Microsoft's decision to push back a 64-bit Windows will not hurt chip sales, company says.

AMD Disappointed by 64-Bit Delay


quot;Right from the beginning there was a problem with responsibilities within the club, especially regarding recruitment, quot; the Frenchman said during half-time, with the scores still level at 1-1.

Santini reveals truth about Arnesen


DETROIT (Ticker) -- A rocky first inning was too much for Denny Bautista to overcome in his first major league start. Craig Monroe had an RBI single in a three-run first inning and added a solo homer off Bautista

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NEW YORK - Crude oil futures fell for a fourth day Friday, settling below \$43 a barrel for the first time since August and extending the week #39;s decline in oil prices to 14 per cent.

Oil prices fall 14 per cent in a week


MacCentral - Honeywell on Wednesday announced that it has filed suit in federal court against Apple Computer Inc. and more than thirty other companies, alleging infringement over a 1994 patent that describes technology used to improve the quality of images shown on a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panel. MacCentral has obtained a copy of the documents Honeywell filed on October 6, 2004 in U.S. District Court for the district of Delaware.

Details emerge in Honeywell's suit against Apple (MacCentral)


WASHINGTON As a corporate symbol, it #39;s hard to find anyone more all-American than Sammy Pence of Grand Prairie, Texas. With his cowboy hat and boots, and his bold stance in front of a helicopter painted red

Courting the Pentagon


TORONTO, Sept. 14 -- The World Cup returned to Canada after 13 long years.

Canada Beats Finland in World Cup


BEIJING (Reuters) - Floods in China killed more than 1,000  people this year, destroyed 650,000 village homes and caused  64.7 billion yuan (\$7.82 billion) in direct economic losses,  the official Xinhua News agency said.

China Puts Flood Toll at 1,029 as Wet Season Ends


The price of oil slid toward \$42 a barrel yesterday despite confusion about the status of Iraqi exports, indicating the market has become less worried about the global balance of supply and demand.

Oil prices slide despite Iraq uncertainty


MIAMI - The Trillian instant messaging (IM) application will feature several enhancements in its upcoming version 3.0, including new video and audio chat capabilities, enhanced IM session logs and integration with the Wikipedia online encyclopedia, according to information posted Friday on the product developer's Web site.

Cerulean gives Trillian 3.0 IM sneak peek


Ask Jeeves has launched a beta desktop search application, capping off a very busy year in the desktop search space. Just a year ago, consumer oriented desktop search was only available from a few small companies like Enfish, dtSearch, and x1.

Ask Jeeves Launches Desktop Search


A jury convicted four former Merrill Lynch (MER:NYSE - news - research) executives and a former Enron employee of conspiracy and fraud in the first criminal trial involving employees of Wall Street and the once-beleaguered company.

Former Merrill Executives Convicted in Enron Scam


Icelandair Group said Friday it had bought an 8.4 percent stake in budget airline easyJet PLC, whose share price has soared during two days of hectic trading.

Icelandair Buys 8.4 Pct. Stake in EasyJet


MARK Viduka was back among the goals yesterday after going through his longest spell without scoring in England. Viduka scored twice to inspire Middlesbrough to a 3-2 Premier League home win over Manchester City, ending a 12-match goal drought.

Viduka ends drought


Denmark catches the most wind for power. Japan absorbs the most sun. Now Britain wants to rule the waves. Wave and tidal stream machines are the latest exploratory technology

Britain seeks wave power


For the second time this year, an alliance of major Internet providers filed a coordinated group of lawsuits aimed at stemming the flood of online junk mail.

ISPs Take Spammers to Court


LONDON, August 23 (New Ratings) - HBOS Plc (HB7.ETR) is reportedly planning on complaining to the European Commission about the continuing cross-shareholdings between Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH) and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBOS), despite the

HBOS complains about Santander #39;s takeover bid for Abbey National


WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- SBC Communications said Monday it will offer high-speed wireless access for \$2 a month to customers of the company #39;s DSL Internet service.

SBC offering \$2 Wi-Fi access


LOS ANGELES -- The Motion Picture Association of America announced Thursday it will work with its members and other film studios to file lawsuits against people who have illegally traded digital copies of movies over the Internet.

Film Association To File Lawsuits Against Online Movie Swappers


ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Stephen Gallacher beat  fellow-Briton Graeme McDowell in a sudden-death playoff for the  Dunhill Links Championship title Sunday, his maiden European  Tour victory.

Scot Gallacher Wins Maiden European Tour Title


BAGHDAD - Iraq #39;s interim prime minister said yesterday that efforts to resolve the conflict in Fallujah peacefully had entered their final phase and warned that  quot;our patience is running thin, quot; vowing to clear the city of militants who have carried out

Allawi warns of new assault on Fallujah


A series of powerful earthquakes has killed at least 18 people and injured more than 800 people in northern Japan. The first quake struck on Saturday in Niigata prefecture, 200km north of Tokyo, followed by strong aftershocks.

Victims buried alive in Japan quake


NASA has launched a new space observatory to hunt down and study the most powerful explosions seen in the Universe since the Big Bang itself.

NASA launches new satellite Swift


AFP - Chelsea recovered from the shock of going a goal down after only 12 seconds to beat Southampton 2-1 and extend their winning start to the season to four matches.

Chelsea march on as United falter (AFP)


The NHL said Wednesday it was imposing a lockout of the players association, effective Thursday -- the day after the expiration of the current collective bargaining agreement.

NHL Lockout at a glance


Sep. 13, 2004. Major Linux distributors on Monday said they have agreed to support a single version of the freely exchanged open-source operating system to ensure that it #39;s growing popularity

Linux Boosters Look To Keep The OS Together


Three German citizens and an American have agreed to serve jail time as part of an investigation into price fixing in the computer memory market.

4 Agree to Jail Sentences in Chip Price-Fixing Case


SINGAPORE: Crude oil prices rose above 42 dollars a barrel in Asian trade on northern winter concerns as OPEC indicated its longer-term price target was around 30 dollars a barrel, dealers said.

Oil prices rise above US\$42 as winter tipped to turn colder


IBM on Thursday agreed to acquire Venetica Corp., a maker of content integration software that allows enterprises to access and embed unstructured data including business documents, e-mail, digital media, still images, and Web pages.

IBM to Buy Content Management Developer Venetica


To curb spam, users will be charged for accessing their e-mail via Outlook.

Microsoft Adds New Hotmail Fee


The Security Council, in an apparent warning to Rwandan President Paul Kagame, said on Tuesday it intended to consider unspecified measures against individuals who undermined the peace process in Congo.

UN Council Warns Rwanda Against Attack in Congo


This wasn #39;t just an exercise designed to poke a stick at the world champion Red Sox. George Steinbrenner is enamored with the idea of signing one of the Yankees #39; all-time antagonists.

Boss plans raid on Boston market


A court on Thursday convicted three IRA-linked men of training Colombian rebels in terrorist tactics and sentenced them to up to 17 1/2 years in prison.

Colombia judges order arrests, but whereabouts of trio linked to <b>...</b>


Laptop Usage Can Lead to Low Sperm Count and Infertility\\Laptops may be one of the most useful inventions in the world, even more useful than TiVo and Jiffy Pop. However, a quite frightening study was released yesterday that linked laptop usage to infertility in males. The study, released by the ...


Ricky Williams has stuck it to the Dolphins one more time. By deciding once again he wants no part of playing football, he ruins any chance Miami had of trading him in the offseason for a No.

Retired Ricky to stay that way


RAMALLAH, West Bank, Oct 29 (AFP) - Suha Arafat, the estranged wife of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, has remained one of his staunchest supporters despite courting controversy for her extravagant lifestyle and lack of tact.

Suha: controversial but estranged supporter of husband Arafat


Electronic Data Systems Corp. and Microsoft Corp. were blamed by the United Kingdom #39;s pension and benefits agency for a computer crash that snarled payments across Britain.

EDS, Microsoft blamed for crash


Intel Corp., the world #39;s largest computer chip maker, said it would spend \$40 million to expand in the southern Indian city of Bangalore over the next two years, maintaining its spending rate since the start of 2003.

Intel to Invest \$40 Million in Bangalore


At least 63 miners are known to have died after Sunday's mine explosion, with more than 100 missing.

China mine death toll increases


AP - Hoping to accelerate the deployment of a new wireless technology, Intel Corp. announced Monday it's invested in a venture started by billionaire Craig McCaw to deliver high-speed Internet service over the airwaves.

Intel Invests in New Wireless Venture (AP)


LONDON (Reuters) - Diversified U.S. manufacturer Honeywell  has agreed to buy Novar Plc, a British industrial holding  company, for 798 million pounds (\$1.53 billion), a source  familiar with the situation said on Sunday.

Honeywell to Buy UK's Novar for \$1.5 Bln


The Russian president rejected the idea of new Ukrainian elections and criticized European efforts to mediate.

Putin Backs Ukrainian Leader, Dismissing Call for New Runoff


Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov pledged Friday that Russia would keep meeting its oil export commitments to China, an apparent reference to fears that a cut in production at the beleaguered Yukos oil company could harm Beijing.

PM Pledges Russia Will Meet Oil Goals


CHICAGO (Sports Network) - The Chicago White Sox have come  to terms on a two-year, \$5.5 million contract with pitcher  Dustin Hermanson.

White Sox Sign Hermanson to Two-Year Deal


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iranian diplomat taken hostage in  Iraq last month has been released by his captors but the fate  of at least 11 other foreigners, including a Briton threatened  with beheading, remained unclear on Tuesday.

Iranian Diplomat Freed in Iraq, Hopes Raised for Other


US warplanes bombarded Fallujah Wednesday as fighting continued intermittently in a Baghdad neighborhood between US forces and Shiite gunmen.

Violence continues unabated in Iraq


World soccer #39;s governing body has handed out suspensions to Belgian internationals Bart Goor and Erik Deflandre after they were sent off in a recent World Cup qualifier against Spain, FIFA said Wednesday.

FIFA hands out suspensions to Belgium players Goor and Deflandre


John Buck hit a three-run homer and Angel Berroa had two hits and scored twice in a 10-run fifth inning that carried the Kansas City Royals to a 17-8 rout of the New York Yankees last night.

Yankees are left with double vision


Reuters - Shares of Ciena Corp.  rose 13\percent before the bell on Thursday after the\telecommunications equipment maker posted a wider quarterly net\loss but forecast further revenue growth in the current\quarter.

Before-the-Bell: Ciena Rises on Outlook (Reuters)


US Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell on Wednesday said technology and telecommunications companies are racing to develop ways to pipe television

FCC Chief Pushes TV Via High-Speed Internet Lines


Cisco Systems, the biggest maker of equipment that directs data over the Internet, said Tuesday its quarterly earnings rose 29 percent with stronger demand for its networking gear.

Cisco #39;s quarter strong; sales weak


Business India: Tokyo, Dec 7 : Victor Co of Japan (JVC) has said it has succeeded in manufacturing an environmentally friendly DVD with a special plastic synthesised from corn starch.

JVC develops corn starch DVD - what next?:


Over the past few years the first fine wines made by former migrant workers, the children of those workers and other Mexican-Americans have been released, winning good reviews.

Pickers to Vintners: A Mexican-American Saga


In a continued effort to compete with IBM Corp. and its WebSphere offerings, Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced imminent availability of Host Integration Server 2004.

Microsoft readies Host Integration Server 2004


The problem was, the tournament was being shown on tape delay in Guadalajara, Mexico, and her mother couldnt understand why she was so giddy.

Ochoa will ride hot streak to Rail


LONDON (Reuters) - European stocks slipped and the dollar  softened on Friday as the rise in crude oil prices toward \$50 a  barrel raised the prospect of slower economic growth, which  supported bond prices.

Oil Swamps Stocks, Supports Bond Prices


MANAGUA, Nicaragua (Reuters) - Nicaraguan police found two  bodies on Friday on a volcanic island and said they were likely  the remains of an American and a Briton who went missing last  month.

Bodies Found in Nicaragua May Be Briton, American


Clive Woodward launched a stinging attack on English rugby union on Friday saying he was  quot;losing control quot; the moment he stepped off the plane after winning the 2003 World Cup.

Clive Woodward saw loss of control after World Cup


Romania #39;s former communists looked likely to retain power last night when exit polls put them comfortably ahead in elections for both parliament and president.

Governing party leads in Romania


Sales of UDO (Ultra Density Optical) discs and drives are going well and the format is replacing MO (Magneto Optical) technology faster than expected, the president of technology developer Plasmon Inc. said in a recent interview.

UDO replacing MO faster than expected, says Plasmon


\\Just let it die!\\The amount of damage this will cause our economy and to the Technology industry\is staggering.\\Let this argument evolve.  The RIAA/MPAA doesn't speak for the entire country.\All this will do is push P2P development offshore.\\

No Changes to the Induce Act Please!


Sri Lanka's 2005 budget measures include a massive increase in the fine for running a brothel.

Sri Lankan budget eyes brothel gains


Lusty Koalas in southern Australia are going to be put on the pill to stop them breeding too quickly and putting too much strain on their eucalyptus-forest home.

Australia #39;s Frisky Koalas to Get Hormone Implants


In the best-of-five Davis Cup final against Spain on the slow red clay at Olympic Stadium, Andy Roddick lost both of his matches in the United States #39; 3-2 loss at Seville, Spain.

Sports briefs for December 6, 2004


Argentina is a great place for a confab on catastrophic climate change, only Buenos Aires isn #39;t the city for it. The delegates to this tenth Conference of the Parties to

Dinosaur Tales


AP - A former University of Texas student was indicted on charges he hacked into the school's computer system and stole Social Security numbers and other personal information from more than 37,000 students and employees.

Ex-Student Indicted on Hacking Charges (AP)


Witnesses said a thick column of smoke was seen rising from the east side of the Tigris river. Ambulances raced to the scene while US troops and Iraqi police sealed off the area.

- Car bomb explosion in Baghdad kills five (LEAD)


Great Britain lose the doubles to fall 2-1 behind in their Davis Cup tie in Austria.

Tennis: GB slump in doubles


The group linked to insurgent leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi has claimed responsibility for the massacre of 49 unarmed army recruits in one of the bloodiest attacks on Iraq #39;s fledgling security forces.

INSURGENTS MASSACRE 49 ARMY RECRUITS


Canadian Press - CALGARY (CP) - The federal government is expecting a

Federal finance minister expecting 'significant increase' in revenues (Canadian Press)


TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea could return to six-party  talks on its nuclear programs in late January after President  Bush forms his new cabinet, Russian ambassador to Japan  Alexander Losyukov said Monday.

Russian Envoy Sees Korea Nuclear Talks in Late Jan


WEST LAFAYETTE, Indiana (Sports Network) - Garrett Rivas kicked a 35-yard field goal with 2:45 left in the fourth quarter to lead 13th-ranked Michigan to a 16-14 win over No.

13th-Ranked Michigan Edges Past No. 12 Purdue


Johnson   Johnson's \$25.4 billion takeover of Guidant Corp. and the \$35 billion union of Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. are leading the busiest quarter for mergers in more than four years. <FONT face=

Merger Activity Hits Record High


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Halliburton said on Monday the U.S.  Army had decided to give the company more time to resolve a  billing dispute before withholding payment of up to 15 percent  of the company's bills in Iraq and Kuwait.

Halliburton Says Army Suspends Withhold Threat


MIAMI -- As Hurricane Jeanne gained speed and moved closer to Florida Saturday, the Miami Dolphins announced that their home game against the Steelers has been postponed.

Jeanne Forces Steelers-Dolphins Postponement


The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling that the Visa and MasterCard credit card associations violated federal antitrust law by barring their member banks from issuing credit and charge cards on the rival networks of

UPDATE 1-US top court lets stand Visa, MasterCard ruling


Baghdad - Iraqi authorities together with United States forces have decided to free one of only two high-profile women prisoners currently in American custody, a ministry spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Hostage drama: Demand met


With its new Walkman music player, Sony has broken with its tradition of promoting its own proprietary formats. The NW-HD3 will let users import and export tracks in the

Sony #39;s MP3 Walkman


IBM and Intel have announced that they are to open up the design specifications of their BladeCenter platform. The partners say that the publishing of the specs is intended to enable third parties to design and build compatible kit and grow the market.

IBM and Intel go public with design specs of the BladeCenter <b>...</b>


Letter TDD mode is not just data delivery

Why PCCW is laughing all the way to the bank


Rower Matthew Pinsent has won a fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the coxless four, while Britain picked up further gold medals in the sailing, cycling and three-day eventing.

Pinsent victory sparks gold rush


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 HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's Nokia raised its\third-quarter sales and earnings outlook due to strong demand\for mobile phones, reversing a recent spate of grim outlooks\and sending its shares higher on Thursday.

Nokia Hikes Outlook Due to Handset Demand


SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices hugged \$50 a barrel on  Wednesday on worries of potential supply disruptions and with  U.S. crude inventories expected to fall due to the lingering  effects of Hurricane Ivan.

Oil Clings to \$50, Fuel Stocks to Fall


NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury debt took a nosedive on  Monday as the breaking of key technical levels added momentum  to an early burst of speculative selling.

Treasuries Trip Lower


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AT T Corp. <A HREF=

AT T Posts \$7.1 Billion Loss


ObjectsSearch Offers Open Source Search Results\\Aiming to provide users with unbiased website ranking, ObjectsSearch.com has launched an open source search engine based on Nutch.org's search. ObjectsSearch looks to solve problems related to search result manipulation and information overload. ObjectsSearch claims that their open source approach provides an


HONG KONG (Reuters) - Ryder Cup player Ian Poulter missed  the cut at the Hong Kong Open after stumbling to a  five-over-par 75 in the second round Friday.

Howell Takes Lead in Hong Kong as Poulter Misses Cut


PeopleSoft Inc. on Monday said it expects quarterly revenue to beat Wall Street estimates, bolstering its case to remain independent, and its shares fell 2 percent.

PeopleSoft Raises Forecast, Stock Falls


Normally, toilet paper in Auburn is reserved for the oak trees on the corner of Magnolia Avenue and College Street following Tiger wins.

On national stage, Cadillac and friends run over Bulldogs


Having waited 86 years for World Series glory, Bostonians found themselves swirling with elation, but also scratching their heads.

With Nothing Left to Win, Fans of Red Sox Suddenly Feel a Loss


Lenovo Group said Wednesday it has acquired a majority stake in International Business Machines Corp.'s personal computer business for \$1.25 billion, one of the biggest Chinese overseas acquisitions ever.
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IBM to Sell PC Sector to Chinese Firm


AP - Kris Benson and the New York Mets completed more than three months of negotiations, agreeing Saturday to a  #36;22.5 million, three-year contract.

Benson and Mets Reach Preliminary Deal (AP)


AFP - The chances of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp relocating from Australia to the United States have increased after one of its biggest institutional investors has chosen to abstain from a vote next week on the move.

News Corp move to US gets reluctant boost from major shareholder (AFP)


International Game Technology #39;s fourth-quarter profits declined 50 percent, hit by early redemption of senior notes, but the world #39;s largest maker of slot machines and other gambling devices

Int #39;l Game Tech Posts Lower Profit


AP - Getting to the New Orleans Bowl was more difficult than ever for North Texas. The Mean Green open the bowl season against Southern Mississippi on Tuesday night in the Superdome, the culmination of a season that was a struggle on and off the field for the Sun Belt Conference champs.

Trip to New Orleans Tough for North Texas (AP)


Stephen Fleming #39;s decision to bat first didn #39;t look the correct one at first as Michael Kasprowicz ripped though the tourists #39; top order, taking all of the first three wickets to fall, including Fleming for a duck.

First Test, Day one, Aus v NZ


Vijay Singh of Fiji hits from the tee on the seventh hole during first-round play at the Tour Championship on Thursday in Atlanta.

A three-way tie, and Singh lurking


SPACE.com - WASHINGTON  #x2014; NASA has transferred its X-37 technology demonstration program \  to the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which plans \  to go ahead with atmospheric drop tests of the prototype space plane next year.

NASA Transfers X-37 Project to DARPA (SPACE.com)


Molson Inc. and Adolph Coors Co. plan to hold shareholders votes on their merger to create the world #39;s fifth-biggest brewer on Jan. 19 and hired Bank of Montreal #39;s securities arm to persuade investors to cast ballots.

Molson, Coors Set January Merger Vote, Hire BMO to Get Ballots


Phoenix -- It #39;s time to call a private investigator, Scotland Yard, the FBI, anybody who can go undercover and find out who stole the buzz around Barry Bonds #39; 700th home run.

Baseball world, and Bonds, expect more than 700


Step aside Michael Phelps; geeks with glasses can now sport a gold medal thanks to the annual International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).

International Olympiad in Informatics


The European Central Bank held its key interest rates steady on Thursday, amid signs it is becoming increasingly concerned about the negative effects on economic recovery of the runaway price of oil.

ECB holds rates steady


Intermec Technologies will not seek payments for patents in the radio tracking technology for 60 days. Why?

RFID royalties suspended for testing


The framers of the Constitution may not have created the perfect system for electing a National Executive, but the Electoral College works. However, just as we still debate the virtue of a Direct Election today, so too did the framers at the Constitutional Convention in 1787.  Among the framers that spoke on the subject were James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson, Gouverneur Morris, and Charles Pinckney. The latter three served on the committee responsible for discussing the powers of and the election of the National Executive. What did they have to say about a Direct Election and how did they come to choose the Electoral College instead?

Framing the Electoral College


Wall Street opinion is split on whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its meeting Tuesday, with conventional wisdom siding with a rate hike.

Fed Decision Unlikely to Spur Rally


Sydney: The newly discovered remains of a previously unknown species of miniature human in the Indonesian island of Flores, 600 kilometres east of Bali, by Australian and Indonesian scientists, are being hailed as the most significant scientific find of

Remains of hobbit-like species found


Reuters - A Thai expert said on Monday\he tried to warn the government a deadly tsunami might be\sweeping toward tourist-packed beaches, but couldn't find\anyone to take his calls.

Tsunami Warning Failed to Get Through-Thai Expert (Reuters)


Almost 20 years after the world #39;s worst industrial disaster, a gas leak from a Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal that immediately killed 7,000 people and

Bhopal Victims Not Fully Paid, Rights Group Says


North Carolina misses a potential game-tying 54-yard field goal with about a minute left and Virginia Tech prevails, 27-24.

Imoh Powers Hokies


The BCCI today questioned in the Supreme Court the maintainability of the writ petition filed by Zee Telefilms challenging cancellation of the exclusive telecast rights of domestic cricket for the next four years granted by the former to the latter.

BCCI questions Zee #39;s petition


In the hours before Bradford C. Bleidt's life unraveled, he attempted to tie up all his loose ends. In neat stacks of paper, topped with handwritten notes, he gave authorities a roadmap of his years of deceit. And in a tape to his wife, he tried to make sense of why their marriage had become so troubled.

Bleidt maps out his trail of deceit


Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- The index of leading US economic indicators fell in July and Philadelphia-area manufacturing expanded at a slower pace this month, signs that record energy prices are keeping growth from accelerating.

US Economy: Leading Indicators, Manufacturing Index Slow


Hewlett-Packard Co. said it has launched a 3,999 yuan (\$483 in the US) computer in China. HP #39;s new model, part of its Pavilion series, features a central processing unit (CPU) from Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

HP Sells Low Priced PC In China


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Freddie Mac <A HREF=

Lawyers Eat Into Freddie Mac's '03 Profit


Reuters - Minnesota Vikings\wide receiver Randy Moss is listed as doubtful for Sunday's\game against the Jacksonville Jaguars with a right hamstring\injury.

Moss Doubtful for Sunday's Game Vs. Jaguars (Reuters)


Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive (WPNI) today announced that James M. Brady will be the new executive editor of washingtonpost.com, beginning Feb. 1. Brady will succeed Executive Editor Doug Feaver, 65, who is retiring.

Brady Named Editor of  washingtonpost.com


NEW YORK (Reuters) - US stocks ended higher on Wednesday, as investors shrugged off record crude oil prices and bought beaten-down shares, pushing blue chips to close above 10,000 for the first time in 3 weeks.

Stocks End Higher, Dow Back Above 10,000


BARCELONA, Spain A pair of players at one time ranked number one in the world will play for Spain in the Davis Cup final next month.

Spain names its Davis Cup team


Captain Sourav Ganguly today said he hoped to win the second test match against Australia beginning in Chennai on Thursday. Despite master blaster Sachin Tendulkar #39;s absence, and a thrashing win by the visitors, Ganguly did not seem to lose hope.

Ganguly hopes to win the second test against Aussies


Marwan Barghouti withdrew from the race to replace Palestinian President Yasser Arafat late last night. His withdrawal means there will be a smooth transition in the election on 9 January, with interim leader Mahmoud Abbas the clear favourite.

Barghouti pulls out of election


At a time when most Americans can't get local movie listings on their cell phone screens, an Indian carrier is putting an entire film onto wireless phones. Missing Links

Phone-bound film


AP - Caity Matter scored 19 points and Jessica Davenport added 16 in No. 11 Ohio State's 75-42 victory over Dayton on Saturday.

No. 11 Ohio State Trounces Dayton, 75-42 (AP)


If England #39;s new one-day master plan was to bat, bowl and field better than in the recent past, then it succeeded admirably here yesterday.

Wharf weighs in for new England


A climate conference overcomes last-minute objections to approve a deal on future talks global warning.

Compromise seals climate meeting


MORE TIN makers are going to crash and burn with three of the top 10 PC makers being squeezed out of the market by 2007, Gartner has repeated for the third time so far this month.

Hardware slump predicted


After suffering a head injury on the third play, Quincy Carter returned to what ended up being his most effective game since taking over as the Jets' starter.

Carter Lifts Himself Off Deck; Defense Is Steady at Helm


NEW YORK - U.S. stocks are expected to open modestly higher Tuesday as investors use a slight let-up in the rise in oil prices to add to portfolios...

Stocks Set to Open Modestly Higher


SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc <A HREF=

Amazon Profit Misses Estimates


Citysearch Launches

Citysearch Launches Pay Per Call Search Advertising Program


Forbes.com - Why do mutual funds charge so much? The smaller, newer ones argue that they need high fees to get started. The theory is that, once they attract a wad of assets, economies of scale will bring down the fee in percentage terms. Alas, this doesn't happen very often. Fund-tracker Lipper calculates that the average size of diversified domestic equity funds has doubled over the past ten years to  #36;1.4 billion, but still the average expense ratio hasn't gone down a whit. AllianceBernstein Growth  amp; Income doubled its assets in the past five years (to  #36;7. ...

The Frugal Investor (Forbes.com)


Finland didn't get its long-awaited revenge on Sweden, but a 4-4 tie was good enough to win the European Pool at the World Cup of Hockey on Saturday in Helsinki.

Finland Wins European Pool


AP - Consumers became a bit more optimistic toward the end of the August but still felt more cautious on the U.S. economy than they did a month ago, according to survey by the University of Michigan.

Survey: Consumers Cautious on U.S. Economy (AP)


DUBAI (Reuters) - Arabs were torn between seething rage at  images of a U.S. soldier shooting dead a wounded Iraqi in a  mosque and dismay at Iraqi insurgents in Falluja for turning  holy mosques into battlegrounds.

Arabs Enraged at U.S. Soldier Shooting Wounded Iraqi


Chelsea striker Mateja Kezman was cut by a missile thrown from the crowd after scoring in last night #39;s 3-0 Carling Cup victory over West Ham.

Chelsea #39;s Kezman struck by missile


Matt Reis has never easily accepted the apprentice goalkeeper's role. Reis has been battling the label of backup, though that has been his position for most of his collegiate and professional career. But Reis's profile could be changing after he saved two penalty kicks as the Revolution eliminated the Columbus Crew from the MLS playoffs last Sunday. Reis ...

Saving grace


David Ortiz #39;s drive into the right-field bullpen set off a frenzy at Fenway and gave the Boston Red Sox a shot at pulling off the greatest comeback ever.

Red Sox stay alive in ALCS


Reuters - Philippine police were searching for\clues on Monday on who was responsible for a bomb blast in a\market packed with shoppers that killed 14 people and wounded\65.

Philippine Police Hunt Bombers After Market Blast (Reuters)


Syria on Thursday rejected accusations by US President George W. Bush and some Iraqi officials of meddling in Iraqi affairs as  quot;groundless, quot; the official SANA news agency reported.

Syria rejects US accusations of meddling in Iraqi affairs


Security is being tightened over the  Bridget Jones film sequel amid reports it is the subject of a \$10m bounty.

Bridget Jones sequel piracy fears


An unidentified submarine was found in the Japanese waters Wednesday morning, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said. The submarine was spotted in Japan #39;s territorial waters

Unidentified submarine found in Japanese waters


ATHENS (Reuters) - The unbeaten U.S. women's basketball  team cruised to another victory Wednesday, pummeling Greece  102-72 to advance to the Olympic semifinals where it will meet  Russia.

Basketball: U.S., Russia, Brazil in Semifinals


While Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. continue bringing low-power mobile chips to market, Transmeta Corp. is faced with the possibility of shifting its focus from operations and toward licensing its technologies.

Transmeta bets on LongRun2


Two members of Izzedin al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), were killed on Saturday evening in an Israeli airstrike on their car that drove

Two Hamas militants killed in Gaza airstrike


THE UNITED NATIONS #39; oil-for-food program is widening into a full- fledged scandal: bribes, siphoned-off billions and a do-nothing job for the son of UN chief Kofi Annan.

A UN food fight


A Food and Drug Administration official warned Congress yesterday that the FDA would be unable to prevent another episode like the Vioxx case, in which the popular arthritis

FDA whistle-blower singles out 5 drugs


TEXAS (4-0) vs. OKLAHOMA (4-0) When, where: Tomorrow, noon, at Dallas. TV: Ch. 5. AP rankings: Oklahoma is No. 2, Texas No. 5. Last season: Oklahoma won, 65-13.

Key college games on TV


A poor first half and an off night from its star guard were not enough to derail the No. 1 team in the country. Wake Forest proved a couple of things last night at Madison Square Garden: that

Wake Forest Doesn #39;t Need Star to Shine to Shine On


Chicago, IL (Sports Network) - William T.  quot;Billy quot; Reay, the winningest coach in the history of the Chicago Blackhawks, passed away on Thursday afternoon in Madison, Wisconsin.

Legendary NHL coach Reay passes away


MSN Music is a US-only shop, unlike iTunes, and doesn #39;t offer any gift certificates or purchase allowances, although those are planned for later.

MSN Music Falls Just Short of iTunes #39; High Marks


The US Chamber of Commerce filed suit Thursday against the Securities and Exchange Commission over the independent-chair rule for mutual fund boards.

US Chamber of Commerce sues SEC


The courts decision marked the official end of a controversy that had simmered since Paul Hamm captured the gold after a close finish.

Arbitration Court Rules That Hamm Is Gold Medal Winner in Gymnastics


Leaders of 21 Asia-Pacific states in the Apec grouping have ended a summit in Chile with a call for action to lower global trade barriers.

Apec pushes for free trade boost


The player lets the listener choose MP3 or WMA music, ripped from CDs or downloaded from online music sites. The Zen Micro provides intuitive vertical scrolling to allow users to move through easy-to-use menus

Zen Micro to Take on iPod Mini


BAGHDAD - US jets pounded suspected militant positions in a Baghdad slum Monday as two car bombs killed seven Iraqi national guardsmen and a rocket barrage hit a police academy.

US pounds militant positions in Iraq


Time Warner Inc., the world #39;s largest media company, and Comcast Corp. said they are considering making a joint bid for bankrupt cable-television operator Adelphia Communications Corp.

Joint bid for Adelphia?


Quick -- what #39;s the world #39;s largest toy distributor? Nope, it #39;s not Toys  quot;R quot; Us (NYSE: TOY). (Toys  quot;R quot; Us, while indeed a large toy vendor, is actually exiting the toy business to a large degree, opting to

The Stealth Toy Giant


AFP - Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) said it will commercially launch its high-speed third generation (3G) mobile service within months, putting it at the forefront of Southeast Asian telecoms firms looking to roll out the technology.

SingTel poised to launch first 3G service in Southeast Asia (AFP)


Chained and shackled and caged like an animal, British hostage Ken Bigley sobbed into a terrorist #39;s camera and moved America #39;s staunchest ally to say he is willing to  quot;respond quot; to the men who beheaded the captive #39;s two US colleagues.

Save me, Mr. Blair


For the second straight game, the Rangers used a lefthanded reliever against Mark Bellhorn even though the switch-hitting second baseman has fared better against lefthanders (.313) than righthanders (.244). Texas opted to try protecting an 8-1 lead by sending out lefthander Ron Mahay yesterday against Bellhorn. Lefthanded hitters were batting .202 against Mahay and righthanders .238. So it was that ...

For Bellhorn, Rangers' decision is just grand


The Confederations Cup will kick off with Olympic champion Argentina taking on African champion Tunisia on June 15, China Radio International reported Tuesday.

Confederations Cup to kick off


AS Roma ended a run of four defeats with a 4-0 win at Siena in Serie A on Saturday with two goals each from Vincenzo Montella and Francesco Totti.

Roma return to form in style


England #39;s cricket team has scored a 152 run win over Zimbabwe in their first match of the International Cricket Council #39;s Champions Trophy tournament in Edgbaston.

Cricket: England Beats Zimbabwe in First Match of Champions #39; <b>...</b>


Oklahoma City - The Internal Revenue Service is looking for more than 950 Oklahomans whose federal income tax refund checks totaling more than \$741,000 were returned to the IRS as undeliverable by the Postal Service.

More Than 1,000 Federal Income Tax Refund Checks Returned <b>...</b>


Potassium iodide pills could ward off cancer in the event of a nuclear accident, but many states have refused to take freebies from the feds. By Randy Dotinga.

Got Anti-Nuke Pills? Probably Not


Cardiovascular device maker Guidant Corp. (GDT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday said quarterly net profit rose 19 percent, helped by cost-cutting and

UPDATE 3-Guidant net profit up as defibrillator sales rise


Michelin engineers are developing the

Reinventing the Wheel (and the Tire, Too)


Michael Schumacher #39;s performances this season have shown the world why, even at the most difficult tracks in the world, he remains peerless in Formula One.

Legendary status eludes Schu


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Defending champion Andy Roddick kept  the home flag flying at the U.S. Open Friday, but it was a bad  day for his compatriots as only two American men reached the  third round, their worst showing in tournament history.

Roddick Keeps Home Flag Flying in New York


SAN FRANCISCO - In one of those good news, bad news stories, think tank IDC said sales will explode for Apple Computers extremely popular iPod music player this decade, but the huge market is attracting several portable jukeboxes based on 1-inch or

MP3 Player Sales To Hit \$58 billion By 2008


MATCHES against soccer powerhouses Germany and Argentina await the Socceroos at the Confederations Cup next year in what they hope will be a dress rehearsal for the 2006 World Cup finals.

Germany, Argentina hold no fear for Socceroos


Forbes.com - The early take on Oracle's tender offer for PeopleSoft was that it was insincere. Oracle boss Lawrence Ellison just wanted to sabotage PeopleSoft's relations with customers. So said various pundits when the takeover was announced a year ago.

Buyer's Remorse? (Forbes.com)


PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Reuters) - You've heard of

A Visit to the Museum of Underappreciated Games


The Sprint Corporation said yesterday that it planned to lay off 700 sales representatives and write down the value of its long-distance network to reflect more accurately the erosion in the market for traditional phone services.

Sprint to Cut 700 Jobs in Sales; Long-Distance Write-Down Set


Goalkeeper Roy Carroll has admitted that Manchester United cannot afford to drop points in their clash against the Premiership champions Arsenal at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Carrol: Arsenal game is huge


The full moon #39;s face may glow like an orangish-red Halloween pumpkin during an 81-minute total lunar eclipse Wednesday evening.

Total eclipse could give moon a seasonable glow


CLINTON TOWNSHIP -- Each piece is just an eighth-of-an-inch square, but 33,000 of them bunched together make for one of the most advanced features on NASA #39;s next satellite.

Out of this world


: Yasser Arafat telephoned his Palestinian colleagues, read telegrams from well-wishing world leaders, ate cereal and sipped tea - signs that his health may be on the upswing following three

Arafat #39;s condition improving


The California Air Resources Board opened a two-day meeting Thursday to set a final plan to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by 30 percent before 2016.

Automakers rip Calif. emission rules


Thousands of pilgrims streamed into the Imam Ali Shrine in Najaf yesterday as militants left, handing the keys to religious authorities after Iraq #39;s top Shia cleric

Joyous pilgrims mark end of Najaf standoff


Lucent Technologies Inc. (LU.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and unions representing roughly 10 percent of the telecommunications equipment maker #39;s work force on Sunday agreed to extend talks, their second extension in 10 days.

Lucent, Unions Extend Talks to Monday


MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - November 1, 2004 -ERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq: VRTS), today extended the capabilities of VERITAS OpForce distributed server provisioning software to include software application discovery and configuration.

VERITAS Advances Server Provisioning, Automates Discovery <b>...</b>


AP - Arizona starters Emmitt Smith, Bertrand Berry and Karlos Dansby are questionable for Sunday's game at Carolina after sitting out the Cardinals' practice on Thursday.

Cards' Smith, Berry, Dansby Questionable (AP)


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

Briefly: The Woz has got game


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on  Friday after Ford  Motor Co. <A HREF=

U.S. Stocks End Up, Ford Gives a Lift


AP - Seventh-seeded Eleni Daniilidou overcame Jill Craybas of the United States 7-5, 6-1 Tuesday in the first round of the SEAT Open.

Daniilidou Wins in Round 1 of SEAT Open (AP)


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp. <A HREF=

Lockheed, Northrop Face Big Cuts-Document


Chicago's Sammy Sosa was in a 14-for-75 slump when he connected. He needs one homer to reach 30 for a 10th straight season. Houston's Carlos Beltran homered for the fourth straight game, giving him 33, 18 since being acquired from Kansas City June 24. Astro Jeff Bagwell's homer was his first in 12 days. He needs one homer to reach ...

NL notables


Waltham, MA-based IMlogic, Inc. today announced the formation of the IMlogic Threat Center, a resource set up to combat threats that propagate over instant messaging (IM) and peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing services.

Threat Center Targets SPIM, P2P Viruses


CHAMPAIGN - Brian Randle #39;s second season with the Illinois basketball team may have suffered a knockout punch Wednesday. The athletic wing forward broke a bone and suffered a dislocation in his left hand

Randle #39;s temper may cost him the season


With a 9:15 p.m. curfew imposed because of Hurricane Jeanne, Tampa Bay beat Toronto with 39 minutes to spare. Hoping to beat the storm, the Blue Jays were scheduled to leave Florida on a charter flight immediately after the loss. Today's series finale was canceled because of the hurricane, which was expected to hit Florida's east coast late yesterday or ...

Notables


Top seed Andy Roddick and holder Tim Henman, their minds perhaps on next week #39;s Masters Cup, bowed out of the Paris Masters in the third round on Thursday.

Roddick, Henman Out of Paris Masters


The European Commission today cleared the way for Oracle Corp. #39;s hostile takeover of PeopleSoft Inc. removing one of the deal #39;s few remaining hurdles.

Europe clears Oracle takeover


NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar weakened across the board  on Thursday, forging new lows as a deepening sense of gloom  over the U.S. economic and external deficit picture weighed on  sentiment, analysts said.

Dollar Weakens on Sense of Economic Gloom


Women in black tank tops and white, knee-length skirts chased errant shots during Albert Costa #39;s 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 victory over Irakli Labadze.

Ball kids get makeover at Madrid tennis event


With a 27-9 win over Navy, the Irish move to 5-2 on the season. Irish fans had plenty to celebrate with this victory, and the Irish have plenty to play for in the future.

Irish Take Big Step


The Bears looked like patsies coming into Lambeau Field Sunday, but they upset the Packers 21-10 in the home opener at Green Bay. Was it because the traditional rivalry meant more to the Bears?

Did the rivalry mean more to Bears?


Microsoft is testing a new feature on its Download Centre website that can lock out pirated copies of Windows. During the test period, users of Download Centre can opt to have the Windows software installed on their PCs validated as genuine.

Microsoft trials piracy lock on Download Centre


The main attraction at the Project Rebirth Web site is the time-lapse photography capturing the rebuilding at ground zero.

Ground Zero, the Long View


Australian politicians set off on a marathon campaign Monday for an election that will focus on the way forward for one of the world #39;s strongest economies

Australia #39;s Oct. 9 Election Marathon Begins


BT is looking again at price rises on wholesale broadband which have angered small net providers.

BT mulls u-turn on broadband cost


AT amp;T Wireless Services Inc. of Redmond, poised to close by year-end on its agreement to be bought by Cingular Wireless, posted year-over-year declines Tuesday in virtually all measures for its third quarter ended Sept.

AT amp;T Wireless continues slide


GenVec Inc. has suspended human testing of its leading drug, a potential cancer therapy, after a patient died during a study. Its stock closed at \$1.20, down \$1.06. But analysts said the link between the death and the drug has yet to be proved.
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GenVec Halts Human Testing of Top Drug


com. With Windows NT 4.0 Server support due to end on December 31, Microsoft is prodding customers to migrate as soon as possible, but also extending its custom support plan for another year to get them through the move.

Microsoft Extends Custom Support For NT Server Through 2006


OPEC will increase its oil production target by 1 million barrels a day later this year in a move widely viewed as more symbolic than significant, given

OPEC to boost production target


AP - On the eve of a foreign policy debate with President Bush, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry said in an interview that his explanation of why he voted in favor of additional funding for the war in Iraq before voting against it was

John Kerry Explains War Funding Vote (AP)


Reuters - A worrying rise in the levels of\so-called greenhouse gases linked to climate change highlights\the importance of the Kyoto protocol, British Environment\Minister Elliot Morley said Wednesday.

Greenhouse Gas Jump Shows Kyoto Vital - UK (Reuters)


Reuters - Democratic challenger John Kerry,\pumped up by polls showing he won all three debates with\President Bush, dismissed the Republican incumbent on Thursday\as out of touch, out of ideas and out of time.

Kerry: Bush Out of Touch, Out of Ideas, Out of Time (Reuters)


Stephen Dodd paid a heavy price for one shot in his third round of the Volvo China Open in Shanghai on Saturday - but at the end of it the 38-year-old Welshman was still on course for his first European Tour victory.

DODD LEADS DESPITE TRIPLE BOGEY


What #39;s the fun in almost a half-century of losing? That #39;s the question Navy asks each and every year that it plays Notre Dame and contained within it is the more abstract question: What #39;s

Why They Play The Game


Tiger Woods shoots six-under in the second round to get back in contention at the Tour Championship and trails 50-year-old Jay Haas by just three shots.

Woods Makes Run


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces freed the police chief of  the rebel-held city of Falluja on Tuesday after warplanes  bombed what the military said were houses and arms dumps used  by America's top enemy in Iraq.

U.S. Forces Bomb Falluja, Release Police


JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's attorney general urged the  government Thursday to swiftly reroute its barrier in the  occupied West Bank to minimize the risk of international  sanctions after the World Court deemed the project illegal.

Israel AG Says Shift Barrier to Avoid Sanctions


Postal workers are on course for an 800 bonus after the Royal Mail today reported a huge improvement in its finances and more reliable deliveries.

Postal Workers Set for Bonus after Finances Boost


BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents abducted the local director of CARE International from her car in Baghdad on Tuesday, targeting a charity worker who has championed ordinary Iraqis for decades. In new violence, mortar attacks killed an American contractor and at least four Iraqi National Guard members and wounded 80 Iraqis, the U.S...

Veteran Aid Worker in Iraq Abducted


AP - A former member of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry's legal team pleaded innocent Tuesday to a charge of soliciting a prostitute.

Ex-Member of Kerry Legal Team Arraigned (AP)


European shares slipped back in light trading with the London Stock Exchange closed for a bank holiday and New York investors expected to take it easy while the Republican convention is in town.

European shares slip in light early trades


Shares shuffled to a mixed finish yesterday, rebounding from earlier lows as oil prices retreated after surging past \$50 a barrel.

Mixed End to Light Trading as Oil Surges, Then Retreats


Oil prices climbed Friday, closing above \$55 a barrel for the first time, on worries that supplies will be stretched thin this winter while demand from China remains solid.

New record for oil prices


SIA receives offers from both Airbus (the A330-200)  amp; Boeing (the 7E7) for its regional routes. Singapore Airlines (SIA) yesterday said it would buy up to 31 long-range Boeing 777s in an order worth up to

Boeing in \$7.5 bn deal with SIA


The union representing AirTran Airways flight attendants said Thursday that talks with AirTran Holdings Inc. have stalled over work rules.

AirTran Seeks Mediation in Union Talks


Sept. 9, 2004 - Images sent back to Earth by the Cassini spacecraft reveal aspects of Saturn scientists have never seen: another moon -ossibly two  - a ring of material.

New Moon, Ring Found Around Saturn


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares of Google Inc. <A HREF=

Google Rises in Market Debut


More than half a million Jamaicans fled their homes today as Hurricane Ivan bore down on the island with 150 mph winds. It left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean and the death toll of 23 was expected to rise.

Ivan Bears Down on Jamaica with 150 Mph Winds Strengthening


OREM - For someone who lit a firecracker of controversy that has sparked across Utah Valley and Utah at large, Joe Vogel is surprisingly demure.

UVSC student officers not backing down


The consumer sentiment index slipped to 95.8 from 95.9 in August. Economists were expecting the index would tick up to 96.5. The index will be updated in two weeks to reflect surveys returned throughout September.

US consumer sentiment inches lower


Talks between Alitalia and the airline #39;s unions continued on Tuesday as hopes rose of side-stepping bankruptcy before Wednesday #39;s deadline.

Hopes rise for Alitalia rescue


AP - After Congress shuffled the federal bureaucracy in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by creating the Homeland Security Department, Democrats lost control of the Senate and four seats in the House.

Intelligence Bill Has Political Tinge (AP)


PARIS French officials may have found a way to both abide by their own privacy laws and still respond to demands by Palestinian leaders to answer questions about Yasser Arafat #39;s death.

Arafat #39;s nephew can likely get access to Palestinian leader #39;s <b>...</b>


If ABC hoped to generate a little bit more buzz for  quot;Monday Night Football quot; and  quot;Desperate Housewives, quot; its steamy intro to the Dallas-Philadelphia game sure did the trick.

Dungy:  #39;MNF #39; intro racially offensive


Microsoft officially launched the MSN Music Store today, marking the company #39;s entry into the online music download business. The company announced the service

Microsoft Officially Launches MSN Music: Mac Users Still Not <b>...</b>


Taiwan's opposition parties, which favor\closer ties with China, claimed victory in the parliament\elections on Saturday, beating President Chen Shui-bian's\pro-independence party after a tight race.

Taiwan Opposition Claims Victory


The flashy Cadillac Escalade EXT, the favorite ride of rappers and movie stars, is the newer-model vehicle car thieves are most likely to steal, according to a study released yesterday.

ESCALADE TOPS  #39;HOT #39;-ROD LIST


Pipeline operator Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP reported Wednesday that a fatal accident involving one of its pipelines in San Jose, Calif.

Kinder Morgan to Close Pipeline for While


AP - Voters on Sunday cast ballots on a referendum that would repeal a Western-brokered law that effectively grants local autonomy to the country's ethnic Albanians.

Macedonians Voting on Albanian Self-Rule (AP)


LANDSTUHL, Germany - The number of injured US military personnel arriving at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center this week -ost from the offensive against insurgents in the Iraqi city of Fallujah  -ched its highest level since April, a US

US patient load surges at military hospital in Germany


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - BellSouth Corp. <A HREF=

BellSouth Posts Lower Earnings


Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Paul Hamm out-scored South Korean Kim Dae Eun in the final exercise to become the first US gymnast to win the all-round men #39;s title at an Olympic Games.

Hamm Becomes First US Gymnast to Win All-Round Olympic Title


Major League Baseball will return to the nation's capital for the first time in more than three decades next season.

Baseball Returns to Washington as Expos Move From Montreal


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

Uruguay bans sales of medicine containing rofecoxib


The pressure on US Airways mounted last night after talks with its pilots aimed at cutting nearly \$300m (163m) in costs broke down.

US Airways pilot talks collapse


Sony is previewing a new camcorder that takes video in digital high-definition quality for consumers. The four pound (HDR-FX1) device is set to go one sale next month in Japan and around the world by the end of the year.

Sony previews high-definition video camera


Rod Eddington, the chief executive of British Airways, and 11 of his fellow directors will be working at Heathrow airport over the Bank Holiday weekend as part of a desperate

BA directors to help staff cope with holiday rush at Heathrow


Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (left) Japanese Premier Junichiro Koizumi (second from left), Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (second from right) and German Vice Chancellor Joschka Fischer shake hands Tuesday Sept.

Japan, Brazil, India and Germany seek more influence over global <b>...</b>


New consumer devices use bone-conduction technology to produce sound by vibrating the bones around the hearer's ear, so the sound is all in your head. By Laila Weir.

High-Tech Hearing Bypasses Ears


JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's attempt to speed up a withdrawal from the Gaza Strip was undercut yesterday by his main political rival, who called for a national referendum that could delay or even scuttle the pullout.

Sharon rival backs referendum on Gaza pullout


Fire equipment manufacturer Kidde saw its share price rise by 20 on Friday after it confirmed it had rejected a 1.35bn (\$2.46bn) takeover offer.

Kidde rejects US takeover offer


NEW YORK : US share prices surged on Wednesday as bargain hunting and news of a peace deal in the Iraqi city of Najaf overcame all-time high oil prices and weak demand for the Google share float.

Bargain-hunting, Iraq deal push up US shares


AFP - The leader of the main US firefighters' union rallied behind Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry ahead of November elections, saying it was the right time for George W. Bush to be voted out.

Fired-up US union leader lambasts Bush at British workers' conference (AFP)


Trump...and not Donald, this time. Berkshire Hathaway (nyse: BRKa - news - people ) on Tuesday said it elected Bill Gates to its board of directors.

Gates: Buffett #39;s Pal Bill Elected To Berkshire #39;s Board


Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is developing a new type of nuclear missile. Mr. Putin spoke at an annual meeting of the armed forces #39; senior leadership.

Putin: Russia Developing New Kind of Nuclear Missile


University de Los Andes (ULA) lecturer Jutta Schmitt writes: In the wake of the Presidential recall referendum and as soon as the preliminary results had been announced by the National Elections Council (CNE) in the early morning hours of Monday, August 16

Please hand the opposition the silver bullet ... so it may finally <b>...</b>


AP - Iraq's future political landscape began to take shape Friday, as a coalition led by powerful Shiite Muslim groups revealed a few of its candidates in next month's parliamentary election. They include former exiles, a prominent cleric and members of the interim government.

Shiite Group Reveals Some Iraq Candidates (AP)


The software package from Trend Micro, which will be free through July 2005, protects against viruses and spam and needs regular updates.

Smartphone Users Offered Free Antivirus


Stocks drifted higher Monday, brushing aside another record high for oil prices amid hopes the impending tide of third-quarter profit reports will override worries about a struggling economic recovery.

Stocks drift higher as investors await earnings


11/22/04- A British company is releasing a video game that recreates the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, on this 41st anniversary of the shooting.

JFK Assassination Video Game Release


Officials in Haiti say two soldiers with the UN peacekeeping force in the Caribbean country have been shot and wounded in separate incidents.

2 UN Peacekeepers Shot in Haiti


NEW YORK - A surge in oil prices and a disappointing report on retail sales prompted investors to cash in some profits Tuesday, keeping stocks narrowly mixed.    With Hurricane Ivan threatening oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, crude futures moved higher for the second straight day, renewing investors' fears of a further drop-off in consumer spending due to higher gasoline prices...

Stocks Are Mixed on Lower Retail Sales


Reuters - The dollar slid back toward last week's\record low against the euro on Monday after a weekend meeting\of world finance chiefs ended with no agreement to stem the\greenback's decline.

Dollar Continues Slide Vs Euro (Reuters)


A UK team is developing a way to use mobile phones to make lives of diabetics easier.

Mobile aid for diabetes patients


Smaller, cheaper, more robust notebook fuel cells could be available in 2006.

New Technology Powers Fuel Cells


A four-day general strike over rising fuel prices has begun in Nigeria, Africa #39;s largest oil producer. The largest trade union grouping in the country, the Nigerian Labour Congress, said more strikes will

Strike over rising fuel prices in Nigeria


Contract electronics manufacturer Jabil Circuit Inc. (JBL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Tuesday posted a quarterly profit that more than doubled on stronger demand for computers, cellphones and other electronic products.

Jabil Posts Profit on Stronger Demand


MONTREAL (CP) - Air Canada #39;s parent company is forecasting third-quarter operating income of \$235 million, up from \$17 million a year ago, for the formerly insolvent airline.

Air Canada forecasts Q3 operating income of \$235M, up from \$17M


AP - Virginia moved into The Associated Press' men's college basketball Top 25 Monday, giving the Atlantic Coast Conference a record-tying seven teams in the poll.

ACC Ties Record With Seven Top 25 Teams (AP)


By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER     CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The high-tech thumbprint devices were meant to keep people from voting more than once in the recall ballot against President Hugo Chavez. Instead, they often wound up working fitfully - even when Chavez himself voted - contributing to huge delays in Sunday's historic referendum...

Biometric ID System Said to Delay Venezuela Recall


What would it take to get you into a brand new prOTOF 2000 mass spectrometer today?

Selling a breakthrough isn't always easy


Cost cuts are part of its effort to avoid bankruptcy; CEO will skip salary for the remainder of  #39;04. CHICAGO (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines said Tuesday it would reduce the pay of executives and frontline employees by 10 percent as of Jan.

Delta cuts executive, staff pay by 10


Toll Brothers Inc., a US builder of luxury homes, said Wednesday fiscal third-quarter profit rose 56 percent, easily beating analysts #39; forecasts, helped by record home-building revenue.

Toll Bros. tops target


Few hockey purists will bemoan Wednesday #39;s announcement that the National Hockey League has cancelled the 2005 All-Star Game in Atlanta.

Cancellation is a serious blow to fans, host city


Cingular, jointly owned by BellSouth and SBC Communications, said the buyers are Singapore Technologies Telemedia and TM International of Malaysia.

Cingular Sells Stake of India Carrier for \$200 Million


Three men were cleared yesterday of blackmailing football agent Paul Stretford after it emerged he had misled the court. John Hyland, Christopher Bacon and Anthony Bacon were on trial at Warrington

Rooney agent misled court


Redskins quarterback Patrick Ramsey is still adjusting to his role in Coach Joe Gibbs ball-control offense that features short passes.

Ramsey Still Adjusting


AT LEAST six people were killed and around 150 injured last night after a high-speed train packed with hundreds of passengers hit a car on a level crossing and derailed.

Six killed as train smashes into car at crossing


Microsoft is now burning disks of Live Communication Server 2005. The real-time communications product should be broadly available December 1, the company said Monday.

Customers To Get LCS 2005 In December


Internet search firm Google sees third quarter profits more than double on the back of strong advertising revenues.

Ad revenue boosts Google profits


AP - Craig Monroe hit an RBI single with one out in the 11th inning, leading the Detroit Tigers to a wild 11-10 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night.

Tigers Edge Mariners in 11 Wild Innings (AP)


NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue-chip stocks declined to the  lowest level in more than a month on Thursday as crude oil  prices touched \$49 a barrel and renewed concerns that high fuel  costs will erode corporate profits.

Blue Chips End Lower After Oil Hits \$49


TORONTO -- Precious few professional athletes leave their sport on their terms. Even fewer depart having won a championship in their final game. Injuries, diminished skills, and burnout can cut short careers.

Off ice, his shifts are semi-regular


To modernize its venerable line of mainframe-based CICS middleware, IBM last week introduced an updated version of its CICS Transaction Server that enables IT to extend the product to work better with SOAs (service-oriented architectures) through Web services. With the release of CICS Transaction Server for z/OS Version 3.1, administrators can now integrate their traditional workloads to fully participate in an SOA.

IBM gives a kick to CICS


BANGKOK, Thailand -- Buddhists in Thailand have implored Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to end violence targeting them on an almost daily basis in the south of the country.

Buddhist plea for help in Thailand


ATHENS, Greece - Stymied by a sloppy handoff in the middle of the race, the United States lost to Great Britain by a hundredth of a second Saturday night in the 400-meter relay - a race the American men usually dominate.    U.S...

Britain Edges U.S. for 400M Relay Gold


Oil major YUKOS will hold a shareholders meeting on Dec. 20 to decide whether to file for bankruptcy or liquidate the firm after it was hit with huge new

YUKOS Calls Meeting to Mull Bankruptcy


Pfizer Inc. on Friday said two clinical trials showed patients taking its anti-inflammatory drug Bextra had a higher risk of cardiovascular events during high-risk coronary bypass surgery.

Pfizer Increases Warning on Bextra Skin Risk


All three remaining space shuttles weathered Hurricane Frances without apparent damage, after the cyclone weakened before hitting the Florida coast south of Cape Canaveral.

Shuttle space centre surveys hurricane damage


Presidential elections began early Sunday in Romania with around 18 million eligible voters expected to vote in the first round of the race.

Presidential, parliamentary elections begin in Romania


PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The U.S. economy has come through  its recent soft patch and the Federal Reserve still has some  way to go to restore interest rates to more normal levels, Fed  officials said on Monday.

Fed Officials See More Rate Hikes


Despite a barrage of complaints, the Transportation Security Administration will continue to require physical pat-downs for some passengers at security checkpoints.

TSA Keeping Pat-Down Procedures in Place


GAUHATI, India - Suspected separatists bombed a power line, a gas pipeline, a tea plantation and a crowded marketplace in northeastern India on Sunday, intensifying a campaign of violence that has killed more than 50 people and wounded at least 100 over the last two days.    The violence, affecting the states of Nagaland and Assam, was among the deadliest to hit the region, where more than three dozen insurgent groups have been active...

New Bomb Blast Wounds 15 in India


NEW DELHI, Nov. 25 -- India said on Thursday that it could consider giving a large amount of autonomy to the disputed region of Kashmir to help make peace with Pakistan but was not willing to redraw its borders to settle a half-century of enmity.

India Suggests Greater Autonomy for Kashmir


Nov. 24, 2004 - Scientists believe they have confirmed theories that homing pigeons are able to carry out their long-range navigational feat thanks to tiny magnetic particles in their upper beaks.

Study Confirms Pigeon Navigation Theory


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. <A HREF=

Bristol-Myers Posts Lower Profit


November 25, 2004 - Nintendo has raised its sales targets for the new Nintendo DS system, which has already launched in America and is scheduled to launch in Japan late next week.

Nintendo Expects Five Million DS Systems.


Boston Scientific Corp. could face tougher competition in markets for cardiac products if talks between two of its largest competitors lead to a merger, analysts and investors said.

For Boston Scientific, a potential threat


Best Buy Co., the biggest electronics retailer in the nation, was sued yesterday by Ohio #39;s attorney general, who accused the company of deceptive sales practices such as repackaging used merchandise and selling it as new.

Ohio sues Best Buy, alleges deceptive sales practices


Republic of Ireland boss Brian Kerr was both a relieved and happy man after his side got their 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign off to a convincing 3-0 win over Cyprus.

Kerr delighted with Irish win


BERLIN: Three teams have the chance to lift the honorific title of  #39;winter champions #39; heading into the final weekend of fixtures before the Bundesliga takes a five-week winter hiatus.

Three teams in the running to be winter champions in Germany


Reuters - President Bush holds a slim\two-point lead on Democratic rival John Kerry in the stretch\run of a tight race for the White House, according to a\Reuters/Zogby poll released on Friday.

Bush Holds Two-Point Lead Over Kerry: Reuters Poll (Reuters)


Reuters - The ranks of Americans filing for\initial unemployment compensation swelled last week but at\least half of this increase was linked to devastation wrought\by Hurricane Charley earlier this month, the government said on\Thursday.

Jobless Claims Rise on Back of Hurricane (Reuters)


FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Deutsche Post AG said  losses at its U.S. express and logistics business will be 200  million euros (\$246.1 million) greater than expected this year,  sending its shares down over 4 percent.

Deutsche Post Sees a Big DHL U.S. Loss


Air New Zealand and Qantas are likely to form a modified alliance after the New Zealand High Court yesterday ruled against the airlines joining together in a formal way.

Informal alliance likely for Air NZ, Qantas


NEW YORK -- The price of oil settled above \$50 US a barrel for the first time yesterday amid concerns over tight supplies globally and hurricane-related production problems in the Gulf of Mexico.

Oil settles above \$50 US


Do you find yourself unsatisfied, but unable to work out why?  Do you find yourself nodding during Fight Club when Tyler Durden tells his recruits that their struggle is a philosophical one... only to be dismayed with his idea of a solution?  Is everything okay, but nothing great?    You could well be a comfort addict.

Are You A Comfort Addict?


Vladimir Guerrero has 121 RBIs and 120 runs to join Don Baylor as the only Angels player to reach those totals in each category in the same season. Baylor achieved the feat in 1979.

AL notables


Motorsport.com. Nine of the ten Formula One teams have united to propose cost-cutting measures for the future, with the notable exception of Ferrari.

Teams unite to cut costs, except


Marcelo Bielsa resigns as coach of Argentina less than a month after steering the country to Olympic gold.

Football: Argentina coach resigns


Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Tice says his star receiver is looking better this week after being limited last week by a strained hamstring.

Moss goes through Vikings morning walkthrough


(CBS/AP) The largest guerrilla group in Colombia ordered an assassination attempt on President Bush during his visit to the country last week, a senior official said.

Claim Bush Kill Plot Thwarted


US blue chips ended lower on Monday after a disappointing sales forecast from the world #39;s biggest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Blue Chips End Lower, Wal-Mart Weighs


HAVANA -- At first glance, Havana's Chinatown seems a misnomer. Restaurants serve pizza, and actual Chinese are vastly outnumbered by tourists and Hispanics.

Havana's Chinatown struggles


MOSCOW, Aug 23 (AFP) - Chechens marked the birthday of their murdered leader Monday, days ahead of an election to replace him at the helm of the Caucasus republic where a five-year guerrilla war shows no signs of dying down.

Chechens Mark Birthday Of Slain Leader Ahead Of Election


CUPERTINO, Calif. Apple Computer is trying to stop RealNetworks from taking a bite out of the iPod market. Apple is blocking the technology used by RealNetworks Harmony music downloading service.

Apple fights back against RealNetworks


LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC producers have said they see little  impact on economic growth so far from oil's relentless price  surge, which Wednesday racked up yet another record high.

OPEC: 'Very Small' Impact from Surge


Marshall Field #39;s department stores will soon have both a new president and a chairman to replace the former leader who reaped a big profit from selling her stock.

Field #39;s new owners put leadership team in place


AP - Top aides to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have skirted state regulations limiting gifts from special interest groups by spreading them around through their families, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.

Report Probes Gifts to Schwarzenegger Aides (AP)


The temptation is overwhelming. Go ahead, admit it. You're fighting it as you read this. You are thinking this series is over.

Ahead in the count, they know nothing's guaranteed


AFP - Italy was on high alert as a group linked to Al-Qaeda reportedly threatened to attack, singling out Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as a target, after the expiry of a deadline for Rome to pull its troops out of Iraq.

Italy on alert after purported Al-Qaeda ultimatum expires (AFP)


Thomson Financial, a unit of financial information provider Thomson Corp., said it received a subpoena from the US Securities and Exchange Commission for documents related to its capital markets intelligence business.

Thomson Financial Receives Subpoena From US SEC (Update2)


Germany's biggest banks is to cut 1,920 positions over the next two years as part of an ongoing reorganisation.

Deutsche Bank to axe 1,920 jobs


NEW DELHI: India test-fired a supersonic cruise missile yesterday, launching it off the Indian coast, a local news agency reported.

India test-fires new supersonic missile


Microsoft Corp told a judge on Thursday that the European Commission must be stopped from\ordering it to give up secret technology to competitors. <FONT face=

Microsoft Asks Judge to Suspend Penalties


TEHRAN : Iran gave cause for fresh international alarm as a top regime official announced the Islamic republic had boosted the range of its ballistic missiles and hardline MPs backed a move to defy the UN #39;s nuclear watchdog.

Iran adds to international concerns with missile, nuclear moves


London: Britain is considering sweeping new anti-terrorism laws including special courts to try terror suspects without a jury, Home Secretary David Blunkett said in an interview Sunday.

Britain considering tough new anti-terror laws


Reuters - Hopes for a September round of\six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis were\evaporating on Tuesday as Pyongyang hinted it was awaiting the\outcome of the U.S. presidential race.

North Korea Talks May Be Victim of U.S. Election (Reuters)


A Register History

The PeopleSoft vs. Oracle clash


KHARTOUM, Oct 21 (AFP) -- Sudan has reportedly drawn up a list of charges against rebels in the troubled region of Darfur that it hopes to present to the United Nations during a meeting with representatives of the world body.

Sudan prepares litany of charges against Darfur rebels


Elmer Santos scored in the second half, lifting East Boston to a 1-0 win over Brighton yesterday afternoon and giving the Jets an early leg up in what is shaping up to be a tight Boston City League race.

Eastie gets a big boost from Santos


The notebook comes with a 17-inch screen, the company's first at that size.

Photo: Dell's Inspiron 9200


Singapore, Sep 12 (UNI) An Australian policeman and an Italian bank security guard are set to fight a legal battle over the parentage of five-year old Elisabeth Manuela Banbin Musu, who is in coma in a Singapore hospital after suffering severe injuries in

Two men fight for paternal rights over Jakarta blast victim


But the defense secretary said that the U.S. was determined to insure that voting takes place as planned.

Violence Will Intensify in Iraq as Elections Near, Rumsfeld Says


The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on Thursday announced it has filed 750 new lawsuits against alleged file-traders using peer-to-peer (P-to-P) software.

RIAA files 750 new file-trading lawsuits


India News: Chennai, Oct 19 : The Chief Ministers of both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have applauded the Special Task Force (STF) headed by Addl Director General Vijay Kumar and Superintendent of Police, Senthumari Kannan, for killing dreaded forest

Dharam and Jayalalithaa congratulate STF for killing Veerappan:


Flight attendants at US Airways Monday voted to strike if the carrier throws out a labor contract in order to secure \$150 million in job, wage and benefit reductions.

Attendants vote to authorize strike


New Delhi, Oct. 31(NNN): As international oil prices continued to soar, petrol and diesel prices are likely to be hiked from Monday (November 1).

Fuel Prices Likely To Go Up From Tomorrow


Prudential Equity Group raised its earnings estimates for Automatic Data Processing (nyse: ADP - news - people ) after the payroll and data processing services firm reported better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter results.

Automatic Data #39;s Improving Fundamentals


A SECRET government report says Muslim guerillas in the southern Philippines have hosted terror training camps for militants from Indonesia and Malaysia for at least seven years.

Philippines link to JI training


Microsoft on Thursday officially unveiled the new beta version of its MSN Search site, the company #39;s hotly anticipated attempt to take on Google for Web searching.

Microsoft Unveils Beta MSN Search Site


AP - Former members of the Sept. 11 commission met Tuesday with Vice President Dick Cheney, and President Bush planned talks with leaders of Congress in an attempt to gain passage for an intelligence reorganization bill this year.

White House Plans Push for Intel Overhaul (AP)


\A turf roof and solar slates are just two of the green innovations used to revamp buildings at one of Cornwall's most spectacular locations.

Beauty spot given a green boost


ATHENS - The 2004 Olympic Games officially came to an end in Athens with a spectacular closing ceremony yesterday. Greek music and dance kicked off an evening of celebration before the flame was extinguished and the flag lowered.

Greece signs over to Beijing


JAKARTA (Antara): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs asked former president Abdurrahman  quot;Gus Dur quot; Wahid on Friday to help free Rosidah binti Anom and Rafikan binti Amin -- two Indonesian women who were kidnapped in Iraq.

Gus Dur asked to help free two Indonesian women kidnapped in Iraq


Phil Garner insisted bringing in Brad Lidge in the seventh inning was business as usual. For the Houston closer, the result was quite unusual.

Lidge blows save in longest stint of season


AP - A Russian-U.S. crew returned to Earth from the international space station Sunday in a pinpoint landing on the Kazakhstan steppe, and NASA's chief said the United States wanted to continue the joint relationship on future missions to Mars.

Soyuz Capsule Lands on Kazakhstan Steppe (AP)


FORT WORTH-In a dual-pronged move, Cash America International Inc. has exited the European market after a 12-year run and has dibs on buying a competitor to get a foothold in the Western US.

Cash America Places \$253M Bet on Territory Swap


SILVER FOR SA: Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands, centre, the gold medallist, with South Africa #39;s Roland Schoeman, silver, left, and Australia #39;s Ian Thorpe, who took the bronze, during the medal ceremony for the 100-metre freestyle at the ...

Now Schoeman grabs silver


General Motors Corp. has recalled nearly 1.5 million vehicles in North America, including 946,817 sport utility vehicles, to fix tail lights that could loosen and flicker, the automaker said on Thursday.

GM Recalls 1.5 Million Vehicles in North America


The world #39;s first fully automated check-in and immigration clearance system that uses biometric recognition technology has been on trial at Singapore Changi Airport since Nov. 1.

Singapore Changi Airport testing biometrics-based system


A course-record opening 62 has powered American Jeff Sluman to the lead in the Chrysler Championship in Florida, while Aussie Steve Leaney is five shots back.

Sluman #39;s sensational start


InfoWorld - Symbol Technologies will take an important step in the evolution of the enterprise wireless LAN on Monday with the introduction of its WS 2000 Wireless Switch.

Symbol upgrades its wireless LAN switch (InfoWorld)


AP - Family values, traditional values and now,

Liberals Dismayed by 'Moral Values' Claims (AP)


Computer Associates Thursday introduced a usage-based pricing and licensing option for its mainframe management products, aligning its offerings with IBM #39;s On Demand model.

CA offers usage-based pricing for mainframe tools


NEW YORK: US factory growth stayed strong in September, while construction spending in the prior month hit a record high for a seventh month in a row, showing the economys expansion remains solid.

US factory, construction data show solid growth


WASHINGTON: The US job market brightened modestly in August as employers added 144,000 workers to payrolls and weak job tallies for the two prior months were revised up, the Labour Department said yesterday.

US jobless rate falls to a modest 5.4 per cent low


AP - THE WARNING: Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan cautioned that swollen trade deficits eventually could threaten the economy by souring foreign appetites for investment in the United States.

Summary: Greenspan Warns of Trade Deficit (AP)


\\Rojo  is trying to hire a few Engineers .  Rojo is an amazing company to\work for.  We're working with some really impressive technologies and doing some\really cool work.  If you're interested in RSS/Atom, Social Networking, Open\Source, Java, Linux, etc then I'd highly recommend that you come and work with\us.\\If you suggest someone to Rojo, and we hire them, we'll give you a free iPod.\At the very minimum its a nice gesture for your help.\\Also if you want a free invite to Rojo please let me know.  We'd love to have\more feedback.\\

Free iPod - Help us Hire Engineers!


WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court was asked Friday to hold two Internet file-sharing services responsible for their customers #39; online swapping of copyrighted songs and movies.

Supreme Court asked to intervene in file-swapping dispute


The Miami Hurricanes and Florida State Seminoles tumbled in the Associated Press poll released yesterday, falling out of the Top 10 after being upset in road games.

Notebook: Florida teams fall in polls


OTTAWA - A Canadian judge, who raised his marks in an Olympics gymnastics final, said he was under intense pressure from a crowd that was out of control and an official who wanted him to do something about it.

Judge says Nemov #39;s score changed to please crowd


Security guards at the Palestine hotel said two rockets hit the nearby Sheraton hotel, shattering windows and filling the main lobby of the hotel with smoke and debris.

Two Rockets Hit Downtown Baghdad Sheraton


AP - Tropical Storm Jeanne formed Tuesday in the Atlantic Ocean Tuesday and was expected to hit Puerto Rico with strong wind and heavy rain by Wednesday morning.

Tropical Storm Jeanne Forms in Atlantic (AP)


Andrew Hall #39;s unbeaten knock of 78 helped South Africa make a fine start in their two-Test series against India at the Green Park Stadium in Kanpur on Saturday.

Hall the hero for South Africa


Reuters - Shares of Google Inc. fell\almost 9 percent on Friday after an analyst forecast a sharp\drop in the price over the next 12 months as the Internet\search company grows more slowly.

Google Stock Falls on Outlook - Analyst (Reuters)


WASHINGTON - Federal safety regulators want 600,000 Dodge Durangos and Dakota trucks recalled because their wheels could fall off, but the auto maker doesnt believe the defect is dangerous, a company spokesman said.

Agency seeks recall of 600,000 Dodge trucks


Recently released outfielder Shane Spencer rejoined the Yankees on Monday, signing a minor league contract after working out at their spring training complex.

Outfielder Shane Spencer Rejoins Yankees


ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek and British police in a joint  operation cracked a multi-million illegal software sales ring,  arresting two people and seizing thousands of pirate high-tech  software programs, Greek police said on Friday.

Greek, British Police Break Illegal Software Ring


The McDonald #39;s Corporation, the world #39;s largest restaurant chain, announced yesterday that Charles H. Bell was resigning as chief executive to focus on his battle with cancer, and

Citing Cancer, Chief Resigns at McDonald #39;s


SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 (REUTERS) - Microsoft Corp. today released a patch for its latest  quot;critical quot; security flaw affecting how Windows, Office and developer tools software process images in the JPEG image format.

Microsoft issues patch for  #39;critical #39; JPEG-handling flaw


Mortgage securities traders and strategists say if Fannie Mae does reduce the number of mortgages it buys, it could lead to a small, short-term increase in mortgage interest rates paid by consumers, probably no more than 0.1 percent.

Impact May Be Small As  Fannie, Freddie Regroup


FARMINGTON, Penn. (Sports Network) - Tiger Woods announced  that he will not play in this week's 84 Lumber Classic due to  fatigue.

Woods to Skip 84 Lumber Classic


Fast bowler Brett Lee was recalled to Australia #39;s squad and legspinner Stuart MacGill was dropped for next month #39;s four-test tour of India.

Lee returns, MacGill dropped for India tour


Fortunately I have a syndicated sports talk radio show to exorcise my demons as a Yankee fan after the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series.

Not too hard to be happy for Red Sox fans


Behind every good business plan, there's a dynamite shack waiting for a box of matches.

When Models Explode


AP - A suicide car bomber rammed into a police patrol in Baghdad on Friday, killing one policeman, police and hospital officials said.

Suicide Bomber Crashes Into Iraqi Police (AP)


This has been one heck of a season thus far. Every week, there have been games that have been dynamite. I can understand the proponents of keeping the bowl system the way it is.

Gotta Love This Time Of Year


WASHINGTON -- The National Association of Securities Dealers censured Morgan Stanley and fined the securities firm \$100,000 for failing to disclose to municipal bond buyers that the bonds could be called before their maturity dates, which could result in

NASD fines Morgan Stanley \$100,000


Manchester United chief executive David Gill will head into the clubs annual general meeting tomorrow fearing the possibility of another confrontation with Malcolm Glazer.

Gill Fears Glazer Intervention


AFP - International peacekeepers in Afghanistan said they had received a tip-off that a  quot;terrorist quot; posing as a cameraman was trying to enter the capital.

NAT0-led peacekeepers seeking terrorist posing as cameraman (AFP)


The sports world is the foremost haven for clichis, and there might be no better place to unearth them than through college football coaches.

Talk the Talk


The Bears #39; defense has overcome injuries and the team #39;s own stagnated offense to spark a three-game winning streak that #39;s made the playoffs more than a fever dream.

Bears have big hole to fill


Germany is reportedly stripped of its three-day event team gold medal after a joint appeal was upheld.

Germans 'lose event gold'


What has IT got to do with the price of lettuce in China? I'll give you a hint.

What, price lettuce?


Reuters - U.S. Treasury debt was down a sliver\on Monday, but four straight days of selling appeared to be\sputtering out as investors awaited key events like a speech\from the Fed chairman and the crucial September jobs report.

Treasuries Dip But Selling Momentum Slows (Reuters)


New line of flash memory cards will transfer data twice as fast as current cards.

Panasonic Readies Speedy SD Cards


AP - Your next doctor could be keeping an eye on you from afar  #151; via a camera and a bank of computer screens. An expanding number of hospitals are adopting technology that allows critical care doctors and nurses to monitor dozens of patients at different hospitals simultaneously, much as an air traffic controller keeps track of several planes.

'EICU' Lets Doctors Monitor Many Patients (AP)


AP - Two Indiana University scientists have been tapped to help build two miniaturized instruments for NASA's next Mars rover mission, a traveling laboratory that will search for signs of past or present life.

Scientists to Help NASA Build Instruments (AP)


TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo stocks ended flat on Friday as  worries about record-high oil prices took the edge off  investors' appetite for recently battered technology issues  such as Sharp Corp.

Nikkei Ends Flat, Oil Concerns Weigh


While consumers, presidential candidates and the stock and bond markets are focused on oil prices, the oil traders themselves are more concerned about volatility.

Just Another Day in the Pit as Oil Tops \$52


WASHINGTON - The United States has warned that North Korea might have to be brought before the United Nations Security Council if it refuses to take part in six-party talks to end its nuclear weapons drive.

N. Korea may be called before UN


The Isle of Man is once again in the spotlight, this time with mmO2 #39;s plans to tap Lucent Technologies for a Manx Telecom UMTS network.

Lucent Lands Isle Of Man Deal


A Sun Microsystems engineer chartered with directing the engineering effort to open source Solaris has published a new software license that could be used for the open-source release of Sun's Unix operating system. Though Sun is vague on details about the license, called the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL), it is incompatible with Linux's software license.

Sun submits mystery license to open source group


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

Rivals Say Microsoft Online Music Store Falls Short


LONDON - Arsenal bored their way to a 1-0 Champions League win over PSV Eindhoven thanks to a piece of Thierry Henry brilliance, and Henrik Larsson returned to Celtic as a Barcelona player to hand his former team their first European defeat in three years

Petulance, style, Drogba has both


AP - The New Jersey Devils signed veteran left wing Dean McAmmond to a contract to play with Albany of the AHL.

Devils Sign LW Dean McAmmond to AHL Deal (AP)


PALESTINIAN prime minister Ahmed Qurie has again threatened to resign over differences with leader Yasser Arafat ahead of a meeting of donor countries who help fund the Palestinian Authority, officials said today.

Palestinian PM threatens to quit


Pratima Kumari and Sanamacha Chanu become the first Indians to fail a drugs test at an Olympics competition.

India weightlifters test positive


SRINAGAR: Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Sunday stated that, If proper application is made, the Hurriyat leaders could be sent to Pakistan.

Patil hints at sending Hurriyat leaders to Pak


The Lebanese militant group Hizbollah announced on Sunday that it had sent its first reconnaissance drone into Israeli airspace earlier in the day, in response to repeated Israeli violations of Lebanese airspace.

First Hizbollah drone enters Israeli airspace


AFP - Bosnians voted in their third post-war local elections, which are expected to confirm the dominance of the ruling Croat, Muslim and Serb nationalists.

Bosnians hold local elections, expected to confirm strength of nationalists (AFP)


Head teachers in England could gain powers to tackle pupils carrying weapons, under government plans.

Moves to rid schools of weapons


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dirk Nowitzki scored 34 points as the  Dallas Mavericks beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 97-87 in  National Basketball Association play Tuesday night.

NBA Wrap: Nowitzki Leads Dallas Past Minnesota


Johannesburg - Israeli deputy prime minister Ehud Olmert said on Thursday he hoped his groundbreaking visit to South Africa would signal the start of a new era in ties, despite Pretoria #39;s clear backing for the Palestinian people.

Israel-SA forging new links


NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks appeared set to open  nearly unchanged to slightly higher on Thursday after a sharp  fall in the previous session, with oil prices easing.

Stocks Set to Open Flat to a Bit Higher


They have been disappointed, those hoping that they might get to see David Blunkett pursuing his paternity case against Kimberly Quinn by donning a Batman suit and clambering on to the ledge of Buckingham Palace.

Andrew Rawnsley


As a tax guy, I found myself chuckling quietly when President Bush said in his speech at the Republican National Convention that he would  quot;lead a bipartisan effort to reform and simplify the

A tax man laugheth at  #39;simplified #39; code


A statement by US Secretary of State Colin Powell revealing information about Iranian efforts to obtain nuclear weapons has created a stir in Washington.

Powell Remarks on Iran Create Stir in Washington


Early sighting of ID scheme budget-laundering

Biometric gear to be deployed in hospitals and GPs' surgeries


Coming off a double-overtime loss to Boston and not arriving in Salt Lake City until 3:30 am, the Clippers surprisingly showed no signs of fatigue against the Utah Jazz -- until perhaps the final minutes.

Clippers miss shot


World and Olympic figure skating champion Scott Hamilton, 46, underwent a biopsy at The Cleveland Clinic, and doctors expected to release him from the hospital by Friday.

Skating Champion Hamilton Has Benign Brain Tumor


A magnificent display by an Irish team on foreign soil is probably the best way to describe Saturday evenings result, that saw Brian Kerrs Republic of Ireland side hold the French to a 0-0 draw at the Stade de France.

Ireland hold France


A 15-year-old youth opened fire on classmates at his school in southern Argentina, killing four students and injuring five others, authorities said.

Argentine teen shoots dead four classmates


McAfee Inc. says that a new managed e-mail service will help small businesses handle the deluge of spam and viruses pounding their networks.

McAfee launches managed e-mail service


Israel withdrew its tanks and ground forces from populated areas in the northern Gaza Strip on late Friday, ending its bloody operation in the area.

Israel ends Gaza Strip raid leaving 123 Palestinian dead, heavy <b>...</b>


Designed to further enhance the value of our Special Report, these Powerpoint slides offer key data and statistics about the choices facing today's IT decision makers regarding CRM.

Computerworld Data Points - CRM


For the second year in a row, US imports from Mexico lost ground to China, El Universal reports. The world #39;s largest economy, the United States, took 10.7 percent

Mexico loses ground to China in exports


Milwaukee, WI (Sports Network) - Barry Bonds did not homer, but JT Snow and Deivi Cruz did, and Brett Tomko threw a complete game to lead the San Francisco Giants to an 8-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park.

Bonds fails to hit No. 700; Giants maintain wild card lead


IBM last Friday announced that it will release a low-price disk server aimed at midsize companies that want to establish storage area networks.

IBM storage server targets midsize companies


Attendance at North America #39;s 50 most popular theme and amusement parks jumped almost 4 percent in 2004, the first overall increase since the 2001 terrorist attacks slowed the US travel and tourism industry.

Attendance at Theme Parks Increases


CHICAGO (Reuters) - PacifiCare Health Systems Inc. <A HREF=

PacifiCare to Buy American Medical


Shares of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. (SIRI.O: Quote, Profile, Research) fell as much as 27 percent in early trading on Wednesday after an investment firm said the stock was overvalued

Sirius falls after analyst says stock overvalued


DETROIT -- Robert Porcher retired Monday, ending a 13-year career with the Detroit Lions, for whom he is the career leader in sacks.

Lions sack king Porcher retires


The Minnesota Wild re-signed defenceman Nick Schultz to a one-year contract on Tuesday. Schultz established career-highs in games played (79), goals (6), assists (10), points (16), shots (72) and plus/minus rating (12) last season.

Minnesota Wild re-sign defenceman Nick Schultz to one-year deal


Nick Heidfeld has declared himself happy with his first outings for Williams as he battles to retain his place on the Formula One grid.

Heidfeld Happy in Testing


Samsung and Koninklijke Philips Tuesday said they are teaming up to incorporate Near-Field Communication technology in future cell-phone models from Samsung, giving users the ability to use their phones to make payments.

Samsung to add payment function to cell phones


quot;T-Mobile has made it a priority to provide its customers with phones and services that not only meet their professional needs, but their personal needs as well, quot; said Scott Ballantyne, vice president marketing, T-Mobile USA.

T-Mobile Debuts New Blackberry Phone


The Red Sox stats, schedule and New York Yankees stats, schedule have been on a collision course since the moment Aaron Boone #39;s game-winning home run in Game 7 of the 2003 American

Sox, Yanks get ready to rumble once again: Duel #39;s been in works <b>...</b>


Capital Radio Plc and GWR Group Plc #39;s merger discussions may enlarge the UK #39;s largest commercial radio broadcaster and create a bigger competitor for Chrysalis Group Plc and Emap Plc.

Capital Radio, GWR May Create Bigger Competitor for Chrysalis


ANKARA - Turkey had met political criteria required for European Union (EU) full membership, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday.

Turkish FM Says Turkey Has Met EU Political Criteria


In a game of powerless offenses, Julius Jones supplies 150 yards and two touchdowns to elevate the Cowboys over the Bears, 21-7.

Cowboys Outlast Bears


SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's latest assessment of a  widely reported explosion in North Korea last week is that  there was no blast at all at the suspected site, a vice  minister said on Friday.

S.Korea Says There Was No Big Blast in N.Korea


\Gaming on the move is one of the fastest-growing activities amongst the tech-savvy in India, says a report.

Mobile gaming takes off in India


WASHINGTON - For the first time, scientists have created a genetic map of a cow, providing researchers with a new tool to reduce animal disease and improve the nutrition of beef and dairy products, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA

Cow gene map can improve quality of beef