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Omar Minaya may be the only person in baseball prepared to take Sammy Sosa off the Cubs' hands and his recent offer to Pedro Martinez threatens to break up a Red Sox partnership that helped lift an 86-year curse. | 1Sports |
Clippers point guard Sam Cassell is literally willing to pay the price to join the Celtics. | 1Sports |
The cost of curbing greenhouse gases emissions is tiny compared to the economic catastrophe of inaction, some experts argue. But others say the evidence isn't in. | 3Sci/Tech |
Blog: Porsche offers more details to shareholders, while more photos pop up on blogs. | 3Sci/Tech |
Small caps have the most growth potential. | 2Business |
Second opinions can be awkward, to say the least, for doctor and patient, and surprisingly little is known about them. | 3Sci/Tech |
By HUNTER TIM IN PORTLAND, a city of half a million people in America's Pacific northwest, there is a company called CD Baby. It's the personal baby of Derek Sivers, a musician who wanted to sell his music directly to the public without the aid of a record company. | 3Sci/Tech |
Despite a post-Perdita hangover and a 16 per cent drop in prime-time TV ratings from the last Olympics, CBC is claiming victory at the Athens Games. | 1Sports |
The people of Mozambique, one of the world's poorest countries, are voting in presidential and parliamentary elections. | 0World |
Canadian Press - BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Myanmar's secretive military regime has forced out its prime minister, the long-powerful Gen. Khin Nyunt, and placed him under house arrest on corruption charges, the leader of neighbouring Thailand said Tuesday. | 0World |
The extent of Red Sox ace Curt Schilling's ankle injury virtually guarantees that he will not be in top form until surgeons repair his damaged right ankle after the season, according to medical experts. | 1Sports |
News report looks at Redmond's program that has 'Softies taking home the company's digital living room products and seeing how they perform in actual living rooms. | 3Sci/Tech |
South Africans Schalk Burger and Marius Joubert are among five players shortlisted for the International Rugby Board's player of the year. | 1Sports |
AP - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney landed at the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Monday afternoon for consultations with American military leaders ahead of a meeting with President Hamid Karzai. | 0World |
The Metsâ decided to assemble auxiliary seating boxes beside each dugout before they have clinched a playoff berth. | 1Sports |
He wasn't "Curt on the car phone" yesterday. He was "Curt in the hotel room," taking part in an online chat with the Boston Dirt Dogs and calling WEEI to chat on "The Big Show" before last night's Game 4. | 1Sports |
Worldwide mobile phone subscribers totalled nearly 1.5 billion by the middle of this year (about one quarter of the world's population), according to the International Telecommunication Union. | 2Business |
VATICAN CITY, Nov. 27 -- Pope John Paul II on Saturday handed over the bones of two saints to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, in hopes that the gesture will revive talks over unifying Roman Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity, two major forces in Christendo... | 0World |
CROMWELL, Conn. -- There was the sweet taste of victory in his 119th start as a member of the PGA Tour, a five-stroke triumph at the Kemper Open back in 1989 that was worth $162,000. Surely, Tom Byrum had visions of grander things. | 1Sports |
Brazil's President Lula says rich nations are not doing enough to fight global warming. | 3Sci/Tech |
AP - Agere Systems Inc., which makes computer chips and software for cell phones and other devices, Tuesday said it fell to a loss for its latest quarter, hurt by charges for its restructuring plan and declining revenue. | 3Sci/Tech |
The chairman of Nigeria's ruling party resigns following a bitter row with President Olusegun Obasanjo. | 0World |
Reuters - A series of bomb blasts in a
Muslim-majority town in western India killed at least 32 people
and wounded more than 70, mostly worshippers at Friday prayers,
police said. | 0World |
Continental Airlines said Tuesday it will cut pay and benefits for managers and clerical workers by $48 million. The announcement marks the first specifics outlined by Houston-based Continental | 2Business |
Reuters - It's business as usual in New York's
banks and brokerages where a muted response to the World Cup
has allowed companies to turn a blind eye to staff watching
soccer matches at their desks or on trading floors. | 2Business |
An Indonesian mining company blamed for a disastrous flood of mud in Java tries a novel way of cleaning up its image | 0World |
Some MLS teams have capitalized on the so-called Beckham Rule to acquire high-priced players. The Revolution are being less extravagant, using what could be referred to as the Dempsey Rule in shopping for talent. | 1Sports |
America's United Airlines has launched the first daily flight service to Vietnam from the United States since 1975. The flight represents the first such service by an American air carrier since the end of | 2Business |
Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone manufacturer, is to start making handsets in India. | 3Sci/Tech |
LONDON -- Foreign policy specialists warned Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday that military action against Iran could worsen violence across the Middle East and urged him to persuade the United States to hold talks with Tehran. | 0World |
Al Qaeda's Iraq affiliate has taken responsibility for a series of deadly attacks there, according to an unverified Internet statement. | 0World |
Hezbollah's leader vows to continue mass protests in Beirut aimed at ousting Lebanon's government. | 0World |
Former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao, whose free-market economic reforms in 1991 launched India's shift from a bankrupt nation hobbled by socialist policies into a regional economic power, has died. | 0World |
Mike Cammalleri scores his NHL-leading eighth goal as part of a three-goal outburst in the second period and the Kings beat the Canucks, 4-2. | 1Sports |
Miguel Custodio canceled out Craig Bellamy's early strike as Sporting Lisbon joined Newcastle in the third round of the UEFA Cup on Thursday after a 1-1 tie at St. | 1Sports |
HOUSTON - St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Tony Womack left Monday night's game against Houston in the seventh inning after getting hit on the left hand with a pitch. | 1Sports |
Wal-Mart said it had ended the business because Hewlett-Packard, a chief technology partner, had decided to discontinue essential infrastructure for the service. | 3Sci/Tech |
AP - Taiwan-born Ang Lee's erotic spy thriller "Lust, Caution" won the Venice Film Festival's top award Saturday, two years after he captured the same prize here with "Brokeback Mountain." | 0World |
What a weird, irresistible urge it is -- this compulsion to sell low and buy high. | 2Business |
As the stock market falls, Buffett dips back into equities. | 2Business |
The US Olympic Committee has filed an appeal with the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to block a decision that would strip Michael Johnson and the rest of the US men's 4x400 relay team members of their 2000 Olympic gold medals because of | 1Sports |
SAN FRANCISCO--Hewlett-Packard plans to give customers a new weapon against viruses: Software that crimps their spread. Early next year, the computer maker will begin selling software designed to slow the | 3Sci/Tech |
Up to 10,000 displaced people are dying in troubled Darfur each month from disease and violence, a UN agency says. | 0World |
Reuters - U.S. manufacturing growth slowed in
June and construction spending in May unexpectedly staged its
biggest drop since September 2004, data showed on Monday,
adding to signs the economy is cooling. | 2Business |
A union leader at Alitalia says for the first time that he may consider job losses to help secure the future of the troubled Italian carrier. | 0World |
PARIS Getting to the bottom of what killed Yassar Arafat could shape up to be an ugly family tug-of-war. Arafat's half-brother and nephew want copies of Arafat's medical records from the suburban Paris hospital | 0World |
A British copyright enforcement firm hired by Prince and the Village People says it can provide a solution for musical artists worried about songs appearing in YouTube videos. | 3Sci/Tech |
Blockbuster Inc. (BBI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Wednesday posted a quarterly operating profit well below analysts' estimates even before $1. | 2Business |
One day before Martha Stewart is slated to enter prison, lawyers for the multimillionaire businesswoman continued to press her appeal, accusing the government of withholding | 2Business |
BP's annual profits rise 26% to $16.2bn (£8.7bn) as the company benefits from soaring oil prices. | 0World |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRKa.N , the conglomerate run by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, on Tuesday said it elected Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O , to be a director. | 2Business |
As Congress reconvenes this week, businesses and their lobbyists are gearing up to fight a series of proposed changes to immigration law that they say will complicate hiring. | 2Business |
AP - Polls opened for an extra day Monday in central Congo but it appeared that few took advantage of the second chance to vote in what officials said was a massive boycott called by one candidate. | 0World |
Ongoing speculation that Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer is planning to buy world-renowned soccer club Manchester United surged again Monday. | 1Sports |
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. | 2Business |
According to a news report, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed suit against online music promotion company BurnLounge, calling it a "pyramid scheme." | 3Sci/Tech |
Jim Mora Jr and Steve Mariucci are familiar with each other from their days with the San Francisco 49ers. Mora was defensive co-ordinator under Mariucci with the 49ers and the two will renew old acquaintances | 1Sports |
Chinese police have arrested a journalist accused of faking an investigative report on buns stuffed with shredded cardboard that made headlines around the world, and Beijing Television apologized for airing the footage. | 2Business |
US consumer spending rebounded sharply July, government data showed on Monday, erasing the disappointment of June and bolstering hopes that the US economy has recovered from its recent soft spot. | 2Business |
You can get the greatest potential at the lowest prices. | 2Business |
Tom Richey, head of homeland security efforts at Microsoft, will be online to discuss homeland security trends and Microsoft's current work in the homeland security arena. Filter columnist Cynthia L. Webb will moderate. | 3Sci/Tech |
Reuters - EMC Corp. , the world's largest
maker of corporate data-storage equipment, on Friday reported
lower quarterly profit after supplies of a key new product
failed to keep up with demand. | 2Business |
MUSLIM insurgents shot dead seven Buddhists in southern Thailand yesterday in apparent further revenge for the deaths of 85 Muslim demonstrators at a protest last month. | 0World |
Wired's geek festival comes up big this year with lifelike robots, homes of the future and immersive games. Peep a preview of this weekend's activities. | 3Sci/Tech |
Just about a year and a half ago, Sen. John McCain went to court to try to curtail the influence of a group to which A. Jerrold Perenchio gave $9 million, saying it was trying to "evade and violate" new campaign laws with voter ads ahead of the midterm elections. | 2Business |
Hollywoodâs movie and TV directors have agreed to a new contract with production companies in a settlement that also sends a message to striking screenwriters. | 0World |
AFP - Seven people died and several more were injured when an explosion tore through a warehouse in the northern Spanish city of Burgos. | 0World |
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. 005380.KS said on Friday its August sales rose 24.6 percent from a year earlier, helped by higher exports and as unionized workers made up for the output lost during a month-long strike. | 2Business |
AP - The attempted attacks in London and Glasgow bore the hallmarks of an al-Qaida operation, but they lacked a key ingredient: professional execution. | 0World |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks tumbled on Thursday as Treasury yields surged above 5 percent, reinforcing fears that global inflation would force borrowing costs to rise. | 2Business |
AP - An apparent attempt to assassinate Gaza's intelligence chief with a bomb planted at his headquarters Saturday heightened tensions between President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah faction and the Islamic militant group Hamas. | 0World |
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pakistan would give up its claim to Kashmir if India agreed to give the disputed Himalayan territory autonomy under the joint supervision of both countries, President Pervez Musharraf has said. | 0World |
After a year of bitter wrangling and partisan gridlock, President Bush and Democratic congressional leaders vowed before the holidays to try to work more closely together in the new year. Now, with economic anxiety on the rise and experts warning of recession, the two sides face the first test of... | 2Business |
The Evolve Wireless Sound System by Griffin Technology is an iPod speaker system that aims to deliver a truly cable-free experience. | 3Sci/Tech |
Hundreds of thousands are stranded at a major train station in southern China, while millions of others have been affected by freakish weather at the nation's busiest travel time of the year. | 3Sci/Tech |
AP - North Korea should immediately provide information on Japanese citizens it kidnapped in the 1970s and '80s, rather than waiting for Tokyo to set a deadline, the prime minister said Tuesday. | 0World |
Steady but unspectacular growth might leave investors wanting a bit more kick. | 2Business |
From Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Britney Spears, our picks for 2007's scariest people. | 2Business |
AFP - The Internet giant Yahoo has asked a US court to dismiss a lawsuit it called "political" and said its Chinese subsidiary obeyed local laws when it provided information about dissidents. | 3Sci/Tech |
ATHENS, Greece - Michael Phelps took care of qualifying for the Olympic 200-meter freestyle semifinals Sunday, and then found out he had been added to the American team for the evening's 400 freestyle relay final. Phelps' rivals Ian Thorpe and Pieter van den Hoogenband and teammate Klete Keller were faster than the tee... | 0World |
JERUSALEM - Israeli leaders warned Syria on Wednesday that it bears the blame for a double suicide bombing by Hamas militants because it harbors the group's leadership, and they hinted at possible retaliation. In a first response to Tuesday's attack that killed 16 people in a southern Israeli city, Israeli troops bl... | 0World |
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Kidnappers seized six Egyptians and four Iraqis working for the country's mobile phone company, authorities said Friday, and Muslim leaders in Britain announced plans to send negotiators to Baghdad in hopes of winning the release of hostage Kenneth Bigley. Meanwhile, U.S... | 0World |
AP - Zimbabwe's president has approved laws easing restrictions on political rallies and the media ahead of upcoming presidential elections. | 0World |
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, June 10 -- The Taliban carried out an apparent attempt to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday, firing rockets that missed him by several hundred yards as he spoke to a group of elders. | 0World |
TORONTO (CP) - Goldcorp Inc. has decided to let its shareholders vote on a merger with Vancouver's Wheaton River Minerals while a hostile takeover offer for Goldcorp from another gold miner looms. | 2Business |
Net income at US bank Lehman Brothers fell a smaller-than-expected 12% in the fourth quarter to $886m (£435m). | 2Business |
Investigation into media leaks from the boardroom
made use of controversial data gathering method, SEC filing confirms. | 3Sci/Tech |
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- A young man in a Saudi cafe worries that Iraq's elections could lead to civil war. On the banks of the Nile, a student strolling with his girlfriend dismisses the polls as an American sham. Yemeni students, chewing khat leaves, a mild stimulant, express hope that the United States will pressure ... | 0World |
VIENNA (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official said on Thursday that satellite images of a suspected nuclear site in Iran demonstrated its intention to develop atomic weapons, but other U.S. officials questioned the strength of the claim. | 0World |
AP - Poland's new prime minister broke from the staunchly pro-American stance of his predecessor, saying in comments published Monday he will not rush a decision on hosting a U.S. missile defense base. | 0World |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Soccer Federation chief Sunil Gulati says the impending arrival of David Beckham to Major League Soccer has given the sport a huge boost in the United States but the jury is out on any long-term effect. | 1Sports |
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Warner Music Group Corp. said on Wednesday any takeover offer it might make for Britain's EMI Group Plc would probably be all cash. | 2Business |
ABU DHABI/VIENNA (Reuters) - OPEC is worried by a fall in the dollar that is eroding member states' oil revenue and ministers will take up the issue when they meet next week to discuss a further cut in output. | 2Business |
Take a gander at these CAPS players that are swinging big bats. | 2Business |
He discusses the dearth of developers, scaling problems and his public blog war with Sun's Jonathan Schwartz. | 3Sci/Tech |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc said on Wednesday it will post an operating loss in the current quarter as its cell phone business is taking longer than expected to turn around, dashing Wall Street hopes for a profit and sending its shares down 15 percent. | 2Business |
LONDON (Reuters) - British police are looking for possible links between the deaths of a number of young people around a small Welsh town, but said there was no evidence yet of a suicide pact. | 0World |
AP - The planned sale of oil giant Yukos' main pumping unit to pay off the parent company's back taxes won't affect production, Russia's energy minister was quoted Tuesday in news reports. | 0World |
American Jews are trying to reconcile their support of Israel, a Turkish ally, with their commitment to fighting genocide. | 0World |
BAGHDAD American warplanes pounded the vast Baghdad slum of Sadr City overnight after a US patrol came under gunfire, the military said on Tuesday. | 0World |
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