Baseball GMs Gather in Fla. for Meetings  © The Associated Press Stock Futures Up at Start of Week U.S. stock futures edged higher on Monday, with election news receding into the background and inflation back in the spotlight ahead of key data later this week. more Lame-Duck Congress to Reconvene Congress returns this week with triumphant Democrats and vanquished Republicans focusing more on the upcoming change in power than on President Bush's wish list for the final few months of GOP rule. more Sun Makes Java Tech. Open-Source Project Computer server and software maker Sun Microsystems Inc. said Monday that it had begun to make its Java technology an open-source software project available for free on the Internet. more T-Shirt Turns Air Guitar Into Music Scientists announced Monday that they have developed a high-tech T-shirt that turns the strumming of an air guitar into music. more
Anadarko Selling Gulf of Mexico Oilfield Anadarko Petroleum Corp., one of the nation's largest independent energy exploration and production companies, is selling its Genghis Khan discovery in the Gulf of Mexico for $1.35 billion to owners of the adjacent Shenzi field. more Japanese Stocks Fall to 6-Week Low Japanese stocks fell Monday to a fresh six-week low, hurt by banks, machinery and commodity-related issues ahead of July-September GDP data due Tuesday. The data is widely expected to show softening economic growth. more Deutsche Telekom Names New CEO  © The Associated Press Report: Toyota Eyes 15 Pct. Market Share A leaked copy of Toyota Motor Corp.'s "global master plan" calls for grabbing 15 percent of the world car market by 2010 in the company's quest to unseat rival General Motors, a newspaper said Monday. more Stock Futures Up at Start of Week U.S. stock futures edged higher on Monday, with election news receding into the background and inflation back in the spotlight ahead of key data later this week. more
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Judge to Rule Next Week in Madonna Case Malawi's High Court said Monday it will rule in one week's time whether a coalition of Malawian human rights and child advocacy groups should help decide whether pop star Madonna is fit to adopt a motherless Malawian toddler. more 'Whiter Shade of Pale' Now a Court Case Former members of 1960s band Procol Harum were going to court Monday in a battle over royalties from their biggest hit, "A Whiter Shade of Pale." more Grandmaster Flash, T.I., Honored Grandmaster Flash breathed a sigh of relief after being recognized for his turntable expertise, and T.I. finally believes the South has gotten some respect. more 'Borat' Makes Benefit Glorious With $29M  © The Associated Press Artist Benny Andrews Dies at 75 Benny Andrews, a painter and teacher whose work drew on memories of his childhood in the segregated South, has died. He was 75. more
Hospitals Want Faster Heart Attack Care Hundreds of hospitals around the country are joining the most ambitious project ever undertaken to give faster emergency room care to people suffering major heart attacks. more Muslim Clerics Fighting Polio in India  © The Associated Press Study: Waltzing Helps Mend Hearts  © The Associated Press Poor Pakistanis Donate Kidneys for Money  © The Associated Press Brazilian Woman Survives 6 Shots to Head A woman was released from the hospital a day after she was shot in the head six times in an attack police blamed on her ex-husband, Brazilian media reported Saturday. more
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Ex-MTV Execs Create Hip Internet Shows Shortly before dinner at a trendy new restaurant in the theater district, a production crew started setting up. They arranged lights, checked the cameras and put a microphone on the sushi chef Masatoshi "Gari" Sugio. Soon they would be filming at the Sushi of Gari 46 and interviewing the famed chef. more Korean War Dead Memorialized on the Web The message was simple: Write a letter to someone lost in the Korean War. Within a day, responses started pouring in for the latest effort by brothers Hal and Ted Barker to remember the war their father didn't like to discuss. In the three weeks since their plea went out, more than 500 letters and e-mails have arrived _ from daughters who lost their fathers to veterans who lost friends to schoolchildren thanking those who died for their freedom. more PlayStation 3 Makes Debut in Japan  © The Associated Press Motorola Buys Mobile Software Maker  © The Associated Press Next-Gen Gaming Consoles to Hit Stores  © The Associated Press
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