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Turk surrenders after hijacking plane
BRINDISI, Italy -- A Turkish hijacker seeking to communicate with Pope Benedict XVI seized an airliner flying from Albania to Istanbul yesterday and diverted it to Italy before surrendering. | 0World |
Daily News Local Briefs
By Northwest Florida Daily News, Fort Walton Beach Dec. 9--Symphony Guild sets Christmas dinner DESTIN -- The Northwest Florida Symphony Guild will host its annual Christmas dinner Thursday at Rutherford's 465 in Regatta Bay. Social time starts at 6 p.m. | 3Sci/Tech |
Stop the Holiday Madness
Fix your bad holiday spending habits. | 2Business |
Open-Source Journalism: It's a Lot Tougher Than You Think
Crowdsourced journalism's promise must be realized by the crowd, so hearing from and listening to the users is key. From Assignment Zero , an experiment in open-source, pro-am journalism produced in collaboration with Wired News. | 3Sci/Tech |
Microsoft considering opening up device manager
Microsoft's new Mobile Device Manager faces a shortcoming because it is exclusive to Windows Mobile devices, but that might change, an executive said on Tuesday. Scott Horn, general manager at Microsoft's mobile and embedded device group, left the door open to potential ... | 3Sci/Tech |
Davenport to play Hantuchova in Bali final
BALI (Reuters) - Lindsay Davenport will play second-seeded Slovak Daniela Hantuchova in the Bali Classic final on Sunday, continuing her remarkable return from a year off after giving birth to son Jagger. | 1Sports |
China aims for record drug testing in 2008
China plans to carry out a record 4,500 doping tests during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, an increase of 1,000 from the Athens Games. | 1Sports |
Beijing Olympics 'face terrorism threat'
(AP)
AP - China's top cop said terrorism is the biggest threat at its Olympic Games, and a leading terror expert warned Tuesday that Beijing faces a long-term threat from an Islamic separatist group in its far west. | 1Sports |
Google really, really wants to be part of antitrust case
Blog: The search giant submits another brief in support of its effort to have a say in Microsoft's ongoing antitrust issue. | 3Sci/Tech |
Federer hammers Roddick for 10th title of season
BANGKOK: Roger Federer efficiently pounded home a 6-4, 6-0 victory over outclassed Andy Roddick Sunday to win the $550,000 Thailand Open. | 1Sports |
Greek archaeologists discover theater
(AP)
AP - Sections of an ancient Greek theater were discovered on Thursday during construction work in an Athens suburb, archaeologists said. | 3Sci/Tech |
Bomb caused Philippine ferry fire
A ferry fire in the Philippines that killed more than 100 people was caused by a bomb, a report has concluded. President Gloria Arroyo, who initially downplayed claims of responsibility from the Abu Sayyaf | 0World |
RIM says BlackBerry on track in China
(Reuters)
Reuters - Research in Motion Ltd said on
Thursday its business in China is developing as planned,
although the company has not yet started selling handsets
there. | 3Sci/Tech |
Mexican president to move annual salute
(AP)
AP - President Vicente Fox backed away from another showdown with leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday, announcing that he wouldn't hold his annual Independence Day celebration in the capital's main Zocalo square to avoid protesters. | 0World |
2004 Doak Walker candidates announced
Dallas, TX (Sports Network) - The Southern Methodist University Athletic Forum Tuesday announced the 42 candidates for the 2004 Doak Walker Award, presented to the nations's top college running back. | 1Sports |
Red Flag Linux plumps for Real
RealPlayer 10 now available | 3Sci/Tech |
Afghanistan strains NATO ties
Secretary of State Rice arrives in London Wednesday to address tensions among key allies. | 0World |
Air traffic controllers see looming shortages
The retirement of hundreds of air traffic controllers in the next decade could leave too few people to direct planes over New England, the controllers union warned yesterday. | 2Business |
All signs pointing to Meyer
When Notre Dame fired football coach Tyrone Willingham yesterday, it set into motion a series of events that many involved think will result in Utah coach Urban Meyer coming to South Bend. | 1Sports |
Hope for Earth: Planet Survives Star's Death Throes
(SPACE.com)
SPACE.com - Astronomers have spotted a planet that has survived the massive ballooning of its parent star, providing the first optimistic evidence for the long-term survival of Earth. | 3Sci/Tech |
Robinson wins weightlifting gold
BRIDGEWATER - Ellyn Robinson, a 1992 graduate and an associate professor of exercise science at Bridgewater State College, won a gold medal in weightlifting last month in the World Master's Weightlifting Championships in Hungary. | 1Sports |
Stocks With Room to Run
Small caps have the most growth potential. | 2Business |
Players, Owners Resume Talks on Steroids (AP)
AP - Lawyers for baseball's players' association and owners resumed talks Tuesday aimed at a new agreement to toughen rules on steroid testing. | 1Sports |
Microsoft launches Vista version of Windows
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. launched Windows Vista for businesses on Thursday, unveiling the first major upgrade of its dominant operating system in five years and predicting that over 200 million people will run new Windows, Office or PC server software by the end... | 2Business |
Death toll of north China plane crash possibly up to 55
Two men on the ground were most likely killed in the plane crash Sunday morning in Baotou City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, bringing the death toll of the accident to 55, local police sources said. | 0World |
Get Ready for the Fall
The bigger they are, the harder they (might) fall. | 2Business |
Ex-Teammate Will Donate Kidney to Ailing R. Springs
Washington Redskins cornerback Shawn Springs said yesterday that his ailing father, Ron, has found a match for a kidney transplant, and it happens to be an old friend. | 1Sports |
Vijay the PGA Tour Player of the Year
WORLD No 1 Vijay Singh (above), the game's hottest player over the last 18 months, was named the 2004 PGA Tour Player of the Year yesterday, ending Tiger Woods' five-year hold on the honour. | 1Sports |
Blast hits U.S.-led convoy, kills 6 Afghan police
KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Six Afghan policemen were killed on Thursday when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle, part of a convoy of U.S.-led forces in southeastern Afghanistan, a provincial police official said. | 0World |
San Francisco 49ers
SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- The St. Louis Rams still have plenty of offensive firepower. The same could not be said for the San Francisco 49ers. | 1Sports |
Harrison 'Accepts Responsibility' for Doping -Lawyer
SALVO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Olympic 400 meters relay gold medallist Alvin Harrison "accepts responsibility" for doping violations that led the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) to ban him for four years and he plans to quit athletics, says his attorney. | 1Sports |
Greenspan in warning on inflation
Alan Greenspan says credit turmoil was an "accident waiting to happen" and warns of rising UK inflation in the future. | 2Business |
China Vows to Prevent Taiwan Independence
BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters) - China's military will crush any major moves toward independence by Taiwan, a Beijing government policy paper said on Monday, prompting the self-governing island to accuse Beijing of escalating tensions. | 0World |
You would not like a bag with that
It's a fact of life in China that just about anything comes in a little plastic bag. That's all about to change: In what all reports are calling a surprise move, the central government has banned some plastic bags and the free distribution of others. | 3Sci/Tech |
Asda plans to open 18 new stores
Supermarket chain Asda says it aims to open 18 new stores and create 8,000 jobs in the coming year. | 2Business |
Landslides, storms kill 73 in Bangladesh
(AFP)
AFP - Floods, landslides and lightning strikes have left dozens dead in Bangladesh as torrential monsoon rains pounded the disaster-prone country, officials said Monday. | 3Sci/Tech |
China Games Notebook
Friendship is one thing, competition quite another. That was apparent when reporters asked Juwan Howard and Liu Wei about playing against friends, Chris Webber and Yao Ming, in the China Games. | 1Sports |
McNair remains hospitalized with bruised sternum
Nashville, TN (Sports Network) - Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair remained in a Nashville hospital Monday because of a bruised sternum, but tests revealed no serious injuries. | 1Sports |
Violence hinders U.N. aid work in Chad, Sudan: UNHCR
GENEVA (Reuters) - Pervasive violence in Darfur and eastern Chad has compromised the U.N. refugee agency's ability to work in the region, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said on Friday. | 0World |
Andaman Isles Flooded; Indonesia Warns Workers
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - Unusually high tides again swamped parts of India's tsunami-devastated Andaman islands overnight and Indonesia told aid workers it could not guarantee their safety in many parts of Aceh province. | 0World |
Mandriva Linux 2007 outed
Big bundle
Mandriva has opened its download doors for business the latest version of its desktop Linux operating system.⊠| 3Sci/Tech |
Should You Buy These Stocks Now?
It's unanimous in CAPS, where investors think these stocks will win big. | 2Business |
Eagles: Owens starts again with Garcia
Even the team chaplain couldnât heal the fractured relationship between Terrell Owens and Jeff Garcia. The revelation by Garcia during a conference call Wednesday | 1Sports |
Stock market weaker
THE local stock market weakened today, reflecting the losses on Wall Street on Friday night. By 10.12am (AEST) the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index was 2.7 points lower at 3574. | 2Business |
US unveils new Darfur resolution
The US presents a new draft UN resolution to pressure Sudan to resolve the conflict in the Darfur region. | 0World |
Friendly sale ends showdown
Friendly Ice Cream Corp.'s decision to sell the Wilbraham chain to a private equity firm has headed off a proxy battle showdown and ended a bitter lawsuit filed by the company's co founder that accused Friendly's chairman of mismanagement. | 2Business |
Panthers QB Delhomme is questionable
(AP)
AP - Carolina Panthers quarterback Jake Delhomme missed practice Wednesday with a sprained right thumb and is questionable for Sunday's game against the New York Giants. | 1Sports |
Fuel Efficient Geneva Motor Show
Environmentally friendly tech and hybrids dominate this year's Geneva Motor Show, making fuel efficiency the top theme in a climate of global warming concerns. By the Associated Press. | 3Sci/Tech |
String of Baghdad Bombs Kills 35 Children
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A string of bombs killed 35 children and wounded scores of others as U.S. troops handed out candy Thursday at a government-sponsored celebration to inaugurate a sewage plant... | 0World |
A's Beat Indians to Maintain AL West Lead (AP)
AP - Rookies Bobby Crosby and Nick Swisher hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning against Bob Howry, leading the Oakland Athletics to a 5-4 victory over the visiting Cleveland Indians on Saturday night. The A's rallied from a four-run deficit in the final three inni... | 1Sports |
Notables
Washington's Alfonso Soriano remained stuck on 39 steals in his attempt to become only the fourth player in major league history with 40 homers and 40 stolen bases in a season. He went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts and a walk. | 1Sports |
Yahoo to launch its own music player
com September 17, 2004, 3:25 PM PT. There's no doubt the Internet will continue to make its mark in the world of business and technology. | 3Sci/Tech |
Teen 'unlocks' iPhone from AT&T network
(AP)
AP - Armed with a soldering iron and a large supply of energy drinks, a slight, curly haired teenager has developed a way to make the iPhone, arguably the gadget of the year, available to a much wider audience. | 3Sci/Tech |
Iran ready for more U.S. talks over Iraq
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran is ready to hold more talks with its arch enemy the United States to help secure Iraq, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday. | 0World |
Mallorca coach Floro on the brink
Real Mallorca president Mateo Alemany and his board spent yesterday in talks over the future of coach Benito Floro. Sunday's defeat at Real Sociedad has heaped more pressure on Mallorca directors to act, despite | 1Sports |
Gunman Kills 4 on Illinois Campus
A gunman dressed in black walked into a lecture hall on the campus of Northern Illinois University and shot 18 students from a stage before killing himself, according to witnesses and the authorities. | 0World |
Tigers 'at risk' from pig hunters
A mass pig hunt on the Indonesian island of Sumatra threatens tigers and other rare wildlife, campaigners fear. | 3Sci/Tech |
Astros Defeat Giants 7-3 (AP)
AP - Lance Berkman hit a three-run homer off Dustin Hermanson in the ninth inning, and the Houston Astros rallied from a late three-run deficit for a 7-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. | 1Sports |
Microsoft Could Stumble in Quest for Ad Speed
Microsoft wants to give its online advertising and online services business a major boost, ending years of business and technology defeats at the hands of Google. | 3Sci/Tech |
Smoltz back in starting rotation
He has won 20. He has saved 50. And now that he's back in the Braves' starting rotation, he'll probably win 20 again. John Smoltz last started a game back in the 2001 season. | 1Sports |
Climate change is a mixed bag for Inuit
(AP)
AP - Dines Mikaelsen steadies a .22 rifle against the bow of his gently bobbing boat, loads the chamber and whispers to his companions to keep quiet. | 3Sci/Tech |
MDM announces Directions on-the-go
Mobile Digital Media (MDM) in introducing new mobile travel solutions offered on a CD-ROM for Palm OS, Windows Mobile and Nokia Series 60 mobile phones. | 3Sci/Tech |
Sacramento Digest: GenCorp Gets Sale Payment
By Dale Kasler, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Feb. 7--GenCorp Inc. said Tuesday it has received a $29.7 million payment from the company that bought its chemical business in 2005. | 3Sci/Tech |
Yahoo seeking ways to avoid a Microsoft takeover: Yang
(AFP)
AFP - Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang sent a message to employees on Wednesday, assuring them the firm's leaders are exploring ways to avoid a takeover by software giant Microsoft. | 3Sci/Tech |
Baseball: Economics and the Playoffs
Description: NPR's Robert Siegel talks with our regular sports commentator Stefan Fatsis of The Wall Street Journal about Major League baseball. | 1Sports |
Mavericks work overtime to down Warriors
DALLAS (Ticker) -- Dirk Nowitzki had 25 points and 10 rebounds and Josh Howard added 14 and 13 as the Dallas Mavericks posted a 101-98 overtime triumph over the winless Golden State Warriors. | 1Sports |
Software exports from India's technology hub soar 34 percent (AFP)
AFP - Software exports from India's technology hub of Bangalore shot up 34 percent in the first five months of the current fiscal year compared to the same period the previous year, an official said. | 3Sci/Tech |
Millions Flee as Giant Storm Crawls Toward Florida Coast
Hurricane Frances, poised to slog ashore late Saturday or early Sunday, could bring up to 20 inches of rain and heavy flooding. | 0World |
Texting still relatively private
(AP)
AP - Millions of fingers scurrying over mobile electronic devices probably paused this week as news emerged of a trove of text messages containing flirty and sexually explicit chat between Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and a top aide. | 3Sci/Tech |
Google blurs key images of India
Some parts of images of India found on Google Earth are to be blurred following security concerns. | 0World |
Radical cleric Abu Hamza makes brief court appearance (AFP)
AFP - Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who is charged with 16 alleged offences including incitement to murder Jews, appeared briefly by video link in court. | 0World |
Scanner Tool Released To Thwart JPEG Attack
With security experts predicting a large-scale worm attack is only a matter of days away, Microsoft (Quote, Chart) has released a scanning tool to help users identify vulnerable versions of the GDI libraries that handle JPEG processing. | 3Sci/Tech |
JVC Adds iPod Dock to New LCD TVs
The 32- to 52-inch flat-panels that play and charge iPods will debut at CES this week. | 3Sci/Tech |
LSI to shed 900 jobs, sell consumer products group
( InfoWorld ) - Chip vendor LSI has warned investors of a revenue shortfall and said it would eliminate 900 jobs and sell off its consumer products business as part of a plan to cut costs following its April merger with Agere .
LSI did not disclose how much money... | 3Sci/Tech |
Central Banks in Europe Offer Funds
The European Central Bank and Bank of England flooded money markets with funds on Tuesday. | 2Business |
NASA Optimistic on Space Station Repair
NASA officials said that they fully expected engineers to resolve an unparalleled computer failure, but cautioned that the process could take days. | 3Sci/Tech |
Linux market to exceed $35bn by 2008
The overall market revenue for Linux desktops, servers and packaged software will exceed $35bn by 2008, research published today has claimed. | 3Sci/Tech |
MetaSolv Lawsuit Won't Solve Shareholder Ire
Shareholders want a higher price on MetaSolv. Don't count on it. | 2Business |
Faraday Announces FPGACompanion ARM(TM) CPU Device
HSINCHU, Taiwan, and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 16 | 3Sci/Tech |
Metro lifts profits in third quarter (AFP)
AFP - German retail and distribution giant Metro said that the strong performance of its overseas activities enabled it to lift earnings in the third quarter despite weak consumer demand in its home market of Germany. | 2Business |
A 12% Jump in Profit at American Express
American Express said yesterday that record spending had fueled a 12 percent jump in profit. | 2Business |
Intel nabs Samsung branding chief
Eric 'Digitall' Kim to revamp 'digital planet' chip company | 3Sci/Tech |
Retail in Review: Stop and Click
If you haven't had enough of shopping, here's more. | 2Business |
Will Google stay as hot as its lava lamps?
com December 27, 2004, 4:00 AM PT. For a few years now, search engine darling Google has worn the tiara as the tech world's "it" company. | 3Sci/Tech |
Patrick Walters: Countering menace of JI a priority strategic <b>...</b>
THE bombing of our embassy underlines the magnitude of the long-term strategic challenge Australia faces in Southeast Asia. It marks the first time Australia has been directly targeted in a terrorist attack in the region. | 0World |
Corel updates Painter
Key graphics product touched up with tools to mimic oils and watercolors. | 3Sci/Tech |
A flurry of advice on how to remove snow
Paul Lyle knows a thing or two about clearing snow. As superintendent of buildings for the Cambridge Department of Public Works, he oversees a crew that is responsible for keeping the walkways clear around about a dozen municipal buildings, including City Hall and the police st... | 2Business |
Super Bowl Ads Online: YouTube, Yahoo, AOL, MySpace.com and CBS
Missed all of the Super Bowl commercials last night and want to catch the ads, which are sometimes the highlight of the big game?
Well, thankfully this year’s commercials are available for viewing via your favorite video search and sharing services.
Be... | 3Sci/Tech |
Speed Racer's 'Mach 5' comes to life
Warner Bros. has scheduled a movie for release next year, and guess what's in it? From Crave, CNET's gadgets blog. | 3Sci/Tech |
[TS] Sports of The Times: Dysfunction Loves Company on Atomizing Giants
Unless the seasonâs opening two weeks were an 80-point aberration, the staple of this organizationâs success, defense, seems to have disintegrated on Tom Coughlinâs watch. | 1Sports |
Spammers in bed with virus carriers
The majority of viruses intercepted by MessageLabs since January have the potential for spam distribution, according to a report by the e-mail security firm. It suggests that the virus authors are now making money by collaborating with spammers. | 3Sci/Tech |
Thinner Bill Clinton feels "good" as he goes to aid Kerry (AFP)
AFP - Former US president Bill Clinton, appearing thinner seven weeks after open heart surgery, said he feels "good" and wants to campaign this week to help John Kerry win the White House. | 0World |
Arkansas Farm Produces Most U.S. Goldfish (AP)
AP - There is a good chance that the colorful carp you won at the county fair or picked up at the local pet shop came from Pool Fisheries, which sits in the middle of an Arkansas field in Lonoke County, the self-proclaimed baitfish capital of the world where more than 6 b... | 3Sci/Tech |
What holds back electric cars? Car dealers, says VC
Those dealer contracts have to be broken or skirted for electric cars to get to the mass market. | 3Sci/Tech |
US, Iraq probe Baghdad shootout
US and Iraq set up a joint commission to investigate a deadly shootout in Baghdad involving a US security firm. | 0World |
It's vintage Williams
Bernie Williams stood in the middle of the clubhouse, soaked with champagne, trying to put into perspective another grand moment in a career full of these nights. | 1Sports |
Oil, Profit Reports to Weigh on Stocks (Reuters)
Reuters - A new reporting period for company
earnings kicks into gear this week, giving investors a bit of
hard data to chew on, and markets could be volatile if the
price of crude oil stays north of $50 a barrel. | 2Business |
Personal Health: An Oldie Vies for Nutrient of the Decade
Researchers are trying to understand how much vitamin D is necessary for optimal health. Are you taking enough? | 3Sci/Tech |
Rice: U.S. May Help Expand African Force in Darfur (Reuters)
Reuters - The United States and other nations
are prepared to help move an expanded African peacekeeping
force into position in Sudan's Darfur region to halt the
bloodshed, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice said on
Sunday. | 0World |
Manning knows his Super Bowl win won't silence critics
MIAMI (Reuters) - Peyton Manning knows a Super Bowl victory, a Most Valuable Player trophy and even an endorsement from President Bush will not be enough to silence his critics. | 1Sports |
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