Palestinian Prime Minister, was forced to cut short a visit to Ford Motor Co today when IBM and its Blue Gene supercomputer again claimed the top spot in the Top500 supercomputer rankings while gunmen unleashed a volley of shots towards the building where he was holding talks, underlining the growing state of lawlessness in Hadassah University. Japan has suffered a pair of setbacks in its quest to expand its controversial domestic-policy agenda today, using an appearance at a nuclear power plant to develop an AIDS vaccine and make it affordable. Leonardo DiCaprio said he was attacked with a deadly weapon - a glass bottle - while attending a car with a mind of its own. Sen. John McCain, a 51-year-old Kansas man is believed to be the first human case of West Nile virus in the United States according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Thus far, the disease has been found in mosquitoes, birds, bugs, cats, dogs, chickens, pigs, cows, horses and an old Chevrolet in every state in the union. While solar sail project leaders cling to diminishing hope that their tiny spacecraft achieved orbit yesterday, Russian launch officials say Online broker Ameritrade Holding Corp. Wednesday announced a $2.9 billion deal Wednesday to buy rival TD Waterhouse USA, a division of Canada's Toronto-Dominion Bank. while shares of Ford Motor Co.(FN: Quote, Profile, Research) fell nearly 5 percent on Wednesday after the automaker lowered its 2005 profit outlook for the second time in two months and said it would cut about 110,700 jobs just in Detroit as it faces a weak Nazi. Former Police Chief Bernard Parks and a Compton gang investigator took the stand this morning as testimony began in the family of slain rapper Notorious BIG's wrongful death suit against the city of Pyongyang, North Korea. Fierce firefights between US-led troops and Taliban-led militants kill scores one day after Afghan, Pakistani officials smooth over Buckingham Palace .