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Water bills will depend on the size of customer homes under a new billing system from Thames Water. | 2Business |
AFP - The White House demanded that Myanmar military authorities "immediately and unconditionally" release opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and condemned her extended house arrest. | 0World |
AP - Ryan Howard and Albert Pujols put themselves alongside Johnny Bench and Orlando Cepeda. Howard homered in his first three at-bats of Philadelphia's doubleheader split against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday, and Pujols matched the feat in the St. Louis Cardinals' 6-3 win over Pittsburgh. | 1Sports |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Third seed Maria Sharapova led a charge of 10 Russians into the third round of the women's draw at the U.S. Open on Thursday. | 1Sports |
MANILA (Reuters) - A huge explosion rocked the southern Philippine city of General Santos on Sunday, killing 13 people and injuring at least 60 at a public market, police and witnesses said. | 0World |
Reuters - Gov. Sarah Palin said on
Tuesday that Alaska has officially started soliciting bids for
plans to build a North Slope natural gas pipeline, a
mega-project that state officials have dreamed about for
decades. | 3Sci/Tech |
Bernie Williams sent a drive soaring to left-centre field, raised his right arm in triumph and circled the bases. Pretty soon, he was home - and so were the New York Yankees. | 1Sports |
The networkâs affiliate stations will carry the full first hour of the two-hour âEarly Showâ for the first time. | 2Business |
By The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Feb. 9--A tributary to two major Arizona waterways will be protected from development and groundwater pumping because a Tucsonan donated a major ranch to The Nature Conservancy. | 3Sci/Tech |
In a troubled housing market, is staying on the sidelines wise? | 2Business |
WASHINGTON -- Interest rates on short-term Treasury securities were mixed in yesterday's auction. The Treasury Department sold $19 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 2.18 percent, down from 2.22 percent last week. An additional $17 billion was sold in six-month bills at a rate of 2.47 percent, up from 2... | 2Business |
AP - Minnesota didn't hit Texas starter Ryan Drese very hard, the Twins just hit him a lot in an 8-5 victory Wednesday night. | 1Sports |
Reuters - Time Warner Inc said on Wednesday it
expects profit growth to match or beat Wall Street estimates,
after reporting quarterly earnings that reflected increases in
broadband and phone subscribers and sales of "Harry Potter" and
"300" home videos. | 3Sci/Tech |
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran, which the United States accuses of secretly pursuing nuclear weapons, has a stake in the world's biggest open-pit uranium mine in the African state of Namibia, the mine's owner told Reuters. | 0World |
Dany Heatley will be stuck on 56 points for a while. The Ottawa Senators sharpshooter suffered a separated right shoulder Saturday night against Detroit and will be sidelined up to six weeks. The injury occurred during the second period, when Heatley crashed into the end boards with Red Wings forward Dallas Drake . The... | 1Sports |
By Mike Keller, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Miss. Sep. 20--BILOXI -- Keesler's contaminated areas received little or no damage from Hurricane Katrina, the base's civilian environmental manager said Tuesday. | 3Sci/Tech |
Willie Randolph walked into Shea Stadium on Thursday and was introduced as the first African-American manager of a major league team in New York. | 1Sports |
Sling Media is partnering with its first mobile operator to give U.K. customers access to home TV channels on mobile handsets. | 3Sci/Tech |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jermaine O'Neal scored 31 points, just hours after a judge ruled he did not have to serve the final 10 games of his suspension, to steer the Indiana Pacers to a 96-83 win over the New Jersey Nets Thursday. | 1Sports |
Three British residents released from the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were reunited with their families Thursday for the first time in more than four years. | 0World |
( InfoWorld ) - If companies like Apple  or even Italian fashion designer Prada  can design a mobile phone, why not Google? Maybe it will.
Rumors have been circulating in blogosphere for some time about the U.S. search-engine giant studying the possibility of designing its own phone. A recent job opening posted... | 3Sci/Tech |
US Vice-President Dick Cheney says a vote for John Kerry would make a terror attack more likely. | 0World |
What a difference a whiff of financial crisis makes. | 2Business |
HSBC, Standard Chartered, Hang Seng bank announced Thursday that they will cut their lending and saving rates despite the 25 points rate hike in the United States overnight. | 2Business |
Najaf - Religious authorities in the holy Iraqi city of Najaf will be responsible for security at a shrine that is at the centre of a Shi'a rebellion, a top adviser to radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Monday. | 0World |
Theo Walcott and Cesc Fabregas each score twice as Arsenal crush Slavia Prague to close in on the Champions League knockout stages. | 0World |
Aspirin may help reduce the risk of colon cancer, a new study suggests, when taken in large doses over long periods of time. | 3Sci/Tech |
By Xie Chuanjiao The traditional definition of copyright alone cannot protect artists' rights on their soundtracks, images and performances in the age of the Net, officials have said, detailing for the first time the methods of doing so. | 3Sci/Tech |
AP - Japan pledged up to $500 million in grant aid for tsunami disaster relief on Saturday, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced, making the country the largest single donor to victims of the catastrophe. | 0World |
AP - Six-time champion Karrie Webb made a 16-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole Saturday to grab a share of the lead at the ANZ Australian Ladies Masters. | 1Sports |
Former Germany coach Rudi Voeller has quit AS Roma less than a month after taking charge of the Serie A club. Voeller told Italian media on Sunday his resignation, offered after | 1Sports |
The United States plans to issue passports with personal data stored on radio frequency identification chips. The documents would be harder to forge, but might leave holders vulnerable to identity theft. By Ryan Singel. | 3Sci/Tech |
AP - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Sunday that provincial elections will be held before the end of the year — a key demand from the United States, which hopes to give Sunnis another chance to take part. | 0World |
HK fertility treatments fall behind: few doctors People have to wait three months to receive fertility treatment at the government-sponsored Family Planning Association of Hong Kong (FPAHK). | 3Sci/Tech |
Robert Metcalfe, a founder of 3Com Corp. and the engineer who led the development of Ethernet computer networking technology, is taking the helm at a Cambridge start-up that seeks to replace imported oil with home-grown algae. | 2Business |
Investor's Business Daily - Home prices in Britain and Wales rose just 3% in Dec. vs. a year earlier, said property consultant Hometrack. That's the smallest gain since June '06. Prices fell 0.3% vs. Nov., the most since Jan. '05. Homes are staying on the market for 8.3 weeks, the longest since the survey began in '01.... | 2Business |
Reuters - Israel plans to pull troops out of
Palestinian cities for a Jan. 9 presidential election to pick a
successor to Yasser Arafat, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said
on Monday. | 0World |
AP - Don Nelson lost his cool, and Gilbert Arenas kept his. Down by two with one-tenth of a second remaining, Arenas capitalized on a personal foul and technical foul called against the Golden State Warriors coach by making three free throws to give Washington a wild 107-106 victory. | 1Sports |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasuries prices turned narrowly mixed in volatile trade on Friday after an initial rally on U.S. labor data quickly ran into selling as investors bet the Federal Reserve would keep raising interest rates. | 2Business |
AP - You wouldn't know from the last Democratic presidential debate that the candidates have holes in their spending plans big enough to drive a campaign bus through. | 0World |
Europeâs biggest bank said it would close an American unit as it scales back risk-taking after writing down the value of subprime mortgage investments by $14.7 billion last year. | 2Business |
TINY Jakarta embassy bomb blast victim Manny Musu is eager to go home to Italy today after making a miraculous recovery that has astounded her doctors. | 0World |
The Armed Services Committee's hearings will include an examination of criticism that the Defense Department failed to prepare for the insurgency and went into action with a shortage of armor for trucks and Humvees. | 0World |
AP - Tony Parker scored 16 points, and the San Antonio Spurs led struggling LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers 58-33 in Game 2 on Sunday night after one of the most lopsided first halves in NBA finals history. | 1Sports |
Reuters - U.S. industrial output advanced in
July, as American factories operated at their highest capacity
in more than three years, a Federal Reserve report on Tuesday
showed. | 2Business |
When Matthew Szulik left Red Hat abruptly for family health reasons in December, many people were scratching their heads over the company's new choice of CEO: a young executive from Delta Airlines, Jim Whitehurst. But Whitehurst's chief operating officer title at Delta and position outside of the technology industry ar... | 2Business |
AP - Chris Douglas-Roberts scored 19 points and Derrick Rose added 13 to help No. 2 Memphis stake its claim to the nation's top spot with an 83-47 victory over Southern Mississippi on Saturday night. | 1Sports |
A ring which got 200 people from the Middle East into the US via Peru has been smashed, officials say. | 0World |
Leaked info on Dell XPS One | 3Sci/Tech |
AP - Fiat SpA said Tuesday that its Iveco SpA trucks unit has agreed to develop a long-term partnership with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp., one of the largest Chinese automakers, for building trucks and other industrial vehicles. | 0World |
AP - John David Booty arrived at Southern California three years ago with expectations so high many thought he would beat out Matt Leinart during the 2003 season. | 1Sports |
Virginia coach Al Groh was trying to be on his best behavior moments after his football team was beaten by underdog Fresno State in the MPC Computers Bowl. | 1Sports |
AFP - Tiny Rwanda and Burundi have threatened action against the central African giant, Democratic Republic of Congo, after the massacre of Congolese Tutsi refugees in Burundi, which has pushed Africa's volatile Great Lakes region into a new ethnic crisis. | 0World |
Blog: A board member says a BusinessWeek story claiming that the mobile-phone maker's board is looking to replace its chief executive is wrong. | 3Sci/Tech |
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Cars made by Korea's Hyundai have been rated as the best value among all makes due to improved customer opinion of its quality, according to a published report Monday. | 2Business |
AP - The NFL rejected an appeal by the players' union Thursday on behalf of suspended Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones. | 1Sports |
Reuters - IndyMac Bancorp Inc , one of
the largest independent U.S. mortgage lenders, plans to cut
1,000 jobs and halve its dividend, and may report its first
quarterly loss in more than eight years, as defaults climb and
loan volumes decline. | 2Business |
LONDON (Reuters) - Squirrels, pigeons and mice -- Wimbledon's Centre Court has attracted a menagerie of animals over the years who brought many a tense match to a halt with their unwelcome intrusions. | 1Sports |
Reuters - Russia's parliament was due to vote on
Friday on ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, the last hurdle before
the long-delayed climate change treaty comes into force
worldwide. | 3Sci/Tech |
The US says opium production in Afghanistan reached record levels last year, undermining the fight against the Taleban. | 0World |
Pfizer Inc. on Friday said two clinical trials showed patients taking its anti-inflammatory drug Bextra had a higher risk of cardiovascular events during high-risk coronary bypass surgery. | 2Business |
Italy's government renewed its threat to let Alitalia die unless unions agree to a cost-cutting deal by September 15, saying the days of bailing out the loss-making airline were over. | 2Business |
Wall Street pulled back sharply Tuesday as investors dealt with disappointing earnings reports and rising concerns about the mortgage market. | 2Business |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Express Co. is buying Harbor Payments, a payment systems company that will allow businesses buying wholesale goods to pay electronically, officials at the companies said. | 2Business |
Viktor A. Yushchenko's opponent, Prime Minister Viktor F. Yanukovich, refused to accept the results and said he would challenge them in court. | 0World |
The Dominican Republic and the Orioles' Miguel Tejada miss their Caribbean Series opener because the team was kicked off its flight to Mazatlan, Mexico. | 1Sports |
Wilmington quarterback Joe Herra is a terror under center. A starter at the position since his freshman year, he has the Wildcats sitting pretty with a sterling 6-0 record going into tomorrow's game against unbeaten Pentucket. Herra, a junior, parlays that experience into this week's Q & | 1Sports |
By Vijayan Menon IN the mobile world, time and space will have no significance given the feverish pace at which technology is advancing. It was not too long ago when a mobile phone was a chunky, brick- like gadget that had a limited range and which one lugged around. | 3Sci/Tech |
weather.com - | 3Sci/Tech |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar remained under pressure against the euro on Wednesday, after falling to a record low in a selloff that followed a report on a narrowing U.S. trade gap. | 2Business |
Tasman Networks has introduced a new entry-level WAN access router and security device. The Tasman 1001 also includes new features added to a new version of the company's operating system, including multicast routing, IPSec VPN, firewall, and an integrated Web-based GUI. | 3Sci/Tech |
Jodrell Bank Observatory -- European and US radio astronomers have demonstrated a new way of observing the Universe -- through the Internet! Using cutting-edge technology, the researchers have managed to observe a distant star by using the world's research networks to create a giant virtual telescope. The process h... | 3Sci/Tech |
Europe's fossil fuel use is rising, but it's not making citizens any happier, an economic report concludes. | 0World |
Now we can all be 21 st century boys
BT may only have a couple of hundred welsh people connected to its 21st Century Network, but that hasnât stopped the telco trying to flog its âtransformationâ expertise to other telcos worldwide.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
Investigation into Saudi bribery allegations moves ahead. | 2Business |
ZURICH/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German drugmaker Merck KGaA MRCG.DE on Thursday unveiled a surprise 16.6-billion-Swiss franc ($13.26-billion) deal to buy Swiss biotech firm Serono, creating a new force in European pharmaceuticals. | 2Business |
It's all in the media
Virtual teams need to choose their communications tools carefully if they want to be effective, new research has revealed.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli drone fired a missile early on Friday morning, killing two Palestinian militants a day after Israeli troops killed nine Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses said. | 0World |
Greek sprinters Kostas Kenteris and Katerina Thanou, and their former coach Christos Tzekos, have been charged with doping offences by the International Association of Athletics Federations. | 1Sports |
By Dean Takahashi, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Feb. 8--Nicholas Negroponte took some time recently for an e-mail interview with Mercury News Columnist Dean Takahashi about his low-cost laptop project. | 3Sci/Tech |
The weather and the offenses could be described in one word: cold. In a low-scoring affair yesterday, ninth-ranked Waltham came up with the only touchdown of the game in a 7-0 victory over Brockton. Waltham coach Paul Mayberry was not surprised at all by the outcome. His team was prepared for a grind-it-out defensive b... | 1Sports |
AP - Nokia Corp. announced deals worth more than 2 billion euros ($2.5 billion) with Chinese customers on Tuesday, sending the company's shares up 3 percent. | 0World |
ATHENS, Greece - Marion Jones made her Athens debut in virtual anonymity, quietly advancing to the long jump final. Allen Johnson had the attention of everyone in the stadium, for all the wrong reasons. | 1Sports |
Stock drops and financial losses prompt worries that game publisher SCi will go out of business. | 3Sci/Tech |
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV), four less-developed countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), on Sunday vowed tofurther their sub-regional | 0World |
MANILA, December 2 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - Some 1,000 people were reported dead or missing after a series of powerful storms triggered landslides and floods across the Philippines, rescuers said Thursday, December 2, as a new and even more | 0World |
AP - Iran, whose president has described the Holocaust as a "myth," said Tuesday they will hold a conference to discuss the evidence that the Nazis committed genocide against the Jews in World War II. | 0World |
Legendary Brazilian striker Romario has announced he is to bring an end to his illustrious career, according to the newspaper O Globo. | 1Sports |
BEIJING (Reuters) - The first shipments of Chrysler cars built by China's Chery Automobile Co. could reach the U.S. or Europe within 30 months, Chrysler said on Wednesday, opening the door for Chery to be the first mainland auto maker to do so. | 2Business |
AP - No teasing with antacids, no take-it-to-the-bank boasts. Leading up to the Bengals' first Monday night game in a dozen years, Chad Johnson — the gifted receiver with an affinity for the spotlight — decided to keep it strictly low-watt. | 1Sports |
The country's netizens have become experts at wielding the power of the web to settle personal squabbles. This time, they took on a major tech company--and won | 0World |
ABUJA (Reuters) - All seven foreign hostages seized by gunmen from an offshore Nigerian oil field were released on Monday after two days in captivity, a state government spokesman said. | 0World |
Despite a few rough edges, the SimpleDrive represents a good overall value. It packs a large amount of storage into a petite, classy-looking package, though the USB-only design limits its performance. | 3Sci/Tech |
A four-hour PBS documentary this week on the life of Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight boxing champion, was an illuminating piece of athletic history. But that isn't all it was. | 1Sports |
Four Fidelity Investments brokerage units were fined a total of $3.75 million, regulator NASD said yesterday, citing broad record-keeping lapses it said it uncovered while probing the lavish gifts some company traders accepted from outside brokerages. | 2Business |
THE dollar was weaker yesterday, although off its lows, after the release of capital flows data that suggest foreign demand for US assets could be waning. | 2Business |
AP - Barry Bonds joined Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth on one of baseball's most exclusive lists with his 700th home run. "It's just unbelievable," Bonds said. "You really can't put it into words to be in a class with those two great players. It's like you're dreaming and you're not dreaming. It's unbelievable, it's unreal." | 1Sports |
After the collapse of the latest, hotly trailed "historic Northern Ireland peace deal" last week, one photograph appeared in almost all the newspapers: that of Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, aged 78, eyes blazing with conviction and mouth ajar, the better to | 0World |
Reuters - Medicines used by millions of
Americans to relieve aches and pains will come under intense
scrutiny starting Wednesday as U.S. scientists scour dozens of
studies to determine if the drugs risk damaging the heart like
Merck & Co. Inc.'s withdrawn arthritis pill Vioxx. | 2Business |
Reuters - Federal officials investigating
stock-options backdating at Broadcom Corp. are looking
into allegations that former Chief Executive Henry Nicholas III
used hard drugs and hired prostitutes, the Wall Street Journal
reported on Friday. | 2Business |
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