The MSN Toolbar Suite combines several great programs that speed up your search tasks and help you surf the Web. There's now an MSN Toolbar for Microsoft Office Outlook, the MSN Deskbar in the Windows taskbar


It's a conflict between personal faith and modern-day, big-money sports, a matter of private belief open to public scrutiny. And it poses a question: Where does an athlete's allegiance lie when religion collides with sport?


High Enthusiasm Propels Democratic Voters

Democratic turnout has far exceeded the Republican showing in the contests so far, but the meaning for the November election is a matter of dispute.


Mozilla's first Firefox 2.0 update fixes bugs

(InfoWorld) - Mozilla has released the first update for the Firefox 2.0 browserÂ to fix eight security vulnerabilities. According to the company, release 2.0.0.1 of Firefox fixes flaws in memory corruption as well as the way the browser executes RSS (really simple syndication), Javascript and CSS (cascading style sheets) code, among other vulnerabilities. Mozilla also patched similar flaws in its Firefox 1.5 browser. Five of the eight flaws were rated as critical, according to Firefox. A critical rating means a Firefox user would be vulnerable to attack and remote software installation on their machines just from browsing the Web in the usual fashion. Two of the flaws were rated as high, while one received a low security-risk rating, Firefox said. Mozilla's advisory and information on the update can be found on the company's Web site. Danish security firm Secunia ApS also posted information about the patches on its Web site. Mozilla released Firefox 2.0, the second major update to its open-source browser, in October.


Taiwan denounces China's plans for secession law

TAIPEI : Taiwan Vice President Annette Lu called for a "legal battle" on Saturday against rival China which is considering a new law against seccession that analysts say is aimed at preventing Taipei from formally declaring independence.


Tony Danza will reprise his lead role as Max Bialystock in the Las Vegas version of Mel Brooks' hit Broadway show "The Producers," he told The Associated Press on Monday.


Susi Pudjiastuti and her husband circumvent Indonesia's bureaucracy and water buffaloes to help out.


'Resident Evil' sequel barely scares up a plot

Resident Evil: Apocalypse accomplishes the odd feat of having several things going on at once yet never being terribly exciting. That's not to say that the flick is a complete bust.


MILWAUKEE Sept. 14, 2004 - John Kerry, arguing that the escalating price of doctors, hospitals and medicine far outpace annual increases in Social Security benefits, promises to ease the financial pinch on seniors by bringing health costs down.


Stocks rose sharply yesterday, extending their rally for a second session as investors expressed relief over plummeting oil prices following a government report that showed an increase in crude inventories. The Dow Jones industrial average had its second straight triple-digit gain, pushing back above the 10,000 mark.


Start-up to use genes to build better chips

Can food-poisoning bacteria E. coli make chips better than humans? Start-up says yes, but primordial soup will take time to steep.


A court commissioner decided Monday to keep in effect an order suspending Britney Spears' right to visit her two sons and keeping them in the custody of ex-husband Kevin Federline.


New software licensing revenue growth -the highest in ten years for the company--helped boost Oracle's first quarter financials.


Roma sconfitta dal Siena. Torino-Sampdoria: 0-2

Nell'andata degli ottavi di finale di Coppa Italia, la Roma Ã¨ stata sconfitta all'Olimpico 1-2 dal Siena. In gol Totti e doppietta di Flo. Toscani in vantaggio nella parte finale del primo tempo. Al 37' segna


U.S. Company to Send Hungry Iraq Dogs Food

LAS VEGAS - Some 30,000 pounds of dog food is on its way to the Middle East to feed a unit of starving Iraqi canines, after an e-mail sent by a local Army Reserve captain elicited offers to help from across the nation.


MOLDOVA:  Russia Holds On to its Satellite

BUCHAREST, Sep 5 (IPS) - Moldova's Communist President has been trying  to make the country more independent from both Russia and  Romania. But Moscow's grip on the former Soviet republic  remains strong.


U.S. Had Stormy Relationship With Arafat

More than two years ago President Bush cut off all U.S. contact with Yasser Arafat as a failed and corrupt leader. But Bush did not retract his pledge to help the Palestinians achieve statehood.


Coldplay and Robbie Williams reportedly are among the artists invited to record a 21st century remake of the Band Aid classic Do They Know It's Christmas?


New guidelines for treating pediatric migraine released

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Both ibuprofen and acetaminophen are safe and effective for treating migraine headaches in children and adolescents, according to the American Academy of Neurology and the Child Neurology


'Hey! We care about privacy' As Google plays games with its cookies, semi-rival Ask.com is actually getting serious about privacy. The web's fourth-leading search engine is giving web users a brand new tool that ensures their search results will not be retained by the company - at all. As the company points out, that's a first among major search engines.â¦


England joins on Sunday the growing list of places that ban smoking in public buildings, taxis and other places with a tough law that includes even Buckingham Palace.


Mantova, 17:03 - CALCIO, MANTOVA: CEDUTO ALTINIER AL VERONA

Il Mantova ha ceduto in comproprietà con diritto di riscatto all'Hellas Verona (Serie C/1) l'...


What do Britney Spears and Paris Hilton have in common? Besides   fame, fortune and eponymous albums, both stars have been censored   overseas.


BRIELLE, N.J. - An 8-year-old girl who suffers from a rare digestive disorder and cannot eat wheat has had her first Holy Communion declared invalid because the wafer contained no wheat, violating Roman Catholic doctrine...


World Business Briefing | Europe: Britain: Real Estate Agency Acquired

Countrywide, Britainâs largest real estate agent, said it had agreed to be taken private by the 3i Group in a deal that values the company at about $1.8 billion. The 3i Group, a private equity group based in London, bid about 551 pence ($10.76) a share for Countrywide, a premium of 90 pence to the stock price on Sept. 13, the day before the private equity company said it planned to approach Countrywide with an offer. Countrywideâs managing director, Harry Hill, and other managers will join 3i as shareholders and continue to run the business.


A HOUSE in Armadale, West Lothian, has been raided after a lengthy internet investigation into the illegal trading of music for MP3 players on the auction site eBay. The investigation was carried out by the MCPS AntiPiracy Unit. Items seized included a computer and duplicating towers.


One yearâs winner can lose big in the next cycle.


Are we asking the right questions about Bush's National Guard ...

In an article by AP, Robert Strong, the administrative officer in charge of air operations at Guard state headquarters from early 1971 until March 1972, says no we are not asking the right questions.


So much for holiday cheer. Hollywood's cynicism is breeding a whole new genre of anti-holiday holiday movies.


Alaska starts bidding process for gas pipeline

Gov. Sarah Palin said on  Tuesday that Alaska has officially started soliciting bids for  plans to build a North Slope natural gas pipeline, a  mega-project that state officials have dreamed about for  decades.


Usher reportedly "itching" to release new CD

Usher's 2004 album, "Confessions,"  has sold 9.4 million copies in the United States, according to  Nielsen SoundScan, but tentative release dates keep coming and  going for its follow-up, which is now nebulously slated for  sometime this year via Jive Records.


The number of Americans filing  initial claims for jobless pay fell by much more than expected  last week to 317,000 in the steepest decline in three years,  Labor Department data showed on Thursday.


A small package bomb has exploded outside the Indonesian embassy in Paris before dawn, slightly injuring 10 people and shattering nearby windows, but officials said they had no leads about the motive.


The countdown to February's Oscars begins as ballot papers are posted to the Academy Awards' 5,829 voters.


Tokyo stocks opened moderately higher Monday on bargain hunting following Friday's losses. The US dollar was up against the Japanese yen.


Russia vows "appropriate" response to UK expulsions

Russia promised on Tuesday an "adequate and appropriate" response very soon to Britain's expulsion of four of its diplomats but said it did not want ordinary citizens or businessmen to suffer.


DA Won't Prosecute Bishop Accused of Rape

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Sept. 27, 2004 - A district attorney said Monday that he would not prosecute Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Dupre on child rape charges because the statute of limitations has expired in the case.


Microsoft launches $44.6bn takeover bid for Yahoo

Software giant makes bid in an attempt to challenge growing might of Google


Vitamin E can help restore sudden hearing loss, research suggests.


DevShed: Creating an RSS Reader: the Reader

In a new tutorial from DevShed today, they walk you through the creation of a simple (very simple) RSS reader in PHP.   In this article we are going to discuss how to create a PHP-based RSS reader. It would be helpful if you know something about XML, but not really necessary. RSS documents have three main tags: Title, Link and Description. And they all do exactly what their names suggest. I will go into detail about these tags in my second article dealing with âbuilding an RSS file.â For now, we will only focus on the âreadingâ part of the article.   They start with an overview, showing where you'll come from and where you're headed to. They include a section introducing the XML handing functions (SAX, not DOM) and use them in a chunk of code to read in the RSS file and handle the contents.


Army Opens New Probe of Tillman's Afghan Death

The US Army has opened a new investigation into the circumstances of the April death in Afghanistan of Cpl. Pat Tillman, a former professional football player killed in


Dakar - Smaller but mightier than its neighbours, Rwanda's greatest clout may come from its nightmare past: a sense across the world that the country was largely abandoned in 1994 to face Hutu extremists who slaughtered more than a half-million people.


Pfizer Inc. PFE.N, the world's  largest drug company, on Wednesday said fourth-quarter earnings  rose on strong sales of cholesterol treatment Lipitor and  arthritis drug Celebrex.


Roma, 14:46 - CALCIO, LAZIO: DABO FIRMA SINO AL 2010

Ousmane Dabo alla Lazio. Ancora solo l'ufficialità, ma il centrocampista francese avrebbe gi&...


Barcelona, Spain (Sports Network) - Barcelona has now played 10 La Liga games without a loss after a 2-1 win over Deportivo La Coruna at Camp Nou.


UPDATE: Oracle's (Quote, Chart) dogged pursuit of PeopleSoft (Quote, Chart) was rewarded on Monday as PeopleSoft's board of directors agreed to sell the company for $10.3 billion.


Andre Agassi's third-round match with   German Benjamin Becker will have to wait after rain forced the   cancellation of all U.S. Open matches on Saturday.


DEMOfall 2006 to Showcase New Technology

By MAY WONG  Instant messages. Text messages. E-mail. Voicemail. Blogs. Online social networks. And the good ol' cell phone. If you thought there were enough ways to communicate with others and express yourself, think again.


A court in Brazil has issued an arrest warrant for self-exiled Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky on charges of money-laundering, but he denied any involvement Friday.


Beaten England captain Andrew Flintoff turns his attention to the last two Ashes Tests.


Seven digital picture frames are designed to display and change digital photos, or even treat you to a slide show. Which is right for you?


Kerry slams Bush over missing Iraq explosives

Democratic hopeful John Kerry Monday branded President George W. Bush's administration arrogant, blind, incompetent and guilty of "great blunders" after the disappearance of 380 tonnes of high explosives in Iraq.


British pensioner jailed for million-dollar Ecstasy traffic

A 63-year-old British pensioner arrested in northern France with a million dollars' worth of Ecstasy pills in his car was sentenced on Friday to five years' in jail.


Il Cagliari ha vinto per 2-1 con la Lazio nella gara dâandata degli ottavi di Coppa Italia. Ritmi molto lenti in avvio. Rompe il ghiaccio Muzzi al 5â con un tiro dalla distanza che finisce alto. Al 12â bella


Uganda's health ministry says it will investigate the death of at least seven patients in a hospital strike.


Last-Second TD Lifts Iowa Over LSU at Capital One Bowl

ORLANDO, Fla. (Sports Network) - Drew Tate's 56-yard  touchdown pass to Warren Holloway as time expired lifted  11th-ranked Iowa to an improbable comeback win over 12th-ranked  LSU, 30-25, in the 59th annual Capital One Bowl.


Oltre 7 mln di spettatori per la fiction di Raiuno


In a sign of continuing mortgage industry woes, PHH, one of the largest originators of residential home loans, said it is scrapping a planned $1.8 billion sale.


Claims of a "black hole" in Olympic funding are rejected - as MPs prepare to debate the plan to use lottery money.


Canadian inventor Dmitry Gorodnichy has developed a new method of computer input: the Nouse (from "nose as mouse"). Similar to a standard mouse, the Nouse directs the computer cursor and gives left button and right button commands.


Taliban must be involved in peace process: Defence Minister

Afghanistan's Islamist Taliban militia will have to be involved in the country's peace process, Defence Minister Des Browne told delegates at the Labour Party conference.


The London Stock Exchange plans to set up an Asia headquarters in Hong Kong to tap the growing number of mainland corporates eyeing listings abroad, a local newspaper reports.


Luis Gonzalez let his bat do the talking Friday night. After grousing about an unwanted day off Thursday, Gonzalez returned to Arizona's lineup and had three hits to help the Diamondbacks to a 6-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies.


Bangladesh opposition threatens new protests

Bangladesh's main opposition threatened to stage more protests if reforms promised by the country's interim government were not implemented within 24 hours.


Empoli, 18:42 - CALCIO, PALERMO; GUIDOLIN: SCONFITTA CHE PUO' SERVIRE

Francesco Guidolin cerca di trovare lati positivi nella sconfitta di Empoli: "Sono dispiaciuto per i...


The 10th annual Sarajevo film festival opened here with 180 films from some 40 countries and lucrative rewards being offered for the first time to competition winners.


Immunization rates for young U.S. children stayed at record levels in 2006, but a government survey released on Thursday showed that many teens were not getting their recommended shots.


At least one loud explosion was heard Friday near the site of the Russian school where militants were holding hundreds of captives for a second straight night.


Fossett Search Intensifies, Three Dozen Planes Scour Desert

Hopes may be fading for finding adventurer Steve Fossett alive, but the search for the missing adventurer has been intensified, with a high of 36 planes in the skies looking for him  Wednesday and Thursday morning.


Un milanese 48enne si era rifugiato in un bivacco a 3.611 metriLo hanno trovato stanco e affamato, ma in buone condizioni                                          Disperso sul Monte Rosa salvato dopo due settimane                                                                                I familiari non lo avevano cercato. Deve la vita agli uomini del Soccorso alpino. Aveva finito le provviste


Researchers say they have identified brain cell receptors that appear to be responsible for nicotine addiction, a finding of clear importance for smokers who are desperately trying to kick the habit.


Federal authorities diverted a San Francisco-bound United Airlines jet to Dallas as a precautionary security measure on Monday after finding an unclaimed BlackBerry on board.


Microsoft (Quote, Chart) plans to push for a negotiated settlement of its antitrust dispute with the European Union (EU), even if it means deleting the Windows Media Player (WMP) from its operating system.


Pakistan rebel chief's body recovered, quickly buried

DERA BUGTI, Pakistan  - An elderly rebel chieftain   whose killing by Pakistani security forces last weekend sparked   violent protests was hastily buried on Friday in his hometown   in Pakistan's restive southwest province of Baluchistan.


Eagles Get Playoff Advantage; Owens Hurt

Terrell Owens brought a lot of fun, big plays and controversy in his first season in Philadelphia. With an ankle injury, he also has added some uncertainty.


Toyota's on roll, but GM stuns with strong sales in February

DETROIT -- The US auto sales story line for nearly the past year has been Toyota Motor Corp. kicking the stuffing out of the Detroit Three, but there was a new twist in February.


France grants residency to some 7,000 illegals -minister

France has selected nearly 7,000 illegal  immigrants out of 30,000 applicants to benefit from a special  one-off measure granting them permanent residency, Interior  Minister Nicolas Sarkozy said on Monday.


Jaya and Abhishek  in Goldie Behl's Drona

Good news for those, who are waiting to watch Abhishek and Jaya Bachchan together on screen.


Half Of U.S. Households Have Digital TVs, Trade Group Says

TechWeb - HDTVs are expected to account for 79% of DTV shipments in the United States next year, according to the Consumer Electronics Association.


Jailed Freelance Journalist Loses Request for Rehearing

A federal appeals court has denied a request for a rehearing from a freelance video journalist and blogger who has been jailed for three months for refusing to cooperate with a grand jury investigation.


The Paris Club of creditor nations reached an agreement Wednesday to freeze debt repayments of countries hit by the Asian tsunami, the Club's president said.


Play your PS2 games in HD Review Packaged in a very nice, neat, little tin box â which could no doubt find a dozen different uses around the home after the contents are removed â the Xploder PS 2 HDTV Player certainly looks like it means business. You may remember we previewed it back in August 2006, well now we've got our hands on one...â¦


Buffalo Sabres general manager Darcy Regier is confident he'll return with coach Lindy Ruff next season. Co-captains Chris Drury and Daniel Briere are less certain about their future.


Londra, 15:57 - CALCIO, MINISTRO INGLESE A UEFA: BASTA PUNTARE DITO CONTRO LIVERPOOL

''La Uefa deve smettere di rimproverare e puntare il dito contro qualcuno''. Al ministro inglese del...


Norway's Statoil and Norsk Hydro merge to create world leader

The chief executive of Norsk Hydro Eivind Reiten and Statoil chief executive Helge Lund shake hands during a press conference in Oslo.Comment


Era l'ultima delle misure cautelari per il fotografo


Just two days after parting ways with her manager, Kelly Clarkson has canceled her upcoming summer tour over disappointing ticket sales, yet another sign of turmoil as she prepares to release her third album, "My December."


OAKLAND, Calif. -- Ichiro Suzuki had two hits on Tuesday night to move within three of tying the single-season record in the Seattle Mariners' 7-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics.


Prototype: Recasting the Word Processor for a Connected World

Timing is the bane of those who would be innovators. Get it right and youâll be toasted. Get it wrong and youâre just plain toast.


Nigerian Oil Delta Rebel in 11th Hour Peace Talks

Nigerian rebel leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari said he arrived in the capital Abuja on Wednesday for talks with President Olusegun Obasanjo after his group threatened a new offensive against troops in the oil-producing Niger delta and


Facchinetti new creative director for Valentino

Former Gucci designer Alessandra  Facchinetti will succeed Valentino Garavani as creative  director for womenswear collections when he retires from the  couture house he founded, Valentino Fashion Group said on  Wednesday.


Possibili solo in alcuni casi, specifica il ministro Lavrov


Firenze, 16:31 - CALCIO, SERIE C: REAL MARCIANISE-BENEVENTO A PORTE CHIUSE

La partita Real Marcianise-Benevento (serie C/2, girone C), in calendario domenica priossima, 17 feb...


Television Review: They Age So Quickly, at Least in Tree Hill

âOne Tree Hillâ returned a few weeks ago not as a more progressive enterprise, but as a more dramatically palatable one, trashier, less earnest and refreshingly, horribly unlike anything else in its genre.


Inventor: Scans reveal Mona Lisa secrets

For centuries, the "Mona Lisa" has beguiled art buffs unable to resist speculating on its origins and meaning. Now a French inventor claims to have some answers, including the fate of the enigmatic subject's famously missing eyebrows and lashes.


Symbol Technologies Inc. said Monday it would revise previously reported revenue and earnings per share figures for the first nine months of 2004, following the discovery of discrepancies in reported inventory levels.


The CEO-designate of Swiss-Swedish engineering giant ABB on Monday ruled out any more big changes to the structure of the company, which has cut thousands of jobs and sold off several noncore operations in the past two years.


The Iranian foreign ministry said Monday an Iranian diplomat kidnapped in Iraq more than a month ago was released and safe. "The release of Freedon Jahani came as a result of


Vinny Castilla reached 300 career homers and 1,000 RBIs with two of Colorado's five home runs Monday night, and the Rockies hammered the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-2.


Perilously close to being on the wrong side of a 1986 ALCS-in-reverse, the Red Sox got their biggest home run of the year from their most clutch performer of the past two seasons.


In this photograph released by the White House, President Bush places Christmas Eve phone calls to members of the armed forces from Camp David, Friday, Dec. 24, 2004.


UK's Blair defies critics over departure date

British Prime Minister Tony Blair urged  an end to speculation about when he will leave office and asked  to be allowed to get on with his job in an interview published  on Friday.


Flu delays closing arguments in Enron trial

The first executives to go to trial in the Enron scandal will have to wait at least another day to make their final pitch to the jury.


Duke University needs to become more diverse, inclusive and engaged, a committee concluded Tuesday in its evaluation of campus culture following rape allegations involving the lacrosse team.


Crescita del 5,13% con 9,3 milioni di bottiglie


SingTel signs deal with Samsung Networks to tap S. Korean market

SINGAPORE : SingTel has teamed up with the South Korean conglomerate, Samsung, to tap the Korean market. Both companies have signed an agreement to distribute Internet Protocol for Virtual Private Networks services in Korea.


VATICANO - ÂOgni cristiano Ã¨ chiamato ad un rinnovato e coraggioso impegno di annuncio e testimonianza del Vangelo. Vogliamo portare a tutti questa luceÂÂ: Papa Benedetto XVI incontra la Conferenza Episcopale delle Marche, in visita Ad limina; appuntamento a Loreto per lÂincontro dei giovani CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Anche lÂudienza generale di questa settimana, mercoledÃ¬ 14 febbraio, si Ã¨ svolta in due momenti: prima il Santo Padre Benedetto XVI ha incontrato nella Basilica Vaticana la Conferenza Episcopale delle Marche, in o...


The bodyguard who was the sole survivor of the high-speed crash that killed Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed said Wednesday that he had no memory of the last moments of the fatal trip through Paris.


Music Review: Abstruse Sounds Governed by Balance and Contrast

The young guitarist Mary Halvorson orients herself around jazz, yet stands about two steps removed from it.


Leggenda finisce nel sangue Ucciso il Robin Hood delle Indie

Madras (India), 19 ottobre 2004 - Si Ã¨ conclusa nel sangue la piÃ¹ che trentennale avventura di Veerappan, il bandito piÃ¹ ricercato di tutto il subcontinente indiano, una sorta di baffutissimo e sanguinario Robin Hood le cui gesta continuanvano da anni


A Walk Safari acquista la licenza 'Never without you'


Economy grows 3.5 percent in fourth quarter

The U.S. economy grew at a stronger-than-expected pace in the final quarter of last year, boosted by robust spending and slowing inflation that more than offset the biggest decline in housing activity in 15 years, a government report on Wednesday showed.


Italy and Croatia trade accusations over a war-time massacre of Italians by Yugoslav communists.


Truck Driver Charged in Fatal Texas Crash

The driver of a tractor-trailer that veered across a median into oncoming traffic, killing 10 people in two vehicles, was charged Tuesday with criminally negligent homicide.


Nearly two dozen bombs exploded almost simultaneously Thursday inside commercial banks in southern Thailand, killing two people in a region bloodied by a Muslim insurgency, police said.


Help take back America! Donate $50 to MoveOn PAC. With your support, MoveOn PAC will undertake a groundbreaking, precinct-level, neighbor-to-neighbor campaign to leave no voter behind.


France's Sarkozy calls on voters to back him again

LE HAVRE, France  - French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on French voters on Tuesday to back him again in next month's parliamentary elections so he can push through the sweeping economic reforms he has promised.


Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who is disputing the outcome of Mexico's elections, tells supporters to fight on.


Booming orders for new military  aircraft boosted overall orders to U.S. factories by 0.5  percent to a seasonally adjusted $371.51 billion in October,  the Commerce Department said on Thursday, though demand was  flat when defense was excluded.


For Kidd And Hill, The Bond Stays Strong

As the cream of the 1994 rookie class, Jason Kidd and Grant Hill had a budding rivalry that some believed would reach Magic Johnson-Larry Bird proportions. But injuries have sidetracked Hillâs career.


Game Group sees year profit ahead of forecast

British computer and video games  retailer Game Group Plc  said on Monday it expected its  full-year profit to be ahead of an average market forecast  following a continued strong sales performance.


The tiger population of India will vanish within a handful of years, and governments in India and China have not done enough to stem the rapid decline, environmentalists warned on Wednesday.


Internet device gets a keyboard Nokia took a direct pop at Apple yesterday as it unveiled the latest addition to its internet tablet range.â¦


EU court tells Microsoft to change Windows now

Even after more than a decade embroiled in clashes with government antitrust regulators, Microsoft had managed to keep its engineering hands free to design products the way it chose.


The dollar slid to a new record low  against the euro on Friday amid disappointing U.S. jobs data  and a perception that the United States was in no hurry to stem  the dollar's fall.


-- Kelly Jo Dowd, a cancer-stricken mother whose dream of seeing her teen daughter Dakoda play in an LPGA event was realized last spring, has died. She was 42.


I senza lavoro in Italia Ã¨ sceso nel terzo trimestre al 5,6% pari a 1.401.000 unitÃ Gli occupati sono 416 mila in piÃ¹ grazie soprattutto a 200mila stra stranieri                                          Istat, disoccupazione ai minimi dal '92 L'occupazione cresce con gli stranieri                                                                                E' il diciottesimo calo consecutivo dal secondo trimestre 2003


Città del Guatemala, 10:25 - OLIMPIADI 2012, IL LOGO DI LONDRA PIACE A ROGGE

Bistrattato in casa, il logo-puzzle di Londra 2012 piace invece al presidente del Cio Jacques Rogge....


Milano, 10:34 - CALCIO, DELLA VALLE: SOLUZIONI IN FRETTA RISPETTANDO TIFOSI VERI

Diego Della Valle auspica una soluzione per il problema violenza: ''Speriamo che trovino una soluzio...


ORLANDO, Fla. -- Steve Francis poured in a team-high 22 points and rookie Dwight Howard added 14 with 13 rebounds as the Orlando Magic downed the Miami Heat, 109-103, in preseason action at TD Waterhouse Centre.


Tell us how you see the RIAA's attack on the mild reforms in the Fair Use Act. Is the organization protecting consumers? In GadgetLab.


The Government came under more pressure in the Commons today over plans for a major reorganisation of Scottish regiments. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon is considering plans to scrap one of Scotland's six infantry


Breast cancer theory supports African folklore

Scientists who have proposed a controversial theory that surgery to remove a breast tumor may actually help the cancer to spread said on Wednesday their ideas may also explain why black women have been more likely to die of breast cancer in the past.


New Jersey legislature votes to end death penalty

TRENTON, New Jersey  - New Jersey on Thursday became the first U.S. state to legislatively abolish the death penalty since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976.


Armitage praises Russia's anti-terror efforts in Moscow visit

US Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage praised Russia's anti-terror efforts as he laid a wreath at a site of a recent Moscow metro suicide bombing.


Update 12: Crude Oil Climbs Above $50 in Asia

Crude oil prices climbed above the key $50 mark in Asian trade Tuesday, creeping close to an all-time high as worries continued over supply and unrest in key oil producing areas.


With a tentative deal reached in the writer's strike, it's all over but the voting. Guild members can return to work immediately after the vote, but that process could take days


XM said Monday that it had put its fourth satellite into operation, nicknamed 'Blues.' Combined with its previous next-generation satellite, 'Rhythm,' the two would provide better coverage and reliability than its first generation satellites.


Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Sunday faulted Democrats, including presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, for moving away from former President Bill Clinton's embrace of globalization.


U.S. tours N. Korean reactor and gets all access sought

U.S. officials and nuclear experts toured the five megawatt nuclear reactor at North Korea's Yongbyon atomic complex on Wednesday and were allowed to see everything they wished, the State Department said.


Lord Drayson, minister for defence equipment, quits to pursue dream of winning Le Mans 24-hour motor race.


Roma, 12:00 - CALCIO, AGENTE CARACCIOLO: TORINO E BRESCIA IN CORSA

Torino o Brescia: dovrebbe essere una tra queste due la prossima destinazione di Andrea Caracciolo. ...


Raggiunto accordo tra azienda, Fim-Fiom-Uilm e Rsu


Dwyane Wade made sure the United States didn't leave the world championships empty-handed. Wade scored 18 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Americans pull away for a 96-81 victory over Argentina on Saturday night in the bronze medal game.


Jimmy Carter talking "Peace" in new documentary

LOS ANGELES  - President Jimmy Carter is the subject of a documentary that will follow him across the United States as he promotes his latest tome.


The two Irish billionaires who hold the key to the sale of Man Utd are expected to reject US tycoon Malcom Glazer's Â£800m offer.


Top secret plans for attacking Iraq were drawn five months before the war started, a court martial hears.


Emirates official media reports Sheik Khalifa chosen as UAE ...

Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has been chosen as president of the United Arab Emirates, succeeding his father, who


Floridians Brace for Monster Storm Frances

Nearly 1.2 million Floridians were urged to leave their homes on Thursday as massive and powerful Hurricane Frances roared toward the crowded southeast US coast.


Ex-AOL Worker Pleads Guilty in Spam Case

A 24-year-old former American Online software engineer has pleaded guilty to stealing 92 million screen names and e-mail addresses and selling them to spammers, setting off an avalanche of up to seven billion unsolicited e-mails.


IBM and Intel have signed up more than 100 companies to build products that support the BladeCenter blade server specification since the open-source spec was made available in September.


Hewitt outlasts Gasquet in late-night marathon

Former champion Lleyton Hewitt   outlasted Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-4 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-3 in a   pulsating late-night fourth-round battle at the U.S. Open on   Monday.


As documentary filmmakers, Debbie Melnyk and Rick Caine looked up to Michael Moore.


Il metallo prezioso scambiato a 855,33 dollari l'oncia


SBC Communications Inc., one of the nation's largest telephone companies, introduced Wi-Fi service for business and residential DSL customers, giving them access to 3,900 hot-spots for $1.


Middle East ; Fatah: Barghouti to run for Palestinian president

Middle East News, Jailed West Bank leader Marwan Al Barghouti decided to run for Palestinian president in January elections to succeed the late Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, a member of the dominant Fatah faction's higher committee said on Thursday.


Firenze, 18:14 - CALCIO, EMPOLI; CAGNI: MAI PENSATO ALLA CHAMPIONS

"Il mio Empoli non si è fermato, anche perchè alla Champions League non ci abbiamo mai...


A mother who was swept away by the tsunami knew she could not hold on to both of her young boys and had to decide which one to let go of.


(InfoWorld) - Research In Motion expects to start selling a BlackBerry with both cellular and Wi-Fi wireless capabilities, the company's CEO said Thursday. Speaking at the JP Morgan Technology Conference on Wednesday, RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie said such a converged BlackBerry should come out "in the back half of this year." RIM is behind its competitors in developing devices with both cellular and Wi-Fi. Motorola and NokiaÂ were both selling phones with Wi-Fi and cellular aimed at business users last year. RIM had recently hinted at forthcoming converged phones, but until Thursday, it hadn't said when they would ship. "Wi-Fi was overhyped," Balsillie said. "I was not a big believer in it for the first two or three years because it was hyped as something that would subsume everything, that you would get rid of your cell phone. We feel it's complementaryÂ to a cell phone." The BES (BlackBerry Enterprise Server) that companies use to deliver corporate e-mail to BlackBerry users already supports roaming for customers that may travel between multiple operators so the BES would treat Wi-Fi networks just like additional cellular networks, he said. That capability enables the handoff of data connections and voice calls between Wi-Fi and cellular networks as customers move. In addition, the BES "presupposes the airlink is insecure," and so encrypts all voice and data transmissions using either technology, he said. The BES already supports Wi-Fi connections because the BlackBerry 7270 has Wi-Fi. Many mobile operators, particularly those that aren't related to a landline service provider, have resisted FMC (fixed mobile convergence) because they can lose revenue by transferring calls from their cellular networks to a potential opponent's Wi-Fi network. But Balsillie said the operators are open to it. "Most of the carriers I've dealt with are supportive of FMC," he said. Also, he's finding that an increasing number of operators have both cellular and fixed-line networks, and those companies are looking for strategic ways to leverage both assets. Services like FMC can allow those operators to offer a value added service rather than simply offering a single bill.


Less than a day after Microsoft detailed the latest Windows vulnerability, hackers were hunting for exploit codes. By Gregg Keizer, TechWeb News.


Touch Screen in a Table Is the Latest Wrinkle in Computers

Microsoft plans to unveil a new computing device called Surface, featuring a 30-inch screen embedded in an acrylic tabletop.


There could still be a way to go in China's frothy equity markets.


Kris and I were interviewed today by the local CW affiliate and will be appearing this Thursday on Channel 33 CW News at Nine. Reporter Barry Carpenter and his cameraman Paul Riggs came out to the studio today and filmed us talking and working for about an hour. Pictures on Flickr. Paul is the reason we’re [...]


AP: Kids Left in Africa Begged for Change

IBADAN, Nigeria - Allegedly abandoned by their American mother in Africa, seven children from Texas begged small change to buy food and shuttled from a neglectful stranger's care to a concrete-block orphanage, Nigerians said Thursday.    Eventually, the children proved their American citizenship to a passing missionary from Texas by singing "The Star-Spangled Banner." He notified U.S...


Delta pilots approve $1 billion in concessions

Delta Air Lines pilots, who resisted pay cuts for three years as their employer flew ever closer to bankruptcy, have voted to slash their own compensation to save the airline.


Government Must Share All Evidence On Detainees

A federal appeals court charged with reviewing the enemy combatant status of detainees at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,  ruled yesterday that the government must provide the court and defense lawyers with classified evidence gathered against the detainees. The ruling indicates...


The Mayflower Large went into the weekend with three unbeaten teams. Today, there's just one.


Ministro degli Esteri presenta missione nei Territori


Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas was delighted with the turn-out at Tuesday night's 'Game against Poverty' in the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.


Recording Cos. Sue 761 for Music Swapping

The recording industry has filed copyright infringement lawsuits against 761 computer users, the latest round of litigation in the record companies' effort to stamp out unauthorized trading of music online.


A ship carrying 3,000 tonnes of food is to dock in Mozambique where flood waters have displaced tens of thousands.


BoSox Beat Tigers, Keep Pace With Yankees

The most satisfying images from the Boston Red Sox's latest win are the X-rays of Manny Ramirez's knee. The Boston slugger fouled a ball off his knee in the fourth inning of the Red Sox's 5-3 home victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night...


The battle for Spanish energy firm Endesa taken a new twist as fellow Spain company Acciona buys a 10% stake.


âChuck Close,â about the painter, photographer and printmaker by the documentary filmmaker Marion Cajori, truly excels in its depiction of the physical process of making art.


Major League Soccer signed a 10-year deal with Adidas, making the company its official athletic sponsor and licensed supplier. The announcement was made by Adidas managing director Erich Stamminger to company shareholders.


Intel Profit Up; Outlook Reassures Market

Intel Corp.  on Tuesday said quarterly profit rose 15 percent, helped by record sales in Asia and stronger demand for notebook and server computer chips, and gave an outlook that reassured jittery investors that it could grow despite tough market conditions.


Plans to boost the educational chances of children in care are to be outlined in a White Paper.


San Francisco, 11:07 - FOOTBALL, NFL: SAN FRANCISCO-CINCINNATI 20-13

I San Francisco 49ers hanno battuto i Cincinnati bengals 20-13 in un incontro valido per la 15a sett...


UN genocide court to announce verdict in trial of Rwandan priest

The UN war crimes tribunal for Rwanda has said it would hand down its verdict this week in the trial of the first Roman Catholic priest it has tried for playing an alleged role in the 1994 genocide.


Qwest cuts outlook and profit boosted by tax benefit

Phone company Qwest Communications International Inc  on Tuesday cut its earnings outlook for the year, sending its shares down 4 percent, though its quarterly profit rose with the help of a tax benefit and cost cuts.


Head injury steroids harmful for patients

Anti-inflammatory drugs that have been used for 30 years to treat serious head injuries are harming rather than helping patients, researchers said on Friday.


You'll believe it when you hear what it is.


Judge backs Biscit, leaves NetServices with crumbs

As Ofcom rules on MACs ISP Biscit has won its High Court case against NetServices.â¦


Hurricanes Lead to Spike in Jobless Claims

WASHINGTON Sept. 23, 2004 - The number of new people signing up for jobless benefits rose last week, mostly reflecting the impact of hurricanes that recently ripped through Florida.


Nicolas Massu and Fernando Gonzalez won  Chile's first gold medal at an Olympics in a five-set tennis  marathon that ended at 2:37 a.m. on Sunday.


Unemployment in the UK fell by 61,000 in the three months to the end of December, government figures show.


The only Jewish dating site you'll ever need. Chanukah savings on Jewish, Hebrew, Bible & Israel software.


A roll-on roll-off ferry which ran into trouble in high winds in the Irish Sea runs aground off the Blackpool coast.


Hamas, Fatah agree to try to reinstate ceasefire

Hamas and Fatah leaders said after talks on Friday they agreed to revive a ceasefire deal that fell apart after a day of fierce fighting.


Florida running back Ciatrick Fason announced Wednesday he plans to forgo his senior year and enter the NFL Draft. The 6-foot, 215-pound junior has been one of the most consistent performers for the 20th-ranked Gators.


Science & environment: An investigation into the most contentious of kitchen dilemmas has reached its unpalatable conclusion.


Hurricane Frances continued to weaken and slow down early Friday, but Florida officials took no chances, issuing mandatory evacuations for parts of at least a dozen eastern counties.


Problems Stall Pentagon's New Fighting Vehicle

After 10 years and $1.7 billion, this is what the Marines Corps got for its investment in a new amphibious vehicle: A craft that breaks down about an average of once every 4 1/2  hours, leaks and sometimes veers off course.


An elderly man is taken to hospial after his County Armagh home is destroyed in a gas explosion.


Shell to boost investment to replace missing barrels

Royal Dutch/Shell announced plans to boost spending on exploration and production while selling non-core assets, making the replacement of its missing reserves a priority in restoring battered investor confidence.


Haitians Pray for 1,500 Killed by Jeanne

GONAIVES, Haiti Sept. 26, 2004 - Haitians surrounded by the destruction of Tropical Storm Jeanne prayed for the 1,500 dead during church services Sunday and gave thanks their lives were spared, while the


Bambang unveils plans for his first 100 days

JAKARTA - Mr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is almost certain to emerge the winner of the country's first direct presidential polls, has begun to unveil plans for his first 100 days in power.


Stocks: Investors seek haven amid uncertainty

NEW YORK Uncertainty over high oil prices and pharmaceutical companies kept stocks mixed Monday as investors migrated to less risky holdings, pushing blue chips and other large-caps higher while the Nasdaq fell.


Willett Kempton sees your car--and the electric grid--as a solution to America's energy problem, not the source of it.


Station Casinos Accepts Offer From Founder and Buyout Firm

Station Casinos Inc., which owns 12 casinos in the Las Vegas area, agreed yesterday to a sweetened $5.4 billion takeover bid from the founderâs family and a buyout firm.


Panel: Let domestic security technology move forward

Civil liberties and privacy advocacy groups often have the effect of stopping technological innovation when they protest the use of new technologies for domestic security, a technology expert at a Washington, D.C., think tank said Wednesday.


SAN FRANCISCO - Military prosecutors agreed to drop an espionage charge against a Muslim interpreter accused of spying at the camp for terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, his defense attorney said Wednesday.    Senior Airman Ahmad Al Halabi has pleaded guilty to four "minor infractions," his lawyer Donald Rehkopf Jr...


Gunmen abduct two Italian aid workers in Gaza

Gunmen abducted two Italians working for the International Committee of the Red Cross in southern Gaza on Tuesday, the latest in a spate of kidnappings of foreigners in the Palestinian coastal strip.


Six Apart Reinvigorates Movable Type With New Open-Source Release

Web publishing company Six Apart has released a free version of its Movable Type blogging platform under an open-source license. The move will help Movable Type compete with its main rival, the open-source WordPress platform, which, over the last few years, has largely surpassed it as the platform of choice among bloggers.


Food and clothing chain Marks & Spencer PLC said Tuesday it had bought the per una clothing brand from businessman George Davies for 125 million pounds (US$223 million, euro182 million).


Four Couples Gather to Ask One Question: Canât We All Just Get Along?

Couched in a familiar language of hope and redemption, âTyler Perryâs Why Did I Get Married?â benefits from one of the strongest casts of Tyler Perryâs career.


Tough Task Awaits Ohio 18Ã¢ÂÂs Padgett After Special Primary

Republican voters in OhioÃ¢ÂÂs 18th Congressional District will vote Thursday in a highly unusual special primary election to select a party nominee to replace retiring six-term Republican Rep. Bob Ney Ã¢ÂÂ who in August, in the face of serious ethics controversies, renounced the nomination he had won in a May 2 primary.


A Nigerian Islamic appeal court has freed a pregnant woman sentenced to be stoned to death for having sex out of wedlock. Judge Mohammed Mustapha Umar said the conviction


It took only four spring training games — all losses — for Lou Piniella to call a team meeting and address his Chicago Cubs. "We got into it a bit," Piniella said.


Jailed "Geographic" Reporter to Get High-Profile Help in Sudan

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is flying to the African country to meet with its president on behalf of Paul Salopek. National Geographic magazine's editor and others are also making the trip.


Muslim Nations Urged to Meet About Najaf by Iran Leader

EHRAN, Aug. 20 -President Mohammad Khatami has called on Muslim countries to hold an emergency summit meeting to help stop the violence between American forces and Shiite militiamen in Najaf, the official news agency, IRNA, reported ...


NATO allies agree to develop Afghan master plan: Gates

NATO allies with troops on the frontline in Afghanistan agreed Friday to develop a master plan for efforts to stabilise the country over the next five years, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said.


Daphne Gipson sat in a chair next to her mother in a room just off the lobby of Inova Fairfax Hospital talking about surviving and overcoming injuries that doctors said were so severe she was likely to die.


Il premier ha incontrato Fuad Sinora a Palazzo Chigi


Emonic: 0.3 released- software reaches beta status!

Emonic (Eclipse-Mono-Integration) is a Eclipse-Plugin for C#. It provides color-highlighting, outline, word-completion and build mechanism via Ant or Nant. Tested on Linux and Windows with Mono and the Win-.net-framework.   With the just published version 0.3 the project reaches beta status. Many new features including quick outline, a improved icon-set, better parsing of the source code and improved build process are implemented. With the new version the license of the plugin changes from cpl to epl.


Demonstrators upset Romanian president's visit to Montreal

Protesting Romanian exiles interrupted a ceremony for visiting Romanian President Ion Iliescu, forcing him to abandon a speech dedicating a square and a statue in a Montreal park.


2007 All-Star Game Comes to San Francisco

Fans have packed San Francisco's beautiful waterfront ballpark since it opened to catch a glimpse of Barry Bonds.


Show Me the Money! Dealipedia to Unveil Secretive Business Pacts

MP3.com founder Michael Robertson's latest venture is Dealipedia, a wiki-based site that aims to collect information about business deals, including mergers, acquisitions, funding events and bankruptcies.


Bob Newhart in futile hunt for his dark side

Seated in the cavernous den of his Bel Air mansion the other day, not far from some American Flag throw pillows, comedian Bob Newhart insisted that he had a dark side and that there are even learned papers written about it -- well, at least one.


The BBC's Jonathan Head revisits the city of Banda Aceh and finds it unrecognisable.


Summer rock festivals thrive on competition

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - The festival market is arguably the healthiest part of the U.S. concert business, a trend that has held forth in Europe for years.


Health care spending seen doubling in 10 years

U.S. spending on prescription drugs, hospital care and other health services is expected to double to $4.1 trillion over the next decade, up from $2.1 trillion in 2006, a government report released on Wednesday found.


Tale of Dead Texas Dog Bites Mayor Who Told It

A South Texas mayor, Grace Saenz-Lopez, and her twin sister, are accused of dog rustling.


Norimberga, 15:07 - CALCIO, GERMANIA: GRESKO IN PROVA AL NORIMBERGA

Vratislav Gresko, 29 anni, ex terzino interista, è in prova al Norimberga, formazione che mil...


Video on Web Site Shows Beheading of Man

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A video posted Monday on a Web site showed the beheading of a man identified as American civil engineer Eugene Armstrong. The militant group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi claimed responsibility for the slaying and said another hostage - either an American or a Briton - would be killed in 24 hours...


A major Hollywood biopic tries to make sense of competing claims about the life and work of Alfred C. Kinsey, whose studies helped bring sex out of the closet.


Chinese Actress Zhang Set for 'Geisha' Turn

LOS ANGELES  - Zhang Ziyi, who  co-starred in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," is in final  negotiations to play the title character in the  long-in-the-works film adaptation of "Memoirs of a Geisha,"  while the Oscar-nominated Ken Watanabe has signed on to play  the male lead.


Decision Near On Turning Credit Union Into a Bank

Members of the Kensington-based Lafayette Federal Credit Union have until Saturday to vote on whether to turn the tax-exempt, depositor-owned institution into a for-profit, stockholder-owned bank. As advocates on both sides try to rally the 16,000 members to vote, others are conducting a parallel...


Strong majority of FDA scientists feel agency does poor job of ...

About two-thirds of Food and Drug Administration scientists are less than fully confident in the agency's monitoring of the safety of prescription


A brown bear kills one person and wounds several in the Transylvanian forests of Romania.


Scientists take key step toward Alzheimer's test

Scientists have identified a group of proteins that together indicate a person has Alzheimer's disease in what may be a big step toward an accurate test for the devastating brain ailment.


Castellaneta Marina, 11:49 - TENNIS, FED CUP; ITALIA-FRANCIA: SANTANGELO AL POSTO GARBIN

Tathiana Garbin sarà sostituita da Mara Santangelo nel primo match (ore 12) della giornata co...


Accused Mexican drug figure pleads innocent in U.S.

Francisco Rafael Arellano-Felix,   the oldest of four brothers accused of operating one of   Mexico's most infamous drug cartels, pleaded not guilty on   Monday to 26-year-old drug charges.


Elvis Presley's single One Night makes history by becoming the 1,000th  number one - his 20th UK chart topper.


Box-office treasure is a little harder to come by on the new voyage of "Pirates of the Caribbean." The third installment in the Walt Disney Co. franchise, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End," hauled in $112.5 million from Friday to Sunday, well below last summer's $135.6 million opening weekend for its predecessor, "Dead Man's Chest."


Update 3: LNM to Buy ISG for $4.5B in Cash, Stock

A privately-owned Dutch steelmaker headed by billionaire Lakshmi Mittal is buying US-based International Steel Group Inc. for about $4.


Hull reach their first Super League Grand Final and end Bradford's defence of their title in the process.


The slight declines occurred as the number of high school students taking the standardized exam grew larger.


Juwan Howard scored 20 points, Yao Ming added 14 points and 11 rebounds, and the Houston Rockets kept Memphis winless this season, beating the Grizzlies 90-87 on Tuesday night despite losing Tracy McGrady to a hip injury.


V.A. to Study Toxins' Effects From 1991 Gulf War

The government will spend $15 million over the next year for research on the illnesses of veterans of the 1991 Persian Gulf war.


Thaksin summonsed to face Thai graft trial

Thai prosecutors stuck a summons on the door of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Bangkok home on Thursday, demanding he and his wife, who live in exile in London, appear in court next month to answer corruption charges.


THE US stood firm in rejecting the Kyoto Protocol on global warming yesterday despite renewed pressure to yield after Russia ended years of hesitation by moving to ratify the treaty.


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Colombian Drug Kingpin in Miami Prison Cell

The former boss of Colombia's Cali  cocaine cartel was in a U.S. prison cell on Saturday after an  extradition that capped a 14-year investigation into his  multibillion dollar drug business.


Mike Hampton's comeback took a major blow. And, no, it has nothing to do with his reconstructed elbow.


Javier Vazquez pitched the Yankees to their second consecutive shutout, and Derek Jeter homered and doubled twice in a victory over the Royals.


Howard Stern says he was pulled off four radio stations this week for using a pair of newly forbidden words: Satellite radio.


he battle for the lead between Marcus Gronholm and Sebastien Loeb continues as all the remaining drivers went back on the road after the midday break.


Pacific Islandersâ Ancestry Emerges in Genetic Study

An international team of scientists found evidence that Polynesians and Micronesians were more closely related to East Asians, and had few links to western Pacific islanders.


Berkshire to buy ING unit for $441 million

NEW YORK/AMSTERDAM  - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc , in its second acquisition this week, agreed to buy the NRG NV reinsurance unit of ING Group NV  for about 300 million euros ($441 million).


Secretary of State Colin Powell is acknowledging that U.S. intelligence experts do not know how far along North Korea's nuclear weapons program is and may not be able to find out.


Wife Whips Husband Into Shape - Literally - in Adirondack Fest's 'Behave Yourself', Starring Day

Playbill - Tony Award nominee Johanna Day, of Broadway's Proof, stars in the world premiere of Leslie Ayvazian's comedy Behave Yourself at the Adirondack Theatre Festival June 27-July 7.


Cox Deal Is A 'Bullish Signal' For Cable

Banc of America Securities lowered its rating on Cox Communications (nyse: COX - news - people ) to "neutral" from "buy," citing the announcement of a deal between the cable and broadband communications company and its closely held parent company, Cox


The US Securities and Exchange Commission has asked Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. (MMC) for information about partnerships that individuals affiliated with the company have invested in, the insurance broker said in a statement.


Call to address 'epidemic' among London drug users

Epidemic levels of hepatitis C among London's injecting drug users are a result of the government's "sidelining" of harm reduction drug policy, according to a study released today.


Questions are being raised after Mitt Romneyâs statement about his father marching with Martin Luther King Jr.


Australia's PM John Howard faces criticism over using unsolicited e-mails for his election campaign.


U.S. Women Top Russia to Make Hoops Final

ATHENS, Greece - Frustrated by fouls, turnovers and a feisty opponent, the United States desperately looked for help.    Then along came Sheryl Swoopes to set things right...


Three Australian soldiers have been injured in an explosion near the Australian embassy in Baghdad. Australian Defence Force spokesman Brigadier Mike Hannan told reporters an Australian convoy of three armoured personnel carriers were attacked.


ATHENS -- Two of Greece's most famous athletes and their coach made their first public appearance here yesterday only to withdraw from the Olympic Games rather than face a panel charged with looking into a ...


Judge lifts publication ban; Hilton's sex-abuse victims were his daughters

MONTREAL (CP) - Dave Hilton Jr.'s sex-abuse victims were identified as his daughters Friday after a judge lifted a publication ban at their request.


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Judge finds NSA program unconstitutional

A federal judge on Thursday struck down President Bush's warrantless surveillance program, saying it violated the rights to free speech and privacy, as well as the separation of powers enshrined in the Constitution.


IAEA Probes S. Korean Nuclear Experiment

The U.N. nuclear watchdog is investigating a secret uranium-enrichment experiment that South Korean scientists conducted four years ago, U.N. and South Korean officials said Thursday.


HAVEN, Wis. - Vijay Singh is one round away from turning a great year into his best ever...


Comment is free: Roy Hattersley: The prime minister has to decide on the limits of private enterprise within the public sector.


Lebanese PM tenders resignation to president

Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariritendered his resignation to President Emile Lahoud on Wednesday, paving the way for a cabinet reshuffle, the state news agency reported.


Bombers in Baghdad took the war to the very heart of United States power in Iraq yesterday with two blasts inside the supposedly impregnable Green Zone, killing five civilians, including three US nationals, and injuring at least 20.


Blog: Even before getting to the battlefield, high-tech upgrades for ground troops must maneuver through tough political terrain.


Corrected: Nonprofit group hikes price of "$100 laptop"

A nonprofit group that plans to produce  low-cost computers for poor children has raised the laptops'  price, a spokesman for the foundation said on Friday.


Parents demand mobile restrictions for kids

Operators shrug, say "whatever" 3GSM Parents are demanding more control over what their children are doing with their mobiles, but phone operators are lagging in providing such services.â¦


As a city councilman, Ahmed Aboutaleb, the son of a Moroccan clergyman, helped immigrants find jobs, put their toddlers in school to learn Dutch and doled out stern advice: integrate or leave.


7 Test Radioactive at Bar Where Ex-Spy Met Russians

Russia also announced it had opened its own criminal investigation into the death of Alexander V. Litvinenko.


67-year-old retired teacher is expecting twin girls

A 67-year-old retired Romanian university teacher is seven months' pregnant with twins after almost a decade of treatment in fertility clinics, doctors reported yesterday.


Former No. 1 NFL draft pick Tim Couch had doping regimens that called for anabolic steroids and human growth hormone, according to documents obtained by Yahoo.com.


Hollywood's Golden Globes ceremony, due to take place on Sunday, is cancelled because of the writers' strike.


Too Good to Be True? Red Sox Halfway Home

Pedro Martinez on the mound. A confident, yappy bunch. A 2-0 lead, halfway to the World Series championship. Could it really be this easy for the Boston Red Sox?


The son of Roberto Clemente, the first Latino in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, is sending money and two tons of clothing and medical supplies - originally destined for Nicaragua to honor his father - to tsunami victims.


Fanatic reaction: Cops: Heavy metal killer irate at band breakup

The gunman who killed four people in a nightclub massacre Wednesday night may have blamed the heavy metal guitarist he gunned down for the breakup of a favorite band, police said last night.


Karlovic beats Becker to reach San Jose final

SAN JOSE, California  - Unseeded Croat Ivo Karlovic served his way into the final of the San Jose Open on Saturday with a 7-6 7-5 victory over German Benjamin Becker.


It's beginning to look like 2001 in the general economy, with consumers tightening their purse strings and businesses shedding jobs. But in the technology business, which suffered more than any other in the last meltdown, there are fewer signs of strain this time around.


The new all-in-one iMac G5 desktop tucks all of its components, including its hard drive, processor and DVD drive, behind a wide-screen liquid crystal display.


Italy's PM Prodi resigns after losing Senate vote

Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi handed his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano on Thursday after losing a confidence vote in the Senate.


CANONSBURG, Pa. - Democrat John Kerry opened his packed Labor Day schedule in battleground states Monday with talk of jobs, criticizing the Bush administration for doing little to help workers in a tough economy...


HP knows it can't depend on Microsoft for marketing. This has been particularly clear throughout its relationship with the company.


Scotland Yard beefs up team in Bhutto probe

Scotland Yard has sent an explosives expert and two other detectives to Pakistan to beef up its team aiding the probe into the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, an official said Wednesday.


Potter makes history as fastest-selling book

U.S. sales of the seventh and final Harry Potter volume hit an estimated 8.3 million in the first 24 hours, confirming its place in the history books as the fastest-selling book ever.


General: Bin Laden Likely Issuing Orders

BAGRAM, Afghanistan - The trail has gone cold in the hunt for suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Osama bin Laden three years after the audacious attacks, but the al-Qaida chief and his No...


Iowans in line for lead roles, but control of Senate is key

Each Iowa senator has the potential to chair a committee, depending on which party has the majority of seats. ALASKA: Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski was appointed to her seat by her father when he was elected


Pit bulls seized in raid on rapper DMX's home

Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies removed 12 distressed pit bulls from the Phoenix area home of rapper-turned-actor DMX in a raid that also found a number of firearms, police said on Friday.


95,000 Ameren customers still powerless after ice storm

Some 95,000 Ameren Corp. customers in Missouri and Illinois remained without power for a fifth day following a December 1 ice storm, the company said Wednesday on its Web site.


The new Alfie is a dull, shallow, and uninspired effort


The United Nations, citing evidence of   severe torture, said Iraq had become deadlier than ever, as   local Iraqi forces took charge of a southern province from   departing Italian soldiers on Thursday.


ANCHORAGE (ALASKA): A limited US national missile-defence system is not expected to be activated until at least early 2005, missing president George W Bush's year-end goal, a military spokesman has said.


Japan's "Tiger" cool on Stanford interest

Japanese schoolboy Ryo Ishikawa says he is unlikely to follow in the footsteps of his hero Tiger Woods and attend Stanford University.


Nuggets' Anthony Cited for Marijuana Possession

Carmelo Anthony of the Denver Nuggets was cited for possession of marijuana before boarding a team flight, but the star forward said the drug was left in his bag by a friend.


La Clusaz, 11:00 - SCI DI FONDO, CDM DONNE: KUITUNEN VINCE 15 KM, FOLLIS TERZA

La finlandese Virpi Kuitunen ha vinto la 15 km di coppa del mondo femminile di sci di fondo a La Clu...


Showing velocity, command and poise reminiscent of his 22-win 2001 season, Matt Morris dominated the Dodgers on Friday night on the way to a 3-0 Cardinals win at Busch Stadium.


Licenziamento annullato perche' in violazione della privacy


U.S. bomb kills 3 British soldiers in Afghanistan

Three British soldiers were killed by a bomb dropped by U.S. aircraft supporting them in a battle against Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the British military said on Friday.


Mayor Bob O'Connor, who learned he had a rare form of brain cancer only seven months into his term, died Friday night, his spokesman said. He was 61.


Starbucks to up noncoffee merchandise for holidays

Starbucks Corp.  -- home of  the $4 cup of coffee and white chocolate mocha frappuccinos --  is on a mission to boost sales of glittery snow globes and  other noncoffee items.


Pasdaran provocano militari Usa, conferma del Pentagono


Recalling 'A Fighter' Who 'Made Mistakes'

As Palestinians prepared to bury the man who for nearly 40 years personified their elusive dream for a homeland, many displayed conflicting emotions over a leader they loved and revered for what he represented, but faulted for the failures he bequeathed them.


Thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites March to Najaf Shrine

NAJAF, Iraq  - Walking past pockmarked buildings  and spent ammunition, thousands of Iraqi Shi'ites marched to  Najaf's sacred Imam Ali shrine Friday after a peace deal was  reached overnight to end an uprising.


Weakened hurricane Frances crawls toward Florida, jangling nerves ...

Hurricane Frances weakened and slowed Friday as it approached Florida, prolonging the anxiety among the millions evacuated and raising fears of a long and ruinous drenching over the Labor Day weekend.


The People's Daily Online reports Chinese scientists have successfully implanted electrodes in pigeons' brains to control the birds' movements. Reminds us of U.S. attempts to create remote-controlled shark spies. In Danger Room.


Stromile Swift scored 23 points, and Mike Miller added 22 in the sluggish Memphis Grizzlies' 88-82 victory over Portland on Friday night.


The man charged with murdering five prostitutes in a series of slayings that shocked Britain said Friday he was a victim of coincidence.


British lawmakers are demanding to know why a Scottish man who admitted to the brutal beating of a U.S. tourist had been walking the streets.


US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld visits Iraq to thank troops for their efforts, days before leaving office.


Shuttle crew to check heat shield after launch

Astronauts prepared on Sunday for a  lengthy inspection of space shuttle Discovery's heat shield for  possible damage following Saturday's night-time launch, the  first since space shuttle Columbia's destruction in 2003.


Two Scottish fishing vessels collide in Norwegian waters, resulting in significant damage to one of the boats.


CVS, Caremark raise proposed special dividend

CVS Corp.  and Caremark Rx Inc.   said on Tuesday they had sweetened their merger deal,  raising the proposed special cash dividend for Caremark  stockholders to $6 per share from $2.


India, Pakistan Foreign Ministers to Start Talks on Kashmir

Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers today begin two days of talks in New Delhi on divisive issues including Kashmir, as the South Asian neighbors seek to end five decades of hostility that has led to three wars.


CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says recent upset over Vista should put a rest to that lingering question.


Home Depot Sees $1 Bln Mexico Sales in 06

Home Depot Inc. expects its sales in  Mexico to reach $1 billion next year, the chief executive of  the world's largest home improvement retailer said on Saturday.


Sri Lanka seeks help to track down tsunami orphans

Sri Lanka's child protection authorities said they needed public help to track down tsunami orphans after an initial survey showed that 995 children had lost both parents in the December disaster.


Apple plays with fire, courts iPhone gift card lawsuits

Apple's recent decision to forbid the use of Apple Store gift cards for iPhone sales may expose the company to class action lawsuits or state-led investigations. Is this anti-iPhone locking action one step too far for the company?


The audience for "The Apprentice 2" finale was down sharply over last season, but NBC isn't ready to fire Donald Trump: He still gave the network its top-rated show for the week.


After authorities dismantle a car bomb in London, they try to figure out who might have been behind it


East Coast waits anxiously for next soggy chapter

More than a dozen states face a super-soaking and Florida another storm watch this weekend as what's left of Hurricane Ivan exits and Tropical Storm Jeanne nears.


Low-Carb Group Targets Kids' Food Choices

It might seem as though the low-carbohydrate craze is everywhere -- now the Atkins diet may have some influence on what your child is eating at school.


Arafat Death Certificate Has Jerusalem Birthplace

Yasser Arafat did not achieve his dream  of being buried in Jerusalem but his death certificate states  he was born in the holy city, fueling a long-running  controversy over his birthplace.


(ANSA) - ROMA, 28 AGO - 'Film privato', reality di coppia su Italia 1 martedi' alle 21:05. Un'ora e mezza di film sul quale incombe l'ombra della censura. Paola Barale e Raz Degan gli interpreti: una vita


Two brothers who ran a water system that became contaminated with e.coli bacteria, killing seven people and affecting 2,300 others, were sentenced today for their role in one of Canadaâs worst public health disasters.


Bush Envoy Defends U.N. Against Schwarzenegger

President Bush's U.N. ambassador took a slap at Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday after the heavily muscled actor-turned-politician ridiculed the United Nations.


Video Shows Beheading of Turkish Hostage

A video purportedly posted on the web by Iraqi terrorists shows the beheading of a Turkish driver, world news agencies reported. The video has grabbed the man introducing himself as Durmus Kumderelu, a driver


Britain closes embassy in Indonesia after bomb threat

Britain closed its embassy in Jakarta following a bomb threat, the foreign ministry announced.


Cholesterol Drugs May Not Reduce Risk of Dementia

New study findings suggest that the cholesterol-lowering drugs know as "statins" do not appear to lower the risk of dementia or Alzheimer's disease, except possibly in cases of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.


After the mea culpa, what's left for Rather?

With CBS News publicly disavowing disputed documents in a 60 Minutes story on President Bush's National Guard service, the question now shifts to the future of Dan Rather as the face of the black-eyed network.


Real Madrid coach Mariano Garcia Remon praised both his players attitude and their football after watching them overturn a two-goal deficit to defeat Roma 4-2.


So the Democrats, with help from the New York Times, have produced their October Surprise. What a dud! In fact, the story the Times reported Monday gives enormous support to President


Flood warnings remain in place across England and Wales as further heavy downpours are forecast.


EBay said Saturday that an executive with its India subsidiary Baazee.com was arrested while assisting New Delhi police in an anti-pornography investigation.


U.S. wants to leave Iraq "with honor", Cheney says

Vice President Dick Cheney said on Wednesday the United States wants to finish its mission in Iraq and "return with honor", despite the war's growing unpopularity at home and doubts among U.S. allies.


Dell to counter carbon with Euro tree-planting plan

Greenhouse gases bagged Dell has brought is carbon-confounding Plant a Tree For Me scheme to Europe, allowing buyers to make a small donation an help counter the emissions arising from keeping their computers powered up.â¦


Less Preening, More Fun and a Touch of Dignity at Awards Show

The Screen Actors Guild Awards moved fast, looked effortless and fun, and turned out to be a worthy substitute for the more glamorous Golden Globes.


Bush: Kerry Has 'Election Amnesia' on Iraq

FORT MYERS, Fla.  - President Bush said on  Saturday Sen. John Kerry has a case of "election amnesia" that  led him to shift his stance on Iraq, painting his Democratic  rival as a waverer unfit to lead America in threatening times.


Negligent US forces to blame for massacre of recruits, says Allawi

Iyad Allawi, Iraq's interim Prime Minister, said yesterday that the gross negligence of American forces had led to the massacre of 49 Iraqi army recruits by insurgents on Sunday.


Florida Bracing for Third Hurricane in Ivan

Residents in the Florida Keys say they aren't exactly sure where to go to escape the looming Hurricane Ivan. Forecasters say the storm could strike the Keys Sunday, or take a similar


InfoWorld - The number of iPhones manufactured by Apple may not be enough to meet customer demand when the smart phone goes on sale later Friday, CEO Steve Jobs said in an interview published the same day.


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Best Buy CEO sees signs of tougher climate

Best Buy Co Inc  Chief  Executive Brad Anderson said on Tuesday that he saw signs of a  tougher retail climate and the company would feel the strain if  its customers did.


U.S. Could Recall 600,000 Dodge Trucks -CBS News

The U.S. government could demand that  DaimlerChrysler AG's Dodge recall 600,000 Durango and Dakota  four-wheel drive vehicles on concerns over their safety, CBS  News reported on Thursday.


Home sales, prices to slip further in 2007: NAR

Home sales and prices will fall at a faster pace in 2007 than originally expected, a leading U.S. real estate trade association said on Wednesday.


Tesla shifts gear out of park and into interim

One gear fits all? Tesla has confirmed that the first models of its electric sports car will ship with an interim transmission which reduces expected acceleration.â¦


Jesse Jackson seeks more diversity in Hollywood

As seemingly half of  Hollywood converged on a fundraiser for Democratic presidential  aspirant Sen. Barack Obama, the Rev. Jesse Jackson was huddled  elsewhere with Universal Studios president Ron Meyer over his  own campaign -- to increase industry diversity.


The Dow Jones industrial average posted its second straight triple-digit gain Wednesday, as a government oil inventory report sent crude futures tumbling.


Moneta unica a 1,3541 dollari e 166,63 yen


The UN Secretary General opens a special session on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.


When a Murderer Wants to Practice Medicine

It is hard to think of a case in which a murderer should become a medical doctor. Murder and medical practice are simply incompatible.


The wrapping paper isn't even in the recycling bin. You haven't snipped the tags from all your new clothes. Ready for another round of shopping?


Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. stock jumped to its highest level in nearly four years on Friday following a steady climb spurred by Kmart Holding Corp.


Fatal drug mix-up exposes hospital flaws

Early last Saturday, nurses at an Indianapolis hospital went to the drug cabinet in the newborn intensive care unit to get blood-thinner for several premature babies.


By Najiah Najib  THE Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary defines "infrastructure" as "the basic structures and facilities necessary... to function efficiently." And the Kuala Lumpur Infrastructure University College (KLIUC) prides itself in doing exactly that.


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Movie Review | 'The Water Horse': Fearsome Nessie Started Out as a Good Egg and Playmate

Many lonely children yearn for a pet to call their own. In âThe Water Horse: Legend of the Deep,â based on a novel by Dick King-Smith, a boy finds not only that, but a best friend as well.


Mike Huckabee Wins Georgia Republican Primary, AP, Fox Project

Bloomberg - Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Mike Huckabee won the Georgia Republican presidential primary, according to projections by the Associated Press and Fox News.


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Delaware State went slow and small against Wisconsin, so Alando Tucker took over.


The Founder of Salon Is Passing the Mouse

David Talbot will step down as the online magazine's editor in chief, chief executive and relentless cheerleader.


Fallito tentativo di conciliazione al ministero


Rock group INXS head to London to look for a singer to replace the late Michael Hutchence.


European equity markets rose to fresh six-year highs on Tuesday, with Italy's Capitalia leading banks higher after Spain's Santander was reported to be poised to raise its stake to around 5 per cent.


Attack on Blair shows rift in Palestinian leadership

JUST a day after Tony Blair left the Middle East, having won backing for a conference in London on the Israeli- Palestinian problem, the cracks were already beginning to show.


HBO's 'The Sopranos' Wins Emmy for Best Drama

HBO's acclaimed gangster hit "The Sopranos" won the Emmy Award for best drama series Sunday, becoming the first cable network show to win U.S. television's top prize in that category.


A 13-year-old boy is recovering in hospital after being shot in a late-night attack in Manchester.


Western-Style Capitalism, but With a Russian Accent

MOSCOW There is a deep contradiction developing in the Russian economy. On the one hand, Russians are embracing capitalism of the sort you'd find in Western Europe or Asia. But at the same time, the country is slipping back into a new kind of state-guided capitalism built around expansionist...


Euronext shareholders to vote on NYSE merger

Euronext  shareholders are due to approve a $14 billion plan to merge with the New York Stock Exchange  and create the first transatlantic bourse. But some opponents may cause heated discussions at a meeting on Tuesday.


Flirts with Danger, then goes the whole way Microsoft has agreed to purchase mobile software developer Danger Inc. for an undisclosed sum. The deal, which has not yet been finalised, means the software vendor has closed at least one bid this week - its unsolicited bid for web search competitor Yahoo! was officially snubbed earlier today.â¦


Bernanke sees healthy economy, inflation easing

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke expressed confidence on Wednesday in the health of the U.S. economy despite a housing slowdown and said the outlook for inflation was generally benign, but not without risks.


Continental Airlines Orders 10 Boeing 7E7s

Continental Airlines Inc. on Wednesday said it agreed to become the first major US airline to order Boeing Co.'s 7E7 aircraft, placing an initial order for 10 planes with the first to be delivered in 2009.


How the Iraq Debate Could Help Afghanistan

As calls to withdraw from Iraq grow louder, the first front in the war on terror may get some much-needed attention


Captain Paul Collingwood is fined an estimated Â£1,250 for England's slow over rate in the one-day defeat to India in Bristol.


Va. AG wants sex offenders' online names

Attorney General Bob McDonnell said Monday he will seek legislation requiring convicted sex offenders to register their online identities with the state to help MySpace and other online hangouts more easily block access.


China Finds Eager Allies for Olympic Security

Some American companies are helping China design and install one of the most comprehensive high-tech public surveillance systems in the world.


Will masks stop bird flu? Students experiment

Can wearing a face mask and regularly cleaning hands stop the spread of deadly bird flu? Students at the University of Michigan started a living experiment on Tuesday to find out.


The gun found with the body of actress Lana Clarkson is shown to jurors at Phil Spector's murder trial.


European shares eased on Monday despite  lower oil prices as the euro at a new record high against the  dollar hurt exporters, and BT weighed after the telecoms  operator made an acquisition of nearly $1 billion.


Oil Price Dive Deepens as Supplies Swell

Oil prices slid more than a dollar to  7-week lows on Tuesday as growing signs of ample supply eased  concerns over fuel stocks for the northern winter.


Clay has never been the favorite surface for the United States in Davis Cup play, but the American pair pulled out a win as they tried to defend their title.


Nella Marca in 10 anni morti diminuiti del 58%


The company earned $761 million after the $2.8 billion pretax charge to end investment in the inhaled insulin drug.


Norwegian peace envoy Erik Solheimmet Wednesday with Tamil Tigers leaders at the rebel-held northerntown of Kilinochchi in a fresh attempt to revive Sri Lanka's peacetalks, the national television reported.


Sen. Johnson's Health Is Improving, Reid Says

Sen. Tim Johnson has shown significant improvement after brain surgery, and doctors say "everything is going to be just fine," Senate Democratic leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) said yesterday.


Ieri Google aveva raggiunto massimo sopra 500 dollari


Nearly a decade after it was first imposed, a unique congressional ban limiting the District's effort to fight AIDS could be lifted and the city again allowed to use local tax dollars for needle-exchange programs.


Schroeder's visit to Libya will go ahead, officials say

German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will go ahead with a visit to Libya, despite Tripoli's delay in paying millions of dollars of compensation to the victims of a Berlin nightclub bombing 18 years ago, ...


China Eastern Air Jetliner Crash in Inner Mongolia Kills 53

A China Eastern Airlines Corp. jetliner bound for Shanghai crashed in the northern province of Inner Mongolia, killing all 53 people on board, the aviation authority said.


Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, in a statement dictated before he died, accuses his killers of being "barbaric".


HANOI -- Behind thick concrete walls and iron doors, Ho Chi Minh and other top North Vietnamese leaders hid out in secret underground tunnels during US B-52 bombing raids and plotted key military strategies that led to America's defeat in the Vietnam War.


Nearly 1.7 Million Veterans Lack Health Care -Study

Nearly 1.7 million US veterans had no health care coverage in 2003 -- no access to private insurance, to Medicare or Medicaid or to the


Suicide car bomb wounds two UK troops in Afghanistan

A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of NATO-led forces near the Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, wounding two British soldiers, a senior Afghan police official said. The attacker's Toyota car also destroyed the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) vehicle, police chief General Ali Shah Paktiwal told Reuters.


South Korea to appeal over all-around gold

South Korea is planning to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for the men's all-around gymnastics gold controversially won by American Paul Hamm, according to a South Korean delegation source.


Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie visited Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpiece, where they celebrated the actor's upcoming birthday, Fallingwater's curator of education said.


Moreno drinks to CBS's family drama pilot

Oscar winner Rita Moreno  will co-star in CBS's untitled drama pilot centering on three  generations of a powerful Latin American family who work in the  rum business in south Florida.


The EU adopts plans to force European energy markets to be open to more competition.


Nokia files patent suit against Qualcomm

Nokia Oyj , the world's top mobile phone maker, filed a patent counter-suit against Qualcomm Inc  in a Texas court seeking damages and an injunction against the U.S. chip maker.


Update 1: Bank of America Beats Estimates by a Penny

Bank of America Corp. on Thursday posted third-quarter profits of $3.76 billion, or 91 cents per share, a penny ahead of Wall Street's expectations.


Tropical Storm Ingrid, the ninth Atlantic storm of the year, formed on Thursday in the Atlantic Ocean east of the Caribbean islands, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.


Mortgage woes propel Calif. foreclosures to record

Mortgage lenders launched more  than 70,000 foreclosure proceedings in California in the third  quarter, marking a record for the state, where many housing  markets are slumping amid mortgage market turmoil, according to  a report released on Friday.


The Rockets made McGrady smile Monday, giving him a three-year contract extension worth $63 million. That, coupled with the three years he had remaining on his existing


Breakthrough for jailed U.S. journalist reported

The Sudanese president has agreed to release Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Salopek, who was held on spying charges after entering Sudan without a visa, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Friday.


Researchers make tiny radio from nanotubes

Transistor radios tinier than a grain  of sand, made using nanotechnology, can not only tune in to the  traffic report, but may end up outperforming current  silicon-based electronics, U.S. researchers said on Monday.


Pedro Martinez sat in the dugout, head in his hands, and manager Willie Randolph put an arm around him. He was close to tears, and it wasn't only because the New York Mets failed to clinch the NL East.


Storms Could Destroy Fla. Citrus Industry

Nat Roberts watched with sympathy as Hurricane Charley blew in from the Gulf Coast three weeks ago and ripped through groves in southwest Florida, causing losses of up to 20 percent for next year's Florida citrus crop. The hurricane spared Roberts' property, safely located across the state on the Atlantic Coast, but his 4,000 acres of grapefruit and orange groves now face a similar danger from Hurricane Frances.


Maybe that Cardinals curse is history. After blowing a 17-0 lead in what looked like another classic Arizona collapse, Darnell Dockett recovered a fumble by Seattle's Matt Hasselbeck. Then Neil Rackers kicked a 41-yard field goal with 1 second to go Sunday, giving the Cardinals a 23-20 victory over the Seahawks.


Manchester United supporters have reacted angrily to news that the club could be bought out by Malcolm Glazer. The club confirmed on Monday it had received a takeover approach, thought to be from the American businessman.


Peterson has good shot at being first freshman Heisman winner

As always, this year's Heisman Memorial Trophy ballot asks voters to designate one person as the "Outstanding College Football Player of the United States for 2004.


Germany Arrests 4th Iraq PM Attack Suspect

Meanwhile, the three Iraqis already in custody for their alleged roles in the plot denied the accusations against them during questioning Saturday by a judge, Der Spiegel newsweekly reported Saturday.


Chile's Pinochet Questioned by Investigative Judge

An investigative judge questioned former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for half an hour on Saturday to decide whether to indict him in one of hundreds of human rights cases stemming from his 1973-1990 rule.


Presidential candidates are making an early and furious run at voters in delegate-rich California.


Fifteen years ago, a worker at the Russian nuclear research center in Podolsk smuggled more than three pounds of weapons-grade uranium out the doors over a period of weeks, determined to sell the material on the black market.


Vince Wilfork had a gut feeling. The portly Patriots nose tackle isn't a voracious reader, but during a trip to Wal-Mart last offseason he bought a book called, "The Abs Diet: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life."


U.S. Forces Launch Assault on Iraqi Rebels in Mosul

MOSUL, Iraq  - U.S. and Iraqi forces launched an  offensive in Mosul on Tuesday to retake control of rebel-held  areas after a week of anarchy with insurgents rampaging through  Iraq's third largest city.


Ford admits its sale of Jaguar and Land Rover is being affected by the markets turmoil, but says the process is not slowing down.


Ribadisce richiamo a confronto politico costruttivo


Presidente 'colpa di quella toga', Quirinale 'ipotensione'


More Olympics, More Big Ratings for NBC Monday

LOS ANGELES  Fast National ratings for Monday, Aug. 16, 2004 Michael Phelps' bid to equal Mark Spitz's record of seven swimming gold medals ended Monday, but NBC continued its strong ratings drive with the Summer Olympics. NBC averaged a 16.4 ...


Some flit between stops, fueled by homemade granola. Others plod along, more tortoise than hare.


And you can, too. Learn from Selena Maranjian's experience


India's central bank raises its main interest rate to a near four-year high in an attempt to curb inflation.


Budapest, 12:13 - CALCIO, PUSKAS: FUNERALI IL 9 DICEMBRE A BUDAPEST

I funerali del grande Ferenc Puskas, morto il 17 novembre scorso, si terranno il 9 dicembre a Budape...


The Roman Catholic Church in Spain denies any relaxation of the Catholic ban on the use of condoms.


Rumsfeld Pays Surprise Xmas Visit to Troops in Iraq

MOSUL, Iraq  - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld  paid U.S. troops in Iraq a surprise Christmas Eve visit after  weeks of controversy over his handling of the war and perceived  lack of sensitivity to American forces and their families.


For many kids in the Midwest and Northeast, Feb. 14 was a day off from school. Instead of bundling up to head to class, it was a day for sledding and for making snow angels and snowmen. Sure sounds like fun.


FORMER general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was yesterday sworn in as Indonesia's sixth president, facing huge challenges to revive an economy ravaged by graft.


Taking Questions: David Grubin, a director, writer and cinematographer working in New York City, is taking questions from City Room readers today through Jan. 23 on his three-part documentary, "The Jewish Americans.".


Firenze, 16:18 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; PRANDELLI: DOBBIAMO GIOCARE DA GRANDE

Cesare Prandelli vuole una grande prova da parte della Fiorentina, impegnata domani sera nel postici...


English Premier League Soccer - Preview and Predictions

Everton (3rd)(D W W D W) travel to Charlton Athletic (8th)(L W W W D) - and this should be an extremely hard-fought fixture.


Roma, 20:28 - BASKET, LOTTOMATICA ROMA: INGAGGIATO CROSARIOL

La Lottomatica Roma ha ingaggiato Andrea Crosariol, prelevandolo dalla Virtus Bologna. nella Capital...


Haiti Ex-Soldiers Seize Aristide's Old Compound

Some 100 former soldiers who helped lead a revolt against ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide seized his abandoned residence on Wednesday and said they would make it their headquarters.


The programmers at PopCap Games Inc. used to think of themselves as the unloved stepchildren of the computer gaming industry.


Saudi Security Forces Hunt for Militants Involved in Bombings

At least seven militants were killed late Wednesday in Saudi Arabia following two bombings that government officials say appear to have been coordinated.


Bush Describes Kerry's Health Care Proposal as a 'Government ...

President Bush sped across southwest Michigan on Monday, assailing Senator John Kerry for plans that he said would result in nationalized health care.


11/4/04- While fruits and vegetables seem to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, a new report finds they are not much help fighting cancer.


Stewart and Colbert to Return Without Writers

Following the lead of Jay Leno and Conan OâBrien, the late-night cable comedy duo will return in early January.


The Securities and Exchange Commission has escalated its investigation of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. to a formal inquiry, the company said yesterday.


Large Doses of Vitamin E May Be Harmful, Study Says

People who take high doses of vitamin E to improve their health may not be getting any benefits and may, in fact, be slightly increasing their risks of dying earlier, researchers reported yesterday.


Senators Seek to Penalize China for Trade Policy

Proposed legislation aims to forcing penalties on China over its policy of suppressing the value of its currency to promote exports.


Teen in Mall Drive-Through Faces Charges

By FRANK ELTMAN  MINEOLA, N.Y. - A teenager who smashed his car through the front of a Long Island mall, careening 500 yards past screaming shoppers before blasting through an exit, was apparently angry with an ex-girlfriend who worked there, police said Friday.


Thousands of Rastafarians gather in Ethiopia for a month of events to remember Bob Marley.


Roma, 21:10 - CALCIO, LAZIO; ROSSI: SERVIRA' PIU' DI UN'IMPRESA

Delio Rossi prevede una gara durissima contro l'Inter: ''Servira' piÃ¹ di un'impresa, i numeri parlan...


Tom Cruise is set to be a presenter at the Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony Sunday, joining a roster of A-listers appearing on the show.


Buddhist monks were allowed to march past police barricades to the home of detained Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Saturday as street protests intensified against the ruling military junta.


Stoccarda, 20:09 - CICLISMO, MONDIALI; CASO BETTINI: GOVERNO TEDESCO CONGELA FONDI

Il governo tedesco ha congelato il finanziamento di 150.000 euro ai Mondiali di Stoccarda per la par...


Five Days: Watching Prices Swing in Health, Housing and Stocks

Blue-chip stocks flirted with record highs, buoyed by record corporate profits and moderating energy prices.


LA GUARDIA DI FINANZA NELLA SEDE DEL TOROC E DEL CONI

TORINO - Gli uomini della squadra di polizia giudiziaria della Guardia di finanza di Torino si sono recati nella sede del Toroc (il comitato organizzatore per i Giochi olimpici invernali del 2006) per acquisire documentazione riguardante il bilancio dell


Software giant takes big step toward October release of Microsoft Operations Manager 2005.


Foreigners Leaving Ivory Coast Despite Government Assurances

Foreigners continue to stream out of the West African nation of Ivory Coast despite promises from President Laurent Gbagbo to protect them after a surge of anti-Western violence.


In a sign of continuing mortgage industry woes, PHH, one of the largest originators of residential home loans, said it is scrapping a planned $1.8 billion sale.


O.J. Simpson is in custody in Florida on allegations that he violated terms of his release on bail by calling one of his co-defendants in a Las Vegas armed robbery case, a court official said Friday.


Panel Lists Work To Be Funded by  New Taxes, Fees

The Northern Virginia Transportation Authority released yesterday for the first time a list of road and transit projects that would be funded by proposed regional taxes and fees.


Spanish police arrest 14 Basque nationalists

Spanish police on Monday arrested at least 14 Basques suspected of trying to reorganize the separatist Batasuna party, which is banned because of its links to ETA rebels, a court spokesman said.


Indonesia's Yudhoyono Maintains Lead in Election Poll

A new poll shows former Indonesian Security Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono maintaining a strong lead ahead of Monday's presidential runoff election.


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A man stabbed his lover to death with six knives in front of her 10-year-old daughter, a court hears.


TripAdvisor shows small firms the way to success

NEEDHAM -- What will become of Greater Boston's cluster of venture-backed search companies? Few will get big enough for a Google-style initial public offering, but that doesn't mean their founders and investors won't find another way to cash out.


La storia si conclude Lo annuncia Camilleri

Pistoia, 13 ottobre 2004 - Si concluderÃ  con il decimo romanzo la saga del commissario piÃ¹ famoso d'Italia, Salvo Montalbano. Lo ha annunciato il suo autore, lo scrittore Andrea Camilleri, in un'intervista


Putin accuses western states of trying to isolate his country

VLADIMIR Putin, the Russian president, yesterday used his end-of-year press conference to accuse western states of attempting to isolate and destabilise his country.


Virgin Group boss Richard Branson said Tuesday he has signed an agreement with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo to launch a new airline out of the west African nation that will be majority owned by Nigerian investors.


NEW YORK -- Swiss biotech firm Serono SA, which earlier Thursday agreed to sell a majority stake in the company to German drugmaker Merck KGaA for $13.31 billion, said its oral cladribine treatment for multiple sclerosis has received "fast-track" status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.


Miss. Supreme Court to Hear Lead Paint Case -- Sherwin Williams Claims Mother Filed Lawsuit Too Late

By Associated Press  JACKSON, Miss. - The Mississippi Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of a mother and son who lost a lawsuit that claimed Sherwin Williams Co. was responsible for the lead paint that made the boy sick.


Los Angeles, 11:39 - TENNIS, SHARAPOVA: NON VEDO L'ORA DI GIOCARE IN FED CUP CON RUSSIA

Maria Sharapova è pronta a difendere i colori della Russia nella prossima Fed Cup. ''Non vedo...


Siena, 18:43 - CALCIO, SIENA: GIOVEDI' AMICHEVOLE CON IL BELA KRAJINA

Il Siena affronterà giovedÃ¬ in amichevole alle 15 allo stadio Franchi gli sloveni del Bela Kr...


Suddenly, it's the St. Louis Cardinals questioning the quality of their middle relief in the NL championship series.


EU Questions US 'Win' in Food Names Case

The European Union on Wednesday challenged Washington's assertion that it had won a World Trade Organization (WTO) case in which the bloc was accused of discriminating against famous foods and wines from elsewhere.


Hundreds of protesters and counter-protesters assembled in this small Philadelphia suburb Sunday in response to the community's new attempt to crack down on illegal immigration.


VATICANO - Da domenica gli Esercizi Spirituali alla presenza del Santo Padre CittÃ  del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - Il 25 febbraio, I Domenica di Quaresima, avranno inizio nella Cappella "Redemptoris Mater" in Vaticano, gli Esercizi Spirituali con la partecipazione del Santo Padre. Le meditazioni sono proposte questÂanno dal Ca...


Britney Formalizes Marriage, Splits with Manager

Pop star Britney Spears formalized  her union with dancer Kevin Federline on Thursday just as she  parted ways with the manager who had been guiding her career  since she was 13, her spokeswoman said.


Da un primo esame del medico legale sembra che fosse incinta


U.S, Russia "must unite to fight weapons of mass destruction"

The United States and Russia must unite to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction rather than drifting into a new Cold War, the authors of a project to secure the former Soviet nuclear arsenal said on Monday.