More employers are adopting technology like the system used by Viento's company, Automated Waste Disposal. As they do, many workers who have long enjoyed the freedom of the road are rankling over the boss' newfound power to monitor them via satellite.

There can be no negotiation with this force, and no protection from it. It is a manifestation of what once impelled people to believe in the wrath of God. Now it will presumably become part of the arsenal for the other side.

Doubtful he'll be here by the end of 2005.

The Russian military will receive more than 90 new T-90 tanks, seven fighter jets and new nuclear missiles next year, Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov said Thursday as he unveiled a 6.9-billion-dollar military budget for 2005.

On December 16, 2004, an audio tape was released on the internet attributed to Osama bin Laden. At first listen, we had serious concerns about this tape, most notably that the speaker clearly had a different voice and while most of the content was old, the context was a significant shift from his previous positions.