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Judge denies ex-Worldcom CEO Ebbers (Web promotion) request for new trial MarketWatch -

Judge denies ex-Worldcom CEO Ebbers request for new trial
MarketWatch - 13 hours ago NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- A federal judge has denied a request by former WorldCom Inc. Chief Executive Bernard J. Ebbers for a new trial after he was convicted of securities fraud and other charges earlier

Trimmings detract from baseball's big show
USA Today - 3 hours ago DETROIT � Bobby Abreu had only launched a couple of balls into the Detroit ionosphere Monday night when Sue Selig nudged her husband, the baseball commissioner. "Buddy, how long is this going to last?" she asked.

Rockstar, Media Group on San Andreas Scandal
IGN - 8 hours ago July 12, 2005 - The "brew"-haha over the so-called "hot coffee" modification to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas continues, with a media watchdog group now issuing a warning to parents about the game -- and developer Rockstar finally commenting on the

Rice optimistic N. Korea talks can bear fruit
Reuters - 45 minutes ago By Jon Herskovitz and Carol Giacomo. SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States and South Korea are optimistic North Korea will agree to a deal on scrapping its nuclear plans and defuse one of the world's most dangerous

Europeans Step Up Investigation Into Intel
New York Times - 4 hours ago BRUSSELS, July 12 - The European Commission turned up the heat in its antitrust inquiry into Intel on Tuesday, conducting unannounced visits to company offices around Europe, a commission spokesman said. Besides

'Criminal' suicide bombing condemns
Scotsman - 23 minutes ago Palestinians and Israelis condemned a suicide bombing by a West Bank teenager that killed three Israeli women in a shopping mall, challenging a five-month ceasefire. Tuesday's bombing in the seaside city of

Did Rove break the law? Experts far from certain
Houston Chronicle - 1 hour ago By SHANNON MCCAFFREY. WASHINGTON - Karl Rove talked. But did President Bush's deputy chief of staff break the law when he told a reporter that an administration critic's wife worked for the CIA? Legal experts

ICANN approves ".mobi" domain
Xinhua - 5 hours ago BEIJING, July 13 -- Websites designed for cell phones and other mobile devices have got their own top-level domain name: .mobi. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the Internet's

Senators Seeking Nominee Outside Judiciary
San Francisco Chronicle - 29 minutes ago By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer. The view from inside the federal courts might be too narrow for a prospective Supreme Court nominee, say senators who suggest President Bush look for Sandra Day O'Connor's replacement beyond the bench.

Warnings up in Caribbean for Tropical Storm Emily
Sun-Sentinel.com - 2 hours ago By Ken Kaye. Tropical Storm Emily likely will spin into a hurricane by today and continue molding this unprecedented season into a remarkable stretch of hurricane history. Emily is the fifth named storm to