14. september 2006

Gunman attacks Montreal college! 3:36:36 PM    comment []

Yahoo spruces up e-mail service. Blog: Yahoo on Thursday is expected to roll out a new version of Yahoo Mail, the world's largest Web e-mail service. Some of the service's... [CNET News.com] 2:01:02 PM    comment []

Democrat Could Be 1st Muslim Congressman . MINNEAPOLIS -- State lawmaker Keith Ellison didn't let questions about his past slow down his campaign to become the first Muslim in Congress. On Tuesday, voters responded to his liberal message calling for peace, withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and universal health care. He beat three... By MARTIGA LOHN. [washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - elections, campaigns, government and politics news and headlines.] 1:58:00 PM    comment []

U.S., Israel Cool to Proposal for Palestinian Unity Government . Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni reacted skeptically yesterday to a proposed unity Palestinian government that would include Hamas, saying the militant group must first renounce terrorism and accept Israel's right to exist before restrictions on... By Glenn Kessler. [washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - elections, campaigns, government and politics news and headlines.] 1:55:41 PM    comment []

U.N. Inspectors Dispute Iran Report By House Panel . U.N. inspectors investigating Iran's nuclear program angrily complained to the Bush administration and to a Republican congressman yesterday about a recent House committee report on Iran's capabilities, calling parts of the document "outrageous and dishonest" and offering evidence to refute its... By Dafna Linzer. [washingtonpost.com - washingtonpost.com - elections, campaigns, government and politics news and headlines.] 1:53:19 PM    comment []

American Buddhism on the rise. The Dalai Lama's visit spotlights the fact that, with 1.5 million adherents, Buddhism is America's fourth-largest religion. [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories] 1:50:49 PM    comment []

Drug-trade violence grips Acapulco. Warring drug cartels have brought a surge in gruesome violence to this Mexican resort town. [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories] 1:49:19 PM    comment []

Armstrong Defends Himself as Official Raises Questions. Lance Armstrong said Wednesday that he never pushed teammates to use performance-enhancing drugs and did not know they had done so. By JULIET MACUR. [NYT > Sports] 1:44:09 PM    comment []

Panel in Senate Backs Bush Plan for Eavesdropping. However, the White House ran into fierce resistance from leading Republicans over its plan to try terror suspects held at Guantánamo Bay. By ERIC LICHTBLAU and KATE ZERNIKE. [NYT > Home Page] 1:40:56 PM    comment []

Microsoft Fixing Hole in Media Software. Microsoft is battling a computer hacker who has repeatedly released a free program that strips away a software lock that protects digital movies and songs from being copied. By JOHN MARKOFF. [NYT > Technology] 1:37:43 PM    comment []

Tiny Firm’s H.P. Link Scrutinized. California prosecutors are focusing on how a small private investigation firm in Boston ended up handling work for one of the largest technology companies in the world. By MATT RICHTEL and DAMON DARLIN. [NYT > Technology] 1:35:14 PM    comment []

Social Security Lays Out the Funding Consequences . The Social Security Administration would be forced to send employees home without pay and shut offices 10 days next year if Congress does not increase its funding in fiscal 2007, the agency has told Congress. By Stephen Barr. [washingtonpost.com - Business News From The Washington Post] 1:32:56 PM    comment []

Google Goes to Market . When Google Inc. quietly bought a software shop called Android Inc. a year ago, neither the suitor nor the quarry revealed much about the terms of their attraction. By Alan Sipress. [washingtonpost.com - Business News From The Washington Post] 1:31:41 PM    comment []

Regulator Says Civil Suit Likely For Raines . Fannie Mae's top regulator yesterday said it is "more than likely" the federal government will sue former chief executive Franklin D. Raines and other former company officers, seeking to recover bonuses and salary and perhaps impose fines for the mortgage finance company's accounting debacle. By Terence O'Hara. [washingtonpost.com - Business News From The Washington Post] 1:29:47 PM    comment []

It's Showtime For Paulson In Meetings With Chinese . Can the Bush administration's new Treasury secretary pull off a feat in China that eluded his predecessor -- and save American jobs in the process? By Paul Blustein. [washingtonpost.com - Business News From The Washington Post] 1:28:20 PM    comment []

Intel, Siemens to cooperate in Internet telephony (Reuters). Reuters - Intel , the world's biggest chipmaker, and German industrial conglomerate Siemens (SIEGn.DE) will collaborate on developing new technology for Internet telephony, the two companies said on Thursday. [Yahoo! News: Technology News] 1:26:43 PM    comment []

Verizon, Montgomery Reach Tentative Deal . Verizon Communications Inc. and Montgomery County officials said yesterday that they have reached a tentative agreement that could allow the telecommunications giant to sell its new fiber-optic cable television service in an area heavily dominated by Comcast Cable Communications Inc. By Michael S. Rosenwald. [washingtonpost.com - Business News From The Washington Post] 1:25:28 PM    comment []

Struggling RCN Considers Putting Itself Up for Sale . RCN Corp., a cable, telephone and Internet service provider that has struggled to maintain a mid-size foothold in an industry dominated by much larger rivals, hired Blackstone Group to consider a possible sale of the company, a person familiar with the matter said yesterday. By Post. [washingtonpost.com - Business News From The Washington Post] 1:23:53 PM    comment []

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