Judge certifies class action lawsuit vs McKesson

A U.S. federal judge certified a class-action lawsuit against McKesson Corp on behalf of consumers who claim the drug wholesaler conspired to inflate the average wholesale price (AWP) of prescription drugs used to determine payments by Medicaid and insurance plans.


Four Florida police officers are suspended after tipping a quadriplegic man out of his wheelchair to search him.


O'Neal's return bolsters Pistons-Pacers rematch

INDIANAPOLIS Indiana Pacers forward Jermaine O'Neal says he can't wait to get back on the court. O'Neal spoke at length today for the first time since being suspended on November 21st.


Continental Airlines on Wednesday said it became the first major US airline to order the Boeing 7E7, agreeing to buy 10 of the wide-body jets as a platform for growth on international routes.


Missouri is joining Illinois and Wisconsin in a new Internet program that helps residents buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and Europe despite a federal ban.


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Plan Could Close 20 or More New York Hospitals

The panelÂs sweeping plan would mark an epochal shift for an industry that has fiercely resisted shrinkage.


Triumphs, imperfections - film captures Ray Charles

I have never directed a major motion picture (although I created theatrical magic guiding my seventh-grade drama class production of Sally, the girl who hates Christmas.


The European Union is abandoning plans to force Britain to phase out the imperial measurement system.


Fire traps 19 at Highland Gold Russia mine

Fire broke out on Thursday at a gold   mine in Russia's Eastern Siberia owned by London-listed   Highland Gold Mining, trapping at least 19 workers underground,   emergency officials said.


BOSTON, Nov. 27  - The Pass is still shown over and over on television - Doug Flutie's 48-yard heave through a misty night sky in Miami and into Gerard Phelan's hands and football lore.


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by pat c Monday, Nov 8 2004, 11:25am. A bomb explosion has hit an Islamic school in the Netherlands, as tensions run high after the murder of controversial film-maker Theo van Gogh.


Parents who took food to their children at school in protest at a new healthy menu meet the head teacher.


Researchers developing robotic lobsters, flies, dogs and cockroaches believe that machines inspired by biology will be able to operate in places where today's robots cannot go.


Aircraft carbon dioxide emissions in the UK continued to increase between 2004 and 2005, official figures have shown, prompting claims that the government is not doing enough on green issues.


Earthquake, aftershocks roll through Central California

A strong earthquake centered near Parkfield in Monterrey County rolled through the West Side Tuesday morning. There were no reports of damage in the Taft area.


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Bulgarian ministers quit after corruption scandal

Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev said Saturday he had accepted the resignation of two ministers, following a corruption scandal that has shaken the centre-left government.


Pakistan Edgy as Ex-Premier Is Exiled Again

Pakistan faced the prospect of fresh clashes after a former prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, was deported as he tried to return from exile on Monday.


Wall St. seen rising at open, Bernanke eyed

Stock futures jumped on Wednesday, suggesting the market would rebound from its worst slide since 2001 as investors hunted for opportunities to snap up attractively priced stocks.


Ukraine's parliament began a session on  Friday where deputies were expected to vote in Viktor  Yanukovich as prime minister and agree on the line-up of his  coalition cabinet.


Nurture trumps nature for heart attack prevention: global study

MUNICH - A major new study by a Canadian-led research team has found that almost all heart attacks that occur worldwide are due to preventable factors rather than genetics.


Rubens Barrichello's start-to-finish win - holding off the double challenge of young guns Jenson Button and Kimi Raikkonen - enthralled genuine sports fans and undoubtedly had the marketing men rubbing their hands as the sport sunk its claws into China's


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Former baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn had open-heart surgery this week.


Ransom deals may have freed hostages in Iraq

Italians celebrated the freedom Wednesday of two women aid workers held captive in Iraq for three weeks, but the nationwide joy was diluted by questions about whether a ransom was paid, a capitulation to ...


US Airways pilots agree to $1.85B in wage cuts

US Airways Group Inc. pilots approved a plan Thursday to cut pay and benefits $1.85 billion over five years to provide savings the airline said it needs to emerge from bankruptcy-court protection.


Google's Android software platform for mobile phones is coming to life in Barcelona with a number of chip manufacturers showing it running on prototype or proof-of-concept phones at the Mobile World Congress on Monday.Freescale, Marvell, NEC Electronics, Qualcomm, and Texas Instruments all had Android on show. Most of them expect to see Android phones based on their chips on the market in the second half of this year.The hardware ranged from bulky development boards with daughter cards sticking out at unlikely angles to more compact devices small enough to slip into your pocket. All were built around chips containing processor cores designed by Arm, a British fabless semiconductor company.One of the most polished prototypes is on the Texas Instruments stand -- although TI representatives insisted that it's just an example of how a finished product could look as the company only makes chips, leaving the development of phones to its customers. "We don't do plastic," one said.TI actually had Android running on two different devices. One was based on its OMAP850, a single-chip device containing an application processor for Android and a baseband processor for controlling the phone's radio interface. The other contained TI's OMAP3430 multimedia application processor, capable of decoding high-definition television signals at a resolution of 720p. It requires a separate baseband processor, and is designed for high-end multimedia phones.Developing software for a new phone typically takes 14 to 18 months, said Ramesh Iyer, mobile Internet device product manager at TI. "Android cuts that dramatically. It's a disruptor," he said.Google is shaking the market in other ways, Iyer said. "Android is a single stack. You don't have to go looking for third-party solutions. Suddenly, they have defragmented the whole Linux ecosystem into one building block," he said.Android is entering an already crowded market for mobile phone software: To see how crowded, you only had to look at the NEC stand, where four prototypes containing its Medity2 processor were packed onto a narrow table. One was running Symbian OS, one Windows Mobile, one Android on top of Wind River Linux, and the last was running the same Wind River Linux but with a different application layer based on software from Trolltech and Esmertec.NEC staff expressed surprise at the level of interest in Android, saying they expected more attention for the completed phones based on the Medity2 at the next table. Manufactured for NTT DoCoMo, those phones contained the version of Linux promoted by the LiMo Foundation.The two systems are not necessarily in competition, though. With Android's focus on the application layer and Limo's work on the middleware, the underlying services needed to link applications to the Linux kernel, the two can be complementary, NEC staff said.Marvell took the prize for the most secretive Android demonstrations, refusing to allow photographs and declining even to say on which of its communications processors the software was running. The company showed a compact handset running the Android interface with a bare minimum of applications and a more complete installation playing video and browsing the Web on a bulky development board. Shrinking that down to a pocket-sized device will not take long, staff said. In fact, they had one ready -- just not loaded with the Android software.Android's Linux roots are likely to encourage the development of a wave of new handset applications, said Marvell's marketing director Vish Deshmane."You will see a lot more software to run on devices from people who want to exploit the commonality with desktop systems. It's going to be a boon for the 3G world because more applications means more data traffic, so operators will be happy," he said.Over at Freescale Semiconductor, staff showed Google Maps zooming in on the center of Barcelona on a development board built around Freescale's i.MX31 processor. This processor is not intended for mobile phones at all, and is more at home in GPS terminals or media players such as Toshiba's Gigabit and Microsoft's Zune.Qualcomm's demonstration of its 7201 combined baseband and application processor sparkled, but did not exploit the chip's full potential. The spinning globe of Android's Global Time application turned smoothly even without the assistance of the 3D graphics hardware acceleration, for which the drivers are not yet ready, said Rob Woodford.Android phones based on the chip will go on sale in the second half of this year, Woodford said -- but U.S. readers should contain their excitement: the Qualcomm display was overshadowed by a card warning that it may be prohibited from shipping the products on show to the U.S. because of a Dec. 31 court injunction obtained by chip rival Broadcom in a patent infringement case.The Mobile World Congress runs through Thursday at the Fira de Barcelona showground.


Bush acknowledges public anxiety on Iraq

President Bush said Saturday he understands that Americans are disturbed by persistent scenes of bloodshed and turmoil nearly four years after the war began, but promised he is helping to put Iraq "on a solid path to liberty and democracy."


Children's jewelry containing lead should be banned in the U.S., the staff of the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Tuesday.


Trafalgar Square transformed into village green

London's Trafalgar Square was given an unusual makeover Thursday, when its familiar drab, grey paving slabs were covered over with lush green grass.


The worst attack was a car bomb explosion outside a police training center in Baghdad. At least 47 people, mostly new recruits, were killed and more than 100 wounded.


Russian authorities say a cancelled London exhibition of major Russian and French artworks should now go ahead.


Reformer Viktor Yushchenko, whose victory in Ukraine's presidential election was all but assured Monday despite his opponent's threat to appeal the outcome, is expected to move quickly to bolster ties with the West while trying to ease tensions with Russia.


N.Ireland Protestant leader to hold first talks in Dublin with Irish PM

The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), the largest Protestant party in Northern Ireland, is to hold his first political talks with Irish Prime Minster Bertie Ahern in Dublin later this week, party sources said.


A man is jailed for at least 19 years after admitting hacking a 21-year-old woman to death.


Berzins to be appointed health minister, Latkovskis - integration minister

Gundars Berzins will hold the office of minister of health in the government of Aigars Kalvitis (People's Party, TP), whereas Ainars Latkovskis (New Era, JL) - the office of the society integration affairs ...


Hopes Pinned on Talks in Russia Hostage Drama

BESLAN, Russia  - Gunmen held hundreds of children  and adults captive in a school gym into the night in turbulent  southern Russia Thursday, but the Kremlin remained silent about  an attack which amounted to a huge humiliation.


The Web: An Online Newscasterâs Appealing Bafflement

Amanda Congdon â a droll, blond Rosalind Russell for the digital generation â has at last landed at ABCNews.com.


Police study clothing in UK prostitute murder hunt

British police were examining items of clothing on Thursday for possible links to the murders of five women, as the mother of a prostitute killed 14 years ago said she could have been the serial killer's first victim.


Family, Friends Mourn a Soldier and a Poet

The last day Christina DiPasquale saw her best friend, he gave her Gabriel Garcia Marquez's autobiography, "Living to Tell the Tale." Since it was the first of a trilogy, he told her, he would have to come back from Iraq to give her the rest of the story.


10 killed in Thailand's restive south in escalation of violence

BANGKOK : Ten people including nine Buddhists have been killed in the past 24 hours in Thailand's mainly Muslim south in a spate of violence following the death of 87 detained Muslims last week.


The official awards this week for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility are all advocates of teaching evolution. Bodyhack reports from AAAS in San Francisco.


Closer Percival OKs $12M Deal With Tigers

Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Troy Percival speaks to the media after a news conference in Detroit, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004. Percival and the Tigers agreed on a $12 million, two-year contract.


Sprewell cited after argument with police officer

Latrell Sprewell of the Minnesota Timberwolves received a misdemeanor citation Tuesday after being involved in a verbal confrontation with a police officer.


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Actress Eva Longoria wished her honeymoon was longer and did not   want to come back to work very soon.


Bush, Blair to Discuss Life After Arafat

President Bush is expected to give  an outline of his vision for a Middle East without Yasser  Arafat on Friday, with his most loyal ally Tony Blair by his  side.


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Two crewmen leave space station for spacewalk

The Russian commander of the  International Space Station and a NASA flight engineer floated  out of the station's airlock on Monday to dump overboard some  obsolete equipment and prepare the outpost for future assembly  missions.


A Trans-Atlantic row over European and American state subsidies to aircraft manufacturers has not âsoftenedâ after a first meeting between EU and US trade negotiators.


Defending champion Roger Federer beats Tomas Berdych in the fourth round of the Australian Open.


Oil extends rebound as Iran set to defy UN deadline

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


White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen, set to start a two-game suspension Tuesday night, went to a hospital before the game against Detroit because of pain in his back and side.


Thousands turn out for Jane Tomlinson funeral

The Bishop of Leeds today told people attending a mass for the charity fundraiser, who died of cancer, that she 'loved life and lived it to the full despite her own painful illness'.


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Guantanamo Trial Ruling May Delay Case Against Australian Hicks

A US judge's decision to halt the trial of a Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of being Osama bin Laden's driver may delay the case of Australian terrorist suspect David Hicks, lawyers for Hicks said.


Saying two terms is enough, Nigeria's president said Saturday that trying to uproot the corruption entangling Africa's biggest oil-exporting nation and making strides to transform the economy were the main challenges during his seven years in power.


Unlike last year when health officials urged more people to get flu vaccines, authorities are asking the public to save the supplies for those most at risk after half of the nation's anticipated supply of vaccine became unavailable last week.


Report: Muslim integration crucial to US

A better-integrated Muslim population would better serve the United States as it navigates critical domestic and foreign-policy challenges involving Muslim populations, a new report argues.


Dollar, Bond Yields Dip; Eyes on Job Data

European bond yields fell and crude oil  prices stuck stubbornly above $52 a barrel on Friday as markets  took stock of bomb blasts which killed at least 25 people in  Egypt and injured 10 in France.


Miners at the site of Sunday's coal mine blast in northwest China were forced to continue working after a fire broke out last week, reports said Tuesday.


Upmarket car dealership HR Owen says it has received an indicative offer for the company.


Sports minister Richard Caborn wants the fourth official to suspend matches if there is racist abuse from the crowd during games. He believes FIFA, football's governing body "missed an


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Foreign Tax Havens Costly to U.S., Study Says

AmericaÂs biggest corporations are increas- ingly funneling profits earned in the United States to tax havens around the globe, accord- ing to a new study.


OCTOBER 06, 2004  - Computer Associates International Inc. will acquire identity management software vendor Netegrity Inc.


The EU reform treaty is much the same as the rejected constitution, an architect of the constitution says.


Inquiry started as a whodunit and concludes as a mystery

A crucial gap in the chain of events linking David Blunkett to a visa for his ex-lover's nanny makes it impossible to establish the former home secretary's guilt


The Jacksonville Jaguars thought they could contain Indianapolis' high-scoring offense by playing keepaway. Good idea, but it didn't matter much to Peyton Manning and the Colts.


By JESSICA MINTZ SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. will change the program that helps Windows Vista users search their hard drives, in response to antitrust complaints from Google Inc., a person familiar with the issue said Tuesday.


BA angers unions with first-class travel plans

British Airways has infuriated union leaders by admitting it was considering giving its non-executive directors free unlimited first-class travel anywhere in the world.


Trying to Reach Customers in an Era of E-Mail Suspicion

Internet executives and analysts are closely tracking the rise of identity theft over the Internet.


ICC CHAMPIONS TROPHY: America face uphill task in tackling ...

LONDON: USA skipper Richard Staple looked ahead to the daunting task of tackling world champions Australia and insisted his team will not go down without a fight in their ICC Champions Trophy clash.


NASA Celebrates Life of Astronaut Cooper

Mercury program astronaut Gordon Cooper was remembered Friday by NASA (news - web sites) officials and fellow space pioneers as "not too bad of a pilot, but a heck of a good astronaut.


Despite Google, we still need good libraries

GOOGLE, with whom I spend more time than with my loved ones, is planning to put the contents of the worldâs greatest libraries on line, including the Bodleian in Oxford and those of Harvard and Stanford in America.


Off-the-shelf lamps can be used as a cheap alternative to laser surgery, Israeli researchers claim.


Microsoft's attempt to get EU antitrust penalties against it suspended turns to the question of its media player.


Leftist candidate to challenge Mexico vote

Leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador headed to court Sunday evening to file purported evidence of fraud that he hoped would overturn his conservative rival's razor-thin preliminary victory.


NASA prepares shuttle Endeavour for next mission

The U.S. space shuttle  Endeavour was rolled out of a hangar on Monday and taken to an  assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center to be fitted with  a fuel tank and booster rockets for a scheduled August 7  launch.


One needn't look very far for an expert opinion on the United States men's volleyball team.


Indian vendors reply to U.S. senators' H1-B inquiry

Putting new restrictions on H1-B visas in the United States would be a barrier to trade, the president of a large Indian trade association said Wednesday. The remarks come in response to an inquiry by two U.S. senators into alleged misuse of the visas.ADVERTISEMENTIBM Information On Demand 2006Industrial Industry Leaders, please join us at IBM's premier information management global event, IBM Information On Demand 2006, October 15-20, Anaheim, CA. More IBM business and technical solutions content in one place than ever before! Select from  over 800 sessions. Register today!


Israel's Parliament Likely to Approve Gaza Pullout

Israel's divided parliament is widely  expected to ratify Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza  withdrawal plan on Tuesday, a pivotal step toward the first  evacuation of settlers from lands Palestinians want for a  state.


Police, suspects in standoff after Dutch terror raid

THE HAGUE, Netherlands Three police officers have been injured in what Dutch authorities say is a terrorism raid. The officers were hurt when suspects at a house in the Hague tossed a hand grenade.


The Earth Simulator, an NEC supercomputer, is surpassed, at last. IBM announced yesterday that its Blue Gene/L supercomputer had achieved a sustained performance of 36.


BAGHDAD, Feb 3 -- More than 100 people were killed and more than 200 injured by a truck bomb in central Baghdad late Saturday afternoon, authorities said.


Record producer Phil Spector has been indicted on a murder charge in the shooting death of a B-movie actress at his mansion last year.


Two UN agencies warn that a decline in breastfeeding is lowering babies' survival rate in the Asia-Pacific region.


Poland wants US pact in exchange for missile silos

Poland wants a bilateral pact and  improved air defenses as part of any deal to become the first  ballistic missile-defense hub outside of the United States, its  defense minister said on Wednesday.


Iraq. Al Jazeera: decapitati un ostaggio turco e il suo interprete. Autobomba a Mosul: 3 morti. Due ostaggi, un cittadino turco ed il suo traduttore, un curdo iracheno, sono stati decapitati da un gruppo militante islamico, l'Esercito Ansar al Sunna.


Donations Pouring into SW China Quake-Hit Area

Donations pouring into SW China quake-hit area    KUNMING, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Governments, companies, universities and individuals have been offering donations and assistance to the quake-stricken area in southwest China's Yunnan Province after the disaster happened on Sunday.


Google calls Microsoft's 'hostile' bid for Yahoo troubling

A Microsoft-Yahoo merger could threaten the openness on which the Internet is based, a Google executive says.


President Leonid Kuchma called on opposition demonstrators to end their four-day blockade of government buildings Sunday, saying compromise was needed to solve the political


A murder inquiry begins following the death of a father-of-three after he was attacked during a burglary.


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Books of The Times: Zap! Make the Interview Part Jig, Part Bullfight

There are a number of lovely performances in The Paris Review's second set of selected interviews, and a somewhat greater proportion of duller ones.


Christopher Jones' Blog: PHP 5.3 "NOWDOCS" make SQL escaping easier

Christopher Jones has posted about an update to the development for PHP 5.3 that makes escaping SQL even easier in scripts - NOWDOCS.   Escaping quotes or other meta characters in SQL can be painful unless you get lucky with your quoting style. [...] Even with PHP's "Heredoc" syntax something will need escaping, but with PHP 5.3's new "Nowdoc" syntax no escaping is needed.   The only difference between HEREDOC and NOWDOC is that the initial keyword (like the first END in this statement:


Saints quarterback Drew Brees is rebulding a career, and his old house, in New Orleans.


Nobel Peace laureate Desmond Tutu became patron of national barbecue day Wednesday, declaring that the shared love of open air cooking was a unifying force between blacks and whites in a still divided country.


Pro-Russian Abkhazia says Georgian plane crashed

A pro-Russian breakaway region in Georgia said on Saturday it believed a Georgian plane crashed over its territory this week and dismissed Georgia's accusation that a Russian aircraft had violated its airspace.


Afghanistan's hated Sikhs yearn for India

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - Forced to wear yellow patches in the days of the Taliban, the homesick Sikhs of Afghanistan still hide in back alleys and yearn for India.


New 2007 editions of products promise improved protection and better use of computing resources.


Gingko's role in treating dementia under study

Researchers at the Imperial College Of Science, Technology and Medicine are to explore the effectiveness of gingko, a complementary traditional Chinese medicine, as a treatment for early dementia.


The Rev. Al Sharpton called Sunday for an investigation of the district attorney prosecuting a group of black teenagers on serious criminal charges stemming from a high school fight involving a white classmate.


Chinese director Lou Ye has been banned from making movies in his home country for five years because his film "Summer Palace" was screened at Cannes in May without government approval, state media said Monday.


POLITICS-PORTUGAL:  Church Ruffles Feathers with Comments on 'Right to Life'

LISBON, Feb 11 (IPS) - In the 1965 film âSignore e signoriâ (released in  the  U.S. as the Birds, the Bees and the Italians) by Italian  director Pietro  Germi, a Catholic priest gives assurances in his  sermon that âThe Church  doesn't get involved in politics,  but it urges you to vote for a party that  is both Democratic and  Christian.â


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UK condemns killing of US hostage in Iraq

The British government on Monday condemned the purported killing of an American hostage in Iraq, stressing that this kind of "appalling crime" would only strengthen its resolve in Iraq.


The pledge by Iran to stop uranium enrichment has reduced the possibility of military intervention by the United States or Israel to destroy Iran' s growing nuclear weapons potential.


Ex-Coach Pleads Not Guilty in Fraud Case

A former community college coach charged with providing false information about athletes to several schools pleaded not guilty Thursday to 36 counts of embezzlement, fraud and theft of federal funds.


WESTWOOD - There is an ideal way to kick-start an offense: Give it a short field.


Experts check into rash of child flu deaths

Nine children have died of flu this season in Alabama, an unusually high number that has some experts worried, a pediatrician said on Thursday.


Peace talks between Darfur rebels and the Sudanese Government have resumed after a 24-hour boycott by rebels who accused Khartoum of violating a ceasefire by killing 75 civilians in six villages.


Microsoft beats Palm operating system for the first time

SAN JOSE, Calif. Microsoft's software platform for personal digital assistants has taken over the market lead from PalmSource for the first time.


Digimarc Corp. said Wednesday that it received a five-year, $10.3 million contract from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety for new driver's license cards that include security features designed to thwart copying or alteration.


It's the second-largest decorating holiday after Christmas and Hanukkah and merchants are catering to the Halloween crowd with a proliferation of high-tech wizardry -- voice-activated skeletons, smog machines and gory bleeding goblins.


Pakistan, India to cooperate in energy exploration

Pakistan Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri said Monday India and Pakistan have decided to cooperate in exploring different energy sources in the South Asian region.


What Did the Oracle of Omaha Tell King James?

LeBron James had lunch with Warren Buffett. Here's hoping they'll do it again.


Jeweller Michael Hill International has seen its annual profit rise 30% due to increased sales, the company says.


WASHINGTON - The US pharmaceutical industry that exports billions of dollars worth of medicine around the world faced new scrutiny Friday after a survey revealed nearly one-fifth of its government overseers had experienced pressure to approve drugs they


Madeleine McCann's parents will appeal for Irish people to scan holiday pictures for clues about her.


Cable network HBO, nominated for a  staggering 124 awards, got off to a fast start at the 56th  annual Primetime Emmys on Sunday as three stars of its marquee  shows grabbed three early acting prizes.


U.S. military withdrawal end of an era in Iceland

The United  States withdrew its last 30 military personnel from Iceland on  Saturday as it shut a naval air base that in its Cold War  heyday was the sixth largest town in the island nation.


Antidepressants a Suicide Risk for Young Adults

Widely used antidepressants double the risk of suicidal behavior in young adults, from around three cases per thousand to seven cases per thousand, according to a huge federal analysis of hundreds of clinical trials. It marks the first time regulators have acknowledged that the drugs can trigger...


ARLINGTON, Va. - US Airways has assured customers they won't notice any changes following its decision to file for bankruptcy protection, the second time in two years the airline has sought such help as it struggles against lower-cost rivals...


UN, US congratulate Hamid Karzai on election win in Afghanistan

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has congratulated Hamid Karzai for his victory in Afghanistan's first presidential election. Mr Karzai, who has been head of Afghanistan's interim administration since the Taliban


BAGHDAD, Iraq -- A US military official in Iraq said seven American marines have been killed Monday in a car-bomb explosion. Several other Marines have been wounded in the attack.


The first criminal trial involving former Enron staff is "a case about cheating and lying", prosecutors say. Two Enron employees and four Merrill Lynch executives face charges relating to a transaction in Nigeria in 1999.


World number one Roger Federer produces a phenomenal display to see off a fired-up Andy Roddick 7-6 7-6 6-2 in the US Open quarter-finals.


Yesterday's most amazing rides race into the present at Europe's best classic car show. By Bruce Gain.


Merrill Lynch plans to sell its capital lending business to General Electric's commercial finance arm.


- PacifiCare driver Bruno Junqueira assured that the chase for the Vanderbilt Cup would go down to the final round in Mexico City after closing his pre-race deficit to leader Sebastien Bourdais from 28 to 22 after winning the 57-lap Lexmark Indy 300 on


By Doug Stanley, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Sep. 11--Whether you're adding a deck, remodeling your kitchen or  designing a space ship, Google SketchUp can help you populate the world with  true 3-D objects.


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Indonesian ferry fire death toll doubles

Navy warships and fishermen pulled 21 bodies from the Java Sea, more than doubling the death toll from an Indonesian ferry fire to 41, a navy spokesman said Sunday.


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Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett, whoÃÂ suffered paralysisÃÂ during Sunday's game against the Broncos,ÃÂ has voluntary movement in his arms and legs.


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Boston lead singer Brad Delp is found dead at his home by police in New Hampshire.


Novell Inc. shares slid Friday after the Linux software vendor swung to a fourth-quarter profit but still didn't meet analyst expectations during a period one Wall Street bank called disappointing.


New Safety for Giants Is Tough on Himself

For anyone who has watched the Giants' defense over the past few seasons, safety Brent Alexander's critique of his play in Sunday's victory seems laughable.


Barghouthi to Run for President -Fatah Official

Firebrand uprising leader Marwan Barghouthi has decided to run for Palestinian president from his Israeli jail cell, an official of his Fatah faction said on Thursday.


Most Breast Cancer Web Pages Contain Reliable Information

MONDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Just 5 percent of Web pages devoted to breast cancer contain inaccurate information. But pages focused on complementary or alternative medicine are 15 times more likely to make misleading claims and contain other false information, a new study says.


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The City watchdog, the Financial Services Authority, announced today that it has agreed a Â£194 million compensation fund for investors who lost money in split-capital trusts four years ago.


Peru Arrests Siege Leader, Rebels Hold Out

LIMA, Peru  - Peruvian authorities arrested a  former army major who led a three-day uprising in a southern  Andean town and vowed on Tuesday to storm the police station  where his followers remained holed up unless they surrendered  soon.


May have been transmitted between humans- report

Thailand confirmed its second death from bird flu Tuesday, and said the fatal case might have been transmitted by a human victim rather than a bird, according to published report.


Iraq's most wanted man Zarqawi wins bin Laden's blessing

DUBAI  - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, anointed by Osama bin Laden as Al-Qaeda's leader in Iraq , has topped a US wanted list since Saddam Hussein 's capture but proved elusive despite a huge reward and relentless military pressure.


Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho may reconsider his resignation if he is cleared of a disorderly conduct charge to which he pleaded guilty last month, his spokesman told CNN on Tuesday.


Three UN workers seized by militants in Kabul

Nato troops are hunting for three UN workers, one of them British-Irish, kidnapped in Afghanistan's first Iraqi-style abduction yesterday.


China hit by deadly flooding, severe drought

Torrential rain in southwest China triggered flash floods and mudslides that have left 21 dead, while a neighbouring region is suffering its worst drought in 60 years, state media reported Friday.


Troops Battle for Last Parts of Fallujah

As Iraqi officials declared Fallujah liberated, U.S. forces continued intense combat operations aimed at securing the last section of the city.


Sierra Leone farmers return to dig fields, not gems

KOIDU, Sierra Leone  - The battle for Sierra Leone's eastern diamond fields fuelled its 11-year civil war, but now the muddy pits are being returned to farming under a scheme funded by U.S. luxury jewelers Tiffany & Co.


Streets sealed after bombers hit Iran girls' school

Militants detonated a percussion bomb at a girls school in southeastern Iran and opened fire on an electricity plant before fleeing and hiding in a nearby house in Zahedan, according to a Iranian news agency's report.


Udine, 20:28 - CALCIO, UDINESE: 9-0 NEL TEST CON LA MANZANESE

Amichevole infrasettimanale per l'Udinese, che in vista della gara con la Lazio ha affrontato i dile...


Attack Kills U.S. Soldier in Afghanistan

An attack on a patrol killed an American soldier, the third U.S. fatality this week in Afghanistan, the military said Wednesday, amid a flurry of attacks that wounded over a dozen Americans in the run-up to the Oct. 9 presidential election.


From special-teams demon to the Giantsâ Super Bowl deity. From moonlighting drug dealer to born-again Christian. This is David Tyreeâs version of his transformation.


Zoroastrians Keep the Faith, and Keep Dwindling

The Zoroastrians fear that they are fighting the extinction of their faith, a religion that scholars say is at least 3,000 years old.


Six weeks after the end of the Lebanon war, the militant Hezbollah group is facing little on-the-ground pressure to give up its weapons and disarm — despite a U.N. cease-fire resolution demanding just that.


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Sprint to Buy Nextel in $35 Billion Deal

Sprint Corp. on Wednesday agreed to  buy wireless telephone company Nextel Communications Inc. in a  cash and stock deal worth about $35.17 billion to gain more  business customers and more wireless airwaves to transmit  calls.


Italy notch up their first away-win in the Six Nations rugby tournament, beating Scotland 37-17.


Former Marine Testifies to Atrocities in Iraq

A former U.S. Marine staff sergeant testified at a hearing Monday that his unit killed at least 30 unarmed civilians in Iraq during the war in 2003 and that Marines routinely shot and killed wounded Iraqis.


I.R.S. Says Bill Would Aid Tax Fraud in Virgin Islands

The proposed legislation would scale back audits of wealthy taxpayers, including 18 people who work for hedge funds,  in the U.S. Virgin Islands.


NYSE Euronext chief laments high US corporate taxes

The US tax burden on businesses is much heavier than that in the European Union, driving investors away from US markets, the head of NYSE Euronext, John Thain, said Wednesday.


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Martha Stewart Calls for Sentencing Reform

NEW YORK -- Martha Stewart, in a Christmas message posted on her personal Web site, called Wednesday for sentencing reform and took a swipe at the "bad food" in prison.


Stefan Esser gets set for the month of PHP bugs Stefan Esser is the founder of both the Hardened-PHP Project and the PHP Security Response Team (which he recently left). Federico Biancuzzi discussed with him how the PHP Security Response Team works, why he resigned from it, what features he plans to add to his own hardening patch, the interaction between Apache and PHP, the upcoming "Month of PHP bugs" initiative, and common mistakes in the design of well-known applications such as WordPress.â¦


Tanti i messaggi di affetto dei cittadini milanesi


N.F.L. Roundup: Seeing Dolphins in Action Is First Move by Parcells

Bill Parcells reported to his new job Thursday and quickly put aside one theory about what ails the Miami Dolphins. It turns out they really do practice.


Music Review: Mellencamp Channels Defiance and Dreams

John Mellencampâs music still has the three-chord twang and gritty vocals he learned from the Rolling Stones, country and Motown. But he has traded a young manâs bravado for grown-up disenchantment, wary determination and minor keys.


Women who continue having children late in life may live longer than those who have their kids young, finds research.


Baghdad's Green Zone 'island' prepares for rough seas

Insecurity is an issue even for those living in the fortified home of the US Embassy and Iraqi government.


India to pull some troops out of Kashmir this week

MUMBAI, INDIA - The Indian army will start to reduce the number of troops stationed in the disputed state of Kashmir on Wednesday to coincide with a visit by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, an official said Tuesday.


Faissola (Abi), aziende importanti restino in Italia


Utility operator and real estate  company Allete Inc.  on Friday posted higher 2006  full-year earnings compared with the previous year, when  charges from a power purchase agreement weighed.


TVâs Perfect Girl Is Pregnant; Real Families Talk

News of the pregnancy of Jamie Lynn Spears brought the subject of teenage pregnancy and sex suddenly into the air for mothers and daughters and fathers, too.


Russian legislation to stem the flow of illegal immigrants

MOSCOW -- The butcher is still breaking spareribs with an ax across the aisle in the cavernous Moscow market, and Bafo Zhamurov is convinced that he will be selling his dried apricots here for a long time.


"Full House" actor John Stamos has filed for divorce from "X-Men" actress Rebecca Romijn-Stamos.


Pakistan's exiled former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is flying home as about 2,000 of his supporters are arrested.


Sling founder 'stoked' about sale to EchoStar

Sling Media chief Blake Krikorian talks about the sale of his company to the maker of Dish Networks and what it will mean for their funky red trapezoid set-top box.


News Analysis: Ecuador Vote: Leader Forges Middle Road Among Leftists

Rafael CorreaÂs rise in Ecuador points to how varied, and persistent, the leftist groundswell has become in Latin America.


Music Review: New Ciara: Grown-up, Self-Made, Unmussed

Ciara projected a confident, aggressive but ultimately untouchable sexuality at the Nokia Theater on Sunday night.


Excited Bnei Sakhnin team leave for St Jamesâ Park

TEL AVIV: The players of Israelâs Bnei Sakhnin set off on the greatest soccer journey of their lives on Monday when they travelled from their poor town in the north of the country to Newcastle Unitedâs St Jamesâ Park.


Once-cursed Gulag river now Siberian lifeline

MARKHAYANOVA, Russia  - The Kolyma used to be a river of death for prisoners in some of the harshest camps of Josef Stalin's Gulag empire. Now the camps are long gone, but so too is the activity of a once-bustling Soviet Arctic outpost.


Andy Roddick displays his fighting qualities to beat Nicolas Mahut 4-6 7-6 (9-7) 7-6 (7-2)  and win a fourth Artois title.


MUNICH -- Pope Benedict XVI returned to his homeland yesterday in what he described as a joyous personal journey, but one that highlights the decline of traditional Roman Catholicism in the heart of Europe.


It was something of a back-to-school night for the crowd of entrepreneurs, marketing officers and venture funders who showed up in droves at the high-end networking club at Tysons Corner.


Israel refused to give a U.N.-appointed investigation access to the officials who may have been responsible for the bombing of an observation post that killed four unarmed peacekeepers at the height of the conflict with Hezbollah, the United Nations said Friday.


Bayer drug can cause kidney damage, FDA warns

Bayer AG's heart-surgery drug Trasylol can increase the risk of kidney damage, U.S. health officials warned on Friday, adding that more precautions may be needed in the future.


Justice Dept. pact calls on Cingular to sell some licenses

WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- The US Justice Department gave conditional approval Monday to Cingular Wireless' acquisition of AT&T Wireless, a $41 billion deal creating the nation's largest wireless carrier.


A UK fertility centre starts offering cut-price IVF treatment for women who donate their eggs to research.


Female activists in Zimbabwe are facing increasingly brutal treatment from the police, a report claims.


SEC upgrades investigation into vaccine manufacturer.


Era stato condannato a 30 anni per aver ucciso due bambini


Gay Bishop Says He Has No Plans to Step Down

The first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church expressed regret over the divisions his elevation has caused among Christians, particularly in developing countries.


Flyers land Briere as free agent signings take off

The Philadelphia Flyers landed one of the top prizes on the free agent market signing Daniel Briere to an eight-year $52 million deal on Sunday while the Stanley Cup champion Anaheim Ducks added another blue chip defenseman to their lineup.


Wireless baby monitors and headphones bought in one European country will work anywhere in the European Union, officials promised Thursday after setting EU-wide frequencies for short-range wireless products.


Cocoa futures jump higher on Ivory Coast turmoil, rise US$191 a metric tonne

LONDON  - Cocoa futures on the International Financial Futures and Options Exchange rose sharply Monday because of fighting in the Ivory Coast, the world's No. 1 cocoa producer.


Paul Kenyon confronts the drive hunt fishermen of Taiji in Japan and the intermediaries who sell the animals to dolphinariums.


HOUSTON -- Enron Corp.'s chief financial officer since a month after the energy company went bankrupt in December 2001 resigned effective Friday.


Pouty and unrepentant, unruly rocker Courtney Love yesterday pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct for letting her microphone stand bash a fan's head during an East Village nightclub performance last March.


Top seed Justine Henin of Belgium battled past two-times champion Venus Williams 7-6 6-4 in a see-saw slugfest on Friday to line up a U.S. Open final against Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.


Rumsfeld Hoping for Troop Cutback in Iraq

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq - The United States may be able to reduce its troop levels in Iraq after this country's January elections if security improves and local forces continue to expand and become more effective, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld says...


Historians Wonder if DNA Can Save Parakeet

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Could the awesome and seemingly limitless power of DNA be focused on a parakeet?  That question is intriguing historians who want to bring back the extinct Carolina parakeet - the only parrot species native to South Carolina.


UAL Corp. Begins to Seek Bankruptcy Exit Financing

United Airlines has begun reaching out  to potential lenders for financing to leave bankruptcy, the  company said on Friday.


Tuesday night, Robert Indeglia, a purebred human, pointed to an English springer spaniel named James, designating him Best in Show at the Westminsterâs 131st edition, at Madison Square Garden.


LOS ANGELES: US authorities have seized a long-lost Picasso worth about $US10million ($13.4million) that was looted by Nazis during World War II.


Lo spazio dedicato al portafoglio si rinnova: tutto quello che vi serve sapere su investimenti, prezzi, banche. La Borsa in tempo reale e le risposte degli esperti ai vostri quesiti


Darfur: 4-Point Draft Agenda Adopted in Abuja

A tentative step was taken yesterday in the quest to finding lasting peace in the crisis torn Dafur region of Sudan when the Abuja peace talks unanimously adopted a four-point draft agenda.


The sand-toned, curved limestone walls of the new National Museum of the American Indian make it the most sensuous and serene structure on the Mall, a powerful and immediate sign


The school doesn't get the top recruits, doesn't get the major bowl games it believes is its birthright, and doesn't get the fact that the football program is just not a major power anymore.


Britain's Brown sets out plan to fix global financial system

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown set out his plan to reform the international financial system and restore stability to markets around the world in a Financial Times comment piece Friday.


Studies Question Ranking of Best Hospitals

Older patients with similar chronic conditions receive treatment that varies widely, even among the top-ranked hospitals, according to studies released Thursday that suggest more expensive and frequent intervention does not make for better care.


Actor Jim Carrey attends the UK premiere of A Series of Unfortunate Events after fleeing a hotel fire.


MICHAEL SCHUMACHER is back at his favourite race to claim a title demoralised opponents conceded to him months ago, an unprecedented seventh F1 crown.


At the end of the ninth round, Holyfield nailed Donald with a sharp right and Donald went back to his stool, shaken. At the beginning of the tenth round, Holyfield attacked once again and once again Donald appeared to be on wobbly feet.


UN pledges help for Darfur refugees, Sudan wants $300 mln

UN refugees agency chief Ruud Lubbers said on Tuesday that the United Nations will work together with the Sudanese government to help Darfur refugees return home while


Giuliani wins backing of conservative senator

Republican presidential hopeful  Rudolph Giuliani, fighting to gain conservative support in the  2008 race, won the backing of a Southern senator on Monday  despite their disagreements on hot-button social issues.


He may have unlocked the secret of making his bat useful again, but Coco Crisp is still at his spectacular best with a glove on his wrist.


Crude futures rose Friday amid market jitters over possible production cuts by OPEC at their meeting in Egypt, as well as fears that winter weather will put pressure on supplies.


L'INTERVISTA. Parla Graziano Cecchini: "Non hanno prove, quell'uomo Ã¨ solo uno che mi somiglia""Stavo per pubblicare delle cose che faranno rumore sul generale Dalla Chiesa". E' stata un'intimazione a tacere                                          Ma il pittore accusato nega tutto "Mi hanno voluto incastrare"


Paris Masters: Agassi and Nalbandian pull out

Andre Agassi and David Nalbandian both pulled out of the Paris Masters on Monday, meaning neither will play in the season ending Masters Cup.


Vietnam expects Myanmar's contribution to ASEM

Vietnam hopes Myanmar will make active contributions to the activities of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM), Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan said on Thursday.


A copy of J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter novel sold at auction Thursday for almost $41,000.


Bangladesh in Shock as Blast Toll Hits 17

Extra armed police patrolled the streets  of the Bangladeshi capital and traffic was light on Sunday, a  working day, as shocked Bangladeshis woke up to the aftermath  of grenade blasts that killed at least 17 people.


On Friday, roughly a decade after Netscape's fortunes started to slide, AOL announced it is finally pulling the plug on the Netscape browser. "While internal groups within AOL have invested a great deal of time and energy in attempting to revive Netscape Navigator, these efforts have not been successful in gaining market share from Microsoft's Internet Explorer," Tom Drapeau, AOL's director of development, wrote on the Netscape Blog.


Nel 2007 azienda conta di superare 100 mila veicoli venduti


Prototype copter-cam: Here, there, everywhere

It can only remain aloft for three minutes but weighs less than an empty soft drink can -- and it can take and transmit pictures in flight.


Michael Jackson Stop Calling Me 'Wacko Jacko'

Beleaguered pop star Michael Jackson, responding to a recent TV movie about his life and legal troubles, said in a statement he was tired of being "vilified" and taunted as "Wacko Jacko" in the public eye.


Sul palco Baudo, Fazio e i successi della rockeuse senese


UN Votes Overwhelmingly Against US Embargo on Cuba

Friends and adversaries of the United States voted overwhelmingly in the UN General Assembly on Thursday against the four-decade-old American economic, financial and commercial embargo against Cuba.


Project in West Houston Caters to Consumers' Desires to Eat, Shop, Live and Work All Within Walking Distance: REAL ESTATE

By Nancy Sarnoff, Houston Chronicle  Feb. 16--At one of Houston's busiest intersections, developers are planning to bring a different sort of urban life to 37 acres of mostly vacant land where Town & Country Mall once stood.


Clemens' meeting with Congress postponed

Roger Clemens' meeting with a congressional committee investigating steroids in baseball was pushed back until Feb. 5.


MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - The unpredictable fight for the White House went national on Wednesday as candidates fanned out across the United States and Democrat Barack Obama bounced back from a surprise loss to Hillary Clinton to grab a coveted union endorsement.


Charlie Sheen, star of the  television comedy "Two and a Half Men," is engaged to marry his  girlfriend, aspiring actress Brooke Mueller, a representative  for the actor said on Thursday.


Portuguese police are expected to give prosecutors papers Monday outlining their case against Kate and Gerry McCann in the disappearance of their 4-year-old daughter, Britain's Press Association reported.


An investment fund for philanthropist Rachel Mellon contributed $495,000 to a labor-backed group that is running ads in Iowa in support of Democrat John Edwards' presidential campaign.


The number of people in Scotland diagnosed with HIV has risen to the highest quarterly total on record. Figures for July to September this year show 105 people were found to have the virus, which can lead to Aids.


The House passed $6.4 billion legislation Wednesday that would cut off U.S. aid to local governments in Afghanistan with ties to drug dealers, criminals or terrorists, a standard the White House says is unrealistic.


The Labor Department said the unemployment rate in November declined to a three-month low of 5.4 percent from 5.5 percent. Wall Street economists were expecting non-farm payrolls to rise by 200,000 -- nearly


Remember how Subhash Ghai had signed Madhuri Dixit for a dance number in Karma. When he saw the rushes, he realised Dixit was too good for just an item number and so signed her for the lead in Uttar Dakshin and Ram Lakhan.


(CBS/AP) President Bush and Sen. John Kerry meet Friday in a debate rematch as a new poll shows a shift toward the Democratic challenger and amid more troubling news on Iraq.


Up to 15 British Personnel Feared Dead in Iraq Crash

Up to 15 British troops were killed on  Sunday when a transport plane crashed near Baghdad in what  could be Britain's biggest single loss of life of the Iraq  campaign, a British military source said.


Searchers found the bodies of two young brothers in the Dan River on Friday, three days after the boys disappeared from their grandparents' home near the storm-swollen stream.


Government Must Act 'Without Delay' over Detainees

The Government must act swiftly to either charge or release the nine detainees who are being held on suspicion of links with terrorism, civil liberties campaigners said today.


UN failed to closely monitor Iraq deal, probe says

NEW YORK -- Internal auditors at the United Nations failed to investigate allegations that Iraq siphoned billions of dollars in illicit profits through kickbacks from companies that bought more than $64 billion in oil and humanitarian goods, depriving the organization of a "potentially powerful agent in helping to ensure accountability," a UN-appointed investigator said last night.


L'inchiesta, aperta due anni fa dalla procura, era rimasta segreta fino a oggiLe presunte vittime, all'epoca dei fatti, frequentavano la terza media                                            Professore indagato nel maceratese due allieve lo accusano di molestie sessuali                                                                                Gli inquirenti non credettero alle ragazze, ma altre studentesse hanno da poco testimoniato contro l'insegnante


The number of mortgages approved by banks fell 22% in August compared to the same month last year, figures show.


Insurance Rates May Not Rise From Charley

WEST PALM BEACH -- Hurricane Charley packed more punch than any storm not named Andrew, the Insurance Information Institute said Wednesday.


Will Symphony play taps for Sun's StarOffice ambitions?

Sun's strategy of having two free-to-good-home dogs in the applications-suite hunt might be coming to an end, as the company quietly backs away from the StarOffice "freemium" business model.


Milano, 18:25 - CALCIO, INTER: MATERAZZI TITOLARE A CATANIA

Allenamento atletico e partitella finale per l'Inter in vista della gara con il Catania.  In sei han...


AIADMK readies to cash in on Veerappan's killing

CHENNAI: The elimination of forest brigand, Veerappan has certainly injected confidence into the Tamil Nadu government, boosted the morale of the state police and gave the businessman and public a reason to be relieved.


In my house, my children know they will receive a harsher punishment for a lie used to cover up a misdeed than for the offense itself.


Vodafone to play 3G hardball with customers

Vodafone KK President Shiro Tsuda has said the company will stop offering new second-generation cell phone handsets in 2005 to force customers to switch to 3G handsets.


Reggio Calabria, 19:00 - CALCIO, REGGINA: BALLOTTAGGIO ESTEVES-TOGNOZZI

Ripresa della preparazione della Reggina in vista della gara di Palermo. Lavoro misto ordinato dal t...


US President George W Bush intervenes to stop convicted White House aide Lewis Libby from going to prison.


Colpita nuovamente l'isola di Sumatra. l'epicetro del sisma Ã¨stato avvertito a 153 chilometri di distanza da Lais Bengkulu                                            Ancora una terremoto in Indonesia Terzo allarme Tsunami in pochi giorni


CIA: Saddam Bought Off Countries, People with Oil

The Central Intelligence Agency  has published hundreds of names of people, firms, political  parties and government officials Saddam Hussein purportedly  tried to buy off to get U.N. sanctions lifted.


La relazione del primo presidente di Cassazione, Vincenzo Carboneper l'inaugurazione dell'Anno giudiziario. Presenti Napolitano e Prodi                                          Giustizia: "Stop ad attacchi gratuiti ma basta processi mediatici"                                                                                "I magistrati devono essere pronti a reagire contro le intimidazioni"Ma i procedimenti sui media "non servono alla comunitÃ "


Hedge fund manager John Paulson, who earned billions of dollars last year by betting against the housing market, said on Tuesday that former Federal Reserve board chairman Alan Greenspan will advise his firm.


Is the Oklahoma defense a notch below its predecessors? Is Texas' offense a step-ahead? Why is Texas Tech feeling good about itself despite its recent loss?


Pope Benedict is due to visit Austria, where he will join Jewish leaders to pay tribute to victims of the Nazis.


Sasha Victorine and Arturo Torres scored for Los Angeles, and the Galaxy ended a seven-game winless streak with a 2-1 win over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night.


Offenses covered by a new European Union draft law on crimes against the environment:


Prima immagine da sonda Huygens mostra pianeta vivo


BUFFALO, N.Y. -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell visited injured Bills tight end Kevin Everett on Thursday morning, spending 90 minutes with the tight end who sustained a severe spinal cord injury.


Raja Ravi Varma's 'spirit' visits Randeep Hooda

Randeep Hooda, who is playing 19th century painter Raja Ravi Varma in Ketan Mehta's bilingual "Rang Rasiya", says   shooting in the places that the artist had inhabited in Kerala was frightening yet exhilarating.


Belgrado, 15:52 - TENNIS, DJOKOVIC: ENTRO QUEST'ANNO TRA I PRIMI DUE

Festa grande a Belgrado per il ritorno in patria di Novak Djokovic dopo la vittoria dell'Australian ...


There may have been gloomier, more depressing, and costlier days for a Boston College athletic team in the past 40 years, but I can't think of one.


America Ferrera, star of "Ugly Betty," has had her smile insured for $10 million by the company Lloyds of London. The insurance was taken out by a tooth product company who is set to work with Ferrera in a charity campaign. The actress, 23, sai...


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Pakistan, India heading towards destination: FO

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has termed meeting between president general Pervez Musharraf and Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh at New York a milestone and expressed optimism that both the countries will succeed in finding out a solution to lingering Kashmir


Fugitive Russia lawyer seeks U.S. asylum

A fugitive Russian attorney has applied for political asylum in the United States after accusing Russia's security service of waging a vendetta against him, his lawyer said on Tuesday.


Q3 venture capital investment down 4%, survey says

LONDON (CBS.MW) -- US venture capital investment and number of deals were down 4 percent with $4.56 billion invested in 467 deals in typical third quarter slow-down, according to the Quarterly Venture Capital Report released by Ernst & Young and VentureOne


Wal-Mart to take biggest hit from S&P index shift

NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Wal-Mart Stores will experience the most negative impact from a plan for Standard & Poor's to shift the composition of key index benchmarks over a phased, year-long transition, analysts said Wednesday.


at Yankee Stadium Records: Boston is 78-68 (second in the American League East, 11 1/2 games behind); New York is 89-56 (first in the AL East).


A protein that plays a critical role in the growth of the deadly skin cancer melanoma has been identified by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston.


Iran has arrested military officers, nuclear workers and others on charges of revealing its nuclear secrets to Israeli and US intelligence agencies, Intelligence Minister Ali Yunesi said.


After enduring the indignity of having to train at a nearby college track by herself while heats of the 100 and 200 meters were being run, Marion Jones finally made her grand


Roma, 11:08 - Calcio, Europei 2012; Carraro: stadi piÃ¹ piccoli e confortevoli

La candidatura dell'Italia ad ospitare gli Europei del 2012 ha avuto ufficialmente l'appoggio del Go...


A nationwide inspection shows Internet users are not as safe online as they believe. The inspections found most consumers have no firewall protection, outdated antivirus software and dozens of spyware programs secretly running on their computers.


In the final days before the world learns whether Harry Potter lives or dies, spoilers — or those pretending to spoil — are spreading on the Internet.


If you've been eyeing Amazon.com (AMZN), you may wonder what got into the online heavyweight over the holidays. Shares shot up 8.5%, or $3.32, on the first trading day after Christmas, as Amazon said it logged a record 2.8 million orders in a single day.


Appeals court won't delay Libby prison term

Former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby cannot delay serving his 2 1/2-year prison sentence while he appeals his perjury conviction, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday.


New technologies can find faces or products without text tags by creating 3-D models and digital signatures. By Elizabeth Svoboda.


OPEC Warns Oil Supply Cuts Needed for 2005

OPEC oil producers said Thursday that  Friday's ministerial meeting would rein in oversupply to  bolster falling prices and that the cartel would have to reduce  output quotas early next year.


Core 2 Duo-based Mac support Apple has updated its Windows-on-Mac utility, Boot Camp. The latest release, version 1.1.1 and still a beta test incarnation, primarily incorporates support for the Apple's recently released Core 2 Duo-based iMacs.â¦


More vigorous Fidel Castro shown on Cuban TV

Fidel Castro appeared more vigorous on Sunday in the first television images of the Cuban leader to be broadcast in Cuba in four months, adding weight to reports that he has put his health crisis behind him.


Clandestini: tornano gli sbarchi, 300 in Sicilia

E' bastato un miglioramento delle condizioni meteo per ridare il via alle rotte della disperazione. Un barcone a Porto Empedocle e uno a Lampedusa sono arrivati con il loro carico di immigrati. Roma, 16 dicembre 2004 - Non c'Ã¨ inverno che tenga.


Microsoft tries to patent a crippled baseline OS

Microsoft is applying for a patent for an operating system that starts out crippled.  You must pay to do things like take the throttle off network speed, disk access, install drivers, install software, and more.  Trust me, I rarely even visit Groklaw, even if this is my second consecutive blog entry with a link to a Groklaw article. My VarLinux.org readers posted the article, A Brave New Modular World, and I had to share it.


Pope Rushed to Hospital with Breathing Problems

Pope John Paul was rushed to  hospital with breathing difficulties on Tuesday night after a  bout of influenza suddenly worsened.


Madonna defends being "crucified" on stage

Pop singer Madonna on Thursday  defended staging a mock crucifixion during her record-breaking  "Confessions" world tour, saying it was not "anti-Christian,  sacrilegious or blasphemous" -- but a plea for people to help  one another.


Fashion fakes are illicit global business

A false door at the back of a cramped New York City store swings open to reveal a secret room lined with fake Prada, Gucci and Fendi bags and wallets.


Tokyo's Nikkei made its biggest gain in  two weeks on Wednesday after unexpectedly strong Chinese growth  data prompted investors to return to Nippon Steel Corp. and  others doing business in China.


U.K. hospitals issue doctors' dress code

British hospitals are banning neckties, long sleeves and jewelry for doctors — and their traditional white coats — in an effort to stop the spread of deadly hospital-borne infections, according to new rules published Monday.


At least two persons were killed and 18 injured when a bomb exploded at the fag end of a concert in Colombo by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan.


Yahoo announces a restructuring drive, as it attempts to simplify its business and take on rival Google.


Registrato aumento del 2,1% nel primo semestre 2007


Exit polls suggest Georgia's President Saakashvili is on track for re-election, in a vote seen as a test for democracy.


The Los Angeles Galaxy will officially introduce new signing David Beckham on July 13, the club announced on Thursday.


LONDON Two campaigners for fathers' rights who penetrated Buckingham Palace dressed in Batman and Robin costumes were released on bail Tuesday, the police said.


Per esplorazione di idrocarburi,gara del ministero petrolio


Boston's Beckett adds to his post-season resume

A big Texan with a blistering fastball, Boston Red Sox's Josh Beckett hurled himself into an elite group on Wednesday when he became only the third pitcher to strike out at least four batters to start a World Series.


Sen. Clinton Pitches Ethanol Energy Plan

Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday called for cutting U.S. dependence on foreign oil in half by nearly 8 million barrels a day by the year 2025 &#151; a goal she said can be met with more ethanol-based fuel and a $50 billion research fund.


Dwyane Wade and Lamar Odom did some of their best work in overtime.


Renegade Fighters Gain Ground in Eastern Congo: UN

Renegade soldiers have advanced in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, taking control of two more villages during clashes with government troops, United Nations officials said on Monday.


Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who has not been seen in public for 16 months, suggested on Monday he might give up his formal leadership posts -- the first time he has spoken of his possible retirement since he fell ill.


Just three years ago, newly crowned Miss America Kirsten Haglund was eating tiny portions of food and became so thin her concerned parents "dragged me to the doctor."


Bush sees Iraqi elections as top priority for US plan

US President George W. Bush announced here on Thursday his five-step plan for reconstruction of Iraq, saying to help Iraq conduct national elections no later than next January is "the most important step.


L'organizzazione con base a Crotone riforniva diverse citta'


NZ Exchange Suspends Brokerage; Contacts Fraud Office

WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--The New Zealand Exchange Ltd. (NZX.NZ) said Monday it has suspended Access Brokerage from trading in the stock market, and referred the matter to the Serious Fraud Office, the Securities Commission and the Minister of Commerce.


WRAPUP 1-Blasts and fighting in Baghdad kill at least 8

Strong explosions shook central Baghdad at dawn on Sunday and heavy fighting erupted in a street notorious as a rebel stronghold, in violence that killed


Milano, 17:00 - CALCIO, JUVE; COBOLLI GIGLI: TRAGEDIA PER FAMIGLIE E PER NOI

''Non ci sono aggettivi per definire una tragedia del genere: sono ancora commosso''. Lo ha detto il...


A fire in Yosemite National Park's Hetch Hetchy basin grew to 1,500 acres Saturday, and park officials were searching for a man suspected of setting the blaze.


There is no stopping the Rok Sako To Rok Lo makers.


Utilities Still Fumbling a Year After Blackout

In some ways, they are still fumbling  about in the dark, except now at least there's a flashlight on  hand.


Google Plans to Cancel Paid Service for Answers

The service failed to gain much traction with users, especially when compared to a rival service by Yahoo.


Andreotti: proposta di Forza Italia e' una bizzarria


Sudan Hopes to Reach Darfur Deal by Dec. 31

Sudan hopes to reach a peace agreement  to end fighting in its troubled Darfur region by the end of the  year, Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail said on Monday.


Europe's heavy-weight Ariane 5-ECA rocket, which exploded in 2002, will return to flight early next year.


Son of Lebanese ex-leader in Pakistan for talks

Saad al-Hariri, son of assassinated Lebanese leader Rafik al-Hariri, was due to meet Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday, apparently in connection with the return to Pakistan of a former prime minister.


Xbox 'red ring of death' costs Microsoft $1bn

Microsoft is paying out more than $1bn (Â£497m) to repair chronic problems with its Xbox 360 games consoles, which break down in a fault known as the 'red ring of death'.


Spain Approves Partial Amnesty for Immigrants

Spain approved new guidelines on immigration on Thursday, including a partial amnesty aimed at giving papers to some of the 800,000 illegal immigrants estimated to be living in the country.


Don't expect to see a Dell Labs that focuses on fundamental research or a major move into highly bespoke "Big Iron" servers. But we are seeing a Dell that is showing some flexibility on what were once all-or-nothing principles.


Ma Teheran chiede un calendario per ritiro truppe Usa


Austria Supports Macedonia On Road To Eu And Nato

As Macedonian and Austrian Prime Ministers, Hari Kostov and Wolfgang Schuessel concluded at Wednesday's meeting in Vienna, Macedonia can rely on Austrian support on the road to EU and NATO, there are no open ...


Fed likely to raise rates another quarter-point

The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates for a third time in three months Tuesday when policy-makers hold their final planned meeting before the November election.


News: Defendant: Microsoft source code 'sale' was a setup

A Connecticut man facing economic espionage charges says he wasn't serious about selling already-leaked Microsoft source code, but an undercover investigator for the software giant was determined to pay him something.


The lawyers behind a  record-setting sex discrimination case against Wal-Mart Stores  on Tuesday filed a new lawsuit against Costco Wholesale Corp.  claiming it barred women from top store management jobs.


Iran offers 2-month atomic enrichment halt-diplomat

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali   Larijani offered a 2-month suspension of its nuclear enrichment   program in weekend talks with European Union foreign policy   chief Javier Solana, an EU diplomat said on Sunday.


Nell'ultimo Angelus del 2007, folla in piazza San Pietro


Il nuovo anno scolastico si apre con molti cambiamenti nel cassettoIntrodotte le "classi primavera", torna l'ammissione all'esame di terza media                                            Dall'asilo agli adulti, le novitÃ  a scuola Obbligo a 16 anni e debiti da saldare                                                                                E si punta anche sulla formazione dei "grandi" con i corsi di aggiornamentodi SALVO INTRAVAIA


Erratic Wind Hampers Calif. Firefighters

Firefighters were hampered by erratic wind and low humidity Monday as they made slow progress against a fire that had burned nearly 12,000 acres and four homes in the Northern California wine country.


Protect Yourself While Using Web Shopping Tools

Some unscrupulous vendors manage to worm their way into price comparison site listings. Knowing how these shopping engines work can help you avoid the bad apples.


Top model promuovera' anche associazione Fashion For Relief


VMware unveils 32MB version of ESX Server

Hypervisor flash The rumors about VMware putting ESX Server on dietary supplements have been confirmed. The virtualization darling today revealed ESX Server 3i - a super-thin hypervisor that will be built into the memory of servers from companies such as Dell, HP and IBM.â¦


Appleby has a four-stroke lead at Congressional

BETHESDA, Maryland  - Australian Stuart Appleby held a four-stroke lead at the midway point of Saturday's third round of the $6-million AT&T National.


Spinal Tap reunites for global warming gig

Mock rock legends Spinal Tap reunited for London's Live Earth concert on Saturday, performing spoof environmental single "Warmer Than Hell" that describes the Devil complaining about high temperatures in Britain.


Space shuttle still stuck in orbit by bad weather

Rain showers on Friday fouled up the third attempt in 24 hours by the US Atlantis space shuttle to return to Earth, leaving the seven member crew still stuck in orbit.


Londra, padre di famiglia accoltellato davanti casa


Hollywood marked the unofficial start of awards season with a parade of power couples: Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson, Helen Mirren and husband Taylor Hackford, Jim Sheridan and ... 50 Cent.


LAKE FOREST, Ill. (Sports Network) - Chicago Bears  linebacker Brian Urlacher, who has been plagued with various  injuries this season, was placed on injured reserve on  Wednesday because of a recent hamstring problem.


Cameroon football federation (Fecafoot) chiefs on Tuesday expressed their surprise that striker Samuel Eto'o has yet to be released by Barcelona for the African Nations Cup which starts on January 20.


The average resident of Minnesota stands a better chance of avoiding smoking, car accidents and obesity than a friend living 900 miles to the south in Tennessee.


US Stock-Index Futures Decline; Dow Stocks Drop in Europe

US stock-index futures declined before Alan Greenspan's presentation to Congress, where the Federal Reserve's chairman may restate his commitment to a ``measured'' increase in borrowing costs.


Ethiopia wants the Queen to return royal bones

Ethiopia has called on Queen Elizabeth to return the bones of an orphan prince buried at Windsor Castle after he was spirited from his homeland by British soldiers nearly 140 years ago.


Dopo il ritrovamento su sua indicazione di due granate


A Milano la protesta dei militanti del Carroccio contro la manovraCalderoli: "Siamo 75mila per salvare le nostre tradizioni in pericolo"                                          Finanziaria, la Lega torna in piazza "Sfiliamo in difesa della nostra anima"


Britain expels Russian diplomats in murder row

Russia said it would deliver a response on Tuesday to Britain's decision to expel four of its diplomats, amid signs that it will not allow the diplomatic row to affect booming economic ties.


A BRANCH of al-Qaida has claimed responsibility for the assault on the US consulate in Jeddah. Underscoring the menace Osama bin Laden's terror network still poses to US interests


BEIJING: IBM is selling its personal computer making business to China's largest PC producer, Lenovo Group Ltd, for US$1.25bil, marking the US giant's retreat from an industry it helped pioneer in 1981.


Cycling: Even after firing Hamilton, Phonak's 'attitude' derails ...

PARIS Despite its revelation that it has fired Tyler Hamilton, its leader and the winner of a disputed gold medal at the Olympic Games in Athens, the Phonak team lost its appeal to be included in bicycle racing's reorganized structure, officials announced


House tax writers will consider more than $1.5 billion in small business tax cuts next week in hopes of freeing minimum wage legislation currently stuck in an impasses between the House and Senate.


Siege bodes ill for Putin Rescue a catastrophe for leader and ...

WHEN it came, the end of the siege at School No1 in the small north Ossetian town of Beslan was the worst possible outcome. It was protracted, chaotic and bloody and a catastrophe not just for the families


Basketball: U.S. Cruises Past Angola 89-53

The U.S. men's basketball team got their  first comfortable win at the Olympic basketball tournament  Monday, routing winless Angola 89-53 in their final preliminary  round game.


Milano, 16:38 - CALCIO, MILAN; GALLIANI: PER RONALDINHO SIAMO IN POLE

Il vicepresidente del Milan, Adriano Galliani, ai microfoni di Sky Sport manifesta tutta la propria ...


An ailing Pope John Paul II is to miss Ash Wednesday services for the first time in his 26 years as pontiff.


E' il decimo in 3 mesi, carica vacante dal 24 novembre


U.S. and Iraq War Opponents Back Elections

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - The United States and  its allies on Monday found common cause with opponents of the  invasion of Iraq, encouraging Iraq to hold elections on time in  January even as some Arab states floated the idea of a delay.


An Oldie Vies for Nutrient of the Decade

Researchers are trying to understand how much vitamin D is necessary for optimal health. Are you taking enough?


A sailor from a sunken ship belonging to Oliver Cromwell's navy had the upper body of a trapeze artist but bowed legs, his recovered skeleton shows.


Take-Two loss shrinks, but forecast falls short

Take-Two Interactive Software Inc  said on Tuesday it cut its quarterly net loss in half, but the videogame publisher's outlook fell short of Wall Street expectations, and its shares fell 4 percent.


The DUP and Sinn Fein take the majority of first preference votes in the NI Assembly election.


Russia rejects new Western plan for Kosovo

Russia rejected as unacceptable  on Wednesday a new U.N. Security Council resolution drafted by  Europeans and the United States that paves the way to  independence for Kosovo in four months.


Premier, ma occorre prudenza perche' sono stime preliminari


Priest charged with lying about mob ties

A Roman Catholic priest was arrested on perjury charges Wednesday, accused of lying about his relationship with a mobster in testimony to a grand jury investigating a casino owner's possible ties to organized crime.


Asia-Pacific leaders conclude their summit by calling for a rapid conclusion to stalled global trade talks.


When the Denver International Film Festival, which starts tonight, announced a salute to the New German Cinema movement, I must admit to a vague panic.


(InfoWorld) - The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration confirmed Thursday that it built a special chip used in a disputed demonstration of quantum computing in February. NASA engineers used their experience with submicrometer dimensions and ultra-low temperatures to build a quantum processor for Canadian startup D-Wave Systems, said Alan Kleinsasser, principal investigator in the quantum chip program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. D-Wave claimed to demonstrate a prototype quantum computer during a news conference Feb. 13 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. But industry experts became skeptical when D-Wave revealed it had left the computer at its Vancouver office, then conducted the demonstration over a Web link. "You could characterize our announcement as being met with enthusiasm from industry and skepticism from academia," D-Wave CEO Ed Martin said in an interview Feb. 27. But he said the event served as proof of concept of the technology and that D-Wave's potential customers are businesses that don't care how the technology works as long as it can solve their complex models. He plans to start renting time on the machine to customers in 2008. "Businesses aren't too fascinated about the details of quantum mechanics, but academics have their own axes to grind. I can assure you that our VCs look at us a lot closer than the government looks at the academics who win research grants," Martin said. He described D-Wave's computer as a hybrid, running applications on a traditional, digital computer and using a single quantum processor as an accelerator or coprocessor. Martin said the back end is a rack-mounted PC with an off-the-shelf processor, but he wouldn't cite the specific brand. The crucial part is the quantum chip, which is a processor built from the superconducting materials aluminum and niobium, then chilled in a tank of liquid helium. It achieves supercomputing speeds because its basic data units -- called qubits -- can hold both the values 0 and 1 simultaneously, and instantly share those values among all the qubits. A standard digital processor assigns a specific value to each data bit, and handles them one at a time. D-Wave designed the quantum chip and then contracted with NASA to build it. The request was nothing new for engineers at the MDL (Microdevices Laboratory), a unit of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who were accustomed to building superconducting circuits for clients like Hypres, a company in Elmsford, New York, and for instruments used aboard spacecraft like the European Space Agency's Herschel mission. "There has been activity in MDL in quantum technology, including quantum computing, for around 10 years," Kleinsasser said. "Superconducting quantum computing technology requires devices and ultra-low [millikelvin] temperatures that are also required in much of our sensor work. A couple of years ago, D-Wave recognized that JPL is capable of producing the chips it wished to design. There is no [private] industry that can deliver such superconducting devices. So we worked out a collaboration that produced the chips that D-Wave is currently using." The computer that D-Wave used for the Feb. 13 demonstration had a chip capable of running at 16 qubits, Martin said. The company plans to scale its machine much larger in the next 18 months, reaching 32 qubits by the end of 2007, then 512 qubits and 1,024 qubits by the end of 2008. Still, D-Wave will surprise a lot of experts if it can reach its goals. Many analysts say quantum computing is feasible but that a working system is still a decade or more away. "Given the kind of upheaval a working quantum system would bring, especially to the financial system where cryptography would become vulnerable, it would be major technology breakthrough," said Martin Kariithi, an analyst with Technology Business Research. "I don't think a small company like D-Wave would pull it off; they are likely to get absorbed by a tech heavyweight like Intel or IBM as they get within five to eight years of a solution," he said. Â


NASA Scientists Find Surface of Titan 'Very Alien'

The surface of Saturn's moon Titan may be covered by thick drifts of combustible organic "snow" floating on lakes of liquid methane or water and ammonia ice flows, NASA (news - web sites) scientists said on Friday.


THE PRESIDENT In Exulting Bush Throngs, Just a Little Bit of ...

There is a good deal of nail biting going on at the mostly picture-perfect campaign rallies held for President Bush. Terry Buck, a first-grade teacher from Cleveland, feels the nervousness.


Chicago Tribune - The bodies were under rubble and palm fronds, in rooms where people were trapped as the water cascaded in, and scattered along the driveway leading to the colonnaded lobby.


Prevista a breve stabilizzazione della redditivita'


Wary of Past, Clinton Unveils a Health Plan

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton released a plan for universal health coverage designed to avoid the political flaws in her failed proposal of 1993-94.


Il ministro degli Esteri: raggiunti gli obiettivi principali


Pet hamsters are a potential source of serious infection, U.S. health officials warned on Thursday.


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.


AMD's Dave Orton, former ATI CEO, resigns

Blog: The former head of ATI Technologies, acquired by AMD last year, resigns amid troubled times for the chipmaker.


Newly discovered dinosaur reached out and chomped its prey

WASHINGTON -- A newly discovered fossil might be the remains of one of the first stealth hunters, a swimming dinosaur that could use its long neck to sneak up on prey and strike without warning.


A U.S. official died after a shooting  attack on Tuesday on his vehicle in Khartoum in which his  Sudanese driver was also killed, U.S. and Sudanese officials  said.


The Baltimore Ravens are excited about the prospect of having Deion Sanders come out of retirement and be a part of their defensive backfield. The question now is: Will he take them up on their offer?


Hedge fund manager pleads guilty to insider trading

A hedge fund manager who was among more than a dozen people accused of participating in an insider trading ring on Wall Street pleaded guilty on Tuesday to profiting from inside tips allegedly leaked by a former UBS Securities  executive.


BT launches a new mobile phone service, three years after spinning-off its MM02 subsidiary.


Design by Gecko, Plus Glue by Mussel, Yields a Powerful Adhesive

Cross a gecko with a mussel and what comes out is a new type of adhesive tape that can repeatedly stick and restick, even underwater.


Kerry hits Bush for 'colossal failures of judgment' in Iraq

NEW YORK - John Kerry issued a scathing and pointed criticism Monday of President Bush's Iraq policies, saying Bush had repeatedly misled the American public and had compiled "a long litany of misjudgments with terrible consequences.


Computer games are integral to many youngsters' lives and should be studied in school, academics argue.


Con 'Orgia' al Theatre du Vieux-Colombier il 24/2


Former Professor Likely to Plead Not Guilty to Child Porn Allegations

By Lawrence Mower  By LAWRENCE MOWER  REVIEW-JOURNAL  The former 32-year flute professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, accused of possessing more than 26,000 images of child pornography waived his right to a preliminary hearing Monday.


A US jury convicts an ex-Ku Klux Klan member over the deaths of two black teenagers in 1964.


IF services conglomerate Cendant buys the third-largest US online travel company, Orbitz, as looks probable, then it will be widely seen as another step towards breaking down any lingering sense that business over the internet is "special" compared to


Author Susan Sontag, widely regarded as one of America's leading intellectuals, dies aged 71.


President Bush Meets with Iraqi Prime Minister

WASHINGTON - Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi is making the case on behalf of his country today. The prime minister will address a joint session of Congress, and he will meet the press with President Bush.


Former American fugitive Marc Rich was a middleman for several of Iraq's suspect oil deals in February 2001, just one month after his pardon from President


Group Formed to Track, Thwart IM Threats

A group of Internet security and instant messaging providers have teamed up to detect and thwart the growing threat of IM and peer-to-peer viruses and worms, they said this week.


Exercise on par with drugs for aiding depression

Regular exercise may work as  well as medication in improving symptoms of major depression,  researchers have found.


Feds Seize Armor-Plated Car Bought in Iraq

Federal agents seized a Mercedes-Benz from an Army reservist who said the armor-plated, bulletproof luxury car probably belonged to Saddam Hussein.


Myanmar orders Red Cross out of key border areas

Myanmar's military regime has ordered the International Committee of the Red Cross out of key border areas and rejected moves to resume prison visits.


Slow Job Market Greets Workers Labor Day

WASHINGTON Sept. 5, 2004 - A spotty job market and stagnant paychecks cloud this Labor Day holiday for many workers, highlighting the importance of pocketbook issues in the presidential election.


Iraq's government approves a draft law revoking private security contractors' immunity from prosecution.


2004-05: Because of slow over-rate during the BCCIâs Platinum Jubilee one-dayer against Pakistan at Kolkata, Indian captain Sourav Ganguly was suspended for two Tests against South Africa.


Germany's chancellor says the leaders of the G8 nations have agreed a compromise deal on climate change.


The father and uncle of a woman who was killed for rejecting an arranged marriage are found guilty of her murder.


Conversions to GPLv3 from v2...moving slowly

Blog: GPLv3, for all its sound and fury, has not had much impact on the industry...yet.  Very few projects have adopted it.  Here's why.


Wenger's dashing Musketeers cut Middlesbrough to pieces

Try telling Arsenal the Premiership is a marathon not a sprint. The champions have come out of the blocks at an extraordinary pace, racking up nine goals in two games and


Con alcuni omosessuali ha cercato di dar vita a un corteo


Viacom to Sell Station to SBS for 10 Percent Stake

Viacom said on Tuesday it will sell a radio station to Spanish Broadcasting System Inc. in exchange for a 10 percent ownership of SBS and warrants to buy another 5 percent stake, marking Viacom's entry into the U.S. Hispanic radio market.


A Broncos victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday could elevate Jake Plummer to the level forecast for him when he left Arizona State almost eight years ago.


Bush says budget will limit non-defense spending

President George W. Bush said on Saturday that his upcoming budget proposal would emphasize restraint on domestic spending while putting defense and war costs for Iraq and Afghanistan as the top priority.


A Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Savo Todovic gives himself up for trial at the Hague court.


Third seed Novak Djokovic moves into the second round of the Australian Open along with David Nalbandian and Marcos Baghdatis.


Medicines used by millions of  Americans to relieve aches and pains will come under intense  scrutiny starting Wednesday as U.S. scientists scour dozens of  studies to determine if the drugs risk damaging the heart like  Merck & Co. Inc.'s MRK.N withdrawn arthritis pill Vioxx.


Alan Webb, Who in  2001 Became the First American Prep Runner... [Derived Headline]

Caption text only  (c) 2007 Patriot Ledger, The; Quincy, Mass.. Provided by ProQuest Information and Learning.


The parents and in-laws of the man who set off an international health scare by flying to Europe and back for his wedding while infected with a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis stressed that he would never have traveled if he thought he was contagious.


Messaging specialist cut short Mobile messaging software company Empower Interactive Group has gone into administration. The company's SMS and MMS software is used by several mobile operators, including Orange UK, Wind in Italy, Singapore's Starhub, and Etisalat in the UAE.â¦


Pro-government Lebanese crowds mark Hariri killing

Tens of thousands of flag-waving Lebanese gathered in central Beirut on Wednesday to remember Rafik al-Hariri, two years after the former premier's killing, and show support for the anti-Syrian government.


Israel rebuffs call for talks on core issues

Israel on Tuesday ruled out negotiations "at this stage" on the borders of a future Palestinian state, rebuffing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and casting doubt on a U.S. push to tackle the issue.


News.com Extra: FBI: Point, click, eavesdrop

Plus: Orkut: Google's secret society. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.


Hanging out with Ingrid Hoffmann, the Colombian-born star of âSimply Delicioso,â a Latin-themed cooking show on the Food Network.


Marianne Fredriksson, one of Sweden's best known and most translated authors, has died at the age of 79, Swedish media quoted her agent as saying on Sunday.


While AC Milan scored two late goals to see off Celtic 3-1 at the San Siro, Inter climbed to the top of Group G with a victory by the same scoreline away to Anderlecht.


Accordo nella notte sul riassetto societario, ok aa piano ...

Roma, 24 settembre 2004 - Accordo nella notte sul riassetto societario di Alitalia. Dopo una nuova maratona notturna, la compagnia ei sindacati, ad eccezione del Sult che oggi sottoporrÃ  l'intesa all'assemblea


Fox Says U.S. Travel Alert Won't Harm Ties

A flap with the United States over violence on Mexico's northern border does not threaten the two nations' strong relationship, though Mexican officials maintain Washington went too far with a travel alert, President Vicente Fox said Friday.


A coalition of conservative New England Episcopalians has split from the national church, forming four new congregations in part because of last year's consecration of a gay bishop.


Dow Jones +0,34%, SP +0,33%, Nasdaq sale dello 0,37%


Gli alimenti verranno donati agli enti legati all'iniziativa


The American Cancer Society is launching a new website designed to help you quit smoking. Thursday is the Great American Smoke Out, a day that ranks right up there with new years as a starting point for people to kick the habit.


How's this for fiction turning into reality: A man's body floated up the water's edge in Bicentennial Park where filming for a "CSI: Miami" scene was underway. Police do not think there was any foul play involved. Also earlier this week in Los Angeles,...


Jazz bandleaders pool resources in New York

Given the shifting tides of the  recording industry, breaking in as a jazz bandleader poses  increasing challenges, not only in raising one's profile but  also in rustling up the funds to pay the support musicians.


World stocks and emerging market assets weakened on Wednesday while safe-haven government bonds rose as UBS  unveiled $4 billion in new write-downs, stirring fears the five-month-old credit crisis is deepening.


SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - The fish's long shadow slid under the ice, causing Darren Horness to blink. "I was skimming some ice off the hole, and all the sudden I thought I caught a little bit of movement, and I had to kind of take a step back," said Horness, 36, of Howards Grove.


South African golfer Retief Goosen fired a 7-under par 65 today to grab a one-stroke lead over Fiji's Vijay Singh after the first round of the $A1.274 million PGA Grand Slam of Golf in Kauai, Hawaii.


IMS Health Inc  said on Friday  it will cut 10 percent of its work force, or about 1,050 jobs,  as part of a cost-cutting plan and take a pretax charge of $86  million to $90 million in the fourth quarter of 2007.


Soft Cell singer Marc Almond is on the mend Monday after a near-fatal bike accident. Almond, one half of the British duo best known for the 1981 chart-topper "Tainted Love," suffered life


South Korea acknowledges nuclear experiment in early 1980s

South Korea admitted it had conducted plutonium-based nuclear research in the early 1980s just one week after startling revelations emerged concerning enriched uranium.


Vienna State Opera director to step down

Vienna State Opera Director Ioan Holender announced Wednesday that he will step down in three years instead of looking to extend his contract.


Bombings Kill Scores in Kirkuk As Violence Escalates in North

BAGHDAD, July 16 -- A massive truck bomb followed by two smaller blasts ravaged Kirkuk on Monday, police said, killing more than 80 people in the deadliest attack in the troubled northern Iraqi city since the war began.


Lavrov says Russia still against Iran sanctions

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated on Thursday that his country opposed sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program ahead of a meeting of major powers in London this week.


Two Picasso paintings worth 50 million euros are stolen from the home of the artist's granddaughter in Paris.


Dow Jones invariato, SP 500 a +0,14%, Nasdaq a +0,77


Defending Champion Shock Rallies to Advance to Finals

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 3 -- Deanna Nolan scored 20 of her franchise playoff-record 30 points in the first half to help the defending champion Detroit Shock advance to the WNBA Finals with an 81-65 victory over the Indiana Fever in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals Monday night.


Roma, 19:08 - CALCIO, DECRETO CDM: STADI NON A NORMA A PORTE CHIUSE

Varato il decreto legge del Governo sulla violenza negli stadi dal consiglio dei ministri, riunito d...


Iraqi insurgents hit the country's infrastructure late Thursday, carrying out a mortar attack on Baghdad's main oil refinery.


Â· New sketch based on holidaymaker's sightingsÂ· Family call for worldwide effort to trace suspect


"My Boo," the duet by Usher and Alicia Keys, topped Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a fifth week in a row Thursday, continuing to fend off strong challenges from Snoop Dogg and Destiny's Child.


Possible Vaccine Against Malaria On Sight

Clinical tests of a product candidate to be a vaccine against malaria, the RTS/ASO2A, that were carried out by the Manhica Health Reaserach Centyre, in the southern Mozambican province of Maputo, revealed its efficacy and safety to reduce this disease


Jury finds Conrad Black guilty of criminal fraud

Former media mogul Conrad Black is guilty of criminal fraud and obstruction of justice but innocent of racketeering, a U.S. jury found on Friday.


Iraq considering $2 bln petrochemical plant

Iraq is considering building a $2 billion  petrochemical plant and could begin talks with potential  international investors in the project this year, the country's  industry minister said on Sunday.


Microsoft Corp. has offered to buy struggling internet search provider Yahoo for $44.6 billion, a merger that would combine two of the technology world's most well-known names into a potentially potent competitor for Google in the lucrative Web search and advertising market.


Officials decide on Arafat's successor and burial site

(RAMALLAH, West Bank) - Palestinian officials said they won't change succession laws in the event that Yasser Arafat dies. They said the Palestinian parliament speaker will become temporary president of the Palestinian Authority when Arafat dies.


A death in the family of Michael Jackson's lead defense attorney has delayed jury selection in the case by a week.