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Vista promises tested
Seattle Times - 10 hours ago Windows Vista will solve many, but not all of the security woes plaguing PC users, according to some experts evaluating the Microsoft operating system going on sale in late 2006. One analyst said the software

Nasa grounds future shuttle flights
Bangkok Post - 38 minutes ago Space Centre, Houston _ In a numbing setback sure to set off a national debate over the future of the space programme, Nasa has grounded all future shuttle flights because of a large chunk of foam that broke off Discovery's fuel tank in a hauntingly

Brown locks up Knicks job
CBC News - 1 hour ago New York native Larry Brown has landed his dream job � head coach of the Knicks. The Knicks introduced Brown as their new head coach at a press conference Thursday in Manhattan. According to several reports

Teens spurn e-mail for messaging
BBC News - 8 hours ago US teenagers prefer instant messaging rather than e-mail to stay in touch with each other, research shows. A Pew Internet and American Life Project study found online teens are increasingly tech-savvy. Nearly

Reaction to IRA statement
BBC News - 1 hour ago Leading figures have been giving their reaction to the IRA's statement that it has formally ordered an end to its armed campaign and will pursue exclusively peaceful political means. Mr Blair said it was a "step of unparalleled magnitude".

Stones roll back with a `Bang'
Miami Herald - 10 hours ago The birth of the universe was a pretty big deal -- but not as important as the first new Rolling Stones record in eight years, reports E!Online. The Bigger Bang, the band's first studio effort since 1997's Bridges to Babylon, is set for release Sept.

See Kelly Monaco run, pose, stab, dance
Chicago Sun-Times - 9 hours ago BY DOUG ELFMAN TELEVISION CRITIC. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Oh, the life Kelly Monaco leads. She has posed stark naked for Playboy. She's frolicked the beaches of "Baywatch." Dished dirt on "Hard Copy." Stabbed

US, N. Korean Envoys Hold Third Meeting
Guardian Unlimited - 49 minutes ago By STEPHANIE HOO. BEIJING (AP) - The top US envoy held his longest meeting yet Thursday with his North Korean counterpart and said he hoped they would soon be able to draft a joint document that would signal

Badgers' Alvarez reportedly to step down
MSNBC - 1 hour ago Barry Alvarez will step down as Wisconsin football coach after this season so he can focus on his duties as athletic director, the Milwaukee (Wis.) Journal-Sentinel reported Thursday. Alvarez, 59, will turn

UPDATE 3-Morgan Stanley to cut 1,000 brokers-memo
Reuters - 32 minutes ago By Chris Sanders. NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley (MWD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) will cut about 1,000 financial advisers, or 10 percent, of its struggling retail brokerage unit, the US investment bank said in an internal memo on Thursday.