Global warming in the Arctic is happening now, warns the most comprehensive scientific report to date. The reports concludes that the northern ice cap is warming at twice the global rate and that this will lead to serious consequences for the planet.

Arctic warming at twice global rate


AP - Venezuela rejected criticism by a U.S. State Department spokesman of a proposed media law that government legislators are trying to approve in the National Assembly, said an official Wednesday.

Venezuela Rejects Criticism of Media Law (AP)


Canadian Press - BURNABY, B.C. (CP) - The RCMP officer who investigated a spousal abuse complaint from a woman who was later gunned down by her husband was a rookie with only six months on the job, a coroner's inquest heard Wednesday.

RCMP officer was a rookie when abused woman was shot by her husband (Canadian Press)


AP - The astronauts aboard the international space station got their broken oxygen generator running after three tries Friday, but the machine shut down again after barely an hour of operation.

Space Station Oxygen Generator Analyzed (AP)


WASHINGTON - Offering a simple,

Allawi Touts Iraq Progress, Thanks U.S.


By The Associated Press. Grant Hill had 17 points and 9 rebounds, and Steve Francis nearly posted a triple-double in the Magic #39;s 94-84 victory over the Dallas Mavericks last night in Orlando, Fla.

NBA ROUNDUP Recovering Hill Powers Magic Past Mavericks


MOSCOW : Russia said terrorists were behind a passenger jet crash as an Islamic group proclaiming support for rebels in Chechnya claimed responsibility for the downing of that and another plane.

Terrorism blamed for one Russian plane crash, Islamic group claims <b>...</b>


With countries still bitterly divided over the war in Iraq, a high-level panel appointed by the United Nations has recommended a five-step guideline to determine when to use military action.

UN panel proposes criteria for legitimate military action


roundup Plus: Pentagon expands access to voting site...Ad campaign touts multimedia cards...T-Mobile sells Sidekick II...Spyware bill moves to Senate.

Briefly: LookSmart buys Furl.net


Economic activity in the manufacturing sector grew in October for the 17th consecutive month, albeit at a slower rate than in September, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported Monday.

Nation #39;s manufacturing segment shows continued growth


Both Paula Radcliffe of Britain and Hendrik Ramaala of South Africa got a bit of redemption after a disappointing Olympics.

Radcliffe and Ramaala Win New York City Marathon


Bee Capitol Bureau. TOKYO - In the middle of Roppongi Hills, next door to the Hollywood Beauty Plaza and the cozy Tofu Caf restaurant, a three-story billboard of Arnold Schwarzenegger beams

Tour(ism) de force


ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Several people were hurt in an  explosion in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore Sunday, the  private TV channel Geo reported.

Several Hurt in Blast in Pakistan's Lahore - TV


Nagpur - Australia #39;s 35-year wait for a Test series triumph on Indian soil ended Friday when its pace bowlers ripped through the Indian batting line-up to clinch a massive 342-run victory in the third Test.

Australia clinch series in India


SunTrust Banks Inc. will restate its earnings for the first two quarters of the year after discovering errors in how it sets aside money to cover problem loans.

Bank Overstated Loan Loss Reserves for First Two Quarters


NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar rallied on Thursday from a  record low against the euro as traders attempted to square  positions ahead of a meeting of G20 finance ministers this  weekend.

Dollar Rallies from Record Low Vs. Euro


Sales Center -- to its hosted Web conferencing service. The module will let a remote sales team pass notes behind the scenes, keep

WebEx Rolls out Sales Center


SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Book retailer Borders Group Inc.  <A HREF=

Borders Posts Third Quarter Loss


Instant messaging and online chat are well on their way to ubiquity -- especially among the young. How can parents ensure messaging is safe?

Who's There? How Parents Can Be IM Watchdogs


Two games into the 100th World Series, the Boston Red Sox are threatening to run away from the National League #39;s winningest team in 18 years.

Red Sox walking on err with 2-0 lead in Series


Above Johnny Damon #39;s locker in Fenway Park are 13 pictures, the most displayed by any Red Sox player. Among them are Damon #39;s children, Damon #39;s friends and Damon with a big, silver fish.

Meet the Mane Attraction of the Boston Red Sox


Reuters - Asian stocks were mostly higher\Monday, led by selected technology and metals firms, while oil\extended gains and the dollar edged up ahead of an expected\U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate rise Tuesday.

Asia Stocks, Oil Rise--Dollar Firm (Reuters)


Reuters - Extra armed police patrolled the streets\of the Bangladeshi capital and traffic was light on Sunday, a\working day, as shocked Bangladeshis woke up to the aftermath\of grenade blasts that killed at least 17 people.

Bangladesh in Shock as Blast Toll Hits 17 (Reuters)


Reuters - Undersea tourists and souvenir\hunters are hastening the decay of the Titanic, says U.S.\explorer Bob Ballard who discovered the world's most famous\shipwreck nearly 20 years ago.

Titanic Founder Fears for Future of Great Wreck (Reuters)


The leaders of India and Pakistan head to the US this week for talks with each other and with President Bush.

Musharraf to meet Singh at the UN


If you could rewind events back to February 2003, try winding back to Cricket #39;s World Cup. Before Australia bowled a ball in anger, Shane Warne has stole all the headlines, failed a drugs

Hauritz answers the call... again


Following in the footsteps of other electronic giants, Sharp has decided to discontinue sales of its Zaurus SL-6000 in the US market, although the company will continue to support current users in the United States.

Sharp Halts US Sales Of Zaurus PDA


AFP - German prosecutors indicted an 18-year-old student on suspicion of creating the Sasser computer worm that paralyzed millions of computers around the world last spring.

German teen indicted over Sasser computer worm (AFP)


8 December 2004 - The United Nations General Assembly today gave Secretary-General Kofi Annan a standing ovation and a lengthy round of applause, in what its president called a  quot;rare and valuable homage quot; and a vote of confidence - a characterization

UN General Assembly gives Annan what its president calls vote of <b>...</b>


CHICAGO (Reuters) - Ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co. <A HREF=

Heinz Quarterly Profit Meets Forecasts


CAIRO: Iraqi militants last night kidnapped two Frenchmen to protest France #39;s ban on students wearing Islamic head scarves in schools, according to a tape aired by Al Jazeera TV.

Militants kidnap two Frenchmen


Because he does not overreact, Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy has coolly and dispassionately assessed the season so far and reached a few simple conclusions.

ROCKETS BY THE NUMBERS


An estimated 100 million locusts force tourists and locals to abandon beaches in the Canary Islands.

Swarms of locusts invade Canaries


Shipments of devices running the Palm OS have declined sharply, researcher says.

Windows-Based PDAs Prove Popular


A hacked server in Germany fed malicious code to unsuspecting Internet Explorer users at an unknown number of Web sites for several hours over the weekend, a banner ad-serving company acknowledged Monday.

Hacked European Ad Server Infects IE Users


AP - The next time the PGA Tour trots out its

Talent Pool Deeper Than Ever on PGA Tour (AP)


The battle over digital copyrights and illegal file sharing is often portrayed as a struggle between Internet scofflaws and greedy corporations.

Pew File-Sharing Survey Gives a Voice to Artists


Northern Ireland #39;s dominant Protestant and Roman Catholic political parties are holding talks aimed at restoring the British province #39;s power-sharing government.

Northern Ireland Parties Hold Power-Sharing Talks


washingtonpost.com - Colleges and universities across the country are taking new steps to fight rampant Internet music piracy by beefing up their education efforts, offering legal music downloading options and stiffening penalties for illegal file sharing, according to a report released today.

Colleges Rally Against Music Piracy (washingtonpost.com)


TOKYO - A strong quake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 jolted Japan #39;s northernmost main island of Hokkaido Thursday night, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

Strong quake jolts northern Japan


AP - The British and Irish prime ministers unveiled a sweeping new Northern Ireland peace plan Wednesday that offered solutions to issues  #151; particularly Irish Republican Army disarmament  #151; that have bedeviled negotiations for a decade.

U.K., Irish Leaders Unveil Peace Package (AP)


Japan has reportedly dispatched surveillance ships to the Sea of Japan, believing that North Korea may be preparing to launch a ballistic missile.

Japan fears North Korea about to launch ballistic missile


NEW YORK - People who use public or workplace computers for e-mail, instant messaging and Web searching have a new privacy risk to worry about: Google's free new tool that indexes a PC's contents for quickly locating data.    If it's installed on computers at libraries and Internet cafes, users could unwittingly allow people who follow them on the PCs, for example, to see sensitive information in e-mails they've exchanged...

Google's New PC Search Tool Poses Risks


Reuters - U.S. oil prices climbed above  #36;43 on\Monday as energy companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico\braced for possible widespread output disruptions from a\powerful hurricane and Iraq saw some of the bloodiest violence\in weeks.

US Oil Up Above  #36;43, Watches Ivan, OPEC (Reuters)


Nobel Laureate Wilkins, 87, played an important role in the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA, the molecule that carries our  quot;life code quot;, Kazinform refers to BBC News.

Science mourns DNA pioneer Wilkins


BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - Hurricane Ivan churned through the Caribbean on Monday, packing sustained winds of 125 mph and threatening to hit Barbados and other islands, after it strengthened from tropical storm status with unusual speed.    The Category 3 storm - the fourth major hurricane of the season - was still gaining strength, but apparently not as swiftly as some meteorologists had feared...

Hurricane Ivan Threatens Barbados


SEVILLE, Spain (AFP) - US tennis twins Bob and Mike Bryan kept alive their country #39;s Davis Cup hopes with a rip-roaring straight sets win over Spanish tandem Juan Carlos Ferrero and Tommy Robredo at Seville #39;s Olympic Stadium.

Bryans keep Team USA in Davis Cup hunt


NEW YORK - President Bush, trying to soften his image overseas as a heavy-handed unilateralist, is using his annual address to the United Nations to offer up a brighter vision of a planet with less hunger, disease and oppression.    Exactly six weeks before Election Day, Bush is equally concerned about his audience at home...

Bush Emphasizes Humanitarian Issues at UN


Major Japanese automaker Honda Motor is to acquire a 45 per cent stake in the BAR Formula One motorsports team. British American Tobacco will hold the remaining 55 per cent stake in the team, which will continue

Honda claim stake in BAR F1 team


Hammer gold medallist Adrian Annus will return to Athens to testify before an International Olympic Committee disciplinary hearing tomorrow, according to a Hungarian official.

Hammer Champion Facing Ioc Hearing


Corporate customers are still tight-fisted with their budgets as they put off needed upgrades, analysts say.

Slow going for networking sector


AFP - Democratic Senator John Kerry's White House bid has become more combative, more open to reporters and delivered a more focused message recently which observers have attributed to the influence of former Bill Clinton administration staffers.

'Clintonistas' rally behind Kerry's presidential bid (AFP)


Russian oil major YUKOS denied on Wednesday reports it planned to sell its Lithuanian refinery Mazeikiu Nafta to help cover its huge back tax bill.

YUKOS Denies Plans to Sell Refinery


The management of Alitalia is today due to present to its unions a rescue plan which holds the key to whether the state-controlled airline receives a government-guaranteed loan to avoid bankruptcy.

Alitalia plan to avoid bankruptcy


Most members of the online payment service Paypal should be able to log on to the Web site after five days of intermittent service outages and furious repair efforts, the company said.

Technical Problems Subside at PayPal


Some of the nations more than 8,000 mutual funds are shutting their doors, as their manag- ers confront a lackluster stock market, great- er regulatory scrutiny and higher costs.

Mutual Funds Opt to Liquidate


Three UN workers abducted in Afghanistan are probably still being held in the Kabul area and not by a resistance group, the interior ministry said.

Afghans say UN hostages still in Kabul


EAGLE (Colorado): Basketball star Kobe Bryant dodged photographers Tuesday and slipped through a back entrance into the court for the third day of jury selection for his rape trial.

Bryant watches selection of jurors


The Motley Fool - For years now, Research In Motion's (Nasdaq: RIMM - News) BlackBerry wireless email device has been synonymous with, well, the phrase

Think Before You Ogo (The Motley Fool)


LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow  admitted on Tuesday that the United States budget deficit is  too big, but insisted there was no need to cut spending on the

Snow: No Need to Cut War Spending


AP - Adam Vinatieri beat the St. Louis Rams with his leg in the 2002 Super Bowl. This time, he used his leg and his arm.

Patriots Defeat Rams, 40-22 (AP)


AYATOLLAH Ali al-Sistanis supporters say he put principle over politics in risking his reputation - and life - by returning to his adopted home town of Najaf yesterday.

Ayatollah puts life on the line


SEOUL : South Korea #39;s foreign minister said Wednesday a visit by North Korea #39;s second-ranking leader to China was  quot;positive and encouraging quot; for a resumption of stalled six-nation talks on Pyongyang #39;s nuclear drive.

North Korean visit to China  quot;positive, encouraging quot;: South Korea


NASA can return shuttles to flight even if the agency is unable to fix in space the type of wing damage that caused the February 2003 Columbia accident, the head of an oversight group said Thursday.

Foam, not shuttle repairs on the go, key flight issue


Retailers generally had a good showing as the Christmas shopping season began last weekend, but Wal-Mart Stores Inc. dampened the holiday mood with a lump of coal as it reduced its projected sales.

Shoppers offer retailers cheer


New York: Popular internet search engine Google has reached an agreement with four universities and one public library to scan their books and make them available the digitised contents of the same, aiming to challenge competitors Yahoo and Microsoft.

Google pens agreement with libraries


AP - Quotes from Rep. Porter Goss, R-Fla., picked by President Bush to head the CIA:

Goss Quote Box (AP)


Andrx Corp. #39;s third-quarter results missed projections, as the launch of some generic products was delayed and the company #39;s exclusivity rights to two drugs expired.

Update 1: Andrx Misses Forecast on Drug Delays


German research firm Heise Security has issued an advisory for a pair of security flaws in Microsoft #39;s (Quote, Chart) recently shipped Windows XP Service Pack 2 with a warning that attackers could launch malicious files from an untrusted zone.

Researcher Finds Flaws in XP SP2


The world press has had a field day ever since Mark Thatcher, the 51-year-old son of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, was arrested in South Africa for his alleged involvement in an attempted mercenary coup.

Madelaine Drohan


Champions Arsenal remain at the top of the Premier League with two-point lead after a 1-0 victory at Manchester City after title rivals Chelsea beat Middlesbrough 1-0 on Saturday.

Arsenal, Chelsea, Man. United and Liverpool all win


US Defense Secretary Donal Rumsfeld paid a secret visit to Iraq on Sunday and inspected plans to secure precarious areas ahead of the national elections in January.

Rumsfeld visits Iraq as insurgency goes on


Dirty, weary and quietly pleased, the Steelers trudged into their locker room Sunday after the 16-7 victory against the Washington Redskins.

Steelers just good enough


The Darfur conflict in Sudan has unleashed a crisis on the scale of the African famines of the 1980s, the International Red Cross says.

Darfur villagers 'facing famine'


The Dutch publisher VNU, which owns the Nielsen TV ratings service, said Monday it signed a deal to sell its World Directories unit for \$2.

Update 1: VNU Sells Directories Unit for \$2.6B


Rocket plane SpaceShipOne is to attempt a second space flight on Monday in a bid to clinch the \$10m Ansari X-Prize. Judges officially confirmed that pilot Mike Melvill took the craft to 103km (64 miles) on Wednesday #39;s first flight.

SpaceShipOne goes for next flight


MacCentral - Apple on Wednesday posted Security Update 2004-10-27. Also available for download through the Software Update system preference pane, the update

Apple posts Security Update 2004-10-27 (MacCentral)


Microsoft Corp. has published a list of nearly 50 applications and games that may not work correctly after installing Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP.

Microsoft details XP SP2 conflicts


Hole in British bank's system was

Bank accounts in online security scare


Alstom SA, the French engineering company rescued from near bankruptcy, said it won contracts worth 1.36 billion euros (\$1.69 billion) to provide China with trains as well as hydroelectric and nuclear power equipment.

Alstom Wins EU1.36 Bln of Contracts During Chirac Trip to China


A plane which plunged into a frozen lake in China killing 54 people was flying erratically moments before it crashed.

China plane 'flew like drunkard'


Two students at the Durham NC School of Science and Mathematics will split \$100,000 in scholarship money for their cancer research.

Two NCSSM students win national team science competition


Islamabad, Pakistan -- A former Guantanamo prisoner thought to have forged ties with al-Qaida since his release is leading a militant band whose members have strapped explosives on two Chinese engineers they kidnapped in a lawless region near the

Ex-Guantanamo prisoner leading militant group


The off-season activity will surely intensify as Major League Baseball's winter meetings officially start on Friday.

Buy Now, Buy Often, but Make a Good Deal


AP - Australia's Peter Lonard won for the third straight week, shooting a 7-under 65 on Sunday in the Australian PGA for a two-shot victory over third-round leader James Nitties.

Australia's Lonard Wins Third in a Row (AP)


(National) Nov. 9, 2004 -  quot;Halo 2, quot; the Microsoft Xbox game released on Tuesday, has been promoted like a box office blockbuster.

Xbox #39;s  quot;Halo 2 quot; video game expected to be blockbuster


US stocks are set to open down a touch Thursday, as investors take some cash off the table following recent gains. Dow Jones futures were down 7 points recently, while Nasdaq futures were 2 points lower and Standard  amp; Poor #39;s futures declined 0.10 points.

Stocks Are Set to Open Down a Touch


AP - While most of Italy decamped to the beaches and the mountains for their summer break, one man remained holed up crunching numbers in his office in Rome. The task facing Domenico Siniscalco, Italy's new finance minister, is daunting. He will try to win support for an immense round of budget cuts  #151; totaling at least  #36;29 billion for 2005  #151; to contain Italy's ballooning deficit and cut back its mountainous debt.

Italian Finance Minister Tackles Budget (AP)


Speaking at the annual Popkomm conference in Berlin, Germany, Apple vice-president of applications Eddie Cue told music executives that the company will expand the online iTunes Music Store

Apple to expand European iTunes next month


AP - China plans to release a prominent imprisoned dissident this week, cutting short his sentence in an apparent

Report: China to Release Jailed Dissident (AP)


In the last major economic report before Tuesday #39;s presidential election, the government reported Friday that the economy looked solid in the third quarter - just not as strong as most analysts had expected.

Report shows economy advancing


Champions Arsenal made history on Wednesday by trouncing Blackburn Rovers 3-0 at Highbury to set a 43-match unbeaten league record in English football.

WRAPUP 1-Record-breaking Arsenal sweep past Rovers


A swing change, not romance, caused Tiger Woods to drop to No. 3 in the world rankings. That #39;s the opinion of Woods #39; caddie, Steve Williams, who predicts a revival next year.

Tiger #39;s #39; caddie: Woods will return to top of his game


WASHINGTON - Japan, Germany and many other large industrialized countries face long-term population slowdowns or declines as more young adults have fewer children or delay child-rearing, demographers say.    While the world's population is expected to increase by almost 50 percent by 2050, Japan could lose 20 percent of its population over the next half-century, according to data released Tuesday by the private Population Reference Bureau...

Report: Japan, Russia to Lose Population


SEOUL, South Korea Sept. 12, 2004 - A large explosion occurred in the northern part of North Korea, sending a huge column of smoke into the air on an important anniversary of the communist regime, a South Korean news agency reported Sunday.

Blast, Mushroom Cloud Reported in N. Korea


The Bush-Cheney reelection campaign has barred people outside the United States from viewing its Web site following an electronic attack that took down the campaign #39;s Internet address for six

Bush Web Site Bars Overseas Visitors


AP - Red Sox ace Curt Schilling's right ankle was nothing worse than sore on Saturday, a day after he tested it with hopes of returning to the Boston rotation before the end of the playoffs.

Red Sox Still Hopeful of Schilling Pitching (AP)


Wrexham today breathed a huge sigh of relief after being given a stay of execution by the High Court - but the Coca-Cola League Two club have been given just two weeks to sort out the crisis or face a winding-up order.

Wrexham Crisis Moves into Extra-Time


The United States bans Hezbollah's al-Manar television station, saying it incites violence in the Middle East.

TV station put on US terror list


OAO Yukos Oil Co., battling to avert bankruptcy, said the Russian government may be considering ways to settle a \$7.5 billion tax bill without taking over the company #39;s biggest oil-producing unit.

Yukos #39;s Theede Says Putin May Agree to Save Yugansk (Update5)


JACOBABAD: I was under no pressure to sign the presidents dual office bill, said Mohammadmian Soomro, the acting president. Mr Soomro told Online on Sunday that he gave assent to the bill on his own since he was constitutionally authorised to do so.

on the record:


FULHAM fans would have been singing the late Elvis #39; hit  #39;The wonder of you #39; to their player Elvis Hammond. If not for Frank Lampard spoiling the party, with his dedication to his late grandfather.

For grandpa


Larry Brown couldn #39;t help himself, or the reputation of his country. He could have watched the clock wind down, accept the victory, but instead he had to be so very American.

Brown becomes ugly American


AP - Led by Maurice Ager's 19 points, No. 10 Michigan State scored more than 100 points for the third straight game in a 102-52 win over Nicholls State on Saturday.

No. 10 Michigan State Routs Nicholls St. (AP)


OTTAWA (Reuters) - President Bush, scorned by many in  Canada for the Iraq war, will hark back on Wednesday to help  given after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks as an example of a  close relationship between two neighbors that do not always see  eye to eye.

Bush to Hail Canadians for Response to Sept. 11


The satellite radio company gears up to clean up in the portable player market. Also: United States lays a clear line against internet gambling   hellip;.  Outsourcing continues without a hitch    hellip;. and more.

XM Makes a RadioPod


Gold Fields has rejected a \$US7.2billion (\$9.5billion) takeover offer by fellow South African gold producer Harmony Gold Mining, calling its rival  quot;financially stretched quot; and suggesting Harmony could face a cash crunch.

No Harmony for gold rivals


A FEW months ago Treasurer Peter Costello was telling Australians to go forth and procreate but he now says they should work harder to pay for their old age.

Work longer, Costello urges


THIS IS NOT a good weekend to hold a presidential election if you are not American and would like to have the attention of the United States and its major allies.

Ukraine #39;s Crucial Election


If Chelsea owner and CSKA Moscow sponsor Roman Abramovich was in two minds where his loyalties lay at Stamford Bridge last night, Jos Mourinho, with aspirations of winning a second successive European Cup, soon put him straight.

Chelsea 2 - 0 CSKA Moscow


Greenhouse gas emissions have doubled the risk of European heatwaves similar to last year's, a UK study says.

Emissions double heatwave risk


With the top two commercial Linux distributions based on the Linux 2.6 kernel, the open-source operating system could gain greater footing among enterprise apps.

Red Hat Preps Enterprise Linux 4


A bid to grant Dutch citizenship to Holocaust victim Anne Frank some 60 years after her death has been rejected by the country #39;s justice ministry.

Anne Frank status campaign fails


The maker of the popular arthritis drug Vioxx is removing it from markets worldwide after a new study found that long-term users face increased risks for heart attack and stroke.

Vioxx pulled from market


AP - Three weeks after the Genesis space capsule slammed into the Utah desert after its parachutes failed to deploy, NASA scientists remain hopeful they can salvage the mission and reveal clues about the origin of the solar system.

Scientists Wrap Up Genesis Salvage Work (AP)


NEW YORK - Global warming has had little noticeable impact in Washington, DC. Politicians in the US capital have been reluctant to set limits on the carbon dioxide pollution that is expected to warm the planet

Climate change already affecting global environment, reports say


TOKYO - IBM, Sony and Toshiba on Monday announced the first technical details of the widely-anticipated  quot;Cell quot; processor, also known as a  quot;supercomputer on a chip, quot; with Power architecture at its heart.

IBM, Sony, reveal plans for  #39;Cell #39; chip


Government planes in Ivory Coast conducted bombing raids against two rebel-held towns starting shortly after sunrise on Thursday, ending a tenuous yearlong cease

Ivory Coast Cease-Fire Ends With Airstrikes Against 2 Rebel Towns


FIFA will hold an investigation and demand answers from the Spanish Football Federation after home fans hurled racist abuse at England #39;s black players in the friendly international between the two countries in Madrid last night.

FIFA launches probe into Bernabeu abuse


The so-called next-gen filesystem to come from Microsoft is really looking to earn that generational distinction, and in more ways than one.

Microsoft WinFS delayed even beyond Longhorn


NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal grand jury is investigating  products American International Group Inc. <A HREF=

AIG Faces Federal Grand Jury Probe


WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) - Productivity in the US nonfarm business sector increased at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the second quarter, revised lower from an earlier estimate of 2.9 percent, the Labor Department estimated Thursday.

Nonfarm productivity up 2.5 vs. 2.9 initial estimate


HP knows it can #39;t depend on Microsoft for marketing. This has been particularly clear throughout its relationship with the company.

Microsoft, Apple and the HP Gambit


WASHINGTON The Associated Press reports some details are coming out today about proposed federal rules for regional phone companies.

Regulators focus on phone choices for small businesses


TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's Nikkei average started a  holiday-shortened week slightly down on Tuesday, falling for a  fourth straight session as brokers and banks fell again on  recent domestic data showing signs of a slowdown in some key  areas.

Nikkei Edges Down by Close


ST. LOUIS, Mo., (Sports Network) - San Diego signed pitcher  Woody Williams and infielder Geoff Blum on Wednesday to  one-year, free-agent contracts.

Padres Sign Williams and Blum


Reuters - Former Yugoslav President Slobodan\Milosevic's war crimes trial was suspended for a month\Wednesday to give court-appointed lawyers more time to prepare\the defense case after witnesses refused to testify.

Milosevic Trial Halts; Witnesses Refuse to Testify (Reuters)


Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY:NYSE - news - research) reported a sharply lower profit in the third-quarter as generic competition continued to eat away at drug sales and the company ratcheted up spending on research and development of new drugs.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Net Slumps


The Big Unit is still on track to land at Yankee Stadium - eventually. Although there were stumbling blocks yesterday in the complicated multi-team trade

Yanks move closer to landing Unit


CARACAS, Venezuela -- Libya on Sunday awarded its annual Moammar Gadhafi human rights prize to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for resisting  quot;imperialism quot; and being a champion of the poor.

Gadhafi Prize to Chavez


USATODAY.com - For many collectors, owning DVDs is becoming more important than actually watching them.

Are we our DVD collections? Even if we don't watch? (USATODAY.com)


Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, which agreed to buy Laredo National Bancshares Inc. for \$850 million, plans to keep Chairman Gary Jacobs in place at the Texas- based lender and to back his expansion strategy.

BBVA to Keep Laredo Chairman Jacobs and Back Expansion Plans


quot;With Preminet, we now provide a single source for operators to acquire a comprehensive range of industry certified content, quot; said Lee Epting, a Nokia VP.

Nokia Launches Software Distribution Platform


The Sainsbury family backs Chief Executive Justin King #39;s strategy to turn around Britain #39;s third- biggest supermarket chain, Jessica Sainsbury said, and speculation of a takeover is silly.

Sainsburys Back King, Bid Talk Silly, #39; Family Says (Update1)


Nextaris pulls together all of the tools you need to find, save, and share information with others in a single online location.

Nextaris: An Integrated Web Research Dashboard


VIENNA (Reuters) - A European deal aimed at freezing Iran's  nuclear fuel program in exchange for peaceful atomic technology  and other incentives will never work if Washington is not  directly involved, diplomats and an analyst said on Monday.

EU, Iran Nuclear Deal Seen Doomed Without U.S. Help


SINCE the United States started taking part in the Olympic Games 4x100m relay in 1920, they have been disqualified three times and lost only once - to Canada in 1996.

Britannia rules as baton again lets US down


Grand Theft Auto San Andreas is the latest video game to fall into the hands internet prirates. Rockstar, the publishers of the title are aggressively pursuing the pirates who leaked a copy of the latest version on the to the internet.

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas


With winds gusting to 30 miles an hour at Ralph Wilson Stadium and with the Buffalo Bills 12 yards from the Jets #39; end zone on Sunday, Willis McGahee took the handoff, cradled the ball and paused.

Bills #39; McGahee Hits Pause and Then Runs Fast Forward


Ordinary people are being given the chance to have their name go into space with the first X-Prize contender craft.

'Ordinary names' to go into space


National Transportation Safety Board investigators look over the crash site of the Hendrick Motorsport plane crash in Patrick Springs, Va.

Feds Examine Hendrick Plane Crash Wreckage


BANGKOK (Reuters) - A second bomb exploded near a food  stall in southern Thailand on Friday, wounding at least nine  members of a bomb squad investigating an earlier blast that  wounded four people.

Second Bomb Injures 9 in Thai South - Witnesses


The days of piece-meal patching and shipped updates are over as Microsoft Singapore urged users to take advantage of the Automatic Updates feature in Windows XP to upgrade to Service Pack 2 (SP2).

Microsoft announces SP2 support for Singapore users


THENS, Aug. 29  Swimming #39;s technique critic came in for some criticism of his own tonight in the shark tank disguised as the Olympic pool. But all #39;s well that ends well on the medal stand and, despite being disqualified shortly ...

Reversal Gives Peirsol Gold; Phelps Wins 200 IM


KABUL: With over half the votes counted by Thursday, Hamid Karzai was on course to win Afghanistan #39;s first democratic presidential election, the climax of momentous change brought by the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.

Result certain as Afghan election counting continues


RISMedia, Oct. 26, 2004 - Sales of existing single-family homes were back up again in September after two consecutive monthly declines, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Existing-Home Sales Turn Around in September


A VICTORIOUS Kostya Tszyu didn #39;t sleep a wink last night, but nothing could wipe the smile off his face as he emerged from his Phoenix hotel today.

Champ has  #39;couple of beers #39;


RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President  Yasser Arafat is on the mend and does not need to leave his  West Bank compound for medical treatment, officials said  Monday, denying a report he might go to hospital.

Palestinians Deny Arafat Going to Hospital


TOKYO --(Business Wire)-- Dec. 13, 2004 -- Perpendicular Recording Technology Achieves 1.8-Inch Drive That Holds the Industry Largest 80-Gigabytes of Information.

Toshiba Leads Industry in Bringing Perpendicular Data Recording to <b>...</b>


Cincinnati, OH -- Shayne Graham booted a 39-yard field goal with two seconds left, leading the Cincinnati Bengals to a 16-13 victory over the Miami Dolphins.

NFL Game Summary - Miami At Cincinnati


New virtual-machine technology can be used to test software patches and migrate aging Windows NT applications. By John Foley, Paula Rooney, CRN.

Virtual Server 2005 Fills Gap In Microsoft Line


SEOUL (Reuters) - A North-South summit could provide a  breakthrough in the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions,  South Korea's prime minister was quoted as saying on Friday,  but the government made clear no such meeting was planned for  now.

South Korea Plays Down Talk of North Summit


NEW YORK (Reuters) - World oil prices fell nearly \$2 a  barrel on Friday as dealers took profits from a recent rally,  but the market remained on edge as powerful Hurricane Ivan  thrashed through the Caribbean on a track toward the  energy-rich Gulf of Mexico.

Oil Slides, Hurricane Has Market on Edge


Reuters - The initial public offering of\Internet search engine Google Inc. (GOOG.O) was billed as a\bonanza for millions of U.S. investors -- but the little guy,\with check in hand, was left out of the party.

Google Roadshows Left Small Investors Out (Reuters)


Afghan President Hamid Karzai traveled to neighboring Pakistan for talks Monday on fighting terrorism and economic cooperation. Karzai was welcomed at Islamabad airport

Afghan president arrives in Pakistan


COLIN MONTGOMERIE needs a Ryder Cup wild card after finishing only 70th and 58th in his last two tournaments. But Lee Westwood, certain of his place at Oakland Hills next month, feels the Scot is the man for the job.

Monty would be Lee #39;s wild man


MADRID (Reuters) - An Iranian-Iraqi film set in the run-up  to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and starring an amateur cast  of war-scarred children won the top

Iraq War Film Scoops Spanish Festival Prize


SPORT Minister Roger Boynes is insisting that if the impasse between the West Indies Players Association and the West Indies Cricket Board is not resolved, he had no problems with the youth

Let youth team go


Microsoft is behind schedule in complying with a court order to document its proprietary communications protocols, according to US authorities monitoring its behavior.

Gov #39;t, Microsoft haggle over documentation


Reuters - The home minister has ruled out lifting an unpopular law giving the army widespread powers of arrest in the country's remote northeast, despite two months of bitter protests in Manipur.

Govt sticks to army law despite protests (Reuters)


Australian media tycoon and dedicated gambler Kerry Packer is investing \$163m in a gambling joint venture in Macau.

Packer moves into Macau gambling


British Defense Secretary Geoff Hoonconfirmed on Monday that the British government was considering the US request to deploy troops outside the British-controlled southern sector

UK considers US demands for military assistance in Iraq


Samer Salameh envisions a world in which you can videoconference, check and send e-mail, watch your favorite television shows, make online reservations at your favorite restaurant and pinpoint the best route around a traffic jam -- all from the comfort of your moving vehicle.

A Drive to Bring More Entertainment to Vehicles


AFP - Britain's press was divided after Prime Minister Tony Blair's annual speech to the Labour Party conference, some giving him credit for admitting the intelligence was wrong over Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction, while others slated him for refusing to apologise over the war in Iraq.

Britain's press split over Blair speech (AFP)


Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, once one of the world #39;s most powerful criminals, has been extradited to the US to face drug smuggling and money-laundering charges.

Profile: Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela


TOKYO: Japan, South Korea, and the US have agreed six-nation talks on North Korea #39;s nuclear drive would take place this month as planned, despite Seoul #39;s admission of secret atomic research, a Japanese official said.

Atomic confession no bar to talks


The Russian government has allowed the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to visit the country despite longstanding opposition from China.

Dalai Lama Visits Russia Despite Chinese Objections


And according to their lawyer, Alwyn Griebenow, they might spill the beans on their British recruiter, who allegedly plotted a coup in Equatorial Guinea.

Suspected mercenaries may spill beans on Mann


The Mozilla Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving choice and promoting innovation on the Internet, today announced the worldwide availability of the Mozilla Firefox 1.0 web browser.

Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Released


SAN FRANCISCO Oracle is trying to turn up the pressure in its long-running takeover attempt of PeopleSoft. Yesterday two of Oracles top executives -- co-president Safra Catz and chief financial officer Harry

Oracle tries to turn up heat in takeover bid of PeopleSoft


What is more, the creature, which lived 60 to 70 million years before T. rex, had fluffy feathers covering its body. Xing Xu and colleagues from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing found their tyrannosauroid

Fierce T. rex #39;s  #39;fluffy #39; history


John Howard ensured his control over Australian politics for the next four years on Oct. 9 when he swept to an impressive fourth term as prime minister and his Liberal Party

Work cut out for Australia and Indonesia


Kolkata, Oct 20 : Hoping to avail of batting genius Sachin Tendulkar #39;s services in the third Test against Australia at Nagpur from next week, Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly today expressed the confidence that the three-month lay-off would not have any

Lay-off will not affect Tendulkar #39;s performance: Ganguly :


AP - A judge has accepted two of three drafts of a ballot initiative summary that would change how U.S. Senate vacancies are filled in Alaska, supporters of the measure said Saturday

Judge OKs Senate Vacancy Measure Wording (AP)


AP - New York Yankees manager Joe Torre would love to have Pedro Martinez in his rotation  #151; just as he'd love to have any great starting pitcher.

Torre Glad Yankees Pursuing Pedro (AP)


A top UN official said it was a  quot;bad month quot; for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process: more violence, Israel #39;s Prime Minister apparently backing away from an international peace plan, and the Palestinians still far from implementing badly needed reforms

A Bad Month For Mideast Peace Process


Fannie Mae #39;s board of directors met yesterday to hear details about accounting problems its regulators have uncovered during a long-running review, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Fannie Mae #39;s Board Briefed on Review


A Connecticut man arrested on charges of selling Windows 2000 and Windows NT 4.0 source code stolen from a Microsoft Corp. partner faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of \$250,000, according to a complaint unsealed by a New York court.

FBI Makes Arrest in Windows Source Code Theft


ASPEN, Colorado (CP) - Finland #39;s Tanja Poutiainen charged down the hill on the final stretch of her second run and edged Sweden #39;s Anja Paerson by 0.09 seconds for her first World Cup giant slalom title on Friday.

Poutiainen edges Paerson in giant slalom; Canadian Forsyth is 11th


Reuters - The United Nations must offer better\protection to 25 million civilians displaced by conflicts from\Sudan to Colombia, a report said on Friday.

U.N. Told to Protect Civilian Victims of Conflict (Reuters)


Frank Quattrone, whose deal making made him an investment banking star during the Internet stock bubble and a multimillionaire, was sentenced yesterday to 18 months in prison for obstructing justice. The sentence makes Quattrone, 48, the most prominent Wall Street figure since junk-bond king Michael Milken to face time behind bars.

Quattrone to serve 18 months


Reuters - Growth in the vast U.S. services\sector slowed in September, with a significant decrease in\prices paid but a solid employment component, according to an\industry survey published on Tuesday.

Services Sector Index Slips in September (Reuters)


AP - NASA's Cassini spacecraft has spied two new little moons around satellite-rich Saturn, the space agency said.

Cassini Spies Two Moons Around Saturn (AP)


WE SHOULD preserve in aspic this week in the Champions League. I have a suspicion that we will not see in our lifetime a debut quite as startling, quite as memorable as Wayne Rooney for Manchester United at Old Trafford.

No baloney, Rooney #39;s the real deal


PC World - Sales of laptops using Intel's mobile processor are picking up.

Pentium M Draws More Buyers (PC World)


The International Football Federation has announced new dates for Kenya #39;s three qualifying matches for the 2006 World Cup tournament in Germany.

FIFA Announces New Dates for Kenya #39;s Qualifying Matches


SAN FRANCISCO - The nation's supply of vaccine for the impending flu season took a big hit Thursday when Chiron Corp. announced it had found tainted doses in its factory...

Flu Vaccine Is Found Tainted in Factory


Professor Raj Reddy, an Indian researcher in artificial intelligence and a professor at Carnegie Mellon University.Has designed a wirelessly networked personal computer worth just 250 US dollars intended for the four billion people around the world who ...

Indian researcher designs revolutionary low cost PC for the poor


Delta Air Lines pilots ratified \$1 billion a year in pay cuts and other concessions that have become the linchpin of the company #39;s efforts to keep from spiraling into bankruptcy.

Pilots OK cuts to rescue Delta


AP - Washington state's top polluter isn't a pulp mill, a power plant or refinery. It's the newly awakened Mount St. Helens. Since the volcano began erupting in early October, it has been pumping out 50 to 250 tons a day of sulfur dioxide, the lung-stinging gas that causes acid rain and contributes to haze.

Mount St. Helens Top Washington Polluter (AP)


MARKS  amp; Spencer has lost its much-coveted crown as the UKs largest clothing retailer, to the supermarket chain Asda. Industry figures for the 12 weeks to 25 July show that Asda now has a leading 9.4 per

Supermarket giant usurps title


It wasn #39;ta name. It belonged on a license plate. But Y4145 identified Bernard Hopkins for nearly five years. In some ways, it still does.

Hopkins draws on past vs. De La Hoya


Reuters - TiVo Inc., maker of digital\television video recorders, will next year add ways for viewers\to see advertising and corporate logos even as they try to skip\commercials, the company said on Wednesday.

TiVo Users to Still See Many Ads (Reuters)


ITALIAN anti-Mafia magistrates ordered the arrest of 65 people as part of a massive police swoop in Naples early today in a bid to staunch the bloodletting in a turf war which has killed more than 120 people, Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu said.

Dozens arrested in Mafia swoop


Saddam Hussein lives in an air-conditioned 10-by-13 foot cell on the grounds of one of his former palaces, tending plants and proclaiming himself Iraq's lawful ruler.

Once a Palace, Now Saddam Hussein's Prison


London's Savoy Court Apartments are counted among Britain's most exclusive private residences. And No. 6 was among the most lavishly appointed.

Regulator Wants Riggs Records on Jet, London Apartment


They greet customers with Starbucks coffee, obsess over the exact placement of their teller counters, and monitor customers' reactions to their every move. As banks become more customer focused, they are increasingly looking to retailers for ideas of how to build a better bank branch. After years of ignoring branches during the dot-com boom, banks now are giving them more ...

The inspiration for change is rooted in retail


More than 100 whales and dolphins have died in two separate beachings in islands off Tasmania in Australia. Ninety-seven pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins died off King Island over the weekend, and several others have died off Maria Island.

Beached whales die off Tasmania


The fate of British hostage Kenneth Bigley has come to encapsulate the unbridgeable division between the political establishment and the democratic hopes and concerns of working people.

The fate of Ken Bigley and the struggle against the occupation of <b>...</b>


NAIROBI (Reuters) - Russia formally ratified the Kyoto  Protocol on global warming on Thursday, clearing the way for  the environment pact to come into force in February 2005.

Russia Ratifies Kyoto, Starts on Feb. 16


As D.C. Mayor Anthony A. Williams (D) announced the return of Major League Baseball to Washington last week, he praised Fannie Mae chairman and chief executive Franklin D. Raines and financier Frederic V. Malek for their efforts as part of a high-powered ownership group seeking to buy the team.

On Fannie's Board, Many Bonds


AP - Ah, October, a time when leaves start turning, the carpet in the Metrodome gets a thorough vacuuming and Dodgers fans usually don't even get a chance to leave games early.

Sportsview: Best Playoff Stuff Off Field (AP)


Athens, Greece - USC senior Otis Harris became the school #39;s first 2004 Olympic Medalist today as he won the silver in the men #39;s 400m.

USC  #39;s First 2004 Olympic Medalist


WASHINGTON Dec 13, 2004 - Sean O #39;Keefe, who has spent three tumultuous years running the nation #39;s space program, is preparing to resign, a government official says.

NASA Administrator Sean O #39;Keefe to Resign


The pathway to greater success may not be through the computers of song-swappers, though undoubtedly they will use the technology.

Kazaa #39;s Latest Version Enables Free Internet Voice Calls


Two Americans were among the dead when a bomb exploded outside the compound of an American contractor helping to train the Afghan police.

7 Killed in Kabul as Bombing Rips U.S. Security Firm


BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- There was a stern look on his face when he won the first hole, courtesy of Paul Casey's three-putt bogey, and when Tiger Woods went 2 up at the fifth, he hardly showed emotion.

In face of losses, Woods answers questions


BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan (Reuters) - Tiger Woods and Phil  Mickelson had been dubbed by their Ryder Cup captain as the  dream pairing but they gave Hal Sutton nothing but a king-sized  headache Friday.

Ryder Dream Pairing Becomes a Nightmare for Sutton


NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's beginning to look a lot like  Christmas on Wall Street: Retail stocks have been glowing for  more than a month.

StocksView: Retail Spurs Wall St. Upturn


BAGHDAD, Iraq, August 24 -- A car bomb exploded near the gate of a US-funded Iraqi television network in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least two people and wounding two others, authorities and witnesses said.

Explosion Rocks Baghdad Neighborhood


FOXBORO, Mass.  New England Patriots running back Corey Dillon darted up the middle, bounced off one tackler, then made it a point to crash into two more defenders. It hardly mattered to Dillon that this training camp session ...

Bengals brace for old teammate Dillon


\Shops and businesses reopen in the Nepalese capital, Kathmandu, as the authorities lift a days-long curfew,

Calm as Kathmandu curfew lifted


Oil prices have hit record highs in the United States for the third straight day in early trading Thursday, amid continuing concerns about the supply of crude oil.

Oil Prices Again Hit Record Highs in US


Jordan have confirmed that Timo Glock will replace Giorgio Pantano for this weekend #39;s Chinese GP as the team has terminated its contract with Pantano.

Glock in at Jordan, Pantano out


The World Bank released its annual report on global economic prospects saying developing countries will register growth of 6.1 this year and just above 5 in 2005 and 2006.

Developing countries to expand by 6.1 percent this year


Tempe -based America West Airlines confirmed its interest in acquiring ATA Airlines on Tuesday after ATA announced it has filed for bankruptcy protection and has agreed to sell some of its assets to AirTran Airways for \$87.

America West confirms interest in ATA Airlines


Shane Warne expressed concern yesterday that the new proposal on cricket #39;s  quot;chucking quot; controversy might create more confusion.

Cricket: Warne - Leave it to umpires


TABA, Egypt (Reuters) - Rescue workers sifted through the  wreckage of an Egyptian Red Sea hotel on Saturday, hoping to  find survivors after a series of bomb blasts targeting Israeli  tourists in the Sinai Peninsula killed at least 33 people.

Rescuers Search for Survivors of Egypt Bombing


Beijing - Wimbledon rivals Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova reached the quarterfinals of the 585,000-dollar China Open on Wednesday, with top seed Serena scraping past a tough challenge from a teenage Russian.

Serena, Sharapova win in Beijing


Reportedly a fire in an iron mine in Northern China has killed eight miners and 79 miners are still unable to be reached. According to the news from New Chinese News Agency, five miners managed to escape from

8 Dead, 79 Wounded in Chinese Mine Fire


Talks to try to resolve the Darfur crisis are due to resume on Tuesday, amid warnings the world is not giving enough financial aid to the refugees.

Darfur peace talks due to resume


The United States and the seven other countries with Arctic territory today expressed concern about profound changes in the Arctic climate and said they would consider new scientific findings

US and 7 Countries Weigh New Findings on Arctic Climate


Danny Williams has said he will need to be 30-40 better than he was when he stunned Mike Tyson to dethrone WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko.

Williams aims for big improvement


AP - The Colorado Rockies named Mike Gallego their third base coach and Jeff Bridich as manager of minor league operations on Friday.

Rockies Name Third Base Coach (AP)


Madagascar completes the phasing out of its Malagasy franc currency with the pre-colonial Ariary.

Madagascar drops Malagasy franc


More than a year after Saddam's ouster, a website hawking real estate in Iraq is seeing something of a mini-bubble. Asking prices in the swankier neighborhoods of Baghdad and Najaf are surging against a backdrop of civil unrest. By Joanna Glasner.

Selling the High Life in Iraq


The communications watchdog is looking to create an independent pricing structure for broadband operators to offer connections directly to customers through Local Loop Unbundling (LLU), instead of renting them from major network owner BT.

Ofcom acts tough on Local Loop Unbundling


MUMBAI: The Rupert Murodch owned media conlgomerate News Corporation has announced that its shareholders and optionholders have approved the companys reincorporation in the US.

News Corp shareholders okay US reincorporation


AP - John Kerry said Friday there is a

Kerry Warns Draft Possible if Bush Wins (AP)


ST. LOUIS - Mike Matheny, Edgar Renteria and St. Louis can win with singles, doubles and triples, too. After tying a postseason record with five home runs in the opener, the Cardinals stayed in the ballpark for Game 2 Thursday night.

No homers, no problem


Crude oil futures have jumped back above \$53 on speculation and panic sparked by an oil line explosion in Mexico. Traders are also nervously monitoring developments in Nigeria #39;s national strike and recovery efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.

Oil rebounds on Mexico blast


AP - Elephants in zoos are living as long as those in the wild, but their population in captivity is dwindling because it is so difficult to breed them, according to studies released Friday.

Breeding Captive Elephants Is Difficult (AP)


President  Bush says better job figures show his policies are working, as a new opinion poll puts him in the lead.

Bush leads way on campaign trail


Boaz Rafaeli had read the warning that Israeli security officials issued last month against travel to Egypt #39;s Sinai Peninsula, and he didn #39;t give it a second thought.

Explosions transport terror to usually tranquil beach sites


Robust consumer spending during the third quarter helped the US economy advance faster than first thought, a government report showed on Tuesday, while underlying inflation was the tamest in decades.

Consumers Fuel Faster Economic Growth


New year, same result. In a rematch of last year's Division 1 state championship, the Barnstable girls' volleyball team again upended Chelmsford in a 2-1 victory yesterday at Barnstable High School.

Barnstable dominates Chelmsford in deciding game


Honeywell, with Valley-based aerospace operations, has filed a patent lawsuit against 34 electronics companies claiming infringement of its technology that increases the brightness of images and reduces certain interference effects on a liquid crystal

Honeywell suing 34 electronic companies for alleged patent <b>...</b>


UK supermarket chain Tesco says it will launch an online music service that it hopes will rival Apple #39;s iTunes service. The retailer is already a major player in the UK e-commerce market, with

Tesco Launches Online Music Store


Jacques Villeneuve is in line for a shock return to Formula One with Renault as temporary replacement for Jarno Trulli. The former world champion, dropped by BAR last season, had a seat fitting

F1 move to clear track debris


The end of summer lull for viruses and worms continues. We #39;re still seeing new versions of RBots, and a new Bagle, but nothing with teeth.

Inside the JPEG Virus


The CIA is quietly funding federal research into surveillance of Internet chatrooms as part of an effort to identify possible terrorists, newly released documents reveal.

CIA funds chatroom surveillance


Corey Koskie hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning as the Twins overcame a two-run deficit for a 4-2 win Sunday, giving them a two-game lead over the second-place Indians.

Homer Sinks Indians


Shares of Nastech Pharmaceutical Co. Inc. (NSTK.O: Quote, Profile, Research) soared 70 percent on Monday after the company said it had formed an alliance with Merck  amp; Co.

UPDATE 4-Nastech in obesity treatment pact with Merck


Americans don #39;t believe the government is doing enough with technology to improve homeland security, according to a national survey conducted jointly by CNET News.

Poll: Antiterror tech plans are flawed


Hollinger International yesterday announced a \$13.2m (7.2m) deal to sell the Jerusalem Post, leaving the one-time media powerhouse and former owner of the Daily Telegraph with just a handful of assets in North America.

Hollinger sells Jerusalem papers


The World Food Program reports the Sudanese army Tuesday surrounded two refugee camps near Nyala in southern Darfur province, denying access to humanitarian groups.

WFP Says Sudan #39;s Army Blocks Access to Camps


WASHINGTON: Australias Lleyton Hewitt further fine-tuned his game ahead of the US Open with a convincing 6-3, 6-4 win on Sunday over Gilles Muller to capture the \$500,000 Legg Mason Classic.

Hewitt beats Muller to take 3rd title of season


A German whose lower jaw was cut out because of cancer has enjoyed his first meal in nine years - bratwurst sandwich  -er surgeons grew a new jaw bone in his back muscle and

Mesh cage in shoulder blade used to grow new jaw bone


Reuters - A powerful earthquake with a preliminary\magnitude of 6.0 jolted northern Japan on Wednesday, national\broadcaster NHK said. The quake was also felt in Tokyo.

Strong Quake Jolts Northern Japan, Felt in Tokyo (Reuters)


LOS ANGELES Michael Eisner, the chief executive of Walt Disney, has said that he does not plan to remain on the board or become chairman when he retires in two years.

Eisner rules out taking job on Disney board


Deals with Native American tribes boost further expansion of gaming in the state.

California's Casino Boom


NEW YORK: Tata Sons chairman Ratan N Tata will ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) here on Monday to mark the listing of group company Tata Motors on the world #39;s largest bourse.

Tata Motors lists on NYSE


A U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday that Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry e-mail device, infringed on another company's patent  --  but sent the case back to a lower court for some of the claims to be reconsidered.

Court Finds RIM  Violated Patent; Case Continues


A boxer who fights under the nickname  quot;The Harlem Hammer quot; pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges that he used a hammer to murder a freelance sportswriter and then torched his Hollywood apartment.

Boxer charged with killing sportswriter


ARLINGTON, Texas Texas has roared back into the American League West division race by completing a three-game sweep of Oakland. The Rangers rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat the A #39;s

Sports: Rangers 5 Athletics 4


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sudan must do a lot more to make its  Darfur region safer, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on  Tuesday, adding that Khartoum had failed to improve security  since the United States last week accused it of committing  genocide there.

Powell Says Darfur No Safer After Genocide Label


NEW YORK - Ford Motor Co. plans to expand the availability of satellite radio from Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. to more of its vehicles, the companies said Monday.

Ford to expand Sirius Satellite Radio offerings


The good news for Boston College senior quarterback Paul Peterson is that he completed 32 passes for 367 yards, both career records, and two touchdowns as the Eagles marched up and down the field against Pittsburgh last Saturday for 423 yards of total offense. The bad news is the Eagles stalled when they got close to the goal line, scored ...

Loooking for some fight for Irish


SANTA MARIA, Calif. - The stepfather of the boy who accused Michael Jackson of molestation testified Thursday that he asked for payment for the family's participation in a video interview intended to restore Jackson's reputation...

Jackson Accuser's Kin Asked for Payment


After more than 24 hours in captivity in Beslan school with her two daughters, Anetta had to make the choice. Terrorists came and said only one woman and only one baby could leave.

A Beslan mother #39;s impossible choice


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Executives at Advanced Micro Devices painted a much different picture of the chip maker than in recent years during a briefing for analysts and reporters Friday at the company #39;s headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif.

AMD reflects on progress, charts course for 2005


AP - Carl Pavano probably won't return to the Florida Marlins but needs time to choose among the six American League teams that have courted him.

Pavano Unlikely to Return to Marlins (AP)


European Space Agency -- Development phase completion of the European-built observation module, or

A Room With a View for the International Space Station


Trinity Southern University, an online school based in Texas, has been sued by the state of Pennsylvania for allegedly using state and private Internet addresses to hawk fake graduate degrees and prescription drugs.

Online university sued for selling fake degrees


The Seattle Seahawks placed special-teams standout Alex Bannister on injured reserve Friday, along with practice-squad receiver DJ Hackett.

Seahawks place Bannister and Hackett on injured reserve


In an out of court settlement, Sun Microsystems has agreed to pay Kodak \$92 million to settle the long running patent case involving Java technology.

Sun and Kodak settle out of court


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A double suicide car bomb attack  devastated a police station just outside Baghdad's fortified  Green Zone on Saturday, killing seven people and wounding 57 in  the latest strike against Iraq's beleaguered security forces.

Car Bombers Strike Near Green Zone, 7 Dead


AP - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo  #151; suspected of corruption at home  #151; is living and working part-time in the same Mexican city he fled two decades ago to avoid arrest on murder charges, his close associates told The Associated Press on Sunday.

AP: Ex-Guatemala Leader Living in Mexico (AP)


A panel of leading computer scientists warned in a report issued last week that unless the US federal government significantly increased support for advanced research on supercomputing, the US would be unable to retain its lead on that technological front

Panel warns US to ratchet up supercomputer research


A new method of diagnosing heart disease takes only seconds to conduct, but critics say the technique is ripe for overuse.

Heart Scanner Stirs New Hope and a Debate


NASA -- An unpiloted Russian cargo ship linked up the International Space Station this morning to deliver almost three tons of food, fuel, oxygen, water and supplies to the residents onboard.     The ISS Progress 15 craft automatically docked to the aft port of the Zvezda Service Module at 12:01 a.m...

Progress Supply Ship Docks with Space Station


Eight years after an illegal shipment of oxygen generators caused the deadly crash of ValuJet Flight 592, the federal program for monitoring hazardous shipments aboard

Air-cargo hazard detection criticized


Reuters - A reclusive Russian may have\solved one of the world's toughest mathematics problems and\stands to win  #36;1 million -- but he doesn't appear to care.

Reclusive Russian May Have Made Math Breakthrough (Reuters)


The United States Soccer Federation has struck a profitable vein since it began sending its national teams to the Boston area in 1991. The US men's team has an 11-1-3 record in Norfolk County and even the defeat -- 2-0 to the Netherlands -- prepared the Americans for their greatest series of conquests several days later in the 2002 World ...

Teams looking for an edge


The Bush administration opposed security measures for new microchip-equipped passports that privacy advocates contended were needed to prevent identity theft, government snooping or a terror attack, according to State Department documents released Friday.

U.S. Opposes Passport Privacy Protections


NEW YORK -- Oklahoma quarterback Jason White (pictured, below) hopes to do something only one other college football player has ever accomplished: win a second Heisman Trophy.

OU #39;s Jason White Hopes To Repeat With Heisman


The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today the settlement of charges against American International Group revolving around the marketing of transactions that would remove possible volatile assets from the balance sheets of companies.

SEC hands AIG a \$126 million fine


The US State Department says Secretary Colin Powell has canceled a trip to Athens to attend the Olympics closing ceremony because of urgent business in Washington.

Powell Cancels Athens Trip


NEW YORK (Reuters) - World oil prices eased on Friday, with  shortened trading hours in New York and London, as traders  squared positions ahead of a long U.S. weekend.

Oil Ends Lower Ahead of Long U.S. Weekend


Leaders of the US Airways pilots union decided last night not to allow 3,000 rank-and-file pilots to vote on a \$295 million cost-cutting proposal, increasing the likelihood of a US Airways bankruptcy this month.

US Airways pilots union rejects offer


Complaining about G.O.P. oversight of taxpayer money, Senate Democrats said they would hold hearings of their own.

Democrats Say They'll Assume Watchdog Role


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dow Chemical Co.'s <A HREF=

Dow Chemical Third-Quarter Profit Surges


Justin Gray scored 21 for the second straight game as No.1 Wake Forest beat No.18 Arizona 63-60 for the Preseason NIT title Friday.

Men: Nation #39;s best wins NIT by holding off Arizona


General Manager Brian Cashman said the Yankees' front office was considering recalling the pitchers Juan Padilla, Bret Prinz and Felix Heredia.

As Rosters Expand, Yanks Look for Pitching


Retail sales rose 0.1pc in November, for the third straight monthly increase. Auto sales declined 1.3pc in the month, after falling 0.5pc in the previous month.

US retail sales remain strong in Nov


AFP - The European Commission said it had approved the acquisition by Spain's Repsol YSF of most of the Portuguese products and businesses belonging to Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell.

EU Commission approves Repsol's acquisition of Shell Portugal assets (AFP)


A French court on Monday issued an arrest warrant for former leftist Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti after he failed to report to police for regular checks.

French court issues arrest warrant for ex-guerrilla


LAS VEGAS - The refrain was familiar. The chants have echoed throughout the years. But they were knocked out Saturday night. Hopkins (45-2-1, 32 KOs) dropped De La Hoya (37-4, 29 KOs) in the ninth round with

Hopkins keeps title with 9th-round KO


Reuters - Interest rates on U.S. 30-year and\15-year mortgages rose in the latest week as an improving\economy stoked fears of inflation, mortgage finance company\Freddie Mac said on Thursday.

U.S. Mortgage Rates Rise in Latest Week (Reuters)


Messina missed the chance to join Juventus on 10 points at the top of Italian soccer #39;s Serie A after drawing 0-0 at home with Chievo.

Messina Stays 3rd in Italy; Barcelona Leads in Spain (Update2)


McDonalds Corp. s choice of an insider to replace ailing Chief Executive Officer Charlie Bell should keep the company on the path that has led

New CEO predicted to follow same path


Oil Ministers representing countries in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) met in Cairo, Egypt, and agreed to end the over quota production.

Oil Prices Increase after OPEC Limits Surplus Production


Police in southern India say they have killed the country #39;s most wanted bandit, Koose Muniswamy Veerappan, in a shootout. Veerappan, who is believed to have had ties with Tamil militants and accused of more

Indian police kill country #39;s  #39;most wanted #39; bandit


ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece, shamed and angered by Olympic  doping scandals, went wild with delight Monday when Athanasia  Tsoumeleka won the women's 20 km walk to give the Olympic hosts  their first athletics gold medal.

Greece Goes Crazy Over 'Immortal' Walker


Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Canada's special operations military unit, Joint Task Force 2, has been awarded the U.S. Presidential Unit Citation for heroism in battle.

Canadian JTF-2 special ops force gets American citation (Canadian Press)


The Food and Drug Administration told Merck  amp; Co. that it requires further safety and efficacy data before it will approve its successor drug to now defunct pain reliever Vioxx, the pharmaceutical maker announced Friday.

Update 4: FDA Wants More Safety Data on Merck Drug


Genesis project officials failed to catch the flaw that doomed the Lockheed Martin-built spacecraft despite extra layers of scrutiny added after two of the company #39;s other NASA probes failed.

One failure led to another on Genesis craft


Manchester United #39;s Ruud van Nistelrooy has played down the injury he received playing for Holland on Wednesday night. Van Nistelrooy hobbled off with a hip problem as the Dutch beat Andorra 3-0.

Man Utd #39;s Van Nistelrooy: Injury just a knock


Even though Google's two founders gave an interview to Playboy magazine in the midst of its IPO filing, the SEC allowed the company's offering to go ahead. The boys filed the interview with the SEC and corrected mistakes in it.

Play Boys: Google IPO a Go Anyway


Verizon SuperPages.com said Friday it has teamed up with eBay and Shopping.com for the rollout of new shopping tools on its online Yellow Pages site.

Verizon adds shopping tools to SuperPages.com


The Oreo, America's best-selling cookie, is getting an unusual makeover. Nabisco Corp. is trying to develop an Oreo that looks and tastes exactly like it does now, but without the artery-clogging trans fat that can significantly increase the risk of coronary heart disease.

Food-label rule proves to be a big ingredient for change


WASHINGTONUS consumers were tightfisted with money amid soaring gasoline costs in August and hurricane-related disruptions last week sent applications for jobless benefits to their highest level in seven months.

US spending flat in August


On Friday, we #39;ll begin to hear a familiar sound of the holiday season, the sound of bells ringing in the name of the Salvation Army.

Salvation Army Loses \$17,000 in Donations Since Target Refuses To <b>...</b>


The United States had been confident of coming away from the first Olympic women #39;s wrestling tournament with the maximum four medals.

Itsa losing proposition


LECCO, Italy (Reuters) - A nurse has killed six patients in  a provincial hospital in northern Italy because she wanted to

Italian Nurse Kills Six Patients to Boost Ego


You #39;re speeding through space at 28 000 kilometres per hour, at times the outside temperature gets down to a chilling minus two hundred degrees Celsius, there is no quick getaway.

The best view of all is our beautiful planet


EAST RUTHERFORD, United States (AFP) - The Philadelphia Eagles clinched their fourth straight division title, and with plenty of time to spare in the National Football League season.

Eagles soar to NFC East division title


NEW YORK - Stocks moved higher Friday as a stronger than expected retail sales report showed that higher oil prices aren't scaring consumers away from spending.    Wall Street had worried that soaring oil and gasoline prices would prompt consumers to spend less...

Stocks Climb on Positive Retail Sales


AP - A planned government study into how children's bodies absorb pesticides and other chemicals has been temporarily suspended due to ethical concerns.

Pesticide Study Using Children Postponed (AP)


Hardware manufacturers are in fix when it comes to settling down for a standard for DVDs. Toshiba, NEC and Sanyo are favoring a next-generation DVD standard called HD (high-definition) DVD while Sony and other

Toshiba comes out with dual capability hybrid DVD


Retail sales dipped in August and the U.S. gap with its international trade partners widened to a record level in the second quarter of the year, two reports showed today.

Retail Sales Fall 0.3 in August While Trade Gap Expands


WASHINGTON -- Flight reductions by 16 major airlines serving O #39;Hare International Airport -- the result of two weeks of talks with the Transportation Department to alleviate traffic at the ...

Logan may benefit from fewer O #39;Hare flights


BAGHDAD, 31 October 2004 - US troops prepared for a major assault to capture the rebel towns of Ramadi and Fallujah as eight Marines were killed yesterday in the bloodiest attack on American forces in Iraq in almost seven months.

Eight Marines Killed as Fallujah Assault Looms


AP - Secretary of State Colin Powell, widely viewed as the moderate in an administration dominated by hawks, announced Monday he will step down as America's chief diplomat once a successor is in place.

Powell Says Will Work Hard Until He Exits (AP)


AP - Maintaining that a failed referendum to oust Venezuela's president was rigged against them, opposition leaders Wednesday refused to participate in a partial audit of the results as proposed by former President Jimmy Carter.

Venezuela Opposition Refuses Recall Audit (AP)


For two years, many have contended that Kostya Tszyus absence from the ring had kept the rest of the junior welterweight division on hold.

Lord of the Ring: Kostya Tszyu stops Mitchell in three


IRVING, Texas (Ticker) -- The Dallas Cowboys looked to be out of the playoff race before receiving a jolt from rookie running back Julius Jones.

New Orleans vs. Dallas


JERUSALEM (Reuters) - France's ambassador to Israel  criticized Israelis on Thursday for what he called

Envoy Complains of 'Anti-French Neurosis' in Israel


The online postage service offers a chance to put personal pictures on official stamps.

Stamps.com Asks You to Picture This


The battle between Oracle and PeopleSoft is again at an impasse, with the possibility of a proxy fight that could continue into next spring.

PeopleSoft, Oracle standoff likely to continue


Intel Corp. #39;s fourth-quarter sales are on track to break a company record as demand for the chips that power computers was stronger than originally expected in the weeks leading up to the holiday buying season.

Update 4: Intel Raises 4th-Quarter Sales Forecast


Time Warner said yesterday that it had set aside \$500 million to pay for potential penalties stemming from a government investigation into accounting practices at America Online, a step that

Time Warner Reserves Funds for AOL Penalty


Drug giant Pfizer Inc. reiterated Thursday that its arthritis drug Celebrex was safe to use after competitor Merck  amp; Co. pulled its arthritis drug Vioxx off the market worldwide after studies showed it raised the risk of heart attack.

Pfizer Reiterates Celebrex Safety


Sony and Samsung have entered into a far-reaching technology licensing agreement that opens stacks of each company #39;s intellectual properties to the other.

Sony, Samsung agree to share toys


On Wednesday, e-commerce giant Amazon.com officially launched its new A9.com search engine, with which it steps right into the battle for the Internet search market currently dominated by Google, with Yahoo!

A9.com, advancing search


Martin ONeill felt Celtic Football Club should not have lost their lead in last nights Old Firm game. John Hartson gave the Bhoys a 1-0 lead midway through the second half but a late goal from Dado Prso

ONeill unhappy at Celtic Football Club defeat


Nortel Networks Corp. (NT) warned on Thursday it will again delay filing restated financial results, shaking investor confidence in the leading telecom equipment maker and sending its stock lower.

Nortel Misses Third Refiling Deadline


Kenya has met all economic conditions set by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which could result in the release of a delayed loan to the east African country, a visiting IMF mission announced here Friday.

Kenya to get delayed loan from IMF


Cadiz, Spain (Sports Network) - Alastair Forsyth shot a four-under 67 on Saturday to grab the lead after the third round of the Volvo Masters Andalucia.

Forsyth grabs lead in Spain


Perhaps the most important question you can ask when receiving a hot tip:

Here's a Hot Tip...


Hoping to clean up the Internet #39;s reputation as a haven for scam artists, federal officials unveiled a series of arrests, indictments and convictions Thursday involving a range of cyberfraud.

Agencies crack down on cyberfraud


BERLIN: Germany marked the 15th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Tuesday with fond memories of that days euphoric celebrations and somber ceremonies in honor of those killed in a desperate dash for freedom.

Germany marks 15th anniversary of Walls fall


Pharmaceutical titan Merck  amp; Co. Inc. yesterday pulled its blockbuster arthritis drug Vioxx off the market, citing safety concerns, thereby triggering a massive selloff in the company #39;s shares that wiped out nearly US\$27-billion of Merck #39;s market value.

Merck plummets as drug pulled


NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar extended its losses against  the euro on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve raised interest  rates as expected but signaled that both inflation and  inflation expectations were easing.

Dollar Off After Fed Hike, Inflation View


EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- The New Jersey Devils signed veteran left winger Dean McAmmond to a contract to play with Albany of the American Hockey League.

NHL veteran opts for stint in minors


PHNOM PENH: The former ballet dancer son of Cambodia #39;s king was named his likely successor yesterday, as hopes faded that his father would reverse his decision to abdicate.

Cambodia #39;s dancing royal likely new king


Wolfsburg crushed Arminia Bielefeld 5-0 and jumped to fourth place in Sunday #39;s final Bundesliga round before the winter break.

Wolfsburg jumps to fourth by beating Bielefeld


Special guests on  quot;Radio Playbill quot; Oct. 25-Nov. 7 are Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson, the authors and stars of the new Off-Broadway comedy, Jewtopia, which arrived in New York after a record-setting run in Los Angeles.

Sirius Satellite Radio: Jewtopia Comics on  quot;Radio Playbill quot; Oct.


AFP - The United States has warned it might boycott ASEAN meetings when Myanmar takes over the chairmanship of the Southeast Asian grouping in 2006, unless the military-ruled state improves its human rights record.

US may boycott ASEAN meetings when Myanmar takes over helm (AFP)


Comments attributed to Nintendo #39;s Shigeru Miyamoto in this week #39;s Famitsu magazine indicate that the company is planning to bring its systems online within a three to four year timescale, with DS leading the way.

Nintendo moving into online within 3 to 4 years - Miyamoto


LONDON: The British and Irish governments called yesterday for the immediate release of Margaret Hassan, the kidnapped director of CARE International in Iraq, with London saying the videotape showing her crying was  quot;extremely distressing quot;.

Hostage video distress


The 7,200-RPM drives are available in 200-GB, 250-GB, 300-GB and 400-GB capacity points, with either a native Serial ATA or parallel ATA interface.

Seagate Ships 400-GB Drive


TWO more earthquakes hit the central region of Japan today, where thousands of residents are still living in emergency shelters after a major quake more than a week ago.

More quakes rock Japan


An estimated 100 million locusts force tourists and locals to abandon beaches in the Canary Islands.

Locust swarm invade Canaries


BEIRUT: Prime Minister Rafik Hariri resigned and his Cabinet was annulled Wednesday as expected, but he surprisingly said he will not head the new government due to internal political differences.

Hariri quits as US warns Syria to back off


International Trading Co., of Houston, is voluntarily recalling about 73,590 additional pounds of turkey lunch meat due to possible underprocessing.

Cans of turkey luncheon meat recalled


Investor's Business Daily - SBC Communications on Monday plans to roll out a new messaging service that would let consumers check their wireless voice mail on a computer or access e-mail via a touch-tone landline phone.

As Prelude To Internet Calling, SBC Beefs Up Message Options (Investor's Business Daily)


KILKENNY, Ireland : Tiger Woods is doubtful for this week #39;s World Golf Championships event in Ireland after injuring a shoulder in a fall.

Golf: Shoulder injury casts doubts over Woods


Reuters - Texas Instruments Inc. \has begun developing a chip that could bring television shows\to mobile phone screens in three years.

TI Working on Television Chip for Phones for 2007 (Reuters)


NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. captain Claudio Reyna, who has  been suffering with a thigh injury, was missing from Bruce  Arena's 23-man squad named Friday for this month's World Cup  qualifiers against El Salvador and Panama.

U.S. Captain Reyna Left Out of World Cup Squad


TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. oil prices fell for a second session  on Tuesday on worries that high energy costs may crimp economic  growth, but crude remained firmly planted above \$50 a barrel on  persistent fears of a winter supply crunch.

Oil Slips But Holds Over \$53


ATLANTA, Georgia (Reuters) - Veteran Jay Haas edged closer  to his first PGA Tour win for more than 10 years on Friday with  a four-under-par 66 for the halfway lead at the Tour  Championship.

Haas Holds Halfway Lead at Tour Championship, Woods Lurks


A cloud of anticipation hung over Beantown last night and it had nothing to do with people waiting for the total eclipse of the moon.

Boston baying at moon


Wrigley, the world #39;s largest maker of chewing gum, on Monday took a step towards diversifying into other confectionery products with the acquisition for \$1.48bn in cash of Kraft Foods #39; sugar confectionery business.

Wrigley buys Kraft unit for \$1.48 bn


Michigan State looked like a bunch of shamrocks in their green jerseys, pants and helmets, but it couldn #39;t take the luck of the Irish away from Notre Dame Saturday night in Spartan Stadium.

6 turnovers stymie MSU in 31-24 loss to Irish


Reuters - The International Monetary Fund's\top policy-making group failed on Saturday to close divisions\over debt relief for the world's poorest countries.

IMF Policy-Makers Fail to Agree on Debt Relief (Reuters)


Gomez, 24, who has twice helped the NHL #39;s New Jersey Devils win the Stanley Cup, was to practice Tuesday with the ECHL team and be in the lineup for its home opener against the San Diego Gulls on Friday night.

Alaska Aces sign New Jersey Devils centre Scott Gomez to an ECHL <b>...</b>


Microsoft is expanding its indemnification program for Windows and other software products in order to shield users from legal claims and patent disputes.

Microsoft expands software indemnification program


Last spring Marisa Dudiak took her second-grade class in Frederick County, Maryland, on a field trip to an American Indian farm.

Learning to write with classroom blogs


MacCentral - Digital Theater Systems Inc. (DTS) on Wednesday announced the availability of two new audio software encoders aimed at audio professionals creating multi-channel soundtracks for DVD-Audio, DVD-Video and 5.1 CDs: the Pro Series 6.1 Surround Encoder, a standalone solution designed to work on Mac OS X and Windows-equipped computers, and the DTS Pro Series Network Encoder, which allows up to 99 users on Macs or Windows computers to encode audio using an Apple Xserve and Xserve RAID system. Both encoders were announced earlier this year, and are anticipated for release this month. ...

New DTS surround encoders leverage OS X, Xserve (MacCentral)


NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Ryder Cup captain Hal Sutton said  Monday that Stewart Cink's victory at the \$7 million WGC-NEC  Invitational

Sutton: Cink Proves Ryder Cup Mettle with Win


Sony #39;s Vaio Type X, which is available only in Japan, is a new home server that contains four 250GB hard drives: two for PC files and the other ones for audiovisual materials such as stored TV programs and music.

Sony releases home server that stores 1 terrabyte


Four years ago on Sept. 28, 2000, when Ariel Sharon made his operatic visit to the Temple Mount, no one could have predicted how dire the situation would become so quickly: close to 6,000 dead; the building

It #39;s the Occupation, Stupid


THE Russian and US crew of the International Space Station were due to land back on earth in the early hours of this morning. The astronauts were set to hurtle back to Earth inside a Russian space capsule, ending their six-month mission.

Space Station crew heads home


CBC SPORTS ONLINE - The Seattle Mariners continued efforts to bulk up their anemic offence Thursday, signing free-agent third baseman Adrian Beltre to lucrative contract.

Beltre leaving LA for Seattle


MINNEAPOLIS - Cleveland Indians pitcher Kyle Denney shrugged off being hit in the leg by a bullet, and said Thursday he was grateful he may have been protected by white cheerleaders boots he was wearing as part of a hazing ritual.

Cleveland Pitcher Denney Shot on Team Bus


Initial offerings of commercially successful companies regularly beat benchmarks of similar stocks over the long term, according to a new study.

If the Revenue Column Says Zero, Avoid the I.P.O.


ATLANTA A debate over evolution continues in Georgia almost 80 years after the Scopes Monkey Trial in Tennessee. Earlier this year, science teachers complained when schools superintendent Kathy Cox proposed

Evolution debate ongoing in Georgia


When they were growing up, Joey Sindelar #39;s kids used to tease him about the six PGA trophies that lined the family mantle.  quot;C #39;mon, Dad, quot; they #39;d say.

Goofball #39; storms over Abbey


Microsoft has released 10 software security patches for its products, including seven it deemed critical and that could allow remote attackers to take control of systems running the company #39;s software.

Microsoft pushes out  #39;critical #39; security fixes


Kabul - Afghanistan #39;s vote count slowed as it drew to completion on Monday, a day after incumbent leader Hamid Karzai secured a landslide win in preliminary results.

Karzai coasts to silent victory


Inspiration is an unruly beast. One day in late 2002, advertising copywriter Jason Hoff and his writing partner Jeff Candido were noodling with some concepts for a new tourism-promotion campaign for their client, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. There was, decidedly, not much inspiration.

Las Vegas Ads' Winning Streak


The Manchester United board have known for some days that Malcolm Glazer would vote to remove three of the club #39;s directors. After the board learned of his intentions, contact

Magnier silence condemns board


President Bush attacked John Kerry on Iraq, taking a more aggressive approach than he had during the debate.

Bush and Kerry Follow Debate With Sharp Jabs


Jean-Pierre Garnier, CEO of British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK ), found German Chancellor Gerhard Schrder in a bitter state when they saw each other recently.

Some Succor for Schrder


Round Rock-based Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL) has landed a three-year \$20 million contract with Morris Township, NJ-based Honeywell International Inc.

Dell signs \$20M managed services deal with Honeywell


AP - St. John's imposed two years of penalties on its men's basketball team Friday after an investigation revealed a former player was given cash by an athletic department employee.

St. John's Bans Hoops Team From Postseason (AP)


New York bans a huge rally against President Bush before the Republican Convention on environmental grounds.

New York bans rally against Bush


The United Nations evacuated 38 foreign employees from this western Afghan city Monday after a day of rioting by supporters of the ousted governor turned half a dozen international aid facilities into smoldering, looted ruins.

U.N. Pulls Workers From Afghan City


ATLANTA (Sports Network) - The Atlanta Hawks waived center  Jelani McCoy Tuesday and activated guard Royal Ivey from the  injured list.

Hawks Waive McCoy; Activate Ivey


JERUSALEM -- A prosettlement party said yesterday that it plans to quit Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition government over his plan to pull out of the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, further eroding his hold on power.

Prosettlement party to quit Sharon government over pullout


Federal safety regulators and DaimlerChrysler are sparring over a problem with Dodge Durango and Dakota trucks. The government believes the defect could lead to wheels falling off and wants a recall, but the company says the problem isn't that serious.

Safety Regulators Want Recall of Durango, Dakota Trucks


American gymnast Paul Hamm hung his gold medal around his neck and smiled on cue, in effect giving himself another Olympic medal ceremony.

It #39;s Official: Hamm Can Keep Gymnastics Gold


Between 6,000 to 10,000 of an estimated 1.2 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the troubled western Sudanese region of Darfur are dying every month, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

Sudan: Thousands of IDPs Dying Every Month - WHO


AFP - US mobile telephone groups Sprint and Nextel are engaged in merger talks which could create the third-biggest US mobile operator worth some 30 billion dollars, according to reports.

Sprint, Nextel in merger talks: reports (AFP)


The world #39;s top five handset vendors, Nokia, Motorola, Siemens, NEC and Sony Erics, have announced a co-operative deal to investigate mobile broadcast services.

Big five set their sights on mobile TV


SYDNEY--Legal representatives of both the Sharman Networks parties and the music industry drew out the 13th day of the copyright trial with arguments on which pieces of evidence should be admissible.

Focus group: Kazaa will meet Napster #39;s fate


Election Day is less than two weeks away, but so far technology has yet to make more than the occasional cameo appearance on either presidential candidate's priority list. That's not proving to be good news for tech executives. <FONT face=

Bush, Kerry Don't Worry About Tech


Check Point CEO Gil Shwed, dressed in his usual black shirt and smiling as his custom, had every reason to be cheerful at yesterday #39;s press conference.

Check Point beats forecasts in Q3


Promoters pay radio stations annual fees for advance copies of playlists and bill record companies for each new song played, running up a tab that costs the industry tens of millions of dollars annually.

Spitzer Probing Record Biz


European soccer #39;s governing body threatened to remove the 2008 European Championships from hosts Austria and Switzerland, citing the Swiss for failing to build a new stadium in Zurich.

UEFA threatens Austria-Switzerland over Euro 2008


Researchers developing robotic lobsters, flies, dogs cockroaches believe that machines inspired by biology will be able to operate in places where today's robots cannot go.

They're Robots? Those Beasts!


US stock futures pointed to a flat market open on Thursday on volatile oil prices and as investors awaited a key economic report and comments from the Federal Reserve Bank chairman on Friday.

Stocks Set for Flat Open as Oil Seesaws


Northwest Airlines Corp. said Wednesday it is suing Sabre Travel Network for breach of contract in a Minnesota district court. The airline alleges the unit of Sabre Holdings Corp.

Northwest Sues Sabre Over Contract


Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world #39;s largest retailer, said it plans to open as many as 15 new stores in China next year, expanding in the world #39;s fastest-growing economy as the government lifts curbs on foreign store operators.

Wal-Mart to open up to 15 stores in China next year


NEW YORK - Job worries helped push consumer confidence down in September for the second consecutive month, a New York-based private research group said Tuesday.    The Consumer Confidence Index fell 1.9 points to 96.8 from a revised reading of 98.7 in August, according to The Conference Board...

Consumer Confidence Dips on Job Worries


Reuters - Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas failed at\talks with militants on Wednesday to win a commitment to end\attacks on Israelis in the run-up to Jan. 9 elections for a\replacement to Yasser Arafat, political sources said.

Abbas Fails to Win Palestinian Militant Truce Pledge (Reuters)


Finnish Formula One driver Kimi Raikkonen has posted the fastest time on the first day of practice for this week #39;s Belgian Grand Prix, where Michael Schumacher can capture the drivers #39; title for the year.

Raikkonen Posts Fastest Time at Belgian Grand Prix Practice


LOS ANGELES - California university officials have warned nearly 600,000 students and faculty that they might be exposed to identity theft following incidents where computer hard drives loaded with their private information were lost or hacked into.

Calif. schools warned of identity theft


Juniper Networks sets tone for earnings season--analysts expect strong growth in IP networking.

Earnings reports hint at IP networking growth


Suspected separatists bombed a crowded market, a tea plantation and other sites Sunday, killing seven people in a second day of explosions and gun attacks that have left at least 57 dead and more than 100 wounded in northeast India.

Fresh Blasts Rock Northeast India


England #39;s David Beckham, after scoring against Wales. He was later booked, prompting a suspension. Photo: Getty Images. Painkillers dulled the throb of his damaged ribs but a sense of

Beckham: I got booked deliberately


Indianapolis - October 21 - The Hamilton County sheriff talks about a home owned by one of Indiana #39;s richest men. The founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Conseco.

Hilbert House


NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks finished marginally higher  on Thursday after a drop in crude oil prices to near \$50 a  barrel was offset by China's first rate increase in nine years,  which triggered a sell-off in metals and mining stocks.

Stocks Inch Up, Oil Drop Offset by China


Shares in animation giant Pixar set new records, boosted by high hopes for its new film The Incredibles.

Incredibles buzz boost for Pixar


Amazon.com has officially entered into the search engine market with the launch of A9.com, a search engine that Amazon claims will make organizing and managing search results easier.

Will Amazon #39;s A9 Search Engine Give Google Search Pains?


ATHENS - Adrian Annus of Hungary, the Athens Olympic men #39;s hammer throw champion embroiled in a doping scandal, will appear at a hearing of the International Olympic Committee #39;s disciplinary commission on Sunday to explain his case, IOC officials said

Annus to appear at IOC disciplinary hearing Sunday


AP - Paul Hamm is finally going to have an answer for everyone who asks if he's going to be able to keep his Olympic gold medal.

Gold Medal Dispute Set to End Thursday (AP)


Oil prices hit near record levels amid a number of supply concerns, but failed to go over 50 dollars a barrel after getting some relief as Saudi Arabia promised to increase production.

Saudis to boost output as oil prices hit new highs


TechWeb - The Defense Ministry of Singapore, the latest government agency to spurn Microsoft for open source, said this week that it's turning to the OpenOffice application suite rather than updating Microsoft Office.

Singapore Dumps Microsoft, Goes Open Source (TechWeb)


Bruce Ratner now spends his time trying to convince fans not to abandon a team that abandoned Kenyon Martin in a series of jumbled decisions last summer.

Nets' Owner Staying a Stormy Course


BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Guerrillas fired a mortar barrage into  central Baghdad Thursday, killing at least one Iraqi and  wounding 11, police at the scene of the blasts said.

Mortar Blasts in Baghdad Kill One, Wound Several


Reuters - Democratic White House\challenger John Kerry sharply rebuked President Bush on Tuesday\for choosing to go to war in Iraq and sticking Americans with\the  #36;200 billion bill.

Kerry: Bush 'Chose' Iraq War, Americans Pay Bill (Reuters)


Australia #39;s bowlers completed their rout of the Indian batting lineup on the third day of the first Test in Bangalore, after a brief but determined resistance from teenagers Parthiv Patel and Irfan Pathan that restored some pride to the hosts.

McGrath keeps the pressure on


He was finally out of the wicked wind tunnel known as Arthur Ashe Stadium, out of the gale that combined with Roger Federer to blow him from the quarterfinals of the US Open.

Andre gone with the wind


US consumers opened their wallets and purses in a big way in September, with spending shooting up 0.6 percent. Joseph Zeppieri of West Melbourne looks at new vehicles at Kelly Ford in Melbourne.

Automobiles lead a surge in spending


Enron Corp. has agreed to sell its domestic natural gas pipelines for more than \$2 billion after an auction aimed at helping the energy company emerge from one of the most expensive and complicated bankruptcies in history.

Enron Agrees to Sell Pipelines in \$2B Deal


Reuters - Northern Ireland took\another small step in the slow march toward restoring home rule\this weekend with tacit promises from the IRA to end guerrilla\activity once and for all.

Government, Not Guns Is N.Ireland Sticking Point (Reuters)


Intelsat Ltd. has regained communications with a satellite that it lost track of last weekend, but engineers do not know if they will be able to fully restore service. <FONT face=

IntelSat Regains Control Of Key Satellite


Sprint Corp., the third-largest wireless phone company in the US, doled out US\$3 billion worth of contracts Tuesday to long-time suppliers Lucent Technologies, Nortel Networks and Motorola.

Nortel gets US\$1B share of new Sprint contracts


This September things suddenly got interesting for reenactors retracing the route of Lewis and Clark up the Missouri: Reliving the journey also meant reliving conflicts with the Sioux Indians.

Reliving Lewis and Clark: Conflicts With the Sioux


Sir Alex Ferguson embarks on another milestone in his outstanding career at the helm of Manchester United. Against crosstown rivals Manchester City, he will be celebrating 18 years in charge at Old Trafford.

Fergie #39;s Happy 18th


ATLANTA - Who could have imagined Tommy Tuberville in this position? Yet there he was Friday, standing alongside the SEC championship trophy, posing for pictures and undoubtedly chuckling a bit on the inside.

A year later, Tuberville all smiles