Ask anyone who knows Andre Agassi and they will tell you that the bald but brilliant former champion is an awfully nice chap. But there are times when Agassi can be positively nasty; cruel even.

Agassi discards Mr Nice Guy #39; image


Born in 1968, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) finally listed on the Indian bourses on Wednesday. After the first day of trading, TCS #39;s share price closed at Rs 987.

TCS debuts, becomes No. 3 company in India


Reuters - US Airways Group Inc.  will\ask a bankruptcy court on Friday to impose emergency pay cuts\of 23 percent on unionized workers if an agreement with the\workers is not reached during the day.

USAir Looks for 23 Percent Union Pay Cut (Reuters)


Shortstop Craig Counsell returned to the Arizona Diamondbacks, agreeing Wednesday to a \$2.7 million, two-year contract. Arizona traded Counsell to the Milwaukee Brewers after the 2003 season

Counsell returns to Diamondbacks


Roar down city streets in the upcoming

Advertisements Inserted Into Video Games


The head of the world #39;s largest contract chip manufacturer said Thursday it will cost an estimated \$1 billion (euro 776 million) for his company to develop the latest chip production technology.

Taiwan Chip Giant Seeks Strong Partnerships


Miami Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt, whose team has the worst record in the National Football League, resigned after 4 1/2 seasons and was replaced by defensive coordinator Jim Bates.

Miami Dolphins Coach Dave Wannstedt Resigns After 1-8 Start


ASIO last night asked Spanish authorities to provide details of Australian phone numbers contacted by a group of seven alleged Islamic terrorists arrested across Spain on Monday.

Aussie links to Spanish terror cell


AP - Dustan Mohr allowed two runs to score when he dropped a fly ball in the 12th inning, and the New York Mets overcame a shaky return by Tom Glavine and a team-record six double plays to beat the San Francisco Giants 11-9 Saturday.

Dropped Fly Lets Mets Nip Giants in 12th (AP)


England midfielder Steven Gerrard says he is ready to make his comeback for Liverpool at Middlesbrough on Saturday, after a two-month injury absence.

Gerrard all set to make a comeback


President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo claimed Wednesday that the Philippines #39; growth prospects remain firm despite doomsayers #39; grim economic forecasts.

Arroyo: Economic Growth Prospects Are Firm


AP - Wayne Rooney joined Manchester United on Tuesday despite a last minute holdup caused by his broken foot.

Wayne Rooney Joins Manchester United (AP)


1 Southern California at Stanford  7 p.m., TBS
Not that long ago -- 1999 to 2001 -- Stanford won three straight in this series, but times have changed. All the preseason hype was for USC quarterback Matt Leinart, but he may not even be the best player on his team. Tailback Reggie Bush can, and will, line up just about anywhere. Something must give: USC is averaging 38 points per game; Stanford is allowing just 6.5.

The Rundown


PITTSBURGH, Sept. 7 -- Dave Williams pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings for his first victory in nearly three seasons and Jason Bay homered, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0, on Tuesday night.

For Pirates #39; Williams, Wait Ends Pirates 2, Brewers 0


Ryan Moore staged a remarkable comeback to overhaul Luke List in the 36-hole final of the US amateur championship at the Winged Foot Golf Club on Sunday.

Moore battles back to top List at US amateur championship


IT security experts have uncovered a critical vulnerability in the popular Winamp media player, which could be exploited by hackers to compromise a user #39;s system.

Hackers exploit critical Winamp flaw


AP - Navy accepted an invitation to the Emerald Bowl, putting the Midshipmen in the postseason in consecutive years for just the second time in school history.

Navy Accepts Emerald Bowl Bid (AP)


Christian Gomez scores in the 32nd minute to give D.C. United a 1-0 win over the New England Revolution on Saturday night.

United Tops Revolution


AP - Chester Taylor ran for 117 yards and two touchdowns, and the Baltimore Ravens got a solid performance from their depleted defense in a 17-6 preseason victory over the Detroit Lions on Saturday night.

Taylor Scores 2 TDs As Ravens Beat Lions (AP)


AP - Democrat John Edwards lost the election for the vice presidency this week and will lose his Senate seat in January. But he's hardly going away. He's positioned himself for a full-out presidential run in 2008, a campaign that in a way he's already begun.

Edwards Positions Himself for 2008 (AP)


Speaking from France, Palestinian officials say leader Yasser Arafat took a turn for the worse late Wednesday. He #39;s been in a Paris hospital since last Friday.

Arafat #39;s health worsening, aides in Paris say


Bright flashes in the sky had residents in the Washington region calling 911 Saturday night for what was actually the annual Geminid Meteor Shower.

Geminid Meteor Showers Alarm Area Residents


Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - The Pennsylvania attorney-general #39;s office has sued an online university for allegedly selling bogus degrees, including an MBA awarded to a cat.

MBA graduate thinks he is the cat #39;s whiskers


Secretary General Kofi Annan opened the annual United Nations debate of world leaders today with a plea for greater observance of international law and a reminder

Annan Repeats Misgivings About Legality of Iraq War


MUNICH - German business confidence recorded a surprise jump in December, a survey of 7,000 executives released on Friday showed, rebounding to its highest level in eight months and underscoring optimism that Europe #39;s biggest economy will remain on a

German business confidence rebounds


AP - Descendants of the native American warrior Crazy Horse want a change in the famed Paris strip club named after him.

Crazy Horse Kin Want Strip Club Renamed (AP)


ATHENS, Greece - Seriously challenged for the first time in these Olympics, the U.S. women's basketball team fought through foul problems and long stretches of frigid shooting to clinch first place in its preliminary group with a 71-58 victory over Spain on Friday...

U.S. Women Beat Spain in First Real Test


The unofficial exhibition season disclaimer for defending champions and lottery teams alike reads as follows:

Another step along the way


PC World - Wega TVs, Vaio systems, DVD recorders and camcorder highlight HD product lineup.

Sony Describes HD Product Plans (PC World)


RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat made a rare admission of mistakes on Wednesday and urged reforms to end corruption after an unprecedented wave of turmoil.

Arafat Admits Mistakes, Slow on Palestinian Reform


AP - A fresh wave of ads pushed President Bush's spending to nearly  #36;46 million for July, the Republican's highest level since he launched the first ad blitz of his re-election campaign in March, a campaign finance report filed Friday shows.

Report: Bush Spent Nearly  #36;46M in July (AP)


AP - Timeline of the sexual assault case against Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant:

Timeline of Case Against Kobe Bryant (AP)


T. rex was one of the largest meat-eaters ever to walk the land when it died out some 65 million years ago. At an elephant-like 6 tons, it stretched about 40 feet to 45 feet long and measured about 13 feet tall at the hip. The adult skull alone was 5 feet long, with teeth up to a foot long.

Growth and Mortality Details of T. Rex Get Clearer


NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and Pakistan began talks on  Saturday looking for ways to nudge forward a peace process that  appears to be running into problems over their half-century  dispute over the Kashmir region.

India, Pakistan in Talks to Nudge Peace Process


The Budget Office and the case of the disappearing public interest

DRM is doubleplus good for business, Congress advised


Rising oil prices have stocks falling in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 44 points. Losing issues on the New York Stock Exchange hold a 5-2 lead over gainers.

Stocks Tumble As Oil Prices Spike


After a doubleheader sweep of the Minnesota Twins, the Yankees can clinch the A.L. East championship on Thursday by beating them again.

Division Is Almost in Yanks' Hands


MICRON Technology, the worlds number two maker of computer memory chips, is planning to build its first plant in China by 2005.

Micron plans China plant


Pakistan test-fired on Wednesday a nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface ballistic missile, capable of hitting targets deep inside arch-rival India.

Pakistan Tests Medium-Range Nuclear-Capable Missile


Nicole Cooke could ride in four or more Olympics but the pain of her first will always be with her. After finishing just outside the medal placings in Sunday #39;s road race, the Welsh cyclist put herself through another half-hour of sun-baked agony in the ...

Cooke Vows to Learn Athens Lesson


Chester has given Wales permission to talk with Ian Rush about the job as national team coach. A former Liverpool star, Rush took over the League Two team in August and has been mentioned as a successor to Mark Hughes.

Chester gives Rush permission to talk with Wales


KUALA LUMPUR -- Japan #39;s Makoto Tamada took provisional pole position for Sunday #39;s Malaysian Grand Prix after lapping inside the track record in Friday #39;s first qualifying.

Gibernau, Rossi right behind Tamada


At the annual gathering in Cannes, France next week, Gartner analyst Alexander Linden will identify several of the long-term technology trends and innovations whose seeds were sown in the days of the tech bubble.

Future of the web is on the move


The Nets have waited more than two months for Jason Kidd to practice. So it shouldn #39;t be a problem for them to wait another two days before he suits up.

Kidd almost set


Stuffing something in a public locker usually isn't a memorable experience. You drop a coin, take the key and move on. But at the Statue of Liberty, recently reopened after a two-year closure, stashing a package offers a glimpse into the future. To rent, close and reopen lockers, visitors touch an electronic reader that scans fingerprints.

Biometrics Creeping Into Everyday Life for Americans


As I #39;ve said before, I don #39;t think Harrah #39;s Entertainment (NYSE: HET) could have hoped for much better. Late last month, casino operator Harrah #39;s and merger partner Caesars

Harrah #39;s/Caesars Expects Payoff


My column is dedicated to training and education issues for IT professionals but how much do we think about training for end users, particularly educating users to be security-aware?

Security: End users are your first line of defense


When Paula Radcliffe dropped out of the Olympic marathon miles from the finish, she sobbed uncontrollably. Margaret Okayo knew the feeling.

Olympians out with plenty to prove in NYC Marathon


Bird flu has killed a nine-year-old Thai girl, raising the country #39;s toll from the deadly disease to 11 this year, a Health Ministry spokeswoman said on Monday.

Bird flu kills one in Thailand, resurfaces in Indonesia


Dow Jones   Co., the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, will buy MarketWatch Inc. for about \$519 million in a deal that would end a monthlong bidding war for the online financial news and information provider.

Dow Jones   Co. to Buy MarketWatch Inc.


Three weeks into the season and the BC High soccer team remains unbeaten. Junior forward Colin Stanton scored the winning goal yesterday on a pass from sophomore Jay DeLuca as host BC High edged Xaverian, 2-1. The Eagles improved to 3-0-2.

BC High tops Xaverian


Brent Geiberger took advantage of ideal morning conditions to earn a share of the clubhouse lead with a 6-under-par 66 during the first

Geiberger has share of clubhouse lead at Greensboro


In the past, IBM has offered Linux as an option on its pSeries Power4 line, and has also offered Linux in certain partitions on its iSeries products.

IBM Introduces New Entry-Level Linux Servers


Know the foe: The Irish #39;s season is in danger of turning bad after a 24-23 loss to Boston College on Saturday. They now have two weeks to prepare for a game at No.

NOTRE DAME: Monday morning quarterback


A Labour MP who used to work for luxury carmaker Jaguar said today that vital manufacturing skills will be lost forever if the firms owners close one of its three UK plants.

#39;Skills Lost Forever If Jaguar Plant Shuts #39; - MP


The Spaniard saw Portsmouth snatch an injury-time equaliser on Tuesday night to frustrate Liverpool who had been hoping for a win after Saturday #39;s derby defeat to Everton.

Pompey frustrate Liverpool boss Benitez


AP - Two sets of Americans have come here to talk global warming: the United States, opposed to controls on carbon emissions, and a bloc of united states, from Maine to Delaware, that plan to impose them.

Some States Split With Bush on Emissions (AP)


UNCASVILLE, Conn. - Hands on her hips, her shoulders slightly pinched forward, Seattle #39;s Lauren Jackson stood stoically in front of her bench, waiting through the seemingly interminable commercials before the start of the second half.

Suns #39; sleight of hand puts Storm #39;s Jackson off her game


Six Flags Inc., the world #39;s second-largest amusement park operator, said Monday that third-quarter profit fell 60 percent as storms and wet weather led to lower attendance.

Six Flags Posts 60 Pct. Drop in 3Q Profit


How hot are the ''Hot Dozen quot; toys? To find out, The Boston Globe put six toys from the 2004 Toy Wishes magazine Hot Dozen list in front of 13 kids from the Charlestown Boys and Girls Club. The kids, from 6 to 8 years old, spent an hour last week playing with toys ranging from a Cabbage Patch doll to ...

From mouths of babes: What's hot, what's not


WASHINGTON: Global finance chiefs may admit this week that soaring oil prices are a cloud on a generally sunny world economic horizon but they will likely dismiss any chance they could drown growth.

Global finance chiefs won #39;t let oil dent optimism


Manny Ramirez homered and drove in five runs as the Red Sox earned their fifth straight victory.

Ramirez, Red Sox Batter White Sox


Williams-Sonoma Inc. said second- quarter profit rose 55 percent, boosted by the addition of Pottery Barn stores and sale of outdoor furniture.

Williams-Sonoma 2nd-Qtr Net Rises 55; Shares Soar (Update5)


ATHENS -- Trojan hurdler Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic won the gold medal in the 400-meter hurdle today (Aug. 26) at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

Trojan Felix Sanchez Wins Olympic Gold Medal In 400-Meter Hurdle


Venus Williams reached the second round of the Swisscom Challenge with a 6-2, 6-2 victory Tuesday over Karolina Sprem, who upset her in the second round at Wimbledon.

Venus Williams beats Sprem to reach second round


Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine have identified the growth factors essential to allow spermatogonial stem cells -- the continually self-renewing cells that produce sperm -- to exist in culture indefinitely.

Growth Factors Confer Immortality to Sperm-generating Stem Cells


The top three executives of the American Stock Exchange may face civil charges for failing to properly enforce the exchange's rules.

S.E.C. Warns American Exchange Officials of Civil Charges


Like most of the relievers the Giants have signed to multiyear contracts, Jim Brower has a list of incentives built into the deal.

Incentive clause fails Brower


Almost a year has passed since the then-Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky was jailed. Meanwhile, the oil giant he founded is about to lose its core asset, Yuganskneftegaz, that produces 60 per cent of all its oil.

Malignant Tax-Payers


Europe #39;s new constitution got a thumbs-up from French Socialists, according to voting results announced Thursday. Some 59 percent of Socialist supporters favored the new charter

French Socialists back EU charter


Uncover financial insights for your business daily with The New York Times - the authority on market trend news and analysis. Now delivered to your home or business starting at \$2.40/wk.

ADV: The New York Times Home Delivery


ATHENS, Greece -- The American women #39;s gymnasts were in contention for the team gold medal Tuesday night, needing a big finish to beat the Romanians. Courtney Kupets, who had to be replaced on the balance beam because of a pulled hamstring, decided to ...

Tarnished silver for US women


Indonesian authorities find no traces of mercury pollution near US mining firm Newmont's Buyat Bay site.

Newmont cleared in Indonesia


Forget the Monday morning blues. For Windows administrators, the second Tuesday of the month has become the day to dread. That #39;s the day when Microsoft releases its monthly package of patches.

#39;Black Tuesday #39; leaves Windows admins blue


Apple's iTunes music download service is accused by the Consumers' Association of overcharging UK users.

iTunes under fire over UK pricing


AP - Online search leader Google Inc. is becoming more bookish.

Google Offers New Book-Search Feature (AP)


ROME, Nov 10 (SW) - Juventus increased the gap with Milan to six points, beating Fiorentina while the Rossoneri were held to a scoreless draw by Brescia.

Italy: Juventus win, AC Milan held by Brescia


Although the economy as a whole is in its best shape in three decades, improved growth is threatened by disparities between wealthy nations and the developing world as well as rising oil prices.

IMF, World Bank Warn of Imbalances


NO WONDER that President Musharraf is pleased with his trip to London yesterday and Washington at the weekend. He has been fted as the chief ally in the War on Terror, a third implicit

Musharraf #39;s one-way deal is just the ticket


Wall Street stocks rose Thursday as National Semiconductor Corp. #39;s strong earnings results soothed investors #39; worries over higher jobless rate and rising oil prices.

Wall Street stocks end higher on strong company earnings


A half-eaten slice of cheese on toast purportedly showing the image of the Virgin Mary has got online bargain-hunters licking their lips.

Woman  #39;blessed by the holy toast #39;


Cricket-Inzamam gamble fails as West Indies rout Pakistan September 22, 2004 12:32:48 SOUTHAMPTON, England, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq gambled and lost on Wednesday as his team were routed by West Indies for 131 from 38.

Pakistan v West Indies scoreboard


Federal prosecutors and the S.E.C. are investigating Merck in connection with its recalled pain reliever, Vioxx.

Justice Dept. And S.E.C. Investigating Merck Drug


Dell president and CEO Kevin Rollins indicated that the company is actively considering including AMD processors in its server roster in the foreseeable future.

Exclusive: Dell close to adopting AMD chips


The Videocon Cup tournament was hailed as a firecracker competition between three ICC Champions Trophy favourites; India, Pakistan and Australia.

Winners and Losers - Videocon Cup


AP - Musicians, composers and authors were among the more than two dozen people Wednesday honored with National Medal of Arts and National Humanities awards at the White House.

Bush Presents Awards for Arts, Humanities (AP)


Seattle online media company RealNetworks Inc. on Tuesday said a new campaign to attract subscribers to its music download service will add about a penny per share to its third-quarter net loss.

RealNetworks launches music-download price war


A fire in a Turkish cinema injured dozens of people attending a film premiere on Tuesday, but no one was killed, the state-run Anatolian news agency said.

Dozens injured in Turkish cinema fire


The European Union, Japan, Brazil and five other countries won World Trade Organization approval to impose tariffs worth more than \$150 million a year on imports from the United

EU, Japan win WTO approval to impose duties on US


SEATTLE (Reuters) - For people trying to get their aging  parents on the Web so they can read e-mail and get digital  photos of the family, Microsoft Corp. has a message: Don't give  up.

Microsoft Targets Older People for Web Via TV


Final version is expected this month; software will compete with Outlook express.

Mozilla Previews Thunderbird E-Mail App


PORTLAND, Ore. - It's been almost a year since singer-songwriter Elliott Smith committed suicide, and fans and friends will be looking for answers as the posthumous

Elliott Smith CD Released Year After Death


NewsFactor - Tiger Telematics, the U.S. developer of the Gizmondo mobile gaming console, has announcd plans to enter the smartphone market in competition with Nokia, Sony Ericsson, PalmOne and RIM.

Tiger Telematics Plans Business Smartphone (NewsFactor)


Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline agreed Thursday to settle charges that it hid and misrepresented unfavorable data about the effectiveness and safety of its top-selling anti

Paxil Maker Will Post Its Unfavorable Test Results


Qwest Communications International Inc. has tentatively agreed to pay \$250 million to settle fraud allegations by federal regulators, a union official said Friday - a move that could help lift a cloud that

Update 2: Qwest, SEC Reach Agreement, Says Official


For the Braves, Tuesday #39;s rainout means they #39;re scheduled to close the season with 27 games in 27 days, including doubleheaders today against the Phillies and Monday against the Mets in New York.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution


Sun Microsystems (nasdaq: SUNW - news - people ) saw its first-quarter loss reduced on Friday, as it cemented the accounting for its \$92 million patent settlement with Eastman Kodak (nyse: EK - news - people ).

McNealy: Sun Micro Q1 Loss Narrows As Kodak Accounting Set


VANCOUVER - Vancouver Canuck star Todd Bertuzzi will go on trial in Vancouver provincial court on Jan. 17, 2005 for his on-ice attack on another player last season.

Bertuzzi trial set for new year


European equities retreated on Thursday, with technology stocks under pressure after disappointing news from Applied Materials, while the euro #39;s rise to new record highs against the dollar also weighed.

Techs lead fall in Europe


SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines Ltd., the world's  second most valuable airline, said on Wednesday it planned to  buy up to 31 Boeing Co 777-300ER planes worth about US\$7.35  billion to support growth plans.

Singapore Air Sets \$7.35 Bln Boeing Order


AUSTIN - Texas took care of its fiercest in-state rival and ensured at least one more week of bickering about the Bowl Championship Series.

Texas downs A amp;M, pleas for BCS help


AP - The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved an implantable computer chip that can pass a patient's medical details to doctors, speeding care.

FDA Approves Use of Chip in Patients (AP)


JACKSON, Wyo. - Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Friday that the country will face

Greenspan Warns on Baby Boomer Benefits


The stark contrasts of Russian news reporting were out in the open Thursday: Dailies that largely remain out of state hands screamed  quot;terrorism quot; in bold front-page headlines

Russian Press Screams  #39;terror #39; After Plane Crashes


Some art experts believe intricate letters painted on a saint's cloak are artist Raphael's monogram.

Italy Asks a Banner Question: Whodunit?


Jim Edmonds blasted a two-run homer in the 12th inning and the rejuvenated St. Louis Cardinals beat the Astros, 6-4, to force the N.L.C.S. to Game 7.

Cardinals Take Astros the Distance


UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. panel has put on its  sanctions list networks said to be controlled by Jordanian Abu  Musab al-Zarqawi after they claimed responsibility for  bombings, kidnappings and beheadings in Iraq.

UN Puts Zarqawi Network in Iraq on Its Terror List


Toshiba is releasing four new portable digital music devices - one boasting a 60GB capacity - to rival Apple #39;s iPod and iPod mini.

Toshiba trumps iPod with 60GB rival


WASHINGTON -- The White House's director of postwar policy for Iraq, who was instrumental in helping to set up an interim government to lead that country until elections can be held, is stepping down.

Postwar policy chief to resign from post


The play of cornerbacks Shawn Springs and Fred Smoot is a big reason why the Redskins' pass defense is ranked fifth in the NFL.

Corners Spark Defense


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

Heavyweights at The Garden


WASHINGTON -- The US government knew of an imminent plot to oust Venezuela's leftist president, Hugo Chavez, in the weeks before a 2002 military coup that briefly unseated him, newly released CIA documents show, despite White House claims to the contrary a week after the putsch.

US knew of 2002 plot on Chavez, papers show


TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo stocks were higher at midday on  Wednesday thanks to gains in telecom shares and a handful of  small-caps, but the rise was limited as big technology firms  wilted ahead of a business update from bellwether Intel Corp.

Nikkei Up at Midday, Led by Telecoms


THE Office of Fair Trading yesterday threatened to crack down on the credit card industry over its charging policy. It announced it was issuing the MasterCard network with a final warning to justify the fees

Watchdog threatens credit card industry over charges


Microsoft said Thursday that it is enjoying success with its campaign to increase IT security for customers of its products worldwide.

Microsoft: Security requires teamwork


Giants quarterback Kurt Warner walked off the field looking a bit like a chastened child, eyes cast down, licking his lips. He did not yet know that Coach Tom

Warner #39;s Mistakes Costly for Giants


The UN nuclear watchdog said in a confidential report circulated on Monday that Libya appears to have been telling the truth in its declarations on the covert atomic weapons programme which it agreed in December to abandon.

Libya seems honest about nuke programme-UN report


Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL) didn #39;t need much of a makeover today. The cosmetics purveyor experienced particular sales strength in Europe and was enthusiastic about the coming year.

Estee Lauder, Beauty Queen?


By 2100, about 10 of all bird species probably will be extinct, killed off by habitat loss, hunting and climate change, conservation biologists estimate.

1 in 10 bird species could vanish within 100 years


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In Spain scientists have discovered 13-million-year-old fossils of new species of ape. The species may have been the last common ancestor of humans and all great apes living today. <b>Photo Gallery.</b>

Ancient Ape Discovered #151;Last Ape-Human Ancestor?


Justin Gatlin of the United States became the fastest man in the world after winning the men #39;s 100 meters dash at the 28th Olympic Games here on Sunday.

American Gatlin becomes world #39;s fastest man


Despite a hip injury, Chinese golfer Zhang Lianwei shot a three-under par 69 in his first round of the Volvo China Open in Shanghai.

Birdies ease pain for injured Zhang


Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Monday as oil\prices eased a little and Friday's start-of-quarter buying\spree continued into the new week.

Stocks Rise; Siebel Boosts Tech Shares (Reuters)


Otellini is buttoned-down and urban. He has handled much of Intel #39;s communication with Wall Street analysts and he peppers his interviews with friendly comments and jokes.

COO Otellini To Take Helm at Intel


One day after creating the South American Community of Nations (CSN), a continent wide political-economic bloc, the leaders of South America on Thursday signed the Ayacucho Declaration

South American leaders sign Ayacucho Declaration


SAN DIEGO --(Business Wire)-- Oct. 11, 2004 -- Breakthrough PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne 8.11 Applications Enable Manufacturers to Become Demand-Driven.

PeopleSoft Announces PeopleSoft Demand Flow Manufacturing and <b>...</b>


Since the Heisman Trophy will be handed out and a new national champion (or two) crowned before you know it, please send in your questions promptly using the form below to avoid a delay-of-game penalty!

Gators will respond strongly


AP - On the campaign trail, belting out promises for the next four years, President Bush exudes confidence and optimism. Yet the reality of a second term is that Bush would be boxed in by many of the momentous decisions he made in the first.

Re-Election May Not Bear Bush Promises (AP)


Pro baseball: New York Yankees vs. Red Sox at Fenway Park, 7 p.m. College field hockey: Fairfield at Sacred Heart, 4 p.m.; Castleton St. at Becker, 4 p.m.; UMBC at Maine, 5 p.m.; Providence at UNH, 7 p.m.

Today's schedule


The US dollar climbed against the euro after some traders abandoned bets that a slowdown in growth reflected in economic reports this week would push the US currency to a one-month low.

Greenback gains on euro even as US economy slips


A proposal to build a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Laveen, the area #39;s first south of the Rio Salado, has drawn the ire of labor groups, but local leaders call the project needed and the cornerstone to good growth in the area.

Labor groups upset over likely Wal-Mart


The Internal Revenue Service is looking for 1,096 Alabama taxpayers, including dozens from the Decatur area, whose income-tax refund checks could not be delivered.

IRS seeking local residents due refunds


STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The Nobel Prize in physics is like a scientific riddle: speculation about who could win equals the sheer complexity of the work examined for the coveted award.    This year's choice, which is to be announced Tuesday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, could be involved in the search for dark matter or nanotubes...

Nobel Prize Winner for Physics to Be Named


Continental Airlines Inc. on Wednesday joined a string of major carriers in charging service fees for airline tickets booked at reservations centers or airport ticket counters in the United States.

Continental Airlines Adds Service Fee


World no. 2 Ernie Els is fuming after receiving demands from the American Tour that he must play more tournaments in the US. Els has received a letter from USPGA Commissioner Tim Finchem regarding his commitment

Els won #39;t bow to USPGA


Singulus Technologies will begin selling machines for mass producing read-only Blu-ray Discs next year. German firm, Singulus, will supply machines that make the discs, called BD-ROMs, by

Blue-ray mass market move


A9.com Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., last week launched a search site that will compete with Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo.

Search Is On At Amazon


When Americans go to the polls in November, they will confront a voting system beset by many of the same problems that produced the bitterly disputed outcome four years ago.

Problems Abound in Election System


By Reuters. Peter Chernin, president of the News Corporation, has signed a new contract that makes it easier for him to take the top job at another publicly traded company.

Contract Stirs New Talk on Disney Job


NO SOONER does one door open for Andy Robinson, the new England head coach, than another closes. Yesterday it was the removal from his immediate plans of Jonny Wilkinson

England #39;s new era likely to begin without Wilkinson


A day after being freed from prison in a dramatic court ruling, former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim obtained a passport yesterday to travel to Germany for specialized back surgery and tested the waters for a comeback in Malaysian politics.

Recently freed Anwar heads to Germany for surgery


WASHINGTON - The Food and Drug Administration silenced one of its drug experts who raised safety concerns weeks before Merck   Co. yanked the blockbuster drug Vioxx due to increased risks for heart attack and strokes, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said Thursday...

FDA Accused of Silencing Vioxx Warnings


SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - A Costa Rican judge on  Saturday put the former head of the Organization of American  States under house arrest for six months while he is  investigated for bribery claims, judicial officials said.

Former OAS Chief Under House Arrest in Bribe Probe


Ukraine's opposition leader urges thousands of supporters to defy the government, alleging massive poll fraud.

Huge poll protest grips Ukraine


A group of Iraqi children had just run across to US troops for sweets at a neighbourhood celebration in Baghdad when the first of three bombs exploded, killing at least 35 youngsters.

35 children die in suicide attacks


quot;No one can control or change this revolution. No one can control or change me. quot;. Yasser Arafat spoke those words before a boisterous crowd in a dusty refugee camp called Nahr Bared in northern Lebanon more than two decades ago.

. . . and Lost Chances


The San Antonio Spurs snatched their fifth straight victory in an away game against the Philadelphia 76ers. Tim Duncan led the Spurs with a season-high 34 points and 13 rebounds, China Radio International reported Friday.

Spurs past Sixers 88-80


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The MLB Players #39; Association filed a grievance Tuesday on behalf of pitcher Denny Neagle after his contract was terminated by the Colorado Rockies.

MLBPA files grievance for Neagle


A huge systems crash causes delays in processing some claims at the work and pensions department.

Benefits computer failure chaos


This is a big year for protest graphics, one of the oldest art forms in the United States and one that is booming thanks in part to the Internet.

For Graphic Artists, Back to the Barricades


Guangdong police have started accepting permanent residence applications from foreigners, Shenzhen Daily reported on Monday. The provincial public security department had issued

quot;Green card quot; applications accepted


According to a report slated to be released Friday by research firm IDC, the worldwide server market hit \$11.5 billion in the second quarter, up 6.9 percent from the same period in 2003.

Server sales sag in the middle


By JOANN LOVIGLIO    PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A federal judge threw out on Friday a Pennsylvania law requiring Internet service providers to block Web sites containing child pornography, saying the tools to do so also cause

Judge Rules Internet Child Porn Law Unconstitutional


Key creditor nations reportedly approve a plan to slash Iraq's debts, as an election date is announced.

Iraq debts write-off 'approved'


Red Bull Racing owner Dieter Mateschitz has not made his final choice for his team #39;s drivers line-up but he is not hiding his actual preferences.

Scott Speed moving up to F1 ?


Aiming to put itself in the vanguard of the Internet travel business, America Online will invest an undisclosed amount in an upstart that threatens to lure customers away from Orbitz, Expedia, and Travelocity.

America Online buys into rival of travel websites


Reuters - Orders for U.S. durable goods --\items meant to last at least three years -- posted a\larger-than-expected rise in July, boosted by an increase in\demand for passenger aircraft, a Commerce Department report on\Wednesday showed.

Durable Goods Orders Rise on Plane Demand (Reuters)


AFP - German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom has agreed with French firm Vivendi Universal and Polish energy group Elektrim to buy Poland's biggest mobile phone group PTC.

Deutsche Telekom to buy Polish telecoms operator PTC (AFP)


Blizzard Entertainment has confirmed that World of Warcraft, its highly anticipated online world title, will debut on Nov. 23.

quot;World of Warcraft #39; debuts Nov. 23.


US investment bank Merrill Lynch  amp; Co. (MER.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday said third-quarter profit fell 8 percent, hurt by reduced trading in

Merrill Profit Falls on Lower Trading


Three second-half goals keep Arsenal's unbeaten record alive in a controversial encounter.

Football: Arsenal's run continues


CHICAGO (Reuters) - Precision Castparts Corp. <A HREF=

Precision Castparts to Sell Branches


Mike Piazza sent a flare down the right-field line in the eighth inning Wednesday night at Olympic Stadium, and Bartolome Fortunato couldn #39;t have been happier about that cue shot.

New York Mets News


AFP - Oil prices hit all-time highs near 54 dollars in Asian trade as a general strike in Africa's biggest oil producer Nigeria turned the heat up further on jittery market and brought 65 dollars within sight.

Oil prices set all-time highs near 54 dollars in Asian trade (AFP)


HONG KONG : It #39;s 6.00 pm and election candidate Choy So-yuk wipes sweat from her brow as her voice drifts from the speakers in Hong Kong #39;s seedy Wan Chai district.

Scandal, insults and a bit of politics on HK campaign trail


Reuters - When narrow colonial-era\streets get jammed with evening traffic in India's technology\capital, the radio disc jockey turns agony aunt.

Bangalore Thrives, Chokes on Outsourcing (Reuters)


BERLIN, Germany -- A last-minute goal from Argentine striker Diego Klimowicz gave Wolfsburg a 2-1 home win over Kaiserslautern on Saturday to keep them top of the Bundesliga.

Late strike keeps Wolfsburg on top


BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - The U.S. began the  long haul back from a record five-point opening-day Ryder Cup  deficit in positive fashion on Saturday.

U.S. Begins Long Fightback at Ryder Cup


MUMBAI: Napster today announced that it has forged an agreement with Dwango Wireless, a leading mobile developer and publisher of entertainment content to launch Napster Mobile across major North American carriers.

Napster to enter ringtone market with Dwango


LONDON Amid the wars, terror threats and other tremors rattling political capitals, the global economy and financial markets seem strikingly placid - at first glance, at least.

Calm in the markets but squalls ahead ?


Spyware is rife and virus infection commonplace yet many home users reckon they are safe from online threats. An AOL/National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) Online Safety Study - conducted by technical experts

Insecurity begins at home


Three prominent open-source software developers have urged the EU to reject a law that would codify the practice of granting software patents in Europe.

Torvalds denounces EU patent law


Purdue receiver Taylor Stubblefield found inspiration in some comments he read from Notre Dame cornerback Dwight Ellick before Saturday #39;s football game.

No words can explain outcome


The overall defense is coming off as fine a performance as anyone could have expected as the Hokies prepare for their first-ever ACC road game against Wake Forest.

Defense Improving


Iran #39;s hard-line Parliament unanimously approved a bill on Sunday supporting the resumption of uranium enrichment. The vote comes as talks with European countries over Iran #39;s

Iran Votes to Resume Nuclear Work


Sybase has announced that its Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) for Linux, the enterprise-class, relational database management system (RDBMS), will run on IBM #39;s eServer OpenPower systems, IBM #39;s POWER5 microprocessor- based servers tuned specifically for

Sybase offers breakthrough Linux-based ASE value


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc. <A HREF=

Berkshire Profit Falls After Hurricanes


BRISTOL, Connecticut (Ticker) - Joe Gibbs and Bill Parcells are on opposite sidelines for the first time in nearly 14 years when the Washington Redskins host the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night.

Gibbs, Parcells rekindle NFC East rivalry on Monday


ORLANDO, Fla. Oct. 8, 2004 - A former NASA safety inspector accused of falsifying examinations of crucial parts on the space shuttle Discovery pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court, and his attorney called him  quot;meticulous in his work.

Ex-NASA Worker Charged for Faking Exams


Shareholders of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation agree the tycoon's plan to move the company's headquarters from Australia to the United States.

News Corp investors agree US move


AFP - A US appeals court has ruled that a lower tribunal had no right to decide a case brought against US Internet giant Yahoo by two French groups trying to halt online sales of Nazi memorabilia.

US appeals court delivers blow to Yahoo over Nazi memorabilia row (AFP)


Reuters - An accident at an underground munitions\depot or a weapons factory was the likely cause of a huge\explosion in North Korea last week, and there were possibly two\blasts, South Korean media reports said on Monday.

N.Korea Blast Cause Unclear But Many Theories (Reuters)


AP - Ricky Davis scored 25 points and Paul Pierce added 17 points and 10 rebounds on Sunday to lead the Boston Celtics to a 102-83 victory over Seattle and snap the SuperSonics' nine-game winning streak.

Celtics Snap Sonics' 9-Game Win Streak (AP)


About 50 percent of the children in Bangladesh are malnourished while 36 percent of the babies are born underweight. The country has around six million working children and about 2.5 lakh children die every

36pc babies born underweight


Brockton, continuing to hush doubters following a difficult loss to Xaverian in Week 3, won its sixth in a row yesterday, tripping up visiting Pinkerton Academy (N.H.), 39-10, at Marciano Stadium.

Brockton boosts win streak to six


Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Matt Leinart threw a pair of touchdown passes and LenDale White ran for two scores, as No. 1 Southern California blanked Washington, 38-0, in a Pac-10 mismatch at the Coliseum.

NCAA Game Summary - Washington at Southern California


WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- DR Horton Inc. (DHI) posted earnings of \$349.6 million, or \$1.47 per share, for the fourth quarter ended Sept.

DR Horton sets record backlog, eyes  #39;strong #39; FY-05


Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - The much-maligned pit bull was celebrated by animal lovers in front of the legislature in Toronto on Saturday, in reaction to a call by Ontario's attorney general to ban the breed.

Pit bull owners rally in Toronto against proposed ban; call it wrong solution (Canadian Press)


My Yahoo Embraces RSS Feeds\\I started using RSS in January 2000 after Blake Carver sent me a exasperated e-mail asking why, for heaven's sake, I wasn't using it. Surely, he noted, I could see that RSS was the greatest thing since sliced soap. (He may have used slightly different words.) ...

My Yahoo Embraces RSS Feeds


Facing persistent speculation that MCI Inc. is positioning itself for a sale, the telecommunications company's chief executive, Michael D. Capellas, insisted yesterday he has ''no intention quot; of breaking the company into pieces that could attract several buyers.

'Global' vision for MCI


In the 69-year history of college football #39;s most prestigious award, a freshman has never won the Heisman Trophy. I voted to change that in year No.

This frosh deserves Heisman


AMSTERDAM -- The first international war crimes trial of Kosovo Albanians began yesterday, with three former rebels accused of abducting and killing suspected collaborators and Serb civilians during the 1998-to-'99 conflict.

Ex-Kosovo rebels face first war crimes trial


Britain-based HBOS says it will file a complaint to the European Commission against Spanish bank Santander Central Hispano (SCH) in connection with SCH #39;s bid to acquire British bank Abbey National

HBOS Sounds Alarm over Santander-Abbey Deal


Sun this week unleashed its Java 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0, code-named Tiger, an upgrade that includes more than 100 new features.

Sun ships Java upgrade, focuses on ease of use


\\Java developers often load system properties to customize the runtime behavior\of their applications.\\For example a develoepr could define a 'max_connections' system property to\define the maximum number of TCP connections that their application server can\support.  While nice, this prevents all other applications from using this\variable name.\\The first reaction to this would be to namespace your variable names.  Instead\of using max_connections you would now use\'my.application.Server.MAX_CONNECTIONS' as your property name.  This works of\course but now you have to load this property on startup.\\public static int MAX_CONNECTIONS = Integer.parseInt( System.getProperty(\

RuntimeProperties... Reflection from System Properties


Pakistan claims its security forces have killed a leading al-Qa #39;ida member who was a main suspect in the kidnap and murder of the journalist Daniel Pearl, and an assassination

Pearl murder suspect Farooqi shot dead


Two aerospace giants, Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp., said on Tuesday they will form a partnership to compete for the contract to build NASA #39;s next manned spaceship.

Boeing, Northrop Grumman to Team Up on Spaceship


After the ritual humiliation of the new boys, the ICC Champions Trophy began in earnest yesterday with a quarter-final showdown between two of cricket #39;s most decorated starsbut it too turned into a no-contest.

McGrath and mates turn arch rivals into minnows


IT APPEARS THAT Germany #39;s T-Mobile has broken ranks and decided to test a complimentary IP based wireless technology,Flash-OFDM,in The Hague, the Netherlands.

T-Mobile tries OFDM in Europe


BAGHDAD In the single deadliest ambush of the Iraq insurgency, guerrillas dressed as security officers executed 49 freshly trained Iraqi soldiers on Saturday evening on a remote road in eastern Iraq as the unarmed soldiers were going home on leave, Iraqi

49 Iraqi soldiers die in guerrilla ambush


Bud Selig might get his wish, and last week #39;s ugly public disclosures might produce an upside. Gene Orza, chief operating officer of the major league baseball players #39; union, said yesterday

Sides talk drug tests


AT amp;T, the US telecoms group, and a team of subcontractors have won a contract valued at up to \$1bn to design, build and manage a secure IP-based global network for the US government

AT amp;T team wins \$1bn network deal


Jets running back Curtis Martin, who amassed 111 rushing yards on 25 carries. Martin also found the end zone twice, scoring on plays of 1 and 9 yards.

49ers Insider


The unemployment rate for August fell to 5.4 percent from 5.5 percent, the lowest since October 2001, the government reported today.

U.S. Economy Added 144,000 Jobs in August


V, a Boeing official told a group of National Space Society members Friday in Huntsville. More than 300 people were at the event at the Sheraton hotel to discuss exploring space and the possibility of developing private space business.

Moon trip needs new Saturn V


There #39;s a fake security alert targeting users of Red Hat #39;s Fedora distribution, the company warned in an advisory. The Linux distributor posted a note on its security updates page to caution users against downloading security updates received via e-mail.

Fake Red Hat Alert Making Rounds


Walt Disney Co. President Bob Iger said on Wednesday that a new deal with Pixar Animation Studios was unlikely and that the US media conglomerate

Disney #39;s Iger Says Pixar Deal Unlikely


Yet another risky game for that Patriots winning streak, now at 21. Pittsburgh hasn #39;t lost at home, and rookie quarterback Ben Roethlisberger hasn #39;t lost, period.

Peek at the Week: Ben vs. the Streak


Dozens of police officers on today raided the offices of Kansai Electric at the site of Japans worst nuclear plant accident as part of a criminal investigation into the tragedy that killed five people last month, an official said.

Police Raid Nuclear Plant Offices


The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Thursday cleared the way for power companies to roll out broadband over power line service by approving a set of rules designed to limit interference to other radio frequency devices such as amateur radios.

FCC approves BPL interference rules


Afghan troops stormed a notorious prison Friday in an assault aimed at ending a standoff sparked by a bloody escape attempt by four

Afghan soldiers storm jail to end standoff with inmates


Updated: A  quot;cumulative security update quot; plugs eight holes in the Internet Explorer browser, while other patches address  quot;critical quot; vulnerabilities in the Windows shell, in SMTP and elsewhere.

Microsoft Issues Flurry of Fixes on Busy Patch Day


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Homemaking icon Martha Stewart will  serve her five-month jail sentence for lying about a suspicious  stock sale at a minimum security prison in West Virginia, a  source close to the case said on Wednesday.

Martha Stewart Going to W.Va. Jail-Source


Victor Co. of Japan said today it has succeeded in manufacturing an environmentally friendly DVD with a special plastic synthesized from corn starch.

JVC Creates Environmentally Sound DVD


I ran now has backed off from a demand that had stalled an agreement worked out by France, Britain and Germany to freeze all of Iran #39;s uranium processing activities.

Iran Blinks, Sort Of


The Smart 1 lunar probe has entered into orbit around the Moon, the first ever European mission to do so.

Europe probe arrives at the Moon


Top-heavy with Atlantic Coast Conference teams, The Associated Press preseason mens basketball poll gave the nod to Kansas of the Big 12 Conference.

ACC has three top-5 teams in preseason hoops poll


The comment was the first public acknowledgement by James D. Wolfensohn, president of the World Bank, 71, that he is unlikely to win the backing of the Bush administration for a third term.

World Bank Chief to Step Down in '05


Reuters - Business software maker Oracle Corp.\ on Monday posted a higher quarterly profit on firm\demand for its market-leading database software.

Oracle Posts Higher Second-Quarter Profit (Reuters)


Claire's Stores continue to crank up sales and get more profitable along the way.

A Plastic, Fantastic Gem


Ralph Friedgen continues to stand behind quarterback Joel Statham despite his three first-half interceptions in Maryland's 19-16 overtime loss at West Virginia on Saturday.

Friedgen Set on QB


Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has blasted rival Arsene Wenger, accusing him of having a  quot;mental problem quot; with striker Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Wenger has  #39;mental problem #39;: Ferguson


The banking industry warns customers with online accounts to guard against a new wave of sophisticated cyber-fraud.

Banks sound alarm on online fraud


Cisco Systems signed an agreement on Thursday to acquire NetSolve, which manages information technology systems, for \$128.7 million in cash.

Cisco to acquire IT management firm


The UN nuclear watchdog said on Thursday it was still talking with Brazil about inspecting its uranium enrichment plant despite Brazil #39;s assertion an inspection deal had been finalized.

UN says no nuke inspection agreement


The company that makes half the flu vaccine used in the U.S. was suspended for manufacturing problems.

Britain Blocks Drug Firm From Supplying Flu Vaccine


OUAGADOUGOU (AFP) - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has warned there was  quot;no military solution quot; to the crisis in troubled Ivory Coast and urged President Laurent Gbagbo to abide by internationally agreed peace accords.

No military solution to Ivorian crisis: Annan


After a year in development, today is the day the Mozilla Foundation released their long awaited browser named Firefox officially launching version 1.0.

Mozilla Firefox - setting the world on fire


AFP - Australian police say they may soon follow the United States' lead and issue air marshals with electric stun guns after a trial of the weapons by an elite security unit.

Australian police to trial stun guns for air marshals (AFP)


AP - Scientists tried to pry apart a mangled NASA space capsule in hopes of salvaging its precious cargo of solar atoms Thursday, a day after the saucer-shaped probe crashed in the Utah desert.

Scientists Try to Use Genesis Wreckage (AP)


Q. Andy, how do you feel about playing first? Would you like to get it all started right away? ANDY RODDICK: Yeah. Absolutely. Either way I would have beencomfortable with it.

Transcript: USA Team After the Draw


England prop Julian White expects South Africa to be all the more determined come Saturday #39;s Test match at Twickenham following their Grand Slam-ending defeat against Ireland last weekend.

England #39;s White ready for Boklash


PeopleSoft said it could accept a takeover bid from Oracle and now needs time to weigh on it. Oracle has been haunting PeopleSoft for 15 months with the possible bid of \$7.

PeopleSoft nearly positive towards Oracle bid


AFTER a two-month delay, Apple has unveiled its new iMac desktop computer which integrates disk drives and processors into a flat display less than two inches (5cm) thick.

Australia waits on iMacs, iMusic


Crude oil futures rallied late Friday to a new record high of \$54.90, a day after a decline in the U.S. inventory of heating oil roiled a market already on edge over tight supplies, high demand and unrest among key producers.

Oil Prices Hit Another Record High of \$55


Walt Disney World escaped serious storm damage from Hurricane Charley last weekend, but many central Florida residents, including employees of the Magic Kingdom and other Orlando theme parks, weren #39;t so lucky.

Charley hurts Disney workers


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Worried soaring oil prices could  hurt the best global prospects in years, finance chiefs from  wealthy nations met on Friday to try to work out what lay  behind the surge and how to buffer the economic expansion.

G7 Finance Chiefs Mull Oil


AP - Their discoveries may be hard for many to comprehend, but this year's Nobel Prize winners still have to explain what they did and how they did it.

Nobel Winners to Explain Discoveries (AP)


AP - Phil Mickelson spent a sleepless night, not that it really mattered since he had plenty of time to rest up Saturday at the Ryder Cup. The best player in the majors this year, a chastised Mickelson sat out the morning four-ball matches mostly because U.S. captain Hal Sutton dared not risk giving away any more points.

Mickelson Back on Course After Benching (AP)


Shares in Air China, the country #39;s flagship carrier, closed 8.2 per cent higher yesterday when it began trading in Hong Kong, as Chinese stocks in the territory continued to rebound

Air China shares debut strongly


AP - Mount St. Helens stewed in volcanic gases and low-level earthquakes Sunday, with crowds of eager tourists hoping to glimpse an eruption that scientists said could happen immediately or take a few weeks.

Mount St. Helens May Take Weeks to Erupt (AP)


FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Investors' appetite for U.S. assets  will eventually dwindle and the United States must reduce its  budget deficit to prevent major economic damage, Federal  Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Friday, in remarks that  hit the dollar hard.

Greenspan: Appetite for Dollar Will Wane


washingtonpost.com - John Kerry may have conceded his loss in the presidential election the day after the polls closed last week, but the blogosphere is still abuzz with charges of e-voting machine fraud and other conspiracy theories claiming that President Bush didn't fairly (or actually) win reelection.

The Election That Never Ends ... Online (washingtonpost.com)


Reuters - Virgin Electronics, the consumer\electronics arm of Richard Branson's Virgin Group,  on\Tuesday unveiled a new portable music player to compete\directly with Apple Computer Inc.'s  popular iPod mini\player.

Virgin Electronics Unveils Portable Music Player (Reuters)


LIVERPOOL #39;S chances of reaching the next stage of the Champions League took a dent here last night when a goal from Javier Saviola just after the interval was enough to give Monaco all three points.

AS Monaco 1 - 0 Liverpool


The hills of Mars have yielded fresh clues about how water shaped the Red Planet. Scientists at NASA #39;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, revealed that the robotic explorers Spirit and Opportunity each made discoveries which indicate that water has ...

More Mars secrets uncovered


MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis  Rodriguez Zapatero said on Monday he wanted to testify before a  parliamentary commission probing the March 11 train bombings --  an appearance likely to trigger a fierce political debate.

Spanish PM Wants to Testify at Train Bombs Probe


The Commerce Department said that stocks of unsold goods increased by 0.9 percent in July, down from a 1.1 percent rise in June.

Businesses' Inventories Rise; July Sales Up


A satellite system which automatically opens train doors has failed, leaving passengers stuck on board.

Satellite fault shuts train doors


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

Olowokandi arrested in Indianapolis


New platform chief, Ashim Pal, says software giant has been on the defensive against Linux and other rivals.

Microsoft exec takes aim at open source


BIRMINGHAM, England : Play in the ICC Champions Trophy Pool C match between Kenya and Pakistan at Edgbaston here was abandoned for the day because of rain without a ball being bowled.

Cricket: Kenya v Pakistan match abandoned for the day


The pall of hopelessness that has shrouded Berti Vogts #39; tenure as Scotland manager is unlikely to clear now that the German has departed.

Vogts faced uphill task -- as will his successor


A 60-year-old woman jumped on to the back of a crocodile yesterday, tackling it to free a man trapped in its jaws. The four-metre (13ft) crocodile grabbed the 34-year-old man as he slept in a tent with his

Woman rescues fellow camper from crocodile #39;s jaws


The chairman of India #39;s Reliance Industries has denied any family dispute over the ownership of the country #39;s largest private company.

Reliance denies any family row


Atlanta -- The Giants returned from the South after a 3-4 trip that should have been better, culminated by a game that they should have won.

Pitching fails Giants once again Another early exit for starter as <b>...</b>


Juan Pablo Montoya tops the times in the opening practice session at Interlagos.

F1: Montoya sets early pace


Microsoft #39;s (Nasdaq: MSFT) SenderID technology may not be hitting it off with other technology companies, but the company #39;s continuing on the anti-spam crusade that it started talking up back in January.

Microsoft #39;s New Suit


Javier Vazquez walked behind the mound during a miserable fifth inning Saturday night, a sign that he knew what was coming. Manager Joe Torre was a few seconds from taking the

Vazquez Is an Ace Buried In a Hole


Canadian Press - VICTORIA (CP) - The B.C. government will hold its first byelection since being elected in 2001 on Oct. 28.

Campbell sets Oct. 28 byelection date for vacant Surrey riding (Canadian Press)


Real Network's iTunes Price Cutting Bags 1 Million Sales\\Real Network's recent price cutting of iPod compatible song downloads may not be bringing profit to the company, but it is cutting into the iTunes market as well as carving their own song download market before Microsoft enters the picture. Real has ...

Real Networks iTunes Price Cutting Bags 1 Million Sales


SAN FRANCISCO -- A judge is ordering Microsoft Corp. to pay \$112.5 million to attorneys who successfully sued the software maker for monopolizing a segment of California #39;s market.

Judge Orders Microsoft to Pay \$112 Million


LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, seeking to repair ties between the United States and Europe, urged Washington yesterday to reach out to its allies and not depend on military force alone in the global fight against terrorism.

Blair urges Europe, US to work together


ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Hajime Meshiai, an 11-time winner on the Japanese PGA Tour, shot 69 Sunday to retain a share of the lead after five rounds of the Champions Tour national qualifying tournament.

Reese, Meshiai Lead Champions Tour Quals


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Sony to support MP3 - shock


A young Finn humbled motorsports elite in Paris yesterday to win the Race of Champions. Heikki Kovalainen, Nissan World Series champion and a Renault Formula One test driver, beat world rally champion Sebastien

Flying Finn upstages Schumacher


Reuters - United Online Inc. , a\low-cost Internet service provider, on Monday reported\disappointing growth in quarterly revenue and subscribers, and\cut its full-year subscriber target for the second time in\three months, sending shares as much as 7 percent lower.

United Online Cuts Full-Year Subscriber Goals (Reuters)


Reuters - U.S. Treasuries rallied on Friday\after a surprise drop in U.S. producer prices in August fueled\the view that the Federal Reserve might pause on its rate-hike\path after an expected rate boost later this month.

Treasuries Rally on Drop in August PPI (Reuters)


The vendors will collaborate on their approaches to PC quarantines, but Microsoft #39;s Network Access Protection gets delayed by more than a year.

Microsoft, Cisco Partner On Network-Access Security


PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) - Haiti began burying hundreds of flood victims in mass graves on Wednesday while emergency food was distributed to some of the thousands of people made homeless by Tropical Storm Jeanne.

Haiti Begins Mass Burials of Flood Victims


By measuring variations in satellite orbits, scientists have found the first direct evidence of one of the hallowed tenets of Albert Einstein #39;s theory of general relativity - that the Earth and other large celestial bodies distort space and time as they

Einstein #39;s theory finds proof


Women opting for a Caesarean should be warned there is a small chance that it will jeopardise later natural births, say experts.

Caesarean 'low birth risk link'


NOVEMBER 04, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Microsoft Corp. will give customers advance notice of its monthly security updates in an effort to help them prepare to install related software patches, the company announced today.

Microsoft to help users prep for patching


The state drug agency asked for a warrant Friday to search a warehouse belonging to the coach of two disgraced Greek sprinters who withdrew from the Olympics after they missed a doping test.

Probe expanded into Greek sprinters #39; crash, coach #39;s past


According to an executive, the Mets have reached an agreement to hire the Montreal Expos' general manager, Omar Minaya, to head the baseball office.

Troubled Mets Turn to Minaya


TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's deadliest typhoon in more than  two decades killed at least 62 people, media said on Thursday  as rescuers searched frantically for 27 still missing in floods  and landslides.

Typhoon Kills 62 in Japan, Deadliest in 20 Years


Reuters - Scientists and wildlife officials\continued to search Tuesday for what may have caused a series\of mass strandings which left 168 whales and dolphins dead on\Australian and New Zealand beaches in the past three days.

Officials Stumped by Australia, NZ Whale Beachings (Reuters)


Iran and its European partners struggled to salvage their agreement committing Tehran to freeze an important part of its nuclear program.

Iran and Europe Negotiate to Try to Save Nuclear Agreement


NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips were little changed on  Tuesday as an upgrade on Caterpillar Inc. <A HREF=

Blue Chips Are Flat, Caterpillar Gains


WASHINGTON -- Oil prices rose yesterday despite reports that refineries along the Gulf Coast and production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico which had been shut down were being restaffed as Hurricane Ivan proved less disruptive than feared.

Oil prices rise despite little storm damage


AT amp;T Corp. (TN: Quote, Profile, Research) , the No. 3 US telephone company, on Thursday reported a \$7.1 billion third-quarter loss due to \$12.

UPDATE 3-AT amp;T posts \$7.1 bln loss on writedown, job cuts


New York (CBS.MW) - Canadian stocks put in a mixed performance by midday, with the major indexes little changed on the session. Free!

Cognos tops forecasts; Midnight Oil merger


GERMANTOWN, Md. - An analyst at Cellmark #39;s DNA testing laboratory was fired for allegedly falsifying data. Cellmark, the world #39;s largest private DNA testing firm, says the falsification occurred in only

State news of national interest


Gay rights leaders are debating if they should moderate their goals after 11 states approved constitutional amendments prohibiting same-sex marriages.

Groups Debate Slower Strategy on Gay Rights


CHAPEL HILL -- North Carolina made its national debut Saturday afternoon in a long-running reality series starring the ACC. Carolina #39;s 91-78 win over No.

Ed Hardin: Must-see TV: UNC is for real


LOS ANGELES -- After 14-plus years in the NBA, Gary Payton is an unapologetic realist. He has no use for morale-boosting optimism.

Celtics' defense is coming alive


December 07, 2004 - In an announcement made around the midnight hour earlier this morning, Sony Computer Entertainment and NVIDIA Corporation jointly confirmed that they have teamed up to create the graphics chip for Sony #39;s next videogame console.

Sony Announces PS3 GPU


Three children have been killed by a landmine in Pakistan #39;s tribal region of South Waziristan, officials say. The children, including two brothers and aged between nine and 13, triggered the mine near the main town of Wana, they said.

Waziristan mine kills 3 children


Reuters - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will host\a summit on the troubled western Sudanese region of Darfur with\the presidents of Chad, Egypt and Nigeria, a Libyan government\source said on Tuesday.

Libya to Host a Mini-Summit on Darfur This Month (Reuters)


People driving or riding in a sport utility vehicle in 2003 were nearly 11 percent more likely to die in an accident than people in cars.

Safety Gap Grows Wider Between S.U.V.'s and Cars


MARK COLVIN: After two years of legal battles, it now seems the alliance deal between Air New Zealand and Qantas is well and truly grounded.

Air NZ, Qantas deal grounded


Spanish captain Jordi Arrese named Juan Carlos Ferrero Saturday to play doubles with Tommy Robredo, replacing 18-year-old Rafael Nadal.

Ferrero replaces Nadal in Davis Cup final doubles match


Rising levels of greenhouse gases may not be quite as bad for coral reefs as was previously thought. A team of Australian scientists say that the damage done by increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the

Coral reefs may grow with global warming


Dell, Gateway and HP are making another run at consumer electronics for the 2004 holiday season.

PC makers eye consumer electronics all over again


Baseball #39;s Next Big Thing stands 6-foot-1 and weighs 190 pounds, human dimensions for a sport that used to be more human than most.

Astros get even with Cards


Working with a local Internet service provider, authorities in Singapore this week shut down a network of around 10,000 robot, or

ISP Telenor cripples zombie PC network


Solar panels are a good source of home energy, but they can be an eyesore. Manufacturers want to make solar more popular by gussying up panels and integrating them into roofing materials. John Gartner reports from San Francisco.

Raise the Roof: Power Source


Summary - (Oct 24, 2004) The ninth crew to man the International Space Station safely returned to Earth on Saturday. Commander Gennady Padalka and NASA Science Officer Mike Fincke landed in the steppes of

Expedition 9 Lands Safely


YESTERDAY THE STATE OF OHIO sued Best Buy for alleged unfair and deceptive business practices. Ohio state is claiming the company repackaged used goods and sold them as if they were new, as well as not honouring rebates, refunds, exchange programs and ...

Ohio sues Best Buy for alleged unfair business practices


ITHACA -- Getting to drive two rovers on Mars all the way from Ithaca is a dream come true for Cornell University #39;s Steven Squyres.

Rover control shifts to Ithaca


Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - The Philadelphia Flyers Thursday agreed to a two-year contract extension with veteran forward Sami Kapanen. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Flyers #39; Kapanen gets contract extension


ROSEMONT, Ill. - The handwritten script appeared slowly at first, unspooling across the wide-screen video monitors inside the Allstate Arena as if scrawled by some giant, invisible hand...

R. Kelly and Jay-Z Reluctantly Unite


Prime Minister Tony Blair may call general elections in February 2005 instead of in May, as had been widely expected, two newspapers reported Sunday.

Newspapers report Blair may call election earlier than expected? <b>...</b>


BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- The Bosnian Serb government issued an apology yesterday for the 1995 massacre of 7,800 Muslim civilians in Srebrenica, saying it ''shares the pain quot; of the victims' families.

Bosnian Serbs issue apology for massacre


AFP - US employers announced plans in November to step up job cuts, with the total exceeding 100,000 for the third month in a row, an industry survey showed.

US firms announce 104,530 job cuts in November, survey shows (AFP)


The federal government #39;s sale of its remaining 19 stake in Petro-Canada is imminent, ending Ottawa #39;s 29-year presence in the oilpatch, say sources in the investment community and the oil producer.

Ottawa dumping petro-can


Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Chechnya ahead of presidential elections next Sunday in the southern republic where rebels are fighting to create an independent Islamic state, Interfax reported.

Putin Visits Chechnya Before Presidential Vote, Interfax Says


MacCentral - RealNetworks will tout its new Windows-only Harmony technology, which allows files from its music store to be played on Apple's iPod, in a series of print, radio and online advertising, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. In addition, Real will hold what it calls the biggest music sale in history selling songs for US #36;0.49 and albums for  #36;4.99.

Real launches 'Freedom of Choice Campaign' (MacCentral)


US producer prices shot up 1.7 percent last month, the biggest gain in nearly 15 years and well above expectations, as energy costs skyrocketed and food prices surged, a government report showed on Tuesday.

Producer Prices: Biggest Gain Since  #39;90


Assets of Russia #39;s beleaguered Yukos oil company should fetch at least \$15 billion, a senior official said Monday, as the company #39;s main production unit is evaluated for sale to offset a crushing back-tax bill.

Update 1: Yukos Unit Evaluated for Sale to Pay Bill


SINGAPORE : Asian share prices opened on a soft note on Monday as blue chips came under selling pressure amid growing worries over higher oil prices.

Asian stocks trade lower amid growing worries over higher oil <b>...</b>


WASHINGTON - The US Federal Communications Commission is reviewing whether the steamy locker-room opening to ABC #39;s Monday Night Football this week warrants a full-blown investigation.

FCC to review steamy intro to  #39;Monday Night Football #39;


Jeroen van der Veer, chief executive of Royal Dutch/ Shell, has opened the door to future deals with Gazprom, the Russian gas group, by welcoming its rapid expansion into the oil sector.

Shell opens door to links with Gazprom


SYDNEY: Qantas Airways Ltd today it would not appeal a New Zealand court decision that knocked back a proposed alliance with Air New Zealand Ltd.

Qantas not to appeal NZ decision on Air NZ alliance


AFP - Call them the

US NBA players become the Nightmare Team after epic loss (AFP)


UNDATED California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has joined a lawsuit against voting equipment company Diebold. It alleges the company sold the state shoddy hardware and software, exposing elections to hackers and software bugs.

California AG joins lawsuit suit against voting companies


Denver will host hordes of skaters, motocross riders and bikers next summer as one of five cities presenting the first Dew Action Sports Tour.

Denver will do the Dew - Action Sports Tour, that is


As recovery teams examined the mangled NASA Genesis probe lodged in the floor of Utah #39;s west desert earlier this month, a crew member spotted a horseshoe in the sand.

After the crash, luck for NASA


WASHINGTON -- Two area high school students who have discovered a new way to detect breast cancer have won a national science competition.

2 Area Students Win National Science Competition


Since the Skulls virus hit, people are starting to become aware of the fact that cell phones are just as vulnerable to attacks as computers.

Cell Phones New Targets For Hackers


THE SCOTTISH FOOTBALL Association refused to break cover yesterday and reveal the identity of the man who will succeed Berti Vogts, even though there was a clamour to claim that Walter Smith has the job all tied up.

Smith still waiting to be offered Scotland manager #39;s job


Swarms of locusts blown off the Mediterranean towards the Egyptian capital, Cairo, are not expected to cause major damage to crops.

Locust swarms advance into Egypt


The Houston Astros capped a remarkable late-season turnaround by capturing the National League wild card playoff berth on Sunday with a 5-3 win over the Colorado Rockies.

Astros Beat Rockies to Win NL Playoff Spot


AP - NASA on Friday retired the B-52B jet that served as the

NASA Retires Historic B-52 'Mothership' (AP)


Russian military prosecutors say a report highlighting widespread bullying and violence against conscripts in the Russian Army is an exaggeration.

Russian Army rejects bullying criticism


LONDON (Reuters) - Battered oil prices stayed weak on  Friday after a \$6 slump spurred by easing worries about winter  supplies.

Oil Still Smarting from \$6 Rout


Jacques Kallis hits 81 not out as South Africa reach 247-4 after day one of the third Test against England.

Cricket: S Africa make solid start


LONDON (AFP) - Arsenal are on the verge of handing former Highbury favourite Emmanuel Petit a short-term contract as Arsene Wenger bids to shore up the Gunners crumbling defence of their Premiership title.

Wenger ready to make Petit a Gunner again


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission voted 5-0 on Tuesday to propose sweeping changes in  how companies offer stock, including eliminating the so-called  pre-offer

SEC Overhauls Public Stock Offering Rules


SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Micron Technology Inc. <A HREF=

Micron Technology Posts Profit


Motorola Inc. plans to eliminate 1,000 jobs in the spinoff of its semiconductor unit, the company said Tuesday in a filing with government regulators.

Motorola Plans To Cut 1,000 Jobs


Cash'n'Carrion Budget LED torch with no compromise on quality

Get a PALight Workman for just  #163;9


The Sony Corporation reported a 61 percent increase in net profit for the most recent quarter, as  quot;Spider-Man 2 quot; pulled in big profits for the company #39;s movie division and helped

Sony #39;s Profit Surges on Strength of  #39;Spider-Man 2 #39;


InfoWorld - Armed with a new form factor and its clustering management software, Penguin Computing on Wednesday launched an aggressively priced Linux-based blade server targeted at the lower end of the market -- a market recently entered into by Dell Computer.

Penguin Computing launches cluster in a box (InfoWorld)


BEIJING : Flying Finn Jarkko Nieminen soared into his third semi-final of the season, stunning third seed David Nalbandian 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 at the 500,000-dollar China Open.

Tennis: Flying Finn Nieminen knocks off Nalbandian for third semi <b>...</b>


LONDON - Europe #39;s efforts to catch up to and then outpace the US economy have been  quot;a big failure, quot; the outgoing head of the European Union executive commission, Romano Prodi, said.

EU bid to catch US economy  #39;a failure #39;


Chicago Tribune - In the 1980s, while in jail on Robben Island, Nelson Mandela wrote a letter to the wife of one of his prison guards. In it, he said he respected her husband, Christo Brand, as a man of integrity. But he was concerned that Brand, an Afrikaner, didn't understand the value of education.

Letters show Mandela as man of beneficence (Chicago Tribune)


BRUSSELS, Belgium A top European Union official urged the United States on Monday to curb its deficits to help bolster the sagging dollar amid fears a strengthening euro would stifle Europes fledgling economic recovery.

Sagging Dollar Hits New Low Against Euro


Robust research doesn't guarantee success, but Pedro Zuloaga insists it stacks your odds.

Investor, Check Your Sources


Responding to the G4 nations #39; bid for expanded membership and their inclusion in the UN Security Council, the Handelsblatt in Dsseldorf stressed that those who want to make progress must join forces.

German Press Review: Assessing Germany #39;s UN Aspirations


Motorola and NTT DoCoMo, Japan #39;s top mobile phone operator, plan to jointly develop third-generation handsets, giving Motorola a way into a market largely out of reach for foreign manufacturers.

Motorola, DoCoMo to make 3G phones for businesses


Barry Bonds will chase the all-time home run record as a San Francisco Giants player after the team dropped its option to void the final year of the slugger #39;s contract in 2006.

Giants to Keep Bonds for at Least Two More Seasons


Much of the rise in the company #39;s stock yesterday was due to Apple #39;s outlook for the current holiday quarter. Apple said it expects to post a first-quarter profit of between 39 cents and 42

Apple Stock on Upward Momentum; Analysts Positive


Dr. Isidore S. Edelman was a versatile scientist and administrator who directed and helped found the Columbia Genome Center at Columbia University.

Isidore Edelman, 84, Columbia Scientist Who Led Genome Center, Dies


Baghdad -- A militant group that beheaded two American engineers this week posted a video on the Internet on Wednesday showing a third hostage, Kenneth Bigley, a Briton, pleading for his life.

Briton begs for life on video, asks Blair #39;s help


Madden NFL 2005 and Spider-Man 2 are among the dozen video games Nintendo Co. says it plans to offer for is new DS handheld system within a month of the product #39;s November launch.

Nintendo unveils lineup for DS handheld


AFP - Britain's Prince Charles got a first-hand glimpse of the recreation of a pulpit for Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque on the second day of a visit to Jordan.

Prince Charles views reconstruction of Al-Aqsa pulpit in Jordan (AFP)


David Beckham could be sidelined up to six weeks after cracking a rib during England's 2-0 World Cup qualifying victory over Wales in which he scored a goal and drew a suspension for the next game.

Beckham May Miss 6 Weeks With Cracked Rib


Latest incarnation of Sony's robot hound is a four-legged MP3 player. It'll also fetch pictures while you're away.

New Aibo is a dancing fool


Ken Dorsey played admirably in his first NFL start. He missed on his first five attempts while under heavy pressure, but went 18-of-27 the rest of the game and never flinched despite the hits.

SAINTS 30, 49ERS 27 Game grades


Boots Group Plc, the UK #39;s largest pharmacy chain, abandoned a failed expansion into unprofitable services such as dentistry and eye laser treatment to focus on fighting off competition from supermarkets.

Boots Ends Services Expansion to Focus on Pharmacies (Update1)


ANKARA, Turkey -- Four bombs went off in front of British and US interests in Turkey late Tuesday (28 September), causing damage but no casualties.

Bomb Attacks Target UK, US Interests in Turkey


First reports of locust sightings in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv were reported late Sunday night, Army Radio reported. A cloud of locusts smothered the city of Eilat on Sunday as millions of the ravenous plant-eating

Locusts sighted in Jerusalem, TA


Sophisticated kit - at a price

<cite>Reg</cite> road tests the BioNav #8482; in-car nav wonder


BATON ROUGE, La. -- Alley Broussard ran for a school-record 250 yards with three touchdowns, and No. 14 LSU rallied to beat Mississippi, 27-24, last night.

LSU rushing record up Broussard's alley


AP - Excerpts of remarks Wednesday by President Bush in Mason City, Iowa, and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry in Waterloo, Iowa, as transcribed by e-Media Millworks Inc.

Excerpts From the Presidential Campaign (AP)


Cleveland Cavaliers claimed their fourth straight win with a 99-88 win over the Golden State Warriors. LeBron James led the scoring charts with 33 points, 21 of which came in the first half.

Cavs cruise to victory


AP - The European Union's top trade official proposed an overhaul of trade discounts to developing countries Wednesday, a move likely to anger China and India, both of which might no longer qualify for EU trade preferences for such products as clothing and textiles.

EU Trade Chief Seeks Tariff Break Overhaul (AP)


DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. -- Caryn Wilson of Rancho Mirage shot a 4-over par 76 on Friday and is tied for 51st place after three rounds of the LPGA Tour Qualifying School.

Valley resident falls to 51st at LPGA Q-school


NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Xbox version of

'Doom 3' Game Unlikely for Xbox This Year - id CEO


Shark Tale

In


SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. <A HREF=

Microsoft Launches New Media Center PC


Some Afghan fighters talk of being duped by bin Laden and pledge to work for his capture.

Weary Taliban coming in from the cold


Trainer D. Wayne Lukas announced yesterday he will enter champion mare Azeri against the males in Saturday #39;s Breeders #39; Cup Classic at

#39;Perfect #39; opportunity


LONDON - A former Wall Street stockbroker plans to start a hedge fund in an ambitious drive to halve the value of Coca-Cola #39;s shares within 12 months.

Hedge fund targets Coke for devaluation


A strike at a General Motors Corp. plant in Germany began to squeeze the company's European production yesterday as a lack of parts halted two other factories, while thousands of workers rallied against GM's plan to cut up to 12,000 jobs across the continent.

Planned GM job cuts in Europe protested


The husband of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was granted bail Monday by the country #39;s supreme court, the BBC reported.

Pakistan gives bail to Bhutto #39;s husband


BOSTON (Sports Network) - Boston Red Sox ace Curt Schilling  will not start Game 5 of the American League Championship  Series against the New York Yankees, if it goes that far,  because of his ankle injury.

Schilling Will Not Start Game 5


AP - Yasser Arafat's wife accused his top lieutenants of seeking to grab power from her ailing husband, prompting three top Palestinian officials to abruptly cancel a visit to Paris  #151; at least for a day  #151; the first sign of an open power struggle while Arafat clings to life.

Arafat's Wife Lashes Out at Officials (AP)


AP - Led by police, Jorge Posada and the Yankees calmly walked through a throng of Red Sox fans, taunted with one angry chant after another while heading from the clubhouse to their buses outside Fenway Park.

Chants of Red Sox Fans Don't Faze Yankees (AP)


A powerful bomb has exploded in a crowded marketplace in southern Thailand, wounding at least 10 people, officials said. The province, located about 750 miles south of Bangkok, is

Bomb explodes in Thai marketplace


The DVD Copy Control Association, the group that owns the copy-protection technology contained on DVDs, said a company called Kaleidescape is offering products that illegally make copies of DVDs.

DVD technology faces legal test


AP - President Bush's nephew, campaigning for overseas votes in Mexico on Saturday, called the federal policy of arming U.S. Border Patrol agents with plastic pellet guns

Bush's Nephew Rips Armed Border Guards (AP)


A plane flying from Hong Kong to London's Heathrow airport is diverted to Stansted following a security alert.

Plane diverted in security alert


Reuters - The following diary of events\leading up to the presidential election on Nov. 2.

Presidential Campaign to Nov. 2, 2004 (Reuters)


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Business travel by air is likely to  increase by about 10 percent in 2005 after an initial recovery  in 2004 but the uptick is seen aiding mainly low-cost carriers,  a U.S. industry survey released on Thursday found.

Business Flying Seen Up 10 Pct in 2005


PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) - More than 550 people are  dead in Haiti from flooding and mudslides triggered by Tropical  Storm Jeanne and aid workers said half of the northern coastal  city of Gonaives was still underwater on Monday.

Over 550 Dead in Haiti After Hurricane Spawns Floods


DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp. <A HREF=

GM Likely to Cut Jobs in Europe


Like others through New England, Boston Red Sox fans in Maine erupted in celebration following their team #39;s first World Series championship in 86 years.

Mainers celebrate Red Sox victory


LONDON: A leading business group cut its 2005 forecast for British economic growth yesterday, blaming a combination of high oil and commodity prices, slowing global growth and domestic interest rate rises.

UK growth forecast cut


AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Investigators are mulling whether to file criminal charges in connection with the brawl at Friday #39;s Pacers-Pistons game, and neither player nor fan will be spared if prosecution is warranted, Oakland County #39;s prosecutor said Monday.

Prosecutor: Players, Fans To Be Held Accountable For Brawl


Apple, in cooperation with the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), announced Thursday a voluntary recall of 15 quot; Aluminum PowerBook batteries.

Apple Announces Voluntary Recall of Powerbook Batteries


Lawmakers at the Senate have delayed a controversial bill that would make it easier to sue online file-trading networks because there is too much opposition to it.

Opposition delays anti iPod bill


Adobe Systems is making Kodak's Ofoto the preferred online printing service in consumer versions of its Photoshop image editing applications.

Adobe, Kodak team on photo printing


Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says the Government will provide any help it can to secure the release of CARE International #39;s director in Iraq, Margaret Hassan, who was taken hostage in Baghdad this week.

Aust, Iraq work for Hassan #39;s release


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

Stocks Up in Light Trade


Yahoo! Inc. (www.yahoo.com) unveiled new versions of its Front Page, and My Yahoo! (my.yahoo.com). Both pages show enhancements in design and functionality, and are rolled into Beta versions starting yesterday.

Yahoo Adds Personalization to Search Technology


The United States is keen on strengthening its growing defense ties with India, which currently encompass a wide range of military-to-military exchanges and joint exercises

US for stronger defense ties with India: Rumsfeld


AP - The persistence of bloated U.S. trade deficits over time can pose a risk to the U.S. economy, which thus far has proven resilient, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Friday. Policy-makers must not get lulled into a sense of complacency, he said.

Greenspan Warns About Trade Deficit Impact (AP)


Italian Alessandro Petacchi has proved more than a match for his rivals on the 207km second stage of the Tour of Spain from Leon to Burgos by winning a bunch sprint.

Petacchi unstoppable in bunch sprint


com. Win Monday, and the team advances to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in franchise history. Lose, and players will suffer through more of those annoying questions about playoff futility.

#39;Must-win #39; nothing new for Astros


The last time we saw Roy Jones Jr., he was getting drilled in shocking fashion by Antonio Tarver on May 15. Afterwards, he would tell anyone in sight that he simply couldn #39;t find the motivation

Jones does flip-flop on career


It is almost the end of term and the report cards are due. With only a couple of weeks to go before the season #39;s end, some (Tim Henman) are still busting their buttons to earn their gold star

Rusedski happy to be back


Business News, Mumbai: India #39;s growth forecast for the current fiscal was Tuesday lowered to 6-6.5 percent by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which also unveiled measures to arrest the inflation rate.

Business ; India #39;s growth target lowered, anti-inflation measures <b>...</b>


A critical hole in Windows XP firewall in Service Pack 2 makes computers accessible to anyone on the network. The configuration problem only affects dial-up users: some dialling software mistakes the entire

Critical hole found in Windows XP SP2 firewall


His team was 1-7 and his list of injured players seemed a mile long. Carolina coach John Fox changed nothing, sticking with his style of cutesy little clich Des to pull the Panthers through and prevent them from quitting on him.

In Fox they trust: Panthers lean on coach to turn around 1-7 start


Singapore Airlines, Asia #39;s most profitable airline, eyes growth with plans to buy up to 31 jets. SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines said Wednesday it planned to buy up to 31 Boeing Co.

Boeing wins \$7.35B airplane order


The Bush administration dismissed as  quot;deeply flawed quot; a World Trade Organisation decision that the US has no right to ban cross-border gambling on the internet.

WTO ruling on net gambling angers US


Amid questions about whether the arthritis drug Vioxx was taken off the market soon enough, a key senator suggested Friday that an independent

FDA defends its handling of Vioxx safety


CHICAGO (Reuters) - SPX Corp.'s <A HREF=

SPX Board Amends Compensation Programs


CHICAGO  (Reuters) - Smithfield Foods Inc. <A HREF=

High Hog Prices Boost Smithfield Foods


The British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, says he will complain to the European Union this week over its allocation of government contracts.

UK #39;s Brown wants to reform EU


A new US study says about 60 of the genes in chickens are closely related to those found in humans. In fact, the recently deciphered chicken genome should prove a valuable tool for learning about the human

Chicken Genome Could Shed Light on Human DNA


A tutu-clad Canadian who jumped into the Olympic diving pool after a competition was convicted Wednesday of interrupting the games and sentenced to five months in jail. He was released pending an appeal.

Canadian tutu man gets five months for Olympic plunge


ROME : All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu said he was hoping to make a return to competitive rugby in 12 months #39; time and then help New Zealand win the 2007 World Cup in France.

Rugby: Recovering Lomu sets his sights on World Cup glory


TESCO puts in another crackerjack trading performance. Sales, volumes, profits, divi all sharply up. Er, hmm ... whats on the telly tonight?

Every little helps as Tesco continues to roll over rivals


Internet file sharing has been one of the hottest-burning controversies for years. A new survey of musicians and artists promises to throw gas on the fire.

File-sharing not a threat to musicians and artists


They may seem like uncharted waters for closer-in-waiting Jesse Crain, but two-inning stints are all part of the master plan for the rookie reliever.

Notes: Crain plays two


Letters Reg readers to the rescue

Second chance scammers and the meaning of 'Va va voom'


Virgin Airlines has outclassed its counterparts once again by announcing that, by 2006, passengers will be able to travel to space aboard the Virgin Galactic spaceship.

Tick for special offers/news from GQ.COM and partners


Reuters - Online music service Napster on\Thursday said it reached a deal to enter the ringtone market\with mobile content publisher Dwango Wireless .

Napster Entering Ringtone Market (Reuters)


The visitors resumed the session with Matthew Sinclair on 73, Jacob Oram on two and the total on 133/4. New Zealand had lost their last three wickets without much gain and needed a partnership to get the innings back on track.

McCullum makes the difference


KIRKLAND - Bye weeks provide NFL teams a welcome reprieve from the rigors of a 16-game season. For the Seahawks under coach Mike Holmgren, the down week has carried another meaning.

Hawks face curse of byes


AP - International Business Machines Corp. is selling a majority stake in its pioneering personal computer business to China's biggest computer maker, Lenovo Group Ltd., for  #36;1.75 billion in cash and stock.

China Computer Maker Acquires IBM PC Biz (AP)


Zimbabwe #39;s most persecuted white MP began a year of hard labour last night after parliament voted to jail him for shoving the Justice Minister during a debate over land seizures.

Zimbabwean MP jailed for a year after shoving minister


The friendly skies aren #39;t so friendly to some Delta employees. The airline plans to cut 7,000 jobs in the next 18 months. It #39;s trying to save \$5 billion by 2006, and that means some major changes.

Delta to Lay Off 7,000


SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Unable to repel an invasion of foreigners into the once tightly-controlled Macau gaming market, casino baron Stanley Ho has joined forces with Australia #39;s

UPDATE: Casino Moguls Ho, Packer Roll Dice On Asia Deal


AP - Families of the 35 children who died in a string of bombings in Baghdad blamed American troops for the tragedy, accusing them of attracting insurgents to a ceremony where the attacks occurred.

Mourning Iraqis Blame U.S. Troops (AP)


AP - Because his job involves driving around on Mars all day, Cornell University astronomer Steve Squyres is glad he no longer has to make a cross-country commute to get home.

Control of Mars Rovers Shifts to Cornell (AP)


Reuters - Psychotic mice that flee their\littermates may offer insights into diseases such as\schizophrenia, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.

Psychotic Mice May Aid Study of Disease - Report (Reuters)


In a pitched battled with the league #39;s owners over a new collective bargaining agreement, NHL players have, for the most part, presented a strong, united front that suggests it will be a very

Individual acts undermining union #39;s argument


Intel touts WiMax, but analysts say it likely won't go beyond niche applications.

Wi-Fi Successor Called High-Speed Hype, for Now


Finance Minister P Chidambaram warned that central banks should be cautious when raising interest rates because inflationary pressures were supply driven.

FM warns central banks on rate hikes


AP - Wally Backman pulled out of the New York Mets' managerial hunt to focus on his bid to get a job with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Backman Exits Mets' Managerial Hunt (AP)


Davie, FL (Sports Network) - Miami Dolphins linebacker Zach Thomas will miss Sunday #39;s game against the Buffalo Bills with a hamstring injury.

Injured Fin: Miami LB Thomas out for Sunday #39;s game


LONDON (CBS.MW) -- Spanish telecom Telefonica (TEF) has rejected a bid of 2 billion euros for its Endemol television production company that produces the hit Big Brother show, The Times of London said Thursday, citing unnamed sources.

Telefonica rejects 2 bln euro bid for TV show unit: rpt


He had a body straight out of an NBA laboratory and a face like a Peruvian sun god. He was a versatile Swiss Army Knife who could shoot, pass and run the floor.

Pippen retires as one of game #39;s best, not one of its most loved


In a move Citigroup Inc. said was aimed at broadening the experience of up-and-coming executives, two of its top managers are swapping jobs.

Update 2: Top Citigroup Executives Swap Jobs


Who says the Constitution doesn't apply to the Internet?  One of the most controversial provisions of the USA Patriot Act took a blow yesterday, courtesy of the ACLU and a federal judge in New York. <FONT face=

Digitizing the Bill of Rights


Sven-Erik writes  quot; BBC News reports about a Hong Kong based company called Artificial Life that has developed a solution for men without a partner, in the form of a virtual girlfriend that appear as an animated figure on the video screen of a mobile phone

Virtual Girlfriend


Reuters - Tokyo's Nikkei stock average ended down\almost one percent on Thursday after surprisingly weak\machinery orders data jolted investor confidence in Japan's\economic outlook and triggered selling across the board.

Nikkei Ends Down 1 Percent After Data (Reuters)


A 36-year-old man is arrested in connection with the murder of French student Amelie Delagrange.

Man arrested over Amelie murder


Ghana's newly re-elected president vows to dedicate his second mandate to tackling poverty.

Ghana leader vows war on poverty


SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices held around \$41 a barrel  on Tuesday on forecasts of colder temperatures in the U.S.  Northeast, a supply cut by top OPEC producer Saudi Arabia and  disruptions to Iraqi crude exports.

Oil Prices Hold Around \$41 a Barrel


One of the first initiatives for Red Hat Beijing will be to support Linux and open-source education by making the Red Hat Academy program freely available to students.

Red Hat Revs Up China Operations


SAN FRANCISCO - Backers of two different types of UWB (ultrawideband) networks next week will announce moves toward consumer products that use the short-range wireless technology.

IDF: Dueling ultrawideband teams to push ahead


The Foreign Office has appealed on Al Arabiya television for any information from Iraqis on Kenneth Bigley, a British engineer taken hostage with two Americans last week.

Britain appeals for hostage help


BRUSSELS European finance officials on Tuesday called on the United States to take concrete action to halt the slide of the dollar.

European officials urge US to halt dollar #39;s slide


In the first foray by a US wireless carrier into the online music market, AT amp;T is launching a service that lets subscribers buy songs using their cell phones and later download them to a computer.

AT amp;T Joins the Music Frenzy


AFP - Asian and European leaders began arriving in Hanoi ahead of a summit aimed at boosting political, economic and cultural ties despite profound inter-regional differences over Myanmar.

Asian, European leaders gather in Hanoi ahead of summit (AFP)


AP - San Francisco Giants manager Felipe Alou hopes Barry Bonds' 700th home run  #151; whenever it comes  #151; will change the public's perception of the surly slugger.

Alou Hopes 700th Can Change Bonds' Image (AP)


Carrier looks to goose wireless data business by letting subscribers print photos at various retailers, directly from their camera phones.

Sprint thinks print with Fujifilm partnership