Connection restored between feuding Net (Web promotion) providers Reuters.uk - 19 hours ago

Connection restored between feuding Net (Web promotion) providers Reuters.uk - 19 hours ago

Connection restored between feuding Net providers
Reuters.uk - 19 hours ago By Andy Sullivan. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Traffic resumed between two feuding Internet access providers on Friday, mending a rift that had blocked off portions of the Internet for thousands of users over the past two days. Cogent Communications Group Inc.

World Series champions eliminated
CNN International - 5 hours ago NEW YORK -- World Series champions Boston Red Sox have made an ignominious exit from this season's playoffs as a 5-3 win by the Chicago White Sox gave them a sweep of their best-of-five series. It is the White

US rebuffs Airbus offer in subsidy dogfight
Globe and Mail - Oct 7, 2005 By TIM HEPHER AND BENOIT VAN OVERSTRAETEN. PARIS -- European aircraft maker Airbus SAS tried yesterday to ease subsidy-related tensions with rival Boeing Co. by promising to delay the use of state loans in building its new A350 model.

Iraqis tighten security ahead of constitutional referendum
Billings Gazette - 48 minutes ago TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - The Iraqi government announced Saturday it would clamp down with security measures including a curfew, weapons ban and a closure of the borders, a head of next week's key vote on a new constitution, as Sunni Arabs geared up their

Boy oh boy George, you really blew it
Melbourne Herald Sun - 1 hour ago By MARK SAGE in New York. EIGHTIES pop sensation Boy George faces up to 15 years in jail after being arrested in New York for possessing cocaine. The former Culture Club star was arrested on Friday by police

Press Row: New twist on rivalry
MLB.com - 42 minutes ago By Gary Washburn / MLB.com. OK, baseball fans. It's time for you to decide what was the bigger story in Friday's playoffs: the Boston Red Sox's stunning and hasty departure from the postseason or the New York

Ice-Watching Satellite's Fate Unkown After Launch
Space.com - 1 hour ago By Stephen Clark. A new tool to help provide insight into one of the more controversial environmental issues being faced today may have failed to arrive in orbit to begin its mission to monitor crucial changes in Earth's polar ice caps.

Firms Working on Casinos' Behalf Agree to Pay Fines
New York Times - Oct 5, 2005 ALBANY, Oct. 5 - Two firms lobbying on behalf of companies seeking to open casinos in New York State have agreed to pay fines to the state lobbying commission to settle investigations involving prominent political figures, officials said yesterday.

Delphi workers brace for changes after bankruptcy filing
Detroit Free Press - 1 hour ago SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) -- Delphi Corp.'s bankruptcy filing Saturday leaves workers with an uncertain future as the auto supplier tries to regain its financial footing. The company, which spun off from General Motors Corp. in 1999, has 50,000 US employees.