http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/11/08/windows.vista.ap/index.html
SEATTLE, Washington (AP) — Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it has completed work on its long-delayed Windows Vista operating system and plans to release it to consumers January 30.
The announcement means Microsoft is on track to meet its revised release schedule.
Jim Allchin, co-president of the Microsoft division that includes Windows, said in a conference call that Windows Vista’s code was released to begin manufacturing copies early Wednesday.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/11/bush.radio/index.html
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush, in his Saturday radio address, said the Democrats’ takeover of Congress on Tuesday showed the world the strength of America’s democracy.
He said enemies of the United States should not confuse the election results as a sign of “a lack of American will.”
“Whatever your opinion of the outcome, all Americans can take pride in the example our democracy sets for the world by holding elections even in a time of war,” said. “Our democratic institutions are a source of strength, and our trust in these institutions has made America the most powerful, prosperous, and stable nation in the world. (Watch Bush talk about elections and his pick for defense secretary — 3:42)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061106/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
PENSACOLA, Fla. - The closer the election came to the finish line, the more President Bush’s aides battled the perception he was doing his party as much harm as good and was unwanted in many districts.
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2006-11-05-voa2.cfm
VOICE ONE: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. I’m Faith Lapidus.
VOICE TWO: And I’m Steve Ember. This week — a report on the growing number of Americans who adopt children from other countries.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The candidates for U.S. Senate hit the campaign trail early Monday to get in one more long day of making their case to the voters.
Democratic Senate nominee Harold Ford Jr. started his day in Chattanooga, where Republican opponent Bob Corker was mayor until last year. He got a warm reception among the city's Public Works employees as they prepared to start their shifts early Monday.
MELBOURNE, FL—Palm Bay High School freshman Keith Ness said the overwhelming sexual tension he experiences daily between himself and roughly 3.65 billion other people on earth has become “almost more than [he] can handle.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061106/ts_nm/security_britain_trial_dc
LONDON (Reuters) - A suspected al Qaeda operative watched impassively in a British court on Monday as prosecutors played shaky hand-held video of the New York Stock Exchange and other U.S. financial targets he has admitted planning to bomb.
Reuters AlertNet - EU president Finland says Saddam should not hang
BRUSSELS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - The European Union urged Iraq on Sunday not to carry out the death sentence passed on Iraq’s former leader Saddam Hussein after his conviction for crimes against humanity.
“The EU opposes capital punishment in all cases and under all circumstances, and it should not be carried out in this case either,” Finland, current holder of the rotating EU presidency, said in a statement.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061106/ts_nm/mideast_dc
GAZA (Reuters) - A Palestinian suicide bomber blew herself up near Israeli troops on Monday in a Gaza town where Israeli forces had killed two women acting as human shields for militants, residents said.
The Israeli army, confirming the suicide attack in Beit Hanoun, said one soldier was slightly wounded and evacuated to hospital in the first such bombing against Israelis since April.
On the Palestinian political front, President Mahmoud Abbas traveled to the
'Yes, You Will Be Thoroughly Beaten' - Robert Mugabe turns Zimbabwe from a success story to a human-rights catastrophe. [Opinion Journal]
Hussein Sentenced to Hang for Crimes Against Iraqis - washingtonpost.com
Thousands Take to Street Despite Curfew; Bush Says Verdict Is Major Achievement for Iraq
BAGHDAD, Nov. 5 — Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein was found guilty by a special tribunal Sunday of crimes against humanity for the torture and execution of more than 100 people from a small town north of Baghdad 24 years ago. He was sentenced to death by hanging.
Beacon Journal | 11/05/2006 | Doogie Howser comes out of closet
HARRIS OUT: TV’s own Doogie Howser, Neil Patrick Harris, has told People magazine he is “a very content gay man.”
Harris, currently co-starring on How I Met Your Mother as the womanizing Barney, made the announcement because of “speculation and interest in my private life and relationships.”
It’s the second recent coming-out by a prime-time star. About two weeks ago, T.R. Knight of Grey’s Anatomy confirmed to People that he is gay.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061105/ap_on_re_as/nkorea_strictly_business
BEIJING - In the midst of tensions over North Korea’s nuclear program, a Western company is there searching for oil. Another just bought a bank.
“North Korea is hungry for business,” said Roger Barrett, the British founder of Beijing-based Korea Business Consultants, who recently took 11 Asian and European clients to Pyongyang to play golf and make contacts.
A small group of Westerners are taking on the challenge of doing business in the isolated North, hoping to get in on the ground floor as its communist rulers experiment with economic reform.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,227552,00.html
Forget the predictions that people somewhere wouldn't "get 'Borat'", Sacha Baron Cohen's raucous comedy.
The movie literally swamped the box office on Friday night. According to figures from showbizdata.com, "Borat" took in a whopping $8.925 million on just 800 screens, with a per screen average of $10,663.
"Santa Clause 3," starring Tim Allen, took in only $5.4 million -- yet it played on 3,458 screens.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (CNN) -- The Rev. Ted Haggard agreed Saturday to resign as leader of the megachurch he started in his basement more than 20 years ago after its independent investigative board said he was guilty of "sexually immoral conduct."
On Friday, Haggard admitted he had received a massage from a Denver man who claimed the prominent pastor had paid him for sex over three years. Haggard also admitted he had bought methamphetamine.
Haggard, in an interview with CNN affiliate KUSA, denied having sex with Mike Jones and said he did not use the drug and threw it away.
The TOW anti-tank missile of Iran-Contra fame was introduced for service in the US Army in 1970. Current versions are capable of penetrating more than 30 inches of armor, or “any 1990s tank,” at a maximum range of more than 3,000 meters. It can be fired by infantrymen using a tripod, as well from vehicles and helicopters, and can launch 3 missiles in 90 seconds. It is primarily used in antitank warfare, and is a command to line of sight, wire-guided weapon. TOW is used to engage and destroy enemy armored vehicles, primarily tanks.
