AP - A commodities trader who secretly amassed manuscripts handwritten by the titans of classical music has donated his collection to the Juilliard School, the conservatory announced Tuesday.

AP - Tyra Banks really throws herself into her job as a talk-show host, often in ways only a recently retired supermodel can.

AP - On the Internet, the traffic cops are blind — they don't look at the data they're directing, and they don't give preferential treatment.

AFP - Adult sex toys jostled for space with cotton pads and cough syrup on pharmacy shelves in Rome this week, but a rash of publicity has prompted shopowners to spare the blushes of customers and withdraw them from view, though not from sale.

Reuters - A judge began hearing arguments on Friday over whether to pull the plug on BlackBerry e-mail devices used by millions of Americans as part of a fight over patents for the pocket-sized technology.

Reuters - Warner Bros. Pictures' "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" has crossed the $600 million mark in international receipts and ranks fifth among all-time international releases.

Senior managers overtake teachers at the top of the unpaid overtime league table, the TUC says.

AP - A homeless man who police say tried to take a sheep from the Little Rock Zoo has been arrested on numerous charges. A security guard at the zoo called police Tuesday evening after spotting a man carrying a trash can with a sheep in it, a police report said.

AP - A homeless man who police say tried to take a sheep from the Little Rock Zoo has been arrested on numerous charges. A security guard at the zoo called police Tuesday evening after spotting a man carrying a trash can with a sheep in it, a police report said.

AFP - Fast-evolving Internet and communications technology is outpacing privacy laws and leaving a treasure trove of personal data prey to government surveillance, a new report warned.

AP - Ville Peltonen scored midway through the first period to give Finland a 1-0 lead over the United States in their quarterfinal contest Wednesday night in men's hockey at the Turin Games. Peltonen took a pass in the slot and fired a quick shot that went into the pads of U.S. goalie Rick DiPietro and then slowly rolled behind him and into the net. It came 9:33 into the game.

All the Mac viruses and security holes in the news are overblown. They're news only because of their novelty, not the threat they pose. Commentary by Leander Kahney.

AP - It was a gas gas gas, judging by the trash trash trash.

AP - All this talent on the Canadians' men's hockey team, and nothing to show for it. No wins in two weekend Olympic games. No chemistry. Worst of all, no goals. 0 Canada, indeed.

AFP - Irish parents have been urged to give their children fewer snacks after a new study warned they were high in fat and a key reason for rising obesity levels.

Reuters - DreamWorks' Academy Award-nominated "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit," Miramax Films' "An Unfinished Life" and Warner Bros. Pictures' "Duma" are among the entertainment titles to be honored at the 20th anniversary Genesis Awards, set for March 18 at the Beverly Hilton.

AFP - Iran's fatah or religious edict condemning British author Salman Rushdie to death over his novel "The Satanic Verses" will remain in force "forever," the official news agency IRNA said.

Reuters - Waste Management Inc. , the largest U.S. trash hauler, on Tuesday posted a stronger-than-expected 7.8 percent increase in quarterly profit on pricing strength and a reduction in income tax expense.

SPACE.com / LiveScience.com - ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico - NASA is fleshing out details of launch vehicles, robotic and human exploration systems that can enable a sustained back to the Moon effort, including possible establishment of an Antarctic-like lunar outpost.

Scientists discover an underwater mountain yielding some of the richest diversity of marine life in the Caribbean.