinger International (nyse: HLR - news - people ).


Nigeria's government offers to meet most union demands, ahead of Wednesday's general strike.


Helsinki, 12:14 - NUOTO, EUROPEI VC: ITALIA IN FINALE NELLA STAFFETTA 4X50 MISTA

Italia in finale nella staffetta mista 4x50 agli Europei di nuoto in vasca corta in corso a Helsinki...


Mining Giant Told It Put Toxic Vapors Into Indonesia's Air

An internal company report warned the Newmont Mining Corporation that it was polluting the air in Indonesia.


Kilroy-Silk slams EU 'has-been' Mandelson

British Eurosceptic Robert Kilroy-Silk lashed out at the EU's new Commission as a "gaggle of has-beens," taking aim in particular at London's nominee Peter Mandelson.


Abducted British child's parents hope to meet Pope

The parents of a four-year-old British  girl snatched from a Portuguese holiday resort three weeks ago  hope to meet Pope Benedict later this week, a spokesman for the  family said on Sunday.


McCanns 'innocent victims of heinous crime'

Â· DNA evidence useless, say family sourcesÂ· New spokesman launches vigorous defence of couple


Champions Chelsea go eight points behind leaders Manchester United as Arsenal come away from Stamford Bridge with a draw.


Lawyer admits leaking U.S. steroid case testimony

A lawyer representing the BALCO lab at the center of a global steroid scandal admitted on Wednesday to leaking grand jury transcripts that embarrassed baseball superstar Barry Bonds and other sports stars.


With almost 5 million people out of work, Germany's labor market might seem a manager's dream when it comes to filling jobs — easy pickings from a sea of desperate applicants. Not so for entrepreneur Martin Hubschneider when he needs top talent for his software firm in Karlsruhe, Germany.


All my family wanted to do was help. So why make it so hard?

Comment is free: Politicians believe volunteering is the cornerstone of a civilised society. But, as Martin Newland found, red tape, fear and political correctness can get in the way of good works.


Idaho Linux Users Will Celebrate Software Freedom

By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 15--The Idaho State Linux Users Group will host a Software Freedom Day celebration Saturday in Pocatello.


There was a very hush-hush post-completion spot of extra-special shooting ...


NTT posts 3.1 percent gain in first-half net profit

Japanese telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) said its first-half net profit rose 3.1 percent, with earnings supported by gains on the sale of shares in its mobile phone unit.


Michael Vick ran out of dazzling plays, and the Atlanta Falcons ran out of any chance to save their season. With all the pressure on him to carry the Falcons, Vick instead was downright mediocre.


MP Derek Conway faces suspension from the Commons over paying his son for working as a researcher.


South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co.  (005380.KS) said on Friday its August sales rose 24.6 percent  from a year earlier, helped by higher exports and as unionized  workers made up for the output lost during a month-long strike.


Gunmen kill two in attack outside Saudi prison

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - Gunmen killed two Saudi security personnel on Thursday when they opened fire on a guard post outside a prison in the Red Sea port of Jeddah, the Interior Ministry said.


U.S. checking reports helicopter down in Iraq

The U.S. military said it was checking reports that a Chinook transport helicopter might have crashed or made an emergency landing near Baghdad on Wednesday.


Human rights groups accused the Greek Coast Guard on Monday of systematically trying to swamp the boats of refugees heading for Europe. Greece denied the allegations.


Roma, 17:06 - CALCIO, SERIE C1: RISULTATI

Risultati della 21/a giornata, 4/a di ritorno, del campionato di serie C1 (gare non disputate il 4 f...


Kerry says al Qaeda benefits from Bush's gun ban stance

Washington -- Sen. John Kerry charged Friday that President Bush was helping terrorists and caving in to the National Rifle Association by not pushing to extend the 10-year-old federal assault weapons ban that expires at 12:01 am Monday.


Ping: When the Military Needs It Yesterday

Soldiers increasingly want their civilian technology partners to deliver solutions quickly, even if the devices are far from perfect.


To help create warning systems to detect catastrophic events such as the tsunamis in south Asia, scientific research needs adequate support.


States reported to be failing in women's health

Most U.S. states have made little progress toward improving women's health and many have fallen behind as rates of obesity and diabetes continue to climb, a new 50-state report released on Wednesday showed.


Ozzy Osbourne to help Taiwan in U.N. membership quest

After 14 failed attempts at joining the United Nations using media campaigns and presidential appeals, Taiwan is turning to a local goth-style rock band backed by Ozzy Osbourne in its quest for membership to the world body.


'Bravo e' la macchina di lancio del nuovo Gruppo'


Fed Raises Interest Rate to 2.25 Percent

The Federal Reserve pushed U.S.  interest rates up by a modest quarter-percentage point on  Tuesday and expressed confidence that inflation could be kept  at bay by slowly lifting credit costs from rock-bottom levels.


Sexual Abuse by UN Troops in Congo Hasn't Stopped

Sexual abuse of girls by U.N.  peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was  widespread and ongoing despite many revelations and probes, the  U.N. watchdog agency reported on Friday.


Suicide Bomber Kills 8 Iraqi Police Officers

A suicide bomber rammed a minibus packed with explosives into a police station near Baghdad's protected Green Zone on Saturday morning.


Haiti Flood Death Toll Could Reach 2,000

Workers used dump trucks to empty more than 100 bodies into a 14-foot-deep hole on Wednesday — the first mass grave for the more than 1,070 flood victims of Tropical Storm Jeanne. Bystanders shrieked, held their noses against the stench and demanded that officials collect bodies in waterlogged fields. The government late Wednesday said up to 1,250 people were still missing and that the death toll could rise to 2,000 people.


Space Station Crew Begins Preflight Exams

The replacement crew for the International Space Station started two days of preflight exams Monday, part of final preparations to relieve the two-man Russian-American crew finishing a six-month mission.


Samsung Puts $100 Million in Reserve for Price-Fixing Case

Brian Matus, vice president of market research IC Insights, said $100 million is a mere drop in the bucket for Samsung, but the full extent of the company's guilt or the fines it might be assessed remain to be seen.


A dramatic own goal from Fulham's Liam Rosenior hands Southampton a share of the spoils at St Mary's.


Jag X-Type gets worst side-impact rating

The 2004 Jaguar X-Type got the worst rating of any midsize sedan in side-impact crash tests conducted by the insurance industry. The X-Type, which starts at $31,000, fared worse


Hotel maids who believe they are getting exercise are healthier than maids who don't think of their toil as a workout.


Former US astronaut Lisa Nowak will pursue a defence of temporary insanity at her trial, her lawyers say.


Accessory makers gear up for iPhone launch

InfoWorld - With the hype surrounding the iPhone reaching critical mass on June 29 in the U.S., Apple wants to ensure third-party vendors sell accessories engineered to work properly with its multimedia cellphone.


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - A man whose genitals were bitten off by a pit bull remained in serious condition Tuesday, and the dog remained on the loose...


Russia is developing a nuclear-missile system that is unlike any weapon held by other countries, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday, a move that could serve as a signal to the


BOSTON -- An abuse charge against Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Brett Myers was dismissed Thursday after his wife said she did not want her husband prosecuted for hitting her in the face during an argument near Fenway Park.


The second US corporation this year copped a plea today to bid rigging in the nation's troubled E-Rate program. Inter-Tel Technologies agreed to pay a total $8.71 million in criminal fines, civil settlement


New features of the processor include better security, management and energy savings.


Documentary maker Michael Moore thinks his 6 million dollar film Fahrenheit 9-11 can take home best picture honours at the Oscars.


Individuals who donate unwanted clothes to Oxfam will receive a Â£5 M&S voucher in return


The chief executive of Sirius Satellite Radio, Mel Karmazin, is taking the campaign to sell his companyâs proposed merger with XM Satellite Radio to Washington.


Court Backs Police in Search and Seizure Case

Police do not violate the  constitutional ban on unreasonable searches and seizures when  they stop someone suspected of one crime and then cite a  different crime as the basis of the arrest, the U.S. Supreme  Court ruled on Monday.


Supreme Court Questions AT&T Arguments Against Microsoft

SEATTLE _ Microsoft left its first-ever appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday encouraged about its chance of winning a case that could have broader implications for patent protection of software sold overseas.


THE British government today raised its pledge for aid to the tsunami disaster to Â£50 million ($124.22 million), up Â£35 million ($86.96 million) from yesterday, the Department for International Development said.


Study shows women accounted for 44 percent of the athletes at NCAA Division I colleges in 2002-03, the same as the previous year.


Prince William's girlfriend invited to royal Christmas: report

Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton has been given an unprecedented invite to spend Christmas Day with the British royal family, The Mail on Sunday has reported.


JERUSALEM, June 15 -- Victorious Hamas gunmen rounded up senior military leaders of the Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip early Friday, then announced a general amnesty in a sign the Islamic movement is seeking to reconcile with its secular rivals after five days of fierce fighting.


Microsoft still scrambling to patch July bugs

More than two months after HD Moore's "Month of Browser Bugs," Microsoft is still scrambling to patch most of the 22 IE vulnerabilities revealed in July -- not to mention the 70 others Moore found in August.


Martedi' ultima riunione 2006, livello restera' al 5,25%


Garmisch, 10:39 - SCI, CDM: MATT GUIDA SLALOM GARMISCH DOPO PRIMA MANCHE

L'austriaco Mario Matt è al comando dello slalom di coppa del mondo di Garmisch-Partenkirchen...


BHP Billiton to pay out $10 bln, CEO to step down

The world's biggest miner, BHP Billiton Ltd./Plc.  , announced the surprise resignation of Chief Executive Chip Goodyear and set an extra $10 billion in share buybacks, driving its shares up 5 percent.


Suicide Blast Near Baghdad Police HQ Kills Five

A suicide car bomb blast near a police headquarters building in Baghdad on Wednesday killed at least five people and wounded 36, hospital officials said.


To cheers, iPhone docks in San Francisco

Blog: S.F. Apple fans finally get what they've been waiting for.


Cricket: Ton-up Youhana leads Pakistan to tri-series final

KARACHI : A cracking hundred by Yousuf Youhana and an all-round display by Shoaib Malik led Pakistan into the tri-series final with a comfortable eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the southern city of Karachi.


WASHINGTON - An investigation into the deaths of two Afghan prisoners in a military detention center in 2002 has concluded that 28 US soldiers should face charges ranging from involuntary manslaughter to dereliction of duty, Army officials told NBC News


The Crown Office announces it will not take further action over 10 allegations of abuse at a home for vulnerable children.


Delta Farmers Received $11 Million in Subsidies Over 2 Years

By Hank Shaw, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Jun. 17--SACRAMENTO -- Farmers in the Delta received nearly $11 million in government subsidies between 2003 and 2005, according to new data from a Washington-based watchdog group.


Clint Eastwood beats off stiff competition from Martin Scorsese to win Directors Guild of America award.


Botox and a similar injected drug have been associated with 16 deaths, four of them in children, and scores of serious injuries that occurred after the drug spread to vital organs.


British Guantanamo Detainees to Be Freed

The United States has decided to hand over an Australian man and four British men held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, British and Australian officials said Tuesday.


Smith's 'Legend' Grows with $76.5M Debut

For the last man on Earth, Will Smith sure has a lot of friends. The Warner Bros. tale "I Am Legend," starring Smith as a plague survivor who may be the last living human, debuted with $76.5 million, the biggest December opening ever and a personal bes...


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Segnato un +3,4% a novembre (+13,6% su anno)


The phone that's rubbish A Nokia executive has shown off a concept handset made from recycled cans at this year's Mobile World Congress (MWC) show in Barcelona.â¦


Powell on ME mission for post-Arafat peace

JERUSALEM  - Outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrives here Sunday for a visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on a new US push for peace after the death of veteran Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.


On Saturday's season opener of "Saturday Night Live," comedian Dane Cook will not only get the expected laughs but also achieve a lifelong dream.


Rase al suolo centinaia di case, stato di emergenza


Jet carrying 20 missing in Peru's jungle

A Peruvian government flight serving as a link between isolated jungle communities disappeared in the country's northeastern rain forest with 20 people on board, the Defense Ministry said Friday.


Week in review: Lump of coal for Microsoft

Microsoft got an unwelcome gift this week when a European court ordered the company to start offering a version of Windows without a bundled media player.


Streaking Rockets Nick Trail Blazers 81-80

Yao Ming scored 23 points and Juwan Howard had 17, including four free throws in the last 13 seconds, to help the Houston Rockets hold off Portland 81-80 on Sunday night for their seventh straight victory.


Nikkei up by midmorning; Intel update supports techs

TOKYO (CBS.MW) - Japanese stock indexes rose by midmorning Friday as Intel's higher-than-expected sales forecast listed the Japanese tech sector.


FTC chairman won't recuse self in Google-DoubleClick

Agency head said she doesn't have financial interest in the case, despite the fact that her husband's law firm is representing DoubleClick in conjunction with the proposed merger.


I recall this on the news one morning, as I helped the kids get ready for school and take their various medications... "He is purple -- the gay-pride color; and his antenna is shaped like a triangle -- the gay-pride symbol," the story says.  Jerry Falwell, the founder of the now-defunct Moral Majority, contends the "subtle depictions" are intentional and in a statement issued Tuesday said, "As a Christian, I feel that role modeling the gay lifestyle is damaging to the moral lives of children." I was astounded.


Device boosts prospects for inexpensive quantum cryptography and quantum computing.


McCartney Divorce Fight Set for Week Two

In-depth look at U.S. struggle to defeat improvised explosive devices used by insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2002.


Sono una sessantina, scesi da due tir in un'area di sosta


Toshiba Wins Support for HD DVD from 4 Film Studios

Toshiba Corp. said on Monday it had won support for the HD DVD optical disc standard from Warner Bros. Studios, Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures


Ribadito sostegno a maternita', specie a donne immigrate


New Tests, Treatments Close in on Alzheimer's

TUESDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- Doctors may soon have new tests to detect Alzheimer's early on, as well as better medications to help treat the mind-wasting disease, researchers say.


US-led forces take over new rebel bastion south of Baghdad

LATIFIYAH, Iraq - US-led forces on Friday seized control of the lawless town of Latifiyah south of Baghdad, in the latest effort to restore order in war-torn Iraq ahead of January polls.


UTC Agrees to Buy Kidde for $2.8 Billion

LONDON/BOSTON  - United Technologies Corp. UTX.N  agreed on Thursday to acquire Britain's Kidde Plc KID.L for  $2.8 billion in cash in a deal aimed at expanding the U.S.  conglomerate's security system business.


A copyright infringement row over famous cartoon cat Garfield breaks out in China, local media say.


Safin Ends Hewitt's Chance to Be the Hero for His Home Fans

Marat Safin defeated Lleyton Hewitt, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, at the Australian Open for his first Grand Slam title since the 2000 U.S. Open.


Branson's tilting trains hit by technical snag

LONDON: In an unfortunate coincidence for Britain's favourite entrepreneurial billionaire-showman, the promise to offer the world's first commercial space flights in less than three years, has hit its first stumbling block a dismal transport record back


'Family Feud' host John O'Hurley, best known for his role as J. Peterman on 'Seinfeld,' dishes on his favorite books, albums, and television shows.


Study: Women Going Back on Hormone Therapy

About a quarter of U.S. women who  stopped taking hormone replacement therapy after it was found  to raise the risk of heart disease and some cancers have gone  back on it, the American College of Obstetricians and  Gynecologists said on Friday.


Top Seed Federer Next for Awesome Agassi

Andre Agassi, Lindsay Davenport and  Tim Henman marked an injury-interrupted Labor Day Monday by  marching into the quarter-finals of the U.S. Open.


Jay-Z of all trades presides over "Kingdom"

Anyone eager to hire a globally  known rapper might want to check out the Web site supporting  Jay-Z's Hewlett-Packard commercial. The interactive desktop  provides a glimpse of Jay's intriguing resume.


Ryder Cup: Europe Heading for Massive Final-Day Lead

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan  - The U.S. Ryder Cup  team, wounded after a first day mauling, were losing a fight  for survival Saturday.


Dangerfield Hospitalized in LA for Heart Surgery

Comic Rodney Dangerfield was  admitted on Tuesday to a Los Angeles hospital for heart valve  replacement surgery, his publicist said.


Paris Hilton, Bebo website top Google searches in 2006

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


Briton plans to walk to India without money

A man is planning to walk to India without using money, relying on the goodwill of people along the way or working for bed and board, he said Wednesday.


Foreign Secretary David Miliband calls on Kenya's political leaders to share power, as violence continues.


Considering a career change? Take this simple test to find your true talent and matching colleges. Start your future today.


A Palestinian is found dead after a day of clashes and flaring violence between militants and Israeli forces


Dead Litter Streets, Indonesia Toll Passes 32,000

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Indonesia's death toll  from the weekend's earthquake and tsunami soared past 32,500 on  Wednesday as rescuers worked to make contact with devastated  cities and towns in the hardest hit areas.


In frigid Minnesota, the Twins Winter Caravan provides sandwiches, autographs, and a question-and answer session for fans, but no news about Johan Santana, expected to be traded soon.


ID Biomedical in talks with US on flu vaccine

US health authorities seeking desperately to overcome a massive shortage of flu vaccine in that country are in discussions with Canada's major influenza vaccine producer, the company confirmed today.


Harbert Management reports 9.96 pct stake in New York Times

The New York Times Co shareholder Harbert  Management Corp along with affiliates such as Harbinger Capital  Partners disclosed a 9.96 percent stake in the media company,  according to a regulatory filing.


CAMP BUEHRING , Kuwait (MASNET & News Agencies) - US troops waiting in the Kuwaiti desert for deployment into Iraq challenged Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld about their safety and future in the country.


Figlio, in carcere nella notte, non indica dove sono


The average SAT scores for the Class of 2004 were unchanged from the year before, although some minority groups made modest improvements.


Oklahoma takes down 12th-ranked Connecticut, 77-65, Monday night as the Sooners beat the defending national champions for the third time in four seasons.


Two U.S. Soldiers Killed by Baghdad Car Bomb

A car bomb killed two American soldiers and wounded eight when it exploded in Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said in a statement.


U.S. fights against ID sales to illegals

Asked by a federal judge why she sold her birth certificate, Rosie Medellin said she needed a few bucks and didn't really think it through. Bobby Joe Flores said he sold his ID documents to buy drugs. Margarita Moya and her son did it to raise money for medicine for a loved one.


Bush agriculture chief resigns in 2008 election move

US President George W. Bush announced Thursday that his agriculture secretary had resigned, and urged him to defend a vulnerable Senate seat held by his Republican party come the 2008 elections.


Ryanair extends the deadline for its proposed takeover of Aer Lingus after fewer than 1% of shareholders sign up.


Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday that the United Nations had received pledges of $500 million to pay for emergency assistance to victims of the south Asia earthquake and tsunami.


PRIME Minister Ariel Sharon was presiding today over the first ever cabinet meeting in Israeli history with ministers from just one party after he sacked his last remaining coalition partner.


Harry Potter fans, the rumors are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay. J.K. Rowling, author of the mega-selling fantasy series that ended last summer, outed the beloved character Friday night while appearing before a full house at Carnegie Hall.


THE devastating tsunami on Sunday was triggered by the fifth-largest quake for a century and the biggest for 40 years, which caused giant waves that could be detected across the planet.


A military watchdog group is asking the Defense Department to investigate whether seven Army and Air Force officers violated regulations by appearing in uniform in a promotional video for an evangelical Christian organization.


Arborist Finds Smokies' Heftiest Hemlock

GATLINBURG, Tenn. - An arborist from North Carolina had to climb an eastern hemlock in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to confirm what had been estimated: The Laurel Branch Leviathan is the heftiest hemlock of its kind.


Chinese Factory Linked to Drug Under Inquiry in U.S.

Production of the blood-thinning drug heparin was suspended this week after 350 patients reported ill effects from it.


Combinazione: 8, 9, 52, 77, 82, 86, jolly 85, superstar 8


THE defiant taunts cascaded down from the Olympic stadium grandstands for minutes. "Hellas, Hellas," followed by "Kenteris, Kenteris" - an angry display that held up the main event of Thursday's athletics program.


Colombia rebels free jubilant hostages from jungle

SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia  - With broad smiles and long hugs for mediators, two women hostages were freed on Thursday by Colombia's Marxist rebels after years in the jungle, raising hopes for others languishing in secret camps.


Thousands protest in Madrid at the decision to cut the jail term of a Basque separatist jailed for 25 killings.


Legal program for poor curtails expenses

Those $70 lunches and $14 "Death By Chocolate" desserts are gone from the executive menu at the government's legal aid program for the poor. Expensive hotels, limousine services and first-class travel will become rare or disappear, too.


After 86 years of hurt, the Boston Red Sox are halfway towards winning the World Series and finally ending the Curse of the Bambino.


Hurricane Lane slammed into a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's Pacific coast south of the city of Culiacan on Saturday after battering the resort of Mazatlan with strong winds and rain.


The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) yesterday agreed to pick up the pace in combining its economic strength to create a powerful regional


For not  much more, Americans opting to eat out

Even with wages stagnant, time-strapped workers are abandoning the family kitchen in droves.


Stocks hammered; investors flee to bonds

Major Asian stock markets fell as much as 8 percent as panicky investors feared a U.S. recession could derail global economic growth, and a sharp drop in U.S. stock index futures pointed to heavy selling in New York later on Tuesday.


Samsung Shows Latest Ultra-Edition Handset

The phone, dubbed "Soul," is a slider-type handset that with an eye-catching touch panel under the display.


Iraq war blogs are as varied as the soldiers who write them. Some sites feature practical news, war pictures and advice...


Risultato a 1,09 mld, oltre le stime degli analisti


Amburgo, 12:11 - CALCIO, LOEW: KLINSMANN AL BAYERN E' UNA SOPRESA

"E' una sorpresa assoluta". Commenta cosÃ¬ Joachim Loew, commissario tecnico della Nazionale tedesca,...


AUBURN, Calif. -- Leta Lindley's Florida home remains in the eye of the hurricane. She has an infant son to coddle and the death of her longtime coach to mourn.


Yi Jianlian poised to challenge Yao as China's top export

Before flying to the United States to  pursue his NBA dream in April, Yi Jianlian said he wanted to  step out from the shadow of Yao Ming and carve out a career in  the world's top league in his own way.


The right recipe of added metals yields a steel without the usual crystalline atomic structure, making for a stronger and lighter material.


THE multimillion-dollar investment by Norilsk Nickel, the Russian mining giant, in Gold Fields could be set to give the group a 10 per cent stake in the worldâs biggest gold mining company.


Shares of Google Inc. will make their Nasdaq stock market debut on Thursday after the year's most anticipated initial public offering priced far below initial estimates, raising $1.67 billion.


I ministri dell'Opec decidono l'aumento della produzione di petrolio dopo l'impennata dei prezzi di agosto scorso, portando le quote ufficiali da 26 a 27 milioni di barili. L'estrazione di un milione di barili


An approaching hurricane failed to faze the Tennessee Titans, and the Miami Dolphins' offense didn't give them much trouble, either.


The trial starts of 10 suspects in a failed attempt to blow up a Christmas market in Strasbourg in 2000.


A 12-year-old schoolgirl has failed in an attempted legal challenge to her school's ban on a full-face veil.


It took most of Thursday to identify the first-round leaders in the Southern Farm Bureau Classic, but Harrison Frazar, Glen Day and John Senden finally separated themselves


Disoccupazione, a novembre resta stabile all'8,9%


Bryant red hot in return as Lakers romp over Celtics

Kobe Bryant returned from a one-game suspension in style, piling up 43 points, eight rebounds and eight assists as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the reeling Boston Celtics 111-98 on Wednesday.


At a health clinic off Penny Lane, the street made famous by the hometown Beatles, there are no long lines of senior citizens desperate to get their "flu jabs.


Country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson and several fellow musicians were charged with misdemeanor drug


Explosions and gunfire erupted Thursday night outside hotels housing foreigners and journalists in downtown Baghdad, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.


Kellogg Quarterly Earnings Top Estimates

Kellogg Co. (KN: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world's largest cereal maker, on Monday reported a quarterly profit that exceeded Wall Street estimates and raised its full-year earnings


The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Monday awarded the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel jointly to two US men.