A 35-year-old woman on a first date plunged to her death when the railing on her 17th-floor balcony gave way, police in New York City said.

LISTOWEL trainer Seamus Lynch was the toast of the bookmakers at Tramore last night, after his Revisionist had beaten hot-pot, El Cerro, in the Tote placepot Races 1 to 6 three-year-old Maiden Hurdle.

JOHNNY Murtagh, who will partner Dylan Thomas in today’s ‘King George’ at Ascot, was on the mark at Fairyhouse last night, scoring on debutant Capt Chaos in the Book Tickets Online Median Auction 2-Y-0 Maiden.

Microsoft plans to officially launch its updated and renamed internet search engine today, in the latest bid to make headway against market leaders Yahoo and Google.

A European Union court ruled today that Microsoft will have to abide immediately by an EU ruling that forces the software giant to change its commercial practices before the appeals procedure runs its full course.