Security continues to hold steady over software as the third top IT priority, with organizations busy coping with cyber threats, keeping up with software security updates, and contemplating a plethora of security solutions and methods.

Trojan horse spies on Web banking


NEW YORK -- Syneron Medical Ltd. stock fell Tuesday after the US Food and Drug Administration delayed approval of the medical device maker #39;s cellulite product.

Syneron stock falls after approval delayed


The Geminids Meteor Shower, usually one of the best meteor showers of the year, will peak on Monday the 13th of December. Viewers can expect to see as many as 120 meteors an hour at peak time.

Geminids Meteor Shower 13 December 2004


PM-designate Omar Karameh forms a new 30-member cabinet which includes women for the first time.

Lebanese PM appoints new cabinet


 By Patrick Markey

 CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - A Venezuelan lawyersuspected in last week's bombing murder of a top stateprosecutor was killed in a gunfight with police on Tuesdayafter he tried to ram detectives with his car and opened fireon them, officials said.

Venezuelan Car-Bomb Suspect Killed, Weapons Found


Prime Minister John Howard says he has not received any warning that terrorists might carry out a Madrid-style attack during the election campaign, but he is  quot;hoping and praying quot; it doesn #39;t happen.

No hint of election terror threat: Howard


ATHENS (Reuters) - US teenager Michael Phelps powered his way to two more golds in the Olympic swimming pool on Tuesday, setting a new Games record in the 200 meters butterfly and leading a 4 x 200 freestyle cliffhanger.

Olympics: Phelps in Gold Rush, Doping Scandals Rumble On


Indian PM Manmohan Singh visits tsunami victims but faces more criticism over the handling of the disaster.

India faces criticism on tsunami


With two starters on the bench, Wake Forest had a different look at the start of its game against Temple. The postgame celebration wasn #39;t quite the same, either.

No. 6 Wake Forest 67, Temple 64


Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi won Cabinet approval to split up and sell the state-run postal service amid disputes within the ruling party over the future of its \$3 trillion in financial assets and 400,000 workers.

Japan Approves Plan to Split Up, Sell Postal Services (Update1)


Rashard Lewis scored 27 points, Ray Allen added 24 and the SuperSonics again shot well from 3-point range in a 103-92 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night.

Surprising Sonics 10-2 after beating T #39;wolves


Reuters - The European Commission moved forward\with a landmark emissions trading system on Wednesday by\approving eight national plans that allocate how much carbon\dioxide (CO2) industrial plants are allowed to emit.

EU Approves Eight National Emissions Trading Plans (Reuters)


NEW YORK - U.S. stock futures were indecisive early Wednesday despite Republican convention speaker Arnold Schwarzenegger's scolding of

Stock Futures Indecisive in Early Going


A NEW record high for oil took some of the shine off Wall Street trade yesterday. An upbeat picture of inflation and good housing data boosted the mood early on and strong earnings from several retailers, led by Home Depot, also helped to keep the major ...

Wall Street takes heart from positive economic reports


Michelin engineers envision a future in which vehicles would ride on what they call the Tweel, a combined tire and wheel that could never go flat because it contains no air.

Reinventing the Wheel (and the Tire, Too)


THE war between two of South Africas largest gold companies is set to intensify this week as the battle moves from the stock market to the courts.

Gold firms prepare for court fight


A strong earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off Taiwan has rocked the island #39;s north-east, damaging buildings and injuring several people, according to officials.

Strong quake rocks north-east Taiwan


 By Angus MacSwan

 SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - Considering that once upon atime he would spend weeks on end lying in bed at home inCalifornia too addled to stir, it's a surprise to find rocklegend Brian Wilson topping the bill at a festival in far awayBrazil at age 62.

Beach Boy Brian Wilson Has Reason to Smile at Last


NEW YORK, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Shares of Google Inc. closed sharply higher Thursday on their first day of trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market after the company cut its IPO (initial public offering) price Wednesday.

Google shares surge in first day after IPO price cut


The Argentines did not even wait for the final buzzer to sound before beginning their celebration. Luis Scola #39;s dunk with 4.5 seconds remaining prompted Pepe Sanchez to rip off his jersey as his teammates flooded the court.

US pros lose their golden glow


Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) and other top retailers reported sluggish August sales Thursday, below Wall Street expectations, as soaring fuel prices cut into back-to-school spending.

Sluggish back-to-school buying hits retail sales


Reuters - SBC Communications, the No. 2 U.S.\telecommunications company, has agreed to pay  #36;400 million to\Microsoft Corp. for software that can deliver television via\high-speed data lines, The New York Times reported on\Wednesday.

Report: SBC Sets TV Deal with Microsoft (Reuters)


In dozens of schools across the city, New York City's nearly 1.1 million public school students returned for the opening of a new school year.

A Calm, but Confusing, First Day of School


STILLWATER, Okla. (Sports Network) - Oklahoma State wasted  little time in finding a new football coach, promoting  offensive coordinator Mike Gundy to replace Les Miles.

Gundy Named Football Coach at Oklahoma State


The new iPod Photo, priced at \$499 and \$599, will be able to store up to 25,000 wallet-size images and up to 15,000 songs.

Newest iPod From Apple Holds Photos and Music


INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- Rookie Josh Scobee put his foot into some more late-game magic for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Scobee kicked a season-high 53-yard field goal with 38 seconds left in the first half to

Jaguars edge Colts on the road


Reuters - Walt Disney Co.  posted a 24\percent rise in profit on Thursday as advertising gains at ESPN\and ABC television networks more than made up for a sharp\slowdown at Disney's movie studio.

Disney Profit Up, TV Outshines Studio (Reuters)


Letters No sympathy for the fiddlers

Wikipedia's Emergent People fail to impress readers


America Online Inc. on Tuesday started testing a prototype of the Netscape browser that lets users switch from the Mozilla rendering engine to Internet Explorer with the click of a button.

AOL Tests New Netscape Browser


A computer game that allows users to play the role of Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was released Monday by Traffic Games, a Scottish software company.

Computer game simulates JFK assassination


It #39;s only just started shipping its Gizmondo handheld games console but Tiger Telematics has already said it plans to challenge the likes of Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, HTC, PalmOne and Research in Motion with a smart phone product.

Gizmondo creator touts smart phone scheme


The head of Sri Lanka Cricket has expressed relief and gratitude that Muttiah Muralitharan will be able to use his full weaponry under new laws.

SL vindicated over Murali


Visteon Corp. said Tuesday it is expanding in China with two new plants that will support the explosive automotive market in Asia and position the Dearborn company as a leading supplier of climate controls in the region.

Visteon to grow in China with two new parts plants


A rarity among CRM vendors, NetSuite integrates an ERP and accounting backbone directly into its SFA, marketing, and support platform, overcoming back-office deficiencies that often limit CRM effectiveness. Version 10 addresses another common shortcoming in CRM apps: actionable business intelligence.

NetSuite smartens up CRM


Microsoft has issued an update for Windows XP SP2 to address installation problems caused by a third-party adware program, TV Media.

Microsoft Fixes Key SP2 Issue


Troubled engineering and construction group Jarvis says it faces a bleak future unless it completes a financial restructuring soon.

Jarvis warns on refinancing deal


THE Yankees #39; final seven at-bats yesterday defined their current state. Gary Sheffield homered and was followed by six meek outs in 11 pitches.

THIS OFFENSIVE DISPLAY PUTTING SEASON IN PERIL


TEL AVIV -- Armed men from the radical Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades shot up a mourning tent for the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Gaza City last night, killing two people, injuring at least 10, and sending thousands of mourners fleeing in panic.

2 killed in shooting at Arafat service


It was a day of upsets at the Wismilak International yesterday as Ai Sugiyama, Chanda Rubin, and Jelena Jankovic all fell in the first round to unheralded opponents.

Suyigama, Rubin, Jankovic upset in first round


Saying the league was out of gas, commissioner Gary Bettman announced the long predicted lockout Wednesday and insisted the league will not play any more games until there is a new economic system.

Owners: The puck stops here


AP - All three men heading to the international space station in a Russian-built Soyuz spacecraft this Thursday will be riding the tiny craft for the first time, breaking with 35 years of tradition.

Crew Prepares for Launch to Space Station (AP)


BOSTON -- The Red Sox offered arbitration to nine players Tuesday, including three key players who helped the club win its first World Series since 1918.

Red Sox to meet with Pedro in Dominican


Cuba #39;s communist government freed dissident writer Raul Rivero from prison Tuesday, the latest in a series of releases apparently aimed at cleaning up the island #39;s human rights record.

Leading Cuban Dissident Writer Freed


USA Today:  quot;Firefox proponents acknowledge it will have to do a lot more than swipe a few percentage points of market share to pose a significant threat to Explorer.

Firefox launch roundup


After again posting record earnings for the third quarter, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) expects to see its first sequential drop in fourth-quarter revenues, coupled with a sharp drop in capacity utilization rates.

TSMC expects first 4Q sales drop since 1998


Once, Patriots games were just that: games. Now, they're Events.  quot;When we started, it was just me, a color man, a stat man, and an engineer, quot; said radio play-by-play man Gil Santos, who called his first Patriots game in 1966 when the team was playing at Fenway Park and current analyst Gino Cappelletti was in the middle of his 11-year ...

Santos on a roll as well


Bernie Ecclestone, the 73-year-old former used-car dealer who became a billionaire by managing Formula One motor racing, faces a revolt by business partners and team owners that may end his grip on the sport after 23 years.

Ecclestone #39;s Formula One Hold Menaced by Lawsuits, Tobacco Ban


A senior official of an Egyptian mobile phone company says he does not think the abduction of two of the company #39;s employees in Baghdad last night was an act of political terrorism.

Two Egyptians kidnapped in Baghdad


AFP - Turkey's economy is expected to grow at least some eight percent in 2004, beating the year-end target of five-percent, the country's deputy prime minister said.

Turkey expects to surpass growth target for end-2004 (AFP)


Investor's Business Daily - U.S. stock funds in November posted their best month in a year and made it three up months in a row, as stocks resumed their climb after a poor showing in the first half .

Stock Fund's 5.27 Gain In Nov. Biggest In A Year (Investor's Business Daily)


WASHINGTON - A new ocean science program dedicated to studying and explaining the world #39;s oceans is the latest offering from the Smithsonian Institution (news - web sites) #39;s National Museum of Natural History.

Smithsonian Unveils Ocean Science Program


TENSION between Japan and China grew yesterday when an unidentified nuclear submarine sailed into Japanese waters. The submarine, which had been tracked since Monday and whose nationality remains unknown, was

Japan on alert after intrusion by suspected Chinese nuclear sub


Dell says that millions of notebook power adapters could put users at risk. Also: Office flaw could allow attacks.

Glitches hit Dell gear, Microsoft software


AFP - Egypt said it has charged an Iranian diplomat and an Egyptian national over a plot to assassinate an unidentified public figure.

Iranian diplomat, Egyptian charged over assassination plot (AFP)


10/03/04. During a week dominated by the first presidential debate and continued atrocities in Iraq, some cool news pretty much got lost in the shuffle: the first of two flights into space

Space flight takes a big leap


Reuters - Eagles running back Brian\Westbrook could miss some time with a broken rib, a\Philadelphia television station reported Tuesday night.

Eagles' Westbrook Could Miss Some Time (Reuters)


President Bush said Monday he will lobby Congress next year to renew US anti-narcotics funding for this South American country amid concern in Washington about the federal budget deficit.

Bush wants more US aid for Colombia drug fight


NEW YORKS rush to build an Olympic stadium has provoked a clash between the citys billionaire mayor and a multimillionaire cable television tycoon that has thrown the Big Apples bid for the 2012 Games into jeopardy.

New York bid for Olympic gold tarnished by battle of the titans


SOUTH Korea #39;s Grace Park finished with a birdie today to join Americans Laura Diaz, Juli Inkster and Christina Kim in the first round Tournament of Champions lead.

Four share Champions lead


Al Jazeera television has aired footage of the British-Iraqi woman working as the head of Care International in Iraq who was kidnapped earlier on Tuesday.

Jazeera airs kidnappee video


AP - San Francisco at Atlanta (7:35 p.m. EDT). Kirk Rueter faces Jaret Wright and the Braves.

Baseball Today (AP)


Packers QB Brett Favre is approaching several plateaus: his 13th 3,000-yard season would tie Dan Marino for most all time; should he lead the league in TD passes, he would break the record of four he shares with Johnny Unitas, Len Dawson, and Steve Young; Favre is tied with Marino (10) for most consecutive seasons with 20 TD passes.

Milestones and streaks to watch for


The year #39;s biggest upset in sports has to be the Boston Red Sox #39;s improbable world championship. The biggest upset in politics: that choosing the president did not require Supreme Court intervention.

Search tools, music gadgets and e-mail, oh my


Disappointing earnings from Morgan Stanley and a new spike in oil prices sent stocks lower in early trading Wednesday as investors #39; worries over third-quarter earnings increased.

Disappointing Earnings Send Stocks Lower


While physical security was tightened in New York for this week's GOP convention, IT security researchers uncovered an unsettling number of unencrypted wireless devices that could pose an information security nightmare for convention organizers and delegates.

Manhattan presents wireless security challenge for RNC


PARIS (Reuters) - French flag carrier Air France is raising its ticket prices by up to 12 euros (8 pounds) per flight leg, joining a number of other airlines in passing on higher jet fuel costs to passengers.

Air France raises ticket prices


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- When PeopleSoft Inc. fired Chief Executive Craig Conway on Friday, the business-software maker didn #39;t have to look long or far to find a suitable replacement.

Founder, chairman called  #39;heart #39; of software company


MySQL on Wednesday announced general availability of Version 4.1 of its MySQL open source database, which the company is positioning as production-ready for large-scale enterprise usage.

MySQL calls open source database enterprise-ready


A first win on the European Tour is a notable feat in any golfer #39;s career - but the one by South African Richard Sterne in the Madrid Open deserves special mention.

School #39;s out for Sterne


Philadelphia Eagles defensive end N.D. Kalu will miss the season after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during yesterday's practice.

Knee injury benches Eagles' Kalu for season


Newton North cross-country star Chris Barnicle will escape the frigid temperatures of the Northeast for a weekend of sunshine and 75-degree weather in San Diego.

Barnicle has hill to climb


Nextel Communications Inc. and Verizon Wireless are settling all legal disputes between them, removing a key challenge to a federal decision to clear up interference between cell phones and emergency response

Nextel and Verizon Settle Legal Disputes


Three Polish soldiers died, while three others were wounded in Sunday #39;s terrorist attack in Iraq, 25 kilometers from the American base in Al-Hilla.

Three soldiers killed, three wounded in Iraq terrorist attack


An appeals court should throw out a half-billion-dollar patent infringement judgment against Microsoft because a lower court failed to recognize that the Web browsing patent was based on a technology that was not invented by the company awarded the money

Microsoft to Judges: Eolas Didn #39;t Invent Patented Tech


Global health officials say war-torn Sudan is one of three sub-Saharan African countries reporting new cases of polio. The new polio virus is believed to the same strain registered in a major outbreak in northern Nigeria.

New Polio Cases Reported in Sudan


AFP - The new European Commission hopes to exploit divisions among Europe's richest countries to push through an agreement on the EU's next medium-term spending round as early as next June, officials say.

New EU chief seeks rapid deal in budget haggle (AFP)


Irish bookmaker Paddy Power reports a dramatic jump in interim profits after punters' fortunes take a turn for the worse.

Bookie profits from punters' woes


Verizon and the other Bell companies are offering a service to replace copper wire technology with high-speed fiber optic lines in an effort to hold on to customers.

Phone Line Alchemy: Copper Into Fiber


Heloise shipped along copies of her book,  quot;A Year's Worth of Stain Removal Hints, quot; but that was not enough. The hintful heroine was summoned for personal assistance.

A dirty job, but somebody has to do it


Reuters - Hamas gunmen on Saturday killed a young\Palestinian they accused of helping Israel assassinate Hamas\leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and other militants, calling it a\warning to others not to collaborate with Israel.

Hamas Gunmen Kill Alleged Collaborator in Gaza (Reuters)


Gannett Co. Inc. (GCI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday reported an 11 percent jump in quarterly net profit on advertising sales gains at its newspapers and local

Gannett Profit Up on TV, Paper Ad Growth


When corporate America came looking for raises last year, Boston's largest mutual funds routinely turned them down, voting in hundreds of cases against lucrative stock and options packages for senior executives, according to proxy-vote data released last week for the first time.

Mutual fund votes show limits to change


AP - A small explosion of rocks, ash and steam could occur within the next few days within the crater of Mount St. Helens, where earthquake activity has been steadily building for nearly a week, scientists said Tuesday.

St. Helens Blast Said Possible Within Days (AP)


PHILADELPHIA -- Apparently, one AI is much like another at least in one respect. Both will start as rookies. Like Allen Iverson in 1996-97, Andre Iguodala will be in the starting lineup when the 76ers open the season in Boston next Wednesday.

Sixers Scoop/Caryl Kauffman Iguodala earns spot in starting lineup


Iran won #39;t permit its diplomats to negotiate with European nations over its nuclear program if the goal of talks is to deprive Iran of the right to enrich uranium, Iran #39;s top nuclear negotiator said Monday.

Iran Wants Right to Enrich Uranium


WASHINGTON-- One year and 64 million phone numbers later, the legality of the nation #39;s  quot;Do Not Call List quot; was upheld by the US Supreme Court yesterday.

Don #39;t-call list upheld by justices


CINCINNATI Sept. 14, 2004 - The Kroger Co., one of the nation #39;s largest operators of supermarkets, reported Tuesday that its second-quarter earnings fell almost \$50 million from a year ago, hurt by debt charges and the southern California strike.

Kroger #39;s 2Q Earnings Drop Almost \$50M


LONDON: Britain has charged eight terrorism suspects and said one had plans which could be used in terror attacks on US financial targets in New York, New Jersey and Washington.

UK charges 8 in terror plot linked to US alert


AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Police have arrested a Dutch national  suspected of supplying thousands of tons of ingredients for  mustard gas and nerve gas to Iraq under toppled leader Saddam  Hussein, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Dutch Arrest Saddam's Suspected Nerve Gas Supplier


Vodafone is to cut costs by 2.5bn per year by March 2008. It will do this a combination of 1.4bn through cost-saving measures and 1.

Vodafone eyes annual savings of 2.5bn


Australia #39;s economic growth eased in the third quarter to its weakest pace since late 2000 as sluggish exports dragged on the economy, raising doubts about the need for tighter monetary policy.

Australian economic growth slows


They got along the first time they met, early in 1996. The 22-year-old kid with the unforgettable name -- Lawyer -- had impressed Bill Belichick. They had sat down that day and begun watching football films. Three or four hours later they were still going.

Milloy move showed Patriots who was boss


Howard Stern #39;s risqu radio rhetoric will be broadcast to listeners across the country - uncensored -ia satellite radio beginning in January 2006.

#39;Howard Stern Show #39; To Air  Uncensored  On Satellite Radio <b>...</b>


The recalled printers include the Lexmark E232, E232t, E330, E332n and E332tn models; the IBM Infoprint 1412 and 1412n; and the Dell 1700 and 1700n, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Lexmark recalls 39,000 laser printers


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb targeting Iraq's education  minister exploded in Baghdad early on Tuesday, killing two  people and wounding three others, a bodyguard and witnesses at  the scene said.

Car Bomb in Baghdad Targets Minister, Two Killed


From Horse of the Year in 2003, to her owner Michael Paulson being scrutinized for not retiring her. Paulson had also taken some heat for transferring training duties from Laura DeSeroux to D. Wayne Lukas last winter.

HORSE RACING NOTEBOOK Azeri going out with flare


AP - U.S. Ambassador John Danforth said Friday he took himself out of the running for any job in President Bush's second term because he wanted to go home to Missouri.

Danforth Quit U.N. Post to Return to Mo. (AP)


Santa Clara, CA -- Doron Perkins scored a game-high 18 points to lead the Santa Clara Broncos to a 73-60 victory over the San Jose State Spartans in a non-league affair.

NCAA Game Summary - San Jose State At Santa Clara


Reuters - More than 15,000 species, from sharks\to frogs to fir trees, are facing extinction and the total is\rising faster than ever before, conservationists and scientists\said Wednesday.

More Than 15,000 Species Said to Be Facing Extinction (Reuters)


The protracted legal battle over Russian oil giant Yukos appeared to enter its final phase yesterday when the government set a date to auction off a majority stake in the company's richest energy fields and demanded another \$6 billion in back taxes from a business already facing a crippling \$14 billion bill for outstanding taxes and fines.

Russia sets date for auction of oil giant Yukos


The music industry magazine will soon be publishing a list of best-selling ring tones, according to sources.

Billboard chimes in on ring tones


NEW YORK, October 8 (newratings.com) - Oracle Corporation (ORCL.NAS) has extended its \$7.7 billion tender offer for PeopleSoft (PSFT) until the midnight of October 22 this year, leaving the terms of its hostile takeover proposal unchanged at \$21 per

Oracle extends tender offer for PeopleSoft; price unchanged


A powerful typhoon is battering parts of Japan and South Korea with heavy rains and high winds, killing at least two people and injuring more than 300.

Typhoon Songda Hits Japan, South Korea


Rescue workers in Japan say the death toll from the country #39;s worst typhoon in two decades now stands at 75, and that 15 people are still missing.

75 killed in Japan by Typhoon Tokage


NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq - A car bomb killed eight US Marines outside Fallujah on Saturday, the deadliest attack against the US military in nearly six months.

9 Marines killed in Iraq fighting


It #39;s happening again. The curse of the NFC championship is alive and well. By now, you know how it goes: One year you #39;re the conference champs, the next year you #39;re conference chumps.

Streeter Lecka/Getty Images


IBM says its joint development with Honda Motor Company has yielded a hands-free, voiced-commanded and real-time car navigation system, which has been put into market.

IBM, Honda help knightrider dreams come true


Union flag-bedecked Land Rovers of the Black Watch regiment stand ready for deployment. Photograph: Warrant Officer Giles Penfound/PA.

Black Watch troops move north


PHNOM PENH - Cambodians were celebrating Friday as a 51-year-old former ballet dancer prepared to become the country #39;s new king.

Cambodia prepares to welcome new king


Deal masks an interest in controversial digital content distribution patents?

Intel partners 'lab on a chip' firm


HBOS #39;s decision not to bid for rival Abbey Nationalleaves just smaller targets for large British banks to buy in the UK, bankers and analysts say.

Abbey exit leaves UK banks with smaller targets


NASA Administrator Sean O #39;Keefe will resign this week, a government official said Sunday, and a spokesman for Louisiana State University said O #39;Keefe is a leading candidate to become a chancellor there.

NASA Chief Applies for Job at LSU


THESSALONIKI, Greece - The US women #39;s soccer team only needed a tie Tuesday, and that #39;s all it got - settling for a draw against a team it had always beaten. The Americans tied Australia 1-1, ending a perfect record against the Matildas ...

Americans Settle for 1-1 Tie With Aussies


The rookie John Van Benschoten allowed five hits in eight innings for his first major league victory, and the Pirates beat the Astros, 6-1, last night.

BASEBALL ROUNDUP Pirates Pull the Astros Straight Back to Earth


In the Deutsche Bank field of 156 golfers, many are well-known, but a lot are far removed from the spotlight. Meet one of those unheralded golfers: PGA Tour rookie Roland Thatcher. He's 27 years old and ranks 187th on the money list with \$154,644, having made the cut in six of his 16 starts. His best finish came two weeks ...

Greenhorn no longer


Thanks to such free mapping sites as MapQuest and Yahoo Maps, it #39;s been a while since road warriors have had to sketch out a route with a yellow highlighter, guessing which shortcuts to take or avoid.

Mobile Mappers Stop Short of Ideal


phishing

Law enforcement, top tech firms join to halt online


AP - Shuttle buses without drivers, trains floating on magnetic fields and other visions of the future will be on display at Japan's world fair next year. But Expo 2005's centerpiece will be rooted deep in the past  #151; the frozen remains of a woolly mammoth.

Japan 2005 Expo to Display Frozen Mammoth (AP)


Macromedia will ship Flex Builder this week, which is designed to provide an interactive development environment for the company #39;s Flex presentation server.

Macromedia launches Flex Builder


THE shaky camera focuses on a bound and blindfolded man, stripped bare except for his camouflage army trousers. A man with a knife appears behind him, grabs his hair and slices his throat, hacking his head off and placing it on his back.

From James Hider in Baghdad


ATHENS, Greece - A windsurfer whose first name means

Israel Wins First-Ever Olympic Gold


Tennessee made three interceptions, including one in their own end zone and another returned 37 yards for a touchdown by Lamont Lamont Thompson.

Titans Stifle Dolphins


HAMPTON, Ga. - Ryan Newman blew to his third pole position in as many races Friday night at Atlanta Motor Speedway, but not without a challenge from red-hot Joe Nemechek.

Newman Claims Eighth Pole


Haitians struggle to grasp a tin of food as a shipment of aid arrives in Gonaives, five days after floods inundated the city. Photo: AFP.

Desperate Haitians await flood relief


Intel first unveiled its plans to develop a liquid on crystal silicon chip in January. In August, the company said the chip would not be released by the end of the year.

Intel Abandons Projection TV Chip


Sunday night's game against the Browns marks Kyle Boller's 17th career start for the Ravens. With the extra experience come more expectations for the quarterback.

Boller Expects More


Advanced Micro Devices yesterday warned that revenues in the third quarter would be lower than earlier forecasts, echoing a similar statement from Intel last month - its biggest rival in the chip sector.

AMD hit by weak demand


NEW YORK -- Second time's a charm for Newton North senior Chris Barnicle. After finishing 10th last year, he won the Foot Locker Northeast Regional cross-country race yesterday at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx with a time of 15 minutes 27.2 seconds.

Newton North's Barnicle headed to nationals


Wolverhampton  amp; Dudley, the brewer and pub group, announced a 120m offer for Burtonwood of Cheshire, sparking speculation about a wave of sector consolidation.

Wolves  amp; Dudley agree Burtonwood takeover


Three Kurdish militiamen, their civilian driver killed near Baquba, another civilian killed in Basra bomb blast. By Deborah Haynes - BAGHDAD.

US warplanes pound Fallujah


Radical proposals out today that would trigger the biggest shake-up to the secondary school examination system for 60 years are likely to feature in Labour #39;s manifesto for the general election.

Labour to adopt exam plan in manifesto


The coach already has a nickname for his teenage hoop hunk: Moses. It has nothing to do with tablets and everything to do with talent. In this case, we're not talking about the biblical Moses, but the basketball player who is in the Hall of Fame and who, like the teenager in question, went into pro basketball directly ...

Jefferson is getting crash course in NBA


GUANGAN, China -- Deng Xianyan ran his fingers over a bottle of Deng family liquor as he mulled the legacy of his famous cousin, the late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, on the 100th anniversary of his birth.

China hails 100th anniversary of birth of nation #146;s modernizer


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

Branson Announces Start of New Airline


AP - The Italian government approved  #36;8.6 billion in tax cuts for 2005 Saturday, state radio reported, ending partisan debate that at one point had prompted Premier Silvio Berlusconi to threaten to resign.

Italian Government OKs Income Tax Cuts (AP)


SEVILLE: Mardy Fish will play Carlos Moya in todays opening singles of the Davis Cup final between Spain and the United States.

Nadal gets to play, Ferrero out


A dishwasher-sized spacecraft on Europe #39;s first mission to the moon was set to enter lunar orbit, a key milestone in its 13-month trip into space, the European Space Agency said Monday.

Europe #39;s first moon mission nears orbit


Steven Gerrard #39;s glorious strike against Olympiakos on Wednesday night was so good that Sven-Goran Eriksson watched countless reruns of it in his Soho Square office yesterday.

Gerrard strikes mighty blow


The US Attorney General says a court ruling attacking the Patriot Act as unconstitutional is likely to go to appeal.

Ashcroft 'to defend' Patriot Act


With the war on for the next-generation DVD disk format, Sony, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Sharp and other companies are considering developing 8cm (3 inch) Blu-ray discs compared with the standard 12cm discs.

Sony Woos The Fox


WinFS is perhaps one of the most awaited feature from the Microsoft stable after Longhorn was announced. Microsoft says that it has been their dream to come out with something like WinFS and completely change the way file system works.

Microsoft delays WinFS even more


Well, let this be a lesson to us all. There really is no egregious mistake in the world of professional flesh peddling that cannot be undone.

One good plus, two good minuses for A #39;s


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq cleared around \$81 million in  debt it owed the International Monetary Fund late last week,  fund sources said on Monday, opening the way for the first aid  to flow from the global lender to Iraq.

Iraq Clears Debt, Opens Way for Aid


Reuters - Britain and South Africa\called jointly Thursday for Zimbabwe to establish a conducive\environment for fair elections next year -- after the main\opposition party said it would boycott them.

Britain, S.Africa Renew Call for Fair Zimbabwe Polls (Reuters)


KINSTON, N.C. (AP) -- Deep in the Atlantic Ocean, undersea explorers are living a safer life thanks to germ-fighting clothing made in Kinston...

Astronauts May Soon Wear Germ-Fighting Clothes


NEW YORK : Toronto-Dominion Bank said it would pay 3.8 billion dollars for a controlling stake in Maine-based Banknorth Group as the Canadian lender moved to take its first foothold in US branch banking.

Canada #39;s TD to buy Banknorth for 3.8 billion dollars


AP - Humanity's reliance on fossil fuels, the spread of cities, the destruction of natural habitats for farmland and over-exploitation of the oceans are destroying Earth's ability to sustain life, the environmental group WWF warned in a new report Thursday.

Group Warns on Consumption of Resources (AP)


New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - The New Orleans Saints Monday acquired cornerback Mike McKenzie and a future conditional draft choice from Green Bay.

Saints acquire veteran cornerback McKenzie


The rocket attack temporarily overshadowed a pledge by a top aide to Moktada al-Sadr to disarm his militia.

Rockets Hit Hotel in Baghdad; Shiite Rebel Offers Truce Deal


The yen rose on Friday after the Bank of Japan #39;s closely watched  quot;tankan quot; survey showed further improvement in Japanese business sentiment.

Yen Rises on Corporate Sentiment Poll


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saddam Hussein underwent a hernia  operation at a U.S.-run hospital inside Baghdad's Green Zone  two weeks ago and has made a full recovery, a U.S. military  official said Wednesday.

Saddam Fit and Well After Hernia Operation


Intel Corp., which has led the charge in the gigahertz race, is expected to change its tune at this week #39;s developer forum in San Francisco by focusing on improving chip performance by adding more cores to the microprocessor.

Intel shifts focus to multicore chip performance


By MICHAEL LIEDTKE    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Commerce One Inc. (CMRC), an Internet software maker valued at \$20 billion at the peak of dot-com mania, is poised to go out of business as a pauper...

Former Dot-Com Hero Faces Closure


MANCHESTER, England : Alan Smith climbed off the bench to upstage Wayne Rooney and snatch another late goal to spare the blushes of Manchester United at Old Trafford in a 1-1 draw with Middlesbrough.

Soccer: Saviour Smith upstages Rooney


Coach Dick Vermeil stands alone in his office, anxiously looking one last time at the play list he has scripted for his Monday night game against Indianapolis.

Bizarre Monday Night Football message


LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices vaulted back above \$50 a  barrel on Tuesday as traders took out insurance ahead of weekly  U.S. data on Wednesday that is expected to show only a modest  increase in winter heating oil inventories.

Oil Surges to \$50 on Winter Fuel Worries


NEW YORK - Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices made its latest claim to the title of fastest PC microprocessor today, when it announced a pair of new chips aimed at the high end of the PC market.

AMD Trumps Intel


SUNNYVALE, Calif. - Following a recent industry trend, Internet giant Yahoo Inc. is adding new search engine tools that will enable users to create personal folders and share their favorite links with others.

Yahoo Adding New Search Engine Tools


USATODAY.com - Microsoft on Tuesday issued 10 security advisories - seven of them critical - urging consumers and businesses to patch 21 new flaws in Windows software products.

Microsoft tells users to patch 21 new flaws in Windows (USATODAY.com)


Verizon Wireless is buying cellular capacity for 23 markets from bankrupt NextWave Telecom Inc. for \$3 billion, ending the government #39;s long tug-of-war over the never-used licenses and bolstering Verizon against

Update 1: Verizon Wireless to Buy NextWave Licenses


Plans by Microsoft Corp to charge royalties on a library of patents are looking uncertain after the US Patent and Trademark Office rejected a key software patent claimed by the company.

USPTO trims FAT from Microsoft patents


Interest rates on short-term Treasury securities were mixed in yesterday's auction. The Treasury Department sold \$19 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 2.28 percent, up from 2.23 percent last week. An additional \$17 billion was sold in six-month bills at a rate of 2.560 percent, unchanged from last week's auction.

Rates mixed in T-bill auction


AP - Southern California and Oklahoma ended the regular season the same way they began it in The Associated Press Top 25: The Trojans are No. 1, and the Sooners No. 2.

USC, Okla. Go Wire-To-Wire Atop AP Poll (AP)


USATODAY.com - RealNetworks today is slashing the price of a digital download to 49 cents a song from 99 cents - a bold move in the war over digital music.

Real is playing for keeps in music price war (USATODAY.com)


Crude oil futures continued to plummet Wednesday on the belief that fuel supplies in the United States will be adequate to deal with its coming winter.

Crude futures continue freefall, with prices at seven-week lows? <b>...</b>


LONDON Sony essentially created the market for portable music devices with its Walkman, but it missed a beat in the digital music revolution as Apple #39;s iPod grabbed the spotlight.

On Advertising: Sony wages battle of the brands


'Voluntary' nature of first phase now even more debatable

UK ID cards to be issued with first biometric passports


AP - Manager Art Howe met with New York Mets owner Fred Wilpon and general manager Jim Duquette on Tuesday, one day after saying that if the team planned to fire him, it should do it now.

Mets Manager Meets With Team Brass (AP)


LONDON - Doctors working for the U.S. military in Iraq collaborated with interrogators in the abuse of detainees at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison, profoundly breaching medical ethics and human rights, a bioethicist charges in The Lancet medical journal...

Analysis: Doctors a Part of Iraq Abuse


The London-based brokerage Collins Stewart Tullett placed 55m of new shares yesterday to help fund the 69.5m purchase of the money and futures broker Prebon.

Collins Stewart raises 55m to help funding of Prebon buy


AP - Headless bodies buried 3,000 years ago in the oldest cemetery in the Pacific could reveal much about the earliest settlers of Vanuatu, Fiji and Polynesia, Australian archeologists said on Friday.

3,000-Year-Old Bodies Studied in Australia (AP)


Scientists have produced compelling evidence that autism may in some cases be linked to inflammation of the brain.

Inflamed brain link to autism


Microsoft Corp. is developing versions of its Windows operating system with only a subset of the Windows code base, designed for specific server tasks, in a move that could reduce maintenance costs for customers and create products that are less vulnerable to attack.

Microsoft eyes smaller code base for Longhorn


Reuters - California voters' approval of a  #36;3\billion ballot measure this week to fund controversial\stem-cell research gives new life to a similar effort in the\U.S. Congress, moderate Republicans said on Thursday.

Congressional Republicans to Push Stem-Cell Issue (Reuters)


AP - In a detour from the cellular industry's rush toward tricked out smart phones, AT amp;T Wireless Services Inc. may introduce a device that can't be used for voice calls. Instead, it's designed specifically for e-mail, short text messages and other forms of wireless chat.

AT T Wireless to Offer Phoneless Messaging (AP)


Bayern Munich manager Felix Magath admits he is unconcerned who his side face in the last sixteen of the Champions League, claiming the 18-time German champions are capable of beating anyone.

Bring on the big boys, says Bayern #39;s Magath


Pay for the Washington area's top executives rose significantly last year, reversing the downward trend that set in with the recession in 2001.

The Region's Highest-Paid Executives


SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Technology stocks led a tumble in  Asian shares Tuesday as a gloomy outlook from LG.Philips LCD  and record high oil prices fueled investor concerns about a  slowdown in corporate profits and global economic growth.

Techs, \$53 Oil Spark Fall in Asian Shares


ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek pride was dealt another blow Friday when one of their athletes failed a drugs test at the Olympics just 48 hours after its two top sprinters pulled out of the Games in a doping scandal.

Greek Athlete Tests Positive for Drugs


In the end, it wasn #39;t about holding on to the No. 1 ranking or the Preseason NIT title or even the game. For Wake Forest #39;s Eric Williams, it was just about holding on to the ball.

Williams just won #39;t let it go


Strapped in, flat on their backs, passengers will accelerate to 4000km/h in just 25 seconds. For no more than five minutes they will float about, 130km above planet Earth.

Branson reaches for the stars


TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- The dollar extended early gains in Asian trading Wednesday, with the US presidential election outcome still too close to call but preliminary returns tipped toward incumbent President George W. Bush.

Dollar up in Asia as Bush lead eyed


Air New Zealand will increase services to Western Australia, operating daily direct services between Auckland and Perth during the Australian summer.

Huttner departs from Virgin


You can learn a lot about people in two hours. And you don #39;t have to take a course in social behavior or even watch Dr. Phil on TV.

Bells Still Ring For Red Kettles Of Kindness


Are the stars aligning for a grand deal in Kenmore Square? The Boston Red Sox, having sold out every ticket in lovely Fenway Park this season, will soon formally ask the city to approve expanding the occupancy of baseball's smallest park by about 3,500. While John Henry  amp; Co. have been magnificent stewards of a Boston treasure, such an increase ...

Time to play ball?


NEW YORK, Nov. 17 -- Gary L. Pilgrim and Harold J. Baxter, founders of a tech-based mutual fund that blazed and then fizzled in the 1990s, agreed yesterday to pay \$160 million to settle charges that Pilgrim took advantage of trading opportunities and Baxter shared inside information at the expense of investors.

Fund Founders to Settle, Pay \$160 Million


Shuttle astronauts would do a better job of upgrading the ailing Hubble Space Telescope than robots, say experts.

Robots rejected for Hubble rescue


The most powerful typhoon to hit eastern Japan in a decade has headed out to sea after pummelling Tokyo, leaving two dead, snarling transport on a long holiday weekend and forcing thousands in the countryside to evacuate.

Japan typhoon kills two


GPS, radar systems and digital cameras help scientists, but Mount St. Helens isn't a hotbed of the latest technology.

Volcano research goes high-tech


Governments around the region are warning that rising oil prices have started to hurt their economies.

Asia feels the pain of oil prices


George W Bush and John Kerry fight to win over voters in Florida, the US state which narrowly decided the 2000 polls.

Bush and Kerry woo Florida


Plenty of Western Conference teams are capable of filling the Los Angeles Lakers #39; role as favorites, but none seem suited to fill the time slot occupied by  quot;Days of our Lakers.

West: Without Shaq, who #39;s best?


More than a quarter of all working families in the United States, including 20 million children, are considered low-income or poor, an independent report said yesterday.

Study: About 27 of working families fall below poverty line


Left tackle Jonathan Ogden probably will miss the Baltimore Ravens #39; game against the unbeaten Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday with a pulled left hamstring.

Ravens likely won #39;t have Ogden against Eagles


A Japanese man died after a bite from his pet hamster caused anaphylactic shock, Mainichi Shimbun reports. Ther nameless forty-something succumbed after repeated bites from the animal sensitised his immune

Killer hamster ices owner


Bangladesh slumped to 36 for five at tea today as India closed in on a victory within three days. Sachin Tendulkars Test career-best 248 not out and Zaheer Khans world record 75 for a number 11 had taken

Landmarks for India as Bangladesh Crumble


KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai was on  course Tuesday for an outright victory in the country's  historic presidential election with more than a quarter of the  votes counted from the poll 10 days ago.

Karzai Camp Smells Victory Early in Afghan Poll


Ottawa #39;s Cognos Inc. announced a US\$52.2-million deal on Tuesday to acquire a Swedish maker of financial reporting software. Cognos said it will acquire Stockholm

Cognos buys Sweden #39;s Frango for US\$52.2M


The European Union discussed proposals on Friday to help stabilize Iraq and organize elections there despite lingering differences among member states over the US-led war that ousted Saddam Hussein.

EU Plans to Help Iraq Hold Elections, Train Police


Greek police surrounded a bus full of passengers seized by armed hijackers along a highway from an Athens suburb Wednesday, police said.

Passenger bus seizure in Greese


Goodyear Tire  amp; Rubber Co. on Friday said it plans to cut about 340 jobs over the next year, and will take rationalization charges during the third quarter in an effort to reduce costs in its engineered products and chemical divisions.

Goodyear to Cut 340 Jobs Over Next Year


AFP - A once-thriving coal mine in Yorkshire was closing down, leaving just nine deep coal mines in Britain, the pale remains of an industry that once employed a million people.

One of Britain's last remaining coal mines closes down (AFP)


A recent chemical analysis of preserved mummies has revealed that when it came to mummification, ancient Egyptians treated animals every bit as well as humans.

Egyptians mummified their dead cats as lovingly as their kin!


At least three bombs have exploded in central areas of Spanish cities, according to the Spanish interior ministry following a warning by the Basque separatist group ETA.

3 blasts in Spain after ETA threat


: Israeli troops killed an armed Palestinian man early today as he tried to sneak into Southern Israel, the army said. Military sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said troops

Israeli troops kill armed Palestinian infiltrator


European champions Greece were given a sharp reminder of the fleeting nature of success in football when they were humbled 2-1 by Albania on Saturday in a World Cup qualifier.

GREEKS TOPPLED, FRANCE AND TURKEY HELD


A University of Colorado study has embarked on demonstrating that new planets can be found with the help of an orbiting starshade. The method has been compared to building a giant pinhole camera in space.

Pinhole Camera to Image New Worlds


Bitter, angry, upset and cheated were a few of the words Serena Williams used to describe her feelings after a controversial quarter-final defeat by fellow American Jennifer Capriati at the US Open on Tuesday.

Serena Blasts Umpire After Dramatic Defeat


A smart bandage studded with sensors could help people with diabetes maintain good health.

Smart bandage to help diabetics


Business India: New Delhi, Oct 30 : The government Saturday deferred a decision on the issue of hiking prices of petroleum products.

No decision on price hike of fuels: Aiyar:


Reuters - A general strike in Nigeria which has\raised fears over oil supply from the world's seventh largest\exporter, will likely end its first phase on Thursday, union\leaders said.

First Phase of Nigeria Strike Due to End Thursday (Reuters)


Spain #39;s Oscar Freire celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the elite road race of the 2004 UCI world road cycling championships.

Freire takes third world crown


Russian and US crew members begin their return to Earth, leaving two men on the International Space station.

Crew's craft leaves space station


Reuters - The deadly Asian earthquake may\have permanently accelerated the Earth's rotation -- shortening\days by a fraction of a second -- and caused the planet to\wobble on its axis, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday.

Quake May Have Made Earth Wobble--US Scientists (Reuters)


United Airlines said it will need to cut more than \$1 billion from its annual costs, a much higher figure than previous estimates.

Airline adds \$500 million to earlier estimate


As you watched Culpepper, the quarterback of the Minnesota Vikings, move about the Superdome on Sunday night, you realized you were witnessing a bazooka of a arm.

Vikes QB beats NO with arm, quickest of feet Put it down as an old <b>...</b>


Canadian Press - VANCOUVER (CP) - A Vancouver man wanted by the U.S. for the 30-year-old murder of an American Indian Movement activist is being persecuted based on a faulty FBI investigation and the word of a troubled drug addict, says the lawyer defending his so-called partner in crime.

Vancouver man is victim of shoddy FBI investigation: lawyer (Canadian Press)


The Philippine rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Monday reiterated its resolve to end conflict with the government troops through talks.

Philippine rebels vow to end conflicts through talks


Worldwide spending on enterprise IP PBXes should grow by 45 percent over the next year, according to an upbeat report released Monday by Boston-based Infonetics Research.

Report Predicts Near Doubling of IP PBX Sales


DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A Web site linked to an Iraqi militant group showed a video of what was purported to be the killing of 12 Nepalese workers by militants who had kidnapped them.    The Nepalese Foreign Ministry said it could not confirm the report of the hostages' deaths...

12 Nepalese Reportedly Executed in Iraq


Linux distributor Suse has warned of one of the most serious security holes to date in Version 2.6 of the Linux kernel, which could allow attackers to shut down a system running 2.6-based software.

Suse warns of hole in Linux kernel


MIDDLESBROUGH have landed themselves with the most glamorous ties of the new-look Uefa Cup - but also face the most difficult opponents of the inaugural group phase of the competition.

Boro draw Lazio and Partizan


Ever hear of Ed Owens? I doubt it. Owens is one of the more publicity-shy executives at Wellington Management Co., itself one of the most publicity-averse investment firms in Boston. That's one reason Owens is the city's best mutual fund manager you probably don't know.

A quiet top gun


Interstate Bakeries Corp. (IBC.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , maker of Hostess Twinkies and Wonder Bread, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday after struggling with more than \$1.

UPDATE 5-Interstate Bakeries files for bankruptcy


Paul Pierce scored 28 points, Ricky Davis added 20, and the Celtics shot 56 percent to win for the first time this season, crushing the New York Knicks 107-73 in the Saturdays home opener at Madison Square Garden.

Celtics best Knicks for seasons first win


DENVER - While officials across the nation are urging healthy adults and schoolchildren to skip their annual flu shot, parents are mulling their options. The news that British regulators have shut down a major flu-shot supplier carries particular concern in Colorado, which was the epicenter of last year's flu season with 12,885 reported cases and the deaths of 12 children...

Parents Mull Flu Vaccines Amid Shortage


quot;Dead over the middle, quot; he said. And in he came, all 6-foot-8 and 345 pounds of him, to block a 43-yard Denver field goal attempt with 31 seconds to play, secure a 25-24 victory for the Oakland

Raiders win snow bowl


Andrew Hall steers South Africa to 230-4 on day one of the first Test against India.

Cricket: Hall battles India attack


Congress gave final approval Monday to a 10-year, \$136 billion package of business tax breaks that represents the biggest change in the corporate tax code in two decades

\$136 billion business tax break package gets OK


Reuters - Actress Julia Roberts gave birth to\twins, a boy and a girl, in a Los Angeles hospital on Sunday,\People magazine reported on its Web site, citing an anonymous\source.

Actress Julia Roberts Gives Birth to Twins-Report (Reuters)


Stefan Koubek ended Britain #39;s hopes of promotion to the Davis Cup World Group when he beat Greg Rusedski 7-6 6-4 7-5 in the decisive fifth rubber on Sunday to hand Austria a 3-2 win in their playoff tie at Portschach.

UPDATE 2-Koubek keeps Austria in World Group


Five years after 'liberation,' UN officials are again working on a plan for the political status of the province.

Even in eager Kosovo, nation-building stalls


ATHENS, Greece -- If international gymnastics is a brick house, the mortar holding it together is a conglomerate of finger-pointing, dubious judging, scandal, complaining and bald-faced weeping.

Gymnastics #39; pettiness is all-around


Once healthy, running back Travis Henry will regain his job as the Buffalo Bills starter despite Willis McGahee #39;s strong debut on Sunday.

Bill #39;s Henry to retain starting role when healthy


AP - Thousands of frightened Israeli tourists rushed back home Friday from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula after car bombs ripped through two Egyptian beach resorts crowded with Israeli visitors.

Thousands Rush Home After Egypt Bombings (AP)


I have been anticipating this day like a child waits for Christmas. Today, PalmOne introduces the Treo 650, the answer to my  quot;what smart phone will I buy?

Christmas comes early with Treo 650


A lawsuit filed by New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer against GlaxoSmithKline over charges that the pharmaceutical company withheld information about the safety and effectiveness of Paxil has been settled.

GlaxoSmithKline settlement with NY includes drug study info <b>...</b>


\\I'm guilty.  I'm a Software Pirate!  Not just one or two copies of DOS but\probably hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of software.\\Growing up my parents didn't have much money.  Certainly not hundred of\thousands of dollars for me to blow on software.  I was curious and had a\passion for computers that I couldn't control.  I simply wanted to learn and\couldn't afford to pay for software.\\Luckily I did this when I was a kid so hopefully I won't be prosecuted.  I also\believe that everything I did was ethical.  I didn't take any money out of the\hands of the software industry and I've already contributed WAY more to the\industry than a few hundred thousand in software sales.\\This is th ...\\

I Confess.  I'm a Software Pirate.


quot;Halo 2, quot; which went on sale in November, shattered video game sales records, but does it live up to the hype? Yes. And in spades.

Slew of multiplayer options helps  #39;Halo 2 #39; fulfill hype


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hilton Hotels Corp. <A HREF=

Hilton Profit Up on Travel Recovery


Oklahoma and USC, 12-0 like the Tigers, head to the Orange Bowl title game while Texas vaults Cal for a BCS berth. By wire services.

Perfection not enough for Auburn


NASA officials said yesterday that the international space station is running so low on food that its two crewmen have had to cut back on their eating and may have to abandon the orbiting

Food Short on Space Station


Canadian Press - PANGNIRTUNG, Nunavut (CP) - Bad weather forced helicopters and ground searchers to call off efforts Monday night to locate two soldiers missing in the rugged, mountainous tundra of Baffin Island.

Two soldiers in northern military exercise missing on barren Nunavut tundra (Canadian Press)


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Satellite companies would be able to  retransmit broadcasters' television signals for another five  years but would have to offer those signals on a single dish,  under legislation approved by Congress on Saturday.

Congress Passes Satellite Transmission Measure


Apple Computers is attempting to nab the domain www.itunes.co.uk from a British entrepreneur in a true David vs. Goliath battle. Benjamin Cohen registered his domain in 2000 for a music search engine called CyberBritain.

Apple Tries to Take Out iTunes.co.uk


The Sims 2


Shares of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., whose shares have doubled over the past month, on Wednesday fell 8 percent after a JPMorgan analyst said that a further rally would make the stock expensive relative to its growth potential.

Sirius Shares Slip on JPMorgan Downgrade


Proposals for identity cards and a population register are opposed by Britain's information watchdog.

Watchdog attacks ID card scheme


ARSENAL defender Sol Campbell, who has missed the past two games with an Achilles injury, has now been ruled out for a further three weeks.

New blow for Arsenal


The charges against the former chief executive, Sanjay Kumar, were revealed Wednesday after the company agreed to a \$225 million settlement.

Ex-Chief of Computer Associates Kumar Pleads Not Guilty


Reuters - Oil prices eased on Monday as\speculative funds continued to take profits but a tight global\supply picture stopped the selling from gaining much momentum.

Oil Eases as Funds Take Profits (Reuters)


You can learn something about a rock by looking at it. But what most geologists really want is to smack it with a hammer. And that #39;s just what planetary scientists will do July 4 when NASA #39;s Deep Impact mission

NASA sending hammer to space


NEW YORK (Reuters) -

Howard Stern to Move to Sirius Radio


Fears that big-box stores would devastate independent retailers and suck the life out of Canada #39;s downtown main streets appear overblown.

Small businesses find they can live with big-box stores


PESHAWAR: Pakistan Army spokesman Major General Shaukat Sultan on Friday accused Pakistani journalists of selling the national interest in return for a few hundred dollars, while

Pakistani journalists selling national interest: Sultan


Automotive aftermarket chain Pep Boys-Manny, Moe  amp; Jack Inc. on Wednesday said its third-quarter profit dropped, despite higher sales.

Pep Boys 3Q Profit Off 48 Pct. to \$7.7M


Is it the one who was quoted on the Orlando Magic Web site saying he still  #39; #39;has a chip #39; #39; on his shoulder after the collegiate Player of the Year was taken 20th in last summer #39;s NBA draft, behind

Nelson downplays his first trip back to Philly


SEPTEMBER 01, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Addressing a gathering of software industry leaders in Boston today, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer touted his company #39;s vision for a bright future and cast doubt

Ballmer bullish on future, bearish on Linux


NASA says a poorly designed parachute is the likely reason its space probe, Genesis, came crashing back to earth last week, losing much of its cargo of solar dust.

Faulty parachute linked to Genesis crash


Computer Associates getting IBM veteran John Swainson as CEO - a move generally considered nothing less than brilliant - makes other ex-IBMers wonder how John managed to dodge the IBM border patrol and escape outside of a body bag.

Examining the Swainson Move - Is IBM Planning to Buy Out CA?


US Airways (UAIRQ.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) , which this month sought bankruptcy protection for the second time in two years, said on Sunday it reached a new union contract with 65 flight crew training instructors.

US Airways says reaches new contract with trainers


German airline Lufthansa reaches a deal with unions on pay and working hours for its ground staff.

Lufthansa reaches wages agreement


Clive Woodward, who led England to victory at last year #39;s rugby World Cup, will today hold further talks about his future, a day after saying he will quit as coach.

Woodward Remains England Coach, Will Continue Talks on Future


NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - ABC has pulled out of  negotiations to continue airing college football's Bowl  Championship Series (BCS).

ABC Drops College Bowl Series


Northeastern and Binghamton were locked in a back-and-forth struggle before Jose Juan Barea took charge. The junior guard scored 15 of his game-high 28 points in the final five minutes to lead the Huskies to a 75-68 victory at Solomon Court yesterday.

Barea sparks Huskies


Reuters - A deadline set by militants who have\threatened to behead two Americans and a Briton seized in Iraq\was due to expire Monday, and more than two dozen other\hostages were also facing death unless rebel demands were met.

Hostages in Iraq Face Death as Deadline Nears (Reuters)


CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho loves the rough and tumble of English football, believing a player has to  quot;lose control quot; to get sent off.

Mourinho is happy Premiership play their cards right


AP - The mitten crab may not strike terror into the hearts of the average American along the West Coast  #151; yet.

Experts Join Forces to Stop Aquatic Pests (AP)


More and more resellers of used computer equipment are charging to erase data that may still be left on hard drives.

Old computers: An IT department liability that's costing more


AP - Clashing over Iraq, Sen. John Kerry said Friday that President Bush's policies made the war against terror harder to win and

Kerry, Bush Clash Over Iraq and Allawi (AP)


A Silicon Valley company claims to have developed a universal emulator that's uncharacteristically fast. For one thing, it could mean the latest games are immediately available for the Mac. By Leander Kahney.

Step Toward Universal Computing


Australasia News, SYDNEY, Australia: Six men were convicted of a string of sex attacks on the remote Pacific island of Pitcairn, media there reported Monday, following trials that exposed a culture of sexual abuse on the island home of descendants of the

Australasia ; Pitcairn sex abuses, six convicted


With a gold medal dangling from her neck, Dawn Staley said Saturday that she won #39;t play basketball in the Olympics again. She sure would like to coach in one, though.

Coaching likely in Staley #39;s Olympic future


A modest proposal: We reorganize baseball with a \$50 million salary cap and pool all players into positions for a blind draw among the 30 teams.

Big spenders are making waves in Cup


Major US airlines yesterday reported heavy third quarter losses, under pressure from record fuel prices and fierce competition with budget carriers.

Bleak picture from US airline results


NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips were little changed on  Monday as a disappointing sales forecast from Wal-Mart Stores  Inc. <A HREF=

Blue Chips Flat After Wal-Mart News


Yahoo Inc. will enter the desktop-search field in early January. According to the company #39;s top search executive, Yahoo expects to quickly integrate its various online services into the product.

Yahoo #39;s New Year #39;s Resolution: Desktop Search


Reuters - DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler division\on Thursday said it will save  #36;100 million a year from\production of a new jointly developed four-cylinder engine that\is more powerful, cleaner burning and far more advanced than\the one it builds today.

Chrysler Sees Big Savings from New Engine Venture (Reuters)


on Saturday calling on Iran to suspend all activities related to uranium enrichment. The United States,. Russia and the European Union reinforced the message on Monday by urging Tehran to comply.

Iran converts uranium in defiance of UN


The euro's growing strength against the US dollar is  quot;unwelcome, quot; the European Central Bank chief said yesterday as the 12-nation European currency hovered just below a record high.

EU calls dollar's weakness 'unwelcome'


TOM LEHMAN, the former Open champion, is expected to be named today as the next United States Ryder Cup captain for the 2006 match against Europe in Dublin, according to reports in the American press.

US turn to captain Lehman for Ryder Cup inspiration


distribute 100 million copies of Windows XP Service Pack 2 within two months of the critical security update #39;s release. On Wednesday, Microsoft declared success.

Microsoft: 106 Million Downloads of Windows XP SP2


Greek sprinter Kostas Kenteris insists he is not a drug cheat as he leaves hospital.

Kenteris protests innocence


Takeover target Big Food Group says aggressive competition among food sellers drove down second-quarter sales by 3.3 percent, sparking fears its suitor might drop its bid price.

Aggressive market hits Big Food sales


Two-time champion Andre Agassi beat Armenia #39;s Sargis Sargsian to advance at the US Open and set up a quarterfinal meeting with men #39;s top seed Roger Federer, who reached the round after his opponent withdrew with an injury.

Agassi, Federer, Move Into Quarterfinals at US Open (Update1)


A 17-year-old California boy won a premier high school science competition Monday for inventing a device that converts ocean wave energy into electricity.

California boy wins national science competition


It did not look like No. 1 vs. No. 240 at Arthur Ashe Stadium last night. Roger Federer may have expected to cruise in his first night match of this year #39;s US Open, but he got all

Federer has to work for second win


 By Alan Baldwin

 SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Juan Pablo Montoya left Williams as awinner in Brazil on Sunday, even if he had hoped for greaterthings before the season started.

Motor Racing-Montoya Leaves Williams on a High


AP - If not for a technicality, Oklahoma linebacker Lance Mitchell might've been lining up against the Sooners in the Orange Bowl instead of for them.

Mitchell Switches Loyalties to Oklahoma (AP)


Reuters - Sky-high oil prices are likely to\pressure Wall Street once again on Thursday, while earnings\news from tech giants Ciena (CIEN.N) and Nortel (NT.TO) and\Google's (GOOG.O) awaited Nasdaq debut will also steer\sentiment.

Wall St. Seen Lower on Oil; Google Eyed (Reuters)


Brig Gen Shmuel Zakai is believed to have told reporters that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered an operation in Gaza that the army thought unnecessary.

Israel #39;s Gaza commander resigns


England tonight won their first ever Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens title by beating a fiery Fijian side 26-21 in a pulsating final.

England clinch sevens title


The US Federal Trade Commission has formally announced its first assault against spyware - bits of computer code that surreptitiously install themselves on the computers of Internet users to track their activities, push them to Web sites, barrage them

US agency taking spyware to court


Directors at Walt Disney nominated Michael Ovitz to serve on its board for three years at a 1996 meeting just weeks before forcing him out of his job as president, Ovitz told a Delaware court yesterday.

DISNEY BOARD BACKED OVITZ


KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament opened on Wednesday  without a quorum, hurting opposition hopes of pushing through  motions to open the way for new presidential elections.

Ukraine's Parliament Opens Without Quorum


Dell debuted the latest additions to its Axim PDA line-up: three new models based on Intel #39;s newest processor and mobile graphics technology, and ready to accept tracks downloaded from Windows Media-based online music stores.

Dell launches Axim X50 wireless media PDAs


AP - The Florida Marlins postponed Sunday's game against the Chicago Cubs as Hurricane Frances crept ashore on the eastern coast of Florida.

Frances Postpones Third Cubs-Marlins Game (AP)


AFP - Palestinian premier Ahmed Qorei is to hold talks with senior officials in Egypt this week over Israel's planned pullout from the Gaza Strip and the possibility of a new truce by armed factions.

Palestinian PM Qorei set for talks in Egypt (AFP)


Reuters - Bartolo Colon pitched seven shutout\innings and Alfredo Amezaga hit a grand slam home run as the\Anaheim Angels trounced the Oakland Athletics 10-0 in their\American League West showdown series opener Friday.

AL Wrap: Angels Thump Athletics to Near Playoffs (Reuters)


SEPTEMBER 24, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Not expecting a rush of IT spending during the last three months of 2004, Hewlett-Packard Co.

HP #39;s Fiorina: Sometimes IT spending is a  #39;bad thing #39;


Graeme Souness was quick to criticise Bolton #39;s tactics after watching his Newcastle United side crash to a 2-1 defeat at the Reebok Stadium on Sunday.

SOUNESS BLASTS BOLTON #39;S STYLE


Being Scottish doesnt mean you have to like the Old Course at St Andrews, though Stephen Gallacher has found a new fondness for the Home of Golf after carding a 66 on the third day of the Dunhill Links Championship.

Gallachers 66 is Old gold


JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed to  changes in the route of Israel's West Bank barrier on Monday  but insisted on keeping key Jewish settlement blocks inside,  political sources said.

Israel's Sharon Agrees to Changes to W. Bank Barrier


Premier Yu Shyi-kun, speaking yesterday to a group of Taiwanese in New York, accused Beijing of being a  quot;source of chaos in the world.

Beijing a  #39;source of chaos, #39; Yu says in NY


A bankruptcy judge granted US Airways authority Friday to immediately cut the pay of its union workers by 21 percent through mid-February, saying the airline #39;s situation is so dire that urgent action must be taken.

Update 3: US Airways Gets OK to Cut Workers #39; Pay


In what many expected to be a 5-0 whitewash for the Russians, the Fed Cup finale came down to the final doubles match Sunday in Moscow, with Anastasia Myskina and Vera  quot;The Crying Game quot; Zvonareva edging Marion  quot;Roly Poly quot; Bartoli and Emilie Loit 7-6(5), 7

Myskina Wins Three to Edge France for Fed Cup Victory


NEW YORK - Nextel Communications Inc. and Verizon Wireless unexpectedly resolved a heated dispute Tuesday over a federal proposal to clear up interference between cell phones and emergency response radios

Nextel and Verizon Settle Legal Disputes


Yesterday, Intel took the wraps off of a speedier version of its Pentium M, the heart of the company #39;s wireless notebook platform for unwired professionals, aka Centrino.

Intel #39;s Centrino Gets Speed Tweak


AP - Japan's top mobile carrier has begun marketing a cell phone that can make Internet calls over Wi-Fi wireless networks in addition to regular ones.

Japanese Co. Markets Dual-Network Phone (AP)


Eddie Lampert is looking for Target-type valuations in the merger of Kmart and Sears.

Target Is the Target


At first it seemed funny.  quot;Did you hear the latest about Ron Artest? He asked for a month off to promote his new CD? Man, he must be one brick shy of a load.

Artest #39;s request for time off a troublesome sign; Warriors mull <b>...</b>


GAZA (Reuters) - The Israeli army killed seven militants in  and around the northern Gaza Strip Saturday, raising the  Palestinian death toll to 45 in one of the biggest and  bloodiest offensives in four years of conflict.

Israel Kills 7 Militants in Massive Gaza Offensive


Despite passing Tiger Woods in the world rankings, he still is No. 2, now behind Vijay Singh. By BOB HARIG, Times Staff Writer. The pursuit has been long and exhausting and at times depressing.

Els is always a bridesmaid


AP - Pakistan's parliament elected Shaukat Aziz, the former finance minister and a close ally of President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, as prime minister on Friday. The opposition boycotted the vote.

Pakistan Parliament Elects New PM (AP)


Shares of ID Biomedical jumped after the Canadian drug maker reported Monday that it signed long-term agreements with the three largest flu vaccine wholesalers in the United States following the current flu season #39;s vaccine shortage.

Update 1: ID Biomedical Stock Up on Vaccine Pacts


US troops and Iraqi government forces stormed the rebel pockets in the northern city of Mosul on Tuesday to retake police stations and restore order there, the US military and witnesses said.

US-Iraqi forces attack insurgents in Mosul


AP - Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger suggested punishing subordinates who criticized military dictatorships in Chile and Argentina in the 1970s, declassified documents show.

Kissinger Criticized Subordinates (AP)


The ruling Labor Party opened its annual meeting yesterday with elections looming next year, the opposition gaining favor in polls and Prime Minister Tony Blair eager to head off a rebuke over Iraq from his party #39;s left wing.

Labor Party faces vexing challenges


Malabo - The trial of 18 men charged with plotting to oust Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema went into a fourth day on Thursday, with an Armenian pilot accused of being a hired gun for the coup bid giving evidence.

Armenian accused gives evidence in coup case


ATHENS (Reuters) - The U.S. boxing team sucked on sour  grapes after being left with just one gold medal prospect in  the Olympic boxing tournament Friday.

Sour Grapes as Another U.S. Boxer Bites the Dust


Brocade Communications Systems Inc. unveiled its 4 gigabits per second (Gbps) Fibre Channel (FC) switch family at Storage Networking World on Monday, a stop-gap

SNW  #39;04: 4 Gbps FC products step it up a notch


While we go about our days, an amazing 34 million or so miles away our pair of Mars Rovers are still going about their days, although theirs are 45 minutes longer and are called  quot;sols.

Mars rovers still phoning home


Microsoft bought anti-spyware technology this week to protect its Internet Explorer browser from surging rivals like Mozilla #39;s Firefox, a group of Gartner analysts said Friday.

Microsoft Moves On Spyware To Stymie Firefox


HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam The last time a US passenger plane landed there, it was Saigon. Today, the first US commercial flight to Vietnam in nearly 30 years arrived in Ho Chi Minh City.

First direct flight from US to Vietnam since 1975 has landed


REDWOOD SHORES, CALIF. - Oracle Corp. has again raised the stakes in its long-running attempt to take over rival PeopleSoft Inc. On Monday, Oracle boosted its bid by another 14.

Oracle boosts offer for PeopleSoft


Entering a market where there are already several well established players Nokias Preminet open service model solution is being heralded as the next generation of content delivery systems for wireless devices.

Nokia Preminet  The Next Generation In Content Delivery


By IRA DREYFUSS     WASHINGTON (AP) -- Keep the food pyramid but make it more understandable, food industry and consumer group officials told a panel of Agriculture Department officials on Thursday.    The department is revising its nutrition graphic to reflect new eating guidelines that are due out early next year by a dietary guidance advisory committee...

Groups Weigh in on Revisions to Food Pyramid


The Patriots #39; list of inactives for Sunday #39;s game resembled their wide receiver depth chart. Deion Branch, Troy Brown, Bethel Johnson - all out against the Dolphins, who had the league #39;s best pass defense coming in.

Brady and Pats do enough to win


LONDON (Reuters) - World oil prices briefly scaled a new  high above \$55 a barrel on Monday before falling back as the  Norwegian government moved to end a strike that had threatened  the country's energy output.

Oil Slips as Norway Moves to End Strike


A UN meeting on endangered species could help secure the survival one of humanity #39;s closest living relatives, the orang-utan, by saving its forest home from loggers, a leading expert said on Tuesday.

Save the trees, save the apes, expert says


He may be the star of a hit reality series, a best-selling author and a crack businessman to boot, but even Donald Trump has cash flow problems from time to time.

Trump Goes For Broke


Taj McWilliams-Franklin burst into tears at the buzzer, her emotions finally getting the best of her.

Sun shine again on way to Finals


AFP - Banco Santander Central Hispano (SCH) said it had instructed Merrill Lynch to place, on its behalf, up to 2.51 percent of Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBoS) equity with institutional investors.

SCH to sell 2.51 percent of shares in Royal Bank of Scotland (AFP)


What #39;s one of Steve Ballmer #39;s biggest headaches? It #39;s not Linux or security breaches. It #39;s piracy, the Microsoft CEO said Wednesday.

Microsoft #39;s CEO Steve Ballmer: We need a \$100 PC


LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Tuesday on cheery  economic data showing that inflationary pressure was held in  check in July and ahead of weekly inventory due out on  Wednesday forecast to show a draw in crude stocks

Oil Up on Rosy U.S. Economic Data


AP - Hurricane Frances did more damage to the Kennedy Space Center than any other storm in history, tearing an estimated 1,000 exterior panels from the Vehicle Assembly Building and leaving a checkerboard of holes, officials said Monday.

Frances Damages NASA Space Center (AP)


The United manager has claimed Wenger has a mental problem with Ruud van Nistelrooy and the striker says he is ready to sue the Arsenal boss for labelling him a  quot;cheat quot;.

Wenger ends Fergie war of words


MELBOURNE, Fla. - Fleeing what could be the most powerful storm to strike Florida in more than a decade, residents and tourists jammed highways and shelters Friday as Hurricane Frances churned toward the Atlantic coast, where the state's second pummeling in three weeks could begin as soon as Saturday...

Fla. Highways Jammed Ahead of Frances


AP - No matter how independent, fashionable or popular she may be, Japan's unwed woman has long been labeled the eternal loser  #151; lonesome during the holidays, dreaming of the child she never had, dreading the inevitable question at family gatherings:

Japanese Women Staying Single Longer (AP)


German authorities have arrested a businessman wanted by Spain on charges he helped fund the Al-Qaida terrorist network for years.

Germany arrests suspected Al-Qaida financier


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SBC Communications <A HREF=

SBC to Launch Local Internet-Based Calling in 2005


LONDON - Amazon.co.uk is taking on the crowded UK DVD online rental market with a new offering that will undercut current prices by as much as 30.

Amazon challenges DVD rental market with lower rates


After winding up his three-day visit to India, Russian President Vladimir Putin left India #39;s southern city of Bangalore Sunday afternoon for Turkey.

Russian President Putin left India for Turkey


Las Vegas, NV (Sports Network) - Jose Luis Castillo successfully defended his World Boxing Council lightweight championship with a split decision over Joel Casamayor at Mandalay Bay Casino in Las Vegas.

=== Castillo split-decisions Casamayor ===


Bryon Russell has been to the playoffs every year but one and has played in the NBA Finals three times. It #39;s just the kind of experience the Denver Nuggets could use.

Nuggets hope Russell brings leadership


Hydrogen has zero greenhouse emissions when  quot;burned quot; in the novel car engines now under development - but being a gas it is expensive to compress or liquefy.

UK chemists seek hydrogen store


Pat Finucanes killer expects to be a free man by next May despite a judge jailing him today for a minimum of 22 years. Loyalist assassin Ken Barrett, 41, is expected

Finucane Killer Could Be Free in Eight Months


Security firms are warning about a virus that tries to cash in on interest in David Beckham.

Beckham virus spotted on the net


AFP - Suspected car bombs ripped through a hotel and two beachside tourist sites on the Red Sea coast of Egypt's Sinai desert, killing at least 30 people, most of them Israelis.

At least 30 killed as suspected car bombs rock Egypt's Red Sea coast (AFP)


AP - The U.S. declaration that government-backed militiamen have committed genocide in Darfur is a

Sudan: U.S. Genocide Label May Hurt Talks (AP)


The European Union #39;s head office issued a bleak economic report Tuesday, warning that the sharp rise in oil prices will  quot;take its toll quot; on economic growth next year while the euro #39;s renewed climb could threaten crucial exports.

Update 4: EU Head Office Trims 2005 Growth Forecast


Hollywood #39;s biggest movie studios are to sue people who share films through internet file-sharing networks. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced on Thursday that it will sue unnamed individuals

Hollywood to sue internet file sharers


ATLANTA - A suburban Atlanta school district under fire for placing stickers in biology books saying evolution is  quot;a theory, not a fact quot; is expected to argue the disclaimers are simply a way to teach tolerance, not endorse religion.

Trial begins over Georgia county #39;s evolution disclaimers in <b>...</b>


Cleveland Browns running back Lee Suggs may be ready to play his first game of the season Sunday. Suggs, who had been expected to start at running back this season, missed the first three games because of a neck injury.

Browns #39; Suggs cleared to play


A venture capitalist in the nano sector is finding some nice pickings.

Lemons Ripen Faster than Plums


The state yesterday rehired the poster child for the mutual fund scandal and fired the industry #39;s current golden child. The Massachusetts state pension fund

Mass. fund to rehire Putnam


The US resumes commercial flights to Vietnam, 30 years after the last flight at the end of the war.

US airline starts Vietnam flights


The terrorists holding Ken Bigley hostage in Iraq could be prepared to barter their captive for a ransom, it emerged last night. The Islamic militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has decided that Mr Bigley

Bigley #39;s kidnappers may trade hostage for cash


At East Providence (R.I.) High, where he starred for four years at running back and linebacker, Jamie Silva said he played football at only one speed:  quot;all-out. quot;

Hitting some new heights


SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Trainer Nick Zito has hit the trifecta before tomorrow's Travers Stakes at Saratoga is even run. The personable conditioner has such a deep team of 3-year-olds that he will send out three of the seven competitors in the \$1 million event, led by Belmont Stakes winner Birdstone.

Quite a stable


AP - Steve Spurrier might give his brash, visor-throwing style an overhaul now that he has returned to college football.

Spurrier Takes Over at South Carolina (AP)


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Orders for long-lasting U.S. durable  goods slipped unexpectedly in August as civilian aircraft  demand plunged, but beat forecasts once transportation was  stripped out, government data showed on Friday.

Durable Goods Fall, Aircraft Orders Slump


AP - Colorado's tight Senate race between Democratic state Attorney General Ken Salazar and Republican beer executive Peter Coors is shaping up to be the most expensive political race in state history, preliminary contribution information shows.

Report: Colorado Senate Race Costly (AP)


Canada is interested in investing in Russia, the countrys prime minister, Paul Martin, said on Tuesday. Russia and Canada are two great northern countries rich in natural resources, Interfax news agency quoted him as saying.

Canada Eyes Investment Opportunities in Russia  PM


Both Bush and Kerry say no. But with America tied down in Iraq, military officials say they may need more troops to win the war -- and the next one

Does the U.S. Need the Draft?


AP - The Bush administration reacted suspiciously Wednesday to reports that the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr had accepted a peace plan to end fighting in Najaf.

U.S.: Al-Sadr Withdrawal Would Be Welcome (AP)


Pitcher Chris Carpenter, a 15-game winner for St Louis this season, will miss the opening round when they their play-offs campaign next week.

Carpenter blow for Cards


The Dolphins will put their courtship of LSU coach Nick Saban on hold to comply with the NFL's hiring policy by interviewing a minority candidate.

Saban Still Top Choice


Water is good for you, as the Government #39;s medical advisers keep reminding us. What they don #39;t say is that water companies aren #39;t too bad for your financial health, either.

Splish, splash: United Utilities leaves investors tingling all <b>...</b>


NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were little changed on  Tuesday as a sharp drop in consumer confidence in August  stirred fresh doubt about the economy and expectations for  Intel to pull in its quarterly revenue forecast weighed on  technology stocks.

Stocks Unchanged, Intel Weighs on Nasdaq


AP - President Bush is ready to shift his education focus to older students, building on the law he pushed through before terrorism and war came to define his presidency.

Bush Seeks to Build on His Education Base (AP)


STATE COLLEGE -- This weekend, Joe Paterno will reach another astonishing milestone, notching game No. 457 as the head coach at Penn State and moving into a second place tie on the all-time list with the legendary Glenn Pop Warner.

Paterno impressed by Purdue


TAMPA, Florida (Ticker) -- Coach Jon Gruden benched Brad Johnson in favor of Chris Simms , but the Tampa Bay Buccaneers still couldn #39;t reach the end zone.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers


WASHINGTON Federal prosecutors have announced that they have cracked a global cartel that had illegally fixed prices of memory chips in personal computers and servers for three years, and that one of the companies involved, Infineon Technologies, had

Infineon to pay \$160 million in settlement of price-fixing case


BAGHDAD - A militant Islamic group has killed three hostages in Iraq, a video posted on its website shows. The three men, identified as members of an Iraqi Kurdish group, were killed for helping the Americans, a statement accompanying the tape said.

3 hostages killed in Iraq, tape shows


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasury prices bounced higher on  Wednesday after Fed Chief Alan Greenspan proved less  enthusiastic about U.S. economic growth prospects than many  investors had foreseen.

Treasuries Rise on Greenspan's Remarks


(Article Central) Opera Software and SlipStream Data announced on Thursday that they have integrated the Opera browser with SlipStream #39;s Web and email acceleration technology.

SlipStream, Opera Enhance Browser


Canadian Press - ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria failed to agree with Cameroon on a promised troop-pullout from disputed territory in the oil-rich Gulf of Guinea on Friday, a month after a UN-backed deadline for its hand-over to Cameroon passed.

Nigeria misses UN deadline to pull troops out of oilfields claimed by Cameroon (Canadian Press)


WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AFP) - Jennifer Rosales matched the best solo leader Annika Sorenstam could do yesterday to stay within sight of the title halfway through the \$1 million ADT Championship.

Rosales stays close to Sorenstam


The joint venture between Korea #39;s LG Electronics and the Netherlands #39; Philips (NYSE: PHG) reported an increase in year-on-year sales for its fiscal third quarter (up 12).

LG.Philips: This Side Up


AP - B.J. Surhoff hit a grand slam, and the Baltimore Orioles capitalized on the third straight poor start by a Boston pitcher to beat the Red Sox 9-6 on Monday night.

Orioles Slam Red Sox 9-6 (AP)


Fiji #39;s Vijay Singh fashioned an eight-under par 63 on Saturday to take a two-shot second-round lead on 131 in the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Singh takes two-shot lead, Woods tied for second


This so-called friendly for the Cook Cup, rather than something more global, was generally billed as the payback Test. The team inflicting the revenge was supposed to be England

Giteau #39;s kick in the teeth for Robinson


At least 21 people were dead Wednesday as massive Typhoon Tokage churned north across the Japanese archipelago after hitting Kochi Prefecture.

Typhoon kills 21, leaves trail of havoc


Mutual-fund adviser Bridgeway Capital Management Inc. and its president, James Montgomery, have agreed to pay almost \$5.2 million to settle Securities and Exchange Commission charges of illegally overcharging

Bridgeway, Founder Settle SEC #39;s Claims


The last time I looked, shares of discount retailer 99 Cents Only were trading at \$14 or so, down around 60 percent from their summer 2003 mid- \$30 trading range.

2 telltale signs that show it #39;s time to dump a stock


Rodney Carney scores a career-high 33 points and Memphis ends the surprising tournament run of Saint Mary's with an 81-66 victory.

Memphis Stops St. Mary's


BOCHUM, Germany (Reuters) - Workers at a General Motors  plant in Bochum, Germany, swallowed their anger over job cuts  and voted on Wednesday to end a seven-day stoppage that has  disrupted output at three other GM car factories.

GM Staff Call Off Work Stoppage at Bochum


Reuters - An extra 3 million barrels per day (bpd)\of production capacity worldwide is needed to avoid another\year of blistering oil prices, International Energy Agency\(IEA) executive director Claude Mandil warned on Sunday.

World Needs More Oil Capacity -Watchdog (Reuters)


Reuters - Hurricane Ivan killed at least 20 people\as it laid waste to the tiny spice island of Grenada, officials\said on Wednesday as the storm swept through the Caribbean\heading west.

Hurricane Ivan Kills 20 in Grenada, Heads West (Reuters)


World #39;s No.1 retailer makes half-million dollar contribution to help defeat a state ballot measure. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Wal-Mart fights Prop 72 in California


PITTSBURGH Nov 7, 2004 - Pittsburgh Steelers running back Duce Staley was downgraded Saturday from probable to questionable for Sunday #39;s game against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Staley Questionable for Game Vs. Eagles


College basketball: WOMEN -- William Smith at Babson, 7 p.m.; Brandeis at Curry, 7 p.m.; Southern Maine at Tufts, 7 p.m.; Providence at UConn, 7:30 p.m.

Today's schedule


The independent candidate for the Palestinian Presidential elections Mustafa al-Barghouthi said he was beaten yesterday by the occupation soldiers at a military checkpoint near Jenin to the north of the West Bank.

Palestinian presidential elections candidate beaten


NEW YORK - Wall Street closed out a dismal third quarter with a mixed performance Thursday after Merck   Co. said it would be forced to remove its best-selling Vioxx arthritis drug from the market...

Stocks End Mostly Lower on Vioxx Troubles


Federal Labor leader Mark Latham says the Prime Minister needs to face up to the reality that there were no stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

Latham calls on PM to admit to WMD mistake


AP - The Bush administration said publicly Wednesday it does not endorse a plan by three European allies to offer Iran incentives to suspend its enrichment of uranium, a key step in producing nuclear weapons.

U.S. Won't Back Iran Nuke Incentive Plan (AP)


Scientists are sweeping, vacuuming and picking at the mangled wreckage recovered from the Genesis spacecraft that crashed into the Utah desert on Wednesday.

Scientists sift wreckage of Genesis


Iran #39;s foreign minister says that Tehran will never fully dismantle its nuclear capabilities, also voicing the country #39;s concerns about the threat of a pre-emptive strike by Washington.

Iran  quot;will never end quot; nuclear programme


ATHENS, Greece -- Gunmen have seized a public bus near the Greek capital of Athens and are holding about 25 passengers hostage. Authorities have surrounded the Athens-Marathon bus that was seized early Wednesday morning, Greek police told news agencies.

Gunmen seize bus in Athens


NatWest bank suspends some online banking facilities after bogus e-mails ask customers for their account details in a 'phishing' scam.

'Phishing' scam targets NatWest


NewsFactor - Three top 10 PC manufacturers -- \IBM (NYSE: IBM), Hewlett-Packard and one unnamed company -- may abandon the market in the next three years as consolidation takes hold, according to recent research from Gartner.

Research: PC Market Poised for Shakeup (NewsFactor)


EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ  While Chad Pennington #39;s return from a strained right rotator cuff was far from perfect, Curtis Martin was stellar yet again.

Save money when you hit the links on the Grand Strand


SIALKOT, Pakistan -- Thousands of minority Shi'ite Muslims rampaged through this eastern Pakistan city for the second straight day yesterday, burning a police station and the mayor's office after a mass funeral for 31 people killed by a suicide bombing at a Shi'ite mosque.

Thousands riot after Pakistan funeral


The women's clothing and accessories retailer continues to produce impressive results.

Chico's: A Retailing Steamroller


Business software maker Open Text Corp. lowered first-quarter expectations Tuesday due to a number of deals that will fail to close during the period.

Open Text Revises 1Q Lower


A study on software licensing shows that companies are getting ahead of their customers on subscription-based billing.

Customers cool on subscription software


AP - Vijay Singh and Mike Weir provided a preview of the Ryder Cup, even though neither of them will be playing at Oakland Hills this week.

Americans Try to Regain the Ryder Cup (AP)


Beginning Wednesday, an unusual mix of Hollywood moguls, high-powered corporate directors and legal scholars will train their eyes on a relatively tiny courtroom in Georgetown, Del.

Disney lawsuit could ripple through Corporate America


AP - India is rethinking its plan to send a man to the moon by 2015, as the mission would cost a lot of money and yield very little in return, the national space agency said Thursday.

India Rethinks Plan to Send Man to Moon (AP)


Englewood-based Liberty Media reported increased operating cash and higher revenue for the third quarter of 2004. Liberty (NYSE: L, LMC.

Liberty Media revenues, cash flow up


TOKYO - Tokyo stocks rose Wednesday morning as gains in such shares as technology and marine transport helped erase earlier losses prompted by an overnight fall in US blue-chip shares.

Stocks edge up in morning


roundup Plus: Groups push on for TV on cell phones...Shopping.com holders cut IPO shares...Transmeta starts new chip, warns on earnings.

Briefly: Web services security outfits merge


by dip in oil prices. BY TOM VAN RIPER. A plunge in oil prices propelled stocks to big gains yesterday, with the Dow closing above 10,000 for the first time in two weeks.

Stox #39; surge fueled by dip in oil prices


BESLAN, Russia (Reuters) - The sound of weeping mothers who  lost their sons and daughters in Russia's school siege drifted  out of the homes of Beslan on Sunday as the first burials were  held for some of the 338 people killed.

Russian School Siege Town Buries First of Its Dead


Pat Summitt #39;s team took the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press #39; preseason women #39;s basketball poll Monday, the 11th time it has started the season atop the rankings - and first since 1998.

Tennessee, Kansas Begin At No. 1


NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Shares of Tramford International Ltd. (TRFDF) rose nearly 50 Wednesday, on news that a customer agreed to acquire the personal-computer business of International Business Machines Corp.

Tramford Intl Up; Sells Security Products To Lenovo Group


AFP - A second pod of 17 whales has died in a mysterious mass beaching on King Island in the Bass Strait off Australia's south coast following the fatal stranding of 80 whales and dolphins at the weekend.

More whales dead and stranded off Australia's south coast (AFP)


Simon Katich has lost a close call for the final batting place to Darren Lehmann for the first Test against New Zealand at the Gabba, starting on November 18.

Lehmann in, Katich out ... again


AP - The molten rock rising inside Mount St. Helens is giving the peak an eerie red glow at night.

Lava Gives Mount St. Helens Eerie Glow (AP)


Cavaliers guard LeBron James lights up the stumbling Chicago Bulls for 26 points on 11-of-17 shooting for a 96-74 Cleveland triumph.

James Clubs Bulls


A FILING WITH the Securities and Exchange Commission shows that AMD has extended its existing deal with IBM. According to Investors.

AMD extends chip deal with IBM


North-west Norfolk MP Henry Bellingham has called for the release of an old college friend accused of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea.

MP calls for release of old school pal


Unix vendor SCO Group (Quote, Chart), in the midst of copyright infringement lawsuits over parts of Linux, reported a net loss of \$7.

SCO Posts Q3 Loss as Legal Costs Mount


ANAHEIM -- Entering the last week of a red-hot division race that is still uphill for them, the Anaheim Angels suspended their second-biggest run producer for showing up the team.

Alas, there #39;s no  #39;Team #39; in  #39;Jose #39;


ENIOR British Airways executives face the sack after the staff shortage fiasco that crippled the airline #39;s operations at Heathrow last week and threatens to do the same this bank holiday weekend.

BA heads to roll over flights chaos


By recreating the influenza virus that killed up to 50 million people in 1918-19, researchers may have identified the gene that turned it into one of the most lethal in human history.

Critical Gene a Suspect in Lethal Epidemic


Australian scientists have invented an electronic driver's  assistant system, similar to the back-seat driver who forever  points out road signs and warns against speeding.

Electronic Back-Seat Driver System to Be Tested


WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration late Friday declined to endorse AstraZeneca #39;s anti-stroke drug, Exanta.

FDA advisory group cites liver injury in clinical trials


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen kidnapped two Americans and a Briton Thursday from a house in an upscale Baghdad neighborhood where many foreign companies are based, the Interior Ministry and witnesses said.    The three were employed by Gulf Services Company, a Middle East-based construction firm, and were seized from a two-story house surrounded by a wall in the al-Mansour neighborhood, said Col...

2 Americans, 1 Briton Kidnapped in Iraq


Diamond Ferri ran for 141 yards two touchdowns and scored again on an interception Saturday as Syracuse rolled to a 43-17 victory over No.

Syracuse upsets No. 17 Boston College