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AP - Danica Patrick's new car got a grand introduction on Tuesday. She took it on a short ride through the Chicago streets before officially unveiling the No. 7 Motorola she will drive for Andretti Green Racing next season. | 1Sports |
BERLIN - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday began a three-day state visit to Germany highlighted by moves to forge deeper reconciliation over the World War II Anglo-American firebombing of Dresden in 1945. | 0World |
AP - Richardson focuses on Iraq in new ad, campaign stops in NH ... Paul tells NH audience he'd lift sanctions with Iran, pull Navy from its shores ... Clinton endorsed by painters' union | 0World |
A worm was released recently designed to break into corporate computers running Symantec Corp's security software and make them part of its botnet. | 3Sci/Tech |
A new fund is the first exchange-traded fund listed in the United States to focus exclusively on mainland Chinese companies. | 2Business |
Reuters - Salesforce.com Inc., which has
been working with Google Inc. to make its Web-based software
applications meld with Google's own software push, said on
Tuesday it is enabling its customers to sell Google advertising
through Salesforce business software. | 3Sci/Tech |
Groundhog Day has been part of the Western calendar since around the fifth century, but will it survive in an age of global warming? | 3Sci/Tech |
Super Eagles Nwankwo Kanu's West Bromwich have named Bryan Robson as their new manager. Robson, 47, has agreed a two-and-a-half year deal, with Nigel Pearson moving to The Hawthorns as his assistant. | 1Sports |
WASHINGTON -- Oil futures prices surged to new heights above $55 US a barrel yesterday as concerns about the global supply of heating oil persist ahead of winter. | 2Business |
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc. said on Wednesday it would acquire Rivals.com, a site for fans of college and high school teams, bolstering the Internet media company's place as the top U.S. sports site in audience terms. | 1Sports |
InfoWorld - At the annual LinuxWorld Conference & Expo this week, top-tier vendors in the Linux space will roll out a raft of enterprise products, with a few vendors laying out road maps for pushing their open source strategies higher in the enterprise. | 3Sci/Tech |
Usually stoic in his scarlet sweater vest, Jim Tressel was jumping around the sideline. | 1Sports |
The first thing veteran Marine Corps Marathon runners will notice about this year's course is an about-face. | 1Sports |
AP - The online video site Grouper, which Sony Corp. bought last year for $65 million, is exiting the crowded and risky user-generated video business and focusing on finding professional talent for Sony's film and TV studios. | 3Sci/Tech |
War crimes trials against Saddam Hussein and his closest lieutenants have moved forward with his feared cousin known as "Chemical Ali" being the first to face a formal interview with the chief investigating magistrate. | 0World |
The state is providing $200,000 in grants to help eight communities and nonprofit organizations restore damaged wetlands, Environmental Affairs Secretary Ian Bowles announced this week. Plymouth and the Cohasset Center for Student Coastal Research are among the recipients. | 3Sci/Tech |
Supporters of President Hugo Chavez marched through Caracas on Sunday, demanding respect for Venezuela's sovereignty following U.S. criticism and Colombia's acknowledgment that it paid a bounty to capture a rebel on Venezuelan soil. | 0World |
Any market worth its salt is "intensely competitive," but some are more so than others. | 2Business |
The video rental chain gives one high-def platform a needed boost. | 2Business |
A weary Nicolas Massu reeled in Mardy Fish in five tortuous sets yesterday to win Chile their second gold medal at an Olympics less than 24 hours after helping them to their first. | 1Sports |
By lunchtime Thursday, Bill Parcells already had five voice mails from friends, all with pretty much the same message. "They're saying, `Hang in there. | 1Sports |
A military court in Pakistan has convicted two soldiers for their involvement in assassination attempts on President Pervez Musharraf. | 0World |
If the movie business is to keep making smart dramas in which actors and filmmakers aim for awards, it will have to sharpen its message and narrow the targets. | 2Business |
AP - Jacob Zuma, who survived rape and corruption charges to become the president-in-waiting of South Africa, has harsh words for Kenya and Nigeria, where recent elections were marred by alleged fraud, violence and disputed results. | 0World |
AP - The highest-ranking U.S. soldier charged in the Abu Ghraib prison case was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison, the severest punishment so far in the scandal that broke in April with the publication of photos and video showing Americans humiliating and abusing naked Iraqis. | 0World |
Melania Grego scored twice in extra time Thursday as Italy edged Greece 10-9 for the Olympic women's water polo gold medal. The championship match was locked 7-7 at the end of regulation | 1Sports |
AP - The Green Bay Packers finally have the St. Louis Rams right where they want them: at Lambeau Field, on grass, in freezing weather. Forgive Brett Favre if he's not jumping for joy. | 1Sports |
Success at the Games could boost the popularity of a sport unfamiliar to Greeks. | 0World |
CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines, which has said it plans to skip nearly $500 million in pension contributions this fall, said in bankruptcy court papers it likely will have to cancel and replace all of its pension plans. | 2Business |
Perpendicular recording technology allowed Toshiba to reach a new record level of 133 Gbit per square inch storage density for its new pocket-sized harddrives. | 3Sci/Tech |
AFP - Internet search giant Yahoo has announced a major shake-up of its business aimed at increasing advertising revenue, a strategic response to gains by rival Google. | 3Sci/Tech |
Report backed by pro-visa group sees shortages in high-skill occupations, a view not shared by all. | 3Sci/Tech |
in the Saudi city of Jeddah, injuring at least one person, witnesses and security sources say. suggested that at least one of the blasts may not have been politically motivated. | 0World |
Ryan Howard drove in two runs and J. D. Durbin pitched his first career shutout yesterday to lift the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-0 win against the host San Diego Padres. | 1Sports |
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - President Bush told supporters Tuesday in the conservative heart of Colorado that John Kerry cannot pay for the domestic programs he is proposing unless taxes are raised on the middle class... | 0World |
AP - Iran is seeking a last-minute exception to its commitment to stop all uranium enrichment activities by demanding the right to operate around two dozen centrifuges, diplomats said Wednesday. | 0World |
SEOUL: South Korean microchip makers said they face a US investigation into a price-fixing conspiracy in which German maker Infineon technologies has already suffered heavy fines. | 2Business |
Marking the 100th anniversary of the diplomatic agreement that ended centuries of war and conflict between France and Britain, President Jacques | 0World |
By Heidi Knapp Rinella By HEIDI KNAPP R | 3Sci/Tech |
By Mike Taugher, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. May 26--A federal judge ruled Friday that the permit that allows massive Delta water delivery projects to kill a tiny endangered fish is illegal. | 3Sci/Tech |
Not since Michael Jordan broke Bryon Russell's ankles in the 1998 NBA Finals has a member of the Utah Jazz been so thoroughly faked out by a crossover dribble. | 1Sports |
TEGUCIGALPA (AFP) - Honduran police investigated a massacre that left 28 people dead after their bus was strafed by gunfire in what officials suspect was a chilling message from gangs to President Ricardo Maduro and crime-busting politicians. | 0World |
Video games are great back-to-school items -- and they're also great investments. | 2Business |
By Ian Hill, The Record, Stockton, Calif. Mar. 8--STOCKTON -- You don't need to dress up, stand in line and pay $10 for admission to a hot, crowded bar to hear what the local music scene has to offer. In fact, you don't even need leave your home. Just check out MySpace. | 3Sci/Tech |
Security experts are reporting several new Windows and Internet Explorer vulnerabilities at year-end, including a flaw in the way Windows handles image files, and another involving IE and SP2 help files. | 3Sci/Tech |
It's not enough that in many circles the Seattle Seahawks are the team to beat in the NFC. Not enough for Matt Hasselbeck , anyway. | 1Sports |
Electronics giant Sony cuts its operating profit target for this business year by almost a third, blaming falling product prices. | 2Business |
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Labor Party voted in a runoff leadership election on Tuesday pitting former prime minister Ehud Barak against ex-intelligence chief Ami Ayalon, a race that may help decide Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's future. | 0World |
How to help when a parent is no longer able to manage financial matters. | 2Business |
Dick Jauron is going back to Chicago and if there is any bitterness in his heart, he's not showing it. Jauron was fired as head coach by the Bears last year after the team finished | 1Sports |
The Ravens are waiting to see how the knee of tackle Jonathan Ogden improves, and continue to hope that he will play in the season opener. | 1Sports |
AUSTRALIAN scientists are working with NASA and the French government to create an advanced space weather instrument that will go on board the STEREO (Solar-Terrestrial Relations Observatory) space mission next year. | 3Sci/Tech |
ISLAMABAD (AFP) -- Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday swore in another 27 ministers, three days after inducting a 32-member cabinet headed by newly elected Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, officials said. | 0World |
Amid intermittent clashes in Najaf, talks to end a standoff between US-led forces and militiaman loyal to Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr appear to stall. | 0World |
Tight end Jeremy Shockey, as flustered as anyone with the Giants' four-game losing streak, said Thursday that he had made a magnanimous offer to any teammate who thinks the Giants cannot make the playoffs. | 1Sports |
Vancouver Canucks star Todd Bertuzzi pleaded guilty to assault, more than nine months after slugging Colorado's Steve Moore in the head from behind during a game. | 1Sports |
Blog: AT&T has been upgrading its 2.5G EDGE network, but it won't likely change the speed at which new iPhone users can surf the mobile Net. | 3Sci/Tech |
SAN FRANCISCO - CosmoCom Inc., a software vendor that holds a pair of U.S. patents on IP (Internet Protocol) contact center technology, is now considering moves to defend those patents, company officials said Monday. | 3Sci/Tech |
By Dirk Perrefort, Connecticut Post, Bridgeport Dec. 14--MILFORD -- Peace, love and globalization. | 3Sci/Tech |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chiron Corp. said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that it received a grand jury subpoena issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York requesting documents related to its failure to supply any flu vaccine this year. | 2Business |
Canadian police have charged a former executive of Philip Services Corp. with defrauding the industrial cleaning and metals recycling company of $20 million in 1996 and 1997. | 2Business |
Investors roll the dice on Steve Wynn's new resort, bidding the stock up though the place won't open until April. | 2Business |
Lycos Europe has shut down its screensaver, makelovenotspam, which delighted many Internet users with the opportunity to flood spammers' Web sites with junk e-mail. | 3Sci/Tech |
Intel has added a 3.46GHz processor to its Celeron D chip line up. The 65nm LGA775 part contains 512KB of L2 cache and operates across a 533MHz frontside bus. It supports 64-bit addressing and the execute-disable bit.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
AP - The NHL suffered less than half the losses it has claimed for the past two years, according to a report in Forbes Magazine. | 1Sports |
Tampa Bay almost blows an eight-run lead Thursday, but eventually beats Seattle, 13-12. | 1Sports |
With time running out and its future on the line, US Airways will look to the leaders of the pilots union to do Wednesday what the union's negotiators refused to do over the weekend: accept the airline's demand for $295 million in pay and benefit cuts. | 2Business |
Former Belgium coach Raymond Goethals, who took his country to third place at the European Championship in 1972, died on Monday aged 83. | 1Sports |
Reuters - Euronext's $15 billion merger
plan with NYSE Group has been "sensibly modified" but
discussions between the two exchanges must continue, French
Finance Minister Thierry Breton said on Monday. | 2Business |
A group led by Jordanian militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi said yesterday that it had executed a second American hostage in as many days and threatened to kill a British man | 0World |
One week after absorbing its second-worst home loss in franchise history, Seattle responded with 507 yards and 39 points Monday night against Dallas. | 1Sports |
Reuters - South Korea is stepping up security along
the Demilitarised Zone frontier with North Korea after a hole
was found cut in a border fence, the South Korean Defense
Ministry said on Tuesday. | 0World |
After Northwest Airlines decided to charge fees on tickets bought through travel agencies that use Sabre, Sabre announced that it will make Northwest fares less prominent in its displays and will charge the airline more. | 2Business |
The result was announced last night by the world football's governing body at a gala evening at the Zurich opera house. It's the first time that Ronaldinho is winning the award. | 1Sports |
The interim leader Hamid Karzai coasted towards victory in Afghanistan's presidential election yesterday when his share of the vote passed the 50% mark. | 0World |
DALLAS (Reuters) - The U.S. economy could be seeing a "great rotation" from household spending to investment that will set the stage for more healthy growth, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher said on Wednesday. | 2Business |
WASHINGTON - Pentagon documents and Democratic congressional sources dispute President Bush's claim, made Saturday, that nearly 100,000 "fully trained and equipped" Iraqi soldiers, police officers and other security personnel are at work, Reuters said | 0World |
AP - Red Wings defensemen Chris Chelios and Derian Hatcher and forward Kris Draper signed with the Motor City Mechanics of the United Hockey League on Tuesday for the remainder of the season. | 1Sports |
Microsoft has released five Security Bulletins warning of several vulnerabilities that put computers running Windows at risk of attack. | 3Sci/Tech |
PGA TOUR Event: Deutsche Bank Championship. Site: Norton, Mass. Schedule: Tomorrow-Monday. Course: TPC Boston (7,415 yards, par 71). Purse: $5.5 million. Winner's share: $990,000. Television: USA (tomorrow, 5-7 p.m.; Saturday, 3-6 p.m.) and ABC (Sunday, 5-7 p.m.; Monday, 3-6 p.m.). Last year: Olin Browne won for the fi... | 1Sports |
Universal Serial Butt?
Bot too hot? Then you need the USB cheek chiller, a PC-powered cooling seat cushion now on offer from those crazy folks at Japanese gadget specialist Thanko.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
Baseball Justin Morneau agreed to meet the Minnesota Twins halfway. The AL MVP agreed yesterday to a $4.5 million, one-year contract with the Twins, who also settled their salary arbitration cases with third baseman Nick Punto ($4.2 million, two-year contract), reliever Juan Rincon ($2 million, one year), and outfielde... | 1Sports |
For the second straight game, the Rangers used a lefthanded reliever against Mark Bellhorn even though the switch-hitting second baseman has fared better against lefthanders (.313) than righthanders (.244). Texas opted to try protecting an 8-1 lead by sending out lefthander Ron Mahay yesterday against Bellhorn. Lefthan... | 1Sports |
The US government has sued a New Hampshire man in its first attempt to crack down on Internet "spyware" that seizes control of a user's computer without permission. | 3Sci/Tech |
AP - Boise State's Jared Zabransky threw a touchdown pass to T.J. Acree with less than four minutes remaining and Brigham Young missed a field goal try in the final minute, helping the No. 21 Broncos to a 28-27 victory Friday night that extended the nation's longest winning streak. | 1Sports |
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Jessalyn Deveny, Clare Droesch, and Brooke Queenan combined for 55 points as No. 18 Boston College beat Western Michigan, 71-50, yesterday in the Spartan Classic. | 1Sports |
New Zealanders will be among the first in the Asia Pacific region to access a new video-on-demand service over the internet. Anytime TV will deliver Hollywood movies, TV shows, popular music videos and premium games to broadband subscribers. | 3Sci/Tech |
For the worldâs Olympians, Beijingâs air is a performance issue. For the cityâs estimated 12 million residents, pollution is an inescapable health and quality-of-life issue. | 3Sci/Tech |
( InfoWorld ) - Nuance Communications has agreed to buy the developer of the T9 predictive text input software for mobile phones from current owner AOL.
Tegic Communications, in Seattle, developed the T9 interface in 1995 to simplify the typing of text messages on mobile phones. Rather than press 9-9-6-6-6-8-8 to spell... | 3Sci/Tech |
People who are lonely are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, a large US study has suggested. | 0World |
Advanced Micro Devices plans to demonstrate its version of a new approach to processor design, with a chip that is expected to offer faster computing and relatively less power consumption. | 3Sci/Tech |
The US automaker Ford Motor Co. is negotiating with Slovakia's government to build an auto parts plant in the nation's east, a newspaper reported Tuesday. | 2Business |
Even though the government's 43,000 airport screeners do not have full civil service rights, they still can file claims under the Constitution, a U.S. appeals court has ruled. | 2Business |
AP - A charismatic leader dubbed the "Bishop of the Poor" is an early favorite to make history as the first man to serve as a Roman Catholic bishop, then be elected president of his country. | 0World |
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Taliban militants ambushed US-led coalition forces in southern Afghanistan, sparking a 10-hour battle and airstrikes that killed an estimated two dozen militants, the coalition said yesterday. Villagers said seven civilians were among the dead. | 0World |
Programmers, entrepreneurs, students and lawyers gather in mid-town Manhattan for an ad hoc conference on the latest web trends. Participation is required and shoes are not allowed. David Cohn reports from New York City. | 2Business |
Rumors are abound that Apple will release a movie rental service on iTunes. And as Don Reisinger points out, the company should do it as soon as possible. | 3Sci/Tech |
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese stocks edged up by Wednesday afternoon, led by gains in firms like Mitsubishi Electric Corp., as solid earnings at some U.S. technology companies soothed worries about the sector's outlook. | 2Business |
The US government says it will maintain oversight of the internet but with far less hands-on involvement. | 3Sci/Tech |
By John Beifuss beifuss@commercialappealcom A Malco movie projectionist was suspended for "an undetermined time" this week after he wrote an unauthorized advance negative review of the new "Fantastic Four" movie for a popular Web site. | 3Sci/Tech |
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