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Constellation set: Stars on collision course LONDON, DECEMBER 17: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho got the draw he desired when the English league leaders were paired with Ronaldinhos Barcelona in the first knockout round of the Champions League. | 1Sports
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Makaay Hails quot;Incredible Draw quot; Bayern Munich players and officials were thrilled at the propsect of meeting English champions Arsenal for a place in the quarter-finals of the Champions #39; League after today #39;s draw in Nyon paired the two clubs. | 1Sports
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Austrians Sweep Podium in Val Gardena Super G Val Gardena, Italy (Friday, December 17, 2004) - Michael Walchhofer led Austrians to fill the podium in today #39;s World Cup Super G in the Italian ski resort of Val Gardena. | 1Sports
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Kentucky vs. Louisville Coaches: Tubby Smith (197-53, eighth season; 321-115, 14th season overall), Kentucky; Rick Pitino (70-31, fourth season; 422-155, 19th season overall), Louisville. | 1Sports
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Treasuries Lower Despite In-Line CPI Data NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Treasuries prices limped to a second session of losses on Friday as technical selling weighed on a thin and weary year-end market. | 2Business
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US, Cuba trade billboard barbs HAVANA - Cuba on Friday put up two large billboards in front of the US mission in Havana showing photos of abused Iraqi prisoners, in retaliation for a contentious Christmas display set up by American officials. | 0World
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14 detained in Saudi protest RIYADH - Anti-regime demonstrations called for yesterday by a dissident group were thwarted as Saudi security forces, deployed en masse in Riyadh and Jeddah, detained 14 people. | 0World
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Entrepreneurs get by with a little help from their counselors Boston entrepreneur Philip Guarino once thought that running a small enterprise would be a piece of cake. ''Having an MBA, I didn't think I'd need any direction," he said. | 2Business
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Celebrex to stay the market, for now The FDA says that although its decision is to not ban the drug, that possibilty is not ruled out. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - The US Food and Drug Administration decided Friday not to recall Celebrex but it has not ruled out the possibility. | 2Business
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World crude oil surges on fuel, terror concerns NEW YORK (AFP) - Global crude prices boiled over on fear of tight US winter fuel supplies and because of a tape apparently by Osama bin Laden calling for attacks on Gulf oil supplies. | 2Business
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Health Tip: Avoid Drug Double-Dipping If you catch a cold or get the flu this winter, be very careful if you take more than one medication to ease your symptoms. The two drugs could share ingredients that could pose a danger | 2Business
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Amex sees \$120M charge; axes 2,000 American Express said Friday it expects to record a fourth-quarter pre-tax restructuring charge of up to \$120 million and cut 2,000 jobs. | 2Business
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Exelon in talks to buy PSE amp;G Exelon, the Chicago-based energy group, is in advanced talks to clinch a deal to buy New Jerseys PSE amp;G for about \$12bn in stock, according to people familiar with the talks. | 2Business
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Holiday greeting could infect your computer If you get a holiday greeting e-mailed to you, be careful to check where it #39;s from. There #39;s a Christmas grinch making its way through cyberspace. | 3Sci/Tech
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Court to rule on stay of EU sanctions against Microsoft A decision on suspending the EU's sanctions against Microsoft is expected next week. | 3Sci/Tech
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Oil jumps again as cold weather lingers NEW YORK - Crude oil futures gained more than \$2 US a barrel Friday as slumping inventories and frigid forecasts pushed oil to its highest level of the month. | 2Business
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Cantwell says mad cow feed loopholes still aren #39;t closed A year after the first US case of mad cow disease was reported, Sen. Maria Cantwell says the Food and Drug Administration still has not fulfilled its promise to tighten animal feed rules to help prevent future cases. | 2Business
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Revving up the state's economy with brainpower Jack M. Wilson became president of the University of Massachusetts system in March, overseeing five campuses and 60,000 students. Among his goals: making UMass a driver of the state economy. He spoke with Globe staff reporter Robert Gavin about the school's role in economic development. | 2Business
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PayPal provides antifraud, antispam tool to users Online payment service PayPal is offering its users antifraud and antispam tools from security vendor Cloudmark. | 3Sci/Tech
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Longhorn will let users tune Windows for different servers Bob Muglia, senior vice president of the Windows Server division at Microsoft, said in an interview that he thinks the ability to configure Windows system images for various types of servers will be "the heart and soul" of the Longhorn upgrade due in 2007. | 3Sci/Tech
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Google to Log Library Books (Article Central) Search giant Google announced on Tuesday that the libraries of five of the world #39;s most reputable academic institutions will be digitized by Google. | 3Sci/Tech
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Illinois Governor wants to Ban Violent Video games Yesterday Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich proposed a state law that would ban the selling and rental of violent and or sexually explicit video games to Children under the age of 18. | 3Sci/Tech
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Race Features 2005 Driver Line-Up The driver line-up for the 2005 Formula One season is beginning to take shape with only six seats still available. Two teams, Williams and Red Bull Racing, each have one seat open, while both Jordan and Minardi | 1Sports
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Lyon clinch first winter champions title with home draw Leaders Olympique Lyon earned the title of Ligue 1 winter champions for the first time as a 1-1 draw at home to Olympique Marseille on Friday left them unbeaten | 1Sports
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Sun adds Linux support to Sun Ray thin clients Sun Microsystems previously offered the server software for its Sun Ray thin-client devices on Solaris systems only. But the company is adding support for Linux servers as part of an upgrade that also includes technology designed to make it easier to use the thin clients remotely. | 3Sci/Tech
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Siebel to acquire eDocs for \$115 million Siebel Systems Inc. will acquire eDocs Inc. for \$115 million to help customers reduce call center and billing costs. | 3Sci/Tech
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Hacker in Lowe's case sentenced to nine years Two Michigan men were sentenced to serve time in federal prison for conspiring to hack into the IT systems of Lowe's Companies Inc. and stealing customer credit card information. | 3Sci/Tech
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IBM researchers eye 100TB tape drive Using advanced "nanopatterning" techniques, IBM researchers plan to build 100TB tape storage devices. | 3Sci/Tech
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Brief: eBay snaps up Rent.com for \$415M EBay is taking a stake in the online apartment rentals market by acquiring Rent.com for \$415 million. | 3Sci/Tech
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Microsoft tries to woo PeopleSoft customers Microsoft solicits PeopleSoft customers with offers of cheaper and better technology just days after Oracle purchases the company. | 3Sci/Tech
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Local Search Guide Backed By Yellow Pages Association, Kelsey Group, and SEMPO Local Search Guide Backed By Yellow Pages Association, Kelsey Group, and SEMPO\\With local search - providing online information on businesses located in a community - as the catalyst, Internet Yellow Pages and Search Engine companies are joining forces at a rapid rate. To provide a central resource that captures these ... | 3Sci/Tech
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Russian police stage new raid on Yukos MOSCOW - Russian police staged a new raid at the office of Yukos and questioned a company executive, Interfax news agency quoted the general prosecutor #39;s office as saying, a day after the ailing oil giant filed for voluntary bankruptcy in a US court. | 2Business
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Bush team sees growth easing in #39;05 WASHINGTON US economic growth will slow to 3.5 percent in 2005, but still generate average monthly job gains of about 175,000, the Bush administration predicted Friday in a rosy annual forecast that promised solid growth, low inflation and falling | 2Business
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German business confidence surges A key index of German business confidence surged to eight-month high in December, the Munich-based Ifo economic research institute reported Friday. | 2Business
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Marines Face More Cunning Foe in Fallujah (AP) AP - American troops face sporadic but cunning resistance from insurgents as they sweep the city of Fallujah more than a month after U.S. and Iraqi forces invaded the militants' stronghold, U.S. officials said Friday. | 0World
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Roundup: Chelsea is drawn to face Barcelona Chelsea, whose coach, Jos Mourinho, led Porto to the Champions League title in May, was drawn on Friday to meet Barcelona in the final 16 of the current competition. | 1Sports
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Raptors to trade Carter to Nets CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Vince Carter will be showing off his basketball moves on a court in New Jersey soon, according to one report. The Toronto Raptors superstar is headed to the Nets in exchange for Alonzo | 1Sports
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Anaheim had placed Jenks on waivers Chicago White Sox: The White Sox claimed right-hander Bobby Jenks off waivers from Anaheim on Friday and designated righty Eduardo Villacis for assignment. | 1Sports
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Forest begin new era in usual style IN WHAT transpired to be his final programme notes, Joe Kinnear insisted that he would do everything to make this Christmas a happy one for Nottingham Forest supporters. | 1Sports
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Friday, December 17, 2004 Elliss Out for Rest of Season The Broncos announced Friday morning that the veteran defensive tackle would miss the rest of the 2004 season with a herniated disc in his lower back. | 1Sports
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More for Dorrell LOS ANGELES UCLA football coach Karl Dorrell has been given a two-year extension, putting him under contract with the Bruins through the 2010 season. | 1Sports
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Mandela Wins Injunction Over Coin Sales (AP) AP - Former President Nelson Mandela and his foundation won an injunction Friday prohibiting a South African company from importing or selling gold coins bearing his name and image. | 0World
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Listening device found in UN #39;s Geneva offices GENEVA The United Nations said Friday that workmen had uncovered a sophisticated listening device at its headquarters in Geneva but could not say who planted it or why. | 0World
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Arms flow into Darfur, monitors say ABUJA, Nigeria Huge quantities of arms and ammunition have poured into Sudan #39;s Darfur region in the past two weeks and the government is poised for a major military offensive, the African Union said Friday. | 0World
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AHL Attendance Thrives During NHL Lockout (AP) AP - With the NHL closed for business, minor league hockey is thriving. Attendance is up and some players with NHL experience welcome the playing time in the minors. Ten of the American Hockey League's top 13 scorers were on NHL rosters a year ago. | 1Sports
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Stagg Bowl to Crown Division III Champion (AP) AP - Brett Elliott wanted to play football so much, he left Utah for Division III Linfield and a chance to spend his senior season on the field. | 1Sports
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Red Sox Sign Renteria Edgar Renteria passes a physical and signs a four-year contract with the Boston Red Sox on Friday. | 1Sports
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How can I address a problem of disrespect before it gets worse? Q: I have a colleague in another department who is extremely pushy and rude toward me . Not only can she can be very short and abrasive, but I'm afraid she's not even aware that she's talking down to me. We work together -- I do not work for her. How can I address this problem of disrespect before it ... | 2Business
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Braves' Hudson Excited to Join Rotation (AP) AP - Tim Hudson was a high school junior in 1991 when John Smoltz pitched the Atlanta Braves to their first division title in nine years. Now that he will join Smoltz in the Atlanta rotation, Hudson hopes to help the Braves finish atop the division for an unprecedented 14th straight season. | 1Sports
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World Stars Defeat Sweden's HV71, 5-1 (AP) AP - Ray Whitney scored for the second straight game and added an assist, helping the World Stars rebound from a lopsided loss and beat Swedish champion HV71 5-1 on Friday. | 1Sports
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Nets Get Carter From Raptors in Bid to Rebuild Fractured Core The Nets took a big step back toward viability today with the completion of a blockbuster deal for Toronto Raptors' swingman Vince Carter. | 1Sports
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American Airlines Gets Credit Line Boost AMR Corp., the owner of American Airlines, said Friday that it received a \$850 million, revolving credit line, replacing a \$834 million line that was set to expire next year. | 2Business
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Google Partners with Libraries in Massive Digitization Project In a move likely to have major ramifications for the library world, Google announced December 14 that it would embark on an ambitious project to digitally scan books from the collections of five major research libraries and make them searchable online. | 3Sci/Tech
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Worldstars play strong defensive game in 5-1 victory over HV 71 JONKOPING, Sweden (CP) - Ray Whitney scored and assisted on Alexandre Daigle #39;s goal as the Worldstars played a strong defensive game in a 5-1 victory over HV 71 on Friday. | 1Sports
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France: Lyon clinch winter championship with draw LYON, Dec 17 (SW) - Despite having won the last three Ligue 1 titles, Lyon today won their first-ever winter championship in France after playing to a 1-1 draw with Marseille at the Stade Gerland. | 1Sports
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A primer on office politics, good and bad One doesn't have to get past the first page of this book before corporate consultants and coaches Rick Brandon and Marty Seldman spell out one of the major problems many corporations face today: ''For most people, the words integrity and politics don't mix." | 2Business
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Friday #39;s Sports Transactions CHICAGO WHITE SOX_Claimed RHP Bobby Jenks off waivers from Anaheim. Designated RHP Eduardo Villacis for assignment. Agreed to terms with OF Timo Perez on a one-year contract. | 1Sports
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Japan, US sign missile defense cooperation memo Japan and the United States signed an agreement Friday on the details of their joint development of a ballistic missile defense system. | 0World
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Siebel to Buy Edocs for #36;115 Million (AP) AP - Siebel Systems Inc., the largest maker of customer-relations management software, Friday said it agreed to acquire Edocs Inc., a closely held provider of electronic-billing software, for #36;115 million. | 3Sci/Tech
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White House Creates Cabinet-Level Ocean Policy Panel (Reuters) Reuters - The Bush administration created on\Friday a cabinet-level committee to address rising pollution\and overfishing in U.S. territorial ocean waters. | 3Sci/Tech
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Ten Commandments Judge May Run for Gov. (AP) AP - Ousted Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore said Friday he is considering running for governor in 2006. | 0World
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Israel's Labour Seals Deal to Join Sharon's Coalition JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's opposition Labour party is likely to join Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's coalition next week, a move that could promote a Gaza pullout plan and also avoid early elections, his spokesman said on Friday. | 0World
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CIA Had Secret Detainee Area at Guantanamo (AP) AP - The CIA once maintained a facility to hold high-value terrorism suspects at the Defense Department's prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but the location is not currently in use, according to officials with knowledge of the highly classified operations. | 0World
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Wasserstein Files Lazard IPO Plan With Regulators (Update3) Bruce Wasserstein, head of Lazard LLC, filed today to sell \$850 million of shares of the largest closely held investment banking partnership, moving toward a resolution of a feud between two powers of the financial world. | 2Business
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Exelon Reportedly In Talks to Buy PSE amp;G Exelon (EXC:NYSE - news - research) is reportedly in advanced talks to buy New Jersey #39;s largest utility group, Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG:NYSE - news - research). | 2Business
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Red Sox Sign Renteria to 4-Year Contract (AP) AP - Edgar Renteria's first choice was to remain in St. Louis, but the Boston Red Sox gave him an offer too good to turn down. | 1Sports
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Worldstars play strong defensive game in 5-1 victory over HV71 JONKOPING, Sweden (CP) - The Worldstars had no intention of being blown out of the rink two games in a row in Sweden. The travelling band of locked out NHL players turned in a solid defensive game and got | 1Sports
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Lyon heads into winter break unbeaten Lyon, France (Sports Network) - Lyon will head into the winter break on top of the Ligue 1 table and unbeaten after a 1-1 draw against Marseille Friday at the Stade Gerland. | 1Sports
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A lordly ruling It is a high tribute to the legal systems of the United States and Britain that they have not blindly followed their governments in accepting the threat of terror as a reason to subvert fundamental democratic values. | 0World
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Sharon deal to ease pullout from Gaza ISRAELS opposition Labour Party last night clinched a deal with Ariel Sharons Likud Party to join his coalition, a move that could ease the planned withdrawal from Gaza. | 0World
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DaimlerChrysler Sued Over Car Seat Injury DETROIT (Reuters) - DaimlerChrysler AG <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=DCX.N target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">DCX.N</A> <A HREF="http://www.investor.reuters.com/FullQuote.aspx?ticker=DCXGn.DE target=/stocks/quickinfo/fullquote">DCXGn.DE</A> has been hit with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit filed by a paraplegic who says the automaker's heated car seats caused him a severe burn injury. | 2Business
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Gym gear that avoids exercises in futility Overindulge this holiday season? To make up for it, many people will shop for high-tech treadmills or mail-order machines that will shrink their thighs while they make low, low monthly payments. | 2Business
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U.S. Seeks to Deport Accused Nazi Demjanjuk (Reuters) Reuters - The U.S. government said on Friday\it had asked an immigration judge to deport John Demjanjuk, a\Ukrainian immigrant and retired auto-worker who is accused of\working as a guard at several Nazi camps. | 0World
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IE #39;s Spoofing Sorrows Continue Security experts uncovered yet another bug in Internet Explorer this week, one that could let attackers replace the content of any legit site with their own, making it possible to spoof critical pages such as e-bank account access log-in forms or credit | 3Sci/Tech
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Search Spotlight Pans to Video After years of taking a back seat to easier-to-crawl HTML pages, multimedia files are beginning to gain respect among search engines. | 3Sci/Tech
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D.C. Officials to Work on Baseball Deal (AP) AP - Two prominent politicians who will have a significant say in whether the Expos move to the nation's capital plan to meet Monday to try to save the suddenly wobbly deal. | 1Sports
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Russia Rejects U.S. Injunction Over Yukos (AP) AP - Russia is vowing to proceed with an auction of oil giant Yukos' key production subsidiary, saying a U.S. court ban is irrelevant. But the expected winner of Sunday's auction, the state-run Russian gas company Gazprom, may not be able to pay after a consortium of Western banks reportedly put on hold billions of dollars in credit it needs to fund its bid. | 0World
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Day One: Eng take the edge With the first day of the opening battle between South Africa done and dusted, we look at some crucial moments of the first day #39;s play in Port Elizabeth. | 1Sports
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Mariners sign Beltre After finishing at the bottom of the AL West and winding up last in the league in runs and homers, the Mariners reached agreement with Beltre on a \$64 million, five-year deal Thursday, The Associated Press learned. | 1Sports
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Annan says UN is doing its job in Iraq WASHINGTON - UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said Thursday that the world body is doing its job in Iraq in preparation for the Jan 30 elections. | 0World
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Four killed, several injured in storm lashing western, northern <b>...</b> A storm lashed Friday in western andnorthern France and the region of Paris, killing four people and injuring several others as well as cutting power to 385,000 homes. | 0World
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Japanese Princess Postpones Engagement (AP) AP - Princess Sayako, the only daughter of Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, on Saturday postponed the announcement of her engagement due to the death of her great-aunt, an official said. | 0World
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Edmonton police find missing teen with fetal alcohol syndrome (Canadian Press) Canadian Press - EDMONTON (CP) - A 14-year-old boy with fetal alcohol syndrome who disappeared when he was allowed to go unsupervised to West Edmonton Mall was found Friday. | 0World
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Miss. Aware of Past Orgeron Bad Behavior (AP) AP - New Mississippi coach Ed Orgeron was charged with repeated domestic violence more than a decade ago when he was an assistant at Miami, according to records obtained Friday by The Associated Press. | 1Sports
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GOP Senators Spring to Defend Rumsfeld (AP) AP - The Senate's top two Republicans voiced support for Donald Rumsfeld on Friday as allies of the defense secretary sought to outflank increasingly vocal GOP critics in and out of Congress. | 0World
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US writes off \$4.1bn in Iraq debt The US cancels all the debt owed to it by Iraq and calls on other countries to do the same. | 0World
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TV station put on US terror list The United States bans Hezbollah's al-Manar television station, saying it incites violence in the Middle East. | 0World
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Symantec shares slide on news of Veritas buy Symantec moved a step closer to joining the ranks of the leading broad-based corporate software sellers yesterday as it announced a \$12.5bn all-stock agreement to buy storage and data back-up company Veritas. | 2Business
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Nice flat Mr Murdoch, yours for \$44m The lavish apartment is, says Kirk Henckels - who finds the super-rich their homes in Manhattan - quot;definitely the best of the best quot;. | 2Business
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Banks Scrutinize Their Accounting The nation #39;s banks are heavy users of the complex financial contracts at the heart of Fannie Mae #39;s accounting woes, but bank regulators and financial experts said banks likely will avoid Fannie #39;s troubles. | 2Business
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Cisco to open R amp;D facility in Japan CHICAGO: Telecommunications equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc. on Thursday said it will open a research facility in Tokyo, a move designed to strengthen its position in the growing Japanese market for high-speed Internet services. | 3Sci/Tech
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European Craft #39;Go #39; for Landing on Titan After separation, Huygens will head on a non-powered trajectory that will take it to Titan on January 15, where parachutes will slow its descent onto the moon #39;s surface. | 3Sci/Tech
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Week in review: The urge to merge A corporate holiday shopping spree on steroids this week yielded three merger deals worth about \$60 billion--including one that ranks as the largest software merger in history. | 3Sci/Tech
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Coulthard signs for Red Bull team The deal, thought to be worth 2 million, could prove more lucrative if Coulthard hits performance targets. That, however, is a big quot;if quot;, given the return of only seven points managed by Mark Webber last term. | 1Sports
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Seattle lands big prize in Beltre; Hudson traded from Oakland to <b>...</b> On a day of big movement in baseball, the New York Yankees are on the verge of claiming the biggest prize of all. The Yankees closed in on completing a blockbuster three-team trade that would send Randy | 1Sports
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Mannings troubles amplified by Big Ben comparison As if things werent going bad enough for Eli Manning, he got to hear all last week about how well fellow rookie Ben Roethlisberger was faring for the Steelers. | 1Sports
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State vows to destroy killer shark Authorities said they would kill the shark that tore apart a young surfer near an Australian beach as his friends tried to save him by beating the fish with oars. | 0World
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Australia defends law against terrorism JAKARTA: Australia defended a controversial maritime anti-terror plan on Friday after harsh words from neighbouring Indonesia that it breached international law and Jakartas sovereignty over its own waters. | 0World
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Rights group slams Iraqi trials Saddam Hussein #39;s defense minister, who surrendered to US forces last year, will appear alongside another notorious general - known as Chemical Ali - when investigative trials open next week, an official said Friday. | 0World
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U.S., Europe at Odds on Emissions Controls Negotiators worked into the final night of a two-week U.N. conference Friday in search of a way to bring the United States back into long-term talks on controlling global warming. Argentine organizers said they were optimistic about a compromise. | 0World
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