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.

At first it appeared that China would waver in its support of the sanctions regime authorized by resolution 1718, but Washington believes the pressure it brought to bear on Beijing helped the Chinese decide to enforce the measure as best they could.

Growth accelerated in the first nine months of fiscal year 2004-2005 in North America to 4.6%, defense, business and industry segments declined by half a percent.

According to Gaddafi, "There is no state with a democracy except Libya on the whole planet." Relations between the U.S. and Libya have softened since Tripoli decided to give up nuclear weapons in 2003 and admit responsibility for the 1988 bombing of a plane over Lockerbie, Scotland.

An electronic ID card for children was designed by the Glasgow-based NetIDme Ltd. Its aim is to keep children safe while surfing the internet. NetIDme virtual identity card displays the user`s first name, age, gender, and general location.

Microsoft will soon post a public refresh of Office 2007 Beta 2, another step on the way toward a release in late 2006 or early 2007.

The US and other major world powers recently put forth a secret offer to the Iranians in which they would be compensated for not developing nuclear fuel. But Iran says they will publish the offer.

Another desktop computer had disappeared from Unisys, a subcontractor of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The computer contained personal data on about 38,000 U.S. military veterans. And this is not the first case when sensitive data is being stolen.

The eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (COGRA) and Casino City have announced a joint agreement which will cement their common goal of a `safe and properly supported online gaming experience`, and will introduce new eCOGRA regulation features on the Casino City website.

Paris Hilton ? famous for her party-flitting antics ? has been photographed with a diamond ring on her finger and tabloids are wondering whether this hotel heiress is ready to settle down once and for all

There are many people out there that think that there is nothing sexier than a pregnant woman. However, generally speaking, maternity clothes are as far from sexy as humanly possible. From overalls to big t-shirts, it seems that sexy is the last thing on the minds of most maternity clothing business owners.

Even though the Turkish Grand Prix was won by Felipe Massa making it his first F1 Grand Prix win ever, this race belonged to Fernando Alonso. Renault`s driver managed to keep Michael Schumacher from getting the second place, and extended his lead in the drivers`championship to 12 points.

Although Wikipedia has never seen the need to implement a virus-scanning function for its pages, analysts and webmasters agree that the recent incident with malicious software planted on Wikipedia pages might cause the company to put in automatic virus scans, similar to the ones that Hotmail and Yahoo have with their free Web-based services

Mr. Birney served as Regional Manager of Consulting Services for The Signature Group in Vienna VA, a Cisco Systems Premier Professional Services partner.

Justin Morneau of the Minnesota Twins, who batted .321 with 34 homers and 130 RBIs, was named American League Most Valuable Player on Tuesday. The first baseman received 15 first-place votes, which put him ahead of Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees, who received 12 first-place votes