Their incompetence begets exasperation, which results in still less being asked of them (which leaves them more time for video games).

NEWYORKER: Spoiled Rotten

As a result, most home networks and computer systems never progress beyond the default settings they ship with, which leaves them wideopen.

FORBES: With Rise Of Consumer Mobile Devices, We're All CIOs Now

In contrast American Express and Discover, the pair's closest competitors, operate networks and, as with the banks, issue cards, which leaves them open to credit risk.

ECONOMIST: Visa plans a $19 billion IPO

Meanwhile, third placed Schalke suffered a shock 4-1 defeat at Nuremberg which leaves them six points behind Bayern ahead of their clash with Dortmund at the weekend.

CNN: Dortmund sink Bayern in Bundesliga top of the table clash

United outclassed Bruce Rioch's minnows, but injuries to Scholes and Rooney cast a shadow over the win, which leaves them with four points from their first two group games.

BBC: AaB Aalborg 0-3 Man Utd

The game could have turned into a rout had Fulham kept pushing but a series of substitutions slowed the pace and the home side were happy to play out a convincing victory which leaves them in mid-table and leaves West Brom in freefall after five straight defeats.

BBC: Fulham 3-0 West Bromwich Albion

Yet an idea that changes lives can have more power than an army that takes them--which leaves Gutenberg presiding over the 15th century, Jefferson over the 18th.

CNN: The necessary evil?

Fistula leaves women with chronic incontinence which renders them a social outcast.

CNN: Africa's birth rate: 'Why women must be free to choose'

This is a finishing technology utilizing polymer nanospheres which take their cues from the way leaves let water run right off of them.

FORBES: Nanotechnology May Lead To The End Of Laundry

Which is her way of expressing the bond between them, or so he supposes, as he leaves the hospital on crutches, uncertain what part of town he is in.

NEWYORKER: Going for a Beer