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NEW YORK - Eli Manning is undeniably the Giants' quarterback of the future. But the future is going to have wait. After a summer of speculation, Giants coach Tom Coughlin finally made it official on Sunday
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Reuters - The Milwaukee Brewers have acquired slugging outfielder Carlos Lee from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for speedy outfielder Scott Podsednik, pitcher Luis Vizcaino and a player to be named later.
8Sports
E' il livello piu' alto da cinque anni a questa parte
4Italia
NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Bush promised to offer an ambitious plan for overhauling Social Security soon, pledging to "provide the political cover" for nervous lawmakers, according to an interview published in the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.
10Top News
At least two Palestinians blew up a truck bomb and then themselves in an attack coordinated with other militants who fired at Israeli troops.
13World
Il ct brasiliano Dunga ha convocato l'interista Julio Cesar e il milanista Kaka in nazionale, ma non...
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By Scott D. Pierce Deseret Morning News Jeff Foxworthy was a pretty good student -- an "A and B" kind of guy when he was in school. And yet he always seemed to get attention for something other than his academic achievements. "I think every single report card I had ...
6Sci/Tech
Malcolm Gladwell examines the science of split-second decisions.
1Entertainment
Auto finita in canale con acqua e passeggeri sono annegati
4Italia
AP - A Web site that sells photos of naked women is suing Google Inc., alleging that the online search engine leader is destroying its business by distributing links and passwords that provide free glimpses of the nude models.
6Sci/Tech
Nepalese police say at least three bombs have gone off near a top hotel, but there are no reports of injuries.
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AP - Black and gold "Save Antioch College" signs stood on the campus Saturday as supporters waited for a decision on the future of the 155-year-old school known for its social activism.
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Rate my website eBay-owned website rating service StumbleUpon has announced the launch of a new feature that will display users' opinions of a website or web page.

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AP - Federal election regulators have given President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry another fund-raising option should either of them pursue a recount like Florida's expensive 2000 ballot dispute.
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Go from a gentle boil to cool nonalcoholic refreshment. Follow our recipe and learn how to make your own batch of ginger beer in your kitchen. Get started on a serious soda mission at Wired's How-To Wiki.
6Sci/Tech
Betting has quadrupled in the past decade, with groups now asking lawmakers to study the social costs.
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Reuters - Oracle Corp. Chief Executive Larry Ellison, one of the world's richest people, is looking at possibly owning a National Football League franchise, the Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday.
8Sports
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Thursday he would seek a coalition with Shimon Peres's Labor Party and pledged to press ahead with a planned Gaza pullout.
13World
The Turkey Trilogy, Episode Two
9Toons
The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera TV channel on Saturday aired footage of a Polish woman held hostage by a militant group in Iraq calling for the withdrawal of Polish troops from the
13World
(AGI) - Dronero (Cn), 13 ott. - Luigi Rinaudo e Denise Pomero non parlano, sono seduti nella camera ardente nella Sala Consiliare di Dronero dove sono stati accolti i feretri delle figlie, Jessica e Sabrina, vittime della strage di Taba.
4Italia
UNITED NATIONS : UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has been pushing for an overhaul of the United Nations, and the biggest challenge of all is how to reform the Security Council.
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MacCentral - Blizzard Entertainment on Tuesday shipped World of Warcraft, its first entry into the popular Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) genre. The game ships in North America, Australia and New Zealand for Mac and PC in both Standard and Collector's Editions for US$49.95 and $79.99. Further b...
6Sci/Tech
Reigning Italian champions AC Milan handed out a lesson in quality finishing at the San Siro to hit outclassed Fiorentina for six of the best on Sunday afternoon.
8Sports
AFP - Top fashion houses are carving out a growing presence in the world of e-tailing, even if they have to cede a percentage to the experts who know their way around the Internet marketplace.
2Europe
Hoping to replace images of violence with those of hospitality, countries once torn by war are seeking to boost tourism.
13World
MARIAZELL: Papa Benedetto XVI al Santuario mariano nel cuore dell’Europa MARIAZELL Papa Benedetto XVI al Santuario mariano nel cuore dell’Europa (di P. Burkhard Feuerstein FSO) Parte 1 - La posizione geografica di Mariazell e la nascita del Santuario Parte 2 - L’immagine miracolosa di Mariazell Parte 3 - Dalla ce.....
4Italia
By Victoria Mitchell SCOTLAND'S bathing beaches have never been cleaner, it was confirmed yesterday. More than 60 designated bathing areas on the coast passed tough European standards for the first time in 20 years.
6Sci/Tech
AP - China should repeal restrictions imposed on lawyers that limit their ability to represent clients with grievances against the government, the group Human Rights Watch said Monday.
13World
You know, the one about the tormented FBI agent on the trail of a sicko serial killer who loves to taunt a law enforcement nemesis who's always one step behind and one minute too late to prevent another gruesome slaying.
1Entertainment
She says she is the Democrat best equipped to fight terrorists, but White House hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton told New Hampshire voters Thursday that another attack on the United States would likely help Republican candidates at the polls.
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The UK is bottom of a league table for child well-being across 21 industrialised countries, Unicef says.
10Top News
With just hours until Nov. 2, kids, parents, even pumpkins will be scaring up votes.
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Novell earned $23 million, or six cents a share, on revenues of $305 million in its fiscal third quarter ended July 31. It derived $12 million in revenues from its presumably unprofitable SUSE Linux business
6Sci/Tech
Three UN workers who were held hostage in Afghanistan for more than three weeks are apparently unharmed after being released Tuesday.
13World
BAGHDAD, March 6 -- Inside the tent of Ali Abbas in the central city of Hilla, Shiite men beat their chests in a feverish rhythm on Tuesday. The pilgrims were mourning the death of Imam Hussein, the prophet Muhammad's grandson who was slain with his family in 681. They had walked dozens of miles,...
10Top News
Il gruppo integralista islamico Esercito di Ansar al Sunna ha diffuso oggi un video con le immagini dell'attacco suicida di martedì al campo delle forze armate americane a Mosul, in Iraq settentrionale (22 morti, di cui 18 americani).
4Italia
Navy, Howard and Georgetown all look for big wins against I-AA foes in college action Saturday afternoon.
8Sports
ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse trimmed its full-year write-downs linked to the subprime crisis to 2.0 billion Swiss francs ($1.82 billion) on Tuesday in contrast to rivals hits by rising charges and raked in billions in new investments from wealthy clients.
0Business
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has told the United States it would push for another round of six-way talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis as soon as possible, saying it would be in touch with Pyongyang and the other players.
13World
Thousands of Greeks protest against the political response to recent wildfires, which have killed 63 people.
2Europe
The Whirlpool Corporation said its fourth-quarter profit climbed 72 percent, helped by its acquisition of Maytag, an improved product mix and the weak dollar.
0Business
Iran's new top nuclear negotiator is scheduled to hold Tuesday his first international meeting about Tehran's contentious nuclear program since his appointment - a one-day session in Rome with the European Union's foreign policy chief
10Top News
Otto Preminger became one of Hollywood’s first and most successful producer-directors. A retrospective at Film Forum celebrates his work.
1Entertainment
A Food and Drug Administration official warned Congress yesterday that the FDA would be unable to prevent another episode like the Vioxx case, in which the popular arthritis
1Entertainment
Lucy Hawking, daughter of Professor Stephen Hawking -- the world-renowned physicist and expert on gravity -- will fly aboard Zero Gravity Corporation's weightless experience on its June 9 Father's Day flight.
6Sci/Tech
UNITED NATIONS - George Bush presented international leaders yesterday with his vision of a world made safe by democracy, and said the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were just initial steps in the spread of liberty.
1Entertainment
Il centrocampista Giulio Migliaccio ha rinnovato il contratto con l'Atalanta fino al 2010. Lo annunc...
4Italia
Cuore si attiva e si disattiva attraverso la proteina VEGF
4Italia
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Islamist Shi'ite politician and former exile emerged as the front-runner to become Iraq's new prime minister on Tuesday as horse-trading to decide the line-up of the next government entered the final stages.
13World
AP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffered an embarrassing blow in local council races, according to partial election results Monday, in voting viewed as a sign of public discontent with his hard-line stance.
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AMERICA - “La V Conferenza Generale del CELAM sarà un invito vigoroso ad essere discepoli e missionari di Gesù Cristo, avrà una fecondità sorprendente e produrrà una grande risveglio missionario in tutta l'America” afferma il Card. Errázuriz Ossa, Presidente del CELAM Città del Vaticano (Agenzia Fides) - “Apa...
4Italia
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - International oil markets have enough oil, but a lack of capacity to refine it was contributing to high prices, OPEC's president said on Sunday.
0Business
The disappointingly short summer has peaked and autumn should be here in a few weeks, climate scientists say.
6Sci/Tech
TOKYO Daiei, Japan's third-largest retailer, will receive bank waivers, share write-downs and funds from sponsor companies worth ¥707 billion to restore its finances, Japan's bailout agency said Tuesday.
0Business
By Robert Evatt, Tulsa World, Okla. Jan. 31--After 5 1/2 years, Microsoft Corp. finally unleashed its new computer operating system, Windows Vista, at local stores Tuesday.
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Domenica di lavoro per il Catania in vista della ripresa di campionato e della sfida di sabato pross...
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Reuters - A Florida motorist was arrested Wednesday on charges of trying to run down U.S. Rep. Katherine Harris at an intersection where the controversial former state elections chief was campaigning for re-election to Congress.
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BEIJING - China's former president Jiang Zemin has retired as chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission, his last official post in government.
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Nov. 5 - State health officer Dr. Don Williamson says county health departments will be getting another batch of flu vaccine. They should be available in the next week or so.
3Health
Fifteen film actors whose performances in 2007 marked a career-defining moment — and set them above the rest.
1Entertainment
Governo disponibile ad un tavolo di mediazione
4Italia
As Gordon Brown takes over from Tony Blair Wednesday, he's focused on improving the country's social cohesion.
13World
AP - The Bills finally built a lead they couldn't squander, and upstaged Willis McGahee in his first game back to Buffalo.
8Sports
The American Academy of Pediatrics said children should be exposed to fewer ads for anti-impotence drugs and more for birth control, and in general need to be shielded from an advertising onslaught.
0Business
Hard-hitting safety Jermaine Phillips and reserve cornerback Phillip Buchanon intercept passes as the revamped Buccaneers rout the struggling Rams, 24-3.
8Sports
A man nicknamed the 'spam king' for allegedly sending out millions of junk e-mails is arrested in the US.
6Sci/Tech
[India News]: Port Blair, Dec 29 : Survivors and dead bodies left behind by Sunday's killer tsunami in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands were brought to relief camps in Port Blair early on Wednesday morning.
13World
AFP - Prosecutors here are expected to file charges Wednesday against National Basketball Association players and spectators who took part in a November 19 brawl.
8Sports
Official figures show that Hamid Karzai is on the way to winning Afghanistan's first presidential elections.
13World
Market research firm Gartner reported worldwide growth of PDA shipments for the third quarter of 2004, with Windows CE outpacing Palm OS installations for the first time.
0Business
Secretary of State Colin Powell held talks in Port-au-Prince Wednesday in a brief visit to Haiti marred by a shooting incident outside the presidential palace as he met officials of the country's interim government.
13World
DESPITE the best efforts of Robbie Fowler and Bradley Wright-Phillips City were unable to hold off a rampant Mark Viduka attack and went down to Boro 3-2.
1Entertainment
Text of report in English by Thai newspaper The
6Sci/Tech
Fans who railed against the prospect of Glazer taking a controlling interest in United were lifted on Thursday when it emerged his plans for an outright takeover had collapsed as Manchester United`s majority shareholders John Magnier and JP McManus opted
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may have been surprised to learn that he had stepped in as head of the beleaguered insurance company, Marsh & McLennan, on Monday, October 25, and has been in the national media spotlight ever since.
0Business
Reuters - The campaigns of Republican President Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry have tentatively settled on a package of three face-to-face debates, the Washington Post reported late on Sunday.
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Matthew McConaughey will Owen Wilson's place in the film Tropic Thunder after the star's apparent suicide attempt.
1Entertainment
Michael Lewis says the best valuation models might be found in the game of baseball.
0Business
KIEV - Ukraine's Supreme Court is sitting a second day to hear allegations of presidential vote-rigging as parliament debates a no-confidence motion in the government.
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AN Australian company has developed the first weight-loss pill that kick-starts the human body's metabolism to help people burn fat without the need for strict diets or exercise.
3Health
Jaromir Jagr lost his teeth then found the net. Bloodied in the mouth in the second period by either the puck or an errant stick, the Rangers captain netted the winning goal in the third period of New York's 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning last night at Madison Square Garden.
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HONG KONG - Hong Kong police arrested 115 men for illegally gambling on insect fights on Sunday in the same building that housed a cricket lovers' association, a police spokesman said. Police seized about 300 crickets and $1,025 in cash during the bust, said police spokesman T.K...
1Entertainment
AP - Polarized voters, almost perfectly divided between the two parties — and the balance of power hanging on hard-fought, expensive campaigns in a few key areas. It's the story line of the 2004 presidential election, but it's also playing out in the battle for power in state legislatures, where Democratic and Republic...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Battery maker Rayovac Corp. ROV.N said on Tuesday it will change its name to Spectrum Brands Inc. to reflect the increasing diversity of its products.
0Business
AP - One Republican presidential nomination. Two primaries.
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Sets up a whole server cluster in one go, claims Veeam Utility software developer Veeam has come up with a configuration tool for VMware ESX servers which lets you work on multiple virtual servers simultaneously, for example to reconfigure all the members of a server cluster at the same time. It also gives GUI access t...
7Software and Developement
AFP - Diageo, the world's biggest maker of alcoholic drinks, has said that its net profit surged by 42 percent to 1.908 billion pounds during its financial year, boosted by strong sales in the United States.
13World
Vienna releases a Russian space agency official who was arrested last week on suspicion of spying.
2Europe
AP - President Bush refuses to rule out war with Iran. Iranian President Mohammad Khatami says his country is ready to defend itself against a U.S. attack. The United States is pushing for a peaceful solution to its nuclear impasse with Iran but, with mistrust on both sides running high, encouraging signs are hard to f...
13World
Reuters - China has banned "sexually provocative sounds" on television and pulled the plug on a show reconstructing infamous crimes by women ahead of a major Communist Party meeting next month.
2Europe
Reuters - When Hollywood's summer ends in two weeks, domestic box-office receipts are expected to be up 7 percent over 2005, calming the nerves of studio bosses who last year worried moviegoers may be disappearing.
1Entertainment
Rising power China moved Monday to expand its influence in a region long dominated by the United States, signing an accord with Southeast Asian nations aimed at creating the world's largest free trade area by 2010 â€- sprawling
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Best Buy customers snatched up $2,000 flat-screen TVs, Neiman Marcus shoppers made a run on $1,000 handbags and Costco members tracked down every last $100 cashmere sweater, but the luxury buying binge did not spare the retail industry a weaker-than-expected holiday shopping season.
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TOKYO - Typhoon Meari landed on Kyushu on Wednesday morning and was moving northeast in Miyazaki Prefecture at 4 pm, bringing heavy rains and strong wind to southern and western Japan and causing the evacuation of residents and some injuries.
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AP - Nokia Corp., the world's biggest mobile phone maker, said Tuesday it plans to lay off "a few hundred" research and development workers globally, including up to 250 in Finland, in a move to cut costs.
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Moneta unica si rafforza con prospettiva taglio tassi Fed
4Italia
Dell is expected to expand its line of line of consumer electronics this week, possibly taking the wraps off of a challenger to Apple Computer's iPod Mini music player.
6Sci/Tech
The Dutch government plans to crack down on Islamic extremists after the killing of a filmmaker critical of Islam, but politicians and intellectuals said on
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