Critics Group Names Eastwood's 'Baby' Best Film

A group of leading U.S. film critics named director Clint Eastwood's "Million Dollar Baby" as the best film of 2004, and its star, Hilary Swank, shared best actress honors with Britain's Imelda Staunton in abortion drama "Vera Drake."


Step by step and bit by digital bit, Google is taking over the way PC users find, manage and receive information. The Mountain View, Calif.


MIAMI -- Hurricane Jeanne appeared to be zeroing in on the southeast US coast Thursday, with forecasters saying the deadly storm may make landfall in Florida this weekend.


Bid for the "grey vote" seen as election winner for Aussie opposition

A multi-billion dollar campaign pledge to provide free hospital care for the elderly could provide Australian opposition leader Mark Latham with the boost he needs to carry October 9 national elections, analysts say.


They are the biggest story in the NBA but not the dominant sports topic in their own hometown.


Videosorveglianza: nuova soluzione con la Remote Camera PT-6

Nokia lancia un nuovo prodotto per la videosorveglinza tra le pareti di casa: si tratta della Remote Camera PT-6 migliorata rispetto al modello precedente grazie alla possibilitÃ  di acquisire immagini in qualitÃ  megapixel anche con poca luce.


Trieste, 19:21 - CALCIO, TRIESTINA; AGOSTINELLI: LASCIO A META' CLASSIFICA

Con grande compostezza e senza polemiche, l'appena esonerato Andrea Agostinelli lascia la panchina d...


Nations to pursue sanctions against Iran

Six world powers agreed Friday to pursue possible U.N. sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, but left crucial questions about the scope and timing of any measures unresolved.


BAGHDAD: At least 75 people were killed yesterday in a Baghdad car bombing and in an ambush on police in Baquba as fighting flared between US troops and insurgents in Ramadi.


At Least 10 Dead, Many Missing in Russian Mine Disaster

At least 10 people were killed and 23 injured when a mine in the southern Siberian region of Kemerovo exploded Thursday morning. The blast tore through the coal mine at about 9:30 am local time, with about


Travel: The full list of winners announced at this year's Guardian, Observer and Guardian Unlimited Travel Awards ceremony in Seville.


Centrica names its finance director, Phil Bentley, as the new head of its British Gas operations.


Rehnquist Illness May Spur Court Vacancy

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's hospitalization for cancer brings with it the prospect of the first Supreme Court vacancy in a decade and is prompting speculation about who might take his place.


Capodanno storico a Nicosia e La Valletta per debutto euro


A "cancer of insurgency" in southern Afghanistan could drive the 2007 opium poppy harvest to record levels, the U.N. drug agency chief said Monday.


Farmers Discuss Waste Water: Quality Control Board Holds Meeting on New Rules Affecting Dairies.

By Mark Grossi, The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Dec. 14--Dairy farmer Eric Westra told state regulators Wednesday he has good reasons for complying with potentially expensive new water rules.


A U.S. jury on Friday found former media mogul Conrad Black guilty of multiple counts of criminal fraud and a single count of obstruction of justice but acquitted him of racketeering and tax charges.


Office deadlines six times more likely to kill you!:

[Health India]: Washington, Dec 14 :People under pressure to meet deadlines are six times more likely to suffer from a heart attack, a new research reveals.


Tribe has great excuse for poor math skills

Some people have a great excuse for being bad at math -- their language lacks the words for most numbers, US-based researchers reported on Thursday.


WASHINGTON - Americans cast their ballots Tuesday in the first presidential election since the Sept 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, with Republican incumbent President George W Bush and his Democratic challenger Sen.


Gamers are moving away from the TV and towards gaming on mobile devices and consoles, a US study shows.


Drug Safety Critic Hurls His Darts From the Inside

Steven E. Nissen has emerged as a Naderesque figure and the nationâs unofficial arbiter of drug safety.


Scientists analyzing medical studies of vitamin E say they have identified a fatal flaw in the powers of the popular pill: People who had swallowed high doses seemed to die sooner than people who had not.


The New Jersey Nets signed a deal with guard Vince Carter on Friday that will keep the eight-time All-Star in New Jersey at least through the 2010-11 season.


Catz: Oracle Exec Says May Drop PeopleSoft Bid By One-Third

Ellison's revenge. Redux. After waging acquisition war on takeover target PeopleSoft for 16 months, software giant Oracle (nasdaq: ORCL - news - people ) may add insult to what some perceive as injury, again.


Woolworths Yearly Profits Up 12.3 Percent

Australian supermarket giant Woolworths Ltd. on Monday reported a 12.3 percent increase in net profit to 730.7 million Australian dollars (US$528 million; euro 428.


13-DIC-0410:35CALCIO: ANCELOTTI, COLLINA SAREBBE ARBITRO IDEALE ...

Roma, 13 dic. (Adnkronos) - ''Collina sarebbe l'arbitro ideale per la gara di sabato sera tra Juventus e Milan''. Carlo Ancelotti, tecnico del Milan, apre cos, a 'Radio Anch'io Sport', la settimana di Juventus


Chinaâs sizzling economy grew 11.5 percent in the third quarter, surging ahead despite official efforts to cool the countryâs boom.


EUROPA/PORTOGALLO - Il Patriarca di Lisbona propone di vivere la Quaresima come Âun tempo eucaristico e di caritÃ Â seguendo il Messaggio del Santo Padre Benedetto XVI Lisbona (Agenzia Fides) - Il Cardinale Patriarca di Lisbona, JosÃ© da Cruz Policarpo, ha proposto una serie di suggerimenti all'inizio della Quaresima per vivere questo tempo liturgico e prepararsi alla Pasqua seguendo il Messaggio del Santo Padre Ben...


World number one Vijay Singh has moved to within striking distance of joint third-round leaders Tom Lehman and Briny Baird at the Funai Classic.


Ten years after being burned in their first attempts to combine movies and television with the video game business, media companies now seem willing to press the play button again.


L'Aquila, 16:48 - RUGBY, QUALIFICAZIONI COPPA DEL MONDO: ITALIA-PORTOGALLO 83-0

L'Italia ha battuto 83-0 il Portogallo in un incontro giocato a L'Aquila e valido per le qualificazi...


'All'Italia serve un vero pacchetto di sicurezza ambientale'


The Group of Seven industrialized nations invited top Chinese economic officials to a dinner last Friday. It was about time that China was invited to a G-7 meeting.


The U.S. Golf Association is expected to announce the awarding of the 2011 U.S. Open and the 2009 U.S. Amateur championships to Congressional Country Club later this month.


Telecoms regulator Ofcom says BT must provide rivals with "real equality of access" to its phone lines network, or else face action.


(InfoWorld) - A video showing the founder of a Belfast, Northern Ireland, company unlocking the iPhone hit the Web early Wednesday U.K. time as proof that software exists that can unlock Apple Inc.'s device for use with carriers other than AT&T Inc. In the six-minute video, posted on the iphoneunlocking.com blog , John McLaughlin, founder of Uniquephones, is seen with a PC and an iPhone unlocking the device using software from his company. In the video, McLaughlin takes the SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card out of a Vodafone Blackberry device and puts it into the iPhone. He then makes two phone calls using the device. The video was shot at his house in Northern Ireland, he said. The video is of poor quality, as noted in his blog entry. "Sorry about the focus, it was done late night using a Nokia N95, but youâll see the process," he wrote. Uniquephones already unlocks phones from many manufacturers, including Nokia Corp. and Motorola Inc., and about 60 percent of its customers are in the U.S. The video is the second time someone has tried to prove a software-only method exists to unlock the iPhone. AT&T has a long-term contract with Apple to be the exclusive U.S. wireless carrier for the phone, a fact that has irked iPhone users who want to have the option of using another carrier's service. The iPhone isn't yet available officially outside the U.S. The race to unlock the iPhone began as soon as the device hit stores June 29. Beginning last Friday, reports began to surface that a teenager in New Jersey had won. Seventeen-year-old George Hotz, who has sinceÂ traded his unlocked iPhone for a new car, unlocked the phone via software and hardware modifications, the latter of which required soldering. However, most observers agreed that not many users would want to tinker with such an expensive device this way. On the same day, a company called iPhoneSimFree.com and McLaughlin both claimed to have the first software-only unlocking method, but iPhoneSimFree.com was the first to show it to a credible third party: an editor of Engadget.com, which reported that Engadget editor Ryan Block had witnessed someone from the elusive group unlocking the iPhone via software. McLaughlin had planned to post his company's method for unlocking the iPhone to the Web site iphoneunlocking.com last Saturday, but it didn't go up. He said he feared legal action by AT&T Wireless if he posted the software because of a phone call he received at 3:00 a.m. in Belfast from a representative of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, an international law firm calling on AT&T's behalf. McLaughlin claimed the caller said Uniquephones.com would be in violation of copyright infringement and distributing Apple's intellectual property if he began selling the software to iPhone subscribers. As of Tuesday, McLaughlin said he is still undecided whether he will distribute the software, but that the video at least proves to naysayers that his company has unlocked the iPhone.


OSAF Announces Funding and Personnel Shakeup

Lotus Development founder Mitchell Kapor will begin to phase out his involvement and investment in the Open Source Applications Foundation.


Takeover by Hamas Illustrates Failure of Bush's Mideast Vision

Five years ago this month, President Bush stood in the Rose Garden and laid out a vision for the Middle East that included Israel and a state called Palestine living together in peace. "I call on the Palestinian people to elect new leaders, leaders not compromised by terror," the president declared.


Rumsfeld Says He's Not Surprised by Troops' Complaints

Responding to complaints by disgruntled Iraq-bound soldiers in Kuwait that they lacked armor for the vehicles, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said today that it was


Haniyeh says rocket fire to stop if Israel halts attacks

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said on Friday most Palestinian militant groups would halt their rocket fire against Israel if the Jewish state stopped its attacks against the Palestinians.


06.42: Il presidente del Consiglio Berlusconi ha espresso soddisfazione anche per la decisione del Consiglio europeo di avviare l'anno prossimo negoziati per l'adesione della Turchia alla Ue. L'intesa raggiunta


A female Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up this afternoon when confronted by an Israeli police officer at a busy intersection in the northern part of Jerusalem, killing


The Senate rejected two attempts to limit annual payments to farmers Thursday, frustrating lawmakers who had hoped that this year's multibillion-dollar farm bill would scale back the government's massive subsidy programs.


New Front: Recording of Digital Broadcasts

Technologies that let people record satellite and Internet radio broadcasts digitally are opening a new front in the recording industry's war on music piracy.


In my last blog entry, I mentioned the upcoming regional Ruby conferences but I overlooked something important about the MountainWest RubyConf.


The negligence of an architect led to the deaths of seven people from Legionnaire's Disease, a court hears.


Powell to Attend Athens Closing Ceremony

Secretary of State Colin Powell will  represent the United States at the Olympic Games closing  ceremony in Athens on August 29, the Greek foreign ministry  said on Sunday.


Ministers prepare for a battle in Parliament on the EU treaty, after it was agreed by EU leaders in Lisbon.


Rand McNally, TCS Bring Traffic Warnings to Cell Phones

Ziff Davis - The software, which users download from their phone provider, shows traffic congestion on maps on the phone's screen "in fairly real time." Sprint, Cingular and others have already signed on.


Martha Stewart took prison life in stride yesterday, taking a solo walk around the grounds of her new home and receiving two visitors.


MANHATTAN, Kan., Sept. 11 -- Rancher Ralph Brooks sat in a barber chair and defined a quandary that Gen. David H. Petraeus hoped to resolve during his much-anticipated testimony to Congress.


At Every Age, Feeling the Effects of Too Little Sleep

Even toddlers donât get enough rest, but the real agony starts in the teens.


New Drug Shows Promise Against Liver Cancer

An investigational cancer drug called BAY 43-9006 stabilized or shrank tumors in 52 percent of people with advanced primary liver cancer, a new study shows.


Syrian dies of wounds after embassy raid

The bold attack on the U.S. Embassy has thrown new light on what President Bashar Assad calls the growing threat in Syria from Islamic extremists. But some critics say the regime is exaggerating the problem for its own political gain.


Tom Boonen wins stage 12 of the Tour de France in Castres from green jersey rivals Erik Zabel and Robbie Hunter.


Delta aims to start UAL, Northwest merge talks: report

Delta Air Lines Inc  plans on Friday to ask its board permission to begin formal merger talks with both Northwest Airlines Corp  and United Airlines parent UAL Corp , the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.


Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton's effort to win Ohio's critical presidential primary got a boost Tuesday when former senator and astronaut John Glenn endorsed her candidacy.


Slim Shady is back again and pulling no punches in his controversial new video "Just Lose It." This time, he's targeting the King of Pop and, apparently, the King is popping back.


Bangladesh ex-PM Khaleda arrested on graft charge

Security forces arrested former Bangladesh prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia for corruption on Monday, underlining the interim government's drive to root out graft under an emergency rule imposed eight months ago.


As many as 250,000 Japanese are estimated to be making free phone calls around the world over the Internet thanks, indirectly, to a controversial file-swapping technology.


House's Author of Drug Benefit Joins Lobbyists

Representative Billy Tauzin will become president of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the chief lobby for brand-name drug companies.


World of Warcraft Totals 10 Million Subscribers

Blizzard Entertainment says that World of Warcraft is, by far, the most popular MMORPG ever made.


Obama wins most of early delegates in SC

Sen. Barack Obama won at least 19 delegates in South Carolina's Democratic primary, with 15 delegates still to be awarded. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton won at least nine delegates and former Sen. John Edwards won at least two.


Don't let anyone else decide how comfortable your retirement will be.


NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Chicago Bears won in overtime on a safety, ending a game that saw 20 punts. Alex Brown sacked backup Billy Volek in the end zone, and the Bears beat Tennessee 19-to-17.


Apple, Cisco reach agreement on iPhone name

Network equipment maker Cisco Systems  Inc.  and Apple Inc.  said on Wednesday they  had reached an agreement that allows both to use the "iPhone"  name, after Cisco sued the iPod maker for using it for a new  multimedia phone.


Implementing Automated Error Prevention in Web Services Development Methodology

This paper from Parasoft discusses implementing the Parasoft Automated Error Prevention (AEP) Methodology into your development process with the objective of establishing fundamental development practices for a reliable Web service.


Surgeons Push for Less Invasive Lung Cancer Procedures

FRIDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) - Less invasive lung surgery should become the first option for cancer patients, U.S. experts say.


Da Mosca dove partecipa a commissione Italia-Russia


Social Equality Comes With a Beat, Again

âStep Up 2 the Streetsâ posits a universe where racial and class differences are minor obstacles to fun and pretends its clichÃ©s arenât clichÃ©s.


Germany calls for end to Iran's isolation, incentives to end nuclear ambitions

MUNICH, Germany  - Germany appealed Saturday for the United States to join Europe in ending Iran's isolation, saying economic and security incentives were needed to persuade Tehran to abandon its nuclear ambitions.


Apple chooses O2 as iPhone carrier in UK

O2 UK, part of Spanish telecoms giant  Telefonica, and European mobile phone retailer Carphone  Warehouse have clinched the long-awaited deal to bring Apple  Inc's prized iPhone to Britain.


Ron Zook is out as coach at Florida, and one of the nation's most prominent jobs should attract some big names. Here's a look at the top candidates: Steve Spurrier, former Florida coach: Why not?


Cause Is Still Unknown; Another Incident Leaves 4 Marines Dead

A search and rescue team has reached the site of the crash, and an investigation is being conducted.


Tucson diocese files for bankruptcy in abuse cases

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson filed for bankruptcy protection Monday under the weight of debt and pending litigation from clerical sex abuse cases.


Bollywood megastar Bachchan meets Pakistani students to boost ties

Bollywood mega star Amitabh Bachchan met with a group of Pakistani students as part of a wider initiative to deepen cultural ties between India and Pakistan.


Delphi Accepts Offer That Gives a Bigger Stake to Creditors

Delphi said yesterday that it had accepted an offer led by private-equity firm Appaloosa Management to invest as much as $2.55 billion in the bankrupt auto-parts maker.


Italian property services firm Gruppo Norman signs a deal with Libya's government to build and manage one of the country's largest tourist resorts.


Syrians Disassembling Ruins at Site Bombed by Israel, Officials Say

Syria has begun dismantling the remains of a site Israel bombed Sept. 6 in what may be an attempt to prevent the location from coming under international scrutiny, said U.S. and foreign officials familiar with the aftermath of the attack.


A five-year-old victim of a Tunisian bomb attack brings a case against  Europe's biggest travel agency, TUI.


Jose Mourinho and John Terry are named manager and player of the month respectively for January.


L'Isola dei nottambuli guida alla tv di qualità

Da Bruno Bozzetto alla regina Elisabetta, da Giorgio Albertazzi a Umberto D. Tutto quello che avreste sempre voluto vedere in tv ee non avete mai osato chiedere


Staff Writer. 12/21/04 The trial of Michael Jackson will begin Jan. 31, a judge said Monday after rejecting a defense request to postpone the child-molestation case.


NASA finds no evidence of drunken astronauts

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida  - A NASA investigation found no evidence that drunken astronauts boarded spacecraft or jets, the U.S. space agency's lead safety officer said on Wednesday.


Prosecutor calls for shorter political ban on disgraced former French PM

The prosecution at an appeal hearing by former French prime minister Alain Juppe, found guilty on corruption charges, called on the court Wednesday to slash the period of his disqualification from public office ...


New Zealand's Lloyd Jones won the 2007 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for "Mister Pip," a novel about a teacher who uses literature to help children endure chaos on a war-torn Pacific island.


Windows upgrade fixes security flaws, but it's not perfect

Microsoft is making a major push to get home and business customers to embrace the security-focused overhaul to its Windows XP computer operating system.


The World Bank says China's economic boom will soften this year's expected global economic slowdown.


âOvertreated,â by Shannon Brownlee, is the best description I have yet read of a huge economic problem that we know how to solve â but is so often misunderstood.


Actors Jude Law and Sienna Miller attend world premiere of the movie remake of Alfie in London's Leicester Square.


FIFA president Sepp Blatter seemingly encouraged England to bid for the World Cup in 2018 following a meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday.


APHC Real Kashmiri Representative: Islamabad

Islamabad, Nov. 27 (NNN) : Rejecting Indiaâs assertion to the contrary, Pakistan has said that the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) is the real representative of Kashmiri people.


Study: Surgery Viable Option For Treating Chest Pain In Elderly

A new study finds that elderly people who undergo surgery or angioplasty to treat chest pain fare just as well in the long-term as those treated with medication.


The consensus is clear: Britney Spears performed like she was sloshing blindfolded through mud at MTV's Video Music Awards. No one disputes that the troubled pop princess royally mangled her much-heralded comeback.


Arctic science outpost a refuge from the world

When Soviet leader  Leonid Brezhnev died and the Communist propaganda machine  organized a mass outpouring of grief, Sergei Zimov hardly  noticed.


Man Group sets price range for U.S. unit IPO

Britain's Man Group Plc , the world's biggest listed hedge fund firm, said on Thursday it had set the indicative price range for the initial public offering of its U.S. brokerage business at $36 to $39 a share.


Microsoft and Yahoo! trumpet their own anti-Google privacy policies

Just like Ask.com Unable to keep up with Google's market share, the other big search engines are determined to top its privacy policies. Last week, Ask.com announced new software that keeps web searches completely anonymous - a first among major search engines - and now Microsoft and Yahoo! have unveiled their own brand-spanking-new privacy principles.â¦


Two Top CIA Officials Quit Amid Revolt at Spy Agency

The top two officials at the CIA's clandestine unit resigned on Monday amid a revolt over the management of the agency at a time when it is fighting terrorism and aiding the US war in Iraq.


War widow dedicates Wiccan plaque symbol

The widow of a soldier killed in Afghanistan saw a Wiccan symbol placed on a memorial plaque for her husband Saturday, after fighting the federal government for more than a year over the emblem.


Hello? Is This the Nursing Home? Long Distance Calling. From Heaven.

Elliot Greenebaum's hardheaded comedy has the guardedly facetious tone of a fake documentary.


Kirk Hinrich is the driving force behind a Chicago Bulls team that, if the season ended today, would be in the playoffs for the first time since 1998.


Desperately seeking new Italian EU commissioner, PM mooting ...

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is preparing this week to both reshuffle his shaky coalition government and name a new appointee to the European Commission, with his foreign minister seen likely to get the nod to go to Brussels.


Movie and record industry executives want Americaâs highest court to review a ruling legitimizing peer-to-peer software, but file-sharing networks wonât give up the fight.


Evidence has emerged suggesting France's interior minister was aware of an alleged plot to smear Nicolas Sarkozy.


A Â£570,000 scheme to fight school bullying in England will be expensive and ineffective, a charity claims.


Renowned value fund manager Jon D. Markman offers stock recommendations and investing strategies in his weekly newsletter, TheStreet.com Value Investor. Act now for a free trial.


NEW ZEALANDERS are likely to get a legal entitlement to broadband under a proposal for a new, contestable Kiwi Share agreement that Communications Minister David Cunliffe expects to put in front of the Cabinet by the end of the year.


Rumsfeld says remarks on Hussein-Al Qaeda link 'misunderstood'

US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was forced to go into damage control mode Monday hours after a statement he made began to spread through the media.


Young voters -- a wild card in 2006 U.S. elections

A tech-savvy college senior with a   passion for politics, Ryan Briggs is fed up with the White   House and is urging young Democrats to stand up for their   party. But he's not waving placards or handing out fliers.


Tens Of Thousands Rally In Jerusalem Against Sharon Plan

An estimated 70,000 people flooded Zion Square in downtown Jerusalem Sunday night to protest Prime Minister Sharon`s proposed Gaza disengagement plan.


Memoirs of bad speller Napoleon hit auction record

Two hundred years after he crowned himself emperor of France, a handwritten draft of Napoleon Bonaparte's memoirs -- littered with spelling mistakes -- have fetched a record price at auction in Paris.


Peanuts creator Schulz led secret life of misery

Good Grief, Charles Schulz. The creator of the beloved Peanuts comic strip was a shy, lonely man who used his child-like drawings to depict a life of deep melancholy, according to a controversial new biography.


Women, it seems, have finally upended the double standard that allows scandal-slagged men to re-emerge to a hero's welcome while the ladies are pushed back down into the muck.


ATLANTA - The Houston Astros try to move a step closer to winning a playoff series for the first time, taking a 1-0 lead into Thursday's Game 2 against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field.    The NL East champion Braves can't afford to go down 0-2 in a best-of-five series heading to Minute Maid Park, where the Astros have an 18-game winning streak...


Cubans in Havana speak their minds under close watch

HAVANA -- Miguel is in mid sentence when his face darkens and his eyes dart to the ground. His mouth is still open, but no words come out.


Typhoon Meari Hits South Japan, Triggers Floods

A record eighth typhoon swept through  southern Japan on Wednesday, killing at least two people,  triggering floods and strong winds that forced the evacuation  of tens of thousands.


AMD not feeling heat of Intel breakthrough

InfoWorld - Advanced Micro Devices is undaunted by rival Intel’s recent headline-grabbing announcements of 45-nm (nanometer) processing technology and a deal to supply Xeon chips to Sun Microsystems.


Gli uomini di Mancini battono l'Atalanta 3 a 0


Pakistani court due to rule on Musharraf vote bid

Lawyers summed up arguments on Wednesday as Pakistan's Supreme Court prepared to issue a landmark ruling on challenges to General Pervez Musharraf's bid for another term in an October 6 presidential election.


The Irish Government is sending an immediate technical team to the...

The Irish Government is sending an immediate technical team to the Asian tsunami region to decide if Irish troops are needed.


Architectural Benefactor J. Irwin Miller Dies

J. Irwin Miller, 95, the industrialist and philanthropist who guided Cummins Engine Co. to international prominence and helped shape his home town of Columbus, Ind., into an architectural gem, died Aug. 16 at his home in Columbus. No cause of death was ...


British lobby government to enter talks with Tehran

Leading faith groups, trade unions and charities in Britain have warned against any possible military action against Iran and urged Prime Minister Tony Blair to put pressure on the US to enter talks with ...Comment


Consumer Priority Service Inc.'s humble little stand at the International Consumer Electronics Show has no blaring speakers, no shiny flat-screen display, no "booth babes" in tight clothes. But it is memorable for its honesty.


Candidates Hit Crucial Swing States of Ohio and Pennsylvania

President Bush attacked John Kerry's health plan; Christopher Reeve's widow backed Mr. Kerry, citing his stem cell policy.


EU Med states call for Mideast peace conference

The foreign ministers of France, Italy, Spain and seven other European states called on Monday for an international conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and said Israel should make more concessions for peace.


Ducks on brink of Stanley Cup after Game Four win

Andy McDonald scored a pair of goals and set up another as Anaheim edged the Ottawa Senators 3-2 Monday to leave the Ducks on the brink of their first Stanley Cup.


Kobe Bryant seeks trade from L.A. Lakers

Kobe Bryant asked to be traded from the Lakers on Wednesday, a day after calling the team's front office "a mess."


Talks Continue After China Hostage Deadline Passes

WANA, Pakistan  - Islamic militants holding two  Chinese engineers hostage in Pakistan threatened to kill one on  Monday unless security forces ended a siege of their hideout.


Officer Says Jackson's Maid Acted Suspiciously

Michael Jackson's maid acted suspiciously during a raid at his ranch last year and may have been trying to throw off police, a sheriff's deputy testified on Thursday at a hearing in the pop star's child molestation case.


Milano, 23:42 - CALCIO, MILAN; ANCELOTTI: SICURO DELLA REAZIONE

"Il peggio è passato? Beh, quella di stasera è stata una vittoria importante per il gi...


Iraq's parliament on Wednesday passed three key pieces of legislation that set a date for provincial elections, allot $48 billion for 2008 spending, and provide limited amnesty to detainees in Iraqi custody.


Leak Probe Participants To Testify Today on Hill

Members of Congress plan to grill current and former executives of Hewlett-Packard Co. today about their roles in a surveillance scandal and to determine whether broader ethics or privacy laws are needed to safeguard consumers.


Dime guys relieved to watch pro hoops again

So we caught most of the Rockets-Kings exhibition game in Shanghai, China this morning. It felt damn good to be watching NBA hoops again.


EBay's online payments division, PayPal, will pay $169 million for an Israeli security company specializing in detecting online fraud, the companies said Monday. The deal should close within 30 days.


Ivory Coast's Gbagbo Orders New Jets After French Strikes

Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo said he's ordered new aircraft and vowed to buy more if necessary after France wiped out the country's two-plane air force in response to a strike on the former colonial ruler's own troops.


Combinazione: 23-31-62-65-69-89, Jolly 49, Superstar 46


The contractor and other US firms working in Iraq could be subject to prosecution from several quarters.


Oakland Raiders defensive line coach Sam Clancy was taken from the team's practice facility on a stretcher Thursday and rushed to a hospital after complaining of chest pains and shortness of breath during practice.


R.I.M. Quarterly Earnings More Than Double

Research in Motionâs fiscal third-quarter profit more than doubled on strong demand for its BlackBerry smart phones and related services by consumers and businesses.


Army Pathologist Apologizes in Abuse Case

An Army pathologist apologized Thursday for misplacing body parts that are key to the case against a Marine major accused of abusing an Iraqi prisoner last year.


Business leaders appeal for crisis leadership

DAVOS, Switzerland  - Business leaders rattled by a slump in global markets urged the U.S. and other central banks on Wednesday to get a grip on the global economy and some accused the Federal Reserve of losing its nerve.


Sheryl Crow Says Accused Stalker Alarmed Her

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


Sainsbury's is set to create 3,000 jobs as it looks to improve services at its supermarkets, newspapers have reported. The new staff will be used to keep shelves better stocked and give shoppers a better service


A nonpartisan national group is trying to get a record number of voters to the polls this year. By MARK ZALOUDEK. Scientists are unlocking some of the mysteries of the universe as planetary exploration forges ahead on several fronts.


Southern California businesses shuttered by fires

Many Southern California companies shut down or pared back operations on Tuesday as more than a dozen wildfires raged out of control in the region.


Chevron successfully tests new US Gulf oil discovery

A Chevron Corp.-led CVX.N group said   on Tuesday it successfully drilled a widely watched exploration   well in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, sparking hopes it could be   among the biggest recent U.S. oil discoveries.


Man in yellow quits kids super group The Wiggles

The frontman of one of Australia's  most successful entertainers, children's group The Wiggles,  quit on Thursday to battle a rare illness.


OPEC cuts 1 mln barrels in 1st reduction since 2004

OPEC will take one million barrels of oil a day off oversupplied world markets as soon as possible with its first output cut in more than two years, a senior OPEC delegate said on Thursday, sending oil prices up nearly $1.50.


A group representing UK media companies calls on the BBC Trust not to allow adverts on its international websites.


Tony Blair says his country's troops have done their job in Basra. But analysts say the situation there is far worse


Freshman guard Daniel Gibson scored 19 points and started Texas' run of second-half 3-pointers Wednesday, leading the Longhorns to a 95-70 victory over Tennessee in the third-place game of the Maui Invitational.


Report: Toshiba halts HD DVD production, mulling future

Toshiba has halted production of HD DVD players and recorders, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported Saturday evening


Centrosinistra lombardo parla di 'negazionismo storico'


Lot of Good 12 Pro Bowl Picks Did for Cowboys

The Giants, a team that one player called an all-Joe team, roared into Texas Stadium with a patchwork secondary and upset a Cowboys team filled with an N.F.L.-record 12 Pro Bowlers.


Crude oil surpassed $50 a barrel for the first time and analysts said Tuesday that prices could keep rising because of a sharp rise in global demand, tight supplies and threats to output in petroleum-producing nations such as Iraq and Nigeria.


Or at least that is the way in Madrid, Spain's couture shows. One of the major fashion capitals in the world recently banned models with body mass indexes (BMI) of under 18 from participating in the shows. This rule eliminated many supermodels includin...


Jewish settlement agrees to removal from Gaza in boost for Sharon ...

Residents of a small Jewish settlement said Sunday they've struck a deal to move to a village inside Israel, giving a boost to the government's contentious Gaza pullout plan by becoming the first community to agree to be


Understanding our impact The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched an extension of its Living Planet research programme dedicated to understanding the impact human activity has on our planet.â¦


Ten former WorldCom board members   agree to pay $54m (Â£28.85m) to settle their part in a class action lawsuit brought by investors, reports say.


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Obama under attack ahead of New Hampshire debates

NASHUA, New Hampshire  - Barack Obama's bid to be America's first black president is under fire from Democrats and Republicans alike before political debates on Saturday to help voters pick who to vote for in New Hampshire's primary.


THE Ugandan government and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels are to sign an historic ceasefire to pave the way for peace talks to end 18 years of conflict in the north of the


The undefeated New England Patriots aren't taking the only shot at history this weekend. There's a strong chance that this could be the most-watched Super Bowl ever.


Dublino, 14:48 - GOLF, RYDER CUP: EUROPA ALLUNGA SUGLI STATI UNITI

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President Joseph Kabila accused Rwanda on Friday of trying to cause a confrontation with Congo in an effort to disrupt Congolese moves to secure the country and move toward elections next year.


MIAMI Â· In adding Shaquille O'Neal, the Heat bolstered itself for the season's biggest challenges. But coach Stan Van Gundy warned Tuesday that he won't back down from the little ones, either.


HIV (human immunodeficiency infection) tends to spread among women at a far greater speed than among men, a new report reveals. The "feminization" of AIDS appears to reflect a maturing of the epidemic, said


Lens Fluid Maker Says Link to Infection Unsolved

Advanced Medical Optics had no explanation yet of why its contact lens care product might be contributing to an outbreak of eye infections.


Lockheed Renews Bid to Kill Some Boeing Contracts

Lockheed Martin Corp. said Friday it  had refiled protests seeking U.S. revocation of Boeing Co.  contracts valued at more than $6 billion, part of the biggest  Pentagon procurement scandal in more than a decade.


Update 5: Crude Oil Prices Rise Above $46 a Barrel

Oil futures surged 5 percent Friday to reach their highest level this month as colder weather sent shivers through the spines of investors who had been anticipating lower prices.


'Sholay' remake clears legal hurdles with new name

Ace Bollywood director Ram Gopal Varma's much-talked about remake of superhit "Sholay" is set for release with the Delhi High Court Monday giving it a green signal under the title "Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag".


When it comes to US Olympic basketball, men are from Mars and women are from Venus. And Venus is a much happier planet right now. On a day when the US men's team settled


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O.J. Shelved: Top 10 Other Celebrity Book Titles

With no O.J. book, we have some suggestions for other reading material.


Liverpool City Council is to decide later if it wants to set up a prostitution tolerance zone in the city.


Symfony Project: What do you use symfony for?

The symfony project asks the community on their blog what sorts of projects they're using the framework for:    We are trying to get a better view of the use of symfony, and of what people think are its strongest and weakest points.   If you have five minutes to spare, we'd love to have your feedback on the matter. There is a poll thread in the forum where you can express your opinion.    If you're a user of the symfony framework, be sure to head over to the post and grab the list of questions they'd like to hear about. Tons of developers have already responded, so add your answers today!


Streaking Knicks Beat Timberwolves 100-87

New York Knicks' Stephon Marbury scores in the second quarter against the Orlando Magic in Orlando, Fla. Monday, Dec. 27, 2004.


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Broadway theatres pay tribute to Cy Coleman, composer of musicals such as Sweet Charity, who died on Thursday.


US to set up cluster bomb clearance team

The United States will create a team of experts to defuse cluster bombs and other explosives that pose a threat to civilians after the end of a conflict, U.S. officials said Wednesday.


Bombings in Iraq kill 35 children, wound scores of others

A string of bombs killed 35 children and wounded scores of others as US troops handed out candy Thursday at a government-sponsored celebration to inaugurate a sewage plant.


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LA court orders Anna Nicole's body preserved

DANIA BEACH, Florida  - A California judge on Friday refused to order an emergency DNA test on the remains of former Playboy Playmate Anna Nicole Smith but ordered her body preserved until a February 20 hearing in the paternity case surrounding her baby.


Punishment of US soldiers for abusing Iraqi inmates

Four US special operations task soldiers punished for unauthorized use of Taser electric stun guns on prisoners in Iraq. By Jim Mannion - WASHINGTON.


Gertrude Dunn, a pilot who played in a women's professional baseball league immortalized in the 1992 film "A League of Their Own," died in a plane crash at 72.


The young Palestinian man was dressed in shorts and a T-shirt on a cold winter morning as he walked in front of heavily armed Israeli soldiers on a door-to-door sweep of three apartments in a crowded West Bank neighborhood.


Get Your Flu Shot, Health Officials Urge Americans

Pointing to last year's early and  unusually harsh influenza season, U.S. health officials urged  Americans on Thursday to get their flu shots.


Russian prosecutors charge Chechen with terrorism, murder in school siege

MOSCOW  - Russian prosecutors charged a Chechen man with terrorism and murder in the deadly hostage-taking at a school in southern Russia, the Interfax news agency reported Tuesday.


Bush, Kerry Spar Over Missing Explosives

President Bush addresses supporters during a rally at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Mich., Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio).


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Sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 game machine sales totaled 1.2 million in North America during the key holiday season, the electronics and entertainment company said Monday. The performance gave a lift to its Blu-ray video format because the console also works as a Blu-ray player.


U.S. prepared to reduce agricultural subsidies: Bush

ANCHORENA PARK, Uruguay  - The United States is prepared to reduce agricultural subsidies but wants to ensure market access for goods, President George W. Bush said on Saturday during a tour of Latin America.


University students are warned over possible legal action for criticising lecturers on two websites.


The South Indian died of a heart attack in Chennai on Sunday night.


Chinese Buyer of PC Unit Is Moving to I.B.M.'s Hometown

China's largest computer maker, which purchased I.B.M's personal computer business, is moving its headquarters to New York.


Steelcase Inc. SCS.N, the world's  largest office-furniture maker, on Thursday said quarterly  earnings fell sharply, though not as much as expected, helped  by stronger demand and cost cuts.


Tougher funding standards are needed to prevent a repeat of money market turmoil, the FSA says.


Two blasts have killed up to 18 people, including an American soldier, in Baghdad hours before US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived to gauge efforts to calm violence ahead of January elections.


COMPUTER maker Gateway said it has agreed to repurchase stock held by America Online for $US316 million ($422 million). AOL, which is a unit of media and entertainment company Time Warner, invested $US800 million in Gateway in 1999.


On the surface, it s just a basic, functional concrete bridge. No Golden Gate, just a new way to get from the eastern edge of Lynchburg to Madison Heights.


New York restaurants drop trans fats ahead of ban

New Yorkers are worried that when a citywide ban on artificial trans fats goes into effect on Sunday, French fries will lose their crunch.


Bush works for peace in Northern Ireland

CRAWFORD, Texas President Bush says he'll do "anything" he can to help keep the Northern Ireland peace process moving forward.


Viareggio, 19:45 - CALCIO, TORNEO DI VIAREGGIO: I RISULTATI DELLA GIORNATA

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UEFA Chief Executive Lars-Christer Olsson has underlined UEFA's firm commitment to its stance on the local training of players.


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WHITE PLAINS, New York  - Disgraced Olympic sprinter Marion Jones was sentenced to six months in prison on Friday for lying to federal prosecutors about her steroid use.


EMOTIONAL Glen Boss admitted he put too much pressure on himself talking up Makybe Diva's chances before the Melbourne Cup yesterday.


Buffeted by the hand of man and the hand of nature, Haiti may be on the verge of becoming ungovernable and ecologically ruined. If there ever was a case for forceful action by the United Nations, Haiti is it.


Top justice is treated for cancer, court says

WASHINGTON Chief Justice William Rehnquist has thyroid cancer and has undergone an operation on his trachea in the course of treatment, the US Supreme Court announced Monday.


A car bomb targeted a U.S. diplomatic vehicle in Beirut on Wednesday, killing at least three people, but the U.S. State Department said no Americans were hurt in the blast.


Macquarie-led bid for Qantas clears another hurdle

A consortium led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  came closer to clinching an $8.7 billion takeover of Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd.  on Monday after the airline released an independent report saying the offer was fair.


David Beckham Fans Beware: Trojan Makers Are Targeting

David Beckham has made it into the news, once again. But Beckham has done nothing for this publicity. Computer hackers have created a trojan virus attached to software by claiming to have sleazy photographs of the soccer star.


Baghdad, Sept. 25 (NNN): In the third kidnapping of foreigners in the Iraqi capital in less than three weeks, armed men have snatched two Egyptians from their office in Baghdad.


N. Korea Remains Are Not of Japan Citizen

Japan lodged a formal complaint with North Korea on Wednesday after tests showed that human remains which Pyongyang claimed belonged to a Japanese citizen abducted decades ago by communist agents are those of someone else.


Japan wonât pullout troops after kidnapping

A group threatened to execute a Japanese hostage in Iraq unless Japan pulls out its forces, but Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said on Wednesday that the Japanese troops would remain in the country.


Directors Guild, studios reach contract deal

The Hollywood directors' union reached a contract deal with major film and TV studios on Thursday in a move likely to renew momentum for settling a 10-week-old writers strike that has crippled the industry and clouded the year-end Oscar season.


Dublino, 08:48 - CALCIO, IRLANDA: ESONERATO CT STAUNTON

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Newly-crowned Sports Personality of the Year Kelly Holmes promises to keep on running next year.


Fashion Wire Daily - Fashion Wire Daily November 11, 2004 - New York - "I hate shopping," declared MTV veejay-turned-model-turned-actress-turned-author Karen "Duff" Duffy, as she sat in the back of a cab that was speeding her from one Manhattan store to another. "I would rather be the last female on a Greek freighter than spend a day shopping — especially for clothes."


Since ABC News aired some of its most graphic footage of the Iraq War on "World News" Monday, it has been viewed 251,000 times online and attracted more than 500 comments — including one from the mother of an American soldier whose death was depicted.


Violinist Rachel Barton Pine is on a quest to spread classical music. She goes on rock stations and plays heavy metal songs on her Guarneri violin, then throws in a little Paganini. She has established a foundation to help disadvantaged youngsters buy instruments and travel to competitions. And her albums often highlight not-so-famous composers whose works are worth knowing.


Vang pleads not guilty in huntersâ slayings

HAYWARD - A man accused of shooting six deer hunters to death and wounding two others after they caught him trespassing in some northwestern Wisconsin woods pleaded not guilty Wednesday.


Mount St. Helens Crater Shaken by Earthquake

The earthquake, which struck on Saturday at the crater at Mount St. Helens, measured 3.1 on the Richter scale, making it the strongest quake at the volcano since mid-October.


Oil prices fell for the fifth day in a  row on Thursday after word of a peace deal in the embattled  Iraqi city of Najaf raised hopes of more reliable oil shipments  from the energy-rich country and encouraged a run of  profit-taking by big money speculators.


Stocks fell on Tuesday as signs of strength in the services sector and comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke put an interest rate cut further out on the horizon, with surging bond yields adding to concerns.


CHIRIJUYU, Guatemala  - President George W. Bush helped Guatemalan small farmers load crates of lettuce onto a truck on Monday to demonstrate the benefits of free trade in Latin America, where Washington's power is being questioned by leftist leaders.


Summit Saturday on Fighting Poverty in Utah

A coalition of low-income Utahns and faith-based groups will host the third annual People's Summit on Poverty to brainstorm about ways to fight poverty in Utah.  The summit, sponsored by the Utah Poverty Partnership, will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Horizonte School, 1234 S.


The Incredible Shrinking Investment Bank

Once Wall Street stalwarts, the future of Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley are now being questioned - a sign of the broad changes in the financial landscape in recent years.


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US scramjet clocks nearly 10 times speed of sound

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California  - A US hypersonic experimental scramjet, the X-43A, raced into the record books, flying at a world-record speed nearly 10 times faster than sound, NASA confirmed.


A court on Monday jailed a same-sex couple for three years for perjury — prompting the defendants to ask the president for help.


Islamic Hamas leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef said Friday that his movement is conditionally willing to accept a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.


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U.S. hedge fund eyeing Centro stake: source

SYDNEY/PHILADELPHIA  - Centro Properties Group , Australia's second high-profile victim of a global credit crunch, is attracting interest from U.S. hedge fund Citadel Investment Group, a source familiar with the situation said.


Troubled soul singer Amy Winehouse has been released on bail after being arrested last night in connection with an investigation into perverting the course of justice


Royal's proposals earn applause, sneers in France

French commentators gave a mixed response on Monday to Segolene Royal's 100 proposals for her presidential bid, saying the plans targeted both Socialist and more conservative voters, but lacked detail on financing.


Federal investigators continue looking for cause of Hendrick plane ...

PATRICK SPRINGS, Va. Airport officials in Virginia say pilots of at least 20 other planes decided it was too dangerous to land at the airport near where a Hendrick Motorsports plane went down.


Uruguay bans sales of medicine containing rofecoxib

The Uruguayan government has decided to ban the sales of medicine containing rofecoxib, which is used against arthritis and severe pain, local media reported Saturday.


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You Think Santa Is Busy? Talk to a Wood Toy Maker

With customers leery of buying toys made in China, makers of wooden toys say in the U.S. they can barely keep up with demand and are hiring extra employees.


A powerful earthquake sent a six-foot-high tsunami crashing into a beach resort on Indonesia's Java island Monday, damaging hotels and sending boats smashing into houses, a witness told a local radio station.


NY cleans up after asbestos-tainted explosion

Workers cleaned asbestos-tainted debris on Thursday from an explosion of a steam pipe that rocked Manhattan as some New Yorkers questioned official reassurances that the air was safe to breathe.


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The United States might delay activating its proposed missile defense sites in Europe until it has "definitive proof" of a missile threat from Iran, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday.


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ODESSA Friday Night Lights, students at Permian High School walk the corridors wearing Friday Night Lights T-shirts. Friday Night Lights memorabilia flies off the shelves at the Permian gift shop, the Panthers Den.


The United States has fought back against widespread attacks on its AIDS policies, insisting that it is leading the fight against the killer epidemic and spending more money on it than the rest of the world combined.


Drug + Therapy Combo Best for Teen Depression

Aug. 17, 2004 -- Treating depressed teenagers with a combination of antidepressants and psychotherapy is better than either treatment approach alone, according to a major new study.


ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - An Australian teenager was killed Thursday in the country's second fatal shark attack within a week. The 18-year-old male was being towed on his surfboard by three other teenagers in


Souness backs Boumsong to be king of defenders

Newcastle boss Graeme Souness believes his new eight-million-pound acquisition Jean-Alain Boumsong could become one of the best central defenders in the Premiership.


Timing isn't everything when it comes to the Academy Awards — but it helps.


Businesses say 'no way' Irish businesses are holding back from taking advantage of modern technologies because they are concerned about potential risks.â¦


The bodies of all 17 men who had been trapped underground after a mine explosion in southern Poland have been found, bringing the final death toll to 23, the mining company said Thursday.Comment


Damron Takes Clubhouse Lead at Bob Hope Classic

Robert Damron eagled his final hole  for an eight-under-par 64 to grab the first round clubhouse  lead at the $4.7 million Bob Hope Classic on Wednesday.


WASHINGTON - Concern about national security is dominating public attention in the final months of the presidential campaign because of continuing fears of terrorism and unhappiness about the war in Iraq, according to a poll released Wednesday.   "For the first time since the Vietnam era, national security issues are looming larger than economic issues in an election year," said Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press...


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The electronic audience measurement tool, the âpeople meter,â has so far produced odd results.


British Hostage's Mom Pleads for His Life

LONDON Sept. 23, 2004 - The 86-year-old mother of a Briton held hostage in Iraq pleaded with his captors to free him Thursday, days after they beheaded two Americans kidnapped along with him.


Japan death toll from Meari rises to 19, 8 missing

The death toll from a tropical storm buffeting Japan rose yesterday to 19 after searchers found more victims, including two men buried inside their homes beneath mud and debris that had barreled down a mountainside.


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Senate rejects estate, minimum wage bill

A Republican election-year effort to fuse a cut in inheritance taxes on multimillion-dollar estates with the first minimum wage increase in nearly a decade was rejected by the Senate late Thursday.


PAMPLICO, S.C. -- The living room of Sam Ard's brown doublewide trailer speaks to his short but successful NASCAR career. Trophies surround the fireplace and crowd its mantel. Plaques and pictures dot the living room walls. What's not there speaks to Ard's life after NASCAR, the two championship...


Taiwan market: LGE launches three mobile phones, including one ...

LG Electronics (LGE) announced the availability of three mobile-phone models, the T5100, L3100 and L1100, in Taiwan on November 6. The T5100 features the companyâs first model equipped with a 1.3-megapixel camera.


Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , top banker to blue-chip companies, sees big opportunities in smaller deals.


The outgoing US homeland security chief says the use of torture is acceptable in extreme circumstances.


Oil sets new record on lengthy US supply outage

Oil prices hit a new record near $51 a barrel yesterday as a prolonged US production outage following Hurricane Ivan attracted fresh speculative buying.


Tropical depression hits Acapulco resort

A tropical depression unleashed heavy rain and crashing waves on the Mexican resort city of Acapulco on Wednesday, flooding streets and forcing authorities to close the port to small boats.


History Through the Eyes of a Frightened Child

"Machuca," which is Chile's submission to this year's Academy Awards, is both sweet and stringent, attuned to the wonders of childhood as well as its cruelty and terror.


Government transport advisers are preparing for the launch of the world's largest road-tolling scheme to see whether it provides a workable model for the introduction of universal charging in Britain.


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Candidates go all out in campaign's last days

SAGINAW, Mich. - President Bush and Sen. John Kerry continued a bruising series of attacks on each other's ability to serve as commander in chief Thursday as the presidential race entered the final weekend of campaigning.


China has identified a lethal strain of bird flu among pigs at several farms, but has not revealed the locations, the New York Times reported Saturday.


Irruzione in tre depostiti Maxi sequestro di botti all'alba

BENEVENTO, 30 NOVEMBRE 2004 - Circa quattro tonnellate di fuochi pirotecnici proibiti sono stati sequestrati in serata dalla Guardia di Finanza in provincia di Benevento. Si tratta del primo maxisequestro


Julio Mazo plopped down in the back of a commuter bus late one morning recently, pulled out a newspaper and promptly fell asleep.


N800 model coughs up wireless calls Nokia has made Skype telephone services available via its N800 internet tablet.â¦


Russian Olympic Committee asks CAS to strip Hamilton's gold

The Russian Olympic Committee has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport seeking to strip American cyclist Tyler Hamilton of his Olympic time-trial gold medal and give it to Vyacheslav Ekimov because of a doping controversy.


Two U.S. scientists win Nobel for "gene silencing"

Americans Andrew Fire and Craig Mello won the 2006 Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday for their discovery of how to switch off genes, a potential road to new treatments for diseases from AIDS to blindness and cancer.


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Roma, 11:39 - RUGBY, AZZURRI: BORTOLAMI OUT 6 SETTIMANE

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Waitrose unveils plans to expand overseas with a deal to open its food stores in the United Arab Emirates.


Supreme Court Returns to Divisive Issues

The Supreme Court session starting Monday features many of the same wrenching issues that splintered the justices during the last term and led to some unusually acrimonious dissents. The death penalty, free speech and prison sentences are back on the agenda, along with new topics such as medical marijuana and out-of-state wine purchases that are likely to produce significant disagreement.


MG Rover collapse could cost private sector, ex-workers 1.1 bn dollars

The collapse of carmaker MG Rover could cost Britain's private sector and former workers more than 600 million pounds (879 million euros, 1.1 billion dollars), an official report suggested.


Asian Stocks Slip as Oil Moves Above $55

Asian share markets fell on Monday after oil hit a record above $55 a barrel, with investors cautious ahead of earnings reports from bellwether firms IBM and Texas Instruments later in the day.


Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterback Charlie Batch threw two touchdown passes and the defending Super Bowl champions led the Miami Dolphins 14-10 at halftime of the NFL's season-opening game Thursday night.


Palestinian factions agree on key cabinet posts

MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions have agreed to give key cabinet posts to independents at crisis talks in Saudi Arabia, overcoming a key stumbling block to a unity government, officials said on Thursday.


BRITAIN's highest court has ruled today that the UK Government cannot detain terror suspects indefinitely without trial. Nine judges in the House of Lords ruled in favour of a group of men jailed without charge for up to three years.


Kings and Queens triumph at British film awards

Royalty triumphed at the British film awards on Sunday, with "The Queen" clinching best film and Helen Mirren best actress for her portrayal of the monarch, while "The Last King of Scotland" scooped three awards.


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The EC ends action against France and Germany for breaching eurozone deficit rules as the two members vow to cut their 2005 deficits.


EU court to rule on Microsoft in September

A European court confirmed on Tuesday  that it will rule on September 17 on whether software giant  Microsoft  broke European Union antitrust regulations.


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Oil Rises to Record for 6th Day on Shortfall Concern; Use Jumps

Crude oil rose to a record for a sixth day, passing $54 a barrel in New York, as concern about US supplies grew after the International Energy Agency said demand this year is rising faster than expected.


WELLINGTON, December 29 (Online): Sri Lanka's cricket tour of New Zealand will proceed with a revised itinerary following devastating tidal waves which killed more than 12,000 people in the island nation.


Iran agreed to let UN inspectors visit a nuclear reactor which could produce plutonium, the IAEA says.


Big Changes Seen in Choice for Homeland Security

Administration and Congressional officials said Friday that President Bush's selection of Bernard B. Kerik as the new secretary of homeland security


Christian Gomez doesn't speak a lick of English. But the Argentine midfielder has become so comfortable with United, he doesn't seem to care that hardly any teammates know what he's talking about.


Sudan says AU peacekeepers must leave Darfur by 30 September, as its steps up its offensive against rebels.


Harry Potter author JK Rowling 'outs' Dumbledore

J.K. Rowling has revealed a secret about one of the main characters in her Harry Potter books: the wizard Dumbledore is gay.


Juvenile pornographic incident stuns India

A pornographic incident involving a high school student has recently touched off a nation-wide debate in India on the ethical use of camera phones and on combating cyber crimes.


The District of Columbia Council delayed a vote on funding a new ballpark for the Expos, with Council Chair Linda Cropp proposing another new plan Tuesday.


Windy, bitterly cold weather spread from the northern Plains to the Northeast on Sunday, with blinding snow canceling church services in parts of Michigan and causing a 68-vehicle pileup in Pennsylvania.


Mexico Launches Search For 'Dirty War' Evidence

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 2 -- Teams of investigators and archaeological specialists searched the site of a former military base in western Mexico on Saturday for remains of victims of Mexico's "dirty war."


FedEx Corp. raised first-quarter and fiscal 2005 earnings guidance on Monday, citing strong demand across international express, ground and less-than-truckload services.


Who buys big screen TVs? Basketball nuts

Those 100-inch plus TVs aren't for everyone, but Mark Cuban has one.


Pfizer to stop advertising Celebrex, stands by safety

NEW YORK  - US drug giant Pfizer said it will stop advertising painkiller Celebrex after a trial indicated a heart-attack risk at high doses, but vowed to carry on sales.


It came as a shock to most people in Formula-1 when Ford pulled Jaguar out of next season. They also put up the team for sale. And since then there have been doubts whether the team could make it to next year.


Inzamam-ul-Haq says Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya is the main danger as Pakistan attempt to square the Test series in Karachi.


Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised two key allies in the fight against terrorism who are sometimes at odds, calling Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai two leaders the world is lucky to have. But, Rice added, she expects Pakistan's military leader to fulfill his promise to hold democratic elections next year.


FLOWER MOUND, Texas - Snowbirds from the frigid North are a common sight in Texas, but Carla is a different breed altogether. A trucker found the 11-year-old mixed breed dog in Amarillo a week ago and brought her to a Denton veterinary hospital - 1,600 miles away from her Castle Rock, Wash. home.


The body of a police inspector accused of murdering his wife is found in woodland in Hertfordshire.


How to pick the least objectionable candidate

Not many did. The FCC, ABC, CBS and NBC all seem to agree democracy works best when no one is watching. One hour a night -- and not a moment on opening night.


Sweden's Sandvik to purchase Federal Signal Corp. subsidiary

Swedish engineering company Sandvik AB said Monday it would buy a subsidiary of Federal Signal Corp.


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SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Marlon Brando's son Miko may be called in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial to testify on how he got $20,000 in payments from the pop star.


At a Golden Globes ceremony derailed by striking screenwriters, âAtonementâ won for best drama and âSweeney Toddâ won for best musical or comedy.


Yahoo! China sued for alleged copyright breach

Music industry giants including Warner  Music Group Corp. are suing Yahoo! China for alleged copyright  infringement by providing links to unlicensed music, trade  organization IFPI said on Wednesday.


Cheney won't testify in Libby perjury trial

Vice President Dick Cheney will not testify in the perjury trial of his former aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Libby's lawyer said on Tuesday.


Hundreds flee the port town of Kismayo from forces loyal to a warlord outside Somalia's peace process.


Leaders discuss Kenya, Chad crises as Africa summit wraps up

African Union leaders gathered in Ethiopia were set Saturday to discuss means of containing the violence in Kenya and Chad during a special meeting on the last day of their summit.


In the book, Floyd Landis, last yearâs Tour de France winner, appears to contradict some of the testimony he gave at an arbitration hearing on charges of doping last month.


People selling items over the internet or through newspaper adverts are warned of a sophisticated fraudulent payment scam.


Adidas Launches Stella McCartney Collection

German sports goods maker Adidas-Salomon launched a sportswear collection with designer Stella McCartney on Wednesday, expecting to boost sales by at least 10 million euros ($12 million) next year.


The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, will be outlining his hopes for a third term in office at the Labour Party conference in Brighton today.


Surging Giants will take nothing for granted at Wembley

The surging New York Giants will take nothing for granted when they play the struggling Miami Dolphins in London this weekend.


Canadian hockey geeks now courting Sun's McNealy

'We puck you' Shame on us for assuming that Canadian hockey geeks cared more for homegrown hero RIM CEO Jim Balsillie than Sun Mircrosystems' chief puck chaser Scott McNealy. It turns out that the Geeks on Ice have invited McNealy to their April hockey tournament meant to celebrate the might of Canadian IT.â¦


Equity Office Properties Trust   shareholders on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to approve  Blackstone Group's bid of $23 billion plus the assumption of  debt.


The director of hit movie Amelie is fighting in the French courts to prove his latest film is really French.


Iraqi conference seeks to end sectarian bloodshed

Iraq holds a national conference on Saturday designed to halt mounting sectarian violence that has raised fears of civil war and been a major issue behind U.S. President George W. Bush's decision to review his strategy.


New Blow for Sender ID as AOL Joins Disbelievers

AOL is the latest and largest company to back away from Microsoft's Sender ID software, designed to cut spam by identifying the source of the e-mail.


President Bush Hot Box Office in British Theater

In a country enraged by Tony Blair's decision to join America in invading Iraq, nothing fills a theater faster than a play about George W. Bush.


Greek lawyers cry fowl at Oliver Stone's film based on the Greek king.


North Korea seeks aid amid nuclear arms diplomacy

North Korea is seeking humanitarian aid at talks with the South, an official said on Thursday, signaling Pyongyang was trying to cash in on a reduction of tensions on the Korean peninsula.


Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of painkillers, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medication and other prescription drugs, the New York City medical examiner said Wednesday. The cause of death was "acute intoxication by the combined effects of o...


Obesity pandemic engulfing world: experts

Obesity has reached pandemic proportions throughout the world and is now the greatest single contributor to chronic disease, an international conference was told here.


Tommy Sheridan tenders his resignation as leader of the Scottish Socialist Party with immediate effect.


Food and relief supplies clogged airports across Asia, as the death count from Sunday's tsunami leapt to more than 114,000 in 12 nations.


Senior Iraqi Qaeda-linked militant arrested: TV

A senior leader of an al Qaeda-linked group has been arrested in Iraq, state television Iraqiya said on Friday.


Looser dress codes have arguably made tennis much more fun to watch and turned the U.S. Open into a big American runway event.


Will heavy pocketbooks help Microsoft strangle Google?


Pentagon Confirms Guantanamo Sex Tactics -- Report

A Pentagon investigation and newly  declassified documents confirm detainees' accounts of the use  of sexual tactics by female interrogators at the U.S. military  prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, The Washington Post reported on  Thursday.


Blake Blamed Others for Wife's Murder-Police

When police responded to the scene of his wife's shooting death, Robert Blake became ill and suggested she might have been killed because she worked in the porn business, officers testified at the actor's murder trial on Wednesday.


Nets Sign Coach Frank to Multiyear Extension

Nets Coach Lawrence Frank, the franchiseâs winningest coach, signed a multiyear contract extension with the team, but terms of the deal were not disclosed.


Tsonga, Nieminen and Youzhny through to Aussie Open quarter-finals

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Jarkko Nieminen and Mikhail Youzhny sealed quarter-final berths with four-set victories at the Australian Open on Sunday.


CAIRO, Egypt -- Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate for the Palestinian Authority presidency, said Sunday that Palestinians wanted to begin negotiating final statehood terms with Israel as soon as possible and hoped to reach an accord by the end of next


Putin Seeks New Kremlin Powers to Counter Terrorism

In response to a series of deadly terror attacks in Russia in recent weeks, President Vladimir Putin has announced a number of proposed changes to Russia's political system.


House renews Voting Rights Act unchanged

The renewal of the 1965 voiting Rights Act, passed by the House despite criticism that Southern states were being hounded over their racist past, now faces similar objections from senators who oppose its federal oversight.


Media activists express concern over new Thai cyber law

Thai police will be able to seize computers from homes and businesses under a new cyber-crime law that came into force Wednesday, which authorities say will help crack down on Internet pornography.


Belarus border guards foil parrot smuggler

Border guards in Belarus said on Wednesday they had foiled an attempt to smuggle 277 parrots into the ex-Soviet state -- aboard a bicycle.


EU labor market limits for 2 Balkan states

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. 18 Britain, the Netherlands and Spain plan restrictions on immigrant workers from Bulgaria and Romania once the two states join the European Union Jan.Comment


Bruce A. Stewart lists five hard decisions CIOs should be making this year -- and offers one role model in firmness.


U.S. Pounds Falluja Diehards; Violence in North

FALLUJA, Iraq  - U.S. artillery pummeled Falluja  on Wednesday and troops hunted guerrillas still fighting days  after Washington said its offensive had destroyed rebel control  of the Sunni Muslim city west of Baghdad.


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Yet Another Antitrust Challenge for Microsoft?

Symantec and Adobe complain to the European Commission about Vista security and electronic document features.


Spain's SCH Wins British Bank for $16 Bln

Spanish bank Santander claimed victory for its 8.7 billion pound ($15.6 billion) agreed takeover of Britain's Abbey National after its most likely rival, UK bank HBOS, pulled out of the race.


Bears tackle Johnson out of Sunday's game following arrest

The Chicago Bears said on Friday that tackle Tank Johnson will sit out Sunday's game against Tampa Bay following his arrest on gun charges.


Wal-Mart Stores Inc. saw sales and profits increase during the third quarter this year, even as rising energy costs ate into customersâ spending money.


Oz popstress goes intergalactic The BBC has confirmed that Oz popstress Kylie Minogue will appear in an hour-long Xmas Doctor Who special, enticingly entitled Voyage of the Damned.â¦


Nicole Richie was charged Friday with misdemeanor driving under the influence. In addition to the single count, the case contains an allegation that Richie had a prior misdemeanor DUI conviction in June 2003, the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said.


Guest editorial: The holiday shopping season

While economic policymakers like to chew over weighty issues like current accounts deficits and overnight funds rates, the truth is that the economy rests heavily on everyday


FDA needs to watch drugs ads more closely: report

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration needs to more closely regulate direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs, the Government Accountability Office said on Thursday.


Science ; Ozone blamed in thousands of deaths annually: study

The daily average for ozone nationwide is about 40 parts per billion, but the level can be dramatically higher in summer, especially in urban centers, according to the paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association.


Protests to delay U.S. base move in S.Korea: ministry

Violent protests staged against the U.S. military presence in South Korea are likely to delay a major realignment of U.S. bases in the country, including the closure of a base in Seoul, the defense ministry said on Wednesday.


Vice President Cheney is being treated for a blood clot that his doctor discovered in his left leg, his office announced yesterday.


Still pushing for its big merger with Mandalay Resort Group (MBG ), casino giant MGM Mirage (MGG ) pulled another card out of its sleeve on Nov. 10 with a giant residential and casino project it claims will


Video: The 10 Funniest Mac vs. PC YouTube videos

YouTube members are filling the site with videos that parody the recent "I'm a Mac" - "I'm a PC" advertising campaign.


Arafat: la date piÃ¹ importanti della sua vita

1948 - con la creazione dello Stato di Israele, si rifugia a Gaza e poi in Egitto dove diventa presidente dell'Unione degli studenti palestinesi dal 1952 al 1956. 1969 - viene eletto presidente del Comitato


A former boss of Russia's disbanded oil firm Yukos, Vasily Aleksanyan, goes on trial accused of fraud.


NFL Wrap: Eagles Stay Unbeaten as Akers Boots Winner

David Akers kicked a 50-yard field  goal late in overtime to give the Philadelphia Eagles a 34-31  win over the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League  on Sunday.


Researchers say vaccinating all children against chickenpox is the only way to stop deaths from the illness.


Two people are dead after a small plane misses the runway at an airport in County Galway.


Campbell Soup selling Godiva to Turkish company

Campbell Soup Co.  said on Thursday it agreed to sell its Godiva Chocolatier business for $850 million to Yildiz Holding A.S.


Roger Federer is the first man in the 38 years of Open tennis to reach a sixth straight Grand Slam singles final after beating Nikolay Davydenko on Saturday.


Yovani Gallardo dominates Houston for the second time in two weeks and Corey Hart hits a two-run double to propel Milwaukee to a key NL Central win.


Ivan Roars Toward Caymans in Caribbean Rampage

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands  - Hurricane Ivan  lashed the tiny Cayman Islands with ferocious winds and driving  rain on Sunday after devastating Jamaica and Grenada in a  deadly trek through the Caribbean.


The Prime Minister is set to address the Labour Party conference in Brighton on Tuesday. Send us your comments.


The leader in absorbent clays turns in so-so earnings for the quarter, but bought back a ton of shares.


PowerEdge gets its Energy Smarts Dell today entered the green data center wars with a pair of PowerEdge servers tweaked for improved performance per watt.â¦


Bush's Itinerary Includes Jerusalem, the West Bank

President Bush will make his first trip to Jerusalem and the West Bank next month to push Israel and the Palestinians toward peace, the White House announced yesterday.


The latest buzz in TV programming - generosity

The latest batch of reality TV shows swap competition and greed for cooperation and charity.


Fear has put $15 on oil price, says Naimi

Oil prices are inflated by as much as $15 a barrel by fears of shortages and geopolitical issues in the Middle East, Ali Naimi, the Saudi oil minister, said on Monday.


Former Pakistani PM in tense return home from exile

Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif returned home on Monday from seven years in exile, leaving his aircraft after a tense 90-minute standoff with authorities.


Il canottaggio chiude con un altro bronzo. Benelli in finale nello ...

CanottaggioLâolimpiade sottotono dei vogatori italiani si chiude con un altro bronzo, il terzo, conquistato dal quattro senza pesi leggeri. Lorenzo Bertini, Catello Amarante, Salvatore Amitrano e Bruno Mascaranas


BA to sell Qantas stake; analysts see alliance shakeup

LONDON : British Airways (BA) said it would sell its 1.1 billion Australian dollar (770 million US) stake in Australia's Qantas in a move seen as likely to fuel a major realignment of airline alliances.


With 'Cassandra's Dream' Woody Allen once again gets away with murder

'Cassandra's Dream,' starring Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell, explores the seamy underside of upper-class British culture. But what we're left with is more ordinary than horrifying.


Curfew lifted but tension high in Baghdad

Baghdad authorities on Monday lifted a three-day curfew imposed on the city after the worst bombing since the U.S. invasion, but nerves were on edge amid fears of further violence.


Congress takes up offshore drilling bill

Congress is making a final push to open a large area of the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling, aware the Democratic majority next year is less likely to embrace new offshore energy development.


McDonald's to pay Chinese student 147 pounds for rat bite

The world's largest restaurant chain, McDonald's Corp., has been ordered to pay a student some 2,200 yuan (147 pounds) after a rat bit her at one of its outlets in northeastern China, media reported on Sunday.


Olympic competitors like Paul Hamm and Carly Patterson are skipping out of the closing ceremony in Athens and heading to Miami for the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday, the New York Daily News reported.


War, poverty and Aids causing half of world's children to suffer

WAR, poverty and HIV/Aids are causing more than half of the worldâs children to suffer, effectively denying them a childhood, according to a report today.


Dutch retailer Ahold said on Thursday it had agreed to sell its Bruno's and BI-LO retail chains in the United States to Lone Star Funds for $660 million, which is slightly below market expectations.


Researcher Pulls His Name From Paper on Prayer and Fertility

A prominent researcher at Columbia University has pulled his name from a controversial study of prayer's effect on fertility, the university says.


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Bergamo, 20:30 - CALCIO, ATALANTA: ROSSI SPERA DI RECUPERARE NATALI

Dopo la sconfitta nel recupero di Messina, l'Atalanta si Ã¨ trasferita direttamente a Bari per prepar...


Roma ko, Ã¨ fuori dalla Champions La Signora soffre, ma la spunta

Roma, 19 ottobre 2004 - Finisce praticamente alla Bayer Arena l'avventura della Roma in Champions League. Nemmeno a Gigi Del Neri, esordientedopo la breve gestione Voeller, e' riuscito il miracolo: i giallorossi


A truck laden with explosives blows up near an Iraqi dam that US engineers had said was at risk of collapse.


Wife of N.Korean Leader Kim Jong-Il Dead -Report

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's wife died of a heart attack earlier this month, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Monday, quoting sources in Beijing.


Baltimore Police Run Out of 36, 38 Pants

BALTIMORE - City police are looking for a few good pairs of pants. The Baltimore Police Department has run out of two popular sizes of the custom-made navy blue uniform pants it provides to every officer, a department spokesman said Wednesday.


It had happened some years ago. When Mihir the scion of the Virani family in  the soap Kyunkii Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi was declared dead, the entire nation had gone into a collective shock.


Key donor tells party leader: 'Look, chum, we need to do some rethinking.'


Audio Interview: Arianna Huffington on the Future of the News

The Huffington Post, with its rich content and breadth of coverage, may be an indicator of where news coverage is headed. We talk with Arianna Huffington about her site and how bloggers are reorganizing and reinventing the news.


Michelle Shocked Kicks Out with 3-Disc 'JAMS'

LOS ANGELES  - "I'm just running amok,"  Michelle Shocked says of her current burst of creativity.


MLS Players Meola, Agoos Left Unprotected

Long-time U.S. national team players Tony Meola and Jeff Agoos were left unproteced by their teams for Friday's MLS expansion draft.


Roma, 13:07 - VOLLEY, LORENZO BERNARDI SMETTE DI GIOCARE IN SERIE A

Dopo 20 campionati in serie A-1, 9 scudetti e due campionati mondiali, Lorenzo Bernardi lascia la


Actor Burt Reynolds sues an ex-girlfriend, saying she was trying to extort millions of dollars from him.


Former England captain Tony Adams said in a statement he had resigned as manager of Wycombe Wanderers football club for personal reasons.


Photographs sent by a NASA orbiter suggests that water may indeed be flowing on Mars. And where there's water, there's at least a chance of life. By the Associated Press.


Champions League contenders ready for pivotal matches

London, England (Sports Network) - Arsenal, PSV Eindhoven, and Valencia are among Champions League contenders that face crucial encounters in Matchday 4 on Tuesday.


The Slenderized Governor, With Advice to Share

The governor of Arkansas has lost more than 100 pounds and is encouraging other Arkansans to follow his example.


Everett continues to show steady improvement

Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett continued to show significant progress in his recovery from a devastating neck injury, the team said on Monday.


Strong Quake, Tsunami Hit Southern Asia, 650 Killed

A huge earthquake hit southern Asia on  Sunday, setting off a tsunami that drowned hundreds in Sri  Lanka and India, sent Indonesians rushing to high ground and  washed away bathers on the Thai tourist island of Phuket.


States must find welfare recipients jobs

The welfare rolls aren't dropping as fast as they used to, and that could pose a big money problem for states from coast to coast after a new federal law takes effect next month.


Saif & Kareena spotted on Mumbai streets

Tashan is still in the making but yet it seems to be making a buzz for number reasons.


Israel has installed Internet cameras  near an archaeological excavation close to a Jerusalem shrine  that had sparked Muslim protests, in a bid to show the work  does not harm the holy site, officials said on Thursday.


Slay Suspect's Ex-Spouse Says Tubes Tied

The woman accused of strangling a mother-to-be and cutting the baby from her womb often faked being pregnant to get attention, even though she had her tubes tied 14 years ago, according to her ex-husband.


Environmental Laws Waived to Press Work on Border Fence

The homeland security secretary waived several environmental laws to continue building a border fence through a national conservation area in Arizona.


Warner Bros and Abu Dhabi agree to joint venture

Warner Bros Entertainment has agreed with  United Arab Emirates' Aldar Properties and a UAE media company  to set up a film and video game production firm,  state-controlled Aldar said on Wednesday.


LPGA/LADIES EUROPEAN Event: Solheim Cup Site: Halmstad (Sweden) Golf Club (6,615 yards, par 72). Schedule: Tomorrow-Sunday. TV: TGC (tomorrow, 2 a.m.-noon, 6:30-9:30 p.m.; Saturday, 2 a.m.-noon, 8:30-11 p.m.; Sunday, 3-11 a.m., 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m.).


Stocks Rise, Helped by Google and Boeing

U.S. stocks climbed on Wednesday,  helped by better-than-expected earnings from Google Inc.  GOOG.O and Boeing Co. BA.N, but some investors were  cautious ahead of remarks from the Federal Reserve that would  signal the pace of future interest rate hikes.


Several men are arrested in Senegal after the publication of pictures of an marriage ceremony for two men.


Death toll up to 41 in Kazakh mine blast

The death toll from a methane explosion at a coal mine in Kazakhstan rose to 41 on Thursday after searchers found the body of the last missing miner, an official said.


Cubs plate three runs in ninth inning, fall a run short

The Chicago Cubs need more than rally caps, good-luck charms or curse-busters now. Mike Hampton and Dewayne Wise each hit two-run homers to lead the Atlanta Braves to


BEIJING -- Envoys from six nations reached a tentative agreement early today on the first steps toward North Korea's nuclear disarmament, a potential breakthrough in talks that have faltered repeatedly since 2003.


Roma, 13:01 - CALCIO, SORRENTINO: LA LAZIO? SAREBBE GRANDE SODDISFAZIONE

Stefano Sorrentino, portiere dell'Aek di Atene, sfumato il ritorno al Torino ha parlato dell'interes...


African Union Pushes for Arms Embargo Against Ivory Coast

the past two weeks. The AU supports the United Nations resolution to impose sanctions and an arms embargo against Ivory Coast, in an effort to prevent further military action.


Royal Wedding Lures International Media To Brunei

Bandar Seri Begawan - Bruneiâs Royal Wedding between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Haji Al-Mutahdee Billah and Yang Mulia Dayangku Sarah binti Pengiran Salleh Ab Rahaman has attracted some 170 foreign journalists to the Sultanate.


Yellow Wiggle decides to stop performing

The lead singer of the hugely popular children's group The Wiggles announced Thursday he would stop performing because of illness.


Zardari to approach court for removal of his name from ECL

ISLAMABAD Nov 27 : Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhuttoâs husband Asif Ali Zardari has said he will not appeal to the government to remove his name from the exit control list rather he would approach court in this regard.


KEY MATCHUP - Colts QB Peyton Manning vs. Detroit secondary. No one has stopped Manning this season. The Lions' defense hasn't stopped much at all.


Lack of control after invasion allowed lawlessness to take root, former head of occupation says. By Robin Wright and Thomas E. Ricks.


Google's Wireless Spectrum Quest Is Up In Air As FCC Bids Fall Short      (Investor's Business Daily)

Investor's Business Daily - It's close but no cigar for Google in the Federal Communications Commission's much-anticipated auction of public airwaves, a process that could enable a new wave of wireless devices and services.


Japan's former PM weighing nuke talks in NKorea

Japan's former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi is weighing a third visit to North Korea to persuade the communist regime to give up its nuclear ambitions, public NHK broadcaster reported.


Taiwanese should not fear Beijing leaders' lies

During the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee plenary meeting this month we can expect to witness a power struggle between President Hu Jintao ( è¡é¦æ¿¤ ) and Central


Stocks looked set to snap back on Friday as IBM  delivered a higher-than-expected profit forecast and economic bellwether General Electric Co  posted earnings that met Wall Street expectations.


The Lure of Treatments Science Has Dismissed

Exploring the reasons people swear by treatments that have no scientific evidence backing them.


Doubts raised on linking of Iran to US deaths in Iraq

WASHINGTON -- Security analysts and critics of the Bush administration are questioning the quality of intelligence presented by three unidentified US officials in Baghdad on Sunday to demonstrate the Iranian government's ties to sophisticated explosives that have killed 170 US soldiers in Iraq.


A report into the care and treatment of Michael Stone, who killed Lin and Megan Russell 10 years ago, is set to be published.


"Finland's sexiest man" ends romance with txt msg

HELSINKI - Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen, dubbed Finland's sexiest man, broke up by text message with the girlfriend he had met on the Internet, she said in a magazine interview."Matti dumped me in a text ...Comment


Times are hard, youâve got to cool your jets

As a symbol that a company is seeking to tackle its slide into scandal and slough off its corporate excess, flogging the corporate jet is hard to beat.


Al 2/o posto Bose' seguito da Antonacci e Elisa


Thousands Forced From Their Homes By F Loods

By ROBERT MENDICK  DEVASTATING floods continued to take their toll across England today.  Thousands of people remained homeless while travel was severely disrupted with major roads closed and rail services cancelled.


Roma, 18:13 - CALCIO, CONCLUSO INCONTRO COBOLLI GIGLI CON ROSSI E PETRUCCI

Si è concluso poco prima delle 18 l'incontro tra il presidente del Coni, Gianni Petrucci, il ...


Furcal's 11th-Inning Homer Ties Series for Braves

Rafael Furcal smacked a two-run homer  in the bottom of the 11th inning to hand the Atlanta Braves a  4-2 victory over the Houston Astros in the National League  Divisional Series Thursday.


One of Earth's rarest birds might have gone into extinction following the death of one of the last known po'ouli. The aging male po'ouli died in captivity


Olympic 2012 : Madrid unveils bid dossier

Madrid, one of five cities bidding to host the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, unveiled its dossier on Wednesday (17 November), just two days after submitting it to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).


U.S. Marine in Mysterious Case Declared Deserter

U.S. Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun, charged with desertion in a mysterious case in which he left his unit in Iraq and turned up in Lebanon, has again gone absent and appears to have returned to Lebanon, officials said on Wednesday.


Britain rules out deploying troops to strife-torn Darfur

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw stressed that his country had no plans to deploy troops to the troubled western region of Sudan, but said that Britain stood ready to support the African Union military presence in the region.


Asus ha lanciato sul mercato dei notebook tre nuove serie di computer portatili: nasce la famiglia A4700. A4700G, performanche ad alto livello, A4700L, economico ma altamente performante e A4700K, per chi non ha troppe pretese.


Kuala Lumpur (AsiaNews/Agencies) - âThank God it's over,â said former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. âI have to give credit to the new prime minister for not interfering with the judiciary [. .


Many Americans say unfazed by Wall Street woes

KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - Despite the market woes whipsawing Wall Street on Tuesday, the mood of many on Main Street was unfazed as people across the United States said the downturn was overdue and likely to be short-lived.


A day after the Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 14,000 mark, stock futures softened after quarterly results from Caterpillar fell short of expectations.


Nokia, Intel beef up new network security appliance

(InfoWorld) - Nokia added aÂ new appliance to its network security rangeÂ that has more processing muscle -- the first product to come out of its collaboration with Intel. The IP2450 is intended for large enterprises and service providers doing high-end network monitoring. It features two quad-core Intel processors. Running Check Point Software Technologies' SecureXL VPN (virtual private network) and firewall software, the appliance can handle as much as 9Gbps of traffic using Nokia's IPSO 6.O OS. Adding two Nokia Accelerated Data Path (ADP) cards boosts throughput to 20Gbps. The IP2450 can also run Check Point's CoreXL software, as well as Check Point's VPN-1 UTM (Unified Threat Management) suite, which includes firewall, VPN (virtual private network), antivirus, URL (uniform resource locator) filtering, and intrusion prevention capabilities or the Check Point VPN-1 Power applications. The IP2450 is available now through Nokia's channel partners. Pricing can vary depending on the channel partner's relationship with Nokia, but a call to one vendor in London quoted Â£31,000 ($62,000) for the appliance, plus Â£7,500 for one year of 24-hour support. Â


NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia chief executive Sharon Patrick has resigned and has been replaced by former ABC executive Susan Lyne, the company said late Thursday.


The burns unit at Swansea's Morriston Hospital competes to continue treating patients with serious burns.


Bally agrees to $280 million in credit deals

Bally Total Fitness Holding Corp. , which warned last month that it may not be able to fulfill its credit agreement, said on Wednesday that lenders had agreed to credit totaling $280 million.


Donald Rumsfeld says no hard evidence links Saddam to al-Qaida ...

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said in a speech that he knew of no clear link between the al-Qaida terror network and Saddam Hussein, although


China, ASEAN to sign deals moving towards world's biggest free ...

VIENTIANE: China and Southeast Asian countries were Monday to sign historic trade pacts paving the way for the world's biggest free-trade zone, which could eventually include the rest of Northeast Asia and India.


Firm's software allows people to submit forms via cellphone

MIAMI -- When maintenance workers finish a job at an Indianapolis university, they don't return to the office to fill out paperwork and pick up their next assignment. They grab their cellphones.


North Korea Talks Still On, China Tells Downer

North Korea's refusal to take part in  working-level talks on the nuclear crisis prompted a diplomatic  flurry on Tuesday with China, the host of the talks, at the  heart of efforts to keep the process on track.


Pope Benedict told U.S. President George W. Bush on Saturday the Vatican would like a "regional and negotiated" solution conflicts in the Middle East, including the war in Iraq.


Siviglia, 14:24 - CALCIO, SIVIGLIA: UN MESE DI STOP PER CHEVANTON

L'attaccante del Siviglia Ernesto Chevanton, ex Lecce e Monaco, resterà fermo un mese a causa...


Berna, 17:01 - CALCIO, SION: ROSSLI RILEVA L'ESONERATO BIGON

Charly Rossli è il nuovo tecnico degli svizzeri del Sion. Sostituisce l'italiano Alberto Bigo...


The applications giant will change its product release cycle to allow customers to upgrade in pieces to its SOA-based platform.


EDS: U.S. Air Bankruptcy to Cut Its Profits

Electronic Data Systems Corp.  EDS.N said on Thursday the bankruptcy of US Airways Group  Inc. UAIRQ.OQ could sharply reduce its third-quarter earnings  by up to 3 cents per share, because of a long-term information  technology contract between the companies.


Roger Federer beats James Blake in four sets to reach the US Open semi-finals.


Charles Jenkins arrives in Japan, says last chapter in his life is ...

SADO, Japan The American who deserted the Army and spent four decades in North Korea says today marks the next and last chapter in his life.


An Iraqi police colonel was gunned down near his home in Afak on Sunday, marking the third government official killed in the Iraqi Shiite town in five weeks, an Interior Ministry official said.


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Madrid, 12:35 - CALCIO, STAMPA SPAGNOLA: CAMACHO VICINO A PANCHINA NAZIONALE

Si fanno sempre piÃ¹ soventi le voci che vogliono Aragones destituito dal suoi ruolo di ct della Spag...


Adam Vinatieri isn't talking about his injured nonkicking leg, but the Indianapolis Colts still hope he'll be kicking in next week's season opener against the New York Giants.


GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba Aug. 26, 2004 - A Yemeni poet who the Pentagon says is a key al-Qaida propagandist asked a military commission on Thursday if he was allowed to represent himself, but the presiding officer said it was not allowed.


Investigations Test Israeli Leaderâs Powers

A swarm of investigations has raised questions about Prime Minister Ehud Olmertâs leadership and integrity.


Mills ready for `Dancing With the Stars'

Heather Mills says her decision to compete on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars" is no publicity stunt.


US pounds Fallujah as troops tighten hold on Samarra

BAGHDAD: US forces pounded insurgent-held Fallujah on Saturday, killing seven people, just a day after it led a massive offensives to control rebel stronghold Samarra, which left nearly a hundred people dead.


Hollywood film probes bin Laden, Karadzic manhunts

A Hollywood movie being shot in Bosnia  about the hunt for a genocide suspect tries to ask the wider  question of why wanted men like Radovan Karadzic and Osama bin  Laden are still free, its director said on Wednesday.