Writing a series as famous as Harry Potter takes incredible talent, hard work and determination

Global warming is taking its toll on world economy, food supplies and environmental areas

I love cross country and road races just as much as the next guy, but this is a sport which is simply impossible to follow. No one knows when exactly these races take place and most of us hear about them after they have already taken place.

What do business, the State University of New Jersey and iPods have in common? Podcasing of course. Podcasting is a new method of bringing broadcasts and lectures onto the web and allowing these files to be easily transferred into MP3 player.

For the fourth quarter, earnings rose to $98 million, or 28 cents a share, in the quarter that ended October 1, from $66 million, or 19 cents, a year ago. According to Tyson, the beef export business is slowly recovering from the 2003 mad cow scare.