MINNEAPOLIS - Leaders of the union for Northwest Airlines pilots voted unanimously Saturday to endorse a tentative agreement that will cut pilot compensation by \$265 million annually.    The Master Executive Council of the Northwest branch of the Air Line Pilots Association voted 10-0 to submit the two-year deal to union members for their ratification...

Northwest Pilot Leaders Endorse Pay Cut


AFP - Eight men arrested in an anti-terror swoop in London and other parts of England two weeks ago were charged with conspiracy to murder and other terrorist-related activities.

Charges laid against eight British terror suspects (AFP)


World number one Roger Federer thumped second-ranked Andy Roddick in straight sets 6-4, 6-0 to win the Thailand Open in Bangkok on Sunday.

Federer wins Thailand Open


Bode Miller, of the United States, is airborne as he speeds past a gate on his way to capture fourth place in a men #39;s ski world cup downhill race at Val D #39;Isere, France, Saturday, Dec, 11, 2004.

Miller Gets First Downhill Loss of Season


A group of 28 IT, defense and integration companies formed a new consortium to develop technology standards and guidelines that will aid collaboration among military, intelligence, homeland security and law enforcement agencies.

New Network Consortium Cites Power Of Shared Systems


Reuters - Microsoft Corp.  said on\Monday that William Reed, one of the company's longest-serving\directors, had decided to retire and would not be replaced,\reducing the size of the company's board from 10 members to\nine.

Microsoft Board Cut in Size as a Director Retires (Reuters)


A new worm can spy on users by hijacking their Web cameras, a security firm warned Monday. The Rbot.gr worm -- the latest in a long line of similar worms; one security firm estimates that more than 4,000 variations

New Worm Hijacks Webcams


KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on  Sunday that some of the candidates who had called for a boycott  of a historic presidential election had changed their mind and  were willing to accept its legitimacy.

Karzai Hopes Rivals Will Honor Afghan Vote


At a time when the airlines are facing their most difficult challenges in recent history, they are running through one chief executive after another.

Lower Your Window Shades. Today's Film Is 'The Rookie.'


washingtonpost.com - LUXEMBOURG, Sept. 30 -- European regulators testified here Thursday that before settlement talks with Microsoft Corp. broke down last spring, the company had agreed to  antitrust sanctions that the software giant now claims would cause irreparable harm to its business and is fighting to stave off.

E.U. Regulators Say Microsoft Had Agreed to Sanctions (washingtonpost.com)


Cheri Kenah, the five-time runner-up at the US Indoor 3,000 meters who gave birth to twins less than a year ago, will be running. So will last year's BAA Half Marathon winner, Marie Davenport.

Theme of day: You Go Girl!'


INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indiana Pacers #39; front office offered an apology and support for suspended players in the wake of stiff penalties against those involved in Friday night #39;s brawl at the end of a nationally televised game at Detroit.

Bird says team will try to help Artest


NEW YORKFew had noticed the third-inning ballpark arrival last night of the New York Yankees closer who would ultimately rescue them from a disaster of historical proportions.

Rivera saves the Yankees


ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Sheikh Rashid rejected as pre-election politicking a US officials weekend claim that Osama Bin Laden was close to being captured.

US claim that Bin Laden is nearly captured is politicking: Rashid


It is with the greatest pleasure that I write to you today. Our successes of late have been many and profound, and your advice has helped further our cause immensely. As Our Father Below requested, I have compiled a list of our recent successes and victories. It is difficult to express in words how excited I am at our prospects.

Status Report: Wormwood to Screwtape


Such electronic instant-gratification devices as television and videogames are cited for boosting obesity among America #39;s youth.

Brin: Google Turns Libraries Into Latest Weapon Vs. Search Rivals


Colin Montgomerie #39;s toughest year on and off the golf course took a turn for the better Sunday when he was chosen by European captain Bernhard Langer to play in his seventh Ryder Cup.

Montgomerie picked for Ryder Cup team


NEW YORK - Martha Stewart (search) announced Wednesday at a press conferecne that had decided to surrender for prison as soon as possible, citing the need  quot;to put this nightmare behind me.

Martha Stewart Asks to Begin Prison Sentence as Soon as Possible


AP - With the number of American military deaths in Iraq surpassing 1,000, President Bush said Wednesday

Bush Laments Loss of U.S. Troops in Iraq (AP)


Saudi Arabia Oil Minister Ali Naimi said today he #39;s not concerned about a sharp further fall in the price of oil, saying prices remain relatively high.

Saudi Oil Minister Unmoved by Oil Prices


Maryland has scored at least 72 points in its five wins this season and is 23-6 when scoring at least 70 points under head coach Brenda Frese.

Maryland Women #39;s Basketball Returns Home on Tuesday


Gaza City: Hamas will not field a candidate for next month #39;s election to succeed Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority, a spokesman for the radical Islamist movement said on Wednesday.

Hamas will not field candidate for Palestinian election


India and Pakistan start 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


AP - Chris Young never expected to have to chose again between baseball and basketball. The Texas Rangers helped make it an easy decision for the 6-foot-10 pitcher.

Young Rebuffs NBA, Sticks With Rangers (AP)


EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) -- Joe Gibbs experienced his share of losses at Giants Stadium over the years, but none were quite as sloppy as this.

New York Giants


SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Netflix tumbled 37 percent following the company #39;s revelation that it plans to cut prices and sacrifice profit in order to stay competitive.

DVD rental firm sees profit shrinking in 2005


NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 6: India and Pakistan today committed themselves to a slow but sustained process to keep the dialogue going, in which New Delhi for the first time accepted the viability of an overland gas pipeline through Pakistan, and Islamabad

Roadmap despite the K-roadblock


KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese government forces clashed  with rebels at a town near the border with Rwanda for a third  day Wednesday as the two countries traded heated accusations  over who was involved in the fighting.

East Congo Battle Flares, Governments Trade Blame


Bankrupt cable company Adelphia Communications Corp. may refuse to allow Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Inc. to make a joint bid for the cable company, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

WSJ: Adelphia May Reject Joint Bid


WASHINGTON: The US government should be prepared to spend freely if it decides to encourage  quot;bounty hunters quot; to track down e-mail spammers, the US Federal Trade Commission said.

Spammer  #39;bounty hunters #39; will need rewards of up to \$2,50,000: FTC


More than 30,000 PCs per day are being recruited into secret networks that spread spam and viruses, a study shows. Six months ago only 2,000 Windows machines per day were being recruited into these so-called bot nets.

Net security threats growing fast


The latest in a series of violent storms continues to charge westward through the Caribbean, after making a direct hit on Grenada, knocking over trees and utility poles.

Hurricane Ivan Charges Westward Through Caribbean


washingtonpost.com - The bikini-clad coed draws a blank on the first question:

Screen Sizzlers (washingtonpost.com)


Certificates of authority (COAs) are affixed to software packaging to let buyers know it #39;s the real thing. But when the COA itself is counterfeit, resellers also feel the pain, Microsoft (Quote, Chart) found.

Microsoft Swats at Phony COAs


AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard flies into the Laotian capital late today as security jitters threaten to engulf the ASEAN summit.

PM heads to ASEAN summit


AP - Alexis Hornbuckle scored 17 points for ninth-ranked Tennessee, which beat Louisiana Tech 70-59 Wednesday night to give the Lady Techsters consecutive losses at home for the first time in 14 seasons.

No. 9 Tenn. Tops Louisiana Tech 70-59 (AP)


com September 28, 2004, 8:37 AM PT. Most IT Managers won #39;t question the importance of security, but this priority has been sliding between the third and fourth most important focus for companies.

Amazon, Microsoft team for spam suits


TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and the United States agreed on  Saturday to resume imports of some American beef, halted since  December after a case of mad cow disease in Washington state,  but did not set a date for restarting trade.

Japan, U.S. to Resume Some Beef Imports


Oil prices rose in early trading Wednesday after the government reported that supplies shrank more than expected following production and shipping disruptions caused by Hurricane Ivan.

Update 5: Oil Prices Rise After Government Report


Incoming European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso acted Friday to end an unprecedented EU stalemate, by arranging fast-track confirmation hearings for his re-arranged Brussels executive team.

EU fast-tracks action to end institutional limbo


FRANKFURT, Germany Nov 11, 2004 - Nina Kraft admitted taking the performance-enhancing drug EPO in the weeks leading up to her victory in the Hawaii Ironman competition, and faces a two-year ban.

Ironman Winner Admits Using Banned Drug


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail gasoline prices declined  for the ninth week in a row and truckers are enjoying the  cheapest diesel fuel in almost four months, the Energy  Department said on Monday.

Gasoline Pump Price Falls for 9th Week


The world will be living with volatile oil prices for years to come, but this years price spike should not be serious enough to push the US into a recession, US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday.

Greenspan predicts years of oil uncertainty


AP - A judge has ruled that Maryland's anti-spam law  #151; the first state law to penalize senders of junk e-mail  #151; is unconstitutional because it seeks to regulate commerce outside the state's borders.

Md. Judge Strikes Down Anti-Spam Law (AP)


Siemens AG has acquired Chantry Networks, a step that will extend its enterprise offerings and Voice over Internet Protocol into the wireless local area network space.

Siemens acquires Chantry for larger WLAN play


The world #39;s largest computer software manufacturer filed suit Tuesday in US District Court against a local software retailer it claims is selling and distributing counterfeit software labels.

Microsoft sues firms for software violations


Well, Intel did say - dismissively of course - that wasn #39;t going to try to match AMD #39;s little dual-core Opteron demo coup of last week and show off a dual-core Xeon at the Intel Developer Forum this week and - as good as its word - it didn #39;t.

Intel Shows Mystery Dual-Core Desktop Chip


Asif Ali Zardari, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto #39;s husband, was granted bail in a corruption case by the Supreme Court on Monday, paving way for his release after some eight years in jail, lawyers said.

Benazir Bhutto #39;s husband granted bail


The Royal Canadian Mounted Police formally launch a criminal investigation into company's accounting practices.

Mounties open Nortel's books


The IBM Global Business Security Index will compile threat information from some 2,700 IBM security professionals and half a million monitored devices so the severity of any threats can be analyzed.

IBM offers companies monthly security report


AFP - Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address that the hostage-taking at a school in southern Russia showed that international terrorism was at work in the country.

Putin says international terror at work in Russia (AFP)


The wheel has made a full revolution, and Perfect Drift is back in the Hawthorne Gold Cup. He runs like one of the best horses in the country, and has earned more than a half-million

Gold Cup all Perfect Drift


Two months after announcing the resignation of its chief financial officer and six weeks after it changed the way it books support subscription revenue, Linux vendor Red Hat Inc. has named a new CFO.

Red Hat names new CFO


WASHINGTON -- Human rights violations and outright atrocities are growing more rampant by the day in Haiti as police, former soldiers, and rebel groups wreak havoc in a violent struggle that local authorities and United Nations peacekeepers appear unable to control, according to US officials, foreign diplomats, and local human rights monitors.

Haiti violence is seen as worsening


Jonathan Neal, 24, bought a \$400,000 condo in Northwest this past summer, while high housing prices have forced many of his friends to live with their parents.

Stretching out


President Musharraf tells the UN the world must act to avoid an iron curtain between the West and Muslim nations.

Musharraf warns of 'iron curtain'


Jose Mourinho hailed Frank Lampard as he led Chelsea last night into the Carling Cup semi-finals with a 2-1 win over Fulham. Frank Lampard came off the bench at Fulham to score a late winner before next week

Bookies fear Chelsea clean sweep


Russia and the United States see eye to eye on fighting terrorism, Russia #39;s defense minister said yesterday, while reiterating that Moscow reserves the right to carry out

Russia claims right to strike first


A LEAKED Cabinet document showed Prime Minister John Howard was originally against the \$600 child payment, Opposition Leader Mark Latham said today.

Howard  #39;didn #39;t want #39; \$600 payment


AP - Despite a federal rule changing the type of hooks that longline fishermen may use, the sea turtle population is declining, officials say.

Officials Say Sea Turtles Declining (AP)


Discount brokerage firm Charles Schwab Corp. said on Monday that its brokerage arm will lower retail equity trade commissions, and the pricing changes may reduce revenue for the next year while enhancing its competitive position.

Charles Schwab Lowers Certain Fees


The US Women #39;s National Team did not string together a complete 90 minutes of soccer in beating Japan 2-1 in its Olympic quarterfinal on Friday, however, it was the side #39;s finest performance of the tournament so far.

US women back on right track


JAKARTA - Official results have confirmed former army general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the winner of Indonesia #39;s first direct presidential election, while incumbent Megawati Sukarnoputri urged her nation Thursday to wait for the official announcement

Yudhoyono confirmed as winner


A new portable service will allow people to transfer shows recorded by TiVo to PCs or laptops and take them on the road. But don't try sending programs over the web.

TiVo Untethered and Ready to Go


Venture capitalist says a revolution is at hand, despite a setback like Nanosys' canceled IPO.

Nanotech will tap nature's potential, investor says


AP - Palestinians hoping for a morale boost after four years of bloody conflict with Israel were disappointed Sunday, when their contestant in a much-watched contest for the Arab world's best singer lost to a Libyan.

Palestinians Bemoan 'Superstar' Loss (AP)


Muhammad Bardawi, 77, has witnessed Ramallah #39;s Mukata compound in all its incarnations: as a British Mandate police station, a Jordanian army post, an Israeli civil administration camp, the seat of the Palestinian Authority government, and now a shrine to

Hoping for a new kind of Mukata


ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Olympic organizers announced that more than half of available tickets (3.1 million) to the Games have been sold, almost reaching the budget for purchases.

Athens ticket sales  #39;improving #39;


Despite Wall Streets carping in recent weeks and having landed in trouble (for failing to register as many as \$3 billion worth of shares), Googles young founders have landed on their feet.

Now, Google changes rules of international game


SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp. <A HREF=

Intel Raises Quarterly Revenue Target


Human Rights Watch has called on the United Nations Security Council to take substantive action against what it claims are ongoing rights violations in the western Sudanese region of Darfur.

Rights-Sudan: Rhetoric On Darfur Needs to Be Backed By Action <b>...</b>


OSAKA (Reuters) - Japanese game maker Nintendo Co. Ltd.  raised its full-year net profit forecast by 20 percent on  Monday, citing a stronger dollar and solid demand for software  titles for its handheld GameBoy Advance machine.

Nintendo Raises Net Profit Estimate


KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal confirmed on Monday that 13 of  its citizens had been kidnapped by an Islamic group in Iraq and  appealed for their release.

Nepal Confirms Its Nationals Kidnapped in Iraq


Former Ohio State football star Maurice Clarett accused coach Jim Tressel, his staff, and school boosters of arranging for him to get passing grades, cars, bogus summer jobs, and thousands of dollars in cash. The school denied the claims yesterday.

Clarett accuses Ohio St.


InfoWorld - For the first time since 2002, Japan #39;s Earth Simulator is not the most powerful supercomputer on the planet.

IBM reclaims top supercomputer crown for U.S. (InfoWorld)


The Moscow Arbitration Court on Monday upheld the tax authorities #39; demand that the embattled oil giant Yukos must pay nearly 1.34 billion US dollars in fines as part of a 4.1-billion-dollar claim for 2001.

Moscow court upholds fines against Yukos


Reuters - The U.S. job market brightened in\August as employers added 144,000 workers to their payrolls and\hiring totals for the two prior months were revised up, the\Labor Department reported on Friday.

Job Picture Brightens with August Hiring (Reuters)


Wednesday. He had been abducted by a militant gang on Tuesday on the road between the city of Jalalabad and Kunar province. Khan, told Reuters.

Turkish hostage killed in Afghanistan


NEW YORK - The cable pay-per-view company iN DEMAND has backed away from a plan to show a three-hour election eve special with filmmaker Michael Moore that included the first television showing of his documentary

Moore's Pre-Election TV Special Nixed


It was the first public allegation that CBS News used forged memos in its report questioning President Bush #39;s National Guard service -- a highly technical

Lawyer outed as source of forged-memo claim


AP - Braylon Edwards helped No. 17 Michigan avoid a second straight upset. Edwards caught eight passes for 130 yards and two touchdowns, including the game-winner in the third quarter of the Wolverines' 24-21 victory over San Diego State on Saturday. The Wolverines (2-1) bounced back after last week's loss at Notre Dame, but it wasn't easy.

Michigan Escapes San Diego State, 24-21 (AP)


Homing pigeons carry out their long-range navigational feat thanks to tiny magnetic particles in their upper beaks, scientists confirm.

Magnets make sure pigeons fly home


A measure that forbids cloning human embryos but allows scientists to extract stem cells from unwanted embryos for medical research is approved by Swiss voters. The restrictive legislation is similar to that of the Netherlands and Spain.

Swiss: Limited Stem Cell Approval


RALEIGH - Its about to strike midnight on North Carolina States football team unless it can deliver tonight. The Wolfpack is one loss away from elimination from bowl consideration when it plays its home finale against No.

Wolfpacks slim bowl hopes ride on beating Florida State tonight


The England international moved to White Hart Lane in a 3.5million deal after coming through a medical unscathed. The Hammers decided to cash in on the player in the last year of his contract, with the likes

Spurs complete Carrick deal


NORWALK, Conn. - Accounting rulemakers, pressed by both businesses and regulators, on Wednesday decided to give public companies six more months to adopt a new standard for deducting from profits the value of stock options.

Feds delay stock-options rule for 6 months


New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming says England will have to play extremely well to beat Australia in next year #39;s Ashes series, but they have the players to do it.

England can match Aussies - Fleming


The gloomy day provided a fitting setting for the Longhorns, who lost because of a dismal offense and their inability to stop the freshman tailback Adrian Peterson.

Oklahoma Moseys Into Texas and Takes the Beast by the Horns


Athletes who won China its highest-ever Olympics gold medal tally were greeted like heroes when they returned Tuesday, with flag-waving fans cheering wildly at the airport.

China #39;s heroes welcomed in Beijing


The number of Americans filing first- time jobless claims declined to the lowest level in six weeks, suggesting an improving labor market, a government report showed.

US Jobless Claims Fell to Lowest Level in Six Weeks (Update2)


WHEN a big fish flails in the water, a backwash is assured. That happened yesterday when food and consumer goods giant Unilever put out a profits warning.

Unilever warning typifies sector under pressure


The Heisman Trophy comes with wings, a tail, a flight crew and jet engines. Boeing and Airbus are fighting over its manufacturing rights.

A vote for Bush


in Germany, the fourth-place team will play the No. 5 nation in Asia in a. on the road. The Americans reached the World Cup for the first time in 40 years.

American and Caribbean region qualify for the 32-country field at <b>...</b>


America Online, Inc. is reported to be developing a Web browser based on Microsoft Internet Explorer technology. It is not known when the browser will be released

AOL Working on Standalone Browser; Fate of Mac Version Unknown


Reuters - The twin burdens of soaring fuel prices\and slipping airfares clobbered the airline industry again in\the third quarter, leaving three of the top four U.S. carriers\to post quarterly losses on Wednesday.

Lofty Fuel, Low Fares Batter Airlines (Reuters)


CANBERRA Australia #39;s government wants to sell its 51 percent stake in Telstra in a single public offering, Finance Minister Nick Minchin said.

Australia mulls Telstra bulk sale


AFP - One of two rebel movements engaged in peace talks with Sudan's government mediated by the African Union (AU) said the negotiations had collapsed and could be suspended for weeks.

Sudanese rebel movement says peace talks have collapsed (AFP)


SECURITY forces fired shots in the air and used water cannons and tear gas to disperse about 2000 angry Muslim youths rioting in Thailand #39;s troubled south Monday, leaving at least four people dead and more than 20 injured, police said.

Four killed in Thai violence


The Philippines is facing a fiscal crisis, President Gloria Arroyo said Monday. Arroyo is seeking political support for a \$1.4 billion tax package that faces opposition in Congress.

Filipino president warns of fiscal crisis


BANGKOK: Six more people have been killed in Muslim-majority southern Thailand in the last 24 hours, police said yesterday, amid outrage over the death last week of 85 Muslims.

Six more die in Thai violence


NEW YORK (Reuters) - The firm led by Enron Corp.'s  <A HREF=

Enron CEO's Firm Seeks 'Success Fee'


TOKYO (AP) -- Sony Corp. (SNE) has developed a computer chip that allows viewers to zoom in on any part of a TV image, such as a favorite soccer player or an intruder on security-camera footage, while keeping the image sharp...

Sony Developing TVs That Zoom in on Screen Image


ATHENS (Reuters) - The days of U.S. domination of the  Olympic basketball tournament are over and so, it appears, is  the fans' love affair with the American Dream Team.

American Hoopsters No One's Dream Anymore


Real Madrid #39;s Primera Liga match against Real Sociedad was abandoned on Sunday after police received a warning that a bomb would explode at the stadium.

Real game halted after bomb threat


FAISALABAD: Pakistan took a slender first innings lead over Sri Lanka at end of the second day #39;s play in the first Test. The home side reached 256-8, 13 ahead, after Sri Lanka earlier lost their last three wickets for 10 in Faisalabad.

Pakistan move into slender lead


When Gibbs last coached a meaningful game in the NFL -- Washington #39;s Jan. 9, 1993, NFC divisional round playoff loss at San Francisco -- Green Bay #39;s Brett Favre was 13 starts into his current 189-game NFL record consecutive starting streak.

In the  #39;Not For Long #39; league, the  #39;Skins #39; Joe Gibbs has missed an <b>...</b>


AP - At the risk of breaching Internet civility, a European Web portal is offering its visitors a weapon against spam: a screensaver program that tries to choke spam servers by flooding them with junk traffic.

Lycos Offers Spam-Server Attack Program (AP)


The PowerShot  quot;A quot; series from Canon has been a hit worldwide and as far as India is concerned, the entry-level and mainstream models are all well placed to attract lot of attention.

Canon PowerShot A95


Once a cult among geeks, it has now sold 32 million copies and provoked global debates on violence, but has Grand Theft Auto elevated video games to art?

Fair Play


AFP - The US Supreme Court stopped an execution because a Texas jury had not taken into account a convicted murderer's low intelligence, as well his age at the time of the killing.

US Supreme Court stops execution of mentally disabled man (AFP)


The Renault F1 Teams third driver won in Formula Nissan in 2002. He knows the track very well and explained it for us!

Franck Montagny gives the driver's view of Interlagos


The western Afghan city of Herat was calm yesterday following bloody clashes between supporters of the powerful ousted governor and US and Afghan forces sent to keep the peace.

Calm returns to Herat after weekend #39;s violence


Crude oil futures fell close to a one- month low on expectations a cease-fire in southern Iraq will reduce the sabotage of oil pipelines and supplies from Russia will increase.

Crude Oil Drops as Threats to Supply From Iraq, Russia Diminish


Globe Telecom has joined a group of mobile-phone operators in Asia-Pacific to form a regional mobile alliance that will invest up to \$30 million to \$40 million over three years with an objective

Globe joins six telcos in Asia-Pacific alliance


Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Monday ordered his followers to end clashes with US andIraqi forces across Iraq, one of his aides said.

Sadr orders followers to cease fire across Iraq


HARARE (Reuters) - A Zimbabwe court Friday convicted a  British man accused of leading a coup plot against the  government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea on weapons charges,  but acquitted most of the 69 other men held with him.

Zimbabwe Convicts Accused 'Mercenary' for Weapons


Instead of paying social security taxes and wondering whether the government will ever deliver promised retirement benefits, Chilean workers bankroll their own retirements and manage their nest eggs.

Chile's Pension System Gets High Marks


Dale Earnhardt Jr. admits he was wrong to cuss in a live TV interview last weekend but says NASCAR was wrong to penalize him so harshly.

Earnhardt says punishment more severe than the crime


LOS ANGELES - DreamWorks Animation Inc., the film studio behind  quot;Shrek quot; and  quot;Shark Tales, quot; went public Thursday on Wall Street, and its new stock immediately shot up 36 percent.

DreamWorks stock soars on Wall Street


Government is using technology to burden their future -- and it's all our fault. By Lawrence Lessig from Wired magazine.

Our Kids Are in Big Trouble


Peter Hartz, as chairman of a commission to overhaul Germany's economy, became synonymous with far-reaching, often unpopular, reforms.

The Heart of the Hartz Commission


AP - The Chicago White Sox are optimistic Frank Thomas' latest surgery will clear up chronic problems with his feet, but said the slugger faces a long, slow rehabilitation.

Thomas Faces Long, Slow Rehabilitation (AP)


SBASTIEN LOEB, the new rallying world champion, will be the highest-profile casualty of a shock decision yesterday by two leading French manufacturers to pull out of the sport.

Loeb in limbo as French teams pull out


ABUJA, Nigeria (Reuters) - Rebels from Sudan's Darfur  region Thursday rejected calls to disarm or confine their  fighters to their bases before a political solution to the  conflict.

Darfur Rebels Say Power Deal First, Disarming Later


FRANKFURT (Reuters) - British carmaker Jaguar will cut  production by some 15,000 units over the rest of 2004 amid  slack demand, a Jaguar spokesman said on Friday.

Jaguar to Cut Output Amid Slack Demand


Reuters - Zimbabwe's main opposition leader\Morgan Tsvangirai urged southern African countries on Tuesday\to put pressure on President Robert Mugabe to conduct free and\fair parliamentary elections in March.

Opposition Leader Urges Region Pressure on Mugabe (Reuters)


Jerry Rice said he believes he could be traded by the Oakland Raiders before Tuesday #39;s deadline. Rice, who turns 42 today, told Sacramento, Calif.

Rice says he could be leaving Raiders


Citigroup Inc., the biggest creditor of Parmalat Finanziaria SpA, sued Italy for its handling of the foodmaker #39;s bankruptcy, saying the restructuring violated its rights as a lender owed almost 540 million euros (\$665 million).

Citigroup Sues Italy Over Parmalat Bankruptcy Case (Update3)


Contradicting fears that the semiconductor industry #39;s pace of development is slowing, Intel Corporation has announced it has achieved a milestone in shrinking the size of transistors that will power its next-generation chips.

Intel keeps Moore #39;s law on track


An Apple executive has told Reuters that the company will expand its European iTunes Music Store next month. Apple Vice President Eddie Cue told the news service that Apple plans to cover

Apple Announces Expansion of Euro iTunes


SHANGHAI, China - French President Jacques Chirac pushed for expanded economic and academic ties in Shanghai on Monday, speaking before students at a leading university and lunching with former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin.

Jiang pushes increased China-France contacts in Shanghai, meets <b>...</b>


GENEVA: International airlines are heading for a near \$US5 billion (\$NZ7.12 billion) loss this year, largely due to a rise in oil prices, the industry #39;s global body said on Tuesday.

Airlines headed for \$US5b loss this year


Police have defused a bomb near the Sardinian holiday home of Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minister, just hours after a visit by Tony Blair.

Police defuse bomb after Blair #39;s visit


Air France KLM posted stronger than expected second-quarter operating profits on Wednesday and maintained its sights on full-year growth despite the strain on its fuel bill from escalating oil prices.

Air France KLM Sees Growth After Strong Quarter


AFP - China pledged to move toward a flexible exchange rate, the US Treasury Department said, hours ahead of a key meeting of the world's top finance chiefs who are expected to press Beijing to ease its currency policies.

China vows to move toward flexible exchange rate ahead of G7 meeting (AFP)


MIAMI -- Shaquille O #39;Neal thinks Miami #39;s opponents are rising to the challenge of playing against him and Dwyane Wade. And right now, the Heat aren #39;t responding the way their center would prefer.

O #39;Neal Wants More From Team


Firm's new consulting service supports services-oriented architecture, an emerging software-development model.

IBM ups investment in modular-software push


AFP - Scottish Football Association (SFA) officials confirmed they interviewed Walter Smith for the vacant national managerial job.

Smith steps closer to Scotland manager's job (AFP)


At the family home of hostage Kenneth Bigley yesterday, the interminable wait for news entered its 11th day. A solitary policeman stood guard outside the terraced house in Walton, Liverpool, close to Everton #39;s

#39;Most people don #39;t know what to do - to give in or leave it #39;


Opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko took a symbolic oath of office in his country's parliament Tuesday as supporters rallied to challenge official vote counts that gave an insurmountable lead to his opponent.

Rally Against Ukraine Vote Swells


HOUSTON (Ticker) -- Jeff Kent was the latest to put a knockout punch on the Philadelphia Phillies . Now the question is, for how much longer will Larry Bowa hang on to the ropes?

SI.com


Parents angry at a religious group sponsoring a city academy are auctioning it for 2m on the internet.

Parents 'auction' school on eBay


Transportation services giant United Parcel Service Inc. said Thursday that third-quarter earnings rose 20 percent year-over-year, on a nearly 8 percent rise in worldwide sales.

UPS #39; 3Q Profit Climbs 20 Percent on Sales


JAPAN was on alert yesterday after a suspected Chinese nuclear submarine entered its territorial waters. The submarine was detected in Japanese waters near islands disputed with China about 300km southwest

Chinese submarine puts Japan on Red alert


Verizon and Sprint wireless customers will get a small break on their bills soon. The companies have decided to eliminate or reduce a 40-cent-per-line monthly charge imposed to allow customers

Verizon and Sprint to Cut Fee For Transferring Cell Numbers


NEW YORK - CBS News appointed former U.S. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh and former Associated Press chief executive Louis Boccardi to investigate what went wrong with its story on President Bush's service in the National Guard...

CBS Names Panel to Probe Bush Guard Story


Fears that the Beslan school massacre will lead to attacks against people from the Caucasus mounted yesterday after skinheads beat four people  quot;of Caucasian appearance quot; on the underground railway system in Moscow.

Race-hate attack fuels fear of Beslan backlash


World War II is in your hands with the launch of the real-time strategy game from Atari. Atari announced today that Axis  amp; Allies, the WWII-themed real-time strategy game for PC, has shipped to retailers nationwide.

Axis  amp; Allies Ships


The Supreme Court today declined to pass an order permitting the holding of the Taj Mahotsav near the 17th century monument, which celebrates its 350th anniversary this year.

SC declines holding of Taj fest near Taj Mahal


A judge has approved a \$3.75 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit challenging billing practices at AT amp;T Wireless Services, the Redmond-based company that was acquired last week by Cingular Wireless of Atlanta.

Judge OKs settlement in AT amp;T Wireless case


The disastrous decline in Marsh  amp; McLennan #39;s stock that has followed Eliot Spitzer #39;s lawsuit of last week has injured a broad array of institutional and individual investors.

Investors Are Losing Ground as Insurance Inquiries Expand


Bode Miller of the United States blasts down the course on his way to winning the men #39;s World Cup downhill ski race in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, on Saturday Nov. 27, 2004.

Miller Wins World Cup Downhill Race


Microsoft Corp., hoping to take a bite out of Apple Computer Inc.'s highly popular online music service, is gearing up to launch its own Web site for selling songs over the Internet.

Microsoft Taking on Apple's Music Store


Dale Earnhardt Jr. cursed on a nationally televised Nascar broadcast on Sunday, and it cost him the lead in a close race for the Nextel Cup drivers championship.

Earnhardt Fined for Checkered Language


MIAMI (Ticker) - Miami Dolphins fullback Rob Konrad underwent surgery to remove a bursal infection in his right thigh, the team announced on Tuesday.

Compete against your friends, SI experts and celebrities in this <b>...</b>


BellSouth Corp. on Monday said third-quarter earnings fell due to storm damage in its region and costs stemming from Cingular Wireless planned \$41 billion purchase of AT amp;T Wireless Services Inc.. The No.

BellSouth earnings hit by storm damage


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Managers of mortgage finance giant  Fannie Mae will defend themselves before Congress on Wednesday  against government findings that they broke accounting rules to  deliver steady earnings growth quarter after quarter.

Fannie Mae to Defend Action to Congress


Oil prices fell sharply yesterday after briefly passing \$54 a barrel amid nagging concerns in the market that the global supply buffer is too thin to handle a significant output disruption.

Oil prices decline sharply


The economic growth rate in the July-September period was revised slightly downward from an already weak preliminary report, the government said Wednesday.

Economy expands, but only marginally


By JUSTIN POPE     (AP) -- After a recent legal setback, a California company that claims its patents cover the streaming video technology used by adult Web sites is boosting efforts to collect money from a very different group of streaming video users: colleges and universities.    Newport Beach, Calif.-based Acacia Media Technologies Corp...

Heat Turned Up on Streaming Video Patents


PATRIOTS 42, BROWNS 15: At Cleveland - New England didn #39;t care that the Cleveland Browns had a new coach, a raw rookie quarterback or numerous injuries.

Patriots beat up lowly Browns; Steelers extend win streak to 10


The dollar headed for its first weekly gain in more than two months against the yen and halted a seven- week slide versus the euro before a government report expected to show US employers hired 200,000 workers last month.

Dollar Set for Weekly Gains Against Euro, Yen Before Job Report


Microsoft began the latest phase of its big push for consumers #39; digital lives by unveiling Windows XP Media Centre Edition 2005 (MCE) and a host of products designed to work alongside it.

Microsoft #39;s Announces Plans for Your Digital Living Room and 22 <b>...</b>


XM Satellite Radio and radio manufacturer Delphi yesterday introduced the Delphi XM MyFi, a portable, handheld satellite radio receiver the companies hope will lure more consumers to a medium currently limited to car and home units.

Delphi, XM Unveil Handheld Satellite Radio Receiver


US Airways announced plans Tuesday to cut \$45 million a year in pay and benefits to roughly 3,700 management employees, a move the airline hopes will convince its union

US Airways announces pay, benefit cuts for management


The CD will stay the most popular music format until at least the end of the decade, according to a new survey.

CDs 'will dominate music market'


Oracle #39;s agreement to buy PeopleSoft for \$26.50 per share, or approximately \$10.3 billion, means a new era for users of PeopleSoft #39;s enterprise applications.

Oracle acquisition of PeopleSoft brings customers into focus


OCTOBER 06, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - IBM today unveiled a new version of its WebSphere Application Server software, which is designed to protect applications from server downtime and boost enterprise efforts to build a service-oriented architecture (SOA).

IBM updates WebSphere Application Server software


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc. <A HREF=

Adobe Posts Sharp Rise in Profit


They are asking the European Union Council to reject this proposal. They claim that software patent directive would be harmful to the European economy.

Linus Torvalds against EU patent directive


Microsoft (Quote, Chart) plans to push for a negotiated settlement of its antitrust dispute with the European Union (EU), even if it means deleting the Windows Media Player (WMP) from its operating system.

Microsoft Prepared to Strip Its Player


\\Today Jonathan Moore  and I headed over to LinuxWorld after lunch to see what\kind of cool hardware and Linux hacks they had on the expo floor.\\Only \$15 to get in the door so I figure why not.\\I'm a bit of a privacy freak.  When you're trading some security for liberty\there are situations where it *might* be worth it.  In situations of extreme\violence having the police by your side might be a good idea.  \\I think we can all agree that trading liberty for *nothing* isn't worth it.\This country was *founded* on liberty after the British were abusing their\colonial powers.  Every true American should cherish their liberty and think\long and hard about just turning them over for no reason.\ ...\\

LinuxWorld, IDs, and Privacy


MELBOURNE (Dow Jones)--Australian fertilizer company Incitec Pivot Ltd. (IPL.AU) said Monday it is part of a group selected to complete a feasibility study into the construction of an ammonia and urea manufacturing complex in Brunei.

Australia Incitec Considers US\$600M Brunei Ammonia JV -2-


ATHENS (Reuters) - Nicolas Massu and Fernando Gonzalez won  Chile's first gold medal at an Olympics in a five-set tennis  marathon that ended at 2:37 a.m. on Sunday.

Chilean Pair Win Country's First Gold


On social and economic policy, President Bush and Senator John Kerry present a philosophical contrast that is one of the starkest in modern presidential campaigns.

Behind Candidates #39; Domestic Plans, an Ideological Gulf


British Prime Minister Tony Blair has denied reports that his foreign minister, Jack Straw, had warned him a year before the US-led invasion of Iraq that a war could push the country into chaos.

Blair denies Iraq post-war chaos warning


ATHENS (Reuters) - Paul Hamm etched his name into the record books as he became the first American man to win the Olympic gymnastics all-round crown Wednesday.

American Hamm Claims Men #39;s Gymnastics All-Round Crown


US officials have expressed concern about the fate of Yukos, the Russian oil company. Yukos shares have dropped sharply in value since the Russian government demanded it pay nearly three and a half billion dollars in back taxes. Russian authorities accuse ...

8/17/04 - Us Concerned About Yukos


If there was ever a time to feel sorry for a corporate titan like Sony (NYSE: SNE) it may have been last month when rival movie studios announced that they would be supporting Toshiba #39;s HD-DVD technology in upcoming releases over the promising Blu-ray

Hooray for Blu-Ray!


The Yankees are making plans for the 2005 season, desperately hoping that Jason Giambi will be a former Yankee but operating, at least for the moment, as if he will be with them.

Yanks May Have to Pay to Send Giambi Away


Kmart Holding Corp. and Sears, Roebuck and Co. merged in an \$11 billion stock and cash deal that will create the country #39;s third-largest retailer, after Wal-Mart and Home Depot.

Dissecting the Merger


It #39;s an ill wind, as they say. If you believe the word on the anti-spam lists, Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Ivan have all disrupted one of Florida #39;s major internet businesses: spamming.

Charles Arthur On Technology


AP - The U.N. General Assembly urged nations Wednesday to consider temporary bans on high seas bottom trawling, disappointing scientists and some countries seeking an immediate halt to the destructive fishing practice.

U.N. Urges Temporary Bottom-Trawling Ban (AP)


AP - Equipped with a tiny camera, a high-tech device that recognizes the white stripes of a pedestrian crosswalk and reads traffic lights could tell a blind person when it's safe to cross the street, researchers say.

Electronic Eye May Help Blind Cross Street (AP)


Now that Microsoft #39;s (Quote, Chart) two patent efforts regarding e-mail authentication are publicly available, anti-spam advocates are raising even more questions about how the patents might impact an industry-wide anti-spam protocol effort called Sender

Exposed Sender ID Patents Up Debate


The title was really meant to scare you. I bet it brought memories of those zombie films prevalent in the 80s. Dont worry. Your PCs wont suddenly get up in the middle of the night and scare the hell out of you.

Opening Pages


Google #39;s first quarterly earnings statement since its recent IPO rewarded investors with the news that the company has doubled its profits in the past year.

Google Doubles Profits


The New York Yankees, who make enough money to know better, want the rest of Jason Giambi #39;s contract voided because he admitted to using what can fairly be called a cornucopia of pharmaceuticals.

The check #39;s in the syringe


It may be one of the software industry #39;s largest acquisitions to date, but Oracle expects to work out its merger plans with PeopleSoft by the end of the year and will  quot;hit

Oracle gives first outline of PeopleSoft plans


Randy Johnson got the support Monday night that has deserted him and Milwaukee #39;s Ben Sheets throughout this season. Johnson made the most of three runs in the first three innings, raising his record above

D-Backs support Unit #39;s Cy Young cause


Inside    Varsity Group Inc. 's 11th-floor headquarters in the District, clutter twentysomethings in jeans are doubled and tripled up in small offices. A rear wall is about to be knocked down to make more room. For the first time in four years, the e-commerce company is bursting at the seams.

Dot-Com Back: Varsity Group Turns the Corner


Ukraine's president said that if he were Prime Minister Viktor F. Yanukovich, he would not participate in a new runoff.

Ukraine Leader, Attacking Rival, Won't Halt Vote


Figures from ZDNet Germany labs indicate that AMD's fastest chips outpace those of Intel for mainstream applications.

AMD chips edge ahead of Intel


To Lynn Sand, the decision by 3Com Corp. to move its worldwide headquarters to Marlborough a year ago was a sure sign that Massachusetts can lure businesses with the best of them.

Making most of momentum


When the alarm goes off today for the players at Boise State and San Jose State, they'll yawn, stretch and mutter something like,

Croissants, Coffee and a Kickoff


Some of Elvis Presley's earliest recordings - including takes of All Shook Up - go under the hammer on Sunday.

Early Elvis tapes go to auction


TheDeal.com - The judge, who will not rush to return a verdict in the Oracle-PeopleSoft case, indicates PeopleSoft can keep its CAP.

Strine tips his hand (TheDeal.com)


ATHENS -- How many gilded fairy tales do you want? There was the Magnificent 7 in Atlanta in 1996 and the Fantastic 5 in Anaheim last summer. Was anyone really counting on dethroning the Romanians at an ...

With this effort, they #39;re silver belles


India #39;s top software exporter Tata Consultancy Services announced Monday it has won a multimillion dollar deal with Italian sports car maker Ferrari to design Formula 1 engines.

Ferrari Outsources F1 Engine Design Work


China will take tough measures this winter to improve the country #39;s coal mine safety and prevent accidents. State Councilor Hua Jianmin said Thursday the industry should take

China to strengthen coal mine safety


ANAHEIM ---- Angels management was so disturbed by Jose Guillen #39;s backlash at manager Mike Scioscia after Guillen was removed for a pinch runner Saturday that the team is willing to chase a playoff berth without its slugging left fielder.

Angels ponder life without Guillen


REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (Dow Jones/AP) -- Oracle Corp. extended its hostile bid for PeopleSoft Inc. for the 12th time, pushing the tender offer through Oct. 8. In a press release Thursday, Oracle said about

Oracle extends PeopleSoft offer for 12th time


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Omnicom Group <A HREF=

Omnicom Posts Higher Quarterly Profit


AFP - France's BNP Paribas received hundreds of millions of dollars from the scandal-plagued UN Oil-for-Food program in Iraq, while possibly ignoring rampant abuses in the program, a top US lawmaker charged.

US lawmaker charges BNP Paribas may have stood by in Iraq oil-for-food swindle (AFP)


The Chase for the Championship begins Sunday exactly where it left off a week ago at Richmond International Speedway. After rain interrupted and washed out NASCAR Nextel Cup

Rain halts qualifying for Sylvania 300


SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Seeking to be more competitive with Microsoft Corp...

Linux Advocates Challenge Microsoft


The first privately financed manned rocket to fly into space has been named Time magazine #39;s Invention of the Year. #39; #39;.

SpaceShipOne named Time #39;s  #39;Invention of the Year #39;


Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced on Tuesday that Tokyo would not support the idea to solve the problem of southern Kuril Islands and peace treaty with Moscow by getting just two islands, Shikotan and Habomai.

Japan vs. Russia on Kuril islands


Borussia Moenchengladbach #39;s Oliver Neuville, a former Germany forward who has the most goals in the country #39;s top soccer division this season, was suspended for two games after he used his hand to score.

Moenchengladbach #39;s Oliver Neuville Banned for Scoring With Hand


Crude oil futures inched toward the 55 dollar milestone today, a day after US officials announced a decline in their countrys inventory of heating oil, heating a market already on edge over tight supplies, high demand and unrest in key producers.

Oil Inches Towards the 55 Dollar Milestone


BEAVER CREEK, Colo. - Bode Miller #39;s three-race winning streak ended Thursday, but the American still added to his commanding lead in the World Cup overall standings by finishing second to Austria #39;s Stephan Goergl in a Super G.

Miller #39;s Winning Streak Ends at Three


AP - Vijay Singh does not recall the PGA Tour being this strong, with a record five rookies winning this year. One of them, Ryan Palmer, held off the No. 1 player in the world last week at Disney.

Singh Gears Up to Finish With 10 Wins (AP)


Air New Zealand will most likely announce an increase in its jet fuel surcharges within days because of the relentless climb in oil prices, the carrier #39;s chief executive, Ralph Norris, has said.

Air NZ tipped to raise fuel surcharge


Coca-Cola says earnings for the rest of 2004 will lag current Wall Street expectations because of weakness in key markets, further highlighting the divergent fortunes of the world #39;s largest soft drink maker and its top rival PepsiCo.

Coca-Cola warns on profits


A suicide car bomb has killed 17 people near Baghdad #39;s Oil Ministry and a nearby police academy, a ministry spokesman said.  quot;The bomb apparently exploded prematurely at an intersection in front of the academy, quot; spokesman Assem Jihad said.

Suicide bomber kills 17 in Baghdad


AP - Former NBA coach Mike Fratello met with Memphis Grizzlies officials about the team's vacant coaching position.

Fratello Meets With Grizzlies Officials (AP)


SAN FRANCISCO - Intel Corp.'s dual-core strategy for mobile processors became a little clearer this week at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, but questions remain about the company's plans for bringing dual-core designs to its desktop and low-end server chips.

Intel offers few details on dual-core plans


BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany said Wednesday it could not rule  out sending troops to Iraq, dropping its firm refusal to  consider any deployment to the country whose invasion last year  it staunchly opposed.

Germany Softens Stance on Sending Troops to Iraq


ST. LOUIS -- How do you beat the Greatest Show On Turf with two rookie cornerbacks, one of whom just arrived from the practice squad?

Patriots Rebound By Being Ram Tough


In September, IBM announced that the Blue Gene/L prototype had sustained speeds of 36 trillion calculations per second. Last week, NASA announced that a system built by Silicon Graphics had topped that by sustaining 42 trillion calculations per second.

IBM Supercomputer Claims New Record


WASHINGTON - The United States expressed  quot;deep concern quot; Thursday over reports that Myanmar #39;s ruling junta has extended the detention of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi for up to a year from September this year.

US expresses  #39;deep concern #39; over Suu Kyi #39;s extended detention


Formula One #39;s governing body has confirmed that 10 teams, the same number as this year, have entered the 2005 world championship.

Ten teams line up for 2005 F1 season


Tim Wakefield Will Start Game 1 of World Series for Boston Against St. Louis on Saturday Night. Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona faces reporters during a news conference at Fenway Park, in Boston, Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004.

Wakefield Starts Game 1 for Red Sox


The most recent spacecraft telemetry was acquired from the Goldstone tracking station on Wednesday, November 3. The Cassini spacecraft is in an excellent state of health and is operating normally.

NASA Cassini Significant Events for 10/28/04 - 11/04/04


Chicago - The Bears needed a perfect performance to beat the Colts and came away with a 41-10 defeat in their poorest showing under Lovie Smith.

Colts outclass Bears in one-sided track meet


quot;Apple #39;s iPod has lately been subject to the Rumor of the Week, quot; Rich Duprey writes for The Motley Fool.  quot;Gaming is the latest rumor to have attracted attention.

RUMOR: Next generation Apple iPod to feature downloadable games?


Former Florida coach Ron Zook will take over at Illinois, sources told The Associated Press Monday. Zook #39;s hiring as head coach will be announced at a news conference Tuesday, said two

Illinois hires ex-Gators coach Zook


AP - The authenticity of newly unearthed memos stating that George W. Bush failed to meet standards of the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War was questioned Thursday by the son of the late officer who reportedly wrote the memos.

Son of Late Officer Questions Bush Memos (AP)


New version of IronPort product draws on data from E-mail-monitoring network to quarantine viruses within minutes. By Thomas Claburn.

IronPort Appliance Uses E-Mail Analysis To Fight Viruses


Wayne Rooney will have to improve considerably on his showing last season if he is to make an impact at Manchester United, according to the Actim Index.

Rooney Needs to Make Up Ground


The game will be meaningful on so many levels. When Boston College hosts Syracuse tomorrow at Alumni Stadium, the Eagles will not only be playing for their first Big East title in their last game as a conference member, they will also be looking to send off their 14 departing seniors in grand style by clinching a Bowl Championship Series ...

They're at head of their class


People in the UK are spending more time and money going digital, says communications watchdog Ofcom.

Britons embrace digital lifestyle


CHICAGO - The Cubs and shortstop Nomar Garciaparra have agreed to terms on a one-year deal worth \$8 million. No option years were added to the contract.

Signed, Sealed, Delivered


BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese editorials on Saturday rued  parliament's decision to amend the constitution to extend  Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud's term despite strong  objections from Washington and the United Nations.

Many Lebanese Rue Extension of President's Term


Continuing the roll-out of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday began pushing the security-focused update to PCs running Windows XP Professional Edition

Microsoft continues Windows XP SP2 distribution


Researchers discover stem cells that initiate and maintain the growth of brain cancer tumors. The study could lead to new treatments for many types of cancer. By Kristen Philipkoski.

Stem Cells Feed Brain Tumors


Loudon, NH (Sports Network) - Jeff Gordon will assume the pole position for Sunday #39;s Sylvania 300 at the New Hampshire International Speedway after a steady rain washed out Friday #39;s qualifying session.

Rain cancels Chase qualifying at New Hampshire


AP - Garret Anderson hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning and Vladimir Guerrero had a three-run homer, leading the Anaheim Angels to a 7-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.

Angels Nip White Sox 7-5 (AP)


Ontario has not rated the game, but it is warning parents about the video game  quot;Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. #39; #39;. In it, players rub elbows with drug dealers and gang members as they steal cars, beat up thugs, and solicit prostitutes.

Ontario Warns Against Grand Theft Auto Game


Siebel chief Mike Lawrie pledges better customer service, spotlights focus on a la carte software.

A second act for Siebel Systems?


AP - Microsoft Corp. will drop a much-touted new technology for organizing and storing data when it releases the next version of its Windows operating system as expected in 2006.

Next Windows Is Losing Data-Storage Tool (AP)


Oil futures prices were little changed Thursday as traders anxiously watched for indications that the supply or demand picture would change in some way to add pressure to the market or take some away.

Update 4: Crude Oil Prices Remain Steady


Berkeley - A University of California, Berkeley, paleobiologist and his colleagues warn that the future of the Earth #39;s mammals could be as dire as it was between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago, when a combination of climate change and human pressure resulted

Climate change plus human pressure caused large mammal extinctions <b>...</b>


InfoWorld - The Object Management Group (OMG) is in the process of voting on whether to approve Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.0, the latest version of this specification for model-driven development. InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill talked about the subject with Brian Selic, IBM Distinguished Engineer and co-chairman of the OMG task force on UML 2.0.

Q A: OMG member talks up UML 2.0 (InfoWorld)


Archeologists are at odds over the discovery of the skeleton of a dwarf-sized human species on the remote island of Flores, which is said could rewrite the history of human evolution.

Archeologists divided over  #39;Home floresiensis #39;


Microsoft has been rapped over the knuckles over an anti-Linux ad campaign. The ASA in the UK has ruled that the ad makes  quot;misleading quot; claims, and has told the company change the copy on the advertisement forthwith.

MS rapped over anti-Linux ads


FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - U.S. jets bombed Falluja Sunday  and troops fought rebels accused of shielding foreign fighters  led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, America's top foe in Iraq.

Seven Iraqis Die in Falluja Battles, Baghdad Attack


Israel #39;s opposition Labour party says it has set no conditions for joining Sharon #39;s government, paving the way for a broad coalition that could pushthrough his Gaza withdrawal plan.

Labour in coalition talks with Sharon


Applied Materials Inc., the world #39;s largest supplier of machines that make computer chips, Tuesday said surging sales in its latest quarter surpassed its own and Wall Street estimates.

Applied Materials Reports Profit in 3Q


New York, November 22 - The agent for one suspended Indiana Pacer is faulting the NBA for not considering the players #39; fear for their own safety.

Players likely to appeal


Japan #39;s government has downgraded its view on the economy in a November report, saying the pace of recovery is slowing. This is the first such downward revision since June 2003.

Weaker exports upset Japan recovery


BOSTON Nov 2, 2004 - New England Patriots cornerback Ty Law will be out four to six weeks with a broken bone in his left foot, his agent told The Boston Globe.

Pats #39; Law Said Out 4-6 Weeks With Injury


TOKYO Sony on Tuesday showed a smaller, book-size PlayStation 2 that will go on sale worldwide next month as it fights to keep the lead in the competitive video game market.

Sony offers a smaller, book-size PlayStation 2


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Southern Co. <A HREF=

Southern Co. Quarterly Profit Rises


The world's highest traffic bridge is to be inaugurated in southern France by President Jacques Chirac.

Inauguration for tallest bridge


Reuters - Microsoft Corp.  on Monday\unveiled a new, preliminary version of its search tool for\finding documents, e-mail and other files stored on personal\computer hard drives.

Microsoft Debuts Desktop Search Tool (Reuters)


Symantec report says Internet attacks for financial gain on the rise.

Is Organized Crime Controlling Your PC?


Black Watch troops are preparing to fly home to Britain to be reunited with their families in time for Christmas. The 850 strong battle group pulled out of Camp Dogwood and returned to Basra yesterday, marking the end of their month long mission.

Black Watch prepares to fly home for Christmas


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's U.S.-backed government said on  Tuesday that

Iraq Blames U.S.-Led Forces for Army Massacre


After a month of suspension, the Sudanese government and Darfur rebel groups are due to formally restart negotiations on Monday in Nigeria in the hope of ending a 20-month-old

Talks on conflict in Sudan #39;s Darfur to restart in Nigeria


DECEMBER 16, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - Microsoft Corp. has acquired antispyware vendor Giant Company Software Inc. in New York for an undisclosed amount.

Microsoft acquires antispyware vendor Giant


CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury prices fell for a third  session on Tuesday as oil prices simmered down and dealers  became convinced of future Federal Reserve rate hikes after  upbeat comments by Fed Governor Ben Bernanke.

Treasuries Slip on Lower Crude Oil


Australia-based News Corp. has bought Telecom Italia SpA #39;s 19.9 percent stake in satellite television company Sky Italia for euro88 million (US\$108.

News Corp Buys Stake in Sky Italia


THE death toll in a coal mine explosion in central China has risen to 63, with 103 miners still missing. The Government said yesterday an underground fire and toxic fumes from the blast hampered rescue work.

Hopes fade for trapped miners


NEW YORK (Reuters) - American favorite Lindsay Davenport  chalked up her 18th successive victory Tuesday when she beat  Lubomira Kurhajcova 6-4, 6-0 to cruise through to the second  round of the U.S. Open.

Davenport Marches Into Second Round


Against a background of lackluster retail sales in June and July, analysts and merchants still predict a decent, possibly strong, fall selling season for clothes, accessories and home furnishings.

Fall Season Looks Solid for Retailers, But Holidays Could Be Another Story


Champion jockey Kieren Fallon is among 16 people arrested in an investigation into corruption within horse racing, sources said. Two other jockeys and a trainer were also held in the probe into alleged race fixing.

Top jockey Kieren Fallon arrested


Columbus extends its unbeaten streak to a single-season league record 14 games at the expense of United, as the Crew get a 1-0 shutout Saturday night.

Crew Streaks Past D.C.


Investor's Business Daily - InfoSpace is a rarity in this post-dot-bomb world: an Internet company with a healthy share price and bottom line.

Search, Mobile Markets Help Internet Firm Bounce Back (Investor's Business Daily)


The Bank of England should raise interest rates four more times by the end of next year, taking its main interest rate to 5.75 per cent, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development.

OECD says UK needs four rate increases


Andy Johnson scored his eighth Premiership goal of the season, tying him for the league lead, as Crystal Palace beat Birmingham 1-0 away for its third straight victory.

Andy Johnson Scores Again, Crystal Palace Beats Birmingham 1-0


Apple has unveiled an iPod with a photo display function aimed at maintaining the company #39;s lead in the market for digital music players.

Apple unveils photo-display iPod


WASHINGTON - Antidepressants seem to spur suicidal behavior in some children and teenagers, government advisers ruled Tuesday before tackling a bigger question: How should that rare risk be balanced with the need to treat depression, which itself can lead to suicide?    Options range from making warning labels stronger to restricting those allowed to prescribe them. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration were reluctant to consider a more severe move, forbidding pediatric prescriptions...

FDA Eyes Rules on Child Anti-Depressants


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iran could acquire a nuclear bomb in  the next one to four years and would become more willing to aid  terrorist groups once it has an atomic capability, according to  a U.S. study released on Tuesday.

U.S. Study Says a Nuclear Iran Would Aid More Terror


quot;Revival starts with a cleanup, quot; said post-World War II finance minister Juichi Tsushima on August 17, 1945. And a convoluted cleanup in Japan #39;s banking business is what is under way today.

Japan #39;s banking revival starts with a cleanup


Peoplesoft nominates its four current directors to retain their seats on the company board as it bids to see off a takeover by Oracle.

Peoplesoft announces meeting date


AFP - One of four British men held at the US prison for terrorism suspects in Guantanamo Bay is accused by US officials of being a trained Al-Qaeda terrorist, damaging British hopes for his release, a report said.

US allege Guantanamo Bay Briton is would-be suicide bomber: report (AFP)


Lying 800 kilometers south of Tokyo on the island of Kyushu, Oita prefecture is hardly the kind of place you would expect to find the trendsetting titans of Japan Inc.

So Much For Hollowing Out


Asian stocks had the biggest gain in seven months on optimism the US economy is growing after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and a government report showed an unexpected increase in retail sales last month.

Asian Stocks Had Biggest Weekly Gain in 7 Months; Sony Rises


Shares of Cott Corp. (BCB.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) (COT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) sank as much as 16 percent on Wednesday after the world #39;s largest

UPDATE 3-Cott profit falls, outlook cut, stock plunges


Crude oil prices surged again Wednesday, rising above \$47 a barrel amid lingering concerns in supply from Iraq and Russia.

Crude Oil Prices Surge Again


Palestinian officials are urging Israel to curb military operations as they begin to register candidates to run in an election to replace Yasser Arafat as Palestinian Authority president.

Palestinians ask Israel to withdraw before election


Baltimore's Miguel Tejada was hitless in three straight games for the first time all season. He'd gone without a hit in back-to-back games six times. The Yankees' Alex Rodriguez entered his final at-bat hitting just .197 (23 for 117) with runners in scoring position. He grounded into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded in the fifth, falling to ...

AL notables


European shares opened higher on Friday, boosted by a strong post-election rally on Wall Street overnight and a fall in oil prices to a five-week low.

Europe follows US rally


MANILA (DPA): The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Monday it would help improve air quality in Indonesia through a US\$700,000 technical assistance grant.

ADB to help improve air quality in Indonesia


Australia #39;s Jason Gillespie celebrates after reaching his first Test half-century against New Zealand during day four of the first Test in Brisbane, on Sunday.

Australia vs New Zealand


DSSELDORF, GERMANY - IBM Corp. has moved to block a lawsuit by a group of European Gypsies for allegedly allowing its punch-card machines to be used by World War II Nazis to commit genocide more efficiently.

IBM seeks to block lawsuit by Gypsies


Lance Berkman and Carlos Beltran hit two-run homers Wednesday to propel Houston to a 9-3 win over Atlanta in the opener of their NL Division Series.

MLB: Houston 9, Atlanta 3


LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Michigan #39;s Braylon Edwards took the Biletnikoff Award for best wide receiver, and Ohio State #39;s Mike Nugent won the Lou Groza Award for best kicker when college football #39;s top awards were announced last night.

Edwards, Nugent earn awards


TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran is ready to prove to the world it  is not producing atomic weapons if the West recognizes the  Islamic Republic's right to have peaceful nuclear technology,  President Mohammad Khatami said Wednesday.

Iran Wants to Prove It Has No Nuclear Ambitions


Reuters - EBay Inc. offered about  #36;530 million to\buy the remainder of South Korean affiliate Internet Auction\Co. Ltd. as it pushes deeper into Asia, saying key shareholders\had accepted a 79 percent increase to an earlier offer.

EBay Offers  #36;530 Million for Rest of S.Korean Arm (Reuters)


MP George Galloway has won a libel battle and damages totalling 150,000 against the Daily Telegraph over claims he accepted money from Saddam Husseins #39;s government.

Galloway clears his name and wins libel case


General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG are teaming up to develop fuel-saving hybrid engines in hopes of cashing in on an expanding market already dominated by hybrid leaders Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co.

GM, DaimlerChrysler to develop hybrid engines


Jean Todt: It is a pleasure to be back at this circuit, which is probably the most interesting on the current Formula 1 calendar.

Ferrari - Belgian Grand Prix  Spa-Francorchamps : Practice <b>...</b>


Comcast, the biggest U.S. cable operator, will join the investors working with Sony on the deal, a source close to the discussions said.

Sony Agrees to Buy MGM for Nearly \$5 Billion


Wrexham have been given just over two weeks to solve their financial problems by the High Court, a day after the club applied to go into administration.

Wrexham win stay of execution


US and Iraqi forces tightened their grip on the rebel stronghold of Samarra on Saturday with one of the largest offensives since the fall of Saddam Hussein.

US-Led Forces Widen Control in Rebel Iraqi City


No. 1 Japanese automaker posts drop in 3Q earnings, but boosts forecast for global sales in 2004. TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp.

Stronger yen clips Toyota #39;s profit


USATODAY.com - Internet users at home are not nearly as safe online as they believe, according to a nationwide inspection by researchers. They found most consumers have no firewall protection, outdated antivirus software and dozens of spyware programs secretly running on their computers.

Home PCs not as protected as owners think (USATODAY.com)


NewsFactor - Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has issued its first patch for Service Pack 2, which has been on the market for just a month and a half. The patch fixes a flaw in the VPN, or virtual private \network.

Microsoft Issues First Patch for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (NewsFactor)


LSU puts its 10-game winning streak on the line when the defending co-national champs face a difficult road test. Auburn has rolled in its opening two games against Louisiana-Monroe and Mississippi State, but the Tigers haven #39;t been tested.

Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451)


he Hearst Corporation and the Walt Disney Company will cease to publish Lifetime magazine amid disappointing results since the publication #39;s introduction in April 2003.

Lifetime Magazine Closing


MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Google is trying to create an online reading room for five major libraries by scanning stacks of hard-to-find books into its Internet search engine.

Google To Scan, Index Four Great Libraries


AFP - European stock markets pushed upwards in early deals as company news provided a fillip in otherwise cautious trading ahead of a US interest rate decision.

European stocks start on positive note (AFP)


JBoss has added business process management (BPM) to its growing roster of open source software. The company has hired Tom Baeyens, the founder and lead developer of jBpm, an open source workflow engine.

JBoss takes on business process management


On his 35th birthday, Ernie Els received a familiar present -- a World Match Play title. And he just might have his 96-year-old grandfather to thank.

Els gets a grand birthday present


It was a tumultuous three years in which the future of NASA seemed to die a tragic death, and then rise from the ashes to focus on a historic new goal.

Sean O #39;Keefe #39;s legacy


Reuters - Hamid Karzai will be sworn in as his\country's first elected president Tuesday, facing a huge amount\of more work to rebuild a land still traumatized by more than a\quarter century of war.

Afghan Leader Faces Huge Task After Inauguration (Reuters)


AP - Steve McNair was put on the inactive list by the Tennessee Titans before Sunday's game against the Indianapolis Colts.

Titans Put QB McNair on Inactive List (AP)


Reuters - The FDIC on Friday issued an alert\about an increasingly common e-mail scam designed to steal\personal information and money from millions of unwary\consumers.

FDIC Warns About E-Mail 'Phishing' Scam (Reuters)


He outlines management and strategy changes for the CRM and service management company.

FrontRange CEO bullish


The Times is to scrap its broadsheet edition after more than 200 years of publication and go tabloid from Monday.

Times newspaper to go tabloid


The NASA spacecraft Cassini, which is carrying a European Space Agency probe, cut off communications with controllers on Monday as it prepared to peer beneath a veil of smog shrouding Saturn #39;s moon, Titan.

NASA Spacecraft to Pass Close to Saturn #39;s Moon


Beginning next week, users who pay Symantec to manage their security infrastructures will be able to get extensive information on global cyberthreats and threats particular to their IT systems.

Symantec adds threat data to managed security services


Reuters - Computer memory chip maker Micron\said on Wednesday it had indications that demand for DRAM\memory chips, used mainly in personal computers, would be\robust enough to soak up rising supply in 2005.

Micron Sees Robust DRAM Memory Chip Demand in 2005 (Reuters)


photo gallery CEATAC exhibition features electronic gear from a 65-inch TV to a fuel cell-powered mobile phone.

Gadgets galore at Japan show


The revision of Harold McGee's 1984 book,

Isaac Newton in the Kitchen


A criminal trial scheduled to start today involving former Enron execs could shine a rare and potentially harsh spotlight on the inner workings of the investment banking business on Wall Street.

Inside look at Wall St.


After the fateful, the meaningful, as England #39;s Test tour of South Africa officially got under way yesterday. But with eight of the Test squad not involved in the light quartet of one-day

England have the weapons for a keen contest


Britons are saving 57 billion a year too little to pay for the costs of retirement, a government-commissioned report is expected to warn today.

Report to warn of 57bn pensions shortfall


Former No. 1 Kim Clijsters #39; latest left wrist problem is a new injury that is expected to end her season but probably won #39;t require surgery.

Tournament doctor thinks Clijsters #39; injury could threaten career


The Moscow Arbitration Court ruled Monday that the embattled oil giant Yukos must pay \$1.34 billion in fines and penalties as part of a \$4.

Update 3: Court Rules Yukos Must Pay \$1.34 Billion


NEW BEDFORD -- Archbishop Williams tricaptain Katie Kelly supplied a pair of rapid-fire goals in the final five minutes of the first half, igniting the sixth-seeded Bishops to a 3-1 win over Hopkinton in the Division 3 South girls' soccer final yesterday.

Kelly sparks Bishops


Lewis will also join the Kmart Board of Directors. He joins Kmart from YUM! Brands, Inc., where he was president, chief multi-branding and operating officer.

Kmart names new president and CEO


US consumers turned more gloomy in October, beset by soaring energy prices, relentless violence in Iraq and the increasingly bitter end of the presidential election campaign.

Consumer Confidence Hits 7-Month Low


The Denver Broncos took a 20-0 lead in the first quarter and cruised to a 34-13 victory over the Saints on Sunday, setting off choruses of boos from fans and harsh words from team owner Tom Benson.

Broncos 34, Saints 13


The UK drug maker AstraZeneca today agreed to take a 20 stake in Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT), one of Britain #39;s leading biotechnology companies.

AstraZeneca feeds CAT


quot;He does not crave publicity, quot; Purnell told a news conference.  quot;Red Bull ... will employ professionals to run the team.

No change on pitwall - Purnell


Barclays, Britain #39;s third-biggest bank, said annual profit for the year would be in line with expectations at 4.5 billion but its shares fell more than two per cent amid concern

Barclay #39;s statement worries market


Two clients of Germany #39;s Postbank have fallen for an e-mail fraud that led them to reveal money transfer codes to a bogus Web site -- the first case of this scam in German, prosecutors say.

quot;Phishing quot; lures German banking clients


Celera Genomics Group of Rockville announced an agreement Tuesday to provide potential targets for cancer drugs to biotech giant Genentech Inc.\
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Celera, Genentech Sign Cancer Drug  Deal


Delivering a little payback for a loss last season, Kansas defeats Nevada 85-52 in Allen Fieldhouse. Links and images inside. Kansas forward Wayne Simien (23) looks for the basket after getting past Nevada

#39;There Goes the WOLFPACK!... #39;


What is Check 21? Check 21 is the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, which takes effect Thursday. It allows banks to replace paper checks with an electronic copy called a ''substitute check. quot;

What the change will mean


Hollywood movie studios on Tuesday launched new legal action against operators of sites that help connect people to movies on two major peer-to-peer filesharing networks.

Hollywood Wants BitTorrent Dead


The disputed Olympic gold medal is wrapped in a pair of white socks in Paul Hamm #39;s parents #39; house in Waukesha, Wis. Whether that medal stays there is up to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland

Hamm faces Yang for gold in high court of sports


Russian oil giant Yukos chief executive officer Stephen Theede said today that the company would call an emergency shareholders meeting to consider a possible bankruptcy.

Yukos Shareholders to Consider Bankruptcy


Tumbling through space like a fumbled football, a peanut-shaped asteroid named 4179 Toutatis is expected to pass within a million miles (1.6 million kilometers) of Earth on Wednesday.

Asteroid Close Encounter Coming Wednesday


A new fan Web site is unusual for the subject it obsesses over - the Conceptual Art star Matthew Barney - but otherwise it hews to the norm.

The Art of the Fan


After living under fear of death for 42 days, three Indian truck drivers released by their Iraqi captors today returned home to an emotional welcome by their families here.

Released Indian hostages return back home


roundup Plus: The Woz has got game...Opera browsing, as seen on TV...EdgeStream introduces IPTV platform...Dolby, Intel sound off for developers.

Briefly: Melinda Gates joins Washington Post board


Olympic track star Marion Jones filed a defamation lawsuit yesterday against BALCO head Victor Conte, who told a national TV audience that he gave her steroids and watched her inject herself with them.

BALCO head Conte hit with suit from Jones


'Email me immediately and we #8217;ll send in the cavalry'

Ballmer calls for horse-based attack on Star Office


Italian food giant Parmalat is suing its former auditors over their dealings with the insolvent group before its near collapse last December.

Italy #39;s Parmalat sues ex-auditors


US warplanes and artillery continued to blast rebel targets in Fallujah Saturday, as thousands of US and Iraqi troops prepared for a major assault on the rebel-held Iraqi city.

US Forces Pound Fallujah Ahead of Planned Offensive


Speaking in a light-bathed room where her media company holds meetings and photo shoots, Martha Stewart announced Wednesday she would voluntarily begin serving her five-month prison term

Martha to judge: Send me to jail ASAP


Detroit starter Mike Maroth (11-13) failed in his bid to finish at .500 after a 21-loss season last year.

Notables


Why Russia, the U.S. and Europe care so much about Ukraine's disputed presidential election

The Orange Revolution


GAZA CITY, Oct 9 (AFP) - Israeli forces early Saturday killed two Palestinians at Khan Yunes in the south of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian hospital sources said.

Israeli army kills two Palestinians in Khan Yunes


AFP - US President George W. Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry hit the campaign trail running, courting voters in battleground states after their hard-fought second debate left the race for the White House in a dead heat.

Bush, Kerry hit the campaign trail after hard-fought debate (AFP)


DALLAS (Sports Network) - Freshman Adrian Peterson rushed  for a season-high 225 yards and Kejuan Jones scored the game's  only touchdown, as second-ranked Oklahoma blanked No. 5 Texas,  12-0, in the Red River Shootout at the Cotton Bowl.

Peterson Powers Oklahoma Over Texas


SEOUL, South Korea - The United States will withdraw 12,500 troops from South Korea by 2008, delaying its original plan to redeploy the troops by the end of next year, the South Korean Defense Ministry said Wednesday.    In a statement, the ministry said the U.S...

U.S. Delays Troops Withdrawl From S. Korea


AFP - Only a few hundred of 4,000 prisoners, including political dissidents, that Myanmar has vowed to free have been released and it could take at least a week for them all to leave jail, the opposition said.

Myanmar's mass prison release may take a week or more (AFP)


AP - Passwords alone won't be enough to get onto America Online under a new, optional log-on service that makes AOL the first major U.S. online business to offer customers a second layer of security.

AOL Moves Beyond Passwords for Log-Ons (AP)


By Amanda Gardner, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- For people with type 2 diabetes, tomato juice may help stave off the heart troubles that often complicate the disease.    Researchers have found that drinking tomato juice for three weeks had a blood-thinning effect in people with the disease...

Tomato Juice May Cut Clotting in Diabetics


China #39;s Wolong Nature Reserve is unwired to aid researchers in the study of the endangered giant panda. A broadband and wireless communications network within China #39;s Wolong

Panda playground in Wolong unwired


Vahid Halilhodzic has established a reputation as a soccer guru over the years but his coaching skills have failed to end Paris St Germain #39;s win drought this season.

Halilhodzic struggling to restore PSG fortunes


Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Two former members of the New York Yankees who got into a bullpen brawl with a groundskeeper at Fenway Park last year accepted pre-trial probation in order to have charges against them dropped in six months.

Garcia and Nelson accept probation for bullpen incident


Unionist demands for the IRA to be wound up can be met as soon as they give a pledge to share power in Northern Ireland, Gerry Adams stressed today.

Unionists must make power-sharing pledge - Adams


The US space agency says it hopes shuttle flights, suspended since the Columbia disaster, can begin next May.

Nasa to resume shuttle missions


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Saboteurs blew up an internal oil  pipeline on the edge of Baghdad Monday, the latest in a series  of attacks on the country's internal and export pipeline  network, witnesses said.

Saboteurs Hit Iraq Internal Oil Pipeline


US consumers fed a pick-up in US economic growth in the third quarter but a sentiment survey for this month showed oil prices were dampening their spirits

WRAPUP 2-US consumers help economic growth in third quarter


US marines faced a tough fight Thursday as insurgents began a counterattack timed with an Islamic holy night.

New rebel tactics emerge in Fallujah


AP - Italy has offered with a compromise on human cloning that seeks common ground among U.N. member states who are sharply divided over competing treaties to ban the practice, diplomats said.

AP: Italy Offers Compromise on Cloning (AP)


AP - The Utah Jazz's exhibition game in Russia next month was canceled by the NBA on Friday because of security concerns.

Jazz Cancel Moscow Trip Over Concerns (AP)


Two explosions, one at a religious school Saturday night and another in the Afghan capital Kabul Sunday, killed at least 17 people, including five children, and the Taliban militia has

Afghanistan Explosions Kill at Least 17 People, AFP Reports


GAZA CITY -- Israeli troops killed two Palestinians in separate clashes yesterday, and Israeli helicopters fired three missiles at a Gaza warehouse the army said was used for making weapons.

2 shot fatally in Gaza


In the past decade, searching the Web has grown from an academic experiment to a multibillion-dollar business. Microsoft has not been a player, being content to outsource its MSN Search service to rival Yahoo!

Microsoft Is No Threat To Google -- Yet


Wales midfielder Robbie Savage will miss the World Cup qualifying match against England in October after FIFA, world soccer #39;s ruling body, upheld a red card he was given this month, the Football Association of Wales said.

Wales midfielder Savage to miss England game as red card upheld


November 08, 2004 - NVIDIA today has announced its GeForce Go 6800 mobile graphics processor. The GeForce Go 6800 is quite obviously based on NVIDIA #39;s 6800 desktop line of chipsets, containing full DirectX

GeForce Go 6800 Announced


ENTITLEMENT IS SOMETHING that investors today need to get over. Just because they #39;ve lost money on stocks in recent years doesn #39;t mean markets are destined to return soon to ever-higher levels.

Lessons Of The  #39;29 Crash


Investors' fear that drug prices will be hurt under a Kerry presidency has sent the stocks of many pharmaceutical companies lower.

One Eye on Drug Stocks, the Other on Election Day


Corey Patterson hit a two-out, two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning yesterday to give the Cubs a 4-2 win over Milwaukee, host Chicago's eighth victory in 11 games.

Patterson eases Cubs by Phillies


CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Nick Goings revived the Carolina Panthers' running game -- for a half, anyway.

There was no stopping Goings


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

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


China #39;s top banking regulator said here Wednesday that the country has made  quot;tremendous quot; progress in the reform of the banking industry characterized by a drastic dropin both the amount and ratio of non-performing loans.

Major progress achieved in banking reform: regulator


AP - New research suggests that developing the ability to run  #151; long thought to be a byproduct of walking for early man  #151; was actually an instrumental step in the evolution of people from ape-like creatures into what we know today as humans.

Study: Learning to Run Propelled Evolution (AP)


Netline Internet Service, an Olpe, Germany-based company that develops a competitor to Microsoft #39;s Exchange e-mail and collaboration server software, on Monday fulfilled a promise to release its product as open-source software.

Open-source rival to Exchange released


Description: George Johnson talks about the NFL, WNBA playoffs, baseball pennant races and other sports headlines. There #39;s the music which means it #39;s time to bounce.

George Johnson on Sports: NFL, Baseball, WNBA


THREE Irishmen acquitted by a Colombian judge of training Marxist guerrillas in IRA-style terrorist warfare were found guilty on appeal and sentenced to up to 17 years imprisonment yesterday.

Colombian jail for Irish trio in IRA terror case


One death was reported as Hurricane Frances hit some of the same stops that Hurricane Charley visited three weeks ago.

2nd Hurricane Deepens Wounds in Stricken Florida


BANGKOK (Dow Jones)--Thai Airways International PCL (THAI.TH) plans to fund the planned purchase of 14 new aircraft, worth a total of 96.

Thai Airways To Finance 14 New Planes Mainly By Borrowing


Microsoft Corp. is set to unleash its much-anticipated search technology on Thursday, as it ramps up efforts to take on market leader Google Inc.

Microsoft to launch new search engine technology


Albuquerque Journal --

Columbus and the Disappearing Moon Trick


Against a Chinese player from nowhere, newly-crowned US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova from Russia had a narrow escape at the singles second round of the 585,000 US dollars

US Open winner Kuznetsova struggles into quarterfinals at China <b>...</b>


AP - A 38-year-old with degrees in psychology, education and computer science needed only 11.8 seconds to calculate the 13th root of a 100-digit number in his head, setting a new record, organizers said.

Math Whiz Breaks Calculation Record (AP)


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. orders for long-lasting durable  goods rose by a smaller-than-expected 0.2 percent in September,  held back by another sharp fall in commercial aircraft,  government data showed on Wednesday.

Durable Goods Orders Up 0.2 Percent


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Stocks to Watch on Friday, December 10


Shares of device maker Possis Medical (Nasdaq: POSS) are down 38 to \$19.20 after the company cut its fiscal 2005 earnings outlook after a trial involving its AngioJet blood clot treatment yielded disappointing results.

Trial Letdown Hits Possis Medical


OAKLAND, Calif. Dec 5, 2004 - Raiders receiver Ronald Curry likely has a torn left Achilles #39; tendon that could sideline him for the remainder of the season.

Raiders #39; Curry Injured Against Chiefs


SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp. <A HREF=

Intel Says It's 'Recovered' from Costly Missteps


A siege at a south Russian school goes into the night, with a group holding at least 200, many of them children.

Russia hostage takers surrounded


TV and radio serve up content in a linear broadcast format. It #39;s dished out in time slices according to schedules that make sense to broadcasters and the marketers who buy their ad space.

Media #39;s Believe-It-or-Not Future


KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's opposition on Tuesday pulled out  of talks to try to end a confrontation over last week's  disputed presidential election and vowed to use

Ukraine Opposition Pulls Out of Talks


India won the toss and elected to bat first in the third one-day international against England in the NatWest Trophy at Lord #39;s today.

India wins toss, elects to bat


Reuters - Gains in banks and exporters helped lift\Tokyo's Nikkei average 0.84 percent by midday on Tuesday as a\fall in crude oil prices and a rebound in U.S. stocks led\buyers to pick up shares hit by the index's recent sharp\losses.

Nikkei Rises by Midday (Reuters)


AP - Jeromy Burnitz's RBI single with one out in the ninth inning sparked a three-run rally, and the Colorado Rockies beat Los Angeles 4-1 Wednesday night to slow the Dodgers' drive to their first playoff berth in eight years.

Rockies Clobber Dodgers 4-1 (AP)


After gambling on an inexperienced manager following Lou Piniella #39;s move to Tampa Bay two years ago, the Seattle Mariners decided that experience was paramount this time.

Mariners went for an experienced manager this time


Iraq #39;s interim Iraqi Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi, has dismissed warnings from the United Nations secretary-general about the expected United States-led assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah.

Allawi rejects Annan #39;s Fallujah warning


However else he leans in the upcoming election, we already can be sure of one thing about D. Wayne Lukas. He must be. He has taken his classic lady, Azeri, one of the

Lukas, Paulson gamble with Azeri


AP - The number of refugees admitted to the United States nearly doubled over the past year, primarily due to more efficient screening procedures, the State Department said Monday.

State Dept. Reports Increase in Refugees (AP)


Sun Microsystems yesterday introduced what it claims to be the industry #39;s first pay-per-use pricing model for grid computing architectures.

Sun intros pay-per-use grid computing


Spansion, a joint venture between AMD and Fujitsu, on November 2 debuted a lineup of low-density serial-flash memory chips and a high-density NOR-flash-memory chip based on its MirrorBit technology.

Spansion unveils serial flash-memory, 512Mbit NOR flash


Eastman Kodak Co. and Sun Microsystems Inc. have settled their lawsuit over whether Sun infringed on Kodak #39;s patents in creating the Java platform.

Kodak, Sun Settle Java Lawsuit


They came -- like they always do on a Saturday afternoon in April -- to see the state of the nation. Only this time, it was different.

Outside influence


Amir Khan will be the favourite to win gold in the lightweight division at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Mianyang City, China, next November - assuming, that is, that the three-time champion and double Olympic gold medallist Mario Kindeln

Amateur body pencils Bolton hero into plans for a golden future


Alexander Frei #39;s header just before the hour mark gave Stade Rennes a 1-0 win at home to Olympique Marseille after Steve Marlet had missed a first-half penalty for the visitors in Ligue 1 action on Wednesday.

Frei gives Rennes win over Marseille


PORTUGUESE first division soccer side Nacional Madeira has lifted a suspension order against three of its South American players for allegedly assaulting police officers, allowing them to play in Thursday #39;s UEFA Cup match against Spanish side Sevilla.

Madeira trio cleared to play


By MARCIA DUNN    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Oxygen and food will be worrisomely low on the international space station by Christmas, and it's crucial that a Russian supply ship get there by then, a top NASA official said Friday...

NASA Says Space Station Running Low on Oxygen


At this weekend #39;s 50th Mac Tools US Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park, the NHRA POWERade extravaganza will be a homecoming of sorts for several familiar racers who have

Coming back for more


JAPANESE GIANT Sharp has pulled the plug on its Linux-based PDAs in the United States as no-one seems to want them. The company said that it will continue to sell them in Japan where they sell like hot cakes

Sharp kills penguin-based PDAs


Edison International (EIX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Friday posted a 49 percent increase in third-quarter earnings, with most of the earnings coming from completed and planned asset sales.

Edison International Net Profit Climbs


More openness is needed over clinical drug trial results  to stop them being distorted, leading medical journals say.

Clinical drug trials 'distorted'


A hitherto unknown Islamist group has threatened to kill 18 captured Iraqi soldiers if authorities do not release an aide to Shi #39;ite rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr within 48 hours, Arab television Al Jazeera reported on Sunday.

Group Threatens to Kill Iraqi Soldiers -TV


Reuters - An Italian prosecutor asked a court on\Friday to sentence Silvio Berlusconi to eight years in jail for\bribing judges as the prime minister's four-year corruption\trial reached its closing stages.

Prosecutor Seeks 8-Year Jail Term for Italy's PM (Reuters)


The United States was set to bring its call for a total ban on human cloning back to the UN on Thursday as the world community again struggled for consensus on the divisive issue.

US hard line on cloning back at UN


TOKYO : World champion Michael Schumacher vowed to end his three-race Formula One losing streak at the Japanese Grand Prix this weekend -- come rain or shine.

Racing: Schumacher vows to fight back at Japanese GP


AP - Conference USA athletic directors have voted unanimously to recommend holding the league's inaugural football championship game in 2005.

C-USA Officials Vote on League Title Game (AP)


Connecticut reached the W.N.B.A. Finals for the first time by beating the Liberty on Sunday behind Taj McWilliams-Franklin's 18 points.

Sun Sweeps Out Liberty to Reach W.N.B.A. Finals


State-controlled companies have every right to bid for Yukos assets if they are sold to pay off the firm #39;s whopping tax debt, although the government is not seeking to nationalize the company, President Vladimir Putin said Friday.

Putin Says State Firms Can Buy Yukos Assets


BAGHDAD (AFP) - British officials said they believed Margaret Hassan, a British-Irish aid worker kidnapped in Iraq last month, had been killed by her captors after a video was issued apparently showing her murder.

British hostage feared dead in Iraq as rebels attacked in Mosul


Britain is sending 850 troops from the famous Black Watch regiment and supporting units from the south of the country to a position close to the Iraqi capital - a request that has led to protests

Q amp;A: The Black Watch redeployment


TAIWANESE President Chen Shui-bian sought to defuse the Taiwan Strait time-bomb yesterday by calling China to wide-ranging peace talks to banish the  quot;shadows of terror quot; and  quot;forces of darkness quot; that have threatened war between the two rivals for more than

Chen launches new wave of detente


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rising crude oil costs are taking a  toll on U.S. consumers, as the national price for gasoline  jumped 5.1 cents a gallon over the last week and diesel fuel  hit a record high, the government said on Monday.

Gasoline Price Up, Diesel Hits Record


A night after the Yankees gave up 17 runs in a loss, their outlook brightened considerably as Mike Mussina stifled the Kansas City Royals.

Mussina Shows a Sparkle the Yankees Will Need


ISLAMABAD: President Gen. Pervez Musharraf left on a brief visit to neighbouring Afghanistan on Saturday to congratulate Hamid Karzai on his victory in the war-ravaged country #39;s landmark presidential elections, an official said.

Musharraf spends a day with Karzai


Google's Picasa Hacked Via Security Hole\\Google's Picasa was allegedgly hacked into over the weekend. Zone-H reports that Picasa was victim to a security hole in its forum. Picasa is a software for managing photos, the company has been acquired by Google earlier this year. \\The server hosting the Picasa web ...

Googles Picasa Hacked Via Security Hole


MUNICH -- Good news for chocoholics: Eating dark chocolate improves healthy blood flow, according to research published today.

Dark chocolate found to aid blood flow


Sony Corp. #39;s music unit is abandoning its CDs that use built-in technology that limits copying them, after pushing the program for two years.

Sony of Japan abandons copy-control music CDs, adapting to <b>...</b>


IBM #39;s new four-year storage strategy, laid out last week, came with a few surprises. First, the talk was all about gee-whiz hardware and lower costs, not related services.

Smaller Boxes, Bigger Plans For IBM Storage