Web promotion - 'Father of Internet' returns to roots with new Google job

Web promotion - 'Father of Internet' returns to roots with new Google job

'Father of Internet' returns to roots with new Google job
San Jose Mercury News - Sep 8, 2005 By Michael Bazeley. Adding to its all-star roster of engineering talent, Google has hired Vinton Cerf, often referred to as the ``father of the Internet.''. Cerf, who was awarded the National Medal of Technology

Supply vessel docks at space station
Chicago Tribune - 1 hour ago MOSCOW, RUSSIA -- A Russian cargo ship carrying nearly 2.8 tons of food and supplies docked at the International Space Station on Saturday, just weeks before a new crew arrives. The unmanned Progress M-54

Mubarak pledges further reforms after landslide election win
Xinhua - 1 hour ago CAIRO, Sept. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak promised on Sunday further reforms after he won Egypt's first multi-candidate presidential election last week, the official MENA news agency reported.

Local Hurricane Katrina fundraisers
NapaNet Daily News - 1 hour ago * The Moms Club of American Canyon will host a bake sale Sunday in front of Safeway in American Canyon from 3 to 7 pm All proceeds will go directly to the Red Cross Hurricane Katrina relief fund. Local moms

Northwest, Union Talks End Without Deal
Washington Post - 3 hours ago By JOSHUA FREED. MINNEAPOLIS -- Talks between Northwest Airlines Corp. and its striking mechanics ended early Sunday with no agreement and no clear plans to continue negotiations, officials said. Union negotiators

US military sees quick end to Iraq offensive
Sify - 28 minutes ago Iraq: Thousands of American and Iraqi troops pressed on with an all-out offensive to wrest control of a town near the Syrian border from insurgents, with the US military expecting to wrap up the operation in days.

Telethon Reaches Viewers in 100 Countries
Washington Post - 4 hours ago By DAVID BAUDER. NEW YORK -- With the waters of Hurricane Katrina yet to recede, Randy Newman sang about a long-ago flood in "Louisiana 1927" to open a benefit program spread across dozens of television networks Friday.

Israeli Cabinet Votes to End Military Rule of Gaza (Update1)
Bloomberg - 33 minutes ago Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's cabinet voted unanimously to end the nation's 38-year military rule of the Gaza Strip, paving the way for Israel to hand control of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority at a ceremony later today.