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Researchers led by Dr Goran Bjelakovic of the University of Nis in Serbia-Montenegro have revealed that these pills only take you closer to death.	11Top Stories
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday barred O.J. Simpson from spending, at least for now, the advance for his aborted book "If I Did It" about the murders of his ex-wife and her friend.	10Top News
OAKLAND - Jason Richardson thought the Golden State Warriors forgot about him on offense two games ago in Cleveland. They couldn't have missed him if they tried this time.	8Sports
KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces imposed tight security on the city of Kerbala as 2.5 million pilgrims marked the climax of a major Shi'ite rite on Saturday, a day after gunmen attacked worshippers and police in other southern cities.	10Top News
In mattinata record su tre settimane a 1,3171	4Italia
FRANKFURT, Germany Aug. 23, 2004 - Automaker Volkswagen said Monday there is "no room" for wage increases this year as it prepares for pay talks with Germany's largest industrial union.	13World
South Koreaâs Tae Young Yang has filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport challenging the result of the menâs all-round gymnastics final.	11Top Stories
Shares in Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury plunge 30% after the firm issues a profit warning.	0Business
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Maple Leafs won their third successive game on the heels of a five-game losing streak, beating the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Saturday.	8Sports
Say hello to 'Super 3G'	6Sci/Tech
When Jenn Stuczynski started pole-vaulting, she trained in two primitive Quonset huts in Churchville, N.Y., near Rochester. Four years later, she still trains there, but her bar has been raised.	8Sports
Reuters - Ireland should consider giving up driving on the left to reduce accidents by foreigners accustomed to right side motoring, a senior politician said on Friday.	2Europe
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's King Gyanendra sacked the government, declared a state of emergency and assumed power on Tuesday, saying the leadership had failed to hold polls or restore peace amid an escalating civil war with Maoist rebels.	10Top News
Non sta trovando spazio, ma è pronto a dare il suo aiuto. Matteo Contini aspetta il suo momen...	4Italia
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A senior U.N. official on Friday called sexual abuse a "cancer" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and told military and civilian leaders they had to condemn it publicly and prosecute offenders.	13World
Chancellor Alistair Darling outlines details of a funding plan that could help a private sale of Northern Rock.	2Europe
A Maine school bus driver won $200,000 in a NASA-sponsored contest to design a new glove for astronauts.	12U.S.
( InfoWorld ) - Intel Corp. will ship quad-core processors in November for servers and gaming PCs, accelerating its effort to regain momentum in sales of power-efficient chips. Thirteen vendors have already announced plans to sell quad-core based PCs for the high-end enthusiast market, including Dell Inc. and its Alienware division, Gateway, Velocity Micro and Voodoo, Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini said Tuesday at the company's Intel Developer Forum trade show. Adding extra cores to a chip allows the PC to split up heavy workloads. In a demonstration at the San Francisco show, Otellini showed "Alan Wake," a planned video game from Remedy that devotes an entire CPU (central processing unit) core to the physics simulation of action scenes like explosions and tornadoes. The new quad-core gaming chip will deliver a 70 percent performance boost compared to Intel's own current dual-core gaming processor, the company said. Intel will follow that "Core 2 Extreme" chip with the "Core 2 Quad," a four-core chip for mainstream desktops that will ship in the first quarter of 2007, he said. On the server side, Intel will call its new quad-core chip the Xeon 5300, and follow its November launch with a more efficient, 50-watt version in the first quarter of 2007. The launches would be a crucial boost for Intel, which has been losing market share to competitor Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and missing recent earnings targets, prompting Otellini to sell several corporate divisions and lay off 10,000 people in recent weeks. In the past quarter, the company also accelerated its schedule for shipping a new generation of dual-core, 65-nanometer process chips, featuring the Core 2 Duo chip for notebooks and desktops and the Xeon 5100 for servers. Intel claims to have had great commercial success with the new family, shipping 5 million Core 2 Duo processors since the chips launched 60 days ago. Still, the adoption rate for AMD's dual-core Opteron server chip has continued to grow, since many experts consider it far more power efficient in data centers. Reaching customers first with quad-core chips could help Intel to change that reputation. "Perception doesn't change overnight, but what you're seeing is Intel rebuilding itself, rebuilding its product line and laying a foundation for the future," Otellini said. While adding more cores to a PC or server helps it computer faster, users also demand efficiency. So Intel will maintain current power levels in the new family of four-core chips, running the Core 2 Extreme at 130 watts, and the mainstream Core 2 Quad around 100 watts. The company will make three versions of its quad-core server chips, ranging from a high-efficiency 50-watt chip to a standard 80-watt and a high-performance chip above that. Intel is also pushing new technology to market by continuing to shrink the process technology it uses to build the chips. Intel will start producing 45-nm process chips by the second half of 2007 at a US$3 billion fab in Oregon, adding another plant in Arizona that year and a third in Israel by the first half of 2008, he said. That will allow Intel to move from its current 65-nm Core microarchitecture to the 45-nm "Nehalem" design by 2008 and the 32-nm "Gesher" family by 2010.	6Sci/Tech
AP - Alejandro Amenabar's "The Sea Inside," based on the true story of a Spanish quadriplegic who fought for 30 years for the right to end his life, isn't as much of a downer as its subject matter would suggest, thanks to some sly humor and a strong performance from Javier Bardem.	1Entertainment
WASHINGTON - CBS got the bill Wednesday for Janet Jackson's eye-catching flash dance during the Super Bowl halftime show: a record $550,000. The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to fine each of the 20 CBS-owned television stations $27,500, which is the maximum penalty for indecency...	13World
Thesmokinggun.com recently posted a copy of a five-year contract between BeyoncÃ© and L'Oreal. Those big bucks are for 10 days of work a year, as long as the singer-actress maintains "the same physical appearance	1Entertainment
A Belfast-based software firm is creating 100 new jobs as a result of its expanding customer base.	2Europe
Landless protesters in Brazil occupy a farm owned by an alleged drug lord hours before it was to be auctioned.	2Europe
Reuters - The Washington Redskins rolled into the playoffs with a 27-6 home win over the Dallas Cowboys on the final day of the regular season on Sunday.	8Sports
Bank of England governor Mervyn King can expect tough questioning when he faces MPs on Thursday.	10Top News
Celebrities, politicians and thousands of fans will attend the funeral of Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti.	1Entertainment
Michelle A. Rhee thought she knew the type of candidate Mayor Adrian M. Fenty wanted when he sought her recommendation two months ago for a chancellor to lead the D.C. public schools.	10Top News
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Altria Group Inc said on Wednesday it plans to spin off its international tobacco unit but will not give details on the timing of the much anticipated move until January.	0Business
The jury in the manslaughter trial of five rail executives visits the site of the 2000 Hatfield crash.	10Top News
THREE weeks ago, photographs of an unconscious Elisabeth Musu bleeding from her wounds were flashed around the world. Yesterday afternoon, the survivor of last month's Jakarta bomb blast smiled for the camera	13World
SANTA CLARA, Cuba: Fidel Castro suffered a fall yesterday, possibly breaking an arm and a knee, but laughed off the accident, assuring Cubans he remained in good spirits and in one piece.	13World
Giancarlo Abete, Capo Delegazione della Nazionale italiana ed ex vice presidente vicario della Figc,...	4Italia
+9,5% le vendite, spinte dai modelli 911 e Boxter	4Italia
Visual clues for Browns' fans are in short supply. Lerner is camera shy, speaking on the day of Butch Davis' departure only after public relations people asked the live cameras to go dark.	8Sports
AFP - What Mount Vesuvius started in 79 BC, the pigeons are finishing off.	2Europe
The PHP-GTK Community website has an announcement about the launch of a new PHP-GTK related forum at http://phpgtk.opsat.net/ . Another PHP-GTK forums site has sprung up [...] to provide a very informal environment, where posting will not need registration, or the use of a real identity. The site currently offers 3 PHP-GTK sections, and one general section. The forum is also linked to back and forth with the PHP-GTK Community site whenever a a cross-post is made from the forum.	7Software and Developement
AP - The Federal Reserve will do whatever is necessary to prevent damage to the economy from the credit crunch that has gripped Wall Street, a Fed official said Monday, warning it will take time for financial markets to fully recover from the strains.	0Business
Settanta dipendenti per censire le bocchette delle fognature Quattrocento nuovi ingressi in tre anni tutti assunti senza concorso Palermo, pagati per contare i tombini Nelle ex municipalizzate mogli e figli di ATTILIO BOLZONI (07:34 19/09/2006)	4Italia
Although Canadians had to wait awhile to get access to the iTunes Music Store, they are getting a comparative bargain. Apple Computer, which opened the virtual doors on the Canadian store late Wednesday, is	6Sci/Tech
Hockey After waiting more than a month after Buffalo's season ended to receive an offer from the Sabres, Daniel Briere quickly decided it was unacceptable. The Sabres cocaptain broke off negotiations with the team yesterday, opting to test the NHL free agent market when it opens tomorrow. The decision, which came a day after Briere traveled to Los Angeles to ...	8Sports
A small plane with two people on board has crashed at the new Robin Hood airport in South Yorkshire.	10Top News
The chief of the world's largest insurance broker resigns 11 days after the firm was sued in an alleged price-fixing case.	0Business
The company said second-quarter profit rose 7 percent, to $460 million, helped by higher information technology sales and an insurance gain at its shipbuilding unit.	0Business
By Dan Huntley, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Feb. 14--LAKE WYLIE, S.C. -- Donna McSwain bought an antique trunk at an auction in the late 1990s. In a false cardboard bottom, she found turn-of-the-century, lacy, hand-cut Valentines.	6Sci/Tech
Lobby Congress for a personal earmark for Dad to buy, say, a National Center for the Improvement of his Golf Swing.	1Entertainment
Tour company shows Warner Brothers the Churchill spirit	7Software and Developement
AP - Michael Beasley scored 21 points and Bill Walker added 19 for Kansas State, which broke a close game open in the second half and went on to beat No. 10 Texas A&M 75-54 on Saturday. The win gave the Wildcats (12-4, 2-0 Big 12) their first 2-0 start to a conference season in 15 years.	8Sports
The Convent has issued a press statement confirming recent press reports about the forthcoming meeting between Jack Straw and Miguel Angel Moratinos.	2Europe
AFP - A powerful typhoon cut across Japan's southern island of Kyushu, leaving at least eight people dead or missing amid strong winds and torrential rain.	13World
"Soluzioni ponderate e condivise spettano al Parlamento"	4Italia
Three militant insurgent groups in Iraq have warned Iraqis not to vote in the 30 January election. Describing the election as a "dirty farce", a statement posted on a website said anyone who took part in the election would not be safe.	11Top Stories
I.M.T. Smile by I.M.T. Smile	5Music Feeds
The creators of the Globus open source grid software formally launched software and services company Univa on Monday with the hopes of capitalizing on their work on grid computing.	6Sci/Tech
The companyâs consumer segment, which accounts for more than half of the companyâs sales, posted a 16 percent drop in earnings as the cost of ingredients jumped.	0Business
New York: Mariana Alves, the umpire at the centre of the controversial US Open quarterfinal between Jennifer Capriati and Serena Williams yesterday, will not officiate at any more matches in this year's event.	11Top Stories
AFP - Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and Russian businessman Roman Abramovich come first and second in a newspaper's list of the richest people living in Britain.	2Europe
More and more third-party vendors are offering Skype-compatible phones that allow you to roam around your house -- or in some cases, even further -- while still talking up a storm.	6Sci/Tech
Iraq holds its third major meeting of regional powers to discuss security issues and energy.	10Top News
PARIS (Reuters) - General Motors GM.N is seriously considering boosting car exports from Europe, including to its key U.S. market, to help boost productivity at its European sites, a senior GM executive said on Thursday.	0Business
The company posted fourth-quarter profit of $414.9 million, helped by growth in emerging markets and the weaker dollar.	0Business
By Camila Moreiro SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - Kidnappers have freed themother of one of Brazil's most exciting young soccer talents,Santos forward Robinho, 40 days after they seized her atgunpoint from a party, the player's agent said on Friday.	13World
AP - Nine French citizens were arrested in Chad after a group tried to fly more than 100 African children to France, saying it wanted to save them from the crisis in neighboring Darfur, the French Foreign Ministry said.	13World
Scientists are embarking on a project which will explore how global warming is devastating one of the world's most diverse ecosystems, coral reefs. (University of Newcastle press release)	6Sci/Tech
AP - That's not the ticket! Married pro wrestlers Lori Harvey and Bolo Dar'Tainian failed to read a clue thoroughly and forgot a required ticket during CBS' "The Amazing Race," which pushed them from second to last place on the race around the world.	1Entertainment
This year is shaping up to be a dud for amusement parks and other hangouts.	0Business
The bald eagle left the list of threatened and endangered species just in time for Independence Day last week, but will things look as good for another symbolic creature come Easter?	12U.S.
The White House is considering giving the new Director of National Intelligence the task of preparing the daily intelligence material presented to President Bush each morning, a task now handled by the CIA.	12U.S.
AFP - A Peruvian mother of three children announced she was suing the Peruvian government after being infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, at a state-run hospital.	3Health
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen dragged a judge from the governing Hamas Islamist movement out of a taxi and shot him dead in front of his courthouse in Gaza on Wednesday, increasing fears of a Palestinian civil war.	13World
AP - Pops Mensah-Bonsu scored 17 points, and No. 21 George Washington used a 20-2 run late in the first half to take control in a 79-65 victory Saturday night over St. Francis, Pa.	8Sports
Unwilling to concede any corner of the commercial-airplane market to Boeing, Airbus yesterday formalized plans for a new jet that will compete head-to-head with the 7E7.	0Business
Reuters - Nearly 20 percent of U.S. Food and Drug Administration scientists surveyed in late 2002 said they were pressured to approve or recommend approval of a medicine despite their reservations about the drug's risks or effectiveness, according to documents made public on Thursday.	3Health
Reuters - Here's another reason to give thanks this holiday season: the succulent turkey, cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes included in many Thanksgiving day meals may not only look and taste good, but may also be good for you.	3Health
ROMA - E' fissata per il 15 aprile 2005 la data ufficiale della missione Eneide, la prima missione spaziale che nasce dalla collaborazione fra una Regione, il Lazio con la sua Finanziaria Filas, Agenzia Spaziale Europea (ESA), Aeronautica Militare e	4Italia
Smart Online Inc. (OTCBB: SOLN), a leading prov	6Sci/Tech
Reuters - Jason Ritter ("Joan of Arcadia") and Jess Weixler ("Teeth") will play the title roles in "Peter and Vandy," an indie drama about a Manhattan couple.	1Entertainment
Reuters - Though they'll surely live to fight another day, U2's brief stint holding the title of top-grossing tour ever is over. That distinction returns to the Rolling Stones, whose A Bigger Bang tour is now the top-grossing tour in history.	1Entertainment
At least two Palestinian militants, members of Hamas armed wing Izel Dein al Qassam, were killed in a car explosion in Gaza City neighborhoods Sunday evening, Palestinian medicos, security sources and witnesses reported.	11Top Stories
The Jan. 1 abolition of trade quotas may not be as hard on textile and apparel makers in poor countries as many experts had thought.	13World
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As lawyers for Britney Spears and her ex-husband fought a court battle over custody of their two young sons, a publisher said on Friday that the pop star's mother is writing a book about parenting.	1Entertainment
DOGDORE, Chad -- The sun beat down on 18-month-old Izzedine Adam, who sat naked and crying on the floor of his roofless straw hut. His mother cannot afford a sturdier home or even clothes to protect him from the cold desert nights. For now, she is just trying to find enough food to keep him alive.	13World
Probe reveals 'shockingly high levels' A probe into the culinary offerings of the UK's favourite fast food restaurants has found "shockingly high levels of salt in some family, individual, and children's meal options", which in many cases could result in kids receiving well over their maximum daily recommended limit in just one sitting.âŠ	6Sci/Tech
Chiron (CHIR:Nasdaq - news - research) said Thursday that it had found some problems with the production of its Fluvirin influenza virus vaccine, which will cause a delay in the product's reaching the market until early October.	11Top Stories
In attesa di un comunicato	4Italia
Huzan Fraser and Beena Menon of Tourism Ireland have made a unique offer to Amitabh Bachchan.	1Entertainment
AP - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make a landmark visit to Iraq on March 2, the first-ever trip by an Iranian leader, the Iraqi government said Thursday.	13World
World: The crisis at the Yukos oil company deepened today after all its senior executives fled Russia to avoid arrest.	10Top News
Social networking site, Facebook, believed to be in negotiations with Microsoft.	0Business
What would you tell this man, who phoned for my thoughts on his credit card strategy?	0Business
AP - Flag-burning and the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance are about to join gay marriage among the volatile issues that congressional Republicans have pushed to votes ahead of the election to remind the public how the GOP and Democrats differ.	13World
The Republic of Ireland's FA claims it has been vindicated in the eligibility row involving Irish players after a Fifa ruling.	2Europe
New research suggests that top-selling pain reliever Celebrex does not carry the same heart attack risk as Vioxx, a similar drug pulled from the market in September because of safety concerns.	3Health
AFP - Powerful Somali Islamists claimed to have fought Ethiopian troops in central Somalia and warned of importing foreign fighters to join their holy war if the United Nations authorizes peacekeepers.	13World
E! Online - A head start wasn't all it was cracked up to be for Veronica Donovan, much less Prison Break.	1Entertainment
AP - Friedman Paul Erhardt, a German-born cook known as "Chef Tell" who was one of America's pioneering television chefs, has died. He was 63.	1Entertainment
MIAMI (Reuters) - A surge in the number of Venezuelans seeking asylum in the United States has some drawing parallels with Communist Cuba in the early 1960s.	12U.S.
Questo l'elenco dei 18 calciatori convocati dal tecnico Stefano Pioli per la partita Parma-Osasuna, ...	4Italia
Arts: As collectors and curators stream into the capital, UK market estimated to be worth £500m.	10Top News
Russian President Vladimir Putin today wrapped up his three-day visit to India. On his last day, he visited the country's second largest software exporter Infosys Technologies in of Bangalore.	1Entertainment
Itâs not surprising the Notre Dame players and coaches were using words like âdevastating,â âheartbreakingâ and âunbelievableâ following Saturdayâs 24-23 home loss to Boston College.	8Sports

Researchers led by Dr Goran Bjelakovic of the University of Nis in Serbia-Montenegro have revealed that these pills only take you closer to death.

11Top Stories

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday barred O.J. Simpson from spending, at least for now, the advance for his aborted book "If I Did It" about the murders of his ex-wife and her friend.

10Top News

OAKLAND - Jason Richardson thought the Golden State Warriors forgot about him on offense two games ago in Cleveland. They couldn't have missed him if they tried this time.

8Sports

KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces imposed tight security on the city of Kerbala as 2.5 million pilgrims marked the climax of a major Shi'ite rite on Saturday, a day after gunmen attacked worshippers and police in other southern cities.

10Top News

In mattinata record su tre settimane a 1,3171

4Italia

FRANKFURT, Germany Aug. 23, 2004 - Automaker Volkswagen said Monday there is "no room" for wage increases this year as it prepares for pay talks with Germany's largest industrial union.

13World

South Koreaâs Tae Young Yang has filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport challenging the result of the menâs all-round gymnastics final.

11Top Stories

Shares in Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury plunge 30% after the firm issues a profit warning.

0Business

TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Maple Leafs won their third successive game on the heels of a five-game losing streak, beating the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Saturday.

8Sports

Say hello to 'Super 3G'

6Sci/Tech

When Jenn Stuczynski started pole-vaulting, she trained in two primitive Quonset huts in Churchville, N.Y., near Rochester. Four years later, she still trains there, but her bar has been raised.

8Sports

Reuters - Ireland should consider giving up driving on the left to reduce accidents by foreigners accustomed to right side motoring, a senior politician said on Friday.

2Europe

KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's King Gyanendra sacked the government, declared a state of emergency and assumed power on Tuesday, saying the leadership had failed to hold polls or restore peace amid an escalating civil war with Maoist rebels.

10Top News

Non sta trovando spazio, ma è pronto a dare il suo aiuto. Matteo Contini aspetta il suo momen...

4Italia

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A senior U.N. official on Friday called sexual abuse a "cancer" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and told military and civilian leaders they had to condemn it publicly and prosecute offenders.

13World

Chancellor Alistair Darling outlines details of a funding plan that could help a private sale of Northern Rock.

2Europe

A Maine school bus driver won $200,000 in a NASA-sponsored contest to design a new glove for astronauts.

12U.S.

( InfoWorld ) - Intel Corp. will ship quad-core processors in November for servers and gaming PCs, accelerating its effort to regain momentum in sales of power-efficient chips. Thirteen vendors have already announced plans to sell quad-core based PCs for the high-end enthusiast market, including Dell Inc. and its Alienware division, Gateway, Velocity Micro and Voodoo, Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini said Tuesday at the company's Intel Developer Forum trade show. Adding extra cores to a chip allows the PC to split up heavy workloads. In a demonstration at the San Francisco show, Otellini showed "Alan Wake," a planned video game from Remedy that devotes an entire CPU (central processing unit) core to the physics simulation of action scenes like explosions and tornadoes. The new quad-core gaming chip will deliver a 70 percent performance boost compared to Intel's own current dual-core gaming processor, the company said. Intel will follow that "Core 2 Extreme" chip with the "Core 2 Quad," a four-core chip for mainstream desktops that will ship in the first quarter of 2007, he said. On the server side, Intel will call its new quad-core chip the Xeon 5300, and follow its November launch with a more efficient, 50-watt version in the first quarter of 2007. The launches would be a crucial boost for Intel, which has been losing market share to competitor Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and missing recent earnings targets, prompting Otellini to sell several corporate divisions and lay off 10,000 people in recent weeks. In the past quarter, the company also accelerated its schedule for shipping a new generation of dual-core, 65-nanometer process chips, featuring the Core 2 Duo chip for notebooks and desktops and the Xeon 5100 for servers. Intel claims to have had great commercial success with the new family, shipping 5 million Core 2 Duo processors since the chips launched 60 days ago. Still, the adoption rate for AMD's dual-core Opteron server chip has continued to grow, since many experts consider it far more power efficient in data centers. Reaching customers first with quad-core chips could help Intel to change that reputation. "Perception doesn't change overnight, but what you're seeing is Intel rebuilding itself, rebuilding its product line and laying a foundation for the future," Otellini said. While adding more cores to a PC or server helps it computer faster, users also demand efficiency. So Intel will maintain current power levels in the new family of four-core chips, running the Core 2 Extreme at 130 watts, and the mainstream Core 2 Quad around 100 watts. The company will make three versions of its quad-core server chips, ranging from a high-efficiency 50-watt chip to a standard 80-watt and a high-performance chip above that. Intel is also pushing new technology to market by continuing to shrink the process technology it uses to build the chips. Intel will start producing 45-nm process chips by the second half of 2007 at a US$3 billion fab in Oregon, adding another plant in Arizona that year and a third in Israel by the first half of 2008, he said. That will allow Intel to move from its current 65-nm Core microarchitecture to the 45-nm "Nehalem" design by 2008 and the 32-nm "Gesher" family by 2010.

6Sci/Tech

AP - Alejandro Amenabar's "The Sea Inside," based on the true story of a Spanish quadriplegic who fought for 30 years for the right to end his life, isn't as much of a downer as its subject matter would suggest, thanks to some sly humor and a strong performance from Javier Bardem.

1Entertainment

WASHINGTON - CBS got the bill Wednesday for Janet Jackson's eye-catching flash dance during the Super Bowl halftime show: a record $550,000. The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to fine each of the 20 CBS-owned television stations $27,500, which is the maximum penalty for indecency...

13World

Thesmokinggun.com recently posted a copy of a five-year contract between BeyoncÃ© and L'Oreal. Those big bucks are for 10 days of work a year, as long as the singer-actress maintains "the same physical appearance

1Entertainment

A Belfast-based software firm is creating 100 new jobs as a result of its expanding customer base.

2Europe

Landless protesters in Brazil occupy a farm owned by an alleged drug lord hours before it was to be auctioned.

2Europe

Reuters - The Washington Redskins rolled into the playoffs with a 27-6 home win over the Dallas Cowboys on the final day of the regular season on Sunday.

8Sports

Bank of England governor Mervyn King can expect tough questioning when he faces MPs on Thursday.

10Top News

Celebrities, politicians and thousands of fans will attend the funeral of Italian singer Luciano Pavarotti.

1Entertainment

Michelle A. Rhee thought she knew the type of candidate Mayor Adrian M. Fenty wanted when he sought her recommendation two months ago for a chancellor to lead the D.C. public schools.

10Top News

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Altria Group Inc said on Wednesday it plans to spin off its international tobacco unit but will not give details on the timing of the much anticipated move until January.

0Business

The jury in the manslaughter trial of five rail executives visits the site of the 2000 Hatfield crash.

10Top News

THREE weeks ago, photographs of an unconscious Elisabeth Musu bleeding from her wounds were flashed around the world. Yesterday afternoon, the survivor of last month's Jakarta bomb blast smiled for the camera

13World

SANTA CLARA, Cuba: Fidel Castro suffered a fall yesterday, possibly breaking an arm and a knee, but laughed off the accident, assuring Cubans he remained in good spirits and in one piece.

13World

Giancarlo Abete, Capo Delegazione della Nazionale italiana ed ex vice presidente vicario della Figc,...

4Italia

+9,5% le vendite, spinte dai modelli 911 e Boxter

4Italia

Visual clues for Browns' fans are in short supply. Lerner is camera shy, speaking on the day of Butch Davis' departure only after public relations people asked the live cameras to go dark.

8Sports

AFP - What Mount Vesuvius started in 79 BC, the pigeons are finishing off.

2Europe

The PHP-GTK Community website has an announcement about the launch of a new PHP-GTK related forum at http://phpgtk.opsat.net/ . Another PHP-GTK forums site has sprung up [...] to provide a very informal environment, where posting will not need registration, or the use of a real identity. The site currently offers 3 PHP-GTK sections, and one general section. The forum is also linked to back and forth with the PHP-GTK Community site whenever a a cross-post is made from the forum.

7Software and Developement

AP - The Federal Reserve will do whatever is necessary to prevent damage to the economy from the credit crunch that has gripped Wall Street, a Fed official said Monday, warning it will take time for financial markets to fully recover from the strains.

0Business

Settanta dipendenti per censire le bocchette delle fognature Quattrocento nuovi ingressi in tre anni tutti assunti senza concorso Palermo, pagati per contare i tombini Nelle ex municipalizzate mogli e figli di ATTILIO BOLZONI (07:34 19/09/2006)

4Italia

Although Canadians had to wait awhile to get access to the iTunes Music Store, they are getting a comparative bargain. Apple Computer, which opened the virtual doors on the Canadian store late Wednesday, is

6Sci/Tech

Hockey After waiting more than a month after Buffalo's season ended to receive an offer from the Sabres, Daniel Briere quickly decided it was unacceptable. The Sabres cocaptain broke off negotiations with the team yesterday, opting to test the NHL free agent market when it opens tomorrow. The decision, which came a day after Briere traveled to Los Angeles to ...

8Sports

A small plane with two people on board has crashed at the new Robin Hood airport in South Yorkshire.

10Top News

The chief of the world's largest insurance broker resigns 11 days after the firm was sued in an alleged price-fixing case.

0Business

The company said second-quarter profit rose 7 percent, to $460 million, helped by higher information technology sales and an insurance gain at its shipbuilding unit.

0Business

By Dan Huntley, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Feb. 14--LAKE WYLIE, S.C. -- Donna McSwain bought an antique trunk at an auction in the late 1990s. In a false cardboard bottom, she found turn-of-the-century, lacy, hand-cut Valentines.

6Sci/Tech

Lobby Congress for a personal earmark for Dad to buy, say, a National Center for the Improvement of his Golf Swing.

1Entertainment

Tour company shows Warner Brothers the Churchill spirit

7Software and Developement

AP - Michael Beasley scored 21 points and Bill Walker added 19 for Kansas State, which broke a close game open in the second half and went on to beat No. 10 Texas A&M 75-54 on Saturday. The win gave the Wildcats (12-4, 2-0 Big 12) their first 2-0 start to a conference season in 15 years.

8Sports

The Convent has issued a press statement confirming recent press reports about the forthcoming meeting between Jack Straw and Miguel Angel Moratinos.

2Europe

AFP - A powerful typhoon cut across Japan's southern island of Kyushu, leaving at least eight people dead or missing amid strong winds and torrential rain.

13World

"Soluzioni ponderate e condivise spettano al Parlamento"

4Italia

Three militant insurgent groups in Iraq have warned Iraqis not to vote in the 30 January election. Describing the election as a "dirty farce", a statement posted on a website said anyone who took part in the election would not be safe.

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The creators of the Globus open source grid software formally launched software and services company Univa on Monday with the hopes of capitalizing on their work on grid computing.

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The companyâs consumer segment, which accounts for more than half of the companyâs sales, posted a 16 percent drop in earnings as the cost of ingredients jumped.

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New York: Mariana Alves, the umpire at the centre of the controversial US Open quarterfinal between Jennifer Capriati and Serena Williams yesterday, will not officiate at any more matches in this year's event.

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AFP - Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and Russian businessman Roman Abramovich come first and second in a newspaper's list of the richest people living in Britain.

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More and more third-party vendors are offering Skype-compatible phones that allow you to roam around your house -- or in some cases, even further -- while still talking up a storm.

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Iraq holds its third major meeting of regional powers to discuss security issues and energy.

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PARIS (Reuters) - General Motors GM.N is seriously considering boosting car exports from Europe, including to its key U.S. market, to help boost productivity at its European sites, a senior GM executive said on Thursday.

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The company posted fourth-quarter profit of $414.9 million, helped by growth in emerging markets and the weaker dollar.

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By Camila Moreiro SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - Kidnappers have freed themother of one of Brazil's most exciting young soccer talents,Santos forward Robinho, 40 days after they seized her atgunpoint from a party, the player's agent said on Friday.

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AP - Nine French citizens were arrested in Chad after a group tried to fly more than 100 African children to France, saying it wanted to save them from the crisis in neighboring Darfur, the French Foreign Ministry said.

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Scientists are embarking on a project which will explore how global warming is devastating one of the world's most diverse ecosystems, coral reefs. (University of Newcastle press release)

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AP - That's not the ticket! Married pro wrestlers Lori Harvey and Bolo Dar'Tainian failed to read a clue thoroughly and forgot a required ticket during CBS' "The Amazing Race," which pushed them from second to last place on the race around the world.

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This year is shaping up to be a dud for amusement parks and other hangouts.

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The bald eagle left the list of threatened and endangered species just in time for Independence Day last week, but will things look as good for another symbolic creature come Easter?

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The White House is considering giving the new Director of National Intelligence the task of preparing the daily intelligence material presented to President Bush each morning, a task now handled by the CIA.

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AFP - A Peruvian mother of three children announced she was suing the Peruvian government after being infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, at a state-run hospital.

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KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza (Reuters) - Unidentified gunmen dragged a judge from the governing Hamas Islamist movement out of a taxi and shot him dead in front of his courthouse in Gaza on Wednesday, increasing fears of a Palestinian civil war.

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AP - Pops Mensah-Bonsu scored 17 points, and No. 21 George Washington used a 20-2 run late in the first half to take control in a 79-65 victory Saturday night over St. Francis, Pa.

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Unwilling to concede any corner of the commercial-airplane market to Boeing, Airbus yesterday formalized plans for a new jet that will compete head-to-head with the 7E7.

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Reuters - Nearly 20 percent of U.S. Food and Drug Administration scientists surveyed in late 2002 said they were pressured to approve or recommend approval of a medicine despite their reservations about the drug's risks or effectiveness, according to documents made public on Thursday.

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Reuters - Here's another reason to give thanks this holiday season: the succulent turkey, cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes included in many Thanksgiving day meals may not only look and taste good, but may also be good for you.

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ROMA - E' fissata per il 15 aprile 2005 la data ufficiale della missione Eneide, la prima missione spaziale che nasce dalla collaborazione fra una Regione, il Lazio con la sua Finanziaria Filas, Agenzia Spaziale Europea (ESA), Aeronautica Militare e

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Smart Online Inc. (OTCBB: SOLN), a leading prov

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Reuters - Jason Ritter ("Joan of Arcadia") and Jess Weixler ("Teeth") will play the title roles in "Peter and Vandy," an indie drama about a Manhattan couple.

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Reuters - Though they'll surely live to fight another day, U2's brief stint holding the title of top-grossing tour ever is over. That distinction returns to the Rolling Stones, whose A Bigger Bang tour is now the top-grossing tour in history.

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At least two Palestinian militants, members of Hamas armed wing Izel Dein al Qassam, were killed in a car explosion in Gaza City neighborhoods Sunday evening, Palestinian medicos, security sources and witnesses reported.

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The Jan. 1 abolition of trade quotas may not be as hard on textile and apparel makers in poor countries as many experts had thought.

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As lawyers for Britney Spears and her ex-husband fought a court battle over custody of their two young sons, a publisher said on Friday that the pop star's mother is writing a book about parenting.

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DOGDORE, Chad -- The sun beat down on 18-month-old Izzedine Adam, who sat naked and crying on the floor of his roofless straw hut. His mother cannot afford a sturdier home or even clothes to protect him from the cold desert nights. For now, she is just trying to find enough food to keep him alive.

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Probe reveals 'shockingly high levels' A probe into the culinary offerings of the UK's favourite fast food restaurants has found "shockingly high levels of salt in some family, individual, and children's meal options", which in many cases could result in kids receiving well over their maximum daily recommended limit in just one sitting.âŠ

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Chiron (CHIR:Nasdaq - news - research) said Thursday that it had found some problems with the production of its Fluvirin influenza virus vaccine, which will cause a delay in the product's reaching the market until early October.

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Huzan Fraser and Beena Menon of Tourism Ireland have made a unique offer to Amitabh Bachchan.

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AP - Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will make a landmark visit to Iraq on March 2, the first-ever trip by an Iranian leader, the Iraqi government said Thursday.

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World: The crisis at the Yukos oil company deepened today after all its senior executives fled Russia to avoid arrest.

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Social networking site, Facebook, believed to be in negotiations with Microsoft.

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What would you tell this man, who phoned for my thoughts on his credit card strategy?

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AP - Flag-burning and the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance are about to join gay marriage among the volatile issues that congressional Republicans have pushed to votes ahead of the election to remind the public how the GOP and Democrats differ.

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The Republic of Ireland's FA claims it has been vindicated in the eligibility row involving Irish players after a Fifa ruling.

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New research suggests that top-selling pain reliever Celebrex does not carry the same heart attack risk as Vioxx, a similar drug pulled from the market in September because of safety concerns.

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AFP - Powerful Somali Islamists claimed to have fought Ethiopian troops in central Somalia and warned of importing foreign fighters to join their holy war if the United Nations authorizes peacekeepers.

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E! Online - A head start wasn't all it was cracked up to be for Veronica Donovan, much less Prison Break.

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AP - Friedman Paul Erhardt, a German-born cook known as "Chef Tell" who was one of America's pioneering television chefs, has died. He was 63.

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MIAMI (Reuters) - A surge in the number of Venezuelans seeking asylum in the United States has some drawing parallels with Communist Cuba in the early 1960s.

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Questo l'elenco dei 18 calciatori convocati dal tecnico Stefano Pioli per la partita Parma-Osasuna, ...

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Arts: As collectors and curators stream into the capital, UK market estimated to be worth £500m.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin today wrapped up his three-day visit to India. On his last day, he visited the country's second largest software exporter Infosys Technologies in of Bangalore.

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Itâs not surprising the Notre Dame players and coaches were using words like âdevastating,â âheartbreakingâ and âunbelievableâ following Saturdayâs 24-23 home loss to Boston College.

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