After appealing the punishment, Nick Barnett will be fined a week's pay but is allowed to play in the Green Bay Packers' Sept. 8 season opener.
Veronica Campbell-Brown has won the gold medal in the women's 200 meters, extending Jamaica's streak in the sprints at the Beijing Olympics.
LaShawn Merritt has upset defending champion Jeremy Wariner to lead a U.S. sweep of the medals in the 400 meters at the Olympics.
James Farrior's leadership and professionalism were rewarded Thursday when he agreed with the Pittsburgh Steelers to a five-year, $18.25 million extension that included a $5 million signing bonus, a source confirmed.
The U.S. has failed to advance out of the first round of both the men's and women's 400-meter relays at the Olympics, dropping the baton in each race.
Americans Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor have won their second consecutive gold medal in beach volleyball, playing through a steady rain to beat Wang Jie and Tian Jia of China 21-18, 21-18.
 | A ten-year-old tortoise with paralyzed hind legs has been fitted with wheels at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo—and her "love life" is picking up speed. |
 | Tentacles of cold gas that mysteriously thrive in the hot region around a distant galaxy may be held together by magnetic fields, a new study suggests. |
 | The new species split off from its cousin the Amazon river dolphin after an ancient drought separated the two populations, conservationists say. |
 | An orphaned whale tries to suckle yachts, a penguin gets a promotion, and a tortoise gets wheels in our weekly animal-photo roundup. |
Intel will release a dual-core Atom processor next month
Microsoft plans to hire comedian Jerry Seinfeld for its new marketing campaign, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Asustek's latest Eee PCs, the 904HD and 1000HD are aimed at emerging markets.
Asustek turned to Intel Celeron CPUs in its latest Eee PCs in part due to the Atom shortage.
In India, the iPhone 3G, which launches at midnight Thursday, will be more of a consumer phone.
RIDGELAND, MS (MARKET WIRE) As technology becomes more pervasive and sophisticated and end users more geographically diverse, IT is increasingly challenged when called upon to deliver technical support. Bomgar's remote access software helps companies meet these challenges by enabling IT help desk support reps to provide superior service through firewalls and regardless of the platform used or the physical location of the end user or support rep. IDC interviewed Bomgar customers about their experience with the solution. The outcome is now available as a white paper.
LONDON (MARKET WIRE) Rolex Submariner, Rolex President & Rolex Daytona: The Top 3 Most Exotic Rolex Watches Purchased by Men and Ladies in UK in Q1 2008 were announced today by Melrose Jewelers, the UK's largest online Preowned Rolex retailer.
SAN DIEGO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Aegis Therapeutics, a drug delivery technology licensing company and leader in transmucosal drug delivery, will present a talk entitled: "New Technologies Expanding Practical Clinical Uses of Peptides, Proteins, and Other Macromolecular Therapeutics" at Insight's "13th Annual Drug Delivery Summit." The conference will be held on September 22-23, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, NJ. Dr. Edward T. Maggio, President and CEO of Aegis, will present studies on the application of Aegis' Intravail(R) non-invasive drug delivery technology, and Aegis' ProTek(R) protein stabilization
GHENT, BELGIUM (MARKET WIRE) Ablynx [Euronext Brussels: ABLX], a pioneer in the discovery and development of Nanobodies(R), a novel class of antibody-derived therapeutic proteins, will announce its half year results for 2008 on 28 August 2008.
RENO, NEVADA (MARKET WIRE) Allied Nevada Gold Corp. ("Allied Nevada" or the "Company") (TSX: ANV)(AMEX: ANV) is pleased to announce complete gold and silver assay results for thirty-three exploration holes and four condemnation holes drilled at the Company's Hycroft Heap Leach Mine ("Hycroft") located near Winnemucca, Nevada. Of the twenty-seven drill holes listed in the table below, twenty-one were drilled in the Fire and Brimstone Zones(1), two in the Silver Camel area, three in the Bay area and one hole was drilled north of the Brimstone pit in the north Foothills area. Core hole H08D-3188, located in the north end