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Yahoo Sports
Great leap forward for NBA: Yao to Yi
(AP)
AP - They love Yao. Now comes Yi — Yi Jianlian, the 7-foot power forward who will be among the top choices in Thursday's NBA draft. | 8Sports |
Washington Post
A Regal Pursuit Is Run Down
Farewell, at last, to tallyho. After seven years of angry debate, frustrated motions and legislative maneuvering, Britain's Parliament finally approved a ban on fox hunting | 13World |
Reuters Top News
Car Bomb Near Rebel Iraqi City Kills 7 U.S. Marines
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A car bomb attack on a U.S. patrol outside the rebel-held city of Falluja on Monday killed seven American marines and three Iraqi National Guardsmen, in the deadliest single attack on U.S. forces in five months. | 10Top News |
Yahoo World
Former Japan net star asserts innocence
(AP)
AP - Former Internet mogul Takafumi Horie asserted his innocence at his trial's opening Monday, challenging the Japanese court system with the same cockiness with which he shook the nation's staid corporate culture during his rise to fame. | 13World |
BBC UK
Yahoo 'to reject Microsoft offer'
Yahoo's board is reported to be planning to reject Microsoft's unsolicited offer as being too low. | 2Europe |
Yahoo Politics
White House says British plan good news
(AP)
AP - The Bush administration said Wednesday that Britain's decision to withdraw 1,600 troops from Iraq is a positive sign that fits with the overall strategy for stabilizing the country. | 13World |
KRON 4
Family Sues Children's Motrin Maker
(KRON) -- There are more safety concerns about painkillers after the parents of a 7-year-old Los Angeles girl sued the makers of Children's Motrin. | 3Health |
Washington Post
AT&T Plans More Cuts In Workforce
AT&T Corp. said it would restructure its business, cutting 20 percent of its jobs and writing down the value of its network by $11. | 0Business |
Yahoo Business
GMAC to get $1 bln from GM, cites subprime pressure
(Reuters)
Reuters - General Motors Acceptance Corp., the
former finance arm of General Motors Corp. , on Tuesday
said it would receive another $1 billion from GM and warned it
would be hit by pressure from a weakening market for U.S.
mortgages. | 0Business |
Linux Journal
cat/dev/DiBona/brain: Inside the .org Pavilion
The coolest and most up-and-coming products and projects usually can be found in the .org pavilion. | 7Software and Developement |
New York Times sports
Browns will get their man today
Patriots defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel is expected in Cleveland today to be announced as the Browns' new head coach, with a five-year deal worth $10 million-$12 million. | 8Sports |
BBC News entertainment
German film breaks Hitler taboo
A new film, which portrays the human side of Adolf Hitler, is causing controversy in Germany. | 1Entertainment |
BBC - Front Page
Fiorina resigns as chief of HP
Carly Fiorina resigns as chairman and chief executive of Hewlett-Packard after a dispute with the company. | 10Top News |
Yahoo World
Inflation and growth on target, but deficit a problem for Turkey's economy (AFP)
AFP - Turkey has its endemic inflation under control and its growth rate is impressive, but experts say it must deal with a huge public deficit and knock its labyrinthine bureaucracy into shape if it gets the go-ahead Friday to start membership talks with the European Union. | 13World |
Yahoo Europe
Web, crackdowns weakening Mafia's grip
(AP)
AP - When it came down to business, Cosa Nostra could always count on fear. No more. In a rebellion shaking the Sicilian Mafia to its centuries-old roots, businesses are joining forces in refusing to submit to demands for protection money called "pizzo." | 2Europe |
BBC UK
Uganda ceasefire over says army
The army warns that anything can happen now a 30-day ceasefire with LRA rebels in northern Uganda has ended. | 2Europe |
Ansa Calcio
Componenti auto, Ue denuncia Cina
Bruxelles chiede a Wto arbitrato su dazi doganali | 4Italia |
Guardian Top News
Guardian website to stream The Wire
Media & professional: Guardian Unlimited will stream the first episode of acclaimed US drama The Wire from tomorrow. | 10Top News |
BBC News Business
Akzo Nobel in 11bn-euro sell-off
Drugs firm Akzo Nobel will sell its drugs unit Organon BioSciences to Schering-Plough for 11bn euros. | 0Business |
Atlanta Journal Constitution (su
Breaking down the teams
⢠PITCHING: Braves left-hander Mike Hampton, already pitching with a bad knee, had to leave the game with one out in the seventh inning when his left forearm tightened. | 8Sports |
Chicago Sun Times
Hostage's tearful plea has become chillingly familiar
It has become all too familiar: the pale, shocked face of a hostage, crumpled in fear and despair, begging Prime Minister Tony Blair to concede to the captors' demands and spare another Briton from the savagery of the executioner's sword. | 1Entertainment |
Yahoo Tech
Some grocery coupons go digital
(AP)
AP - Some coupon users are clicking instead of clipping these days to get their grocery discounts. | 6Sci/Tech |
Boston Globe sports
Thoughts of Seahawks' Comeback Are Snuffed Out
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Dec. 19 - Even after Seattle's fumble and turnover in the Jets' end zone near the end of the third quarter, the Seahawks still had a chance to win Sunday in the chilly gloom of Giants Stadium. | 8Sports |
BBC science
UK party leaders target climate
The British prime minister and the leader of the opposition are both to sound the alarm over climate change. | 6Sci/Tech |
Reuters Life and Leisure
Celebrity tryst may change Korean adultery law
SEOUL (Reuters) - A sensational love affair involving a South Korean starlet, her TV personality husband and her opera singer lover could lead the country to change laws that can send adulterers to jail. | 1Entertainment |
Yahoo Entertainment
Katt Williams hands out $100 bills
(AP)
AP - Even a standup comedian can use a good prop, and Katt Williams had one of the best  a briefcase stuffed with cash. | 1Entertainment |
Bloomberg
Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average Rises; TDK, Honda Motor Gain
Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average rose 10.96, or 0.1 percent, to 11,365.55 as of 9:21 am in Tokyo. The broader Topix index lost 0.37 point to 1141. | 0Business |
Repubblica Economia
Trasporti, Damiano a Repubblica Tv "Stiamo cercando l'accordo"
Il titolare del Lavoro risponde alle domande degli ascoltatori di Repubblica Tv "La legge Biagi? Non l'aboliremo, ma la cambieremo radicalmente"
Trasporti, Damiano a Repubblica Tv "Stiamo cercando l'accordo"
"Inaccettabile la precarietà a vita". I fischi a Mirafiori? "Temo di più il silenzio"
(13:28 11/12/2006) | 4Italia |
Time Top News
Will Hillary's "Dream" Get Left Behind?
Like her husband, Senator Clinton is pushing a moderate Democratic agenda. But online activists are pushing the party in a different direction | 10Top News |
Ansa Italia
Si' a decreto diritto fallimentare
Approvate dal governo anche misure contabilita' ambientale | 4Italia |
BBC - Front Page
Sailing: Ellen sets second record
Ellen MacArthur breaks the record for a solo trip from the English Channel to the Cape of Good Hope. | 10Top News |
Reuters Business
Vornado raises bid for EOP; Blackstone stands firm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vornado Realty Trust said on Thursday it raised its takeover offer for Equity Office Properties Trust to $56 per share, above a rival bid of $54 per share from private equity firm Blackstone Group that Equity Office has already accepted. | 0Business |
The Motley Fool
Cherokee Licenses Another Quarter: Fool by Numbers
Fast facts the Fool way. | 0Business |
Straits Times
Olympic, French Open champs out
NEW YORK - All day, all night, all around the grounds of the United States Tennis Centre, emotions overflowed. Nicolas Massu, who played a four-hour, five-set match against Mardy Fish in Athens, to win that | 11Top Stories |
Reuters Top News
Greece Goes Crazy Over 'Immortal' Walker
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. | 10Top News |
Repubblica
Il Getty pronto a restituire la Venere Ma resta il veto sull'Atleta di Lisippo
Il direttore dell'istituzione californiana: "Un anno per verificare se ci appartiene. Se non troveremo le prove la ridaremo all'Italia"
Il Getty pronto a restituire la Venere Ma resta il veto sull'Atleta di Lisippo
Niente da fare per l'altra opera d'arte rivendicata da Rutelli
(18:42 29/11/2006) | 4Italia |
Yahoo U.S.
Ex-convicts admit planning terror attack
(AP)
AP - Levar Haley Washington was finally free on parole after years in prison for robbery — but unbeknownst to authorities, the Muslim convert was already plotting more serious crimes. | 12U.S. |
Repubblica Economia
Comunicato del Cdr di Repubblica
Comunicato del Cdr di Repubblica
(11:55 15/06/2007) | 4Italia |
Boston Globe world
Britain's House of Commons backs elected House of Lords
LONDON -- Britain's House of Commons took a historic step yesterday to endorse a fully elected House of Lords, a move that could eventually end the reign of Parliament's upper house as a seat of privilege and patronage. | 13World |
Yahoo Tech
Microsoft rolls out suite of Windows Live services
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp introduced on Wednesday
a suite of Windows Live online services bundled into a single
download in its latest effort to compete with Google Inc's
growing array of applications delivered over the Web. | 6Sci/Tech |
RedNova space
NASA's Ares I Spacecraft Contract Propels New Era for Michoud Operations Facility in New Orleans
By Guillet, Jaime The countdown is on as two teams compete for a nearly $1-billion contract to build NASA's new flagship spacecraft - the Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle. The teams submitted cost estimates in April and await NASA's decision in late August. | 6Sci/Tech |
Bloomberg
Powell Sees Evidence of Sudan Genocide, Sanctions Threat Builds
Refugees fleeing the Darfur region of Sudan have described conditions that amount to a campaign of genocide by the Sudanese government, US Secretary of State Colin Powell. | 1Entertainment |
BBC News
Nepal blockade enters second day
Traffic on two major highways linking Kathmandu with the rest of Nepal has come to a virtual halt on the second day of a rebel-imposed blockade. | 13World |
Ansa Spettacolo
Giornalisti Ansa in sciopero
Trasmissioni sospese fino alle 7,00 di venerdi' | 4Italia |
Reuters Health
S.Africa seeks new start on AIDS fight
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa will unveil a new plan aimed at fighting its HIV/AIDS crisis on Friday, seeking to calm bitter debate and revamp policies that have thus far done little to stop the epidemic. | 3Health |
Reuters U.S.
Disney seeks to add sparkle to arriving in U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With an eye on boosting tourism to the United States, Disney is waving its magic wand and trying to put some sparkle into the often grim business of arriving as a foreigner in the United States. | 12U.S. |
Yahoo Sports
No. 5 UNC Routs ACC Newcomer Virginia Tech (AP)
AP - North Carolina's Sean May made a statement to Atlantic Coast Conference newcomer Virginia Tech with an in-your-face dunk. | 8Sports |
Romagnaoggi.it
Domani sera fiaccolata per il rilascio di Simona Pari
Fronte comune da parte delle Istituzioni. Un cero in ogni finestra domani per la liberazione delle ragazze. RIMINI Una fiaccolata domani sera, giovedì 9 settembre , in piazza a Rimini e una candela accesa per ogni finestra. | 4Italia |
San Francisco Chronicle
Report: Majerus accepts offer to coach Southern California
Rick Majerus will come out of retirement to coach Southern California's basketball team starting at the end of the season, according to a report on ESPN. | 8Sports |
Reuters
Eating Habits Improve with Age, Says Study
Adults eat twice as many fruits and vegetables as they did when they were children and take in less fat and sugar, according to a new study. | 3Health |
Ha'aretz
Explosives found in both crashed Russian planes
Experts have found explosives in both Russian jets which crashed simultaneously this week, investigators said yesterday, making it likely that bombs brought down the aircraft before elections in volatile Chechnya. | 11Top Stories |
Kataweb Sport
Roma, 10:48 - CALCIO, CAMPANA: FISCHI ROMA? REAZIONE PUBBLICO FA BEN SPERARE
Una piccola parte del pubblico dell'Olimpico ha fischiato il minuto di silenzio in memoria di Licurs... | 4Italia |
Yahoo Business
Japanese stocks decline; dollar rises
(AP)
AP - Japanese stocks fell Friday, breaking a six-session rally, as investors took profits after the market reached a seven-year high the previous day. | 0Business |
The Motley Fool
A Wish for Bear Stearns: New Coaches at NY & Co.
Shareholders need a leader who will come to their rescue. | 0Business |
Newsday
Benzene depletes white blood cells
Workplace exposure to the industrial solvent benzene, even at levels below federal limits, can significantly reduce the number of disease-fighting white blood cells, according to a study of Chinese factory workers. | 3Health |
Bizjournals.com
SpaceShipOne wins $10MX Prize
SpaceShipOne has completed its second suborbital flight in five days, securing the $10 million Ansari X Prize. SpaceShipOne is the first privately built, manned vehicle to reach space. | 1Entertainment |
New York Times
Baseball Rejects Terms for Washington Stadium
Major League Baseball on Wednesday rejected as "wholly unacceptable" a stadium financing plan approved the day before by the Washington City Council, throwing into grave | 8Sports |
Rediff Movies
Shwaas: India's entry for Oscars
The Marathi film is directed by first-time director, Sandeep Sawant. | 1Entertainment |
Yahoo Europe
Imprisonment of Nazi Hess a "charade": UK archive
(Reuters)
Reuters - Britain regarded the 40-year
imprisonment of one-time leading Nazi Rudolf Hess as a
"charade" but knew it would never be able to convince the
Soviet Union to set him free, newly declassified documents
show. | 2Europe |
Reuters Life and Leisure
Children cross U.S. border solo as security rises
NOGALES, Mexico (Reuters) - Slipping into the United States, eight-year-old Adrian Ramirez began a three-day trek across the cactus-studded wastes with just a small bag of tortillas and one large hope keeping him going. | 1Entertainment |
Guardian Top News
Six Nations: Flood joins new wave as Ashton wields the axe
Six Nations: Injuries have forced Brian Aston to name the returning veteran Mike Catt as England skipper. | 10Top News |
New York Times Business
AT&T Reports Slowdown in Consumer Business
AT&Tâs shares tumbled after its chairman and chief executive, Randall Stephenson, said the telecom carrier is experiencing some slowdown in its consumer business segments. | 0Business |
Reuters
Afghan kidnappers could have had inside help
Afghan authorities are investigating whether some government figures helped a group of Muslim militants kidnap three foreigners working for the United Nations. | 13World |
The Washington Post sports
U-Va.'s Sewell Not Enrolled For the Spring
Virginia sophomore quarterback Jameel Sewell is one of four players not enrolled for the spring semester, the school announces Thursday night in a statement which did not state whether Sewell or any of the other three players will play for the Cavaliers in the fall. | 8Sports |
Scripting News
Today's links
Paul Krugman has a weblog. Subscribed .
CyberSalon in Berkeley, September 23, "Politics 101 Meets Web 2.0: Democracy or Demagoguery?" 4 to 6PM, Hillside Club , $15 at door for food, drink, and open mike discussion for digital and analog political activists. Political candidates of all stripes now have web sites, participate in social networks, and can respond to folks via YouTube. So are we closer to democracy? | 7Software and Developement |
BBC News Business
Krispy Kreme shares take dunking
Krispy Kreme Donut shares sink in the US as it warns it has to restate its financial reports - a move that may wipe $4m from its 2004 profits. | 0Business |
Topix Entertainment
'Laguna Beach' Star Arrested
Jason Wahler was arrested in Greenville, N.C. for underage drinking and resisting a public officer. Whaler was Rumors on Friday night, and was arrested by an undercover state Alcohol Law Enforcement agent. He didn't have ID on him and kept providing ... | 1Entertainment |
The Washington Post Top News
Ethiopia Pardons 38 Opposition Leaders
NAIROBI, July 20 -- The Ethiopian government on Friday pardoned 38 of the country's top political opposition leaders, released them from prison and drove them in three minibuses to homes they had not seen in nearly two years. | 10Top News |
L'UnitÃ
Un messaggio in rete: "Abbiamo giustiziato le prigioniere italiane <b>...</b>
Palazzo Chigi invita alla cautela ma la tensione Ú altissima. Poco dopo la mezzanotte (ora italiana), un gruppo islamico ha annunciato, su Internet, l'assassinio di Simona Pari e Simona Torretta. Il messaggio | 4Italia |
Reuters Top News
NATO-Afghan offensive inflicts heavy losses on Taliban
KABUL (Reuters) - A major air and ground offensive by NATO and Afghan forces has inflicted heavy losses on the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, NATO said on Sunday, a day after 14 British military personnel were killed when their plane crashed. | 10Top News |
Reuters Business
Blue Chips Headed for Flat Open
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. blue chips looked to open flat on Friday, weighed down by a report showing lower-than-expected economic growth in the fourth quarter. | 0Business |
Reuters Health
Antidepressant warnings scared parents, doctors
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Highly publicized government warnings that antidepressants could cause suicidal thoughts in adolescents may have scared off parents and doctors alike, meaning fewer depressed children are being diagnosed, U.S. psychiatrists say. | 3Health |
Yahoo U.S.
Mom Charged in Overdose Death Aided Girl (AP)
AP - Investigators say Margaret Mignano killed her severely disabled daughter by giving her a lethal dose of medication. Which prompts Mignano's supporters to ask: Why would she go to such great lengths to save the girl's life just three days before her death? | 12U.S. |
Charleston Sunday Gazette Mail
Lawmakers approve drug measure, end special
The Legislature completed its third special session of the year Tuesday, passing all but two bills on Gov. Bob Wise's agenda and approving its centerpiece, a resolution addressing prescription drug prices. | 3Health |
BBC News world
Eyewitness: Patong salvage starts
A visitor to Patong in Thailand describes the clean-up operation following the devastation left by the tsunami waves. | 13World |
BBC - Front Page
West Ham talk to Curbishley
Former Charlton boss Alan Curbishley says West Ham want to talk to him about becoming their new manager. | 10Top News |
Reuters Business
Nucor sees earnings well below analysts' view
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steelmaker Nucor Corp. said on Monday it expects second-quarter earnings to be well below Wall Street expectations, hurt by softness in the automotive and residential construction sectors. | 0Business |
The Motley Fool
Should You Buy These Stocks Now?
It's unanimous in CAPS, where investors think these stocks will win big. | 0Business |
Reuters World
Tibet Monk Death Sentence Could Be Commuted-Xinhua
BEIJING (Reuters) - A death sentence handed to a Tibetan monk over a spate of bombings could be commuted to life in jail, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. | 13World |
BBC UK
No timetable for uniting Africa
African leaders end their summit in Ghana without reaching agreement on setting up a pan-African government. | 2Europe |
Reuters Health
Risk of GI bleeding increased by drug combo
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A drug from the class of antidepressants called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), such as Prozac, Zoloft or Paxil, added to a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), such as Motrin, Aspirin or Celebrex, can interact to increase the risk of upper gastrointestinal bleeding, according to a report in current issue of Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics. | 3Health |
Jamaica Observer
Colin Powell leaving Bush Cabinet
Secretary of State Colin Powell, widely viewed as the moderate in an administration dominated by hawks, announced yesterday he will step down as chief US diplomat once a successor is in place. | 11Top Stories |
The Michigan Daily
Muslims balance fast, school pressure
Tonight marks the beginning of a month-long fast for Muslim students at the University, as they seek to strengthen their relationship with God during Ramadan, the Islamic month of blessing. | 1Entertainment |
New York Times
Abbas Gets Strong Support From Palestinian Militant Leader
Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate for the Palestinian presidency, campaigned on Thursday in the Jenin refugee camp, where he was lifted on the shoulders of gunmen | 1Entertainment |
The Register
MS - NHS tie up unsettles <em>Reg</em> readers
Letters And a job offer for the brainiest woman | 6Sci/Tech |
RedNova science
Aloe Vera Protects Cabernet, Too, Says Quintessa Winemaker
Quintessa winemaker Aaron Pott has no intention of allowing seasonal heat spikes to take a toll on the prized estate vineyard he oversees. | 6Sci/Tech |
Reuters Health
China bans two food exporters amid pet food scare
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has cancelled the business licenses of two firms that exported wheat protein tainted with toxic chemicals that wound up in pet food in the United States, a senior quality control official said on Friday. | 3Health |
CNN International
Two-goal Kalou kills Rangers hopes
GLASGOW, Scotland -- Scottish giants Rangers crashed out of a European competition for the second time this season following a 2-0 defeat at home to Auxerre in the UEFA Cup. | 8Sports |
Topix.Net Europe
Anti-Sharon campaign in Spanish village strains ties with Israel (Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa), )
Spain has taken action to head off a diplomatic row with Israel over a campaign by a Spanish village against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, an Israeli embassy spokesman said Wednesday. | 2Europe |
New York Times Business
Wide BlackBerry Outage Reported
The second major outage of BlackBerry service in less than a year is an embarrassment for Ontario-based Research in Motion, the maker of Blackberry devices. | 0Business |
Yahoo Entertainment
INXS Facing Reality with 'Rock Star' Contest (Reuters)
Reuters - When a famous band loses a crucial
member, should it replace that person? And is it a good idea to
do so on TV? | 1Entertainment |
Ansa Italia
Altra ondata di afa,ma non solleone
Maracchi, temperature in rialzo anche di 7 gradi | 4Italia |
Reuters
Start-Up Offers Low-Power 'Personal Supercomputers'
Lower electrical power consumption, not just greater data processing oomph, will help a new class of desktop supercomputers unveiled on Monday turn conventional industry logic on its head, its designers say. | 11Top Stories |
Reuters Entertainment
Britart Hirst off to church with skull and heart
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Britart superstar Damien Hirst, famed for his pickled sharks and sheep, is taking his "New Religion" to church. | 1Entertainment |
Yahoo Sports
Illinois player charged after car crash
(AP)
AP - University of Illinois basketball player Jamar Smith — charged Tuesday with drunk driving and leaving the scene of an accident — apparently believed the teammate in the passenger seat of his car had died, authorities said. | 8Sports |
New York Times Business
As Writersâ Strike Looms, Stakes Are Higher for TV Than Film
Television writers wield considerable power over a television show, so much so that it often is not clear where their writing duties end and their producing duties begin. | 0Business |
Yahoo World
Israel gives Egypt report on border incident that killed 3 Egyptian policemen (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel on Monday gave Egypt the conclusions of an investigation into last month's killing of three Egyptian policemen mistaken for Palestinian gunmen along the Gaza-Egypt border, the army said. | 13World |
Comcast SportsNet
Quincy Carter being released by the Cowboys
NEW YORK (Ticker) -- Neither rain nor an empty Armstrong Stadium could stop Lindsay Davenport from another trip to the semifinals at the US Open. | 1Entertainment |
Forbes
Update 1: Former Yukos Chief Assails the Kremlin
In his harshest criticism of the Kremlin to date, jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky accused the Russian government of stealing his Yukos oil empire and warned in a letter published Tuesday that an ongoing crackdown on post-Soviet freedoms will ruin the | 0Business |
Newsweek Top News
Hirsh: How Bush Has Mangled History
The truth behind Bush's mangling of Cold War history. | 10Top News |
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