HARBIN, China - Running water was restored to a major Chinese city of 3.8 million on Sunday follo... Running Water Restored in

HARBIN, China - Running water was restored to a major Chinese city of 3.8 million on Sunday following a five-day shutdown caused by a chemical spill, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

Water supplies resumed in Harbin at 6 p.m., Xinhua said in a short dispatch that gave no further details.

Restoration of service came five hours earlier than scheduled, but it was not immediately c...

AP HEADLINES New entry in orbital launch business ready for first flight Californians jam ... Shopping complete...

AP HEADLINES New entry in orbital launch business ready for first flight

Californians jam malls for start of holiday shopping season

Right about now, I could wrestle a bear into submission. Any idea where I could find one?

There's an excellent reason for all this trash talk - I freed myself from a burden that haunts me every December. The anxiety actually starts sometime in ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Blacks have a complicated love affair with the South. Their ancestors we... Blacks embrace South...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Blacks have a complicated love affair with the South.

Their ancestors were enslaved in the region for generations, then Jim Crow laws pushed them to the back of the bus. From inner-city slums to old plantation counties, being black too often still means a second-class existence.

Yet surveys show blacks who live in the South are more likely than any other racial or...

JAKARTA, Indonesia-- Indonesia reported a new human bird flu infection on Saturday, and Taiwan jo... Indonesia reports new huma

JAKARTA, Indonesia-- Indonesia reported a new human bird flu infection on Saturday, and Taiwan joined other Asian governments in announcing it wanted to produce the anti-viral drug Tamiflu to treat people infected with the virus.

Tamiflu, otherwise known as Oseltamivir, has shown promise in the treatment of bird flu infections in humans. Countries around the world are trying to stockpile ...

Hope is what Jonathan Miller wants his friend Joel Stockstill to bring to Fort Wayne next week.</... Louisiana pastor to share

Hope is what Jonathan Miller wants his friend Joel Stockstill to bring to Fort Wayne next week.

"… (T)here is hope at the end of the tunnel," said Miller, senior pastor of New Beginnings Healing Center in Defiance, Ohio.

And he is hoping local residents will be inspired by Stockstill's account of what the 10,000-member church he attends has done to help victims of Hurricanes ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia reported a new bird flu infection in a human on Saturday, whi... Indonesia reports new bird

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Indonesia reported a new bird flu infection in a human on Saturday, while Taiwan joined other Asian governments in announcing that it wants to produce the anti-viral drug Tamiflu.

Countries around the world are trying to stockpile Tamiflu, which helps reduce flu symptoms in humans, in case there is a human pandemic - which experts fear could happen if the deadly...

To make life easier for digital shutterbugs, consider Lexmark's new P450 photo printer. This $29... Put tech treats under the t

To make life easier for digital shutterbugs, consider Lexmark's new P450 photo printer. This $299 device can print photos directly from iPods, digital cameras, and flash cards/ memory sticks without the need for an intervening PC. The P450 also has a built-in CD-RW burner, so that you can create photo disks on the spot. It even has a flip-up LCD screen, so that you can see the photos before yo...

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Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Skip directly to: Search Box , Section Navigation , Content . Text Version .

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Matt Fell and Suzy Connolly, members of Butterfly 9.

Suzy Connolly may have some peace now she has thrown a new toy in f...

Browsing the Internet on conventional cell phones -- like the ones that come free with a service ... Coming soon: better browsi

Browsing the Internet on conventional cell phones -- like the ones that come free with a service contract -- has not exactly been a user-friendly experience. Dealing with clunky browsers, long download times and page after page of text menus is just no fun.

But getting online with those inexpensive cell phones is getting better.

Software companies are developing better applications ...

The investment firm demanding Knight Ridder put itself up for sale stands to collect a $300 milli... KR investor stands to gain

The investment firm demanding Knight Ridder put itself up for sale stands to collect a $300 million bonus next August if its fund meets certain performance targets, according to a regulatory filing.

The potential windfall was part of a deal made by money manager Bruce Sherman and his partners when they sold Private Capital Management to financial service giant Legg Mason in 2001. Legg Mas...