Pyongyang, named by President George W. Bush as a member of the ?Axis of Evil?, is using Washington?s opposition to the oppressive regime as an excuse for holding onto the option of a nuclear test. It is believed that North Korea has a small number of nuclear weapons, which it has admitted to building.

WEBCAM USB 2.0 MINI, by Ocuview Technologies, Inc., is a web camera of remarkable quality at an affordable price.

Houston got a rude awakening after the All-Star celebrations which ended last week. The Rockets got hammered by the Suns who look to have the Rocket?s number dialed on automatic.

Omar Pimentel, 38, resigned Wednesday. "The truth is that I was tired. It`s a tough job and with so much pressure that it becomes mentally overwhelming." Pimentel says he plans to go back to school and spend more time with his family.

Hurricane Katrina has left destruction in its wake, but also has brought about deteriorating conditions in much of the American south hit by the storm.

Even though the Internet has entered almost every home, for the daily entertainment and news 50 percent of the Americans are still turning to the TV, according to the new study of Americans` media consumption.

AFL teams have some big-time financial backing. Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway (Colorado Crush), singers Jon Bon Jovi (Philadelphia Soul) and Tim McGraw (Nashville Kats) and coaching legend Mike Ditka (Chicago Rush) are parts of ownership groups. Rosters are much smaller, so most players play offense and defense instead of specializing.

Bank of America will make it possible for the more than 200 apartments it owns to become available to house displaced families in Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Texas.

Finding new employees for your new or established business is not as easy as people think. Generally speaking, for every 100 resumes your business receives there are approximately 50 that are not at all relevant to the position or experience necessary. Wouldn`t it be wonderful if there was an easier way to locate and hire employees that are ideal for your business?

Home furnishings store, using Pro Track software from TZA, has increased it`s use of TZA software to streamline practices in several distribution centers - and looks set to use the software even more in the future.

The killing of two Sunni clerics could be part of a slide toward sectarian civil war, analysts say.

Fenerbanhce`s Turkish Superleague title goes to Galatasaray SK after Chrisoph`s Daum`s team failed to beat Denizlispor. The final results for the Turkish Superleague were made after a highly dramatic final match.

Last week, I got on you all about being idiots (which you are). Some of you, the weak ones perhaps, suggested that Grid was gettin`a little too cranky, even for his less-than-optimistic old-aged demeanor.

The European Union fined the beer manufacturer Heineken NV $297 million, Grolsch NV $42.88 million and the privately held Bavaria $30.96 million, for cartel practices they were engaged from at least 1996 to 1999, by coordinating price increases of beer.

The US Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, dismissed Secretary of the Army, Francis Harvey, after the mistreatment of injured veteran was exposed.