PC World - The upcoming X100 will feature Intel's Core Duo chips and Windows XP.

AFP - Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has targetted Lille midfield duo Mathieu Bodmer and Jean Makoun.

Reuters - Acoustic guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela is an unlikely chart-topper in Ireland.

NewsFactor - Long ago, desktop computers sported dual-core processors that could handle multitasking and media-encoding much more effectively than their single-core counterparts. Today, notebooks are getting the same boost with Intel's first dual-core chip for portables: the Core Duo.

AP - Concept clothing faced off against real-world dressing on the Paris catwalk on Monday, as Dutch duo Viktor & Rolf deconstructed the cocktail dress while French designer Isabel Marant offered trendy clothes for women on the go.

AP - With Josh Howard hurt and the Dallas Mavericks struggling on both ends of the court, Dirk Nowitzki knew he had to start scoring. He and Jason Terry turned into quite a duo against the Memphis Grizzlies.

Reuters - With three nominations each, My Morning Jacket, moe., Benevento/Russo Duo, John Medeski, Mike Gordon and the North Mississippi Allstars lead the field for the sixth Jammy Awards, which honor improvisational music across all genres.

Reuters - The two Austrian biathletes who left the Winter Olympics at the weekend may have used illegal methods, an Austrian Ski Federation top official told a news conference on Tuesday.

AP - In stories Feb. 8 and Feb. 9 about "Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher at the Grammys, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of the designer of her dress. He is Jean Paul Gaultier, not John Paul. The corrected version of this story appears below.

Reuters - Filmmakers James Wong and Glen Morgan were in the midst of making 2003's "Willard" when, on a movie break at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, they saw a poster for "Final Destination 2." The duo had launched the New Line Cinema horror franchise three years earlier, and they felt a pang of sadness.

AP - "Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher decided to leave as little to the imagination as possible when she arrived at Wednesday night's Grammy Awards in a stunning, transparent blue John Paul Gaultier dress.

Reuters - Gene McFadden, one-half of McFadden & Whitehead, the legendary R&B duo famed for the 1979 pop anthem "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now," has died.

AP - Louise Scruggs, who as wife and manager of banjo player Earl Scruggs helped expand the audience for bluegrass and country music, has died. She was 78.