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Roland Piquepaille writes “In recent months, the concept of ‘cloud computing’ was all the buzz. European researchers think about another name, the World Wide Grid, which could run on top of the Internet. In an article to appear soon, ICT Results will report about the g-Eclipse project. As the scientists said, ‘the g-Eclipse project aims to build an integrated workbench framework to access the power of existing Grid infrastructures. The framework will be built on top of the reliable eco-system of the Eclipse community to enable a sustainable development.’ The project started in July 2006 and was successfully completed in June 2008 for a total cost of 2.5 million including a EU contribution of 1.96 million.”

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Wall Street plunges more than 5% on Wednesday to its lowest level in over five years on rising economic worries.

ROCHESTER - The body found behind Christ the King Church on Route 108 is that of a 31-year-old local woman, police said today.

EPPING - State police investigators are using a backhoe to dig up a section of property at a Friend Street residence, but authorities are not commenting on the investigation.

The parents of an 18-year-old Stanwood girl who was killed in 2004 by an ex-boyfriend who had stalked her with a gun will contribute $100,000 to domestic violence prevention from a $1.75 million settlement with Snohomish County.

DHL, which is abandoning its air and ground delivery service within the U.S., plans to lay off 255 employees in Seattle, Kent, Bothell, Bellevue and Fife.

Robbie Robertson, of The Band, will be honored at Experience Music Project | Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame’s annual Founders Award Celebration, a benefit for the museum’s youth education programs, happening Nov. 19, 2008.

Recognized widely for his catchphrase — "the family that prays together stays together" — the late Rev. Patrick Peyton spread his message to millions by radio and later television, using Hollywood stars to emphasize prayer and moral values.

The leader of the rapidly dwindling contingent of House Republicans is fielding a challenge from within the party.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic Congress, unwilling or unable to approve a $25 billion bailout for Detroit’s Big Three, appears ready to punt the automakers’ fate to a lame-duck Republican president. Caught in the middle of a who-blinks-first standoff are legions of manufacturing firms and auto dealers - and millions of Americans’ jobs - after Senate Democrats canceled a showdown vote that had been expected Thursday. President George W. Bush has “no appetite” to act on his own….