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HOUSTON, July 6 — Former Representative Tom DeLay must stay on the Texas ballot in November despite his efforts to be declared ineligible so Republicans can select a stronger candidate, a federal judge ruled today.

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HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 6 — The change in the way the TV academy came up with its list of nominees to help thespians and series from smaller niche networks — worked out great Thursday for CBS’s “Two and a Half Men,” which snagged nominations for best sitcom, lead actor Charlie Sheen and supporting actor Jon Cryer. Oh, and Kevin James copped his first ever nom for CBS’s “King of Queens.”

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Microsoft will begin selling a digital music and video player before the upcoming holiday season, and its wireless capabilities will likely give it a competitive advantage over Apple Computer’s mega-popular iPod, which requires users to plug into a computer to download content, Reuters reports via USA Today.

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TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) — New Jersey leaders agreed on a state budget Thursday following a six-day government shutdown that shuttered casinos and threw more than 80,000 people out of work, a high-ranking Statehouse official said.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actress Hilary Swank said the breakdown of her eight-year marriage to actor Chad Lowe was partially due to the substance abuse problem he had been battling.

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Once again, for the third day in a row, Gov. Jon S. Corzine convened a joint session of the New Jersey Legislature today, appealing to lawmakers to end a deadlock on the budget that has shut down much of the state’s government and related industries.

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He shows you how to install Apache and PHP on Windows XP, as well as how to set up a nice working environment. As a bonus, he also shows you how to install MySQL if you’re interested. You can have a complete working server environment on your desktop and be able to do all your test there.

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HOUSTON, July 5 — In yet another bizarre twist to the Enron saga, the sudden death of Kenneth L. Lay on Wednesday may have spared his survivors financial ruin. Mr. Lay’s death effectively voids the guilty verdict against him, temporarily thwarting the federal government’s efforts to seize his remaining real estate and financial assets, legal experts say.

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