MINNEAPOLIS – Target Corp. (TGT) is slipping $1 million into The Salvation Army’s kettle, but it still won’t allow the familiar holiday bell-ringers in front of its stores. This will be the third year that Target has banned the bell-ringers from its stores. But Salvation Army spokeswoman Melissa Temme said …

BRUSSELS, Belgium – A Belgian court on Friday will hear Google Inc.’s defense against local newspaper complaints that it stole content from their Web sites without paying them or asking their permission. This will be the first time Google (GOOG) argues its case after the Brussels-based Court of First Instance …

LOS ANGELES – Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) and the Oscar-winning team behind “The Lord of the Rings” movies are delaying plans for a feature film based on “Halo,” the software company’s popular alien shoot-up video games. “At this time Microsoft, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh have mutually agreed to postpone making …

WASHINGTON – A number of 2008 presidential contenders appear to be inching closer to making their first official steps as candidates. Republicans Tennessee Sen. Bill Frist, Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, New York Gov. George Pataki and Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee are all in preparatory stages. Democrats …

The 2006 midterm elections were largely a referendum on the Bush administration and the war in Iraq. Throughout the nation, in state after state, Fox News Election Day telephone surveys show voters basing their vote for House and Senate more on national issues than on state and local issues. Those …

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lankan fighter jets on Monday pounded a Tamil Tiger rebel base in the country’s volatile east, the military said, as the army and rebels exchanged artillery and mortar fire on the ground. Air force planes struck a sea base in the east, said military spokesman …

BAGHDAD – Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr on Friday renewed threats to resume attacks on U.S. forces, and the country’s top Shiite cleric was quoted as saying he would intervene if a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security pact infringed on Iraqi sovereignty. The statements deepened unease over the deal, which would allow American …

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For two generations, the “rabbit ears” antenna has been the symbol for the way we get TV signals from the ether into our television sets. Even TiVo’s icon has them. But analog broadcast television is going away in early 2009, and those rabbit ears will be next to useless — …

CARACAS, Venezuela – President Hugo Chavez’s allies won a strong majority in Venezuela’s local elections, but the socialist leader’s opponents made important gains, capturing the Caracas mayor’s office and two of the most populous states. Chavez trumpeted his party’s domination of Sunday’s vote as “a sign” for him to continue …