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CSMonitor U.S.
Criminal lineups get a makeover
Researchers and defense lawyers call for reform of a tool they say is rigged against the innocent. | 12U.S. |
Reuters Top News
Consumer Confidence Hits 7-Month Low in October
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. consumers turned more glum in October, beset by everything from soaring energy prices to relentless violence in Iraq and the increasingly bitter end of the presidential election campaign. | 10Top News |
RedNova general
Yankees Take Game 1 of ALCS Over Red Sox
NEW YORK - Mariano Rivera showed up just in time to save the New York Yankees. Rivera got Boston's Kevin Millar to pop out to strand the tying run at third base in the eighth inning, then finished out a thrilling 10-7 win for the Yankees in Tuesday night's open... | 13World |
Forbes
British Airport Owner TBI OKs Takeover
British airport operator TBI PLC said Wednesday it has agreed to a takeover by Spanish transport and communications company Abertis and Spain's national airport authority Aena. | 0Business |
Yahoo Sports
UCLA's hot shooting too much for Oregon
(AP)
AP - UCLA put together two strong halves and avoided the kind of collapse that cost the fifth-ranked Bruins in their previous game. | 8Sports |
CNN Top News
Harvard drops early admissions
Read full story for latest details. | 10Top News |
BBC News world
Annan to meet Iran's top leaders
Kofi Annan is to meet Iran's president and supreme leader for talks likely to cover Iran's nuclear programme. | 13World |
Reuters Tech
Sony to launch slimmer PSP in September
CULVER CITY, California (Reuters) - Sony Corp. will launch
a slimmer model of its PlayStation Portable handheld game
player in September, the company said on Wednesday, in its
latest attempt to ignite demand for its game hardware and
compete better with Nintendo Co... | 6Sci/Tech |
Reuters Top News
EU to offer Serbia fast track to candidacy: draft
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders are set to offer Serbia a fast track to candidacy for membership of the bloc and pledge to step up preparations for a police mission to stabilize Kosovo, a draft statement for Friday's EU summit said. | 10Top News |
RedNova science
Commission Gives Advice on Sentencing
By ANGEL RIGGS World Capitol Bureau Members say the governor's approval shouldn't be required in all parole cases. OKLAHOMA CITY -- The governor's approval should not be required in certain parole cases, members of the Oklahoma Sentencing Commission recommended... | 6Sci/Tech |
Los Angeles Daily News
Bush nominee Goss offers bleak look at the CIA
Rep. Porter J. Goss of Florida said on Tuesday that rebuilding the CIA would take more than five years and that American spies needed to be encouraged to take more risks. | 1Entertainment |
Afgha.com
Taming the Lion of Herat
On this third anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on American soil, a bold action by the leader of the transitional government of Afghanistan indicates the hard decisions that are still to be taken before victory can be announced in the war against | 13World |
The Washington Post sports
U-Va. Upsets Arizona
Highly touted freshman Sean Singletary scores 15 points, leading Virginia to a 78-60 victory against No. 10 Arizona. | 8Sports |
Topix.Net Europe
Govt economic council to propose motorway truck toll by mid-2005
PRAGUE- The Czech government's economic council will propose by June of the year electronic toll which trucks in the Czech Republic should start to pay in 2006, Transport Minister Milan Simonovsky told ... | 2Europe |
Reuters Top News
China says product safety push a complete success
BEIJING (Reuters) - China declared on Monday that its four-month campaign to ensure food and product safety had been a total success, with all goals being met months before Beijing hosts the Olympics and 600 companies banned from exporting toys. | 10Top News |
Yahoo World
Six insurgents, one soldier killed in Afghanistan fighting
(AFP)
AFP - Six Taliban militants and an Afghan army soldier have been killed in clashes across insurgency-hit Afghanistan over the past few days, the Afghan defence ministry said. | 13World |
Reuters World
Annan presses Kenyan rivals to end bloodshed
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan set Tuesday as a target for Kenya's government and opposition to name negotiators to try to end tribal violence in which more than 800 people have been killed. | 13World |
Reuters Top News
World Mormon Church leader Hinckley dies at 97
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Gordon B. Hinckley, the world leader of Mormons who presided over a period of intensive growth for the religion, died on Sunday at the age of 97, officials said. | 10Top News |
CNET News.com
This week in phishing
As online shopping gets into full swing, phishers are setting up fraudulent e-commerce Web sites and simply waiting for victims using Google and other search engines to find them. | 6Sci/Tech |
Chicago Sun Times
Sears goes to Lands' End to boost Web site
Sears Roebuck and Co. goofed its rollout of Lands' End apparel in Sears stores, but it's counting on winning the online war with Lands' End's unique shopping technology. | 0Business |
Yahoo Politics
Clinton's brother near legal settlement
(AP)
AP - A lawyer for the brother of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said he's confident he can avoid a trial next week and settle a lawsuit that accuses Tony Rodham of failing to repay debts to a Tennessee carnival operator. | 13World |
KataWeb Sport
La nuova sfida di Luna Rossa
Un nuovo socio, la Telecom di Marco Tronchetti Provera, per dare l'assalto alla Coppa America. De Angelis chiama accanto a sÚ uno dei più forti timonieri del mondo, l'australiano James Spithill. GENOVA - Gli | 4Italia |
CollegeSports.com
Sobrero Markgraf And Boxx One Win Away From Olympic Medals
Former Irish soccer stars to play with Team USA in Monday's semifinals vs. Germany (Aug. 23, 10:00 am South Bend time on MSNBC); Gonzalez and Mexico fall to Brazil in quarterfinals. | 8Sports |
The Motley Fool
Invest in Special Situations
Value investors have more than one way to take advantage of bargains. | 0Business |
Yahoo Europe
Banned Ferdinand fighting fit for return (AFP)
AFP - England international Rio Ferdinand, coming to the end of an eight-month ban for failing to take a drugs test, said he has been training hard under Manchester United's new fitness coach for his return to action next month. | 2Europe |
Time Top News
Libby Thinks NBC News May Hold Key
Attorneys for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby believe that NBC News holds a key to clearing him of perjury and obstruction charges in the CIA leak case | 10Top News |
CNET security news
AT&T adds parental control options to cell phones
AT&T has added a new set of parental control options to their mobile phone service. For a monthly fee of $4.99, the "Smart Limits" service brings together infomation about parental control features across AT&T's wireless, wired, broadband and video... | 6Sci/Tech |
RedNova general
'Chicago,' 'Cabaret' Lyricist Ebb Dies
NEW YORK - Fred Ebb, who wrote the lyrics for such hit Broadway musicals as "Chicago" and "Cabaret" as well as the big-city anthem "New York, New York," has died of a heart attack. Ebb died Saturday at his home, said David McKeown, an assistant to composer Joh... | 13World |
Reuters Top News
First suspect in court over Britain car bomb plot
LONDON (Reuters) - An Iraqi-trained doctor appeared in a London court on Saturday in connection with failed car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow. | 10Top News |
Reuters Top News
N.Korea agrees atom "containment" with IAEA: report
VIENNA (Reuters) - North Korea has agreed to "containment and surveillance" measures by International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to verify a shutdown of its nuclear arms program, an IAEA report said on Tuesday. | 10Top News |
News-Daily.com
Delta to cut 7,000 jobs
The kind of changes planned at Delta Air Lines, changes that include the loss of up to 7,000 more jobs, reflect needed change throughout the industry, a Clayton College and State University professor says. | 1Entertainment |
New York Times Tech
Microsoft Acquisitions Head Bruce Jaffe to Leave
Microsoft has announced the resignation of its head of acquisitions, Bruce Jaffe, two days after the company bid $1.2 billion for enterprise search expert Fast Search & Transfer. | 6Sci/Tech |
Reuters Top News
Battles rage at Lebanon camp, 4 soldiers die
NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-inspired militants killed four Lebanese soldiers on Thursday in fierce battles at a Palestinian refugee camp in north Lebanon, security sources said. | 10Top News |
iTunes Music
Lil' Flip Presents: Clover G's - Lil Flip
Lil' Flip Presents: Clover G's by Lil Flip | 5Music Feeds |
Boston Globe sports
Woods Shows Off His Skills, but Not as a Host
At Sherwood Country Club Friday, six golfers shot a 67 only to discover that their rounds of five under par were only good enough to put them five shots farther behind their genial host. | 8Sports |
InfoWorld news
Eclipse exec cites dynamic language inclusion, .Net rivalry
( InfoWorld ) - The Eclipse Foundation has established itself as a premier open source software tools project. The organization has gained support from vendors ranging from IBM (which helped found Eclipse in 2001) to Borland Software, BEA Sy... | 6Sci/Tech |
ANSA
DAL MONDO CORDOGLIO, DOLORE MA ANCHE POLEMICHE
ROMA - Il giorno dopo l'ecatombe nella scuola Numero 1 di Beslan, in Ossezia del Nord, e la furiosa reazione di Mosca alla richiesta di spiegazioni da parte della presidenza di turno olandese dell'Ue, l'Europa da Maastricht oggi ha ribadito ma anche | 4Italia |
Xinhua
Crude oil prices rise to above US$55 a barrel
World oil prices rose to a new record high above 55 US dollars a barrel Friday, stirring fears of 60-dollar-a-barrel New York crude, as concerns about the global supply of heating | 0Business |
RedNova science
Environment: Healing the Ozone Layer Will Take Decades
By Stephen Leahy* - Tierramrica TORONTO, Sep. 20, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- Another giant ozone hole has opened up over the Antarctic, while evidence mounts that 20 years of international efforts have finally helped the atmosphere to start to heal itsel... | 6Sci/Tech |
Reuters
Murdoch Says Wants Standstill Pact with Malone
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday said he can live with Liberty Media Corp. being a large shareholder of the media conglomerate if Liberty Chairman John Malone | 0Business |
The Washington Post Top News
Adventurer Is Reported Missing
Steve Fossett, a tycoon-turned-record-seeker who became the first person to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon, vanished Monday while flying a single-engine plane over rugged terrain in Nevada, authorities said. | 10Top News |
Yahoo Business
NYSE unveils $10 billion plan to buy Euronext
(Reuters)
Reuters - The New York Stock Exchange unveiled an 8
billion euro ($10.2 billion) share and cash bid for Euronext
on Monday, countering a rival proposal from Deutsche
Boerse just a day before a meeting where Euronext shareholders
will decide ... | 0Business |
Syfy.com
Kidman, Crowe make perfect casting coup in 'Eucalyptus'
Russel Crowe is reportedly very excited about his new movie Eucalyptus as it has an all star cast of three Oscar winners including Nicole Kidman, Geoffrey Rush and himself. | 1Entertainment |
Bloomberg
SABMiller Venture to Buy Lion Nathan's China Brewers (Update1)
SABMiller Plc, the world's second- largest brewer, said its Chinese venture agreed to buy three unprofitable breweries in China from Lion Nathan Ltd. | 0Business |
Reuters World
Sarkozy backs U.S.-India nuclear deal
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, seeking to cement political and business ties with a booming India, voiced support at the start of an official visit for New Delhi's controversial nuclear deal with the United States. | 13World |
Ansa Spettacolo
Dorelli di nuovo in teatro a Milano
Con 'I ragazzi irresistibili', nel ruolo un tempo di Matthau | 4Italia |
Chicago Sun Times
Arafat's death could bring new chance for peace
Yasser Arafat was in intensive care Saturday in a French hospital, as former US envoys said his death would open up opportunities for peace, especially if pragmatic Palestinian leaders emerge. | 1Entertainment |
Yahoo Europe
Insignia of Emperor Maxentius unearthed
(AP)
AP - Archaeologists have unearthed what they say are the only existing imperial insignia belonging to Emperor Maxentius — precious objects that were buried to preserve them and keep them from enemies when he was defeated by his rival Constantine. | 2Europe |
The Register
BEA thinks modular for lightweight SOA platform
Three products, one architecture
BEAWorld 2006 BEA Systems is making modules of its middleware, in a move to help developers build services oriented architectures (SOAs).⊠| 7Software and Developement |
Boston Globe business
Greenberg denies push to buy Times Co. stock
The New York Times Co. stock jumped 7.5 percent yesterday, its biggest gain in almost six years, on reports that billionaire Maurice "Hank" Greenberg , former chairman of insurance giant American International Group, was snapping up shares of Times Co... | 0Business |
RedNova technology
YouTube Coming to Cell Phones, Co-Founder Says
By The Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan - YouTube co-founder Steve Chen said on Saturday consumers in many parts of the world will have access to the popular video-sharing Web site on their mobile phones by next year. | 6Sci/Tech |
BBC UK
IBM frees 500 software patents
Computer giant IBM says 500 of its software patents will be released into the open development community. | 2Europe |
sportal.com.au
Sluman's sensational start
A course-record opening 62 has powered American Jeff Sluman to the lead in the Chrysler Championship in Florida, while Aussie Steve Leaney is five shots back. | 8Sports |
RTE News
New French finance minister named
Nicolas Sarkozy has resigned as France's finance and economy minister to concentrate on his new job leading the ruling UMP party of President Jacques Chirac. | 1Entertainment |
Yahoo Health
Think Wasabi Clears Your Sinuses? Think Again (Reuters)
Reuters - Many people believe the
sushi-seasoner wasabi clears their sinuses, but new research
presented this week suggests that the spicy green paste may do
the opposite. | 3Health |
Kataweb Sport
Roma, 18:50 - CALCIO, LAZIO; ROCCHI: CONTRATTO? HO FINITO LE PAROLE
Tommaso Rocchi parla a Radio Radio del contratto con la Lazio non ancora rinnovato: ''Il contratto? ... | 4Italia |
BBC News Business
Chief executive leaves NorthWest
The chief executive of the world's fifth-largest airline, NorthWest Airlines, has resigned to take over at a healthcare insurer. | 0Business |
The Washington Post Top News
Attack Kills 1, Wounds 11 at Base Outside Iraqi Airport
BAGHDAD, Sept. 11 -- Insurgents fired rockets or mortars Tuesday at a sprawling U.S. base near Baghdad's international airport, killing one person and wounding 11 soldiers, the U.S. command said. | 10Top News |
The Washington Post sports
The Pluck of the Irish Returns
Through 15 games as Notre Dame's coach, both Tyrone Willingham and Charlie Weis had the same 11-4 record and had just been beaten soundly by Michigan. Both encountered Michigan State in their 16th game, but that's where the similarities end. | 8Sports |
Topix.Net Europe
Barratt American purchase completed
Barratt American Inc. has officially become an independent home-building company, the new owners announced Monday. | 2Europe |
Yahoo Business
Economy More Sluggish Than First Thought (AP)
AP - Weighed down by high energy prices, the economy was even more sluggish than initially believed during the second quarter. But Federal Reserve policy-makers believe the pace will pick up in coming months, something President Bush is counting on as the e... | 0Business |
BBC - Front Page
Stone of Destiny row revealed
Church of England authorities were livid when the Stone of Destiny was moved from Westminster Abbey. | 10Top News |
Kataweb Sport
New York, 08:35 - BASEBALL, MAJOR LEAGUE: NEW YORK BATTE BOSTON
Risultati delle gare del campionato americano di baseball (MLB) disputate nella notte. In maiuscolo ... | 4Italia |
New York Times world
Pataki Urges Huge Cuts in Health Care to Close Budget Gap
The $105.5 billion budget proposal for New York state also included an increase of $526 million in public school spending. | 13World |
Yahoo Elections
Behind Nevada casino walls is a political fight
(Reuters)
Reuters - A key back-room battle in the contest
to nominate a Democratic presidential candidate is raging far
from the gaze of TV cameras in places like the workers'
cafeteria of the Mirage Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip. | 12U.S. |
The Register
mmO2 looks set for maiden dividend
Earlier than expected | 6Sci/Tech |
Washington Post Tech
Forecast: Plenty of Activity On the Weather Blog Front
If it's possible to love something just because it could visit torrents upon the Washington region, fling hail from the skies and swell streams into rivers, then Jason Samenow is smitten. | 6Sci/Tech |
Xinhua
Most Britons want legal smoking age to be raised
Four out of five Britons wanted the legal smoking age to be raised from 16 to 18 years in a bid to deter young people from taking up the habit, the result of a poll suggested Monday. | 3Health |
Kataweb Calcio
Roma, 13:04 - CALCIO, COPPA ITALIA: LA PROGRAMMAZIONE TELEVISIVA
Questa la programmazione televisiva delle gare di andata degli ottavi di finale della Coppa Italia T... | 4Italia |
BBC UK
DR Congo's Bemba to stay abroad
Congo's opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba will not be returning from Portugal due to safety concerns, aides say. | 2Europe |
Ansa
Tromba d'aria in Friuli, 8 feriti
Violenti temporali colpiscono pianura friulana | 4Italia |
Reuters World
Georgia opposition vows court move to win recount
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's opposition vowed on Tuesday to press on with street protests and mount a legal challenge to a presidential election which it says incumbent Mikhail Saakashvili rigged in his favor. | 13World |
Reuters
Israeli Troops Kill 5 in West Bank Clashes-Witnesses
Israeli troops killed at least five Palestinian militants in the West Bank city of Nablus on Wednesday, witnesses said. A military spokeswoman confirmed operations were under way but declined to comment on casualties. | 13World |
Reuters Entertainment
TV hosts return to work as union targets Oscars
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Late-night TV comedians Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien said on Monday they will resume taping their shows on January 2, and cross picket lines if necessary, after nearly two months off the air in support of striking film and tel... | 1Entertainment |
BBC - Front Page
Smoking killing millions globally
Smoking killed almost 5 million people around the world in 2000, researchers have calculated. | 10Top News |
New York Times Business
As Stewart Enters Prison, Her Company Refurbishes
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is focused both on life without Ms. Stewart and on life once she returns. | 0Business |
BBC UK
Big ice shelf's disappearing act
Sediments extracted from the Antarctic sea floor show the world's largest ice shelf has disintegrated and reappeared many times in the past. | 2Europe |
Yahoo Entertainment
INTERVIEW: NBC Hopes for Recovery After Early Losses (Reuters)
Reuters - Jeff Gaspin wears a lot
of hats at NBC Universal. | 1Entertainment |
BBC UK
Eurotunnel 'saved' by investors
Eurotunnel investors back a restructuring plan that could save the firm from bankruptcy. | 2Europe |
People's Daily Online
China enters crucial time for AIDS prevention: vice-premier
Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi said on November 25 that the country has entered a crucial time for AIDS prevention and urged everyone to work to stop the spread of the disease. | 3Health |
BBC UK
Live - Tour de France stage four
The Tour continues south on the 193km stage four from Villers-Cotterets to Joigny. | 2Europe |
BBC News world
India-Pakistan flights to double
Pakistan and India agree to double the number of weekly passenger flights between the two countries. | 13World |
Ha'aretz
Palestinian accused rapist shot dead in custody
Masked gunmen shot dead an accused rapist on his way to court in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday in the latest sign of a growing Palestinian breakdown of law and order. | 13World |
NEWS.com.au
Star witness attacked
ANGRY supporters of Abu Bakar Bashir have attacked a star prosecution witness as he testified in court that the radical cleric was the leader of terror group Jemaah Islamiah. | 13World |
News-Leader.com
Election 2004: Bush, Kerry go on the attack with ads
President Bush claims John Kerry doesn't known what his position is on the war, while the Democrat accuses Bush of having no plan in Iraq â-ueling television ads setting the | 11Top Stories |
Katu.com
Veteran Portland pitcher sent to Royals in four-player deal
The San Diego Padres have traded Portland Beavers right-handed pitcher Dennis Tankersley to the Kansas City Royals as part of a four-player deal that was announced today. | 8Sports |
ABC Online
Google share price falls short of predictions
Internet search giant Google has priced its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO) at just under $120 a share, far below initial expectations. | 11Top Stories |
BBC News world
Warning on stealthy Windows virus
PC users are being warned about a password-stealing virus that hides deep inside Windows. | 13World |
USA Today
NASA sets Swift launch for Saturday
Swift's new launch date is Saturday, if NASA, Boeing and the Air Force can replace and test components of the rocket in time. The gamma-ray observatory's | 6Sci/Tech |
New York Times
As Hawks Circle, All Sides Seek Compromise
Government officials, environmental advocates and a representative of a luxury co-op building have agreed to meet tomorrow to discuss new lodgings for Manhattan's most famous homeless couple | 1Entertainment |
Jerusalem Post
EU to start conditional entry talks with Turkey
The European Union's executive commission is expected to recommend on Wednesday that Turkey begin entry talks for membership in the bloc, but with stringent and long-term conditions attached. | 1Entertainment |
BetaNews.Com
Sony May Pull Out of Cell CPU Production for PS3
One of Sonyââ¬â¢s senior executives, Executive Deputy President Yutaka Nakagawa, is quoted by several US and Asian press sources as saying that, in the interest of finding cost savings, his company is considering exiting the production end of the Cell p... | 7Software and Developement |
Reuters Business
Cingular Opposes Nextel on Swap Costs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cingular Wireless has urged U.S. communications regulators to reject a request by rival Nextel Communications Inc. NXTL.O to lower the cost of its plan to swap airwaves with the government, which is aimed at reducing interference with... | 0Business |
Yahoo Entertainment
Dodd Introduces Federal Shield Law (Editor and Publisher)
Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) on Friday introduced a federal shield law that would provide an "absolute protection" for confidential sources. The legislation is in response to a slew of recent court actions... | 1Entertainment |
BBC UK
Laos hosts annual Asean meeting
South East Asian leaders are joined in Laos by officials from six regional powers for this year's Asean summit. | 2Europe |
BBC UK
Apple's Jobs to unveil 2005 plans
Apple fans will find out what the future holds for the firm when boss Steve Jobs unveils his 2005 plans. | 2Europe |
Boston Globe sports
Cubs' Forecast Turns Cloudier by the Moment
With Friday's loss to Atlanta, the Chicago Cubs' chances for a wild-card berth in the National League grew so dim as to become nearly invisible. | 8Sports |
The Industry Standard
AOL to cut 700 jobs
America Online Inc. (AOL) plans to lay off 700 employees, about 5 percent of its US workforce, by the end of the year, several news organizations reported Tuesday. | 0Business |
BBC Europe
World marks web safety day
Efforts to make the net less risky for children are being marked by the fourth Internet Safety Day. | 2Europe |
Grand Forks Herald
Penn National to acquire Argosy in $1.4 billion deal
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Penn National Gaming Inc. is acquiring Argosy Gaming Co. for $1.4 billion cash in an effort to turn itself into the nation's third-largest operator of gambling properties. | 0Business |
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