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AP - The Government Accountability Office, responding to a request from Democratic lawmakers, will investigate the way votes were counted in the Nov. 2 election. | 0World
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AP - The Arizona Diamondbacks stumbled into Baltimore after dropping three straight and six of seven. They had fallen from first place to third in the NL West, their offense was struggling and beating American League teams was a daunting task. | 1Sports
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The online service-turned media company will be Silicon Alley's latest emigre, taking up space new New York University. | 3Sci/Tech
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After overseeing the rising fortunes of the Xbox 360 game console, Peter Moore will run the sports division of the leading game publisher. | 2Business
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AFP - Former Great Britain rugby league captain Andy Farrell is set to make his rugby union bow in a Saracens reserves match against Harlequins on Monday. | 0World
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AP - Barry Bonds' personal trainer was held in contempt of court and taken to prison Wednesday for refusing to testify to the federal grand jury investigating the San Francisco Giants' slugger for perjury. | 1Sports
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When this college basketball season began, it was difficult to really know what to make of the University of Washington. Lorenzo Romar's team did return five starters from last season. | 1Sports
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Apple Computers is attempting to nab the domain www.itunes.co.uk from a British entrepreneur in a true David vs. Goliath battle. Benjamin Cohen registered his domain in 2000 for a music search engine called âCyberBritainâ. | 3Sci/Tech
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Tony Blair will make an uncompromising speech on climate change on Tuesday, urging the world to act in concert and pressing Washington to change its stance. | 0World
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LONDON: Marks & Spencer has announced a top-level shake-up, as it revealed a deterioration in trading conditions and posted a first-half profit in line with expectations. | 2Business
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Sir Paul McCartney has been named the featured performer at next year's Super Bowl halftime show, to be shown on the Fox network on Feb 6. Janet Jackson's duet with Justin Timberlake caused a ruckus at the show this year, when she bared her breast. | 1Sports
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Plan a big, fat cheap wedding, and start your coupling with extra cash, not debt. | 2Business
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By Valerie Kuklenski\\ Staff Writer For hundreds, maybe thousands of years, new mothers have sought the advice and comfort of experienced women in their midst. | 3Sci/Tech
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USATODAY.com - Troubled tech giants Intel, Dell and Gateway each announced turnaround initiatives Thursday. The plans are varied but have the same goal: to get the companies into shape before the crucial back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons, says independent technology analyst Rob Enderle. | 3Sci/Tech
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Critical Opera and Firefox bugs menace IE-refuseniks
There's bad news for users of alternative browsers this Friday, with both Opera and Firefox subject to security vulnerabilities.⊠| 3Sci/Tech
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Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said Wednesday it will release its PlayStation Portable game console in Japan on Dec. 12 at a price of 20,790 yen, surprising many who had expected it to cost far more. | 3Sci/Tech
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Last week viewers pored over four iPhone commercials with Talmudic intensity, trying to determine precisely how the phone will operate. | 2Business
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London, England (Sports Network) - Arjen Robben was again brilliant as Chelsea won again, this time 4-1 at Fulham in an English Premiership game. | 1Sports
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AP - England lifted the pressure off coach Sven-Goran Eriksson with a 2-1 win at Poland in a World Cup qualifier on Wednesday night, while Italy won its second straight game and France got its first victory. | 1Sports
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Reuters - Pfizer Inc. on Monday boosted
its quarterly dividend 21 percent after the surprise failure
early this month of its most important experimental drug and
resulting sell-off in company shares, and named Chief Executive
Jeffrey Kindler chairman of its board. | 2Business
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KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Pakistan World Cup cricket coach Bob Woolmer died from natural causes and was not strangled as police earlier concluded, the Jamaican police commissioner said Tuesday in announcing the end of an international homicide investigation. | 1Sports
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Finally, the wait is over. After a long wait, iRiver has finally decided to challenge the might of Creative and Apple in the 5 GB portable music player department. | 3Sci/Tech
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AP - Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson have begun casting Republican rival Mitt Romney as a scion of the upper class, contrasting him with their more humble roots in hopes of undermining the richest candidate in a well-off group. | 0World
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Microsoft is launching free software to make it easier for developers to create software compatible with Windows Server 2008. | 3Sci/Tech
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Online fraudsters are targeting Facebook users with the same scam tactics that have been used for years to steal passwords for banks and PayPal. While the target is different, the motive remains the same: money. | 3Sci/Tech
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InfoWorld - Skype is looking to a 1968 ruling by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to open up the country's mobile phone industry for "unlocked" devices and third-party applications -- such as Skype. | 3Sci/Tech
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Fisheries scientists urge zero catches for cod in 2005 in the North Sea, the Irish Sea and west of Scotland. | 3Sci/Tech
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AU Optronics Corp ( åéå
é» ), the world's third-largest maker of flat-panel displays used in computers and televisions, expects the decline in screen prices that began earlier this year to come to an end as demand rebounds. | 3Sci/Tech
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TORONTO (CP) - Improved profit guidance from Ford energized sock markets Friday morning despite a consumer confidence reading that unexpectedly slipped. | 2Business
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PARIS (Reuters) - Pan-European stock exchange operator Euronext said on Thursday it would ask shareholders to approve its planned merger with NYSE Group , parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, at an extraordinary meeting on December 19. | 2Business
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New manager Walter Smith believes Scotland must foster a sense of togetherness if they are to restore their international fortunes. | 1Sports
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AP - Keith Langford and Christian Moody were limited in practice Tuesday, but No. 2 Kansas hoped to have at least one of the injured starters available for Wednesday night's game at Iowa State. | 1Sports
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OSLO (Reuters) - U.S.-listed tanker shipping group Teekay TK.N said on Monday it increased its stake in Norwegian offshore services group Petrojarl PETRO.OL to more than 40 percent and called a mandatory bid for the rest of its shares. | 2Business
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RICHMOND, Va. - Giant sections were taken out of roads where the earth had given way to rushing water beneath the concrete... | 0World
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MEXICO CITY, Feb. 2 -- Teams of investigators and archaeological specialists searched the site of a former military base in western Mexico on Saturday for remains of victims of Mexico's "dirty war." | 0World
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Honda takes top honors for fuel efficiency. | 2Business
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Senators discussed the the overhaul of immigration laws on talk shows today after President Bush used his weekly radio address to urge members of both parties to support the bill. | 0World
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NEC and Toshiba have made two advancements in developing a new type of memory that could eventually replace the standard memory used in mobile phones, MP3 players, and other portable electronic devices, the companies said Wednesday. | 3Sci/Tech
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (Sports Network) - Jason Campbell passed for 224 yards and a touchdown, Courtney Taylor caught four passes for 89 yards and a score, and No. 2 Auburn overcame a slow start to beat Southeastern Conference rival Alabama, 21-13, in the 69th Iron Bowl. | 1Sports
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( InfoWorld ) - Google's claims that Microsoft's built-in Vista desktop indexing and search tool violates its antitrust agreement  could be difficult to prove even if the software does slow down the performance of Google's competitive Google Desktop offering.
As long as a user can run alternative software to Microsoft's Instant Search software, it's unlikely that U.S. federal antitrust officials would consider coming down on the software giant, analysts and users said.
Google's claims are far different than the ones posed by Netscape during the browser wars that led to the Department of Justice's antitrust suit in the 1990s, said Rob Helm, research director at Directions on Microsoft. "Microsoft beat Netscape in part by leveraging its relationship with PC manufacturers," he said. "This is a lot subtler."
Google seems to be alleging that "if two pieces of software don't play together, then it must be an anticompetitive tactic of Microsoft's," Helm said. "I don't recall any past antitrust cases asserting something so broad," he said.
The presence of Microsoft's Vista desktop search could be slowing down Google's product merely as an accident of product design, not because of any malicious intent by Microsoft, Helm said.
"Even if Microsoft's software was perfectly written, the way Google interacts with it might be bad, and either company might be at fault," he said. "They could have both done the right things in different ways that might conflict with each other."
According to a report in The Wall Street Journal Monday, Google sent a white paper to U.S. federal and state antitrust officials in April to try to convince them that Vista makes it difficult for consumers to use rival desktop search software.
In its white paper, Google claims that Vista's search boxes and bars -- available in several places in the OS, including the Start menu and in the Windows Explorer file manager -- work only with Microsoft's search and indexing tool. The company also said it is nearly impossible to turn off Vista's indexing, which means a competitor must add a second indexer that slows down a PC.
Google spokesman Ricardo Reyes confirmed the company's charge against Microsoft Monday.
Microsoft is disputing Google's charges and said that it has worked closely with federal officials to ensure its Vista OS, released to consumers in January, fosters rather than inhibits competition in the area of desktop search.
Users can disable Vista's desktop search service, but the company has not made it simple for them to do so, acknowledged Jack Evans, a Microsoft spokesman. He said this is because the company designed Vista's desktop search specifically "to not affect performance and back off any other programs running" -- including any third-party desktop search software -- in a way that should resolve any claims of anticompetitive behavior, Evans said.
Andrew Brust, chief, new technology of consulting firm Twentysix New York, said he used Google's desktop search when it first came out but switched to Microsoft's product when it became available for Windows XP because he preferred it.
"Microsoft chose to integrate into Windows, whereas Google decided to be browser-based," he said. "Plus, at least back then, Google installed its own local Web server as part of the product and I really didn't like all that baggage. Microsoft's was just more useful."
Brust, who has used Vista in beta form, said integrating desktop search into Vista is "common sense" and suggested that Google's complaints might be sour grapes over Microsoft's own antitrust charges against the search vendor when it unveiled plans to purchase online advertising and marketing powerhouse DoubleClick .
Samir Bhavnani, research director for analyst firm Current Analysis West, said that Microsoft's integration of desktop search into Vista was a response to Apple's inclusion of desktop search in their Mac OS, not a move against Google. He said it wouldn't be fair for Google to accuse Microsoft of being anticompetitive without leveling the same charge at Apple.
However, Helm contradicted this reasoning and said that Apple was not found in a U.S. court to have a monopoly on PC OSes, while Microsoft was in the DoJ case. "I don't have the impression that Google is worried about Apple," he said. | 3Sci/Tech
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In SAN FRANCISCO story, "UPDATE 1-National Semiconductor to cut about 6 pct of staff," please read in second paragraph "... 450 factory jobs ..." instead of "... 550 factory jobs ..." | 2Business
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Amid the destruction from Tropical Storm Jeanne, Haitians have prayed for the 1,500 dead and given thanks that their lives were spared at services on Sunday. | 0World
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By Jane Ruffin, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Sep. 24--David Carter, the former director of Wake County Parks, Recreation and Open Space, now works as southeast director of conservation finance for the Trust for Public Land. Carter also is an adjunct faculty member in N.C. | 3Sci/Tech
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Biotechnology and pharmaceutical stocks were nearly flat during the holiday-shortened week as two long-awaited drugs received Food and Drug Administration approval. | 2Business
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A growing number of couples are screening embryos to detect a predisposition to cancers that may or may not develop later in life. | 3Sci/Tech
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Cincinnati man offers novel defence
A Cincinnati man who broke into a car, crashed out, and was subsequently discovered by the owner having a trouserless kip claimed his presence in the vehicle was due to a leprechaun who had obligingly let him in.⊠| 3Sci/Tech
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Reuters - The Congress passed a nearly $152
billion plan to stave off an election-year recession by sending
government rebate checks to millions of Americans and providing
business tax incentives to boost spending. | 2Business
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Newcastle host Middlesbrough in Sunday's early Premier League match, with Aston Villa at Fulham later on. | 0World
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An anonymous essay criticizing video game publisher Electronic Arts is unleashing a torrent of complaints about work practices in the game world. [Missing Links] | 3Sci/Tech
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The 49ers reached a four-year, $6 million agreement late Monday with Brisbane-based Monster Cable following a competitive bidding process that began in July, said Sam Singer, a spokesman for the 49ers. | 1Sports
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The S.E.C. plans to make it easier for foreign companies to withdraw their securities from U.S. markets, so long as those securities primarily trade overseas. | 2Business
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AJAX, Silverlight, Flex cited as key players in the increasingly crowded rich Web development technology space. | 3Sci/Tech
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The script for the new Bruce Willis flick is drawn at least partly from John Carlin's short story, "A Farewell to Arms," published a decade ago in Wired magazine. | 3Sci/Tech
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Austria's Werner Franz finally collected the maiden World Cup downhill victory of his career Saturday, becoming the first man to beat Bode Miller in the discipline this season. | 1Sports
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InfoWorld - CA has unveiled plans to simplify the naming of its entire software range over the next 12 to 18 months to better brand the products and more clearly indicate their function. | 3Sci/Tech
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Arsenal Football Club manager Arsene Wenger has admitted he is thinking about offering a short-term contract to Emmanuel Petit. The 34-year-old, part of Arsenalâs double-winning side under Wenger has been | 1Sports
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marsh & McLennan Cos. MMC.N , the world's largest insurance broker, on Tuesday said it will reform its business practices and stop accepting fees that New York's attorney general said amounted to bid-rigging. | 2Business
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AP - Ohio State is 15-5 in games decided by a touchdown or less under coach Jim Tressel, an uncanny run of success that defies explanation. | 1Sports
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ATHENS (Reuters) - International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge says preparations for the 2008 Beijing Games are on track but feels good use of the time remaining is vital for a well-organized Olympics. | 1Sports
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Microsoft will introduce a new system for fighting software piracy with its upcoming Windows Vista and Windows Longhorn Server operating systems, the company said Wednesday. | 2Business
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Users will be able to upgrade between versions just by purchasing a new product key. | 3Sci/Tech
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eBay says it will soon drop support for Microsoft's Passport for log-in to the site and discontinuing alerts sent via Microsoft's . | 3Sci/Tech
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Sevilla midfielder Antonio Puerta died today, three days after collapsing during a Primera Liga match against Getafe. | 1Sports
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NEW YORK Marsh & McLennan has a good chance of surviving despite the departure of Jeffrey Greenberg, its chief executive, as long as its outside directors understand that removing Greenberg is not the last but the first change they will have to make. | 2Business
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Hot chips, cold cash
Computer chip maker Freescale Semiconductor, a spin-off of Motorola, has announced that it is in talks with several possible investors.⊠| 3Sci/Tech
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Football legend and television personality Emlyn Hughes died today from a brain tumour. He was 57. Sports fans, friends and former colleagues paid tributes to one of Liverpoolâs âfavourite | 1Sports
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Shops and schools were closed across Bangladesh yesterday after the main opposition party called a general strike to demand the government resign over a deadly grenade attack on a political rally. | 0World
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Apple has updated its AirPort Extreme wireless networking product to improve compatibility and to fix a security issue. | 3Sci/Tech
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Reuters - The top Democrat on the Senate
Intelligence Committee questioned on Tuesday whether President
Bush's choice to head the CIA was too partisan to be able to
restore credibility to U.S. intelligence services. | 0World
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Most Israeli troops suspected of crimes against Palestinian civilians are never indicted, a rights group says. | 0World
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If so, leave early. Travel experts predict traffic congestion, poor weather and possible job actions by Pennsylvania Turnpike toll takers and US Airways workers at Philadelphia International | 2Business
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AP - If this were a normal NHL season, Penguins coach Eddie Olczyk would have spent Wednesday running a practice, reviewing the previous night's game against the Sharks and looking ahead to Friday's game against the Rangers. | 1Sports
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Despite a ho-hum Q2, the tax preparer has a bright future. | 2Business
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures rose on Monday, boosted by takeover news in the telecommunications sector and before a report on manufacturing activity that could give clues on the outlook for profits. | 2Business
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The Philippine economy continued to grow robustly in the third quarter despite rising consumer prices, with the gross domestic product expanding by 6.3 per cent from a year ago | 2Business
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AP - Tiger Woods won't be playing in this week's 84 Lumber Classic after all. | 1Sports
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Users hope SAP AG's admission that it inappropriately downloaded proprietary technical data from Oracle databases won't hurt the vendor in the long run. | 3Sci/Tech
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President Bush is reveling in winning the popular vote and feels he can no longer be considered a one-term accident of history. | 0World
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PARIS (Reuters) - France called for a new start to relations with the United States on Wednesday after a long chill over the Iraq war and said the countries' leaders should talk more often. | 0World
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So does market watcher iSuppli | 3Sci/Tech
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp. 6758.T shares fell to a 2-1/2-month low on Monday after Toshiba Corp. 6502.T and Fujitsu Ltd. 6702.T joined the list of PC makers recalling Sony-made batteries, increasing potential damage to its earnings. | 3Sci/Tech
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Film company The Weinstein Co., and distributor Genius Products LLC are to co-produce and co-finance a slate of television productions in an alliance with RHI Entertainment, the companies said on Monday. | 2Business
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LOS ANGELES - A consortium led by Sony Corp. has agreed in principle to acquire famed Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc... | 0World
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Paul Hamm definitely doesn't think he should have to give up his gold medal. He's not even into the idea of sharing it. "I personally feel, at this time, that I am the Olympic | 1Sports
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As the first Nextel Cup champion, Jimmie Johnson has joined a prestigious inner circle. He is now one the sportâs most visible drivers, along with Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 1Sports
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One of the two Italian aid workers freed after three weeks in captivity in Iraq said the fight against American troops and their allies there was not terrorism but legitimate resistance to occupation. | 0World
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Reuters - China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday
denied the Chinese government would mount a legal challenge
against BHP Billiton's proposal to take over rival
Australian miner Rio Tinto . | 2Business
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Shares in UK buy-to-let mortgage lender Paragon Group slump more than 25% as escalating worries over the credit squeeze spreads. | 2Business
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By Taylor Bright, The Charlotte Observer, N.C. Feb. 4--Let's begin this week with some brick and mortar news out of Lancaster County. A 22,000- square-foot customer service center for Kennametal is being built in Indian Land. | 3Sci/Tech
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An exhibition is being held in Beijing to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Pei Wenzhong,the discoverer of the first Peking Man skull. | 3Sci/Tech
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Online payment service PayPal said it will essentially waive transaction fees for some customers on Thursday to make amends for the inconvenience caused by about five days of intermittent service outages earlier this month. | 3Sci/Tech
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The keyboard is mightier than the whiteboard at an emergency room in the Bronx where the use of computers is now a staple. | 3Sci/Tech
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PHOENIX (AP) -- The Phoenix Suns on Wednesday introduced Grant Hill as their newest member, signing a free agent they hope will be the missing piece in the quest for their first NBA title. | 1Sports
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Electronic storage will kill high-definition discs, says hard drive king's Bill Watkins. He's got other opinions, too. | 3Sci/Tech
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UK Conservative leader David Cameron travels to Rwanda as part of his commitment to tackle global poverty. | 0World
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It's time to stop a hidden fund fee. | 2Business
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The revival of New Orleans as a sports town commenced last Monday night when the Saints officially reopened the Superdome with a rousing victory over the Atlanta Falcons. | 1Sports
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FOXBORO -- The New England Patriots usually count on veterans to make plays down the stretch in games like this. On Sunday, they turned to an enigmatic -- but incredibly fast -- wide receiver instead. | 1Sports
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- At least from a contractual basis, Joel Pineiro and the Red Sox are hedging their bets regarding what role he will perform this season. | 1Sports
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Reuters - Tayshaun Prince scored a career-high
26 points as the Detroit Pistons eased to a 94-80 win over the
Phoenix Suns Monday, sending the slumping NBA leaders to their
fourth successive defeat. | 1Sports
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