I've changed my connection and query now to be more precise:
set conn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
ConnectionString = "Driver={MySQL}; Database=dbname; UID=username; PWD=password"
conn.open (ConnectionString)
set result=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
SQL= "SELECT TITLE, PUB_DATE, PARA1, PARA2, PARA3, PARA4, PARA5, PARA6, PARA7, PARA8"
SQL = SQL & "FROM NEWS "
set result = conn.execute(SQL)
I'm still getting a time out. I don't undestand.