AP - Whether a lesson learned after a particularly bitter winter, or a reaction to the super sweet look of recent seasons, the fall winter 2006 collections currently showing on the Milan catwalk are about tough ladies ready to fight the elements.

Reuters - Lenovo Group Ltd. (0992.HK), the world's No. 3 PC maker, will soon start selling low-priced computers targeted at small U.S. businesses, taking the Lenovo brand outside China for the first time, said an analyst familiar with the matter.

AP - Players weren't always pampered on the PGA Tour. There was a time when they had to buy a bag of range balls, share the cost of rental cars and even pay for their meals before tournaments started to treat them like royalty.

AFP - British bobsledders Nicola Minichiello and Jacqui Davies clocked the fastest second run to boost their hopes of Olympic gold.

AFP - Lethal bird flu continued its advance across Europe with more infected birds found in Germany and Italy, while in India seven people were under observation with symptoms of the disease.

AP - Janese Banks scored 18 points to lead four players in double figures as Wisconsin upset No. 17 Minnesota 67-61 on Sunday.

AFP - Third-seeded Italian Mara Santangelo overcame a stiff challenge from sixth-seeded Croatian Jelena Kostanic to win the 175,000-dollar WTA Bangalore Open here on Sunday.

AP - Mara Santangelo of Italy won her first WTA Tour title Sunday, beating a weakened Jelena Kostanic of Croatia 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the Bangalore Open final.

AP - Barely 18 months ago Muqtada al-Sadr was a man on the run, wanted for murder and holed up with a band of fighters in a mosque besieged by U.S. troops.

AP - The week that was ended with two gold medals that weren't. That's not all that bad, because a wacky snowboarder and some scrappy Swedes at least gave America something to talk about other than Bode Miller's party habits and Johnny Weir's bus schedule.

AP - The week that was ended with two gold medals that weren't. That's not all that bad, because a wacky snowboarder and some scrappy Swedes at least gave America something to talk about other than Bode Miller's party habits and Johnny Weir's bus schedule.

AP - Tests confirmed the deadly strain of bird flu in Egypt, as France reported a probable first case Friday and the United Nations expressed growing concern about the virus' spread through West Africa.

AP - Peace activist Jill Bussiere wants the United States to bring its troops home from Iraq immediately, so she went door-to-door in this community in the hopes of getting others to join her cause.

AP - Russia will not pay more to base its Black Sea Fleet in a Ukrainian port, a senior Russian official said Tuesday, rebuffing Ukrainian demands and setting the stage for the latest dispute between the ex-Soviet neighbors.

NewsFactor - Lenovo's ThinkCentre computers mean business. Every model in the ThinkCentre line can be made to fit just about any business need you can imagine.

AP - Tomas Holmstrom helped the Detroit Red Wings get to the Olympic break in style. Holmstrom broke a tie with a power-play goal early in the third period, and Detroit beat the Colorado Avalanche 6-3 on Sunday in the last game before the break for each team.

AP - Israeli teenager Shahar Peer captured her first WTA title with a 6-3, 6-1 win Sunday over Jelena Kostanic at the Pattaya Women's Open.

AP - Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves said he had no plans to mimic Hall of Fame Packers coach Vince Lombardi. The only motivation the Badgers needed was a chance to do the Lambeau Leap.

AFP - Britain's two-time Olympic rowing gold medallist James Cracknell will not bid for a third one at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and has reportedly decided to retire.

Reuters - Holders Croatia held a 2-0 lead over Austria and the U.S. recovered from a shock defeat for Andy Roddick to draw level with Romania after the opening singles matches in the Davis Cup World Group first round on Friday.