Traveling by air to various destinations around the world has become a necessity and not a luxury these days. People study and work further from home than they did in past years, and international travel for business has become the norm, with the advent of globalization.

One of the most popular rock groups in musical history, The Beatles, will finally appear on postage stamps ? some 37 years after the group officially disbanded

Backup QB Garcia, who was called to the helm after All-Star McNabb suffered a season ending injury, carried the Eagles to a 27-24 victory over the Panthers

The San Antonio Spurs visited Houston to play against the Rockets and All Star Yao Ming. Duncan finished with 19 points and 15 rebounds, and what his coach Gregg Popovich called one of his best defensive performances ever

Shaquille O`Neil has been the dominant man in the NBA for the past decade. The Miami Heat won the league championship last season. But a shift of power this season indicates these will change

The Chicago Bear were pressed into a tight corner in their game Monday night, trailing 23-3 in the third quarter. But their defense and punt returner came through for an amazing come from behind 24-23 win over the Arizona Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals held the New York Mets scoreless for 14 innings through the second inning of Game 4

The Beatles and the custodians of the estates of George Harrison and John Lennon have come together to agree on the release of a "new" album by the Fab Four.

With the recent buzz regarding the healthy lifestyle, "healthy" food has become extremely chic. More and more people, who wish to demonstrate that they care about what enters their stomachs, are choosing a salad over good old-fashioned burger.

As was said by a Web metrics firm said, Mozilla Corp.`s Firefox continued its steady climb and achieved half a percentage point in market share at the expense of Microsoft Corp.`s Internet Explorer during August.

The team with the best record in baseball will not want to remember their last night on the ballpark. Placido Polanco, catcher for Detroit Tigers, suffered from a separated shoulder and Ivan Rodriguez had to replace him and play second base for the first time in his career.

The RCA Championship goes to James Blake who was more than happy to see Andy Roddick playing as he used to. Roddick played hard, but that was not enough to stop Blake from taking the title and leaving Roddick completely title-less in 2006.

The United States National Softball team hammered Japan hard on Sunday sending them home after losing 11-0.

There is a lot of criticism in the world of soccer about the match that settles whose number three and whose number four in World Cup.

The time when anti-virus and firewall tools were able to stop all online attacks are over, and the recent super-sophisticated attack on the online payment service PayPal proves just that.

Germany just could not believe it was happening to its players. After more than six brilliant attacks and amazing goal making situations, the Germans were not able to make the crucial goal happen.

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston created a production company when they were together. Today, although they are no longer an item, and Brad has clearly moved on, the entertainment production group is still in the hands of Pitt.

Angola was supposed to give Portugal an easy and comfortable way to regain their confidence. After their poor performance at World Cup 2002, facing Angola for the opening match was perfect, but Portugal could not make this advantage work for them.

Jason Schmidt gave a brilliant performance during the Giants`last game on Tuesday by reaching a 102-year-old club record with 16 strikeouts. Schmidt helped the Giants beat the Florida Marlins 2-1.

AFC Ajax secured their UEFA Champions League third qualifying round place after a 3-2 victory over FC Groningen in the final of the Dutch Eredivise play-offs. Groningen gave arsenal a fierce fight during the game and only with three minutes remaining arsenal broke the tie.

The Los Angeles Kings squashed the San Jose Sharks, 4-0, in the last match of the regular season for both clubs. Jason LaBarbera made 31 saves, and even recorded his first-career shutout.

Nokia`s shares went up 4.6 percent, after the cell phone maker reported that its phone prices in the first quarter were above previous expectations, making Nokia`s stock value the highest in more than two years.

Shaquille O`Neal scored his second triple-double and pushed the Miami Heat to victory demonstrating great ability, or "simple basketball" like the player said. O`Neal made a 15-point, 11-rebound, 10-assist effort in 28 minutes -- and Antoine Walker busted out of his slump with a season-high 32 points as the Miami Heat overcame Dwyane Wade`s absence to beat Toronto 106-97 on Tuesday night and send the Raptors to their ninth straight loss.

Jozef Stumpel and Nathan Horton each scored two goals to lead Florida past the Ottawa Senators, 6-2, at BankAtlantic Center. Florida drew first blood with 1:06 remaining in the first period.

Chad Tracy doubled in three runs in Arizona`s five-run eighth inning, and the Diamondbacks rallied to beat the San Diego Padres 8-5 on Saturday night. The first-place Padres dropped back to .500 at 77-77, the same record as the last-place New York Mets in the NL East.

Both the Phillies`and Braves`have 10 games remaining, leaving Atlanta`s magic number for clinching a 14th straight division title at six. Jimmy Rollins drove in two runs and extended his hitting streak to 26 games. Geoff Geary pitched the ninth inning and got the win.

While the party of conservative challenger Angela Merkel won more votes than current Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, she might not become the first female chancellor unless she finds a parliamentary majority in a coalition.

The Redmond Little League team beat Europe 10-8 in the second day of pool play at the Junior Softball World Series on Monday at Everest Park.

The Arizona Diamondbacks droped their home game in Phoenix at the top of the ninth on Sunday after Braves`Andruw Jones hit his 30th home run with no balls and two strikes to start off the inning.

Two nights after they let one get away in the last five minutes, the Seattle Storm put one away.