Google is about to offer a new service that will allow Internet users to search through the archives of magazines, newspapers and other publications and find material that in some cases dates back more than 200 years.

`The Glass Key`, Daryl Smith`s new novel, is an urban mystery and thriller. Men are dying, one by one. But no one knows if they are bing murdered or if they are comitting suicide. Essence, the main character, is a skillfully trained PI.

Growing pressure by fans and soccer official in Argentina did not help and Jose Pekerman has decided not to continue as Argentina`s coach. The Football Association president announced on Wednesday that Perkerman has gave his final word.

Computer network giant Cisco Systems announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire cable television set-top box manufacturer Scientific-Atlanta for $ 6.9 billion. Cisco offers $ 43 a share for Scientific-Atlanta.

It is believed by Syrian officials that the attack on the U.S. Embassy - coming one day after the fifth anniversary commemoration of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks upon the U.S. - was committed by an off-shoot of Osama bin Laden`s al-Qaeda terror organization.

Speaking to a gathering of some 50,000 in the northern Israeli Arab town of Umm-el-Fahm, an Israeli Arab sheikh, Raid Salah declared that the day was soon approaching that the capital of Israel, Jerusalem, would be wrested away by force from the Jewish state and made the capital of a reinstated Islamic caliphate (the establishment of which is the goal of terror groups such as al-Qaeda).

It seems as if Janet Jackson has been around forever, simply surviving the music industry for 20 years apparently awards you an eternal spot in the back of music lovers` minds.

Clay Bennett, the new owner of the SuperSonics, is not happy with the team`s home arena. Bennett is looking for a `world-class`facility modeled after Safeco Filed. "As we`ve said before, we don`t believe KeyArena is a satisfactory facility," Bennett said Wednesday.

In the reaming days leading to the 2005-2006 season, we?ll focus on each team and what it has done to improve itself over the summer. Today is the turn of the Chicago Bulls, a team that against all odds made into the playoffs last year. Will the Bulls continue to build on last year?s success or was it just a fluke?

The report suggested a robust pace of growth in services, which makes up the lion`s share of U.S. economic activity. Among the component indexes, new orders rose to 59.5 from 56.2, while the employment index slipped to 54.6 from 58.2.

The E.U. offered to cut tariff rates on its farm products by an average 46 percent if other countries take similar measures. Several trade experts said that yesterday`s developments virtually ensure that the Doha round will achieve modest results at best.

The Sesame Workshop has long been providing parents and children with educational entertainment and innovative children's media, including the massively successful and world renowned "Sesame Street" show. Since1968, this non-profit organization has dedicated itself to helping children reach their full potential.

December 14th marks an annual holiday you might not be aware of - Monkey Day! The holiday offers people a change from the traditional religious holidays which everyone is familiar with during the month of December.

Confirmation that the potentially deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has already arrived in Turkey and Romania suggests it is being carried by migrating birds, and reportedly samples have also now been found in Greece.

According to the Associated Press, the Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to American scientists John L. Hall and Roy J. Glauber and German scientist Theodor W. Haensch.