Vince Poscente knows a little something about focus, commitment, and defying the odds. At age 26, he decided to take up speed skiing and pursue it competitively. Only 4 years later, he was vying for Gold in the Winter Olympics.

Online business sites are preparing big-time for the upcoming holiday season, where the strong survive and the weak don`t offer what consumers are looking for and can go out of business or at least lose out on big sales if they aren`t careful.

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 royal couple went to Hanover Square to unveil a memorial park to the 67 Britons who were murdered when two hijacked jets slammed into the World Trade Center by terrorists on September 11, 2001.

Coach for Germany, Juergen Klinsman, spoke about his team`s defeat on Tuesday, and said that they are deeply disappointed. `We are hugely disappointed (but) you can only compliment the team, they`re a young team. It is amazing the spirit they showed, the character.

Almost everyone listens to an MP3 player on their way to work or classes. And the most popular players are the ones that really mainstreamed the scene, Apple iPods. The introduction of the iPod nano, the latest and smallest large capacity MP3 player on the market, raised the numbers of MP3 listeners significantly. However, the nano had some major flaws, getting scratched easily, making consumers question the need for a brand new toy that will not stay brand new for long.

Pope Benedict XVI in his traditional Sunday blessing warned against giving into the commercialization of Christmas and urged worshippers to assemble Nativity scenes in their homes and remind themselves of the holiday`s more spiritual roots.

Under legislation passed by the Mexican Congress, owning marijuana, cocaine and even heroin will no longer be a crime in Mexico if the drugs are carried in small amounts for personal use. Reports state that fifty-three senators voted for the bill, with twenty-six votes against it.

Telling what the weather will be is an ability that we would all like to posses

The US Secretary of State and her deputy have begun to investigate ways to work with China to promote a brighter future for the Korean Peninsula.

This Australian Grand Prix brings news from McLaren`s Juan Pablo Montoya. The praised driver claims that he has made a breakthrough with his McLaren F1 car, and that he now has reached the highest level of convenience.

Only one little thing went wrong in Tyrone Willingham`s debut as head coach of the University of Washington`s football program. The Washington Huskies lost, although they did so without making many errors.

There is good news in store for all small businesses. Those who thought that deals with Microsoft are out of their league are about to receive a chance of a lifetime.

If any of you entertainment fans out there have seen either the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" or "Love Actually", then you should know Keira Knightley quite well.

Abdul-Khalim Sadulayev was shot in the town of Argun, east of the Chechen capital, Grozny. The Russian Federal Security Service, successor to the infamous KGB, reported that Sadulayev was killed after resisting arrest.