Former Juniper attorney faces SEC's wrath

Juniper out of the bush but Berry gets the squeeze Juniper Networks has settled with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over allegations of improper stock option backdating. But while the networking equipment maker swims out of hot water, its former legal counsel is getting a double dip in the stew pot.â¦


Messina, 20:16 - CALCIO, SAMP; DG MAROTTA: VITTORIA CHE DA' MORALE

Il direttore generale della Sampdoria Giuseppe Marotta dopo il successo in casa del Messina è...


Putin strips vocal critic of some adviser duties

MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday stripped many of the duties of his top economic adviser -- an outspoken critic who has accused the Kremlin of trying to muzzle voices of dissent and civil society in Russia. Andrei Illarionov, who last week said the Kremlin efforts to censure the public would eventually spark mass protests, was stripped of his ...


Pioneering McCaw at epicenter of cell deals

The announced union of Sprint and Nextel Communications yesterday marked the second mega-deal in the wireless industry this year - and the second involving a life change for a Craig McCaw-built venture.


UPDATE 2-McGrath strikes after Clarke, Gilchrist tons

Michael Clarke made a sparkling 151 on his debut and captain Adam Gilchrist 104 to put Australia in command against India in the first test on Thursday.


Medal of Freedom for key figures in Iraq war

Washington -- President Bush bestowed the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Tuesday on three of the central architects and executors of the war in Iraq, one of the president's strongest efforts yet at putting a formal


US stocks rallied Friday as investors welcomed Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's pledge to limit credit woes and President George W. Bush unveiled aid for distressed home buyers.


Three men shot dead and two women seriously injured in shootings at Hertfordshire house.


US oil company wins stake in Russia's Lukoil

MOSCOWâConocoPhillips Co. has won an auction for a 7.6 per cent stake in Russia's OAO Lukoil Holdings and says it aims to raise that to 20 per cent in an alliance that would allow the two oil majors to tap vast reserves in northern Russia and Iraq.


While NASCAR has always accepted some forms of minor cheating, the recent transgressions by Michael Waltrip went far beyond just stretching the rules.


Esattamente 100 giorni dopo accordo a 6 su disarmo nucleare


Johan Santana is ready to start against the New York Yankees on short rest.


New York Times, tycoon potrebbe vincere su Berlusconi


North Korea urged to end nuclear plans swiftly

South Korea urged North Korea on Wednesday to act quickly to end its nuclear arms programme when the rival states met for their first high-level talks since Pyongyang's missile and nuclear tests last year.


Johnny Carson, Low-Key King of Late-Night TV, Dies at 79

The droll, puckish, near-effortless comedian dominated late-night television for 30 years as the host of the "Tonight" show.


U.S. Marks Anniversary of Sept. 11 Attacks

Americans rang church bells,  remembered the nearly 3,000 dead and gathered to pray on  Saturday to mark the third anniversary of the devastating Sept.  11, 2001, attacks on the United States.


Iraqi Militants Free Truck Drivers At Last

The release of Kenyan truckers held hostage by Iraqi militants yesterday was negotiated by an Egyptian troubleshooter, experienced in hostage negotiations, the East African Standard has learnt.


Real Cuts Music Prices To Pressure iTunes

For more than a year now, if you wanted to buy downloaded music to play on your iPod, you had to go to Apple's music site, the iTunes Music Store, to get it.


Ukrainian girl going home after heart surgery at Alberta hospital

CALGARY (CP) - Oksana Oliynyk will be home for Christmas, well, Ukrainian Christmas at least.


Sri Lanka Calls for Aid as Tsunamis Leave 5,000 Dead

Sri Lanka appealed for international aid after declaring a state of disaster, as tsunamis unleashed by an undersea earthquake yesterday left more than 5,000 people dead and half-a-million homeless in the Indian Ocean island.


US Strikes In Iraq Target Militant Group

25 September 2004 -- At least 21 people, including four US soldiers, were killed today in fighting between US forces and Islamic militants in Al-Fallujah, Anbar Province, and in the center of the capital Baghdad.


A senatore Fi dice, si crede piu' a pentiti che a polizia


British Columbians to vote on electoral system change in May referendum

VICTORIA (CP) - British Columbians have the unique opportunity of casting two votes in next May's provincial election.


Sanofi targets elderly with new type of flu shot

French drugs company Sanofi-Aventis is  seeking European Union approval for a new type of influenza  injection it says will protect the elderly.


Islamist militants kill 21 in NW Pakistan blast

MINGORA, Pakistan  - Islamist militants killed at least 21 people in what may have been a suicide attack on an army convoy in northwest Pakistan, where a Taliban-style movement has taken root, officials said on Thursday.


Rifiuti Campania esempio di politica che non sa decidere


Daniela Hantuchova took another step back up the tennis rankings ladder Wednesday, defeating No. 17 Alicia Molik at the U.S. Open.


Hirst work becomes most expensive ever for living artist at auction

A work by artist Damien Hirst, famed for preserving a shark in formaldehyde, on Thursday became the most expensive by a living artist ever sold at auction, the auctioneers said.


A wrenching time for Clarke at Ryder Cup

The shiny gold trophy sat on the table, and Ian Woosnam wasn't sure whether to take it with him. Standing to leave his news conference Monday at The K Club, the European captain clutched it in his right hand and was headed out the door when he walked past Darren Clarke and instinctively handed him the Ryder Cup.


From Hundreds Of Sources, Panel Forged Consensus

After all the testimony and fact-finding, after all the white papers and working groups, after the flak-jacket, bombs-in-the-background visit to Baghdad, it came down to the same issue that has animated the broader national debate about Iraq for months: Stay or get out.


Mark Thatcher Admits Role in Africa Mercenary Plot

The son of former British Prime  Minister Margaret Thatcher pleaded guilty on Thursday to a role  in a foiled mercenary plot in west Africa under a plea bargain  to avoid prison.


Cedric Benson ran for 181 yards and two touchdowns, and No. 7 Texas revved up its punishing rushing attack and overwhelmed North Texas 65-0 Saturday night.


Arnold Schwarzenegger settles a dispute with a US car company over photos used without permission.


Andreotti assolto: ma resta la macchia della prescrizione

Giulio Andreotti Ã¨ assolto dall'accusa di mafia, ma resta ancora per lui la macchia della prescrizione. Rigettando i ricorsi di accusa e difesa, la sentenza della Cassazione oggi ha confermato il verdetto


George Michael, who was arrested after police found him slumped over the steering wheel of his car in an intersection in north London last October, will face an additional charge, a prosecutor said Wednesday.


Newcastle, 11:43 - CALCIO, OWEN: SECONDO INTERVENTO RIUSCITO

Tutto ok anche per quanto riguarda il secondo intervento chirurgico al quale si è sottoposto ...


Intel opens health-care research project in Dublin

(InfoWorld) - Intel and the Irish government are building the largest research initiative in the world dedicated to developing health-care technologies specifically for the elderly, they said on Tuesday. Combined, Intel and the Industrial Development Agency Ireland, a government organization that seeks investments from overseas companies, are contributing $30 million over three years to the initiative, which will include collaboration with three Irish universities and 50 to 100 new researchers at Intel in Dublin. The researchers will aim to develop technologies that can allow the elderly to continue to live independently and at home. They'll focus on technologies that can improve social health and community engagement for older people, detect and prevent falls in the home, and help people with memory loss to remain independent. Some of the researchers, who will come from a variety of disciplines including ethnography and biomedical engineering, will begin by living with families around the world to study how older people interact with family members, doctors, and health-care systems. Some of the technologies that could be commercialized and that Intel has already begun to work on include home sensor networks that can detect whether an elderly person has fallen or left the oven on and alert family members. A different type of sensor network that attaches to a person's body can study the user's gait to determine whether the person is becoming prone to potentially debilitating falls. Commercialized products could use low-cost components and be paid for the same way that health-care products are paid for today, said Eric Dishman, global director of Intel's health research and innovation group, during a press conference to announce the new center. He offered an example of a tool Intel has worked on designed for Alzheimer's patients. Using primarily off-the-shelf technologies, Intel built a "caller ID on steroids" that displayed a photograph of the caller plus additional information such as people the caller and the end user know in common and the last time the caller and the end user spoke, he said. While the photograph didn't always help the end user remember the identity of the caller, the additional information sometimes did, he said. The center plans to actively share its information with other researchers and companies around the globe in hopes of attracting input from those organizations. In two to three years, the organization plans to begin publishing clinical studies and case studies about its research. While Ireland has a reputation for an educated work force that can staff such research institutions, it has a couple of other factors working against it as a location for this Intel center. For example, Ireland has one of the youngest populations in the region so doesn't represent the norm in Europe, where Intel expects that one third of the population will be over 65 years of age in 2050. Ireland also has a very poor health-care record. A 2006 report on health care in Europe executed by Health Consumer Powerhouse AB ranked Ireland 25 out of 26 European nations, in front of only Lithuania. The study examined factors such as waiting times and outcome of treatment. The Irish government has been focusing over the past couple of years on trying to attract research and development operations, to pick up the slack from manufacturing companies moving to cheaper locales. The new center is an example of the type of investment the government is looking to attract.


Workers killed in Dubai airport building collapse

Several workers are believed to have been killed and others injured after a contruction site collapsed at Dubai airport. The workers were trapped under rubble at the site of a $4.


Ongoing confusion over exactly how many people were taken hostage during a deadly siege at a southern Russia school is delaying the distribution of more than $20 million in charity aid, officials said Thursday.


21-AGO-0418:41PETROLIO: SINISCALCO, STIME CRESCITA DPEF RESTANO ...

Courmayeur, 21 ago. (Adnkronos) - Il ministero dell'Economia non ritocchera' le stime di crescita del Pil che nel Dpef sono state fissate all'1,2% per il 2005. Lo ha precisato il titolare del dicastero di


Pope Benedict XVI said Tuesday his visit to Turkey is aimed at promoting dialogue and bridging differences, shortly before departing from a Rome airport on his first trip as pontiff to a predominantly Muslim country.


French centre-right presidential contender indicates he may lift a ban on wine advertising.


Two Bodies Found in Okla. Blast Wreckage

Emergency workers found the bodies of two men Wednesday in the wreckage created by an explosion at a scrap metal plant that was felt up to 50 miles away.


UN rights experts: No progress in Darfur

Darfur's human rights situation has not improved in recent months despite increased efforts by Sudan's government and the United Nations, a group of U.N. investigators said Monday.


Rogue trader held in French bank scandal

Police on Saturday questioned the young trader blamed for a massive fraud that cost France's Societe Generale bank more than $7 billion, as the country's president accused global financial institutions of having "gone haywire" and urged common sense.


A Weekly Roundup of the Buzz From the Sunday Talk Shows

The immigration proposal before Congress continued to prompt objections from each side of the aisle.


The Cleveland Indians called up right-hander Fernando Cabrera from Triple-A Buffalo on Wednesday.


Man charged over string of British letter bombs

British police charged a man on Thursday  in connection with a string of letter bomb attacks in the last  two months which injured at least 10 people.


US dismisses North Korea's personal attacks on Bush as "inappropriate"

The United States dismissed as inappropriate North Korea's unusually strong personal attacks on President George W. Bush, but remained confident Pyongyang would attend talks to resolve the nuclear crisis in the Korean peninsula.


Republican Mitt Romney on Sunday asked Michigan's electorate to vote its self-interest Â and his.


6 terrorist members charged for Philippine ferry bombing

The Philippine authorities have charged six members of the Abu Sayyaf kidnap-for-ransom group for the super ferry bombing in February that left more than 100 people dead, the government said on Monday.


The publisher of the new Harry Potter book said it canceled shipments to one of Britain's largest supermarket chains, owned by Wal-Mart, in a dispute over unpaid bills.


A woman attacked in the same area where a French student was murdered sends the family her sympathy.


Giants' road show surges past Bucs 24-14

The New York Giants' rousing road show powered through Tampa Bay. Now it heads to the only place where it flopped: Dallas. The Giants moved to 8-1 away from home with a dominating 24-14 NFC-wild-card playoff victory over Tampa Bay on Sunday.


Chrysler shuts 4 plants on supplier dispute

Chrysler LLC said on Monday it has closed four of its U.S. assembly plants due to a dispute with supplier Plastech Engineered Products Inc, which filed for bankruptcy court protection.


Iraq Abductors Vow to Free U.S. Journalist

A top aide to firebrand Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who appealed to kidnappers to free a Western journalist, said Friday they had promised to release him. The pan-Arab television station Al-Jazeera reported Thursday that a militant group calling itself the Martyrs Brigade had abducted New York journalist Micah Garen and threatened to kill him within 48 hours unless U.S. pulled out of the wear-shattered city of Najaf.


I consensi ditutti i ministri della maggioranza: Mastella: "Ci hanno ascoltato"Bindi: "Finalmente una politica seria sulla famiglia". Ok anche di Turco e Pollastrini                                          Berlusconi: "Solo favole e promesse" La sinistra estrema: "Una svolta"                                                                                Urso (An): "Questo Dpef Ã¨ carta straccia e sarÃ  smentito dalla Finanziaria"


Microsoft Longhorn, appuntamento nel 2006

Dopo i tanti tentennamenti e le (numerose) decisioni ultimative il gran capo di Microsoft, nella sua veste di presidente e capo architetto-software, ha posto fine alla sequela di date circolate nel tempo sull'uscita di Longhorn emettendo la cifra


American forces pushed deeper into the southern reaches of Fallujah, cornering militants backed into smaller pockets of the city. Hundreds of men trying to flee were turned back by US troops.


Well, I still think he was a small-minded, wishy-washy puppet, but maybe, it turns out, he was right. Maybe he was right to treat the NHL as a mom-and-pop league, way down the ladder in


U.S. authorities have added Chinese toothpaste to their list of imports from that country to undergo tests for chemical contamination.


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


Beavers grace New York City's official seal. But the industrious rodents haven't been spotted here for as many as 200 years — until this week.


Md. School to Hand Out Blackberry Devices

The University of Maryland business school plans to give Blackberry wireless devices to all full-time MBA students this fall, an effort to make students technologically savvy and aware that a key to business is being able to access people and information at all times.


U.S., Europe Agree To Negotiate Over Airplane Subsidies

The United States and the European Union said yesterday that they would try to settle a dispute over aid they give their major airplane-makers, stepping back from a transatlantic clash over government support for rivals Boeing Co. and Airbus SAS.


New York OKs higher subway fares and tunnel tolls

New York City bus and subway riders, rail commuters and motorists will pay higher fares and tolls next year as the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday approved increases to raise revenues about 3.85 percent.


UK Home Secretary dismisses power-abusing allegations

British Home Secretary David Blunkett on Wednesday denied any wrong-doing in relation to the visa application of his ex-lover's Philippine nanny although fresh evidence has emerged


Firenze, 15:24 - CALCIO, FIORENTINA; PRANDELLI: VOGLIAMO VINCERE A REGGIO CALABRIA

"Vogliamo far risultato contro la Reggina. L'idea è quella di poter schierare la stessa forma...


Cruise movie uses Berlin memorial after ban lifted

Preparations for filming in a movie about a plot to kill Adolf Hitler began on Friday at a memorial site in Berlin after the German government reversed its decision to bar Tom Cruise.


Thai Spokesman: Myanmar PM Forced to Quit

Myanmar Prime Minister Gen. Khin Nyunt was forced to resign and has been placed under house arrest on corruption charges, a Thai government spokesman said Tuesday.


The NFL Network yesterday spurned as a âgimmickâ Time Warner Cableâs proposal to offer the league-owned channelâs eight regular-season games on pay-per-view. Time Warner said the league could have set the price and collected the revenue from the service. Robert D. Marcus, a senior executive vice president of Time Warner Cable, wrote to the network saying that the proposal would guarantee that âno interested fan is unable to watch these games on our systems.â The network and Time Warner have been unable to reach an agreement for full-time coverage of the channel on digital basic. In a letter to Time Warner, Steve Bornstein, the president of the network, wrote, âUnfortunately, it seems that TWCâs content acquisition department cannot grasp that the NFL Network is more than eight games.â.


Press Release Pledges China to Renewable Energy

But few practical steps are being taken to move China's burgeoning economy away its heavy dependence on fossil fuels.


As his term as EU executive head comes to an end, Romano Prodi called the EU's efforts to catch up economically with the United States "a big failure.


Actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday, possibly of a drug overdose, New York City police said.


Pixar Shares Enjoying 'Incredibles' Rally

Shares of Pixar Animation Studios Inc. hit an all-time high in early trading on Monday on the back of a second, strong box-office weekend for the "Incredibles.


US presses for North Korea nuclear talks "as soon as possible"

The United States pressed Friday for a swift resumption of North Korea nuclear talks, firmly underscoring its commitment to the six-party format.


Archaeologists have discovered a cache of artifacts near South Padre Island that they say could be up to 5,000 years old, potentially providing new clues about early peoples of the Texas coast.


Australian govt's senate win opens Telstra sale

CANBERRA: Australia's government cemented the most powerful mandate in nearly 25 years by winning control of the upper house, freeing it to push ahead with reforms such as the full sale of telecommunications group Telstra Corp Ltd.


South Korea seeks details on 1950 letter

South Korea has requested more information from the U.S. government about a 1950 letter in which the U.S. ambassador to Seoul told the State Department that American soldiers would shoot refugees approaching their lines.


Guy Gabaldon, who as an 18-year-old Marine private single-handedly persuaded more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers to surrender in the World War II battle for Saipan, has died. He was 80.


Flessione di 13.500 unita', la maggiore da oltre due anni


VALENCIA, Spain -- In a classic duel on high seas, the challenger from New Zealand prevailed in a race with eight lead changes Tuesday to beat defending champion Alinghi and pull ahead 2-1 in the America's Cup.


Massive Galaxies are still forming as predicted by Indian Cosmo ...

Lagos - An item has appeared in the Universe Today, Space News from Around the Internet that the NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has discovered baby galaxies forming in our relative neighborhood, casting doubt on the theory that only small galaxies were


Dozens of Iraqi Troops Massacred in Ambush

Description: Guerillas dressed as policemen ambush and kill about 50 newly trained Iraqi soldiers in a remote eastern region of Iraq.


Jay-Z, Outkast, Black Eyed Peas Early Winners At Miami VMAs

The party's just begun, and Jay-Z and Outkast are already cleaning house, a fitting start for the first Video Music Awards to be held in the hip-hop haven that is Miami.


Washington responds to news of hundreds of tons of explosives vanishing from an Iraqi base after the invasion.


The Investment Column: Chief goes but S&F remains a buy

John Hodson, the chief executive of Singer & Friedlander, yesterday announced his retirement from the banking and fund management group after 35 years with the company.


* SCH appears to be in the clear with Â£8.55bn bid

Abbey National was last night poised to become part of Santander Central Hispano, Spain's largest bank, after HBOS dramatically dropped plans for a counterbid and the European Commission approved the deal.


AT&T offers free Wi-Fi and superfast broadband

AT&T announced free Wi-Fi for its broadband customers and added a new 10 Mbps tier of service.


Israel Vows to Ensure Palestinian Election

Israel will do "everything in its power" to enable Palestinian elections to take place, the foreign minister said Monday after meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell.


Nell'ultima settimana 9 persone sono state travolte e uccise


Vornado Sweetens Its Bid for an Office Landlord

Vornado Realty Trust modified its $41 billion bid to acquire Equity Office Properties, by paying the cash portion of its offer within a few weeks.


Intercontinental Hotels plans to shed properties worth Â£750m (Â£1.3bn) to help it recover from three years of falling hotel bookings.


Argentine officials announced Tuesday that China will invest more than $19 billion in Argentina over the next 10 years, deepening trade links between the world's fastest growing economy and South America's second-largest.


MLB: Suzuki Breaks Most Base Hits Record

The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki has broken one of baseball's oldest hitting records - most base hits in a season, set 84 years ago by Hall of Famer George Sisler.


Sri Lanka jets bomb rebels, no end to war in sight

Sri Lankan jets bombed rebel positions in the island's far north on Tuesday, the military said, as a 25-year civil war deepens daily.


Global air travel is set to be boosted by an increase in travel between Europe and Asia, thanks to growth in both China and India.


More than half of 16 and 17-year-olds who left care in the last year did not achieve any Standard Grade level qualifications, it emerges.


Detectives investigate the death of a man and woman whose bodies were found in a house in Halifax.


Tra le infrazioni piu' frequenti: lavoro in nero e evasione


IATA Says Airline Fuel Bill Up USD$10 Billion

The global airline industry stands to incur losses of between USD$3 billion and USD$4 billion this year as surging oil prices wipe out any hope of profit created by rising passenger traffic, the International Air Transport Association said on Monday.


Bank of America agrees to buy mortgage firm Countrywide Financial, which has been hit by the credit crisis.


Senate oks energy bill to cut vehicle fuel use

The U.S. Senate late on Thursday approved a broad energy bill to increase the fuel efficiency of U.S. cars and trucks by Congress for the first time since 1975 and significantly boost production of renewable motor fuels like ethanol.


The leader of Britain's biggest union wants a date to be set for Tony Blair to be replaced as Labour leader.


Palestinians seek end to Lebanon standoff

Palestinian leaders on Monday tried to end a bloody standoff between the Lebanese army and Islamist militants holed up in a refugee camp which has been the battleground for Lebanon's worst fighting since the civil war.


Apple's Consumer Desktop Strikes a New Pose

Cross an iPod and an eMac and what do you get? The new iMac G5, the third generation of Appleâs trendsetting desktop design for the home and school.


Paris Hilton's nude pics on adult website

An x-rated website featuring nude shots and videos of the celebrity socialite, Paris Hilton, has reopened after being


A wandering Congress trips over the US Constitution

That is the one-word message of advice that citizens wanted to send to members of Congress at the end of last week. Both the House of Representatives and the Senate looked as if they are having trouble seizing


OAKLAND, CALIF. - Once they got their chance to go head-to-head, the Anaheim Angels showed Oakland which team was best in the AL West.


CINCINNATI -- When Laurence Maroney took a handoff from Tom Brady in the third quarter, he was thinking end zone. It didn't matter that he was 25 yards away.


Shocked Japanese sent scrambling as earthquakes inflict heavy toll

OJIYA, Japan, Oct 24  - Overturned cars, crumbled homes and shattered roads greeted rescue workers Sunday after Japan's deadliest earthquake in almost a decade stunned residents used to bearing through the nation's frequent tremors.


The judge in the court martial of three UK soldiers accused of abuse urges an end to public statements.


US Citizen, Five Others Kidnapped in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 2 November 2004 - One US citizen and five other employees of a Saudi trading company were kidnapped in Baghdad yesterday, plunging the country further into crisis on the eve of the US presidential elections.


MSN and Yahooâs Overture Extend Paid Search Relationship

MSN and Yahoo's Overture Extend Paid Search Relationship  Yahoo's Overture is going to continue to serve ads on MSN Search for the next 18 months. Overture today announced that they have extended its sponsored search distribution relationship with Microsoft Corp. in the United States and internationally through June 2006.  Under the terms ...


The number of new people signing up for unemployment benefits dropped last week, a hopeful sign that the recovery in the jobs market is moving ahead.


MCKEESPORT, Pa. - A woman pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with a bizarre incident in February that resulted in a fake penis being microwaved at a convenience store.


Michael Jackson's finances center of trial

A year after Michael Jackson was acquitted of child molestation charges, a lawsuit by a former associate is headed for a trial that will put Jackson's chaotic financial dealings in the spotlight. The pop star is not expected in court but he will be seen through videotaped depositions.


Several airlines have begun using machines in a growing number of United States airports that allow passengers to print out their own baggage tags.


LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Once Matt Leinart and No. 1 Southern California got used to the rain, it was all over for Notre Dame. Leinart threw for a career-high 400 yards and matched a personal best with five


"Halloween" brings summer to record-breaking close

Rock star Rob Zombie's reworking of  the classic slasher movie "Halloween" scared up record business  at the North American box office during the Labor Day holiday  weekend, while overall ticket sales for the lucrative summer  movie going period reached a new high.


Sporadic gun battles continue in Gaza between the rival Hamas and Fatah factions, despite a renewed truce.


Montecarlo, 15:05 - ATLETICA, IAFF OMOLOGA RECORD POWELL SUI 100 METRI

La Iaaf ha omologato il record del mondo dei 100 metri piani eguagliato in 9"77 lo scorso 18 agosto ...


Champions, l'Inter a Monaco Con il Bayern: la diretta

I nerazzurri, già qualificati, a caccia del primo posto del girone. Mancini: 'Siamo in crescita, possiamo fare il colpo contro una grande in un grande stadio'


Live Coverage: Virgin Galactic Unveils SpaceShipTwo

The Natural History Museum in New York City is where the curtain is being raised on details of the new SpaceShipTwo. Wired Science is there, with future passengers, as Richard Branson and Burt Rutan reveal the largest all-carbon-composite airplane in the world.


Nel vuoto con la figlia in braccio, muore la bimba

A Pollutri (Chieti). L'uomo, 46 anni, soffriva di disturbi mentali. Si Ã¨ gettato dalla finestra della propria casa, da un'altezza di circa 15 metri. La piccola Ã¨ morta sul colpo, l'uomo Ã¨ stato ricoverato in ospedale.


Civilian deaths and car bombs have fallen sharply in Baghdad since a U.S.-backed crackdown began a month ago, but attacks outside the capital were rising as militants change tactics, Iraqi officials said on Wednesday.


Dairy Milk-maker Cadbury Schweppes says it plans to increase prices to offset rising raw material costs.


Web Life: If you don't want to fly, check in here

If the prospect of air travel is  no longer alluring for security, environmental or other  reasons, check in at www.seat61.com, an online travelogue that  has evolved into an information bank on alternatives to air.


Memo to French Officials: Beware the BlackBerry

PARIS, June 20 -- In an age of terrorism and corporate espionage, French intelligence officials have identified a security threat lurking in the pockets and purses of government officials: the BlackBerry.


Doping: Athletics Chief Urges Firm Action

RALEIGH, North Carolina  - The top American  athletics official urged the United States government on Monday  to continue firm and aggressive action against the doping  problem in America.


A "shop a smoker" hotline will be set up to ensure people comply with the smoking ban, the government says.


Washington mayor says baseball deal nearly dead

The deal to bring Major League Baseball back to Washington, DC, was described by Mayor Anthony Williams as close to dead on Wednesday after the City Council changed the plan to require private financing.


PLO's Abbas faces Fatah, Hamas challenges

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas must patch up differences in his influential Fatah group if he hopes to check the growing power of Islamic militants opposed


Afghanistan's US-backed President Hamid Karazi will make a two-day visit to Pakistan this week for talks on fighting terrorism and strengthening economic ties, an official and state media said.


US astronomers show that wherever there is room for a planet to form around a young star, it does.


Iran criticizes EU nuclear proposal as 'unbalanced'

DUBAI - Iran on Sunday criticized a European proposal seeking the indefinite suspension of its uranium enrichment activities as "unbalanced," indicating that it intends to reject the proposal.


Oil Explorers Searching Ever More Remote Areas

Western oil companies are running out of likely places to look, and significant finds are becoming rarer.


Siena, 21:44 - CALCIO, SIENA: ACQUISTATI LUCARELLI E VERON, COZZA ALLA REGGINA

Tripla operazione di mercato con la Reggina per il Siena. Acquistati Alessandro Lucarelli e Ricardo ...


Rapper Young Buck shows versatility on new album

G-Unit Records, the label run by  rapper 50 Cent, endured some chinks in its armor last year.


Sunni bloc ends boycott of Iraqi parliament

Iraq's main Sunni Arab bloc has ended its boycott of the Shi'ite-dominated parliament, officials said on Thursday, in a positive sign for the country's faltering attempts at national reconciliation.


Tennis: Hewitt beats Gaudio to reach Masters Cup semis

HOUSTON, United States : Australia's third-ranked Lleyton Hewitt reached the semi-finals of the ATP Masters Cup by defeating Argentina's Gaston Gaudio 6-2, 6-1.


MILWAUKEE  — Will H. Schaefer, a composer whose music accompanied hit television shows such as "I Dream of Jeannie" and "The Flintstones," has died in California, a family friend said Wednesday. He was 78.


Scientists believe they have located the part of the brain where dreams are created.


CANNES, France  - A new documentary about Russian exile Alexander Litvinenko tries to put his sensational murder into context, explaining why an individual, with the possible backing of the authorities, would carry it out.


Cile, Pinochet in ospedale colpito da ictus cerebrale

SANTIAGO DEL CILE - Lâex dittatore Augusto Pinochet, 89 anni, Ã¨ stato ricoverato nellâOspedale militare di Santiago dopo aver subÃ¬to un nuovo ictus, un Â«attacco cerebro-vascolare, con perdita della coscienza, deficit neurologico e alterazione della


The crowds have been ecstatic, but Police drummer Stewart Copeland has been anything but impressed so far by the band's reunion concerts.


AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The real Gino behind the Gino T-shirt is excited about the Gino craze at Celtics home games but is concerned about T-shirt sales.


HP to buy Mercury Interactive for $4.5 bln

Hewlett-Packard Co.   agreed on Tuesday to buy Mercury Interactive Corp.   for about $4.5 billion in stock, or $52 per share, in a bid to  expand the computer maker's business software operations.


Yankees-Red Sox Set to Renew Rivalry in ALCS

It is a series that fills Boston Red Sox fans with dread, New York Yankee supporters with giddy confidence and has left Major League Baseball and television executives smiling from ear-to-ear.


US fighters backed up Iraqi special forces as they set up vehicle checkpoints in and around Fallujah, CNN reported Friday. The offensive came hours after suicide bombers exploded


A federal appeals court issued a stay of execution Monday for a convicted killer who had stopped appealing his death sentence and was set to be die in the electric chair.


Anglers Closer to Spring Salmon Season on Penobscot

By KEVIN MILLER; OF THE NEWS STAFF  Maine's Atlantic Salmon Commission moved a step closer Thursday to reopening the Penobscot River to salmon anglers this spring.


Intalio Plans To Release BPM Tools As Open Source

TechWeb - The Redwood City, Calif., company plans to offer the BPMS Community Edition under the Mozilla Public License starting in the first quarter of 2007.


Rock stars more likely to die prematurely

Rock stars -- notorious for their "crash and burn" lifestyles -- really are more likely than other people to die before reaching old age. A study of more than 1,000 mainly British and North American artists, spanning the era from Elvis Presley to rapper Eminem, found they were two to three times more likely to suffer a premature death than the general population.


Non ci sono scorciatoie, ne' sotterfugi, ne' furbizie


Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that President Bush has made a mess of Iraq and it is his responsibility to "extricate" the United States from the situation before he leaves office.


Eurozone inflation surges to a new record in January at 3.2%, putting pressure on the European Central Bank to take action to curb it.


Pfizer shares at risk following heart-drug failure

With the sudden failure of torcetrapib, Pfizer Inc.'s most important experimental product, financial analysts predict shares of the world's largest drugmaker could fall from 5 to 25 percent on Monday and that Pfizer will need to buy other products to fill the void.


Passa il decreto Alemanno Coldiretti, sit-in a palazzo Chigi

Roma, 11 novembre 2004 - Il Consiglio dei ministri ha approvato il decreto legge che stabilisce le norme per la coesistenza tra le colture transgeniche, biologiche e quelle convenzionali. Il decreto, fortemente


A UK minister says the definition of a war crime needs to be revised after Israel's invasion of Lebanon.


Dimissioni Mastella, Fabris: riprendiamoci libertÃ  politica

"E' ora che l'Udeur riprenda la propria libertÃ  di iniziativa politica prima di venire ammazzata politicamente". E' quanto ha affermato il presidente dei senatori Popolari-Udeur, Mauro Fabris, in relazione


Traditional Dutch tolerance confronts harsh realities of ...

THE HAGUE, Nov 11  - This month's brutal murder of a filmmaker in the name of radical Islam and the violent reprisals against the Muslim community have exposed a painful rift in traditionally tolerant Dutch society, increasingly torn apart by ethnic


Telecom Italia considers sale of French Internet unit Alice

Italy's operator Telecom Italia is looking at the possible sale of its French Internet access unit Alice France, an informed source said Monday.


A judge rules against Bernie Ecclestone in a legal dispute that could see him lose control of Formula One racing.


New Delhi, Sept. 9: India has agreed to give two more advanced light helicopters to Nepal, signalling Delhiâs commitment to help Kathmandu in its fight against Maoist rebels.


Hybrid hard drives: Why they are failing

Performance has been somewhat disappointing, but that could change if drive makers put in more flash, executives said.


Supreme Court denies Kucinich ballot bid

The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Texas to print presidential primary ballots without Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich's name.


Business & money: Average time it takes to sell a home continues to rise, according to a new Hometrack survey


Widespread Smoking Ban Proposed for England

A government proposal to forbid smoking in all enclosed public spaces in England, including pubs, cafes, restaurants, factories, and offices, was released Tuesday.


Bulgaria hopes for quick Libya deal for HIV nurses

Bulgaria said it hoped Libya would finalize an deal on Monday to free six foreign medics convicted of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV, a move that would boost Tripoli's relations with the West.


Heathrow chief quits amid warning of chaos

Â· Critical six weeks over summer holiday periodÂ· Airports braced for record 20m holidaymakers


Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones has sued a Nevada topless club she said used her image for advertising and promotion without her permission.


Update 3: Court Rejects Planned Airline Alliance

Citing anticompetitive concerns, New Zealand's High Court rejected on Monday a proposed alliance between the country's flagship carrier and Australian rival Qantas.


Comandante Graziano: i caschi blu non hanno alcun problema


A look at some of the positions of Republican President Bush and Democratic candidate John Kerry:


In this artist's rendition released by the European Space Agency, the European-made SMART-1 solar-powered satellite is seen nearing the Moon on its way to make the first comprehensive inventory of key chemical elements in the lunar surface.


Power chips aren't as prevalent as they once were, but they still have a following in the telco space.


Scenes of horror at French-run hotel in Thailand

KHAO LAK, Thailand  - The lush vegetation is shredded, the power lines broken like matchsticks and the swimming pool is filled with thick brown mud which cannot hide the bobbing and bloated bodies.


Comedian AL Kennedy is favourite to win the Costa Book of the Year Award, formerly the Whitbread Prize.


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Bachelor, Master and Post-Grad degrees online from accredited colleges and universities. Business, Education, IT, Healthcare, more. Browse by degree or program. Request info and get started today.


Saturday qualifying at Japanese GP postponed due to typhoon

Qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix scheduled for Saturday was postponed Friday because a typhoon was approaching the area. Race organizers and Formula One moved pre-qualifying and


Russian Authorities Say Yukos Owes $4 Billion More in Taxes

Russia's Tax Ministry says the country's giant oil firm Yukos owes more than $4 billion dollars in back taxes for the year 2001.


The six largest automakers asked a federal judge to toss out a lawsuit by California that accuses them of harming human health and the environment by producing vehicles that contribute to global warming.


Samsung, Sony cross-license their patents

com December 14, 2004, 10:45 AM PT. Samsung and Sony have entered into an extensive cross-licensing agreement that will help them fill gaps in their patent portfolios and potentially stem off lawsuits.


Clearing the Air: In Gamble, Calif. Tries to Curb Greenhouse Gases

California is betting that it can reduce emissions without wrecking its economy, and inspire other states to follow its example.


President Bush will nominate retired Army general James Peake on Tuesday to direct the Department of Veterans Affairs, now strained by the influx of returning wounded troops


Wall Street futures down; eyes on Monsanto

Stock index futures fell before the  start of Wall Street trading on Thursday with the focus on  quarterly earnings from agriculture company Monsanto ,  jobs data and the Iowa presidential election caucuses.


Quick Take: Bankruptcy Grounded at Northwest

Northwest exits bankruptcy on a new deal with its flight attendants.


An Air Malta passenger flight makes an emergency landing at Glasgow Airport after fears one of its tyres had burst.


The captors of an French-American journalist being held in Iraq have announced he will be released soon.


The well-known own apartments in the Edelweiss in Sun Valley, Idaho, maybe more for the trailside parking than the real estate.


The Seattle Seahawks fumbled one away in Arizona.


Israel launches counter-attack on militants

Israeli forces launched a counter-attack on Gaza City Palestinian militants who blew up an Israeli army base Sunday. The weekend blast at the checkpoint on the Gaza-Egypt border killed five Israeli soldiers


Harasser of Gibson is jailed for defiance

LOS ANGELES: A drifter who wanted to pray with film star Mel Gibson was behind bars after allegedly violating a court order barring him from approaching the actor or his family, police said.


A car bomb exploded Tuesday near a park popular with young soccer players, killing at least 18 boys in a city west of Baghdad known as a center of the Sunni insurgency


US Airways Outlines Time Frame for Possible Liquidation

US Airways faces a "high probability" of liquidation by mid-February if the temporary pay cuts it requested are not approved by the US Bankruptcy Court.


A Mobile Pioneer Tackles Doping in Cycling

BusinessWeek Online - Can a U.S. mobile-phone entrepreneur clean up professional cycling? And, given that he's wealthy enough not to work at all, why would he want the grief? "It definitely seems like a contrarian move," concedes Bob Stapleton, co-founder of VoiceStream Wireless, known as T-Mobile USA since it was acquired by Deutsche Telekom  in 2000.


Dayton Defends Capitol Hill Office Closure

Sen. Mark Dayton on Wednesday defended his much-maligned decision to close his Washington office until Election Day, saying several pieces of intelligence led him to believe the Capitol was at risk of an attack.


Despite poor shooting and foul problems, No. 1 Illinois beats ...

Top-ranked Illinois faced adversity for the first time this season. That means a coaching opportunity for Bruce Weber the next time he puts in a game tape.


Iraq ; Black Watch soldiers remain defiant

Iraq News, Baghdad: Black Watch soldiers in Iraq's "triangle of death" said the killing of four of their comrades had strengthened their resolve to stay and see their task through.


Arctic endangered by greenhouse gases: report

WASHINGTON: Greenhouse gases have contributed to a gradual warming of the ecologically-fragile Arctic region, causing massive climate changes, including melting glaciers and sea ice, according to a soon-to-be-released environmental study.


The Sudanese foreign ministry summoned the European Union's delegation chief to protest at a renewed threat of EU sanctions over the crisis in Darfur.


LOS ANGELES Serena Williams gets a shot at closing out her tennis season with a big victory. She beat Amelie Mauresmo (AM'-uh-lee maw-REHS'-moh) 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 today in the semifinals of the WTA Championships in Los Angeles.


Thursday, the American Cancer Society will mark the 28th annual Great American Smokeout, an effort to focus on the dangers associated with tobacco use and to encourage smokers to quit for a lifetime by starting with just one day.


BUSINESS NEWS IN BRIEF: Horie Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud

Takafumi Horie, the former chief executive of the internet firm Live-door, pleaded not guilty Tokyo yesterday to conspiring to boost its share price by falsifying accounts. Mr Horie, 33, said: "I have not carried out, or instructed, such crimes as were mentioned.


The deadline for complaints of irregularities in Afghanistan's election expires shortly - counting is still on hold.


A man pointed an air rifle at his wife after learning on ITV's The Jeremy Kyle Show he was not the father of her baby.


Pressed at the margins, Danversbank goes public

Danversbank is headed to Wall Street. The $1.2 billion-asset bank has applied to the state Division of Banks to become a publicly traded company. The bank filed an application last week to convert from a mutual bank, owned by its depositors, to stock ownership. Sandler O'Neil and Partners LP, an investment bank, will handle the stock sale, which must be ...


But UK still in the dark There are now over one million fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband connections in Europe, according to an Informa report.â¦


Palestinian official slams Israeli ban on security personnel's ...

A Palestinian official on Saturday slammed an Israeli refusal to let 85 Palestinian security personnel enter Egypt for training. "The Israeli move is a new proof that Israel


Gas prices fell nearly 3 cents per gallon over the past two weeks, reversing a trend that saw the price rise about 18 cents since early September, a national survey said Sunday.


F.D.A. Failing in Drug Safety, Official Asserts

Federal drug regulators are "virtually incapable of protecting America" from unsafe drugs, a federal drug safety reviewer told a Congressional panel.


DevShed: The Basics of Using the Factory Pattern in PHP 5

DevShed revisits its series on using design patterns in PHP applications with this new tutorial, a look at implementing the Factory pattern in PHP 5.   Summarizing, the factory pattern can be really useful when it comes to creating multiple objects that belong to the same family. In this three-part series I'm going to take a close look at it, and also demonstrate its remarkable functionality by showing you a decent variety of code samples, so you can start quickly including this pattern into your own PHP applications.   They lay the foundation by creating some basic factory classes for working with numeric and associative arrays. On top of this, they create the processing classes to create things like uppercase numeric arrays and lowercase associative arrays. Finally, they give examples of how to put it to use making several different sorts of arrays, including their output.


Brett Favre's 420th career touchdown pass meant more than just drawing even with Dan Marino. The 57-yard completion to Greg Jennings, with just over two minutes remaining, tied Marino's all-time NFL record for career TD passes and rallied the Packers past the San Diego Chargers on their way to a 31-24 victory.


Milano, 13:13 - CALCIO, MILAN; INZAGHI: NON ESISTE PROBLEMA ATTACCANTI

''Al Milan non esiste un problema attaccanti''. Lo ha detto Filippo Inzaghi a margine dell'incontro ...


HERAKLIO, Crete -- You hang around long enough, you see a kid who had your picture up on the wall, and who thought you were some kind of a goddess, take your pass and score the goal that gives you one last chance at a gold medal.


Czechs say want no Russian soldiers at radar site

Senior Czech politicians are angry over  Washington's suggestion that Russians be allowed to staff a  radar station in the former Soviet satellite.


Comunicazioni Consob, l'operazione risale al 4 gennaio


Italy has come under fire for sending would-be asylum seekers back to Libya without granting them time to apply for refugee status.


Zimbabwe ruling party expels Mugabe challenger

Zimbabwe's ruling party announced Tuesday it had expelled ex-finance minister Simba Makoni for challenging Robert Mugabe as the veteran leader expressed confidence of victory at upcoming national polls.


Thailand urged to probe protesters' deaths

Despite an expression of regret to parliament, Thaksin rebuffed criticism of his attitude to human rights. volatile south bringing the total death toll after a protest outside a police station on Monday to 85.


No devalued currency here. No plastic parts. In a time when action is stopped every other night in every sport to celebrate another "milestone" with the presentation of a new SUV and a lifetime pass to immortality, Ichiro's work stands pretty much alone.


Motorola Says It Will Eliminate 4,000 More Jobs

The company will cut more than 6 percent of its shrinking work force, as part of a plan to improve sagging financial and operational results.


NEW DELHI: The government on Sunday decided to hold back any hike in fuel prices. Under the price-band mechanism, there's room to raise prices of petrol by 66-67 paise/litre and diesel by Rs 1.88/litre.


The number of Americans applying for  first-time jobless aid unexpectedly fell by 5,000 last week,  according to a government report released on Thursday that  offered a dose of cheer for the job market.


The House ethics committee said Thursday that Majority Leader Tom DeLay acted improperly when he tried to persuade a Michigan Republican to change his vote from "no" to "yes" on a bill to provide a Medicare prescription drug benefit.


A U.S. Army helicopter crashed Friday in a hail of gunfire north of Baghdad, police and witnesses said -- the fourth lost in Iraq in the last two weeks


Sunshine May Reduce Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Risk

NEW YORK DEC 03, 2004  - Results of a study published in the December 10th issue of the International Journal of Cancer suggest that sun exposure has a protective effect against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL).


Iraqis slowly began returning to the streets of Baghdad when a curfew was lifted on Sunday, four days after the bombing of a revered Shi'ite Muslim mosque to the south sparked fears of reprisal sectarian attacks.


New York Fashion Week opened with more substance than style Friday.


While it's easy to go undercover online, remaining anonymous is no sure bet. These virtual celebrities were ''outed'' on the Web.


Modena, 18:00 - Volley, A1 donne: Modena supera Reggio Emilia nell'anticipo

Nell'anticipo della prima giornata di ritorno del campionato di serie A1 femminile, il Volley Modena...


Rod Stewart tops the  Billboard charts after 25 years.


Billboard Rolls Out Cell Phone Ringtone Chart

Those synthesized tunes that send people grabbing for their cell phones and annoy patrons in restaurants and theaters have been recognized as part of the music industry by Billboard Magazine.


FTC Chair Asked to Step Down From DoubleClick Review

U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras is consulting with the agency's ethics officer to see if she should recuse herself from a review of Google's planned acquisition of online ad network DoubleClick.


Actor Must Pay $309,600 in Film Piracy Case

LOS ANGELES  - Warner Bros. has secured  a $309,600 judgment against an actor for allegedly making  promotional "screener" copies of "The Last Samurai" and "Mystic  River" available for bootleg DVD copying and unauthorized  Internet trading, the studio said Tuesday.


New multilateral push aims to cut African poverty

With Africa lagging behind in global development goals and rich countries cutting aid, leaders of multilateral financial institutions decided on Friday it was time to mobilize resources to reduce extreme poverty on the continent.


US President George W. Bush and Australia's John Howard vowed Wednesday to stand firm on Iraq in a strong defence of their strategy to contain violence in the war-torn country.


Human Systems and Ecosystems: We Need a New Way of Thinking

By Gallis, Michael  I have not spent my career as an environmentalist. I have worked as a professor, a businessman, a real estate entrepreneur, a consultant.


Barghouthi Drops Out of Palestinian Election

Jailed Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouthi has pulled out of a Jan. 9 presidential election to succeed Yasser Arafat, a close aide said on Sunday.


IBM bundles products, targets smaller businesses

International Business Machines Corp. on   Tuesday unveiled the first in a new line of product bundles   encompassing hardware, software and technical assistance as it   looks to increase its sales to small and medium-sized   companies.


IAEA says tons of Iraq explosives missing

VIENNA, Austria -- Several hundred tons of conventional explosives are missing from a former Iraqi military facility that once played a key role in Saddam Hussein's efforts to build a nuclear bomb, the UN nuclear agency confirmed Monday.


Palermo, 13:22 - CALCIO, PALERMO-WEST HAM; PARDEW: POSSIAMO FARCELA

Alla vigilia della partita di ritorno del primo turno di coppa Uefa contro il Palermo, l'allenatore ...


Software Company RiverGlass Snares $4 Million in Venture Capital

By The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.  Feb. 8--CHAMPAIGN -- RiverGlass Inc., a software company that uses  data-mining technology developed at the University of Illinois, announced this  week that it raised $4 million in venture capital in its latest round of  funding.


More than 100 Palestinian pilgrims return to Gaza

RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - About 150 Palestinian pilgrims returning from Mecca entered the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after a border-crossing dispute left about 2,000 of them stranded in Egypt for days, witnesses said.


Fewer US nursing home residents suffer from chronic pain and fewer physical restraints are being used, the Department of Health and Human Services announced.


Gandolfini ready for his Mardi Gras role

The cops got Tony Soprano Friday. James Gandolfini, who plays the Mafia boss on the Emmy and Peabody-winning HBO series "The Sopranos," was surrounded by lawmen when he arrived in New Orleans to begin his reign over one of the city's biggest Mardi Gras parades. His limousine was escorted by 10 motorcycle officers and two police cars.


Posh's TV show backfires as bid to woo America

Victoria Beckham's bid to woo Americans has backfired with damning reviews of a reality TV show that she hoped would overturn her image here as a sour-faced diva.


Antarctic Disaster Feared After Fire on Japanese Whaler ; WORLD

By Kathy Marks Asia-Pacific Correspondent  There are fears of an environmental disaster in the unspoilt waters off Antarctica after fire broke out on board a Japanese whaling ship, leaving it adrift near penguin breeding grounds.


Republican Thompson quits White House race

Screen star and former Republican senator Fred Thompson Tuesday quit the White House race after fizzling in the early nominating contests.


U.S. retail gasoline prices fell to  the lowest level in four weeks and the cost of diesel fuel  declined for the second week in a row, the Energy Department  said on Monday.


A Michigan school district was among six nationwide to have been warned by the FBI that they could be targets of terrorism. Birch Run Area Schools officials confirmed Thursday night that they


Cisco expands WLAN line, teams up with AirDefense

Cisco Systems has announced a pair of wireless access points that offer dual-band connectivity and said its line of wireless networking products is being integrated with intrusion-detection software from AirDefense.


PHILADELPHIA - Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its popular pain-reliever Celebrex may double the risk of heart attack at high doses, triggering a torrent of new warnings about an entire class of drugs used by millions.


Napoli, 14:48 - CALCIO, NAPOLI; IERVOLINO: C'E' L'OK PER LO STADIO A MIANO

Si sblocca a vicenda dei terreni per la costruzione del nuovo stadio del Napoli a Miano, quartiere p...


Il premier a un convegno sui problemi del Po  organizzato dai parlamentari dell'Ulivo"Impossibile lavorare con progetti di lungo periodo senza dialogare"                                            Prodi attacca l'opposizione "Aria irrespirabile nel Paese"                                                                                "Necessaria un'autoritÃ  per il rilancio e la salvaguardia del grande fiume"


Medioriente: funerali Arafat, massima allerta in Israele

GERUSALEMME - Eccezionali le misure di sicurezza adottate oggi dall'esercito israeliano nel giorno del funerale del leader palestinese Yasser Arafat. La polizia, per paura di scontri e disordini, e' in massima


Parma, 18:03 - CALCIO, PARMA: DESSENA DISPONIBILE PER MESSINA

Daniele Dessena sarà a disposizione del tecnico del Parma Stefano Pioli nonostante la forte b...


Societa' parla di 'miglior risultato' della propria storia


Oil Rises on Cold Weather, Iraq Sabotage

Oil prices rose on Monday as cold  weather in the U.S. northeast pushed heating oil prices higher  and after sabotage again disrupted Iraq's oil exports.


Blog: Yahoo Go for Mobile 2.0 features reduced loading time for Web pages and the ability to read more types of attachments and view traffic conditions.


Hamilton unhurt after high speed crash at Nurburgring

Briton Lewis Hamilton was unhurt after suffering a spectacular 240kph crash in qualifying for the European Grand Prix in Germany on Saturday.


Sharapova halted by Polish teenager at U.S. Open

The U.S. Open lost one of its top attractions when champion Maria Sharapova was beaten 6-4 1-6 6-2 by 18-year-old Pole Agnieszka Radwanska in the third round on Saturday.


ZIMBABWE pace bowler Edward Rainsford insists his side has the ability to pull off an upset win over England when their ICC Champions Trophy match re-starts at Edgbaston tomorrow.


PeopleSoft, IBM strike middleware alliance

PeopleSoft Inc. is deepening its ties with IBM Corp., announcing on Tuesday a sales and development partnership it called the most significant enterprise applications alliance in the companies' history.


Tropical Storm Ernesto nears US coast again

Tropical Storm Ernesto lashed the Carolinas coast as it hit the southeastern US for the second time in two days, packing winds just below hurricane strength.


Chiudono gli scambi con perdite superiori al 3%


Chronic dizziness that is not due to vertigo, a problem that has puzzled doctors for years, may have a variety of causes including anxiety disorders and brain injury, according to a study published on Monday.


British paper says troops in Afghanistan lack equipment

A British newspaper charged Saturday that the country's troops in Afghanistan were suffering severe shortages of equipment, but the defence ministry said the soldiers had the tools to accomplish their mission.


Button: It was a 'mistake' to try and leave BAR.

BAR-Honda driver Jenson Button has revealed that he made a 'mistake' to try and re-join Williams for 2005. Speaking to British newspaper, The Guardian, the Englishman, added that he should have discussed the


Bigley gets Irish passport in attempt to win freedom

The Irish government stepped up its efforts yesterday to secure the release of the British hostage Ken Bigley by granting him a passport to prove his Irish heritage.


Bush, Rumsfeld Try to Soothe Angry U.S. Troops

President Bush said on Thursday U.S.  troop concerns about inadequate equipment for Iraq combat are  being addressed and he did not blame soldiers for raising the  issue with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.


Russian authorities pulled hundreds of opposition activists off buses and trains and detained them along with scores of others on Saturday ahead of a rare anti-government rally in Moscow, organizers said.


Information provider VNU  said  on Monday it planned to cut 4,000 positions and shave 10  percent from its cost base next year.


Hasta La Vista to Microsoft's New Product

By Cater, Nick  For the non-techies among us, one word is all you need to know for the next few weeks: Vista.


The film marks Rajnikanth's daughter Soundarya's directorial debut.


Microsoft disabling Word 2003's 'fast save' feature

As part of an update to Office 2003, Microsoft is cutting off the feature, which it says can save time, but risks exposing confidential information.


RIGHTS:   Norway Launches Campaign Against Cluster Bombs

OSLO, Dec. 4 (IPS) - Following the breakdown of UN negotiations, Norway  is launching its own push to ban cluster bombs that kill and maim  almost only civilians. The country is hoping to repeat the  unprecedented success of the anti-landmine campaign in the 1990s.


More searches of black suspects are needed to stop gun crime, the head of the Black Police Association says.


WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Hurricane Jeanne got stronger, bigger and faster as it battered the Bahamas and bore down on Florida Saturday, forcing hundreds of thousands more residents to hurriedly shutter their homes ahead of its anticipated devastating punch...


A German movie that depicts Adolf Hitler as a soft-spoken man who charms his secretary and lovingly plays with his pet Alsatian is turning into one of the country's most controversial films.


Further tests on pesky fuel tank sensors NASA will next week fill the fuel tanks of space shuttle Atlantis for a third time, in an attempt to resolve sensor glitches which have led to two aborted launches.â¦


Updated QuickBooks helps businesses get Googled

New version of accounting software for small businesses has also been designed to increase efficiency.


Microsoft to offer Windows Home Server perks

The company plans to release Power Pack 1, a collection of fixes, enhancements, and features to its software for servers in the home.


Pádraic Brady's Blog: Complex Views with the Zend Framework - Part 7: Zend_View Enhanced

Pádraic Brady continues his series on working with Complex Views in the Zend Framework with this new article - part seven focusing on the Zend_View Enhanced method.   It's been a long, and hopefully interesting, road to Part 7. In this concluding entry to the long running, and oft delayed, "Complex Views with the Zend Framework" series I introduce the Zend_View Enhanced Proposal for the Zend Framework, elaborate on its operation, and provide some opinions on the ongoing debate over its implementation.    In this final entry of the series, he recaps previous concepts (like Partials/Layouts/Controllers/Placeholders) and how far reaching the Zend_View Enhanced component is. He also includes some of the helpers and interfaces he's proposed for the module including:   Zend_View_Helper_Partial Zend_View_Helper_Controller Zend_View_Helper_HeadScript Zend_View_Helper_Doctype Zend_View_Helper_HeadStyle   He takes each of the concepts mentioned above and applies these different helpers/interfaces inside them, illustrating with some sample code as needed.


November 29, 2004 - After months of momentum for Blu-ray, HD-DVD has shot back with a big gain - studio support. Toshiba Corp., which has been developing the HD-DVD format, announced it has lined up Warner Bros.


Cuddling up with Jared helps the jewelry retailer stay hot.


The father of a four-year-old boy who died from stab wounds in Huddersfield is charged with his murder.


With the election over and the political signs coming down, Brandeis University freshman Jason Lustig plans to post fliers around campus this week for a new cause: the Firefox open source Web browser.


KAMPUNG JAWA, Indonesia -- The tsunami of 2004 triggered the biggest humanitarian response in history, one that fed the hungry, headed off epidemics and engendered the hope that out of a calamity that took 216,000 lives, a better Indian Ocean rim would emerge.


A new cell phone is loaded with software that turns text on photographed documents into speech


Italy must not just win- they must triumph- against Belarus on Wednesday in Parma in order to redeem their humiliating loss at Slovenia suffered last weekend.


BAGHDAD - A deadly bomb blast in the holy Shiite city of Karbala and furious criticism of Shiite politicians by Iraq's defense minister cast a pall over the official launch Wednesday of Iraq's election campaign, threatening to inflame sectarian tension


Birmingham boss Steve Bruce claims Dwight Yorke was racially abused at Blackburn.


Is Microsoft Ready to Assert IP Rights over the Internet?

Ziff Davis - In the aftermath of Sender ID, some are concerned that Microsoft may use its vague IP claims over basic Internet protocols against other companies and open-source developers.


Napoli, 20:09 - CALCIO, NAPOLI: STASERA CENA TUTTI INSIEME E MARTEDI' RITIRO

Dopo la sconfitta interna di oggi contro l'Empoli, la società calcio Napoli ha deciso che la ...


U.S. jobs growth skidded to a near-halt in December and the unemployment rate hit a two-year high, according to a government report on Friday that raised recession fears and chances of more interest-rate cuts.


FT owner tries bid for Dow Jones and WSJ

Media & professional: The Financial Times's parent company, Pearson, is seeking partners to mount a takeover bid for the Wall Street Journal.


Cleric Maintains His Hold on Najaf Shrine, Even While Saying He'll Still Turn It Over

The Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr's aide said he was waiting for an inventory of the shrine to be carried out before he could hand over the keys.


(HealthDayNews) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch:


Safeway's fleet of more than 1,000 trucks nationwide will run on cleaner-burning biodiesel fuel, the grocery chain said yesterday, the latest step in an initiative to reduce its carbon footprint.


US Secretary of State Colin Powell is about to start his visit to Japan, China and South Korea.


EnterpriseWizard releases customizable CRM

InfoWorld - EnterpriseWizard this week is releasing the 2.0 version of its CRM application, a product built on top of its SaaSWizard Web application development platform and designed to be easily customizable.


Tux the penguin waddles to last place in Indy 500; Joost fares better

Blog: In the 91st Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, the much-hyped 'Linux car' crashes, but since it isn't Windows, there was no blue screen of death.


Citing Some Flaws, Taser to Increase Stun Gun's Power

Taser International has warned police departments that its newest electric stun gun, the X26, recently failed to subdue some suspects.


Environmentalists trying to return a red kite population to the wild in Ireland said Wednesday that one of the recently released birds had been found shot dead.


Blackstone IPO draws high non-U.S. demand: report

Private equity firm Blackstone Group's  initial public offering was about seven times subscribed, boosted by demand from Asia, the Middle East and Europe, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.


Residents Have Chance to Decide on Area's Recreation Options

By Aaron Lee, The News & Advance, Lynchburg, Va.  Sep. 3--Two public forums in Appomattox this week are asking county  residents if they'd like a few new hiking and biking trails blazed.


Inventories at U.S. wholesalers rose 0.9 percent in August, in line with expectations, as stocks of autos, metals and computer equipment swelled, a government report showed on Friday.


A settlement announced on Tuesday between Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema could bring âThe Hobbitâ to movie theaters by December 2010.


Bush Wants Baseball to Work Out Steroids Problem

President Bush wants Major League Baseball management and players to come up with a tough steroids testing program on their own and believes progress is being made, his spokesman said on Wednesday.


Him, Her and Him by the Seashore, Balancing Levity and Suffering

âWoman on the Beachâ is a bittersweet accounting of the geography of desire.


PARIS/BERLIN  - France hopes to be able to announce an agreement about a simplified management structure for European defense group EADS at a summit meeting on Monday, but Germany is in no hurry to strike a deal.


VIEW: Palestineâs war of generations âMkhaimar Abusada

Peace requires Israeli concessions, not just compromises from the Palestinians. Israel must freeze settlement activity in the West Bank and stop constructing its barrier on Palestinian territory, free Palestinian


Roh, Putin Again Call on N. Korea to Curb Nuclear Weapons Drive

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his South Korean counterpart President Roh Moo Hyun have reiterated calls for curbing North Korea's nuclear weapons drive and continuing the six-nation talks aimed at defusing the Korean nuclear crisis.


KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia has been hit by a new outbreak of bird flu, officials announced Monday. The H5 strain of avian flu had killed 30 birds on a farm in the north eastern state of Kelantan near Thailand, the veterinary department said.


Adequate sun exposure no guard against low vitamin D

NEW YORK  - In many people, vitamin D levels can remain low despite abundant exposure to sunlight, research shows.


Finanziaria, sciopero braccianti: 40mila adesioni in Sicilia

I lavoratori agricoli (900mila persone, di cui 200mila circa forestali) scioperano oggi in tutta Italia contro i tagli previsti nella Finanziaria alle risorse per la forestazione e all'indennitÃ  di disoccupazione speciale, attualmente prevista per chi


Texas running back Cedric Benson will walk into the Rose Bowl today against Michigan just a few steps from making history. If he rushes for 129 yards, which would be well below his norm, he will finish his career as the fourth-leading rusher in NCAA history. The only difference in Benson and the top four -- Ron ...


La Coruna, 16:02 - CALCIO, SPAGNA: GRUPPO ARABO INTERESSATO A DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA

Il presidente del Deportivo La Coruna, Augusto Cesar Lendoiro, ha dichiarato al quotidiano spagnolo ...


Titans Assistant Is First to Talk With Redskins

The Redskins interview longtime Titans defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz for their vacant head coach position, league sources say, the first of what could be many meetings.


Lakewood wins over Del Webb for top rating from JD Power

The hometown favorite, Hoffman Estates-based Lakewood Homes, can put its fourth consecutive consumer satisfaction trophy on the shelf, besting national home builders with major presence in the Chicago area market.


Bicycle Maker Huffy Files for Chapter 11

Huffy Corp. HUFC.PK filed for Chapter  11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday, as the 76-year-old bicycle  and sporting goods company struggles with mounting losses and a  heavy debt load.


Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. is bringing in a new celebrity: popular TV chef Emeril Lagasse.


Locusts Devastate Mauritania Crops, Others Escape

Crop-devouring locusts have caused major damage to cereals in Mauritania but other West and Central African states have suffered much less than feared from the worst infestation in over a decade, the U.N. said on Thursday.


Damiano: competitivita' non deve essere a scapito lavoratori


Body of U.S. warplane pilot missing in Iraq

U.S. forces hunted for the body of an F-16 pilot who was killed on Monday when his warplane came down in a Sunni insurgent stronghold northwest of Baghdad.


Microsoft adds IP indemnity to Linux fight

Borrowing a line from Allstate Insurance, Microsoft wants customers to know they are in good hands when they choose its software. The software maker plans to announce on Wednesday that it will indemnify nearly


Prosecutors urge the jury to see through Black's 'phoney paper trail'

Media & professional: Press baron's trial hears closing arguments Independent directors 'failed shareholders'.


Fashion Wire Daily - Yesterday Coty Inc. announced a new global licensing agreement with punk pop princess/designer, Gwen Stefani, to launch a line of fragrances for her fashion brand, L.A.M.B.


Telco customers at risk for online privacy breach

A study released by the Customer Respect Group indicates that telecommunications companies are slipping when it comes to customer privacy, especially in comparison to retail and high-tech industries. A majority of companies surveyed were dound to ask for excessive, inappropriate personal data.


Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, who is facing mounting discontent at home, blamed his country's economic crisis on the European Union and Britain during celebrations Saturday for his 83rd birthday.


Canadian beef likely cause of US e.coli cases: USDA

A defunct Canadian meatpacker is "a likely source" of beef that caused an outbreak of food-borne illnesses in the United States and Canada, the U.S. meat safety agency said on Friday.


A 20-year-old man appeared in court today charged with the murder of schoolgirl Danielle Beccan. Mark Ontonio (cor) Kelly is accused of killing the 14-year-old in the early hours


'Thinking Cap' Controls Computer in New Experiment

Four people were able to control a computer using their thoughts and an electrode-studded "thinking cap," US researchers reported on Monday.


Vista Upgrade Spreads Wide Ripples Across Industry

By Tamara Chuang, The Orange County Register, Calif.  Jan. 30--The anticipation is over. Windows Vista is finally here.


Well, yes - hard disks DO revolve... NEC Computers reckons its latest NAS device - the Storage NS50 - offers revolutionary security.â¦


PHUKET, Thailand  - A budget airliner crashed on the Thai resort island of Phuket on Sunday, killing 88 people as it broke up and burst into flames while trying to land in driving rain, a senior official said.


"Darjeeling Limited" a torturous train ride

VENICE, Italy  - The whimsical and insightful charm that Wes Anderson and his filmmaking pals have displayed in such films as "Rushmore" and "The Royal Tenenbaums" curdles ruinously in the Indian sun that shines so brightly in their smug and self-satisfied new film "The Darjeeling Limited."


US stock futures pointed to a slightly lower open on Wednesday, as investors take a breather after Tuesday's run-up, with a lightly staffed Wall Street awaiting oil inventory data for some direction.


Oh Lordi: Santa rocks EU but reindeer get a roasting

Santa Claus got the European Union rocking to the deafening wail of monster metal act Lordi -- but faced a long walk back to Lapland when hungry Brussels bureaucrats scoffed the reindeer.


(Sep 23, 2004) -- OGDEN, Utah  -- Interstate Bakeries Corp., which has 300 employees at bakeries in Ogden and Salt Lake City, has filed for bankruptcy protection.


Wider variety of ethanol blends on the way, DOE official says

E10 doesn't have a lot of biofuel in it. E85 is tough to find. So why not E30?


Recalling the Princess They Called Mother

The fairy tale revisited, 25 years after Grace Kellyâs death.


Nicotine Patch Helps Teens Cut Back on Cigarettes

Nicotine replacement therapy can help teens quit or at least cut back on smoking, research suggests.


Year in review: TVs go bigger, flatter and high-def

LCD TVs are well on their way to becoming the most popular television technology, and HDTV heads into the mainstream.


Apple's iTunes overtakes Amazon in overall music sales

Blog: No.3 Apple trails only Wal-Mart and Best Buy in the first quarter of 2007.


Court Nixes Ex-Vivendi Chief Bail Request

A Paris appeals court on Friday rejected a request by former Vivendi Universal chief Jean-Marie Messier to lower his bail in a case of suspected financial wrongdoing.


Frank Piasecki, a Pioneer in Helicopters, Is Dead at 88

Mr. Piasecki was the first to develop a tandem-rotor helicopter â the so-called Flying Banana â capable of carrying large cargo loads or troops into combat.


Serbian Players Emerge From a Broken Country

Three Serbian tennis players have worked their way into the top 10, despite chaos in their homeland.


A judge said Friday that she will not sentence pop singer George Michael to jail for driving while impaired.


Straw upbeat on renewed Mideast peace efforts

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said yesterday that he is "more optimistic" about the prospects for Mideast peace after two days of talks with Israelis and Palestinians.


89 dead in twin Russian plane crashes, terror probed

Russia observed a day of mourning for the 89 people killed when two Russian passenger jets crashed almost simultaneously hundreds of miles apart after taking off from the same Moscow airport, raising new fears of terrorist attacks.


India's cricketers begin a victory parade in Mumbai after winning the World Twenty20 cricket tournament.


The Serious Fraud Office head defends the dropping of a  probe into BAE Systems' dealings with Saudi Arabia.


The US government announced Friday that nearly half of this year's flu vaccine supply will arrive about a month late because some doses may be contaminated.


Barroso: "SarÃ  sufficiente cambiare il necessario"

Strasburgo, 27 ottobre 2004 - "Cambiare il necessario sarÃ  sufficiente" all'interno della squadra che il presidente designato della Commissione Ue, Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, avrebbe dovuto presentare al voto del Parlamento Europeo.


Sony Ericsson profits from mobile growth

Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson has reported a steep year-on-year incline in revenues for the third quarter, as the public appetite for sophisticated handsets heightens.


Home Depot completes sale of supply unit

Home Depot Inc  said it completed the  sale of its wholesale supply business, HD Supply, to buyout  firms on the same terms announced earlier this week.


US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says he twice offered to quit over the Iraqi prison abuse scandal.


Mumbai, 15:46 - TENNIS, ATP MUMBAI: FOGNINI  APPRODA AGLI OTTAVI DI FINALE

Fabio Fognini supera il primo turno del torneo Atp di Mumbai (in India, cemento, 416 mila dollari di...


Palestinian Security Forces Deploy in Gaza

Palestinian security forces took up  positions across northern Gaza on Friday to curb militant  attacks against Israel as part of new Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas's plan to halt violence and revive peace talks.


Belarus leader wins mandate for new term

Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko, accused in the west of flouting democratic norms, has won overwhelming approval in a referendum to run for a third term in office, the top election official says.


MENTALLY ill patients were forced to sleep on the floor or kept in seclusion for days because of NSW's chronically under-resourced mental health system, a forum was told today.


The Japanese Olympic Committee on Thursday notified the International Olympic Committee of its intention to offer Tokyo as a candidate to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.


There was no overt prediction of a terror attack in the tape released last week by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, FBI Director Robert Mueller said.


Antibiotics Sold Illegally in Hispanic NYC Stores

In many Hispanic neighborhoods in New York City, no prescription is needed to get an antibiotic. The drugs are readily available in bodegas and other stores, new survey results indicate.


Fisheries & Aquaculture: Course of Legislation Unclear in New Congress

By Martin, Rick  There is nothing quite so disconcerting to business as uncertainty. But, uncertainly is what U.S.


Kerry discusses economic plan, criticizes Bush's jobs efforts

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry's speech to the Detroit Economic Club on Wednesday focused attention on his economic proposals and issued an indictment of President Bush's policies.


Ahmadinejad Met With Protests in New York

NEW YORK, Sept. 24 -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was greeted with protests Monday as he prepared to address university students and speak before the U.N. General Assembly.


So much for the intense match between long-time rivals that was supposed to go down last night at the 2004 PACE Canadian Squash Classic.


ONCE seen as the cutting edge of technology which would change the way we watch television, the video recorder has been usurped by another revolution in home entertainment, the DVD machine.


Scotland Yard traced the final steps of a former KGB spy turned Kremlin critic after officials determined he was poisoned by a rare radioactive substance


Where Byron Nelson ranks all-time in professional golf:


A lawsuit disrupts the symbiosis of a celebrity store and a magazine that features it.


Sports Briefing | Football: Olympian Kept Off Team

The Olympic speed skating medalist Joey Cheek will not be able to play on Princeton Universityâs sprint football team because he is considered a professional athlete, the Ivy League has ruled. The ruling stemmed from Cheekâs decision to retain an agent for paid speaking engagements that draw on his status as an Olympian, the university said. Cheek, a 27-year-old freshman, would have gained publicity for sprint football, which has a weight limit of 172 pounds. Five teams â Army, Cornell, Navy, Penn and Princeton â compete in the Collegiate Sprint Football League.


Rep. Harris demands Howard Dean apologize

U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris demanded an apology Thursday from Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean, who during a speech this week likened the senatorial candidate to former Soviet ruler Joseph Stalin.


US industrial production grew in November, but at a slower pace than October's increase, figures show.


McGinley is determined to make Ryder Cup squad

Five can breathe more easily. They're in the Europe Ryder Cup team. Which leaves seven to go and of of all those desperate, tired and hungry men none is more so than Paul McGinley.


U.N.'s Annan: Iraq War Done Little to Halt Terrorism

The Iraq war has done little to increase security across the world or halt the activities of international terrorists, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Sunday.


Bush: Russia Siege Underscores Terror Danger

KIRKLAND, Ohio  - President Bush said on Saturday  that the hostage siege in which 322 people were killed at a  Russian school seized by Chechen separatists showed why America  has to remain resolute against terrorism.


Consumer prices rise by mild 0.2 percent in November

WASHINGTON -- Consumer prices rose by a mild 0.2 percent in November as costs for gasoline and food products calmed down after posting sharp increases the month before.


Coming up with a creed is hard to do. A few months ago, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne thought his department -- what with it overseeing 20 percent of America's land and all -- deserved a motto. He wanted something pithy, something the department could print on the back of employees'...


Reggio Calabria, 18:37 - CALCIO, TIM CUP: REGGINA, A VERONA AMPIO TURN OVER

Per la sfida di domani al Bentegodi, nel match di ritorno degli ottavi di finale di Coppa Italia con...


U.S. stocks rose on Friday after  reports showed U.S. economic growth in the second quarter  matched economists' forecasts and consumer sentiment picked up  above expectations in late August, but volume was feather light  ahead of the upcoming Republican convention in New York City.


Siebel to acquire eDocs for $115 million

Siebel Systems Inc. will acquire eDocs Inc. for $115 million to help customers reduce call center and billing costs.


Schwarzenegger laments steroids in his own contest

Some contestants in the largest annual celebration of bodybuilding starting on Friday will likely be on steroids, highlighting how hard it is to keep performance-enhancing drugs out of sport, Arnold Schwarzenegger said of the contest that bears his name.


Softbank Protests 3G Service Bandwidth Allocation

Softbank, which acquired Japan Telecom this summer, today complained that its plan to offer mobile phone service could be thwarted by the government's refusal to provide the necessary bandwidth.


BlackBerry maker and Motorola duel in lawsuits

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion  and rival Motorola  have sued each other over what they say are patent infringements for technology used in their mobile phones.


US Audit Body Says Big 4 Firms Missed Problems

The Big Four accounting firms, misinterpreting a nine-year old rule, wrongly let corporate clients understate liabilities and distort their financial health, the regulatory


ABC News Bin Laden Calls for Iraq Vote Boycott

FILE-- Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, leader of Iraq's biggest political party, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq addresses the media during a news conference in this March 9, 2004 file photo in Baghdad, Iraq.


Medicare, Private Coverage of Obesity Treatments

As insurers across the nation consider increasing coverage of medical weight-loss treatments, a Medicare advisory committee on Thursday will examine data on bariatric weight-loss surgery to determine whether CMS should expand coverage of the surgery as a


A series of subpoenas issued to reporters as part of the Justice Department's investigation of the leak of a CIA operative's identity seems more like a tactic of intimidation than legitimate information gathering. Commentary by Adam L. Penenberg.


Fuzzy Laws Come Into Play in the H.P. Pretexting Case

Despite the California attorney generalÂs assertion that he has enough evidence to press charges against people inside and outside Hewlett-Packard, a criminal case may be hard to prosecute, legal specialists say.


The Spanish government Monday called general elections for March 9, launching what is shaping up as a close race between Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez's ruling Socialists and opposition conservatives.


China probes child labor claim, talks tough

Beijing Olympics organizers vowed on Monday to come down hard on any cases of children being used to produce merchandise for the Games, after a report accused factories of "gross exploitation".


US Senate bill would create no-fly zone over Darfur

A leading Democratic senator submitted a resolution calling for the appointment of a special US envoy to Sudan and the creation of a no-fly zone in the country's violence-wracked Darfur region.


Health Tip: Kids Need to Behave Around Dogs

(HealthDay News) -- Although often labeled man's best friend, a dog's instinct may tell him to bite to protect himself around those he doesn't know -- especially excitable children.


South Africa close on 70-3 in reply to England's 139 on day one of the second Test.


FAQ: What the daylight saving shift means to you

With the change coming early this year, follow these steps to help ensure that you're on time.


Can NBC Do for âQuarterlifeâ What YouTube Could Not?

Some episodes of âQuarterlife,â a drama about a group of good-looking people in their 20s, have yet to attract 100,000 video views.


Wal-Mart entry to video downloads a 'game changer'

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s entry into movie downloading should have a bigger impact on the growth of digital video distribution in the near term than on the ultimate decline in DVD sales.


InfoWorld - Microsoft has introduced a new product combining the Whale Communications virtual private networking (VPN) software it bought last year with the latest version of its Internet Security and Acceleration Server (ISA Server), the company said Wednesday.


House approves bill to fund domestic programs

The U.S. House of Representatives on  Wednesday approved a $463.5 billion funding bill to keep the  government running this year, while adding money to care for  veterans wounded in Iraq and stepping up the global struggle  against HIV/AIDS.


LOBATSE, Botswana -- Botswana's High Court ruled yesterday that the country's Bushmen are entitled to live and hunt on their ancestral lands in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, a decision hailed as a victory for indigenous peoples.


The limousines have been charged up, the hairdressers and stylists have worked their magic and the stars are ready to stroll down the red carpet in dresses that have been begged, borrowed or -- perish the thought -- bought.


US military's new Iraq strategy: religious conciliation

Last week's meeting in Baghdad - the largest of its kind in 37 years - included warring Sunnis and Shiites.


Two suicide bombers blew themselves up Tuesday in a crowd of Shi'ite pilgrims streaming toward a shrine south of Baghdad, killing 93 people


Tyresa Smith scored 28 points to lead Delaware to its first victory ever over a ranked opponent, an 86-70 win over No. 20 Kentucky on Friday night in the first round of the Odwalla Classic.


Peter Jackson dropped from "Hobbit" film: letter

Where is Frodo when you need him?  Director Peter Jackson has been told he will not be hired to  direct a movie based on J.R.R. Tolkien novel "The Hobbit,"  despite the nearly $3 billion global box office success of his  "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, according to a letter Jackson  wrote to fan site TheOneRing.net.


Vatican tries to calm Pope row as militants vow war

Al Qaeda militants in Iraq vowed war on "worshippers of the cross" and protesters burned a papal effigy on Monday over Pope Benedict's comments on Islam, while Western churchmen and statesmen tried to calm ...


The wait was worth it for No. 3 Ohio State and prized big man Greg Oden. In his first competition in seven months, the 7-foot freshman, touted by some as the best U.S.-born big man in a generation, had 14 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Buckeyes past Valparaiso 78-58 on Saturday.


A Web blockbuster is evolving to try to stay ahead of rivals.


IRAQ was on the brink of an all-out assault on rebel-held Fallujah today as deadly clashes erupted between US troops and insurgents in the neighbouring city of Ramadi.


World leaders promise an Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system after being urged to honour cash pledges.


Comcast Backs Start-Up to Ramp Up Web Speeds

Comcast invests in start-up that develops chips to enable super-fast Internet access and more high-definition channels.


While rumors continued to swirl in Hollywood that both the Writers Guild of America leadership and the conglomerates had hammered out a tentative deal, WGA Negotiating Committee Chairman John F. Bowman sent an email to members late Monday that was obta...


Roma, 19:17 - CALCIO, POULE SCUDETTO SERIE D: FINALE TEMPIO-PESCINA

Tempio-Pescina è la finale scudetto del campionato di serie D. Nelle semifinali di ritorno, i...


KFor troops rescue staff from torched border posts amid fears over partition of new state


Barry Bonds hit a three-run shot for his 694th homer, but Chipper Jones' two-run drive helped the Atlanta Braves beat the San Francisco Giants 5-3 Friday night for their fifth straight victory.


The Supreme Court yesterday declined to examine a lower-court ruling that forces music industry investigators to file a lawsuit to uncover the identities of people who may be copying their songs online.


With the help of Republican Senator Olympia Snowe, Maine emerged a clear winner in the corporate tax relief bill signed by President Bush yesterday.


INDIANAPOLIS Minnesota Timberwolves center Michael Olowokandi was arrested early this morning after he refused to leave an Indianapolis club.


Portugal has warned that a floating Dutch abortion clinic will not be allowed to enter its waters. The clinic offers the abortion pill in international waters to women in countries where it is illegal or restricted.


Princess Diana's former butler injected an element of mystery into the inquest into her death Monday, refusing to publicly disclose which member of the royal family had warned her about surveillance and what secret he shared with her.


Powell sees Israeli withdrawal plan as opportunity for peace talks

US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said that the Gaza disengagement plan being pushed forward by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has provided an opportunity for reactivating peace talks.


Turkish film depicts problems of modern piety

An Istanbul clerk finds  his simple, devout life turned upside down when an Islamic  group employs him as its debt collector in a Turkish film which  aims to show how religious devotion can be tainted by  hypocrisy.


Russia seems to be looking to create a controllable internet independent from the wider web


Sospetto passaggio virus polli da figlia a madre

ROMA - Ore di ansia in Thailandia per il sospetto passaggio del virus H5N1 responsabile dellâinfluenza dei polli da una bambina di 11 anni alla madre. Le autoritÃ  sanitarie locali, gli esperti dellâOrganizzazione


Terry Butcher is adamant he will not back down from his recent criticism aimed at England which has partly resulted in the players boycotting the media after the 2-1 win over Poland on Wednesday.


European leaders prepared to offer Serbia 'accelerated' EU membership for accepting Kosovan independence, reports say


China, Japan, SKorea Vow Cooperation Over NKorea

Leaders of China, Japan and South Korea vowed Monday to strengthen cooperation in resolving the crisis over North Korea's nuclear programs and to tighten security and economic ties.


UK police quiz Muslim soldier kidnap suspects

British detectives investigating a suspected plot to kidnap and kill a Muslim British soldier quizzed nine men and searched properties across Birmingham in central England on Thursday.


Closet swatting A California family that found their apartment surrounded by more than a dozen heavily SWAT armed officers are among the latest victims of swatting, a crime designed to elicit an emergency response by reporting a bogus 911 call.â¦


The music industry reacts angrily at a decision to give away the new album by Prince with a tabloid newspaper.


After you and your family have finished your second helping of mashed potatoes and gravy this Thanksgiving, you might want to take Grandpa aside and ask him about his cholesterol.


A 27-year-old man described as one of the worldâs most prolific spammers was arrested Wednesday.


SEGUIN - After nearly six weeks of testimony in Austin, District Judge John Dietz ruled the current funding system for Texas schools unconstitutional and gave the state one year to come up with a better plan.


One of the most vexing problems in home computing is finding a way for parents to govern their children's use of computers and the Internet. The goal is to keep their children safe from the creepier content and people on the Internet and from spending too much time on the computer.


Researchers say Internet porn is worse than crack

Pennsylvania may block Philly's Wi-Fi plan. [News.com Extra]


TOKYO - When Naoko Ito uses a public bathroom, she cringes in embarrassment at the thought that other patrons can hear the sounds coming from her stall. That's when she turns to the "Sound Princess."   Ito, like a rapidly growing number of Japanese women, presses a device installed in public toilets to simulate the sound of water flushing - and mask the cruder noises of nature...


N.Y. Landlord-Tenant Wars Spur Both Sides to Seek Help

NEW YORK -- In a city of skyrocketing rents, where tenant advocates charge that landlords are increasingly trying to move tenants out of rent-regulated apartments in order to significantly raise the rents, the landlord-tenant wars are becoming ferocious.


The ritual of organised bullying in the Russian army is getting worse, an international rights group warns.


Call them euphemisms, embellishments, little white lies, spinning the truth, exaggerations, whatever you like. They're common in the workplace and everybody's guilty. These are my favorites.


The Phoenix president of the air traffic controllers union said an FAA plan to condense training, create part-time slots and depend on split-shift schedules is a poor way to deal with an impending nationwide controller shortage.


Haggard survivors of fighting in southern Darfur, thorns stuck to their bloody feet, straggled into this refugee community before dawn Wednesday and told harrowing


Hamas, Fatah truce collapses in bloodshed, 8 dead

Palestinian gunmen fought inside a hospital and fired on the prime minister's offices after a truce collapsed on Monday, killing eight people in factional violence that cast fresh doubt over the future of the unity coalition.


Australian girl changes blood group, immune system

An Australian teenage girl has become the world's first known transplant patient to change blood groups and take on the immune system of her organ donor, doctors said on Friday, calling her a "one-in-six-billion miracle."


Outfielder Jose Guillen and the Anaheim Angels have reached a financial settlement to resolve the grievance filed after the team recently suspended him without pay for the rest of the season. The sides agreed that Guillen will not rejoin the team for the remainder of the regular season and the penalty was reduced from seven days without pay to two ...


The Army's Special Operations Command issued an administrative reprimand this year against one of four US military officers in Afghanistan alleged in an Army document to have murdered a


ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan offered relief and rescue assistance to India in the wake of seismic sea waves that killed thousands of people on its southern coast, as the nuclear-armed rivals began two-day peace talks yesterday.


Talking of Cheney's daughter speaks about Kerry

TEMPE, Ariz. - One of the most revealing moments in last Wednesday's final presidential debate came when moderator Bob Schieffer asked President Bush and Sen. John Kerry if they thought homosexuality was a choice.


Alpine Skiing-Miller Denied Record Chance

KITZBUEHEL, Austria  - Bode Miller's hopes of  matching one of Alpine skiing's greatest records were dashed on  Saturday following the cancellation of the season's final World  Cup combined race.


Reds sign starter Harang to $36.5 million deal

The Cincinnati Reds signed 28-year-old right-handed starter Aaron Harang to a four-year, $36.5 million deal on Tuesday, making him the team's highest-paid pitcher, MLB.com reported.


ROMA - Queste le date piu' importanti nella vita del presidente palestinese Yasser Arafat, la cui morte e' stata annunciata la notte scorsa a Parigi. 1948 - con la creazione dello Stato di Israele, si rifugia


If it's not tennis elbow, it may be "Wiiitis"

When Dr. Julio Bonis awoke one Sunday morning with a sore shoulder, he could not figure out what he had done. It felt like a sports injury, but he had been a bit of a couch potato lately.