EchoStar Communications has won a court ruling in the TiVo Inc. v. EchoStar Communications Corp. lawsuit that allows the company to continue selling digital video recorders while it appeals rival TiVo Inc.'s victory in a patent case.

TiVo won a trial in Texas, where it accused EchoStar of infringing a patent on so-called ‘time-warp’ technology that lets users record one programme while watching another.

Cindy Crawford touts her mom-approved furniture line

Supermodel Cindy Crawford boasts about one key attribute that helps Rooms to Go designers create her namesake furniture line for children.

"I'm a mom," Crawford said during a recent visit to a new Rooms to Go store in Royal Palm Beach. "I want a living room where kids are welcome. I prefer kids' bedrooms that are practical and stylish and can take a beating."

Introduced in fall 2005, the Cindy Crawford Home line boasts more than 100 pieces that she describes as fun and non-intimidating. Rooms to Go chief executive Jeff Seaman predicts they will generate $250 million in sales this year.

Roberts: Trouble foretold

Six months ago, an out-of-state minister known for prophecy told Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts he would go through a "major storm" but would come through it.

The minister also said, "When you enter your 60th year, you'll step to a new level of ministry you've never known," Roberts recalled in an interview with the Tulsa World.

Roberts celebrated his 59th birthday on Monday and then began his 60th year, six weeks after three former ORU professors filed a lawsuit claiming wrongful termination and alleging the Roberts family has misused ORU and Oral Roberts Ministries money and resources for themselves.

Roberts is on a leave of absence as president while ORU's board and independent auditors investigate the allegations. After the investigations, the board will .

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Look, I think it's great that Apple is finally doing something with the iPhone to make it into something that Crackberry addicts like myself might finally find as an attractive alternative.

GCC has global investment and development magnet promise, says ULI ...

Speaking ahead of this week's ULI conference in Abu Dhabi, Todd Mansfield, the Institute's Chairman, says the world-wide development industry has now woken up to the opportunities the Gulf Co-operation Countries and United Arab Emirates now hold out. 'The rest of the world is absolutely aware of the real estate investment and development potential of the region, which holds enormous promise as a global magnet for investment and development,' said Mansfield. But the ULI Chairman emphasized that the region must embrace sustainable development if it is going to compete on the world stage. 'While every market is different, cities and regions around the globe are sharing growing concerns over sustainability,' said Mansfield. 'These sustainability issues include concerns over managing population growth, responding to demographic changes, building enough affordable housing, improving transportation and other infrastructure, and protecting the environment.

Community invited to learn about AIDS epidemic in Africa

You will have the opportunity to see an African child from a remote country in which AIDS runs rampant as you walk through a virtual African village.Through your journey, the child you're accompanying will be tested for HIV at the health clinic. Together, you will learn his fate.That's the setting for a half-hour walk this week through the gymnasium at Lodi's First Baptist Church. The child is real, but he won't be there with you. Nevertheless, through headphones (in English or Spanish) and photography, you will learn all about this child and his life in a land where AIDS is commonplace, and where children and their parents die at an early age.Called "Step Into Africa Experience," the audio tour is produced by World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with children, families and their communities worldwide to help them reach their full potential and tackling the causes of poverty and injustice, according to World Vision.Some 300 people from the Lodi area have already volunteered at least one four-hour shift to help organize the event, which will be held from Thursday through Monday, said Glen Barnes, an associate pastor at First Baptist, who is in charge of the Lodi effort.

Senior Olympics draw new friends to center

The competition wasn't too fierce among the participants, who meet most weekdays at the center. There, they socialize, play games and share lunch. "It's good for them to make new friends," said Jessica Medina, 17, who volunteered to help with this week's games. Medina is a student at the center who takes classes to earn a GED. The brightly painted center at the corners of Ocotillo Road and 54th Avenue in downtown Glendale has become a gathering place for all ages. It's where seniors gather each morning and where students like Medina take classes. Schoolchildren head there after school and teens hang out in the evenings. Julia Aguilera sank 15 shots in one minute. Asked if she ever played on a basketball team, the 68-year-old replied, "Not yet." That spunky attitude made the Glendale woman a two-time gold-medal winner.

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Domestic Spying

Cenk Uygur: Why Do You Need Immunity If You Haven't Broken the Law? (1 comments) The Bush administration is desperately trying to get immunity for the telecom companies inserted into the next wiretapping bill. But let me ask a simple question - why would the telecom companies need immunity if they didn't break the law? I'm not trying to be clever here. I'm asking a literal question. Isn't this an obvious admission that the administration did ask the large telecommunication companies to break the law ?

Daschle on Obama’s appeal: Hope versus fear

Blah, blah, blah. Never a substantive complaint about how he might personally suffer if the Democrats assume control. Tuesday night he called for a long visit and it became apparent he has had an epiphany. He suddenly realized that his greatest prosperity came during the Clinton years and that his seven figure pension was lost and his company bought out by an uncaring competitor because of rules changes initiated during the GWB presidency. He has voted as a social conservative for years, but last night said" It is unconscionable that any one in the richest country in history has to pay for health care or higher education. And I don't see why we haven't done something to get free of that damned foreign oil. And I don't think one more American boy should die for oil!" The thing is, he starts to draw Social Security in a couple of months, and there isn't a defined benefits pension plan any more so he really needs SS to be solvent so he can make it, and he sees privatization as his own road to ruin.

Obama sets Casper, Laramie visits

Even if Obama is “transcendent," as his campaign has argued, the historic electoral trends and the current political environment suggest that translating those primary wins into November success will be close to impossible. * In short: Hillary is better positioned to carry the battle ground states that Democrats need to win in November and Obama's victories in deep red states do not . " .

Pressure building on CM

Even when the dissidence within the CLP was at its peak in December last year, no one ever talked about breaking away from the party or forming a separate group to grab power. All had left the final decision with the party President, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, he added holding that such news reports, if true, could give the Opposition not only a handle but also jeopardise continuation of the elected government in office.

There has been a sharp reaction to the reports about the meeting held in a Sector 9 bungalow yesterday. Interestingly, neither of the participants of the meeting had issued any denial or clarification about the meeting.

Those owing allegiance to the Chief Minister maintain that such desperate attempts to embarrass the government would not benefit any one. Rather, it could invite strong disciplinary action against those breaching the party discipline.