AFP - Chinese gamers who frequently adopt flamboyant alter egos for their online contests will soon be forced to reveal their true identities in a bid to stop youngsters from spending too much time in the virtual world.

Warnings of global warming run rampant and snowfall appears to be slacking off. So what's a ski resort owner to do? Plenty are battling the effects of climate change with wind power and other alternative-energy sources. By Gretchen Cuda.

AFP - Mark and Steve Waugh spring to mind, as do Michael and Ralf Schumacher.

AFP - A child-care website has sued Google, alleging that the Internet search giant choked off its online traffic, its lawyer said.

AP - Opponents of President Hugo Chavez are demanding a review of what they call gross irregularities in the voter registry, pointing to a western state where 1,921 people by the name Gonzalez are listed with the same date of birth.

AFP - Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrived in Cairo, kicking off a two-week tour of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and India meant to promote tolerance between civilizations.

Reuters - Letting non-African troops into Sudan's troubled Darfur region risks creating turmoil like that seen after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Sudan's president said on Monday.

Reuters - Microsoft Corp. is working on a handheld gaming device that will also play music and movies in a challenge to rivals such as Sony and Apple, the San Jose Mercury News said on Monday.

Reuters - DJ Premier was surprised when he got the phone call last spring. It was RCA Records, saying that Christina Aguilera wanted the producer, best known for his gritty work with rap heavyweights Gang Starr, the Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Nas and KRS-One, to work on the pop singer's forthcoming album.

Reuters - U.S. stocks futures rose on Monday, pointing to a higher market opening, amid optimism over the interest-rate outlook before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's speech and following last week's solid gains.

USATODAY.com - Oil companies and U.S. industries have been aching for years to get at the billions of barrels of oil and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas sitting off the shores of the USA.

Remember the story of Archimedes lolling in his bathtub? To an observer, he'd have seemed to be wasting time. While ostensibly doing nothing, however, he discovered the principle of displacement, a cornerstone of physics. Would he have reached the same insight in a quick shower?

AFP - Thierry Henry says he is not letting the 'will-he, won't he' debate over his future at Arsenal bother him.

Reuters - U.S. senators and senior Bush administration officials head to China this week, kicking off a decisive period in bilateral economic relations leading up to President Hu Jintao's visit to Washington next month.

Pupils living in rural areas miss out because government cash is targeted at inner city schools, heads warn.

AFP - One day after a wave of antiwar protests swept the world, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld warns a quick US pullout from Iraq will result in terrorists taking it over -- and insists it would be tantamount to handing Germany back to the Nazis.

Reuters - DJ Premier was surprised when he got the phone call last spring. It was RCA Records, saying that Christina Aguilera wanted the producer, best known for his gritty work with rap heavyweights Gang Starr, the Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z, Nas and KRS-One, to work on the pop singer's forthcoming album.

AP - P.J. Couisnard stepped back from the defender and launched a straightaway 3-pointer with the shot clock winding down. As soon as the ball swished through the net, Couisnard pointed triumphantly to Wichita State's rowdy fans.

Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Staff Writer Miami, FL (AHN) - A new deal between Microsoft and Epic Records will bring together the world of online gaming and music. In a joint statement released by both companies, the agreement will offer a year of free music videos and other content to Xbox 360...

PC Magazine - Opinion: Blogs would be a welcome new addition to the Netscape Web portal. But it's hard to see how turning the site into a social networking hub would resurrect the Internet pioneer from its present position as an also-ran.